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Ask Amy: Parents might need a fresh risk assessment

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

Dear Amy: My granddaughter is six.Her parents want her to grow up to be independent.This manifests itself in many liberties and responsibilities, some of which I think she is too young for.I have never said anything to the parents about this aspect of their childrearing, but recently I witnessed two cases where I felt their approach is much too lax.In one case, they allowed her to come down a slippery marble spiral staircase with inadequate handrails — alone.She ended up falling, but thankfully was not seriously hurt.The other incident was in a restaurant when she needed to use the bathroom. Instead of accompanying her, they told her, “You know where it is, go ahead.”The bathroom was a single room with a women’s stall right next to a men’s stall. An outer door enclosed the room with both stalls inside.I said nothing but went with my granddaughter and stood outside her stall.(When I was six, I was molested at a park, so I know how quickly and easily mole...

A travelling exhibition across the EU celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Single Market

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

1 September marked the start of the Single Market Tour, a travelling exhibition celebrating the success of the Single Market on the occasion of its 30th anniversary and involving citizens in discussing its future. The tour kicks off in Trieste, Italy, and will showcase the many benefits and opportunities of the Single Market. It will feature interactive activities, challenging games, and insightful dialogues. The tour will then embark on a journey across Europe, and is scheduled to visit Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal and France until the end of the year. There will be many other destinations in 2024.Since the beginning of the year, numerous debates, conferences, and events have been organised with relevant parties across the EU to celebrate the achievements of the Single Market and encourage reflections on its future.In March this year, the Commission published a Communication celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Single Market, which is one of the major achievements...

49ers’ Week 1 primer: What you need to know for opener at Steelers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

SANTA CLARA – It’s been a 31-week, spell-binding procession to get the 49ers from last season’s NFC Championship trauma to their next shot at a Super Bowl run.They’ll start Sunday in Pittsburgh, on the other side of the Keystone State from where Brock Purdy and his teammates got waylaid by the Eagles, 31-7, in the NFC Championship Game.Alas, a new playoff push is afoot. Did someone say foot? There’s much more to get to than just the 49ers’ maligned kicker situation. So let’s get to it:THIS WEEK’S STORYLINES1. NICK BOSA’S HOLDOUTContract talks have kept Nick Bosa from reporting to the 49ers, after winning NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors with a league-leading and career-high 18 ½ sacks. He’s slated to make $17.9 million on the fifth-year option of his rookie deal but is expected to secure the NFL’s highest contract for a non-quarterback. Steelers counterpart T.J. Watt waited three days before the 2021 opener to sign his mega-deal.2. BROCK PURDY’S WINGSix months after his ulnar...

Five-bedroom home in Fremont sells for $2.5 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

38133 Fremont Boulevard – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 38100 block of Fremont Boulevard in Fremont was sold on July 13, 2023 for $2,489,000, or $738 per square foot. The house, built in 1940, has an interior space of 3,372 square feet. This single-story house offers a roomy layout with five bedrooms and five bathrooms. In addition, the house includes a five-car garage, ensuring ample room for parking and storage.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:In November 2022, a 3,364-square-foot home on Norris Road in Fremont sold for $2,560,000, a price per square foot of $761. The home has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.A 1,431-square-foot home on the 38200 block of Dixon Court in Fremont sold in May 2023, for $1,552,000, a price per square foot of $1,085. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Eggers Drive, Fremont, in June 2023, a 1,251-square-foot home was sold for $1,435,000, a price per square foot of $1,147. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms...

Word Game: Sept. 4, 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — SUBLIME (SUBLIME: sub-LIME: Of outstanding spiritual, intellectual or moral worth.)Average mark 17 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 21 or more words in SUBLIME? The list will be published tomorrow.SATURDAY’S WORD — RECOUPS recoup rope rose roue rouse ruse ecru epos euro cero cope copse core corps corpse corpus coup coupe course crop croup cruse cure curse cusp opus ours uprose user peso pore pose poser pour prose puce pure purse scope score scour sore soup sour source spore spruce spur suer super sureTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper...

What We’re Reading and Streaming

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

Fiction“After the First Death,” Robert CormierI read Robert Cormier’s young adult novels when I was a young adult. At the time they — especially “The Chocolate War,” “I Am the Cheese,” and “After the First Death” — were among the most frightening and upsetting books I’d ever encountered. I’ve been rereading them recently, and they still are.They’re all about authority figures who are eager to manipulate and betray adolescents for their own purposes. As such, they provide excruciating metaphorical lessons about larger-scale human politics, lessons you don’t want to learn but have to. For me, “After the First Death” is the most disturbing of them all, with its title taken from the last line of a poem by Dylan Thomas: “After the first death, there is no other.” OR IS THERE. — Jon Schwarz“Blue Skies,” T. C. BoyleBlue skiesSmiling at meNothing but blue skiesDo I see— Irving BerlinI’ve been reading T. Coraghessan Boyle’s novels and stories since 1987’s “World’s End,” which intricately plo...

Comienzan a limitar el acceso diario de los visitantes a la Acrópolis de Atenas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

(CNN) — Las autoridades griegas comenzaron a partir de este lunes a limitar los visitantes diarios a la Acrópolis, dijo el Ministerio de Cultura del país en un comunicado.A partir de este lunes se implementarán franjas horarias de reserva y los visitantes podrán elegir el horario en el que desean visitar el monumento y reservar su entrada en línea, añadió el ministerio.A través de este nuevo sistema, el gobierno griego se esfuerza por limitar el número de visitantes diarios a 20.000 para abordar el hacinamiento y garantizar la seguridad y longevidad del monumento.Esta es la razón por la que Grecia limitará el número de visitantes a la AcrópolisDurante una entrevista en agosto, la ministra de Cultura griega, Lina Mendoni, dijo que hasta 23.000 personas visitaban el sitio todos los días, calificándolo de “un número enorme”, y agregó que la mayoría de los visitantes elegían visitarlo en las horas de la mañana, lo que creaba cuellos de botella y “condiciones desagradables para el ...

Se acumulan las denuncias contra Luis Rubiales, y no solo por besar a la fuerza a Jenni Hermoso

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

(CNN) — Mientras la furia por aquel infame beso no deseado gira en torno al jefe de la Federación Española de Fútbol, Luis Rubiales, algunos se sorprenderán al saber que la denuncia inicial no fue presentada por la mujer a la que besó, sino por un hombre que estaba viendo el partido en Madrid.Miguel Ángel Galán estaba viendo con orgullo cómo España ganaba la Copa del Mundo Femenina. Su alegría se convirtió en disgusto cuando Rubiales plantó ese beso enérgico a la delantera estrella del equipo, Jenni Hermoso.En cuestión de minutos, Galán, director del Centro Nacional de Entrenamiento de Directivos de Fútbol, dijo que estaba redactando una queja oficial ante el Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) del Gobierno español.La historia de Luis Rubiales, protagonista de uno de los mayores escándalos en la historia del fútbol español“Fue un acto machista e intolerable. Un acto machista, de un presidente que ya está salpicado por escándalos de corrupción y sexismo”, dijo el jue...

Las drogas se venden al aire libre en el distrito Tenderloin de San Francisco. Esta es la lucha para frenarlo

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

(CNN) — La Patrulla de Caminos de California puede ser mejor conocida por las persecuciones en las autopistas y el glamour hollywoodiense de sus policías en motocicleta en programas de televisión como “ChiPs”. Pero ahora la famosa agencia está patrullando las calles del distrito Tenderloin de San Francisco como parte de un esfuerzo de varias agencias para acabar con el tráfico desenfrenado de drogas que está diezmando el área de 50 cuadras.Hace poco, un día, CNN vio cómo miembros del grupo de trabajo arrestaban a un presunto traficante de drogas acusado de vender metanfetamina y fentanilo. Dentro de una bolsa de plástico: 33 gramos de fentanilo que, según estimaciones del oficial del agente de la Patrulla de Caminos Andy Barclay, en el peor de los casos, podrían matar a miles de personas.“Estamos viendo alrededor de 16.500 dosis fatales de fentanilo puro en esa pequeña bolsa. Sí, potencialmente podrían morir 16.500 personas”, dijo Barclay.El gobernador de California, Gavin New...

Russia’s Putin sits down for talks with Turkish leader Erdogan aimed at reviving the Ukraine grain export deal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:59:59 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Putin sits down for talks with Turkish leader Erdogan aimed at reviving the Ukraine grain export deal.Source