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FREEPORT, NY. ¨C Every weekend outside her church, Shelley Brazely sets up her table. Her mission is to make sure anyone in her community who wants to vote, can.¡°Too many people sacrificed too much in this country for us to vote, and we just want to make sure that every vote counts,¡± said Brazely, the President of the Social Action Ministry at the Zion Cathedral in Freeport, New York.Brazely said the community¡¯s votes are especially important because the neighborhood has a history of struggling.¡°Nassau County, which is one of the richest counties in the country, has pockets of poverty and disenfranchisement that is unbelievable,¡± said Brazely. ¡°Hempstead, Freeport, Roosevelt, we¡¯re considered the black belt, and those are the areas that have the hardest time,¡± said Brazely.Brazely is fighting this by signing anyone up for an absentee ballot who wants one. She is personally delivering each ballot to the board of elections to make sure each is filled out correctly.¡°A lot of people are disqualified because there are two envelopes,¡± explained Brazely. ¡°They don¡¯t check what needs to be checked, and those are disqualified.¡±It¡¯s a big effort for one person to make, taking dozens of hours per week, but Brazely wants her community to feel comfortable voting, especially because so many people are worried about mailing in their ballots.¡°There will be no postal office. We won't be dealing at all with that. We will securely pick up the information and drop it off,¡± said Brazely. ¡°We don't want anybody to feel the hopelessness that a lot of these rumors will cause.¡±She said the rumors and misinformation about the security of the U.S. Postal Service weigh heavily on those she helps.¡°I was a little worried to mail it out myself,¡± said Jerrod Atkinson who is having Brazely drop off his ballot. ¡°I wanted it to go directly to the board of elections, so it wouldn¡¯t get lost.¡±Odessa Hill is a senior who isn¡¯t able to drive and is filling out an absentee ballot with Brazely. She said this opportunity gives her peace of mind.¡°Every day, I get a text that the post office might be closed, but I know that this church will cover it,¡± she said.This church is invested in much more than worship and has been a community staple for more than 90 years.¡°The church really has always been involved in the real-life drama and struggle of our community,¡± said Pastor Frank White.Pastor White and Shelley Brazely are teaming up to make sure their community knows they can lean on the church for any help¡ªwhether that¡¯s in the pews or at the polls. White said it¡¯s an opportunity to keep hope alive.¡°Without hope, life fades very quickly¡­dreams die,¡± said Pastor White. ¡°I am a prisoner of hope. I can never stop believing, and it becomes my job as well as many other voices to be that trumpet of truth and to be a shining light and to help the downtrodden, and the disenfranchised.¡±He and Brazely know that togetherness is the first step in keeping hope for change alive.For Brazely, making all the trips to and from the board of elections is just the start of her fight. She is building resource kits to help other churches set up a similar system.¡°This is not just a one-time ¡®We get people to vote.¡¯ This is the beginning of a movement,¡± said Brazely.A movement for representation, for trust, and as Brazely said ¡°of building the total community.¡±If you'd like to find out more about Brazely's work and set something similar up for your own church, contact the church HERE. 3486

For decades, the Del Mar Races have been more than just horses. It's the food, drinks and fashion that San Diegan's spend all year anxiously awaiting."It brings the festivities. Instead of everyone just coming for a race day, it makes the women have a reason to put something pretty on like hats or go all out with a dress," said Deena Von Yokes. For the past 8 years, Deena was a judge for the race's annual hat contest.But as COVID-19 kept fans away this year, she and organizers didn't let the contest take a back seat."Home turf club is what we¡¯re calling it. You can create your own with your 'friend bubble' or 'business bubble' or 'work bubble'. People can still celebrate and have fun."And by celebrate, she wanted everyone to dress up from head to toe."Take a picture of your head to your toes because its about the hat but it¡¯s also the complete look," Deena described.To enter the virtual contest this year, participants had to upload their entire look on social media using the #DelMarHatsContest and tagging the Del Mar Races official account."People who have never done it before can do something crazy so I¡¯m kind of curious to see what happens and to see what people come up with."Everyone proved COVID-19 couldn't stop San Diego."We¡¯re showing how resilient we are all in the spirit of fashion, and in this case, in horse racing because that¡¯s a tradition here and we¡¯re going to keep that alive."Winner will be announced July 11th. The grand prize is two tickets to 2021's Breeder's Cup. 1513

Former president Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail, for his former Vice President, Joe Biden.Obama is heading to Philadelphia on Wednesday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.The former president was in Philadelphia in August to deliver an address to the Democratic national Convention from the Museum of the American Revolution.Details of the campaign stop have not been released yet. It will be Obama¡¯s first in-person campaign event for Biden. The former president has participated in digital campaign efforts through the pandemic.He also has been spending 2020 finishing up his presidential memoir, according to NPR, which will be released in November. 677

For anyone who used to play with slot cars as a child, Sweden's new electrified road might bring back some memories.In the first of its kind, the Scandinavian country is trialling the world's first public road which allows electric vehicles to recharge while driving. Similar to a slot-car track, vehicles are able to connect to an electric rail that's embedded into the road.Sweden has a goal of achieving a completely fossil fuel free vehicle fleet by 2030, so this electrified road is part of several projects the Swedish Transport Administration has created to develop and test technologies that may be able to help the country reach its target.In this particular project, 'eRoadArlanda', electricity is transferred via a movable arm that attaches to the tracks built into the middle of the road. While the system is designed with the capacity to feed heavier vehicles such as trucks, it's also developed to work for cars and buses.When vehicles approach the track, a sensor from the car or truck detects the electrified rail and the movable arm lowers from underneath the vehicle and inserts into the rail. The arm has been designed to be flexible, providing the car, or truck, the freedom to move around the road without disconnecting."One of the most important issues of our time is the question of how to make fossil-free road transportation a reality," Hans S?ll, chairman of the eRoadArlanda says."We now have a solution that will make this possible, which is amazing. Sweden is at the cutting edge of this technology, which we now hope to introduce in other areas of the country and the world."The track stretches along two kilometers (1.2 miles) and has been installed on public road "893" just 30 minutes outside of Stockholm.The eRoad has many advantages, S?ll says. If implemented it will mean electric vehicle batteries can be smaller -- and therefore lighter -- because they won't need to retain as much charge, the vehicles will then be cheaper to manufacture and will ultimately be more sustainable.For a heavy truck to be 100% electric, he explains, it would need a battery that weighs 40 tonnes. But if technology like the eRoad was readily available, the truck's battery would be able to weigh as little as 600 kilograms.It would also fix a wider issue that many electric vehicle owners face: The worry and inconvenience of keeping vehicles charged."Today you're not 100% sure how far you can go with your battery but if you have a combination of electric roads you will feel a little bit more confident that you'll get where you want to go," S?ll says.The technology is also safe and adverse weather such as rain, snow and ice should not cause any major issues thanks to draining and usual maintenance. The electricity also isn't a risk to humans or animals."There's no electricity at the surface and the rail is only electrified if an actual authorized vehicle is passing, so if you don't have an electric vehicle that's authorized to use the electricity, the electricity will not be turned on at all -- it will not be on 24/7."There will also be plenty of signage around the area indicating the road is electrified and the system is equipped with safety circuits.S?ll says while the new project cost €6.4 million (.7 million) to develop, if it were more widely implemented across the country it would eventually work out less than €1 million (.2 million) per kilometer to build.That is, if the government decides to implement it nationally."The Government wants to test one or two additional technologies ... that will then be evaluated in two years or so, (and) after that they will pick out one of those technologies (that have been tested) to build a longer pilot stretch that will be between 20 and 40 kilometers," he says.For now, the eRoad will be used and trialled for two years by a truck carrying freight in order to determine how well the innovation works under various weather conditions and in conjunction with normal road traffic.The-CNN-Wire 3992

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he¡¯s concerned about the accuracy of COVID-19 test results.In a news conference Monday, he said there have been several cases where people received positive results, even though they had never been tested in the first place.¡°For that to come back positive, when there was no specimen submitted, is problematic. So I¡¯ve heard it enough to be concerned about it," said DeSantis.People have said they submitted their contact information at a COVID-19 testing site, but after seeing how long the line was, they decided not to wait an hour or more to get the test. Nevertheless, a few days later, they got an email or a phone call telling them that they tested positive.Representatives at the Centurylink Sports Complex testing site say false positives aren¡¯t possible there, because of how they have it set up.The Florida Department of Health says, at Centurylink, you submit your contact information right before you get tested. So if somebody were to get out of line, they wouldn¡¯t have had the chance to hand over their phone number or email.But not all testing sites are the same.We reached out to Lee Health, which operates several testing sites of its own. Those sites operate by appointment only, and they do take contact info beforehand, but Lee Health says it has not yet had any issues with mixed up results, and it takes several steps to make sure the results get to the right person.The health system says its sites verify the patient¡¯s identity when they arrive. Then, the person who conducts the test signs and dates each specimen. Finally, the hospital system is in contact with the lab, which verifies correct and matching information on the swab they receive.DeSantis says his office still doesn¡¯t have an answer as to why some mix ups are happening, but he is asking for the public¡¯s help.¡°If you¡¯re somebody that this has happened to, you¡¯re going to come forward and give us the details, because I think that that needs to be corrected," said DeSantis.This article was written by Rob Manch for WFTX. 2054