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ELFF Monthly Confidence Fell in August
to 66.6 from 72.9 in July

(ELFFA Chart)

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the August 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $900 billion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 66.6, a decrease from the July index of 72.9.  

Dave Fate, Chief Executive Officer, Stonebriar Commercial Finance
“I have been optimistic on the near and long-term future of the equipment leasing and finance industry. As was proven out during 2020, secured loans and leases always outperform all other asset classes. In my opinion that will never change. My only concerns are things outside of our control, such as the potential increase in tax rates and the political landscape that exists today both at the federal and state levels.”

David Normandin, CLFP, President and CEO, Wintrust Specialty Finance
“I think we are currently chopping wood and grinding through an abundance of liquidity, supply chain disruptions, ever narrowing margins, and competitive recruiting environments. This will continue for the near future, and our industry will adapt and find ways to win.”

Michael Romanowski, President, Farm Credit Leasing
“We continue to see demand for equipment and facilities from our customer base. Customers are looking to take advantage of low-rate long-term funding. Business growth is solid, but is somewhat hampered by supply chain challenges.”

Full Report:
https://www.leasefoundation.org/industry-resources/monthly-confidence-index/

 

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NMLS Transition and PACE Program Administrators,
California Financing Law Now Effective October 1, 2021

Effective October 1, 2021, new regulations under the California Financing Law become operative. In general, the regulations provide as follows:

• All new license applications under the California Financing Law must be submitted through NMLS on and after October 1, 2021.
• All licensees not yet on NMLS must transition onto NMLS by December 31, 2021.
• PACE program administrators must comply with new regulatory provisions.

The text of the regulations and the final statement of reasons may be found through the following links:

PRO 02/17 - Text of Final Rules (157 pages)
https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/337/2021/08/PRO-02-17-Final-Text-of-Rules.pdf

PRO 02/17 - Final Statement of Reasons (353 pages)
https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/337/2021/08/PRO-02-17-Final-Statement-of-Reasons.pdf

For new applicants applying for a license through NMLS and licensees transitioning to NMLS, begin by selecting "Getting Started" from the NMLS Resource Center page. NMLS has state-specific checklists to assist new applicants and licensees transitioning onto NMLS, and FAQs for guidance on transitioning a license onto NMLS.  

Questions may be directed to CFL.Inquiries@dfpi.ca.gov
or (866) 275-2677.

“The chance of my reviewing all 510 pages of the rule today are less than none!”

Kenneth Charles Greene
Law Office of Kenneth Charles Greene
ken@kengreenelaw.com

New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries

Meghan Hawk was promoted to Assistant Vice President, CSI Leasing, St. Louis, Missouri.  She joined the firm June, 2012 as Lease Administrator,  promoted August, 2015, Credit Specialist; promoted July, 2020, Operations Manager, Global Business Development.  Previously, she was Program Director, Midwest Institute of Neurological Development (May, 2011 - June, 2012); Administrative Director, Mercy Regional Health Center (October, 2006 - April, 2011); Support Services Supervisor, Valley Healthcare (August, 2004 - October, 2006). Education: Truman State University, BA, Communications (1998 - 2002). Activities and Societies: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi Sigma.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-hawk-7550bb26/

Robert Holloway was hired as Vice President, National Accounts, Tpine Capital. He is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Previously, he was Senior Account Manager, Amur Equipment Finance (October, 2020 - July, 2021); Vice President of Sales, Wheeler Financial, Pitney Bowes (September, 2019 - September, 2020); Regional Account Manager, LaSalle Solutions, a Division of Fifth Third Bank (April, 2017 - September, 2019); Director of Business Development, The Business Backer (September, 2015 - February, 2017); Sales Manager, Equipment Finance Solutions, Great American Insurance (November, 2014 - September, 2015); Vice President, PNC Equipment Finance (October, 1999 - September, 2009); Vice President, Sales, Lease Industry Finance, National City Commercial Capital (1999 - 2009). Licenses: Series 7, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Volunteer: Classroom Volunteer, Junior Achievement USA (July, 2011 - Present. Education: Xavier University, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business/Commerce/General (2000 - 2003). University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business, Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA, Finance, Real Estate. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertwholloway/

Kelly Lane was hired as Senior Vice President, Head of Asset Management, Bicipital, a subsidiary of Bci Bank, Altamonte Springs, Florida. He is located in White Plains, New York.  Previously, he was Vice President, Asset Management, Signature Bank (September, 2020 - July, 2021); Senior Vice President, Asset Management, Santander Bank, N.A. (September, 2017 - August, 2020); Director, Equipment Management, CIT (January, 2014 - August, 2017). He joined Somerset Capital Group, February 2010, Portfolio Manager, promoted January, 2011, Vice President, Portfolio Management; promoted September, 2011, Executive Vice President, Portfolio Management. He joined General Electric, July, 1998, as Lease Specialist, promoted April, 2000, Documentation Specialist; promoted April, 2004, Senior Valuation Analyst. Licenses: American Society of Appraisers Candidate Member, American Society of Appraisers, issued, 2005.  Green Belt Certified, GE Capital. Volunteer: Director, Board of Directors, Candlewood Shores Tax District (April, 2018 - Present). Harbormaster, Candlewood Shores Tax District (April, 2019 - Present). Equipment Management Committee, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (February, 2020 – Present). Education: Western Connecticut State University, BBS, Finance (1995 - 1998). Finance Award Recipient. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-lane-a67538a/

Dominic Lount was hired as Vice President, Technology Vendor Service at US Bank Equipment Finance, Marshall, Minnesota. He is located in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.  Previously, he was Financial Solutions Manger, NetAP Capital Solutions/Vice President Senior National Account Manager, Bank of the West (February, 2020 - August, 2021); Vice President, Sales Manager, Technology Finance and Business Development, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. (April, 2019 - February, 2020); Client Executive, Cisco Capital (May, 2016 - April, 2019); Area Sales Finance Manager, Dell EMC (November, 2010 - May, 2016); Account Executive, Great Lakes Region (MI-OH-IN) Dell (June 2017 - November, 2010); Regional Sales Manager, GE Capital (June, 2004 - June, 2007); Program Manager, Technology Division, CIT (August, 2002 - June, 2006. He was Vendor Services Manager, Fleet Capital Leasing f/k/a Sanwa Leasing, starting August, 1997, promoted January, 1999, Credit Manager, promoted April, 2000, Business Development Manager. Education: Walsh College, Masters, Finance. Central Michigan University, BSBA, Finance. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-lount-7613b27/

Rick Matte was promoted to President and CEO of Encina Equipment Finance, LLC, Danbury, Connecticut. He joined the company June, 2017, as President, Chief Commercial Officer. Previously, he was at GE Capital, Equipment Finance, starting as Associate, Information Management Leadership Program, July, 2002; promoted September, 2004 as Vice President, Sales; promoted July, 2007, Managing Director, Region Sales Leader; promoted March, 2013, Managing Director, Business Development. Prior, he was Associate Consultant, Computer Sciences Corp. (October, 2000 - July, 2001). Education: Columbia Business School, MBA, Finance (2006 -2007).  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Lally School of Management and Technology, BS, Management (1996 - 2000).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-matte-814a102/

Martin Murphy was promoted to Vice President and General Manager, Diversified Segments, Tandem Finance, Fort Collins, Colorado. "Murphy, 56, joined Tandem in February of 2019 as Vice President, just two months after the company’s inception. ‘Marty has been our Senior Business Development officer during his tenure. He has done a consistently outstanding job of presenting the Tandem value proposition and securing productive and rewarding program relationships across a range of industries including industrial, health & wellness and franchise,' said Mike Sheehan, President of Tandem Finance." Previously, he was Vice President, Business Development, Lease Corporation of America (2015 - January, 2019). https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-murphy-a5070b69/

Betsy Sahno, Inside Sales Manager, Tandem Finance, Fort Collins, Colorado.  Previously, A/R Account Manager, Canadian Base Company (July, 2020 - August, 2021); Key Government Finance, Leasing Account Manager, KeyBank (February, 2009 - August, 2019). She joined HP Software, June, 2006, Software Support Renewals, promoted November, 2007, Account Manager, New License Sales; Sales, Ping Identity (2008); Remarketing analyst, Key Equipment Finance (2002 - 2006). Volunteer: CATS Program, Denver International Airport (December, 2018 - Present). Visit Residence of Memory Care Facilities, alliance for Therapy Dogs (December, 2018 - Present). Education: Community College of Denver, Pre-Nursing Studies (1992). FRCC, Business (2002 - 2004). https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsy-sahno-ba55272/

Michael Tornichia was hired as Director, regional Sales Manager, BciCapital, a subsidiary of Bci Bank, Altamonte Springers, Florida. He is located in New York, New York.  He previously was Director, CIT (July, 2015 - August, 2021); Senior Vice President, GE capital (January, 2012 - July, 2015); Vice President, Business Development, Nations Equipment Finance, LLC. (2011 - January, 2012); vice President, Senior Account Executive, Bank of America (2006 - 2009); Vice President, Senior Account Executive, GE Capital (2000 - 2006). Education: Lehigh University, Bachelor of Arts, Marketing/Public Relations (1996 - 2000). Activities and Societies: Captain: Lehigh University, Rugby (1999 - 2000), Phi Gamma Delta. Ramapo.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-tornichia-8770ab6/

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Help Wanted Ads

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Funders Taking "New" Broker Business List
Four Do Not Require that Brokers Be Licensed

BSB Leasing, Inc.
Bankers Capital
C.H. Brown Company
Forum Financial Services
TimePayment Corp.

The following “funders” have informed Leasing News they will consider business from “new” third party originators.  Many companies require a certain length of time in business and other requirements, such as a specific volume of business.  These “funders” will consider submissions from those new in the leasing and finance business:

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Types of Fraud
By the late Bernie Boettigheimer, CLFP

Methods of lease fraud are constantly evolving. Individuals perpetrating these frauds have studied our industry's practices and methods. Many of these frauds involve Vendors and Lessees who meet most of the screening criteria utilized by leasing companies - directory assistance listing, time in business, and physical storefronts. Lease Police, Inc. has identified the following general types of lease fraud:

Disguised Working Capital Fraud - In this scenario, a vendor presents himself as a legitimate seller of equipment; however, he is nothing other than someone soliciting for working capital loans. He will take a customer's current equipment and disguise it as his equipment and lease it back to the customer (the lessee). The vendor will keep 30% to 50% of the lease proceeds and will give the remainder to the lessee. This type of fraud can be very damaging and hard to detect, as many of the re-liquefied lessees will make payments for a while after funding. Most funders will experience a default rate between 10% to 40% with these transactions. Many of these vendors will "spread their paper" among several sources to further conceal their detection. Using LeasePolice.com, detecting these vendors is easy - just take note of excessive early termination activity.
    
Overpriced Equipment Working Capital Fraud - A vendor will overprice a piece of equipment and offer the debtor or lessee money back.  For example, a vendor will lease a $5,000 computer for $30,000 and give the debtor or lessee $15,000 as an inducement to enter into the lease. This type of fraud will have higher loss rates over the portfolio life, but because the debtor/lessee has just received a "lump sum" from the vendor, they will make payments for a while. Using LeasePolice.com, detecting these vendors is easy - just take note of excessive early termination activity.

Product Representation Fraud - In this scenario, the vendor may offer a deal that is "too good to be true." It may involve a 100% money back guarantee, inflated promises on the equipment, or a "promise and disappear" scheme. These vendors appear to be tremendous engines of new leases.  They can produce hundreds of new leases per month from the beginning of their existence. In most of these cases, the vendor is gone after one to two years, leaving funders an endless stream of litigation. Using LeasePolice.com, detecting these vendors is easy - just take note of a high number of recent inquiries for a newer vendor.

"Broken Up" Transaction Fraud - This type of fraud includes activity by Vendors and Debtors/Lessees who break up a larger deal into smaller pieces to avoid financial disclosure (without disclosing their other requests to the lenders). In most cases, those involved are aware of the application-only limits and apply for a large number of smaller transactions due to poor financial information. Imagine a $350,000 deal that is achieved by "splitting the transaction into five $70,000 transactions with five different funders. Some of these deals are further disguised by applying for corporation-only signatures - with no credit bureaus reports reviewed. In many cases, the debtor/lessee is already in distress and they fold under the higher debt levels. Using LeasePolice.com, detecting these lessees is easy - just take note of a high number of recent inquiries. Even corporation only transactions are shown in LeasePolice.com.

Past Due Account "Layoff" Fraud - This is one of the oldest and least reported types of fraud in the industry. A Vendor has an internal delinquent open account with a customer. They usually threaten the customer to either pay the past due balance or they will pick up the equipment. As an option, they offer the past due customer the option to convert their account into a lease. By converting the delinquent customer into a lease, they get paid by the equipment leasing company and the leasing company gets an almost instantaneous delinquency. Many of these deals show up as first payment defaults. All participants are legitimate companies and fraud is almost never suspected!  Using LeasePolice.com, detecting these Vendors is easy - just take note of a high number of early terminations/defaults using the LeasePolice.com system. 

General Misrepresentations by Vendors and Lessees - This general category includes activities such as submitting altered financial statements, hiding prior bankruptcies, hiding ownership, false references, misrepresenting used equipment as new, falsifying actual date of sale or delivery, equipment being sent to other locations without disclosure, concealing large judgments or liens, and leasing the same collateral twice. Using LeasePolice.com, detecting these transactions is easy.  LeasePolice.com subscribers can report any suspicious activities and they will be posted in our data files for future review.

SEC Charges Floridian, 2 Companies in
$70 Million Merchant Cash Advance Ponzi Scheme

Johanna M. Garcia

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order, an asset freeze, and the appointment of a receiver to stop an alleged Ponzi scheme and misappropriation of investor proceeds perpetrated by Coral Springs, Florida resident Johanna M. Garcia and two entities she controls.

According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida, over the past year Garcia and her companies raised at least $70 million from more than 2,150 investors in a fraudulent securities offering. The complaint alleges Garcia, and companies MJ Capital Funding LLC and MJ Taxes and More Inc. told investors that offering proceeds would be used to fund merchant cash advances to small businesses and promised investors annual returns of 120-180 per cent.

The reality was quite different. Garcia and her companies only made, at most, $2.9 million in loans and earned little revenue. Instead, the defendants allegedly used at least $20 million of new money to pay purported returns to existing investors in a classic Ponzi scheme fashion. The complaint alleges the defendants misused another $27.4 million of investor money by making payments to various other entities, a substantial portion of which represented payments to sales agents for promoting these investments.

Eric I. Bustillo, Director of the SEC’s Miami Regional Office, commented,  “As alleged in our complaint, Garcia and her companies lured unsuspecting investors with false claims and promises of triple-digit annual returns,” said. “We continue to caution investors to be wary of any investment that promises returns that are too good to be true.”

The SEC’s complaint, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, and unsealed last week, charges the defendants with violating the antifraud and registration provisions of the federal securities laws. In addition to the emergency relief, the complaint seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions; disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty from each of the defendants; and an officer and director bar against Garcia. The court set a hearing for Aug. 25 to determine if a preliminary injunction should be entered and whether the asset freeze should remain in force for the duration of the litigation.

Source: Crowdfund Insider

 

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Chipotle Turns to Plant Based for Chorizo Recipe
By Kari Hamanaka, Orange County Business Journal

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) said it has begun testing plant-based chorizo in some of its restaurants.

The Newport Beach chain has tapped locations in Denver and Indianapolis to begin the latest menu item test. The last time the company released a plant-based option was seven years ago with its Sofritas.

The company will now listen to customer feedback and make changes accordingly in a phase it calls its stage-gate process.

The company since 2019 has added five menu items, including its quesadilla and carne asada.

Chipotle is OC’s second largest restaurant operator with more than 2,850 restaurants and a workforce of over 100,000.

The company was trading up about 1% in midday trading Thursday to $1,868.29 with a market cap of $52.5 billion.

 

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Retail and food services sales in the United States declined by 1.1 percent in July, dropping to $617.7 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis. That’s according to advance estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday.

While it’s easy to chalk the slowdown up to the resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the reasons for the setback are in fact manifold, starting with an ongoing global chip shortage constraining supply in several industries, particularly the automobile sector. Sales of motor vehicle and parts dealers declined by more than $5 billion in July, accounting for 74 percent of the overall decline in retail and food services sales. Another big driver of the decline was a drop in nonstore (i.e. online) sales, which was largely caused by inflated June sales due to Amazon’s Prime Day. In fact, excluding motor vehicle and nonstore sales, retail sales grew ever so slightly in July, thanks in no small part to the ongoing rebound of restaurants across the country.

By Felix Richter, Statista

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Watch at Home:
Fernando's Reviews

Stylish thrillers, affecting dramas, and a unique Olympics documentary mark the latest batch of classics receiving the deluxe Criterion DVD treatment. Check them out with Netflix.

Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, 1958): A pinnacle of the burgeoning Polish cinema of the 1950s, director Andrzej Wajda’s stylish and intense drama bleeds a nation’s struggle into that of a man. Said man is Maciek (charismatic and doomed Zbigniew Cybulski, often dubbed “the Polish James Dean”), a young Polish resistance fighter during the last days of World War II. Tasked with killing a Russian soldier, he finds himself questioning his goals and his morality. What follows is a grim tour of ruins and hideouts, where betrayal, disillusionment, and death are never far off. Filmed with fierce, often baroque style, the movie plays like a political lesson in the skin of an atmospheric thriller, given an extra electrifying jolt by Cybulski’s iconic presence. With subtitles.

Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998): Beauty and cruelty blur beguilingly in Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s masterful look at 19th-century Shanghai. Taking place in high-class brothels nicknamed “flower houses,” the story charts the crisscrossing destinies of four men and the courtesans they visit. At the center is Master Wang (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a well-off, quiet man torn between two women—Crimson (Michiko Hada), who turns down his marriage proposal, and the younger Jasmin (Vicky Wei), who becomes his bride. Stunningly filmed using the burnished light of old lamps, the movie contemplates an insular world of rituals and transactions and betrayals. Making sumptuous use of décor, gestures, color, and movement, Hou offers a delicate, sympathetic look at the people snared in a system of refined exploitation. With subtitles.

Pariah (Dee Rees, 2011): Talented director Dee Rees (“Mudbound”) made a promising feature debut with this striking, poignant drama. An autobiographical portrait, it focuses on Alike (luminously played by Adepero Oduye), a Brooklyn teenager exploring her identity as an African-American lesbian. Though her parents (Charles Parnell, Kim Wayans) are scarcely supportive, Alike finds help with her friend Laura (Pernell Walker) and with Bina (Aasha Davis), a “good girl” who’s surprisingly open to experimentation. As her relationships become complicated, however, she discovers that heartbreak is never far from joyous romance. Exploring people and situations rarely touched upon by big-budget releases, Rees’ soulful indie is sensitively attuned to the heroine’s emotional highs and lows. Mixing mood and humor, the film is at once modesty specific and vibrantly universal.

La Piscine (Jacques Deray, 1969): Sixties icons of cool and sexiness, Alain Delon and Romy Schneider star in this moody, underrated psychological thriller, which would be later remade as “A Bigger Splash.” Delon and Schneider star as Jean-Paul and Marianne, a vacationing couple whose stay at a sun-dappled villa grows complicated by an unexpected visit by Harry (Maurice Ronet). An old friend who’s also a former boyfriend of Marianne’s, Harry arrives with his teenage daughter Penelope (Jane Birkin). Tensions promptly rise as resentment grows between the men, leading to a death. What follows is a police inquiry that will change the characters’ lives forever. Languidly sliding from hedonism into violence, Jacques Deray’s film fuses desire and suspense into an intoxicating package. With subtitles.

Visions of Eight (Multiple directors, 1973): Just as the Tokyo Olympic Games wind down, check out this unique documentary about the Munich Olympics, composed of short films from eight distinguished filmmakers. Among them is Mai Zetterling’s “The Strongest,” which sees the weight-lifting team as a group of sinewy titans, and “Bonnie and Clyde” director Arthur Penn’s “The Highest,” which filters pole-vaulters through an abstract prism. Kon Ichikawa’s “The Fastest” analyzes the 100-meter dash, Milos Forman injects some whimsy into “The Decathlon,” while John Schlesinger’s “The Longest” acknowledges the terrorist attack that shook the events. In sharp contrast to the athletes’ victories, Claude Lelouch’s “The Losers” considers the weight of defeat. Splintering the games into shards of personal expression, the film is an absorbing, imaginative collage.

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Attendees Will “Reunite and Reconnect” In-Person
and Online on Oct. 24-26, 2021

New This Year: In-Person or Virtual
ELFA is offering the 60th Annual Convention as a hybrid event. When registering, attendees have the flexibility to choose the registration option they prefer:

• In-Person: Attend the Convention in-person to reunite and reconnect with colleagues at the JW Marriott Hill Country in San Antonio. Onsite attendees will enjoy unparalleled opportunities to network, do business and uncover ideas to help your business grow—plus discover solutions in a first-rate exhibit hall. All in-person attendees will also have access to attend the education sessions virtually. To ensure safety, ELFA will follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations throughout the conference space.

• Virtual: Attend the convention remotely to hear from industry experts from the comfort of your home or office. Watch livestreams of high-quality educational sessions and top-notch keynote speakers when and where it’s most convenient—for a discounted price.

Plan your session schedule today!
https://apps.elfaonline.org/events/2021/ac/sched.cfm

News Briefs---

U.S. weekly jobless claims hit 17-month low;
    ranks of unemployed shrinking
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-17-month-low-2021-08-19/

Biden orders Education Department to take action
    against governors who ban school mask mandates
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-coronavirus-pandemic-5943b43e54f61861e65d8cb74f3a68f1

A Texas School Made Masks Part Of Its Dress Code
    To Get Around Gov. Abbott's Ban
https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/18/1028760318/paris-texas-school-district-mandate-masks-dress-code-gov-abbott-ban

Biden administration to offer vaccine booster shots
   beginning the week of September 20th
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/coronavirus/us-announces-plan-to-offer-covid-booster-shots-for-all-americans/2674408/

Amazon Plans to Open Large Retail Locations
     Akin to Department Stores
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-retail-department-stores-11629330842?st=u3lmhl9ylbm9y2l&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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You May Have Missed---

How This Texas Town Became One of America’s
    Fastest-Growing Cities
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/us/new-braunfels-texas-growth-census.html

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Sports Briefs---

Brawl ends Raiders-Rams joint practice early
https://www.theredzone.org/Blog-Description/EntryId/17214/Brawl-ends-Raiders-Rams-joint-practice-early

Oakland A’s salvage a traumatic series
    in Chicago with win over White Sox
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/08/19/oakland-as-salvage-a-traumatic-series-in-chicago-with-win-over-white-sox/

Can the A's recapture Oakland's love
    so fans can get back to being fans?
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/athletics/article/Can-the-A-s-recapture-Oakland-s-love-so-fans-16399026.php

Jets' Carl Lawson to miss 2021 NFL season
    with ruptured Achilles
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/jets/2021/08/19/carl-lawson-injury-leg-new-york-jets/8197612002/

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California Nuts Briefs---

L.A. County COVID-19 deaths top 25,000
    as Delta variant continues to spread
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-19/l-a-county-covid-19-deaths-top-25000-as-delta-spreads?utm_id=35804&sfmc_id=1646692

Apple preps construction at huge north San Jose tech campus
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/18/apple-construct-huge-north-san-jose-tech-campus-home-develop-covid/
        
Financial tech giant Green Dot moving HQ from California to Austin
https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/financial-tech-giant-green-dot-moving-hq-from-california-to-austin/article_45d03d31-0fc6-5061-8db5-be705f77099a.html

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“Gimme that Wine”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

20 Wines under $20: For When the Weather Is Sultry
    By Eric Asimov
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/dining/drinks/best-wines-under-20-dollars-summer.html

Imported Wine Remains Resilient Amid Tough Conditions
https://www.shankennewsdaily.com/index.php/2021/08/18/29259/imported-wine-remains-resilient-amid-tough-conditions/

Announcing the
   Top 100 Wineries of 2021
https://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/news/wine-news/announcing-the-top-100-wineries-of-2021

Sonoma Valley Rings in the 197th Harvest
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=250295

Wineries Are Moving Beyond Traditional Subscriptions.
    Exclusive Benefits? Check.
https://www.sunset.com/travel/wine-country/wineries-expand-wine-club-subscriptions-benefits

Free Wine App
https://www.nataliemaclean.com/mobileapp/

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/

This Day in History

     1494 - Columbus returned to Hispaniola. He had confirmed that Jamaica was an island and failed to find a mainland.
    1619 - The first Black slaves brought by the Dutch to the colony of Jamestown. The colonists desperately needed workers for the tobacco crop. Europe was becoming “addicted” to snuff and smoking tobacco in a pipe, inhaling. The Indians had introduced the colonies to tobacco, who were learning to grow and dry it. Europe was “mad” for the smoke and snuff for gentlemen. John Rolfe writes in his diary, “About the last of August came in a Dutch man of warre that sold us twenty negars.”  By the time of the American Revolution, the English importers alone had brought some 3,000,000 captive Africans to the Americas. After the war, as slave labor was not a crucial element of the Northern economy, most Northern states passed legislation to abolish slavery. However, in the South, the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 sharply increased the need for slave labor, and tension arose between the North and the South as the slave or free status of new states was debated. In 1807, with a self-sustaining population of over four million slaves in the South, some Southern congressmen joined with the North in voting to abolish the African slave trade effective 01 January 1808. Nevertheless, the widespread trade of slaves within the South was not prohibited, and illegal trade of African slaves to Brazil and Cuba continued until the 1860s. By 1865, over twelve million Africans had been shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, and some one million of these individuals had died from mistreatment during the voyage. In addition, an estimated three million died in Africa in slave wars and forced marches directly resulting from the Western Hemisphere's demand for African slaves.
http://www.tobacco.org/History/Jamestown.html#aaBlacks
http://www.apva.org/history/
http://www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/AFRICANS.html
    1704 - The first underground sewer in Boston was constructed by Francis Thrasher, at his own expense. The move led to municipal regulations governing disposal of refuse and garbage. By 1710, the selectmen of Boston were giving licenses to private citizens for digging up streets for sewer construction. Now you may not think this is a big deal, but think how waste was removed in this time, most often just thrown raw into the streets.
    1741 - Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering, commissioned by Peter the Great of Russia to find land connecting Asia and North America, discovers Alaska as well as the Pacific Coast of America.
    1788 - A small but powerful hurricane inflicted great havoc upon forests along a narrow track from New Jersey to Maine. A similar storm track today would cause extreme disaster in the now populated area.
    1794 - Major General “Mad” Anthony Wayne routs Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio
http://www.heidelberg.edu/FallenTimbers/FTCommemorate.html
    1813 - African-American Richard Allen chairs the first National Negro Convention in Philadelphia.
http://www.triadntr.net/~rdavis/allen.htm
    1833 - Benjamin Harrison (d. 1901), the 23rd president of the US, born at North Bend, Ohio. He was the grandson of William Henry Harrison, 9th president of the US. His term of office 1889-1893, was preceded and followed by the presidential terms of Grover Cleveland, who became the 22nd and 24th president.
http://www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/BH/BH_In_Brief.htm
    1845 - Wilberforce University established in Ohio, 1856
    1866 - The newly organized National Labor Union called on Congress to mandate an eight-hour workday. 
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug20.html
    1867 - Anson Mills, brevet lieutenant colonel in the Army, Fort Bridger, UT, was granted a patent for a new cartridge belt. Moisture had previously affected cartridge belts. Mills invented a woven cartridge belt, and the machinery for making it, which was adopted by both the army and Navy.
    1886 - The town of Indianola, TX, was completely destroyed by a hurricane, and never rebuilt.
    1905 – Jazz trombonist/singer/composer/bandleader Jack Teagarden (d. 1964) was born in Vernon TX.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/tea.html
http://teagardenonline.com/bio01.htm
    1910 - The big blow up of forest fires finally came to an end in Idaho. A record dry August fueled 1736 fires which burned three million acres destroying six billion board feet of timber. The fires claimed the lives of 85 persons, 78 of which were fire fighters, and consumed the entire town of Wallace. The smoke spread a third of the way around the world producing some dark days in the U.S. and Canada. The forest fires prompted federal fire protection laws.
    1911 - “This message sent around the world,” sent at 7pm from the New York Times and received back at 7:16:30pm, traveling over 28,613 miles via 16 relay stations to become the first telegraph message sent around the world. It was the front page headline and quite an event for its era.
    1912 - After the Japanese beetle invaded the East Coast and other diseases were affecting agriculture, Congress passed a quarantine law for plants, directed against dangerous plant diseases and injurious insect pests “new to or not theretofore widely prevalent or distributed within and through the United States.” Plants that could transmit white-pin, blister rust or potato wart, and plants that might harbor the Mediterranean fruit fly, were immediately affected. Other species before the turn of the century had been affected, such as the “mighty American chestnut oak” that dominated the Northeast was basically extinct by this date.
http://ncnatural.com/NCNatural/trees/chestnut.html
    1920 - The first radio station to be licensed was 8MK, owned by the Detroit News, which began later instituted daily service with the program, “ Tonight’s Dinner.” The call letters were changed later to WWJ.
    1921 - Birthday of Jacqueline Susann (d. 1974), Philadelphia.  Her novel, “Valley of the Dolls” (1966, and the movie in 1967), became the world's most popular, best-selling novel to that time and remains the top selling novel even today. It sold more than 17 million copies. Her other novels were also made into movies and were best sellers. She died at the peak of her success at 53.
    1924 - Birthday of Jim Reeves (d. 1964), country music star, born at Galloway, Panola County, TX.  The single-engine plane in which he was traveling crashed in a dense fog. Reeve’s biggest hit was “He’ll Have to Go.” (1959) and he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967.
    1926 - Birthday of trombonist Frank Rosolino (d. 1978), Detroit, MI.
http://www.jazzcanadiana.on.ca/_ROSOLINO.htm
http://www.ita-web.org/competitions/rosolino/
    1927 - Birthday of guitarist Jimmy Raney (d. 1995), Louisville, KY.
    1931 - Birthday of drummer Frankie Capp (d. 2017), Worcester, MA.
http://www.centrohd.com/biogra/c2/frankie_capp_b.htm
    1940 - Radar is used for the first time, by the British during the Battle of Britain. Also on this day, in a radio broadcast, Winston Churchill makes his famous homage to the Royal Air Force: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
    1942 - University of Chicago scientist Glen Seaborg and his colleagues first weighed plutonium, the first man made element.
    1942 - Birthday of Isaac Hayes (d. 2008), Covington, TN.  Singer, songwriter, actor, and producer. He has been one of the creative forces behind Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. They were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam and Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Soul Man,” written by Hayes and Porter and first performed by Sam and Dave, was recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was also honored by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by Rolling Stone magazine, and by the RIAA as one of the Songs of the Century.  In addition to his work in popular music, he worked as a composer of musical scores for motion pictures.  Hayes was known for his musical score for the film “Shaft” (1971). For the “Theme from Shaft,” he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972. He became the third black person to win an Oscar in any competitive field covered by the Academy. He also won two Grammy Awards for that same year. Later, he was given his third Grammy for his music album “Black Moses.” In 1992, Hayes was crowned honorary king of the Ada region of Ghana in recognition of his humanitarian work there.
http://www.isaachayes.com/bio.html
    1944 - Birthday of drummer Terry Clarke, Vancouver, British Columbia.
    1944 - HAWK, JOHN D., Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company E, 359th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Chambois, France, 20 August 1944. Entered service at: Bremerton, Wash. Birth: San Francisco, Calif. G.O. No.: 55, 13 July 1945. Citation: He manned a light machinegun on 20 August 1944, near Chambois, France, a key point in the encirclement which created the False Pocket. During an enemy counterattack, his position was menaced by a strong force of tanks and infantry. His fire forced the infantry to withdraw, but an artillery shell knocked out his gun and wounded him in the right thigh. Securing a bazooka, he and another man stalked the tanks and forced them to retire to a wooded section. In the lull which followed, Sgt. Hawk reorganized 2 machinegun squads and, in the face of intense enemy fire, directed the assembly of 1 workable weapon from 2 damaged guns. When another enemy assault developed, he was forced to pull back from the pressure of spearheading armor. Two of our tank destroyers were brought up. Their shots were ineffective because of the terrain until Sgt. Hawk, despite his wound, boldly climbed to an exposed position on a knoll where, unmoved by fusillades from the enemy, he became a human aiming stake for the destroyers. Realizing that his shouted fire directions could not be heard above the noise of battle, he ran back to the destroyers through a concentration of bullets and shrapnel to correct the range. He returned to his exposed position, repeating this performance until 2 of the tanks were knocked out and a third driven off. Still at great risk, he continued to direct the destroyers' fire into the Germans' wooded position until the enemy came out and surrendered. Sgt. Hawk's fearless initiative and heroic conduct, even while suffering from a painful wound, was in large measure responsible for crushing 2 desperate attempts of the enemy to escape from the False Picket and for taking more than 500 prisoners. 
    1945 - Tommy Brown of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the youngest player in Major League history to hit a home run when he connected against pitcher Preacher Roe of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Brown was 17 years, eight months and 14 days old.
    1945 - Woody Herman Band records “Bijou.”
    1946 - Prior to the start of the game against the Senators in Washington, using the U.S. Army's Sky Screen Chronograph, Bob Feller's fastball is clocked at 98.6 miles-per-hour breaking Yankees' hurler Atlee Donald's 1939 speed record of 94.7 mph.
    1948 - Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin is born in West Bromwich, England. Five of the group's albums reach No. 1 on Billboard's pop album chart. In the mid-80s Plant organizes the Honeydrippers, featuring rock legends Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Nile Rodgers. The ensemble has a No. 3 hit in 1985 with “Sea of Love.''
    1948 - The largest crowd (78,382) ever to attend a night game sees Satchel Paige become the fourth consecutive Indian to throw a shutout. The ageless wonder joins Gene Bearden, Sam Zoldak and Bob Lemon in blanking the opposition.
    1949 - Birthday of American composer Leonard Lehrman, born Ft. Riley, KS.  Lehrman has composed 238 works to date, including 12 operas and 7 musicals. He composed also more than 400 vocal works, among them completions of 20 works by Marc Blitzstein, most notably his operas "Idiots First" and "Sacco and Vanzetti". Works published by Theodore Presser, Carl Fischer, and (Blitzstein completions) Boosey & Hawkes, recorded by Opus One, Premier, Capstone, and Original Cast Recordings. 
    1954 - Meteorologist/chef/author bon vivant Al Roker born Brooklyn, NY.
http://www.alroker.com/bio.cfm
http://www.alroker.com/main.cfm
http://www.msnbc.com/onair/bios/a_roker.asp
    1955 - Top Hits
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Hard to Get - Gisele MacKenzie
The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller
I Don’t Care - Webb Pierce
    1960 - Connie Francis began work on her first movie, "Where the Boys Are." She also starred in the sequel, "When the Boys Meet the Girls." Her first movie her first movie, "Where The Boys Are," in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida is considered the first college teen comedy to really explore the sex lives of its characters, it served as the inspiration for countless "spring break" movies, as well as the homage/parody Grease. 
    1963 - Top Hits
Fingertips - Pt 2 - Little Stevie Wonder
Blowin’ in the Wind - Peter, Paul & Mary
Judy’s Turn to Cry - Lesley Gore
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
    1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the anti-poverty Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly $1 billion)
    1966 - The thoroughbred Buckpasser, owned by Ogden Phipps, won the Travers Stakes at Saratoga to become the first 3-year-0ld to pass the $1 million mark in career earnings.
    1966 - The Temptations' "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is released.
    1967 - Birthday of American Composer Amos Elkana, born Boston, MA.
    1967 - The New York Times reported on a new noise-reduction system for album and tape recording developed by R. and D.W. Dolby. First used by a subsidiary of Elektra Records, the Dolby noise reduction system became the industry standard.
    1968 - LAMBERS, PAUL RONALD, MEDAL of HONOR 
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company A, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. place and date: Tay Ninh province, Republic of Vietnam, 20 August 1968. Entered service at: Holland, Mich. Born: 25 June 1942, Holland, Mich. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. S/Sgt. (then Sgt.) Lambers distinguished himself in action while serving with the 3d platoon, Company A. The unit had established a night defensive position astride a suspected enemy infiltration route, when it was attacked by an estimated Viet Cong battalion. During the initial enemy onslaught, the platoon leader fell seriously wounded and S/Sgt. Lambers assumed command of the platoon. Disregarding the intense enemy fire, S/Sgt. Lambers left his covered position, secured the platoon radio and moved to the command post to direct the defense. When his radio became inoperative due to enemy action, S/Sgt. Lambers crossed the fire swept position to secure the 90mm recoilless rifle crew's radio in order to re-establish communications. Upon discovering that the 90mm recoilless rifle was not functioning, S/Sgt. Lambers assisted in the repair of the weapon and directed canister fire at point-blank range against the attacking enemy who had breached the defensive wire of the position. When the weapon was knocked out by enemy fire, he single-handedly repulsed a penetration of the position by detonating claymore mines and throwing grenades into the midst of the attackers, killing 4 more of the Viet Cong with well-aimed hand grenades. S/Sgt. Lambers maintained command of the platoon elements by moving from position to position under the hail of enemy fire, providing assistance where the assault was the heaviest and by his outstanding example inspiring his men to the utmost efforts of courage. He displayed great skill and valor throughout the 5-hour battle by personally directing artillery and helicopter fire, placing them at times within 5 meters of the defensive position. He repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire at great risk to his own life in order to redistribute ammunition and to care for seriously wounded comrades and to move them to sheltered positions. S/Sgt. Lambers' superb leadership, professional skill and magnificent courage saved the lives of his comrades, resulted in the virtual annihilation of a vastly superior enemy force and were largely instrumental in thwarting an enemy offensive against Tay Ninh City. His gallantry at the risk of his life is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
    1968 - Bobby Darin, still traumatized by the recent assassination of his good friend, Senator Robert Kennedy, sells off his music publishing and production company, TM Music, for one million dollars.
    1969 - The four members of the Beatles gather in the Abbey Road studios in London for the last time as they complete work on "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and ostensibly finalize the track order and mastering of their last recorded album, Abbey Road. (Three of the Beatles would later be present in the studio to overdub salvaged tracks from the Let It Be sessions.) 
    1969 - 'Never say die' Camille let loose a cloudburst in Virginia resulting in flash floods and landslides which killed 151 persons and cause 140 million dollars damage. Massies Hill, VA received 27 inches of rain.
    1969 - Andy Williams received a gold record for the album "Happy Heart" on Columbia Records. 
    1970 - Creedence Clearwater Revival's LP “Cosmo's Factory” hits #1 
    1971 - Top Hits
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - The Bee Gees
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
I’m Just Me - Charley Pride
    1971 - Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas introduced the first electronic pocket calculator. It weighed about 2.5 pounds and cost $149. It could add, subtract, multiply, and divide, displaying the results in an LED (light-emitting diode) window.
    1973 - The Rolling Stones release "Angie."
    1974 - House of Representatives votes 412-3 to recommend three articles of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon. The first charges him with taking part in a criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Watergate cover-up; the second charges he "repeatedly" failed to carry out his constitutional oath in a series of alleged abuses of power; & the third accuses him of unconstitutional defiance of committee subpoenas.
    1974 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “(You're) Having My Baby,'' Paul Anka with Odia Coates. Anka last hit No. 1 with “Lonely Boy'' in 1959, marking the longest gap between top singles
    1976 - Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," about an ore carrier which sank on Lake Superior, was released as a single. The song, from the album "Summertime Dream," made it to number two on the Billboard Hot 100
    1977 - The song "Best of My Love", by the Emotions, topped the pop charts. It had a number one run of four weeks. 
http://www.70disco.com/emotions.htm
http://www.grooveentertainmentinc.com/emo.htm
    1978 - After 37 consecutive years, the Stan Kenton Band folds. “Peanut Vendor.”
http://www.gemlimited.com/kenton.htm
    1979 - Top Hits
Good Times - Chic
My Sharona - The Knack
The Main Event/Fight - Barbra Streisand
Coca Cola Cowboy - Mel Tillis
    1980 - Birthday of American Composer Thomas Dempster, born Sandusky, MI.
    1985 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Power of Love,'' Huey Lewis & the News. The million-selling single, which is featured in the hit film, “Back to the Future,'' is the band's first No. 1 song.
    1986 - U.S. Census Bureau officials reported that the U.S. population stood at 240,468,000 and the median age reached an all-time high of 31-1/2 years. 
    1986 - The temperature at San Antonio, TX, soared to an all-time record high of 108 degrees.
    1987 - Top Hits
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2
Who’s That Girl - Madonna
Luka - Suzanne Vega
A Long Line of Love - Michael Martin Murphey.
    1987 - Half a dozen cities in the Central Plains Region reported record high temperatures for the date, including Pueblo, CO with a reading of 102 degrees, and Goodland, KS with a high of 104 degrees. Hill City, KS reached 106 degrees.
    1987 - Lindsey Buckingham, who had helped turn Fleetwood Mac into one of the biggest-selling groups of the Seventies, leaves the group after refusing to tour behind its latest album, “Tango in the Night.”
    1987 - Alabama dedicates a section of its Interstate 65 highway as the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway, a reference to one of his best-known songs. The fifty-mile stretch begins near his hometown of Georgiana and runs north to Montgomery, where he is buried.
    1988 - Raleigh, NC, reported a record hot temperature reading of 103 degrees. Afternoon thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 75 mph in southern Pittsburgh County. Thunderstorms in Indiana produced 4.50 inches of rain at Morgantown.
    1989 - Early morning thunderstorms deluged southeastern Delaware with six to ten inches of rain in four to six hours, with local reports of 13 to 20 inches of rain. Twenty-six major roads were closed or damaged, and fourteen bridges were washed out. Flooding caused nearly four million dollars damage to local businesses.
    1989 - About 20,000 people ended a week-long 20th anniversary celebration of the Woodstock Festival at the festival's original site near Bethel, New York. They left behind a mountain of mud and empty beer cans. The unsanctioned gathering had only one serious incident - a stabbing. Folksinger Melanie was the only Woodstock veteran to show up. She performed from a makeshift stage. 
    1993 - Top Hits
Can’t Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver") - UB40 
Whoomp! (There It Is) - Tag Team
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers 
Slam - Onyx 
    1996 - Just ten days after Microsoft shipped its first Web browser, Netscape released a letter they had sent to the Justice Department earlier in the month alleging that Microsoft had sought to gain an unfair advantage by offering computer makers and Internet service providers improper payments and other incentives to use Internet Explorer instead of Netscape Navigator. Microsoft denied the allegations, but the question of Microsoft's tactics in promoting Internet Explorer came under heavy scrutiny in the Justice Department's 1998 antitrust suit against Microsoft. 
    1996 - Carlos Santana receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
    1998 - At Shea Stadium, Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire becomes the first player in Major League history to hit 50 home runs in three consecutive seasons. Mac's seventh inning solo shot helps to defeat the Mets, 2-0.
    2000 - Tiger Woods won the 82nd PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. Woods birdied the last two holes in regulation and won the championship in a playoff over Bob May, becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors (Masters, U.S. Open, British Open) in one year. He was the first player to win back-to-back PGA championships since Denny Shute in 1936 and 1937. 
    2000 - The winningest pitcher in franchise history is honored by the Yankees during Whitey Ford Day ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. The crafty lefty holds the team record for victories (236), innings pitched (3,170 1/3), strikeouts (1,956) and shutouts (45).  Ford set numerous World Series pitching records, including consecutive scoreless innings (33 2⁄3), wins (10), games started (22), innings pitched (146), and strikeouts (94). The Yankees retired his uniform number 16 in 1974 and dedicated a plaque in his honor in Monument Park in 1987. Ford was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
    2002 - A judge issues a temporary restraining order preventing the sale of Barry Bonds' 600th career home run ball hit into the Pacific Bell Park stands on August 9. Jay Arsenault, who allegedly promised friends after being given a game ticket to split any monetary gains if he caught the historic baseball, has been ordered to appear in court for hearing on September 5 along with the prized souvenir.
    2002 - Top Hits
Dilemma - Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland
Hot In Here - Nelly
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Just A Friend 2002 - Mario
    2005 - Using the equivalent of a 98-miles-per-hour Major League fastball, 12-year old Kalen Pimentel ties a Little League World Series record for strikeouts in a six-inning game. The 12-year-old from Rancho Buena Vista strikes out 18 Owensboro batters (all of the recorded outs) as his team coasts to 7-2 victory in the pool play of the tournament.
    2008 - Umpires sign an agreement which will allow Major League Baseball to start using instant replay to help determine boundary calls, such as determining fair or foul fly balls and difficult home run rulings. No exact date has been set for the start of using replays, but installation of the necessary equipment has been taking place in ballparks, with the hope of starting later this month.
    2014 – US officials have validated claims by the Islamic State that journalist James Foley, held in captivity for two years, has been killed.  President Obama vowed to continue airstrikes against the terrorist state.
    2018 – Pope Francis released a letter to all Catholics condemning sexual abuse atrocities and clerical cover-ups, declaring, “We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them.”
    2020 – Former Trump presidential advisor, Steve Bannon, was arrested and charged with fraud over a fund-raising campaign to build a wall on the Mexican border.  Bannon pleaded not guilty and was pardoned by Trump before his trial date.
    2020 – California Senator Kamala Harris accepted the nomination for vice president, becoming the first US woman of color on a major party ticket, stating, “there is no vaccine for racism.”