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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around passenger rights if the carriers don’t give more help to travelers trapped by flight cancellations and delays.
Buttigieg is asking airline CEOs to, at a minimum, provide lodging for passengers stranded overnight at an airport and give out meal vouchers for delays of three hours or longer when the disruption is caused by something in the airline’s control.
The Transportation Department on Friday released a copy of the letters, which it said were sent to CEOs of 10 U.S. airlines including the major ones, their regional affiliates, and budget carriers.
A spokeswoman for Airlines for America, a trade group whose members include American, United, Delta and Southwest, said airlines “strive to provide the highest level of customer service.” She said the airlines are committed to overcoming challenges including a tight labor market.
Buttigieg’s agency recently proposed rules around refunds for passengers whose flights are canceled or rescheduled. He told the CEOs the department is considering additional rules “that would further expand the rights of airline passengers who experience disruptions.”
Buttigieg has been sparring with the airlines since late spring over high numbers of canceled and delayed flights. In his latest salvo, he told airline CEOs he appreciates that airlines have stepped up hiring and trimmed schedules to better match the number of flights they can handle.
“Still, the level of disruption Americans have experienced this summer is unacceptable,” he wrote.
The head of another airline trade group took issue with Buttigieg’s praise of schedule cuts. Faye Malarkey Black, president of the Regional Airline Association, said those cutbacks are being driven by a pilot shortage and are especially harmful to people who use smaller airports.
“There is a lot of responsibility to go around in this crisis and solving (the pilot shortage) means solving it for the long term, not just trimming back capacity until the only people with air service are those traveling between the large urban centers,” Black said.
So far this year, airlines have canceled about 146,000 flights, or 2.6%, and nearly 1.3 million flights have been delayed, according to tracking service FlightAware. The rate of cancellations is up about one-third from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and the rate of delays is up nearly one-fourth.
Federal officials have blamed many of the disruptions on understaffing at airlines, which encouraged employees to quit after the pandemic started. The airlines have countered by blaming staffing problems at the Federal Aviation Administration, which hires air traffic controllers. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/buttigieg-warns-airlines-to-help-travelers-or-face-new-rules/ | 2022-08-20T12:47:11Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/buttigieg-warns-airlines-to-help-travelers-or-face-new-rules/ | true |
As the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to expand its governance, it announced Thursday that it has added two trustees to its board. Helene Gayle, president of Spelman College, and Ashish Dhawan, founder and CEO of the Convergence Foundation in India, will join the three other outside board members named in January: Strive Masiyiwa, Baroness Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, Thomas J. Tierney. The foundation’s CEO, Mark Suzman, is also a board member. Along with Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, they will oversee the $70 billion philanthropy, which was recently enlarged when Bill Gates announced he was pumping $20 billion into the fund.
The philanthropy world has been eagerly awaiting news about new board members ever since last year when the foundation announced plans to expand the number of trustees. The first four outside board members were appointed in January.
Melissa Berman, chief executive of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, says she thinks the Gates officials’ decision to bring on two or three new trustees at a time rather than a larger number all at once is good strategy.
“It helps build a better board culture and makes it easier to transition people in,” says Berman.
The new trustees were appointed after some changes among the foundation leaders. Bill Gates’s father, William Gates, was a longtime trustee; he died in 2020. And Warren Buffett, who has donated a significant chunk of his fortune to the Gates fund, resigned from the foundation’s soon after Bill and Melinda French Gates announced their divorce.
Gayle has experience with the foundation, where she oversaw its grant making on HIV, tuberculosis, and reproductive health. She began her career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she spent 20 years focusing primarily on HIV/AIDS prevention and global health.
Before becoming president of Spelman College, Helene Gayle was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust and spent nearly a decade as president and CEO of the international humanitarian organization CARE.
“Gayle is a remarkable leader who knows a lot and is going to be a real asset to the board,” says Berman. “She’ll be able to translate the inner workings of the foundation and bridge the gap between the ‘back of the house’ of the Gates Foundation and the trustees.”
Dhawan’s foundation is focused on accelerating India’s economic growth and development and is chairman of Ashoka University, a leading liberal-arts university in India, and Central Square Foundation, a nonprofit foundation working to improve the quality of education for all children in India.
He is based in New Delhi, where the Gates Foundation has been working in collaboration with the Indian government and other partners since 2003 on health care, sanitation, gender equality, agricultural development, financial empowerment, and other issues.
The addition of Gayle and Dhawan brings the number of trustees to eight people. Whether the board will continue to grow isn’t yet known, but Berman says she and many others in the philanthropy world are eager to see how the board’s size develops in the future.
Says Berman: “I and many others are wondering what the optimal size of the board is going to be.”
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Maria Di Mento is a senior reporter at the Chronicle. Email: maria.dimento@philanthropy.com. Stacy Palmer is the editor of the Chronicle. Email: stacy.palmer@philanthropy.com. The AP and the Chronicle receive support from the Lilly Endowment for coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits. The AP and the Chronicle are solely responsible for all content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/gates-foundation-adds-gayle-dhawan-as-independent-trustees/ | 2022-08-20T12:47:32Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/gates-foundation-adds-gayle-dhawan-as-independent-trustees/ | true |
The NRL's contenders have made their mark in round 23, with some frankly ridiculous scorelines over the past two days.
After Penrith won a thrilling Thursday night encounter against the in-form Rabbitohs 26-22, the next five games over Friday and Saturday were won by an average of 45.6 points, with every victorious team notching at least 40 points.
The Roosters wrapped things up on Saturday night with an outlandish 72-6 win over the Tigers, to go with big victories for the Eels and Sharks, which themselves followed incredibly lopsided scorelines in favour of the Cowboys and Storm on Friday night.
It means the teams chasing the Panthers — the sides running second to fifth, plus the ominous Roosters — all gave their for-and-against tallies huge injections of points heading into the final two rounds of the regular season.
None bigger than the Roosters though, who jumped over Brisbane and South Sydney — the only top-eight teams to lose this week — from eighth to sixth by beating the Tigers so convincingly.
Hard-working Nat Butcher netted a surprise four-try haul, fellow back-rower Angus Crichton helped himself to two, as did winger Daniel Tupou.
James Tedesco, Connor Watson and Drew Hutchison also chimed in, while the Tigers' only try came from a Brent Naden intercept when the game was already decided in the 73rd minute.
Already looking likely to win the wooden spoon as they sit last on the ladder heading into the final two rounds, the Tigers' job will be made that much harder by an almost guaranteed suspension for captain James Tamou.
The prop was sin-binned for dissent in the final minute of the game when he shouted at referee Ben Cummins for allowing the Roosters to play on after an apparent knock-on at dummy-half, but Tamou escalated things on his way off the field.
He screamed in Cummins's face that he was "f***ing incompetent", prompting the referee to immediately upgrade the sin-binning to a send-off, with a trip to the judiciary all but certain and a suspension potentially ending his career.
After the game Tamou said he wanted to apologise to Cummins.
"[Referees] do a terrific job. Emotions got the better of me. I'll wear any criticism. The actions aren't acceptable," he told reporters.
"I probably took the easy way out instead of shaking [the Roosters'] hands and looking them in the eye."
With all the top-eight teams having played this week, here's how the ladder looks heading into the final two rounds of the season:
Check out how the other Saturday games unfolded below, with the Sharks and Eels recording easy wins.
Sharks keep pace with fellow top-four sides
The Sharks chimed in with their own dominant performance on finals eve, hammering the Sea Eagles 40-6 at Brookvale.
It moved Cronulla past the Storm into third place, just behind the Cowboys on points differential, but with a great run home — hosting the Bulldogs next week and travelling to Newcastle to end the regular season.
It is a comfortably easier end to the season than any of the other contenders for the top four — Penrith, North Queensland, Melbourne and Parramatta — who all face finals-bound teams at least once in their final fortnight.
With the Cowboys up against South Sydney and Penrith to end the season, the Sharks will be hopeful of leapfrogging them for second and getting a home final to start the playoffs, particularly after dismantling 10th-placed Manly so completely.
The Sharks had already scored all 40 of their points, with halfback Nicho Hynes and late call-up on the wing Matt Ikuvalu doubling up, by the time the Sea Eagles got on the board.
That came from an opportunistic intercept by Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans, but the overall effort will have pleased Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon as he readies his side for the finals.
One concern for the rookie mentor is the fitness of lock and forward leader Dale Finucane, who suffered a painful rib injury early in the game.
"It was the first six or seven minutes of the game, I copped a tackle and popped the rib cartilage a bit," Finucane told ABC Sport.
"As soon as I got the needle I was all good to come back on."
Finucane only played 23 minutes of the match and will be watched closely this week.
Eels show out against Bulldogs with finals looming
Parramatta halves Dylan Brown and Mitchell Moses had the ball on a string at Western Sydney Stadium as the Eels made a welcome return to the winners' circle with a hefty 42-6 victory over Canterbury.
After setting up two tries, Brown scored a double of his own, making himself a constant menace for Bulldogs defenders.
Moses was back early from finger surgery and Brown must have been glad he heals quickly. The Eels halfback set up both of Brown's four-pointers with deft kicks and the pair also had four line-break assists between them.
It was an eight-tries-to-one thumping and a must-win with top-eight sides Brisbane (at Lang Park) and Melbourne (home) next up as the regular season draws to a close.
"I thought our start was really good, thought we maintained that physicality for 80 minutes. I know what this team can do … but what I need to see is the 'want' from them," Eels coach Brad Arthur said.
"The want was really there today but we've got to make sure we back that up again next week.
"We've showed in the big games what we can do but it's that want and desire to do it all the time."
Parramatta needed a win to all but clinch their finals spot with ninth-placed Canberra four points behind them at kick-off.
They also wanted to erase the memories of last week's 26-0 shellacking by South Sydney.
Scoring some spectacular team tries certainly helped as they leap-frogged the Rabbitohs into fifth spot on the ladder.
Canterbury remain 12th, wondering why they could not provide more resistance in the second half as they were only down by 10 at the break.
"We were impatient. We threw the ball away. We didn't smother their last plays and we just didn't build any pressure," Bulldogs coach Mick Potter said.
Canterbury captain Josh Jackson said the way the Eels moved them around and made them defend for long periods would work well come finals time.
"If they play that style of footy they'll trouble a lot of teams," Jackson said. | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-20/nrl-round-23-one-sided-games-roosters-sharks-eels/101352520 | 2022-08-20T12:50:56Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-20/nrl-round-23-one-sided-games-roosters-sharks-eels/101352520 | false |
Scott Simon speaks to author Jamil Jan Kochai and his 2nd-grade teacher, Susannah Lung, who taught him how to read and write English after his family moved to the U.S. from Pakistan.
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Atrium Mortgage Investment (TSE:AI) Has Announced A Dividend Of CA$0.075
Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation's (TSE:AI) investors are due to receive a payment of CA$0.075 per share on 13th of September. The dividend yield will be 7.9% based on this payment which is still above the industry average.
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Atrium Mortgage Investment Will Pay Out More Than It Is Earning
A big dividend yield for a few years doesn't mean much if it can't be sustained.
Having distributed dividends for at least 10 years, Atrium Mortgage Investment has a long history of paying out a part of its earnings to shareholders. Past distributions do not necessarily guarantee future ones, but Atrium Mortgage Investment's payout ratio of 91% is a good sign as this means that earnings decently cover dividends.
Over the next year, EPS is forecast to expand by 2.4%. However, if the dividend continues along recent trends, it could start putting pressure on the balance sheet with the future payout ratio reaching 97% over the next year.
Dividend Volatility
Although the company has a long dividend history, it has been cut at least once in the last 10 years. The annual payment during the last 10 years was CA$0.83 in 2012, and the most recent fiscal year payment was CA$0.97. This works out to be a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 1.6% a year over that time. Modest growth in the dividend is good to see, but we think this is offset by historical cuts to the payments. It is hard to live on a dividend income if the company's earnings are not consistent.
Atrium Mortgage Investment May Find It Hard To Grow The Dividend
Given that the dividend has been cut in the past, we need to check if earnings are growing and if that might lead to stronger dividends in the future. Unfortunately, Atrium Mortgage Investment's earnings per share has been essentially flat over the past five years, which means the dividend may not be increased each year. Earnings are not growing quickly at all, and the company is paying out most of its profit as dividends. That's fine as far as it goes, but we're less enthusiastic as this often signals that the dividend is likely to grow slower in the future.
The Dividend Could Prove To Be Unreliable
Overall, we don't think this company makes a great dividend stock, even though the dividend wasn't cut this year. The payments are bit high to be considered sustainable, and the track record isn't the best. This company is not in the top tier of income providing stocks.
Market movements attest to how highly valued a consistent dividend policy is compared to one which is more unpredictable. However, there are other things to consider for investors when analysing stock performance. For instance, we've picked out 1 warning sign for Atrium Mortgage Investment that investors should take into consideration. Is Atrium Mortgage Investment not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.
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For Tamir D. Harper, being an educator in Philadelphia is his way of helping the community he grew up in and its youth.
“I wanted to give back to the city and the district that gave me everything,” Harper said.
“I went to Morton, Tilden, Fell in South Philly and graduated from the Science Leadership Academy (SLA). I want to make sure that students have a better education system in the school district for generations to come,” he added.
Harper, 22, is among 700 new teachers that will work in the School District of Philadelphia in the 2022-23 school year, which will start Aug. 29.
A native of Southwest Philadelphia, Harper will be teaching eighth-grade students in English and social studies at the Henry C. Lea School in West Philadelphia.
“If I can have students enjoy learning, they will be able to meet whatever standard goes in front of them,” Harper said. “I’m also someone who comes with a social justice mindset and background, I’m a firm believer in teaching social justice and that teaching is political.
“We’re looking at how to do a civics unit with elections happening in our city in a few years as well as Election Day coming in November,” he said. “How do I make sure students understand what’s happening on the social studies side, but also looking at the Black Panther movement, the MOVE bombing and so much more?
“We started to sketch it out and will be using the district’s resources. They have books like BLAM! listed as eighth-grade readings that we’re going to dive into this year,” he added.
Harper said his love for education started during his journey at SLA. He later joined The Center for Black Educator Development under Sharif El-Mekki.
At 16, Harper co-founded UrbEd Inc., a nonprofit that combines community organizing and policy to uplift students, educate communities and develop coalitions to give students the education they deserve.
He has a bachelor’s degree from American University and is pursuing his master’s degree in education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Harper said the biggest message he has for his students at Lea is that he loves them.
“Regardless if they fail a test, struggle in my classes or can read on grade level and are succeeding, I want my students to know that I love them and will be there for them,” Harper said.
“They need to know that they are brilliant in some way and as their teacher I will help them tap into that brilliance,” he added.
The School District of Philadelphia has about 97.4% of its teaching jobs filled for the new school year, according to the most recent data released by district officials. Principals are staffed at 99%, assistant principals 96.6%, climate managers 98.7% and counselors at 94.1%.
“This year, the district started hiring teachers as early as January,” said Larisa Shambaugh, chief talent officer for the School District of Philadelphia.
“The 97.4% staff for all teaching positions in our schools is about where we were when we started school last year, a little under 98%.”
“There’s about 230 vacancies,” she added. “We’re still hiring and we added another 100 teachers over the last week and half to the eligibility list to be interviewed and hired.”
For non-instructional roles, the district has seen a decrease in building engineers at 69.8% due to retirements and resignations. General cleaners are staffed at 89.3%, food service workers are at 79.8%, special education assistants are at 76.8%, student climate staff at 71.6% and bus drivers are staffed at 70.9% for the new school year.
“Even though those numbers aren’t as high as we’d like them right now, we’ll be able to continue to hire and support filling those positions at the start of the school year,” Shambaugh said.
“We have almost 500 staff members in non-instructional roles that are currently on their way to being hired,” she said. “They’ve received an offer letter and are being processed.
“We will have over 200 people being hired in the student climate staff. As we start to see those individuals formally finish all of the steps, we’ll see those numbers start to go up,” she added.
Shambaugh said the district will continue to hire people who are interested in working for the school system. The last summer job fair will be held Wednesday (Aug. 24) at Solomon Solis-Cohen Elementary School from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Among the open positions for the job fair include bilingual counseling assistant, building engineer trainees, bus attendees, bus chauffeur, general cleaners, school nurses, special education assistant, student climate staff and supportive service assistant.
“Even after our last summer job fair, people who are interested in roles with the school district can still apply for positions,” Shambaugh said. “If you’re looking to become a teacher you can go to teachinphilly.com and if you’re looking for non-instructional roles you can apply at workinphilly.com.” | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/philadelphia-school-district-hires-700-new-teachers/article_729efd8a-ce99-52c5-a718-ea7e40079dd6.html | 2022-08-20T13:00:48Z | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/philadelphia-school-district-hires-700-new-teachers/article_729efd8a-ce99-52c5-a718-ea7e40079dd6.html | false |
In The New American Cooking, cookbook author Joan Nathan showcases some of the more unusual items that are turning up on America's tables -- plantains, pomegranates and other once-obscure ingredients.
Nathan says the influx of Asians, Indians, Middle Easterners and Latin Americans has revolutionized the way Americans eat today. These influences have given an exotic twist to even old holiday favorites like brisket. She joins All Things Considered host Robert Siegel to sample holiday foods for those with a palate for the out-of-the-ordinary. The recipes -- and the stories around them -- are excerpted from The New American Cooking and appear below:
Brisket with Apricots and Apples
Almost everybody likes brisket, that fragrant, flavorful, and -- if you cook it right -- fork-tender cut of breast meat. There are two rules for cooking brisket: Cook it long, and cook it with the fat. Since it comes from the grainier forequarters of the steer, slow cooking is required to tenderize the meat, even more so these days, with pre-trimmed, young or "select" meat.
For the cholesterol-conscious, the thick layer of fat on "choice" meat can seem alarming. But Sanford Herskovitz, a.k.a. Mr. Brisket, a meat purveyor in Cleveland, Ohio, is outspoken on the subject: "When there is no fat you absolutely kill the taste," he says. "If you cut the fat off beforehand, your brisket is 'ferfallen.' You have defeated your purpose. The first cut or flat portion of the brisket is available, oven ready, at virtually all supermarkets around the country."
Brisket is the Zelig of the kitchen -- it takes on the character of whoever cooks it. In the early part of the 20th century, recipes for brisket with sauerkraut, cabbage, or lima beans were the norm. As American tastes became more exotic, cranberry sauce, chili, onion soup mix, root beer, lemonade and now even sake have all worked their way into recipes. I tried this fruited brisket at my sister-in-law Shelley Nathan's house in Berkeley, California.
Shelley adds more fruit, and I add more onion, but either way, it's a winner.
yield: 8-10 servings
2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
One 5-6 pound brisket
Salt and pepper to taste
2 apples, chopped (about 2 cups)
1 cup dried apricots, halved
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 cup dried plums, pitted
12 cups apple juice
1-2 cups canned beef or chicken broth
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Brown the onions, garlic and ginger in the oil until the onions are golden. Then scatter the mixture in a roasting pan.
3. Season the brisket with salt and pepper and gently lay it on top of the onions. Add the apples, apricots, dried cranberries, dried plums and enough apple juice and beef or chicken broth to almost cover the brisket. Cover the roasting pan with a lid or aluminum foil and cook for 3 hours, basting occasionally.
4. Remove the brisket, cool, and refrigerate overnight.
5. Just before serving, reheat the oven to 350 degrees. While the brisket is still cold, skim off any fat that has accumulated on top of the juices, and slice off the excess fat from the meat. Slice the meat against the grain, place in a baking dish with the reserved juices, cover, and reheat for about a half hour. Remove brisket to a platter, surrounded by the fruits and the sauce. Serve with potato pancakes or noodles.
Ann Amernick's Melt-in-Your-Mouth Chocolate Chip Cookies
"All chocolate chip cookie recipes come from Ruth Wakefield's 1930s Toll House cookie recipe," Wally Amos, a.k.a. Famous Amos, told me as he was making -- what else? -- chocolate chip cookies at his beach house in Nanikai, Hawaii. With so many variations on that simple recipe, it's hard to imagine that all chocolate chip cookies share a common lineage. As Wally admits, "The only thing that is a constant is that you pay attention to your cookies."
But today, thanks to better ingredients, chocolate chip cookies can taste even better. Pastry chef Ann Amernick's chocolate chip cookies literally melt in your mouth. "You have to use butter with the highest fat content you can find," Ann told me, pausing in her work at Palena, the restaurant she owns with chef Frank Ruta in northwest Washington, D.C. "The higher the fat in the butter, the less water there is, and that means a more tender cookie." Ann, a baking purist, also suggests using the best chocolate you can buy and chopping it into little pieces with a big chef's knife.
Once an assistant pastry chef at the White House, Ann learned from former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier to mix all cookies at the lowest speed of the mixer and finish them off by hand. Another of Ann's tricks is to put the baked chocolate chip cookies in the microwave for five seconds before serving to warm them up and slightly melt the chocolate. Instead of parchment paper, you can use another fabulous new invention, the Silpat baking mat, which is so easy to clean. I keep at least two in my kitchen, one for savories and another for desserts.
yield: 24 cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped, or chocolate chunks
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 cookie sheets and cover with parchment paper or Silpat baking mats.
2. Beat the butter and sugars until creamy and pale in the bowl of a standing mixer set on the lowest speed, about 3-4 minutes.
3. Still at the slowest speed, add the eggs, 1 at a time, waiting until the first is fully incorporated before adding the second; then add the vanilla.
4. Add the flour, salt, and baking soda to the standing mixer and stir until incorporated.
5. Fold in the chopped chocolate or chocolate chunks. Using an ice cream scoop or scooping about 1/4 cup of the dough into plump rounds, arrange the dough on 2 cookie sheets, leaving about 2 inches between cookies. Bake for 5 minutes, then rotate the trays and bake for another 5 minutes.
The Ultimate Potato Pancake
Latkes, popular among Jews at Hanukkah, are now part of the common American table. But every culture has its own version: Indian, with masala spices; Californian, with goat cheese; and Vermont, with maple syrup.
The best latke I ever tasted was a crique, a paper-thin potato pancake that I ate in the Ardèche region of France. I have asked chefs and searched cookbooks, but most have never heard of this particular version. One day I mentioned them to chef Daniel Boulud of Restaurant Daniel in New York and he said, "When I first tasted a latke, I thought it was a crique." A kindred spirit, he offered to make it for me.
I couldn't wait. Carefully, he demonstrated how to grate Yukon Gold potatoes by hand on a mandoline, sprinkling them with salt to bring out the juices, and then pressing out the liquid. He added chives, eggs, and a few black olives, gently pressed the potatoes into rounds (no misshapen pancakes at Restaurant Daniel), and fried them in olive oil. "The trick is to cook the pancake gently on the outside until crispy on the edges and slightly soft in the middle."
He also suggested varying the crique by grating celery root, pumpkin, or acorn squash into it, and serving it warm with goat cheese or arugula and smoked salmon.
yield: 4 large pancakes (serves 4-6)
2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
6 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Crème fraîche, smoked salmon, or sour cream for garnish
1. Grate the potatoes by hand or in a food processor using the grating blade with the smallest holes. Scoop up one-fourth of them with your hands and squeeze out the excess liquid and discard. Put the handfuls of grated potatoes in a mixing bowl and add the eggs, chives and salt and pepper. Mix well, until everything is very well blended.
2. Heat about 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a 10-inch nonstick sauté pan over high heat. Place one-fourth of the potato mixture in the middle of the pan and, with a spatula and your hands, spread the pancake out as thinly as possible until it covers the surface of the pan. Be careful not to burn yourself!
3. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook the pancake until the bottom browns, about 5 minutes.
4. Invert a plate that is just slightly larger than the pan over the top. Flip the pan over so that the pancake drops onto the plate, then slide the pancake back into the pan. (The brown side is now facing up.) Cook for about 4 more minutes, until the underside is browned. Flip the pancake over and onto a plate. Keep warm in a low oven as you cook the others.
5. Repeat these steps for the remaining pancakes, starting with 1 tablespoon of oil for each one. Serve plain or garnished with smoked salmon, crème fraîche or sour cream.
Haitian Soupe Jaune with Butternut Squash, Beef and Cabbage
Alain Joseph is one of the new breed of indispensable chef's assistants. He is the person who makes Emeril Lagasse look good on television and at demonstrations. Trained at the New York Restaurant School, he now lives in New Orleans. After hearing his story about how this fragrant yellow squash became a symbol of Haitian independence (you can read it below), I asked Alain to give me a modernized version of the dish, using some slightly different techniques and ingredients but still holding true to the essence of the dish.
yield: about 8-10 servings
3 pounds butternut squash
1 tablespoon kosher salt or to taste
2 teaspoons cracked black pepper or to taste
4 tablespoons pure olive oil
1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
1 tablespoon Creole seasoning
1 large onion, diced small (about 2 cups)
One 3-pound cabbage, shredded (about 4 cups)
3 fat garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon minced ginger
3 quarts chicken broth or water
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
8 carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 3 cups)
2 cups farfalle (bow-tie) pasta (optional)
1/4-cup chopped fresh parsley
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
2. Slice each butternut squash in half lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon and discard them. Place the squash, cut side up, on the baking sheet and season it lightly with salt and pepper. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over and roast in the oven for 1 hour or until tender. Remove the squash from the oven and allow it to cool for 15-20 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Use a spoon to scoop the pulp from the skin, then discard the skin.
3. Season the beef with the Creole seasoning and heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a wide-mouthed stockpot over medium-high heat.
Scatter the meat into the pan and sear the pieces, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Remove the beef with a slotted spoon and set aside. Sauté the onions and cabbage in the same pan, adding a little more oil if necessary and stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Toss in the garlic and ginger and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
4. Pour the chicken broth or water over the onions and cabbage and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and add the squash, beef, and thyme. Season with the salt, black pepper, and allspice. Simmer the soup, covered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally to ensure that nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan. Add the chopped carrots. Simmer 30 minutes more, then stir in the pasta, if using, and cook for another 12-15 minutes or until the pasta is al dente. If the soup should get too thick, you can thin it out with more stock or water, starting with no more than a half cup and adding more if needed.
Serve in large individual serving bowls garnished with chopped fresh parsley.
How a Soup Became a Symbol
As a child growing up in Queens, New York, I can clearly recall every New Year's Day having a bowl of soupe jaune [yellow soup]. It didn't matter if we ate at home, or at my aunt's house or with family friends, there was always yellow soup being served on New Year's Day. Being no stranger to good food, I eat it gleefully each and every year, not particularly concerned about its origins. It was only very recently that I learned of the reason behind the tradition of eating yellow soup on New Year's Day.
"My father, a journalist and authority on Haitian culture and traditions, told me that during the late 1700s, when Haiti was a colony of the French empire, and many French citizens had plantations in Haiti, soupe jaune was a dish prepared by the French landowners for special occasions. The combination of butternut squash, cabbage, beef and carrots produced a mélange of odors that were well known to the noses of the slaves, but the flavor of it was unknown to them and forbidden.
"In 1804, at the end of the Haitian revolution -- which marks the liberation of the Haitians from their French masters -- the citizens of this newly formed nation decided that now they too would enjoy the spoils of this once-forbidden food. Now, in remembrance of their oppression and in celebration of their liberation and freedom, Haitians in Haiti, New York, Miami, Montreal, and throughout the world eat yellow soup on New Year's Day. Understanding now as I do, who would I be to break with tradition and try to replace yellow soup with something with far less importance and history? I now understand, and I now, too, will keep the tradition. And I hope, after trying this soup, that you will, too." -- Alain Joseph
Excerpted from The New American Cooking by Joan Nathan. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf.
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For Republican governors, all economic success is local
By JOSH BOAK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, often knocks President Joe Biden for high inflation and a looming recession — a standard GOP argument going into the November elections.
But inflation is even worse in major Texas cities than across the nation as a whole. Government figures show inflation is 10.2% in the Houston area and 9.4% around Dallas, higher than the latest national average of 8.5%.
Abbott and other GOP leaders are making a paradoxical argument that the U.S. economy has slumped into a recession, but Republican-led parts of the country are still booming. Those officials are blaming Biden’s policies for sky-high gasoline and food prices, while taking credit for the job gains those same policies helped spur.
The Texas governor tweeted on July 28: “The U.S. economy is in a recession under Biden. Meanwhile, Texas was #1 in the nation for job growth in June & more Texans have jobs today than ever before in our state’s history.”
The Associated Press found a familiar pattern in 15 Republican-led states in which governors on Twitter would praise job growth in their states, while senators would simultaneously say the national economy as a whole was crashing. These seemingly conflicting claims were also repeated in public remarks.
GOP leaders say state policies such as low tax rates and keeping business open during the pandemic helped to fuel hiring and investment. But their claims tend to ignore how job growth was also boosted by a historic injection of federal money that began in March 2020 and continued under Biden with last year’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Biden and his fellow Democrats have acknowledged the pain caused by inflation that hit a 40-year high this summer. But the president has stressed that the United States has avoided a recession because of the low 3.5% unemployment rate. He argues that global factors such as the pandemic, fragile supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused prices to jump — and that he’s meeting the public’s needs with the economic and climate package signed into law on Tuesday.
“Too often we hand the biggest microphone to the critics and the cynics who delight in declaring failure while those committed to making real progress do the hard work of governing,” Biden said in a swipe at the GOP.
Multiple surveys do show that voters have a sense of foreboding about the economy and that most people fault the president. Researchers said there’s not a lot of academic analyses to show why many voters seem willing to blame inflation on White House policies and give a pass to statehouses, as inflation had been low in recent decades and less of a factor in elections than jobs.
Andrew Reeves, a political science professor at Washington University in St. Louis, said most voters likely judge the local and national economies by different standards. When it comes to state and local officials, voters form opinions through what they observe in their daily lives. But they often gauge the national economy through hard numbers and political ideologies.
“The ‘national economy’ is this nebulous thing that none of us actually experiences,” Reeves said. “It’s an abstract concept. We may be more willing to let our partisanship shade how we see what is going on nationally. Joe Biden is well into his term, so the honeymoon is over and he owns this economy — whether his policies are directly responsible for it or not.”
Republican governors such as Florida’s Ron DeSantis and Georgia’s Brian Kemp are largely unscathed on inflation, even though consumer prices are significantly above the national average in both of those states. Inflation is 10.6% in the Miami area, 11.2% in Tampa and 11.5% in Atlanta.
What many voters in Republican states are hearing is an economic argument similar to what Biden has attempted on a national scale — that job growth and government finances are strong enough to insulate people from a downturn.
DeSantis dismissed Biden’s claims that the U.S. economy remains healthy, calling that “Orwellian doublespeak.” The governor said at Florida’s Airports Council conference on Aug. 1 that his state’s budget surplus could insulate it from a downturn.
“We’re not immune to the inflation, we’re not immune to the energy prices,” DeSantis said. “Because Florida has been open, because Florida has excelled economically, we’re in the position where we’re going to be able to meet those needs of the state regardless of what Uncle Joe throws at us from Washington, D.C.”
Job growth has been broad across the country. Data released Friday by the Bureau of Statistic s found that employment increased in 43 states and was essentially unchanged in seven states over the past 12 months.
But the bipartisan research group EIG analyzed job growth in the three major Republican states (Texas, Arizona and Florida) and the three major Democratic ones (California, Illinois and New York). It found that the GOP areas have fully recovered and exceeded their pandemic job totals, while the recovery has been slower in Democratic states.
What seems to be the much more overarching priority among voters is not jobs but inflation, said John Lettieri, EIG’s president and CEO. At a time of political polarization, it’s striking to him how fears about prices are crossing generational, class, regional and partisan lines.
“There is strong unanimity that the economy is an issue, inflation is the No. 1 problem and Biden is to blame,” Lettieri said. “This cuts across all the divides. All those different ways we slice up the electorate, they’re all responding to this to one degree or another in strong ways.”
Inflation appears to be an inescapable challenge for Biden, even as other issues such as abortion rights appear to be rallying Democratic voters. Republicans are able promote job gains to say why they would be better at leading the economy, without having to list, as Biden has stressed in speeches, their own policies for reducing consumer prices.
Gabriel Lenz, a political science professor at the University of California Los Angeles, said the “best measure of what voters are personally experiencing” is a metric known as real disposable personal income. That figure looks at how much money people have after adjusting for taxes and inflation. Its changes over the past two years mirror those of Democratic political fortunes.
When Biden signed pandemic relief into law in March 2021, people’s real disposable income climbed 28.7% from a year ago. The aid helped the economy recover while some notable economists warned it could also be inflationary. As prices rose over the past year and much of the aid expired, real disposable income has tumbled 3.5% over the past 12 months as a result.
Based on that number, Lenz concluded: “It’s no surprise that people are gloomy.”
___
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A DISTINTS a novelty, of a class to its' pee-dles & noone quite yet knowing exactly what to call or class it a combination combination with more advantages than some more substantial machines can be put in evidence (it is built by George P., Culmer Co, and is known in their show and records; at Cinc., Ind & Pitts, has been made by Caldierson or Co.; now Culmetons Classical musicians who have been publicly linked to disgraced opera star Plácido Domingo have been arrested in Argentina or are still wanted by police in connection to an alleged crime ring. The group, which operated as the Buenos Aires Yoga School, was headed by 84-year-old Juan Percowicz. The group is accused of sexual trafficking, including of minors, as well as extortion and money laundering. No charges have been brought against Domingo.
At least three of the individuals whom Argentine prosecutors have identified as part of the alleged crime ring have performed or collaborated with Domingo since at least 1995, and have performed professionally with other major classical music artists and ensembles as well.
An Argentine law enforcement official told AP in a story published Thursday: "Plácido didn't commit a crime, nor is he part of the organization, but rather he was a consumer of prostitution." Prostitution is not a crime in Argentina.
Since Wednesday, NPR has repeatedly asked for comment from Domingo's representatives but has not received any response. Separately from the Argentine investigation, more than 20 women have come forward publicly since 2019 with sexual misconduct claims against the opera singer.
One of the people arrested in relation to the crime ring in Buenos Aires is Susana Mendelievich, whom the Argentine newspaper Clarin has identified as the woman called "Mendy" in police wiretap tapes released to media earlier this week.
Now 75 years old, Mendelievitch is a pianist and composer. In a 2000 biography of the composer Astor Piazzolla published by Oxford University Press, an Argentine pianist named Susana Mendelievich is mentioned as having rehearsed one of Piazzolla's works in Buenos Aires with the composer and Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the most revered cellists of the 20th century.
Though she seems to have little digital footprint of her own, Mendelievich is mentioned extensively on the website of an Argentine-born, New York-based singer and composer based in New York named Veronica Loiacono, who also cites her ties to Domingo at least eight times on her website, including a photo of the two singing together.
On Friday, the Argentine newspaper El Diario identified Loiacono and a woman named Verónica Ángela "Loia" Iácono as being the same person. Iácono, who is believed to be living in the U.S., is still wanted by police in connection to the alleged crime ring.
NPR contacted a phone number attributed to Loaicano's agent; an office number listed never connected to a machine or to a person, despite several attempts. The person who responded by text said that they were unavailable to comment before publication.
Per Loiacono's own website, she and Mendelievitch, along with two male Argentine musicians, refer to themselves as a composing "team" who have co-written an opera, a symphony and a ballet, among other works. Loicano's site also states that the four have performed with such renowned musicians as the late violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin and conductors Daniel Barenboim, the late Georg Solti and Zubin Mehta, as well as Domingo.
Mendelievitch and Loiacono's composing partners are listed as an oboist named Mariano Krauz and the late violinist Rubén González. González, who died in 2018, served as concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1986 until 1996.
Krauz has a limited online presence outside of Loiacono's website. With his last name spelled "Kraus," however, there are mentions of him in at least two reviews from the mid-1990s of performances in the U.S.
On Friday, the Argentine newspaper El Diario identified Krauz/Kraus as stage names of Mariano Krawczyk, one of the men arrested by Argentine police last week as part of the alleged crime ring.
Loiacono, Mendelievitch and Kraus are mentioned in a 1996 review from the Argentine newspaper La Nacion of a performance they gave with Domingo in Buenos Aires.
Another mention of Kraus is related to a performance he gave as a soloist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in November 1995, led by González. In a disparaging review, a Baltimore Sun critic called Kraus a performer "who bopped onstage wearing a flaming red leisure suit...jaws dropped all around me," adding: "Somebody in quality control was asleep on this one." The work he performed was excerpts of a symphony by González called Dionisia y Lobo Solitario (Dionysus and the Lone Wolf). The Sun's critic wrote that the piece was "a crazy quilt of kitschy encounters with big-band swing, Viennese waltzes, blues, a rumba, klezmer and, of all things, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik!"
Despite the terrible review from Baltimore just months before, Kraus also appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra the following July performing the same symphony, which the Washington Post described in a largely unfavorable review as "a sort of oboe-driven Spanish klezmer music."
A 1995 opera called Cartas Marcadas, whose music was also written by the four, was based on a book written by the alleged crime group's leader, Juan Percowicz, and dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin. According to a 1995 article in La Nacion, Domingo praised the work, and included the opera's overture in a concert of his own. Within that article, La Nacion also mentioned that several of the opera's collaborative team were involved in the Buenos Aires Yoga School.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, often knocks President Joe Biden for high inflation and a looming recession — a standard GOP argument going into the November elections.
But inflation is even worse in major Texas cities than across the nation as a whole. Government figures show inflation is 10.2% in the Houston area and 9.4% around Dallas, higher than the latest national average of 8.5%.
Abbott and other GOP leaders are making a paradoxical argument that the U.S. economy has slumped into a recession, but Republican-led parts of the country are still booming. Those officials are blaming Biden's policies for sky-high gasoline and food prices, while taking credit for the job gains those same policies helped spur.
The Texas governor tweeted on July 28: “The U.S. economy is in a recession under Biden. Meanwhile, Texas was #1 in the nation for job growth in June & more Texans have jobs today than ever before in our state’s history.”
The Associated Press found a familiar pattern in 15 Republican-led states in which governors on Twitter would praise job growth in their states, while senators would simultaneously say the national economy as a whole was crashing. These seemingly conflicting claims were also repeated in public remarks.
GOP leaders say state policies such as low tax rates and keeping business open during the pandemic helped to fuel hiring and investment. But their claims tend to ignore how job growth was also boosted by a historic injection of federal money that began in March 2020 and continued under Biden with last year's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Biden and his fellow Democrats have acknowledged the pain caused by inflation that hit a 40-year high this summer. But the president has stressed that the United States has avoided a recession because of the low 3.5% unemployment rate. He argues that global factors such as the pandemic, fragile supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused prices to jump — and that he’s meeting the public’s needs with the economic and climate package signed into law on Tuesday.
“Too often we hand the biggest microphone to the critics and the cynics who delight in declaring failure while those committed to making real progress do the hard work of governing,” Biden said in a swipe at the GOP.
Multiple surveys do show that voters have a sense of foreboding about the economy and that most people fault the president. Researchers said there's not a lot of academic analyses to show why many voters seem willing to blame inflation on White House policies and give a pass to statehouses, as inflation had been low in recent decades and less of a factor in elections than jobs.
Andrew Reeves, a political science professor at Washington University in St. Louis, said most voters likely judge the local and national economies by different standards. When it comes to state and local officials, voters form opinions through what they observe in their daily lives. But they often gauge the national economy through hard numbers and political ideologies.
“The ‘national economy’ is this nebulous thing that none of us actually experiences,” Reeves said. “It’s an abstract concept. We may be more willing to let our partisanship shade how we see what is going on nationally. Joe Biden is well into his term, so the honeymoon is over and he owns this economy — whether his policies are directly responsible for it or not.”
Republican governors such as Florida's Ron DeSantis and Georgia's Brian Kemp are largely unscathed on inflation, even though consumer prices are significantly above the national average in both of those states. Inflation is 10.6% in the Miami area, 11.2% in Tampa and 11.5% in Atlanta.
What many voters in Republican states are hearing is an economic argument similar to what Biden has attempted on a national scale — that job growth and government finances are strong enough to insulate people from a downturn.
DeSantis dismissed Biden’s claims that the U.S. economy remains healthy, calling that "Orwellian doublespeak.” The governor said at Florida’s Airports Council conference on Aug. 1 that his state’s budget surplus could insulate it from a downturn.
“We're not immune to the inflation, we're not immune to the energy prices,” DeSantis said. “Because Florida has been open, because Florida has excelled economically, we're in the position where we're going to be able to meet those needs of the state regardless of what Uncle Joe throws at us from Washington, D.C."
Job growth has been broad across the country. Data released Friday by the Bureau of Statistic s found that employment increased in 43 states and was essentially unchanged in seven states over the past 12 months.
But the bipartisan research group EIG analyzed job growth in the three major Republican states (Texas, Arizona and Florida) and the three major Democratic ones (California, Illinois and New York). It found that the GOP areas have fully recovered and exceeded their pandemic job totals, while the recovery has been slower in Democratic states.
What seems to be the much more overarching priority among voters is not jobs but inflation, said John Lettieri, EIG's president and CEO. At a time of political polarization, it’s striking to him how fears about prices are crossing generational, class, regional and partisan lines.
“There is strong unanimity that the economy is an issue, inflation is the No. 1 problem and Biden is to blame,” Lettieri said. "This cuts across all the divides. All those different ways we slice up the electorate, they’re all responding to this to one degree or another in strong ways.”
Inflation appears to be an inescapable challenge for Biden, even as other issues such as abortion rights appear to be rallying Democratic voters. Republicans are able promote job gains to say why they would be better at leading the economy, without having to list, as Biden has stressed in speeches, their own policies for reducing consumer prices.
Gabriel Lenz, a political science professor at the University of California Los Angeles, said the “best measure of what voters are personally experiencing” is a metric known as real disposable personal income. That figure looks at how much money people have after adjusting for taxes and inflation. Its changes over the past two years mirror those of Democratic political fortunes.
When Biden signed pandemic relief into law in March 2021, people's real disposable income climbed 28.7% from a year ago. The aid helped the economy recover while some notable economists warned it could also be inflationary. As prices rose over the past year and much of the aid expired, real disposable income has tumbled 3.5% over the past 12 months as a result.
Based on that number, Lenz concluded: “It's no surprise that people are gloomy."
___
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TIJUANA, Mexico — Moses Zazueta Ramirez was at home last Friday when he started getting messages from his mom and seeing the chaos unfold on social media.
A drug cartel had hijacked and burned more than a dozen vehicles across his home city of Tijuana, and rumors spread that they had announced a curfew. Step outside tonight and there would be trouble, was the story doing the rounds.
It was the third time that week that widespread arson and shootings by drug cartels had been seen in cities across northern Mexico. Shops and bystanders were being targeted, with some officials saying it was in retaliation to arrests of high-level cartel leaders and others attributing it to disputes between gangs.
"I got really scared," Ramirez said. "I don't feel safe."
The rumor about the cartel imposing a curfew on Tijuana wasn't true, but the 23-year-old decided to skip his work at a local restaurant that weekend anyway and stay at home with his girlfriend.
"My coworkers told me that, hey, you got to come ... and I said, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to risk myself to just get some money," he said.
Many others in Tijuana felt the same, and despite assurances of safety from local authorities, the normally bustling border city was eerily quiet on Saturday.
The drug cartels had flexed their power in Tijuana in a way not seen for more than a decade and reignited fear and debate over who is it that really wields influence in the country: the government or the gangs.
In the days since the attacks, military reinforcements have been sent into Tijuana to bolster security. And on Friday, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador visited and gave a national address from a military base, flanked by senior defense officials.
"Work is underway," he said from inside. "The most important thing is that the causes that lead to insecurity and violence throughout the country and in Baja California are being addressed."
Yet outside, hundreds of Tijuana residents gathered, encouraged to come by Carlos Atilano Peña — a local politician from an opposing political party who is using the moment to spread a very different message.
"Federal authorities say there was no terrorism, but we say we had terrorism here in Tijuana," he told NPR. "Because they gained what they were seeking: to have a lot of problems and fear in the population."
Peña is tapping into a sentiment felt by many. One mother at the rally outside the military base said violence had become a part of life in the region, but the scale of the attack last week still surprised her.
Six people have been arrested in the week since, according to the president. State officials say 17 people were detained and suspects include members of the Jalisco cartel.
Authorities hope the arrests prove they are in control and that they make people feel safe. But it's a hard sell.
"The population had to follow [rumors of a curfew] from criminal groups, whether or not these were verified," said Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, the head of security research at the Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies at UC San Diego. "This aligns really well with data that we have on the perception that criminal groups have the firepower capacity to effectively confront the state."
"It tells you a lot about how the population perceives the effectiveness of the state, either federal or locally, in terms of their response to what is happening."
Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero says she understands that many residents do take their cues from the cartels, and she is determined to change that.
"It's an unfortunate question of culture, narcos culture," she told NPR. "And I cannot allow a cartel to rule my citizens. I cannot allow citizens to pay the consequences of these criminal acts ... we need them to trust our police."
A 2021 study by the Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies found that 64% of Mexicans think organized crime or drug trafficking groups buy public officials. Part of the problem, Caballero said, was previous political leaders in Mexico had either accepted the cartel violence or looked the other way when it happened.
"It has happened a lot, some of their leaders have had these pacts. It's very clear and everyone knows it," Caballero said. "But in this government, there is no pact with criminals. And I'm going to protect the good citizens, the law-abiding citizens."
She also downplayed the severity of last week's attack, saying burning a dozen cars in a city of two million people "statistically does not make it an act of terrorism."
"The situation is serious, but it is not dire. Take precautions if you want to come to Tijuana, but know ... the city remained safe because we contained the situation," she said.
Tijuana hasn't seen this type of violence in its streets since the mid-2000s, when the federal government took a hardline approach on the cartels.
"It was definitely a flashback of other times where you saw this spectacular violence playing out in the city," said Farfán-Méndez, the security expert.
The response today has a similar flavor to back then, as Tijuana is blanketed with military protection. Checkpoints have been set up in some areas and troops can be seen stopping and inspecting cars close to where one of the vehicles was set on fire last Friday.
Yet Farfán-Méndez questioned whether increased military force was the answer, and she pushed back against the focus on cartels. It's easy for politicians to say the violence is just gangs fighting each other, she said, when there were other indicators of problems — like homicides being more common in poorer neighborhoods, and rates remaining stubbornly high for women.
"I think we should really abandon these narco narratives that, even though they can be very sexy and very appealing, do very little in serving us to understand why is it that a place like Tijuana has not been able to reduce levels of violence," she said. "I think these events should encourage us to really think seriously, precisely about what are these structural conditions that allowed this violence to take place."
"I think there's a concern that rather than developing civilian institutions that are devoted to law enforcement, we're seeing increasingly the armed forces getting more duties."
What's more, this model of sending in the National Guard might not do much to calm residents who are resigned to violence.
"Let me put it as an example where I live," said Ramirez, the restaurant worker. "There's a park with a community center and the military people took the place to use it as a base. And right next to that park ... there's this crowd of drug dealers. And the people just walk past and come out with bags full of drugs."
"So nah, I don't think I'm really secure. I don't feel safe at all."
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Los Cougars of the National Universityl have had a prominent role in recent months, including in the international arena. From controversial and historical signings, to goals and disappointing presentations, however, the latest situation surrounding the institution is controversial because one of its former players was arrested for alleged drug dealing in Mexico City.
Is about diego rodriguez, who worked for a few years in the university club, mainly in lower categories, but who did participate with the first team in Liga MX. Given this, the commentator Alvaro Morales has not missed the opportunity to launch a harsh criticism of the team and also recalled that Eduardo Toto Sage was involved in a legal problem with one of his exes.
“A player who runs over his ex-wife and now one who is involved with organized crime. The values of the university. Ah, but it wasn’t America because there it is, the double standard of anti-Americanism,” said Morales, who is known for being controversial on issues related to sports, essentially Mexican soccer.
In constant defense of what is happening with the America club, the commentator accused of double standards those who have criticized situations of media conflict related to the azulcrema team. One of them and of more recent incidence was the case of Renato Ibarra because the Ecuadorian soccer player physically assaulted his then wife and was separated from the institution. Not without first provoking accusations before the possibility that he will continue as a blue-cream element.
elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security On the afternoon of this August 18, four people were arrested south of Mexico City for alleged drug possession and drug dealing, in addition to the confiscation of two firearms. Among those arrested is diego rodriguez alias el Kalusha who was part of the Pumas of the National University in Liga MX.
Even with the official report from the authorities pending, the first reports indicated that the uniformed men were traveling through neighborhood roads. Copilco and Pedregal de Santo Domingo when they approached the suspects whom they observed handling small bags with what appears to be drugs, as well as two pistols.
Eduardo Toto Salvio seems to have already adapted to Mexican football after becoming a Pumas player in the last transfer market. To show your last brace he scored against Atlético de San Luis on matchday 9 of the Apertura 2022. However, his arrival in the Mexican capital was not without controversy because months before, he was accused of running over his ex-partner Magalí Aravena.
At the age of 31, Salvio arrived at Liga MX from Boca Juniors, a team from his native country, to become a new auriazul element with an accusation of violence behind him. And it is that, in April of this year, Aravena denounced Toto for having hit her with his car. The event was recorded by video cameras where Magalí can be seen arguing with the occupants of a car in the middle of a road.
At present, the case is almost archived by the Argentine justice given that Aravena desisted from continuing with the process, according to ministerial authorities. However, the fact was implicitly referred to by Álvaro Morales to stir up a new criticism of the National University Club.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.
“I felt like I wanted to run, run down the block and scream,” she said, her tears turning to sobs and her voice quickening. “It was like the feeling of wanting to run down a pier and jump into the water. The problem is I can’t escape. I can’t escape my body.”
During her three hours on the witness stand in a Los Angeles federal court, where she is suing LA County for invasion of privacy over the pictures, Bryant said she had fought to get through both public and private memorials for her loved ones and seven others who were killed Jan. 26, 2020, and thought she was ready to really begin the grieving process about a month later. She was with friends and her surviving daughters, and holding her 7-month-old baby, when she received a call about a Los Angeles Times story on the crash-site photos.
“I bolted out of the house and around to the side so my girls wouldn’t see,” she said. “I was blindsided again, devastated, hurt. I trusted them. I trusted them not to do these things.”
Evidence presented at trial showed that a sheriff’s deputy showed a photo of Bryant’s body to a bartender as he drank, spurring an official complaint from another man drinking nearby, and that firefighters shared them with each other at an awards banquet. Others shared them with spouses. An attorney for the county said the photos had been taken only because they were essential for assessing the site moments after the crash, and that when LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva learned they were being shared, he demanded they all be deleted.
No photos emerged publicly, but Vanessa Bryant said she has constant worry that some still might.
“I live in fear every day of being on social media and these popping up,” she testified. “I live in fear of my daughters being on social media and these popping up.”
She said the thought keeps her awake at night as she lies next to her 3-year-old and her 5-year-old, and sometimes leads to panic attacks in which she can’t breathe.
Under cross-examination from J. Mira Hashmall, the lawyer representing LA County at the trial, Bryant testified that she had not received any medical diagnosis of having had panic attacks, or any mental health disorder, nor had she taken any medications for them.
She said she had talked to a therapist for about 18 months after the crash, but had not since.
“I feel like sometimes it helps,” Bryant said, “but sometimes it’s completely draining.”
Hashmall spent much of her 90-minute cross-examination going through the business roles Bryant now plays, including acting as president of her husband’s multimedia company, Granity Studios, overseeing the publication of one book he wrote and helping to finish and publish another, heading the foundation started for Kobe and Gianna, and establishing several other companies.
Hashmall suggested that Bryant’s ability to do all of this meant she was functioning well and was not overcome with fear and anxiety.
“It sounds like on top of everything else you’re juggling a business empire,” Hashmall said at one point.
“For me, it’s a labor of love,” said Bryant, who remained calm and composed during cross-examination.
She cried frequently, and laughed occasionally, during the questioning of her attorney Luis Li, who had her describe her life with her “proud girl-dad” husband and their daughters.
“He was just such a beautiful and devoted father,” she said.
Bryant chronicled the day of the crash, her anguish, and her frustration at trying to learn whether her husband and daughter were still alive after she initially heard from an assistant that there were five survivors.
She described Sheriff Villanueva coming into a room where she waited at Lost Hills sheriff’s station and confirming that her husband and daughter had been killed. He asked if there was anything he could do for her.
“I told him, if you can’t bring my babies back, then please secure the area,” Bryant said. “I’m concerned about paparazzi.”
“Did the sheriff tell you one of his deputies had already gone to the hill to take close-up pictures of crash victims?” Li asked.
“No,” Bryant responded.
During cross-examination, Hashmall said the deputy, Doug Johnson, who hiked through tough terrain into the hills in northern Los Angeles County to the crash site and shot the photos that were later shared, was only trying to use them to assess the situation.
“You can understand why he would want the same information you did,” Hashmall said.
“I don’t think you need to take close-up photos of people to determine how many people are on an aircraft,” Bryant replied. “I think he could have just counted.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Treasury Department official is set next week to make his first official trip to India since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Amid tensions over India’s neutral stance on the invasion that began in late February, the U.S. wants the meetings to focus on how to deepen ties with the South Asian nation.
Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Mumbai and New Delhi for meetings that include Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, the finance ministry, the Reserve Bank of India, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
And as India is set to lead the Group of 20 intergovernmental forum in 2023, Treasury says Adeyemo will “discuss key shared priorities such as bolstering energy security, addressing food insecurity globally, and combatting illicit financial flows.”
India hasn’t shunned Russia despite its membership in the regional Quad alliance with the U.S., Australia and Japan, Instead, it has maintained its business ties with Russia, depending on the Kremlin for energy and other exports.
The nation has boosted its purchase of Russian oil, buying roughly 60 million barrels in 2022 so far, compared with only 12 million barrels in all of 2021, according to commodity data firm Kpler.
The U.S. and Europe, however, are moving away from Russian energy — with Treasury officials promoting a price cap on Russian oil.
A Treasury statement says Adeyemo will meet with financial services and energy sectors executives in Mumbai and will speak about strengthening economic ties between the U.S. and India.
He will also underscore “our two countries’ deep economic, security, and cultural ties” and discuss ways to build “more resilient supply chains” through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that India joined as a founding member in May.
India is the world’s second-most populous country and largest democracy based on a population of 1.4 billion.
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Anthony Joshua appears to have hinted he will target Oleksandr Usyk's body during their rematch tonight.
Joshua will look to overturn last year's defeat by Usyk when he takes on the Ukrainian in a rematch at the in Saudi Arabia. The British star was criticised for his tactical approach to the first fight where he attempted to outbox his rival in contrast to his traditionally powerful and aggressive style.
He has since made several adjustments during his preparations including the addition of new trainer Robert Garcia who is hoping to rekindle the aggression and power of the heavyweight star. Many have suggested that Joshua could see joy out of attacking the body of his rival when they touch gloves tonight.
And Joshua appears to have dropped his biggest hint he will do exactly that, telling Usyk in the face-off: "How's your body shot? In sparring. Stay strong." Joshua and Usyk shook hands in a more brief face-off before turning away and saluting the media and small crowd that attended the event.
The British star has changed his preparation for this fight, relocating from his Sheffield base to Loughborough University alongside Garcia and Angel Fernandez. They believe they have devised a game plan for Joshua to unlock Usyk and get his second episode of revenge in the Middle East.
Joshua's long-term rival Fury also chimed in on Joshua's tactics by also suggesting for the Briton to attack the body while demonstrating the shots on coach Andy Lee. And the 32-year-old's promoter Eddie Hearn also believes body work could be his key to success after finally admitting his mistakes from the first fight.
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“For a long time he was quite rebellious and said I could have beaten him like that and when he sat down with Robert they saw a way to beat him," Hearn said. "He has finally accepted the mistakes he made in the first fight.
"What you have to do is cut him off and f****** hit him anywhere you want around the body. He doesn’t like it around the body, he said after the fight Usyk‘ that was a hard night’s work’ and he didn't even hit him." | https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/anthony-joshua-reveals-tactics-oleksandr-27790460 | 2022-08-20T13:48:05Z | https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/anthony-joshua-reveals-tactics-oleksandr-27790460 | true |
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s migratory birds are threatened by changing weather patterns in the center and east of the continent that have depleted natural water systems and caused a devastating drought.
Hotter and drier conditions due to climate change make it difficult for traveling species who are losing their water sources and breeding grounds, with many now endangered or forced to alter their migration patterns entirely by settling in cooler northern areas.
Roughly 10% of Africa’s more than 2,000 bird species, including dozens of migratory birds, are threatened, with 28 species — such as the Madagascar fish eagle, the Taita falcon and hooded vultures — classed as “critically endangered.” Over one-third of them are especially vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather, an analysis by environmental group BirdLife International said.
“Birds are being affected by climate change just like any other species,” BirdLife policy coordinator Ken Mwathe said. “Migratory birds are affected more than other groups of birds because they must keep on moving,” which makes it more likely that a site they rely on during their journey has degraded in some way.
The African-Eurasian flyway, the flight corridor for birds that travel south through the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert for the winter, harbors over 2,600 sites for migrating birds. An estimated 87% of African sites are at risk from climate change, a greater proportion than in Europe or Asia, a study by the United Nations environment agency and conservation group Wetlands International found.
Africa is more vulnerable to climate change because it is less able to adapt, said Evans Mukolwe, a retired meteorologist and science director at the World Meteorological Organization.
“Poverty, biodiversity degradation, extreme weather events, lack of capital and access to new technologies” make it more difficult for the continent to protect habitats for wild species, Mukolwe said.
Hotter temperatures due to human-caused climate change and less rainfall shrink key wetland areas and water sources, which birds rely on during migratory journeys.
“Lake Chad is an example,” Mwathe said. “Before birds cross the Sahara, they stop by Lake Chad, and then move to the Northern or Southern hemisphere. But Lake Chad has been shrinking over the years,” which compromises its ability to support birds, he said.
Parched birds means tougher journeys, which has an impact on their ability to breed, said Paul Matiku, executive director of Nature Kenya.
Flamingoes, for example, which normally breed in Lake Natron in Tanzania are unlikely to be able to “if the migration journey is too rough,” Matiku said.
He added that “not having water in those wetlands means breeding will not take place” since flamingoes need water to create mud nests that keep their eggs away from the intense heat of dry ground.
Non-migratory birds are also struggling with the changing climate. African fish eagles, found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, are now forced to travel further in search of food. The number of South African Cape Rockjumpers and Protea canaries is severely declining.
Bird species living in the hottest and driest areas, like in the Kalahari Desert that spans Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, are approaching their “physiological limits,” the most recent assessment by the U.N.’s expert climate panel said. It added that birds are less able to find food and are losing body mass, causing large-scale deaths for those living in extreme heat.
“Forest habitats get hotter with climate change and … dryland habitats get drier and savannah birds lack food because grass never seeds, flowers never fruit, and insects never emerge as they do when it rains,” Matiku said.
Other threats, such as the illegal wildlife trade, agriculture, the growth of urban areas and pollution are also stunting bird populations like African fish eagles and vultures, he said.
Better land management projects that help restore degraded wetlands and forests and protect areas from infrastructure, poaching or logging will help preserve the most vulnerable species, the U.N. environmental agency said.
Birds and other species would benefit from concerted efforts to improve water access and food security, especially as sea level rise and extreme weather events are set to continue, said Amos Makarau, the Africa regional director of the U.N. weather agency.
Scientists say that curbing emissions of planet-warming gasses, especially in high-emitting nations, could also limit future weather-related catastrophes.
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Classical musicians who have been publicly linked to disgraced opera star Plácido Domingo have been arrested in Argentina or are still wanted by police in connection to an alleged crime ring. The group, which operated as the Buenos Aires Yoga School, was headed by 84-year-old Juan Percowicz. The group is accused of sexual trafficking, including of minors, as well as extortion and money laundering. No charges have been brought against Domingo.
At least three of the individuals whom Argentine prosecutors have identified as part of the alleged crime ring have performed or collaborated with Domingo since at least 1995, and have performed professionally with other major classical music artists and ensembles as well.
An Argentine law enforcement official told AP in a story published Thursday: "Plácido didn't commit a crime, nor is he part of the organization, but rather he was a consumer of prostitution." Prostitution is not a crime in Argentina.
Since Wednesday, NPR has repeatedly asked for comment from Domingo's representatives but has not received any response. Separately from the Argentine investigation, more than 20 women have come forward publicly since 2019 with sexual misconduct claims against the opera singer.
One of the people arrested in relation to the crime ring in Buenos Aires is Susana Mendelievich, whom the Argentine newspaper Clarin has identified as the woman called "Mendy" in police wiretap tapes released to media earlier this week.
Now 75 years old, Mendelievitch is a pianist and composer. In a 2000 biography of the composer Astor Piazzolla published by Oxford University Press, an Argentine pianist named Susana Mendelievich is mentioned as having rehearsed one of Piazzolla's works in Buenos Aires with the composer and Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the most revered cellists of the 20th century.
Though she seems to have little digital footprint of her own, Mendelievich is mentioned extensively on the website of an Argentine-born, New York-based singer and composer based in New York named Veronica Loiacono, who also cites her ties to Domingo at least eight times on her website, including a photo of the two singing together.
On Friday, the Argentine newspaper El Diario identified Loiacono and a woman named Verónica Ángela "Loia" Iácono as being the same person. Iácono, who is believed to be living in the U.S., is still wanted by police in connection to the alleged crime ring.
NPR contacted a phone number attributed to Loaicano's agent; an office number listed never connected to a machine or to a person, despite several attempts. The person who responded by text said that they were unavailable to comment before publication.
Per Loiacono's own website, she and Mendelievitch, along with two male Argentine musicians, refer to themselves as a composing "team" who have co-written an opera, a symphony and a ballet, among other works. Loicano's site also states that the four have performed with such renowned musicians as the late violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin and conductors Daniel Barenboim, the late Georg Solti and Zubin Mehta, as well as Domingo.
Mendelievitch and Loiacono's composing partners are listed as an oboist named Mariano Krauz and the late violinist Rubén González. González, who died in 2018, served as concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1986 until 1996.
Krauz has a limited online presence outside of Loiacono's website. With his last name spelled "Kraus," however, there are mentions of him in at least two reviews from the mid-1990s of performances in the U.S.
On Friday, the Argentine newspaper El Diario identified Krauz/Kraus as stage names of Mariano Krawczyk, one of the men arrested by Argentine police last week as part of the alleged crime ring.
Loiacono, Mendelievitch and Kraus are mentioned in a 1996 review from the Argentine newspaper La Nacion of a performance they gave with Domingo in Buenos Aires.
Another mention of Kraus is related to a performance he gave as a soloist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in November 1995, led by González. In a disparaging review, a Baltimore Sun critic called Kraus a performer "who bopped onstage wearing a flaming red leisure suit...jaws dropped all around me," adding: "Somebody in quality control was asleep on this one." The work he performed was excerpts of a symphony by González called Dionisia y Lobo Solitario (Dionysus and the Lone Wolf). The Sun's critic wrote that the piece was "a crazy quilt of kitschy encounters with big-band swing, Viennese waltzes, blues, a rumba, klezmer and, of all things, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik!"
Despite the terrible review from Baltimore just months before, Kraus also appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra the following July performing the same symphony, which the Washington Post described in a largely unfavorable review as "a sort of oboe-driven Spanish klezmer music."
A 1995 opera called Cartas Marcadas, whose music was also written by the four, was based on a book written by the alleged crime group's leader, Juan Percowicz, and dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin. According to a 1995 article in La Nacion, Domingo praised the work, and included the opera's overture in a concert of his own. Within that article, La Nacion also mentioned that several of the opera's collaborative team were involved in the Buenos Aires Yoga School.
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National & World News A look at Ukraine, 6 months into its war with Russia By Joanna Kakissis Published August 20, 2022 at 9:00 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:36 An update on the war in Ukraine and a look at how life in the city of Odesa has changed. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-08-20/a-look-at-ukraine-6-months-into-its-war-with-russia | 2022-08-20T13:52:39Z | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-08-20/a-look-at-ukraine-6-months-into-its-war-with-russia | true |
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Scientists have successfully mapped the surface of the cerebral cortex of the young human brain in impressively high resolution. The mapping, done using high-quality magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, showed development in the key regions of the brain from two months before an individual's birth to two months after it. Researchers believe that this achievement will likely aid future research on brain development and may serve as a new approach for studying brain development conditions like autism and schizophrenia. Cerebral cortex is a sheet of brain cells that wraps around the brain and is the most evolutionary and advanced region of the brain. It is larger in humans than any other mammal and is responsible for functions like language abilities, and abstract reasoning.
From the third trimester of pregnancy to the first two years of life, dynamic cortical development is witnessed. The cortex tends to get thick in this period and grows rapidly in terms of surface area by forming complex cortical folds. Researchers have linked disruptions in this cortical thickening and expansion to schizophrenia and autism. But, due to the lack of high-resolution mapping of this period, scientists have failed to gain a deeper understanding of this developmental stage in the fetal-to-toddler age range.
In the new study, researchers from the University of North Carolina Health Care collected a set of 1,037 high-quality MRIs of infants from the third trimester to the two years age interval. The scan data was then analysed by the team using computer-based image processing methods. With this, they divided the cortical surface into a virtual mesh having tiny circular areas and measured the surface expansion rate for each of these areas.
The team was able to define 18 distinct regions and found that they correlated well with their existing knowledge of the cortex's functional organs. “All these regions show dramatic expansion in surface area during this developmental window, with each region having a distinct trajectory,” said Gang Li, PhD, associate professor of radiology at the UNC School of Medicine. Li is the senior author of the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The map revealed that each region of the cortex had the same developmental path as its counterpart in the opposite hemisphere. In addition, the team could also spot sex differences in the development. As per Li, the mapping has given a new insight into the brain development.
Now, the team is aiming to cast the net wider and use the approach to study scan datasets of children with autism or other neurodevelopmental conditions.
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Russia says nuclear weapons use possible only in 'emergency circumstances'
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Moscow would only use its nuclear arsenal in "emergency circumstances" and that it has no interest in a direct confrontation with NATO and the United States.
Speaking at a briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ivan Nechaev said nuclear weapons would be used solely as a "response" measure.
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I remember the excitement around the introduction many years ago...we waited for almost an instant gratficiation...yield, ppphf and so- on for weeks when nothing arrived? That can not be all for today either? How else do u tell all what just went wrong and no what not too much has the time been a lot now. If for example today i' am going after it for no fault reason i am going after u the reason it took up my time as (Motor Authority) — The DeLorean has finally returned, but instead of a flux capacitor the reborn icon is battery-powered.
On Monday, the DeLorean Alpha5 broke cover in its production design ahead of the car’s formal online debut set for May 31. With gullwing doors, seating for four, and lots of LED lighting, the car features a few nods to the past while firmly planting itself in the electric era.
Not going back to the future
Like the DMC-12 of the late 1970s, the Alpha5 was penned by Italdesign. However, it’s not a throwback or typical reimagination of a cult classic, and the body is not made of stainless steel. The clean-sheet design features horizontal LED headlights and taillights, a fan-like wheel design, massive gullwing doors, gullwing outlines in the lower front grille and rear valence, a louver-like design on the rear window, and the world DeLorean on the left side of the rear bumper, but the nods to the past seem to stop there.DeLorean Alpha5
The cabin appears to be completely modern with an almost Porsche Taycan-like design. A digital gauge cluster and floating touchscreen infotainment system grab the eyes, and the climate controls are set low behind the touchscreen infotainment system. Based on photos, the four seats are upholstered in a wool-like material, possibly with some leather portions. The rear seats are full size, but they may lack much leg room, possibly making the car a 2+2 rather than a true four seater.
DeLorean Alpha5
This baby is electric
Initial specs revealed align with what DeLorean Motor Company CEO Joost DeVries told Motor Authority in March.
The Alpha5’s battery pack is larger 100 kWh and can fast charge at a rate of about 150 kw. DeLorean says the range will exceed 300 miles thanks in part to an estimated 0.23 coefficient of drag.
DeLorean hasn’t talked about the Alpha5’s motors yet, but Chief Marketing Officer Troy Beetz told MA “You could assume that with most EV sports cars, the all-wheel drive would be a must as would a flat floor battery.” We take that to mean there will be a motor up front and one in the back.
DeLorean said the Alpha5 has an estimated top speed of 155 mph, sprints from 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds, and hits 88 mph in 4.4 seconds. Any speculation that it travels back in time at that speed is purely conjecture.
Beetz told MA the new DeLorean will “be a driver’s car, bringing back the joy of driving.” De Vries followed with, “in other words, it’s not an iPad on wheels.”
DeLorean Alpha5
The original DeLorean DMC-12 was 168.0 inches long and 78.3-inches wide, with a 95.0-inch wheelbase. The Alpha5 is larger in every way, at 196.7-inches long, 80.5-inches wide, and a 90.6-inch wheelbase.
DeVries told MA the reborn DeLorean will be based on a new chassis structure with a carbon-fiber tub.
The Alpha5 will make its public debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d ‘Elegance Award ramp on Aug. 18 and appear on the Concept Lawn during Monterey Car Week on Aug. 21.
DeLorean Alpha5
More to come
DeVries told MA DeLorean can’t survive as a company with just a coupe as it’s a niche market. Other models are set to augment the Alpha5. Quietly placed on the Alpha5 microsite are the graphics for an Alpha, Alpha2, and Alpha3. Curiously absent is an Alpha4. No information on these other models has been shared or teased, but DeVries told MA these other vehicles will represent larger segments in the marketplace and each will feature its own platform. | https://www.kark.com/automotive/delorean-alpha5-reimagines-icon-for-electric-era-hits-88-mph-in-4-4-seconds/ | 2022-08-20T14:01:49Z | https://www.kark.com/automotive/delorean-alpha5-reimagines-icon-for-electric-era-hits-88-mph-in-4-4-seconds/ | true |
Denmark to invest $5.5 billion in new warships
COPENHAGEN, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Denmark expects to invest 40 billion Danish crowns ($5.47 billion) in new warships as the NATO member seeks to bolster its maritime security in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
As part of the investments due over the next 20 to 25 years, a partnership with the country's maritime industry was launched, aiming to develop and build the new warships in Denmark, Defence Minister Morten Bodskov said in a statement.
"With Russia's attack on Ukraine and the new security situation in Europe, it is more important than ever that Denmark is able to defend itself. Security of supply plays a decisive role here," Bodskov said.
The NATO country has pledged to gradually increase defence spending to 2% of GDP by 2033. ($1 = 7.3158 Danish crowns) (Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik and Alex Richardson) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11123901/Denmark-invest-5-5-billion-new-warships.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-20T14:02:04Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11123901/Denmark-invest-5-5-billion-new-warships.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
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(The Hill) – Former President Trump could be facing mounting legal troubles as new details emerge about the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation that prompted an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump has called for the release of more information tied to the search, an effort that corresponds with bashing the agency for what he claims is a politically motivated attack.
Meanwhile, the DOJ has fought to limit how much information will come out about an ongoing investigation with Trump as its target.
Here’s what we’ve learned this week.
Trump eyed for ‘willful’ violations of the Espionage Act
Although the most highly sensitive materials underlying the Mar-a-Lago search warrant remained under seal this week, the judge presiding over the case did make one court record newly available to the public. That document, known as a criminal cover sheet, provided additional insight into the nature of the crime under investigation, according to some legal experts.
It was already known that investigators believed the materials housed at Trump’s residence were linked to a likely violation of the Espionage Act, a WWI-era statute designed to help safeguard the country’s vital national security secrets. What the criminal cover sheet revealed, after it was unsealed Thursday, is that law enforcement had probable cause to think a “willful retention of national defense information” occurred.
That new detail appeared to lend further support to the theory — one that was already widely assumed — that Trump himself is the target of the investigation.
“This aligns with what we know so far from public media reporting, as well as the minimal information we have derived from the unsealed court filings,” Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer and partner in the law office of Mark S. Zaid, told The Hill in an email.
“All indications are that the government’s argument will amount to three things: (1) Trump took the properly marked classified records with him to Florida; (2) he left them in boxes in the basement; (3) when confronted about it, he willfully held onto records despite demands from NARA and later the FBI to return them,” he added, referring to the National Archives and Records Administration, which takes custody of White House records when a president leaves office.
DOJ appears to be investigating Trump’s claims around a ‘standing order’
In a sign the Department of Justice is not content to have simply secured the return of classified materials, its investigators appear to be contacting former Trump-era officials about his claims of having declassified the contents removed from his Florida home.
According to reporting from Rolling Stone, the FBI has thus far been conducting voluntary interviews with those who could have knowledge of such an order, including former staff on the National Security Council.
Shortly after the warrant was executed, Trump claimed the documents removed from his home were “all declassified.” He later elaborated in a statement to Fox News that he had “a standing order” to declassify any documents.
“If the DOJ was really focused on recovering the classified material and was not criminally investigating the former president, they would not be calling in former NSC officials to question them about Trump’s supposed “standing order” declassifying documents,” Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, wrote on Twitter.
National security law experts who previously spoke with The Hill noted that while Trump would have broad powers as president to declassify documents, such a practice is usually done on a case-by-case basis, and also triggers notification to other agencies that hold classified information, so that they can reclassify them appropriately in their own system.
“Realistically, no one actually believes that Trump had such an order. It was not written down anywhere, doesn’t make a lot of sense (as some of his own appointees have pointed out), and was never raised by Trump’s lawyers during their communications with DOJ,” Mariotti continued.
Even if Trump did declassify documents, that isn’t a defense for the Espionage Act, one of the three statutes cited in the warrant. That law only requires mishandling national defense information to trigger a violation.
Trump wants it all released
Former President Trump and his allies have responded to the government’s desire for redactions with calls for the release of the full document.
“Pres. Trump has made his view clear that the American people should be permitted to see the unredacted affidavit related to the raid and break-in of his home. Today, magistrate Judge Reinhard rejected the DOJ’s cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from Americans,” Taylor Budowich, a spokesperson for the former president, said Thursday.
Trump separately posted on Truth Social, his social media platform, calling for the “immediate release” of the unredacted affidavit, citing the need for transparency. He also called for Reinhart to recuse himself from the case without giving a clear reason.
The former president and his allies have attacked the credibility of the FBI and DOJ ever since the search was executed earlier this month, pointing to the handling of the Russia investigation to allege it is the latest politically biased attack on Trump.
By calling for the unredacted affidavit to be released when the government opposes such a move, Trump will likely further fuel distrust in the Department of Justice among his supporters.
DOJ is working through redactions
The Department of Justice, however, does not want its affidavit for the warrant fully released.
The department argued that the affidavit should remain under seal in its entirety, saying the information it contained laid out a “roadmap” to its ongoing investigation, “highly sensitive information about witnesses,” and “specific investigative techniques.”
But a federal magistrate judge on Thursday dismissed efforts by the DOJ to maintain the affidavit entirely under seal.
“I find that on the present record the Government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed,” Judge Bruce Reinhart said in a brief order.
Reinhart said there were parts of the affidavit that “could be presumptively unsealed,” The New York Times reported.
The DOJ has until noon Thursday to submit their proposed redactions, after which Reinhart, who approved the initial warrant, will review them — meaning a redacted version of the affidavit could be released as early as next week.
What it means for Trump and 2024
Casting a cloud over the entire proceeding is the fact that Trump is likely to announce a 2024 White House bid in the coming months, though he may wait until after the midterm elections.
Trump denied in an interview last month with New York Magazine that any presidential run would be a way to insulate himself from criminal consequences as he faces investigations over election interference in Georgia, business dealings in New York, the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, and now his handling of classified information.
And while some experts believe it’s unlikely Trump will ultimately be indicted over the documents he kept at Mar-a-Lago, the political consequences could still loom large over his desire to return to the White House.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll conducted this week found that 54% of Republicans believe the FBI behaved irresponsibly following the Mar-a-Lago search, compared to 23% who said the agencies behaved responsibly.
Comparatively, 71% of Democrats felt law enforcement had acted responsibly, as did 50% of independent voters. It is the latter category that bears watching in determining how the search could swing Trump’s political fortunes. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/fbi-search-of-trumps-home-5-things-we-learned-this-week/ | 2022-08-20T14:06:09Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/fbi-search-of-trumps-home-5-things-we-learned-this-week/ | true |
National flag continues to flutter atop traffic signals
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Though a week has gone after the 76 th Independence Day celebrations held on August 15, national flags, displayed in some public places here as part of the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, still continue to flutter day and night in some places.
The “Har Ghar Tiranga” (Illamthorum Desiyakodi) campaign gained momentum after the local bodies decided to distribute the tricolour free of cost to the residents in their respective domains.
The civic bodies, apart from handing over the national flag to the residents through the elected local body representatives and civic body staff, went one step more by displaying the tricolour in their offices/depots other than their headquarters buildings from August 13, the date from which the Prime Minister had called upon the people to display the national flag atop their houses for three days coinciding with the 76 th Independence Day celebrations.
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The flags were also tied to the traffic signal and street light posts and on the office name boards of various government departments.
While these flags displayed at the individual houses were removed by the owners on August 16 or by August 17, the flags tied on the street light or traffic signal posts and in other public places by the civic body staff were still fluttering majestically.
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LONGQUAN, China (AP) — Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that is the country’s driest in six decades.
Gan’s farm south of the industrial metropolis of Chongqing lost half its vegetable crop in heat as high as 41 degrees Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) and a drought that has shrunk the giant Yangtze River and wilted crops across central China.
Gan’s surviving eggplants are no bigger than strawberries. A reservoir beside his farm has run dry, forcing him to pump groundwater.
“This year’s high temperatures are very annoying,” Gan said.
Drought conditions across a swath of China from the densely populated east across central farming provinces into eastern Tibet have “significantly increased,” the national weather agency said Saturday.
The forecast called for high temperatures and no rain for at least three more days from Jiangsu and Anhui provinces northwest of Shanghai, through Chongqing and Sichuan provinces to the east of Tibet.
Local authorities were ordered to “use all available water sources” to supply households and livestock, the weather agency said.
The biggest impact is in Sichuan, where factories have been shut down and offices and shopping malls told to turn off air-conditioning after reservoirs to generate hydropower fell to half their normal levels.
The province of 94 million people gets 80% of its electricity from hydropower dams.
Factories that make processor chips for smartphones, auto components, solar panels and other industrial goods were shut down for at least six days through Saturday. Some say output will be depressed while others say supplies to customers are unaffected.
The shutdowns add to challenges for the ruling Communist Party as President Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, prepares to try to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as leader at a meeting in October or November.
Growth in factory output and retail sales weakened in July, setting back China’s economic recovery after Shanghai and other industrial centers were shut down starting in late March to fight virus outbreaks.
The economy grew by just 2.5% over a year earlier in the first half of 2022, less than half the official annual goal of 5.5%.
State-run utilities are shifting power to Sichuan from other provinces. Authorities used fire trucks to deliver water to two dry villages near Chongqing.
In Hubei province, east of Chongqing, 220,000 people needed drinking water, while 6.9 million hectares (17 million acres) of crops were damaged, the provincial government said Saturday. It declared a drought emergency and released disaster aid.
In Sichuan, 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of crops have been lost and 433,000 hectares (1.1 million acres) damaged, the provincial disaster committee said Saturday. It said 819,000 people faced a shortage of drinking water.
Authorities in Chongqing say an estimated 1 million people in rural areas will face drinking water shortages, the Shanghai news outlet The Paper reported.
Gan, the farmer south of Chongqing, said he has lost one-third of his persimmon plants.
Farmers in the area usually harvest rice in late August or September but plan to finish at least two weeks early before plants die, according to Gan.
A community reservoir beside Gan’s farm is nearly empty, leaving a pool surrounded by cracked earth. After supply canals ran dry, it sprang a leak and heat accelerated evaporation. Gan is pumping underground water for irrigation.
“If the high temperature comes every year, we will have to find a solution such as to build up nets, daily irrigation or to install a spray system to reduce the loss,” Gan said.
Meanwhile, other areas have suffered deadly flash floods.
Flooding in the northwestern province of Qinghai killed at least 23 people and left eight missing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local authorities.
Mudslides and overflowing rivers late Thursday hit six villages in Qinghai’s Datong county, the report said. Some 1,500 people were forced out of their homes.
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AP video producer Olivia Zhang contributed.
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WOODSTOCK, Va. (AP) — Woodstock author Jason Wright’s new book is unlike any other that he’s written.
The idea for the book, “Until You Find Strength: A message of comfort for when your grief feels too heavy,” came from a Facebook post he had made on the topic of grief.
“It attracted a lot of attention,” he said. “I got a lot of comments and private messages for it.”
His publisher noticed and contacted him about rewriting the message into book form.
“(It) evolved into something for the rest of the world,” Wright said.
The first part of the book offers short, inspirational messages for people feeling loss, while the last few pages offer some tips while drawing a little more from Wright’s experiences with loss and grief.
Though he usually writes novels with about 200 to 300 pages, his new gift book is 32 pages and has only a few words per page along with colorful, soothing artwork.
He and his editors spent “hours and hours wordsmithing everything,” he said, to make sure they had the message right.
“We have a lot of heart and soul in not a lot of words,” he said.
In addition to the message, the book release feels different than his others, such as his latest novel, “Even the Dog Knows,” which came out in March.
“It’s hard to celebrate in quite the same way as a novel,” he said. “It’s a book that the people who need it are in pain, and they’re struggling.”
Therefore, he said, he isn’t planning a local book tour like he normally would for a book release. The gift book is available online and at stores in Woodstock, but he said he won’t have any area book signings for the next couple of months.
The goal of the book is to remind people who are grieving that they’re not alone and there’s no wrong way to grieve. It’s also a way for people to reach out to loved ones dealing with a loss.
“It’s what you send when you’re not sure what to say,” Wright said. It’s for “people who need a little strength until they find their own.”
Wright isn’t a professional counselor but said he has offered ecclesiastical counseling through his church. In addition to drawing on his own experiences and the experiences of friends and family while writing this book, he also consulted with a therapist to make sure the suggestions and observations in the book are aligned with best practices that therapists use.
Early readers offered feedback saying the book was “a really good resource for people that are in the grieving process,” Wright recalled.
However, he doesn’t expect that readers will get all they need from the book.
“For most people, this is not going to be enough,” said Wright. “It is a tool of many in the grief toolbox, (but) do not be afraid to seek professional help.”
Because grief is frequently misunderstood, Wright said he hopes that the book will help people better understand the many faces of grief.
Often, it’s associated with the death of a loved one, but it can also happen when people experience other losses in life, such as friendships or a life’s pursuit.
“I’ve counseled people over the years who have lost a friendship because of a betrayal,” he said. “They feel this enormous sense of loss because the relationship is gone.”
Also, recalling friends who shared their struggle to have children, he said, “It still feels like a loss to them.”
Though grief takes many forms, Wright said that people still might assume that the solution is the same for everyone, and it isn’t.
Those who are grieving might think they should be feeling better faster than they are, he said. Similarly, others might wonder why their loved ones continue to dwell on problems outside of their control.
“There is no checkbox for navigating loss,” Wright said.
Feeling like a failure for not getting better faster will only make the healing process longer, he said.
“We’re too hard on ourselves,” he said. Instead, he recommends people focus on what they’re doing right.
Mantras like “I’m still here, I’m still trying, I’m still climbing, I’m still walking,” can help people realize the little steps they’re taking toward healing rather than focusing on the big steps that feel unachievable right now.
It’s a process, and it won’t unfold perfectly, Wright said. That’s something he’s had to learn as well.
“I have looked at other people’s loss and thought, ‘Maybe you should be further ahead by now,’” Wright admitted.
But then he has remembered his own times of grief, such as finding an old photo of his father, who died 35 years ago, and has realized that there’s no timeline for overcoming grief.
Mostly, he wants people to know that they’re loved and they have people who will be there for them.
“You’re gonna feel alone and you’re not,” Wright said. “And you’re gonna think that you should be better already, and it’s OK not to be better yet.” | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Book-on-grief-reminds-readers-they-re-not-alone-17386598.php | 2022-08-20T14:19:15Z | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Book-on-grief-reminds-readers-they-re-not-alone-17386598.php | true |
Urban Meyer returns to Fox's 'Big Noon Saturday'
Urban Meyer is returning to Fox's "Big Noon Saturday" college football pregame show after his NFL coaching career lasted less than one full season.
Fox announced Friday that Meyer would rejoin the show that he was part of in its first two seasons.
After resigning as Ohio State's coach after the 2018 season, Meyer worked as analyst for the Los Angeles-based studio show in 2019 and 2020.
Then he was hired to coach the Jacksonville Jaguars in January 2021, but lasted just 13 games before his tumultuous tenure came to an end in December. He was fired after the Jags went 2-11 and Meyer was mired in several off-the-field controversies.
Meyer, who won two national titles at Florida and one at Ohio State, returns to a familiar cast on "Big Noon Saturday." Rob Stone will continue to host the show, with former USC Heisman Trophy winners Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush and ex-Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn providing analysis.
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Last season, former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops stepped into the role vacated by Meyer.
Fox also announced "Big Noon" will be on the road every week this season, instead of only occasionally.
"Big Noon" will start the season at Purdue on Sept. 1 for the Boilermakers' Thursday night opener against Penn State. The first Saturday road show will be Sept. 11 when No. 1 Alabama visits Texas.
In other college football TV news, ESPN announced it had hired former Florida coach Dan Mullen as a studio analyst for this season. Mullen was fired in November, less than a year after he had led the Gators to the Southeastern Conference championship game. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/urban-meyer-returns-fox-big-noon-saturday-college-football | 2022-08-20T14:20:10Z | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/urban-meyer-returns-fox-big-noon-saturday-college-football | true |
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Mergers are hard. Most of them fail. David Zaslav, the chief executive of the Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., seems determined to beat the odds. Since overseeing the company’s April merger, he’s made a string of tough calls to bring new discipline to its content strategy, from killing the barely-launched CNN+ streaming service and the completed $90 million movie “Batgirl” to corporate lay-offs and reorganizations.The longer-term plan is shaping up to be a handful of expensive “appointment TV” galleons (produced by HBO) and a flotilla of cheaper reality “comfort viewing” options (produced by Discovery+). This weekend, the strategy faces its first big test: HBO’s well-funded “Game of Thrones” prequel, “House of the Dragon.”
With “Game of Thrones,” HBO caught lightning in a bottle. Who knew that so many viewers would flock to a show based on an unfinished 1990s series of 1,000-plus page fantasy novels inspired by the English Wars of the Roses? It may be hard to remember now, but people were once surprised that a show in which sibling incest played such a prominent role could find a wide audience. It ended up with 164 Emmy nominations.
“Dragon” is HBO’s second attempt to see if the unlikely magic (and revenue) can be rekindled. Producers sank $30 million into a pilot for a prequel series starring Oscar-nominated actress Naomi Watts. “It felt very adult, sophisticated and intelligent, and there was a thematic conversation at the center of it about disenfranchisement in the face of colonialism and religious extremism,” HBO executive Francesca Orsi told the Hollywood Reporter. That makes it sound a bit more like HBO’s pre-Thrones comfort zone (like “The Wire” and “The Sopranos”), and quite a bit headier than the original series. “Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss famously dismissed themes as “for eighth-grade book reports.” Executives dracarysed the Watts project last year.
Under Zaslav, HBO seems willing to make a more straightforward bet. There’s no need to subvert expectations or blow anyone’s minds. Just give people more of the same. And they are probably not wrong; there are lots of viewers out there who simply want more of the original series, or, as one actor reductively put it, “t-ts and dragons.”
Whatever the source of its appeal, “Thrones” made an estimated $285 million in profit per episode over eight seasons. That kind of money makes its final season budget of $15 million an episode budget look fairly reasonable. “Thrones” is still one of the most-streamed shows on TV, three years after its head-scratcher finale, and Zaslav says viewership of the original series is actually rising with the marketing push for the new show.
Despite the cost savings he’s looking for in other parts of the business, Zaslav has said “Thrones” and its spin-offs are an area they see as a worthy investment. “Dragon” was greenlit without a pilot, and reportedly cost $20 million an episode. George R.R. Martin, who wrote the books and works on the TV shows, has compared the franchise to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has made about $38 billion, and a top producer has compared it to “Star Wars,” which has had a lot more time to pile up more than $69 billion. If those parallels are fair, there’s a lot of revenue yet to be captured: “Thrones” has only made about $4.4 billion so far. For comparison, that puts it just below “Seinfeld” in the top-grossing media properties of all time, or a little more than half a “PAW Patrol,” which premiered two years after “Thrones.”
That kind of money would represent a huge win for Warner Bros. Discovery, although at that point they may as well change the name of the whole company to “HBO.” But can they do it?
While “Dragon” looks sumptuous in previews, there are reasons to think some viewers may find it challenging. Unlike the original series, the story (loosely based on the period of English civil war known as The Anarchy) does not lend itself to heroes; absent major changes to the source material, there is no equivalent of the Stark family that fans can feel good about rooting for. This may give it a gritty historical realism that appeals to critics and core fans, but make it less accessible to a wider audience. In Marvel and Star Wars movies, there is generally a clear hero.
And unlike the worlds of Star Wars and Marvel, the world of Westeros is very adult. There’s gore, and orgies, and yes, all that incest. That makes it harder to cash in on merch and spin-offs — and also limit the appeal of having “Thrones” and now “Dragons” bumping elbows with softer Discovery Plus reality TV fare. Think “90 Day Fiancé” and “For the Love of Kitchens.” No spoilers here, but I don’t think we’re going to see many little girls dressing up as Rhaenyra Targaryen this October.
Given the profitability of family-friendly franchises, it seems odd that on a recent earnings call, CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels indicated that the company doesn’t plan to prioritize content aimed at kids. (One of the straight-to-streaming films Zaslav recently killed was a Scooby-Doo feature.) That would seem to be an area where some of the hoped-for merger synergies would materialize: Warner Bros. owns the Looney Tunes, DC Comics and Harry Potter franchises, and HBO has been exploring “Thrones” spin-off series that might work for a younger crowd — most notably, a series based on Martin’s simpler, more PG-13-rated “Dunk and Egg” novellas.Nonetheless, it makes sense that Zaslav is pushing Warner Bros. Discovery to be much choosier about which projects to splash out on, and that he’d go all in on Westeros. If it even earns half of what Marvel has earned, it would easily become the most profitable TV franchise of all time. Yes, that kind of success could take HBO further and further from its old core of intellectual urbanite fare like “Treme” and “Succession,” and would seem to leave Discovery as little more than the producer of new “Deadliest Catch” seasons. But no doubt those are problems Zaslav would love to have. If you find yourself riding a dragon, the best thing to do is hang on.
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Sarah Green Carmichael is a Bloomberg Opinion editor. Previously, she was managing editor of ideas and commentary at Barron’s and an executive editor at Harvard Business Review, where she hosted “HBR IdeaCast.”
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
834 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Nueces River Near Three Rivers affecting Live Oak County.
For the Nueces River...including Cotulla, Tilden, Three Rivers,
Mathis, Bluntzer, Calallen...Major flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/crp.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Nueces River Near Three Rivers.
* WHEN...From this evening until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 37.3 feet, Widespread lowland flooding occurs. Minor
roads are closed. Airport Road boat ramp near Live Oak County
Airport is flooded and closed. Major flooding occurs in the River
Creek Acres Subdivision, with several feet of water and several
homes flooded. Residents in the J.I. Hailey Subdivision at Jones
River bend have trouble getting out as water covers much of
Antelope Lane.
At 38.0 feet, Water approaches the base of homes in Kellner Camp
along County Road 336.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:15 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 13.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening and continue rising to a crest of 38.1 feet
early Monday morning. The river will then remain above flood
stage until further notice.
- Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Fld Observed Forecasts (7 am)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Nueces River
Three Rivers 25.0 13.8 Sat 8 am 34.9 37.8 35.7 32.0 27.7
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If you know a college student heading to campus, whether it’s for the first time or not, then you know the chaos and anxiety that can come with all the preparations. Trying to think of all the dorm room essentials needed can overwhelm even the most organized people.
For many college students, it’s the first time they are living away from home and their available area is much smaller than in the house where they grew up. They need to get creative about fitting all of their dorm room essentials in a tighter space, especially if they are sharing it with a roommate.
To help finalize those last-minute must-haves, we curated a list of 12 dorm room essentials for any college student to make their home away from home feel more comfortable and set them up for school-year success. We’ve also included a list of Amazon deals students should take advantage of when they’re on campus.
OCM College Dorm Room 27-Piece Varsity Pak, Twin XL ($201.75-216.75)
This comprehensive college dorm pack has almost everything a dorm room needs. It comes with a fully-reversible comforter, two sets of microfiber sheets for a Twin XL bed, two pillows, a fleece throw, a quilted mattress pad, a mattress topper, a micro-plush blanket, two cotton bath sets (with towels, hand towels, washcloths, and bath sheets), two under-bed storage bags, one storage caddy, a laundry bag, a clip lamp and a clip fan.
There are a variety of colors and patterns available (prices will vary based on selection) that make it easy to find a pack to fit anyone’s style. Visit Amazon.com to find your perfect collection and get most of your shopping done in one click!
TICONN 6-Pack Extra Large Moving Bags, (Sale Price $38.95)
You and your student have got to get their stuff to campus safely and this set of six moving bags gives even heavy packers lots of storage space! Each of these bags holds a volume of up to 24 gallons and is waterproof.
The top-loading, zippered bag has durable handles to make lifting and carrying items easier. Each bag also has a tag pocket to label what’s inside and can be folded up for easy storage when you’re done with them.
Addtam Power Strip Surge Protector (Sale Price $18.99)
Students need places to plug their electronics in. Unfortunately, most dorm rooms don’t have a lot of outlets. That’s where the Addtam Power Strip Surge Protector can be a lifesaver for the plugged-in college student!
Not only does this power strip come with six AC outlets and three USB ports for those all-important portable device chargers, but it also has a built-in surge protector. This feature protects devices in case of a power surge due to an electrical storm or other malfunction.
Its flat, short profile also works well in tight areas, which makes it ideal for space-conscious dorm rooms.
Andecor Bedroom Rug ($32.99)
Dorm rooms can feel a little cold and uninviting. A simple touch like the Andecor Bedroom Rug can add a touch of warmth, comfort and style to your campus home.
The 4-foot by 5.9-foot rug comes in a rainbow of colors and its microfibers provide a “soft shaggy feeling” without shedding. The non-skid bottom ensures safety in the room so users don’t have to worry about it slipping out from under them.
This rug is also easy to clean with just a touch of water and detergent for spot treatment. Perfect for a busy dorm room!
BedShelfie Wood Bedside Shelf ($46.99)
Dorm room space is limited, but students love having their essentials by their beds. The BedShelfie solves the space issue, even for students who have a bunk bed!
Whether the bed has a rail or a flat base, this convenient bedside table clips on to provide the perfect space to hold a laptop, cup of coffee, book, or whatever else you want within arm’s reach. The BedShelfie holds up to 15 pounds and has a scratch and fade-resistant coating to make it durable.
BESKAR Clip-On Fan ($13.59)
Fall may be around the corner, but dorm rooms can stay hot and uncomfortable well into the winter months. That’s why the BESKAR 6-inch Clip-On Fan is a dorm room essential.
This USB-powered fan clips onto any flat surface and comes in six different colors. The base rotates 360 degrees to allow airflow in any direction and its compact design makes it an ideal fit in a dorm room.
SUNLONG Desk Lamp With USB Charging Port (Sale Price $21.11)
Those all-night study sessions require some light and the Sunlong Desk Lamp comes with three different LED lighting modes for varying levels of brightness. The gooseneck design allows users to direct the light wherever needed, as well.
Built into the lamp is a USB charging port with a battery life indicator prominently displayed. No more guessing at your device’s battery life! This item also includes a pen holder and a small fan.
Attmu Mesh Shower Caddy ($15.99)
Keeping all of those loose toiletry items organized can be a hassle in a tight dorm room. The Attmu Mesh Shower Caddy helps keep everything neatly together and portable at the same time.
Its mesh design makes this caddy ready to go into the shower with you, then it dries off quickly. With eight pockets and its large size, students can fit plenty of items inside without cramming them to fit.
And, if you like having options, the Attmu Mesh Shower Caddy comes in a dozen or so colors to meet your fashionable needs!
Xomiboe Shower Shoes ($11.90-$16.98)
With the perfect shower caddy in hand, it’s time to get those feet protected. A durable pair of shower shoes is a dorm room essential and Xomiboe Shower Shoes fit the job perfectly.
These shoes are designed for efficient drainage and a non-slip sole to make showering safe, yet comfortable. They are available in six different colors right now and are easy to slip on and off.
MIRUO Over The Door Mirror ($59.99)
Dorm rooms don’t always have certain luxuries you have at home — such as a mirror that shows more than just your face. If you’d like to make sure you’re always ready to greet the day even while at school, here’s a tall, full-length mirror from Miruo with a plastic frame that’s easy to move and hangs over your door.
The mirror also includes a kickstand so if you’re not savvy with installation, you can use it free-standing. You may need a tool kit to hang it properly.
Amazon Student Prime Back To School Specials
Making a dorm room and college life feel like home isn’t just about the stuff in the room. It’s also about having some of the conveniences of home as well. After all, college shouldn’t just be about all work and no play, right?
That’s why Amazon is offering Back to School specials on three of their entertainment services via Amazon Student Prime. An Amazon Student Prime Membership starts off with a free six-month trial. Then students can enjoy the Amazon Prime Student perks for only $7.49/month. Benefits include free shipping, including 2-hour grocery delivery where available, free e-books, deals, and more.
Once someone signs up for Amazon Student Prime, they can take advantage of three limited-time, back-to-school offers.
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video is one of the main Prime Student benefits. This fall, Prime members can watch “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power” beginning on Sept. 2. Viewers can also catch NFL’s Thursday Night Football each week starting with the Sept. 15 Kansas City Chiefs versus Los Angeles Chargers game.
Amazon Music Unlimited
From now until Sept, 7, Amazon Prime Student members can sign up to enjoy three months free of Amazon Music Unlimited. During that time, members can enjoy millions of streaming songs, channels, podcasts and more. After the three-month trial period, the subscription rate is $8.99.
Prime Student x Audible
Audible is offering Amazon Student Prime members an extended three-month trial of the Audible Premium Plus service if you sign up before Sept. 29. During this trial period, Audible Premium Plus members receive two free credits to use, 30% off all premium selection titles, access to exclusive sales, and access to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, original content and more.
Now you’re ready for college!
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MADISON, Ill. (AP) — IndyCar points leader Will Power won the pole for the Saturday night race at World Wide Technology Raceway and tied Mario Andretti for series pole record.
The 67th pole of Power’s career was won Friday on the short oval outside St. Louis. The Australian turned a lap at 183.089 mph to easily earn the top starting spot for the critical race in the IndyCar championship fight.
Power goes into Saturday night clinging to a six-point lead in the standings over Scott Dixon, and seven drivers are separated by only 59 points. In all, 11 drivers remain mathematically eligible to win the championship with three races remaining.
Power’s fourth pole of the season was the one he’s been chasing since 2020, when he finally realized that Andretti’s mark was within reach.
“It’s something I’ve had my eye on for a while. I think when I got to 60, I was like ‘This could be possible,’” Power said. “It’s definitely a big box to tick.”
Andretti expects the record to soon fall. Two weeks ago at Nashville, Dixon won for the 63rd time to pass Andretti for second on the all-time list.
“He’s tied now, but he’ll break the record because he wants it bad and knows how to do it,” Andretti wrote on Twitter.
But now that Power has tied the record, he’s turning his attention solely toward the championship fight.
“I’m not feeling any relief because I’m so focused on the race and the championship. I can think about that later and feel good about it,” Power said. “Right now it’s just so important to have a good car in the race and have a solid day.”
Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, who held the points lead for six races this season, qualified second for Chip Ganassi Racing.
“I think I’ll do everything I possibly can to try and win this championship,” said Ericsson, who is third in points and trails Power by 12.
Ericsson was followed by Power’s teammates at Team Penske, Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin. Newgarden is the defending race winner and 22 points behind Power in the standings in fourth.
IndyCar champion Alex Palou qualified fifth for Ganassi and was followed by teammate Dixon in sixth. Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP was seventh as the top seven drivers in the standings swept the top seven spots — four Chevrolets to the three Hondas from Ganassi.
“I think a lot of the time you’re going to find yourself racing people that you’re actually fighting the championship with,” O’Ward said ahead of qualifying. At 59 points out, he said his goal is clear: “I need to win. I need to win races in order to be able to have a chance.”
Takuma Sato of Dale Coyne Racing qualified eighth and said after his run he’s working on a deal to return to the team next season.
“I think everyone is happy with where we are, but a lot of things have to be done before we tick the box,” Sato said. “It would be a pity if we stop. We want to build up with this team, it’s small, but it’s a great competitive team and I’d love to continue to keep it together.”
The four-car Andretti Autosport lineup qualified ninth through 12th and was led by Romain Grosjean, who made his oval debut at Gateway a year ago. Devlin DeFrancesco was 10th and followed by Alexander Rossi and Colton Herta.
DeFrancesco, a rookie, tested at Gateway last week in preparation for the race and said his comfort level on ovals has dramatically improved since the start of the season. He also said he doesn’t know why he’s in the rumor mill as a driver about to lose his job.
“I have a multi-year deal with Andretti Steinbrenner Racing. I have no idea where the rumors are coming from,” DeFrancesco said. “What I know if I have a multi-year contract.”
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MOSCOW (AP) — A key Russian natural gas pipeline will shut down for three days of maintenance at the end of this month, the state-owned energy company Gazprom announced Friday, raising economic pressure on Germany and other European countries that depend on the fuel to power industry, generate electricity and heat homes.
The latest shutdown will come a month after Gazprom restored natural gas supply through the pipeline to only a fifth of its capacity after a previous shutoff for maintenance.
Russia has blamed the reductions through the pipeline on technical problems but Germany has called the shutoffs a political move by the Kremlin to sow uncertainty and push up prices amid the conflict in Ukraine.
Natural gas prices rose on Friday after the announcement, and are now more than twice as high as a year ago.
In a statement posted online, Gazprom said the planned shutdown from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 is for “routine maintenance” at a key compressor station along the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which links western Russia and Germany.
Natural gas prices have surged as Russia has reduced or cut off natural gas flows to a dozen European Union countries, fueling inflation and raising the risk that Europe could plunge into recession.
Germany’s Economy Ministry said in an email to The Associated Press that it had taken note of Gazprom’s planned downtime for Nord Stream 1.
“We are monitoring the situation in close cooperation with the Federal Network Agency” that regulates gas markets, the ministry said. “Gas flows through Nord Stream 1 are currently unchanged at 20%.”
The newly announced maintenance shutoff raises additional fears that Russia could completely cut off the gas to try to gain political leverage over Europe as it tries to boost its storage levels for winter.
Germany recently announced that its gas storage facilities had reached 75% capacity, two weeks before the target date of Sept. 1. Germans have been urged to cut gas use now so the country will have enough for the winter ahead.
Gazprom said once the work is completed, the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1 will resume at its prior level of 33 million cubic meters, or just 20% of the pipeline’s capacity.
The routine maintenance will be carried out jointly with Siemens specialists, Gazprom said, in a reference to its German partner, Siemens Energy.
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Emma McKeon and Mollie O'Callaghan unite to give Australia a flying start against the US in Sydney - but the visitors end Day One out in front in the 'Duel in the Pool'
- Australia's golden girls made a flying start to this year's 'Duel in the Pool'
- Emma McKeon and Mollie O'Collaghan united to win their relay race
- McKeon displayed shrewd team tactics to help defeat her rival
- However, the US ended the day out in front, leading 159-148 in Sydney
Australia's golden girls and shrewd team tactics have given the host nation a flying start on night one of the head-to-head swimming event with rivals the United States in Sydney.
Emma McKeon and Mollie O'Callaghan sent the parochial crowd of 3355 into raptures as they swam down the USA in the third and fourth legs of the mixed 4x100 medley relay that opened the event at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
Teenage swimming sensation O'Callaghan stunned McKeon to win the 100m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games but this time followed her idol into the pool to surge past Mallory Comerford and snatch the first Duel in the Pool points for Australia.
McKeon brought six gold medals, a silver and a bronze home from Birmingham, so it was a shock when the superstar was beaten to the wall by the USA's Beata Nelson in the 3x50m butterfly skins.
It was all part of the plan for Australia as they used their 'double dip' wildcard to add another 50m race in the two-way battle, with McKeon too fast for the tiring Nelson in the extra leg to steal the points.
'I felt really bad doing that last 50, putting that extra one on for Beata,' McKeon said.
'But that's just the strategy, they told me to do it so I just did it.
'It was easier for me because I knew it was coming, so I can't imagine what Beata was feeling.'
Australia earned double points in the women's 4x100m freestyle after using a 'powerplay' on the event that they won gold in at the Tokyo Olympics last year, with O'Callaghan this time taking a lead into the final leg and cruising home.
Olympics and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kaylee McKeown backed up strong times in earlier relays to take out the 100m backstroke with O'Callaghan touching home in second in her non-preferred stroke.
The USA's own emerging star Bella Sims showed her talents to take out the 400m broken freestyle that includes a 200m followed by two 100m legs, with a brief recovery period between each race.
'I train broken freestyle, because who would want to do the whole distance all the time. I think I'll do good in it,' Sims said before the race.
Zac Stubblety-Cook had to settle for third in the 100m breaststroke, with his preferred event the 200m breaststroke - which he holds the Olympic, Commonwealth Games and world championship titles in - curiously left off from the program.
The USA recovered from their slow start to end the night with a 159-148 lead in Duel in the Pool points.
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What are the best straight-leg jeans?
Denim jeans are a versatile closet staple that can be used year-round. They can be styled formally or paired with casual elements. The variety of jean fits is extensive, but straight-leg jeans are regarded as the most inclusive kind, flattering on most body types and heights.
What are straight-leg jeans?
Straight-leg jeans are characterized by their slim, straight shape. They often are loose-fitting in the knees and hips, with the width of the hip matching the width of the legs. Given this relaxed fit, straight-leg jeans are associated with casual living and informality. Depending on the brand, waist taper, wash and looseness will differ.
What straight-leg jeans look best?
Before purchasing straight-leg jeans, consider which elements will suit you best.
- Wash: This is the jeans’ color and describes how the denim is processed. You have a wide variety of options, such as light blue wash and dark wash, so pick the wash that will go best with your other clothing. A closet full of whites and light colors will go best with a coordinating light-wash jean.
- Waist: The waist style determines where the hem falls on your hip: either above or below the hip bone. Straight-leg jeans can hug your waist if you choose. High, low or mid-waist jeans are offered in this fit. Try them out to see which is most flattering on you. Body type does not determine which waist fit you should get, so go with whichever coordinates best with your style and comfort.
- Material: The fabric used in your jeans is important to consider when assessing comfort. A true cotton denim will be a bit tougher and offer less range of motion, while a cotton, spandex or elastane blend will provide some stretch and softness.
Straight-leg jeans FAQ
Will my jeans shrink if I wash and dry them?
A. Yes, most jeans are made of cotton and will shrink after the initial wash and dry. If your denim has elastane or any stretch material in it, avoid the dryer and air-dry instead. These stretchy fibers will burn up in high heat and lose their elasticity. Over time your jeans will tighten and shrink, but this can be avoided if you treat them as you would any cotton clothing.
How long do straight-leg jeans last?
A. Looser-fitting jeans such as the straight-leg style wear more slowly and less than a style such as skinny jeans. The looseness prevents stretching while a pair of skinny jeans will constantly be expanded. Your jeans will last until you notice holes or rips in the fabric. At that point, a new pair is on the horizon.
Best straight-leg jeans
Top light-wash straight-leg jeans
Levi’s Women’s Classic Straight Jeans
These jeans are a mid-waist fit and use elastane to provide a little bit of give as opposed to a traditional cotton denim material. Available in 19 colors, including several light washes, this pair offers multiple sizes.
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Lee Men’s Regular Fit Straight-Leg Jeans
These jeans are available in heavyweight or mid-weight denim, making them durable work pants. The leg openings are 16 inches, leaving plenty of room for breathability and a comfortable, loose fit.
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Top dark-wash straight-leg jeans
Lee Men’s Performance Series Extreme Motion Straight Fit Tapered Leg Jean
Using a cotton and spandex blend, these jeans offer a larger range of motion than a normal denim. They feature an extra-flexible waistband to ensure comfort while achieving a sleek style. With a focus on flexibility and support, these jeans are highlighted by extra room in the groin area for men’s comfort.
Lee Women’s Relaxed Fit Straight-Leg Jean
These jeans are a mid-waist cotton blend that have some space in the inner thigh for a more relaxed fit. They lean toward the more slim style of straight-leg jeans, with less looseness and a more tailored length.
Top low- to mid-waist straight-leg jeans
Dickies Women’s Perfect Shape Straight-Leg Jeans
This cotton blend pair uses a hidden tummy slimmer to smooth any creases and provide extra support in the waist.
Mavi Men’s Matt Classic Mid-Rise Relaxed Straight-Leg Jeans
These jeans are medium-weight, offering the durability of a thick denim material and the shape-holding structure of a straight-leg fit. Available in 27 washes, they’re an everyday pair of pants.
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Top high-waist straight-leg jeans
Levi’s Women’s 724 High Rise Straight Jeans
They feature a super-soft blend of cotton and polyester. The high waist slims creases and hugs snugly above the hip bone. These are more fitted than the typical straight-leg jeans and have a smaller hem circumference to tailor the ankles more.
Wrangler Women’s High Rise True Straight Fit Jeans
Using a blend of cotton, recycled cotton and Lycra, these jeans sit above the natural waist and give a wide range of motion. The sizes range between zero and 18. These jeans don’t have much graining and texture, leaving a smooth, solid-colored appearance.
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Top distressed straight-leg jeans
TheMogan Distressed Mid-Rise Boyfriend Jeans
These jeans feature a light wash with several abrasions and holes. The fit is on the loose side and drapes just above the hips. They are a cotton, polyester and spandex blend offering a bit of flexibility. The holes have cotton whiskers that add to the grungy look.
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Enrica Men’s Distressed Straight Fit Jeans
In 35 designs and washes, these jeans are especially distressed with nine holes on the legs. The hem diameter is straight, but it is more tapered than a traditional straight-leg jean.
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HELSINKI (AP) — In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party. The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera. She sits on her knees, hands behind her head. She’s entangled in a group hug. She’s having a good time.
Countless similar videos are shared daily on social media by young and not-so-young people partying in Finland and all over the world. But the leak has triggered a debate among Finns about what level of reveling is inappropriate for a prime minister, especially considering neighboring Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which prompted long-neutral Finland and Sweden to apply for NATO membership.
Marin, who leads the center-left Social Democratic Party, has faced a barrage of questions about the party: Were there drugs? Alcohol? Was she working or on summer vacation? Was the prime minister sober enough to handle an emergency had one arisen?
The video, clearly shot by someone at the party, was leaked on social media and caught the attention of Finnish media this week. Marin said she attended the party in recent weeks, but refused to say exactly where and when.
She also acknowledged that she and her friends celebrated in a “boisterous way” and that alcohol – but, to her knowledge, no drugs – was involved. She said Friday that she took a drug test to put an end to speculation about illegal substances.
“I hope that in the year 2022 it’s accepted that even decision-makers dance, sing and go to parties,” Marin told reporters. “I didn’t wish for any images to be spread, but it’s up to the voters to decide what they think about it.”
The prime minister, who is married and has a 4-year-old daughter, has often insisted that even though she’s the head of Finland’s government, she’s just like anyone else her age who likes a good time with friends and family in their leisure time.
In Helsinki on Friday afternoon, opinions were split.
Josua Fagerholm, who works in marketing, said the episode was potentially damaging to Finland’s reputation and to the public’s confidence in Finnish politicians.
“I think it’s important for our politicians to be respectable and enjoy the trust of the public. So I don’t think it’s a good look,” he said.
Mintuu Kylliainen, a student in Helsinki, disagreed. She said everyone was entitled to their opinion, but she felt the leaked video was getting too much attention.
“It’s normal to, like, party,” Kylliainen said. “She should have fun, too, in her life.”
Some supporters say the criticism against the prime minister smacks of sexism.
Marin became Finland’s youngest prime minister in 2019 at age 34. Even in the egalitarian Nordic country, Marin felt her gender and age sometimes received too much emphasis. She told Vogue magazine in 2020 that “in every position I’ve ever been in, my gender has always been the starting point – that I am a young woman.”
Anu Koivonen, a professor of gender studies at Finland’s University of Turku, said she didn’t think gender was a decisive factor in the uproar over the leaked video. She said the partying itself was not a big issue, but the fact the video leaked could be viewed as a judgment lapse by the prime minister in terms of the people she surrounded herself with.
“That she didn’t restrain herself in a company where she cannot trust everyone in the room,” Koivonen said. “I think that’s the main issue at the moment.”
Jarno Limnell, a cybersecurity expert and regional politician for Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, said the incident was problematic from a security standpoint, noting that Finland’s top leaders are of interest to foreign security services.
“Information is gathered from a variety of sources, and even seemingly trivial pieces of information can be significant to a foreign power,” Limnell told Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. “Top decision-makers are under close watch during the NATO ratification process.”
It’s not the first time Marin’s partying has made headlines. In December, she made a public apology after going out clubbing until 4 a.m. despite a text message advising her to avoid social activities due to contact with someone infected with COVID-19. Marin said she didn’t see the message because she had left her phone at home. She later tested negative for the coronavirus.
Even in a progressive society like Finland’s, Marin breaks the mold of a typical politician. She grew up with a single mother who was in a relationship with another woman. Many Finns are proud of her modern approach to the office, including the casual attire she has worn on formal occasions. Marin set social media abuzz in April when she showed up to a press conference with her Swedish counterpart wearing a black biker-style leather jacket.
Marin and her female-majority Cabinet have also won praise in Finland and internationally for guiding the country steadfastly through the COVID-19 pandemic and the NATO application process.
“Our prime minister is super,” said Jori Korkman, a pensioner in Helsinki. “She has taken her very difficult job during a very difficult time, and she has made a first-class job. What she’s doing in her free time is not our business.”
___ Ritter reported from Stockholm. | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/finland-asks-can-a-prime-minister-party-like-a-rock-star/ | 2022-08-20T14:47:16Z | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/finland-asks-can-a-prime-minister-party-like-a-rock-star/ | true |
(KRON) — With an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Napa County, California, and cases also reported in San Jose, the infection joins COVID-19, monkeypox and even polio as a major health concern.
But just what is Legionnaires’ disease and how can you keep yourself safe from it?
What causes Legionnaires’ disease?
Legionnaires’ disease is caused by an infection with the Legionella bacteria. The bacteria is naturally occurring in fresh water but can infest manmade water sources when present.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several water sources can become sources of contagion, including:
- Faucets and shower heads
- Cooling towers
- Hot tubs
- Decorative fountains
- Hot water tanks and heaters
- Plumbing systems
It’s worth noting that home and auto air-conditioning units are not a risk for bacterial infestation because they don’t use water to cool their environments, but windshield wiper units containing water instead of fluid are.
Human infection can happen with the bacteria is breathed in through droplets in the air. If water containing the bacteria “goes down the wrong pipe” into the lungs, this can also cause infection. While it’s possible to spread the bacteria from person to person, this generally doesn’t happen, the CDC reports.
Who’s at greatest risk?
Not everyone who is infected with Legionella bacteria will develop a serious illness, but the CDC says some people can.
The most at risk are:
- People ages 50 and older
- Current and former smokers
- People with a chronic lung disease, such as COPD or emphysema
- People with weak immune systems, or who take drugs that weaken the immune system, such as after chemotherapy or a transplant
- People with cancer
- People with diabetes, kidney or liver failure, or other underlying illnesses
What are the symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease?
The symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease are similar to other pneumonias: shortness of breath, coughing, head and muscle aches, and fever. Diarrhea, nausea and confusion are less common. Symptoms begin between two days and two weeks after exposure.
Infection with the bacteria can also cause Pontiac Fever, which is less serious and includes the above symptoms that are not related to the respiratory system.
How is Legionnaires diagnosed and treated?
A urine test or a phlegm sample can confirm the presence of the Legionella bacteria. It’s treated with antibiotics.
Even healthy people are often hospitalized.
“About one out of every 10 people who gets sick with Legionnaires’ disease will die due to complications from their illness,” the CDC states.
How was Legionnaires discovered and named?
Legionnaires’ disease was discovered in 1976, when 182 people became sick and 29 died after being at or near the American Legion’s annual convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia in commemoration of the U.S. bicentennial.
The following year the CDC isolated the bacterial agent that caused the disease, named legionella after the veterans’ organization.
The bacteria had spread through the hotel’s air conditioning system and the discovery prompted major changes in heating and air systems worldwide. A prior probable outbreak in the same hotel two years earlier was identified.
The number of cases reported to the CDC has been on the rise for the last two decades, with 10,000 in 2018 alone. The real incidence of the disease is believed to be up to 2.7 times higher than reported incidences. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/what-is-legionnaires-disease/ | 2022-08-20T14:48:15Z | https://who13.com/news/national-news/what-is-legionnaires-disease/ | true |
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INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — So which takes the cake as the healthiest: ice cream or pizza?
A new study is ranking more than 8,000 foods in order from least healthy to the most healthful.
“Once you get beyond ‘eat your veggies, avoid soda,’ the public is pretty confused about how to identify healthier choices in the grocery store, cafeteria, and restaurant,” said the study’s lead and corresponding author, Dariush Mozaffarian.
The study, conducted by a scientific team at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, scores 54 different characteristics across nine domains. Using these scores, they were able to score all foods, beverages and even mixed dishes and meals.
Under the ranking, foods that score 100-70 are encouraged. Foods that score 69-31 can be eaten moderately. Those that score 30-1 should be minimized.
Across major food categories, study authors said the average score was 43.2. The lowest-scoring category was snacks and sweet desserts, while the highest-scoring category was legumes, nuts and seeds.
An ice cream cone with nuts and chocolate ice cream, for instance, gets a score of 37, while a fast food-style pizza with meat has a cautionary grade of 14.
“Consumers, policymakers, and even [industries] are looking for simple tools to guide everyone toward healthier choices,” said Mozaffarian, who is also dean of the Friedman School.
The study’s authors hope that by offering a consistent scoring of diverse items, people can compare combinations of food and beverages that could be sold and consumed together, such as an entire shopping basket, daily diet pattern or portfolio of foods sold by a company.
“With its publicly available scoring algorithm, Food Compass can provide a nuanced approach to promoting healthy food choices–helping guide consumer behavior, nutrition policy, scientific research, food industry practices, and socially based investment decisions,” said last author Renata Micha, who did this work as a faculty member at the Friedman School and is now at the University of Thessaly.
You can browse through the study’s data to see how some products scored. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/is-ice-cream-better-for-you-than-pizza-study-suggests-so/ | 2022-08-20T14:59:31Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/is-ice-cream-better-for-you-than-pizza-study-suggests-so/ | true |
Midwest Food Bank receives $10K grant
NORMAL — Midwest Food Bank of Bloomington-Normal received a $10,200 grant from the Arby's Foundation.
The donation comes as part of the foundation's commitment to donate $500,000 to support every community where there is an Arby's location.
The grant money will be used to support childhood hunger relief. Midwest Food Bank will be able to provide food every weekend of the school year for 204 local children through the food bank's Hope Packs weekend backpack feeding program, as it costs about $50 per child for the school year.
Altogether, more than 3,400 local children who are facing food insecurity are assisted through the Hope Packs program.
The Arby's Foundation plans to give out nearly 200 local grants across the United States.
Visit midwestfoodbank.org or contact Tara Ingham at 309-663-535 or tingham@midwestfoodbank.org for more information.
Charity Hog Roast raises over $50K
BLOOMINGTON — The seventh annual Roasting for Charity Hog Roast raised over $54,000 on Saturday, Aug. 13.
The event was held at the home of the event organizers, Karen and Tom Harris, who live on Golf Court.
The fundraiser included a live auction, a silent auction, raffles, 50/50, donation bucket, kids golf ball sale, a 300-pound hog and roasters of extra pork and all the trimmings.
The free event put on by a group of neighbors, family and friends has raised nearly $300,000 over the last seven years.
All of the proceeds from the event support the Community Cancer Center in Normal.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
729 AM MDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM MDT/1230 PM CDT/ THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by moderate to heavy rainfall.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast New Mexico and western Texas,
including the following counties, in southeast New Mexico, Eddy
and Lea. In western Texas, Gaines.
* WHEN...Until 1130 AM MDT /1230 PM CDT/.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 727 AM MDT /827 AM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated heavy
rain. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly
in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have
fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Hobbs, Carlsbad, Artesia, Lovington, Tatum, Hope, Maljamar,
Avalon, Carlsbad North, Brantley Lake State Park, Caprock,
Seven Rivers Airport, Monument, McDonald, Humble City,
Nadine, Crossroads, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Lincoln
National Forest and Loco Hills.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Nueces River Near Tilden.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Major flooding below Cotulla to below
Tilden occurs, and cuts off extensive portions of the flood plain,
requiring wholesale evacuation of livestock from the area. Roads
and bridges near the river flood severely. Hunting cabins, pump
jacks, tank batteries, irrigation pumps and any equipment in low
areas near the river flood.
- At 7:30 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 21.7 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:30 AM CDT Saturday was 22.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river has crested and is expected to fall
below flood stage late Tuesday evening and continue falling
to 11.7 feet Thursday morning.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
Fld Observed Forecasts (7 am)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Nueces River
Tilden 14.0 21.7 Sat 7 am 19.9 17.8 15.5 13.3 11.7
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Charles Johnson is a renowned novelist, essayist and writer of short stories. His novel Middle Passage won the 1990 National Book Award.
He is also a cartoonist and a Buddhist (his article "Dharma for a Dangerous Time" appears in the September issue of the Buddhist publication Shambala Sun. Lately, his own reading has been focused again on what history has to teach us.
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Author and journalist Vijay Vaitheeswaran discusses the relative merits of alternative energy sources. He says spending on hybrid cars is an investment in the future, more than a way to save money now. Vaitheeswaran also says there are parts of the country, where solar is price competitive with fossil fuels.
Vijay Vaitheeswaran is a correspondent for The Economist and the author of the book Power to the People.
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A popular bookshop chain that was loved by booklovers and shoppers across the country once called Lancashire home.
Back in the noughties, before online shopping and reading on a tablet was a popular as we now know it, we made our way to Borders Books. In the North West, there were massive Border stores in Liverpool, Cheshire Oaks, as well as a branch in Deepdale Shopping Centre in Preston.
Borders first opened in the UK in 1997 and was originally owned by the US book giant of the same name. Extremely popular, Borders stocked thousands of titles across numerous genres, as well as magazines, cards, CDs, DVDs and more.
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By the early noughties, the bookshop phenomena had come to Lancashire and became a magnet for booklovers and shoppers. It had something for everybody and would welcome students, gamers, young families, older couples and more to browse the aisles full of hundreds of books, from classics and children's literature to sport and new releases.
It was a great place to meet up and socialise, as well as to stock up on back to school gear or tick off gifts on the Christmas list. Many of the branches, including the one in Preston, had a Starbucks coffee inside so you could sip a hot drink whilst getting comfy on one of the big chairs with a book.
Boasting a fantastic selection of books, magazines, CDs, videos, foreign papers and gifts, you could also purchase stationery or a new video game via Paperchase and GAME which was inside many of the Borders stores. Over the years, different Borders bookshops would host everything from in store acoustic performances, celebrity book signings and midnight openings for new must-have books that would see late night queues.
Borders was a massive part of the book industry in the UK and had unforgettable moments. Like many other big book brands, Borders would have midnight releases of the latest Harry Potter books and more.
It's been over ten years now since Borders went into administration and announced the closure of the store. On their Facebook page at the time, Borders Preston announced their last day of trading was December 22, 2009 and one customer later posted "Goodbye, Old Friend !!!"
In 2009, the collapse of Borders affected 1,150 jobs across the country, with three stores at Warrington, Speke and Cheshire Oaks closing. On Deepdale Retail Park, a bold yellow and black sign saying 'store closing' could be seen over the store.
Do you remember Borders? Let us know in the comments section below.
Upon its closure, one online blogger said: "Disappointing that Borders will be closing in Deepdale Shopping Centre. Paid a visit yesterday and the place was busy, the 20% off signs an attraction.
"It’s good to have had two good bookstores in Preston. Borders was a bit different with its Starbucks, Game, Calendar Club and Paperchase and having easy parking. A loss."
Shoppers will no doubt remember the closing down sales that swept Borders bookshops across the country and what it was like going there one last time, leaving with a discounted item in a borders bag. The Preston Borders store has since closed, although a number of the bookshops still exist abroad.
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- Fascinating photos bring 1960s Blackpool into sharp focus | https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/nostalgia/popular-bookshop-chain-now-chapter-24761030 | 2022-08-20T15:19:28Z | https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/nostalgia/popular-bookshop-chain-now-chapter-24761030 | true |
The Queen has had a jam sandwich every day since she was five years old, her former chef reveals
- The Queen's former chef has a Youtube video where he shares royal recipes
- Chef Darren McGrady said jam sandwiches always had to be on the menu
- He said Her Majesty has eaten 'jam pennies' since she was a girl, and ever since
- The chef said the jam was usually strawberry, made at Balmoral Castle
The Queen has had a jam sandwich every day since she was five years old, her former private chef has revealed.
Darren McGrady was Queen Elizabeth's personal chef for 15 years, as well as Princess Diana's and Princes William and Harry's.
Mr McGrady posted a video to his Youtube channel - which has 226,000 subscribers - about how to recreate your own royal afternoon tea at home and the types of sandiwches that would be on offer at Buckingham Palace.
The chef, who has worked at the palace since he was a young boy, spoke of the garden parties that would be held there, with 6,000 people in attendance.
The Queen has had a jam sandwich every day since she was five years old, her former private chef Darren McGrady revealed in a Youtube video
Mr McGrady said one of the sandwiches served at royal garden parties had to be the jam penny - a jam and butter sandwich - which he said The Queen has had since she was a little girl and for afternoon tea ever since
However the royal chefs only had to cater for the royal tea tent and there was one sandwich staple that always had to be on the menu.
This delicacy was the 'jam penny' - which The Queen was served as a little girl and has eaten for Afternoon Tea ever since, said Mr McGrady.
He said the timeless recipe was 'just bread and jam with a little butter, usually strawberry jam.
'We'd make the jam at Balmoral Castle with gorgeous Scottish strawberries from the gardens.'
In the video he then sandiwched the jam and butter slice together and cut into circles, adding: 'They were called pennies, after the size of the old English penny.'
Other popular afternoon tea sandwich fillings included tomato and cheese, and cucumber with mint cream cheese.
In the video he said: 'They were called pennies, after the size of the old English penny' and that other royal sandwich filling favourites were cucumber with mint cream cheese, and tomato and cheese
In the comments one viewer said: 'The weird thing is, going school in England anyone who had jam sandwiches was called poor!
'And here I am finding out The Queen eats them, wish I could show the bullies this haha!
'A lot of that food seems so simple but just is reminder there’s so much naturally nice things no need for all this Just Eat and Deliveroo!'
However not everyone was a fan, with someone saying: 'The Queen has eaten a jam sandwich every day since she was a kid.
'A bloody jam sandwich? Boring! If I was queen I’d definitely be more boujee than that.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11129823/The-Queen-jam-sandwich-day-five-years-old-former-chef-reveals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-20T15:24:12Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11129823/The-Queen-jam-sandwich-day-five-years-old-former-chef-reveals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Coimbatore reports 81 new COVID-19 cases
Coimbatore district reported 81 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The Health Department said that 95 persons recovered from the disease, and the district had 619 active cases on Saturday. The district had a test positivity rate of 7% on Friday when 87 persons tested positive.
Tiruppur district reported 22 new cases. The Health Department said that 27 persons recovered from the disease, and the district had 145 active cases. The district had a test positivity rate of 6.6% on Friday when 23 persons tested positive.
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Kochi Corporation drive against dangling wires gains momentum
Around 70% of cables removed, say authorities
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Around 70% of television and Internet cables dangling in a haphazard manner from electric poles and lamp posts in areas under the Kochi Corporation have been removed in an ongoing drive, according to the works standing committee of the civic body.
The drive against unauthorised laying of cables gained momentum after an accident at Maradu in the first week of July. Eight children travelling in a school bus had a narrow escape when an electric pole fell on the vehicle. Eyewitnesses had said that the dangling wires of cable TV and Internet service providers tied to the electric pole got hooked on to the school bus, and the pole came down on top of the bus.
“The cables tied below the prescribed minimum height of five feet have been removed in areas under six zones of the Corporation. Such dangerous cables were mostly seen in areas such as Vyttila, Pettah, Palarivattom and city divisions,” said Sunitha Dixon, chairperson of the works standing committee.
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The erring telecom and Internet service providers had failed to respond to notices issued by the Corporation three months ago. A meeting convened by the Corporation authorities had asked the service providers to remove the cables immediately.
Since no response was forthcoming from service providers, the Corporation was prompted to launch a concerted drive. The authorities had sought the cooperation of the Kerala State Electricity Board to take action against violators.
Ms. Dixon said the Corporation had borne the cost of removing cables, assigning workers and transportation. A move to recover the cost from the service providers responsible had not yielded the desired outcome.
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Journalist Wayne Slater has written extensively about the influence of Karl Rove on President Bush. His new book is The Architect: Karl Rove and The Master Plan for Absolute Power. Rove has been involved with the Bush family for nearly 30 years and worked with George W. Bush on every one of his campaigns.
Slater co-authored the book with James Moore, his co-writer on Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential. Slater has covered Bush for years, and is senior political writer and an award-winning reporter for The Dallas Morning News.
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Fire breaks out at Kollam Corporation building
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Furniture and some documents were damaged when a fire broke out at the Mayor’s room in the Kollam Corporation building on Saturday.
The fire was first noticed by the security staff around 6 am, and two Fire and Rescue units from Kadappakada and Chamakkada were pressed into service to extinguish the flames.
As per primary investigation, a short-circuit may be the cause of the blaze. The police have registered a case and started investigation.
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According to Corporation officials, all important files kept at the locker room next to the Mayor’s office are safe.
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(Motor Authority) — The DeLorean has finally returned, but instead of a flux capacitor the reborn icon is battery-powered.
On Monday, the DeLorean Alpha5 broke cover in its production design ahead of the car’s formal online debut set for May 31. With gullwing doors, seating for four, and lots of LED lighting, the car features a few nods to the past while firmly planting itself in the electric era.
Not going back to the future
Like the DMC-12 of the late 1970s, the Alpha5 was penned by Italdesign. However, it’s not a throwback or typical reimagination of a cult classic, and the body is not made of stainless steel. The clean-sheet design features horizontal LED headlights and taillights, a fan-like wheel design, massive gullwing doors, gullwing outlines in the lower front grille and rear valence, a louver-like design on the rear window, and the world DeLorean on the left side of the rear bumper, but the nods to the past seem to stop there.DeLorean Alpha5
The cabin appears to be completely modern with an almost Porsche Taycan-like design. A digital gauge cluster and floating touchscreen infotainment system grab the eyes, and the climate controls are set low behind the touchscreen infotainment system. Based on photos, the four seats are upholstered in a wool-like material, possibly with some leather portions. The rear seats are full size, but they may lack much leg room, possibly making the car a 2+2 rather than a true four seater.
DeLorean Alpha5
This baby is electric
Initial specs revealed align with what DeLorean Motor Company CEO Joost DeVries told Motor Authority in March.
The Alpha5’s battery pack is larger 100 kWh and can fast charge at a rate of about 150 kw. DeLorean says the range will exceed 300 miles thanks in part to an estimated 0.23 coefficient of drag.
DeLorean hasn’t talked about the Alpha5’s motors yet, but Chief Marketing Officer Troy Beetz told MA “You could assume that with most EV sports cars, the all-wheel drive would be a must as would a flat floor battery.” We take that to mean there will be a motor up front and one in the back.
DeLorean said the Alpha5 has an estimated top speed of 155 mph, sprints from 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds, and hits 88 mph in 4.4 seconds. Any speculation that it travels back in time at that speed is purely conjecture.
Beetz told MA the new DeLorean will “be a driver’s car, bringing back the joy of driving.” De Vries followed with, “in other words, it’s not an iPad on wheels.”
DeLorean Alpha5
The original DeLorean DMC-12 was 168.0 inches long and 78.3-inches wide, with a 95.0-inch wheelbase. The Alpha5 is larger in every way, at 196.7-inches long, 80.5-inches wide, and a 90.6-inch wheelbase.
DeVries told MA the reborn DeLorean will be based on a new chassis structure with a carbon-fiber tub.
The Alpha5 will make its public debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d ‘Elegance Award ramp on Aug. 18 and appear on the Concept Lawn during Monterey Car Week on Aug. 21.
DeLorean Alpha5
More to come
DeVries told MA DeLorean can’t survive as a company with just a coupe as it’s a niche market. Other models are set to augment the Alpha5. Quietly placed on the Alpha5 microsite are the graphics for an Alpha, Alpha2, and Alpha3. Curiously absent is an Alpha4. No information on these other models has been shared or teased, but DeVries told MA these other vehicles will represent larger segments in the marketplace and each will feature its own platform. | https://www.fox16.com/automotive/delorean-alpha5-reimagines-icon-for-electric-era-hits-88-mph-in-4-4-seconds/ | 2022-08-20T15:39:13Z | https://www.fox16.com/automotive/delorean-alpha5-reimagines-icon-for-electric-era-hits-88-mph-in-4-4-seconds/ | true |
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police have now said that a standoff caused the shutdown of I-65 for two hours Friday night near downtown, and have arrested a woman in connection with the incident.
Troopers were called to the scene of a minor rear-end crash on southbound I-65 near the Boone-Hendricks County Line around 6:30 p.m.
Before they arrived, the driver of a tan Nissan Altima involved in the crash, fled the scene continuing on southbound I-65.
The driver refused to stop for ISP, though continued to drive at a slow speed on the interstate. After hitting the concrete median barrier twice, the vehicle became disabled near the 120 mile marker.
The driver appeared to be the only person inside of the car, but refused to exit the vehicle.
Eventually the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police SWAT Team and ISP SWAT team were called in and all southbound lanes were closed.
At 8:23 p.m., the woman exited the vehicle and was taken into custody. There were no injuries reported during the standoff, but she was taken to the hospital to be checked out for any injuries related to the crash.
ISP said that 37-year-old Natasha Townsley of Indianapolis is suspected of driving under the influence and was arrested on the preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Around 8:30 p.m., ISP allowed traffic to begin flowing again on the northbound lanes. However, the police presence kept the southbound lanes partially closed until after 9:00 p.m. before all lanes were finally reopened.
During the standoff, officers could be seen taking positions behind their vehicles as the situation continued. At one point a puff of white smoke could be seen coming from near the stopped vehicle.
Along with the dozens of cars stopped behind the police presence, several people pulled over along the northbound lanes to watch the incident.
Authorities eventually shutdown the northbound lanes, blocking cars from getting onto I-65 at the 38th Street ramp. | https://www.wane.com/news/woman-arrested-after-standoff-that-shutdown-i-65/ | 2022-08-20T15:41:56Z | https://www.wane.com/news/woman-arrested-after-standoff-that-shutdown-i-65/ | false |
INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — So which takes the cake as the healthiest: ice cream or pizza?
A new study is ranking more than 8,000 foods in order from least healthy to the most healthful.
“Once you get beyond ‘eat your veggies, avoid soda,’ the public is pretty confused about how to identify healthier choices in the grocery store, cafeteria, and restaurant,” said the study’s lead and corresponding author, Dariush Mozaffarian.
The study, conducted by a scientific team at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, scores 54 different characteristics across nine domains. Using these scores, they were able to score all foods, beverages and even mixed dishes and meals.
Under the ranking, foods that score 100-70 are encouraged. Foods that score 69-31 can be eaten moderately. Those that score 30-1 should be minimized.
Across major food categories, study authors said the average score was 43.2. The lowest-scoring category was snacks and sweet desserts, while the highest-scoring category was legumes, nuts and seeds.
An ice cream cone with nuts and chocolate ice cream, for instance, gets a score of 37, while a fast food-style pizza with meat has a cautionary grade of 14.
“Consumers, policymakers, and even [industries] are looking for simple tools to guide everyone toward healthier choices,” said Mozaffarian, who is also dean of the Friedman School.
The study’s authors hope that by offering a consistent scoring of diverse items, people can compare combinations of food and beverages that could be sold and consumed together, such as an entire shopping basket, daily diet pattern or portfolio of foods sold by a company.
“With its publicly available scoring algorithm, Food Compass can provide a nuanced approach to promoting healthy food choices–helping guide consumer behavior, nutrition policy, scientific research, food industry practices, and socially based investment decisions,” said last author Renata Micha, who did this work as a faculty member at the Friedman School and is now at the University of Thessaly.
You can browse through the study’s data to see how some products scored. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/is-ice-cream-better-for-you-than-pizza-study-suggests-so/ | 2022-08-20T15:45:32Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/is-ice-cream-better-for-you-than-pizza-study-suggests-so/ | true |
Pick a day in history -- the day Lincoln was shot, the day Meriweather Lewis stood on the divide, any significant moment -- and imagine you were there. That's what historians were asked to do in the new book, I Wish I'd Been There. The book's editor, along with three of its contributors, join us to talk about the question, "What event would you like to have witnessed?"
Guests:
Byron Hollinshead, editor of I Wish I'd Been There and president of American Historical Publications
Carolyn Gilman, special projects historian at the Missouri Historical Society, author of several books on Native American and Western history
Robert Dallek, presidential historian and author of nine books on American history
Clayborne Carson, professor of history and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University. He has authored many books on King and the civil rights movement.
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JACKIE LYDEN, host:
We'll say this at the outset. Severance, Robert Olen Butler's new collection of stories, is an odd and disturbing book. The premise for each story are the last thoughts, the last recollections, of people who have been decapitated; hence Severance.
The words of these individuals are poetic and brief and seem to link human beings who have suffered this fate, whether they are monarchs or slaves, and reveal in their last moments what is most precious about being alive. Robert Olen Butler joins us now from our member station, KQED in San Francisco. Robert Olen Butler, thank you very much for being with us.
Mr. ROBERT OLEN BUTLER (Author): It's a pleasure, Jackie.
LYDEN: I think I have to come to right to point on this and ask if you were influenced by what has been a gruesome and all-too-frequent occurrence in the news, and that is of the decapitation of hostages in Iraq and other places in the Middle East.
Mr. BUTLER: You know, it's interesting. Actually, I finished this book just before that began, and in fact there were 60 of these pieces in the book at that point, and I had to go back and put two more in as a result of the events in Iraq.
LYDEN: The book preceded the news, really.
Mr. BUTLER: The book preceded the recent news, but this has been in the news for millennia, the beheading of people.
LYDEN: Each story is just 240 words long. Why is that?
Mr. BUTLER: Each is exactly 240 words long, because there are two epigraphs to the book, one from a French doctor of the 19th century who says that after careful study and due deliberation, it's my opinion the head remains conscious for one minute and a half after decapitation; and the other from a handbook of speech which points out that in a heightened state of emotion, we speak at the rate of 160 words a minute.
So if you do the math, 160 words a minute, a minute and half, 240 words. So each of these 62 little stories is exactly 240 words long.
LYDEN: Well, we should perhaps point out that that's not proved. Is it? I mean we don't know that.
Mr. BUTLER: Oh, no, no, no. But there has always been that suspicion, and there's of course no way to prove it. But I landed on a minute and a half, and it felt like a very natural length for these outbursts.
LYDEN: Would you choose one to read? I mean we talk about this going on for millennia. The book actually begins with someone in prehistory who you call the mud man. But I'd like you, if you would, please, to begin with Saint George, patron saint of England.
Mr. BUTLER: Saint George, all right.
LYDEN: Page 53.
Mr. BUTLER: So George, soldier and saint, beheaded by the Emperor Diocletian, 303.
Far across the field, the evil thing sits, small seeming from here. My horse rears and frets, sensing the ancient beast, as all creatures of God do. While in my ears, I still hear the voices of the villagers. A dragon, they cry.
And so it is. I see the evil one as I have never seen him before, complacent in a meadow beneath the sun, his scaled body the color of a toad, his breath a faint hiss in the air, wisps of smoke rising like morning mist about him.
The villagers cry: my daughter eaten; my son eaten; my husband. And I tell them of the Lord God and his own son whose body also was destroyed. And they cry, that did us no good, and they wail on. And I say, it did you no good because you have not eaten of your savior.
And I kneel before a priest in a secret place in Rome, and I eat the body and the blood, and afterwards I say, father, shall I leave my arms? And he says, fight in the Lord's name.
And now I sit on the edge of this ignorant village, and the dragon lifts his head and unfurls his wings. And I thump my fist upon my breastplate, and I draw my sword. And in the center of me, there is only the peace that passes all understanding, because of the things I have eaten.
LYDEN: This, like so many of these, is about really what is most prized in our souls, and we go through a lot of human souls in this collection: Cicero's, lost American Indians, bandits and overseers, slaves. But of course I have to come back to why. I mean in what way did you envision that heads would speak about the lives that they had lived?
Mr. BUTLER: Well, what draws a fiction writer are those moments when human beings are focused on what they most profoundly and deeply yearn for. And when I conceived of this book, that's what the focus was. These voices cluttered into my head at the moment that I in fact stood before a guillotine.
The book began when I was in Saigon. I brought my wife. We went to the war crimes museum, and amidst the unexploded ordinance and the rusting American airplanes there was a guillotine that the French used until they left in 1954. And standing before that extraordinary, infernal machine, suddenly I put it together that what more extraordinary moment of self-reflection and profound return to the yearning of your soul than in the moment when your head has just been cut off.
LYDEN: Did anyone say to you, Robert, maybe this isn't really such a great idea? I can't get past the repellant aspect of it.
Mr. BUTLER: Well, certainly that suspicion was floated by people around me. My French publisher actually was the one that encouraged me the most. I was in France and she just fell in love with the book. So I actually wrote the book for that French market initially.
LYDEN: Hmm. I found myself overcoming that hesitancy very quickly, and I must say my own hesitancy is informed by current events and the things that have happened to people so tragically. To realize that there was just such common humanity in this experience, that it had gone back to the time of Cicero and up to Jayne Mansfield. You gave each one of these people such extraordinary resonance.
Mr. BUTLER: Yes, indeed. What happens inside them really has to do with how they lived, not how they died.
LYDEN: And in this stream of consciousness there is a funny one in here, a chicken who's about to become Sunday dinner, and you have kind of chicken-ese language, which is wonderful and luscious and sort of sounds like a William Carlos William poem crossed with a Popeye character or something. And we have got to hear you read the chicken, please.
Mr. BUTLER: Certainly, and I'm glad you asked me for this one, Jacki, because in this one, one of the enduring questions of the 20th century is finally answered.
(Soundbite of laughter)
LYDEN: I won't give it away.
Mr. BUTLER: So Americana pullet beheaded in Alabama for Sunday dinner, 1958.
Little grit things in the straw here, and I peck and peck, and they're gone. And I go over there, a wormy thing, but it's a leaf stem, which I always grab, but it never goes mush like an actual worm, which I look and look and listen for.
And the flying ones come down, and they walk among us. And they cock their heads and hear the slither in the earth, and they grab, and up one comes. But after a rain, it's good for me. The worms come up, and I run here and I run there, and I eat. And the grit is good, too. Over there I go for grit, though the soft slither is even better. But it's dry now, dry all around, and they are vanished.
Wait, wait. The rest of me is gone. And from beyond the wire, from past the dog-leap, from down the long ruts, I can hear a muttery cluckering. And it is like when I broke at last from the eggy wall and into the light, and a fluff of feathers hovered near and made the same sound.
But this muckery wuckering is vast. This at last is the hen who fills the sky. And I am rushing now along the path, and the clucking is for me, and it is very loud. And a great wide road is suddenly before me, and she is beyond. And I cross.
(Soundbite of laughter)
LYDEN: So now we know why.
Mr. BUTLER: Yes.
LYDEN: We know why.
Mr. BUTLER: Yes, finally answered.
LYDEN: For love. Robert Olen Butler, it's a stunning collection. Thank you very, very much for being with us today.
Mr. BUTLER: It's been my great pleasure, Jacki.
LYDEN: Robert Olen Butler is the author of a new collection of stories called Severance. To hear the last words of Medusa, go to our Web site, npr.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.apr.org/2006-10-22/re-imagining-the-final-thoughts-of-the-beheaded | 2022-08-20T15:47:27Z | https://www.apr.org/2006-10-22/re-imagining-the-final-thoughts-of-the-beheaded | false |
Photographer Gordon Wiltsie has shadowed the world's best mountain climbers and bravest explorers as they challenged their bodies and risked their lives. Now he has documented some of those travels in his new book, To the Ends of the Earth: Adventures of an Expedition Photographer.
Wiltsie talks with Alex Chadwick about how he kept his sanity during life-risking adventures while documenting daring moves in exotic locales.
The photographer is also an accomplished climber and explorer himself. He has written and photographed eight articles for National Geographic magazine, documenting journeys to the Himalayas, the Andes and the North and South poles.
When he's not hanging off a mountain, Wiltsie also has a keen eye for culture. His critically acclaimed study of the nomads of Mongolia's Darhad Valley was featured in the October 2003 National Geographic.
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Chris Martin knows musical talent when he sees it.
On Thursday, his band, Coldplay, retweeted a sweet video that singer Victoria Canal posted of herself on Twitter. The clip featured her and Martin singing her latest song, "Swan Song," while she played the tune on the piano.
In the video, Martin leaned against the piano and looked at Canal, who only has one hand, as they sang the duet in perfect harmony.
“Who knows how long we’ve got?/ As long as I am breathing/ Know it’s not too late to love,” they both sang before Martin interjected.
“One of the best songs ever written,” he said.
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“What!” Canal laughed.
“And you’re nervous and the piano’s louder than you!” he said.
Canal told the rock star that she "always sings too quiet," noting in the video's subtitles that she was "dying on the inside" at the feedback.
"I literally dissolved and went to songwriter heaven when this happened. i love you chris martin," she wrote on Twitter.
When Coldplay retweeted the clip, they captioned it with a simple red-heart emoji.
This isn't the first time that Martin has performed an amazing duet with someone. Earlier this week, he teamed up with Natalie Imbruglia to pay homage to the late Olivia Newton-John.
The duo performed "Summer Nights," which was one of Newton-John's most popular songs from the hit 1975 musical "Grease." Newton-John starred in the film as Sandy Olsson.
In late June, Martin surprised an engaged couple in an English pub by serenading them with "A Sky Full of Stars," the band's 2014 Grammy-nominated hit.
Canal also isn't the only performer that Martin has encouraged. In July, when pop star Lizzo revealed that the Coldplay song "Yellow" had been part of an intimate moment in her life which later inspired a song of her own, he FaceTimed her during an interview to express his adoration.
“I love you, and you’re wonderful. If someone had told me, 22 years ago, one day Lizzo’s going to make out to this song, I’d be like, ‘OK, great!’” Martin said. “It’s become Lizzo’s hookup song, and that’s good.”
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Former President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the parent agency of the Voice of America paid a prestigious private law firm so extravagantly to investigate his own agency's senior executive officials that it constituted a "waste or gross waste of government resources," a federal watchdog concluded Friday.
Michael Pack, the former CEO of VOA-parent U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO, awarded the contract without any bidding process to the politically connected Richmond, Va., law firm McGuireWoods, which ultimately received more than $1.6 million in taxpayer money.
Friday's report from the U.S. State Department's Inspector General found the service the law firm provided "were duplicative of existing resources and involved the payment of billable hours far in excess of the salary of federal employees who can perform the same work." The inspector general also found "serious violations of federal law and regulation" in the payment of a subcontractor without any authorization.
Neither Pack nor two representatives of McGuireWoods replied to efforts requesting comment on the findings on Friday.
Pack's initial nomination to the job by Trump languished for two years; shortly after showing up at USAGM headquarters in early June 2020, he all but declared war on his new colleagues. Pack told conservative media outlets that, like Trump himself, he was there to "drain the swamp" at Voice of America and its sister networks.
In such appearances, Pack claimed, without evidence, that opportunities for espionage were rife within its networks. He embarked on efforts to investigate and stamp out what he alleged was rampant anti-Trump bias in Voice of America's coverage.
The government-owned service seeks to provide independent news reporting for more than 312 million people overseas every week across multiple platforms. His advisers ordered investigations of individual reporters; he rejected the employee visa renewals of some foreign nationals, forcing them to scramble for new posts or to return home, often to regimes hostile to the U.S.
Pack's criticisms span a period that includes the tenure of former USAGM CEO John Lansing, who is now CEO at NPR. (Under NPR's protocols, top newsroom leaders cannot review any of the network's coverage that touches on USAGM because of his prior position there.)
In the summer of 2020, Pack moved swiftly to fire most of his top leadership team, including his chief financial officer, his general counsel, and his chief strategic officer, enraged that they blocked some of his initiatives and warned others could prove illegal. Told that it was also probably illegal to fire them, Pack placed seven on administrative leave and revoked the security clearance of six of them. In August 2020, Pack commissioned McGuireWoods to conduct an inquiry into them.
A July 2021 review by the same government watchdog exonerated the officials with the suspended clearances of any wrongdoing. In addition, it found that Pack had targeted them for raising red flags over his actions. The inspector general rebuked USAGM for failing to refer concerns about them to its office, which is charged with conducting such reviews under federal law. But it also said the costs were extreme and contrary to federal rules and regulations.
One McGuire Woods attorney charged the federal agency $930 an hour for his work; That was about 12 times the cost that would have been incurred by relying on a government attorney, the inspector general's office found. "USAGM paid for over 1,600 hours of McGuireWoods attorneys' time who billed at a rate in excess of $500 per hour," it stated.
NPR obtained documents reflecting that McGuireWoods intended to charge USAGM $2.1 million, but its actual billings ultimately ebbed.
Pack had ties to the Richmond law firm. The conservative filmmaker had become close to U.S. Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni, interviewing the couple for a sympathetic documentary. John Adams, McGuireWoods' lead partner on the USAGM contract, had served as Thomas's law clerk at the Supreme Court.
McGuireWoods' contract
Starting in late 2020, NPR did a series of stories detailing McGuireWoods' activities for USAGM, including the law firm's decision to shed a client that could have impeded its ability to secure the lucrative contract.
The Open Technology Fund, a not-for-profit almost wholly dependent on USAGM for money, had sought free advice from McGuireWoods lawyers on legal matters in spring 2020. In June 2020, Pack decided to take over the fund, to redirect all his agency's subsidies from it, and to fire its leaders and board. He instead wanted to use the money for anti-censorship software tied to Falun Gong. Attorneys for the fund shared sensitive materials with McGuireWoods as they strategized with the firms' lawyers over a potential lawsuit to block the moves.
After reviewing the materials and dragging their feet, senior partners at McGuireWoods cited concerns that the case might be too political, three people with knowledge told NPR, and the firm dropped the technology fund as a client. Pack granted McGuireWoods its contract just weeks later.
In December 2020, Pack unveiled a plan to strip the Open Technology Fund of federal dollars and ban it from receiving any government funds. In so doing, he relied on material from McGuireWoods.
The inspector general's report did not address that element. A complaint to the Virginia State Bar over McGuireWoods' actions toward the Open Technology Fund has not resulted in any action against the firm, according to a review of publicly available records.
Pack's moves drew condemnation internally and externally; the U.S. Congress passed legislation to insulate Voice of America from political meddling and, in one case, a federal judge called Pack's actions unconstitutional.
Pack resigned at President Biden's request just two hours after the new president took the oath of office in January 2021. The new leadership of USAGM embraced the inspector general's findings on Friday. And Biden's nominee for the USAGM CEO position, former Voice of America director Amanda Bennett, still awaits a vote from the U.S. Senate.
Disclosure: This story was reported by NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik and edited by NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi. Because of NPR CEO John Lansing's prior role as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, no senior news executive or corporate executive at NPR reviewed this story before it was published.
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WABASH COUNTY — The Wabash County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help finding a missing 15-year-old girl who was last seen August 4 at 11:50 p.m.
Austin Gail Hinsey has brown hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a black hoodie and black pants.
She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
If you have any information on Austin Gail Hinsey, contact the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department at 260-563-9223 or 911.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The blue and red flames of the new logo USA Gymnastics unveiled this week are designed to symbolize rebirth. They might as well double as a metaphor for the self-inflicted damage the organization has endured for the better part of a decade.
The Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal shook the sport’s national governing body to its core. Hundreds of victims of abuse at the hands of the former national team doctor came forward to tell their stories, some of them highlighting a toxic culture that allowed Nassar to hide in plain sight for decades.
The fallout included sending Nassar to jail essentially for the rest of his life, a massive leadership overhaul within the organization — more than half of the current staff has been with the organization for three years or less — and last December a $380 million settlement between abuse victims, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. The agreement included a series of provisions designed to promote transparency, accountability and safety within a program that used to be the gold standard of the U.S. Olympic movement.
The settlement assured the organization’s survival. And that process — as painful and public and humiliating as it was — might have been the easy part.
Now comes a far more difficult task: making sure the changes — some of them implemented years ago, others still in the works — actually stick. And president Li Li Leung, hired in 2019, knows it.
“We’re truly committed to the pursuit of a culture that will prevent these failings from ever happening again,” Leung said Wednesday on the eve of the 2022 U.S. Championships. “So now how we feel doesn’t really matter. It’s our actions that matter.”
One of the most visible will be on display for the first time this weekend at Amalie Arena. USA Gymnastics overhauled its women’s elite program over the winter, dividing the job of national team coordinator into three separate but equal gigs. Dan Baker is now the developmental lead, with Olympic medalist and 2005 world champion Chellsie Memmel serving as the technical lead and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Alicia Sacramone Quinn serving as the strategic lead.
The new paradigm was designed to make sure no one person wielded too much power and influence within the program. The arrangement is still very much in the feeling-out stage, though the hiring of two former athletes who have excelled in the crucible of world-class competition — Memmel herself just a year removed from an unlikely comeback in her early 30s — caught the attention of 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles.
“It is kind of cool having people who were just there doing the same thing that we did in this elite world,” said Chiles, who is in the women’s field this weekend. “It’s kind of cool that they can connect to us in that way. So it is kind of exciting to see how they’re going to work with us.”
The 21-year-old Chiles joined the senior national team in 2017 as the scope of the Nassar scandal deepened and as USA Gymnastics began to try to plot a way forward, a path riddled by missteps as it went through multiple presidents and national team coordinators.
While there is a general sense there has been incremental progress at the upper levels of the sport over the last five years, Chiles believes more work needs to be done.
“Having that ability to make our voices heard is where it needs to kind of change a little, I would have to say, because sometimes it can be hard,” Chiles said.
Listening is one of Quinn’s primary goals. She intends to meet with each athlete during national team camps to be both a sounding board and a guide.
“(I want to) to be able to see how they’re doing physically and mentally and tell them where I think they’re doing great, where I think they need to put some work in,” she said. “And that way everybody kind of knows where they stand.”
Where the women’s program stands at the moment is at a bit of a crossroads. The easing of NCAA rules on name, image and likeness compensation has allowed Olympians like Chiles and floor exercise gold medalist Jade Carey to compete collegiately and at the elite level at the same time.
They’ll also be getting a first-hand glimpse at the latest iteration of “change” in an organization that’s seen plenty of it over the last five-plus years. Chiles is curious about what this latest shift will look like, to see if the metamorphosis goes deeper than a new logo and mission statement.
Like nearly everyone else associated with the sport, she’s both skeptical and cautiously optimistic.
“I mean, obviously, I am going to be looking at what’s new and what’s different and how everything’s just going to play out this weekend,” Chiles said. “So we’ll see how everything turns out.”
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The full parivaar of Star Plus channel gathers together and they all have a blast together. They play fun games and the atmosphere is completely festive.
MUMBAI: Star Plus’ recent show ‘Ravivaar with Star Parivaar’ has been entertaining the audiences with its different and unique concept.
The full parivaar of Star Plus channel gathers together, and they all have a blast together. They play fun games and the atmosphere is completely festive.
Fun behind the scenes and promos of the show are loved by the fans. These sneak peeks give the viewers a look into the exciting episode ahead.
Anupamaa and Imlie are trending shows for the channel and the lead actresses of the show Rupali Ganguly and Sumbul Toqueer Khan share a great bond that is quite visible on the show.
Recently, we came across a video of Anupama from the sets of the show.
Check out the video below:
Awww.... Anupamaa missing Imlie @TouqeerSumbul #Imlie #AryanSinghRathore #Arylie #ravivaarwithstarparivaar #teamimliewins
— (@vrinshacaps) August 20, 2022
pic.twitter.com/Qph6XLdEJl
In this video, we can see Anupama stating how much she misses Imlie. She also says how thick their friendship has become. She also reminisces on their memories together.
The recent Janmasthami episode features Anupama with her son and daughter-in-law and also a few other members of other shows.
So, what do you think about Imlie and Anupama’s friendship? Tell us in the comments.
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Kamaru Usman will try to extend his current winning streak to 20 fights and his current stretch of successful UFC Welterweight Championship title defenses to six when he meets Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 278 this Saturday night. This fight card will take place at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah and will also feature a co-main event of Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold.
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Welterweight: Kamaru Usman (-350) vs. Leon Edwards (+275)
Kamaru Usman (20-1) is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world and could work his way into the Greatest of All Time conversation before his career is over. Since losing his second professional fight back in 2013, Usman has gone a perfect 19-0 over his last 19 fights including a 14-0 record in the UFC and a 7-0 record in title fights. He defeated Leon Edwards by decision in December of 2015.
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Trump Trolls Enemies with Resounding 'Endorsements' - Then Their Opponents Take the Bait
In a master-level stroke of inversion, former President Donald Trump has found a new use for his ability to all but ensure the success of Republican candidates.
On Wednesday via Truth Social, Trump unleashed his “endorsements” against three Democrats: Daniel Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who is campaigning for New York’s 10th Congressional District, Carolyn Maloney of New York and Rep. Jerrold Nadler. Both Maloney and Nadler are competing for a redrawn 12th Congressional District.
Based upon context, these “endorsements” from Trump can be considered to be either darkly disingenuous or delivered sarcastically with a proverbial wink to his supporters. Judge for yourself.
On Truth Social, Trump wrote first about Goldman, “Lawyer Dan Goldman is running for Congress, NY-10, and it is my great honor to Strongly Endorse him. I do this not because of the fact that he headed up the Impeachment Committee and lost, but because he was honorable, fair, and highly intelligent. While it was my honor to beat him, and beat him badly, Dan Goldman has a wonderful future ahead….”
“….He will be very compassionate and compromising to those within the Republican Party, and will do everything possible to make sure they have a fair chance at winning against the Radical Left Democrats, who he knows are destroying our Country. I would like to thank Dan for fighting so hard for America, and for working so tirelessly to stop “Trump.” He was not easy to beat, but winning against him made me realize just how very talented I am!” he continued.
Trump suggested that Goldman will be a moderate “very compassionate and compromising to those within the Republican Party” a damning descriptor in the uber-radicalized far-left of the 2022 Democrat party.
Minutes later, a similar “endorsement” for Maloney, with some kind words for her opponent Nadler appeared on Trump’s account.
“A vote for Carolyn Maloney in NY-12 is a vote for the future! She is a kind and wonderful person, who has always said terrific things about me, and will support me no matter what I do, just as I supported her very early on. She begged for a check with no quid pro quo, and I gave it to her. In fact, I gave her many….”
According to the Federal Elections Commission, Trump did in fact donate to Maloney’s campaign in 1993, 1994, 1998, 2006 and again in 2009 for a total of $4,000.
He continued and even took aim at Jerry Nadler. “….On the other hand, Jerry Nadler is likewise a hard driving man of the people, whose energy and attention to detail is unlike anyone else in Congress. He is high energy, sharp, quick-witted, and bright. You can’t go wrong with either, but Carolyn Maloney is the better man. She will lead our Country into a very GREEN and prosperous future. Carolyn has my Complete and Total Endorsement, she will never let our Conservative Movement down!”
The highlight of the snarky message is definitely the combined swipe at both Maloney and Nadler, “You can’t go wrong with either, but Carolyn Maloney is the better man.”
Naturally, Goldman and Maloney both vehemently rejected the “endorsement” from the 45th President. Goldman’s campaign attempted to turn the joke around on Trump in a statement reported by The Blaze.
“This is a pathetic attempt at fooling Democrats who are far smarter than Trump is, and it’s clear that only one candidate in NY-10 is living rent-free in Trump’s head. Buckle up Donald,” the statement added. “Dan’s coming for you.”
Maloney likewise took to Twitter to reject Trump’s “endorsement” and try to levy a rhetorical counterattack against him.
🧵🧵This is laughable and I reject any endorsement from Donald Trump.
Trump doesn’t respect women. He instigated the attacks on January 6th and claimed that the 2020 election was a big lie. https://t.co/Kwcn02b9M3
— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney) August 17, 2022
According to The New York Times, though, the opportunity to pick up the metaphorical weapon Trump offered them was not lost on some Democrats. Suraj Patel, who is running against Maloney and Nadler, pointed to Trump’s “endorsement” as evidence that the former President preferred to face older Democrats.
“Donald Trump is scared of a younger, more dynamic Democratic Party,” said Patel, according to The Times. “He knows how much more effective a new generation of diverse, energetic Democrats will be in stopping his movement.”
Patel is just 38 years old and he’s facing two septuagenarians.
Rep. Mondaire Jones of New York, who is struggling to find his feet in the new 10th District, picked up the cudgel Trump offered and readily wielded it against Goldman at a Wednesday debate.
“Mr. Goldman is fulfilling Donald Trump’s vision of him being a moderate person who is attempting to defeat progressives in this race,” Jones said, according to The Times. He added that Goldman “was the first candidate on this stage to be endorsed by Donald J. Trump.”
“Donald Trump just endorsed my multi-millionaire opponent, in case you needed a reminder of what the stakes are. #NY10, choose your fighter,” tweeted Yuh-Line Niou, another Democratic candidate against Goldman.
Donald Trump just endorsed my multi-millionaire opponent, in case you needed a reminder of what the stakes are. #NY10, choose your fighter. pic.twitter.com/DB6xIUKoNw
— Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) August 17, 2022
While we’re a few days away from the New York primaries on Aug. 23, these early indications could point to Trump’s “backhanded endorsement” as The Hill called it, being almost as devastating a political weapon as his genuine support. Time will tell.
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A man has been taken to hospital after crashing his motorbike on a busy Montrose road.
Police were called to attend the incident at North Esk Road on Saturday morning after the man came off his vehicle.
The road, which is part of the main thoroughfare north of the high street, had to be closed as police attended the scene.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 11.45am on Saturday 20 August, to a report of a crash involving a motorcycle on North Esk Road, Montrose.
“One man, the driver of the motorcycle, has been taken to hospital for treatment.”
More to follow
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(NEXSTAR) — Love Trader Joe’s, or just a fan of autumnal treats? You could be the perfect candidate for the opportunity to try all of Trader Joe’s new fall products — and get paid $1,000 for it. It goes without saying that you must love pumpkin, of course.
FinanceBuzz, a financial tips and recommendations site, is now hiring a “pumpkin spice pundit” to undertake a fall feast of Trader Joe’s items like pumpkin-centric ravioli, samosas and waffles. Desserts like cinnamon rolls and apple cider donuts are also on the menu, FinanceBuzz says.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old, based in the U.S. and live near a Trader Joe’s location for in-person shopping. As the tester, you’d be tasked with writing out your impressions of each food or drink item and rating them based on several factors.
FinanceBuzz explains the aim of the review is to find which items are the “best” ones and to “decide which foods to budget for and which to skip.”
While the “side gig” isn’t affiliated or endorsed by Trader Joe’s, the selected taster will receive a $500 gift card to cover costs of test items.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 28 and the chosen candidate will be notified by Sept. 2, FinanceBuzz says. The selected pumpkin pundit will complete their task by Sept. 18.
Paid to taste
Professional taste testing may sound like silly fun but it’s a real business and valuable market research to food companies.
Earlier this month, the Canadian Candy Funhouse company opened hiring for a “chief candy officer” — a position that entails trying over 3,500 pieces of candy each month. The position paid about $77,786 USD per year to help the company decide which products it will carry.
In July, the Washington Post reported Hershey would begin its search for a part-time “sensory panelist,” a role requiring six months of training with the company’s research and development team. | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/get-paid-1k-to-taste-trader-joes-fall-products-heres-how/ | 2022-08-20T16:15:39Z | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/get-paid-1k-to-taste-trader-joes-fall-products-heres-how/ | false |
Lee Johnson admits Hibernian still have loads of room for improvement after they scored their third stoppage-time goal in four cinch Premiership games to secure a 2-2 draw in an action-packed showdown with nine-man Rangers at Easter Road.
Hibs, who had previously notched a late winner away to St Johnstone and a last-gasp equaliser at home to Hearts this term, denied the Europa League finalists victory when Josh Campbell fired home a stunning half-volley after Rangers pair John Lundstram and Alfredo Morelos had been sent off.
Although happy with his team’s second-half display, Johnson – who made the bold call of substituting both Paul Hanlon and Ewan Henderson in the 27th minute – feels Hibs must improve.
“I’m not sure what this club’s doing to my heart,” he said after their latest dramatic finale. “First half we were really poor, certainly first 30 minutes.
“I envisaged a much better, more aggressive front-foot performance but we didn’t lay a glove on Rangers in the first half.
“Too many of our players were on the back foot and I bit the bullet and made the two changes very early which I think helped us at least have an organisational structure to be able to go man for man, to get tight.
“There were even things wrong in that which needed us to get to half-time to have a biblical team-talk to get us going. I think the boys delivered that in the second half.”
Asked how he feels after seeing his side score three crucial stoppage-time goals, Johnson said: “Listen, if I’m honest, I am not happy (with the start to the season).
“We need to do more. I am not going to sugar-coat where we are, we’ve got spirit and fitness but I want to deliver to these fans high-tempo, front-foot football.
“In the first half we didn’t and in the second half we did. We need a complete performance.”
Johnson felt Rangers’ first-half penalty, scored by James Tavernier, was a soft award when compared with the spot-kick Hibs did not get as Rocky Bushiri appeared to be held by Tavernier.
“I didn’t think it was a penalty and I thought Bushiri should have had a penalty,” he said.
“If there’s VAR, I think Rangers’ penalty is 50-50; I think the one where Bushiri got dragged down in the first half is probably 85-15.”
Lundstram was sent off for a cynical trip on Martin Boyle, while substitute Alfredo Morelos saw red for swinging an arm at Marijan Cabraja.
Johnson felt Lundstram’s red was “probably a yellow, a tactical foul”, while he has “no idea” whether Morelos would have been sent off if VAR had reviewed it.
Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst admits his side – in the middle of a crucial Champions League play-off against PSV Eindhoven – were always going to be up against it after going down to nine men.
“I think John was harsh to get the red card,” he told Sky Sports.
“I think it was a foul but I think he didn’t have any intention to hit him hard so I was surprised he gave the red card. We have to look into it in this one.
“Second red card, I haven’t seen it back. We have to clearly see what happened there. After the two decisions we were with nine men so for us, especially when we had the ball, it was very difficult for us to keep the ball.
“We almost succeeded in getting the three points but in injury time they fell in the right position to score the equaliser.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3613429/we-need-to-do-more-lee-johnson-wants-improvement-from-hibernian/ | 2022-08-20T16:20:37Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3613429/we-need-to-do-more-lee-johnson-wants-improvement-from-hibernian/ | false |
Editor's note: The Advocate is counting down the days to LSU's Sept. 4 season opener against Florida State with excerpts from the book "LSU By the Numbers." Saturday marks 15 days until kickoff, so we're looking back at the Tigers' greatest No. 15, Matt Flynn:
15 Matt Flynn
QB, 2004-07
No other LSU national championship quarterback had to wait as long for his shot at glory as Matt Mauck.
But once he got his chance, he capitalized on it by leading the Tigers to the top in the craziest college football season ever.
Born in 1985, Flynn was the son of former Baylor quarterback Alvin Flynn. He arrived at LSU in 2003 to a crowded quarterback room, redshirting with JaMarcus Russell as another Matt, Matt Mauck, led the Tigers to the national championship with Marcus Randall as the backup.
Mostly seeing action as a holder on place kicks his first two seasons, Flynn was thrust into a starting role for the 2005 Chick-fil-A Bowl against Miami (Florida). Russell was injured in LSU’s 34-14 loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game and didn’t make the bowl trip for disciplinary reasons, leaving the job to Flynn as the No. 10-ranked Tigers took on the No. 9 Hurricanes. It looked like a tough spot for LSU, but Flynn was brilliant. He earned MVP honors as he threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 39 more yards in a 40-3 rout.
It was back to a reserve role in 2006 for Flynn as Russell returned and led LSU to an 11-2 record and a No. 3 final ranking. But when Russell left early for the NFL, becoming the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Oakland Raiders, the starting job was finally Flynn’s after beating out sophomore phenom Ryan Perrilloux.
“It’s been a long road,” Flynn said on the eve of the 2007 season. “I didn’t really come here not expecting to play, but I’ve got my chance now and I can’t ask for a better opportunity.
“This has a chance to be one of the best teams we’ve ever had at LSU.”
The Tigers had three other first-round draft picks besides Russell, but LSU still returned a veteran team with 15 starters and 23 seniors. Flynn was the steadying force. Despite a midseason 43-37 triple-overtime loss at Kentucky, Flynn took LSU into Alabama for a showdown with national championship implications against a No. 18-ranked Crimson Tide team looking better than expected under first-year coach Nick Saban. Flynn went 24 of 44 for career-high 353 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions as the Tigers outpunched the Crimson Tide 41-34.
The Tigers would lose their regular-season finale to Arkansas 50-48, again in triple overtime, but Flynn was brave. In and out of the locker room with a separated shoulder, he was throwing to the bitter end but had to sit out the SEC Championship Game against Tennessee. He watched as Perrilloux earned MVP honors as LSU ground out a 21-14 win, then watched again as No. 1 Missouri lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game and No. 2 West Virginia was stunned by Pittsburgh 13-9. That and LSU’s win vaulted the Tigers from No. 7 in the BCS standings to No. 2 and into the national championship game matchup with Ohio State in New Orleans.
Flynn was back for the title bout. He saved some of his best stuff for last. The Tigers shook off an early 10-0 deficit thanks in large part to Flynn, who threw a then-LSU bowl record four touchdowns in a 38-24 victory.
“There were some trying times,” Flynn said. “I stuck it out. I’ve said it before I wouldn’t have given up this one year for four years starting somewhere else. This is a great end.”
The Green Bay Packers drafted Flynn in the seventh round in 2008. Again, he had to be patient, spending four seasons as Aaron Rodgers’ backup before signing a big contract with the Seattle Seahawks in 2012. Flynn eventually got edged out there by Russell Wilson and retired in 2014 after spending time with the Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders and again with Green Bay.
CAREER STATS
Year G-GS Att. Comp. Yards TDs INTs
2004 12-0 10 4 99 1 0
2005 13-1 48 27 457 7 1
2006 13-0 20 12 133 2 1
2007 12-12 359 202 2,407 21 11
TOTALS 49-13 437 245 3,096 31 13 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_854daa44-208e-11ed-8b69-9f41f809ce24.html | 2022-08-20T16:24:40Z | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_854daa44-208e-11ed-8b69-9f41f809ce24.html | true |
Surat, August 20
A 14-year-old boy landed in a juvenile home after the police caught him with a country-made revolver in this Gujarat city, sources said on Saturday.
Pratham (name changed), a resident of Pandesara area in Surat city, is said to have told police that he was addicted to crime web series. Watching an armed hero used to give him an adrenaline rush. Inspired by such characters, he decided to procure a weapon and during his visit to Uttar Pradesh, he bought a country-made revolver from one Raja for Rs 6,000. He used to flaunt his weapon to impress and frighten others in his area.
Pandesara Police Sub-Inspector AG Rabari told IANS that a patrolling police team had arrested Pratham with the revolver without any cartridge.
He was arrested on Thursday under arms act and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, which sent him to Juvenile Home. IANS | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/inspired-by-crime-web-series-gujarat-teenager-buys-weapon-lands-in-juvenile-home-423620 | 2022-08-20T16:25:11Z | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/inspired-by-crime-web-series-gujarat-teenager-buys-weapon-lands-in-juvenile-home-423620 | true |
Potential tropical storm heads for Mexico, Texas Gulf coast
Published: Aug. 20, 2022 at 11:19 AM CDT|Updated: 7 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A potential tropical storm is heading for the U.S.-Mexico border area, and could cause rains and flash flooding in northeastern Mexico and south Texas.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday that potential Tropical Cyclone Four was located about 165 miles (270 kilometers) south-southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande.
That area includes the Mexican border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.
The disturbance was moving northwest at 13 mph ( 20 kph), and could become a tropical storm before hitting land late Saturday.
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Johnny Depp is in talks to make a surprise appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards dressed as a Moonman
- Johnny Depp is rumored to be making a surprise appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards dressed as the network's famous mascot
- For the show, the 59-year-old actor is is in talks to dress up as a Moonman trophy
- The award ceremony will air next Sunday on August 28
- In the past, he has won five MTV Movie Awards, including Best Male Performance, Best Villain, Global Superstar and the Generation Award
- Last month, news broke that he is set to star in his first film since his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, a French period piece called La Favorite
- He will also be directing the film Modigliani, a biopic about Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani
Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to make a surprise appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards dressed as a Moonman, according to TMZ,
After four decades of captivating fans with his portrayal of eccentric characters in films like Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands, the 59-year-old actor is rumored to be taking the stage as the network's famous mascot.
While he is not nominated at the award ceremony, which will air next Sunday, the movie star has previously won MTV Movie Awards for Best Male Performance, Best Villain, Global Superstar and the Generation Award.
Upcoming gig: Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to make a surprise appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards dressed as the network's famous mascot, according to TMZ, seen in 2017
Next, the Oscar nominee is set to star in his first film since his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, a French period piece called La Favorite.
Depp will play King Louis XV alongside Maiwenn Le Besco, who will both direct the film and play the main character, Jeanne du Barry, King Louis' mistress.
Le Besco has had success before, directing critically acclaimed films such as Polisse and Mon Roi. The film, set to be shot this summer, will be Depp's first film in French and is expected to released in 2023.
All dressed up: After four decades of captivating fans with his portrayal of eccentric characters in films like Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands, the 59-year-old actor is rumored to be undergoing transformation as he dresses up as a Moonman trophy; seen in 2016
A fan-favorite: While he is not nominated at the award ceremony, which will air next Sunday, the star has previously won five MTV Movie Awards, including Best Male Performance, Best Villain, Global Superstar and the Generation Award; seen in 2014
While the budget for the movie is unclear, Depp reportedly has an up-front starting fee of $20 million for any role.
La Favorite will mark a return for Depp after much of Hollywood blacklisted him following domestic violence accusations from Heard.
In 2020, a British court ruled that 12 of 14 violence incidents claimed by Heard were 'substantially true,' and Depp was subsequently forced to resign from the 'Fantastic Beasts' franchise at the request of Warner Bros.
More to come: Next, he's set to star in his first film since his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, a French period piece called 'La Favorite' (seen in 2012)
But, after his own defamation suit against Heard, in which he was awarded $15 million, the star seems to be attracting interest again.
Depp is reportedly in talks to star in another 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film and reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow after a $301 million offer from Disney.
According to reports, Depp allegedly joked he wouldn't return to the 'Pirates' franchise even if he was offered $300 million, which led Disney to offer him $1 million more than that.
His last film, Minimata, about war photographer W. Eugene Smith, was released in 2020.
Exciting: Depp will play King Louis XV alongside Maiwenn Le Besco, who will both direct the film and play the main character, Jeanne du Barry, King Louis' mistress
The movie flopped, grossing a meager $1.7 million worldwide with a budget in the range of $11-13 million. Depp was paid $3 million for his role after 'the financing became shaky,' according to his agent.
The announcement comes as Netflix's subscriber base and value have plummeted this year.
Netflix recently agreed with French cinema guilds to invest around $40 million into French films in an attempt to recoup interest in its productions.
Depp has a 23-year-old daughter with French singer Vanessa Paradis. Lily-Rose Depp, who is also an actor, was born in the upscale Paris suburb Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Lily-Rose has also graced the Netflix homepage. The young actress starred opposite Timothee Chalamet in the 2019 Netflix movie The King.
The streaming giant admitted it expects to lose millions of subscribers this year, and its stock value has dropped over 70% since the beginning of the year.
Back to work: La Favorite will mark a return for Depp after much of Hollywood blacklisted him following domestic violence accusations from Amber Heard ; seen in 2022
Earlier this week, news broke that Depp would also be directing the film Modigliani, a biopic about Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Depp will be co-producing the film with Al Pacino and Barry Navidi in what will be the first flick he has helmed since making his feature directorial debut with the 1997 film The Brave.
Modigliani, which is based on the play written by Dennis McIntyre and has been adapted for the silver screen by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski, follows the artist in Paris in 1916.
Production is set to begin in Europe in spring 2023 and casting will also be revealed soon, according to THR. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11129961/Johnny-Depp-talks-surprise-appearance-MTV-Video-Music-Awards-dressed-Moonman.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-20T16:28:08Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11129961/Johnny-Depp-talks-surprise-appearance-MTV-Video-Music-Awards-dressed-Moonman.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina correctional officer has died after participating in training.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety says Officer Naomi Carroll-Moore died on Thursday.
The department says that sometime after a training exercise on Tuesday was complete at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh, she experienced a medical emergency and was transported to a local hospital.
Carroll-Moore, 56, was hired as a correctional officer in 2003. She worked in several prisons before leaving in 2009.
She sought to return to the job and was rehired earlier this month. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/North-Carolina-correctional-officer-dies-after-17386723.php | 2022-08-20T16:28:25Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/North-Carolina-correctional-officer-dies-after-17386723.php | true |
Author Iran Davar Ardalan, a producer for Morning Edition, first began telling her story about Iran in a series that aired on the radio program three years ago.
Her new memoir, My Name Is Iran, tells the story of three generations of Iranian-American women, who move back and forth between the countries and the cultures.
When Ardalan was just an infant, her family traveled to Iran, where she lived for years. She dropped the name "Iran" after the 1979 Iranian Revolution brought her back to America.
By the age of 18, Ardalan had returned to Iran to embrace the revolution, and an arranged marriage. She became a news anchor, reading content that reflected the sentiment in Iran at the time: anti-West, anti-America, anti-Israel.
Eventually, she became disillusioned and felt that the Islamic revolution was superficial and hypocritical.
"Right now," she says, "I feel more American. That is because I feel Iran is still in turmoil. It's been in the West where I have been able to step back and find myself, but I am finally proud to say my name is Iran."
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I have to agree with a lot of people who think the NPP government is not trumpeting its achievements enough. A sector-by-sector review is important to give the Ghanaian people a fair view of whether or not we have made progress as a nation.
Before the NPP took over power in 2017. The following factors were the talking points with respect to the Education Sector.
1. No Chalks in Schools- The Situation was so dire that, Headteachers had to appeal to donors for assistance. A popular incident that greeted the media space was that of the Headmistress of Kukurantumi Presby Primary School, Mrs. Juliet Oppong, who was slammed by the then 2nd lady, for a humble appeal made for a donation of chalk. See.https://www.myjoyonline.com/second-lady-slams-headmistress-for-requesting-chalk/
2. No vehicle in Offices of Ghana Education Service at regional and district levels for monitoring activities: Most District and Regional Education Directorates were immobile due to a lack of vehicles.
3. No Motorbikes for circuit supervisors, now School Inspection and Support Officers(SISO's), for monitoring of Schools.
4. Cancellation of teacher trainee's allowance
5. Rationing of teachers' salaries. Most teachers went off the payroll several times and have to form long queues at Controller and Accountant Generals Office in Accra in order to get themselves back on the payroll. This continued for several months.
6. Payment of 3 months' salary arrears to newly posted Teachers who worked for a year or two. Most newly trained teachers who were put on Scale and worked for a year and in some instances two years received three months' Salary arrears and the rest not paid. See https://www.modernghana.com/news/684590/victims-of-three-3-months-salary-pay-policy-v3mspp.html
7. Expensive Senior High School education, leading to school dropouts.
I can go on to produce an endless list of the snail-pace of education under the NDC. It was a devastating and running disarray of events that was sinking the roots of education in Ghana.
Then, fortunately, President Akufo Addo took over and began a robust campaign to lift the image of education in Ghana. He identified key areas of intervention under the leadership of Matthew Opoku Prempeh(Now Energy Minister)
Key areas of intervention include:
1. Enough Supply of Chalks and other supplementary educational materials to Schools.
2. Supply of pick-ups to 275 District Education Offices and 16 Regional Directorates.
3. Supply of Pick-ups and Busses to Senior High Schools and TVETS across the country.
4. Supply of motorbikes to all SISO's across the country to deepen monitoring and supervision
5. Supply of Wireless internet network to all Snr. High Schools and Education Directorates across the country
6. Restoration of teacher trainee's allowance
7. Stable monthly salary for teachers without going off the payroll.
8. Prompt Payment of newly posted Teachers with their arrears.
9. Free Snr. High School
10. Governments absorption of BECE and WASSCE registration Fees for all Final Year students.
11. Professional development allowance for all teachers to upgrade themselves.
These interventions brought education from a sinkhole and laid a solid foundation for it to thrive. That is not to say, there are no challenges. Definitely, there is a need to work fast on textbooks for the implementation of the new curriculum. But in the midst of the current challenges, the government has offered education a facelift and brought it to a standard worthy of admiration.
I will come back another day to have a bite on another sector, such as health, with a similar comparative analysis.
Ericus ( That Afadzato South Patriot) | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/The-state-of-education-before-the-NPP-took-over-in-2017-1606790 | 2022-08-20T16:29:09Z | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/The-state-of-education-before-the-NPP-took-over-in-2017-1606790 | true |
Russia's defense ministry accused Ukraine on Saturday of poisoning some of its servicemen in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia in late July.
An adviser to Ukraine's interior ministry said in response the alleged poisoning could have been caused by Russian forces eating expired canned meat.
The Russian defense ministry said a number of Russian servicemen had been taken to a military hospital with signs of serious poisoning July 31. Tests showed a toxic substance, botulinum toxin type B, in their bodies, it said.
"On the fact of chemical terrorism sanctioned by the [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy regime, Russia is preparing supporting evidence with the results of all the analyzes," the ministry said in a statement.
It did not say how many servicemen had suffered or what their condition was now. It did not say what the "supporting evidence" was.
Botulinum toxin type B is a neurotoxin that can cause botulism when ingested in previously contaminated food products, but it can also have medical uses.
Ukraine's defense ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, but interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko commented on the Russian allegation on the Telegram messaging app.
"The department [Russian defense ministry] does not clarify whether the poisoning could have been caused by expired canned meat, in which botulinum toxin is often found. Overdue rations have been massively complained about by the occupying forces since the first days of the invasion of Ukraine," he said.
The Russian defense ministry said it was conducting an additional investigation into an incident in which Volodymyr Saldo, the Russian-installed administration in Ukraine's occupied Kherson region, was taken ill.
Saldo, a former mayor of the city of Kherson who was appointed to head the region of the same name when Russian troops overran it in early March, fell ill in early August.
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Delightful landscaping adds curb appeal to this Destin model in River Oaks
Built just four years ago, this lovely home rests in River Oaks, an Ormond Beach community close to downtown, shopping and Interstate 95 and just 15 minutes to the ocean. This D.R. Horton Destin model features a three-car garage with storage racks and a split floor plan with four bedrooms, three bathrooms with hot-water bidets, an expansive living space and an open chef's kitchen with a walk-in pantry, breakfast seating, center island and gracious formal dining area. Some updates include the screened-in lanai, solar panels installed in 2022 for energy efficiency and upgraded LED lighting. Outside, a six-zone irrigation system takes care of the delightful landscaping, giving this great family home lots of curb appeal. River Oaks has a community playground and is zoned for Pine Trail Elementary, Ormond Middle and Seabreeze High.
ADDRESS: 226 River Vale Lane, Ormond Beach
TOTAL LIVING SQUARE FEET: 2,345
LOT SIZE: 70 feet by 115 feet
BEDROOMS: 4
BATHROOMS: 3
STORIES: 1
YEAR BUILT: 2018
PRICE: $495,000
CONTACT: Tammi Williams, Realty Pros Assured, 386-843-3133 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2022/08/20/market-real-estate-landscaping-adds-curb-appeal-destin-model/10338225002/ | 2022-08-20T16:37:19Z | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2022/08/20/market-real-estate-landscaping-adds-curb-appeal-destin-model/10338225002/ | false |
I read with great interest that after five years, the removed Confederate monuments will be put into perspective in a LAXART exhibit scheduled to open fall 2023. The article (”Five years after their removal, Baltimore’s Confederate monuments are expected to appear in art exhibit in Los Angeles,” Aug. 18) named the three curators but failed to point out that one of the curators, Kara Walker, is treasured American artist.
Baltimore Museum of Art visitors will remember Ms. Walker’s projected image, “Salvation,” that has often been on view in a special darkroom. Her participation, along with senior curators Hamza Walker (no relation) of LAXART and Bennett Simpson of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, makes this a super exciting project.
Many thanks to Eric Holcomb of Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation and Baltimore City officials for making this happen.
— Susan Pace Weiss, Baltimore
The writer is a docent at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
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Anirudh Gupta
Ferozepur, August 18
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Mohali on August 24, questions loom over the outcome of the inquiry into the PM’s security breach in Ferozepur on January 5.
In a major security lapse, the PM’s convoy, which was heading for Ferozepur from Bhisiana Air Force Station, Bathinda, had got stranded on a flyover for 15 to 20 minutes due to a blockade by the protesters near Piareana village.
PGI satellite centre hangs fire
- The PGI satellite centre, which was to be inaugurated by PM Modi on January 5, is yet to see the light of the day
- Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Ferozepur in February said the satellite centre would be inaugurated on Baisakhi
- Replying to a question in the Vidhan Sabha, BJP state chief Ashwani Sharma assured that the PM would soon inaugurate the satellite centre
Following the incident, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)-constituted team visited the spot on January 7 to take stock of the situation and summoned several officials, including then DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya and ADGP Nageshwar Rao, besides 13 other officials who were directly or indirectly responsible for the PM’s security. Even the Deputy Commissioners and the Senior Superintendents of Police of three districts were issued a show-cause notice.
Amid allegations, former CM Charanjit Singh Channi had also constituted a committee comprising retired Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Principal Secretary, Home affairs and Justice, Anurag Verma to conduct an investigation into the security lapse.
On January 13, the Supreme Court appointed a five-member committee headed by retired Justice Indu Malhotra. It also included the Inspector General of National Investigation Agency, Director General of Police, Chandigarh, the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Additional DGP (Security) of the Punjab Police.
The apex court had stayed the proceedings of the inquiry committees’ set up by the Centre and the state government and had directed the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to provide all the documents related to the security arrangements made by the state government to the panel head.
Later, the panel headed by Justice Malhotra also visited the spot and summoned several officials to Delhi to appear before the committee. However, the inquiry report has not been made public so far. | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/pm-modis-visit-on-aug-24-but-report-on-january-security-breach-awaited-423060 | 2022-08-20T16:44:26Z | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/pm-modis-visit-on-aug-24-but-report-on-january-security-breach-awaited-423060 | true |
Largest Pet Retail Franchise Gifts $15,000 Worth of Prizes to Winners Nationwide, Donates $5,000 of Merchandise to Jacksonville Humane Society
LIVONIA, Mich., Aug. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supplies Plus, the largest and most trusted pet retail franchise in the United States, launched the addition of OptimPlus™ to their roster of private brand offerings in June. In conjunction with this launch, Pet Supplies Plus sponsored a "Feed Great, Feel Great" sweepstakes for pet parents nationwide with nearly $15,000 worth of prizes.
Out of more than 60,000 entrants, the grand prize winner was a Los Angeles area-resident who will receive a Pet Supplies Plus pet care gift basket valued at $250, a $1,000 Pet Supplies Plus gift card, a one-year supply of OptimPlus and a $500 Spa Finder gift card. Twenty-five additional winners nationwide each received a $100 Pet Supplies Plus gift card, a $100 Vitamin Shoppe gift card and a three-month supply of OptimPlus.
As part of the new brand launch, Pet Supplies Plus also conducted a nomination-based contest on their social platforms. The contest was tied to "Feed a Rescue Pet Week" and neighbors were encouraged to nominate a local animal shelter or rescue to win $5,000 worth of products, including OptimPlus food, to help support their organization. Of the more than 4,000 nominations received, the selected winner is the Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS), who cares for thousands of dogs and cats each year, and offers a variety of programs including adoption, lost pet resources, training classes and more.
"This donation came at the very best time," said Denise Deisler, CEO of the Jacksonville Humane Society. "JHS is proud to support many families every week with our pet food pantry, but we can also do so with the generous support of friends like Pet Supplies Plus. Sometimes the difference between a pet entering a shelter and staying with their family is just one bag of food. This donation will help keep pets happy, healthy and at home!"
"I'd like to congratulate all of the sweepstakes winners and Jacksonville Humane Society as the winner of our 'Feed a Rescue Pet Week' social media giveaway," said Chris Rowland, Chief Executive Officer of Pet Supplies Plus. "We are honored to be able to gift $15,000 worth of prizes to neighbors nationwide and make a donation to JHS to support their food pantry. Pet Supplies Plus is excited about the positive response surrounding the OptimPlus launch and will continue to provide quality, affordable options to pet parents everywhere."
OptimPlus formulas are just as unique as each pet, focusing on their life stage, breed size, health and dietary needs. All varieties of natural dry dog and cat food are made with an enriching blend of vitamins, minerals and nutrients to provide a complete and balanced diet. OptimPlus deliberately selects each ingredient and always puts real animal proteins first. Every formula also contains guaranteed live probiotics to help support healthy digestion, an important part of a pet's overall wellness.
Pet Supplies Plus offers a wide array of natural pet foods and a variety of made-in-the-USA pet consumables, including food, treats, rawhide and chews. Set in welcoming neighborhood environments, Pet Supplies Plus team members get to know their neighbors and pets by name at every store. Full-service grooming, self-serve pet wash stations and fresh bakery treats are also available in-store at many locations. Neighbors can now fill prescriptions online and receive home delivery for quality medications and specialty diets. Whether shopping in-store or online, Pet Supplies Plus makes choosing local easy. For more information, visit www.petsuppliesplus.com.
About Pet Supplies Plus
Your neighborhood Pet Supplies Plus has everything you need for your furry, scaly and feathery friends. Our shelves are stocked with the right products, including a wide selection of natural and made in the USA products. Easily find all their favorites at prices you love, whether you shop with us in store or online using free curbside pickup, same-day delivery or Autoship. To help keep your pets happy and healthy, pet prescriptions can be filled online and delivered directly to your door. As the nation's largest independent pet store with over 630 locations in 40 states and counting, we make shopping local simple. For more information visit www.petsuppliesplus.com.
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KEENE, N.H., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- North European Oil Royalty Trust (NYSE-NRT) reported the net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 which appears below compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Total royalty income for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 increased from the third quarter of fiscal 2021 as detailed in the July 29, 2022 distribution press release. This increase resulted from the effect of higher gas prices under both the Mobil and OEG Royalty Agreements. Total royalty income includes any adjustments made by the operating companies based upon their corrected royalty calculations for prior periods as well as any Mobil sulfur royalties. There were no prior period adjustments in the third quarters of fiscal 2022 and 2021. Total royalty income was increased by Mobil sulfur royalties of $101,221 and $50,184 in the third quarters of fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Trust expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 increased 28.24%, or $33,189, to $150,693 in comparison to $117,504 for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. The increase in expenses reflects higher Trustee fees as specified by the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
Total royalty income received during the first nine months of fiscal 2022 increased in comparison to fiscal 2021 due to higher gas prices under both the Mobil and OEG Agreements during the first nine months of fiscal 2022. The comparison of the relevant periods is shown below.
The previously declared distribution of 46 cents per unit will be paid on August 31, 2022 to owners of record as of August 19, 2022. For further information, contact John R. Van Kirk, Managing Director, at (732) 741-4008 or via e-mail at jvankirk@neort.com. The Trust's press releases and other pertinent information are available on the Trust's website: www.neort.com. The Trust's 10-Q filing will be available through the SEC or on the Trust's website, www.neort.com, on or about August 31, 2022.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — So which takes the cake as the healthiest: ice cream or pizza?
A new study is ranking more than 8,000 foods in order from least healthy to the most healthful.
“Once you get beyond ‘eat your veggies, avoid soda,’ the public is pretty confused about how to identify healthier choices in the grocery store, cafeteria, and restaurant,” said the study’s lead and corresponding author, Dariush Mozaffarian.
The study, conducted by a scientific team at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, scores 54 different characteristics across nine domains. Using these scores, they were able to score all foods, beverages and even mixed dishes and meals.
Under the ranking, foods that score 100-70 are encouraged. Foods that score 69-31 can be eaten moderately. Those that score 30-1 should be minimized.
Across major food categories, study authors said the average score was 43.2. The lowest-scoring category was snacks and sweet desserts, while the highest-scoring category was legumes, nuts and seeds.
An ice cream cone with nuts and chocolate ice cream, for instance, gets a score of 37, while a fast food-style pizza with meat has a cautionary grade of 14.
“Consumers, policymakers, and even [industries] are looking for simple tools to guide everyone toward healthier choices,” said Mozaffarian, who is also dean of the Friedman School.
The study’s authors hope that by offering a consistent scoring of diverse items, people can compare combinations of food and beverages that could be sold and consumed together, such as an entire shopping basket, daily diet pattern or portfolio of foods sold by a company.
“With its publicly available scoring algorithm, Food Compass can provide a nuanced approach to promoting healthy food choices–helping guide consumer behavior, nutrition policy, scientific research, food industry practices, and socially based investment decisions,” said last author Renata Micha, who did this work as a faculty member at the Friedman School and is now at the University of Thessaly.
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People are being urged to check their change for a 50p coin that is selling for over £150. Whether it's in your car, wallet, handbag, or down the sofa, we've all got bits of spare change lying around, but it could be worth a lot more than you think.
Money website Change Checker has issued a list of the UK’s most sought-after coins in circulation in the last three months. The list gives an idea of which coins are currently worth more than their face value due to popularity or rarity. The list is broken down into three sections: the rarest 50 pence pieces, A to Z 10p coins and £2s currently in circulation.
The Kew Gardens 50p has once again topped the most wanted 50p coin index. According to the Change Checker eBay tracker, this particular coin fetches an average of £156 on the auction site - but there have been examples of it selling for as much as £250, the MEN reports.
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While there have been no changes amongst the top runners for each of the indexes, there are some notable shuffles amongst the medium ranks with certain coins jumping as many as 14 places. There are also two new 50p editions in circulation following this year’s 50th anniversary of Pride and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Here is the latest Scarcity Index broken down:
Rarest 50p coins - worth up to £156
The Kew Gardens 50p has once again topped the rarest 50 pence piece list - so it's worth keeping an eye out for one of these coins. This coin was released in 2009 to mark 250 years since Kew Gardens opened in 1759, and there are only 210,000 in circulation.
Created by Christopher Le Brun RA, it features the famous Chinese Pagoda from the gardens being intertwined by a leafy climber. According to the Coinhunter website, this particular coin fetches an average of £156 on eBay - but we’ve previously seen them sell for as much as £200.
The next most sought-after coin is the 2011 triathlon 50p, which has climbed five places on the Index. Released as part of the 2012 London Olympics collection, there are around 1,163,500 of these in circulation, with its design featuring someone running, cycling and swimming.
Have you ever found a rare coin in your change? Let us know in the comments below.
Experts say these can sell for around £11 on eBay however they have been given a collector’s value of £8.25 - not bad for a coin only worth 50p. The Paddington at the Palace 50p has also climbed an impressive 14 places - perhaps owing to Paddington’s appearance at Her Majesty’s Party at the Palace in June.
The price range for the coin in good condition is between £1.24 and £1.43. Two new 50p coins have also been issued in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee and the anniversary of Pride.
Ahead of the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, the Royal Mint issued a further 1 million Platinum Jubilee 50p coins into circulation, meaning there are now a total of 2.3 million out there. In celebration of 50 years since the first UK Pride Event, there are now 5 million Pride 50p coins in circulation.
While it is too soon to see the effect that these coins will have on the 50p Scarcity Index, it is likely that they will cause a significant shake up as more people discover these coins in their change.
Rare 10p coins - worth up to £7.50
The 10p list is made of the alphabet A to Z collection, released in 2018 and 2019 to celebrate all things British. There are 26 coins in the set to correspond with the 26 letters in the alphabet.
There are only 304,000 of each design in circulation and so they are incredibly rare to come across regardless of the letter. The whole uncirculated collection could be purchased for £52 from The Royal Mint when it was first released.
The rarest one from that collection is now R for Robin, launched to celebrate the much-loved red breast bird. After climbing three places, the Robin 10p takes the top spot again.
Its design features a robin sitting in the letter R with snowflakes falling around it. Around 284,000 have been released into circulation in total, and you can buy one from Coin Hunter for £7.50 plus delivery.
Next on the list is W for World Wide Web, which was previously in the top ten on the last Scarcity Index. This coin has the letter W surrounded by a spiderweb.
Some 283,000 were issued for circulation in 2018, and we've spotted one that sold for £5 online in recent weeks. Elsewhere on the index, the Fish and Chips 10p has climbed 8 spots and has a collector’s value of £3. Other key movers include the Postbox and Union Jack 10p coins, which have moved 8 and 9 places respectively.
Rarest £2 coins - worth up to £50
The top three coins in terms of the rarest £2 pieces are once again all from the Commonwealth Games 2002 collection. However, the Commonwealth Games Wales £2 has also bumped back up into the top five after coming in at number 11 last time.
The XVII Commonwealth Games £2 coins dated 2002 were created to mark the seventeenth games which were hosted in Manchester from 25th July 2002. The most sought-after is the Northern Ireland version, followed by Scotland and England.
All the different editions feature the same base design and you can only identify them by their respective flag. If you've got the Northern Ireland version, of which there are 485,500 in circulation, they're currently selling for around £50 on eBay.
In terms of the England and Scotland editions, there are 650,500 and 771,750 copies in circulation, which could fetch around £17 to £20 on eBay.
Each of the coins are selling for £55 from the London Coin Company. Between England and Wales, in fourth, there is the Olympic Handover £2. The Wireless Transmission £2 coin has also made a climb up the board by 14 places.
The coin honours Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian physicist, who in 1901 succeeded in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean. This disproved theories that the curvature of the earth would limit the transmission to 200 miles or less.
There have been 4,558,000 in circulation since 1997 and they are going for around £10 on eBay. Other coins to watch include the DNA £2, which has climbed by 5 places, and the Britannia £2, which climbed by 4.
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Spotty showers and thunderstorms fired up this morning over the northern half of the state. The activity is associated with a “leftover” storm complex moving over Illinois. The thunderstorms are not severe but are producing random downpours and rumbles of thunder. There will still be some dry in the mix this morning before additional storms develop this afternoon.
After 1 PM, a couple strong storms may fire up with the little bit of stability that form during peak heating. Another round of thunderstorms arrives overnight ahead of a cold front. The main threats include gusty winds and small hail.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — So which takes the cake as the healthiest: ice cream or pizza?
A new study is ranking more than 8,000 foods in order from least healthy to the most healthful.
“Once you get beyond ‘eat your veggies, avoid soda,’ the public is pretty confused about how to identify healthier choices in the grocery store, cafeteria, and restaurant,” said the study’s lead and corresponding author, Dariush Mozaffarian.
The study, conducted by a scientific team at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, scores 54 different characteristics across nine domains. Using these scores, they were able to score all foods, beverages and even mixed dishes and meals.
Under the ranking, foods that score 100-70 are encouraged. Foods that score 69-31 can be eaten moderately. Those that score 30-1 should be minimized.
Across major food categories, study authors said the average score was 43.2. The lowest-scoring category was snacks and sweet desserts, while the highest-scoring category was legumes, nuts and seeds.
An ice cream cone with nuts and chocolate ice cream, for instance, gets a score of 37, while a fast food-style pizza with meat has a cautionary grade of 14.
“Consumers, policymakers, and even [industries] are looking for simple tools to guide everyone toward healthier choices,” said Mozaffarian, who is also dean of the Friedman School.
The study’s authors hope that by offering a consistent scoring of diverse items, people can compare combinations of food and beverages that could be sold and consumed together, such as an entire shopping basket, daily diet pattern or portfolio of foods sold by a company.
“With its publicly available scoring algorithm, Food Compass can provide a nuanced approach to promoting healthy food choices–helping guide consumer behavior, nutrition policy, scientific research, food industry practices, and socially based investment decisions,” said last author Renata Micha, who did this work as a faculty member at the Friedman School and is now at the University of Thessaly.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) (the "Company"), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, today announced that, in accordance with New York Stock Exchange rules, Mary N. Dillon will be granted an employment inducement award in reliance on NYSE Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08. As previously announced, the Company and Ms. Dillon have entered into an employment agreement, dated as of August 16, 2022, for her employment with the Company commencing on August 19, 2022 in connection with her appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company by the Board of Directors, effective as of September 1, 2022. The employment inducement award will consist of (i) a restricted stock unit (RSU) award with a grant date fair value equal to $2,000,000 (which will vest on the third anniversary of her commencement date), (ii) a transformation grant of performance stock units (PSUs) with a grant date fair value equal to $5,000,000 (which will vest based on three years of continued employment and the achievement of performance metrics as determined by the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee")), and (iii) an annual grant with a grant date value of $8,000,000, pro-rated in respect of the Company's current fiscal year, consisting of PSUs (60%), RSUs (20%), and non-qualified stock options (20%) consistent with the terms of Ms. Dillon's employment agreement with the Company. These awards were approved by the Compensation Committee to be granted on August 24, 2022, without shareholder approval as "employment inducement awards" under the NYSE Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08, which requires public announcement of inducement awards.
Foot Locker, Inc. leads the celebration of sneaker and youth culture around the globe through a portfolio of brands, including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Eastbay, atmos, WSS, and Sidestep. With approximately 2,800 retail stores in 28 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand as well as websites and mobile apps, the Company's purpose is to inspire and empower youth culture around the world, by fueling a shared passion for self-expression and creating unrivaled experiences at the heart of the global sneaker community. Foot Locker, Inc. has its corporate headquarters in New York. For additional information please visit footlocker-inc.com.
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These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations and judgments and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are unforeseeable and beyond our control. For additional discussion on risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" disclosed in Foot Locker, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2022, filed on March 24, 2022. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly different results. Foot Locker, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Potential tropical storm heads for Mexico, Texas Gulf coast
Published: Aug. 20, 2022 at 11:19 AM CDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A potential tropical storm is heading for the U.S.-Mexico border area, and could cause rains and flash flooding in northeastern Mexico and south Texas.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday that potential Tropical Cyclone Four was located about 165 miles (270 kilometers) south-southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande.
That area includes the Mexican border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.
The disturbance was moving northwest at 13 mph ( 20 kph), and could become a tropical storm before hitting land late Saturday.
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Trump Trolls Enemies with Resounding 'Endorsements' - Then Their Opponents Take the Bait
In a master-level stroke of inversion, former President Donald Trump has found a new use for his ability to all but ensure the success of Republican candidates.
On Wednesday via Truth Social, Trump unleashed his “endorsements” against three Democrats: Daniel Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who is campaigning for New York’s 10th Congressional District, Carolyn Maloney of New York and Rep. Jerrold Nadler. Both Maloney and Nadler are competing for a redrawn 12th Congressional District.
Based upon context, these “endorsements” from Trump can be considered to be either darkly disingenuous or delivered sarcastically with a proverbial wink to his supporters. Judge for yourself.
On Truth Social, Trump wrote first about Goldman, “Lawyer Dan Goldman is running for Congress, NY-10, and it is my great honor to Strongly Endorse him. I do this not because of the fact that he headed up the Impeachment Committee and lost, but because he was honorable, fair, and highly intelligent. While it was my honor to beat him, and beat him badly, Dan Goldman has a wonderful future ahead….”
“….He will be very compassionate and compromising to those within the Republican Party, and will do everything possible to make sure they have a fair chance at winning against the Radical Left Democrats, who he knows are destroying our Country. I would like to thank Dan for fighting so hard for America, and for working so tirelessly to stop “Trump.” He was not easy to beat, but winning against him made me realize just how very talented I am!” he continued.
Trump suggested that Goldman will be a moderate “very compassionate and compromising to those within the Republican Party” a damning descriptor in the uber-radicalized far-left of the 2022 Democrat party.
Minutes later, a similar “endorsement” for Maloney, with some kind words for her opponent Nadler appeared on Trump’s account.
“A vote for Carolyn Maloney in NY-12 is a vote for the future! She is a kind and wonderful person, who has always said terrific things about me, and will support me no matter what I do, just as I supported her very early on. She begged for a check with no quid pro quo, and I gave it to her. In fact, I gave her many….”
According to the Federal Elections Commission, Trump did in fact donate to Maloney’s campaign in 1993, 1994, 1998, 2006 and again in 2009 for a total of $4,000.
He continued and even took aim at Jerry Nadler. “….On the other hand, Jerry Nadler is likewise a hard driving man of the people, whose energy and attention to detail is unlike anyone else in Congress. He is high energy, sharp, quick-witted, and bright. You can’t go wrong with either, but Carolyn Maloney is the better man. She will lead our Country into a very GREEN and prosperous future. Carolyn has my Complete and Total Endorsement, she will never let our Conservative Movement down!”
The highlight of the snarky message is definitely the combined swipe at both Maloney and Nadler, “You can’t go wrong with either, but Carolyn Maloney is the better man.”
Naturally, Goldman and Maloney both vehemently rejected the “endorsement” from the 45th President. Goldman’s campaign attempted to turn the joke around on Trump in a statement reported by The Blaze.
“This is a pathetic attempt at fooling Democrats who are far smarter than Trump is, and it’s clear that only one candidate in NY-10 is living rent-free in Trump’s head. Buckle up Donald,” the statement added. “Dan’s coming for you.”
Maloney likewise took to Twitter to reject Trump’s “endorsement” and try to levy a rhetorical counterattack against him.
🧵🧵This is laughable and I reject any endorsement from Donald Trump.
Trump doesn’t respect women. He instigated the attacks on January 6th and claimed that the 2020 election was a big lie. https://t.co/Kwcn02b9M3
— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney) August 17, 2022
According to The New York Times, though, the opportunity to pick up the metaphorical weapon Trump offered them was not lost on some Democrats. Suraj Patel, who is running against Maloney and Nadler, pointed to Trump’s “endorsement” as evidence that the former President preferred to face older Democrats.
“Donald Trump is scared of a younger, more dynamic Democratic Party,” said Patel, according to The Times. “He knows how much more effective a new generation of diverse, energetic Democrats will be in stopping his movement.”
Patel is just 38 years old and he’s facing two septuagenarians.
Rep. Mondaire Jones of New York, who is struggling to find his feet in the new 10th District, picked up the cudgel Trump offered and readily wielded it against Goldman at a Wednesday debate.
“Mr. Goldman is fulfilling Donald Trump’s vision of him being a moderate person who is attempting to defeat progressives in this race,” Jones said, according to The Times. He added that Goldman “was the first candidate on this stage to be endorsed by Donald J. Trump.”
“Donald Trump just endorsed my multi-millionaire opponent, in case you needed a reminder of what the stakes are. #NY10, choose your fighter,” tweeted Yuh-Line Niou, another Democratic candidate against Goldman.
Donald Trump just endorsed my multi-millionaire opponent, in case you needed a reminder of what the stakes are. #NY10, choose your fighter. pic.twitter.com/DB6xIUKoNw
— Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) August 17, 2022
While we’re a few days away from the New York primaries on Aug. 23, these early indications could point to Trump’s “backhanded endorsement” as The Hill called it, being almost as devastating a political weapon as his genuine support. Time will tell.
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Navy Cmdr. Richard Jadick earned a Bronze Star with a "V" for valor for his service as a doctor during the Battle of Fallujah, which featured some of the worst street fighting seen by Americans since Vietnam. His new memoir, written with Thomas Hayden, is On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story.
Jadick volunteered to go to Iraq and in November 2004. He accompanied the First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment.
As a battalion surgeon, Jadick led 54 navy medical corpsmen. He and other doctors developed the concept of forward-aid stations to care for casualties on the front lines, instead of having to transport the wounded for miles to aid stations away from the fighting.
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The design for a new Frederick Douglass memorial in New York has sparked a controversy that pits artistic truth and oral traditions against documented historical fact.
The memorial incorporates quilt patterns that slaves may have used on the Underground Railroad to help one another escape. Yet some historians say there is no factual evidence that these secret quilt codes were used. They argue that the memorial should not draw from factually unsupported claims.
The competition to design the Frederick Douglass memorial was won by Gabriel Koren and Algernon Miller in 2003. Koren's eight-foot bronze statue of Douglass will stand in a plaza of quilt patterns in granite designed by Miller.
Miller found himself inspired by the book Hidden in Plain View, by Jacqueline Tobin, a journalist and teacher, and Raymond Dobard, an expert on quilts.
Because quilts had long been a part of African-American art, Miller found them appropriate for the Frederick Douglass Memorial.
"In reading this story, there was the star quilt," says Miller, "and [Douglass'] newspaper was called The North Star. And I said, 'That's it.'"
Tobin's and Dobard's book, based on an oral family story, contends that quilts were used as secret codes for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. But many historians say there is no basis for this claim.
The Underground Railroad Quilt Code
Tobin says she first learned of the quilt codes from an elderly African-American quilter in the Charleston Marketplace. Ozella McDaniel Williams sold Tobin a quilt and told her that quilts were used to communicate on the Underground Railroad, but would tell her no more.
Tobin says Williams told her, "You'll get it when you're ready."
That began Tobin's three-year quest to learn about quilts and the Underground Railroad. When Tobin returned to the marketplace, Williams told her to "write this down," and then proceeded to explain what is now called the Underground Railroad quilt code.
Williams said some of the quilt patterns, such as wagon wheels, flying geese and log cabins, were actually directions and mnemonic devices that helped slaves memorize their plans for escape.
Much of the book looks at connections between African and American quilting patterns. The authors admit there is huge disagreement among quilters about the origins of many patterns.
Historians say there is no evidence of secret codes: It is one woman's story, and Williams is now dead. But Tobin notes that slaves from Africa brought their own cultural heritage, and they used techniques of secrecy and encoded objects as a form of resistance and escape in the Americas.
Honoring Douglass
Miller has incorporated the disputed quilting claims into his model for the memorial. No one had trouble with the design, but historians railed at interpretative panels that would link the quilt codes with the Underground Railroad and with Frederick Douglass.
"The Underground Railroad is one of the deepest American historical myths," says David Blight, a professor of American history at Yale. "It is a story of escape; it is a story from slavery to freedom. The problem has been: How do we carve through the enormous folklore and mythology of this story to get to the real stories of real fugitive slaves?"
Blight, who has written books on the Underground Railroad and Frederick Douglass, believes that children can appreciate this story through a mythic window. But he says that there is no mention of quilt codes in the oral histories of former slaves recorded during the Great Depression.
As for Douglass, he was literate, forged his own escape papers, dressed in sailor's clothing and escaped by land and by sea.
"Douglass was, politically, one of America's most ferocious political critics of the middle-19th century," Blight says. "To represent him through this apocryphal tale of quilt codes is a disservice."
Myth or Memorial?
When the controversy hit the pages of The New York Times, Miller found himself wondering about all the statues surrounding Central Park.
The Christopher Columbus memorial was built at a time when the country didn't honor the fact that America had long been occupied before Columbus reached its shores.
A mile to the north, in front of the American Museum of Natural History, Teddy Roosevelt rides high astride a horse, flanked — at a lower level — by a black man and a Native American.
"This is pretty much a racist kind of image," Miller says, "kind of 'great white father.' And this kind of manifest destiny position that still prevails!"
Miller argues that most of the statues in the park come more out of myth than documented fact.
Kate Levin, New York City's commissioner of cultural affairs, says some of the wording on the interpretive panels will change, so that nothing will be claimed about quilt codes or their relationship to Frederick Douglass.
In the end, she says, art is not the same thing as history. Rather, art works with imagery and metaphor.
"Public art is a process that engages many voices," says Levin. "We are always called upon to strike a balance between realizing an individual artist's vision, and responding to the needs of the community and the public at large."
She says the quilt patterns will work well amidst New York's streetscape and with the statue of Douglass.
"It will be a wonderful public space, and very affecting," she says.
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Andhra Pradesh: Two workers killed in gas leak at barge unit in Kakinada
Exact reason for the mishap is yet to ascertained, say police
Two workers died on the spot and one more sustained injuries reportedly due to gas leak at a private barge fabrication unit in Kakinada on Saturday.
According to police, the deceased have been identified as K. Prasad and Ravi, both natives of Kakinada city.
"Two workers died and one more sustained injuries. The gas used for fabrication works reportedly leaked at around 5 p.m. The barge was supposed to be opened on Sunday," Kakinada DSP V. Bheemarao said.
The DSP said the exact reason for the gas leak was yet to be ascertained.
The injured worker Polavaram Srinu, has been admitted to Kakikada Governement Hospital.
The dead bodies have been sent to GGH Kakinada for post-mortem. A case has been registered and the investigation is on. EOM
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Andrew Tate, an influencer and former professional kickboxer known for his misogynistic remarks, has been banned from Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, confirmed to NPR that Tate had been banned from its platforms for violating its policies regarding dangerous individuals and organizations and hate speech. Tate, 35, had garnered 4.7 million followers on Instagram before Meta took down his official account.
TikTok told NPR that the company has permanently banned Tate's account.
"Misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated on TikTok," a spokesperson told NPR. "Our investigation into this content is ongoing, as we continue to remove violative accounts and videos, and pursue measures to strengthen our enforcement, including our detection models, against this type of content."
Tate drew internet fame after being removed from the show Big Brother in 2016 following a video that surfaced in which he allegedly attacked a woman, according to the BBC.
Tate claimed the video was "a total lie" that tried to make him look bad and was edited, the BBC reported.
The influencer was permanently suspended from Twitter in 2017 after tweeting that women who are sexually assaulted bear some responsibility, according to NBC News.
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Largest Pet Retail Franchise Gifts $15,000 Worth of Prizes to Winners Nationwide, Donates $5,000 of Merchandise to Jacksonville Humane Society
LIVONIA, Mich., Aug. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supplies Plus, the largest and most trusted pet retail franchise in the United States, launched the addition of OptimPlus™ to their roster of private brand offerings in June. In conjunction with this launch, Pet Supplies Plus sponsored a "Feed Great, Feel Great" sweepstakes for pet parents nationwide with nearly $15,000 worth of prizes.
Out of more than 60,000 entrants, the grand prize winner was a Los Angeles area-resident who will receive a Pet Supplies Plus pet care gift basket valued at $250, a $1,000 Pet Supplies Plus gift card, a one-year supply of OptimPlus and a $500 Spa Finder gift card. Twenty-five additional winners nationwide each received a $100 Pet Supplies Plus gift card, a $100 Vitamin Shoppe gift card and a three-month supply of OptimPlus.
As part of the new brand launch, Pet Supplies Plus also conducted a nomination-based contest on their social platforms. The contest was tied to "Feed a Rescue Pet Week" and neighbors were encouraged to nominate a local animal shelter or rescue to win $5,000 worth of products, including OptimPlus food, to help support their organization. Of the more than 4,000 nominations received, the selected winner is the Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS), who cares for thousands of dogs and cats each year, and offers a variety of programs including adoption, lost pet resources, training classes and more.
"This donation came at the very best time," said Denise Deisler, CEO of the Jacksonville Humane Society. "JHS is proud to support many families every week with our pet food pantry, but we can also do so with the generous support of friends like Pet Supplies Plus. Sometimes the difference between a pet entering a shelter and staying with their family is just one bag of food. This donation will help keep pets happy, healthy and at home!"
"I'd like to congratulate all of the sweepstakes winners and Jacksonville Humane Society as the winner of our 'Feed a Rescue Pet Week' social media giveaway," said Chris Rowland, Chief Executive Officer of Pet Supplies Plus. "We are honored to be able to gift $15,000 worth of prizes to neighbors nationwide and make a donation to JHS to support their food pantry. Pet Supplies Plus is excited about the positive response surrounding the OptimPlus launch and will continue to provide quality, affordable options to pet parents everywhere."
OptimPlus formulas are just as unique as each pet, focusing on their life stage, breed size, health and dietary needs. All varieties of natural dry dog and cat food are made with an enriching blend of vitamins, minerals and nutrients to provide a complete and balanced diet. OptimPlus deliberately selects each ingredient and always puts real animal proteins first. Every formula also contains guaranteed live probiotics to help support healthy digestion, an important part of a pet's overall wellness.
Pet Supplies Plus offers a wide array of natural pet foods and a variety of made-in-the-USA pet consumables, including food, treats, rawhide and chews. Set in welcoming neighborhood environments, Pet Supplies Plus team members get to know their neighbors and pets by name at every store. Full-service grooming, self-serve pet wash stations and fresh bakery treats are also available in-store at many locations. Neighbors can now fill prescriptions online and receive home delivery for quality medications and specialty diets. Whether shopping in-store or online, Pet Supplies Plus makes choosing local easy. For more information, visit www.petsuppliesplus.com.
About Pet Supplies Plus
Your neighborhood Pet Supplies Plus has everything you need for your furry, scaly and feathery friends. Our shelves are stocked with the right products, including a wide selection of natural and made in the USA products. Easily find all their favorites at prices you love, whether you shop with us in store or online using free curbside pickup, same-day delivery or Autoship. To help keep your pets happy and healthy, pet prescriptions can be filled online and delivered directly to your door. As the nation's largest independent pet store with over 630 locations in 40 states and counting, we make shopping local simple. For more information visit www.petsuppliesplus.com.
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In a tit-for-tat against the BJP for waving black flags at former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Kodagu recently, the Congress workers waved black flags at Minister for Cooperation S.T. Somashekar in the city on Saturday and raised slogans against the BJP.
The Minister was in the city to attend the 107th birth anniversary programme of D. Devaraja Urs at Kalamandira.
A group of Congress workers had assembled near the Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Circle to confront the Minister. ‘’The Congress workers wanted to raise black flags and shout slogans but the Minister’s convoy took a different route and hence we reached Kalamandira,” said Mr. Vijaykumar, city unit president of the Congress.
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As the convoy sped reached Kalamandira, another group of Congress workers were already there to avoid whom the Minister’s convoy took a detour and entered the Kalamandira premises through the second gate.
The Congress workers demanded that they be let inside Kalamandira to attend the programme but the police stopped them and closed the gate. Mr. Vijaykumar claimed they barged towards the second gate and ensured that black flag was waved at the Minister.
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In the mid-2000s, two friends would indulge in a peculiar exercise, playing at their own personal version of My Fair Lady. In the role of foul-mouthed young florist Eliza Doolittle, originally played by Audrey Hepburn, was Victoria Beckham. And in the role of her phonetics professor Henry Higgins, French fashion designer Roland Mouret.
The latter had been based in London for ten years and was riding a wave of success off the back of his Hitchcockesque Galaxy dress. The former had been a member of the Spice Girls, with whom she sold 100 million albums, and the wife of football megastar David Beckham.
Then in her thirties, Victoria was imagining a new career for herself – she wanted to work in the fashion industry and dreamt of becoming a designer. As the Spice Girl with the most fashion-forward get-ups, she was the one who always asked for a bigger wardrobe budget from the record company.
When she was invited to a Versace show in Milan, Victoria remembers feeling "like she had experienced a thousand Christmas Eves." She knew that the snobby and demanding fashion world be merciless in its judgement of a pop star and "WAG" – an acronym created by British tabloids for the wives and girlfriends of footballers, shorthand for girls who were nothing more than baby machines and big spenders (of their husbands' money) – who wanted to try her luck in a world that was not hers.
Roland Mouret gave her a few lessons. He explained who was who and taught her that coming up with dresses was not enough, she would have to explain them to journalists and buyers. "It really was My Fair Lady," he recalls. "We were staging things. I was playing the fashion journalist who came to interview her and she had to tell me about her collection, her vision."
She told him her fears of not being taken seriously and he reassured her. Others, such as designer Marc Jacobs, encouraged her. When she presented her very first collection in 2008 in New York, he spurred her on.
In September, fashion's Eliza Doolittle will cross a new threshold – for the first time, her designs will be on the catwalk in Paris during the most prestigious fashion week in the world: an achievement both for her, since her name will appear among those of the most illustrious fashion houses, and for the Parisian event, which cannot afford to shun the buzz that this Englishwoman, accompanied by her husband, their children and their famous friends, will undoubtedly generate.
"It's time. She's ready," said Ralph Toledano, chairman of the Victoria Beckham Ltd (VBL) board. In partnership with the NEO Investment Partners fund, which took a stake in the brand's capital in 2017, he is well known in the luxury industry for having managed several fashion houses (including Guy Laroche and Chloé), as well as governing body the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion).
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Longquan (China), August 20
Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that is the country’s driest in six decades.
Gan’s farm south of the industrial metropolis of Chongqing lost half its vegetable crop in heat as high as 41 degrees Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) and a drought that has shrunk the giant Yangtze River and wilted crops across central China.
Gan’s surviving eggplants are no bigger than strawberries. A reservoir beside his farm has run dry, forcing him to pump groundwater.
“This year’s high temperatures are very annoying,” Gan said.
Drought conditions across a swath of China from the densely populated east across central farming provinces into eastern Tibet have “significantly increased,” the national weather agency said Saturday.
The forecast called for high temperatures and no rain for at least three more days from Jiangsu and Anhui provinces northwest of Shanghai, through Chongqing and Sichuan provinces to the east of Tibet.
Local authorities were ordered to “use all available water sources” to supply households and livestock, the weather agency said.
The biggest impact is in Sichuan, where factories have been shut down and offices and shopping malls told to turn off air-conditioning after reservoirs to generate hydropower fell to half their normal levels.
The province of 94 million people gets 80 per cent of its electricity from hydropower dams.
Factories that make processor chips for smartphones, auto components, solar panels and other industrial goods were shut down for at least six days through Saturday. Some say output will be depressed while others say supplies to customers are unaffected.
The shutdowns add to challenges for the ruling Communist Party as President Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, prepares to try to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as leader at a meeting in October or November.
Growth in factory output and retail sales weakened in July, setting back China’s economic recovery after Shanghai and other industrial centers were shut down starting in late March to fight virus outbreaks.
The economy grew by just 2.5 per cent over a year earlier in the first half of 2022, less than half the official annual goal of 5.5 per cent.
State-run utilities are shifting power to Sichuan from other provinces. Authorities used fire trucks to deliver water to two dry villages near Chongqing.
In Hubei province, east of Chongqing, 220,000 people needed drinking water, while 6.9 million hectares (17 million acres) of crops were damaged, the provincial government said Saturday. It declared a drought emergency and released disaster aid.
In Sichuan, 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of crops have been lost and 433,000 hectares (1.1 million acres) damaged, the provincial disaster committee said Saturday. It said 819,000 people faced a shortage of drinking water.
Authorities in Chongqing say an estimated 1 million people in rural areas will face drinking water shortages, the Shanghai news outlet The Paper reported.
Gan, the farmer south of Chongqing, said he has lost one-third of his persimmon plants.
Farmers in the area usually harvest rice in late August or September but plan to finish at least two weeks early before plants die, according to Gan.
A community reservoir beside Gan’s farm is nearly empty, leaving a pool surrounded by cracked earth. After supply canals ran dry, it sprang a leak and heat accelerated evaporation. Gan is pumping underground water for irrigation.
“If the high temperature comes every year, we will have to find a solution such as to build up nets, daily irrigation or to install a spray system to reduce the loss,” Gan said.
Meanwhile, other areas have suffered deadly flash floods.
Flooding in the northwestern province of Qinghai killed at least 23 people and left eight missing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local authorities.
Mudslides and overflowing rivers late Thursday hit six villages in Qinghai’s Datong county, the report said. Some 1,500 people were forced out of their homes. AP | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/chinese-farmers-struggle-as-scorching-drought-wilts-crops-423660 | 2022-08-20T17:09:53Z | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/chinese-farmers-struggle-as-scorching-drought-wilts-crops-423660 | true |
WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eddy County in southeastern New Mexico...
Northern Culberson County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 330 PM MDT /430 PM CDT/.
* At 941 AM MDT /1041 AM CDT/, Doppler radar and automated rain
gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the
warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. 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...
Carlsbad, Artesia, Hope, Pine Springs, Loving, Whites City,
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Brantley Lake State Park, Seven
Rivers Airport, Carlsbad North, Avalon, Lincoln National Forest,
Malaga, McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park,
Cavern City Air Terminal, Living Desert State Park, Lake Avalon,
Queen and Lakewood.
Heavy rain across Eddy county will likely decrease west of the Pecos
River this morning, however flooding is already occurring in low
water crossings and drainages. Concerns are for the likely
redevelopment of storms that will move across already saturated
ground and arroyos running with water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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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