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Tennis play doesn’t deter Stanley Park herons from courtship, nest building: expert

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

VANCOUVER — A breeding colony of blue herons in Vancouver’s Stanley Park is anything but normal; it’s a noisy, busy place with many human activities, yet experts say the birds somehow thrive.It’s this time of the year when the Pacific great blue herons are seen high up in the treetops at Stanley Park, screeching, flapping their broad wings and bringing sticks to impress potential mates. The herons, which were first documented in Stanley Park in 1921, are returning to the park’s rookery high above the tennis courts where they’llcourt, build nests, lay eggs and parent their chicks. Nadia Xenakis, an Urban Wildlife Programs coordinator at the Stanley Park Ecology Society, said it’s mating season and the public gets a front-row seat to the ritual of male herons carrying sticks to the nest of a possible mate. If she weaves the stick into the nest, she’s attracted; if she drops the stick to the ground, he’s out, Xenakis explained. Stanley Park’s c...

Daily horoscope for March 25, 2023

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

Moon Alert: Caution! Avoid important decisions or shopping from noon until 9 p.m. EDT today (9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini.Happy Birthday for Saturday, March 25, 2023:You are energetic, enthusiastic and resilient. You are also daring, bold and never shy to make your case. This is a marvelous year for you. You will get recognition for your past efforts. Expect awards, acknowledgements, praise, a raise or a promotion. Bravo!ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★Be careful about financial matters today, especially when spending money. This applies to any important decision you negotiate. Your idealism is aroused, plus you are inclined to be extravagant. Meanwhile, most of this day is a Moon Alert. Tonight: New ideas.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★★For most of today, the Moon is in your sign dancing with fuzzy Neptune. This heightens your imagination, as well as your sensitivity to others. You might feel generous to someone who is less fortunate. Nevertheles...

Miss Manners: Bride threatens to boot guests for violating her wedding rule

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My fiance and I are getting married next year and so far, everything is coming together smoothly. The only issue I have is how to tell our guests — without sounding like a bridezilla — that there will be a very strict “no cellphones” policy during the ceremony.They can have their phones out during the reception all they want, but I want them to keep them far away from the ceremony!Both of us are very laid-back and tend to go with the flow, but whenever I see people taking pictures and videos during wedding ceremonies instead of actually being in the moment with the happy couple, it fills me with rage! I mean, that’s what the paid photographer is for, right?!No one, and I mean no one, on social media really cares about the 200 photos you posted from a wedding for people your followers/friends don’t even know. The people who care about the event will already be at the ceremony. So why even bother?I absolutely do not want our very ...

Mueren al menos 7 personas después de que un tornado y tormentas dañinas azotaron Mississippi

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

ROLLING FORK, Mississippi — Un poderoso tornado azotó las zonas rurales de Mississippi y Alabama el viernes por la noche, matando al menos a siete personas, destruyendo edificios y dejando sin electricidad mientras el tiempo severo que produjo granizo del tamaño de pelotas de golf atravesó varios estados del sur e incitó a las autoridades a advertir a algunos en su camino que se encontraban en una “situación potencialmente mortal”.El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional confirmó que un tornado causó daños a unas 60 millas al noreste de Jackson, Mississippi. Las localidades rurales de Silver City y Rolling Fork reportaron destrucción mientras el tornado avanzaba hacia el noreste a 70 mph sin debilitarse, avanzando hacia Alabama a través de localidades como Winona y Amory durante la noche.Al menos siete personas murieron a causa del tornado en Mississippi, dijo a ABC News la forense del condado de Sharkey, Angelia Easton. Rolling Fork se encuentra en el condado de Sharkey.El Servicio Meteo...

US eyeing ways to include Europe in electric car tax breaks

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

The Biden administration may allow European companies to share in billions of dollars in U.S. tax incentives for electric vehicles if the two sides can reach a trade deal in the next few weeks, a senior administration official said Friday — a move that could help ease a major source of transatlantic friction.No such concessions for Europe will be included in a long-awaited proposed guidance that the Treasury Department will release for the incentives next week, the official told POLITICO after being granted anonymity to discuss sensitive deliberations. But ongoing talks between the U.S. and EU could produce an agreement allowing vehicles that include European minerals to qualify for the full extent of the tax breaks, the person said.Those vehicles would still have to be made in North America.The talks address one of the central tension points of the massive climate law that President Joe Biden signed last year — its attempt to combat climate change by encouraging the ...

India’s Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of favoring Adani Group

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he was being targeted because he has raised serious questions about Modi’s relationship with the Indian business conglomerate Adani Group.Gandhi said the objective of his expulsion from Parliament on Friday was to prevent him from speaking in the legislature about his allegation of an infusion of an unaccounted $3 billion into shell companies owned by the Adani Group, headed by Gautam Adani.’’Some of these defense companies are working in drone and missile development and ordnance production. Why is the defense ministry not asking questions,” he said.Gandhi was expelled from Parliament a day after a court convicted him of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison for mocking the surname Modi in an election speech.The actions against Gandhi, the great-grandson of India’s first prime minister, were widely condemned by opponents of ...

Intel co-founder, philanthropist Gordon Moore dies at 94

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has died. He was 94.Moore died Friday at his home in Hawaii, according to Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.Moore, who held a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics, made his famous observation — now known as “Moore’s Law” — three years before he helped start Intel in 1968. It appeared among a number of articles about the future written for the now-defunct Electronics magazine by experts in various fields.The prediction, which Moore said he plotted out on graph paper based on what had been happening with chips at the time, said the capacity and complexity of integrated circuits would double every year.Strictly speaking, Moore’s observation referred to the doubling of transistors on a semiconductor. But over the years, it has been applied to hard drives, co...

Ask Amy: I was mortified when they saw we had swiped their wine

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

Dear Amy: “Dilemma in Denver” asked if it was OK to take wine from a neighboring table in a restaurant after the other party had left.I experienced this once years ago.Under a similar circumstance, one of my tablemates helped herself to the wine left at a table next to us. She had poured us all a glass when those people returned from the salad bar.I wanted to crawl under the table! MortifiedDear Mortified: A reminder: You should drink no wine before it’s time.Dear Amy: “Looking for Grief Etiquette” wrote to you about her grief after experiencing a miscarriage.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: Can I cut my tip because of my stylist’s high prices? Advice | Ask Amy: My husband says he won’t change for my feminist mom Advice | Ask Amy: I can’t let go of my unrepentent cheating husband Advice | Ask Amy: Am I to believe that their idleness and overeating are caused by genes? Advice | Ask Amy: My m...

Harriette Cole: I looked up, and my kids had become adults. How do I get back in their lives?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a father trying to repair my relationships with my grown children.While the kids were growing up, I was never as present as I wanted to be in their lives, and I regret that.I want to repair the rift, but I don’t know how. I’m finding it difficult to build a strong relationship due to the fact that there’s so much we don’t know about each other.I feel like I looked up one day and they were full-grown adults with their own lives and their own families, and I want to be a part of that.How can I build bridges with my children and make up for lost time?Building BridgesRelated ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: She publicly insulted me for opting out of these risky sports Advice | Harriette Cole: My husband’s clothes show too much skin Advice | Harriette Cole: My anti-college husband flipped out about son’s travel costs Advice | Harriette Cole: Is this a bad way to deal with a...

US pair of Chock and Bates win first world ice dance title

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:17 GMT

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won their first ice dance title at the figure skating world championships on Saturday.First after the rhythm dance, Chock and Bates finished first in the free dance at Saitama Super Arena with 134.07 points for a total of 226.1.Reigning European champions Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy were second with 219.85 points while Grand Prix Final Champions Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada were third with 217.88.“We’ve been pursuing this goal for so many years,” Bates said. “It was exciting and stressful all at the same time. I know that the ice dance field is so competitive. We’ve competed against all these teams for so many years. We really just wanted to focus on ourselves and skate our best.”Chock and Bates, the three-time Four Continents champions , have been together for 12 years.They won the silver medal at the 2015 world championships in Beijing, bronze in Boston in 2016 and bronze last year i...