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The Coulee Region experienced a sunny Tuesday with temperatures in the 70s and 80s and pleasant dew points thanks to high pressure. As smoke from the wildfires in the western United States affected our region, we did have to deal with hazy skies.
Light winds may allow patchy river valley fog to form late at night. Temperatures will drop into the 40s and 50s.
We'll wake up to river valley fog on Wednesday, followed by a mix of clouds and sun. Temperatures will rise to around 80 degrees. The skies will remain hazy.
On Thursday, it will continue to be dry with mostly cloudy and hazy skies. Temperatures will remain in the 80s.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to arrive Friday afternoon and continue into the weekend. Temperatures will remain in the 80s. Increased dew points in the 60s will make it feel uncomfortable outside.
Follow the forecast on WXOW; on our newscasts, online on our website, Weather | wxow.com, and by using our WXOW Weather App!
Have a great day!
-Stormtracker 19 Meteorologist Miller Hyatt
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BOSTON (AP) — A police bomb squad sealed off part of the campus of Northeastern University in Boston late Tuesday to examine a pair of suspicious packages, and there were unconfirmed reports of an explosion and minor injuries to at least one person.
Boston police said they were investigating two packages that had been left near the university’s Holmes Hall, which is home to Northeastern’s creative writing program. They declined to elaborate, but WCVB-TV said an individual was taken to a hospital and that firefighters and paramedics were at the scene.
WBZ-AM radio, citing unidentified police officials, said the person suffered minor injuries.
Police responded shortly before 8 p.m., and the university asked students who had gathered for an evening journalism class at the hall to evacuate the building.
Northeastern is a private university in downtown Boston. WCVB said one of its reporters, Mike Beaudet, was teaching a class there at the time. Beaudet told the station his class was moved outside but that neither he nor his students heard an explosion.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a frequent emissary in hostage negotiations who has worked to secure the releases of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, visited Moscow this week and held meetings with Russian leaders, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday night.
The visit came as American officials have continued to press Russia to release Griner, who was sentenced last month to nine years in prison in a drug possession case, and Whelan, a Michigan corporate security executive serving a 16-year sentence on espionage-related charges. The U.S. government regards both as wrongfully detained.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in July that the U.S. had made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to facilitate a swap. Though he did not detail the terms, a person familiar the matter said the U.S. had offered to release convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
In in interview with The Associated Press last month, Richardson said he was hopeful about the chances of a two-for-two prisoner swap. In cases like this, Richardson said at the time, “it’s proportional — two-for two.”
The person who confirmed Richardson's visit insisted on anonymity to discuss private negotiations. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which Richardson founded, issued a statement declining to comment on his visit. The nature of the dialogue and any outcome were not immediately clear.
CNN was first to report Richardson's visit.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
740 PM CDT Tue Sep 13 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest Texas, including the following
county, Reeves.
* WHEN...Until 945 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 740 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Toyah Lake.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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The NSW premier has no plans to return Stuart Ayres to cabinet, despite a review clearing the former trade minister of breaching ethical standards.
Mr Ayres resigned from investment, trade, sport and other portfolios last month over his potential breach of the ministerial code of conduct during the controversial appointment of former NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro to a coveted job in New York City.
An independent review ordered by Premier Dominic Perrottet and released on Monday cleared Mr Ayres of breaching the code.
The premier said on Wednesday he had "no plans at this stage" to recall Mr Ayres to the frontbench.
"The cabinet in place is serving the people of NSW," he told reporters.
No decisions had been made about a possible reshuffle before the March election, he said.
"That's not my focus," Mr Perrottet said.
Mr Ayres' behaviour was scrutinised after a broader inquiry into the appointment of the former deputy premier to the New York job found the trade minister may have breached the ministerial code of conduct.
That review by former NSW public service commissioner Graeme Head, released last month, found Mr Barilaro's appointment was not conducted at arm's length.
Mr Ayres maintained he had not engaged in wrongdoing but resigned from cabinet and relinquished his deputy Liberal leadership position.
The second review, conducted by respected legal mind Bruce McClintock SC, found Mr Ayres "complied with his obligation under the Ministerial Code of Conduct".
Mr Ayres and Mr Barilaro didn't appear to have a connection besides being cabinet colleagues and "were certainly not friends", Mr McClintock said.
Labor says Mr Ayres should stay out of cabinet, alleging he misled parliament in June by saying the Barilaro appointment was conducted at arm's length.
Mr Barilaro's appointment to the $500,000-a-year US trade envoy position has plagued the government in scandal for months.
Mr Barilaro relinquished the position in June amid allegations of "jobs for the boys", conceding his appointment was untenable and a distraction, but denying any wrongdoing.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mind Cure Health Inc. (CSE: MCUR) (OTCQX: MCURF) (FRA: 6MH) ("MINDCURE" or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended May 31, 2022. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
The special committee of the Company's board of directors is continuing to explore, review and evaluate a broad range of strategic alternatives with its strategic review process. The Company's cash position and balance sheet remain strong and the Company looks forward to finding the best path forward for all shareholders.
A copy of the Company's financial statements for the three and twelve months ended May 31, 2022 and the related management's discussion and analysis are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Philip Tapley, Interim CEO
SOURCE: Mind Cure Health Inc.
Forward-looking information is based on a number of key expectations and assumptions made by management of MINDCURE, including, without limitation: the considerations and outcome of the strategic review process and cost-saving measures; COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Canadian economy and the Company's business, and the extent and duration of such impact; no change to laws or regulations that negatively affect the Company's business; no unanticipated expenses, costs or detrimental consequences of the Strategic Review Process or cost-savings measures will arise; availability of additional capital required to execute the Company's business plan; the lack of necessity of further developmental expenditures related to the Company's business plan with respect to the execution of strategic alternatives for the Company; the ability to preserve the value of the Company's assets, including its public company status with Canadian securities regulators; and the ultimate availability of any strategic alternatives for the Company.
Forward-looking information is provided for the purpose of presenting information the Company's current expectations and plans relating to the future and readers are cautioned that such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking information inherently entails known and unknown risks and uncertainties about the future and actual results and involves significant risks and uncertainties and should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results as actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking information. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information presented, there may be other factors that cause results, performance or achievements to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements as no forward-looking information can be guaranteed. Except as required by applicable securities laws, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
752 PM CDT Tue Sep 13 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande at Castolon affecting Brewster County.
Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch affecting Brewster County.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande below Presidio 5SE affecting Presidio County.
Rio Grande at Presidio International Bridge affecting Presidio
County.
.High flows coming out of the Rio Conchos and into the Rio Grande
over the next week are expected to result in considerable flooding
of the Rio Grande from Presidio downstream through Big Bend National
Park.
For the Rio Grande...including Presidio International Bridge,
Presidio 5SE...Moderate flooding is forecast. For Castolon, Johnson
Ranch...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Wednesday morning at 1000 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande below Presidio 5SE.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet (2.7 meters), the river reaches minor flood
stage, and low lying areas begin to flood.
At 11.0 feet (3.4 meters), minor flooding continues along the
river. Irrigation pumps may need to be removed. No threats to
residences or other structures are known to occur.
At 13.0 feet (4.0 meters), the river reaches moderate flood
stage. Farmland near the river will be inundated. Water may
begin flooding low lying areas of FM 170.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 13.2 feet (4.0 meters).
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday was 13.2 feet (4.0 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.3
feet (4.1 meters) late this evening.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet (2.7 meters).
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
13.2 feet (4.0 meters) on 08/24/2022.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (feet):
Fld Observed Wed Wed Wed Wed
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 7am 1pm 7pm
Rio Grande
Presidio 5SE 9.0 13.2 Tue 7pm 13.3 13.3 13.2 13.1
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (meters):
Presidio 5SE 2.7 4.0 Tue 7pm 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Presidio International Bridge.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet (3.7 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
after which the flood plain between the levees begins to flood.
No damage is expected.
At 15.5 feet (4.7 meters), the river reaches minor flood stage,
and flooding between the levees occurs. No damage to structures
is expected.
At 20.0 feet (6.1 meters), the river reaches moderate flood stage,
inundating the plain between the levees. Erosion of the levees is
likely. Water may seep through the levees, flooding adjacent
farmland.
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 20.6 feet (6.3 meters).
ending at 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday was 20.7 feet (6.3 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 20.7
feet (6.3 meters) tomorrow morning.
- Flood stage is 15.5 feet (4.7 meters).
18.9 feet (5.8 meters) on 09/03/2022.
Fld Observed Wed Wed Thu Thu
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 1pm 1am 1pm
Presidio Internation 15.5 20.6 Tue 7pm 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.5
Presidio Internation 4.7 6.3 Tue 7pm 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch.
minor lowland flooding occurs, and no significant damage is
expected.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), flood stage is reached. Moderate
lowland flooding begins. Roads that lead to Cottonwood Campground
and River Road may flood. Stages are practically synonymous with
the gage at Cottonwood Campground at Castolon (CSTT2), and
therefore represent the reach from Santa Elena Canyon through
Cottonwood Campground, where damage may occur. Cattle also graze
in the lowlands, and may be threatened.
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 14.7 feet (4.5 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow morning and continue rising to a crest of 15.5 feet
(4.7 meters) early Thursday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet (4.6 meters).
15.7 feet (4.8 meters) on 09/03/2022.
Fld Observed Wed Thu Fri Sat
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 1am 1am 1am
Johnson Ranch 15.0 14.7 Tue 7pm 14.8 15.3 15.5 15.4
Johnson Ranch 4.6 4.5 Tue 7pm 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Castolon.
* WHEN...Until late Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet (4.0 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
and no significant damage is expected.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), the river reaches minor flood stage,
and lowland flooding begins. The river begins to flood the road
between Santa Elena Canyon and Cottonwood Campground in Big Bend
National Park. The river begins to flood the parking lot at Santa
Elena Canyon, and cut off the nature trail into the canyon.
Campers in Cottonwood Campground need to prepare for possible
evacuations.
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 14.8 feet (4.5 meters).
this evening to a crest of 15.8 feet (4.8 meters) tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late Saturday
morning.
15.1 feet (4.6 meters) on 09/04/2022.
Fld Observed Wed Thu Fri Sat
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 1am 1am 1am
Castolon 15.0 14.8 Tue 7pm 15.3 15.8 15.4 15.1
Castolon 4.6 4.5 Tue 7pm 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.6
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former star in a St. Louis-based “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” reality television show testified Tuesday that he was not involved in the killing of his nephew.
James “Tim” Norman, 43, is accused of hiring two people to kill 21-year-old Andre Montgomery in March 2016 and then trying to cash a $450,000 life insurance policy he took out on his nephew in the months before he was killed.
Norman, 43, told jurors that he helped his nephew move to St. Louis about 18 months before he was killed and supported him financially because he was trying to watch out for Montgomery, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
“This is my brother’s kid, so I tried my best to step in and be a father figure,” Norman told the jury. “I tried my best to show him right from wrong and tried to be a friend at the same time.”
Norman and Montgomery starred in “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” a reality show on the OWN network that was based at a popular soul-food business founded by Norman’s mother and Montgomery’s grandmother, Robbie Montgomery.
Norman is facing two federal murder-for-hire counts and one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.
Prosecutors said Norman paid $10,000 to an exotic dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure his nephew to the site where he was shot and paid $5,000 to Travell Anthony Hill to shoot Montgomery.
Ellis and Hill have both pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme.
Norman testified Tuesday that he took out the life insurance policy on his nephew to give a longtime customer of the family restaurants, Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, some business.
Yaghnam pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and wire fraud in the case.
Montgomery left St. Louis after at least $220,000 in cash, jewelry and other items were stolen in a June 2015 burglary at Robbie Montgomery’s home.
Norman told jurors he and his mother hired a private investigator to find his nephew, but he had no intention of hurting him.
He said he flew to St. Louis on March 14, 2016 — the day of Montgomery’s death — as part of regular stops to do jobs for Sweetie Pie’s.
He said he paid Ellis only $1,000 for sex and $2,000 to help her open a boutique in Memphis. He acknowledged he asked Ellis to help him find Montgomery but never paid her to do so.
Norman testified he connected Ellis and Hill to find Montgomery because he wanted to get back items stolen from Robbie Montgomery’s home. He said he never paid Hill to shoot his nephew and didn’t know he was the shooter for years after his nephew’s death.
Robbie Montgomery, the primary figure on “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” attended court Monday and Tuesday during her son’s defense but declined to comment on the case. The defense originally intended to call her as a character witness. But prosecutors successfully opposed her testimony as not relevant to the case.
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
545 PM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN INYO COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
752 PM CDT Tue Sep 13 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande at Castolon affecting Brewster County.
Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch affecting Brewster County.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande below Presidio 5SE affecting Presidio County.
Rio Grande at Presidio International Bridge affecting Presidio
County.
.High flows coming out of the Rio Conchos and into the Rio Grande
over the next week are expected to result in considerable flooding
of the Rio Grande from Presidio downstream through Big Bend National
Park.
For the Rio Grande...including Presidio International Bridge,
Presidio 5SE...Moderate flooding is forecast. For Castolon, Johnson
Ranch...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Wednesday morning at 1000 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande below Presidio 5SE.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet (2.7 meters), the river reaches minor flood
stage, and low lying areas begin to flood.
At 11.0 feet (3.4 meters), minor flooding continues along the
river. Irrigation pumps may need to be removed. No threats to
residences or other structures are known to occur.
At 13.0 feet (4.0 meters), the river reaches moderate flood
stage. Farmland near the river will be inundated. Water may
begin flooding low lying areas of FM 170.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 13.2 feet (4.0 meters).
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday was 13.2 feet (4.0 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.3
feet (4.1 meters) late this evening.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet (2.7 meters).
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
13.2 feet (4.0 meters) on 08/24/2022.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (feet):
Fld Observed Wed Wed Wed Wed
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 7am 1pm 7pm
Rio Grande
Presidio 5SE 9.0 13.2 Tue 7pm 13.3 13.3 13.2 13.1
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (meters):
Presidio 5SE 2.7 4.0 Tue 7pm 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Presidio International Bridge.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet (3.7 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
after which the flood plain between the levees begins to flood.
No damage is expected.
At 15.5 feet (4.7 meters), the river reaches minor flood stage,
and flooding between the levees occurs. No damage to structures
is expected.
At 20.0 feet (6.1 meters), the river reaches moderate flood stage,
inundating the plain between the levees. Erosion of the levees is
likely. Water may seep through the levees, flooding adjacent
farmland.
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 20.6 feet (6.3 meters).
ending at 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday was 20.7 feet (6.3 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 20.7
feet (6.3 meters) tomorrow morning.
- Flood stage is 15.5 feet (4.7 meters).
18.9 feet (5.8 meters) on 09/03/2022.
Fld Observed Wed Wed Thu Thu
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 1pm 1am 1pm
Presidio Internation 15.5 20.6 Tue 7pm 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.5
Presidio Internation 4.7 6.3 Tue 7pm 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch.
minor lowland flooding occurs, and no significant damage is
expected.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), flood stage is reached. Moderate
lowland flooding begins. Roads that lead to Cottonwood Campground
and River Road may flood. Stages are practically synonymous with
the gage at Cottonwood Campground at Castolon (CSTT2), and
therefore represent the reach from Santa Elena Canyon through
Cottonwood Campground, where damage may occur. Cattle also graze
in the lowlands, and may be threatened.
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 14.7 feet (4.5 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow morning and continue rising to a crest of 15.5 feet
(4.7 meters) early Thursday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet (4.6 meters).
15.7 feet (4.8 meters) on 09/03/2022.
Fld Observed Wed Thu Fri Sat
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 1am 1am 1am
Johnson Ranch 15.0 14.7 Tue 7pm 14.8 15.3 15.5 15.4
Johnson Ranch 4.6 4.5 Tue 7pm 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Castolon.
* WHEN...Until late Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet (4.0 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
and no significant damage is expected.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), the river reaches minor flood stage,
and lowland flooding begins. The river begins to flood the road
between Santa Elena Canyon and Cottonwood Campground in Big Bend
National Park. The river begins to flood the parking lot at Santa
Elena Canyon, and cut off the nature trail into the canyon.
Campers in Cottonwood Campground need to prepare for possible
evacuations.
- At 7:15 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 14.8 feet (4.5 meters).
this evening to a crest of 15.8 feet (4.8 meters) tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late Saturday
morning.
15.1 feet (4.6 meters) on 09/04/2022.
Fld Observed Wed Thu Fri Sat
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1am 1am 1am 1am
Castolon 15.0 14.8 Tue 7pm 15.3 15.8 15.4 15.1
Castolon 4.6 4.5 Tue 7pm 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.6
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NEW YORK (AP)Chris Bassitt had his shortest start in three months, failing to get through the fourth inning as the NL East-leading New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs 5-2 Monday night.
New York remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta, which lost 3-2 in San Francisco.
The Mets had won each of Bassitt’s last eight starts, a span in which he had a 2.24 ERA. But the right-hander gave up five runs in 3 2/3 innings – his quickest exit since he lasted a season-low 3 1/3 innings against San Diego on July 8.
”He’s pitched at such a high level, it really catches your attention (when he doesn’t),” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. ”Chris has been such a rock for us all year and will be again.”
Rafael Ortega homered in the second – the first home run allowed by Bassitt (13-8) since he gave up Manny Machado’s round-tripper July 23, a stretch of 54 1/3 innings. Zach McKinstry hit a two-run shot in the third before Ortega and Alfonso Rivas each had an RBI single in the fourth.
”It’s a bad start,” Bassitt said. ”Obviously, this entire game’s on me. It’s unfortunate. But I’ll work my butt off and go to the next one.”
A quartet of relievers blanked the Cubs on two hits over the final 5 1/3 innings. But the Mets stranded 10 runners – including seven over the first six innings against rookie right-hander Javier Assad (1-1), who allowed five hits in earning the first victory of his career.
Mark Canha struck out with the bases loaded in the first. James McCann delivered a two-out RBI single in the fourth, when Brandon Nimmo whiffed to leave two on. Eduardo Escobar tripled with two outs in the sixth but was left there when Assad struck out Tyler Naquin.
”This is a hostile environment here in New York and they’ve got a really good team,” Cubs manager David Ross said. ”He had some innings there that things could have sped up on him.”
The Mets loaded the bases with none out but didn’t score in the eighth, when Showalter utilized Mychal Givens – who’d pitched the seventh and eighth – as a pinch-runner at first base for designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach. It was the first pinch-running appearance of Givens’ eight-year career.
But Manuel Rodriguez struck out Canha before giving way to Brandon Hughes, who retired Escobar and pinch-hitter Darin Ruf on flyouts.
”Thought our bullpen was really good after the fact, gave us a chance,” Showalter said. ”Just couldn’t cash in a lot of opportunities we had. That was frustrating for us.”
Ruf is hitting .222 with six RBIs in 27 pinch-hit at-bats this season but is in a 1-for-33 slump dating to Aug. 18.
”It’s frustrating but it’s baseball,” Ruf said with a small smile. ”It happens.”
Hughes gave up a two-out homer to Francisco Lindor in the ninth before retiring Jeff McNeil on a groundout for his fifth save.
”The guys played really hard, really well and did a nice job,” Ross said. ”And Hughsie locked it down for us. Nice overall team win.”
Escobar, who also singled in the fourth, extended his hitting streak to 10 games. He’s batting .500 (18 for 36) during the run.
MAYGYVER
Mets right-handed reliever Trevor May was activated from the injured list after missing 10 days with COVID-19. May, wearing a mask in the locker room Monday afternoon, said he stayed loose by throwing baseballs against his couch – set on its side and covered in blankets – in his apartment.
”That works really, really well, so I highly recommend it if you ever had to do that,” May said. ”You don’t need a net, you can just MacGyver. I was able to throw as hard as I could. I would have had to throw 160 (mph) to get through the couch.”
The IL stint was the second of the season for May, who missed three months with a triceps injury. He had a 3.86 ERA with 14 strikeouts in 9 1/3 innings over 10 appearances in between stays on the IL.
”Timing-wise, really, really frustrating,” May said of his COVID-19 battle. ”Not been a lot of things falling my way this year, in general.”
MOMENT OF SILENCE
Before the first pitch, moments of silence were held for former big league pitcher Anthony Varvaro as well as the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Varvaro, a New York City native and St. John’s graduate who pitched for three teams from 2010-15 before retiring to become a Port Authority police officer, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to the 9/11 remembrance in Manhattan.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: SS Nico Hoerner (triceps) didn’t play after exiting Sunday’s game in the sixth inning. Ross said Hoerner was a little sore but planned to take swings in the batting cage before the game. . Willson Contreras (left ankle) is eligible to come off the injured list Tuesday, but Ross said the All-Star catcher will likely return after Thursday’s off day.
Mets: In addition to activating May, the Mets activated INF Luis Guillorme (left groin), who missed the previous 26 games. To make room on the roster, New York placed RHP Bryce Montes de Oca (left hamstring) on the injured list and designated for assignment INF Devan Marrero.
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Cubs: RHP Adrian Sampson (1-5, 3.76 ERA) has one win in 14 starts this season despite allowing two runs or fewer nine times, including in each of his last three outings.
Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (5-1, 1.66 ERA) has retired at least 12 consecutive batters in each of his last six starts, the longest such streak in the last 40 years.
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Sherri Shepherd has officially made her debut as a talk show host! The View alum launched her daytime talk show, Sherri, on Monday, and her premiere episode was full of cameos from stars wishing her good luck.
The Daytime Emmy Award winner kicked off the first episode with a sweet monologue, giving her audience a brief introduction to their host.
"I just want to say if you don’t know, welcome to the Sherri show," she said. "And in case you don’t know, I am Sherri Shepherd. I am a comedian, I am an actress, I’m an Emmy-winning former co-host of The View... I’m also a mother, a girlfriend and I’m also the girl next door who just happens to be living her dream because I’m hosting my own talk show!"
Shepherd shared how Oprah Winfrey reached out to offer her a wealth of wisdom before she began her new gig, joking that she had to take a potassium pill "because my fingers were cramped" after taking 15 pages of notes.
According to Winfrey, the key to Shepherd's success lies in the energy she brings to her viewers. "She said, 'The energy that you put out, you will get back in direct proportion from your audience,'" the new host added.
Following her intro, Shepherd welcomed Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss and comedian Kym Whitley as her first guests. She also featured Lorene Harmon, who became a viral sensation when she went looking for a Sugar Daddy in Walmart. The 97-year-old took to the aisles again to promote Shepherd's new talk show.
Of course, Shepherd couldn't embark on her new journey without some help from her friends. The Sherri host shared a video montage of her famous friends and co-stars who reached out to wish her best wishes on her talk show premiere. The video featured messages from many familiar faces, including Rosie O’Donnell, Garcelle Beauvais, Rachel Lindsey, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg and husband Donnie Wahlberg, Tracy Morgan, and Zachary Levi.
Earlier this month, Shepherd told ET that both Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres were her industry inspirations ahead of her new show's premiere. "A little bit of Ellen, a little bit of inspiration of Oprah, a lot of the laughter of Ellen and put that together, and then you got Sherri and I am like, 'Let’s go,'" she said at that time.
In advance of her show's first season, Shepherd named Lizzo, Michelle Obama, and Michael B. Jordan as her dream guests.
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Spending money you don't have has become easier than ever before.
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) services have been on the rise for years, with companies such as Klarna, Zip, and Afterpay offering zero-interest payment plans for a variety of purchases from partner retailers — everything from mattresses to electronics, sporting goods, clothing, jewelry and more. Their apps are marketplaces full of major retail brands that beckon you with deals and offers, and the clincher: You don't have to pay for the whole purchase now.
Apple already offers zero-interest payment plans on its products through Apple Card, but the company is adding a new BNPL option called Apple Pay Later that will be connected to Apple Wallet. Now, with an iPhone's wireless tap, users can purchase non-Apple products spread out in four payments over the course of six weeks.
Tempting, right? That's the point.
A whopping 43 percent of Americans said they have used a BNPL service, according to an April 2022 LendingTree poll, up from 31 percent in 2021. These services are also most popular among women, Gen Z (ages 18 to 25), and those making between $50,000 and $74,999 a year.
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College students and recent graduates, who make up Gen Z, tend to have little to no credit history and are generally less financially literate. If mismanaged or overused, BNPL services can lead to drastic consequences on a young consumer's already delicate financial wellness.
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"As it becomes easier for consumers to access buy now, pay later loans, it becomes more important for the consumer to be their own filter and to go through all the right steps that they need to take to ensure that they are borrowing for the right reasons," said Bruce McClary, senior vice president of membership and communications at the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.
Without understanding the hidden risks of BNPL loans, these services can cause consumers more harm than good. Here's what you need to know before considering using BNPL apps.
When to use a BNPL app
Carefully review your personal finances before signing up to ensure the BNPL loan won't saddle you with debt you can't pay back.
"It's important to know your financial situation and capacity for managing multiple types of loans before you jump into these things," said Matt Schulz, chief credit analyst at LendingTree.
The first questions you need to ask yourself are:
1) Is the purchase necessary/one you won't regret?
2) Is buy now, pay later the only way you can afford it?
3) Are you certain that you can and will make the payments on time?
Generally speaking, it's better to pay off purchases in full and not have a loan hanging over your head. It's easier, less risky, and more financially responsible.
"If you have the money, if you can afford it, and if it's not going to derail your budget, go ahead and just pay the balance," McClary said. "It's certainly less complicated than entering into some kind of a multipart payment plan."
If it's a necessary purchase — say a new mattress or a new computer — and you know that you will be able to make the monthly payments (make sure you know what they are before you buy the item) then a buy now, pay later loan might be a good option for you.
You should try avoid using BNPL to finance superfluous purchases that you cannot afford and do not need. For instance, if that designer bag you've always wanted is only within reach by means of going into debt, you might want to rethink that purchase.
"It just encourages you to buy things that you previously wouldn't have been able to buy," said Maddie White, a fashion influencer with over 2.6 million followers on TikTok and outspoken skeptic of BNPL. "Even though you made it happen, it's not necessarily a financially responsible decision."
And, consider this: An emergency expense — like a new mattress or computer — could pop up that can't wait. What happens if you can't afford it because you're still paying off that handbag? Or, maybe you qualify for a second buy now, pay later loan, but then you have two giant bills hanging over your head for the next year or however long?
To take it one step further: What happens if you have all that outstanding debt and then you lose your job? You see where racking up too much debt can be a slippery slope. The hidden risks of these loans might cause unnecessary harm to your financial wellness. If you have to take one out, you want to know that it's manageable.
If you miss a BNPL payment, what will happen?
Of course, no one anticipates they would miss a payment when they opt into a BNPL service.
It happens more often than you might think. Forty-two percent of consumers who have used a BNPL service have made at least one late payment, according to LendingTree.
When you sign up for that loan — and remember, it IS a loan, not just a purchase — it's important to understand what will happen if you forget to make a payment.
"Even though you may think that you're not going to get off track, you need to be prepared in case you do need to understand the consequences that you might face," McClary said.
Most BNPL services charge a late fee or start charging interest on late payments.
Afterpay says it will pause your account and not allow you to buy anything else until you are caught up on your payments. And, missing a payment might impact your spending limit.
So, make sure you read the fine print of the BNPL service you might use before opting in.
You should know if your BNPL activity will be shared with credit bureaus, which impacts your FICO credit score. Unlike credit cards, not all BNPL loan payments are reported to credit bureaus. However, different BNPL services — and even different loans within these services — have different rules about reporting payments.
Sometimes, only late BNPL payments are reported, which might negatively affect your credit score. This can have a drastic impact on your prospects of applying for a credit card, mortgage rates and other loans.
"When it comes to credit, it's mostly downside and not a whole lot of upside," Schulz said. "These lenders aren't typically reporting good credit history, but if you make a late payment, some lenders will report that. A single late payment can really do some damage to your credit report."
With the increasing use of BNPL loans, some credit reporting agencies are making efforts to gather as much data as possible on these loans. Experian and TransUnion have already announced plans to include BNPL loan data in consumers' credit scores.
As a young consumer with little credit history, you don't want these late payments to ding your credit score.
"It's entirely possible that there are young folks out there that may not have anything else on their credit report other than a late payment on a buy now, pay later loan," Schulz said. "It's tough to start building your credit from there."
Does spending with BNPL feel too easy?
If going on shopping sprees or making large purchases feels easier than usual when using a BNPL service, you might need to do a double-take and ask yourself: Are you overspending?
One of the primary financial risks of BNPL is that it may encourage you to spend significantly more than you normally would. Almost 70% of consumers that have used BNPL services admit to overspending when using them.
"With these loans, overspending is kind of the point," Schulz said. "It's important for people to understand that just because someone will give you money, it doesn't mean that you should take it or can afford it."
Social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram motivate overspending by amplifying the pressure for users to subscribe to fast fashion and other trends. White attributes viral trends to the uptick in BNPL use among young consumers.
"Social media contributes to how quickly the trend cycle returns, and then when the trend cycle overturns, that encourages people to buy more things," White said.
A lot of these Buy Now, Pay Later marketplaces egg you on with their marketing on social media platforms, showing you how much you can buy now and pay for later. This relentless messaging, coupled with virtually unfettered access to BNPL loans, can make overspending alarmingly easy.
"Anybody with the right technology and account access can start in minutes and get the financing they want, whether they can afford to pay it or not," McClary said. "Imagine how much debt you can run up in a matter of 30 minutes. It's astounding."
Keeping close tabs on your BNPL loans is key to resisting overspending. If BNPL users don't budget these payments into their finances, it can lead to a silent accumulation of debt. "They ordered five things in the same week and all of a sudden, a month down the line, they've got six payments and they can't afford it," White said.
"It's not like opening your wallet and taking your cash out and saying 'Oh, I only have X dollars left,'" said Carrie Rattle, CEO of Behavioral Cents and a financial therapist who specializes in compulsive spending. "If financial literacy is not in the picture of the person who's actually purchasing, and they're not adding up all those payments they're going to owe in 15 days, they go into debt."
Despite the risks that come with BNPL, Rattle says these services and their small point-of-sale loans can help young consumers build their financial literacy when used correctly. Rattle points out that two core competencies of saving money are discipline and planning ahead — two qualities that are vital to keeping up with BNPL payments.
"If you adhere to buy now, pay later, and actually pay on time, you're good at both of those already," Rattle said. "In that way, if you can manage it, BNPL trains you for excellent money behaviors."
Do you know the changing rules and regulations?
Because BNPL apps are still relatively new to the fintech market, the rules for credit reporting and regulation are constantly changing. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched an inquiry in December 2021 into BNPL services amid growing pressure to regulate them.
"The CFPB is concerned about accumulating debt, regulatory arbitrage, and data harvesting in a consumer credit market already quickly changing with technology," the bureau announced in a statement.
Even without federal regulation, BNPL services may have different rules about credit reporting and payment enforcement. Make sure you follow the specific rules of your BNPL loan and keep up to date on potential changes so that you don't land yourself in debt and with a lower credit score.
BNPL services were designed to benefit consumers, but without considering the risks, these tricky loans can do the opposite. Know your finances, understand your personal spending habits, and read the fine print of buy now, pay later loans. If purchasing with BNPL feels too good to be true, then it probably is.
″College Voices″ is a guide written by college students to help young people learn about important money issues such as student loans, budgeting and getting their first apartment — and make smart choices. Jack Pedigo is a production intern in CNBC's Washington, DC bureau. He is a junior at Georgetown University, studying international culture, politics and journalism. The guide is edited by Cindy Perman.
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The 30-year-old has struggled with the problem for the past couple of years, restricting him to just 12 appearances for Bayern last season and none in the 2022-23 campaign.
Sarr started all seven of Senegal's games in their Africa Cup of Nations triumph earlier this year, but the versatile right-sided player will play no part for his country in Qatar.
"I don't know how to express my disappointment to be away from the pitch for the coming months and especially to miss a World Cup," Sarr, capped 13 times, posted on Instagram.
"It was not an easy decision to make, but after many months of thinking, I understood it would be the wisest, and above all the most reasonable, decision for the rest of my career."
Sarr joined Bayern from Marseille in October 2020 and has played 27 times for the German giants in all competitions, 10 of those being starts.
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DETROIT (AP) — Rookie Hunter Brown returned to his hometown to pitch six strong innings, leading the Houston Astros past the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Yordan Alvarez homered and scored three times for the Astros, who are 6-0 against the Tigers this season.
Brown (2-0), who allowed two runs on five hits, was making his second career start in front of a loud group of friends and family. He grew up in suburban Detroit and attended Wayne State, about a mile from Comerica Park.
Ryan Pressly struck out the side in the ninth for his 27th save.
Tigers starter Drew Hutchison (2-8) allowed four runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.
The Astros took a 1-0 lead on Yordan Alvarez's long homer in the first, but the Tigers ended a 22-inning scoreless streak in the second. With one out, Spencer Torkelson walked and beat Alvarez's throw to the plate on Eric Haase's double down the left-field line.
Houston quickly regained the lead when Alvarez hit a two-out double and scored on Alex Bregman's flare over the infield. Kyle Tucker followed with a home run to right, making it 4-1.
Akil Baddoo tripled in the bottom of the inning and scored on Riley Greene's single.
Houston added two more runs in the seventh. Alvarez led off with a walk and Bregman followed with a long drive to the out-of-town scoreboard in right-centerfield. Greene, though, made a diving catch on the warning track, forcing Alvarez to sprint back from beyond second.
After Tucker flew out, Yuli Gurriel homered to left to give Houston a 6-2 lead. Kody Clemens homered off Hector Neris in the bottom of the inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
RHP Justin Verlander (calf) traveled with the Astros for the series and took part in fielding drills before the game with his family looking on. He could be activated from the injured list later in the week.
ROSTER MOVES
The Astros activated IF/OF Aledmys Diaz (groin) from the 10-day injured list and optioned OF J.J. Matijevic to Triple-A Sugar Land. LHP Blake Taylor (elbow) was activated from the 60-day injured list and optioned to Sugar Land while IF/OF Taylor Jones was designated for assignment.
UNUSUAL SCORING
Pitchers aren't normally credited with an assist on a strikeout, but Brown got one in the third inning. Kerry Carpenter checked his swing on an 0-2 knuckle curve and the ball ricocheted off Martin Maldonado's chest protector and rolled toward the mound. As Maldonado was appealing to third-base umpire Cory Blaser - who ruled Carpenter had swung - Brown picked up the ball and tossed to first baseman Yuli Gurriel for a K 2-1-3 putout.
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The teams finish their season series on Wednesday, with Detroit's Joey Wentz (1-1, 4.05 ERA) facing Houston's Cristian Javier (8-9, 3.01).
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Regional Needs Assessment Identifies Water Issues Across Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The quality of drinking water, flooding, lack of access to adequate green space, contamination and pollutants, and trash are among the most urgent water-related concerns facing low-income and tribal populations around the nine-county Bay Area, according to the Regional Needs Assessment released today by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. Led by members of disadvantaged and tribal communities, the report was developed through the Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Program's Disadvantaged Communities and Tribal Involvement program, which is funded by the California Department of Water Resources.
Concerns about tap water quality were particularly noted across the Bay Area, a region typically known for its high-quality drinking water. Water worries from the perspective of residents in Antioch, Bay Point, Dillon Beach, East Oakland, East Palo Alto, East San Jose, Marin City, North Richmond, Petaluma, Pittsburg, Point Reyes, San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood, San Rafael's Canal District and South Vallejo are noted in the report, as are the needs of people experiencing homelessness, who have some of the least access to water, sanitation, and hygiene.
"This report sheds light on the systemic and pervasive nature of water quality and water management problems shared by disadvantaged and tribal communities throughout the Bay Area. People in these communities have identified and sought solutions to these problems for decades, but too often have been ignored or have had their problems minimized as isolated incidents," says James Muller, manager for the Disadvantaged Communities and Tribal Involvement Program at the San Francisco Estuary Partnership.
The Regional Needs Assessment includes the findings of individual needs assessments conducted in 13 communities and five tribes and tribal organizations throughout the Bay Area, as well as in several locations where people are experiencing homelessness. The findings identify similar and pervasive problems shared by communities around the Bay Area. These problems fall under five intersecting categories: drinking water quality and affordability; flooding; industrial pollution and contamination; trash; and a lack of green space. Among the report's findings:
- Drinking water quality in disadvantaged communities was identified as a top priority concern: For instance, 75% of needs assessment participants in Marin City and East Palo Alto responded they use bottled water for cooking and drinking. In many areas, participants expressed concern that the water quality in their area is worse than in neighboring, more affluent areas.
- Native tribes' and disadvantaged communities' water problems intersect and overlap with public health disparities. Many participants directly linked their concerns over different water issues to their personal health and the health of their communities.
The report contains many recommendations directly from the community and tribal partners about how to address water-related challenges and to make funding opportunities more accessible and equitable. Highlighted recommendations include:
- Projects to address these problems must be community-driven. The Regional Needs Assessment advises government agencies to devote the time and resources to build relationships and trust with tribes and disadvantaged communities, and to help these communities build the capacity to implement solutions.
- Work directly with people experiencing homelessness to understand where and which recommendations from the assessment will be most helpful in different locations, and to understand how these needs differ by living situation, demographics, and other factors.
- Funding is one of the most important tools that public agencies throughout California have to assist disadvantaged communities and tribes that for generations have been underfunded, underrepresented, oppressed and/or ignored.
- The assessment recommends a majority of future Integrated Regional Water Management dollars be directed toward tribes and disadvantaged communities, which traditionally have received just 10 percent of this funding.
The Regional Needs Assessment is intended to be a first step toward understanding and elevating water-related issues from the perspective of the Bay Area's tribes and disadvantaged communities. Next steps will include following up on specific priorities identified in the Disadvantaged Community and Tribal sections of the report. The full report can be found at: https://www.sfestuary.org/dactip-regional-needs-assessment/.
Hosted by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), the San Francisco Estuary Partnership is a collaboration of local, state and federal agencies; non-governmental organizations; and academic and business leaders working to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary.
Community partners who led the assessment may be contacted at the following phone numbers:
- All Positives Possible: Ladonna Williams, (707) 342-7186
- Contra Costa Resource Conservation District: Chris Lim, (925) 269-9190
- Brower Dellums Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies and Action: Robin Freeman,
(510) 915-1452 - Friends of Sausal Creek: Anna Marie Schmidt, (510) 501-3672
- Greenaction: Bradley Angel, (415) 722-5270
- Marin City Climate Resilience and Health Justice: Ms. Terrie Green, (415) 336-6421
- Marin County Community Development Agency: Arti Kundu, (415) 473 7146
- The Multicultural Center of Marin: Marco Berger, (415) 960-5538
- Nuestra Casa: Kelly Hunt, (201) 401-5780
- Sonoma Ecology Center / Daily Acts: Brianna Schaefer, (707) 789-9664 / Tony Passantino, (707) 529-7493
- The Watershed Project: Anne Bremer, (510) 665-3430.
Tribal Partners who completed the Tribal Needs Assessment with the California Indian Environmental Alliance include:
- Amah Mutsun Tribal Band / Amah Mutsun Land Trust
- Association of Ramaytush Ohlone
- Him-r^n Ohlone, Jalquin, Saclan Tribe, Bay Miwok, Plains Miwok
- Muwékma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Napa Suscol Intertribal Council.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) between August 3, 2020 and August 23, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 14, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Twitter securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Twitter class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8303 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 14, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business operations and prospects. Specifically, that: (1) Twitter knew about security concerns on their platform; (2) Twitter actively worked to hide the security concerns from the board, the investing public, and regulators; (3) contrary to representations in SEC filings, Twitter did not take steps to improve security; (4) Twitter's active refusal to address security issues increased the risk of loss of public goodwill; and (5) as a result, Defendants' statements about Twitter's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Twitter class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8303 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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IN MEMORIAM PICK:
The unyielding dignity of Queen Elizabeth II flowers in Stephen Frears’ The Queen (2006), which stars an Oscar-winning Helen Mirren as the late monarch. Set in the days following the death of Princess Diana, the film shows Her Majesty struggling to console a grieving nation without forsaking her natural reserve. (“She respects emotion, and cannot fake it,” Martin Amis wrote in The New Yorker in 2002.) Restraint, it turns out, can be one of the greatest acts of love. HBO Max.
INDIE PICK 1:
These days, the pleasures of gleeful amorality are apparently lost on Paul Schrader, who keeps making movies about repentant loners soberly seeking redemption. After writing and directing the transfixing religious drama First Reformed (2017), he beautifully continued the trend with The Card Counter (2021), about a stoic gambler (Oscar Isaac) who becomes a mentor to a vengeful young man (Tye Sheridan) and falls in love with a glamorous woman (Tiffany Haddish) who manages professional gamblers. HBO Max.
INDIE PICK 2:
People like to joke that James Gray is one of the greatest living American filmmakers, but that only the French truly appreciate him. Yet he’s no arty weirdo—his storytelling is clean, clear and unashamedly sentimental. One of his best films is The Lost City of Z (2017), which stars Charlie Hunnam as Percy Fawcett, a real-life English explorer who vanished (along with his son, played by Tom Holland) in 1925 while searching for an ancient city he believed to be hidden in the Amazon. Amazon Prime.
HOLLYWOOD PICK:
It’s so accepted that Paddington 2 (2018) has earned a place in the pantheon of all-time classics that Nicolas Cage sang its praises in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. If you somehow missed director Paul King’s second lithe London romp with the beloved animated bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw), further your cinematic education by doing so immediately—and make yourself a scrumptious marmalade sandwich to complete the experience. HBO Max.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the national logistics policy on September 17, which is aimed at promoting seamless movement of goods across the country, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. The policy is expected to focus on several areas such as process re-engineering, digitisation, and multi-modal transport.
In 2020, the government, in the budget, had announced that it will soon release the national logistics policy.
The move assumes significance as high logistics cost impact competitiveness of domestic goods in the international market.
"On September 17, the prime minister is going to release the country's logistics policy," Goyal said here while addressing the members of the Board of Trade.
The government has emphasised on the need to reduce logistics cost in the country from the current levels of 13-14 per cent of GDP.
According to the commerce ministry, the sector is complex with more than 20 government agencies, 40 PGAs (Partner Government Agencies), 37 export promotion councils, 500 certifications, over 10,000 commodities, and USD 160 billion market size.
It also involves 200 shipping agencies, 36 logistics services, 129 ICDs (Inland Container Depots), 168 CFSs (Container Freight Stations), 50 IT ecosystems, banks and insurance agencies.
The sector provides livelihood to more than 22 million people and improving the sector will facilitate 10 per cent decrease in indirect logistics cost leading to the growth of 5 to 8 per cent in exports, the ministry had stated.
As per estimates, the worth of Indian logistics market is over USD 200 billion.
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Fears junk food curbs may be scrapped in anti-obesity policy review
During campaigning to become Tory party leader, Liz Truss had indicated removing red tape for businesses by possibly scrapping some anti-obesity regulations, might be on the cards.
Wednesday 14 September 2022 02:44, UK
A review of Britain's anti-obesity strategy is under way, with reports the ban on sugary products and "buy-one-get-one-free" deals may be reversed.
Sky News has learned the Health Department has put together an "internal summary" looking at the options.
Such a move would be likely to prompt major concerns from health campaigners and would mark a key break with some of the priorities under Boris Johnson's government.
It could also precipitate a clash with some MPs within the Tory party.
The Guardian, which first reported the story, says the government commissioned the internal review, which is not tied to any specific department, as a response to the economic woes facing the UK and countries around the world.
During the race to become Tory leader, Liz Truss had signalled some of the government's anti-obesity policies could be in her sights as she campaigned to win the votes of grassroots members.
The Guardian said the review was focused on being "deregulatory", with the government expected to cut some of the anti-obesity policies previously backed by the Johnson administration.
His government had been set to axe multi-buy promotions on foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) by the end of October.
Read more:
Sugar tax goes into force in the UK
But this was pushed back to October next year while other anti-obesity measures, such as a ban on TV adverts for HFSS food and drink before a 9pm watershed, were also delayed.
Last May, in response to what he saw as feet-dragging by ministers, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver presented an Eton Mess outside Downing Street in protest against government inaction.
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Won hits over 13-yr low following disappointing U.S. inflation data, rate hike woes
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency on Wednesday tumbled below the 1,390-won mark against the greenback for the first time in over 13 years as the higher-than-expected inflation data in the United States stoked worries over the Federal Reserve's more aggressive monetary tightening.
The local currency had been trading at 1,394.7 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:26 a.m., down 21.1 won from the previous session's close. The won dipped to as low as 1,395 at one point.
This marked the first time the won has fallen through the 1,390-won mark since March 31, 2009.
The tumble came hours after the U.S. government announced the country's consumer price index jumped 8.3 percent in August from a year earlier, higher than market expectations of an 8 percent rise.
The latest inflation data disappointed investors hoping to see eased inflation pressure in consideration of recent oil price declines and stoked worries the Federal Reserve will push for more aggressive monetary tightening down the road.
Market experts predict the Fed will likely deliver at least a 75-basis-point rate hike next week following increases of the same magnitude in June and July to tame runaway inflation.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
12-15-28-29-48, Lucky Ball: 4
(twelve, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
12-15-28-29-48, Lucky Ball: 4
(twelve, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: four)
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
2-0-0
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
2-0-0
(two, zero, zero)
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12-15-28-29-48, Lucky Ball: 4
(twelve, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
12-15-28-29-48, Lucky Ball: 4
(twelve, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: four)
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Teen avoids jail time after admitting to killing alleged rapist
POLK COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - An Iowa teen who says she stabbed and killed a man who trafficked and raped her received a deferred judgment.
KCRG reports that 17-year-old Pieper Lewis received a deferred judgment with probation for five years on Tuesday.
Previously, Lewis pled guilty to killing Zachary Brooks two years ago in Des Moines, Iowa.
Lewis said she became a victim of human trafficking after getting kicked out of her home. She said Brooks raped her several times leading up to her stabbing him.
A judge was supposed to sentence the 17-year-old last week but delayed it after the teen’s lawyers brought forward several witnesses. They testified she was not a threat to the community and shouldn’t go to prison.
Officials said Lewis was facing up to twenty years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
859 PM MDT Tue Sep 13 2022
...Strong winds will impact portions of southwestern Otero,
southeastern Dona Ana, northwestern Hudspeth and El Paso Counties
through 930 PM MDT...
At 858 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong area of winds
near Far East El Paso, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Winds 40 to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
West El Paso, East El Paso, Central El Paso, Northeast El Paso, Far
East El Paso, Mission Valley, Chaparral, Loma Linda, Fabens, Clint,
Horizon City, Anthony, Desert Haven, Hueco Tanks, Santa Teresa,
Sunland Park, Canutillo, San Elizario, Anthony Gap and Vinton.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 163 and 164.
Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 1 and 50.
Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 1 and 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3144 10615 3148 10622 3154 10625 3157 10628
3169 10635 3174 10639 3176 10645 3175 10649
3178 10653 3179 10665 3222 10653 3205 10578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 281DEG 49KT 3180 10629
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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CONWAY, Ark. – The Conway School Board met Tuesday night to review draft policies about the use of bathrooms and room assignments on overnight trips regarding gender.
“We want to take into consideration all students,” said school board member, Linda Harris.
Vicki Crockett has a transgender daughter who is a senior at Conway High school.
Crockett said, “I feel like it was a personal attack, even though I’m sure it’s not, I’m sure it’s just the new school board members have an agenda and I’m sure it’s part of that”.
The policy states, “girls will use girl bathroom and guys will use the guy’s bathrooms and u can use the faculty if you need a non-gender one,” said Crockett.
The other policy, discussing roommate assignments on overnight trips.
“You can’t stay with the opposite gender on school trips, boys have to stay with boys and girls have to stay with girls and if parents want their children to stay not with boys or not with girls they have to pay for it themselves personally,” said Crockett.
Members of the school board explained their reasoning during the meeting.
“One concern…. all of our conversations revolve around this one group of students… and we are not thinking about the others,” said Harris.
Vicki Crockett said if this policy goes through, children like her daughter will feel isolated at school.
“I’m hoping that they recognize the personal level of it and that would help them realize it’s something they just can’t do,” said Harris.
The policies are under a 30-day read to give the school board time to consider the public comment and input prior to approval.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
0-2-5-7
(zero, two, five, seven)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
0-2-5-7
(zero, two, five, seven)
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A sister of a teacher killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and an FBI agent who responded to the school shooting became overwhelmed with emotion Tuesday as they described what it has been like to be accused of being crisis actors by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others.
Carlee Soto Parisi and FBI agent William Aldenberg were the first witnesses to testify as a Connecticut jury began hearing evidence in a trial to decide how much money Jones owes for spreading the lie that the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown that killed 20 first graders and six educators didn’t happen.
Soto Parisi said she has been hounded, both in Connecticut and after she moved to North Carolina, by those who believe she was acting. Some of the hoax believers went online and posted photos of grieving women, including an Associated Press photo of a distraught Soto Parisi outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after the shooting, saying they were the same actor.
“I frequently got threatening emails and messages on all social media,” she testified, crying at times. “And it got to a point where they would use the gun emoji. And I spoke with cops in Connecticut and my husband ended up having to speak with cops in North Carolina, because we were scared for our lives.”
Aldenberg also broke down as he described being among the first law enforcement officers to enter the two classrooms where 20 children died. He described watching as the phone next to Vicki Soto’s body lit up with messages from those trying to reach her.
“Was what you saw in that school fake?” asked attorney Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
“No,” Aldenberg said. “It’s awful. It’s awful.”
He also testified about how he and others in the community and law enforcement were targeted with threats and conspiracy theories, including one that claimed he was an actor who also pretended to be the father of a victim.
“It’s one of the worst things that ever happened, if not the worst thing that ever happened here, what happened to them,” Aldenberg said. “And people want to say this didn’t happen? And then they want to get rich off of it? That’s the worst part.”
The trial in Waterbury, less than 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Newtown, was attended by more than a dozen family members of victims, including David Wheeler, the father who conspiracy theorists had claimed was the same person as Aldenberg. Wheeler nodded his head as Aldenberg apologized for what Wheeler had to endure because of their resemblance.
Jones did not attend the trial on Tuesday. He is expected in court next week. Jones and his Infowars brand are based in Austin, Texas.
The Sandy Hook families and Aldenberg say they have been confronted and harassed for years by people who believed Jones’ false claim that the shooting was staged by crisis actors as part of a plot to take away people’s guns.
Some say strangers have videotaped them and their surviving children. They’ve also endured death threats and been subjected to abusive comments on social media. And some families have moved out of Newtown to avoid harassment. They accuse Jones of causing them emotional and psychological harm.
“You know, you can say whatever you want about me, I don’t care,” Aldenberg said. “Just say what you want. I’m a frigging big boy. I can take it. But then they want to make profits, they want to make millions and millions of dollars. They want to destroy people’s lives. Their children got slaughtered. I saw it myself, and now they have to sit here and listen to me say this.”
It’s the second such trial for Jones, who was ordered by a Texas jury last month to pay nearly $50 million to the parents of one of the slain children. Jones was not at the trial Tuesday and is expected to attend next week.
A jury of three men and three women along with several alternates will decide how much Jones should pay relatives of eight victims and Aldenberg. Judge Barbara Bellis found Jones liable for damages without a trial last year after he failed to turn over documents to the families’ lawyers.
The judge also sanctioned Jones on Tuesday for failing to turn over analytic data related to his website and the popularity of his show. She told his lawyers that because of that failure, they will not be allowed to argue he didn’t profit from his Sandy Hook remarks.
In opening statements, Jones was described by Mattei as a bully and by his own attorney as a crank in a town square who should be ignored.
Mattei showed jurors data indicating how Jones’ audience increased as he spread lies about the shooting. He also showed them photos and videos of things Jones had said, and told the panel they already had the tools from their own life experiences to decide what to do in this case.
“What your parents taught you, what your grandparents taught you to know the difference between right and wrong, to know the difference between the truth and a horrible lie, to know the importance of standing up to bullies when they prey on people who are helpless and profit from them and to know unless you stop a bully, a bully will never stop,” he said. “And when it comes to stopping Alex Jones, that will be the most important work that you do.”
Jones’ attorney, Norm Pattis, argued that his client has espoused a number of conspiracy theories over the years, something he has a Constitutional right to do.
“At what point do we regard him as a crank on the village green, a person we can walk away from if we choose?” he asked.
Pattis told the jury that although Jones is liable for damages, any award should be minimal and alleged the families were overstating the harm they say Jones caused them.
On his Infowars web show on Tuesday, Jones portrayed himself as the victim of unfair show trials.
“How am I handling it? We’re at war. This is total tyranny,” he said. “I’ll tell you this, we can appeal this for years. We can beat this.”
The trial is expected to last about a month and feature testimony from more victims’ relatives. Jones also will be testifying, Pattis said.
Jones now says he believes the shooting was real. At the Texas trial, he testified that he realizes what he said was irresponsible, did hurt people’s feelings and he apologized. He continues, however, to insist that his comments were protected free speech. He views the lawsuits as efforts to silence him and put him out of business.
Jones’ lawyers say he intends to appeal the judgment against him in Texas. Jones also will face a third trial back in Texas involving the parents of another slain child.
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Associated Press writer Pat Eaton-Robb contributed to this story from Hartford, Connecticut.
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A staff member at a Boston university is being treated for minor injuries after a package delivered to the campus detonated while they were opening it.A spokesperson for Northeastern University said the explosion happened shortly after 7 p.m. at Holmes Hall. No students were injured. The Boston Police Department's Bomb Squad responded to the scene to investigate the incident, according to the spokesperson."We first saw two policemen kind of walking quickly into the building," said Northeastern student Jacob Isaacs. "The police started putting up tape.""One of the ladder trucks hoisted a ladder up to the roof of the building and a firefighter, with what I believe was an ax, went up on top of the building," said student Ryan Dicorpo.The FBI's Boston Division told sister station WCVB that it was aware of the incident and is coordinating with the Boston Police Department.Holmes Hall was evacuated and a notification was sent to the Boston campus at 7:55 p.m. urging people to avoid the area."We're also right across the street from a residence hall, so no one has been able to go in and out," said student Susanna Maize.Shortly after 8:30 p.m., the university notified Northeastern students that evening classes in several buildings were canceled due to the ongoing investigation.Boston police said they received a 911 call regarding two suspicious packages at the listed address for Holmes Hall, which is home to the university's creative writing program.Boston Emergency Medical Services said that multiple units responded to Leon Street for a reported explosion and that one patient was treated and transported to an area hospital by a basic life support ambulance.WCVB reporter Mike Beaudet said he was teaching a journalism class at the time of the explosion. He said his class was moved outside but that neither he nor any of his students heard any explosions.At about 10 p.m., WCVB's Nathalie Pozo received an alert from the university stating that the scene at Holmes Hall was contained and the campus was secured and that university police were working closely with Boston police to secure the area.In the wake of the incident at Northeastern, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are urging all members of the campus communities to be cautious and report any suspicious packages.Boston police told WCVB that they received a 911 call shortly before 8:30 p.m. regarding a suspicious package behind the Museum of Fine Arts, which is less than a mile away from the university explosion. A Massachusetts State Police official said the package behind the MFA was quickly determined to be trash and not a hazard.
A staff member at a Boston university is being treated for minor injuries after a package delivered to the campus detonated while they were opening it.
A spokesperson for Northeastern University said the explosion happened shortly after 7 p.m. at Holmes Hall. No students were injured.
The Boston Police Department's Bomb Squad responded to the scene to investigate the incident, according to the spokesperson.
"We first saw two policemen kind of walking quickly into the building," said Northeastern student Jacob Isaacs. "The police started putting up tape."
"One of the ladder trucks hoisted a ladder up to the roof of the building and a firefighter, with what I believe was an ax, went up on top of the building," said student Ryan Dicorpo.
The FBI's Boston Division told sister station WCVB that it was aware of the incident and is coordinating with the Boston Police Department.
Holmes Hall was evacuated and a notification was sent to the Boston campus at 7:55 p.m. urging people to avoid the area.
"We're also right across the street from a residence hall, so no one has been able to go in and out," said student Susanna Maize.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m., the university notified Northeastern students that evening classes in several buildings were canceled due to the ongoing investigation.
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Boston police said they received a 911 call regarding two suspicious packages at the listed address for Holmes Hall, which is home to the university's creative writing program.
Boston Emergency Medical Services said that multiple units responded to Leon Street for a reported explosion and that one patient was treated and transported to an area hospital by a basic life support ambulance.
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WCVB reporter Mike Beaudet said he was teaching a journalism class at the time of the explosion. He said his class was moved outside but that neither he nor any of his students heard any explosions.
At about 10 p.m., WCVB's Nathalie Pozo received an alert from the university stating that the scene at Holmes Hall was contained and the campus was secured and that university police were working closely with Boston police to secure the area.
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In the wake of the incident at Northeastern, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are urging all members of the campus communities to be cautious and report any suspicious packages.
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Boston police told WCVB that they received a 911 call shortly before 8:30 p.m. regarding a suspicious package behind the Museum of Fine Arts, which is less than a mile away from the university explosion. A Massachusetts State Police official said the package behind the MFA was quickly determined to be trash and not a hazard.
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‘Big bad wolf’? Police capture pet wolf spotted near daycare
Published: Sep. 13, 2022 at 9:43 PM CDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
OKLAHOMA CITY (Gray News) - Police officers in Oklahoma said they spotted a rare pet roaming the streets on Tuesday.
The Oklahoma City Police Department said officers helped capture a pet wolf that was reported as a lost animal.
According to the police department, a resident reported the pet, which is 85% wolf and 15% Alaskan Malamute, missing before it was seen near a daycare.
Officers said the “big bad wolf” was instead a “cuddly puppy” as they reunited the animal with its owner safe and sound.
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Highly contagious rabbit disease identified in Connecticut
By Evan Sobol
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HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A highly contagious rabbit disease was detected in Hartford County, according to the state.
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture said Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Type 2 (RHDV2) was found at a residence.
RHDV2 is a foreign animal disease that is highly contagious, the state said. It can be deadly to domestic and wild rabbits.
The disease cannot be transmitted from animals to humans, said the state.
The department reported the sudden death of 13 rabbits on September 6. A 14th died on September 8.
Laboratory testing on September 11 confirmed detection of RHDV2.
“While this case is an isolated incident and limited to one household, rabbit owners are being encouraged to ensure proper health and sanitary measures to prevent the disease by taking simple steps to reduce the chance of RHDV2 affecting rabbits,” the department of agriculture said.
The department gave tips that could help prevent spread of the disease:
Do not allow wild rabbits or pet rabbits from other locations to have contact with your rabbits or to gain entry to your facility or home. Do not allow visitors in rabbitries or let them handle pet rabbits without protective clothing (including coveralls, shoe covers, hair covering, and gloves). Always wash hands with warm soapy water before entering your rabbit area, after removing protective clothing and when leaving the rabbit area. Do not introduce new rabbits from unknown or untrusted sources. If you bring outside rabbits into your facility or home, keep them separated from your existing rabbits for at least 30 days. Use separate equipment for newly acquired or sick rabbits to avoid spreading disease. Sanitize all equipment and cages moved on or off premises before they are returned to the rabbitry. “According to the state, the source of the outbreak has not been identified. Clinical signs of rabbit hemorrhagic disease include sudden death, fever, lack of appetite, respiratory signs, nervous signs, internal bleeding leading to blood-stained noses, and anemia. The disease is confirmed through collection of postmortem tissue samples,” the department said.
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Jiménez, Abreu homer as surging White Sox beat Rockies 4-2
By JAY COHEN
AP Baseball Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Eloy Jiménez hit a three-run homer and Miguel Cairo directed the Chicago White Sox to another victory, topping the Colorado Rockies 4-2. Michael Kopech pitched five effective innings as Chicago remained three games back of AL Central-leading Cleveland, which rallied for a 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Angels. José Abreu also went deep, and Liam Hendriks handled the ninth for his 33rd save. The White Sox improved to 10-4 since Cairo moved from bench coach to acting manager after Tony La Russa stepped away to deal with a heart issue.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins’ bid to pitch a combined no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals ended when Bobby Witt Jr. doubled with one out in the ninth inning.
Witt’s hit came against reliever Jovani Moran on Tuesday night.
Twins starter Joe Ryan was taken out after throwing 106 pitches in seven innings. The crowd at Target Field booed when Twins manager Rocco Baldelli sent Moran to the mound to start the eighth.
Moran issued a pair of one-out walks in the ninth before Witt pulled a clean double to left field.
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TORONTO (AP) — Since he was a high school student, Hugh Jackman wanted to play the roguish traveling salesman Professor Harold Hill in “The Music Man” on Broadway. He’s fulfilled that dream — but all things must come to an end.
On the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival, Jackman told The Associated Press that the revival will play its last performance at the beginning of the new year,
“Jan. 1 is going to be the last show. So we’ve got another three and a half months. So if you haven’t seen it, please come and see,” Jackman said after conferring with his publicist.
Jackman said he had a blast doing the show, which has double Tony Award winner Sutton Foster playing his love interest. “I love it. I love the cast. I love everything about the show. The audiences have been incredible and I’m going to be sad,” he said.
The musical tells the simple story about Harold Hill, a traveling con man who in 1912 convinces a small Iowa town into forming a band and selling them instruments until love changes him. It’s got classic songs like ″Seventy-Six Trombones,” ″Goodnight My Someone,” ″Gary, Indiana” and “Till There Was You.”
The musical revival was delayed several times due to the pandemic, finally opening in February. It has been a box office juggernaut, regularly exceeding $3 million a week, even if it got little love at the Tony Awards.
Jackman was at Toronto for the world premiere of “The Son,” which is the second part of the Florian Zeller trilogy of plays adapted for film. Anthony Hopkins, along with Zeller and Christopher Hampton took home Oscars for “The Father.”
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Tear-filled eyes bid Queen Elizabeth II farewell in 6-hour journey though Scotland; Ukraine forces push to reclaim Kharkiv region; Americans gather to honor the memories of 9/11 victims
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Friday, Sep 09, 2022King Charles III pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth in first public address; The life and legacy of the new king, Charles III; Glimpses into private life of Queen Elizabeth IINR
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PARIS (AP) — Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity, the Paris mayor announced Tuesday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine deepens an energy crisis in Europe.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the iconic tower that is normally illuminated until 1 a.m. is only one of the city’s monuments and municipal buildings that will be plunged into darkness earlier in the evening as the French capital — like the rest of France and Europe — faces risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts when energy demand surges this winter.
Russia has reduced natural gas supplies to several European countries as they support Ukraine, sending prices for gas and electricity surging. It’s fueled inflation and raised fears about shrinking supplies as the heating season draws near, forcing countries to enact conservation measures and relief for consumers and businesses. While some European companies have reduced or halted production as energy prices surge, the European Union is looking to pass proposals to ease the crisis.
Lights on the Eiffel Tower will be turned off after the last visitor leaves at 11:45 p.m., starting Sept. 23, Hidalgo said. Other landmarks operated by the city, such as Saint-Jacques tower and City Hall, will be turned off at 10 p.m.
“It’s a symbolic, but an important step,” Hidalgo said, brushing off criticism that Paris authorities could do more to reduce energy consumption by 10% — the target set in July by President Emmanuel Macron as part of a nationwide “sobriety plan” to conserve energy.
For safety reasons, streetlights will stay on across Paris and the ornate bridges over the Seine River also will remain illuminated at night, Hidalgo told reporters.
To align with France’s savings plan, she said she will press the government to adjust the lighting on national monuments in Paris, such as the domed Pantheon and the Arc de Triomphe, the famous Napoleonic arch that dominates the Champs-Elysees Avenue.
Paris authorities also aim to save energy by moving back when they turn on the heat in public buildings by a whole month, from mid-October to mid-November. They also plan to lower the temperature in public buildings by 1 degree, from 19 to 18 degrees Celsius (66 to 64 degrees Fahrenheit) during office hours, and to 16 C after hours and on weekends.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent commission is recommending that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on the renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy.
Panel members on Tuesday rolled out the final list of ships, base roads, buildings and other items that they said should be renamed. But unlike the commission’s recommendations earlier this year laying out new names for nine Army bases, there were no suggested names for the roughly 1,100 assets across the military that bear Confederate names.
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule, vice-chair of the commission, said the final cost for all of its renaming recommendations will be $62,450,030. The total for the latest changes announced Tuesday is $40,957,729, and is included in that amount.
The latest group of assets includes everything from the Arlington memorial, two Navy ships and some Army vessels to street signs, water towers, athletic fields, hospital doors and even decals on recycling bins, according to the panel.
The bulk of the remaining costs — or $21,041,301 — would cover the renaming of nine Army bases, and about $450,000 for recommended new names at the U.S. Military at West Point in New York.
Seidule said the panel determined that the memorial at Arlington was “problematic from top to bottom.” He said the panel recommended that it be entirely removed, with only the granite base remaining.
The statue, unveiled in 1914, features a bronze woman, crowned with olive leaves, standing on a 32-foot pedestal, and was designed to represent the American South. According to Arlington, the woman holds a laurel wreath, a plow stock and a pruning hook, with a Biblical inscription at her feet that says: “They have beat their swords into plough-shares and their spears into pruning hooks.”
The pedestal features 14 shields, engraved with the coats of arms of the 13 Confederate states and Maryland, which didn’t secede or join the Confederacy. Some of the figures also on the statue include a slave woman depicted as “Mammy” holding what is said to be the child of a white officer, and an enslaved man following his owner to war.
And the Latin inscription translates to: “The victorious cause was pleasing to the gods, but the lost cause to Cato,” and was meant to equate the South’s secession to a noble “lost cause.”
Seidule said the panel decided early on to propose new names only for the nine Army bases. It said that the Navy secretary has the authority to rename the two ships, which are the USS Chancellorsville and USNS Maury. The Chancellorsville was named for the Civil War battle and the Maury was named after a Confederate soldier.
He said the service secretaries can find new names for the handful of Army ships and the Air Force’s Fort Fisher Recreation Area in North Carolina. The panel recommended that the defense secretary rename Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
The panel’s most sweeping recommendations were released in May, and laying out new names for nine U.S. Army bases that commemorated Confederate officers: Fort Bragg in North Carolina; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia; Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia; Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Rucker in Alabama.
The recommendations are the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice, most recently in the aftermath of the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
For years, U.S. military officials had defended the naming of bases after Confederate officers. As recently as 2015 the Army argued that the names did not honor the rebel cause but were a gesture of reconciliation with the South.
But in the aftermath of the Floyd killing, and the months of racial unrest that followed, the Pentagon and Congress pushed for a comprehensive plan to rename the military posts and hundreds of other federal assets such as roads, buildings, memorials, signs and landmarks that honored rebel leaders.
The secretary of defense is expected to implement the commission’s plan no later than Jan. 1, 2024.
The panel also is recommending that the department set up a process to try and save money and efficiently change the names. And it said the secretary of defense should authorize the military service secretaries and other leaders to remove smaller items —- such as portraits, plaques and awards — that honor the Confederacy or those who served in it.
Created in 2020, the Naming Commission first met in March 2021 and began taking name recommendations from the public in September. Overall, the commission received more than 34,000 potential names for the nine Army bases.
Seidule said that some of the names that were not used can be used by the service secretaries as they determine new names for roads and other base locations and assets.
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BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon was headed toward the Chinese coast on Wednesday and forecast to make landfall near the port city of Ningbo later in the day.
Typhoon Muifa had maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers (90 miles) an hour as it moved northeast, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
The storm’s track would take it just east of the city of Shanghai and then inland through Jiangsu and Shandong provinces on China’s northeast coast.
All flights were canceled at the Ningbo airport and more than 11,000 fishing boats returned to port in Zhejiang province, according to Chinese media reports.
A requirement for a negative coronavirus test within the last 72 hours, required in much of China to enter buildings and other public areas, was suspended in Ningbo except for at airports, train stations and highway entrances.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-09-10-21-30
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Eiffel Tower to go dark earlier as Paris saves energy
PARIS - Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity, the Paris mayor announced Tuesday, as Russia's war in Ukraine deepens an energy crisis in Europe.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the iconic tower that is normally illuminated until 1 a.m. is only one of the city's monuments and municipal buildings that will be plunged into darkness earlier in the evening as the French capital — like the rest of France and Europe — faces risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts when energy demand surges this winter.
Russia has reduced natural gas supplies to several European countries as they support Ukraine, sending prices for gas and electricity surging. It's fueled inflation and raised fears about shrinking supplies as the heating season draws near, forcing countries to enact conservation measures and relief for consumers and businesses. While some European companies have reduced or halted production as energy prices surge, the European Union is looking to pass proposals to ease the crisis.
Lights on the Eiffel Tower will be turned off after the last visitor leaves at 11:45 p.m., starting Sept. 23, Hidalgo said. Other landmarks operated by the city, such as Saint-Jacques tower and City Hall, will be turned off at 10 p.m.
"It’s a symbolic, but an important step," Hidalgo said, brushing off criticism that Paris authorities could do more to reduce energy consumption by 10% — the target set in July by President Emmanuel Macron as part of a nationwide "sobriety plan" to conserve energy.
RELATED: Shops in Spain must set A/C no lower than 81 degrees to save energy
For safety reasons, streetlights will stay on across Paris and the ornate bridges over the Seine River also will remain illuminated at night, Hidalgo told reporters.
To align with France's savings plan, she said she will press the government to adjust the lighting on national monuments in Paris, such as the domed Pantheon and the Arc de Triomphe, the famous Napoleonic arch that dominates the Champs-Elysees Avenue.
Paris authorities also aim to save energy by moving back when they turn on the heat in public buildings by a whole month, from mid-October to mid-November. They also plan to lower the temperature in public buildings by 1 degree, from 19 to 18 degrees Celsius (66 to 64 degrees Fahrenheit) during office hours, and to 16 C after hours and on weekends.
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R. Kelly trial goes to jurors as deliberations begin
CHICAGO - The federal case in Chicago against R&B superstar R. Kelly is now in the hands of a jury at the end of a month-long trial.
Jurors left the courtroom to begin deliberations at 1:04 p.m.
The deliberations follow about three hours of closing arguments Tuesday, which ended with the final word from Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeannice Appenteng. She reminded jurors of the alleged victims in the case, known in court as Jane, Pauline, Tracy, Nia and Brittany.
"They were children when [Kelly] engaged them in threesomes," Appenteng said. "Find Robert Kelly guilty of sexually abusing these young women. Find him guilty of sexually abusing Jane. And for recording himself sexually abusing her over and over again as you saw."
Kelly could be seen softly shaking his head as the prosecutor finished her presentation.
Kelly’s lawyer began her closing argument earlier Tuesday by reminding jurors of Kelly’s humble beginnings as "a young, shy, introverted kid who had a dream to make it in the music industry" — and was not ready for the success he achieved.
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Pointing to Kelly’s 1990s anthem "I Believe I Can Fly," attorney Jennifer Bonjean told jurors that "no matter what you ultimately decide in the jury room, this man did some beautiful things when it came to making music."
"And he should not be stripped of every bit of humanity that he has," Bonjean said.
She also told jurors that Kelly should have had the benefit of a pseudonym, like the alleged victims who testified in his trial over the last month at Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
Bonjean said a pseudonym would remind jurors "that the lens through which you need to look at this evidence is as if he is a John Doe. Just anyone else. Not Robert Kelly. Not R. Kelly."
Appenteng’s argument followed Bonjean’s. The prosecutor quoted testimony that "R. Kelly had to have what he wanted."
"What R. Kelly wanted was to have sex with young girls," Appenteng said.
The case against Kelly largely revolves around an alleged victim known to jurors as "Jane." A notorious video allegedly depicting Kelly’s abuse of Jane surfaced in the 2000s and became central to Kelly’s earlier state-court trial in 2008.
The feds have accused Kelly of rigging that trial, at which he was acquitted, in part by intimidating Jane and her family into lying to authorities.
The video from the 2008 trial, as well as three others, are now central to Kelly’s current trial.
Bonjean argued that Jane’s family made a choice when they learned about that apparent relationship when Jane was 17. She is now in her late 30s.
"She was 17 years old," Bonjean said. "And they did not care that she was having a relationship, at that point, with Mr. Kelly."
"For all the fist pounding and outrage, that family made a decision that they wanted to make at that time," Bonjean continued. "And they lived with that decision … From that decision evolved a friendship that lasted decades."
Bonjean encouraged jurors to acquit Kelly across the board, questioning whether the feds had also proven Kelly’s abuse of four additional accusers, Tracy, Pauline, Nia and Brittany.
But she acknowledged that the first three counts of Kelly’s indictment, in which he is accused of making video recordings of his sexual abuse of Jane, are the "most difficult and serious" in the indictment.
The defense attorney focused on technical points in the charge.
"Was his purpose to create child pornography?" Bonjean asked.
She also questioned whether the videos crossed state lines.
Appenteng later said that Bonjean "left alone any argument about whether it was Jane or whether it was Mr. Kelly on that tape."
"Use Jane as your base and as your guide," Appenteng said. "Everything happened to her in this case. From beginning to end. Kelly’s sexual abuse of her is clear."
Jurors also heard closing arguments Monday from the government and Kelly’s two co-defendants, former business manager Derrel McDavid and former assistant Milton "June" Brown.
Laying out the case against Kelly then, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Pozolo described the trio as a "team" that worked together to hide Kelly’s sexual abuse of underage girls for decades.
"They did their level best … to cover up the fact that Robert Kelly, R. Kelly the R&B superstar, is actually a sexual predator," Pozolo said.
She pointed to the government’s strongest evidence against the singer: video that purportedly shows the singer performing sex acts with Jane, whom Kelly considered his unofficial goddaughter.
"They did their best, but in the end, they failed," Pozolo said. "We are here today because those tapes that they concealed for 20 years are no longer their secret. You have seen the tapes. You have seen what Kelly did to Jane."
Testimony in the trial spanned four weeks, with Jane herself taking the witness stand to testify that she and her parents for years had lied about sexual abuse by the singer, including false statements made to Chicago police investigators and a state grand jury, which, nonetheless indicted the singer in 2002. Jane did not testify when the singer went to trial in 2008, and he was acquitted by a Cook County jury.
During her testimony, Jane identified herself in videos that purportedly show her abuse by the singer, including a tape in which Kelly and Jane could be heard referring repeatedly to her age as they perform sex acts in the late 1990s.
Monday, McDavid’s lawyers — as they did during the accountant’s three days on the witness stand — attacked the credibility of prosecution witnesses who had admitted to taking cash bounties to conceal alleged child porn videos. McDavid testified he believed the singer’s denials at the time.
"The information he had then is just different than what he had now," McDavid’s attorney, Beau Brindley said.
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The Chrysler 300 is about to be killed off, again. But the full-size sedan will go out with a bang.
On Tuesday, the 2023 Chrysler 300C limited edition was announced with big V-8 power as a last hurrah for the iconic nameplate before production winds down at the end of the model year.
Originally introduced in 1955, the 300C nameplate returned in 2005 before quietly disappearing after the 2020 model year. The sedan will follow countless others into the great automotive beyond, including its V-8 muscle car siblings, the Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger.
The special edition packs a 6.4-liter V-8 engine rated at 485 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque. An 8-speed automatic transmission with a final drive ratio of 3.09 sends power to the rear wheels via a limited-slip differential. A dual-exhaust system with electronic baffles will make sure the 300C is heard before it’s seen.
Chrysler said the 300C will run from 0-60 mph in 4.3 seconds and run the quarter mile in 12.4 seconds on its way to a top speed of 160 mph.
Active dampers will help control body roll while red four-piston brake calipers at all four corners grab 14.2-inch front and 13.8-inch rear vented rotors.
It’ll take a keen eye to spot the differences between the 300 Touring, 300S, and the revived 300C, which will be available in three colors: Gloss Black, Velvet Red, and Bright White. Exterior modifications are limited to a new tri-color 300C badge, blacked-out chrome accents and trim, and model-specific 20-inch forged aluminum wheels.
Interior upgrades include Laguna black leather seats with an embossed 300C logo on the front seat backs. The dashboard is wrapped in black leather. Silver stitching and carbon fiber accents are found throughout the cabin while the gauge cluster receives a piano black bezel. An 8.4-inch touchscreen infotainment system and 19-speaker Harman/Kardon sound system come standard along with heated front seats and a heated steering wheel.
Every 300C will feature automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitors, and active lane control.
Production of the 2023 Chrysler 300C will be capped at 2,200 units at a price of $55,000. Reservations are being taken now.
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KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces Tuesday, pressing deeper into occupied territory and sending more Kremlin troops fleeing ahead of the counteroffensive that has inflicted a stunning blow on Moscow’s military prestige.
As the advance continued, Ukraine’s border guard services said the army took control of Vovchansk — a town just 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Russia seized on the first day of the war. Russia has acknowledged that it recently withdrew troops from areas in the northeastern region of Kharkiv.
Russian troops were also pulling out from Melitopol, the second largest city in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, the city’s pre-occupation mayor said. His claim could not immediately be verified.
Melitopol has been occupied since early March. Capturing it would give Kyiv an opportunity to disrupt Russian supply lines between the south and the eastern Donbas region, the two major areas where Moscow-backed forces hold territory.
Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram that the Russian troops were heading toward Moscow-annexed Crimea. He said columns of military equipment were reported at a checkpoint in Chonhar, a village marking the boundary between the Crimean peninsula and the Ukrainian mainland.
In the newly freed village of Chkalovske in the Kharkiv region, Svitlana Honchar said the Russians’ departure was sudden and swift.
“They left like the wind,” Honchar said Tuesday after loading cans of food aid into her car. “They were fleeing by any means they could.”
Some Russians appeared to have been left behind in the hasty retreat. “They were trying to catch up,” she said.
It was not yet clear if the Ukrainian blitz, which unfolded after months of little discernible movement, could signal a turning point in the nearly seven-month war.
But the country’s officials were buoyant, releasing footage showing their forces burning Russian flags and inspecting abandoned, charred tanks. In one video, border guards tore down a poster that read, “We are one people with Russia.”
Momentum has switched back and forth before, and Ukraine’s American allies were careful not to declare a premature victory since Russian President Vladimir Putin still has troops and resources to tap.
In the face of Russia’s largest defeat since its botched attempt to capture Kyiv early in the war, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said troops were hitting back with “massive strikes” in all sectors. But there were no immediate reports of a sudden uptick in Russian attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were carrying out “stabilization measures” across recaptured territory in the south and east, and rounding up Russian troops, “saboteurs” and alleged collaborators.
In his nightly address, Zelenskyy also pledged to restore normalcy in the liberated areas.
“It is very important that together with our troops, with our flag, ordinary, normal life enters the de-occupied territory,” he said, citing an example of how people in one village had already begun receiving pension payments after months of occupation.
Reports of chaos abounded as Russian troops pulled out — as well as claims that they were surrendering en masse. The claims could not be confirmed.
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar said Kyiv is trying to persuade even more Russian soldiers to give up, launching shells filled with flyers ahead of their advance.
“Russians use you as cannon fodder. Your life doesn’t mean anything for them. You don’t need this war. Surrender to Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the flyers read.
In the wake of the retreat, Ukrainian authorities moved into several areas to investigate alleged atrocities committed by Russian troops against civilians.
Since Saturday, the Kharkiv regional police have repeatedly reported that local law enforcement officers have found civilian bodies bearing signs of torture across territories formerly held by Russia. It was not possible to verify their statements.
On Tuesday, regional police alleged that Russian troops set up “a torture chamber” at the local police station in Balakliya, a town of 25,000, that was occupied from March until last week.
In a Facebook post, the head of the police force’s investigative department, Serhii Bolvinov, cited testimony from Balakliya residents and claimed that Russian troops “always kept at least 40 people captive” on the premises.
Meanwhile, military analysts sought to understand the blow sustained by Moscow.
British intelligence said that one premier force, the 1st Guards Tank Army, had been “severely degraded” during the invasion, along with the conventional Russian forces designed to counter NATO.
“It will likely take years for Russia to rebuild this capability,” the British officials said.
The setback might renew Russia’s interest in peace talks, said Abbas Gallyamov, an independent Russian political analyst and former speechwriter for Putin.
But even if Putin were to sit down at the negotiating table, Zelenskyy has made it clear that Russia must return all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, Gallyamov said.
“This is unacceptable to Moscow, so talks are, strictly speaking, impossible,” he said.
Putin’s previous actions “have restricted his room to maneuver,” so he “wouldn’t be able to put anything meaningful on the table.”
For talks to be possible, Putin “would need to leave and be replaced by someone who’s relatively untarnished by the current situation,” such as his deputy chief of staff, the Moscow mayor or the Russian prime minister, Gallyamov said.
The retreat did not stop Russia from pounding Ukrainian positions. It shelled the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, killing three people and injuring nine, said regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.
And Ukrainian officials said Russia kept up shelling around Europe’s largest nuclear facility, where fighting has raised fears of a nuclear disaster. The Nikopol area, which is across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, was shelled six times during the night, but no injuries were immediately reported, said regional Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko.
Strikes have also continued unabated on the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest and one that has been hammered by artillery for months.
Among Kharkiv’s battle-scarred apartment buildings, one man who returned to feed the birds struck a defiant tone, saying that the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive would likely prompt harsh Russian retaliation against civilian targets. But he said the Kremlin would not succeed in intimidating ordinary Ukrainians.
Putin “will strike so we don’t have water, electricity, to create more chaos and intimidate us,” said Serhii who only gave his first name. “But he will not succeed because we will survive, and Putin will soon croak!”
The counteroffensive has provoked rare public criticism of Putin’s war in Russia. Some of the war’s defenders played down the idea that the success belonged to Ukraine, blaming instead Western weapons and fighters for the losses.
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Arhirova reported from Kyiv.
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Registered nurse Mary Shiels prepares medicine for patients at the UCSF HIV/AIDS Clinic at Ward 86 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in 2019. HIV diagnoses crept up 16% in 2021 after years of decline.
San Francisco’s bold target to reach zero new HIV infections took a hit in the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report released this week by the San Francisco Department of Public Health shows.
New HIV diagnoses have largely been on the decline in San Francisco in recent years, going from 543 in 2006 to 160 in 2021, according to the most recent data available. That progress has been the result of citywide programs, as well as outreach and advocacy campaigns to connect people newly diagnosed as well as high-risk individuals with HIV to treatment and prevention options, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, a medicine that helps prevent HIV transmission.
However, after a shortage of testing and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, The City saw a 16% uptick in new diagnoses from 2020 to 2021, going from 138 to 160 new cases.
“We don’t necessarily know all the reasons why. But COVID has certainly played a role, and there are still a lot of staffing restrictions with COVID, and there’s been a real decrease in demand,” said Dr. Susan Buchbinder, co-chair of the Getting to Zero Steering Committee, which oversees The City’s effort to reach zero new HIV diagnoses. Buchbinder added that the rise in diagnoses in 2021 could reflect an increase in transmission but may also be a result of improving access to testing.
Since 2016, there has also been an increase in overall deaths among people living with HIV, which health experts partly attributed to an aging HIV-positive population. But for the first time, accidental deaths related to drug overdoses are now also among the leading causes of death for people diagnosed with HIV.
The percentage of drug overdose deaths among people with HIV increased from 11.1% in 2009-2012 to 15.0% in 2017-2020, the according to the report.
At least 27% of new HIV diagnoses were occurring in people who inject drugs.
“We must acknowledge that people living with HIV can face considerable structural barriers to care and behavioral health challenges that go beyond the immediate medical impacts of the disease,” said Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip. “Our approach with community partners must ensure a ‘whole person’ approach that includes wraparound supports to address the many needs of a person.”
Report authors noted that the increase in overdose deaths coincides with a spike in drug overdoses deaths that occurred citywide during 2020 and subsequent years following the pandemic.
A total of 725 people died of accidental drug overdose in San Francisco in 2020, largely driven by fentanyl, according to data from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In 2021, 641 people in San Francisco died of overdose, and at least 346 overdose deaths have occurred so far in 2022.
In response to increasing HIV diagnoses in homeless populations and people who use drugs, San Francisco is expanding what’s referred to as health access points, essentially pop-up clinics targeting specific populations. Community organizations that will be hosting the clinics include Positive Health Program Ward 86, Glide, St. James Infirmary and Alliance Health Project.
These centers will provide testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, as well as substance-use prevention and treatment services and referrals to primary care, mental health services and food and housing services. Harm reduction, a health philosophy aimed at reducing negative effects associated with drug use, such as supplying clean needles to reduce spread of infection and disease, will be implemented at the centers.
HIV screening tests have largely resumed their pre-pandemic rates; however, some community-based clinics that offer to test have struggled to resume full capacity. In March, HIV screening at community sites was 27% below the 2019 monthly average, the report shows.
Community-based clinics reach individuals who may not have access to primary care doctors or face other barriers to health care. These can include the city’s homeless people as well as drug users — two populations that experienced a significant increase in new HIV diagnoses.
The proportion of new HIV diagnoses among people experiencing homelessness reached a new high of 24% in 2021, according to the report. And people who are homeless and HIV positive are also less likely to have access to timely care and virtual suppression, which can help prevent spreading an infection to others.
In addition to PrEP, the medicine that helps prevent HIV transmission, San Francisco is aiming to scale up solutions, Buchbinder said. One example is a long-acting injectable HIV prevention medicine that’s needed every two months that could replace taking a daily medication. This might be easier for some people who struggle to refill or maintain a regular pill schedule.
“That is a great concern seeing this increase in people experiencing homelessness and new diagnoses in people who inject drugs, and there may be substantial overlap between those two,” said Buchbinder. “People are often in vulnerable situations for HIV if they don’t have access to clean supplies or engage in survival sex; those are all risk factors for becoming infected with HIV.”
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
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(twelve, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
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(twelve, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: four)
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A huge range of emotions were on full display as Archbishop Hannan edged The Dunham School 3-2 Tuesday night. Proof that it was anything but a run-of-the mill September volleyball match was all around.
“It was a great match. … I thought we both played hard,” Hannan’s Sophia Bonnaffee said after she ended it with one final kill. “They hit the ball hard, and it took a while to adjust. The last one (kill) was a relief. This was tough.”
Bonnaffee had a match-high 33 kills and 14 digs in the early-season battle of supremacy between two Division III teams. The defending Division III champion Hawks (4-3) won 25-23, 21-25, 29-27, 22-25 and 15-13 in the match played at Dunham.
Both teams squeezed as much as they could into 2 hours, 22 minutes of action. There were kills, fist bumps and high-fives.
Rhaia Davey led Dunham (5-3) with 17 kills, 13 digs and seven blocks, a newcomer to Division IV after advancing to the semifinals in Division IV last fall.
“To be with my teammates and feel that we were all working together for one purpose was exciting,” Davey said. “The fact that (Hannan) did the same thing on the other side of the net made it even better.”
The match came a month after Hannan dominated Dunham in preseason scrimmage. By contrast, Tuesday's match was a stats sheet stuffer. Sarah Kirsh dished out 52 assists and had 19 digs for the winners. Caylin Pixley finished with 33 assists, 16 digs and 15 kills for Dunham.
“We could not have asked for a better environment or a better competition,” Dunham coach Donna Pixley said. “That’s the reason why I schedule the way I do.
“When we scrimmaged them they picked us apart. There were times tonight when their outside hitters ate us up. But we’ve still come a long way.”
One team or the other typically goes on a long scoring run in the early season. But with the exception of the first set in which Hannan led 7-1 and 10-3, it did not happen this time.
Dunham rallied to take a 19-18 lead in the first set when Kennedy Stewart softly tipped the ball over an aggressive move on a block by Hannan. It was tied twice more before Hannan won.
Hannan led much of the second set, but a kill from the middle of the court by Davey tied it at 18-18. An ace by Pixley gave the Tigers the lead. Hannan won the third set 29-27 after multiple lead changes on a kill by Carleigh Breaux.
Stewart had a block to close out the fourth set for Dunham. The fifth set was tied at 12-12 when Kirsh set the ball over the net instead of to one of her hitters, giving her team one last advantage.
“I knew coming into this one it was going to be a tough,” Hannan coach Rebekka Bonnaffee said. “(Dunham) is well coached and play good defense and offense. And now they’re in our division.”
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
06-20-22-23-31
(six, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-three, thirty-one)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were:
06-20-22-23-31
(six, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-three, thirty-one)
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-09-10-21-30
(three, nine, ten, twenty-one, thirty)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-09-10-21-30
(three, nine, ten, twenty-one, thirty)
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The United Conservatives had pivitated this into their favour. “We have a long list—many of our people know what kind,” a strategic party organizaer, known widely to remain facelessly untitled told The Popper. When pro-Urquhart repost the Tory leader urked and he replied curtainly,”The public will take that is how they can.” How to use smart home routines
Smart home devices are more popular than ever, but many underestimate what you can do with them. Voice assistants let you create routines that make your life easier, especially when used in tandem with other smart devices. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about smart home routines.
Everything you need to know about smart home routines
What is a smart home routine?
These routines are a series of actions that happen in response to a specific command or event. You can trigger them at a particular time or when you say a certain phrase.
In many cases, they rely on other smart home devices to carry out the actions necessary for the routine. For example, you can use smart bulbs to turn your lights on each morning.
What can you do with smart home routines?
Smart home routines often control lighting, but the sky is the limit when you have numerous smart devices in your house.
According to Vazquez, “some fun ones are specific greetings for video doorbells; when someone rings it, you can have it deliver a particular greeting message and turn on a light. If you have a smart garage door opener, it can determine your proximity, open the garage, turn on some lights and let your family know you’re home.”
If you have kids, you can create routines to help them go to bed or get ready for school. For example, you may have the lights blink or dim when it’s close to bedtime.
How to set up a smart home routine
The process varies depending on the voice assistant you use. Still, in most cases, you begin by navigating to your device’s settings and clicking on “routines.”
Most voice assistants have numerous preset routines. If you want to design your own, simply follow the on-screen prompts and select the devices you want to use, the things you’d like those devices to do and the command you’ll use to trigger the routine.
Alexa devices have several options to trigger routines; these options can be found in the “when this happens” menu. If you select the “voice” option, you can use a particular voice command to start your routine, whereas the “schedule” option starts it automatically at a specified time. You can use the schedule option to create recurring routines.
If you choose the “smart home” option, you can trigger the routine in response to one of your device’s smart sensors. For example, you can use this option to turn on a fan or air conditioner if your smart thermostat determines your home exceeds a specific temperature.
Alexa devices also have a “sound detection” option that can trigger routines in response to everyday sounds, such as a baby crying or a dog barking. This feature is ideal for notifying you when your child or pet needs you.
Which devices do you need to optimize your routines?
Smart plugs are the most versatile addition to your routines. These devices let you turn lamps, appliances and other devices on and off. If you want to incorporate your home’s lighting, you may want to consider a few smart bulbs throughout your home.
Smart thermostats can detect temperature changes in your home for routines, and Amazon’s Echo Show device can trigger routines in response to detecting a particular person.
If you incorporate your smart coffee maker into your routine, you can wake up to a hot pot of coffee every morning. Additionally, if you have a smart lock, you can use it to ensure your doors are locked after you leave for work.
Smart light strips can add ambiance to your entertainment room when you sit down to relax for the day. You can use your robot vacuum in your smart home routine to ensure you come home to a clean house.
Smart home routine FAQ
Is there a particular voice assistant that’s best for smart home routines?
A. According to Vazquez, ”they’re all good at it. In general, Alexa is the best for ease of use, Google is the best for voice recognition and Apple is the best for privacy.”
How many routines can you have on Alexa?
A. Currently, you can have up to 99 routines on your Alexa device.
Smart home devices our expert recommended
TP-Link Kasa Smart Plug Four-Pack
These can be paired with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. You can group separate outlets when creating routines, making them work more efficiently. You can use the Kasa app to track each device’s power consumption.
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This features an 8-inch HD touch screen display. It has a built-in camera you can use to enhance your smart home routines. It has a cover you can use to protect your privacy when you don’t need the camera.
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MyQ Chamberlain Garage Door Sensor
Installation and setup are quick and easy. You can use this to open and close your garage door via your phone, voice command or smart home routine. It’s a great way to determine whether you’ve left your garage door open while away from home.
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You can lock and unlock your door via your smartphone or Apple HomeKit. It can use geofencing technology to unlock your door when you get home. Its discreet design doesn’t let others know you have a smart lock.
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Philips Hue Bluetooth Smart Lightstrip
These lights can produce numerous colors to create an ideal environment for entertainment, get-togethers or studying. It’s easy to set up and can be used as a night light. It’s compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit and Microsoft Cortana.
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This can play videos, help your kids with homework or enable kid-centric smart home routines. It features a fun chameleon design.
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WA government forced into fresh pay offer
The Western Australia government has been forced to again lift its public sector pay offer after health workers threatened further industrial action.
Workers who earn less than $104,000 would receive an additional $3120 in each of the next two years, as well as an immediate $3000 bonus payment.
The offer represents an increase of between three and six per cent for those workers.
Public sector workers on more than $104,000 would also receive the bonus in addition to a three per cent increase across each year.
Unions WA secretary Owen Whittle said the improved offer is welcome but the process that led to it was "severely flawed".
"Workers in schools, hospitals, transport, child protection, health, and emergency services have taken a stand for themselves and the services they deliver," he said on Wednesday.
"The government has been forced to listen."
WA's Labor government had initially offered a 2.75 per cent increase but in July raised the offer to three, along with an additional $2500 sign-on bonus.
That offer was rejected this week by the Health Services Union and United Workers Union, who form part of a public sector alliance which has sought a five per cent increase to combat rising inflation and cost of living pressures.
Thousands of public sector workers rallied outside parliament last month in an escalation of the stand-off.
Health Services Union WA secretary Naomi McCrae this week accused the government, which delivered a $5.7 billion surplus this year, of being fixated on the budget bottom line.
She said the previous offer failed to address staff retention or job insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"There's just a huge level of fatigue, a huge level of disengagement as people feel like there's no light at the end of the tunnel," she said.
"The government has underestimated quite how angry people are."
Ms McCrae noted the government, which has struggled to staff hospitals, had recently added a further 46 health occupations to the skilled migration list.
"We've put forward a number of ways they could improve conditions that would retain the workforce," she said.
"Our membership is across a whole range of really important and specialised positions ... they don't have a pipeline for these people except for going overseas."
Mr Whittle said unions were fighting for a return to genuine public sector bargaining and this could not be achieved with an "arbitrary and binding" wages policy.
"At this point, the improved offer is just a policy. The real conversation starts when the government makes written offers to their workforce," he said.
Industrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston has been contacted for comment.
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The redesigned 2023 Honda CR-V compact crossover starts at a much higher price than the outgoing model, but it also comes with a much better-equipped base model. Honda ditched the LX grade on its bestseller, and the new base EX starts at $32,355, including a $1,245 destination fee, Honda announced Tuesday.
The dinky 5.0-inch dash display gets taken out with the LX in favor of a standard 7.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility (as well as a physical knobs for volume and tuning), heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, heated side mirrors, 18-inch wheels, and LED headlights.
Every 2023 CR-V comes with standard driver-assist features such as automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitors, adaptive cruise control that works down to a stop, active lane control, and a driver attention monitor.
The 2023 CR-V EX carries at least an $1,800 price increase over the 2022 Honda CR-V EX.
The EX and EX-L use the same 190-hp 1.5-liter turbo-4 from last year’s model and it is mated to a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). It comes in front-wheel drive, and available all-wheel drive adds $1,500 to either model. The CR-V has grown larger by 2.7 inches but Honda hasn’t released final specs to show the change in vehicle weight. It has the same EPA rating as last year of 28 mpg city, 34 highway, 30 combined. AWD costs it 1 mpg combined.
The $35,005 EX-L adds more creature comforts and upgraded tech. It comes with a 9.0-inch touchscreen, wireless smartphone compatibility with a wireless charger, and an 8-speaker audio system.
The big news for the 2023 Honda CR-V is the revised hybrid model, which Honda expects to account for more than 50% of CR-V sales.
Sport and Sport Touring grades use a hybrid powertrain with a refined 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine and a pair of electric motors. The system outputs 204 hp and 247 lb-ft of torque, an improvement of 3 hp and 15 lb-ft of torque over last year’s Hybrid model. Honda says it does a better job of mimicking the stepped acceleration feel of a gas drivetrain. Front-wheel drive is standard on all trims except for the Sport Touring with AWD. The Hybrid can tow up to 1,000 lb, which is a first, and hill descent control and a snow mode have been added for 2023.
The 2023 CR-V Hybrid improves where it matters most: the EPA rating increases to 43 mpg city, 36 highway, 40 combined. The 2022 CR-V Hybrid was rated at 40 mpg city, 35 highway, 38 combined.
The 2023 CR-V Sport starts the hybrid bidding at $33,695. All-wheel drive adds $1,500. It comes with EX features as well as blacked-out trim pieces, black 18-inch wheels, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob.
The Sport Touring hybrid tops the lineup with standard AWD and a $39,845 starting price. AWD lowers the efficiency to 40/34/37 mpg. Sport Touring features 19-inch wheels, Bose 12-speaker audio, navigation, and a wi-fi hotspot.
Built in the U.S., the sixth-generation 2023 Honda CR-V goes on sale September 22, followed by Hybrid models in October.
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MyPillow exec Lindell says FBI agents seized his cellphone
WASHINGTON (AP) - MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country.
Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, by several FBI agents, he said on his podcast, “The Lindell Report.” The agents questioned him about Dominion Voting Systems, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and his connection to Doug Frank, an Ohio educator who claims voting machines have been manipulated, he said.
The agents then told Lindell they had a warrant to seize his cellphone and ordered him to turn it over, he said. On a video version of his podcast, Lindell displayed a letter signed by an assistant U.S. attorney in Colorado that said prosecutors were conducting an “official criminal investigation of a suspected felony” and noted the use of a federal grand jury.
The circumstances of the investigation were unclear. The Justice Department did not immediately respond Tuesday night to a request for comment about the seizure or investigation.
“Without commenting on this specific matter, I can confirm that the FBI was at that location executing a search warrant authorized by a federal judge,” FBI spokeswoman Vikki Migoya said in an email.
Federal prosecutors have been conducting a parallel investigation alongside local prosecutors in Colorado who have charged Peters with several offenses, including attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation and official misconduct. The Republican was elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Colorado’s Mesa County. A deputy clerk, Belinda Knisley, was also charged in the case, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years of probation.
For more than a year, Peters has appeared onstage with supporters of former President Donald Trump who made false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The charges against Peters and Knisley allege the two were involved in a “deceptive scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment, and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people.”
State election officials first became aware of a security breach in Mesa County in 2021 when a photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were posted on social media and a conservative website. Because each Colorado county has unique passwords maintained by the state, officials identified them as belonging to Mesa County, a largely rural area on the border with Utah.
Peters appeared onstage in August 2021 at a “cybersymposium” hosted by Lindell, who has sought to prove that voting machines have been manipulated and promised to reveal proof of that during the event.
While no evidence was provided, a copy of Mesa County’s voting system hard drive was distributed and posted online, according to attendees and state officials.
The copy included proprietary software developed by Dominion Voting Systems that is used by election offices around the country. Experts have described the unauthorized release as serious, saying it provided a potential “practice environment” that would allow anyone to probe for vulnerabilities that could be exploited during a future election.
Nearly two years after the 2020 election, no evidence has emerged to suggest widespread fraud or manipulation, while reviews in state after state have upheld the results showing President Joe Biden won.
The Mesa County breach is just one of several around the country that have concerned election security experts. Authorities are investigating whether unauthorized people were allowed to access voting systems in Georgia and Michigan.
Lindell said the federal agents had also questioned him about when he first met Frank, an Ohio math and science educator, who is among a group of people who have been traveling across the U.S. meeting with community groups claiming to have evidence that voting machines were rigged in the 2020 election.
In court records, prosecutors say Frank met with Peters and members of her staff in April 2021 in her office. During the meeting, Frank told Peters that the county’s election management system was vulnerable to outside interference and the group discussed concerns the state was going to “wipe” the machines, according to the court records.
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Associated Press writers Jill Colvin, Eric Tucker and Michelle R. Smith contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president on Tuesday swore in new ministers who replaced their predecessors from a junior coalition partner that withdrew from the governing four-party coalition, leaving Prime Minister Eduard Heger without a parliamentary majority.
The appointment came after President Zuzana Caputova accepted the resignation of all four ministers from the liberal Freedom and Solidarity party who resigned from their government posts earlier in September.
They included party leader and Economy Minister Richard Sulik, Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok, Justice Minister Maria Kolikova and Education Minister Branislav Gröhling.
Three of them were replaced by experts not affiliated with any political party.
Energy expert Karel Hirman became the economy minister, career diplomat and former Slovak Ambassador to the United States Rastislav Kacer will serve as foreign minister, while Viliam Karas, the head of the Slovak Bar Association, was appointed the justice minister.
Heger temporarily assumed the education minister post.
“The continuity has been ensured,” Heger said.
The current Slovak government has been donating arms to the Ukrainian armed forces while opening its border to refugees fleeing the war with Russia. That is not expected to change, but without a majority support in Parliament, it might be tough for the government to push through its agenda.
Freedom and Solidarity said it wasn’t willing to stay in the government because of disagreements with Finance Minister Igor Matovic, a populist leader whose Ordinary People party won the 2020 parliamentary election.
Sulik has clashed with Matovic on a number of issues, including how to tackle soaring inflation driven by high energy prices amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, or, earlier, how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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WASHINGTON — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country.
Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, by several FBI agents, he said on his podcast, “The Lindell Report.” The agents questioned him about Dominion Voting Systems, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and his connection to Doug Frank, an Ohio educator who claims voting machines have been manipulated, he said.
The agents then told Lindell they had a warrant to seize his cellphone and ordered him to turn it over, he said. On a video version of his podcast, Lindell displayed a letter signed by an assistant U.S. attorney in Colorado that said prosecutors were conducting an “official criminal investigation of a suspected felony” and noted the use of a federal grand jury.
The circumstances of the investigation were unclear. The Justice Department did not immediately respond Tuesday night to a request for comment about the seizure or investigation.
“Without commenting on this specific matter, I can confirm that the FBI was at that location executing a search warrant authorized by a federal judge,” FBI spokeswoman Vikki Migoya said in an email.
Federal prosecutors have been conducting a parallel investigation alongside local prosecutors in Colorado who have charged Peters with several offenses, including attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation and official misconduct. The Republican was elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Colorado’s Mesa County. A deputy clerk, Belinda Knisley, was also charged in the case, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years of probation.
For more than a year, Peters has appeared onstage with supporters of former President Donald Trump who made false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The charges against Peters and Knisley allege the two were involved in a “deceptive scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment, and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people.”
State election officials first became aware of a security breach in Mesa County in 2021 when a photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were posted on social media and a conservative website. Because each Colorado county has unique passwords maintained by the state, officials identified them as belonging to Mesa County, a largely rural area on the border with Utah.
Peters appeared onstage in August 2021 at a “cybersymposium” hosted by Lindell, who has sought to prove that voting machines have been manipulated and promised to reveal proof of that during the event.
While no evidence was provided, a copy of Mesa County’s voting system hard drive was distributed and posted online, according to attendees and state officials.
The copy included proprietary software developed by Dominion Voting Systems that is used by election offices around the country. Experts have described the unauthorized release as serious, saying it provided a potential “practice environment” that would allow anyone to probe for vulnerabilities that could be exploited during a future election.
Nearly two years after the 2020 election, no evidence has emerged to suggest widespread fraud or manipulation, while reviews in state after state have upheld the results showing President Joe Biden won.
The Mesa County breach is just one of several around the country that have concerned election security experts. Authorities are investigating whether unauthorized people were allowed to access voting systems in Georgia and Michigan.
Lindell said the federal agents had also questioned him about when he first met Frank, an Ohio math and science educator, who is among a group of people who have been traveling across the U.S. meeting with community groups claiming to have evidence that voting machines were rigged in the 2020 election.
In court records, prosecutors say Frank met with Peters and members of her staff in April 2021 in her office. During the meeting, Frank told Peters that the county’s election management system was vulnerable to outside interference and the group discussed concerns the state was going to “wipe” the machines, according to the court records.
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quick Custom Intelligence ("QCI") announced the release of version 5.1. The new release of the QCI Platform will incorporate a new module, QCI Connect. With QCI Connect, hosts can send customized emails to their book of business through the QCI Host tool, track the results and know that Can-Spam rules are being followed, thus alleviating the concern of possible fines.
"We are very excited to begin using the new QCI Connect module. Giving the ability to be able to send customizable templated emails to our hosts and have the results tracked within the QCI tool will greatly increase the efficiency of our host team. The team at the Casino @ Dania Beach are looking forward to using this and all of the other great features in the 5.1 release," said Josh Crowder, Marketing Director for The Casino @ Dania Beach.
CEO of QCI, Dr. Ralph Thomas, stated "We have listened to the feedback from the QCI Community and developed QCI Connect as a result. QCI Connect provides a much needed automation and management tool allowing hosts to interact with their players in a colorful and effective way."
Featuring the newest and hottest slot machines, live Poker tables, nationally known recording artists and comedians, simulcast lounge and sports bar and dining, The Casino @ Dania Beach offers a gaming and entertainment experience like no other. Plus, it is a proud participant of the Broward County Safe & Clean Pledge. www.CasinoDaniaBeach.com
The QCI Platform aligns player development, marketing and gaming with powerful real-time operational tools developed for the gaming and hospitality industries. QCI has installed their ground-breaking, highly configured software in over 65 casino resorts in North America and over 4,000 sites worldwide. QCI products provide tooling for gaming operators managing over $20 billion in annual gross gaming revenue, these products are built on the QCI Platform, a best-in-class on-premises, hybrid or cloud-based technology that enables fully coordinated activities across gaming or hospitality operations. This data-driven software allows for quick, informed decisions in the ever-changing world of the casino industry and assists casinos in their efforts to optimize resources and profits, manage marketing campaigns and increase customer loyalty. QCI was founded by Dr. Ralph Thomas and Mr. Andrew Cardno. Based in San Diego, QCI also has offices in Las Vegas, St. Louis, Dallas & Phoenix. Main phone number: (858) 299.5715 www.QuickCustomIntelligence.com
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-09-10-21-30
(three, nine, ten, twenty-one, thirty)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-09-10-21-30
(three, nine, ten, twenty-one, thirty)
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City of Tampa adds protections against future developments over cemeteries
TAMPA, Fla. - The City of Tampa added protections against future development over cemeteries, after communities raised the alarm about African American burial grounds that were built over and forgotten.
No longer will buried loved ones be paved over and forgotten.
"It's important because when the community speaks up about something that they're passionate about, we want to make sure that it's reflected in our city's long-term plan," said Stephen Benson, the city planning director for the City of Tampa.
Tuesday, the City of Tampa said city council approved changes to its land use policy to protect city-owned and privately-owned cemeteries against future development. It also applies to burial grounds that have yet to be discovered.
The city said future land use map amendments have been completed for Jackson Heights Cemetery, Marti-Colon Cemetery, Oaklawn Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery (including the Centro Asturiano located within).
"It gets into a lot of detail about what we value as a community and what we want to preserve and protect and expand. And so we based upon the research that was done, we felt like we could do better in terms of policy language," said Benson.
The move comes after several historically black cemeteries were rediscovered under buildings and property across the city in recent years. Fred Hearns, the Black history curator at the Tampa Bay History Center, works to preserve those stories.
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"It’s a victory for the work that I’m involved in with the Zion Cemetery Preservation and Maintenance Society. That’s one of the issues that we are very much concerned about," said Hearns. "Actually, this is a national issue. I’m very glad that the city took this action because we know that there are burial grounds that were forgotten, that were hidden, that were ignored for many, many years here in the city of Tampa."
Hearns focuses on Tampa’s historic African American Zion Cemetery. It was uncovered beneath the Robles Park housing complex in 2019. Since then, attention zeroed in on finding other sites developed over across Tampa Bay.
That included archaeological surveys for possible and/or confirmed graves at the following locations:
- Ridgewood Cemetery on the King High School property in Tampa
- St. Matthew Baptist Church Cemetery at FrankCrum property in Clearwater
- Port Tampa Cemetery at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa
- North Greenwood Cemetery on Pinellas County Schools property in Clearwater
- Oaklawn Cemetery on the Tropicana Field’s parking lots 1 and 2 in St. Pete
- Moffett Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery just south of that area.
Anthropologists like Antoinette Jackson are working to find more.
RELATED: Historical marker honors Tampa’s largest forgotten African American cemetery
"I know the St. Matthew Cemetery, they're continuing to do work in that area and found, you know, that there were, as they had suspected, bodies still under at least I think it was a business in the Clearwater area that they found that there were additional bodies," said Antoinette Jackson, an anthropology professor with the University of South Florida and founder of the Black Cemetery Network. "[There are] so many, many reasons sometimes why these cemeteries are unknown at this point. And so, [it’s] looking there to find out what other people are doing and to see that people are not alone or isolated and that this is more than a problem probably for your particular area, unfortunately."
The city’s comprehensive plan through 2040 now preserves city-owned and privately owned cemeteries, and it gives a guide.
"We added some policies that just clarified what do we do when we maybe discover a cemetery or what do we do when somebody proposes to develop on or near a cemetery? How do we even deal with that?" said Benson.
The city said the new policies also bolster Tampa’s ability to seek historic designations and compete for preservation grants. Plus, the changes are in line with the recommendations provided by the State Task Force on Abandoned African American Cemeteries, city officials said. The goal is for history to not repeat itself.
"We can’t go back and change what happened in the past, but we have to take responsibility for what we’re doing now to protect those burial grounds that may be uncovered in the future," said Hearns.
City officials said the amendment will be effective after the state completes its final sign off, and city officials expect to hear back from the state in mid-October. Then, the policies would be in effect at that time.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mind Cure Health Inc. (CSE: MCUR) (OTCQX: MCURF) (FRA: 6MH) ("MINDCURE" or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended May 31, 2022. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
The special committee of the Company's board of directors is continuing to explore, review and evaluate a broad range of strategic alternatives with its strategic review process. The Company's cash position and balance sheet remain strong and the Company looks forward to finding the best path forward for all shareholders.
A copy of the Company's financial statements for the three and twelve months ended May 31, 2022 and the related management's discussion and analysis are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Philip Tapley, Interim CEO
SOURCE: Mind Cure Health Inc.
Forward-looking information is based on a number of key expectations and assumptions made by management of MINDCURE, including, without limitation: the considerations and outcome of the strategic review process and cost-saving measures; COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Canadian economy and the Company's business, and the extent and duration of such impact; no change to laws or regulations that negatively affect the Company's business; no unanticipated expenses, costs or detrimental consequences of the Strategic Review Process or cost-savings measures will arise; availability of additional capital required to execute the Company's business plan; the lack of necessity of further developmental expenditures related to the Company's business plan with respect to the execution of strategic alternatives for the Company; the ability to preserve the value of the Company's assets, including its public company status with Canadian securities regulators; and the ultimate availability of any strategic alternatives for the Company.
Forward-looking information is provided for the purpose of presenting information the Company's current expectations and plans relating to the future and readers are cautioned that such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking information inherently entails known and unknown risks and uncertainties about the future and actual results and involves significant risks and uncertainties and should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results as actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking information. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information presented, there may be other factors that cause results, performance or achievements to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements as no forward-looking information can be guaranteed. Except as required by applicable securities laws, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Construction work Sep 14, 2022 36 min ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email A construction worker works Tuesday on Riverfront at Promenade Park, a six-story, mixed-use building at Superior and Harrison streets. Shelby Tackett | For The Journal Gazette Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Reflecting on his job Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Most Popular Fort Wayne lawmaker, 5 other Indiana politicians identified in Oath Keepers database Metal recycler moves from Fort Wayne to Huntington County Fort Wayne couple arrested in drug raid Man dies in motorcycle crash in Fort Wayne Man, woman charged with neglect in child's death Stocks Market Data by TradingView
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ATLANTA _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
14-25-38-59-64, Mega Ball: 21, Megaplier: 4
(fourteen, twenty-five, thirty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty-four; Mega Ball: twenty-one; Megaplier: four)
ATLANTA _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
14-25-38-59-64, Mega Ball: 21, Megaplier: 4
(fourteen, twenty-five, thirty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty-four; Mega Ball: twenty-one; Megaplier: four)
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
11-14-22-34-35
(eleven, fourteen, twenty-two, thirty-four, thirty-five)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
11-14-22-34-35
(eleven, fourteen, twenty-two, thirty-four, thirty-five)
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Evening" game were:
04-06-16-22-23-26-30-38-41-44-52-55-57-59-62-63-65-67-68-74, BE: 67
(four, six, sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-eight, forty-one, forty-four, fifty-two, fifty-five, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-five, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, seventy-four; BE: sixty-seven)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country.
Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, by several FBI agents, he said on his podcast, “The Lindell Report.” The agents questioned him about Dominion Voting Systems, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and his connection to Doug Frank, an Ohio educator who claims voting machines have been manipulated, he said.
The agents then told Lindell they had a warrant to seize his cellphone and ordered him to turn it over, he said. On a video version of his podcast, Lindell displayed a letter signed by an assistant U.S. attorney in Colorado that said prosecutors were conducting an “official criminal investigation of a suspected felony” and noted the use of a federal grand jury.
The circumstances of the investigation were unclear. The Justice Department did not immediately respond Tuesday night to a request for comment about the seizure or investigation.
“Without commenting on this specific matter, I can confirm that the FBI was at that location executing a search warrant authorized by a federal judge,” FBI spokeswoman Vikki Migoya said in an email.
Federal prosecutors have been conducting a parallel investigation alongside local prosecutors in Colorado who have charged Peters with several offenses, including attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation and official misconduct. The Republican was elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Colorado’s Mesa County. A deputy clerk, Belinda Knisley, was also charged in the case, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years of probation.
For more than a year, Peters has appeared onstage with supporters of former President Donald Trump who made false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The charges against Peters and Knisley allege the two were involved in a “deceptive scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment, and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people.”
State election officials first became aware of a security breach in Mesa County in 2021 when a photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were posted on social media and a conservative website. Because each Colorado county has unique passwords maintained by the state, officials identified them as belonging to Mesa County, a largely rural area on the border with Utah.
Peters appeared onstage in August 2021 at a “cybersymposium” hosted by Lindell, who has sought to prove that voting machines have been manipulated and promised to reveal proof of that during the event.
While no evidence was provided, a copy of Mesa County’s voting system hard drive was distributed and posted online, according to attendees and state officials.
The copy included proprietary software developed by Dominion Voting Systems that is used by election offices around the country. Experts have described the unauthorized release as serious, saying it provided a potential “practice environment” that would allow anyone to probe for vulnerabilities that could be exploited during a future election.
Nearly two years after the 2020 election, no evidence has emerged to suggest widespread fraud or manipulation, while reviews in state after state have upheld the results showing President Joe Biden won.
The Mesa County breach is just one of several around the country that have concerned election security experts. Authorities are investigating whether unauthorized people were allowed to access voting systems in Georgia and Michigan.
Lindell said the federal agents had also questioned him about when he first met Frank, an Ohio math and science educator, who is among a group of people who have been traveling across the U.S. meeting with community groups claiming to have evidence that voting machines were rigged in the 2020 election.
In court records, prosecutors say Frank met with Peters and members of her staff in April 2021 in her office. During the meeting, Frank told Peters that the county’s election management system was vulnerable to outside interference and the group discussed concerns the state was going to “wipe” the machines, according to the court records.
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Associated Press writers Jill Colvin, Eric Tucker and Michelle R. Smith contributed to this report.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Las Vegas Aces to an 85-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.
The Aces are now one victory away from the franchise’s first championship with Game 3 on Thursday in Connecticut. Las Vegas was swept in the 2008 Finals when the team was still in San Antonio. The Aces were also swept in 2020.
“It’s going to take every bit of everybody,” said Chelsea Gray, who added 21 points. “You can see the stats, it’s the toughness, it’s the little things that will get it done We have been a good road team this year. So we might as well go win on the road.”
Kelsey Plum rebounded from an awful Game 1 to score 20 points.
“A’ja cussed me out before the game. That’s all I needed,” Plum said. “About time I joined the party. They carried us all week. It’s good to hit some shots, but we have one more.”
After being held to a season-low 67 points in Game 1, the Aces found their offensive prowess to hit 33 of 64 (51.6%) from the floor.
Connecticut, which finished 27 of 64 (42.2%) from the field, had four players in double digits, led by Courtney Williams with 18.
Jonquel Jones also had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, Alyssa Thomas finished with 13 points.
Looking to establish an offensive presence early, both teams pushed the pace early, trading buckets to a 10-10 tie until the Aces seized momentum and used an 11-4 run to open a seven-point advantage. Las Vegas hit 55% (10 of 18) from the floor in the first quarter while the Sun struggled to a 35% clip, hitting just 7 of 20.
The Aces continued to apply offensive pressure in the second, led by Plum, who contributed 11 in the quarter.
Connecticut was down 14 when coach Curt Miller went big with his lineup, and the Sun responded with a 12-4 run to cut their deficit to six before a Wilson bucket provided the Aces with a 45-37 halftime lead.
“Get to my spots my teammates are putting me in a situation where I’m comfortable,” Wilson said.
But Las Vegas’ offensive balance continued into the third, with five different scorers helping the Aces push the lead to 14, outscoring Connecticut 23-17, taking a 68-54 lead into the final period.
“We felt like we were playing catchup all night since we couldn’t string together consecutive stops,” Connecticut coach Curt Miller said. “Trying to keep this high-powered offense out of rhythm and tonight we struggled to do that.”
LET’S GET PHYSICAL
The third quarter saw both teams with bumps and bruises. Gray and Natisha Hiedeman left the game with twisted ankles early in the third quarter. Gray went back to the locker room, but later returned. Jackie Young suffered a busted lip. Williams left late in the third with what appeared to be a lower leg injury. Hiedeman and Williams returned to start the fourth quarter. Young returned early in the final period.
BACKS AGAINST THE WALL
Connecticut is 3-0 in elimination games in the playoffs so far this season.
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BOSTON (AP) — It's a rare thing for a Red Sox fan to cheer for a member of the New York Yankees.
Aaron Judge caused some of Boston's faithful to make an exception on his latest visit to Fenway Park
Judge hit his major league-leading 56th and 57th home runs, Gleyber Torres had a go-ahead three-run double in the 10th inning and the Yankees held on to beat the Red Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night.
Playing in New York’s 142nd game, the Yankees slugger’s second drive of the night brought fans from both sides of the rivalry to their feet in applause as he moved four from tying the American League home run record Roger Maris set with the Yankees in 1961.
“(Red Sox fans) were wearing me out on deck, I don't know if they were cheering or not,” Judge said. “They were wearing me out. But nah, it's all of baseball fans. Just fans all over. Red Sox, Yankees — it doesn't matter. They came here to see a good game and to see a show. Both teams I think put on a good show for them.”
After going homerless in five games, Judge had a pair of of tying solo homers, off Nick Pivetta in the sixth and Garrett Whitlock in the eighth.
“I’m out of adjectives,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Just really impressive what he did.”
Judge has 10 multi-homer games this season, one shy of the AL record Hank Greenberg set in 1938, and 26 in his career. Judge's three hits raised his average to .310, and he leads the major leagues in home runs and with 123 RBIs. Judge has a 1.105 OPS this season and 32 RBIs in his last 38 games.
Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber is second in the major leagues with 37 homers, making this the first time a player finished a day with a 20-homer lead since the final day of the 1928 season, when Babe Ruth was 23 ahead of Jim Bottomley and Hack Wilson, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
New York, which came from behind three times, reopened a six-game AL East lead, its largest since Sept. 1.
Torres broke a 4-4 tie in the 10th against Jeurys Familia (2-3). He has eight RBIs in his last three games after getting just three in his previous 14.
“I was telling myself: ‘Just be simple. Hit the ball the other way because I know second base is in the shift,'" Torres said. “Don't try to do too much, just put the ball in play.”
Clay Holmes (6-3) hit Reese McGuire with a pitch and got one out in the 10th, and Alex Verdugo had an RBI single that put runners at the corners.
Xander Bogaerts popped out to shallow left, and Peralta bounced a fastball for a run-scoring wild pitch. Wandy Peralta struck out Devers on the seventh pitch of the at-bat, his first slider of the night, for his fourth save.
“It’s been like that the whole season, you know? The guys are putting in effort, putting good at-bats but we haven’t been able to put them away," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.
Rookie Triston Casas, McGuire and Bogaerts homered for Boston, which has lost eight of 14 to the Yankees this season.
Marwin Gonzalez hit the first of three tying homers for New York, a two-run drive in the third.
Pivetta allowed three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings, walked two and struck out five.
New York’s Gerrit Cole struck out 10 over six innings, but was tagged for all three of Boston’s home runs over six innings.
Casas hit his first home run at Fenway Park, and McGuire hit his first home run this season.
Cole called what everyone is getting to witness with Judge “special.”
“I feel very fortunate to be able to play on the same team with him,” Cole said. “It's one of the most historic offensive seasons of all-time. ... I'm humbled to be a part of it.”
BACK IN
Aaron Hicks pinch hit for Jose Trevino to open the 10th and drew a walk in Hicks’ first appearance since he was pulled midgame of the the Yankees loss Friday to Tampa Bay.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Anthony Rizzo (headaches from epidural injection) took some swings during batting practice and could return for New York’s next series at Milwaukee, or at home next week when the Yankees host Pittsburgh. … LHP Aroldis Chapman (infected wound) pitched an inning in a rehab appearance for Double-A Somerset, giving up a hit, with two strikeouts and a walk. CF Harrison Bader (planter fasciitis in right foot) went hitless in three at bats and struck out twice.
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (right shoulder inflammation) threw batting practice. He has been on the injured list since Aug. 19.
MAKING MOVES
Yankees IF/OF Tyler Wade was at Fenway on Tuesday as part of the taxi squad. . ... OF Jasson Dominguez was promoted to Double-A Somerset and went 0 for 5. He hit .306 with six homers, 22 RBIs and 17 steals in 40 games at High-A Hudson Valley. The 19-year-old started the season at Class A Tampa.
UP NEXT
Yankees LHP Nestor Cortes (9-4, 7.73 ERA) will make his 25th start of the season. He is 4-3 with a 3.72 ERA over his last 14 starts. Red Sox rookie RHP Bryan Bello (1-5-5.79) will make his first career appearance against New York. He has a 3.55 ERA in his last six outings, including four starts.
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According to Birmingham Police, the incident occurred around 7:23 p.m. on 31st Avenue North and 33rd Place North. The victim’s injuries are considered minor.
No suspect is in custody at this time.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
3-2-3, FIREBALL:
(three, two, three; FIREBALL: zero)
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3-2-3, FIREBALL:
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Aces beat Sun 85-71, take 2-0 series lead in WNBA Finals
W.G. RAMIREZ
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum provided all the offense Las Vegas needed to move the Aces one win away from the franchise’s first WNBA title.
Wilson had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead Las Vegas to an 85-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.
The Aces had been 0-6 in the Finals before taking the first two games of the series with Connecticut. Las Vegas, which was swept in the championship in 2008 when the franchise was still in San Antonio and also in 2020, will look to secure the title on Thursday night in Connecticut.
“It’s going to take every bit of everybody,” said Gray, who added 21 points. “You can see the stats, it’s the toughness, it’s the little things that will get it done We have been a good road team this year. So we might as well go win on the road.”
Plum rebounded from an awful Game 1 to score 20 points.
“A’ja cussed me out before the game. That’s all I needed,” Plum said. “About time I joined the party. They carried us all week. It’s good to hit some shots, but we have one more.”
After being held to a season-low 67 points in Game 1, the Aces found their offensive prowess to hit 33 of 64 (51.6%) from the floor.
Connecticut, which finished 27 of 64 (42.2%) from the field, had four players in double digits, led by Courtney Williams with 18.
Jonquel Jones also had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, Alyssa Thomas finished with 13 points.
Looking to establish an offensive presence early, both teams pushed the pace early, trading buckets to a 10-10 tie until the Aces seized momentum and used an 11-4 run to open a seven-point advantage. Las Vegas hit 55% (10 of 18) from the floor in the first quarter while the Sun struggled to a 35% clip, hitting just 7 of 20.
The Aces continued to apply offensive pressure in the second, led by Plum, who contributed 11 in the quarter.
“I thought Kelsey’s drives opened us up,” Hammon said. “I mean, the other day we got good looks again from three. We didn’t want to knock them down but you have to believe the worm will turn there eventually. The important thing is we are getting good looks once she gets in there.”
Connecticut was down 14 when coach Curt Miller went big with his lineup, and the Sun responded with a 12-4 run to cut their deficit to six before a Wilson bucket provided the Aces with a 45-37 halftime lead.
“Get to my spots my teammates are putting me in a situation where I’m comfortable,” Wilson said.
But Las Vegas’ offensive balance continued into the third, with five different scorers helping the Aces push the lead to 14, outscoring Connecticut 23-17, taking a 68-54 lead into the final period.
“We felt like we were playing catchup all night since we couldn’t string together consecutive stops,” Miller said. “Trying to keep this high-powered offense out of rhythm and tonight we struggled to do that.”
PAINTING EFFICIENCY
While the teams each came away with 34 rebounds, the Aces outrebounded the Sun 6-2 with offensive boards and had better overall efficiency in the paint by outscoring Connecticut, 46-28.
LET’S GET PHYSICAL
The third quarter saw both teams with bumps and bruises. Gray and Natisha Hiedeman left the game with twisted ankles early in the third quarter. Gray went back to the locker room but later returned. Jackie Young suffered a busted lip. Williams left late in the third with what appeared to be a lower leg injury. Hiedeman and Williams returned to start the fourth quarter. Young returned early in the final period.
BACKS AGAINST THE WALL
Connecticut is 3-0 in elimination games in the playoffs so far this season.
“We are taking it one game at a time,” Jones said. “That’s all we can do. We are going to go back home, we are going to have our fans behind us, who have been with us all season, and we are going to use that to propel us to a win and that’s all we can do.”
WATCHING THE W
ABC registered the most-viewed WNBA Finals Game 1 in five years, with 555,000 viewers, and a peak viewership of 872,000. It was an 18% increase over Game 1 of the 2021 WNBA Finals.
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Q: I just discovered that the Texas Travel Information Centers around the state are no longer flying the six flags of Texas, which they did for at least twenty years. I find this to be similar to destroying or removing a historical monument. I was always thrilled to see those flags flying because they represented part of our Texas history. Why have the flags been taken down?
Celso Harper, Amarillo
A: The Texanist, as any faithful reader of this column knows, is a lover of history, especially the rich and colorful history of the Lone Star State. Anybody who has ever had the pleasure of sitting through a seventh-grade Texas history class, as the Texanist did at Temple’s Bonham Middle School back in the seventies (go Bulldogs!), would surely feel the same way. And this is probably especially so for anybody who had the pleasure of sitting through a Texas history class taught by the likes of the Texanist’s teacher, Coach E. A. “Boots” Simmons.
Coach Simmons, who in addition to handling Texas history also handled Bulldog football, had some rich and colorful history of his own. As a young man he was an all-American player at Texas A&M University before being drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in 1943 and then serving in World War II. As imposing a presence at the front of the classroom as he was on the gridiron, Coach Simmons was known to carry a big stick, which he was not afraid to thwack on the desks of sleepy-headed students.
Now, the Texanist would be lying if he said that he recalled every detail relating to the six flags over Texas that Coach Simmons imparted. But he certainly remembers—thanks in part to that stick—the basics. To wit: the six flags over Texas represent the sovereign entities that have laid claim to at least some portion of the place we now call Texas. In more or less chronological order, they are Spain (1519–1685 and 1690–1821); France (1685–1690); Mexico (1821–1836); the Republic of Texas (1836–1845); the United States of America (1845–1861 and 1865–present); and the Confederate States of America (1861–1865). (The Texanist should note that the Confederate flag that flew here was the “Stars and Bars,” which was the South’s first official national emblem, not the more familiar—and now widely despised—Confederate battle flag.)
Some argue that there should be a seventh flag in the mix, that of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande, the 1840 effort by Mexican Federalists to separate from Mexico’s central government and form their own country, which would have included parts of present-day Texas. While that effort failed, the upstart nation did have itself a fetching standard, which certainly would have made for a handsome addition to Texas’s flaggy menagerie, what with its stark design: two horizontal stripes, white atop black, with a red vertical stripe on the flag’s hoist end marked by an assembly of three white stars. “Wow, so dramatic,” was the assessment of a colleague who spied an image of the RRG flag on the Texanist’s desk while dropping by for a sprig of beef jerky. Alas, the RRG never really got off the ground, so its banner has never been granted canonical status.
Still others note the omission of any flags representing the Indigenous proto-Texans who held domain over the region long before Europeans arrived. The Texanist, though, is unaware of either Apachería or Comanchería having been represented by a specific banner.
Arguable oversights aside, the currently accepted array that makes up the six flags does indeed represent much of the grand sweep of Texas history. And that includes not just the most glorious aspects of our past, but also the less glorious and even the downright shameful parts. And this is where the discussion always gets interesting. Though our years as a colony of Spain, France, and Mexico and as an independent republic are complicated and worthy of ongoing debate, our years as a member of the Confederacy are hard to defend, let alone look back on as a point of pride. (The Texanist believes this is so, even though he had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy with the Second Texas Partisan Rangers.)
And while none of us should ignore that era, the question—and it’s a fraught one—is how we go about remembering that period without seeming to celebrate it. In your letter, Mr. Harper, you compare the removal of the six flags from the Texas Travel Information Centers to the removal or destruction of other historical monuments. The Texanist assumes you are speaking of monuments dedicated to the Confederacy, which have indeed been the subject of much controversy—and removal and destruction—in recent years.
Well-intentioned Texans will disagree about this, but the Texanist comes down firmly on one side of the debate: public statuary is not a neutral representation of history. When a statue of some long-gone figure striking a heroic pose is placed on a pedestal in a public spot, that person is, without a doubt, being valorized. And in the case of Confederate generals and the like, we are valorizing figures who committed treason in the name of enslaving fellow countrymen. This is not, one would think, a message that our state would wish to send.
The very same reasoning, the Texanist would argue, goes for flags, which by definition are supposed to evoke an ideal and a sense of pride. Which is precisely why even the famed Texas-founded amusement park company Six Flags Over Texas did away with the six flags back in 2017. “We always choose to focus on celebrating the things that unite us versus those that divide us,” the company said at the time. “As such, we have changed the flag displays in our parks to feature American flags.”
That said, the official line is that the recent removal of the six flags from our travel centers was not prompted by the same considerations. According to the folks over at the Texas Department of Transportation, which oversees the centers, the six flags were replaced by the Lone Star flag and Old Glory as a way to save money. “The decision to switch to flying just the U.S. and Texas flags was made and approved by then executive director James Bass in 2020, but discussions about reducing the number of flags have been ongoing for several years as a cost-saving measure,” agency spokesperson Ryan LaFontaine says.
Maintaining six flags at many of the state’s centers—there are a dozen such facilities—isn’t cheap, LaFontaine explained, what with the constant need to repair poles, cables, and the flags themselves. Flying only two flags saves TxDOT as much as $80,000 annually. What’s more, the agency says the modification is “consistent with flag protocols at the Texas Capitol and at all other TxDOT facilities.”
As you note, Mr. Harper, the six flags have been flown at the travel centers for twenty or so years. Which is to say they are a relatively recent tradition, not one that is deeply rooted in Texas culture. The travel centers didn’t begin unfurling the six flags until many of them were updated in the nineties and aughts. And not all of them flew the six flags—the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center, in Langtry, and the Capitol Complex Visitor Center, in Austin, have never done so. (Incidentally, Austin’s Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum flew the six flags in its plaza for about two decades. After a recent renovation, though, it will soon feature only the Lone Star flag and Old Glory.)
Now, the Texanist would like to say two things about all of this. First, no matter the putative reasoning for doing away with the six flags, it’s a good thing that the millions of visitors who frequent our travel centers aren’t greeted by a symbol of one of our darkest historical periods. The centers exist, after all, for the purpose of creating “a positive first impression of the Lone Star State.” Second, despite his opinions in regard to the matter, the Texanist doesn’t wish to minimize the sense of loss you feel about this change. There is, without a doubt, something bracing about seeing a half dozen colorful banners majestically flapping in a sturdy breeze. But in a country and a state where the decades-long work of overcoming the legacy of slavery is far from done, the Texanist believes that such sentiments should not be the only ones up for consideration, nor should they be the ones that reign.
And for what it’s worth, anyone who wishes to view the six flags in all their complicated glory may still do so in a somewhat more appropriate setting, that being the Great Hall, a.k.a. the Hall of Six Flags, located in the Hall of State at Dallas’s Fair Park, home of the State Fair of Texas (where, it is believed, the six flags were first popularized during the 1936 Texas centennial). This year’s fair, by the way, runs from September 30 through October 23!
Thanks for the letter. And happy travels to you, sir.
Have a question for the Texanist? He’s always available here. Be sure to tell him where you’re from.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West for the ninth time in 10 seasons, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Tuesday night.
Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Joey Gallo homered as the Dodgers boosted the best record in the majors to 98-43. They lead second-place San Diego by a whopping 20 1/2 games.
Manager Dave Roberts' team will have plenty of time to get set for its 10th straight year in the postseason. The Dodgers' first playoff game is almost a month away, on Oct. 11.
The only season the Dodgers didn't clinch the division in their recent run was last year — they won 106 times but still finished one game behind San Francisco. Los Angeles then beat the Giants in the NL Division Series before falling to eventual champion Atlanta in the NLCS.
A crowd of 21,143, mostly clad in Dodger blue, watched the clincher. It’s the Dodgers’ 20th NL West crown since the majors split into divisions in 1969.
Kershaw (8-3) was sharp throughout, allowing just two singles and one walk while striking out five. He threw just 82 pitches, 55 for strikes. He lowered his season ERA to 2.44.
Caleb Ferguson and Craig Kimbrel finished the combined three-hit shutout.
Gallo’s home run, his 17th, cleared the center-field wall and gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the second. The homer was measured at 438 feet. Muncy led off the inning with a single off Merrill Kelly — literally— as it bounced off the pitcher to the vacated left side of the infield.
Freeman led off the third inning with his 20th homer, a 442-foot drive to right-center into the swimming pool area.
Muncy’s homer, also his 20th, came against Taylor Widener in the seventh.
Kelly (12-6) lasted five innings, losing for the first time in 14 starts. He gave up five hits, walked five and struck out eight. He threw 96 pitches — 30 in the long second inning and 29 more in the third.
It was the second straight shutout by the Dodgers in Arizona. Tyler Anderson and two relievers handled the Diamondbacks 6-0 on Monday.
GOT THEIR NUMBER
After Tuesday’s win, the Dodgers are 27-5 against Arizona in the last two seasons.
WEB GEMS
Mookie Betts, back in his usual spot in right field, made a sliding catch in the corner after a long run to take an extra-base hit from Jake McCarthy in the seventh inning. Betts started at second base on Monday.
In the eighth, McCarthy returned the favor, grabbing Betts’ drive down the line in foul territory.
NOT TONIGHT
Diamondbacks 1B Christian Walker entered Tuesday with a .318 average against Kershaw with four home runs in 22 at-bats, but he struck out twice and grounded out against the All-Star lefty.
BACK IN TIME
The Dodgers activated RHP Tommy Kahnle from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday and designated RHP Heath Hembree for assignment.
Kahnle, 33, missed three months with forearm inflammation. He has pitched just four games for the Dodgers this season but has postseason experience with the New York Yankees in 2017 and ’19.
“To get a guy who’s pitched in high leverage, pitched in big games, to have him back is huge,” Roberts said. “The timing is good. He hasn’t pitched a whole lot this season, so having a few weeks to get him re-acclimated is a good thing.”
Roberts said 2B Gavin Lux (back), sidelined since Sept. 1, will have a simulated game Wednesday. Roberts said he’s close to returning.
NEXT
RHP Michael Grove (4.82) makes his third start of the season for the Dodgers against Arizona RHP Zach Davies (2-4, 4.09) Wednesday in the finale of the three-game series at Chase Field.
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Magnolia West denies Rudder 30th win on the volleyball court
Published: Sep. 13, 2022 at 10:40 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The Rudder Lady Ranger volleyball team dropped a four set decision to Magnolia West Tuesday night at The Armory 19-25, 14-24, 9-25, 15-25.
The loss dropped Rudder’s overall record to 29-7 and district mark to 1-1. Neeley Rutledge had 8 kills and 15 digs. Londyn Singleton contributed 7 kills and 11 digs . Reagan Aponte led the way with 23 assists and had 20 digs. Gabby Baker added 18 digs and Addison Benavidez had 14 digs.
Rudder will travel to Brenham on Friday to take on the Cubettes. First serve is set for 6pm.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
01-04-05-07-20
(one, four, five, seven, twenty)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
01-04-05-07-20
(one, four, five, seven, twenty)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
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HONG KONG, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to foreign media reports about "Chinese regulatory authorities asking banks and some of the state-owned companies to examine their exposure to Fosun" on 13 September, Fosun said such reports are completely false.
It is understood that Fosun has sought confirmation from regulatory authorities through multiple channels. The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has not asked commercial banks to check about their financial exposure on Fosun, and many commercial banks that cooperate with Fosun have never received relevant notices.
Gong Ping, Executive President and CFO of Fosun International, said, "Fosun's recent seemingly frequent reductions in shareholdings and divestments are a continuation of its financial strategy of balancing investment and divestment in the past few years. Fosun has been dynamically sorting and optimizing its asset portfolios. Such moves are not just for coping with the current market environment. However, we noticed that the complex external environment has raised public opinion on the disposal of the Group's assets, resulting in a one-sided interpretation of such asset disposal, while neglecting the Group's general principle of asset optimization, which is our long-term dynamic asset optimization."
According to the interim results announced on 30 August, Fosun's four major business segments of Health, Happiness, Wealth, and Intelligent Manufacturing demonstrated resilience. In the first half of the year, Fosun achieved sustainable revenue growth, its total revenue reached RMB82.89 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 17.7%. Its enterprise operation profit increased by 35.5% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the Group's funds remained stable. As at the end of the reporting period, cash, bank balances and term deposits were abundant, amounting to RMB117.65 billion; the adjusted NAV remained stable at HK$24.2 per share.
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Shaquille O'Neal names Dennis Rodman as his worst teammate ever as he claims the forward made it tough to 'corral the guys together' and after games 'did not take a shower and be in a club with girls that look like you'
- Shaquille O'Neal was asked who his worst teammate was during his podcast
- He did not hesitate to name Dennis Rodman, but still praised his ex-teammate
- O'Neal claimed the forward would make it difficult to corral the team together
- Rodman teamed with O'Neal during the 1998-1999 season with the LA Lakers
NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal played with a lot of teammates during his Hall of Fame career, but he did not hesitate to name who he felt the worst one was.
During an episode of his podcast 'The Big Podcast with Shaq', O'Neal was asked who his worst teammate of all time was and he was very quick to answer.
O'Neal slated Dennis Rodman as his least favorite player to take to court alongside as he revealed the former forward made it difficult for morale.
Shaquille O'Neal (above) said Dennis Rodman was the worst teammate he ever played with
Dennis Rodman only appeared in 23 games with the Lakers and averaged 11.2 rebounds
'Worst teammate? Dennis Rodman,' O'Neal said. 'He was a great player, but he made it hard. Like when you try to corral the guys together and the people above you letting this one guy do whatever he wants.
'So we had to be there an hour before the game. He'd come in 15 minutes before the game eating chicken and rice.
'While the coaches are talking, he would jump in the shower. Cold shower. Come and give you 15-20 rebounds. After the game, he don’t take a shower and be in a club with girls that look like you.'
Rodman won five NBA championships between his time with the Pistons and Bulls
Rodman and O'Neal played together towards the latter part of the 1998-1999 season, when Rodman played 23 games for the Lakers.
In those 23 games Rodman averaged 2.1 points and 11.2 rebounds.
Following his stint with the Lakers Rodman went on to play for his hometown Dallas Mavericks. He would feature in only 12 games, and they would be the last games of his NBA career.
Rodman poses during the NBA 75 celebration during All-Star weekend in Cleveland, Ohio
There may be some credence to O'Neal's comments, as Rodman was well known for his reckless off-court behavior throughout his Hall of Fame career.
None the less, his stellar rebounding ability always spoke for itself as Rodman was a crucial part five NBA Finals winning teams.
He also won a boatload of other NBA honors throughout his years with the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls.
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Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Male Gamer of the Week to Nate Kirk of Hurricane Soccer.
Kirk has been leading the way for Hurricane’s Soccer team this season. Hurricane is off to a fast 9-0-1 start, outscoring the opposition 59-6 this season.
“The season has been going well, and we have been working hard to continue to improve,” Kirk said. “We really want to get out of regionals and make it to states this year.”
The senior forward is leading the scoring with 13 goals and has added 3 assists this season. “Nate is an offensive threat who assisted a goal in the first 10 seconds of a game this season. He always works hard, never gives up, and will fight until the end, because it’s never really over until the whistle blows,” said head coach Kent Bailey.
Kirk has amassed several accolades throughout his career. Last year, he was 1st-Team All-Conference and an Honorable Mention for All-State. He earned 2nd-Team All-Conference his freshman and sophomore year and was named Kanawha Valley Freshman of the Year in 2019.
“As a four-year player, he raises the bar for what a quality Hurricane soccer player should strive for,” said coach Bailey.
Kirk started playing soccer when he was 5 years old, and says what he likes most about the sport is just being out there with his teammates and playing in close games. Kirk didn’t have to look far for role models — his dad and grandfather were both collegiate basketball players, so naturally he has looked up to them. After high school, Kirk plans to study engineering and would like to play college soccer if the opportunity presents itself.
Hurricane will be back in action at 7 p.m. Thursday, when they take on Spring Valley at home.
Please look for other local high school athletes to be named in next week’s Male Gamer of the Week sponsored by Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc., and The Putnam Herald.
AJ White, MS, MBA, CSCS, is an instructor at Potential Plus at Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc.
AJ White, MS, MBA, CSCS, is an instructor at Potential Plus at Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc.
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Apartamento Tenerfeito , Costa Del Garzonbaya. The Apartment in 2 levels has its bedrooms divided per level for total privacy as well 2 different kitchen. New Mexico will receive $25 million next month to clean up abandoned oil wells and an additional $18.7 million later for its portion of $560 million the Department of the Interior is divvying to 24 states to tackle a widespread hazard.
The distributions are part of $4.7 billion total the agency will dispense through the federal bipartisan infrastructure law to clean up orphaned wells on state and private lands nationwide.
Orphaned wells can leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the air and contaminate groundwater.
“Orphaned” is the term used for wells scrapped by operators who go bankrupt or out of business. The state becomes responsible for plugging these wells and restoring the contaminated sites when they are on state and private lands.
The state Oil Conservation Division has tallied about 1,700 wells orphaned in New Mexico or likely to become so in the foreseeable future.
Division spokesman Sidney Hill wrote in an email the initial funding should put a dent in the problem.
"The $25 million will enable OCD to plug approximately 200 wells," Hill wrote.
The agency has a list of wells under plugging orders, giving it authority to immediately deal with them, he wrote, adding it uses a metric to determine which wells should be plugged first.
Wells are given higher priority if they're near populations and other orphaned wells, and have active leaks or structural flaws, Hill wrote.
New Mexico qualified for the maximum initial sum of $25 million based on criteria such as its number of orphaned wells and estimated cleanup costs.
The state can pursue another $54 million under the federal program but is awaiting information from the Interior Department on how to apply, Hill added.
Agency Director Adrienne Sandoval wasn't available Monday to comment.
But she has estimated the state plugs an average of 50 scrapped wells a year, with an average cost of $42,000 each.
Restoring a site is more costly, with the price ranging from $50,000 to millions of dollars, depending on how extensively an area is contaminated.
Roughly 129,000 abandoned wells have been tallied nationwide, a number that is likely to grow as the new law funnels more money into researching and surveying sites.
In an email, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández said parts of a bill she proposed to clean up orphaned wells were put into the infrastructure package — and she's glad to see it coming to fruition.
"This will clean up abandoned wells that are polluting the environment and making people sick," Leger Fernández wrote. "Thousands of New Mexicans live near an orphan well, and these funds are an investment in our small businesses, in our communities, and will create good-paying jobs."
Jon Goldstein, state policy director for the Environmental Defense Fund, called the infusion of money a good, promising step that will ensure the well-plugging work gets started as soon as possible.
"This initial tranche of funding is an important down payment on a problem that has lingered for far too long," Goldstein said.
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Whale sightings on the Central Coast are not uncommon, but one local man spotted something he has never seen before and he caught it all on camera.
Vincent Shay is the owner of the Mermaid Market at Port San Luis.
His new camera was put to good use recently when he ran into some killer whales a couple of miles offshore.
Shay was in the right place at the right time when a pod of orcas came right up to his boat at sunset off the coast of Pismo Beach.
“It was hot, just still-- you could probably see 10 miles in every direction,” he said. “I saw something and as I got closer, you could hear it. All of the sudden one of them breached and I go ‘whoa, that’s not a humpback whale or a dolphin, that’s an orca which it was pretty awesome.’”
Vincent began taking as many photos as he could snap while taking in a beautiful, and fairly unusual sight.
“I’ve lived here since 1982 and I’ve spent a lot of time on the ocean. I had never, ever seen that so that was pretty wild,” said Shay.
Overall, it’s been a busy summer for whale-watching expeditions up and down the Central Coast.
The owner of Morro Bay Whale Watching says they have seen whales almost every day since March with humpback whales dominating most of the sightings.
“Usually, the middle of May is when the humpback whales show up-- so they showed up early and they stayed longer,” added Kevin Winfield.
The boat’s captain described a recent humpback whale sighting near Morro Rock that was caught on camera.
“There was a mother and juvenile breaching for like 30 minutes a quarter mile from the harbor entrance, that was pretty awesome,” said Captain DJ Hardy.
“We’ve also been mugged multiple times this year—that’s when they come and interact with our boat. So, we’ve just been watching a feeding frenzy.
Killer whales become more common the further north you travel, but the Central Coast is part of their habitat range.
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Bernalillo County has bought further into the city of Albuquerque’s planned homeless shelter and services hub, agreeing Tuesday to kick in nearly $4.4 million for a medical sobering center inside what is now called the Gibson Health Hub.
The County Commission approved the appropriation on a 4-1 vote after a broader, and spirited, discussion about the county’s use of its behavioral health tax and its partnership with the city. The Gibson Health Hub and Gateway Center in the old Lovelace hospital in Southeast Albuquerque is one of Mayor Tim Keller’s signature projects. City officials say the first phase – including a 50-bed emergency shelter for women – will open this winter, while other elements, including the medical sobering center, should debut next summer. The county’s contribution will go to construction, helping cover half of the estimated $8.7 million needed to build the sobering center and run it for the first year.
“We have such a huge need out in our community, which is why I support the initiative. My concern is we would love to work with the city more; usually it’s only the city asking us for additional resources,” said County Commissioner Walt Benson, who voted with Adriann Barboa, Debbie O’Malley and Steven Michael Quezada to approve the county contribution.
The county’s special, tax-funded Behavioral Health Initiative brought in over $160 million in its first seven years. Only half was fully spent in that span, though other portions have been allocated to future projects. Some have criticized the county for running a haphazard program without a solid plan and a 2021 behavioral health gaps analysis found “no effective collaboration at all levels (of the city and county) to improve the lives of citizens.”
Some commissioners called the sobering center a step in the right direction. Barboa said the community does not care which government entity actually funds a service when it’s needed, adding that there is widespread agreement that this facility is important. O’Malley, meanwhile, noted that 80% of the taxes Bernalillo County collects come from county residents who also live within Albuquerque city boundaries, so it does not make sense to withhold it from city projects.
The city has said the sobering center is expected to open next summer with 20 beds. It is intended as a “short-term drop-off site for appropriate clients encountered in the community who are under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, and are without other acute medical needs,” according to a memo city officials sent the County Commission.
Registered nurses and emergency medical technicians will be on-site 24/7.
Officials believe it will provide a needed alternative for individuals with “moderate acuity intoxication” who instead wind up in emergency rooms or jail.
City and county government staff members brought the request before the commission Tuesday, noting that it had been vetted by a community-based steering committee that helps guide Behavioral Health Initiative spending.
Gilbert Ramirez of the city’s Family and Community Services Department said there are about 40 medical sobering centers across the country, but none in New Mexico.
“It allows you a space to get sober in a medical oversight environment and return … to society and hopefully with many of those clients, there’s an opportunity there for change and access into services,” Ramirez said Tuesday.
Commissioner Charlene Pyskoty cast the lone vote against the funding, citing community concerns about the BHI described in a recent Journal story and her own difficulty as a commissioner getting clear information about BHI. She said she was told earlier this year that all the BHI money was tied up and there was none left, but learned after asking in an August meeting that there was $32 million available for such projects as the sobering center. She said the BHI needed to be more transparent and that she shared others’ fear that the county was running a piecemeal operation.
“It’s a significant amount of money,” Pyskoty said of the sobering center allocation. “I’m concerned it’s not just going to become another piece of that patchwork.”
But Quezada fired back against criticism that the county was operating willy-nilly, blaming former New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez for creating a behavioral health services void in New Mexico and leaving entities like the county to pick up the pieces.
“We had a great system in place and it was destroyed; now, we’re going to spend the next 20 years trying to figure that out and fix it,” he said.
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Padres fourth. Josh Bell called out on strikes. Jake Cronenworth singles to shallow infield. Ha-Seong Kim flies out to center field to Julio Rodriguez. Wil Myers doubles to deep left field. Jake Cronenworth scores. Trent Grisham grounds out to second base, Adam Frazier to Ty France.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Padres 1, Mariners 0.
Padres ninth. Trent Grisham flies out to left center field to Julio Rodriguez. Austin Nola singles to right field. Jurickson Profar singles to center field. Austin Nola to third. Fielding error by Julio Rodriguez. Juan Soto grounds out to shallow infield, Paul Sewald to Ty France. Jurickson Profar to second. Austin Nola scores. Manny Machado is intentionally walked. Luis Liberato strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Padres 2, Mariners 0.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, a popular Australian video blogger Amy visited the home of one of China's most famous teas, Tieguanyin. Amy's video was shot on-site in the tea fields and manufacturing plant of Bama Tea Co., Ltd. (known as 'Bama' or 'Bama Tea') in Anxi County, Fujian Province. In the video, Bama Tea has showcased how modern technology is revolutionizing the thousand-year-old tradition of tea making. The video so far has attracted tens of thousands of viewers seeking to understand the Chinese tea industry and modern smart garden management methodologies.
Throughout the video, modern technology is used at every stage of tea growing and manufacturing in Bama's fields and factory to ensure consistent product output quality and efficiency.
Amy was shown by Bama Tea's field manager about some of the automation involved in the fields and the production, including high-powered cameras that could monitor the state of the tea fields from a distance, as well as a weather station that could measure rainfall, sunlight, air quality, ground temperature, and humidity. Amy also noticed small solar panels strewn about the fields that charge energy during the day and emit blue light at night to keep pests at bay.
In addition to the high degree of monitoring and pest prevention in the fields, automation is a major component of tea processing. For impurity removal, the Bama Tea factory employs a fully automatic infrared quality sorting system with roller electrostatic impurity removal equipment and metal detector to help efficiently remove trace impurities in the raw tea and produce a higher quality product.
A large number of intelligent robots are used in the packaging and transportation of tea to save manpower and time while also reducing contact between human hands and tea.
Talking about the use of technology, Amy remarked, "I just find it so fascinating because tea as a concept has existed in China for over 1000 years without much change here or there. But, over the past few decades, with new technologies and advances in science, things are definitely changing for the better."
Viewers in the comments section also revealed their surprise at the level of automation, with one commenting "So informative and eye opening to see how high tech China tea factories are and robots are commonly used in the production line", and another noting "It is good to see how China managed to apply technology to improve lives."
Bama Tea is one of the most recognized brands associated with Tieguanyin tea and was founded by the legendary Wang Wenli, a 13th-generation Tieguanyin tea inheritor. As a leading Chinese tea chain brand, Bama already has over 2,600 stores in China as of 31st December 2021, with Anxi Tieguanyin, one of Bama's flagship products, topping sales across the country for 13 consecutive years.
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Pandemic, labor shortage keep hurricane victims in limbo
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Nearly six years after flood damage from Hurricane Matthew displaced Thad Artis from his home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, he has still not been placed in permanent housing.
Living alone in a motel for the last two years, growing increasingly frustrated with what he considers empty promises of swift action from government officials, the 68-year-old spends every penny on his wife´s health care after a stroke left her unable to walk.
Before he moved his wife into an assisted living facility, the two lived in their decaying house, roughly an hour southeast of Raleigh by car, for several years after the storm - both developing respiratory illnesses as mold spores grew in the ceiling and bird droppings spattered atop their leaking roof. Roaches and "other creepy crawlies" inhabited the kitchen floorboards. The back of the house was so rotten, Artis said, that the washroom was about to fall through the floor.
"We stayed sick for a year," he said. "The house and all the furniture, it´s gone, it´s rotten. We ain´t got nothing. I take everything I can get right down the road to see her, to take care of her. I don´t give up because I got to help my wife."
Waiting on an unfinished modular home in nearby Pikeville, Artis is among hundreds of low-income homeowners enrolled with the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency who are living in temporary accommodations years after the 2016 storm and Hurricane Florence in 2018.
A new bipartisan General Assembly committee tasked with investigating these delays in disaster relief will hold its first meeting Wednesday - the four-year anniversary of when Florence made landfall in North Carolina.
FILE - Floodwaters from the Neuse River surround several homes after Hurricane Matthew in the western part of Wayne County near Goldsboro, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. Nearly six years after extreme rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Matthew damaged many North Carolina homes, some homeowners are still left waiting on repairs. A new bipartisan General Assembly committee tasked with investigating the delays holds its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, on the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. (Casey Mozingo/The Goldsboro News-Argus via AP, File)
Co-chair Rep. John Bell, a Wayne County Republican whose district along the Neuse River incurred some of the worst flood damage statewide, said he´s seeking accountability on behalf of displaced constituents like Artis.
"We had to deal with multiple hurricanes, tropical storms and a pandemic, but those are the realities, not the excuse," Bell said in an interview. "We´ve been back and forth on this issue for years now. We´ve made some headway, and then we take a step backwards and then politics gets thrown into it. It never should´ve gotten to this point."
While meteorologists say the Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet this year - a record-tying zero storms formed in August - residents of storm-prone Southeastern states remain vigilant. Still working through long-term repairs from Matthew and Florence, North Carolina officials say recent labor shortages and supply chain issues have exacerbated the existing challenges.
Laura Hogshead, director of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency, said in an interview that complications brought on by COVID-19, compounded by rising prices and high demand for contractors, have slowed efforts to make homeowners whole.
"I cannot overstate the impact of the pandemic, particularly on construction," she said. "It doesn´t matter how good your general contractor is. If you can´t get windows, you can´t get windows. It´s been frustrating for all involved."
Construction holdups have left some funding recipients like Artis in short-term lodging for months or even longer. Hogshead said that is partially the result of two manufactured housing vendors pulling out of contracts with the state in 2021 and 2022 as unit prices soared.
North Carolina's legislature created NCORR in 2018, in part to distribute what became $778 million in federal recovery funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Matthew in 2017 and Florence in 2020.
The agency has committed more than 60% of these funds to support homeowners, with about $231 million actually spent so far. Under federal mandate, the money must be expended by mid-2026.
Funds are used to make major repairs or replace homes owned by low-income families in counties battered by both storms. They also support affordable and public housing projects that are less susceptible to flooding.
Expending these funds isn´t designed to be easy, with multiple safeguards to ensure they're spent properly.
Homeowners must navigate an eight-step process designed to ensure they qualify and haven´t already received similar disaster money. It includes an environmental review of their damaged property, followed by a grant award, contractor selection and construction.
Of the nearly 4,200 Homeowner Recovery Applicants since Matthew money arrived, nearly 800 projects are completed, according to NCORR. But Hogshead said additional applicants - now more than 1,100 - are either waiting to find a contractor willing to take on a government-funded project with its additional paperwork, or for the contractor to begin work.
Bell said he has been performing unannounced drop-ins at construction sites in his district, occasionally finding far less progress than the contractors had reported to the state.
"Frankly, we've had some situations that folks weren't straight up on what was being done," Bell said.
As of Tuesday, 294 applicants currently waiting for repairs or a replacement manufactured home were living in temporary accommodations - often a rental property or hotel.
Shiletha Smith, 68, has inhabited her damaged home in Fremont - a five-minute drive north of Pikeville - since Hurricane Matthew flooded the property in 2016, wiping out her insulation, destroying the central air conditioning unit and damaging the roof. This week, Smith said, she is finally moving into a hotel so construction can begin.
"Finally, after two years of waiting, they're supposed to start construction on my home," Smith said. "I almost got flooded out of my house and had to repair the whole side of my house that was from the water damage."
Smith described the relief application process as "extremely frustrating" and said her award determination was so minimal, she felt like she had no choice but to appeal, further delaying repairs.
"At least my home was livable," Smith said, noting she is not sure how long she will have to live in a hotel. "About two years waiting for them to start repairs, but at least I got to stay in my home."
With another hurricane season in full swing, Hogshead said she's always checking the tropics for developing storms that could cause further damage or delays.
"The thing I really worry about is another storm," she said. "Upsetting this apple cart in the middle of construction is the X-factor that none of us can control."
FILE - A portion of Wood Peck Road near Bradshaw's Garage outside of Goldsboro, N.C., washed away due to flood waters caused by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Nearly six years after extreme rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Matthew damaged many North Carolina homes, some homeowners are still left waiting on repairs. A new bipartisan General Assembly committee tasked with investigating the delays holds its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, on the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. (Casey Mozingo/The Goldsboro News-Argus via AP, File)
FILE - Several abandoned vehicles sit in flood waters caused by Hurricane Matthew at the intersection of John and Benton streets in Goldsboro, N.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly six years after extreme rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Matthew damaged many North Carolina homes, some homeowners are still left waiting on repairs. A new bipartisan General Assembly committee tasked with investigating the delays holds its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, on the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. (Casey Mozingo/The Goldsboro News-Argus via AP, File)
FILE - Homeowner Jennifer Baker walks through the front door of her home damaged by Hurricane Florence in 2018 while repairs continue in Spring Lake, N.C., Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Nearly six years after extreme rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Matthew damaged many North Carolina homes, some homeowners are still left waiting on repairs. A new bipartisan General Assembly committee tasked with investigating the delays holds its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, on the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
FILE - Volunteers from Baptists On Mission and Home Builders Institute work at the home of Clifton Hall, assisting with ongoing repairs due to damage caused by Hurricane Florence in 2018, in Spring Lake, N.C., Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Nearly six years after extreme rainfall and flooding from Hurricane Matthew damaged many North Carolina homes, some homeowners are still left waiting on repairs. A new bipartisan General Assembly committee tasked with investigating the delays holds its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, on the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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The majority of work in the stage is expected to be complete by the middle of 2023.
Even as the Longboat Key Town Center Green has entered phase two of construction, nothing of note will likely take place there for about another month.
During a “Talk of the Town” segment hosted by Town Manager Tom Harmer, Harmer met with Ross Russo, a representative of Jon F. Swift Construction.
“One of our big challenges right now is the supply chain demand and dealing with that,” Russo said. “Our scheduling, timing for us to start is in a strategic pause. We would have preferred to be turning dirt right now.”
Materials are holding up the process include elements needed for the stage structure and its roof.
“Unfortunately, that is probably going to put us right in the middle of season, which we don’t want to do for our own reasons let alone the impact to residents and the town.”
By the middle of September, fences will be up and trailers present, if the tentative timeline holds up, town leaders said. Then the site will be raised, and workers will begin installing sewer pipe for drainage as the pipe is readily available.
Before the majority construction can commence, utilities must be installed so that storm drainage structures can be fabricated and installed.
Both of those items must be installed before truck loads of dirt can be put on the site.
Around the middle of November, residents can expect to see the presence of more materials as the company is expecting to have the majority in their possession at that time.
A building pad and the beginning stages of the foundation of the site work and stage will start to form. Impacts to traffic are expected as trucks of dirt and concrete will start to arrive during those months.
The majority of the stage structure is expected to be complete by Christmas, Russo said.
Harmer stated that the phase two site raising not only benefits the stage project, but also potential plans for the site including a community center and library.
Physical labor and evidence of construction will not be noticeable until the end of October at the earliest.
The majority of work in the phase should be completed by the middle of June 2023.
This phase of construction includes site work paid for by the town and the privately funded stage.
Site work for the town center is town-funded with about $530,000, which included $445,000 from the town’s land-acquisition fund. Work includes raising and re-grading the site with fill. Additional stormwater infrastructure will be installed to accommodate site work and anticipated future buildings. The town’s portion is funding walkways, streetlights, landscaping and space for food trucks.
For the stage, originally, the town had anticipated the project would cost about $500,000. One couple, Paul and Sarah Karon, opted to donate the entirety of that amount.
However, after going out to bids, the final total came back to the town at about $860,000.The remaining money was raised with the help of about 12 other individuals.
“If I had the materials readily available, I wouldn’t expect it to take that long, but I have to build that in (to the timeline) because of the market we are in right now, Russo said.
Since construction will take place during peak season, scheduled events will be planned around the construction activities on the site.
Much of the larger events that would have occurred are not able to take place in lieu of allowing for construction efficiency. For instance, the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club is working out location details for its annual Lawn Party signature event.
Still, some use of the space will be possible through efforts to keep attendees away from active work zones.
“My intent is this area is to try to preserve a significant portion of it and have that be available for smaller, mid-sized events,” Russo said. “The larger events we may not be able to accommodate on this site, but we are going to do everything we can to work with you.”
During events, areas will be fenced off to provide clear boundaries for attendees in hopes of ensuring safety for all guests and maintaining the condition of the site.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Surgical Care Coalition (SCC) issued the following statement after the introduction of H.R. 8800, the Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022, by Representatives Ami Bera, MD (D-Calif.) and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-Ind.) that addresses the nearly 4.5% cut to the Medicare conversion factor proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2023.
"We commend Representatives Bera and Bucshon for their ongoing leadership protecting seniors' access to surgical care. This legislation is a critical step in helping patients. We also urge lawmakers to support solutions to stop the pending 4% PAYGO cut and address the stagnant payment that has failed to keep pace with inflation for years to further stabilize the Medicare system and ensure patients have access to the high-quality care they deserve."
Background
- When the 4.5% CMS cut to the Medicare conversion factor is combined with the pending 4% Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) cut, surgical care faces a nearly 8.5% cut next year.
- These looming cuts, which come after the 2% sequestration cut that was fully reinstated in July, represent a significant threat to the millions of seniors nationwide who rely on the Medicare program to access timely, high-quality care.
- Unlike other sectors of the health care industry, investments in physicians and other health care professionals treating Medicare patients lack an automatic annual update. Medicare payments have failed to keep pace with inflation, resulting in a real-world decrease year after year, while the costs of running a medical practice have increased significantly over time.
- The SCC and over 100 medical organizations representing more than one million physicians and other health care professionals recently penned a letter urging Congress to implement at least a 4.5% adjustment to the Medicare conversion factor, waive the 4% statutory PAYGO requirement and provide a one-year inflationary update based on the Medicare Economic Index.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, a popular Australian video blogger Amy visited the home of one of China's most famous teas, Tieguanyin. Amy's video was shot on-site in the tea fields and manufacturing plant of Bama Tea Co., Ltd. (known as 'Bama' or 'Bama Tea') in Anxi County, Fujian Province. In the video, Bama Tea has showcased how modern technology is revolutionizing the thousand-year-old tradition of tea making. The video so far has attracted tens of thousands of viewers seeking to understand the Chinese tea industry and modern smart garden management methodologies.
Throughout the video, modern technology is used at every stage of tea growing and manufacturing in Bama's fields and factory to ensure consistent product output quality and efficiency.
Amy was shown by Bama Tea's field manager about some of the automation involved in the fields and the production, including high-powered cameras that could monitor the state of the tea fields from a distance, as well as a weather station that could measure rainfall, sunlight, air quality, ground temperature, and humidity. Amy also noticed small solar panels strewn about the fields that charge energy during the day and emit blue light at night to keep pests at bay.
In addition to the high degree of monitoring and pest prevention in the fields, automation is a major component of tea processing. For impurity removal, the Bama Tea factory employs a fully automatic infrared quality sorting system with roller electrostatic impurity removal equipment and metal detector to help efficiently remove trace impurities in the raw tea and produce a higher quality product.
A large number of intelligent robots are used in the packaging and transportation of tea to save manpower and time while also reducing contact between human hands and tea.
Talking about the use of technology, Amy remarked, "I just find it so fascinating because tea as a concept has existed in China for over 1000 years without much change here or there. But, over the past few decades, with new technologies and advances in science, things are definitely changing for the better."
Viewers in the comments section also revealed their surprise at the level of automation, with one commenting "So informative and eye opening to see how high tech China tea factories are and robots are commonly used in the production line", and another noting "It is good to see how China managed to apply technology to improve lives."
Bama Tea is one of the most recognized brands associated with Tieguanyin tea and was founded by the legendary Wang Wenli, a 13th-generation Tieguanyin tea inheritor. As a leading Chinese tea chain brand, Bama already has over 2,600 stores in China as of 31st December 2021, with Anxi Tieguanyin, one of Bama's flagship products, topping sales across the country for 13 consecutive years.
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KENDALLVILLE — Ruth Cox, age 93, of Kendallville, Indiana, died on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at her residence in Lisbon, Indiana.
Mrs. Cox was born in Wayland, Kentucky, on Nov. 11, 1928, to John Wes Chaffins and Sallie (Turner) Chaffins. They preceded her in death.
She married Willie Cox in Garrett, Kentucky, on Sept. 22, 1947, and he preceded her in death in 1990.
Mrs. Cox was employed by Kraft Foods in Kendallville for 17 years and G.C Murphy’s years ago.
Survivors include her daughters, Marsha Prumm, of Kendallville, Veneda Rose, of Kendallville, Karen Gasho, of Kendallville and Stephanie and Stan Gienger, of Avilla; son, Kenny and Lucy Cox, of Kendallville; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Willie; two sons-in-law, Jerry Prumm, in 2018 and Thomas Gasho, in 2022; and 13 brothers and sisters.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, from 4-8 p.m., at Hite Funeral Home in Kendallville.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, at Liberty Freewill Baptist Church in Wolcottville, with the Rev. Billy Fields and the Rev. Terry Hinds officiating.
Burial will take place at Orange Cemetery, near Rome City.
Memorial donations may be made to Liberty Freewill Baptist Church.
Arrangements entrusted to Hite Funeral Home.
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Theatre Rhinoceros to Present West Coast Premiere of BAD HOMBRES in October
A collection of wildly comic characters negotiates sexual identity and various Latinx cultural identities.
Theatre Rhinoceros will present the West Coast premiere of Bad Hombres by Guillermo Reyes, directed by River Bermudez Sanders, and performed by Rudy Guerrero, October 6 - 30, 2022.
Honorary Producer, Lawrence Dillon
Limited Engagement - 4 Weeks Only! - 16 Performances.
Previews: Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7 at 8:00 pm
(No press at previews please)
Opening Night: Saturday, October 8 at 8:00 pm (Reception to follow)
Sunday, October 9 - Sunday, October 30
Theatre Rhinoceros
4229 18th Street
SF, CA 94114
(Formerly Spark Arts)
SYNOPSIS:
A collection of wildly comic characters negotiates sexual identity and various Latinx cultural identities. Relationships and marriage, monogamy and sexual adventurism, legality vs. "illegality" all clash in a contemporary setting of American life.
Local Premiere
Shows are at Theatre Rhinoceros - 4229 18th Street, SF, CA 94114 - Castro Street MUNI Station; F Market, 33 Stanyan, 24 Divisadero Street Car and Bus Lines
Tickets are $15-$25 and available at www.therhino.org, or at the door.
Tech Credits:
Rudy Guerrero (Costume Consultant), Lawrence Dillon (Video Designer/Photographer/Scenic Designer/Scenic Designer/Video/Honorary Producer), John Fisher (Producer), Colin Johnson (Lighting Designer), Crystal Liu (Assistant Producer), Samantha Lomax (Web), River Bermudez Sanders (Director), Isaac Traister (Stage Manager,) Christine U'Ren (Graphic Design)
Individual performance dates are: October 6 - October 30, 2022
Thursday, October 6, 8pm (Preview)
Friday, October 7, 8pm (Preview)
Saturday, October 8, 800pm (Press Night/Opening Night - with reception to follow)
Sunday, October 9, 3pm
Thursday, October 13, 8pm
Friday, October 14, 8pm
Saturday, October 15, 800pm
Sunday, October 16, 3pm
Thursday, October 20, 8pm
Friday, October 21, 8pm
Saturday, October 22, 800pm
Sunday, October 23, 3pm
Thursday, October 27, 8pm
Friday, October 28, 8pm
Saturday, October 29, 800pm
Sunday, October 30, 3pm
BIOS:
LAWRENCE DILLON (Video/Photography/Honorary Producer) Mr. Dillon began his career in public television. He has been an independent producer, director and editor since 2006. Lawrence has produced and directed many programs for various Bay Area arts organizations including Lamplighters Music Theatre, Pocket Opera, Festival Opera, and Ars Minerva, as well as other non-profit organizations such as Theatre Rhinoceros, The Impact Fund, and San Francisco Rotary. He enjoys projection design as "it combines art, set design and video" and each show is a fun and unique challenge. Mr. Dillon currently serves on the boards of Pocket Opera and Theatre Rhinoceros.
RUDY GUERRERO* (Actor) Previous Rhino performances include Macduff in Macbeth, "Tick/Mitzi" in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical (where he received the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Principal Actor in a Musical), Nugget/Frank/Nurse/Dalton in Equus, Wilson Mizner in Road Show, Sam in Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, and Man in Seven Palestinian Children. Other theater credits include performances at 42nd St. Moon, Alcazar Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Central Works, Connecticut Repertory Theater, Foothill Music Theater, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Magic Theatre, Marin Shakespeare Company, Marin Theatre Company, Pacific Alliance Stage Company, Playground, Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco Playhouse, TheatreWorks, Willows Theatre Company, and Word for Word. Rudy has a BFA in Musical Theater from the Boston Conservatory and an MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater. www.rudyguerrero.com
*The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
GUILLERMO REYES (Playwright) happily returns to Theater Rhinoceros where several of his plays have been performed in the past, such as Men on the Verge of a His-Panic Breakdown, Deporting the Divas, The West Hollywood Affair and Sirena, Queen of the Tango. His plays Men on the Verge of a His-Panic Breakdown and Mother Lolita were produced as off-Broadway productions with Urban Stages, Chilean Holiday and Saints at the Rave at the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, the historical drama, Madison, at Premiere Stages, winner of the New Play Award 2008. In 2010, he published a memoir with the University of Wisconsin Press, entitled Madre and I: A Memoir of our Immigrant Lives, chronicling his immigration from Chile and growing up in the D.C. area and in Hollywood, CA. His most recent play, That Day in Tucson, was published by Dramatic Publishing Company and dramatizes the day when congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot along with some of her constituents, and a young intern, Daniel Hernandez, helped save her life. Reyes is a professor at Arizona State University in the School of Music, Dance and Theater.
RIVER BERMUDEZ SANDERS (Director) is a Bay Area theatre professional currently working as the Production/Literary Manager at Hillbarn Theatre. Their directing work includes the first ever staged reading of Justin P. Lopez' The Re-Education of Fernando Morales at Townhall Theatre in Lafayette as well as productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Women, and Legally Blonde. They have worked as a director, actor, stage manager, and teaching artist at companies around the Bay including Palo Alto Players, Children's Fairyland, the Oakland Theatre Project, and NCTC. Emerson BFA Musical Theatre '20.
THEATRE RHINOCEROS - Founded in 1977, The Rhino is the longest running LGBT theatre in the nation. We develop and produce works of theatre that enlighten, enrich, and explore both the ordinary and the extraordinary aspects of our queer community. Our emphasis is on new works, works about under-represented members of the larger queer community, and revivals of lesser known queer classics. Over the years Theatre Rhinoceros has received many awards of recognition including: Theatre Rhinoceros Day in the City Proclamation from Mayor Gavin Newsom, State Assembly Certificate of Recognition from Senator Mark Leno, recognitions from Congressperson Nancy Pelosi and Assembly Persons Tom Ammiano and Carole Migden, numerous Cable Car, BATCC and TBA Awards and Nominations, and the GLAAD Media Award for Best LGBT Theatre.
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Insurers' household loans grow slower in Q2 amid high borrowing costs
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- Insurers' household lending grew in the second quarter of this year but at a slower pace from a year earlier amid rising borrowing costs, data showed Wednesday.
Outstanding household loans extended by local insurers had stood at 129.5 trillion won (US$92.9 billion) as of end-June, up 700 billion won from three months earlier, according to the data from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
The amount was higher than the previous quarter's 300 billion-won increase but much smaller than a 1.7 trillion-won rise tallied the previous year.
The decline came as market interest rates have been on the rise in line with the central bank's move to raise its policy rate aimed at taming inflation.
Insurers' home-backed loans grew 500 billion won on-year in the second quarter, while their unsecured loans expanded 100 million won over the same period, the data showed.
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In what is described as a ‘Dasara gift’ ahead of the famous festivities in Mysuru, Lakshmi, a 21-year-old Dasara elephant, gave birth to a male calf in the palace premises on September 13 night. The mother and the baby have been separated from the Dasara jumbo camp. Veterinarians are monitoring their health.
“The mother Lakshmi and the newborn calf are healthy and doing well,” according to a forest official.
It is perhaps for the first time in over two decades that a female Dasara elephant has delivered a calf in the palace premises while on a training for the ‘Jamboo Savari’. Normally, pregnant jumbos are not selected for Dasara tasks.
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Lakshmi, who belongs to the Ramapura elephant camp in Bandipur, was brought to Mysuru in August as part of ‘Gajapayana’, along with eight other elephants. The Dasara jumbo squad comprises 14 elephants.
“The mahouts and old-timers in the department are saying that an elephant giving birth while in Mysuru for Dasara tasks is uncommon, at least in the last two-and-a-half decades. About 25 years ago, a female Dasara elephant is said to have given birth, but this is yet to be confirmed,” said Deputy Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) V. Karikalan.
Mr. Karikalan, who is in charge of Dasara elephants, told The Hindu that none, including the mahout, were aware that Lakshmi was expecting. “On September 13 morning, we separated her from the jumbo camp on learning that she was in an advanced stage of pregnancy because of her unusual behavior. We had to monitor her health. Around 8.15 p.m., she comfortably delivered the baby. Both mother and calf are healthy,” he said.
Elephants have a long gestation period ranging from 18 to 22 months. As a result, it is difficult to detect pregnancy in an elephant.
Forest authorities check the health of each elephant while selecting jumbos for Dasara tasks. “Normally, the vets or the mahouts are aware of pregnancy in jumbos. However, we had no prior information about Lakshmi’s pregnancy. If we did, we wouldn’t have selected her. Like other jumbos, Lakshmi was taken care of with a special diet daily,” the DCF said.
Lakshmi gained weight, going from 2,920 kg to 3,150 kg in a span of one month.
In fact, the department wanted to bring Kunthi in the second batch, but the vets informed the organisers that she was in an advanced stage of pregnancy. That created space for Vijaya, a 63-year-old elephant, who joined the jumbo squad for the Dasara festivities.
Lakshmi has now been ruled out for the Dasara festivities, but the department is not considering a replacement as the jumbo squad has three other female elephants – Chaitra and Kaveri (Kumki elephants), and Vijaya. “We don’t need a replacement, as we are using 10 elephants for the Jamboo Savari,” Mr. Karikalan added.
“The mother is feeding the calf. The next week is crucial for the calf,” the DCF said.
Lakshmi’s mahout and kavadi are with the elephant.
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family visited the elephant camp on September 14 morning and enquired about the calf’s health.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping's first trip overseas since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic will overlap with a visit by Pope Francis to Kazakhstan, although the Vatican says there are no plans for them to meet.
Xi's state visit Wednesday comes just weeks ahead of an all-important political meeting in China where he is expected to take a third term as he cements his grip on power. The pope is in Kazakhstan until Thursday for a state visit and an interfaith congress of world religious leaders.
Asked during his flight to Kazakhstan about a possible meeting with Xi, the pope said, “I don’t have any news about this. But I am always ready to go to China.”
The two have been in the same vicinity before and not met, including New York for the United nations General Assembly in 2015 and Xi's visit to Italy in 2019.
The Vatican and China are due to renew their 2018 deal on bishop nominations at the end of this month. A Vatican delegation recently returned from Beijing, and Holy See officials expect the deal to be continued.
Here's a look at Beijing's complicated relationship with the Vatican and the conditions that worshippers face in China.
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WHAT IS CHINA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VATICAN?
China does not have diplomatic relations with Vatican, ever since the ruling Communist Party required Roman Catholics in China to sever ties with the Vatican in the 1950s. For decades, people could worship only in churches affiliated with the party-controlled Patriotic Catholic Association.
The Association follows Vatican doctrine and sends theologians to Rome for study sessions, but the ruling party rejects any role for the pope in picking bishops in China or managing churches.
The two sides reached an agreement in 2018 that gave the Holy See the final say over bishops proposed by Beijing, but details have never been released. Francis has said the process involves a dialogue, but that he has the final say.
Beijing had long insisted that it must approve appointments as a matter of its national sovereignty. The Vatican has insisted on the pope’s divine authority to choose the successors of Christ’s apostles.
Vatican officials have said if the Vatican didn’t hammer out something new, there was a risk of the Catholic Church in China becoming irrevocably split.
Vatican City, of which the pope is head of state, is the last European government to maintain ties with Taiwan, the self-ruled island democracy the Communist Party claims as part of its territory. Any agreement to establish formal ties with Beijing would likely require the Vatican to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan and endorse the party’s claim to the island.
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HOW HAS THE BEIJING-VATICAN RELATIONSHIP CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS?
Vatican officials have said they hope the 2018 deal will lead to improvements in the conditions for the Chinese Catholic community and not just focus on bishop nominations.
The deal has brought China and the Vatican closer together in the past four years, said Chang Chia-lin, a professor of religious studies at Tamkang University in Taiwan.
“In the future, if China agrees to let the pope make a visit, I think the possibility for Vatican-China to establish diplomatic relations will deepen,” Chang said.
Despite the closer ties, Catholics practicing outside state churches face great pressure and harassment. Rights groups have criticized the deal, saying the costs outweighed whatever benefits have been brought.
Joseph Zen, a prominent Catholic cardinal in Hong Kong who had been a staunch critic of China's Communist Party, was arrested in May as part of a crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
The Vatican issued a statement of concern — a rarity given its delicate relationship with Beijing.
“It seems likely that in order to maintain the positive diplomacy required to continue with the Sino-Vatican agreement, the Vatican has been unwilling to condemn the Chinese government’s ongoing crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and the human rights crackdown in Hong Kong – even when it has affected prominent Catholics like Cardinal Zen,” said William Nee, the Research and Advocacy Coordinator at Chinese Human Rights Defenders.
An estimated one million or more Uyghurs and others from predominantly Muslim ethnic groups were held in internment camps in the western Xinjiang region in what the U.N.'s human rights body said may amount to “crimes against humanity.”
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WHAT IS THE SITUATION FOR CHRISTIANS IN CHINA?
Under Xi, China has launched a crackdown on Christianity in recent years, part of an overall tightening on religious freedoms that has also affected worshippers of Islam and, to a lesser extent, Buddhism and Daoism.
Tens of millions of Chinese Roman Catholics as well as Christians had worshipped for decades in informal “house churches" and their presence was tolerated.
But China’s drive to “Sinicize” religion and give ultimate control to the Communist Party rather than a religious leader has led to informal churches coming under intense pressure to shut down. Christian worshippers have seen their churches raided, while facing interrogations and surveillance. Police have arrested pastors and priests associated with these churches.
Some, like the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, have fled overseas in order to practice their version of their religion.
Despite the crackdown, the number of Catholics and believers of other Christian denominations have grown over the past few decades, experts say.
“In China, an ordinary Christian, or Catholic, they have limited religious freedom. They can go to the church for Mass and prayer, and this so-called limited religious freedom, and it’s under the church which is controlled by the Communist Party,” said Chang.
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Associated Press writers Joe McDonald in Beijing and Nicole Winfield in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, contributed to this report.
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ASK A COP — Is a driver’s license required for driving in U.S.?
Published 12:02 am Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Jerry asks: I’ve been doing research on driver’s licenses in the United States of America and found out that I don’t need a license to drive in the United States. I just wanted to know was that true or not?
Answer: If you keep this quote in mind you will be on the right track. “Driving is a Privilege. NOT a Right!” I don’t know of a state in the United States of America that doesn’t require an operator of a motor vehicle to have a valid state-issued driver’s license before getting behind the wheel of a moving motor vehicle on the roadway. Remember, anyone can upload a video or enter a statement on You Tube or online, so be careful where and whom you get your information. Just because you can read it online doesn’t mean it’s true. I can’t speak of all states in America, but believe me when I say everyone in Texas who operates a motor vehicle on the roads is required to have a valid state-issued driver’s license on their person. Do not get behind the wheel without it. The state of Texas giveth (driver’s license) and the state of Texas can take it (driver’s license) away! I would love to see you or anyone try to challenge a citation for driving without a valid driver’s license in the municipal court of Port Arthur or ANY court in America.
Roger asks: I’m 23 years old and I’ve been a licensed driver since I was 16 years old. I’m in the market for a new vehicle and love sport cars in bright colors. I seem to get stopped quite often by law enforcement more than others, but my concern is I’m leaning to believe it’s because of the color of my car that attracts police attention. I’ve had yellow and red sport cars in the past. Is there a color on a vehicle that’s less attractive to police pfficers than others?
Answer: The question you present is an ole myth or wives tale about law enforcement officers targeting motorists who operate shiny or colorful cars. To answer your question, “YES,” law enforcement officers are attracted to the color (what ever color that may be) of the vehicle that is committing a CRIME in their presence, like speeding or disregarding traffic signals. It’s nothing wrong with being in love with sport cars, as long as you drive your sports car stays within the posted speed limit on the roadway. Let’s not be so eager to point fingers, and start taking personal responsibility for our driving habits. Being stopped by law enforcement has nothing to do with the color of your vehicle and everything to do with how you are operating said vehicle. I encourage you to buy whatever color vehicle you desire, just adhere to the state of Texas Transportation Code and you should be fine. If you see me on the road, stop and let me check out your new car.
Big R asks: My wife and I need you to settle a disagreement. The other day we were traveling south on 366 (Atlantic Highway). We were behind a school bus when it came to a stop at a railroad crossing. Its red flashing lights were activated. There were cars passing in the left lane. My wife said they were supposed to stop because of the red lights were activated. I said they didn’t need to stop because the bus was at a railroad crossing and not a bus stop. Who’s right? There’s dinner riding on this!
Answer: I absolutely enjoy when couples, family and friends challenge each other with the Texas Transportation Code. You and your wife are in a sticky place with this question because, in theory, both of you are correct. Because, yes, we are supposed to stop when a school bus activates its RED flashing lights, and we are allowed to pass a stopped school bus that MUST stop at ALL real road crossings. But, Big R, you said the school bus was stopped at a railroad crossing with its RED lights activated, and by state law, we are required to STOP. Granted, a school bus should have its Yellow caution lights, not the RED lights activated at railroad crossings. So take a step down and allow your Queen to step up and take her dinner on you because your wife is RIGHT.
Join Me, Officer Rickey Antoine and the CREW: Stephen “Buzzard Boots” Mosley, Lelo “mouth of Hwy 69/73” I Washington & Tejas “Lil Man” Morning Star for Ask A Cop live, on KSAP 96.9 FM The Breeze every Tuesday from 1-3 p.m. and beyond. Listen as we discuss in detail “Ask A Cop.” You can tune in at ksapthebreeze.org. Call in your question live at 409-982-0247. You can make a comment or question via TEXT at 409-748-6106. Email rickey.antoine@portarthurtx.gov or call 409-983-8673 and leave a voice mail. Mail them to: Ofc. Rickey Antoine, 645 4th Street, Port Arthur, Texas, 77640. If you see me in public, feel free to “Ask A Cop!”
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- Dedicated Pharmaceutical Logistics Facility Offers Storage and Transport in Two Temperature Ranges -
TOKYO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (hereafter "Nippon Express"), a group company of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., has acquired Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for its East Japan Pharmaceutical Center (Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture), effective July 29, evidencing its compliance with WHO standards for the proper distribution of pharmaceuticals.
Logo: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/img/202209086166-O1-PLmZo0wX
Photo1: East Japan Pharmaceutical Center
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Photo2: Dedicated pharmaceutical transport vehicle
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The Nippon Express Group has positioned the pharmaceutical industry as a key industry in its "Nippon Express Group Business Plan 2023 -- Dynamic Growth," and has been developing a safe and secure pharmaceutical logistics platform to meet sophisticated and diverse pharmaceutical logistics needs globally.
The East Japan Pharmaceutical Center has now obtained GDP certification of its conformity to WHO standards for the storage and transport of pharmaceutical products in two temperature ranges (room temperature "15 C -25 C" and refrigerated "2 C -8 C"). The Nippon Express Group has acquired GDP certifications for pharmaceutical logistics at 32 business locations in 24 countries/regions around the world (including two sites that have also acquired CEIV Pharma certification) and will continue providing safe and high-quality pharmaceutical logistics services on an end-to-end basis globally with these certifications at the heart of its services.
Going forward, the Nippon Express Group will be further strengthening its pharmaceutical initiatives, enhancing the value of pharmaceuticals through transport, and striving to improve quality and expand services to ensure pharmaceuticals reach those who need them and thereby contribute to their health.
Nippon Express website: https://www.nipponexpress.com/
Nippon Express Group's official LinkedIn account:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nippon-express-group/
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West Tennessee State Fair returns to the fairgrounds
JACKSON,Tenn.– The West Tennessee State Fair is back until September 18th, fair goers have the chance to enjoy some annual fun.
“We came last year and had a blast so we came again this year. Just spending time with the family and having fun and enjoying the weather,” says Hannah and Zach Mceween
The fair has a number of exhibits, rides, food and other activities that attendees can enjoy.
The first night of the fair kicked off with a ‘pay one price’ admission.
For the rest of the week there will be pageants, a singing contest, wrestling shows and more.
“We love coming to see all of the exhibits and my kids always enter a bunch of arts and crafts and so we just love coming to see who won and what other people are making. We rode a couple of roller coasters already, we’re kind of slowing down at the moment,” says Laura Wilson.
Admission to the fair is 5 dollars. During the weekdays, gates will open at 5 pm and on the weekends gates open as early as 11 a.m. on Saturday and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.
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