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Some of the toughest stuff in nature is spider silk — as strong, ounce for ounce, as nylon. And a silk web makes a great trap for prey, as well as a nice place for a spider to live.
But scientists have learned that spiders can do something else quite extraordinary with their webs: They can "tune" them, like musical instruments.
This revelation comes from a scientific team in England called the Oxford Silk Group. No, membership isn't about school neckties or silk undergarments. The group studies silk from animals, such as spiders. Why?
"Spider silk has been evolving for over 350 million years," says Beth Mortimer, a lecturer in biology at Oxford University, "and it's something we haven't been able to re-create."
Mortimer and her colleagues recently discovered that many of the silk elements or strands in a web actually vibrate like strings on a musical instrument. "If you think of something like a violin or a guitar," Mortimer says, "for a certain length of string you can have different pitches that come out of your instrument."
A guitar or violin string's thickness, length and tension determine the pitch of the sound it produces when plucked. It turns out spiders know this (even without the benefit of much of a brain), mostly thanks to sensors in their legs. And spiders (at least the golden orb weavers the Silk Group studied) can distinguish between different vibrations or pitches traveling up and down the silk web.
But here's something more amazing: A spider will sometimes tighten or loosen those silk strands to alter the way each string resonates. "It can actually very finely tune how the silks are vibrating," Mortimer says. Her team used lasers to detect the tiniest vibrations in the web — and observed spiders doing this sort of tuning. The scientists describe their work in an online report in the journal Advanced Materials.
So, OK, these spiders "tune" their webs. But why?
The Silk Group says the array of vibrations coursing through the web provides a kind of information. The spider "reads" these vibrations to, for example, locate where a struggling insect has been snagged. And apparently the web has to be tuned just right to provide that kind of arachnidian triangulation.
And sometimes the spider will even "play" the web to create vibrations and interpret the results. "The spider can actually pluck or bounce the silk strings," says Mortimer, "and it can monitor the echoes that come back so it can locate objects."
Now, with all those strands in a web, you can imagine what the spider must be sensing when a big bug flies into it and thrashes around — a real cacophony.
Sometimes spiders get visitors in their webs that are not prey, though — they're potential mates. Mortimer suspects the web owner can also distinguish that kind of signal from others. She doesn't know what that particular vibrational pattern would feel like to spiders — one can only assume they're pickin' up good vibrations.
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KWANONGOMA, South Africa (AP) — The new king of South Africa’s Zulu nation Misuzulu kaZwelithini was enthroned in a colorful ceremony Saturday before hundreds of supporters in a rural part of KwaZulu-Natal province.
The king dismissed those challenging his right to the throne in his first public comments on the issue. He was crowned as the traditional leader of the Zulu nation, although some members of the royal family dispute his right to succeed his late father King Goodwill Zwelithini.
Some members of the family prefer an older brother and a different group supports another brother. The late king had six wives and several sons. After the king died last year, Misuzulu kaZwelithini's mother served as the regent for just a month before she died but in her will she named her son to be the next king. This is regarded by many as the strongest claim to the Zulu throne.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has recognized Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the rightful heir to the Zulu throne. Ramaphosa is set to present him with an official certificate pronouncing him the king of the Zulu people at a ceremony later this year.
Misuzulu kaZwelithini addressed about 1,000 supporters after undergoing a traditional ritual known as ukungena esibayeni (entering the royal cattle enclosure) to mark the beginning of his reign as king.
“I know that you are aware of the state of the royal family in recent times. I request that whatever you hear in the media, and the comments being made by those disputing the throne, you should hear them but you should not listen to them,” said Misuzulu kaZwelithini.
He called for unity among the Zulu nation and thanked Ramaphosa for his support.
The ceremony and celebrations were colorful displays of Zulu culture where hundreds of people dressed in traditional regalia.
Women wearing beads, skirts and hats ululated and sang Zulu hymns and slogans as they awaited the arrival of the new king.
Cheers rose in the air as Misuzulu kaZwelithini entered the main enclosure at the palace where he was handed a sharp, gold-plated scepter and received congratulatory messages from elders of the Zulu nation.
Hundreds of male Zulu warriors known as amabutho wielded traditional shields, spears and sticks as they chanted and marched into the royal palace to pledge their allegiance to their new leader.
Throughout the day men slaughtered an estimated 50 cattle, while women cooked the meat and other foods and brewed traditional sorghum beer for the celebratory feast.
The event, widely viewed as the installment or coronation of the new king, was also attended by traditional leaders from other South African ethnic groups and representatives of other nationalities who trace their origins to the Zulu nation, including communities from Zambia and Malawi.
The Zulu ethnic group is South Africa’s largest with more than 12 million people who are mainly located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. They are acknowledged for their fierce resistance to British colonialism under King Shaka Zulu in the early 1800s.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole twice banged on the dugout roof, shouting in frustration and getting booed as scuffling New York lost for the 15th time in 19 games, beaten by the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Saturday.
The AL East-leading Yankees fell to 9-20 since entering the All-Star break with a 64-28 record. After holding a 15 1/2-game bulge on July 8, their margin over second-place Toronto is down to seven games.
The Yankees have lost six straight series for the first time since 1995, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Toronto will try for a four-game sweep on Sunday.
Cole (9-6) hadn't allowed a hit before the Blue Jays scored four times in the fifth. After he issued a walk and misplayed a grounder, Alejandro Kirk capped the burst with a two-run double that left fielder Andrew Benintendi couldn't quite catch.
When the inning ended, fans booed Cole and television cameras picked up the right-hander, yelling, and punching the bottom of the dugout roof with both hands.
The reaction from portions of the crowd of 45, 538 were similar to Cole with boos increasing after Toronto went ahead and intensifying after the final out.
Jackie Bradley hit a two-run, go-ahead double down the left-field line, the ball bouncing off the wall and past Benintendi when he tried to field the carom. Bradley delivered after Santiago Espinal got Toronto's first hit, a double two pitches after missing on a close two-strike pitch.
Raimel Tapia reached on an infield hit by beating shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s throw and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached when Cole slightly slipped in front of the mound fielding the ball. Cole’s misstep allowed Guerrero to beat the throw and the original call was overturned when Toronto challenged.
Kirk then gave the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead when he lined a double to left-center. Benintendi was playing slightly in, raced back, attempted a diving catch and the ball eluded his glove before center fielder Estevan Florial fielded it and threw out Guerrero to prevent a third run from scoring.
Matt Chapman added a solo homer in the ninth as the Blue Jays won their fourth straight. Toronto is 13-6 in the Bronx since the start of last season.
Florial hit an RBI single in the second and Gleyber Torres homered in the eighth as the Yankees got nine hits but went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position. New York has managed just 21 runs in its last 11 games.
Before allowing four runs, Cole allowed two baserunners through the first four and was aided by defensive plays from Aaron Judge in right and rookie third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera.
Judge made a running catch to prevent a double by Bo Bichette in the second with his left shoulder crashing into the fence. Cabrera dove face first into the tarp in foul territory to snag Bradley’s popup and completed the play after his head hit the padding along the side wall.
Toronto starter Mitch White allowed one run and seven hits in four innings. Adam Cimber (9-4) was awarded the win and Yimi García got his first save.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF/DH George Springer didn’t play for the second straight game after fouling a ball off his knee while going 5 for 5 in Thursday. Springer was available as a pinch-hitter and hopes to play Sunday. ... RF Teoscar Hernández was lifted after fouling a ball off his foot in the eighth.
Yankees OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (left Achilles tendinitis) was expected to get three to five at-bats in two rehab games for Double-A Somerset on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Stanton could return as the DH as soon as Tuesday after facing RHP Luis Severino (right lat strain) in live batting practice. … 3B Josh Donaldson (stomach bug) was a late scratch from the lineup. … RHP Clay Holmes (back) played catch for the first time since going on the IL Wednesday and said he is feeling better. … Severino threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session after throwing 30 pitches Thursday.
UP NEXT
Toronto RHP Alek Manoah (12-6, 2.71 ERA) opposes New York LHP Nestor Cortes (9-4, 2.74) on Sunday. It will be a special day at Yankee Stadium when former star outfielder and current team announcer Paul O'Neill has his number retired during an on-field ceremony.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Riverside County in southern California...
* Until 430 PM PDT.
* At 140 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain in basins draining toward Keys View Road. Between 0.5
and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lost Horse-Keys Village.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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Kayla Harrison is in touching distance of becoming a three-time PFL champion as she submitted Martina Jindrova in London to reach this year's finals.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Harrison, 32, wasted no time in taking Jindrova down as the fight got underway, taking side control and searching for a submission at any chance she could. Harrison worked her way into full mount and started to land some heavy pucnhes before eventually locking in an arm-triangle choke to force the tap from Jindrova and reach her third consecutive PFL final.
Harrison will face Larrisa Pachecho in a trilogy fight at the PFL finals later this year. Pachecho has been outpointed by Harrison twice in their previous meetings, with the Brazilian missing out on the 2019 title in their rematch. Pachecho banked herself a spot in the finals by knocking out Olena Kolesnyuk with a devastating left hook. All but one of Pachecho's seven PFL wins have now come by first-round stoppage.
Brendan Loughnane secured himself a spot to fight for $1million as he outpointed bitter rival Chris Wade in the co-main event of the London card. The Mancunian outclassed Wade on the feet by landing the better shots over three rounds, with the judges seeing it 30-27 in his favour after the final bell.
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Lougnane will now face Bubba Jenkins for the $1million prize at 145lb. Jenkins secured himself in a place in the final by submitting Ryoji Kudo before Loughnane's win. Jenkins tossed Kudo around with some highlight-reel suplexes at the start of the fight before eventually taking his opponent's back and sinking in the rear-naked choke.
Elsewhere on the London card, light-heavyweight standout Simeon Powell remained unbeaten as he left Joao Paulo Fagundes unable to get back to his feet with a series of vicious leg kicks. Muay thai star Dakota Ditcheva lived up to the hype of her PFL debut as won by knockout in less than a minute. Ditcheva qualified for the inaugural season of PFL Europe next year with the win. | https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/mma/kayla-harrison-pfl-fight-news-27792210 | 2022-08-20T21:29:23Z | https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/mma/kayla-harrison-pfl-fight-news-27792210 | true |
WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 21, 2022
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TROPICAL CYCLONE STATEMENT
This product covers The Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas
**POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FOUR REMAINS DISORGANIZED**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- The Tropical Storm Warning has been cancelled for Inland
Cameron, Inland Willacy, and Southern Hidalgo
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Cameron Island,
Coastal Cameron, Coastal Willacy, and Willacy Island
* STORM INFORMATION:
- About 100 miles south of Brownsville TX or about 150 miles
south of Port Mansfield TX
- 24.4N 97.3W
- Storm Intensity 35 mph
- Movement Northwest or 325 degrees at 14 mph
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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At 4 PM CDT, Potential Tropical Cyclone Four continues to shows signs
of weakening due strong upper-level winds. Probabilities of developing
into a tropical cyclone continue to lower. Tropical Storm conditions
are no longer expected across the lower Texas coast and mid and lower
Rio Grande Valley. Brief isolated to scattered heavy rainfall and gusty
winds, mainly near the coast, remain possible through tonight.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* SURGE:
Protect against locally hazardous surge having possible limited
impacts across South Padre Island and Boca Chica beaches. Potential
impacts in this area include:
- Localized inundation with storm surge flooding mainly along
immediate shorelines and in low-lying spots, or in areas
farther inland near where higher surge waters move ashore.
- Sections of near-shore roads and exposed parking lots could
become covered with some surge water. Driving conditions
dangerous in places where surge water covers the road.
- Moderate beach erosion. Heavy surf also breaching dunes, mainly
in usually vulnerable locations. Strong rip currents.
- Minor damage to marinas, docks, boardwalks, and piers. A few
small craft broken away from moorings.
Elsewhere across The Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas, little
to no impact is anticipated.
* FLOODING RAIN:
Little to no flooding impacts are anticipated at this time across The
Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas.
* WIND:
Little to no wind impacts are anticipated at this time across The Rio
Grande Valley and Deep South Texas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
Closely monitor weather.gov, NOAA Weather radio or local news outlets
for official storm information. Be ready to adapt to possible changes
to the forecast. Ensure you have multiple ways to receive weather
warnings.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- For information on appropriate preparations see ready.gov
- For information on creating an emergency plan see getagameplan.org
- For additional disaster preparedness information see redcross.org
NEXT UPDATE
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The next local statement will be issued by the National Weather
Service in Brownsville TX around 10 PM CDT, or sooner if conditions
warrant.
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern De Soto
Parish, southeastern Panola, Shelby and northeastern San Augustine
Counties through 430 PM CDT...
At 403 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Tenaha to near Center to near San
Augustine. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Center, San Augustine, Logansport, Tenaha, Joaquin, Patroon,
Shelbyville, Bland Lake, Neuville, Huxley, Stanley, Hurstown, James,
Calgary, Jordans Store and Paxton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
If on or near the north end of the Toledo Bend reservoir, get out of
the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning
can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move
to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3148 9418 3170 9419 3195 9436 3210 9407
3197 9386 3185 9383 3184 9388 3181 9387
3180 9384 3178 9384 3177 9382 3175 9384
3173 9381 3171 9382 3169 9380 3167 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 216DEG 18KT 3193 9429 3174 9417 3154 9415
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Tropical Prediction Ctr, Miami, FL Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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TROPICAL STORM WARNING
FOUR WATCH/WARNING ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042022
452 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2022
.POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FOUR
CAUTION...THIS PRODUCT ONLY APPROXIMATELY CONVEYS THE EXTENT OF
TROPICAL CYCLONE WIND AND SURGE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. PLEASE SEE
THE LATEST PUBLIC ADVISORY FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR
THE PRECISE LATERAL EXTENT OF WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ALONG THE
COAST...AS WELL AS THE APPROXIMATE LATERAL EXTENT OF SURGE WATCHES
AND WARNINGS. THE PRECISE EXTENT OF SURGE WATCHES AND WARNINGS
CAN BE FOUND IN THE NWS NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE HAZARD
GRIDS.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Montgomery and north central Harris Counties through 430 PM CDT...
At 352 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Spring, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Humble, Spring, Kingwood, The Woodlands, Oak Ridge North, Shenandoah,
Patton Village, Roman Forest, Woodbranch, Woodloch, Bush
Intercontinental Airport, Chateau Woods, Splashtown, Porter Heights,
Lake Houston, New Caney and Porter.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2994 9532 3005 9549 3029 9542 3016 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 214DEG 8KT 3006 9537
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Montgomery, southwestern Liberty and northeastern Harris Counties
through 430 PM CDT...
At 353 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Lake Houston, or 8 miles west of Dayton, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
Western Liberty, Dayton, Kingwood, Plum Grove, Kenefick, Dayton
Lakes, Lake Houston and northeastern Atascocita.
LAT...LON 2992 9502 3001 9519 3031 9506 3015 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 216DEG 12KT 3006 9503
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of western Texas, including the following
county, Midland.
* WHEN...Until 700 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 356 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Midland, Midland International Air and Space Port and Midland
Airpark.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Norman OK
258 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Oklahoma and northern Texas, including the
following counties, in Oklahoma, Bryan, Carter, Comanche, Cotton,
Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Love, Marshall, Stephens
and Tillman. In northern Texas, Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard,
Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and Wilbarger.
* WHEN...From 7 PM CDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Low-water crossings may be flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Areas of heavy rainfall, with storm totals exceeding 3
inches, will be possible through Monday night. These areas of
excessive rainfall will result in flooding of low lying and
poor drainage areas, along with flooding of urban areas.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
337 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Panola
and northwestern Shelby Counties through 430 PM CDT...
At 337 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Timpson, or 11 miles southwest of Carthage, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Carthage, Timpson, Gary City and Woods.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3189 9446 3206 9456 3222 9425 3201 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 236DEG 13KT 3202 9445
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
North Central El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 238 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Northeast El Paso, Central El Paso, East El Paso, Fort Bliss,
Biggs Field and Franklin Mountains State Park.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of western Texas, including the following
county, Hudspeth.
* WHEN...Until 545 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Dangerous flows over low-water crossings. Overflowing poor
drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 241 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen.
- Additional rainfall of up to 0.5 to 1.5 inches is expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Fort Quitman, Esperanza, Finlay and Sunset Ranches.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
In hilly terrain there are numerous 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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Official practice for the fall sports season started this week and Marshfield High School will introduce those athletes to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 24.
For the first time since 2019, the school is holding its fall Pirate Night, traditionally called Meet the Pirates.
The public is encouraged to join the evening and get its first look at the sports and activities teams.
A Pirate Booster Club hamburger feed runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Buck’s Place inside Pete Susick Stadium. There is a fee for the meal for fans, but the booster club will provide a meal to all the athletes, including the dance and cheer teams, as well as the band.
The schedule of scrimmages includes a junior varsity and JV2 volleyball scrimmage at 5 p.m. in the main gym, followed by a JV/varsity volleyball scrimmage at 5:20.
Meanwhile, inside the stadium, the boys soccer team will scrimmage at 5 p.m., followed by the girls at 5:15.
The cross country team will run on the track at 5:30, followed by performances by the cheer and dance teams at 5:40 and 5:50, respectively. The marching band performs at 6 p.m. and the football team will scrimmage until 5:30.
Then all the athletes, coaches and clubs, including members of the band and the officers of the associated student body, will be introduced starting at 5:45 p.m.
School officials extended thanks to Booster Club President Brandi Thompson and Vice President Tonya Pederson, as well as all the parents who helped make the event a success.
The seasons for the various sports teams also begin in the coming weeks, starting with the volleyball team playing both Thurston and Roseburg at Thurston High School in Springfield on Aug. 25 and then hosting the Marshfield jamboree on Aug. 26 and hosting Churchill on Aug. 27.
The football team takes part in a jamboree at Junction City High School on Aug. 26 and opens the regular season at home against Tillamook on Sept. 2.
The boys soccer team is in a jamboree at Phoenix on Aug. 26 and opens the season at home against Klamath Union on Sept. 3. The girls soccer team also will be in Phoenix for the jamboree and then again to face Phoenix on Sept. 1 before also hosting Klamath Union on Sept. 3.
The cross country team hosts a new meet, the Coos County Cross Country Open, also including Coquille and Myrtle Point, on Sept. 2 on the Millicoma Marsh trails. | https://theworldlink.com/sports/marshfield-s-pirate-night-is-aug-24/article_db6ed9e6-1e6a-11ed-ad4a-8bdf8da5d3f1.html | 2022-08-20T21:38:24Z | https://theworldlink.com/sports/marshfield-s-pirate-night-is-aug-24/article_db6ed9e6-1e6a-11ed-ad4a-8bdf8da5d3f1.html | false |
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'Great nations don't hide from their history,' Biden calls for self-reflection on Slavery Remembrance Day
HOUSTON - The horrors of slavery are a painful reminder of a dark period in American History, but by acknowledging the past, we can work toward a stronger future.
For this reason, President Joe Biden marked August 20 as Slavery Remembrance Day. The resolution was launched by Houston Congressman Al Green and passed by the House of Representatives on July 27.
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According to a press statement from Congressman Green's office, the resolution would join other national remembrance days like the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11.
"Each day honors the memory of the lives lost to these atrocities," he said in a statement. "Slavery Remembrance Day would do the same by honoring the millions of enslaved Africans who were kidnapped, shipped to the Americas, and sold as property."
RELATED: Texas educator group proposes referring to slavery as "involuntary relocation"
In a statement from the White House, President Biden acknowledged the importance of self-reflection to properly heal and strengthen the U.S.
"More than 400 years ago, twenty enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to the shores of what would become the United States. Millions more were stolen and sold in the centuries that followed, part of a system of slavery that is America’s original sin.
"Great nations don’t hide from their history. They acknowledge their past, both the triumphs and the tragedies. Today is a day to reflect on the terrible toll of slavery, and on our nation’s profound ability to heal and emerge stronger. Despite the horrors they faced, these men and women and their descendants have made countless contributions to the building of this nation and the continuous effort to realize the American ideal. I was honored last year to declare Juneteenth a national holiday, another moment to reflect and rededicate ourselves to becoming a more perfect union. And it’s why my Administration will continue the hard, ongoing work to bring true equity and racial justice to our country.
"I’m grateful for the efforts of Congress—in particular, Representative Al Green and Senator Elizabeth Warren—to recognize the significance of this day."
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Congressman Green added in his statement how people may observe Slavery Remembrance Day.
"On August 20 annually, people are encouraged to pause at noon wherever they may be for a moment of silent solemnity for the victims of this evil crime against humanity," he said. "As they pause, they should place their right hand over their heart and lower their head in silence for a moment – after which they should conclude with, 'We must always remember.'" | https://www.fox29.com/news/great-nations-dont-hide-from-their-history-biden-calls-for-self-reflection-on-slavery-remembrance-day | 2022-08-20T21:42:51Z | https://www.fox29.com/news/great-nations-dont-hide-from-their-history-biden-calls-for-self-reflection-on-slavery-remembrance-day | false |
In an effort to reconnect with his Jewish faith, Georgia-native Benyamin Cohen explored the Christianity across the "Bible Belt" of America. He documented his experiences in My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith.
Cohen has served as founder and editor of American Jewish Life magazine and Jewsweek online magazine. He is currently an editor at the Mother Nature Network.
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China's booming economy means that factories are popping up all over the country. Makeshift cities emerge around these factories for the poor villagers that stream in looking for work.
"It's chaos," says author Leslie Chang, who explores life in these cities in Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China. "And the most striking thing is that everyone is young."
Time passes differently in these places, Chang tells Madeleine Brand. These are cities full of corruption as well as opportunity — and Chang hones in tales of upward mobility and freedom in her book.
One of her key characters, for example, talks her way off the assembly line into the purchasing department, where at age 21 she's suddenly making enough to help her family start a business.
"I didn't want to sugarcoat it. The conditions are really tough ... but over time the conditions generally improve," Chang says.
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Team Truss is left furious after Tory heavyweight Michael Gove dismissed her campaign as a 'holiday from reality'
- Voiced anger after Michael Gove's words about Liz Truss's campaign to be PM
- He also said her tax cuts would put stock options of FTSE execs before the poor
- Comments coincide with an attack on Ms Truss from Matthew Parris in column
- Backers described him as 'poisonous' after he said that Liz Truss was 'crackers'
Allies of Liz Truss hit back last night over friendly-fire jibes at the leadership candidate yesterday.
They voiced anger that Tory heavyweight Michael Gove dismissed her campaign as a 'holiday from reality'. The ex-Cabinet Minister, who endorsed Rishi Sunak and signalled he is ending his career in frontline politics, also said Truss's tax cuts would put 'the stock options of FTSE 100 executives' before the poorest in society.
His comments coincided with a bitter attack on Ms Truss from former Tory MP Matthew Parris in his column in The Times.
Her backers branded the 73-year-old 'poisonous' for describing the Foreign Secretary as 'crackers' and forecasting that it would all 'come crashing down' if she becomes PM.One said Mr Parris was still 'bitter' about Brexit, while Jacob Rees-Mogg said: 'Matthew Parris is the John Lewis of polemicists – never knowingly understated.'
Gove also said Truss's tax cuts would put 'the stock options of FTSE 100 executives' before the poorest in society
Mr Parris, MP for West Derbyshire from 1979 to 1986, wrote: 'Liz Truss is a planet-sized mass of over-confidence and ambition teetering upon a pinhead of a political brain.'
He also repeated his own earlier assessments, which included that she was 'intellectually shallow, her convictions wafer-thin', 'driven by ambition pure and simple' and 'that her leadership of the Conservative Party and our country would be a tragedy for both'.
He added 'her manner was wooden and her ability to communicate convincingly to an electorate wider than the narrow band of Tory activists was virtually non-existent; that she was dangerously impulsive and headstrong, with a self-belief unattended by precaution.'
His comments coincided with a bitter attack on Ms Truss from former Tory MP Matthew Parris, pictured, in his column in The Times, who described her as 'crackers'
Last night, senior Tories said that in 2014, at the time of a by-election in Clacton-on-Sea, Mr Parris said the Tories should 'let go' of places such as the Essex town. He sneered: 'Clacton-on-Sea is going nowhere. Its voters are going nowhere, it's rather sad, and there's nothing more to say. This is Britain on crutches. This is tracksuit-and-trainers Britain, tattoo-parlour Britain, all-our-yesterdays Britain.'
The writer and Remainer, who is no longer a Tory member, added the party must give up on people who spend their days 'buying scratchcards' and inhabit a land of 'Ken Dodd, meat pies, smoking in pubs and the Bee Gees'.
Disdaining Brexit-leaning voters, he spoke of concerns about immigration, saying: 'Like Biebermania [a reference to pop star Justin Bieber], the fuss over immigration should fade over time.'
In 2016 the people of Claction rejected his views and voted 70 per cent to leave the EU. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11130565/Team-Truss-left-furious-Michael-Gove-dismissed-campaign-holiday-reality.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-08-20T21:48:09Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11130565/Team-Truss-left-furious-Michael-Gove-dismissed-campaign-holiday-reality.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
'What a buzz': David Beckham harvests honey as he tends to his hives at his Cotswolds home while wife Victoria pokes fun at his outfit
He fell in love with beekeeping after installing a hive in his garden during lockdown.
And two years later - David Beckham proved he's kept up his 'favourite' past time as he documented on his Instagram account on Saturday.
The ex-footballer, 47, was seen harvesting honey at his Cotswolds home - however, wife Victoria, 48, was less than impressed with his choice of outfit.
Buzzing: David Beckham proved he's kept up his 'favourite' past time as he harvested honey from his Cotswolds home on his Instagram account on Saturday
Getting back into the swing of country life on as he tended to his bees in the garden, David looked ecstatic with the results.
Wearing a white overall and flat cap, the sports star looked gasped 'wow, really amazing' as he produced some of the tasty syrup.
Posting to his 75 million followers he wrote: 'What a buzzzz, who would’ve thought honey harvesting would become my favourite thing to do. Happy #WorldHoneyBeeDay.'
Meanwhile, his former popstar wife was less than impressed with his look on the day as she playfully replied in the comments section: 'Please don’t wear that boilersuit home.'
Beekeeper: Getting back into the swing of country life on as he tended to his bees in the garden, the footballer looked ecstatic with the results
Country life: The sports star fell in love with beekeeping after installing a hive in his garden during lockdown
Impressed: Wearing a white overall and flat cap, the sports star looked gasped 'Wow! Really amazing' as he produced some of the tasty syrup
Past time: Posting to his 75 million followers he wrote: 'What a buzzzz, who would’ve thought honey harvesting would become my favourite thing to do. Happy #WorldHoneyBeeDay'
Joke: Meanwhile, his former popstar wife was less than impressed with his look on the day as she replied in the comments section: 'Please don’t wear that boilersuit home
It was revealed this week that Victoria has transformed her figure in recent months through gruelling workouts with a former Team GB star.
Despite being known under her Posh Spice mantra, the star, 48, now seems more akin to Sporty Spice after embracing an athlete's regime, according to London-based personal trainer Bobby Rich.
Bobby has also revealed that despite her husband David's claims she's eaten the same meal for 25 years, Victoria's active lifestyle means she can still indulge in healthy fats and even the odd alcoholic tipple.
Keeping fit! It was revealed this week that Victoria has transformed her figure in recent months through gruelling workouts with a former Team GB star
Speaking to The Sun, Bobby offered insight into Victoria's exercise programme, revealing she has placed focus on keeping her joints healthy as she approaches 50.
He said she joins him in the gym five days a week, and even on holiday maintains her routine through online sessions.
'My methodology and application towards Victoria's training is based on my own conditioning programming I used when competing,' Bobby said.
Even when she's away! The star now seems more akin to Sporty Spice after embracing an athlete's regime, even exercising on her summer holiday with husband David (pictured)
'I treat the year as a season and work through different training blocks, identifying peaks and recovery phases to get the most out of the incredible efforts Victoria puts into each session, mentally and physically.
'The biggest difference in Victoria's training is the introduction of strength training and functional movements, such as overhead squats, cleans and snatches.'
Snatches, which form a key part of Victoria's workours, are a weightlifting movement that involves a being lifted overhead from floor to ceiling, and primarily uses the core muscles, shoulders and glutes.
Truth: Former Team GB judo star Bobby Rich has shared insight into Victoria's workout, revealing she exercises five times a week
Victoria is expected to burn up to 600 calories during her workouts, and she keeps on burning them once her session is finished.
The star is two years away from turning 50, and has begun to prioritise her joints and mobility with her workouts, with Bobby going onto reveal she focuses on 'the smaller movements and accessory work.'
Victoria, who has been staying on a luxury yacht with husband David and their children, has continued working out daily during her summer break, with the footballer recently sharing a hilarious clip of the star lunging across the deck.
The singer is also famously known for disciplined diet, with David recently claiming she never deviates from a dinner of grilled fish and steamed vegetables.
Important: The star is two years away from turning 50, and has begun to prioritise her joints and mobility with her workouts
Revelation: Bobby explained: 'The biggest difference in Victoria's training is the introduction of strength training and functional movements, such as overhead squats, cleans and snatches'
Strict: Despite David's claims she only eats steamed fish and vegetables, Victoria recently hit back by explaining she's 'more disciplined' and still eats healthy fats
However, Victoria's athletic-level training regime now means she can indulge in healthy fats such as nuts, avocado and oily fish.
The star previously hit back at David's claims about her diet, saying: 'Talk about making me sound boring! No. What he meant is that he's never met anyone who's more disciplined with the way that they eat.'
'I eat lots of healthy fat: fish, avocado, nuts, that sort of thing. I do drink alcohol, unless I have a reason not to. I'll detox from anything for three to six months where I won't drink.'
'I'm quite extreme in anything I do, whether it's eating or working out or drinking or not drinking.'
Drink up! Despite her strict eating habits, Victoria still allows herself the odd vice, whether it be tequila, or a glass of fine wine
It's revealed she doesn't let a day go past without drinking apple cider vinegar first thing in the morning, and adding Skinaide collagen peptide powder in her coffee.
Despite her strict eating habits, Victoria still allows herself the odd vice, whether it be tequila, or a glass of fine wine.
Victoria's daily routine revelations come after she came under fire from a famous Spanish chef for causing him grief at a celebrity wedding with her 'complicated' dinner demands.
Three Michelin star chef Dani Garcia, 46, claimed the Spice Girl had 'changed the whole menu' when former Real Madrid star Sergio Ramos tied the knot with his model and TV presenter wife Pilar Rubio in Spain in 2019.
Dani recalled how Victoria had coconut water by her 'all of the time' as well as bowls of mints, as he branded the habits 'odd' in a new interview.
Yummy! Foodie David confessed on the River Che Table 4 podcast earlier this year: 'I get quite emotional about food and wine, when I'm eating something great I want everyone to try it'
Disputing Dani's version of events, a source close to Victoria said: 'This makes a great story but isn't fair or accurate – the most Victoria would have done when asked about dietary requirements is ask for some plain fish and vegetables.'
Victoria's 'odd' eating habits have been the subject of intense scrutiny for years.
During Euro 2004 she reportedly stuck to a diet of strawberries washed down with mineral water.
The mother-of-four has previously revealed she won't eat food cooked in oil, butter or sauces and doesn't eat red meat or dairy.
Last year she said her comfort food was whole grain toast with salt on it and admitted: 'To most restaurants I'm probably their worst nightmare.'
Hard work! Victoria regularly shares snaps and videos from her workouts on Instagram | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11130245/David-Beckham-harvests-honey-tends-hives-Cotswolds.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-08-20T21:48:15Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11130245/David-Beckham-harvests-honey-tends-hives-Cotswolds.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
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By Simon SmaleUkraine's Oleksandr Usyk (19-0) takes on Britain's Anthony Joshua (24-2) for the unified heavyweight boxing titles in Jeddah.
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Unhappy with the decision...
Booo!!!
- Mike the Mauler
By Simon Smale
Here's the winner Hrgović
How did he win that fight?
"Warrior, man," he says.
"It was for my father who passed away a few months ago. A special man."
He's now telling us how beautiful his wife is, an angel, he says.
He says it was a very close fight and that he was losing but he gave "everything" in the last six rounds and that Zhang was "just standing there".
"To be honest he surprised me. He was better than I thought he is.
"It was a close fight but I thought I won."
He is now the number one contender for the IBF.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović wins by unanimous decision!
Boos ring out around the arena.
The judges have it 115-112, 115-112, 114-113.
It was a tough fight to score.
I think the 115-112 is too wide - especially considering the first round knockdown.
I think Zhang can feel hard done by there.
He thinks he's won and Hrgović raises his rivals hand. Read into that what you will.
By Simon Smale
Your thoughts on the fight
Great commentary- you’ve got me fascinated in a fight I had no interest in!
- Ken
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang
That was an excellent fight.
I have it 114-113 in favour of Zhang but this could really go either way.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 12
Final round. I have Hrgović needing a knockout to win this.
Zhang covers up but is caught after a two down one up combo from Hrgović.
Hrgović lands a right but that's spurred Zhang into life, pushing forward and landing.
Both men share shots to the head but Hrgović gets Zhang into the corner and lands a couple of very good shots!
The pair clinch.
Hrgović is landing more here - but both men are exhausted.
Hrgović bends Zhang over with a solid right to the belly.
Zhang punches over the top in counter, but doesn't land.
Zhang is backing away and trying to not get caught too much.
Hrgović lands with an overhand right.
Hrgović is throwing everything at Zhang now and there's the bell!
Both men are gassed and bent over double in their corners!
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 11
Hrgović with a straight right down the middle.
Then a combination that has Zhang backing up.
Zhang gets Hrgović backing up in the corner there and lands with a shot or two.
Two jabs land from Hrgović, Zhang's output has dropped massively in these latter rounds.
Good body shots land from Hrgović.
Right from Hrgović lands, but so does Zhang! Zhang is causing damage with those shots! Hrgović just looks so unsteady after getting caught like that.
But he's come back with a good combination.
Hrgović lands with the overhand right.
Zhang goes down in the middle of the ring but it's a slip!
Keep your eyes on that centre part of the Zhang could have done himself a mischief there, his legs splayed out in the splits.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 10
Combo attempt from Hrgović but Zhang counters again inside with the right hook.
That's a shot that's hurting Hrgović regularly.
Hrgović advances, lands a couple of jabs but then backs out of throwing another shot coming in as Zhang loads the right again.
Zhang says the centre of the ring is wet and points. Referee lets them continue.
Good shots from Hrgović land with Zhang backing up.
Good combo to the head and the guard of Zhang, punches rattling off the head and forearms of Zhang.
Another decent combination keeps Zhang honest.
Zhang now lands with the shot at the end of the round that rocks him back! Another powerful left that had Hrgović staggering a little.
I think he did enough to win the round, but if he's caught by that left early in the round that could spell danger.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 9
Hrgović goes to the body but Zhang lands over the top.
Hrgović paws out his jab and then lands with his right.
Nice right from Zhang lands.
Now Zhang slipped on the canvas and the men have been told to go to the neutral corner for a spell.
It came after both men landed at the same time - as has happened a fair bit this contest.
Hrgović is landing with the jab,. at least serving to keep Zhang back and honest. Much busier.
Zhang lands with a looping left hook but Hrgović responds.
BANG! Upper cuts on the inside from Zhang and that sends Hrgović back.
Zhang lands with three lefts to which Hrgović was unable to protect himself against!
BIG SHOTS FROM ZHANG! Hrgović is rocked and the bell has saved him here!
Hrgović landed too but the power came from Zhang and the impact on the Croatian was visible and serious. He looks out of sorts.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 8
This has been a good fight.
There's some delay here though for a wet corner, that's being addressed finally.
Zhang looked like that rest helped him more, he looked a bit gassed in the corner there...
BANG! What a shot Zhang! A left right down the middle and Hrgović somehow stays up!
Hrgović comes back though! Great heart from the Croatian fighter.
Good combinations landing from Hrgović - who is still moving nicely.
Good combination punches land from Hrgović.
More nice combinations land from Hrgović, suddenly the Croatian fighter is the man on the front foot.
Zhang lands with a right but is countered nicely.
Hrgović lands with two shots. And again! That last, an overhand right, rocking the head back.
Zhang looks tired all of a sudden but both men look gassed in the corner.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 7
We've just seen some of the replays there and those big shots in the corner from Zhang were exactly that. Big.
Good counter punch from Zhang to send Hrgović back.
Another solid shot from Hrgović lands.
Then they exchange head shots that has the crowd groaning!
Hrgović looks OK in this round though, landing with his jabs and then a right to the body.
Hrgović takes a shot to the body and almost dismissively tosses the hand away.
Big left from Hrgović! Zhang wears that to his head.
And another to the body. Nice adjustments from Hrgović in this round, keeping Zhang on the back foot.
Lovely combo lands from Hrgović there a both miss with left hooks.
Another great combo from Hrgović lands to the body.
Was that a round off from Zhang, or has the tide turned?
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 6
Zhang has been landing the power shots in this fight.
Hrgović is still standing tall though, but will need to show a bit more for me.
Lovely combo from Hrgović, rapping Zhang's gloves and head.
BANG! Huge shots from Zhang! Upper cuts and big shots landing from the Chinese fighter. Patient stuff from Zhang, who is picking his spot before landing hard to the body and head.
Hrgović comes back though with a decent shot of his own.
Zhang is bullying Hrgović though.
Hrgović lands with a right to the head and the body off the back foot.
Zhang counters with a good overhand right though.
Zhang drops his hands and walks forward, landing to Hrgović in the corner.
Hrgović is landing shots, but Zhang is walking through them and Hrgović looks to be in trouble.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 5
Zhang is just walking down Hrgović all the time, landing shots, walking forward and throwing that right out.
Both men exchange shots to the head and now clinch.
Hrgović lands to the body in that clinch and now lands a three-punch combo up top.
Zhang is still the dominant fighter through, walks to the corner and lands with a right.
Hrgović gets a solid shot in of his own though.
Hrgović with a couple of decent shots that land as well but Zhang will come forward again and land with a great shot.
What a countershot from Zhang and Hrgović is wobbled! Zhang with the right hook and a left shot to the head and there was some real wobbly legs there before the bell saves the Croatian!
Both men landed in that combo, but Zhang had the better of it.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 4
Hrgović paws with that jab, then tries a three-fight combo that bounce off the guard.
Zhang comes forward and lands a couple of shots, stalking down the Croatian fighter, who is backed into the corner but picks off a couple of jabs.
Both men land with lefts to the body, sickening, thudding shots.
Successive lefts down the middle then a big right upper cut to the ribs.
Zhang is landing at will here - walking down his man and landing to body and head. Big, thudding shots landing.
Zhang has Hrgović in the corner and lands with another couple of big shots to the body.
Hrgović hits back though! Two good combinations land to end the round!
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 3
Zhang comes straight out from the bell and clubs a couple of shots and ties up - but he led with his head and there's a cut on Hrgović's head.
It's bleeding a lot too but it's right on the top of the head so he should be OK to carry on. Long delay there though.
Hrgović works his combinations and keeps Zhang's guard up.
Zhang though punches through the guard of Hrgović in response.
Zhang with a good shot to the body with that bludgeoning left.
Hrgović with a couple of shots down the middle again, he's getting some joy there through the guard of Zhang.
Zhang lands with a left to the head.
Good shot from Zhang lands to the head that makes Hrgović blink a couple of times and then the Chinese fighter follows up with a good shot to the body.
Another good shot lands from Zhang.
Hrgović fires back with a right that's countered with a right hook from Zhang.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 2
Zhang is more offensive now, landing a couple to the body.
Hrgović gets a shot through though and Zhang felt that one.
Hrgović is keeping his composure but is being backed up now by the bigger man.
Good two-punch combo from Hrgović land to the body.
Shot! Hrgović lands down the middle with a vicious shot to the head!
Another precise right hand lands from Hrgović, but Zhang responds with a huge left of his own that thuds into Hrgović's body.
A good right from Hrgović down the middle lands to end the round.
By Simon Smale
Hrgović vs Zhang, Round 1
Hrgović takes the centre of the ring as the pair tentatively throw out the jab towards each other but don't land.
Zhang tries to step into a left to the body but falls short.
Hrgović lands to the chest of Zhang and then to the face down the middle.
A straight right now lands to the chest from the big Croatian.
Another right lands from Hrgović.
Right from Zhang lands and Hrgović is down!
Wow, what a moment in this fight, a clubbing right shot that landed just to the ear - Hrgović was winning that round by a distance
BANG! What a left down the middle to the face of Hrgović, who wears it in the corner.
10-8 round to the big Chinese fighter.
By Simon Smale
Filip Hrgović vs Zhilei Zhang
It's the penultimate fight of the undercard and it's another heavyweight showdown for the IBF world title eliminator.
The winner of this one will be in line for a shot at the winner of the main event.
Filip Hrgović (14-0, 12KOs), a bronze medal winner at the 2016 Olympics, is a 198cm giant with a whopping 208cm reach, who weighed in at 110kg.
They were set to meet earlier in the year but Hrgović withdrew after the death of his father.
He's up against 39-year-old Chinese fighter Zhilei Zhang (24-0-1, 19KOs), a silver medalist from the 2008 Olympics.
He weighed in at 125.7kg.
Only three Chinese fighters have been world champions in boxing. Can Zhang become the fourth?
By Simon Smale
Ramla Ali gets stoppage win in historic first fight
In the historic first women's fight earlier on the card, Ramla Ali earned a first-round stoppage victory to remain undefeated.
Ali needed just a minute to send Crystal Garcia Nova to the canvas and move to a pro record of 7-0.
"I feel like I need to go back and do some more pads. I didn't really get out of first gear," she said after the bout.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said this was a historic moment in the sport.
"World titles are nice but this is historic, this is legacy in itself," he said.
Ali had drawn criticism from rights campaigners for describing Saudi Arabia as a 'very progressive country' in the run-up to the fight.
With Reuters
By Simon Smale
Bader al samreen beats Fuad Tarverdi by TKO
Good performance from Al samreen, who moves to 6-0 with a fourth round stoppage of the game but outclassed Tarverdi.
Tarverdi hit the ground hard in the fourth from a brutal uppercut.
But then another flurry of punches landed and the referee correctly stepped in.
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When Kristin Martin found out her husband was being transferred to Naval Base San Diego, securing housing for their family of five quickly took over her life.
On-base housing wasn’t an option — the waitlist for a four-bedroom home in the neighborhoods they qualified for was 14 to 16 months.
Neither were the military-only hotels near base where new arrivals can pay low rates as they get their bearings — those were full, too.
So Martin, whose husband is a lieutenant, cast a wide net across San Diego and started applying for rental homes, all sight unseen.
“I was waking up and the first thing I was doing was looking at properties,” Martin said. “I was looking at it mid-day, before I went to bed. I had alerts set. It became a full-time job.”
More than 30 rental applications later and hundreds of dollars in application fees down the drain, the Martins finally found a home.
But there were caveats. They’d have to start paying rent a month before they actually moved. And, at $4,200 per month, their rent was nearly $700 more than the monthly basic allowance for housing, known as the BAH, that her husband receives.
“We’ll probably be here two or three years, so that could be $20,000 that we’re paying out of pocket above BAH just for rent,” Martin said last month.
“It’s affecting us personally but then I think about how we were a junior enlisted family at one point. I cannot imagine the struggles (they) are going through.”
Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector. But amid record-breaking spikes in rent, the Department of Defense has neglected its commitment to help military families find affordable places to live, service members and housing activists say.
That’s forced many to settle for substandard homes, deal with extremely long commutes or pay thousands out of pocket they hadn’t budgeted for.
“We have families coming to us that are on exorbitantly lengthy waiting lists and sitting in homes that they can’t afford, like an Airbnb rental, or they’re at a hotel or camping in tents or living in RVs,” said Kate Needham, a veteran who co-founded the nonprofit Armed Forces Housing Advocates in May 2021.
“I don’t think civilians really understand — they might think we’re living in free housing and just having a great time, making lots of money. And that’s not the case at all.”
Reports of the housing squeeze that military families are feeling has alarmed members of Congress who are pushing legislation that would force the Department of Defense to rethink how it handles housing.
A common complaint is that with rents soaring nationwide, housing allowances, which vary by rank and are recalculated annually, haven’t kept pace with rental markets, even though they're supposed to cover 95% of rental costs for the approximately two-thirds of active-duty personnel who live off base.
According to a data analysis by The Associated Press of five of the most populous military bases in the U.S., housing allowances across all ranks have risen an average of 18.7% since January 2018. In that span, according to real estate company Zillow, rents have skyrocketed 43.9% in those markets: Carlsbad, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; El Paso, Texas; Killeen, Texas, and Tacoma, Washington.
And because of how tough off-base markets are, on-base housing has become a hot commodity, with many bases having long waitlists.
Needham argues the discrepancy between military housing allowances and the current market should alarm officials who are already struggling to recruit the next generation.
“If you can’t afford your job, why the hell would you stay in the job?” Needham said.
The Department of Defense did not comment on whether housing issues have become a retention concern. But defense officials said military housing offices monitor markets and offer tools to help families find “suitable, affordable housing, whether on or off-base.”
“The Department of Defense is committed to ensuring that service members and their families have access to affordable, quality housing within a reasonable commute of their assigned duty station,” it said.
At MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, housing allowances used to be in line with the local market. In January 2020, a senior airman without dependents received a monthly housing stipend of $1,560, compared to the typical Tampa-area rent price of $1,457, according to Zillow. But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month on average in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647.
With such a discrepancy and those living off-base facing notoriously long commutes, it’s no wonder that nearly all of MacDill’s 572 homes are full.
Tampa real estate agent Renee Thompson said it’s common for service members to rent homes that are an hour’s drive away from base.
“No homes in today’s market will even come close to the service member’s BAH,” said Thompson, who served in the Army. “It’s really disheartening.”
Frustrated by what she called the Defense Department’s lack of transparency into housing allowance calculations, U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., has introduced a measure that would give the department one year to reexamine its process and report on how accurate the current system is.
BAH is like an “algorithm that needs updating on a regular basis,” said Strickland, whose district includes the massive Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, where many military families struggle to find affordable homes.
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A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday:
ENGLAND
Manchester City aims to match Arsenal in opening the season with three straight wins in the Premier League. City, the defending champion, heads to Newcastle for a match against a Saudi-funded team which could within a few years be a serious title contender because of the wealth of its owners. City has already beaten West Ham and Bournemouth, scoring six goals and keeping two clean sheets. Newcastle has beaten Nottingham Forest and drawn at Brighton, and also hasn’t conceded. Chelsea heads to Leeds looking to maintain its unbeaten start, as does Brighton when it travels to play West Ham.
SPAIN
Barcelona will try to rebound from a disappointing opening draw against Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou when it visits Real Sociedad in the Spanish league. Coach Xavi Hernández will not be able to count on veteran midfielder Sergio Busquets who was sent off in stoppage time in the 0-0 draw against Rayo. Atlético Madrid hosts Villarreal after beating Getafe 3-0 in its opener, with Álvaro Morata scoring twice in his first match since returning to Atlético from a two-year stint on loan at Juventus. Gennaro Gattuso’s Valencia will also go for two straight victories when it visits Ernesto Valverde’s Athletic Bilbao, which opened with a draw at home.
FRANCE
There will be scrutiny on the interaction between Kylian Mbappe and Neymar when defending champion Paris Saint-Germain visits Lille in the French league. After Mbappe missed a penalty in the 5-2 win over Montpellier last weekend, Neymar took over spotkick duties and converted one. Neymar has already hit top form with three goals and three assists from two league games while Mbappe has notched one goal after missing the start of the season because of a groin injury. Probable contenders for European spots, Rennes and Nice are still chasing their first win of the season. Rennes will miss goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and Croatia midfielder Lovro Majer when it hosts promoted Ajaccio. Nice travels to Clermont.
GERMANY
Bayern Munich remains the only team in the Bundesliga with a 100% record and it’s seeking revenge at Bochum, which was responsible for one of its five league defeats last season. Bochum won 4-2 in February. Bayern routed Bochum 7-0 in their previous meeting. Bochum, which has lost both of its games so far this season, is very much the underdog. Bayern has eight goals from its two games so far and the Bavarian powerhouse has scored in each of its last 83 league games. Also Sunday, Eintracht Frankfurt hopes to end its 10-game run without a league win when unbeaten Cologne visits.
ITALY
Defending champion AC Milan plays at Atalanta in the Italian league with both teams looking to preserve their winning starts. Milan defeated Udinese 4-2 and Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta enjoyed a 2-0 win at Sampdoria last weekend. Milan won the sides’ previous three Serie A meetings. Bologna hosts Verona with one of the sides at least guaranteed to get their first points of the season. Napoli, which scored five goals in its opening win at Verona, welcomes Monza. Also, Empoli hosts Fiorentina.
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TikTok 'beauty hack' of using calamine lotion as make-up can cause severe reactions and skin damage, health experts warn
- Calamine lotion is used to reduce pain and itching caused by minor skin issues
- TikTok trend recommends using it as a base before applying foundation to face
- Doctors fear impact of lotion as it contains phenol, which is banned in cosmetics
Youngsters who follow a TikTok trend for using calamine lotion as make-up could be at risk of severe reactions and skin damage, experts have warned.
The medicine, on sale in pharmacies for as little as £1.60 a bottle, is used to reduce pain and itching caused by minor skin problems including sunburn, insect bites and stings.
It is particularly helpful in weeping skin conditions which cause the skin to ooze, and is commonly recommended for children suffering from chickenpox.
But a so-called 'beauty hack' on TikTok encourages viewers to apply a layer of calamine lotion over large sections of the face, or even all of it, before using foundation and other make-up on top.
It's aimed at people with oily skin and will, as one TikTok star claims, 'create a barrier between their skin and the foundation they're putting on, to keep the oils from breaking up the foundation'. The face is left looking 'flawless' and 'pores are minimised', others say.
On the platform, thousands of videos follow similar themes. In one clip that's had more 7.3 million views, TikTok user @BrittanyBowman applies the lotion over her whole face with a make-up brush.
The caption reads: 'I heard calamine lotion gets rid of acne scars and dark marks.' In another, with more than 700,000 views, she applies her foundation over the calamine layer and claims: 'It'll dry out your current pimples but won't prevent future acne.'
TikTok creator is seen applying calamine lotion to her face before adding foundation and other make-up
The hashtag #calamine has been used more than 2.3 million times on TikTok alone, while the trend has triggered a surge in demand – and a national shortage of the lotion, pharmacists have claimed.
Earlier this month Well Pharmacies, which has more than 750 shops across the country, issued an alert after their shops ran out.
Well Pharmacy chief pharmacist Ifti Khan said: 'Some of this is due to a recent spike in chickenpox, but there's also a trend on social media advocating calamine lotion for cosmetic purposes.
'Calamine lotion treats a wide range of skin condition that cause itchiness, including chickenpox, insect bites, stings, measles and sunburn. But it should only be used by those who need it, and for treatment of medical conditions.'
Two suppliers, Thornton & Ross and Alliance Healthcare, have reportedly had no stock for months.
Abell Chemist in London Road, Bushey, is a community pharmacy hit by the shortage.
Its spokesman said: 'Calamine lotion is completely unavailable, and has been for a long time. There's very little else we have to offer for chickenpox.'
The Department for Health and Social Care confirmed that it was aware of 'intermittent supply issues' and said that more supplies are expected in early September.
Doctors fear the craze could trigger lasting skin damage. The lotion's main active ingredient is zinc oxide, a mild antiseptic which gives the white colour. It also contains phenol, a preservative with mild anaesthetic properties banned for use is cosmetics.
The lotion's history is unclear – dating back to a 16th Century German alchemist or to a Greek physician in the 1st Century AD.
Consultant dermatologist Dr Alia Ahmed at Frimley and Barts Health NHS Trusts explained that when used long-term, it could cause damage to the skin.
'The lotion draws moisture out of the skin and can also act as a keratolytic, meaning it can exfoliate the skin. This is helpful when dealing with wet, itchy skin rashes, but leaving calamine lotion on for prolonged periods on areas like the face, under or as make-up, can lead to excessive skin dryness, which will manifest as scaly or flaky patches with redness.
'Over-exfoliation leads to problems like rashes and sensitivity, and ultimately could cause damage to the skin barrier.'
The calamine lotion trend follows other social-media-driven make-up advice to use laxative liquid milk of magnesia in a similar way, as a cheap make-up base.
Women's magazine Marie Claire endorsed the practice, claiming 'it's really great for oily skin as it sops up excess grease, controls shine, and tightens pores' – and said that reality star Kylie Jenner used it to stay shine-free 'under hot lights'.
Earlier this month Well Pharmacies, which has more than 750 shops across the country, issued an alert after their shops ran out of Calamine lotion (stock image)
Milk of magnesia contains magnesium hydroxide – a chalky substance that absorbs moisture, hence the cosmetic effect when used on the skin – and also small amounts of sodium hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach. While harmless when ingested in small amounts as a medication, used on the skin it also can cause damage and lead to infections.
One YouTube beauty star, Youkeyy, revealed that she used milk of magnesia on her face almost every day for five years, with disastrous results.
'I've always had oily skin so when the whole milk of magnesia thing came along I thought, this is what I need. Make-up will finally stay in place,' she said.
But over time, her skin became 'horribly' dry and she started suffering acne. She stopped using milk of magnesia, but the problems persist.
She says: 'My skin never used to be like this.'
Dr Ahmed says: 'There seems to be a general social-media trend for trying out things as cosmetics that aren't intended for this use, whether it's milk of magnesia, calamine lotion, or otherwise.
'This should be avoided. Damage might not be immediate, but over time could become pretty unpleasant. It might make you look good in the short term, but it's just not worth the risk.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11130079/TikTok-trend-using-calamine-lotion-make-cause-skin-damage-health-experts-warn.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-20T21:53:11Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11130079/TikTok-trend-using-calamine-lotion-make-cause-skin-damage-health-experts-warn.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
310 PM MDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 315 PM MDT this afternoon for a
portion of western Texas, including the following counties, El Paso
and Hudspeth.
Urban and small stream flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM MDT Sunday for portions
of New Mexico and southwest Texas.
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Railways to operate one more Ganapati Special between Mumbai and Mangaluru
One more Ganapati Special AC train to operate between Mumbai and Mangaluru
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Railways has decided to operate one more Ganapati Special AC weekly service between Mumbai and Mangaluru for three each trips to clear extra rush of passengers.
A release from Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., here said Train No. 01173 Mumbai Lokamanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) - Mangaluru Junction AC Weekly Special leaves LTT at 8.50 p.m. on Wednesdays [August 24, 31, and September 7] to reach Mangaluru Junction at 5.05 p.m. the next day.
Train No. 01174 Mangaluru Junction – Mumbai LTT AC Weekly Special leaves Junction at 8.15 p.m. on Thursdays [August 25, September 1, and September 8] to reach LTT at 5.30 p.m. the next day.
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It has commercial halts at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Sawarda, Sangameshwar Road, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Sawantwadi Road, Thivim, Karmali, Madgaon, Canacona, Karwar, Ankola, Gokarna Road, Kumta, Honnavar, Murdeshwar, Bhatkal, Mookambika Road Byndoor, Kundapura, Udupi, Mulki and Suratkal.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
453 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Caddo
Parish in northwestern Louisiana and eastern Panola Counties through
530 PM CDT...
At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Carthage, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Carthage, Greenwood, Deberry, Midyett, Deadwood, Front and Spring
Ridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3204 9418 3217 9433 3238 9413 3239 9404
3248 9404 3230 9383 3228 9386 3226 9386
3219 9395 3220 9404 3213 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 225DEG 14KT 3217 9420
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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NASCAR Cup Series championship leader Chase Elliott won the pole position for Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen at Wakins Glen (N.Y.) International (3 p.m., USA Network), making a strong statement for his championship chases as the regular season winds down.
Elliott turned a lap of 125.147 mph around the 3.377-mile road course in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet besting his teammate, reigning series champion Kyle Larson by a slight .015-seconds to claim his third pole position of the season and the 12th of this career.
It is a fitting front row for the race start with Elliott and Larson combining for five road course wins just last year. Elliott is a two-time Watkins Glen winner — earning his career first trophy there in 2018 with seven road course victories. Larson is the defending race winner.
“I feel like there’s still work to do there from where we were in practice,’’ the 26-year-old Elliott said. “Feel like there’s a couple parts of the track I want to put together better. Just really hard to hit all of it. It’s just so fast. The pace is just so high in this car here.
“I feel like from what I remember with so much throttle you’re carrying, a little bit really goes a long way.’’
Former Daytona 500 winner and road course ace Michael McDowell will share the second row with another Hendrick driver, William Byron. Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick — who won the series’ last road course event at Indianapolis three weeks ago — was fifth fastest and will start alongside Xfinity Series championship contender A.J. Allmendinger.
Ford drivers Chris Buescher and rookie Austin Cindric make up row eight followed by Daniel Suarez and the top-qualifying Toyota driven by Kyle Busch.
Also of note, Christopher Bell had engine issues during practice and was unable to make a qualifying run so he will start 38th in the 39-car field.
Longtime sports car ace, Joey Hand earned a 17th place qualifying position in the No. 15 Ford. Former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen will roll off from 27th position on the grid in his first NASCAR Cup Series start. Another former F1 driver, Daniel Kvyat will start 36th.
This weekend marks the highly-anticipated NASCAR Cup Series debut for Raikkonen, who will be driving the No. 91 Project 91 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing.
The 41-year old former world champion was careful to be modest and realistic in his expectations for the race, considering he has had only limited track time in a NASCAR Cup Series car. He was allotted a practice session last week at Virginia International Raceway — not in a Trackhouse car — and of course, had a single practice session and qualifying at Watkins Glen on Saturday.
The Finnish driver, who has two previous career NASCAR starts — in the Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series in 2011 — was a respectable 13th fastest in the Group B qualifying session and will start the No. 91 Chevy from 27th position.
“Obviously, I wish I had more laps, I’m not sure what line to take and trying to put laps together,’’ Raikkonen said after qualifying, “But it was fun.”
“We’ve just to make sure we know the rules and not making any silly mistakes on that side,’’ he added. “We’ll see what we can do with the car and move up from where we started.’’
It was typical of the measured approach the 2007 F1 World Champion.
“It’s a new experience,’’ Raikkonen said in a trackside press conference prior to qualifying on Saturday. “I don’t know how it’s going to go but I think it’s just a nice challenge. We’ve had limited running of the car and we’ll have a very short practice here, so that will be tricky. It’ll be quite a challenge but it’s also exciting.
“We’ll see where we stack up. There are very fast guys here that have been doing this for years, so it will be very hard. But we’ll see what we can do.’’
Asked why he is making this stock car start on another continent after such an illustrious open-wheel career, Raikkonen smiled a little at the implication it could somehow tarnish his great career if he didn’t do well.
“I don’t see any risk. ... why not [try something new],’’ Raikkonen said. “What do I have to lose? If I do bad in a NASCAR race or bad in any race, I don’t care because I do it for myself. A good or bad end result, it could happen even if I did 20 races. They all could be bad for many different reasons.
“I don’t see any negative. I think it’s great what Justin (Marks) and the team is doing giving a chance for all of us from Europe. ... NASCAR is more known there, but I’m sure there are a lot of driers that would like to have a chance to try it. It’s not very easy, so maybe it will open some doors in the future for more chances to try and get more Europeans into the sport.’’
While Raikkonen was careful not to create any unrealistic expectations, his team owner Justin Marks was optimistic.
“For expectations, the speed is going to be there, the preparation is going to be there, the fitness is going to be there, all of that,’’ Marks said. “I think where the heavy lift is, is just understanding procedurally how the race goes, making sure there’s no drama in the pits, on the restarts and things like that.
“I think anything is possible. I really do believe anything is possible.’’
Marks also revealed this will be the only start for the team’s Project91 third car in 2022 but he plans on at least six races for the car in 2023 — primarily on road courses and possibly in the Daytona 500 and other “tent-pole” races like it.
Blaney mindset
As popular Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney continues to vie for the final NASCAR Cup Series Playoff position, he already scored a major victory — resigning with the iconic Penske team this week. He has been with the team for 10 years — spanning starts in the Xfinity Series and ultimately his entry into NASCAR’s premier league.
“It has been a really cool 10 years and I am looking forward to continue that on for a long time,’’ said Blaney, who will start the No. 12 Team Penske Ford 26th on Sunday. “It’s great to get that out there, obviously the silly season side of it, it is nice to not be in those talks and have a home because they have been like family to me and I look forward to carrying on with them.’’
Blaney has seven NASCAR Cup Series victories with Penske — including three last year. A victory this weekend at Watkins Glen, however, would be hugely significant — snapping an uncharacteristic winless 2022 and securing a Playoff position with only one regular season race remaining beyond Watkins Glen.
He has two top-10 finishes in five Watkins Glen starts with a best showing of fifth place in 2019. Blaney is the defending summer race winner at Daytona International Speedway, site of the regular season finale next week. He also has a pair of runner-up finishes in the DAYTONA 500.
There have been 15 different race winners in 2022 and Blaney goes into Sunday’s race with a 26-point advantage over Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. fighting for that last Playoff points position. A win for either would ensure that driver qualifies for the top-16 Playoff grid. Interestingly they will start alongside each other on Sunday from the 13th row.
“Honestly, it is the same mindset as the second or third race of the year,’’ Blaney said of closing out the regular season. “It is just the time of year as to why it gets talked about more, obviously. You always want to win races and do well in stages and beat everybody else.
“There is really no way to approach it any differently. You just try to do the best you can and maximize your day.’’
“I have slept great this week, no different than any other time,’’ Blaney added. “You can’t stress yourself out about it. It is either going to happen or it isn’t, whether you make the Playoffs or not. There are only two choices, two options. You can’t stress about the negatives if you don’t make it.
“If you stress yourself out about that then your mind is set on that you aren’t going to t make it. You just have to have an open mind about anything can happen and you just have to do your best.
Gibbs remains in 23XI car for Kurt Busch
This week former NASCAR Cup Series champion Kurt Busch issued a statement saying he would miss an additional two races — this week at Watkins Glen and next week at Daytona Beach — as he continues to heal from a concussion suffered during a qualifying crash at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway four weeks ago.
“As much as I want to be back in the car, the time is still not right,’’ Busch said in a statement issued on social media this week. “Over the last few weeks, I have focused all my efforts on getting better. And in order to fully focus my recovery on trying to be back for the Playoffs, I will not be competing in the next two races at Watkins Glen and Daytona
“The decision was not an easy one, but the right one.’’
Current NASCAR Xfinity Series standout Ty Gibbs will continue to drive Busch’s No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota for those two events. The 19-year old Gibbs has one top-10 (10th at Michigan) in four races for the team while Busch is sidelined. He qualified the car 16th for Sunday’s race.
Inspection woes
Larson’s No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet has been fast all weekend, but it failed pre-race inspection twice resulting in the loss of a pit selection and the ejection of car chief Jesse Saunders. Larson is the defending race winner, was fastest in Saturday’s opening practice and qualified second — .015-second off his pole-winning teammate Elliott.
The defending NASCAR Cup Series champion and one-race winner in 2022 is hopeful his qualifying effort is a sign of good things to come on Sunday. He’s had only two top-10 finishes in the last five races entering Watkins Glen. | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/motorsports/chase-elliott-secures-pole-at-watkins-glen-international/article_36335409-8d06-5fe9-9789-7e875886c53c.html | 2022-08-20T22:09:42Z | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/motorsports/chase-elliott-secures-pole-at-watkins-glen-international/article_36335409-8d06-5fe9-9789-7e875886c53c.html | false |
Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses at a New Jersey fan convention this month.
Busey, 78, was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment, Cherry Hill police said Saturday.
The charges stem from offenses at the annual Monster Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel on Aug. 12-14 in Cherry Hill, a Philadelphia suburb, police said.
Busey, who lives in Malibu, California, was scheduled as a featured guest for all three days of the event.
Police did not immediately respond to a message seeking details. It also wasn’t clear whether Busey has an attorney to comment on the charges, and a representative didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment Saturday.
Busey is widely known as a character actor, largely in supporting roles, though he came to attention and was nominated for an Oscar for best actor for playing the title role in the 1978 film “The Buddy Holly Story.” | https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/actor-gary-busey-charged-with-sex-offenses-at-monster-mania-con-in-new-jersey.html | 2022-08-20T22:10:03Z | https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/actor-gary-busey-charged-with-sex-offenses-at-monster-mania-con-in-new-jersey.html | false |
WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 21, 2022
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TROPICAL CYCLONE STATEMENT
This product covers The Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas
**POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FOUR REMAINS DISORGANIZED**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- The Tropical Storm Warning has been cancelled for Inland
Cameron, Inland Willacy, and Southern Hidalgo
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Cameron Island,
Coastal Cameron, Coastal Willacy, and Willacy Island
* STORM INFORMATION:
- About 100 miles south of Brownsville TX or about 150 miles
south of Port Mansfield TX
- 24.4N 97.3W
- Storm Intensity 35 mph
- Movement Northwest or 325 degrees at 14 mph
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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At 4 PM CDT, Potential Tropical Cyclone Four continues to shows signs
of weakening due strong upper-level winds. Probabilities of developing
into a tropical cyclone continue to lower. Tropical Storm conditions
are no longer expected across the lower Texas coast and mid and lower
Rio Grande Valley. Brief isolated to scattered heavy rainfall and gusty
winds, mainly near the coast, remain possible through tonight.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* SURGE:
Protect against locally hazardous surge having possible limited
impacts across South Padre Island and Boca Chica beaches. Potential
impacts in this area include:
- Localized inundation with storm surge flooding mainly along
immediate shorelines and in low-lying spots, or in areas
farther inland near where higher surge waters move ashore.
- Sections of near-shore roads and exposed parking lots could
become covered with some surge water. Driving conditions
dangerous in places where surge water covers the road.
- Moderate beach erosion. Heavy surf also breaching dunes, mainly
in usually vulnerable locations. Strong rip currents.
- Minor damage to marinas, docks, boardwalks, and piers. A few
small craft broken away from moorings.
Elsewhere across The Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas, little
to no impact is anticipated.
* FLOODING RAIN:
Little to no flooding impacts are anticipated at this time across The
Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas.
* WIND:
Little to no wind impacts are anticipated at this time across The Rio
Grande Valley and Deep South Texas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
Closely monitor weather.gov, NOAA Weather radio or local news outlets
for official storm information. Be ready to adapt to possible changes
to the forecast. Ensure you have multiple ways to receive weather
warnings.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- For information on appropriate preparations see ready.gov
- For information on creating an emergency plan see getagameplan.org
- For additional disaster preparedness information see redcross.org
NEXT UPDATE
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The next local statement will be issued by the National Weather
Service in Brownsville TX around 10 PM CDT, or sooner if conditions
warrant.
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern De Soto
Parish, southeastern Panola, Shelby and northeastern San Augustine
Counties through 430 PM CDT...
At 403 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Tenaha to near Center to near San
Augustine. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Center, San Augustine, Logansport, Tenaha, Joaquin, Patroon,
Shelbyville, Bland Lake, Neuville, Huxley, Stanley, Hurstown, James,
Calgary, Jordans Store and Paxton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
If on or near the north end of the Toledo Bend reservoir, get out of
the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning
can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move
to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3148 9418 3170 9419 3195 9436 3210 9407
3197 9386 3185 9383 3184 9388 3181 9387
3180 9384 3178 9384 3177 9382 3175 9384
3173 9381 3171 9382 3169 9380 3167 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 216DEG 18KT 3193 9429 3174 9417 3154 9415
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Metal-detecting stranger retrieves woman’s ring lost in sea
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman’s diamond wedding ring, a family heirloom, is back on her finger after a man with a metal detector responded to her social media plea for help and found it at the bottom of the ocean.
Francesca Teal told The Boston Globe that she was tossing a football with her husband this month at North Beach in Hampton, New Hampshire, when the ring that once belonged to her great-grandmother slipped off her finger.
They couldn’t find the ring in the water after hours of searching, the 29-year-old from Groveland said.
Teal posted about the ordeal on Facebook and asked anyone who might frequent the beach with a metal detector to be on the lookout. Her post was shared thousands of times and got the attention of a man named Lou Asci.
Asci, 60 of Marshfield, put on a wetsuit and headlamp and went into the water searching for the ring with his metal detector. The first two days he went looking, he had no luck.
“I don’t take failure all too well,” Asci told the newspaper. “I wanted to go back and give it one last shot.”
That’s when he found the ring buried beneath the sandy ocean floor, he said. He sent Teal a picture, writing in a message: “Please tell me this is the ring so I can finally get off this beach.”
Asci returned the ring to Teal’s home, and her husband got on one knee to place it back on her finger.
“I have been so overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers this past week,” Teal wrote on Facebook. “It has been so amazing to witness humanity in this positive way & has brought so much faith to myself & others.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kold.com/2022/08/20/metal-detecting-stranger-retrieves-womans-ring-lost-sea/ | 2022-08-20T22:13:30Z | https://www.kold.com/2022/08/20/metal-detecting-stranger-retrieves-womans-ring-lost-sea/ | true |
During a time when many Americans are tightening our belts, we may have to loosen them a bit for the holidays, especially when it's time to have guests over. But as cookbook author Nigella Lawson says, "You entertain to see your friends. You're not opening a restaurant."
The main goal is to host a fun and affordable party, Lawson told Steve Inskeep — there's no sense in trying to overdo it.
"You're not trying to show that every nation's cuisine can be represented in your kitchen," Lawson said. "I think people tend to get excessive."
Lawson shares her recipes for festive drinks — and a quick and easy party snack:
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.apr.org/2008-12-01/nigellas-party-plan-an-excess-of-fun-not-expense | 2022-08-20T22:16:33Z | https://www.apr.org/2008-12-01/nigellas-party-plan-an-excess-of-fun-not-expense | false |
Frank Schaeffer's parents, Francis and Edith, were best-selling authors who were instrumental in linking the evangelical community with the anti-abortion movement.
But after coming of age as an evangelist and helping to organize religious fundamentalists politically, Schaeffer had a crisis of faith: Though he is pro-life, he decided that abortion should remain legal.
Shortly after the presidential election, Schaeffer wrote an open letter on the Huffington Post explaining his views and urging President-elect Barack Obama to support programs that provide care for pregnant women and reduce the number of abortions. In the letter, Schaeffer disassociated himself from his former politics, writing, "The pro-life cause poisoned many of us who were part of it. Me included. It led to self-righteous hubris that extended to a general attitude of hate toward the 'other.'"
Schaeffer is the author of Crazy for God and Faith of Our Sons.
Copyright 2022 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air. | https://www.apr.org/politics-government/2008-12-09/pro-life-and-in-favor-of-keeping-abortion-legal | 2022-08-20T22:21:03Z | https://www.apr.org/politics-government/2008-12-09/pro-life-and-in-favor-of-keeping-abortion-legal | true |
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A couple’s first date in Hendersonville, Tennessee, turned into a church burglary. And then a trip to jail.
Police in Hendersonville said the two people, identified as a 19-year-old female and a 20-year-old male, were on their first date when they broke into the Indian Lake Peninsula Church at around 12:50 a.m. on Thursday morning.
The couple confessed to the crime, police said, claiming they broke into the church because they wanted to play the piano and thought a church might have one they could use.
Surveillance footage from the outside of the church shows the two pulling up to the church in a 2004 Ford Mustang. The male can be seen with a surprised smile on his face when they try the door and find it unlocked.
After entering the church, they stayed to play piano for about 30 minutes, police said.
“Both subjects admitted to detectives that they were looking for a piano to play because they both play the piano, they knew churches had pianos so they were looking for an unlocked church to play the piano,” said Det. Stephan Fye of the Hendersonville Police.
Police said the two also stole four bibles and two drumsticks when they left. The surveillance footage shows the female picking up a church collection plate. Police say she took it as a souvenir.
They’re also heard talking about their shock at discovering a piano.
Female: “I found a piano. I’m so shocked we found one at the first church.”
Male: “I know right?”
Female: “And there were so many more churches I was ready to go to.”
Male: “Oh my god.”
The church’s pastor discovered the break-in that morning and called the police.
Detectives and patrol officers worked to identify the suspects using surveillance footage. Police were able to identify the female’s 2004 Mustang; they quickly found both suspects from there.
The two later confessed and surrendered the stolen church items.
“They just admitted it was dumb, probably should not have done it. They knew it was a mistake inherently,” said Fye. “They did not apologize.”
The couple was charged with misdemeanor theft and felony burglary.
Indian Lake Peninsula Church Administrative Pastor Drew Altom said he hopes the young people at least learn something from their actions.
“I would tell them don’t let this one incident define you. Learn something. And together, let’s continue to grow. We all make mistakes, but we are all held accountable for those mistakes as well.”
Altom said he is very grateful to the police for the quick response and resolution to the case. Church officials also confirmed to Nexstar’s WKRN that the unlocked door was repaired immediately. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/couple-on-1st-date-breaks-into-church-to-play-piano/ | 2022-08-20T22:21:28Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/couple-on-1st-date-breaks-into-church-to-play-piano/ | false |
Metal-detecting stranger retrieves woman’s ring lost in sea
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman’s diamond wedding ring, a family heirloom, is back on her finger after a man with a metal detector responded to her social media plea for help and found it at the bottom of the ocean.
Francesca Teal told The Boston Globe that she was tossing a football with her husband this month at North Beach in Hampton, New Hampshire, when the ring that once belonged to her great-grandmother slipped off her finger.
They couldn’t find the ring in the water after hours of searching, the 29-year-old from Groveland said.
Teal posted about the ordeal on Facebook and asked anyone who might frequent the beach with a metal detector to be on the lookout. Her post was shared thousands of times and got the attention of a man named Lou Asci.
Asci, 60 of Marshfield, put on a wetsuit and headlamp and went into the water searching for the ring with his metal detector. The first two days he went looking, he had no luck.
“I don’t take failure all too well,” Asci told the newspaper. “I wanted to go back and give it one last shot.”
That’s when he found the ring buried beneath the sandy ocean floor, he said. He sent Teal a picture, writing in a message: “Please tell me this is the ring so I can finally get off this beach.”
Asci returned the ring to Teal’s home, and her husband got on one knee to place it back on her finger.
“I have been so overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers this past week,” Teal wrote on Facebook. “It has been so amazing to witness humanity in this positive way & has brought so much faith to myself & others.”
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ATLANTA (AP) — Astros left fielder Yordan Alvarez was taken to a hospital during Friday night’s game against Atlanta because of shortness of breath that was exacerbated by the Braves’ in-game fireworks, Houston manager Dusty Baker said.
Alvarez departed the game under his own power with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. There was a pause in the action when Braves rookie Vaughn Grissom fouled a ball off his foot and was being tended to by a trainer.
That’s when Alvarez, who is batting .295 with 31 homers and 77 RBIs, made his break for the Houston dugout.
“He’s being analyzed by the doctors,” Baker said. “They said all his vitals are good. He’s feeling normal but he still has to see our doctor. He was just, he had shortness of breath, and then when they shot the fireworks off, the smoke kind of made it worse.
“I’m glad we got him out when we did because I looked up and he was in the dugout and it was kind of a scary moment because it could be anything, but they said he’s doing fine at the moment.”
Baker said no one in the Astros’ dugout knew Alvarez, an AL All-Star this year and the 2019 Rookie of the Year, was in any distress.
“We didn’t see anything,” Baker said. “I just looked up in the dugout and he was there. After that we had to take it into emergency action to find out what’s wrong and then the emergency crew came over and took him to the hospital.”
Losing Alvarez, who ranks first in AL on-base percentage and second in homers, slugging percentage, OPS and runs, for any length of time would be a big blow to Houston. The AL-leading Astros are 77-44 and primed for another deep postseason run.
They lost in the World Series last year to Atlanta.
“He’s a big, big part of this team,” Baker said. “He’s our big boy in the middle, so we’re not thinking about losing him. We’re thinking about getting him back and hopefully he’ll be all right tomorrow.”
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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A female high school athlete won the state championship — then the parents of the girls who finished in second and third place claimed the girl was transgender.
She wasn’t.
The complaints and ensuing investigation are now happening in the wake of Utah’s H.B.11, which bans transgender females from competing in high school sports.
“One of the statements was that she didn’t look feminine enough. So what’s feminine enough?” asks Sue Robbins, a transgender advocate with Equality Utah. “Are we going to now start attacking all women? This is what’s happening.”
“If you start criminalizing transgender bodies, all women’s bodies are going to be judged,” added Robbins. “Because every time someone’s successful, then everyone will start complaining that she must be transgender to be successful.”
Details about the investigation surfaced Wednesday during the Utah Legislature’s Education Interim Committee meeting.
After the state competition, the complaints from parents were directed toward the Utah High School Activities Association. On Wednesday, David Spatafore with UHSAA told the committee that the school was asked to conduct the investigation.
“This is new ground to us,” said Spatafore. “And I’m not going to say that we have it down pat, because I have no clue.”
Spatafore says the girl was never notified about the investigation, which involved going through her records dating back to kindergarten.
Her name, sport and school are not being publicly released at this time. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/girl-investigated-for-being-transgender-after-winning-state-title/ | 2022-08-20T22:26:26Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/girl-investigated-for-being-transgender-after-winning-state-title/ | false |
WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
414 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Southeast Lubbock County and Lynn County.
* WHEN...Until 530 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 411 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
slow-moving showers and thunderstorms. Minor flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area.
- Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen 4 miles south of Woodrow
along Highway 87. Additional rainfall of 0.5 to 1 inch is
possible in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Slaton, Tahoka, O'donnell and Wilson.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not
drive on flooded roads.
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 400 PM PDT.
* At 315 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Joshua Tree
Lake Campground, or 13 miles west of Twentynine Palms, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Twentynine Palms, Twentynine Palms Base, Joshua Tree Lake
Campground and Joshua Tree.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Las Vegas.
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
238 PM PDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
.A disturbance crossing the area Sunday night is expected to
result in isolated thunderstorms overnight becoming scattered
during the day on Monday. Abundant lightning is a
possibility...especially over the Blue Mountains and Wallowa
County.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
OR641, OR642, OR643, OR644, OR645, WA691, WA692, AND WA693...
The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for abundant lightning, which is in effect from
Sunday evening through Monday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 641 Lower Columbia Basin of
Oregon, 642 Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains, 643
Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, 644 Central Blue Mountains,
645 Wallowa District, 691 Lower Columbia Basin, 692 Blue
Mountains of Washington and 693 Southeast Washington Grande
Ronde Valley.
* IMPACTS...Lightning strikes may create new fire starts.
* THUNDERSTORMS...Storms will be possible from the Ochoco-John day
Highland northward into the Columbia Basin and eastward into the
Blue Mountains and Wallowa County. Individual cells may have
wetting rains but most are expected to have less than that.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...Erratic winds to 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
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(NerdWallet) – Search the internet for “student debt stories,” and you’ll easily find dozens of anxiety-ridden tales of student loan borrowers struggling to keep up with enormous debt balances that have swelled out of control due to compounding interest.
Very few of those stories, however, end in total debt forgiveness. But that’s exactly what happened with Kristin Eliason, legal director at Network for Victim Recovery of D.C., or NVRDC, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit; she saw her $413,000 in student loan debt disappear overnight.
Eliason had her debt discharged through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, or PSLF. The federal program has a waiver in effect that counts previously ineligible past payments.
The original amount she borrowed for public undergraduate school and private law school was around $180,000, and the interest grew too quickly to pay down any of her principal over the years, she says.
Eliason describes watching her debt balloon without any certainty it would ever be forgiven as a “mental burden.” That weight was lifted when her application was approved under the waiver.
“Once the shock wore off of not believing this was real, it was such a huge relief that I truly never thought it was going to happen,” she says.
A forgiveness program that rarely pays off
The waiver worked out for Eliason, but as for the program itself, she describes it as “a benefit on paper — not a benefit in practice.”
Most borrowers who apply to Public Service Loan Forgiveness are rejected. The approval rate since the program’s inception in 2007 hovered around 2.4%, according to an analysis of federal data.
Getting full debt discharge requires 120 qualifying payments made while working full time for an eligible employer, such as a public school, public hospital, eligible nonprofit or the government.
Borrowers have been left to their own devices to fight, sometimes for years, for payments to count toward the 120 total needed for forgiveness of their remaining debt.
As a result of public criticism, the Biden administration sought to make temporary improvements in an effort to rectify some of the flaws in the execution of the original program. Hence, the PSLF waiver: It offers borrowers the opportunity to receive credit for past payments that didn’t meet the program’s stringent rules. Since the waiver was put in place in October 2021, federal data show approvals through June 2022 have climbed to 10%.
What’s a couple extra thousand when you’re in a six-figure hole?
Eliason took out less than $15,000 in federal student loans to attend as an undergrad at the University of Virginia. She went on to study law at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, where she says taking out large loans was common practice.
She finished law school in 2009 with $180,000 in debt. She then took out an additional private loan to help pay for her expenses while she studied for the bar exam.
Eliason made most of her payments on an income-driven repayment plan — it’s the only plan that usually qualifies for PSLF. The repayment plan kept her payments lower than they would have been on a standard 10-year repayment plan, but those lower payments allowed interest to keep accumulating.
After passing the bar, she participated in a postgraduate fellowship, a clerkship, and then experienced six months of unemployment.
“There were a few periods of forbearance where I wasn’t making monthly payments because I couldn’t afford to make monthly payments and eat,” says Eliason.
In September 2012, she began working as a legal services attorney earning $43,000 each year. Her payments were $600 per month. “It was unmanageable in the D.C. area,” she says.
When she started working at NVRDC in 2013, Eliason was able to qualify for D.C.’s loan repayment assistance program, which helps pay for the student loans of lawyers at 37 nonprofit employers. But in order to receive the tax-free benefit, her income had to stay at or below $90,000. In D.C., the current median household income as of 2020 was $90,842, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Eliason says as she inched closer to PSLF discharge, she started submitting employment certification. But her servicer miscalculated the number of payments that she believes should have counted. “They said I only made 90 payments, but I had been working at nonprofit organizations for eight years,” she says. “I knew that didn’t translate.”
She continued submitting her employment certification, and by March 2022, Eliason was notified she had reached 119 payments, but she had to submit additional forms to certify employment. In April, she was told she had made 124 qualifying payments — four more than needed — and she was now owed money. Soon thereafter, her servicer account showed a $0 balance, and she received a letter notifying her of the full discharge.
Eliason says loan forgiveness will make a big difference in her life. She won’t need the loan repayment assistance program anymore, which means no more income cap.
“It means I can get a pay raise at my job. It means if I want to do extra contract work I can do that to supplement my income. It means if work gave me a bonus it wouldn’t impact my ability to get repayment assistance,” says Eliason.
How to get the PSLF waiver
More than 128,000 borrowers have seen a collective $8 billion in loan debt forgiven through the temporary waiver. If you think you may qualify for PSLF through the waiver, there’s no downside to applying.
The PSLF waiver counts past payments that previously didn’t qualify, including:
- Late payments.
- Payments equaling less than the full amount due.
- Payments made on an incorrect repayment plan.
- Payments made on loans that previously did not qualify, such as Federal Family Education Loans, or FFEL, and Perkins loans.
- Payments not made during forbearance periods of 12 consecutive months or greater.
- Months spent in deferment, other than in-school deferment, before 2013.
Use the PSLF Help Tool to search for a qualifying employer and generate a form. It has been updated to align with the waiver.
To qualify, borrowers must already have direct loans or must consolidate their federal debt into a new direct loan. The consolidation step is critical: Borrowers can submit a combined PSLF/Employer Certification form before consolidating, but they must consolidate to be eligible for forgiveness. To find out if you qualify for additional payments and learn more about the waiver, log in to the federal student aid website.
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WFO BUFFALO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Lewis County in central New York...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 556 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Boonville, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Highmarket, Lyonsdale, Port Leyden, Lyons Falls, Constableville,
Turin, Mohawk Hill, Swancott Mill, West Leyden and Talcottville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of east central New York, including the
following county, Greene.
* WHEN...Until 900 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 557 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Preston-Potter Hollow, Durham, Cornwallville, Oak Hill, West
Durham and Medusa.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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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Kyle Larson lucks out, wins Xfinity race at Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Kyle Larson zoomed past Ty Gibbs and William Byron when the two leaders made contact with under five laps to go, then held off AJ Allmendinger to win the Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday.
Byron and Gibbs dominated the 82-lap race around the 2.45-mile road course but came together after the final restart. Byron swung wide coming out of the first turn, a 90-degree downhill right-hander, and the two were side-by-side up through the esses before they collided. Larson was in the perfect spot to take advantage and zoomed past into the lead, holding off Allmendinger for his first road course win in the series.
The 40-year-old Allmendinger had won three of the four road course races in the series so far this season for Kaulig Racing.
"I got lucky," Larson said. "They raced side-by-side into there and got together, the seas parted, and I was able to get through."
Sammy Smith was third, followed by Noah Gragson and Kaz Grala.
Byron had command of the race with Gibbs always lurking, but when Gibbs barely beat Byron out of the pits prior to the restart to begin the final stage, Gibbs assumed the lead after the green flag waved and Byron turned into the stalker.
A crash by Daniel Hemric brought a caution and set up one of the treacherous restarts that Watkins Glen International always produces. But Gibbs, with Byron, Larson, and Allmendinger right behind, assumed the lead again after a clean restart with 18 laps left and Byron moved in behind in second and slowly began to narrow Gibbs' slim one-second lead before Ross Chastain slid off course into a sand trap to set up the decisive final restart with five laps to go.
Byron held off Larson on a restart midway through the second stage and had a 2.7-second lead over Gibbs when the 20-lap segment ended.
Justin Allgaier's day ended quickly. He spun out on the third turn heading uphill in the esses on the fifth lap and slammed the Armco barrier lining the track, ending his day.
"I thought I had enough of a run there," Allgaier said after departing the care center. "I hate it for our team. It just really stinks. I felt like we had a car capable of not only getting up front but contending for the win."
Gibbs passed Byron for the lead on lap 11 and both pitted during a caution near the end of the first stage. Allmendinger stayed out to take over the top spot but was beaten on the restart by Smith, who held on to capture the stage.
The 19-year-old Gibbs, doing double duty in both Xfinity and Cup in relief of injured Kurt Busch, started on the front row alongside polesitter Byron, who showed his displeasure by slamming Gibbs after their altercation.
The Xfinity Series begins its playoffs Sept. 24 at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool should get points if Man Utd protests cause postponement
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes any repeat of the Manchester United fans’ protest which forced their match at Old Trafford to be postponed in 2021 should result in his side being awarded three points.
Thousands of United supporters marched to the ground ahead of the encounter on May 2 last year – which was scheduled to be played behind closed doors under Covid protocols – to protest against the ownership of the Glazer family.
But when some gained entry to the stadium the game was postponed and had to be played later in the month.
Fans who broke into Old Trafford forced the postponement of Manchester United v Liverpool in May last year (Barrington Coombs/PA)
With further anti-Glazer protests planned ahead of Monday’s match between the two arch rivals Klopp said he does not expect to encounter the same problems but should, for any reason, the match not go ahead he wants to be awarded the win.
Asked if there were any plans in place should a protest cause similar issues, he said: “Plans for the game not happening? Yes, going home on the bus.
“I really hope it will not happen but if it does happen I think we get the points.
“We have nothing to do with the situation and if the supporters want the game not happening then we cannot just rearrange the game again and fit it in somewhere in an incredibly busy season.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes any postponement due to fan disruption should lead to a win being awarded to his team (Barrington Coombs/PA)
“I don’t think and I really hope this won’t happen – I have no idea what could happen and I don’t think about it.
“People tell us we are fine, we go there and play the game hopefully and go home but in a situation like this always the other team should get the points because they have nothing to do with it and they have prepared it.” | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11130627/Jurgen-Klopp-Liverpool-points-Man-Utd-protests-cause-postponement.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-20T22:44:33Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11130627/Jurgen-Klopp-Liverpool-points-Man-Utd-protests-cause-postponement.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Six plays, covering 70 yards and capped with a touchdown, was all it took for Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in his preseason debut to show he’s ready for the regular season.
Eluding the pass rush, Allen spun around while stepping back in the pocket and found Gabe Davis for a game-opening 28-yard touchdown in an eventual 42-15 rout of the Denver Broncos backups on Saturday.
“It did feel weird only to play six, you know, once you get into that little rhythm,” said Allen, who had been anticipating going back out for one more drive before being told to take a seat.
“But shout-out to our guys coming out and playing today. Playing hard. Making plays. Came out with intensity from the get-go,” Allen added. “I’m proud of how we handled ourselves today. It was good to see.”
It was just like old times again, Davis said, referring to an Allen-led offense which has been one of the NFL’s most dynamic over the past two seasons.
“Yeah, 100% just picking up where we left off,” Davis said. “Just having that same chemistry and kind of thinking alike, I’m glad we were on the same page.”
Just as important, the offensive output — the Bills totaled 510 yards and scored touchdowns on each of their first six possessions — showed the team being on the same page as newly promoted offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. Buffalo’s former quarterbacks coach replaces Brian Daboll, who was hired by the New York Giants this offseason.
Allen completed all three attempts for 45 yards, while backup Case Keenum closed out the first half overseeing three touchdown drives and finishing 16 of 18 for 192 yards and a perfectly placed 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end O.J. Howard.
It was a bounce-back outing for Keenum, who threw two interceptions and lost a fumble in a 27-24 win over Indianapolis last week.
“I thought Dorsey was dialing them up with some great play calls,” said Keenum, who also got a chance to play with the starters during his first series. “I think those were priceless reps that you don’t get very often, so I wanted to make the most of them.”
Zach Moss rounded out the first-half scoring with a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs, while Duke Johnson scored on 2- and 8-yard runs in the second half.
Buffalo extended its preseason winning streak to 10 games. The run is the NFL’s second-longest active streak behind the Baltimore Ravens, who have won a league-record 21 straight, and play at Arizona on Sunday.
The Broncos took a step back after a 17-7 preseason-opening win over Dallas, while resting Russell Wilson and many of their starters for a second straight week.
First-year coach Nathaniel Hackett was left disappointed, especially after entering the game intrigued to see how his young defenders and backups on defense would hold up against Allen and Co.
“You get six touchdowns on six drives, obviously nobody did good. So we have to evaluate the group as a whole. We have to tackle better. We have to hold the point better. Everything,” Hackett said. “Obviously, our defense didn’t play good enough. The offense didn’t play good enough, especially in the beginning. But that’s why we do this.”
Journeyman Josh Johnson finished 8 of 16 for just 70 yards in the first half in his bid to lock up the backup job.
After overseeing a 12-play, 64-yard opening drive that ended with Brandon McManus hitting a 33-yard field goal, Johnson’s final three drives of the half combined for 52 yards and three first downs.
Denver’s Brett Rypien finished 22 of 26 for 191 yards and a 1-yard touchdown to Eric Saubert with 10:55 remaining.
INJURIES
BRONCOS: P Sam Martin was ruled out after hurting his ankle in pregame warmups. … CB Michael Ojemudia dislocated his right elbow in the second quarter. … OT Casey Tucker wore a protective boot on his right foot after being hurt in the third quarter.
BILLS: S Nick McCloud returned after requiring six stitches to close a gash on his face in the first quarter.
HONORING KNOX
The Bills held a moment of silence before the game to honor Florida International linebacker Luke Knox, who died on Wednesday. Knox is the younger brother of Bills tight end Dawson Knox, who has been excused from the team to be with his family. Bills fans have rallied to Knox’s support by donating more than $100,000 to the P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative, a charity supported by the tight end.
Bills tight end Tommy Sweeney was spotted entering the stadium wearing a T-shirt, with “Long Live Luke” printed on the front.
UP NEXT
Broncos: Close preseason hosting the Minnesota Vikings on Aug. 27.
Bills: Close preseason at the Carolina Panthers on Friday.
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Following Liz Cheney's primary loss this week in Wyoming, NPR's Michel Martin asks independent Utah Senate candidate, Evan McMullin, what the path forward is for candidates who have criticized Trump.
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Following Liz Cheney's primary loss this week in Wyoming, NPR's Michel Martin asks independent Utah Senate candidate, Evan McMullin, what the path forward is for candidates who have criticized Trump.
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Over this past election cycle, many Americans expressed dissatisfaction with media coverage of the presidential campaign. They decried the media's obsession with tracking polls, fundraising and the relative strengths of each candidate's ground game. Forget the horse race, they implored; let's hear about policy.
Michael Crowley and Dan Goldman's 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail is not for those people.
This boisterous chronicle of the longest presidential campaign in U.S. history is a paean to the who's up, who's down gamesmanship of American politics. Every thrown elbow, cringe-worthy gaffe and desperate 11th-hour gambit of the past two years has been gleefully documented between its covers. New Republic senior editor Crowley successfully wrangles into compelling narrative shape what could easily have devolved into a cacophonous blur of debates, stump speeches and photo-ops. We watch the fortunes of presidential candidates rise and fall in the span of a few pages, and go into the trenches with political reporters as the 24-hour news cycle churns through its recurrent storylines about momentum, nigh-impossible comebacks and, yes, pigs in lipstick.
If daily journalism is history's first draft, this illustrated compendium of the campaign's most memorable moments is closer to history's raw edit, a series of strung-together images and sound bites that collectively reveals how America came to choose the leader it did.
The book's bold black-and-white design scheme — artist Goldman's page layouts incorporate elements of collage and poster art — adds a defiantly impolitic layer of playfulness. Drawn entirely on a computer, 08 depicts the world of politicians, pollsters and pundits in stark detail as Goldman's heavy line work lingers over every wrinkle, every blemish, every double chin. The result, though rarely flattering, hammers home the unglamorous realities of political life after the balloons drop and the spotlights fade.
In one sense, 08 belongs to the burgeoning genre of docucomics that includes Josh Neufeld's sobering Web comic AD: New Orleans After the Deluge; writer/illustrator Rick Geary's multivolume, painstakingly researched true-crime books; and Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon's 2006 graphical adaptation of the 9/11 report.
But while those nonfiction treatments adopt the classic narrative conventions of comics, 08 strikes out on its own to create a method of visual storytelling that owes as much to '60s magazine layouts as it does to modern Web design. It's largely thanks to Goldman's singular graphical style that this book, essentially a time capsule of the campaign's conventional wisdom, feels so defiantly and refreshingly unconventional.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — A passenger bus collided Saturday with emergency teams handling an earlier road accident in southern Turkey, leaving at least 15 people dead and nearly two dozen injured, officials said.
Three firefighters, two paramedics and two journalists were among those killed on the highway between Gaziantep and Nizip, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu tweeted. The other eight fatalities were on the bus, he added.
Gaziantep Gov. Davut Gul said 22 other people were injured in the incident.
The Ilhas News Agency said two of its journalists were killed after pulling over to help the victims of the initial accident, in which a car came off the highway and slid down an embankment.
Television footage showed an ambulance with severe damage to its rear while the bus lay on its side alongside the highway.
Turkey has a poor record of road safety. Some 5,362 people were killed in traffic accidents last year, according to the government. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/bus-collision-at-accident-site-leaves-15-dead-in-turkey/ | 2022-08-20T22:56:53Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/bus-collision-at-accident-site-leaves-15-dead-in-turkey/ | true |
Get and stay active with a desk-job fitness essential
If you’ve noticed your activity level going down while working from home, an under-desk treadmill may be the perfect solution. When paired with a standing desk, it’ll help you keep moving during the day, warding off the negative health side effects associated with sitting still all day. If you’re tired of coming up with excuses to avoid exercise, slide one of these treadmills under your desk to transform your day and your lifestyle.
Why get an under-desk treadmill
Getting your steps in has tons of health benefits. Walking on an under-desk treadmill means you can get those benefits without having to alter your schedule or endure bad weather.
Walking for even a few minutes each day can accomplish a multitude of good things for your body, both physically and mentally. Walking can:
- strengthen your heart to reduce the risk of heart disease
- lubricate joints and strengthen muscles to ease knee and hip pain
- improve mood and energy levels
- clear your mind to help you think creatively
Walking inside on a treadmill won’t have all the same positive effects as taking a walk outside, but it’s better than sitting for hours, especially if you turn off your screen and focus solely on walking for a few minutes.
How to pick an under-desk treadmill
Treadmill size
If you want to be able to store your treadmill when it’s not in use, make sure it’s small enough to fit under your bed or sofa or against the wall and that it’s lightweight enough for you to move easily. Built-in wheels help make storage easier. Some treadmills even fold up for even more convenient storage.
Conversely, if you’re tall, check the treadmill’s specifications carefully. Many treadmills designed to fit under desks are also compact and may not offer a long enough stride length for taller people to use comfortably.
Treadmill controls
Since under-desk treadmills have collapsible handles or no handles at all, they also lack the traditional interface for controlling the treadmill’s programs and speed. Most desk treadmills make up for this by coming with a remote control. Some also offer app controls to use the treadmill through your smartphone. Some can even change speed automatically according to where you’re walking on the footpad.
Noise level
If you want to bring your desk treadmill into an office environment, or if your home office is in an apartment, quiet operation should be a high priority. Look for a motor of around 2 horsepower and a sound level of fewer than 50 decibels for the quietest — and least disruptive — operation. Placing your treadmill on a mat can help minimize noise while also protecting your floors.
Safety features
Desk treadmills should be used with caution because they don’t have handrails like a traditional treadmill. Look for treadmills that can stop operating when they detect that the user has stepped off the treadmill.
If you plan to use your treadmill for running as well as walking at your desk, choose a model that has collapsible handles that can be folded out for use when running. Make sure that the treadmill has a high enough weight capacity and maximum speed to be used for running, too.
Best under-desk treadmills
WalkingPad P1 Ultraslim Foldable Treadmill
One of social media’s favorite treadmills features a remote control plus app control. Its super-slim design is less than 3 inches thick. It can be stored upright or folded up to measure 32 inches by 21.5 inches. It can go up to 4 miles per hour and includes technology to slow down and stop the treadmill to prevent falling.
Sold by Amazon
Compact yet heavy-duty, this under-desk treadmill has wheels to roll it in and out of storage. It features a shockproof rubber footpad to reduce vibration, a remote control, and a bright LED screen. It offers 12 programs and speeds up to 4 miles per hour. It’s 6.5 inches tall at its highest point and supports up to 220 pounds.
Sold by Amazon
Urevo 3-in-1 Folding Treadmill with Removable Desk
This treadmill offers a weight capacity of up to 286 pounds. With fold-up handles and speeds topping out at over 8 miles per hour, it even lets you run. Silicone shock absorbers help reduce the impact on your joints. The bar display on the handles can be converted into a workspace thanks to the included small desk.
Sold by Amazon
LifeSpan TR1200-GlowUp Under-Desk Treadmill
Most under-desk treadmills tend to be light and compact, but this durable option measures 63 inches long and supports up to 350 pounds. This makes it a good pick for those with a longer stride. It goes up to 4 miles per hour and many users note that it’s quiet enough to talk on the phone while using it.
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Sunny Health and Fitness Walkstation
A treadmill is a considerable investment, but this compact, budget-friendly model still delivers everything you need to exercise at your desk. It’s lightweight and reaches 3.75 miles per hour, while a large display shows the time, calories burned, distance and more. It comes with a remote control and safety features such as pausing when no weight is detected on the treadmill.
Sold by Amazon
WalkingPad A1 Pro Smart Walk Folding Treadmill
Sleek and easy to set up, this folding option has an elegantly minimalist display screen and quiet operation. Control your speed through the app or where you stand on the treadmill: walking near the front makes it speed up while walking near the back slows it down. It supports up to 220 pounds and tops out around 3.7 miles per hour.
Sold by Amazon
Goplus 2-in-1 Folding Treadmill
Use this treadmill on the walking mode under your desk for speeds up to 2.5 miles per hour, then fold the collapsible handlebars out to run at speeds up to 7.5 miles per hour. It offers a remote control, LED display, and a quiet motor plus a Bluetooth speaker to play your favorite workout playlist.
Sold by Amazon
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Woodland Art Fair returns to Lexington
The Woodland Art Fair has been around for more than 40 years
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Woodland Art Fair has been around for more than 40 years but many attended for the first time this year.
“This is our first year at Woodland and it’s going swimmingly,” said Bressler Wade of ____
Bressler Wade and his fiancé came to Woodland to sell their handmade goods, which they make out of handwoven fabric. They brought one of their looms to the fair to show people how their fabric are made.
“Right now I’m weaving some scrunchies as a demonstration. It shows the process just right in your face, there’s no confusing it,” said Wade.
The fair is an opportunity for art-lovers to come together and shop for some new pieces. Denis Breed Love came to the fair from Richmond with his wife and children.
“We love art. I’ve been in art all my life. My wife has been in art. The kids are getting into art,” said Love.
For many, art brings them back to their childhood.
“When I was growing up, my grandparents lived on a farm and so we would go visit. I have so many good memories from that so I think that’s where a lot of this comes from,” said Texas-based artist Terri Vogl.
Vogl has loved art her whole life but it wasn’t until she turned 50 that she decided to give it a real shot.
“I think I would’ve otherwise been a super old lady with a lot of regrets, wondering ‘could I have done that?’ So I’m very glad that I took the chance,” said Vogl.
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Almost 400,000 trees have been planted in Singapore under a national initiative aimed at planting one million more trees islandwide by 2030.
The trees have been planted in places such as schools and residential and industrial estates with the help of more than 61,000 community members, said National Development Minister Desmond Lee yesterday during a tree-planting session at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Giving an update on the OneMillionTrees movement, Mr Lee said the initiative is a key component of efforts to transform Singapore into a City in Nature - where more greenery is infused into the cityscape.
The movement was launched in April 2020 by the National Parks Board (NParks) to improve the nation's urban environment and enhance resilience towards climate change.
To contribute to the target, NTU teachers and students planted 100 rare native trees around the university campus in Nanyang Avenue during the event yesterday.
Mr Lee said: "Planting these trees in the vicinity of NTU will also provide habitats and food for our native wildlife and enhance the ecological connectivity within the West Coast green corridor, which links the Western Water Catchment with Labrador Nature Reserve in the south and the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, which is in the heart of our city."
NTU said planting more trees will help provide better habitats for more than 370 species of wild animals in the area, such as the critically endangered Sunda pangolin and the straw-headed bulbul, a songbird.
Eight species of trees were selected for the planting by NParks together with NTU, including the critically endangered Palaquium gutta tree, better known locally as gutta-percha, which is tapped for its latex.
Professor Ling San, deputy president and provost at NTU, said the planting of trees will also improve the air quality and shade on campus, thus creating a greener and more conducive environment for students.
"As the climate continues to warm, forests and greenery help mitigate the urban heat island effect and improve our physical and mental well-being," he said.
"I am sure everyone studying, working and living in NTU and our neighbouring areas will appreciate a cooler campus."
The university's tree-planting initiative is spearheaded by Earthlink NTU, a student-led environmental club with more than 200 members.
NTU said it has plans to plant more trees around the campus over the next seven years. | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spore-nears-40-mark-in-goal-to-plant-1m-more-trees-by-2030 | 2022-08-20T23:00:19Z | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spore-nears-40-mark-in-goal-to-plant-1m-more-trees-by-2030 | true |
Subsidence claims soar by more than 200% as 104F heatwave puts Britain's homes at risk, with properties from the 1920s or 1930s vulnerable
- There are fears demand may outstrip 2018, when payments cost £145 million
- Properties affected are particularly common in the Midlands and south England
- Some experts expect the rise in claims to peak at 400% within a few weeks
The summer heatwave has led to a surge in subsidence claims as scorching temperatures caused cracks to appear in homes.
Britain's largest home insurance firms, which have seen claims rise by more than 200 per cent, say they fear this year may be even worse than 2018, when more than 20,000 properties were affected, costing £145 million.
London and the South East are the worst affected areas after record temperatures of more than 40C (104F) last month.
Victorian houses, or homes built in the 1920s or 1930s, are particularly at risk because their foundations are generally shallow, along with properties built on clay-rich soils. This includes a vast swathe of England, particularly in the South East, but also parts of the Midlands, the North East, and the South West.
Temperatures broke 40C for the first time on record in the UK last month in areas of the south east including London
Subsistence applications have dramatically risen as the driest summer since the 1970s has led to parts of Britain becoming unrecognisable (Picture: Dried out grass in Blackheath, London)
LV, which insures more than two million homes, said it had seen a rise in subsidence claims of more than 200 per cent in the first two weeks of August.
Sarah Smith, LV's head of home underwriting, said: 'We're starting to see the effects of climate change and the impact this is having on homes – whether that be storm, flood, fire or subsidence claims – which have all risen in recent years depending on the season.
'This summer we've really seen the effects of extreme heat. As a country we're going to need to adapt and ensure existing houses are better protected, as well as really consider the locations planned for new houses.'
Aviva, which insures almost three million households, said it had also received more enquiries about subsidence following the hot weather.
But it added that it was 'still too early' to say whether this year will see more claims and that wet weather would mitigate the risk.
Loss adjuster Sedgwick registered a 'surge event' last week after the subsidence claims it received from insurers were well above normal levels for two weeks.
It expects claims to reach 400 per cent above ordinary levels in the coming weeks.
'Pretty much all the moisture has gone from the soil,' the company's technical director, James Preston, told the Financial Times.
He warned that 'we could stay at a higher level of desiccation in the soil for a longer period' than in 2018.
In 2018, wetter weather following extreme heat softened the blow for many homeowners.
But despite rainfall in recent days, it is feared that the long-term weather forecast could make for drier, riskier conditions this year.
A spokesman for the Association of British Insurers said it understood that the 'threat of subsidence can be very stressful for homeowners' but advised people not to panic if they spot a crack as it could have been caused by something else. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11130659/Subsidence-claims-soar-200-104F-heatwave-puts-Britains-homes-risk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-20T23:02:16Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11130659/Subsidence-claims-soar-200-104F-heatwave-puts-Britains-homes-risk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai believes there's much more to Africa than can be gleaned from a headline. In Western media, stories about the continent, she believes, often present just one aspect, like poverty or debt, without context. Maathai's 35 years of working in Africa, at all levels of society, have given her a nuanced understanding of that context.
In her book, The Challenge For Africa, she writes about her plan to tackle the many trials Africa faces. She knows the troubles are severe and wide-ranging, but sees realistic options for change.
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The history of the Dallas Mavericks will be on display at this year's State Fair of Texas.
Mavs Vault will be on view for fair visitors from Sept. 30 to Oct. 23 at the Hall of State at Fair Park. The exhibit will showcase landmark moments of the team's 42 years with never-before-seen artifacts, a short historical film, interactive trivia kiosks, a photo booth, a progression display of the team's jerseys, exclusive merchandise and more.
Mavs Vault will cover the team's origin story, from its first decade in the 1980s to the 2011 championship win to today. There will also be special themed events including Mavs Legends Night, Nurses Night and MFFL Family Fun.
Admission is free with a State Fair of Texas ticket purchase. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-mavericks-history-exhibit-to-be-on-display-at-state-fair-of-texas/3053285/ | 2022-08-20T23:18:00Z | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-mavericks-history-exhibit-to-be-on-display-at-state-fair-of-texas/3053285/ | false |
YORK, Pa. — The York City Police Department is responding to a reported shooting in York City.
The shooting reportedly occurred on the 900 Block of West Market Street around 5:23 p.m. on Saturday.
Authorities have closed down West Market Street from the Exxon Mobile at 1000 W. Market St. to the intersection of West Market and Dewey Streets.
There is no word yet on injuries or fatalities, but York County 911 dispatch did confirm that the coroner has not been called at this time.
It is unclear if a suspect is in custody.
This is an updating story, additional information will be added to this article as it's released. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/shooting-york-city/521-440d1557-cb29-4a8e-a4a5-3fb3025c1e74 | 2022-08-20T23:21:50Z | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/shooting-york-city/521-440d1557-cb29-4a8e-a4a5-3fb3025c1e74 | true |
WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
453 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Caddo
Parish in northwestern Louisiana and eastern Panola Counties through
530 PM CDT...
At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Carthage, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Carthage, Greenwood, Deberry, Midyett, Deadwood, Front and Spring
Ridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3204 9418 3217 9433 3238 9413 3239 9404
3248 9404 3230 9383 3228 9386 3226 9386
3219 9395 3220 9404 3213 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 225DEG 14KT 3217 9420
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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ISTANBUL (AP) — A passenger bus collided Saturday with emergency teams handling an earlier road accident in southern Turkey, leaving at least 15 people dead and nearly two dozen injured, officials said.
Three firefighters, two paramedics and two journalists were among those killed on the highway between Gaziantep and Nizip, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu tweeted. The other eight fatalities were on the bus, he added.
Gaziantep Gov. Davut Gul said 22 other people were injured in the incident.
The Ilhas News Agency said two of its journalists were killed after pulling over to help the victims of the initial accident, in which a car came off the highway and slid down an embankment.
Television footage showed an ambulance with severe damage to its rear while the bus lay on its side alongside the highway.
Turkey has a poor record of road safety. Some 5,362 people were killed in traffic accidents last year, according to the government. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/bus-collision-at-accident-site-leaves-15-dead-in-turkey/ | 2022-08-20T23:21:56Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/bus-collision-at-accident-site-leaves-15-dead-in-turkey/ | true |
When Kristin Martin found out her husband was being transferred to Naval Base San Diego, securing housing for their family of five quickly took over her life.
On-base housing wasn’t an option — the waitlist for a four-bedroom home in the neighborhoods they qualified for was 14 to 16 months.
Neither were the military-only hotels near base where new arrivals can pay low rates as they get their bearings — those were full, too.
So Martin cast a wide net across San Diego and started applying for rental homes, all sight unseen.
“I was waking up and the first thing I was doing was looking at properties,” Martin said. “I was looking at it midday, before I went to bed. I had alerts set. It became a full-time job.”
More than 30 rental applications later and hundreds of dollars in application fees down the drain, the Martins finally found a home.
But there were caveats. They’d have to start paying rent a month before they actually moved. And, at $4,200 per month, their rent was nearly $700 more than the monthly basic allowance for housing, known as the BAH, that her husband, a lieutenant, receives.
“We’ll probably be here two or three years, so that could be $20,000 that we’re paying out of pocket above BAH just for rent,” Martin said after completing her family’s fourth move in 15 years last month.
“It’s affecting us personally but then I think about how we were a junior enlisted family at one point. I cannot imagine the struggles (they) are going through.”
Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector. But, amid record-breaking spikes in rent, the Department of Defense has neglected its commitment to help military families find affordable places to live, service members and housing activists say.
That’s forced many to settle for substandard homes, deal with extremely long commutes or pay thousands out of pocket they hadn’t budgeted for.
“We have families coming to us that are on exorbitantly lengthy waiting lists and sitting in homes that they can’t afford, like an Airbnb rental, or they’re at a hotel or camping in tents or living in RVs,” said Kate Needham, a veteran who co-founded the nonprofit Armed Forces Housing Advocates in May 2021.
“I don’t think civilians really understand — they might think we’re living in free housing and just having a great time, making lots of money. And that’s not the case at all.”
Needham’s group supplies microgrants to military families in need, some of whom have resorted to food banks because their salaries do not cover such basics.
Reports of the housing squeeze military families face has alarmed members of Congress, who are pushing legislation that would force the Department of Defense to rethink how it handles housing.
A common complaint is that with rents soaring nationwide, the housing allowances, which vary by rank and are recalculated annually, haven’t kept pace with rental markets, even though they’re supposed to cover 95% of rental costs for the approximately two-thirds of active-duty personnel who, like the Martins, have to live off base.
According to a data analysis by The Associated Press of five of the most populous military bases in the U.S., housing allowances across all ranks have risen an average of 18.7% since January 2018. In that span, according to real estate company Zillow, rents have skyrocketed 43.9% in those markets: Carlsbad, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; El Paso, Texas; Killeen, Texas, and Tacoma, Washington.
And because of how tough off-base markets are, on-base housing has become a hot commodity, with many bases having long waitlists.
Needham argues that the discrepancy between military housing allowances and the current market should alarm officials who are already struggling to recruit the next generation.
“If you can’t afford your job, why the hell would you stay in the job?” Needham said. “People are feeling abused by the military in so many different areas — the sexual assault issues, the lack of attention to medical care, the lack of attention to mental health. This is just another tick in the box that’s like, ‘Why would I join the military?’ And if you don’t have enough numbers, that’s a long-term national security problem.”
The Department of Defense did not comment on whether housing issues have become a retention concern. But defense officials said military housing offices monitor markets and offer tools to assist families, including referral services to help find “suitable, affordable housing, whether on or off-base.”
“The Department of Defense is committed to ensuring that service members and their families have access to affordable, quality housing within a reasonable commute of their assigned duty station,” it said.
At MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, housing allowances used to be in line with the local market. In January 2020, a senior airman without dependents received a monthly housing stipend of $1,560, compared to the typical Tampa-area rent price of $1,457, according to Zillow. But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647.
With such a discrepancy and those living off-base facing notoriously long commutes, it’s no wonder that nearly all of MacDill’s 572 homes are full. As of last week, the base was at 95% capacity with a waitlist of 548 families, according to 2nd Lt. Kristin Nielsen, a MacDill public affairs officer.
“We are woefully underhoused,” said Stephanie Poynor, a Tampa property manager and wife of a retired serviceman. “The DoD needs to recognize how much our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coasties are really suffering in this market.”
Tampa real estate agent Renee Thompson, a relocation specialist, said it’s common for service members to rent homes that are an hour’s drive away from base.
“No homes in today’s market will even come close to the service member’s BAH,” said Thompson, who served in the Army. “It’s really disheartening.”
Nielsen said the annual housing allowance calculation takes six to nine months, making it a “lagging indicator of the current dynamic housing market.”
Officials are looking into adding on-base and off-base housing for MacDill, which has about 18,500 active-duty service members, she said. But because of the need for congressional budgetary approval, such long-term solutions are years away.
Even at rural Idaho’s Mountain Home Air Force Base, housing is extremely hard to come by, hampered by its location about 50 miles (80 kilometers) outside of Boise, one of the country’s hottest markets.
Col. Jamaal Mays, the 366th Fighter Wing commander for support, said housing allowances have increased, but not enough to keep pace with the spiking prices.
Brand new airmen are normally housed in dorms on base for about 36 months, but because demand for on-base housing is so high, they often only spend 18 to 20 months.
“They’re being pushed out on the local economy before they’re ready,” Mays said.
With few options, Mays said some airmen have started living in RV parks or moving much further away, including to Twin Falls, where they face commutes of up to two hours on sometimes snowy roads, hardly ideal if they have to respond to a base emergency, not to mention the fuel costs, he said.
Last fall, defense officials issued temporary BAH increases for October to December 2021 in 56 housing markets — including Mountain Home and Tampa. Yet even though rents have continued to rise, there’s no indication a similar bump is coming this fall.
Even if housing allowances do see a bump in January, that could end up taking away food-stamp eligibility for some military families who are struggling with food insecurity. That’s because the Agriculture Department counts BAH as income when determining a family’s eligibility for the SNAP government assistance program.
Frustrated by what she called the Defense Department’s lack of transparency into housing allowance calculations, U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., has introduced a measure that would give the department one year to reexamine its process and report on how accurate the current system is.
BAH is like an “algorithm that needs updating on a regular basis,” said Strickland, whose district includes the massive Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, where many military families struggle to find affordable homes. Her proposal is part of the national defense bill that passed the House in July and is awaiting Senate approval.
“The vast majority of people live off post, so this is incredibly urgent,” she said.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
507 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Advisory is cancelled for a portion of northwest Texas,
including the following area, Lubbock.
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed any road closures.
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Portions of central and eastern Lynn County
* WHEN...Until 530 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 503 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
slow-moving thunderstorms. However, the heaviest rain has
shifted east of the area. Minor flooding is ongoing in the
advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that may experience flooding of streets and
low-lying areas include...
Tahoka and Wilson.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of northern Texas, including the following
county, Clay.
* WHEN...Until 815 PM CDT.
- At 509 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Bluegrove.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 415 PM MDT this afternoon for
portions of south central New Mexico and western Texas, including
the following counties, in south central New Mexico, Dona Ana. In
western Texas, El Paso.
Urban and small stream flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM MDT Sunday for portions
of New Mexico and southwest Texas.
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BOSTON — An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000.
The prototype was used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1976 to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world, Boston-based RR Auction said in a statement.
A Bay Area collector who wishes to remain anonymous made the winning $677,196 bid on Thursday, the auctioneeer said.
“There is no Apple-1 without this board — it’s the holy grail of Steve Jobs and Apple memorabilia,” said Bobby Livingston, RR's executive vice president.
The board has been matched to Polaroid photographs taken by Terrell in 1976, showing the prototype in use. It was also examined and authenticated by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen, whose notarized 13-page report accompanied the sale.
The prototype resided on the Apple Garage property for many years before being given by Jobs to the seller about 30 years ago.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given its age, the prototype isn't in mint condition.
"Several of the ICs have been plucked from their sockets, as have the microprocessor and other components, presumably for use on early production Apple-1 Computers," RR's description reads, adding that the board is cracked.
According to the company's website, a new-in-box first generation iPhone went for $35,414 the same day.
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Several books have been published about the subprime crackup, the housing bubble and the financial meltdown, but Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown, by reporter Edmund Andrews, offers special insight.
Andrews covered it all for The New York Times, and his book is a concise and lucid account of how the banks and hedge funds invested in securities that were huge bundles of risky mortgages, and made home loans to people who had no business borrowing the money they did.
What is compelling and special about Andrews' book is that he was one of those people. As he was writing about the pit of financial quicksand that millions of Americans were descending into, he himself was sinking as fast as anyone — though he was making an annual salary of over $100,000.
'Mind-Boggling'
Andrews has asked himself many times how someone in his situation could wind up on the brink of foreclosure.
"The short answer is that, first, I was divorced and desperately in love and eager to get remarried," he tells NPR's Robert Siegel. "But I was carrying huge child-support payments and so I was in a very delicate, fragile financial situation but wanted to buy a house and start this new chapter in my life.
"The longer answer to that question is, I had lenders falling over themselves to give me that money — to lend me half a million dollars. They were begging to lend me the money. They didn't care what my situation was. They didn't care how I might or might not be able to repay it. And they were actually willing to give me a good rate."
At the time he bought his home in 2004, Andrews says, his take-home salary was about $6,700; his child-support payments were $4,000. What was left, about $2,700, was equivalent to the monthly mortgage payment.
Andrews says it was "mind-boggling" how he got a $500,000 loan despite his financial situation. He adds that his mortgage broker prided himself on handling difficult situations.
"Even at that time, I was just amazed by what was possible. ... I didn't even tell them what my income was," he says. "I literally left that income box blank and they went ahead with it anyway, strictly, entirely on the basis of the fact that I had a good credit score at the time, and that I had a job, and, basically, I was breathing."
He says that he thought he could pull off the payments, while acknowledging "this was the biggest gamble of my life."
Mounting Credit Card Debt
When the financial demands became too great and Andrews was unable to keep up with even basic expenses, he turned to his credit card.
"To my horror, it wasn't long before I realized we were running up about $2,000 a month, on average, in credit card debt," he says. "And it quickly began to just overwhelm us."
Andrews' solution: his 401(k) retirement plan.
He says because he wasn't thinking clearly at the time, he decided that he would borrow money to clear his credit card debts.
"I would borrow money from myself and I'd be running up even higher monthly payments to my 401(k), and getting overall into even more debt," he says.
In 2006, Andrews says, when he felt overwhelmed with credit card debt, he turned to his mortgage broker, "kind of like a crack addict going to the dealer.
"He arranged sort of double-hop refinancing where I borrowed more money ... used that to pay off the credit cards. That boosted my credit score. By going further into debt, I was able to improve my credit score and get a better deal on a mortgage."
Not A Victim
Despite his situation, Andrews says he doesn't consider himself a victim or seek a bailout from the government or anyone else.
"That said, I really don't think I need to apologize for my mistakes because the country was in a situation at that moment where the whole financial system was enticing and enabling and encouraging everybody to borrow as much as they could," he says. "And the decisions that were made at the lender level and the Wall Street level were far more cynical and reckless than anything an individual consumer could have done."
Andrews is now seven months behind on his mortgage payments and says he has his doubts whether he will be able to hold on to the house.
"I think, one way or another, we'll probably have to move," he says. "That said, I've got the love of my life and that is worth a lot."
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
554 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana and
northeast Texas, including the following counties and parishes, in
Arkansas, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller and Union. In Louisiana,
Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson, Lincoln,
Ouachita, Red River, Union and Webster. In northeast Texas, Bowie,
Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red
River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur and Wood.
* WHEN...From Sunday morning through Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Additional heavy rainfall may continue beyond Monday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM MDT Sunday for portions
of New Mexico and southwest Texas.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
412 PM MDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Portions of south central New Mexico and western Texas,
including the following counties, in south central New Mexico,
Otero. In western Texas, Hudspeth.
* WHEN...Until 715 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos. Overflowing poor
drainage areas. River or stream flows are elevated.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 412 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cornudas Mountains.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
In hilly terrain there are numerous of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT/515 PM
MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY...
At 515 PM CDT /415 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches
of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of North Central Culberson County
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Wild Horse Draw and Delaware River.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Otero County in south central New Mexico...
North Central Hudspeth County in western Texas...
* Until 745 PM MDT.
* At 449 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen in the past 24 hours. Additional rainfall amounts
of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Cornudas Mountains.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Advisory is cancelled for portions of south central New
Mexico and western Texas, including the following counties, in south
central New Mexico, Otero. In western Texas, Hudspeth.
The threat for widespread flooding has increased over the area.
Therefore the Flood Advisory has been replaced by a Flood Warning.
Please refer to that bulletin for more information.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A protest against one of the owners of the Denver Broncos was held by Starbucks Union leaders on Saturday at Highmark Stadium.
The group is accusing Broncos co-owner Mellody Hobson of leading an anti-union campaign against Starbucks workers across the country, which the union says has resulted in the firing of over 80 union workers.
“She is responsible for the union busting that has been happening in Buffalo so we’re just asking Bills fans… send her an email and tell her that in Buffalo the Bills bust the Broncos and we bust the union busters,” said Victoria Conklin, a Starbucks Workers United union leader.
News 4 has reached out to Starbucks for comment and has yet to hear back.
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Singspiration set at Fairview Church
ANGOLA — A “singspiration” will be held at Fairview Missionary Church on Sunday starting at 6 p.m.
All are welcome to enjoy hymn singing followed by fellowship and refreshments.
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Home secretary Priti Patel threatens World Cup TRAVEL BAN for England fans who cause trouble at matches, with passports set to be taken from those who abuse players
- England fans have been threatened with travel bans ahead of the World Cup
- Home secretary Priti Patel has said passports could be taken from fans
- Bans will come if players or fans are attacked or abused at football matches
- England will travel to Qatar to take part in the World Cup later this year
- Click here for all the latest World Cup 2022 news and updates
England fans who cause trouble at football matches will face a World Cup travel ban this winter, Home Secretary Priti Patel has warned.
Supporters will have to surrender their passports to authorities if they are identified as attacking or abusing players or fans in a new government crackdown on hooliganism.
‘There is a very real danger to football hooligans of having their passports taken from them for six weeks,’ said the Home Secretary.
England fans have been threatened with World Cup travel bans by home secretary Priti Patel
Fans will have passports taken if they abuse or assault players before the tournament
‘Their freedom and liberties will be restricted and they will not go to Qatar if they receive the football ban order.’
Last season saw a rise in anti-social behaviour and crowd trouble at grounds, and Patel added that football banning orders are being beefed up.
‘We are strengthening them to make sure that those people who cause disruption will feel the full force of the law,’ she said.
About 1,400 troublemakers were hit with banning orders in the 2020-21 season, 50 per cent lower than the number recorded in 2010-11.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Riverside County in southern California...
San Bernardino County in southern California...
* Until 700 PM PDT.
* At 408 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain in basins draining toward Park Blvd. Between 0.5 and
1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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'Terribly devastating': Hiker dies after 100-foot fall in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge
A woman hiking with a group of friends in the Columbia River Gorge outside Portland, Oregon, died on Friday after falling approximately 100 feet and suffering a head injury, say officials.
Deputies from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and firefighters from the Corbett Fire District responded to a report of the fall around 1:15 p.m., according to a news release from the sheriff's office. While en route, they received an update that the woman's injuries were life-threatening and that bystanders had started CPR, the release said.
Related video above: Hikers killed in Italian glacier avalanche
The hiker was pronounced dead when firefighters reached her, according to the release. Multnomah County Search & Rescue then helped the medical examiner's office recover the woman's body. They said she will be identified once next of kin have been notified.
Staff from the Trauma Intervention Program Northwest were dispatched to provide emotional support and mental health resources to those impacted by the hiker's death, the release said.
The woman was hiking on Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail, according to the release. She was found around 1.3 miles from the trailhead.
The Columbia River Gorge is a popular tourist destination in the Pacific Northwest, stretching 80 miles long and up to 4,000 feet deep, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Multnomah Falls, a waterfall within the gorge area, is the most visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest and receives over 2 million visitors each year, says the service.
Stephanie Weinstein, a tourist visiting Multnomah Falls from Canada with her family, heard about the fatal fall just before she set out to hike the same trail, according to CNN affiliate KPTV
"It's terribly devastating," said Weinstein, according to KPTV.
"It hit us hard to know that happened here," Weinstein said to KPTV. "My teenage son really likes to go to the edge of trails, horrible things could happen.
"I'm sending all my prayers and my thoughts to them." | https://www.kcra.com/article/hiker-dies-100-foot-fall-oregons/40947846 | 2022-08-21T00:06:36Z | https://www.kcra.com/article/hiker-dies-100-foot-fall-oregons/40947846 | false |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
632 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Most of North Texas including the following counties,
Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Jack,
Kaufman, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Stephens,
Tarrant, Wise and Young. In northeast Texas, Delta, Hopkins,
Lamar, Rains and Van Zandt.
* WHEN...From Sunday morning through noon Monday. The heaviest
rainfall is expected to occur Sunday night into Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Flooding may occur in urban and poor-drainage areas.
Heavy rainfall could also cause flooding of creeks, streams, and
rivers.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Rainfall totals of 2 to 5 inches, with isolated amounts in
excess of 8 inches.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch means that heavy rainfall is expected which could lead
to occurrences of flash flooding. You should monitor the latest
forecasts and be prepared to take action should a flash flood
warning be issued.
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Many new cyclists are expected to take to city streets during the month-long Orange Line shutdown, and will have to learn how to safely bike around shuttle buses and navigate shifted roadway designs.
One thing to keep in mind, said Galen Mook, MassBike executive director, is that the coach shuttle buses are larger than typical MBTA buses, so they may not have the same maneuverability.
And the risk of bicycle vs. bus collisions could be higher due to the out-of-state drivers who are unfamiliar with tricky Boston roads, or operating around cyclists and pedestrians, he said.
“We are messaging to cyclists a couple of key points,” Mook said. “Watch out for blind spots — that’s the area bus drivers are unable to see based on the mirrors.”
MassBike is also advising cyclists to stay a large distance away from the shuttle buses.
“Don’t get caught parallel or next to the buses,” Mook said. “If possible, stay far in front or far behind, even if it means slowing down a bit.”
At intersections, if these bus drivers swing right, they run the risk of a right hook, or hitting a cyclist next to them, he said.
“This is a very real danger we want to express to people,” Mook said.
He said it’s key to ride predictably, whether that means biking consistently in straight lines or trying to not swerve, and stay visible to drivers.
Avoid the bus routes, if possible, and stay at least four feet away from parked cars, to reduce the risk of running into a car door that is being opened.
Bike buddies are always a good option, and if someone feels uncomfortable, they should hop off their bike and walk over to a sidewalk, he said.
Helmets are encouraged, but they’re a personal choice. The best way to avoid a crash at night is to ride with lights.
“Everybody’s going to have to modify their behavior and have patience,” Mook said.
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First glimpse of fall foliage predictions for the 2022 season
As the country moves from summer into fall, temperatures won’t be the only thing changing across the northern tier of the country, the transition also marks the start of the changing of the leaves that make for some spectacular photos.
The annual fall foliage is highly contingent on your location and, in some areas, can start as early as late September and peak in either October or November.
Yellow autumn leaves on trees around the 3rd and Spruce Recreation Center in Reading, PA Wednesday afternoon November 10, 2021. (Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
While the colors depend on the chlorophyll in the leaves, weather conditions during the summer and early fall can play a big role in how extravagant the sights are. The lack of chlorophyll can help reveal the sought-after yellow, orange and red colors, which usually are bountiful during rainier periods.
"The drought is a big factor this year. Where the drought is worse, the peak is going to be really quick, really fast, and the leaves are going to come down," foliage expert Jim Salge told FOX Weather. "There are areas up along the Canadian border, all across the northern tier of the country, from Minnesota to Michigan to the Adirondacks, where the drought is a lot less severe. And we expect the colors to be bright and early, especially if we get some cold snaps coming down in September."
Drought Tracker (FOX Weather)
Experts say during a drier season, leaves tend to turn colors earlier and will end the process quicker than in years with more precipitation.
More than two-thirds of the country is experiencing drought conditions, which could lead many to believe that the fall foliage won’t be as impressive as in previous years, but Salge warns it may be too early to decide the season’s fate.
"The best thing for fall foliage is timely rainfall, cool nights, warm, sunny days. Those are the types of things that really kick-start the foliage," Salge said.
The changing of the leaves means big money for towns and communities that are fortunate to see the bright colors, an expert with Appalachian State University estimated the annual event results in around a $30 billion economic impact in the classic sightseeing areas.
NOAA's precipitation outlook for meteorological fall (September through November). (FOX Weather)
FALL PREDICTED TO BE WARMER, DRIER THAN AVERAGE ACROSS MAJORITY OF US
While it may be too soon to tell when the leaves will peak this year, a recently released climate outlook may not be the dream that fall enthusiasts hoped to hear for seeing the brightest colors.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center believes much of the country could see a drier and warmer start to fall than normal.
Due to these expected conditions, experts say it is unlikely that the entire country will see classic fall foliage season, meaning sightseers will have to take into account the year’s weather conditions to find the best viewing opportunities. | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/first-glimpse-of-fall-foliage-predictions-for-the-2022-season | 2022-08-21T00:15:03Z | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/first-glimpse-of-fall-foliage-predictions-for-the-2022-season | false |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
KD-KS-2D-3H-4S
(KD, KS, 2D, 3H, 4S)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
KD-KS-2D-3H-4S
(KD, KS, 2D, 3H, 4S) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17387267.php | 2022-08-21T00:30:08Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17387267.php | false |
Maharashtra: Missing girl found after nine years recounts ordeal
By Dipali Jagtap
BBC Marathi
- Published
After nine long years, 16-year-old Pooja Gaud is finally able to rest her head on her mother's lap.
Pooja went missing on 22 January 2013 when she was seven years old. She says she was picked up from outside her school in Mumbai city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra by a couple who lured her with an ice-cream.
On 4 August, she was found in what is being described as "a miraculous escape". Her mother, Poonam Gaud, says she is over the moon with happiness.
"I had given up hope of ever finding my daughter. But the gods have been kind to me," she says.
Police have alleged that the child was kidnapped by Harry D'Souza and his wife, Soni D'Souza, because the couple didn't have a child of their own. They have arrested Mr D'Souza.
Before she went missing, Pooja lived with her two brothers and parents in a small house in a suburban slum area.
On the day she went missing, she had left for school with her elder brother, but the two had a fight and her brother went into the school leaving her behind as he was running late. That's when the couple allegedly took her away, promising to buy her an ice-cream.
Pooja says that the couple initially took her to Goa and then Karnataka, states in western and southern India, and would threaten to hurt her if she cried or drew attention to herself.
She says she was allowed to attend school for a short while, but after the couple had a child of their own, she was pulled out of school and they all shifted to Mumbai.
Pooja says the abuse got worse after the baby was born.
"They would beat me with a belt, kick me, punch me. One time they beat me with a rolling pin so badly that my back began to bleed. I was also made to do chores at home and work in 12 to 24 hour-long jobs outside."
The house where D'Souza's lived was quite close to her family's - but, she says, she was unfamiliar with the roads, was always watched and had no money or phone, and she couldn't reach out for help or try to find her way home.
A lucky escape
But one day, Pooja managed to get her hands on the couple's mobile when they were asleep and typed her name into YouTube. She found videos and posters mentioning her kidnapping and numbers she could call for help.
"That's when I decided to seek help and escape," she says.
But it took her seven months before she could muster enough courage to discuss it with Pramila Devendra, 35, a domestic helper who worked at the same house where Pooja worked as a babysitter.
Ms Devendra immediately agreed to help her. One of the numbers on the missing poster connected them to Rafiq, a neighbour of Pooja's mother. The mother-daughter first spoke on a video call and then a meeting was arranged.
Her mother says she checked for a birthmark only she knew existed on her daughter and on finding it, she was overcome with emotion. "All my doubts were immediately gone. I knew I had found my daughter," she says.
Ms Devendra is happy to have played a part in this reunion. "Every mother should help a child coming to her for help. We might not be their biological mothers, but we are still mothers," she says.
After the meeting, Pooja, a few family members and Ms Devendra went to the police station to lodge a complaint. "I told the police everything. I even told them where my kidnappers lived," she said. This led to the identification and arrest of the accused.
Milind Kurde, senior inspector at Mumbai's DN Nagar police station, told BBC Marathi that cases have been registered against the accused for kidnapping, issuing threats, physical violence and for flouting child labour laws.
Love conquers all
Pooja's return home has brought joy not just to her family, but to everyone who knew her. Neighbours who saw her when she was little have been dropping in to meet her.
Meanwhile, her mother is trying to make up for the lost time with her daughter - cooking her favourite food and combing her hair. The two try to spend as much time as they can together but life at the moment is tough for them.
Pooja's father, who was the sole breadwinner of the family, died four months ago from cancer. So, her mother took up his job of selling snacks at a railway station to provide for herself and her three children. But the earnings are meagre and she's struggling to make ends meet.
"Now I also have legal expenses. Our condition is such that if I miss a day's work, we won't have money for food the next day."
Pooja is still processing her trauma. She gets nightmares and feels sad that she'll never get to see her father again. For her safety, she spends most of her time at home or is accompanied by a family member when she goes out.
"I want to help my mother financially but I'm not allowed to. I also want to study," she says.
But despite these problems, he mother says she couldn't be happier. "Work is exhausting, but every time I see Pooja, I find my strength again. I'm just so happy she's back," she says. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-62593230 | 2022-08-21T00:36:35Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-62593230 | false |
Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool should get points if Man Utd protests cause postponement
By PA Staff published
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes any repeat of the Manchester United fans’ protest which forced their match at Old Trafford to be postponed in 2021 should result in his side being awarded three points.
Thousands of United supporters marched to the ground ahead of the encounter on May 2 last year – which was scheduled to be played behind closed doors under Covid protocols – to protest against the ownership of the Glazer family.
But when some gained entry to the stadium the game was postponed and had to be played later in the month.
With further anti-Glazer protests planned ahead of Monday’s match between the two arch rivals Klopp said he does not expect to encounter the same problems but should, for any reason, the match not go ahead he wants to be awarded the win.
Asked if there were any plans in place should a protest cause similar issues, he said: “Plans for the game not happening? Yes, going home on the bus.
“I really hope it will not happen but if it does happen I think we get the points.
“We have nothing to do with the situation and if the supporters want the game not happening then we cannot just rearrange the game again and fit it in somewhere in an incredibly busy season.
“I don’t think and I really hope this won’t happen – I have no idea what could happen and I don’t think about it.
“People tell us we are fine, we go there and play the game hopefully and go home but in a situation like this always the other team should get the points because they have nothing to do with it and they have prepared it.”
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It used to be that all good things would come to an end, but these days, at least in the world of books and movies, there is always "the sequel." And so a new version of one of the most beloved children's classics — A.A. Milne's story of Winnie the Pooh — is being released.
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is the first authorized sequel to the Winnie the Pooh tales. David Benedictus, the writer who has taken on the task of re-creating the Hundred Acre Wood and all its inhabitants, says he tried to enter Milne's mind to find his voice.
"What I had to do was to imagine myself to be Milne. And the best way to do that was to visit the Ashdown Forest, which was where he lived and was the basis for the Hundred Acre Wood, and to read everything by and about him," says Benedictus. "When I'd read all that, I felt I could become him."
But Benedictus was not entirely alone in making this sequel. Illustrator Mark Burgess re-created the look of the original artwork, which was drawn by E.H. Shepard. And Benedictus also had input from both the trustees of Pooh Properties, and the publishers in the U.S. and in Britain.
"With something like Milne, I think everyone knows the stories so well that there was quite a lot of pressure from people who wanted to have their finger in the pie," says Burgess. "I had to be very mature and very tolerant, and those are not my usual qualities. I'm a bit of an indiscreet sort of person. ... I think I am ready for the Senate now."
Benedictus says one decision that involved some wrangling was the creation of a new character; he was determined there should be one, though his first concept — a grass snake — was not well-received.
"There were those who thought a grass snake would be too scary for children," explains Benedictus. So instead, the new character became Lottie the Otter, whom the author describes as "a bit of a snob and ... a bit catty, too."
Aside from the addition of Lottie, the trustees and the publishers didn't want the characters to stray too much from the original. And Benedictus says he felt an obligation to be faithful to Milne's creation. But Philip Nel, a professor of children's literature at Kansas State University, says based on what he could glean from the first chapter, they may have played it too safe.
"It's almost like reading someone else's memory of A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard," says Nel. "It's a pleasant memory, but why wouldn't you read the original? It's not like they've disappeared."
The result, says Nel, is a book that feels like an imitation: "They've got the characters down. Pooh is ruled by [his] tummy. Piglet is timid. Eeyore tends to be sarcastic and depressed."
Benedictus says he expects some negative reaction, especially from those who feel no one should tread upon the sacred woods that Milne made famous. But he adds that it was important to him to remain faithful to Milne's world.
"If the worst comes to the worst and everyone thinks I've got it all wrong, I won't have destroyed the originals in any way at all," he says.
And, he adds, after years of working on it, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood feels like his own book, albeit one that he shares with Milne: "I couldn't have written it without Milne having set the scene and creating the characters for me. But, yes, I feel like he's a sort of old uncle sitting in the background either smiling or frowning at my efforts a little bit."
All images are from Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. Text by David Benedictus, illustrations by Mark Burgess. Copyright, 2009 by Trustees of the Pooh Properties. Dutton Juvenile is an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group.
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Even the worst slasher movie — and there are a lot of cards in that deck — can make millions at the box office, which suggests something we all secretly know: Americans love to be scared.
That impulse has been around for at least three centuries, as American Fantastic Tales, the new two-volume horror fiction anthology from The Library of America, proves. The stories in this collection date from Charles Brockden Brown's irresistibly creepy Somnambulism: A Fragment, first published in 1805, to Benjamin Percy's perfectly executed 2007 short story "Dial Tone." (You can purchase the books separately or as a boxed set; the first volume leaves off in 1939.) These tales run the gamut of betes noires, and it's not what you might expect — there are vampires and ghosts, sure, but the majority of the stories are subtler, relying on the reader's innate fear of the unknown and unexplained.
Editor Peter Straub, himself an acclaimed author of horror fiction, has done a superb job, not just with his selection of these 86 stories but with his engaging and hyperliterate introductions as well. The usual horror suspects (Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King) are represented, but not by the stories you've read dozens of times before. Poe's "Berenice" is chosen, for example, instead of "The Tell-Tale Heart" or his other tales that have been anthologized to death. The only thing that comes close to an obvious pick is F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which wasn't exactly a noted piece of fiction until the recent film adaptation made it one. Straub has gone out of his way to select a great number of authors who aren't household names. Some of the strongest tales here are by writers like Ralph Adam Cram, Seabury Quinn and Brian Evenson, the latter a brilliant contemporary author who deserves to be widely read.
It's fascinating to read these volumes and watch the American horror story evolve before your eyes, from the baroque and Gothic vibe of Poe and Washington Irving to the terrifying tales of insanity in Lovecraft and the Weird Tales set; from the Twilight Zone-inspired authors of the '50s and '60s to the disturbing and hilarious dystopian stories of writers like George Saunders (whose "Sea Oak" might be the strongest pick of the anthology).
There's not a weak story in the bunch. As for my personal fear-ometer, Edward Lucas White's "Lukundoo" gave me nightmares (probably for life), and thanks to Poppy Z. Brite's "Pansu," I might never be able to go to a Korean restaurant again. It's not quite accurate to say that these remarkable collections are the only horror books you'll ever need, but they'll certainly keep you shivering for a very long while.
Scott Simon will interview Peter Straub on Weekend Edition Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009.
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Lives of farmed chickens set to improve under new welfare standards
By Jane McNaughtonThe way chickens are farmed in Australia is set to improve after the Agriculture Department released new standards of practice for the poultry industry.
Key points:
- Australia will phase out conventional layer hen cages by 2036
- The Independent Poultry Welfare Panel has also recommended environmental enrichment for meat chickens
- Agriculture Minister Murray Watt supports the new poultry welfare standards
So what does this mean for the day to day life of a chook?
Professor Andrew Fisher is a production animal veterinarian with research and policy development expertise in animal welfare stretching over 25 years and is the director of the Animal Welfare Science Centre.
He was on the the Independent Poultry Welfare Panel that wrote the new standards.
"I think it is fair to say that the community's expectations on the welfare, rearing and raising conditions for poultry have moved over time and we see that in consumer buying preference for things like eggs," Professor Fisher said.
"Currently around 49 per cent of laying hens are free-range, 19 per cent are in a barn and only about 32 per cent are currently in conventional cages."
Conventional – battery – cages are generally about 50 centimetres square in size and will be phased out in Australia by 2036 under the new standards.
From this year, all new chicken cages must be installed with nest areas and layer hens must also have access to perches or platforms and a scratch area to allow them to behave more naturally.
Major supermarket retailers Coles, Woolworths and Aldi have all pledged to phase out or ban battery cages from their supply chains by 2025.
Environmental enrichment
The panel has also recommended updating poultry welfare standards for meat chickens, which grow rapidly and are typically slaughtered within six weeks from hatching.
Farmers would be required to provide environmental enrichment for meat chickens and there would be minimum light intensity standards and required periods of darkness as well as ventilation and temperature parameters for all species.
"Meat chickens are typically in barns and are free to move around, but as the chickens grow and get bigger their space allowance decreases," Professor Fisher said.
"These standards put in place have more space allowances, which aims to make sure when the chickens get bigger they have space to move within the barns.
"Environmental enrichment aims to ensure the birds have things to hop upon, peek at and interact with."
Chickens must now be provided a minimum total of at least six hours of darkness within a 24-hour period, with at least one uninterrupted period of darkness of at least four hours.
"I think it's important to have some reflection of natural conditions, including day/night cycles," Professor Fisher said.
"Birds are often are kept in steady low-light conditions, because it both allows for calm behaviour but also facilitates feeding by the birds.
"The draft standards allow for this, but also ensure that the birds have some reflection of a normal day/night cycle."
High welfare costs
Professor Fisher said it was likely most consumers were unaware of how their food was farmed.
"As a society and consumers we aim for cheap food and one of the consequences is that, economically, there is a scale of production to deliver that, which results in what some people may view as industrial," he said.
"I don't think that should preclude good welfare for the birds and already there are some niche production systems like slower-growing meat chickens, or ones that have greater access to free range.
"Industries are aiming to move to greater transparency around food production.
"Some animal production systems have a webcam that show the animals on the farm — that may be something that increases over time."
Australian Chicken Meat Federation executive director Vivien Kite says much of what is proposed in the new standards is already being implemented voluntarily by the vast majority of chicken producers.
"In this respect the chicken meat industry has led the way in terms of the implementation of enhanced animal welfare practices," she said.
Victorian Farmers Federation egg group president Brian Ahmed said the phase-out of caged egg farming will have a huge impact on food security, given the scale of egg use.
"We believe that the current three-egg enterprise system, which includes caged, barn and free-range, needs to be maintained," he said.
Federal support
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said the standards balanced contemporary animal welfare science with feedback from an extensive engagement process that was part of the independent review.
"These standards cover a range of welfare requirements for poultry, including chickens, ducks, pigeons and emus," he said.
"States and territory governments must now look at the standards with all agriculture ministers to consider the next steps by early 2023.
"It is my hope that all states and territories will work together to ensure nationally consistent regulations for poultry."
Earlier this year the Australian government granted the National Farmers' Federation $550,000 to help the poultry meat industry investigate a potential code of conduct to increase price transparency and competition.
Former agriculture minister David Littleproud said a code could improve pricing transparency across the sector and help address bargaining power imbalances between growers and a small number of processors.
"The Australian poultry meat industry is highly concentrated, with only six processors controlling more than 95 per cent of the market," he said. | https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-08-21/chicken-welfare-standards-to-improve-farmed-animal-conditions/100306836 | 2022-08-21T00:54:53Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-08-21/chicken-welfare-standards-to-improve-farmed-animal-conditions/100306836 | false |
The iPhone 14 is almost certainly right around the corner, and the rumor mill has been churning furiously as we head toward the launch. I've been very vocal about the major features I want to see on Apple's next flagship phone, but it's the camera that I'm particularly keen to see take some real steps forward.
The cameras on Apple's phones have always been superb, with the iPhone 13 Pro capable of taking the sort of shots you'd expect to see from professional cameras, and even its cheapest iPhone SE able to take beautiful snaps on your summer vacations. But the Pixel 6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra pack amazing camera systems that mean Apple doesn't have the lead it once did.
So I've sat around daydreaming about how I'd go about redesigning Apple's camera system for the iPhone 14 to hopefully secure its position as the best photography phone around. Apple, take note.
A much bigger image sensor on iPhone 14
The image sensors inside phones are tiny compared with the ones found in professional cameras like the Canon EOS R5. The smaller the image sensor, the less light can hit it, and light is everything in photography. More light captured means better looking images, especially at night, and it's why pro cameras have sensors many times the size of the ones found in phones.
Why are phone cameras lacking in this regard? Because the image sensors have to fit inside pocket-size phone bodies, where space is at a premium. But there's certainly some room to play with. Phones like Sony's Xperia Pro-I and even 2015's Panasonic CM1 pack 1-inch camera sensors that can offer greatly improved dynamic range and low-light flexibility, so it's not too wild to hope for a much larger image sensor inside the iPhone 14.
Sure, Apple does amazing things with its computational photography to squeeze every ounce of quality from its small sensors, but if it paired those same software skills with a huge image sensor, the difference could be huge. A 1-inch image sensor surely couldn't be out of the question, but I'd really like to see Apple take things even further with an APS-C size sensor, such as those found in many mirrorless cameras.
Fine, not all three cameras could get massive sensors, otherwise they simply wouldn't fit into the phone, but maybe just the main one could get a size upgrade. Either that or just have one massive image sensor and put the lenses on a rotating dial on the back to let you physically change the view angle depending on your scene. I'll be honest, that doesn't sound like a very Apple thing to do.
A zoom to finally rival Samsung
While I generally find that images taken on the iPhone 13 Pro's main camera look better than those taken on the Galaxy S22 Ultra, there's one area where Samsung wins hands down; the telephoto zoom. The iPhone's optical zoom tops out at 3.5x, but the S22 Ultra offers up to 10x optical zoom.
And the difference it makes in the shots you can get is astonishing. I love zoom lenses, as they let you find all kinds of hidden compositions in a scene, instead of just using a wide lens and capturing everything in front of you. I find they allow for more artistic, more considered images, and though the iPhone's zoom goes some way to helping you get these compositions, it's no competition for the S22 Ultra.
So what the phone needs is a proper zoom lens that relies on good optics, not just on digital cropping and sharpening, which always results in quite muddy-looking shots. It should have at least two optical zoom levels; 5x for portraits and 10x for more detailed landscapes. Or even better, it'll allow for a continuous zoom between these levels to find the perfect composition, rather than having to simply choose between two fixed zoom options.
Personally, I think 10x is the maximum Apple would need to go to. Sure, Samsung actually boasts its phone can zoom up to 100x, but the reality is that those shots rely heavily on digital cropping and the results are terrible. 10x is huge and is the equivalent of carrying a 24-240mm lens for your DSLR -- wide enough for sweeping landscapes, with enough zoom for wildlife photography too. Ideal.
Pro video controls built in to the default camera app
With the introduction of ProRes video on the iPhone 13 Pro, Apple gave a strong signal that it sees its phones as a genuinely useful video tool for professional creatives. ProRes is a video codec that captures a huge amount of data, allowing for more editing control in postproduction software like Adobe Premiere Pro.
But the camera app itself is still pretty basic, with video settings limited mostly to turning ProRes on or off, switching zoom lenses and changing the resolution. And that's kind of the point; make it as simple as possible to get shooting and to capture beautiful footage with no fuss. But the pros who want to use ProRes will also likely want more manual control over things like white balance, focus and shutter speed.
And yes, that's why apps like Filmic Pro exist that give you incredible fine-grain control over all these settings to get exactly the look you want. But it'd be nice to see Apple find a way to make these settings more accessible within the default camera app. That way, you could fire up the camera from the lock screen, twiddle just a couple of settings and get rolling straight away, confident that you were getting exactly what you wanted from your video.
In-camera focus stacking on iPhone
Imagine you've found a beautiful mountain wildflower with a towering alpine peak behind it. You get up close to the flower and tap on it to focus and it springs into sharp view. But now the mountain is out of focus and tapping on that means the flower is now blurry. This is a common issue when trying to focus on two items in a scene that are far apart, and experienced landscape and macro photographers will get round it using a technique called focus stacking.
Focus stacking means taking a series of images with the camera staying still while focusing on different elements within a scene. Then, those images are blended together later -- usually in desktop software like Adobe Photoshop or dedicated focus software like Helicon Focus -- to create an image that has focus on the extreme foreground and the background. It's the opposite goal of the camera's Portrait Mode, which purposefully tries to defocus the background around a subject for that artful shallow depth of field -- or "bokeh."
It might be a niche desire, but I'd love to see this focus stacking capability built in to the iPhone, and it possibly wouldn't even be that difficult to do. After all, the phone already uses image blending technology to combine different exposures into one HDR image -- it'd just be doing the same thing, only with focus points, rather than exposure.
Much better long-exposure photography
Apple has had the ability to shoot long exposure images on the iPhone for years now. You'll have seen those shots; images of waterfalls or rivers where the water has been artfully blurred but the rocks and landscape around the water remain sharp. It's a great technique to really highlight the motion in a scene, and it's something I love doing on my proper camera and on my iPhone.
And though it's easy to do on the iPhone, the results are only OK. The problem is that the iPhone uses a moving image -- a Live Photo -- to detect motion in the scene and then digitally blur it, and this usually means that any movement gets blurred, even bits that shouldn't be. The result is shots that are quite mushy looking, even when you put the phone on a mobile tripod for stability. They're fine for sending to your family or maybe posting to Instagram, but they won't look good printed and framed on your wall, and I think that's a shame.
I'd love to see Apple make better use of its optical image stabilization to allow for really sharp long-exposure photos, not just of water, but of nighttime scenes too, perhaps of car headlights snaking their way through the street. It'd be another great way of getting creative with photography from your phone, and making use of the excellent quality from those cameras. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/i-redesigned-the-iphone-14-camera-so-apple-doesnt-have-to/ | 2022-08-21T00:58:03Z | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/i-redesigned-the-iphone-14-camera-so-apple-doesnt-have-to/ | true |
Author Zadie Smith admits that early literary success is not always a blessing. She was 25 when she published her first novel, the widely praised White Teeth. Since then, she has written two other novels — On Beauty and The Autograph Man — but she has also experimented with literary criticism, movie reviews and political writing.
Now, she has compiled some of that work in the collection Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays.
Throughout the essays, Smith reveals a bit about her writing process. She reveals how she writes — and the people and literary works that have influenced her.
Smith says she spends 80 percent of her efforts on the first 50 or 60 pages of a book — and the rest comes "pretty quickly." She says she does that to get the tone — the perspective — the way she wants it.
"It's the hope that you might write something different — and then often the realization that you're writing something the same," Smith tells NPR's Michele Norris. "The beginning is so painful, the end is torturous, but in the middle you're writing a lot of words per day. You feel very productive, and you get carried away."
While she gets carried away midbook, Smith admits that she doesn't write every day.
"I wish I did more than anything, and I wish I had the compulsion," she says. "But in my defense, I think that novels should feel very necessary to the people who write them. I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury."
Two of Smith's essays focus on her father, who died in 2006. Smith says she wrote about her father as a way to mourn him. (Read one of the essays, "Dead Man Laughing," below)
"I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person," she says. "And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.
"With my father, writing about him was genuinely an act of mourning. I didn't realize I'd be the person who used my writing in that way. I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do."
Smith says her father was difficult to pin down, and she wanted to make him "more solid."
"I think maybe with the rest of my family, they're much larger than life. My father was a little bit more elusive," she says. But "it's also a betrayal once you write about someone who's died: What remains is what you've written. And it begins to replace your memories the way that photographs replace real things. So I think it's a dangerous act. I don't think I'd ever write a full memoir for that reason — it seems to over-slick reality with something else."
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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
Over 700 people were killed this week when a stampede took place during the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. The sheer volume of pilgrims every year has led to problems before. In fact, over 1,400 people were killed in a similar incident back in 1990. This week, Iran and other regional powers criticized the Saudi Arabian government for poor management of the crowds that come to their holy places. Gary Sick is a senior research scholar at Columbia's Middle East Institute. He joins us now from New York. Thanks so much for being with us, Mr. Sick.
GARY SICK: It's a real pleasure.
SIMON: What do you read into Iran's outspoken criticism of Saudi Arabia over these deaths?
SICK: This is very standard stuff. The Iranians and the Saudis have a running battle about the Hajj. And the worst incident they've ever had was actually back in 1987. In each case, they've blamed the Saudis. And in each case, the Saudis have blamed the pilgrims for misbehaving, for not doing what they were told. And on the previous case, the Saudis broke diplomatic relations with Iran over the incident. And that was only restored a few years later after Khomeini died.
SIMON: In the United States, we tend to see oil as Saudi Arabia's base of influence. But in the region, Saudi Arabia, of course, calls itself the guardian of the holy places. And what does it mean to have so many countries in the region becoming critical of Saudi Arabia's management?
SICK: Whenever these incidents occur, the Saudis are, of course, extremely sensitive to that because their official title for the king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Places. His entire legitimacy is based on the fact that he has the duty to make the holy places accessible and keeping them Islamic. It is a huge job, and managing 2 million people on foot in a rather confined space and moving from place to place is a huge problem. And the Saudis have worked very hard to try to make that go as smoothly as possible. But inevitably, when you get a group of people that large all moving together, there are going to be problems.
SIMON: When the rhetoric gets as sharp as it has been over the past few days, should people in the region - for that matter, the rest of the world - worry that this verbal dispute might lead to something else?
SICK: There really is nobody else to take charge of the holy places. The Saudis have, as I say, worked very, very hard to make this go smoothly, and probably they will come through this. But it does mean that people who are inclined to criticize Saudi Arabia - and those numbers are growing because of their intervention in Yemen, their intervention in Bahrain, the policy that they've been following in Syria - they have their enemies. And those enemies are going to jump on these occasions and try to make the most of them.
SIMON: Does it create a domestic political problem in Iran when you have more than a hundred Iranians die on Saudi soil?
SICK: Yes. In the past, whenever these things have happened, there have been attacks on the - say, the Saudi Embassy, demonstrations of discontent. This will be something that will cause domestic concern in Iran for a long time. But the immediate effect of it, I think, will probably pass fairly soon.
SIMON: Gary Sick of Columbia University's Middle East Institute, thanks so much for being with us.
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EXCLUSIVE: Aussie F45 founder was BANKRUPT when he launched Mark Wahlberg-backed cult gym now on the brink of collapse - as he quits with $10M golden handshake and sells off his $14m beach pad
- F45 founder was officially bankrupt when fitness craze launched in 2012
- Adam Gilchrist was listed on Australia's National Personal Insolvency Index
- Mr Gilchrist was banned in 2011 from being a company director for three years
- F45 was registered as an Australian business in 2013 and grew astronomically
- The fitness business turned into a cult for celebrities and sports stars
- Mark Wahlberg invested $450m into F45 and it was floated on the NYSE in 2021
- Mr Gilchrist netted $500 million overnight but the share price has since plunged
- F45 gave him a $10million golden handshake after he stepped down as CEO
- The 44-year-old sold his beachfront mansion last weekend for more than $14m
Adam Gilchrist, 44, was officially bankrupt when he co-founded F45 in 2012 and before amassing a property portfolio with millions he made from the cult gym craze
The founder of Australian-based global fitness empire F45, who recently stepped down from the company after its share price plummeted more than 60 per cent, was officially bankrupt when he launched the cult gym.
Adam Gilchrist received a $10 million golden handshake two weeks ago when he resigned as chairman and CEO of F45 Training following market bloodbath on the New York Stock Exchange.
The 'world's fastest-growing fitness business', which was worth more than half a billion dollars at its height with a celebrity cult following and global ambassadors including David Beckham, had less than $20m cash according to its last filing.
Mr Gilchrist's $10m payout cost F45 more than half of its funds at a time when up to 110 corporate employees lost their jobs and more staff were warned they were on the chopping block.
The company is also facing potential lawsuits with five heavyweight class action firms in the US calling for investors to express interest in possibly joining suits if it can be proved F45 misrepresented itself to investors.
Mr Gilchrist's three-storey glass and concrete beachfront home in Freshwater in Sydney's Northern Beaches was listed for sale after the share plunge and was quickly snapped up on August 13 for more than $14 million before it was to be auctioned.
Gilchrist (right) was banned from being the director of a business when F45 was registered in Australia in 2013 and before it went on to develop a cult following around the world and a $450m investment from movie star Mark Wahlberg (left in 2021 at the New York Stock Exchange)
Mr Gilchrist was listed on the National Personal Insolvency Index until he was discharged in March 2014 (document pictured) but only became a director of F45 in 2020
Mark Wahlberg (middle) and F45 devotees, cricketer David Warner (left) and his ironwoman wife Candice Warner (right)
As more details of his lavish lifestyle since establishing the gym juggernaut continue to emerge, Daily Mail Australia can exclusively reveal how the 44-year-old filed for insolvency the year before he co-founded F45 with his former rugby union team mate, Rob Deutsch in 2012.
Mr Gilchrist - who hobnobbed with celebrities and netted $500 million overnight when actor Mark Wahlberg invested in F45 a year ago - was made bankrupt in April 2011.
At the time, he lived in a comparatively shabby red brick unit, albeit with Elizabeth Bay views, with a tiny kitchen and one bathroom.
Mr Gilchrist was still declared bankrupt and under a three-year mandatory ban from directing a company when F45 was registered as an Australian Business in March 2013.
There is no suggestion Mr Gilchrist acted contrary to the terms of his bankruptcy by founding the business.
Documents obtained by Daily Mail Australia show the discharge date for Mr Gilchrist's bankruptcy on the Australian National Insolvency Index was March 5, 2014.
Mr Gilchrist would not act as an F45 director until six years later but by then F45 was a booming fitness craze with gyms opening across the country attracting Australian athletes and celebrities including rugby league players Nate Myles, Jarryd Hayne and Willie Tonga and model, Nicole Trunfio.
So-called celebrity trainers such as former NRL player Daniel Conn became the face of what turned into the country's fastest growing group training franchise, especially in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
Wallaby stars Stephen Hoiles, Adam Ashley Cooper and Mitchell Chapman opened an F45 gym in Coogee, but it wasn't just for men: three quarters of F45's customers were female.
Mr Gilchrist used the money he made from F45 to amass a property portfolio across Australia, including an apartment block in Lennox Head and a beach pad in Byron Bay.
F45 was once the world's fastest-growing fitness empire with global ambassadors including David Beckham (pictured) but has suffered a massive drop is share price since listing on the NYSE, shed staff and is being eyed by class action legal firms
In 2019, he paid $14million for the Freshwater beach home under his wife's maiden name, Eli Havas, the house selling last weekend ahead of auction at an undisclosed amount setting a record for the area.
When Mark Wahlberg invested $450m into F45 and it was floated on the New York stock exchange in July last year, the stock price soared to $17.28.
Mr Gilchrist bought an $18.85m Byron Bay colonial mansion at prestigious Wategos Beach just weeks later, smashing local property records.
F45 attracted the endorsements of high-profile global celebrities including David Beckham, Magic Johnson, Greg Norman, Cindy Crawford, actor Mario Lopez, singer J Balvin and DJ Steve Aoki.
The company's cult following was based on its 45-minute group training workouts that combined resistance, metabolic and cardio movements in a fun and accessible environment.
F45 was claimed to be the world's fastest-growing fitness network by mid-2021, with 1,555 studios and 2,801 franchises across 63 countries, and aimed to ultimately have 23,000 studios worldwide.
Mr Gilchrist had at the time been an F45 director for just a little over a year after stepping into the role in March, 2020.
Luke Istomin - best known as Hugh Jackman's personal trainer - and Robert Deutsch had acted as directors from 2013, before stepping down again in 2015 and 2020, respectively.
Mr Gilchrist sold his Freshwater beach house (pictured) for $14m last weekend, just days after F45 suffered a stock market bloodbath and he walked away with a $10m payout
Mr Gilchrist's colonial Byron Bay mansion (pictured) at Wategos Beach was bought for $18.85m just weeks after Wahlberg invested $450m in F45
Mr Gilchrist was a director for little more than two years before he resigned from the company earlier this month.
As outgoing chairman, he said he was 'forever grateful' to the franchise and thanked staff, investors and members for their support.
'To the staff that have worked tirelessly since our inception, you have been incredible in your efforts, and I thank you for all of your support,' Gilchrist said in a statement.
'To the investors that have joined us along our journey, I thank you for your commitment to F45.
'Lastly, I am forever grateful to our franchisees who deliver the world's best workout each day to F45 members around the world.'
F45 co-founder Rob Deutsch (pictured with his model wife Nicole Person) has owned a formidable property empire worth more than $20m including a beachfront family home in Bronte sold last year for $17.7m
Mr Deutsch (middle) has expressed his dismay at the loss of jobs among corporate F45 personnel since the company's share plummet which came a year after its float on the NYSE
Mr Gilchrist's payout is said to top $10.1 million, and to include 12 months' rent on his Florida mansion and 18 months of health insurance for his family, despite the company's share price crash.
Even before the latest plunge, F45 stock had fallen sharply since it went public with an initial offer of $22.89 per share, bottomed out at $US1.35 and at the time of writing was sitting on $2.31 a share.
F45 confirmed it would lay-off almost 45 per cent of the company's corporate staff (110 employees) to reduce its selling, general and administrative expenses.
The company said the change in 'macroeconomics - national output, unemployment rates and inflation - has forced a restructuring of the company'.
'We are taking the necessary steps to right-size our business in light of shifting macroeconomic and business conditions,' Chief Financial Officer Chris Payne said.
'While we expect growth to continue, market dynamics are having a greater than expected impact on the ability of franchisees to obtain capital to develop new F45 locations.
One of F45's celebrity fitness trainers Liam Cooper (above) opened gyms in Australia as the training craze made it the fastest growing company of its kind in the world
'In addition, recent share price performance has made it challenging for franchisees to utilize financing facilities announced earlier this year.'
Mr Deutsch said he was devastated to hear what had happened since he 'transitioned out' of the company with a $US2.5million 'transaction bonus' two-and-a-half years ago.
He had also owned a formidable property empire worth more than $20m, including a beachfront family home in Bronte which sold last year for $17.7m.
'Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this,' Mr Deutsch wrote on Instagram.
'When I exited, and sold out of F45, I left a healthy, phenomenal, beast of a business, all the way from the company culture to the heart beat of the business … the workouts.
'F45 was special. I genuinely hope all of the 110 laid-off staff, find happiness and opportunities elsewhere.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11101277/F45-founder-Adam-Gilchrist-bankrupt-launching-cult-gym-facing-collapse-amid-share-drop.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-21T01:07:03Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11101277/F45-founder-Adam-Gilchrist-bankrupt-launching-cult-gym-facing-collapse-amid-share-drop.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Grim studio apartment in London's Earl's Court on offer at a staggering £1,122 a month — yet it will be snapped up within days – a sure sign of a housing market in meltdown
- The grim studio apartment in Earl's Court has grey mould on the ceiling
- Britain is running short of properties to rent and leaving people scrambling
- Rents rocketing, up nearly 20 per cent year-on-year in cities including London
Even for a hardened flat-hunter, it is a dismal prospect.
The bed appears to be in the kitchen. The shower stands next to the sink and a patch of grey mould blossoms on the ceiling.
The only lavatory is down the hallway, shared with other residents.
This grim studio apartment in London's Earl's Court is on offer at a staggering £1,122 a month, yet I know it will be snapped up within days – a sure sign of a market in meltdown.
With landlords preferring to cash in on AirBnB and short-term lets, or selling-up completely, Britain is running short of properties to rent, leaving families and young workers alike scrambling to put a roof over their heads.
Rents are rocketing, up nearly 20 per cent year-on-year in cities including London, Liverpool, Manchester and Bristol.
Housing charity Shelter reports a 39 per cent increase in evictions from rental properties in the past three months
And one recent survey suggests that almost four in five tenants have found themselves priced out in the past year.
The bed appears to be in the kitchen. The shower stands next to the sink and a patch of grey mould blossoms on the ceiling. Pictured: The flat in Earl's Court
An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has established that some would-be renters have been urged to take part in 'beauty contests', writing personal letters to the property owner listing, for example, their hobbies.
Most are being told to pitch their offer above the asking price or to accept contracts two or three times the normal length to secure a property, so cut-throat is the market.
Some have been advised to offer three or even six months' rent up-front.
The shortage of properties is in part down to the current record house prices, which have encouraged landlords to sell up. Sixteen per cent of all homes sold this year were previously let.
Flat for rent in Castletown Road, London, W14£1,150 pcm, £265 pw (pictured)
There has also been decline in the buy-to-let sector thanks to the steady abolition of mortgage interest tax relief on properties for rent.
Anny Cullum from ACORN, an organisation that champions tenants' rights, accused US-based AirBnB of fuelling the crisis.
'Some landlords are choosing to take their house out of the long-term let market and make a lot more money in holiday lettings, leaving renters with a dwindling housing supply,' she said.
She says her own experience is typical.
'Our house in Bristol was a state, with mould on the walls, and I thought: 'I can't have my baby growing up in this environment',' she said.
'But anything similar was twice as much as our rent of £900 a month, so we had to move to Gloucester, 35 miles away from the vast majority of our support network.'
Anny Cullum, pictured, from ACORN, an organisation that champions tenants' rights, accused US-based AirBnB of fuelling the crisis
The market is at its most difficult London, where, in the first quarter of the year, rents hit a record average high of £2,193 per month.
Research from property site Zoopla found that central London rents have increased by nearly 20 per cent in a year compared to growth of about 2 per cent in the first quarter of 2019.
But rents are soaring across the country with research from SpareRoom, a flatshare website, suggesting that rents in 40 of the country's largest 50 town are now at record levels.
Private tenancies have traditionally involved one-year contracts. But in an email to prospective renters seen by this newspaper, an adviser with the Chestertons agency suggested they agree to three-year tenancies with an 18-month or 24-month break clause.
'The longer the better!' he wrote. 'Please try and stretch that extra month or so.'
He advised flat-hunters to write a small biography about themselves saying why they wish to rent the property.
'Small things like this help massively!' he explained.
Polly Neate, Chief Executive Officer of Shelter, said: 'This is a crisis that is forcing people into impossible choices.
'If people end up unable to afford their rent, they will be evicted and forced into homelessness.
'We are going to have people who simply cannot find anywhere to live who never thought that they would end up on the streets.'
'One of the problems is that many people in private renting have no savings, so they don't have any back-up when things get hard. They have no other option but to borrow.'
Flat for rent in Barons Court, London, W14 £1,205 pcm, £278 pw (pictured)
Housing is already a political battleground.
Polling shows that the Conservative party has suffered a collapse in support from the young adults in what is known as 'Generation Rent'
Earlier this year, pollster and former No 10 advisor, James Johnson, told The Mail on Sunday that the Tories were behind by double digits among middle-class people in their twenties and thirties who were renting – as opposed to owning – somewhere to live.
They told Johnson that being frozen out of the property market was 'blunting their aspirations'.
H e concluded that these young renters had helped depriving the Conservatives of their majority in 2017 by voting for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour, in the hope he would help their predicament – and that the issue might cost the Tories the next election.
'By asking for several months of rent in advance, you are essentially locking people out of being able to rent a place if they are on a low income,' said Miss Cullum.
'One in four working families live in private rented accommodation. Not many will have a few thousand sitting in the bank.'
'There's a big housing crisis in this country – but not everyone is losing out.
We had to beg the landlord to choose us
Yuki Kishimoto (pictured)
When Yuki Kishimoto and her boyfriend, Jack, were asked to submit a cover letter with their offer to rent a flat in South London for £1,350 a month, she was taken aback.
The TV producer, 31, who was born in Japan and has lived in the UK for 15 years, said: 'We had to present ourselves to the landlord and explain why we liked the flat, why we were suitable for the flat and tell him about ourselves.
'We wrote four paragraphs explaining our jobs, talking about the sports club we belonged to and describing our hobbies.
'It felt like we had to beg him to pick us.'
'I house hunted five years ago and the situation was very different.
'You didn't have to make an offer and send a cover letter.
'Back then, it was first come, first serve.
'Now you are being compared with other potential tenants and the landlord has all the power to pick whoever they want.'
I had to pay £3,500 upfront
Chelsea Baladad has had to pay three months of rent upfront to secure a studio flat in Bristol for £997 a month.
The engineering student, 20, is moving to the city for a placement for her degree at the University of Bath.
She said: 'I got my placement quite late and the flats in Bristol are ridiculously expensive.
'The building I've been looking at has studios for £845 a month.'
Chelsea Baladad (pictured)
But when Chelsea enquired she was told there was only one studio available for over £100 more a month and that she would need to pay three months of rent in advance, plus a deposit of £500, to take up the tenancy.
The student has had to go into her overdraft and plans on asking her parents to give her money to cover the £3,500 sum.
She said: 'The agent didn't explain why I needed to pay three months of rent upfront but said that if I didn't, I wouldn't get the studio.
'I'm going to ask my parents for help and I will use all of my overdraft.
'I just have to do it otherwise I won't have anywhere to live.
'But I do really worry about bills going up in the winter.'
My landlord put up the rent by £600
Ralph Barreto (pictured)
Student Ralph Barreto will be returning to his parents home in Ruislip, Middlesex, next month after his landlord raised his rent by 30 per cent.
Ralph has been living with two friends in a three-bedroom flat in Euston, London.
It was originally on the market for £1,750 last summer and Ralph and his friends secured the flat after offering to pay £2000 a month.
But they were told by the agency managing the property that the rent would be raised to £2600 for the next 12-month tenancy.
Ralph said: 'We all looked at each other and decided that we were not going to pay that.
'We were gobsmacked.
'It is not worth that – the flat doesn't even have a living room.
'It literally went up by almost £1,000 – from £1,750 to £2,600 – in one year.'
After failing to find a similar flat nearby, Ralph has decided to move home for his final year of university.
'I check RightMove and Zoopla every day, but there's nothing.
'We are being pushed out of the area.
'I might as well live at home with my parents rather than pay extortionate rent that I can't afford.'
But he has pointed out that living 15 miles away from the UCL campus where he studies philosophy will hamper his experience of university.
'I have a large family so it is going to be difficult to find the space and quiet I need to study.
'The commute will take an hour and 20 minutes so I won't be able to be as social as I'd like.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
758 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY...
At 758 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms have flooded
many roadways, including Midkiff & Wadley. Between 1.5 and 2 inches
of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Midland, Midland International Air and Space Port, Midland
Airpark, Cotton Flat and Warfield.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Monahans Draw and Midland Draw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
West Central Gaines County in western Texas...
* Until 1015 PM MDT /1115 PM CDT/.
* At 702 PM MDT /802 PM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2
inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Hobbs, Humble City, Monument, Nadine, Lea County Regional Airport
and Industrial Airpark.
Monument Draw and Seminole Draw.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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Today's snarky gossip girls have nothing on the hotbed of 1950s "bitchery and intrigue" spawned by 13-year-olds in Gail Godwin's sumptuous and spicy new novel. Unfinished Desires is a spellbinding psychological ghost story, near operatic in intensity. The story spans almost a century, from 1910, when Mount St. Gabriel's, a private Catholic girls' school in a small North Carolina mountain town, is founded, to 2008, when three women from the "poisonous" ninth grade class of 1952 are reconnected at age 70.
Mount St. Gabriel's, which draws its setting from Godwin's own girlhood school, St. Genevieve's of the Pines in Asheville, N.C., has as its mascot the Red Nun, a half-finished red marble rendering of an early student who died tragically young. Beneath her serene surface, the Red Nun represents generations of secrets.
Godwin balances historic and contemporary threads with her usual consummate finesse, alternating between 2001, when the school's retired headmistress, 85-year-old Mother Suzanne Ravenel, is dictating her memoirs, and the 1950s, when Tildy, the sharp-tongued and possessive ringleader of a rebellious clique of ninth graders, sets in motion revelations that will eventually haunt Mother Ravenel. (Read Mother Ravenel's introduction to Mount St. Gabriel's.)
Godwin's portrayal of the early years, when the school is abuzz with the energy of its founder — an Englishwoman who espoused "holy daring" and spoke glowingly of "a woman's freedom in God" — is bracing. Godwin parses class distinctions in the small-town South perfectly and is an ace at evoking the intensity of the teen years: rivalries and budding passions; attachments and betrayals; hidden motives and sly bids for advantage.
Unfinished Desires is chockablock with vivid characters, and among its delights is watching them steep in time, growing ever stronger in flavor. The most complex of all is Mother Ravenel, a nun who looks searchingly into her duplicitous past (yes, she confesses, she was envious, competitive and controlling, even toward the classmate she loved) and faces at last a question she raised as a schoolgirl: "What did you love most? And what have you left undone?"
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The next time you buy a bag of potato chips, or a chocolate bar, think for a moment about the cost.
Not just the price you're paying at that moment — a price set by the market — but the environmental and social costs, too. In a conversation with NPR's Steve Inskeep, author Raj Patel says that cheap, market prices let us avoid paying the true costs of things.
In his new book, The Value of Nothing, Patel points out that problems like obesity and diabetes cost millions in health care dollars.
"Now a big component of that diabetes is to do with the way that we eat. And we don't pay those costs when we get our cheap food," he says.
Patel thinks that exposes a fundamental problem in the free market. But he contends his ideas aren't all that radical. Even Alan Greenspan and Adam Smith — who popularized the concept of the free market — didn't think that it was perfect.
"I think that what we're seeing is a chorus of people from left and right recognizing that there are problems with the free market," Patel says.
He has no silver bullet for this problem, but he thinks solving it starts with more political participation. He says our modern democracy has created a "transformation into consumers rather than citizens" and that "we need to reclaim responsibility, not just in what we buy but how we govern ourselves."
A former World Bank economist, Patel is a fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service San Diego CA
546 PM PDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 613 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of Southwest California, including the following
county, San Bernardino.
* WHEN...Until 613 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 546 PM PDT, Thunderstorms have dissipated over the
mountains but water will continue to drain into dry washes
including the Whitewater upper headwaters and upper Morongo
Creek.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 inches are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Onyx Summit, western Pioneertown, Hwy 38 Between Onyx Summit
And Sugarloaf, Hwy 38 Between Yucaipa And Onyx Summit and
Rimrock.
- https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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She identifies as African American, Mexican, and Puerto Rican. He is Korean American but didn’t speak English until he was school age. They met and got married in Los Angeles and had four children who they are “raising intentionally” in a multicultural, multiracial, and multilingual home.
At a time of increased political polarization and racial tension, Sonia and Richard Kang’s story offers an alternative narrative that is increasingly becoming the norm in the United States.
“I met Richard and we have children who are multiracial and I’m thinking: how are we going to make this better for them,” said Sonia, whose father is African American and whose mother is Mexican.
“Growing up I just always knew I didn’t fit in very well,” she recalled of her upbringing in the 80s in Hawaii and LA, a time when blond hair, blue eyes, and big waves were the standard. “I was darker skinned and had tight curly hair. I had the surname Smith in a predominantly Latino area in school but spoke Spanish. So I always stuck out.”
It was the same for Richard, Sonia’s husband. “I could tell there was something different about our family,” he says of his childhood growing up as a Korean speaker in a predominantly white neighborhood.
The couple shared their experience during an August 5 media briefing organized by Ethnic Media Services looking at the rise in inter racial marriages amid a backdrop of increasing hate crimes and deepening political polarization.
Data from the 2020 census shows that “mixed race” is the fastest growing category under racial identity, and according to the Pew Research Center, about 17% of new marriages are interracial couples. All of that comes as cities nationwide saw a significant surge in racially motivated attacks during the Covid 19 pandemic, rattling communities and contributing to growing tensions.
According to Justin Gest, associate professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, the rise in interracial marriages offers a counter to the increasing “separation, polarization and some of the violence that we’re seeing in our country.”
Gest, author of the 2022 book “Majority Minority,” which looks at societies where dominant religious or racial groups lost their numerical advantage, says families like the Kangs are a “powerful way for people to overcome the divisive politics that take place in societies undergoing a lot of demographic change.”
That includes the US, where demographers predict that by 2045 non-Hispanic whites will no longer be the majority.
“When people are intermarrying, it basically disarms the politics of polarization and division,” Gest notes. “These relationships blur those boundaries. They don’t allow politicians and others to use fear mongering to divide us.”
Interracial marriages were prohibited in the US until the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving vs. Virginia. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of interracial unions jumped threefold, according to census data.
The most common unions are white and Asian, and white and Latino, with only 20% of all interracial couples being between two nonwhite partners. California is the leader when it comes to the number of interracial marriages, with Hawaii a close second.
And according to Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo, assistant professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences & Social Psychology at the University of Georgia, there has been a “great increase” in media representation of interracial couples, which correlates with data showing 94% of Americans approving of such unions.
But, Skinner-Dorkenoo adds, there is still a lingering bias toward same race marriages in many families, including Richard’s.
“I was going to marry Sonia no matter what,” he says, describing his parents’ initial rejection of his soon-to-be wife. It was only after his father fell ill, and then after his parents met their grandchildren, “that they really opened their hearts to us.”
The couple decided early on to raise their children in a multi-lingual house. “We’ve called it ‘culture proofing our home,’ to safeguard their identity,” Sonia said. “We made sure that we brought in products, books, and movies, all that look like our family in an authentic way.”
Sonia, president of the non-profit Multicultural Families of Southern California, created a children’s clothing business named Mixed-Up Clothing, with the intention to use fashion as a vehicle to talk about issues of culture, diversity, and inclusion.
“I knew there was something in clothing that brings in this sense of self, and I wanted to duplicate that feeling,” she said. “The fact that folks are getting it and taking the time to see that there’s beauty in diversity has really helped to steer the conversation.” | https://el-observador.com/2022/08/19/rise-in-interracial-marriage-a-counter-narrative-to-hate-and-division/ | 2022-08-21T01:35:12Z | https://el-observador.com/2022/08/19/rise-in-interracial-marriage-a-counter-narrative-to-hate-and-division/ | true |
CULTURE E1
‘Raising
Lazarus’
Va. author Beth Macy’s follow-up to “Dopesick” raising hope for addicted
The football stadium at Atlee High School will remain closed this week after authorities found a dead body near the field.
Jonah Holland was known as a problem-solver and a generous spirit who loved nature, her family and connecting people.
A 19-year-old Henrico County man was sentenced to serve eight years in prison last week in the shooting death of his 18-year-old girlfriend, whose body was found partially propped up against the back door of an apartment where they were temporarily staying. Whether the shooting was intentional or accidental was never resolved.
Something new and exciting is happening on Laburnum, a rebirth for the sport and the city after a tumultuous stretch for both.
Zhykierra Guy was found fatally shot in an SUV not far from North Airport Drive in the early morning of Aug. 5. Guy lived in the area where she died, police said.
A counselor for the state’s largest public school system kept his job for more than a year and a half after his arrest in Chesterfield on charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Powhatan County High School’s band director and performing arts coordinator now faces nine sex-related charges involving five underage teens t…
A man who police believe took his own life by jumping from the state Route 10 bridge into the Appomattox River in Hopewell was a U.S. Army captain based at Fort Lee, a base spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
A U.S. Navy lieutenant based in Tidewater has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Hampton woman whose remains wer…
Tuesday night’s Hanover County School Board meeting regarding a proposed transgender policy quickly became tense as the third speaker was ushe…
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
655 PM MDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 7 PM MDT this evening for a
portion of western Texas, including the following counties, El Paso
and Hudspeth.
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM MDT Sunday for portions
of New Mexico and southwest Texas.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service San Diego CA
546 PM PDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 613 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of Southwest California, including the following
county, San Bernardino.
* WHEN...Until 613 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 546 PM PDT, Thunderstorms have dissipated over the
mountains but water will continue to drain into dry washes
including the Whitewater upper headwaters and upper Morongo
Creek.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 inches are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Onyx Summit, western Pioneertown, Hwy 38 Between Onyx Summit
And Sugarloaf, Hwy 38 Between Yucaipa And Onyx Summit and
Rimrock.
- https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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Miles Teller cuts casual figure in a t-shirt and shorts after a massage session in Studio City
Miles Teller was spotted while leaving a massage session in Studio City on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old performer cut a seriously casual figure as he left the facility and took a short stroll before stepping into his car.
The actor's outing occurred after he said that he would be open to reprising his role as Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw in a potential sequel to Top Gun: Maverick.
Stepping out: Miles Teller was spotted while leaving a massage session in Studio City on Wednesday
Teller donned a light blue graphic t-shirt and a set of navy blue shorts during his outing.
The Whiplash star also sported a set of Nike sneakers and he accessorized with a set of sunglasses.
The actor made his comments about a potential third Top Gun movie during an interview with Entertainment Tonight, where he remarked that Tom Cruise has the final say on if a follow-up will be made.
'It's all up to Tom. I've been having some conversations with him about it. We'll see,' he said.
Speaking his mind: The actor's outing occurred after he said that he would be open to reprising his role as Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw in a potential sequel to Top Gun: Maverick
Teller did express that being asked to appear in the feature 'would be great.'
The actor also stated that he was proud of the fact that the movie has since earned over one billion dollars at the global box office, which his representatives have pointed out to Cruise.
'That's definitely what my team has been saying for these future negotiations,' he said.
The Only The Brave actor also expressed his gratitude for being able to work with Cruise on the hit feature.
Looking forward to it: Teller did express that being asked to appear in the feature 'would be great'
'For him to share Top Gun with me and a lot of these other young actors it's just been such a wild ride, and it's still going,' he said.
Top Gun: Maverick served as a follow-up to the original Top Gun feature, which was released in 1986.
The movie was centered on Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, who is given charge of training a new group of pilots to take part in a dangerous mission.
In addition to Cruise and Teller, the film starred performers such as Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer.
Stacked cast: In addition to Cruise and Teller, the film starred performers such as Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer
Top Gun: Maverick initially premiered at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this past April.
The feature has since received widespread critical acclaim and currently holds a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie was also a hit with audiences and has brought in over one billion dollars worldwide.
It has also become the highest-grossing movie of 2022, according to Box Office Mojo.
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Heidi Montag shows her growing belly in a red bikini as she awaits baby number two with husband Spencer Pratt in Hawaii
They're awaiting the arrival of their second child.
And on Saturday Spencer Pratt proudly showed off his growing family as he posted photos with wife Heidi Montag from their Hawaiian vacation.
The Hills star, 35, wowed in a red string bikini as she basked in the sunshine with her husband, 39, and their son Gunner, four.
Vacation! Heidi Montag wore a red bikini as she basked in the sunshine on a Hawaiian beach with her husband Spencer Pratt and their son Gunner
The TV personality wrote in his caption, 'Mahalo Kauai thank you for the treasured memories!'
He shared a slideshow of outtakes from their fun in the sun, which included lots of beach days and swimming.
In one idyllic image Spencer cozied up to his wife of fourteen years as he cradled her blossoming baby bump.
Both parents smiled big for the snap, with Montag dressed in a green tank top with her blonde locks pulled back.
Proud: Spencer showed off his growing family as he posted photos with pregnant wife Heidi
Adorable: Another outtake showed Gunner happily nestled in his dad's protective arms as he stood on the shoreline
Another outtake showed Gunner happily nestled in his dad's protective arms as he stood on the shoreline.
Both father and son were drenched in water from their dip in the ocean, which could be seen behind them.
Spencer was sunkissed as he sported a scruffy beard and showed off his brawny biceps, going shirtless with his swim trunks.
Heidi also got in on the water works as she submerged herself in the sea with her little one nearby.
Sweet: Heidi also got in on the water works as she submerged herself in the sea with her little one nearby
Same style: Spencer and his son enjoyed Hawaii's crystal clear waters as they each sported protective eye gear
Earlier this week the former MTV star popped in on social media as she gave fans a closer look into her pregnancy.
In a video snippet she revealed a beauty secret - lathering coconut oil onto her belly to avoid stretch marks.
'I have been using coconut oil. It's not as expensive, it's organic... Yeah, this belly is getting really big!' she exclaimed.
Subsequent snaps showed more of her Hawaiian getaway with husband Spencer Pratt, whom she met while filming The Hills.
Hands-on: Heidi wore a red dress as she gently held a frog for her son to admire
Sweet moment: Gunner enjoyed lush greenery while on holiday with his parents
In June Heidi and Spencer announced they were expecting their second child, later revealing they're having a boy.
She initially thought she was having a girl and the blue cake at her gender reveal surprised her.
'My whole intuition was off,' she admitted while chatting with Entertainment Tonight.
She continued, 'Growing up I always wanted boys and then recently I kinda started thinking, I don't know, I kinda want a girl [to have] one of each. For Gunner, he really wants a brother so, you know, ultimately I want what would be best for him and his life.'
Precious! Montag joined her son Gunner under the sea as she wore a white swim shirt over her baby bump
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
641 PM MDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 645 PM MDT this evening for a
portion of western Texas, including the following county, Hudspeth.
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM MDT Sunday for portions
of New Mexico and southwest Texas.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 21, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
730 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Palo Duro Canyon.
* WHEN...Through Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Low-water
crossings may be flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Moderate to perhaps heavy rainfall over the southern Texas
Panhandle, may lead to excessive runoff in areas of complex
terrain, such as Palo Duro Canyon.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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Not long now! Married At First Sight's Melissa Rawson goes wedding dress shopping as she prepares to tie the knot with Bryce Ruthven
Married At First Sight's Melissa Rawson and Bryce Ruthven are set to tie the knot in real life early next year.
And on Saturday, the proud mother-of-two, 32, took to Instagram to give fans an update about their upcoming nuptials.
'About to do something very exciting for the wedding! Can you guess where I'm headed?' Melissa teased in the caption.
MAFS' Melissa Rawson, 32, (pictured) took to Instagram on Saturday to announce that she was trying on wedding dresses - as she prepares to tie the knot with fiancé Bryce Ruthven
Melissa then shared a video of herself posing in front of hundreds of gowns.
'Most of you guessed it! First wedding dress try on... eeek!' she wrote.
While it's unclear if she made her final decision on the day, Liss was joined by her mother for the fitting.
Liss wore a black sweater and blue denim jeans as she looked at extravagant gowns at the bridal store.
Melissa then shared a video selfie posing in front of hundreds of gowns, 'Most of you guessed it! First wedding dress try on... eeek!' she wrote
The workplace trainer wore her blonde locks out and relaxed as she teetered around.
The couple, who found love on the Channel Nine experiment last year have set a Summer 2023 wedding date due to the pandemic.
Melissa previously revealed there won't be any TV cameras present for their big day.
Private: Melissa also revealed there won't be any TV cameras present for their big day
'I do not want a formal, televised sit-down dinner. You know, media everywhere... no,' she said.
'I just want to marry the man that I love with my nearest and dearest and have a huge party.'
The new parents welcomed twin sons, twins, Levi and Tate, now 10 months old, in October.
Family: The new parents welcomed twin sons, twins, Levi and Tate, now 10 months old, in October. The couple 'wed' on the 2021 season of MAFS and announced their engagement in July last year | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11130987/MAFS-Melissa-Rawson-goes-wedding-dress-shopping-prepares-tie-knot-Bryce-Ruthven.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-21T01:43:11Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11130987/MAFS-Melissa-Rawson-goes-wedding-dress-shopping-prepares-tie-knot-Bryce-Ruthven.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Klimala helps Red Bulls draw Cincinnati 1-1 with equalizer
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) - Patryk Klimala scored the equalizer for the New York Red Bulls in a 1-1 draw with Cincinnati on Saturday.
Klimala scored the equalizer in the 23rd minute on a penalty kick for the Red Bulls (11-8-8).
Matt Miazga scored the lone goal for Cincinnati (8-8-10).
The Red Bulls outshot Cincinnati 14-3, with three shots on goal to two for Cincinnati.
Carlos Miguel saved one of the two shots he faced for the Red Bulls. Roman Celentano made two saves for Cincinnati.
Both teams next play Saturday. The Red Bulls host Inter Miami and Cincinnati hosts the Columbus Crew.
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2 Ohio men fatally shot by police after earlier security incident in remote area, sheriff's office says
Two men were shot and killed by police in Knox County, Ohio, after the local emergency management agency earlier notified residents to shelter in place, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
Around 9 a.m. Saturday, two men were killed following a call over a shooting at a property late Friday, said Knox County Sheriff's Office Captain Jay Sheffer.
No police officers have been injured, Sheffer told reporters during brief remarks.
A Knox County resident, Molly Mayne, took photos of SWAT vehicles in the area and told CNN she heard gunshots sometime after 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Police did not provide details of what led to the officer-involved shooting. Sheffer said aside from the two men shot dead, one person was "safely extracted from a residence before the shooting occurred." He said after the shooting, "one more person was safely removed from the residence."
On Saturday, the Knox County Emergency Management Agency advised local residents on Facebook to shelter in place following the "shots fired" call.
"Residents may see a law enforcement helicopter and vehicles in the area," the 7:30 a.m. advisory read. "Stay indoors, close and lock doors and windows. All persons are being asked to avoid area until further notice."
A second advisory at 10 a.m. said police were working to secure the property, adding, "Residents are no longer being asked to shelter in place but still requested to avoid the area."
CNN has reached out to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which is looking into the officer-involved shooting.
Around 60,000 people live in Knox County, Ohio, according to the U.S. Census. The county is about one hour's drive from Columbus and is predominantly rural with farming listed as the area's biggest employer.
Sheffer said it's been "many, many years" since the area has dealt with an officer-involved shooting, adding that this was the first incident that occurred since he was employed by the county in 2013. | https://www.koat.com/article/2-ohio-men-fatally-shot-by-police-after-earlier-security-incident-in-remote-area-sheriff-s-office-says/40948072 | 2022-08-21T01:47:23Z | https://www.koat.com/article/2-ohio-men-fatally-shot-by-police-after-earlier-security-incident-in-remote-area-sheriff-s-office-says/40948072 | false |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 21, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
730 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Palo Duro Canyon.
* WHEN...Through Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Low-water
crossings may be flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Moderate to perhaps heavy rainfall over the southern Texas
Panhandle, may lead to excessive runoff in areas of complex
terrain, such as Palo Duro Canyon.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LovelyWholesale ("LW" or "the Company"), an international online shopping e-commerce clothing brand, recently announced the launch of LW Basic garment collection. These basic garments are made to be more durable and environmentally friendly - an important part of LovelyWholesale's response to environmental protection and sustainability. The LW Basic collection will be available online at lovelywholesale.com and its App LovelyWholesale on August 20, 2022. There are more than 700 items for consumers to choose from, including 2 piece sets, bodysuits, shirts, pants, dresses, etc.
Considering that the heat wave swept the world this summer and environmental issues become increasingly frequent and more extreme, Leon Guo, CEO of LW, thinks that the company should have a responsibility to drive the transition to a sustainable economy. The garments of LW Basic collection were made with durability and wearability in mind. The clothes can be washed repeatedly without becoming hard and shrinking, and the style is easy to mix and match in daily outfits. "The number of times people wear an item of clothing can make a big difference to our environment" said by Leon. "That's the reason why we launched this basic collection".
In LovelyWholesale's product line, sexy style and street style garments bring 80% of sales, and the inventory pressure of basic style garments is greater than those of better-selling styled garments. Leon still insists on the decision of launching this basic collection to respond to environmental protection.
"The climate crisis is one of the most urgent and complex challenges of our time. As a fashion retailer, we must do something. The core of the LW Basic collection line is providing the pieces that customers need for every daily life, including shirts, pants, bodysuits, dresses, etc. The average price of all the basic collection pieces is around US$10. They are easy to match and have good durability. We don't advocate excessive waste." Leon said.
In order to avoid simple items that result in boring outfits, the designer of the LW Basic collection gives consumers more choices in color supply. Except the classic colors of black, white and gray, LW basic collection pieces use popular colors of orange, pink and yellow, giving more possibilities to match the basic items.
"LW Basic collection line uses less water and energy than traditional processes, which is not only making this collection ultra-affordable in price, but also embracing our vision of sustainability. These basic items are cut in different lengths, with the color expansion, providing everyone with a style that is both trendy and timeless." Leon said.
For more information about the LovelyWholesale Basic collection, visit LovelyWholesale.com.
About LovelyWholesale:
Founded in 2010, LovelyWholesale supplies more than 10 thousands of types of fashionable clothing, shoes, jewels, sexy lingerie and accessories. The company focuses on providing higher quality products with competitive price to customers all over the world. LovelyWholesale customer knows they can trust in us for everything they need from the latest trend-led pieces to celebrity inspired looks, to the everyday wardrobe staples and that ultimate party piece. LovelyWholesale expects that every customer can find their loved style and enjoy shopping here.
LovelyWholesale has factories and warehouse all around the world. With the great advantage of fabric resources and hundreds of fashion buyers, LovelyWholesale can provide customers with the latest fashion trends style and lower prices at first time. Over the past 11 years of operation, Lovelywholesale becomes one of the most popular online store for black women in North America.
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