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Atlanta rapper Young Thug and others facing new charges in RICO case
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) - Atlanta rapper Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, and four other defendants are facing new charges, according to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
An indictment was filed last week in Fulton County Superior Court alleging Young Thug was found in possession of a machine gun, and in possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
The additional charges also include participation in criminal street gang activity and violation of Georgia’s controlled substances act.
The other defendants include Martinez Arnold, also known as Duke; Deamonte Kendrick, also known as Yak Gotti; Shannon Stillwell; and Quamarvious Nichols.
Arnold’s charges include participation in criminal street gang activity, violation of the controlled substances act, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a machine gun.
Kendrick is facing the same charges as Arnold with the addition of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Stillwell and Nichols were charged with an additional count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Young Thug and several others were initially indicted in May. At that time, they were charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Williams, Arnold and Kendrick have pleaded not guilty.
Williams and another rapper, Gunna – whose real name is Sergio Kitchens – remain in jail after bond was denied earlier this year.
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SEATTLE (AP) — After four hours of dominant pitching, some bad baserunning and slick defense, Luis Torrens and the Seattle Mariners finally broke through.
Torrens singled with one out in the 13th inning to score Eugenio Suárez, and the Mariners beat the New York Yankees 1-0 on Tuesday night in a game dominated by the starting pitching of Gerrit Cole and Luis Castillo.
“That’s one of the best major league games I’ve ever watched. The pitching in this game was unbelievable on both sides,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said.
The two aces were overpowering into the late innings before turning it over to bullpens that managed to keep the game scoreless deep into the night.
Some poor baserunning by the Yankees helped, as did a lack of execution by the Mariners as both teams had chances early in the extra frames.
It was the first major league game to reach the 13th inning scoreless since Tampa Bay against Detroit on Aug. 17, 2019 — before new rules were implemented in 2020 putting an automatic runner at second base to start each extra inning.
And it had a playoff feel, with fans standing for most of the final five innings.
“That was the coolest game I’ve ever been a part of,” said Seattle reliever Matt Brash. “Obviously, I’m new in the big leagues, but I mean, that atmosphere is what we want.”
Eventually, the Mariners came through in the 13th. Cal Raleigh singled off Jonathan Loáisiga (1-3) and advanced Suárez from second to third. One out later, Sam Haggerty was intentionally walked to load the bases and Torrens lined an 0-2 pitch into right field to set off a wild, exhausted celebration.
“It’s a big moment for me and for the team, too,” Torrens said.
The lack of runs left Castillo and Cole out of the decision on a night when both deserved a victory.
Cole scattered four hits and struck out eight in seven innings — a drastic turnaround after he was rocked for six runs in the first inning less than a week ago when he last faced the Mariners.
Castillo allowed three hits and struck out seven in eight innings.
“That had the look of two aces going at it,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I actually thought against the starters both teams took a bunch of tough at-bats.”
Brash (3-3) threw two innings to get the win. Seattle’s bullpen combined for five hitless innings with seven strikeouts.
Mistakes on the bases cost the Yankees multiple chances in extra innings. Andrew Benintendi was picked off trying to advance to third with no outs in the 10th. Aaron Hicks lined into a double play leading off the 11th as Miguel Andújar drifted too far from second.
In the 12th, Brash made a spectacular, blind, behind-the-back grab of Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s grounder and caught Jose Trevino in a rundown between second and third. Kiner-Falefa was thrown out trying to advance to second on the play.
“I don’t want to lose our aggression on the bases. We’ve been really successful stealing at a good clip,” Boone said. “But we’ve got to be a little smarter and we’ve had a couple here in the last couple of weeks that have kind of hurt us.”
Seattle missed chances to end it in the 11th and 12th before finally converting thanks to Torrens.
Castillo bested Cole by finishing off the eighth and pitching out of trouble in the process. The right-hander got a groundout from Kiner-Falefa with a runner at third to end the inning.
Castillo was the first Seattle pitcher to throw eight innings this season. It was his third start against the Yankees in the past month. In the three outings combined, Castillo has thrown 21 2/3 innings, allowed four earned runs and struck out 23.
“I just kept thinking to myself, ‘What inning are we going to win? What inning are we going to win?’ Thank God we got the victory,” Castillo said through a translator.
ROSTER MOVES
New York placed Matt Carpenter on the 10-day injured list after he broke his left foot in Monday’s game. Andújar was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Seattle recalled LHP Brendan Bernardino and placed LHP Ryan Borucki on the 15-day injured list. Borucki left in the ninth inning Monday night with a strained left forearm. He underwent an MRI on Tuesday.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Anthony Rizzo was out of the starting lineup for a fifth straight game due to issues with his lower back. Boone said the team is being extra cautious and the hope remains Rizzo could be back in the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale. Rizzo missed time in July due to the same back problems. “I think it just improved quicker last time. I don’t think the injury itself has been as bad,” Boone said. … Carpenter is expected to see a foot specialist in Seattle on Wednesday before traveling with the team back to the East Coast.
Mariners: CF Julio Rodríguez won’t be activated from the injured list for Wednesday’s series finale. Servais said Rodríguez was still feeling discomfort in his wrist after hitting on Monday. Servais said the goal is for Rodríguez to be ready for Friday’s series opener in Texas. … INF/OF Dylan Moore (back) and RHP Diego Castillo (shoulder) are both expected to be activated from the IL on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Yankees: LHP Nester Cortes (9-3, 2.57 ERA) allowed two runs but just one hit in his last start against St. Louis. Cortes has three starts this season with at least five innings pitched and only one hit allowed.
Mariners: LHP Robbie Ray (8-8, 3.96) faces the Yankees for the first time since leaving the AL East. Ray is 1-3 with a 4.50 ERA in five previous starts against New York. He allowed one run over seven innings in his last outing.
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Jefferson State Community College to offer CDL program starting this month
CLANTON, Ala. (WBRC) - Jefferson State Community College is introducing its commercial driver’s license program later this month. A new track was built specifically for the program at the Clanton campus.
The track is three-fourths of a mile and is equipped to offer all the necessary training to learn the skills for truck driving.
The program is eight weeks long. Drivers will be eligible to take their class A CDL test following instruction. With the helping of grant funding, the first four classes are covered. Leah Bigbee is the Director of Workforce Education. She hopes more scholarships will follow.
“After doing an eight-week training, you can go and get a great job making 60 to 100 thousand dollars a year, and you know everyone wants to provide for their families at the end of the day and this training program is a wonderful opportunity for someone to go through this and do that,” said Bigbee.
More information on the program can be found here.
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DALLAS (AP) — Travelers got some welcome news in Wednesday’s inflation report from the government: Airfares are coming down, and at a faster clip.
The price of the average airline ticket dropped 7.8% in July, to $311, after a 1.8% dip in June, the government said Wednesday.
Lower prices for gasoline and travel were big reasons that overall inflation slowed a bit in July, although consumer prices were still up 8.5% from a year ago.
But before celebrating by splurging on a fancy trip, travelers should be aware that July’s average ticket was still 27.7% higher than in July of last year.
Airlines have been able to push fares higher because demand — at least among leisure travelers — is matching or beating pre-pandemic levels at a time when airlines are operating fewer flights. The airlines also cite fuel prices, which have roughly doubled since 2019.
Fares peaked in May, when sales for summer vacations were in full swing.
Prices usually fall in late summer and early autumn as vacations end and kids return to school. The drop is expected to be more dramatic than usual this year, however. That is partly because summer prices were so high, and also the cost of jet fuel has dropped about one-fourth since late April.
Travel-data researcher Hopper expects domestic U.S. fares to average $286 in August and remain at or below $300 until October, when many people book Thanksgiving and Christmas travel, and demand begins to push prices back up.
It’s unclear whether inflation and a possible recession will have any effect on people’s willingness to travel.
Matthew Klein, the chief commercial officer of Spirit Airlines, said Wednesday that bookings remain strong, and any decline in fares will follow the normal seasonal pattern, which he called good news for airline revenue.
Klein said Spirit executives wondered whether demand “would just fall off a cliff after we hit Labor Day and beyond, and we are not seeing that right now. We are continuing to be pretty impressed with the volumes that are coming through.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fear of attacks that had rippled through Muslim communities nationwide after the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque gave way to shock and sadness when it turned out the suspect in the killings is one of their own.
Muhammad Syed, 51, was arrested late Monday after a traffic stop more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from his Albuquerque home. The Afghan immigrant denied any connection to the crimes that shook the city and its small Muslim community.
In court documents, in fact, he told police that he was so unnerved by the slayings that he was driving to Houston to find a new home for his family, which includes six children.
But investigators said they have ample evidence to prove his guilt, though they have yet to uncover the motive for the ambush-style killings, the first of which was in November and then three between July 26 and last Friday.
According to the criminal complaint, police determined that bullet casings found in Syed's vehicle matched the caliber of the weapons believed to have been used in two of the killings and that casings found at the crime scenes were linked to guns found at Syed's home and in his vehicle.
Of the more than 200 tips police received, it was one from the Muslim community that led them to the Syed family, authorities said, noting that Syed knew the victims and "an interpersonal conflict may have led to the shootings."
The news of Syed's arrest stunned Muslims in Albuquerque.
"I wanted a little closure for the community, as we saw it going out of hand and people were really panicking. But, I'll be honest with you, I was shocked," said Samia Assed, a community organizer and member of the Islamic Center of New Mexico. She said she did not want "these heinous crimes to be in any way, in any capacity used to divide a community."
Salim Ansari, president of the Afghan Society of New Mexico, said he felt relief at the news that an arrest had been made. But he was especially taken back because he knew Syed through social gatherings and was dumbfounded to learn the accusations against him and that court documents showed three domestic violence cases against the man.
"We never knew," he said.
Ansari said he first met Syed and the family when he was invited into their home in 2020 to tell them about the local Afghan community and the group that he heads. The couple ended up joining the society as members. As recently as last month, Syed and his family brought food and joined a potluck gathering, Ansari said.
"I don't know what happened," he said.
On Wednesday, Syed made his first court appearance during a virtual arraignment. He was shackled and in a jumpsuit that said "HIGH RISK" on the back. His case was transferred to state District Court, where a judge will consider a motion by prosecutors to keep him detained without bond pending trial.
"He is a very dangerous person, and the only way to protect the community is to hold the defendant in custody," prosecutors said in court documents.
Syed, through an interpreter, asked for permission to speak, but his attorney asked that the court not take any statements from him. He was not asked to enter a plea.
Syed has lived in the United States for about five years. When interviewed by detectives, Syed said he had been with the special forces in Afghanistan and fought against the Taliban, according to a criminal complaint filed late Tuesday.
Police said they were about to search Syed's Albuquerque home on Monday when they saw him drive away in a Volkswagen Jetta that investigators believe was used in at least one of the slayings.
In the complaint, authorities said a 9mm handgun was seized from his vehicle, and they found an AK-47-style rifle and a pistol of the same caliber at the family home while serving a search warrant. Syed bought the rifle and his son Shaheen Syed purchased the pistol at a local gun shop.
On Wednesday, Shaheen Syed was charged by federal prosecutors with providing a false Florida address when he bought two rifles last year. He has denied any role in the killings and has not been charged in connection with them. He and another brother were interviewed by police on Monday.
The first of the four people fatally shot was Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, an immigrant from from Afghanistan. Naeem Hussain, a 25-year-old man from Pakistan, was killed last Friday. His death came just days after those of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41, who were also from Pakistan and members of the same mosque.
Ehsan Chahalmi, the brother-in-law of Naeem Hussain, said he was "a generous, kind, giving, forgiving and loving soul that has been taken away from us forever."
Investigators consider Syed to be the primary suspect in the deaths of Naeem Hussain and Ahmadi but have not yet filed charges in those cases. Albuquerque police said Wednesday that as long as the suspect is detained, homicide detectives will not rush the case.
Police say they are looking at a number of possible motives. When asked at a news conference Tuesday if Muhammad Syed, a Sunni Muslim, was angry that his daughter married a Shiite Muslim, Deputy Police Cmdr. Kyle Hartsock did not respond directly. He said "motives are still being explored fully to understand what they are."
CNN interviewed Syed's daughter shortly before the announcement of his arrest. She said her husband was friends with two of the men who were killed. She also acknowledged her father initially was upset about her 2018 marriage but recently had been more accepting.
"My father is not a person who can kill somebody," the woman told CNN, which did not disclose her identity to protect her safety. "My father has always talked about peace. That's why we are here in the United States. We came from Afghanistan, from fighting, from shooting."
In 2017, a boyfriend of Syed's daughter reported to police that Syed, his wife and one of their sons had pulled him out of a car, punching and kicking him before driving away, according to court documents. The boyfriend, who was found with a bloody nose, scratches and bruises, told police that he was attacked because they did not want her in a relationship with him.
Syed was arrested in May 2018 after a fight with his wife turned violent, court documents said. Prosecutors said both cases were later dismissed after the victims declined to press charges. Syed also was arrested in 2020 after he was accused of refusing to pull over for police after running a traffic light, but that case was eventually dismissed, court documents said.
Former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O'Toole said the crimes Syed is suspected of carrying out fit the definition of a serial killer even though Albuquerque police have not classified him as such. She said serial killers often have red flags like domestic violence or sexual assaults in their past that precede the killings.
"People don't wake up one morning and just become a serial killer," she said. "We would go back and we would look at other crimes that were occurring in the area before the serial murders occurred. Because there's periods of time where they have to practice being violent. And that practice can begin at home."
O'Toole said motives for the four killings may have varied from victim to victim. O'Toole said she would want to know what prompted three killings in quick succession eight months after the first.
"This behavior that we're seeing in this case is cold-blooded, pre-meditated, and it involves hunting behavior – actually hunting human beings – which is probably as cold as it can get," she said.
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Dazio reported from Los Angeles and Fam from Winter Park, Florida. Associated Press writer Robert Jablon in Los Angeles and researchers Rhonda Shafner and Jennifer Farrar in New York contributed to this report.
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NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Track Group, Inc. (OTCQX: TRCK), a global leader in offender tracking and monitoring services, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2022 ("Q3 FY22"). In Q3 FY22, the Company posted (i) total revenue of $9.0 million, compared to total revenue for the third quarter ended June 30, 2022 ("Q3 FY21") of $10.3 million; (ii) operating loss of ($0.53 million) compared to Q3 FY21 operating income of $1.3M; and (iii) net loss attributable to common shareholders of ($3.6 million) in Q3 FY22 compared to net income of $1.2 million in Q3 FY21.
"Although a reinvestment in our technology and infrastructure, coupled with supply chain constraints brought on by the pandemic continued to put a damper on our financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2022, we anticipate the realization of several preempted strategies in the next sixty to one hundred twenty days which would enable us to increase the manufacturing of new devices, commence implementation of recently awarded programs and support customer growth and demands into FY23," said Derek Cassell, Track Group's CEO.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Total revenue of $9.0 million in Q3 FY22 was down compared to Q3 FY21 total revenue of $10.3 million. Revenue for the 9 months ended June 30, 2022 ("9M FY22") of $28.1 million was also down approximately 5% compared to revenue of $29.6 million for the 9 months ended June 30, 2021 ("9M FY21") as declines in North America monitoring revenue was offset by increases in both monitoring and product sales among international customers. Revenues are expected to rebound as fulfilled orders from strategic supply chain deliveries resume over the next two quarters.
- Gross profit in Q3 FY22 was $4.0 million compared to Q3 FY21 gross profit of $5.6 million. Gross profit for the 9M FY22 was $13.3 million compared to gross profit of $16.3 million for 9M FY21, principally due to the decline in revenue, and an increase in certain expenses including higher depreciation and amortization, server, device repair and telecommunication expenses.
- Adjusted EBITDA for the Q3 FY22 was $1.3 million, compared to $2.8 million for Q3 FY21. Adjusted EBITDA for 9M FY22 was $5.3 million compared to the Adjusted EBITDA for 9M FY21 of $8.3 million. As a percentage of revenue, adjusted EBITDA continues to remain strong at 18.8%, for the 9M FY22 compared to 28.2% for the 9M FY21.
- As of June 30, 2022, the cash balance was down to $4.9 million compared to $8.4 million on September 30, 2021. The reduction in cash from September 30, 2021, reflects continued significant capital investments made by the Company of approximately $3.0 million in the 9M FY22 to build additional monitoring devices, update software, and develop next-generation tracking technology.
- Total operating expense for Q3 FY22 of $4.5 million was up 4% versus Q3 FY21's total operating expense of $4.3 million, principally due to an increase in travel, tradeshow, payroll and insurance expenses offset by a reduction in bad debt expense. When combined with the reduction in gross profit, the increase in quarterly operating expense led to an operating loss in Q3 FY22 of $0.5 million compared to operating income of $1.3 million for Q3 FY21. Similarly, for the 9M FY22, operating income was less than $0.1 million compared to operating income of $4.4 million for the 9M FY21 due to the reduction in gross profit and the increase in operating expense.
- The Net loss attributable to common shareholders in Q3 FY22 was $3.6 million compared to Net income attributable to common shareholders of $1.2 million in Q3 FY21. Similarly, the Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the 9M FY22 was $3.5 million, compared to net income of $4.7 million for the 9M FY21, a change principally attributable to the reduction in Other Income to a loss position caused by the drop in operating income, a currency exchange loss and the swing from the forgiveness of the PPP loan one year ago to a legal settlement during the period.
Business Outlook
The extent to which supply chain delays, the Coronavirus, and the transition to 4G/LTE telecommunications technology impact our future operations will depend on numerous factors that we cannot accurately predict. However, we will not match our results for the fiscal year ended September 2021 ("FY21") in the upcoming year ending September 30, 2022 ("FY22"). Despite these short-term challenges faced by companies worldwide, Track Group remains confident that our continued focus on strategic adaptation, and growth, which evidenced success in FY21, will allow us to be well-positioned for a return to growth in FY23.
About Track Group, Inc.
Track Group designs, manufactures, and markets location tracking devices and develops and sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, and monitoring applications. The Company's products and services are designed to empower professionals in security, law enforcement, corrections, and rehabilitation organizations worldwide with single-sourced offender management solutions that integrate reliable intervention technologies to support re-socialization and monitoring initiatives.
The Company currently trades under the ticker symbol "TRCK" on the OTCQX exchange. For more information, visit www.trackgrp.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "predict," "if", "should" and "will" and similar expressions as they relate to Track Group, Inc., and subsidiaries ("Track Group") are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and reflect Track Group's current beliefs and expectations with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties and subject to change at any time. Track Group may from time-to-time update these publicly announced projections, but it is not obligated to do so. Any projections of future results of operations should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. These projections are subject to change and could differ materially from final reported results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" in Track Group's annual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. New risks emerge from time to time. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release includes financial measures defined as "non-GAAP financial measures" by the Securities and Exchange Commission including non-GAAP EBITDA. These measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The presentation of this
financial information, which is not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures are based on the financial figures for the respective period.
Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA excludes items including but not limited to interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairment charges, gains and losses, currency effects, one-time charges or benefits that are not indicative of operations, charges to consolidate, integrate or consider recently acquired businesses, costs of closing facilities, stock based or other non-cash compensation or other stated cash and non-cash charges (the "Adjustments").
The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide useful information to both management and investors when factoring in the Adjustments. Specific disclosure regarding the Company's financial results, including management's analysis of results from operations and financial condition, are contained in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are encouraged to carefully read and consider such disclosure and analysis contained in the Company's Form 10-K and other reports, including the risk factors contained in such Form 10-K.
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Updated: August 11, 2022 6:26:43 am
Four Indian researchers were among the seven international students who bagged top awards for their PhD work at the 31st International Astronomical Union (IAU) meet at Busan, South Korea.
All four researchers specialise in solar physics. Prantika Bhowmik from Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata; Gopal Hazra of the Indian Institute of Sciences and Souvik Bose, formerly with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru and Reetika Joshi from Kumaun University and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital claimed the top honours.
“It is rare for a country to win so many PhD thesis awards at a global forum. Even more rare is that the prizes are in the field of solar physics. This is proof of high quality work to understand the Sun and its impact on the space environment being done in India in recent years,” said Professor Dipankar Banerjee, president, Astronomical Society of India.
The meet, which concludes on Thursday, saw India host its maiden pavilion at an IAU meet.
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At its inauguration by Debra Elmegreen, president, IAU, the Indian contingent presented a plaque signifying the permanent display of the Indian astronomical facilities at the IAU’s headquarters in Paris, France.
The pavillion showcased all major indigenously developed astronomical facilities and telescopes, including the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in Pune, the Devasthal Optical Telescope in Nainital, the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle and solar observatories in Udaipur and Kodaikanal. Besides, space-based missions such as ‘Chandrayaan’ and ‘Astrosat’, besides the upcoming space-astro missions such as ‘Aditya L1’, ‘Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) India’, the ‘Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT)’ and the ‘Square Metre Array (SKA)’ were also featured.
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By Jeff Cheshire
The Otago Nuggets were always going to need to bring a good version of themselves against the Hawks.
On Wednesday night, they were exceptional.
There were moments of brilliance on offence, a handful of big shots in key moments.
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Advertise with NZME.But it was this team's defensive effort that beat the Hawke's Bay Hawks in Auckland, as they began the National Basketball League (NBL) playoffs with a win.
The Nuggets smothered the Hawks from start to finish, at times hanging tough when the scoring dried up, and eventually emerging 91-80 victors.
That defence was a hallmark of their early-season dominance and, when it matters most, the team has rediscovered it.
The win means the Nuggets will now play the Nelson Giants in Friday night's semifinal.
Tray Boyd was exceptional in putting up 30 points on 11-of-17 shooting, while Keith Williams and Nikau McCullough had 24 and 19 points respectively.
But it was Todd Withers, who posted just three points and five rebounds, who was the Nuggets' star in this one.
The import forward dominated the game at the defensive end.
He came up with big play after big play and shut down the Hawks' key threats inside.
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Advertise with NZME.Sam Timmins was similarly key in that regard on the inside, while Matthew Bardsley had moments of exceptional full court defence in his nine minutes.
"The guys were talking in the van about locking in when that pressure comes on and when they score," Nuggets coach Brent Matehaere said.
"Making sure we get locked in back on defence, and defence turns into offence when they get away on it. We did a few times.
"I'm really happy with the guys and their efforts out there. Sometimes in life you get half a chance and it's about taking that half chance."
Both teams had a nervy start, but the Nuggets gained some separation as Williams went on a run late in the first quarter.
They took a 22-15 lead to the break, and while the game stayed messy through the second quarter, Withers' and Timmins' presence helped the Nuggets keep their leg up.
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Advertise with NZME.Boyd made it 40-30 when Hyrum Harris fouled him on a three-pointer, but the Hawks finished strongly to bring it back to 42-35 at halftime.
McCullough drew a charge on Harris to open the third quarter - Harris's third foul.
The Hawks star then proceeded to take over the game, pulling them back to within two.
But he had been aggressive and taking risks to do so, and that backfired minutes later, as he fouled Boyd going to the hoop - picking up his fourth foul and being left to go to the bench.
It was a turning point.
The Hawks hung around and brought the deficit back to two again, but the Nuggets pulled away early in the fourth quarter.
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DALLAS (AP) — Travelers got some welcome news in Wednesday’s inflation report from the government: Airfares are coming down, and at a faster clip.
The price of the average airline ticket dropped 7.8% in July, to $311, after a 1.8% dip in June, the government said Wednesday.
Lower prices for gasoline and travel were big reasons that overall inflation slowed a bit in July, although consumer prices were still up 8.5% from a year ago.
But before celebrating by splurging on a fancy trip, travelers should be aware that July’s average ticket was still 27.7% higher than in July of last year.
Airlines have been able to push fares higher because demand — at least among leisure travelers — is matching or beating pre-pandemic levels at a time when airlines are operating fewer flights. The airlines also cite fuel prices, which have roughly doubled since 2019.
Fares peaked in May, when sales for summer vacations were in full swing.
Prices usually fall in late summer and early autumn as vacations end and kids return to school. The drop is expected to be more dramatic than usual this year, however. That is partly because summer prices were so high, and also the cost of jet fuel has dropped about one-fourth since late April.
Travel-data researcher Hopper expects domestic U.S. fares to average $286 in August and remain at or below $300 until October, when many people book Thanksgiving and Christmas travel, and demand begins to push prices back up.
It’s unclear whether inflation and a possible recession will have any effect on people’s willingness to travel.
Matthew Klein, the chief commercial officer of Spirit Airlines, said Wednesday that bookings remain strong, and any decline in fares will follow the normal seasonal pattern, which he called good news for airline revenue.
Klein said Spirit executives wondered whether demand “would just fall off a cliff after we hit Labor Day and beyond, and we are not seeing that right now. We are continuing to be pretty impressed with the volumes that are coming through.”
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - LUXXFOLIO Holdings Inc. (the "Company" or "LUXXFOLIO" which includes reference to its subsidiaries) (CSE: LUXX) (OTCQB: LUXFF) (Frankfurt/Berlin: LUH), announces that it has agreed to a debt settlement arrangement (the "Debt Settlement") with its major lender (the "Lender"). Under the Debt Settlement, the Company will reduce its debt by approximately USD$5.8mm (the "Debt") in exchange for a reduction to its current mining fleet by approximately 1900 machines (the "Miners"). The Debt represents the Company's entire obligation to the Lender and substantially all the Company's long-term debt. The Miners represent substantially all the remaining mining machines that were directly acquired by the Company via asset backed financing facilities with the Lender.
To facilitate and simplify the Debt Settlement, the Company agreed, at the Lender's request, to have an event of default occur under the existing financing agreements to permit the Lender to execute its right under such agreements to take ownership of the Miners in full satisfaction of the Debt. The Debt Settlement is subject to the delivery of the Miners to the Lender and the Lender's satisfactory inspection of them.
This is a strategic move to manage risk in the volatile bitcoin mining industry and the general market conditions. LUXXFOLIO gains financial flexibility and capacity in our New Mexico site to aggressively pursue our immersion mining strategy.
LUXXFOLIO believes immersion is the future of mining and provides a risk-reduced business strategy for mining. With immersion mining, LUXXFOLIO collects consistent monthly hosting revenue, plus the bitcoin mined through the overclocking of hashrate – as high as 50%. This strategy reduces the significant capital required to procure and maintain current generation ASIC miners.
Immersion also provides benefits for a longer life cycle for mining equipment, a stable environment, and consistent temperatures year-round, even in warmer climates. The Company's initial immersion system commenced mining operations on August 8, 2022.
LUXXFOLIO will continue to leverage relationships developed with the Navajo Nation, benefitting from affordable green energy in climates and locations that otherwise would not be suitable for mining.
Please check out https://www.luxxfolio.com/immersion for further info.
LUXXFOLIO Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded digital asset company based in Canada. It operates an industrial scale cryptocurrency mining facility in the United States powered predominately by renewable energy with a focus on the blockchain ecosystem and generation of digital assets. LUXXFOLIO provides a liquid alternative for exposure to digital assets for the broader capital markets.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected the request by Utah officials to throw out a lawsuit challenging a state ban on transgender kids who want to compete in youth sports.
The ruling comes ahead of a hearing scheduled for Thursday where Judge Keith Kelly will assess whether to put the law passed by the Republican-majority Legislature this year temporarily on hold.
Kelly ruled that the three transgender girls who brought the lawsuit have shown they are harmed by the law that took effect on July 1 and therefore have legal standing for the case to move forward.
Thomas Lee, a former state Supreme Court justice hired by the state to help defend the ban, argued in the hearing that the girls are just “concerned bystanders” who lack standing to bring the lawsuit, KUTV reported.
Parents of the three girls and their attorneys contend in the lawsuit that the law wrongly keeps their children from participating in sports while violating the state constitution that prohibits discrimination and guarantees equal rights and due process.
The issue of whether transgender girls should be allowed to participate in female sports has become flashpoint across the U.S. with Republican lawmakers passing legislation to block them based on the premise it gives them an unfair competitive advantage. Transgender rights advocates counter that the rules aren't just about sports, but another way to demean and attack transgender youth.
Similar legal cases have been playing out in Idaho, West Virginia and Indiana.
As of March, the Utah High School Activities Association knew of only one transgender girl playing in K-12 sports who would be affected by the ban. The association, which organizes leagues for 85,000 students, has said there have been no publicly made allegations of competitive advantage concerning any of the state’s four transgender youth athletes. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Judge-won-t-toss-lawsuit-against-Utah-transgender-17365672.php | 2022-08-11T01:19:07Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Judge-won-t-toss-lawsuit-against-Utah-transgender-17365672.php | true |
PARIS (AP) — A beluga whale that became a French celebrity after a wrong turn took it up the Seine River had to be euthanized Wednesday after experiencing health complications during an urgent rescue operation, authorities said.
The sparkling white marine mammal appeared deep inside France last week, having accidentally veered off the normal ocean migration route that takes belugas to and from Arctic waters.
Fearing the malnourished creature would not survive in the Seine much longer, a wildlife conservation group and veterinarians planned to move the lost whale to a saltwater port in Normandy, from where they hoped to return it to the open sea.
A team of 80 people assembled to try to save the animal’s life, and it was successfully moved Tuesday night from a river lock in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, west of Paris, into a refrigerated truck for the 160-kilometer (99-mile) journey to the port in Ouistreham.
But during the drive, the 4-meter-long (13-foot-long) whale started to breath with difficulty, according to Florence Ollivet Courtois, a French veterinarian who worked on the rescue operation.
“During the journey, the veterinarians confirmed a worsening of its state, notably in its respiratory activities, and at the same time noticed the animal was in pain, not breathing enough,” Courtois said.
“The suffering was obvious for the animal, so it was important to release its tension, and so we had to proceed to euthanize it,” she added.
Environmentalists had acknowledged the plan to move the beluga risked fatally stressing the mammal. But marine conservation group Sea Shepherd said that it couldn’t have survived much longer in the Seine’s fresh water.
The group and veterinarians noted the whale had responded to a cocktail of antibiotics and vitamins over the last few days, making them hopeful it would recover once it was back in a saltwater environment.
A necropsy is planned on the whale, which weighed about about 800 kilograms (1,764 pounds).
Rescuers had hoped to spare the whale the fate of an orca that strayed into the Seine and died in May. In 2006, a bottlenose whale — nicknamed “Willy” — swam up the Thames River as far as London and died during a its attempted rescue.
Another complicating factor during the beluga’s rescue attempt was the extreme heat gripping France. Authorities tried to keep it cool and wet with soaked towels and moved it at nightfall when temperatures are at their lowest.
The sad end to a saga that gripped France in recent days came after experts determined the whale “was too weakened to be put back into water,” Guillaume Lericolais, the sub-prefect of France’s Calvados region, said.
Rescuers tried to feed the whale fish without success since Friday. Sea Shepherd France said veterinary exams after the beluga’s removal from the river showed it has no digestive activity. | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/stranded-whale-out-of-french-river-to-be-moved-to-saltwater/ | 2022-08-11T01:20:36Z | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/stranded-whale-out-of-french-river-to-be-moved-to-saltwater/ | true |
As concerns about social media’s harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate. But the changes rarely address the elephant in the the room — the algorithms pushing endless content that can drag anyone, not just teens, into harmful rabbit holes.
The tools do offer some help, such as blocking strangers from messaging kids. But they also share some deeper flaws, starting with the fact that teenagers can get around limits if they lie about their age. The platforms also place the burden of enforcement on parents. And they do little or nothing to screen for inappropriate and harmful material served up by algorithms that can affect teens’ mental and physical well-being.
“These platforms know that their algorithms can sometimes be amplifying harmful content, and they’re not taking steps to stop that,” said Irene Ly, privacy counsel at the nonprofit Common Sense Media. The more teens keep scrolling, the more engaged they get — and the more engaged they are, the more profitable they are to the platforms, she said. “I don’t think they have too much incentive to be changing that.”
Take, for instance, Snapchat, which on Tuesday introduced new parental controls in what it calls the “Family Center” — a tool that lets parents see who their teens are messaging, though not the content of the messages themselves. One catch: both parents and their children have to opt into to the service.
Nona Farahnik Yadegar, Snap’s director of platform policy and social impact, likens it to parents wanting to know who their kids are going out with.
If kids are headed out to a friend’s house or are meeting up at the mall, she said, parents will typically ask, “Hey, who are you going to meet up with? How do you know them?” The new tool, she said, aims to give parents ”the insight they really want to have in order to have these conversations with their teen while preserving teen privacy and autonomy.”
These conversations, experts agree, are important. In an ideal world, parents would regularly sit down with their kids and have honest talks about social media and the dangers and pitfalls of the online world.
But many kids use a bewildering variety of platforms, all of which are constantly evolving — and that stacks the odds against parents expected to master and monitor the controls on multiple platforms, said Josh Golin, executive director of children’s digital advocacy group Fairplay.
“Far better to require platforms to make their platforms safer by design and default instead of increasing the workload on already overburdened parents,” he said.
The new controls, Golin said, also fail to address a myriad of existing problems with Snapchat. These range from kids misrepresenting their ages to “compulsive use” encouraged by the app’s Snapstreak feature to cyberbullying made easier by the disappearing messages that still serve as Snapchat’s claim to fame.
Farahnik Yadegar said Snapchat has “strong measures” to deter kids from falsely claiming to be over 13. Those caught lying about their age have their account immediately deleted, she said. Teens who are over 13 but pretend to be even older get one chance to correct their age.
Detecting such lies isn’t foolproof, but the platforms have several ways to get at the truth. For instance, if a user’s friends are mostly in their early teens, it’s likely that the user is also a teenager, even if they said they were born in 1968 when they signed up. Companies use artificial intelligence to look for age mismatches. A person’s interests might also reveal their real age. And, Farahnik Yadegar pointed out, parents might also find out their kids were fibbing about their birth date if they try to turn on parental controls but find their teens ineligible.
Child safety and teen mental health are front and center in both Democratic and Republicans critiques of tech companies. States, which have been much more aggressive about regulating technology companies than the federal government, are also turning their attention to the matter. In March, several state attorneys general launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users’ mental health.
TikTok is the most popular social app U.S. teenagers use, according to a new report out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center, which found that 67% say they use the Chinese-owned video sharing platform. The company has said that it focuses on age-appropriate experiences, noting that some features, such as direct messaging, are not available to younger users. It says features such as a screen-time management tool help young people and parents moderate how long children spend on the app and what they see. But critics note such controls are leaky at best.
“It’s really easy for kids to try to get past these these features and just go off on their own,” said Ly of Common Sense Media.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook parent Meta, is the second most popular app with teens, Pew found, with 62% saying they use it, followed by Snapchat with 59%. Not surprisingly, only 32% of teens reported ever having used Facebook, down from 71% in 2014 and 2015, according to the report.
Last fall, former Facebook employee-turned whistleblower Frances Haugen exposed internal research from the company concluding that the social network’s attention-seeking algorithms contributed to mental health and emotional problems among Instagram-using teens, especially girls. That revelation led to some changes; Meta, for instance, scrapped plans for an Instagram version aimed at kids under 13. The company has also introduced new parental control and teen well-being features, such as nudging teens to take a break if they scroll for too long.
Such solutions, Ly said, are “sort of getting at the problem, but basically going around it and not getting to the root cause of it.” | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/social-media-offers-parents-more-controls-but-do-they-help/ | 2022-08-11T01:21:07Z | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/social-media-offers-parents-more-controls-but-do-they-help/ | false |
CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s debut for the Browns is tentative and subject to change.
The same is true for his first season in Cleveland.
Watson is scheduled to start the exhibition opener — his first game action since 2020 — at Jacksonville on Friday while the quarterback waits to see if the NFL succeeds in keeping him off the field for the entire season.
The three-time Pro Bowler is facing a potential year-long suspension and fine from the league for alleged sexual misconduct against two dozen women while he played for the Houston Texans.
Last week, an independent arbitrator suspended Watson for six games, but the league wasn’t satisfied with the decision, appealed and is h oping for a much lengthier punishment as well as a significant fine and that he undergo treatment before being considered for reinstatement.
That decision is expected soon.
In the meantime, the Browns are planning to see Watson play in a game. They’re not sure when they might get to again.
For now, Watson’s scheduled appearance against the Jaguars will be his first in a game since Jan. 3, 2021, his final one with the Texans.
The 26-year-old Watson sat out last season after demanding a trade and before he was accused of assault and harassment by the women during massage therapy sessions he scheduled on Instagram.
Watson has denied any wrongdoing. Two separate grand juries in Texas declined to indict him and he settled 23 of 24 civil lawsuits.
The Browns decided to move on from 2018 No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield, traded three first-round picks to the Texans and signed Watson to a five-year, $230 million contract in March despite his legal entanglement.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski plans to play Watson and “most” of Cleveland’s starters against the Jaguars. The team did not get any more specific about Stefanski’s plans before flying to Florida.
Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday that quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville starters will play “a couple series.”
Of course, it’s still possible Watson won’t play against the Jaguars.
Watson and the Browns thought he would only miss six games after league disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a retired federal judge ruled the quarterback violated the league’s personal conduct policy. She also mandated that he schedule future massages to only team-approved therapists for the rest of his career.
However, the league, which has been pushing for an indefinite suspension and fine, felt Robinson’s penalty was too light and appealed on Aug. 3.
Watson’s playing future is now being decided by Peter C. Harvey, appointed by Commissioner Roger Goodell to handle the appeal. Harvey’s a former New Jersey Attorney General who has arbitrated other league cases and is a member of the NFL’s Diversity Advisory Committee.
There is no timeframe on a decision from Harvey.
At the owner’s meetings on Tuesday, Goodell said the league’s appeal was warranted based on the league’s own investigation and Robinson’s ruling.
“Because we’ve seen the evidence,” Goodell told reporters. “She was very clear about the evidence. She reinforced the evidence, that there was multiple violations here and they were egregious, and that it was predatory behavior.”
Robinson found that the league proved its case that Watson violated three provisions of the conduct policy: sexual assault as defined by the NFL, posing a genuine danger to the safety and well-being of another and undermining or putting at the league’s integrity at risk.
Watson has taken most of the snaps during training camp. The Browns have planned to start veteran Jacoby Brissett while Watson is out, but the team could explore bringing in anther QB if Watson is suspended for double-digit games or longer.
Stefanski had the Browns travel two days early for their preseason opener because he has undisclosed team bonding activities planned.
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In the fight to curb domestic terrorism on the local level, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced new guidance Tuesday to support the development of domestic terrorism prevention plans following the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo.
Hochul pledged $10 million to assist counties across New York in the development of threat assessment management teams.
This is a step in the right direction but more must be done, Javed Ali, associate professor at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, told NPR.
"The more states like New York that develop their own plans to address domestic terrorism, the better," Ali said. "It will provide a quilt-work of different activities in the short-term that will allow some of the more longer-term aspects of the Biden administration's national strategy to take root."
We’re taking aggressive action to identify and confront threats of domestic terrorism in New York. Join me as I deliver remarks at @NYSDHSES Threat Assessment and Management Summit: https://t.co/32mPi2ZMUj
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) August 9, 2022
The teams, according to Hochul, will be compromised of law enforcement and mental health professionals, school officials and other important stakeholders tasked with identifying, evaluating and reducing domestic terrorism.
"In the wake of the horrific domestic terror attack in my hometown of Buffalo, I committed to New Yorkers that we will confront the scourge of domestic terror head-on," Hochul said in a statement.
Each county's plan must include input from local law enforcement, mental health and school professionals and others before being submitted to the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services' Office of Counterterrorism by Dec. 31, according to Hochul.
The Buffalo gunman, 19-year-old Payton Gendron, is currently facing 27 counts following the deadly attack at the Tops supermarket.
If convicted on all 27 counts, Gendron could face either the death penalty or a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
The attorney general will decide at a later date on whether to seek the death penalty, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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Redskins owner Daniel Snyder made a surprise phone call to Benjamin Banneker Academic High School senior Yasmine Arrington on Friday with news that she was the 2011 recipient of the $25,000 college scholarship via the Redskins Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund.
Snyder also announced that he would match the $5,000 that Arrington raised this year through her ScholarCHIPS program that provides college scholarships to high school seniors who have an incarcerated parent.
Arrington currently maintains a 3.2 GPA and in addition to being a published poet, she has received several oratorical and writing distinctions.
Outside of class, Arrington is involved in basketball, tennis and volleyball as well as numerous cultural and artistic organizations. Last year, she founded the non-profit ScholarCHIPS (for Children of Incarcerated Parents) that will provide college scholarships to high school seniors with incarcerated parents.
Arrington, who will attend Elon University in the fall, becomes the third local student to receive the scholarship, joining former Ballou Senior High School student Clayton Armstrong (2009) and Oxon Hill High School graduate Kiana Hardy (2010).
Armstrong is completing his sophomore year at the University of Arizona and Hardy is finishing her freshman year at Spelman College. Both students are maintaining grade point averages well above 3.0 while balancing heavy academic and participation in extracurricular activities.
In 2009, the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation launched the scholarship that annually provides one high-potential, low-income high school senior with a $25,000 college scholarship.
The scholarship, administered by the DC College Success Foundation, is disbursed throughout the student's collegiate career and an academic mentor also is provided during the first year.
Additionally, the WRCF chose the DC College Success Foundation to administer the scholarship in part because of their strong working scholarship model that places scholarship recipients in a mentoring program that requires the student to work with a mentor during their freshman year to help ensure success. | https://www.commanders.com/news/banneker-student-wins-redskins-scholarship-5063670 | 2022-08-11T01:24:50Z | https://www.commanders.com/news/banneker-student-wins-redskins-scholarship-5063670 | false |
(NEXSTAR) – More streaming services are hiking their subscription prices this year. Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, all owned by Disney, will become more expensive in the coming weeks, executives announced Wednesday.
These price hikes come as Disney rolls out an ad-supported Disney+ subscription that it announced earlier this year.
The ad-supported plan will be available starting on Dec. 8, the same day the prices on most plans on Disney’s three streaming services will increase.
According to a Wednesday release, Disney+ with ads will cost $7.99 a month, the current monthly price of the standard no-ad Disney+ plan. If you prefer your Disney+ without ads, that plan will cost $10.99 a month starting in early December, or $109.99 annually.
Here is a breakdown of how much each Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ plan currently costs and how much it will cost starting on Dec. 8.
The subscription price hike for ESPN+ will take effect on Aug. 23. Disney announced this change earlier this year. Both Hulu subscription price jumps will be effective starting on Oct. 10.
Disney also allows users to bundle these streaming services. Here’s how those plans will change come December:
And here is how Hulu + Live TV plans will change:
Disney hasn’t announced if the cost for student discounted plans will change.
This isn’t the first price hike we’ve seen to streaming services this year. Netflix raised its monthly costs in January, with prices rising by about $1 to $2, depending on the plan. In February, Amazon Prime’s annual cost jumped – this also impacts streaming through Amazon.
Netflix will add a lower-priced, ad-supported plan soon but an official date hasn’t yet been announced. Disney+ was largely the last ad-free platform – in addition to ESPN+ and Hulu, Peacock already offered an ad-supported plan. While Apple’s streaming service is ad-free, it does have promotions for its own content. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/disney-hulu-espn-prices-to-increase-here-are-the-new-costs-and-when-theyll-change/ | 2022-08-11T01:25:02Z | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/disney-hulu-espn-prices-to-increase-here-are-the-new-costs-and-when-theyll-change/ | false |
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Heavy rains lashing Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, which dates back to ancient times, have in recent days collapsed 10 buildings in the Old City, the country’s Houthi rebels said Wednesday.
At least 80 other buildings have been heavily damaged in the rains and are in need of urgent repairs, said the rebels, who have controlled Sanaa since the outbreak of Yemen’s civil war more than eight years ago.
The Old City of Sanaa is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the area believed to have been inhabited for more than 2 millennia. Its architecture is unique, with foundations and first stories built of stone, and subsequent stories out of brick — deemed to be some of the world’s first high-rises.
The buildings have red brick facades adorned with white gypsum molding in ornate patterns, drawings comparisons to gingerbread houses — a style that has come to symbolize Yemen’s capital. Many of the houses are still private homes and some are more than 500 years old.
In a statement, Abdullah Al-Kabsi, the culture minister in the Houthi administration, said the rebels are working with international organizations and seeking help in dealing with the destruction. There were no immediate reports of dead or injured from the collapses.
The houses had withstood centuries but this season’s intense rains have proved too much for the iconic structures. Bricks and wooden beams now make for massive piles of rubble in between still-standing structures.
The rains show no signs of letting up.
“I get scared when I hear the rain and pray to God because I am afraid that my house will collapse over me,” Youssef al-Hadery, a resident of the Old City said.
Al-Kabsi insisted that UNESCO bear some responsibility for salvage and restoration efforts, given the area’s history. Years of neglect under the previous government had taken their toll, he added.
The conflict has also added to Sanaa’s demise.
Yemen’s civil war erupted in 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthis descended from their northern enclave and took over Sanaa, forcing the internationally recognized government to flee to the south and later into exile in Saudi Arabia.
A Saudi-led coalition — then backed by the United Sates — entered the war in early 2015 to try to restore the government to power. Since then, the conflict has turned into a proxy war between regional foes Saudi Arabia and Iran and spawned one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Some observers say airstrikes on Sanaa by the Saudi-led coalition have also probably shaken the historical buildings and damaged their foundations.
But lack of maintenance is the biggest problem, according to Mohamed Al-Hakeemi, who heads an local organization called The Green Dream, specializing in Yemen’s environmental issues.
An initiative in 2021 repaired hundreds of homes and rebuilt a dozen — the first serious maintenance since the war began.
UNESCO did not immediately respond to a request for comment. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/heavy-rains-collapse-10-historic-buildings-in-yemeni-capital/ | 2022-08-11T01:25:15Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/heavy-rains-collapse-10-historic-buildings-in-yemeni-capital/ | false |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
752 PM CDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Colorado,
Wharton, southern Austin, north central Jackson, Fort Bend, Brazoria
and northern Matagorda Counties through 845 PM CDT...
At 752 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles north of Eagle Lake to Richmond to near
Iowa Colony. Movement was south at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Southern Sugar Land, southern Missouri City, Rosenberg, Lake Jackson,
Angleton, Bay City, Freeport, Richmond, El Campo, Clute, Wharton,
southwestern Manvel, West Columbia, Sweeny, Columbus, Eagle Lake,
Surfside Beach, Pecan Grove, First Colony and Richwood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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2944 9532 2893 9505 2885 9516 2871 9568
2923 9670 2934 9656 2952 9674
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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUSTIN...
NORTHWESTERN FORT BEND...SOUTHERN WALLER AND WEST CENTRAL HARRIS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
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winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the sixth and Austin Nola's two-run homer capped a seven-run rally — all with two outs — that carried the San Diego Padres to a wild 13-7 win against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
The Padres fell behind 4-0, surged ahead 6-4 after Manny Machado's two-run double ignited a six-run rally in the third and then fell behind 7-6 in the sixth. But the Padres came through with another big rally in the bottom of the sixth, the second time they batted around in the game.
Drury lined a 1-2 pitch from Yunior Marte (0-1) into the seats in left field with two outs to make it 9-7. Machado and Josh Bell were aboard on singles. The Padres added on with Kim Ha-seong's RBI double, an error and then Nola's shot into a balcony on the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left field corner. It was Drury's 22nd and Nola's third.
Machado and Jake Cronenworth had three hits apiece and Drury drove in four runs. The Padres scored 20 runs in winning two straight games after suffering two straight shutouts at the end of a five-game losing streak. They went 26 scoreless innings from the fourth inning Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers until Juan Soto hit his first homer with the Padres in the fourth inning Tuesday night. The Padres won that game 7-4 on Machado's three-run walk-off homer.
Robert Suarez (3-1) pitched 1 2/3 innings for the win.
San Diego now heads to Washington, where Soto and Josh Bell will face their old team. They were acquired from the Nationals in a blockbuster trade on Aug. 2.
The Padres sent 11 batters to the plate in the third and scored six runs on six hits, two walks and a fielder's choice. They sent seven batters to the plate and scored four runs before making an out while chasing starter Jakob Junis.
For the third time in franchise history, they had four hits with the bases loaded. Besides Machado's double, the Padres got bases-loaded singles from Drury, Cronenworth and Trent Grisham. Another run scored on Nola's fielder's choice.
The Padres needed the big rally after the Giants scored three runs in the third to take a 4-0 lead. Two of those runs came in when Soto, the right fielder, misplayed Austin Slater's single into three bases, allowing two runs to score. Wilmer Flores then singled in Slater.
San Francisco went ahead 7-6 in the sixth with a three-run rally capped by pinch-hitter Joc Pederson's RBI single.
J.D. Davis homered with one out the second, his seventh, off Padres starter Sean Manaea.
Manaea allowed four runs, three earned, and six hits in five innings.
Junis allowed six runs and seven hits in 2 1/3 innings.
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Giants: Have not named a starter for Friday night's series opener at home against Pittsburgh.
Padres: RHP Mike Clevinger (3-4, 3.60 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Washington, against RHP Cory Abbott (0-1, 5.68).
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
810 PM CDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Wood County through
845 PM CDT...
At 809 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Como, or 10 miles northwest of Winnsboro, moving south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Mineola, Winnsboro, Quitman, Pleasant Grove, Hainesville, Golden,
Forest Hill, Alba and Yantis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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3268 9558 3268 9559 3269 9559 3271 9561
3271 9562 3272 9564 3296 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 356DEG 26KT 3304 9544
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Our leaks shame: Thames Water is wasting 635m litres A DAY through leaky pipes... but bosses are STILL threatening to impose hosepipe ban
- Britain's biggest water company is threatening to impose a hosepipe ban
- Hosepipe ban in 'next couple of weeks', affecting 15million in South East
- Thames Water said nearly a quarter of all water it supplies leak through cracks
- Company forced to admit it wastes more than 635million litres of water a day
Britain's biggest water company is threatening to impose a hosepipe ban despite failing to stop millions of litres of water leaking from its pipes.
Thames Water confessed yesterday to letting nearly a quarter of all water it supplies leak through cracks – but the firm's strategy director said we needed to 'be more efficient' – like the Germans and Danes.
It said it is preparing to impose a hosepipe ban in the 'next couple of weeks', affecting 15million customers in London and the South East.
Environment Secretary George Eustice called in water company bosses yesterday to discuss the water crisis amid reports a state of drought could be declared.
Yorkshire Water confirmed it was also considering bringing in a hosepipe ban. Sources at the Environment Agency confirmed that Yorkshire, Anglian and South West Water are all considering hosepipe bans – which would place water restrictions on more than 32million people in England and Wales.
Thames Water confessed yesterday to letting nearly a quarter of all water it supplies leak through cracks. Pictured: A Thames Water official stands in flood water on Hornsey Road, Holloway, north London, after a 36-inch water main burst, causing flooding up to four feet deep on Monday
Thames Water confessed yesterday to letting nearly a quarter of all water it supplies leak through cracks. Pictured: A tanker from Thames Water pumps water into another tanker in the village of Northend in Oxfordshire earlier today following a technical issue at the local reservoir
Cathryn Ross, strategy and regulatory affairs director at Thames Water, said that 'in all probability we'll be moving to introduce the hosepipe ban in the next couple of weeks'
Pictured: Reduced water levels at Hanningfield Reservoir in Essex. There are reports a state of drought could be declared
South East Water in Kent and Sussex, Southern Water in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and Welsh Water have declared bans.
But Thames was forced to admit that while it was seeking a hosepipe ban it wastes more than 635million litres of water a day.
Cathryn Ross, strategy and regulatory affairs director at Thames Water told Radio 4's Today: 'In all probability we'll be moving to introduce the hosepipe ban in the next couple of weeks.'
She confirmed leaks were endemic across Thames's network.
Environment Secretary George Eustice called in water company bosses yesterday to discuss the water crisis amid reports a state of drought could be declared
She added: 'We totally accept we need to do better on fixing leaks, that's why we're fixing more than 1,100 leaks every week. We are not where we need to be, we have a lot of work to do to fix Thames Water.' She admitted it was likely that households would have to cut water use due to climate change.
'We're going to have to look at all the tools in the toolkit to make sure that we keep customers with taps flowing.' But high usage of water was partly to blame.
'We use 150 litres of water per person per day in England,' she said. 'In Germany it's 120, in Copenhagen, where they've had a big push on this, it's down to nearly 100.'
Water companies in Germany and Denmark are publicly owned. Germany also has a much better record of tackling leaking pipes than in the UK – with around 5 per cent of all water lost to leaks, compared with 20 per cent in the UK.
The Government wants leaks cut to 10 per cent by 2050. Yorkshire Water confirmed it was considering a hosepipe ban after reservoir levels fell below 50 per cent, 20 per cent lower than usual.
The Environment Secretary met water company bosses yesterday.
Mr Eustice said: 'All water companies have reassured me that water supplies remain resilient across the country. Each company has a pre-agreed drought plan which they are following.'
He added: 'We are better prepared than ever before.'
The Angling Trust wants water companies to stop dragging their feet and order hosepipe bans.
Trust policy chief Martin Salter said: 'Millions of gallons of scarce water is being wasted keeping golf courses and lawns green rather than helping rivers survive and our wildlife and economy protected.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100525/Thames-Water-wasting-635m-litres-DAY-leaky-pipes-threatening-hosepipe-ban.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-08-11T01:30:56Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100525/Thames-Water-wasting-635m-litres-DAY-leaky-pipes-threatening-hosepipe-ban.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
Village where the taps have run dry: JANE FRYER visits the hot and harassed residents of Northend, where water is in scarce supply as the heatwave grows
- Picturesque village of Northend among 'first villages to run dry in the heatwave'
- Foyle's War, Lewis, Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders shot in Northend
- Thames Water trying to fix 'technical issues' at nearby Stokenchurch reservoir
- Water cut off for 20 houses in the village, bottled water delivered instead
The ridiculously pretty village of Northend – awash with tumbling roses, thatched roofs, very crisp white paintwork and a village green and pond – has been thrust into the news this week.
Not because it must surely be one of the UK's most desirable places to live, at least for those who yearn for rural charm and the warm embrace of community.
Or because Northend – together with its neighbouring hamlets Turville and Southend on the Oxon-Buckinghamshire border – is one of the most popular TV settings, popping up in everything from Foyle's War to Lewis, Miss Marple to Midsomer Murders.
No, it's because this village and its hot and harassed residents have just won the dubious title of 'first village to run dry in the heatwave', as Thames Water claims it is trying to fix 'technical issues' at Stokenchurch reservoir in Buckinghamshire.
'We can't shower, or bathe, or wash up or flush the loo,' says John Sturt, 42, a teacher and father of two.
Dr Gina Brown adds: 'I wasn't expecting when I moved here to be struggling with a basic human resource – having access to fresh water.'
A tanker from Thames Water delivers a temporary water supply to the village of Northend in Oxfordshire, where the water company is pumping water into the supply network following a technical issue at Stokenchurch Reservoir
The ridiculously pretty village of Northend – awash with tumbling roses, thatched roofs, very crisp white paintwork and a village green and pond - has been in the news this week as its hot and harassed residents have just won the dubious title of 'first village to run dry in the heatwave',
Northend is located in Oxfordshire in the heart of the home counties just up the M40 from High Wycombe
Farmer Peter Langford, 69, tells me he came 'ludicrously close' to being forced to water his entire herd of Herefordshire cattle with the emergency bottled water provided by Thames Water.
It all started on Sunday, days before the Met Office's amber warning for extreme heat comes into effect.
The Sturts were just home, hot and filthy, from a camping weekend. Cat Yoxall, a marketing and communications manager, had returned with her teenagers from a weekend away. And radiologist Dr Brown – a couple of doors down – had been on a very long, very hot bike ride.
All rushed for the shower. All were disappointed. There was no water. Not a drop, for 68 residents from 20-odd houses, whose homes are supplied by the same Thames Water pipe. Not on Sunday night, all day Monday and most of Tuesday until, finally, a lorry arrived with bottled water and a tanker chugged up the hill. Men in hi-vis started pumping water into the system as an emergency solution.
So the tankers very noisily pump in the water, often in the middle of the night with flashing lights, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief and rushes to flush their loos and stick a wash on. 'Then half an hour later, all the water's gone again and we're back to bottles,' says Ms Yoxall.
And, in desperation, jumping in their cars to drive to the next village where the vicar has turned the vicarage bathroom into a pop-and-wash.
'It's not a solution, it's a sticking plaster,' says Mr Langford. If they all sound a bit weary, it's hardly surprising. This has been going on for years. Ever since the heatwave of 2018.
Cat Yoxall (left), a marketing and communications manager, had returned with her teenagers from a weekend away when she found out there was no water in her home
Villager Carolyn Evans moves bottles of water delivered by Thames Water out of the sun
Back then, though, Thames Water seemed to take it a bit more seriously. It even sent a representative to check they were all OK.
There were rumours of dodgy pipes and broken valves and unresolvable water pressure issues, but when the water finally came back on, Thames Water assured residents the problem had been sorted.
It hadn't. With the next stretch of hot weather, it was off again.
'During the pandemic it went off several times but we gave them the benefit of the doubt because I'm sure they had bigger fish to fry,' says John Sturt. This summer, though, has been a nightmare.
'In the first heatwave back in July when it hit 40 degrees, I had to go to school to teach without a shower which wasn't very nice for me or the children,' says Mr Sturt, looking pretty sweaty.
The problem here is two-fold. It's not just that the water is off so often no one can turn a tap on with any confidence. It's the way they've been treated by Thames Water.
All tell of hours spent on hold, desperately trying to speak to someone who can help them, only to be told there's no record of any problem. 'I've been on the phone to them a LOT,' says Mr Sturt.
'They hung up on you daddy!' chips in daughter Lottie, nine. 'They did, that was 5.30am and I was getting quite frustrated,' he agrees rather grimly. 'I also emailed the company chairman and the CEO. But we're just a small rural community, so they don't care.'
Thames Water has stated that there is a 'technical issue'. There are also ongoing problems with the water pressure, which could have something to do with the pipes. Meanwhile, reports suggest the reservoir has dried up.
A Thames Water tanker pumps water delivered by truck in to the tanks for the homes
A view of a dried up pond in the village of Northend in Oxfordshire. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for extreme heat covering four days from Thursday to Sunday for parts of England and Wales as a new heatwave looms
But despite Thames Water's apologies this week, still nothing concrete appears to have been done to address the long- term problem.
Which is a shame because Northend is a wonderful place. And it's expensive. (The only property currently for sale is Royal Oak Cottage – a beautiful six-bedroom period house in an acre of grounds, with swimming pool – for £2.95million).
In fact, perhaps the only thing wrong with the village is its water supplier – which, of course, the residents can't change, however much they want to. And however much they feel patronised, ignored, overlooked and discounted by Thames Water – which they all do.
'It's frustrating because you read about all the millions of litres Thames Water loses each year from leaks and we don't have any water at all,' says Ms Yoxall.
She's right. While it has been busy announcing hosepipe bans for 15million customers across London, Surrey and Gloucestershire in the coming week, the company is haemorrhaging water.
By its own calculations, 24 per cent of the 2.4billion litres of water it supplies each day – around 600million litres of water a day, based on a three-year average.
So, what with all that, and the palettes of water littering the green, and the noisy pumping tankers with flashing lights keeping everyone awake at night, tempers are fraying and anxiety levels are rising. Dr Brown moved to the village nine months ago to a house with an annex for her elderly parents, aged 97 and 83.
'It's a really lovely place with a very supportive community, but this is a big worry,' she says. 'My dad's diabetic and completely housebound so he's totally reliant on having amenities – he's very frail. He can't be heading out to have a shower.'
While the bottled water is a godsend in current circumstances, everyone hates having to rely on it.
'Flushing the loo with plastic bottles! It just feels awful. The whole village is now a sea of single use plastic. It's just hideous,' says Ms Yoxall.
'And some were left in the sun so we can't drink those because there's some problem with bacteria and sun and plastic.'
'Though it does mean they're warmer for washing your hair with,' says Suzanne Price.
The only people who don't seem to care about the empty taps are the teenagers – after all, what's a few days without showers for them?
But for the rest of the residents – doggedly kept on 'hold' by Thames Water – it must be hard to stand by as their beautiful village is fast being turned into a bone-dry, noisy, plastic-polluted mess. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100789/Village-taps-run-dry-JANE-FRYER-visits-hot-harassed-residents-Northend.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-08-11T01:31:15Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100789/Village-taps-run-dry-JANE-FRYER-visits-hot-harassed-residents-Northend.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
Eddie Izzard takes inspiration from Zelensky as comic that became a politician in her fresh bid to become an MP
- Trans comedian Eddie Izzard wants to emulate Ukraine's President Zelensky
- She plans to run for Parliament at the next general election for the Labour Party
- The comedian adopted she / her pronouns but does not mind her / him either
- Rumours that Izzard may stand in the Sheffield Central seat next election
Trans comedian Eddie Izzard wants to emulate Ukrainian wartime president Volodymyr Zelensky as comic who went on to become a good leader in her bid to launch a career in politics.
The storied and multi-talented stand-up comic has long declared her goal to run as a Labour candidate for Parliament as soon as a suitable seat is available.
When challenged by Clive Allen on the My Seven Wonders podcast that perhaps the public will be tired of comedians as leaders after the downfall of Boris Johnson - who was 'essentially a comedian' - Izzard, 60, had a customary lightning-fast comeback.
'Volodymyr Zelensky,' she said. 'There you go. Have I answered you? He's been very strong. Very consistent.'
Zelensky came to national renown in Ukraine by producing and starring in the political satire 'Servant of the People', in which he played a high-school history teacher in his thirties who is unexpectedly elected president.
That comic role is now a far cry from the battle-hardened, courageous death squad-dodging leader Zelensky has become in real life.
Eddie Izzard, pictured at the The South Bank Sky Arts Awards last month, wants to become Britain's first transgender MP and stand for Labour at the next general election
She has mentioned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as an example of a comedian who became a politician
And Izzard has similar designs to reinvent herself as a serious character, having switched pronouns from he / him to she / her last year, telling Allen: 'I prefer she / her, but I don't mind he / him.'
The trans comedian said: 'I was trying to be an MP at the last general election and I am hoping to be an MP at the next general election.
'I will try very hard to get there and I hope the people of the constituency will elect me.
'So I am very serious about it - I have said it since 2010 quite categorically.'
President Zelensky has struck an indefatigable, Churchillian, war-time, global statesman figure as leader of Ukraine during the Russian invasion, meeting almost every day with world leaders and influence groups via video chat to drum up support for his country.
There are rumours in Labour circles that Eddie Izzard intends to stand in the Sheffield Central constituency when incumbent Paul Blomfield steps down next yea
She said she wants to help Sir Keir Starmer become the next Labour Prime Minister
It is a path that Izzard seeks to follow, amid rumours in Labour circles that she intends to stand in the Sheffield Central constituency when incumbent Paul Blomfield steps down next year.
One political insider, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Star in April: 'Eddie's interested in becoming an MP and her renewed interest in the city might not be unconnected with that, but I'm sure she will be looking at other seats around the country too.'
Another anonymous source close to the Labout Party downplayed Izzard's ambitions in Sheffield, but a third claimed that she was 'very interested' in running for Sheffield Central.
Izzard has previously said she wishes to be considered for a constituency.
'I would love to be elected and I would love to fight for Keir Starmer to be the next Prime Minister,' she said last year.
Eddie had previously urged the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to drive anti-Semites out of the party.
Izzard was born in Yemen, when it was formerly the British colony of Aden, but she has links to the city, having studied at the University of Sheffield in the 1980s. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100935/Eddie-Izzard-takes-inspiration-Zelensky-fresh-bid-MP.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-08-11T01:31:28Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100935/Eddie-Izzard-takes-inspiration-Zelensky-fresh-bid-MP.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
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ReAwaken Tour host says he feels harassed by NY prosecutor
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — A Christian pastor in western New York said he felt intimidated and harassed after the state’s attorney general, a Democrat, sent a letter saying she believed a planned far-right political event at his church this week could lead to racial violence.
In the letter sent on Aug. 3, Attorney General Letitia James warned organizers of the ReAwaken America Tour event that her office could take legal action if “extremist” rhetoric by speakers spurred violent or unlawful conduct.
The two-day event at the Cornerstone Church in Batavia, midway between Buffalo and Rochester, is scheduled to feature President Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and others. James’ letter was addressed to Flynn and event organizer Clay Clark and sent in care of the church.
Cornerstone Church Pastor Paul Doyle said there was no validity to the suggestion that the event was promoting racism or violence.
“I take exception to the words she uses, like extreme views,” he told The Associated Press. “What’s that mean? What’s extreme? We’re conservative Christians. Now we’re extreme?”
He said the letter had scared members of his congregation, a group of about 150 to 200 people, which he described as multi-ethnic and multi-racial.
“It feels like she’s trying to intimidate me. We’re a small-town church,” Doyle said.
A few dozen people gathered outside the Batavia church earlier this week to protest the event, which also will feature MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, COVID-19 conspiracy theorists and people who tried to throw out the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The U.S. Constitution offers strong protections to free speech and James, in her letter, didn’t directly ask for the event to be cancelled or for certain speakers to be disinvited.
But James said she was concerned that the event, which is being held on the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, “could spur extremist or racially motivated violence.” She cited “past extremist statements made by yourselves and the other featured speakers on the tour,” specifically mentioning a racist conspiracy theory that recently inspired a gunman to kill 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.
Investigators, she said, “stand ready” to respond to any violations of state laws.
“You are therefore instructed to take all necessary steps to ensure that the event complies fully with the requirements of New York’s civil rights laws and all other applicable state and federal statutes,” James wrote, noting the possibility of $5,000 fines for violations.
James’ office declined to comment on the pastor’s complaint that the letter was intended to chill free speech, but noted that the letter was addressed to the event organizers, not the church or pastor.
The letter didn’t cite any specific acts of violence at past ReAwaken America Tour events.
At one tour’s stop in Phoenix in January, police were called after attendees taunted teachers from a nearby school because they were wearing medical masks.
Some of the events have drawn small but peaceful protests. After a community uproar in Oregon, a ReAwaken tour stop in April was relocated from a county fairground in rural city of Redmond to a minor league baseball stadium in the state capital, over two hours away.
At some of the events, the Christian group Faithful America has dispatched a mobile billboard truck to circle the events to “expose the speakers as false prophets who are twisting and distorting religion to attack democracy,” its leader, the Rev. Nathan Empsall, said.
Doyle said that his church’s Facebook page started getting comments accusing it of racism within minutes of announcing the event would be held in Batavia instead of nearby Rochester, where another venue had canceled after a backlash from elected officials, entertainers and others.
Doyle said the church is contemplating possible action but was not more specific.
“Harassment from our own government. I feel harassed. I am a law-abiding — I’m a businessman. I’m law-abiding, I’m God-fearing, and I’m hosting an event,” he said. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-arizona/2022/08/10/reawaken-tour-host-says-he-feels-harassed-by-ny-prosecutor-2/ | 2022-08-11T01:32:18Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-arizona/2022/08/10/reawaken-tour-host-says-he-feels-harassed-by-ny-prosecutor-2/ | true |
In the fight to curb domestic terrorism on the local level, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced new guidance Tuesday to support the development of domestic terrorism prevention plans following the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo.
Hochul pledged $10 million to assist counties across New York in the development of threat assessment management teams.
This is a step in the right direction but more must be done, Javed Ali, associate professor at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, told NPR.
"The more states like New York that develop their own plans to address domestic terrorism, the better," Ali said. "It will provide a quilt-work of different activities in the short-term that will allow some of the more longer-term aspects of the Biden administration's national strategy to take root."
We’re taking aggressive action to identify and confront threats of domestic terrorism in New York. Join me as I deliver remarks at @NYSDHSES Threat Assessment and Management Summit: https://t.co/32mPi2ZMUj
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) August 9, 2022
The teams, according to Hochul, will be compromised of law enforcement and mental health professionals, school officials and other important stakeholders tasked with identifying, evaluating and reducing domestic terrorism.
"In the wake of the horrific domestic terror attack in my hometown of Buffalo, I committed to New Yorkers that we will confront the scourge of domestic terror head-on," Hochul said in a statement.
Each county's plan must include input from local law enforcement, mental health and school professionals and others before being submitted to the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services' Office of Counterterrorism by Dec. 31, according to Hochul.
The Buffalo gunman, 19-year-old Payton Gendron, is currently facing 27 counts following the deadly attack at the Tops supermarket.
If convicted on all 27 counts, Gendron could face either the death penalty or a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
The attorney general will decide at a later date on whether to seek the death penalty, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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Ivan Cleary hits back at Melbourne boss in war of words between Storm and Panthers after chairman slammed 'arrogant' Penrith when 'stupid' club great accused his team of being behind ALL the NRL's dirty tactics
- Melbourne Storm chairman Matt Tripp publicly labelled the Panthers 'arrogant'
- Comes after Greg Alexander accused Storm of questionable tackling techniques
- Alexander is Penrith's deputy chairman, also works for Fox Sports & SEN Radio
- Storm legend Cameron Smith felt Alexander's assessment was 'over the top'
- Ivan Cleary disagreed with Tripp's comments, also rejected arrogance jibe
- Panthers play Storm on Thursday night, NRL clubs already have a fierce rivalry
Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has lit the fuse for Thursday night's highly anticipated clash with Melbourne by hitting back at Storm boss Matt Tripp after he labelled the NRL premiers 'arrogant.'
It comes just days after Panthers club great Greg Alexander accused Craig Bellamy's team on SEN Radio of being responsible for a number of dangerous tackles the NRL needs to remove from the game.
'For the deputy chair (Alexander) of one of our biggest competitors, to make unfounded and stupid comments as he has done, just goes to the arrogance of that club and their perceived status in the game at the moment,' Tripp told Fairfax Media.
'You can say a lot of things about the Melbourne Storm, but the one thing they can't be accused of is being arrogant.
Melbourne Storm boss Matt Tripp has lit the fuse for Thursday's clash versus Penrith at BlueBet Stadium after labelling the NRL premiers 'arrogant'
Penrith coach Ivan Cleary felt Alexander was entitled to his opinion that the Storm pioneered the dirty tactics plaguing the NRL
'We go about our business and don't make outlandish comments – we respond to comments, but you won't see us on the front foot making stupid comments, particularly about other clubs and their tactics.'
Panthers coach Ivan Cleary felt Tripp's scathing 'arrogant' assessment was wrong, and was quick to add Alexander's opinion on the Storm was personal rather than one collectively shared by his club.
'I think if anyone's able to have an opinion, it's Brandy (Alexander), and I think most of his opinions are spot on but that was his opinion in a completely different role (from his duties with the Panthers),' Cleary said on Wednesday.
'I don't think it's fair for everyone else at our club to be labelled what we were but these things happen.'
Last week NRL great Greg Alexander sensationally accused Melbourne of introducing a number of questionable tackling techniques into the NRL stretching back to 2002
He denied there was any arrogance within the ranks of the Panthers.
'I don't know why people say it, all I can say is that I don't believe it's true,' Cleary added.
'The consistency we've shown over the last three years, I don't think there's any way you can do that if you're disrespectful or arrogant.'
Alexander last week stated Melbourne are responsible for a number of questionable tackling techniques into the NRL stretching back two decades.
Speaking on SEN Radio, Alexander singled out the Storm and their long-time former captain Cameron Smith, who vigorously defended the club from the explosive allegation.
'I didn't think it was any type of revelation when I made those comments about the hip-drop emanating out of Melbourne Storm,' Alexander said on the breakfast sports show he co-hosts with fellow rugby league identity Andrew Voss.
'I thought it was just the general consensus that over the last 20 years all the tackles, the wrestling techniques had come out of Melbourne.
'I might be jumping to a conclusion, but I don't think I am.'
Alexander then provided evidence for his claim, pointing out two of the first three charges for hip-drop tackles in the 2020 NRL season came from Melbourne Storm players Jesse Bromwich and Max King.
'I distinctly remember the Max King incident because I was calling the game (for Fox Sports)...(Max) King just fell on the back of Blake Lawrie's leg,' he said.
Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai is known to push boundaries on the field in the heat of battle
Centre Stephen Crichton is another Penrith player NRL rivals feel provides extra niggle
'I think history shows – and it's not a stretch for me to jump to a Melbourne Storm conclusion – that the grapple, the chicken wing, the rolling pin, the crusher, the hip-drop – I think they all emanate out of Melbourne. They have led the way.
'They have changed the game back in 2002-2003 where the wrestle became part of the game.'
It prompted Storm great Cameron Smith - a colleague of Alexander's on SEN - to hit back on the airwaves.
'I don't know how you can come up with that (comment),' Smith said. 'To single out one club to say that introduced that tackle into our sport, that's a little bit over the top.
'Off the top of my head, I can't ever recall seeing Brandy (Alexander) at one of our training sessions. I can't.
'To single out the Melbourne Storm, that is really unfair.'
Panthers deputy chairman Greg Alexander believes the Storm - long blamed for slowing down the ruck with wrestling techniques - also brought in dirty tackles like the hip drop that broke Wests Tigers star Jackson Hastings' leg recently
Ahead of the round 22 grudge match in Sydney's west, Melbourne won't be able to call on backrower Felise Kaufusi, who will miss the game after the death of his father.
The Storm have fullback Nick Meaney returning from a head knock and centre Justin Olam from Covid-19, with Cooper Johns replacing the injured Jahrome Hughes at halfback.
The Panthers have named Viliame Kikau on the bench after his hip injury, but winger Taylan May is in doubt due to a shoulder injury. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nrl/article-11100655/Penrith-coach-Ivan-Cleary-hits-Storm-boss-war-words-clubs-goes-level.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-11T01:44:08Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nrl/article-11100655/Penrith-coach-Ivan-Cleary-hits-Storm-boss-war-words-clubs-goes-level.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:
07-15-27-32-34
(seven, fifteen, twenty-seven, thirty-two, thirty-four)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:
07-15-27-32-34
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
822 PM CDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern DeWitt
and central Lavaca Counties through 900 PM CDT...
At 822 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Yoakum to near Ezzell to 8 miles southeast
of Sublime. Movement was south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Yoakum, Shiner, Speaks, Ezzell, Koerth, Terryville, Mount Olive,
Vienna, Mont, Sweet Home and Hope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2906 9694 2910 9697 2906 9704 2910 9724
2942 9718 2938 9691 2946 9668 2934 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 008DEG 21KT 2934 9711 2931 9692 2940 9669
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
603 PM PDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Umatilla and southeastern Walla Walla Counties through 630 PM PDT...
At 603 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Milton-Freewater, or 10 miles south of Walla Walla, moving north at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Walla Walla, College Place, Milton-Freewater, Athena, Weston, Adams,
Umapine and Garrett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4582 11830 4579 11837 4574 11841 4575 11858
4600 11861 4605 11855 4613 11856 4610 11812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 188DEG 19KT 4589 11843
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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An ecological restoration project is proposed for Los Padres National Forest, which the Forest Service hopes will return the land to more sustainable and effective fire management practices. The proposal would reintroduce prescribed burning to more than 230,000 acres of forest in Kern, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
The Forest Service this week held two virtual meetings on Monday and today for people to submit public comment and ask questions about how forest officials would manage restoration and wildfire management.
Dessa Dale is the Environmental Project Manager for DJ&A, an environmental consulting firm working with the Forest Service on this project. She ran Monday’s virtual meeting and showed maps of the areas that would be affected in this proposal, emphasizing that prescribed burning would only happen in key areas that would help minimize uncontrolled wildfires — not in the remote wilderness, where they would be hard to control.
“Treatments would not occur in wilderness," she said.
In response to a question about what types of trees would be affected, forester Greg Thompson said Monday that the Forest Service would not be completely removing or burning all the trees in any area of forest.
“We don’t want to come in there and take out all the smaller trees, because we want these trees in the future to grow," he said.
Thompson said that’s why they won’t completely raze these parts of the forest. He says it’s important to preserve the understory, which is made up of vegetation like trees and shrubs that form the layer between the ground cover and the forest canopy.
Besides fire concerns, Thompson said the understory is also an important habitat for animals.
“We’re not just coming in there and removing all the understory, because I think that’s counterproductive for some of our other wildlife goals as well.”
Dale said prescribed burning in the Los Padres National Forest has long historical roots. It was a common practice by indigenous tribes, and she says it helped prevent destructive wildfires there.
“[It] also provided resilience to drought, insect and disease, and played an important role in moderating fire behaviors," Dale said.
The goal of this project, Dale said, is to try to bring back the forest closer to the level of health it used to enjoy. But as with any project introducing potential risk to the landscape, public comment is a necessary part of the process.
“Part of why we’re doing this scoping is to really get input from all of you, [to] see how we can make this project better and also be aware of any concerns."
The public comment period for the Ecological Restoration Project ends on August 28, and the Forest Service is accepting input on their website and by mail to their Solvang office. The Monday August 8 meeting recording is available online now, and the Forest Service says the recording from tonight is expected to post within a few days. | https://www.kcbx.org/environment-and-energy/2022-08-10/ecological-restoration-project-would-reintroduce-prescribed-burns-to-the-los-padres-national-forest | 2022-08-11T01:52:24Z | https://www.kcbx.org/environment-and-energy/2022-08-10/ecological-restoration-project-would-reintroduce-prescribed-burns-to-the-los-padres-national-forest | false |
Kentucky advocate celebrates signing of PACT Act
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Veterans exposed to burn pits while serving overseas will have an easier time getting medical care. For many years, veterans’ service organizations have been working towards the change, saying younger veterans were dying due to exposure to toxic fumes, and said they’ve had to fight the VA to access care.
President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act on Wednesday.
The law makes millions of combat veterans exposed to fumes from burning trash and fuel eligible for care from the VA, and for many, they will no longer be required to prove their illness is directly linked to breathing in smoke from burn pits.
Brian Amburgey, an advocate from Winchester, Kentucky, said he has been working for seven years to pass federal legislation guaranteeing medical care for service members exposed to various toxins.
After the signing, Amburgey said, “To finally see that everybody’s going to get justice, I’ve still got chills bumps just thinking about it.”
Amburgey is a former Marine who says he’s battled tumors and other serious health problems after being exposed to contaminated water while stationed at Camp Lejeune in the mid-1980s.
He said of his advocacy, “My motivation wasn’t just for me. I wanted to be make sure that everybody got justice.”
Millions of veterans are eligible to make new claims. VA Secretary Denis McDonough said the VA is ready to handle the influx of new claims with new hires, and by processing claims electronically. He also tells Gray Television that the VA will make care available to more veterans immediately.
McDonough said, “No matter what the law says in terms of when it starts, we’re going to consider that having started today with the President’s signature. We’re going to get to work on it.”
McDonough also said the VA setup the website, va.gov/pact for veterans to file their claims. Activist and comedian Jon Stewart said it was really nice to see a burn lifted from the shoulders of these families, “Let’s get them the benefits that they deserve, the people that are fighting it right now, let’s get them the care they need.”
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ARKANSAS, USA — The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) confirms there are now 15 cases of monkeypox in the state.
The vaccine for the virus is now available in our area. ADH has a list on its website showing locations with the monkeypox vaccine.
Of the 15 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Arkansas, ADH says those are all among men who have had sex with other men which is consistent with what is happening on a national level.
“We do anticipate the number of cases will continue to increase and for that reason, we are offering vaccine doses to people who have known exposure to someone with monkeypox,” said Dr. Jennifer Dillaha.
Dr. Jennifer Dillaha says people who have been at an event or setting where monkeypox has been known to spread can also get the vaccine.
Currently, the ADH unit in Washington County is the only place in our area to get the vaccine. Community Clinic in Springdale as well as AR Care in Springdale should have the vaccine later this week. She says there will be training on how to give doses, so the vaccine we have can go further.
“We’ve been working with pharmacies that have good connections with the LGBT community so that they are able to communicate directly to their patients that it’s available. I think that is important,” she said.
Dr. Dillaha says this virus spreads most commonly from direct skin-to-skin contact with the infection. She says if the vaccine is given within about four days of exposure it’s possible it could prevent the illness and if taken up to 14 days after exposure it could make the illness milder. She doesn’t think parents should be concerned because no children have been infected in Arkansas and say it is very unlikely to transmit in schools. The rash starts out as a red area that starts out flat and then raised.
“It forms vesicles which is like a pimple, but it’s got clear fluid in it and so that could look like a chicken pox. It may be hard to distinguish at that point. It progressing to be puss filled, so it’s called a pustule,” she said.
Symptoms of monkeypox can include fever, headache and muscle aches as well as swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion. But the tell-tale sign of monkeypox is a rash that looks like pimples or blisters.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
846 PM CDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Marion and
southeastern Cass Counties through 915 PM CDT...
At 846 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Kildare, or 11 miles south of Atlanta, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jefferson, Bivins, Smithland, McLeod, Berea, Lodi, Kildare, Gray and
Pruett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3304 9432 3304 9408 3272 9405 3272 9409
3273 9410 3273 9409 3274 9410 3274 9414
3272 9416 3272 9422 3275 9425 3275 9428
3273 9429 3273 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 001DEG 14KT 3295 9423
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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CHICAGO — A Chicago newlywed is in mourning after losing his wife to a rare pregnancy complication.
Speaking with WGN News about his wife Joslyn, who passed away less than a week ago, Ian Reed says he is ‘completely shattered’ and broken up about her passing.
“It was like we had this plan and now this plan is something completely different and it feels like everything I do, like even moving forward without her, is just impossible,” Reed said.
Still processing the tragic event, Reed said his wife was in her third trimester with their second little girl. He said the 38-year-old had been dealing with some concerns.
“We had a complicated pregnancy,” he said. “She had placenta previa, which means the placenta was blocking the cervix.”
Doctors successfully performed a cesarean section, bringing baby Coen into the world at 34 weeks old.
“They had her open, took baby Coen out, we both heard her cry and then her eyes just went up in her head,” Reed said. “Her blood pressure plummeted and they pulled me out of the room.”
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Joslyn had suffered an amniotic fluid embolism.
“Like one in 200,000 chance of that occurring,” Reed said.
An agonizing few days followed for her family and friends before final goodbyes had to be said.
Joslyn’s best friend, Lejla Zeyadich, organized a GoFundMe for Ian, Coen and older sister Zoey, who turned two on Tuesday.
“You just try to remember why you keep going and I know it’s those babies and I know it’s Ian,” Zeyadich said. “I mean, for the short time we were friends, I loved her so much.”
Lejla, Joslyn and Ian met in 2016 while working at the popular Duck Duck Goat in Fulton Market.
“There were gatherings where she was like, ‘he’s cute’ and I was like, ‘go for it,'” Zeyadich said. “They just connected on another level and that made it so special.”
Just a few weeks ago, the couple tied the knot.
“When I was around her, I always just felt like I was home,” Reed said.
Now left reeling, the restaurant community, friends and family say they will do their best to support Reed and the kids. Reed says he is grateful for that act of kindness.
“People without that support and community, I can only imagine how much harder this would be,” Reed says, “because even with all that help and support and love, it feels impossible.” | https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/husband-mourns-wife-who-died-from-rare-birth-complication-completely-shattered/ | 2022-08-11T02:14:09Z | https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/husband-mourns-wife-who-died-from-rare-birth-complication-completely-shattered/ | false |
U.S. moves to stretch limited monkeypox vaccine supply: The Hill
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Joe Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new strategy to stretch the limited available doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine by changing how the vaccine is injected, The Hill reported.
The new method would split up the doses and use one-fifth as much vaccine per shot. The partial dose of the vaccine would be injected into the upper layer of skin, rather than the full dose into the underlying fat, which is how shots are typically administered.
"In recent weeks the monkeypox virus has continued to spread at a rate that has made it clear our current vaccine supply will not meet the current demand," The Hill quoted U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf as saying in its report of the government move.
"The Biden administration is scrambling to try to control the spiraling monkeypox epidemic, which has become both a political and public health concern. More than 8,900 cases have been reported, and experts think that's likely an undercount," said the report.
The move is aimed at alleviating a major shortage of Jynneos, the only FDA-approved vaccine for monkeypox. The administration has hundreds of thousands of doses available but will need millions more to vaccinate the 1.6 million gay and bisexual men officials consider to be at highest risk for the virus, it added.
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PLA Eastern Theater Command fulfills all tasks of joint military operations around Taiwan
NANJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has accomplished all tasks in the series of joint military operations carried out recently in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island, a spokesperson with the Command said Wednesday.
The operations involving troops of multiple services effectively tested the armed forces' integrated combat ability, said Shi Yi, spokesperson with the Command.
The Command will closely follow the development of the situation across the Taiwan Strait, continue to carry out military training for war preparedness, and organize normalized combat-readiness security patrol in the Taiwan Strait to defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Shi said.
The military operations around the Taiwan Island began on the night of August 2, when Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, landed in China's Taiwan region.
The rocket force under the Command launched multiple types of conventional missiles targeting designated maritime areas to the east of the Taiwan Island while the army conducted precision strikes on specific areas in the eastern part of the Taiwan Strait, according to Shi.
Over the past few days, troops from the Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force and Logistic Support Force under the Eastern Theater Command conducted joint exercises and training in the waters and airspace off the northern, southwestern and southeastern coasts of the island, including operations of joint blockade, assault on ground and sea targets, airspace control, joint anti-submarine drill, and integrated logistics and support.
The armed forces' integrated combat ability has been improved and their readiness in contingency response been tested, Shi said.
New armaments including stealth fighters, multiple launch rocket systems and YY-20 refueling aircraft were applied in the operations.
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(WFLA) — The tropics have remained quiet ahead of hurricane season and one of the reasons is Saharan dust plumes moving off the coast of Africa. Those plumes are also helping limit formation chances for the tropical wave being monitored.
“The National Hurricane Center is really limiting this chance of development because that Saharan dust is keeping it at bay — it’s not allowing it to organize,” said meteorologist Amanda Holly, of WFLA in Tampa. “So we’re not worried about that for now.”
The dry dust that originates from the Sahara Desert helps keep the tropics quiet because tropical systems need moisture to form and strengthen. The winds that push the dust across the Atlantic also help limit organization of tropical systems.
Saharan dust plumes are typically seen in May, June and into July. An uptick in tropical activity is usually seen after — as the statistical peak of hurricane season on Sept. 10 approaches.
But this year, Saharan dust is still blowing into August.
“The Saharan dust has been very thick for us for this time of the year. This looks more like a June Saharan dust plume than an August Saharan dust plume,” said WFLA Meteorologist Rebecca Barry.
So is it uncommon to see plumes this late in the season and is it something we should expect every year?
Barry says so much Saharan dust in the Atlantic right now is unusual, but not impossible.
“It’s certainly late in the season compared to our normal patterns,” she said. “I would not expect this to be considered standard moving forward, but more likely an anomaly.” | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/saharan-dust-is-it-normal-to-see-plumes-this-late/ | 2022-08-11T02:22:15Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/saharan-dust-is-it-normal-to-see-plumes-this-late/ | true |
With the November elections only three months away, we have a lot of things to worry about. Although President Biden’s approval ratings are low, he has managed to get a lot of stuff done. Democrats finally got it together and passed major legislation with the Inflation Reduction Act. Biden had the stimulus checks passed during the pandemic and reduced unemployment.
Despite some positives, there are negative things also going on in the state. What are the biggest concerns you have when it comes to today’s politics?
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Best Murad skin care solutions
When it comes to skin care, you deserve the best. Murad offers top-of-the-line clinical skin care solutions formulated to bridge the gap between health care and skin health. Options include retinol serums, facial cleansers, exfoliants, moisturizers and sunscreens, so there’s something for everyone. As a high-quality brand, Murad focuses on delivering results, regardless of skin type or need.
Background and focus
Murad was founded by Dr. Howard Murad, a board-certified dermatologist and pharmacist, in 1989. The goal was to create medical-grade skin care solutions that are easily accessible and deliver results. With this goal in mind, Murad established four main concepts for overall wellness that its skin care treatments and solutions follow:
- “Eat your water”
- “Awaken your body”
- “Be kind to your mind”
- “Nourish your skin”
The idea behind Murad is, by combining a healthy life with a nourishing, cleansing skin care routine, everyone can improve their overall quality of life and skin.
Murad skin care solutions and treatments
Murad offers a wide range of options to tackle different skin issues. These include:
- Moisturizers: These help the skin retain moisture, repair the skin barrier and protect it from external damage. Some moisturizers also contain antioxidants and a sun protection factor.
- Cleansers: Murad’s cleansers primarily remove dead skin, dirt and oil from the skin. Some can also eliminate minor blemishes and help the skin look more radiant and evenly toned.
- Exfoliators: Similar to cleansers, exfoliators can remove dead skin cells, oil and dirt to leave the skin smooth and glowing. They also unclog pores and even out skin tone.
- Masks: Facial masks can hydrate and purify the skin. They can also remove excess oils and exfoliate the face.
- Sunscreens: Murad has a line of sunscreens with different SPF levels to protect the skin from harsh UV rays. These can also hydrate the skin and prevent excess oil buildup.
- Serums: These are highly concentrated to hydrate skin effectively for long periods.
Murad also offers supplements in the form of capsules. These support skin health by providing essential nutrients and hydration. You can use them in conjunction with other skin care solutions.
Targeted areas
Among other things, Murad’s skin care solutions can help:
- Brighten and even out skin tone
- Reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
- Unclog pores and fight against acne breakouts
- Prevent oil buildup
- Protect the skin barrier
- Hydrate and exfoliate the skin
Ingredients
Murad uses a science-based approach in creating its skin care solutions. The ingredients used are all high-quality and generally considered safe for most people. Common ingredients include:
- Antioxidants (green tea, vitamin C, etc.) protect the skin from external damage.
- Hyaluronic acid helps with skin elasticity and reduces the signs of aging.
- Glycolic acid exfoliates the skin, reduces pores, evens out skin tone and promotes collagen production.
- Glycerin hydrates and softens the skin.
- Natural extracts (such as coconut extract) encourage healthy skin, reduce inflammation and lock in moisture.
Murad does not test its products on animals, nor does it work with facilities that do. Many of its treatments are free from potentially harmful ingredients, including:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Formaldehyde
- Gluten
Skin type
Since everyone has a different skin type, what works for one person might not work for another. Some skin types are more sensitive to environmental changes or stress, while others are prone to breakouts or other skin conditions, such as rashes. Common skin types include:
- Oily
- Dry
- Normal or balanced
- Combination (oily and dry)
- Sensitive
On the official website, Murad has a quiz you can take to create a personalized skin care regimen based on your skin type and primary and secondary concerns.
Texture
When it comes to texture, Murad has everything from thick moisturizing creams to lightweight serums. Some skin care solutions disappear almost immediately, while others linger on the skin.
Packaging
The brand’s skin care solutions come in the following packaging options:
- Tubes
- Jars
- Sprays
There are also kits or packs designed to tackle specific skin issues, such as dryness or breakouts.
Size
Most Murad treatments and solutions are measured in fluid ounces. They typically range from around 1 to 6 fluid ounces.
8 best Murad skin care products
Murad Resurgence Retinol Youth Renewal Night Cream
This antiaging face cream is meant for evening use. It can improve the contours of your skin, reduce the signs of wrinkles and fine lines and hydrate the face, neck and upper chest. It comes in a 1.7-fluid-ounce container.
Murad Mini AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser
This exfoliating cleanser helps remove dead skin cells, hydrates the skin and keeps it looking and feeling rejuvenated. Active ingredients include salicylic acid, glycolic acid and lactic acid, all of which can revitalize the skin and improve its texture and elasticity. It comes in a 2-ounce container.
Murad AntiAging Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30
With an SPF rating of 30, this face moisturizer keeps the skin looking and feeling youthful while protecting it from sun damage. It provides both UVA and UVB protection to prevent early signs of aging.
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Murad Outsmart Acne Clarifying Treatment
This gentle, lightweight gel serum is formulated to clear up acne breakouts and prevent them from occurring at all. It contains glycolic acid that helps smooth rough skin and evens skin tone. It’s ideal for either morning or night use.
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Murad Hydrate Trial Kit Moisturizing Skin Care Set
This small kit is perfect for trying different moisturizing skin care solutions. It comes with an exfoliating cleanser, a multivitamin infusion oil and a high-quality skin moisturizer. These include essential vitamins and acids to keep the skin healthy while gently exfoliating it.
Murad Environmental Shield Rapid Age Spot Correcting Serum
This serum is formulated with vitamin C and a niacinamide complex, which can reduce the appearance of dark spots within six weeks. It can also leave the skin looking and feeling brighter and more radiant. It’s safe for all skin types.
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Murad Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture
This moisturizer is the perfect addition to any skin care routine as it’s designed to support collagen production and hydrate the skin. You can use it on the face, neck and upper chest region to lock in moisture all day. It comes in a 1.7-fluid-ounce container.
Murad Youth Renewal Retinol Trial Kit For Smoother, Younger-Looking Skin
This kit includes a retinol eye serum, night cream and an all-purpose retinol serum that can help keep skin looking young and healthy. It’s ideal for more mature skin. It’s safe for all skin types but is best for those with dry skin.
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BALLSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A Ballston man has been jailed after he allegedly beat a one-year-old child. The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said William R. Burden, 30, not only hit the child but also strangled them. Burden knew the child personally, according to reports.
The alleged assaults took place on Tuesday at an address in the Town of Ballston. Burden was arrested and arraigned at the Town of Milton Court in front of the Honorable Judge Timothy Brown.
Felony charges:
- Second-degree assault
- Second-degree strangulation
Burden was sent to the Saratoga County Correctional Facility in place of $20,000 cash bail, $40,000 bond, or $250,000 partially-secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in the Town of Ballston Court at a later date. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/ballston-man-accused-of-beating-1-year-old-child/ | 2022-08-11T02:26:43Z | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/ballston-man-accused-of-beating-1-year-old-child/ | false |
(NEXSTAR) – Ever wonder why that amazing video you tried to send to friends or relatives showed up minuscule and pixelated? It’s just one of several texting issues that Google blamed Apple for in a blunt message posted on its website Tuesday.
“It’s time for Apple to fix texting,” Google wrote, calling out the Cupertino, California-based company for a variety of user headaches it says are related to Apple’s “outdated” choice of messaging service resulting in a “broken experience.”
Texts among Apple device owners using iMessage are encrypted and show up in blue bubbles; they can be sent via cellular data networks or over Wi-Fi. When an Android device, for instance, that can’t use iMessage enters the conversation, texts are sent via SMS/MMS and show up in green bubbles, without many of the features offered by iMessage.
SMS, which stands for Short Message Service, refers to basic texts, while messages with photos or video are sent via MMS, or Multimedia Messaging Service.
Google uses Rich Communication Services (RCS) for messaging on its Android devices, and is calling on Apple to adopt the same communication protocol to improve the texting experience between Apple and Android devices.
The SMS concept dates back to the 1980s and is the most widely used type of mobile message around the world. On Tuesday, Google called it “out-of-date” and to blame for a number of issues when it comes to Android-iPhone text snafus: Blurry, tiny photos and videos; lack of encryption, no typing indicators, no read receipts and an inability to leave group texts.
While personal frustrations are one thing, some young Android users have reported being ostracized and left out of group texts because their messages “turned the thread green,” leaving white text on a light-colored green background and eliminating some iMessage features.
Analyst Ben Bajarin told Fast Company that his teenage son explained, “we would start a new group chat, and the group would realize I was the reason it was green, and they would start another group chat without me.”
Distaste for green text messages has become fodder for memes and tweets about the social and even romantic stigma some attach to green text bubbles.
“If I give you my number and a green bubble pops up when you text me, I’m (at minimum) already questioning your taste level,” one person quipped.
“can’t believe I kissed a boy w green texts I am so nice that was my act of charity for the year,” another tweeted.
Now, Google hopes to leverage its “Get The Message” campaign – along with videos from from stars such as Vanessa Hudgens and Madelaine Petsch – to pressure Apple into adopting RCS.
“The bad experience you get when texting Android users is created by Apple,” Google claims.
Judging from evidence that surfaced in last year’s court battle with “Fortnite” maker Epic Games Inc., it may prove difficult to shame the Silicon Valley giant into ditching SMS/MMS.
Among the thousands of pages of internal documents revealed during the trial were emails among Apple executives discussing iMessage and Android, according to a January report in the Wall Street Journal.
“In the absence of a strategy to become the primary messaging service for [the] bulk of cell phone users, I am concerned the iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s chief software executive, wrote in an email in 2013.
In a 2016 email, Phil Schiller, then-head of marketing, told CEO Tim Cook that “moving iMessage to Android will hurt us,” with another executive equating iMessage to “serious lock-in.”
It’s not clear what role the blue-green bubble divide may have played in Apple’s success in the U.S. market, but when it comes to young consumers, the iPhone is the clear sales winner.
In 2021, a study by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners found that over 70 percent of people between 18-24 bought an iPhone, according to the Journal.
Nexstar reached out to Apple for comment on Google’s campaign but did not receive a response. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/green-vs-blue-google-blasts-apple-for-broken-texting-between-iphone-android/ | 2022-08-11T02:29:21Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/green-vs-blue-google-blasts-apple-for-broken-texting-between-iphone-android/ | true |
WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
846 PM CDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Marion and
southeastern Cass Counties through 915 PM CDT...
At 846 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Kildare, or 11 miles south of Atlanta, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jefferson, Bivins, Smithland, McLeod, Berea, Lodi, Kildare, Gray and
Pruett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3304 9432 3304 9408 3272 9405 3272 9409
3273 9410 3273 9409 3274 9410 3274 9414
3272 9416 3272 9422 3275 9425 3275 9428
3273 9429 3273 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 001DEG 14KT 3295 9423
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Jonathan Turley: The more we learn about the Trump raid, the more confusing it gets
Jonathan Turley questions the justification behind the raid on Trump's home
Jonathan Turley discussed how former President Trump is on record with sources to have cooperated with the government prior to the raid on his Mar-A-Lago home on "Hannity."
SEAN HANNITY: THE FBI AND THE DOJ HAVE SADLY EARNED THE COUNTRY'S DISTRUST
JONATHAN TURLEY: The more we learn, the more confusing this gets. What did they possibly tell Reinhardt? Did they relay this history to the magistrate? That, according to these sources, that the president had cooperated. I mean, the idea that he was subject to a subpoena, complied with a subpoena, didn't challenge it, voluntarily showed the storage room to the agents, followed their advice, secured it to meet their demands. All of that is hardly a basis for saying now we need to send in 40 FBI agents on a nighttime raid. I mean, if the subpoena worked the first time, then presumably a second subpoena would work the second time if there were remaining documents that were not gathered up in the first collection. What we have to find out is the details.
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The operation took place several days after a well-known science lecturer of Chulalongkorn University, Jessada Denduangboriphat, posted on his Facebook wall that he had to buy the Molnupiravir anti-viral drug for his family members after doctors refused to administer them the drug.
The results of the operation were announced jointly at a press conference by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Public Health permanent secretary Kiatphum Wongrajit, Food and Drug Administration secretary-general Paisarn Dunkum, and Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) commander Pol Lt-General Anan Nanasombat.
Anutin said the joint operation led to the busting of a network that had been selling unlicensed drugs online for about two months.
The operation netted some 80,000 tablets of Favipiravir and Molnupiravir and some doses of Remdesivir ampoules, as well as anti-Covid nasal sprays.
Anutin said the drug has not been registered with and approved by the FDA, so the medicine cannot be distributed in Thailand.
He said Covid medicine should not be bought online for personal use because the drug is under special control and has been registered for use under emergency situation and must be administered only by doctors.
Anutin said the authorities did not check whether the seized medicines were genuine or fake, but they were not registered and must be destroyed without being donated to anyone.
“Covid patients for whom doctors have not prescribed Molnupiravir should not buy the drug on their own as it could endanger their health,” Anutin warned.
After lecturer Jessada’s Facebook post last week, Anutin cried foul and threatened to locate and arrest the seller of the medicine.
After learning of the arrest, Jessada insisted that people should have the right to buy Molnupiravir to treat Covid as soon as possible. He said it would a pity if the 80,000 seized pills would be wasted instead of being used to save lives.
Jessada, who is well-known for scientifically disproving many “urban legends”, has been campaigning on his Facebook wall for the government to stop controlling Covid drugs, so that the medicine would be available in drug stores as in neighbouring countries. He highlighted that people in Laos no longer fear Covid because they can buy Molnupiravir in drug stores for only 300 baht per course.
Speaking at the same press conference, CPPD commander Anan said police pretended to be buyers of the drug via Facebook and Instagram accounts before they sought search warrants that led to the arrest.
Anan said the two online shops had got the drug from the same source, which was a house in Bangkok’s Wang Thong Lang district. Police searched the house and arrested the house owner after finding a huge lot of drugs. The house owner was identified as Chaluarat.
She later implicated two other suspects, Prasert and Khanittha, who were arrested on Tuesday. Prasert was arrested at his house in Talinchan and Kanittha in Wang Thong Lang.
Anan said the three had got the drug from an Indian trader, who mostly mailed the medicine to them as parcel.
Kiatphum told the press conference that not all Covid patients would require the anti-viral drug so they should believe the treatment offered by qualified doctors instead of self-medication.
He said the Public Health Ministry has distributed enough medicine to all hospitals nationwide. He said stocks of Favipiravir and Molnupiravir would be enough for 14 more days and the ministry was buying 10 million more Favipiravir pills, 20 million Molnupiravir pills and 80,000 vials of Remdesivir.
The FDA chief said it was illegal to bring in drugs from neighbouring countries, as they have not been registered with the FDA so their quality and safety cannot be guaranteed.
Published : August 04, 2022
By : THE NATION
Published : Aug 11, 2022
Published : Aug 11, 2022
Published : Aug 10, 2022
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Simon Muzziotti played 20 games in the 2021 Arizona Fall League.
That equaled the number he played in the last two seasons combined in the minor leagues.
The 23-year-old missed two weeks and a little more than five weeks in separate stints this season with Double-A.
Since returning from the injured list, Muzziotti has shown the capabilities that have him as the Phillies’ No. 17 prospect. The outfielder has 32 hits — 12 for extra bases — in 31 games for Reading and Triple-A Lehigh Valley with 20 runs, 17 RBIs and 17 walks.
“I lost like two years,” Muzziotti said. “I knew I could hit, but now I’ve been doing it consistently.”
Muzziotti’s first-inning single in Lehigh Valley’s 2-1 loss Wednesday against Charlotte extended his hitting streak to seven games, 15 of his last 17.
“When you that time,” he added, “you have to swing at good pitches. Now I can be more aggressive when I make good swings at good pitches.”
Despite his inactivity because of COVID (2020) and visa issues (2021) and due to injuries to other outfielders, Muzziotti started this season in Philadelphia. He made his MLB debut on April 11 against the Mets and picked up his first hit four days later in Miami against the Marlins.
The 6-foot-1, 175-pounder returned to Double-A Reading on April 22, then had just 27 plate appearances in the next two months thanks to a pair of IL stints.
Muzziotti warmed up after an 0-for-14 stretch in his first four games back with an .823 OPS in those 30 contests.
“His performance speaks for itself,” IronPigs manager Anthony Contreras said. “He’s here for a reason. He’s been called up to the big leagues for a reason. I expect him to continue contributing.”
Muzziotti came to the Phillies in 2016 after MLB granted him his free agency after it was determined the Red Sox tampered ahead of the international signing.
The Venezuela native has steadily climbed through the lower levels of the minor leagues. His defense has been stellar. He has only five errors in 274 games in the outfield.
Muzziotti batted a combined .296 when he played at every level of the system in a 34-day stretch to finish the 2021 season, then batted .254 in 20 games in the Arizona Fall League.
His latest hot streak keeps him in the conversation for the streaking Phillies, who are in the hunt for their first playoff berth since 2011.
For now, he’s focused on staying in the lineup.
“I come to a really good atmosphere with a team that has a chance to make the playoffs,” Muzziotti said. “The game is faster, so you just have to continue making adjustments and play good defense.”
How they scored
Bottom 2: Scott Kingery doubled to right to lead off, took third on Ali Castillo’s grounder and scored on Jack Conley’s grounder. It was Conley’s first Triple-A at-bat in 2022. IronPigs 1-0.
Top 7: Carlos Perez walked, took second on Blake Rutherford’s single and scored on Micker Adolfo’s two-out double. Tied at 1.
Top 8: Yolbert Sanchez extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a one-out single, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Jake Burger’s single to right. Knights 2-1.
Game notes
Rehabbing Sam Coonrod allowed a run on two hits and walk in one inning. It was his eighth outing in 20 days. Rehabbing pitchers have a 30-day clock before the MLB club must activate him. … LHP Bailey Falter needed only 42 pitches to retire the last 13 batters he faced in a six-inning outing. He allowed one hit and two walks while striking out eight. He threw 62 of 80 pitches for strikes. … RHP Tyler Cyr allowed the winning run in the top of the eighth. It was the first earned run he yielded in his last eight outings. … Dalton Guthrie equaled Jorge Bonifacio for the IronPigs lead with seven outfield assists when he threw out Jake Burger at second base in the eighth. … Lehigh Valley’s loss and Durham’s win over Jacksonville creates a three-way tie between the teams for first place in the International League East Division.
Up next
LHP Kent Emanuel (2-1, 2.70 ERA) faces Charlotte RHP Jason Bilous (0-0, 3.38 ERA) in a 7:05 p.m. start Thursday.
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The attacks were blamed on Islamist groups, and it marks the second three-day mourning period this year as the country struggles to deal with years of insurgency.
Authorities in Mali have declared three days of mourning beginning Thursday after a pair of terror attacks killed dozens of soldiers over the weekend.
In the most deadly incident, 42 soldiers were killed and 22 others injured in an attack on Sunday near the town of Tessit in the Gao Region. The government said the "complex and coordinated attack" involved drones, car bombs and artillery, blaming an affiliate of the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) group.
Later that day, five police officers were killed when extremists attacked a police station in the town of Sona, near the border with Burkina Faso. Soulaimane Traore, director-general of the national police, said three other officers remain missing. The following day, militants belonging to the al-Qaeda affiliate group JNIM claimed responsibility.
Mali is ruled by a military junta after Colonel Assimi Goita overthrew the democratic government in 2020, in part over frustration at its failure to rein in years of insurgency. Terrorist attacks have nevertheless remained common.
After Goita's coup, Mali's traditional security partner and former colonizer, France, withdrew its military forces. Observers fear this has created a power vacuum for yet more attacks to occur.
The country now looks to Russia and Russia-backed mercinaries from the Wagner group for equipment, training and support.
In June this year, the current leadership announced another three-day mourning period after members of the Katibat Macina Islamist group massacred 132 civilians in Diallassagou and two surrounding villages in the Mopti Region.
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VIDEO: Machine Gun Kelly Performs 'god save me' For VEVO
The new performance is now streaming on Machine Gun Kelly's YouTube channel.
Vevo, the world's leading music video network, announces the release of multi-platinum recording artist Machine Gun Kelly's Official Live Performance of "god save me." Vevo's Official Live Performances are the result of close creative collaboration with artists and their teams, resulting in a series of very special exclusive performances. "god save me" follows Machine Gun Kelly's previous Vevo performances of "more than life (featuring glaive)," "twin flame" and "fake love don't last (featuring Iann Dior)."
Official Live Performances are the flagship original content for Vevo, working with the biggest names in music - they are the result of close creative collaboration with artists and their teams, resulting in a series of very special exclusive performances. Specifically tailored creatives meant to fit the vision of each individual artist chosen, these performances connect artists with their global audience of fans adding to their visual library.
"Our team had a great time working on such an exciting creative with Machine Gun Kelly," says JP Evangelista, Vevo's SVP of Content, Programming & Marketing, "His enthusiasm at every stage of production was truly infectious - it was a true pleasure to work with such an involved artist. MGK's energy was next level and we are all really pleased with the finished videos. "
An electric live performer who is currently finishing up his Mainstream Sellout Tour with a sold-out hometown show at FirstEnergy Stadium (Cleveland Browns) on August 13, Machine Gun Kelly closely collaborated with Vevo's team to create a completely bespoke set that balances rock and roll and high fashion. "god save me" starts off slow and steady, reeling viewers in with a false sense of calm. As the camera pans out, it becomes clear that there's more to this performance than meets the eye: Machine Gun Kelly is suddenly surrounded by ghoulish figures in black robes, their faces completely covered by mirrored fabric. Another quick pan in and the figures have disappeared, making their way behind him and starting a mosh pit.
ABOUT VEVO: Vevo is the world's leading music video network, connecting an ever-growing global audience to high quality music video content for more than a decade. Founded by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in 2009, Vevo offers fans worldwide a vast array of premium content to choose from, showcasing official music videos alongside a constantly developing lineup of live performances and innovative original programming. From top superstars to rising new talents, Vevo brings incomparable cross-promotional support to artists across the musical spectrum, at every stage of their careers.
Vevo has consistently evolved over the past decade to lead within today's ever-changing media landscape, embracing partnerships with a number of leading distribution platforms to deliver extraordinary content within ad-supported environments. With more than 25B views across television, desktop and mobile devices each month, Vevo brings music videos to the world - when, where, and how fans want them.
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Marlins second. JJ Bleday singles to deep right field. Charles Leblanc singles to shallow right field. JJ Bleday to second. Bryan De La Cruz lines out to second base to Jean Segura. Lewin Diaz reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Charles Leblanc out at second. JJ Bleday to third. Jacob Stallings singles to center field. Lewin Diaz to second. JJ Bleday scores. Peyton Burdick pops out to shallow left field to Bryson Stott.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Marlins 1, Phillies 0.
Marlins fourth. JJ Bleday triples. Charles Leblanc singles to shallow center field. JJ Bleday scores. Bryan De La Cruz flies out to right field to Nick Castellanos. Lewin Diaz grounds out to shallow infield. Charles Leblanc out at second.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Marlins 2, Phillies 0.
Phillies sixth. Bryson Stott walks. Brandon Marsh lines out to center field to Peyton Burdick. Kyle Schwarber doubles to deep left center field. Bryson Stott scores. Rhys Hoskins called out on strikes. Alec Bohm lines out to deep right field to Bryan De La Cruz.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Marlins 2, Phillies 1.
Marlins eighth. Joey Wendle grounds out to second base, Jean Segura to Rhys Hoskins. Miguel Rojas singles to left field. Garrett Cooper doubles to deep right center field. JJ Bleday doubles to deep right center field. Billy Hamilton scores. Charles Leblanc grounds out to shallow infield, Bryson Stott to Rhys Hoskins.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Marlins 3, Phillies 1.
Phillies eighth. Jean Segura singles to shallow infield. Bryson Stott singles to center field. Jean Segura to second. Brandon Marsh singles to center field. Bryson Stott to third. Jean Segura scores. Kyle Schwarber singles to deep right field. Brandon Marsh to third. Bryson Stott scores. Rhys Hoskins lines out to shortstop to Miguel Rojas. Brandon Marsh doubled off third. Alec Bohm singles to right field. Kyle Schwarber to third. J.T. Realmuto singles to left field. Alec Bohm to second. Kyle Schwarber scores. Nick Castellanos lines out to shallow infield to Joey Wendle.
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Braves fourth. Austin Riley singles to left center field. Matt Olson flies out to center field to Jarren Duran. William Contreras lines out to deep right field to Alex Verdugo. Eddie Rosario walks. Austin Riley to second. Marcell Ozuna homers to center field. Eddie Rosario scores. Austin Riley scores. Michael Harris II grounds out to shallow infield, Nick Pivetta to Bobby Dalbec.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 3, Red sox 0.
Red sox fifth. Bobby Dalbec doubles to deep left field. Jarren Duran singles to deep center field. Bobby Dalbec to third. Tommy Pham grounds out to shallow infield. Jarren Duran out at second. Bobby Dalbec scores. Rafael Devers singles to shallow center field. Xander Bogaerts grounds out to shallow infield to Kyle Wright.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 3, Red sox 1.
Braves seventh. Marcell Ozuna strikes out on a foul tip. Michael Harris II singles to first base. Vaughn Grissom homers to center field. Michael Harris II scores. Ronald Acuna Jr. flies out to deep right field to Alex Verdugo. Dansby Swanson strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 5, Red sox 1.
Red sox seventh. Reese McGuire flies out to right center field to Ronald Acuna Jr.. Bobby Dalbec singles to right center field. Jaylin Davis pinch-hitting for Jarren Duran. Jaylin Davis singles to center field. Bobby Dalbec to second. Tommy Pham homers to center field. Jaylin Davis scores. Bobby Dalbec scores. Rafael Devers strikes out swinging. Xander Bogaerts pops out to shallow infield to Vaughn Grissom.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 5, Red sox 4.
Braves eighth. Austin Riley strikes out swinging. Matt Olson singles to center field. William Contreras singles to shallow infield. Matt Olson to second. Eddie Rosario doubles to center field. William Contreras to third. Matt Olson scores. Marcell Ozuna out on a sacrifice fly to deep center field to Jaylin Davis. Eddie Rosario to third. William Contreras scores. Michael Harris II strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 7, Red sox 4.
Braves ninth. Vaughn Grissom singles to left field. Ronald Acuna Jr. strikes out swinging. Dansby Swanson singles to shallow right field. Vaughn Grissom scores. Austin Riley grounds out to shortstop. Dansby Swanson out at second.
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Massive hole forms in middle of road after flooding
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - In a matter of minutes, heavy rain led to high water across Kanawha County.
While flooding isn’t that unusual, some of the damage left behind is not so normal such as on Kellys Creek Road.
“We have a hole half the size of a Volkswagen,” local resident Ron Gilkerson said.
Kellys Creek Road was blocked off so no one would try and cross the giant hole that formed in the middle of the road.
Sgt. C.M. Morgan with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said he was on patrol when he saw Gilkerson directing traffic.
That was when the road was flooded, though. It wasn’t until a little later when the road made a dramatic transformation.
“I’ve literally watched it give way while I was here as the rain had just ceased,” Morgan said. “You could hear the asphalt falling.”
Even when our crews were at the scene taking video, the hole kept getting larger.
DOH members on the scene said they’re bringing out a rubber-tar excavator to try and get the hole fixed as quickly as possible.
We also sent an email to the Division of Highways to ask for more details about the repairs needed and how long it will be before the road is fixed.
The Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department also told WSAZ that Martins Branch at Utah Hollow road is impassable.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DomainDAO, a new community-driven DAO that aims to bid on the .dao top-level domain, just closed its phase I crowdfunding on Juicebox Protocol with over 200 ETH contributions within one month in the roughest crypto winter yet. Key participants include individual DAO enthusiasts and renowned crypto venture capitals.
The monopoly DomainDAO aims to disrupt
The crypto space never ceases to innovate, with the latest spotlight on neither the NFT craze nor the GameFi Play-to-Earn fever, but on a new movement revolting against a traditionally monopolized yet overlooked sector: the domain space. Many modern-day prominent domains such as .io and .finance are dominated by private companies or government-backed agencies, and DomainDAO wants to disrupt that with decentralization.
Founded by web3 professionals and enthusiasts, DomainDAO wants to decentralize the governance of top-level domains (TLD), starting by proposing and bidding on a new top-level domain - .dao under ICANN's regulatory framework. More DAOs are being created than ever before and might soon become the mainstream structure for organization governance.
DomainDAO wants to think ahead on how DAOs will identify themselves in the digital space with the traditional TLD setup, hence its mission of owning .dao for DAOs, by a DAO. DAOs would be able to show off their DAO entities with their domains upon successful application. Makerdao.com would conveniently become maker.dao, and that applies to all other DAOs.
The roadmap ahead: DomainDAO's now and future
True to its DAO identity, DomainDAO referenced ConstitutionDAO and took its phase I funding to Juicebox to gather community support for decentralized domain ownership. Phase II funding had immediately kick-started afterward for early supporters of DomainDAO. With the angel round funding, the team focuses on preparing the ICANN application from all perspectives, including operation, legal, marketing, partnerships, etc.
DomainDAO has recruited more than twenty DAOs to form a tight-knit community, including popular ones like Cult DAO, City DAO, PleasrDAO, etc. All founding partners will receive exclusive DomainDAO NFTs as proof to reserve their preferred .dao secondary domains with $DOMAIN before DomainDAO successfully bid the TLD. The partnerships have proven a strong demand for the .dao TLD, and DomainDAO wants to ultimately build a DAO ecosystem that encourages, supports, and fosters the development of DAOs.
Ways to contribute to DomainDAO
There are multiple ways one can contribute and steer this revolution.
- Be an Angel investor: participate in DomainDAO's phase II funding on Juicebox and contribute $ETH for $DOMAIN.
- Be an active community member: Propose, connect, and share ideas on Discord and Twitter. DomainDAO is a DAO after all, and some of its key decisions will be voted on and decided by its community.
- DAOs should not hesitate to reach out for any collaboration and partnership. DomainDAO is always looking to expand its community, and anyone can reserve a .dao TLD for future usage.
About DomainDAO
Website: https://thedomaindao.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theDomainDao
Discord: discord.gg/DuAP2yKx66
Juicebox: juicebox.money/#/p/domaindao
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Still unanswered questions surrounding mysterious death at Mobile apartment complex
By Ariel Mallory
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MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Questions about a mysterious death at an apartment complex in Mobile remain unanswered.
A 54-year-old man from Bayou Bend Apartments died Tuesday. He was found unresponsive inside his unit. Mobile Police haven’t said how the man died, only that they responded to a call of a man down.
This has many of his neighbors wanting to know what happened to him. A woman who lives there didn’t want to go on camera but says many neighbors were shocked by his passing. She’s worried that he might have been a victim of a crime.
“All the years we’ve been here it’s never been like this,” she said. “He was a good guy so I don’t even understand how this could even happen like.”
MPD is waiting on autopsy results to determine his cause of death. Police have not released the victim’s name.
The apartment is a part of HUD’s housing program. It is owned by GMF- Alabama Housing LLC.
FOX10 News reached out to the owners but was unable to reach anyone.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
633 PM PDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Imperial
County through 715 PM PDT...
At 633 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 15 miles south of Plaster City to near Mt.
Signal to near Calexico. These storms were nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph with blowing dust.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
El Centro, Calexico, Mt. Signal and Heber.
This includes the following highways...
CA Interstate 8 between mile markers 19 and 22, and between mile
markers 30 and 43.
CA Route 111 between mile markers 1 and 8.
CA Route 86 between mile markers 1 and 6.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3276 11588 3279 11548 3268 11536 3267 11538
3266 11542 3264 11593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 093DEG 3KT 3258 11577 3265 11564 3265 11544
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
846 PM CDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Marion and
southeastern Cass Counties through 915 PM CDT...
At 846 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Kildare, or 11 miles south of Atlanta, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jefferson, Bivins, Smithland, McLeod, Berea, Lodi, Kildare, Gray and
Pruett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3304 9432 3304 9408 3272 9405 3272 9409
3273 9410 3273 9409 3274 9410 3274 9414
3272 9416 3272 9422 3275 9425 3275 9428
3273 9429 3273 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 001DEG 14KT 3295 9423
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
5-7-6, Fireball: 8
(five, seven, six; Fireball: eight)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
5-7-6, Fireball: 8
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Carlos Vela scored in the third minute and Raúl Ruidíaz’s converted a penalty kick in the 73rd minute in the Major League Soccer All-Star team’s 2-1 victory over Mexico’s Liga MX on Wednesday night.
Kevin Álvarez scored for Liga MX with a rocket from outside the box in the 83rd minute that sailed past diving goalie Sean Johnson. That brought the thousands of Mexicans in attendance to life, and they were just as loud as the Americans.
Minnesota United, nicknamed the Loons by the ardent supporters, had backup goalie Dayne St. Clair and starting midfielder Emanuel Reynoso represented on the team. Reynoso took the first corner kick. St. Clair entered in the 33rd minute to sub for Andre Blake. He made four saves, including a diving stop to block a header in the 44th minute, to win the game’s MVP award.
This was the second edition of this format for the MLS All-Star game, setting it apart from the other major U.S.-based pro sports leagues. The MLS team beat Liga MX on penalty kicks in Los Angeles last year after a 1-1 draw in regulation. The MLS has not committed to an All-Star rematch.
The two leagues are more business partners than fierce rivals, with only one Mexican player in the starting Liga MX lineup: Fernando Beltrán. The MLS team had Vela, Javier “Chicharito” Hernández and Julián Araujo, who was born in the U.S. and has dual nationality.
But the MLS, which was formed more than 50 years after Liga MX, certainly will take another sign that it’s catching up to its southern neighbor. The Seattle Sounders became the first MLS club to defeat a Liga MX team for the CONCACAF Champions League title earlier this year when they beat Pumas UNAM. Minnesota United coach Adrian Heath, who coached the MLS team, said this week the gap between the two leagues is as close as he’s ever seen it.
Next year, the leagues will compete in an expanded Leagues Cup tournament — the first to include all 47 clubs from MLS and Liga MX. The winner will advance directly to the CONCACAF Champions League round of 16.
The timing of the showcase this year also created a bonus opportunity for the U.S. national team members to connect, with the World Cup looming in a little more than three months.
There were seven MLS All-Stars currently listed on the U.S. roster, which has yet to be finalized for Qatar: defenders Walker Zimmerman, DeAndre Yedlin and Aaron Long, forwards Jordan Morris, Paul Arriola and Jesús Ferreira and Johnson.
Zimmerman and Morris were in the starting lineup. Arriola subbed in and had an early second-half goal erased by an offside call on Brandon Vázquez, who teed up Arriola with a perfect setup in front. Vázquez, who’s second in the MLS with 14 goals, has played his way into strong consideration for the U.S. team with his breakout season for FC Cincinnati.
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: 2 arrested for robbing mother, child at gunpoint, authorities say
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) - Florida authorities say they have made an arrest in a brazen robbery case that involved a mother and her child.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida reports Corahn Myrie and Joshua Davila are in custody after the pair allegedly robbed a woman and her child at gunpoint Tuesday morning.
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If you feel like you're constantly on the search for the "perfect" outfit, but nothing is quite right, you're not alone. Remi Bader became a TikTok sensation with her clothing hauls and clothing reviews, often sharing her frustrations about the lack of trendy options that she felt flattered her body. As Remi's social media audience grew, so did her love of fashion. She went from someone who loathed shopping and trying on clothes to our go-to girl for an honest take. When Remi couldn't find the clothes she wanted to wear, she made her own.
Remi partnered with Revolve to design her own clothing drop and Victoria's Secret PINK for a capsule collection. Both collaborations have an emphasis on size inclusivity and the latest trends, of course. In an E! interview, Remi shared, "I never thought it would be possible to work with Revolve or PINK. When they told me about plans to extend sizes and when I learned how passionate they were about that, I was so excited. It felt great they thought I was the right person to represent these changes."
Remi said, "For me, shopping is about putting in that effort. I love finding clothes that make me feel good and I love sharing that with people to make the shopping process a little bit easier for them." And now she's making the clothes herself.
Remi talked all about designing her line with Revolve, teaming up with PINK, and embracing her admittedly unexpected career as a content creator.
E!: How would you describe your relationship with clothes?
RB: I would say that my relationship with clothes has changed throughout my life. Growing up, I felt discouraged and frustrated when I shopped because I was always a curvier girl. My mom tried to beg me to go shopping and I hated it. Then, I got a little older and I began to enjoy shopping more, but at the same time, it was tough to fully enjoy shopping knowing I always had to make more of an effort to find styles I was comfortable in.
Right before the pandemic, I finally realized I need new clothes. The clothes that I had really didn't fit me anymore. At first, I was just extremely discouraged as I shopped. I didn't want to shop because there was no way any of these brands are going to carry my size with pieces that are trendy, sexy, and cool. Then, I realized that there are brands out there doing it. There isn't enough of them, but they are there.
I started to try on more clothes and I finally found pieces that looked good on my body. I started to get that confidence back and for the first time ever I started to get excited about fashion.
E!: Do you feel an increased pressure to come through with fashion moments all the time when you leave the house? Or is that more of a positive excitement?
RB: I think it's exciting. When I find something that looks good on me, I'm gonna shop more often at that store or get the same thing in other colors. It doesn't happen every day. Now, when I find a dress or a suit that I really love, the first thing I want to do is share it, whether it's with my followers directly or just wearing the outfit for an event. I get excited and I'm not a gatekeeper in any way. I'm the opposite. I want everyone else to buy it. If it took me so long to get the point of loving an item. I want to save people time and just get them to that good part, feeling happy and confident. It's exciting for me and I love to see people buying things because I did. It's a cool feeling and it means a lot to me.
E!: Your followers appreciate that. We don't want to follow these gatekeepers with beauty secrets they want share. We appreciate that you share your insights and experiences with us.
RB: Thank you. I do feel like I've built up a trust with my followers, sharing my finds and showing how clothes look on my body. It's not as if I can lie about how it looks. I never planned to be an influencer or content creator, so the fact that I'm doing this not coming from this over place of what you all to buy something. It's more about showing how clothes look on my body and letting you make the decision about what works for you. I'm not here to say "please get this item." I'm excited if I'm helpful, but I don't want anyone to feel any sort of pressure from seeing this content.
Remi Bader's Revolve Collection
Remi x Revolve Marissa Top
"I want people to get the most use out of these clothes, but I also want them to be able to make some small modifications to switch things up. There are some shirts and blazers that you could button to look more conservative or leave it open to be more sexy. I tried to think about those different scenarios."
Remi x Revolve Chloe Faux Leather Blazer
"Specifically, it was hard for me to find blazers in my size, so I thought 'I should just make one.' This collection is all items I've never been able to find for myself that actually fit right with great fabrics."
Remi x Revolve Meghan Blazer Dress
"I've never been able to fit in a blazer dress for my whole life. I've tried them from every possible place that sells them and they're mostly too short on me or the buttons don't close. Some of them just don't have enough fabric and they're too tight on the arms and shoulders. I made this one a little bit longer than the dresses I've seen. I wanted to make something that more people could wear."
Remi x Revolve Gigi Maxi Dress
"This red dress is not your everyday dress, but so many people messaged me asking me for wedding guest options. This would work perfectly. I like having a gown in there that's nicer. I think that's super fun too."
Remi x Revolve Hannah Maxi Dress
"There's a brown cut-out dress that I love. It's super sexy. I love the fabric. It's really stretchy. That's probably my favorite dress."
Remi x Revolve Gwen Faux Leather Dress
"I love this leather dress. I've seen similar silhouettes, but not a lot with this leather look. I love that it has corset-looking top and it's almost down to the knee. I just think it's super fun and it's super it's also stretchy."
Remi x Revolve Lauren One Shoulder Top and Lucy Maxi Skirt
"Honestly, every material in here except maybe like the pant sets is stretchy. You could size up or size down and then depending on what kind of fit you want with these materials, especially with the green set. I actually size down in that set because I want it more form fitting, but this look is more flexible. You have more options to really pick the fit you want."
Remi x Revolve Ali Faux Leather Corset Top
"I did this corset specifically because I never found one that really fits me. I wanted to make pieces from this leather-like material because I think it's fun, especially in a range of sizes. It's great for fall too."
Remi Bader's PINK Favorites
PINK Dad Short
"These are a definite favorite. I have them in like every color like I've been wearing them every day. I love these shorts when I'm hot and in the house. I can wear these shorts to sleep, but if I want to go get a bagel at the end of my street, I would wear them too. They're pajamas and also loungewear. They're just very comfortable."
These shorts come in 19 colorways.
PINK Loungin’ Wireless Push-up Bra
"I honestly don't love bras. I'd rather never wear a bra in my life, so working with a bra company is so funny to me. So, if I say I like a bra, that's saying a lot. If I have to leave my house, I do wear a bra and something wireless is ideal. You can even wear this one as a crop top with sweatpants or something."
PINK Wear Everywhere T-Shirt Bra
"I typically go for the wireless, but I do have some wired bra picks. There's a t-shirt bra that's actually really comfortable. I hate feeling uncomfortable in my day. I also love that there's no clasp. You can put it on over your head and it's stretchy. But, then it has a wire that pushes up my boobs to look really good. So, I love that bra."
PINK Longline Lace Bralette
"This is a bra I love under a blazer but also for some lazy options as a crop top. I love this under something open with a little lace sticking out. It's so pretty."
PINK Fleece Baggy Campus Sweatpants
"I've honestly been wearing these sweatpants so much. I don't really wear any other sweatpants at this point. I wear the sweatpants in the winter and in the summer walking around my apartment. I just need to be comfortable. I have them in a million colors. I wear the XXL and they're very just loose and you feel like they're not even on. The material is very soft. I live in those."
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Three people were killed Wednesday when a house exploded in the southern Indiana city of Evansville, authorities said.
David Anson, chief deputy coroner for Vanderburgh County, told The Associated Press that the identities of the people who died would not be released until the next of kin has been notified.
Evansville Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Gray said at least one other injury was reported and that victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Evansville Fire Department Chief Mike Connelly said a total of 39 houses were damaged by the explosion at around 1 p.m. He said the department has not confirmed how many of the houses were occupied when the explosion happened because “some were too unstable to enter.”
At least 11 of the 39 homes damaged are “uninhabitable,” Connelly told the Evansville Courier & Press.
The cause of the explosion has not been determined, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was investigating. A phone message seeking comment was left at the Evansville field office of the ATF.
“Debris is strewn over a 100-foot (30-meter) radius,” including “typical construction materials” such as wooden boards, window glass and insulation, Connelly said.
Aerial video posted on social media shows damage in a residential neighborhood with police and fire vehicles on the scene in Evansville, on the Kentucky border.
CenterPoint Energy, the local gas utility, was last called to the home in January 2018, Connelly said. CenterPoint issued a statement saying it “worked with first responders to secure the area.”
“CenterPoint Energy is working closely with the Evansville Fire Department, State Fire Marshal and other agencies as the investigation of this incident continues,” the utility said.
Jacki Baumgart, an office manager at Award World Trophies about two and a half blocks from the site of the explosion, said she and other employees in their building panicked when they heard the loud blast and saw smoke.
“We thought a tree fell on the building or a car ran into the place,” Baumgart said. “Debris from the ceiling came down.”
She continued: “Everybody here immediately ran out of the building. We thought the building was going to come down.”
It was the second house explosion in the area in just over five years. A house explosion on June 27, 2017, killed two people and injured three others.
Wednesday’s explosion also brought to mind a massive blast in 2012 that destroyed or damaged more than 80 homes on Indianapolis’ south side and killed two people. A man was convicted of tampering with a natural gas line at his then-girlfriend’s home in an attempt to commit insurance fraud, with the explosion killing two next-door neighbors. That man, his half-brother and girlfriend all received long prison sentences.
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Defense lawyers are denouncing comments made by New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and his attorney general after a jury acquitted a truck driver in the deaths of seven motorcyclists, but both men said Wednesday they stand by their statements.
After a two-week trial, jurors deliberated for less than three hours Tuesday before finding Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, innocent on seven counts of manslaughter, seven counts of negligent homicide and one count of reckless conduct. The charges stemmed from a June 21, 2019, crash in Randolph that killed seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club from New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Prosecutors argued that Zhukovskyy — who had taken heroin, fentanyl and cocaine earlier on the day of the crash — repeatedly swerved back and forth before the collision and told police he caused it. But a judge dismissed eight charges related to whether he was impaired, and his attorneys blamed the lead biker, Albert “Woody” Mazza Jr., saying he was drunk and not looking where he was going when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid in front of Zhukovskyy’s truck.
After the verdict, Sununu said he shares in the “shock, outrage, and anger that so many have expressed” since the crash.
“The Fallen Seven did not receive justice today, and that is an absolute tragedy,” he said.
Attorney General John Formella said he believes the state proved its case.
“Mr. Zhukovskyy should have been found guilty of the charges in this case and held responsible for causing seven deaths and numerous injuries,” he said. “We thank the Court and the jurors for their service, and while we are extremely disappointed, we respect the verdict and our system of justice.”
The New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense lawyers said Formella’s comments violated professional standards and that both statements criticizing the verdict could deter future jury service.
“These statements are irresponsible, dangerous, disrespectful to the jurors and damaging to the integrity of the criminal legal system,” the group said in a statement. “They are also contrary to rules designed to protect the rights of the accused and protect jurors from undue influence and harassment.”
According to those rules, prosecutors should avoid comments that criticize the jury’s actions or verdict and should “respectfully accept acquittals.” Formella’s spokesman, Michael Garrity, pointed to the last sentence of the attorney general’s statement when asked to respond to the defense lawyers, while Sununu’s spokesman said the governor stands by his comments.
But the defense lawyers said their comments could cause problems for future trials.
“Must our jurors fear public excoriation by the governor and chief law enforcement officer if they find (as jurors did here) that the State failed to meet its burden?” they said. “That our Governor would so loudly put his thumb on the scale is an abuse of his platform and his office. Agree or disagree, the jury here did its job and their decision deserves respect rather than public condemnation.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ap-us-news/governor-ag-stand-by-reactions-to-motorcycle-crash-verdict/ | 2022-08-11T03:39:34Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ap-us-news/governor-ag-stand-by-reactions-to-motorcycle-crash-verdict/ | false |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
5-7-6, Fireball: 8
(five, seven, six; Fireball: eight)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
5-7-6, Fireball: 8
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset" or the "Company") (NasdaqGS: OM), if they purchased the Company's shares between September 15, 2020 and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until September 6, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nasdaqgs-om/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL), if they purchased the Company's American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until August 15, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
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BROCKPORT, N.Y. (WROC) — Over 100 vendors will line the streets of Brockport this weekend for the annual Brockport Arts Festival. It will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the weekend of Aug. 13 and 14.
The 27-year-old festival is put on by the Village of Brockport and the Brockport Integrated Service Clubs and Organizations (BISCO). The festival will include live music, artists and crafters, food, and a wine garden.
On Sunday at 4 p.m., the Duck Derby — an old festival favorite of racing rubber ducks down the Erie Canal — will return for the first time since 2019.
Back in 2016, the Ducky Derby ran into trouble with the state, who owns the canal. The state classified this kind of event as gambling, something forbidden on state property.
“There were hundreds of charities that had done this sort of thing, legally we thought, for many years,” event organizer Arthur Appleby. “So, the word got out and lots of folks appealed to Governor Cuomo about it. He decided that those events should go on in the interest of keeping our charities going. Needless to say we were all relieved, and there has been no further problem.”
Due to COVID-19, the Derby has not happened the past two years.
Tickets for the derby will be available at the festival, and winning prizes include cash and gift cards, gift baskets, memberships to local organizations, and an outdoor grill. The Ducky Derby also raises money for local charities.
Saturday evening, the first-ever “Arts Festival After Dark” will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring local band North of Forty on a stage south of the Main Street lift bridge. During the day, a variety of musicians and performers will take the stage on the lawn of Morgan Manning House, located at 151 Main Street.
BISCO is a volunteer-run not-for-profit collective of local organizations including Brockport Rotary, Brockport Fire Department, and Brockport Kiwanis. They have sponsored the festival since its creation, and receive funding from festival proceeds to support their primary goal of working on projects that benefit children in Monroe County. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/destination-ny/brockport-to-host-arts-festival-brings-back-ducky-derby/ | 2022-08-11T03:44:16Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/destination-ny/brockport-to-host-arts-festival-brings-back-ducky-derby/ | true |
TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A third candidate for public office has come to forward to say a sheriff on Florida’s Space Coast offered help in getting a job in exchange for leaving a race and backing his favored candidate.
Kimberly Musselman, an assistant state attorney in Brevard County, told Florida Today she was asked by Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey to bow out of her race for county judge and endorse a candidate backed by him. In exchange, the sheriff said he could use his influence to help her become the district’s top prosecutor, she said.
After she refused, Ivey urged some of her biggest donors to drop their support, Musselman told Florida Today.
“My donors dried up real quick,” Musselman said.
In response to an inquiry Wednesday, Tod Goodyear, a spokesperson for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, said in an email, “We are not commenting at this time.”
Two other candidates for public office have made similar allegations to Florida Today.
Cocoa Beach police officer Chris Hattaway said the Republican sheriff asked him to step aside for former state Rep. Tom Goodson, another candidate in a county commission race. Shawn Overdorf, a former school resource officer, told a similar story about his race for school board. In exchange, both candidates were offered jobs in Goodson’s office if he won, Florida Today reported.
When contacted by Florida Today, Goodson denied involvement with any efforts to pressure candidates out of the election and said he had not spoken with Ivey about hiring anyone.
Ivey has gained national attention in recent years due to his weekly “ Wheel of Fugitive ” videos which feature the sheriff spinning a wheel with photos of 10 of the county’s most wanted.
“Everybody watches it. Even the fugitives watch it” to see who becomes “fugitive of the week,” said Ivey, who was elected sheriff in 2012. | https://www.wfla.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/sheriff-accused-of-pressuring-candidates-to-drop-races/ | 2022-08-11T03:46:42Z | https://www.wfla.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/sheriff-accused-of-pressuring-candidates-to-drop-races/ | true |
A Christian pastor in western New York said he felt intimidated and harassed after the state's attorney general, a Democrat, sent a letter saying she believed a planned far-right political event at his church this week could lead to racial violence.
In the letter sent on Aug. 3, Attorney General Letitia James warned organizers of the ReAwaken America Tour event that her office could take legal action if “extremist” rhetoric by speakers spurred violent or unlawful conduct.
The two-day event at the Cornerstone Church in Batavia, midway between Buffalo and Rochester, is scheduled to feature President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and others. James' letter was addressed to Flynn and event organizer Clay Clark and sent in care of the church.
Cornerstone Church Pastor Paul Doyle said there was no validity to the suggestion that the event was promoting racism or violence.
“I take exception to the words she uses, like extreme views," he told The Associated Press. "What’s that mean? What’s extreme? We’re conservative Christians. Now we’re extreme?”
He said the letter had scared members of his congregation, a group of about 150 to 200 people, which he described as multi-ethnic and multi-racial.
“It feels like she’s trying to intimidate me. We’re a small-town church,” Doyle said.
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A few dozen people gathered outside the Batavia church earlier this week to protest the event, which also will feature MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, COVID-19 conspiracy theorists and people who tried to throw out the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The U.S. Constitution offers strong protections to free speech and James, in her letter, didn't directly ask for the event to be cancelled or for certain speakers to be disinvited.
But James said she was concerned that the event, which is being held on the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, “could spur extremist or racially motivated violence.” She cited “past extremist statements made by yourselves and the other featured speakers on the tour," specifically mentioning a racist conspiracy theory that recently inspired a gunman to kill 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.
Investigators, she said, “stand ready” to respond to any violations of state laws.
“You are therefore instructed to take all necessary steps to ensure that the event complies fully with the requirements of New York’s civil rights laws and all other applicable state and federal statutes,” James wrote, noting the possibility of $5,000 fines for violations.
James’ office declined to comment on the pastor's complaint that the letter was intended to chill free speech, but noted that the letter was addressed to the event organizers, not the church or pastor.
The letter didn't cite any specific acts of violence at past ReAwaken America Tour events.
At one tour’s stop in Phoenix in January, police were called after attendees taunted teachers from a nearby school because they were wearing medical masks.
Some of the events have drawn small but peaceful protests. After a community uproar in Oregon, a ReAwaken tour stop in April was relocated from a county fairground in rural city of Redmond to a minor league baseball stadium in the state capital, over two hours away.
At some of the events, the Christian group Faithful America has dispatched a mobile billboard truck to circle the events to “expose the speakers as false prophets who are twisting and distorting religion to attack democracy,” its leader, the Rev. Nathan Empsall, said.
Doyle said that his church’s Facebook page started getting comments accusing it of racism within minutes of announcing the event would be held in Batavia instead of nearby Rochester, where another venue had canceled after a backlash from elected officials, entertainers and others.
Doyle said the church is contemplating possible action but was not more specific.
“Harassment from our own government. I feel harassed. I am a law-abiding — I’m a businessman. I’m law-abiding, I’m God-fearing, and I’m hosting an event," he said. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-pastor-tish-james-harassed-me-in-letter-saying-far-right-event-may-spark-violence/3819869/ | 2022-08-11T04:03:14Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-pastor-tish-james-harassed-me-in-letter-saying-far-right-event-may-spark-violence/3819869/ | false |
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: 2 arrested for robbing mother, child at gunpoint, authorities say
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) - Florida authorities say they have made an arrest in a brazen robbery case that involved a mother and her child.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida reports Corahn Myrie and Joshua Davila are in custody after the pair allegedly robbed a woman and her child at gunpoint Tuesday morning.
The sheriff’s office shared surveillance footage of the incident, showing a woman and a child standing in front of a business when a man approaches the two and takes their belongings before jumping in a nearby vehicle.
Authorities said the mother and her child were not injured in the incident, but the men took their items, which included the child’s backpack and tablet.
The sheriff’s office said it didn’t long for detectives to catch the men involved.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Having a Navy veteran father and two brothers in the military, Kevin Andrews joined the Marine Corps in 1977. Little did he know as a teenage recruit, his time in the maritime branch would forever set his sights on the skies.
“You can’t believe being a teenager in a multimillion-dollar jet that goes faster than the speed of sound, and you’re instrumental in making sure that our country was safe,” Andrews said.
Andrews worked on a variety of aircraft from dual main rotor helicopters to F-4 Phantom II jets.
“The pilot’s life was in your hands. Everybody that touched that airplane before they got in it, you were responsible to make sure it was safe for them to fly,” Andrews said.
Andrews would serve for 11 years from a support equipment mechanic to a jet engine mechanic.
“I was licensed to operate the aircraft static, meaning I could do everything that any other pilot other than flying it could do,” Andrews said.
Andrews spent much of his career in the Pacific, flying from Japan to Guam to the Philippines as part of an elite squad of mechanics.
“We could do anything from the beginning to the end of that airplane process,” Andrews said. “You were going to be what we called the ‘Advance Party.’ You’re gonna get it all set up before the other 300 or 400 [members of the squadron] would come.”
Andrews says it was crucial for him and his team to keep jet planes at the ready at all times.
“We practice what you would consider War Games. We would do things just to make sure that the pilots and the workers and people that were part of it all we did was practice just in case something went wrong,” Andrews said.
Andrews would eventually become an E-6 Staff Sergeant supervising anywhere from 15 to 100 mechanics.
“Working on a jet engine, just because I had other troops that that’s what their job was, it was always called upon us to always contribute, so you get right in there, and get your hands dirty, you make sure because you are responsible,” Andrews said.
Andrews would retire from the Marine Corps in 1988; his 11-year-career spanned a time technology seemed to evolve even faster than the speed of sound.
“To know that you were a part of that airplane, getting into the air and running like it is supposed to run, and safely. It was real exciting to know that you could do something like that on that kind of machine,” Andrews said.
Even after his time in the Marine Corps, Andrews would get to serve in a different way. Andrews would go on to help manufacture military aircraft at Boeing. He says his favorite project involved producing 16 of the largest aircraft in the world: the C-17.
If you would like to nominate a veteran for our Veteran Salute, email KSN reporter Hannah Adamson at hannah.adamson@ksn.com. | https://www.ksn.com/community/veteran-salute/the-pilots-life-was-in-your-hands-former-kansas-marine-recalls-time-as-part-of-elite-mechanic-squad/ | 2022-08-11T04:08:33Z | https://www.ksn.com/community/veteran-salute/the-pilots-life-was-in-your-hands-former-kansas-marine-recalls-time-as-part-of-elite-mechanic-squad/ | false |
Tellez hits tying HR, Adames winning single, Brews beat Rays
Rowdy Tellez hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and made a key defensive play in the 10th, setting up Willy Adames’ game-ending RBI single that gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rowdy Tellez hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and made a key defensive play in the 10th, setting up Willy Adames’ game-ending RBI single that gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.
Adames had struck out in his previous three at-bats before he came up in the 10th following an intentional walk to Christian Yelich. His grounder off Ryan Thompson (3-3) got past diving shortstop Taylor Walls and scored automatic runner Tyrone Taylor from second base.
“I always get excited,” Adames said about the free pass to Yelich. “It kind of like pumps me up. I’ve got to do it now.”
Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said: “I always think that does something for the hitter, a little bit. It means they want to face you, and I just think that gives you a little bit of extra. You’re having a tough day but you have a shot to win the game, and it’s a brand-new at-bat and a brand-new game.”
Milwaukee completed a two-game sweep of Tampa Bay and moved within one-half game of NL Central-leading St. Louis, which was playing at Colorado on Wednesday night. The Brewers are 3-5 since trading closer Josh Hader to San Diego at the deadline.
The Rays fell even with division rival Baltimore for the final AL wild card.
In the top of the 10th, first baseman Tellez fielded Walls' grounder and threw to third to cut down automatic runner Francisco Mejía. Catcher Victor Caratini then threw out Walls trying to steal second.
Devin Williams (3-2) ended the inning by striking out Jose Siri.
Tellez, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the sixth, led off the ninth with his 23rd homer, a drive to center off Colin Poche that made it 3-3.
“I’ve played against him a couple times. I don’t think I’ve ever got a hit. I think I struck out every single time,” Tellez said. “Really, in that 3-2 count, really just wanted to see something up in the zone and try to hit a ball the other way, hit a line drive, just get on base, start off the inning. I was able to put a good swing on it. The ball carried out.”
Randy Arozarena hit his first homer since July 17, a 431-foot shot off Milwaukee starter Brandon Woodruff in the seventh that put the Rays ahead 3-2. Yu Chang homered in the fifth off Woodruff, who allowed three runs on four hits in seven innings.
With Tampa Bay leading 3-2 in the eighth, Milwaukee reliever Hoby Milner came on with the bases loaded and one out. He struck out Brandon Lowe and Isaac Paredes on called third strikes.
“Milner’s tough, keeps the ball down, but would like to think that we can put a little pressure on the defense right there with some contact, but we weren’t able to do that,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
Rays starter Jeffrey Springs gave up two runs in five innings while striking out eight.
Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead in the first thanks in part to a pair of soft fly balls that landed for singles in shallow left field.
Andrew McCutchen doubled, then scored on Mike Brosseau’s single. Springs was then called for a balk while pitching to Hunter Renfroe, walked Renfroe, and gave up a single by Keston Hiura that scored Brosseau.
David Peralta got the Rays on the board with an RBI single in the third.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: RHP J.P. Feyereisen (shoulder) will undergo an MRI on Thursday after he didn’t feel well his last time throwing. He has been on the injured list since June 3.
Brewers: RHP Adrian Houser (elbow) has a rehabilitation appearance for Triple-A Nashville on Thursday.
TWO-BOUNCER, TWO-HANDER
Milwaukee ended Tampa Bay’s fourth inning when Adames went in the hole between shortstop and third to snag Arozarena’s grounder, planted hard and threw a two-hopper to Hiura at first. Hiura had to stretch toward right field to scoop the ball before landing on both hands while keeping a foot on the bag. ... Brewers center fielder Tyrone Taylor ran to his left and did a headlong dive to snatch a line drive from Mejía in the fifth. ... Center fielder Siri did a somersault and shoulder shimmy after diving to catch a sinking liner from Yelich in the fifth.
ALL-STAR SLIDE
The Rays have won only one of six series since the All-Star break. Entering Wednesday, the were averaging 3.41 runs per game since the break, last in the AL.
UP NEXT
Rays: Host their fellow playoff-contending AL East rival Baltimore for a three-game series starting Friday with Corey Kluber (7-6, 4.05 ERA) on the mound.
Brewers: Open a three-game series at St. Louis starting Friday with LHP Eric Lauer (8-3, 3.59) facing Cardinals LHP Jordan Montgomery (4-3, 3.53).
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New residential mortgage loans (RMLs) approvals by Macau banks dropped by 19.8% month-to-month to MOP1.40 billion in June, while commercial real estate loans (CRELs) increased by 387.3% month-to-month to MOP12.91 billion. As for the outstanding balances, the outstanding value of RMLs fell by 0.3% month-to-month but rose by 0.1% from a year earlier to MOP158.6 billion, according to statistics provided by the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM). The outstanding value of CRELs dropped by 1.1% month-to-month or 1.4% from a year earlier to MOP158.6 billion.
Lateral support works begin for Lot P housing project
Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) is pushing forward the temporary and home-swap housing project on Lot P in Areia Preta. The construction of the new pile foundation is “progressing well, pile foundation works have been completed in some areas, where excavation and lateral support (ELS) works have started,” the firm said. The Lot P project began in the middle of last year, the existing pile caps and the existing pile foundation on the site have since then been removed and processed, and the project is progressing according to plan. | https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/approved-mortgage-loans-plunge-by-20.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=approved-mortgage-loans-plunge-by-20 | 2022-08-11T04:21:44Z | https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/approved-mortgage-loans-plunge-by-20.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=approved-mortgage-loans-plunge-by-20 | true |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
6-7-7-3, FIREBALL: 3
(six, seven, seven, three; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
6-7-7-3, FIREBALL: 3
(six, seven, seven, three; FIREBALL: three) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17365998.php | 2022-08-11T04:27:36Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17365998.php | true |
Starbucks Coffee Korea announces official recall of 'summer carry bags' containing toxic substance
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Starbucks Coffee Korea said Thursday it will launch an official recall of its giveaway picnic bags, after the company came under fire for handing out the merchandise containing a toxic chemical substance.
The announcement came after the company apologized over the discovery of formaldehyde in its "summery carry bag" provided to customers who purchased a certain number of drinks between May and early July.
The company started a voluntary recall on July 22 but has decided to transition the program to an official recall, which warrants government oversight and requires regular status reports to authorities.
The official recall starts Thursday and will last for two months. Customers can either return the bags in person or apply via Starbucks' mobile app and return it by mail.
According to the company, a total of 1,079,110 summer carry bags have been given out to customers since May. Around 36 percent of the bags have been returned under the company's voluntary recall program.
Starbucks Coffee Korea said it will replace the giveaway with either a "desk module," an office desk accessory, or three free beverage coupons.
The company said it will work to enhance product quality assurance by increasing the number of employees in related departments, hiring more experts and strengthening product quality control.
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Half of Zones Analyzed See Median Home Prices Rise At Least 5 Percent from First Quarter to Second Quarter of 2022, And At Least 20 Percent Annually in Half of All Zones
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, today released its second-quarter 2022 report analyzing qualified low-income Opportunity Zones targeted by Congress for economic redevelopment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (see full methodology below). In this report, ATTOM looked at 5,198 zones around the United States with sufficient data to analyze, meaning they had at least five home sales in the second quarter of 2022.
The report found that median single-family home and condo prices rose from the first quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2022 in 63 percent of Opportunity Zones around the country and went up at least 5 percent in roughly half of zones analyzed with sufficient data. Typical values also shot up at least 20 percent annually in about half of Opportunity Zones with enough data to analyze across all quarters.
Moreover, median values increased in about half the Opportunity Zones by more than the 8.8 percent quarterly and 15.3 percent year-over-year gain seen for all markets nationwide in the Spring of 2022.
Those gains extended similar patterns seen over the past year as home prices in distressed neighborhoods around the nation continued to keep up with gains in the broader national housing market.
Typical home values in Opportunity Zones remained lower than those in most other neighborhoods around the nation in the second quarter of 2022. Median second-quarter prices fell below the national median of $346,000 in 77 percent of Opportunity Zones, about the same portion as in earlier periods over the past year. Considerable price volatility also continued in those markets, as median values dropped quarterly in 37 percent of them, probably reflecting the small number of sales in many areas.
"Homes in most Opportunity Zones represent affordable options for real estate investors and consumer homebuyers in a market where both home prices and mortgage rates have been rising," said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM. "With home prices up 15 percent compared to a year ago and mortgage rates nearly doubled, both investors and homebuyers may find the lower purchase prices for homes available in Opportunity Zones very attractive."
Median prices also were under $200,000 in 49 percent of the zones during the second quarter of 2022. But that percentage under $200,000 was down from 58 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and 52 percent in the first quarter of 2022.
In another ongoing sign of market strength, prices spiked at least 25 percent from the second quarter of last year to the same period this year in a larger portion of Opportunity Zones than in other neighborhoods around the country.
Opportunity Zones are defined in the Tax Act legislation as census tracts in or alongside low-income neighborhoods that meet various criteria for redevelopment in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Census tracts, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, cover areas that have 1,200 to 8,000 residents, with an average of about 4,000 people.
The ongoing price spikes inside Opportunity Zones in the second quarter was one of the latest signs of how high buyer demand coupled with tight supplies of homes for sale throughout the U.S. may have priced many households out of more upscale neighborhoods into lower-priced markets. Demand continued into the Spring buying season even as home mortgage rates rose in the second quarter to nearly 6 percent, gasoline and other fuel costs soared, inflation shot up to 40-year highs and economic uncertainty across the country increased.
High-level findings from the report:
- Median prices of single-family houses and condominiums rose from the first quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2022 in 2,928 (63 percent) of the Opportunity Zones around the U.S. with sufficient data to analyze, while declining in 37 percent. They increased from the second quarter of 2021 to the same period this year in 3,692 (77 percent) of those zones. By comparison, median prices rose quarterly in 69 percent of census tracts outside of Opportunity Zones and annually in 82 percent. (Among the 5,198 Opportunity Zones included in the report, 4,654 had enough data to generate usable median-price comparisons from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2022; 4,793 had enough data to make comparisons between the second quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2022).
- Measured year over year, median home prices rose at least 25 percent in the second quarter of 2022 in 1,883 (39 percent) of Opportunity Zones with sufficient data. Prices rose that much during that time period in just 34 percent of all other census tracts outside of opportunity zones throughout the country.
- Among states that had at least 25 Opportunity Zones with enough data to analyze during the second quarter of 2022, those with the largest portion of zones where median prices rose year over year were in the West. They were led by Utah (median prices up, year over year, in 97 percent of zones), Arizona (93 percent), Nevada (93 percent), Oregon (89 percent) and Idaho (88 percent).
- Of the 5,198 zones in the report, 1,763 (34 percent) still had median prices in the second quarter of 2022 that were less than $150,000. That was down from 41 percent of those zones a year earlier. Another 778 zones (15 percent) had medians in the second quarter of this year ranging from $150,000 to $199,999.
- Median values in the second quarter of 2022 ranged from $200,000 to $299,999 in 1,118 Opportunity Zones (22 percent) while they topped the nationwide second-quarter median of $346,000 in 1,172 (23 percent).
- The Midwest continued in the second quarter of 2022 to have the highest portion of the least-expensive Opportunity Zone tracts, with median home prices of less than $175,000 (69 percent), followed by the Northeast (45 percent), the South (45 percent) and the West (6 percent).
- Median household incomes in 87 percent of the Opportunity Zones analyzed were less than the medians in the counties where they were located. Median incomes were less than three-quarters of county level figures in 56 percent of zones and less than half in 16 percent.
Report methodology
The ATTOM Opportunity Zones analysis is based on home sales price data derived from recorded sales deeds. Statistics for previous quarters are revised when each new report is issued as more deed data becomes available. ATTOM's analysis compared median home prices in census tracts designated as Opportunity Zones by the Internal Revenue Service. Except where noted, tracts were used for the analysis if they had at least five sales in the first quarter of 2022. Median household income data for tracts and counties comes from surveys taken by the U.S. Census Bureau (www.census.gov) from 2016 through 2020. The list of designated Qualified Opportunity Zones is located at U.S. Department of the Treasury. Regions are based on designations by the Census Bureau. Hawaii and Alaska, which the bureau designates as part of the Pacific region, were included in the West region for this report.
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as if working out isn't hard enough. Not stretching afterwards can also have detrimental effects on your body. According to huffpost stretching is an essential part of a healthy workout regime. Tim wonders. A physical therapist at finish line. Physical therapy says flexibility is important because it allows the muscles and joints to move through a full range of motion. If you tend to skip the after sweat stretch eventually a person will develop muscular imbalances and this will increase pain because certain muscles are shortened. The lack of stretching can lead to your muscles no longer being at an optimal length tension relationship when a muscle doesn't have the correct amount of tension for its length and can lead to subsequent performance to mice, wonders reiterates. This is usually what leads to injury. Health line recommend stretching before and after exercise and after sitting for extended periods and before bed. Mhm mm. Yeah.
How to avoid soft tissue injuries, according to experts
Updated: 10:37 PM CDT Aug 10, 2022
Soft tissue injuries are the bane of any physically active person. They are the most common injuries in sport, can be difficult to heal and often reoccur, according to Sports Medicine Australia. Knowing how to help prevent them is key to staying healthy and active.Related video above: 'Flexibility is Important.' Here’s Why You Should Stretch After ExerciseYour soft tissues support, connect and surround your bones and internal organs and include muscles, tendons, ligaments, fat, skin and blood vessels. The most common soft tissue injuries occur in the muscles, tendons and ligaments. Think injuries such as hamstring strains, tennis elbow or ankle sprains. These afflictions often happen while exercising or playing sports, although sometimes they occur from unknown incidents.Soft tissue injuries are generally traumatic or repetitive. That is, they can occur suddenly — rolling your ankle when you step off a curb, for example — or from overuse. While traumatic injuries are the most dramatic, repetitive injuries are more common, said Mike Matthews, a personal trainer in Ocala, Florida, and host of "Muscle for Life," a popular fitness podcast."Repetitive soft tissue injuries occur when a tissue undergoes more damage than it can heal from over a period of time," Matthews said. "The ultimate cause of all repetitive soft tissue injuries is simply doing too much, too soon."To prevent a repetitive injury then, you need to take a measured approach to exercise and sports. Nix the weekend warrior approach in which you're inactive all week, then run 15 miles on the weekend."Moderation is key," said orthopedic physical therapist Scott Cheatham, a professor of kinesiology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.It's also important to acclimate your body slowly to a given activity. "The only proven way to reduce your risk of repetitive soft tissue injury is to gradually increase your workout volume and intensity over time," Matthews said.A good rule of thumb: Don't increase your workout volume more than 10% per week. And every four to eight weeks, give your body a rest by significantly reducing the volume and intensity of your workouts. "This 'three steps forward, one step back' approach requires discipline and isn't always fun," Matthews said, "but it's the best way to make your body more resilient and durable."Cross-training is another good idea, which the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons endorses. Since your body's soft tissues are working in different ways or even resting when you bike versus swim or play tennis, it's an easy preventive measure.Diet, stress, sleep may increase risk, tooAvoiding soft tissue injuries isn't necessarily all about training, however. Research suggests major changes in your environment may affect your risk of injury, too, Cheatham said, such as poor nutrition, stress and lack of sleep. If you get less than seven hours of sleep at night for more than two weeks, your risk of musculoskeletal injury rises 1.7 times, found a 2021 study published in the journal Current Sports Medicine Reports. So eat well, get plenty of sleep and perhaps skip tough workouts when your stress levels are high.And what about stretching? Stretching, warm-ups, a post-workout meal and other practices have long been touted to help avoid injury, yet there is no evidence to support these moves, Matthews said. Still, developing a strong core is always helpful, said physical therapist Aime Maranan, owner of Skillz Physical Therapy in Evanston, Illinois."If the muscles in your core aren't strong enough to withstand hours of training, their strength will go down, then the stability of the spine will go down, and then your nerves and soft tissues will be irritated," she said. "It's a domino effect."Core exercises such as the plank are good, she said, or holding the tabletop position, where you lie on your back with your hips and knees at a 90-degree angle. The quadruped is valuable, too. This exercise involves getting onto your hands and knees, contracting your core, then alternating an extension of your right arm and left leg with an extension of your left arm and right leg.Yet these exercises have to be performed properly, or ironically, they could cause a soft issue injury. So consult with a professional before doing them on your own to ensure proper form. This could be your physical therapist, chiropractor, personal trainer or fitness instructor.Take any injuries seriouslyIf you do get injured despite your best precautions, take it seriously. "Even when people realize they have a soft tissue injury, they often carry on with their program and whistle past the graveyard, hoping it gets better with time," Matthews said. "More often than not, it just gets worse and worse until it hurts badly enough that the person simply can't train due to the pain."Instead of ignoring that muscle or ligament strain, see a qualified health care provider and expect to spend a few weeks to a month or more recovering, depending on the severity of the injury, your age and other factors. Most importantly, complete your entire rehabilitation process so another injury doesn't occur, Cheatham said. No stopping the minute you start feeling a little better.A positive mindset is also key to a speedy recovery. "If you think you will not get any better, you will not get any better. If you think you will get injured again, you will get injured again," Maranan said. "It starts with your mindset, then religiously doing your home exercises and your post-exercise recovery routine." And remember, stay mindful to stay true to form.
Soft tissue injuries are the bane of any physically active person. They are the most common injuries in sport, can be difficult to heal and often reoccur, according to Sports Medicine Australia. Knowing how to help prevent them is key to staying healthy and active.
Related video above: 'Flexibility is Important.' Here’s Why You Should Stretch After Exercise
Your soft tissues support, connect and surround your bones and internal organs and include muscles, tendons, ligaments, fat, skin and blood vessels. The most common soft tissue injuries occur in the muscles, tendons and ligaments. Think injuries such as hamstring strains, tennis elbow or ankle sprains. These afflictions often happen while exercising or playing sports, although sometimes they occur from unknown incidents.
Soft tissue injuries are generally traumatic or repetitive. That is, they can occur suddenly — rolling your ankle when you step off a curb, for example — or from overuse. While traumatic injuries are the most dramatic, repetitive injuries are more common, said Mike Matthews, a personal trainer in Ocala, Florida, and host of "Muscle for Life," a popular fitness podcast.
"Repetitive soft tissue injuries occur when a tissue undergoes more damage than it can heal from over a period of time," Matthews said. "The ultimate cause of all repetitive soft tissue injuries is simply doing too much, too soon."
To prevent a repetitive injury then, you need to take a measured approach to exercise and sports. Nix the weekend warrior approach in which you're inactive all week, then run 15 miles on the weekend.
"Moderation is key," said orthopedic physical therapist Scott Cheatham, a professor of kinesiology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
It's also important to acclimate your body slowly to a given activity. "The only proven way to reduce your risk of repetitive soft tissue injury is to gradually increase your workout volume and intensity over time," Matthews said.
A good rule of thumb: Don't increase your workout volume more than 10% per week. And every four to eight weeks, give your body a rest by significantly reducing the volume and intensity of your workouts. "This 'three steps forward, one step back' approach requires discipline and isn't always fun," Matthews said, "but it's the best way to make your body more resilient and durable."
Cross-training is another good idea, which the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons endorses. Since your body's soft tissues are working in different ways or even resting when you bike versus swim or play tennis, it's an easy preventive measure.
Diet, stress, sleep may increase risk, too
Avoiding soft tissue injuries isn't necessarily all about training, however. Research suggests major changes in your environment may affect your risk of injury, too, Cheatham said, such as poor nutrition, stress and lack of sleep. If you get less than seven hours of sleep at night for more than two weeks, your risk of musculoskeletal injury rises 1.7 times, found a 2021 study published in the journal Current Sports Medicine Reports. So eat well, get plenty of sleep and perhaps skip tough workouts when your stress levels are high.
And what about stretching? Stretching, warm-ups, a post-workout meal and other practices have long been touted to help avoid injury, yet there is no evidence to support these moves, Matthews said. Still, developing a strong core is always helpful, said physical therapist Aime Maranan, owner of Skillz Physical Therapy in Evanston, Illinois.
"If the muscles in your core aren't strong enough to withstand hours of training, their strength will go down, then the stability of the spine will go down, and then your nerves and soft tissues will be irritated," she said. "It's a domino effect."
Core exercises such as the plank are good, she said, or holding the tabletop position, where you lie on your back with your hips and knees at a 90-degree angle. The quadruped is valuable, too. This exercise involves getting onto your hands and knees, contracting your core, then alternating an extension of your right arm and left leg with an extension of your left arm and right leg.
Yet these exercises have to be performed properly, or ironically, they could cause a soft issue injury. So consult with a professional before doing them on your own to ensure proper form. This could be your physical therapist, chiropractor, personal trainer or fitness instructor.
Take any injuries seriously
If you do get injured despite your best precautions, take it seriously. "Even when people realize they have a soft tissue injury, they often carry on with their program and whistle past the graveyard, hoping it gets better with time," Matthews said. "More often than not, it just gets worse and worse until it hurts badly enough that the person simply can't train due to the pain."
Instead of ignoring that muscle or ligament strain, see a qualified health care provider and expect to spend a few weeks to a month or more recovering, depending on the severity of the injury, your age and other factors. Most importantly, complete your entire rehabilitation process so another injury doesn't occur, Cheatham said. No stopping the minute you start feeling a little better.
A positive mindset is also key to a speedy recovery. "If you think you will not get any better, you will not get any better. If you think you will get injured again, you will get injured again," Maranan said. "It starts with your mindset, then religiously doing your home exercises and your post-exercise recovery routine." And remember, stay mindful to stay true to form. | https://www.ketv.com/article/how-to-avoid-soft-tissue-injuries-according-experts/40857750 | 2022-08-11T04:37:49Z | https://www.ketv.com/article/how-to-avoid-soft-tissue-injuries-according-experts/40857750 | false |
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Texas lands commitment from Orlando Edgewater 4-star RB Cedric Baxter Jr.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Five hats on the table proved not to be enough for Cedric Baxter Jr. as he sat on the stage of Edgewater High's auditorium.
"Special delivery," Kyle Hayes, the ceremony's emcee, bellowed from offstage as he walked across and presented a white box to the 6-foot-1, 215-pound running back.
What could easily have turned out to be a tremendous plot twist instead resulted in the evening's predicted outcome. Baxter rummaged through the package, revealed a cowboy hat and flashed the iconic "Hook 'Em" hand sign to the raucous crowd gathered.
Baxter announced his verbal commitment Wednesday evening to Texas, choosing the Longhorns over rival Texas A&M and a trio of in-state schools — Florida, Miami and UCF, a surprise late addition to the mix.
"The weight of the world, I feel like, is off my shoulders," Baxter said. "I didn't rush anything. I'm happy with the decision I made."
On3 Sports ranks Baxter the No. 1 running back recruit in the country for the class of 2023, while 247Sports' composite scores have him fourth. With his addition, the Longhorns have the No. 3 class in the country, boosted by five top-50 commits — quarterback Arch Manning, safety Derek Williams, wide receiver Johntay Cook II, cornerback Malik Muhammad and Baxter.
He's the second commit from Orlando as well, joining Dr. Phillips' massive 6-foot-6, 345-pound offensive tackle Payton Kirkland.
"I feel like we're bringing a different attitude to Austin, a different tenacity, a different speed, a different aggressiveness," said Kirkland, who attended the festivities and donned a burnt orange T-shirt. "Cedric's a high-character guy. … On top of that, he's an amazing athlete. I don't think there's anybody with his athleticism in the country at the running back position. He'll put on weight and be the No. 1 running back in college football by the end of his career."
Baxter said his relationship with running backs coach Tashard Choice was the primary factor in his decision. Choice recruited and offered Baxter at each of his previous two stops, Georgia Tech and USC.
"I committed to Florida State my freshman year because that was my dream school and all I had known growing up. Even when I was committed there, (Choice) always recruited me.
"I love Coach Choice. He's a real dude. I feel like I can be myself around him, and he can mold me into a great player."
Baxter exploded onto the national scene as a junior, rushing for 1,651 yards and 22 touchdowns for an Edgewater team that went 10-2 and advanced to second round of the Florida High School Athletic Association's Class 7A playoffs.
Eagles head coach Cameron Duke raved about Baxter's abilities as a true, three-down, all-purpose back and as a leader in the classroom and the locker room.
"I've been coaching for 19 years; he's the best leader I've ever been a part of because he cares about people so well and because he is selfless," Duke said. "He knows how to work. He's got unbelievable God-given ability and gifts on the football field, but he's an even better human being. That's a testament to his parents, and who he is as a young man."
Baxter came to his decision some time ago, but held out until Wednesday for a specific purpose — to honor the memory of childhood friend Keiondre Waters, born Aug. 10, 2005. Waters died in 2013 at the age of eight due to an asthma attack.
On one of the most important nights of his life, Baxter wore a pendant with a photo of Waters around his neck and invited Waters' parents on stage for the ceremony.
Baxter plans to graduate in December and enroll at Texas ahead of the spring semester. He will not turn 18 until next June. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/10/college-football-recruiting-orlando-running-back-cedric-baxter-jr-commits-texas-longhorns/10285119002/ | 2022-08-11T04:44:29Z | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/10/college-football-recruiting-orlando-running-back-cedric-baxter-jr-commits-texas-longhorns/10285119002/ | false |
A 3-vote difference sends Phoenix justice of the peace race to an automatic recount
Three votes separate two justice of the peace candidates, which falls into automatic recount territory.
Democrats Teresa Lopez and state Rep. Robert Meza are vying for the West McDowell Justice Court post in Phoenix.
Lopez, the current JP seeking a second term, trailed Meza during most of the vote count but pulled ahead when the county released the final tally on Wednesday. The count shows Lopez with 2,236 votes and Meza with 2,233 votes.
Lopez could not immediately be reached for comment.
Meza was taking a wait-and-see approach on Wednesday evening. "If I win, I win. If I don't, life goes on," he said.
State law outlines when an automatic recount is triggered. In this case, it had to fall within a five-vote margin, according to Megan Gilbertson, a county spokesperson.
"It will take a couple of weeks to complete the recount," she said.
Meza said the wait doesn't bother him and his attorney would keep track of the recount process. "It's just another steppingstone and we have to do whatever the next step is ... to move forward with this," he said.
Justices of the peace preside over limited-jurisdiction justice courts and hear cases such as small claims, evictions, orders of protection, misdemeanor crimes and some traffic infractions.
Candidates do not need to be attorneys or have any specific education. Once elected to a four-year term, JPs receive annual salaries of about $100,000.
What happens in a recount?
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is set to canvass the election results on Aug. 15, after which the County Attorney's Office will "promptly" file a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court to request a recount, Gilbertson said.
The county's Elections Department will need to reprogram the ballot reading equipment to only count the JP race. All 866,924 ballots will be reprocessed in the recount.
A logic and accuracy test will take place before the counting process begins.
Candidates are not allowed in the tabulation area, but can watch the process in the lobby of the ballot tabulation center.
While the recount is in progress, the county cannot release vote totals from the recount. A judge then reviews the results of the recount and declares a winner during a court hearing.
Republic reporter Maritza Dominguez, who covers the southwest Valley, can be reached at maritza.dominguez@arizonarepublic.com or 480-271-0646. Follow her on Twitter @maritzacdom.
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For all of seven minutes Wednesday night, it seemed fortune had finally turned in the Washington Spirit’s favor.
By the 84th minute, Christine Sinclair had tipped in the equalizer for the Thorns, and the scoreboard at Segra Field again displayed an all-too-familiar even score line. By the second minute of stoppage time, the score had flipped again — this time thanks to Morgan Weaver’s left-footed strike — to display an all-too-familiar deficit.
The Spirit lost, 2-1, on a rain-soaked night in Leesburg, extending its winless streak to 17 games for a team that hasn’t won since the regular season opener against OL Reign on May 1.
“It should’ve been three points,” Spirit Coach Kris Ward said. “There’s no two ways around it.”
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Washington (1-6-9) had its opportunities against the Thorns (7-1-7) through the final minutes, generating 19 shots and even finding a solid chance at an equalizer on Trinity Rodman’s breakaway in the eighth minute of stoppage time, but a win again proved elusive.
“Even after 1-1, I didn’t feel like the team was nervous,” Ward said. “I felt like everything was okay and everything was in control and we were going to continue to create scoring opportunities, and we did, right up until the very end. … One mistake at one point in time loses the game.”
The sides’ previous meeting, a 1-1 draw May 18, was highlighted by second-half goals from last year’s Golden Boot winner, Washington’s Ashley Hatch, and one of this year’s leading contenders, Thorns striker Sophia Smith.
This time, Smith was a late scratch from the Thorns lineup. The 22-year-old U.S. national team forward has 11 goals, tied for the most in the NWSL.
Hatch, making her first start since June 17 after recovering from a muscle strain suffered on U.S. national team duty, found a handful of early chances, including a header that went high and wide off a cross from Rodman in the 22nd minute, but struggled to convert.
Midfielder Ashley Sanchez had one of Washington’s best chances in the 40th minute, picking up a well-placed pass from Hatch in the center of the box, but her shot landed in the hands of Thorns goalkeeper Bella Bixby.
As the attack failed to convert, Aubrey Kingsbury anchored the Spirit, making several diving saves on breakaway attacks to keep the score even. Kingsbury finished with four saves.
The Spirit went ahead in the 76th minute after a crowded sequence in front of the Thorns’ net produced an own goal, charged to Bixby. The advantage was short-lived: Portland found its equalizer on Sinclair’s tap-in from the right side, and while the Spirit continued to press forward in stoppage time, its defense lapsed as Weaver found space for the go-ahead goal.
“Those were our points,” Spirit defender Camryn Biegalski said. “We need to perform start to finish — a full 90. We’ve been struggling to do that, but we’ve shown that we can play and we can hang, so from here out it’s going to be a grind. We just need to finish a full 90.”
Nine points below the playoff line in the 12-team standings, the defending champions will enter an extended break before their next game Aug. 27 at the third-place Houston Dash. Washington was slated to travel to Portland, Ore., in this window for the Women’s International Champions Cup against the Thorns and two European teams but withdrew in June because of scheduling concerns amid a congested calendar. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/10/washington-spirit-portland-thorns/ | 2022-08-11T04:50:51Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/10/washington-spirit-portland-thorns/ | true |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — MJ Melendez hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning to send the Kansas City Royals past the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Wednesday night.
Melendez and Salvador Perez both had three hits and two RBIs for the Royals. Kyle Isbel drove in two runs and scored twice.
After leading all minor leaguers with 41 home runs last year, Melendez has 14 in 81 big league games this season. The left-handed-hitting rookie sent a pitch from lefty reliever Jake Diekman (5-2) into the right-field bullpen to give Kansas City a 4-3 lead.
Isbel hit a two-run single in the eighth and scored on Melendez's single. Perez added an RBI single to make it 8-3.
Josh Staumont (3-1) worked a perfect seventh for the win.
Royals starter Kris Bubic allowed three runs (one earned) and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked three. He skirted trouble in every inning until the sixth, when Chicago touched him for three runs.
White Sox right-hander Johnny Cueto permitted three runs (two earned) and nine hits in six innings.
Bubic escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the second. He got Gavin Sheets to line out to shallow left field and struck out Lenyn Sosa to end the inning.
The Royals scored in the third on a two-out single by Bobby Witt Jr. after Isbel ripped a one-out double past first baseman Jose Abreu.
The White Sox finally got to Bubic in the sixth. Once again, he loaded the bases with one out. Sheets hit another line drive, and second baseman Michael Massey couldn’t handle it. The error scored two runs.
Josh Harrison then drove in Yasmani Grandal with a two-out single, and Bubic’s night was over.
The Royals came back to tie it 3-all in the bottom half. Witt legged out an infield single leading off and scored on Perez's double to right-center. Perez advanced to third on an error by third baseman Yoan Moncado and scored on a two-out single by Massey.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Chicago OF AJ Pollock was out of the lineup after fouling a ball off his foot Tuesday. White Sox manager Tony La Russa said it was precautionary. “His foot is sore, but he’ll be in the lineup and hit first tomorrow,” La Russa said.
TRANSACTIONS
Kansas City OF Brent Rooker was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. In a corresponding move, C Sebastian Rivero was optioned to Double-A Northwest Arkansas.
UP NEXT
The teams conclude their four-game series Thursday afternoon. RHP Dylan Cease (12-4, 1.98 ERA) will start for the White Sox against RHP Zack Greinke (3-7, 4.58).
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ATLANTA — Editor's note: 11Alive has cut portions of the officer's bodycam video to highlight the moments between the woman and police involved in the encounter.
The Atlanta Police Department has released an officer's hour-long bodycam video after part of his encounter with a woman during a citation has gone viral over social media.
The man involved in the encounter with the woman recorded the portion of the video that went viral on social media. The now-viral video shows an APD officer wearing a face covering and gloves while seemingly arresting a woman who continues to question why he is trying to put handcuffs on her.
In response to that video, APD showed their perspective and the officer's bodycam video related to the incident.
APD released the following statement in part:
The Atlanta Police Department (APD) is aware of video footage circulating on social media regarding an Atlanta Police Officer arresting a woman for being in a city park after hours. Upon learning of the incident, members of the APD’s Command Staff immediately began reviewing the incident to determine the facts surrounding the case. It has become immediately clear there is more to this story than the short social media video shows and the decision has been made to release the Body Worn Camera footage from the arresting officer.
The officer's bodycam video begins while he's driving and he pulls up to a blue Kia Forte. At the two-minute timestamp, the video's audio kicks in and one can hear the officer saying he's responding to a call.
APD said the officer responded to Shady Valley Park in Buckhead around 11:50 p.m. on Monday. The park closed at 11 p.m.
The officer gets out of his patrol car and goes up to a man and a woman, who are already out of their car, video shows.
In the officer's bodycam video, the officer is seen going up to the man and woman, then he explained to them that they aren't allowed to be inside a park in the City of Atlanta between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. The officer is heard commenting that their car has an Ohio license plate, acknowledging that they appear to be out of town.
The officer asks for their IDs, he takes both of them and gets back inside of his patrol car, video shows.
When the officer rejoins them around the 18-minute mark of the bodycam video, he repeats to them that they can't be at the park at night. He tells them they're both going to receive a ticket and he asks them each to sign a separate citation. The officer tells them that if they don't sign the ticket, they will be arrested, bodycam video shows.
"For most traffic law violations and city ordinance violations, officers are authorized to issue a copy of charges and release the individual once they have signed the ticket," APD said in a statement in part.
Bodycam video shows that after the man looks over the ticket and signs, the woman repeatedly asks the officer for his name and badge number.
"I don't have to sign this right?" the woman is heard asking on the video.
"You do have to sign it," the officer said.
She replied, "No, I don't."
The officer reiterated that if she doesn't sign, she "will be physically taken to jail." She replied, "Gotcha." The woman asks for the officer's name again, the video encounter shows.
Tensions between the officer and the woman begin to escalate when he asks another time for her to sign the citation. She told the officer no and that she wanted his name and badge number again.
At the 20-minute timestamp of the bodycam video, the officer asked the woman to put her hands behind her back. The officer then grabs the woman's arm with both of his hands as he repeatedly tells her that she's under arrest, according to APD's footage.
The video shows the officer and the woman's physical altercation going on for several minutes. The woman is crying and screaming in the bodycam video.
The video shows the woman eventually agreeing to sign the traffic citation.
"I'm going to sign the ticket," she told the officer.
"You don't have that option now," the officer replied.
The officer tells her that she keeps resisting arrest and more officers arrive to help. The officers get the woman in a patrol car around the 27-minute mark of the video.
The woman repeatedly asks the officers about them reading her rights in the video. The officers continue to discuss what happened, noting that the park's hours are posted.
Atlanta Police officers have been instructed to increase patrols inside city parks due to safety concerns, APD said.
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In a statement, APD said it's addressing several issues regarding the woman's arrest:
- An officer is not required to read someone their Miranda rights prior to arresting them.
- The officer was wearing a mask and rubber gloves in an effort to keep himself safe from communicable viruses or diseases and was authorized to do so.
- If an officer explains you will be taken to jail for something and you choose to push the officer to that limit, you will end up in jail.
"In the end, this incident began as an effort to address issues in our city parks. The officer clearly intended to issue a citation to each party and allow them to leave the park. Several unnecessary decisions, that were entirely out of our control, resulted in a physical altercation with an officer and the physical arrest of this individual," APD concluded in its statement.
"There was no need to use the hands-on method there once she had agreed and once she really realized that she was potentially going to be arrested," Georgia NAACP President Gerald Griggs said.
Griggs said his opinion didn't change after watching the police bodycam video.
"We plan to meet with the chief of police. We plan to meet with a young lady and her attorney. We plan to get to the bottom of what actually happened," Griggs said.
Crime and safety expert Mark Baughman has experience in law enforcement and thinks the blame goes both ways.
"It's always good to comply with the police. I'm pretty sure that she knew she wasn't going to go to jail," Baughman said.
However, Baughman believes the officer could have diffused the situation by allowing the woman to sign the ticket when she said she changed her mind.
"You have to weigh what you're dealing withere. We're not talking about a felony violation. We're not even talking about a misdemeanor criminal violation. We're talking about a traffic infraction," he said.
We asked 11Alive Legal Analyst Page Pate if people have to legally sign traffic citations. He said no and adds it only means you're acknowledging and receiving the ticket, not admitting guilt.
Baughman added Georgia's statute says "may" instead of "should" when it comes to someone signing a traffic ticket so the policy is up to each police department's discretion. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/apd-officer-bodycam-video-citation-woman-park-after-hours/85-dc8a06d3-9be5-4c68-9f5b-4842c70ebef0 | 2022-08-11T04:57:00Z | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/apd-officer-bodycam-video-citation-woman-park-after-hours/85-dc8a06d3-9be5-4c68-9f5b-4842c70ebef0 | false |
NDSU Hosts Media Day
KVRR Sports Checkin With Entz and Miller
FARGO– The last two seasons quarterback Cam Miller came into the season as the 2nd string quarterback. After coming in for an injured Quincy Patterson, Miller was eventually able to win the starting job, playing a crucial role in the Bison playoff run. This summer there was no doubt that Cam would be the starting coming into the fall. Miller put in the work this offseason and looks to show how he has improved while living up to the legacy laid by the great NDSU quarterbacks before him.
“It kind of hit me after the season. I’m like I only have 3 years left and I need to make the most out of those three years and the question that I kept asking myself was what do you want your legacy to be when you leave North Dakota State and truly I want this place to be in a better place than when I found it. That’s gonna be really hard to do. But I feel like the quarterback position that has been established here, I don’t wanna be the guy to let that down. I want to uphold that standard that has been set before me,” said Miller.
With all the running backs returning to the team the bison’s ground and pound style isn’t likely to change too much in the 2022 season. The bison run game stampeded to an FCS best 4,209 yards last season. The team is still honing in on its identity however as Coach Entz and his coaching staff evaluate the strengths of the heard.
“I think going into it, probably a little bit of an idea of what the identity will be. I think more importantly I wanna see how can we adjust and expand on that identity. We were extremely efficient in the pass game a year ago. I still want those things. How can we still utilize some wide receivers in run game. How can we utilize multiple bodies on defense? I think we still have a chance to be at running the football and stopping the run and being really good on special teams but we got some work to do yet,” said Entz. | https://www.kvrr.com/2022/08/10/ndsu-hosts-media-day/ | 2022-08-11T04:59:56Z | https://www.kvrr.com/2022/08/10/ndsu-hosts-media-day/ | false |
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HAPPY CAMP, Calif. — When we talk about wildfires, we tend to focus on things like the number of acres burned and homes destroyed. But sometimes there are impacts that are less visible, like the effect on wildlife — and that includes fish.
About a week ago, the McKinney Fire, which has burned over 60,000 acres near Oregon's southern border, tore through a forested area near the Klamath River in Northern California, burning away a lot of vegetation that was holding soil and rocks in place. And then a powerful thunderstorm rolled in and created a flash flood, sending lots of mud into the river.
All of that mud and debris caused the Klamath River to swell up, choking off oxygen for the fish.
Craig Tucker is the natural resources policy advocate for the Karuk Tribe, which first discovered the fish kill. He said people living near Happy Camp, Calif. started seeing dead fish floating into town.
"You really couldn't go upstream to investigate things thoroughly because of active fire activity. The highway's closed 50 miles up the road, but our fisheries program at the crew tribe launched into action, went as far up as they could — about 20 miles upstream from Happy Camp — and were really devastated by what they saw Friday and Saturday. Tens of thousands of dead fish were floating in the river, filling up every eddy," said Tucker.
He explained that the McKinney Fire spread along a couple creeks in the area prior to the flash flooding.
"So this was a kind of rare and unseasonable heavy rain event in a small area, and it just washed tons and tons of sediment and ash and debris into the river. It doubled the flow of the Klamath River in this area."
Typically, rivers like the Klamath are clear as they run through remote parts of Northern California. But after the flooding, the mud took water oxygen levels down to zero for several hours on the night of Aug. 3. It suffocated tens of thousands of fish.
The fish that were killed included numerous suckers, which eat algae and benefit water quality, as well as juvenile salmon.
"We will really see the consequences of this event in a few years when we're looking for those adult fish to return," Tucker said of the salmon. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/mckinney-fire-kills-thousands-of-fish/283-e028b713-e22f-4f4c-b176-0ebfddb80e9e | 2022-08-11T05:04:11Z | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/mckinney-fire-kills-thousands-of-fish/283-e028b713-e22f-4f4c-b176-0ebfddb80e9e | true |
Half of Zones Analyzed See Median Home Prices Rise At Least 5 Percent from First Quarter to Second Quarter of 2022, And At Least 20 Percent Annually in Half of All Zones
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, today released its second-quarter 2022 report analyzing qualified low-income Opportunity Zones targeted by Congress for economic redevelopment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (see full methodology below). In this report, ATTOM looked at 5,198 zones around the United States with sufficient data to analyze, meaning they had at least five home sales in the second quarter of 2022.
The report found that median single-family home and condo prices rose from the first quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2022 in 63 percent of Opportunity Zones around the country and went up at least 5 percent in roughly half of zones analyzed with sufficient data. Typical values also shot up at least 20 percent annually in about half of Opportunity Zones with enough data to analyze across all quarters.
Moreover, median values increased in about half the Opportunity Zones by more than the 8.8 percent quarterly and 15.3 percent year-over-year gain seen for all markets nationwide in the Spring of 2022.
Those gains extended similar patterns seen over the past year as home prices in distressed neighborhoods around the nation continued to keep up with gains in the broader national housing market.
Typical home values in Opportunity Zones remained lower than those in most other neighborhoods around the nation in the second quarter of 2022. Median second-quarter prices fell below the national median of $346,000 in 77 percent of Opportunity Zones, about the same portion as in earlier periods over the past year. Considerable price volatility also continued in those markets, as median values dropped quarterly in 37 percent of them, probably reflecting the small number of sales in many areas.
"Homes in most Opportunity Zones represent affordable options for real estate investors and consumer homebuyers in a market where both home prices and mortgage rates have been rising," said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM. "With home prices up 15 percent compared to a year ago and mortgage rates nearly doubled, both investors and homebuyers may find the lower purchase prices for homes available in Opportunity Zones very attractive."
Median prices also were under $200,000 in 49 percent of the zones during the second quarter of 2022. But that percentage under $200,000 was down from 58 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and 52 percent in the first quarter of 2022.
In another ongoing sign of market strength, prices spiked at least 25 percent from the second quarter of last year to the same period this year in a larger portion of Opportunity Zones than in other neighborhoods around the country.
Opportunity Zones are defined in the Tax Act legislation as census tracts in or alongside low-income neighborhoods that meet various criteria for redevelopment in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. Census tracts, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, cover areas that have 1,200 to 8,000 residents, with an average of about 4,000 people.
The ongoing price spikes inside Opportunity Zones in the second quarter was one of the latest signs of how high buyer demand coupled with tight supplies of homes for sale throughout the U.S. may have priced many households out of more upscale neighborhoods into lower-priced markets. Demand continued into the Spring buying season even as home mortgage rates rose in the second quarter to nearly 6 percent, gasoline and other fuel costs soared, inflation shot up to 40-year highs and economic uncertainty across the country increased.
High-level findings from the report:
- Median prices of single-family houses and condominiums rose from the first quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2022 in 2,928 (63 percent) of the Opportunity Zones around the U.S. with sufficient data to analyze, while declining in 37 percent. They increased from the second quarter of 2021 to the same period this year in 3,692 (77 percent) of those zones. By comparison, median prices rose quarterly in 69 percent of census tracts outside of Opportunity Zones and annually in 82 percent. (Among the 5,198 Opportunity Zones included in the report, 4,654 had enough data to generate usable median-price comparisons from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2022; 4,793 had enough data to make comparisons between the second quarter of 2021 and the second quarter of 2022).
- Measured year over year, median home prices rose at least 25 percent in the second quarter of 2022 in 1,883 (39 percent) of Opportunity Zones with sufficient data. Prices rose that much during that time period in just 34 percent of all other census tracts outside of opportunity zones throughout the country.
- Among states that had at least 25 Opportunity Zones with enough data to analyze during the second quarter of 2022, those with the largest portion of zones where median prices rose year over year were in the West. They were led by Utah (median prices up, year over year, in 97 percent of zones), Arizona (93 percent), Nevada (93 percent), Oregon (89 percent) and Idaho (88 percent).
- Of the 5,198 zones in the report, 1,763 (34 percent) still had median prices in the second quarter of 2022 that were less than $150,000. That was down from 41 percent of those zones a year earlier. Another 778 zones (15 percent) had medians in the second quarter of this year ranging from $150,000 to $199,999.
- Median values in the second quarter of 2022 ranged from $200,000 to $299,999 in 1,118 Opportunity Zones (22 percent) while they topped the nationwide second-quarter median of $346,000 in 1,172 (23 percent).
- The Midwest continued in the second quarter of 2022 to have the highest portion of the least-expensive Opportunity Zone tracts, with median home prices of less than $175,000 (69 percent), followed by the Northeast (45 percent), the South (45 percent) and the West (6 percent).
- Median household incomes in 87 percent of the Opportunity Zones analyzed were less than the medians in the counties where they were located. Median incomes were less than three-quarters of county level figures in 56 percent of zones and less than half in 16 percent.
Report methodology
The ATTOM Opportunity Zones analysis is based on home sales price data derived from recorded sales deeds. Statistics for previous quarters are revised when each new report is issued as more deed data becomes available. ATTOM's analysis compared median home prices in census tracts designated as Opportunity Zones by the Internal Revenue Service. Except where noted, tracts were used for the analysis if they had at least five sales in the first quarter of 2022. Median household income data for tracts and counties comes from surveys taken by the U.S. Census Bureau (www.census.gov) from 2016 through 2020. The list of designated Qualified Opportunity Zones is located at U.S. Department of the Treasury. Regions are based on designations by the Census Bureau. Hawaii and Alaska, which the bureau designates as part of the Pacific region, were included in the West region for this report.
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The following is a statement being issued by Eneas Mares, general manager of Enfasis Corporativo, strategic corporate consulting firm specialized in the tourism, banking and finance, and commercial sectors in Latin America, in response to repeal of laws 122 and 314 of tourist incentives in Panama.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo ordered the repeal of laws 122 and 314 both tourism based incentives laws that seek foreign investment.
"These laws were approved twice over the last 2 years by an overwhelming majority at the National Assembly and, each time, they were signed off by the President and members of his cabinet; these laws have created much interest, incentivizing developers and investors from the United States and other countries to invest millions of dollars which now may be at risk.
"During the more than two years that the Law 122 'The tourism investment law' has been in place, the tourism authority did road shows not just in the United States but other countries, catching the attention of the international investment community; foreign investors from all over have dedicated, in good faith, enormous time and economic resources to participate in this investment opportunity that promises to position Panama as one of the top tourism destinations in the region.
"This investment law has caught so much attention that it is currently referenced in Panama's Investment Climate Report issued by the U.S. State Department; Panama's legacy as a country where the security of the law is respected has always differentiated it from the rest and has made it one of the safest places in Latin America for foreigners to invest in.
"As a result, less than two months ago, the original Law 122 was modified in the National Assembly by the new Law 314, which lowered fiscal incentives to almost half and further regulated the legislation.
"The country is expected to gain a complete tourism offering, where it is needed the most, positioning Panama among the top touristic destinations in the region. The consulting firm Virtú Atelier Legal explained in one of its reports that, under law 122, investors would be granted with tax credit equaling to 100% of their investment. This incentive would be granted to the natural person or legal entity, who, at the Panamanian Stock Market, is the first purchaser of the securities issued by the tourism company or real estate investment company; the first acquirer must submit a sworn statement certifying that, immediately before acquiring the securities, neither he nor his directors, officers, shareholders or beneficial owners were directors, officers, shareholders or beneficial owners of the tourism company or investment company, real estate, nor any subsidiaries of the tourist projects in which they invested; furthermore, other restrictions are in place to ensure that there are no links with the developer of the project".
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Taking a walk, smelling a flower, watching a chipmunk fill his pouch — these are dependable ways to brighten our mood. Spending time outside in nature is good for us and can make us feel better. Nature can provide stress relief, increase social interaction, provide physical exercise and help us work out everyday problems.
With our ability to be connected and online 24/7, it is easy to see why more time is spent indoors than ever before. Here are some things to consider and how being in nature can help us feel better daily.
Being in nature can reduce stress. Walking in a forest has been shown to reduce heart rate, lower stress and provide a feeling of tranquility.
A walk in nature can make us happier. Studies have shown that a simple walk or hike can make us more happy and less brooding.
Nature can reduce attention fatigue and help to increase creativity.
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Being in nature can make us more kind and generous while being more tolerant of others, which is a nice benefit in the polarized environment we find daily.
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No one knows for sure the perfect amount of time to spend in nature, but it is definitely worth carving out more time to explore a park, nature reserve or beach. It just may produce some positive results.
“The world is but a canvas to our imagination.”
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Showcasing New Products including Youdao Dictionary Pen X5 and Youdao Smart Learning Pad
BEIJING, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Youdao, Inc. ("Youdao" or the "Company") (NYSE: DAO), a leading technology-focused intelligent learning company in China, held its 2022 Intelligent Learning Product Launch Event where it unveiled its latest Youdao Dictionary Pen X5 and Youdao Smart Learning Pad. In addition, at the hybrid in-person and livestreaming event held on August 9, 2022 in Beijing, the Company also demonstrated existing products in its portfolio and discussed its strategic initiatives to further grow its intelligent learning device business.
The latest generation Youdao Dictionary Pen adopts a self-developed operating ecosystem integrating, for the first time, a variety of external learning applications to considerably enhance users' learning experience. Youdao Dictionary Pen X5 has significantly optimized its word search functionality, boosting speed by 15% compared to the previous version and expanding the vocabulary to 10 million words. With a real-time note-taking function, Youdao Dictionary Pen X5 can upload scanned excerpts instantly onto the Youdao Cloud Note application. It currently supports online translation of over 100 languages and enables translation for certain languages such as French, Spanish and German with its Neural Machine Translation technology developed in-house.
As a pioneer in the dictionary pen segment, Youdao also partnered with the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology and other peers to jointly draft an industry standard that specifies the technical requirements and testing methods of dictionary pens.
Youdao Smart Learning Pad, also featured at the event, employs personalized functions of AI diagnosis and adaptive learning to meet the comprehensive learning needs of primary and middle school students. Youdao Smart Learning Pad achieved gross billings of RMB10 millions shortly after the initial batch of distribution. The outstanding performances of other Youdao smart devices were also showcased during the event. For example, Youdao Listening Pod attained the leading positions in terms of both sales and units during JD.com's June 18 shopping festival.
Dr. Feng Zhou, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Youdao, said, "We are proud of the progress we have made with our leading intelligent learning devices and how they are influencing China's evolving learning paradigm. In an effort to cover more learning scenarios on a broader scale, Youdao will continue to upgrade its portfolio with an expanded range of diversified offerings that empower better learning experiences. We are determined to support Chinese students in their pursuit of excellence and propel the industry's sustainable growth by leveraging our cutting-edge technologies."
About Youdao, Inc.
Youdao, Inc. (NYSE: DAO) is a leading technology-focused intelligent learning company in China dedicated to developing and using technologies to provide learning content, applications and solutions to users of all ages. Building on the popularity of its online knowledge tools such as Youdao Dictionary and Youdao Translation, Youdao now offers smart devices, STEAM courses, adult and vocational courses, and education digitalization solutions. In addition, Youdao has developed a variety of interactive learning apps. Youdao was founded in 2006 as part of NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES; HKEX: 9999), a leading internet technology company in China.
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WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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evening and, likely, again Friday afternoon and evening across
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284 AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624 IN
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump 's pick for governor in the swing state of Wisconsin easily defeated a favorite of the Republican establishment.
In Connecticut, the state that launched the Bush family and its brand of compassionate conservatism, a fiery Senate contender who promoted Trump's election lies upset the state GOP's endorsed candidate. Meanwhile in Washington, Republicans ranging from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended Trump against an unprecedented FBI search.
And that was just this week.
The rapid developments crystalized the former president's singular status atop a party he has spent the past seven years breaking down and rebuilding in his image. Facing mounting legal vulnerabilities and considering another presidential run, he needs support from the party to maintain his political career. But, whether they like it or not, many in the party also need Trump, whose endorsement has proven crucial for those seeking to advance to the November ballot.
“For a pretty good stretch, it felt like the Trump movement was losing more ground than it was gaining,” said Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who is urging his party to move past Trump. But now, he said, Trump is benefiting from “an incredibly swift tail wind."
The Republican response to the FBI's search of Trump's Florida estate this week was an especially stark example of how the party is keeping Trump nearby. Some of the Republicans considering challenges to Trump in a 2024 presidential primary, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, were among those defending him. Even long-established Trump critics like Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan questioned the search, pressing for details about its circumstances.
But even before the FBI showed up at Mar-a-Lago, Trump was gaining momentum in his post-presidential effort to shape the GOP. In all, nearly 180 Trump-endorsed candidates up and down the ballot have won their primaries since May while fewer than 20 have lost.
Only two of the 10 House Republicans who supported Trump's impeachment after the Jan. 6 insurrection are expected back in Congress next year. Rep. Jaime Herrera-Beutler, R-Wash., who conceded defeat after her Tuesday primary, was the latest to fall. Leading Trump antagonist Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is at risk of joining her next week.
The Trump victories include a clean sweep of statewide primary elections in Arizona last week — including an election denier in the race for the state's chief elections official. Trump's allies also prevailed Tuesday across Wisconsin and Connecticut, a state long known for its moderate Republican leanings.
In Wisconsin's Republican primary for governor, wealthy Trump-backed businessman Tim Michels defeated former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, an establishment favorite. And in Connecticut, Leora Levy, who promoted Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, surged to an unexpected victory over a more moderate rival after earning Trump's official endorsement.
On Monday, just hours after the FBI search, Trump hosted a tele-town hall rally on her behalf. Levy thanked Trump in her acceptance speech, while railing against the FBI's search.
“All of us can tell him how upset and offended and disgusted we were at what happened to him," she said. "That is un-American. That is what they do in Cuba, in China, in dictatorships. And that will stop.”
Despite his recent dominance, Trump — and the Republicans close to him — face political and legal threats that could undermine their momentum as the GOP fights for control of Congress and statehouses across the nation this fall.
While Trump's picks have notched notable victories in primaries this summer, they may struggle in the fall. That's especially true in several governor's races in Democratic-leaning states such as Connecticut and Maryland, where GOP candidates must track to the center to win a general election.
Meanwhile, several Republicans with White House ambitions are moving forward with a busy travel schedule that will take them to politically important states where they can back candidates on the ballot this year and build relationships heading into 2024.
DeSantis plans to boost high-profile Republican contenders across Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Former Vice President Mike Pence, another potential 2024 presidential contender, is scheduled to appear next week in New Hampshire.
On the legal front, the FBI search was part of an investigation into whether the former president took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence. While Republicans have rallied behind Trump, very few facts about the case have been released publicly. Trump's attorneys have so far declined to release details from the search warrant.
Prosecutors in Washington and Georgia are also investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election he falsely claimed was stolen. The Jan. 6 congressional commission has exposed damning details about Trump's behavior from Republican witnesses in recent hearings, which have prompted new concerns, at least privately, among the GOP establishment and donor class.
And on Wednesday, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his business dealings.
Trump’s legal entanglements represent a distraction at best for Republican candidates who’d rather focus on President Joe Biden’s leadership, sky-high inflation and immigration troubles to help court moderate voters and independents in the general election.
“Today, every Republican in every state in this country should be talking about how bad Joe Biden is, how bad inflation is, how difficult it is to run a business and run a household,” said Duncan, the Georgia lieutenant governor. “But instead, we’re talking about some investigation, we’re talking about Donald Trump pleading the Fifth, we’re talking about Donald Trump endorsing some conspiracy theorist.”
Trump critics in both parties are ready and willing to highlight Trump's shortcomings — and his relationship with midterm candidates — as more voters begin to pay attention to politics this fall.
“This is, and always has been, Donald Trump’s Republican Party," Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said in an interview, condemning “MAGA Republicans” and their “extreme agenda" on abortion and other issues.
At the same time, the Republican Accountability Project and Protect Democracy launched a $3 million television and digital advertising campaign this week across seven swing states focused on Trump's role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The ads, which will run in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, feature testimonials from Republican voters who condemn Trump's lies about nonexistent election fraud that fueled the Capitol attack.
One ad features congressional testimony from Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who has publicly declared that Trump should never hold public office again.
Still, Cheney faces her own primary election against a Trump-backed challenger next week in Wyoming. One of Trump's top political targets this year, she is expected to lose. Anticipating a loss, Cheney's allies suggest she may be better positioned to run for president in 2024, either as a Republican or independent.
Trump's allies are supremely confident about his ability to win the GOP's presidential nomination in 2024. In fact, aides who had initially pushed him to launch his campaign after the November midterms are now encouraging him to announce sooner to help freeze out would-be Republican challengers.
“It’s going to be very difficult for anyone to take the nomination away from him in 2024,” said Stephen Moore, a former Trump economic adviser who has spoken with Trump about his 2024 intentions. “He is running. That is a certainty."
Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., predicted that Trump would “lose in a landslide” if he sought the presidency again, adding that the former president's overall grasp on the party is “eroding on the edges.”
“In a normal election, you’ve got to win not just the base. You’ve got to win the middle, too, right, and maybe crossover on the other side,” said Rice, who lost his recent primary after voting in favor of Trump’s second impeachment.
Rice warned that Trump far-right candidates could lead to unnecessary losses for the party in November. “Donald Trump is pushing things so far to the right,” he said in an interview.
Meanwhile, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, eyeing a 2024 bid himself, warned against making bold political predictions two years before the Republican Party selects its next presidential nominee.
“We’re sitting here in August of 2022,” Christie said in an interview. “My sense is there’s a lot of water over the dam still to come before anybody can determine anybody's individual position in the primaries of '24 — except to say that if Donald Trump runs, he will certainly be a factor.”
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — MJ Melendez hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning to send the Kansas City Royals past the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Wednesday night.
Melendez and Salvador Perez both had three hits and two RBIs for the Royals. Kyle Isbel drove in two runs and scored twice.
“Dropping down two and then answering right back, that’s really what we’re seeing from this group,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “If something happens they just keep coming.”
After leading all minor leaguers with 41 home runs last year, Melendez has 14 in 81 big league games this season. The left-handed-hitting rookie sent a pitch from lefty reliever Jake Diekman (5-2) into the right-field bullpen to give Kansas City a 4-3 lead.
“That whole at-bat I was waiting for that hanging slider,” Melendez said. “Obviously his fastball is very good. I was just trying to do some damage. I got a good pitch to hit.
“When I hit it, I kind of knew (it was out), but here at Kauffman you never really know. Once it finally landed, I was super pumped up.”
Isbel hit a two-run single in the eighth and scored on Melendez's single. Perez added an RBI single to make it 8-3.
Josh Staumont (3-1) worked a perfect seventh for the win.
Royals starter Kris Bubic allowed three runs (one earned) and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked three. He skirted trouble in every inning until the sixth, when Chicago touched him for three runs.
White Sox right-hander Johnny Cueto permitted three runs (two earned) and nine hits in six innings.
Bubic escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the second. He got Gavin Sheets to line out to shallow left field and struck out Lenyn Sosa to end the inning.
“Pretty much throughout the outing I felt like we were in control of things,” Bubic said, giving credit to his catcher, Perez. “The fastball was as good as it’s been all year, and the curveball was good as well. I didn’t throw that many changeups.
“I was just throwing what was being put down. He knows what they’re looking for, so we went heavy fastball and curveball.”
The Royals scored in the third on a two-out single by Bobby Witt Jr. after Isbel ripped a one-out double past first baseman Jose Abreu.
The White Sox finally got to Bubic in the sixth. Once again, he loaded the bases with one out. Sheets hit another line drive, and second baseman Michael Massey couldn’t handle it. The error scored two runs.
Josh Harrison then drove in Yasmani Grandal with a two-out single, and Bubic’s night was over.
The Royals came back to tie it 3-all in the bottom half. Witt legged out an infield single leading off and scored on Perez's double to right-center. Perez advanced to third on an error by third baseman Yoan Moncado and scored on a two-out single by Massey.
“Anything to help the team win,” Massey said. “Obviously I wanted to make that play in the top of the sixth. I just missed it. To be able to come up big in the next inning felt really good.”
TRAINER'S ROOM
Chicago OF AJ Pollock was out of the lineup after fouling a ball off his foot Tuesday. White Sox manager Tony La Russa said it was precautionary. “His foot is sore, but he’ll be in the lineup and hit first tomorrow,” La Russa said.
TRANSACTIONS
Kansas City OF Brent Rooker was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. In a corresponding move, C Sebastian Rivero was optioned to Double-A Northwest Arkansas.
UP NEXT
The teams conclude their four-game series Thursday afternoon. RHP Dylan Cease (12-4, 1.98 ERA) will start for the White Sox against RHP Zack Greinke (3-7, 4.58).
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
945 PM PDT Wed Aug 10 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Umatilla, southeastern Walla Walla and southwestern Columbia Counties
through 1015 PM PDT...
At 945 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
College Place, or over Walla Walla, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Walla Walla, College Place, Milton-Freewater, Athena, Weston,
Prescott, Dixie, Umapine, Garrett and Kooskooskie.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4599 11810 4600 11817 4594 11819 4579 11841
4583 11856 4600 11863 4600 11860 4605 11855
4613 11857 4638 11844 4614 11787
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 209DEG 26KT 4604 11839
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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There are plenty of narratives out there about the storied history of the Los Angeles Lakers -- including the recent lauded HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty -- but now, Lakers president Jeanie Buss and several legends of the basketball dynasty are telling the story in their own words, in a new Hulu docuseries, Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers.
"I enjoyed hearing players talk about their experience as Lakers," Buss reflected on the docuseries when she and some of the players featured sat down with ET this week. "Some of the players we traded away [talked about] what that felt like-- and it made it very personal and very human. Those were things that I had never heard before."
The series, like Buss' legacy with the team, begins with her father, Jerry Buss, who purchased the Lakers in 1979 and immediately invigorated the franchise with the drafting of Earvin "Magic" Johnson and a 1980 NBA Finals win over the Philadelphia 76ers. He also boosted the social side of the Los Angeles basketball scene, with the creation of his own nightlife hotspot, The Forum Club, and the court-side appeal of the infamous Laker Girls.
"That's who he was," said Antoine Fuqua, who directed the Legacy series. "He was a charming, handsome man. He enjoyed life, he enjoyed people. You can't tell the story without showing who he was... it was a different era, right? He lived his life honestly, pretty open, and we all wish we could do that."
"He was the first to integrate entertainment and sports," added Norm Nixon, who was on the Lakers when Buss purchased the team. "We ended up being a championship team and our style of play was entertaining, so the Forum just became the place... He was an owner that was not necessarily hands-on with the decisions -- he allowed his people to do their job -- but hands-on with us, as far as having a relationship, and I think that was a great part of his ownership style."
"I thought owners were robots, you know? Big people who talked all business," noted Jelani McCoy, who was part of the Lakers' 2002 championship team. "He was just like one of us, and he was about entertainment and basketball and a family environment. It's kinda hard to ignore somebody like that."
For the players, spanning from the "Showtime Era" icons like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to current All-Stars like LeBron James, Legacy is also about telling the true story of the team and its legendary cast of players -- the good, the bad and the ugly.
Abdul-Jabbar explained that one of the biggest misconceptions about his time on the team was that it was a struggle to get the players to come together, to break the tension between teammates and form the winning combination that led to their 1980 title.
"The only problem we had was during the season [was], some of the guys was messing around," he admitted. "As far as the relationships between the guys, there was never any problem... We all got into the concept of, we're in this to win as a group."
Lakers players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob McAdoo flank team owner Jerry Buss after winning the 1985 NBA Championship.
Upon Jerry Buss' death in February 2013, his controlling ownership of the Lakers passed to his six children, with Jeanie Buss taking her father's place as the Lakers' representative on the NBA Board of Governors and assuming the role of team president.
"My dad spent a lot of time with me, preparing me for the position that I am in today," Buss recalled. "He left a [vision for] how he wanted the team to be owned and operated by the family, for the team to stay in the family, and he put me in charge of that vision. I like to say that my dad had his children, but the Lakers were his baby, and so he put me in charge of the baby."
Despite her father's guidance, Buss didn't always have the easiest time with her leadership roles in a male-dominated field. Legacy gets candid about sexual harassment she faced throughout her years as the leader of the team. Buss shared with ET that she felt it was an important detail of her story to share to show the resilience she had to "not allow something like that to diminish me as a person and make me doubt my abilities and my right to be in the room."
"[It] wasn't that I felt in any physical peril. The point of what happened, to me, was about people saying I didn't belong, that I shouldn't be included in this boys' club," she added. "It was an intimidation factor, to push me away... I wanted women to hear it, that you deserve a seat at the table. Don't be intimidated. If I can be an example to that, if I can be an inspiration, then that's why I shared that story."
Another emotional moment in Lakers history came on Nov. 7, 1991, when Johnson gave a press conference announcing that he had tested positive for HIV -- a shock to his friends and teammates and a devastating blow to one of the most promising careers in NBA history.
Magic Johnson announced his retirement from the NBA on Nov. 7, 1991, after being diagnosed HIV positive.
"It was a very emotional day for all of us," recalled Vlade Divac, a Laker at the time. "I remember walking down and seeing Earvin in the tunnel, and I got the news and I started crying -- because back then we didn’t know much about it, you know?"
"I didn’t understand what had happened," added Abdul-Jabbar. "All of a sudden it was unfolding, and I heard the people around Earvin and the team already knew, but they weren’t saying -- I found out more, it affected me more, but I made it through the day. I don’t know how I did it... We all just wanted to see Earvin survive."
Of course, the Lakers' biggest tragedy in recent years was the loss of Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in Jan. 2020. Derek Fisher, who was part of the Lakers teams that included the winning duo of Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, recalled the "sense of urgency and respect for the legacy" that his era of Lakers players felt as the team brought home three consecutive NBA Championships from 2000-02.
"That’s where the intensity came from," he added of the highly-publicized professional tension between Bryant and O'Neal at the time. "We weren't just here to put the uniform on and act like we were Lakers. To be Lakers, you had to win... There's always tension when greatness is being formed."
Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were part of a Lakers team that won three consecutive NBA Championships from 2000-02.
Bryant's legacy is undeniably linked to the Lakers -- Buss noted how rare it is in the modern NBA era for a player, especially one of Bryant's caliber, to play their entire career with one team.
"He set the bar for us," she said. "I will always be inspired by him -- I wear a bracelet, and I'm thinking about getting my first tattoo just so I'm always reminded of his work ethic, and what it meant for him to be a Laker for life, for 20 years... We will continue to honor him forever, because he left a mark on this franchise, on me personally, that will stand the test of time."
Of Bryant's legacy, Buss added, "It's about challenging yourself, it's about, 'What did you do today to be better?' and competing with yourself. It doesn't matter what else is going on around you, the distractions, it's about finding that inner warrior and being the best that you can be."
McCoy agreed, noting, "Kobe is a microcosm of Los Angeles. People come here with big dreams of being an actor, being a director, a producer, a journalist, an athlete, whatever. This is a place where we watched a young man grow up into an adult who you know encapsulated the whole city and visions of winning, and keeping up with traditions of winning and championships, so I know he inspired a whole group of anybody that played in Southern California.
Noting current NBA stars like DeMar DeRozen and James Harden, who grew up in Los Angeles being inspired as Bryant was coming into his prime with the Lakers, McCoy added, "He probably stopped crime when he played, because the whole city of LA would stop and watch the Laker game... He galvanized LA -- which is kind of a transient city, people come in and out -- he made LA whole for a lot of periods of times, 'cause people wanted to see what was going down on that basketball court."
"Think about it," added Robert Horry, who won three of his seven NBA Championship rings as a member of the Lakers. "He came in [as a] 17-year-old kid, at one point was the youngest guy in the NBA. You watched him grow from a boy to a man... He grew and the city grew with him, and they got to see him mature, because if you watch him as an individual when he first started out, it was him versus the world."
"Then you see him soften as he got kids, as he became a father, became a husband, like OK, it’s not just about basketball -- I could do more with this," he continued. "I think that's what the city loved about Kobe so much, 'cause I think it's very rare that you get to grow up with an athlete."
Legacy: the True Story of the LA Lakers premieres Aug. 15 on Hulu.
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