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Written by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing NewsI tend to care more about annual achievement awards and Hall of Fame recognition than is healthy. Subjective judgment has its flaws, but emphasizing the individual in sports creates history, and I feel some responsibility for that process. Having served on selection committees, I have seen firsthand how bias and familiarity can influence decisions. People tend to be partial to what they know, and as sports become more diverse, it’s rare to have knowledge of every genre. There are too many unqualified “expert” voters. World Sailing has once again spoiled a prestigious award. They…

Rudy Giuliani sent a text message to the wrong number in an attempt to persuade Michigan lawmakers to help overturn the 2020 election.Documents unsealed in federal court on Wednesday say Giuliani attempted to send a message to an unspecified person urging them to cooperate in a scheme to appoint a fake slate of electors.”Therefore, we have proposed a joint resolution of the Legislature stating that the election is in dispute, that a legislative investigation is underway, and that the electors sent by Governor Whitmer are not Michigan’s official electors and will not be disqualified. “We want it to pass within…

Africa By the mid-20th century, it was well established that the three missions of universities are teaching, research, and community service or outreach, the latter being to provide services or reach out to the community. , was understood to be essentially a unilateral, outward-looking process.By the end of the 20th century, perhaps in view of the criticism that universities were in ivory towers and did not contribute to national development, the concept of universities engaging with society emerged. It was not clear what such engagement meant or how it should be carried out.What is University Engagement?In an attempt to explore…

Tokyo Tower’s operator announced Thursday that it will begin offering luxury small-group tours this weekend that offer priority admission to the observation deck, aimed at attracting high-end foreign tourists. The Tokyo Diamond Tour costs 7,000 yen ($50) per adult and will be held seven times a day starting Saturday, with a capacity of 10 participants each time. Each group will be accompanied by a dedicated guide. Makoto Maeda, president of Tokyo Tower Co., said the tour is “the most expensive of the observation decks in Japan.” Tokyo Tower’s new luxury group tour exclusive lounge (Photo taken on October 3, 2024)…

When news broke Wednesday night that Melania Trump supports abortion rights, and has apparently done so her entire adult life, it was met with surprise and confusion.Melania Trump’s husband, Donald Trump, is rapidly recalibrating his approach to abortion ahead of Election Day. Is his wife trying to help him? Did you hurt him? Or neither?Melania Trump detailed her support for the process in her upcoming memoir.”Why should anyone other than women themselves have the authority to decide what to do with their bodies?” she wrote. “A woman’s fundamental right to personal freedom over her own life gives her the power…

New Lucid Air Touring now available for car share opportunities LOS ANGELES, CA, Oct. 3, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Envoy Technologies Inc. (“Envoy”) is a Blink Charging Co. EV) is a leading provider of EVs. ) announced the introduction of its award-winning Lucid Air EV as part of its car-share program, starting with residential car-share installations at three luxury properties in California. The sale began at Holland Group’s Oruro location in Santa Clara. The Monticello property, also in Santa Clara, and the Bewdley luxury apartments in downtown Los Angeles. Envoy integrates with multi-occupancy communities and provides turnkey EV sharing and…

When Hurricane Helen roared over the mountains before dawn last week, water swirled up to the mailbox of Shelby Holzhauser’s little white house on the banks of the Swannanoa River. After Helen’s destruction, North Carolina begins rebuilding To get food and water, she had to backpack for days past piles of debris left by a killer storm that destroyed everything in its path. “We don’t have electricity, we don’t have water,” Holzhauser said as her 4-year-old son, Carter, clung to her legs. As she spoke, workers in the town of Swannanoa and across North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains were repairing roads,…

BETHANY ALBERTSON: Hi. This is Bethany Albertson in Austin, Texas, where I’m teaching about the media for the elections 2024 class at UT Austin. Hook ’em. This podcast was recorded at…MILES PARKS, HOST: 1:35 p.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2024.ALBERTSON: Things may have changed by the time you hear it, and maybe some of my students will be listening. OK, here’s the show.(SOUNDBITE OF THE BIGTOP ORCHESTRA’S “TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE (MARCH AND TWO-STEP)”)ASHLEY LOPEZ, BYLINE: Hello, neighbor.DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, BYLINE: Yay, media literacy.PARKS: Yeah, save the journalism profession, OK?KURTZLEBEN: Hell, yeah.PARKS: These are the next generation. Hey, there. It’s the…

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter. Featuring the latest political news and 2024 campaign updates from Washington, DC. what’s happening here…- Biden says he does not support Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities…- Husband of North Carolina Congressman stranded in Hurricane Helen…- Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris team up on the trails of Wisconsin… disassembleA federal judge on Wednesday unsealed key filings from special counsel Jack Smith’s latest election interference case against former President Donald Trump.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan of the District of Columbia released Smith’s 165-page filing in which she also found Trump immune from prosecution for…

Federal regulators are investigating the death of a worker who was struck by a forklift at the CF Industries complex in Donaldsonville, local and federal authorities announced Thursday.The unidentified man died at an area hospital after Wednesday’s incident, company officials said. CF Industries officials did not provide further details, but said it was an “isolated incident” that “does not involve any operational issues or off-site impacts.” Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said a forklift struck the man.Officials with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration began an investigation at the Baton Rouge office, a spokeswoman said. According to OSHA statistics…