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Ira David Wood III and Evan Rachel Wood in "The Father" | Photo by Catherine Davis Photography
The Father | ★★★★½ | Theatre in the Park | Through Aug. 21
When a deliberately neglectful parent or partner abruptly leaves, the clarity of that sharp, defining act can provide a useful—and finite—frame for the feelings of abandonment that follow.
But in his gripping psychological drama The Father, now onstage at Theatre in the Park (TIP), playwright Florian Zeller shows us that when that estrangement is unintentional and stems from a medical condition like dementia, the borders that could limit and contain those feelings can stretch and blur before they dissipate completely.
What’s even more discomforting? Particularly given the dysfunctional state of health care in America, as the schism morphs into a bittersweet but potentially agonizing long goodbye, that state of abandonment—unintended, and sometimes forced—can metastasize, multiply, and spread throughout a family.
A real-life family reconvenes to stage this disturbing story. TIP’s longtime artistic director Ira David Wood III (who goes by David) directed his daughter, Evan Rachel Wood, as a child in shows including The Miracle Worker on this same stage before her Hollywood film career led to central roles like Dolores Abernathy and Christina on HBO’s Westworld. In this production, the pair convincingly plays central characters André and Anne, an aging father and adult daughter who are slowly being torn apart. Evan’s brother Ira David Wood IV (who goes by Ira) directs the production.
Audiences may also recognize the play from its 2020 Oscar award-winning film adaptation (currently available on Hulu) starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colemen.
Dementia’s downward spiral is already well underway by the time we first encounter Anne and André. Anne’s already exhausted by the efforts she’s made to take care of him; after looking in on her father in a series of daily visits, she’s concluded someone needs to stay with him for him to be safe. André’s short-term memory loss—and gradually increasing paranoia as a consequence—are obvious as he casts about suspicions over a watch he’s sure has been stolen because he can’t remember where he put it. But since he remains unconvinced he needs any help, he burns through a series of caregivers Anne has arranged for, haranguing them before physically threatening the last one.
Because Anne is moving to London with her partner, something has to give. But when she reveals that move to André, he feels abandoned.
“The rats are leaving the ship,” he rails, before tacitly acknowledging he can’t function on his own: “What’s going to become of me?”
In a stop-gap measure, Anne moves André into a room in her own home, where his increasing inability to make sense of his changing locale and circumstances takes an inevitable toll—on their relationship and on Anne’s relationship with her longtime partner, Pierre (Chris Hinton). There’s true poignancy when André tries to convince Pierre, whom he cannot remember and doesn’t recognize despite multiple encounters, that there’s nothing wrong with him: “I still have use of my arms, see? And my legs. And my hands. In fact, it all works wonderfully. You agree? Of course you agree.”
Meanwhile, Evan embodies the ever-increasing stress her character is experiencing, going rigid and pursing her lips tightly between her teeth when her father makes a casual, cutting remark.
As Ira’s direction pressurizes the growing tensions within this challenged family, he gives full rein to the ingenious strategies Zeller uses to depict the experiences of dementia from the point of view of the person suffering its effects.
When the last thing André remembers is a moment from months or years before, a character disappears in mid-scene, and André becomes obsessed with finding out where he went. What was a morning mere moments before becomes night. At more than one point André doesn’t recognize Anne’s partner or a nurse he met the day before. When that happens, another actor appears in an identical costume.
When these and other theatrical misplacements occur, David vividly depicts the dilemma of a man whose sense-making mechanism is still desperately trying to function without the continuity of memory needed to do so. Gradually, André becomes aware of his losses: “I feel as if I’m losing all my leaves, one after another.”
Dementia is the ultimate form of self-abandonment: the damaged psyche taking panicked, erratic flight from memories that are either inaccessible due to brain pathology or too painful to recall. It’s ironic that the one moment when long-term memory fully functions, it is only to remind André of another loss—the death of another beloved family member.
But when the inevitable moment comes where André doesn’t recognize Anne, abandonment achieves true contagion. Anne says, “It did something to me. I was like a stranger to him.” And as Evan nervelessly intones the line, it’s chilling and clear that her character’s father has achieved a Schrodinger-like state. Like the famous cat, he’s simultaneously there and not there, dad and not dad. In this memorable production, the moment conveys a threat all its own to the sense-making systems of those who care for the disappearing man.
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Geomagnetic storm: Northern lights to be visible as far south as Oregon, Pennsylvania
(CNN) - More Americans may get a glimpse of an amazing nature show this week without leaving the U.S.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says several eruptions from the sun over the weekend are headed towards Earth. Those eruptions could cause intense geomagnetic storms as soon as Thursday.
NOAA has issued a geomagnetic storm watch until Friday and reports those storms could shift the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, further south.
That means if weather permits, people as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon may be able to see the light show.
The agency notes that the geomagnetic storms could also disrupt the electric power grid and select radio and satellite operations.
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** Credit Union Branches Accepting Donations of New Backpacks for Local High School Students **
** Each Backpack Donated Equals a Chance to Meet Football Pro Terrell Burgess**
TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UNIFY Financial Credit Union (UNIFY) has launched a school backpack and supply drive in partnership with Los Angeles Rams Safety #26 Terrell Burgess and Walmart to support local high school students.
Through August 20th, UNIFY invites community members to help our students start the new school year ready to learn by dropping off a new backpack and school supplies to select branch locations. Every backpack donation will qualify for an entry to win an in-person meet up with LA world champion Terrell Burgess on August 21, 2022.
UNIFY encourages community members to visit their local Walmart, Walmart.com, or any retailer to purchase a new standard-sized backpack with the following supplies:
A credit union partner with the Los Angeles Rams since 2018, UNIFY will distribute all backpacks and school supplies to students in need in time for the fall school year. More information about UNIFY's Backpack Drive in partnership with Terrell Burgess and Walmart can be found here.
About UNIFY Financial Credit Union
UNIFY Financial Credit Union is one of the nation's leading credit unions, with $3.6 billion in assets and more than 260,000 members across the country. UNIFY has branches nationwide, with regional offices located in Torrance, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Mesa, AZ; and Allen, TX. Please visit UnifyFCU.com for more information.
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Canyon’s seniors came into Tuesday night’s home match against New Braunfels knowing full well it could be the group’s final opportunity to face off against their crosstown rivals.
Regardless, the Cougarettes didn’t appear to be in the mood to savor the experience.
Canyon (10-1) caught fire midway through the opening set and never relented during a 3-0 victory that came by respective scores of 25-16, 25-15 and 25-14. The brief contest continued a red hot start to the 2022 season for the Cougarettes, who may still get another chance to collide with the Lady Unicorns at this weekend’s Fraulein Volleyfest.
“They’ve always been one of our biggest rivals, so it’s important to just show them what we can do, especially in our own gym,” Canyon senior Danielle Classy said.
Classy was part of a hitting trio that overwhelmed New Braunfels on Tuesday night, as she teamed up with Maya Jones and Courtney Pope to deliver a combined 21 kills during the sweep. All three seniors finished with seven kills apiece, while setter Megan Hawkins dished out 25 assists and kept the Cougarettes’ attack in a comfortable rhythm.
“I think that’s part of the reason that we’re having the success that we are, is we’re able to move the ball around and spread it around,” Canyon head coach Heather Sanders said. “Megan does a great job of being deceptive with where she’s going to put the ball, so if you’ve got a setter who can move the ball around and hitters who can terminate when they get the ball, that’s a pretty good combo.”
It was actually head coach Kate Zora’s Lady Unicorns (7-4) who seized the first taste of momentum in Tuesday’s match, as a stifling block by Bailey Scott, a tip shot from Ella Vajdos and an ace by Evyn Clark resulted in an 8-4 New Braunfels lead in the opening set, forcing a quick timeout by Sanders.
Canyon countered immediately with a pair of hits by Pope and Josslyn Abel that were sandwiched around a block at the net by Mia Dunaway. The Cougarettes’ rally rolled on until Classy used a pair of hits to propel her team to a 14-12 edge.
A few unforced errors from New Braunfels allowed Canyon to pull away, and Jones later capped the opening set with an emphatic hit.
The Cougarettes then built a commanding 15-5 advantage in the second game behind even more stellar play at the net from Pope, Classy and Jones. Canyon’s back row soon joined the fun, as libero Isabell Woo made a diving dig that led to a point by Pope.
Kloey Cato and Marlee Lightsey helped close the book on the second set with timely hits that pushed the visiting Lady Unicorns to the brink of defeat.
New Braunfels fell behind 9-5 in the third game but rallied to take a 10-9 lead thanks to hits by Riley Scott and Vajdos, in addition to a Canyon service error. But the Cougarettes didn’t need much time to regain their touch, as Dunaway put Canyon up 11-10 with a kill that ignited a 4-0 run.
The Lady Unicorns’ Kayleigh Hoskins tried to keep her team afloat with a few determined hits, but by that point, the Cougarettes had all but iced the win. After Cato provided a kill, Classy reeled off three consecutive hits to seal a 25-14 victory and end the match.
“I thought we had some nerves, but then we settled in and found a groove,” Sanders said.
Woo tallied 14 digs for Canyon, and she teamed up with Trista Henson in the final set to turn in another remarkable save that led to a point for the Cougarettes. Sanders said she wants to see her back row continue to put in that type of extra effort.
“We hope that will just continue to improve throughout the season,” the coach said. “We’ve got a long way to go.”
Still, 10 wins out of its first 11 contests is a very solid start for defending Class 5A Region IV champion Canyon.
“That’s like our motto for this year, is to defend the title,” Classy said. “I think we’ve picked it up great so far, and our team chemistry is amazing.”
New Braunfels was led by Vajdos’ six kills during the setback, while Randi Rush notched 14 assists and Clark tallied 14 digs.
The Cougarettes and Lady Unicorns are now set to co-host the 45th annual Fraulein Volleyfest this Thursday through Saturday. Each team begins pool play with a tripleheader at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday in their respective home gyms.
Canyon is slated to open against Warren, McAllen Memorial and Katy, while New Braunfels hosts San Antonio Johnson, Fort Bend Austin and Brenham on the first day of competition. | https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/cougarettes-spike-rival-lady-unicorns/article_ab42d5a0-1e66-11ed-bb3b-b7df66c3bd23.html | 2022-08-18T02:10:51Z | https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/cougarettes-spike-rival-lady-unicorns/article_ab42d5a0-1e66-11ed-bb3b-b7df66c3bd23.html | true |
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas Vit has been named Chief Information Officer of Fay Servicing. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, Vit will lead the technology team for the organization, including application development, technology infrastructure, information security, and data management.
"Dallas brings with him a progressive track record in technology solutions coupled with a diverse acumen across capital markets, analytics, asset management, operations, loan servicing, and originations," said Fay Servicing's President Kimberly Hare. "We are thrilled to have Dallas Vit as a part of our team."
Most recently, Vit served as the Chief Information Officer for Roosevelt Management Company, a New York–based investment management firm, where he was instrumental in developing and scaling technology and analytical solutions for Rushmore Loan Management Services. Originally from the Midwest, Vit earned his MBA and BA in Management Information Systems from The University of Northern Iowa.
At Fay, Vit will leverage the breadth and depth of his experience to continue to drive the firm's customer-centric and data driven approach to providing mortgage loan solutions to help borrowers across the country. "We couldn't be happier with this addition. Dallas has a well-rounded background and is a great fit for our team and our businesses," according to CEO Ed Fay.
Vit added, "It's exciting to join a firm with a solid foundation and such diversity in their business model. This team has a great reputation in the servicing business and their ancillary companies give us great opportunities!"
Fay Servicing is a mortgage servicer with more than 130,000 residential and commercial customers across the U.S. Fay employs more than 400 individuals nationwide and is based in Tampa, Florida.
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A barrage of gunfire on a busy Ensley corridor Wednesday evening left one man injured.
Police say the city’s gunfire detection system – ShotSpotter- registered more than 30 rounds fired, said Lt. Rod Mauldin.
Police responded just before 6 p.m. to 40th Street Grocery, also known as Mystik, at 1200 40th Street. The report was of a person down.
Mauldin said it wasn’t immediately clear if the victim was shot there or just ran there for help.
He was transported to the hospital. His injuries aren’t believed to be life-threatening, Mauldin said.
Detectives believe there were multiple shooters involved. No arrests have been made.
That block has been the site of multiple shootings in recent years.
In June, a man was killed, and woman seriously injured when someone opened fire on the van in which they were sitting. The van was parked in front of 1143 40th Street.
Bystanders in that incident reported multiple shots fired, and police marked at least 41 shell casings.
On Christmas night in 2021, a 22-year-old man was killed outside 40th Street Grocery, also known as Mystik. West Precinct officers responded at 11:15 p.m. Saturday to the 40th Street Grocery convenience store at 1200 40th Street in Ensley on a report of a person shot. The city’s gunfire detection system – Shot Spotter – also alerted officers to numerous shots fired in that area.
In August of 2021, police responded to a shooting in the 1200 block of 40th Street, finding a blood trail but no victim. That shooting happened about 1:35 p.m. Aug. 4, and police marked nearly two dozen shell casings along 40th Street, just outside the store.
In May of 2021, an 8-year-old girl was caught in a drive-by shooting when her mother stopped to help a stranded motorist.
Anyone with information on Wednesday night’s shooting is asked to call Birmingham homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777. | https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2022/08/man-injured-when-more-than-30-shots-fired-in-ensley.html | 2022-08-18T02:16:04Z | https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2022/08/man-injured-when-more-than-30-shots-fired-in-ensley.html | false |
WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
Northwestern El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 1015 PM MDT.
* At 704 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.25 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.0 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mostly the urban areas of West El Paso, Central El Paso, Northeast
El Paso. Additionally Sunland Park, Canutillo and Franklin
Mountains State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning is weakening below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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The cold front through ushered in cooler air and widespread rainfall is now moving toward the Gulf Coast. Drier air will filter into the state through the end of the week bringing quite pleasant weather for mid August.
Saturday, a return flow from the Gulf of Mexico resumes pushing humidity back up and boosting highs into the 90s.
Another cold front will be accompanied showers and thunderstorms for the last half of the weekend into the beginning of next week.
STAY INFORMED:
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To watch the latest video updates from the Arkansas Storm Team, you can check them out here.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are holding high-level crisis talks on Thursday which European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has tried to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine.
Hopes that the rare face-to-face meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, to be held in Brussels, could produce a major breakthrough are slim.
But Western officials overseeing the decades-old deadlock between the two neighbors hope that it would at least reduce the increasingly war-mongering rhetoric coming from both sides.
“All open issues will be addressed and should be addressed through the EU-facilitated dialogue,” European Commission spokesperson for foreign affairs Nabila Massrali told reporters. “Both parties must end their hostilities at this point” and “act responsibly.”
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who separately met Vucic and Kurti in Brussels on Wednesday, said NATO-led troops stationed in Kosovo have strengthened their presence on Kosovo’s northern border with Serbia because of the current tensions.
“But of course, we will act when needed and we will act in a proportionate way because our main aim is to help to reduce tensions and to ensure all communities to freedom of movement, to the safety of all communities, including, of course, the Serbs in Kosovo,” Stoltenberg said.
He urged “all parties to engage positively and constructively in the latest round of the EU talks tomorrow.”
Kosovo is a former province of Serbia, which has refused to recognize the country’s 2008 declaration of independence. The European Union has overseen years of talks to normalize their ties.
Vucic said it was “a lie” that Serbia wants to intervene in Kosovo but added that a generation of new Serb “kids” living there “do not consider Kosovo as an independent state and view it as a part of Serbia.”
“We are going to have difficult discussions tomorrow,” Vucic said. “We do not agree almost on anything” with Kurti and the Kosovo leadership.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said success of the Brussels talks “is an absolute priority” for the U.S.
“We fully support this dialogue.” he told reporters in Washington. “It’s important, we believe, that both parties use this opportunity to advance their discussions on normalization.”
The latest tensions between Serbia and Kosovo soared late last month when Kurti’s government declared that Serbian identity documents and vehicle license plates would no longer be valid on Kosovo territory.
Under apparent pressure from the West, Kurti postponed the implementation of the measure for a month, to Sept. 1.
Minority Serbs, who live mostly in northern Kosovo, reacted with anger, putting up roadblocks, sounding air raid sirens and firing their guns into the air and in the direction of Kosovo police officers. No one was injured.
The Kosovo government accused neighboring Serbia of instigating the riots in order to destabilize the country, which declared independence after a NATO intervention that stopped Serbia’s bloody crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists in 1999.
Kosovo Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla accused Serbia and its ally Russia of triggering and supporting the rioting.
“We see direct involvement of Belgrade, not just in their rhetoric … but also in direct involvement of groups from Serbia, including their security agencies,” he told the Associated Press. “This is inflated and imported from Serbia and Russia, their so-called bigger brother, to incite violence in Kosovo.”
Serbian officials accused Kosovo authorities of planning to chase all remaining Serbs out of Kosovo, saying Belgrade will use “all available means” to stop the “pogrom.”
As the EU appealed for calm, Vucic visited Serbian army headquarters in Belgrade in what was seen as a thinly veiled warning that all options — including military action — were on the table. There are about 3,800 NATO-led peacekeepers stationed in Kosovo and any military intervention there, Serbian or Russian, would almost certainly create a wider conflict.
Russian officials and their propaganda, which are very active in Serbia, were quick to join the pro-Serbian narrative, claiming the Serb minority in Kosovo is being oppressed and subjected to violence by majority ethnic Albanians — the same narrative used as an excuse by Moscow for invading Ukraine.
There are fears in the West that Russia could use Serbia to destabilize the Balkans and thus shift at least some attention from its war in Ukraine. Raising the stakes, Russian officials recently started advocating establishing a military base in Serbia, which is surrounded almost entirely by NATO member nations.
“Serbia is militarily neutral and we do not need foreign (military) bases,” Vucic, who is considered a pro-Russian politician and often praises his friendly ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said after his talks with Stoltenberg.
Serbia, Russia and China don’t recognize Kosovo’s independence, which is supported by the United States and most other Western states. The EU has said that both Serbia and Kosovo need to normalize their relations if they want to join the 27-nation bloc.
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9/11 Tribute Museum, known for ground zero tours, closing
Published: Aug. 17, 2022 at 8:50 PM CDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) - A small museum near New York’s World Trade Center dedicated to preserving the memory of the Sept. 11 attacks is closing.
CEO Jennifer Adams says the 9/11 Tribute Museum is closing for good after Wednesday due to financial pressures made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Tribute Museum opened in 2006. It offered tours led by volunteers who had lost a family member or were connected in some other way to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
It was sometimes confused with the much larger Sept. 11 museum that opened in 2014.
Adams says the Tribute Museum will maintain an online presence.
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Parker Meeks Appointed President and Interim Chief Executive Officer; Replacing Craig Knight
George Gu Transitions to Non-Executive Chairman
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyzon Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: HYZN) ("Hyzon" or "the Company"), a leading global supplier of zero-emission fuel cell electric heavy-duty vehicles, today announced the Company's Board of Directors has appointed Parker Meeks, most recently Hyzon's Chief Strategy Officer, as President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, replacing Craig Knight who is also departing from his role as a director of the Company. Mr. Meeks will assume full responsibility for day-to-day management of all business lines and functions reporting to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"). The Board plans to initiate a search to identify potential external and internal candidates to serve as the Company's next CEO.
"Parker Meeks has the depth and breadth of experience in the energy, infrastructure, and transportation sectors to provide the leadership and operational expertise Hyzon needs at this critical juncture in the global energy transition. The Board is confident Mr. Meeks brings the right skillset that we need at this time," commented Elaine Wong, Hyzon's Lead Independent Director.
"I am honored that the Board has entrusted me to lead Hyzon," said Parker Meeks. "My priority is to ensure the Company's manufacturing capacity is in place with the ability to scale production efficiently. I believe our core fuel cell technology is a distinct competitive advantage, that will allow us to innovate and introduce high-performance vehicles that support the transition to clean energy."
Additionally, George Gu has transitioned from his executive role with the Company to the non-executive Chairman of the Board. In his role as non-executive Chairman, Mr. Gu will remain available to provide strategic counsel to Mr. Meeks specifically related to R&D initiatives.
About Parker Meeks
Parker Meeks has nearly two decades of experience supporting businesses in the energy, infrastructure, and transportation sectors, including development of emerging energy technologies and supply networks. He has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since June 2021. From November 2018 to January 2021, Mr. Meeks served as President, Infrastructure Sector for TRC Companies, a design and construction management business in transportation, renewable energy and water resources end markets. Prior to that, from February 2012 to October 2018, Mr. Meeks served as Partner of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting services company that Mr. Meeks joined in July 2005. Mr. Meeks served as the Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company's Houston office from June 2013 to June 2016. Mr. Meeks holds an M.B.A in Finance from William Marsh Rice University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
About Hyzon Motors
Hyzon is a global leader in fuel cell electric mobility, with US operations in the Rochester, Chicago and Detroit areas, and international operations in the Netherlands, China, Australia, and Germany. Hyzon is an energy transition accelerator and technology innovator, providing end-to-end solutions in the transport sector with a focus on commercial vehicles and hydrogen supply infrastructure. Utilizing its proven and proprietary hydrogen fuel cell technology, Hyzon aims to supply zero-emission heavy duty trucks and buses to customers in North America, Europe and around the world to mitigate emissions from diesel transportation, which is one of the single largest sources of carbon emissions globally. The Company is contributing to the escalating adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles through its demonstrated technology advantage, leading fuel cell performance and history of rapid innovation. Visit www.hyzonmotors.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this press release, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words "could," "should," "will," "may," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "expect," "project," the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Hyzon disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release. Hyzon cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Hyzon, including risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of Hyzon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 30, 2022, our Amended Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 6, 2021, and other documents filed by Hyzon from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Hyzon gives no assurances that Hyzon will achieve its expectations.
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HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is staging military exercises to show its ability to resist Chinese pressure to accept Beijing’s political control over the self-governing island, following new rounds of threatening drills from China.
The exercises Wednesday off the southeastern county of Hualien follow days of Chinese missile firings and incursions into Taiwan’s sea and airspace by ships and planes from the People’s Liberation Army, the military wing of China’s ruling Communist Party.
“We strongly condemn Communist China’s continuous military provocations around Taiwan’s sea and air that undermine regional peace,” Taiwan Defense Ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang told reporters at Hualien Air Force Base.
“Communist China’s military operations just provide us with the opportunity for combat-readiness training,” Sun said.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Joanne Ou said China was using recent visits by U.S. Congress members including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a pretext for escalating its attempts to intimidate Taiwan into accepting what it calls its terms for “peaceful reunification.”
“China launched military provocations on these grounds. This is absurd and a barbaric act, which also undermines regional stability and interferes with shipping and commercial activities in the Indo-Pacific region,” Ou said.
China sees the island as a breakaway province to be annexed by force if necessary, and considers visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as recognizing its sovereignty.
Alongside its military threats, China imposed visa bans and other sanctions Tuesday on Taiwanese political figures. China exercises no effective legal authority over Taiwan and it’s unclear what effect the sanctions would have.
China has refused all contact with Taiwan’s government since shortly after the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party. Tsai was overwhelmingly reelected in 2020.
The DPP also controls the legislature, while the vast majority of Taiwanese favor maintaining the status quo of de facto independence along with strong economic and social connections between the sides.
China accuses Washington of encouraging the island’s independence through the sale of weapons and engagement between U.S. politicians and the island’s government. The U.S. says it does not support independence and has no formal diplomatic ties with the island, but it is legally bound to ensure Taiwan can defend itself against threats from China, including a blockade.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
Northwestern El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 1015 PM MDT.
* At 704 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.25 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.0 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mostly the urban areas of West El Paso, Central El Paso, Northeast
El Paso. Additionally Sunland Park, Canutillo and Franklin
Mountains State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning is weakening below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
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How a dehumidifier works
Too much moisture in the air can quickly make your home uncomfortable. It can lead to health problems, too.
High levels of water vapor in the air, known as humidity, are common during hotter months because warm air can hold more moisture than cold air. While location and season influence humidity, a home’s layout and construction also may create spaces where humidity is high.
To lower humidity and make spaces more comfortable and safe, you need a suitable dehumidifier.
How humidity works
The amount of water vapor in the air at any given moment is referred to as humidity. When the air is dry, humidity is low, and when the air feels wet and heavy, the humidity level is high. Too much or too little humidity leads to discomfort and health concerns.
In cold, dry winter months, a lack of humidity can cause itchy, cracked skin and breathing problems. Too much humidity, however, can exacerbate asthma or allergies and create an atmosphere suited for harmful organisms, including mold and mites. Some people may have trouble sleeping in both situations.
When most people discuss humidity, they are referring to relative humidity, which is the measure of moisture in the air compared to how much the air can actually hold. This measurement is expressed as a percentage.
While everyone has preferences, most people desire a relative humidity of 35% to 50% throughout the year. To add moisture to the air, you need a humidifier; to remove the water vapor and lower relative humidity, you need a dehumidifier.
Where humidity comes from
Water vapor comes from a variety of sources within and without the house. The simple act of breathing adds water to the air. However, inside an enclosed space, appliances such as dishwashers and dryers expel warm air and moisture. Hot showers, tea kettles and even fish tanks are contributors to humidity too.
When paired with seasonal high temperatures, these devices and activities exacerbate relative humidity.
How to measure humidity
Humidity is measured by a hygrometer. They’re handy to have, particularly if you’re concerned about water vapor in the air and its consequences. Some weather stations measure relative humidity and other key metrics from outside your home.
However, you don’t need such devices to determine if you need a dehumidifier. Sometimes the weather or season will dictate that. You also may be able to tell the air is too moist by how it feels on your skin, or if you notice condensation in certain spaces.
How dehumidifiers work
A dehumidifier draws in warm air from the immediate area, bringing it in contact with cool coils within the machine. When they make contact, condensation forms and is collected.
Dehumidifier pros
By removing moisture from the air, a dehumidifier provides short- and long-term comfort and health benefits.
- Dehumidifiers prevent the growth and spread of mold and mildew.
- Insects such as silverfish and cockroaches are attracted to warm spaces, particularly where there is mold. A dehumidifier can help prevent their spread.
- While dehumidifiers don’t cool the air, dry air is more comfortable.
- Too much humidity may exacerbate breathing conditions such as asthma. A dehumidifier eases these.
- Dehumidifiers may reduce allergens causing itchiness, sneezing or chest pain.
Dehumidifier cons
It’s harder to remove moisture from the air than it is to add it. While most humidifiers are small, quiet and inexpensive, the most powerful dehumidifiers are bulky, noisy and pricey.
How much a dehumidifier can cover
Dehumidifiers have a limited range from which they can draw moisture. Some are designed for small bedrooms while others are suited for large common areas. Consider what room or rooms need attention and how best to use your resources. Some spaces, particularly basements, may require a regularly running machine, while others may only temporarily need a dehumidifier.
Capacity
A dehumidifier removes water from the air and places it into a reservoir, which needs to be emptied regularly. Note the size of the reservoir, which indicates how much water it can hold, as well as the machine’s power, which informs the rate at which it fills up.
While smaller dehumidifiers may remove 1 liter or less of water from the air a day, the biggest ones extract up to 30.
Location
Basements, especially if they house washers and dryers, and bathrooms where you enjoy a hot shower or bath are two spaces most often in need of a dehumidifier. Attics — or any room with poor ventilation or a lack of air conditioning — also may require a dehumidifier.
How to use a dehumidifier
There are some precautions to take before and while using dehumidifiers, as well as useful features to enjoy.
- Clean the space before use, paying special attention to dust and dirt. The machine can spread around particles, which can also clog the filter.
- Position the dehumidifier at least a foot from any walls or flat surfaces so as not to block inflow or outflow.
- Close windows and doors so air doesn’t continually circulate and bring in more moisture.
- A humidistat identifies the current relative humidity in the space. On most dehumidifiers, you can set your desired humidity.
- Programmable dehumidifiers let you set a specific time to run, such as during the day when you are out, or overnight to conserve energy.
- Continuous drainage lets a hose expel water into a nearby sink or drain so you don’t need to empty a container.
- Clean the air filter at least once a month.
Cost
Compact dehumidifiers for bathroom or bedroom use cost $30-$60. To cover the average common space or living room, however, expect to pay from $150-$250.
Best dehumidifiers
Frigidaire 22-Pint Dehumidifier
This mid-size dehumidifier comes from a trusted name and offers plenty of value for most spaces. It features an automatic shut-off and a rear spigot for continuous drainage, as well as caster wheels for easy movement.
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For smaller spaces, this compact, quiet dehumidifier creates a comfortable atmosphere with easy operation. An automatic shut-off and full water tank light provide convenience.
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Black and Decker 1,500-Square-Foot Dehumidifier
This Energy Star-certified dehumidifier is good for medium to large spaces such as basements. It’s portable and removes up to 20 pints a day.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Two surfers who sped down Venice’s Grand Canal on motorised boards on Wednesday have been identified and the boards confiscated, the city’s mayor said.
Mayor Luigi Brugnaro posted a video on social media showing two surfers heading down the waterway as the sun rose in the distance.
The mayor asked for help in apprehending what he called “two overbearing imbeciles who are making a mockery of the city”, and promised dinner for anyone who identified them.
In a later post, he said their boards had been confiscated and that the two would soon be apprehended.
He did not specify what punishment they face, but the city has a long list of rules governing the behaviour of visitors.
Venice has long suffered over-tourism, and with it lapses in decorum by visitors.
The city fined two German travellers £830 in 2019 for making coffee on the 430-year-old Rialto Bridge.
Visitors also are prohibited from swimming in the canals and from eating on the steps of monuments.
From next year, day-trippers will have to pay a visitor’s tax to help offset the elevated costs of providing services in the canal city. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3604495/venice-mayor-outraged-at-surfers-motoring-down-grand-canal/ | 2022-08-18T02:34:09Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3604495/venice-mayor-outraged-at-surfers-motoring-down-grand-canal/ | false |
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
830 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of north central Texas, including the following
counties, Ellis and Johnson.
* WHEN...Until 1130 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This
will likely cause urban and small stream flooding. Low lying
and/or poor drainage areas will experience minor flooding in
the advisory area.
- Locations that will experience flooding include...
Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Cedar Hill, Burleson, Waxahachie,
Cleburne, Ennis, Midlothian, Alvarado, and surrounding areas.
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9/11 Tribute Museum, known for ground zero tours, closing
Published: Aug. 17, 2022 at 9:50 PM EDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) - A small museum near New York’s World Trade Center dedicated to preserving the memory of the Sept. 11 attacks is closing.
CEO Jennifer Adams says the 9/11 Tribute Museum is closing for good after Wednesday due to financial pressures made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Tribute Museum opened in 2006. It offered tours led by volunteers who had lost a family member or were connected in some other way to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
It was sometimes confused with the much larger Sept. 11 museum that opened in 2014.
Adams says the Tribute Museum will maintain an online presence.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Brewster County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 1130 PM CDT.
* At 903 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain in Castolon. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Castolon, and southern parts of Big Bend National Park.
The river at Castolon rose to around 14 ft, and has started to
decrease. Tributaries near Castolon are likely still running high
and will until late evening.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
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WASHINGTON — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Wednesday delivered a sweeping rebuke of her agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had failed to respond quickly enough and needed to be overhauled.
“To be frank, we are responsible for some pretty dramatic, pretty public mistakes, from testing to data to communications,” she said in a video distributed to the agency’s roughly 11,000 employees.
Walensky said the CDC’s future depended on whether it could absorb the lessons of the past few years, during which much of the public lost trust in the agency’s ability to handle a pandemic that killed more than 1 million Americans. “This is our watershed moment. We must pivot,” she said.
Her admission of the agency’s failings came after she received the findings of an external examination she ordered in April amid scathing criticism of the CDC’s performance. The report itself was not released; an agency official said it was not yet finished but would be made public soon.
Walensky laid out her basic conclusion from the review in candid terms: The CDC must refocus itself on public health needs, respond much faster to emergencies and outbreaks of disease, and provide information in a way that ordinary people and state and local health authorities can understand and put to use.
In an interview Monday, Walensky stressed that hundreds of Americans are still dying each day from the coronavirus and that while the country has not yet seen deaths from the outbreak of a new disease — monkeypox — it has presented some of the same challenges for the agency.
The CDC has been criticized for years as being too academic and insular. The coronavirus pandemic brought those failings into public view, with even some of the agency’s staunchest defenders criticizing its response as inept.
It remains unclear whether Walensky, an infectious disease expert whom President Joe Biden picked to lead the agency in December 2020, can bring about the changes many see as necessary.
“Can she do it? I don’t know. Does it absolutely need to be done? Yes. Is it just a reorganization that is required? I don’t think so,” Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, a public health researcher and director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health.
Others said it was difficult to judge Walensky’s moves without more information, including the external report she commissioned. The review was led by James Macrae, who has held senior positions at the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC. He interviewed about 120 people inside and outside the agency.
“Just saying we’re strengthening this and that — the devil is in the details here,” said Dr. Howard Markel, a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Michigan who has advised the CDC.
The CDC has been under fire since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic 2 1/2 years ago. It bent to political pressure from the Trump White House to alter key public health guidance or withhold it from the public — decisions that cost it a measure of public trust that experts say it still has not recaptured. It also made its own serious errors, including deploying a faulty COVID-19 test that set back the nation’s efforts to curtail spread of the virus.
While it has steadied itself since Walensky assumed control about 18 months ago, the agency has continued to fall short.
Walensky outlined in broad terms how she hopes to transform operations by emphasizing public health needs, especially with a quicker response to emergencies like infectious disease outbreaks. One of her top priorities is to deliver clear, concise messages about public health threats, in plain language that can be grasped without sifting through voluminous pages on a website.
“I think for a long time, CDC has undervalued the importance of direct communication to the public with information the public can use,” said Dr. Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the CDC during the Obama administration.
Dr. David Dowdy, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said messages to the general public need to be “very clear, very simple, very straightforward,” not framed for scientists. “I do think that culture is changing, but we need it to change faster,” he said.
Other planned changes are more bureaucratic but could have a big impact. A new executive team will be created to set priorities and make decisions about how to spend the agency’s annual $12 billion budget “with a bias toward public health impact,” according to a media briefing document. Two scientific divisions will now report directly to Walensky’s office, a move that appears aimed at speeding up delivery of data.
Walensky hopes to cut down the review time for urgently needed studies, emphasizing production of “data for action” as opposed to “data for publication,” the briefing document said.
Some of the CDC’s problems are beyond its control: Much of its funding is tied to work on specific diseases and cannot be shifted to address public health threats. The agency also lacks legal authority to compel state and local health departments to deliver public health data.
The pandemic itself is another impediment. The CDC’s massive complex outside Atlanta sits mostly empty, while employees, including Walensky, work remotely.
“The actions that are being taken all strike me as actions that make sense and would make CDC a more effective public health agency,” said Besser.
But he said it was hard to see how Walensky could execute wholesale changes when she only sees most of her staff at a distance. “I don’t know how you motivate and inspire culture change when people aren’t together,” he said. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/walensky-citing-botched-pandemic-response-calls-for-cdc-reorganization/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-08-18T02:48:48Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/walensky-citing-botched-pandemic-response-calls-for-cdc-reorganization/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | false |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
822 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Johnson
and northwestern Ellis Counties through 845 PM CDT...
At 822 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Midlothian. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Cedar Hill, Waxahachie, Midlothian, Glenn
Heights, Red Oak, Ovilla, Venus, Oak Leaf, Maypearl and Pecan Hill.
This includes Interstate 35E between mile markers 395 and 410.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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 3232 9679 3233 9715 3255 9715 3254 9676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 143DEG 1KT 3243 9699
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Cheney Ponders 2024 Bid After Losing Wyoming GOP Primary
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was increasingly open on Wednesday about considering a 2024 presidential campaign after soundly losing a Republican primary to a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump.
Speaking to NBC in the wake of her loss, the third-term congresswoman called Trump “a very grave threat and risk to our republic,” and said defeating him will require “a broad and united front of Republicans, Democrats and independents — and that’s what I intend to be part of.”
She declined to say if she would run for president but conceded it’s “something that I’m thinking about.”
The primary results — and the more than 35-point margin of her defeat — were a powerful reminder of the GOP’s rapid shift to the right. A party once dominated by national security-oriented, business-friendly conservatives like her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, now belongs to Trump, animated by his populist appeal and, above all, his denial of defeat in the 2020 election.
Such lies, which have been roundly rejected by federal and state election officials along with Trump’s own attorney general and judges he appointed, transformed Cheney from an occasional critic of the former president to the clearest voice inside the GOP warning that he represents a threat to democratic norms. She’s the top Republican on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, an attack she referenced in nodding to her political future.
“I have said since Jan. 6 that I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office — and I mean it,” she said during her concession speech on Tuesday.
Cheney described her primary loss on Tuesday night as the beginning of a new chapter in her political career as she addressed a small collection of supporters, including her father, on the edge of a vast field flanked by mountains and bales of hay.
“Our work is far from over,” she said, evoking Abraham Lincoln, who also lost congressional elections before ascending to the presidency and preserving the union.
Four hundred miles (645 kilometers) to the east of Cheney’s concession speech, festive Hageman supporters gathered at a sprawling outdoor rodeo and Western culture festival in Cheyenne, many wearing cowboy boots, hats and blue jeans.
“Obviously we’re all very grateful to President Trump, who recognizes that Wyoming has only one congressional representative and we have to make it count,” said Hageman, a ranching industry attorney who had finished third in a previous bid for governor.
Echoing Trump’s conspiracy theories, she falsely claimed the 2020 election was “rigged” as she courted his loyalists in the runup to the election.
Trump and his team celebrated Cheney’s loss, which may represent his biggest political victory in a primary season full of them. The former president called the results “a complete rebuke” of the Jan. 6 committee.
“Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and actions towards others,” he wrote on his social media platform. “Now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion where, I am sure, she will be much happier than she is right now. Thank you WYOMING!”
The news offered a welcome break from Trump’s focus on his growing legal entanglements. Just eight days earlier, federal agents executing a search warrant recovered 11 sets of classified records from the former president’s Florida estate.
Meanwhile in Alaska, which also held elections on Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, another prominent GOP critic of Trump, advanced from her primary. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential nominee and a staunch ally of Trump, was also bound for the November general election in the race for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat.
But most of the attention was on Cheney, whose defeat would have been unthinkable just two years ago. The daughter of a former vice president, she hails from one of the most prominent political families in Wyoming. And in Washington, she was the No. 3 House Republican, an influential voice in GOP politics and policy with a sterling conservative voting record.
Cheney will now be forced from Congress at the end of her third and final term in January. She is not expected to leave Capitol Hill quietly.
She will continue in her leadership role on the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack until it dissolves at the end of the year. And she is actively considering a 2024 White House bid — as a Republican or independent — having vowed to do everything in her power to fight Trump’s influence in her party.
With Cheney’s loss, Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are going extinct.
In all, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican House members backed Trump’s impeachment in the days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress tried to certify President Joe Biden’s victory. Just two of those 10 House members have won their primaries this year. After two Senate retirements, Murkowski is the only such Senate Republican on this year’s ballot.
Cheney was forced to seek assistance from the state’s tiny Democratic minority in her bid to pull off a victory. But Democrats across America, major donors among them, took notice. She raised at least $15 million for her election, a stunning figure for a Wyoming political contest.
Voters responded to the interest in the race. With a little more than half of the vote counted, turnout ran about 50% higher than in the 2018 Republican primary for governor.
If Cheney does ultimately run for president — either as a Republican or an independent — don’t expect her to win Wyoming’s three electoral votes.
“We like Trump. She tried to impeach Trump,” Cheyenne voter Chester Barkell said of Cheney on Tuesday. “I don’t trust Liz Cheney.”
And in Jackson, Republican voter Dan Winder said he felt betrayed by his congresswoman.
“Over 70% of the state of Wyoming voted Republican in the last presidential election and she turned right around and voted against us,” said Winder, a hotel manager. “She was our representative, not her own.” | https://www.kfornow.com/cheney-ponders-2024-bid-after-losing-wyoming-gop-primary/ | 2022-08-18T02:52:45Z | https://www.kfornow.com/cheney-ponders-2024-bid-after-losing-wyoming-gop-primary/ | false |
SAN FRANCISCO — Reggie Crawford has already played two games for the Giants’ Arizona complex league, but he visited Oracle Park for the first time on Wednesday.
The Giants selected Crawford, 21, with the 30th overall pick in the 2022 draft. He’s a two-way player who threw triple-digits as a reliever and hit at the University of Connecticut, missing the entire 2022 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last Fall.
Crawford returned to the diamond last week at the Giants’ Arizona facility for the first time since his surgery. In two games he has a hit, two walks and a strikeout. After being shut down for two weeks from pitching, Crawford started his bullpen progression on Monday and expects to be off the mound in a month.
“It’s awesome, I was going crazy not seeing any live pitching the last 10 months or so,” Crawford said. “I was getting the itch. Seeing everyone else play. I’m swinging and practicing this stuff, but I wasn’t able to get in the game. It was nice.”
Crawford took batting practice at Oracle Park prior to the Giants’ game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday and showed off some power, hitting a few home runs to center field as he got acquainted with the big league team and coaches. Pitcher Logan Webb reached out to Crawford over social media after his selection on draft night, but otherwise he was meeting most of his teammates for the first time.
Crawford bills as a two-way player, a skill superstar Shohei Ohtani is popularizing with the Los Angeles Angels.
“I understand it’s a unique situation, but I’m trying to maximize both sides as much as possible,” he said. “It’s cool being in this environment in Arizona with those guys. You take bits and pieces from everybody to be able to maximize the hitting side as well as the pitching side.”
Flexibility and versatility are skills the Giants have prioritized heavily during president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi’s tenure. So Crawford’s unique versatility could give him an advantage within the Giants’ system, manager Gabe Kapler said, even if he doesn’t hurdle the high bar Ohtani has set for two-way players.
“I think we’re going to see more of that in the next five, 10 years,” Kapler said. “I don’t think it’ll be three or four guys on the roster who can do it because it takes a tremendous athlete, high level of confidence, the ability to recover, the ability to balance your body and an amazing amount of talent and skill. Those things don’t grow on trees and they don’t grow on trees in the aggregate. I think we’ll see a trend in that direction, but I think it’s going to be a marginal trend.” | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/08/17/sf-giants-two-way-draft-pick-takes-bp-at-oracle-gives-update-on-tommy-john-recovery/ | 2022-08-18T02:56:45Z | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/08/17/sf-giants-two-way-draft-pick-takes-bp-at-oracle-gives-update-on-tommy-john-recovery/ | false |
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The CHIPS Act, signed into law last week, could provide up to $280 billion for research and chip manufacturing in the U.S. so it can rely less on places like China and Taiwan. But experts warn this will be a long and complicated process. NPR's Emily Feng visited a chip factory in the U.S. to understand more.
EMILY FENG, BYLINE: The first thing Adam Milton has me do when I get to Wolfspeed's gleaming, new factory in upstate New York is cover my shoes.
ADAM MILTON: Yeah. So for all of our employees, we want to keep the salt, the mud, the nastiness of the Northeast outside and keep it away from our campus.
FENG: Milton's an operations vice president who helped set up this $1.2 billion factory. By the end of this year, it will be shipping out silicon carbide wafers. That's the material that semiconductor chips are printed and etched onto. Then those chips go into our electric cars and industrial gadgets.
We peek inside the clean room where Wolfspeed makes its transparent wafers. Engineers and technicians in bunny suits - covering everything from head, face to toe - work in these perfectly regulated environments.
MILTON: That's not necessarily to protect the people. The people are already safe in this environment. It's to keep, you know, bodily particles and shedding of things - keep it away from the product.
FENG: Once the factory opens for production at the end of this year, it will run around-the-clock.
So when this gets up and running at 2 a.m., there are people in bunny suits working this place.
MILTON: There are people here 24/7 - absolutely.
FENG: Wolfspeed is a manufacturing company with technology the U.S. wants to stay in the U.S. That's part of what the CHIPS Act aims to do. The act appropriates about $80 billion - now ready to go - in the form of tax credits, incentives and matching federal grants to chip makers if they build in the U.S. and not China. It then directs Congress to approve another $200 billion over the next five years for research.
STEPHEN EZELL: That matters because, you know, for years the U.S. federal government invested more in R & D as a share of our GDP than any other country in the world. Now we have fallen to ninth.
FENG: Stephen Ezell is a vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. It's a nonprofit research institute focused on technologies like the semiconductor space. China has criticized the CHIPS Act as a threat to free trade. Ezell disagrees.
EZELL: Some have called that industrial subsidies. Our view of it is different. When you look around the world - Korea, Taiwan, China, Israel - virtually all of these countries offer incentive packages, whose intent is to defray, to some extent, the 10s of billions of dollars it can cost to build a new fab.
FENG: But building from scratch also takes time. Just to give you an example, Wolfspeed's process began in 2013. That's when the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute helped fund an entire industrial campus. Milton says the state built the roads, water supply and even a power substation. Chipmaking needs super stable energy supply with multiple backups, which New York State provided.
MILTON: Just about three miles north of here is a main power station for a lot of New York as well as the Northeast. And so it's actually got redundant feeds from Niagara Falls, from nuclear energy coming from Canada, from other solar plants and wind turbines across the Northeast.
FENG: Wolfspeed's New York factory is at 300 employees now, but they want to double that. Rex Felton, global operations VP at Wolfspeed, says hiring skilled technicians and engineers is a bottleneck. Even with the Polytechnic Institute nearby providing lots of talent, bolstering science and engineering education will help long term.
REX FELTON: I think every company that does semiconductors today runs into that. We're starting relatively slow. We're going to grow very quickly, and I think it's going to continue to be something we're going to have to work on.
FENG: One of the two bills that were combined to create the final CHIPS Act included immigration reform to lift green card caps for foreign-born graduates and make it easier for highly skilled immigrants to stay. But that part didn't make it into the final law. Wolfspeed is also just one part of an extremely complex supply chain. There are companies that only design chips, others that make them, others that create the tools to etch and deposit materials on Wolfspeed's wafers and, finally, other companies still to test and package the finished chips. Here's Milton again.
MILTON: But one of the big drivers for our business going forward is the electrification of the automobile industry. And so with more and more companies seeing the benefit of going electric, they want to work with Wolfspeed.
FENG: And some of the biggest car companies that are buying from Wolfspeed at the moment are Chinese. The point is not to make semiconductor chips all American, but to create the conditions whereby the most critical and advanced steps of the process are once again U.S. dominated. Emily Feng, NPR News, Marcy, N.Y.
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Football data and analytics startup among top applicants selected for Growth Factory's exclusive accelerator program
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Football Technology, a football analytics software company, announced today that it received pre-seed investment from Growth Factory and was selected to participate in the second cohort of the Growth Factory accelerator program. This milestone further validates Modern Football Technology's mission to help football coaches at all levels simplify and elevate their use of technology to an elite level. "As we scouted for Sacramento-based venture backable companies with strong teams, traction, and market timing, MFT rose to the top of our applicant list. With MFT's deep understanding of the problem, Growth Factory and our community of investors, partners and mentors are excited to support Christian and team as they help coaches move from data fatigue to football intelligence and beyond," said Rick Spencer, Managing Partner of Growth Factory Ventures.
"We are proud to join the Growth Factory's community of world-class entrepreneurs," said Christian Masegian, CEO and co-founder of Modern Football Technology. "The sports analytics industry is a multi-billion dollar market, and Modern Football addresses the growing needs of coaches, as the profession is flooded with devices and data."
As a participant, Modern Football Technology will receive pre-seed investment, 12 months of structured support, including office space, back-office services, and mentoring, and will be connected to some of the region's most talented, resourceful, and committed people.
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About Modern Football Technology: Modern Football Technology is a data management and analytics software company that delivers concise, actionable insights that create competitive advantages on the field and in recruiting. It has developed a software platform that serves as a structure for how coaches collect and extract data. To learn more about Modern Football Technology, visit www.teammofo.com.
About The Growth Factory: The Growth Factory is a nonprofit startup accelerator and venture fund whose mission is to launch and scale high-potential venture-backed companies in the Greater Sacramento region. Growth Factory provides members with capital, tools, and expert mentoring to accelerate founders and their companies from MVP to product-market fit, venture-backed, and beyond. To learn more about Growth Factory, visit www.growthfactory.us.
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TOKYO — Designer Hanae Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, numerous cinema fashions and the wedding gown of Japan’s empress, has died, her office said Thursday. She was 96.
Empress Masako wore a Hanae Mori wedding gown adorned with rose-petal patterns when she married Emperor Naruhito, then the crown prince, in 1993. Mori also designed uniforms for Japan Airlines flight attendants, bank clerks, high school students and the Japanese team at the Barcelona Olympics. The uniforms were not flamboyant like her runway designs, but tastefully professional, appropriate for their roles.
With her motto, “You feel decent, no matter where in the world you wear them,” Mori wanted to give confidence and dignity to those wearing her designs. Her umbrellas and scarves, often decked with colorful butterflies, were a status symbol with working women.
She opened her studio in 1951 and was a pioneer of a generation of Japanese designers who became globally prominent. Her first New York show, held in 1965, was acclaimed as “East meets West.”
She opened her Paris studio in 1977 and built an international business that extended to perfumes, handbags and publishing as well as fashion.
Reputed for infusing Japanese elements inspired by the kimono, Mori designed costumes for hundreds of Japanese films, in the 1950s and 1960s, dressing star actresses like Mie Kitahara, Sayuri Yoshinaga and Shima Iwashita, in some of the most renowned cinematic pieces the era produced.
The elaborate costumes she designed for singer Hibari Misora are also well-known among fashion buffs. She also designed for the opera, including “Madame Butterfly” in Milan in 1985, and the Noh theater. In 2002, she was awarded the Legion of Honor from the French government.
She is survived by two sons, who have their own business, seven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren, the Hanae Mori office said. Her husband Ken Mori died in 1996. Her grandchildren Izumi Mori and Hikari Mori are fashion models. A funeral service was held among family. A public memorial service may be held, but details are undecided.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Megabucks Doubler" game were:
04-20-35-46-47-49, ST: 8
(four, twenty, thirty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-nine; ST: eight)
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CLEVELAND — All-Star José Ramírez blooped a go-ahead, two-run double as the Cleveland Guardians scored six runs with two outs in the eighth inning, rallying for a 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.
Andrew Chafin (0-3) struck out the first three batters in the inning, but tossed a wild pitch that allowed Luke Maile to reach and extend the frame. Cleveland then rattled off five straight hits and had seven consecutive men reach base.
Rosario greeted Alex Lange with a game-tying infield single that scored Myles Straw, and Ramírez followed with a soft fly that landed in front of left fielder Akil Baddoo. Kwan and Rosario scored to put the Guardians up 6-4.
Cleveland remained one game ahead of Minnesota in the division. Bryan Shaw (6-2) retired one batter for the win.
Willi Castro hit a solo homer and Victor Reyes and Eric Haase had RBI singles for Detroit, which has lost nine of its last 11 games and fired general manager Al Avila last week. Rookie Kerry Carpenter had a sacrifice fly for his fourth RBI in the four-game series.
Castro’s homer in the sixth extended Detroit’s lead to 4-1. All-Star Andrés Giménez scored on a passed ball in the bottom half to pull Cleveland within two.
Gonzalez had two hits and two RBIs, and Kwan and Andrés Giménez had two hits apiece.
Left-hander Daniel Norris, who was released by the Cubs on July 22, gave up four hits, walked two, hit three batters and struck out five in his second outing since rejoining the Tigers.
Detroit went in front 2-1 in the fourth, plating two runs to end Cal Quantrill’s 18-inning scoreless streak. Carpenter drove in the first for his fourth RBI in the four-game series and Haase singled home Javier Báez.
Quantrill allowed four runs in six innings, but remained 11-0 in 28 career games in the ballpark.
The Guardians won 10 of 19 games against Detroit this season, evening their all-time series at 1,144-1,144.
UNEXPECTED AID
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch credited the Progressive Field scoreboard director with an assist on his successful challenge Tuesday. Guardians catcher Austin Hedges was ruled to have blocked the sliding lane when tagging out Báez, overturning the on-field out call.
“I wouldn’t have considered challenging if they hadn’t shown the replay on the board,” Hinch said. “After I saw it and realized Hedges was blocking the plate, I told (umpire Lance Barksdale) to look at the board. He said he couldn’t, so I said ask New York.”
UNDER THE KNIFE
Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal underwent surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon and is expected to be sidelined into 2023. His season ends after 21 starts with a 7-8 record and 3.52 ERA.
“It’s hard to be optimistic when one of your best players goes in for surgery,” Hinch said. “But when one of the most trusted doctors in the world (Neal ElAttrache) says he expects Tarik to make a perfect recovery, that’s good enough for me.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: OF Austin Meadows (bilateral Achilles strain) was pulled from his third rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo due to ongoing discomfort. Meadows, who has been on the IL since June 17, batted .188 in four games with the Mud Hens.
Guardians: RHP Cody Morris (right back strain) has started twice and earned one save in three appearances on his rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus. Morris has a 1.80 ERA in six total games for the Clippers and Arizona Complex League.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Matt Manning (0-0, 3.24 ERA) takes the hill Friday in the opener of a three-game series against the Angels at Comerica Park.
Guardians: RHP Triston McKenzie (8-9, 3.14 ERA) starts Friday as Cleveland continues its homestand with three games against the White Sox.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
10-11-18-25-28
(ten, eleven, eighteen, twenty-five, twenty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $1,200,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
10-11-18-25-28
(ten, eleven, eighteen, twenty-five, twenty-eight)
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Christian Arroyo had three hits and three RBIs, Alex Verdugo reached base five times and 42-year-old Rich Hill won for the first time in nearly two months as the Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 on Wednesday night.
The Red Sox won for the fifth time in six games and got back to .500 at 59-59. Boston in four games behind Toronto in the race for the third and final AL wild-card spot.
Arroyo hit a two-run double and scored on Kike Hernandez’s sacrifice fly in the second inning as Boston went ahead for good 3-2. Arroyo also singled in a run in a three-run ninth that broke the gamer open.
Over the last two weeks, Arroyo has emerged as the Red Sox’s regular second baseman. The utility infielder has started the last 10 games at the position.
Verdugo was 3 for 3 with two walks.
Hill (5-5) allowed two runs on three hits in five innings for his first win since June 26. He struck out four and walked none. The left-hander was making his third start since missing a month with a sprained left knee.
The last time Hill pitched at PNC Park, he took a no-hitter into the 10th inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 23, 2017, before Josh Harrison hit a game-ending home run.
Hill didn’t flirt with immortality this time. Kevin Newman led off the first inning with a single and Bryan Reynolds followed with a two-run home run into the bullpen in center field. The Pirates didn’t score again until the ninth inning as their losing streak reached six games. Reynolds had two hits.
Quickly down 2-0, Hill bounced back to retire the next 12 batters before Rodolfo Castro singled leading off the fifth inning. The Red Sox went ahead 3-2 an inning later.
The Red Sox made it 4-2 on Verdugo’s RBI double in the fifth.
Rookie Roansy Contreras (3-3) was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis prior to the game and allowed four runs on six hits in six innings with four walks and three strikeouts. He had been sent to the minor leagues July 7 to limit his innings pitched.
Boston broke the game open in the final two innings. Pinch-hitter Rob Refsnyder drew a bases-loaded walk from Eric Stout in the eighth and then Kevin Plawecki hit a two-run double in the ninth to increase the lead to 8-2.
Ben Gamel hit an RBI single for the Pirates in the bottom of the ninth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: LHP James Paxton is expected to make his first rehab start Thursday in the Florida Gulf Coast League. After undergoing Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery last year, Paxton signed with Boston as a free agent in December. … LHP Matt Strahm (left wrist contusion) is expected to join the team Thursday and could be activated from the injured list then … SS Xander Bogaerts (bruised right shin) returned to the lineup after sitting out Tuesday.
Pirates: C Tyler Heineman (right groin strain) was activated from the 10-day DL, C Jose Godoy was optioned to Indianapolis and RHP Austin Brice was designated for assignment. … RHP Mitch Keller played catch a day after being removed from his start after two innings because of shoulder fatigue. … RHP David Bednar (low back inflammation) may be able to start playing catch by the weekend. … Though out for the season following hamstring surgery, C Roberto Perez has been cleared to participate in baseball activities and is hopeful of playing winter ball.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (5-3, 4.45) will start Thursday night as Boston tries to sweep the three-game series. He is 1-1 with a 6.32 ERA in six starts since missing five weeks with lower back inflammation.
Pirates: RHP JT Brubaker (2-10, 4.45) is winless in six starts since the beginning of July, going 0-3 with a 4.88 ERA.
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Guardians third. Amed Rosario strikes out swinging. Jose Ramirez hit by pitch. Oscar Gonzalez doubles to deep right center field. Jose Ramirez scores. Josh Naylor grounds out to shallow infield, Daniel Norris to Harold Castro. Oscar Gonzalez to third. Owen Miller flies out to center field to Riley Greene.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Guardians 1, Tigers 0.
Tigers fourth. Riley Greene walks. Victor Reyes walks. Riley Greene to second. Javier Baez singles to right field. Victor Reyes to second. Riley Greene to third. Harold Castro reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Javier Baez to second. Victor Reyes to third. Riley Greene out at home. Kerry Carpenter out on a sacrifice fly to deep left field to Steven Kwan. Harold Castro to second. Javier Baez to third. Victor Reyes scores. Eric Haase singles to second base. Harold Castro to third. Javier Baez scores. Jonathan Schoop grounds out to second base, Andres Gimenez to Owen Miller.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 2, Guardians 1.
Tigers fifth. Kody Clemens lines out to deep left field to Steven Kwan. Akil Baddoo singles to center field. Riley Greene called out on strikes. Victor Reyes singles to left field. Akil Baddoo scores. Javier Baez grounds out to shortstop, Amed Rosario to Owen Miller.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 3, Guardians 1.
Tigers sixth. Willi Castro homers to right field. Kerry Carpenter grounds out to second base, Andres Gimenez to Owen Miller. Eric Haase strikes out swinging. Jonathan Schoop grounds out to shortstop, Amed Rosario to Owen Miller.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 4, Guardians 1.
Guardians sixth. Andres Gimenez doubles to deep right field. Luke Maile grounds out to second base, Jonathan Schoop to Kody Clemens. Andres Gimenez to third. Myles Straw walks. Myles Straw to second. Andres Gimenez scores. Steven Kwan strikes out swinging. Amed Rosario lines out to deep right field to Victor Reyes.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 4, Guardians 2.
Guardians eighth. Owen Miller strikes out swinging. Andres Gimenez strikes out on a foul tip. Luke Maile reaches on third strike. Myles Straw singles to shallow center field. Luke Maile to second. Steven Kwan doubles to right field. Myles Straw to third. Will Benson scores. Amed Rosario singles to shallow infield. Steven Kwan to third. Myles Straw scores. Jose Ramirez doubles to shallow left field. Amed Rosario scores. Steven Kwan scores. Oscar Gonzalez doubles to deep left field. Jose Ramirez scores. Josh Naylor is intentionally walked. Owen Miller singles to center field, advances to 2nd. Josh Naylor to third. Oscar Gonzalez scores. Andres Gimenez strikes out swinging.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal requiring him to testify about illicit business practices at the former president's company, two people familiar with the matter said.
Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the Trump Organization over several years, including untaxed perks like rent, car payments and school tuition.
The plea deal would require Weisselberg to speak in court Thursday about the company's role in the alleged compensation arrangement and possibly serve as a witness when the Trump Organization goes on trial in October on related charges, the people said.
The two people were not authorized to speak publicly about the case and did so on the condition of anonymity.
Weisselberg, 75, is likely to receive a sentence of five months in jail, to be served at New York City's notorious Rikers Island complex. He could be required to pay about $2 million in restitution, including taxes, penalties, and interest, the people said. If that punishment holds, Weisselberg would be eligible for release after about 100 days.
Messages seeking comment were left with the Manhattan district attorney's office and lawyers for Weisselberg and the Trump Organization.
Weisselberg is the only person to face criminal charges so far in the Manhattan district attorney's long-running investigation of the company's business practices.
Seen as one of Trump's most loyal business associates, Weisselberg was arrested in July 2021. His lawyers have argued the Democrat-led district attorney's office was punishing him because he wouldn't offer information that would damage Trump.
The district attorney has also been investigating whether Trump or his company lied to banks or the government about the value of its properties to obtain loans or reduce tax bills.
Former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who started the investigation, last year directed his deputies to present evidence to a grand jury and seek an indictment of Trump, according to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who previously led the probe.
But after Vance left office, his successor, Alvin Bragg, allowed the grand jury to disband without charges. Both prosecutors are Democrats. Bragg has said the investigation is continuing.
The Trump Organization is not involved in Weisselberg's expected guilty plea Thursday and is scheduled to be tried in the alleged compensation scheme in October.
Prosecutors alleged that the company gave untaxed fringe benefits to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
Under state law, punishment for the most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, could carry a penalty as high as 15 years in prison. But the charge carries no mandatory minimum, and most first-time offenders in tax-related cases never end up behind bars.
The tax fraud charges against the Trump Organization are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe. The Republican has decried the New York investigations as a "political witch hunt," has said his company's actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James' parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump's company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
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Arroyo, Verdugo, Hill lead Red Sox over skidding Pirates 8-3
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Christian Arroyo had three hits and three RBIs, Alex Verdugo reached base five times and 42-year-old Rich Hill won for the first time in nearly two months as the Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 on Wednesday night.
The Red Sox won for the fifth time in six games and got back to .500 at 59-59. Boston in four games behind Toronto in the race for the third and final AL wild-card spot.
Arroyo hit a two-run double and scored on Kike Hernandez´s sacrifice fly in the second inning as Boston went ahead for good 3-2. Arroyo also singled in a run in a three-run ninth that broke the gamer open.
Over the last two weeks, Arroyo has emerged as the Red Sox´s regular second baseman. The utility infielder has started the last 10 games at the position.
Verdugo was 3 for 3 with two walks.
Hill (5-5) allowed two runs on three hits in five innings for his first win since June 26. He struck out four and walked none. The left-hander was making his third start since missing a month with a sprained left knee.
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Rich Hill delivers against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
The last time Hill pitched at PNC Park, he took a no-hitter into the 10th inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 23, 2017, before Josh Harrison hit a game-ending home run.
Hill didn´t flirt with immortality this time. Kevin Newman led off the first inning with a single and Bryan Reynolds followed with a two-run home run into the bullpen in center field. The Pirates didn´t score again until the ninth inning as their losing streak reached six games. Reynolds had two hits.
Quickly down 2-0, Hill bounced back to retire the next 12 batters before Rodolfo Castro singled leading off the fifth inning. The Red Sox went ahead 3-2 an inning later.
The Red Sox made it 4-2 on Verdugo´s RBI double in the fifth.
Rookie Roansy Contreras (3-3) was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis prior to the game and allowed four runs on six hits in six innings with four walks and three strikeouts. He had been sent to the minor leagues July 7 to limit his innings pitched.
Boston broke the game open in the final two innings. Pinch-hitter Rob Refsnyder drew a bases-loaded walk from Eric Stout in the eighth and then Kevin Plawecki hit a two-run double in the ninth to increase the lead to 8-2.
Ben Gamel hit an RBI single for the Pirates in the bottom of the ninth.
TRAINER´S ROOM
Red Sox: LHP James Paxton is expected to make his first rehab start Thursday in the Florida Gulf Coast League. After undergoing Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery last year, Paxton signed with Boston as a free agent in December. ... LHP Matt Strahm (left wrist contusion) is expected to join the team Thursday and could be activated from the injured list then ... SS Xander Bogaerts (bruised right shin) returned to the lineup after sitting out Tuesday.
Pirates: C Tyler Heineman (right groin strain) was activated from the 10-day DL, C Jose Godoy was optioned to Indianapolis and RHP Austin Brice was designated for assignment. ... RHP Mitch Keller played catch a day after being removed from his start after two innings because of shoulder fatigue. ... RHP David Bednar (low back inflammation) may be able to start playing catch by the weekend. ... Though out for the season following hamstring surgery, C Roberto Perez has been cleared to participate in baseball activities and is hopeful of playing winter ball.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (5-3, 4.45) will start Thursday night as Boston tries to sweep the three-game series. He is 1-1 with a 6.32 ERA in six starts since missing five weeks with lower back inflammation.
Pirates: RHP JT Brubaker (2-10, 4.45) is winless in six starts since the beginning of July, going 0-3 with a 4.88 ERA.
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Boston Red Sox's J.D. Martinez comes home to score as Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Delay gets the throw on a double by Christian Arroyo during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
The ball bounces past Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds on a two-run double by Boston Red Sox's Christian Arroyo during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Boston Red Sox's Christian Arroyo, top, is greeted as he returns to the dugout after scoring on a hit by Like Hernandez during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura delivers against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11122241/Arroyo-Verdugo-Hill-lead-Red-Sox-skidding-Pirates-8-3.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-18T03:12:29Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11122241/Arroyo-Verdugo-Hill-lead-Red-Sox-skidding-Pirates-8-3.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
853 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Trinity
and central Polk Counties through 930 PM CDT...
At 853 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Groveton, or 17 miles south of Apple Springs,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Livingston, Corrigan, Seven Oaks, northeastern West Livingston,
Leggett and Moscow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3099 9518 3112 9503 3093 9464 3067 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 315DEG 15KT 3097 9502
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
01-17-18-19-24
(one, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-four)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
01-17-18-19-24
(one, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-four) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Evening-game-17380999.php | 2022-08-18T03:19:49Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Evening-game-17380999.php | true |
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System Shack is NME’s new column that explores the mechanics behind the industry’s most successful games. This week, Rick Lane goes for the jugular in Doom Eternal.
I firmly believe that Doom Eternal is a contender for the greatest FPS ever made. It wasn’t always this way. When I first played the game on launch in 2020, I felt slightly let down by it. I didn’t like many of the new additions id Software had made, like the extra platforming sequences and the greater emphasis on story. The experience felt baggy and cumbersome in a way that the 2016 reboot did not.
But then I played the game a second time, to refresh my memory of it before the expansions dropped. And I absolutely adored it. What had seemed like a baroque and overwrought experience now felt slick, satisfying and perfectly paced. I spent the next twentysomething hours in a trance-like state, carving my way through every demon hell had to offer.
What changed? Well, the simple answer is, me. On my second playthrough of Doom Eternal, I knew every trick up the Doom Slayer’s sleeve. I’d internalised every counter to every demon attack, knew exactly which weapon to use against which foe. I had done what Doom Eternal wanted me to do, which is not merely to shoot demons, but to inhabit the character of the Doom Slayer.
Like IO‘s Hitman trilogy, Doom Eternal is a game that takes more than one play-through to see its true magnificence. Yet whereas Hitman is about mastery of your environment, Doom Eternal is about mastery of your moveset. It wants you to feel like more than a dude with a big gun, it wants you to feel like an unstoppable force that has a bloody solution to every immovable-seeming obstacle put in front of it.
Doom Eternal‘s murderous mechanics radiate outward from the “glory kill” idea introduced in the previous game, whereby performing grisly executions of damaged enemies reward you with health. This meant killing enemies helped you perpetuate your murder spree, letting you push forward aggressively rather than fleeing the fight in search of health.
Doom Eternal takes this idea of violence leading to more violence, and massively expands upon it. Now not only can you earn health by killing, and earn ammo by slicing enemies apart with your chainsaw, you can earn armour by setting enemies on fire and then killing them, showering the surrounding area with armour shards.
But the most notable change Doom Eternal makes is that virtually every enemy you encounter has a specific weakness that lets you nullify their attacks and kill them quicker. Cacodemons, for example, are vulnerable to having a grenade lobbed into their gaping maw, instantly opening them up to a glory kill. Spider-Arachnotrons can have their turrets destroyed with a pinpoint shot from the assault rifle’s sniper scope, while the Cyber Mancubus’ heavy armour can be instantly shattered with a percussive Blood Punch.
As you progress through the game, you build up a mental library of these tricks, learning which technique works best against which foe, which weapon is most effective in which scenario, until they become second nature. Once that happens, you can kill pretty much any enemy in the game in a matter of seconds. The mighty Doom Hunter? Zap that sucker with your plasma gun and then snipe out its jets from beneath it. The Baron of Hell? Soften him up with your chaingun before giving him a taste of your rocket launcher. The infamous Marauder? Juggling your super-shotgun and ballista will put that scab down in moments.
Internalising these techniques enables you to utterly dominate the battlefield, which in turn allows id Software to crank up the heat. The latter stages of Doom Eternal feature some utterly frenzied fights. And the expansions, oh my, the expansions offer the most intense single-player FPS action I’ve ever encountered, with furiously protracted battles that test your skills to the limit.
There is a potential counterpoint to this, which is that can Doom Eternal really be the best FPS around if it only shows its true greatness the second time you play it? It’s true that Doom Eternal could do a better job of communicating these new ideas, taking a bit more time to teach you each skill during active play, rather than constantly interrupting the experience for separate, easily forgettable tutorials.
That said, it would hardly be the first game that requires learning to truly enjoy. We don’t expect to be incredible at multiplayer games the first time we play them, but that doesn’t mean those games are poorly made. And there are many single-player games that require a certain level of mastery of to see them at their best. From Software’s RPGs take no prisoners whatsoever, but are regarded as some of the finest games ever made.
If you only played Doom Eternal once and dismissed it, I urge you to give it a second try, and pay a little more attention what it’s trying to teach you. The Doom Slayer may not be great at communication, but when it comes to killing demons, he knows his onions. Listen well enough to his monosyllabic grunts, you’ll be dancing through a rain of demon blood in no time.
If you liked this article, check out last week’s System Shack entry – where Rick Lane explored how web-slinging made Marvel’s Spider-Man one of the best superhero games ever. | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/gaming-features/how-doom-eternal-trains-you-to-be-a-relentless-killing-machine-3292610 | 2022-08-18T03:24:40Z | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/gaming-features/how-doom-eternal-trains-you-to-be-a-relentless-killing-machine-3292610 | true |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:
01-03-04-06-07-09-13-14-15-17-21
(one, three, four, six, seven, nine, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, twenty-one) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Evening-17380996.php | 2022-08-18T03:32:03Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Evening-17380996.php | false |
WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
648 PM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SLATER BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN SISKIYOU AND SOUTH
CENTRAL JOSEPHINE COUNTIES...
At 648 PM PDT, Doppler radar has observed heavy rain over the Slater
Burn Scar. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flash
flooding is possible in and around the Slater Burn Scar.
Local rain gauges have reported 0.5 inches of rain falling in 10 to
20 minutes and one gauge reporting up to 1 inch of rain falling in
40 minutes.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around the
Slater Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the Slater Burn Scar.
The heaviest rainfall has ended and no reports have been recieved so
far.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause
extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and
ditches in the Slater Burn Scar. Severe debris flows can also be
anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away in
places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to safety.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Show Me Cash" game were:
11-23-31-34-39
(eleven, twenty-three, thirty-one, thirty-four, thirty-nine)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Show Me Cash" game were:
11-23-31-34-39
(eleven, twenty-three, thirty-one, thirty-four, thirty-nine) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Show-Me-Cash-game-17380953.php | 2022-08-18T03:34:11Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Show-Me-Cash-game-17380953.php | true |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said Wednesday his government has no plans to pursue its own nuclear deterrent and called instead for more diplomacy in the face of growing North Korean nuclear weapons capabilities, even as the North test-fired two suspected cruise missiles.
The launches were detected from North Korea’s western coast hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol used a news conference to urge Pyongyang to return to diplomacy aimed at exchanging denuclearization steps for economic benefits.
South Korea’s military, which didn’t reveal the launches until after Yoon’s remarks, provided no immediate flight details about the North’s weapons, including how they moved or how far they traveled.
Yoon’s office said his national security director, Kim Sung-han, discussed the launch with other senior officials before Yoon addressed reporters and that they reviewed the South’s military readiness. Tensions could further rise as the United States and South Korea kick off their biggest combined training in years next week to counter the North Korean threat. The North describes such drills as invasion rehearsals and has often responded to them with missile tests or other provocations.
Yoon during the news conference maintained a reserved tone on Pyongyang, saying Seoul doesn’t desire political change in North Korea that’s brought by force and that the rivals should aim at building sustainable peace.
Yoon’s comments followed his proposal on Monday for an “audacious” economic assistance package to North Korea if it abandons its nuclear weapons program. He has avoided harsh criticism of the North after it threatened “deadly” retaliation last week over a COVID-19 outbreak it blames on the South.
Yoon’s proposal for large-scale aid in food and healthcare and modernizing power and port infrastructure resembled previous South Korean offers that were rejected by North Korea, which is speeding its development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, seen by leader Kim Jong Un as his strongest guarantee of survival.
Still, Yoon expressed hope for “meaningful dialogue” with North Korea over his plan and stressed that Seoul is willing to provide corresponding economic rewards at each step of a phased denuclearization process if the North commits to a genuine “roadmap” toward fully abandoning its weapons program.
“We are not telling them to ‘denuclearize entirely first and then we will provide,’” Yoon said. “What we are saying is that we will provide the things we can in correspondence to their steps if they only show a firm determination (toward denuclearization).”
Inter-Korean ties have worsened amid a stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the U.S. that derailed in early 2019 because of disagreements over a relaxation of crippling U.S.-led sanctions on the North in exchange for disarmament steps.
North Korea has ramped up its missile testing to a record pace in 2022, launching more than 30 ballistic weapons so far, including its first intercontinental ballistic missiles in nearly five years.
The heighted testing activity underscores North Korea’s dual intent to advance its arsenal and force the United States to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power so it can negotiate economic and security concessions from a position of strength, experts say. Kim could up the ante soon as there are indications that the North is preparing to conduct its first nuclear test since September 2017, when it claimed to have developed a thermonuclear weapon to fit on its ICBMs.
While Kim’s ICBMs get much of the international attention, North Korea is also expanding its range of nuclear-capable, short-range missiles that can target South Korea. Kim has punctuated his weapons development with threats to proactively use his nuclear weapons in conflicts against the South or the U.S., which experts say communicate an escalating nuclear doctrine that could increase concerns for its neighbors.
Yoon has vowed to strengthen the South’s defenses through its alliance with the United States by resuming large-scale military training that was canceled or downsized during the Trump years and boosting the South’s missile defenses. The Biden administration has also reaffirmed U.S. commitments to defending South Korea and Japan, including “extended deterrence,” referring to an assurance to defend its allies with its full military capabilities, including nuclear.
But some experts say it’s becoming clear South Korea has no clear way to counter the leverage North Korea has with its nukes, expressing concerns that Washington might hesitate to defend its ally in the event of war when Kim’s ICBMs would pose a potential threat to mainland American cities.
Some South Koreans have called for the reintroduction of tactical U.S. nuclear weapons that were removed from the South in the 1990s, or for Seoul to pursue its own deterrent.
Yoon dismissed the possibility of the latter during the news conference, saying that Seoul will stay committed to an international treaty aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
“I believe the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) regime is a very important and necessary premise for permanent world peace,” Yoon said, expressing hope that the U.S. deterrence strategy for its allies could evolve to counter the North’s growing threat.
Yoon’s comments came after North Korea last week claimed a widely disputed victory over COVID-19 but also blamed South Korea for the outbreak. North Korea insists leaflets and other objects flown across the border by activists spread the virus, an unscientific claim Seoul describes as “ridiculous.”
North Korea has a history of dialing up pressure on South Korea when it doesn’t get what it wants from the United States, and there are concerns that North Korea’s threat portends a provocation, which could include a nuclear or missile test or even border skirmishes. Some experts say North Korea may stir up tensions around joint military exercises between the allies. | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/south-korean-leader-seoul-wont-seek-own-nuclear-deterrent/ | 2022-08-18T03:43:01Z | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/south-korean-leader-seoul-wont-seek-own-nuclear-deterrent/ | false |
Advocates and people experiencing homelessness erected an encampment outside Baltimore City Hall early Wednesday morning to demand city action on homelessness.
Organizers with the Black Community Development Coalition placed red tents on the lawn in front of the City Hall steps at 4 a.m., with plans to stay until their demands are met. Some of the tents were occupied by people resting late Wednesday afternoon as a thunderstorm began.
The activists’ list of 12 demands includes supportive permanent housing, a safe discharge plan for people leaving hotels and shelters, and a pilot program to address chronic homelessness.
This is not the first time advocates have set up a tent city as a demonstration. In 2017, protesters spent 10 days in red tents outside City Hall before Mayor Catherine Pugh agreed to move 55 people into transitional housing.
Curtis Jackson has been living on the streets of Baltimore for eight years, at times staying in the city’s shelters. The 32-year-old showed up early Wednesday because he wants elected officials to do more to provide housing for Baltimoreans like him. He was still outside City Hall more than 12 hours later.
“No one should be left out. Everybody deserves a house, a home,” Jackson said. “Most of the time I stay on the street because the shelters aren’t comfortable and most shelters aren’t clean.”
Christina Flowers, founder of Belvedere Real Care Providers Network, said advocates want the city to fund more supportive housing with wrap-around services, rather than just providing hotel rooms.
“You’ve got to be kind of radical like this so they can realize how hurt people are,” Flowers said. She said that since the coalition set up the encampment, Baltimore city officials agreed to a meeting Thursday to discuss their concerns.
“What I would like to see happen now is for our mayor to deal with our unsheltered, chronically homeless people,” she said.
City officials could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday night.
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In February, there were 1,597 people in Baltimore who were in emergency shelter, unsheltered or transitional housing, according to the city’s most recent “point-in-time” count, an annual census required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that estimates the number of people who are homeless at a given time.
Although that number is a 27% decrease from 2020, the last year the count was held, the point-in-time count was conducted differently in 2022 than in years past. It was held in January instead of February and took place in a single night instead of combining two nights and three days of site-based counts.
About one-fifth of those counted this year are considered chronically homeless, meaning they have a disabling condition and have been continuously homeless for at least a year.
One of Jackson’s chief concerns about shelters is the close quarters. “It’s still COVID and it’s monkeypox going on, so who wants to be crawling around with a bunch of men and women?” he said.
Flowers said one man arrived at the demonstration in the morning having tested positive for COVID. His tent was moved away from the others until an ambulance was called.
Mayor Brandon Scott announced in February that the city would spend more than $90 million on emergency housing, about $75 million of it from federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Two of the recently announced American Rescue Plan Act grants to nonprofits from the city will go toward homelessness prevention or housing services. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-black-community-development-coalition-encampment-city-hall-20220818-jejcbs7swjcrxfbkerhluv6kny-story.html | 2022-08-18T03:45:54Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-black-community-development-coalition-encampment-city-hall-20220818-jejcbs7swjcrxfbkerhluv6kny-story.html | false |
Asia shares ease, dollar holds firm after Fed minutes
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HONG KONG, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Asian shares tracked lower on Thursday, in step with Wall Street's losses, as even the prospect of a less aggressive Federal Reserve has still set the U.S. central bank on a path for interest rates to stay higher for longer.
The dollar rose overnight after the Fed's July minutes pointed to a steady course of rate hikes ahead.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was down 0.22%, after U.S. stocks ended the previous session with mild losses. The index is up 1.3% so far this month.
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (.HSI) was down 0.45% while China's blue chip CSI300 (.CSI300) was off 0.33%.
The Federal Reserve's minutes for its July meeting showed it was contemplating paring back the pace of future rate hikes in line with a slowdown in inflation but saw "little evidence" yet that pressures were easing.
Investors interpreted the minutes as a sign the U.S. tightening cycle could be less aggressive than forecast but showed Fed policymakers committed to raising rates till prices come under control.
"Stocks were volatile as traders assessed the latest Fed meeting minutes, which showed that the central bank would continue its aggressive hiking campaign until it can tame inflation," Ord Minnett analysts wrote in a research note.
"At the same time, the Fed also indicated that it could soon slow the speed of its tightening, while also acknowledging the state of the economy and risk to the downside for gross domestic product growth."
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury notes rose initially in Asian trade but later retreated to 2.8749% compared with its U.S. close of 2.895% on Wednesday.
The two-year yield , which rises with traders' expectations of higher Fed funds rates, stood at 3.2681% compared with a U.S. close of 3.295%.
Higher yields helped strengthen the dollar which rose following the release of the minutes. However, in early Asian trade, the dollar index gave up some of the overnight gains and was down 0.05% to 106.58.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the dollar against a basket of six major currencies, is up about 0.8% this week -- putting the brakes on a pullback that began about a month ago.
"The U.S. dollar got back onto a rallying tack ... and did so with some force, making this week's gains sizeable," CBA analysts wrote.
"The world economy broadly looks to be a slower growing place, favouring the greenback."
On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 0.5% to 33,980.32, the S&P 500 (.SPX) lost 0.72% to 4,274.04 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) dropped 1.25% to 12,938.12.
The dollar rose 0.04% against the yen to 135.06 . It is still some distance from its high this year of 139.39 on July 14.
U.S. crude dipped 0.64% to $87.53 a barrel. Brent crude was down 0.52% to $93.16 per barrel.
Gold was slightly higher. Spot gold was traded at $1763.4532 per ounce.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA (KLFY) — Airport officials in New Orleans found a passenger traveling with a human umbilical cord in their luggage earlier this month. As unusual as it is, authorities say this isn’t the first such find this summer.
The incident happened on August 2 at the Louis Armstrong International Airport. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a specialist located the umbilical cord after referring the passenger traveling from Honduras for a secondary inspection.
When questioned, the passenger told officials the cord belonged to a relative, a press release stated.
Customs contacted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Houston, which advised that it could be abandoned or held. The passenger chose to leave the umbilical cord, as well as the accompanying medical wristband, behind, authorities said, and the items were incinerated.
Permits or qualifications are required to bring certain biological materials into the U.S., according to Customs.
A similar discovery by Customs was made in late June on the same recurring flight between Honduras and New Orleans. In that incident, a traveler was found with a bag containing “paperwork, a positive pregnancy test, and an unknown tissue sample” that turned out to be an umbilical cord, according to the release.
“With the vast number of daily travelers, our officers are guaranteed to encounter some unusual items,” Mark Choina, acting area port director of New Orleans, said in a statement. “However, two umbilical cords, a month apart, coming from the same country is noteworthy.”
Earlier this year, TSA released its list of the most unusual finds of 2021. Topping the list was a chainsaw, also found at Louis Armstrong International Airport. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/human-umbilical-cord-found-in-baggage-at-louisiana-airport/ | 2022-08-18T03:54:52Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/human-umbilical-cord-found-in-baggage-at-louisiana-airport/ | false |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
4-8-5-5, FIREBALL: 5
(four, eight, five, five; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
4-8-5-5, FIREBALL: 5
(four, eight, five, five; FIREBALL: five) | https://www.thehour.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17381078.php | 2022-08-18T03:59:01Z | https://www.thehour.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17381078.php | false |
It's hard being a vegan — especially on a long airline flight
One traveler complained on social media. The woman said she requested a vegan meal ahead of a 10-hour Air Canada flight from Germany to Toronto. She got a bottle of water and a napkin.
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
Good morning, I'm Leila Fadel. It seems hard being a vegan, especially on airliners, which aren't really known for fine cuisine. One traveler took her complaints to social media. She said she requested a vegan meal ahead of a 10-hour Air Canada flight from Germany to Toronto. Instead of food, she got a bottle of water and a napkin. Flight attendants eventually came up with some fruit and a dinner roll - far from a five-star meal but better than chewing on paper. It's MORNING EDITION.
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Shares of Constellation Brands Inc. Cl A
STZ,
+0.80%
inched 0.80% higher to $250.15 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-0.72%
falling 0.72% to 4,274.04 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.50%
falling 0.50% to 33,980.32. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains. Constellation Brands Inc. Cl A closed $11.38 short of its 52-week high ($261.53), which the company achieved on April 21st.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Diageo PLC ADR
DEO,
-0.22%
fell 0.22% to $189.15, Brown-Forman Corp. Cl B
BF.B,
+0.27%
rose 0.27% to $77.66, and Boston Beer Co. Cl A
SAM,
+0.26%
rose 0.26% to $379.16. Trading volume (715,106) remained 328,657 below its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
01-17-18-19-24
(one, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-four)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
01-17-18-19-24
(one, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-four) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Evening-game-17380999.php | 2022-08-18T04:02:54Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Evening-game-17380999.php | false |
Athletics first. Nick Allen flies out to shallow right field to Marcus Semien. David MacKinnon grounds out to third base, Josh Smith to Nathaniel Lowe. Sean Murphy homers to left field. Chad Pinder grounds out to shortstop, Corey Seager to Nathaniel Lowe.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 1, Rangers 0.
Rangers first. Marcus Semien grounds out to first base to David MacKinnon. Corey Seager singles to right center field. Nathaniel Lowe flies out to deep left field to Chad Pinder. Adolis Garcia doubles to shallow left field. Corey Seager scores. Meibrys Viloria grounds out to shallow infield, Adam Oller to David MacKinnon.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Athletics 1, Rangers 1.
Athletics fourth. David MacKinnon walks. Sean Murphy homers to center field. David MacKinnon scores. Chad Pinder singles to left field. Jonah Bride pops out to shallow infield to Josh Smith. Seth Brown strikes out swinging. Sheldon Neuse strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Athletics 3, Rangers 1.
Athletics eighth. Sean Murphy doubles to deep left center field. Chad Pinder singles to shallow center field, advances to 3rd. Sean Murphy scores. Fielding error by Meibrys Viloria. Jonah Bride grounds out to shallow infield, Corey Seager to Nathaniel Lowe. Seth Brown called out on strikes. Vimael Machin pinch-hitting for Sheldon Neuse. Vimael Machin singles to right field. Chad Pinder scores. Shea Langeliers homers to center field. Vimael Machin scores. Skye Bolt walks. Nick Allen grounds out to second base, Marcus Semien to Nathaniel Lowe.
4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Athletics 7, Rangers 1.
Rangers ninth. Meibrys Viloria walks. Leody Taveras walks. Meibrys Viloria to second. Mark Mathias pinch-hitting for Brad Miller. Mark Mathias doubles to deep left field. Leody Taveras to third. Meibrys Viloria scores. Ezequiel Duran pinch-hitting for Josh Smith. Ezequiel Duran pops out to shallow infield to Vimael Machin. Bubba Thompson pops out to second base to Jonah Bride. Marcus Semien grounds out to shortstop, Nick Allen to David MacKinnon.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it’s nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment.
More common is a scene like this: A candidate for Congress parades a helicopter — the symbol of illegal gold mining — painted with the Brazilian flag, through the streets of the Amazon city of Boa Vista. He defends a gold rush that has devastated Indigenous territories and contaminated rivers. In a neighboring state an Indigenous candidate stops wearing green clothing in public out of fear of violence.
Like all Brazilians, residents of the vast Amazon region will elect governors and lawmakers in October’s general elections. But as the campaign takes the streets, few candidates or voters are talking about current record-breaking deforestation rates or other environmental problems.
Instead, many politicians vie for who has a bolder promise to relax legal restrictions on gold mining, expand deforestation for agribusiness or pave highways through the forest. The few who run on an environmental platform struggle to compete and face public hostility.
Amid widespread poverty and lack of economic opportunities besides those that are environmentally damaging, Amazon voters have increasingly favored politicians who frame legal protection of the world’s largest tropical rainforest as a barrier to development.
A survey carried out by the website ((o))eco news found that most lawmakers from Brazil’s nine Amazon states voted in favor of five major bills that soften environmental laws, from opening Indigenous territories to mining, to legalizing land-robbing. In three of the votes, representatives from the Amazon region voted more heavily in favor than those from other parts of Brazil.
ONE OUT OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED
Today, just 1 of the 118 lawmakers in Congress representing the Amazon was elected on a socio-environmental platform. Joenia Wapichana, only the second Indigenous leader elected to the national parliament in Brazil’s history, is from Roraima state, where Indigenous people make up 11% of the population, the highest in the country.
In her bid for reelection, one of her opponents is a gold prospector and businessman named Rodrigo Martins de Mello who has used a helicopter as the trademark of his campaign. Aircraft is the only way to transport prospectors and equipment to remote Indigenous reserves, such as that belonging to the Yanomami people, where most illegal gold mining occurs in Roraima.
“It is mining that brings money to Boa Vista’s commerce,” Mello said through a microphone from the back of a pickup truck. Behind him, a much larger truck rolled forward, transporting the helicopter emblazoned with the Brazilian flag, now a symbol of support for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Mello, who is campaigning under the name Rodrigo Cataratas, (Rodrigo Waterfall in English), promised to defend the rights of prospectors, who he estimated number 40,000.
The tendency to discount the value of the forest is stronger in regions where migrants of European ancestry arrived in the 1960s and ’70s. To attract people to the Amazon, the military government at that time built roads, turned a blind eye to a chaotic gold rush and gave away vast swaths of pristine rainforest where isolated Indigenous tribes lived. Disease and forced displacement brought some groups to the brink of extermination.
That is the case in Rondonia, where most cities were founded beginning in the 1970s by such migrants from southern Brazil. Today it is one of the most deforested Amazon states and a large beef producer, with soybean agriculture on the uptick.
Last year, Rondonia’s State Assembly voted unanimously 17 to 0 to reduce a protected area by 2,200 square kilometers (850 square miles), an area larger than greater London, to allow in illegal cattle ranchers and open rainforest to agribusiness. Governor Marcos Rocha, a staunch ally of Bolsonaro, signed the law. It was later ruled unconstitutional by a state court.
According to Ricardo Gilson, a geographer at the Federal University of Rondonia, large swaths of the so-called arc of deforestation, which encompasses dozens of cities, share that cultural history.
“It is a frontier society, which transforms the natural landscape into an extractive economy: mining, cattle, crops, hydro energy. It is not a society that regards the standing forest as something positive,” he told the AP.
To stand out in such a culture, Military Police Corporal Cáiro Teixeira da Silva, who is running for Congress for the first time, sells himself as more radical than his competitors. With a Brazilian flag printed on his shirt, he recently appeared in a campaign video brandishing a rifle and promising to arm illegal prospectors against police raids.
“I will fight for the miner to have a T4 rifle to secure his dredge, his gold,” he shouted, patting the gun.
The historically small and dwindling support for the environment explains why two of the Amazon’s top rainforest defenders have opted to leave the region entirely and run for Congress in Sao Paulo state, thousands of miles away. They are Indigenous leader Sônia Guajajara, who Time Magazine crowned one of the world’s most influential people, and former minister Marina Silva, who was elected senator twice from the Amazon’s state of Acre.
For Mario Mantovani, a senior advisor to the Environmental Parliamentary Front, running an environment-based campaign in Amazon states has become harder this year, because lawmakers who support Bolsonaro have had access to generous federal funds they can dole out as they choose.
“They have put so much money into the region that it is hard to even set up a strategy against them. It is a game played with marked cards. You would be an isolated voice there, you wouldn’t be able to do anything,” Mantovani told the AP in a phone interview.
In such a hostile environment, it makes sense to run for office in Sao Paulo, where there are more people who care about the Amazon, he said.
Despite these odds, several lesser known pro-environmental candidates are competing in Amazon states, most of them Indigenous leaders. Vanda Witoto is running for Congress in Amazonas state. That state has eight seats, currently all of them occupied by men and none of them from her party, Rede, founded and led by Marina Silva, who is also a former Environment minister.
“It is a huge challenge, as big as the Amazon,” Witoto told the AP by phone. “We already have a background of threats due to our defense of environment and Indigenous peoples. We are seen as against the economic power.”
Witoto is a nurse on the outskirts of Manaus with no net worth according to disclosures. Mello, whose main business is air transportation for gold miners, declared $6.5 million in assets.
Recently, during a road trip, Witoto was harassed by a car that chased her group for dozens of kilometers. She said it was probably because she and her supporters were wearing the red caps associated with Brazil’s landless movement, a leftist symbol.
After the incident, she was advised by Indigenous leaders who support her not to wear red or green to avoid attention from anti-environmentalists and anti-leftists, usually Bolsonaro supporters. “We are using clothes with neutral colors to try to avoid conflicts,” she said.
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Today in History
Today is Thursday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2022. There are 135 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.)
On this date:
In 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.
In 1963, James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix.
In 1983, Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars’ worth of damage.
In 1993, a judge in Sarasota, Florida, ruled that Kimberly Mays, the 14-year-old girl who had been switched at birth with another baby, need never again see her biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, in accordance with her stated wishes. (However, Kimberly later moved in with the Twiggs.)
In 2004, in Athens, Paul Hamm (hahm) won the men’s gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event; controversy followed after it was discovered a scoring error cost Yang Tae-young of South Korea the title.
In 2005, a judge in Wichita, Kansas, sentenced BTK serial killer Dennis Rader to 10 consecutive life terms, the maximum the law would allow.
In 2011, Vice President Joe Biden met with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
In 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown.
In 2020, Democrats formally made Joe Biden their 2020 presidential nominee at their all-virtual national convention. The Republican-led Senate intelligence committee concluded that the Kremlin had launched an aggressive effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential contest on behalf of Donald Trump, and that the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services had posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat.
Ten years ago: Tropical Storm Helene quickly weakened into a tropical depression after moving ashore on Mexico’s Gulf Coast. Diana Nyad launched her latest attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a wetsuit or a shark cage (she ended her bid three days later). Singer Scott McKenzie, 73, who performed “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair),” died in Los Angeles.
Five years ago: Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s top White House strategist, was forced out of his post by Trump. (Bannon would be pardoned by Trump in the final hours of Trump’s term after being charged with diverting money from donors who believed the money would be used to build a wall along the southern border; he was later convicted of contempt for defying a congressional subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.)
One year ago: Taliban militants in Afghanistan attacked protesters who dared to take down the Taliban banner and replace it with the country’s flag, killing at least one person; the attack came as many Afghans hid at home or tried to flee the country. The United Arab Emirates confirmed that it had taken in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his family on humanitarian grounds; the family had fled Afghanistan as the Taliban closed in on the capital. A federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld a Texas law outlawing a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure. U.S. health officials announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and signs that the vaccines’ effectiveness was slipping.
Today’s Birthdays: Former first lady Rosalynn (ROH’-zuh-lihn) Carter is 95. Actor-director Robert Redford is 86. Actor Henry G. Sanders is 80. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 79. Rock musician Dennis Elliott is 72. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 70. Actor Denis Leary is 65. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 64. Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT’-nur) is 61. ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff is 61. The former president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, is 60. Actor Adam Storke is 60. Actor Craig Bierko (BEER’-koh) is 58. Rock singer-musician Zac Maloy (The Nixons) is 54. Rock singer and hip-hop artist Everlast is 53. Rapper Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan) is 53. Actor Christian Slater is 53. Actor Edward Norton is 53. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 52. Actor Kaitlin Olson is 47. Rock musician Dirk Lance is 46. Actor-comedian Andy Samberg (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 44. Country musician Brad Tursi (Old Dominion) is 43. Actor Mika Boorem is 35. Actor Maia Mitchell is 29. Actor Madelaine Petsch is 28. Actor Parker McKenna Posey is 27. | https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4619800 | 2022-08-18T04:16:44Z | https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4619800 | true |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
07-12-15-22-33
(seven, twelve, fifteen, twenty-two, thirty-three)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
07-12-15-22-33
(seven, twelve, fifteen, twenty-two, thirty-three) | https://www.michigansthumb.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17381023.php | 2022-08-18T04:17:55Z | https://www.michigansthumb.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17381023.php | true |
Which wall-mounted coat rack is best?
Who couldn’t use a bit more hanging space for all the coats, jackets and vests that we end up with over the years? If your closet is bursting with clothes, a wall-mounted coat rack is a one-time purchase that can add quite a bit of storage to your home. Easy to install and affordable, wall-mounted coat racks can also hold other items like keys, letters or other knickknacks. For stylish and sturdy hanging space for your coats, the Liberty Six Scroll Hook Rack is a top choice.
What to know before you buy a wall-mounted coat rack
Weight and capacity
The weight of the coat rack itself shouldn’t be too hefty, as the combined weight of the coats and the rack itself can’t risk tearing out your wall. Check that your wall material is capable of holding up the capacity of a coat rack plus its weight. Most coat racks hold up to around 30 pounds.
Material
Wood and metal are aesthetically pleasing, durable and popular options. They both are strong enough to hold up hefty amounts of clothing while not being too heavy for your walls. There are some plastic mounted racks, though, if you’re looking for something even lighter and cheaper.
Dimensions
The width and height of a wall-mounted coat rack also matter when making sure it will fit and look good in your space. Be sure to measure the wall space first to have possible dimensions in mind.
Number of hooks
The number of hooks on a coat rack normally ranges from three to six. More hooks mean more hanging space. Keep in mind that the weight capacity of the rack will determine how much you can hang at once.
What to look for in a quality wall-mounted coat rack
Basket
An added basket above or below the hooks gives you space to toss in things like keys, money, letters or anything else you’d like to have ready at hand.
Shelf
A shelf built in above the hooks is great for placing photographs, adorning with a vase or succulent, or simply keeping things you’d like to have near the door. Still, remember that whatever you put on top needs to be factored into the weight limit.
Ease of installation
If you’ll be installing the rack without any help, finding one with simple, clear instructions and easy installation makes all the difference.
How much you can expect to spend on a wall-mounted coat rack
A mounted coat rack sells for $20-$80. Synthetic plastics will cost the least ($20-$25), and metal and wooden models cost more ($25-$80), with added accessories like baskets or shelves driving up the price.
Wall-mounted coat rack FAQ
How do I style my mounted coat rack to fit my space?
A. First things first: where are you installing your coat rack? If it will be right in front of your door, picking out a stylish wood option for your coat rack is a safe bet. Wood matches almost any interior design, whereas brightly colored plastic could be too overwhelming. Next, if it has a shelf, carefully choose a few accessories and accent pieces for decorating your rack. This adds a homey, personal touch. Lastly, for the overachievers out there, hanging coats on your rack that match the color palette or style of the room will push your home’s aesthetic over the edge!
Can I move my wall-mounted coat rack once it’s been installed?
A. It’s not easy, and sometimes not possible, to remove your mounted coat rack from the wall, at least not without leaving a big mark. Because of this, it’s key that you scope out your space ahead of time. Measuring how much space you have, envisioning what the rack would look like once installed, and making sure there’s not a better place to put it can help you avoid regretting your installation once it’s finished.
What’s the best wall-mounted coat rack to buy?
Top wall-mounted coat rack
What you need to know: Seductively simple and sleek, this six-hook rack offers dedicated space solely for coats, hats or jackets.
What you’ll love: Installing this hook rack is easy and quick, and it has the capacity to hold up to 35 pounds of clothing. The cocoa color makes it a handsome piece for any room. The metal hooks hold up even the heaviest of coats.
What you should consider: It doesn’t include a basket or shelf space, so you can’t store small items or decorate it with accent pieces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top wall-mounted coat rack for the money
InterDesign Twillo Mail and Key Rack
What you need to know: Functionality meets fashion with this cute basket-style five-hook rack.
What you’ll love: It’s compact enough to save you space while also having enough space between the hooks so that your coats can hang properly without crowding. The basket gives you room to leave your keys, mail and other items when you come and go. It’s easy to assemble.
What you should consider: It’s smaller than some other options and may not hold enough for your needs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Ollieroo Bamboo Coat Rack Shelf
What you need to know: Traditional and neat, this shelf-style rack shelf can hold not only coats but also has space for keys, photo frames, and vases.
What you’ll love: With an upper shelf above five hooks, this classic design gives you the ability to add flair with photos and other decorations. It can hold a capacity of up to 22 pounds and the hooks are sturdy and large.
What you should consider: If you’re hoping to also hang your umbrellas, keys or hats, there might not be enough hooks for those items and your coats.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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CHICAGO (AP) — Framber Valdez threw seven solid innings, Yordan Alvarez drove in a run and scored one, and the Houston Astros beat the White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night, ending Chicago’s five-game winning streak.
The AL West-leading Astros hung on after blowing late leads in the first two games of the series. The White Sox trail AL Central-leading Cleveland by two games.
Valdez (12-4) gave up two runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked three. The left-hander is 4-0 in six starts since losing to Oakland on July 9.
Alvarez drove in Jose Altuve with a sacrifice fly in the first. He singled and scored on Trey Mancini’s sac fly in the fourth, and Chas McCormick added an RBI double in the inning against Michael Kopech (4-9) to put Houston on top 3-0.
The White Sox scored two in the bottom half on a RBI double by Yoán Moncada and double-play grounder by Josh Harrison with the bases loaded.
They had runners on first and second with one out in the eighth against Ryne Stanek. Moncada struck out and Yasmani Grandal fouled out to end the threat.
Play was stopped for a few minutes in the eighth when a boy hopped the center-field wall. He pumped his fist as he was escorted off the field.
Ryan Pressly pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 28 chances.
Kopech was nowhere near as dominant after tossing six no-hit innings against Detroit last week. The right-hander went six innings in this one, allowing three runs and five hits. He struck out two after whiffing a career-high 11 in his previous start.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: The Astros placed OF Aledmys Díaz (left groin discomfort) on the 10-day injured list. He was headed back to Houston, and manager Dusty Baker had no timeline on his return. “I’m just hoping we caught it before it became too serious because they can linger pretty badly,” he said. The Astros recalled INF JJ Matijevic from Triple-A Sugar Land.
White Sox: CF Luis Robert (sprained left wrist) had an injection Tuesday, and manager Tony La Russa insisted a stint on the IL is not in the works. “There’s no reason for him to go,” La Russa said. “It’s just a question of when he can swing normally and not hold back. There’s nothing damaged in there that we have to protect.” Robert was out of the lineup for the fifth straight game, though he ran for Eloy Jiménez in the eighth. … The White Sox placed INF/OF Leury Garcia (strained lower back) on the 10-day IL and recalled INF Romy González from Triple-A Charlotte. La Russa said he’s “very optimistic” Garcia will be ready to return when he’s eligible.
UP NEXT
RHP Lucas Giolito (9-6, 4.92 ERA) tries to win his fourth straight start, while RHP Luis García (9-8, 4.03) gets the ball for Houston as the teams wrap up a four-game series. Giolito has a 3.71 ERA in his past three outings. Garcia beat Oakland last week after losing his previous three starts.
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St Johnstone lost four big players and big personalities in the summer – all of whom were either pivotal in the double-winning season, Premiership survival campaign the year after, or both.
Courier Sport takes a look at how things are working out for Callum Hendry, Shaun Rooney, Jamie McCart and Zander Clark since they left McDiarmid Park.
Shaun Rooney – Fleetwood Town
After coming back from a minor injury that kept him out of the season opener (a defeat at Port Vale), Rooney has started all three subsequent League One games for Scott Brown’s side.
Brown has deployed him as a conventional right-back in a 4-3-3, rather than the wing-back or right of a three in the middle that were the norm with Saints.
All three points for @ftfc in the match v @Argyle with @BattyDaniel and Joe Garner nailing the goals for the #CodArmy and stellar performances from Shaun Rooney & Ellis Harrison #OnwardTogether pic.twitter.com/DMxZ26YWlT
— Adam Gee Photography (@adamgeepics) August 7, 2022
The fact that Fleetwood have won one, drawn two and only conceded a couple of goals would suggest the Hampden hero has adjust well.
Now for a couple of back post headers…….
Callum Hendry – Salford City
Like Rooney, it was long suspected the man who did more than any other Saints player to keep the club in the top flight would want to head south of the border when his contract ran out in May.
Hendry was made a very good offer to extend but his heart was set on English football.
It’s been a case of so far, so good in League Two.
Hendry has started all four league games, scoring in the first of them, the fans love him and big-spending Salford are top of the table.
The G.O.A.T @Callum_Hendry https://t.co/lrtyWxTJyQ
— Seb (@SebbySCFC) July 31, 2022
A starring role in the next series of ‘Class of ‘92’ beckons.
Jamie McCart – Rotherham United
McCart has an even bigger challenge than Rooney and Hendry when it comes to establishing himself as a first team regular.
He joined a club in the Championship and a pre-season injury didn’t help his cause of hitting the ground running.
McCart’s story is comparable to Jason Kerr’s in regards to an early fitness setback – and in the fact that he has only appeared in the EFL Cup (against Port Vale) to date.
Working in his favour is the fact that Rotherham regularly play with three at the back.
“I’ve just shown Jamie his clips and he admitted because him and Cohen (Bramall) were playing together for the first time, the understanding wasn’t there initially, but it did improve as the game went on.”
For their three league games – the most recent of which was a draw with Ali McCann’s Preston North End – McCart has been an unused sub.
Zander Clark – no club
With less than three weeks until the transfer window shuts, Clark is still a free agent.
That he was Dundee United’s first choice to replace Benjamin Siegrist was an open secret but the Scotland squad man, like the other three who let his contract run down at McDiarmid Park, wanted to sign for a club in England.
Stoke City emerged as the favourites but that move has gone on the back-burner, the suspicion being Michael O’Neill needs to move a goalie on to bring a goalie in.
Clark, who watched his old club win against Motherwell a couple of weeks ago, is far too good a keeper to be sitting in a stand at a weekend.
But, even though he’ll be frustrated a deal hasn’t yet been done, he’s in a strong position to be signed when there’s more movement in the last week of the window.
And you can’t rule out United coming back in for him if Mark Birighitti continues to struggle.
St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson sees ‘massive improvement’ in Theo Bair | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/st-johnstone/3602929/st-johnstone-zander-clark-callum-hendry-shaun-rooney-jamie-mccart/ | 2022-08-18T04:22:22Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/st-johnstone/3602929/st-johnstone-zander-clark-callum-hendry-shaun-rooney-jamie-mccart/ | true |
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bloomington Police are investigation four separate incidents of arson that took place just before 2:00 a.m. Monday morning.
Kassie Jensen, co-owner and baker with Two Sticks Bakery, said she was woken up on Monday to a call from the Bloomington Fire Department.
“Our four recycle bins that were in the back of the building had been set on fire, then causing the electrical panels to all light on fire,” said Jensen. “I’m just grateful it wasn’t worse.”
The incident caused the entire mixed-use building to lose power and several tenants living above the bakery were forced to evacuate.
However just before the fire was discovered outside Two Sticks Bakery, Bloomington Police say a 31-year-old transient man, Tyler D. McMillen, was arrested for starting a dumpster fire in the 300 block of E University Street.
In the span of minutes, officers located two more dumpster fires – one in the 500 block of S Grant Street and another in the 500 block of S Lincoln Street. At this time, police cannot say whether all four incidents are connected.
“Financially it’s a big deal really. And not only that – it’s student move-in week which is a super busy week for us,” said Jensen after having to close up shop on Tuesday to finish delayed prep. “Parents are here, students are coming back, everyone’s moving in… and we’re closed.”
Thankfully, Jensen said the community showed up during the bakery’s reopening day on Wednesday.
“We were sold out, I believe, by 10:30 a.m.,” said Jensen. “We definitely financially made up for the lost day so really grateful for that for sure.”
A generator in the back of the building is now providing power to the entire building for the foreseeable future. Jensen said parts needed to replace the utility box are delayed due to shortages.
“They told us potentially six months which is crazy,” said Jensen.
Bloomington Police said all four fires remain under investigation at this time. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/bloomington-bakery-forced-to-close-after-overnight-arson/ | 2022-08-18T04:23:00Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/bloomington-bakery-forced-to-close-after-overnight-arson/ | true |
Shares of Loblaw Cos. Ltd.
L,
+1.49%
advanced 1.49% to C$124.20 Wednesday, in what proved to be an otherwise all-around negative trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index
GSPTSE,
-0.44%
falling 0.44% to 20,181.44. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Loblaw Cos. Ltd. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of C$123.18, which the company achieved on July 14th. Trading volume of 544,035 shares eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 478,489.
Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use. | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/loblaw-cos-ltd-stock-rises-wednesday-outperforms-market-01660768449-73150f4f89f0 | 2022-08-18T04:27:09Z | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/loblaw-cos-ltd-stock-rises-wednesday-outperforms-market-01660768449-73150f4f89f0 | false |
READING, Pa. - Reading has won seven of their last 10 games, with a 3-2 win over Portland on Wednesday night.
The Fightins continuing their hot streak and moving up the standings, now just three games behind the Sea Dogs who sit in first place.
The Fightins didn't get on the board until the fourth inning, Carlos De La Cruz crushed a two-run home run to put the R-Phils on the board. Jhailyn Ortiz would provide the game winning run in the fifth.
After the Sea Dogs tied things up in the fourth, Ortiz ripped a RBI single to give the Fightins a 3-2 lead. Brian Marconi would earn his 18th save of the season. | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/reading-continues-to-inch-closer-to-first-place-portland/article_864d603c-1e9b-11ed-8f5b-9364964f5572.html | 2022-08-18T04:29:01Z | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/reading-continues-to-inch-closer-to-first-place-portland/article_864d603c-1e9b-11ed-8f5b-9364964f5572.html | false |
Thirty members of Norway’s prestigious royal guards unit will be discharged for using illegal drugs while on leave, the Norwegian armed forces said on Wednesday.
The military was tipped off about illegal drug use among conscripts during a private party this summer.
Five initially admitted taking drugs but 25 more eventually confessed they had done the same.
All 30 were members of the His Majesty the King’s Guard army unit, Norwegian broadcaster NRK and the VG newspaper said.
Armed forces spokesman Brage Steinson Wiik-Hansen told NRK the conscripts will now be discharged from the military.
No details were given on what kind of drugs they took. Norway made military service mandatory for men and women in 2015.
“All personnel in the armed forces have a duty to notify if they discover or become aware of dealing with illegal drugs among employees or conscripts,” Mr Steinson Wiik-Hansen told NRK.
The King’s Guard is tasked with protecting Norway’s royal family. Its members perform a changing of the guard outside the royal palace in Oslo every day, sporting a dark blue uniform with a plumed bowler hat.
The unit also performs for special occasions, including the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3602866/norway-discharges-30-members-of-the-royal-guard-for-illegal-drug-use/ | 2022-08-18T04:30:14Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3602866/norway-discharges-30-members-of-the-royal-guard-for-illegal-drug-use/ | false |
The driest weather for decades has forced the relaxation of strict environmental rules allowing farmers to make it easier to feed and graze their animals, the Government has announced.
The temporary changes mean farmers will have the option to relax the guidelines in their agri-environment scheme agreements and make it easier to feed livestock.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the changes come in immediately and will last until the end of the year.
It will mean farmers who are part of the Countryside Stewardship or Environmental Stewardship schemes will be able to cut or graze additional areas of land to help ease shortages of bedding, fodder, grazing or forage crops.
Buffer strips and field corner will also be able to be cut early following the changes.
Forage crops are also being affected as less silage is made and farmers are feeding stocks to their livestock now instead of saving them for the winter months.
The changes are being made as the Environment Agency declared drought status for large parts of England.
Environment Secretary George Eustice said: “We are better prepared than ever before for these unprecedented dry conditions, but many farmers are concerned about water supplies and the impact on their crops and livestock.
“We are therefore introducing temporary easements on agri-environment schemes to give them the flexibility to respond.”
Defra said it was continuing to assess the impact of the dry weather and was considering taking further measures in the coming weeks.
NFU vice president David Exwood said: “The situation on the ground continues to be hugely challenging across all farming sectors.
“With nine areas of the country now officially in drought, many farmers and growers are facing serious impacts ranging from running out of irrigation water to using winter feed now to feed livestock – in short, increased costs across farming.
“The measures announced by Government provide some welcome options for Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship agreement holders.
“This important derogation, which the NFU has been calling for, will provide some relief to livestock farming businesses which are already using vital winter feed supplies at a time when on-farm costs are continuing to increase significantly.”
Mr Exwood also welcomed the announcement from the Rural Payments Agency that further rounds of funding for the water management grant will open in the autumn.
“But we would like to see Defra’s regulators working together more efficiently to ensure the permissions and licenses are delivered alongside the funding approval,” he said.
“The weather over the past six months has highlighted the urgent need for government to take our national food production and resilience seriously by ensuring all departments across Whitehall give due regard to the impact of environmental policies on the country’s ability to produce food.
“While some areas are now experiencing torrential downpours, many farming sectors continue to be affected by the dry weather, and we will continue to monitor the impacts on UK food production immediately and in the longer term.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3602995/defra-rules-relaxed-in-heatwave-so-farmers-can-feed-livestock/ | 2022-08-18T04:30:40Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3602995/defra-rules-relaxed-in-heatwave-so-farmers-can-feed-livestock/ | true |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspect driver or vehicle responsible for a hit-and-run that led to the death of a grandfather.
On Friday evening at around 9:50 p.m., 74-year-old Juan Garcia lawfully crossed the intersection of Vaughn Boulevard and Avenue H in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood, police said. That’s when a vehicle struck him and fled.
Garcia died at the scene, just steps away from his home. According to his son, Andres Garcia, Juan’s grandson discovered his grandfather lying on the road in the 1500 block of Vaughn. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Garcia died of blunt force injuries.
The family told WFAA they’re devastated and want the person responsible to come forward.
“I haven’t been able to leave my room,” Andres said.
Andres said “Don Juan” liked to take nightly walks to avoid the heat. His sudden loss has been difficult to process due to the fact that the suspect is still out there, Andres said.
“Who’s to say it won’t happen again?” Andres said. “How’s that person able to live with themselves knowing they ruined our lives? Do what’s right and just confess to it.”
On Wednesday, Fort Worth police released footage of the suspect’s vehicle fleeing the scene. The video shows a dark SUV quickly took off.
Juan Garcia had 10 grandchildren, with an 11th on the way. On Sunday, just two days after his death, he would’ve celebrated 51 years of marriage. He loved to gamble, so the family planned to take him and his wife to Vegas.
It was something on the grandpa’s bucket list.
Instead, the family spent the weekend planning his funeral services. Looking ahead, they want the person responsible brought to justice and safety improvements along the busy road where he was killed.
Prior to Juan Garcia’s death, the City of Fort Worth announced a partnership with Main Street U.S.A that aims to revitalize Fort Worth’s Poly neighborhood. Under the pilot program, the city will dedicate $650,000 toward revitalizing the Historic Northside and Polytechnic neighborhoods.
Garcia will be remembered for his outgoing personality and ability to bring joy to those around him, Andres said.
“That’s gonna be the main thing we miss... sitting on my porch and seeing him drive up and down the street, him always being around, always being close,” Andres said.
The family has set up an online fundraiser to cover funeral costs.
If you have any information on the suspect vehicle or its driver, you’re asked to call police at 817-392-4887. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-police-family-need-help-identifying-suspect-hit-and-run-killed-grandfather/287-e576ae4c-29ad-4d55-8e64-cffab670a29d | 2022-08-18T04:31:46Z | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-police-family-need-help-identifying-suspect-hit-and-run-killed-grandfather/287-e576ae4c-29ad-4d55-8e64-cffab670a29d | false |
MADISON, Wis. — When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin’s 1849 law that bans the procedure except when a mother’s life is at risk became newly relevant.
The state’s powerful Republican Assembly speaker, Robin Vos, supports reinforcing the exception for a mother’s life and adding protections for instances involving rape and incest. Others, including GOP state Rep. Barbara Dittrich, say the law should stay as it is, without exceptions for rape and incest.
For decades, Republicans like Vos and Dittrich appealed to conservative voters — and donors — with broad condemnation of abortion. But the Supreme Court’s decision is forcing Republicans from state legislatures to Congress to the campaign trail to articulate more specifically what that opposition means, sometimes creating division over where the party should stand.
Dittrich says consensus among her Republican colleagues on an alternative to the 1849 law would be a “tremendous challenge.”
“We once heard that the Democrats were the big-tent party,” she said in an interview. “Now I would say the Republican Party is more the big-tent party on some of these issues.”
Of course, supporters of abortion rights are now a distinct minority in Republican politics. Just two GOP members of Congress — Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — publicly support passing legislation to reinstate the protections of a woman’s right to choose that the Supreme Court struck down in overruling Roe v. Wade. In Colorado, U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea is the rare Republican running this year who backs codifying Roe.
But the debate over even a limited set of circumstances in which abortion could be legal spurred some division within the GOP in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
In Indiana, after a decade of stalled legislation on abortion, empowered Republicans passed the first near-total abortion ban since the Supreme Court ruling. But even that measure drew dissent within the GOP. Exemptions for rape and incest up to 10 weeks prevailed after 50 Republicans joined with all Democrats to include them.
Still, 18 Republicans voted against final passage of the bill, with roughly half saying the bill went too far and the rest saying it was too weak.
In South Carolina, meanwhile, Republicans have spent decades curtailing abortion access and there is ongoing discussion about a near-total ban. But some in the legislature voiced concern about pushing the current six-week ban further and urged deceleration, particularly after seeing voters in Kansas spike a ballot measure that would have allowed the legislature there to ban abortion.
“It’s like you are playing with live ammunition right now,” Republican Rep. Tom Davis told The Associated Press.
The Supreme Court ruling paved the way for severe abortion restrictions or bans in nearly half the states. Nine states currently have laws banning abortion from conception, with three more — Tennessee, Idaho and Texas — set to take effect on Aug. 25. Three states — Georgia, South Carolina and Ohio — have laws banning abortion when fetal cardiac activity is detected, at about six weeks. Florida’s law bans abortion at 15 weeks, and Arizona’s will as of Sep. 24.
Some experts say the inconsistency among Republicans about how to move forward underscores how new the debate is — and how unprepared the party was for it.
“Historically, GOP candidates and policy makers were in a politically convenient spot when it came to being ‘pro-life,’” University of Denver political science professor Joshua Wilson told the AP in an email.
Until Roe was overturned, Republican-controlled states could introduce legislation to dismantle abortion access, knowing that federal courts bound by the law at the time would block the most aggressive regulations. That and the issue’s lower salience among Democratic and moderate voters, Wilson noted, “were linked guardrails against political backlash.”
The rejected ballot measure in Kansas surprised advocates on both sides, not only because it was defeated by a 20-percentage-point margin but also because turnout surged, driven by voters who weren’t participating in the Republican primary. Prioritization of abortion and women's rights is growing among abortion rights supporters, and Democrats are seeking to capitalize on the shift by campaigning on the issue and pushing for ballot measures in other states.
Polling shows the most extreme anti-abortion laws are at odds with the American public and even most Republicans.
The July AP-NORC poll showed Republicans are largely opposed to abortion “for any reason” and at 15 weeks into a pregnancy. But only 16% of Republicans say abortion generally should be “illegal in all cases.”
Most Republicans said their state should generally allow a pregnant person to obtain a legal abortion if the child would be born with a life-threatening illness (61%), the person became pregnant as the result of rape or incest (77%) or if the person’s health is seriously endangered (85%).
A majority of Republicans — 56% — also said their state should generally allow abortion at six weeks into a pregnancy.
GOP politicians may begin to face pressure to satisfy their base’s most conservative anti-abortion opponents — they want total abortion bans — and the moderate or independent voter, who is more accepting of abortion at early points in the pregnancy and in extenuating circumstances.
That’s led some candidates to pivot from hard-line positions in their primaries to more diffuse rhetoric ahead of their general election in purple states. In Arizona, the Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, who said during the primary that “abortion is the ultimate sin” and abortion pills should be outlawed, punted to the Legislature when asked about the specifics of abortion policy after she won.
When he was running to be Georgia Republicans’ nominee for the U.S. Senate, Herschel Walker was unequivocal in his support for an outright abortion ban with no exceptions. Now that he is the nominee running in a tight general election contest, he’s more circumspect. When asked plainly whether he’d vote for an absolute prohibition in a Republican-controlled Senate, Walker demurred.
“That’s an ‘if,’” Walker said, telling reporters he won’t entertain such a hypothetical scenario “right now.”
Back in Wisconsin, Evers, who is up for reelection this year, has consistently vetoed anti-abortion legislation brought forth in recent years by the Republican legislature. The Republican candidate for governor, Tim Michels, who won the Republican primary last week, said during his campaign that the state’s 1849 law is “an exact mirror” of his position; he doesn’t support exceptions for rape or incest.
The July AP-NORC poll showed 55% of moderate and liberal Republicans said abortion in general should be legal in all or most cases and 39% said abortion should be illegal in most cases. Just 5% said abortion should be illegal in all cases.
But even among conservative Republicans, only 24% say abortion should be illegal in all cases; 60% of conservative Republicans said abortion should be illegal in most cases.
The subject is increasingly the focus of ads for Democratic candidates for the U.S. House and Senate this summer, while it’s tapered off in ads for Republican candidates, according to analysis by the Wesleyan Media Project. Democrats are painting Republicans as extreme on abortion, hoping to see the issue win over voters in the midterm elections.
“If we want to be relevant to the debate, there’s got to be some negotiation. If we draw a hard line, we may be on the outside looking in in legislative chambers and in Congress,” said Republican strategist Jason Roe.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said the overturning of Roe democratizes the process of regulating abortion and it’s up to each state to come to a consensus “where it’s very likely that the true believers on both sides will not get what they want,” she said.
Still, to Dannenfelser, “every single law that’s passed is a gain for the pro-life movement because for almost 50 years, we had nothing,” she said. “It’s more than we had, and so that’s how I look at it.”
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Fingerhut reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Athens, Georgia; Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina; Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix; and Tom Davies in Indianapolis contributed to this report. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/post-roe-differences-surface-in-gop-over-new-abortion-rules/2022/08/18/37906b36-1eac-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-18T04:36:43Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/post-roe-differences-surface-in-gop-over-new-abortion-rules/2022/08/18/37906b36-1eac-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | false |
WASHINGTON — Dodge's gas-guzzler muscle cars, the Challenger and Charger, had a signature roar. Now its reimagined electric vehicle will be as loud as those that came before it.
On Wednesday, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis showcased the concept for its future Charger Daytona SRT, which is all electric. After announcing the carmaker will be discontinuing its gas-powered muscle cars, enthusiasts were left wondering how the car will be different.
"We think we're going to bring a car to market that customers didn't see coming," Kuniskis said in the presentation. "But they're definitely going to hear this one coming."
The concept car made its debut at the presentation with a loud thrum that can go up to 126 decibels, according to Dodge. This is a stark constrast to most electric cars on the market, which are traditionally quiet.
Dodge also announced the future muscle car will have a multi-speed transmission, unlike the traditional single-speed transmissions in other electric vehicles. Dodge intends to emulate the experiences and sensations of its traditional muscle cars with its redesign.
Kuniskis didn't mention how much the car will cost when it does go on sale in 2024.
On Monday, Dodge revealed it will be waving goodbye to its iconic muscle cars in a big way. The 2023 Charger and Challenger special edition models will all bear a "Last Call" plaque under the hood of the vehicle to commemorate its history.
“We are celebrating the end of an era — and the start of a bright new electrified future — by staying true to our brand,” said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand chief executive officer, in the press release.
Six of the seven "heritage models" will bridge a connection to past models of the muscle cars, according to the announcement. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/dodge-unveils-concept-for-new-electric-charger/507-eb5edae2-9672-4fb4-b54c-356c9d8b38c5 | 2022-08-18T04:38:21Z | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/dodge-unveils-concept-for-new-electric-charger/507-eb5edae2-9672-4fb4-b54c-356c9d8b38c5 | true |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
06-07-15-19-21-41
(six, seven, fifteen, nineteen, twenty-one, forty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $750,000
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
06-07-15-19-21-41
(six, seven, fifteen, nineteen, twenty-one, forty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $750,000 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17381083.php | 2022-08-18T04:40:23Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17381083.php | false |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
9-8-6-1
(nine, eight, six, one)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
9-8-6-1
(nine, eight, six, one) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-game-17381063.php | 2022-08-18T04:41:30Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-game-17381063.php | true |
A transfer student who wants to play varsity football for Hope Christian is taking the New Mexico Activities Association to court on Thursday morning in order to try to make that happen.
The emergency application by the player is being made through parents James Clayton and Racheal Becenti, and the student is listed as “RC.” It seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent what it describes as “unlawful conduct” by the NMAA in preventing him from competing for the Huskies’ varsity football team.
The student was formerly enrolled at Cibola.
The complaint says the athlete, who is starting his junior year, will suffer irreparable harm if the TRO is not granted, and claims that the harm to the player “outweighs any harm that might be caused to Defendants as a result of granting such relief.”
Both the NMAA and its executive director, Sally Marquez, are named as defendants.
Marquez on Wednesday said she would have no comment. Messages left for the attorney who filed the complaint, Santa Fe’s Les Romaine, were not returned.
According to the complaint:
The student-athlete was at Cibola for the 2021-22 school year. The parents allege he was subject to “various instances of bullying, harassment and antagonistic behavior” which led to physical altercations with another student.
The parents decided to transfer their son to Hope Christian, and they say he joined the football team as a wide receiver and defensive back.
In early July, the family requested a hardship waiver to compete from the NMAA in order to avoid him being declared ineligible.
On July 25, according to the complaint, the NMAA responded to that request and sent a letter to Hope athletic director Jim Murphy which declared the athlete ineligible to participate in varsity football, adding that he could compete only at a sub-varsity level this fall.
However, the family says their son was deemed eligible to compete at a varsity level in “all other sports” except football.
The parents believe their son being relegated to the junior varsity in football “hinders his opportunity to obtain exposure from collegiate teams around the country.”
They further allege in the complaint that the NMAA ruling their son to be only eligible for JV football contradicts itself as they say their son was deemed eligible in other sports. Without a bona fide move, an athlete almost always has to sit out the ensuing varsity season. It was not known what other sports the athlete wishes to play.
“The summary decision of ineligibility … for varsity athletic participation in the sport of football made by the NMAA appears to be arbitrary and capricious” and deny the student the right to due process, the complaint alleges.
Hope Christian begins its varsity football season Saturday morning against McCurdy. | https://www.abqjournal.com/2525320/hope-christian-athlete-asks-court-to-allow-him-to-play.html | 2022-08-18T04:44:08Z | https://www.abqjournal.com/2525320/hope-christian-athlete-asks-court-to-allow-him-to-play.html | false |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
10-19-26-35-44
(ten, nineteen, twenty-six, thirty-five, forty-four)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
10-19-26-35-44
(ten, nineteen, twenty-six, thirty-five, forty-four) | https://www.ctpost.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17381066.php | 2022-08-18T04:45:17Z | https://www.ctpost.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17381066.php | true |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:
05-06-08-11-12-14-16-17-20-21-23-24
(five, six, eight, eleven, twelve, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-four) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Night-17381079.php | 2022-08-18T04:47:46Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Night-17381079.php | true |
FORT HOOD, TX — Central Texans are connected to Fort Hood in many ways, including making the surrounding community their home after serving there.
Meet William Brummett, Fort Hood veteran and commander of VFW Post 9191 in Killeen.
Though he now calls Killeen home Brummett grew up in Nashville, Tennessee.
”Nice childhood, played basketball, football, ran track, cross country, did everything that normal kids do. Then I decided in high school to join the military,” said William Brummett, Commander of VFW Post 9191.
Little did he know that his decision in 1989 would lead to a 29-year career that would take him all over the world.
”I did a lot of overseas tours, open combat tours in Iraq, Cuba, Somalia, Haiti, everything from Desert Storm to current,” said Brummett.
Like many soldiers, he has kept in touch with his battle buddies over the years, including his former commanding officer Gary Hypolite, who said Brummett was one of his best.
”William was a good soldier,” said Gary Hypolite, Brummett’s former commanding officer. “He was one of a few that I could count on if I needed something done. I knew that once I gave them a mission, it would be completed.”
Now he said he takes that same drive and dedication to his position as Commander of VFW Post 9191.
Leading the historic VFW Post is something Hypolite isn’t surprised to see him do.
”He’s a great person,” said Hypolite. “He's a person that always seeks to help out the community and he will help everyone.”
VFW Post 9191 was started in the late 1940s after World War II and is known as the first black VFW and stands as a source of pride for the community.
It’s a place for all veterans of foreign wars and as Commander of the post, Brummett has a message for his brothers and sisters in uniform.
”If you’ve ever deployed, been in a combat zone, or been to Korea, you are more than welcome to come out and become a member of the VFW,” said Brummett. “You, your spouse, your family members, we have an auxiliary, it is a great place to come serve the community. It's a great place to be and we have fun. Come have fun with us.”
Willam Brummett served 29 years in the Army, chose to stay in Killeen, and now gives back to his community as Commander of VFW Post 9191. | https://www.kxxv.com/news/faces-of-fort-hood/faces-of-fort-hood-william-brummett | 2022-08-18T04:47:47Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/faces-of-fort-hood/faces-of-fort-hood-william-brummett | false |
It’s a work trip, but Trey Lance is happy to be back in Minnesota
Marshall native returns home with his NFL team to practice with and play the Vikings
EAGAN, MN (Dakota News Now) -It was a big day for this Marshall, Minnesota native. Trey Lance got a chance to get back close to home for a couple of days.
That’s because his San Francisco 49ers are in Eagan for 2 days of scrimmaging and controlled practices with the Minnesota Vikings to be followed by Saturday’s exhibition game. It doesn’t sound like the former Marshall and NDSU standout will play Saturday.
But the first round pick last year will be the Niners starting QB when the regular season starts after spending most of his rookie year learning from the sidelines.
So how fun was it for him to be back in Minnesota today? ”I was excited for sure. I get to see my family and some friends but I mean it’s work at this point. You come out here and these two days of practice are awesome for us and Saturday as well. My high school team, the Vikings, I appreciate them actually because they got some buses for my high school team to come out tomorrow. So I’ll get to see some coaches and teammates as well,” says Lance.
When you consider that Lance should be a junior in college and this is already his second year in the NFL. And that the 49ers traded up to get him in last year’s draft with the number 3 overall pick, his rise to success has been amazing.
And it appears that Trey will replace Jimmy Garrapalo as the starting quarterback. You’ll see lots of Niners #5 jerseys in the heart of Vikings territory this season...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Framber Valdez threw seven solid innings, Yordan Alvarez drove in a run and scored one, and the Houston Astros beat the White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night, ending Chicago's five-game winning streak.
The AL West-leading Astros hung on after blowing late leads in the first two games of the series. The White Sox trail AL Central-leading Cleveland by two games.
Valdez (12-4) gave up two runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked three. The left-hander is 4-0 in six starts since losing to Oakland on July 9.
Alvarez drove in Jose Altuve with a sacrifice fly in the first. He singled and scored on Trey Mancini’s sac fly in the fourth, and Chas McCormick added an RBI double in the inning against Michael Kopech (4-9) to put Houston on top 3-0.
The White Sox scored two in the bottom half on a RBI double by Yoán Moncada and double-play grounder by Josh Harrison with the bases loaded.
They had runners on first and second with one out in the eighth against Ryne Stanek. Moncada struck out and Yasmani Grandal fouled out to end the threat.
Play was stopped for a few minutes in the eighth when a boy hopped the center-field wall. He pumped his fist as he was escorted off the field.
Ryan Pressly pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 28 chances.
Kopech was nowhere near as dominant after tossing six no-hit innings against Detroit last week. The right-hander went six innings in this one, allowing three runs and five hits. He struck out two after whiffing a career-high 11 in his previous start.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: The Astros placed OF Aledmys Díaz (left groin discomfort) on the 10-day injured list. He was headed back to Houston, and manager Dusty Baker had no timeline on his return. “I'm just hoping we caught it before it became too serious because they can linger pretty badly,” he said. The Astros recalled INF JJ Matijevic from Triple-A Sugar Land.
White Sox: CF Luis Robert (sprained left wrist) had an injection Tuesday, and manager Tony La Russa insisted a stint on the IL is not in the works. “There's no reason for him to go,” La Russa said. “It's just a question of when he can swing normally and not hold back. There's nothing damaged in there that we have to protect.” Robert was out of the lineup for the fifth straight game, though he ran for Eloy Jiménez in the eighth. ... The White Sox placed INF/OF Leury Garcia (strained lower back) on the 10-day IL and recalled INF Romy González from Triple-A Charlotte. La Russa said he's “very optimistic” Garcia will be ready to return when he's eligible.
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RHP Lucas Giolito (9-6, 4.92 ERA) tries to win his fourth straight start, while RHP Luis García (9-8, 4.03) gets the ball for Houston as the teams wrap up a four-game series. Giolito has a 3.71 ERA in his past three outings. Garcia beat Oakland last week after losing his previous three starts.
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Sentencing submissions for Emerald Wardle's murderer, Jordan Brodie Miller, heard in NSW Supreme Court
By Giselle WakatamaThe parents of a woman strangled by her boyfriend have broken down while giving impact statements about how her death has devastated their lives.
Key points:
- The Supreme Court heard convicted murderer Jordan Miller believed Emerald Wardle was a "demon"
- Miller used LSD less than a fortnight before the killing, which the prosecution said had a "causative" effect
- Ms Wardle's mother described Miller as a "monster" who was "loved and trusted" by her daughter
In June this year Jordan Brodie Miller, 21, was found guilty of murdering 18-year-old Emerald Wardle at their home in Metford, near Maitland, in June 2020.
The Supreme Court in Newcastle heard Ms Wardle was in a relationship with Miller and the pair lived together.
Miller argued he was mentally impaired and believed Ms Wardle had turned into a life-sucking demon as he suffered a psychotic episode.
He said he could not be guilty of murder, but the prosecution argued he knew what he was doing.
The jury agreed and convicted him of murder.
Sentencing submissions were heard today.
'I will be haunted'
In her victim impact statement Ms Wardle's mother, Tania Simshauser, revealed the pain that the constant references to her daughter as being a demon had caused her.
"Emmy is the victim who died because she loved and trusted a monster," she said.
"During the murder trial I constantly heard her referred to as the demon.
"She was not a demon — she was my daughter and the absolute light of my life.
"I will be haunted by demons, every night."
Ms Simshauser said she struggled to comprehend what happened and recalled how on the day of the incident she took her daughter's "bedtime dolly" to the hospital.
"It was cold and Emmy hated the cold, and I believed bedtime dolly would comfort Emmy," Ms Simshauser said.
She struggled to speak as she explained how her grief still crippled her today.
"This was the worst day of my life — my body and mind went into complete shock," she said.
"It's the day that changed my soul and the most excruciating period in my life."
Father's 'worst nightmare'
Ms Wardle's father, Matthew Wardle, fought back tears as he told the court of his devastation that he could not protect his "princess".
"Growing up Emerald was always daddy's little girl and wherever I went Emerald would be right on my heels," he said.
"It is every parent's worst nightmare to lose a child, and the day police came to my door is so surreal.
He said losing his daughter was "like a big piece of my heart had been torn from my chest".
"I have sat through this court process in the hope to get Emerald the justice she deserves," Mr Wardle said.
"I have heard people defend Jordan Miller, when he has committed the most heinous of crimes towards another person."
'Completely self-inflicted'
It was not disputed during the trial that Miller had been suffering a psychotic episode.
Crown prosecutor Lee Carr concluded that his unstable state was brought on by taking LSD 11 days earlier.
Defence barrister Peter Krisenthal said Miller's actions were caused by chronic schizophrenia and that Miller was mentally impaired, but the jury rejected that claim.
In his sentencing submission, Mr Krisenthal said the crime would not have happened if his client had not been in that state.
"It is a domestic violence situation, but there was no malice towards Ms Wardle and his actions emanate from his psychotic condition," Mr Krisenthal said.
"In the absence of this psychotic condition, this offence would not have occurred."
Mr Carr told the court Miller had made the choice to take the drug.
"His drug-taking meant it was a completely self-inflicted, causative effect," he said.
Mr Carr said there were signs that Miller recognised that he killed Ms Wardle and knew she was a human and not a demon.
Miller faces a maximum sentence of life in prison with a mandatory non-parole period of 20 years.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
10-17-21-31-34
(ten, seventeen, twenty-one, thirty-one, thirty-four)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
10-17-21-31-34
(ten, seventeen, twenty-one, thirty-one, thirty-four)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000 | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17381076.php | 2022-08-18T04:54:08Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17381076.php | false |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — LMPD officers arrested a man Monday in relation to the robbery of two postal workers in a two week period.
Clarence Still is facing multiple charges including receiving stolen property.
According to an arrest citation, he had several items of mail from southwest Louisville, including checks that didn't have his name.
People impacted by the most recent robbery, in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood, are still surprised by what they saw.
"When you got a gun to the back of your head, two of them, it's enough to rock your world," Thomas Webb said.
He moved to Bramble Lane just three days before the robbery.
LMPD said, "Two males ran up on the mail carrier from behind and demanded his mail truck keys as well as personal keys at gunpoint."
One neighbor caught the crime on security video, though he says investigators asked him not to share it with us, neighbors described the video.
"It shows two guys running up with guns pulled robbing him and the mail man he was really upset he was crying he was really torn up," Webb said.
"Felt sorry for him, that he had to go through that, there's no reason," Chester Ovington said. He's lived on the block for decades and hasn't ever seen anything like this.
Sitting on his porch Wednesday evening, he said he wants things to go back to normal. "Just like it is right now," he said. "Peaceful and quiet."
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KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. — A missing hiker was found dead near Lake Lillian by search and rescue crews Wednesday morning after he was reported missing by friends and family on Monday.
Nicolas Gomiero, 24, from Seattle, was reported missing on Monday afternoon after he didn't return from a hike in the Lake Lillian area near Snoqualmie Pass in Kittitas County.
The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office launched a search and rescue operation on Monday and searched into the night. The search resumed on Tuesday when Kittitas County Search and Rescue (SAR) teams along with SAR teams from other counties looked for Gomiero in the rugged, mountainous terrain.
At around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, a team on the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office's helicopter spotted Gomiero at the foot of some cliffs near Lake Lillian, according to the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. He was deceased when rescue crews found him from an apparent fall.
The SAR flight crew returned to their base and retrieved a larger aircraft, which they used to lower teams down to retrieve Gomiero's body.
Gomiero was transferred to the Kittitas County Coroner's Office, which will examine the cause of his death.
Fourteen different rescue organizations participated in the search for Gomiero.
Kittitas County Sheriff Clay Myers said, “We grieve with Mr. Gomiero’s family and loved ones for his sudden, unexpected passing, and we thank all those who dedicated their time and energy to answering the painful questions of his loved ones.” | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-hiker-found-dead-kittitas-county/281-341fec1a-6ba1-486b-8e5e-977aa2b25ed7 | 2022-08-18T05:01:57Z | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-hiker-found-dead-kittitas-county/281-341fec1a-6ba1-486b-8e5e-977aa2b25ed7 | false |
Study reveals the bight's bountiful food
The Great Australian Bight is a top spot for sea critters to grab a feed, and that's why they like hanging out there year-round.
Oceanographers have discovered how the bight supports a year-round abundance of marine predators, including different whale species and white sharks.
For the first time, experts from Flinders University and the South Australian Research and Development Institute have described substantial subsurface phytoplankton layers deep beneath the surface, even when surface phytoplankton blooms disappear.
Using satellite data and a marine observation system, they uncovered layers of substantial phytoplankton at water depths of between 30 and 70 metres.
Oceanographer Jochen Kaempf said the new study highlighted how the marine food chain survived even in years when the surface phytoplankton upwelling didn't occur.
''Our observation of subsurface phytoplankton layers is the missing key explaining the high productivity of the region," he said.
"This study demonstrates how little we actually know about the functioning of marine ecosystems, and how important real field observations are."
Ordinarily, the seasonal upwelling of nutrient-rich water, which extends about 800 kilometres from Ceduna on SA's west coast to Portland in Victoria, produces one of Australia's most productive marine ecosystems.
It attracts large marine mammals including whales, seals and sea lions, as well as valuable fish populations such as the southern bluefin tuna.
"To conserve this important region, and prepare for climate change, we need to further understand these systems and food sources," researcher Alex Shute said. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11115155/Study-reveals-bights-bountiful-food.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-18T05:03:56Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11115155/Study-reveals-bights-bountiful-food.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
08-18-30-35-37
(eight, eighteen, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $180,000
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
08-18-30-35-37
(eight, eighteen, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $180,000 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Hit-5-game-17381100.php | 2022-08-18T05:03:58Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Hit-5-game-17381100.php | false |
HOHHOT, China, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 17, Rabobank published its 2022 Global Dairy Top 20 Report, which showed that Yili Group remains among the global top five with turnover[1] of USD 18.2 billion, firmly holding onto its top leadership position in Asia for the ninth consecutive year.
Yili also achieved the highest growth rate – 31.7% – among the top 20.The company has drastically reduced the margins between the top four while making it challenging for the rest of those on the ranking to catch up by maintaining a strong momentum.
Asia's first dairy company to exceed RMB 100 billion in turnover
This year, the Rabobank Report highlights even more intense competition across the industry. Due to its acquisition of Ausnutria Dairy and strong domestic sales growth, Yili has become Asia's first dairy producer to exceed RMB 100 billion (USD 14.85 billion) in turnover.
Innovation has helped Yili maintain its market leadership in its long-standing core liquid milk and ice cream businesses. The parent brand Yili and subsidiary brand Satine, AMBPOMIAL all broke the record of RMB 20 billion (USD 2.97 billion) in annual sales.
The milk powder and cheese businesses are also emerging rapidly. Yili's retail sales of cheese products increased 6.3% YoY in market share. The Jinlingguan brand topped the milk powder segment regarding its growth rate.
Facilitating development across the entire industry
In addition to rapid growth, Yili has been making its contribution to the industry by promoting win-win collaborations across the industrial chain, global operations, and sustainable development.
In China, the newly launched Yili Future Intelligence and Health Valley – hailed as the "Dairy Silicon Valley" – houses the world's largest production bases in terms of its production capacity, featuring the highest level of digitization and the most advanced technologies in the industry.
Yili is also accelerating the build-out of a global network in major markets. The FY2021 Report shows that Yili achieved an 8% growth in its overseas revenue, with its products covering over 60 countries and regions across five continents. In Indonesia, Yili's first self-built ice cream production base has been put into production, forming a "dual center" (the other center is located in Thailand) targeting SEA consumers. By upgrading the production system and doubling the capacity of its Hokitika butter plant, its subsidiary Westland has effectively expanded the market share for Westgold butter.
This year, Yili took the lead in China's food industry by releasing its Plan for a Net-Zero Carbon Future and Roadmap to A Net-Zero Carbon Future. In addition to establishing China's first net-zero carbon food factory, Yili has launched China's first net-zero carbon dairy product series, including milk, yogurt, organic milk powder, and ice cream.
($1 ≈ RMB 6.74)
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
03-05-14-29-31-39
(three, five, fourteen, twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $1,100,000
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
03-05-14-29-31-39
(three, five, fourteen, twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $1,100,000 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17381098.php | 2022-08-18T05:04:42Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17381098.php | false |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-3-0
(six, three, zero)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-3-0
(six, three, zero) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17381081.php | 2022-08-18T05:04:55Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17381081.php | false |
Patna, Bihar: In a shocking incident, a boy shot a minor girl in Patna's Indrapuri locality on camera. CCTV footage of the crime shows the man ambushing the unsuspecting woman.
The victim has sustained a bullet injury in her neck and is undergoing treatment.
The viral video shows the boy sneaking in behind the girl in what appears to be a deserted area. As she descended down the stairs the man shot her in the neck.
The incident took place on Wednesday. The woman is the daughter of a vegetable vendor. Police said it appears to be a case linked to a love affair.
The investigation is on.
Bihar| A vegetable vendor’s daughter shot yesterday in Indrapuri locality of Sipara area of Beur PS in Patna. Injured girl who was shot in the neck is undergoing treatment in a private hospital. Matter is being said to be a love affair: Patna Police
(Visuals: CCTV footage) pic.twitter.com/kHbddcU2L1 — ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2022 | https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bihar-cctv-footage-shows-man-shooting-woman-in-patna-2977460 | 2022-08-18T05:06:42Z | https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bihar-cctv-footage-shows-man-shooting-woman-in-patna-2977460 | true |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum had 22 points, Chelsea Gray scored nine of her 17 points in the fourth quarter and the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces beat the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 79-63 on Wednesday night in the opening round of the WNBA playoffs.
Las Vegas created some separation with a five-point possession midway through the fourth quarter for a 60-51 lead. Gray was fouled on a drive to the basket and the officials upgraded it to a flagrant on Megan Gustafson. Gray made both free throws and followed with a 3-pointer.
Gray made it 66-55 after spinning her defender in the lane and making a jumper from the free-throw line as Las Vegas took control.
Jackie Young added 16 points for Las Vegas, which hosts Phoenix on Saturday in Game 2 of the best-of-three series. A’ja Wilson had eight points and 12 rebounds and Kiah Stokes had eight points and 13 boards.
No. 8 seed Phoenix was without stars Diana Taurasi (quad) and Skylar Diggins-Smith (personal reasons), and the Mercury lost another starter in the third quarter. Shey Peddy needed to be carried off the floor with 2:03 remaining in the third after a non-contact injury. Peddy's teammates were visibly emotional as Peddy went to the locker room with a towel covering her face.
Diamond DeShields had 18 points and eight rebounds for Phoenix. Brianna Turner grabbed 16 rebounds and Gustafson scored 12 points.
Both teams struggled on the offensive end in the third quarter. The teams combined for just seven points in the opening six minutes as Phoenix missed nine straight shots and Las Vegas seven. Wilson made the Aces' first field goal of the fourth quarter with 7:15 left for a 55-51 lead. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Las-Vegas-beats-short-handed-Phoenix-79-63-in-17381134.php | 2022-08-18T05:07:38Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Las-Vegas-beats-short-handed-Phoenix-79-63-in-17381134.php | false |
Rays third. Jose Siri walks. Francisco Mejia strikes out swinging. Yandy Diaz doubles to left field. Jose Siri scores. Brandon Lowe pops out to Jose Trevino. Randy Arozarena strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rays 1, Yankees 0.
Rays fifth. Taylor Walls flies out to center field to Estevan Florial. Jose Siri doubles to deep left field. Francisco Mejia singles to right field. Jose Siri to third. Yandy Diaz doubles to left field. Francisco Mejia scores. Jose Siri scores. Brandon Lowe pops out to Jose Trevino. Randy Arozarena hit by pitch. David Peralta pops out to shallow infield to Oswaldo Cabrera.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Rays 3, Yankees 0.
Rays sixth. Harold Ramirez homers to left field. Ji-Man Choi strikes out swinging. Taylor Walls singles to shallow right field. Jose Siri pops out to shortstop to Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Francisco Mejia lines out to shortstop to Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rays 4, Yankees 0.
Yankees sixth. Aaron Judge doubles to right field. Gleyber Torres homers to left field. Aaron Judge scores. Anthony Rizzo pops out to shallow infield to Brandon Lowe. Josh Donaldson grounds out to shallow infield, Yandy Diaz to Ji-Man Choi. Oswaldo Cabrera strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Rays 4, Yankees 2.
Yankees seventh. Jose Trevino singles to shallow right field. DJ LeMahieu pinch-hitting for Estevan Florial. DJ LeMahieu singles to shallow right field. Jose Trevino to second. Isiah Kiner-Falefa lines out to center field to Jose Siri. Andrew Benintendi walks. Marwin Gonzalez to second. Jose Trevino to third. Aaron Judge walks. Andrew Benintendi to second. Marwin Gonzalez to third. Jose Trevino scores. Gleyber Torres grounds out to shallow infield. Aaron Judge out at second.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Rays 4, Yankees 3.
Yankees eighth. Anthony Rizzo homers to center field. Josh Donaldson pops out to shallow infield to Ji-Man Choi. Oswaldo Cabrera grounds out to shortstop, Brandon Lowe to Ji-Man Choi. Jose Trevino singles to left field. Marwin Gonzalez lines out to deep left field to David Peralta.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rays 4, Yankees 4.
Rays tenth. Harold Ramirez grounds out to third base, Oswaldo Cabrera to Anthony Rizzo. Isaac Paredes pinch-hitting for Ji-Man Choi. Isaac Paredes walks. Taylor Walls walks. Isaac Paredes to second. Roman Quinn to third. Jose Siri called out on strikes. Francisco Mejia doubles to right field. Taylor Walls scores. Isaac Paredes scores. Roman Quinn scores. Yandy Diaz pops out to shallow center field to Gleyber Torres.
3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rays 7, Yankees 4.
Yankees tenth. Gleyber Torres singles to right field. Aaron Judge to third. Anthony Rizzo walks. Gleyber Torres to second. Josh Donaldson homers to right field. Anthony Rizzo scores. Gleyber Torres scores. Aaron Judge scores.
4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Yankees 8, Rays 7. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Tampa-Bay-N-Y-Yankees-Runs-17381128.php | 2022-08-18T05:08:39Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Tampa-Bay-N-Y-Yankees-Runs-17381128.php | false |
CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that sued CVS, Walgreens and Walmart over the way the national pharmacy chains distributed opioids to their communities.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in his ruling that the money will be used to the fight the opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3.3 billion for the damage done.
The judge admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance” after proceedings last spring to determine what the counties were owed.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately fork over nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of payments, but it was unclear whether they had to pay that money during their appeals.
“Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic,” Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement.
A jury in November returned a verdict in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to the judge to decide how much the counties should receive. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
The decision on damages came on the same day that attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with opioid maker Endo International to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years. The payments settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains insisted they had policies to stem the flow of pills when pharmacists voiced concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs, not pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said: “The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.”
He said the court “committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said the company strongly disagreed with the court’s decision on damages as well as the underlying verdict.
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during the trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social-service agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
Prescriptions for pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone rose as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was that “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under Polster’s supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November that the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions of dollars. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
The agreement with Ireland-based Endo calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement. It filed Tuesday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment about the agreement.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose Barrero hit a game-ending RBI single off Seranthony Domínguez with two out in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 on Wednesday.
Albert Almora Jr. helped set up Barrero’s winning hit with a one-out walk. Almora advanced to second when Alejo Lopez singled for his third hit, and then hustled home when Barrero hit a grounder back up the middle.
“I was fortunate enough to make contact,” said Barrero, who had never faced Dominguez before. “All I wanted to do was help the team by making contact.”
The 24-year-old Barrero has struck out 26 times in 48 big league at-bats this year.
It was the first run allowed by Dominguez (6-4) since July 10, snapping a string of 11 consecutive scoreless appearances.
Rookie left-hander Nick Lodolo struck out eight in a career-high seven innings for Cincinnati, allowing five hits. Alexis Díaz (4-1) got six outs for the win.
“I was aggressive in the zone,” Lodolo said. “I felt I got better as the game went on. I was working through traffic the first three innings but it got better.”
Reds first baseman Joey Votto announced after the win that he will have season-ending surgery Friday to repair a torn left rotator cuff. The 38-year-old Votto, a six-time All-Star and 2010 NL MVP, hit just .205 this season with 11 homers and 41 RBIs.
“It’s a big blow obviously. We’re going to miss him a ton,” manager David Bell said. “I have no idea how he was playing with it. I was lucky enough to talk to the doctors. They were very clear this has to be done now.”
Lodolo got some help from right fielder Aristides Aquino, who made a terrific defensive play in the fifth. Aquino tracked down Alec Bohm’s drive and then made a strong throw from the warning track to double up Rhys Hoskins at first.
“At that moment I was thinking just catch the ball,” Aquino said. “When I caught the ball I saw the runner was off the base. I just threw it. When I’m playing defense, I always think I have a chance to catch the ball.”
It was Aquino’s ninth assist — the most by a Reds outfielder since Billy Hamilton had 12 in 2018.
Philadelphia won the first two games of the three-game series against lowly Cincinnati. But the Phillies wasted a stellar performance by Ranger Suárez in the finale.
The 26-year-old Suárez allowed three hits, struck out eight and walked two. The left-hander made his big league debut at Cincinnati on July 26, 2018.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: OF Brandon Marsh left Tuesday’s 11-4 win when he crashed into the wall while trying to catch Jonathan India’s home run. He had an MRI but there was no update on his condition.
Reds: RHP Art Warren (right upper arm) was activated from the 15-day injured list. RHP Buck Farmer was placed on the bereavement list. … OF Nick Senzel (right hamstring) and INF Mike Moustakas (left calf strain) planned to work out before the game. Senzel was available to pinch-hit, but did not play. Moustakas is eligible to come off the IL on Friday.
UP NEXT
Phillies: Open a four-game series at home against the Mets on Friday. RHP Chris Bassitt (10-7, 3.27 ERA) is scheduled to face Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (8-9, 3.07 ERA).
Reds: Open a three-game series in Pittsburgh on Friday. RHP Graham Ashcraft (5-3, 3.96 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Reds.
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Demi Lovato is off the market once again! Earlier this month, it was confirmed that the “Sober” singer was in a new relationship following her split from fiancé Max Ehrich in 2021.
At the time, a source told People that the songstress was dating a fellow musician. "It's a really happy and healthy relationship," a source shared with the outlet, noting that Demi's partner is "a super great guy."
Following the news, Demi stepped out in public for the first time with musician Jute$ on Tuesday. The pair was coordinated in black-and-white outfits as they left dinner at Lavo. Demi had her man by her side as she made an appearance on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the same day, where she performed “Substance,” which he co-wrote.
Jute$ took to his Instagram to give his lady a shout-out and celebrate her moment. “sheeeesh best voice in the game, by a lot. u killed it rockstar @ddlovato . substance on @jimmyfallon last night. grateful to be a part of this one ✍️🖤 ps ur f***ing hot,” he wrote.
Demi replied in the comments, “YOU ARE 😍😍 thank you so much baby!! 🥰🥰.”
As Demi and Jute$'s romance heats up, ET is taking a closer look at the musician who has stolen her heart.
Jute$ hails from Ottawa, Canada
Jute$, whose real name is Jordan Lutes, hails from Canada. The Ottawa area to be exact. Although his latest single is titled “Hollywood Hillbilly,” he honed in on his music career in Toronto, after putting his dreams of playing basketball and art behind.
He’s a singer-songwriter
Jute$ has made a name for himself in the music space in the pop-punk lane. The singer-songwriter began his musical journey when he was in college, where he began rapping after being inspired by Eminem and Yelawolf. When he decided to take music seriously, he taught himself how to sing and now fuses the hip-hop, R&B and pop punk genres.
He has released a series of EPs and has music on the way. In September, his latest single, "Out the Door," will be released.
He has writing credits on Demi’s upcoming album, HOLY FVCK
Jute$ is listed as one of the co-writers on Demi’s single, “Substance.” The songwriter contributed to the single, which helps the songstress tap back into her pop-punk roots. When the single dropped -- and ahead of the public romance -- the Canadian musician celebrated its release.
“Substance by @ddlovato out now!! one of my fav songs i’ve ever worked on. when i got asked to pull up and write for this session i remember thinking wtf am i supposed to do in a demi lovato session? only to show up and realize she was making one of the hardest rock projects i’ve ever heard. obviously a crazy milestone for me but beyond that i feel so blessed to be a part of something i’m such a big fan of. cheers to the whole gang 🖤,” he wrote on Instagram.
Demi commented, “Thank you sooo much.. you killed the session (SESSIONS) and I’m so grateful to have gotten to work w you 🙏🏼here’s to many more!! 🎉 let’s gooooo!! (Cya!!).”
He’s sober
In July, Jute$ celebrated a special milestone on Twitter -- hitting the 100-day sobriety mark.
“100 days sober today. learning to cope with my anxiety properly was something i was always too scared to try," he wrote on Twitter. "took a long time to be ready but i’ve never felt better mentally and emotionally. if ur dealing with sh*t rn that feels never ending just know nothing lasts forever.”
In addition to his announcement on Twitter, the "Walk on Me" singer shared the news on Instagram -- along with the news of his COVID-19 diagnosis and the release date for his new music. Demi, who has also been open about her sobriety journey, lent some support.
"1. Hollywood Hillbilly is a smash 2. Feel better asap and 3. 100 days is such an accomplishment.. I’m. so proud.🙏🏼🖤 (maybe lay off the cbd cigs till the COVID passes?) 😜," she wrote in the comments.
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CROWN POINT, IN - Jill Suzanne Springer, 66 of Crown Point, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 16, 2022, after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Jill was known for her creativity and love of quilting. She enjoyed helping others turn their dreams into reality while working at local quilt shops. Jill loved attending retreats at Camp Tecumseh Quilt Camp. She blessed friends, family, and charities with beautiful homemade quilts made with love. Her Cavalier King Spaniel, Zoey was the light of her life following her everywhere she went.
Jill was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Vivian (Fugate) Springer and her infant brother, Joseph Springer. She is survived by her daughter, Tiffany Stahl; brother, James (Mindy) Springer; sister, Jackie (James) Stahl; along with her former husband, Thomas Stahl, and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will Tuesday, August 23, 2022 from 4:00-6:00 PM at KOSANKE FUNERAL HOME, 309 S. Main St., Kouts (New Location) with a Funeral Service beginning at 6:00 PM. Private burial will take place at Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be to VNA Hospice of NWI. May you and your family be covered with a quilt of love and protection from God. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jill-suzanne-springer/article_6db1e0d2-183e-5c1d-a96a-79a5a08e8aca.html | 2022-08-18T05:29:21Z | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jill-suzanne-springer/article_6db1e0d2-183e-5c1d-a96a-79a5a08e8aca.html | true |
Mapping India: How Madras pioneered a new age of surveys and maps
During the 19th Century, this city that is now Chennai led India into a new age of mapping. Mark Madras week with us, exploring relics and stories of the Great Trigonometrical Survey
Back when explorers of the Western world were still finding their way around our land, penning India down as a map was no mean feat. The process, taken up by many through the centuries, was as challenging as it was historically, economically and politically important — and a major portion of it began right here in Madras.
The city has played a pivotal role in helping the world better understand the Indian subcontinent. The State’s history of cartography and surveying pushed the boundaries of its time, with academics attributing ‘India’s first modern scientific survey’ to the instructions of a Superintendent of Madras in 1787. Other than its own efforts in these fields, Madras has also contributed immensely to others’ efforts in surveying and mapping. Historically, it has done this through its involvement with the Great Trigonometrical Survey (GTS) of India, a pioneering survey utilising the method of triangulation.
“You had a map of a very large landmass of the world. It had been surveyed as far as its elevation and relief features were concerned. We shouldn’t forget that it began in Madras and eventually went all the way to Mt. Everest. It was an excellent survey. By the end of it, they [the British] knew the country like the back of their hand,” says historian and heritage activist V Sriram about the GTS that took nearly a century to be accomplished.
The GTS’ history can be traced back to the early 1800s in modern-day Karnataka. Following the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the British East India Company had control over vast amounts of the Indian subcontinent yet had little knowledge of its actual size and boundaries. When trying to solve this problem through surveys and exploration another problem arose: the lack of precise measurement for surveying. This was soon rectified by William Lambton.
Lambton, a soldier in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, had initially attempted to determine the breadth of the peninsula, from Madras to its opposite coast, and fix the latitudes and longitudes of many important places. After having received better instruments, and rejecting his initial attempt in 1800, he began a journey he would never end up seeing finished: the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.
On 10 April, 1802, this survey commenced with the measurement of a baseline near Saint Thomas’ Mount, Madras. From this a series of triangles was carried, about 85 miles East, North and South to Cuddalore covering over 3,700 square miles.
Where it all began
Sriram speaks on the cultural reasons behind choosing Madras: “Madras was really where the empire had begun. This was a very well established station as far as they were concerned, in 1802. It was also a question of where the army was located. With them being located in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. The Survey of India, not yet named as such then, had its origins here [in Madras] as well”
The Survey of India (SOI), the Indian Government’s oldest scientific department, was one of the parties that would undertake the GTS in the later parts of its life, making them an authority on the matter. Therefore by looking back into its history, we can better understand the science behind choosing Madras as a starting point.
Arun Kumar, in-charge of the National Survey Museum, SOI, elaborates on this scientific reasoning: “There was an astronomical observatory already in Madras [otherwise known as Madras Observatory]since 1792. This was the first observatory established by the British in India. The astronomical coordinates provided by the observatory were used as a known value. If you start a survey, you have to know the origin point. Secondly, the vertical datum or the height made it easy to connect to the sea level of Madras, making it a good reference point.”
Origins of modern engineering
The Madras Observatory was the brainchild of Michael Topping, a surveyor and astronomer, a man of some eminence. He was described as ‘the most talented and highly qualified all round surveyor that served the East India Company during the 18th Century’, states Rajesh Kochhar, former Director of the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, in his article Madras and Kodaikanal Observatories: A Brief History.
Topping had initially conducted a triangulation survey as well, in 1788, of the Coromandel Coast, from Madras to Masulitpatnam. He describes his account of this to Tiberius Cavallo, a physicist and philosopher, in a letter as follows:
“Dear sir
Madras, February 4, 1789.
I Inclose you an account of a base line I have measured for a series of triangles I am carrying down the coast of Coromandel. I have already extended them to about 300 miles from Madras, and am upon returning back to prosecute the work quite down to Cape Comorin. The angles are all taken with my Hadley’s sextant, made by Stancliffe [..]”
Topping would also go on to found the Survey School, one of the earliest technical schools outside of Europe and India’s oldest, on May 17, 1794. The school would later become the Civil Engineering School in 1858, a college in 1859 and finally be rechristened College of Engineering (Guindy) in 1861.
Sekar M, a former dean and student of the College of Engineering, Guindy, speaks on its rich history with Madras. “The initial Survey School was started with students from an orphanage in Madras. One of the reasons it was started in Madras to begin with was because the person [Michael Topping] who was most qualified, and interested, in starting the school was situated in Fort St. George. The people who graduated from here were all eventually employed for surveying purposes, including the Survey of India and the Great Trigonometrical Survey”
An instrumental connection
Lambton would not unfortunately live to see his survey map the ends of India, passing away in Hinganghat, a few miles away from Nagpur. This left this monumental task to be completed by his successors. One of whom was his erstwhile assistant, Sir George Everest.
Everest was appointed Lambton’s principal assistant in 1818.
Upon Lambton’s passing in 1823, Everest had decided to make use of newer instruments, as the ones Lambton employed back in 1802 were now becoming outdated. Everest requested an instrument maker be placed in India for these purposes — a man named Henry Barrow.
Everest then employed Syed Mohsin, to furnish him with instruments upon Barrow being unable to. “Though he could not write English, would have taken his place amongst European makers [of instruments],” say historical records describing this native of Arcot.
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The earlier you can save for your children's higher education, the better says LEE BOYCE who has just hit a key milestone for his three-year-old
Even now I get that little fizz in my gut when I think about exam results day. I can vividly remember walking into my school reception for the last time on a sunny August afternoon in Essex with no real idea of how I'd performed.
I'd gone on from five years of school onto two years of sixth form - and those last two were a mixed bag.
Year 12 saw me essentially fritter away time – poor exam results, a lack of care and way cooler things to do.
A shake-up in the summer between year 12 to 13 after some poor AS results made me grow-up and knuckle down, especially with my dream clearer: I wanted to be a journalist, God help me, with no contacts or clue how to achieve it.
Hard work: Many pupils will put in the hard graft to get the exam results they deserve
I was much encouraged by an Victorian-esque English teacher who, despite being a frightening lady, saw some sort of talent in me – even though I hated her at the time, I often look back and realise she was a key influence in shaking out my teenage angst.
She was a rare gem in the dark pit of a below-par secondary school.
My results were good, my growing up and hard work had paid-off, and I was off to university. I also look back now at a lack of guidance from anyone remotely adult at school about how to get into the career I wanted.
I simply picked six universities, was accepted into all of them, and went to one, clueless as to whether it would set me on my path to a job where I could write for a living.
If I knew what I knew now, I'd possibly take a different route – experience at a local newspaper plus a shorter journalism course may have been the better option, but all careers differ and hindsight is always wonderful. However, there is no degree in that.
Today sees many students with that same fizz of anticipation and anxiousness as they open their results. Many of them will be heading onto university and their fresh adult world cut open like a watermelon to devour and enjoy. It's exciting.
One thing that has changed since my university days is the cost. When I went in 2005, tuition fees were capped at £1,200 per year and mine were even partially paid for as I lived with my single mum.
The accommodation was expensive as I was in South West London and I graduated with a five-figure sum I paid off earlier this year. I feel extremely lucky.
Official statistics suggest the average student starting now will graduate with £45,800 of debt, including student loans. This is an incomprehensible sum for a young adult to digest, even the very brightest ones.
Many suggest thinking of it as a future tax on your earnings, rather than a debt boulder tied around a young adult's neck.
Meanwhile, a new student loan system hits in September 2023 with a 40-year repayment period, rather than 30, and a lower repayment threshold.
Debt is a major consideration for students planning to go to university, but also a major factor in the decision of some students not to go, research suggests.
Two-fifths of students with no plans to go to university identified not wanting to get into debt as one of the reasons, while 36 per cent said tuition fees were too high, according to Association of Investment Companies research.
Those are damning statistics. It's sad to think potential bright youngsters in this country may not enter higher education which could benefit them and enhance job prospects in a career they want because of debt fears.
Simply put, it's a disgrace that before many young adults start university, they are worried about money.
Baby steps: My wife and I have been tucking away £75 each into an investment account for our daughter - it's already surged past £10k
Investing for the future
One potential way to help soften the blow is saving for your child or grandchild's future - if you can.
When my daughter was born at the end of 2018, one of the very first things I did was to sit down (with her asleep on my shoulder) and jot down a rough plan for her financial security that I could help build almost from day one, with rising higher education costs (and property prices) on my mind.
I can remember those early hours in the lounge as vividly as my A Levels results day.
How much my now wife and I could tuck away each month, realistically, to help her when she became an adult while tapping numbers into a compounding calculator.
Subsequently, we opened a stocks and shares Isa with £1,000, some of which was our own cash, some of which was newborn and Christmas gifts for our daughter, and committed to £75 a month each.
Instead of months of dallying, I just opened the account.
Today, not quite four years into that investment via Vanguard and its LifeStrategy 100 Equity Fund, the £1,000 original pot has just snowballed past £10,000 with a 44.06 per cent return. Nearly £2,000 of that pot is already accumulated interest.
It's turning into a substantial sum that can be put towards higher education (if that's the path she chooses), a home deposit (when she's ready) and other expenses, such as driving lessons.
A little safety net I will keep a secret, so as to not influence her own young adult decisions.
I know not everyone can stretch to that kind of sum, especially with the cost-of-living crisis biting. But as I always say, there is no size fits all. Some people can potentially save more, while you might have more than one child and you want to keep it fair between them all.
One thing I will add though is investing has become so much easier in the last decade, even with small amounts.
If you can get four people to save £12.50 per month (say two parents, and two grandparents) and forfeit needless rubbish that gets gifted to kids, you can start building a fairly substantial investment pot over time.
Indeed, the AIC survey shows only a minority of parents realise they can make small, regular investments in the stock market, with just a quarter identifying the minimum amount that can be invested as either £25 or £50 per month and two in five having no idea.
A monthly investment of £50 in the average investment company, for example, would have grown into £29,509 over the past 18 years, according to the AIC research.
Encouragingly, 83 per cent of parents have made savings or investments towards their children's future. Cash savings accounts are the most popular way to save, with 57 per cent of all parents using them.
But with 10.1 per cent annual inflation, that is currently being eaten away.
Nick Britton from the AIC says: 'While it's understandable that cash savings are a popular way for parents to put some money aside for their children's future, today's high inflation and low interest rates mean that the real value of those cash piles is being whittled away at an alarming rate.
'Meanwhile, those with younger children have time on their side, which puts them in a good position to take advantage of the higher potential returns available from investing in the stock market over the long-term.'
Experts usually say a minimum investing horizon of five years, but 10 years is best. If you start from day one, 18 years is an incredibly long and productive time to drip-feed invest.
If you know someone receiving their results today, good luck - and I wish them the very best in their adult life.
Additionally, results aren't everything: while not everyone is academic, there are always little things you can do (in my opinion) to get ahead in life. Be kind, treat people well, educate yourself on things you care about, learn about finance, learn from your mistakes, soak in knowledge from those around you, always network and above all, have the right attitude.
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Nine Candidates Running For Moorhead Mayor & City Council
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — We now know the candidates for city offices in Moorhead in the November election.
The filing deadline was Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Mayor Shelly Carlson is running for a full-term.
Also running for mayor is Kevin Shores, a disabled veteran.
There are two candidates running for one open seat in each Ward except in Ward 4.
Chuck Hendrickson is running unopposed.
The General Election will be held November 8.
Ward 1: Ryan Nelson & Siham Amedy
Ward 2: Eileen Johnson & Heather Nesemeier
Ward 3: Deborah White & Dr. Rick Melbye
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ITHACA, N.Y. (WETM)- Another delivery driver has sustained non-life threatening injuries after being stabbed in downtown Ithaca.
Earlier tonight around shortly after 6 p.m. Ithaca Police Officers were called to the 400 block of N. Meadow St for a reported stabbing.
During the initial investigation it was learned that a
delivery person was stabbed once in the left shoulder, sustaining a nonlife-threatening injury.
The assailant is unknown to the victim and is described as a black male, late teen’s to early 20’s, no facial hair, thin build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, and pants. The
suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival headed southwest towards Fulton St.
This attack occurred just days after another delivery driver was stabbed while waiting to pick up an order on W. Green St.
The investigation into this matter is currently ongoing and the Ithaca Police Department encourages witnesses to this stabbing to contact the Ithaca Police Department
via any of the following means:
Police Dispatch: 607-272-3245
Police Administration: 607-272-9973
Police Tipline: 607-330-0000
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Amazon testing TikTok-style feed on its app, AI firm says
Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers’ attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform
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The e-commerce giant has been testing a feed on its app that enables shoppers to scroll through TikTok-like photos and videos of products posted by other users.
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Using the feature, called Inspire, customers can like, save and share posts of products, and purchase items directly from the feed, according to Watchful Technologies, an Israeli-based artificial-intelligence firm that analyzes apps and has tracked the feature.
The test doesn’t mean Amazon will roll out the widget to the public in its current form — or at all. Alyssa Bronikowski, an Amazon spokesperson, declined to say if the company has plans to introduce the feature to all its customers. In a statement, Ms. Bronikowski said the company is “constantly testing new features to help make customers’ lives a little easier.”
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the test. Citing an anonymous source, the Journal also said the company is testing the feature among a small number of Amazon employees.
Amazon often experiments with new features, sometimes even targeting its tests to specific regions. Amid regulatory pressure about its private-label business, the company had been testing how to identify its brands in search results by tagging them with badges such as “Amazon brand” or “Exclusive to Amazon," the research firm Marketplace Pulse discovered earlier this year.
In its current form, the experimental TikTok-like feed mostly shows photos, said Daniel Buchuk, a researcher with Watchful Technologies. But if the feature is rolled out, Mr. Buchuk suspects the feed will be video-heavy as Amazon sellers create content to make it more engaging for customers.
The corporate parents of Google and Facebook, the two biggest sellers in digital advertising, already have been pushing their own TikTok clones in bids to keep eyeballs glued to their services so they can continue to boost their revenue.
Google’s YouTube video service rolled a “Shorts” feature limited to clips of a minute or less last year in the U.S. after initially testing it in India during 2020. By June of this year, Google said YouTube Shorts was attracting more than 1.5 billion logged-in users each month, although analysts believe TikTok’s popularity is undercutting ad sales at the video site.
Those concerns were elevated by Google’s latest quarterly results, which revealed YouTube’s year-over-year growth in ad sales had slowed to its slowest pace since public disclosures of the site’s revenue began.
Meanwhile, Facebook now offers its own take on TikTok, a short-form video feature called Reels, on its Instagram app as well as its main social networking service, which are now operate as part of Meta Platforms. Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Reels accounted for more than 20% of the time that people spend on Instagram.
But it’s not clear that engagement is helping to drive ad sales after Meta recently reported its first year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue since Facebook went public a decade ago.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum had 22 points, Chelsea Gray scored nine of her 17 points in the fourth quarter and the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces beat the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 79-63 on Wednesday night in the opening round of the WNBA playoffs.
Las Vegas created some separation with a five-point possession midway through the fourth quarter for a 60-51 lead. Gray was fouled on a drive to the basket and the officials upgraded it to a flagrant on Megan Gustafson. Gray made both free throws and followed with a 3-pointer.
Gray made it 66-55 after spinning her defender in the lane and making a jumper from the free-throw line as Las Vegas took control.
Jackie Young added 16 points for Las Vegas, which hosts Phoenix on Saturday in Game 2 of the best-of-three series. A’ja Wilson had eight points and 12 rebounds and Kiah Stokes had eight points and 13 boards.
No. 8 seed Phoenix was without stars Diana Taurasi (quad) and Skylar Diggins-Smith (personal reasons), and the Mercury lost another starter in the third quarter. Shey Peddy needed to be carried off the floor with 2:03 remaining in the third after a non-contact injury. Peddy’s teammates were visibly emotional as Peddy went to the locker room with a towel covering her face.
Diamond DeShields had 18 points and eight rebounds for Phoenix. Brianna Turner grabbed 16 rebounds and Gustafson scored 12 points.
Both teams struggled on the offensive end in the third quarter. The teams combined for just seven points in the opening six minutes as Phoenix missed nine straight shots and Las Vegas seven. Wilson made the Aces’ first field goal of the fourth quarter with 7:15 left for a 55-51 lead.
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An Oakland man was charged with multiple felonies in the assault of a 70-year-old woman at her apartment complex in San Francisco, a spokesperson for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said.
Daryl Moore, 18, was charged with felony elder abuse, first degree robbery, first degree burglary, assault with force to cause great bodily injury as well as false imprisonment. In a video obtained by ABC7, the victim is beaten and kicked by four suspects on July 31.
The charges come just one day after San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins attended a town hall in Chinatown and said that her office takes residents’ concerns about crimes against Asian Americans seriously.
“You are now seen and you are now heard,” Jenkins said Tuesday, assuring participants that her office would work to prosecute hate crimes where the evidence supported it. Hate crimes are difficult to prove because prosecutors must be able to prove a racist of biased motive and because when incidents are biased, they don’t always fit the definition of a crime, Jenkins said at the town hall.
The case against an additional suspect, a 13-year-old juvenile, will proceed through the Juvenile Justice Center, the district attorney’s office said. Police are still searching for a third suspect, a 14-year-old juvenile.
An 11-year-old boy involved in the attack will not be charged, the district attorney’s office said.
The district attorney’s office filed a motion to keep Moore in detention while he awaits trial due to the nature of the crimes, the D.A.’s spokesperson said. No hate crime charges were filed due to lack of evidence, according to the spokesperson.
Moore remained in custody at the San Francisco County Jail. The investigation into the attack is still ongoing.
Jordan Parker (he/him) is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jordan.parker@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @jparkerwrites. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Man-charged-with-multiple-felonies-in-assault-of-17381120.php | 2022-08-18T05:54:18Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Man-charged-with-multiple-felonies-in-assault-of-17381120.php | false |
HUNTINGTON — Shovels and Rope are a musical duo that takes advantage of their talents to expand their sound by playing multiple instruments at once.
Hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, the husband-and-wife team of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst has gone against the grain of uber-mellow duo bands by keeping their love of rock music intact and relying on their songwriting skills.
Shovels and Rope came on many music fans’ radars with its 2012 album “O’ Be Joyful,” which has been re-released on vinyl. In the following year, the band won two Americana Music Association Awards for Emerging Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for the cut called “Birmingham.” From there, additional albums and live shows helped Shovels and Rope build up a loyal fan base.
Now, after dropping its new album “Manticore,” Shovels and Rope come to the Tri-State to perform at The Loud Music Venue and Beer Garden on Sunday, Aug. 21. The concert begins at 9 p.m. with opening act Kyshona. The Loud is at 741 6th Ave. in Huntington; more information on tickets can be found at theloudwv.com.
Being a married couple with kids, there was a lot to distract Trent and Hearst during the COVID-19 pandemic. But with a recording studio in their backyard, the duo was determined to keep their music alive, active and well.
“We didn’t tour, so we locked down in the house and made a couple of records and just tried to entertain our kids,” Trent said. “But there are times when taking a little break from music is good for our minds. We have two little kids, so that can be intense. But sometimes we’d be out there in the backyard studio without intention. So life was kind of slow and peaceful for us amidst all of the mayhem and the tragedy that was going on. We were blessed to be able to slow down our world a little bit.”
They stayed busy, adds Hearst.
“We found a silver lining in the fact that we had never been home for such an extended period of time, and it was a different kind of experience. Just to be home and be still for a long time was probably good for us,” she said.
Both Trent and Hearst fought a bout with COVID-19 not long ago, but they are back on track and touring again, hitting the road this summer to promote “Manticore.”
“Michael is a Scorpio and I am a Leo, and I came across this critter that was a half lion with a scorpion tail and the name of it was a manticore, and I thought, ‘That sounds tough,’” said Hearst. “A manticore is a mythological creature from ancient Persia that basically was a lion-headed, scorpion-tailed beast with a human face. When we made this record, it had some quiet intensity on it as well as some fun, raucous moments and the album felt heavy and weighted, and we felt the name manticore embodied the sound. The title itself sounded like a hardcore word.”
In the studio and live onstage, Hearst plays the drums, guitar, keyboards, lead vocals and percussion, while Trent handles the lead guitar as well as the harmonica, drums, lead vocals, percussion and more.
“We both love rock ’n’ roll primarily, but we are also both songwriters and our songs have to sound good first on an acoustic guitar,” said Hearst. “Then we can play them loud. We want the songs to sound good and have a good quality to them. We just love good music, and we like the feeling it gives us.”
When building their layered groove, some instruments come and go onstage for the duo.
“The accordion kind of gets hired and fired regularly,” said Trent, laughing. “We do a lot with just the two of us, as we are each usually playing two instruments at a time throughout the show. We just decided that we were going to be a two-piece band and have fun with our arrangements and try to make our sound as big as possible at times, and then we can make a dynamic show by stripping it way back at other times. I think that in the beginning, people were surprised it was just the two of us, wondering, ‘Where is the rest of them?’ And there have been bands that have expanded and had a lot of success doing that, but we just kept doing it like this because it felt right. Plus we’re married, and nobody wants to be in our band with us (laughing).”
Shovels and Rope love the state of West Virginia, having played in various towns over the years as well as being a regular guest on the “Mountain Stage” radio show. In the meantime, the duo’s original songs draw fans in and they try to stay open to their creative muse.
“Our separate songwriting processes are a little bit different, but now that we have had time to write new music, we both have been scratching down ideas and trying to catch inspiration,” Hearst said. “It’s like walking around with butterfly nets, grabbing what you can and then scratch it down either on your phone or on a piece of paper and try to develop it. Then, a couple times a year, Michael and I get a babysitter and we get in a room for like a week where we have the time to get our song ideas together in a pile and see which ones we are most excited about. Then we workshop each other’s songs as necessary. Sometimes that means a full overhaul and sometimes it’s just a nod of approval or the changing of one word or working out the arrangement, and then we know it is done.” | https://www.herald-dispatch.com/features_entertainment/shovels-and-rope-bring-multi-instrument-jams-to-the-loud-on-sunday/article_7ac24626-9472-5298-9464-a7b61174ac33.html | 2022-08-18T06:04:46Z | https://www.herald-dispatch.com/features_entertainment/shovels-and-rope-bring-multi-instrument-jams-to-the-loud-on-sunday/article_7ac24626-9472-5298-9464-a7b61174ac33.html | true |
Jan D. Szczepanski, 74, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Aurora Medical Center Kenosha.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, August 22, 2022 at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Pompeii, 2224 45th St., Kenosha at 11:00 a.m. with a visitation from 9:30 a.m. until the time of Mass.
A complete obituary will appear in the Friday edition of the paper.
Casey Family Options Funerals and Cremations
Stephen P. Casey, Owner and Funeral Director
(262) 653-0667 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/jan-d-szczepanski/article_04ef22af-f177-510c-a516-5a21a97268bd.html | 2022-08-18T06:14:08Z | https://www.kenoshanews.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/jan-d-szczepanski/article_04ef22af-f177-510c-a516-5a21a97268bd.html | true |
WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, August 18, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
1039 PM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...Abundant Lightning On Dry Fuels Expected Thursday...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280, 281,
284, 285, 617, 621, 622, 623, 624, AND 625...
* Impacts: Lightning and high fire danger will likely result in
new fire starts. Gusty thunderstorm winds could contribute to
fire spread. Despite rainfall, initial attack resources could
be overwhelmed and holdover fires are possible.
* Affected area: - In northern CA, portions of Fire Zones 280...
281...284 and 285. In zone 280, this includes the McKinney Fire
and Scott Valley. In zones 281, 284,and 285 this includes
Yreka, Macdoel, Tennant, Canby, Alturas, and portions of the
Klamath and Modoc National Forests. In southern Oregon, portions
of Fire Zones 617...620...621... 622...623... 624...and 625,
including the Windigo Fire, Ashland, Medford, Prospect, Crater
Lake, Toketee Falls, Klamath Falls, Chemult, Paisley, Lakeview,
and portions of the Umpqua, Rogue River- Siskiyou, and Fremont-
Winema National Forests.
* Thunderstorms: Isolated into Thursday morning, then scattered
Thursday afternoon and evening with abundant lightning. Storms
may be on the dry side through Thursday morning, then become
wetter. Winds will be gusty and erratic in and near
thunderstorms.
* View the hazard area in detail at:
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Abundant lightning on existing very dry fuels could cause
numerous new fire ignitions. Gusty and erratic outflow winds
could also create extreme fire growth potential.
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We are live today as students and young people across Merseyside find out their all important A-level results.
It is a huge day for so many young people and we will be bringing you action and updates from schools and colleges across the region, including City of Liverpool College. We have reporters heading out and about to speak to those finding out their results and deciding on their future plans.
We will also keep you updated with the emerging national picture on results day as well as all the key information young people will need in terms of grades, UCAS updates and what they need to do next.
READ MORE:When A-level and GCSE exams start this year, when they finish, and results day dates
Whether students are waiting to find out if they have been placed in their first choice university or if they have received the results they need for their desired career, A-Level results day can be a stressful day for those involved. We will try to make it easier
This year's students are the first to sit exams since 2019 following the Covid-19 pandemic, with the classes of 2020 and 2021 receiving teacher-assisted grades. Grade boundaries are expected to be lower this year after two years of record increases, but the government has said that universities will “adjust accordingly”.
Good luck everyone, and feel free to share your experiences with us on Twitter via @Livechonews or email us at news@liverpool.com
Free Nando's
Nando's is giving away free chicken for A level students on results day.
Today, the Nando's student promotion returns, giving students the chance to claim a free ¼ chicken or starter.
All you have to do is visit a restaurant to eat in, or order a walk-in collection, and show your results slip at the till.
The A level results can be physical or via e-mail. Students also need to bring their student ID and must spend more than £7 to claim their freebies.
The promotion is for customers aged between 15 and 19 years old, who are legal residents of the United Kingdom and receiving their A level results in 2022.
A level students can only claim the offer between 11am and 11pm on Thursday, August 18. | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/level-results-day-2022-live-24777360 | 2022-08-18T06:22:32Z | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/level-results-day-2022-live-24777360 | false |
WEDNESDAY: Timely hitting and dominant pitching were the story for the Albuquerque Isotopes on Wednesday evening. The visitors led from the first inning on, later added a pair of homers for insurance, and rode the arm of RHP Brandon Gold and four relievers to a 5-2 victory over the host Tacoma.
Albuquerque (51-61) hopped out in front in similar fashion to yesterday’s series opener. Alan Trejo and Sean Bouchard each singled before Carlos Pérez reached base on a walk, loading the bases for Michael Toglia. The switch-hitter came through with an opposite-field two-run double.
TOPES THURSDAY: At Tacoma, 8:05 p.m., 610 AM/95.9 FM
PROBABLES: Isotopes RHP Zach Neal (5-5, 7.12) vs. Rainiers RHP Justus Sheffield (4-6, 6.89)
NEXT HOME GAME: Aug. 23 vs. Round Rock, 6:35 p.m.
BOX SCORE: Isotopes 5, Rainiers 2
STANDINGS: Pacific Coast League | https://www.abqjournal.com/2525382/strong-pitching-guides-isotopes-to-road-win.html | 2022-08-18T06:24:12Z | https://www.abqjournal.com/2525382/strong-pitching-guides-isotopes-to-road-win.html | true |
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