#Jim Florio

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New Jersey Governor DILFs

Richard J. Hughes, Robert B. Meyner, Jim McGreevey, Donald DiFrancesco, Brendan Byrne, A. Harry Moore, Richard Codey, Walter Evans Edge, Alfred E. Driscoll, William T. Cahill, Thomas Kean, A. Harry Moore, Jon Corzine, James Florio, Phil Murphy

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Daniel Ricciardo driving Helmut Marko's 1972 Alfa Romeo 33/TT/3 on the historic Targa Florio course in Sicily | February 2015

Photos by Jim Krantz

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I can’t lie but I’m a little bit nervous of George’s future.

It seems like Kimi is in the seat nest to him next year, but Toto has also made no secret of his desire to get Max. I have no doubt he will be booted if he’s outperformed by Kimi, and Max wants the Mercedes seat.

On the other side, I hate how Mercedes have treated him. I hate for him to lose out but if they don’t trust him they need to let him go. So conflicted

Ok I'm going to start this answer with a PSA:

If you're going to come in my ask box to doubt George's future at Mercedes based on Toto Wolff's actions and words you are not going to like my answers very much.

If George ever leaves Mercedes it will be on his own terms, not Toto's. Toto also does not hold every single decision making power within the team. If he did, Lewis would've gotten whatever he wanted with his contract contrary to the cult's beliefs. The big 3 at Mercedes Benz hold more power over driver line-ups and everything else essentially than Toto ever will.

Below the cut is a whole deep dive into the dynamics that is the board of management and their decision making power if any of you want to read.

Let's start with the fact everyone knows for certain.

Mercedes F1 team is controlled by Mercedes Benz, Toto Wolff and Ineos. They each hold 33.3% of the shares in this company.

The current board of management for the f1 team consists 2 reps from all three of the above entities. Markus Schäfer, Michael Schiebe for MB, Johnny Ginns and Andy Currie for Ineos, Toto himself and Rene Berger (Toto's business partner). Oh and Carrie Donaghy as company secretary but she's not a major player.

Ineos tbh is kinda there to just pay the amount in salaries and other things Benz didn't want to pay for. They don't actually hold much weight in driver line up decisions and will probably go with the one that causes less chaos. Jim Radcliffe is also a tad bit more focused on football than F1 at the moment and who knows if Johnny Ginns even exists. They won't fight Benz or Toto on driver line-up decisions.

So technically, it means it's Benz vs Toto 50-50 you would think when it comes to massive decisions. Not really actually.

Without Mercedes, there is no Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 team. Now you may ask why Mercedes Benz is delving into the business of Mercedes-AMG (you shouldn't it's pretty much common sense).

AMG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Benz. Their current CEO, Michael Schiebe, used to be the chief of staff to Ola Kallenius, CEO of Mercedes Benz. Schiebe also currently reports to Markus Schäfer. These names sound familiar? Schiebe and Schäfer are essentially the right and left hand men to Kallenius and the 3 of them make up the big 3 I was referring to earlier.

Now they'll give and take in negotiations, this isn't a dictatorship obviously but if Ola's set on something I have a feeling it's very hard to change his mind. And currently George is performing to a standard that would absolutely not give anyone really any ammunition to replace him.

He's also continuously being used by Mercedes Benz in certain promotional things and activities entirely outside of F1. That douyin account is a right indicater of that, the chinese GP next year will be telling that's for sure. That Targa Florio drive for the Bandini Trophy? The trophy is awarded for people's performances in motorsport in the past year. Lando won the 2023 version. Take a look at his season vs George's 2022 season and tell me who should've won the 2023 trophy. And then take a look at those two's 2023 season and tell me who should've won this year. The significance of George winning the trophy this year? It's the 100 year anniversary of Mercedes' Targa Florio win, it's 130 years of Mercedes in Motorsport and a whole bunch of anniversaries for Mercedes Benz as a company. An 18 year old is not going to generate what Mercedes Benz is doing with PR, at least not to the level George is. He might match George with the F1 team's social media activity but not Mercedes Benz. We're talking about the company that has had Roger Federer as an ambassador since 2008 and will continue to have him as an ambassador.

The board is also quite protective of George if you've noticed. They've let publications run their mouths about Kimi's testing results however they like until they started reporting the kid was beating George's times. Then Shov came out and said like 3 times testing times are not that representative. The whole email saga came out in Canada and who turns up in Barcelona for the very next race? Ola.

Schäfer and Britta Seeger (now she's a woman you just have to stan) were also in Monaco. You won't see Michael Schiebe at an F1 race anytime soon though that man is allergic to dealing with anything motorsport related in public yet they've just put him in charge of another racing company.

That recent post by Mercedes F1 with Ola appearing in Brackley and Brixworth? It could be entirely planned but considering what had just happened and the fact Ola has not being placed in center stage of Mercedes F1 socials in like ever, it's an interesting appearence to publicise for sure (why that man was talking batteries though to people at Brackley I do not know and frankly I doubt I would want to).

Like I said, if George is not at Mercedes anymore, it would be entirely at his discretion. Plus if he leaves, Redbull is going to be right there knocking on his door regardless of their junior drivers. Just take a look on how Christian Horner and Helmut Marko speaks on and of George.

Also why do people keeping thinking Kimi will get outperformed by George? Have some faith please guys.

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In Memoriam - New Jersey Globe

Viola Foster, who served as Rep. Jim Florio's district director when he was a South Jersey congressman, died on June 11. She was 93. Foster …

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Jim Harbaugh to NFL? Ravens' John Harbaugh explains why brother is widely sought after in league circles - CBS Sports

* Jim Harbaugh to NFL? Ravens' John Harbaugh explains why brother is widely sought after in league circles  CBS Sports * Falcons interview Michigan's Jim Harbaugh for coaching vacancy  ESPN * Jim Harbaugh aches for a Super Bowl, despite work to do with Michigan  Detroit Free Press * PFT’s Mike Florio: Jim Harbaugh Wanted the Chargers HC Job a Year Ago | The Rich Eisen Show  The Rich Eisen Show * Jim Harbaugh remains engaged in contract talks with Michigan amid NFL swirl  Yahoo Sports

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UN DIA HISTORICO, UN DIA EN QUE "CAYERON" LOS 10 segundos

Por Luis Vinker En el atletismo mundial, y todavía en la época en que el cronometraje en las competencias olímpicas se realizaba en forma manual, quebrar la barrera de los 10 segundos en los 100 metros llanos se consideraba la demostración suprema de la velocidad. Esa marca cayó en una famosa noche de records en Sacramento, California, en junio de 1968, con nombres que ya integran la leyenda mundial del sprint: Jim Hines, Charlie Greene, Ronnie Ray Smith. Poco después, en la altitud de México y durante la final olímpica, Hines se encargaría de quebrarla con cronometraje automático (9s.95), registro que tendría larga vigencia en la lista de récords, casi 18 temporadas. Vinieron las épocas de Carl Lewis y otros fenómenos, hasta desembocar en el más reciente, Usain Bolt (9.58 en Berlin 2009)... Para el atletismo sudamericano, esta es una historia muy lejana. Pero lo cierto es que el sprinter más grande de la historia de nuestra región, el brasileño Robson Caetano da Silva (medallista olímpico de 200 metros en Seúl 88 y finalista en 100 en aquella época de auténticos "monstruos"), fijó la plusmarca sudameriana exactamente en 10.00, el 22 de julio de 1988 en la altitud de la Ciudad de México, al ganar el Campeonato Iberoamericano. En las últimas temporadas, varios exponentes de la nueva generación amenazaron dicha marca, aunque sin concretarla. Lo sucedido en meses recientes, hizo palpitar que Robson 10.00 no iba a durar mucho más. Un brasileño procedente de Maringá, Paraná, llamado Renán Correa de Lima Gallina corrió en 10.01 para ganar el Sudamericano u20 en Bogotá. Los mejores velocistas de Brasil -sin Renán, ausente por lesión- estuvieron a punto de batir el récord en el reciente Trofeo Nacional, en Cuiabá. Y simultáneamente, desde Estados Unidos, comenzaban a asombrar las marcas de un chico de 18 años (cumplirá 19 el plróximo 29 de diciembre) llamado Issamade Asinga, oriundo de Texas, residente en Florida, pero que decidió representar a Surinam: el país de su padre, el ex astro del mediofondo Tommy Asinga... Y el debut oficial de Issamade Asinga con los colores rojo, verde y blanco de Surinam se concretaba este viernes 28 de julio en el Centro Olímpico de Vila Clementina, en Sao Paulo. Por Brasil competían Paulo André Camilo de Oliveira (recientemente reintegrado a las competencias, tras una temporada en un popular reality de la TV O Globo) y Erik Felipe Barbosa Cardoso, ambos con antecedentes de 10.01. Por Colombia, y tras su tour europeo, llegaba Ronald Longa, el juvenl escolta de Renán en el Sudamericano u20 de Bogotá... En la primera eliminatoria, Erik corrió en 10.08 se aseguró su plaza de finalista. Allí, por muy poquito, se quedó afuera el recordman argentino y campeón de los Odesur, Franco FLorio (10.40, apenas dos milésimas lo separaron de un lugar en la prueba decisiva). Pero en la segunda semifinal, con leve viento en contra (0.6ms), Asinga comenzó a mostrar su potencial: 10.03, con un poderoso tramo final, aventajando por cuatro centésimas a Paulo André.  El registro de Asinga ya significaba nuevo récord de los campeonatos, bajando en tres centésimas el que mantenía otro brasileño, André Domingos da Silva, desde hacía 24 temporadas y también en la altitud, Bogotá. Longa quedó tercero en esta semi con 10.18 y avanzó a la final, al igual que el ecuatoriano Katriel Angulo. A las 15.35 de la tarde, se detuvo la música en el Estadio, calló el locutor y también, desde las tribunas, se hizo un silencio absoluto. Se iba a largar la final de los 100 metros llanos. Y se palpitaba algo grande. El colombiano Longa produjo la partida más poderosa y estuvo al frente sobre los 40 metros. A partir de allí, en los carriles centrales fueron avanzando Asinga y los brasileños. La seguridad personal que emanaba en el juvenil de Surinam, su impactante poder de definición, lo condujeron a la victoria. Eran los aires de un verdadero campeón. Apenas cruzararon la meta, giraron sus cuerpos y la vista hacia el cartel electrónico. Y en cuánto se indicaron las marcas, estallaron los festejos, las ovaciones, los gritos de admiración y sorpresa. Todos los protagonistas descargaban su euforia y, desde las tribunas, la sensación de haber presenciado un momento único en la historia de estos campeonatos, surgidos hace más de un siglo (1919). Issamade Asinga había "invertido" 9 segundos y 89 centésimas para esta finalísima de los 100 metros, disputada con un viento levemente favorable de 0.8ms, en una tarde nublada y cálida. Se había dado todo: la jerarquía de los corredores, el ambiente competitivo, la ambición y el clima. Asinga batió por dos centésimas el récord mundial junior (lo tenía Letsile Tsebogo, de Botswana) y, por supuesto, el record sudamericano absoluto de Robson. Este, al borde de la pista en sus funciones de comentarista para la TV, se acercó enseguida a felicitar a todos los protagonistas: después de 35 años, veía caer su récord... La medalla de plata correspondió a Erik Felipe Barbosa Cardoso con 9.97, por supuesto, nuevo tope de Brasil. Y el bronce, al juvenil colombiano Ronald Longa con 9.99. Paulo André quedó cuarto con 10.03 y en el quinto puesto -todavía luciendo a sus 33 años- el panameño Alonso Edward con 10.14. El venezolano David Vivas (6° con plusmarca nacional de 10.24), el ecuatoriano Katriel ANgulo (7° con 10.28) y el colombiano Neiker Jesús Abello (8° con 10.33) completaban esta carrera inolvidable. La historia del sprint sudamericano acababa de vivir un capítulo único.   Read the full article

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Happy birthday JO SIFFERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (07/07/1936 - ∞) 💙⚡

Joseph 'Jo' Siffert, nicknamed by his family and friends 'Seppi', was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, to a poor family, his father was a dairy owner and it's thanks to him if Jo got interested in motorsport: at the age of twelve, he took him to Bern, to see the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix; from that day Jo knew that he wanted to become a racing driver. After concluding his mandatory school years, in 1951, he started working as an apprentice in a workshop that mainly repaired cars; there he would meet the swiss driver Benoît Musy, with whom he developed a great friendship (after Benoît's passing, Jo would make a tribute to him with his helmet design).

Like many other racing drivers (von Trips, Surtees, Ickx), the young Seppi, made his motoracing debut in the world of motorbikes in 1957, and quickly made his name known by showing his determination and talent, that later would earn him the Swiss 350 cc motorcycle championship in 1959, before switching to the the world of four-wheel racing by joining the Formula Junior.

After two years, Jo finally made his debut in Formula 1: he took part at the '62 Monaco GP, racing in a Lotus-Climax for a private team, the first of many others, because during his racing, Jo changed a few teams, like in 1964 he joined the Rob Walker racing team, with whom he earned three important victories: he won the '64 and '65 Mediterranean GPs, both were non-championship, but this gp was considered to be very prestigious, and later he would win the '68 British GP, which was the first official victory for the Swiss driver with the private team, that later he would leave in 1970 to join March. His second victory would later come once he joined the BRM team in 1971, at the Austrian GP; but unfortunately that would be his last, that same year Seppi would pass away in a tragic accident during a non-championship race held at Brands Hatch.

Jo always demonstrated to be a very versatile driver: after becoming the lead driver for Porsche, he participated often at the 24 hours of Le Mans, he won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring along with Hans Herrmann, and other tricky competitions like the 1000km of Spa and the '70 Targa Florio. Porsche would later choose Seppi to start their new racing programme in the Can-Am series in 1969.

Jo was also known for being the testimonial for the Heuer watches, and used to sell them to his fellow F1 drivers like Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and many others. Being the testimonial, in '69 it was released his own personilised version and was called the 'Heuer Autvia': it had an elegant white watch face with light blue details. The watch had a big success, but despite that, after Jo's passing, Jack Heuer, preferred to remove it from trade and never use those colours again.

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If you have to go, if it is written your time is that day, you will die whether you go racing or not.

- Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari Formula One driver (1935-1967)

In May 1967 Denny Hulme won the Monaco Grand Prix at Monte Carlo, his first championship win, but the day was overshadowed by the death of Italian Lorenzo Bandini who crashed while in second place.  After two years without a fatality during a race, the brutal reality returned in an appalling accident witnessed by thousands.

Lorenzo Bandini was a racing driver from Italy who recorded 42 starts in the Formula One World Championship between 1961 and 1967. He achieved his first class victory at the 1958 Mille Miglia in 1958 driving a Lancia Appia Zagato.In 1959 and 1960 he drove a Formula Junior Stanguellini and caught the attention of the Formula 1 teams.

He then moved to F1 in 1961 with the Scuderia Centro Sud, and finished third at the non-championship race at Pau.Early 1962, Bandini was hired by Ferrari and on his debut for the Scuderia finished an excellent third at the Monaco Grand Prix.For 1963, the Italian was retained by the Ferrari for sports cars races only, and along with Ludovico Scarfiotti, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours and finished second in the Targa Florio.

In 1964, Lorenzo Bandini had his best Formula One season. He won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Zeltweg circuit and helped team mate Surtees clinch the title by letting him pass at the Mexican Grand Prix.

In 1965 Bandini won the Targa Florio again, and in 1966, still with the Scuderia Ferrari was unlucky not to win the French and the US Grand Prix, due to mechanical problems.1967 had started well, Lorenzo Bandini and Chris Amon won the Daytona 24 Hours and the 1000 km of Monza.

For Bandini, as an Italian, he had the weight of Ferrari’s history on his shoulders. He was widely expected to be crowned world champion in 1967. 

But Bandini had reached the most dangerous point in a driver's career. He was the only one left to uphold Italian prestige and all eyes were upon him. The fans, his friends and the Press were all demanding great things. He simply had to win. He had to show that he was better than so many people thought.

Bandini was lying in second when he clipped the chicane, and crashed upside down. His car caught fire, igniting straw bales which lined the track, and as it burned with a conscious Bandini trapped inside, several attempts were made to pull him out but each time the intensity of the blaze beat inadequately equipped marshals back.  As cars continued to race past, Bandini was eventually pulled clear but died from terrible burns three days later. His Ferrari continued to burn for the rest of the afternoon.

With the field limited to 16 cars, most places were allocated to teams which had been racing for three years or more, leaving the rest to scrap for the eight remaining slots.

Bandini led off the line from Hulme, while pole-sitter Jack Brabham broke a connecting rod on the opening lap and soon after spun out on his own oil. After two laps Hulme passed Bandini, and after seven Jackie Stewart took the lead.

John Surtees moved into third until his Honda expired in a cloud of blue smoke, and then Jim Clark, harrying Bruce McLaren for third, suffered a broken suspension as he took the 90mph left-hander at the Tabac Turn and his Lotus crashed into a wall.

By halfway only eight cars remained, and although Hulme led, Bandini steadily ate into the gap.  But Motorsport noted that "Hulme's superior physical condition was coming out on top and poor Bandini was beginning to flag and lack concentration, occasionally being untidy and ragged on some corners".

Photo: Chris Amon in the remaining Ferrari passes the horrifying crash of his team-mate, Lorenzo Bandini.

But on the 81st of 100 laps Bandini crashed, leaving team-mate Chris Amon in second, but his career-long ill fortune was again to the fore as his Ferrari suffered a puncture - possibly from running over the debris of the smoking wreck - dropping him to third behind Graham Hill.

Bandini was taken by boat across the harbour with serious burns, and a lung injury. His spleen was removed in an operation, but he died three days later.

Bandini was 32. Bandini died on 7 May 1967 despite the night and day efforts of leading French and Italian specialists to save his life. Only hours before his death, doctors had said his condition appeared slightly improved. He underwent a four-and-half-hour oneration following the accident which marred the 25th running of the Monaco classic.

Dr Michael Henderson, in his book ‘Motor Racing in Safety’ says of Bandini’s accident, ‘He was trapped because rescue procedure was ill-directed through poor training and equipment. He was incapacitated through sever impact injuries received when the car crashed into the harbour wall – possibly, even, he was unconscious for a time. Due to this incapacitation he was unable to help himself at all. The car became an inferno because of a profuse flow of petrol from aluminium tanks ripped open in the crash. The rate at which a fire burns is directly related to the rate of fuel flow’. In common with all other 1967 Grand Prix cars, the Ferrari carried no built-in fire extinguishing system. This added up to fatal burn injury. But, although the immediate cause of Bandini’s death was from burns, the contributory causes of trapping and impact injury were so important that if they had been eliminated he would not have died. Lorenzo Bandini was the best italian driver after Alberto Ascari's era, his loss was profound to the motor sport Formula One racing.

Photo: Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Monaco. 1967. Lorenzo Bandini (Ferrari 312) leads John Surtees (Honda RA273) and Jochen Rindt (Cooper T81B Maserati). Bandini later crashed suffering fatal injuries.

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RIIL announces Hall of Fame Class of 2017

July 1, 2017

     The following distinguished athletes, coaches, official, and administrator will be inducted into the Rhode Island Interscholastic League High School Athletic Hall of Fame-Class of 2017 on Wednesday, October 25 at 7 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. Ticket availability to be announced. DENISE ARMSTRONG-FLORIO A three-sport star at Cranston West in the late 1970s, Armstrong-Florio remains one of the best female athletes ever to play for her school, earning All-State honors in basketball, volleyball and tennis. BRIAN BOUCHER Before playing 13 seasons in the NHL and then becoming a television analyst, Boucher established himself as one of the best goaltenders ever to play for Mount St. Charles, backstopping the Mounties to their 29th state championship in 1994. MEGHANN CARNEY A three-sport star at North Kingstown in the mid-1990s, Carney was an All-Stater in both field hockey and volleyball, as well as being named Gatorade R.I. Volleyball Player of the Year in 1996, while also earning All-Division honors in basketball. SHELLEY ZANFAGNA CAVANAUGH A three-time All-Stater, Cavanaugh dominated the diamond when the RIIL added fast-pitch softball in the mid-1980s, hurling North Providence to three of its first four state titles and finishing with 381 career strikeouts. JIM DOYLE One of Rhode Island’s most successful high school coaches in any sport, Doyle’s coaching career spans more than three decades, first at St. Raphael and now at Bishop Hendricken. During that time he has coached his teams to a total of 52 state championships – 18 in cross country, 22 in indoor track-and-field and 12 in outdoor track-and-field. VIRGINIA “GINI” DUARTE (posthumous) A longtime elementary teacher in East Providence, Duarte worked closely with Alice Sullivan beginning in the late 1960s to develop girls’ high school sports in Rhode Island. In addition to being an original member of the RIIL’s Sub-Committee for Girls High School Sports, she coached at East Providence High School and was a girls’ basketball and volleyball official. KATHERINE (JOHNSTON) ITACY A three-time All-State selection outdoors, twice indoors, as well as a three-time Gatorade R.I. Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year, Itacy set state records in both the 4K hammer throw and 20-pound weight throw en route to winning many titles while competing for Warwick Vets in the late 1990s and early 2000s. CATHERINE LANNI An All-Stater and 1983 McDonald’s High School All-American honorable mention, Lanni was one of the greatest girls basketball players ever to play at North Providence High School. After serving as an assistant coach at CCRI, she went on to coach for seven years at Shea High School, leading the Raiders to their program’s first divisional and state titles. JULIE MAGUIRE A graduate of North Kingstown where she was a member of the Skippers’ 1983 state championship field hockey team and also played basketball, track and field, volleyball and softball, Maguire has been coaching at her alma mater ever since graduating from the University of Rhode Island. Over the last 27 years, she has guided the North Kingstown field hockey team to 10 Division I titles and 22 Final Four appearances. PAT MONTI The 1963-64 Rhode Island Schoolboy Athlete of the Year, Monti starred in football, basketball and baseball at Barrington High School, leading the baseball team to the 1964 state title and the basketball team to three Class C Championships. He also coached the swim team at his alma mater and was an RIIL baseball umpire for 10 years. MICHAEL REEDER A boys and girls basketball official for more than 40 years, Reeder has served as president of both boards, as well as a rules interpreter, and has been honored numerous times for his service and dedication to the profession. TONY TORREGROSSA A member of a state championship wrestling team and two state championship football teams at Mount Pleasant High School, Torregrossa has spent the past 51 years at Smithfield High School, working as a math teacher and athletic director, while also coaching football, wrestling and softball and amassing an impressive collection of league, divisional and state championships.

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I’m not writing to take an opinion on the issues of sanctuary cities or illegal immigration, but have to say I’m pleased a gang of Republican-appointed federal judges were willing to rule against a president from their own party.

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Philly.com reports from the Associated Press that this afternoon,

“A federal appeals court in Chicago has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold public safety grants from cities that don’t cooperate with its immigration enforcement policies, agreeing with a temporary injunction imposed earlier this year by a lower court judge.”

The decision by three judges on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the administration tried to exceed its authority by establishing a new condition for cities to qualify for public safety money. Instead, Congress earmarked the money without that condition.

Judge Ilana Rovner wrote, in an opinion joined by Judge William Bauer,

“The Attorney General in this case used the sword of federal funding to conscript state and local authorities to aid in federal civil immigration enforcement. … But the power of the purse rests with Congress, which authorized the federal funds at issue and did not impose any immigration enforcement condition on the receipt of such funds.”

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According to Politico, judges here in Philadelphia and also Los Angeles “blocked attempts to add the immigration-related conditions to new federal grants.”

“Sanctuary cities” are those that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents by letting them know when immigrants in the country illegally are about to be released from police detention.

Last July, the Trump team decided cities receiving public safety grants — that can be used to buy public-safety equipment, including police cars — must agree to inform federal agents.

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Then, Chicago and several cities sued, and a lower court judge imposed a temporary injunction on the administration’s requirement.

This afternoon, all three judges agreed, so that nationwide injunction will stay in force. But one judge said the ruling should apply to Chicago only. That detail won’t matter.

Judge Daniel Manion wrote,

“Other jurisdictions that do not want to comply with the Notice and Access conditions were not parties to this suit, and there is no need to protect them in order to protect Chicago. … A nationwide preliminary injunction … should only be issued where it is absolutely necessary, and it is far from absolutely necessary here.”

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A pleased Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel praised the judge who wrote the decision.

“Judge Rovner says in her opinion that Chicago does not interfere with the federal government’s lawful enforcement of immigration laws and pursuit of its civil immigration activities, and presence in such localities will not immunize anyone to the reach of the federal government,” Emanuel said.

But he did mention the fight isn’t over, since the money hasn’t yet come.

Justice Department spokesman Devin O’Malley disagreed, writing in a statement,

“We will continue to fight to carry out the Department’s commitment to the rule of law, protecting public safety, and keeping criminal aliens off the streets to further perpetrate crimes.”

Several cities established policies to protect immigrants since Trump won the 2016 election.

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Politico noted, “Rovner was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, Bauer by President Gerald Ford and Manion by President Ronald Reagan, all Republicans.”

Three cheers to all three, since the judiciary should be separate from politics, just like they ruled the Executive branch should be separate from the Legislative.

These folks did the right thing, at least this time, since I’m not familiar with their other rulings.

Give Alex Holley an A (and a raise)

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ShareRocket numbers came out on Monday. They’re the equivalent of Nielsen ratings for TV shows, but for social media instead. Take them for what they’re worth, along with the thought of companies trying to use social media to make money. The Fox Television Stations Group (which still doesn’t bother to list its stations, as I’ve mentioned here and several other places) is very big on it. Too big. Other things lose out. (See Murdoch, Rupert. Facebook‘s Mark Zuckerberg knows much better.)

According to ShareRocket, in the first quarter of this year,  Philadelphia’s “WTXF (Fox 29) generated more than 7.3 million total Engagements,” meaning the number of times people responded to the station’s, or their employees’ posts — on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram — by liking, commenting, etc., during the first quarter.

“The station also benefited from having the No. 1 individual in the market, anchor Alex Holley. Holley generated more than 960,000 Engagements in the quarter across all platforms.”

Doing simple math — 960,000 divided by 7.3 million — Good Day Philadelphia anchor Holley is completely responsible for 13.15 percent of Fox 29’s performance in the quarter, all on her own. This doesn’t count anything the station wrote about her or her stories. These are posts she wrote and published by herself, on her own accounts. Good for her!

On the other hand, that means everybody else at Fox 29, including the group of people paid to write news and social media (way too much social media, if you ask me), only did 86.85 percent of the station’s first quarter performance. As I’ve written before, web producers

“try to find articles from out of the area that will get clicked. What usually happens is that one station — whether it happened in their area or not — writes it and offers to share it with the other stations, which may choose to accept it or not. If they accept it, then they can tease it on social media or not.”

So there’s lots of help Alex doesn’t get.

By the way, ShareRocket reports,

“The market saw a very large increase in Engagement in general from quarter to quarter, likely driven by the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl win. All six stations Share Rocket tracks in the market saw significant bumps in total Engagement, and four of those stations saw increases of +40% or more.”

But Fox 29 wasn’t one of the four stations out of six that saw increases of 40 percent or more. Fox 29 was in the bottom half. It only went up 22 percent from quarter to quarter! In other words, it lagged and underperformed, and its share of the market dropped from 33.48 percent, down to 30.77 percent.

Imagine where they’d be without Alex!

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There’s a new face on President Trump’s legal team dealing with the ongoing special counsel probe, and it’s a familiar one. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani told The Washington Post he joined the club.

Giuliani said to the paper,

“I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the president and for Bob Mueller.”

Along with the longtime Trump ally, the president will also be defended by a couple who run a Florida-based law firm, Jane Serene Raskin and Marty Raskin. Plus everyone else on his legal team. The new three are all former federal prosecutors.

Speaking of former federal prosecutors, Chris Christie hasn’t been New Jersey governor since January but his official portrait is making news because it’s going to “cost a stunning $85,000,” according to the New York Post. (Get your jokes out of the way now. The Post did. Its article’s headline is “Artist gets big, fat paycheck for Chris Christie’s official portrait.”)

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NorthJersey.com reports the $85,000 will be “more than what his three predecessors … paid to have their images hang in commemoration of their political service” — combined!

It priced the portrait “the highest for a governor since Democrat Jim Florio paid $58,000 for his. Christie’s three immediate predecessors — Jon Corzine, Richard Codey and Jim McGreevey, all Democrats — paid a combined $74,500.”

That makes the Christie image cost $10,500 more than Corzine, Codey and McGreevey’s altogether.

There is one difference: Christie did take up two terms. The last New Jersey governor to do that was Christine Whitman ($48,000), who served from 1994 to 2001. Even Florio was a one-termer, serving 1990 to 1994. FYI, his two predecessors were both two-termers, Tom Kean and Brendan Byrne.

The website showed the governors’ official portraits:

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According to NorthJersey.com,

“Since he took office, Christie has spoken about the official picture that likely will long outlive him and the many internet memes he’s touched off. And in his public life, Christie had earned a reputation for having a taste for luxury when others paid the bill.”

Then the paper went on to describe those luxuries.

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Who will pay? “A taxpayer-funded transition account of $250,000 that is granted to former governors to pay for staff and office space, as well as services such as the painting,” NorthJersey.com says.

The artist is Australian Paul Newton. The portrait will be oil-on-canvas.

Too bad it won’t hang in the Statehouse when it’s finished by the fall. That’s under a multi-year renovation.

It won’t cost us anything to remember what NorthJersey.com described as

“the picture of him on that beach closed to everyone else, in that chair with his family and friends while the public was shut out of state parks on a holiday weekend during a government shutdown.”

Let’s hope Phil Murphy has a more compact ego!

Sanctuary cities judges show they know justice, not politics I’m not writing to take an opinion on the issues of sanctuary cities or illegal immigration, but have to say I’m pleased a gang of Republican-appointed federal judges were willing to rule against a president from their own party.

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Over the past year, Murphy has made moves to reduce the state's contribution to global warming by rejoining a regional cap and trade system and laying the groundwork to build one of the nation's largest offshore wind farms - a project that has been stalled for at least a decade. His aggressive clean energy mandate requires 50 percent of all electricity sold in the state to come from renewable sources by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050. But advocates say his efforts will be in vain unless he takes a strong stand against the natural gas industry, which generated 58 percent of electricity in New Jersey as of October. Only 3.5 percent came from renewable sources. The four power plants plus a recently completed PSEG plant in Woodbridge would spike carbon dioxide and methane emissions from New Jersey's power plants by 76 percent, according to the report. “It’s kind of scary that no one until now has done the basic math around these cumulative impacts or shared it,” said Ken Dolsky of the Don’t Gas the Meadowlands Coalition and a primary author of the report. “Our research shows building these gas projects would make it impossible to achieve Governor Murphy’s objectives." Dolsky and other members of a coalition called Empower New Jersey held a rally in Trenton on Wednesday calling for Murphy to pass a moratorium to halt progress on the dozen projects. Governors have issued moratoriums to stop environmental threats in the past such as Gov. Brendan Byrne stopping development in the Pinelands and Gov. Jim Florio barring the construction of trash incinerators. Such action is needed if Murphy wants to jump-start New Jersey clean energy businesses, advocates said.

A dozen fossil fuel projects could derail Phil Murphy's clean energy goals

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Memorial service to be held in New Jersey for late former Gov. Jim Florio

Memorial service to be held in New Jersey for late former Gov. Jim Florio

Memorial service to be held in New Jersey for late former Gov. Jim Florio – CBS Philadelphia Watch CBS News Jim Florio died last week at the age of 85. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

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In Memoriam - New Jersey Globe

Frederick A. Busch, Jr., a former Clementon mayor who challenged Jim Florio twice in South Jersey congressional races in the 1980s, died on April 14.

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Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85

Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85

Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85 #Jim #Florio #Jersey #Governor #Undone #Tax #Hike #Dies Welcome to Americanah Blog, here is the new story we have for you today: You Can Click Here To View Restricted Videos/Images in this Article Jim Florio, who was elected governor of New Jersey in 1989 by persuading voters that he would not raise state taxes but who then pushed…

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UN DIA HISTORICO, UN DIA EN QUE "CAYERON" LOS 10 segundos

Por Luis Vinker En el atletismo mundial, y todavía en la época en que el cronometraje en las competencias olímpicas se realizaba en forma manual, quebrar la barrera de los 10 segundos en los 100 metros llanos se consideraba la demostración suprema de la velocidad. Esa marca cayó en una famosa noche de records en Sacramento, California, en junio de 1968, con nombres que ya integran la leyenda mundial del sprint: Jim Hines, Charlie Greene, Ronnie Ray Smith. Poco después, en la altitud de México y durante la final olímpica, Hines se encargaría de quebrarla con cronometraje automático (9s.95), registro que tendría larga vigencia en la lista de récords, casi 18 temporadas. Vinieron las épocas de Carl Lewis y otros fenómenos, hasta desembocar en el más reciente, Usain Bolt (9.58 en Berlin 2009)... Para el atletismo sudamericano, esta es una historia muy lejana. Pero lo cierto es que el sprinter más grande de la historia de nuestra región, el brasileño Robson Caetano da Silva (medallista olímpico de 200 metros en Seúl 88 y finalista en 100 en aquella época de auténticos "monstruos"), fijó la plusmarca sudameriana exactamente en 10.00, el 22 de julio de 1988 en la altitud de la Ciudad de México, al ganar el Campeonato Iberoamericano. En las últimas temporadas, varios exponentes de la nueva generación amenazaron dicha marca, aunque sin concretarla. Lo sucedido en meses recientes, hizo palpitar que Robson 10.00 no iba a durar mucho más. Un brasileño procedente de Maringá, Paraná, llamado Renán Correa de Lima Gallina corrió en 10.01 para ganar el Sudamericano u20 en Bogotá. Los mejores velocistas de Brasil -sin Renán, ausente por lesión- estuvieron a punto de batir el récord en el reciente Trofeo Nacional, en Cuiabá. Y simultáneamente, desde Estados Unidos, comenzaban a asombrar las marcas de un chico de 18 años (cumplirá 19 el plróximo 29 de diciembre) llamado Issamade Asinga, oriundo de Texas, residente en Florida, pero que decidió representar a Surinam: el país de su padre, el ex astro del mediofondo Tommy Asinga... Y el debut oficial de Issamade Asinga con los colores rojo, verde y blanco de Surinam se concretaba este viernes 28 de julio en el Centro Olímpico de Vila Clementina, en Sao Paulo. Por Brasil competían Paulo André Camilo de Oliveira (recientemente reintegrado a las competencias, tras una temporada en un popular reality de la TV O Globo) y Erik Felipe Barbosa Cardoso, ambos con antecedentes de 10.01. Por Colombia, y tras su tour europeo, llegaba Ronald Longa, el juvenl escolta de Renán en el Sudamericano u20 de Bogotá... En la primera eliminatoria, Erik corrió en 10.08 se aseguró su plaza de finalista. Allí, por muy poquito, se quedó afuera el recordman argentino y campeón de los Odesur, Franco FLorio (10.40, apenas dos milésimas lo separaron de un lugar en la prueba decisiva). Pero en la segunda semifinal, con leve viento en contra (0.6ms), Asinga comenzó a mostrar su potencial: 10.03, con un poderoso tramo final, aventajando por cuatro centésimas a Paulo André.  El registro de Asinga ya significaba nuevo récord de los campeonatos, bajando en tres centésimas el que mantenía otro brasileño, André Domingos da Silva, desde hacía 24 temporadas y también en la altitud, Bogotá. Longa quedó tercero en esta semi con 10.18 y avanzó a la final, al igual que el ecuatoriano Katriel Angulo. A las 15.35 de la tarde, se detuvo la música en el Estadio, calló el locutor y también, desde las tribunas, se hizo un silencio absoluto. Se iba a largar la final de los 100 metros llanos. Y se palpitaba algo grande. El colombiano Longa produjo la partida más poderosa y estuvo al frente sobre los 40 metros. A partir de allí, en los carriles centrales fueron avanzando Asinga y los brasileños. La seguridad personal que emanaba en el juvenil de Surinam, su impactante poder de definición, lo condujeron a la victoria. Eran los aires de un verdadero campeón. Apenas cruzararon la meta, giraron sus cuerpos y la vista hacia el cartel electrónico. Y en cuánto se indicaron las marcas, estallaron los festejos, las ovaciones, los gritos de admiración y sorpresa. Todos los protagonistas descargaban su euforia y, desde las tribunas, la sensación de haber presenciado un momento único en la historia de estos campeonatos, surgidos hace más de un siglo (1919). Issamade Asinga había "invertido" 9 segundos y 89 centésimas para esta finalísima de los 100 metros, disputada con un viento levemente favorable de 0.8ms, en una tarde nublada y cálida. Se había dado todo: la jerarquía de los corredores, el ambiente competitivo, la ambición y el clima. Asinga batió por dos centésimas el récord mundial junior (lo tenía Letsile Tsebogo, de Botswana) y, por supuesto, el record sudamericano absoluto de Robson. Este, al borde de la pista en sus funciones de comentarista para la TV, se acercó enseguida a felicitar a todos los protagonistas: después de 35 años, veía caer su récord... La medalla de plata correspondió a Erik Felipe Barbosa Cardoso con 9.97, por supuesto, nuevo tope de Brasil. Y el bronce, al juvenil colombiano Ronald Longa con 9.99. Paulo André quedó cuarto con 10.03 y en el quinto puesto -todavía luciendo a sus 33 años- el panameño Alonso Edward con 10.14. El venezolano David Vivas (6° con plusmarca nacional de 10.24), el ecuatoriano Katriel ANgulo (7° con 10.28) y el colombiano Neiker Jesús Abello (8° con 10.33) completaban esta carrera inolvidable. La historia del sprint sudamericano acababa de vivir un capítulo único.   Read the full article

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Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85

Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85

A Democrat, he had successes on gun control, the environment and property-tax relief, but after raising income and sales taxes, he lost a bid for re-election.Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85 Source: New York Times