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There’s a new king in the pickup universe and it has nothing to do with big towing numbers or horsepower.
On Wednesday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced that the 2022 Toyota Tundra crew cab earned a Top Safety Pick+ award.
The Tundra is the only 2022 pickup truck to earn that distinction, and it might be the most improved pickup truck in recent memory in terms of crash tests. The 2021 Tundra earned a “Poor” rating on the passenger-side small overlap crash test and a “Marginal” rating for the driver side along with a “Marginal” headlight rating.
The 2022 Tundra earned top “Good” ratings across the board. The base headlights are rated as “Acceptable” while the LED units in upper trim models earned a top Good rating.
The segment’s bestselling 2022 Ford F-150 was named a Top Safety Pick, but that rating only applies to trims equipped with LED headlights; that keeps the model and its otherwise strong crash-test results from the Top Safety Pick+ list. The 2022 Ram 1500 matched the F-150’s Top Safety Pick; some versions have headlights that earn a “Marginal” rating. The 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 didn’t earn any awards due to a “Marginal” rating on the passenger-side small overlap frontal test.
The NHTSA hasn’t yet tested the 2022 Tundra. At present, the top-performing pickup in those tests overseen by the NHTSA is the Ford F-150, which achieves five-star results overall and across the board.
The 2022 Toyota Tundra is on sale now in seven different trim levels and costs at least $37,645.
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Big Chicken, the Shaquille O’Neal-owned fast casual concept, is heading to Florida in a massive way.
The company recently signed a 45-unit franchising deal with Florida-based commercial hospitality development company
DMD Ventures, which means we can expect Big Chicken locations in Orlando, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tampa Bay.
The casual chicken spot's
menu is a combination of Shaq's home-cooked childhood favorites and the hottest trending flavors, chock-full of chicken sandwiches, tendies and more.
Although Big Chicken's sandwiches look tiny in Shaq's massive hands, the franchise is known for its stacked specialty sandos like the "Big & Sloppy," with mac and cheese, crispy fried onions and garlic BBQ aioli, and the "Uncle Jerome" with Nashville hot chicken, lettuce, mayo and pickles. Popular sides include loaded fries, mac and cheese and jalapeño slaw, while Big Chicken offers hand-spun milkshakes, thick ice cream sandwiches and cookies for dessert.
Founded in 2018, Big Chicken is a joint effort from Las Vegas-based JRS Hospitality, marketing and development company Authentic Brands Group, and of course, Shaq himself. There are currently over 200 Big Chicken locations being developed across the country, alongside Florida's recently-announced franchises.
In addition to its various storefronts, Big Chicken operates several different ghost kitchens, and even has locations inside of sports arenas and Carnival Cruises, according to
wtsp.com.
In addition to the dozens of locations planned for Central and South Florida, Big Chicken also made a
recent franchising deal with Panhandle Restaurant Group to bring over 40 locations to the northern half of the state.
A version of this story originally appeared at Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
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The members of Great Britain’s basketball team stood side by side, their arms slung over each other’s shoulders, coaches on one end of the row, players on the other.
For 45 seconds before their EuroBasket game in Milan on Thursday afternoon, they listened to the national anthem of Great Britain, with the crescendo building toward the traditional finish.
“God save the Queen,” some of them sang, perhaps for the final time.
It was a most unusual set of circumstances to play a basketball game, a group of 12 representing their nation less than two hours after the death of Queen Elizabeth II — Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, one who held the throne for 70 years — was announced.
The outcome didn’t matter much: the team lost to Italy, 90-56.
“I mean, she’s the only leader of our nation that we’ve known,” Great Britain forward Dan Clark said. “The amount of respect that she has and the way she’s carried herself as a leader for so many years and in such a long reign, it’s remarkable.”
Many other sporting events in Britain were called off once the Queen’s passing was announced, including some golf, cricket, horse racing, rugby and cycling competitions.
In Milan, the Queen’s life was remembered pregame, a hastily assembled tribute by EuroBasket organizers. After the anthems played and a brief warm-up session took place, the starters from both teams gathered at midcourt just before tip-off for a moment of silence.
Fans applauded politely while a brief tribute to the Queen was read, and then the arena went completely quiet for about 30 seconds. Some in the crowd held the British flag in the air. Britain’s players stood together in a semi-circle, hands clasped behind their backs for the moment.
“It’s just hard,” said Britain coach Nathan Reinking, who was born in Ohio and holds dual British-American citizenship. “That’s who you play for. You play for the country. And she’s been at the forefront for so many years … it was a different, challenging situation to go through.”
Britain (0-5) had already been eliminated from the knockout round of the tournament, which serves as the European championships. There were 24 teams that made the group stage; only 16 go to Berlin this weekend to start the next round.
That means it’s unclear when the next instance of the team standing for the national anthem before a game will take place. But when that happens, now in honor of King Charles III, the anthem will build toward a new ending.
It’ll be “God save the King” now.
“It was a strange, difficult moment,” Reinking said. “You just get through it.”
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Follow AP coverage of Queen Elizabeth II at https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii
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Former President Trump’s Justice Department pushed for a criminal investigation of former Secretary of State John Kerry, an ex-U.S. attorney revealed in a new book, according to The New York Times.
The push for an investigation of Kerry was one of several instances in which Trump’s Justice Department pressured the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan to take action against the then-president’s critics, according to Geoffrey Berman, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Berman was fired by Trump in June 2020.
In May 2018, the Justice Department told Berman’s office it would be investigating Kerry’s Iran-related conduct, Berman details in his new book “Holding the Line,” out Tuesday, according to the Times.
The request came days after Trump publicly attacked Kerry on Twitter over the Iran nuclear deal, which he helped negotiate as head of the State Department in the Obama administration, Berman said. Trump withdrew the U.S. from the accords around the same time.
“The conduct that had annoyed the president was now a priority of the Department of Justice,” Berman wrote, according to the Times.
After Berman’s office declined to prosecute Kerry, the request was sent to another U.S. attorney’s office, in Maryland, which also declined to prosecute, Berman said in his book, according to the Times.
In another case of what he described as a “clear” and “outrageous” pattern, Berman said the Justice Department referred a case against Gregory Craig, former White House counsel for the Obama administration, to his office.
Berman claims he was asked to charge Craig prior to the midterm elections in order to “even things out,” according to the Times. The case was similarly shuffled around to another U.S. attorney’s office after Berman declined to prosecute.
Trump’s Justice Department also sought to block cases against the former president’s allies, including his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, Berman noted in his book, according to the Times.
The Hill has reached out to a Trump spokesperson for comment.
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Quite frankly Maria Grazia Chiuri is one of the most down-to-earth fashion designers and creative directors that you could meet. Her couture and ready-to-wear talent precedes her, so it’s no wonder the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT (MFIT) chose to honor her this week by bestowing her with the 2022 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion in New York City.
Held at the David H. Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center, the award was centered around a luncheon where the likes of Pete Nordstrom and Rickie De Sole were in attendance. Harper’s Bazaar Editor-In-Chief Samira Nasr presented Chiuri with the award, as the CEO of The Macklowe Whiskey Julie Macklowe and Kara Ross co-chaired the event.
Wearing a black pants suit with double-breasted jacket with sneakers, and her blonde hair parted on one side and slicked back into a pony tail, the Dior creative director exuded luxurious simplicity. Nasr’s laid-back style included fitted yet baggy-ish black pants and a tucked in white t-shirt with the words: The Next Era, in black going across.
But, there was a philanthropic element to the luncheon. Nordstrom, who presented the event helped raise money for The Museum at FIT, the city’s only museum dedicated solely to the art of fashion. The museum will continue with its exhibitions, programming, and symposia, while remaining free to the public.
Other recognizable attendees included Kat Graham, Derek Blasberg, Francisco Costa, Ken Downing, Aurora James, Robin Morgan, Nina Garcia, Julia Haart, Candace Bushnell, Timo Weiland (DJ of the luncheon), Jean Shafiroff, Ramy Brook Sharp, Liz Peek, Fern Mallis, Cameron Silver, Fe Fendi, Eleanor Kennedy, Veronica Webb, Yaz Hernandez, and Dr. Valerie Steele, among others.
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Las Vegas police say DNA evidence and video helped lead to the arrest Wednesday of the Clark County public administrator for the killing of an investigative journalist there.
Copyright 2022 NPR
Las Vegas police say DNA evidence and video helped lead to the arrest Wednesday of the Clark County public administrator for the killing of an investigative journalist there.
Copyright 2022 NPR
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State use of federal infrastructure dollars to prioritize highway expansions over repairs could waste billions of dollars and worsen the impacts of climate change, a new report has found.
The report, published on Thursday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (U.S. PIRG), urged state lawmakers to reexamine proposed highway expansion projects — while taking into account the evolving transportation needs of the American public.
“Every time we spend money on infrastructure, we have an opportunity to re-envision the future,” Matt Casale, director of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s environment campaigns, said in a statement.
“We should not invest in highway boondoggles that will exacerbate our pollution and global warming problems,” Casale continued. “The projects that we choose to invest in should be ones that are going to make American lives better.”
States have found themselves with funds to make such decisions following November’s passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which seeks to modernize transportation across the U.S.
But the infrastructure law, the report authors noted, gives states the flexibility to choose how best to spend much of the funds they receive. Many states are advancing billions of dollars’ worth of highway expansion projects, funds for which the authors argued would be better spent on attending to maintenance backlogs.
After highlighting 66 highway boondoggles in seven previous reports, the U.S. PIRG Education Fund focused in Thursday’s edition on seven new highway projects that would cost a total of more than $22 billion.
“America can’t afford to squander our historic investment in infrastructure on boondoggle projects,” lead author James Horrox, a policy analyst at the Frontier Group, a Denver-based nonprofit organization, said in a statement.
“And yet, across the country, wasteful and damaging highway expansion projects are often first in line for public dollars,” Horrox added.
The most expensive project is a $16 billion proposal to widen the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway — plans that would result in the addition of hundreds of miles of new lanes on two of the country’s busiest roads, according to the report.
Realizing these ambitions could mean “undermining New Jersey’s emissions reduction goals,” the authors argued.
A $2.8 billion plan to construct a 10-lane, double-decker bridge across the Ohio River could “exacerbate congestion at one of the country’s worst traffic bottlenecks,” the report stated.
Another $1.3 billion would go to Maryland’s proposed Montgomery County M-83 highway, which has been discussed since the 1960s.
The construction of this highway would “pose a a direct threat to 25 residential neighborhoods, 100 acres of public forest, 14 wetlands, six streams, natural floodplains and 60+ acres of agricultural reserve,” the authors contended.
Widening Interstate 205 in Oregon would cost $900 million and could endanger “the long-term financial security of the region’s transportation system” while contradicting the state’s climate goals, according to the report.
A proposed $750 million 8-mile bypass in southwestern Virginia would threaten hundreds of acres of forest, wetlands and farmlands and force 21 households to relocate, the authors stated.
Another contentious project is the $510 million reconstruction of I-35 in Minnesota, which would be the first of a series of major highway projects in downtown Duluth, the report explained.
The final project of focus is the $66 million-$100 million redesign of the Erie Bayfront Parkway in Pennsylvania, which the authors argued would attract more traffic to Erie’s developing bayfront and fail to meet community demands for improved pedestrian access.
The authors recommended that instead of investing in such projects, state and local governments should finance solutions that minimize dependence on automobile travel.
They also stressed the importance of directing funding toward repairing existing roads and granting priority to projects that decrease growth in vehicle-miles traveled.
“State bureaucrats still have a misplaced appetite for costly, polluting and ineffective highway expansion projects,” Casale said.
“Rather than costly highway boondoggles, we need to start using our money more wisely by investing in public transit, walking and biking instead,” he added.
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Long live the queen!
After living a full 96 years of life, Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, Sept. 8 surrounded by her family of loved ones at Balmoral Castle.
She was the longest-reigning monarch in England’s history and was beloved around the world.
The BBC played the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” over a portrait of her in full regalia as her death was announced, and the flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-staff as the second Elizabethan age came to a close.
Of course, celebrities and politicians have taken to social media to send condolences to the queen and her family, as well as admire the pillar or strength that she was during her reign.
Here are a few tributes to the queen.
Mick Jagger
For my whole life Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II has always been there. In my childhood I can recall watching her wedding highlights on TV. I remember her as a beautiful young lady, to the much beloved grandmother of the nation. My deepest sympathies are with the Royal family. pic.twitter.com/3JLILZDKwK
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) September 8, 2022
Kylie Minogue
The occasions I had the honour of being in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, her energy, compassion and aura had a most singular brilliance. I was, and am, in awe. My deepest condolences to family and friends. Rest in Peace.
— Kylie Minogue (@kylieminogue) September 8, 2022
Cher
Am Sad About The Passing Of Queen Elizabeth II.I Had Honor Of Meeting Her.
— Cher (@cher) September 8, 2022
I Was In Long Line of Ppl
Waiting 2 Meet Her,Yet
When She Got 2 Me,She Asked Me Pertinent Questions,& Seemed Genuinely Interested In Talking 2 Me.I’m Proud She Was a🐂& Happy She Had a Great Sense Of Humor
Sir Paul McCartney
God bless Queen Elizabeth II
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) September 8, 2022
May she rest in peace
Long live The King
Paul McCartney pic.twitter.com/fK9wXqkAsa
Barbara Streisand
Sad to hear about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. She was a constant for us all. Respected around the world. May she rest in peace. Barbra. pic.twitter.com/LCizXL0u1N
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) September 8, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg
Several years ago, I met Queen Elizebeth at The Royal Variety Performance of 2009. As she approached me, all i could think of was WTH?? I’m an American kid from the projects and I’m in the company of the Queen of England. I was in awe. Rest In Peace. God Save the King
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 8, 2022
Victoria Beckham
Today is a very sad day for the entire world. I’m deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved Monarch, Her Majesty The Queen. She will be remembered for her steadfast loyalty and service and my thoughts are with the royal family at this time. pic.twitter.com/ObZSKqNaNy
— Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) September 8, 2022
Elton John
Paddington Bear
Thank you Ma’am, for everything.
— Paddington (@paddingtonbear) September 8, 2022
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The Indy Serb Fest is back!
Authentic Serbian food, beer and wine will be served. There will also be live music, bocce ball, dancing, playground and kids’ activities. Admission to the festival is free. Food and Beverage prices range from $3 – $20.
Ivan Ristic, festival chairman, and Jovanka Mijic, festival committee member, joined us Thursday on “Life.Style.Live!” to share more about this event.
Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church’s annual Indy Serb Fest is happening on Saturday, September 10.
Indy Serb Fest’s mission is to preserve, promote, and nurture the Orthodox Christian Faith and Serbian culture. This festival is an opportunity to share heritage and have some family fun.
Entrees Include: Roasted Lamb, Sarma (Serbian stuffed cabbage), Cevaps (Serbian sausage), Burek (Serbian meat pastry) and hot dogs (for our less adventurous friends!) Amazing desserts include: Palacinke (Serbian crepe), Krofne (Serbian doughnut), Baklava, Strudel, Cookies and so much more.
Serb Fests are very popular in “The Region” (north west Indiana Chicago area) and in big cities across America. Our Saint Nicholas church started replicating this amazing Festival 6 years ago. Without being too prideful, in the short period of time we have been noticed by those other Serbian festivals and have been praised as most organized and one of the best in America at this time.
This year aside from the Serbian museum, there will also be an exhibit of a local artist who was part of their community. Jim Andrews will be available and even his original paintings will be for sale.
For more information, click here.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/NEXSTAR) – The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday launched “Operation Unicorn,” a contingency plan included in “Operation London Bridge” in the event that the queen died in Scotland, not England.
Meticulous plans for the death, retirement or abdication of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch have been in the works for decades.
On Thursday, years of planning went into place after the queen died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, her private home and one of her favorite places. Leaked details from Operation Unicorn suggest that her coffin will rest at Balmoral before a lengthy procession by car to the Palace of Holyroodhouse two days after her death, The Guardian reports.
On the third day, the coffin is expected to be transported to St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh where it will stay for 24 hours, according to The Independent.
The following day, the Queen’s coffin will begin the journey back to London — either via a five-hour trip on the royal train or by plane as part of “Operation Overstudy.”
Once back in London, “Operation London Bridge,” also known by its code name “London Bridge Is Down,” will take over, according to Politico.
Operation London Bridge was set up in the 1960s and was updated several times each year, ensuring a smooth transition of the throne to her eldest son, Prince Charles, who is now king. The plans included a list of procedures and announcements of her death, the 10-day period of official mourning, and the details of her state funeral.
Leaked details of the plan indicated that following Elizabeth’s death, her private secretary, Sir Christopher Geidt, would be the first official to convey the news, according to The Guardian. Geidt would then contact the prime minister over a secure telephone line using the code phrase “London Bridge.” If the prime minister was not awake, civil servants would say “London Bridge is down.”
From there the news would be communicated to 15 governments outside the U.K. where the queen is the head of state and 36 other nations of the Commonwealth.
“For a time, she will be gone without our knowing it,” the Guardian report added. “The information will travel like the compressional wave ahead of an earthquake, detectable only by special equipment.”
The report stated that an announcement would be made to the Press Association and the rest of the world’s media simultaneously, but news of the queen’s death Thursday first appeared on the Twitter account of the royal family, according to the New York Times.
The palace website was transformed into a somber, single-page announcement of her death at Balmoral. The page, black with white lettering and a vignetted portrait of the queen, reads at the bottom, “The official website of the Royal Family is temporarily unavailable while appropriate changes are made.”
Parliamentary business was suspended immediately on Thursday to allow authorities to prepare for a funeral, which will take place in less than two weeks, the BBC reports.
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Fewer Americans said inflation is their top issue going into November’s midterm elections than in recent months, according to a new poll released on Thursday.
Thirty percent of respondents in the NPR-PBS Newshour-Marist poll listed inflation as their top issue in the upcoming elections — down from 37 percent in July — as inflation showed signs of slowing.
Even as fewer Americans placed inflation at the top of their list of concerns, it remained the issue most frequently cited as being “top of mind,” ahead of abortion and health care, according to the poll.
However, the issue of abortion gained ground on inflation: The portion of respondents listing it as their top election issue rose slightly from 18 percent in July to 22 percent in September, the poll found.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, 61 percent of respondents said the decision made them more likely to vote in November’s elections. This number had decreased slightly by the September poll, with 58 percent saying the decision encouraged them to vote.
Democrats also maintained a slight edge over Republicans among the poll’s respondents, with 48 percent saying they would support a Democratic candidate for Congress in November and 44 percent saying they would support a Republican candidate. However, Republicans have narrowed the gap since June, when 41 percent said they would support one of the party’s candidates.
Democrats’ expectations for the upcoming elections have improved slightly in recent weeks amid a series of wins for the party, including the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and President Biden’s announcement about student loan debt forgiveness.
The NPR-PBS Newshour-Marist poll was conducted from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 with 1,236 adults and is statistically significant within plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.
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NEW YORK — U.S. officials are considering broadening recommendations for who gets vaccinated against monkeypox, possibly to include many men with HIV or those recently diagnosed with other sexually transmitted diseases.
Driving the discussion is a study released Thursday showing that a higher-than-expected share of monkeypox infections are in people with other sexually transmitted infections.
Dr. John T. Brooks, chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s monkeypox outbreak response, said the report represents a “call to action.”
Brooks told The Associated Press on Thursday that he expected vaccine recommendations to expand and that “the White House, together with CDC, are working on a plan for what that will look like.”
Currently, the CDC recommends the vaccine to people who are a close contact of someone who has monkeypox; people who know a sexual partner was diagnosed in the past two weeks; and gay or bisexual men who had multiple sexual partners in the last two weeks in an area with known virus spread.
Shots are also recommended for health care workers at high risk of exposure.
The vast majority of monkeypox cases are in men who have sex with men who reported close contact with an infected person during sex. But the new CDC report suggested infections in people with HIV and other STDs may be a bigger issue then previously realized.
The report looked at about 2,000 monkeypox cases from four states and four cities from mid-May to late July.
It found 38% of those with monkeypox infections had been diagnosed with HIV, far higher than their share of the population among men who have sex with men.
The study also found that 41% of monkeypox patients had been diagnosed with an STD in the preceding year. And about 10% of those patients had been diagnosed with three or more different STDs in the prior year.
There were racial differences. More than 60% of Black Americans with monkeypox had HIV, compared with 41% of Hispanic people, 28% of whites and 22% of Asians.
Jason Farley, an infectious disease expert at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, said men of color who have sex with men should be at the front of the line for monkeypox vaccine doses. Within those racial and ethnic groups, the next priority should be anyone living with HIV or was recently diagnosed with a STD, he said.
The study has several limitations, including that the data may not be nationally representative, the authors said.
Brooks said the findings could lead to vaccines being recommended for people with recent STD infections, people with HIV, people taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications to prevent HIV infection and, possibly, prostitutes.
Discussions of expanding eligibility will have to take into account supply of the two-dose vaccine. And any substantial expansion of monkeypox vaccination recommendations may also be subject to review by CDC’s outside vaccine advisers, health officials say.
Also on Thursday, the CDC sent a letter to state and local health departments that said federal funds for HIV and STD prevention can also now be used against monkeypox. Cases in the U.S. seem to be declining, officials say.
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Brazil's Mercedes-Benz union to strike after layoffs announced
Sept 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian workers at Mercedes-Benz will go on strike next week, their union said on Thursday, after the Brazilian arm of the company announced plans to lay off 3,600 employees.
The Sindicato dos Metalurgicos do Grande ABC union said in a statement that workers would strike from Sept. 12 after the company said it would lay off 3,600 workers and outsource operations at its truck and bus chassis plant in Brazil's Sao Paulo state.
"Many times in a negotiation process not everything the union wants will prevail, but also not everything the company wants," said the union president, Moises Selerges.
He said that until last week the company was still hiring workers, which would make the layoffs "not logical" and "irrational." (Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; editing by Richard Pullin)
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For around 200 years, a special saguaro cactus stood tall in the Arizona desert. Its longest arms stretched almost 30 feet into the air. And now that desert giant has fallen. Its trunks have splintered. And its large arms lay sprawled on the ground.
A MARTINEZ, HOST:
Steve Haas, the park manager at Catalina State Park, says monsoon rains likely led to its demise.
STEVE HAAS: Mid-June through now, we've had about 12 1/2 inches of rain. And so it was very wet. It was very windy.
MARTINEZ: These slow-growing succulents can take seven years to reach a height of six feet. And though the death of this giant is sad news for some, it still has a role to play.
HAAS: The coolest part about it is, you know, as it rots over the next decades, you know, it's going to provide habitat. It's going to provide food. It's going to provide shelter for all sorts of creatures.
MARTIN: The remains of the cactus will stay where they are, full of holes from gila woodpeckers and cactus wrens. This saguaro fell just a few weeks after a bacterial infection killed another iconic saguaro known as Strong Arm, which lived to 150 years.
MARTINEZ: In spite of the recent loss of these two beloved desert icons, Haas notes that many others are still standing strong.
HAAS: There's a lot of younger ones here. And, you know, they grow so slowly. But it's neat to see a mix of - you want some old ones. But then you want a lot of regeneration, a lot of young saguaros.
MARTINEZ: Haas says saguaro are special in every season and in every season of their lives.
HAAS: When it's really hot, you know, that's when they send out their flower. And so then you have bats that pollinate it and birds that pollinate it. And then - you know, and then when they drop their fruit come monsoon season, all those red, little seeds, you know, everybody uses those seeds in terms of eating them. And, yes, it's sad that it fell. But now it's even providing more habitat for critters and stuff.
MARTINEZ: So the saguaro will slowly return to the soil right where it stood all that time along the Romero Ruins.
(SOUNDBITE OF NAIM AMOR'S "STUCK") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan for half of Donald Trump’s presidency says he was repeatedly pressured by Justice Department officials to use his office to aid them politically, including by investigating former Secretary of State John Kerry.
Former U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman wrote in his upcoming book, “Holding the Line,” due to be published Tuesday, that he mostly resisted the pressure from Washington, according to the The New York Times, which obtained an advance copy.
“Throughout my tenure as U.S. attorney, Trump’s Justice Department kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically, and I kept declining — in ways just tactful enough to keep me from being fired,” the book said.
Berman, a Republican and Trump-administration appointee, said he walked that “tightrope” for 2 1/2 years before “the rope snapped,” the newspaper reported.
Trump fired Berman as U.S. attorney in June 2020 after he refused a request to resign.
In the book, Berman revealed that Justice Department officials ordered an investigation of Kerry in 2018 after Trump withdrew the U.S. from a nuclear accord with Iran, a deal that Kerry had helped negotiate as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state.
Trump was among several Republicans who publicly demanded an investigation, claiming that Kerry, as a private citizen, wasn’t allowed to have conversations with Iranian officials about the nuclear deal.
Berman wrote that after a year-long probe, he declined to prosecute Kerry. The case was then referred by the Justice Department to a U.S. attorney’s office in Maryland which reached the same result.
A spokesperson for Kerry reached by The Associated Press had no comment. Kerry’s representatives have previously said that Trump’s claims that Kerry was illegally trying to undercut the administration on its dealings with Iran were false.
In another revelation, Berman disclosed that his office had to fight to keep its prosecution going against Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the Times said.
Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to campaign finance fraud and other crimes after admitting his role in hush payments made to two women shortly before the 2016 presidential election to prevent them from disclosing affairs they claimed to have had with Trump.
Berman wrote that before the plea, a Justice Department official tried to get Berman’s deputy to remove all references to Trump, who was identified in the charging document as “Individual-1,” the newspaper said.
After William Barr became U.S. attorney general in 2019, he paused investigations into whether other others in Trump’s orbit committed campaign finance violations, and suggested that Cohen’s conviction on those charges be reversed.
Berman said his top deputy was able to persuade Barr that the conviction should stand and that the investigations should go ahead.
In the book, Berman also recounted how a Justice Department then led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions referred an investigation of former Obama counsel Greg Craig to his office in March 2018.
The probe was aimed at learning whether Craig had concealed work he did years earlier for the government of Ukraine in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and whether he lied to the Justice Department about it, the Times said.
Berman disclosed in the book that he concluded that Craig was innocent of the potential charge and a jury would be unlikely to convict him of a false statement charge, the newspaper said.
Craig was eventually indicted in Washington D.C. and tried on a charge that he made false statement. A jury acquitted him in September 2019.
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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch died at 96, on Thursday. Mourners around the world are expressing their condolences and paying homage to the late queen’s legacy. The following are reactions from musicians, actors and other celebrities to her death.
Helen Mirren, British actress who played Elizabeth on screen: “I’m mourning along with the rest of my country, the passing of a great Queen. I’m proud to call myself of the Elizabethan age. If there was a definition of nobility, Elizabeth Windsor embodied it.”
Elton John, British singer and composer: “Along with the rest of the nation, I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s passing. She was an inspiring presence to be around and led the country through some of our greatest and darkest times with grace, decency and a genuine caring warmth. Queen Elizabeth has been a huge part of my life from childhood to this day, and I will miss her dearly.”
Daniel Craig, “James Bond” English actor: “I, like so many, was deeply saddened by the news today and my thoughts are with The Royal Family, those she loved and all those who loved her. She leaves an incomparable legacy and will be profoundly missed.”
Beatles musician Paul McCartney: “God bless Queen Elizabeth II. May she rest in peace. Long live The King.”
Ozzy Osbourne, English singer: “I mourn with my country the passing of our greatest Queen. With a heavy heart I say it is devastating the thought of England without Queen Elizabeth II.”
Tom Jones, Welsh singer: “Queen Elizabeth II was a constant presence and inspiration throughout my life. She was a reassuring force in difficult times, her dedication was faultless and her commitment to duty unrivaled. I am honored and blessed to have witnessed her reign.”
LEONA LEWIS, BRITISH SINGER: “So saddened by the loss of our Queen. Above all she was a mother, grandmother, and great grand mother. My deepest condolences go out to the family x.”
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, BRITISH COMPOSER: “For the whole of my life, the Queen has been the constant anchor of not just Britain and her beloved Commonwealth, but an inspiration to the world for her lifetime of service. Her legacy will be remembered as a selfless beacon for love, understanding and celebration of fellow human beings all over the world, no matter their race or creed. Madeleine and I are deeply saddened by this news, and our thoughts and prayers are with Her Majesty The Queen’s family.”
MICK JAGGER, ENGLISH SINGER AND SONGWRITER: “For my whole life Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II has always been there. In my childhood I can recall watching her wedding highlights on TV. I remember her as a beautiful young lady, to the much beloved grandmother of the nation. “
YOKO ONO, MULTIMEDIA ARTIST: “We would like to send out deepest sympathy to the Royal family following the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II; a strong and powerful woman whose seventy year reign was served with integrity, dignity, grace and compassion. With love, Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon”
KYLIE MINOGUE, AUSTRALIAN SINGER: “The occasions I had the honor of being in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, her energy, compassion and aura had a most singular brilliance. I was, and am, in awe.”
ANDREA BOCELLI, ITALIAN TENOR: “It was a privilege to have the opportunity to sing for Her Majesty #QueenElizabeth on several occasions. It makes me deeply sorry to hear of her passing. We have lost one of the key figures of contemporary history: an extraordinary woman, a charismatic cornerstone of society.”
GEORGE TAKEI, ACTOR AND ACTIVIST: “Queen Elizabeth II has passed away at age 96. In her time, the Queen saw a country and indeed a world transformed. There shall be none other like her.”
WILLIAM SHATNER, “STAR TREK” ACTOR: “Very saddened to learn of about the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.”
Bernard Shaw, a journalist who left network TV in 1980 for the uncertainty of anchoring at the first 24-hour cable news network — CNN — and whose steady-under-missile-fire coverage from Baghdad during the Persian Gulf War helped elevate the outlet to global prominence, died Sept. 7 at a Wash…
Queen Elizabeth II, the seemingly eternal monarch who became a bright but inscrutable beacon of continuity in the United Kingdom during more than seven decades of rule, died Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands. She was 96.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said officials won't flinch in the battle to curb inflation, hardening expectations that they'll deliver a third straight jumbo rate hike later this month.
A Massachusetts man and a New Hampshire man have pleaded guilty to charges connected to a reckless ascent of a White Mountain cliff in June, which required rescuers to navigate dangerously steep terrain to bring them down safely.
U.S. crude stockpiles surged by nearly 9 million barrels last week due to a combination of increased imports and ongoing releases from government emergency reserves, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday.
The Boy Scouts of America secured approval of a $2.46 billion reorganization plan from a bankruptcy judge on Thursday that will allow the youth organization exit Chapter 11 and settle decades of claims by more than 80,000 men who say they were abused as children by troop leaders.
NEW YORK — Steve Bannon, the longtime ally and onetime top strategist to former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges for having allegedly deceived donors to an effort to help Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The United States intends to send another $2 billion in military support to Ukraine and 18 nearby countries at risk of Russian attack, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Thursday during a visit to Kyiv.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also on Thursday announced another package of weapons to Ukraine worth up to $675 million, a pledge made as he met with allies working to keep Ukraine equipped “over the long haul” amid the Russian invasion.
“Yesterday, President Biden approved the latest tranche of U.S. assistance to Ukraine. It’s valued at up to $675 million,” Austin told reporters following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
A list later released by the Pentagon detailed the contents of the package, which includes four 105mm Howitzers and 36,000 accompanying artillery rounds, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), additional High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARM), 100 Humvees, 50 armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small arms and more.
Blinken notified Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the latest U.S. lethal aid when the two met Thursday in Ukraine’s capital. It was Blinken’s second visit to Ukraine since Russia first attacked the country on Feb. 24.
In a statement, Blinken said he informed Zelensky of the $675 million presidential drawdown, noting that President Biden “has been clear we will support the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. I reiterated this message to President Zelenskyy and his team today in Kyiv, which remains — and will remain — the capital of a sovereign, independent Ukraine.”
The new aid would push the U.S. security assistance commitment to Ukraine past the $15 billion mark since August 2021, and more than $14.5 billion since the Russia invasion began.
Both the Pentagon and State Department also announced that the Biden administration has informed Congress of its “intent to make a further $2.2 billion available in long-term investments under Foreign Military Financing to bolster the security of Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors; including many of our NATO Allies, as well as other regional security partners potentially at risk of future Russian aggression.”
Roughly half of that money will go toward Ukrainian security and the other half split between Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
As Blinken visited Kyiv, Austin met with representatives from around 50 countries at the fifth gathering of the Ukraine Contact Group, a group that first met in April to coordinate the flow of military assistance to Ukraine. Those in attendance included NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
“Ukrainian forces have begun their counteroffensive in the south of their country. And they are integrating the capabilities that we all have provided to help themselves to fight and reclaim their sovereign territory,” Austin said earlier on Thursday as he sat down with the group.
“Today, this Contact Group needs to position itself to sustain Ukraine’s brave defenders for the long haul. And that means a continued and determined flow of capability now,” he continued. “And it means renewing and deepening our resolve to stand by Ukraine — with support and strength that doesn’t hinge on any one particular battle.”
Austin added that NATO and the United States are working to host a special session in the next few weeks that will bring together senior national armaments directors from the 50 countries in the contact group.
“They will discuss how our defense industrial bases can best equip Ukraine’s future forces with the capabilities that they need,” he said.
Ukrainian forces are working to push Russian troops from the northeast part of the country around Kharkiv and in the south near Kherson, with Zelensky on Wednesday highlighting “good news” about recapturing unnamed settlements from the Kharkiv region.
But Russia is showing no sign of backing down, with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday defiantly claiming his country has “not lost a thing” from the war in Ukraine and the tight sanctions it has triggered.
U.S. officials, meanwhile, estimated in August that Russia has suffered around 70,000 to 80,000 casualties in under six months.
This story was updated at 12:57 p.m.
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A federal judge’s ruling granting former President Trump’s request for a special master has generated a range of intense reactions from legal experts, who have called it unusual, lacking in legal reasoning, “absurd” and offering undue favoritism to a former president.
The ruling in favor of Trump by federal district court Judge Aileen Cannon has been a head-scratcher for many attorneys, who say the court left behind many unanswered questions while also blocking an unprecedented investigation of a former president.
“It does seem to reflect a fair amount of bending and stretching of the law in numerous different respects,” said Jeff Robbins, a former federal prosecutor and congressional investigative counsel.
Cannon surprised observers by indicating last month before she had heard any arguments in the case that she was inclined to grant Trump’s request.
It’s a detail that has gotten renewed attention, as experts say the ruling fails to deliver meeting the legal tests lawyers are trained to analyze while asking the special master to resolve major legal questions as Trump argues executive privilege should allow him to withhold executive branch documents from the current administration.
In her Labor Day ruling, Cannon repeatedly stressed optics as a rationale for having a third-party special master review the more than 10,000 documents taken during the search.
“A commitment to the appearance of fairness is critical, now more than ever,” she wrote, noting that Trump may gain little from the exercise.
“Plaintiff ultimately may not be entitled to return of much of the seized property or to prevail on his anticipated claims of privilege. That inquiry remains for another day,” she wrote.
The order puts the DOJ’s investigation on ice, barring investigators from reviewing any evidence until the special master is appointed and completes their review.
Robbins said in order to grant an injunction to block a party from taking an action, the plaintiff must show not only a likelihood of ultimately succeeding in the case, but that they would be irreparably harmed if the request was not granted.
“There was essentially not even lip service paid for these requirements. … That’s sort of, you know, frankly, injunction law 101,” he said.
Much of Cannon’s ruling focused on potential damage to Trump’s reputation that could stem from the investigation, musing that details about the investigation could be leaked to the media.
But much of what the public knows about the investigation has been through court-ordered unsealing of DOJ records as well as from Trump himself.
“And matter of fact, the only leak that has occurred in this is a leak by the former president himself of the existence of the search. So that to me is a glaring example of just ignoring the standards for granting an injunction,” Robbins said.
Others see the consideration of his status as a former president as inappropriately elevating Trump compared to others who would be unlikely to get similar treatment if their home were searched in the course of a criminal investigation.
“The judge said that she thought that the fact that Donald Trump is a former president gives him heightened reputational interests, that there’s more reason in this case to be worried about the reputational damage that a criminal charge could inflict than there is in a normal case. That strikes me as wrong and troubling in a country where nobody’s supposed to be above the law,” said David Alan Sklansky, a professor at Stanford Law School and an expert in the Fourth Amendment and constraints on prosecutorial power.
Sklansky said Trump has a greater ability than most people caught up in criminal investigations to air their side of the story.
“His brand at this point is kind of tied up in his battles against the government. So I think that he’s suffering less reputational injury than most people do when it’s announced that they’re the subject of a criminal investigation,” he added.
While the order spends ample time considering Trump’s arguments it spends relatively little considering the government’s argument that a special master would seriously hamper its investigation, covering one of the Department of Justice’s principal objections with just a few sentences.
But experts say some of the more perplexing aspects of the order are those surrounding executive privilege, warning the ruling sets a dangerous precedent for allowing a former executive to hamstring a successor.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that Trump’s very claim that some of the documents were protected by executive privilege proves their point — that they are government property and must be maintained by the National Archives.
But Cannon said the DOJ “arguably overstates the law” on the limits a former president has, leaving it to the special master to review the documents for both attorney-client protected materials — a relatively common service they provide to the court — and materials covered by executive privilege, which is an entirely unprecedented role.
“It’s the kind of legal issue that courts and judges resolve generally, not special masters,” said Slansky, who himself has served as a special master.
While Cannon’s ruling directs the special master to consider executive privilege, she does not lay out how.
“Why would you outsource it? If you’ve got some basis for believing that these documents are protected by executive privilege, let’s lay out what the standard is,” Robbins said.
“It’s not enough to say ‘I’m not persuaded that that executive privilege can never be invoked by a former president.’ Okay. That’s fine. So what are the standards that you’re giving to a special master?”
Peter Shane, a visiting scholar at New York University and an expert in executive privilege, said he’s unsure what exactly the special master is supposed to assess.
“You don’t need a special master to identify whether the documents are potentially the subject of executive privilege. All of these documents, I assume, were communicated to the president or he wouldn’t have them,” he said.
But he and Sklansky also see major risks to allowing a former president to withhold documents from the current administration.
“That strikes me as completely wrongheaded because the government continues. And when we have a new administration come in, they have to continue the work of governing. And it strikes me as completely unworkable to say that when a new administration comes into office, they’re restricted from knowing what kinds of discussions went on in the previous administration, that official government documents can be shielded from the current administration. That just strikes me as completely unacceptable,” he said, adding that’s something courts should not be eager to take ownership of.
He noted that even Cannon doesn’t offer a wholesale endorsement of the idea, allowing the intelligence community to access the records so they can do their own damage assessment.
Shane said the issues are even more pressing when considering the national security information Trump has in the tranche of records.
He said it’s the constitutional duty of the president “to protect the national security from the moment of inauguration to the last minute of that person’s term.”
“Protecting the national security right now is not Donald Trump’s job; it is Joe Biden’s job. And the idea that he might be shielding information relevant to our national security from the current administration, whose constitutional job it is to protect the national security, is absurd. It’s an absurd claim,” Shane said.
The damage that could result from affording Trump any right to executive privilege in this case is something that could unfold for years, he said.
“It creates the idea that privilege belongs to a human being as opposed to the institution and the office of the presidency. That somehow the constitution imbues individual human beings with power in perpetuity — which is itself opposed to the idea of the rule of law and the idea that no one is above the law,” he said.
“The responsibility of taking care that the law be faithfully executed is a job that belongs to whoever is president now. Not who was president four or 12 or 16 or 40 years ago … It needs to be available to the current president to see the records of prior administrations in order that they can do their job to the fullest.”
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House Republicans told the Department of Defense that they are “gravely concerned” about President Biden using Marines as “political props” during his Sept. 1 speech in Philadelphia.
In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the lawmakers said it appeared that the Marines “participated in a political event” that “jeopardizes their compliance” with Pentagon regulations against participating in political activities while in uniform.
“We are gravely concerned that throughout the entirety of this partisan, politically charged, and divisive address to the nation, two United States Marines were visibly present flanking the President in the background,” the lawmakers wrote.
“The President’s use of active-duty Marines as political props undermines the apolitical nature of our servicemembers and erodes trust in our military,” they continued.
The letter was signed by House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense ranking member Ken Calvert (R-Calf.).
The Pentagon referred questions on the use of the Marines to the White House, but said “as with any letter the Secretary receives from lawmakers, his team will reply to the authors of the letter in due time.”
Biden’s use of the Marines during his speech sparked debate, with many who liked the president’s remarks criticizing the positioning of Marines behind him during a speech that was largely seen as political.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later insisted that Biden had the Marines there out of respect for the military and its role in defending democracy.
“It is not abnormal. It is actually normal for presidents from either side of the aisle to give speeches in front of members of the military,” she added. “It is not an unusual sight or is not an unusual event to have happen.”
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder declined to comment on the use of the Marines during Biden’s speech on Tuesday, referring to comments made by Jean-Pierre last week.
In their letter, the lawmakers asked Austin to respond to questions regarding his knowledge of Biden’s use of the Marines during the speech.
They asked if anyone in the Defense Department knew of the contents of Biden’s speech before he gave it, if the agency knew that two active-duty service members would be involved and what guidance was given to the White House regarding their participation in the event, among other things.
“You’ve expressed your concern about politicization of the military and have insisted the military will not become a political instrument under your watch. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened with the participation of the Marines at this political event,” the lawmakers wrote.
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The Bank of England reassured the public on Thursday that banknotes with images of Queen Elizabeth II would remain legal tender after her death.
Condolences were sent from the UK's central bank, saying, "The Bank of England’s staff wish to express their heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family, following news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
Andrew Bailey, governor of the central bank, wrote, “It was with profound sadness that I learned of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. On behalf of everyone at the Bank, I would like to pass on my deepest condolences to the Royal Family. For most of us, she is the only head of state we have ever known and will be remembered as an inspirational figure for our country and the Commonwealth.”
The Queen ascended to the throne in 1952 but didn't appear on banknotes for about the first eight years of her time as Queen. It was in 1960 when her portrait first appeared on the £1 banknote.
Her image would later appear on other banknotes, according to the Bank of England Museum.
The UK's central bank was formed in 1694 and became the English government's bank, and it still acts as one of the bankers for the UK government. The model for the Bank of England is still a model on which most central banks around the world are based.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, September 9, 2022
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341 PM MDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY...
The Texas Department of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an
Ozone Action Day for the El Paso Area, from 8 AM to 8 PM MDT Friday.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone pollution in the El Paso area. You can help
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bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes,
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued
an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Friday,
September 9, 2022.
high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
on Friday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a
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avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your
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Every living past American president is paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, following the longest-serving British monarch’s death at 96.
Elizabeth died on Thursday at her estate in Scotland, Buckingham Palace announced.
During her lifetime, the queen had met with all but one of the American presidents, Lyndon Johnson, since Harry Truman.
Former President Trump praised Elizabeth’s “exceptional service to the people,” saying in a post on Truth Social, “May God bless the Queen, may she reign forever in our hearts, and may God hold her and Prince Philip in abiding care.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II inspect a Guard of Honour, formed of the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
The 45th president appeared to share a special affinity for the queen, who he had described as being beloved by his mother. Trump called Elizabeth an “incredible woman” ahead of his 2018 visit to Windsor Castle to meet with her.
“What a grand and beautiful lady she was,” Trump said in a Thursday statement, “there was nobody like her!”
Former President Obama issued a lengthy remembrance of the queen just hours after her death was announced.
“Michelle and I were lucky enough to come to know Her Majesty, and she meant a great deal to us,” Obama said.
In this May 25, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip for a reciprocal dinner at Winfield House in London. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
The ex-commander in chief highlighted his personal experience with Elizabeth during a 2009 visit to England.
“Back when we were just beginning to navigate life as President and First Lady, she welcomed us to the world stage with open arms and extraordinary generosity,” Obama said.
“Time and again, we were struck by her warmth, the way she put people at ease, and how she brought her considerable humor and charm to moments of great pomp and circumstance.”
Obama lauded Elizabeth for her “dedicated leadership,” saying he and the former first lady “are awed by her legacy of tireless, dignified public service.”
In this Saturday, June 4, 1994, file photo, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she sits alongside President Bill Clinton at a dinner in the Guildhall in Portsmouth, England, commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
Former President Bill Clinton said he and his wife, former secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were joining with people “all around the world” in “giving thanks for [Elizabeth’s] life.”
Calling the queen a “source of stability, serenity and strength,” the 42nd president said he was thankful “for the kindness she showed us through the years, particularly during our visits to Buckingham Palace in 1995 and 2000.”
In this May 7, 2007, file photo, President Bush and Queen Elizabeth II arrive to take part in arrival ceremonies on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Former President George W. Bush recalled when he and wife Laura Bush spent time at Buckingham Palace, saying in a statement that “having tea with Her Majesty — and her Corgis — is among our fondest memories of the presidency.”
“Our world benefitted from her steady resolve, and we are grateful for her decades of service as sovereign,” Bush said.
In this file photo dated May 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II are photographed with French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, at Buckingham Palace in London. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ninety-seven-year-old former President Jimmy Carter, who was born two years before Elizabeth, said he and wife Rosalynn extended their condolences to the monarch’s family and the citizens of the U.K.
“Her dignity, graciousness, and sense of duty have been an inspiration,” Carter said of Elizabeth in a statement, “and we join the millions around the world in mourning a remarkable leader.”
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hoping to beef up a dwindling police force amid a rise in violent crime, New Orleans officials announced a three-year $80 million plan Thursday offering raises for all officers, free health care and $30,000 in incentive payments for new hires.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, under growing political pressure amid increasing police response times to pandemic-era crime hikes, announced the plan accompanied by Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson and Fausto Pichardo, a former chief of patrol for the New York City Police Department. Pichardo's hiring as a temporary “consulting Chief of Operations" for New Orleans was announced last week.
The plan — elements of which need City Council and Civil Service board approval — also includes a revival of a take-home car policy for officers, which city Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano said will require the purchase of 600 new vehicles.
Aside from the hiring and retention incentives, Ferguson also said patrol officers also will have more backup in the short term, provided by police assigned from time to time to patrol duty from other specialized areas within the department.
Another change: Arlinda Westbrook, longtime head of the police Public Integrity Bureau that deals with complaints against officers, was reassigned to the city CAO's office to coordinate continuing efforts to address police reforms required under a decade-old court-approved “consent decree” agreement with the U.S. Justice Department. She will be replaced by attorney Keith Sanchez. Police union officials have complained about overzealousness and unfairness by the bureau.
As of early this week there have been 203 homicides in New Orleans this year, according to the nonprofit Metropolitan Crime Commission, an increase of 142% over 2019 and a 46% increase over 2021. Carjackings are up 12% over last year, the organization said.
Meanwhile, the number of New Orleans police officers has dwindled to well under 1,000 people, down from more than 1,300 a few years ago. Officials said the $80 million program is aimed at recruiting 200 officers and could be expanded.
Montano said the much of the money for the changes will come from the city's share of federal pandemic recovery dollars.
Cantrell and others acknowledged that the American Recovery Act dollars aren't recurring revenue but stressed the need to address public safety and said they believe the city can cover the costs in future budgets as city revenue recovers from the pandemic.
Businessman John Casbon, a board member of a local foundation that supports police, stressed his support for the spending. “Economic development and public safety are handcuffed together,” he said. “You cannot have one without the other.”
Once known for corruption and scandals involving deadly force, the New Orleans department has been held up by national experts as a model of reform under the 2013 consent decree. But a federal judge overseeing the city's reform efforts said last month that some of those reforms are endangered by the department's dwindling manpower and resources.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at half-staff to honor Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday at the age of 96.
“Speaker Pelosi has ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at half-staff due to the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill wrote on Twitter.
The royal family announced the queen’s death on Twitter Thursday afternoon after Buckingham Palace earlier that day said she was “under medical supervision” following evaluation because doctors were “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.”
“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow,” the royal family wrote.
Elizabeth assumed the role of queen in 1952, when she was 27 years old, after her father’s death. Her reign spanned 15 prime ministers and 14 U.S. presidents, the first being Harry Truman. She met 13 of the 14 American leaders, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson.
In May 1991, Queen Elizabeth delivered an address to a joint meeting of Congress, becoming the first British monarch to address the legislative chambers.
A number of congressional lawmakers released statements on Thursday mourning the queen’s loss.
“Today, Americans join the people of the United Kingdom in mourning the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II,” Pelosi wrote in a statement. “Over her seven decades on the throne, Her Majesty was a pillar of leadership in the global arena and a devoted friend of freedom. On behalf of the United States Congress, I extend our deepest and most sincere condolences to the Royal Family during this sad time.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a statement said, “The British people’s loss is the entire world’s loss.”
“Elaine and I extend our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family and to the many millions of people across the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and the entire world who have drawn reassurance and inspiration from her historic reign, sterling character, and shining example,” he added.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, September 9, 2022
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AIR QUALITY ALERT
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
341 PM MDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY...
The Texas Department of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an
Ozone Action Day for the El Paso Area, from 8 AM to 8 PM MDT Friday.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone pollution in the El Paso area. You can help
prevent ozone Pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a
bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes,
conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned.
For more information on ozone:
OZONE: THE FACTS
www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/ozonefacts.html
EPA AIR NOW:
www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&cityid=236
TAKE CARE OF TEXAS:
www.takecareoftexas.org/air/airquality
...OZONE ACTION DAY...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued
an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Friday,
September 9, 2022.
high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
on Friday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a
ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work,
avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your
vehicle properly tuned.
Ozone: The Facts (www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ozonefacts)
Air North Texas: (www.airnorthtexas.org)
EPA Air Now
(www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action.local_state&STATEID=45&TAB=0)
Take care of Texas (www.takecareoftexas.org)
North Central Texas Council of Governments Air Quality
(www.nctcog.org/trans/air/index.asp)
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McNEAL, Ariz. (AP) — A man has been arrested after waving down a Cochise County Sheriff’s vehicle and allegedly confessing to a fatal shooting Thursday, authorities said.
Sheriff’s officials said 52-year-old Jay Albert Stevens of McNeal is jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder.
It's unclear if Stevens has a lawyer yet who can speak on his behalf.
Phoenix TV station KPHO reports that a sheriff’s deputy was on patrol around 1 a.m. he saw man standing in the middle of the road west of the McNeal, an unincorporated community southeast of Tucson.
The man waived down a patrol car and the deputy stopped to ask if he was OK.
According to KPHO, Stevens told the deputy he had just shot and killed someone.
Stevens led deputies to a home where a 61-year-old man was found dead inside.
The victim’s name hasn’t been released yet and sheriff’s investigators haven’t said what led to the shooting.
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UFC superstar Nate Diaz is returning to the Octagon for the first time in over a year to face the up-and-coming unbeaten welterweight Khamzat Chimaev in UFC 279.
The pay-per-view match will be available exclusively for ESPN Plus subscribers, which means that you'll need a $10-a-month ESPN Plus subscription to even sign up for the event. The service comes included in the $14 Disney bundle, which includes Disney Plus and Hulu. UFC 279 will then be a one-time purchase of $75.
ESPN Plus offers live out-of-market NHL hockey games, along with plenty of other live sports like MLS soccer (until Apple's deal takes effect in 2023), baseball and golf. It's also home to exclusive shows, such as Peyton's Places starring Peyton Manning, and the vast 30 for 30 library. Some UFC matches are included as part of the subscription, but many of the biggest fights are PPV and usually require an extra fee.
Here's a step-by-step guide to signing up for ESPN Plus so you can watch every second of UFC 279.
Step 1: Go to the ESPN Plus website
Heading over to ESPN Plus will likely lead you to a signup page that pushes the Disney bundle. If you just want ESPN Plus, click on the small Subscribe to ESPN+ only link, or look for a similar link on the site if you're taken elsewhere.
Step 2: Create your ESPN Plus account
You'll be taken to a page where you'll fill out your name and email address. You'll also need to create a password that you'll use to sign in to the service. Fill out your information and click the yellow Sign Up button.
Step 3: Pick a plan and enter your credit card information
Now you'll be taken to a page where you'll need to pick either a monthly or yearly subscription. While both types of subscriptions offer full access to all the live sports and other programming on ESPN Plus, only the $10 monthly plan comes with exclusive articles and fantasy tools on the ESPN website and app.
The $100 annual subscription plan will already be highlighted when you land on the page, so make sure to click over to the monthly subscription if that's what you want.
Enter your credit card information, hit the Acknowledge button and click on Buy ESPN Plus.
Step 4: Sign up and pay for UFC 279
A confirmation of your purchase will pop up to thank you for signing up. Hit the yellow Get Started button to begin streaming on ESPN Plus. Now you should be good to watch all the action of ESPN Plus.
From here, you'll need to sign up for UFC 279. Despite the fact that ESPN Plus currently has a large portion of its homepage dedicated to an advertisement for the fight, there's no easy way to sign up for UFC 279 directly from the ESPN Plus website when using a browser online.
We were able to find the signup page on a Roku device and on iOS by heading to Settings in the ESPN Plus tab of the ESPN app. From there, scroll down and click on Subscriptions. You should now see a yellow button to purchase UFC 279. Clicking on it will lead you to a screen with the date, time and price of the event, along with another yellow button to Buy UFC 279. Clicking this will charge your account and give you access to the event.
ESPN Plus has yet to comment on how to purchase the subscription through a web browser.
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have released a statement on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. She was 96.
You can read the statement in full below:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. She defined an era.
In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her. An enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth. The seven decades of her history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity.
She was the first British monarch to whom people all around the world could feel a personal and immediate connection—whether they heard her on the radio as a young princess speaking to the children of the United Kingdom, or gathered around their televisions for her coronation, or watched her final Christmas speech or her Platinum Jubilee on their phones. And she, in turn, dedicated her whole life to their service.
Supported by her beloved Prince Philip for 73 years, Queen Elizabeth II led always with grace, an unwavering commitment to duty, and the incomparable power of her example. She endured the dangers and deprivations of a world war alongside the British people and rallied them during the devastation of a global pandemic to look to better days ahead. Through her dedication to her patronages and charities, she supported causes that uplifted people and expanded opportunity. By showing friendship and respect to newly independent nations around the world, she elevated the cause of liberty and fostered enduring bonds that helped strengthen the Commonwealth, which she loved so deeply, into a community to promote peace and shared values.
Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock Alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States. She helped make our relationship special.
We first met the Queen in 1982, traveling to the UK as part of a Senate delegation. And we were honored that she extended her hospitality to us in June 2021 during our first overseas trip as President and First Lady, where she charmed us with her wit, moved us with her kindness, and generously shared with us her wisdom. All told, she met 14 American presidents. She helped Americans commemorate both the anniversary of the founding of Jamestown and the bicentennial of our independence. And she stood in solidarity with the United States during our darkest days after 9/11, when she poignantly reminded us that “Grief is the price we pay for love.”
In the years ahead, we look forward to continuing a close friendship with The King and The Queen Consort. Today, the thoughts and prayers of people all across the United States are with the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in their grief. We send our deepest condolences to the Royal Family, who are not only mourning their Queen, but their dear mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her legacy will loom large in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 8, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern San Patricio County in south central Texas...
South central Refugio County in south central Texas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 606 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Taft, moving
south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Portland, Taft, Ingleside, Gregory and Taft Southwest.
This includes US Highway 181 between mile markers 628 and 640.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO) today announced the following monthly distributions:
The Fund previously announced the following monthly distribution on June 7, 2022:
Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid, in part or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Fund's aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Fund's assets and will constitute a return of the shareholder's capital. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Managed Distribution Plan.
The Fund provided this estimate of the sources of the distributions:
Information regarding the Fund's performance and distribution rates is set forth below. Please note that all performance figures are based on the Fund's NAV and not the market price of the Fund's shares. Performance figures are not meant to represent individual shareholder performance.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. A multi-asset approach based on fundamental research is employed, dynamically allocating to attractive segments of a company's debt and equity in order to offer an attractive risk/reward profile. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Voya Investment Management is its subadviser.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about the Fund's investment objective and risks, please see the Fund's annual report. A copy of the Fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the end of this press release.
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AIDS Walk Los Angeles Invites the Community to "Be All Over It" and participate in an AIDS Walk LA like no other.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- APLA Health announced that the 38th annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles will be held in the City of West Hollywood, on Sunday, October 16. Individuals and Teams can register now at no cost and fundraise on a newly launched website (https://aidswalkla.org).
For the first time since 2019, we're returning to the streets on October 16. The theme of this year's AIDS Walk LA is "Be All Over It". We're over talking. We're over people living with HIV not in care. We're over the assault on our rights happening across the nation.
We're calling on individuals and organizations who have had enough to make a plan to "Be All Over It" with us and show the world that you'll no longer stay silent on the issues you feel passionate about.
"Our passion and energy for change is still as strong today as it was at the very first AIDS Walk Los Angeles," said Craig E. Thompson, CEO of APLA Health. "Only now, we see a world in which attentions have been diverted elsewhere, where healthcare rights are threatened at the highest levels, and where access to quality healthcare isn't guaranteed for all. For 39 years, APLA Health has been doing the work to increase access to care, provide resources for underserved communities, and fight for HIV advocacy. Unfortunately, there is substantial progress to be made in the fight for healthcare justice."
AIDS Walk Los Angeles is the pioneer fundraising walk that raises vital funds and builds support and awareness of the continuing need to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles County. Funds raised at AIDS Walk LA directly supports APLA Health other HIV/AIDS service organizations across Los Angeles County. There are many ways to participate at AIDS Walk Los Angeles including walking, volunteering and sponsorship.
AIDS Walk Los Angeles
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Sunday, October 16, 2022
West Hollywood Park
647 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA
This year's AIDS Walk Los Angeles is supported by more than thirty generous sponsors.
Premier Sponsors include Starbucks Pride Network, ViiV Healthcare, Paul Hastings & Gilead Sciences, Inc. Grand Sponsors include ABC7 & Paramount Pictures. Principal Sponsors include Quest Diagnostics, Capital Group & City of West Hollywood. Major Sponsors include Premier Pharmacy Services, Grindr, Hallmark Channel & Mattel. Supporting Sponsors include Oaktree Capital Management, Janssen, Microsoft, Walgreens, Room & Board, Hyundai USA Drive Equality & AT&T. Event Sponsors include KPMG, Hathaway Dinwiddie, Keck Medicine of USC, Olympia Plaza Pharmacy, Fox Pride, Amgen, Boeing, Genoa Healthcare, AIG, Klawiter and Associates, The Dietz Agency, Parker Brown & Bank of America.
About AIDS Walk Los Angeles: Since 1985, AIDS Walk Los Angeles has drawn hundreds of thousands of supporters to walk, and millions more to donate, raising more than $92 million to combat HIV and AIDS. The funds raised at the event remain a vital lifeline that sustains APLA Health's care, prevention, and advocacy programs for those living with HIV in Los Angeles County. Proceeds also benefit other HIV/AIDS service organizations that participate and raise funds through the Community Coalition Initiative (CCI). For more information, visit https://aidswalkla.org.
About APLA Health: APLA Health restores dignity and trust within underserved communities by providing world-class LGBTQ+ empowering healthcare, support services, and HIV specialty care. Since 1983, APLA Health has remained steadfast in its commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in our lifetime. The agency is a multi-site operation includes eight Federally Qualified health Center (FQHC) locations, serving more than 18,000 people annually in Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous. We provide 20 different services including: medical, dental, behavioral health and HIV specialty care; PrEP counseling and management; health education and HIV prevention; and STD screening and treatment. For people living with HIV, we offer housing support; benefits counseling; home healthcare; and the Vance North Necessities of Life Program food pantries; among several other critically needed services. Additionally, we are leaders in advocating for policy and legislation that positively impact the LGBTQ+ and HIV communities and conduct community-based research on issues affecting the communities we serve. For more information on APLA Health visit https://aplahealth.org.
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'Waukesha Strong' signs to be removed during jury parade route tour
Jurors deciding the Darrell Brooks homicide trial in October will drive the parade route
Jurors deciding the Darrell Brooks homicide trial in October will drive the parade route
Jurors deciding the Darrell Brooks homicide trial in October will drive the parade route
The Waukesha parade tragedy suspect Darrell Brooks will soon stand trial accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others last November.
The trial is scheduled to start Oct. .
Prosecutors are planning to have jurors drive the half-mile parade route from Main Street and White Rock Avenue to the intersection of Main Street and Wisconsin Avenue where police say Brooks exited the parade route.
Judge Jennifer Dorow was quick to raise concerns during a hearing last month regarding potential bias along the route including "Waukesha Strong" signage. The motto was created following the tragedy to help with healing.
"I think as long as we can assure that any signs of support for or against anyone involved victim or the defendant would need to not be visible and need to be removed," Dorow said.
Prosecutors also expressed their concern with publicity, citing the Kyle Rittenhouse double homicide trial in Kenosha last year.
"What I envision is we assemble the jury at a predetermined location and not disclose to the public right because we don't want the Rittenhouse problem where the media's following the bus around," District Attorney Susan Opper said.
As for signage, local businesses who spoke to WISN 12 News said they're willing to comply with the court's request.
WISN 12 News spotted at least 14 "Waukesha Strong" signs along Main Street in nearly every shop.
Couri Insurance Agency on Main Street had some of the largest signage. Owner Jerry Couri said they would cooperate.
"I will comply with that because anything I can do to help the system and if the judge feels that's going to help the system, I'm willing to do that. Either cover these up, remove them for a period of time. But I do want them back up because we want to show people in the community that we're trying to support them in their need of healing," Couri said.
While videos and pictures of the attack serve as critical evidence in the trial, Opper said it's equally important for jurors to see the parade route in person.
"The goal would be again just for them to be able to visualize for themselves the distance traveled and the spacing between the curb and where the spectators may have been lined up," Opper said.
Brooks' defense attorneys expressed concern about jurors speaking during the parade route tour.
"I'm uncomfortable with the idea that jury would be viewing something, I don't know if it's suggested there's going to be any kind of narrating or anything said, so if it's silent and at what part of the trial this would happen? Which are things to be figured out," defense attorney Jeremy Perri said.
It's unclear at what point during the trial jurors will drive the parade route.
Brooks and the attorneys will have to ride along in separate cars.
Jurors will also get to see his SUV used in the alleged attack.
Brooks is back in court Friday afternoon in what could be the final hearing before the trial begins. He's facing life in prison if convicted.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 8, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
555 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Jim
Hogg and Zapata Counties through 630 PM CDT...
At 555 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Bustamante, moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Zapata, Bustamante, Medina, Zapata High School, Zapata County Fire
Department, Escobas, Zapata Middle School, Zapata County Public
Library, Las Palmas and Falcon Mesa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is also occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 2732 9937 2727 9933 2727 9901 2698 9880
2686 9928 2686 9931 2729 9942
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 338DEG 22KT 2716 9918
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Aransas, eastern San Patricio and south central Refugio Counties
through 630 PM CDT...
At 558 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gregory, or 7 miles east of Taft, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Portland, Taft, Ingleside, Aransas Pass, Gregory, Bayside, Bonnie
View and Taft Southwest.
This includes US Highway 181 between mile markers 630 and 640.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2787 9745 2816 9739 2818 9717 2788 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 356DEG 14KT 2800 9727
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
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After two days, the LHSAA’s fall meeting ended with the completion of two major tasks — ruling on 70 appeals and developing a new select/nonselect playoff structure for football, basketball, baseball and softball.
With those jobs done and the release of select/nonselect school rulings and the playoff structure to all member schools on Friday, Bonine and LHSAA president David Federico of Ecole Classique could relax just a bit.
“I thought it went very well today,” Federico said. “When it (playoff structure) was presented to the committee we had some good discussion. We made some changes, but ultimately, I think the changes will benefit the entire association.
“This is something we will do this year. We are going to try it out and see what adjustments need to be made from there.”
The meeting held Thursday in executive session came the day after the executive committee heard appeals from schools wishing change their select school status. The committee then decided those appeals.
Through the summer months the select/nonselect status of schools was scrutinized twice following the adoption of a new definition for select schools that broadened the category to include all charter schools, schools with any magnet component and open enrollment parishes in which students can choose from multiple schools to attend.
With just under 30 schools winning their appeals, the final tally was 217 nonselect schools or 52.97 percent and 193 select schools (47.07 percent. Bonine said playoff models the committee worked with Thursday while deciding the number of classes/divisions and bracket sizes were revised to reflect those final numbers.
“There was some good input and some good dialogue,” Bonine noted. “Around the table I do think there was some ‘take care of me and the schools I represent.’ But I believe that the decisions that were made were for the betterment the association.
“We took care of brackets. I believe what is being put forward tomorrow will eliminate the ‘watered down’ brackets and remove schools that should not be in the playoffs. It becomes competitive from round one and allows the schools with the best records to have a bye … all the things people are accustomed to doing.”
Other key points
The playoff structure approved Thursday is only for sports split along select/nonselect lines for 2022-23. The changes do not impact other sports or regular season play in the split sports.
• All select/nonselect decisions will be voted on by the entire LHSAA membership in January and could be overturned for 2023-24.
• Bonine said a statewide shortage of officials in several sports was taken into account by the committee as it approved a playoff structure.
• Prior to Wednesday’s executive session, the committee voted to suspend previous LHSAA legislation that allowed select schools to develop and manage their own championships based on the same bylaw used to create the new select/nonselect structure.
It gives the executive committee the authority to “Make special rules to effect the spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship.”
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hoping to beef up a dwindling police force amid a rise in violent crime, New Orleans officials announced a three-year $80 million plan Thursday offering raises for all officers, free health care and $30,000 in incentive payments for new hires.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, under growing political pressure amid increasing police response times to pandemic-era crime hikes, announced the plan accompanied by Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson and Fausto Pichardo, a former chief of patrol for the New York City Police Department. Pichardo's hiring as a temporary “consulting Chief of Operations" for New Orleans was announced last week.
The plan — elements of which need City Council and Civil Service board approval — also includes a revival of a take-home car policy for officers, which city Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano said will require the purchase of 600 new vehicles.
Aside from the hiring and retention incentives, Ferguson also said patrol officers also will have more backup in the short term, provided by police assigned from time to time to patrol duty from other specialized areas within the department.
Another change: Arlinda Westbrook, longtime head of the police Public Integrity Bureau that deals with complaints against officers, was reassigned to the city CAO's office to coordinate continuing efforts to address police reforms required under a decade-old court-approved “consent decree” agreement with the U.S. Justice Department. She will be replaced by attorney Keith Sanchez. Police union officials have complained about overzealousness and unfairness by the bureau.
As of early this week there have been 203 homicides in New Orleans this year, according to the nonprofit Metropolitan Crime Commission, an increase of 142% over 2019 and a 46% increase over 2021. Carjackings are up 12% over last year, the organization said.
Meanwhile, the number of New Orleans police officers has dwindled to well under 1,000 people, down from more than 1,300 a few years ago. Officials said the $80 million program is aimed at recruiting 200 officers and could be expanded.
Montano said the much of the money for the changes will come from the city's share of federal pandemic recovery dollars.
Cantrell and others acknowledged that the American Recovery Act dollars aren't recurring revenue but stressed the need to address public safety and said they believe the city can cover the costs in future budgets as city revenue recovers from the pandemic.
Businessman John Casbon, a board member of a local foundation that supports police, stressed his support for the spending. “Economic development and public safety are handcuffed together,” he said. “You cannot have one without the other.”
Once known for corruption and scandals involving deadly force, the New Orleans department has been held up by national experts as a model of reform under the 2013 consent decree. But a federal judge overseeing the city's reform efforts said last month that some of those reforms are endangered by the department's dwindling manpower and resources.
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Every living past American president is paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, following the longest-serving British monarch’s death at 96.
Elizabeth died on Thursday at her estate in Scotland, Buckingham Palace announced.
During her lifetime, the queen had met with all but one of the American presidents, Lyndon Johnson, since Harry Truman.
Former President Trump praised Elizabeth’s “exceptional service to the people,” saying in a post on Truth Social, “May God bless the Queen, may she reign forever in our hearts, and may God hold her and Prince Philip in abiding care.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II inspect a Guard of Honour, formed of the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
The 45th president appeared to share a special affinity for the queen, who he had described as being beloved by his mother. Trump called Elizabeth an “incredible woman” ahead of his 2018 visit to Windsor Castle to meet with her.
“What a grand and beautiful lady she was,” Trump said in a Thursday statement, “there was nobody like her!”
Former President Obama issued a lengthy remembrance of the queen just hours after her death was announced.
“Michelle and I were lucky enough to come to know Her Majesty, and she meant a great deal to us,” Obama said.
In this May 25, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip for a reciprocal dinner at Winfield House in London. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
The ex-commander in chief highlighted his personal experience with Elizabeth during a 2009 visit to England.
“Back when we were just beginning to navigate life as President and First Lady, she welcomed us to the world stage with open arms and extraordinary generosity,” Obama said.
“Time and again, we were struck by her warmth, the way she put people at ease, and how she brought her considerable humor and charm to moments of great pomp and circumstance.”
Obama lauded Elizabeth for her “dedicated leadership,” saying he and the former first lady “are awed by her legacy of tireless, dignified public service.”
In this Saturday, June 4, 1994, file photo, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she sits alongside President Bill Clinton at a dinner in the Guildhall in Portsmouth, England, commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
Former President Bill Clinton said he and his wife, former secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were joining with people “all around the world” in “giving thanks for [Elizabeth’s] life.”
Calling the queen a “source of stability, serenity and strength,” the 42nd president said he was thankful “for the kindness she showed us through the years, particularly during our visits to Buckingham Palace in 1995 and 2000.”
In this May 7, 2007, file photo, President Bush and Queen Elizabeth II arrive to take part in arrival ceremonies on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Former President George W. Bush recalled when he and wife Laura Bush spent time at Buckingham Palace, saying in a statement that “having tea with Her Majesty — and her Corgis — is among our fondest memories of the presidency.”
“Our world benefitted from her steady resolve, and we are grateful for her decades of service as sovereign,” Bush said.
In this file photo dated May 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II are photographed with French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, at Buckingham Palace in London. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ninety-seven-year-old former President Jimmy Carter, who was born two years before Elizabeth, said he and wife Rosalynn extended their condolences to the monarch’s family and the citizens of the U.K.
“Her dignity, graciousness, and sense of duty have been an inspiration,” Carter said of Elizabeth in a statement, “and we join the millions around the world in mourning a remarkable leader.”
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NOVI, Mich., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ITC Holdings Corp. ("ITC"), a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., today announced that it has priced a previously announced private offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the "notes"). The offering is expected to close on September 22, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
ITC intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem in full $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.700% Senior Notes due November 15, 2022, to pay the associated call premium, with the remainder to repay indebtedness outstanding under its revolving credit facility and its commercial paper program, and for general corporate purposes.
The notes are being offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to certain non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not, and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and the notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction. This press release does not and will not constitute an offer to sell any of the notes or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the notes described herein or any other securities, nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About ITC Holdings Corp.
ITC Holdings Corp. is the largest independent electricity transmission company in the United States. ITC provides transmission grid solutions to improve reliability, expand access to markets, allow new generating resources to interconnect to its systems and lower the overall cost of delivered energy. Through its regulated operating subsidiaries ITCTransmission, Michigan Electric Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and ITC Great Plains, ITC owns and operates high-voltage transmission infrastructure in Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in development in Wisconsin. These systems serve a combined peak load exceeding 26,000 megawatts along 16,000 circuit miles of transmission line, supported by 700 employees and 1,000 contractors. ITC is based in Novi, Michigan. For further information visit www.itc-holdings.com. ITC is a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., a leader in the North American regulated electric and gas utility industry. None of the information on ITC's or Fortis Inc.'s websites is incorporated into, or forms a part of, this press release.
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This press release contains certain statements that describe our management's beliefs concerning future business conditions, plans and prospects, growth opportunities and the outlook for our business and the electric transmission industry based upon information currently available. Such statements are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Wherever possible, we have identified these forward-looking statements by words such as "will," "may," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "forecasts," "forecasted," "expects," "projects," "likely," "plans" and similar phrases. These forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions our management believes are reasonable. Such forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions and subject to significant risks and uncertainties which could cause our actual results, performance and achievements to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements, including, among others, the risks and uncertainties disclosed in our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other filings made with the SEC from time to time. There can be no assurance that the offering will be completed. ITC assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents.
The calls for state Rep. Krystle Matthews to withdraw just two months ahead of the general election came Thursday in reaction to leaked audio published by conservative activist group Project Veritas of Matthews speaking to one of its members, without her knowledge.
Sitting in a restaurant, Matthews, who is Black, is heard saying that she represents a “mostly white” district, adding, of white voters: “I keep them right here — like under my thumbs. ... Otherwise, they get out of control — like kids.”
In a statement, Matthews acknowledged her voice on the recording, calling Project Veritas a “satirical MAGA Powered news outlet.”
The compilation also features more of Matthews’ conversation, parts of which were previously published by Project Veritas, in which she spoke to an inmate about funding her campaign with “dope boy money” and having Democrats run as Republicans, saying “secret sleepers” represent “the only way you’re gonna change the dynamics in South Carolina.”
At the time of the earlier release, ahead of South Carolina’s June primary runoff, Matthews confirmed to The Associated Press that it was her voice on the tape but said the edited audio of a “tongue-in-cheek” exchange didn’t reflect the full picture.
Matthews won the runoff to face Scott, who is seeking what he’s said will be his final Senate term and is among South Carolina’s most popular politicians. The Black Republican is widely expected to win the general election in South Carolina, where no Democrat has won a statewide race in more than 15 years.
On Thursday, Democrats including gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham said he concurred with state Rep. Justin Bamberg, who in an op-ed published online called Matthews “toxic."
“If any of our white counterparts had said the same thing with regards to blacks, the minority community, including myself, would be up in arms calling for that member’s immediate resignation," Bamberg added.
In a statement provided to AP, Cunningham said that “there is absolutely no place in our political discourse” for Matthews' comments, adding that “the Democratic Party cannot and should not tolerate such behavior from our elected officials and candidates.”
State Sen. Brad Hutto, Democrats’ leader in that chamber — who was also his party’s nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2014 — echoed Cunningham's comments about Matthews' Senate bid, telling AP, "When candidates of either party start making irresponsible statements, beyond what party they’re from, they need to reevaluate their candidacy, and that’s what needs to happen here.”
One of the fellow Democrats Matthews defeated, Catherine Fleming Bruce, told AP she agreed with the calls for Matthews to step aside, saying the nominee “has made it impossible for her to be that standard bearer, representing our state’s diverse population.”
Trav Robertson, chairman of the state's Democrats, emphasized on Thursday that Matthews didn't represent the party's perspective but stopped short of urging her to quit her campaign, which he said was “becoming a distraction to other Democrats on the ballot.”
“If I were advising her campaign, I would focus on her getting reelected to the (state) House of Representatives," Robertson told AP.
Were Matthews to suspend her campaign, her name would likely still remain on ballots, which party officials said were already being produced for overseas voters. With no third-party candidate in the race, Scott's name is the only other that would appear.
“Regardless of race, I love everyone,” Matthews said in her statement. “One thing you can learn from Project Veritas’s first audio attack on me, is obviously I have no biases toward a certain ethnic group.”
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James Pollard contributed to this report.
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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 8, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
555 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Jim
Hogg and Zapata Counties through 630 PM CDT...
At 555 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Bustamante, moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Zapata, Bustamante, Medina, Zapata High School, Zapata County Fire
Department, Escobas, Zapata Middle School, Zapata County Public
Library, Las Palmas and Falcon Mesa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is also occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 2732 9937 2727 9933 2727 9901 2698 9880
2686 9928 2686 9931 2729 9942
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 338DEG 22KT 2716 9918
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Aransas, eastern San Patricio and south central Refugio Counties
through 630 PM CDT...
At 558 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gregory, or 7 miles east of Taft, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Portland, Taft, Ingleside, Aransas Pass, Gregory, Bayside, Bonnie
View and Taft Southwest.
This includes US Highway 181 between mile markers 630 and 640.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2787 9745 2816 9739 2818 9717 2788 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 356DEG 14KT 2800 9727
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
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LONDON (AP) — On her 21st birthday in 1947, Princess Elizabeth went on the radio and made a promise to Britain and its Commonwealth nations: She pledged that “my whole life, whether it be short or long, will be devoted to your service.”
Over her very long life, Queen Elizabeth II fulfilled that vow.
Through 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss. Through Britain’s postwar deprivations, crippling labor unrest and Brexit. Through the messy divorces, embarrassments and scandals of her family. She endured through it all — a reassuring anchor in a fast-changing world.
The longest-reigning monarch that Britain has ever known, Elizabeth died Thursday at 96 at Balmoral Castle, her beloved summer home in Scotland, after having steadied and modernized the royal institution through seven decades of huge social change.
Truss pronounced the country “devastated” and called Elizabeth “the rock on which modern Britain was built.”
Her passing ends an era, the modern Elizabethan age. Her 73-year-old son, Charles, automatically became king upon her death. He will be known as King Charles III, although his coronation might not take place for months.
Through countless public events in her 70 years as monarch, Elizabeth likely met more people than anyone in history. Her image — on stamps, coins and bank notes — was among the most reproduced in the world.
But her inner life and opinions remained mostly an enigma. The public saw only glimpses of her personality: her joy watching horse racing at Royal Ascot or being with her beloved Welsh corgi dogs.
Yet Elizabeth had an intuitive bond with many of her subjects that seemed to strengthen over time, keeping a sense of perspective that served her well in most instances, said royal historian Robert Lacey.
“A lot of it comes from her modesty, the fact that she’s very conscious that she’s not important, that she’s there to do a job, that it’s the institution that matters,” he said.
The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution whose relevance in the 21st century has often been called into question.
World leaders paid tribute to her long reign. U.S. President Joe Biden called her a “stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy.”
She strongly felt the burden of her role as queen, though she was not destined for the crown from birth.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. Her father’s elder brother, Prince Edward, was first in line for the throne, to be followed by any children he had.
But in 1936, when she was 10, King Edward VIII abdicated to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth’s father became King George VI.
Her younger sister, Princess Margaret, recalled asking Elizabeth whether this meant that she would one day be queen. “Yes, I suppose it does,” Margaret quoted Elizabeth as saying. “She didn’t mention it again.”
Like many of her generation, Elizabeth was shaped by World War II.
She was barely in her teens when Britain went to war with Germany in 1939. While the king and queen stayed at Buckingham Palace during the Blitz and toured the bombed-out neighborhoods of London, Elizabeth and Margaret stayed for most of the war at Windsor Castle, west of the capital. Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter.
Her first public broadcast, made in 1940 when she was 14, was a wartime message to children evacuated to the countryside or overseas.
“We children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage,” she said with a blend of stoicism and hope that would echo throughout her reign. “We are trying to do all we can to help out gallant soldiers, sailors and airmen. And we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well.”
In 1945, after months of urging her parents to let her do something for the war effort, the heir to the throne became Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She enthusiastically learned how to drive and service heavy vehicles.
On the night the war ended in Europe, May 8, 1945, she and Margaret managed to mingle, unrecognized, with celebrating crowds in London — “swept along on a tide of happiness and relief,” as she told the BBC decades later. She described it as “one of the most memorable nights of my life.”
Two years later, at Westminster Abbey in November 1947, she married Royal Navy officer Philip Mountbatten, a prince of Greece and Denmark whom she had first met in 1939 when she was 13 and he 18. Postwar Britain was experiencing austerity and rationing, and so street decorations were limited, and no public holiday was declared. But the bride was allowed 100 extra ration coupons for her trousseau.
The marriage lasted more than 73 years, until Philip’s death last year at age 99.
The first of their four children, Prince Charles, was born on Nov. 14, 1948. He was followed by Princess Anne on Aug. 15, 1950, Prince Andrew on Feb. 19, 1960, and Prince Edward on March 10, 1964. Besides them, the queen is survived by eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth and Philip lived for a time in Malta, where he was stationed and Elizabeth enjoyed an almost-normal life as a navy wife.
Then in February 1952, George VI died in his sleep at age 56 after years of ill health. Elizabeth, on a visit to Kenya, was told she was now queen.
“In a way, I didn’t have an apprenticeship,” Elizabeth told a BBC documentary in 1992 that gave a rare view into her emotions. “My father died much too young, and so it was all a very sudden kind of taking on and making the best job you can.”
Her coronation took place more than a year later at Westminster Abbey, a grand spectacle viewed by millions through the new medium of television.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s first reaction to the king’s death was to complain that the new queen was “only a child,” but he was won over within days and became an ardent admirer.
“All the film people in the world, if they had scoured the globe, could not have found anyone so suited to the part,” Churchill’s biographer, Lord Moran, reported the prime minister gushing about the young monarch.
In Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the queen is head of state but has little direct power; in her official actions, she does what the government orders. However, she was not without influence.
Officially the head of the Church of England, she once reportedly commented that there was nothing she could do legally to block the appointment of a bishop, “but I can always say that I should like more information. That is an indication that the prime minister will not miss.”
The extent of the monarch’s political influence sparked occasional speculation, but not much criticism. The views of Charles, who has expressed strong opinions on everything from architecture to the environment, might prove more contentious.
The queen was obliged to meet weekly with the prime minister, and they generally found her well-informed, inquisitive and up to date. The one possible exception was Margaret Thatcher, with whom her relations were said to be cool, if not frosty, though neither ever commented.
The queen’s views in those private meetings became a subject of intense speculation and fertile grounds for dramatists like Peter Morgan, author of the play “The Audience” and hit TV series “The Crown.” Those semi-fictionalized accounts were the product of an era of declining deference and rising celebrity, when the royal troubles became public property.
And there were plenty of troubles in the royal family, an institution known within the palace as “The Firm.” In Elizabeth’s first years on the throne, Princess Margaret provoked a national controversy through her romance with a divorced man.
In what the queen called the “annus horribilis” of 1992, her daughter, Princess Anne, got divorced, Prince Charles and Princess Diana separated, and so did Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah. That was also the year Windsor Castle, a residence she far preferred to Buckingham Palace, was seriously damaged by fire.
The public split of Charles and Diana — “There were three of us in that marriage,” Diana said of her husband’s relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles — was followed by the shock of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash in 1997. For once, the queen appeared out of step with her people. Amid unprecedented national mourning, Elizabeth’s failure to make a public show of grief appeared to many to be unfeeling. After several days, she made a televised address to the nation.
The dent in her popularity was brief. She was by now a sort of national grandmother, with a stern gaze, a kind smile and an inexhaustible repertoire of brightly colored outfits with matching hats.
She took the monarchy from the black-and-white era to the digital age and was a cautious modernizer: She ended the presentation of debutantes at court and instituted garden parties with a cross section of her subjects; her children were sent to school, rather than being privately tutored as she was; she was the first monarch to give the annual royal Christmas speech on television, and the first to send an email and post a tweet.
Financial pressures led to staff reductions, cutbacks in repairs and maintenance at some of her palaces, and the removal of the royal yacht from active service. In the 1990s, she voluntarily but prudently agreed to pay taxes, and her dignity survived the necessity of topping up her income by opening a souvenir shop at Buckingham Palace.
Despite being one of the world’s wealthiest people, Elizabeth had a reputation for frugality and common sense. She was known as a monarch who took care to turn off lights in empty rooms, a country woman who didn’t flinch from strangling pheasants.
A newspaper reporter who went undercover to work as a palace footman reinforced that down-to-earth image, taking photos of the royal Tupperware on the breakfast table and a rubber duck in the bath.
“Dogs and horses, courtesy, kindliness and community service, count with her,” biographer Giles Brandreth wrote.
Her sangfroid was not dented when a young man aimed a pistol at her and fired six blanks as she rode by on a horse in 1981, nor when she discovered an intruder sitting on her bed in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
The image of the queen as an exemplar of ordinary British decency was satirized by the magazine Private Eye, which called her Brenda. Anti-monarchists dubbed her “Mrs. Windsor.” But the republican cause gained limited traction.
On her Golden Jubilee in 2002, she said the country could “look back with measured pride on the history of the last 50 years.”
“It has been a pretty remarkable 50 years by any standards,” she said in a speech. “There have been ups and downs, but anyone who can remember what things were like after those six long years of war appreciates what immense changes have been achieved since then.”
A reassuring presence at home, she was also an emblem of Britain abroad — a form of soft power, consistently respected whatever the vagaries of the country’s political leaders on the world stage. It felt only fitting that she attended the opening of the 2012 London Olympics alongside another icon, James Bond, as portrayed by Daniel Craig. Through some movie magic, she appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium.
Despite Britain’s complex and often fraught ties with its former colonies, Elizabeth was widely respected and remained head of state of more than a dozen countries, from Canada to Tuvalu. She headed the 54-nation Commonwealth, built around the U.K. and its former British colonies.
In 2015, she overtook Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother, as the longest-serving monarch in British history, and this year she became the second longest-reigning monarch in world history, behind 17th century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4.
She kept working well into her 10th decade, though Prince Charles and his elder son, Prince William, took over most of the visits, ribbon-cuttings and investitures that form the bulk of royal duties. The loss of Philip was a heavy blow, as she poignantly sat alone at his funeral in the chapel at Windsor Castle.
The family troubles kept coming. Her son, Prince Andrew, was entangled in the sordid tale of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an American businessman who had been a friend. Andrew denies accusations that he had sex with one of the women who said she was trafficked by Epstein.
The queen’s grandson, Prince Harry, walked away from Britain and his royal duties after marrying American actress Meghan Markle in 2018. He alleged in an interview that some in the family -– but pointedly not the queen -– had been less than welcoming to his wife.
She enjoyed robust health well into her 90s, though frailty eventually caught up with her. In October, she spent a night in a London hospital for tests, and was later said by the palace to be experiencing “episodic mobility issues.”
She kept up virtual meetings with diplomats and politicians from Windsor Castle, but public duties grew rarer, though she made several appearances as the U.K. celebrated her Platinum Jubilee in June.
Pragmatic to the end, she began to prepare the country for the transition to come. She let it be known that she wanted Charles’ wife Camilla to be known as “Queen Consort” when her son became king. It removed a question mark over the future role of the woman some blamed for the breakup of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana in the 1990s.
In May, she asked Charles to stand in for her and read the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, one of the monarch’s most central constitutional duties.
But she remained firmly in control of the monarchy and at the center of national life as Britain marked her Platinum Jubilee with parties and pageants. Just 48 hours before her death, she presided at a ceremony at Balmoral Castle to appoint Truss as the 15th prime minister of her reign.
Seven decades after World War II, Elizabeth was again at the center of the national mood amid the uncertainty and loss of COVID 19 — a disease she came through herself in February.
In April 2020 — with the country in lockdown and Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with the virus — she made a rare video address, urging people to stick together.
She summoned the spirit of World War II, that vital time in her life, and the nation’s, by echoing Vera Lynn’s wartime anthem “We’ll Meet Again.”
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again,” she said.
At Queen Square in London’s Bloomsbury neighborhood stands an urn erected to commemorate Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee. Etched on the ground around it are the words of poet Philip Larkin, written for that event in 1977, but which remained true decades later:
“In times when nothing stood
But worsened or grew strange,
There was one constant good
She did not change.”
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Associated Press writers Gregory Katz and Robert Barr contributed material before their deaths.
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This will allow an opportunity on how to handle emergency calls involving these incendiary weapons with its immediate destruction with less effect from damage done at such a high magnitude like that used to. I personally feel that fire safety procedures would be better managed where the fire service could take action that may limit its adoption, however. For some incriminates involving those fire fry chemical agents for safety would prove itself overly complicated, the amount in which there exist in our global culture to cause problems UBC students get $71 million toward class expenses after student society vote By Michael Cinnola Global Radio Journalist SUNDRE, Alberta:\nA local public library recently joined about a $1.7-gil... SUNDERD... How big data transforms pharmacy retail space. How 3 Pharmacists Made 117 Millenniium Mfg CAD $ DS Mining Cor Ltd RDS1 $ NLRC Corporation TCM-Q Ritch International Inc TS\nData analysis has never come under so intense competition. Data is essential part our entire way for a successful journey so far which has taken away lot hardships. Pharma market researchers always been under stress This article will try to cover, to whom to report sexual harassing issues on ships to, if there is a harsh decision towards victim who file this claim and if such sexual hugness really effects crew lives. Someone recently told their captain their cowotkr would prefer it’ the other crew members onboard to sex him up and have th...e pleasure they desiied on my husband' I found you when i looked at 2 websites a little too long 3 « Nuclea’rs ‘Six Niles Stile” Out Tomorrow\nA Night @ the Lab in Baltimore 8\n1. Brakett -The Black Dagger\nOne, I believe this recording can best be described/saw (he he)- I’m listening right out load-I’ll read something in 92 minutes it may sound strange at first glance/second take because, the instrumental piece for track (a) “The BD From a grand opening in Gilbert to a spread-out event happening at restaurants located all around the Valley, here are three things to fill your calendar from September 8 through 11.
Hot Dog Days Extravaganza
Friday, September 2 through Friday, September 30Joe's Farm Grill
3000 East Ray Road, Gilbert
480-563-4745 Stop by Joe's Farm Grill for a hot dog and sausage extravaganza. It's $13 for one or $19 for two, of the same kind or mix and match. There's the Dynamite Dog, a Schreiner's spicy pork hot link slathered with scorpion pepper and habanero cream cheese, topped with hand-breaded fried chillito peppers and sweet-hot pepper jelly. The Loco Moco Dog sounds intriguing, with the classic Hawaiian comfort food of a burger patty topped with an oozing fried sunny-side up egg and rich homemade brown gravy, all on top of sticky rice, an open-faced, buttered grilled bun, and a split grilled hot dog. The dog days of summer aren't over yet.
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Thursday, September 8Belly Kitchen & Bar
3150 East Ray Road, Gilbert, #180
480-500-6464 Belly Kitchen & Bar is one of the host of new restaurants coming to Gilbert's new retail and housing development Epicenter. The Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese-inspired eatery has already found success in Phoenix. Belly will be exploring new dishes at its East Valley location, including a completely new lunch menu. The restaurant will welcome its first customers on Thursday, September 8.
Phoenix Vegan Restaurant Week
Sunday, September 11 through Sunday, September 18Multiple Locations Phoenix Vegan Restaurant Week is back for its second year of celebrating all things plant-based around the Valley. Vegan and non-vegan restaurants are participating this year, serving plant-based breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Get in on the action with three and five-course meals for $33 and $44. Find a full list of participating restaurants posted online.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 4 p.m. Update:
The California Independent Systems Operator (ISO) issued a level 2 Energy Emergency Alert effective from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A level 2 alerts means the California ISO requests emergency energy from all resources, and may activate rotating power blackouts.
Original Story:
California officials say wildfire smoke and the cloud cover from nearby Hurricane Kay are creating uncertainty about solar power production on Thursday.
Production is expected to face the most strain in afternoon hours when temperatures rise toward their peaks, according to California Independent System Operator (ISO) president and CEO Elliot Mainzer.
"The hurricane is expected to produce rain and strong easterly winds, increasing fire risks for areas in Southern California," he said.
Just over 600 PG&E customers in Davis lost their power to weather at around 2:45 p.m.
About 800 customers just north of Auburn are also without power, and have been throughout the day. Close to 155 of those customers have been without power since Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Wednesday's system-wide load was 50,184 megawatts, while Thursday's is forecasted to be around 50,000 megawatts.
According to the California ISO, the state's power grid capacity for Thursday sits around 56,000.
Power Outage Resources:
Here's a map of California statewide outages using data from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&)E and Southern California Edison (SCE).
PG&E customers can check if a power outage is likely in their area HERE.
Officials are asking Californians to do the following before 4 p.m.:
- Pre-cool home by setting the thermostat to as low as 72 degrees
- Use major appliances, including:
- Washer and dryer
- Dishwasher
- Oven and stove for pre-cooking and preparing meals
- Adjust blinds and drapes to cover windows
They're also asking Californians to do the following between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.:
- Set the thermostat to 78 degrees or higher, if health permits
- Avoid using major appliances
- Turn off all unnecessary lights
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two college campuses locked down. City buses stopped running. A baseball stadium halted a game, and frightened residents stayed indoors as a gunman spent hours cruising around Memphis and shooting people, apparently at random.
Authorities said the assailant suspected of killing four people and wounding three livestreamed some of the carnage using his cellphone. He was arrested late Wednesday after crashing a stolen car while fleeing police.
The violence unfolded just a few months after 19-year-old Ezekiel Kelly was released early from a three-year prison sentence for a pair of shootings in 2020. Now he’s charged with first-degree murder.
The bloodshed played out as the city was still reeling from the brutal killing of a jogger who was abducted during her early morning run less than a week earlier.
“This has been a horrific week for the city of Memphis,” Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said.
Authorities offered no explanation Thursday of a possible motive. Nor did they say how Kelly managed to obtain the gun or guns used in the attacks.
The shootings shut down much of the city, and police warned people to shelter in place. The minor-league Memphis Redbirds cleared the field during a game. Friends and relatives frantically called and texted each other, and TV stations cut into regular programming with updates.
Police said the first victim was killed more than 15 hours before the other shootings occurred.
Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, at least three witnesses saw Kelly fatally shoot Dewayne Tunstall in the head outside a home in east Memphis, according to a police affidavit. It said Kelly pulled Tunstall to the side, then during their conversation drew a handgun and fired several shots.
Marcus Cash, a close friend and business partner of Tunstall’s, came running after he heard the gunshots from his home. One round pierced the window of his child’s bedroom.
When he saw Tunstall’s body, he laid down in anguish beside the man who had been like a brother. Cash said he was so distraught that police held him as a precaution for several hours to give him time to calm down.
Asked what he told police, Cash said: “You all better catch him before I do.”
The second shooting came hours later at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, when officers found a man dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle, according to police. A woman who had been shot in the leg was discovered minutes later, still alive.
More shootings were reported over the next 4 1/2 hours. During that time, police received a tip at about 6 p.m. that the suspect was livestreaming himself and threatening to hurt people, Davis said.
In one clip from the video, the suspect casually speaks to the camera before opening the door to an AutoZone store and shooting someone inside with what appeared to be a pistol. That man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
In another, a man narrates himself driving — “green light, green light” — and sings “no faking.” At one point, he fires two rapid bursts of gunfire from the driver’s window. Referring to police, he says he’s going to “go down to the valley, shoot it out with them in the valley.”
Three more shootings and two carjackings followed after police sent an alert warning people to be on the lookout for the suspect.
Police said Kelly killed a woman as he took her SUV, then shot and wounded a man nearby. The final victim, another woman, was found dead about an hour later, just before 9 p.m.
Kelly drove across the state line into neighboring Southaven, Mississippi, where he committed another carjacking at gunpoint but left the driver uninjured, police said.
Officers quickly spotted the stolen Dodge Challenger on Interstate 55. Kelly was arrested after he crashed during a high-speed chase, Davis said. Two guns were found in the vehicle.
It was not immediately known Thursday whether Kelly had an attorney.
One of the gunman’s victims, Allison Parker, was a medical assistant with three children, said Debbie Holland, Parker’s mother-in-law. Holland said her grandchildren now have no parents, since their father died a couple of years ago.
“She was beautiful, intelligent, kindhearted, giving — she would help anybody who asked,” Holland said of Parker. “She didn’t deserve to die at the hands of this monster.”
Facebook parent company Meta said Thursday that it removed the suspect’s livestream before Memphis police sent their initial alert, but the company declined to say for how long the live video was streaming. The company said it also removed the suspect’s Facebook account and has continuously removed content such as copies of the video or messages praising the attack.
Memphis has been shaken by several high-profile killings in recent weeks, including the shooting of a pastor during a daylight carjacking in her driveway, the shooting of an activist during an argument over money and the slaying of jogger Eliza Fletcher following her abduction near the University of Memphis.
Mayor Jim Strickland told reporters he was outraged that Kelly had been released early from prison in March after pleading guilty last year to aggravated assault charges.
“This is no way for us to live, and it is not acceptable,” said Strickland, who later pounded the podium as he demanded accountability. He added: “If Mr. Kelly served his full three-year sentence, he would still be in prison today, and four of our fellow citizens would still be alive.”
In February 2020, Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder and other crimes in two shootings committed a few hours apart. Both victims survived but didn’t cooperate with prosecutors, according to court records, and Kelly pleaded guilty to reduced charges of aggravated assault in April 2021.
Kelly was sentenced to three years in prison, but was released in March after serving just over two years behind bars, including credit he received for time he was jailed prior to his plea.
Months before his release, Kelly was denied parole in September 2021. He told the Tennessee Board of Parole that he had an “anger management problem,” according to a recording of his parole hearing, and that he was taking medication to help with nightmares.
Strickland thanked legislators for passing Tennessee’s so-called “truth in sentencing” law this year. The statute, which took effect after Kelly was freed, requires inmates to serve entire sentences for certain violent felonies.
The area’s top prosecutor, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, is a fellow Democrat who was elected in August after arguing against the sentencing law, saying it drives up prison costs without reducing crime. Mulroy said there was no tension Thursday between him and the mayor.
“Both of us think that all these cases, including the tragic incidents from last night, need to be dealt with strongly,” said Mulroy, who played no role in Kelly’s prior prosecution and sentencing. “The public policy debate can be discussed another day.”
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Associated Press writers Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise and Travis Loller in Nashville, Tennessee; Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Rebecca Reynolds in Louisville, Kentucky; Matt O’Brien in Providence, Rhode Island; and news researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this story.
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There are several things that make Beth Ami Temple unique. First, the congregants meet at Gloria Christi Federated Church (formerly Palo Christi Presbyterian Church), the only sanctuary in the Greater Phoenix area designed to be both a church and a temple. When it’s time for Jewish services, the cross is removed and folding panel doors are opened to reveal an ark with three Torahs — including one that survived the Holocaust.
Rabbi Allison Lawton flies in from Los Angeles to lead worship services September through May, as she has been doing since 2017. Michael Robbins, a Phoenix native, serves as cantorial soloist, a role he’s held since 2017.
Over the years, the 44-year-old Reform synagogue has evolved into one for seniors. Beth Ami welcomes families of all denominations and ages but their primary focus is on singles, couples, empty nesters and snowbirds.
To meet the needs of its community, not only spiritually but socially, Beth Ami has created several social groups or “clubs,” as many members call them. The topics of these groups include dinner, movies, hiking/walking, travel, mahjong, cultural events, bridge, book discussion and Torah study.
“These clubs are a means for our congregants to further cultivate their sense of community and to strengthen their connection to our tradition at the same time,” said Lawton. “Sometimes older people, especially with COVID-19, can feel alone and isolated. Beth Ami Temple seeks to build bonds that go beyond our temple walls and into our congregations’ daily lives. It makes the term klal yisrael (community) especially important to us.”
Donna Horwitz became a member in 2005, after her husband passed away. She felt a small temple service would be easier to attend, rather than the larger synagogue she belonged to at the time.
“The members greeted me with such friendliness and warmth that I immediately knew I had made the right choice,” she said. “Beth Ami is my extended family and many members have become very close friends. I feel so lucky to have found this gem of a temple.”
Horwitz is the contact for the travel club. “We have gone on several trips, including to the last Palm Beach Follies Show in California. The other trips have been in Arizona and include Prescott, Flagstaff, Tubac and Cottonwood,” said Horwitz. “I enjoyed every trip. We hope to go to Santa Fe when traveling is safer.”
Jan and Steve Hertzfeld run the Strolling/Hiking club and a Zoom fitness group that was popular during the pandemic.
“We all discuss our orthopedic issues and physical therapy sessions and agree that the two-plus years of our Zoom fitness has given us a leg up on dealing with these issues,” said Hertzfeld. “Jan is the baby at 65 years old, but most of our participants are 75 to 83 years old and we always have at least one or two of the members either looking forward to or recovering from ortho surgery.”
Hertzfeld also commented that the clubs help with mental health as much as physical. “Many of our members are 80+ years old and alone with little social support outside of the temple and the many clubs.”
There are also clubs tailored to those that prefer cultural outings and reading. Janet Goodsitt helps run the Culture Club and Ruth Poles runs the monthly Book Club.
“I'm looking forward to our club's new happenings like our past tours of Pompeii (at the Science Center), Tovrea Castle, Wrigley Mansion and a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Arizona,” said Goodsitt. “I've also enjoyed many docent-led exhibits at museums all over the Valley, plays and the lunches accompanying each event.”
Lunch is also a part of Book Club and the discussion leader for the month gets to choose the restaurant. “Thanks to our Book Club, I'm reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction chosen by our members. Book choices are as individual as the people in the group,” said Poles. “I look forward to the good company, dining out and an excellent discussion of each book.”
According to Beth Ami members, the most popular club is Fresser’s Dinner. Diners meet on the second Wednesday of every month, except during the summer, at a restaurant chosen by a different member each time. The temple publicizes the location to all its members. “Whether they're part of the dining group or not, we'd always like to let new people come in and join us,” said Fresser’s Dinner coordinator Elliott Stiegel. “The idea is to get to know people better and make new friends.”
Stiegel said they usually get 12-18 members to join the club at a restaurant. He said that the thing that keeps them from having more participation is that many members don’t want to drive at night or don’t drive at all.
“But for those who can come, it's a very pleasant evening,” he said.
Stiegel has been a member of Beth Ami for close to a decade and when asked his favorite part about the temple, he didn’t hesitate: “The people. It's a nice group of people and I enjoy socializing with them.” JN
For more information about the social groups, visit bethamitemple.org/social-groups.
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(Motor Authority) — Dodge showcased its past, present, and future during Speed Week at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, last week. CEO Tim Kuniskis held court over three nights of product unveilings, dubbed Current Muscle, Gateway Muscle, and Future Muscle.
Banking on one more year, Kuniskis reintroduced the 2023 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat and multiple Challenger and Charger iterations of the final Dodge V-8s before production culminates at the end of 2023. Gateway Muscle showcased the 2023 Dodge Hornet small crossover in turbo-4 and plug-in hybrid variants. But the final night, Future Muscle, won the web with the launch of the stunning two-door Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept.
With a 1980s hair metal cover band rocking to a crowd of Dodge enthusiasts and automotive journalists, Kuniskis took time away from the party to talk with Motor Authority about the American performance brand’s current and electric future.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
2023 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat
Why did the Dodge Durango Hellcat come back?
We had to change the (gas) tank, we had to change the software, we had to change the evaporative emission control system, and we had to change a lot of stuff to make it more than one model year. The reaction was beyond our expectations. We had 3k orders…for a very expensive UV, I couldn’t fill. Let’s be honest, it’s a publicly traded company. I have an obligation to the shareholders to make as much money as I can. So how do I look at shareholders and go, “Yeah I have 3k people willing to spend 85k for an SUV,” and I told them sorry, too bad? It’s a tough call, but at the same time, it’s not a very tough call. So I’m sorry that I made people mad but it’s two years later and because of the reaction and the 3k orders and the engineers had some time, and they got creative and figured it out.
We don’t sell a single car that anyone needs. If I have an opportunity to bring a car back to a market that people love, I have to do it. I don’t wanna piss anyone off, but if I have 3k orders cash in hand, I gotta do it.
With the supply constraints and reports of some dealers charging more, the release of the seven “Buzz model” Chargers and Challengers is going to be a free for all, isn’t it?
Well, I have no control over what dealer charges. But, if I put on my website where every single car is, now you know where all the cars are. So now you (the customer) can go anywhere, do anything, whatever you want. You can’t do that today.
How does the transition from gas models to electric vehicles affect Dodge dealers? What are the growing pains of the two-year wait until you release your first electric car?
During the two years I gotta keep selling all the cars I got, because I have a rabid passionate base of people who love these cars. Then I got other people who are like, “Hey, what are you doing for electrification? I’m interested. What are you bringing?” I gotta keep them both happy. The same thing is happening with dealers.
I’m going to give them so much time—that’s why we patented the stuff. Will the patents hold? I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer. But what I do know is I didn’t want to bring the car (Charger Daytona EV Concept) out in 2024 and say, “Hey it’s great, take my word for it.” I wanted to bring it out way in advance so you guys can all talk about it.
How does the Dodge Charger Daytona’s Fratsonic Chambered Exhaust work?
The noise that a car makes today is like a mystical thing for most people. It’s pretty simple. We spend months and millions of dollars tuning exhaust pipes to make them sound the way they sound. It becomes a trademark of the sound of your brand. The sound that your brain hears is the movement of air.
When we started working on this, I said, “What I want is a pipe organ”, and they said, “What are you drinking again?” You’ve all been to a cathedral and you’ve seen a pipe organ…and heard this amazing sound, and instantaneously whether you know or not your brain makes a connection between the pipes, the air, and the sound, and it makes sense. I said I want that. I want to take what makes sound in a car today, am I at idle, am I accelerating, how much pedal am I giving it, am I under extreme load, am I shifting…all of the stuff that changes the pitch and the tone and the volume of air that’s creating the sound of the car. I want to take all those inputs that all exist on an electric car and I want to feed those into an algorithm, then I want to take that and I want to move air. I want to take a transducer, I want to move a plenum, just like I’d move a piston, and that piston then moves air inside a tube. That tube then feeds a chamber, that chamber has chambers inside it, and then a huge ass exhaust pipe out the back.
Now what happens is you hear 126 decibels out the back of the car. The spatial difference between outside the car and behind you at movement is like the first time you ever went in and heard surround sound.
You mentioned the algorithm…what is the electronic component?
We take all those inputs, then have to translate if that were movement of air inside a gas engine, what would it sound like? That would be the sound of a V-8, but I don’t want that. We want it to sound modern, fresh, different, new. The reason we call it a Banshee is if you think about the screaming shrill of a banshee, it’s almost like a jet engine, but yet it’s not. It’s wicked but yet it’s not, but it’s a badass sound. You couldn’t live with that all the time. That’s your wide open, screaming, I’m on the highway, I’m getting on it sound. But when you let off of that, or when you’re shifting, or it’s burbling, or anything like that, it comes back to a tone. And that tone is what we believe is the game changer. The bass track of this sound is literally the cadence of the firing order of a Hemi V-8. It doesn’t sound like a V-8, but when you hear it, you’re like something is making me comfortable, something makes me feel like I’m OK with this. Yet, it sounds modern, fresh, and really cool.
Explain the multi-speed transmission in the Charger Daytona Concept.
Multi-speed is an electromechanical system. We’re shifting it mechanically with gears and we’re shifting it electronically. If you think about what happens today in a Hellcat, you’re going to complete a shift, slip a clutch, change a drum, and go into a different gear ratio in 250 milliseconds. What stops me from doing that in an EV? Absolutely nothing.
I can instantaneously pull out torque for 250 milliseconds and add torque back in to give you a shift. Will it make your car faster? No. Will it make your car way more fun to drive? Hell yeah.
You’re not going to say how many speeds?
No. Not done with it yet. Funny thing about it is the engineers will be the first to tell you. A single-speed EV is by far the most efficient. It’s amazing technology. Using multi-speeds is not going to make the car faster.
It’s going to make it heavier too.
It’s going to make it heavier, and it’s adding cost, and it’s adding development. But it’s also going to add way more fun to the car.
Multi-speed also gives me the advantage of taking advantage of more traction. So let’s just say, theoretically, if I had…an option for some really big, really sticky tires, and I could really launch the car hard, then multi-speed would really be a benefit. Theoretically. I mean. It’s a concept after all.
Of course. Theoretically. You guys haven’t done anything like that before.
No. That would be irresponsible.
2023 Dodge Hornet
What is different about the Dodge Hornet chassis from the related Tonale?
We tuned the engine differently, we tuned the transmission differently, we tuned the suspension differently, we tuned the steering differently.
We wanted it to feel more like a Dodge. We have a shift character we like, we like a certain speed and firmness, we like a certain firmness of the steering, we have certain expectations for our suspension especially when we get to something like the GLH (concept). But one of the other important things is now that we have Direct Connection, everything that we do we’re looking at it with an eye towards future modifications.
When we started working on this car we knew we wanted to have Direct Connection for a GLH. I could have done a GLH through Direct Connection and say, hey you need these halfshafts, you need this, you need that. It would have been a fortune. Or it’s single dollars to put it in the base car and give you the option to go up from there. Which, by the way, is the same thing we’re doing with the Daytona. We’re planning it all from day one.
What is the advantage of the three-link rear suspension on the Hornet and how is it different than the Tonale’s?
Mechanically and hardware, same, (but) all of the tuning is different. If you haven’t been involved in that it’s easy to discard that but it makes a huge difference. I’ve been driving those cars since the initial mules and from where they are today from where we started…after a year we’re getting into a space we’re really happy with.
That design was driven by the fact that we went with a much wider track (in the base platform).
2023 Dodge Charger and Challenger Last Call
What are you gonna miss when the Challenger and Charger and Durango end production as we know them?
I’m excited for the challenge going forward. These cars are amazing. I can say that. I own one, I invested my personal money in one. They’re great cars. But they’re unsustainable in today’s market. I hate to say it, but it’s a fact. So, If they’re unsustainable, it would be very easy for us to say Dodge can’t make it, Dodge can’t exist, Dodge can’t be what Dodge is, therefore let’s take our toys and go home.
What’s exciting to me is to look at the future and go OK, just like any racer, gimme the rule book and let me find the gray areas that I can exploit to bring you something fun that is a true Dodge. This has happened many times in the industry…as soon as you give them the better mousetrap everything changes. You don’t go from 5% EV to 30% EV without a better mousetrap. The onus is on us. It’s on the infrastructure, the policy makers gotta bring the infrastructure. And the car manufacturers gotta give you something better than what you have. Otherwise it’ll never work.
Dodge Charger Daytona Concept
What are the key characteristics moving Dodge forward into this next generation of vehicles?
Think about where we were a decade ago. Our top of the line car was 425 hp. We were outgunned in the horsepower war. We were bigger, heavier, and we didn’t handle, and we were severely outgunned in horsepower. Did we get a new car? Nope. Did we make the car lighter? Nope. We just kept tweaking the car.
Half of my volume is Pentastars (V-6 engines; Kuniskis made clear that sales numbers don’t favor Hellcats.) You’re buying into something bigger than the purchase of a car. That’s why we say performance is an attitude. Whether your car is propelled by a PHEV, gas, or electric (powertrain), it doesn’t matter. If I can give you the attitude and personality of something bigger than that car, it will be fine. If I can’t do that, then I fail and it doesn’t work.
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Going to a Dallas Cowboys game? Here's what you should know before heading to AT&T Stadium
ARLINGTON, Texas - Another Dallas Cowboys football season is upon us.
Before you head to Arlington to cheer on America's Team at AT&T Stadium, there are a few things you should know.
AT&T Tailgating Information
AT&T Stadium parking lots will open four hours before kickoff for noon games, and at least five hours before kickoff for afternoon and night games.
The stadium entrances will open two hours before kickoff.
For those looking to tailgate, it is only allowed in the grass areas on the perimeter of the parking lots and can only be 9-feet wide and 12-feet deep.
Tailgating is allowed when the parking lots open, and then up to two hours after the game.
Deep fryers or any oil-based cooking or frying are not allowed, along with open flame fires of any kind. Charcoal or gas cooking is allowed.
Tailgaters are not allowed to save spaces, sell food, drinks, or merchandise, have weapons and fireworks, advertise or promote products, or picket, political campaign, or solicit.
Can I Bring My Bag or Purse to the Cowboys Game?
AT&T Stadium has strict rules about bags. The only bags allowed into the stadium are clear tote bags that do not exceed 12″x6″x12″, plastic storage bag up to one gallon in size, and small clutch purses no larger than 4.5″ x 6.5″, with or without a handle or strap.
Parking, Drop-off and Pick-up, and Rideshare Information
AT&T Stadium has 15 parking lots with about 12,000 available spots. A parking pass can be bought beforehand. There are also almost 12,000 parking spaces available around Globe Life Field that can be used.
There are two passenger drop-off zones at AT&T stadium. One is on the north side of Randol Mill Road in Lot 1, and the other is on the south side of the stadium, off of Cowboys Way in Lot 6, though post-event traffic may cause these areas to be inaccessible for pick up.
Rideshare location for this season will be Lot 15.
Taxis will be available at the far west end of Miller LiteHouse off of North Collins Street and Cowboys Way.
If You Lose an Item at AT&T Stadium
AT&T Stadium has an online form to fill out if you lost an item there. Lost items will be held in a locked storage area for 60 days and are then either disposed of or donated.
Can I Bring a Sign into the Game at AT&T Stadium?
Signs must be "handheld, event-related, in good taste and cannot obstruct another guest’s view," and cannot have "commercial messages, logos or political endorsements."
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Dallas Cowboys Schedule 2022
Week 1 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 2 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 3 at New York Giants
Week 4 vs. Washington Commanders
Week 5 at Los Angeles Rams
Week 6 at Philadelphia Eagles
Week 7 vs. Detroit Lions
Week 8 vs. Chicago Bears
Week 9: BYE
Week 10 at Green Bay Packers
Week 11 at Minnesota Vikings
Week 12 vs. New York Giants
Week 13 vs. Indianapolis Colts
Week 14 vs. Houston Texans
Week 15 at Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 16 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Week 17 at Tennessee Titans
Week 18 at Washington Commanders
What Channel Is The Cowboys Game On?
Week 1 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: NBC
Week 2 vs. Cincinnati Bengals: CBS
Week 3 at New York Giants: ESPN
Week 4 vs. Washington Commanders: FOX 4
Week 5 at Los Angeles Rams: FOX 4
Week 6 at Philadelphia Eagles: NBC
Week 7 vs. Detroit Lions: CBS
Week 8 vs. Chicago Bears: FOX 4
Week 9: BYE
Week 10 at Green Bay Packers: FOX 4
Week 11 at Minnesota Vikings: CBS
Week 12 vs. New York Giants: FOX 4
Week 13 vs. Indianapolis Colts: NBC
Week 14 vs. Houston Texans: FOX 4
Week 15 at Jacksonville Jaguars: FOX 4
Week 16 vs. Philadelphia Eagles: FOX 4
Week 17 at Tennessee Titans: Prime Video
Week 18 at Washington Commanders: TBD
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Jung can't even describe the whirlwind of emotions he has gone through the past seven months, since shoulder surgery that took away the top prospect's opportunity to compete for a spot on the Texas Rangers roster in spring training.
Now after initially thinking he might not get to play at all this season, Jung is set to make his big league debut Friday night after a month of Triple-A games. The Rangers plan to put Jung, the eighth overall pick in the 2019 draft out of Texas Tech, on their 28-man active roster before the series opener at home against the Toronto Blue Jays.
“A complete 180, going from on the super high coming into camp to ... I’m not going to play this year to actually getting out to play games in Arizona and then getting to an affiliate and now getting a chance up in the big leagues,” Jung said Thursday, while standing in front of his locker in the otherwise-empty Rangers clubhouse on an off day for the team.
Asked if he was nervous at all about his debut, Jung responded, “Absolutely. It’s everything I’ve ever been working for my entire life. So absolutely.”
The 24-year-old Jung likely will be their primary third baseman for the final 3 1/2 weeks of their season. It is the role that had been expected to have an opportunity to win in spring training before he got hurt.
His big league debut will come with the Rangers (59-77) headed for their sixth consecutive losing season, and weeks after president of baseball operations Jon Daniels and manager Chris Woodward were fired. There are 26 games remaining, and their next win will match their victory total from last season when they lost 102 games.
Jung was lifting weights before the opening of the team's minor league camp in Arizona in February, before the end of the MLB lockout, when he felt discomfort in his non-throwing (left) shoulder. He was initially diagnosed with a strain, but had surgery a week later to to repair a torn labrum.
“It was an ongoing conversation the whole time pretty much. I mean, February to March, it was like probably not playing this year. Week 12, Week 16, come back, got to start swinging the bat at week 16 kind of seeing how everything was, see how my shoulder was responding,” he said. “Then the conversation started to change a little bit. So between the four- and five-month mark is when it really started. Hey, let’s see what we can do here.”
Jung hit .266 with nine homers and 29 RBIs in 31 games — eight in Arizona before 23 with Triple-A Round Rock. That included thrice hitting three-run homers over a two-game span to only increase the hype — and led to him eventually taking a break from social media. He also had a 1-for-17 span with 11 strikeouts and no walks.
“I got off to the first two weeks out of rehab and was unconscious. The next two weeks, I was cold as ice,” Jung said. “I just needed to find a balance and just get back to being where my feet were. I think that was the biggest thing for me. So I was like I’ve got to get off social media for a little bit.”
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BREAKING: Two juveniles are injured in ANOTHER shooting in Uvalde, Texas just months after elementary school massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead
Police in Uvalde, Texas - the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings at an elementary school just months earlier - have said that 'two juveniles' were injured at a shooting at a city park.
The Uvalde PD, which came under intense scrutiny for how it handled the shooting at Uvalde Elementary School which killed 21, made the announcement on it's social channels Thursday evening.
They wrote: 'Please AVOID the area of the Uvalde Memorial Park. The Uvalde Police Department is currently investigating a shooting with injured victims.'
Police reported that 'two juveniles' have been injured in the shooting, according to KSAT.
The shooting at Uvalde Elementary on May 24 was the third-deadliest school shooting in American history.
This is a developing story.
Police in Uvalde, Texas - the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings at an elementary school just months earlier - have said that 'two juveniles' were injured at a shooting at a city park
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A second MBTA safety oversight hearing will be held by the state Legislature next Wednesday, and this time, the Department of Public Utilities will also be put on the hot seat.
The Joint Committee on Transportation hearing, announced Thursday, follows a damning federal report that found the MBTA was prioritizing capital projects at the expense of day-to-day operations, and the DPU has been ineffective in its role as a state safety oversight authority.
The upcoming session is the second in what the committee’s co-chairs, state Rep. William Straus, D-Mattapoisett, and Sen. Brendan Crighton, D-Lynn, said would be a “series of oversight hearings to examine issues related to deficiencies in safety management practices at the MBTA.”
“The chairs have invited representatives from the Federal Transit Administration and the Department of Public Utilities, the chair of the MBTA Board of Directors (Betsy Taylor), and frontline workers to appear as witnesses,” a committee statement said.
The first such hearing was held in July, and featured testimony from MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak and MassDOT Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler.
The FTA issued four directives to the MBTA as part of its Aug. 31 final report, ordering the agency to submit plans to fix staffing deficiencies, ineffective safety communication, and inadequate operating conditions, or risk losing federal funding, and one to the DPU.
The report found that safety incidents continued to escalate in severity from 2019, the last time a probe was conducted into the MBTA, and this year, when a fatal dragging death by train in mid-April prompted the federal investigation.
Since the launch of the investigation, safety incidents continued to pile up, highlighted by a train fire on the Orange Line that led one woman to jump off a bridge into the Mystic River below to escape.
The report notes that while the T’s focus has been on capital projects, its assets and infrastructure continue to fail, notably during that fire, which was caused by a piece of metal siding coming off the train and hitting the electrified rail.
The 10 a.m. hearing next Wednesday will be live-streamed, and those attending in person at the State House in Room A-1 are encouraged to wear a mask.
The DPU’s continued oversight role will also be the focus of a separate legislative body’s hearing in October.
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Judge issues gag order for Wisconsin man charged over false absentee ballot requests
The order applies to prosecutors, too
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man charged with election fraud for fraudulently requesting absentee ballots was ordered by a judge to stop talking about the case.
Harry Wait has acknowledged requesting the ballots in other people’s names in what he said was an effort to expose vulnerabilities in the state’s election system.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Wait, speaking to reporters Thursday, compared himself to founding fathers such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. He also declared that his actions were lawful “under organic law of the nation.”
Racine County Judge Robert Repischak ordered both Wait, who is representing himself, and prosecutors not to talk to reporters about the case.
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Mayor Cantrell says she won’t repay $30,000 in travel expenses
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she does not plan to pay the city back for first-class travel upgrades on overseas flights, despite policies put in place by the city council.
The policy states all traveling city employees are required to seek the lowest fares available or reimburse the city for deluxe accommodations.
The Chief Administrative Officer says the law department is still reviewing whether or not the mayor needs to reimburse nearly $30,000 in taxpayer money.
At a press conference Thursday (Sept. 8), Mayor Cantrell says the trips and expenses were made in order to better New Orleans.
“All expenses incurred doing business on behalf of the city of New Orleans will not be reimbursed to the city of New Orleans,” Mayor Cantrell said outside of the Nix Library. “One thing is clear; I do my job and I will continue to do it with distinction and integrity every step of the way.”
Dillard University public policy professor Robert Collins says it appears the mayor is being defiant.
The mayor’s staff says they are working to determine if the policy applies to the mayor, as she is an elected official and not a hired city employee.
“I think that’s still under review with law kind of determining the variations between the CAO policy, the elected official policy, and the different variations,” CAO Gilbert Montaño said. “There’s no ultimate conclusion at this current moment. Right now it’s in law, and we are evaluating it and I think there would be a determination sooner rather than later.”
The mayor’s first-class tickets to France and Switzerland cost the city nearly $30,000. Cantrell has previously said that her travel upgrades were not for luxury purposes but for matters of safety.
“Anyone who wants to question how I protect myself just doesn’t understand the world Black women walk in,” Mayor Cantrell said in a statement.
However, Collins says that since the mayor gets a salary and benefits from New Orleans, she should qualify as an employee.
“It’s sort of like saying the President of the United States is not an employee of the federal government. He draws a salary, of course he is,” Collins said. “It’s like saying the governor of Louisiana is not an employee of state government. Of course he is. He is the CEO of the state government. So to pretend there is some sort of legal difference between an elected official who draws a salary from a government agency and an employee of that government agency, I think it’s problematic.”
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Significant Players In Magnetic Encoder Market Key Driving Factors Analysis and Forecast To 2030
Magnetic Encoder Market Research Report covering Key Size, Share, Industry Growth, Product Types, Various applications, and players in geographical region.
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, September 8, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Magnetic encoders, a type of rotary encoder, use magnetization sensors to detect changes in magnetic field from a rotating wheel or ring. A magnetic encoder consists of three main components: Sensing Circuit. A rotating wheel. A series of magnetic poles that run around the circumference of the wheel, or ring. How do Magnetic Linear Encoders Works? A magnetic linear encoder system uses both a magnetic sensor redhead as well as a scale to produce TTL or analog output for channels B and A. The magnetic sensor is moved along the magnetic scale by the sensor, which detects any changes in the magnetic field and produces a signal. Magnetic encoders that use the AK7455 have an accuracy of about 0.5deg in a Shaft End configuration.The Magnetic Encoder Market Report is a historical and future-oriented analysis of the Equipment industry. It also includes a competitive scene survey that incorporates key players' analysis, revenue trends, and the industry CAGR. This Magnetic Encoder Report provides a detailed analysis of company profiles, growth insights, and supply-demand scenarios. It also includes information about product demand and consumption. The Magnetic Encoder Industry Report examines current and future industry outlooks, including recent trends, share, and development opportunities for all geographic regions. Similarly covers the scope of Magnetic Encoder business with various segments like product types [Incremental Magnetic Encoder; Absolute Magnetic Encoders] and applications [Automobile; New Energy Vehicle; Elevator Industry; Machine Tool; Motor; Food and Packaging] that can potentially influence the Magnetic Encoder business in the future.
The most recent report offers a comprehensive overview of the Global Magnetic Encoder Market, covering all aspects. This includes a macro-view of the business, as well as details about the industry size, growth trend, niche market, and challenges. A comprehensive evaluation of the Magnetic Encoder constraints covered in the report showcases which conflicting drivers give room for strategic planning. The factors of the Magnetic Encoder market that cover the growth of the market are significant, as it can be understood that they design different curves to take advantage of the future opportunities in the ever-growing market. In addition, market expert opinion insights are gathered for a better understanding of the Magnetic Encoder industry.
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Europe (Germany and France, Russia, United Kingdom of Great Britain, Italy, and the Rest of Europe).
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Middle schooler commended for telling teacher about possible threat overheard at school
NAPLES, Fla. (Gray News) – A middle schooler in Florida was commended for reporting a threat he overheard to his teacher.
Jack Kelley, a seventh grader at Oakridge Middle School, overheard another student talking about a “possible school safety issue,” according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
Jack then informed a teacher, who contacted a youth relations deputy at the school.
The sheriff’s office said Jack’s actions allowed their officers to investigate and prevent any possible threat.
“Jack is a terrific example of how we can all work together to keep our schools safe and protect our children,” Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said. “If you see something of concern, don’t spread it, report it. We applaud Jack for doing that.”
Jack earned the Do The Right Thing Award from the sheriff’s office for his actions, which was presented to him and his family during a celebration at his home on Wednesday.
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Uvalde police investigating shooting at park
Published: Sep. 8, 2022 at 7:03 PM CDT|Updated: 9 minutes ago
(Gray News) - Police in Uvalde, Texas, are investigating a shooting in a park Thursday evening.
The Uvalde Police Department wrote in a Facebook post: “Please AVOID the area of the Uvalde Memorial Park. The Uvalde Police Department is currently investigating a shooting with injured victims.”
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The grant program is now accepting applications and supports education, mentorship, and skills training for non-profits training therapists in the US
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Dermalogica, known for professional grade skin care and treatment expertise trusted by licensed skin therapists worldwide, announced a new grant program for non-profit organizations that help give greater access to skillset training in the United States. Dermalogica believes that when people have a skillset they carry in their hands, they can own their future. This knowledge propelled Dermalogica founder Jane Wurwand to establish the brand as the leader in post-graduate skincare education, and drives Dermalogica's support for professional-grade skillset training in underserved communities worldwide.
Accepting applications from today, this new grant program will support non-profit organizations aligned with Dermalogica's purpose of empowering future beauty professionals through education, mentorship, and skills training. Organizations supporting those in the professional hair, makeup, skin, and nails professions are encouraged to apply.
"We want to give people control over their careers and own their futures," says Aurelian Lis, Global CEO of Dermalogica. Lis added, "Hands-based skills build careers, and skin health delivered through human touch will never be commoditized."
Dermalogica Founder Jane Wurwand learned the importance of having a skillset when, as a small child, her mother was suddenly widowed and relied on her nursing training to provide for her household. This lesson propelled Jane's entire career trajectory, and she trained in what was then called "beauty therapy," allowing her to find work all over the world and ultimately starting the International Dermal Institute and Dermalogica. By developing vocational skills at a local level and beyond, Dermalogica aims to help more people own their futures and affect global change.
This grant will support organizations that:
- Are a non-profit 501c3 organization
- Have a mission in line with Dermalogica's purpose of supporting skillset training in the professional skincare/cosmetology industry
- Are based in the USA
The first round of applications open starting September 8, 2022, and submissions close on November 1, 2022. For more information about the new grant program and the submission process, please visit https://www.dermalogica.com/pages/social-impact. Candidates selected will be contacted in November 2022.
Dermalogica is a clinical skin care brand used by skin care professionals around the world. In 1983, founder Jane Wurwand identified a gap in professional skin care training and created the International Dermal Institute to set skin therapists up for success. Wurwand launched Dermalogica in 1986, bucking industry trends in favor of clean formulas, a minimalist look, and commitment to skin health, not beauty.
Dermalogica today trains 100,000 skin therapists per year in advanced technologies and services. Products are formulated for the treatment room, used daily in the hands of licensed skin therapists and by 20 million people for professional results at home. With its global headquarters in Los Angeles, CA, Dermalogica is made in the USA with products sold in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.dermalogica.com.
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LOS ANGELES -- Vampire mockumentary series "What We Do In The Shadows" concluded season 4 with a surprise reveal involving the future of "Young Colin." We won't spoil it here, because it's one you'll need to see for yourself. Mark Proksch, who plays Colin says one question was definitely answered.
"One of the things that I think we tried to show was is it nature or is it nurture when you're raising a child. And I think the writers really accomplished that this season, showing that it's predominantly nature," Proksch tells On The Red Carpet.
Playing Colin at all ages was particularly fun for Proksch, and while the cast is given ample freedom to adlib, they definitely enjoyed what the writers served up.
"We always get what's on the written page filmed, that's the first few takes. And nine times out of ten it's funnier than anything we come up with," Proksch says.
Emmy voters agree. "What We Do In The Shadows" earned 7 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing For A Comedy series.
Executive producer/writer/showrunner Paul Simms says they've got a busy few days ahead with, "two days of table reads and then flying to Los Angeles for a brief Emmy weekend and then flying back and starting to shoot the next season immediately. I already feel like we did whatever celebrating it was when we got nominated. It was a surprise last year and an even bigger surprise this year."
As for season 5? Simms gave On The Red Carpet one little hint. He promises the "sexiest, filthiest, almost stomach-turning episode that involves all the vampires." That's quite a tease! You can catch up on the first 4 seasons of "What We Do In The Shadows" now on Hulu.
The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of FX, Hulu and this ABC station.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek dropped four points in a row in her U.S. Open quarterfinal against Jessica Pegula by missing shots, some wildly. So with Pegula up by a break at 3-2 and serving at 30-love, Swiatek walked over to the sideline in the middle of a game to swap out her white racket for another one.
The Arthur Ashe Stadium roof was open, the 70-degree air was as cool and dry as it’s been during a hot, humid tournament, and Swiatek figured maybe she should try a tighter string tension to see whether that would help control the ball a little more.
Whether that actually did the trick, or simply put Swiatek’s mind at ease, the move certainly swung the direction of the match. The No. 1-ranked Swiatek grabbed 14 of the next 15 points and, while closing things out was not easy, she reached her first semifinal at Flushing Meadows by pulling out a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Pegula on Wednesday night.
“I don’t know if it actually was the key or something,” Swiatek said after a match filled with a combined 13 breaks of serve, 10 in the second set alone. “For sure, I wasn’t thinking about the strings (anymore), and I just focused on the right stuff after the change.”
When play resumed, Swiatek popped up a short return that floated toward Pegula, who rushed a backhand swinging volley that landed out. That was followed by three forehand errors in a row by the No. 8 Pegula, the highest-ranked American player.
“I started missing everything for literally the rest of the set,” Pegula said between sips from a can of Heineken. “It was definitely a huge momentum change. I think it helped her a lot. So it was a good move by her. … I was just going for too much. The games kind of flew by.”
Swiatek will face No. 6 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in Thursday’s semifinals. The other women’s semifinal is No. 5 Ons Jabeur against No. 17 Caroline Garcia, who eliminated 18-year-old American Coco Gauff on Tuesday.
Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who won the French Open in 2020 and this June, twice failed to serve out the victory Wednesday, at 5-4 and 6-5 in the second set. But she was better in the tiebreaker, and when Pegula missed a backhand to close the contest, Swiatek ran toward her guest box, flung her racket and yelled.
Swiatek compiled a 37-match winning streak earlier this season, claiming the trophies at six consecutive events, but this is her first trip beyond the fourth round in New York.
“I wasn’t expecting that at the beginning of the tournament,” she said. “Trying to keep my expectations low.”
This marked Swiatek’s eighth win in a row against an opponent ranked in the top 10, all in straight sets.
“I’m super proud of myself. My goal, basically, is to be consistent,” she said. “I remember when I was an underdog and every match like that was surreal. Now it feels pretty routine.”
Pegula, a 28-year-old whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, dropped to 0-4 in Grand Slam quarterfinals, including a trio of losses at that stage this season. All three of those came against a player atop the rankings at the time: Ash Barty at the Australian Open in January and then Swiatek at Roland Garros and Wednesday.
“I’m a little deflated right now,” Pegula said. “I’m not real happy.”
Of the four players remaining in the bracket, only Swiatek already owns a major championship. And only Sabalenka, who defeated two-time Slam runner-up Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 7-6 (4), ever has been this far at Flushing Meadows previously; she lost in the semifinals last year.
“I’m ready for it,” Sabalenka said. “I’m ready for another fight.”
Bounced from the semifinals at Wimbledon last year by Pliskova, Sabalenka made sure from the start that this one would be different, taking a 4-0 lead.
This year, Sabalenka could not participate at the All England Club, because all players from Russia and Belarus were banned over the invasion of Ukraine. Sabalenka spent that fortnight in Miami, practicing and preparing for a return to the tour.
“It was a tough time, especially when I was working out in the gym and there was Wimbledon playing on the TV,” Sabalenka said. “I was always (turning) it off, because I couldn’t watch it.”
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Goalkicker Breust extends Hawks contract
Hawthorn AFL veteran Luke Breust has opted to sign a one-year extension instead of eyeing a move elsewhere, recommitting to the Hawks until the end of 2024.
The triple-premiership Hawk was already contracted for 2023 but has added another year to his deal after leading Hawthorn's goalkicking with 40 majors in 2022.
The Hawks' focus will now likely turn to securing classy goalkicker Jack Gunston, who booted 32 goals in an injury-hit 2022 but is yet to sign a contract for next season and beyond.
Breust's commitment ensures important experience will remain on Hawthorn's otherwise young list.
The 31-year-old has kicked 481 goals in 260 games, all at Hawthorn, and is the most experienced player on their AFL list following Ben McEvoy and Liam Shiels' retirements.
"Luke's value to the club is immeasurable. While he is still playing at a high level on-field, his willingness to educate and mentor our younger players has been equally valuable," Hawthorn list boss Mark McKenzie said.
"We're very pleased that he has been quick to confirm his commitment to the club's future, which we think is a broader reflection of how the playing group feels about the direction we are going.
"As a three-time premiership player, Luke has already made an immense impact on the club with his own achievements in his own right.
"But he is just as determined to now help to build towards our next period of success."
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Every living past American president is paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, following the longest-serving British monarch’s death at 96.
Elizabeth died on Thursday at her estate in Scotland, Buckingham Palace announced.
During her lifetime, the queen had met with all but one of the American presidents, Lyndon Johnson, since Harry Truman.
Former President Trump praised Elizabeth’s “exceptional service to the people,” saying in a post on Truth Social, “May God bless the Queen, may she reign forever in our hearts, and may God hold her and Prince Philip in abiding care.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II inspect a Guard of Honour, formed of the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
The 45th president appeared to share a special affinity for the queen, who he had described as being beloved by his mother. Trump called Elizabeth an “incredible woman” ahead of his 2018 visit to Windsor Castle to meet with her.
“What a grand and beautiful lady she was,” Trump said in a Thursday statement, “there was nobody like her!”
Former President Obama issued a lengthy remembrance of the queen just hours after her death was announced.
“Michelle and I were lucky enough to come to know Her Majesty, and she meant a great deal to us,” Obama said.
In this May 25, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip for a reciprocal dinner at Winfield House in London. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
The ex-commander in chief highlighted his personal experience with Elizabeth during a 2009 visit to England.
“Back when we were just beginning to navigate life as President and First Lady, she welcomed us to the world stage with open arms and extraordinary generosity,” Obama said.
“Time and again, we were struck by her warmth, the way she put people at ease, and how she brought her considerable humor and charm to moments of great pomp and circumstance.”
Obama lauded Elizabeth for her “dedicated leadership,” saying he and the former first lady “are awed by her legacy of tireless, dignified public service.”
In this Saturday, June 4, 1994, file photo, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she sits alongside President Bill Clinton at a dinner in the Guildhall in Portsmouth, England, commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
Former President Bill Clinton said he and his wife, former secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were joining with people “all around the world” in “giving thanks for [Elizabeth’s] life.”
Calling the queen a “source of stability, serenity and strength,” the 42nd president said he was thankful “for the kindness she showed us through the years, particularly during our visits to Buckingham Palace in 1995 and 2000.”
In this May 7, 2007, file photo, President Bush and Queen Elizabeth II arrive to take part in arrival ceremonies on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Former President George W. Bush recalled when he and wife Laura Bush spent time at Buckingham Palace, saying in a statement that “having tea with Her Majesty — and her Corgis — is among our fondest memories of the presidency.”
“Our world benefitted from her steady resolve, and we are grateful for her decades of service as sovereign,” Bush said.
In this file photo dated May 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II are photographed with French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, at Buckingham Palace in London. (Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ninety-seven-year-old former President Jimmy Carter, who was born two years before Elizabeth, said he and wife Rosalynn extended their condolences to the monarch’s family and the citizens of the U.K.
“Her dignity, graciousness, and sense of duty have been an inspiration,” Carter said of Elizabeth in a statement, “and we join the millions around the world in mourning a remarkable leader.”
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Water filtration systems in high demand amid latest Jackson water crisis
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Not all water filter systems are the same, but they are in high demand as the boil water notice stays in effect in the capital city.
Vidhi Bamzai decided a couple of weeks into the latest boil water notice that she wanted to find a solution. Some research led her to a reverse osmosis system.
“So I get clean water right here,” said Bamzai.
Two weeks after installation and this is what the once white filter looks like.
“At least I know that the water I’m drinking is safe through the reverse osmosis system,” explained Bamzai. “I do trust that water. But I’m showering with this water. I’m washing my hands with this water. The dishwasher is still really warm water, but I’m worried about my hair, I’m worried about my skin.”
Greg Daniels installed the system and he’s had a lot of calls lately from folks living in Jackson.
“This unit here, creates what you would buy at the store that is called purified water,” said Daniels, owner of Clean Water Mississippi.
These reverse osmosis systems have multiple layers of filters, including a sediment filter that’s capturing things like sand, clay, and metals. But Daniels says the demand goes beyond the current crisis.
“I think the water you know, can be deemed safe, which is fine,” noted Daniels. “But you know, we can meet six months when there hasn’t been a boil water notice and I’ll show you that filter and it wouldn’t be just as dirty and it is. It’s just dirt and collection from old pipes and such and you know, it’s not necessarily harmful. It’s just disgusting.”
We did ask the Department of Health about its advice and whether any filtration system makes it safe to drink without boiling. They note that all filtration systems are different and that consumers can do their own research. But because they’re different, they advise that everyone continue to boil their water for at least one minute before consuming it if they live in Jackson.
For Bamzai, she’s worried about people who can’t even afford an option like the one she chose.
“I think the bigger issue for me is that, you know, I am lucky enough that I can afford this system. Most Jacksonians can’t. And for folks who live here and who can’t afford these systems, what are our long-term solutions for people? And that is really what I’m really concerned about, because we can’t just continue.”
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U of A plans to make Saturday's game parking easier for drivers
U of A plans to make Saturday's game parking easier for drivers
THE UNIVERSITY IS PLANNING TO MAKE ATTENDING GAME 2 A LITTLE BIT EASIER. ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY, 75 THOUSAND FANS ATTENDED THE WEEK ONE MATCHUP AGAINST CINCINNATI. THIS VIDEO SHOWS FANS OUTSIDE OF THE GATES MORE THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE GAME LAST SATURDAY. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HUNTER YURACHEK APOLOGIZED THIS WEEK ABOUT CROWDED STADIUM ENTRY AND TRAVEL ISSUES. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THEY ARE ADJUSTING TO MAKE THIS WEEK MORE EFFICIENT. <> "Anytime you have that many people trying to go a certain direction. You're going to have some delays but we love that our fans are patient they shared with us some feedback and we've made adjustments that is very valuable for us to hear. Just like the team every week has adjustments. We make adjustments in game experience." FOR MORE INFO ON WHAT CHANGES ARE COMING THIS WEEK TUNE INTO 40/29 NEWS SUNRISE TOMORROW MORNING AND SATURD
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Susquehanna University football fans are elated record-setting quarterback Michael Ruisch of Parkland High School returned as a graduate student for a fifth season. Ruisch completed 22 of 28 pass attempts for a career-high 382 yards and five touchdowns to lead the 21st-ranked (Division III) River Hawks to a 45-16 victory at Lycoming on Saturday. He also rushed four times for three yards as SU won the Stagg Hat for the fourth straight year.
Also for Susquehanna, DL Tim Pherson (Phillipsburg) collected a sack and LB Jesse Ruisch (Parkland) made three tackles in their first college games. Andrew Wells (Nazareth) started at safety and made tackle. Aaron Kahn (Salisbury) punted twice for a 28-yard average.
Daniel Jennings (Salisbury) started at center and Eric Vingom (Southern Lehigh) started at right tackle for Lycoming. LB Braden Mehlig (Notre Dame) made 3 tackles and LB Joey Rivituso (Notre Dame) added 2 tackles for the Warriors.
Millersville transfer Jared Jenkins (Freedom) threw a 7-yard TD pass and completed 15 of 29 passes for 210 yards in his debut during Moravian’s 31-13 loss at The College of New Jersey. WR Jordan Lewis (Parkland) caught 2 passes for 22 yards, and WR Nick Basenese (Notre Dame) rushed once for minus-5 yards. DB Chad Newhard (Emmaus) made 8 tackles, DL Javi Espinal-Katz (Wilson) had 4 tackles with a sack and LB Jeremiah Espinosa (Freedom) recorded 4 tackles.
Also for Moravian, DB Matt Blazofsky (Central Catholic) made 3 tackles, LB Clay Basile (Bethlehem Catholic) made 2 tackles and LB Joshua Ruela (Freedom) made a tackle. WR Justin Rodda (Northwestern), WR Bryan Monge (Parkland), WR Ryan Frinzi (Notre Dame), DL Mason Zimmerman (Easton), OL Brandon Guffy (Notre Dame), OL Austin Leibensperger (Liberty) and DL Nathan Carr (Palisades) all saw action for the Greyhounds.
LB Owen Daddona (Bethlehem Catholic) made 6 tackles and WR Andrew Darno (Notre Dame) caught a 9-yard pass for Muhlenberg in a 62-13 loss at defending Division III national champion Mary Hardin-Baylor. RB Ethan Brader (Palisades) rushed for 9 yards on 4 carries, and WR Jaiden Cabrera (Nazareth) caught a 2-yard pass. LB Tim Higgins (Emmaus) made 3 tackles, and DL Andrew Franklin (North Hunterdon) had a tackle. Nick Stannard (Freedom) kicked off twice for a 54.5 average and kicked a PAT. Connor Fenstermaker (Whitehall) had a 61-yard kickoff. WR Tim Buda (Salisbury), OL Spencer Peck (North Hunterdon) and OL Jordan Kiley (Phillipsburg) also played for the Mules.
Twins Bobby Coury and Tommy Coury of Phillipsburg registered nearly identical stats from their linebacker positions for Carnegie Mellon in a 35-17 win over Whitworth. Bobby made 8 tackles including a sack for a loss of 9 yards. Tommy also made 8 tackles but his sack was for a loss of 10 yards. Dario Walnock (Northampton) started at center for the Tartans.
DE Adam Piston (Parkland) recorded 3 tackles and recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown to cap Wilkes’ 48-21 victory over Keystone. DT Angel Ramos (Parkland) led the Colonels with 9 tackles. DT Steele Hess (Whitehall) added 2 tackles. Alex Orlando (Emmaus) punted twice for a 29-yard average and kicked off twice for a 45-yard average. Aidan Palochik (Nazareth) started at guard, and DL David Osman (Saucon Valley) had a tackle for Wilkes. Reese Karp (Pen Argyl) started at tight end for Keystone and caught 4 passes for 38 yards.
LB Jacob Hille (Phillipsburg) and S Dante Medlar (Parkland) both started for Franklin & Marshall and made 5 and 3 tackles, respectively, in a 26-7 win over Lebanon Valley. WR Kyle Evancho (Easton) made a tackle, and DB Luke Dauberman (Parkland) played for the Diplomats. QB Tanner Lewis (Parkland) was 1-for-2 for 2 yards passing, and RB Tim Ervey (Hackettstown) rushed 4 times for minus-3 yards for Lebanon Valley.
Jake Ahmad (Liberty) and Brandon Derby (Southern Lehigh) started on the offensive line and LB Connor Carter (Emmaus) contributed 3 tackles and a forced fumble for Ursinus in a 59-27 win over Alvernia. DL Brandon Gawrys (Whitehall) made 2 tackles for Alvernia where Easton grad and veteran coach Joe Bottiglieri is serving this season as co-defensive coordinator.
Two-year captain Elian Telford (Phillipsburg) started at right tackle for Salve Regina in a 7-0 win over Norwich.
Daryl Shands (Freedom) started at linebacker and registered 10 tackles for Kenyon in a 33-26 triumph over Bluffton.
RB Joey Guida (Parkland) rushed 3 times for 15 yards, returned 6 punts for 35 yards and returned 2 kickoffs for 52 yards for Grove City in a 63-6 win over Juniata. LB Quintin Stephens (Salisbury) made a team-high 8 tackles and returned 2 kickoffs for 28 yards for Juniata. Hunter Wacik (Northampton) started at fullback for the Eagles and made a tackle. LB Cole Osman (Nazareth) had 2 tackles.
Tylor Blake (Delaware Valley) started at tight end and CB Jacob Baytoff (Voorhees) made a tackle in Stevenson’s 25-21 win over Saint Vincent.
QB Logan Edmond (Southern Lehigh) completed 15 of 24 passes for 180 yards and a TD and rushed for 68 yards and a 5-yard TD on 11 carries for Gettysburg in a 29-14 loss to Bridgewater (Va.). RB Sebastian Gibbs (Freedom) rushed for 32 yards on 9 carries, caught a 5-yard TD pass and returned 4 kickoffs for 62 yards. Will Haussmann (Phillipsburg) started at center. FS Chris Lessel (Parkland) made 7 tackles. Edmond and Lessel are serving as co-captains this season for the Bullets.
WR Sterling Walker-Sutton (Phillipsburg) caught 2 passes for 13 yards and returned 2 kickoffs for 42 yards in Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute’s 14-7 win over Dickinson.
LB Sammy Viera (Notre Dame) recorded a team-high 9 tackles for Albright in a 49-0 loss to Salisbury. Ryan Evans (Parkland) had a 40-yard kickoff, and QB Mark Moyna (North Warren) played for the Lions.
Ethan Ferry (Freedom) punted 4 times for a 33.2-yard average for Merchant Marine in a 17-7 loss to FDU Florham. LB Nathan Saccal (Delaware Valley) played for FDU Florham.
DB/K Michael Gomez (Phillipsburg) played in Chicago’s 34-14 win over Concordia Chicago.
Justin Roman (Emmaus) started on the offensive line for Delaware Valley in a 22-8 victory over Westminster.
S Andrew Lee (Parkland) made 3 tackles and LB Kelvin Gallard (Saucon Valley) had a tackle for Misericordia in a 17-14 defeat to Alfred State.
LB Gabe Trexler (Emmaus) was Geneva’s second-leading tackler with 8 stops in a 31-25 loss to College of Wooster.
P Enzo Martellucci (Easton) played for Ithaca in a 51-16 win over Bridgewater State.
Hunter Werkheiser (Northampton) started on the offensive line in Widener’s 42-20 loss to Rowan.
Division I FBS
It’s probably safe to say Joey Beljan is the first Delaware Valley graduate to catch a pass in a college game outside the continental 48 states. Beljan, a redshirt junior tight end at Western Kentucky, had a 19-yard reception for the Hilltoppers in a 49-17 victory at Hawaii. Beljan also played in Western Kentucky’s 38-27 win over Austin Peay in the first game of the college season on Aug. 27.
Tim Weaver (Saucon Valley) started at right guard for Indiana in a 23-20 win over Illinois. It was the redshirt junior’s second career start.
K Sander Sahaydak (Liberty) kicked off three times for a 64-yard average, including one touchback, for Penn State in a 35-31 win at Purdue. C Nick Dawkins (Parkland) and DE Jake Wilson (Nazareth) also played for the Nittany Lions.
RG Kaden Moore (Freedom) started for Virginia Tech in a 20-17 loss to Old Dominion.
LB Jalen Stewart (Freedom) recorded a tackle in his debut for Massachusetts in a 42-10 loss at Tulane.
Division I FCS
Palisades’ Drew Nickles started at outside linebacker for Delaware and recovered two fumbles in a 14-7 upset win at Navy. Nickles, a graduate student, recovered a fumble on Navy’s first snap from center, and that led to the Blue Hens’ first touchdown. His second recovery came later in the opening quarter. He also registered six tackles and a quarterback hurry.
Tyler Pastula (Easton) earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors as a punter at Delaware last season. In his first game since transferring to Albany, Pastula punted nine times for a 45.1-yard average in a 69-10 loss at Baylor. He put two punts inside the 20. Kobe Thomas (Parkland) started at center for the Great Danes.
WR Dez Boykin (Whitehall) caught a 66-yard touchdown pass to go with a 12-yard reception, three kickoff returns for 94 yards (68-yard long) and two tackles in a 45-17 Villanova triumph over Lehigh. LB Jordan Nelson (Palmerton) contributed three tackles and two QB hurries for the Wildcats. Trevor Harris (Liberty) started on the defensive line for Lehigh and had 4 tackles, including 1.5 for loss. Nick Garrido (Notre Dame) kicked off three times for a 56-yard average, and Aidan Reinhard (Northampton) had a 45-yard kickoff for the Mountain Hawks.
LB Tristan Wheeler (Freedom) registered a career-high 19 tackles for Richmond in a 34-17 loss at Virginia. WR Jakob Herres (Easton), who transferred to Richmond from VMI for his final season, caught 3 passes for 29 yards.
TE Christian Spugnardi (Central Catholic) caught 2 passes for 5 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown, for Bucknell in a 14-13 overtime loss to Towson. WR Darian Street caught a 10-yard pass for Towson.
RB Tavion Banks (Bethlehem Catholic) led Maine in rushing with five carries for 22 yards in a 41-0 loss at New Mexico. He also had a 3-yard reception. LS/LB Charles Eberle (Voorhees) also played for the Black Bears.
WR Matt Stianche (Bethlehem Catholic) caught an 8-yard pass in Marist’s 43-12 loss to Georgetown.
Nick Reimer (Central Catholic) started at tackle for Merrimack in a 31-17 loss to Holy Cross.
TE Blake Nevitt (Liberty) played for LIU in a 37-0 loss at Toledo.
Division II
Devin Bartholomew (Parkland) kicked field goals of 27, 30 and 20 yards for East Stroudsburg in a 31-16 loss at Pace. Bartholomew added a PAT and three kickoffs for a 60-yard average. John Siggins (Parkland) started at wide receiver and led the Warriors with 5 catches for 103 yards including an 8-yard touchdown. RB Gunner Anglovich (Liberty) led ESU with 10 carries for 38 yards to go with 3 receptions for 21 yards. RB Devante Robinson (Dieruff) rushed 4 times for 5 yards and had 4 catches for 15 yards. WR Chad Parton (Salisbury) returned 3 kickoffs for 73 yards (64-yard long) and caught 2 passes for 1 yard. Elias Marte (Bethlehem Catholic) and Anthony Capitini (Phillipsburg) started on the offensive line.
Defensively for ESU, SS Shavar Hussett (Whitehall) made 3 tackles, broke up 2 passes and returned 4 kickoffs for 61 yards. LB Paul Carreras (Bethlehem Catholic) made 4 tackles. LB Jahan Worth (Parkland), who transferred from Duquesne for a graduate season, had 5 tackles, WR Tyrese Brandon (Northampton) and starting DT Albert Gayle (Easton) each added a tackle.
DE Zach Liggitt (Northampton) started and posted 2 QB hurries and a tackle for West Chester in a 17-16 victory over Bentley. IUP transfer Ayyub Dail (Easton) started at DT and had 4 tackles for the Golden Rams. DB Izaiah McPherson (Emmaus) made 1 tackle and RB Jayden Williams (Central Catholic) also played for WCU.
QB Jack Stagaard (Phillipsburg) started and completed 12 of 31 pass attempts for 108 yards for Millersville in a 28-10 loss to Saint Anselm. Stagaard also rushed 19 times for 78 yards with a long of 53 yards and was sacked six times. RB Matt Frauen (Notre Dame) caught a 7-yard pass, and Christan Drayton III started at wide receiver. Lex Rivera (Notre Dame) started at left tackle and Michael Bennett (Parkland) started at center.
Defensively for Millersville, LB Rafael Lozada (Bethlehem Catholic) made 10 tackles. DL Conner Snyder (Northwestern) had 4 tackles, LB Isaiah Onuschak (Bethlehem Catholic) added 3 tackles and LB Judah Rock (Freedom) also played. Onuschak and Bennett are serving as co-captains this season.
Markes Cruz (Whitehall) started on the offensive line and served as a game captain for Shippensburg in a 29-6 loss to West Virginia State.
WR Chase Holmes (Easton) started and caught 2 passes for 32 yards in Lock Haven’s 35-34 victory over Post.
QB Zamar Brake (Bethlehem Catholic) completed 4 of 9 passes for 20 yards and rushed 4 times for 2 yards for Lincoln in a 45-3 defeat to Washburn (Kan.).
Sam Nelson (Northampton) started on the defensive line for Bloomsburg in a 33-30 double-overtime loss to Stonehill.
DB Lorenzo Feliciano (Freedom) made a tackle for New Haven in a 27-20 loss to eighth-ranked Bowie State.
TE/OL Kendrick Wesley (Liberty) played for 23rd-ranked Slippery Rock in a 42-10 win over Wayne State.
DL Domenico Italiani (Betlhehem Catholic) made 3 tackles for Kutztown in a 3-0 loss to Assumption.
Noel Brouse (Parkland) started at left tackle for California (Pa.) in a 35-14 win over Fairmount State.
Junior colleges
DB A.J. Fletcher (Freedom) made 2 tackles, and DB Axel Vega (Freedom) and DB Jaden Booth (Dieruff) each added a tackle for Lackawanna in a 21-14 win over Nassau Community College.
The following local players didn’t see action this past weekend or are on rosters of teams that haven’t played a game this season. There are also local players on teams in New England that have yet to publish their 2022 rosters, so they are not included below. If you don’t see your favorite player listed or they played this past weekend and we missed them, please send that information to sports@lehighvalleylive.com.
Division I FCS
Kent State – TE Justin Holmes (Northwestern).
North Carolina – OL Justin Kanyuk (Bethlehem Catholic).
Penn State – WR Jason Estrella (Liberty), RB Tyler Holzworth (Delaware Valley), DE Andrew Sharga (Northampton).
Temple – RB Ali Barkley (Whitehall).
Toledo – OL Chris Ocasio (Central Catholic).
Virginia Tech – OL Braelin Moore (Freedom).
Division I FBS
Albany – DL Brock Boyer (Parkland).
Bucknell – OL DK Kim (Central Catholic).
Colgate – LB Andrew Khalife (Parkland), DL Ja-Lon Perkins (Parkland).
Delaware – OL Patrick Shupp (Easton).
Duquesne – RB Malik Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic).
Harvard – RB Sone Ntoh (Emmaus), OL Ben Scoggin (Palisades), WR Joe Young (Freedom).
Holy Cross – OL Dalton Daddona (Bethlehem Catholic), RB Will Ezema (Hunterdon Central).
Lafayette – RB Nahjee Adams (Easton), LB Jack Bayly (Easton), TE Dallas Holmes (Liberty).
Lehigh – QB Matt Rauscher (Central Catholic).
Maine – QB Anthony Harris (Nazareth).
Marist – DL Stephen Hattala (Bethlehem Catholic), TE Brandon Lyseck (Bethlehem Catholic), OL Landon Pitts (Parkland), OL Brody Shaner (Voorhees).
Merrimack – DB Nate Palanica (Bethlehem Catholic)
Monmouth – WR Owen Bill (Hunterdon Central).
Penn – WR Jared Richardson (Bethlehem Catholic).
Wagner – DL Jacob Schwind (Freedom).
Division II
Bloomsburg – QB Ben Ries (Phillipsburg).
California (Pa.) – QB Cayden Stem (Wilson).
Clarion – LB Jaden Delgado (Emmaus), LB Jake Hull (Notre Dame).
East Stroudsburg – WR Bryce Bashore (Whitehall), RB Deante Crawford (Freedom), DB Nick Davanzo (Bangor), OL Juan Feliciano (Freedom), DL Jered Fenstermacher (Parkland), FB Matt Frame (Northern Lehigh), OL Derek Frinzi (Easton).
Edinboro – DL Jaohne Duggan (Liberty).
Kutztown – WR Trevor Amorim (Northern Lehigh), OL Andrew Stackhouse (Notre Dame).
Lock Haven -- DL Matt Barna (Phillipsburg), DB Victor Hunt (Northampton), QB Cole Transue (Easton).
Mercyhurst –WR Joe Kerbacher (Northampton).
Millersville – DE Eloge Kalubi (Freedom), DE Randy Okungu (Whitehall), DB Oluchukwu Onuoha (Bethlehem Catholic), WR Javion Thompson (Easton).
Seton Hill – DB David Awuah (Bethlehem Catholic).
West Chester – WR Zack Gillen (Wilson), RB Marcus Williams (Easton).
Division III
Albright – CB Sam Morotori (Emmaus), QB Ryan Young (Notre Dame).
Allegheny – DL Andrew Osae-Aye (Hunterdon Central).
Alvernia – OL Michael Snyder (Emmaus).
Carnegie Mellon – CB Roc Roncoroni (Voorhees).
Catholic – WR Nick Venettone (South Hunterdon).
Delaware Valley – WR Luan Avdijaj (Parkland), OL Lucas Feher (Parkland), LB Ethan O’Neill (Notre Dame), LB Jayden Sanchez (Parkland), DB Dame Smith (Easton).
Dickinson – OL Zach Fry (Northern Lehigh).
FDU Florham – S Anthony Buchanan (Warren Hills), LB Andrew McTighe (Easton), Dl Brad Van Natta (Voorhees).
Franklin & Marshall – OL Christan Jesby (Delaware Valley), WR Nick Johnston (Parkland), LB Nico Medlar (Parkland), QB Ty Tremba (Parkland).
Gettysburg – DB Tyler Menton (Voorhees).
Ithaca – LB Matt Baraket (Emmaus), LB Jared Groller (Emmaus), DT Sal Brito (Hunterdon Central).
Juniata – WR Conner Frey (Northwestern).
Kean – P/K Logan Matthews (Hunterdon Central).
Keystone – RB Troy Exley (Belvidere), RB Matt Gilmartin (Belvidere), FB Carson Grogan (Belvidere), OL Otha Smallwood (Allen).
King’s – DL Liam Carroll (Notre Dame), HB Joe Freeman (Bangor), OL Marko Galetovic (Parklaknd), WR Joe Herman (Whitehall), PK Delaney Hilferty (Palisades), RB Justin Kane (Belvidere), LB Jared Reto (Bangor), OL Zachary Teran-Wimer (Liberty).
Lebanon Valley – QB Matt Garatty (Phillipsburg), WR Brady Krushinski (Voorhees), G Cody Schucker (Northampton).
Lycoming –LB Cael Markle (Saucon Valley), QB Noah Vogeler (Southern Lehigh).
Misericordia – OL Bailey Bevins (Easton), TE Anthony Cardona (Wilson), WR Daniel Chlebove (Central Catholic), OL Aydan Kirby (Bethlehlem Catholic), RB Colten Peischl (Parkland), OL Isaiah Robinson (Hunterdon Central).
Montclair State – DB Robert Sutton (Phillipsburg).
Moravian – TE Owen Baur (Notre Dame), DB Matt Capobianco (Nazareth), DB Ben Carlin (Notre Dame), OL Riley Craft (Southern Lehigh), DB Joe DeRossi (Palmerton), WR Ryan Frinzi (Notre Dame), LB Jack Gawlik (Freedom), LB Stephen Guy (Allen), WR Alex Mathura (North Warren), TE Antony Mosley (Liberty), TE Chris Pez (Central Catholic), Jacob Ramos (Dieruff), OL Javal Reyes (Whitehall), OL Liam Riexinger (Palisades), RB Tyler Rohn (Nazareth), DL Anthony Silfani (Notre Dame), DB Aaron Sudigala (Bethlehem Catholic).
Muhlenberg – RB Ian Csicsek (Saucon Valley), DE Blaze Curry (Southern Lehigh), K Alex Garrido (Notre Dame), OL Dalton Kucher (Bethlehem Catholic), WR Kyle McGrath (Palisades), LB Connor Neith (Parkland), WR Nick Petrillo (Palisades), TE Caden Reph (Northampton), NT Alex Schafer (Southern Lehigh), WR John Sauchelli (North Hunterdon).
Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute – WR Jai Vatsayan (North Hunterdon).
Saint Vincent – WR Jay Palitto (Phillipsburg).
Springfield – WR Zach Atherton (North Hunterdon), DB Sean Bodine (North Warren).
Stevenson – OL James Moore (North Hunterdon), RB Jake Taylor (North Hunterdon).
Susquehanna – WR Jackson Reed (Parkland).
Ursinus – TE Tyler Houser (Southern Lehigh), OL Dylan McHugh (Emmaus), DB J.C. Rizzuto (Southern Lehigh).
Wilkes – Dl Austin Cavallo (Northampton), LS Nick Davidson (Emmaus), DL Ben Dunstan (Northwestern), DL Trevor Gitski (Emmaus), QB Cooper King (Northampton), DL Willie Middleton (Dieruff), DL Lance Priestas (Liberty), OL Chris Rodriguez (Whitehall), OL Anthony Sarkozy (Liberty).
Worcester Polytechnic Institute – WR Ty Csencsits (Saucon Valley).
Junior College
Lackawanna – DB Jameel Sanders (Emmaus), TE Ray Poremba (Phillipsburg).
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HOOVER, Ala. (WIAT) — The City of Hoover will host a ceremony and stair climb to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks this weekend.
The event will be held on Sept. 10. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. in the Riverchase Galleria Food Court and is open to the public.
The Climb to Remember will begin immediately after the ceremony’s conclusion and will be held in the Galleria Towers. The stair climb is the equivalent of 110 stories.
It costs $30 to participate in the climb. The cost includes a commemorative t-shirt and will benefit the Hoover Public Safety Charity Foundation. Tickets can be purchased online.
For further information about this event, please contact Hoover Fire Headquarters at 205-444-7655.
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UVALDE, Texas (KETK/NEXSTAR) — Police in Uvalde, Texas, are investigating a shooting at the Uvalde Memorial Park on Thursday night, where police say people were injured. The Texas city has remained in international headlines since May 24, when 21 people — including 19 children — were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School.
According to a Facebook statement on Thursday, officers responded to a call around 5:30 p.m. The public is asked to avoid the area as the investigation continues.
Controversy has pervaded in Uvalde, which has about 16,000 residents, in the months following the school shooting, which is the third-deadliest in U.S. history. Questions about response time and actions of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department led to national outrage and the August 24 firing of police chief Pete Arredondo.
NOTE: While Thursday’s shooting happened in Uvalde, police have not given any indication of relation to the Robb Elementary School shooting. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Thursday the shooting is suspected to be gang-related, though that information is preliminary.
Uvalde Memorial Park is about 1.3 miles away from Robb Elementary, which is scheduled to be demolished.
This is a developing story.
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Jim Nantz vividly recalls his assignment at White House dinner with Queen Elizabeth II
Jim Nantz has shared meals with countless sports stars and dignitaries over the years, but few of those encounters was as memorable to the CBS announcer as his 2007 dinner with Queen Elizabeth.
“It was one of the greatest honors of my life,” he said. “When I heard the news about her passing, I felt an emptiness because of the amazing life that she’s lived.”
Their meeting came at a state dinner at the White House held in honor of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, making their first visit to Washington, D.C., in 16 years. Nantz was among a diverse collection of celebrities who had been invited by President George W. Bush.
Little did Nantz know, he would be seated directly across the table from Her Majesty.
He received the invitation a month earlier, the day after the 2007 Masters, when he got a call from the social office of the White House.
Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign was so long that most of Britain’s 68 million people have known no other sovereign.
“I had a month to get my mind around all of this,” he said Thursday by phone. “When I would tell people, I got a million little pearls of wisdom and pieces of advice on how I should handle a greeting with her should I have the occasion to be directly in her presence. I didn’t know how the night was going to unfold.”
Everyone had a tip. Allow the queen taste her food before you taste yours. Bow when you meet her. Don’t reach out to shake her hand — in fact, don’t touch her at all. Speak when spoken to, and be succinct. Follow her lead.
Nantz remembers the night in vivid detail. There were 135 guests. The event began with a reception in the East Room, and soon someone sounded chimes and asked that guests form a line for a photo opportunity with the Queen, Prince Philip, and President and First Lady Laura Bush.
“I was second in line,” Nantz said. “The person in front of me posed for a picture, then grabbed a place card off a silver tray presented by a Marine in uniform.”
Then, as was the case, Nantz was announced.
“The first person you walk into was Her Majesty,” he said. “She reached out a hand. I didn’t know if I was supposed to knock knuckles, high-five or shake her hand.”
He didn’t do any of that.
“I just kind of clutched her hands, as I figured a gentleman would do at a black-tie occasion such as this,” he said. “I didn’t bow or anything like that but said something like, `It’s a pleasure to meet you.’ ”
He figured that would be their only encounter of the night and made his way down the reception line. He said hello to the Bushes then, during a brief lull, found a place to stand next to Prince Philip.
Recalled Nantz: “He looked at me and said, `I must ask you a question: Do you play golf as well as you speak about it?’ I thought it was the coolest compliment of my career. I thought Prince Philip was watching my work.”
Then, Nantz remembered that the CBS golf broadcasts were presented live in the U.K. in prime time. The royals didn’t have to work too hard to find him. Still, he was flattered.
“Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch,” President Biden said in a statement Thursday. “She defined an era.”
“I immediately dived into what I normally say, that I’m not a very good golfer anymore, that I masqueraded as a golfer in college,” Nantz said. “I thanked him and asked if he enjoyed the tournament yesterday, because it was the day after Wells Fargo.”
But Prince Philip mentally had moved on, pleasantly advising Nantz: “They’re waiting for us to take a picture.”
“I said, `Oh, I’m sorry,’ ” Nantz said. “I turned and grinned, grabbed my place card and off I went.”
Nantz was seated at Table 11. He had been to one state dinner before and remembered the president sat at Table 12, so he figured he was in a good spot.
When he got to his table, he recognized some old friends. Arnold Palmer was there, and so was Chief Justice Roberts, as well as Peyton Manning’s wife, Ashley (they split all the couples, putting them at separate tables). The wives of former Secretaries of State Colin Powell and George Schultz were there, as was Nancy Reagan.
Directly across from Nantz were two unclaimed seats.
For 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II miraculously managed to be both universally known and utterly enigmatic. No wonder so many Americans were fascinated.
“I hear some trumpets blare and a Marine said, `Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the First Lady of the United States and Prince Philip,’ ” he said.
Those two entered to an ovation and made their way … to Table 12. The chairs across from Nantz were still empty.
Then the Marine announced the president and queen, who walked directly to Table 11, with Her Majesty sitting directly across from Nantz.
“I was looking right into her eyes,” he said. “She had the tiara and the sash, everything you would think it would look like. Right out of central casting.”
As the president was taking his seat, he had a quiet message for his announcer friend.
“He brushed by me and as he’s smiling and looking around he kind of nudged me as he walked past,” he said. “He said, `Nantz, you’re sitting at this table for a reason. Keep the conversation going.’ ”
With everyone seated, the president and queen stood and made a toast to one another and their respective countries.
The thespians who’ve studied the queen most closely explain what they learned about her life, character and work from the experience.
The first course arrived — spring pea soup — and everyone got the memo to let the queen taste hers first.
“There was only one conversation at this table the whole time,” Nantz said. “You’re not talking to the person next to you.”
This happened to be the first year Nantz had called the Super Bowl, Final Four and Masters in a nine-week stretch, a feat he has accomplished five times since.
“At one point the president says to the queen, `That fella sitting right across from you, he’s a good friend of the family. He’s really close to my mom and dad. He just did something in the United States of America that’s never been done before.’ ”
The queen stopped and put down her salad fork.
“She looked directly at me as he’s talking to the side of her face,” he said. “I’m looking at her kind of giving it the, `Aw, shucks,’ and there’s no reaction from her. I figured she probably didn’t know what the Super Bowl was, and the championship of college basketball didn’t seem to resonate. And then he said, `And he did Augusta.’ ”
No reaction.
Photos of Queen Elizabeth II’s life and reign as British monarch.
“She just kind of looked,” Nantz recalled with a laugh. “Obviously, it meant something to the president. I guess that’s why I was on the guest list. She just kind of looked at me and I thought, `Where’s this go from here?’
“She went right back to her salad and never said a thing.”
A few minutes passed and the president gave Nantz some visual cues to engage the queen in a conversation.
“Your majesty, may I ask you a question?”
She looked up.
“You were at the Kentucky Derby. Did you have a nice time?”
“It was lovely.”
“Did you have the winning horse?”
“No, I didn’t.”
Britons from all walks of life converged on the ornate gates of Buckingham Palace in central London.
“Are you a big fan of horse racing?”
“I enjoy it.”
All pleasant. But all conversational cul-de-sacs.
Said Nantz: “I was thinking, `Oh, my gosh, this is the toughest interview of my life.’ ”
After dinner, the party moved back to the East Room for a performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. By that point, the White House press office had sent out some video clips, and friends were already texting Nantz, rubbing their eyes at his dinner seat.
He gave them a standard answer and a shrug: “Yeah, yeah, what else are you going to do on a Monday night?”
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Digital World Acquisition Corp. Announces Sponsor Funding of Initial Three-Month Extension and Further Adjournment of its Special Meeting of Stockholders to Approve Additional Time to Complete its Initial Business Combination
MIAMI, FL / ACCESSWIRE / September 8, 2022 / Digital World Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq:DWAC) ("Digital World" or the "Company") today announced that its sponsor, ARC Global Investments II LLC (the "Sponsor"), has deposited an aggregate of $2,875,000 (representing an additional $0.10 per public share) into the Company's trust account for the benefit of its valued public stockholders. This additional contribution enables the Company to extend the date by which the Company has to complete its initial business combination for an initial three-month extension from September 8, 2022 to December 8, 2022. This is the first of two three-month extensions available under the Company's current governing documents. Such contribution effectively increases the pro rata portion of the funds available in the Company's trust account in the event of the consummation of an initial business combination, liquidation, or other redemption event, from approximately $10.20 per share to approximately $10.30 per share.
The Company is also further adjourning its special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting") from September 8, 2022 to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Columbus Day, which falls on Monday, October 10, 2022. The Special Meeting, which was originally scheduled for September 6, 2022, is being further adjourned in order to solicit more votes toward quorum. The Special Meeting is for stockholders to consider amending the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation ("Extension Amendment") to extend the period of time available to complete a business combination up to four times, each by an additional three months, for an aggregate of 12 additional months (or until September 8, 2023) or such earlier date as determined by the Company's Board of Directors. The Extension Amendment would effectively provide for an additional six months, past the two three-month extensions currently permitted by the Company's existing governing documents, to complete a business combination. The Company plans to continue to solicit proxies for the Special Meeting until Columbus Day 2022, which falls on Monday October 10 this year.
Company recommends all of its stockholders to vote "FOR" the proposals submitted at the Special Meeting. Stockholders should endeavor to cast their votes prior to the Special Meeting online at their broker's website or app, by phone at any of these numbers (786) 677-4893 or (786) 206-8970 or by phoning the Company's proxy solicitor, Saratoga Proxy Consulting LLC, at (888) 368-0379 or (212) 257-1311.
Important: Digital World's public filings and voting instructions can be found on its website, which is dwacspac.com. Patrick Orlando, Digital World's CEO, is also disseminating important public information about Digital World on TruthSocial ("TRUTH") and his handle is @thepatrickorlando on TRUTH. To receive updates about the Special Meeting, Stockholders may follow him on TRUTH if they already utilize the platform, or sign up for TRUTH and follow @thepatrickorlando if they are not on the platform just yet.
Patrick Orlando, CEO of Digital World, stated, "We are very excited to report that our Sponsor has contributed $2.875 million in additional funds to the trust fund for the benefit of the stockholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp. These funds provide not only for an initial three-month extension which gives us additional time to advance our business combination efforts but also means that there are more funds, close to $300 million (prior to any redemptions) in the SPAC's trust alone, which could be utilized to fund the expansion and development plans of Digital World's business combination target if such business combination is consummated. In order to get as many votes counted as possible from our valued stockholders, we are adjourning our meeting to Columbus Day 2022, which falls on Monday October 10th this year. We remind all stockholders to cast their vote and urge stockholders to vote "FOR" the one-year extension, which we feel will put Digital World in the best position for our valued stockholders. We are ultimately seeking the ability to extend up to 12 months to enable Digital World to have sufficient time to complete a business combination that our management and board believes will be most additive to stockholder value."
Mr. Orlando added, "We continue to strongly believe that a stockholder vote to approve a one-year extension is important and in the best interests of our stockholders. As of today, those who have voted have overwhelmingly voted "FOR" the Extension Amendment, and we have added additional phone lines along with other resources to record the incoming participation; however, we feel it advisable to adjourn our meeting to continue to receive votes and to accommodate the sheer number of voters that have not yet been able to cast their vote. We are going to keep the vote open to permit, to the best of our ability, all of those stockholders who want to vote -- whether a large institution, medium size stockholder, or a small retail stockholder with a single share -- to have their vote counted. I believe we have some, if not the most, passionate and enthusiastic stockholders of any public company I know of, and I am extremely excited to be amazed by how many our stockholders put in the effort to vote and have their vote counted along with their fellow stockholders."
The record date for the stockholders' meeting to vote on the Extension Amendment remains the close of business on August 12, 2022 (the "Record Date"). Stockholders who have previously submitted their proxy or otherwise voted and who do not want to change their vote need not take any action. Stockholders as of the Record Date can vote, even if they have subsequently sold their shares. In connection with the adjourned date, the Company has further extended the deadline for holders of the Company's Class A common stock issued in the Company's initial public offering to submit their shares for redemption in connection with the Extension Amendment to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 7, 2022. Stockholders who wish to withdraw their previously submitted redemption request may do so prior to the rescheduled meeting by requesting that the transfer agent return such shares. Today's Sponsor contribution has increased the per share redemption price in connection with the Extension Amendment from approximately $10.20 per share to approximately $10.30 per share.
Today's Sponsor contribution was funded as a non-interest bearing loan that will either be paid upon earlier of consummation of an initial business combination or the company's liquidation, or, at the lender's discretion and subject to certain conditions, converted upon consummation of the initial business combination into additional into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit, identical to the units issued in the Company's private placement that was consummated in connection with the Company's initial public offering.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Digital World urges investors, stockholders and other interested persons to read the definitive proxy statement dated August 25, 2022 (the "Extension Proxy Statement"), as well as other documents filed by Digital World with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), because these documents contain important information about Digital World and the Extension Amendment. The Extension Proxy Statement was first mailed to stockholders of Digital World as of a record date of August 12, 2022, on August 25, 2022. Stockholders may obtain copies of the Extension Proxy Statement, without charge, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, www.dwacspac.com, or by directing a request to: info@dwacspac.com.
Digital World has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (as may be amended from time to time, the "Registration Statement"), which includes a preliminary proxy statement of Digital World, and a prospectus in connection with the proposed business combination transaction (the "Business Combination") involving Digital World and Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. ("TMTG"). The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents will be mailed to stockholders of Digital World as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. Securityholders of Digital World and other interested persons are advised to read the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, and amendments thereto, and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus in connection with Digital World's solicitation of proxies for the special meetings to be held to approve the Business Combination because these documents will contain important information about Digital World, TMTG and the Business Combination. Digital World securityholders and other interested persons will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement and the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, once available, on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Digital World Acquisition Corp., 3109 Grand Ave., #450, Miami, FL 33133.
Participants in Solicitation
Digital World and TMTG and certain of their respective directors, executive officers, other members of management and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the securityholders of Digital World in favor of the approval of the proposed Extension Amendment and the Business Combination. Securityholders of Digital World and other interested persons may obtain more information regarding the names and interests of Digital World's directors and officers in the proposed Extension and the Business Combination in Digital World's filings with the SEC, including the Extension Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement, and the names and interests of TMTG's directors and officers in the proposed Business Combination in the Registration Statement. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. TMTG and its officers and directors do not have any interests in Digital World or the proposed Extension Amendment other than with respect to their interests in the Business Combination, to the extent the Extension Amendment is effectuated.
Non-Solicitation
This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed Extension Amendment or Business Combination and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Digital World, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Forward Looking Statements
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- August saw no IT jobs growth with overall IT jobs effectively flat, down 0.05% in August compared to the prior month, according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association of the Technology Staffing and Solutions Industry. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment was up a meager 0.19% from July 2021, adding a net of only 10,500 jobs. The Engineering sector showed a year-over-year job growth rate of 4.04%, with the addition of 106,100 jobs over the course of the year.
"There is plenty of demand and positions open, but there are just not enough IT professionals around to meet the needs of businesses," said Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance. "Our members are constantly educating their clients about the necessity of making quick hiring decisions, offering competitive benefits and compensation, and being flexible on where the work is performed wherever possible. Despite the talk of recession and pockets of layoffs, it is still an employee's market in IT with many candidates receiving multiple competing job offers."
The following table presents information about the total number of jobs in certain sectors that provide a significant amount of employment for IT and engineering professionals.
Technical note: TechServe Alliance's IT Employment Index and Engineering Employment Index are the first specific measurements of IT and engineering employment. These unique measurements of total IT and engineering employment are created monthly by studying the ongoing staffing patterns of a dozen IT and computer related occupations in 22 industries and industry sectors employing significant numbers of IT workers and nearly two dozen engineering occupations in 30 select industries and industry sectors employing significant numbers of engineering workers. Both the monthly IT Employment and Engineering Employment Indices are based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, which is subject to monthly revisions, and is revised accordingly. Both indices are also subject to periodic revisions and annual revisions / benchmarking that includes revisions to several years of employment data, which also may incorporate new occupational definitions. Both indices were revised / benchmarked going back several years starting with January 2022 data and published in February 4, 2022. In addition, both indices are subject to minor revisions to March and April data. The next major revision will be published in February 2023.
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TechServe Alliance is the national trade association of the IT & Engineering staffing and solutions industry. IT & Engineering staffing and solutions firms count on TechServe Alliance to keep their leadership informed, engaged, and connected. TechServe Alliance serves as the voice of the industry before the policymakers and the national and trade press. By providing access to the knowledge and best practices of an entire industry and tapping the "collective scale" of its members, TechServe Alliance supports its members in the efficient delivery of best-in-class IT & Engineering staffing and solutions for clients and exceptional professional opportunities for every consultant.
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NEW YORK — Ons Jabeur reached a second consecutive Grand Slam title match without needing to produce her best tennis Thursday night, taking full advantage of a shaky showing by Caroline Garcia to win their U.S. Open semifinal 6-1, 6-3.
“After Wimbledon, (there was) a lot of pressure on me,” Jabeur said following a win that took barely more than an hour, “and I’m really relieved that I can back up my results.”
Jabeur will try to collect her first major championship on Saturday when she meets the winner of the semifinal between No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.
None of the last four players in the women’s bracket has ever made it to the final in New York.
The same goes for the men’s semifinalists who will play Friday: No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain vs. No. 22 Frances Tiafoe of the United States, and No. 5 Casper Ruud of Norway vs. No. 27 Karen Khachanov of Russia.
With four-time major champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in her guest box — they traded thumbs-up signals at match’s end — Jabeur improved to 6-0 in semifinals this season and earned her tour-leading 92nd victory in all since the start of 2021. No. 91 came in the quarterfinals this week, when she defeated Ajla Tomljanovic, who eliminated Serena Williams in the third round.
Two months ago, Jabeur became the first the first African woman and Arab woman to get to Wimbledon’s final, and ended up losing to Elena Rybakina. Now Jabeur, who dropped to her knees and let out a yell when the semifinal against Garcia ended and followed that up by laying on her back in the middle of the court, gets another shot at a trophy.
On this 75-degree (24 Celsius) evening under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Jabeur was not required to be at her best, but she was still rather good.
She finished with 21 winners — after one that was aided by a fortuitous bounce off the top of the net, Jabeur put up a hand to apologize, then blew a kiss to the sky — and just 15 unforced errors. She delivered eight aces. She went 4 for 4 on break chances and never faced a single one.
When Jabeur went up a break in the second to lead 3-1 merely 40 minutes in, the match was not yet won, but it might as well have been.
After a moment of silence to commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Garcia won the coin toss and chose to serve, which made sense when you consider that she leads the tour in aces in 2022 (although hit just two on Thursday).
But the 28-year-old player from France got broken right away, thanks to four mistakes of various sorts — a netted forehand, a wide forehand, a long backhand and, most concerning and perhaps most reflective of nerves, what should have been an easy put-away volley she barely managed to make contact with and dumped into the bottom of the net.
It was a rather inauspicious and jittery start for No. 17 Garcia, who came in on a 13-match winning streak, the longest of her career, and hadn’t lost a set at Flushing Meadows on the way to her debut in a Slam semifinal. That included a victory over 18-year-old American Coco Gauff on Tuesday night.
But there were no signs of the confident, crisp, attacking play that Garcia displayed against Gauff — and since the start of June on the way to 31 match wins and three titles in that span.
Instead, Thursday’s semifinal was an extension of the lopsided series between two players who first began playing each other as juniors more than a decade ago. Including those encounters as teens, Jabeur is now 7-0 head-to-head against Garcia.
Jabeur’s style of mixing spins and speeds, of throwing in drop shots to keep foes off-balance, was not even entirely on display. At moments, especially early, Jabeur seemed content to keep balls in play, sending sliced backhands deep to the middle of the court and waiting for Garcia to err.
Of Jabeur’s initial 18 points, 12 came via unforced errors off Garcia’s racket, a pattern that would continue.
“Mentally,” Jabeur said, “I was so ready.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level since May despite repeated attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and bring inflation under control.
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Sept. 3 fell by 6,000 to 222,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally reflect layoffs.
The four-week average for claims, which smooths out some of the weekly ups and downs, declined by 7,500 to 233,000.
The number of Americans collecting traditional unemployment benefits rose by 36,000 the week that ended Aug. 27, to 1.47 million.
Hiring in the U.S. in 2022 has been remarkably strong even as the country faces rising interest rates and weak economic growth. The Federal Reserve has aggressively raised interest rates in an effort to bring down inflation, which generally also slows job growth.
On Friday, the Labor Department reported that employers added 315,000 jobs in August, roughly what economists had expected, down from an average 487,000 a month over the past year. The unemployment rate reached 3.7%, its highest level since February. But it rose for a healthy reason: Hundreds of thousands of people returned to the job market, and some didn’t find work right away, which boosted the government’s count of unemployed people.
The U.S. economy has been puzzling so far this year. Economic growth fell the first half of 2022, which, by some informal definitions, signals a recession.
But businesses remain desperate to find workers, posting more than 11 million job openings in July, meaning there are nearly two job vacancies, on average, for every unemployed American.
Inflation continues to threaten both the global and U.S. economies. The rise in consumer prices slowed modestly from June to July, bur remains historically high enough that the Federal Reserve has indicated it will keep raising interest rates until prices retreat.
Analysts and economists are expecting the Fed to raise its benchmark borrowing rate by at least another half-point when it meets in two weeks.
The Fed has already raised its short-term interest rate four times this year and Chairman Jerome Powell has said that the central bank will likely need to keep interest rates high enough to slow the economy “for some time” in order to tame the worst inflation in 40 years. Powell has acknowledged the increases will hurt U.S. households and businesses, but also said the pain would be worse if inflation remained at current levels.
Some of that so-called pain has already begun, particularly in the housing and technology sectors. Online real estate companies RedFin and Compass have recently announced job cuts as rising interest rates have cooled red-hot a housing market.
Other high-profile layoffs have been announced in recent months by Tesla, Netflix, Carvana, and Coinbase.
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LONDON (AP) — New British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced Thursday that her Conservative government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has left residents across the United Kingdom facing a bleak winter.
The moves are a huge government intervention in the economy by Truss, who sees herself as a small-state, free-market conservative. She says she favors tax cuts over handouts, but she has been forced to act by the scale of the crisis as Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent energy prices surging.
Truss also said she will approve more North Sea oil drilling and lift a ban on fracking to increase the domestic energy supply.
It was a huge policy announcement from a prime minister who only took office on Tuesday. And it was overshadowed by concerns about Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday afternoon at 96 after 70 years on the throne.
In her energy statement, Truss said “we are supporting this country through this winter and next and tackling the root causes of high prices so we are never in the same position again.”
Truss said the two-year “energy price guarantee” means average household bills for heating and electricity will be no more than 2,500 pounds ($2,872) a year.
Bills had been due to rise to 3,500 pounds ($4,000) a year beginning in October, an 80% jump from the current average annual bill of 1,971 pounds. Energy costs are skyrocketing at a time when many people and businesses are still reeling from the economic aftershocks of COVID-19 and Brexit.
Business and public institutions like hospitals and schools will also get support, but for six months rather than two years.
The government says the cap will cut the U.K.’s soaring inflation rate by 4 to 5 percentage points. Inflation hit 10.1% in July and has been forecast to rise to 13% before the end of the year, triggering a prolonged recession, the Bank of England has said.
The British government hasn’t said how much the price cap will cost, but estimates have put it at over 100 billion pounds ($116 billion). Truss has rejected opposition calls to impose a windfall tax on oil companies’ profits. The cap will be paid for out of Treasury funds and by borrowing.
The opposition Labour Party says that means British taxpayers will have to foot the bill.
Labour leader Keir Starmer said “the bill will be picked up by working people,” rather than oil companies that are forecast to make 170 billion pounds ($195 billion) in windfall profits over next two years because of soaring energy prices.
Thursday’s announcement will bring relief to many, though critics say the government help should be targeted at the most vulnerable. Those already straining to keep up with relentlessly rising costs say they will still struggle — though maybe not as much as feared.
“I’m not optimistic at all. It’s already too much of a struggle on what we’re getting. I will be in debt without a doubt, there’s no way I can pay 2,500 pounds,” said Sharron Anderson, 60, a former government worker in London who recently became dependent on welfare payments after suffering a heart attack.
After paying for essential bills, Anderson said she’s left with 23 pounds ($27) a week to shop for food.
“They should be taxing those energy companies more, that’s what they should be doing. All those profits they’re getting and they’re not taxing them — that alone makes me have no confidence (in Truss),” she added.
The announcement comes after a summer in which the Conservative government refused to say how it would respond. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was not able to make major decisions after announcing in July that he would resign. Truss, who won the Conservative Party contest to replace Johnson as leader, declined to announce her plans before she was in office.
The invasion of Ukraine has caused an energy crisis across Europe. Russia has reduced the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes, sending prices soaring.
Britain imports most of its natural gas — though largely from Norway, not Russia — and so is vulnerable to shifts in global prices. Truss’ move will reduce inflation and limit the size of the recession but also lead to higher interest rates and government debt, said Paul Dales, chief U.K. economist for Capital Economics.
“The reason we are in this difficult situation is because of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s appalling war in Ukraine,” Truss said. “But we do need to make sure that our energy supplies are more resilient and more secure, so we are never in this situation again.”
Truss announced a new “energy supply task force” that will negotiate long-term energy contracts with suppliers and said Britain would ramp up all domestic energy sources. The U.K. has dramatically increased the amount of energy generated by wind power in recent years and plans to build more nuclear power stations.
Truss also said she would issue more than 100 new licenses for North Sea drilling and end a ban on fracking in Britain. Both measures will be condemned by environmentalists, who worry Truss may backtrack on the U.K.’s legally binding commitment to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.
Britain suspended fracking in November 2019, saying it wasn’t possible to accurately predict tremors associated with the drilling.
Truss says she supports the net zero commitment to fighting climate change but that it should not come at a huge cost to people and businesses.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 8, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
701 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL NUECES AND
SOUTHEASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Live
Oak County through 730 PM CDT...
At 703 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Three Rivers, moving south at 10 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...
George West, Three Rivers, Oakville and Simmons.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 37 between mile markers 56 and 73.
US Highway 281 between mile markers 618 and 634.
US Highway 59 between mile markers 716 and 726.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb detonated outside of a Hezbollah-backed Lebanese minister’s home on Thursday in the eastern Bekaa valley.
The press office of caretaker Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh said in a statement that the explosive wrapped in electrical wires was detonated in his garden outside his home in the village of Taraya.
The statement did not report any casualties or further details.
Hamieh’s spokesperson did not immediately reply to The Associated Press’ inquiry about the incident.
Security forces are currently investigating the matter.
Crime rates are usually higher in the eastern Bekaa valley than in other parts of Lebanon. Violent crime has soared across the crisis-hit country as it continues to suffer from an economic crisis that has plunged three-quarters of its population into poverty.
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(The Car Connection) — In news to no car shoppers, the average transaction price for new cars reached another record high in August, creeping above $46,000 for the first time, according to J.D. Power. Electric car prices have been especially sensitive to increased demand and constrained supply, with popular models such as the Ford Mustang Mach-E getting steep price hikes for 2023.
Here’s what else is tracking this week.
GM’s finest large SUV, the 2023 Escalade pairs augmented reality and old-fashioned torque, for a TCC Rating of 6.8 out of 10.
The Sportage sizes up for 2023, with sharper, more futuristic styling, a hybrid model, and new rugged X-Pro trims. It earns a solid TCC Rating of 6.8 out of 10.
The Blackwing sizzles, but even more ordinary Cadillac CT5 sedans look suave and act sharp. We give the range a TCC Rating of 6.8 out of 10.
With a TCC Rating of 6.3 out of 10, the sizable 2023 Tiguan scores for its safety and features.
With a TCC Rating of 5.8 out of 10, the 2023 VW Atlas’s biggest asset is its size.
With a TCC Rating of 5.8 out of 10, the 2023 Seltos crossover wears a reasonable price tag and carries a top-flight warranty.
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Carbon Steel Market Size, Share Analysis by Semi and Fully Automated Types, Forecasts by 2030
Positive outlook of the construction industry is a key factor driving global carbon steel market revenue growth
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, September 8, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Global Carbon Steel Market size is expected to reach USD 1,273.26 Billion in 2030 and register a steady revenue CAGR of 3.4% over the forecast period, according to latest analysis by Emergen Research. Steady carbon steel market revenue growth can be attributed to the positive outlook of the construction industry. Different forms of carbon steel have practically endless construction applications and are highly preferred for building frames in commercial, governmental, and residential structures is low-carbon steel. Low-carbon steel is used to make produce automotive components, steel pipes, bridges, nails, wires, and chains among others. Cutting tools, springs, coils, wrenches, hammers, and tools needed in construction and mechanical applications are produced using high-carbon steel due to greater hardness and durability.
The use of High-Strength, Low-Alloy (HSLA) steels contain other elements such as copper, nickel, vanadium, and molybdenum, and are frequently categorized as low-carbon steels. High-strength, low-alloy steels have greater strengths owing to heat treatment. These materials are ductile and are therefore simple to shape and machine. HSLAs are more corrosion-resistant than standard low-carbon steels.
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Top players profiled in the report include are ArcelorMittal, HBIS Group, Nippon Steel Corporation, POSCO, United States Steel Corporation, EVRAZ plc, Baosteel Group, JFE Steel Corporation, NLMK, and AK Steel International B.V.
Some Key Highlights From the Report
On 14 December 2021, Mill Steel Co., which is one of North America’s largest distributors of flat-rolled carbon steel, announced its full line of flat-rolled carbon steel products that is available for purchase through its e-Commerce website. The website features 65,000+ tons of steel available for purchase with full physical and chemical certification provided for each coil.
Medium carbon steel segment is expected to register a rapid revenue growth rate over the forecast period. This is attributed to its increasing use in various applications owing to various benefits. Heat treatment can strengthen these metals, which have carbon contents of 0.25–0.6% and manganese levels of 0.6–1.6%, although this can only be done on very thin sections without the use of additional alloying elements. These steels are stronger, but less ductile when compared to lower-carbon steels. The use of medium-carbon steel is advantageous for items such as railroad tracks, train wheels, crankshafts, gears, and equipment parts that require higher strength and durability.
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The construction segment is expected to account for relatively large revenue share in the global market over the forecast period owing to increasing adoption of carbon steel for various applications. There are a number of benefits to using carbon steel in construction applications including due to high durability, strength, and shock resistance. Commercial, government, and residential constructions and buildings made of carbon steel are better suited to endure natural disasters such as earthquakes and tornadoes. In addition to being recyclable, reusable, and sustainable, carbon steel. Since carbon steel can be worked considerably more effectively than other metals, various products can be produced at less cost. It can be produced using less metal and still serve the same purpose, making it far less expensive than materials made of other metals, such copper.
Market in Asia Pacific is expected to account for largest revenue share during the forecast period, which is primarily attributed to high growth in the shipbuilding industry in the region. For instance, China's shipbuilding industry accounted for 48.4% market share of the global shipbuilding market based on the metric tons of deadweight finished in 2021. In addition, in 2021, orders placed by hand and newly received orders together made up 48.1% of all orders placed globally. The Philippines, which are currently ranked fourth globally in the industry, have also significantly improved since 2010 to become one of the world's major shipbuilding centers. As a result, demand for carbon steel is rising as the shipbuilding sector expands, which is driving market revenue growth.
Emergen Research has segmented the global carbon steel market on the basis of type, application, and region:
Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2019-2030) (Kilo Tons)
Low Carbon Steel
Medium Carbon Steel
High Carbon Steel
Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2019-2030) (Kilo Tons)
Shipbuilding
Construction
Automotive
Others
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Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion; 2019-2030) (Kilo Tons)
North America
U.S.
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
U.K.
France
Italy
Spain
Sweden
BENELUX
Rest of Europe
Asia Pacific
China
India
Japan
South Korea
Rest of APAC
Latin America
Brazil
Rest of LATAM
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
UAE
South Africa
Israel
Rest of MEA
Key Offerings of the Report:
Detailed overview of market dynamics including drivers, restraints, opportunities, challenges, and growth prospects
Analysis of the key strategic initiatives and competitive landscape including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, collaborations, product launches, and brand promotions, and partnerships, among others
Comprehensive analysis of the industry outlook and analysis of the industrial chain
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Two juveniles are injured at yet ANOTHER shooting in Uvalde, Texas - this time in a city park - just months after elementary school massacre left 19 children and two teachers dead
Police in Uvalde, Texas - the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings at an elementary school just months earlier - have said that 'two juveniles' were injured at a shooting at a city park.
The Uvalde PD, which came under intense scrutiny for how it handled the shooting at Uvalde Elementary School which killed 21, made the announcement on it's social channels Thursday evening.
They wrote: 'Please AVOID the area of the Uvalde Memorial Park. The Uvalde Police Department is currently investigating a shooting with injured victims.'
Police reported that 'two juveniles' have been injured in the shooting, according to KSAT. Their conditions are unknown.
Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez says they are searching for two suspects who are unidentified and still at large at this time, according to KENS5.
The shooting at Uvalde Elementary on May 24 was the third-deadliest school shooting in American history. Uvalde Memorial Park is not a memorial to the victims of that shooting.
Police in Uvalde, Texas - the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings at an elementary school just months earlier - have said that 'two juveniles' were injured at a shooting at a city park
The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers dead on May 24.
Robb Elementary had been closed since the deadly shooting, and students have been transferred elsewhere.
It has been well documented that hundreds of law enforcement officers waited more than hour in the hallways and outside of the school before engaging deranged mass shooter Salvador Ramos, 18.
School officials have worked throughout the summer to improve safety measures at the school and have even fired its embattled police chief after a report found that cops stood back for more than an hour as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos barricaded himself inside a classroom and opened fire.
As part of its plan to improve safety measures, no students will be returning to Robb Elementary School, the site of the deadliest school massacre in nearly a decade.
Instead, CNN reports, children who were first-graders at Robb last year will start second grade at Dalton Elementary, and those who were in second and third grade at Robb last year will attend the new Uvalde Elementary — located at an existing educational complex in town.
The district has also employed 33 Texas Department of Public Safety officers to monitor the schools — none of whom would be among the dozens who failed to promptly respond to the shooting.
School officials have also hired 10 more police officers to patrol the school, installed 500 new security cameras, fired embattled schools police chief Pete Arredondo and are searching to a new superintendent.
Additionally, they are increasing the district's emotional support services for students, with comfort dogs on every campus for the first few weeks of school and more school counselors and trauma-informed care training for all staff members.
Those who still feel uncomfortable could also sign up for remote learning, using tablets provided by the school district.
Others, though, have now decided to transfer to the local Catholic School, where enrollment among elementary-school aged children has doubled after 30 students from Robb Elementary School received scholarships to the private school.
A massive $27 billion class action lawsuit seeking accountability and justice for the families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School massacre that left 19 students and two teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas is set to be launched.
This is a developing story.
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SEATTLE (AP) — A body recovered near the site of a floatplane crash in the waters of Washington state’s Puget Sound has been identified as Gabby Hanna, a 29-year-old Seattle attorney.
The Island County Coroner’s Office confirmed Thursday that the recovered body was Hanna and that her family was notified on Wednesday, The Seattle Times reported.
Hanna was one of 10 people on the Sunday flight from Friday Harbor to Renton, which crashed near Whidbey Island. Her body was found shortly after the crash by witnesses who were searching for survivors. No other bodies have been recovered and all are presumed dead.
Her parents described Hanna as “fierce,” and noted her love for travel and cooking.
Her father, Dave von Beck, said Thursday that the family had received a “massive outpouring of love and support from all the people who she touched in her far too short life.”
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday continued to search the area where witnesses reported the crash, using sonar in an attempt to locate the wreckage.
Details, including the cause of the crash, cannot be determined until more of the wreckage is found, according to NTSB.
Only small pieces of debris have been found so far, partly because of the current and the depth of water in the area. The bulk of the plane is still missing, somewhere in or near the estimated 150- to 200-feet (46- to 61-meter) deep shipping channel where it crashed.
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A file photo of tourists exploring the rock gardens along the Idaho Falls River Walk on June 12, 2019. The City Council will soon vote on a draft ordinance that regulates public spaces managed by Parks and Recreation by establishing hours of operation and not prohibiting people from using unreserved park shelters for more than two consecutive hours.
The Idaho Falls City Council is set to vote on an ordinance next month that establishes hours of operations for public parks and regulates park shelters.
Council members discussed the draft ordinance during a Tuesday work session. The intention of the ordinance is to manage public parks, public safety and people without shelter. After complaints of homeless people taking shelter at public parks including the Japanese Friendship Garden, the City Council assigned a working group to study potential solutions.
“(This ordinance) is one that I think will be a great key for us for how we manage our parks in the future and keeping them safe and secure,” said Parks and Recreation Director PJ Holm during the work session.
The draft of the ordinance is available on the Sept. 6 council work session agenda. It states public parks, park amenities and cemeteries shall be open to the public from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
If the ordinance passes, it would be unlawful for a person to be in one of these spaces during closing hours unless they are driving a vehicle on an interior public park roadway that provides direct access to their residence, actively traveling on a designated bike and pedestrian pathway, attending an authorized permitted event or activity, lawfully present in a city campsite, complying with a police order or are allowed to be present due to a protected U.S. or Idaho Constitutional right.
The draft ordinance also states no person shall occupy a reserved park shelter or park amenity for more than their city reservation period. People may use unreserved park spaces on a first come, first served basis for no more than two consecutive hours.
Any person found violating the ordinance would be issued a misdemeanor if the draft ordinance is passed. Idaho cities can impose a maximum fine of $1,000 and a six-month jail sentence with a misdemeanor, but a judge will have the final say of the penalty a person will face if found guilty of a misdemeanor.
Assistant City Attorney Michael Kirkham told the council the City Attorney department recommends imposing a misdemeanor because it would allow a police officer to arrest and remove someone violating the ordinance at the officer’s discretion.
“Those that don’t have any money — they're not going to pay the infraction. You need the ability to remove (them),” said Councilman Jim Freeman.
Cities are not permitted to prosecute people for sleeping in public places if they have nowhere else to go due to a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 2018 decision. The court found such action violates the Eighth Amendment for cruel and unusual punishment.
The city of Boise settled a lawsuit in 2021 for a city ordinance that banned people from sleeping in public places, and the city had to grant exemptions to the ordinance. Idaho Falls city officials modeled the draft ordinance to Boise’s, hence the protected U.S. or Idaho Constitutional right exemption.
The council directed Holm to prepare the draft ordinance as an agenda item to vote on during the Council’s upcoming meeting on Oct. 6.
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More areas north of Salmon near the Moose Fire were evacuated around 9 p.m. Wednesday as the fire crossed Ridge Road and moved downhill toward the city limits. It's now within 3 miles of U.S. Highway 93 at Stormy Peak Road.
Wednesday's evacuations followed Tuesday's evacuation of the Beartrack Mine and Leesburg, according to members of the Great Basin Incident Management Team 5, who are managing the fire.
Hugh Agro, president and CEO of Revival Gold, which owns the Beartrack Mine, told the Challis Messenger in a Thursday email that the mine site was not damaged when the fire passed through.
"Fortunately the Beartrack Mine buildings are out of the trees," Agro said. "All Revival Gold personnel and equipment are safe and secure."
Exploratory drilling work in the Beartrack-Arnett fields has temporarily been suspended, Agro said, "to make room for the firefighters on the road. We are extremely grateful to those on the front line working to protect critical infrastructure and the community."
Agro said he and other Revival Gold officials share the concerns of Salmon-area residents about the integrity of the Salmon watershed as the fire grows closer.
The fire has now impinged on the north end of the city of Salmon's watershed, north of Jesse, according to fire managers.
Evacuations are recommended for the nearby Blackbird and Idaho Cobalt mines above Salmon. The power line feeding Panther Creek, Leesburg and the three mines was de-energized around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday because of the fire. Sprinklers were activated Wednesday at Leesburg, the Leesburg Cemetery, along Ridge Road, on Moose Creek near Daly Creek and along log decks on Moose Creek and Stormy Peak Road.
Fire managers said Thursday that the Moose Fire has burned 122,612 acres since it started on July 17. It's been determined the fire was started by a person or people, but the specifics of its origin aren't yet clear.
Ten crews totaling 650 people, five helicopters, 30 fire engines and 33 pieces of heavy equipment are battling the fire.
Winds of up to 40 mph on Wednesday afternoon resulted in extreme fire behavior. Strong winds are in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, but a cooling pattern is predicted by Saturday, possibly bringing relief to the fire zone.
Many roads and trails in the Salmon-Challis Forest remain closed because of the fire and stage 1 fire restrictions are in place on all public lands in the area.
The Lemhi County Sheriff's Office has added more zones to its evacuation set and go status levels. Current details about evacuations can be found online at https://bit.ly/LemhiCountyEvacs.
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HAMILTON, Ala. (WIAT) — When a classmate told Anna Claire Cantrell of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, she had to hold back the tears.
“I’ve been very upset,” Anna Claire said Thursday, just hours after the announcement that the reign of Great Britain’s longest-serving monarch was over. “I didn’t want to cry in school in front of everybody.”
Since age 5, Anna Claire has had a royal obsession: a fascination that’s garnered national headlines and made the sixth grader Marion’s County, Alabama’s resident British expert.
On multiple occasions, Anna Claire has even become Queen Elizabeth — donning Her Majesty’s cape, crown, and even her own two corgis, named Maddie Elizabeth and Winston.
A few years ago, when she was 7, Anna Claire reached out to the queen to tell her a little about herself.
“I’m writing to you because even though I live in another country, you are my favorite person,” Anna Claire wrote. “And one day I want to come to England and see where you live.”
It wasn’t long before Anna Claire received a response.
“The queen wishes me to write and thank you for the card, your message and the photograph you sent,” a Lady-in-Waiting wrote to Anna Claire.
Anna Claire was ecstatic.
“It was very exciting,” she said. “I was so happy to see that she cared about me and cared about what I had to say about her.”
Because of her reputation for loving all things royal, when folks in Marion County come across British souvenirs or trinkets, they save them for Anna Claire. She’s gotten British money, magazines and books about the royal family, and much more. Once, she received a car window cling of Queen Elizabeth’s silhouette.
“I gave her a week to let that be on my car,” her mother said. “And I said I can’t do this no more. People would almost wreck staring at our car.”
The day of Queen Elizabeth’s death has understandably been difficult for Anna Claire.
After learning about the royal death, Anna Claire’s teacher asked that students look up and write down facts about the queen to share. Anna Claire didn’t need to look anything up. She wrote down a quote delivered by Queen Elizabeth on her 21st birthday in 1947.
“I declare before you all that my whole life — whether it be long or short — shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong,” the monarch said.
Anna Claire said that she’d like to travel to London to pay her respects, but whether that’s possible or not, she’ll remember the queen as a great leader and role model.
“I looked up to her for a very long time,” Anna Claire said of the late queen. “And I’m going to miss her very much.”
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 8, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
701 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL NUECES AND
SOUTHEASTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Live
Oak County through 730 PM CDT...
At 703 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Three Rivers, moving south at 10 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...
George West, Three Rivers, Oakville and Simmons.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 37 between mile markers 56 and 73.
US Highway 281 between mile markers 618 and 634.
US Highway 59 between mile markers 716 and 726.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2854 9816 2833 9801 2823 9830 2840 9833
2848 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 338DEG 9KT 2845 9823
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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The acquisition of Emmersion's state-of-the-art testing platform broadens IXL Learning's language and literacy offerings
SAN MATEO, Calif. and LEHI, Utah, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people worldwide, announced it has acquired Emmersion, the Utah-based leader in certifying language ability through artificial intelligence. Emmersion's platform has conducted millions of automated assessments for corporate and educational institutions, including The World Bank, Randstad, Columbia University, Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania, providing valuable data insights into language proficiency scores.
The acquisition of Emmersion deepens IXL Learning's line of language and literacy products, which include the world-renowned Rosetta Stone, IXL English Language Arts, Vocabulary.com, SpanishDict, inglés.com and Fluencia. Emmersion's cofounders, Brigham Tomco and Dr. Jacob Burdis, will remain with the company.
Emmersion's adaptive assessments evaluate and certify speaking, writing and reading abilities, which shorten an organization's time-to-hire and improve customer satisfaction scores.
Its AI-powered Speaking and Writing Assessments conduct reliable, pre-employment language screenings in 15 minutes so that companies can hire the perfect candidates for the right roles. The verbal exam is the world's first fully automated speaking assessment and covers nine languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, Portuguese and Tagalog.
The Speaking and Writing Assessments are scored using Emmersion's proprietary 100-point scale, TrueNorth, which gives organizations unparalleled insights into test-takers' language skills. Additionally, each assessment uses AI to deliver accurate, bias-free scores that are mapped to global language standards, such as CEFR, ACTFL and TOEFL.
Educational institutions use WebCAPE, Emmersion's adaptive placement exam, to measure learners' reading, grammar and listening skills. The multiple-choice test takes only 15-30 minutes to complete and can assess learners' abilities in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin and Russian.
"Emmersion's adaptive technology and automated exams are unrivaled," said Paul Mishkin, CEO of IXL Learning. "The Emmersion team will be a valuable addition to our family and we expect to make more investments in the company as we expand to additional languages and capabilities."
"Emmersion has striven to close the global communication gap through exceptional services that assess employees, check academic knowledge and certify language abilities. Joining IXL Learning is an incredible opportunity to continue advancing our mission and perfecting our products," said Brigham Tomco, CEO of Emmersion. "Our companies share the same ambitious vision for helping people build and evaluate their language skills, and we can't wait to contribute our expertise to this new venture."
Founded in 2015, Emmersion is a rapidly growing technology company located in Lehi, Utah. With a mission to close the global communication gap, the company focuses on helping organizations be smarter with their global language strategy. It has developed AI-driven, fully automated language assessments that provide accurate and immediate reports in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Russian and Tagalog. With over 700 customers around the world, Emmersion's cloud-based, AI technology automates assessment processes and provides the most accurate results. Learn more at www.emmersion.ai.
IXL Learning has revolutionized educational technology since its founding in 1998. Today, the company leads the world of education through innovation and provides a diverse set of products and services that help learners develop skills in math, literacy, language and more. IXL Learning's eight brands—IXL, Rosetta Stone, Curiosity Media, Emmersion, Wyzant, Vocabulary.com, ABCya and Education.com—empower all students with engaging, personalized learning experiences. Our teams create breakthrough solutions to education's most pressing challenges and inspire students to become life-long learners.
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INDIANAPOLIS — 13Sports director Dave Calabro visited the breakfast crowd this week at Good Morning Mama’s in Broad Ripple.
Besides perhaps a western omelet, Dave was looking for your positive, uplifting stories.
Employee Kendra was happy to share.
RELATED: Tell Us Your Good News: Colts Camp
“The good news is that we’re still open,” she said. “Everything around the place, the pictures and the colors and everything, it just brings positive vibes.”
Another employee needed few words to sum up her good news.
“I have full-time work, family is healthy,” she said.
The diners Dave met also wanted to share some upbeat thoughts.
“Oh, I had a great walk this morning," said one customer. "I grew up about four blocks down Winthrop Avenue and I just went for a walk before my breakfast here.”
You can see more of Dave's Broad Ripple stop in the media player, and check out some previous Good News stories in the links below.
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UVALDE, Texas (KETK/NEXSTAR) — Police in Uvalde, Texas, are investigating a shooting at the Uvalde Memorial Park on Thursday night, where police say people were injured. The Texas city has remained in international headlines since May 24, when 21 people — including 19 children — were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School.
According to a Facebook statement on Thursday, officers responded to a call around 5:30 p.m. Uvalde police say two juveniles were injured and are being treated at San Antonio hospitals, though their condition is currently unknown.
Controversy has pervaded in Uvalde, which has about 16,000 residents, in the months following the school shooting, which is the third-deadliest in U.S. history. Questions about response time and actions of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department led to national outrage and the August 24 firing of police chief Pete Arredondo.
NOTE: While Thursday’s shooting happened in Uvalde, police have not given any indication of relation to the Robb Elementary School shooting. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Thursday the shooting is suspected to be gang-related, though that information is preliminary. No information about potential suspects has been released.
Uvalde Memorial Park is located at 401 E. Main Street, about 1.3 miles away from Robb Elementary, which is scheduled to be demolished.
Uvalde police are asking anyone with information or footage of the shooting to call (800) 278-9147.
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Yvonne Strahovski stuns on the red carpet for The Handmaid's Tale premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski hit the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday for the premiere of season five of The Handmaid's Tale.
The 39-year-old mother of two posed with cast members of the futuristic drama, including Elizabeth Moss and Christine Ko.
Yvonne, who plays Serena in the hit show, looked radiant in a sleeveless red dress.
Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski hit the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday for the premiere of season five of The Handmaid's Tale
The square-neck number boasted a maxi hemline, which completely hid her footwear and clung tightly to her slender figure.
Yvonne swept her dark blonde hair in a side parting.
The two-time Emmy nominee opted for natural-look makeup, and accessorised with a dazzling silver earring and two matching rings on each hand.
The square-neck number boasted a maxi hemline, which completely hid her footwear and clung tightly to her slender figure
Yvonne swept her dark blonde hair in a side parting
Yvonne stars in season five of The Handmaid's Tale, which premieres on U.S. streaming giant Hulu on September 14.
SBS has fast-tracked the Australian launch to September 15.
Based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood, the show takes place in a patriarchal dystopia called Gilead founded on what used to be the United States.
Women are reduced to a status far beneath that of men, deprived of such basic rights as being permitted to read or use money.
The two-time Emmy nominee opted for natural-look makeup, and accessorised with a dazzling silver earring and two matching rings on each hand
'Handmaids' are the women forced under veils and subjected to a form of slavery in which they are repeatedly raped for the purpose of producing children.
In an interview with Vogue Australia in July 2018, Yvonne confessed she had never even read the critically acclaimed novel before accepting her role in the series.
But she said the opportunity to play Serena was too good an opportunity to turn down.
You can watch Seasons 1-4 of The Handmaid's Tale on Stan in Australia
Yvonne stars in season five of The Handmaid's Tale, which premieres on U.S. streaming giant Hulu on September 14
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2 people shot in Uvalde's Memorial Park, police say
Two people were shot in Uvalde's Memorial Park on Thursday, police in the Texas city said.
Officer Jessica Zamora told CNN that the shooting happened at about 5:30 p.m. CT, but they did not yet have details on the conditions of the victims nor their identities. An investigation is underway.
Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN that the shooting is believed to be "gang-related."
The shooting comes just days after the new school year began and in the wake of the deadliest school shooting in the United States since the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.
Memorial Park is near the Uvalde town square, where a makeshift memorial was established to honor those lost in the Robb Elementary shooting in May.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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NEW YORK – A key decision over whether Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social will merge with a cash-rich company and get $1.3 billion to take on Twitter has been put off for another month.
The potential partner, Digital World Acquisition Corp., on Thursday postponed a shareholder vote to extend by a year a deadline to close its merger with Trump’s company and release funds to pay its bills. At least 65% of shareholders need to approve the extension, a threshold not reached in tallies earlier in the day.
Shares of Miami-based Digital World, which have been generally falling after small-pocketed investors pushed them over $100 last year, closed Thursday up 1% to $23.35.
If a new deal deadline isn't approved at a shareholder meeting on Oct. 10, Digital World can still play for time. It can delay the deadline by three months if sponsors backing its company pay nearly $3 million into a trust account, then delay again for another three months for the same payment. The company has said previously it would chose to delay three months if necessary.
If the deal is not closed by the new deadlines, Digital World must liquidate and Truth Social's parent, Trump Media & Technology Group, will have to find other sources of cash. It could do that by borrowing, finding private investors, or having Trump himself contribute the money, something he has avoided in many of his business ventures but has hinted he might do.
“I don’t need financing, ‘I’m really rich,'" Trump posted on Truth Social earlier this month. “Private company anyone???”
Digital World's deal with Trump's company was troubled almost from the start. In November, the Securities and Exchange Commission requested documents from Digital World following news reports that it had talked with Trump representatives about joining forces before selling its own stock to the public for the first time, a possible violation of security rules.
Digital World and Trump's business have also been subpoenaed in a federal criminal probe. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is looking into violations of stock trading rules, too.
The SEC probe in particular is a serious setback for the company because the agency needs to sign off on the Digital World-Trump merger for it to go through. Trump has called the investigations politically motivated “witch hunts."
A merger would release to Trump Media $290 million held by Digital World and another $1 billion that private investors had committed to the combined company. Until then, Trump's company is on its own, paying staff, leases and other expenses from $36 million raised from sales of promissory notes last year and earlier this year.
Truth Social was launched as a free speech, “big tent” alternative to Twitter after Trump was banned by the platform following last year's Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Trump rarely posted on the app in the weeks after it was launched in February, but now is regularly sending his version of tweets — called truths — to rally supporters following the FBI seizure of confidential government documents at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida last month.
In the proposed merger, Trump is hoping to cash in on a recent investing trend involving risky shell companies called special purchase acquisition companies, or SPACs, that have no product or service to sell and are set up solely to merge with a business with one.
Once wildly popular, stocks of many highflying SPACs have plunged in price and many others have been liquidated without completing mergers. SPACs, also called blank-check companies, are allowed a quick path to go public without many disclosures but only if they have not yet had substantial discussion with a possible merger partner, a possible focus of the Digital World investigations.
“The SEC has needlessly delayed its review of our proposed merger, causing real and unnecessary financial harm" to investors, said Trump Media in a statement. "The SEC needs to set aside any improper political considerations and bring its review to a swift conclusion.”
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Stitch: Amazing Fan Stories
Full episode streaming on Very Local App and YouTube now
Full episode streaming on Very Local App and YouTube now
Full episode streaming on Very Local App and YouTube now
Sports teams would be nothing without their fans who bring more than just passion to the game. From the NFL to high school basketball, these stories show how fans can create community.
In this episode of Stitch, come with us across the country as we celebrate the many players that make a sport community successful.
Watch the full episode of "Stitch: Fan Stories" on the Very Local app or on the Very Local YouTube page.
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Financial education for more than 70,000 high school students
The program is sponsored by Principal Foundation and uses data science applicable in the job market.
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September 7th, 2022Designed for high school students to learn to apply data science and analytics concepts, develop their personal financial knowledge and well-being, and become familiar with the value of data science fundamentals in the job market, DataSetGo is the first program interactive digital educational program of its kind.
Seeking the consolidation of a diverse workforce with solid tools to face the future, this initiative, available at no cost, is supported by Principal Foundation and EVERFI.
Jo Christine Miles, Principal Foundation and Community Relations Director, stated:
Our goal is to empower students with education that pairs financial literacy with college and career readiness.
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The curriculum, intended to reach at least 70,000 students and teachers by 2025, will debut in 11 markets during the 2022-2023 school year. These are the selected communities:
New York; Charlotte; Washington D.C.; Raleigh; Atlanta; Wilmington; Seattle; Folson; Minneapolis; Dallas; and DesMoines.
According to the data literacy index, socialized by the organization, only 21% of young people between the ages of 16 and 24 know the data. And the National Assessment of Educational Progress says that about 75% of students have not taken a probability or statistics course before graduating from high school.
We also aim to inspire a diverse set of students across a diverse set of school districts to pursue long-term educational and career goals that are attainable, meaningful, and helpful in positioning students for economic mobility and financial security.
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“We also aim to inspire a diverse set of students across a diverse set of school districts to pursue long-term educational and career goals that are attainable, meaningful, and helpful in positioning students for economic mobility and financial security,” added Miles.
Background
During the last decade the two organizations have worked on different financial education projects.
For the latest version of this program, Principal and EVERFI created an interactive simulation that provides students with hands-on experiences that demand problem-solving skills to investigate the triggers that cause young adults to make poor financial decisions, such as maxing out a credit card.
“Every day, in schools across the country, EVERFI works with teachers and students harnessing the power of technology to address the missing learning layer and teach critical life skills. We have seen through our years of experience providing innovative learning solutions that this type of programming introduces students to careers they may not have considered,” said Ray Martínez, president and co-founder of EVERFI.
DataSetGo was put to the test during the 2021-2022 school year, impacting more than 6,000 students in more than 160 schools. After completing the program, students showed a doubling in assessment scores related to knowledge of the types of skills and processes used by data scientists in their careers.
From the program they highlight LinkedIn's Emerging Jobs Report 2020, where "data scientist" topped the list of emerging jobs for three years in a row and has a projected annual growth rate of 37%. For their part, they also indicate that from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics they report that the occupations of data scientists and mathematical sciences have a projected growth rate of 31% between 2020 and 2030.
Community organizations serving youth can also sign up for free access to the curriculum.
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This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific.
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — The Bears are holding an informational meeting on their potential Arlington Park development Thursday night.
It follows multiple renderings the team released on Tuesday of a potential “multi-entertainment district” surrounding the stadium. Specific renderings of the stadium were not released, but the Bears said they are seeking an “enclosed” one.
In the entertainment district, the Bears are seeking a hotel, sportsbook, restaurants, open space, commercial and residential spaces. It could give the area the chance at hosting events like the Super Bowl, Final Four and major concerts.
“The stars are lined up for the Bears,” said season ticket holder Brian Yantis. “They’ve never had an opportunity like this — specifically with Arlington park going out of business. That property is a jewel.”
The Bears said the project would create 48,000 construction jobs and 9,700 long-term jobs. It would have a potential $9.4 billion construction economic impact, generating $1.4 billion annually.
The Village of Arlington Heights would see an annual tax revenue of $16 million — $9.8 million for Cook County and more than $1 million for Illinois.
“It will be a great impact we’re looking at long-term the kind of revenue income stream,” said Executive Director of the Northwest Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Mario Farfan. “It could bring the business that suffered through COVID, loss of employees and lost income — especially our Hispanic businesses.”
The Bears have not laid out a solid financial plan for the project, saying only they would fund the stadium and seek financial assistance for the rest.
Some residents said they are concerned because property taxes are already going up from a recent school bond that passed.
The Bears open up the 2022 season Sunday against the 49ers at Soldier Field.
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British pop star Harry Styles paid his respects to Queen Elizabeth II following the announcement of her death in Scotland on Thursday.
"Please join me in a round of applause for 70 years of service," Styles told the crowd.
His message was met with an overwhelmingly positive round of applause and cheers from the crowd at his New York City show.
"Thank you, Madison Square Garden," he said.
Britain's King Charles II immediately ascended to the throne following his mother's passing ahead of an intricate multi-day plan in the run-up to Her Majesty's funeral.
The funeral will come ten days after her death and after her coffin is brought back to London.
Queen Elizabeth took the throne after her father, King George VI, died in 1952.
The British government calls the protocol of handling her death "Operation London Bridge."
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Britain's new King Charles III is expected to speak on Friday in a televised address to the nation after immediately ascending to the throne directly following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.
He said of his mother, the UK's longest-reigning monarch, who died at the age of 96 on Thursday, that her death was a moment of "greatest sadness for me and all members of my family."
Her Majesty was the head of state of the UK along with 14 other countries that, included Jamaica, Canada, and Australia.
In Australia, the country's parliament will be suspended for at least 15 days, the BBC reported, as the prime minister of that country and the governor-general travel to London.
They are set to meet with King Charles III and attend the Queen's funeral.
The Queen's funeral will come ten days after the announcement of her death in an incredibly intricate plan by royal staff.
The Royal Family shared a statement from the new King, which reads, "I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world."
A statement from His Majesty The King: pic.twitter.com/AnBiyZCher
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022
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Roof tents have become popular automotive accessories, and now Porsche is getting in on the trend with its own version.
The factory-accessory tent is compatible with the Cayenne and Macan crossover SUVs, the Panamera hatchback, the Taycan electric sedan, and most versions of the 911 sports car, both with and without roof rails, Porsche said Thursday in a press release. It can’t be installed on the 911 GT3, Targa, or Cabriolet, however, nor on the 718 Boxster/Cayman.
The tent folds into a hard shell for transport, and when deployed at a campsite it features 82.6 inches by 51.1 inches of floor space. The walls are made from a breathable cotton blend, and a polyfoam mattress is integrated into the floor. The tent also has two windows, insect guards, blackout curtains, and a rain cover for the entryway.
Setup is fairly straightforward. Buyers pop open the hard shell, unfold the tent, deploy a telescopic ladder to the ground, and erect the poles. The tent weighs 123 lb, and is rated for 418 lb of stationary weight on vehicles with roof rails, or 308 lb on vehicles without roof rails. Porsche recommends drivers don’t exceed 80 mph with the tent strapped to their cars.
Buyers can choose between black/light gray and black/dark gray two-tone schemes for the hard case, which also sports a Porsche logo. The only available interior color is light gray. Porsche is planning additional accessories, including an inner tent, a heated blanket, and a shoe and bag organizer.
European deliveries are scheduled to begin in November, with a starting price equivalent to $4,958 at current exchange rates. That’s a lot more than shoppers would expect to spend at REI. Thus far, Porsche hasn’t confirmed U.S. availability.
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The next major Games Done Quick event will take place solely online due to organisers’ concerns regarding safety in Florida.
GDQ had been set to bring its annual Awesome Games Done Quick marathon to the US Sunshine State in January 2023 in aid of the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
In a statement issued yesterday (September 7), however, it was confirmed that AGDQ will be taking place online instead.
“While we would love to return in-person, we’ve determined that to provide a safe and welcoming event to all it was best that we move away from our originally planned location in Florida,” the message read.
“Given the state’s continued disregard for COVID-19’s dangers (including anti-mandate vaccination policies) and an increased aggression towards LGBTQ+ individuals, including the law colloquially known as ‘Don’t Say Gay’, we do not believe it is a safe place for our community at this time.”
The statement added: “Immediately after the success of AGDQ 2020, we secured a contract with a venue in Florida to return in 2021. Since the global pandemic was declared, we postponed in-person events until it was safe to return.”
It’s official! #AGDQ2023 will be taking place online January 8th-15th!
While we would love to return in-person, we’ve determined that to provide a safe and welcoming event to all it was best that we move away from our originally planned location in Florida.
See thread below.
— Games Done Quick (@GamesDoneQuick) September 7, 2022
Organisers went on to say that they’d “explored multiple options” in an effort to continue running the event in-person by moving to a safer location.
“Unfortunately, the cost required to cancel our contract is too great to justify relocating AGDQ while paying the cancellation fee, and we are no longer able to delay our contract. This ultimately led us to move AGDQ 2023 online,” they continued.
“While the move to online will allow us to save some on expenses, we still have considerable costs to recover. We are looking to recover that money where possible, including with community support via Twitch subs. We thank the community for their support!”
Game and volunteer submissions will open this Sunday (September 11). You can find further information here, and read the full statement in the Twitter thread above.
The 2022 edition of Summer Games Done Quick – a companion event to AGDQ – took place between June 26 and July 3 in Bloomington, Minnesota. It marked the first in-person GDQ programme to run since the start of the COVID pandemic.
This year’s Summer Games Done Quick raised £2.49million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, it was subsequently confirmed.
Although the highest figure recorded to date came from AGDQ 2022 with a staggering $3.4million (£2.8m), this is the fourth highest donation amount to date, and the second-highest SGDQ figure.
Games Done Quick was launched in 2010. Each event is held over the course of seven days, while also being live-streamed on Twitch.
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Yoán Moncada's solo homer (8)
Yoán Moncada clubs a solo home run over the left-center field wall, as the White Sox go back-to-back to start the game and lead, 2-0
BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman hit a bases-loaded double during a five-run third inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rebounded with a 9-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night in a heated game in which both benches briefly emptied in the middle of the seventh. The Orioles pulled within 3 1/2 games of Toronto for the last American League wild card. They were swept by the Blue Jays in a doubleheader Monday that opened this crucial series. The Orioles trailed 3-0 on Tuesday before ral
The Canadian women's 3x3 basketball team went undefeated en route to their third FIBA Women's Series title of the year on Saturday in Montreal. Canada defeated France's under-24 squad 19-18 in the final after the game was moved to an indoor venue following a 30-minute rain delay. The Canadians led 14-13 with 3:38 remaining when play stopped. Edmonton's Michelle Plouffe led Canada to five victories in the tournament with 30 points, while her twin sister Katherine finished with a game-high 12 poin
The Calgary Flames temporarily changed their social media profile pictures to support the LGBTQ+ community during Calgary Pride, pulling no punches in their replies to disapproving hecklers.
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Black Ice, premiering this week at TIFF, shines a light on the struggles of racialized players and the efforts made to enact social change in hockey.
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TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment says it won't yet decide on renaming the Queen's Plate following the death of Queen Elizabeth II out of respect for the grieving Royal Family. The Toronto-based track operator is the host of the Queen's Plate, Canada's largest and oldest horse race. First run in 1860, the name of the Queen's Plate traditionally reflects the gender of Canada's reigning monarch, and was therefore called the King's Plate between 1901 and 1952. Jamie Dykstra, a spokesman for Woodbine
A 17-year-old from British Columbia has won a world championship Highland dancing event in Scotland, the birthplace of the dance form. Annalise Lam, from the Brigadoon Dance Academy in Nanaimo, B.C., placed first in the junior championship at the Cowal Highland Gathering in Dunoon last Saturday. The teenager has been practising Highland dance for over a decade, and qualified for the event in Scotland after winning the Canadian championship in Regina in July. Lam beat Australian Morven Johnston a
The Blue Jays made a flurry of roster moves ahead of Wednesday's game against the Baltimore Orioles.
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VANCOUVER — J.T. Miller didn't always feel like he was the kind of NHL player who could sign long-term contracts worth more than US$50 million. Last week, though, the 29-year-old centre joined an elite group, inking a seven-year, $56-million deal that will see him play for the Vancouver Canucks through 2029-30. "It’s something I didn’t really think I was capable of earning," Miller told reporters on a video call Tuesday. "I take a lot of pride in that. I don’t come from a whole lot, my family. I
CALGARY — Jake Maier has redemption on his mind heading into Monday’s game between his Calgary Stampeders and the Edmonton Elks. After being on the losing end of a 32-20 decision to the Elks during the 2021 Labour Day Classic, the Calgary quarterback is hoping for a much better outcome this time around. “It’s a new year, new game, new opponent, new style,” said Maier, who earned the nod from coach Dave Dickenson as Calgary’s starting quarterback over Bo Levi Mitchell for the second straight game
Canada had to find a different way to win a women's world hockey title after its Olympic triumph earlier this year and world championship gold a year ago. This edition was a work in progress throughout the tournament in Denmark, but Canada played its best game of the tournament in Sunday's 2-1 win over archrival U.S. in the final. The Canadian women won their third major international title in the span of a year after beating the U.S. 3-2 for Olympic gold in February in Beijing, and 3-2 in overt
Toronto FC has found a new lease on life thanks to the arrival of Italians Federico Bernardeschi, Lorenzo Insigne and Domenico Criscito. But TFC remains a work in progress, prone to costly blunders. That was on show this week with points lost at home in a 2-2 mid-week draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy, after conceding an 89th-minute goal, and a painful 4-3 loss Sunday to CF Montreal that saw TFC squander an early 2-0 lead. "The way that we give away goals in this last stretch has hurt us," said T
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WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Even though battery costs are rising, auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal to a larger group of buyers.
The latest came Thursday from General Motors, a Chevrolet Equinox small SUV with a starting price somewhere around $30,000 and a range-per-charge of 250 miles (400 kilometers). You can get range of 300 miles (500 kilometers) if you pay more.
GM won’t release the exact price of the Equinox EV until closer to the date it goes on sale, about this time next year. But the SUV is at the low end of Edmunds.com’s list of prices for electric vehicles sold in the U.S., where the average cost of an EV is around $65,000.
Hitting a price around $30,000 and a range per charge close to 300 miles is key to getting mainstream buyers to switch away from gasoline vehicles, industry analysts say.
“You’re kind of at that sweet spot,” said Ivan Drury, director of insights for Edmunds.com. “You’re basically at the price point that everyone is clamoring for.”
Auto industry analysts say that if the Equinox makes efficient use of interior space with plenty of cargo and passenger room, and if it is styled similar to current gas-powered small SUVs, it should be a hit in the most popular segment of the U.S. auto market. About 20% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. are compact SUVs.
“It’s a perfect vehicle for a lot of different users, whether it’s a small family, maybe an empty nester,” said Jeff Schuster, president of global forecasting for LMC Automotive, a Detroit-area consulting firm. “You’ve got space to haul things, but it’s easy to drive.”
A $30,000 EV that checks all of the boxes is just a little above the price of a comparable small gas-powered SUV. The Toyota RAV4, the top seller in the segment and the top-selling vehicle in the U.S. that isn’t a pickup, starts at just over $28,000.
Until the last few years, electric vehicles were either expensive and aimed at affluent luxury buyers, or cheaper but with limited travel ranges. For example, a base version of Tesla’s Model 3, the lowest-price model from the top-selling EV brand in the U.S., starts at more than $48,000. A larger Tesla Model X SUV starts at over $120,000.
The only EVs with starting prices under $30,000 (including shipping) now are versions of the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Bolt. Both are smaller than a typical gas-powered compact SUV. The Mini Cooper Electric, Mazda MX30 and Hyundai Kona Electric are in the $30,000s, according to Edmunds.
Kia’s Niro EV, Hyundai’s Ioniq 5, Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup, the Volkswagen ID.4, Kia EV6, Toyota b24x, Ford’s Mustang Mach E, Audi’s Q4 e-tron, the Subaru Solterra, Polestar 2, and Tesla Model 3 all have starting prices in the $40,000s.
GM may find it difficult to keep the Equinox price around $30,000, largely because minerals such as lithium, copper, cobalt and nickel that are key components of batteries have been rising fast. There’s a finite number of mines and increasing demand as nearly all automakers introduce new EVs.
Drury says that even if GM is able to keep the Equinox starting price around $30,000, demand likely will be high enough so the company builds mainly higher-priced versions. And some dealers have been marking up EVs beyond the automaker’s sticker price due to high demand. In the first half of the year, U.S. EV sales rose 68% from the same period a year ago, to nearly 313,000.
Some EVs could get a whole lot cheaper in the U.S., too, with federal tax credits starting next year of up to $7,500 that are part of the Inflation Reduction Act. But meeting federal requirements may be difficult.
The vehicles and batteries have to be assembled in North America, and the new law phases in requirements that battery minerals and parts have to come from the continent. Most minerals such as lithium, a key battery ingredient, are now imported from China and other countries.
The Equinox checks the North American assembly box. It will be made in Mexico. The company won’t say where the battery will be made, but GM has announced three joint-venture battery factories in the U.S., including one that’s operating already in Warren, Ohio.
From there, GM is working on meeting the other criteria for getting the tax credit. “We’re really working through the rules and the regulations right now,” said Steve Majoros, vice president of marketing for Chevrolet. “We think it’s all lining up nicely, but more details to come on that.”
Majoros hinted that it may take a couple of years to meet all the government’s requirements to get the full credit as GM takes more control of its supply chain for EV parts.
The Equinox EV, Majoros said, is longer, wider and a bit shorter than the gas versions of the same vehicle. GM used new interior packaging methods to create comparable passenger and cargo space to the gas Equinox, he said. The relatively small price difference between the two should get many customers to consider EV over gas, he said.
“It does a lot of things right,” Majoros said. “So when it does that, the (sales) volume follows.”
GM CEO Mary Barra has said the company will overtake Tesla as the nation’s largest seller of EVs by the middle of this decade. The Equinox EV is a step toward that.
“We think it’s going to be one of the products that’s really going to help that mainstream adoption really take off in the marketplace,” Majoros said.
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