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☆ Japan’s Indy 200: Remembering the first time IndyCars raced at Fuji Speedway
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Emiko Jozuka For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She is the daughter of the Japanese photographer Joe Honda. Joe Honda ArchiveCommercial opportunityIn the 1960s, Japan was emerging as an advanced and high-tech nation following its defeat in WWII. “The groundwork for the Indy 200 was already laid by then, and the Japanese were ready and willing to pay for racing,” he said. Rare intimacyFive months before the Indy 200, Clark had been invited to test-drive the Fuji road course. Joe Honda ArchiveCultural shiftsIn 1966, no Japanese drivers or cars participated in the exhibition Indy 200 race.

Persons: Joe Honda, Japan CNN —, Jim Clark, Honda, Jackie Stewart, Chris Amon, Akira Jin –, –, Shingo Shiozawa, Riki Ohkubo, ”, —, ” Jackie Stewart, Nissan Sunny, Jack K, Yamaguchi, Jin –, Japan –, Shiozawa, Jack Brabham, Clark, Graham Hill, Ohkubo, Honda’s, Colin Chapman, “, ‘, ’ ”, Donald Capps Organizations: CNN, Japan CNN, Jim Clark Motorsport Museum, Indianapolis, IndyCar, Fuji International, Honda, Boys, Indy, Fuji, Japan, Nissan, Prix, Suzuka, Formula, Fuji International Speedway, Bolshoi Ballet, Leningrad Philharmonic, United States Auto, Triple Crown, Motorsport, Monaco, Nippon Auto Club, Speedway, Automotive Society of Historians Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Fuji, Scotland, New Zealand, American, Asia, America, Mie, Indianapolis

☆ JK Rowling hits out at reports calling a transgender cat killer and convicted murderer a woman
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewJK Rowling has hit out at reports calling a transgender cat killer and convicted murderer a woman. It is not the first time Rowling has aired her views on transgender issues. In a 2020 statement released via The Trevor Project, Daniel Radcliffe, who played the films' titular character, said: "Transgender women are women. AdvertisementTiffany Scott, also known as Andrew Burns, died on Thursday aged 32, the Scottish Prison Service confirmed, per The Telegraph.

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☆ Common Credits Ralph Ellison for Pointing Him Toward Music
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Bible, “The Selected Works of Audre Lorde,” edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, and “The Tongue — A Creative Force” by Charles Capps. I’m a believer in God’s word so learning how to apply that was really inspiring and impactful for me. I was really moved by “The Creative Act” because I think Rick Rubin has experienced so much in life. I learned from a musician friend of mine that so many things can contribute to your musical/creative vocabulary, even nature. And after that, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” and “The Mastery of Love” by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills.

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When Mark Capps, 54, fell asleep several hours later, and Acuff and her mother Tara Capps, Mark Capps' wife, were able to leave the house and file a police report. Police later shot and killed Mark Capps when he pointed a gun at an officer after they tried to arrest him at his home. In a video call with Jeff Capps three weeks earlier, Mark Capps had put a gun to his own head. Meanwhile, Colleen Walters, who was a family friend, spoke with Mark Capps the day before his death. In the hours before Mark Capps began threatening his family, he had been drinking and taking pills, Tara Capps and Acuff told investigators.

Persons: Mark Capps, Zachery Silva, McKenzie Acuff, Silva, Acuff, Tara Capps, Jan, Jeff Capps, Juanita Copeland, Tracey West, Colleen Walters, Walters, Josh Swift, ” Swift, Swift, “, David Dyer, ‘, Dyer, Capps, Glenn Funk, Josh DeVine Organizations: Tennessee Bureau of, Police, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Associated Press, Partners, Mental Health Cooperative, Metro Nashville Police, Tennessee Bureau, Investigation, AP Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, Nashville

☆ Grammy winner is fatally shot by police after allegedly holding his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Grammy-winning sound engineer accused of kidnapping and threatening his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint in Tennessee was fatally shot by police, authorities said. A Metro Nashville Police officer killed Mark Capps, 54, during an encounter Thursday at the man’s home in the Hermitage neighborhood, agency spokesman Don Aaron said. Officers had gone to the home to arrest Capps on warrants charging him with two counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, Aaron said. via WSMVHis 60-year-old wife and 23-year-old stepdaughter told police he had held them in the home at gunpoint early Thursday, police said. Capps’ website says he is a multi-platinum Grammy award-winning engineer/mixer/producer.

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