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Ask Amy: Doctor’s husband quarantines from friend

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

Dear Amy: My wife is a doctor who, at the beginning of the pandemic, needed to be extremely cautious about her exposure to COVID.We asked our adult daughter, “Sarah,” to limit the circle of people she had personal contact with so we could still have in-person visits with her and our grandchildren, while protecting my wife’s patients.One day we saw a picture of Sarah on social media having cocktails unmasked and indoors at a mutual friend “Carrie’s” house.We informed both Sarah and Carrie that Sarah now had to quarantine for two weeks.We called Carrie to ask her to stop these invitations so that we could see our daughter.While we were on the phone with Carrie, she texted Sarah to invite her for cocktails that evening (Sarah was sitting next to us while we called)!My wife later told Carrie how angry we were.Carrie brushed this off and said my wife was being overly sensitive.A few weeks later, Carrie’s husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer. She promptly informed everyone how impor...

Reforming the Common European Asylum System 

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

The migratory pressure on Europe has exposed the need for a reform of the EU asylum system, as well as for greater sharing of responsibility between EU countries, Society.In recent years, people have been fleeing to Europe in large numbers from conflict, terror and persecution in their own countries. In 2022, EU countries received 966,000 asylum applications - almost double the number of applications in 2021. Irregular crossings also peaked last year, reaching around the highest number since 2016 and up 64% from 2021. The EU is reforming the Common European Asylum System to ensure that all EU countries take shared responsibility for asylum management.Read more about the EU response to the migrant challenge.Introducing responsibility-sharing with the new asylum and migration management regulationThe procedure for seeking refugee status is determined by the Dublin regulation, the single most important element of the Common European Asylum System. It determinS which EU country Is respo...

Single family residence sells in East Palo Alto for $1.6 million

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

939 Mouton Circle – Google Street ViewA 2,330-square-foot house built in 2001 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 900 block of Mouton Circle in East Palo Alto was sold on July 6, 2023, for $1,600,000, or $687 per square foot. This two-story house provides a generous living space with its four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property is equipped with central heating. In addition, the home provides an attached garage. The lot of the property covers an area of 3,529 square feet.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:On Wilks Street, East Palo Alto, in June 2023, a 1,760-square-foot home was sold for $1,150,000, a price per square foot of $653. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,823-square-foot home on the 900 block of Oakes Street in East Palo Alto sold in July 2022, for $1,475,000, a price per square foot of $809. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In May 2023, a 1,890-square-foot home on McNair Street in East Palo Alto...

Horoscopes Aug. 17, 2023: Austin Butler, know when to say no

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Austin Butler, 32; Tammy Townsend, 53; Donnie Wahlberg, 54; Robert De Niro, 80.Happy Birthday: Keep close tabs on your health, finances and legal matters. Precision and detail will make a difference in the outcome of such issues and bring positive results. Use charm to get the attention you desire and the help you need to reach your target. Personal growth and self-improvement will pay off. Someone will be jealous or use temptation to lead you astray. Know when to say no. Your numbers are 4, 12, 18, 23, 30, 34, 42.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Social events, personal growth and physical fitness are favored, but before you set your sights on something, evaluate the emotional, financial and material costs involved. Too much of anything will prove more harmful than good. Don’t let temptation and shortcuts take over. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t jump for joy prematurely. There will be some ifs and buts to deal with before you get what you...

Bridge: Aug. 17, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

“I know a little learning is a dangerous thing,” a fan writes. “Nothing about it is more dangerous than thinking your wife doesn’t have it.”My fan was today’s East. When North-South bid to four hearts, his 4NT asked West to choose a minor suit.“My wife led a club against five hearts,” East writes, “and declarer took the ace and led the king of trumps. I won and shifted to a spade, and South won, led a diamond to the ace and ruffed a diamond. He led a trump to dummy, discarded a spade on the king of diamonds — my partner pitched a club — and ruffed a diamond.”LAST DIAMOND“South next ruffed a club in dummy and led the last diamond. When I followed, he threw a spade. I had to lead a minor, and he threw his last spade and ruffed in dummy. Making five. My wife said I blew the defense. She’s no expert, but maybe she was right.”West’s analysis was correct. East prevails by leading a club at Tric...

Word Game: Aug. 17, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — RESURGED (RESURGED: rih-SURG’D: Rose again.)Average mark 23 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 31 or more words in RESURGED? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — DECADENT dance date dead deaden dean decade decant decent deed deet dent eaten enact ended cadent cadet cane cant cede cent aced acne acted ante neat need teed teen tenace tendTo 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 explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Arteta concerned about packed soccer calendar after glut of early season ACL injuries

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is concerned about the welfare of players in the packed soccer calendar after a glut of high-profile knee injuries in the opening week of the European season.One of Arsenal’s big offseason signings, Jurrien Timber, is set to be sidelined for most of his first year in English soccer after damaging the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on his competitive debut on Saturday against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.Elsewhere in the league, Aston Villa playmaker Emu Buendia is expected to miss most of the season with a significant knee problem — reportedly an ACL injury — sustained in training ahead of the first round.In Spain, Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and center back Éder Militão sustained ACL injuries over the past week.With Villa center back Tyrone Mings (knee) and Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (hamstring) also picking up injuries in the first round of league games that will keep them out lon...

4 miembros de la misma familia se encuentran entre las decenas muertos por los incendios en Maui. Lo que sabemos sobre algunas de las víctimas

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

(CNN) — Los incendios forestales apocalípticos que azotaron Maui se han cobrado al menos 111 vidas, un número devastador que se espera que aumente.Entre los muertos están cuatro miembros de la misma familia que intentaron escapar de las llamas, dijo la familia en un comunicado a Hawaii News Now, afiliada de CNN.“En nombre de nuestra familia, ofrecemos aloha a nuestros amados padres, Faaso y Malui Fonua Tone, así como a nuestra querida hermana Salote Takafua y su hijo, Tony Takafua”, dice el comunicado.“La magnitud de nuestro dolor es indescriptible, y sus recuerdos quedarán grabados para siempre en nuestros corazones”.También murieron Melva Benjamin, de 71 años; Virginia Dofa, de 90; Alfredo Galinato, de 79 años; Robert Dyckman, de 74 años, y Buddy Jantoc, de 79 años, todos de Lahaina, dijeron funcionarios del condado de Maui. Son las primeras víctimas que el condado identificó públicamente.Dos ciudadanos mexicanos también murieron en los incendios forestales de Maui, dijo la ...

World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women’s events

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. The decision by Lausanne, Switzerland-based federation FIDE was published on Monday and has drawn criticism from advocacy groups and supporters of transgender rights.FIDE said it and its member federations increasingly have received recognition requests from players who identify as transgender, and that the participation of transgender women would depend on an analysis of individual cases that could take up to two years. “Change of gender is a change that has a significant impact on a player’s status and future eligibility to tournaments, therefore it can only be made if there is a relevant proof of the change provided,” the federation said.“In the event that the gender was changed from a male to a female the player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until furt...

Montgomery Co. teachers union pushes for change in how misconduct allegations are handled

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:55 GMT

The Montgomery County, Maryland, school system announced Monday that it hired a law firm to investigate allegations of bullying and harassment by a former Farquhar Middle School principal.The Washington Post first reported the accusations against Joel Beidleman, who is now on leave.Emails obtained by WTOP on Tuesday showed that the school system had already begun to act, but that raised new concerns from educators.Stephanie Williams, the general counsel for Montgomery County schools, sent an email to employees, saying that an external investigation had started into “matters involving Farquhar Middle School.” The email also said that someone from the Jackson Law Firm, which Montgomery County Public Schools hired, wanted to speak to them soon.That prompted the Montgomery County Education Association, which represents 14,000 staff members including teachers, to send an email of its own to employees advising them that while they are required to cooperate with MCPS investigat...