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6-year-old girl, dad dead in suspected murder-suicide following custody dispute, police say
MOUNT HEALTHY, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) – A 6-year-old girl and her father are dead after what police suspect was a murder-suicide, following a custody dispute.
According to Mount Healthy police, the bodies of Iyla Johnson and her father, 40-year-old Eric Johnson, were found with gunshot wounds in the bedroom of an Ohio apartment.
Police said they initially responded to a call at 11:40 a.m. Sunday involving a custody exchange at the Lake of the Woods apartment complex.
When officers entered the apartment, they heard a gunshot come from the bedroom. Police said as officers attempted to force entry into the barricaded bedroom, they heard additional gunshots.
A SWAT team was called and attempted to communicate with Johnson, but “repeated attempts to do so failed.” When SWAT officers entered the bedroom, they found both bodies.
Police said Johnson was a convicted felon, who was prohibited from having a firearm.
No officers were injured.
Mount Healthy is located about 10 miles north of Cincinnati.
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SHANGHAI (AP) _ Noah Holdings Ltd. (NOAH) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $52.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the Shanghai-based company said it had profit of 77 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 79 cents per share.
The wealth management firm posted revenue of $110.2 million in the period.
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NORTHBORO, Mass. — As the remaining few days of summer slip away, high school math teacher Mary Rose Steele is feeling something that hasn't been there in quite a while: excitement.
"I'm excited for the first time in three years to be starting the school year on the right foot," Steele explained while sitting in her kitchen.
From where she sits, Mary Rose offers a unique perspective on the upcoming school year. She's both a teacher and the parent of three kids, all of whom are about to begin school in a few weeks, and all of whom are also pretty excited to hit the right marks this school year.
"I feel like we’ve pulled away from COVID in that people are emotionally settled," Steele said.
After almost three years of hybrid learning and masks and disruptions, this upcoming school year feels fairly normal for students across the country.
"Last year, we were partly online. It was a little hard from just being online and then going back to school. This year, I'm excited," Steele's youngest daughter, Sophie, said.
That does not mean though that there won't be challenges. So, we asked this lifelong educator what she needs most this year.
"I want kids to come back with a work ethic. I just am hoping they are ready to come back socially ready to learn this year. That was my biggest challenge last year," she added.
From students to parents and even her colleagues, there's one other thing Mary Rose says she needs to be successful this year.
"Kindness toward each other. Kindness toward ourselves, accepting sometimes we will fail we aren't going to get a problem right but we can get through this. We can get through this as a team." | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/teachers-excited-for-upcoming-school-year | 2022-08-22T21:51:08Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/teachers-excited-for-upcoming-school-year | true |
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The offensively challenged New York Yankees made plenty of noise Saturday.
Just not with their bats.
Ace Gerrit Cole twice banged the dugout roof, shouting in frustration and getting booed after a rough inning. After a 15th loss in 19 games, 5-2 to Toronto, manager Aaron Boone pounded the podium with his right hand while talking about his team’s struggles.
“We can ask all these questions in regards (to our slump) until we’re blue in the face,” Boone said. “We got to go out and do it. I got to quit answering questions about this date and this perplexion. We got to play better, period. And the great thing is right in front of us. It’s right here and we can fix it.”
“It’s there and we can run away with this thing and we got the dudes in there to do it and we got to do it,” he said.
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. Held to just 21 runs in its last 11 games, New York will try to avoid 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 to Danny Jansen 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.
Cole blamed himself for the walk and fielding lapse.
“I feel bad about it if we weren’t in the rut that we were, but I’d still feel bad about it,” he said.
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.
“We’re not winning,” said slugger Aaron Judge, who batted third for the fourth time this year. “I think anytime you don’t win boos are warranted.”
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.
“Obviously, I’m thinking trying to think double play,” Cole said. “I’m not 100% sure, but I got to try to at least give it a look. “
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.
“He was dealing, no-hitter through four and then I think we were grinding him out good enough to get his pitch count up and kind of strung it together there,” Toronto interim manager John Schneider said.
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.
“Just got to have a little better energy in the dugout to kind of push each other a little bit,” Judge said.
Before allowing four runs, Cole allowed two baserunners through the first four and was aided by defensive plays from 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 No. 21 retired during an on-field ceremony.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The developers of a proposed copper-nickel mine upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota sued the Biden administration Monday to seek the reinstatement of federal mineral rights leases that are crucial to the $1.7 billion project.
Twin Metals Minnesota alleged in its lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, that the Department of the Interior acted illegally earlier this year when it canceled the leases. The company asked the court to declare that those leases remain valid and in force, so that it can proceed with the environmental review and permitting process.
The proposed underground mine, southeast of Ely near Birch Lake, is struggling to survive amid shifting political winds. The Obama administration, in its final weeks, chose not to renew the two leases, which had dated back more than 50 years. The Trump administration reversed that decision and reinstated the leases. But the Biden administration canceled the leases in January after reviving a potential 20-year mining moratorium in that area that the Obama administration tried to launch.
After the change in administrations in 2021, the lawsuit alleges, Interior officials “exacted a tightly coordinated set of unlawful actions” that culminated in the loss of Twin Metals' leases. “This coordinated campaign constituted nothing less than an unlawful attempt to rewrite the policy choices that Congress has made about the proper balance between environmental concerns and the availability of mining on public lands,” the lawsuit says.
Officials with the Interior Department declined to comment on the lawsuit.
“We are standing up for our right to a fair and consistent environmental review of our proposed mining project,” Dean DeBeltz, Twin Metals’ director of operations, said in a statement. “Our plan is backed by decades of exploration and analysis and is rooted in the most environmentally sophisticated design, which is tailored for our project location and mineral deposit. It deserves a fair evaluation by federal regulators based on its merits.”
The moratorium proposal would “withdraw” 352 square miles (912 square kilometers) within the Rainy River watershed in the Superior National Forest from new mineral leasing for 20 years. That threatens to doom Twin Metals. But it would not affect a separate project, the proposed PolyMet mine near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes, which lies in a different watershed.
The U.S. Forest Service issued a draft environmental assessment in June to lay the foundation for the moratorium, saying it aimed "to prevent further negative environmental impacts from future mining operations.” The public comment period closed Aug. 12. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will make the final decision.
Environmental groups have been fighting Twin Metals for years, saying the risk of acid mine drainage poses an unacceptable threat to the country’s most-visited federally designated wilderness area.
“The Biden administration’s actions to protect the Boundary Waters were well-considered, consistent with legal precedent and established public policy, and reflect the will of Minnesotans and the American people," Becky Rom, national chair of the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, said in a statement. "This lawsuit is destined to fail.”
Twin Metals, owned by the Chilean mining company Antofagasta, contends that its underground design and other features would prevent acid formation by limiting the exposure of the sulfide-bearing ore to the effects of air and water. It was in the early stages of of seeking state permits when the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources shut down its own environmental review process in February, citing the company’s loss of its federal leases.
The company and its supporters argue that the project is critical for securing domestic sources of copper, nickel and other minerals needed for the expansion of wind and solar power and electric vehicles. The company says it has already invested more than $550 million in the project over the last 12 years, and that the mine would create more than 750 high-wage mining jobs plus 1,500 spinoff jobs in the region.
A U.S. House committee passed a bill by Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum last month to permanently ban copper-nickel mining in the same area covered by the proposed moratorium. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Twin-Metals-sues-Biden-administration-to-regain-17390308.php | 2022-08-22T21:53:10Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Twin-Metals-sues-Biden-administration-to-regain-17390308.php | true |
Australian music legend John Farnham is diagnosed with cancer and rushed to hospital for an urgent operation this morning - as he releases a powerful statement
- Much-loved Australian musician John Farnham has been diagnosed with cancer
Much-loved Australian musician John Farnham has been diagnosed with cancer and will undergo surgery to remove a growth from his body.
Surgeons are confident the operation to remove the cancerous growth will be successful with the musician's family issuing a statement on Tuesday morning.
'We have recently discovered that John has a cancerous growth. He has been admitted to hospital this morning for surgery and ongoing treatment,' it said.
In a statement from the singer he said cancer diagnosis is something that 'so many people face every single day'.
Much-loved Australian musician John Farnham (pictured in Melbourne in 2015) has been diagnosed with cancer and will undergo surgery to remove a growth from his body
Surgeons are confident the operation to remove the cancerous growth will be successful (pictured, Farnham with Olivia Newton-John in 2020)
'The one thing I know for sure is that we have the very best healthcare professionals in Victoria, and we can be grateful for that. I know I am,' he said.
The news comes only days after the death of Olivia Newton-John, following a long battle with breast cancer.
The Farnham family had posted their 'love and sympathies to Olivia’s family' just weeks before.
The family added: 'Behind that iconic smile was a tenacious fighter. A beautiful voice and a loyal friend. She will be greatly missed'.
Farnham is most known for his 1986 single, 'You're the Voice,' from his album Whispering Jack, which is the second-highest selling album in Australian history.
It's not the first time Farnham has faced a major health battle.
John, pictured with wife Jillian Billman in 1973, had recently given up his 56-year smoking habit and cut down on alcohol
John Farnham is most well-known for his hit single 'You're the Voice', which was released in September 1986
John Farnham's revealed the news of the legendary singer's cancer diagnosis this morning
In 2019, he was forced to cancel his Australian tour at the last minute while admitted to hospital due to a severe kidney infection.
'I didn't realise until too late. I'd been feeling uncomfortable. My wife Jill had been telling me to go to the doctor,' explained the singer.
'I was very unwell there for a while,' he added, stating that he is 'good now' and 'it gave me a wake-up call to look after myself a bit more.'
The kidney infection developed after undergoing an unknown surgical procedure three months prior, where he was forced to cancel more shows at the time.
Since the health scare, the You're The Voice singer admitted he has completely overhauled his lifestyle, which he continues to do daily.
His biggest change was quitting smoking, which he first started when he was 14.
At the time, John also admitted to cutting back on alcohol.
Farnham has been recognised by many honours and awards, including 1987 Australian of the Year, 1996 Officer of the Order of Australia, and 19 ARIA Awards, including his 2003 induction into the Hall of Fame. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11135845/John-Farnham-diagnosed-cancer-rushed-hospital.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-22T21:53:40Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11135845/John-Farnham-diagnosed-cancer-rushed-hospital.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
By RICHARD J. MARCUS
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Padres are giving reliever Josh Hader a break from the closer role after ninth-inning meltdowns on Thursday and Friday resulted San Diego losses.
Padres manager Bob Melvin said before Saturday’s game against the Washington Nationals that the left-handed Hader would be given time to try to work out his issues.
“We will probably give him a break from that (closer) in the interim here, let him work on some things,” Melvin said. “But, our best team, obviously, is with Josh Hader in the closer’s role and that’s why we got him. So, we will give him a little break for now.”
Melvin said the Padres closer role would be based on matchups game by game, basically closer by committee. With Hader out as closer for now, the role will may likely be shared by Padres right-handers Luis Garcia and Robert Suarez and lefties Adrian Morejon and Nick Martinez.
At 66-56, San Diego enters Saturday’s game battling for the third and final National League wild-card spot. Since the trade deadline, the Padres are 6-10, and 25-32 in their past 57 games.
Hader, who was acquired from Milwaukee on August 1st for four San Diego players, including then Padres closer Taylor Rogers, ha struggled since the move. He has been on the mound when the game-winning run for the opponent has scored in each of his last three appearances, and he has allowed six runs in 3 1/3 innings with San Diego.
“There’s a standard that I hold myself to and that’s not result-based, but more executing pitches and getting into a place where I feel dominant,” Hader said after Friday night’s outing in which he failed to record an out while walking a batter, making a throwing error and surrendering a two-run homer to rookie Alex Call. “All the external things don’t affect anything. I go and do my work … just continue to move forward, learn from the mistakes.”
After bursting onto the scene a few years ago for his ability to pitch effectively in just about any relief situation, even going multiple innings at times, Hader had been used pretty almost exclusively as a ninth-inning closer with the Brewers since 2020, at his request. The Padres put him in on Thursday with runners on base, which he rarely did the last few years in Milwaukee.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The remains of a 19-year-old Arizona soldier who was killed in action during the Korean War in 1950 will be buried next month in Tucson, U.S. Army officials said Monday.
Burial for Pvt. Felix M. Yanez is scheduled for Sept. 3 at South Lawn Cemetery.
Yanez was a native of Douglas, Arizona who served in the Army as a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.
Army officials said he died on July 16, 1950 while fighting the North Korean People’s Army along the Kum River north of Taejon, South Korea.
Yanez’s body could not be recovered at that time.
A set of remains recovered in March 1951 that couldn’t be identified were buried in the United Nations Cemetery Tanggok.
Five years later, all 848 unidentified sets of Korean War remains at the Central Identification Unit Kokura in Japan were sent to Hawaii and buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
But in 2019, the Defense Department’s POW/MIA Accounting Agency had some of the unidentified remains disinterred and sent to a laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.
Army officials said Yanez’s remains finally were identified last month through dental and DNA analysis. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Remains-of-Arizona-soldier-killed-in-Korean-War-17390363.php | 2022-08-22T21:57:39Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Remains-of-Arizona-soldier-killed-in-Korean-War-17390363.php | false |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — State officials are again calling out a desperate need to raise Pennsylvania dog licensing fees, which have not changed since 1996.
Currently, an annual license is $8.50 and a lifetime license is $51.50. If the animal is spayed or neutered, the annual fee is $6.50 and the lifetime fee is $31.50. Discounts are available to older adults and people with disabilities. Violators can be cited with a maximum fine of $300 per violation.
The fees fund the Dog Law Enforcement Bureau, which employs dog wardens for services such as kennel inspections and other canine services.
Right now, there aren’t nearly enough dog wardens. Since the last time the dog licensing fee was raised in 1996, the number of dog wardens went down by 14. At the same time, the bureau’s costs have more than doubled.
Costs went up significantly following the passage of stricter kennel regulations passed in 2008. The regulations came in the wake of public outcry over the state’s reputation as a puppy mill hotbed.
“We have some of the highest standards in the nation, but we need the people to get out and inspect the kennels and uphold them so that we don’t return to that reputation of being a puppy mill capital,” said Shannon Powers, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Dog Law Enforcement Bureau.
York and Lancaster Counties are among the counties currently without a dog warden, even as Lancaster County has by far the most kennels of any county in the state.
“If your dog gets lost or you encounter a dangerous dog, you expect somebody from the state to be able to assist you with that. That’s the dog warden,” said State Sen. Judy Schwank, (D- Berks), who supports raising the dog licensing fee. “We do not have enough funding within the Department of Agriculture to maintain the number of dog wardens that we need. It’s just kind of crazy.”
State officials, including the Secretary of Agriculture and Auditor General, have called to raise the dog licensing fee since at least 2016.
State lawmakers have introduced multiple bills to raise the fee. The most recent iteration would raise the fee to $8 a year or $80 for a lifetime. It would also raise kennel fees, which have not changed since 1965.
State Sen. Elder Vogel (R-Beaver), who introduced the bill, said the fee is a small price to pay, especially considering how much dog owners spend on their pets. Americans spent $123.6 billion on their pets in 2021, according to the American Pet Products Association. Top breeds alone can cost thousands of dollars each.
“Paying $1,500 [or] $3,000 for one of those Labradoodles or something like that and then you’re worried 10 or 20 bucks for a dog license? Yeah, that’s not an issue,” Vogel said.
The measure also has broad support in the state House.
“But yet to try to raise $2 in a fee, people come unglued,” said State Rep. Dan Moul (R-Adams).
That’s where bipartisan agreement meets political reality: no one wants to be seen voting to raise fees.
“No, it won’t happen. Especially right before an election, it won’t happen,” Moul said. “Maybe in January or February, we can take another stab at it.”
State Sen. Judy Schwank said bills like this take time, but she’s optimistic it will eventually get passed. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dog-licensing-fee-1996/521-5f462c96-bfb2-4c5e-bff3-3b29101ef30d | 2022-08-22T21:58:04Z | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dog-licensing-fee-1996/521-5f462c96-bfb2-4c5e-bff3-3b29101ef30d | true |
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By JIM HEINTZ
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said Sunday.
The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old TV commentator Daria Dugina was killed by an explosive planted in the SUV she was driving Saturday night.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But the bloodshed gave rise to suspicions that the intended target was her father, Alexander Dugin, a nationalist philosopher and writer.
Dugin is a prominent proponent of the “Russian world” concept, a spiritual and political ideology that emphasizes traditional values, the restoration of Russia’s power and the unity of all ethnic Russians throughout the world. He is also a vehement supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move sending troops into Ukraine.
The explosion took place as his daughter was returning from a cultural festival she had attended with him. Russian media reports cited witnesses as saying the SUV belonged to Dugin and that he had decided at the last minute to travel in another vehicle.
The car bombing, unusual for Moscow, is likely to aggravate tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Denis Pushilin, president of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic, the pro-Moscow region that is a focus of Russia’s fighting in Ukraine, blamed the blast on “terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, trying to kill Alexander Dugin.”
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, denied Ukrainian involvement, saying, “We are not a criminal state, unlike Russia, and definitely not a terrorist state.”
Political analyst Abbas Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for Putin, called the attack “an act of intimidation” aimed at Kremlin loyalists.
To them, he said, “this is a symbolic act, demonstrating that hostilities have been confidently transferred to the territory of Russia, which means that this is no longer an abstract war that you watch on TV,” he said. “This is already happening in Russia. Not only Crimea is being bombed, but terrorist attacks are already being carried out in the Moscow region.”
While Dugin’s exact ties to Putin are unclear, the Kremlin frequently echoes rhetoric from his writings and appearances on Russian state TV. He helped popularize the “Novorossiya,” or “New Russia” concept that Russia used to justify the 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and its support of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
He promotes Russia as a country of piety, traditional values and authoritarian leadership, and disdains Western liberal values.
His daughter expressed similar views and had appeared as a commentator on the nationalist TV channel Tsargrad, where Dugin had served as chief editor.
Dugina herself was sanctioned by the United States in March for her work as chief editor of United World International, a website that the U.S. described as a disinformation source. The sanctions announcement cited a United World article this year that contended Ukraine would “perish” if it were admitted to NATO.
Dugina, “like her father, has always been at the forefront of confrontation with the West,” Tsargrad said Sunday.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologist who is often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said Sunday.
The Investigative Committee branch for the Moscow region said the Saturday night blast was caused by a bomb planted in the SUV driven by Daria Dugina.
The 29-year-old was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a prominent proponent of the “Russian world” concept ideology and a vehement supporter of Russia’s sending of troops into Ukraine.
Dugina expressed similar views and had appeared as a commentator on the nationalist TV channel Tsargrad.
“Dasha, like her father, has always been at the forefront of confrontation with the West,” Tsargrad said on Sunday, using the familiar form of her name.
The explosion took place as Dugina was returning from a cultural festival she had attended with her father. Some Russian media reports cited witnesses as saying the vehicle belonged to her father and that he had decided at the last minute to travel in another car.
No suspects were immediately identified. But Denis Pushilin, president of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic that is a focus of Russia’s fighting in Ukraine, blamed it on “terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, trying to kill Alexander Dugin.”
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CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A horror movie convention promoter says it is assisting authorities following charges against actor Gary Busey involving alleged sexual offenses at an event in New Jersey earlier 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 following alleged actions Aug. 12-14 at the Monster Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, police said Saturday.
Monster-Mania Convention said in a Facebook post that after attendees complained, an unspecified “celebrity guest was removed from the convention and instructed not to return.”
“Monster-Mania also encouraged the attendees to contact the police to file a report,” the company said, adding that behavior that compromised the safety and well-being of attendees would not be tolerated. “Monster-Mania will continue to assist the authorities in any and every way possible,” it said.
“It was about contact. It was about touching,” Lt. Robert Scheunemann told The Philadelphia Inquirer of the muliple complaints police had received about Busey’s conduct.
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.”
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BOSTON HEIGHTS, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arhaus, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARHS; "Arhaus" or the "Company"), a rapidly growing lifestyle brand and omni-channel retailer of premium artisan-crafted home furnishings, announced today that Tim Kuckelman will join the Company in the new role of Chief Operating Officer at the end of September. He will report directly to John Reed, Arhaus Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Kuckelman, who has over three decades of leadership experience in retail operations and logistics, will be responsible for enhancing Arhaus' operational capabilities across the business, overseeing Sourcing, Planning, Logistics, Customer Experience, Manufacturing and Information Technology.
"We are delighted to welcome Tim to Arhaus," said Reed. "His proven expertise leading high growth retail with complex operations and logistics will be of immense value as we optimize our processes and continue scaling our operational capacity in our next chapter of growth."
Kuckelman comes to Arhaus after spending the past two years at Fashionphile Group as COO, where he was responsible for establishing operational processes and controls for logistics, inventory sourcing and management, customer service and retail operations in a high growth environment. Prior to Fashionphile, Kuckelman spent over ten years at Kohl's Department Stores in various leadership roles, most recently as Vice President, Logistics and Transportation. In that role, he optimized domestic and international transportation and logistics while achieving a best-in-class cost model.
Prior to Kohl's, Kuckelman held roles of increasing responsibility in distribution, customer service, operations, and industrial engineering across companies such as Best Buy Co. and Gap, Inc. He holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Kansas State University and a J.D. from San Joaquin College of Law.
Founded in 1986, Arhaus is a rapidly growing lifestyle brand and omni-channel retailer of premium home furnishings. Through a differentiated proprietary model that directly designs and sources products from leading manufacturers and artisans around the world, Arhaus offers an exclusive assortment of heirloom quality products that are sustainably sourced, lovingly made, and built to last. With 80 showroom and design center locations across the United States, a team of interior designers providing complimentary in-home design services, and robust online and eCommerce capabilities, Arhaus is known for innovative design, responsible sourcing, and customer service.
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Looking to hire a contractor to paint your house, fix your roof or renovate your kitchen?
There are plenty of contractors to choose from, but you want to choose a good one, so be sure you do your homework. Before hiring a contractor, be sure they are licensed by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, which requires contractors to be insured and bonded. Read the “How to Choose a Contractor” guide at RosieOnTheHouse.com.
After you have checked out their license and references and discussed the project, the plan needs to be put in writing — a bid or contract that you can understand before you sign it. Take the time to work through the contract and ask the right questions before you sign. Here are some of the basics you should know about bids and contracts:
Dates, amounts and details
Your bid or contract needs to have dates, a fixed total that you will be charged and lots of details about what will be done at your house — and what will not.
If you’re paying for a really big job — like a kitchen remodel — have the contractor specify major exclusions; in other words, what will not happen. For example, you probably considered many countertop, backsplash and flooring options. Final selections should be detailed in the final contract. If something was eliminated, like a full-height backsplash and under-cabinet lighting to reduce total cost, this should all be documented exhaustively to eliminate anxiety and confusion in the middle of the project. That language will alert you in advance to possible changes you want to make but had not thought about much before. Other details you need that you may not have thought about include when the remodelers will clean up after work — every day or once a week — and what the big final clean-up will be like. Will they just pick up their drop cloths and walk away or will they vacuum or clean the floor and the countertops?
Fixed-price contracts are best
Generally, you want a fixed-price contract instead of a cost-plus contract and that’s what most contractors will propose — especially for small jobs.
Fixed price means the contractor gives you an estimate of the total cost, including labor, materials, profit and contingencies. If expenses are higher for some reason, like an increase in workers’ salaries or the price of paint, the contractor picks up the difference.
Cost-plus means the contract includes all the basic numbers we listed above, but if the project comes in under budget, the homeowner and contractor may split the savings. If it’s over budget, the owner will be charged in all likelihood. Usually, these types of contracts are only written for really big jobs. In our experience, more disputes break out over cost-plus arrangements than fixed-price contracts. Homeowners may get worried when workers don’t work as quickly as they expect them to because they think the job is going over budget.
Don’t sign for major expense allowances
Never sign a remodeling contract that has product and material allowances for major expenses.
Allowances occur when a contractor says he’ll redo your kitchen for $40,000 and will allow $12,000 for the cabinets, $2,000 for the stove and similar allowances for other necessities, like countertops, a sink, faucets and such. Then you shop for cabinets and find out you need to spend at least $5,000 more to get what you want. Perhaps the allowances weren’t realistic, but the contractor has already demolished your old kitchen and now you have to pay more than the original estimate. You can avoid all this by shopping in advance and having your choices written into the contract.
Don’t start until all materials arrive
In fact, don’t start the demo before all materials for a job arrive. Many suppliers are struggling with inventory causing remodeling jobs to take too long or stop temporarily. This can leave homeowners waiting with no kitchen or short one bathroom because of a single missing component.
Unforeseen conditions clauses are common
Even with a fixed price, the contract will have an “unforeseen conditions” clause. So, if something happens that could not have been expected before work started, the client may have to pay for an extra fix to complete the job. That might seem like overly generous protection for the contractor, but it’s likely to be something no one could have expected, like broken pipes behind walls or termite infestation. Sometimes contractors can fix these problems without additional time or money, but sometimes they can’t.
Negotiate the estimate
Negotiate with contractors about the job’s estimate. Sometimes they can lower the price, but sometimes they will say, “Let’s look at the selections you made and see how we can save money.” You might take on a part of the job yourself, like the demolition or painting, or you may lower the quality of the cabinets you want.
Have a comfortable payment schedule
Make sure the contract outlines a payment schedule you’re comfortable with and don’t pay for everything in advance. You usually make an initial payment when you sign the contract. After that, it’s good to pay gradually — what some people call progress payments or draws. You pay a certain amount when the demo is completed; more money when flooring is laid; more when cabinets are installed; more when countertops go on. That way, you can slow down payments if the job falls behind schedule.
Don’t pay in full until the city/county inspector signs off
And don’t pay the final amount until you have full use of the remodeled area and until the city or county building inspector signs off on the job. What if the job is done, but you’re waiting for a $1,500 faucet on back-order? Perhaps the remodeler installed a cheap $100 faucet as a temporary fix. But you still don’t make a final payment. Instead, take the value of the product you’re waiting for, multiply it times two and subtract the total from your check. Until you get that faucet, you hang onto the contractor’s last $3,000.
Even if you take all these steps, you’re likely to run into a glitch now and then. But with the right contractor, you can work through the problems and take great pleasure in the final improvements made in your home.
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden left COVID-19 isolation on Sunday after twice testing negative for the coronavirus and reunited with President Joe Biden at their Delaware beach home.
She had been isolating in South Carolina, where she tested positive for the virus as the couple wrapped up a vacation there last week. The president made a brief stop at the White House before going to Wilmington, Delaware. He arrived in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday night.
The White House announced Tuesday that the 71-year-old first lady had tested positive for the virus. She first had symptoms last Monday. Like the president, she has been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
President Biden, 79, recovered from a rebound case of the virus on Aug. 7.
Jill Biden was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and isolated for five days at the home on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, where they vacationed, before receiving negative results from two consecutive COVID-19 tests, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said Sunday.
The first lady rejoined the president in Rehoboth Beach on Sunday afternoon, an aide said.
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LONDON (AP) — Conditions are dimming at many movie theaters around the world.
Cineworld Group PLC, one of the industry’s biggest theater operators, confirmed Monday that it’s considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., as it contends with billions of dollars in debt and more empty seats in front of its screens than expected.
The British company, which owns Regal Cinemas in the United States and operates in 10 countries, said its theaters remain “open for business as usual” as it considers options for relief from its debt load. Cineworld said it expects to continue operating even after any potential filing, though its stock investors could face steep or total losses on their holdings.
Cineworld faces challenges specific to itself after building up $4.8 billion in net debt, not including lease liabilities. But the entire industry is navigating a tenuous recovery after the pandemic shut theaters worldwide.
To be sure, moviegoers have streamed back into theaters this year to see blockbusters like “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” and ”Jurassic Park: Dominion.” Industry giant Warner Discovery has said it’s doubling down on theaters and moving away from debuting films on its HBO Max streaming service.
But this summer’s $3.3 billion in ticket sales is still running nearly 20% behind the summer of 2019, before the pandemic, as of Sunday, according to data firm Comscore. And there don’t seem to be any big hits on the immediate horizon to make those numbers much better.
Cineworld said its admissions levels have recently been below expectations. And with a “limited film slate,” it expects the lower levels to continue until November. That would mean an additional crunch to its finances.
Cineworld said it’s holding talks with lenders and other major stakeholders as it reviews its financial options. It also said it expects “ultimately to continue its business over the longer term with no significant impact upon its employees.” It has about 28,000 workers, according to the company’s website.
Even if employees could make it through intact, shareholders may not. The company warned again Monday that a transaction to ease the debt on its balance sheet could hurt its stock investors.
The company’s stock in London tumbled 21.4% to the equivalent of roughly 3.8 U.S. cents. That followed a 58.3% plunge on Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported the company was preparing to file for bankruptcy protection within weeks.
Shares of other theater chains also stumbled Monday, but nowhere near as much as Cineworld. Cinemark Holdings fell 5.8% to $15.33, for example.
Its executives said earlier in August that the next two months will be challenged by a dip in new releases. But they also said they’re hopeful for a strong close of the year.
Rival AMC Entertainment has also called the upcoming film schedule relatively weak, though it’s optimistic about the end of the year and about 2023.
This year, about a third less wide-release films have been put into theaters as before the pandemic. Some of that has to do with residual delays in Hollywood’s production pipeline caused by earlier COVID-19 shutdowns and postponements. But it’s also because a lot of movies go straight to streaming.
One of the summer’s most-watched movies, the Ryan Gosling-Chris Evans action thriller “The Gray Man,” played on Netflix.
Unless films like Sony Pictures’ “Woman King,” with Viola Davis, or the buzzy Warner Bros. release “Don’t Worry Darling,” with Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, overperform expectations, the next month or two in theaters lack sure-things before “Halloween Ends” and “Black Adam” arrive in late October. Farther on the horizon, though, are a few sequels that could set box-office records: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Nov. 11) and “Avatar” (Dec. 16).
AMC’s stock fell to $10.46 from $18.02 on Friday, though it had other factors impacting the shares. Monday marked the first day of trading for the company’s new preferred equity units, which have the ticker symbol “APE.”
Investors received one share of APE for every AMC share they owned at the end of Friday. Analysts said it was similar to a two-for-one stock split, a deal that often sees a company’s share price drop by roughly half. Analysts said the new APE shares offer AMC a way to raise cash in the future, which it could use to reduce its debt.
The company last year tapped the stock market to raise cash, taking advantage of a huge run-up in its share price when it got caught up the frenzy surrounding so-called meme stocks.
Its shares rose sixfold in January 2021 and then more than doubled that May and again in June. The gains were driven by hordes of amateur investors, with some referring to themselves as “apes” willing to hold the stock regardless of whether professional Wall Street called it a bad buy.
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New Series FAST: HOME RESCUE Follows Disaster-Relief Organization, Reach Out Worldwide Founded by the Late Paul Walker, FAST & FURIOUS Franchise Star
ATLANTA, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Weather Channel television network announced a brand new rescue and recovery series, FAST: HOME RESCUE. The show follows families whose lives have been devastated by severe weather and natural disasters, and helps them rebuild stronger than before. In partnership with Reach Out Worldwide (ROWW) – a disaster relief organization founded by the late Paul Walker, star of the Fast & Furious franchise – The Weather Channel works with Cody and Felicia Walker – Paul's brother and sister-in-law and the current leaders of ROWW – to rebuild homes in the most devastated communities.
In FAST: HOME RESCUE, married couple Cody and Felicia Walker lead a team of first-responders, military veterans and construction and design professionals who augment local expertise to accelerate relief efforts. Each episode features a different deserving family and each build happens in just five days. FAST: HOME RESCUE premieres, Saturday, September 17 at 8 p.m. ET on The Weather Channel.
"The new series, FAST: HOME RESCUE is at the intersection of extreme weather events and home renovation. This transformative show reveals the destructive nature of tornadoes, fires and floods, while highlighting the powerful recovery stories of each family," said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group, parent company of The Weather Channel/Weather Group. "Viewers will experience many emotions during the 1-hour episodes, from heartbreak, to surprise, to heart-warming moments of triumph. There's no network better equipped to tell these survivors' stories than The Weather Channel."
This new series, FAST: HOME RESCUE will feature marquee advertising sponsors, including P&G brands Tide and Charmin as well as Ford and Allstate. Tide Loads of Hope initiative, which helps communities wash and get clean clothes after natural disasters, is featured as well as Charmin's Sustainability initiative Protect, Grow and Restore forests. Within an episode, Charmin highlights the restore pillar focusing on their partnership with Arbor Day Foundation to restore 1 million trees in areas that have been devastated by natural disasters by 2025. Ford will debut their new F-150 Lightning throughout the series, highlighting the Lightning's charging features that can assist homeowners affected by power outages during extreme weather events. Allstate will educate homeowners on the best ways to protect their home against the threat of extreme weather and natural disasters before and after the storm through branded content segments that align to their new brand creative.
FAST: HOME RESCUE is produced by Fight or Flight Studios and is executive produced by Rob Hill, Noah Mark and Sam Wasserman. Noah Mark also serves as showrunner. Episodes of FAST: HOME RESCUE will be available to watch on-demand after airing on broadcast via The Weather Channel's Connected Television (CTV) app. The Weather Channel CTV app is available on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Roku, Samsung, and Xfinity Flex.
Since its launch 40 years ago, The Weather Channel television network has become the top-rated and most widely distributed weather network in America. The Weather Channel television network has been the leader in severe weather coverage, providing the most comprehensive analysis of any media outlet and serving as the nation's only 24-hour source of national storm coverage. With trusted meteorologists who analyze, forecast and report the weather, its expertise is unrivaled. In 2021 and 2019, The Weather Channel won Emmy Awards for its innovative Immersive Mixed Reality technology which is changing the standard in weather presentation. The Weather Channel CTV app is available on Amazon Fire TV and Android TV and will be coming soon to Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Vizio, and Xfinity Flex. For more information visit: www.weathergroup.com.
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ARCADIA, Wis., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It was a successful weekend in Arcadia at Ashley for the Arts that took place August 11-13. The annual three-day music and arts festival hosted tens of thousands of fans with an array of headline entertainment, art and craft vendors, rows of food vendors, an inflatable air park, a lumberjack show, street performers, fireworks and so much more! The organization announced last week that more than 70 non-profit organizations that participated in the event will benefit from nearly $650,000 donated by Ashley for the Arts.
"It was an amazing year filled with an abundance of activities for the whole family," said Cole Bawek, Event Director. "As soon as you entered the grounds, you were greeted with artsy vibes throughout the 54-acre Memorial Park, and outstanding musical lineups. The Ashley for the Arts mission of showcasing the arts and supporting humanity was a true description of the weekend!"
Thursday night's kickoff event welcomed performances from Chris Kroeze, Arch Allies and Tuned Up, as well as some new activities including fireworks and a Glow Run. Hundreds of participants dressed in neon colors and glowing accessories to run for a cause, where they crossed the finish line into a pool of green, glowing foam. Proceeds from the Pursuit of a Cure Glow Run, charity raffle and luminaria sales support the advancement of medical research and help offset medical costs that cancer patients incur.
Even with the overcast skies throughout the weekend, Friday and Saturday brought steady, pleasant crowds. Memorial Park Drive was lined with nearly 100 art and craft fair vendors, all showcasing, selling and some even demonstrating their skills and works of art. Timberwork's Lumberjack Show held six shows, performing an art straight out of Wisconsin's Northwoods' logging history. The other half of the walkway showcased host sponsor, Ashley Furniture's "Ashley Zone", which highlighted a wide variety of the company's corporate social responsibility initiatives; Heartworks, City of Hope, Trempealeau Valley Co-op's Mobile Skills Lab, Ashley's Angels, conservation efforts, Wreaths Across America, and local middle and high school robotics teams.
The two ballfields held entertainment for children and families including the inflatable air park that kept the kids bouncing, interactive art projects to make and take home, a petting zoo full of fury friends, BINGO, larger than life tic-tac-toe, and more - all of which was included in the low-cost admission for the weekend.
The remainder of the ambiance held on Friday and Saturday included street performers, balloon artists, a circus trio variety street show, Painting in the Park with Cheers Pablo, 11 local school performances and three side stages full of music and family entertainment. Throughout the park, food vendors from near and far served thousands of hungry festival-goers with tasty snacks and meals.
Main Stage performances included Brooks & Dunn, Brantley Gilbert, Train, Cole Swindell, Night Ranger, Phillip Phillips, Danielle Bradbery and Morgan Wade. The crowd cheered on through the variety of country, pop and classic rock shows. A surprise touch on Friday's National Anthem brought a flyover from the F-35A Lightning II from the 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Brooks & Dunn closed the weekend with suited soldiers and red, white and blue confetti to "Only in America".
Ashley for the Arts sends a large thank you to all of the fans that came out and supported the cause, helping raise a significant amount of money for the community and enjoying the event. With support from the event's host sponsor, Ashley Furniture Industries, and numerous community and corporate sponsorships, Ashley for the Arts was able to provide affordable access to music and the arts for the entire weekend. Additionally, it took nearly 4,000 volunteer shifts to put on the one-of-a-kind non-profit event. Thank you to everyone who volunteered and to all of the emergency service and security personnel for their assistance.
Save the date for 2023, August 10, 11 and 12 in Arcadia, Wisconsin. For more information on Ashley for the Arts, visit www.AshleyfortheArts.com. "Like" Ashley for the Arts on Facebook and follow us on Instagram @AshleyfortheArts.
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Ashley for the Arts is a non-profit initiative that provides the entire family with world class entertainment, art, exercise and family fun for a remarkably low cost. The organization is one of Wisconsin's largest charity events, donating over $3 Million since its inception to more than 70 non-profit organizations, including participating schools, children's charities, and medical research. This music and arts festival was conceptualized and established by Ashley Furniture Industries in 2009 and takes place in Arcadia, Wisconsin's Memorial Park.
For more information on Ashley for the Arts, visit www.AshleyfortheArts.com. "Like" Ashley for the Arts on Facebook and follow us Instagram @AshleyfortheArts.
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Viewpoint: The year of labor — knowing your worth
UK port strike symbolizes tension between workers, employers
We all know trade doesn’t work without people, from the worker who makes the products to those who move the coveted cargo.
In recent months, we have seen the men and women responsible for the transport of goods mobilize and push back on wage offers. They realize their worth and their pivotal role in the world of capitalism. The flow of trade is, unfortunately, choking in this tug of the purse strings between employers and labor.
Just like beauty, what is considered “fair” is in the eyes of the beholder.
The latest strike at the Port of Felixstowe in the U.K. is an example of this. The union Unite rejected the 8% raise offered by the port owner, C.K. Hutchison Holding Ltd. The company recorded a 75% increase in profits for 2021. In the first half of 2022, the company’s profits declined due to lower volumes of export/import cargo handled in the Hong Kong port.
Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, recently said C.K. Hutchison Holding prioritized shareholder profits over worker welfare.
“They can give Felixstowe workers a decent pay raise. It’s clear both companies have prioritized delivering multimillion-pound profits and dividends rather than paying their workers a decent wage,” Graham said.
A statement on the port’s website said the company was disappointed the walkout had gone ahead and called its offer of salary increases of on average 8% fair.
According to the CNBC Supply Chain Heat Map for Europe, trade has been strangled over the wage dispute.
Based on trade data analysis by MDS Transmodal, the total value of containers impacted by the eight-day strike is estimated at $4.7 billion.
It takes weeks — not days — for trade to right itself. According to Crane Worldwide Logistics, the backlog created by this strike will take at least two months to clear out.
“First talks with shipping lines have started to deviate containers,” explained Andrea Braun, Europe, Middle East and Africa Ocean product director at Crane Worldwide Logistics. “However, there are few alternatives to move containers to other ports. Ocean carrier lines are already facing congestion and container mess in the other ports.”
Maersk, the second-largest ocean carrier in the world, has omitted three vessel calls during the strike. In a statement, Maersk said, “We expect the strike action to have a significant impact to the vessel line-up and are working along with vessel partners to mitigate risk and disruption as much as possible.”
SONAR data shows the drop in ocean bookings from Felixstowe to all ports ahead of the news of the planned strike.
Josh Brazil, vice president of supply chain insights for project44, said the supply chain is going to face more pressures with congestion expected to worsen across Europe with an increase in blank sailings and the container rollovers.
“European ports have floundered in their attempts to reconcile with their striking labor force. causing ports like Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremerhaven to struggle with accommodating vessels, leading to vessel queuing off their coast,” he said. “The average cargo lead time for the trans-Atlantic route has climbed to 27 days in July, close to its all-time high of 29 days at the start of the year.”
Antonella Teodoro, senior consultant at MDS Transmodal, told American Shipper this is going to increase inflation on products being moved along this trade route.
“With retailers getting ready for the approaching festivities (Halloween and Christmas), the strike at the port of Felixstowe has the potential to disrupt the U.K. supply chain at a crucial time,” explained Teodoro. “Assuming that other Southern ports in the U.K. (Southampton and London Gateway) or continental ports have spare capacity to handle additional cargo, shipping lines could divert their ships. The rerouting, however, would not eliminate the risk of longer delivery times and higher costs, which can only worsen the U.K. economy already affected by high inflation. This goes beyond a ‘logistics problem,’ as the increase in cost can be felt by the final consumers.”
If you think this is only a U.S. import problem or a U.K. inflation problem, think again. This could impact the arrival of products for the holidays in the United States.
“It takes on average a week for containers to clear out of the port, and then a week to schedule a pickup by truck,” said one logistics manager. “You are looking at the second half of November at the earliest to have products arrive at stores to be put on store shelves.”
American Shipper reviewed the bills of lading and customs data to see the impact. The list is lengthy. Some notable names listed were Amazon, General Mills, Loreal, GSK and Bacardi. Also listed were Diageo, the company that owns Guinness, and Suntory beverage, which owns Jim Beam, Kellogg and Mars Foods.
This strike will impact U.S. exporters as well. The timing of the arrival of their goods in the U.K. for the holidays is also a concern.
Also in large quantity are lumber and agricultural exports. Almonds, peanuts, walnuts, pistachios and cranberries head to Felixstowe, and delays impact these perishable goods.
Other product categories that are processed through Felixstowe are furniture, computers and auto parts.
The wave of labor strife is far from over.
In Germany, you have round 10 of talks between trade union verdi and the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS). Braun told American Shipper he is concerned about another strike now that the court-imposed no-strike has expired. The backlog is so bad for trade it will take until the first quarter of 2023 to clear out. That’s if a deal is made. If not, this hairball of wage discontent will only grow and it is spreading.
September no better
In September, Liverpool, England, dockworkers are expected to strike. The options for trade to move unencumbered are dwindling fast for logistics managers.
Here in the U.S., there’s a threat of 115,000 U.S. rail workers walking off the job on Sept. 16. Last week, the White House-appointed Presidential Emergency Board released its recommendations. Both sides have 30 days to accept. If they don’t, the rail workers are allowed to strike.
“A railroad strike would be more detrimental to the flow of trade than the ILWU striking,” one logistics CEO told American Shipper. “It would severely impact trucking.” Approximately 40% of long-distance freight is moved by rail. One-third of all U.S. exports are moved by rail.
The most recent U.S. rail strike in 1992 reportedly cost the U.S. economy $50 million per day. The National Association of Manufacturers revised that number to a daily loss of $7.5 billion.
Fears of a strike by the longshoremen on the West Coast continue to add to congestion on the East Coast. Project44 data shows container dwell times on the West Coast are on the rise again, increasing by 10% month over month in July. The Port of New York and New Jersey is up a staggering 1,153% year over year. Meanwhile, dwell times are roughly staying level at 4.48 days on the East Coast and 3.86 days in the Gulf.
Negotiations between labor and employers are different this time because of the pandemic. Employers have made record profits based on the work of labor moving the historic volumes of trade. The unions are flexing their muscles. The question is: Will the employer loosen those purse strings? Inflation and the global supply chain depend on a compromise sooner rather than later.
The CNBC Supply Chain Heat Map data providers are AI and predictive analytics company Everstream Analytics; global freight booking platform Freightos, creator of the Freightos Baltic Dry Index; logistics provider OL USA; supply chain intelligence platform FreightWaves; supply chain platform Blume Global; third-party logistics provider Orient Star Group; marine analytics firm MarineTraffic; maritime visibility data company Project44; maritime transport data company MDS Transmodal UK; ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform Xeneta; leading provider of research and analysis Sea-Intelligence ApS; Crane Worldwide Logistics; DHL Global Forwarding; freight logistics provider Seko Logistics; and Planet, provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions. | https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-the-year-of-labor-knowing-your-worth | 2022-08-22T22:23:13Z | https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-the-year-of-labor-knowing-your-worth | true |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
452 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...Strong line of thunderstorms will impact portions of central
Trinity, Burleson, northern Grimes, Brazos, northwestern Washington,
Houston, Madison and northern Walker Counties through 515 PM CDT...
At 451 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong line of
thunderstorms extending from 6 miles northwest of Kennard to 6 miles
northeast of Caldwell. Movement was southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
College Station, Bryan, Crockett, Madisonville, Caldwell, Austonio,
Apple Springs, Trinity, Somerville, Lovelady, Snook, Bedias, Kurten,
Kennard, Latexo, Wixon Valley, Millican, Lake Somerville Dam, Kyle
Field and Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway.
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.
LAT...LON 3073 9662 3070 9656 3074 9646 3091 9635
3107 9605 3109 9577 3129 9570 3155 9525
3128 9488 3124 9487 3021 9666 3025 9670
3030 9664 3032 9674 3056 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 304DEG 12KT 3143 9527 3061 9665
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 21 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, Sue Bird added season highs of 18 points and 10 assists, and the Seattle Storm beat the Washington Mystics 97-84 on Sunday to sweep their opening-round series.
No. 4 seed Seattle plays top-seeded Las Vegas in the second round. The best-of-five series begins next Sunday in Las Vegas.
Jewell Loyd was 5 of 10 from 3-point range and finished with 19 points for the Storm. Gabby Williams, who suffered a concussion in the third quarter and did not return, scored 14 points and Tina Charles added 10.
Ariel Atkins hit a 3-pointer 13 seconds into the third quarter to give the Mystics a 46-45 lead, but Stewart answered with a 3 on the other end and Seattle never again trailed. Stewart made a fade-away jumper to stretch the Storm’s lead to 17 points with 6 minutes to play.
Natasha Cloud made 5 of 8 from 3-point range and finished with 21 points for Washington. Atkins added 15 points and seven assists, Elena Delle Donne and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 12 points apiece, and Alysha Clark 10.
The Storm made 35 of 63 (55.6%) from the field, shot 52.2% (12 of 23) from 3-point range. finished with 27 assists and committed a season-low eight turnovers.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found, according to court documents.
Twitter and Musk are headed for an Oct. 17 trial in Delaware that should determine whether or not Twitter can force the billionaire to go through with the acquisition.
Twitter has subpoenaed a host of tech investors and entrepreneurs connected to Musk, including prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and David Sacks, the founding chief operating officer of PayPal.
Musk has claimed that Twitter failed to provide adequate information about the number of fake, or “spam bot,” Twitter accounts, and that it has breached its obligations under the deal by firing top managers and laying off a significant number of employees. Musk’s team expects more information about the bot numbers to be revealed in the trial court discovery process, when both sides must hand over evidence.
Twitter argues that Musk’s reasons for backing out are just a cover for buyer’s remorse. Shortly after Musk agreed to pay 38% above Twitter’s stock price, the stock market stumbled and shares of the electric-car maker Tesla, where most of Musk’s personal wealth resides, lost more than $100 billion of their value.
The subpoena was served last week. It asks Dorsey for documents and communications related to the acquisition, as well as information on the effect of fake or spam accounts on Twitter’s business and its measurement of daily active users.
A lawyer representing Dorsey did not immediately respond to a message for comment on Monday. | https://www.fox16.com/technology/ap-technology/musk-subpoenas-former-twitter-ceo-and-friend-jack-dorsey/ | 2022-08-22T22:24:33Z | https://www.fox16.com/technology/ap-technology/musk-subpoenas-former-twitter-ceo-and-friend-jack-dorsey/ | false |
ROSWELL, Ga., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Imerys today announced that it has signed and closed an agreement to sell its Sahuarita Arizona operation to Cimbar Performance Minerals, a global leader in the delivery of performance mineral-based additive solutions specializing in barium sulfate, talc, and alumina trihydrate (ATH). Cimbar Performance Minerals is headquartered in Chatsworth, Georgia and operates 16 production sites in the United States, Mexico, China and Pakistan. Financial details were not disclosed.
Imerys Sahuarita Arizona operation produces dry coarse and screen grade calcium carbonate and is operating on more than 40 acres in Sahuarita Arizona. The business is #1 High Brightness GCC supplier in the state of Arizona and serves several end markets including building and infrastructure (cement and chips), joint compounds, and agriculture (animal feed).
"In Cimbar, we have a partner that shares our team's passion for delivering outstanding customer outcomes," said Jim Murberger, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Imerys Performance Minerals Americas. "Our goal was to find a new home for our Sahuarita Arizona operation where it can leverage its full potential. Cimbar is an excellent fit for our employees and business."
Imerys Sahuarita Arizona business is a well-designed operation with a history of operational excellence. It has a well established position in the local market and access to high quality reserves.
The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with €4.4 billion revenue and 17,000 employees in 2021, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to diversified industrial sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and its material science know-how to deliver solutions based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers' products and performance, including refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.
For more information: www.imerys.com
Contact:
Paul Michael Flake
Imerys Performance Minerals Americas
100 Mansell Court East, Roswell, GA 30076
Ph. (404)259-1136
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Closing your laptop at 5 p.m. Doing only assigned tasks. Spending more time with family. These are some practices in the workplace trend of "quiet quitting" — which some experts say is a misnomer.
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Russell Report: College Football Returns
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Finally...Finally...The long hot summer is coming to a close and that means the start of the college football season. It begins this weekend with week zero and unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of great games, even good games. But who cares? We can start talking college football. And there will be a definite Gator flavor to broadcasts of games as Urban Meyer is back on the big noon Fox pregame show, Dan Mullen and Chris Doering will be doing studio work for ESPN and the SEC Network!
The SEC is loaded again and again, Alabama is a big favorite to win the league with Georgia right behind. But what about after that? That’s where it gets interesting. Most people agree new Gator Coach Billy Napier has a bit of rebuilding to do at Florida and many wonder exactly where Florida sits in the SEC pecking order. The good news is we’ll get to start to figure that out right away, as Florida opens SEC play at home with Kentucky and then goes to Tennessee. The middle of the league is so bunched right now; it will be fun and interesting to see where teams located there end up. Arkansas is better, Ole Miss is better, teams that used to be pushovers. And with Florida down a peg or two, it will have to fight and scratch to get back to the top of the pecking order and that’s not as easy to do because of the improvement of other teams in the league that negates easy league wins.
As a new season starts, fans will have to get used to the changes in the sport, with name, image, and likeness being one of the new things coaches, administrators, and players are dealing with. Frankly, because there were no initial guidelines concerning NIL, it’s become the wild, wild west in some places. The NCAA says it will actively investigate potential abuses of nil transactions, but it also sent a letter out to its member institutions asking for their help in policing potential abuses. Maybe I’m naive, but do you think schools that are reaping the benefits of huge NIL deals and collectives are going to self-report? Remember, the NCAA has issued guidelines but there really aren’t any hard and fast rules when it comes to NIL.
But for now, who cares about that? We’ve got Vanderbilt playing Hawaii this weekend, we’ve got Florida State in action, we’ve got Nebraska playing Northwestern, and we’ve got Wyoming facing Illinois. In short, we’ve got college football again, and after an offseason of conference re-alignment, transfer issues, coaching hires and fires, and new multi-billion dollar television deals, isn’t great to just to watch and talk about college football on the field again? You bet it is! I’m Steve Russell, that’s the Russell Report!
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AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — Texas students will soon get a lesson on … Taylor Swift.
This semester, the University of Texas at Austin will offer a course looking into Swift’s expansive discography. Just ask any T. Swift fan, or “Swiftie,” and they’ll tell you her lyricism and songwriting is unmatched. Have you heard “All Too Well”?
The course is being taught to undergraduates in the Liberal Arts Honors program by English professor Elizabeth Scala.
Part of what makes Swift’s songs a good canvas for a literature course is that Swift is an autobiographical and topical songwriter, Scala said.
Students in the course will look at “literary traditions and forms through a distinctly contemporary lens,” according to the course announcement. They’ll also be comparing her work to Western literature like Shakespeare, Keats and Frost.
“I want to take what Swift fans can already do at a sophisticated level, tease it out for them a bit with a different vocabulary, and then show them how, in fact, Swift draws on richer literary traditions in her songwriting, both topically but also formally in terms of how she uses references, metaphors, and clever manipulations of words,” Scala said.
It’s not the only university course on a pop icon in the state. Texas State University will soon offer a course on Harry Styles starting in spring 2023. | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/texas-university-offers-course-on-taylor-swift/ | 2022-08-22T22:30:10Z | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/texas-university-offers-course-on-taylor-swift/ | false |
LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew will be the subject of a satirical TV musical in the latest season of shows from U.K. broadcaster Channel 4.
Queen Elizabeth II’s second son stood down from royal duties after a disastrous interview in November 2019 discussing his ties with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a special BBC Newsnight program.
Channel 4 said the interview, widely regarded as a public relations catastrophe for the Duke of York, will be “reimagined” as part of the musical. Critics tore into the prince for appearing to show no empathy for the abused victims of Epstein, who killed himself in prison in August 2019.
Comedian Kieran Hodgson is to lead a cast of comics in “Prince Andrew: The Musical,” a 60-minute program described as a “satirical send-up of the life and times” of the duke set to a musical score.
The show is part of a 40-year anniversary season of shows called “Truth or Dare” for Britain’s fourth TV broadcaster, which launched in 1982. It has not yet been announced exactly when it will air.
Andrew has been in U.K. headlines for years due to his marriage and divorce with Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson.
But he has tried to stay out of the public spotlight after reaching a multimillion-pound settlement last year with a woman who filed a U.S. lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault when she was 17. Andrew was stripped of his honorary military titles in January and told he can no longer use the title “his royal highness.”
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Kimble County in west central Texas...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 352 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches 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...
Segovia, The Intersection Of I-10 And Us 290, I-10 Near The
Kimble-Kerr County Line and Us-83 Near The Kerr-Kimble County Line.
This includes the following Low Water Crossings...
Old Segovia Rd. crossing Johnson Fork, County Road 430 crossing
Johnson Fork, County Road 430 crossing Joy Creek and KC 451 crossing
Johnson Fork.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 between Mile Markers 464 and 477.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
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To put it simply, the universe's most massive known star is less massive than scientists once believed. But even docked a few levels, this staggering ball of gas is still the universe's most massive known star. That's how utterly huge it is.
Lovingly named R136a1, the luminous giant lives 160,000 light-years from Earth in the center of a stunning, stringy star factory known as the Tarantula Nebula. Last week, astronomers announced that celestial observations collected with the Gemini South Telescope in Chile produced the sharpest image ever taken of it -- thus unveiling its true heft.
For years, data suggested this star held a mass somewhere between 250 to 350 times the sun's. But according to the team's study slated to appear in The Astrophysical Journal, the new view indicates it's more like 170 to 230 times the mass of our host star.
Nevertheless, R136a1 is a gleaming monster.
"Even with this lower estimate, R136a1 still qualifies as the most massive known star," the research team said in a press release.
For context, the Earth has a mass of around (don't think about this number, just feel it) 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms. Jupiter's mass is 318 times even that. This all accounts for just two worlds in our cosmic neighborhood. And yet the sun comprises 99.8% of the mass of the entire solar system. If that hurt your brain, another way to think about the size discrepancy is something like a million Earths could fit inside the sun.
So, yeah. R136a1 is between 170 and 230 times more massive than the sun. Do with this information what you will.
For the purpose of scientific advancement, "this suggests that the upper limit on stellar masses may also be smaller than previously thought," Venu M. Kalari, an astronomer at the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab and lead author of the paper, said in the release.
Plus, Kalari's results might implicate our understanding of certain elements in the universe, particularly those created from the explosive deaths of stars with over 150 solar masses -- the ones that went with the biggest of bangs.
OK, but why didn't we know this before?
Basically, the universe's most spectacular, scorching and humongous stars are also typically its most fleeting, faraway and mysterious ones.
First of all, really massive stellar bodies tend to exist inside densely populated star clusters that are concealed by residual stardust, like R136a1 resides within the Tarantula Nebula. That makes it pretty difficult for terrestrial equipment to discern precise qualities of a colossal star of interest -- other stars kind of interfere with observations.
"Giant stars also live fast and die young," according to the NOIRLab, an organization that operates the Gemini South Telescope, "burning through their fuel reserves in only a few million years. In comparison, our sun is less than halfway through its 10 billion year lifespan." Aka, there's a bit of a time limit for the already-daunting task of identifying super massive stars within a dust-shrouded star cluster.
Here's where the Gemini South Telescope comes in.
To image R136a1 with unprecedented clarity, this machine used a special instrument called Zorro to get around some (giant) stargazing hurdles. Zorro used a technique known as speckle imaging, which helped the telescope overcome the blurring effect caused by Earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric blurring poses such a big barrier for telescope observations that, in fact, this was the reason NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990. At the time, the goal was to get a lens above our planet's atmosphere for beautiful, clear cosmic pictures.
Still on the ground, however, Zorro circumvented the atmospheric blur issue in a different way. It essentially took thousands of short-exposure R136a1 images, which were then digitally processed by the study team.
"Given the right conditions, an 8.1-meter telescope pushed to its limits can rival not only the Hubble Space Telescope when it comes to angular resolution, but also the James Webb Space Telescope," Ricardo Salinas, co-author of the paper and instrument scientist for Zorro, said in the release. "This observation pushes the boundary of what is considered possible using speckle imaging."
The eventual image conglomerate was sharp enough to allow the team to separate R136a1's brightness from luminescence shed by stellar companions in its vicinity, which led to a lower estimate of its brightness, and therefore mass. "Astronomers are able to estimate a star's mass by comparing its observed brightness and temperature with theoretical predictions," according to the NOIRLab.
"We began this work as an exploratory observation to see how well Zorro could observe this type of object," Kalari said. "While we urge caution when interpreting our results, our observations indicate that the most massive stars may not be as massive as once thought." | https://www.cnet.com/science/space/universes-most-massive-known-star-captured-with-unprecedented-clarity/ | 2022-08-22T22:36:03Z | https://www.cnet.com/science/space/universes-most-massive-known-star-captured-with-unprecedented-clarity/ | true |
MISSOURI CITY, Texas, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lufkin is pleased to announce the appointment of Brent Baumann as Chief Executive Officer effective August 22, 2022.
Mr. Baumann has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry. He most recently served as Senior Vice President Global Product Lines & Chief Technology Officer at Weatherford International, following his role as President of Weatherford's Completions and Production Segments. Prior to Weatherford, Mr. Baumann held senior leadership roles at Schlumberger LTD and Cameron International Corporation.
Mr. Baumann is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and later earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior to his corporate career, Mr. Baumann served as an officer in the U.S. Army for seven years, where he led teams in multiple operations domestically and during deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.
"I am incredibly excited to join Lufkin, which has a legacy extending back over a century and a very bright future as a leader in its industry," Mr. Baumann said.
Lufkin would like to thank Saeid Rahimian for his leadership in establishing Lufkin as a strong independent company.
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The Pentagon is sending new weapons and equipment to Ukraine that will better prepare its military to fight Russian troops at closer ranges, potentially signaling that Kyiv and its backers see an opportunity to retake lost ground after weeks of grinding artillery duels along the front lines.
The latest package appears to be a first step toward addressing some of the shortfalls in the weaponry Ukrainian forces would need to launch a counterattack, particularly across mined areas in the approach to well-entrenched Russian positions. A successful offensive would include an ability to attack from a variety of distances.
The nearly $800 million in assistance announced Friday will include 40 bomb-resistant vehicles with rollers attached to their front, which help detonate mines, and lighter howitzers that are easier to move than the more powerful guns the U.S. has previously sent. The aid will also include recoilless rifles with a range of few hundred meters and missile launchers limited to less than three miles — much closer than the current distance between Ukrainian and Russian units in many places.
“The mine-clearing is a really good example of how the Ukrainians will need this sort of capability to be able to push their forces forward and retake territory,” a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Friday. “These are capabilities that are enhancing the Ukrainians’ mobility as they look at this very challenging environment in southern Ukraine, in particular.” The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon.
The armored vehicles known as MRAPs, an iconic vehicle in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, would shield troops from explosions and small-arms fire while triggering mines with rollers that project from the front like lobster antennae.
U.S. security aid in recent months has focused on long-range rockets and howitzers such as multiple-launch precision rocket systems, known as HIMARS, to support Ukraine in the brutal artillery fight in the eastern Donbas region. Those weapons have been effective at precisely targeting enemy command posts and ammunition depots, and have led to a reduction in the scale of Russia’s shelling. But they have not shifted the front lines.
“We haven’t seen a significant retake of territory, but we do see a significant weakening of Russian positions in a variety of locations,” the senior official said.
Ukrainian troops have struggled to punch through Russian-held territory or capitalize on earlier counteroffensives, such as one near Kherson in June that liberated villages in the region. Ukrainian forces have not made much progress since then, and have found themselves exposed in flat terrain as Russian troops surge artillery units into the area and launch reconnaissance missions to probe Ukrainian defenses.
The TOW missiles being sent to Ukraine can either be set up on a heavy tripod or loaded onto the back of a vehicle like a Humvee. That setup allows troops to launch a missile and quickly depart to avoid return fire — a technique known as “shoot and scoot.”
The Humvees can also be used to haul newly provided 105mm howitzers, which trade power and range for ease of transport and maneuverability compared to the heavier M777 howitzers the U.S. has already sent.
The package also includes 2,000 rounds for Carl Gustav recoilless rifles. The weapons are carried by infantrymen to fire 84mm rounds at vehicles and fighting positions within a few hundred meters.
Rob Lee, a senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute and expert on the Russian military, cautioned that the most recent Pentagon package is not proof that an offensive is coming. Elements of the aid may have other uses, and some parts, such as the MRAPs, may not be ideal for close combat because of their high silhouette and visibility, but are better than the alternative of unarmored trucks.
Other weapons, Lee said, suggest a possible desire on the part of the Pentagon to provide weapons but draw from stocks they were already divesting in, rather than dipping into critical reserves and harming readiness by shipping expensive or advanced weapons. The U.S. has already eyed retiring vehicles like Humvees and MRAPs and weapons like the TOW.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if there was an economic element to this,” Lee said. Some newly provided weapons could also be useful in the artillery fight in the east or an offensive in the south, such as using the ScanEagle drone and radar-detecting missiles in tandem to find and destroy Russian air defense systems. Removing those from the battlefield would allow troops to harness their own drones in a counterattack and move more freely around the battlefield.
A classic counteroffensive with a lot of troops and vehicles may not be the best strategy anyway, Lee said. Ukraine has found success bombarding Russians with long-range rockets and sabotaging positions in occupied Crimea, undermining confidence that Russians far from the battlefield are safe.
“I don’t know if they have the forces to do it,” Lee said of an offensive in Kherson. An attrition strategy, he said, “makes the most sense for Ukraine.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/22/us-weapons-ukraine-offensive/ | 2022-08-22T22:44:16Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/22/us-weapons-ukraine-offensive/ | false |
BALTIMORE — FEMA was in town today to talk about ways to prevent flooding in South Baltimore.
Neighbors say flooding is a constant problem when the weather is bad in Cherry Hill.
And today, FEMA awarded a $32 million grant to support the first phase of the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative.
The grant still needs to be approved by congress.
The money will fund projects along the middle branch of the Patapsco River to keep neighborhoods in South Baltimore safe in storms.
"This project is both innovative and visionary. And yet it is also a long time in the making the goal of restoring the ecology of the middle branch both for its own sake and for the health and enjoyment of South Baltimore residents" said Mayor Brandon Scott.
The project includes nature based solutions and aims to keep a natural look while also preventing flooding.
The mayor says the work will start in the next few years. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/fema-visits-baltimore-to-help-prevent-flooding-in-south-baltimore | 2022-08-22T22:45:58Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/fema-visits-baltimore-to-help-prevent-flooding-in-south-baltimore | true |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Kinney County in south central Texas...
Southeastern Val Verde County in south central Texas...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 525 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up 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.
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Not only will a flavorful marinade make your meat recipes tender, but it will make them delicious too
Some cuts of meat can be tough, so what do you do about this dilemma when you want to improve the results of meaty main courses? Our cooking and baking expert, Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef Andrea Boudewijn recommended using a marinade.
While some home cooks may question the effectiveness of soaking and basting the meat in marinade to soften the texture, Boudewijn said that the right ingredients will definitely have a tenderizing effect. The Pyrex 3-Piece Glass Measuring Cup Set, McCormick’s Grill Mates Everyday Grilling Variety Pack , the Cuisinart Griddler and other essentials are included in this article to help you achieve delicious results.
How do meat marinades work?
Regardless of your favorite types of meats to prepare, you’ll improve the texture and flavor when you marinate them before cooking. Boudewijn explained how marinades work.
“Marinades not only add flavor, texture and color to a dish but can make meats more tender. The two main ways to do this is by adding enzymes like mango or papaya or an acidic element like lemon juice or vinegar to your marinade,” she said. “Enzymes and acids penetrate the meat and actually break down the fibrous tissue, making it softer on the teeth, more pliable for cutting, and it allows other flavors in the marinade like soy sauce, honey, and onion powder to absorb more easily in the cuts you’re serving.”
Boudewijn added that salt assists enzymes in reacting and softening meat but is optional. So if you or someone you are cooking for is on a low-sodium diet, you can skip the extra salt and still get great results when you follow Boudewijn’s advice for marinade ingredients.
Meats that typically require marinating
Tough, dense cuts of red meat like brisket, chuck roast and bottom round are examples of the types of meats that benefit the most from marinades, Boudewijn said. She added advice about the best time recommended for marinating. “Never marinate meat longer than 24 hours — less time if marinating small cuts. Twelve hours tends to be a good all-around amount of time.”
The best ingredients for marinades
Some ingredients work better than others for tenderizing meat. Our expert recommends using ingredients with a high acid content for the marinade, including vinegar, pineapple, mango, citrus juice, buttermilk, kiwi, yogurt, papaya and other acidic foods. “The more acid, the faster/deeper the softening process,” Boudewijn said.
Tips
- Use marinades to add flavor to your favorite meats. “Your Thanksgiving turkey, ribs, steaks, chicken breasts, fajita meat, Moroccan lamb and more benefit greatly from the added flavors,” Boudewijn said.
- Give certain types of meats a boost of color by marinating them. Our expert gave an example of how this use of meat marinade works. “Swordfish cubed and soaked in a red wine marinade comes out the most beautiful shade of lavender and looks so interesting contrasted with green when served on a banana leaf. We eat with our eyes first, so color and presentation are almost as important as flavor,” she said.
- Use a meat tenderizer mallet as an alternative to a marinade. Boudewijn said this simple kitchen gadget works best on boneless steaks. You should place boneless chicken in a thick freezer bag before using a meat tenderizer, and fish doesn’t need to be pounded, she added.
- Keep storage bags and containers on hand. They’ll be useful during the meat tenderizing process.
- Take inventory of your kitchen gadgets. Some of the tools Boudewijn recommends having on hand when marinating meat include a barbecue mop, a pastry brush and a baster.
- Fire up the barbecue grill. Toss marinated meat on it for mouth-watering results.
- Have side, bar or dish towels ready for clean-up. Keep them close by while marinating meat to wipe up any splashes or spills quickly.
Boudewijn’s marinade recipe
We asked our expert for ideas for making a marinade that will make your favorite meats tender and tempting.
“There are so many good ingredients to include in your marinade. Mine is simple and usually contains some combo of soy sauce, onion powder, smoked salt, freshly ground pepper and fruit juice. There are lots of other ingredients you can use though!”
- vinegar, all kinds
- fruit and fruit juices
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- tomato
- honey (truffle honey, yum)
- wine
- liquor
- chile powder
- shallot
- cinnamon
- cardamom
- and more!
Best items for marinating meat
Pyrex 3-Piece Glass Measuring Cup Set
A measuring cup set will be useful for measuring and pouring marinade. The Pyrex set of three includes 1-cup, 2-cup and 4-cup sizes. Each one is made of strong tempered glass and includes a spout for added convenience.
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McCormick Grill Mates Everyday Grilling Variety Pack
Made by a top brand in spices, this set includes four tasty spice combinations that will give your meat marinades flavors that pop.
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Once your meat is marinated, it’s simple to cook it on a panini press. The Griddler doubles as a grill, as it features a versatile hinge that makes it possible to use the machine in the open or closed position. The temperature controls are easy to operate to achieve perfect cooking temperatures.
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Farberware Measuring Spoons, Set of 5
When you spice up your meat marinade, a set of measuring spoons will guide you in achieving precise flavoring. This affordable set includes five color-coded spoons.
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Nordic Ware Baker’s Delight 3-Piece Baking Sheet Set
Boudewijn said baking sheets are ideal for roasting marinated meat in the oven. Made by a top brand, this set includes a half sheet, quarter sheet and jelly roll pan.
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Chicago Metallic Professional Roast Pan
A spacious size, nonstick cook surface and aluminized steel construction make this roast pan ideal for large cuts of meat after they’ve soaked up a flavorful marinade.
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KitchenAid Gourmet Utility Whisk
Whipping the ingredients of your marinade together won’t take much effort when you use a whisk. This one has a thick handle that’s simple to grip and a stainless steel top that resists corrosion.
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OXO Good Grips 16-Inch Locking Tongs
Tongs are essential for placing the meat in the marinade, then moving to the grill or a pan for roasting. OXO Good Grips tongs are long, durable and feature an easy-to-grip handle that resists slipping during use.
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If you decide to salt your marinade, a unique salt like these sea salt flakes will make it easy to achieve the right flavor without adding too little or too much.
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It’s easy to roast small pieces of marinated meat on skewers for flavor-rich shish kebab. This set includes 10 skewers made of durable stainless steel. A storage bag is included.
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While Eureka has a new playing surface, Fieldcrest has a new but familiar face on the sidelines. Here is a capsule view of each squad:
Eureka
As of three weeks ago, McCollum Field officially changed from grass to turf.
“They’re really excited,” noted Hornets’ coach Jason Bachman. “It’s just such a great surface to practice and play on. It’ll make the games more entertaining where we can utilize our speed.”
The Hornets welcome back 17 starters off a 6-4 team that reached the playoffs for the fifth consecutive time. They lost 24-6 in the opening round of three A at Paxton-Buckley-Loda.
About all of the offense returns, highlighted by a four-headed senior receiving group of first team Heart of Illinois Conference choice in Justis Bachman (45 catches, 485 yards), the son of the coach, first team league pick Drew Dingledine (32-422), Camron Manning (29-371) and Carson Gold (21-321).
“It’s not just one guy. We have two, three, four guys plus we can go to the backfield,” said Jason Bachman, who enters his 10th season as coach with a 44-39 record. “This is probably the first time in the history of Eureka football we can attack all areas of the field. Hopefully, we can move the football.”
Eureka scored 272 points in ’21.
The Hornets’ defense will be led by senior Dakota Wiegand, who registered 83 tackles, 17 for losses and a program record 12 quarterback sacks on his way to first team HOIC honors. Senior Zech Lapp plus juniors Mason Boles and John McDonald return at linebacker. Senior Rylan Bachman, no relation to Justis or Jason Bachman, will shift from linebacker into the secondary. He missed six games in ’21 due to a broken ankle,
Eureka allowed 204 points and shut out two foes.
“Our greatest strength is our speed,” said Jason Bachman of his defense, “We’re not big, but we have some great athletes. Hopefully, we can make plays. It’s about swarming to the ball and getting a lot of hats on the ballcarrier.”
The Hornets welcome Canton to McCollum for a 7 p.m. contest on Friday. The Little Giants, who are members of the Mid-Illini Conference, posted a 3-6 record a season ago. This is the first meeting between the programs. Nick Wright enters his third season with a 4-8 record. His father, Chuck, oversaw the Little Giants from ’04 to ’08 and is on the staff as assistant quarterbacks’ coach
Notes: Canton replaces Roxana on the schedule
Fieldcrest
The sixth head coach in program history is the first to be an alumnus, as Nick Meyer takes over for Mike Freeman. Meyer has two individuals he has known forever on staff in father, Craig, and older brother, Zach. Pops handles special teams, while his sibling assists with the offense.
“To me, it’s been great. It’s pretty surreal to come up and have my dad coach me and my brother. It’s non-stop football,” Nick Meyer said. “It’s fun, but I think Mom (Cindy) does not agree with that sometimes.”
Nick Meyer graduated from Fieldcrest in 2011 and assisted while an undergraduate at Illinois State University. He also was an assistant at his alma mater in ’17.
The Knights return 18 starters off the ’21 squad that went 0-9.
Fieldcrest will look about the same on offense with one noticeable exception. They will operate a two-quarterback system with juniors Koltin Kearfott and Brady Ruestman. Kearfott threw for 1,038 yards in six games, but missed the last three due to grades, while Ruestman was sidelined the entire season with a broken foot.
“Nothing too different,” said Meyer from a schematic standpoint. “We’ve had a lot of success with Coach (Brett) Cazalet in the late 2000s and with Coach (Derek) Schneeman. For us, it’s trying to utilize our athletes.”
Sophomore running back Eddie Lorton started the last three games behind center. The receiving corps returns senior Landon Modro (29 catches, 455 yards) junior Jozia Johnson plus senior tight end Trenton Topolski. Upfront sees senior co-captains in Aiden Harstead and Carter Stimpert along with senior Coltin Perry. The Knights tallied 92 points and 1,726 yards of total offense (492 rushing and 1,234 passing) in ’21.
Fieldcrest surrendered a total of 411 points a season ago. Harstead, Stimpert and Perry return on the interior along with linebackers Modro and junior Loren Gensler, Johnson and Lorton in the secondary.
“In the HOIC, you may see a spread offense one week and then a double tight, double wing the next two weeks,” pointed out Meyer. “For us, we have to adjust to what the opponent is going to do.”
The Knights entertain Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in Friday’s 7 p.m. opener from Veteran’s Park. Like the hosts, the Falcons have a new coach in Chad Augspurger, who was promoted from defensive coordinator to replace Mike Allen. Last season, GCMS went 4-5. The last time the programs met was March 20 of ’21 when Fieldcrest came out on top 21-14. GCMS leads the all-time series seven to five
Notes: At the moment, the Knights have just eight games on the schedule, as Fisher was force to cancel due to low numbers. That wiped out a trip to Champaign County on Sept. 9. There are 37 players out, an increase of eight from ’21. Thirteen of the 37 are sophomores. Three new assistants for the Knights are Austin Dutko, Nate Hayner and Grant Jochums. | https://pantagraph.com/community/wcj/sports/football-preview-newness-abound-for-the-locals/article_b12825f0-2268-11ed-a42e-5b7ab01594b4.html | 2022-08-22T22:51:00Z | https://pantagraph.com/community/wcj/sports/football-preview-newness-abound-for-the-locals/article_b12825f0-2268-11ed-a42e-5b7ab01594b4.html | false |
Shares of DexCom Inc.
DXCM,
-0.95%
dropped 0.95% to $84.30 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
-2.14%
falling 2.14% to 4,137.99 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.91%
falling 1.91% to 33,063.61. This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of losses. DexCom Inc. closed $80.56 short of its 52-week high ($164.86), which the company reached on November 18th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
-0.35%
fell 0.35% to $167.59, Abbott Laboratories
ABT,
-2.37%
fell 2.37% to $107.45, and Medtronic PLC
MDT,
-2.01%
fell 2.01% to $93.09. Trading volume (2.6 M) remained 271,189 below its 50-day average volume of 2.9 M.
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NASCAR Power Rankings: Kyle Larson rises after Watkins Glen win originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
After winning the second race of the 2022 season at California, defending Cup champion Kyle Larson still looked invincible.
But since that victory, Larson has struggled to find his 2021 form, picking up nine top-fives and seven finishes of 15th or worse over 22 races. All those troubles were forgotten on Sunday when he won at Watkins Glen, aggressively passing his teammate Chase Elliott on the final restart.
Next week’s race at Daytona marks the regular season finale, with 15 of the 16 playoff spots locked up. That means there will be 15 other drivers eager to win at the “World Center of Racing,” as a victory is the only way to secure the final playoff spot.
So, who’s the driver to beat as the regular season winds down? Here’s our latest power rankings:
1. Chase Elliott
Sports
Last week: 1
Elliott still finished fourth after Larson’s move, and in the process he secured the regular season championship (which gives him 15 extra playoff points). While he was visibly angry with his teammate after the race, it’s fair to question why Elliott allowed his teammate to restart on the inside lane. This intersquad rivalry will be a huge storyline throughout the playoffs, with Elliott and Larson both among the championship favorites.
2. Christopher Bell
Last week: 2
Bell was the only Toyota driver in the top 10 at Watkins Glen, finishing eighth. In the last six races, Bell has one win, three top-fives and four top-10s while his teammates continue to lack consistency. Even though he’s the youngest Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Bell could be the biggest threat in 2022.
3. Kyle Larson
Last week: 6
While Larson seemed sorry that he cost his teammate the win, he certainly doesn’t have any regrets. And he shouldn’t, since adding playoff points every week is crucial. Both of Larson’s wins this season have come after contact with Elliott for the lead – something that Elliott isn’t likely to forget in the final 11 races.
4. Kevin Harvick
Last week: 5
Coming off two straight wins, Harvick finished a solid 12th at Watkins Glen. He hasn’t been strong on road courses this season, so this run went about as expected. That’s part of what has made Harvick's season so impressive. He always finishes where his car is capable, rarely making any mistakes that cost the No. 4 team value points.
5. Denny Hamlin
Last week: 3
Hamlin’s seesaw season continued on Sunday with a 20th-place run. He hasn’t had a stretch of three straight top-10s all season, and the consistency issues could come back to bite him in the playoffs. The No. 11 should be quick at Daytona, where Hamlin has three wins.
6. Joey Logano
Last week: 8
After a lackluster start to the summer, Logano is rounding into form just as the playoffs approach. He has four straight top-six finishes, including third at Watkins Glen – his best on a road course this year. Daytona could be a challenge, as Logano hasn’t scored a top-10 in his last six starts there.
7. Ross Chastain
Last week: 4
Chastain’s summer has gone the exact opposite of Logano’s. In the last five races, Chastain has an average finish of 24.4 with just one top-20 finish. Watkins Glen was especially puzzling, considering how good Chastain has been on road courses this year. He made yet another enemy, too, when he wrecked Austin Dillon.
8. Ryan Blaney
Last week: 7
Good news: Blaney still holds the final playoff spot due to his overall point total, despite finishing 24th on Sunday. Bad news: 14 drivers could win at Daytona this week and bump him out. Blaney won at Daytona last year, but anything can happen on a superspeedway.
9. Tyler Reddick
Last week: First four out
Along with Elliott, Reddick has been one of the most consistent road racers this season. He has two wins, three top-fives and four top-10s in five road races after running seventh at Watkins Glen. Unfortunately for Reddick, there’s only one road course in the playoffs and he hasn’t performed well on ovals. In 19 races at four-turn tracks, Reddick has a 20.0 average finish.
10. Martin Truex Jr.
Last week: 9
Well, this is it. Truex is poised to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2014 unless he can either win at Daytona OR outscore Blaney by 26 points without a new winner. It’s not promising, considering MTJ has never won on a superspeedway in 69 career starts. Despite sitting sixth in the points standings, Truex will drop to 17th (or 18th if Blaney is bumped) after Daytona if he misses the playoffs.
First four out: Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez, William Byron, Chris Buescher | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/nascar-power-rankings-kyle-larson-rises-after-watkins-glen-win/3834403/ | 2022-08-22T22:57:31Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/nascar-power-rankings-kyle-larson-rises-after-watkins-glen-win/3834403/ | true |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
452 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...Strong line of thunderstorms will impact portions of central
Trinity, Burleson, northern Grimes, Brazos, northwestern Washington,
Houston, Madison and northern Walker Counties through 515 PM CDT...
At 451 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong line of
thunderstorms extending from 6 miles northwest of Kennard to 6 miles
northeast of Caldwell. Movement was southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
College Station, Bryan, Crockett, Madisonville, Caldwell, Austonio,
Apple Springs, Trinity, Somerville, Lovelady, Snook, Bedias, Kurten,
Kennard, Latexo, Wixon Valley, Millican, Lake Somerville Dam, Kyle
Field and Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway.
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.
LAT...LON 3073 9662 3070 9656 3074 9646 3091 9635
3107 9605 3109 9577 3129 9570 3155 9525
3128 9488 3124 9487 3021 9666 3025 9670
3030 9664 3032 9674 3056 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 304DEG 12KT 3143 9527 3061 9665
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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'Thursday Night Football' on Amazon Prime Video has a new theme song. Listen to it here
Not bad, Amazon Prime Video, not bad at all.
Prime Video will be the exclusive home to “Thursday Night Football” this season, starting with the Sept. 15 game between the LA Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs. (The Arizona Cardinals host the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 20.)
Prime Video is all in, having nabbed Al Michaels, the legendary play-by-play announcer, and analyst Kirk Herbstreit for its games. It’s a bit of an odd pairing, as Herbstreit is known for college football. But clearly, no matter who is calling the games, people are going to watch, even if it’s with the sound down.
They recently unveiled the new theme song for the broadcast. Composed by Pinar Toprak, who we see conducting an orchestra in the video (she composed the score for “Captain Marvel”), it’s dramatic, like the backdrop for something important — which, to millions of viewers, NFL football is. (In 2021, 75 of the 100 highest-rated shows on television were football games.)
The orchestra noodles around a bit at the beginning and then really kicks in. (Note: I am not a classical-music expert.) It could also be the chase scene in a movie soundtrack.
It's way better than Hank Williams Jr.'s odious theme 'MNF'
Of course, any football theme song is background music for the action you're about to watch. Thus, with Prime Video's new theme you really miss the sights of gigantic men crashing into each other at top speed when you listen — as a longer video proves.
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“Prime Video Sports Theme” is certainly better than Hank Williams Jr.’s odious “Are You Ready for Some Football?” (a repurposed version of “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”) that “Monday Night Football” used for years. Sheesh.
But, it’s not up there with the classic “Heavy Action,” which “Monday Night Football” used for years and is the greatest of all football themes. It just sounds like a football game is going to break out.
But Prime Video's new theme ain’t bad.
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Jon Rahm ready for FedEx Cup Playoffs, eyes $18 million first-place prize
After 46 events, the PGA Tour's 2021-22 season concludes in Atlanta at East Lake Golf Club this week with the Tour Championship.
The season finale also caps the FedEx Cup Playoffs, a three-event sprint to a big pile of cash.
Only the top 30 players advanced to the Tour Championship, which uses a staggered strokes scoring system. Scottie Scheffler, who finished first in the points standings, will be staked to a two-stroke lead at 10 under. Patrick Cantlay, who won the BMW Championship on Sunday, will start at 8 under. Will Zalatoris, who won the FedEx St. Jude Championship two weeks ago, the first event in the Playoffs, will be slotted third at 7 under.
There is no regular tournament purse this week and the money doesn't count towards a golfer's official PGA Tour earnings. But the money spends just the same and the first-place bonus money prize this week is $18 million. The runner-up takes home $6,500,000, third place is good for $5 million and so on. The 10th-place finisher will make $1 million and 30th place will pocket $500,000.
Jon Rahm, who tied for eighth at the BMW, moved up three spots to 11 in the points so he'll start at 3 under, seven shots back of the lead. A year ago, Rahm tied for low score of the week but because of the staggered start, came up short of Cantlay in the end.
Ex-ASU golfer wins LPGA Q School
Italian amateur Alessandra Fanali, who played collegiate golf at Arizona State, topped the field at LPGA Qualifying with back-to-back 69s over the weekend. Fanali, 23, finished at 14 under for the tournament, one stroke ahead of two more amateurs, Natthakritta Vongtaveelap (67) and Valery Plata (68).
“It feels good,” said Fanali, who didn’t have a caddie this week. “I still don’t really realize it, but it’s good. I’m so excited. This is what I’ve been waiting for since I was 12.”
Last week’s event was held in blistering Rancho Mirage, California, and Fanali bested the field of 311 hopefuls. There are 106 golfers moving on to the second stage of Q-School, to be held Oct. 18-21 at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida. From there, players will advance to Q-Series, a two-week contest in Mobile and Dothan, Alabama, where LPGA cards will be handed out.
Olivia Mehaffey, also a former ASU golfer, finished 130th, which means she missed out on her LPGA card but she will have Epson Tour status for 2023.
Beau Bremer of Cave Creek, Mikayla Fitzpatrick of Phoenix, Alexis Linam of Peoria, Kate Machado of Scottsdale and Jessica Williams of Paradise Valley all missed the cut.
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Team Arizona wins Hogan Cup
Mahanth Chirravuri, Brasen Briones, George Rubelsky and Brayden Bozak made up Team Arizona for the 2022 Hogan Cup and came out on top at Riverside Golf & Country Club in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 13-14. It's the third victory for Arizona in the tournament's 54-year history. The previous wins were in 2018 and 1986.
The Hogan Cup uses a four-person-team format, with the three lowest individual scores each day making up the team score.
Chirravuri, who was on the winning 2018 squad and is committed to USC, won individual honors after finishing 3 under and winning by four strokes. Briones tied for fourth at 3 over. Rubelsky, headed to Columbia University, tied for 13th at 7 over. Bozak, who will play for UNLV in college, tied for 34th.
Tiger's video game features TPC Scottsdale
For the first time in nearly a decade, Tiger Woods will grace the cover of a golf video game.
PGA Tour 2K23 is set to launch in October with three editions. He and other professional men’s and women’s golfers will be featured as playable in-game characters, as well. Woods is also an Executive Director advising the game development team.
Gamers can tee it up with golfers like Woods, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris, Lexi Thompson, Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson at launch. More will be added over time.
There will also be 20 licensed courses at launch, including TPC Scottsdale, home of the WM Phoenix Open.
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Fierce battles with Rand Paul, funding gain of function research, denials of links to Wuhan pushing masks and lockdowns: How Fauci became a divisive face of COVID (but at least he now has time to work on his pitching)
- After more than two years as the nation's top doctor fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the 81-year-old announced he will retire in December
- 'While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,' Fauci said in a statement Monday
- Republicans have hammered the infectious disease expert for flip-flopping on masks, tamping down the 'lab leak theory'
- They also sowed doubt over his claim that US funding did not go to gain-of-function research
Dr. Anthony Fauci was once one of the most trusted faces of the Covid-19 pandemic, appearing beside even President Trump to update the American public in a time of mass uncertainty.
But after more than two years as the nation's top doctor fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the 81-year-old announced he will retire in December, no doubt exhausted by chronic battles with Republicans who grew mistrustful of his advice as messaging for the virus morphed from 'two weeks to stop the spread' to on-and-off lockdowns to being accepted as endemic.
Eventually sidelined by the Trump administration, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) continued to speak out, advocating for masking and social distancing while Republicans painted him as the symbol of lockdowns and pointed out his own inconsistencies. And since Fauci announced his retirement, they promised their investigations into his actions would go on.
'While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,' Fauci said in a statement Monday.
'After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field. I want to use what I have learned as NIAID Director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats,' he said.
Here's a roundup of how the infectious disease expert
Fauci flip-flops on masks
The NIAID head was far from alone on this one. Fauci, along with other top health officials in the U.S. told the public that masks were ineffective at the onset of the virus so that healthcare professionals would not run into shortages.
Fauci also claimed that at the time he was not aware how many people who were carrying the disease would be asymptomatic.
'We were not aware that 40 to 45 percent of people were asymptomatic, nor were we aware that a substantial proportion of people who get infected get infected from people who are without symptoms. That makes it overwhelmingly important for everyone to wear a mask,' he said.
'So when people say, 'Well, why did you change your stance? And why are you emphasizing masks so much now when back then you didn't -- and in fact you even said you shouldn't because there was a shortage of masks?' Well the data now are very, very clear,' he said.
'We need to put that nonsense behind us about 'well, they keep changing their minds,' Fauci said.
'While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,' Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a statement Monday
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Fauci spent decades as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases, where he led the nation's fight against HIV/Aids and other diseases
Fauci now has an 'open mind' after tamping down lab leak theory
The infectious disease expert appeared on Fox News in July to say that Covid-19 likely occurred through animal-to-human transmission, but he kept an open mind about the possibility that it leaked out of a Wuhan lab.
Fauci admitted: 'We have an open mind but it looks very much like this was a natural occurrence, but you keep an open mind.'
In April 2020, Fauci had emailed NIH director Dr. Francis Collins calling the lab leak theory a 'shiny object that will go away in times.'
During an event called 'United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking,' Fauci was asked if was 'still confident' that the virus evolved naturally.
'No, actually … I am not convinced about that. I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened,' Fauci said. 'Certainly, the people who investigated it say it likely was the emergence from an animal reservoir that then infected individuals, but it could have been something else, and we need to find that out.'
He added: 'So, you know, that's the reason why I said I'm perfectly in favor of any investigation that looks into the origin of the virus.'
In May 2021, Fauci was asked if was 'still confident' that the virus evolved naturally.
'No, actually … I am not convinced about that. I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened,' Fauci said. 'Certainly, the people who investigated it say it likely was the emergence from an animal reservoir that then infected individuals, but it could have been something else, and we need to find that out.'
He added: 'So, you know, that's the reason why I said I'm perfectly in favor of any investigation that looks into the origin of the virus.'
But days later, he walked back those remarks, telling a CBS reporter it was 'highly likely' the virus occurred naturally.
Fauci downplays American funding that went to Wuhan lab
Senator Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci have been at loggerheads over gain-of-function research and a $600,000 grant the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2014. The Wuhan lab is believed to have practiced gain-of-function research. Lab researchers reportedly came down with Covid-like symptoms as early as November 2019.
Gain of Function Research (GOF) is a controversial practice that involves altering a virus or pathogen in order to study the development of new diseases and their transmission. The research can ultimately make the virus more contagious or more deadly in a lab.
According to an NIH definition, GOF includes studying and altering viruses in animals to make them transmissible to humans – and potentially more contagious and deadly.
Paul accused Fauci on May 11 of misleading Congress by saying the U.S. has never funded gain-of-function projects at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Senator Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci have been at loggerheads over gain-of-function research and a $600,000 grant the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2014
Workers at the Wuhan lab reportedly fell ill with Covid-like symptoms in November 2019
The Kentucky Republican points to a $3.7 million grant NIH gave EcoHealth Alliance in 2014. EcoHealth Alliance in turn distributed nearly $600,000 of that funding to its collaborator, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
Fauci told Congress in May 2021 that the NIH 'has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.'
However, Fauci also said during that hearing that there was no way to know if Chinese scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lied and conducted gain of function experiments on bat coronaviruses using U.S. tax dollars.
'There's no way of guaranteeing that,' Fauci said at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, responding to a question from Republican Sen. John Kennedy.
In June, he defended the 'modest' collaboration with the Chinese lab, arguing it would be 'almost a dereliction of our duty if we didn't study this, and the only way you can study these things is you've got to go where the action is,' referencing the early-2000s SARS outbreak, which is presumed to have come from bats in China
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Paul has led the charge within the GOP promising to investigate Fauci if Republicans take back the House or Senate next year.
In March of 2021 Fauci called Paul 'dead wrong' when the senator suggested that masks are 'theater.'
'You're telling everybody to wear a mask, whether they've had an infection or a vaccine,' Paul said to Fauci, who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 'If people that have had the vaccine or have had the infection ... if we're not spreading the infection, isn't it just theater?' Paul asked.
'Here we go again with the theater. Let's get down to the facts,' Fauci replied. 'Let me just state for the record that masks are not theater. Masks are protective.'
'You're not hearing what I am saying about variants,' Fauci told Paul.
'You've been vaccinated and you parade around in two masks for show,' responded Paul, who is an ophthalmologist. 'You want people to get the vaccine, give them a reward instead of telling them that the nanny state is going to be there for three more years and you got to wear a mask forever. People don't want to hear it.'
'I totally disagree with you,' Fauci said.
In March Paul introduced an amendment to effectively fire Fauci.
'We've learned a lot over the past two years, but one lesson in particular is that no one person should be deemed 'dictator in chief.' No one person should have unilateral authority to make decisions for millions of Americans,' Paul wrote in a Fox News op-ed.
'To ensure that ineffective, unscientific lockdowns and mandates are never foisted on the American people ever again, I will introduce an amendment to eliminate Dr. Anthony Fauci's position as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and divide his power into three separate new institutes.'
In December Paul accused Fauci of being responsible for 'thousands' of Covid-19 deaths by saying he deemphasized therapeutics and because he did not account for natural immunity in prioritizing vaccines.
'Many older people die, and many 35-year-old people are being vaccinated, that makes no scientific sense,' Paul continued.
Tensions boiled over in January of this year when Fauci claimed that Paul was responsible for threats on his life by claiming he himself was 'responsible for the death of 4 to 5 million people, which is really irresponsible.'
'What happens when he gets out and accuses me of things that are completely untrue is that all of a sudden it kindles the crazies out there, and I have threats upon my life, harassment of my family and my children with obscene phone calls because people are lying about me,' Fauci said.
First pitch redemption
The 81-year-old doctor redeemed himself after botching his first attempt at throwing a first pitch at a Nationals game in 2020. He threw out a first pitch at T-Mobile Park before the Mariners took on the Yankees that got to home plate.
During his first go-around at Nationals park two years earlier, he'd thrown the ball completely wide of home plate.
Fauci throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees at T-Mobile Park on August 09, 2022
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MAGELLAN GOLD Corp Quarterly Report (Form10)
Accepted:
Form Type:
10-Q
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- EBITDA OF $5.4 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022
- ADJUSTED EBITDA OF $9.4 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022
- NET LOSS OF $19.4 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022
- EBITDA OF $29.7 MILLION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
- ADJUSTED EBITDA OF $33.6 MILLION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
- NET INCOME OF $2.1 MILLION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
- COMPANY REITERATES THAT IT EXPECTS TO OPEN 20 NEW FACILITIES BY THE END OF 2024
HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nutex Health Inc. ("Nutex Health" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NUTX), a physician-led, technology-enabled integrated healthcare delivery system comprised of 21 state-of-the-art micro hospitals in 8 states and primary care-centric, risk-bearing physician networks, today announced fiscal year 2022 2nd Quarter financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and the filing of its current report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2022 ("10-Q") with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Financial Highlights for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 (Unaudited):
- Net revenue of $58.0 million.
- Net loss attributable to Nutex Health of $19.4 million. In Q2, the Company recognized a one-time non-cash charge of $18.4 million, net to income tax expense during the three months ended June 30, 2022 for the change in tax status of Nutex Health Holdco LLC and release of acquired valuation allowance of Clinigence. Additionally, the Company recognized one-time acquisition expenses of $3.9 million related to the merger of Nutex Health Holdco LLC and Clinigence Holdings, Inc. Please read "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our 10-Q.
- EBITDA of $5.4 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $9.4 million.
- As of June 30, 2022, the Company had total assets of $871.8 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $47.6 million.
Financial Highlights for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 (Unaudited):
- Net revenue of $137.2 million.
- Net income attributable to Nutex Health of $2.1 million.
- EBITDA of $29.7 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $33.6 million.
Note: EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial metrics. A reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP measures is included below in this earnings release.
Notes to the Financial Highlights for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022:
- Clinigence Holdings, Inc. and Nutex Health Holdco LLC completed their merger on April 1, 2022. Therefore, the Second Quarter 2022 financial results reflect the consolidated financial results of post-merger Clinigence Holdings, Inc. and Nutex Health Holdco LLC.
- The Company recognized a one-time non-cash charge of $18.4 million, net to income tax expense during the three months ended June 30, 2022 for the change in tax status of Nutex Health Holdco LLC and release of acquired valuation allowance for Clinigence. Prior to the merger with Clinigence, Nutex Health Holdco LLC and the Nutex Subsidiaries were pass-through entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. No provision for federal income taxes was provided for these periods as federal taxes were obligations of these companies' members. After the merger, Nutex Health Holdco LLC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clinigence and will be included in its future consolidated corporate tax filings.
- The Company anticipates opening 20 new facilities by the end of 2024. These facilities are either under construction or in advanced planning stages. Three are expected to open in late 2022, with another 17 expected to open in 2023 and 2024. There can be no assurance that these new facilities will open in the anticipated timeframes or that they will open at all.
"In the second quarter, our management team focused on integrating our two companies post-merger," stated Jon Bates, Chief Financial Officer of Nutex Health. "We believe this integration has now been substantially completed."
"We are very proud of the hard work of our physicians, nurses, hospital staff and corporate staff to get to this stage. We continue our efforts to grow the Company while providing the best patient care possible. This philosophy dictates all of our decision making as an organization," stated Tom Vo, M.D., MBA, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nutex Health. "We are also excited about our pipeline of new facilities which are either under construction or in advanced planning stages throughout the country."
"The Company has formed two new independent practice associations (IPAs), one in Houston and one in South Florida. We are actively working on contracting with primary care physicians as well as specialists. Once this phase is completed, the Company expects to contract with health insurance plans and start enrolling patients in 2023," stated Warren Hosseinion, M.D., President of Nutex Health. "We believe that our unique integrated model which combines our cloud-based data analytics platform, micro hospitals and IPAs will create long-term value for our shareholders."
For more details on the Company's Second Quarter 2022 financial results, please refer to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and accessible at www.sec.gov.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are used as supplemental non-GAAP financial measures by management and external users of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. We believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful because these measures allow us to more effectively evaluate our operating performance.
We define EBITDA as net income plus net interest expense, depreciation and amortization, and Adjusted EBITDA is further adjusted for stock-based compensation and any acquisition related costs. A reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is included below. Neither EBITDA nor Adjusted EBITDA is intended to serve as an alternative to U.S. GAAP measures of performance and may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures presented by other companies.
About Nutex Health Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded in 2011, Nutex Health Inc. is a physician-led, technology-enabled healthcare services company with approximately 1500 employees nationwide and is partnered with over 800 physicians. The Company has two divisions: a Hospital division and a Population Health Management division. The Hospital division currently owns and operates 21 facilities in eight different states. The division implements and operates different innovative health care models, including micro hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). The Population Health Management division owns and operates provider networks such as Independent Physician Associations (IPAs). Through our Management Services Organizations (MSOs), we provide management, administrative and other support services to our affiliated hospitals and physician groups. Our cloud-based proprietary technology platform aggregates clinical and claims data across multiple settings, information systems and sources to create a holistic view of patients and providers, allowing us to deliver greater quality care more efficiently.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and information included in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words or phrases "will", "will likely result," "expected to," "will continue," "anticipated," "estimate," "projected," "intend," "goal," or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks, known and unknown, and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Such uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, our ability to successfully execute our growth strategy, changes in laws or regulations, economic conditions, dependence on management, dilution to stockholders, lack of capital, the effects of rapid growth upon the Company and the ability of management to effectively respond to the growth and demand for products and services of the Company, newly developing technologies, the Company's ability to compete, conflicts of interest in related party transactions, regulatory matters, protection of technology, lack of industry standards, the effects of competition and the ability of the Company to obtain future financing. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in the Current Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2022 under the heading "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item IA thereof, and other documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors could materially adversely affect the Company's financial performance and could cause the Company's actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed within this press release.
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FinVolution Group ("FinVolution," or the "Company") (NYSE: FINV), a leading fintech platform in China, today announced that on August 21, 2022, the board of directors of the Company approved the expansion of FinVolution's existing share repurchase program from up to US$60 million to up to US$140 million and the extension for another twelve months from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, which allows the Company to repurchase its own Class A ordinary shares in the form of American depositary shares ("ADSs") with an aggregate value of up to US$140 million until December 31, 2023. This share repurchase program was initially approved by the board of directors of the Company on August 24, 2020 and an extension of the term of this share repurchase program until December 31, 2022 was approved by the board of directors of the Company on November 17, 2021.
Mr. Feng Zhang, Chief Executive Officer of FinVolution, said, "FinVolution remains firmly committed to shareholder value. Since the initial launch of our first share repurchase program on March 21, 2018, we have cumulatively deployed approximately US$158.0 million to purchase the Company's ADSs as of July 31, 2022. This expansion reflects our share buyback efforts, bringing the total cumulative amount of capital for the Company's historical and existing share repurchase programs up to US$260 million. We believe that the increase in our share repurchase program is an efficient use of our existing capital and demonstrates our commitment to providing greater support for our shareholders amid such a challenging macro environment."
"Our announcement today further reflects our confidence in the Company's business operations and underlying earnings strength," noted Mr. Shaofeng Gu, Chairman of the Company." We continue to view FinVolution as an attractive investment opportunity, and our strong balance sheet provides us with the financial flexibility to drive strategic investments and long-term growth while generating sustainable returns for our shareholders."
The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will be determined by management at its discretion and will depend on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, share price, trading volume and general market conditions, along with the Company's capital allocation strategy to prioritize investments to grow the business over the long term and other factors, as well as subject to the applicable rules of Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. FinVolution plans to fund the repurchases out of its existing cash balance or future cash provided by its operating activities.
About FinVolution Group
FinVolution Group is a leading fintech platform in China connecting underserved individual borrowers with financial institutions. Established in 2007, the Company is a pioneer in China's online consumer finance industry and has developed innovative technologies and has accumulated in-depth experience in the core areas of credit risk assessment, fraud detection, big data and artificial intelligence. The Company's platform, empowered by proprietary cutting-edge technologies, features a highly automated loan transaction process, which enables a superior user experience. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had over 149.3 million cumulative registered users.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.finvgroup.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "target," "confident" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any such statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, uncertainties as to the Company's ability to attract and retain borrowers and investors on its marketplace, its ability to increase the volume of loans facilitated through the Company's marketplace, its ability to introduce new loan products and platform enhancements, its ability to compete effectively, laws, regulations and governmental policies relating to the online consumer finance industry in China, general economic conditions in China, and the Company's ability to meet the standards necessary to maintain the listing of its ADSs on the NYSE, including its ability to cure any non-compliance with the NYSE's continued listing criteria. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and FinVolution does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
FinVolution Group
Head of Investor Relations
Jimmy Tan
Tel: +86 (21) 8030 3200 Ext. 8601
Email: ir@xinye.com
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Jenny Cai
Tel: +86 (10) 6508-0677
Email: finv@tpg-ir.com
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Kyle Larson was looking for a jolt of momentum. He got it for the second straight time at Watkins Glen International.
The reigning NASCAR Cup champion, winless since his only victory of the season at Auto Club Speedway in February, beat Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott on a restart with five laps to go and won the weather-delayed NASCAR Cup race Sunday.
Elliott was seeking his eighth career road course victory and had control of the race late, but a caution gave Larson a chance and he took advantage, moving Elliott to the left coming out of the first turn, then pulling away for a weekend Xfinity-Cup sweep. It was the 11th straight road course win for Chevrolet.
“I did what I felt I needed to do to get the win. I knew that was my only opportunity to get by him, I’m not proud of it,” said Larson, who won 10 races last season “The restarts kept me in it. It’s good to get another win. Hopefully, it will build some momentum.”
AJ Allmendinger was second, Joey Logano third, Elliott fourth and Daniel Suárez fifth.
Elliott declined to criticize his teammate when interviewed postrace, but the disappointment was palpable.
“Just a huge congratulations to Kyle and everybody on the 5 team. He did a great job,” said Elliott, who wrapped up the regular-season title. “Seriously, they deserve it.”
The race began on rain tires with a single-file start, the only one of the day, and pole-sitter Elliott was passed early by Michael McDowell, who started third. But strategy played out as the race wore on with Elliott, Larson, and McDowell, all on a two-stop strategy around the 2.45-mile natural terrain layout, holding the upper hand.
Elliott regained the lead with 18 laps to go in the 90-lap race and when the final pit stops were complete he was just over 2 seconds ahead of his teammate. McDowell was more than 10 seconds behind, but a spin by Joey Hand in the first turn brought out a caution and bunched up the field for a restart with eight laps to go.
Elliott picked the outside lane for the restart and held off Larson when the green flag waved, quickly building a half-second lead. But a spin by Loris Hezemans brought out the caution that changed the outcome.
Larson won the Xfinity race on Saturday when teammate William Byron and Ty Gibbs spun out vying for first on the last lap.
Early in the second stage, Logano passed Todd Gilliland for the lead and Kyle Busch moved in behind him, but as the laps in the stage began to dwindle Elliott was lurking in fourth, backing off near the end of the segment to save fuel. Logano held off Busch for his fourth stage win of the season.
RAIN MAN
Lightning strikes and rain delayed the start two hours. It was the first time the Next Gen car raced in wet conditions on the grooved tires and Chase Briscoe took advantage. As the track began to dry he was one of the first drivers to pit to put on the faster slicks and the strategy worked as he held on to win the opening 20-lap stage, his fourth stage win of the season.
POINTS BATTLE
Fifteen drivers are locked into 16-driver field for the playoffs, with Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. still battling for points. They entered the race separated by 26 and started side-by-side on Row 13. Truex picked up only one point — finishing one spot ahead of his rival.
NO THREE-PEAT
Kevin Harvick entered the day fresh off consecutive wins at Michigan and Richmond, but he qualfiied outside the top 20 and never was a factor, finishing 12th.
KIMI’S DAY
Former Formula One champ Kimi Raikkonen drove the No. 91 Chevrolet for TrackHouse Racing in his Cup debut. Raikkonen, who qualifed 27th, had veteran crew chief Darian Grubb atop the pit box for guidance. The Finn made it into the top 10 in the second stage but was taken out in the final stage at about the midpont of the the race when he was slammed hard on the right side going through the bus stop, ending his day.
“I had a good line there. Unfortunately, I had no time to react,” Raikkonen said. “That’s how it goes.”
He was one of the record seven drivers from foreign countries competing in a series race and came out of retirement to compete for TrackHouse owner Justin Marks, whose goal is to expand the NASCAR’s international reach by fielding a Cup entry for international racers.
UP NEXT
The Cup regular season concludes Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.
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Olivia Wilde Reacts to Harry Styles Fans Who Hate Their Relationship
Oliva Wilde opened up about her experience with Harry Styles' fans. In particular, she got candid about how fans who have been critical of her relationship with the pop star are not indicative of the larger fandom.
Wilde characterized Styles' following as a group of "deeply loving people" in the "As It Was" hit-maker's Rolling Stone cover story.
She and Styles — who worked together on the film Don't Worry Darling — have been linked romantically since early 2021 when they first sparked relationship rumors. Since then, a subset of the One Direction alum's fans have been critical of the relationship on social media.
However, Wilde made it very clear that she does not associate those particular fans with her partner.
"What I don’t understand about the cruelty you’re referencing is that that kind of toxic negativity is the antithesis of Harry, and everything he puts out there. I don’t personally believe the hateful energy defines his fan base at all. The majority of them are true champions of kindness," she said.
Rolling Stone notes some fans have criticized the pair's 10-year age gap, while others have unearthed what they deemed cancel-worthy content from Wilde's social media accounts.
Styles himself also commented on fans who have posted unkind things on social media about people who are associated with him.
“That obviously doesn’t make me feel good,” he said. “It’s obviously a difficult feeling to feel like being close to me means you’re at the ransom of a corner of Twitter or something. I just wanted to sing. I didn’t want to get into it if I was going to hurt people like that.”
The singer also told the publication he brings people up to speed about the drawbacks of being close to him early in relationships, including the people he dates.
“Can you imagine going on a second date with someone and being like, ‘OK, there’s this corner of the thing, and they’re going to say this, and it’s going to be really crazy, and they’re going to be really mean, and it’s not real... But anyway, what do you want to eat?'" | https://wpst.com/olivia-wilde-reacts-to-harry-styles-fans/ | 2022-08-22T23:10:30Z | https://wpst.com/olivia-wilde-reacts-to-harry-styles-fans/ | true |
OSAGE, IOWA — Authorities in northern Iowa say they’ve found the man responsible for the grisly murder of a woman whose decapitated head was found in a public park last year. Nathan Gilmore, a 23-year-old Osage resident, was arrested Friday and charged with First Degree Murder for the death of Angela Bradbury. The arrest brings an end to an investigation that began with the discovery of a skull in July 2021. Police say Facebook data helped lead them to a suspect, and the final pieces of evidence were found on an apparent blood-splattered Satanic shrine at his home.
According to online court documents, deputies with the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office were called to Greenbelt River Trail Park near the town of Mitchell on July 12th, 2021 after a panicked teenager called their parents to report finding a human skull that had placed on stick. The skull was taken to the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny where it was determined to be that of a woman, but no further identification could be made.
The next development in the investigation, according to court records, came nearly seven months later on February 2nd of this year when family members in Cerro Gordo County reported Angela Nicole Bradbury missing. Her family said they hadn’t seen her since April of 2021. Family members submitted DNA samples and, nine days later, a positive match was made with the skull found in Mitchell, Iowa. Two months later, on April 5th, 2022, more Bradbury’s remains were found in a second location in the park.
The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office alleges in charging documents that Bradbury’s life likely came to an end one year beforehand. They believe she crossed paths with Gilmore on April 6th, 2021 – the day before her 29th birthday – and their brief encounter ended hours later with her death.
Records show Angela Bradbury was arrested for trespassing in Mason City on the evening of April 5th, 2021 at a car dealership and jailed overnight. She was released from jail around Noon that day. About an hour later, Nathan Gilmore appeared for an arraignment at the jail. Friends say that Bradbury came by their home to change clothes that afternoon and then left to go to St. Ansgar with a “younger white male”. She was never seen alive again.
When pressed for details about that day, Mitchell County authorities say Gilmore admitted to them that he’d given a girl a ride to a home in Mason City that day but he’d not seen her after that. He told authorities that he traveled to his court appearance while on break from work in St. Ansgar – his hometown -and that he returned to finish five hours of his shift after court. However, a time card shows he worked just one hour after returning to St. Ansgar.
Gilmore told authorities that he went home after work that night and didn’t leave. However a search of his Facebook account showed two GPS coordinates from the site being used within Greenbelt River Trail Park that evening.
While interviewing Gilmore about the skull in the park, authorities say he admitted that he was there the day that it was found and speaking to police in the park that day. Police say Gilmore referenced the body as well while threatening a “male associate” of an ex-girlfriend in a Snapchat message in August 21 that included the lines:
- “you’ll be looking like the body they found outside Mitchell”
- “wanna see a dead body? find me than (sic), you got patience im always down to throw”
- “Id hate to see your kid be a bastard”
Authorities then searched Gilmore’s resident in Osage and found more evidence on a white board in his living room. According to the criminal complaint, they found a drawing of a “Satanic goat’s head” with apparent blood splatters. Written on the board were three sets of numbers:
- “04-06” – which would coincide with the date April 6th
- “0509” – which authorities say is acronym used online to mean “someone is tired of living”
- “43.3, -98.8” – which is an abbreviated GPS coordinate for Greenbelt River Trail Park
Gilmore is being held on a one million dollar, cash-only bond in Mitchell County. His next court date is scheduled for August 30th. | https://who13.com/news/man-arrested-for-2021-murder-decapitation-of-iowa-woman/ | 2022-08-22T23:14:50Z | https://who13.com/news/man-arrested-for-2021-murder-decapitation-of-iowa-woman/ | false |
Recount affirms Olsen win over Barry in 2nd District race
A recount completed Monday of the Republican primary for south-central Wisconsin’s 2nd District reaffirmed the leading candidate’s narrow victory
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A recount completed Monday of the Republican primary for south-central Wisconsin’s 2nd District reaffirmed the leading candidate’s narrow victory.
Results before the recount had attorney Erik Olsen defeating landscaping supervisor Charity Barry by 74 votes in the 2nd Congressional District. After the recount, Olsen was ahead by 63 votes out of more than 43,000 cast.
Olsen will face Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan in the heavily Democratic district that covers six counties in south-central Wisconsin, including Dane County.
The recount results are unofficial until certified by the Wisconsin Elections Commission chair. The commission has not determined when the results will be certified, said commission spokesperson John Smalley. But he said it likely will not be on Tuesday when all other races in the Aug. 9 primary are set to be certified.
Olsen said local elections officials who ran the recount did an “absolutely great job” and most of the changes were due to voters not completely filling in the oval for who they voted for, resulting in the machine not registering it.
Barry gained 14 votes in the recount while Olsen picked up three, narrowing his win by 11 votes.
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- EBITDA OF $5.4 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022
- ADJUSTED EBITDA OF $9.4 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022
- NET LOSS OF $19.4 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022
- EBITDA OF $29.7 MILLION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
- ADJUSTED EBITDA OF $33.6 MILLION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
- NET INCOME OF $2.1 MILLION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
- COMPANY REITERATES THAT IT EXPECTS TO OPEN 20 NEW FACILITIES BY THE END OF 2024
HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nutex Health Inc. ("Nutex Health" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NUTX), a physician-led, technology-enabled integrated healthcare delivery system comprised of 21 state-of-the-art micro hospitals in 8 states and primary care-centric, risk-bearing physician networks, today announced fiscal year 2022 2nd Quarter financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and the filing of its current report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2022 ("10-Q") with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Financial Highlights for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 (Unaudited):
- Net revenue of $58.0 million.
- Net loss attributable to Nutex Health of $19.4 million. In Q2, the Company recognized a one-time non-cash charge of $18.4 million, net to income tax expense during the three months ended June 30, 2022 for the change in tax status of Nutex Health Holdco LLC and release of acquired valuation allowance of Clinigence. Additionally, the Company recognized one-time acquisition expenses of $3.9 million related to the merger of Nutex Health Holdco LLC and Clinigence Holdings, Inc. Please read "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our 10-Q.
- EBITDA of $5.4 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $9.4 million.
- As of June 30, 2022, the Company had total assets of $871.8 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $47.6 million.
Financial Highlights for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 (Unaudited):
- Net revenue of $137.2 million.
- Net income attributable to Nutex Health of $2.1 million.
- EBITDA of $29.7 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $33.6 million.
Note: EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial metrics. A reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP measures is included below in this earnings release.
Notes to the Financial Highlights for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022:
- Clinigence Holdings, Inc. and Nutex Health Holdco LLC completed their merger on April 1, 2022. Therefore, the Second Quarter 2022 financial results reflect the consolidated financial results of post-merger Clinigence Holdings, Inc. and Nutex Health Holdco LLC.
- The Company recognized a one-time non-cash charge of $18.4 million, net to income tax expense during the three months ended June 30, 2022 for the change in tax status of Nutex Health Holdco LLC and release of acquired valuation allowance for Clinigence. Prior to the merger with Clinigence, Nutex Health Holdco LLC and the Nutex Subsidiaries were pass-through entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. No provision for federal income taxes was provided for these periods as federal taxes were obligations of these companies' members. After the merger, Nutex Health Holdco LLC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clinigence and will be included in its future consolidated corporate tax filings.
- The Company anticipates opening 20 new facilities by the end of 2024. These facilities are either under construction or in advanced planning stages. Three are expected to open in late 2022, with another 17 expected to open in 2023 and 2024. There can be no assurance that these new facilities will open in the anticipated timeframes or that they will open at all.
"In the second quarter, our management team focused on integrating our two companies post-merger," stated Jon Bates, Chief Financial Officer of Nutex Health. "We believe this integration has now been substantially completed."
"We are very proud of the hard work of our physicians, nurses, hospital staff and corporate staff to get to this stage. We continue our efforts to grow the Company while providing the best patient care possible. This philosophy dictates all of our decision making as an organization," stated Tom Vo, M.D., MBA, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nutex Health. "We are also excited about our pipeline of new facilities which are either under construction or in advanced planning stages throughout the country."
"The Company has formed two new independent practice associations (IPAs), one in Houston and one in South Florida. We are actively working on contracting with primary care physicians as well as specialists. Once this phase is completed, the Company expects to contract with health insurance plans and start enrolling patients in 2023," stated Warren Hosseinion, M.D., President of Nutex Health. "We believe that our unique integrated model which combines our cloud-based data analytics platform, micro hospitals and IPAs will create long-term value for our shareholders."
For more details on the Company's Second Quarter 2022 financial results, please refer to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and accessible at www.sec.gov.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are used as supplemental non-GAAP financial measures by management and external users of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. We believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful because these measures allow us to more effectively evaluate our operating performance.
We define EBITDA as net income plus net interest expense, depreciation and amortization, and Adjusted EBITDA is further adjusted for stock-based compensation and any acquisition related costs. A reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is included below. Neither EBITDA nor Adjusted EBITDA is intended to serve as an alternative to U.S. GAAP measures of performance and may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures presented by other companies.
About Nutex Health Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded in 2011, Nutex Health Inc. is a physician-led, technology-enabled healthcare services company with approximately 1500 employees nationwide and is partnered with over 800 physicians. The Company has two divisions: a Hospital division and a Population Health Management division. The Hospital division currently owns and operates 21 facilities in eight different states. The division implements and operates different innovative health care models, including micro hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). The Population Health Management division owns and operates provider networks such as Independent Physician Associations (IPAs). Through our Management Services Organizations (MSOs), we provide management, administrative and other support services to our affiliated hospitals and physician groups. Our cloud-based proprietary technology platform aggregates clinical and claims data across multiple settings, information systems and sources to create a holistic view of patients and providers, allowing us to deliver greater quality care more efficiently.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and information included in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words or phrases "will", "will likely result," "expected to," "will continue," "anticipated," "estimate," "projected," "intend," "goal," or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks, known and unknown, and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Such uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, our ability to successfully execute our growth strategy, changes in laws or regulations, economic conditions, dependence on management, dilution to stockholders, lack of capital, the effects of rapid growth upon the Company and the ability of management to effectively respond to the growth and demand for products and services of the Company, newly developing technologies, the Company's ability to compete, conflicts of interest in related party transactions, regulatory matters, protection of technology, lack of industry standards, the effects of competition and the ability of the Company to obtain future financing. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in the Current Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2022 under the heading "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item IA thereof, and other documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors could materially adversely affect the Company's financial performance and could cause the Company's actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed within this press release.
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LONDON (AP) - Results from English football:
Nottingham Forest 1, West Ham 0
Chelsea 2, Tottenham 2
Liverpool 1, Crystal Palace 1
Tottenham 1, Wolverhampton 0
Crystal Palace 3, Aston Villa 1
Everton 1, Nottingham Forest 1
Fulham 3, Brentford 2
Leicester 1, Southampton 2
Bournemouth 0, Arsenal 3
Leeds 3, Chelsea 0
West Ham 0, Brighton 2
Newcastle 3, Man City 3
Man United 2, Liverpool 1
Southampton vs. Man United, 7:30 a.m.
Brentford vs. Everton, 10 a.m.
Brighton vs. Leeds, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Leicester, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Bournemouth, 10 a.m.
Man City vs. Crystal Palace, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Fulham, 12:30 p.m.
Aston Villa vs. West Ham, 9 a.m.
Wolverhampton vs. Newcastle, 9 a.m.
Nottingham Forest vs. Tottenham, 11:30 a.m.
Fulham vs. Brighton, 2:30 p.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Brentford, 2:30 p.m.
Southampton vs. Chelsea, 2:45 p.m.
Leeds vs. Everton, 3 p.m.
Bournemouth vs. Wolverhampton, 2:30 p.m.
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa, 2:30 p.m.
Man City vs. Nottingham Forest, 2:30 p.m.
West Ham vs. Tottenham, 2:45 p.m.
Liverpool vs. Newcastle, 3 p.m.
Leicester vs. Man United, 3 p.m.
Middlesbrough 2, Sheffield United 2
Blackburn 2, West Brom 1
Birmingham 1, Watford 1
Bristol City 2, Luton Town 0
Burnley 1, Hull 1
Coventry vs. Wigan, 2:45 p.m. ppd
Norwich 2, Huddersfield 1
Preston 0, Rotherham 0
Swansea 2, Millwall 2
QPR 0, Blackpool 1
Stoke 2, Middlesbrough 2
Sheffield United 2, Sunderland 1
Reading 3, Blackburn 0
West Brom 0, Cardiff 0
Norwich 2, Millwall 0
Birmingham 0, Wigan 1
Burnley 3, Blackpool 3
Coventry vs. Huddersfield, 10 a.m. ppd
Preston 0, Watford 0
QPR 1, Rotherham 1
Reading 1, Middlesbrough 0
Sheffield United 3, Blackburn 0
Stoke 0, Sunderland 1
Swansea 0, Luton Town 2
West Brom 5, Hull 2
Bristol City 2, Cardiff 0
Luton Town vs. Sheffield United, 3 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Norwich, 7:30 a.m.
Blackburn vs. Stoke, 10 a.m.
Blackpool vs. Bristol City, 10 a.m.
Cardiff vs. Preston, 10 a.m.
Huddersfield vs. West Brom, 10 a.m.
Hull vs. Coventry, 10 a.m.
Middlesbrough vs. Swansea, 10 a.m.
Millwall vs. Reading, 10 a.m.
Rotherham vs. Birmingham, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. QPR, 10 a.m.
Wigan vs. Burnley, 10 a.m.
Birmingham vs. Norwich, 2:45 p.m.
Burnley vs. Millwall, 2:45 p.m.
Cardiff vs. Luton Town, 2:45 p.m.
QPR vs. Hull, 2:45 p.m.
Wigan vs. West Brom, 2:45 p.m.
Sheffield United vs. Reading, 2:45 p.m.
Watford vs. Middlesbrough, 3 p.m.
Bristol City vs. Huddersfield, 2:45 p.m.
Coventry vs. Preston, 2:45 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Rotherham, 2:45 p.m.
Stoke vs. Swansea, 2:45 p.m.
Blackpool vs. Blackburn, 3 p.m.
West Brom vs. Burnley, 3 p.m.
Barnsley 3, Bristol Rovers 0
Bolton 1, Morecambe 0
Burton Albion 0, Ipswich 1
Charlton 5, Plymouth 1
Exeter 3, Wycombe 1
Fleetwood Town 0, Cheltenham 0
Forest Green vs. Accrington Stanley, 2:45 p.m. ppd
Milton Keynes Dons 2, Port Vale 1
Oxford United 1, Lincoln 2
Peterborough 2, Sheffield Wednesday 0
Portsmouth 4, Cambridge United 1
Shrewsbury 0, Derby 0
Barnsley 0, Wycombe 3
Bolton 0, Sheffield Wednesday 2
Burton Albion 0, Port Vale 2
Charlton 1, Cambridge United 1
Exeter 0, Cheltenham 1
Fleetwood Town 0, Derby 0
Forest Green 0, Plymouth 3
Milton Keynes Dons 1, Accrington Stanley 1
Oxford United 1, Morecambe 1
Peterborough 4, Lincoln 0
Portsmouth 3, Bristol Rovers 1
Shrewsbury 0, Ipswich 3
Accrington Stanley vs. Exeter, 10 a.m.
Bristol Rovers vs. Shrewsbury, 10 a.m.
Cambridge United vs. Burton Albion, 10 a.m.
Cheltenham vs. Oxford United, 10 a.m.
Derby vs. Peterborough, 10 a.m.
Ipswich vs. Barnsley, 10 a.m.
Lincoln vs. Fleetwood Town, 10 a.m.
Morecambe vs. Milton Keynes Dons, 10 a.m.
Plymouth vs. Bolton, 10 a.m.
Port Vale vs. Portsmouth, 10 a.m.
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Forest Green, 10 a.m.
Wycombe vs. Charlton, 10 a.m.
Barrow 2, Walsall 1
Colchester 1, Bradford 0
Crawley Town 2, Northampton 3
Crewe 1, Sutton United 0
Gillingham 0, Harrogate Town 2
Grimsby Town vs. Carlisle, 2:45 p.m.
Hartlepool 0, Tranmere 0
Mansfield Town 5, AFC Wimbledon 2
Newport County 2, Salford 3
Stevenage 1, Rochdale 0
Swindon 1, Leyton Orient 1
Doncaster 2, Stockport County 1
Hartlepool 1, Bradford 3
Barrow 1, Harrogate Town 0
Colchester 1, Leyton Orient 3
Crawley Town 0, AFC Wimbledon 2
Crewe 2, Northampton 2
Doncaster 2, Salford 1
Gillingham 0, Walsall 0
Grimsby Town 0, Sutton United 0
Mansfield Town 2, Stockport County 1
Newport County 2, Tranmere 1
Stevenage 2, Carlisle 1
Swindon 3, Rochdale 0
AFC Wimbledon vs. Barrow, 10 a.m.
Bradford vs. Crewe, 10 a.m.
Carlisle vs. Gillingham, 10 a.m.
Harrogate Town vs. Newport County, 10 a.m.
Leyton Orient vs. Hartlepool, 10 a.m.
Northampton vs. Doncaster, 10 a.m.
Rochdale vs. Crawley Town, 10 a.m.
Salford vs. Stevenage, 10 a.m.
Stockport County vs. Swindon, 10 a.m.
Sutton United vs. Mansfield Town, 10 a.m.
Tranmere vs. Colchester, 10 a.m.
Walsall vs. Grimsby Town, 10 a.m.
Boreham Wood 1, Aldershot 2
Bromley 1, Torquay United 0
Chesterfield 2, Wrexham 0
Eastleigh 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 1
Halifax Town 0, Southend 0
Gateshead FC 1, Notts County 1
Maidenhead United 2, Altrincham 0
Maidstone United FC 2, Dorking Wanderers 4
Oldham 1, Wealdstone 2
Woking 2, Scunthorpe 0
Yeovil 1, Barnet 2
Solihull Moors 1, York City FC 1
Aldershot 0, Bromley 1
Altrincham 2, Yeovil 2
Barnet 2, Woking 0
Dagenham and Redbridge 1, Maidenhead United 0
Dorking Wanderers 2, Gateshead FC 1
Scunthorpe 3, Solihull Moors 4
Southend 1, Oldham 0
Torquay United 0, Boreham Wood 1
Wealdstone 1, Halifax Town 0
Wrexham 5, Maidstone United FC 0
York City FC 0, Eastleigh 1
Notts County 2, Chesterfield 2
Chesterfield vs. Barnet, 2:45 p.m.
Oldham vs. Aldershot, 2:45 p.m.
Boreham Wood vs. Altrincham, 10 a.m.
Bromley vs. Scunthorpe, 10 a.m.
Eastleigh vs. Southend, 10 a.m.
Halifax Town vs. Notts County, 10 a.m.
Gateshead FC vs. Wealdstone, 10 a.m.
Maidenhead United vs. York City FC, 10 a.m.
Maidstone United FC vs. Torquay United, 10 a.m.
Solihull Moors vs. Dorking Wanderers, 10 a.m.
Yeovil vs. Dagenham and Redbridge, 10 a.m.
Woking vs. Wrexham, 12:20 p.m.
Aldershot vs. Maidstone United FC, 10 a.m.
Altrincham vs. Chesterfield, 10 a.m.
Dagenham and Redbridge vs. Bromley, 10 a.m.
Dorking Wanderers vs. Boreham Wood, 10 a.m.
Notts County vs. Solihull Moors, 10 a.m.
Scunthorpe vs. Halifax Town, 10 a.m.
Southend vs. Maidenhead United, 10 a.m.
Torquay United vs. Woking, 10 a.m.
Wealdstone vs. Yeovil, 10 a.m.
York City FC vs. Oldham, 10 a.m.
Barnet vs. Eastleigh, 12:15 p.m.
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By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team.
Joining Young, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, and Anderson, the star pass rusher, were Alabama defensive backs Jordan Battle and Eli Ricks as first-team selections.
The AP preseason All-America team presented by Regions Bank was selected by a panel of Top 25 poll voters and released Monday.
Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs made the second team as an all-purpose player and Crimson Tide guard Emil Ekiyor was also a second-team selection.
Alabama’s four first-teamers and six players on the two teams overall were the most for any school.
Ohio State was second behind Alabama, just like in the AP Top 25, with three first-team selections and five players overall.
Offensive tackle Paris Johnson Jr., running back TreVeyon Henderson and receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba were all selected to the first team. C.J. Stroud, who finished fourth in the Heisman voting last year, is the second-team quarterback. Tackle Dawand Jones made the second-team offensive line.
Defending national champion and No. 3 Georgia had three players picked to the first-team: tight end Brock Bowers, defensive tackle Jalen Carter and cornerback Kelee Ringo. Nolan Smith made the second-team at edge rusher.
In a sign of college football’s new era of loosened transfer rules, seven players selected to the two teams have transferred in their college careers, including Gibbs (Georgia Tech) and Ricks (LSU) from Alabama.
Southern California receiver Jordan Addison, the Biletnikoff Award winner at Pitt in 2021, was a first-team selection.
Transfers joining Gibbs on the second-team were Florida guard O’Cyrus Torrence (Louisiana-Lafayette); Baylor defensive tackle Siaki Ika (LSU); Notre Dame safety Brandon Joseph (Northwestern); and Florida State defensive back Jammie Robinson (South Carolina).
FIRST TEAM
Offense
Quarterback — Bryce Young, junior, Alabama
Running backs — Bijan Robinson, junior, Texas; TreVeyon Henderson, sophomore, Ohio State.
Tackles — Peter Skoronski, junior, Northwestern; Paris Johnson Jr., junior, Ohio State.
Guards — Andrew Vorhees, sixth-year, Southern California; Caleb Chandler, sixth-year, Louisville.
Center — Jarrett Patterson, senior, Notre Dame.
Tight end — Brock Bowers, sophomore, Georgia.
Wide receivers — Jordan Addison, junior, Southern California; Jaxon Smith-Njigba, junior, Ohio State; Kayshon Boutte, junior, LSU.
All-purpose player — Deuce Vaughn, junior, Kansas State.
Kicker — Jake Moody, senior, Michigan.
Defense
Edge rushers — Will McDonald IV, senior, Iowa State; Isaiah Foskey, senior, Notre Dame.
Linemen — Bryan Bresee, junior, Clemson; Jalen Carter, junior, Georgia.
Linebackers — Will Anderson Jr., junior, Alabama; Noah Sewell, junior, Oregon; Jack Campbell, senior, Iowa.
Cornerbacks — Kelee Ringo, sophomore, Georgia; Eli Ricks, junior, Alabama.
Safeties — Jordan Battle, junior, Alabama; Antonio Johnson, junior, Texas A&M.
Defensive back — Riley Moss, senior, Iowa.
Punter — Adam Korsak, senior, Rutgers.
SECOND TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – C.J. Stroud, junior, Ohio State.
Running backs — Braelon Allen, sophomore, Wisconsin; Sean Tucker, junior, Syracuse.
Tackles — Connor Galvin, senior, Baylor; Dawand Jones, senior, Ohio State.
Guards — O’Cyrus Torrence, senior, Florida; Emil Ekiyor, senior, Alabama.
Center — John Michael Schmitz, sixth-year, Minnesota.
Tight end — Michael Mayer, junior, Notre Dame.
Wide receivers — Xavier Worthy, sophomore, Texas; Josh Downs, junior, North Carolina; A.T. Perry, senior, Wake Forest.
All-purpose player — Jahmyr Gibbs, junior, Alabama
Kicker — Harrison Mevis, junior, Missouri
Defense
Edge rushers — Myles Murphy, junior, Clemson; Nolan Smith, senior, Georgia.
Linemen — Calijah Kancey, junior, Pittsburgh; Siaki Ika, junior, Baylor.
Linebackers — Nick Herbig, junior, Wisconsin; Andre Carter II, senior, Army; Edefuan Ulofoshio, senior, Washington.
Cornerbacks — Cam Smith, junior, South Carolina; Clark Phillips III, junior, Utah.
Safeties — Brandon Joseph, junior, Notre Dame; Jalen Catalon, junior, Arkansas.
Defensive back — Jammie Robinson, senior, Florida State.
Punter — Kyle Ostendorp, junior, Arizona.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company seeking to mine in Georgia near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge said Monday that its project is back on track after a federal agency reversed a June decision that had posed a big setback.
Twin Pines Minerals said the Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the company by once again relinquishing the agency's regulatory oversight of the proposed mine in southeast Georgia near the Okefenokee, home to the largest U.S. wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River.
“We appreciate the Corps’ willingness to reverse itself and make things right," Twin Pines President Steve Ingle said in a statement, calling the development “great news" for the project.
Scientists have warned that mining close to the swamp’s bowl-like rim could damage its ability to hold water. They urged the Army Corps of Engineers to deny the project a permit. But the agency declared in 2020 it no longer had that authority after regulatory rollbacks under then-President Donald Trump narrowed the types of waterways qualifying for protection under the Clean Water Act.
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Trump’s rollbacks were later scrapped by federal courts. President Joe Biden’s administration has sought to restore federal oversight of development projects that under Trump had been allowed to sidestep regulations to prevent pollution of streams or draining of wetlands.
In June, the Army Corps notified Twin Pines that its prior decisions allowing the company to bypass federal regulators “are not valid” because a tribal government with ancestral ties to the proposed mining site had not been consulted. The agency said the Georgia project couldn't move forward without consultation with the Muscogee Creek Nation.
Twin Pines quickly sued the Army Corps in U.S. District Court, arguing the agency was “asserting jurisdiction the federal government does not possess.” The company noted the Corps' finding from October 2020 that it lacked jurisdiction over the mining project should be valid for five years.
A copy of the settlement, which Twin Pines provided to The Associated Press, says the Army Corps will honor that five-year span unless “new information” surfaces that causes the agency to revisit whether it should reclaim oversight of the project near the Okefenokee.
Cheri Pritchard, a spokesman for the Army Corps' Savannah District, said she could not comment and referred a reporter to the Justice Department, which had attorneys represent the agency in the Twin Pines lawsuit. An email message to the Justice Department seeking comment Monday evening was not immediately returned.
Without oversight by the Army Corps, the only regulatory approval Alabama-based Twin Pines needs is from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division. The proposed mining area includes more than 556 acres (225 hectares) of wetlands.
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge covers nearly 630 square miles (1,630 square kilometers) in southeast Georgia and is home to alligators, bald eagles and other protected species. The swamp’s wildlife, cypress forests and flooded prairies draw roughly 600,000 visitors each year, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge.
Two decades ago, chemical giant DuPont retreated from plans to mine outside the Okefenokee after meeting fierce resistance. Twin Pines wants permits to mine a small fraction of the acreage DuPont pursued. Ingle has insisted his company can mine the site without harming the swamp.
Government scientists have been skeptical. In February 2019, the Fish and Wildlife Service wrote that the proposed mine could pose “substantial risks” to the swamp, including its ability to hold water. Some impacts, it said, “may not be able to be reversed, repaired, or mitigated for.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/company-legal-settlement-puts-okefenokee-mine-back-on-track/article_ffc99b31-d481-59fd-9e82-b246250dde00.html | 2022-08-22T23:17:52Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/company-legal-settlement-puts-okefenokee-mine-back-on-track/article_ffc99b31-d481-59fd-9e82-b246250dde00.html | false |
Dogs Cry Tears of Joy: Study
Pet dogs produce a larger volume of tears when they are reunited with their owners than with acquaintances, possibly because of surging oxytocin levels—findings that could be the first evidence of emotional crying in nonhuman animals.
Aug 22, 2022
When a person is overcome with emotion, their feelings stream down their cheeks. Even positive emotions can turn on the waterworks, as people bawl when they win awards, express love for their partners, or are reunited with a long-lost friend.
But these feelings-driven tears may not be a wholly human experience. Dogs can also cry happy tears, according to a study published today (August 22) in Current Biology. Although the animals’ eyes don’t overflow, they well up when they’re reunited with their owners after spending even just hours apart, the researchers found. And they have hunch as to why: a sudden increase in oxytocin, the so-called love hormone, named for its predominant roles in social bonding.
“I thought it was a fantastic paper . . . ingenious,” says Lori Kogan, a psychologist at Colorado State University who wasn’t involved with the work—though she adds that the study is “very preliminary.” Kogan, whose research focuses on human-animal interactions and who has previously studied oxytocin dynamics in dog owners, says the findings align with both her professional and personal experiences with the animals. “What all of us who are dog owners know is that dogs are really, really happy to see us when we’re reunited,” she says.
Tearful reunions
A few years ago, Takefumi Kikusui’s standard poodle Jasmine had just become a mom. As the dog was nursing her pups, Kikusui—an animal behavior researcher in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Azabu University in Japan—noticed something unusual: “She had teary eyes,” he recalls in an email to The Scientist. “So that gave me the idea that oxytocin might increase tears. Oxytocin, as you know, is the maternal hormone,” produced at high levels in female mammals when giving birth and lactating.
Kikusui’s group and others had previously found that pet dogs exhibit an increase in oxytocin levels when they interact with their owners. Kikusui says he and his team hypothesized that reuniting with their owner after a prolonged period apart “would be [an] emotional event to dogs,” marked by tear production and an underlying surge in oxytocin.
To test the idea, the researchers separated pups from their owners for several hours before letting the pairs reunite. Five to seven minutes into their reunion, the scientists performed a Schirmer tear test on the dogs to measure how teary their eyes had become. They then compared the results with tear production that occurred when the dogs were similarly separated from and then reunited with someone they knew but who wasn’t their owner. The animals’ eyes did, indeed, well up with tears upon reconnecting with their owners—significantly more so than when they reunified with their human acquaintance.
To explore whether oxytocin could be driving an increase in tear production, Kikusui and colleagues applied a solution of the hormone to the dogs’ eyes. As hypothesized, oxytocin application significantly increased tear volume, while applying a control solution containing another peptide made from the same amino acids did not.
Ad Vingerhoets, a psychologist at Tilburg University in The Netherlands who has long studied the links between emotions and tear production (and even authored a book titled Why Only Humans Weep), says the idea of oxytocin mediating tear production makes sense. While the mechanisms underlying emotional tear production aren’t well understood, some have suggested that prolactin—a hormone often physiologically associated with oxytocin—plays a role in tearing. And anecdotally, Vingerhoets recalls the titular scene from the 2004 documentary The Story of the Weeping Camel, in which a female camel that had initially rejected her calf finally allows it to suckle as tears stream from her eyes. So, he says, perhaps nonhuman animals can weep after all.
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Vingerhoets says what struck him most about the paper was that Kikusui and colleagues looked for—and found—so-called tears of joy. Most of the research on emotional tearing examines crying that accompanies negative feelings, he says. That’s in part because, even in people, tears associated with positive emotions are mysterious. So for the team to have found evidence for tears associated with a positive experience—“this especially makes it very remarkable for me,” he says.
Follow up research could look at tear production under less happy circumstances, Vingerhoets says. “Loss and separation, homesickness heartache, bereavement . . . those are the situations that we consider as the strongest elicitors of tears,” he notes. “For me, it will be interesting to see whether [negative experiences] are also accompanied by increased tear production” in dogs.
For Kikusui, there are plenty of questions left to explore. In humans, and particularly in adults, the primary functions of emotional tears are thought to be social: to elicit sympathy and empathy, for example, or to encourage helpful behaviors in others. Dog tears could be similar—or not. “We do not yet know if dogs show an increase of tear[s] during dog-dog reunion[s],” he writes. “We also do not know how dogs use tears [to] communicate with each other. We need to clarify the social function of dog tears.”
Asmir Gračanin, a psychologist at the University of Rijeka in Croatia who was not involved in the work, says it’s possible that dogs only cry for us. “They coevolved with humans,” he notes, adding that “if I would have to choose among all different species of mammals, I would definitely look into dog's behavior to look for if there is some kind of special communication [with humans].”
Kogan agrees, though she suspects dogs are not completely alone. “We have shaped dogs to a greater degree than any other animal . . . so perhaps, it’s going to be easier to detect in dogs,” she says. “But I think that we probably would find similar things in cats . . . and I think the same thing with equines. So these animals that we have a very long-standing relationship with, I think there’s a good chance that we would see something similar.”
However, having such a special relationship with humans opens the possibility that dog tears actually aren’t emotionally driven, Gračanin says. Instead, they could just be a physiological phenomenon—one that capitalizes on a social signal already present in humans and was therefore artificially selected for.
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“Dogs are really, really susceptible to new adaptations,” both physically and behaviorally, Gračanin notes. Because tears universally elicit prosocial behaviors in people, it’s not hard to imagine how tear-prone pups might have received more care than their less tearful littermates. Indeed, in the new study, Kikusui and colleagues found that people rated pictures of dogs given artificial tears as cuter. So Gračanin says that over time, the people that domesticated dogs may have unintentionally bred them to cry, much like they selected for dogs’ mobile eyebrows.
This scenario doesn’t guarantee that the tears are emotionless. “We come to the question: What is an emotion?” says Gračanin. Do dogs feel the physiological changes we associate with happiness as humans do? In other words, is your dog really happy to see you, or is he simply going through biological motions hardwired by thousands of years of selective breeding?
The latter possibility could have intriguing evolutionary implications, as it might hint at how human emotions arose, Gračanin notes. He says that even if humans are unique in experiencing emotions, our feelings still had to come from something. Perhaps, in tearful dogs, we’re witnessing an initially unemotional behavior in the process of becoming emotional as it’s exaggerated by selection—a “transitory behavior that could maybe one day become a real emotional signal.”
Then again, if dogs really are overcome with joy, their tears could add to a growing body of evidence that no hard lines exist between humans and nonhuman animals, says Kogan. “Like a lot of other things that we’re dispelling over time that we think humans are totally unique in, it’s just one more thing that no, we’re not.” | https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/dogs-cry-tears-of-joy-study-70400 | 2022-08-22T23:19:11Z | https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/dogs-cry-tears-of-joy-study-70400 | true |
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The Anne Arundel Caucus of African American leaders launched a statewide notification system that alerts leaders and journalists when a racial incident, threat or suspected hate crime occurs in Maryland.
The new system is the first of its kind in the country and will alert members of civil rights groups, including the Maryland Black Legislative Caucus, NAACP, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, The National Action Network, and the Maryland Association of Black Journalists. .
Carl Snowden, the convener of the Caucus of African American Leaders, announced the system at a news conference Monday at the Kingdom Celebration Center, a church in Gambrills where last month authorities found a racial slur written on the door. A suspect has been charged in the case.
“When the FBI director, Christopher Wray, says white supremacist groups are the greatest threat to domestic tranquillity we should take that threat very seriously,” Snowden said. “This alert system is designed to make sure that our leaders are aware of any racial incidents, threats or hate crimes.”
People who believe a hate crime or threat has occurred can report it to members of the civil rights groups, who vet the tip. Snowden then gives final approval before a notification is sent out through a phone app similar to the child emergency system, Amber Alert, he said.
The app will initially be limited to Black officials in Maryland along with Black national organizations. However, Snowden said he believes the system will continue to evolve and expand .
The alert system is named after Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Mississippi teenager who was abducted, tortured and murdered on Aug. 28, 1955, for allegedly whistling at a white woman. This month, just weeks before the 67th anniversary of Till’s murder, a grand jury declined to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Till of making advances on her.
“Emmett Till has become the best example of a horrific hate crime, so that’s why we chose his name,” Snowden said. “Now those who receive an alert will understand the potential of the alerts.”
Anne Arundel County police are investigating a series of racially motivated incidents this year, including the discovery of a racial slur scrawled on the doors of Kingdom Celebration Center last month. Local leaders gathered at the church to decry the rash of vandalism incidents at houses of worship in western Anne Arundel that are being investigated as hate crimes.
In May, police investigated multiple incidents at Ark and Dove Presbyterian Church in Odenton where a pride-themed rainbow banner and a Black Lives Matter banner were both defaced. The banners were defaced again in June after they were replaced.
The man suspected of the church vandalism, Donald Eugene Hood Jr., wasarrested Aug. 5 but has since been released on his own recognizance. He faces three hate crime charges and a fourth charge of malicious destruction of property.
Anne Arundel police are not involved with the alert system, Snowden said.
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It will cost approximately $6,000 a year to keep this privately funded alert system up and running.
“We’ve come to the conclusion Anne Arundel County is in no way exempt from this country’s tolerance of hate crimes toward the African American community,” said Bishop Antonio Palmer, who leads Kingdom Celebration Center and is president of the United Black Clergy. “This new alert system is just a part of the reform efforts to protect the community.”
Daryl D. Jones, a former Anne Arundel County Council member and the board chair of the Transformative Justice Coalition, a civil rights organization, believes the alert system should be implemented across the country.
“We are still finding evidence regarding the killing of Emmett Till where an arrest warrant was never served” on Carolyn Donham, Jones said. “With this new alert system issues like this won’t be unattended to for so long. This is a model system for all of America.”
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LONDON (AP) — Conditions are dimming at many movie theaters around the world.
Cineworld Group PLC, one of the industry's biggest theater operators, confirmed Monday that it's considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., as it contends with billions of dollars in debt and more empty seats in front of its screens than expected.
The British company, which owns Regal Cinemas in the United States and operates in 10 countries, said its theaters remain “open for business as usual" as it considers options for relief from its debt load. Cineworld said it expects to continue operating even after any potential filing, though its stock investors could face steep or total losses on their holdings.
Cineworld faces challenges specific to itself after building up $4.8 billion in net debt, not including lease liabilities. But the entire industry is navigating a tenuous recovery after the pandemic shut theaters worldwide.
To be sure, moviegoers have streamed back into theaters this year to see blockbusters like “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” and ”Jurassic Park: Dominion." Industry giant Warner Discovery has said it's doubling down on theaters and moving away from debuting films on its HBO Max streaming service.
But this summer's $3.3 billion in ticket sales is still running nearly 20% behind the summer of 2019, before the pandemic, as of Sunday, according to data firm Comscore. And there don't seem to be any big hits on the immediate horizon to make those numbers much better.
Cineworld said its admissions levels have recently been below expectations. And with a “limited film slate,” it expects the lower levels to continue until November. That would mean an additional crunch to its finances.
Cineworld said it's holding talks with lenders and other major stakeholders as it reviews its financial options. It also said it expects “ultimately to continue its business over the longer term with no significant impact upon its employees." It has about 28,000 workers, according to the company's website.
Even if employees could make it through intact, shareholders may not. The company warned again Monday that a transaction to ease the debt on its balance sheet could hurt its stock investors.
The company's stock in London tumbled 21.4% to the equivalent of roughly 3.8 U.S. cents. That followed a 58.3% plunge on Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported the company was preparing to file for bankruptcy protection within weeks.
Shares of other theater chains also stumbled Monday, but nowhere near as much as Cineworld. Cinemark Holdings fell 5.8% to $15.33, for example.
Its executives said earlier in August that the next two months will be challenged by a dip in new releases. But they also said they're hopeful for a strong close of the year.
Rival AMC Entertainment has also called the upcoming film schedule relatively weak, though it’s optimistic about the end of the year and about 2023.
This year, about a third less wide-release films have been put into theaters as before the pandemic. Some of that has to do with residual delays in Hollywood’s production pipeline caused by earlier COVID-19 shutdowns and postponements. But it’s also because a lot of movies go straight to streaming.
One of the summer’s most-watched movies, the Ryan Gosling-Chris Evans action thriller “The Gray Man,” played on Netflix.
Unless films like Sony Pictures’ “Woman King,” with Viola Davis, or the buzzy Warner Bros. release “Don’t Worry Darling,” with Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, overperform expectations, the next month or two in theaters lack sure-things before “Halloween Ends” and “Black Adam” arrive in late October. Farther on the horizon, though, are a few sequels that could set box-office records: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Nov. 11) and “Avatar” (Dec. 16).
AMC's stock fell to $10.46 from $18.02 on Friday, though it had other factors impacting the shares. Monday marked the first day of trading for the company's new preferred equity units, which have the ticker symbol “APE.”
Investors received one share of APE for every AMC share they owned at the end of Friday. Analysts said it was similar to a two-for-one stock split, a deal that often sees a company's share price drop by roughly half. Analysts said the new APE shares offer AMC a way to raise cash in the future, which it could use to reduce its debt.
The company last year tapped the stock market to raise cash, taking advantage of a huge run-up in its share price when it got caught up the frenzy surrounding so-called meme stocks.
Its shares rose sixfold in January 2021 and then more than doubled that May and again in June. The gains were driven by hordes of amateur investors, with some referring to themselves as “apes” willing to hold the stock regardless of whether professional Wall Street called it a bad buy.
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Manx Grand Prix: John McGuinness "in ballpark" as Isle of Man TT legend targets third successive victory in Classic Senior race at Manx Grand Prix
John McGuinness will be gunning for a fourth victory in the Senior Classic race on Roger Winfield’s all-conquering Paton at the Manx Grand Prix on Saturday.
The 23-time Isle of Man TT winner earned back-to-back wins in the class in 2018 and 2019 after missing the race through injury in 2017.
McGuinness, who surpassed 100 starts at the TT in June, also won the race in 2016 and holds the lap record at 113.342mph.
The 50-year-old completed three laps in Sunday’s opening practice session and topped the times with a speed of 109.637mph.
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Practice was cancelled on Monday due to wet weather and low cloud on the Isle of Man but will resume on Tuesday evening, with roads closed from 6pm and the first bikes due off at 6.20pm.
McGuinness said: “I’m feeling really good, happy and I’m looking forward to riding the Paton again.
“It’s the same track and you have to respect the place. There’s a little less pressure, but I still feel pressure here.
“I’m in the ballpark and it’s a lovely bike to ride. You can put it where you want it compared to a Superbike, which tends to ride you.
“It’s quite difficult because you have to stay tucked in as much as you can and I’m not getting any younger, and the belly’s not getting any smaller,” he added.
“Everything needs to be perfect and it’s like riding a 250 almost, every gear change needs to be bang on and you’ve got to be really focused.
“I have to say I was pretty jealous watching the guys setting off on their Superbikes – I might have to get one for next year.”
Following Monday's cancellation, an additional qualifying session has now been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, with roads closed from 12.30pm to 4.30pm. The evening session will then also go ahead as planned (roads closed from 6pm until no later than 9pm).
The nine-day festival commenced on Sunday around the TT Mountain Course for the first time since 2019, with Republic of Ireland rider Brian McCormack topping the Classic Superbike times at 120.164mph on the Greenall Kawasaki.
McCormack was a late replacement for Derek Sheils, who was unable to compete at the Manx GP due to family commitments.
James Hind (114.137mph) led Ballymoney man Michael Dunlop (112.611mph) in the Lightweight 250cc class.
Dunlop completed a single lap in the red and yellow Crossan Motorcycles livery – the same colours used by his legendary late father Robert when Michael was starting out in his racing career.
Stephen Smith headed the time sheets for the MGP Senior race at 118.871mph with Chris Moore fastest in the MGP Junior class at 112.778mph.
The five-race schedule begins on Friday with the Dunlop Lightweight race at 2.40pm.
On Saturday, the Classic Senior MGP is scheduled for 12.45pm with the Junior MGP at 3.15pm.
The festival is set to conclude on Bank Holiday Monday with the Senior Manx Grand Prix (11.30am) and the Classic Superbike race (2.15pm). All races will be run over four laps. | https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/motorcycling/manx-grand-prix-john-mcguinness-in-ballpark-as-isle-of-man-tt-legend-targets-third-successive-victory-in-classic-senior-race-at-manx-grand-prix-3815400 | 2022-08-22T23:28:59Z | https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/motorcycling/manx-grand-prix-john-mcguinness-in-ballpark-as-isle-of-man-tt-legend-targets-third-successive-victory-in-classic-senior-race-at-manx-grand-prix-3815400 | false |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The birth mother of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz abused crack cocaine and alcohol during her pregnancy, his half-sister and another witness testified Monday — a circumstance that his lead attorney said left him with “an irretrievably broken” brain and set him on the road to mass murder.
Cruz’s attorneys began their defense Monday, hoping to convince his jury to sentence him to life without parole instead of death for slaying 14 students and three staff members during the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
His lead attorney, Melisa McNeill, told the jury during her deferred opening statement that Cruz has fetal alcohol and drug issues that weren’t dealt with adequately by his adoptive mother, Lynda Cruz, who suffered from severe depression and financial woes after her husband died suddenly when their son was 5. McNeill told the jury that doesn’t excuse what her 23-year-old client did, but are factors they should consider as her team presents its case over several weeks.
“He is a brain-damaged human,” she said.
She said nothing in Cruz’s life story will erase that the seven men, five women and 10 alternates have “seen things that will haunt us forever.” Cruz pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and the trial will only decide his sentence.
“Everyone knows there is one person responsible for all that pain and all of that suffering, and that person is Nikolas Cruz,” she said. But she hopes jurors will remember that the law “never requires you to vote for death,” not even “in the worst case imaginable, and it’s arguable that this is the worst case imaginable.”
McNeill deferred her opening statement from the trial’s first day of July 18 to the beginning of her team’s case. For Cruz to be sentenced to death, the jury must be unanimous — if even one juror votes for life, that will be his sentence.
The defense is seeking to overcome horrendous evidence laid out by lead prosecutor Mike Satz and his team, capped by the jurors’ visit to the fenced-off building that Cruz stalked, firing about 150 shots down halls and into classrooms. Jurors saw dried blood on floors and walls, bullet holes in doors and windows and remnants of Valentine’s Day cards and balloons.
Prosecutors also presented graphic surveillance videos; gruesome crime scene and autopsy photos; his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle; emotional testimony from teachers and students who saw others die; and four days of tearful, angry statements from parents, spouses and other family members about how their loved one’s death affected them. Jurors also watched video of Cruz calmly ordering a cherry and blue raspberry Icee minutes after the shooting and, nine months later, attacking a jail guard.
The defense began its case by showing that Cruz’s late birth mother, Brenda Woodard, was a Fort Lauderdale prostitute who smoked crack cocaine and drank Colt 45 malt liquor and Cisco fortified wine during her pregnancy with him. It is unknown whether Cruz’s birth father was a customer or a rapist — there was conflicting testimony on that — but his identity is unknown and he was not part of Woodard’s life.
Cruz spent much of the day looking up at the proceedings — during the prosecution’s case, he usually stared at the defense table and scribbled on a pad.
Carolyn Deakins, a former prostitute, testified Monday that she and Woodard were drinking beer one day in 1998 when Woodard got sick. She thought it was because of drugs, but Woodard told her she was pregnant. Deakins said she angrily told Woodard she was harming her baby with drugs and drinking, but Woodard replied she was putting the child up for adoption and didn’t care.
“Nickolas, I am sorry, but that’s how it was,” she said, peering over at the defense table. Cruz looked down.
Cruz’s half-sister, Danielle Woodard, nearly 12 years older, was brought to the courtroom from a Miami-Dade County jail where she is awaiting trial on a carjacking charge. Monday was the first time she had seen Cruz in person since she held him minutes after his birth — “he was really squirmy.” Their mother kicked her out of the maternity ward for asking if they could keep him.
She confirmed that throughout her childhood her mother abused alcohol and drugs. She said her mother would beat drug screens while on probation by having her urinate into a container and hide it in her person. The behavior continued through another pregnancy that birthed hers and Cruz’s half-brother, Zachary.
“She had an addiction. She always put that first,” Woodard said. Cruz nodded after she said she still loved her brothers.
Susan Lubar, a former Broward County teacher of preschool special needs, testified that Cruz had severe language and behavioral problems when she taught him at age 4. She said he would act like a tiger, curling his hands like paws and hissing at other children if they got too close.
“Nikolas would push children, scratch at them, topple over furniture, he would stay away from other children and if they got too close, he would pounce,” she testified.
To calm him, she put a sheet over a table where he would go to be alone with toys and picture books, something she never did with any child since in her long career.
Other children “knew that was his space and wouldn’t try to go in there,” she said.
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Associated Press writer Freida Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, contributed to this report. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/attorney-florida-school-shooter-was-a-damaged-person/ | 2022-08-22T23:31:52Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/attorney-florida-school-shooter-was-a-damaged-person/ | false |
Texas Tech position analysis
Linebackers
Projected depth chart
Middle linebacker: Krishon Merriweather, Sr.; Jacob Rodriguez, So.
Weak-side linebacker: Dimitri Moore, Sr.; Kosi Eldridge, Sr.
Returning stats leaders: Merriweather, 52 tackles, 5 1/2 tackles for loss, one sack; Eldridge, 10 tackles, one caused fumble.
Notable losses: LB Colin Schooler, credited with team highs of 106 tackles and 10 quarterback pressures, finished his eligibility. LB Riko Jeffers, who averaged 68 tackles over past four seasons, finished his eligibility. LB Brandon Bouyer-Randle, credited with 52 tackles and seven pass breakups in two seasons at Tech, transferred to Connecticut. LB Jacob Morgenstern, credited 38 tackles with 5 1/2 tackles for loss in two seasons at Tech, completed his eligibility.
In short: Gone are two anchors of the defense, Schooler and Jeffers having been the team's leading and third-leading tacklers last season, as well as significant depth pieces in Morgenstern and Bouyer-Randle. Outside of Merriweather, a 15-game starter over the past two seasons, Tech is almost starting from scratch on the defense's least-experienced unit.
Stock: Down. Tech can't easily replace a linebacker as productive as Schooler nor one as smart as Jeffers, whom former defensive coordinator Keith Patterson lauded for his pre-snap recognition and call communication. Questions abound: Can Moore regain the form of early in his career at Vanderbilt, where he averaged 92 tackles in 2018 and 2019? Can Eldridge elevate from sub-package player to every-down duty? How much time does Rodriguez need to adapt to defense after being primarily an offensive player in high school and his freshman year at Virginia? Can true freshman Ty Kana or senior Tyrique Matthews grab a role? A couple of the above need to be part of the solution right away. Injuries to Bryce Robinson, Matthew Young and Derrick Lewis — Robinson's and Young's being season-ending — thinned the experienced depth options. | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2022/08/22/texas-tech-linebackers-depth-chart-position-analysis/65414315007/ | 2022-08-22T23:32:30Z | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2022/08/22/texas-tech-linebackers-depth-chart-position-analysis/65414315007/ | true |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades.
Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and also leads a lab studying the immune system.
While the COVID-19 pandemic introduced him to millions of Americans, he’s given straight-talk to the nation about numerous outbreaks including HIV/AIDS, SARS, pandemic flu, Ebola and the 2001 anthrax attacks.
“I’ve gone into this campus and into the labs and into the hospital every day, including most weekends, for 54 years. The idea of walking away from it obviously is bittersweet,” Fauci told The Associated Press.
In announcing his departure, the 81-year-old Fauci called his roles “the honor of a lifetime” but said it was time “to pursue the next chapter of my career.”
Known for his candor and for the ability to translate complex medical information into everyday language, Fauci has been a key adviser to seven presidents starting with Ronald Reagan.
Fauci became the face of the government response to COVID-19 as it hit in early 2020, with frequent appearances on television news and at daily press conferences with White House officials, including then-President Donald Trump. But as the pandemic deepened, Fauci fell out of favor with Trump when his urgings of continued public caution clashed with the former president’s desire to return to normalcy and to promote unproven treatments for the virus.
Fauci found himself marginalized by the Trump administration, but he continued to speak out publicly in media interviews, advocating social distancing and masks in public settings before the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines.
He was also the subject of political attacks and death threats and was given a security detail for his protection.
When Biden won the White House, he asked Fauci to stay on in his administration in an elevated capacity.
“I’ve been able to call him at any hour of the day for his advice,” Biden said in a statement. “Whether you’ve met him personally or not, he has touched all Americans’ lives with his work. I extend my deepest thanks for his public service. The United States of America is stronger, more resilient, and healthier because of him.”
Fauci said he planned to continue working after leaving the government, saying he wants to use his experience “to hopefully inspire the younger generation of scientists and would-be scientists” to consider a career in public service.
For all the rancor of the coronavirus pandemic, it wasn’t Fauci’s first run-in with an angry public. He became head of the infectious diseases branch of the National Institutes of Health in 1984 when the nation was in the throes of the AIDS crisis. Activists protested what they saw as government indifference and Fauci, frustrated at being unable to save dying patients in the NIH’s hospital, brought them to the table in the hunt for treatments.
Later, under President George W. Bush, Fauci helped develop PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, to bring life-saving HIV treatments to developing countries. In 2008, Bush awarded Fauci the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Fauci said Monday he’d hoped there would be a successful HIV vaccine before he retired but “it wasn’t for lack of trying” to overcome extraordinary scientific challenges posed by that virus.
Fast forward to COVID-19, and for many Americans, Fauci has remained a trusted voice even as scientists were surprised again and again by a fast-evolving new virus. The NIH had laid the scientific groundwork for the speedy development of powerful coronavirus vaccines that, while not perfect, are highly effective at preventing serious illness and death.
Fauci told the AP that he remains frustrated at the country’s divisions over how to handle the pandemic.
“If ever there was a situation where you wanted a unified approach and everybody pulling together for the common good, it would be when you’re in the middle of a public health crisis,” he said. “As a physician and a scientist, I and my colleagues have the responsibility to do what’s correct, what is science-based.”
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An Arizona woman was still missing Monday after being swept away at Utah's Zion National Park three days earlier as flooding surged through the southwestern United States and imperiled tourists visiting the region’s scenic parks.
Farther east, heavy rains pummeled the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday, causing streets to flood and submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads.
Rangers at Zion National Park said Monday that they had expanded their search for Jetal Agnihotri, a 29-year-old from Tucson, Arizona, southward, to areas surrounding the Virgin River just outside the park. Her brother told a local television station she could not swim.
The park is among the United States’ most visited recreation areas even though it frequently becomes hazardous as conditions can deteriorate quickly. Flash floods can create danger for experienced hikers and climbers as well as the many who have flocked to the park since the pandemic bolstered an outdoor recreation boom. Despite rangers' attempts at warnings, flash flooding routinely traps people in the park's slot canyons, which are as narrow as windows in some spots and hundreds of feet deep.
Scott Cundy, whose been guiding hiking trips in canyons for 17 years through his Arizona-based company Wildland Trekking, has experienced that firsthand.
He remembers turning to see a wall of water plunging toward him and a group he guided in 2011, as they rushed to reach high ground in the Grand Canyon, a two-hour drive from Zion. Until moments before, he hadn’t seen one cloud in the sky. “It happens very fast," he said.
Cundy will cancel trips if there’s even a hint of rain in the narrow canyons of Zion.
“Once you’re in there, you’re just kind of S.O.L. if (a flash flood) happens,” he said.
Agnihotri was among a group of hikers who were swept away by floodwaters rushing through a popular hiking location in one of the park's many slot canyons. Both the National Weather Service and Washington County, Utah, had issued flood warnings for the area that day.
All of the hikers except Agnihotri were found on high ground and were rescued after water levels receded.
Flooding can transform canyons, slick rocks and normally dry washes into deadly channels of fast-moving water and debris in mere minutes. In previous years, walls of water as tall as buildings have engulfed vehicles, rolled boulders, torn out trees and opened sinkholes where solid ground once stood. In September 2015, a similar storm to this weekend's killed seven hikers who drowned in one of Zion’s narrow canyons.
During that same storm, the bodies of another 12 people were found amid mud and debris miles away in the nearby town of Hildale, Utah, a community on the Utah-Arizona border. A group of women and children were returning from a park in two cars when a wall of water surged out of a canyon and swept them downstream and crashing into a flooded-out embankment, with one vehicle smashed beyond recognition. Three boys survived. The body of a 6-year-old boy was never found.
Elsewhere in the region, businesses and trails remained closed in the town of Moab, Utah, which was overwhelmed with floodwaters over the weekend. Nearly 200 hikers had to be rescued in New Mexico, where flooded roads left them stranded in Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Though much of the region remains in a decades-long drought, climate change has made weather patterns more variable and left soils drier and less absorbent, creating conditions more prone to floods and monsoons.
Flooding has swept parts of southern Utah in and around Moab and Zion throughout the summer, causing streams of water to cascade down from the region’s red rock cliffs and spill out from the sides of riverbanks.
In Balch Springs, a Dallas suburb where last month a grass fire that started in a tinder-dry open field damaged over two dozen homes, officials on Monday were rescuing people from flooded homes.
“The water has nowhere to go and the creeks are starting to kind of flood over some. We’re just having them hunker in place until we can get to them by boat,” said Fire Chief Eric Neal, who did not yet have a count of the number of rescues done.
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Associated Press journalists Jamie Stengle, Terry Wallace and Jake Bleiberg in Dallas, Julie Walker in New York and Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City contributed to this report.
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Yellowstone National Park officials say the human foot inside a shoe found last week floating in the Abyss Pool might be linked to a death that happened on July 31.
"Evidence from the investigation thus far suggests that an incident involving one individual likely occurred on the morning of July 31, 2022, at Abyss Pool," officials said in a press release on Friday. "Currently, the park believes there was no foul play."
Officials added that the investigation into the death by the park's law enforcement officers is still ongoing.
Officials said that the grisly discovery was made Tuesday by a park employee near the West Thumb Geyser Basin.
According to the park's website, the hot spring is one of the deepest at Yellowstone, with a depth of more than 50 feet, and its temperature can reach approximately 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
After the gruesome discovery, the area the foot was found and the nearby parking lot were temporarily closed, park officials said, but it has since reopened.
According to the Associated Press, park officials say since 1890, at least 22 people have died in or around the park from hot spring-related injuries. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/officials-human-foot-inside-a-shoe-found-in-yellowstone-hot-spring-linked-to-july-death | 2022-08-22T23:33:25Z | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/officials-human-foot-inside-a-shoe-found-in-yellowstone-hot-spring-linked-to-july-death | false |
(The Hill) – In Congress, where legislation is drafted, debated and enacted, clear and concise definitions are of paramount importance. As military aircrews increasingly encounter unidentified flying objects (UFOs), lawmakers recently made several striking revisions to the definition of “UFO.” Key among them: The explosive implication that some UFOs have non-human origins.
As first reported by researcher Douglas Johnson, a draft bill approved unanimously by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rebrands UFOs as “unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.” Expanding the definition to include objects in space and under the oceans significantly broadens the scope of a muscular new office tasked by Congress with investigating UFOs.
The revised definition of “UFO” also includes “transmedium” objects which, according to lawmakers, “transition between space and the atmosphere, or between the atmosphere and bodies of water.”
In short, members of a key national security-focused committee believe that objects of unknown origin are demonstrating remarkably advanced technology by moving seamlessly between space, air and water. A report accompanying the legislation notes that “transmedium threats to United States national security are expanding exponentially.”
It strains credulity to believe that lawmakers would include such extraordinary language in public legislation without compelling evidence. Perhaps members have seen the classified sensor data that prompted former President Trump’s director of national intelligence to state that UFOs exhibit “technologies that we don’t have [and] that we are not capable of defending against” (among several other eyebrow-raising comments).
Most strikingly, Congress’s new definition of “UFO” excludes “man-made” objects.
Over the last seven decades, most UFO sightings involved “man-made” objects, such as misidentified aircraft, balloons, satellites or drones. Yet now, according to Congress, “man-made” objects “should not be considered under the definition as unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena.”
Moreover, in a congressional directive, objects identified by the new UFO office “as man-made…will be passed to appropriate [Department of Defense and Intelligence Community] offices” for further analysis.
Congress, in short, is forcing the government to focus on objects that are not “man-made.”
Imagine that the new UFO office identifies a highly advanced drone flying in sensitive airspace. Under the draft legislation, regardless of the drone’s origin – be it Chinese, Russian or otherwise – the UFO office must immediately stop investigating and hand the case over to another government entity.
This implies that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee believe (on a unanimous, bipartisan basis) that some UFOs have non-human origins. After all, why would Congress establish and task a powerful new office with investigating non-“man-made” UFOs if such objects did not exist?
Make no mistake: One branch of the American government implying that UFOs have non-human origins is an explosive development.
It is also part of a remarkable shift in official attitudes towards UFOs.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, many senior government officials believed that UFOs had “interplanetary” origins. But a series of still-unexplained encounters in the summer of 1952 sparked Cold War national security fears among defense and intelligence agencies. As a result, the U.S. government initiated a campaign to “debunk” and discredit all UFO sightings, no matter how credible. For decades, officials mocked any suggestion that UFOs had extraterrestrial origins.
Not anymore.
In discussions and interviews, NASA administrator Bill Nelson suggested that UFOs encountered by military aircrews in recent years have otherworldly origins. (NASA, it should be noted, is proceeding “full force” on an unprecedented scientific study of UFOs.)
Former CIA Director John Brennan stated that UFOs might “constitute a different form of life.” According to James Woolsey, a fellow ex-CIA director, “something is going on that is surprising to…experienced pilots.”
As Top Gun-trained aviators remain convinced that they observed objects “not of this world,” director of national intelligence Avril Haines – America’s top spy – has not ruled out extraterrestrial origins for UFOs.
Moreover, former President Clinton refers reflexively to the high likelihood of otherworldly life in the universe when asked about UFOs. For his part, former President Obama speculated openly about contact with extraterrestrial life when asked about recent military UFO encounters.
After the customary giggles and smirks that still accompany any mention of “UFO” died down, both Clinton and Obama adopted a serious, matter-of-fact demeanor when discussing the topic. Clinton, in particular, scolded a television audience for laughing when a host asked him about UFOs. Of note, former presidents continue receiving the government’s most sensitive intelligence briefings.
Unsurprisingly, this remarkable shift in attitudes towards UFOs is fostering a broader, richer discussion of the phenomenon.
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher, for example, recently theorized that UFOs are intentionally revealing themselves to fighter pilots.
He may be on to something. The geometrically reconstructed flight path of a well-known 2015 UFO encounter off the U.S. East Coast indicates that the object reacted as a Navy fighter jet attempted to sneak up behind it. Importantly, the object’s movement did not suggest hostility as much as a desire to be observed by the aircrew, which ultimately “flew right up to the thing.”
A UFO involved in the now famous 2004 “Tic Tac” incidents appeared on radar at the precise location of a rendezvous point known only to a small group of aviators and radar operators. Ten years later, two fighter jets nearly collided with a UFO hovering at the exact location and altitude of an entrance point to a military training range.
To Maher’s point, some UFOs appear to move and position themselves in ways that make their presence obvious to nearby military aircrews.
With Congress openly suggesting that UFOs have non-human origins, this behavior is particularly intriguing.
Marik von Rennenkampff is an Opinion contributor for The Hill. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the views of Hill or Nexstar. He served as an analyst with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, as well as an Obama administration appointee at the U.S. Department of Defense. Follow him on Twitter @MvonRen. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/opinion-congress-implies-ufos-have-non-human-origins/ | 2022-08-22T23:37:21Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/opinion-congress-implies-ufos-have-non-human-origins/ | false |
SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 21 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, Sue Bird added season highs of 18 points and 10 assists, and the Seattle Storm beat the Washington Mystics 97-84 on Sunday to sweep their opening-round series.
No. 4 seed Seattle plays top-seeded Las Vegas in the second round. The best-of-five series begins next Sunday in Las Vegas.
Jewell Loyd was 5 of 10 from 3-point range and finished with 19 points for the Storm. Gabby Williams, who suffered a concussion in the third quarter and did not return, scored 14 points and Tina Charles added 10.
Ariel Atkins hit a 3-pointer 13 seconds into the third quarter to give the Mystics a 46-45 lead, but Stewart answered with a 3 on the other end and Seattle never again trailed. Stewart made a fade-away jumper to stretch the Storm’s lead to 17 points with 6 minutes to play.
Natasha Cloud made 5 of 8 from 3-point range and finished with 21 points for Washington. Atkins added 15 points and seven assists, Elena Delle Donne and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 12 points apiece, and Alysha Clark 10.
The Storm made 35 of 63 (55.6%) from the field, shot 52.2% (12 of 23) from 3-point range. finished with 27 assists and committed a season-low eight turnovers.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State oil and gas regulators say they have reached a financial settlement with XTO Permian Operating to resolve violation notices at wastewater injection sites in southeastern New Mexico.
The Oil Conservation Division on Monday announced that XTO will pay nearly $1.8 million to the state general fund to resolve notices at four wells.
Regulators say that XTO has been cooperative in correcting violations and undertook an audit of its injection well sites to identify and respond to gaps in regulatory compliance. Company representatives could not be reached immediately for comment.
New Mexico updated its guidelines for disposal wells last year following an increase in seismic activity in parts of the Permian Basin that was believed to be associated with injection wells for wastewater and other fluids generated during oil and gas production.
The guidelines included immediate response protocols for operators to follow, including reporting and operational requirements. The guidelines also detailed the next steps the Oil Conservation Division would take if seismic activity continues in the area. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/New-Mexico-oilfield-regulators-reach-settlement-17390722.php | 2022-08-22T23:42:29Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/New-Mexico-oilfield-regulators-reach-settlement-17390722.php | false |
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Accuser’s mom: R Kelly’s threats made her fear for her life
CHICAGO (AP) — A mother whose daughter prosecutors say R. Kelly sexually abused starting when she was 14, told jurors Monday at the singer’s federal trial that she lied to a state grand jury 20 years ago, in part because she and her husband felt threatened by Kelly and feared for their lives if they told the truth.
The mom, who used the pseudonym, “Susan,” in court at the trial in Chicago, described how she, her husband and Kelly were crying when the parents confronted the Grammy-winner at a hotel in the early 2000s about whether he was abusing their daughter. She testified they were startled when Kelly told them, “You are with us or against us.”
She said she took those words to mean “that they were going to harm us if we didn’t do what they wanted us to do.” Among the directives from Kelly and an associate was that they had to lie that their daughter was not in a child pornography video and that they had to leave the country immediately for several weeks, she testified.
“We were very, very frightened,” she told jurors.
She added later that she lied to the grand jury “because we feared for our lives and we were intimidated.” She said she also feared for the well-being of her daughter, who warned her parents at the time that she might commit suicide if they refused to do what Kelly asked them to do.
Kelly, 55, is on trial in his hometown on charges that include production of child pornography, enticing minor girls for sex and obstruction justice by successfully rigging his 2008 child pornography trial in state court, at which he was acquitted.
Kelly is already staring at a 30-year prison sentence imposed by a federal judge in New York in June for his 2021 convictions on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
Susan’s daughter, who went by the pseudonym “Jane,” was among the prosecution’s first witnesses as the trial began last week. Jane told jurors that she also lied to the same grand jury prior to 2008 trial when she said she was not the 14-year-old girl in a video with Kelly. Jane, now 37, told jurors last week that, in fact, she had been sexually abused hundreds of times by Kelly before she had turned at 18.
On Monday, in an often contentious cross-examination, Kelly attorney Jennifer Bonjean repeatedly questioned Susan about whether she truly felt her life was in any danger from Kelly or his associates.
“No one actually threatened you, did they?” Bonjean asked.
“Yes, they did,” Susan answered.
Bonjean also asked why, if Susan felt so threatened by Kelly, she and her family continued to mix with Kelly socially for the next 20 years. She answered that Kelly was their sole income for a period, paying her musician husband to work on Kelly recordings. She also said she worried about Jane’s welfare if they cut ties with Kelly.
The husband, Jane’s father, died last year, she told jurors.
During her cross, Bonjean highlighted Susan’s testimony that she lied to the Illinois grand jury, asking if she was “telling the truth now.” Susan said she was.
Prosecutors from the Cook County state’s attorney’s office chose in the mid-2000s to push ahead with charges and to take the case to trial in 2008 despite what they knew was a major hurdle: their inability to call the girl in the video to testify.
After acquitting Kelly in the 2008 trial, some jurors told reporters that that they had no choice but to find Kelly not guilty because the girl — who by then was in her 20s — did not take the witness stand to confirm it was, in fact, her in the video.
Federal prosecutors at the current trial played excerpts of that and other videos they say show Kelly when he was around 30 sexually abusing a 14-year-old Jane.
Kelly has been trailed for decades by allegations about his sexual behavior. The scrutiny intensified during the #MeToo era and following the 2019 release of the Lifetime television docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.”
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Hooters announced Monday that they'd signed several college football linemen from around the country to name, image, and likeness deals.
In a press release, the restaurant chain said it wanted to sign offensive line groups rather than individual athletes to underscore "that, like a lineman, bigger is better."
The teams the players signed to NIL deals hail from include Auburn, LSU, the Miami Hurricanes, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of South Florida, the company said.
“For decades, the physical play, blue-collar mentality and on-field leadership of the offensive lineman has shined, but national praise and attention for these crucial players has all-too-often been sidelined,” said Hooters Chief Marketing Officer Bruce Skala in a news release. “We want to change the narrative and celebrate these elite student-athletes who play a pivotal role in making college football so thrilling and give them their fair share of the spotlight.”
According to ESPN and The Athletic, 51 players inked NIL deals with Hooters, including McKade Mettauer, Andrew Raym and Wanya Morris from the University of Oklahoma, EJ Ndoma-Ogar from Missouri, Kardell Thomas, Miles Frazier and Marcus Dumervil from LSU.
“It is an honor to have Hooters promote the big guys up front and advocate for the work, dedication and spirit of offensive linemen throughout college football,” said Georgia Tech offensive lineman Pierce Quick in the press release. “Like an offensive line, Hooters is all about comradery and having a good time, and I think I speak for all linemen by saying we are extremely excited to partner with a restaurant we already love and throw down some wings.”
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NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers since it began nearly six months ago, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating.
At a veteran's event, Ukraine's military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said many of Ukraine's children need to be taken care of because "their father went to the front line and, perhaps, is one of those almost 9,000 heroes who died."
In Nikopol, across the river from Ukraine's main nuclear power plant, Russian shelling wounded four people Monday, an official said. The city on the Dnieper River has faced relentless pounding since July 12 that has damaged 850 buildings and sent about half its population of 100,000 fleeing.
"I feel hate towards Russians," said 74-year-old Liudmyla Shyshkina, standing on the edge of her destroyed fourth-floor apartment in Nikopol that no longer has walls. She is still injured from the Aug. 10 blast that killed her 81-year-old husband, Anatoliy.
"The Second World War didn't take away my father, but the Russian war did," noted Pavlo Shyshkin, his son.
The U.N. says 5,587 civilians have been killed and 7,890 wounded in the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 24, although the estimate is likely an undercount. The U.N. children's agency said Monday that at least 972 Ukrainian children have been killed or injured since Russia invaded. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said these are U.N.-verified figures but "we believe the number to be much higher."
U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of Britain, France and Germany pleaded Sunday for Russia to end military operations so close to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant — Europe's largest — but Nikopol came under fire three times overnight from rockets and mortar shells. Houses, a kindergarten, a bus station and stores were hit, authorities said.
There are widespread fears that continued shelling and fighting in the area could lead to a nuclear catastrophe. Russia has asked for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the situation.
Vladimir Rogov, an official with the Russia-installed administration of the occupied Zaporizhzhia region, said Monday that because of the shelling, staffing at the nuclear plant has been cut, with only skeletal personnel remaining to maintain its operations.
Monday's announcement of the scope of Ukraine's military dead stands in contrast to estimates given by Russia's military, which last gave an update on March 25 when it said 1,351 Russian troops were killed during the first month of fighting. U.S. military officials estimated two weeks ago that Russia has lost between 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers, both killed and wounded in action.
On Monday though, Moscow turned its attention to one specific civilian death.
Russia blamed Ukrainian spy agencies for the weekend car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow that killed the daughter of a far-right Russian nationalist who ardently supports the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia's Federal Security Service, the main successor to the KGB, said Monday the killing was "prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services." It charged that the bombing that killed 29-year-old TV commentator Darya Dugina, whose father, political theorist Alexander Dugin, is often referred to as "Putin's brain," was carried out by a Ukrainian citizen who left Russia for Estonia quickly afterward.
Ukrainian officials have vehemently denied any involvement in the car bombing. Estonian officials say Russia has not asked them to look for the alleged bomber or even spoken to them about the bombing.
On the front lines, the Ukraine military said it carried out a strike on a key bridge over the Dnieper River in the Russian-occupied Kherson region. Local Russia-installed officials said the strike killed two people Monday and wounded 16 others.
Photos on social media showed thick plumes of smoke rising over the Antonivskiy Bridge, an important supply route for the Russian military in Kherson.
On the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, anxiety has been spreading following a spate of fires and explosions at Russian facilities over the past two weeks. The Russian-backed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, ordered that signs showing the location of bomb shelters be placed in the city, which had long seemed untouchable.
Razvozhaev said on Telegram that the city is well-protected but "it is better to know where the shelters are."
Sevastopol, the Crimean port that is the home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, has seen a series of drone attacks. A drone exploded at the fleet's headquarters on July 31, and another was shot down over it last week. Authorities said air-defense systems have shot down other drones as well.
On Monday evening, Sevastopol residents reported hearing loud explosions on social media. Razvozhaev said the air-defense system had shot down "an object ... at high altitude, that's why the sound was heard in different parts of the cities."
"Preliminary (conclusion) is that it is, again, a drone," he wrote on Telegram.
Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't directly mention the war during a speech Monday marking National Flag Day but echoed some of the justifications cited for the invasion.
"We are firm in pursuing in the international arena only those policies that meet the fundamental interests of the motherland," Putin said. He maintains that Russia sent troops into Ukraine to protect its people against the encroaching West.
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By Otis Kirk
FAYETTEVILLE — Following Saturday’s second scrimmage of the preseason the Hogs returned to the practice fields on Monday in shorts.
The first five periods on Monday were open to the media. Quarterback Malik Hornsby completed a couple passes in a row to running back AJ Green. Monday’s practice saw junior running back Dominique Johnson back on the field in a green protective jersey. Sam Pittman had promised Johnson’s return today.
“Well I hope so,” Pittman said. “We’re going to look at him a little bit in indy starting next week. We’ll just see where he is. Big blow to us. I think he’s a great running back, I really do. I think he’s a really good running back. But we’re going to look at him a little bit in some non-contact, see if he can do some things over bags and things. He’s been doing it in the indoor in his rehab. He looks great. So I don’t know, to be honest with you. I think you’ll probably know as much about it as I do when you come out to practice next week, how he looks in his drills.”
Terry Wells, who missed most of the spring, has been able to stay on the practice fields this preseason. He was working third-team left tackle on Monday. Wells came to Arkansas has a highly-touted four-star recruit from Wynne.
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Small Business Owners Call for Change from FedEx Ground in the Face of Inflation, Financial Challenges
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Approximately 3,500 FedEx Ground contractors, industry analysts, professionals and special guests convened this weekend at Route Consultant's 2022 Contractor Expo to discuss the inflation-based and contractual challenges facing the network of small business owners that power the FedEx Ground network.
"I want to see FedEx Ground remember their identity. FedEx Ground is an amazing delivery company," said Spencer Patton, Founder and President of Route Consultant. "They are a $60 billion dollar company that could be a $120 billion dollar company if we can work together through these challenges."
Patton's keynote address – which was also viewed by an additional 2,500 professionals via the Expo's live stream – detailed the areas that FedEx Ground and its contractor network can work together to create a more viable economic model and prevent the network from collapse due to inflation, high gas prices, and contract issues.
The keynote address is available on the Route Consultant YouTube channel.
Patton – speaking on behalf of his own business challenges with the FedEx Ground model – addressed the three key actions he believes FedEx Ground could take to restore their win-win relationship with contractors:
- FedEx Ground should end Sunday deliveries. FedEx Ground Sunday deliveries financially cripple the network: and both contractors and FedEx Ground lose money on Sunday deliveries. The service has been maligned since its launch and puts an enormous strain on the small businesses powering the network.
- Contractual changes. Recent contractual changes pushed through by FedEx Ground, without support from its contractor network, fundamentally undermine the integrity and financial viability of the contractor model.
- FedEx Ground staffing. Terminal and corporate staff from FedEx Ground have little to no experience in small business or logistics operations. FedEx Ground needs to educate its staff and restore appropriate communications between its staff and the small business owners in the network.
"Part of true leadership is coming up and taking accountability when accountability has to be taken," said Patton. "What I will tell you here is that I will be accountable as we move through this process and I beg that FedEx Ground show the same accountability to its contractors."
Patton operates 225 FedEx Ground routes in 10 states. Starting November 25, 2022, he will no longer operate his routes if the financial terms of his contracts aren't adjusted. Between now and the end of the year he will no longer be part of FedEx Ground's critical contingency network, which services abandoned or underserved delivery territories.
Of those changes, Mr. Patton notes, "My businesses will no longer subsidize FedEx Ground."
Contractor Expo had a wide range of smart business and cost-saving solutions for its large audience of small business owners. More than 80 industry vendors attended the event to support the network of small business owners, including Xos Trucks, Beans Route, Bright Flag Recruiting, Bridgestone Tires, and Ground Cloud. The business owners also learned about the recently announced Route Consultant Purchasing Alliance (RCPA), an organization offering cost-savings based on collective purchasing power, and the Trade Association for Logistics Professionals, an advocacy organization for contractors.
Route Consultant is the leader in education for owners of FedEx Ground and Amazon DSP logistics operations. Additionally, Route Consultant offers consulting services to new and experienced professionals in the logistics community. The Route Consultant team also facilitates the greatest share of transactions in the logistics space.
At its core, the Trade Association for Logistics Professionals (TALP) advocates for small business owners in the industry, including owners of last mile delivery routes and linehaul runs, based on their shared experiences, successes and challenges. TALP was the vision of Spencer Patton, the owner-operator of one of the largest number of FedEx Ground routes in the United States. Mr. Patton is also Founder and President of Route Consultant, an organization that provides consulting and brokerage services to FedEx contractors across the country.
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By Kira Lerner | Wisconsin Examiner
Federal authorities are prosecuting a man who pled guilty to threatening a Colorado election official on Instagram, where he wrote: “Do you feel safe? You shouldn’t.” And Colorado police arrested a man accused of calling Secretary of State Jena Griswold and saying that “the angel of death is coming for her.”
So when the Colorado secretary of state’s office learned early this year that the U.S. Department of Justice would allow funding through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program to be used by state and local election offices to combat threats, they submitted an application in March. The office requested $396,000 to pay contractors to monitor social media for threats and to enhance physical security for the secretary of state’s office staff and county clerks through September 2023.
In May, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Beall made a presentation to the board that determines grant recipients.
“There is a clear threat to Colorado Department of State (CDOS) staff, including the Secretary of State,” Beall wrote in a letter to the Colorado Department of Public Safety, which oversees the grant. “We are, simply stated, facing a threat environment that is unprecedented for election officials and staff.”
But in June, the office learned that the advisory board of mostly law enforcement leaders considered and denied the secretary of state’s application for funding for the coming fiscal year. According to the denial email, the board thought the proposal lacked sufficient content and details, and the project duplicated services or research that is already available or being done.
The board did award the secretary of state’s office $160,000 of a requested $241,000 in emergency funding to combat threats through the end of September, but the funds will expire before the November election.
With less than three months until the midterm election, many election officials across the United States say a continuing onslaught of violent threats makes them worried about their safety and that of their colleagues. The threats have led to mass resignations, leaving their offices understaffed for future elections.
The officials say they need support from the federal government to help protect themselves and their offices. But publicized efforts by the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security to provide financial support to state and local election officials appear to have fallen short, with election officials saying they haven’t seen and can’t access the money.
While Colorado was able to acquire emergency funding, no other Byrne JAG funding recipients have reported using the funds for election security as of the end of March reporting period, the most recent data available, according to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the DOJ department that oversees the grants.
“It is a positive step that Byrne JAG funds may now be used to protect elections and election officials,” the Colorado secretary of state’s office said in an emailed statement. “More can be done to ensure that the funds are indeed allocated for this purpose.”
Amy Cohen, the executive director of the National Association of State Election Directors, which is made up of election officials across the country, said federal agencies need to do more to ensure that election officials can obtain the money.
“They have made funds available, but they haven’t made them accessible, and I think that’s a pretty significant difference,” she said.
Threats abound
Since the 2020 election, elections officials across the country have faced an unprecedented number of violent threats. In July 2021, DOJ launched a task force to help address the threats and as of this month, the department has reviewed over 1,000 threats, brought charges against five people, and secured one conviction, according to Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr.
But a recent survey by the Brennan Center for Justice found that the problem is much larger than the Justice Department has reported. The survey by the left-leaning organization found that more than half of election officials do not report threats, and when they do, only 20% report them to federal law enforcement.
In response to appeals from people in the election community who said the Justice Department needs to do more to protect their safety, the department announced in January that the Byrne JAG program, the largest source of federal criminal justice funding for state and local jurisdictions, could be used by state and local election offices to help combat violent threats against people who work in elections.
Since 2005, the Byrne JAG program has provided states, tribes, and local governments with funding to boost various law enforcement and corrections programs based on the size of the state’s population and its rate of violent crime. In fiscal 2021, $283.5 million was allocated through JAG grants.
In a letter to the state administering agencies, the DOJ wrote in January that the broad criminal justice purposes allow for the funds to also be “used to deter, detect, and protect against threats of violence against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with the electoral process.”
At the time of the announcement, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who has faced threats from armed demonstrators outside her home, expressed relief, saying the allocation “removes from us the perpetual anxiety of trying to figure out how to fund needed security and protections.”
Benson and other election officials began considering how they would use the money for physical security at their offices, like additional locks, cameras, and bulletproof glass, and for other services like social media monitoring programs.
In Colorado, under a bill signed by the governor in June, the Colorado State Patrol is now required to provide protection and security services to the secretary of state, but members of the office told the JAG advisory board in May that other state and local election officials need similar law enforcement protection, according to minutes from the meeting.
The secretary of state’s office told the board that it’s currently paying for threat prevention with vacancy savings, “which is not a viable long-term solution.” They also said they requested funding support from the General Assembly, but said it appears unlikely to be approved. Therefore, they said they’re counting on federal grant funding to continue to combat threats.
Competition for funds
But in reality, the Byrne JAG program isn’t providing the support needed to combat violent threats, according to advocates who work closely with election officials.
In each state, an agency or person is tasked with determining how to divide up the state’s funds. While the federal government can give guidance, it’s up to the state’s administering agency to award the money.
One of the problems with the grant program is that it’s shared by numerous stakeholders, Cohen said. If elections officials request some Byrne JAG funding, they would be taking that money away from other state agencies and organizations that may have relied on it for decades.
Allowing an election office to hire private security, for example, might mean that a county has to take money away from indigent defense or a drug treatment program.
“There are so many different stakeholders for these grants that election officials are now at the end of the line,” Cohen said. “They’ve just asked people to cut the same pie in smaller slices instead of making a bigger pie.”
The law enforcement members of Colorado’s advisory board have a vested interest in directing the funding to themselves and their programs.
According to minutes from the May meeting of the advisory board, Douglas Gray, Colorado’s chief probation officer, said he feels like the secretary of state’s request for funding “doesn’t fit within JAG mission” and he “feels it’s supplemental.”
In Florida, David Stafford, the supervisor of elections in Escambia County, said he has not yet attempted to apply for federal grant money but might do so in the future. He called the new sources for federal funding a “net positive,” but said the fact that the Byrne JAG grant is spread among so many agencies changes his calculation about whether to apply.
“One might be more hesitant to spend time and resources to apply for a grant in which you are potentially competing with other worthy recipients (police departments, corrections departments, neighborhood services, etc.) than just a pot of money set aside specifically for elections,” he said in an email.
In a statement, Tannyr Watkins, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, explained why more Byrne JAG funds aren’t going to election officials.
“In both the state and local JAG solicitations that were released in June 2022, BJA included language that encouraged JAG recipients to utilize funds to prevent and respond to threats of violence against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with the electoral process,” Watkins said.
“However, by statute, JAG recipients have the flexibility to determine how to utilize funding to best meet the needs of their state or unit of local government, and there is no requirement for states and units of local government to utilize funds for election security.”
But members of Congress want DOJ to do more to clarify the grant process and to protect election officials from threats. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland in April, Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Dick Durbin of Illinois said that election officials are confused about the task force and how they can report threats and get financial assistance.
“Election workers have expressed a lack of clarity about how to work with state and local law enforcement to access Byrne JAG funding,” they wrote.
No help from DHS program
Elections officials also aren’t seeing assistance from the Homeland Security Grant Program administered by DHS, which can be tapped to protect elections officials from threats.
In May, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reinstated “enhancing election security” as a national priority area for the Homeland Security Grant Program. But while DHS provides funding requirements for some priority areas, election security has none.
A DHS spokesperson said no minimum spend was indicated because the funds need to have a nexus to terrorism and are intended to supplement funds from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission for this purpose.
Cohen said she’s heard from election officials that decided not to apply for the DHS grant because they knew the application would be time-consuming, and they wouldn’t get the money. She said that others who reached out to their state administering agency to talk about a project were told not to bother because all the money was already being used for other purposes.
Elizabeth Howard, senior counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security about the issues.
“Without firm requirements for state and local recipients of JAG and HSGP grants to spend a portion on election security, the state administering agencies that plan how grant funds will be spent are too likely to overlook election needs or to deprioritize those needs due to political pressures,” she said in her written testimony.
One solution could be making election officials required recipients of grant money because, as Cohen explained, “when election officials are not a required spend, they have difficulty accessing the money.”
Not enough time
The timing and deadlines for the funding have also posed problems for elections officials. By the time elections officials learned they could access the Byrne JAG grant from fiscal 2022, many of the deadlines had already passed or were too close for elections offices to meet.
The state administering agencies are not ones that election officials have worked with in the past, so Cohen said many have had to “start from scratch” to build relationships with the people in charge.
Moving forward, the timing may also present problems because elections officials will have to make their requests early in the year.
“How could you possibly predict what voting locations might need an additional police presence?” Cohen asked. “How could you possibly know that a specific office is going to be a target? You couldn’t predict that.”
Similarly, the Homeland Security grant program made election security a priority late in the grant cycle, which left little time for states to modify their priorities to match the federal government’s new priority of funding election security.
Additionally, election offices are already “stretched so thin” with limited resources and staff and increasing responsibilities, Howard said.
Election officials say they need the federal grants to prioritize them, as the midterm elections are approaching and the threats and harassment that started around the 2020 election have not slowed. Republicans aligned with former President Donald Trump continue to falsely claim that the 2020 election was rigged and that election officials took part in schemes to help President Joe Biden and Democrats steal votes.
In June, the Election Assistance Commission voted unanimously to expand the use of Help America Vote Act funds to protect election officials from threats after the Government Accountability Office authorized them to do so. But that money is already used for other purposes, like replacing outdated voting equipment.
The Brennan Center survey found that almost 80 percent of local election officials think the federal government is either doing nothing to support them or are not doing enough.
The Brennan Center also estimated that roughly $300 million is needed to physically protect election offices and workers over the next five years.
While Cohen said that NASED doesn’t have a position on whether federal agencies should help fund elections, the current effort is meaningless unless more is done.
“We didn’t realize we needed to say, ‘If you are going to fund elections, we need to be able to access the money too,’” she said.
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Ben Stokes faces `mental breakdown´ and career crossroads in documentary
Ben Stokes believes the public will see a different side to him in a new documentary where he comes face to face with “mental breakdown” and is driven to the brink of abandoning the career that made him a star.
The England Test captain attended a preview screening of ‘Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes’ in London on Monday, four days before it drops for the wider public on Prime Video.
By time it hits the streaming service he will fully focused on the red ball rather than the red carpet, leading his side’s charge against South Africa at Old Trafford, but the film makes it clear how close he came to walking away.
While there are stirring sequences from his golden summer of 2019, when he steered England to World Cup glory at Lord’s and conjured an all-time Ashes classic at Headingley, the narrative is shaped by crisis and trauma.
Stokes confronts some dark times in the new film (Prime Video/handout)
Stokes confronts his 2017 arrest in Bristol, the subsequent trial and eventual acquittal on charges of affray more fully than ever before, openly resentful about a lack of support from some in the England hierarchy and pondering if he was “playing for the wrong people”. He also offers a touching front-row seat to his final days with father Ged, who died in 2020 of brain cancer during the course of filming
When Stokes began to struggle with anxiety and panic attacks, ultimately stepping away from the sport to prioritise his mental health, production might easily have halted entirely. But instead, the cameras keep rolling and he appears, looking gaunt and fretful, during a stark interview segment with Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes.
“People might have an opinion on me from watching me on a cricket field, or from press conferences, but they won’t know what I am away from that. They will walk away knowing a lot more about me,” he told the PA news agency.
“I made a real effort, I wanted it to be genuine, to be me. This wasn’t about me saying ‘I’ve got a documentary on Amazon, check me out’. I didn’t want it be any bull**** ‘PR’ stuff .
“At no point did I ever want it to be set up to look good. There wasn’t a script written that said ’18 months in we’re going to have Ben have a mental breakdown and take time out of the game’. But now I look at that and it was really important that I gave as much as I possibly could in that period of my life and put it into the film.
“I wouldn’t say this is a documentary about cricket. It’s about my life, stuff I’ve gone through, stuff I’ve had to overcome. What this does is opens me up a lot more than people expect to see on the hard times that everyone goes through.
“I think it will help people. If it helps one person, I’ll be very proud. I decided to do this, to show it to the world and I’m proud of the stuff I’ve managed to open up and talk about.”
Stokes (right) was struck by a comment from Stuart Broad (left) in the film (Jason O´Brien/PA)
England team-mate Stuart Broad is one of several notable contributors, at one stage pointing to the elephant in the room: That Stokes’ hiatus last summer felt at one stage like a permanent one.
“I think one of hardest hitting things watching it back the first time was the two-second clip when Broady said that could be me never playing again,” said Stokes.
“I spoke to him a lot when I was out of the game but just chit-chat, nothing to do with how I was feeling or about cricket. Personally, I was at a stage where I was like ‘nah, I’m not going to play again. I don’t have it in me’. But for one of the closest friends to feel like that just from talking to me? Watching him say that took me back a bit. I didn’t realise it was that bad.”
In a memorably frank moment, Stokes makes a veiled reference to an unnamed ‘suit’ whose behaviour during the Bristol affair left him pondering his future with England. He later recalls offering the same person a brief and colourful response when they sought to share in his World Cup triumph.
Given his current status as Test skipper, it would not have been a shock had that sequence hit the cutting room floor. Instead, it lingers as a reminder that Stokes will continue to speak his mind.
“That bit is… interesting. I’m surprised it’s still in there, but I’m glad it’s in there,” he said.
“Suit is just a word I used. I’ve not thrown any names or anyone under the bus, it’s not what I’m about. I would never name and shame someone, it’s just pointless. But the person, if they watch, knows exactly who I’m on about.”
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Brewers place LHP Aaron Ashby (shoulder) on IL
The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-handed pitcher Aaron Ashby on the 15-day injured list Monday with left shoulder inflammation and recalled right-hander Jason Alexander from Triple-A Nashville.
Ashby, who was scheduled to start Wednesday at Los Angeles against the Dodgers, is 2-10 this season with a 4.58 ERA in 23 appearances (17 starts). The IL move is retroactive to Saturday.
In parts of two seasons with Milwaukee, the 24-year-old southpaw is 5-12 with a 4.57 ERA over 36 appearances (21 starts).
Alexander, a rookie this season at age 29, has made 12 appearances including seven starts. The brother of pitcher Scott Alexander is 2-1 with a 5.18 ERA in 48 2/3 innings.
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DALLAS — Streets and highways around Dallas remained water-logged on Monday afternoon, after flash floods struck the Dallas-Fort Worth area overnight. Signs of flooding lingered even after the rain had mostly cleared from the metroplex.
Authorities conducted water rescues and evacuated residents from areas with ongoing flooding; cars remained abandoned, some parked on the sides of interstates, either flooded or damaged by crashes; numerous highway ramps and lanes were shut down. At the interchange of Interstates 30, 45, and 75 — a trouble spot on good days — flooding had traffic down to a trickle in one lane.
In some isolated areas, the rainfall totals would be considered a 1-in-1,000-year flood — a remarkable reversal given the dramatic drought that Dallas had faced for months. Several rainfall gauges had recorded more than 10 inches. A record-breaking 3.01 inches of rain was also recorded in one hour at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned of continued risk for “life-threatening flash flooding,” extending its flash flood warning in and around Dallas County until 1 p.m. Central time. The risk of damage from the floods is “considerable,” it said, warning residents not to drive on flooded roads and to move immediately to higher ground. Flash flood warnings have also been issued for Fort Worth and Canton, Texas.
The downpour marked the latest such flood that has occurred over the past few weeks across the United States. In one week alone, three 1-in-1,000-year rain events occurred — inundating St. Louis, eastern Kentucky, and southeastern Illinois. The term, often considered controversial in part because it’s misunderstood, is used to describe a rainfall event that is expected once in every 1,000 years, meaning it has just a 0.1 percent chance of happening in any given year. But such events can occur more than every thousand years.
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Human-driven climate change has been found to increase the frequency of such high-precipitation events — a warmer atmosphere, capable of holding more moisture, can produce heavier rain. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2022 report, the rate of extreme precipitation events that cause severe flooding is expected to increase in the future.
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Several water rescues were ongoing Monday across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As of 8 a.m. local time, Dallas Fire and Rescue had responded to 141 water-related emergencies, according to Jennifer Moreno, a spokeswoman with the city's emergency management office. By 10 a.m., the Fort Worth Fire Department was responding to 25 high-water rescue calls, and Dallas police were responding to an additional 43 "high water calls."
In Mesquite, southeast of Dallas, firefighters were on the scene of a bridge where water had receded enough that a car was visible in the creek below.
Jeff Lindner, a meteorologist for Harris County, Texas, noted on Twitter that one weather gauge recorded nearly 40 percent of its typical annual rainfall in just 12 hours.
Later Monday morning, that same gauge tallied over 14.9 inches of rain, still within 12 hours.
Such rates of precipitation are nearly impossible for soils — not to mention impervious paved surfaces — to absorb without runoff that can cause flash flooding.
Water levels at Trinity River in Dallas are expected to enter minor flood stage Monday into Tuesday. Flooding is also occurring in Balch Springs, a suburb southeast of Dallas, where a grass fire earlier this summer damaged more than two dozen homes.
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A communications outage caused by a Verizon line problem has prevented the National Weather Service from issuing warnings from the Fort Worth office, the NWS confirmed to The Washington Post, though the office says it is still working closely with partner offices to stay on top of the flooding.
"While Verizon works to fix the issue, long-and short-range forecasts and warnings for the Dallas-Fort Worth area continue to go out uninterrupted, through service backup by our forecast offices in Nashville, Tennessee, and Norman, Oklahoma," said Susan Buchanan, the NWS's Director of Public Affairs.
After the flooding rains move out of the Dallas area, they are expecting to continue to track along Interstate 20 toward areas such as Shreveport, La. The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center has issued a moderate risk of excessive rainfall for northeastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana, with 3 to 5 inches of rain expected in the area and rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour possible.
More excessive rain is expected Tuesday, with the moderate risk for heavy rainfall spreading farther across northern Louisiana into parts of Alabama.
The extreme weather whiplash was felt across the metro region. Before Monday’s intense rainfall, the Dallas-Fort Worth area was in the midst of a substantial drought. All of Dallas County has been experiencing at least extreme drought for the past three months, according to the US Drought Monitor.
At one point, Dallas had dozens of days above 100 degrees and 67 days in a row without any rainfall, a streak that was finally broken Aug. 9. The drought was so bad that on the Fourth of July, local fire departments, short on trucks, urged residents to avoid shooting off fireworks. Now, in a shocking reversal, it is likely that this August will be Dallas's wettest since 1899, the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore noted on Twitter, and fire departments are instead asking people to stay off the streets to avoid high water.
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Cities across Texas experienced near-record-high temperatures and dryness last month, causing serious precipitation deficits. But the heavy rainfall over parts of the state into Monday may not bring enough relief, the NWS warned.
The heavy rainfall across Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma stems from an overlap of extreme moisture and a forceful triggering mechanism.
Over the weekend, an underwhelming tropical system moved ashore in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico, with relatively little fanfare. Its direct impacts were minimal, but it trucked ashore an air mass replete with deep tropical moisture. PWATs, or precipitable water indexes — a measure of how much moisture is present in a column of air from the bottom to the top of the atmosphere — are approaching a remarkable three inches.
That's the air wafting north into thunderstorms and being converted into heavy downpours along a stationary front. The front is draped west to east near the Red River of Oklahoma toward the Arkansas-Louisiana border. A wave of low pressure that is forming along the front and propagating east will further enhance those downpours. Some locations will see a low-end tornado risk, too.
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When flooding struck the Dallas area, parts of north-central and northeastern Texas were under flood watches — an alert level that is below flood warnings — until noon Central time Monday, including Dallas, Rockwall, and Delta counties. The NWS warned of “rainfall totals of 2 to 5 inches, with isolated amounts in excess of 8 inches.”
Local news outlets and reporters shared videos of a water rescue on a flooded highway in the Dallas area. People swam in murky floodwaters, their vehicles abandoned on roadsides with their alarms blaring. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/22/nation/dallas-area-hit-by-1-in-1000-year-flood-cars-float-water-filled-roads/ | 2022-08-23T00:05:15Z | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/22/nation/dallas-area-hit-by-1-in-1000-year-flood-cars-float-water-filled-roads/ | false |
Heavy rain floods streets across the Dallas-Fort Worth area
DALLAS — Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads and water seeped into some homes and businesses.
"The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight," said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The official National Weather Service record station at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport reported 9.19 inches (23 centimeters) of rain in the 24 hours ending at 2 p.m. Monday. That ranked second for the top 10 most rain over 24 hours in Dallas on record. The most was 9.57 inches (24.3 centimeters) that fell Sept. 4-5, 1932.
"We've been in drought conditions, so the ground soaked up a lot of it but when you get that much rain over that short a period of time, it's certainly going to cause flooding, and that's what we saw, definitely in the urban areas here," Huckaby said.
Across the area, rainfall amounts ranged from less than 1 inch (3 centimeters) to over 15 inches (38 centimeters), said National Weather Service meteorologist Sarah Barnes. By Monday afternoon, the rain had moved out of the area, she said.
"There was quite a bit of variation in the rainfall totals," Barnes said.
At least one fatality was blamed on the downpours as emergency responders across the area reported responding to hundreds of high-water calls. A 60-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle was swept away by flood waters, said Clay Jenkins, presiding officer of the Dallas County commissioners. Jenkins declared a state of disaster for Dallas County and requested federal and state assistance for affected individuals.
In Balch Springs, a Dallas suburb where last month a grass fire that started in a tinder-dry open field damaged over two dozen homes, officials on Monday rescued people from flooded homes. Fire Chief Eric Neal said they rescued four people from one flooded home and one person from another.
"We had to get to them by boat and pull them to safety," said Neal, who added that others chose to stay in their flooded homes.
"As the rain stopped, the water started to recede pretty quick," Neal said.
At White Rock Lake in Dallas, where the water level has been low through the baking summer months, people with umbrellas and water-proof jackets braved the rain Monday morning to watch the deluge transform the lake's previously dry concrete spillway into what looked like a roaring river.
Trenton Cody, 29, said he drove over Monday morning to take a look at the effect the floodwaters were having on the lake's dam.
"It looks like we're high in the mountains somewhere with some like Class V rapids, which is crazy," Cody said.
Huckaby said that the flooding started overnight on streets and interstates.
"It fell very, very quickly," Huckaby said. "We had some locations there in Dallas that had more than 3 inches (8 centimeters) of rain even in one hour."
He noted that with so much concrete in urban areas, "there's just only so much that the drain systems can handle."
The water seeped into some businesses. Peter Tarantino, who owns Tarantino's Cicchetti Bar and Record Lounge in Dallas, told The Dallas Morning News that about 6 inches of water flowed into the dining room, but had receded by late morning.
He said he may be able to salvage the furniture but he'll need to replace rugs and carpets.
"I'm hoping by Thursday we'll be able to open up the bar with a few snacks," he told the newspaper. "I don't give up too easily."
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said on Twitter that based on preliminary damage assessments, he was declaring a state of disaster in Dallas County and requesting state and federal assistance.
Meanwhile, the weather caused hundreds of delays and cancellations in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and at Dallas Love Field.
With the amount of rain that fell Monday, this August now ranks as the second-wettest on record for the area. As of 2 p.m., the National Weather Service reported total rainfall for August of 10.08 inches (25 centimeters) at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The wettest August was 10.33 inches (26 centimeters) in 1915.
"It will probably put a small dent on the drought I would imagine but I don't think it's going to get rid of it by any means," Barnes said.
She said that over the next week, there are only low chances of more rain.
"Unless we continue to see rain, we'll just probably see drought conditions worsen again," Barnes said. | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/22/1118928105/dallas-fort-worth-texas-flooding | 2022-08-23T00:08:40Z | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/22/1118928105/dallas-fort-worth-texas-flooding | true |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — President Joe Biden’s administration has not yet made a decision about extending the pause on federal student loan debt nor about whether some of that debt will be canceled, but his education secretary is promising some sort of action before the end of the month.
“The American people will hear directly from us because we recognize this is an important issue across the country,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said.
He appeared Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and CBS’s “Face the Nation” to discuss the matter. He said his team is in daily talks with the White House.
“We’re not slowing down,” Cardona said. “We want to make sure that college is more accessible and more affordable for Americans across the country.”
The White House has said it is considering canceling up to $10,000 per borrower, but progressives are pressuring Biden for more — $50,000. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the House Progressive Caucus, tweeted Monday that it would be a “great day to cancel student loan debt and deliver relief for millions of borrowers across the country.”
Many Republicans are opposed to the idea.
“I think it just seems inherently unfair,” Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., said, saying canceling debt now after many have already paid off their loans is wrong and won’t fix the underlying problem of the cost of education. “I think the better thing would be to look at why is college tuition over the last several decades increased at twice the rate of inflation? Why is that? Why is college education far more expensive than buying a car on an annual basis for a four-year education?”
The president’s schedule for the week does not so far indicate an announcement but that could change. Biden, who is on vacation, is expected back at the White House Wednesday. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/washington-dc/education-secretary-action-soon-on-student-loan-debt/ | 2022-08-23T00:15:10Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/washington-dc/education-secretary-action-soon-on-student-loan-debt/ | false |
There's some serious buzz around Ireland Baldwin's new look.
The 26-year-old—who is the daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger—is no stranger to a giant hair transformation, but her latest look may be the boldest yet as the model just debuted a blonde buzz cut.
In an Aug. 21 Instagram post, Ireland showed off her new hairdo paired with the caption, "don't tell me I won't do something because I will. buzzed by @hairmettle."
Her hairstylist Hannah Bonetti took to their own Instagram account to share footage of Ireland in the salon chair as the transformation was taking place.
"Had the absolute pleasure of helping @irelandirelandireland go fearlessly into uncharted territory this afternoon," Hannah wrote in an Aug. 21 Instagram post. "We were planning on a big change (like, bangs), but neither one of us knew our session would end in a transformation of this magnitude."
As for what the of haircut stands for, they added, "Today was a celebration of shedding that which no longer serves us."
After Ireland took the new look to the 'gram, followers made their way to her comment section to praise her cut, including her mom, who wrote, "This is my baby… Don't tell her not to do something……. because she will…….. i'm a witness to that and have been for many years… Simply beautiful."
And while positive comments have flooded in on Ireland's look, she took to her Aug. 22 Instagram Stories to share a message for those who like her hair—and for those who don't.
"I've been getting really sweet message about my head," Ireland wrote. "Thank you for hyping me up. And for those of you being nasty, stay mad. You're just mad I'm a cuter boy than you." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1343045/ireland-baldwin-debuts-buzz-cut-in-must-see-hair-transformation?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-08-23T00:15:50Z | https://www.eonline.com/news/1343045/ireland-baldwin-debuts-buzz-cut-in-must-see-hair-transformation?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | true |
WASHINGTON — The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation had been pushed to the fringes of history.
A group of civic leaders, activists and historians hope that ended Sunday in the quiet Massachusetts town of Sheffield with the unveiling of a bronze statue of the woman who chose the name Elizabeth Freeman when she shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago to the day.
Her story, while remarkable, remains relatively obscure.
State Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli grew up not far from Sheffield in the Berkshires of western Massahusetts yet didn't hear her story until about 20 years ago. He found that many of his colleagues in the Statehouse were also largely in the dark about the significance of her case, which set the legal precedent that essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts.
“She’s clearly a hidden figure in American history, and I really believe Black history is American history,” said Pignatelli, a Democrat. “But unfortunately, Black history is what we haven’t been told and taught.”
The enslaved woman, known as Bett, could not read or write, but she listened.
And what she heard did not make sense.
While she toiled in bondage in the household of Col. John Ashley, he and other prominent citizens of Sheffield met to discuss their grievances about British tyranny. In 1773, they wrote in what are known as the Sheffield Resolves that “Mankind in a state of nature are equal, free, and independent of each other."
Those words were echoed in Article 1 of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which begins “All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights.”
It is believed that Bett, after hearing a public reading of the constitution, walked roughly 5 miles from the Ashley household to the home of attorney Theodore Sedgwick, one of the citizens who drafted the Sheffield Resolves, and asked him to represent her in her legal quest for freedom, said Paul O’Brien, president of the Sheffield Historical Society.
Sedgwick and another attorney, Tapping Reeve, took the case.
Women had limited legal rights in Massachusetts courts at the time, so a male slave in the Ashley household named Brom was added to the case.
The jury agreed with the attorneys, freeing Bett and Brom on Aug. 21, 1781.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, and his wife, Diane, are residents of the Berkshires and have been instrumental in fundraising and organizational efforts. They led Sunday’s ceremony.
“What I love about the story is that this remarkable woman, enslaved, sometimes brutalized, unable to read, listened carefully to the conversation around the table as the men she was serving discussed the concepts of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as ‘inalienable rights,'" Patrick, the state's first Black governor, said in an email. “I love that this powerless woman could imagine these powerful ideas as her own, and could persuade others to test that question. And I love that the Massachusetts courts had the integrity of purpose to take her question seriously.”
Pignatelli was inspired to raise a statue of Freeman last year when he attended the unveiling of a statue of Susan B. Anthony in Adams, the Berkshire County community where the suffragist was born.
He brought together stakeholders and raised about $280,000, enough money for the roughly 8-foot statue, as well as a scholarship fund in Freeman's honor for area high school students.
Gwendolyn VanSant, the CEO of BRIDGE, an area nonprofit that fosters racial understanding and equity, is overseeing the scholarships.
She called Freeman an icon and a trailblazer. “For me as an African American woman, it's amazing to be walking in her footsteps,” she said.
After the court case, Ashley asked Freeman to return to his household as a paid servant, but she refused and instead went to work for Sedgwick, where she helped raise his children and was known by the affectionate name, Mumbet.
She was a healer, a nurse and a midwife, who bought her own property in nearby Stockbridge, VanSant said.
The Sedgwicks had such a deep respect for Mumbet that when she died in 1829 at about the age of 85 she was buried with them, the only non-family member in the family plot. Much of what historians know about her was written by one of Theodore Sedgwick’s daughters, the novelist Catharine Maria Sedgwick, O'Brien said.
The statue, cast by renowned sculptor Brian Hanlon, was placed on the property of the First Congregational Church in Sheffield, not far from the Sedgwick home.
“We don’t know if Elizabeth Freeman went to the church, but we know Ashley did, and it was common for enslavers to bring enslaved people to look after their children at church," said O'Brien.
Although some 200 people were expected to attend Sunday's unveiling, the culmination of three days of celebrations, organizers have been unable to find any of Freeman's descendants.
VanSant hopes a permanent memorial will spur interest into Freeman's story. “Maybe her descendants will find us,” she said. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/nation-world/statue-of-enslaved-woman-who-won-freedom-in-court/507-9f67fb25-b315-43b7-bf98-85d2833238e2 | 2022-08-23T00:20:05Z | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/nation-world/statue-of-enslaved-woman-who-won-freedom-in-court/507-9f67fb25-b315-43b7-bf98-85d2833238e2 | true |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Razorbacks held their second scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday afternoon.
After the offense seemed to win the day last Saturday, the defense rebounded in this last scrimmage before the start of classes Monday.
"I'm not rooting for the offense or defense, but I thought the defense played a lot better today than they did last week," Pittman said after the scrimmage, which was closed to the media.
Pittman noted that it wasn't that the offense had a bad day. In fact, the offense was still able to produce some explosive plays, including a 65-yard touchdown pass from Malik Hornsby to Ketron Jackson.
However, according to Pittman, the defense was able to make "more plays, made the close plays."
There were a few areas in which the Arkansas head coach noted improvement from that side of the ball.
"I thought we pressured the quarterback better today," Pittman said. "Contested balls, we were better on defense than we were last week... We've got big wideouts, you know, but we were in a better position I thought."
"Overall, I think it's just because the defense played better," Pittman said. "I don't really feel like the offense didn't play well. I just think our defense made key plays in there to get off the field."
The pass-rushing success included multiple sacks from Landon Jackson and a sack from Eric Thomas.
In the secondary, safety Jalen Catalon also made it a note to his fellow defensive backs to improve their play in this week's scrimmage.
"For me especially, when it came to the back end, I made it known that last scrimmage, they (the offense) had too many plays, that we had to compete out there," Catalon said. "Go out there, show what the defense could be about, especially from the back end standpoint as well."
"I made that a statement, and we came out there and played really well," Catalon said.
The Razorbacks will be off Sunday before returning to the practice field Monday, with Pittman saying the team will start its prep for Cincinnati on Thursday.
The No. 19 Hogs open the season against the No. 23 Bearcats in two weeks, on Saturday, September 3rd. Kickoff from Razorback Stadium is at 2:30 p.m. with the game being broadcast on ESPN. | https://www.thv11.com/article/sports/ncaa/university-of-arkansas/razorback-football/razorbacks-defense-stands-out-in-second-scrimmage-of-fall-camp/527-9b09ab89-6e0c-49b1-9bd9-02b4d484d77e | 2022-08-23T00:20:36Z | https://www.thv11.com/article/sports/ncaa/university-of-arkansas/razorback-football/razorbacks-defense-stands-out-in-second-scrimmage-of-fall-camp/527-9b09ab89-6e0c-49b1-9bd9-02b4d484d77e | false |
AUSTIN – After a calamitous first scrimmage that resulted in two starters suffering season-ending injuries, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian was happy to share a much lighter injury report this time around.
The only player who got “a little nicked up” in last Saturday’s scrimmage was freshman offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr, who's currently competing for a starting spot. Sarkisian expects the five-star recruit out of Humble to return to the field by Tuesday.
Otherwise, the Longhorns emerged unscathed one week after starting receiver Isaiah Neyor and starting offensive guard Junior Angilau tore their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) during the team’s Aug. 13 scrimmage.
Sarkisian also announced senior running back Roschon Johnson and junior defensive back Jahdae Barron will return to practice this week after sustaining minor injuries in that first scrimmage. And freshman offensive lineman Cole Hutson, another projected starter, has already returned to the field, as has third-year wideout Troy Omeire.
“A lot of guys we thought would be back have worked themselves back into practice,” Sarkisian said. “Feel good about that. So, you know, we practice hard, I get that. But we also want to make sure we're fresh and healthy going into that first ball game.”
Twitter: @NRMoyle | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/longhorns/article/OL-Kelvin-Banks-nicked-up-but-Texas-avoids-17390425.php | 2022-08-23T00:20:48Z | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/longhorns/article/OL-Kelvin-Banks-nicked-up-but-Texas-avoids-17390425.php | false |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
608 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...Strong line of thunderstorms will impact portions of Grimes,
southeastern Brazos, Washington, northwestern Montgomery,
northwestern San Jacinto, southern Houston, east central Madison,
northern Waller, central Polk, Walker, Trinity, north central
Colorado, northern Austin and Burleson Counties through 645 PM CDT...
At 608 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Sebastopol to near Burton. Movement was
southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
College Station, southern Bryan, northwestern Conroe, Huntsville,
Brenham, Navasota, Hempstead, Willis, Prairie View, Livingston,
Caldwell, Bellville, Pinehurst, Washington, Trinity, Panorama
Village, Onalaska, Corrigan, Magnolia and Somerville.
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.
LAT...LON 3045 9687 3123 9486 3115 9486 3112 9479
3082 9462 3012 9587 3016 9596 3008 9593
2976 9650 2994 9659 2997 9657 3015 9665
3015 9671 3022 9674 3030 9664 3032 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 321DEG 22KT 3091 9524 3013 9660
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Edric Hill has had the look of a Division-I defensive lineman for a few years.
As a freshman, he’d stagger about North Kansas City (Mo.) High’s field and coaches would mistake Hill for senior Adetomiwa Adebawore, a 6-foot-2, 280-pounder currently at Northwestern. Their frames matched, with Hill measuring at 6-foot-3, 290-pounds. The Hornets have produced collegiate talent and on Monday night, Hill took a step to join them.
Hill, a four-star in the class of 2023 and seventh-ranked player in his state per the 247Sports Composite, announced his commitment to Alabama. He becomes the 21st overall player in the top-ranked class and the third defensive lineman.
“He has very high character,” Hill’s high school head coach Leon Douglas said. “He’s a leader, a natural positive demeanor. ... One of the glue guys.”
At North Kansas City, Hill initially dreamt of using his quick feet and strong hands at tight end. A strong showing in middle school 7on7 tournaments convinced Douglas and others to give him a shot at it. Then he started a game at linebacker, was moved to nose guard then defensive end, where Hill was an all-conference player as a sophomore.
He projects as a defensive lineman in college. Tide defensive line coach Freddie Roach was listed as his primary recruiter. Hill and North Kansas City open the season this Friday in Columbia, Mo. against Hickman.
Hill choose the Tide over LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon and USC. His stock has risen the last few years, with the bulk of Southeastern Conference interest coming after his sophomore season. Nick Saban and co. offered Hill following a November unofficial visit.
He moved up his commitment date and joined Hewitt-Trussville’s Hunter Osborne and Eufaula EDGE Yhonzae Pierre as the trench pieces on the defensive side of the ball. Following the misses on Thompson’s Peter Woods and Gardendale’s Kelby Collins to Clemson and Florida, respectively, Hill is a strong find to continue building a key position group.
The Crimson Tide now have 13 four-star prospects to go with its quartet of five-stars and trio of three-stars. It expanded its lead over Texas, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Georgia in the 247 team rankings.
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Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at NAlvarez@al.com. | https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/08/alabama-earns-commitment-from-21st-recruit-bolsters-defensive-line-with-missouri-4-star.html | 2022-08-23T00:23:13Z | https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/08/alabama-earns-commitment-from-21st-recruit-bolsters-defensive-line-with-missouri-4-star.html | false |
A modern bride.
Three years after getting engaged, Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams finally tied the knot on Aug, 20 at Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, Calif.
The Modern Family star walked down the aisle in an ivory silk faille ballgown by Vera Wang, featuring a sweetheart neckline, hand-pleated bodice, French tulle sleeves and high slit, according to a press release from the designer. She completed her wedding day look with a cathedral-length Italian tulle veil adorned with a hand-appliquéd macramé lace border. (See her bridal look here and here.)
For the reception, Sarah changed into another Vera Wang creation. Her white Italian crepe party gown featured a mermaid-style silhouette with a draped neckline, hand-placed macramé lace and draped Italian tulle sleeves. (You can see the picture-perfect dress here.)
Two days after the nuptials, Sarah, 31, and Wells, 38, both shared a romantic photo from their big day on Instagram, simply captioned with their wedding date. In the scenic snap, the actress poses at the winery in her second dress, while the Bachelor Nation star looked dapper in a classic black tux.
Among the wedding guests were several of Sarah's Modern Family co-stars, including Sofia Vergara and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who both shared photos from the event on social media.
Sarah and Wells—who met on social media—went public with their romance in the fall of 2017. They announced they were engaged in July 2019 and celebrated with an intimate engagement party three months later. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pair had to put their wedding plans on hold.
In August 2020, the fiancés celebrated what would have been their original wedding date with a trip to a winery.
"It was my first time out of the house, out of quarantine," Sarah recalled on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that October. "We went to a winery and we went with all of our friends—all of us got tested—our family, our best man, maid of honor. I brought a white dress and, like, a veil I got on Etsy. And my bridesmaids, they got, like, a real wedding bouquet for me and surprised me and we took fake wedding pictures for fun." | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1343054/see-sarah-hyland-s-2-wedding-dresses-in-stunning-winery-photos-with-wells-adams?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-08-23T00:23:46Z | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1343054/see-sarah-hyland-s-2-wedding-dresses-in-stunning-winery-photos-with-wells-adams?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | false |
CHICAGO — Yadier Molina rejoined the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday after traveling to his native Puerto Rico for the end of his basketball team’s championship run.
Molina was placed on the restricted list Saturday and missed the final two games of St. Louis’ weekend sweep in Arizona. The veteran catcher was in the starting lineup for the opener of a five-game series at the Chicago Cubs.
“That’s a business trip,” Molina said. “I had to be there for the team and for the city. ... It was a great experience.”
Asked how he weighed his duties with the NL Central-leading Cardinals versus his ownership of Bayamón, Molina said he had to go.
“The people need it in Puerto Rico. Obviously, to be around there with the people, with the team, it’s good for the people down there,” the 10-time All-Star said. “So I did what I had to.”
To make room for Molina on the roster, fellow catcher Iván Herrera was optioned to Triple-A Memphis and placed on the Cardinals’ taxi squad.
The team also announced that reliever Ryan Helsley had been removed from the paternity list and placed on the restricted list.
Molina had three hits in the Cardinals’ 5-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Friday night. Heading into the series at Wrigley Field, he was batting .222 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 52 games in what likely will be his final big league season.
St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said Molina brought up the trip during the last series of the team’s previous homestand.
“It went well,” Marmol said of his talks with Molina. “He’s a grown man. We had the conversation and we left the room on the same page as far as him going back and being in the lineup today.”
Molina has spent his entire career in St. Louis, breaking into the majors in 2004 and winning two World Series titles with the Cardinals. He said he appreciated the team’s understanding when it came to the Puerto Rico trip.
“It was tough,” he said. “Obviously you want to be here with the team and do your job. But obviously, my business side, you got to be there with the team and you got to be there for the people over there, too. So I mean I’m glad it was only two days.”
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
651 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Webb, La
Salle and western McMullen Counties through 730 PM CDT...
At 650 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles northwest of Zella to 13 miles west of
La Esperanza Ranch Airport. Movement was south at 45 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...
Laredo, Cotulla, Encinal, Las Tiendas, Botines, Unitec Industrial
Park, Fowlerton, La Esperanza Ranch Airport, Ranchos Penitas West,
Columbia Bridge, Fort Ewell Site, Artesia Wells, Zella, Los Angeles,
Callaghan and Chaparral Wildlife Management Area.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 12 and 70.
US Highway 83 between mile markers 668 and 698.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2820 9968 2820 9940 2838 9939 2865 9896
2864 9873 2817 9864 2760 9958 2761 9958
2764 9960 2763 9964 2766 9967 2766 9971
2778 9982 2776 9984 2780 9988 2788 9991
2790 9989 2792 9992 2803 9995
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 347DEG 40KT 2862 9893 2804 9979
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
557 PM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of south central Texas, including the following
county, Maverick.
* WHEN...Until 900 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 557 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream
flooding. Up to 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...
Eagle Pass, Quemado, Chula Vista, Paloma, Darling, Radar
Base, Rosita, Normandy, Elm Creek, Siesta Acres, Fabrica,
Seco Mines, Las Quintas Fronterizas, Eidson Road and Farias
Lake.
- 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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Enderby’s mayor hopes a third term in his future.
Greg McCune announced Monday, Aug. 22, he will seek re-election in the Oct. 15 municipal elections.
“I’m going to try for another four years,” said McCune. “I’m looking forward to continued sustainable growth.”
McCune defeated incumbent Howie Cyr in 2014 to become mayor of the North Okanagan community. He successfully defended his position against a challenge from Herman Halvorson in 2018.
McCune served two terms as a councillor in 2008 and 2011.
ARMSTRONG COUNCILLOR STEPPING ASIDE
Gary Froats has announced he will not seek a second full term on council.
The decision, he said, came after “much soul searching.”
“With Joan’s medical issues we lost 15 years of retirement plans,” said Froats, speaking of his wife who received a new kidney in 2020. “The kidney transplant has provided her with a new lease on life which we hope to take advantage of.
“It has been an honour and a privilege to serve the citizens of Armstrong.”
Froats was first elected to council in a 2016 by-election following the death of longtime councillor Ron (Sully) O’Sullivan. He successfully ran again in 2018.
Froats is the third member of the current council that will not seek re-election in October.
Mayor Chris Pieper and Coun. Jim Wright have both said they will be stepping down.
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Ahead of a roster-reduction deadline on Tuesday, the Tennessee Titans waived three players and released another on Monday, including former Alabama defensive back Shyheim Carter.
NFL teams have until 3 p.m. CDT Tuesday to reduce their 85-player preseason rosters to 80 men.
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Carter was a member of the Titans’ practice squad from Dec. 30 to Jan. 4, and he re-signed with Tennessee on Jan. 25.
Carter was waived with an injury settlement, which means he won’t revert to the Titans’ injured reserve if he clears waivers, as he would have had he been released with only an injury designation.
Carter was part of a deep group at safety. The Titans return starters Amani Hooker and Kevin Byard, who was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2021.
Tennessee’s safety depth chart also includes five-year veteran Adrian Colbert, 2021 fourth-round draft choice Tyree Gillespie, 2022 sixth-round draft choice Theo Jackson and four-year veteran A.J. Moore. The Titans acquired Gillespie from the Las Vegas Raiders in a trade on Tuesday.
Carter was on the field for 29 defensive snaps and seven special-teams plays, made three tackles and recovered a fumble after starting Tennessee’s 23-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in its preseason opener on Aug. 11. He did not play in the Titans’ 13-3 preseason victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday night.
From the 2016 through the 2019 season, Carter played in 50 games for Alabama, including 23 starts. He entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie with the New York Jets in 2020.
After being waived by the Jets at the end of training camp, Carter spent seven weeks on the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad.
In 2021, the Houston Texans released Carter at the end of the preseason, then re-signed him for their practice squad. He spent the first five weeks of the season on the Houston practice squad. After his release on Oct. 12, Carter was out of the NFL until joining Tennessee.
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