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- Liverpool score five in first half for first time
- Elliott and Carvalho score first goals for club
- Reds record first win of season
WHAT HAPPENED? After not winning any of their opening three games of the season, Liverpool had a point to prove, and wow did they prove it. The Reds ran out 9-0 winners against Bournemouth, with six different players getting on the score sheet, including first goals for Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho.
WHAT DID KLOPP SAY? Klopp told BBC: "For us it is early in the season, and if you said to us before the game we could start the season now results wise as well, that means it is not now about controlling the game, it is about putting the opponents under pressure.
"Wonderful goals. [Liverpool] started immediately again half-time with the 6-0 after half-time. We could bring on the kids, they deserve it so much. Fabio is a special player and a wonderful goal. Everything was perfect, pretty much."
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Liverpool have registered their first win of the season, after picking up two points in their previous three games. A humiliating defeat at the hands of Manchester United capped of an underwhelming opening to the season but that has been quickly forgotten with this record-breaking result.
IN THREE PHOTOS:
WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL? Klopp takes his side on the road for their next two fixtures as they travel to Newcastle on August 31 before a crunch match with city rivals Everton on September 3. | https://www.goal.com/en/news/perfect-klopp-relieved-as-liverpool-issue-ferocious-response/blta10713704142f190 | 2022-08-27T18:43:17Z | https://www.goal.com/en/news/perfect-klopp-relieved-as-liverpool-issue-ferocious-response/blta10713704142f190 | false |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The rental home that Suzannah Thames owns in Mississippi’s capital city was filled with dirty, snake-infested flood water when the Pearl River overflowed its banks in 2020.
On Friday, Thames pointed to a column on the front porch to show how deep the water was then — about up to her waist. She’s now getting ready for another inundation, days after storms dumped torrential rainfall in Mississippi and other parts of the Deep South.
Hydrologists predict the Pearl River near Jackson will crest by Tuesday somewhat short of the levels it reached two years ago. Emergency officials are telling people in low-lying areas to prepare for flooding of homes and businesses.
Thames hired a crew to move furniture, appliances and other belongings out of the three-bedroom home that she now rents to a newly married couple — a medical student and engineer who will temporarily stay in a short-term vacation rental.
“We’re fortunate that we have two trailers,” Thames said as she oversaw the move. “There’s people who don’t have anything. There’s people who are going to lose everything.”
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba has urged residents in flood zones to pack enough belongings to get them through several days of evacuation. He said law enforcement officers will increase patrols to protect property.
“Don’t allow that to be an impediment for you saving your life and saving the lives of those other individuals in your home,” Lumumba said during a news conference Friday.
Second-year medical student Emily Davis and her husband, engineer Andrew Bain, rent the white-brick home from Thames in northeast Jackson. Davis said they knew they were moving into a flood zone, but this is the first time she’s ever had to prepare for high water.
“I’ve felt really stressed because there’s so much to do — so much more than I realized to do,” Davis said as workers hoisted items into moving vans.
Thames said the rental home is covered by flood insurance, and she lives in an elevated house nearby. She said her house is built 4 feet (1.2 meters) above the line of a massive 1979 flood.
Thames said she wants officials to move forward with a long-discussed plan to build another lake near Jackson to control flooding in the metro area. The project has stalled amid funding problems and opposition from people downstream along the Pearl River.
Thames describes her neighborhood as “paradise” because she can watch deer, alligators and other wildlife less than a mile from the Pearl River, even inside the city limits.
“I’ve lived in the flood zone for 30 years,” Thames said. “I’m not crying, ‘Oh, poor me, I’ve been flooded,’ because I knew of the potentiality of it and I prepared for it.” | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/ap-mississippi-residents-prepare-for-possible-river-flooding/ | 2022-08-27T18:43:56Z | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/ap-mississippi-residents-prepare-for-possible-river-flooding/ | false |
Ghulam Nabi Azad | A loyalist-turned-rebel
The former J&K CM had been a close associate of the Gandhis until recently
A Union Minister at the age of 33, a former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, a two-term Lok Sabha and five-term Rajya Sabha member, a former Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) — Ghulam Nabi Azad’s decades-long political career has been distinctively eventful.
A leader with no real mass following, many of Mr. Azad’s friends-turned-detractors in the Congress now argue that his rise was as much a result of his proximity to the Gandhi family as it was about his ability to outsmart his rivals in the party. “Ghulam Nabi Azad Saab and I are contemporaries and came into politics around the same time. While I managed to win the Assembly elections in 1977, he lost his deposit from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K),” Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh said.
“He and I, even today, share a good relationship but I’m disappointed. When he couldn’t win from Kashmir, he was fielded from Maharashtra and became a Lok Sabha member for two terms. He was given five Rajya Sabha terms — that’s 30 years. The party made him Chief Minister and Union Minister. Today, he is talking about being hurt by Rahul Gandhi ji‘s 2013 act of tearing up an ordinance before journalists,” Mr. Singh added.
Why did he not resign as a Minister immediately and why did he later accept the LoP position in 2014, asked Mr. Singh.
“Today, he is talking about sycophancy, but during Sanjay Gandhi’s day, he was known as one,” said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, another contemporary of Mr. Azad.
Political skills
Originally known to be a member of the Sanjay brigade along with leaders like Kamal Nath and Jagdish Tytler, Mr. Azad’s remarkable political skills saw him not just survive but thrive in every Congress regime. He first came in contact with Sanjay Gandhi in the 1970s, who then introduced him to his mother. After Indira Gandhi was voted out of power and arrested, he was part of the young brigade who hit the streets against the 1977-formed Janata government.
Following Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984, Rajiv Gandhi, who took over the Youth Congress’ leadership from Mr. Azad, retained him in his Council of Ministers.
When tragedy struck the Congress in 1991 with Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination and a leadership vacuum was created, he is said to have played a key role in propping up P.V. Narasimha Rao as the Congress chief and the Prime Minister. However, Mr. Azad shifted his allegiance to Sitaram Kesri by the time Rao was completing his term in the mid-90s.
He is said to be among the leaders who had ensured that Sonia Gandhi replaced Kesri in March 1999 in a coup-style takeover of the party. In a dramatic turn of events, loyalists of the Gandhi family are said to have locked up Kesri in a room while the CWC passed a resolution to elect Ms. Gandhi as the party chief and sacked the predecessor.
When the United Progressive Alliance came to power in 2004, Mr. Azad was made a Cabinet Minister in the Manmohan Singh government and then later appointed as the J&K Congress president. In 2005 as part of a post-poll power-sharing agreement with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), he was made the Chief Minister and remained in the post until 2008 when his government passed a controversial order to transfer 99 acres of forest land to the Shri Amarnathji shrine board.
The land was meant to be used during the annual Amarnath pilgrimage but the move triggered a violent agitation in J&K, following which the PDP withdrew its support for the Azad-led government.
But Mr. Azad was immediately drafted back into Delhi politics where he continued to be part of the Congress core group and a Minister in the Manmohan Singh government. To Mr. Azad’s credit, his interpersonal skills enabled him to be friends with leaders from across the political spectrum. It was due to these skills that he managed to win the Rajya Sabha elections from J&K in 2015 despite the Congress not having the requisite numbers.
However, with Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as party vice-president in 2013, the power matrix within the Congress shifted, prompting the veteran leader to turn a rebel and give shape to a ginger group, known as G-23. And now, he’s out of the party.
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Margaret Thatcher 'lobbied Ronald Reagan to stop the US from rearming Argentina just five years after the Falklands War', official documents reveal
- Margaret Thatcher lobbied US President Ronald Reagan in the late 1980s to not sell fighter jets to Argentina
- Argentina wanted to replace Skyhawks after half of their 60-strong fleet was destroyed in the Falklands War
- Argentine defence minister Horacio Jaunarena visited the US to negotiate arms deal and lift trade embargo
- Thatcher successfully lobbied to block the deal due to concerns over military taking over in Argentina
Margaret Thatcher lobbied then-US President Ronald Reagan to prevent Argentina from rearming just half a decade after the Falklands War, newly declassified US documents reveal.
After civilian rule returned to Argentina in 1983 under President Raul Alfonsin, Reagan's government put forward the idea to lift the ban on selling US arms to the South American nation.
After a far-right military junta took power in 1976, the US embargoed Argentina in 1977 in response to abuses of human rights.
Thatcher pressured Washington to delay their plans to allow large quantities of arms to once again be sold the Argentina, a US State Department memo has revealed.
Margaret Thatcher lobbied then-US President Ronald Reagan to prevent Argentina from rearming just half a decade after the Falklands War. Pictured: Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher walking outside White House in July 1987
Wellwishers waving British flags as they bid farewell to troops sailing on QE2 as it departs for Falkland Islands
Smoke pouring from the Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield as fire rages through the warship after she was hit by an Argentinean missile
Argentinian defence minister Horacio Jaunarena visited the American capital Washington DC in October 1987 to negotiate an arms deal and he left a list of equipment needs, the Telegraph reports.
The list included American fighter-bomber planes A4 Skyhawks, which were integral to Argentina's Air Force, sinking four and damaging six British Royal Navy ships during the war.
During the war, they lost nearly half of their sixty Skyhawks and wanted to restore their Air Force to its former strength.
The State Department memo said that since 1982 the UK Government had been 'especially sensitive' to the selling of aircraft, even more so Skyhawks, to Argentina.
Israel proposed a deal in 1986 to sell Argentina 12 SKyhawks, but it would have required consent from the President - which was denied after Thatcher's lobbying.
After parts of the Argentine army rebelled in April 1987, Thatcher was concerned about threats to the Falklands if the military seized power in Argentina.
However the US State Department were not convinced by her fears.
The UK government were successful in their lobbying however, as the sale of fighter jets did not go ahead, and the US only agreed to upgrade Argentine Skyhawks until 1994.
The burnt wreckage of HMS Sheffield is seen shortly before it sank while being towed back to shore in the days following the attack
During the Falklands War, Royal Navy ships carrying WE.177 nuclear bombs were assigned to the task force that sailed to the islands to fight Argentine forces. It remains unclear if they were on board vessels when they engaged in action around the Falklands
According to a 2005 book by psychoanalyst Ali Magoudi, who met regularly with the French leader from 1982 to 1984, Thatcher said to have threatened to fire a nuclear warhead at Argentina's capital unless information about the Exocets was handed over
A claim that Margaret Thatcher threatened to launch a nuclear attack on Buenos Aires unless France handed over information to disable Argentina's Exocet missiles in the Falklands War has resurfaced on the 40th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Sheffield (pictured after being hit by an Exocet missile)
The Royal Navy ship sank after being hit by one of the French-made guided missiles on May 4, 1982, leading to the deaths of 20 crew members. A further 26 servicemen were suffered injuries, including burns. Above: Argentine forces arming a jet with an Exocet during the Falklands War
Earlier this year, a claim that Margaret Thatcher threatened to launch a nuclear attack on Buenos Aires unless France handed over information to disable Argentina's Exocet missiles in the Falklands War resurfaced on the 40th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Sheffield.
The Royal Navy ship sank six days after being hit by one of the French-made guided missiles on May 4, 1982, leading to the deaths of 20 crew members. A further 26 servicemen suffered injuries, including burns.
The attack was the first British loss of life in the Falklands War, which took place after Argentine forces invaded the Falklands Islands, on the orders of dictatorial leader General Leopoldo Galtieri.
hatcher was then said to have threatened to fire a nuclear warhead at Argentina's capital unless the information was handed over. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11152527/Margaret-Thatcher-lobbied-Reagan-stop-rearming-Argentina-five-years-Falklands-War.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-27T18:53:42Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11152527/Margaret-Thatcher-lobbied-Reagan-stop-rearming-Argentina-five-years-Falklands-War.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
(NerdWallet) – A vasectomy is a safe, minor surgical procedure and form of birth control that has a nearly 100% success rate. It’s estimated that 500,000 people get vasectomies in the U.S. each year, according to a 2018 article in the journal Urology.
On average, a vasectomy costs around $1,000, according to Planned Parenthood and Medicare. Of course, costs can vary based on several factors, like your insurance coverage and where the procedure is performed.
What is a vasectomy?
A vasectomy is a form of birth control for people who produce sperm. It’s a half-hour outpatient medical procedure in which a physician either ties or seals the tubes called the vas deferens that carry sperm from the testes. Local anesthesia is typically used, and most patients experience some minor pain or discomfort for a few days after the procedure. It’s an extremely effective form of birth control, with a success rate of nearly 100%.
Don’t rely on a vasectomy as a form of birth control for at least three months after the procedure, though. At that point, you can get a semen analysis at your doctor’s office or a local clinic to see if it still contains sperm.
And in case you’re wondering: Vasectomies don’t impact a person’s sex drive or their enjoyment of sex. It also doesn’t impact a person’s ability to ejaculate. The semen simply won’t contain any sperm.
How much does a vasectomy cost?
Most vasectomies cost around $1,000. However, that doesn’t include out-of-pocket insurance costs, like your copay and deductible. According to Policygenius, an insurance quote comparison site, some vasectomy procedures can cost more than $3,000.
Costs depend on a few factors, such as:
- Your insurance coverage.
- Your insurance provider.
- Where you get the vasectomy (hospital, clinic, doctor’s office, etc.).
- The type of vasectomy you get (there are several ways a physician can perform a vasectomy).
Does insurance cover vasectomies?
Most private insurers cover vasectomies. Some companies cover partial costs. While vasectomies are a form of birth control, they aren’t one of the 10 health benefits all insurers are required to cover, like birth control methods for people who can get pregnant.
Check with your health insurance provider to see whether the procedure is covered. And be aware that even if your provider covers vasectomies, you may still be responsible for out-of-pocket costs. If you have a health savings account or a flexible spending account, you should be able to use those funds to cover a vasectomy.
Also, before scheduling a vasectomy, check to see how much it costs to get the procedure done at a hospital versus a clinic or your doctor’s office.
Vasectomies aren’t covered under Medicare Part A or Medicare Part B, because Medicare classifies them as an elective procedure.
Are vasectomies reversible?
Vasectomies are reversible. Success rates are about 75% if done within three years of the original procedure and decline over time. Between 6% and 10% of people who get vasectomies wind up getting them reversed, according to Cleveland Clinic.
The procedure is more complex than the original vasectomy. Using surgical microscopes and stitches thinner than a strand of hair, a physician will essentially reconnect the tube that carries sperm out of the testes. The surgery usually takes a couple of hours, and most people can return to work in a day or two. Those who work strenuous jobs might need three to four days before they can return to work.
However, most insurance providers don’t cover vasectomy reversals. They can be expensive, ranging between $5,000 and $15,000, according to the American Urological Association. | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/how-much-does-a-vasectomy-cost/ | 2022-08-27T18:54:54Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/how-much-does-a-vasectomy-cost/ | false |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
8-5-3
(eight, five, three)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
8-5-3
(eight, five, three) | https://www.greenwichtime.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17402328.php | 2022-08-27T18:58:16Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17402328.php | false |
Grimsby boss Paul Hurst admitted he is already counting down the points to the League Two safety mark after two late Harry Clifton goals snatched the Mariners a 2-1 victory at Walsall.
After Luke Waterfall’s stoppage-time strike at Rochdale a fortnight ago, Hurst’s men again left it late to record a second away win on the spin as Clifton netted twice in the final 15 minutes.
Walsall had led for much of the game through Danny Johnson’s early opener but paid the price for missed chances as the Mariners continued their pleasing start to life back in the Football League, with eight points from five games.
“Points are precious,” Hurst said. “We’re new to the league and early stages you want to try and get as many points on the board as possible, you can maybe get a bit of momentum, a bit of a cushion.
“You don’t want to be chasing right from the off and with the game getting called off against Carlisle we were a game behind as well.
“I’m delighted in the end but I’m not stood here thinking we’ve played brilliantly today. But having character is a good trait that will get you so many points and perhaps has done already.
“We didn’t start well, I don’t know where our heads were and a few of the players in particular were off it, and we got punished very early.
“Then quite quickly I felt like we could see a route back into the game. For large parts of it, I felt like we were the team on top but we got towards that final third and the quality was poor.”
Johnson’s sixth goal in six league games since joining from Mansfield put Walsall ahead but Tom Knowles missed two one-on-one opportunities to make the points safe.
“Tom’s disappointed but what you do then as a team is you win the game 1-0, you help them out,” said Saddlers boss Michael Flynn.
“The first goal we gave away, from our point of view, was a disgrace – letting people run across you, slow recovery runs – and it’s a shame because they did work hard today.
“That’s the second game now, Stevenage and today, where we should have been out of sight and when you don’t punish teams, you can sense it.
“If we take our chances today the game’s done – but again we let teams off the hook, at both ends.
“I’d be more concerned if we were getting completely outplayed and not creating anything, there’s always that. I’m not going to over-react as we are ninth in the table after six games.
“It’s not a complete disaster but we could easily be on 15 points which is almost double what we’re on (eight).” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3637075/paul-hurst-thrilled-with-precious-points-as-grimsby-continue-strong-start/ | 2022-08-27T18:59:20Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3637075/paul-hurst-thrilled-with-precious-points-as-grimsby-continue-strong-start/ | false |
Liam Manning believes there is more to come from his MK Dons players after their comfortable 4-0 victory over Morecambe at the Mazuma Stadium.
Manning watched his side seal a second League One win of the season after two goals from Will Grigg and second-half strikes from Conor Grant and Matthew Dennis.
But the MK Dons boss believes his side can produce better performances going forward.
Manning said: “We showed some real quality with our goals and the scary thing for me is that I think we can get better than that and that will be the challenge for us going forward.
“I thought we carried a real threat and we got better as the game went on. We controlled the ball well and the way we got into wide areas to create chances was terrific and it was great to see Will Grigg on the scoresheet again.
“The aim now is to keep working hard because there is still a lot of improvement to do. There are a lot of new players and it is going to take time because there are definitely areas we can get better in.”
Grigg fired the Dons into a 2-0 lead with close-range finishes from Daniel Harvie crosses before Jamie Cumming saved brilliantly from Morecambe defender Ryan Delaney’s header.
Morecambe started the second half well but Cumming again saved well from Arthur Gnahoua and Kieran Phillips.
The visitors scored a third on the counter attack through Grant and Dennis made it 4-0 in the 67th minute with a neat finish after some poor Morecambe defending.
Shrimps boss Derek Adam said his side were undone by some “clinical” finishing.
He said: “MK Dons moved the ball around very well and found space well and made things difficult for us.
“They scored two well-worked goals with crosses into the box and we didn’t defend in the areas as well as we should have.
“At 2-0 down we made a change to the system at half-time and we created a lot of good opportunities but we didn’t make the most of them.
“I thought that was the difference on the day because I thought they were very clinical when they had their opportunities and we weren’t.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3637090/mk-dons-boss-liam-manning-the-scary-thing-is-that-we-can-get-better/ | 2022-08-27T18:59:43Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3637090/mk-dons-boss-liam-manning-the-scary-thing-is-that-we-can-get-better/ | false |
Aaron Hayden double leads Wrexham to win over 10-man Woking By Press Association August 27 2022, 7.29pm Aaron Hayden was Wrexham’s hero in a 3-2 National League win at Woking (Morgan Harlow/PA) [[title]] [[text]] An error occurred. Please try again. [[success]] Email address Sign up Defender Aaron Hayden scored twice as Wrexham overcame 10-man Woking 3-2 to move up to fourth place in the National League. Woking lost Kyran Lofthouse to a straight red card after 18 minutes, the defender punished for his lunge on Luke Young after over-running the ball. Wrexham created few chances until Hayden headed home Paul Mullin’s cross after 35 minutes. James Daly equalised inside 90 seconds of the second half, volleying home his first Woking goal from Padraig Amond’s cross. Hayden headed the visitors back in front midway through the second half after Cards goalkeeper Craig Ross failed to collect Ben Tozer’s cross. Ollie Palmer’s simple tap-in extended the Dragons’ advantage before Reece Grego-Cox’s late penalty set up a grandstand finish. Already a subscriber? Sign in [[title]] [[text]] Close More from Sport Serena and Venus Williams team up for doubles at US Open Gabriel Magalhaes goes from zero to hero as Arsenal hit back to beat Fulham Micky Mellon hails his Tranmere battlers after victory over Colchester Steve Cotterill condemns crowd abuse after Shrewsbury draw at Bristol Rovers Pete Wild glad Josh Gordon is his middle man after Barrow win at AFC… Ben Garner criticises referee after Charlton draw at Wycombe Paul Ince calls for ruthless streak from leaders Reading after win at Millwall Emma Raducanu’s run of form at Cincinnati was ‘massive’ – Martina Navratilova Michael Beale praises key offside call as QPR edge Watford in thriller Neil Wood hails growing Salford confidence after Ryan Watson winner More from The Courier Dave Mackay reveals what ref said following disallowed Dunfermline goal that denied them victory 0 Gallery: Pints a plenty as hundreds turn out at Fair City Craft Beer Festival… 0 In pictures: Red Hot Chilli Pipers top off sun-soaked Scottish Coal Carrying Championship in… 0 Dunfermline v Airdrie verdict: Player ratings, star man and key moments as referee chops… GINGER GAIRDNER: The summer battle against garden pests 0 TELLYBOX: A first, insightful look at Afghanistan | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3637144/aaron-hayden-double-leads-wrexham-to-win-over-10-man-woking/ | 2022-08-27T19:01:13Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3637144/aaron-hayden-double-leads-wrexham-to-win-over-10-man-woking/ | true |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-3-2
(seven, three, two)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-3-2
(seven, three, two) | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17402326.php | 2022-08-27T19:03:25Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17402326.php | true |
James Alabi struck in the 87th minute to earn Maidstone a 1-0 win over Torquay.
The visitors started brightly and came close to an opener when Jake Andrews forced his way into the Maidstone box before shooting straight at Yusuf Mersin.
Andrews had another chance on the half-hour mark when he chased down a long ball before striking just wide of the target.
Maidstone almost broke the deadlock late on when Roarie Deacon’s header forced substitute goalkeeper Rhys Lovett to tip over the bar.
But, just a minute later, the hosts had their deserved goal when Alabi emphatically finished from Deacon’s ball across goal to claim victory. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3636700/maidstone-leave-it-late-to-beat-torquay/ | 2022-08-27T19:05:38Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3636700/maidstone-leave-it-late-to-beat-torquay/ | false |
Educational institutions must encourage debate, says Vivek Rai
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Scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University B.A. Vivek Rai on Saturday suggested educational institutions to open up for debates on different schools of thoughts.
Speaking after releasing a book titled Geluvina Dhukkha mattu Solina Sukha written by Udaya Kumar Irvathur, former Principal, University College, Mangaluru, he said that students should be exposed to new ideas. Students cannot grow without cultivating independent thinking, he said.
Citing his own work, Mr. Rai said when he headed the Kannada department in Mangalore University he organised talks of persons, including writer P. Lankesh and playwright Girish Karnad. “I did not see any disturbance for such talks,” he said.
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Talking about challenges principals face in running educational institutions, Mr. Rai said principals should strive towards building character of students and enforce rules in a way that it meets needs of students.
Speaking on the book, writer and Kannada lecturer Narendra Rai Derla said Mr. Irvathur has lucidly put out the pain he has gone through while enforcing uniform policy in the college. He also speaks about new initiatives in the college, including providing midday meals for students. The book also gives details about the way Mr. Irvathur strived to build character of students, Mr. Derla said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
1-7-2-8
(one, seven, two, eight)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
1-7-2-8
(one, seven, two, eight) | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17402327.php | 2022-08-27T19:16:47Z | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17402327.php | false |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-3-1
(seven, three, one)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-3-1
(seven, three, one) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17402400.php | 2022-08-27T19:20:32Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17402400.php | true |
Artemis-1 launch: Key milestones to track before liftoff
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - NASA plans to launch the first rocket in 50 years designed to carry humans back to the moon on Monday. Understanding what happens before the scheduled Artemis launch can help you check off milestones with NASA officials.
NASA's Space Launch System and Orion are set to launch from Kennedy Space Center launchpad 39B no earlier than 8:33 a.m. on August 29.
Onsite at the Kennedy Space Center, the iconic countdown clock is one of the most-watched timepieces.
The massive Artemis I rocket rolls past the countdown clock atop a mobile launch platform en route to Launch Pad 39B from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida March 17, 2022. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GRE
But, if you're following from home, understanding how the countdown operates and what key events will make you feel just as included as Artemis prepares to launch.
HOW TO WATCH THE ARTEMIS 1 LAUNCH ONLINE AND ON FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST
The Artemis launch countdown contains "L Minus" and "T Minus" times. "L minus" indicates how far away we are from liftoff in hours and minutes. "T minus" time is a sequence of events that are built into the launch countdown. Pauses in the countdown, or "holds," are scheduled into the countdown to allow the launch team to target a precise launch window and to provide a cushion of time for specific tasks and procedures without impacting the overall schedule.
Critical checkpoints for a successful launch
Here are some of the critical events that take place at each milestone after the countdown begins:
L-46 hours 40 minutes and counting
- The launch team arrives at their stations, and the countdown begins. The launch director performs the traditional call to stations, and the countdown clock is activated.
L-32 hours and counting
- Charge both the Orion Flight Batteries and core stage Flight Batteries.
- The SPS Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) is powered up for launch. The ICPS is a 45-foot tall single-engine liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen-based system that will give Orion the big push to fly beyond the moon before the spacecraft returns to Earth.
L-15 hours and counting
- All non-essential personnel leave Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
L-9 hours, 40 minutes and counting
- Built-in countdown hold begins.
- The launch team conducts a weather and tanking briefing. The launch team will decide if they are a "go" or "no-go" to begin fueling the rocket.
L-8 hours and counting
- NASA begins filling the external tank with liquid oxygen, and hydrogen gets underway.
L-5 hours and counting
- The tank continues to be filled, and a leak test is performed.
L-3 hours and counting
- ICPS/Space Launch System (SLS) telemetry data verified with Mission Control and SLS Engineering Support Center
- Another leak test is performed, and the liquid oxygen is topped off.
L-50 minutes and counting
- The final launch director briefing is held
L-40 minutes and holding
- Built-in 30-minute countdown hold begins
L-15 minutes and holding
- The launch director asks the team to ensure they are "go" for the launch
T-10 minutes and counting
A lot happens in the final 10 minutes before liftoff.
- Ground Launch Sequencer (GLS) initiates terminal count (T-10M)
- Core Stage auxiliary power unit starts (T-4M)
- ICPS enters terminal countdown mode (T-1M20S)
- GLS sends "Go for automated launch sequencer" command (T-33S)
- Hydrogen burn-off igniters initiated (T-12S)
- GLS sends the command for core stage engine start (T-10S)
- RS-25 engines startup (T-6.36S)
T-0
- Booster ignition, umbilical separation, and liftoff. Using four Rs-25 rocket engines and two solid rocket boosters, the SLS will blast off with 8.8 million pounds of thrust.
About the Artemis-1 launch
Photographers set remote cameras as NASAâs Artemis 1 rocket stands ready for launch on pad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center on August 25, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The Artemis 1 mission is the first test flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft.
Artemis refers to the name of NASA's campaign to return humans to the moon's surface by 2025 as a jumping-off point to Mars. The four astronauts who launched on that mission, Artemis-3, will be the first moonwalkers since Apollo 17 in 1972.
WHAT IS NASA'S ARTEMIS 1 MISSION GOING TO DO?
There are many goals of this test flight, including testing Orion's communication, navigation and guidance systems, ensuring the overall launch and performance of SLS and ensuring Orion's heat shield can withstand Earth re-entry at 25,000 mph. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/artemis-1-launch-key-milestones-liftoff | 2022-08-27T19:22:17Z | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/artemis-1-launch-key-milestones-liftoff | false |
HELENA — The chief of staff of the Montana VA Health Care System has resigned, effective Friday.
A VA spokesperson confirmed Dr. JP Maganito submitted his resignation in late July, and it took effect Aug. 26. They said he cited personal reasons.
The Montana VA says Dr. Greg Normandin is currently serving as interim chief of staff.
Maganito became chief of staff in July 2019. He had previously worked at the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center from 2012 to 2015, serving as staff gynecologist, occupational health medical officer and women’s health medical director. He was later chief medical officer with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana.
The Montana VA Health Care System serves more than 47,000 veterans across the state, with a staff of around 1,200. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-va-chief-of-staff-submits-resignation | 2022-08-27T19:24:22Z | https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-va-chief-of-staff-submits-resignation | false |
(The Hill) – A man who beat a Washington, D.C., police officer with a Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Howard Richardson received the sentence after pleading guilty earlier in the year to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.
Richardson waved his flagpole after entering a restricted area of Capitol grounds, according to the Department of Justice, before later hitting a police officer multiple times with the pole.
“He raised it and forcefully swung it downward to strike an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department who was standing behind a metal barricade,” the DOJ wrote of Richardson and the flagpole.
“Richardson then struck the officer two more times, using enough force to break the flagpole.”
Richardson then pushed a “large metal sign into a line of law enforcement officers” along with other rioters, according to the department.
The Pennsylvania native, 72, was arrested in November 2021 before pleading guilty in April.
Richardson will be subject to three years of supervised release after completing his almost four-year prison sentence, and is required to pay $2,000 in restitution.
More than 860 people have been arrested since Jan. 6 in connection with the attack on the Capitol, according to the DOJ.
More than 260 of them have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
Richardson’s sentencing follows the DOJ’s announcement earlier Friday that it would seek an over-17-year sentence for an ex-police officer who was found guilty in May of five felonies and a misdemeanor for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack, including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon and engaging in an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds.
That sentence is by far the longest yet received by a Jan. 6 defendant. | https://phl17.com/nmw/jan-6-defendant-who-beat-officer-with-trump-flag-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison/ | 2022-08-27T19:27:24Z | https://phl17.com/nmw/jan-6-defendant-who-beat-officer-with-trump-flag-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison/ | true |
Nagpur, Aug 27 (PTI) Citing Richard Nixon, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said a person is not finished when he is defeated but he is finished when he quits.
He was addressing a gathering of entrepreneurs here.
He also said human relationship is the biggest strength for anybody who is in business, social work or politics.
"Hence, one should never indulge in use and throw. Be it good days or bad days, once you hold anyone's hand, always hold on to it. Do not worship the rising sun," said the BJP leader, who was recently in news when he was dropped from his party's parliamentary board.
Gadkari recalled that when he was a student leader, Congress leader Shrikant Jichkar had asked him to join the Congress for better future.
"I told Shrikant, I would die by jumping into a well but won't join Congress, because I don't like the ideology of the Congress party," the Union minister said.
Young entrepreneurs should remember the sentence from the autobiography of former US president Richard Nixon that the man is not finished when he is defeated but he is finished when he quits, Gadkari said.
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body) | https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/india-news-man-is-not-finished-until-he-quits-says-gadkari-while-citing-nixon-4133982.html | 2022-08-27T19:36:15Z | https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/india-news-man-is-not-finished-until-he-quits-says-gadkari-while-citing-nixon-4133982.html | false |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democrat Charlie Crist on Saturday tapped Miami-Dade County teachers union president Karla Hernandez-Mats as his running mate as he challenges Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida.
Crist, a congressman who served as the state’s Republican governor a decade ago, announced United Teachers of Dade President Hernandez-Mats as his lieutenant governor pick at a brief rally in South Florida, describing her as a compassionate former teacher of special needs children with the “heart” necessary to govern.
“Caring, loving, empathic, compassionate — that’s what we don’t have in the governor’s office right now and that’s what you deserve to have in the governor’s office,” Crist said before introducing Hernandez-Mats to the crowd.
The selection of Hernandez-Mats ensures a campaign focus on education, an arena where DeSantis has had success in animating his conservative base through his hands-off approach to the coronavirus pandemic and policies limiting classroom discussions of race and LGBTQ issues.
Crist secured the Democratic nomination this week after a campaign that focused heavily on criticizing DeSantis as a “bully” who gained political prominence through his willingness to exploit cultural divides on gender, sexuality and race.
On Saturday, Hernandez-Mats framed the Democratic ticket as a way to “bring decency and respect back to the state of Florida” and preserve abortion access and voting rights.
“It has been dark in here but we’re going to bring the sunshine back,” she said.
Hernandez-Mats advocated delaying students’ return to school in the fall of 2020 and continuing mask mandates in 2021, in defiance of DeSantis’ administration. She has also previously been critical of a new law critics have dubbed “ Don’t Say Gay, ” which bars classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade as well as material that is not deemed age-appropriate.
The daughter of two Honduran immigrants who came to the U.S. in the 1970s, Hernandez-Mats was the first Hispanic elected to lead the United Teachers of Dade in 2016. She was born in Miami and her father picked tomatoes in the Everglades before becoming a carpenter and labor leader, according to a statement from Crist’s campaign.
Crist defeated state agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried in the Democratic primary in a race that increasingly centered on abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and a new Florida law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. Fried often questioned Crist’s Democratic bonafides, highlighting his appointment of conservative state Supreme Court justices while he was a GOP governor. The state’s high court is soon expected to decide the constitutionality of the GOP-backed 15-week ban.
Crist on Saturday reiterated a pledge to sign an executive order protecting a woman’s right to choose, upon the first day of his new administration.
DeSantis as governor has become one of the most popular Republicans in America, with his frequent and vocal opposition to Democratic President Joe Biden and liberal policies on abortion and gender issues winning him large sums from wealthy GOP donors and fueling speculation of a 2024 presidential bid.
In Florida, with the help of the GOP-controlled Legislature, DeSantis has carried out a brash approach to policymaking, exerting unusual control over the state’s congressional redistricting process, suspending an elected prosecutor who pledged not to enforce the 15-week abortion ban and punishing Disney for opposing the law that bars lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3.
The governor this week, in a speech after Crist’s primary win, did not mention Crist by name, instead casting the general election as a battle against Biden and “woke” ideology. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/top-stories/ap-crist-picks-miami-teachers-union-leader-as-running-mate/ | 2022-08-27T19:41:19Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/top-stories/ap-crist-picks-miami-teachers-union-leader-as-running-mate/ | false |
How bad is the worst thing you’ve ever done at work? Maybe you “borrowed” a few pens and paper for your kids. Perhaps, you “fudged” some expenses. And maybe you now feel guilty about such petty thievery.
A new book that will likely make that guilt disappear in trice.
When you compare whatever you did to what happened at long-gone electronics chain Crazy Eddie, most malfeasance will likely pale into insignificance. Put another way, most infractions would be as noticeable as an invisible barnacle on the backside of a blue whale.
The rise and spectacular fall of the chain, and its CEO Eddie Antar is the subject of a the forthcoming book Retail Gangster: The INSANE, Real-Life Story of CRAZY EDDIE by investigative journalist Gary Weiss. The book, published August 23, is a must-read.
Weiss deftly tells the story of three mind-bogging complicated things at the same time: The history of the Antar clan, the state of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, and the nature of the epic fraud committed by Crazy Eddie’s CEO, Eddie Antar, and his cronies . Weiss does all that without scrambling your brain.
First in complexity are the cast of characters. The main two are Eddie Antar the company CEO and his cousin Sam Antar the CFO
The Antar clan emigrated from Syria which Weiss says partly explains the grey attitude towards paying taxes. Indeed, scamming New York State of sales taxes was how the Crazy Eddie debacle started.
However, when Sam Antar leanred the in-and-outs of Wall Street, Finance and public accounting, that the fraud really ramped up. Gone was dodging sales tax. In was cooking the company’s books and going public. Sam Antar had figured out that the family could make even 1more money by falsely boosting profits to help push the stock price higher.
Weiss’s book mentions something Sam Antar told me — the crooked but exceptionally charming CFO, won over the firm’s auditors with outward displays of helpfulness and so put off the inevitable detection of the fraud. (If you ever do meet Sam Antar, you will likely find him charming and excellent company. I know I did. I’d happy have lunch with him again.)
Eventually the fraud was detected, the company CEO Eddie fled the country and Sam Antar cut a deal to testify against his cousin in exchange for avoiding prison time.
What’s perhaps even more interesting is the context in which Weiss places the epic fraud. At the time of the accounting malfeasance — the 1980s — New York City was also doing interesting things with its accounts in order to present its financial state in a favorable way.
There’s also a more detailed description of the electronics trade in America at the time and the stranglehold that a manufacturers had on what prices retailers could sell their goods. In simple terms, the idea of discounting, which is what Eddie & co wanted to do, was anathema.
Weiss deftly weaves the family story, with the New York Zeitgeist of the 1970s and 1980s, along with the rather complicated frauds committed by the Sam and Eddie Antar. In other words, he turns the complicated and baffling into simple and understandable.
This book is worth you time, and Weiss should be saluted for his work.
That’s quite a feat when you consider there are at least three characters in the story named Sam. There is also a lot of complicated fraud and New York City wasn’t the place it is now. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2022/08/27/the-rise-and-fall-of-crazy-eddie-a-tale-of-epic-fraud/ | 2022-08-27T19:46:26Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2022/08/27/the-rise-and-fall-of-crazy-eddie-a-tale-of-epic-fraud/ | true |
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LONDON (AP) — Pfizer and BioNTech have asked the European Medicines Agency to authorize their updated coronavirus booster vaccine that includes the most recent omicron subvariants.
In a statement Friday, Pfizer said it is requesting that the EU drug regulator OK its combination COVID-19 vaccine that targets the original coronavirus and BA.4 and BA.5, the latest versions of omicron, which are causing the vast majority of infections globally now. Pfizer and BioNTech are asking that the vaccine be given the green light for people aged 12 and over.
The European Medicines Agency is currently reviewing whether to clear updated versions of vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer that target the subvariant BA.1, an earlier version of the virus that has since been overtaken by BA.4 and BA.5; that decision is expected next week.
If both of Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 boosters are authorized, the company said its adapted vaccines would be available in Europe “as early as September.”
Last week, the targeting the BA.1 version of omicron and said it would be included in the country’s vaccination campaign for people aged 50 and over beginning next month.
to authorize modified versions of their booster vaccine — shots that are half the original recipe and half protection against BA.4 and BA.5.
Health authorities hope that the tweaked boosters might blunt the expected surge of COVID-19 this winter, but it’s still unclear how effective they might be. The gamble is that BA.5, or something similar, still will be circulating this the winter and that immunization with these latest vaccines will still offer significant protection.
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Follow all AP stories on the pandemic at | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/coronavirus-wire/1571980/pfizer-asks-eu-drug-regulator-to-ok-tweaked-covid-vaccine-14 | 2022-08-27T19:50:15Z | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/coronavirus-wire/1571980/pfizer-asks-eu-drug-regulator-to-ok-tweaked-covid-vaccine-14 | false |
(The Hill) – A man who beat a Washington, D.C., police officer with a Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Howard Richardson received the sentence after pleading guilty earlier in the year to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.
Richardson waved his flagpole after entering a restricted area of Capitol grounds, according to the Department of Justice, before later hitting a police officer multiple times with the pole.
“He raised it and forcefully swung it downward to strike an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department who was standing behind a metal barricade,” the DOJ wrote of Richardson and the flagpole.
“Richardson then struck the officer two more times, using enough force to break the flagpole.”
Richardson then pushed a “large metal sign into a line of law enforcement officers” along with other rioters, according to the department.
The Pennsylvania native, 72, was arrested in November 2021 before pleading guilty in April.
Richardson will be subject to three years of supervised release after completing his almost four-year prison sentence, and is required to pay $2,000 in restitution.
More than 860 people have been arrested since Jan. 6 in connection with the attack on the Capitol, according to the DOJ.
More than 260 of them have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
Richardson’s sentencing follows the DOJ’s announcement earlier Friday that it would seek an over-17-year sentence for an ex-police officer who was found guilty in May of five felonies and a misdemeanor for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack, including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon and engaging in an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds.
That sentence is by far the longest yet received by a Jan. 6 defendant. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national-news/jan-6-defendant-who-beat-officer-with-trump-flag-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison/ | 2022-08-27T19:57:11Z | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national-news/jan-6-defendant-who-beat-officer-with-trump-flag-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison/ | false |
ARLINGTON, Texas — You can close the book on the Seahawks’ preseason after a 27-26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys here Friday night.
The loss left Seattle 0-3, and what is just the second winless preseason under coach Pete Carroll, the other coming when the Seahawks went 0-4 in 2018 (a year they then went 10-6 and made the playoffs).
But if the team didn’t get any wins in the preseason, it doesn’t mean there weren’t any winners on the team.
Here’s a look at six who helped their cause Friday, as well as three who didn’t.
QB Geno Smith: Smith was the biggest winner of the preseason, entering camp as the starter and then holding on to the job enough that coach Pete Carroll decided not to wait any longer and name him the starter heading into the season.
What did Smith do to earn the job? It’s what he didn’t do — turn the ball over. Drew Lock had four turnovers in roughly five quarters of preseason action while Smith had none in virtually the same time span. And for the talk that all Smith did was check the ball down, well, A, his receivers didn’t help him a ton; and B, he ended with almost the same yards per attempt as Lock (6.6 to 7.0).
Smith, the 39th overall pick of the 2013 draft by the Jets, also now gets a chance for one of the more unlikely career revivals in recent NFL history, having not been a full-time starter since 2014, and starting just five games in that span.
According to ESPN, only three other QBs have had gaps of eight or more years between making season-opening starts — Zeke Bratkowski (nine), Frank Tripucka (eight) and King Hill (eight), all more than 50 years ago.
RB DeeJay Dallas: The third-year back led the Seahawks in rushing with 163 yards on 28 carries, a 5.8 average, and also tied for the team-high in receptions with seven on eight targets for 78 yards and a touchdown.
With rookie Ken Walker III having had a recent hernia procedure, Dallas’ strong preseason showing shows he’s ready for a more significant role to start out if needed.
CB Michael Jackson: A four-year vet, Jackson could also argue for being the standout player of training camp, working his way up the depth chart at cornerback to earn the start at left corner against Dallas.
According to Pro Football Focus Jackson was targeted eight times and gave up just two catches for 11 yards while also forcing one incompletion and not allowing a first down.
DT Myles Adams: The third-year pro may well have played his way onto the 53-man roster in which he was second in sacks with 1.5 (Boye Mafe had two), led the team in quarterback hits with four and was and tied for third in tackles with 12.
As always, preseason stats have to be taken with some grain of salt and the knowledge that there are few starters on the field. But coupled with a strong ending to last season, Adams’ camp performance shows he may be ready to be a contributor this season.
RT Abraham Lucas: Lucas appears to have won the starting right-tackle job after a preseason in which he allowed three pressures on 88 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus, and also finishing with an above-average run-blocking grade.
LB Joshua Onujiogu: The undrafted rookie free agent from Division III Framingham (Mass.) State has worked his way steadily up the depth chart of late and closed the preseason with a strong performance with one of Seattle’s three sacks against Dallas. He may not make the roster now but he looks like a player who could well see the field at some point down the road.
And here’s three who didn’t.
QB Drew Lock: And in the all-or-nothing world that is a quarterback battle, Lock for now is on the outside looking in after a three-interception performance that helped to further illustrate what the team sees as the biggest difference between Lock and Smith — taking care of the ball.
But one phrase of Carroll’s Friday to explain the decision to pick Smith is telling, that Smith will “give us the best chance to play great football right off the bat.’’ This was a decision for the moment, and the Denver game on Sept. 12.
It seems unlikely Lock wouldn’t get a chance to play at some point this season, and Lock’s comments afterward indicated he seemed to understand that for now he has to accept his role and keep pushing Smith and that maybe a chance will come down the road.
But what he’ll need to show coaches in the practice snaps he does get is better decision-making — that’s where Smith has the lead for now and that meant everything to Carroll.
WR Freddie Swain: The third-year receiver played mostly with the deep reserves against the Cowboys, an indication his roster spot is shaky, at best, after a preseason in which he battled a back injury and also had two key drops, finishing with just one catch for 6 yards on four targets.
Backup receivers in general: Swain’s struggles highlighted a receiving corps that without DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett on the field didn’t inspire a ton of confidence. That Dee Eskridge got back in action Friday, playing 19 snaps, and turned in a few good moments is a positive, and he for now appears to firmly be the number three receiver heading into the season.
But while there were a few other positives — Dareke Young flashed at times though he also had two drops Friday — overall Seattle’s receiving depth seems an issue. One thing that could help is getting veteran Marquise Goodwin on the field. He’s been battling a hamstring issue but indicated last week he’s close to being ready to go. Oddly, recently-acquired J.J. Arcega-Whiteside didn’t play a snap and for now doesn’t appear to be a candidate for a roster spot. | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/here-are-seahawks-whose-stock-rose-and-fell-during-preseason/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-08-27T19:59:10Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/here-are-seahawks-whose-stock-rose-and-fell-during-preseason/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | true |
(The Hill) – A man who beat a Washington, D.C., police officer with a Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Howard Richardson received the sentence after pleading guilty earlier in the year to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.
Richardson waved his flagpole after entering a restricted area of Capitol grounds, according to the Department of Justice, before later hitting a police officer multiple times with the pole.
“He raised it and forcefully swung it downward to strike an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department who was standing behind a metal barricade,” the DOJ wrote of Richardson and the flagpole.
“Richardson then struck the officer two more times, using enough force to break the flagpole.”
Richardson then pushed a “large metal sign into a line of law enforcement officers” along with other rioters, according to the department.
The Pennsylvania native, 72, was arrested in November 2021 before pleading guilty in April.
Richardson will be subject to three years of supervised release after completing his almost four-year prison sentence, and is required to pay $2,000 in restitution.
More than 860 people have been arrested since Jan. 6 in connection with the attack on the Capitol, according to the DOJ.
More than 260 of them have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
Richardson’s sentencing follows the DOJ’s announcement earlier Friday that it would seek an over-17-year sentence for an ex-police officer who was found guilty in May of five felonies and a misdemeanor for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack, including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon and engaging in an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds.
That sentence is by far the longest yet received by a Jan. 6 defendant. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/jan-6-defendant-who-beat-officer-with-trump-flag-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison/ | 2022-08-27T20:02:44Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/jan-6-defendant-who-beat-officer-with-trump-flag-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison/ | true |
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Four years ago, Georgia Democrats had a contested primary for governor because the party's old guard didn’t believe in Stacey Abrams. She routed their alternative and, in a close general election loss, established herself as de facto party boss in a newfound battleground state.
That previewed 2020, when Joe Biden put Georgia in Democrats’ presidential column for the first time in 28 years, and Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff captured Senate seats soon after to give Democrats control on Capitol Hill.
Now Abrams and Warnock top the Democratic ticket together for the first time as the party tries to replicate its success in a tough midterm election landscape. The outcome will again help determine the balance of power in Washington and whether Republicans retain their dominance in state government.
“Georgia is a blue state,” the party chair, Nikema Williams, said Saturday at state convention in Columbus. "Together we’re going to keep defying the odds, turning bluer each cycle and moving our state forward to greater heights.”
Yet Williams and others acknowledge that 2022 is not a simple replay of the last two cycles.
Abrams, in her governor's race rematch with Brian Kemp, is not running against a little-known Republican secretary of state but rather a well-positioned incumbent.
Warnock, no longer a political newcomer, is trying to distinguish himself from a relatively unpopular president who once campaigned for him. That's a point that challenger Herschel Walker relentlessly seeks to make by criticizing Warnock as a rubber-stamp for the White House.
The rest of the Democratic ticket must run under the banner of a national party that controls Washington at a time of sustained inflation and an uncertain economy. And Democrats must retool their voter turnout operation to comply with tighter voting restrictions that Kemp and the Republican-led legislature enacted after Democrats’ 2020 victories.
The response, Democrats say, isn’t to run from their record but to embrace it, while portraying Republicans as an “extremist” party that advances an out-of-step cultural agenda and remains in thrall to former President Donald Trump.
“The party of Trump is a party of extremism, a party of election deniers, a party of authoritarianism, that says that their opinions about who should win elections matter more than the voters,” said Charlie Bailey, the nominee for lieutenant governor. His GOP opponent, Burt Jones, is among the fake electors who signed certificates falsely stating that Trump, not Biden, had won their states.
That approach aligns with the national pitch that Biden made Thursday at a campaign rally in Maryland, where he framed voters' choice in November as being between Democrats and Trump's "MAGA movement," a dominant strain of the GOP that Biden said resembles "semi-fascism."
Kemp and Georgia's secretary of state, Republican Brad Raffensperger, have garnered plaudits from moderate voters for bucking Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 election. But Abrams and others challenge the "moderate" label for either man.
Abrams criticizes Kemp as an “extremist” who signed a concealed carry law to loosen gun restrictions and a near-total abortion ban that bars the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they're pregnant.
Bee Nguyen, a legislator challenging Raffensperger, hammers the secretary of state for his part in overhauling state voting procedures. Nguyen notes that Raffensperger, as a state lawmaker, compiled a staunchly conservative record on abortion and guns, among other matters. “He’s not a friend to democracy. He’s not a friend to women, either,” she said recently on the liberal “Pod Save America” podcast.
Georgia Democrats say the Supreme Court's decision eliminating a constitutional right to access abortion, combined with Georgia's near ban, is a critical enough issue to overcome swing voters' worries about the economy.
“I’ll tell you that people are much more concerned about protecting their rights and their access to health care than anything else,” said attorney general nominee Jen Jordan, a state senator who has made her support of abortion rights a centerpiece of her bid.
Kemp blasts Abrams as a liberal who wants to “defund the police.” Abrams counters with proposals that would increase salaries for many law enforcement and criminal justice personnel. “Brian Kemp wants you to be afraid of me,” she says in one of her advertisements.
Jordan talks openly of crime increases but dismisses Republicans’ effort to cast it as “an Atlanta problem” — GOP framing aimed at white voters beyond the demographically diverse and heavily Democratic city.
“It’s not an urban problem or a suburban problem. It’s a Georgia problem, and the people who have been in charge have a lot to answer for,” Jordan said.
In the Senate campaign, Warnock has largely steered clear of Biden, even as he embraces Democrats' legislative victories. Warnock cites a pandemic relief bill and its child tax credit as critical aid to Georgia families. He notes the benefits from a long-sought infrastructure package.
The senator acknowledges that gas prices and general inflation have spiked but notes that he called for a suspension of the federal gas tax and then won passage of a provision in the Democrats' big climate and health care bill that caps the price of insulin for Medicare patients. Republicans blocked his effort to extend the cap to all consumers.
“Today we stand on this mountaintop together,” Warnock told Democratic delegates at their convention. “Tomorrow we go down in the valley until we cap the cost of insulin for everybody, until we lower the costs for all Georgians.”
In 2018, Kemp topped Abrams by 55,000 votes out of about 4 million cast. Biden outpaced Trump by less than 12,000 votes out of 5 million cast. In concurrent Senate runoffs two months later, about 4.5 million Georgians voted; Warnock and Ossoff won by 2 percentage points and 1.2 percentage points, respectively.
Democrats hope the November electorate is at least as large as that on Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia requires a majority vote to win statewide office, and Libertarian candidates can draw enough to force a runoff.
With that in mind, Abrams, a Black woman from Atlanta, has spent a noticeable amount of time in rural, mostly white Georgia, where she lost ground in 2018 compared with Democrats’ performances in previous midterms. Jordan, who is white, notes that she grew up in small-town south Georgia but now represents a suburban Atlanta state Senate district that had been a Republican lock. Abrams sometimes campaigns alongside Bailey, a white man with a pronounced Southern accent and small-town Georgia roots.
“Standing with me is the most extraordinary ticket Georgia has ever produced,” Abrams said before she addressed the convention. “It looks like Georgia; it sounds like Georgia; it knows Georgia.”
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- City fell behind 2-0 in first half
- Haaland hat-trick avoids slip up
- But Guardiola believes defence has been "soft"
WHAT HAPPENED? Manchester City found themselves two goals down inside 30 minutes against Crystal Palace on Saturday, before an Erling Haaland hat-trick saved the day. The Citizens may have felt a sense of déjà vu after being in a similar position against Newcastle a week earlier, before rescuing a point in a 3-3 draw.
WHAT DID PEP SAY? Speaking to the BBC, Guardiola said: "The last two games have had a lot of goals and a lot of goals conceded. It was a good game. We have always struggled against them but we came back. In the previous seasons we didn't have it but now we are starting to do it. It is a good lesson for us what happened in the first half but now it is a good game. We have to improve. We are soft in some departments."
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Manchester City remain unbeaten in the Premier League, something that looked unlikely at half-time on Saturday. Guardiola's team have now scored 13 goals in their opening four games, with new signing Haaland grabbing six for himself.
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New Mexico man indicted for allegedly trying to establish 'Islamic State Center'
The New Mexico man allegedly tried to establish a training center and later cover up ties to two suspected ISIS recruits who were arrested in Texas
The Department of Justice indicted a New Mexico man, charging him with attempting to provide material support for ISIS.
Herman Leyvoune Wilson, aka Bilal Mu’Min Abdullah, 45, of Albuquerque, allegedly attempted to set up an "Islamic State Center" in New Mexico. The center was designed to "teach ISIS ideology, provide training in tactical maneuvers and martial arts, and serve as a safe haven for individuals preparing to travel and fight on behalf of ISIS in the United States and abroad," according to the DOJ.
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The DOJ also charged Wilson with attempting to obstruct, influence and impede an official proceeding for allegedly shutting down an online platform to destroy and conceal records. Wilson allegedly used the platform to promote ISIS ideology and recruit others to join ISIS and come to the center he allegedly attempted to establish in New Mexico.
Two Texas men, Kristopher Matthews and Jaylin Molina, who have pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, said Wilson radicalized them and "that without Wilson’s influence, they would never have committed the crimes."
Wilson allegedly tried to cover up his and the online platform’s ties to Matthews and Molina when they were arrested.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Firefighters are bringing in additional resources on Saturday in an effort to put out a wildfire burning in northwest Spokane.
The Palisades Fire has burned 41.5 acres according to Spokane County Fire District 10. Firefighters report they were able to hold the fire's growth overnight. No buildings have been lost in the fire.
As of 9 a.m. this morning, the fire is 0% contained. Crews are hoping to get containment today.
They worked through the night to keep flames from spreading and additional brush trucks will be brought in to help today.
Cooler temperatures and humidity are expected today, a welcome sight for crews. However, wind gusts are still a major concern as the fire continues to burn forest and timber.
The fire started Friday afternoon near Palisades Park in north Spokane and prompted several evacuations.
Level 3 evacuations are still in place as of 8 a.m. this morning for areas west of Government Way. Areas on the east side of Government Way have been downgraded to level 1 evacuation.
Here are the specific boundaries as of Saturday morning, according to the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications Center.
- Level 3 evacuation: north to North Houston Road, west to North Grove Road, south to West Greenwood Road, east to North Government Way.
- Level 1 evacuation: north to North Houston Road, south to River Ridge, west to Government Way, east to the Spokane River.
A Red Cross shelter has been opened at West Central Community Center at 1603 N Belt Street. The shelter opened at 8 p.m. on Friday, and pets are welcome.
DNR told KREM 2 that the fire is not burning toward any structures. It is moving northwest and crews said the biggest concern is the wind.
Crews with Fire District 10, the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and other resources are on their way to the scene of the fire at this time.
More than 80 firefighters are working today with 11 engines and two fire tenders. Thirteen aircrafts were on scene Friday evening with water drops taking place, but as of today there is no air support, according to DNR.
DNR is also asking people to stay away from the north side of Palisades Park, and out of the park in general for the next few days, specifically the area known as Rimrock Road.
According to the Spokane Fire Department, as of now, Government Way is reopened.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Clements won a crash-filled Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway early Saturday for his second career victory and first since 2017.
No. 2 came in race No. 421 for the 37-year-old driver/team owner.
“I’m speechless, man,” Clements said near the start-finish line. “I don’t even know what to say.”
No one did.
His win came after two multicar melees in overtime and gave Clements an automatic — and unexpected — berth in the postseason.
“We have nothing to lose, man,” he said. “We’re going to give these big teams all they can stand.”
Clements passed sluggish Austin Hill on the final restart thanks to a big push from Sage Karam and cruised to the checkered flag. Hill looked poised to sweep both Xfinity races at Daytona, but his car seemed to have fuel and electrical issues during the final caution.
When the green flag dropped, Hill did, too. Clements and Karam flew by on the outside.
Timmy Hill finished second, followed by series points leader AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Brown and Karam.
Clements’ first win in 164 races was about being in the right place at the right time. He avoided four big ones in the closing laps. The first involved seven cars with nine laps to go in regulation. The second included eight cars with three to go. The third and biggest of the night came in overtime, with Hill and Noah Gragson just ahead of a 13-car cluster.
Gragson started the fourth one when Clements and Allmendinger pushed him at nearly 190 mph. Gragson slammed into the outside wall and then got spun helicopter style when broadsided by Landon Cassill. When the dust settled, eight more cars were involved.
The grand total: 36 cars involved, some of them several times.
Allmendinger looked like he would challenge Hill and Clements during the final two-lap shootout, but he ran out of fuel just before the final restart and had to pit.
“We survived that big wreck somehow,” Clements said. “I thought if we can just keep up with these guys, it will be a good day. Top five and bring this car home in one piece and that’s a good day.”
It ended up being much better, a playoff-clinching performance.
“Wow, this is incredible,” he said before thanking the fans who stuck around following a three-hour rain delay. “Now let’s go drink a beer.”
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Riley Herbst was running fourth early in the final stage when he lost control because of a flat right rear tire. Herbst’s No. 98 Ford slid through the backstretch grass, bringing out a caution and going a lap down.
It was a bad break for the driver who started the day eighth in points and was looking to make up ground with four races to go before the playoffs.
Herbst rallied to finish 15th and found company in the unlucky club.
Sheldon Creed, vying to make the postseason, was involved in a multicar accident on lap 83 and knocked out of the race. John Hunter Nemechek got sideways in the middle of a three-wide pack and turned into Creed, who ended up sliding back across the track and got T-boned by Joe Graf Jr.
Creed finished 36th in the 38-car field.
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The series moves to Darlington Raceway next Saturday. Justin Allgaier won there in May in the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports.
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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Tony Berich enjoys his job.
Berich has served as Stockton University’s director of athletics and recreation for 13 months. He was named the interim athletic director last year and had the interim tag removed in July. Berich was the AD at Randolph College in Virginia for three years and at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg for 10. He also the assistant AD at Philadelphia University (now Jefferson University).
Overall, he arrived at Stockton with 24-plus years of experience in college athletics.
The 51-year-old resident of the Marmora section of Upper Township also coached the men’s golf teams at Pittsburgh-Greensburg and Philadelphia University, where he earned a master’s degree in business administration in 2003. Berich earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh in 1993.
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Q: What have you learned in your first 13 months at Stockton?
A: I learned that I love it here. It has been a great, great experience. I actually interviewed for the position when (previous AD) Kevin (McHugh) was hired five years ago. I was a finalist and came down for an interview, and they hired Kevin. I was fortunate to be involved when Kevin retired (last year). It's everything that I thought it would be. It has just been a great experience. The people here are great. The coaches we have here, the staff we have and athletics and student services have been tremendous. It is a really welcoming campus environment.
Q: Being an English major and having a master's in business administration, was college sports administration your original plan, or did the career find you?
A: It was. I have always been involved in sports. I played almost everything growing up. My father (Tom) was a high school football coach and a high school athletic director (at Newport High School in Pennsylvania). I always kind of tagged along with him. When I was little, there was nothing better for me than to go to football practices and field punts on the sideline as a 10-year-old. So, I always enjoyed being around that environment. Like I said, I've played football, I've played basketball, I've played golf, but I was never good enough to do it beyond the high school level. Regardless, it was what I always wanted to do. I went to the University of Pittsburgh, they didn't have a sports administration program. Now, a lot of institutions offer sports administration and sports management, but (Pittsburgh) didn't have that. So, I kind of had to pick a major, and I always enjoyed reading, so English was my chosen major. But I got involved (in sports admission) from there.
I had a good friend of mine who was a sports information director, and he got me involved with a job search, and I ended up with an internship at the University of Massachusetts Lowell; they are a Division I program. Ended up with an internship up there for a year, and that's kind of where I got my start.
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Q: The college sports landscape has gone through major changes in recent years — NIL (name, image, likeness), the transfer portal, conferences changing and others. How much of that affects Stockton?
A: The NIL really hasn't affected us a whole lot. Division III, it's a little bit tougher for our kids to get involved in something like that. Certainly the transfer portal we are seeing more and more of that now. That's something that, I think, is making it easier for kids to get their name out there. That is just a reality for us. The NCAA, it's definitely undergoing some changes, and I don't think it's done yet. I think it's going to be interesting to see where we are — the NCAA as an organization — in two years. I think, really, the Power 5 football schools are driving a lot, and it's going to have a trickle down effect on all the other institutions, you know Division II and III. I think that will definitely have a trickle down effect, in that regard.
Q: Has your time at Stockton been different from your previous AD experiences?
A: Well, it has been a tremendous experience. The last year has gone by so fast. (Stockton President) Dr. (Harvey) Kesselman, you couldn't ask or couldn't create a better president for athletics. I mean, he is so supportive of everything we do, and he has just been such a tremendous person for me and someone I have looked up to in a really short time. It's different in a sense that it's a state school. I have never worked in a state school before. I was at Randolph College in Virginia. They were a small, private school. I was at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, similar to like a Rutgers-Newark or a Rutgers-Camden. They were a state-related school, but there wasn't as much oversight. Then I was at Philadelphia University, now Jefferson, for 10 years, and that was a private school, as well. So, this is really my first foray into a state school. So, that has probably been the biggest adjustment for me. There is some red tape that I have never dealt with before. But I certainly adjusted to it, and it's not an issue at all, but it just took a little adjusting to get to.
Q: How has Stockton been moving past the COVID-19 pandemic?
A: When I first got here last year, we were pretty conservative with it. We were. And, fortunately, the bulk of the COVID was at my previous institution I was at that I dealt with. Here, I kind of caught the tail end of it. By mid- to late fall, things started to level out nationwide. It was reflected here on campus. So, we were able to have a normal basketball season, normal track and field, baseball, softball. By that time, pretty much everything was good. Even in the fall, for the most part, everything was pretty good. We had a few games here and there canceled by other institutions because they maybe had too many COVID cases on their teams. But here, like I said, I caught the tail end of it. We were able to get back up and running and playing normal probably by October (2021), I felt like. We were seeing very, very little effects of COVID anymore. Certainly by the spring we were up and running. It looked like it did probably three or four years (ago).
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Q: Are you happy with how the Stockton teams have done, especially last season (both the men’s basketball and men's lacrosse teams made the NCAA Division III Tournament last year)?
A: Absolutely! I wanted to give myself a year to be here and kind of evaluate each program individually. Men's basketball had a great run. I think they return everybody this year, for the most part. So, they should be really, really good. I'd be surprised if they weren't in the top 10 nationally (in the) preseason (ranks). I think men's lacrosse had a great year. It's going to be a little different going into the new Coastal Lacrosse Conference. That is going to be a big change for coach (Kevin) Zulauf and his program, but they really, really played well in the NCAA Tournament last year down in Salisbury (the top-ranked team in the nation for some of the season that beat the Ospreys in the second round). I think they showed they can play with teams at that level. I think that is certainly a sign of things to come.
I thought (the) women's soccer (team, which went 15-6-3, made the New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals and captured the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference title in 2021), with a couple bounces one way or the other, they could've made the NCAA Tournament last year. I thought (coach) Nick Juengert and his team did a really, really nice job, and I am looking for big things out of them this year. Men's soccer caught a little bit of a bad break last year. I think they had some injuries that really took some steam away from them, but I know coach (Greg) Ruttler is really, really excited about his program this year. Field hockey, I thought (coach) Sarah (Elleman) did a really, really nice job last year. And they are a young team, so I think they are going to turn a lot of heads this fall, too.
Across the board, I thought we had a really, really good year last year.
Q: Most Stockton teams compete in the NJAC. How would you assess the state of the conference?
A: That was one of the things that drew me to this job. Certainly five years ago and then coming in here. The NJAC is one of the top Division III conferences in the country. Without question. I felt like I came from one of the other ones, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The ODAC is a tremendous conference, as well. But I felt the competitive level they play at here is unparalleled across the country. I think last year we finished third in the overall standings in the NJAC, and that is something I think we can improve upon. I think we can get to that top two, but we are going to need a couple teams to hit on all cylinders. But still, I think if you say you're in the top three in one of the toughest conferences in the country, that is unbelievable. If you correlate that to Division I, like you're in the Big 10 and you're one of the top three programs in the Big 10 across the board, you're one of the top in the country. We were third last year (in the NJAC), so I think that illustrates we are one of the top programs in the country.
Q: While at Pittsburgh-Greensburg, you chaired the NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Committee from 2014-16 and were voted Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Men’s Golf Coach of the Year in 2015. With a golf background, do you want Stockton men’s golf to move from a club sport to a sanctioned sport? Would you coach golf again, if so?
A: I think we are open to pretty much anything. The timing will have to be right for it. There are some other things that come into play. Title IX comes into play. If we add any type of male sports, we have to look where our ratio is for Title IX. As far as me, I'm done coaching. I did that for 10 years. It was very difficult to do everything required of an athletic director and also coach a team. I felt, like, at times my team wasn't getting what they deserved that other programs were getting where maybe they had a more dedicated coach to their program. It was tough. Maybe later in my life or at the end of my career I can go back to just being a golf coach. I would probably enjoy that, but right now I love being an athletic director. I can't imagine doing anything differently.
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Q: Are there plans to add any NCAA programs – maybe men’s rowing, ice hockey, men’s tennis or swimming (Stockton does not have a men's and women's swimming teams, the others are just club sports).
A: We would certainly take a look at any of the programs down the road. I think maybe the most natural will be men's rowing to make varsity because I know they wouldn't be structured any differently financially. There are no financial implications to bring them up. If anything, it will help coach Joseph Maguire probably recruit kids to be on a varsity program as opposed to a club program. I think if any of them happen next, I think (men's) rowing will be the more natural to do it. But anything we can do to strengthen our athletic program, we would most certainly do and look at.
Q: Is there a scenario in which Stockton could ever start a football program?
A: Not that I ever heard, it hasn't been (a scenario). I've been at institutions with football, and it's certainly something that takes a ton of resources. I mean a lot, a lot of resources. I mean you're looking at probably at least half a dozen full-time positions, both coaching and administratively just to support football. That is something that, while it would be great, I just don't think it's feasible at this point in time.
Q: Stockton continues to expand its Atlantic City presence. Is there some role for the athletics department in the city? (The college is currently building a second residential facility in the resort).
A: I think maybe potentially in the future. I think it's tough for us right now because we have great, great facilities here on (the Galloway Township) campus with redoing (G. Larry James Stadium, which is under improvements now that should be done by the spring) and the track and redoing the (Pomona Road) turf field (which is complete). We invested a lot of resources in the facilities here on campus. I think it would be neat if we had some opportunities to play some events down there in the future, but I think right now we are going to focus on Galloway.
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Q: You were recently appointed to serve on the NCAA Division III Rowing Committee for the next two years. What do you expect your involvement to be? And is rowing a sport you oversaw at any of your previous stops?
A: I was on the national golf committee, so the way the NCAA structures it, it'll probably be very similar to that. I'll be a part of the national committee. We will select the field that goes onto the Division III championships. Once you do that, you help administrate those championships on site. So, I would assume it'll be very similar to what I did with the golf. And we did have rowing when I was at Philadelphia University, now Jefferson. We added rowing during my time there, so I had experience with it. I did know coach (Chris) O'Brien, who we are bringing in. He was the coach that was hired when I was there. So, I've known him for going on 20 years now. But I do have experience with rowing.
Q: Where do you see Stockton athletics in five years?
A: Hopefully, with a boatload of national championships. Like I said, I think we have some programs that are really on the rise and have a ton of potential. Hopefully, we continue to build on that. The commitment the university has made, in terms of facilities with the stadium and the turf field and the expansion here of the Sports Center illustrates where we can go from here. Hopefully, that will help us recruit even better and have more and more success. Once again, I think the teams in the NJAC that have success also have success at the national level. I think that is what our goal is, to have success at the national level.
Q: Would you like to add anything else about Stockton athletics?
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Agents seize $7.8 million worth of liquid meth in drug bust operation
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) - Authorities in Georgia say a tip helped them bust a multimillion-dollar meth lab this week.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the lab was equipped to manufacture crystal methamphetamine and was located in a horse stable.
WGCL reports agents began investigating after they were informed about suspicious activity at the property. They executed a search warrant and discovered an active methamphetamine conversion lab inside one of the buildings.
Agents with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office said they recovered 255 gallons of liquid methamphetamine solution and 5 kilograms of finished crystal meth.
Officials said with the amount of liquid methamphetamine solution found, the lab was likely capable of producing more than 700 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, with a street value of at least $7.8 million.
According to authorities, 34-year-old Dustin Burgess and 30-year-old Uriel Mendoza were arrested and are facing several drug-related charges.
Due to the size of the lab, agents said they contacted the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Clan Lab Team to help collect evidence and dispose of hazardous materials.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 27, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
303 PM CDT Sat Aug 27 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Upshur,
central Titus and Camp Counties through 400 PM CDT...
At 301 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Mount Pleasant to
Rosewood. Movement was northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Mount Pleasant, Gilmer, Pittsburg, Leesburg, Rosewood, Cookville,
Midway, Rocky Mound, Monticello, Roeder, Harvard, Bettie and
Lafayette.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
If on or near Monticello Reservoir on the east side, get out of the
water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can
strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule said backup quarterback Sam Darnold and kicker Zane Gonzalez both suffered “significant” injuries in the 21-0 win over the Buffalo Bills on Friday night.
Darnold has a high ankle sprain, which is normally a four-to-six week injury. But Rhule said doctors haven't determined how much time he'll miss, adding that putting him on short-term injured reserve is a possibility.
The Panthers will enter the season with Baker Mayfield as their starter and P.J. Walker as his backup.
“We're not sure of the exact length of that injury,” Rhule said Saturday on a videoconference call. “We sent those images to a specialist to gauge it, but it does look like a significant injury that could take some time.”
Gonzalez’s injury appears even worse, and there is a possibility it could be season-ending. He will see a specialist to determine the degree of injury.
Rhule wouldn't specify what Gonzalez did to his groin while practicing kicks into the net on the sideline. But he said the Panthers will be looking to sign a kicker before the Sept. 11 regular-season opener against the Cleveland Browns.
“We are bringing guys in and figuring out our options,” Rhule said.
Gonzalez finished last season 20 of 22 on field goals after joining the Panthers in Week 2 of the regular season and making 22 of 23 extra points. The Panthers re-signed Gonzalez to a two-year, $4.5 million contract after he made his final 17 field goals last season.
Rhule said fullback Gio Ricci was getting an MRI on his groin, but said it doesn't appear to be as significant as the injuries to Darnold and Gonzalez. Tight end Ian Thomas and center Bradley Bozeman are expected to return from injuries next week and play in the season opener against the Browns.
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Saudi-funded LIV Golf has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four players have removed their names.
That leaves seven players, most notably Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau, along with LIV Golf as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The four who withdrew their names are Carlos Ortiz, Abraham Ancer, Pat Perez and Jason Kokrak.
The amended complaint was filed Friday afternoon in the U.S. District Court in Northern California. Three players still on the lawsuit — Matt Jones, Talor Gooch and Hudson Swafford — previously sought a temporary restraining order to played in the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The judge denied their request two weeks ago.
The lawsuit claims the PGA Tour has used monopoly power to try to squash competition and has unfairly suspended players.
Greg Norman, the CEO of LIV Golf, has said the league would fully support the players in any legal action they pursued. LIV Golf, backed by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, now is directly involved.
In the amended complaint, LIV Golf argues that without a favorable ruling, its “ability to maintain a meaningful competitive presence in the markets will be destroyed.”
LIV Golf alleges the PGA Tour’s restraints forced it to raise its costs to sign players and kept it from recruiting others who fear the threat of being punished. It also claims the tour forced LIV Golf to delay its launch for 2022 and have a smaller schedule in its first year.
LIV Golf has offered several big names signing fees that are reported to be worth $150 million or more, in addition to the $25 million in prize money at each event. LIV Golf has staged three tournaments so far. The fourth is next weekend outside Boston.
The amended complaint says while LIV Golf has launched its tour despite “supracompetitive costs” and reduced access to players, “facing headwinds of this nature is not sustainable.”
The PGA Tour has leaned on its right that its members require a conflicting event release to play overseas, and no releases are granted for North American events. Five such LIV events are on the schedule this year.
The tour has suspended players who complete in LIV Golf without a release — none were granted — and most of those suspensions are through March 2024.
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman ruled in denying the temporary restraining order that LIV Golf did not show irreparable harm because of how much money the players were making to sign and from prize money, and that PGA Tour regulations to suspend players in this case was not unreasonable.
Freeman set a summary judgment hearing for July 23, 2023, and a tentative trial date for Jan. 8, 2024.
LIV Golf already has signed some two dozen PGA Tour players and is likely to add as many as six more after the PGA Tour ends its season Sunday in Atlanta at the Tour Championship.
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Leeds boss Jesse Marsch admits he deserved a booking for ref rage at Brighton
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Leeds boss Jesse Marsch admitted he tried to influence the performance of referee Michael Salisbury with his petulant touchline behaviour during the 1-0 Premier League loss at Brighton.
Marsch was shown a second-half yellow card at the Amex Stadium after slamming the ball into the turf and sarcastically applauding the rookie match official, who was taking charge of just his fifth top-flight fixture.
The American was animated from the outset on the south coast, regularly leaving his technical area and, at times, angrily berating the officials, prompting a ticking-off from fourth official James Linington and complaints from the home bench.
He had no objections to eventually being booked – around 15 minutes from time after Pascal Gross had claimed what proved to be Albion’s winner – but insisted he will never be a manager who “sits there and takes it”.
Asked if the caution was merited, he replied: “Yeah, absolutely. I thought my behaviour at that point deserved the yellow card.
“But I always say, when you don’t believe that you’re getting a performance out of the referee I think you have two options: to sit there and take it or to escalate your behaviour to try to make a point to see if you can affect the way decisions are getting made.
“Sometimes it works for you, sometimes it works against you. But I’ll never be a guy that just sits there and takes it, that’s not my style.
“We had him (Salisbury) as the fourth official against Chelsea (a 3-0 win last weekend) and I like his demeanour.
“I just think he didn’t have the best performance today. I know I let him know that maybe a couple too many times.”
Leeds were second best for much of their visit to Sussex and, having been fortunate to be level at the break, fell behind when Gross latched on to Leandro Trossard’s pass to break the deadlock in the 66th minute.
Substitute Luis Sinisterra had earlier wasted a golden chance to open the scoring for the West Yorkshire club, before defender Diego Llorente went close to a late leveller.
While Marsch was frustrated at the standard of officiating, he was also unhappy with his team not following tactical instructions, accusing players of “freestyling” after their unbeaten start to the campaign ended.
Asked if decision-making in key moments let down the display, he replied: “It was not just that; it was following the match plan a little bit clearer.
“We had guys kind of freestyling against the ball and with the ball and so still staying true to the principles and the tactics and the match plans, which was a talking point a lot last year, (is required).”
High-flying Brighton stretched their unbeaten top-flight streak to a club-record nine games with victory.
Seagulls boss Graham Potter said: “We played well, so I was disappointed not to have gone in ahead at half-time but credit to the boys, they started the second half well and got the goal.
“Leeds are a good team, Jesse has done a good job and they’re hard to play against. We had to suffer a little bit but overall I think we deserved the win.”
Asked about Marsch’s touchline conduct, he replied: “I don’t pay too much attention to what happens in the opposite technical area – that’s for them to be how they think they should be and I have full respect for that.
“I have huge respect for Jesse Marsch, he’s a top coach and has had a fantastic career.”
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Michael Beale praises key offside call as QPR edge Watford in thriller
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Michael Beale felt QPR deserved to ride their luck in a controversial 3-2 victory at Watford.
Substitute Albert Adomah’s goal ended up ruining Watford’s unbeaten start to the Championship season.
Ilias Chair and Chris Willock were also on target as Rangers won for the first time away from Loftus Road under new head coach Beale.
Ken Sema and Joao Pedro netted for Watford, who saw a late third equaliser ruled out for an questionable offside call against Ismaila Sarr.
There was no shortage of incident from the moment Chair’s heavily-deflected opener found the net right to when Watford realised Edo Kayembe’s 88th-minute screamer was not going to count because Sarr was offside in the build-up.
Most calls went Rangers’ way but Beale believed his side had deserved it, especially as Rs defender Rob Dickie felt he had been fouled before Pedro scored.
“A couple of things went for us like the first goal but we have been due a bit of luck,” Beale said. “Could Rob have cleared the ball for their second goal? I suppose that’s what we will say to him when the dust settles.
“But things even themselves out and the linesman made a really big and correct call. It was a great strike from Kayembe but before the shot the centre-forward was just offside.
“So if (I criticise when) I don’t get one, I need to praise them when I do get one as well. You have to take the rough with the smooth.”
Watford head coach Rob Edwards was convinced it should have stood, however.
“When the cross went in Ismaila was in an offside position but he didn’t affect it so in my opinion the goal should stand,” he said. “It was a good goal.”
Chair opened the scoring in the 18th minute with a huge deflection off Hornets defender Francisco Sierralta.
Watford levelled in the 27th minute through Sema, with away fans’ calls for handball while accepting Pedro’s pass ignored.
Rangers required just seven minutes to restore their lead when Willock capped a fine move down the right. Chair slipped in the overlapping Ethan Laird and his pull-back was dispatched by Willock.
Watford came close to levelling four minutes before the break when goalkeeper Seny Dieng came out of his box to head away a long ball – and Pedro sent it past him from 35 yards only to see it bounce off the top of the bar.
Watford levelled again through Pedro five minutes after the restart. The Brazilian tussled in the box with Dickie and the Rangers defender went to ground claiming a foul. Referee Keith Stroud ruled nothing untoward had happened however and Pedro converted an easy chance.
Rangers would not be denied and it was Adomah who put them back ahead again in the 70th minute. Chair set up Kenneth Paal for a cross from the left that Johansen could not convert but the substitute, unmarked in the box, lashed it high past Bachmann instead.
A frantic finale saw Kayembe thump home from long range only for a raised flag to rule it out.
Edwards was disappointed by that but also by his side’s inability to press home an advantage when Pedro made it 2-2.
“We started the second half strongly and got the goal but then we stopped doing what had got us success and I don’t know why,” he said. “We didn’t ask enough questions or take enough risks.”
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Paul Ince calls for ruthless streak from leaders Reading after win at Millwall
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Boss Paul Ince claimed the only disappointment in Reading’s 1-0 win against Millwall at The Den was his side’s inability to win by a bigger margin.
Ince saw his side secure a hard-fought victory, their third in succession, which took them to the top of the Championship.
Debutant Naby Sarr’s first-half header was enough to separate the teams in an intriguing tussle in the capital.
Ince’s men have surprised many onlookers with their start to the campaign, having narrowly avoided relegation last season, but controlled the majority of the contest and were good value for the win.
They could even have left with a larger margin of victory had Jeff Hendrick and Shane Long converted gilt-edged chances.
Despite his buoyant mood at his team’s display, Ince highlighted a couple of areas for improvement.
He said: “I said to the lads afterwards that I’m disappointed in the fact we didn’t put the game to bed and that’s the lesson learned.
“In other words, you win two or three-nil, game over, we all sit back.
“But in the last five or 10 minutes, they’re throwing balls into our box that could go anywhere.
“It’s a lottery then, isn’t it?
“If you come away with a draw, [that] would have been devastating because we deserved to win the game by two or three.”
On his side’s lofty position in the table, Ince added: “I think it’s great the fans can say that.
“We struggled to stay in the league last year and I think Reading fans, who again came in droves to come and support us, never envisaged that after six games we’d be top of the table.
“So give them that, let them enjoy that moment and hopefully that may last a long, long time, but let them enjoy.
“It’s something for them, for the support they’ve given us over the last six months I’ve been here.”
Millwall boss Gary Rowett was largely in agreement with his opposite number on which side had the better of the game.
The Lions started brightly but were pegged back by Sarr’s early opener and then struggled to exert themselves on the contest until the closing minutes.
A Jake Cooper header, which was deflected in off the offside Benik Afobe, was the closest they came to snatching a draw as Millwall dropped points at home for the first time in the league this season.
Rowett’s side slipped to 16th in the table following the defeat and he implored his players to avoid giving themselves mountains to climb by continually falling behind in games.
He said: “I think we started brightly. We made a really good start to the game and put them under a lot of pressure early on.
“The challenge is, like we’ve found so often this season, is you can’t keep coming back and finding solutions in games when you’re behind.
“We’ve scored the first goal in the Stoke game only in six league games and one cup game. This division is defined by that a lot of the times.
“[Reading] sat in and made it really tough. They’ve not had loads of possession in the game but they’ve been really resilient.”
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13 dead as clashes shake Libya´s capital
Deadly clashes broke out on Saturday in Libya’s capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, warning of a return to violence amid a long political stalemate.
At least 13 civilians were killed and more than 95 wounded, the health ministry said.
It added that 64 families were evacuated from areas around the fighting in Tripoli.
The escalation threatens to shatter the relative calm Libya has enjoyed for most of the past two years.
The oil-rich nation country plunged into chaos following a Nato-backed uprising that toppled and killed long-time autocrat Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Among the deaths was Mustafa Baraka, a comedian known for his social media videos mocking militias and corruption.
He died after being shot in the chest, according to Malek Merset, an emergency services spokesman.
Merset said emergency services were still trying to evacuate wounded and civilians trapped in the fighting that erupted overnight and continued into Saturday.
The health ministry said hospitals and medical centres in the city were shelled, and ambulance teams were barred from evacuating civilians, in acts that “amount to war crimes”.
The municipal council of Tripoli blamed the ruling political class for the deteriorating situation, and urged the international community to “protect civilians in Libya”.
Clashes broke out between rival militias (Yousef Murad/AP)
The violence caused widespread panic among Tripoli residents.
Footage circulated online showed houses, government facilities, and vehicles apparently damaged from the fighting.
Other footage showed militia forces deploying and heavy fire being exchanged across the night sky.
The UN mission in Libya said the fighting involved “indiscriminate medium and heavy shelling in civilian-populated neighbourhoods” of Tripoli.
The mission called for an immediate ceasefire, and for all parties in Libya to “refrain from using any form of hate speech and incitement to violence”.
The clashes pitted the Tripoli Revolutionaries’ Brigade militia, led by Haitham Tajouri, against another militia allied with Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, an infamous warlord known as Gheniwa, according to local media.
Later on Saturday, more militias joined the fighting which spread in different areas in the capital.
Prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s government, which is based in Tripoli, claimed the clashes broke out when one militia fired at another.
The fighting, however, is highly likely part of ongoing power struggle between Dbeibah and his rival prime minister Fathy Bashagha who is operating from the coast city of Sirte.
Both Dbeibah and Bashagha are backed by militias, and the latter was mobilising in recent weeks to try to enter Tripoli to dislodge his rival.
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Ban on plastic flexies leaves printers in a lurch in Visakhapatnam
They say that some time should be given to them find an alternative model
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s decision to ban use of plastic flexies has left hundreds of flexi printers and the employees working in the sector in lurch in Visakhapatnam. Facing a bleak future, the members of the printers association are likely to conduct a meeting very soon to discuss their plan of action.
According to the printers, political representatives, educational institutions, advertising agencies and government offices apart from people celebrating marriages and other events are their major customers. Already due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the printing sector has seen a sharp decline in business over the last two years.
“We welcome the decision of the Chief Minister. But we seek some time for the change and a viable alternative. The printing cost of one sq. foot of plastic flexi may range between ₹10 and ₹15, but in case of cloth flexi, it may vary between ₹30 and ₹50. Image detailing on the plastic flexi has good clarity and better visibility compared to that on cloth. Moreover, plastic ones last long. Apart from politicians, we do not see people coming forward to have cloth flexi in future. Printing on cloth is a costly affair and many may not come forward. So there should be an alternative,” said Abdul (name changed), a flexi printer from MVP Colony.
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President of Visakhapatnam District Printing Association and owner of Elite Sign Makers Trinadh Rao said that there are about 160 printing machines in Visakhapatnam. Ninty per cent of owners of the stores have procured these machines which cost about ₹15 to ₹20 lakh by borrowing loans from various banks and are paying EMIs. “The ban decision may financially hit us hard,” he said.
Some of the printing operators do not see flexies as an addition to plastic pollution in the environment. Though the main motto of the ban is to fight plastic, there are very small chances of someone dumping flexies in drains or dustbins, they say, adding that after usage, people generally again use them as tarpaulin covers or some household purpose rather than dumping them.
Two months ago, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Commissioner G. Lakshmisha had conducted a meeting with people involved in flexi printing and urged them to gradually move towards cloth flexies, in view of ongoing plastic ban in Visakhapatnam. The members have sought time of about four to five months and they have urged the civic body to see if the flexies can be recycled. After sudden announcement of the Chief Minister over the ban, the flexi printers associations may meet authorities concerned soon.
Mr. M. Murali Krishna of United Digitals and Advisor of Visakhapatnam District Printing Association said that there is a severe scarcity of cloth for flexi printing in the market, which should be addressed first. “Without proper availability of cloth, we may not be able to commit on orders,” he said.
“We respect the Chief Minister’s vision towards environment. However, we should have been given some more time to come up with alternatives. We are planning to meet GVMC Commissioner soon over the issue,” he said
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* The three districts of Visakhapatnam, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Anakapalli have around 450 printing offices, while the Visakhapatnam city has about 160 printers.
* Around 8,000 people are dependant on the industry in Visakhapatnam.
* The printing operators say that there are some studies which say that flexis can be recycled
* There is a strict ban on plastic below 120 microns, but flexis are over 300 microns, several printing operators claim.
* The printing operators may soon meet the GVMC Commissioner and submit a representation.
* The GVMC likely to issue a notice to all the flexi printing members to stop making plastic flexis and stick to cloth ones.
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Andhra Pradesh: Basava Express re-routed via Puttaparthi
It will benefit people of the newly-formed district: Collector
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The Mysuru to Bagalkot Basava Express(train numbers: 17307 and 17308), plying between Hindupur and Dharmavaram via Makkajipet and Nagasamudram stations, has been diverted via Puttaparthi (Sri Sathya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam Station) with effect from August 26.
South West Railway Bengaluru Additional Divisional Railway Manager(Traffic) Lakshman Sigh and Sri Sathya Sai District Collector P. Basant Kumar flagged off the train formally at the station on Friday night at 7.35 p.m. after a two-minute halt.
In the reverse direction, the train (no. 17308) started from Bagalkot at 2.30 p.m. and reached Puttaparthi at 5.50 a.m., and departed at 5.52 a.m.
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The Senior Divisional Engineer(North), Pushpendra Kumar, and Mr. Lakshman Singh said that the rerouting would help devotees, students and patients who visit Satya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam.
Mr. Basant Kumar said that the train halting here would benefit the people of the newly-formed Sri Sathya Sai district.
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WAUSAU — The Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce will host a 110th Anniversary Gala on the evening of Wednesday, September 14. The Gala is one of the Chamber’s annual signature events and will offer an opportunity to celebrate the long-standing and rich history of the Chamber and its members. The event will feature live big band music, fine hors d’oeuvres, awards, vintage cars, historical actors and more.
“Looking ahead to 2022-2023, the Chamber, along with partner stakeholders, will continue to lead the region forward in implementing the goals outlined in the economic development plan for the region.” said Dr. Dave Eckmann, President/CEO of the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce. “The Anniversary Gala will be a fun night with a look back at our region’s history of business success, while kicking off a new, promising program year for the Chamber.”
Check-in for the Anniversary Gala begins at 5:15 p.m., with the program beginning at 6 p.m.
The event will also include the introduction of the Chamber’s new Chairperson, Paul LaPree of Miron Construction, and new members of the Chamber’s Board of Directors. The event will also recognize the outgoing Chairperson, Nicole Williams of QPS Employment Group and the outgoing Directors.
Also included at the event will be the naming of recipients of a pair of awards: The Ruder Ware Innovator Award and the Chamber’s Ambassador Achievement Award.
The Ruder Ware Innovator Award in Memory of G. Lane Ware was established in 2015 by Ruder Ware LLSC. G. Lane Ware was a distinguished attorney and consummate professional with a sincere drive to make the Wausau community a better place for life and for business. Ware realized that to succeed in business, you needed to innovate and differentiate, to remain relevant in a changing economy.
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Police arrest five Arabs suspected of lynching Jew near gravesite of the Prophet Samuel.
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In 'Funny Pages,' a teenage cartoonist throws himself into his drawings
In 'Funny Pages,' a teenage cartoonist throws himself into his drawings
Scott Simon speaks to writer and director Owen Kline about his new movie, "Funny Pages," in which a young cartoonist explores the relationship between creativity and craft.
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
"Funny Pages," a new film by Owen Kline that opens in over 30 theaters this weekend, has already been acclaimed a cult classic. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, has raves on Rotten Tomatoes, albeit after just a few reviews. And it took years to be seen. It's the story of Robert, a 17-year-old cartoonist in Princeton, N.J., who doesn't want to be a college student because he fears it might stall and corrupt his creativity. He moves to a barely habitable basement in Trenton, gets in modest trouble with the law, is uncommunicative and sullen with his parents and throws himself full time into trying to become as subversive as his drawings.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FUNNY PAGES")
MATTHEW MAHER: (As Wallace) I don't really understand what you guys see in the funny animal comics.
DANIEL ZOLGHADRI: (As Robert) You can't appreciate any funny animal comics? - Pogo, the Ducks.
MAHER: (As Wallace) The Ducks?
ZOLGHADRI: (As Robert) Donald Duck and his nephews, Daisy, Scrooge McDuck, Fethry Ducks. Some of those Carl Barks Duck comics are actually pretty sophisticated.
MAHER: (As Wallace) Are you guys [expletive] Martians? Those are for 10-year-olds in the '50s.
SIMON: The film stars Daniel Zolghadri, Matthew Maher, Miles Emanuel and writer and director Owen Kline, who happens to be the son of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates - joins us now. Thanks very much for being with us.
OWEN KLINE: Thanks so much. I'm honored. That was wonderful.
SIMON: I have to ask, to what degree is this story drawn from your own story?
KLINE: I think everybody has a bad bout when - in their - you know, 15, 16, 17. You know, just coming out of puberty is pretty uncomfortable and awkward. And those hormones and the teenage mind just kind of interact and explode in an - in all sorts of interesting ways. I don't know if - did you have kids?
SIMON: Yes. Yes. And they're teenagers, conveniently - 19 and 15 - but, you know, models of deportment. But go ahead. Yeah.
KLINE: Yeah. Well, brace yourself. It's coming.
SIMON: (Laughter) Oh, believe you me. I do know...
KLINE: Fifteen - at the rumblings of - you know, anyway. I mean, I wanted to be a cartoonist as a kid. So that fabric - I just - I put that into this film.
SIMON: Yeah. There's a - I don't mind calling it - a surprising and shocking kind of unexpected turn in the first few minutes of the film. At least I certainly wasn't expecting it. Were you out to, if I might put it this way, subvert the usual flow of storytelling like Robert's teacher tells him to subvert?
KLINE: I think really the lesson at the beginning of the movie - there's a drawing lesson at the beginning of the film from a sort of irascible, possibly manic mentor figure who's helping the kid with his drawing portfolio. But he tries to get the kid to sort of wake up and observe the things that the kid is already preoccupied and inclined to be observed and connect him a little bit more to his particular voice.
SIMON: What do Robert and his acquaintances find in comics?
KLINE: You know, I was - I drew comics as a kid and - you know, comic strips. And I guess just seeing your immediate fingerprint in terms of your inclinations on the page, I think it - they come through in surprising ways. It's just probably the most self-reflexive medium. And it's one voice. You know what I mean? It's one voice in doing everything visual, all the dialogue, all the - everything.
SIMON: You were still at that point in your career where you are introduced as the son of two great performers. This movie might put you over that hump. But you were also you were in a celebrated movie when you were 13, "The Squid And The Whale." But I have read that you grew up in show business, but reviling - and that's the word I think I saw attributed to you in a, quote - reviling show business. Could you help us understand that?
KLINE: At least being maybe a bit exaggerating. No, I just never had any kind of inclination towards show business and sort of - I guess I was a little bit repelled by it, but only by virtue of growing up in New York. I didn't grow up in Los Angeles. I was kind of protected from show business a little bit, you know? And then doing "Squid And The Whale" as a kid certainly pointed me toward 16-millimeter personal filmmaking, you know? That movie pointed me towards that, which pointed me towards Anthology Film Archives, where I worked as a teenager and interned for the archivist and discovered that whole body of experimental work and the Kuchar brothers and just more personal experimental cinema is what I connected to just on the East Coast.
SIMON: I found myself touched by the scenes in which Robert and his parents try to talk to each other, but it doesn't quite work out.
KLINE: Well, that's interesting. How did it touch you?
SIMON: They're both trying. They're all trying - all three of them.
KLINE: Yeah, it's a communication breakdown in some way. But I think the character of Robert is in more control than they are in every scenario that they're in. You know, he also is fueling the fire there.
SIMON: Tell us a bit about Robert's friends. I'm going to refer to them - they love cartoons that seem rumpled. And by that, I just don't mean their hair or clothes. Something seems to have, you know, rumbled their hearts a little. They're all trying to reach out in different ways.
KLINE: I love rumpled. It's, like, a very - that's a phrase that hasn't entered the conversation around this movie. I like - I'm going to hold on to rumpled. You're saying the comics that they're attracted to drawing or to reading? Or both, I guess.
SIMON: All of it, yeah. All of it - their - you know, their lives.
KLINE: Yeah. Yeah. I guess there's just a certain level of homemade work in the comics that are sort of - there's a messiness to, I don't know, uninhibited underground comics or something. And people want to either embrace in that mess or not. I imagine, you know, it's the same thing for people watching this movie. But the comedy is the thing that I think people are really responding to and actually kind of - I don't know. The amazing thing about comedy is it opens people up. I don't know. You're more vulnerable if you're laughing to get - it's easier to, like, stick the knife in in a way.
SIMON: This film was shot in 2019. What's been happening to it since then?
KLINE: Actually, the film was shot in 2017, 2018 and pieces between then and now pretty - you know, I mean, and up to...
SIMON: Wow.
KLINE: ...Pretty recently. You know, this was a movie I spent about 10 years - it was really - it was very difficult to make. Nobody wanted to make it. I spent about two or three years trying to get anyone to read it. And the right people read it. It was a slowly evolving - it was not a regular production model. It was never designed to be. It never was meant to be.
SIMON: Your characters raise a question towards the end of the film. Somebody says, isn't imagination more important than craft? Well, let's put it this way. I thought the question was pointedly left unanswered. Wonder what your feelings are about that.
KLINE: I think craft and imagination are sort of in a complicated kind of tango with each other. I think that you can't have one without the other.
SIMON: Owen Kline - his film "Funny Pages" is in theaters now. And I enjoyed this one. I'll look forward to the next one. Thanks so much.
KLINE: Thank you.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator and two subsidiaries agreed Friday to plead guilty to negligently discharging oil off the Southern California coast in connection with a pipeline break that covered beaches with blobs of crude.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said in a statement that Houston-based Amplify Energy and two subsidiaries agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and pay a $7 million fine and nearly $6 million in expenses incurred by government entities, including the U.S. Coast Guard. The companies would also install a new leak detection system for pipeline and train employees to identify and respond to potential leaks, the statement said.
“Our nation’s environmental laws are designed to protect our communities and oceans from hazardous pollutants, including oil,” said Scot Adair, special agent in charge of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal investigation division in California. “Amplify Energy’s agreement to plead guilty today demonstrates that companies that negligently violate those laws will be held responsible for their crimes.”
The plea agreements still need to be approved by U.S. District Judge David Carter.
Amplify Energy, which owns the pipeline that ruptured, said the company has been cooperating with the investigation into the spill and is committed to operating safely.
“We believe this resolution, which is subject to court review and approval, reflects the commitments we made immediately following the incident to impacted parties,” Martyn Willsher, Amplify’s president, said in a statement.
The October 2021 leak in a pipeline that ferried crude oil from offshore platforms to the Southern California coast spilled about 25,000 gallons (94,600 liters) of oil into the Pacific Ocean.
While less severe than initially feared, the spill about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) offshore shuttered beaches in surf-friendly Huntington Beach and nearby communities for a week and fisheries for more than a month, oiled birds and threatened wetlands the region has been striving to restore.
“The Orange County oil spill was devastating for our environment, our community and our local businesses,” said state Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, who represents the area, in a statement.
U.S. prosecutors charged the companies late last year with the illegal discharge of oil and failure to respond to eight leak detection alarms over a 13-hour period that should have alerted them to the spill. The leak detection system alarm first sounded late in the afternoon on Oct. 1, but workers believed it was triggered by a change in the concentration of produced water in the pipeline earlier in the day, according to a copy of the plea agreement.
The alarm sounded repeatedly throughout the night and workers shut down the pipeline to investigate, then restarted it again. Before dawn on Oct. 2, a boat went out and traveled along the course of the undersea pipeline with flashlights but didn’t see signs of a leak, according to the agreement.
It wasn’t until a boat went out after daybreak that the spill was identified, the papers said.
In the plea agreement, Amplify contends that two ships dragged their anchors across the pipeline and damaged it during a January 2021 storm, but they weren’t notified until after the October 2021 spill. Without this damage, Amplify, which has filed a civil claim against the ships, has argued that the spill would not have happened. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-pipeline-operator-agrees-to-guilty-plea-in-california-spill/ | 2022-08-27T20:50:09Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-pipeline-operator-agrees-to-guilty-plea-in-california-spill/ | false |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
0-7-8
(zero, seven, eight)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
0-7-8
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An elaborate fireworks display took place Saturday under calm skies in Hungary’s capital after a postponement of the show last weekend caused controversy when it led to the firing of the country’s top meteorologists over their weather predictions.
Saturday’s event, a rescheduling of the display planned for Hungary’s national holiday a week earlier, drew tens of thousands to the Danube River in Budapest in what was billed as Europe’s largest fireworks show.
On Monday, the two top officials at Hungary’s National Meteorological Service were fired after the government committee managing holiday events postponed the show based on the weather service’s prediction of a high probability of heavy rain that evening.
While storms did strike other areas of Hungary that night, they did not hit the capital. Weather service chief Kornelia Radics, who had served since 2013, and her deputy Gyula Horvath, who has served since 2016, lost their jobs.
Gabor Valter Tolczli, a spectator at Saturday’s fireworks show, said “I was surprised that the fireworks were postponed a week ago because there was no storm then. But today I don’t mind the postponement, because there are fewer crowds."
He added, however, that he was "outraged that the meteorologists were fired, because you can never predict the weather 100%.”
The firings led to accusations from critics of Hungary’s nationalist government, led by autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban, of punitive political pressure reminiscent of Hungary’s communist past.
Academics and scientists in Hungary have long complained of pressure being exerted on independent scientific bodies and Orban’s government has been accused of corruption, nepotism and anti-democratic tendencies.
This has led to clashes with the European Union, which has withheld billions in pandemic recovery funds from Hungary over what the bloc sees as deficiencies in the Hungarian government’s adherence to basic values and the rule of law.
Hungary’s government says the firings were related to the Aug. 20 forecast but that the minister overseeing the weather service had previously been dissatisfied with its performance. In a news conference Tuesday, Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, said the service’s assessment of a high probability of extreme weather — which never came — was “the last straw."
On Wednesday, Hungary’s government appointed Laszlo Hanyecz, the weather service’s vice president for economic affairs, as its interim head. Of 19 leading officials at the agency, Hanyecz, who is not a meteorologist, was one of only two not to sign a letter demanding the reinstatement of the fired weather chiefs.
Climate Without Borders, an international network of weather presenters, released a letter signed by 76 members from 48 countries expressing solidarity with the fired forecasters.
“As forecasters, our first mission is to protect life and property. When Hungarian meteorologists saw danger in the forecast, they did what any of us would do — warned of the risk to life,” the letter read, condemning the firings.
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Agents seize $7.8 million worth of liquid meth in drug bust operation
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) - Authorities in Georgia say a tip helped them bust a multimillion-dollar meth lab this week.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the lab was equipped to manufacture crystal methamphetamine and was located in a horse stable.
WGCL reports agents began investigating after they were informed about suspicious activity at the property. They executed a search warrant and discovered an active methamphetamine conversion lab inside one of the buildings.
Agents with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office said they recovered 255 gallons of liquid methamphetamine solution and 5 kilograms of finished crystal meth.
Officials said with the amount of liquid methamphetamine solution found, the lab was likely capable of producing more than 700 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, with a street value of at least $7.8 million.
According to authorities, 34-year-old Dustin Burgess and 30-year-old Uriel Mendoza were arrested and are facing several drug-related charges.
Due to the size of the lab, agents said they contacted the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Clan Lab Team to help collect evidence and dispose of hazardous materials.
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Diana’s car auctioned as 25th anniversary of her death nears
LONDON (AP) — A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death.
Silverstone Auctions said there was “fierce bidding” for the black Ford Eascort RS Turob before the sale closed. The U.K. buyer, whose name was not disclosed, paid a 12.5% buyer’s premium on top of the selling price, according to the classic car auction house.
Britain and Diana’s admirers worldwide are preparing to mark a quarter century since her death. She died in a high-speed car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997.
Diana drove the Escort from 1985 to 1988. She was photographed with it outside boutique shops in Chelsea and restaurants in Kensington. She preferred to drive her own car, with a member of her security team in the passenger seat.
The RS Turbo Series 1 was typically manufactured in white, but she got it in black to be more discreet. Ford also added features for her security, such as a second rear-view mirror for the protection officer.
The car has just under 25,000 miles on it.
Last year, another Ford Escort that Diana used sold at auction for 52,000 pounds ($61,100).
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AUSTIN (KXAN) – Kaitlin Armstrong fled the country in May just days after pro-cyclist Moriah Wilson was found dead. Court documents obtained by Nexstar’s KXAN reveal new details on how she was able to evade authorities for over a month after being accused of shooting and killing Wilson.
A search warrant for Armstrong’s belongings shows she had her sister’s passport, as well as a United Airlines boarding pass, also under her sister’s name, from Newark to Costa Rica.
Also found were medical cards and paperwork, including a receipt showing a payment of $6,360 for plastic surgery — for “Alisson Paige” — on June 23 at a medical center in Costa Rica.
When she was arrested, U.S. Marshals noted Armstrong’s appearance had changed, including a difference in how her nose looked. There was also bruising under her eyes. She told authorities the change was from a “surfing accident,” U.S. Marshals said.
Other items found in Armstrong’s possession included the following:
- Clothing
- Several small wallets
- Numerous credit cards under various names: Kaitlin Armstrong, Wheelhouse Mobile, Colin Strickland, and Dynamis Racing
- Papers with handwritten names, phone numbers, and credit card numbers
- Various receipts for Wal-Mart, T-Mobile and a bus trip
- A white Apple iPhone and box
- Currency: USA, Mexico, and Costa Rica
- Physical U.S. passports for Kaitlin Armstrong and her sister
- A driver’s license for Kaitlin Armstrong
- A social security number card for Kaitlin Armstrong
The search was executed on July 6.
Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson, the woman Armstrong is accused of killing, was murdered on the night of May 11 at a home in Austin. Wilson, a world-class cyclist from Vermont, was in Texas preparing to compete in a race.
Austin Police issued a warrant for Armstrong’s arrest on May 17, a few days after she had already fled the state. Armstrong was on the run for 43 days before she was arrested by immigration officials in Costa Rica on June 29 related to the use of the fraudulent passport, U.S. Marshals said.
“This is a challenge that, you know, we haven’t seen in quite some time, to where an individual left the country using a fraudulent document,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Brandon Filla told KXAN after Armstrong’s arrest. “But we were able to handle that challenge with the assistance of the international operations with the marshals service, where they have that communication established with foreign officials and diplomatic security.” | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/kaitlin-armstrong-had-6k-plastic-surgery-receipt-from-costa-rica-and-sisters-passport-search-reveals/ | 2022-08-27T21:03:27Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/kaitlin-armstrong-had-6k-plastic-surgery-receipt-from-costa-rica-and-sisters-passport-search-reveals/ | false |
Hindus have always believed that water from India's Ganges River has extraordinary powers. The Indian emperor Akbar called it the "water of immortality" and always traveled with a supply. The British East India Co. used only Ganges water on its ships during the three-month journey back to England, because it stayed "sweet and fresh."
Indians have always claimed it prevents diseases, but are the claims wives' tales or do they have scientific substance?
In the fourth installment of a six-part series, independent producer Julian Crandall Hollick searched for the "mysterious X factor" that gives Ganges water its mythical reputation.
He starts his investigation looking for the water's special properties at the river's source in the Himalayas. There, wild plants, radioactive rocks, and unusually cold, fast-running water combine to form the river. But since 1854, almost all of the Ganges' water has been siphoned off for irrigation as it leaves the Himalayas.
Hollick speaks with DS Bhargava, a retired professor of hydrology, who has spent a lifetime performing experiments up and down Ganges in the plains of India. In most rivers, Bhargava says, organic material usually exhausts a river's available oxygen and starts putrefying. But in the Ganges, an unknown substance, or "X factor" that Indians refer to as a "disinfectant," acts on organic materials and bacteria and kills them. Bhargava says that the Ganges' self-purifying quality leads to oxygen levels 25 times higher than any other river in the world.
Hollick's search for a scientific explanation for the X factor leads him to a spiritual leader at an ashram and a biologist in Kanpur. But his best answer for the Ganges' mysterious substance comes from Jay Ramachandran, a molecular biologist and entrepreneur in Bangalore.
In a short science lesson, Ramachandran explains why the Ganges doesn't spread disease among the millions of Indians who bathe in it. But he can't explain why the river alone has this extraordinary ability to retain oxygen.
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A woman and child walking through the Bronx were caught up in a drive-by shooting Friday evening, with the former suffering a graze wound to her left cheek, police said.
The shooting took place around 6:30 p.m. in the Mount Eden section of the borough when a white BMW pulled up and two suspects inside opened fire.
Video shared by the NYPD shows the moment the car came to a stop and both men riding in the front of the vehicle stuck their guns through open windows and fired upon two unknown subjects.
Police said one of their bullets struck the 32-year-old woman in the face, but the child she was walking with was unharmed. She was said to be OK and refused medical attention.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A soccer field that was paid for but never built. A school that diverted resources from its students. A mayor who ran city hall out of his mother’s home and avoided property taxes.
Officials say these and dozens of other alleged acts of corruption cost Haiti’s government a “colossal loss” of some 500 million gourdes ($4 million) at a time when state infrastructure is collapsing amid political instability and deepening poverty.
The allegations were released Thursday by Haiti’s antigovernment corruption unit, whose general director, Hans Joseph, pledged to go after those who “torpedo the public treasury and asphyxiate the country’s economic and social development efforts.”
He called on Haiti’s judicial officials to act on his agency’s findings.
Jacques Lafontant, government commissioner for the capital of Port-au-Prince, told The Associated Press on Friday that he would order all those named in the report to appear before a judge.
“The process will start without any delay,” he said.
The 30-page report released to the public summarizes lengthy investigations launched by Joseph’s agency and provides a window into rampant corruption across Haiti, where more than 60% of its more than 11 million people struggle to survive on about $2 a day.
The agency pursued 10 unrelated investigations, finding alleged corruption in places including two schools, three mayors’ offices and three government agencies.
It accused the general director of Haiti’s National Lottery of diverting more than 41 million Haitian gourdes ($300,000) with help from her brother — a legal professional — and of not charging companies operating rights, resulting in a shortfall of 269 million gourdes (more than $2 million) to the public treasury.
In addition, it found irregularities with debit cards that Haiti’s National Police issued to employees, noting that benefits illegally given to those who were fired or retired resulted in a loss of more than 18.2 million gourdes ($140,000) in the span of just three months.
It also accused the former mayor of the southern coastal town of Petit-Goave of diverting nearly 12.8 million gourdes (more than $98,000) slated for several projects.
The former official also allegedly set up city hall in his mother’s home, “putting himself in a situation where it was necessary to choose between protecting the interests of the mayor’s office or those of his mother,” the report said. It accused him of not paying taxes on the property and said money was missing from the employee payroll.
A former mayor of the north coastal town of Anse-Rouge was accused of creating more than two dozen fictional employees whose checks were going to the city’s accountant. In addition, the report said there was no evidence of five purported sanitation projects on which 835,000 gourdes ($6,400) was spent and no proof that 595,000 gourdes ($4,500) offered by the international aid group Oxfam to buy fuel was used for that purpose.
Also in the north, a former mayor of Saint-Raphael was accused of paying a company more than 2 million gourdes ($15,000) for a soccer field and reading center that were never built. The anti-corruption agency said it tried to track down the company’s officials but said the physical address provided did not exist.
The agency accused the former director of a school in Maissade in central Haiti of diverting more than 2 million gourdes ($15,000), alleging he had only 735 students instead of the 1,004 registered.
Joseph said that despite Haiti’s “major structural differences,” he hoped the government could recover its assets and fully punish those whom he called “enemies of the republic.”
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Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/international/ap-haiti-reveals-colossal-loss-of-4m-worth-of-corruption/ | 2022-08-27T21:17:00Z | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/international/ap-haiti-reveals-colossal-loss-of-4m-worth-of-corruption/ | true |
Energy firm Eon apologises to customers after claiming electric meters installed in homes were not safe and should be replaced with a smart meter
Energy firm Eon has been forced to apologise to customers after wrongly claiming that electric meters installed in their homes were not safe and should be replaced with a smart meter.
The German utility giant says it is 'sorry' for the alarm its letter has caused and is writing to customers to reassure them their existing meter is actually safe. It is believed thousands of households are being contacted. Eon's letter was to the point.
It said: 'Your electric meter is no longer safe – we need to replace it with a new one. (It's free!)'.
Apology: Eon says it is 'sorry' for the alarm its letter has caused and is writing to customers to reassure them their existing meter is actually safe
Disingenuously, it did not refer to the replacement being a smart meter – only that Eon would install a replacement 'shiny new meter' which would send it 'readings automatically'.
Qualified electrician Mike Redfern-Jones, from Denbigh in North Wales, has 40 years' experience of wiring homes and installing energy meters.
The 59-year-old says: 'Never in all my years have I ever come across a traditional electric meter needing to be replaced on safety grounds.'
He says energy suppliers such as Eon are constantly using 'bullyboy tactics' to scare customers into taking out a smart meter. 'Why can't they just be honest?' he says.
'No one has to have a smart meter fitted and they do not save you any money – it is only changing energy usage habits that can do this.'
Barbs Sharpe, from Buckingham in Buckinghamshire, is among those who received the Eon letter. The 74- year-old says: 'I was incensed that Eon thought it could bully an elderly lady like me into getting a new meter against my wishes. No thank you. I do not want it monitoring my energy use.'
So far, just over half of all 29million homes in the UK have signed up to a smart meter. The roll-out of smart meters has been extended to 2025 as many households don't want one. The £11billion project is being funded by customers through higher bills.
On Friday, Eon told the MoS: 'We sent letters to a number of customers. The language wrongly led them to believe meters were no longer safe. We are sorry for any unnecessary alarm and are contacting customers to reassure them about the safety of their meter.'
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MIDAS SHARE TIPS: What a pleasure - you can profit from drug company that's easing pain! Rheumatoid arthritis could be helped by firm backed by IP Group
Kathleen Turner was just 38 when her feet began to swell up. Within weeks, she could not move her left arm, then her neck froze and shortly after that, it became almost impossible for the Hollywood actress to walk.
This was the early 1990s and, when Turner was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis, steroids were pretty much the only drug that could alleviate her chronic pain.
Other drugs have come on to the market since then, most of which work by turning the immune system off and on, creating lingering side-effects. UK start-up Istesso has developed a different approach, which encourages the immune system to work properly. Spun out of Aberdeen University, the company has been backed from the start by IP Group, a FTSE 250 business that specialises in finding early-stage firms and helping them to become successful.
Star sufferer: Kathleen Turner's painful rheumatoid arthritis could be helped by a drug firm backed by IP Group
IP shares are 69p, having fallen 45 per cent over the past year. The decline is unwarranted and the stock should rally.
IP's biggest success to date has been Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a DNA sequencing specialist that is best known for identifying and tracking Covid-19 variants. Nanopore floated on the stock market last year, valued at £3.5billion or £4.25 a share. The price is now £2.86, having tumbled in line with other tech firms, but there is widespread agreement that this company's technology is top-notch and the shares deserve to move higher.
This would be a welcome boost for IP, which helped to found Nanopore in 2005 and still owns 10 per cent of the business. But the group has many more strings to its bow.
Istesso is a case in point. Initial trials for its new drug have been encouraging, a second phase will kick off this year and final tests are expected in 2024. Of course, there is some way to go before the drug is approved but, if all goes well, the consequences will be far-reaching, with independent analysts suggesting Istesso could be valued at substantially more than £1billion.
Other investments in IP's portfolio have significant potential too. Cambridge-based Feature Space uses artificial intelligence to combat financial fraud, it is already making money and the technology is deployed by giants such as HSBC and Worldpay. Oxbotica is developing self-driving software for larger vehicles, such as vans and buses, it has won multiple awards, is at the forefront of its sector and counts Ocado as a big investor, alongside IP.
Oxford-based First Light Fusion is working on technology that replicates the way the sun produces energy to create ultra-clean power. Pioneers have been trying to make this type of technology work for years.
First Light seems nearer than many to success and is looking for around £400million of cash from external investors to help bring its technology closer to fruition. Should this fundraising prove successful, First Light will see its valuation soar, making IP's 27 per cent stake considerably more valuable.
IP does not just keep buying new firms. It sells out of businesses too, including stock market-listed Ceres Power, valued at £1.2billion and electric motor specialist Yasa, sold to Mercedes-Benz last year.
The group floated on the stock market in 2003 when the shares were priced at around 60p and the value of its assets per share, known as the net asset value or NAV, was 22p. At that time, therefore, the company was trading at a big premium to the value of its assets. Today, the NAV is £1.37. But the shares are just 69p, so the stock market is claiming that the firm is worth far less than the independently assessed value of its assets.
This does not seem right and chief executive Greg Smith is determined to change it. Promoted from finance director last year, he has since contacted IP's major shareholders and asked them what they would most like to see from IP.
Following their suggestions, Smith has simplified the company around healthcare, technology and green businesses. He has clarified where the firm is likely to see success over the next few years and started to pay dividends, proving to investors that he can invest in new technologies, support companies as they grow and reward investors along the way.
Midas verdict: The UK is one of the most inventive countries in the world, but it lags far behind the US in turning ideas into successful companies. IP is one of the few firms that can catalyse that process. At 69p, the shares are seriously undervalued. UK investors have a chance to put that right. Buy.
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LONDON (AP) — Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the public, a health authority warned Saturday as strikes by garbage collectors in the Scottish capital moved into their ninth day.
The warning from Public Health Scotland came as garbage collectors in Newham, a borough of London, also walked out for a week over a pay dispute.
Images of food waste and diapers rotting on the streets is just adding to scenes of chaos in U.K. as industrial disputes multiply amid soaring food and energy costs. Bathers in the U.K. were warned last week to stay away from dozens of beaches as heavy rain flushed raw sewage into rivers and seas.
Public Health Scotland told local authorities that the “decontamination of public areas where bins have overflowed may be required.” It warned that “if organic waste builds up, it can become a risk to human health.”
Garbage collectors walked out on Aug. 18 and plan to stay off work until Aug. 30. Even more strikes lay ahead if the pay dispute is not resolved.
Britain is facing a massive cost-of-living crisis, with wage increases failing to keep up with inflation, which last week stood at 10.1%. Those financial challenges have only been increased due to soaring energy costs — authorities say residents in Britain will see an 80% increase in their annual energy bills in October.
The country has seen waves of strikes this summer, with the public transport system grinding to a virtual halt on several days due to rail strikes. Primary schools and nurseries in Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city, will be forced to close for several days next month if a strike from council workers goes ahead.
In London, garbage drivers in Newham Council began a week of walkouts on Saturday, with union officials warning there could be more. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, said those workers were paid less than others in neighboring councils.
“The council must now focus on reaching a deal with the workers, who face a financial crisis,” Graham said. “If they don’t, then the coming days will undoubtedly mean more industrial action.”
Britain’s image has taken a battering this summer. French lawmakers in the European Parliament complained this week that the raw sewage flushed into rivers and seas by the U.K. also threatens bathing waters, fishing grounds and biodiversity in the European Union as well.
Parts of Britain’s sewage system became overwhelmed after several days of unseasonably heavy rainfall.
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MALACKY, Slovakia (AP) — Poland and Czechia signed an agreement Saturday to protect Slovak airspace as Slovakia gives up its old Soviet-made MiG-29 jets.
The vow of protection by NATO allies comes as Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its seventh month. It is to last until Slovakia receives new F-16s from the United States, something expected to happen in 2024.
Under the agreement, Poland and Czechia are providing the necessary forces to quickly react in case of violations of Slovakia’s airspace. Slovakia has a border with Ukraine, which Russia invaded in February.
The agreement was signed at a Slovak airbase by defense ministers Jana Cernochova of Czechia, Mariusz Blaszczak of Poland and Jaroslav Nad of Slovakia.
“In the immediate proximity of our region where we live came a war, and all of us who are standing here today either have experience with fascism or communism, and we really value the freedom that we gained after 1989,” Cernochova said at a news conference alongside her Slovak and Polish counterparts.
Blaszczak said under the agreement, a pair of Polish F-16 fighter jets would begin patrolling Slovakia’s air space starting Sept. 1. He called the effort a way for the neighbors to “deter a possible aggressor.”
Slovakia has a fleet of 11 MiG-29 jets, and last month Nad said Slovakia may consider donating them to Ukraine under certain conditions.
Asked by a reporter Saturday about whether the jets might go to Ukraine, Nad said Slovakia was in talks with Ukraine and its European Union allies about how best to help. But he said he could not say what that help might look like yet.
Since the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, Ukraine has urged Western allies to provide it with warplanes to challenge Russia’s air superiority.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 27, 2022
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HIGHLAND — Highland senior quarterback Max Smith knows all about taking advantage of his opportunities, even if it's a second chance.
Smith played the better part of two and a half quarters in Friday’s 12-6 win in overtime against visiting Whiting.
He went to the sidelines with a 6-0 lead early, as junior Blake Vanek came off the bench to play a few series. Smith was then reinserted into the game to help close out the OT win.
“We weren't really getting things done, so (coach Pete Koulianos) put (Blake Vanek) in,” Smith said. “Blake and me always split reps. It was upsetting seeing that, but I knew my time would come again and it did.”
Smith came back during the fourth quarter and led a drive deep into Whiting territory that resulted in a missed field goal with 2:23 left in the game.
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“Max stepped up and did a good job,” Koulianos said. “He had some adversity there a little bit. We were just trying to try to create a little spark with putting Blake in a little bit, but we thought Max played really solid. Going into next week we're going to try and hone in on the things that he's going to excel at for sure.”
Highland (1-1) stopped Whiting (1-1) near midfield as regulation ended, and the Trojans won the game in overtime after a Nick Johnson interception of Oiler quarterback Nick Davenport on second down set up the winning score. Jason Lawrence ran in from two yards out on Highland’s second play of OT.
“I was very confident knowing we were on the 10 (yard line),” Smith said. “We practice it all the time. I was very confident that we were going to win that game.”
Smith did his part, completing 6 of 17 passes for 83 yards and rushing for 21 yards and a score. Smith's one-yard plunge gave Highland a 6-0 lead in the second quarter. It was a quarterback keep up the middle, and Smith just followed his big offensive line.
“I feel really good about (our line),” he said. “We’ll keep getting better and better. … We just wanted to pound the ball and run the clock down really, and the offensive line did a great job. We all knew we were going to win. We didn’t know how, but we got it done.”
Koulianos said Smith’s best attribute is his arm strength.
“He's got a really calm demeanor and he's a student of the game,” he said. “He's a very, very solid quarterback, and we just have got to make sure that we're playing to his strengths.”
Smith is making the most of his senior season after being the JV quarterback last year, playing behind Nick Steele.
“I knew my time would come,” Smith said. “I just take it week by week. It’s sad that this is my last year, but it feels great.”
It also felt great to get the first win of the season.
“We really needed it,” Smith said.
Koulianos was proud of how Smith and his teammates grinded out the win.
“That's what you expect from your senior, from a kid that's supposed to be your leader and make the plays when they count,” he said. “We were very fortunate that we got that stop there in overtime, and then we hand the ball off to Jason Lawrence, who's been very slick and hard to tackle. We felt like he could find a crease in the defense and be able to score.”
Next up for Smith and the Trojans is a visit from West Side this Friday.
“We’re going to keep getting better and better,” he said. “There’s a lot of room for improvement, not just everyone else, but on me, too. We’re fine.”
PHOTOS: Crown Point at Andrean football
Crown Point played at Andrean in nonconference action.
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Crown Point's Elijah Tiawhan looks for a hole in Andrean's defense.
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Crown Point's Elijah Tiawhan looks for a hole in Andrean's defense.
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Crown Point's JJ Johnson cruises in for a touchdown Friday night against Andrean.
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Crown Point's Micah Jones and JJ Johnson celebrate Johnson's touchdown.
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Andrean coach Chris Skinner talks to Patrick Clacks III.
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Crown Point's Elijah Tiawan tries to avoid Andrean's Jimmy Finley.
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Andrean's Antonio Barnes trips up Crown Point's Elijah Tiawhan.
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CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was arrested in Cheektowaga early Saturday morning on a gun charge following a fight at a party, police said.
Police say they responded to an address on Redwood Avenue at approximately 1:20 a.m. Saturday and reported a large party with around 200 people. When police were breaking up the party, a fight broke out.
It is alleged that as officers approached the fight, 26-year-old Emanuel Mitchell of Buffalo displayed a gun and fired multiple rounds into the air. When police ordered him to drop the gun, he took off running and attempted to throw the gun onto a house roof. He was taken into custody following a chase on foot.
He is charged with criminal possession of a loaded firearm, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest.
Police say they recovered a .45 caliber handgun, ammunition and shell casings at the scene.
Aidan Joly joined the News 4 staff in 2022. He is a graduate of Canisius College. You can see more of his work here. | https://www.wivb.com/news/crime/buffalo-man-arrested-in-cheektowaga-on-gun-charges/ | 2022-08-27T21:55:25Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/crime/buffalo-man-arrested-in-cheektowaga-on-gun-charges/ | false |
Wichita used car dealership fined $159K for violating Kansas Consumer Protection Act
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A former used car dealership in Wichita and its owners face a fine of more than $159,000 and can no longer legally sell cars in Kansas after violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said.
The DA’s office said its Consumer Protection Division investigated iDeal Enterprises, LLC (doing business as iDeal Motors) and the dealership’s owners, Adam and Andrea Newbrey. The investigation followed consumer complaints on the dealership, formerly located in the 4400 block of South Broadway.
The Consumer Protection Division reported receiving two complaints after the dealership failed to provide titles to buyers.
“During the investigation, the Consumer Protection Division discovered in one transaction the [dealership] sold a consumer scrap vehicle without being properly licensed, used an unlicensed salesperson on the transaction, willfully withheld from the buyer that the vehicle was a scrap vehicle, and falsely told the buyer the vehicle was a salvage vehicle,” the Sedgwick County DA’s Office said.
With the second complaint, the DA’s office said the dealership sold a vehicle with open safety recalls and didn’t disclose them with the buyer.
“In both transactions, defendants failed to deliver title within 60 days and issued multiple 60-day temporary registration permits in violation of Kansas law,” the DA’s office said.
The DA’s office said in 2019, iDeal Enterprises and Adam Newbrey entered a consent judgment in which they promised to make a good-faith effort to resolve new consumer complaints.
“The Consumer Protection Division alleged the dealership and Newbrey willfully failed to cooperate with the investigation,” the DA’s office said.
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Autopsy confirms Naomi Judd's cause of death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An autopsy report in the death of country singer Naomi Judd that was obtained Friday by The Associated Press confirmed what family members have already said about how she died. Judd, 76, killed herself with a gun on April 30 at her home in Tennessee.
"We have always shared openly both the joys of being family as well its sorrows, too. One part of our story is that our matriarch was dogged by an unfair foe," a statement from the family released on Friday read. "She was treated for PTSD and bipolar disorder, to which millions of Americans can relate."
The autopsy, which is considered a public record in Tennessee, showed several prescription drugs in Judd's system that are used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder.
Naomi and her daughter Wynonna Judd scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. Naomi Judd died the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
The family has asked for privacy as they mourn and encouraged anyone in a similar crisis to seek help. The national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org.
If you or a loved one is feeling distressed, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The crisis center provides free and confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to civilians and veterans. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Or text HOME to 741-741 (Crisis Text Line).
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Pakistan declared a national emergency as it experiences its heaviest rains since the early 1960s. The climate change minister says relentless cycles of monsoon have affected some 30 million people.
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Pakistan declared a national emergency as it experiences its heaviest rains since the early 1960s. The climate change minister says relentless cycles of monsoon have affected some 30 million people.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — When Diane Swonk first attended the Federal Reserve’s annual economic conference in Jackson Hole in the late 1990s, there was a happy hour for women who attended the event. It barely filled a single table.
Now, the “Women at Jackson Hole” happy hour draws dozens of female economists and high-level decision-makers, from the United States and overseas.
“I’m just glad that now there’s a line for the ladies’ room,” said Swonk, a longtime Fed watcher who is chief economist for the accounting giant KPMG.
It’s not just at Jackson Hole but also in the Fed’s boardroom where its leadership has become its most diverse ever. There are more female, Black and openly gay officials contributing to the central bank’s interest-rate decisions than at any time in its 109-year history. Many are also far less wealthy than the officials they have replaced.
Over time, economists say, a wider range of voices will deepen the Fed’s perspective as it weighs the consequences of raising or lowering rates. It may also help diversify a profession that historically hasn’t been seen as particularly welcoming to women and minorities.
“Broadly, that’s helpful,” said William English, a former senior economist at the Fed who teaches at the Yale School of Management. “There’s evidence that diverse groups make better decisions.”
The central bank, as it is doing now, raises its benchmark short-term rate when it wants to lower inflation, and reduces it when it wants to accelerate hiring. Such moves, in turn, affect borrowing costs throughout the economy — for mortgages, auto loans and business loans, among others.
On Friday, in his speech to the Jackson Hole symposium, Chair Jerome Powell stressed that the Fed plans further rate hikes and expects to keep its benchmark rate high until the worst inflation bout in four decades eases considerably — even if doing so causes job losses and financial pain for households and businesses.
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, an economist who is president of the Women’s Institute for Society, Equity and Race, said she welcomed the broadening of the Fed’s leadership. Sharpe said she’s “hopeful that a more diverse group of people will pay attention” to what the Fed does and aspire to high-level economic roles.
Colleges and universities, she suggested, should do more to encourage and prepare students for economic careers, including steering more of them to study mathematics.
The change at the Fed has been a rapid one, with three African Americans and three women having joined the central bank’s 19-member interest-rate committee just this year. (Under the Fed’s rotating system, only 12 of the 19 committee members vote each year on its rate decisions.)
The Fed’s influential seven-member Board of Governors, based in Washington, now includes two Black economists, Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson, who were both nominated by President Joe Biden and were sworn in this May. They are the third and fourth Black people on the board. Governors get to vote on every Fed rate decision.
Biden also elevated Lael Brainard, a governor since 2014, to the board’s powerful vice chair position.
In addition, two of the presidents of the Fed’s 12 regional banks are now Black — Raphael Bostic of the Atlanta Fed and Susan Collins of the Boston Fed. Collins, formerly provost of the University of Michigan, became Boston Fed president this year. Bostic took office in 2017.
Just last week, Lorie Logan, a former senior official at the New York Fed, became president of the Dallas Fed. Five of the regional bank presidents are women.
Nela Richardson, chief economist at the payroll processing firm ADP, noted that the education and experience of the new policymakers are similar to their predecessors, with Cook, Jefferson and Collins all Ph.D. economists — an above-average proportion among new Fed officials, she said.
Richardson suggested that having more women in the Fed’s leadership is particularly important now, because many of the problems the central bank faces — including very low unemployment that is fueling wage increases and inflation — are related to women’s ability to join the workforce. Fewer women, particularly mothers of young children, are working now compared with pre-pandemic trends.
That shortfall is driven, in part, by a drop in the number of childcare workers since the pandemic. With fewer women working or seeking work, many businesses must raise pay to compete for a smaller pool of labor. Those higher wages are then often passed on to consumers as higher prices, thereby fueling inflation.
Swonk credits Esther George, president of the Kansas City Fed, for driving change at the Jackson Hole conference by inviting more women over the years, including Cook and Collins, to attend and participate in panels. Each year, about 130 influential central bankers and economists gather at Grand Teton National Park in Jackson Hole at the end of August to network and discuss the economy’s challenges.
Even as it has significantly diversified its leadership, the Fed has yet to address one issue: A Hispanic American has never served on the Fed’s rate-setting committee — a frequently voiced complaint of Sen. Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat. For that reason, Menendez voted this year against confirming Powell’s reappointment for a second four-year term as Fed chair.
This year, Biden also named Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official, as a Fed governor, filling all seven seats on the board for the first time in nearly a decade.
Vincent Reinhart, a former Fed economist who is now at Dreyfus and Mellon, said it’s unusual for the Fed to have experienced so much turnover so quickly. Fed governors serve staggered terms that are intended to result in one vacancy every two years. The regional bank presidents have five-year terms that can be renewed.
“This has got to be the most dramatic change in Fed leadership in one year on record,” he said.
The new members, including Barr, are more likely to favor lower rates to support the economy and hiring, Reinhart said. Yet for now, with inflation near a 40-year high, the Fed’s policymaking committee is moving unanimously to sharply raise rates to try to cool the economy and lower inflation. There’s little sign of any dissent from that approach, for now.
Tim Duy, chief U.S. economist at SGH Macro, suggested that the Fed is unlike the Supreme Court in one important respect: Just because a president has nominated several new Fed board members doesn’t necessarily affect the central bank’s policymaking.
The Fed is a more technocratic institution, Duy said, “where you’re more likely to see people’s views evolve over time,” in response to changing economic data. At its July meeting, all 12 members of the Fed’s policy committee voted for a large three-quarter-point rate hike — an unusually large increase.
Still, Reinhart said, if inflation should fall substantially and appear to be under control and if unemployment began to rise as the Fed’s rate hikes squeeze the economy, some of Biden’s appointees could start to argue for an end to the increases — or even to cut rates.
The result might be less unanimity around the Fed’s decisions, Reinhart said. Or Powell might end up suspending rate hikes earlier than he would prefer, to preserve consensus.
“There’s a lot more opportunity for differences of opinion as we get longer into this rate-hiking cycle,” he said. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/business/ap-fed-tackles-inflation-with-its-most-diverse-leadership-ever/ | 2022-08-27T22:11:19Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/business/ap-fed-tackles-inflation-with-its-most-diverse-leadership-ever/ | false |
WILKINSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A vehicle fleeing police struck and killed a motor bike operator in western Pennsylvania, and the suspected driver was shot and wounded by police before he was captured, authorities said.
Allegheny County police say a Monroeville officer tried to stop a driver who had arrest warrants for “multiple felonies," but the driver fled. Police said the pursuit went into Wilkinsburg, where the vehicle hit a mini motor bike. The Allegheny County medical examiner's office said 39-year-old Luis Hernandez later died at a hospital.
County detectives later spotted the vehicle with the suspect inside, and police said the driver tried to strike a detective with his vehicle, hitting the detective's unmarked police car. The detective fired into the vehicle, which fled, police said.
The pursuit went through Wilkinsburg, into Pittsburgh and back into Wilkinsburg, where it ended and the suspect was taken into custody. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to his left arm.
Jack Sherwood, 48, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated and simple assault, reckless endangerment and fleeing police. Court documents don't list an attorney and listed numbers for him weren't working Saturday. County police will consult with prosecutors on charges in the fatal crash. State police will investigate the shooting. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-Driver-sought-in-fatal-crash-wounded-by-17402505.php | 2022-08-27T22:13:56Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-Driver-sought-in-fatal-crash-wounded-by-17402505.php | true |
LONDON (AP) — A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death.
Silverstone Auctions said there was “fierce bidding” for the black Ford Escort RS Turbo before the sale closed. The U.K. buyer, whose name was not disclosed, paid a 12.5% buyer’s premium on top of the selling price, according to the classic car auction house.
Britain and Diana’s admirers worldwide are preparing to mark a quarter century since her death. She died in a high-speed car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997.
Diana drove the Escort from 1985 to 1988. She was photographed with it outside boutique shops in Chelsea and restaurants in Kensington. She preferred to drive her own car, with a member of her security team in the passenger seat.
The RS Turbo Series 1 was typically manufactured in white, but she got it in black to be more discreet. Ford also added features for her security, such as a second rear-view mirror for the protection officer.
The car has just under 25,000 miles on it.
Last year, another Ford Escort that Diana used sold at auction for 52,000 pounds ($61,100). | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/08/27/diana-s-car-auctioned-as-25th-anniversary-of-her-death-nears | 2022-08-27T22:16:07Z | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/08/27/diana-s-car-auctioned-as-25th-anniversary-of-her-death-nears | true |
Brazil court frees German consul arrested over husband's death
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A Brazilian court on Friday freed a German diplomat arrested earlier this month in connection with the death of his Belgian husband, letting him face the homicide investigation in freedom.
Uwe Herbert Hahn had been on preemptive arrest in Rio de Janeiro since Aug. 7 following the death of his husband, Walter Biot. Prosecutors have yet to indict him.
His release, confirmed by Rio de Janeiro's state department of prisons, came after Judge Rosa Helena Guita ruled that prosecutors missed the initial deadline to present charges.
In her Aug. 25 decision, Guita cited a clear "excess of time limit for a criminal action to be filed, noting that "no charges had been filed so far, nine days after the 10-day legal deadline expired."
The Rio de Janeiro prosecutor's office said in a statement to Reuters that it had not yet been summoned to file charges.
"The deadline for offering the charges has not even started," the statement said.
At the time of Biot's death, Hahn said he had fallen from their apartment in the Ipanema neighborhood after suffering a sudden illness.
Police arrested Hahn on suspicion of murder after their forensics found bloodstains in the apartment and the autopsy of Biot's body showed multiple wounds, leading them to consider the case a "violent death." (Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Richard Chang) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11153005/Brazil-court-frees-German-consul-arrested-husbands-death.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-27T22:18:13Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11153005/Brazil-court-frees-German-consul-arrested-husbands-death.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Robodebt royal commission welcomed by mum whose son, alleged to owe $28k, took own life
Warning: this story contains content that may be distressing for some readers.
Rhys Cauzzo was 27 years old when he took his own life.
For six months, he had been receiving letters and calls "just about daily", according to his mother, about a mystery $28,000 government debt.
Key points:
- Jenny Miller hopes the royal commission into the Robodebt scheme will help to bring her closure after her son's death
- Rhys Cauzzo was told he owed Centrelink $28,000 and he alluded to debt in a drawing found in his apartment
- Ms Miller said the difficulty Rhys encountered when he tried to communicate with Centrelink made the situation worse
Jenny Miller, from the Sunshine Coast, said her son was "a beautiful soul who was always there for everyone at any time".
"He was very close to his family," she said.
"He would collect electric blankets from op shops to keep stray cats warm in winter.
"He did suffer depression and anxiety but he would always ring myself or his brother and we'd work it out.
"He was my best friend."
Five years after Rhys's death, Ms Miller said the news that a royal commission would be held into the scheme known as "Robodebt", which she believed "pushed him over the edge", was a relief.
"We have been pushing to try to get answers and have some truth," she said.
This week the Albanese government announced details of an inquiry into the botched debt recovery scheme that was implemented by the previous government.
The 2015 Robodebt program used an algorithm to work out whether Centrelink recipients had been overpaid, but unlawfully claimed almost $2 billion in payments from 433,000 people.
'Nothing we can do'
Early in the morning on January 27, 2017, there was a knock on Ms Miller's door.
"The police came to my house at three in the morning to advise me of what had happened," Ms Miller said.
"I just knew that something was out of kilter — it's a mother thing."
Her son started receiving debt notices in May 2016 and the pair would speak about it on the phone, Ms Miller said.
Rhys, who had casual work as a florist, was being asked to pay $28,000 of what the government claimed was an overpayment.
"He went in to see Centrelink, and they said, 'There's nothing we can do — you need to now prove that you haven't earned this money,'" Ms Miller said.
She said Rhys then started receiving calls and letters almost by the day from Centrelink and debt collectors in December 2016.
"I knew straight away that this had pushed him over the edge," Ms Miller said.
When she got to his Melbourne apartment the day after he died, Ms Miller found a drawing Rhys had done depicting a man holding a gun and dollar signs accompanied by the word "debt".
"I've been pushing for a royal commission and accountability," Ms Miller said.
"So this [announcement of the inquiry] now is just fantastic."
'Aggressive and frustrating' messaging
Ms Miller said Rhys had suffered bouts of depression and anxiety throughout his life.
"There was no support to help him get through [what to do about the debt]," she said.
"It's just all wrong — there needs to be massive changes.
"He had other pressures as well … but in saying that, the financial burden – and also not being able to talk to someone – made it extremely difficult.
She said Centrelink and other services needed to be easier to understand and offer more support, including "face to face conversations … not privatised companies [such as debt collectors]".
"One of the biggest problems was that there was really no way he could get answers by going to Centrelink," she said.
"The onus of proof was thrown back on to him.
"It doesn't matter if they're 17 or 27 … they don't probably understand the whole process of how to deal with these situations."
The government defended the scheme at the time and Ms Miller said the messaging was "aggressive and frustrating".
In 2020 the head of the Department of Social Services denied anyone had died by suicide because of the debt recovery scheme.
'We do need answers'
The royal commission was a Labor election promise.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it would "examine the establishment of the scheme, who was responsible for it and why it was necessary, how concerns were handled, how the scheme affected individuals and the financial costs to government, and measures to prevent this ever happening again".
Ms Miller said she would submit evidence as part of the inquiry.
Despite being "highly relieved" when it was announced, she doubted the probe would lead to a meaningful outcome.
"I would like to see those that were in charge of those services be penalised," Ms Miller said.
"These people need to be held accountable.
"You can't play with people's lives — especially those who do rely on these services.
"Hopefully we will see a big change on how anything is done within the Centrelink and social services area."
In 2021, a Federal Court judge awarded $1.8 billion for people wrongly pursued by the scheme following a class action.
"Through the class action, many people are getting back their money, which is a plus," Ms Miller said.
"But are we ever going to get closure on this? I don't know.
"I am hoping that this royal commission will help us get closure, but I don't think you ever get closure when you lose a child.
"We do need answers and I am hoping those answers come forward."
Former Queensland Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine Holmes will lead the commission.
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DUBLIN – Ryan Hilinski threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns to help Northwestern rally for a 31-28 victory over Nebraska in Saturday’s season opener in Ireland.
Northwestern handed the Cornhuskers their seventh consecutive loss going back to last season and added more pressure on embattled coach Scott Frost, who took the blame for a failed onside kick that changed the momentum of the game in the third quarter.
“I made that call so that’s on me,” Frost said of the onside kick after the Huskers took a 28-17 lead. "At that point in the game, I thought all the momentum was on our side. I thought if we got it, we could end the game.
“You can’t really foresee them scoring 14 straight and us sputtering after we played well to start the second half on offense. Again those are excuses. If I had (to do) it over, I wouldn’t make the call.”
The Wildcats finished with 528 yards and gained a measure of revenge after their humiliating 56-7 loss to the Huskers last October. Nebraska hasn’t won since then.
Nebraska was looking for a bounce-back season with a revamped offense following a 3-9 season, but the team and its many fans who made the trip are headed home bitterly disappointed.
Quarterback Casey Thompson had a big game in his Huskers debut, throwing for 355 yards, but a fourth-quarter mistake was costly. Cameron Mitchell intercepted Thompson’s pass and returned it almost 40 yards. Six plays later, Evan Hull ran it in from the 4 to give the Wildcats a 31-28 lead. Hull finished with 22 carries for 119 yards.
Xander Mueller picked off a pass that bounced off receiver Wyatt Liewer's hands with 1:27 to play and the Wildcats sealed the win.
Anthony Grant rushed for two third-quarter scores, including a 46-yarder to put the Huskers ahead 28-17. He ran it in from 3 yards on the previous drive to get Nebraska in front after the Wildcats went into halftime with a 17-14 lead. Grant had 19 carries for 101 yards.
Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald called the onside kick “a huge momentum swing” in the game.
“We went down and punched it in,” he said of Cam Porter's 3-yard touchdown run on a direct snap to close the gap to 28-24.
The Huskers had built a 14-3 lead after Thompson threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to fellow transfer Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda and then punched it in from 1 early in the second quarter. Garcia-Castaneda finished with 120 yards on four receptions.
But Hilinski capped a terrific first half by finding Donny Navarro at the back of the end zone for a 6-yard scoring strike to give the Wildcats a 17-14 lead with 25 seconds left in the half.
Earlier, Hilinski hit a wide-open Raymond Niro III on a play-action pass for a 41-yard score.
After Niro’s touchdown, Nebraska was driving again when linebacker Greyson Metz ripped the ball from Garcia-Castaneda after a 24-yard completion to the Northwestern 11- yard line.
ALL ABOUT WINNING
Frost was asked about his future as coach given the losing streak: “You've got to win in this business to keep your job. That's the way it is. I love Nebraska, I love the state of Nebraska. We've got to get this turned around.”
He said he wouldn't consider stepping down: “Absolutely not. ... I'm going to fight with the guys, as long as I can fight."
PREMIUM PROTECTION
Hilinski credited the offensive line with protecting him — he wasn't sacked.
“When I can sit back there and be patient with the ball, and see the field, as a quarterback, that is the best feeling," he said. "Today, I felt so calm in the pocket. I felt like I could see the whole field.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Northwestern: The Wildcats look as if they’ve found a quarterback in Hilinski, who completed 27 of 38 passes.
Nebraska: More questions for Frost. The Huskers lost all their games by single digits last season, and now another one. Despite the two interceptions, Thompson made big plays. On their first scoring drive of the third quarter, he scrambled left on a third-and-8 and heaved a pass to Garcia-Castaneda for a 58-yard gain.
FREE BEER
Concession stands gave out free beer at one point during the game when they lost the internet connection at the stadium. Aviva Stadium is cashless, to they opted to not turn away thirsty fans. Ronan McGowan said he waited 40 minutes in long lines and missed portions of the game: “They did the right thing.”
UP NEXT
Nebraska hosts North Dakota on Saturday in the first of four consecutive home games, including a matchup with Oklahoma on Sept. 17.
Northwestern is off next weekend and hosts Duke on Sept. 10 in the first of three straight games at Ryan Field.
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NEW YORK – The chill in the housing market is rippling out to the carpenters, landscapers and other small businesses that lose out when fewer homeowners are renovating their properties.
Inflation was already causing some homeowners to delay big renovation projects as prices for building materials, fixtures and appliances jumped. More recently, higher mortgage rates have put a damper on the number of homes being sold.
At the beginning of the year, carpenter Bill Albritton, who has owned Albritton Custom Carpentry near Charlotte, N.C., since 2004, was booked months in advance and completing full custom kitchen cabinet replacements in homes in the historic districts of Charlotte. But he’s seen a slowdown over the past two months.
In the Charlotte metropolitan area, the number of home sold fell 19% between June and July, and are down about 21% from July a year ago, according to the Re/Max monthly National Housing Report.
Albritton is booked out 30 days in advance, compared to the usual 90 to 160 days. Meanwhile, his costs have gone up by more than 30% across the board. Plywood he uses jumped from $72 to $140 a sheet around Christmas. It has gone back down to $85 a sheet, but that’s still higher than it used to be. And he has trouble finding hinges at any price.
Albritton is trying to pivot to smaller carpentry jobs.
“Instead of doing new kitchens we’re gearing up to do what we call ‘kitchen face lifts,’” Albritton said. That means just replacing the fronts of cabinets and drawers and teaming up with a painting contractor to paint the cabinets. It gives “a new kitchen look for a fraction of the price,” he said.
The Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates in an effort to reduce inflation, which is running at almost 10% annually at the wholesale level. The fear is the Fed will go too far and the economy will go into a slump.
“I am very worried on the heels of the material shortages we have been battling to now look at a very possible recession,” Albritton said. He’s reaching out to other home renovation companies to partner with as one way to keep the work coming.
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is 5.55%, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the average was 2.87%. The increase is forcing some would-be buyers out of the market and sales of previously owned homes have fallen for six straight months. That matters to the businesses involved in home renovations because sellers can spend thousands of dollars making a house more attractive to buyers, and then the buyers spend thousands more personalizing their new home or fixing it up.
Growth in homeowner spending for improvements and repairs is expected to slow for the rest of 2022 and the first half of 2023, according to the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The center’s Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity predicts homeowner improvement and repair spending repair spending will grow 17.4% this year to $431 billion. That will slow to 10.1% by the second quarter of next year, with total 2023 spending estimated at $446 billion.
Chris Doyle, CEO and co-founder of Billd, a construction finance company, said small businesses should be aware of what’s going on in their market and consider pivoting to different types of projects. A small business previously focused on new-home construction should try to work with renovators instead, for example. And since residential home spending is set to decline, federal construction projects might also be something to look into.
“Everyone’s going to have to adapt,” he said. “Small businesses have an opportunity to adapt quicker since they’re more nimble than bigger companies.”
Daniel Edwards, who owns a Handyman Connection franchise in Hanover, Massachusetts, focuses on small jobs that are several thousand dollars, like building decks, swapping out windows and doors and carpentry projects. In the greater Boston area that includes Hanover, home sales in July were down 20%. The median price of a home sold was $650,000, down 2% from June but up 8% from this time last year, according to Re/Max data.
Edwards said he’s normally booked out three or four weeks with jobs, but lately it’s been two to three weeks. He says customers are being tighter with money: They, want smaller jobs, want to look at receipts and question the price of materials. For example, one customer decided to install a toilet paper holder himself, rather than paying someone to do it, saving about $25, he said. Another customer who requested a quote for a gutter cleaning decided to hold off. But while business has been slower, he says the dip isn’t as bad as he was worried it might be.
“I certainly don’t see normal July and August levels, but I don’t see what I had feared in terms of significant decline. People still want small- to mid-sized projects,” he said.
Inflation has been trying on Tom Monson’s business, Monson Lawn & Landscaping, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He’s had to raise prices — he now charges $62.50 to mow a lawn. up from $50. A sod installation costs $1,250, up from $1,100.
More price-sensitive customers have cut back. One customer who was planning on putting in a new lawn decided to wait until next year, and others have cut back from biweekly landscaping appointments to monthly.
Curbio is a startup that provides pre-sale renovations on homes that it doesn’t charge for until the home is sold. They operate in 52 markets across the country, from Chicago to South Florida. They’ve also started offering smaller projects as the housing market slows.
“As the market starts to cool in some areas, there’s much more sensitivity to timelines,” said Olivia Mariani, vice president at Curbio. “Before, a homeowner may be willing to wait 8 to 12 weeks to fully gut and remodel their kitchen. Now, they’re asking for the minimum viable work.”
So instead of doing a full renovation, Curbio has begun shifting project types to more “refreshes” – like painting cabinets or refinishing hardwood floors. It dropped its prior $15,000 minimum price for projects and now 30% of its projects are under $15,000.
Mariani said Curbio’s data shows that a cabinet refresh can help raise the price of a home for sale just as much as a bigger job.
“Buyers just want a home that doesn’t require maintenance -- a full cabinet redo is not really necessary,” she said. | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/08/27/small-businesses-feel-the-pinch-from-slowing-housing-market/ | 2022-08-27T22:32:22Z | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/08/27/small-businesses-feel-the-pinch-from-slowing-housing-market/ | true |
Washing your face with soap two times a day is a great way to keep your skin and pores clean but if you’re looking to keep a deeper clean and perhaps exfoliate, you’ll have to go beyond the washcloth and upgrade to something a bit more effective.
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LONDON – A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death.
Silverstone Auctions said there was “fierce bidding” for the black Ford Eascort RS Turob before the sale closed. The U.K. buyer, whose name was not disclosed, paid a 12.5% buyer’s premium on top of the selling price, according to the classic car auction house.
Britain and Diana’s admirers worldwide are preparing to mark a quarter century since her death. She died in a high-speed car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997.
Diana drove the Escort from 1985 to 1988. She was photographed with it outside boutique shops in Chelsea and restaurants in Kensington. She preferred to drive her own car, with a member of her security team in the passenger seat.
The RS Turbo Series 1 was typically manufactured in white, but she got it in black to be more discreet. Ford also added features for her security, such as a second rear-view mirror for the protection officer.
The car has just under 25,000 miles on it.
Last year, another Ford Escort that Diana used sold at auction for 52,000 pounds ($61,100). | https://www.clickorlando.com/entertainment/2022/08/27/dianas-car-auctioned-as-25th-anniversary-of-her-death-nears/ | 2022-08-27T22:32:43Z | https://www.clickorlando.com/entertainment/2022/08/27/dianas-car-auctioned-as-25th-anniversary-of-her-death-nears/ | false |
DETROIT (KXAN) — A Michigan state park has reopened its “Giant Slide” after riders were filmed hurtling down at speeds that sent them momentarily airborne before crashing back down.
The slide, located at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, had been closed amid the pandemic. In mid-August, the park announced the ride would be reopening on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day. But on the very first day of operation, Belle Isle Park shared a message to Facebook announcing its closure, citing the “speed” of the riders coming down.
“We are currently closed,” the park announced on August 19. “We are going to be making some adjustments to the speed that we have seen users coming down today. Hopefully after our small adjustment we will be back up and running and the slide will be slower for more enjoyment.”
Videos soon emerged on social media showing riders picking up so much speed that they would fly into the air after hitting one of the slide’s bumps. Many appeared to crash violently back into the slide with enough force to produce a loud, metallic thud.
Some viewers on Facebook expressed their concern for the riders, while others claimed the slide was always like this. A few jokingly suggested that park officials make the slide steeper, or spray it down with PAM.
A representative for the park also responded to the Facebook comments, claiming the slide’s operators were looking into adding “some adhesive or cleaning down the slide” to slow riders.
A few days after the slide’s closure, Belle Isle Park released a video on Facebook demonstrating the correct way to ride (by leaning forward, and holding on tight to the sack riders are provided with). The post also explained that the ride had been scrubbed down and would be sprayed with “a little water” between rides to keep the speeds under control.
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ALTOONA, Fla. – After two people were found shot to death Thursday night at a home in Altoona, deputies located the people of interest in Ormond Beach the next day, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they went to the home in the northeast area of Altoona around 9 p.m. and after receiving a report of a shooting.
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Deputies said they found David Mikell, 34, of Umatilla, and Shane Clements, 41, of Altoona, dead.
The deaths were not a random act of violence and the people of interest do not live in the home where the men were found dead, according to the sheriff’s office.
No arrests have been made in connection with the fatal shooting, but deputies said they have identified two people of interest, a man and a woman, who were located in Ormond Beach Friday afternoon.
One of the subjects, identified as Roger Myles Gilbert, of Alabama, was detained in Volusia County in connection with unrelated charges after “an encounter with Ormond Beach police officers,” the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
The other person of interest has not been identified at this time.
Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 352-343-9529 or Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.
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Pakistan declared a national emergency as it experiences its heaviest rains since the early 1960s. The climate change minister says relentless cycles of monsoon have affected some 30 million people.
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Pakistan declared a national emergency as it experiences its heaviest rains since the early 1960s. The climate change minister says relentless cycles of monsoon have affected some 30 million people.
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‘Moorish Nation’ couple arrested after breaking into NASCAR driver’s mansion, sheriff says
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - Authorities in North Carolina say a couple has been arrested for breaking into and not leaving a multimillion-dollar home owned by a current NASCAR driver.
According to Rowan County Sheriff Kevin Auten, the home is located near Highway 152 and owned by NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
WBTV reports the two arrested in the incident were 37-year-old Nataijah Shaieena Fields and 29-year-old Darius Trrone Hall on Aug. 19.
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said Fields and Hall are facing charges that include breaking and entering, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and second-degree trespassing.
Hall was also charged with carrying a concealed gun.
Auten said the large home is currently up for sale and the couple in question claimed they were members of the ‘Moorish Nation.’
This incident is not the first time in North Carolina that a couple claiming to be with the Moorish sovereign citizen movement were arrested for allegedly squatting in a multimillion-dollar home.
In 2019, authorities took 30-year-old Turmaine Thorne and 35-year-old Taqiyah Barber into custody after reportedly squatting in an estate owned by the mayor’s late parents.
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Trump search: What may come next in inquiry with legal peril
WASHINGTON (AP) — A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified documents at President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. But plenty of questions remain, especially because half the affidavit, which spelled out the FBI’s rationale for searching the property, was blacked out. A Justice Department official has described the inquiry as in its early stages, suggesting more work is ahead as investigators review the documents they removed and continue interviewing witnesses. At a minimum, the investigation presents a political distraction for Trump as he lays the groundwork for a potential presidential run. And then there’s the obvious legal peril.
Rival Chechen fighters take war to battlefields of Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighters from Chechnya, the war-scarred Russian republic, are participating on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine. Pro-Kyiv volunteers are loyal to Dzhokhar Dudayev, the late Chechen leader who headed the republic’s drive for independence from Russia. They form the “Dudayev Battalion” and are the sworn enemies of Chechen forces who back Russian President Vladimir Putin and joined Russia in the siege of Mariupol and other flashpoints in Ukraine's east and south. At one training site near Kyiv, Chechen volunteers on Saturday practiced combat basics, including how to drop explosive devices carried by drones. One Chechen volunteer said Ukraine must win this war because otherwise Russia will go after the Baltics or Georgia or Kazakhstan next.
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US agents in Memphis seize shipped ancient Egyptian artifact
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal agents in Memphis have seized a potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they intercepted the Egyptian canopic jar lid of the funeral deity Imsety on Aug. 17. The jars were used to hold the internal organs of mummies. The agency says the item was sent from a dealer to a private buyer in the U.S., and the shipper made contradicting statements about its value. Authorities say the item is protected by bilateral treaties and is an archaeological import subject to seizure under the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act of 1983. The artifact was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations for further examination.
Diana's car auctioned as 25th anniversary of her death nears
LONDON (AP) — A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death. Silverstone Auctions says there was “fierce bidding” for the black Ford Escort RS Turbo before the sale closed. The U.K. buyer, whose name was not disclosed, paid a 12.5% buyer’s premium on top of the selling price, according to the classic car auction house. Britain and Diana’s admirers worldwide are preparing to mark a quarter century since her death. She died in a high-speed car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997. Diana drove the Escort from 1985 to 1988.
School districts move to ease teacher stress, burnout
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School districts around the country are starting to invest in programs aimed at addressing the mental health of teachers. Faced with a shortage of educators and widespread discontentment with the job, districts are hiring more therapists, holding trainings on self-care and setting up system to better respond to a teacher encountering anxiety and stress. This comes as surveys show teachers are not happy with their job. In a survey by the Rand Corporation, twice as many principals and teachers reported frequent job-related stress as other working adults.
Hungary fireworks go on but weather agency controversy stays
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An elaborate fireworks display has taken place under calm skies in Hungary’s capital. That comes after a postponement of the show last weekend caused controversy when it led to the firing of the country’s top meteorologists over their weather predictions. Saturday’s event, a rescheduling of the display planned for Hungary’s national holiday a week earlier, drew tens of thousands to the Danube River in Budapest On Monday, the two top officials at Hungary’s Na.tional Meteorological Service were fired after the agency prediction of a high probability of heavy rain for Hungary's national holiday. Storms struck that night but did not hit the capital. Critics of Hungary’s nationalist government say it takes punitive actions reminiscent of the country's communist past.
Garbage piles in Scotland raise health concerns amid strikes
LONDON (AP) — Public Health Scotland warns that stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening public health and safety. A strike by garbage collectors in the Scottish capital moved into its ninth day on Saturday. Garbage collectors in Newham, a borough of London, also walked out for a week over a pay dispute. Images of food waste and diapers rotting on the streets adds is just adding to scenes of chaos in the U.K. as industrial disputes are multiplying amid a surging cost-of-living crisis. Bathers in the U.K. were warned last week to stay away from dozens of beaches due to raw sewage that was being flushed into rivers and seas by heavy rains. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-6-10-p-m-edt/article_9a77285c-96f3-52bc-802b-9cab6234b264.html | 2022-08-27T22:51:16Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-6-10-p-m-edt/article_9a77285c-96f3-52bc-802b-9cab6234b264.html | false |
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) -- Local family resource, The Parenting Place, held its 32nd Annual Summer Children's Festival at Myrick Park today.
Sponsored by many other local organizations, the Parenting Place Children's Festival is a summer event that many families look forward to each year.
Nearly five hundred adults and children gathered at the park to experience twenty different play areas set up by the Parenting Place.
Some of the play areas included an 'Art Factory' inside Myrick's main shelter, an interactive camping area with tents set up near the park's entrance, and a mud pie 'bakery' for kids to get their hands dirty. According to the Parenting Place, these areas allow families to interact, explore, move, and get creative.
Members of the organization stressed that this be a "screen-free" event.
"It's a way to see just how simple play can be," said executive director Jodi Widuch. "For young children to really engage them, for them to be creative, for them to be socially involved as well it's just a wonderful wonderful event."
"It's play that's directed by kids," said marketing director Mohamed Ghairt. "Nobody tells them what to do, of course we supervise them for safety and everything but we give them all sorts of natural materials and let them use their imaginations and play."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida told the Justice Department on Saturday to provide her with more specific information about the classified records removed from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate and said it was her “preliminary intent” to appoint a special master in the case.
The two-page order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon signals that she’s inclined to grant a request from Trump’s lawyers, who this week asked for the appointment of an independent special master to review the records taken from Mar-a-Lago and identify any that may be protected by executive privilege.
The judge scheduled a Thursday hearing to discuss the matter further. A special master is often a former judge.
Cannon also directed the Justice Department to file under seal with her more detailed descriptions of the material taken from Trump’s property. The former president’s lawyers have complained that investigators did not disclose enough information to them about what specific documents were removed when agents executed a search warrant on Aug. 8 to look for classified documents.
The special master appointment, if it happens, is unlikely to significantly affect the direction of the Justice Department investigation, though it’s possible an outside review of the documents could slow the probe down. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/judge-plans-to-appoint-special-master-in-trump-records-case/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-08-27T23:01:09Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/judge-plans-to-appoint-special-master-in-trump-records-case/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | false |
Mason City Fire Department personnel, with the aid of Mayor Bill Schickle, swore in five new firefighter/EMTs Friday at a special ceremony held at the fire department.
Assistant Deputy Chief of Training Rand Elsbernd explained that six weeks of intense firefighting training will then be completed following Firefighter 1 curriculum, national curriculum overall and MCFD specifications. All training is done at the Mason City Fire Department.
“It was a packed six weeks to get through the hazmat operations, Firefighter 1 operations and certifications,” said Elsbernd. “With this hiring we removed the EMT requirement. But three out of five have their EMT, one is in class and needs to test out and one will take his training this fall.”
New Firefighter Sean Curran is a 2010 graduate of Everglades High School in Miramar Florida. He previously volunteered with the Spencer Fire Department in Spencer, Iowa and will take his EMT training at North Iowa Area Community College this fall.
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Keenan Feldpausch graduated from North Scott High School in Eldridge, Iowa in 2012. He joined the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman and served honorably until 2016. He then attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Fitness Promotion in 2020. Feldpausch earned his EMT certification from Northeast Iowa Community College in 2021.
Ryan Gilmore, a 2013 graduate from Mason City High School, joined the US Army as an Airborne Infantryman until his service ended in 2019. He attended NIACC and received his Associate’s Degree in general studies and his EMT certification in 2021.
Logan McGillivray, a 2021 graduate of Willmar Senior High School in Willmar, Minnesota, then attended Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minnesota where he received his Firefighter 1, Firefighter 2 and Hazmat Operations certifications. He volunteered with the Blomkest, Minnesota Fire Department and is currently attending Ridgewater College in Minnesota for his EMT training.
Bridger Thomsen is a 2019 graduate from Clear Lake High School. He attended NIACC and earned his Associate's Degree in general studies and his EMT Certification in 2021.
New recruits must score 70% or higher on a written test and must pass a physical endurance test before they even begin training.
The Mason City Fire Department staffs 48 people who are committed to the Fire Department’s mission of providing service to the community with loyalty, integrity, accountability and teamwork.
Mary Loden covers city and county government for the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by emailing Mary.Loden@globegazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/mason-city-fire-department-swears-in-new-firefighters/article_d3357ff8-bb4e-54ac-a1c1-130c0ea193ff.html | 2022-08-27T23:03:03Z | https://globegazette.com/news/local/mason-city-fire-department-swears-in-new-firefighters/article_d3357ff8-bb4e-54ac-a1c1-130c0ea193ff.html | false |
Lincoln Police searching for missing child with autism
Published: Aug. 27, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT|Updated: moments ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing 9-year-old boy.
LPD said Joshua Beltz was last seen at his home near 1st & Belmont at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. He may be wearing a black or navy blue t-shirt, green gym shorts and black sneakers.
Police say Joshua has autism and may not respond to his name and will hide.
“Joshua tends to hide in the immediate area of his residence when he runs away and tends to not respond to his name when called,” police said.
If you see Joshua or have any information, call 402-441-6000.
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Updated August 27, 2022 at 5:58 PM ET
CAIRO — Deadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya's capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate.
At least 23 people were killed and 140 more wounded, the Health Ministry said. It added that 64 families were evacuated from areas around the fighting.
The escalation threatens to shatter the relative calm Libya has enjoyed for most of the past two years. The oil-rich nation plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Among the fatalities was Mustafa Baraka, a comedian known for his social media videos mocking militias and corruption. Baraka died after he was shot in his chest, said Malek Merset, an emergency services spokesman.
Merset said emergency services were still trying to evacuate wounded and civilians trapped in the fighting that erupted overnight and continued into Saturday evening.
The Health Ministry said in a statement hospitals and medical centers in the capital were shelled, and ambulance teams were barred from evacuating civilians, in acts that "amount to war crimes."
The municipal council of Tripoli blamed the ruling political class for the deteriorating situation in the capital, and urged the international community to "protect civilians in Libya."
The violence caused widespread panic among Tripoli residents. Footage circulated online showed houses, government facilities, and vehicles apparently damaged from the fighting. Other footage showed militia forces deploying and heavy fire being exchanged across the night sky.
The U.N. mission in Libya said the fighting involved "indiscriminate medium and heavy shelling in civilian-populated neighborhoods" of Tripoli.
The mission called for an immediate cease-fire, and for all parties in Libya to "refrain from using any form of hate speech and incitement to violence."
The clashes pitted the Tripoli Revolutionaries' Brigade militia, led by Haitham Tajouri, against another militia allied with Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, an infamous warlord known as "Gheniwa," according to local media. Later on Saturday, more militias joined the fighting which spread in different areas in the capital.
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's government, which is based in Tripoli, claimed the clashes broke out when one militia fired at another.
The fighting, however, is highly likely part of ongoing power struggle between Dbeibah and his rival Prime Minister Fathy Bashagha who is operating from the coast city of Sirte.
Both Dbeibah and Bashagha are backed by militias, and the latter was mobilizing in recent weeks to try to enter Tripoli to dislodge his rival.
An attempt in May by Bashagha to install his government in Tripoli triggered clashes that ended with his withdrawal from the capital.
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland urged for de-escalation "before things get worse" and for Libyan parties to agree on an early date for elections.
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Entertainment of Saturday, 27 August 2022
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
Weekly entertainment analysis programme United Showbiz is live with host, Nana Ama McBrown ‘presiding.’
Her guests this week include usual suspects Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo and Bullgod, Mr. Logic.
Completing the set is veteran highlife musician Akosua Agyapong and Adane Best.
Watch a livestream of the show below: | https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/LIVESTREAMING-Akosua-Agyapong-Adane-Best-on-United-Showbiz-on-UTV-1611548 | 2022-08-27T23:17:32Z | https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/LIVESTREAMING-Akosua-Agyapong-Adane-Best-on-United-Showbiz-on-UTV-1611548 | false |
This week, KC Counts talks with New Mexico Department of Agriculture Director/Secretary Jeff Witte and we also feature a conversation on child well-being in New Mexico.
This week, KC Counts talks with New Mexico Department of Agriculture Director/Secretary Jeff Witte and we also feature a conversation on child well-being in New Mexico. | https://www.krwg.org/show/krwg-news-this-week/2022-08-27/krwg-news-this-week-issues-facing-agriculture-in-new-mexico | 2022-08-27T23:26:37Z | https://www.krwg.org/show/krwg-news-this-week/2022-08-27/krwg-news-this-week-issues-facing-agriculture-in-new-mexico | true |
LSU continues getting ready for FSU
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There’s the feeling that the LSU players are anxious to compete against someone in a different uniform.
The Tigers will get that opportunity in a week when they take on Florida State in the Superdome on Sunday, Sept. 4, but for now, practice will have to do.
Sports journalists were allowed to watch the first 30 minutes of LSU practice on Saturday, Aug. 27. It has been without a doubt the most media access allowed by an LSU head football coach in more than two decades.
No starting quarterback has been declared yet but Jayden Daniels continues to be the first QB to trot onto the field.
No starting offensive line has been announced either, but on this occasion, the O-line often consisted of Will Campbell at left tackle, Miles Frazier at left guard, Garrett Dellinger at center, Anthony Bradford at right guard, and Cam Wire at right tackle.
On the defensive side, cornerback Jarrick Bernard-Converse played his high school ball at Evangel in Shreveport. After four years at Oklahoma State, he’s now an LSU Tiger. A foot injury kept him on the sideline during the spring, but now, he appears ready to suit up.
Meanwhile, the underdog story of another corner, Colby Richardson, continues as well. Is the former McNeese State Cowboy ready to make an impact at this level?
And, at safety, former Madison Prep standout Major Burns, in his second season with the Tigers, continues to draw praise.
Kickoff for LSU vs Florida State is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
The 9Sports team will preview the new Tigers in a special feature called “Kelly’s Kickoff” LIVE from New Orleans an hour before game time.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 27, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
458 PM CDT Sat Aug 27 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Beaver,
southeastern Texas and northern Ochiltree Counties through 530 PM
CDT...
At 458 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 4 miles northwest of Balko to 4 miles north of
Farnsworth. Movement was east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Perryton, Elmwood, Bryans Corner, Balko, Farnsworth and Boyd.
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 3625 10063 3632 10109 3639 10109 3675 10091
3677 10046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 263DEG 19KT 3667 10073 3639 10099
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 27, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
600 PM CDT Sat Aug 27 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Beaver,
Lipscomb and northeastern Ochiltree Counties through 630 PM CDT...
At 600 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles west of Slapout to 3 miles northwest of
Wolf Creek Park. Movement was east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lipscomb, Booker, Follett, Darrouzett, Wolf Creek Park and Slapout.
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 3616 10026 3622 10084 3672 10042 3672 10000
3638 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 269DEG 26KT 3662 10019 3625 10069
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 27, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
627 PM CDT Sat Aug 27 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Beaver
and Lipscomb Counties through 700 PM CDT...
At 626 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles southeast of Slapout to 8 miles west of
Lipscomb. Movement was east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Lipscomb, Follett, Darrouzett and Slapout.
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 3619 10055 3645 10053 3661 10038 3665 10000
3612 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 276DEG 36KT 3658 10008 3621 10041
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has arrested the final suspect in the shooting death of a teenager in the community of Catalina.
On Aug. 27, Zachary Connor, 18 was apprehended by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Port, the sheriff’s department said in a news release.
On Aug. 26, Joseph Nolan, 21, Drake Nolan, 19, Paul Rodriguez, 18, William Marley, 16 and Richard Miller, 19 were arrested in connection to the death of James Sanchez, 16.
Shortly after 11:30 p.m. June 21, deputies were called to a shooting in the 3500 block of Silver Buckle Place, near East Secretariat Road after a 911 caller said his friend was shot at a park and he was taking him to a hospital.
Sanchez succumbed to his injuries on June 23.
The six suspects face first degree murder, aggravated assault and armed robbery charges, the news release said.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/last-suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-the-death-of-a-16-year-old/article_a19a744c-2652-11ed-862b-43ee28b9ee08.html | 2022-08-27T23:56:45Z | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/last-suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-the-death-of-a-16-year-old/article_a19a744c-2652-11ed-862b-43ee28b9ee08.html | false |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since she came to California from Mexico 24 years ago, Maria Bernal has been supporting her family by often working two jobs at fast food restaurants.
But she says she wound up living in a small Kia with her two youngest children, then ages 3 and 15, for six months after she lost her housing in 2019 when one of her employers began paying her minimum wage for eight hours even when she worked a 16-hour double shift.
Union organizers and other advocates say such wage theft and other exploitation is common in the fast food industry, particularly for women and racial minorities who make up many of California’s more than half-million fast food workers. The industry denies such abuses are widespread.
Bernal and more than 100 others who recently rallied outside the state Capitol are pinning their hopes on groundbreaking legislation that would give fast food workers increased power and protections.
The proposal awaiting final action before the California Legislature adjourns Wednesday would create a new Fast Food Council made up of four workers’ delegates alongside four employers’ representatives and two state officials that would set minimum standards for wages, hours and working conditions in California.
Bernal said she hopes the council would give workers like herself “a seat at the table where they will respect us more and not allow wage theft to happen, and also importantly that we won’t be afraid of retaliation.”
Restaurant owners and franchisers say the proposal would drive up the price of fast food. They cite an analysis they commissioned by the UC Riverside Center for Economic Forecast and Development that puts the price increase at 7% to 20%.
A late wage cap added to the bill would keep the increase on the low end of that range. Late amendments limit any minimum wage bump to $22 an hour next year, with cost of living increases thereafter, while the statewide minimum will be $15.50 an hour.
Other late amendments mean the council would also have to be approved by a petition signed by 10,000 fast food workers, and the council would now disappear after six years unless it is renewed.
Matthew Haller, president & CEO of the International Franchise Association, dismissed the last-minute revisions as “an attempt to put lipstick on a pig.”
An earlier version cleared the Assembly in January with no votes to spare after falling short last year, and the revised bill is awaiting consideration in the Senate.
Though California’s effort would be broader, a wage board created by New York’s governor in 2015 led to an increase in fast food wages there, and similar efforts have been tried by some cities. The left-leaning Center for American Progress says that what also are known as workers’ boards, worker standards boards or industry committees could combat economic inequality along with racial and gender pay gaps.
“If we are successful here, workers in Florida, Texas, New York, even Idaho will be heartened and they can replicate our successes,” Democratic Assemblyman Alex Lee said at the workers’ rally.
California’s measure would cover fast food restaurants with at least 100 establishments nationally.
It grew out of the decade-long Fight for $15 and a Union minimum wage movement and efforts by labor unions to organize fast food workers in California and nationwide.
“This is more than just a labor fight. This is a fight about racial justice, this is a fight about gender justice,” said Joseph Bryant, executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union behind the drive. “Eighty percent of the workers are people of color who work in fast food. Two-thirds of the workers are women who work in fast food, and these workers are being exploited.”
Fast food workers in California are paid nearly $3 an hour less than comparable workers in other service sector jobs, according to a joint study released this month by Harvard and UC San Francisco.
Bernal hopes the California law and the ongoing effort to unionize fast food establishments will one day lead to benefits like paid vacations, medical coverage and a retirement plan. She filed a wage claim earlier this year with state regulators seeking $160,000 in back wages and penalties, while her son is alleging child labor law violations and threats by a restaurant manager.
Employees “are still fighting for some of the basic things that should have been happening a long time ago for the fast food workers who serve our community every day, even through a pandemic,” said Democratic Assemblyman Chris Holden, the bill’s author.
But Jesse Lara, whose family-owned business operates 34 El Pollo Loco franchises in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, said the bill is unnecessary and would harm the company’s more than 1,000 employees.
It unfairly assumes “that we have to rip off our employees to make a profit,” when many of the firms’ managers have promoted from within, he said. Inflation is “killing us,” he said, and higher wages and benefits would force restaurant owners to raise prices and cut workers’ hours to make ends meet.
The pending bill targets bona fide abuses, but also furthers unions’ goals of collective bargaining with the entire industry instead of attempting to organize fast food chains one restaurant at a time, said Janice Fine, a professor of labor studies and employment relations who directs Rutgers University’s workplace justice lab.
Such sector-wide negotiations are common in Europe, she said, but rare in the U.S.
California already has some of the strongest worker protection laws and regulations in the U.S. if not the world, said Matt Sutton, the California Restaurant Association’s senior vice president for government affairs and public policy.
He disputed claims that the fast food sector has a higher rate of labor, unemployment, health and safety incidents, but said the answer regardless should be for lawmakers to put more money into enforcing labor standards instead of creating a new council with unique regulatory power over one industry.
“There are avenues to punish employers when it’s appropriate,” Sutton said.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Department of Finance also opposed the bill in June, citing its potential costs and what it said could be “a fragmented regulatory and legal environment.”
“It is not clear that this bill will accomplish its goal, as it attempts to address delayed enforcement by creating stricter standards for certain sectors, which could exacerbate existing delays,” the administration warned. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/ap-california-weighs-rules-giving-fast-food-workers-more-power/ | 2022-08-28T00:02:03Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/ap-california-weighs-rules-giving-fast-food-workers-more-power/ | true |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule said backup quarterback Sam Darnold and kicker Zane Gonzalez both suffered “significant” injuries in the 21-0 win over the Buffalo Bills on Friday night.
Darnold has a high ankle sprain, which is normally a four-to-six week injury. But Rhule said doctors haven’t determined how much time he’ll miss, adding that putting him on short-term injured reserve is a possibility.
The Panthers will enter the season with Baker Mayfield as their starter and P.J. Walker as his backup.
“We’re not sure of the exact length of that injury,” Rhule said Saturday on a videoconference call. “We sent those images to a specialist to gauge it, but it does look like a significant injury that could take some time.”
Gonzalez’s injury appears even worse, and there is a possibility it could be season-ending. He will see a specialist to determine the degree of injury.
Rhule wouldn’t specify what Gonzalez did to his groin while practicing kicks into the net on the sideline. But he said the Panthers will be looking to sign a kicker before the Sept. 11 regular-season opener against the Cleveland Browns.
“We are bringing guys in and figuring out our options,” Rhule said.
Gonzalez finished last season 20 of 22 on field goals after joining the Panthers in Week 2 of the regular season and making 22 of 23 extra points. The Panthers re-signed Gonzalez to a two-year, $4.5 million contract after he made his final 17 field goals last season.
Rhule said fullback Gio Ricci was getting an MRI on his groin, but said it doesn’t appear to be as significant as the injuries to Darnold and Gonzalez. Tight end Ian Thomas and center Bradley Bozeman are expected to return from injuries next week and play in the season opener against the Browns.
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Early on Saturday morning, Natasha Williams and her family patiently waited in line to make their way inside the LAZ parking lot on Market Street, which slowly came to life with a bouncy house, a stage and busy volunteers.
Williams is getting two middle schoolers and a first grader ready for their first day of classes. She said with rising costs and a home full of school children, the extra help goes a long way.
“It’s very hard, but we’re handling,” said Williams. With fewer COVID restrictions her children are excited to go back.
“They get to have a little bit more fun with their friends, not wear their masks so they feel a little bit more free,” she said.
Hundreds of families made their way to the second annual ‘Back-to-School Extravaganza’ in Hartford. The event was hosted by Angel of Edgewood, a local non-profit helping families prepare for the school year.
There, families received health and childcare resources provided by community partners.
Jendayi Scott-Miller is the executive director of Angel of Edgewood, which she explains is primarily a food pantry organization.
“We want to make sure that everyone is equipped before school,” she said. “That’s why we always have our event the last week of August, because by this time many of the families are out of their food stamp benefits and this is a long stretch to the first second and third of the month when they’re reinstated.”
The event also included special performances for families.
“We want them to let down their hair, let them know that we care about them and that we're here all year round not just this event,” Scott-Miller said with so many families still processing grief after losing family members during the pandemic, they wanted to give them a space to enjoy.
On the stage, The Gifted Onez led by Kimberly Bridges, performed musical numbers.
“The Gifted Onez is about unity and love and uplifting the community with good vibes and energy,” said performer Mikayla Maxwell.
Jennie Murrell and her multi-generational family left with bookbags, hand sanitizers and fresh produce.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
5-5-2-5
(five, five, two, five)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
5-5-2-5
(five, five, two, five) | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-17402699.php | 2022-08-28T00:07:49Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-17402699.php | false |
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities on Saturday rescued a 2-year-old girl who had been taken at gunpoint by her father from her mother's Southern California home.
San Bernardino police said on Twitter that officers responded Saturday to a call by a woman who reported that her ex-boyfriend had broken into her bedroom window, dragged her across the house by her hair and beaten her before taking out a gun and threatening to kill her.
The man then took the couple's 2-year-old daughter and left, police said.
Police obtained a search warrant for a possible hiding location for the man and arrested him and returned the girl unharmed to her mother, authorities said.
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Ohtani pitches 7 crisp innings, Angels beat Blue Jays 2-0
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out nine in seven innings and Andrew Velazquez homered, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Saturday.
Ohtani (11-8) allowed two hits — a single for George Springer in the first, and a two-out double for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the third — in his career-best 11th win. David Fletcher had three hits and scored the winning run on Luis Rengifo’s single in the sixth.
Jimmy Herget finished the two-hitter as the Angels won consecutive games after losing the previous six, blanking the Blue Jays for the second day in a row.
Los Angeles, which won 12-0 Friday, recorded its AL-best 16th shutout.
Toronto wasted a strong performance by All-Star right-hander Alek Manoah (12-7), who struck out eight in seven innings.
Velazquez hit his eighth homer against Anthony Bass in the ninth. He also went deep on Friday.
Ohtani threw a season-high 109 pitches, 72 for strikes, in his first win since Aug. 9 at Oakland. He lowered his ERA to 2.67.
Herget retired all six batters he faced for his third save in four chances.
At the plate, Ohtani walked in the first, struck out in the fourth and reached on a fielder’s choice in the sixth.
While awaiting a 3-2 pitch from right-hander Yimi Garcia in the eighth, Ohtani asked for time and backed out of the box. Umpire Shane Livensparger didn’t grant the request but Garcia’s pitch missed high, giving Ohtani his second walk.
Already upset at Ohtani’s walk, interim Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected for arguing with Livensparger after Garcia walked the next batter, Mike Ford, on five pitches. The ejection was Schneider’s first.
Manoah cruised through five innings before running into trouble in the sixth.
Fletcher led off with a single and Mike Trout walked before Ohtani beat out a potential double-play grounder, with the call at first base overturned on replay. Rengifo drove in Fletcher with a first-pitch single to left.
Springer started in center field for the first time since being activated off the injured list Aug. 15. Springer’s sore right elbow had limited him to DH duties since returning.
Springer singled in his first at-bat, extending his season-long hitting streak to 11.
THIRTY YEARS SINCE 1992
The Blue Jays honored their 1992 World Series championship team during a pregame ceremony. Among the former players, staff and executives on hand were Dave Winfield, Dave Stieb, Todd Stottlemyre, Duane Ward, Candy Maldonado, Juan Guzman, World Series MVP Pat Borders and manager Cito Gaston.
In lieu of a ceremonial first pitch, slugger Joe Carter and pitcher Mike Timlin recreated the final out of Toronto’s extra-inning Game 6 win in Atlanta, which came when Timlin fielded Otis Nixon’s bunt to the mound and tossed to Carter at first.
PITCH COUNT
Ohtani threw 108 pitches in back-to-back home starts in June, both wins. He beat Kansas City on June 22 and the White Sox on June 29.
SHORT-LIVED SUCCESS
Angels outfielder Ryan Aguilar got his first career hit in the fifth, a double to right, but Blue Jays outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. threw Aguilar out at third base by a wide margin.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF Teoscar Hernández (left foot) did not start. Hernández fouled a ball off his foot in the first inning Friday and left the game in the third.
UP NEXT
Angels left-hander Tucker Davidson (2-4, 6.23 ERA) starts Sunday’s series finale against Blue Jays righty Ross Stripling (6-3, 2.84 ERA). Stripling has allowed two earned runs or fewer in six straight starts.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman will be placed on the injured list after getting an infection in his leg from a recent tattoo.
Manager Aaron Boone said before Saturday's game against the Oakland Athletics that Chapman felt irritation in the leg on Thursday after getting the tattoo earlier in the week. The seven-time All-Star stayed back at the team hotel Friday and Saturday receiving antibiotics and getting treatment.
“It's still significant enough,” Boone said. “He got a pretty bad infection.”
Chapman hasn't pitched since Aug. 19 when he allowed one run in one-third of an inning against Toronto. Boone said Chapman had been available to pitch until Thursday when the leg started bothering him just before the start of the series opener against the A's.
Boone said he doesn't expect this to be a long-term issue but needs to wait to get a better sense of how much time Chapman will miss.
“Hopefully he’s good in several days,” Boone said. “We just have to get our arms around it. It got a little bit worse over the last few days.”
Boone said he didn't have a problem with Chapman getting a tattoo during the season.
"It's hard for me. I don’t have tattoos. That's a personal choice,” Boone said. “This is more of an unfortunate situation that turned into an infection. My focus is on trying to get him right.”
Chapman was shaky early this season and was replaced as the Yankees' closer after missing nearly six weeks with tendinitis in his left Achilles. He is 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA in 19 appearances since returning in early July, with 20 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings.
The veteran left-hander is 2-3 with a 4.70 ERA and nine saves in 36 appearances this year.
The Yankees didn't make an immediate corresponding roster move because they couldn't get anyone out to the West Coast by Saturday. Boone expects to add an additional player in the next day or two.
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The most absurd shark movie titles, from ‘Sharktopus’ to ‘Santa Jaws’
Las Vegas - There was a time when all you needed for a shark movie was a dangerous great white shark and some people on whom said shark could chow down. But in our post-"Sharknado" existence, the proliferation of low-budget shark-attack thrillers (a genre that’s been dubbed "sharksploitation") means that each shark movie needs more than sharks to stand out. That’s led to more ridiculous shark movie premises and to even more ridiculous, often shark-pun-based shark movie titles. Here are some of the most absurd shark-centric titles and concepts, each designed to grab viewers’ attention like a shark’s jaws might grab onto their legs with their sharp shark teeth — and you can watch most of them for free.
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Sharktopus (streaming free on Tubi)
Portmanteaus are popular in creature features, and "Sharktopus" is one of the catchiest. The combination of shark and octopus looks cool, even if it isn’t all that practical, and one such creature wreaks plenty of havoc after escaping from a military facility.
Rated TV-MA. 89 minutes. Dir: Declan O’Brien. Featuring: Eric Roberts, Kerem Bürsin, Sara Malakul Lane, Héctor Jiménez.
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Shark Side of the Moon (streaming free on Tubi)
It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for sharks, who apparently inhabit the moon. These mutant sharks were created by Soviet scientists and sent to the moon, where they await unsuspecting American astronauts.
Rated TV-MA. 88 minutes. Dir: Glenn Campbell, Tammy Klein. Featuring: Reginald Stalling, Maxi Witrak, Lydia Hunter, Konstantin Podprugin, Tania Fox, Terrance Livingston Jr. "Shark Side of the Moon" is a Tubi Original.
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Bad CGI Sharks (streaming free on Tubi)
The low-rent special effects are part of the story in this parody about a pair of filmmakers whose shark-movie screenplay comes to life. Just because they’re being chased by a poorly rendered bit of CGI doesn’t make it any less dangerous.
Rated TV-14. 93 minutes. Dir: MaJama. Featuring: Matthew Ellsworth, Jason Ellsworth, Jenn Liu.
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Shark Encounters of the Third Kind (streaming free on Tubi)
Aliens land on Earth with a plan: to use mind-controlled sharks to attack humanity, obviously. The invasion starts in one small town, which makes it more manageable for the aliens — and for the filmmakers.
Rated TV-14. 74 minutes. Dir: Mark Polonia. Featuring: Titus Himmelberger, Steve Disaparra, Jennie Russo, Natalie Hallead, Tim Hatch.
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House Shark (streaming free on Tubi)
There are a lot of risks to consider when buying a house, but encountering a shark is usually not one of them. That’s not the case in this movie, which centers on a homeowner who must rid his house of an unlikely infestation.
Rated TV-MA. 122 minutes. Dir: Ron Bonk. Featuring: Trey Harrison, Wes Reid, Michael Merchant, Jennie Russo,
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Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (streaming free on Tubi)
Combining the women-in-prison genre with the shark-attack genre bridges two generations of exploitation movies. Don’t expect to see an actual prison on-screen here, but it does have impractically-dressed escapees being stalked by swamp sharks.
Rated TV-MA. 83 minutes. Dir: Jim Wynorski. Featuring: Dominique Swain, Traci Lords, Christine Nguyen.
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Ouija Shark (streaming free on Tubi)
Playing around with a Ouija board is never a good idea in a horror movie, but when you’re in a shark horror movie, you end up summoning the spirit of a dead great white shark, which is no longer confined to the water.
Rated PG-13. 70 minutes. Dir: Brett Kelly. Featuring: Robin Hodge, John Migliore, Christina Roman, Kylie Gough, Amy Osborne.
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Post Apocalyptic Commando Shark (streaming free on Tubi)
There’s a lot going on in this title, and a lot going on in this movie, set in a dystopian, war-torn future in which half-human, half-shark commandos are the secret weapon in a Russian invasion of the U.S.
Rated TV-MA. 82 minutes. Dir: Sam Qualiana. Featuring: Simeon Qualiana, Mick O’Keefe, Debbie Rochon, Andrew Elias.
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Shark Exorcist (streaming free on Tubi)
When you have a shark possessed by Satan, then you need a shark exorcist. The shark exorcist also comes in handy when a shark possesses a young woman. He’s versatile that way.
Rated TV-MA. 70 minutes. Dir: Donald Farmer. Featuring: Angela Kerecz, Bobby Kerecz.
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Raiders of the Lost Shark (streaming free on Tubi)
Indiana Jones hated snakes, so maybe he would have hated sharks, too. He’s not in this movie, though, nor is anything related to his pulp-style adventuring. Instead, there’s a genetically engineered shark hunting humans.
Rated TV-14. 93 minutes. Dir: Scott Patrick. Featuring: Candice Lidstone, Jessica Huether, John Migliore, Angela Parent.
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Sharkenstein (streaming free on Tubi)
Why just have one type of deadly shark when you can have them all mashed up into one stitched-together monstrosity? Created by Nazis (of course), Sharkenstein is reanimated to terrorize the residents of a small seaside town.
Rated TV-MA. 73 minutes. Dir: Mark Polonia. Featuring: Jeff Kirkendall, Titus Himmelberger, Greta Volkova, Kathryn Sue Young.
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2-Headed Shark Attack (streaming free on Tubi)
Later movies in this series feature sharks with three, five and six (but not four) heads, but the multi-headed shark dynasty begins here, with the two-headed shark menacing a boat full of college students on an "educational" trip.
Rated TV-14. 87 minutes. Dir: Christopher Douglas-Olen Rey. Featuring: Carmen Electra, Charlie O’Connell, Brooke Hogan.
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Sharks of the Corn (streaming free on Tubi)
Credited to "Steven Kang," this movie has nothing to do with Stephen King’s "Children of the Corn," which itself has become a low-budget horror franchise. It does feature sharks among cornfields, though.
Rated TV-14. 93 minutes. Dir: Tim Ritter. Featuring: Shannon Stockin, Ford Windstar, Steve Guynn, Casey Miracle.
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Sharknado (streaming on Prime Video)
Even people unfamiliar with the B-movie shark genre know about this franchise-spawning movie about a freak weather pattern that dumps deadly sharks on Los Angeles, where they face Ian Ziering and Tara Reid. Multiple sequels ensue.
Not rated. 86 minutes. Dir: Anthony C. Ferrante. Also featuring: John Heard, Cassandra Scerbo.
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Sharkula (streaming free on Tubi)
If there’s a "Sharkenstein," there must be a "Sharkula" (because they come from the same director). Count Dracula passes his vampire curse on to a great white shark, just as Bram Stoker would have intended.
Rated TV-MA. 70 minutes. Dir: Mark Polonia. Featuring: Kyle Rappaport, Jeff Kirkendall, Jamie Morgan, James Kelly, Tim Hatch.
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Sky Sharks (streaming free on Tubi)
Flying zombie sharks created by Nazis (of course) are awakened from hibernation and take to the skies, where they attack aircraft and can only be stopped by even bigger, stronger flying zombie sharks.
Rated TV-MA. 102 minutes. Dir: Marc Fehse. Featuring: Thomas Morris, Barbara Nedeljakova, Eva Habermann, Oliver Kalkofe, Tony Todd.
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Santa Jaws (streaming on Prime Video)
This Christmas-themed shark movie is surprisingly wholesome, as an outcast kid finds a magical pen that brings his comic-book creation Santa Jaws to life. Sure, the conjured creature tries to kill the kid’s family, but it also wears a Santa hat!
Rated TV-PG. 88 minutes. Dir: Misty Talley. Featuring: Reid Miller, Courtney Lauren Cummings, Jim Klock, Carrie Lazar, Arthur Marroquin, Miles Doleac.
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About the writer: Josh Bell is a freelance writer and movie/TV critic based in Las Vegas. He’s the former film editor of Las Vegas Weekly and the former TV comedies guide for About.com. He has written about movies and TV for Vulture, Polygon, Inverse, Crooked Marquee, and more. With comedian Jason Harris, he co-hosts the podcast Awesome Movie Year.
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Davina McCall, 54, reveals she will train as a doula to help women through labour after finding support invaluable during the births of her three children at home
- From host of Big Brother, Davina McCall has revealed her next career move
- McCall wants to be a doula - earning about £600 for each birth
- Doulas learn skills needed to support women during labour rather than deliver
- Meghan Markle reportedly employed a doula for the births of her two children
She has gone from hosting reality show Big Brother to taking up the mantle of Britain’s menopause guru.
Now Davina McCall has revealed her next career move – she is to train to become a doula, helping women through childbirth.
The TV presenter, who has three children, even hopes to use the expertise she gains to help her daughters give birth when the time comes. Recalling her own experiences of being in labour – having had all three at home – Ms McCall, 54, says that she would not have been able to get through them without support.
Davina McCall has revealed her next career move – she is to train to become a doula, helping women through childbirth
And that’s why she has decided to train as a doula, who are not medically trained and have a different role to a midwife’s.
She said: ‘I had all my babies at home and it was the best experience of my life.
‘I laughed, I wept with joy. I said I couldn’t do it and was supported by the people around me, so I am going to learn to be a doula.
‘I’m praying that my daughters or my son’s partner ask me to be at their births.’
In the past two years, Ms McCall has helped raise awareness of the menopause, and been at the forefront of campaigns to help women gain access to HRT amid mass shortages.
The TV presenter, who has three children, even hopes to use the expertise she gains to help her daughters give birth when the time comes
A doula earns about £600 for each birth. They have become popular with middle-class mothers-to-be who want extra support other than from a midwife or doctor. The trend arrived from the US around ten years ago after A-list celebrities including singers Alanis Morissette and Alicia Keys and Australian actress Nicole Kidman said they used them.
And it was reported that Meghan Markle employed London-based Dr Gowri Motha as a doula for the births of her two children, Archie and Lilibet, and phoned Dr Motha – whose clients have included Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna – from America to prepare for her daughter’s birth last year.
A doula earns about £600 for each birth. They have become popular with middle-class mothers-to-be who want extra support other than from a midwife or doctor
Doulas differ from midwives, who are medically qualified to deliver babies on their own. They do not need medical training but instead learn skills needed to support women during labour.
Women who employ doulas have been found to have greater success with breastfeeding and lower rates of postnatal depression.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Doug Brumfield threw four touchdown passes, all in the first half, UNLV scored 35 points in the second quarter and the Rebels defeated Idaho State 52-21 in a season-opener on Saturday.
Brumfield completed 21 of 25 passes for 356 yards with a QB rating of 256.4.
Ricky White scored two first-half receiving touchdowns and his 182 receiving yards in the first half were the 11th highest single-game total in UNLV history. Brumfield and White hooked up for a 72-yard UNLV score in the second quarter. The pair sat out the second half.
Among Idaho State's three touchdowns, the big play was a 55-yard pass from Tyler Vander Waal to Jalen Johnson in the first quarter.
UNLV's 45 points in the first half were the second-most in program history, behind the 52 points scored against Idaho State in 2015. UNLV won that game 80-8. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/sports/article/Brumfield-White-lead-UNLV-s-52-21-rout-of-Idaho-17402674.php | 2022-08-28T00:20:56Z | https://www.milfordmirror.com/sports/article/Brumfield-White-lead-UNLV-s-52-21-rout-of-Idaho-17402674.php | false |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Adrian Mannarino beat Laslo Djere 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Saturday to become the first Frenchman to win the Winston-Salem Open.
After beating four straight seeded players to reach the finals, the 34-year-old Mannarino downed the unseeded Djere to become the oldest player to win the tournament, which was hosted at Wake Forest University.
He became the second left-hander to win the title after Jurgen Melzer, the 2013 champion, and the fourth lefty to win on the ATP Tour this season.
Four previous Frenchman had advanced to the finals — Benoit Paire in 2019, Pierre-Hugues Herbert in 2015, Gael Monfils in 2013 and Julien Benneteau in 2011 — but none won.
Mannarino started his week by saving four match points in the first round. He managed to survive three tiebreaks in his opening match, then did not drop another set on his way to the title.
The Frenchman finished with 20 winners.
He won 83% of points on his first serve.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine visits Parma for ‘emotional’ Ukrainian Village Parade
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - This year’s Ukrainian Village Parade brought out emotions and feelings in Parma.
Gov. Mike Dewine, who made an appearance at the Aug. 27 parade, told 19 News how Ohio is supporting the country during a heartbreaking time.
“We go to all the police departments in the state and say do you have any vests that you’re not using,” DeWine said. “They were very very generous and so we were able to ship those over there.”
Mary Borys, a resident of the area, said her cousins are still in Ukraine.
“I try to talk to them as much as possible give them support,” Borys said. “The main thing is prayer.”
Roman Fedkiw, the Chair of the Ukrainian Village Committee, said this day is near and dear to his heart.
“This is a very big day very important and momentous day for us,’ Fedkiw said.
U.S Senator Rob Portman was the Grand Marshall for the parade.
Everyone at the parade, including Bob Uhler, is doing anything they can to lend a helping hand during the war.
“We donate proceeds to fund Ukraine,” he said.
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