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VIDEO: Man who fell off scooter gets struck, dragged by hit-and-run driver
LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) – California authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who allegedly ran over a scooter rider and dragged him for 25 feet before driving away from the area on Saturday.
In the video, Luis Lopez, seen lying on the ground, is run over by a van and dragged down the road.
His wife, Fatima Garcia, said she was afraid she had lost him.
“The driver had a good gap of distance to see him. Why did he still run over him?” she questioned.
Police said Lopez was riding a friend’s electric scooter when he cut the corner, turned left and swerved to avoid hitting a car.
Detective Juan Campos with the L.A. Police Department said it appeared Lopez lost his balance and fell off the scooter.
“He hit his head and knocked himself out,” he said.
Before anyone could help him, a white van pulled up and ran Lopez over, not even bothering to break before it happened.
“He looks like he stops briefly, as you see the brakes get illuminated, and should have noticed he ran over somebody,” Campos said.
Fortunately, Lopez survived. He has numerous injuries, however, and now the self-employed handyman is looking at a long recovery and an inability to work and provide for his family.
“He’s a father of a 7-year-old, a hard worker, as well as a really good husband,” Garcia said.
The family is pleading for help from the community to identify the driver of the van.
“If he would have helped him, it would have been something different, but he just left him there like nothing,” Garcia said.
Detectives have said they have no reason to believe the driver of the white van was speeding. They said the driver may not have even committed a crime when they struck Lopez. That changed when they chose to drive away from the scene.
“Thank God he’s alive because the way he dragged him is really rough to watch in the video,” Garcia said.
Lopez’s family said finding the driver and getting justice will help ease their pain.
“It’s going to be a slow recovery, but thank God he’ll recover from it,” Garcia said.
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A sprawling indictment in Atlanta revealed several celebrities, including Mariah Carey, Marlo Hampton of Real Housewives of Atlanta fame, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley and others were the target of gang-related home robberies across the Atlanta area.
All three, including Atlanta United player Brad Guzan had their homes broken into, according to the 220-page indictment filed on August 22, which charged 26 individuals with violations of the state’s anti-gang and racketeering laws.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who recently came into the spotlight for indictments handed down against YFN Lucci and Young Thug, said the crimes alleged in the indictment were committed by members of the Drug Rich gang. The group, which began to emerge in 2016 in a neighboring county, committed various crimes including carjacking, kidnapping, armed robbery, shootings and home invasions, targeting celebrities and social media influencers for the thefts.
“What they do is target people who show their wealth on social media,” she said. “So I do have a message for the public: Where it is kind of fun to put your things on social media and show off, unfortunately these gangs are becoming more savvy, more sophisticated in the way that they target you.”
She added, “If you thought Fulton was a good county to bring your crime to, to bring your violence to, you are wrong and you are going suffer consequences and today is the start of some of those consequences. I am not going to negotiate with gang members. I am not going to allow pleas. We are going to find you, we are going to convict you and we’re going to send you to the prison for the rest of your days, and I’m not apologizing for that.”
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(NEXSTAR) – Country music singer Luke Bell was found dead in Arizona, police confirmed Wednesday.
Bell was reported missing in Tucson on Aug. 20, according to the New York Post. Police told Nexstar he was found six days later, on Friday, in the midtown neighborhood of Tucson.
More specifically, the 32-year-old was found on 5500 block of E. Grant Rd., said Officer Frank Magos of the Tucson Police Department.
No cause of death has been released. Police said the investigation into Bell’s death is ongoing.
Bell, a Wyoming native, released three albums throughout his music career. His last single, “Jealous Guy,” was released in 2021.
“A little bit honky tonk and a little bit Texas, with healthy dashes of Bakersfield and vintage Nashville, singer/songwriter Luke Bell records in a throwback style, but writes from his own well-traveled experiences,” reads a biography of the singer.
His style at times made him sound like a singer of another era, fans said.
“I come from a traditional background. The things that I love are traditions, you know, cowboy culture and American culture,” Bell said in an interview with The Boot in 2016. “When I started digging back through records and listening to older music, I kind of became fascinated with all the techniques and flat-tire shuffles on the drums on Ray Price records or the George Jones boogie and guitars. … That’s kind of what my work has been, studying old music and using different techniques and experimenting a bit to make my own brand of sound.”
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U.S. Vogue to celebrate 130 year anniversary at New York Fashion Week
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American Vogue will celebrate its 130th anniversary at New York fashion week next week.
The eponymous publication will host a live event called 'Vogue World: New York' on September 12th, with both a street fair and show.
While the elaborate details have remained under wraps, the event will be broadcast via live streaming and will have an editorial angle with selected autumn winter 2023 collections from brands featured in the show, including Balenciaga, Valentino, Gucci and Dior, in addition to American designers Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch. And then Bode, Brother Vellies, Conner Ives and others.
The event, which is open to both industry and public, will also see retailers such as Moda Operandi, Mytheresa, Net-a-porter, Nordstrom and Ssense sell limited edition items at various stands, many of which will be made especially for the anniversary.
In partnership with Snapchat the anniversary will be fully immersive via augmented reality, with special AR-created lenses, meaning viewerswill have the opportunity to try on the looks of the show virtually anywhere.
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Respected industry leader joins Board's Risk and Finance & Investment committees
TUSTIN, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New American Funding President and Co-Founder Patty Arvielo is joining the Western Alliance Bancorporation Board as a Director as well as its Risk and Finance & Investment committees.
Arvielo, a first-generation Hispanic American, brings 41+ years of financial industry experience to the newly elected role. She currently heads up Sales & Operations for New American Funding, one of the nation's largest independent mortgage lenders. Under her leadership, the company has achieved record-breaking growth the past two years.
"I have experienced first-hand the customer-centric approach Western Alliance brings to its clients," said Arvielo. "As an entrepreneur myself, I am so pleased to have the opportunity to serve on the board of a company that delivers on responsiveness, adds value through highly tailored solutions and expertise, and operates with an innovative mindset."
An award-winning maverick and influential leader, Arvielo has built a diverse workforce comprised of 56% women and 45% minorities. She supports an inclusive environment with opportunities for growth and advancement through several key mentorship programs.
In addition, Arvielo has led New American Funding to be the #1 retail lender to Hispanics with a higher percentage of loans to Hispanics than any other top-25 lender. To accomplish this feat, Arvielo created the company's Latino Focus initiative that focuses on increasing homeownership in the Hispanic community. Arvielo also developed the New American Dream initiative to boost homeownership in Black communities.
Arvielo is a member of many boards that impact the industry, including the Mortgage Bankers Association Residential Board of Governors, the Latino Donor Collaborative Board, the Mortgage Bankers Association Affordable Homeownership Advisory Council, and the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee.
To learn more about Arvielo, please visit PattyArvielo.com.
Patty Arvielo is the Co-Founder and President of New American Funding. She created the company's award-winning Latino Focus and New American Dream initiatives to improve the home lending experiences of Hispanic and Black homebuyers. She serves on numerous committees and is a popular keynote speaker for mortgage events nationwide. Patty also serves on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters® of Orange County. Ernst & Young recognized her as 2016 EY Entrepreneur of The Year® Orange County.
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National Video Game Day - time to top-up your tie-in toys
It’s time to get your game face on and celebrate National Video Games Day, the only day of the year where there’s no such thing as too much screen time.
September 12 will see kids and adults of all ages come together to celebrate one of the world’s most popular pastimes.
It does not matter if you’re a standard gamer, part-time streamer, or e-sports pro – the video game community is one of the world’s largest and most diverse groups around.
Eli Haffner, digital marketing specialist, at BargainMax.co.uk, said: “Video games have become much more mainstream in recent years, both with kids and adults alike, meaning toy tie-ins have surged in popularity across the board.
“For many fans, the love of gaming isn’t confined to the screen, they take an interest in all kinds of video game-related merch. With new releases for console, mobile and PC due in the run-up to Christmas, it’s clear that video game tie-ins will be a major trend over the coming months.”
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Get your hands on four of the most iconic and collectible figures in the Roblox Universe for £19.99 with the Roblox Four Action Figure Anniversary Gold Collector’s set.
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Assemble your Fortnite squad in real life with the Fortnite Squad Mode Tomato Town Legends 4inch Figures Pack. This impressive set includes four of the most popular Fortnite figures, each featuring highly detailed, game-accurate decoration and equipped with weapons, Harvesting Tools and building materials. Available for £21.99.
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Customise your Among Us toy in real life with the Among Us 7” Figures 2 Pack, £26.99. With 10 fun accessories from a Viking Hat to a pair of horns to a piece of cheese, fans of the hit Among Us game will love personalising their figures as in the online game. | https://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/tech/national-video-game-day-time-to-top-up-your-tie-in-toys-3826080 | 2022-08-31T18:37:29Z | https://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/tech/national-video-game-day-time-to-top-up-your-tie-in-toys-3826080 | true |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Stoked by the largest surplus in state history, Missouri's Republican-led Legislature devised a $500 million plan to send one-time tax refunds to millions of households. In a shock to some, GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed it.
Parson's objection: He wanted a bigger, longer-lasting tax cut.
“Now is the time for the largest income tax cut in our state’s history,” Parson declared as he called lawmakers back for a September special session to consider a $700 million permanent tax reduction.
Upon its likely approval, Missouri will join at least 32 states that already have enacted some type of tax cut or rebate this year — an astounding outpouring of billions of tax dollars back to the people. Idaho lawmakers are convening Thursday to consider more tax breaks, and Montana lawmakers also are weighing a special session for tax relief.
Flush with federal pandemic aid and their own surging tax revenue, states have cut income tax rates for individuals and businesses, expanded tax deductions for families and retirees, pared back property taxes, waived sales taxes on groceries and suspended motor fuel taxes to offset inflationary price spikes. Many also have provided immediate tax rebates.
Republicans and Democrats alike have joined the tax-cutting trend during a midterm election year.
Yet divisions have emerged about how far to go. While Democrats generally have favored targeted tax breaks and one-time rebates, some Republicans have pressed for permanent income tax rate reductions that could lower tax bills — and state revenue — for years to come. Parson describes it as “real, lasting relief.”
Some budget analysts warn that permanent tax cuts could strain states during a future recession. The U.S. economy has shrunk for two straight quarters this year, meeting one informal sign of a recession.
“Quite simply, relying on the current surplus to fund permanent tax changes isn’t fiscally sustainable, or responsible, and will ultimately require cuts to state services,” said Amy Blouin, president and CEO of the Missouri Budget Project, a nonprofit that analyzes fiscal policies.
For some states, the current surpluses are unlike anything they've previously seen.
The 2022 fiscal year, which ended June 30 for most states, marked the second straight year of large growth in tax collections after economic shutdowns triggered declines early in the coronavirus pandemic. Many states reported their largest-ever surpluses, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers.
“I don’t think there’s been a time in history where states are better equipped to ride out a potential recession,” said Timothy Vermeer, senior state tax policy analyst at the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. “A majority, if not all, of the rainy day funds are in a really healthy position.”
Income tax rate cuts have passed in 13 states this year, already equaling last year's historic total, according to the Tax Foundation. Republicans control the legislatures in all of those states except New York, where Democrats who wield power accelerated the timetable for a previously approved tax rate reduction.
Republican-led Arkansas was the most recent to take action during an August special session. A new law will speed up a gradual income tax rate reduction enacted last year and provide a one-time inflationary tax credit. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson described the $500 million package as “a transfer of wealth from the government to the taxpayer" that "could not have come at a more important time.”
Nationwide, inflation is at a 40-year-high, raising prices on most good and services and squeezing incomes.
At least 15 states have approved one-time rebates from their surpluses, including 10 led by Democratic governors and legislatures, four by Republicans and one — Virginia — with split partisan control.
Democratic-led California, which posted a record $97 billion surplus, is sending rebates of between $200 and $1,050 to individuals earning less than $250,000 annually and households earning less than $500,000.
All four GOP-controlled states providing rebates — Georgia, Indiana, Idaho and South Carolina — also made permanent income tax rate cuts.
Though often popular, tax rebates do little to fight inflation and “may actually be counterproductive” by enabling additional consumer spending on items in scarce supply and thus contributing to higher prices, said Hernan Moscoso Boedo, an economist at the University of Cincinnati.
Still, big surpluses coupled with inflation make rebates a tempting option for politicians, especially during an election year.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican facing a re-election challenge from Democrat Stacey Abrams, has been among the most aggressive tax-cutters. He signed legislation gradually reducing the income tax rate from 5.75% to 4.99%. He also signed a measure providing a $1.1 billion tax rebate, with up to $250 for individuals and $500 for couples. He has proposed an additional $2 billion in income and property tax rebates. And after a law temporarily suspending the state's gas tax expired in May, Kemp extended the gas tax break through mid-September.
"We’re trying to help Georgians fight through this tough time," Kemp said.
In Colorado, legislative staff estimate it will cost $2.7 million to carry out legislation expediting an income tax refund of $750 for individuals and $1,500 for couples. The constitutionally mandated refund of surplus revenue was originally due to be paid next year but is being distributed now — along with a letter from Democratic Gov. Jared Polis touting it as inflation relief.
Polis, who is up for re-election in November, had been a previous critic of the automatic refund provision. His Republican challenger, Heidi Ganahl, is accusing him of “hypocrisy.”
Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, has called the Legislature back for a special session starting Thursday to consider more tax breaks.
He's proposing to use part of the state's projected $2 billion budget surplus for a $500 million income tax rebate this year. He also wants to cut more than $150 million annually by creating a flat 5.8% income tax rate starting next year. That comes after the state reduced the top tax rate each of the last two years.
“Folks, this is conservative governing in action,” Little said while asserting the tax cuts still would leave enough money to boost education funding by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Montana lawmakers are weighing whether to convene a special session later in September to provide tax breaks from a budget surplus. A proposal calls for giving $1,000 rebates to homeowners who paid property taxes during the past two years. It also would provide income tax rebates of $1,250 for individuals and $2,500 for couples.
Montana's Republican House and Senate majority leaders said in a joint statement that the rebates would offer help “as soon as possible with expenses such as gas, groceries, school supplies and so much more.” But some lawmakers, including term-limited GOP Rep. Frank Garner, have expressed reluctance.
“My first concern is if this proposal is driven by an imminent emergency or by those wanting to write checks to voters because their emergency is merely an imminent election,” Garner wrote in an opinion column.
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Associated Press writers Jeff Amy in Atlanta; Jim Anderson and Jesse Bedayn in Denver; Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Ark.; Amy Beth Hanson in Helena, Mont.; and Keith Ridler in Boise, Idaho, contributed to this report. | https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2022/08/31/states-tapping-historic-surpluses-for-tax-cuts-and-rebates/ | 2022-08-31T18:38:24Z | https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2022/08/31/states-tapping-historic-surpluses-for-tax-cuts-and-rebates/ | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana abortion clinic operators filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the state’s ban on abortions before it takes effect in about two weeks. .
The lawsuit filed in a Monroe County court claims the ban, which includes limited exceptions, “strips away the fundamental rights of people seeking abortion care” in violation of the Indiana Constitution. It asks for a judge to block the law from going into effect on Sept. 15, arguing the ban “will infringe on Hoosiers’ right to privacy, violate Indiana’s guarantee of equal privileges and immunities, and includes unconstitutionally vague language.”
Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved the tighter abortion restrictions during a two-week special legislative session that ended Aug. 5, making it the first state to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion protections for abortions by overturning Roe v. Wade in June.
The Indiana law includes exceptions, allowing abortions in cases of rape and incest, before 10 weeks post-fertilization; to protect the life and physical health of the mother; and if a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly.
The legal question of whether the Indiana Constitution protects abortion rights is unclear, said Ken Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which filed the lawsuit.
Falk pointed to a 2004 state appeals court decision that said privacy was a core value under the state constitution that extended to all residents, including women seeking an abortion. But the Indiana Supreme Court later upheld a law mandating an 18-hour waiting period before a woman could undergo an abortion while not deciding whether the state constitution included a right to privacy or abortion.
The leader of Indiana’s most prominent anti-abortion group argued the state constitution protects life as among the “inalienable rights.”
“We are confident the state will prevail and pray the new law is not blocked from going into effect on September 15, knowing that any delay will mean the indiscriminate killing of unborn children will continue at abortion clinics across Indiana,” Indiana Right to Life CEO Mike Fichter said in a statement.
Jennifer Drobac, an Indiana University law professor, said she believed the argument that the state constitution prohibits lawmakers from stripping legal privileges from some residents that are available to others is a strong argument against the abortion ban.
“When you look at people who become pregnant, their medical care is being regulated in a way that the medical care of people who do not become pregnant is not being regulated,” she said. “Men, for example, can access the full panoply of available medical resources in a health situation.”
Under new Indiana law, abortions could be performed only in hospitals or outpatient centers owned by hospitals, meaning all abortion clinics would lose their licenses. Any doctors found to have performed an illegal abortion would be stripped of their state medical licenses and could face felony criminal charges punishable by up to six years in prison.
Indiana’s ban followed the political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from neighboring Ohio to end her pregnancy. The case gained wide attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child came to Indiana because of Ohio’s “fetal heartbeat” ban.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of abortion-rights supporters including Planned Parenthood, which operates four of Indiana’s seven licensed abortion clinics, along with groups that operate two of the other clinics and a doctor who performs abortions.
It will be heard by a judge in southern Indiana’s Monroe County, which includes the liberal-leaning city of Bloomington and Indiana University’s main campus. All nine of the county’s nine judges are Democrats, while all other counties with abortion clinics have judges who’ve either been elected as Republicans or been appointed by Republican governors.
The ACLU’s Falk said the suit was filed in Monroe County because an abortion clinic is located there but did not respond to a question about whether the group was seeking a friendly judge.
Drobac said she believed filing in the complaint in Bloomington could be where the ban opponents “have the greatest opportunity for success.”
Republican legislative leaders said they believed the abortion restrictions would be upheld by the courts.
“We set out to pass a bill in the special session that would protect life and support mothers and babies, and that’s what we did,” Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said in a statement. “It was always our intent to draft a bill that could withstand a constitutional challenge, and I hope to see that will be the case.”
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Superfly could process waste, feed animals
Australian scientists are trying to breed a super fly that can produce up to a hundred times more offspring than a regular fly, with the larvae to also be used as animal food.
Using genetic technology, researchers from James Cook University are working with a Queensland fly farm to try to breed a more productive fly whose larvae grow faster.
"It is a superfly that has high value in terms of protein content, in terms of the larvae that we then can supplement ... into animal feed," project leader Kyall Zenger told AAP.
The researchers would use natural variation in the population, picking the best flies as potential parents in breeding programs, Professor Zenger said.
They are collaborating with Flyfarm Queensland to solve the challenges facing the industrial scale-up of Australian black soldier fly farming.
"You need to know what's happening on-farm, which family is contributing to who, what genetics are passed on to each generation and are you maintaining the best genetics on farm," Prof Zenger said.
"You've got thousands of flies together, do they all breed together or only a few males and a few females? If that happens, you might get inbreeding over time and ... a genetic reduction of performance."
FlyFarm co-founder Constant Tedder said there was scope to do more with waste from industries like horticulture and food and beverage.
"There is a giant opportunity to do better with waste, to reduce landfill and emissions and generate value by producing sustainable locally produced protein to feed pets and aquaculture," said Mr Tedder.
Similar to other agricultural production systems, Prof Zenger said he's hoping to develop larger volumes of bigger larvae.
"It's a win-win situation, reducing waste and producing a new viable product that is sustainable and has high economic value," he said.
It follows a similar research project announced by the University of Queensland in August which aims to produce better waste-munching flies. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11165879/Superfly-process-waste-feed-animals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-31T18:40:37Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11165879/Superfly-process-waste-feed-animals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
BOSTON – There is a silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has frustrated farmers, dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions and brush fires to the region.
The arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time.
While several factors have affected the bottom line this summer, including inflation, staffing shortages, and supply chain issues, some businesses say, yes, things are generally going well, in part because of the weather.
“Sunny days at the ballpark are the best days," said Geoff Iacuessa, president and general manager of the Portland Sea Dogs minor league baseball team, which is seeing fewer rainouts and higher attendance.
Large tracts of the Northeast from Pennsylvania to Maine are experiencing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. A swath of the region from southern New Hampshire, across much of eastern Massachusetts and including nearly all of Rhode Island and into eastern Connecticut is suffering from extreme drought conditions, the fourth worst out of five drought stages.
In some areas, rainfall amounts in the last 90 days are about 6 inches (15 centimeters) lower than normal, according to the Drought Monitor.
The Sea Dogs, the Maine-based Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, have averaged more than 5,700 fans per game, and while season-to-season attendance comparisons are imprecise, that's about 100 more per game than in the pre-pandemic years of 2018 and 2019, Iacuessa said. The 2020 season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and home field capacity was limited at the start of last season.
Another advantage of hot weather: beer, water and ice cream sales soar.
At Groundskeeper Inc., an Ashland, Massachusetts, commercial landscape design company, the dry weather has allowed the crew to get a lot more work done, especially when it comes to so-called hardscaping — the installation of patios, walkways, retaining walls and the like — company president Brian Churchill said.
Working with concrete, mortar, and brick adhesives is nearly impossible during a steady rain, he said.
“I would say it has been a very productive year," said Churchill, who is also the past president of the Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals. “No rain days, no delays in the schedule. We’re able to work five days a week and get a lot of work done."
And that benefits everyone.
“When you meet schedule and the developers can meet closing dates, they’ve got happy clients, they get the money in the bank, we get money in the bank, and that means everyone’s happy,” he said.
There is a downside for landscapers during the drought, however, said Miriam Hellweg, director of maintenance at a Blade of Grass LLC, a Sudbury, Massachusetts, landscape design company.
“The drought is stressful for plants, so first we have more plants dying," she said. "The other piece is with a drought the plants aren't growing as much, so we’re not doing as much mowing.”
The weather, along with an increase in the self-imposed capacity restrictions put in place to prevent overcrowding, has helped pull more people to Santa’s Village, a Christmas-themed amusement park in Jefferson, New Hampshire, said Jim Miller, a spokesperson for the 15-acre family-owned facility.
“Everybody likes the perfect weather, and we’ve been at capacity on most days,” he said.
The park founded in 1953 only sells advance tickets online, so when families are checking the weather forecast several days out before booking their visit, all they have seen this summer is blue skies, he said.
The drought has been a mixed bag for Tom Bukowski, owner of Safari Golf, a miniature golf course in Berlin, Connecticut. Yes, dry weather is good for business, but brutal heat can be a detriment. Connecticut had a six-day stretch in July when temperatures were 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher and another eight-day stretch in early August with 90-degree plus temperatures.
“If it gets too hot, not many people play, but it's still better than rain, because when it rains, no one comes out," he said.
Business this year has been tempered by inflation, he said. In the past, the whole family would play. He's noticed that this year, parents are paying for their kids, but sitting out themselves to save a little. | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/08/31/silver-lining-northeast-drought-benefits-some-businesses/ | 2022-08-31T18:42:09Z | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/08/31/silver-lining-northeast-drought-benefits-some-businesses/ | false |
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VENICE – Noah Baumbach started re-reading Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” in the early days of the pandemic. The 1985 novel, a biting satire about a blended middle-class family in suburban America, didn’t feel like a period piece. It felt relevant and familiar.
So Baumbach, known for directing original films like “The Squid and the Whale” and “Marriage Story,” started working on his first-ever adaptation.
“White Noise” is opening the Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday night, where it is playing in competition.
The film stars Adam Driver as Jack Gladney, a college professor focused on the study of Adolf Hitler. He lives with his wife, Babette (Greta Gerwig) and their children and stepchildren, Heinrich (Sam Nivola), Denise (Raffey Cassidy) and Steffie (May Nivola).
Like the book, the film is divided into three sections, “Waves and Radiation,” “The Airborne Toxic Event” and “Dylarama,” and how the family deals with various dangers and threats on macro and micro levels.
“The movie is about life and death and how we have to acknowledge that they’re the same, rather than exist as two separate things,” Baumbach said in Venice on Wednesday. “The movie is about how we create these rituals and strategies to hold off danger and death ... and sometimes it comes for us and we don’t know how to react.”
Driver, Gerwig and co-stars Jodie Turner-Smith and Don Cheadle, who play Jack’s colleagues at the university, joined Baumbach to discuss the film before its world premiere.
Gerwig, who shares a child with Baumbach and has starred in and co-written several films with him, said she started re-reading the book when he did.
“It makes you, while you’re reading it, want to look up and say ‘listen to this.’ It had a performative quality to it. It seemed to be emotional and intellectually exciting,” she said.
Long rehearsals, she added, helped make the characters become real people and less abstract.
Driver, who was reuniting with Baumbach after “Marriage Story,” said he liked getting to play a character who was “so stressed” but “pretending not to be stressed.”
The part of Jack also required some physical transformations, including a wig to simulate a receding hairline and some actual weight gain.
“I’m very satisfied where things are going,” Driver said about seeing himself on screen as Jack. “We had a backup stomach. We didn’t need the backup stomach.”
Some have already noted to Baumbach that the film is a departure for him, stylistically and tonally. He said the material had never called for it before, and DeLillo’s material did. The novel’s 1980s setting inspired the look, feel and sound of the film, which was shot on 35mm anamorphic film in Ohio.
The score was done by Danny Elfman, who Baumbach encouraged to revisit some of his own scores from the time period that he had long put to bed — like “Midnight Run” — to inform the music.
“White Noise” also features LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in five years, “New Body Rhumba.” Baumbach said he told the band’s front man James Murphy to “write a really catchy fun song about death” as though he were writing a song in the 80s. He wanted something to go with a dance in a supermarket.
“The story is the story of American culture and being surrounded by American culture,” Baumbach said.
The next stop for “White Noise” is the New York Film Festival, where it will also be the opening night film. Netflix is debuting the film in theaters first on Nov. 25, before it is streamlined on Dec. 30.
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Jeffrey Scott “Jeff” DeTro Sr., age 60, of Lime Lake, Angola, Indiana, died on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, Indiana.
Arrangements are under the direction of Beams Funeral Home in Fremont, Indiana.
Jeffrey Scott “Jeff” DeTro Sr., age 60, of Lime Lake, Angola, Indiana, died on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, Indiana.
Arrangements are under the direction of Beams Funeral Home in Fremont, Indiana.
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LAKE STEVENS, Wash — It started as a simple plan to turn their garage into an apartment for Shawn Alameda's elderly parents, but things came apart quickly.
"It's a nightmare," said Shawn. "This is honesty the worst thing we've ever experienced as adults in our lives."
The Alamedas say their contractor found a leaky roof which unleashed a torrent of trouble, to the point where the couple moved their three kids out of the home over safety concerns.
"It's so unfair," said Julie Alameda, the kids' mom. "It's unbearable."
Shortly after the roof repair began, it started raining.
Water soaked the couple's master bedroom and bath next to the garage, doing extensive damage. That was back at the beginning of June, and the family still has no roof.
Incomplete repairs have left the family with no running water. Bottled water cleans the dishes. The couple showers at a nearby campground, and they can't use their toilet.
"We call it the walk of shame to go use the bathroom, a Porta Potty in my front yard," said Julie, shaking her head in disbelief.
"It's hell. It really is," Shawn added.
The couple claimed they paid the contractor a total of $82,000 and their house is barely habitable.
"This isn't $82,000 worth of work, but I guarantee you it's $82,000 worth of damage," said Julie.
Making matters even worse, the family said experts told them the water damage isn't confined to the area around the garage. It's throughout the entire house.
"They're suggesting that my entire house be taken down to the studs," said Julie. "That could cost $180,000."
The Alamedas spent 10 years building their house along a bucolic country road. They've raised chickens and grown their own food. Now, their days are consumed with simply putting a roof over their heads.
They're nearly out of money, and they're running out of time as the seasons change and rain is looming.
"The stress, the anxiety ... I'm physically ill," said Julie. "The stress has me vomiting every day."
At this point, the couple is just hoping to someday have their family under one once roof again.
"We go to bed trying to figure out what we're gonna do tomorrow to make it a better day," said Shawn.
The Alamedas asked KING 5 News not to use the contractor's name because they're still hoping to work out a resolution.
In a statement to KING 5, the contractor accused the couple of making false allegations against him and violating their contract.
The contractor said he is working on getting the proper permits to finish the job and added, "I have always done my best to give all my customers what they pay for and go above and beyond for them."
According to the Attorney General's Office, contractor-related complaints are not rare. In 2022 alone, their office has 710 contractor complaints. In 2021, they received 893 complaints.
Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has detailed steps on how to choose a contractor. The steps include creating a detailed project plan, verifying the prospective contractor's license and finalize a written agreement. More information can be found on L&I's website.
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‘This should still be our land’ | Families fighting to reclaim Coloma land taken by the state
Two local families want the state to return the land it acquired through the process of eminent domain & added to Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.
Two Black Sacramento-area families are sharing their stories with ABC10 as they fight to reclaim family land the state took decades ago through the process of eminent domain.
The land is in Coloma and now comprises part of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.
Jonathan Burgess traces his California roots back more than 170 years. His great-grandfather Rufus Burgess was brought to California as a slave around 1850, at the time of the Gold Rush. He became free soon after, took up gold mining, and bought land in Coloma, eventually opening a blacksmith shop and planting and farming fruit trees.
"Pretty emotional to be here,” he told ABC10 during an interview at the park.
Burgess is digging up the photos and documents to prove what in the park was once family land — and that the State of California took it from them through what he says was an unfair process.
“This is one of those situations where this should still be our land,” he said.
In the late 1940s, California acquired some of the family property, Burgess said and ABC10’s research shows, through a process called eminent domain. That's when a government condemns private property and takes it for public use, such as for highways, airports, and schools. In this case — the land was taken for Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.
“Yet, I look around and it looks viable with houses and a resort across the way, so I don't know what was really condemned,” Burgess said, standing in the park.
Eminent domain – also known as condemnation - is essentially a sale forced by the government. Landowners are supposed to be paid fair market value. It's in the United States Bill of Rights. The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution says "private property (cannot) be taken for public use, without just compensation."
However, Burgess said his family was under-compensated and ultimately had no say in the process.
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Historical records show some of the Burgess family lands were sold by the Burgesses to neighbors and other family members over the decades, but not every sale was made willingly. In the late 1940s, for example, the state had its eye on two lots belonging to the family.
Using Eminent Domain Gold Rush Centennial
In the years leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Gold Rush, state officials were in a land rush, passing laws and urgency measures allowing the State Park Commission to more easily and quickly acquire property through eminent domain.
In June 1947, then-Governor Earl Warren signed a bill into law that allowed the State Park Commission to acquire land through eminent domain without first seeking the Governor's approval - as had previously been the case.
A few weeks later, the Governor approved an urgency measure, allocating $80,000 for State Parks to purchase and develop land near the Gold Discovery Site. $10,000 of that was earmarked for buying 14 acres in Coloma.
In a July 1947 memo giving the Governor the legal greenlight to approve those funds, then-Deputy Attorney General Walter S. Rountree wrote, "The grounds for the urgency are stated to be that the spot is of historical interest and immediate acquisition is necessary in that it will play a major part in the 1948 and 1949 Centennial celebration."
Months later, the state started the process of taking four parcels of land in Coloma from two Black families, ultimately paying a total of $9,858.30 to be split among six people in this forced sale.
One of those people was a man named Pearley Monroe.
Dawn Basciano is his great-granddaughter.
"True history needs to be told, no matter how uncomfortable it is,” she said. “(Pearley Monroe) went to court and was adamant about keeping what was his. And in the end, the state won, you know. In the end, they got his land."
Impacts of Eminent Domain
Jeff Lee lives in Coloma and does volunteer research for Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and for people – including Basciano – to explore their family history. He said Pearley Monroe owned several hundred acres of land throughout Coloma and beyond, some of which Monroe lost to the state via eminent domain.
"Pearley was never ever, ever able to get back what he lost,” Basciano said. “That generational wealth was non-existent. There was nothing there to pass forward because much of it had been taken by the state of California."
Bruce's Beach A Success Story
Basciano and Burgess are encouraged to see a recent win by another Black California family.
Last year, Governor Newsom signed a law allowing Los Angeles County to transfer the land back to the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce. They were an African American couple who opened a Southern California beach resort for Black families in the early 1900s, at a time when racial segregation barred them from many beaches.
The Bruces withstood threats from white neighbors and even the KKK, but in 1924, the city of Manhattan Beach took the land through eminent domain, saying it planned on building a park—though that didn't happen for decades. The land ownership eventually transferred to the county, and nearly a century later—this past July-- after much advocacy and that change in state law, L.A. County returned the land to the couple's heirs.
Telling the story of Coloma
In addition to fighting to reclaim family land taken through eminent domain, Basciano and Burgess want to see their families’ stories told more fully in the museum and interpretive signage throughout the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, along with other Black families in early Coloma, who contributed to Coloma during the Gold Rush and for decades after.
"There were blacksmiths. There was barbers. There were people that owned bath houses and then people that did cleaning and cooking for other miners and themselves," Lee said. “A lot of them became farmers, they became ranchers."
"It's important for kids, especially little Black children, to know their history,” Basciano said. “How much they had an influence out here, what they've done."
Some signs installed in the park in the past year help teach that history, as State Parks Gold Fields District Superintendent Barry Smith explained to ABC10.
"One of the asks from Jonathan (Burgess) was like, 'Could you please recognize those properties that may not be recognized?' And I thought, 'Fantastic idea.' So we've come out with several of these signs,” he said, standing beside one denoting the former site of one of the Burgess homes.
ABC10 accompanied Basciano in May as she saw her family's sign for the first time.
“Andrew's son Pearley later bought plots of land to preserve the Gold Rush history of Coloma,” it reads, in part. “The State of California then bought the land that became this state park.”
“I’m glad that they put this here and gave name to who owned this property,” she said with a smile, adding, “They didn't go into the details, but at least - you know - it's a start, right? It's a start."
Returning the land
Basciano and Burgess say righting past wrongs starts with telling the true story, but more needs to be done.
"If the state came in and took land through eminent domain, if you can - give it back - or fairly and justly compensate those families in which you took that land from, because when you talk about generational impacts, there was a generational impact to Pearley and his descendants,” Basciano said.
If the descendants of Willa and Charles Bruce could find success in Southern California, could that work for Basciano and Burgess?
"It's not a one-size-fits-all model at all,” said Kavon Ward, who leads the Justice for Bruce's Beach organization.
"One of the most important parts of our advocacy - it's where we start, actually - is informing the public of what's happened before we do any call to action. We over-inform,” Ward told ABC10 in an interview
She has now launched an organization called Where is My Land, along with activist Ashanti Martin.
“We decided to join together in order to replicate that success and to take the larger movement on a national scale - and find and help Black families who lost land or had land stolen because of their race, just like Willa and Charles Bruce did,” Martin told ABC10.
Throughout American history, she said, Black people have had land taken from them in a variety of ways.
"They endured violence to their property and terrorism…fraud, deception, coercion, playing family members against each other, you know, misrepresenting a forgery, deed theft. The list goes on, to be quite honest. Just straight up corruption,” Martin said.
She and Ward are working with Jonathan Burgess as he fights to reclaim the land in Coloma.
What about state parks?
ABC10 asked Supt. Barry Smith about this goal.
"That's kind of beyond what I could ask, right? That would be unfair to say because I don't know. That's at a much higher level,” he said. “What I can help somebody with is, if there's a story that needs to be told or would like to be told, I have no problem listening to that and coming up with a solution and maybe expanding those stories, but I can't speak upon the potential reparations or his ask of that. That's beyond my scope."
He said that kind of listening has led to not only the addition of the interpretive signage denoting land that formerly belonged to Black families but also the addition of expanded, more nuanced information throughout the park about people of many different cultures who called Coloma home. Some of those changes are detailed on the park's site HERE.
ABC10 also spoke with Leslie Hartzell - Chief of State Parks’ Cultural Resources Division - about a broader effort within California State Parks called the Reexamining Our Past Initiative.
“(It’s) really sort of a gut check, if you will. Like, we have a lot of historic parks that came into our system over, you know, 100+ years now, and some of them - visitors will see - have some older memorial markers or older names,” Hartzell said. “I think it's time, with this initiative, to really take a look at that and see if we need to advance some changes.”
The initiative includes everything from renaming landmarks to – in this case – adding more information at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park about the Black families who lived in Coloma.
Basciano said – she understands that it’s a long, slow process.
“You know, most of the folks here up at the park are wonderful, engaging, and they want change. They recognize that there's been some holes missing from the history and what's told up here,” she said. “They're working on it. They're actively trying to plug those holes and make things better.”
Still, she said, "a lot of the things are outside of the (hands of the) individuals that work inside the state parks. They don't have the control that they need to make those big, wide, sweeping changes and decisions,” she said. “So it has to come from, you know, folks higher up."
She and Burgess are calling on state lawmakers, but Burgess said it can feel like an endless cycle where all the answers they get point them to a different department or decision-maker.
And Burgess is clear — when it comes to reclaiming land, he doesn't want to displace anyone.
"If anybody were to want to uproot somebody, that means we haven't learned and we haven't gotten better, and I think we are better,” he said. “But in areas where there's nothing being done (with the land) and it clearly should be returned, I want those people to be in support of that. And say, 'Yeah, we shouldn't be returning it.'"
He sees it as an opportunity to rebuild family and regional wealth...
"Anything that we put here, like a bed-and-breakfast or a barbecue shop, would bring value not only to the park, but to the region,” he said. "It could be a part of the local economy...You know, who knows, the House of Burgesses Restaurant. Bed and Breakfast. Tell the story."
California Reparations Task Force Latest news
California’s first-in-the-nation statewide Reparations Task Force produced a preliminary report in June, with findings from their monthly meetings in which they heard testimony from experts and people personally impacted by the long legacy of slavery in America.
The Task Force is set to produce a final report – with recommendations for reparations – to state lawmakers at a future date.
Burgess, however, said he doesn’t want to wait that long. He and Basciano hope that they can see some action taken on their situation. By sharing their stories, they hope to get the attention of someone with the power to do something. | https://www.abc10.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/to-the-point/california-families-fighting-to-reclaim-coloma-land-taken-by-the-state/103-4cda019b-9a19-4659-99d2-5ec78c65d028 | 2022-08-31T18:45:50Z | https://www.abc10.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/to-the-point/california-families-fighting-to-reclaim-coloma-land-taken-by-the-state/103-4cda019b-9a19-4659-99d2-5ec78c65d028 | false |
States want Congress to shift authority to investigate airplane passenger complaints
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 38 state attorneys general called on Congress to pass legislation to allow states and other federal agencies to investigate airline passenger complaints.
Passenger airlines are exempt from oversight by the Federal Trade Commission and most state investigations under a 1958 law. The state attorneys general said they "have little to no authority to hold airline companies accountable for unacceptable behavior towards consumers."
The letter said the U.S. Transportation Department has failed to take sufficient action. "Americans are justifiably frustrated that federal government agencies charged with overseeing airline consumer protection are unable or unwilling to hold the airline industry accountable and to swiftly investigate complaints," said the letter. (Reporting by David Shepardson Editing by Chris Reese) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11165831/States-want-Congress-shift-authority-investigate-airplane-passenger-complaints.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-31T18:46:46Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11165831/States-want-Congress-shift-authority-investigate-airplane-passenger-complaints.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
The delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wants to “avoid a nuclear accident” at the Ukrainian plant in Zaporizhzhia, occupied by Russian troops, declared its director, Rafael Grossi, on Wednesday, upon arriving in the region where the plant is located. .
“It is a mission that seeks to avoid a nuclear accident and preserve this important nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe”, Grossi told reporters in the city of Zaporizhzhia, located about 50 kilometers from the plant.
With a team finally on the way in a convoy of UN-marked vans and SUVs, Rafael Grossi, the agency’s chief, said he was well aware of the implications of the unprecedented mission.
“We’re going to a war zone. We’re going to occupied territory”, he said leaving kyiv early Wednesday.
He added that he had received “explicit guarantees” from Russia that the 14 experts could carry out their work. The mission is expected to last several days..
But already faced some difficulties without the collaboration of the occupying authorities. According to the Moscow-appointed governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yevhen Balitski, there are approximately 200 cars on the roads leaving the territory for kyiv, so the IAEA mission “will have to wait like everyone else”, according to the news agency TASS.
Other officials from the regional administration designated by the Kremlin have expressed their views along these lines, such as Vladimir Rogov, who explained that members of the IAEA they will not be provided with “special passes” to speed up the processas collected Kommersant.
By Wednesday afternoon, the UN team had arrived in the city of Zaporizhzhia, some 120 kilometers by road from the plant, according to Energoatom, the Ukrainian nuclear energy agency.
The world watched the progress of the mission with anxiety. The head of foreign policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, renewed his call to Russia to fully demilitarize the area surrounding the plant. “They are playing. They are playing with nuclear security,” Borrell said. “We cannot play war in the vicinity of a site like this.”
While the inspectors were en route, Russian-backed local authorities accused Ukrainian forces of repeatedly shelling the plant’s grounds and the city where it is located, Enerhodar. They said the drone strikes hit the plant’s administration building and training center.
Yevhen Yevtushenko, head of the administration of the Ukrainian city of Nikopol, across the Dnieper River, countered that the attacks were carried out by the Russians in a attempt to make Ukraine look guilty.
kyiv seeks international help to regain control of the area.
“We believe that the mission should be a very important step to return (the plant) to the control of the Ukrainian government by the end of the year,” Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.
On the other hand, the Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrei Rudenko, has specified that a “permanent” stay of the IAEA mission is not ruled out. “The arrival of the mission will allow us to realistically assess the situation and dispel those falsifications that Ukraine and the West are actively spreading,” he explained.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe. It has a net power of 9,500 megawatts and had more than 10,000 employees before the war began. The plant was occupied by Russian troops shortly after the invasion of Ukraine began in late February.
(With information from AFP, AP, Europa Press)
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UPDATE: United Steelworkers strike averted at BAE Systems, tentative agreement reached
The United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7687 announced that a strike at BAE Systems in York has been averted, just minutes before 800 workers had planned to walked out.
USW and BAE Systems reached a tentative five-year agreement that increases wages, strengthens retirement security and improves access to paid vacation time, according to a statement from USW.
USW District 10 director Bernie Hall credited the workers' commitment and solidarity for reaching the agreement and averting an unfair labor practice strike.
"After working through the pandemic making armament for the military without disruption, USW members at BAE understood what was at stake in these negotiations," Hall said in a prepared statement. "They earned a contract that reflects their vital role in helping safeguard our national security and in contributing to the company's success."
USW members will review the details of the proposed new contract with their negotiating committee before a final vote.
According to the union, about 800 members of Local 7687 had given notice Tuesday that they would start an unfair labor practice strike at the BAE Systems' facility in West Manchester Township at 11 a.m. Aug. 31.
"BAE has reaped the benefits of having a world-class, dedicated union workforce," Hall had said in a previous press release. "There's no reason except greed for the company insisting that loyal, experienced workers accept less than what they have earned and deserve."
Hall said that union members had been flexible with BAE management, including working through the pandemic. They also worked under the terms of an expired contract since Oct. 2021, according to the release.
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The company responded: "Despite BAE Systems’ efforts to bargain in good faith with United Steel Workers Local 7687, the union supporting our York facility has voted against our proposed contract. We put forward three reasonable and competitive offers, with our latest proposal turned down," spokesperson for BAE Systems Alicia Gray said in a prepared statement on Tuesday.
"We remain hopeful that the Union will re-engage in the negotiating process, as we truly value our skilled workforce."
Members of USW Local 7687 build tracked and wheeled vehicles for the U.S. military.
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KENT COUNTY, MI – The body of a missing Plainfield Township has been found in Wyoming, a family member said.
Mollie (O’Meara) Schmidt, 33, a mother of five, was last seen Aug. 21 leaving her home near East Beltline Avenue NE and Five Mile Road. She told her children she was going to work but never returned.
Her body was found Wednesday, Aug. 30, a family member said. Wyoming Department of Public Safety would not comment but expected to release information later Thursday.
A sister to the victim told WOOD TV 8 that her sister’s body was found near 44th Street and Burlingame Avenue.
Related: Missing woman looked forward to daughter’s first day of kindergarten, family says
Schmidt’s family said it was unlike her to just disappear. She missed her daughter’s first day of kindergarten.
Just before she went missing, she told her father, Michael O’Meara, she would see him the next day. When he showed up, only her children were home.
“She’s his baby,” an aunt, Lisa McGraw, told MLive/The Grand Rapids Press earlier this week.
Kent County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday asked the public for help in finding Schmidt.
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness Partners with FMI Foundation to Spotlight Benefits
ARLINGTON, Va, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing body of published science continues to expound on the mental health benefits of family meals – in addition to the nutrition and physical health advantages. In conjunction with September's National Family Meals Month™, today the FMI Foundation celebrates its groundbreaking partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to shine a spotlight on these benefits.
Family meals provide opportunities to spend time and develop relationships with family and friends, which has been shown to improve mental and physical health. In fact, research shows that family meals are as important to health and well-being as sleep, exercise and food.[i], [ii]
"Since 2015, the Family Meals Movement has promoted the physical health and nutrition benefits of family meals, however, the emotional and mental health benefits are also well-documented," said David Fikes, executive director of the FMI Foundation. "As the relationship between mental health, nutrition, and overall wellness gains recognition, we are delighted to team with NAMI. This partnership will help amplify the positive impact that family meals, however one defines family, have on mental health, physical health and emotional well-being."
- When families eat together, they tend to eat healthier meals, and this improved nutrition supports both the body and the mind. "Repeatedly, studies show that good nutrition plays a vital part in mental health – as do social connections," said Christina Bott, director, Public Safety & Health Care Initiatives at NAMI. "Pairing good nutrition and family meals has protective benefits against a variety of risk factors. NAMI's newest program, NAMI Hearts+Minds, focuses on the evidence-based interconnection of mental and physical health and empowering individuals in all aspects of their well-being. We're pleased to partner with the FMI Foundation to raise awareness for the positive association between family meals and mental health."
- Consumers agree that family meals are worth it – even in this period of high inflation. According to the FMI Foundation's July 2022 "Staying Strong with Family Meals" Barometer, 61% of Americans feel the benefits of family meals outweigh the costs. In fact, among households with children, 67% feel the benefits outweigh the costs. This Barometer is a recurring quantitative study among a nationally representative sample of consumers. It also confirms that Americans are enjoying more meals together than they did before the pandemic. Eighty-nine percent (89%) say they are having the same amount or more in-person family meals and, moving forward, more than 93% of Americans of those sharing more meals with others plan to continue sharing more family meals at home.
The FMI Foundation's website showcases many studies that have shown how family meals result in better nutritional intake, as well as improved physical and mental health. It also features valuable tips and links to numerous partner organizations committed to helping Americans achieve their family meals goals and boost their overall wellness.
Established in 1996, the FMI Foundation seeks to ensure continued quality and efficiency in the food retailing system and is operated for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. To help support the role of food retailing, the FMI Foundation focuses on research, education, and resources in the area of health and well-being, which embraces food safety, nutrition and social responsibility concerns. For information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org. #familymealsmonth; #familymealsmovement
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
Join the conversation at nami.org | facebook.com/nami | instagram.com/namicommunicate| twitter.com/namicommunicate #Together4MH
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K-9 who escaped backyard found shot; had to be euthanized
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) – A K-9 in Georgia who went missing from his backyard was later found shot and had to be euthanized.
K-9 Perro with the Lithonia Police Department disappeared Sunday afternoon after digging a hole in his handler’s backyard and climbing under the fence.
“He dug a hole in the yard and put a hole through the fence and got out,” J. Patterson, Perro’s handler, said.
The next day, following an expanded search, K-9 Perro was spotted. He was picked up by DeKalb County Animal Control and was suffering from a gunshot wound.
The bullet caused significant damage, and an emergency decision was made to put K-9 Perro down.
Patterson said this was the first time the dog escaped the backyard in the nearly four years he has been Perro’s handler.
The Lithonia Police Department is asking for privacy to grieve after Officer Perro’s death.
“At this time, we would ask for privacy for our K-9 handler Major Patterson and his family as they grieve not only for the loss of Major Patterson’s partner but a true friend and family member within his family,” the department said in a statement.
The police department did not provide details on any leads to find out who shot Perro.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting 2:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 3, for the launch of Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There is a two-hour launch window for the next attempt.
The Artemis I flight test is an uncrewed mission around the Moon that will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.
Live coverage of events will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website at:
The launch countdown will resume Saturday, Sept. 3, at the opening of a planned 2.5 hour built in hold, which will begin at 4:37 a.m.
Managers waved off the first launch attempt Aug. 29 when launch controllers were unable to chill down the four RS-25 engines, with one engine showing higher temperatures than the other engines. Teams currently are analyzing data, updating procedures, and checking out hardware to address the issues.
A limited number of seats inside the auditorium at Kennedy will be available to on-site journalists previously credentialed on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline has passed for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch.
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than two hours before the start of each briefing to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Media and members of the public may also ask questions on social media using #Artemis. Audio only of the news conferences will be carried on the NASA "V" circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135.
NASA's media accreditation policy for virtual and on-site activities is available online. More information about media accreditation at Kennedy is available by emailing: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
Full launch coverage is as follows. All times are Eastern, all events will air live on NASA TV, and the information is subject to change based on real-time operations. Follow NASA's Artemis blog for updates.
Thursday, Sept. 1
6 p.m.: NASA will hold a prelaunch media briefing following a mission management team meeting with the following participants:
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, Kennedy
- John Honeycutt, SLS program manager, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
- Melody Lovin, weather officer, Space Launch Delta 45
Friday, Sept. 2
9 a.m. – NASA will hold a prelaunch media briefing on the status of the countdown with the following participants:
- Jeff Spaulding, Artemis senior NASA test director, NASA Kennedy
- Melody Lovin, weather officer, Space Launch Delta 45
Saturday, Sept. 3
5:45 a.m.: Coverage begins with commentary of tanking operations to load propellant into the SLS rocket.
12:15 p.m.: Full coverage begins in English. Launch coverage will continue through translunar injection and spacecraft separation, setting Orion on its path to the Moon.
1 p.m.: Launch coverage begins in Spanish on NASA's Spanish-language YouTube account and will continue approximately 15 minutes after liftoff. Mission coverage updates will be posted on the NASA en español social media channels.
6 p.m.: Coverage of the postlaunch news conference will follow approximately one hour after the live launch broadcast ends. Coverage start time is subject to change, based exact liftoff time. The postlaunch news conference will include the following participants:
- Bill Nelson, NASA administrator
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Mike Bolger, Exploration Ground Systems Program manager, Kennedy
- Howard Hu, Orion Program manager, NASA's Johnson Space Center
- John Honeycutt, Space Launch System Program manager, Marshall
- Emily Nelson, chief flight director, Johnson
9:45 p.m.: Coverage of Orion's first outbound trajectory burn on the way to the Moon. Time of coverage start time is subject to change, based on exact liftoff time.
10:15 p.m.: Coverage of first Earth views from Orion during outbound coast to the Moon.
NASA Television coverage of additional events throughout the mission is available online.
NASA Launch Coverage in English
Briefings and launch coverage will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff.
Follow countdown coverage on NASA's Artemis blog at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis
Live NASA TV coverage leading to launch will begin with commentary of tanking operations at 5:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, followed by launch coverage beginning at 12:15 p.m. Launch coverage will stream on the NASA website, as well as Facebook, Twitch, NASA YouTube, and in 4k on NASA's UHD channel.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules, and links to streaming video, visit:
On launch day, a "clean feed" will be carried on the NASA TV media channel featuring views of the rocket and audio from a commentator in the Launch Control Center throughout and a single channel of mission audio beginning 15 minutes before launch. On launch day, countdown activities with audio of the launch control commentator will be available starting at 5:45 a.m. by dialing 1-844-467-4685; Passcode: 557460; listeners will hear a single channel of mission audio beginning 15 minutes before launch. Full audio from the launch broadcast will begin at 12:15 p.m. and will be carried on 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or –7135.
Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz and UHF radio frequency 444.925 MHz, FM mode, heard within Brevard County on the Space Coast.
NASA Launch Coverage in Spanish
NASA's broadcast of the launch in Spanish will include interviews with Hispanic members of the mission and live commentary.
The show, which will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, will be available on NASA en español's YouTube account, and will continue approximately 15 minutes after liftoff. Mission coverage will then follow on the NASA en español social media channels.
Media and educational institutions interested in sharing the stream of the show can contact María José Viñas at: maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov.
Attend Launch Virtually
Members of the public can register to attend the launch virtually. NASA's virtual guest program for the mission includes curated launch resources, notifications about related opportunities or changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual guest passport following a successful launch.
Watch, Engage on Social Media
Stay connected with the mission and let people know you are following the launch on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with #Artemis. Follow and tag these accounts:
Twitter: @NASA, NASAArtemis
Facebook: NASA, NASAArtemis
Instagram: NASA, NASAArtemis
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar exploration and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
For more information about the Artemis I mission, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo at: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov or 321-501-8425.
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FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Designed with multiple options for social and corporate gatherings and fitness/sports activities, Fremont's all-new Mission Peak Sportsplex has something fun for nearly everyone.
Golf simulators with over 130 of the world's top courses to play, golf lessons and recreational golf with an on-staff PGA pro, a full retail and fitting center offering TaylorMade, Mizuno and Callaway golf equipment, a rock climbing facility with 18,000 lineal feet of climbing and bouldering walls open to the public for daily climbing with over 1800 members, home of City Beach Volleyball Club offering a year-round premiere girls volleyball club along with weekend and daily drop-in play, Bocce courts, or just a place to hang out and watch the daily sports updates, the Mission Peak Sportsplex is BUILT for the sports enthusiast.
With tons of space, the Complex is definitely perfect for fun corporate gatherings and events.
Add the Clubhouse Bistro and full bar, and the Mission Peak Sportsplex is Fremont's new place for a great time.
Mission Peak Sportplex is located at 4020 Technology Place in Fremont, CA.
(510) 651-2500
missionpeaksportsplex.com
Contact:
Ben Musolf
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
132 PM CDT Wed Aug 31 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Duval,
south central McMullen and northwestern Jim Wells Counties through
215 PM CDT...
At 132 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rosita, or 8 miles northwest of San Diego, moving northwest at 25
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
San Diego, Freer, Seven Sisters and Rosita.
This includes US Highway 59 between mile markers 750 and 770.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2776 9814 2764 9831 2792 9875 2814 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 133DEG 23KT 2783 9836
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Twenty Foot Plus is an innovative live surf series that will chronicle the greatest feats of the 2022 and 2023 big-wave season, as recognized by the surfers themselves
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surfline\Wavetrak Inc., Red Bull, and newly formed big wave surfer association, Heavy Water Surf LLC, have joined forces to create Twenty Foot Plus, a year-long surf series that will chronicle the world's best big-wave surfers riding the heaviest waves on Earth.
The series, which will live on Surfline.com, will follow Justine Dupont, Kai Lenny, Maya Gabeira, Albee Layer and many more as they tackle huge waves at some of the heaviest and most remote locations across the planet. On the absolute best days, Surfline will present the action live. With multiple cameras on the water and in the air, viewers can, in real-time, watch the greatest, potentially historic, wave riding feats of the year.
"Big-wave surfing has always played a special role in surf culture, and Twenty Foot Plus will help give it the attention and respect it deserves," said Kyle Laughlin, CEO of Surfline\Wavetrak. "This series is without precedent and designed to recognize and champion the big-wave community in an all-new, engaging format."
Following Surfline's live broadcast, Red Bull Surfing will take viewers behind the scenes with an in-depth recap of the hardest hitting moments and the heaviest rides of each swell. All of that and more will be available to dive into across Red Bull TV.
As the official forecast partner and media platform for Twenty Foot Plus, Surfline will identify and chart the biggest swells of the year and advise Heavy Water Surf on pending swell events.
"Our members formed Heavy Water Surf to raise the prominence and visibility of big-wave surfing, and this partnership is a critical milestone in the evolution of the sport," said Jamie Mitchell. "Surfline forecasts have been at the center of big-wave surfing for decades, helping it become what it is today. Pairing the world's best heavy-water surfers with Surfline and Red Bull to tell our stories to a global audience will be transformative for the big-wave community."
To stay up to date on the first airing of Twenty Foot Plus, visit: https://www.surfline.com/twentyfootplus
Surfline\Wavetrak, Inc. provides live and forecasted ocean wave, wind, and weather information, editorial content, and other services to consumers, businesses, and government agencies worldwide. Headquartered in Huntington Beach, California with outposts around the world, Surfline\Wavetrak Inc. empowers its customers to pursue peak surfing, marine, and fishing experiences through premium subscription services on both web and mobile platforms. In addition to paid subscriptions, the Company also offers a wide range of marketing and advertising services designed to reach and connect with users of Surfline, Magicseaweed, Buoyweather, and FishTrack.
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Joining the World's First Culture Agency are Industry Veterans Eric Erickson as Chief Operating Officer and Rebecca Williams as Vice President, Group Creative Director; Head of People & Culture Aisha Bean Promoted to Chief Diversity Officer, Celeste Bazán Promoted to Vice President of People & Culture
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cashmere Agency today announced new additions to its leadership team with the appointment of Eric Erickson as Chief Operating Officer and creative veteran Rebecca Williams as Vice President, Group Creative Director. The agency also announced the promotion of Aisha Bean to Chief Diversity Officer and Celeste Bazán as Vice President of People & Culture. These moves follow the agency's meteoric rise in the industry and a surge in demand for the company's culturally aware and diverse, differentiated service offerings.
"We're continuing to grow as an agency because we are engineered differently to help our clients navigate through The Culture in real time. This leadership and infrastructure allow us to continue to evolve with our clients' ambitions and resonance in Culture," said Ryan Ford, President & Chief Creative Officer, Cashmere. "I could not be more inspired by the intentionality and commitment that Eric, Rebecca, Aisha and Celeste bring to their respective new roles at Cashmere."
Erickson brings significant experience to the position with over 20 years driving operational excellence and executing strategic programs with clients such as Samsung, SC Johnson, UPS, Intel, and Honda/Acura. As Chief Operating Officer, he will be responsible for overseeing business operations of the company and working with Executive leadership and department leads to support the agency and clients. Erickson will report to Seung Chung, Co-Founder and CEO, Cashmere Agency.
With a career spanning more than 20 years, Williams most recently spent over nine years at Burrell Communications leading the vision and development of national campaigns for QSR giant, McDonald's. Prior to Burrell, as Senior Vice President, Chief Creative Officer, she managed the overall creative direction of Uniworld Group and shaped campaigns for clients including Burger King, Ford Motor Company, Pillsbury, the United States Marine Corps, M&M Mars, Avon, and Walt Disney World. Williams has also worked and created dynamic campaigns for Coca-Cola, Fox Sports, Carson Products, and Bally Total Fitness. In her new role as Vice President, Group Creative Director, Williams will be responsible for driving Cultural strategy across entertainment and brand clients. Williams will report to President & Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Ford.
Bean joined Cashmere in 2017 to build and oversee the execution of all Human Resources activities including Talent Discovery, the oversight of staffing Cashmere's premier accounts, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging, Employee Retention, Workforce Planning, Employee Relations, Professional Development, and Team Building. In her new role, Bean who considers herself, "a culture evangelist," will be focused on continuing to drive diversity, equity and inclusion offerings for employee and client initiatives through original programs at Cashmere and serves as an Executive Sponsor for Cashmere's #OneOpp Coalition against Police Brutality. Prior to Cashmere, she grew her career of over 16 years in Human Resources working in Federal Government and various Silicon Beach tech companies such as Experian Interactive Media, Core Digital Media, (mt) Media Temple and Godaddy. Bean will report to President & Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Ford.
Bazán came to Cashmere nearly one year ago from Hitco Entertainment where she was selected by music moguls LA Reid and Charles Goldstuck to establish the human resources function in their record label start-up. An alum of WPP and Omnicom where she developed a strategic business partner practice focused on employee relations, performance management, employee retention, professional development, employee satisfaction and company culture. Bazán brings over 15 years of strategic resources expertise tapping into a diverse background of industries ranging from theater, media, advertising, and recorded music. In her new role as Vice President of People & Culture, Bazán will be responsible for Human Resources Compliance, Benefits Administration, Employee Relations, Professional Development, and Performance Management.
Earlier this summer, Cashmere promoted five senior executives across multiple divisions including Cameron Crane to Chief Growth Officer; Joey Furutani to Chief of Staff; Sandy Song to Chief Client Officer; Brianne Pins to Senior Vice President of Public Relations; and Jesse Nicely, to Senior Vice President of Cultural Strategy.
Cashmere is an award-winning lifestyle-marketing company composed of a diverse collective of minds from the worlds of entertainment, advertising, and new media. Cashmere identifies trends to create and execute campaigns that resonate drive culture. Cashmere utilizes social media, creative strategy, digital trends, experiential, influencer and public relations strategies to provide full-service support for campaigns and brands. Cashmere builds brands who truly matter in culture.
Cashmere's diverse client roster includes top brands and entertainment companies, including: Google, Instagram, Facebook, BMW of North America, Taco Bell, Danone North America, Heineken, DoorDash, adidas, Warner Media, Amazon, Hulu, Disney, AppleTV+, Netflix, Universal Pictures, FX, CBS, Snoop Dogg and more. Cashmere has been recognized as a leading force within the creative industry and a recipient of multiple awards, which include: Ad Age's 2021 A-List Standout Agency, Ad Age's 2020 A-List Agencies to Watch, and Ad Age's 2019 Multicultural Agency of the Year; being named the 28th Fastest Growing Agency in the world by AdWeek, Clios, PRNews Agency Elite Top100 Winner, 2019 Cannes Lions Creative Award, and more.
In September 2021, Cashmere joined forces with Media.Monks ( S4Capital (SFOR.L), the tech-led, new age/new era digital advertising and marketing services company, to significantly expand the capabilities of both its content practice in the USA and global cultural strategy.
For more information about Cashmere, please visit www.cashmereagency.com or follow us on Instagram,
Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn @cashmereagency.
Media Contacts:
Brianne Pins
Cashmere Agency
Brianne@cashmereagency.com
Lindsay Colker
Elevate Communications
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One person killed after car crashes into Antelope home, Sac Metro Fire says
One person killed after car crashes into Antelope home, Sac Metro Fire says
BRANDI: GOOD MORNING. IT’S WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31. I’M BRANDI CUMMINGS. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TOP STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING TODAY. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO ANTI-SEMITIC BANNERS OVER AN OVERPASS IN DAVIS. THE YOLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT. THE D.A. CALLED ON GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TO SIGN A CURRENT BILL INTO LAW. HE SAYS AB 5-57 WILL REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM TO EXPAND PROSECUTION UNITS FOR HATE CRIMES. A BILL THAT IMPACTS PUBLIC RESTROOMS IS HEADED TO GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TO EITHER SIGN OR VETO. SENATE BILL 1194 WOULD ALLOW FOR MULTI-STALL, GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS IN CITIES THAT CHOOSE TO PASS SUCH AN ORDINANCE. THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD APPLAUDED THE PASSING OF THE BILL. WE’RE NOW LESS THAN 10 WEEKS UNTIL THE MIDTERM ELECTION. PRESIENT BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS ARE RAMPING UP THEIR RHETORIC AS THEY TRY TO KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS. PRESIDENT BIDEN PUSHING IS PUSHING HIS SAFER AMERICA PLAN. HE IS CALLING ON CONGRESS FOR BILLIONS IN POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING, AND TOUGHER GUN LAWS. MELANIE: WAKING UP TO A NICE MORNING. 50’S FROM THE DELTA TO THE COAST. TRUCKEE IN THE UPPER 40’S. MILD START IN THE FOOTHILLS. 9:00 A.M. IN THE 60’S, NOON IN THE 80’S. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, LIGHT WIND, 90’S NEAR 100 FOR THE VALLEY. MILD EVENING. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES FOR YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BRANDI
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EXCLUSIVE-Naftogaz CEO prepared to step down if it would facilitate debt deal
By Andrea Shalal
KYIV, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The head of state-run Ukranian energy company Naftogaz is ready to step down if it would help the business to restructure its debt in the wake of Russia's invasion, he told Reuters on Wednesday.
CEO Yuriy Vitrenko's position came under scrutiny last month after the Ukraine government openly criticised the company's handling of the debt restructuring request, which appeared ill-coordinated with the government's own request for a freeze in debt payments several weeks later.
Naftogoz creditors have twice rejected the company's request to defer debt payments for two years in the wake of Russia's invasion, leaving the energy giant in default.
"Of course, for the good of the country ... if it's about that," Vitrenko told Reuters when asked if he would step aside if it would help to convince investors to back a freeze in debt payments. "I'm not married to this seat."
The former investment banker said he realised his job had become "a hot seat" but said he had been in close touch with investors and had not heard "even a hint that a change of the CEO would have any kind of influence" on their decisions.
He said investors understood that the company's decision to seek a restructuring was made by the government, not the company's management.
"It was not my decision from the very beginning of the restructuring," he said.
The company said on Aug. 17 that its 2022 bondholders had rejected a sweetened proposal to suspend its debt payments for two years.
The company has yet to disclose results of additional requests put to 2024 and 2026 bondholders to defer payments on those bonds.
Naftogaz, which accounted for almost 17% of Ukraine's total budget revenue last year, has fallen into default after failing to make a number of interest payments last month.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal Editing by David Goodman)
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British landscape gardener, 48, killed by Russian forces in Ukraine while volunteering as a medic: Father-of-four was 'shot in the neck' while helping an injured comrade in Kharkiv
- Volunteer medic Craig Mackintosh, 48, was shot dead on Wednesday in Kharkiv
- The landscape gardener, from Thetford, Norfolk, volunteered to support Ukraine
- Mr Mackintosh was a father of two daughters and also had two step-daughters
- His sister revealed on Facebook that he 'died in action saving lives as a true hero'
A landscape gardener from Norfolk who was serving as a volunteer medic with Ukrainian forces has been killed by Russian troops while out on patrol.
Craig Stanley Mackintosh, 48, is believed to have been shot dead on Wednesday last week when his squad was ambushed.
It is believed that he was hit in the neck while trying to help an injured comrade in a vehicle hit by a tank shell near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
His sister Lorna Mackintosh revealed in a Facebook post that he had 'died in action saving lives as a true hero'.
Mr Mackintosh of Thetford, Norfolk, who had two daughters and two step-daughters, served in the Territorial Army between the ages of 16 to 23 when he had the ambition of becoming a full time soldier.
Craig Stanley Mackintosh, 48, is believed to have been shot dead on Wednesday last week when his squad was ambushed
But an inoperable cyst near his brain meant he failed a medical examination to join the British Army, and he became a landscape gardener and a tree surgeon
After an accident involving a chainsaw left him in constant pain, he decided to volunteer to join the Ukrainian war effort as a medic, leaving the UK on March 24.
He returned briefly in April for a spell of leave before starting a second tour with a volunteer squad in Ukraine at the beginning of August.
Lorna of Thetford said: 'He told us this would be his "last hurrah" before "coming back to Blighty to be a gardener" in October.'
She added: 'It had always been his dream to serve in the armed forces, and watching the conflict unfold and seeing the devastation, he decided he wanted to go out to help people.
'Craig was the kind of person who would see a difficult situation and try to make someone laugh. He was a real morale booster and very funny.
'He was well-known and well-loved and earned the respect of entire villages - all he wanted to do was to help people.'
His family have now launched a gofundme appeal to try and raise the money to bring his body home.
Writing on the gofundme page, which has so far raised more than £4,100, Lorna said: ' Please help us bring this war hero home.
'Our brother bravely volunteered to go to the (Ukraine) as a medic to help save lives in this war torn country. In the line of duty, helping others he lost his life.
'This selfless man is currently stranded in a morgue in Ukraine and there is no help to get him home. We have spoken to an international funeral provider and it's going to cost around £4,000 to have him repatriated back to the UK.
Mr Mackintosh, 48, served in the Territorial Army between the ages of 16 to 23 when he had the ambition of becoming a full time soldier but an inoperable cyst near his brain meant he failed a medical examination to join the British Army
'He gave his life to save others and he needs to come back home to have the service he deserves. A true hero's service surrounded by his family and friends. Please, please help to bring our hero home.'
In another Facebook post, she added: 'Craig touched the hearts of many people here and in the Ukraine and will always be remembered as a true hero'.
Mr Mackintosh's other sister Claire said: 'We still don't understand the full picture. We've been offered scraps of information from kind-hearted volunteers giving us what they know.
'We feel there has been a serious lack of support to help return his body to England and to those volunteering on the front lines.'
Turner Funerals of Thetford is making arrangements to bring Mr Mackintosh's body back to his home town.
The firm's director Lydia Turner said her partner Mal Offen and another member of staff would be driving more than 1,700 miles through France, Germany and Poland to collect his body from a mortuary in the town of Lozova.
She said: 'It is impossible to fly to Ukraine so we will be driving there. We are having to fill out a lot of paperwork. But the British Consulate is helping us to get everything we need.
'The main thing is that his family were worried about him being on his own on the trip back here. We have been able to assure them that that we will accompany him all the way.'
Mr Mackintosh's friend George Dyson who served with him as a medic in Ukraine said on social media that he had been killed when his unit was 'pinned down' and taking casualties.
He said his friend was 'assisting in helping his fellow soldiers and running across open ground' when he 'was unfortunately shot by Orcs'.
My Dyson added: 'This man deserves a medal and more. I spoke to Craig every day leading up to going back into Ukraine for a second time.
'He was great guy with a big heart and had an amazing sense of humour. I've just spoken to one of the guys that was attached to Craig's team and he said that Craig fought with great bravery and honour and was a very brave man.
'If anyone wants to help this brave man out as I family on repatriating is body back to England please help out.
'I send my deepest condolences and sympathy to his family, friends and loved ones. RIP Brave warrior'
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62 down – one to go! Grandson takes his grandma, 92, on a tour of 62 US national parks after finding out she'd never seen a mountain in person: Pair plan to make their final trip this year to National Park of American Samoa
- Brad Ryan has taken his 92-year-old grandmother Joy to 62 of the 63 National Parks in America since 2015
- Challenge began in 2015 because Joy said she had never seen a mountain in person and Brad was shocked
- They have traveled to beauty spots including New River Gorge Park and Joshua Tree National Park
- Both have said experience has been amazing and allowed them to strengthen their bond and friendship
A grandma and grandson are soon set to finish a 'magical' seven-year challenge to visit all of America's 63 state parks, which has seen them become best friends.
Brad Ryan, from Washington DC and his 92-year-old grandmother Joy, from Duncan Falls, Ohio, will finish their huge road trip by visiting the National Park of American Samoa this year.
Their feat began in 2015, because Joy confessed to her grandson that she had never seen a mountain range in person or been camping during her lifetime.
Brad, who was a veterinarian student at the time, had told her of his adventure to the Appalachian Trail and she said she wished she had done something like that herself, according to CBS News.
So Brad decided to change that, shocked by his nature-loving grandma's admission, and asked her to go on a road trip with him to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Since, according to the Washington Post, they have continued their epic adventures and traveled almost 50,000 miles on the open road together, visiting 62 of America's 63 National Parks.
Brad Ryan, from Washington DC and his 92-year-old grandmother Joy, from Duncan Falls, Ohio, (pictured at Denali National Park) have visited an epic 62 out of 63 national parks in the US
HOCKING HILLS STATE PARK: Alongside National Parks, the duo have also visited state parks together and love to go on adventures across the US
Their life-changing adventure has seen them climb mountains together and tackle white-water rafting, as well as sleep under the stars in stunning locations such as Joshua Tree National Park in Colorado.
All the while, perhaps most amazingly for both of them, they have become 'best friends', after reconnecting and strengthening the bond they once lost when they did not speak for 10 years- in the midst of Brad's parents divorce.
Joy has also helped Brad to become more resilient, as she supported him through mental health struggles that he was suffering with before their first 2015 trip.
And Brad could not be more grateful for the experiences he has had with his grandmother, describing the challenge as 'magical' while seeing so much of the US and meeting new people in the process.
Meanwhile, Joy has said that the road trips they have done have been 'beyond anything' she could have imagined in her life.
The 92-year-old has been amazed by what they have witnessed along the way, explaining that both of them have been lucky enough to experience and see things that others may never see in their lifetimes.
CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK: Joy and Brad have totted up more than 50,000 miles doing the epic seven-year road trip across the national parks of America
WRANGELL-ST ELIAS NATIONAL PARK: The experience has strengthened their bond after they stopped speaking to each other for 10 years when Brad was in college, in the midst of his parents' divorce
And they feel extremely fortunate to have shared some of their life stories with each other, as they embarked on the road trip of epic proportions.
As Brad enjoyed the first trip they did together, which he paid for, he ensured that they could do even more- by setting up a GoFundMe page, which racked up $12,000- and allowed them to go on a bumper 21 national park road trip in Summer 2017.
He also ploughed some of his own savings into the adventure, while both were careful with the money they had and endeavored to see as much as possible.
As their love of the adventure grew, they ticked off even more places, including Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio and Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
Brad wanted to share their joy with their family and friends so used social media accounts to document the journey, starting in 2019.
Their joy was infectious, and soon the news of their road trip spread across local news articles and even internationally.
And as a result, offers from companies and travel agencies came in, helping them to fund their adventures.
PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK: After Brad began to share their journey on social media, companies reached out to help sponsor their trips
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK: Joy has said that the generosity of private donors and people offering to host them during the road trip has been amazing
DENALI NATIONAL PARK: Despite being 92, Joy always pushes herself when she can, and along the way has tackled activities including white-water rafting
The love and generosity they have received from private donors and support from other people has meant that they can carry on funding their trips as well as finding places to stay.
Joy reflected on the happiness the adventure has brought them both, adding that she thinks their story has helped to wake others up to the importance of living their lives to the full and showing them what is possible.
No matter the length of their trips, whether they are 45 days long or 5, Joy is always determined to push herself physically.
One of the longer excursions they took on was in September 2019, which saw them cross off 20 national parks in 14 states.
They have always planned out time for the trips, with Brad taking vacation days for them or once being between jobs.
Joy does not let her age hold her back, and the 92-year-old, who worked in a grocery store near her home until she was in her early 80s, will always try different things.
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK: Their trip to the National Park of American Samoa will be the last on their list, something they have described as 'bittersweet'
Praising her grandson, she said he will always make her feel safe and secure with him by her side when they are on their adventures.
Joy said that her grandson is a sweet boy who makes her heart sing and is always considerate of her.
The adventures have not stopped at National Parks. The duo always make time to squeeze in excursions to other exciting places across America when they are not hopping across National Parks- including visiting Washington DC in March to see blossoms.
When the curtains close on their National Parks adventure, they will be at the National Park of American Samoa.
This is something that will be both amazing and bittersweet for them both- but they will not stop their trips.
Instead they will next tackle America's state parks and maybe even travel around some other parts of the world.
Brad's mission to inject some adventure into his grandmother's life has been very rewarding for him, giving him peace and fulfilment.
He is glad that he was able to help her live out the new experiences, adding that she deserved to have them.
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What is Sonos Radio? All about Sonos internet radio service
Thinking of picking up a Sonos speaker? One exclusive feature the brand offers is access to its Sonos Radio service.
Here’s everything you need to know about Sonos Radio, including what it is, what it includes, how much it costs and how it differs from Sonos Radio HD.
What is Sonos Radio?
Sonos Radio is a free internet radio service that comes with any Sonos speaker purchase. You can access it through the Sonos app.
It features more than 60,000 global broadcast stations covering areas like news, sports, talk and music, as well as artist-curated music and original programming.
Popular stations available on Sonos Radio include NPR, MSNBC, Bloomberg Radio, BBC Radio and CNN. You can find a full list of everything currently available on Sonos Radio on the company’s website.
What is Sonos Radio HD?
Sonos Radio HD is Sonos Radio’s premium tier that offers ad-free listening, 16-bit/44.1kHz lossless audio and access to exclusive stations for a monthly fee.
You also have the ability to skip and replay songs on Sonos-owned and operated stations with this plan, along with access to Sleep Sounds, a collection of stations designed to lull you to sleep.
How much does it cost?
Sonos Radio is completely free to access when you purchase a Sonos speaker.
However, it costs £7.99 a month to upgrade to Sonos Radio HD. Sonos does offer a one-month trial to new subscribers, so you can give it a go and see if you like the service before committing to the premium plan.
Can you listen without a Sonos speaker?
No, you need a Sonos speaker updated to version 11.1 or later to access Sonos Radio.
You also need an iOS, Android, macOS or Windows device to get started.
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) will webcast a fireside chat at the Barclays 2022 Global Consumer Staples Conference at 8:15 am EDT, Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
Speaking on behalf of Kellogg Company will be Steve Cahillane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
At Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), our vision is a good and just world where people are not just fed but fulfilled. We are creating better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted food brands. Our beloved brands include Pringles®, Cheez-It®, Special K®, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg's Corn Flakes®, Rice Krispies®, Eggo®, Mini-Wheats®, Kashi®, RXBAR®, MorningStar Farms® and more. Net sales in 2021 were nearly $14.2 billion, comprised principally of snacks as well as convenience foods like cereal, frozen foods, and noodles. As part of our Kellogg's® Better Days ESG strategy, we're addressing the interconnected issues of wellbeing, climate and food security, creating Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Visit www.KelloggCompany.com.
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(KTLA) – Instagram is testing ways to make the popular social media platform more user-friendly.
The developers of the app are trying new methods for giving users more control over what appears on their feed, by providing tools allowing them to flag the kinds of posts they don’t want to see.
“We prioritize posts we think you’re most likely to enjoy, but we understand that we may not always get it right,” wrote Meta, Instagram’s parent company, in an announcement this week.
The first tool lets users mark multiple posts on their Explore Page as “not interested,” which automatically removes the post. The second tool lets users stop seeing suggested content with certain words and phrases by adding those words to a list in their account settings.
The test also includes the option to “snooze” suggested posts for 30 days.
“Whether you’re seeing something that’s not relevant, or have moved on from something you used to like, you can use this feature to stop seeing content that’s not interesting to you,” announced Meta.
The change comes after some users expressed frustrations over updates that, they say, make the platform too similar to TikTok. Big names like Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner had recently slammed Instagram for trying to mimic its competitor by favoring its reels feature over photographs. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/not-interested-instagram-testing-tools-which-would-allow-users-to-adjust-their-feeds/ | 2022-08-31T19:12:21Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/not-interested-instagram-testing-tools-which-would-allow-users-to-adjust-their-feeds/ | false |
(NEXSTAR) – Richard Roat, a prolific character actor with over 135 TV and film credits to his name on IMDb, has died at the age of 89.
Roat passed on Aug. 5, according to an obituary published this week in the Los Angeles Times. He had appeared on dozens of popular shows and sitcoms over the past six decades, starting with a role in “Car 54, Where Are You?” in 1962. Since then, Roat has appeared on “Hawaii Five-O,” “Columbo,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Happy Days,” “Dallas” and “Friends,” as well as recurring roles on soap operas including “The Doctors,” “Generations” and “Days of Our Lives.”
Viewers might also recognize Roat from a 1996 episode of “Seinfeld” titled “The Package,” in which he played a doctor who found Elaine Benes to be a difficult patient.
In addition to his work in television and film, Roat appeared on Broadway and in other theatrical productions in NYC, L.A. and Pasadena, according to his obituary.
When not acting, Roat “had a successful practice as an entertainment tax preparer for over 50 years,” the obit read.
Roat’s cause of death was not disclosed, though the obituary noted his passing was sudden.
“He will be thought of often, with warm memories and a quiet chuckle for all the good times he brought to our lives,” the obituary read. | https://www.krqe.com/entertainment-news/richard-roat-actor-who-appeared-on-seinfeld-friends-dies-at-89/ | 2022-08-31T19:13:59Z | https://www.krqe.com/entertainment-news/richard-roat-actor-who-appeared-on-seinfeld-friends-dies-at-89/ | true |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
6-6-1-6
(six, six, one, six)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
6-6-1-6
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LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — It’s the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars, having fought Nazis and the Japanese Army during World War II. But the greatest challenge in recent years for the USS Texas has been a leaky, rusty hull that at times forced workers to pump out about 2,000 gallons (7,570 liters) of water per minute from the 110-year-old ship.
To ensure the historic vessel doesn’t sink and can continue hosting visitors, the foundation in charge of its care is towing the ship Wednesday from its longtime home along the Houston Ship Channel to a shipyard in Galveston for much needed repairs.
Tony Gregory, the president of the Battleship Texas Foundation, said Wednesday the pulling of the ship by tugboats and getting it on its way was perfect. He said any problems would have happened in the first 15 minutes of pulling the ship but there were no issues.
“It went smoother than we thought and quicker than we thought … and she’s gone, down the channel,” he said.
Gregory said he expects the ship to arrive in Galveston by 4 p.m.
The journey from its longtime berth at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in the Houston suburb of La Porte is part of a $35 million project to repair the hull and ultimately restore the ship to its former glory.
The ship’s repairs are part of the foundation’s plans to eventually resettle it in a new location in Texas, possibly in one of three nearby cities, including Galveston, in order to attract more visitors and increase revenue.
Moving the ship for repairs is “the major step in getting the ship back to tip top shape,” Gregory said Tuesday as he stood on the vessel while workers made final preparations.
The battleship will be pulled by four tugboats at a pace of about 5 knots per hour. The 40-mile (64 kilometer) journey to Galveston was expected to take about nine hours and won’t be without risk as the ship’s hull could leak enough to sink it.
“Once we get going, I anticipate it being pretty smooth… We feel like we’re prepared,” Gregory said.
Since 1948, the USS Texas has been located at the state historic site where the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution was fought. There, it’s served as a museum and tourist attraction. The battleship was previously taken to the same shipyard in Galveston for repairs in 1988.
For the last three years, the ship has been closed to the public as the foundation has been preparing for the repairs. In 2019, the Texas Legislature approved the $35 million to fix the hull. The foundation is planning to make other fixes which it’s paying for. All the repairs are expected to take up to a year to complete.
The foundation expected many people to gather along the ship channel to watch the ship go by.
Tricia Thomas, 50, who was one of the people invited to watch as the ship was unmoored, said she became emotional and teared up as she saw the ship move and heard its whistle sound as it began its journey. As the ship began moving, Thomas said, people clapped and cheered.
“It’s amazing to see a ship that’s 100 years old out on the water again, moving like she did for so many years. It was exciting,” said Thomas, who lives in the Houston suburb of Kingwood.
Thomas said she believes it’s important to preserve the ship so future generations can learn its history and it can remind people how they can come together for a common cause that’s greater than them.
“I think that’s probably the biggest story she can tell,” Thomas said.
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VAN WERT, OH (WLIO) - It's a milestone few can claim and an agency in Van Wert County is proud to say they have been serving the needs of children for 100 years.
Established by George and Hilinda Marsh as a way to help children in their community, the Marsh Foundation has grown into a facility that can provide a variety of services to children and their families. They are licensed to provide on-campus services for up to 30 children, offering schooling in grades 2 through 12, family foster care, adoption, and independent living services among others.
"We do start to inspire that hope and it's amazing to see the change in the children we serve from when they get to us as they go through their healing process and get better"
A special alumni-only event will be Friday, September 16th. The public is invited to attend Saturday, September 17th with a day full of events concluding with a concert by "Denver and the Mile High Orchestra" in the Bagley Auditorium and fireworks on the Marsh Foundation Grounds. Tickets for the concert are available on their website at https://www.marshfoundation.org/100-year-celebration.
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12 detox masks for facial skin rejuvenation
If you’ve been considering elevating your skin care routine, a face mask is a great place to start. They are normally used to target issues such as dry skin, overproduction of oil or brightening dull areas of your face. Masks can also detoxify your skin, drawing out impurities and cleansing your skin beyond what a cleanser or toner could. Applying face masks is a relaxing way to indulge in self care, whether you’re lounging at home alone or recreating the pleasures of a spa with friends or your partner.
What is a detox mask?
Your pores can become clogged with sweat, dirt and dead skin cells, causing bacteria and blemishes to fester. Detox face masks purify your skin using ingredients such as exfoliants, clay and acids, normally in the form of a cream or thick paste. Using detox masks also lets your other skin care products, such as acne treatment, lotion or cleansers, penetrate your pores to unclog them effectively.
How often should I use a detox mask?
As with any facial product that uses powerful ingredients, you should only use detox masks once or twice a week. Detox masks strip the skin, making the process harsh on your skin for everyday use. However, incorporating these masks a couple of times a week offers several benefits to your skin, including restoring firmness and elasticity.
Do I need to wash my face after a detox mask?
This is usually indicated on the label, but it’s important to wash your face before applying a detox mask, even though you may end up rinsing your face after using it. If you have makeup or other products on your skin when applying the mask, it won’t reach your skin as it should.
Top detox masks for acne-prone skin
Fenty Skin Cookies N Clean Detoxifying Face Mask
Made without fragrances for sensitive skin, this clay mask has a whipped paste texture with exfoliating charcoal beads to breach clogged pores. Salicylic acid digs deep into your skin to brighten, clarify and neutralize oil production.
Teami Blends Green Tea Blend Detox Mask
Specifically formulated for acne-prone skin, this mask uses green tea and botanical essence to calm and soothe your face. The clay draws out oil and dries out blackheads and blemishes. This formula has no artificial fragrances, coloring or preservatives to ensure a clean product.
Sold by Ulta Beauty and Amazon
Tata Harper Purifying Mask Cleansing Detox Treatment
Meant for absorbing oil from pores, this mask combats pollution and heals your damaged skin using star aster and papaya extract. The packaging and formula are both sustainably crafted with clean ingredients and recyclable components.
Sold by Sephora
Tatcha The Clarifying Clay Mask
This mask uses non-drying ingredients while still reducing oil and cleansing pores. Its volcanic ash gently heats up skin to open and extract dirt from pores, all while melting away layers of dead skin and buildup. It shifts from green to red to indicate activation, and results in closed, clean pores and moisturized skin.
Top detox masks for dry skin
Tula Detox in a Jar Exfoliating Treatment Mask
This mask features probiotics to enrich skin during and after pore cleansing. Clay and volcanic sand work together to pull impurities while shea butter and rice extract, soothe and hydrate rough skin. This formula focuses on restoring radiance to your skin.
Sold by Ulta Beauty and Amazon
Loli Beauty Matcha Coconut Paste Detox and Purifying Chlorophyll Mask
Water-activated and made from organic superfoods, this mask is loaded with hydrating ingredients for dry skin. Coconut milk, a key element, offers fatty acids to soothe your skin. This product includes collagen boosters to encourage healthy skin development after use.
Sold by Ulta Beauty and Amazon
While the clay absorbs the oil and grime, ingredients such as shea butter, argan oil and sodium hyaluronate work to restore hydration to your skin. This mask smooths out uneven texture in addition to its detoxing components.
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Follain Dual Detox Mask: Purify and Resurface
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Western Crosby County in northwestern Texas...
East Central Hockley County in northwestern Texas...
Lubbock County in northwestern Texas...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 1258 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to
0.6 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to
2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lubbock, Slaton, Abernathy, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou,
Lorenzo, Ransom Canyon, Downtown Lubbock, Lubbock International
Airport, Texas Tech University, Lubbock South Plains Mall,
Woodrow, Slide, Reese Center, New Deal, Buffalo Springs and
Lubbock Science Spectrum.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive into areas where
roads are flooded to unknown depths.
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What began as a mission to destroy al-Qaida and the Taliban morphed into a decades-long effort to support Afghanistan’s new government, reconstruct the country and reconstitute its military.
More than 800,000 Americans served there alongside allies from 50 countries in the NATO coalition. At its height, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force had 130,000 troops.
According to Brown University, the conflict left more than 176,000 people dead, including 2,461 American service members, 1,144 allied troops, 3,917 U.S. contractors, 69,095 Afghan military and police, 46,319 civilians, 74 journalists, 446 aid workers and 52,893 enemy combatants.
The Defense Department has reported more than 20,700 U.S. service members were wounded in combat in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t account for “‘non-hostile injuries’ and other medical problems arising in theater, such as heat stroke, suicide attempts, respiratory problems, and vehicle crashes,” according to Brown.
Other problems aren’t recognized or diagnosed until later, including mental health complications, and injury and illness from toxic exposure. Suicide has claimed four times more U.S. military members than combat in the post-9/11 wars.
And consider the cascading effects on families. The war left more than 5.9 million Afghans displaced and created countless orphans. The collective trauma will ripple across generations.
Brown tallies the war’s cost at $2.3 trillion, not including future interest or costs for veterans’ medical care. Nor does that account for the opportunity costs of funding the war “rather than other social investments, like public health.”
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John Sopko, said the U.S. has spent $146 billion in reconstruction efforts alone and continues “to spend taxpayer dollars there, despite the Afghan government’s collapse.”
That is more than the Marshall Plan’s cost to rebuild Europe after World War II, and the outcome is far less clear.
The legacy of America’s involvement in Afghanistan is as complicated as the costs. The war stymied four presidents and the generals who served under them.
Troop surges, strategy changes and leadership swaps offered illusions of progress as the narrative of tactical victories and minimal losses droned on.
Sometimes, the hope for a democratic and peaceful Afghanistan seemed to be in reach. Each time, the realities of the “Graveyard of Empires” pushed back as new tragedy, scandal or corruption tarnished the progress.
The final chapter of America’s involvement came into focus in February 2020 when the Trump administration signed the Doha Agreement with the Taliban that called for the complete withdrawal of U.S. and international forces within 14 months.
In 17 days in August last year, U.S. forces evacuated 124,000 people in one of the largest airlifts in history. Despite these efforts, thousands of U.S. allies weren’t able to escape and are still seeking asylum.
One year ago, the Council on Foreign Relations published a report on how far Afghanistan had come before the Doha Agreement.
Civil liberties, political rights, the percentage of girls enrolled in school, standards of living and press freedoms improved. The Taliban controlled a small portion of the country. Refugee numbers stabilized, as did the need for international aid.
But the progress stalled as the war dragged on, and sometimes the gains created other problems. As the press grew louder, so did attacks on journalists. Opium production spiked, and annual civilian casualties jumped.
Once the Taliban regained control, the progress and momentum faded. The regime has eroded human rights, and an estimated 95 percent of Afghans aren’t getting enough to eat.
These are harsh truths for veterans of the war, but they do not diminish the service and sacrifices of so many.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin acknowledged the complicated legacy in a statement Tuesday.
“I understand that many people have hard questions about the costs of the war and what their sacrifices meant,” he wrote. “These are important discussions, and I hope we will keep having them with thoughtfulness and respect.”
And “to every man and woman who served in Afghanistan: This country will never forget what you did and what you gave.”
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness Partners with FMI Foundation to Spotlight Benefits
ARLINGTON, Va, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing body of published science continues to expound on the mental health benefits of family meals – in addition to the nutrition and physical health advantages. In conjunction with September's National Family Meals Month™, today the FMI Foundation celebrates its groundbreaking partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to shine a spotlight on these benefits.
Family meals provide opportunities to spend time and develop relationships with family and friends, which has been shown to improve mental and physical health. In fact, research shows that family meals are as important to health and well-being as sleep, exercise and food.[i], [ii]
"Since 2015, the Family Meals Movement has promoted the physical health and nutrition benefits of family meals, however, the emotional and mental health benefits are also well-documented," said David Fikes, executive director of the FMI Foundation. "As the relationship between mental health, nutrition, and overall wellness gains recognition, we are delighted to team with NAMI. This partnership will help amplify the positive impact that family meals, however one defines family, have on mental health, physical health and emotional well-being."
- When families eat together, they tend to eat healthier meals, and this improved nutrition supports both the body and the mind. "Repeatedly, studies show that good nutrition plays a vital part in mental health – as do social connections," said Christina Bott, director, Public Safety & Health Care Initiatives at NAMI. "Pairing good nutrition and family meals has protective benefits against a variety of risk factors. NAMI's newest program, NAMI Hearts+Minds, focuses on the evidence-based interconnection of mental and physical health and empowering individuals in all aspects of their well-being. We're pleased to partner with the FMI Foundation to raise awareness for the positive association between family meals and mental health."
- Consumers agree that family meals are worth it – even in this period of high inflation. According to the FMI Foundation's July 2022 "Staying Strong with Family Meals" Barometer, 61% of Americans feel the benefits of family meals outweigh the costs. In fact, among households with children, 67% feel the benefits outweigh the costs. This Barometer is a recurring quantitative study among a nationally representative sample of consumers. It also confirms that Americans are enjoying more meals together than they did before the pandemic. Eighty-nine percent (89%) say they are having the same amount or more in-person family meals and, moving forward, more than 93% of Americans of those sharing more meals with others plan to continue sharing more family meals at home.
The FMI Foundation's website showcases many studies that have shown how family meals result in better nutritional intake, as well as improved physical and mental health. It also features valuable tips and links to numerous partner organizations committed to helping Americans achieve their family meals goals and boost their overall wellness.
Established in 1996, the FMI Foundation seeks to ensure continued quality and efficiency in the food retailing system and is operated for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. To help support the role of food retailing, the FMI Foundation focuses on research, education, and resources in the area of health and well-being, which embraces food safety, nutrition and social responsibility concerns. For information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org. #familymealsmonth; #familymealsmovement
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
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Now made with real fruit juice, new campaign features fruit flies as unexpected stars to illustrate portfolio optimization
BOSTON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Truly Hard Seltzer, a leader and innovator in the hard seltzer category, today announced the rollout of a sweeping product optimization of its entire portfolio, making its best flavors even better with the addition of real fruit juice. With more than 30 unique flavors, Truly has more flavors now made with real fruit juice than any other hard seltzer on the market.
Optimized over a year-long research and development process to increase sessionability for a cleaner, more refreshing taste profile, Truly original mix packs including Citrus, Berry, and Tropical made with real fruit juice are rolling out now. The effort is on par with Truly's successful reformulation in late 2019 which contributed to more than two years of share gains.
A new multi-channel campaign from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners includes "Our Best Flavors," a splashy, catchy spot featuring flavors from each pack, a trending track, and of course, real fruit, to queue fun and refreshment in the 15-second spot to air on linear TV nationally starting August 22. Out-of-home, social, influencer, and digital extensions will be live through the fall.
A complementary, 30-second online video disturbingly romanticizes the newest fans of Truly now made with real fruit juice: fruit flies. The twisted, tasty film and a behind-the-scenes video is available online at trulyhardseltzer.com/realfruitjuice.
"Truly fans crave easy-drinking hard seltzers to match the flavorful lives they live," says Matt Withington, Sr. Director of Marketing, Truly Hard Seltzer. "To capture the flavor optimization, we wanted to highlight Truly bursting with real fruit juice in a bold – and yes – buzzy way."
A love story between a fruit fly and Truly made with real fruit juice? It's bold all right. In a behind-the-scenes video from the campaign shoot, Truly highlights the realness of the fruit fly's attraction to the optimized flavors. With the addition of real fruit to every can, not even fruit flies can resist the refreshing taste of Truly. Don't believe us? Just ask professional fruit fly wrangler, Tyler DeTrude. "Fruit flies live to consume and break down fruit," says DeTrude. "That's why you find them in your kitchen every once in a while. And so, with Truly using real fruit juice, it was fun to watch the fruit flies become fans of Truly."
"Truly told us their hard seltzer is now made with real fruit juice. So we said: let's prove it!," said Jeff Goodby, Co-Chairman and Partner of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. "We released dozens of real fruit flies around Truly and watched them with a microscopic lens. Think the flies had the best day of their very short lives. The result is a little gross but 100% authentic! Doesn't get any more real than that."
Truly original mix packs now made with real fruit juice from concentrate (Citrus, Berry, and Tropical) have a hint of flavor, an all-new look, and new flavors rolling out now including Watermelon Breeze and Strawberry Lime. Truly's bold, flavorful favorite packs like Lemonade, Margarita, Punch, and Tea have always included real fruit juice but have been improved to give drinkers the juicy, refreshing experience they're looking for.
"Constantly innovating, we've proven that hard seltzer drinkers react favorably to product improvements," says Lesya Lysyj, Chief Marketing Officer, Boston Beer Company. "With this rollout of even better-tasting flavors, we're reminding consumers why they came to hard seltzers in the first place – for a refreshing, easy drinking, variety-filled and fun experience that few other alcoholic beverages can provide."
To see what the buzz is all about and find optimized Truly near you, visit trulyhardseltzer.com/realfruitjuice.
Since its inception in 2016, Truly has been the most innovative brand in the category, breaking the boundaries of what consumers expect from hard seltzer. Truly believes no one is just one flavor, which is why it is available in 31 total flavors: 12 delicious original flavors, plus five flavors of Truly Lemonade, four flavors of Truly Iced Tea, four flavors of Truly Punch, two flavors of Truly Extra and now four flavors of Truly Margarita. At just 100 calories and 5% ABV, Truly is perfect for any occasion from beach days to backyard barbecues and beyond. To learn more about Truly, visit www.trulyhardseltzer.com.
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Kansas woman indicted for coercing minor to produce child porn
Published: Aug. 31, 2022 at 1:03 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging an Americus, Kan. woman with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child -- production of child pornography. Brandi Snyder, 34, was also indicted on one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
According to court documents, Snyder is accused of persuading and coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction. She’s also accused of possessing and distributing child pornography.
Homeland Security Investigations is investigating the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gordon is prosecuting.
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Jodie Turner-Smith's fashion is already reigning supreme at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
On Aug. 31, the Anne Boleyn actress kicked off the annual star-studded affair in a pale pink lingerie dress that left little to the imagination with its completely sheer material and lace-embroidered detailing at the hem and corseted bodice.
The daring design, from Gucci's 2023 resort collection, also featured a plunging neckline and dainty pearl buttons.
Jodie gave her lingerie look a more high-fashion feel as she paired the dress with baby blue patent-leather opera gloves, white thigh-high lace-up boots, bedazzled cat-eye sunglasses and mix-matched drop earrings.
She stunned in the see-through number at the White Noise photocall with co-stars Adam Driver, Don Cheadle and Greta Gerwig.
This isn't the star's only fabulous look while attending the film festival either.
Jodie arrived in Venice, Italy on Aug. 30 wearing a multi-colored ombré power suit and diamond-embellished yellow sandals.
Later that evening, she wowed at the Cinecittà and Academy of Motion Picture, Art & Science Dinner in a bright blue knit dress. The electrifying design featured a V-neckline and tiered layers of fringe on the bell sleeves and hemline.
The Venice Film Festival doesn't come to a close until Sept. 10, meaning there's many more opportunities for Jodie to make the red carpet her runway. And we'll be eagerly waiting to see what she wears next!
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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is investing 730 billion yen ($5.6 billion) in Japan and the U.S. to boost production of batteries for electric vehicles, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday.
Production is set to start between 2024 and 2026. In Japan, 400 billion yen ($3 billion) will go into the Himeji Plant of Prime Planet Energy & Solutions Co. in Japan, as well as in Toyota plants and property. In the U.S., about 325 billion yen ($2.5 billion) will be invested in Toyota Battery Manufacturing in North Carolina, Toyota Motor Corp. said.
Toyota has scored success with the Prius and other hybrid models, which have an engine as well as a battery-driven electric motor, and so the company has at times been seen as a laggard on electric vehicles. But the global demand for electric vehicles is expected to grow in coming years as gas prices rise and concerns grow about the environment.
Earlier this week, Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. announced with major South Korean battery maker LG that they were investing $4.4 billion in a joint venture in the United States to produce batteries for Honda electric vehicles in the North American market, with mass production of advanced lithium-ion battery cells to start by the end of 2025.
Toyota reiterated its position that “there is more than one option for achieving carbon neutrality,” highlighting how its efforts with hybrids and fuel cells run on hydrogen can also be solutions. The options may depend on where a customer lives, according to the manufacturer, based in the city of Toyota in central Japan.
“This investment is aimed at enabling Toyota to flexibly meet the needs of its various customers in all countries and regions by offering multiple powertrains and providing as many options as possible,” it said in a statement.
Other automakers, including Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Hyundai-Kia, Stellantis and VinFast have announced plans for U.S. battery plants.
A new U.S. law offers an incentive to build batteries in North America, including a tax credit of up to $7,500 that could be used to defray the cost of buying an electric vehicle. To qualify for the full credit, the electric vehicle must contain a battery built in North America with 40% of the metals mined or recycled on the continent.
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“Don’t Worry Darling” has been in the spotlight since the beginning. And this was long before Harry Styles got involved.
It was a film everyone wanted to make — some 18 studios and streaming services were courting Wilde for the chance to partner with her on her sophomore feature as a director: A mid-century psychological thriller about a housewife, Alice (Florence Pugh), who starts to question her picture-perfect life and the mysterious company that her husband Jack (Styles) works for.
But it hasn’t stopped making headlines in two years, from Shia LaBeouf’s abrupt departure (he was replaced by Styles) to the paparazzi-stoked intrigue around Wilde and Styles’ off-camera relationship. Then there was the bizarre moment earlier this year when Wilde was served custody papers, from ex Jason Sudeikis with whom she shares two children, in the middle of a presentation to thousands of exhibitors in Las Vegas.
Even this past week, LaBeouf, who is heading to court next year on abuse allegations from hi ex, FKA twigs, decided to contest the two-year-old narrative that he’d been fired. He gave the entertainment trade Variety emails and texts to prove his case that he quit. It’s resulted in buzz you can’t buy, but also incessant tabloid and TikTok gossip — all for a film that isn’t even out yet.
But soon the conversation will go back to the film itself: “Don’t Worry Darling” will have a glamorous debut at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 5 before opening in theaters nationwide on Sept. 23. Besides, Wilde doesn’t care what gets people into the theater — as long as they go.
Wilde spoke to The Associated Press recently about her vision, her disagreement with the ratings board and why Alice is the heroine we need right now. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: What were some of the big ideas you wanted to explore?
WILDE: I wanted to make what (screenwriter) Katie (Silberman) and I always describe as a Trojan Horse movie: Something that on the outside is beautiful and entertaining but once you crawl inside, it is actually much more complex and potentially really interesting and challenging. I also just really understood that this would be an opportunity for an actress to really flex. It was a heroine I wanted to see on screen. I wanted to create a character with an actress that would represent the kind of woman that I feel like our society needs.
AP: You had originally intended to play the part of Alice. Were you glad about that decision to step back and take a supporting role?
WILDE: Oh yeah. There’s no part of me that would want it any other way. I think what Florence did with this role is singularly brilliant. This character is a heroine for the ages. And she, as an actress, is this rare combination of dramatically skillful, comedically brilliant and an action hero who can run like Tom Cruise. Like what actress can do stunts and pull off these incredible emotional acrobatics and do it so effortlessly in an accent that’s not even theirs? Like, come on. It’s like juggling upside down on the wing of an airplane.
AP: You’ve spoken about some of your stylistic influences, from the photography of Slim Aarons to the erotic thrillers of Adrian Lyne. What were some other touchstones?
WILDE: I am a big fan of the iconography of the 1950s and a lot of the art, architecture, cars, music. This was an opportunity to just really play in that world. The architectural influence of (Richard) Neutra is all over the film.(Cinematographer) Matty Libatique and I were really inspired by Alex Prager and her photography and the idea of creating anxiety through framing and this artificial world that would be incredibly alluring until you look very closely.
And I always make endless playlists and watch lists and reading lists. It was a really funny assortment of material. People were like, what is this movie? You want me to watch “Requiem for a Dream” and “The Truman Show” and “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” and you want me to read “The Feminine Mystique,” but also Jordan Peterson?
AP: “Booksmart” dealt with female sexuality in a very frank way and “Don’t Worry Darling” is already provoking conversations around some of the sex acts shown in the trailer. Was that a fight to even include that?
WILDE: Oh, yeah. There’s a lot that had to be taken out of the trailer. The MPA came down hard on me and the trailer at the last second and I had to cut some shots, which I was upset about because I thought they it took it up another notch. But of course we still live in a really puritanical society. I do think the lack of eroticism in American film is kind of new. Then when it comes to female pleasure, it’s something that we just don’t see very often unless you’re talking about queer cinema. You know, it’s interesting because in a lot of queer films, the female characters are allowed to have more pleasure. Audiences aren’t as puritanical as corporations think they are. And yet people get upset. I mean, people are upset with me already over this. I think it’s a testament to the film. We want to be provocative. The idea is not to make you feel safe.
AP: This is also a film that has had a spotlight on it from the beginning, resulting in both buzz and gossip. What has that been like for you as a filmmaker?
WILDE: Every filmmaker longs for people to see their film. That’s all you want is for people to see it. If people are excited about a film, for whatever reason, what you hope is that it gets them in the door. Whether you are a 1950s car fanatic and that’s what’s going to get you into this movie, or if you are simply going because you’re a fan of our incredible cast, all I care about is that you have the chance to see it, and I hope that people then have the instinct to share it. What I really hope is that people see it again. I think that it’s a real second watch film. There’s a lot of Easter eggs in there.
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At least one person has died in crash along Hwy 101 in Santa Barbara Wednesday morning, officials say.
A crash involving a motorcycle happened at around 10 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Hwy 101, just south of Salinas St.
One of the lanes of the highway is closed while crews clear the area, Caltrans said in a tweet.
Santa Barbara CHP officials say the closure will last for a few hours.
Traffic crash on US 101 NB south of Salinas. #1 lane will be blocked for a few hours. Please drive slow through the area. pic.twitter.com/K3e3Gr09ls
— CHP Santa Barbara (@CHP_SantaBarb) August 31, 2022
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Coroner is headed to the the crash.
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Automaker Surprised School District at Volunteer Event to Set Up Classrooms for 2022-2023 School Year
CAMDEN, N.J., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced that in continuation of its work to support the students of the Camden City School District, the automaker will "adopt" all middle school (grades six through eight) classrooms in the district, providing critical learning materials to students. The adoption is part of the Subaru Loves Learning initiative, a partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org to give all students an equal opportunity to thrive in the classroom.
The adoption of Camden City School District middle schools will impact seven schools, 88 classrooms, and 1,184 students. In addition to providing flexible funding for teachers to purchase supplies customized to their classroom, Subaru will also provide school supply kits of classroom essentials, packed by employees at Subaru of America.
"All students deserve the tools to thrive and succeed in the classroom, and we want our friends and neighbors in Camden to have every opportunity to get a great education and achieve their goals," said Thomas J. Doll, President and CEO, Subaru of America, Inc. "We hope this 'adoption' from Subaru helps support a great school year for all."
Employees from Subaru of America headquarters surprised Camden City School District faculty with the announcement at a volunteer day to help teachers set up their classrooms. More than 100 Subaru volunteers traveled to schools throughout the district to help set up and clean classrooms, decorate bulletin boards, and more in preparation for the first day of school.
"Middle school is a pivotal moment in a child's education and lacking essential learning materials adds extra burdens to students, parents and classrooms," said Katrina McCombs, Superintendent of the Camden City School District. "Thanks to Subaru, the Camden City School District can focus on doing what we do best: helping students in our school district achieve their highest potential."
Headquartered in Camden, Subaru of America has a long history of supporting education in the local community. In 2021, Subaru adopted all kindergarten through fifth grade (K-5) classrooms in the Camden City School District. And since 2016, Subaru has provided more than 160 scholarships to support graduating seniors from Camden schools via the "Remarkable Graduates" program.
As part of the Subaru Loves Learning initiative, Subaru of America and more than 600 participating retailers are working with AdoptAClassroom.org to help teachers and schools purchase the tools and materials they need for their students. The adoption of classrooms in the Camden City school district reinforces the automaker's dedication to enhancing the learning experience for students, especially in their hometown of Camden.
For information about Subaru Loves Learning and to find out more about the partners that Subaru supports, visit subaru.com/learning.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $270 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged nearly 78,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The death toll from a truck crash in the Netherlands rose to seven Wednesday as local authorities said an unborn child was also killed when the vehicle drove off a dike and slammed into a neighborhood barbecue over the weekend..
“The loss is immeasurable and the grief immense,” local mayor Charlie Aptroot said in a statement. “So far, we have talked of six deaths, including 1 heavily pregnant woman. In consultation with the relatives, we have decided from now on to talk about seven deaths, including one unborn child.”
Police initially said that three men and three women were killed, ranging in age from 28 to 75 in the crash. A further seven people were hospitalized, one of them in critical condition.
The driver of the truck, a 46-year-old Spanish man, was taken into custody by police on suspicion of causing the crash that happened Saturday evening in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland, just south of the port city of Rotterdam. His identity wasn’t released, in line with Dutch privacy laws.
His truck careered down the side of a dike and into the midst of a barbecue attended by dozens of people from the close-knit local community. Police are investigating the exact cause of the crash.
Aptroot said the community was in deep mourning and he opened a condolence book at two local town halls and online.
“Let’s hold each other and be there for each other,” he said. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-dutch-truck-crash-toll-rises-to-7-including-unborn-baby/ | 2022-08-31T19:30:21Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-dutch-truck-crash-toll-rises-to-7-including-unborn-baby/ | true |
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the summer vacation season comes to a close, a large share of workers say they aren't taking vacation time, often due to the high costs. Forty-two percent of U.S. workers report that they have not taken a vacation during the last 12 months. Nearly half of workers (47 percent) say the expense of taking a vacation is the biggest impediment to taking time off, according to Eagle Hill Consulting research.
These findings come as employee burnout remains alarmingly high across the U.S. workforce. About half (49 percent) of American employees say that they are feeling burnout at work.
"Employees really need time to disconnect from work, especially as we continue to see high burnout levels across the U.S. workforce," said Melissa Jezior, president and chief executive officer of Eagle Hill Consulting. "And ideally, employees should fully disengage from work rather than constantly checking email and responding to messages."
"It's not just employees who benefit from taking time off. When there is time to rest and take a break from job pressures, employers are far more likely to have an engaged workforce at its peak performance. It's incumbent upon employers to create a culture that encourages employees to both regularly take time off and fully unplug from their job while they're away," Jezior explained.
The survey also finds:
- Forty-two percent of workers have not taken time off in the last 12 months, highest among younger workers (50 percent) and lower income employees (56 percent).
- Workers say the impediments to taking a fully unplugged vacation include the expense of taking a vacation (47 percent), self-imposed pressure to stay on top of work (31 percent), a heavy workload (27 percent), no paid time off (25 percent), and no colleagues available to cover their workload (25 percent).
- Many employees are not fully unplugging during time off. While 54 percent say they fully disconnect from work during vacation, 28 percent say they check work email and messages. Six percent say they continue to work during vacation.
The findings are based up a workforce survey from Eagle Hill Consulting conducted by Ipsos from August 11 - 16, 2022. The 2022 Eagle Hill Consulting Workforce Burnout Survey included 1000 respondents from a random sample of employees across the U.S and polled respondents about issues related to burnout and vacation.
Eagle Hill Consulting LLC is a woman-owned business that provides unconventional management consulting services in the areas of Strategy & Performance, Talent, and Change. The company's expertise in delivering innovative solutions to unique challenges spans across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. A leading authority on employee sentiment, Eagle Hill is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, with employees across the U.S. and offices in Boston and Seattle. More information is available at www.eaglehillconsulting.com.
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REEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby’s chances of continuing his consecutive games streak are looking stronger.
Crosby had spent training camp on the physically unable to perform list, but he passed his physical and was on the 53-man roster the Packers released Tuesday as they announced their final cuts. Green Bay cut Ramiz Ahmed, the only other kicker on the roster.
Crosby, who turns 38 on Saturday, had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee before training camp. He began his NFL career in 2007 and hasn’t missed a game, a span of 241 regular-season contests.
The Packers open their season Sept. 11 at Minnesota.
Crosby holds Green Bay franchise records in points (1,806), field goals (370) and extra points (696).
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The footage was publicly revealed Tuesday afternoon, hours after the shooting, in a media briefing attended by Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther. The victim was identified as Donovan Lewis, and court records show officers were serving a warrant for improperly handling a firearm, assault, and domestic violence.
“A mother has lost her son today in the city of Columbus,” Ginther said.
Below is an edited and redacted version of the body camera footage. Some may find its contents disturbing.
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Anderson, a 30-year veteran of the force, was placed on leave pending an investigation of the shooting.
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“When our officers have done the right thing, we’re going to stand with them,” Ginther said. “And when they do the wrong thing, we’re going to hold them accountable. We can’t do either of those things right now until this investigation is complete.”
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“A mother has lost her son today in the city of Columbus,” Ginther said.
Below is an edited and redacted version of the body camera footage. Some may find its contents disturbing.
Officers went to an apartment building in the 3200 block of Sullivant Avenue to serve the warrant. The footage shows them knock on an apartment door for eight to 10 minutes before a man answers and was taken into custody. Officers saw another man inside the entrance of the apartment and detained him as well.
They asked both occupants if anyone else was inside, and neither would say. Police then yelled to warn anyone inside they were releasing a K-9, with no response.
The video shows the dog move to the kitchen and start barking at a back bedroom door. The dog’s handler, Officer Ricky Anderson, moved to hold the dog back and open the door, while another officer followed him. Both had their guns drawn and pointed in the direction of the door.
Within one second of opening the door, Anderson shot Lewis as he sat up in a bed against the back corner of the room. Police said Anderson shot Lewis while he was wrangling the K-9.
Anderson, a 30-year veteran of the force, was placed on leave pending an investigation of the shooting.
Chief Elaine Bryant said Anderson fired his gun when Lewis appeared to raise a hand with something in it. Moving frame-by-frame through the video showed the man raising his right hand toward officers, while he put his left hand back toward a pillow.
“There was, like, a vape pen that was found on the bed right next to him,” Bryant said.
After the shooting, the footage shows officers putting Lewis in handcuffs while he was on the bed and then carrying him out of the apartment. Police haven’t specified where on his body he was shot, but video recorded outside the apartment shows police appear to try to treat the left side of his chest and also pull his pants off.
After trying to treat his gunshot wound at the scene, medics took him to the hospital. He was pronounced dead at 3:19 a.m.
“Donovan Lewis lost his life,” Bryant said. “As a parent, I sympathize and grieve with his mother. As a community, I grieve with our community, but we’re going to allow this investigation to take place.”
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation said it is leading the investigation, as it does on any shooting involving Columbus police based on an agreement between the agencies.
“Every day, officers are put in compromising potentially life-threatening situations in which we are required to make split-second decisions,” Bryant said. “As the chief, it is my job to hold my officers accountable, but it’s also my job to offer them support.”
“When our officers have done the right thing, we’re going to stand with them,” Ginther said. “And when they do the wrong thing, we’re going to hold them accountable. We can’t do either of those things right now until this investigation is complete.”
The shooting comes less than two years after a Columbus police officer shot a Black man who turned out to be unarmed. In that case, Officer Adam Coy apparently mistook Andre Hill’s phone for a possible gun. Hill was 47 when Coy responded to a nonemergency call and found Hill in a neighboring driveway.
Following that shooting, Ginther moved to bring in an outsider to run Columbus’ police department, selecting Bryant as chief in June 2021. Coy also lost his job. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/man-shot-and-killed-by-ohio-police-may-have-had-vape-pen-not-gun/ | 2022-08-31T19:36:40Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/man-shot-and-killed-by-ohio-police-may-have-had-vape-pen-not-gun/ | true |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A woman killed while looking out the window of her South Carolina home was intentionally shot by a neighbor shooting at targets in his yard instead of by a ricocheting bullet as he told investigators, according to authorities.
The charge against the shooter was upgraded to murder on Monday. Crime scene technicians determined the fatal bullet could not have deflected at an angle off a satellite dish being used as a target and then struck the woman in the chest, prosecutor Barry Barnette said.
“You can see that bullet didn't ricochet. That bullet is in pristine condition," Barnette said, showing a judge a photo on his cellphone during a bond hearing in Cherokee County on Monday. He said the slug was removed from the victim's chest during an autopsy.
Nicholas Skylar Lucas, 30, was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter on Sunday, a day after 42-year-old Kesha Luwan Lucille Tate died in her own Gaffney home.
But prosecutors upgraded the charge to murder after more evidence came in, Barnette said. Murder carries 30 years to life in a conviction, while involuntary manslaughter carries up to five years.
Tate had pulled back the curtain of her kitchen window and was looking out when she was shot, investigators said.
Lucas had to turn and intentionally fire in Tate's direction to hit her and the bullet in Tate's chest matched the size of the ammunition used in the .45-caliber handgun Lucas was firing, Barnette said.
Tate told the judge the shooting was a “complete accident” and he can’t believe anyone would think he would intentionally kill her.
“She always asked me for help I was always in my backyard. I’m really confused about this whole situation,′ Tate said. “I’ve done all kinds of yard work for this lady and everything."
Several of Tate's nine children were in the home and the father of some of those children died of a heart attack less than a year ago, her family said at the bond hearing.
“She doesn't deserve to be gone from her children," said Beverly Vercher, Tate's sister.
Lucas is also charged with shooting under the influence and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.
Lucas didn't have a lawyer at the hearing and a magistrate said a higher court will have to determine if bond should be set. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pristine-bullet-leads-to-murder-charge-in-target-17410570.php | 2022-08-31T19:37:32Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pristine-bullet-leads-to-murder-charge-in-target-17410570.php | false |
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adding to the already 450,000 real estate professionals that they serve, SkySlope, the nation's leading digital transaction management platform, is expanding its partnership with Tulsa-based McGraw Realtors®. The partnership will extend SkySlope Forms to McGraw Realtor's 790 associates, strengthening what has already been a long-standing relationship between the two real estate entities.
Founded over 80 years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma, McGraw Realtors has since developed into one of the nation's top ten fastest-growing real estate companies. They currently employ 790 associates who serve the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Colorado.
McGraw Realtors is dedicated to providing its agents with the tools they need to help them succeed, making it a befitting partner for SkySlope, which specializes in designing tech that makes agents' lives easier.
McGraw Realtors initially selected SkySlope as their transaction management provider several years ago. Since then, the brokerage has seen tremendous growth. Now, in 2022, they are adding SkySlope Forms to their agent offerings.
SkySlope Forms makes the most recent versions of state and association forms available directly in SkySlope. Forms eliminate the guesswork for agents when it comes to identifying the most current versions of state and association forms, as updated forms are automatically uploaded into the SkySlope database.
Backend automation prefills matching data fields and automatically pulls in property data from the MLS to fill forms. Similarly, to reduce manual input, dates and contacts are automatically populated in matching data fields.
In addition to filling forms quickly, agents will be able to get their forms signed quickly with DigiSign, the built-in digital signature tool that auto-formats SkySlope Forms for digital signature and sends them to parties to sign digitally.
"McGraw Realtors has seen great success with SkySlope," says CEO Bill McCollough. "Its thoughtfully-designed interface makes it easy for agents to identify the steps needed to complete transactions smoothly and compliantly. We're confident that SkySlope Forms will greatly enhance our agents' workflow."
SkySlope launched in 2011 when CEO Tyler Smith — then an agent — realized that real estate professionals needed a way to reduce paperwork and digitally centralize their workflow. Since its founding, SkySlope has amassed an impressive share of the digital transaction management market, due in large part to its continuous drive for product innovation and development.
SkySlope provides real estate professionals with the ability to consolidate their workflow into one master system. Beloved for its ease of use, award-winning customer care team, and wide array of additional functions, SkySlope already serves over half of the top 20 brokerages in the nation.
"McGraw Realty has dedicated decades to figuring out what agents want — just like SkySlope," says Tyler Smith, CEO of SkySlope. "We feel proud that they've selected SkySlope as their transaction management provider and elected to expand their partnership with the introduction of SkySlope Forms."
For more information about SkySlope Suite, visit our website.
Established in 2011, SkySlope is the customer experience platform managing real estate transactions from contract to close. Serving over 450,000 real estate professionals across the U.S. and Canada, SkySlope manages nearly 3 million transactions annually. SkySlope is on a mission to build solutions that reshape the real estate industry by creating the most powerful autonomous transaction platform. For more information, visit SkySlope.
McGraw REALTORS has been working to make real estate simple for more than 80 years. What started as an independent residential real estate company in Tulsa, Oklahoma has become one of the nation's top ten fastest-growing real estate companies with over 790 experienced associates serving Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Colorado. In addition to real estate services, they also run the McGraw Real Estate Academy which provides classes for pre-licensing, post-licensing, and continued education.
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A grocery wholesaler that supplied goods to Gerrity's Supermarkets under the ShurSave brand name alleges the chain violated its contract when it nixed the deal and signed on with competitor.
In a federal lawsuit, C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. of New Hampshire claims it suffered financial harm and damage to its reputation after Gerrity's announced it had transitioned to the New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. and would operate under The Fresh Grocer banner.
Gerrity's, which operates 10 stores in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Northampton counties, began transitioning its stores and operating under The Fresh Grocer banner in mid-August. Joe Fasula, co-owner of the chain, has publicly touted the deal as providing consumers with lower prices and increased variety.
Gerrity's has not yet responded to the suit. In an interview, Fasula said he disputes the company's claims. He declined to comment further.
According to the lawsuit, Gerrity's had purchased goods for resale from C&S and its predecessor, Associated Wholesalers Inc. That deal also included a marketing agreement for Gerrity's and other grocery stores to collectively advertise under the ShurSave brand name.
The suit, filed by Wilkes-Barre attorney Robert Schaub, says the C&S contract does not expire until December 2024 and contains language that says it cannot be terminated early. Despite that, Gerrity's notified the company in June it planned to switch to Wakefern.
C&S also alleges that, during the transition, Gerrity's shared trade secrets with Wakefern, including marketing, advertising and pricing strategies, so that it could gain a competitive advantage. It claims Fasula also has made public comments on social media and the news media that impugned C&S's reputation.
"The clear implication of Gerrity's switch to Wakefern and Gerrity's public statements concerning the rebranding is that Wakefern is able to provide better pricing, quality and assortment to end users," the suit says. "This negative publicity is harming C&S's reputation and stems directly from Gerrity's disclosure of confidential information to Wakefern."
The suits seeks damages on six counts, including breach of contract, and asks a judge to issue an injunction that bars the Gerrity's from revealing any trade secrets. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/nh-based-c-s-wholesale-grocers-sues-pa-supermarket-chain-for-financial-loss-damaged-reputation/article_a5eadfdc-eab8-5683-bda7-b375af6db45e.html | 2022-08-31T19:39:48Z | https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/nh-based-c-s-wholesale-grocers-sues-pa-supermarket-chain-for-financial-loss-damaged-reputation/article_a5eadfdc-eab8-5683-bda7-b375af6db45e.html | false |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-5-3-8
(six, five, three, eight)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-5-3-8
(six, five, three, eight) | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17410418.php | 2022-08-31T19:40:56Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17410418.php | true |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-5-3-8
(six, five, three, eight)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-5-3-8
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Woman recalls what led up to dad shooting her ex-boyfriend at front door
An Ohio 22-year-old woman whose father shot and killed her ex-boyfriend as he attempted to break into the family’s home said her ex-boyfriend’s personality changed drastically after moving out to California and using drugs including acid.
A grand jury declined to indict homeowner Mitchell Duckro for the July 31 deadly shooting that killed 22-year-old James Rayl outside of Duckro’s house in Sidney, Ohio. Duckro’s daughter, Allyson Duckro, previously dated Rayl, but they had ended their relationship more than 18 months prior.
The Daily Mail obtained new footage showing Allyson Duckro in an interrogation room after the shooting. In the about 9-minute-long video, the young woman sat strapped with a wired microphone unhandcuffed at a table across from a female investigator, and described how she and Rayl broke up for the last time in late 2019 because he was "being rude all the time" and she "didn’t want to deal with it."
Toward the end of the interview, the investigator asked if Rayl used drugs and if so, what was his drug of choice.
James Rayl seen slamming his weight repeatedly into the front door of his ex-girlfriend's home in Sidney, Ohio. (Shelby County Sheriff’s Office)
"He’s done drugs," Allyson Duckro said. "He liked to do acid a lot — back then. I don’t know about recent because he moved out to California not too long ago and then came back, so I don’t know if he like started something while he was out there."
She said he smoked marijuana and used acid, but said she wasn’t sure about any other substances.
"He was nice in high school, but after he came back from California, he was just different," she said. "Like, his close friend or whatever he just started treating like crap. Nobody wanted to deal with it."
The young woman said she came home to find her ex-boyfriend in front of her house on the morning of July 31. She went inside and slammed the door before alerting her father and mother that Rayl was there. Allyson Duckro told the investigator that they considered calling the cops but were hesitant, so they instead first tried to talk to Rayl through the Ring doorbell, telling him to leave several times.
Law enforcement respond to Sidney, Ohio shooting scene after James Rayl collapsed on driveway. (Shelby County Sheriff’s Office)
"He kept ringing the doorbell… and once the ring doorbell rings when you start talking to it, it just starts recording," she explained. "So, you can hear dad and mom both – because I was saying I don’t want to talk to him – saying ‘hey man, she doesn’t want to talk to you. It’s best if you just leave right for right and if she wants to reach out, she will.’ And he just stood there ignoring us."
Allyson Duckro said that her dad went around to the garage to try to get Rayl to answer, but that’s when her ex-boyfriend began fiddling with the front door handle, so her dad went and got his gun "just in case." Rayl then began "really busting on the door," she added.
She said her dad went over and began physically holding the door shut, but "I don’t even know how, because you saw my dad and he’s a big man, but he somehow starts overpowering my dad" from the other side of the door.
Allyson Duckro said she was on the phone with 911 by that point when Rayl broke the glass and the door frame became loose, and she went to hide before hearing gunshots. Police arrived on the scene soon after. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/woman-recalls-what-led-up-to-dad-shooting-her-ex-boyfriend | 2022-08-31T19:44:25Z | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/woman-recalls-what-led-up-to-dad-shooting-her-ex-boyfriend | false |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Service Contract Industry Council – Every year, Labor Day marks the "official" end of the summer season and is a time when major retailers introduce significant discounts on a wide range of products. With car prices sky-high, this is the perfect opportunity for families to shop around for annually discounted prices on new or used vehicles, and to protect those investments with valuable service contracts.
It's no secret that vehicle prices have soared to new heights over the last year. According to data from Kelly Blue Book, the average cost for a new vehicle in the U.S. in May was $47,148. This is the second-highest on record, behind only last December. When considering such a hefty purchase, consumers would be wise to remember that an auto service contract can save them thousands of dollars down the road.
Car dealers still offer their best deals around Labor Day because major auto manufacturers unveil their new models for the upcoming year around this time. Car dealerships try to clear their lots of previous models in August and September to make room for newer models, so they are motivated to lower the cost of pricey vehicles as much as possible.
"Shopping for new or used vehicles during this time is an excellent opportunity to save, giving you the ability to simultaneously purchase an auto service contract to protect your new prized possession," said Tom Keepers, Executive Director of the Service Contract Industry Council. "You never know when a mechanical or electrical failure may occur – especially with today's highly sophisticated vehicles -- so it's essential to be prepared for the unknown ahead of time."
Keepers noted that auto service contracts provide comprehensive bumper-to-bumper coverage, access to professional auto technicians, protection against repeated pricey repairs, discounted maintenance costs, replacement vehicles during repair downtime, 24-hour technical assistance, roadside assistance, and more.
When Labor Day moves into the rear-view mirror, Keepers said, families can hop into their new vehicles to savor the last days of summer, secure in the peace of mind that comes from knowing that their investment is protected with an auto service contract.
Learn more about auto service contracts here.
The Service Contract Industry Council is a national trade association that works with lawmakers and regulators across the country to develop fair and uniform regulation to protect consumers, while assuring a healthy, viable industry. Learn more at www.go-scic.com.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
205 PM CDT Wed Aug 31 2022
.Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue this afternoon.
The stronger storms will produce intense rainfall and could lead to
localized flooding.
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of northwest Texas, including the following
counties, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent, King,
Motley and Stonewall.
* WHEN...Until 330 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 205 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated a band of storms with very heavy rain from near
Paducah to Dickens to south of Crosbyton with more isolated
storms in other sections of the advisory area. Minor
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the
advisory area. Up to 2 inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible
over parts of the area. This additional rain will result in
minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Floydada, Crosbyton, Spur, Paducah, Matador, Jayton, Dickens,
Guthrie, White River Lake, Ralls, Lockney, Lorenzo, Kalgary,
Girard, Afton, Mcadoo, Dumont, Dougherty, Finney and Delwin.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Utilizing their conversation level framework, Humanize IT, formerly Managed Services Platform, makes it possible for every account manager to bring vCIO value to their clientele.
In 2013, Managed Services Platform went on a mission to deliver client success by creating a platform to make genuine human connections and empower operations. Four years later, Managed Services Platform partnered with Virtual C to further their clients' success by focusing on building business relationships through coaching and a top-down approach to better client communications. Managed Services Platform is now taking the next step, evolving to become Humanize IT. Humanize IT is the final phase in this metamorphosis, growing from Managed Services Platform and emerging anew.
Humanize IT brings the customer back into focus and increases revenue for MSPs through conversations, not presentations. Participating with Humanize IT coaches and community allows members to become more than vendors to their clients. They become business partners. Within weeks, members can take client engagement to the next level, create business-driven projects, increase customer buy-in, connect with C-suite and elevate their MSPs.
With an emphasis on cultivating personal connections with clients, MSPs are growing by utilizing the tools and resources of Humanize IT.
"We use the Needs Assessment questionnaires and report to differentiate ourselves through the sales process. We have been growing our MSP 20% year to year."
Eric Baryol
CEO - Leverage IT
To provide real support from real people and grow MSPs with a winning framework, Humanize IT offers both monthly and annual multi-tiered plans. Everything from report templates to client engagement strategy is provided with personal 1:1s, regular updates and guided courses. Humanize IT is focused on changing the face of the IT world by bringing MSPs and their clients together.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-5-3-8
(six, five, three, eight)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-5-3-8
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Dog attacks mother, daughter; sends 1 to hospital, officials say
Published: Aug. 31, 2022 at 2:35 PM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
HASTINGS, Minn. (KVLY/Gray News) - A dog attack sent a woman to the hospital earlier this week.
Officials said a pit bull attacked the woman’s daughter, and the animal turned to the mother when she got involved.
KVLY reports the daughter ended up calling 911 and her mother was taken to the hospital, where sent underwent surgery Tuesday night.
Authorities said the daughter was also hurt in the attack, but her injuries were not as extensive.
According to officials, the pit bull will be sent to the University of Minnesota for an autopsy but no immediate word was given on how the animal died.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
127 PM CDT Wed Aug 31 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN CROSBY, EAST CENTRAL HOCKLEY AND LUBBOCK
COUNTIES...
At 127 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain in west Lubbock. Up to 1.2 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lubbock, Slaton, Abernathy, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou,
Lorenzo, Ransom Canyon, Downtown Lubbock, Lubbock International
Airport, Texas Tech University, Lubbock South Plains Mall,
Woodrow, Slide, Reese Center, New Deal, Buffalo Springs and
Lubbock Science Spectrum.
An automated gauge in west Lubbock measured 3/4 inch in 10 minutes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 130 PM CDT this afternoon for a
portion of northwest Texas, including the following areas, Kent and
Stonewall.
The heaviest rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose
a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
146 PM CDT Wed Aug 31 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN CROSBY, EAST CENTRAL HOCKLEY AND LUBBOCK
COUNTIES...
At 146 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated The
strongest storms had moved out of the warned area, but more are
likely to move in. Up to 1.5 inches of rain have fallen in parts of
western Lubbock. Additional rain is possible in the warned area.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lubbock, Slaton, Abernathy, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou,
Lorenzo, Ransom Canyon, Downtown Lubbock, Lubbock International
Airport, Texas Tech University, Lubbock South Plains Mall,
Woodrow, Slide, Reese Center, New Deal, Buffalo Springs and
Lubbock Science Spectrum.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care.
“The goal here is build it and they will come,” Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham said after signing the order during a virtual announcement that included members of the state’s Commission on the Status of Women and several legislators.
The governor noted that New Mexico already has seen an influx of patients following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn Roe v. Wade as abortions have ceased in neighboring Texas and elsewhere.
Lujan Grisham, who is running for reelection against Republican Mark Ronchetti, signed her first executive order on the matter in late June. It was aimed at ensuring safe harbor to people seeking abortions or providing abortions at health care facilities within the state.
The latest order reiterates her commitments to protecting access in addition to directing state agencies to leverage their resources to expand access to reproductive health care — including abortion — in underserved areas of the state. The order also calls for the state Department of Health to review the feasibility of providing medication abortions at its public health clinics.
Ronchetti on Wednesday said state funds shouldn’t be spent on a clinic where late-term abortions would be available for people who come from out of state. He has proposed limiting abortion to the first 15 weeks, or in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is at risk.
“Using taxpayer dollars to enable and fund abortion up until the point of birth is not only out of line with New Mexican values, it is extreme,” he said in a statement.
The Democratic-led Legislature will hash out the next state budget, including capital investments, when it meets in January.
As for the one-time proposed infusion of $10 million for a new clinic in the Las Cruces area, Lujan Grisham said she envisions a partnership with medical schools and private providers, such as the Mississippi clinic at the center of the Roe court battle that relocated to southern New Mexico in early August.
One of the largest abortion providers in Texas, Austin-based Whole Woman’s Health, also still has plans to move some of its operations to New Mexico and states in the southeastern U.S.
The Commission on the Status of Women in a resolution read Wednesday made clear its focus on protecting access to abortions, protecting health care providers and expanding access to what the panel called a full spectrum of pregnancy care — which includes abortions as well as post-birth care.
Commission Chairwoman Lisa Curtis said there needs to be a special emphasis on underserved areas across the rural state and investment in programs that will develop a pipeline of trained health care providers.
New Mexico lawmakers last year repealed a dormant 1969 statute that outlawed most abortion procedures as felonies, thus ensuring access to abortion following the Supreme Court’s action. Some Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday that they will push for measures during the next legislative session to further enshrine access and protections in state law.
The governor said the work being done by her allies in the Legislature and advocacy groups is saving women’s lives.
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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Hill International, Inc. (NYSE: HIL) to Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Hill will receive only $3.40 for each share of Hill that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Noah Baumbach started re-reading Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” in the early days of the pandemic. The 1985 novel, a biting satire about a blended middle-class family in suburban America, didn’t feel like a period piece. It felt relevant and familiar.
So Baumbach, known for directing original films like “The Squid and the Whale” and “Marriage Story,” started working on his first-ever adaptation.
“White Noise” is opening the Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday night, where it is playing in competition.
The film stars Adam Driver as Jack Gladney, a college professor focused on the study of Adolf Hitler. He lives with his wife, Babette (Greta Gerwig) and their children and stepchildren, Heinrich (Sam Nivola), Denise (Raffey Cassidy) and Steffie (May Nivola).
Like the book, the film is divided into three sections, “Waves and Radiation,” “The Airborne Toxic Event” and “Dylarama,” and how the family deals with various dangers and threats on macro and micro levels.
“The movie is about life and death and how we have to acknowledge that they’re the same, rather than exist as two separate things,” Baumbach said in Venice on Wednesday. “The movie is about how we create these rituals and strategies to hold off danger and death … and sometimes it comes for us and we don’t know how to react.”
Driver, Gerwig and co-stars Jodie Turner-Smith and Don Cheadle, who play Jack’s colleagues at the university, joined Baumbach to discuss the film before its world premiere.
Gerwig, who shares a child with Baumbach and has starred in and co-written several films with him, said she started re-reading the book when he did.
“It makes you, while you’re reading it, want to look up and say ‘listen to this.’ It had a performative quality to it. It seemed to be emotional and intellectually exciting,” she said.
Long rehearsals, she added, helped make the characters become real people and less abstract.
Driver, who was reuniting with Baumbach after “Marriage Story,” said he liked getting to play a character who was “so stressed” but “pretending not to be stressed.”
The part of Jack also required some physical transformations, including a wig to simulate a receding hairline and some actual weight gain.
“I’m very satisfied where things are going,” Driver said about seeing himself on screen as Jack. “We had a backup stomach. We didn’t need the backup stomach.”
Some have already noted to Baumbach that the film is a departure for him, stylistically and tonally. He said the material had never called for it before, and DeLillo’s material did. The novel’s 1980s setting inspired the look, feel and sound of the film, which was shot on 35mm anamorphic film in Ohio.
The score was done by Danny Elfman, who Baumbach encouraged to revisit some of his own scores from the time period that he had long put to bed — like “Midnight Run” — to inform the music.
“White Noise” also features LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in five years, “New Body Rhumba.” Baumbach said he told the band’s front man James Murphy to “write a really catchy fun song about death” as though he were writing a song in the 80s. He wanted something to go with a dance in a supermarket.
“The story is the story of American culture and being surrounded by American culture,” Baumbach said.
The next stop for “White Noise” is the New York Film Festival, where it will also be the opening night film. Netflix is debuting the film in theaters first on Nov. 25, before it is streamlined on Dec. 30.
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Shamima Begum was 'smuggled into Syria to join ISIS by Canadian spy', new book claims
According to The Secret History Of The Five Eyes, Begum and two friends were met in Istanbul and smuggled to IS terrorists in Syria by Mohammed Al Rasheed, an alleged double agent working for IS and Canada.
Wednesday 31 August 2022 19:58, UK
A Canadian spy smuggled the British schoolgirl Shamima Begum and two friends into Syria to join ISIS and his role was covered up by police and the British Government, a new book has claimed.
Ms Begum, who became a jihadi bride in Syria, was later branded a "threat to national security" and stripped of her UK citizenship by the home secretary, a move backed by the Supreme Court.
Since the breakup of the so-called Isis caliphate, Ms Begum has been living in a Syrian detention camp and is now planning to use the allegation of an official cover-up in her forthcoming appeal against the decision to remove her British nationality.
She will argue that as the child victim of people traffickers she should be protected by the government, not persecuted.
Ms Begum left her east London home and travelled to Turkey with two friends - Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase - on 17 February 2015.
According to The Secret History Of The Five Eyes, a book about Britain and its international intelligence allies, the girls were met in Istanbul and smuggled to IS terrorists in Syria by Mohammed Al Rasheed, an alleged double agent working for Isis and Canada, one of the UK's closest partners.
The book claims Al Rasheed was arrested in Turkey days later and his alleged role in the trafficking of the three girls emerged, though it wasn't immediately made public.
If so, it means that Scotland Yard was making public appeals for information about the girls' whereabouts while an agent working for a key ally already knew what had happened to them.
Two officials from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service visited Scotland Yard in early March and admitted their agent had helped Ms Begum and her friends, though it wasn't aware until after they had reached IS territory, the book claims.
The Begum family's lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, said that three weeks after the Canadian's admission he was still being "fobbed off" by Scotland Yard and told it had no news.
He told Sky News: "We were informed about a Canadian asset's involvement in the trafficking of Shamima for some time way back in 2015, but we've never had any confirmation from any other official source.
"The problem is I'm dealing with the UK police force who have lied and the Canadian security service who are supposed to be our allies that made a calculation to allow children to be trafficked to their demise. There's not a lot of trust going on here."
Scotland Yard said: "We do not comment on matters relating to intelligence."
A UK government spokesman said: "It is our longstanding policy that we do not comment on operational intelligence or security matters."
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has been contacted for comment.
Last summer, during an interview, Ms Begum said she wanted to be brought back to the UK to face charges and added in a direct appeal to the prime minister that she could be an "asset" in the fight against terror.
She insisted she had been "groomed" to flee to Syria as a "dumb" and impressionable child.
Mr Akunjee said in an earlier statement: "In November, Shamima Begum will have a hearing in the SIAC [Special Immigration Appeals Commission] court, where one of the main arguments will be that when former Home Secretary Sajid Javid stripped Shamima Begum of her citizenship, leaving her in Syria, he did not consider that she was a victim of trafficking.
"The UK has international obligations as to how we view a trafficked person and what culpability we prescribe to them for their actions.
"The most shocking element of this is that integral to that traffic network were the actions of a Canadian intelligence asset. Someone who is supposed to be an ally protecting our people rather than trafficking British children into a war zone. Intelligence gathering looks to have been prioritised over the lives of children.
"Britain has lauded its efforts to stop Isis and the grooming of our children by spending millions of pounds on the Prevent programme and online monitoring.
"However, at the very same time, we have been cooperating with a Western ally, trading sensitive intelligence with them whilst they have effectively been nabbing British children and trafficking them across the Syrian border for delivery to Isis, all in the name of intelligence gathering.
"The calculation here is that the lives of British children, and the risk of their death, is part of the algorithm of acceptable risk that our Western allies have taken." | https://news.sky.com/story/shamima-begum-was-smuggled-into-syria-to-join-isis-by-canadian-spy-new-book-claims-12686288 | 2022-08-31T20:06:00Z | https://news.sky.com/story/shamima-begum-was-smuggled-into-syria-to-join-isis-by-canadian-spy-new-book-claims-12686288 | false |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge says Wisconsin voters with disabilities can get help returning their ballots, despite a state Supreme Court ruling and state laws that suggest otherwise. U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson issued an order Wednesday saying that voters who have difficulty returning their own ballot can choose someone to return it for them. The state Supreme Court in July issued a ruling that outlawed absentee ballot drop boxes and said voters must return their own absentee ballot in person to a clerk’s office or other designated site. State law also suggests that voters are required to return their own ballots. The federal Voting Rights Act says otherwise.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials and lawmakers treaded carefully Wednesday while reacting to Mikhail Gorbachev’s death, praising him for his role in ending the Cold War but deploring his failure to avert the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The stance was reflected by state television broadcasts, which paid tributes to Gorbachev as a historic figure but described his reforms as poorly planned and held him responsible for failing to safeguard the country’s interests in dialogue with the West.
The criticism echoed earlier assessments by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has famously lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.”
In a telegram of condolences released by the Kremlin, Putin praised Gorbachev as a man who left “ an enormous impact on the course of world history.”
“He led the country during difficult and dramatic changes, amid large-scale foreign policy, economic and society challenges,” Putin said. “He deeply realized that reforms were necessary and tried to offer his solutions for the acute problems.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described Gorbachev as an “extraordinary” statesman who will “always remain in the country’s history.”
“Gorbachev has given an impulse to ending the Cold War and he sincerely wanted to believe that it will be over and a new romantic period will start between the renewed Soviet Union and the collective West,” Peskov said. “Those romantic expectations failed to materialize. The bloodthirsty nature of our opponents has come to light, and it’s good that we realized that in time.”
While avoiding explicit personal criticism of Gorbachev, Putin in the past repeatedly blamed him for failing to secure written commitments from the West that would rule out NATO’s expansion eastward — an issue that has become a major irritant in Russia-West ties for decades and fomented tensions that exploded when the Russian leader sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Members of the Kremlin-controlled parliament sought followed a similar path, hailing Gorbachev’s historic role but lamenting the Soviet collapse.
Leonid Slutsky, the head of the foreign affairs committee in the lower house, the State Duma, hailed Gorbachev as “the most remarkable politician of his time,” but described him as a “contradictory” figure whose reforms “played into the hands of those who were trying to wipe the USSR off the world’s map.”
Sergei Mironov, the leader of the Just Russia party, noted that Gorbachev “was like a breath of fresh air, embodying the hopes for colossal changes,” but added that his policies led to “the loss of a great country” and became a “tragedy for generations of Russians.”
Some others were far less polite.
Oleg Morozov, a member of the main Kremlin party, the United Russia, said that Gorbachev should have “repented” for the errors that hurt Russia’s interests.
“There is a mystical coincidence in Gorbachev passing away at a time when the special military operation in Ukraine,” Morozov said in remarks carried by the state RIA Novosti news agency. “He was a willing or an unwilling co-author of the unfair world order that our soldiers are now fighting on the battlefield.”
Nikolai Kolomeitsev, the deputy head of the Communist faction in the Duma, went even further, denouncing Gorbachev as a “traitor” who “destroyed the state.”
On another flank, Grigory Yavlinsky, the leader of the liberal Yabloko party, praised Gorbachev for “offering freedom to hundreds of millions in Russia, its neighborhood and half of Europe.”
“It’s our responsibility how we in Russia have used that freedom, that great opportunity,” he said.
Gobachev’s foundation said that he will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife. The date hasn’t been set yet and the Kremlin said that no decision has been made on funeral arrangements, but the Interfax news agency reported that Gorbachev won’t be given a state funeral.
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By ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writer
Stocks are modestly lower in choppy afternoon trading Wednesday as Wall Street closes the books on a rocky August that started off strong, but left the market deeper in the red.
The S&P 500 was down 0.4% as of 2:04 p.m. Eastern, after wavering between small gains and losses. The benchmark index is coming off a three-day skid and is on pace to end the month with a 3.9% loss after surging 9.1% in July.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 170 points, or 0.5%, to 31,622, and the Nasdaq slid 0.3%.
Technology stocks and big retailers were among the heaviest weights on the market. Chipmaker Nvidia fell 2.8% and Best Buy slid 5.2%.
Those losses kept gains in communications stocks and elsewhere in the market in check. Meta Platforms rose 3.6%.
Bed Bath & Beyond sank 21% after announcing a major restructuring and a stock sale, while Snap, the operator of the Snapchat messaging app, jumped 8.9% after announcing it will lay off 20% of its work force.
Investors had their eye on the latest company quarterly report cards and outlooks. ChargePoint Holdings vaulted 15.8% after the electric vehicle charging network operator said its second-quarter revenue nearly doubled. Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands owner PVH slid 9.6% after the company cut its forecasts for full-year results.
Bond yields were mixed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences interest rates on mortgages and other consumer loans, rose to 3.12% from 3.11% late Tuesday.
European markets were lower and Asian markets closed mixed Wednesday.
Stocks got off to a solid start in early August, continuing a July rally. Investors were encouraged to see that signs that inflation, while still high, was leveling off. That fueled optimism on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve might be able to ease back on raising interest rates, its main weapon in its fight to bring inflation down. Those gains followed a weak first half of the year where the S&P 500 dropped 20% from its most recent high and entered a bear market.
That optimism faded by mid-August as the central bank signaled it would keep raising rates as long as necessary to tame the the hottest inflation in four decades. On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell underscored the Fed’s intention in a speech at the central bank’s annual symposium.
Wall Street is worried that the Fed could hit the brakes too hard on an already slowing economy and veer it into a recession. Higher interest rates also hurt investment prices, especially for pricier stocks like technology companies.
Traders are now trying to get a better sense of how far and how quickly the Fed’s rate hikes will go, beginning with the central bank’s upcoming interest rate policy meeting September 20-21. The Fed has already raised interest rates four times this year and is expected to raise short-term rates by another 0.75 percentage points at its September meeting, according to CME Group.
Investors have been closely watching economic data for any additional signs that the economy is slowing down or that inflation may be cooling or at least holding at its current level. Businesses and consumers have been hit hard by rising prices on everything from food to clothing, but recent declines in gasoline prices have provided some relief.
Strong U.S. employment data have helped fuel expectations of more interest rate hikes. The Labor Department reported Tuesday there were two jobs for every unemployed person in July, giving ammunition to Fed officials who argue the economy can tolerate more rate hikes to tame inflation that is at multi-decade highs.
On Wednesday, payroll processor ADP said its latest monthly survey of hiring by private U.S. companies showed payrolls increased by 132,000, well below the 275,000 economists expected, according to FactSet. The company also said wage growth was in line with recent monthly snapshots.
“The downward trend in hiring recently suggests that the economy and job market are slowing, a worrying sign for investors, especially after Powell’s commentary last week that the Fed will maintain course with aggressive hikes to combat inflation,” said Peter Essele, head of portfolio management for Commonwealth Financial Network. “If the current trend of softening economic reports continues, September could be a rocky month for investors, reaffirming its position as the worst calendar month for markets historically.”
The ADP survey comes ahead of employment reports from the Labor Department this week: applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday and the August jobs report Friday. Analysts expect both to show a robust labor market.
In Europe, markets fell after a report showed inflation in countries using the euro hit another record in August as energy prices soared, largely because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Annual inflation in the eurozone’s 19 countries rose to 9.1%, up from 8.9% in July, according to the European Union statistics agency Eurostat.
Inflation is at the highest levels since record-keeping for the euro began in 1997. The latest figures add pressure on European Central Bank officials to continue raising interest rates, which can tame inflation, but also stifle economic growth.
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ATLANTA — For Adamma and Adanne Ebo, setting and shooting their first feature in Atlanta was no question.
The twin sisters grew up here and channeled much of their observations surrounding the city's southern Baptist culture into the satire "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul," now available to watch in theaters and on Peacock.
The film, which premiered earlier this year as part of the Sundance Film Festival, follows a disgraced mega-church pastor, played by Sterling K. Brown ("This Is Us," "People vs. O.J. Simpson"), and his "first-lady," played by Regina Hall ("Girls Trip," "Scary Movie") as they attempt to stage a career comeback in the wake of controversy that's left their sanctuary largely empty on Sunday mornings.
"This was born of our experience being both extremely frustrated with a lot of aspects of the church but also being in this weird limbo because we love and have reverence for it," Adanne - who produced the picture - said the morning before the film screened at the historic Plaza Theatre in Midtown. "We grew up kind of in the height of mega church culture, when it was really becoming a big thing and we grew up coming to church."
Twin sister Adamma - who directed the film - wrote the first draft of what would become "Honk for Jesus." back in 2015.
"It's been eye opening," she said of the writing process. "I found out a lot about my own faith and spirituality."
Among the various incarnations of the script would be a 15-minute short released back in 2018.
"Something I realized when I was trying to readapt it into a feature was it's the climax of the feature," Adamma added. "And so, once I figured out it was the climax, I just wrote around that."
As for how the two starry leads came on the board? Ask either of the sisters and they'll tell you, "it was always Regina" for the lead role.
"The moment Daniel Kaluya (who's also a producer on the film) asked me who I want to be the first lady character, I said a Regina Hall-type because I didn't think I could get Regina Hall for our first little indie feature," Adamma explained. "But, the archetype was always Regina. I knew instantly that she could do the slapstick comedy all the way to the deeply dramatic stuff and everything in between."
Brown's role, on the other hand, would take some searching, along with a little convincing - considering his most notable rolls involved portraying gut-wrenching emotion as opposed to producing belly laughs.
"Our first question was like, wait...is Sterling funny?," both sisters remarked when thinking back on the casting decision.
They'd ultimately be convinced after watching Brown in his Emmy nominated guest spot as a murderous dentist on the comedy series "Brooklyn 99." Both Adamma and Adanne knew he'd be perfect.
"He was phenomenal in it," Adanne said. "He was so funny, and deadpan comedy is the hardest type of comedy to do. So we though, well if he could do that, he could do all of it."
Once both Hall and Brown were on screen together, the sisters stated that "the chemistry was instant."
That electricity is no more present than an early scene where Hall and Brown both perform the song "Knuck If You Buck" while riding in a car together. The song, as the sister's put it, is an "Atlanta anthem."
It's another example of the kind of city specific detail the Ebo sisters sprinkle in throughout the film, having been familiar with the song growing up in the area.
"Regina and Sterling are older than us, so we were like 'they got to know it,'" Adamme recalls of bringing up the song to her two stars the day of. "But they were like, 'what is that?'"
Ultimately, both Adamme and Adanne would describe the shooting of the sequence as one of the most fun days on set, with crew members who could have gone home staying overnight just to watch the actors perform the number.
But both Adamme and Adanne have more their minds than just crafting clever comedy with their feature. "Honk for Jesus." mixes styles and tones in order to tackle some of the two's heavier ideas surrounding institutional religion.
"It's the balance the two of us grapple with every day," Adamme said before the film's Atlanta premier. "There are so many flaws and so much harm that goes on but there's still - like I said - a deep love and a deep reverence for the culture. Because it's almost inextricable from Black culture, definitely southern Baptist culture. The critiques are supposed to be holding up a mirror. I didn't want to make fun of anything. There's a lot of comedy in it but the comedy comes from the aspects of the culture that exist as they are."
Stylistically, the movie also offers moments where the traditional narrative look gives way to mockumentary.
In the film, Brown and Hall's characters have recruited a documentary crew to capture their self-proclaimed comeback, but as Adamme explained, that only further highlights the contrast between the couple's performative image of success - complete with diamond studded church hats and three-piece Prada suits - and the actual turmoil going on when the cameras are off.
"I wanted to feel like, when you were watching the documentary potions of it, it was a real documentary," Adamme explained. "Documentary filmmaking, most people take as fact or absolute truth but that's not always true. There's often a lot of liberties taken, a lot of subjectivity in documentary filmmaking"
As for the source of the characters' turmoil, both sisters said it was important to not let the specifics of the controversy Brown's character finds himself in overshadow their overall message.
“A lot of people asked us in test screenings and drafts of the script, they were like ‘just tell us what it is’," Adanne explained, with her sister adding, "The point is after the scandal. It’s how we treat the people who are victims of the scandal afterward and people who are the perpetrators."
As for the experience of shooting in the city they once called home? Both stated having Atlanta itself as a character in the film was very important, adding they "wanted to show how the city contributed to the overall narrative of the film."
And there's certainly plenty more to come. The sisters stated they hope to set up writers rooms within the city and have there eye on tackling a wide range of projects from television, to podcasts, and even a second feature they said is already written.
"It doesn't feel like I'm working with another person, it feels like I'm working with an extension of myself," Adamme said of her relationship with Adanne. "We've been in collaboration our entire lives." | https://www.11alive.com/article/entertainment/adamma-adanne-ebo-interview-honk-for-jesus-save-your-soul/85-47a85f27-326b-4b1d-865a-f3fc89f8df2c | 2022-08-31T20:08:16Z | https://www.11alive.com/article/entertainment/adamma-adanne-ebo-interview-honk-for-jesus-save-your-soul/85-47a85f27-326b-4b1d-865a-f3fc89f8df2c | true |
Jimmy Garoppolo’s restructured contract has a maximum value of $15.45 million, but the San Francisco 49ers quarterback is unlikely to earn anything close to that figure in 2022.
Garoppolo has a $6.5 million guaranteed base salary and can earn another $500,000 in roster bonuses. And it’s possible he won’t earn another penny based on his reported $8.45 million in incentives.
Garoppolo can earn $250,000 for each regular-season game in which he takes at least 25% of the offensive snaps (maximum payout: $4.25 million), $100,000 for each of those games the 49ers win ($1.7 million), $500,000 for a playoff game in which he takes 50% of the snaps, $500,000 if he takes 50% of the snaps in the NFC Championship Game, $500,000 if the 49ers win the conference championship and $1 million if he takes 50% of the snaps in Super Bowl LVII.
In other words: If starter Trey Lance remains uninjured and effective, the 49ers will pay Garoppolo no more than $7 million to provide peace of mind as the NFL’s most accomplished and highest-paid backup QB. And if Garoppolo plays at least 25% of the snaps in every regular-season game, the 49ers are 17-0 and Garoppolo plays at 50% of the snaps in a season that ends in the Super Bowl? Garoppolo will earn $15.45 million, which would make him the league’s 16th highest-paid QB, based on average annual salary.
Garoppolo’s lack of appealing options this summer is why he agreed to a dramatic pay cut from his scheduled $24.2 million salary. Head coach Kyle Shanahan acknowledged Tuesday that it would been prohibitive to pay Garoppolo nearly $25 million to serve as a backup.
But Shanahan was close to crowing about being able to retain Garoppolo at a more palatable price after he received lukewarm interest league-wide. Shanahan suggested other teams weren’t interested in a trade because they assumed the 49ers would be forced to release Garoppolo before the season opener for financial reasons.
“The rest of the league had a chance to get him and I just so feel so fortunate that he’s still here,” Shanahan said. “… I think a lot of teams were just hoping that it would fall in their lap.”
OL added: The 49ers claimed guard/tackle Blake Hance, 26, off waivers from the Browns.
Hance, a 2019 undrafted free agent from Northwestern, has spent time with five teams and made his only eight career starts with Cleveland last year, filling in at right tackle and left tackle due to injuries. The 49ers have recently inquired about trading for an offensive lineman and also hosted former Panthers guard John Miller for a free-agent visit. Miller is not expected to sign a contract.
Two claimed: The 49ers had running back JaMycal Hasty and rookie cornerback Tariq Castro-Fields claimed off waivers by the Jaguars and Commanders, respectively.
Hasty, who had stints as their third-down back the past two seasons, joined the 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2020. The 49ers waived Hasty on Tuesday while keeping five other running backs. Castro-Fields, a sixth-round pick, was the only rookie from their nine-man draft class who wasn’t retained on their initial 53-man roster.
Sudfeld signs: Quarterback Nate Sudfeld signed with the Lions on Wednesday, one day after he was released by the 49ers.
The signing lessens the financial impact of the 49ers giving Sudfeld a one-year contract with $2 million guaranteed in March. That potential $2 million dead-money charge on their salary cap will be offset by what Sudfeld earns from Detroit. If Sudfeld signed for a veteran-minimum salary of $1.035 million, the 49ers would incur a dead-cap charge of just under $1 million.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — While the results of this month’s Kansas abortion vote have shaken some Republicans’ appetite for additional restrictions, South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a ban with limited exceptions.
By a 67-35 vote, the South Carolina House sent the Senate a bill banning abortion with exceptions only when the pregnancy risks the mother’s health or up to 12 weeks when it is the result of rape or incest.
But much of the landscape has changed since South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed the state’s temporarily blocked ban around six weeks at the presence of cardiac activity. Now, members of a state Republican Party divided on the issue’s details are no longer constrained by federal law.
Conservative lawmakers have been emboldened to pursue further restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But factions within the party were made plain Tuesday when Republican leadership called a nearly two-hour recess to convene members before the House ultimately passed an abortion ban with limited exceptions.
“We knew that we were all over the place,” Republican Rep. Davey Hiott said Tuesday evening of the caucus meeting. “If I told you it was pleasant in there I’d be lying to you.”
“We have no idea what the Senate will do,” Hiott, the House majority leader, added. “Our goal was to get a bill over there that we were comfortable with.”
Those shifting fault lines will determine whether the upper chamber follows suit or carves out a new proposal when lawmakers convene next week.
At a Monday news conference, Republican Sen. Richard Cash and Rep. Stewart Jones said they represented a “growing consensus” that would not commit to voting for a proposal that included exceptions outside of protections for a mother’s life.
But that faction ultimately lost in the House when Republicans — by a voice vote — added exceptions for pregnancies up to 12 weeks caused by rape or incest. Jones did not vote on the bill’s final passage. While Cash’s uncompromising position is backed by Republican Sens. Danny Verdin and Rex Rice, whether other colleagues support him remains to be seen.
Charleston Republican Sandy Senn said she would vote against any proposal that bans abortion before the first trimester ends and lacks exceptions for rape, incest, a mother’s life and fetal anomaly.
“Most people in our state would support such a reasonable bill, and I believe most of my colleagues internally would too. Some senators will feel the heat of the party base to vote a certain way,” Senn said in an email. “I don’t because that base is in the minority even within our party.”
Republican Sen. Katrina Shealy — who represents Lexington County, one of the state’s more conservative districts — said the chances are “slim to none” that the Senate passes the House version.
According to Shealy, enough Republican Senators want to see how the state’s “heartbeat bill” pans out before taking additional action.
“I wish (the House) hadn’t sent us anything and left it alone,” Shealy said. “We had a good bill. Leave it like it is.”
Democratic Sen. Marlon Kimpson — who in 2018 filibustered a bill that would have outlawed most abortions — is not optimistic he can repeat that success. Since then, procedural rule changes and the loss of several moderate Republican voices have made it less likely he will successfully block any proposal. Plus, Kimpson said the remaining moderate members are less comfortable voicing opposition out of increased fears they might lose their next primary.
To defeat any new restrictions, Democrats will have to find eight Republicans to join their ranks — a “challenging” task, according to Kimpson.
“At the end of the day it’s about numbers. And the game is set in favor of the party whose controlled both houses and the governor’s offices for almost two decades or more,” Kimpson said. “It’s going to an uphill battle.”
With the House advancing its proposal, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are looking ahead to January’s regular session. Democrats on Wednesday asked when the legislature will better fund the foster care system, increase SNAP benefits, and expand Medicaid, among other policies. Republicans on Monday mentioned a planned bill to streamline the adoption process.
Having exhausted their options for dissent in the legislature, House Democrats also repeatedly urged abortion rights supporters to vote for pro-choice candidates this fall.
At a demonstration Tuesday before the final House vote, activists asked supporters to continue calling their elected officials. Melissa Moore, the director of organizing for Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network, said the ballot box can’t be the only response because gerrymandered districts have limited its effectiveness as a tool for change.
Moore named Rep. Neal Collins, who two weeks ago in a moment that went viral, got choked up at a meeting as he described the impact of the six-week abortion ban he supported. While Collins abstained from moving the proposal out of committee, he ultimately voted for the final bill.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An 83-year-old missionary nun from Louisiana has been released nearly five months after she was kidnapped from her bed in the west African country of Burkina Faso, news agencies report.
A letter sent to Marianites of Holy Cross said Sister Suellen Tennyson was free and in U.S. hands in Niger's capital, Niamey, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported. The newspaper said it had obtained a copy of the letter and the order's U.S. congregational leader, Sister Ann Lacour, had confirmed Tennyson's release.
"We are grateful to God for the safety of Sr Suellen," Archbishop Gregory Aymond said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
The archdiocese referred a call Wednesday to the Marianites' press office in Covington, Louisiana. Neither Lacour nor the press office immediately responded to requests for comment Wednesday from The Associated Press.
Lacour said in April that Tennyson was kidnapped in the middle of the night April 4, in her pajamas and without her glasses or blood pressure medicine.
"We have no statement to make at this time other than she is safe," Lacour told The Times-Picayune.
Niamey is about 160 miles (257.5 kilometers) west of Yalgo, the Burkina Faso town where Tennyson was living. She had worked in Burkina Faso since 2014.
Her kidnapping came at a time of escalating violence and jihadi attacks in Burkina Faso. | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/83-year-old-nun-released-5-months-after-kidnapping-in-africa | 2022-08-31T20:14:41Z | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/83-year-old-nun-released-5-months-after-kidnapping-in-africa | false |
Georgia voters now have access to BallotTrax, the online tracking tool that allows voters to monitor the status of their absentee ballots through the United States Postal Service.
ATLANTA -- Last week, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced the start of the absentee ballot request period for the General Election in November. Today, he is reminding Georgia voters that they have access to BallotTrax, the online tracking tool that allows voters to monitor the status of their absentee ballots through the United States Postal Service.
Voters who register at Georgia.BallotTrax.net will receive up-to-date notifications when their ballot is picked up by the USPS, when it is in transit, when it has been delivered to the election office, and when it has been accepted by county elections officials. Voters can choose to receive updates via text, email or phone. Keeping up with ballots step-by-step as they move through the mail system is designed to keep voters informed and increase voter confidence in the elections process.
First implemented statewide in 2020, BallotTrax is available free of charge to any Georgia voter in all 159 counties. Nearly half a million Georgians took advantage of this partnership in 2020, and anyone planning to vote by mail this year should visit BallotTrax to register and monitor their ballot status.
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By MUNIR AHMED
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials in Pakistan raised concern Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country.
Massive flooding from the rains since mid-June has killed at least 1,162 people, a phenomenon experts blame on climate change.
Some doctors said initially they were seeing mostly patients traumatized by the flooding, but are now treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections and other waterborne ailments in the country’s flood-hit areas.
The development has forced the government to deploy additional medical teams and dispatch medicine besides providing clean drinking water to survivors, many of whom are living in tents and makeshift homes.
The warning came a day after record-breaking floods prompted the United Nations to formally issue an appeal for $160 million in emergency funding to the impoverished Islamic nation, where about a million homes have been damaged or destroyed.
Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, health minister in the country’s worst-affected province of Sindh, said officials have set up 4,210 medical camps in the province’s flood-hit areas to treat victims now suffering from skin and waterborne diseases, which are common during floods.
The World Health Organization began aiding Pakistani authorities in their efforts to treat people injured in the rains and flooding. The agency said in a statement it was working to increase surveillance for acute diarrhea, cholera and other communicable diseases to avoid their spreading further, and is also providing medicine and medical supplies to health facilities.
“WHO is working with health authorities to respond quickly and effectively on the ground,” said Dr. Palitha Mahipala, the WHO representative in Pakistan. “Our key priorities now are to ensure rapid access to essential health services to the flood-affected population, (to) strengthen and expand disease surveillance, outbreak prevention and control, and ensure robust health cluster coordination.”
Authorities said waterborne diseases among flood victims are now common across the country.
“Initially we received injured people, but now diarrhea is common,” said Farhad Khan, a physician in charge of a medical camp set up in the northwestern town of Charsadda. It is one of the worst flood-hit districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, where floods killed 257 people since mid-June.
Pakistani authorities backed by the military, rescuers and volunteers, have struggled to evacuate marooned people to safer places. On Wednesday, military helicopters continued evacuating flood victims and delivering food to remote regions, according to a statement released by the military. It said it has deployed at least 6,500 troops to assist in rescue and relief operations.
Rescuers were also using boats to evacuate stranded people in southern Sindh province and in remote villages in eastern Punjab province, according to government officials.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a visit to the flood-hit Swat Valley promised the rehabilitation of every person displaced by the flood. In his televised comments, Shahbaz thanked U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for responding to Pakistan’s request and issuing an appeal for $160 million in emergency funding to help flood victims. Guterres on Tuesday urged the world: “Let’s stop sleepwalking toward the destruction of our planet by climate change.”
Sharif’s visit comes days after a raging Swat River destroyed the iconic New Honeymoon Hotel in the northwestern tourist resort of Kalam. There were no casualties as tourists and staff left the hotel following government evacuation instructions, and residents in Kalam said many streets there were still flooded.
Pakistan says it has received aid from some countries and others were dispatching aid, too. According to initial government estimates, the devastation caused $10 billion in damage to the economy.
Kamran Bangash, a government spokesman in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said with evacuations wrapping up, officials are now focused on providing food and clean drinking water to flood victims.
“We fear the outbreak of the waterborne disease in flood-hit areas,” he told The Associated Press. He said hundreds of people have contracted such illnesses in various parts of the province.
“In recent weeks floodwater badly affected hundreds of thousands of people. We don’t want them to again suffer; this time due to non-availability of clean water and it can be avoided,” Bangash said.
Although the rains stopped three days ago, large swaths of the country remain under water, and the main rivers, the Indus and the Swat, are still swollen. The National Disaster Management Authority has warned emergency services to be on maximum alert, saying flood waters over the next 24 hours could cause further damage.
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LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency hit another record in August, fueled by soaring energy prices mainly driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Annual inflation in the eurozone’s 19 countries rose to 9.1% in August, up from 8.9% in July, according to the latest figures released Wednesday by the European Union statistics agency Eurostat.
Inflation is at the highest levels since record-keeping for the euro began in 1997.
Prices are also rising in many other countries as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on, triggering unprecedented increases for energy and food that are squeezing household finances. This summer has seen a wave of protests and strikes around the world by workers pushing for higher wages and people fed up with the high cost of living.
Inflation in Britain, Denmark and Norway, which have their own currencies, is also surging, according to official data released earlier this month. Inflation is also high in the U.S., adding urgency for the Fed to keep raising interest rates. Prices were up 8.5% in July compared with a year earlier, thought that was lower than 9.1% in June.
In the euro zone, energy prices surged 38.3%, while food prices rose 10.6%, according to Eurostat’s preliminary estimate. Prices for goods were up 5% and the cost of services rose 3.8%.
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LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency hit another record in August, fuelled by soaring energy prices mainly driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Annual inflation in the eurozone’s 19 countries rose to 9.1% in August, up from 8.9% in July, according to the latest figures released Wednesday by the European Union statistics agency.
Inflation is at the highest levels since record-keeping for the euro began in 1997.
Energy prices surged 38.3%, while food prices rose 10.6%. Prices for goods were up 5% and the cost of services rose 3.8%.
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205 PM CDT Wed Aug 31 2022
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* WHEN...Until 330 PM CDT.
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Under Sandel’s financial leadership, UMB has grown exponentially from $200 million in assets to more than $500 million in assets.
Before working for UMB, Sandel served as the City President for Deposit Guaranty and Am South Bank. He is a graduate of the Louisiana Bankers Association School of Banking as well as the Graduate School of Bank Investment and Financial Management at the University of South Carolina.
He is a long-time member of the Rotary Club, where he is a past president and is a graduate of Leadership Natchez through the Natchez Chamber of Commerce.
Having previously served on the boards of United Way, the Natchez Adams County Chamber of Commerce, and Cathedral School, Sandel has been heavily involved
in various local organizations. Sandel is a member of First Baptist Church.
“We are very excited to have Adrian on UMB’s Board of Directors,” relayed Bruce Kuehnle, Chairman of the UMB Board of Directors. “His years of experience in community banking will play a vital role as we continue to move UMB forward.”
Lauren Middleton, Chairman of Southwest Security, Inc. added, “Adrian brings 36 years of banking experience to the vast amount of knowledge and business experience of our other board members. He will be a tremendous asset to the Board.”
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By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — For as long as Serena Williams remains in the U.S. Open bracket, there is one overwhelming question that will hang over the proceedings and help define the moment: Could this be the last chance to watch her play?
The second opportunity for spectators to shower Williams with adoration — and for the 23-time major champion to enjoy that outpouring at what she has hinted, but purposely not definitively declared, will be her final tournament — was scheduled for Wednesday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest arena in Grand Slam tennis.
The opponent this time: No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit, a 26-year-old from Estonia whose current ranking is much better than Williams’ is, but whose career resume lacks so much as one quarterfinal victory at any Slam event.
Forget, for a minute, the relative merits of the two players’ skills and styles of play. Forget the X’s and O’s of the matchup. Because this trip to Flushing Meadows is, as always, about the points and the games and the sets and the scores for Williams, who won her first trophy here at age 17 in 1999 and is now 40.
As strident a competitor as tennis, or any sport, has seen, as rightly self-confident in her abilities as an athlete, Williams was not about to think of this whole exercise as merely a farewell tour.
She came to New York wanting to win, of course.
That’s what Williams showed in the first round on Monday, when she got past some early shakiness to beat 80th-ranked Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 in front of a packed house that roared with approval from start to finish. The crowd of more than 23,000 in the stands and thousands of others watching on a video screen outside Ashe helped break the U.S. Open record for largest attendance at a night session.
“I was just thinking, like, ‘Is this for real? Really?’” Williams said about the roars that greeted her entrance for the match, so raucous she “could feel it in my chest.”
“At the same time I’m also thinking, I still have a match to play and I want to be able to play up to this reception, almost. It was so loud. I just was overwhelmed in a good way. But at the same time, it’s like you have to be focused, you have to be laser-focused,” she added. “That’s what I needed to do and that’s what I tried to do.”
Other players who watched from the seats, or on TV, were struck by the scene. One that seemed likely to be repeated on Wednesday.
“For sure, it was like the most popular first round of a Slam, ever. Yeah, it’s just amazing. It shows how much she has changed our sport and how much she has done. I’m pretty happy that she can experience something like that,” said No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who owns two French Open titles. “I also feel that not every player would handle that kind of fuss around your first match of the tournament. She’s handling it pretty well, as usual. So that’s just confirmation of how great she is.”
Regardless of how Williams vs. Kontaveit went, there would be more in store for the American, who announced on Aug. 9 she was intent on “evolving” away from her playing days (she said she does not like using the word “retirement”).
Williams will team up with her older sister, Venus, in doubles on Thursday against the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova. It marks the reunion of a partnership that produced 14 Grand Slam doubles championships but last participated in that event anywhere in 2018.
Venus said it was Serena’s idea to enter the doubles.
“More than anything,” said Venus, who is 42, “I just want to hold my side of the court up and be a good sister.”
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TAIPEI
Taiwan’s military fired warning shots at drones from China flying over its outposts just off the Chinese coastline, underscoring heightened tensions and the self-ruled island’s resolve to respond to new provocations.
Taiwan’s forces said in a statement that troops took the action on Tuesday after drones were found hovering over the Kinmen island group. Dadan, one of the islands where a drone was spotted, lies roughly 15 kilometers (9 miles) off the Chinese coast.
The statement Wednesday referred to the unmanned aerial vehicles as being of “civilian use,” but gave no other details. It said the drones returned to the nearby Chinese city of Xiamen after the shots were fired. Taiwan previously fired only flares as warnings.
The incident comes amid heightened tensions after China fired missiles into the sea and sent planes and ships across the dividing line in the Taiwan Strait earlier this month. It followed angry rhetoric from Beijing over a trip to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking U.S. dignitary to visit the island in 25 years.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory and its recent actions have been viewed as a rehearsal of a possible blockade or invasion. China’s drills brought strong condemnation from Taiwan’s chief ally, the U.S., along with fellow regional democracies such as Australia and Japan. Some of China’s missiles early in August fell into nearby Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
Taiwan maintains control over a range of islands in the Kinmen and Matsu groups in the Taiwan Strait, a relic of the effort by Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists to maintain a foothold on the mainland after being driven out by Mao Zedong’s Communists amid civil war in 1949.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said China’s actions failed to intimidate the island’s 23 million people, saying they had only hardened support for the armed forces and the status quo of de-facto independence.
Officials said anti-drone defenses were being strengthened, part of a 12.9% increase in the Defense Ministry’s annual budget next year. The government is planning to spend an additional 47.5 billion New Taiwan dollars ($1.6 billion), for a total of 415.1 billion NTD ($13.8 billion) for the year.
The U.S. is also reportedly preparing to approve a $1.1 billion defense package for Taiwan that would include anti-ship and air-to-air missiles to be used to repel potential Chinese invasion attempt.
Following the Chinese drills, the U.S. sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait, which China has sought to designate as its sovereign waters. Foreign delegations from the U.S., Japan and European nations have continued to arrive to lend Taipei diplomatic and economic support.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is currently visiting Taiwan to discuss production of semiconductors, the critical chips that are used in everyday electronics and have become a battleground in the technology competition between the U.S. and China.
Ducey is seeking to woo suppliers for the new $12 billion Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) plant being built in his state.
The governor is also visiting tech powerhouse South Korea, and in a statement on his official website said his aim was to take these relationships to the next level – to strengthen them, expand them and ensure they remain mutually beneficial.”
Last week, the Indiana governor visited Taiwan on a similar mission.
Taiwanese Air Force pilots have also trained at Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix for more than 25 years, an indication of continuing U.S. support for Taiwan’s defense despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties.
Taiwan produces more than half the global supply of high-end processor chips. China’s firing of missiles during its exercises disrupted shipping and air traffic, and highlighted the possibility that chip exports might be interrupted.
Reacting to Ducey’s visit, China on Wednesday reaffirmed its opposition to any official contacts between the U.S. and Taiwan. That was a further reminder of the Communist Party’s refusal to acknowledge the separation of powers within the U.S. government and the right of American local officials to operate independently of the administration.
“We urge the relevant parties in the U.S. to … stop any forms of official contacts with Taiwan, and refrain from sending wrong signals to the Taiwan independence forces,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing.
“China will take strong measures to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Zhao said.
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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is predicting that the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious “triple dip” — the first this century — caused by three straight years of its effect on climate patterns like drought and flooding worldwide.
The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday said La Nina conditions, which involve a large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures, have strengthened in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific with an increase in trade winds in recent weeks.
The agency’s top official was quick to caution that the “triple dip” doesn’t mean global warming is easing.
“It is exceptional to have three consecutive years with a La Nina event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but it will not halt or reverse the long-term warming trend,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said.
La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to warming caused by the better-known El Nino — an opposite phenomenon. La Nina often leads to more Atlantic hurricanes, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States, and agricultural losses in the central U.S.
Studies have shown La Nina is more expensive to the United States than the El Nino.
Together El Nino, La Nina and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation, and they have one of the largest natural effects on climate, at times augmenting and other times dampening the big effects of human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas, scientists say.
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Technology Landscape Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis – Global Opportunity Analysis And Industry Forecast 2022- 2030, Covid 19 Outbreak Impact research report added by Report Ocean, is an in-depth analysis of market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography. It places the market within the context of the wider Wealth Management Software market, and compares it with other markets., market definition, regional market opportunity, sales and revenue by region, manufacturing cost analysis, Industrial Chain, market effect factors analysis, Technology Landscape Market size forecast, market data & Graphs and Statistics, Tables, Bar &Pie Charts, and many more for business intelligence. Get complete Report (Including Full TOC, 100+ Tables & Figures, and Chart). – In-depth Analysis Pre & Post COVID-19 Market Outbreak Impact Analysis & Situation by Region
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Payment choices such as credit and debit cards, net banking, and e-wallets account for ~30% of online sales in comparison to the cash on delivery (CoD) payment option in India. With support from the governments Digital India initiative, cashless payment solutions using fintech is expected to enhance the e-commerce market in India. Consequently, e-commerce companies are incorporating fintech-based payment platforms like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Amazon Pay to improve the security and efficiency of online payment methods.
Artificial intelligence allows e-commerce businesses to identify patterns and trends, which help retailers to better understand customers requirements. Using AI and ML, e-commerce companies are offering marketing strategies, personalized suggestions, voice-based chatbot assistance, and visual searches. Amazon uses machine learning to analyze purchasing patterns of the consumers and also to identify fraudulent purchases.
From managing warehouses to making deliveries, robotics has helped boost e-commerce business operations. In 2019, Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd. deployed 100 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) at its Bengaluru sortation center to increase its efficiency by 60%.
By 2022, 70% of retailers across the world are expected to use IoT technology in their businesses. This will help the players improve customer experience, enhance supply chain management, and unravel new opportunities to increase their net revenue. Indian e-commerce companies are investing heavily in IoT devices such as sensors and RFID tags to achieve real-time visibility at their warehouses. Apart from instant tracking and monitoring of warehouses, these IoT devices also eliminate the chances of human error while handling goods.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of the e-commerce logistics players have completely moved to online payment methods. One such method is OTP-based contactless delivery, wherein the delivery executive drops the package at the customers doorstep and verifies the delivery through an OTP sent to the customers smartphone. Amazon and Flipkart have already implemented this method to ensure the safety of customers and delivery executives.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
239 PM CDT Wed Aug 31 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Duval
and southwestern Jim Wells Counties through 330 PM CDT...
At 239 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rios, or 8 miles north of Premont, moving northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Palito Blanco, San Jose and Rios.
This includes US Highway 281 between mile markers 686 and 698.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2754 9843 2771 9815 2750 9806 2742 9806
2735 9816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 142DEG 12KT 2747 9817
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.
Mirroring the increase in those reports is the disclosure that close to 36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact — a dramatic increase over the roughly 20,000 who said that in a similar 2018 survey, U.S. defense and military officials said.
The latest numbers are certain to anger lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have been critical of the Pentagon’s efforts to get a handle on sexual crimes and misconduct.
According to officials, the overall increase is largely fueled by a nearly 26% jump in reports involving Army soldiers. It’s the largest increase for that service since 2013, when such reports went up by 51%.
The increase in Navy reports was about 9%, the Air Force was a bit more than 2% and the Marine Corps was less than 2%, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the reporting has not yet been made public.
The big increase is especially troublesome for the Army, which is struggling to meet its recruiting goals and is expected to miss the target by at least 10,000 — or by anywhere from 18% to 25% — at the end of September. Army leaders have acknowledged that it is important for parents and others who influence recruits to feel comfortable that their son or daughter is safe and will be taken care of in the service.
COVID-19 and the pandemic restrictions make year-to-year comparisons complicated. Officials said they do not have enough data to determine if — or how much — the pandemic played a role in the higher reporting and survey numbers.
The Pentagon and the military services have long struggled to come up with programs to prevent sexual assaults and to encourage reporting. While the military has made inroads in making it easier and safer for service members to come forward, it has had far less success reducing the assaults, which have increased nearly every year since 2006.
The double-digit overall increase comes after two years of relatively small increases in reports filed by or involving service members. In the budget year ending September 2020, reports of sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact edged up by 1%, as much of the world largely shut down due to the pandemic. The previous year, reports went up by about 3% — a substantial improvement over 2018, which also saw a 13% increase.
The widespread restrictions on travel and movement for the military continued during fall 2020 and the early part of 2021, and many businesses, restaurants and bars were shut down or had limited service. Things began to open up as more people were vaccinated in the summer and fall, but it’s also not clear whether that greater freedom contributed to the increase in assault reports.
The Pentagon releases a report every year on the number of sexual assaults reported by or about troops. But because sexual assault is a highly underreported crime, the department began to do an confidential survey every two years to get a clearer picture of the problem. The 2018 survey found that more than 20,000 service members said they experienced some type of sexual assault, but only one-third of them filed a formal report.
The latest report, expected to be publicly released Thursday, estimates that about 35,800 service members experienced some type of sexual assault in the previous year, based on the confidential survey. That means that only about one in every five service members reported an incident that happened in the previous year.
Every year as many as 10% of the assaults that service members reported happened before they joined the military.
Officials familiar with the findings said survey respondents also reported increases in unhappiness in the workplace, as well as more sexual harassment, which can sometimes lead to other sexual assaults or misconduct.
Defense officials have argued that an increase in reported assaults is a positive trend because so many people are reluctant to report it, both in the military and in society as a whole. Greater reporting, they say, shows there is more confidence in the reporting system and greater comfort with the support for victims.
It’s unclear, however, whether the increased reports last year actually represent a growing problem or whether those who say they were assaulted were just more willing to come forward.
The Pentagon has been under persistent pressure from Congress to improve prevention and prosecutions. Lawmakers acted late last year to take some prosecution authority out of the hands of commanders and instead use independent prosecutors.
Victims rights advocates and others have argued that service members don’t trust the system and are often unwilling to go to their commanders with a complaint for fear of retribution. They also worry that commanders may not press ahead with some cases if they know the accused. Members of Congress argued that using independent prosecutors would make the process more fair, and make victims more comfortable coming forward.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:CHK) ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") today announced that it has amended its previously announced exchange offers (each, an "Offer," and collectively, the "Offers") relating to its outstanding (i) Class A warrants (the "Class A warrants"), (ii) Class B warrants (the "Class B warrants") and (iii) Class C warrants (the "Class C warrants," and together with the Class A warrants and the Class B warrants, the "warrants"), each to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("common stock"). The Company has extended the offering period for each Offer until 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on September 30, 2022 (each such date, an "Expiration Date"), as described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended.
The Company is offering to all holders of the warrants the opportunity to receive a number of shares of common stock to be determined over a ten trading day volume-weighted average trading price measurement period, in each case, for warrants validly tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Offers, as further described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended. In connection with the amendment, the measurement period is now scheduled to begin on September 19, 2022.
Tendered warrants may be withdrawn by holders at any time prior to the applicable Expiration Date. The Company may extend or amend an Offer without extending or amending any other Offer.
The Offers are being made pursuant to an amended Prospectus/Offers to Exchange dated August 31, 2022, and an amended Schedule TO, dated August 31, 2022, each of which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and more fully set forth the terms and conditions of the Offers.
Chesapeake's common stock, Class A warrants, Class B warrants and Class C warrants are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbols "CHK," "CHKEW," "CHKEZ" and "CHKEL," respectively. As of August 17, 2022, there were 120,849,720 shares of common stock, 9,751,853 Class A warrants, 12,290,669 Class B warrants and 11,269,865 Class C warrants outstanding.
The Company has engaged Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and Intrepid Partners, LLC as the dealer managers for the Offers. Any questions or requests for assistance concerning the Offers may be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1 (212) 723-7914; Cowen and Company, LLC at 1 (646) 562-1010; and Intrepid Partners, LLC at 1 (713) 292-0863. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been appointed as the information agent for the Offers, and Equiniti Trust Company has been appointed as the exchange agent. Requests for documents should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com.
Copies of the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended, will be available free of charge at the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov. Requests for documents may also be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com. A registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the securities to be issued in the Offers has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. Such securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
This announcement is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the warrants or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. The Offers are being made only through the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended, and the complete terms and conditions of the Offers are set forth in the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended.
Holders of the warrants are urged to read the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended, carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offers because they contain important information, including the various terms of, and conditions to, the Offers.
None of the Company, any of its management or its board of directors, or the information agent, the exchange agent or any dealer manager makes any recommendation as to whether or not holders of warrants should tender warrants for exchange in the Offers.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Chesapeake Energy Corporation is powered by dedicated and innovative employees who are focused on discovering and responsibly developing our leading positions in top U.S. oil and gas plays. With a goal to achieve net-zero direct GHG emissions by 2035, Chesapeake is committed to safely answering the call for affordable, reliable, lower carbon energy.
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are statements other than statements of historical fact. They include statements that give our current expectations, management's outlook guidance or forecasts of future events, expected natural gas and oil growth trajectory, projected cash flow and liquidity, our ability to enhance our cash flow and financial flexibility, dividend plans, future production and commodity mix, plans and objectives for future operations, ESG initiatives, the ability of our employees, portfolio strength and operational leadership to create long-term value, and the assumptions on which such statements are based. Although we believe the expectations and forecasts reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, they are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. No assurance can be given that such forward-looking statements will be correct or achieved or that the assumptions are accurate or will not change over time.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include those described under "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K and any updates to those factors set forth in Chesapeake's subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K (available at http://www.chk.com/investors/sec-filings). These risk factors include: the ability to execute on our business strategy following emergence from bankruptcy; the impact of inflation and commodity price volatility resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, COVID-19 and related supply chain constraints, along with the effect on our business, financial condition, employees, contractors and vendors, and on the global demand for oil and natural gas and U.S. and world financial markets; the acquisitions of Vine Energy Inc. ("Vine") and Chief E&D Holdings, LP and affiliates of Tug Hill, Inc. (together, "Chief"), including our ability to successfully integrate the businesses of Vine and Chief into the Company and achieve the expected synergies from these acquisitions within the expected timeframes; effects of purchase price adjustments and indemnity obligations; the volatility of oil, natural gas and NGL prices; the limitations our level of indebtedness may have on our financial flexibility; our ability to comply with the covenants under our credit facility and other indebtedness; our inability to access the capital markets on favorable terms; the availability of cash flows from operations and other funds to fund cash dividends, repurchases of equity, to finance reserve replacement costs and/or satisfy our debt obligations; write-downs of our oil and natural gas asset carrying values due to low commodity prices; our ability to replace reserves and sustain production; uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and projecting future rates of production and the amount and timing of development expenditures; our ability to generate profits or achieve targeted results in drilling and well operations; leasehold terms expiring before production can be established; commodity derivative activities resulting in lower prices realized on oil, natural gas and NGL sales; the need to secure derivative liabilities and the inability of counterparties to satisfy their obligations; adverse developments or losses from pending or future litigation and regulatory proceedings, including royalty claims; charges incurred in response to market conditions; drilling and operating risks and resulting liabilities; effects of environmental protection laws and regulations on our business and legislative, regulatory and environmental, social and governance ("ESG") initiatives, addressing environmental concerns, including initiatives addressing the impact of global climate change or further regulating hydraulic fracturing, methane emissions, flaring or water disposal; our ability to achieve and maintain ESG goals and certifications; our need to secure adequate supplies of water for our drilling operations and to dispose of or recycle the water used; impacts of potential legislative and regulatory actions addressing climate change; federal and state tax proposals affecting our industry; potential OTC derivatives regulation limiting our ability to hedge against commodity price fluctuations; competition in the oil and gas exploration and production industry; a deterioration in general economic, business or industry conditions; negative public perceptions of our industry; limited control over properties we do not operate; pipeline and gathering system capacity constraints and transportation interruptions; terrorist activities or cyber-attacks adversely impacting our operations; and an interruption in operations at our headquarters due to a catastrophic event.
In addition, disclosures concerning the estimated contribution of derivative contracts to our future results of operations are based upon market information as of a specific date. These market prices are subject to significant volatility. Our production forecasts are also dependent upon many assumptions, including estimates of production decline rates from existing wells and the outcome of future drilling activity. We caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date of this news release, and we undertake no obligation to update any of the information provided in this release, except as required by applicable law. In addition, this news release contains time-sensitive information that reflects management's best judgment only as of the date of this news release.
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