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How fortunate we are to have vigilant citizens like Alex Sprague to awaken the oblivious among us to the historical implications of our city street names, like Lee Street. Sprague, who appears to have lived in Alexandria all of five years and does not live in Old Town, nevertheless professes to have “always loved this town.” He says his campaign to rename our streets is “only the beginning of a magnificent fight for equality and awareness.”
Sprague didn’t explain how renaming Lee Street would accomplish either of those things. His friend and fellow street name activist, Huayra Forster, proposes to rename Lee Street “Wanishi Street” in honor of the Piscataway and Lenape Tribes, the latter whose historical territory, according to Wikipedia, included Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City, Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley – but not Virginia.
Today, the Lenape people live in Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada. It is unclear how renaming a street in Old Town Alexandria will help the Lenape people, who never lived here, achieve “equality.”
As for the fight for “awareness,” my wife and I lived on South Lee Street for 31 years. Of course we were aware of who the street was named after, but it was just our street and not a constant conscious reminder of our nation’s fraught racial history, the Civil War or Robert E. Lee’s role in it.
Erasing the name will do nothing to create the awareness Sprague presumably wishes to foster. Cancellation is not education. Decades from now, Wanishi Street would evoke no…
With Bellator headed back to South Dakota, it’s bringing one of the state’s biggest MMA names with it.
Born in Roslyn, S.D., former Division-I All-American wrestler Logan Storley will return to the cage at Bellator 265 when he welcomes promotional newcomer Dante Schiro, a promotion official recently told MMA Junkie.
Storley (11-1 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) looks to bounce back from his first professional loss suffered to Yaroslav Amosov in November. The split decision nod earned Amosov a title shot, which he capitalized on in a dominant unanimous decision over Douglas Lima.
Schiro (8-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) signed with the promotion in July. He enters Bellator on a two-fight winning streak and has competed in promotions like ONE Championship and LFA.
Storley, 28, was scheduled to compete at Bellator 258 in May. However, hours before the fight was scheduled to take place, his opponent, Omar Hussein, was deemed ineligible to compete by Mohegan Tribe medical staff.
Bellator 265 takes place Aug. 20 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. The main card airs on Showtime after prelims on MMA Junkie.
With the addition, the Bellator 265 lineup includes:
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Sergei Kharitonov vs. Cheick Kongo
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Adam Borics vs. Jay Jay Wilson
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Dante Schiro vs. Logan Storley
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DeAnna Bennett vs. Alejandra Lara
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Fabio Aguiar vs. Taylor Johnson
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Kevin Childs vs. Bailey Schoenfelder
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Mike Hamel vs. Bryce Logan
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Archie Logan vs. Deven Fisher
The interviews are harrowing. “It was the same routine, every day hanging me up and beating me. There are things they did to me there that I am too ashamed to talk about, but one thing I can tell you is that two times they made me sit on a bottle.” This is from interview number 106. The detainee who gave interview number 107 said: “They cuffed my hands behind my back and hanged my handcuffs from a hook on a chain from the ceiling. They didn’t really ask me questions, they just kept shouting [at me] to confess.”
In the depths of Iraqi detention centres, interviews were conducted with 235 detainees. Their testimony has been included in the report titled “Human Rights in the Administration of Justice in Iraq: legal conditions and procedural safeguards to prevent torture and ill-treatment” prepared by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UHCHR), issued on 3 August. The report covers the period 1 July 2019 to 30 April 2020.
“Torture is a reality in places of detention throughout Iraq,” it begins. This stark sentence opens the condemnation of the inhumane practices in the detention centres operated not only by the Ministries of Justice and the Interior, but also the Ministry of Defence, the Counterterrorism Service, the Baghdad Operations Command, the National Security Agency, the National Intelligence Service, and the Popular Mobilisation Forces. These are in addition to other places that the detainees do not know the location of.
The number of detainees is also unknown, as with the exception of the Ministry of Justice, which reported that there were 39,518 detainees in 2020, among them 2,115 women and 11,595 people sentenced to death, including 25 women; and 24,853 in facilities…
One family took to the disc golf course at Nesbitt Park despite the high temperatures and humidity.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The hot summer sun isn’t keeping one family from a round of disc golf at Nesbitt Park in Wilkes-Barre.
“It’s a good time, blow off some steam. I’ve got off. That’s really why I’m playing here,” said Nicholas Neipert of Nanticoke. “Wednesday is a little hot; who really cares? You know, I want to play,”
The family tells Newswatch 16 they’ve played 70 rounds of disc golf so far this summer around the state. They say Nesbitt Park is the place to play if you’re going to play in the middle of a heat advisory.
“This park is pretty good because a lot of it’s covered with good shade, some big trees, so we just got to get through a few holes with a lot of the sunshine, but other than that, this is a good place to come,” said Les Neipert of Mountain Top.
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But the heat does present some challenges, especially when the sweat gets in their eyes.
“You can’t really see, you have a bad throw, and you’re going to lose the hole,” explained Tyler.
One thing the heat doesn’t interfere with, though, is their competitive spirit.
“I have more energy than they do because I’m younger. And I don’t think they can handle me,” said Tyler.
“I do think that it does play into my advantage a little bit,” said Nicholas about the heat.
“I wouldn’t say I’m better, but in the heat, I’m definitely, I have a lot better control in the heat than they do,” argued Tyler.
“No matter what it is, he’s going to try to take advantage of it and try…
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Warrant round up deemed a success
NEW BETHLEHEM – With the help of two area law enforcement agencies, the office of District Judge Jeffrey Miller conducted a warrant roundup on Wednesday, Aug. 4.
According to Miller, the one-day cooperative effort between the New Bethlehem Police Department and the Clarion County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the collection of more than $3,500 in outstanding fines and the arrest of three individuals.
“An arrest warrant is the last resort,” Miller said on Monday, explaining that his office is always willing to work with individuals on their payments if needed. “It happens because people simply don’t respond.”
As part of the roundup, Miller said, summary warrants involving 35 outstanding cases — ranging from traffic citations to bad checks and dog law violations — were served last Wednesday.
There are still remaining warrants to be served, officials noted.
New Bethlehem Police Chief Robert Malnofsky, who originally suggested the operation, emphasized the operation’s value.
“You have to show people that there are consequences if they don’t answer court documents,” he said, noting that the money from outstanding fines is revenue that the county is losing.
“I think it was a success,” he continued. “It’s a win for the district court because they get their warrants cleared, and it’s a win for my department because there’s either going to be a hearing or the fines will be paid.”
Clarion County Sheriff Rex Munsee agreed, noting that he was involved with a similar operation years ago with the state police, but this was the first such venture between the sheriff’s department and the NBPD.
“I want to give Chief Malnofsky equal credit here [since] it was his idea to do this,” Munsee said. “We agreed that it was a good idea, so it was a partnership between the two organizations.”
Munsee also said that the roundup focused solely on Miller’s jurisdiction, which includes all…
What’s pushing 2,000-plus athletes from over 50 countries to San Francisco for the 40th annual Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon (EFAT) on Aug. 15—one of the most unique and grueling swim-bike-run races on the pro triathlon tour?
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Kim Cowan As Vice President of Talent Management
As Vice President of Talent Management, Kim is MGE’s growing organization through talent sourcing and recruitment, new hire onboarding and cultural immersion, learning and performance management, leadership effectiveness, successor / career planning, and diversity. Responsible for leading the ability. / Inclusion strategy.In this role, Kim reports to Patricia Smith, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer. We implement a global strategy that supports the continued development of the brand and promotes significant performance.
Prior to joining MGE, he was Principal of KWConsulting, Vice President of Human Resources Development at Prudential Financial for eight years, and a key advisor to senior management on improving organizational effectiveness and performance.
Naketrice Snow as director of corporate employee and guest experience
As director of corporate employees and guest experiences, Naketrice Snow joins the MGE team to define, create, communicate, coordinate, and measure the global enterprise-wide MGE strategic vision for employees and guest experiences. Naketrice, who reports to the Vice President of Talent Management, will lead the creation and implementation of employee and guest experience programs at all MGE properties.
Naketrice has over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry, serving a variety of resorts and hotels. Florida.. More recently, Naketrice has served as a catering director and senior event manager. Waldorf Astoria Orlando & Hilton Orlando Bonnet CreekShe led a team that exceeded the overall revenue budget each year, recreating the image of the guest process and bringing an extraordinary guest journey and experience.
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Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) is the master developer and operator of the world’s leading integrated entertainment resorts, including Mohegan Sun. Uncasville, ConnecticutInspired by Incheon, Korea…
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) has been put between a rock and a hard place as it competes to be the casino operator of an integrated resort (IR) in Nagasaki, Japan. Its local partner, Oshidori International Development, just withdrew itself from the partnership, with MGE now having to find a new one, and quickly. Oshidori is reportedly not at all pleased with how Nagasaki plans on overseeing its IR and doesn’t want to be any part of the operations.
MGE Loses Nagasaki IR Partner
At the end of this past January, MGE announced that it had partnered with Oshidori, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Oshidori International Holdings, as it competed to be among the first to enter Japan’s IR market. Everything seemed to be running smoothly and, at the end of July, there were indications that everything was on track. However, everything suddenly changed at the end of last week when Oshidori announced that it was exiting the partnership.
The unexpected departure has nothing to do with MGE’s efforts; instead, it appears the company is unhappy with the way Nagasaki wants to run its IR project. According to the company’s announcement, Oshidori asserted, “Unless there are certain changes to the developmental and operational rules imposed by the Nagasaki Prefecture, and unless the RFP (request for proposal) process is conducted in an ethical manner, it is withdrawing from participating in the RFP for an IR in Nagasaki.”
Oshidori didn’t lay out what changes it wants to see or what issues it may have uncovered, but added, “The restrictive and unreasonable rules imposed by the Nagasaki Prefecture make it impossible for Oshidori to conduct business in a prudent and efficient manner. In addition, Oshidori has encountered several incidents that make it question whether there have been serious ethical irregularities in…
Osage Nation Representatives review collections during a NAGPRA consultation. Photo courtesy of The Osage Nation
Nearly $2 million has been disbursed by the National Park Service in the form of grants to nine Indian Tribes, one Native Hawaiian organization, and 22 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
“The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act grants help ensure the longevity of Native American cultural heritage and the National Park Service is committed to supporting the critical work of Tribal consultations, documentation and repatriation,” said Park Service Deputy Director Shawn Benge.
Eleven grants will fund the transportation and return of 11 cultural items, more than 4,000 funerary objects, and human remains comprising 82 ancestors.
One recipient, the Delaware Tribe of Indians of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, will repatriate the remains of individuals and burial objects removed from the Abbott Farm Historic District, a National Historic Landmark archaeological site in Mercer County, New Jersey. The Delaware Tribal Historic Preservation Officer was to travel to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Andover, Massachusetts, to reunite the remains of 35 ancestors with over 600 funerary objects and prepare them for the journey to their final resting place. Additional representatives from the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin, will travel to Morrisville, Pennsylvania, to respectfully reinter the ancestors at a designated site on the banks of the Delaware River near the Abbot Farm site.
Twenty-two consultation and documentation grants will fund museum and tribal staff travel, consultation meetings and research, all in support of the repatriation process.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will conduct a collections review and host a consultation event to address NAGPRA-eligible cultural materials and ancestral remains recovered from Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Located near East St. Louis, Illinois, Cahokia Mounds is the largest pre-contact site in North…