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Ask Amy: Young parents tangle over custody

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

Dear Amy: My youngest son “Thomas” dated “Allyssa” sporadically during high school.It was a volatile relationship (he’s non-confrontational, she loves drama).Allyssa became pregnant at the end of his senior year (her junior year).He took a paternity test to confirm that he was the father. They managed to work out visitation (nothing legal).Thomas has “Trent” three days a week (overnight). Trent is now 10 months old. Thomas loves him so much.The problem is that every time Thomas starts dating someone, Allyssa starts using the baby as a pawn.She doesn’t want her son to be around another girl, and makes up terrible lies about the girl as reasons to keep the baby away.When Thomas tries to keep a good friendship between him and Allyssa for the baby’s sake, Allyssa thinks he wants to resume their romance.When she doesn’t get what she wants, it’s total drama. I know a lot of this is immaturity, but she also has an unhealthy ...

What do people do with their old ICT equipment?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

The increasing use of ICT equipment results in a growing amount of waste from old devices, such as laptops, tablets, mobile phones, smartphones and desktop computers. This raises the question of what happens to ICT devices that are no longer required.13% recycled their old desktop computersOne in five people (19%) in the EU kept their desktop computers at home, 13% of people recycled their old desktop computers, 8% gave them away or sold them and 2% threw them away. The rest of the respondents either never purchased desktop computers, continue to use their existing devices, or have taken other actions with them.Sweden had the highest share of people (29%) recycling old desktop computers, ahead of the Netherlands (27%), while Finland, Denmark and Austria were all close to 20%.The Netherlands (15%) and Romania (13%) reported the highest shares of people who gave or sold their old desktop computer to someone else.One third kept their old laptops and tablets, only 10% recycledOld laptop...

Word Game: Nov. 27, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — IMPALAS (IMPALAS: im-PAL-uz: Large brownish antelopes of Southeastern Africa.)Average mark 13 wordsTime limit 17 minutesCan you find 17 or more words in IMPALAS? The list will be published tomorrow.SATURDAY’S WORD — HOMICIDAL hail halo hold macho maid mail mica midi mild mocha modal moil mold idiom idol calm chad chai chia child chili ciao cilia clad claim clam clod coal coda coil cola cold coma dial domical acid aioli amid laic laid lido limo loach load loamTo 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 nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explic...

Bridge: Nov. 27, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

The Internet has added dimensions to bridge instruction. Noted experts “stream” comments as they play, and major tournaments are shown, with expert commentary. Moreover, you can play instructive deals interactively. An excellent, inexpensive product is BridgeBee: You receive daily emails with deals to play, plus expert guidance.You play at today’s six spades. BridgeBee discusses the bidding. North’s 2NT is a conventional spade raise. South’s three clubs shows a singleton club. North signs off at game but goes to slam when South tries again with five hearts.HIGH CLUBSWest leads a heart: five, king, ace. You draw trumps, take the queen of hearts and ruff your last heart in dummy. East discards a diamond. You take dummy’s high clubs, pitching two diamonds, and lead a fourth club: East discards another diamond.BridgeBee notes that you have a count. East had two spades, two hearts and three clubs, so six diamonds. Discard another diamond. When West wins, he must concede a ruff-sluff.For ...

Rescuers attempt manual digging to free 41 Indian workers trapped for over 2 weeks in tunnel

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India said on Monday they were set to begin manual digging of what they hoped was the final phase of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north for over two weeks. Rescuers have started to drill vertically — an alternate plan to digging horizontally from the front — with a newly replaced drilling machine excavating about 32 meters (105 feet), according to officials.Devendra Patwal, a disaster management official at the site, said they were prepared for all kinds of challenges, but hoped they wouldn’t face stiff resistance from the mountain.“We don’t know what the drilling machine will have to cut through. It could be loose soil or rocks. But we are prepared,” he said.So far, rescuers have excavated and inserted pipes — after digging horizontally — up to 46 meters (150 feet), welded together to serve as a passageway from where the men would be pulled out on wheeled stretchers. The drilling m...

STAT WATCH: Sama’s 276-yard rushing night in 1st start for Iowa St. highlighted by long touchdowns

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

Abu Sama made his first start for Iowa State a memorable one.Sama’s 276 yards rushing in the snow in a 42-35 win at Kansas State were the fourth-most in the Football Bowl Subdivision this season. His big night was highlighted by touchdown runs of 71, 77 and 60 yards.He became the second FBS player since 1996 with three or more rushing touchdowns of at least 60 yards against a ranked opponent and the first player in the Big 12 with two 70-plus-yard rushing TDs in a game since Oklahoma’s Adrian Peterson in 2005.Sama joined Troy Davis (1995) and Breece Hall (2020-21) as the only ISU players with multiple runs of at least 50 yards in a game.Three other players went over 200 yards rushing.Notre Dame’s Audric Estime had 25 carries for 238 yards against Stanford; New Mexico’s Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 31 runs for 233 yards against Utah State in his second straight 200-yard game; and Missouri’s Cody Schrader ran 27 times for 217 yards against Arkansas.RUNNING ...

AP Top 25 Reality: Time for upsets passes with little chaos and ranked teams with gaudy records

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

The time for upsets have come and gone with little chaos in college football and not much movement in the AP Top 25 for much of the season.For the first time in more than 14 years, the same eight teams held the top eight spots in the poll for five straight weeks.Behind No. 1 Georgia this week was Michigan returning to No. 2, followed by Washington, Florida State and Oregon in the top-five. Ohio State slipped to No. 6 after losing to Michigan.No. 7 Texas and No. 8 Alabama held their spots. Eight playoff contenders, four unbeaten and four 11-1. All but Ohio State will play in a conference championship game next week.Throughout the entire Top 25 the records are gaudier than usual.Last year the Top 25 teams heading into championship weekend had lost 59 games. In 2021, that number was 47. This year, the Top 25 has 40 combined losses after the completion of the 12-game regular-season. Of those 40 losses, 24 have come against other teams that are currently ranked.Has that made life easy on...

Several horses killed in large Franktown barn fire

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Several horses were killed and one person was injured in a large fire that engulfed a barn in Franktown.Around 4:50 a.m. Monday, Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies along with the Franktown Fire Department, South Metro Fire Rescue, Castle Rock Fire Department, Elizabeth Fire Department, West Douglas Fire Department and Elizabeth Fire Department responded to the scene. Driver says she’s ‘very lucky’ after pole smashes her windshield on I-25 Crews worked to contain a large barn fire near North Russellville Road in Franktown. (Franktown Fire Department)Crews worked to contain a large barn fire near North Russellville Road in Franktown. (Franktown Fire Department)Crews worked to contain a large barn fire near North Russellville Road in Franktown. (Franktown Fire Department)The large barn fire was burning near North Russellville Road and North State Highway 93. The large flames and smoke could be seen for miles.When crews arrived at the barn, they immediately bega...

Shelter-in-place lifted following armed barricaded situation

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deputies were working to contact an armed barricaded suspect in Littleton. According to the sheriff's office, deputies and Jeffco SWAT were working to contact a suspect barricaded inside a home on South Holland Way. Deputies said the suspect was armed with a gun.A shelter-in-place was issued for homes in the immediate area. Driver says she’s ‘very lucky’ after pole smashes her windshield on I-25 Shortly after 5 a.m., the sheriff's office said the situation had ended and there was no threat to the public. Deputies will remain at the home in the 4300 block of South Holland Way while they continue to investigate.West Quincy Avenue was closed from South Garrison Street to South Kipling Street and has since been reopened. The 4300 block of South Holland Way will remain closed.

Amazon’s Hialeah warehouse in overdrive as Cyber Monday begins

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:10:30 GMT

As Cyber Monday sweeps in, the Amazon warehouse in Hialeah is a hive of activity, expecting to handle thousands of packages on this shopping bonanza. Drones of robots, guided by artificial intelligence, traveled across the warehouse as workers packaged and labeled items.The process involves placing secured items on a conveyor belt, which then organizes packages by zip code before dispatching them onto waiting trucks for delivery to eager consumers. Located at 1125 SE 8th St., this same-day shipping warehouse ensures that items ordered on Monday reach buyers on the very same day.With an array of deals enticing online shoppers, experts project a staggering $12 billion in revenue from Cyber Monday sales. Riley Knott, the Amazon site leader, reassured that preparations for this retail holiday are in “full swing.” Knott shared insights into the meticulous process. “A pod gets notified, and once it arrives at one of our stations, an associate picks out the item,” h...