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Ask Amy: Teenager is excluded, and now Mom is mad

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

Dear Amy: My niece lives 10 states away and is getting married.Her invitation stated that my 17-year-old son was invited only to the wedding ceremony — not the reception.I told her that we would not be spending thousands of dollars (flights, hotel, rental car, gifts) for a 15-minute ceremony.Her response was, “You can come, and he can sit in the hotel.”I said that we were still not coming. And (I told her), “By the way — that was so rude.”Now her parents are angry, and others in the family are weighing in.We’re still not going to this wedding, as I am still not going to make my son sit in a motel room.How do I make this situation better?— Irate Aunt in MDDear Irate: You state that you want to make this situation better, but you don’t outline your definition of “better.”Might I suggest an afternoon at Six Flags?Related ArticlesAsk Amy | Ask Amy: Parents refuse to recognize gay relationship Ask Amy | Ask Amy: Real estate agent won’t stop co...

NATO extend boss Stoltenberg's term

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

NATO members agreed on Tuesday (4 July) to extend the term of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for a further year.The decision has been widely signaled in recent weeks but ambassadors to NATO are expected to formally approve the extension during a meeting on Tuesday, said the diplomats, who spoke on Monday (3 July) on condition of anonymity.Stoltenberg has guided the North Atlantic Treaty Organization through a series of crises since taking charge in 2014, most recently rallying NATO members in support of Ukraine while seeking to prevent the war there from escalating into a direct conflict between NATO and Russia.Stoltenberg, 64, is a former prime minister of Norway. He was due to complete his term as the top civilian at the transatlantic security alliance at the end of September but is now likely to stay on for a further 12 months.Stoltenberg said in February he was not seeking an extension to his contract. But NATO members asked him to accept one after failing to reach consensus...

Single-family residence in Fremont sells for $2 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

4227 Nicolet Avenue – Google Street ViewA 2,160-square-foot house built in 1965 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 4200 block of Nicolet Avenue in Fremont was sold on May 31, 2023, for $2,003,000, or $927 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a garage as well as two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 6,747-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby:In May 2023, a 1,630-square-foot home on Jacinto Drive in Fremont sold for $1,655,000, a price per square foot of $1,015. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,704-square-foot home on the 4200 block of Jacinto Drive in Fremont sold in September 2022, for $1,610,000, a price per square foot of $945. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Cripps Place, Fremont, in September 2022, a 1,797-square-foot home was sold for $1,630,000, a price per square foot of $907. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Related ArticlesHousing | Single fam...

Horoscopes July 7, 2023: Michelle Kwan, face the future with optimism

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Michelle Kwan, 43; Berenice Bejo, 47; Shelley Duvall, 74; Ringo Starr, 83.Happy Birthday: A thorough approach to whatever you do will pay off this year. Dedication, loyalty, compassion and common sense will take you to a place that offers peace of mind. Refuse to let what others do tempt you to make poor decisions. Choose honor and integrity over risk and manipulation. Look for alternatives that help you focus on what’s important to you. Face the future with optimism, imagination and fearlessness. Your numbers are 6, 13, 18, 24, 36, 40, 47.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do something physical that will ease stress, keep you from saying something you shouldn’t and encourage you to do your own thing. Personal improvements will lift you and motivate you to do something you enjoy. Stick to a budget and have fun. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Consistency will lead to success. You’ll gain ground if you are persistent and willing to do the work...

Bridge: July 7, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

This week’s deals have treated declarer’s play when he must choose among two or more finesses. It’s better to try everything — combine your chances — than to rely on a single chance.Cover the East-West cards. West leads the jack of spades against four hearts. How will you try for 10 tricks?Say you win the first spade and draw trumps. At IMP scoring, take the best play for the contract. You can finesse in diamonds by leading to the jack, but only after taking the K-A. You guard against a doubleton queen with East.OVERTRICKWhen the queen falls, you can finesse in clubs for an overtrick. If East’s diamonds were Q-10-9-8, you would finesse in clubs.At matchpoint duplicate, your play would be different. The contract is “normal” — every pair will reach four hearts — so you would try for the maximum number of tricks: You would take the ace of diamonds and lead to the jack. If the cards lay perfectly, you would make two overtricks,...

Price Controls: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

Centrist and right-wing economists continue to advocate for laying off workers and engineering a recession to address inflation. But why not set commodity price controls instead? This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim is joined by James K. Galbraith, a professor of government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin. Galbraith has an extensive history of working in government, including as executive director of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and an economist for the House Banking Committee. Galbraith and Grim discuss the implementation of price controls by the U.S. government, how it brings down prices, how the Biden administration has used it and could use it more, and how Galbraith’s father — economist and politician John Kenneth Galbraith — was instrumental in setting commodity price controls during the post-World War II era.Transcript coming soon.The post Price Controls: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers appeared first o...

El balón cruzó la lína de la portería… pero el árbitro no cobró el gol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

(CNN) — Los jugadores y aficionados del fútbol en Chile quedaron estupefactos después de que un árbitro y sus oficiales no concedieran un gol luego de que el balón cruzara la línea por cerca de medio metro.En los primeros 10 segundos del partido de Copa Chile entre Colo-Colo y Unión La Calera, el defensa de Colo-Colo Alan Saldivia dio un pase al portero Fernando de Paul.Algunos jugadores de La Calera empezaron a celebrarlo, pero se detuvieron rápidamente cuando se dieron cuenta de que el árbitro Víctor Abarzúa no había señalado el gol y Colo-Colo siguió jugando.Para colmo de males, antes de que La Calera pudiera reclamarle a los árbitros, Colo-Colo subió por el otro lado e inmediatamente anotó el 1-0.Las cosas no fueron nada bien para La Calera, puesto que Colo-Colo ganó el partido 6-1 y se clasificó para las semifinales regionales, mientras que La Calera terminó el encuentro con 10 hombres.Un arquero argentino marca un gol de saque de arco: podría batir el récord del gol con ...

Cordell Tinch was selling cell phones 7 months ago. Now he’s the world’s fastest hurdler this season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

Just seven months ago, the hurdler with the fastest time in the world this season wasn’t even hurdling at all. Cordell Tinch was selling the latest versions of cell phones and watches at a store in Green Bay, Wisconsin.The 22-year-old was just waiting to unlock the newest version of himself after a three-year hiatus and a training schedule that included nothing more than an occasional pickup basketball game.A sales pitch by friends lured him back to the track. They convinced him to join them at Pittsburg State in southeast Kansas.In no time — he started in January — Tinch rebooted his career. He won the 110-meter hurdles, long jump and high jump at the NCAA Division II championships in May.This weekend, he will compete in the hurdles and long jump at the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon, for a spot at worlds. He very well could be the one to give two-time reigning world champion Grant Holloway a run for his hurdles title next month in Hungary.“Every time I ...

STEAMY, STORMY AND SAHARAN DUST

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

Happy Friday, South Florida!Hopefully everyone has had a great holiday week!  Friday is finally here and conditions across South Florida remained the same through the entire week. Warm and muggy conditions in the morning have given way to steamy conditions each afternoon, as our feels-like temperatures have soared well into the triple digits. On Thursday, a few areas saw showers and thunderstorms, however, many areas also simply remained steamy through a big chunk of the day. This morning there were showers and thunderstorms over the Florida Bay lifting northward away from the Florida Keys but the storms fizzled before affecting any land areas.Unlike yesterday’s steering pattern out of the South, the weather pattern for South Florida will begin to change starting today. The wind direction across South Florida will veer out of the Southwest, which means showers and thunderstorms will favor the East Coast metro during the afternoon. With a warm Southwest wind flow in place, very...

A Lyft driver who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan was fatally shot in Washington, DC, police and charity say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:47 GMT

(CNN) — A former Afghan interpreter who immigrated with his family to America in 2021 was shot and killed early Monday in Washington, DC, while on an extra shift as a Lyft driver, and police now are searching for suspects, authorities and a charity said.Nasrat Ahmad Yar, 31, was found with a gunshot wound just after midnight Monday in his vehicle by officers responding to reports of an unconscious person, police said in a news release. He was taken to a hospital and died.Ahmad Yar, an interpreter who served alongside US Army Special Forces in Afghanistan for a decade before the Taliban takeover, had been working an extra rideshare shift when he was slain, according to a verified GoFundMe page.Four people ran away from the scene shortly after he was shot, video released by police shows. No suspects have been named.Police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest, the release said.Ahmad Yar brought his family to the US in 2021 after the Afghan governm...