But, the way by which CSK defended a complete of 167 in Dharamsala towards Gujarat Titans will give their followers hope of upping the ante towards Titans, who’ve already misplaced seven within the event to date.

A win will take them to 3rd place within the standings, forward of Sunrisers Hyderbad by advantage of higher internet run-rate. Among the many three groups caught on 12 factors, solely CSK (+0.700) enjoys a constructive internet run-rate.

IPL 2024: GT vs CSK Enjoying 11

GT Enjoying 11: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Matthew Wade(w), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Kartik Tyagi

Affect Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav

CSK Enjoying 11: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh.

 Affect Subs: Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Aravelly Avanish, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Choudhary

A New Jersey native who was named Miss Teen USA 2023 gave up her title this week simply days after the reigning Miss USA and the group’s social media director resigned as effectively.

UmaSofia Srivastava, 17, made her announcement on Instagram Wednesday, saying she was stepping down from Miss USA as a result of “my private values now not absolutely align with the route of the group.” She added that she’s going to proceed her “relentless advocacy for training and acceptance” by way of promotion of “the “The White Jaguar,” the youngsters’s ebook she wrote and illustrated, and her ongoing work with a number of nonprofit organizations.

UmaSofia on Instagram: “Thanks to everybody who has supported me these previous two years, it has really been an honor to signify you all. Whereas this was actually not how I noticed my reign coming to a detailed, I’m excited to proceed my advocacy for training and acceptance, begin making use of to schools, and share some thrilling new initiatives on That is Fan Conduct with these of you who plan to stay round 🥰 On the finish of the day, I’m so fortunate to have had the privilege of this expertise, but when that is only a chapter, I do know that the story of my life will really be unimaginable. Love, UmaSofia “The White Jaguar” is accessible for buy on the @barnesandnoble web site. All proceeds go to @lotuspetalfoundation and @wwf 🐆🤍”

The Miss Teen USA group launched a press release of gratitude towards Srivastava introduced that her successor will likely be topped quickly.

“We respect and help UmaSofia’s choice to step down from her duties,” the assertion learn. “The well-being of our titleholders is a prime precedence.”

Srivastava, of Morris Plains, was topped Miss Teen USA on the group’s most up-to-date pageant in Reno, Nevada, on Sept. 28. She turned the primary New Jersey resident to earn the crown in addition to the primary winner of Mexican-Indian descent.

Srivastava’s choice comes simply two days after Miss USA 2023, Noelia Voigt, introduced her resignation on Instagram, citing the necessity to prioritize her psychological well being. Miss USA social media director Claudia Michelle additionally stepped down from her place final week in a publish on her web page, alleging an absence of artistic management in her function together with administration’s “unprofessional and inappropriate” actions towards Srivastava and Voigt.

“Being supplied your dream job and seeing that it was something however was so disheartening,” Michelle wrote.

Now that she has stepped down as Miss Teen USA, Srivastava mentioned she is trying ahead to ending her junior 12 months and beginning the school software course of. She can be pursuing a venture that will likely be accessible to subscribers of her private weblog, That is Fan Conduct.

“Most significantly,” Srivastava wrote, “thanks to those that help me for who I’m and have all the time been, not for who I’ve momentarily turn out to be.”

On m’a déjà dit dans une entreprise que le management, ça half du sommet de la pyramide. Et quand on regarde la façon dont ça se passe dans des équipes sportives, il faut avouer que c’est un idea qui est plus que vrai.

À Montréal, en 2021-2022, rappelez-vous à quel level il y a eu des distractions quand le Canadien a décidé que Marc Bergevin allait commencer l’année à sa dernière année de contrat.

Ce qui se passe avec le CF Montréal devrait aussi être un exemple suffisant pour prouver mon level.

Toujours à Montréal, avez-vous vu la différence entre les Alouettes avant Pierre Karl Péladeau et après son arrivée? Avant, le membership était une risée et les controverses étaient nombreuses.

Mais depuis un an? Non seulement il n’y a pas eu de controverse, mais le membership a gagné la Coupe Gray. Tout le monde sait que PKP, Mark Weightman, Danny Maciocia et Jason Maas ne s’en vont nulle half… et ça fait en sorte que l’hiver passé, personne n’a voulu partir de Montréal chez les joueurs.

À mes yeux, ce n’est pas du hasard.

C’est d’ailleurs la raison pour laquelle je me demande s’il y a un lien entre les rumeurs qui envoient Rod Brind’Amour derrière le banc d’une autre équipe que les Hurricanes de la Caroline et le fait que les Canes font déjà, après trois matchs, face à l’élimination contre les puissants Rangers.

Évidemment, vous me direz que les Hurricanes jouent du bon hockey et que le problème n’est pas que le membership se fait déclasser chaque soir. En fait, la série contre les Rangers est plus que serrée.

Même le coach des Hurricanes le reconnaît : son membership joue très bien et il ne peut pas focuser sur le négatif seulement.

Mais il n’en demeure pas moins que Brind’Amour est vu comme la colle qui unit ses joueurs et que la possibilité de le voir partir joue possiblement dans la tête des gars sur le banc.

Rappelons que Brind’Amour en est à sa dernière année de contrat et que depuis le 1er mai, on sait que le principal intéressé doute de son avenir. En avril, les Hurricanes n’ont fait qu’une bouchée des Islanders… mais en mai, ce n’est pas facile contre les Rangers.

Consideration : cela ne veut pas dire que c’est la raison qui explique les trois défaites puisqu’on l’a établi : les Canes jouent bien. Mais un fait demeure : depuis qu’on a appris que Rod Brind’Amour doute de son avenir, les Hurricanes ne font que perdre.

Ils feront face à l’élimination demain soir. Combien de gars se diront que si la course ne s’entend pas avec Brind’Amour, qui veut rester, ce sera peut-être la fin pour l’entraîneur à courtroom terme?

En séries, chaque petit détail peut faire la différence. C’est peut-être le détail qui joue un peu trop dans la tête des gars, qui sait?

En ce second, parmi toutes les séries de deuxième ronde qui ont au moins un match joué, seuls les Hurricanes n’ont pas récolté de victoire. Il faut donner le crédit aux Rangers, évidemment, mais ça prend une resolution en Caroline aussi.

Il est aussi vital de rappeler qu’en 2018, Barry Trotz était en fin de contrat quand il a mené Alex Ovechkin et les Capitals de Washington à la conquête de la Coupe Stanley.

Il est parti tout de suite après.

La différence, ceci dit, c’est qu’avant le début des séries, il avait décidé qu’il allait partir à la fin de son contrat. Il n’avait donc pas, dans sa tête, d’incertitude : il était sur son départ.

Notons finalement, pour ce que cela vaut, que je verrais très bien Brind’Amour à Toronto. Cela n’arrivera pas, mais…

En rafale

– John Tavares au Championnat du monde. D’ailleurs, je déteste l’argument qui veut que «Tavares a quatre médailles d’or de plus que Grant McCagg» puisque sa job, ce n’est pas de gagner des médailles d’or sur la glace pour Équipe Canada.

– Erik Karlsson est le capitaine des Suédois.

– Bonne écoute.

– Très intéressant.

– Ah oui?

Kendrick Lamar made a number of critical allegations in opposition to Drake throughout their first headline-making rap beef. In his victory-clinching “Not Like Us,” Lamar renews criticisms about Drake’s cultural id and alleged inauthentic relationships with fellow artists. 

“You referred to as Future if you didn’t see the membership/Lil Child helped you get your lingo up/21 (Savage) gave you false avenue cred,” Lamar rapped. “You run to Atlanta if you want a number of {dollars}/ No, you not a colleague, you a f— colonizer.” 

For years, Drake has confronted allegations that he cozies as much as rap artists and replicates their sound and magnificence for private acquire earlier than transferring on to his subsequent venture. Rappers like Earl Sweatshirt, Rick Ross and Pusha T have spoken in regards to the purported sample, and claims of Drake being a “tradition vulture” have swirled for not less than a decade. 

Many of the allegations lie in adapting phony accents, musical similarities and covers, appearances with burgeoning artists and unproven claims of theft. 

When Drake launched his 2015 hit “Hotline Bling” on his Beats 1 Radio Present “OVO Sound,” it was initially billed as a “Cha Cha remix,” referring to Virginia singer DRAM’s earlier burgeoning hit. As time went on, although, Drake distanced “Hotline Bling” from the music amid allegations that he basically stole the monitor. DRAM has been vocal about his stance, writing in a post on X that fall, “Yeah, I really feel I received jacked for my document…However I’m GOOD.”

Drake advised The Fader in 2015 that “Hotline Bling” samples Timmy Thomas’ ’70s hit, “Why Can’t We Reside Collectively.” He chalked up similarities between “Hotline Bling” and “Cha Cha” to the artists utilizing an analogous “riddim,” sounds or riffs that act as anchors in Jamaican music. 

“Think about that in rap, or think about that in R&B,” Drake mentioned. “Generally I’ll decide a beat that’s a bit, like, sunnier, I assume is the phrase you used, than standard, and I simply attempt my hand at it. And that’s sort of what ‘Hotline Bling’ was. And I liked it. It’s cool. I’ve been excited by that type of inventive course of.”

Gabe Niles, who produced “Cha Cha,” has mentioned the music doesn’t pattern Thomas’ monitor. 

Related controversies have adopted Drake all through his profession, making Lamar’s criticisms the newest in an extended historical past of claims that Drake’s business practices could also be exploitative. However for Drake’s defenders, the problem isn’t a matter of exploiting Black cultures and artists, however of race. 

Social media posts about Lamar’s lyrics rapidly dissolved into conversations about race within the hip-hop and rap business. Drake’s followers have lengthy held that his biracial id — he’s each Black and white — alongside together with his Canadian nationality negatively impacts his standing within the business.

“Individuals can’t fathom that they gave drake (a canadian biracial man) the legacy they NOW really feel kendrick (an american black man) ought to’ve had,” one individual wrote in a post on X. Another added: “You don’t get to name out a biracial individual for his or her blackness degree. That’s colorism, and I don’t f with that.”

Amara Pope, Pope explored Drake’s cultural and racial identities in her 2016 Ph.D. dissertation, Musical Artists Capitalizing on Hybrid Identities. She mentioned Drake’s place within the business is skewed by each his race and nationality.

“I believe that folks have questions on Drake’s authenticity on the subject of his Blackness based mostly on, not essentially what Graham has achieved,” Pope mentioned, referring to his actual title Aubrey Graham, “however the dominant perception … that Canadians are solely white and that Canadian music solely people or nation and R&B and hip-hop is solely created for Black Individuals.” Pope added that Drake represents his biracial, Canadian and Jewish roots in his music.

“Drake, for a very long time, has talked about not being Black sufficient to be in hip-hop music,” Pope mentioned.

Drake didn’t reply to a request for remark from NBC Information, however he has rapped about not feeling “Black sufficient” for the business and spoken in interviews about feeling “excluded” as a result of he’s half-white.

“Generally a few of my Blackest pals might be simply as merciless by making you’re feeling excluded or making you’re feeling like, ‘You’ll be able to’t get in on this,’” he mentioned in 2019 throughout an interview with Rap Radar. 

“I affiliate myself as a Black man,” he mentioned, lamenting feeling that he’s not usually celebrated as a “Black artist” for his accomplishments. “It’s one thing that I simply acknowledge and I maintain it transferring.”

A.D. Carson, a professor of hip-hop and the worldwide south on the College of Virginia, doesn’t see it that approach, although. Legitimate criticisms of Drake shouldn’t be flattened right into a tragic story, he holds, however must be taken critically. Drake rose to recognition with melodic hip-hop music rooted in vulnerability and transparency, however this has since appeared to slide into an obvious sequence of personas that generally feels inauthentic and additional removes Drake from the sound that followers first fell in love with. 

Carson describes Drake’s alleged habits within the music business as “cultural tourism.” Carson is a tenured professor of hip-hop at t the College of Virginia. His dissertation, “Proudly owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes & Revolutions,” is a rap album set to be launched in October.

“Every little thing he’s in proximity to, he appropriates and mimics it,” Carson mentioned of Drake. “He’s capable of genre-hop via id theft, and it’s genre-bending in a approach that we positively critique white artists doing. He’s extra insulated from it due to what of us name ‘biracial id.’”

He added: “Kendrick is asking, ‘what’s the cultural id? What are these issues that you just possess outdoors of the means by which you’re going to promote your subsequent product?’ These are the questions.” 

Drake has drawn criticism for dabbling in sounds from underground subcultures and artists — like Caribbean dancehall, U.Ok. grime, home music and New Orleans bounce, to call a number of. He has addressed the backlash, saying that he’s merely appreciating the music and supporting lesser-known artists. 

“I hate that folks suppose that me being into music from these children which might be attempting to make it and construct a reputation for themselves is like, ‘Oh that’s some tradition vulture,’” he mentioned in a 2019 interview. “What does that even imply? I don’t perceive. Would you quite me not acknowledge something or not assist? That’s some actual confused hater sh—.”

Critics like Lamar have equated this assist to exploitation. In “Euphoria,” Lamar’s preliminary response to Drake’s “Push Ups” diss monitor, he implied that Drake’s songs with Black artists consequence from his supposed id points.

“What number of extra Black options ‘til you lastly really feel that you just’re Black sufficient?” Lamar raps. 

In the meantime, Rick Ross, in a diss monitor of his personal, hurled insults about Drake’s race, calling him “white boy.”

Hip-hop, like all music genres, has racial dimensions and cultural affiliations. Conversations — and criticisms — of whiteness within the business have existed throughout the style for many years, particularly because it has grown right into a profitable, culture-defining, billion-dollar enterprise. Carson mentioned that conversations about Drake’s biraciality within the business shouldn’t be used to dismiss the legitimate criticisms of his allegedly exploitative music practices inside hip-hop. 

“Drake’s skill to operationalize Blackness insulates him from critique. Any person would say, ‘Nicely, you possibly can’t acceptable Blackness in case you are Black,’” Carson mentioned. “No person is gatekeeping Drake out of Blackness. People are asking, ‘How does he profit from white supremacy?’”

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Tens of 1000’s of individuals have been left with out energy after storms wreaked havoc throughout Tennessee on Wednesday. Roads have been closed, buildings and properties sustained vital injury and others have been reported injured.

At the least 2 folks have been reported useless throughout the state Wednesday as sturdy scattered storms made their method by means of. One was reported in Maury County the place a twister touched down in Columbia; one other was confirmed in East Tennessee, the place an individual was killed by a fallen tree in Tazewell.

Storms continued in a single day, inflicting energy outages and continued flooding. Comply with alongside for dwell updates within the aftermath of extreme climate throughout Center Tennessee.

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Extra:Tennessee girl killed in Columbia twister remembered as a ‘free spirit’

Prayer vigil for Rutherford Colleges director’s son attracts tons of

Greater than 500 college students, lecturers and households gathered to hope for Rutherford County Colleges Director James “Jimmy” Sullivan’s 10-year-old son Asher Thursday afternoon.

The boy was hospitalized after he was swept right into a storm drain and underneath the neighborhood streets as storms moved by means of Center Tennessee Wednesday. He finally emerged in a drainage ditch.

“CPR was administered for fairly a while. His heartbeat was reestablished, however the injury is substantial,” Sullivan wrote in a social media publish Thursday.

Robertson Colleges to open one hour late Friday

Robertson County Colleges will open one hour late on Friday attributable to continued highway hazards, the district introduced late Thursday. Bus drivers will use their discretion when it come to highway flooding, officers famous.

Gov. Invoice Lee: Harm in Maury County is “heartbreaking”

Gov. Invoice Lee referred to as the violent twister that ripped by means of jap Columbia “heartbreaking” throughout a media briefing at Columbia Fireplace Station 31.

The station, a twister restoration command publish, is positioned off Lasea Highway, a rural a part of Maury County not too removed from Bear Creek Pike, the place the trail of destruction left its mark.

With the bottom nonetheless soaked from in a single day rain, Lee shared his experiences visiting a number of households Thursday afternoon.

“One household huddled within the closet and misplaced most of their home,” Lee mentioned. “As you walked by means of, you noticed that was the one closet [intact].”

Lee mentioned the household adopted security directions by going to the bottom degree of the house in a spot with no home windows.

“I suppose they wouldn’t have survived in the event that they hadn’t executed that,” he mentioned.

Gov. Invoice Lee excursions hardest hit areas in Maury County

Gov. Invoice Lee drove out to among the hardest hit areas in Maury County near the place Cheryl Lovett died.

The lady was in a cell residence, which was thrown into the timber by the twister. Uprooted timber lined lots of the streets, utility crews have been mending damaged energy traces and clearing roads, in response to pool stories.

Lee and first woman Maria Lee spoke with a household choosing up the items of their wrecked residence. They’d been dwelling there for lower than a yr.

Earlier than heading to a media availability, Lee stopped to greet and thank volunteers handing out free meals to these serving to out with the injury.

Wilson County Colleges closed Friday

Wilson County Colleges will likely be closed once more Friday attributable to persevering with hazardous highway circumstances, notably within the jap a part of the county.

Youngsters Membership will function a standard schedule besides at Tuckers Crossroads. That location will likely be moved to Southside. Inexperienced Hill Excessive Faculty commencement will nonetheless be held at MTSU on Friday.

Maury County Public Colleges closed Friday

Maury County Public Colleges will stay closed Friday because the neighborhood works to wash up.

“All graduations, after college athletics & performances will happen, until you’re notified by a person college,” the system introduced on Fb.

Nationwide Climate Service preliminary stories: Columbia twister an EF-3

Preliminary stories from crews assessing injury categorised the twister that killed one and injured others in Maury County as an EF-3 twister, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned.

Reviews point out the twister reached speeds of 140 miles per hour and was a couple of half-mile huge, the climate service mentioned.

The info is preliminary and may very well be adjusted over the following couple of days, the climate service mentioned.

Gov. Invoice Lee visits Maury County for injury briefing

Gov. Invoice Lee stopped on the Maury County Emergency Operations Heart for a briefing on injury within the space, in response to pool stories.

Greater than 40 properties have been fully destroyed within the twister Wednesday evening, with 65 extra struggling some degree of harm.

Jeff Hardy, director of Maury County’s emergency company, mentioned there are not any extra anticipated fatalities apart from the one which had beforehand been reported, however crews proceed to go looking the broken areas.

Metro Parks closes golf course and portion of path

A big part of the Stones River Greenway in Nashville is underwater, mentioned Metro Parks in a information launch. The greenway is closed from the Kohl’s trailhead to the Stones River Percy Priest Dam trailhead. Park officers are urging folks to keep away from the flooded part of the greenway, mentioned Metro Parks.

Moreover, Ted Rhodes Golf Course is closed because of the excessive water ranges of the Cumberland River, which flanks the course. Some cart paths are underwater, mentioned Metro Parks. Park officers are monitoring river ranges to find out when the course can reopen.

Water ranges anticipated to proceed rising

Based on the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, most areas alongside the Cumberland River in Downtown Nashville are experiencing excessive ranges of water. Affected places on the east facet embody property at Korean Veterans and Interstate 24, Nissan Stadium and surrounding areas, and property from James Robertson Parkway, to Jefferson Road to the Interstate 65 bridge.

On the west facet, affected places embody Anthes Drive, First Avenue from Korean Veterans to Church Road, areas of South Broadway as much as Fifth Avenue, north of downtown between James Robertson Parkway and Jefferson Road, Hope Gardens, Germantown and East Germantown, mentioned NOAA.

NOAA is predicting water ranges might attain 41.9 ft by 1 a.m. Friday. Again in Might of 2010, the water ranges downtown reached 52.55 ft.

“Flooding can be occurring on the Music Metropolis Star prepare station, areas in South Broadway between First Avenue and Fifth Avenue north of Korean Veterans Boulevard, roads and property round Nissan Stadium, and buildings on First Avenue North between Broadway and Church Road,” mentioned NOAA.

Water ranges at Pink River close to Port Royal in Clarksville are additionally anticipated to extend. As of 1:30 p.m., NOAA noticed water ranges of 42.09 ft, nonetheless it might attain as excessive as 45 ft. The river reached a historic degree of practically 50 ft again in 2010.

Blood donors urgently wanted

The time after extreme storms like what swept by means of Tennessee and different areas of the South on Wednesday into Thursday, is when blood donors are wanted essentially the most in response to Blood Assurance.  

Storms brought about a number of blood drives to be canceled within the final 24 hours and now the group is in the hunt for folks to assist hold provides stocked to assist folks in want of blood. The non-profit group works with native hospitals to assist hold the blood provide flowing to them, together with one in Columbia.  

Go to bloodassurance.org/schedule, name 800-962-0628, or textual content BAGIVE to 999777, to schedule an appointment on the native middle in Columbia or one close to you.  

Tennessee Emergency Administration Company: Storms left 1000’s of individuals with out energy

State officers are assessing injury and wishes in Cheatham, Giles, Lincoln, Maury, Rutherford, Smith, Warren and Wilson counties, the Tennessee Emergency Administration Company mentioned in a Thursday assertion.

Over 69,000 folks throughout the state are with out energy.

Flooding compelled the Woodbury Water System in Cannon County to challenge a boil water advisory for over 11,000 clients. The East Fork Utility District in Overton County additionally issued a boil water advisory for 150 clients after a water major break, the company mentioned. 

Opry Mills Mall closes attributable to potential flooding

The Opry Mills Mall in Nashville introduced it will shut on Thursday at 1 p.m. In a social media publish, the procuring middle introduced it will be closing early because of the potential flooding of the Cumberland River close by.

Based on NOAA, the Opryland and Opry Mills space is underneath a number of ft of water, with flooding reaching parts of Briley Parkway.

Rainfall totals attain eight inches in elements of Center Tennessee

About eight inches of rain fell on elements of Center Tennessee throughout Wednesday’s rash of extreme climate. The extraordinary rainfall triggered a number of flash flood warnings.

“A lot of the Midstate stays lined by Flash Flood warnings because of the extreme rainfall over the previous 24 hrs. And as river ranges rise, there will likely be some river flood merchandise issued as phases improve above motion,” learn the forecast dialogue from the Nationwide Climate Service Nashville.

• Columbia: 2.46 inches
• Outdated Hickory Dam: 5 inches
• Clarksville: 5.13 inches
• Hunters Level: 5.94 inches
• White Home: 6.09 inches
• Woodbury: 6.15 inches
• Orlinda: 6.39 inches
• Springfield: 6.57 inches
• Lebanon 7N: 7.07 inches
• Bethpage: 7.92 inches

Gov. Invoice Lee to survey storm injury

Tennessee Gov. Invoice Lee will likely be inspecting storm injury following Wednesday evening’s storms. Based on pool stories, Lee arrived on the Tennessee Division of Transportation workplace in Franklin on Thursday to thank officers and crew members who spent the evening clearing timber and particles from roads.

“We come out right here when it’s intense like this to say thanks however usually occasions you do that each day,” Lee mentioned. “Quite a lot of yall have been right here a very long time, lengthy earlier than I ever knew what TDOT did … I’m very very appreciative of you.”

Lee may also be visiting Maury County, mentioned a pool report.

James Hargrove, one of many staff with TDOT, mentioned he had by no means seen such destruction whereas responding to the storms in Maury County all through the evening. Based on a pool report, he instantly started clearing timber, serving to to reopen roads and was anticipating crews to proceed doing so on Thursday. 

“This may very well be my home,” he mentioned, explaining what was going by means of his head when he arrived to the scene. “This might have been my household. It was a very scary state of affairs.”

Lee has additionally reached out to Rutherford County Director of Colleges, James Sullivan, mentioned a pool report. Sullivan’s 10-year-old, Asher, sustained accidents throughout Wednesday evening’s storm. Asher was caught up in a storm drain and is at present at Vanderbilt College Medical Heart.

Wilson and Sumner County expertise excessive ranges of flooding

Outdated Hickory Lake ranges have been noticeably larger at a number of recreation areas and boat ramps within the Gallatin and northern Wilson County areas had water properly past its banks.

“The (2010) floods have been worse, however that is noticeable,” mentioned Brent Younger, High quality Management Supervisor for NuGate Group which clear trash, driftwood, restrooms and extra at recreation areas for the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers. “It’s fairly intense, however nothing we haven’t seen earlier than. It’s simply going to take some time to wash up. We’ll be as diligent as we will, please be affected person.”

Water at Laguardo Recreation Space in northern Wilson County was roughly 100 yards past its regular banks and pavilions, picnic tables, restrooms and timber have been properly into the water.

Station Camp Creek boat ramp in Gallatin additionally had elevated water ranges that took a lot of the parking space. Gallatin Soccer Advanced’s Rogers Discipline off Large Station Camp Boulevard was additionally underwater Thursday morning.

Maury Mayor: ‘A tremendous group of individuals checking in on everybody’

Restoration and reduction efforts proceed after Wednesday evening’s twister, which wreaked havoc on Maury County and left on individual useless in Columbia, Tenn. A dozen extra residents have been reported injured by Maury County Fireplace Deputy Chief Richard Schatz.

As initially reported within the Day by day Herald, The Nationwide Climate Service and native first responders estimate the twister touched down at about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday alongside the Bear Creek Pike space in northern Columbia, leaving a path of destruction that stretched about two miles huge.

The storm brought about injury to timber, energy traces and houses. A gasoline tanker overturned on U.S. Freeway 31 north of Burt Drive and south of Carters Creek Pike, amid the chaos, main officers to induce drivers to take alternate routes.

Regardless of the damages, metropolis leaders say they’re grateful for the neighborhood efforts.

“We’ve got had a protracted evening, however now we have a tremendous group of individuals checking in on everybody in our neighborhood,” Maury County Mayor Sheila Butt mentioned.

Shelters have been arrange for the displaced, and financial donations are being accepted.

‘A tragedy in our county’:Twister reduction continues in Columbia following storm

Rutherford Colleges director’s son swept into storm drain, critically injured

Rutherford County Colleges Director James “Jimmy” Sullivan offered new particulars Thursday in regards to the accidents his 10-year-old son sustained throughout Wednesday’s storm.

The boy, whom the director recognized as Asher in a social media publish, was taking part in with different youngsters within the water that had accrued on the street whereas neighbors gathered to start the cleanup course of when someway, he “received caught within the storm drain and was swept underneath the neighborhood streets.

“He finally got here out in a drainage ditch, and CPR was administered for fairly a while. His heartbeat was reestablished, however the injury is substantial,” Sullivan wrote within the publish. Asher was taken first to Ascension, after which to Vanderbilt College Medical Heart, the publish famous.

“His lungs are severely broken, and he isn’t displaying a lot mind exercise outdoors of muscle jerks,” Sullivan wrote. “Specifically, pray for therapeutic for his lungs and most significantly mind exercise to happen.

“Asher wants a miracle.”

Storm damages Lebanon venue and former property of Reba McEntire

Starstruck Farm, a portion of Reba McEntire’s former property in northern Wilson County, had an estimated 13 timber fall from Wednesday’s storm.

The 46-acre venue that now gives lodging, leisure, particular occasions together with weddings and a restaurant additionally had injury to plenty of constructions.

Aaron White, 41, who does normal upkeep and works within the kitchen at Starstruck , was staying in one of many “A-frame” cabins when the storm hit, recalling the door flying open.

“I used to be alarmed at that time,” White mentioned.

The injury at Starstruck Farm consists of a big oak tree generally known as the “Marriage ceremony Tree” estimated at properly over 100 years previous. The Marriage ceremony Tree was the centerpiece of a marriage stage that was basically pulled up with the tree falling.

The tree additionally partially fell on a cabin the place a lady was staying. The visitor wasn’t injured and no different accidents have been reported, in response to Starstruck Farm employees.

“Grateful is an effective phrase,” White mentioned. “It’s eye-opening all this might occur in a break up second.”

Proprietor Jay Wilfong hopes to reopen as quickly as attainable.

“We will’t put the timber again, that hurts,” Wilfong mentioned. “The marriage tree was a powerful tree … No accidents, that’s the principle factor.”

Twister damages Fortunate Ladd Farms in Rutherford County

Fortunate Ladd Farms in Eagleville is closed after being hit by a twister Wednesday evening. In a social media publish, the farm introduced they took a direct hit and sustained vital injury. The farm mentioned there was no lack of animals and household and employees are protected.

Fortunate Ladd Farms will quickly shut whereas repairs happen. The farm mentioned it has restricted technique of communication attributable to their places of work being destroyed however will work to reply and handle ticket refunds as rapidly as attainable.

“Our timeline is unknown however we are going to hold you up to date on our progress an stay up for welcoming you again as quickly as attainable!” mentioned the farm on Instagram.

Nationwide Climate Service: ‘Vital flooding is ongoing’

Vital flash flooding continues Thursday morning. A number of flash flood warnings and advisories are in impact all through Center Tennessee, together with in Montgomery, Robertson, Wilson, Williamson, and Rutherford Counties.

A twister watch is now not in impact for places alongside and north of Interstate 40, nonetheless the risk for extreme climate continues mentioned the climate service. Damaging wind gusts and quarter-sized hail proceed to be the principle issues.

A twister or two cannot be dominated out, mentioned the climate service. Showers and thunderstorms are anticipated to maneuver out of Center Tennessee by Thursday afternoon, forsaking drier and cooler climate by means of the weekend.

Flash flood warning in impact till 8 a.m.

At 5:52 a.m., the Nationwide Climate Service prolonged a flash flood warning for Cheatham, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and Wilson Counties.

They mentioned thunderstorms have been able to producing heavy rain all through the warned space. Between 5 and seven inches of rain have already fallen.

“Flooding impacts will proceed, however no extra rainfall is predicted” in these areas the climate service says.

A number of Center Tennessee college districts closed Thursday

Extra college districts within the larger Nashville joined the record of these closing Thursday attributable to flooding and storm injury.

To date the record consists of:

• Bedford County Colleges: Closed Thursday.
• Cheatham County Colleges: Closed Thursday attributable to flooding throughout the county
• Dickson County Colleges: Closed Thursday attributable to potential for storms, flooding in a single day
• Maury County Colleges: Closed Thursday “for the security of scholar and employees,” officers mentioned.
• Montgomery County Colleges: All faculties to open a 2-hour delay attributable to storms in a single day
• Murfreesboro Metropolis Colleges: Closed Thursday attributable to flooding in a single day.
• Rutherford County Colleges: Closed Thursday “attributable to a number of flooding points,” in addition to electrical outages and downed tress that can impression buses, officers mentioned.
• Robertson County Colleges: Closed Thursday attributable to “a flooding emergency,” officers mentioned.
• Rutherford County Colleges: Closed Thursday attributable to flooding points.
• Williamson County Colleges: Closed Thursday attributable to hazardous journey circumstances after heavy rain in a single day.
• Wilson County Colleges: Closed Thursday attributable to hazardous roadways, officers mentioned.

Nashville climate radar

Former NBA participant Glen “Large Child” Davis appears to have a surefire plan on dropping some kilos whereas he’s in jail.

On Thursday, Davis was sentenced to 40 months in jail, three years of supervised launch and ordered to make $80,000 in restitution, plus take part in monetary administration courses and drug testing obligatory for his function in an insurance coverage that milked $5 million from the league’s well being and welfare profit plan.

Davis was accused of submitting pretend claims for dental work that was by no means carried out and mendacity about his whereabouts through the false process, which authorities rapidly proved via his mobile phone’s geolocation.

After his sentence, Davis addressed on Instagram Dwell and whoever was inside earshot exterior of a New York Metropolis courthouse, joking about his sentence and detailed his weight loss program plan.

“Imma be swole, although. I swear to God I’m about to get in a lot form. On God,” Davis stated. “That is what God say, I will cease you consuming hamburgers imma put you in jail. You do not need to cease consuming hamburgers and Cheetos? You are going to jail. So now, imma change into The Rock.'”

Throughout his taking part in NBA taking part in days, Davis, who performed for the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, and Los Angeles Clippers, recurrently tipped the size at 290 kilos on his 6-foot-9 inch body.

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Violent storms had been monitoring via elements of the South Thursday, a day after lethal, harmful thunderstorms and tornadoes tore via the central and southern US, marking extra chaotic climate amid a two-week streak of hazard.

Giant hail – some the dimensions of golf and tennis balls – pounded elements of the South Thursday, particularly in Texas, based on the Storm Prediction Middle. Robust winds additionally had been reported from east Texas to South Carolina, leaving quite a few reviews of downed timber throughout the area, the prediction heart mentioned.

The South nonetheless was coping with substantial injury wrought by storms Wednesday. Tennessee was particularly arduous hit that day, with a number of tornadoes and water rescues amid flash flood emergencies within the state.

A minimum of one twister has been reported within the US day-after-day since April 25 – a streak of 15 days and counting – and there have been greater than 300 reported tornadoes throughout that span. April and Might are essentially the most lively months for tornadoes and extreme climate, and that popularity continued Thursday, when greater than 60 million folks within the South and East had been prone to extreme thunderstorms and tornadoes.

A twister emergency unfolded Wednesday night in Maury County, positioned about 25 miles south of Nashville. The Nationwide Climate Service warned of a “confirmed massive and harmful twister” close to the town of Spring Hill. The twister killed one particular person and injured a few dozen others, based on county officers.

In northern Alabama, a “massive and harmful twister” prompted a twister emergency late Wednesday within the space of Henagar, a metropolis of a pair thousand folks roughly 55 miles east of Huntsville, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned.

The tornado that moved via Henagar was an EF-2 twister, with peak winds of 135 mph, and it injured seven folks, the climate service’s workplace in Huntsville mentioned.

Right here’s the newest on ongoing storms and destruction within the central and southern US:

A minimum of three lifeless within the South: One particular person was killed on Wednesday in Claiborne County, Tennessee, when a tree fell on their automotive amid intense storms, the county’s emergency administration workplace mentioned. One other particular person died in Tennessee after a twister touched down in Maury County Wednesday night. In North Carolina, one particular person was killed in Gaston County close to Charlotte when a tree fell on their automobile, officers mentioned.

Twister injures a number of, causes important injury: A couple of dozen folks had been injured by the twister in Maury County, Tennessee, officers confirmed in a press convention Thursday. A minimum of one particular person is in critical situation, Maury Regional Medical Middle spokesperson Rita Thompson informed CNN. Video from the scene confirmed buildings torn to shreds, houses lacking massive sections of roofs and partitions and huge timber snapped in half.

Water rescues amid flash flood emergencies: As much as 9 inches of rain triggered flash flood emergencies and water rescues in communities simply north of Nashville, Tennessee, Wednesday night. Flooding in Robertson County blocked roadways and compelled water rescues, the county’s emergency administration company informed CNN. Emergency crews have additionally responded to water rescue calls and evacuated flooded houses in Sumner County, the county’s emergency administration director Ken Weidner mentioned. Sumner County Colleges are closed Thursday as a result of flooding.

Fallen timber injury automobiles and houses in North Carolina: About 1,200 weather-related requires service had been made in Gaston County Wednesday, Emergency Administration and Hearth Companies Deputy Chief Lance Foulk mentioned throughout a information convention Wednesday night, together with a number of requires fallen timber on automobiles, houses and energy strains. Colleges within the county are closed Thursday, officers mentioned.

Hundreds of energy outages: Amid the extreme storms, a number of states have skilled energy outages. Greater than 50,000 houses and companies in Alabama, greater than 44,000 in Texas, greater than 16,000 in North Carolina and greater than 13,000 in Tennessee had been with out energy as of Thursday night time, based on PowerOutage.us.

Robust storms moved via elements of the South on Thursday afternoon, unloading damaging winds and tornadoes. A minimum of two tornadoes tracked via southern Georgia – one close to Ellaville and the opposite close to Alston – based on the Nationwide Climate Service.

Extreme thunderstorms additionally rumbled to life in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma early Thursday afternoon. Extra storms had been anticipated to turn into the in a single day hours. Very massive hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary menace with storms within the southern Plains, however tornadoes stay potential.

Extra storms additionally had been anticipated to develop within the Southeast into Thursday night time. A Stage 3 of 5 danger of extreme thunderstorms was in place Thursday from Texas to Georgia and southern South Carolina.

Damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes are potential inside any storms. Highly effective winds would be the essential menace for areas nearer to the coast.

Heavy rainfall will elevate the danger of flash flooding throughout a lot of the South. Areas from Texas to the Carolinas are underneath a Stage 2 of 4 danger of extreme rainfall Thursday, based on the Climate Prediction Middle.

On Friday, the extreme climate menace peaks throughout northern Florida, southern Georgia and the southernmost nook of South Carolina. These areas are underneath a Stage 2 out of 5 danger, based on the Storm Prediction Middle.

“Remoted to scattered extreme thunderstorms seem potential Friday throughout elements of the Southeast. Damaging winds ought to be the primary menace,” the middle mentioned.

Amy Riley remembers the time somebody wished her a contented Mom’s Day and he or she broke down in tears, proper in the course of a Wegman’s grocery store.

“I discovered Mom’s Day to be unattainable,” the Collingswood, New Jersey, lady mentioned. She had been pregnant six occasions, however none of these pregnancies lasted. Motherhood, she anxious, may by no means occur for her, and the conclusion and the reminders have been painful.

A former board member of the Recurrent Being pregnant Loss Affiliation, Riley lastly grew to become a mother to Betty Sue 4½ years in the past and, after one other nonviable being pregnant in 2020, she gave beginning to twins Pearl and Lucy by way of in vitro fertilization almost two years in the past.

Riley is amongst many ladies nationwide who know firsthand the hope and heartbreak of fertility struggles − however who can be grateful on Sunday to rejoice with households they thought they may by no means have.

Riley, who says Mom’s Day will most likely be as joyfully chaotic as another day, credit “IVF medical doctors who have been keen to take an opportunity on science” to assist make her household full.

The day nonetheless brings up some difficult emotions. “I nonetheless really feel very emotional about it, as a result of I did not assume I may ever be a mother. I nonetheless discover it a bit of onerous.”

Riley, a researcher with Inhabitants Media Middle, understood the great intentions behind individuals telling her to not lose religion by way of her reproductive journey, however it did not at all times carry consolation.

“Folks would say ‘Be hopeful,’ and I might assume, that is such BS, however it’s true,” she mentioned. “In case you actually wish to be a father or mother, there are such a lot of children on the market who want you. There are methods to do it. There may be hope − it simply is probably not alongside the trail you thought it will be.”

He closed ‘the hole of the darkish years in between’

Stacy Schwab had her daughter, Kelsey, when she was younger, and he or she desperately needed to present her a sibling. She would inform Kelsey she’d be an enormous sister, then go right into a spiral of despair and despair every time she misplaced a being pregnant − and, when she gave beginning to a full-term stillborn boy she named Levon James, that ache appeared virtually insufferable.

The losses “have been heart-wrenching,” she mentioned. “I might see different mothers with strollers and cry. Folks would say, ‘However you have got Kelsey,’ and I needed to say, ‘Which of your kids would you give again?’ There was no supply of emotional help again then. I felt unseen and unvalued.” Mom’s Day introduced reminiscences of loss, and guilt over her grieving.

When Schwab, who lives in Buffalo, New York, acquired pregnant in 1999, she did not inform anybody at first, anxious she may once more endure a loss.

Quickly, although, her son Cassidy was born, named for a music by her favourite band, The Grateful Useless:

What you might be, and what you are meant to beSpeaks his title, although you have been born to meBorn to meCassidy…

Blow the horn, and faucet the tambourineClose the hole of the darkish years in betweenYou and meCassidy…

There have been darkish years in between for Schwab and each her kids; she struggled with despair and substance abuse and escaped an abusive marriage. She tried to cover her ache from her daughter particularly, till Kelsey, looking for mementos to create a Mom’s Day reward, discovered outdated sonograms, clothes and a blanket.

“She got here to me and mentioned, ‘I had one other brother, did not I?'” Schwab recalled. “It was an exquisite second.” Kelsey made ornaments for Schwab to honor Levon, and mom and daughter bonded anew.

Schwab is years into her restoration and tries to assist others by way of her personal harm-reduction and outreach; she calls her kids “my greatest mates and my grownup roommates” and mentioned Mom’s Day is “an excellent day.”

An older mother, grateful to a different mom

Tracy Bach Gillespie knew the person who had develop into her husband in highschool, however the New Jersey couple did not actually join till a number of years later.

After marrying in 2017, they needed to start out a household, however Gillespie quickly realized, “Mentally, you assume you are younger, however your physique says in any other case.”

Fertility remedies, and bitter disappointment, would comply with. “I peed on so many sticks,” she remembered, however as she would strategy her second trimester, she’d be informed the being pregnant wasn’t viable. Her husband thought they might undertake but in addition waited till she was at peace with the choice, too.

She threw herself into analysis, selected an adoption company − and waited.

On Nov. 2, 2019, the Gillespies flew to Utah and had dinner with a pregnant younger lady and her mom; the next day, the company known as them to the hospital as a result of the lady had gone into labor. “We linked together with her from the primary Skype name, and once we met her, it was simply such a straightforward, pure dialog,” she mentioned.

“I’ve a 4-year-old and I am about to show 50,” Gillespie mentioned. “I am effectively conscious of being the oldest mother within the group.”

With that age comes expertise, and Gillespie believes that has helped her be a greater mom. She has maintained a relationship together with her daughter’s beginning mom as effectively.

“I hate when individuals say somebody ‘gave a toddler up’ for adoption,” she mentioned. “The love she had, the feelings she confirmed, the magnitude of all of it, I will always remember it. It makes her each bit a mom, too.” The Gillespies ship her a card and flowers every year for Mom’s Day, and a brief video with their daughter.

“I by no means need my daughter to think about her beginning mom as somebody who simply gave her up,” she mentioned. “I need her to know that she was and is cherished by her beginning mom; I do not need her to ever query that. Her beginning mom has a really particular place in my coronary heart. In any case, she gave me the reward of motherhood.”

‘My son saved my life’

When Christine Burnette was an adolescent, a medical analysis led her to consider she would by no means have kids. Being younger, she did not actually assume a lot about it.

However two semesters into her faculty profession, a member of the family who was struggling to boost his kids requested her for assist. She agreed to take custody of her 1-year-old cousin, a child lady with colitis, bronchial asthma and different medical struggles.

“I did not know what it will take to boost a toddler independently,” she mentioned. At simply 19 years outdated, all of a sudden she needed to take into account day care, hire (shifting out of her dorm and into her personal place), dependable transportation. “All these issues needed to simply occur, however I did it and I stayed in class.”

She earned two levels, acquired married and continued elevating her cousin, however as her mates began having infants, she realized she, too, needed a child. Her sister who was of their native Camden, New Jersey, noticed a pregnant lady she knew was residing on the streets and hooked on medication, so she approached the lady, asking whether or not she thought of adoption. Burnette’s sister acquired her meals, made certain she was getting medical care and did her greatest to ensure she had a secure place to remain. Finally, Burnette and her husband adopted the kid to whom she gave beginning.

Burnette, 37, who works for the New Jersey Division of Youngsters and Households, fostered and later adopted one other baby, then had a child by way of IVF in 2017 − and that being pregnant revealed Stage 3 ovarian most cancers. She underwent remedy whereas caring for her new child, who has Down syndrome.

“My son saved my life,” she mentioned, as a result of medical doctors informed her they most likely wouldn’t have in any other case discovered her most cancers till it was too late. She and her husband adopted a fourth baby as effectively, bringing their household to seven individuals. Three of their 5 kids have particular wants.

Burnette celebrates Mom’s Day otherwise from most: She buys her kids presents. “I rejoice them, as a result of if it wasn’t for them, I would not be a mother.”

Joking that she has “been momming so lengthy, I do not know the way to do anything,” Burnette mentioned her life “is nothing like I assumed it will be, however it’s higher than what I may have ever imagined.”

‘A ravishing, therapeutic expertise’

Megan Hanson is a co-founder of the Recurrent Being pregnant Loss Affiliation, so though she now has two kids (one by way of surrogacy and one by way of her personal being pregnant), she’s absolutely conscious of how painful Mom’s Day may be for some girls.

“I acquired there in the long run, however it was not straightforward going for a protracted, very long time,” the Seattle resident mentioned. After a number of being pregnant losses, together with two by way of IVF, Hanson and her husband opted to have a toddler with the assistance of a surrogate. In 2021, they grew to become the mother and father of a child lady.

A 12 months later, Hanson had a profitable being pregnant and gave beginning to a son.

“Having my daughter was an exquisite, therapeutic expertise,” she mentioned. She hadn’t given up hope for her personal being pregnant however nonetheless understands how tough that may be for a lot of girls.

“We at all times hope. It is a part of human nature, particularly with individuals who’ve had recurrent loss,” she mentioned. “Everyone seems to be completely different, however individuals wish to hope – even when that hope is so fragile and feels so scary.”

Mom’s Day for a lot of girls she has labored with is “an enormous, private sorrow,” a reminder of what they do not have whilst others rejoice. It is a feeling of “I am glad for them however unhappy for myself,” Hanson mentioned. She advises girls to place their very own emotions first, be happy to withdraw for the day and to lean on their help programs for assist.

For many who may need a cherished one going by way of infertility, she mentioned: “Acknowledge and allow them to know you’re there. There’s nothing you are able to do to repair, it however allow them to know, ‘I do know today could be onerous for you and I’m right here in case you ever wish to discuss it.’ It doesn’t should be extra difficult than that.”

Her personal Mom’s Day can be spent together with her household, she mentioned, however together with her ideas on girls who’ve struggled as she did. “My entire habits has shifted,” she mentioned. “I do not put up photos of my children, as a result of I keep in mind how seeing these images was so tough for me.”‘

She’s grateful, too, to her daughter’s gestational service, the lady who helped her develop into a mom. “I’ve an exquisite, fantastic relationship together with her,” an sudden shock.

“I assumed it will be transactional, however it’s ended up being this glorious friendship. I ship her a Mom’s Day card; I say thanks as a result of she helped me get to this place. She’s acquired her personal baby and he or she’s a mom in her personal proper.”

Contact Phaedra Trethan by electronic mail at ptrethan@usatoday.com, on X (previously Twitter) @wordsbyphaedra, or on Threads @by_phaedra.

Ricki Lake is celebrating her weight reduction by partying prefer it’s 2007.

The previous speak present host, 55, posed in the identical gown she wore 17 years in the past to the premiere of the film “The Enterprise of Being Born” in an image she shared Wednesday on Instagram. “Oh, this outdated factor??” she wrote within the caption. “Simply had it hanging round.”

Lake added, “Initially wore this gown to the ‘Enterprise of Being Born’ world premiere in 2007 and now right here I’m sporting it once more in 2024!”

Within the feedback, followers applauded Lake for her weight reduction, which she additionally opened up about in an interview with “Good Morning America” that aired Thursday. The “Hairspray” star revealed she has misplaced 35 kilos since October by means of train, the keto eating regimen and intermittent fasting.

Ricki Lakesays she’s getting ‘more healthy’ after 30-lb weight reduction: ‘I really feel wonderful’

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However Lake denied utilizing medicine to assist her shed some pounds, though she says a physician steered she accomplish that. “He was saying (I wasn’t) going to achieve success with out it, is what he mentioned to me,” the actress mentioned on “GMA.” “And I like a problem. I like proving individuals fallacious. It pissed me off.

“I feel it is secure to say I am in the perfect form of my life,” she went on to say, including, “That is what completely happy appears to be like like. I might cry. I am so completely happy.”

Lake beforehand revealed in February that she had misplaced weight after making a “dedication to myself to get more healthy.” On the time, she additionally shared that she was initially apprehensive her “physique wouldn’t drop the lbs prefer it had up to now” at age 55. “That is the healthiest method I’ve misplaced weight in all of my years,” she wrote.

Ricki Lakedebuts buzz reduce after years of ‘painful’ hair loss

Lake’s husband, Ross Burningham, additionally joined her within the weight reduction effort. “I’ve this new marriage, and I am so blissfully proud of this wonderful man, my excellent man,” she mentioned on “GMA.” “If I pinpoint one factor that was not working in our lives, (it is) that we have been carrying this further weight.”

In latest months, Lake has shared related photographs exhibiting herself posing in outdated outfits, together with one in February the place she slipped right into a swimsuit she wore on the duvet of Us Weekly in 2007. “I held onto this #NormaKamali one-piece for all these years questioning if I might ever be capable to put on it once more,” she wrote.