Monthly Archives: April 2024

Korda 1 stroke back in suspended 3rd round of Chevron Championship as she chases 5th straight win

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda was one shot off the lead on the Chevron Championship when the third spherical was suspended Saturday due to lightning within the space.

Play at Carlton Woods was halted simply earlier than 3 p.m. and known as for the day two-and-a-half hours later with harmful situations remaining. The third spherical of the LPGA’s first main of the season will resume Sunday morning, with the ultimate spherical scheduled to start simply earlier than 9:30 a.m.

Korda, who’s attempting to tie an LPGA Tour document along with her fifth straight victory, was 3-under 41 by 11 holes within the third spherical and 10 below general. She entered Saturday one shot off the lead after posting a 7-under 137 by the primary two rounds.

The highest-ranked Korda is searching for her second main after profitable the Girls’s PGA Championship in 2021. She might be part of Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the one gamers to win 5 consecutive LPGA occasions.

Korda was requested in regards to the challenges of getting to complete the third spherical Sunday earlier than taking part in the ultimate spherical.

“I believe you simply need to attempt to be constructive about it and simply inform your self which you can’t get caught up in probably women being on 18 or not having that many holes left,” she mentioned. “If you concentrate on it positively, then I’ve numerous alternatives left within the day that I can exit and possibly capitalize on a few them, then that’s good. However I’m going to consider it positively quite than negatively.”

Canadian Brooke Henderson, who was at 2-under 142 by two rounds, rocketed up the leaderboard and right into a tie with Korda for second Saturday by taking pictures an 8-under 59 by 17 holes.

“It was on six after I made that par save,” Henderson mentioned. “It actually stored my spherical alive, after which from there I used to be capable of get issues going. It was actually enjoyable to sort of get on a little bit of a run. I really feel like this 12 months I’ve simply performed fairly strong, however I haven’t actually seen that run and sort of had that pleasure. That was actually enjoyable for me in the present day, and hopefully simply do one thing comparable tomorrow.”

Henderson, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, had a one-putt streak of 10 with six birdies and an eagle in that stretch.

“Anytime my putter will get to working, I’m fairly glad as a result of ball-striking is normally a energy of mine,” she mentioned. “This week I’ve been hitting it very well, so after I’ve been capable of make a couple of putts, it feels actually good, and hopefully maintain it scorching tomorrow.”

Atthaya Thitikul had the lead at 11 below and was by 12 holes when play was suspended. She began the spherical tied with Jin Hee Im for the lead with a 136 within the first two rounds.

Thitikul, a 21-year-old from Thailand who has received twice on the LPGA Tour and missed the start of this season with a thumb harm, was requested about how she expects the usually agency greens to play Sunday, with rain anticipated to proceed in a single day.

“The greens are going to play a little bit bit simpler, however the drives, different issues could also be more durable,” she mentioned. “I don’t know what it’s going to be like as a result of some holes we have now the wind, and it’s helped. Possibly you will have a bunker on the best way after which you will get over it. But when it’s comfortable and sort of like not dry, then possibly you couldn’t recover from some holes.”

Im was in fourth place at 9 below Saturday by 11 holes.

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Nelly Korda reacts to a missed putt on the seventh inexperienced in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/Eric Homosexual)(AP)
Nelly Korda follows her shot on the sixth tee in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/Eric Homosexual)(AP)
Brooke Henderson, of Canada, leaves the course throughout as play is stopped resulting from climate in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/David J. Phillip)(AP)
Brooke Henderson, of Canada, hits from the sixteenth tee in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/David J. Phillip)(AP)
Brooke Henderson, of Canada, and her caddie stroll over a bridge on the fifteenth gap in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/David J. Phillip)(AP)
Atthaya Thitikul, of Thailand, hits from the sixth tee in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/Eric Homosexual)(AP)
Atthaya Thitikul, of Thailand, hits from the second tee in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/David J. Phillip)(AP)
Atthaya Thitikul, of Thailand, hits from the green on the second gap in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/David J. Phillip )(AP)
Jin Hee Im, of South Korea, hits from fairway to the tenth inexperienced in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/Eric Homosexual)(AP)
Jin Hee Im, of South Korea, measures her strategy shot on the tenth gap in the course of the third spherical of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf match Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Membership at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photograph/Eric Homosexual)(AP)

Wolverine and Deadpool Reunite and Fight Like Hell

Marvel‘s favourite frenemies are again within the second trailer for the hotly anticipated “Deadpool and Wolverine” — the third installment within the “Deadpool” sequence of movies and the primary set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This time, Deadpool and Wolverine battle like bloody hell to the tune of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.”

“I’m about to lose every little thing that I’ve ever cared about,” Deadpool tells Wolverine within the trailer, to which Wolverine responds, “Not my fucking downside.”

“Is that what you mentioned when your world went to shit?” Deadpool retorts, upsetting Wolverine to strike his crotch with these claws earlier than Deadpool shoots him a number of instances within the torso.

Minimize to the 2 heroes chumming it up over lunch: “Wanna speak about what’s haunting you, or ought to we anticipate a 3rd act flashback?”

The threequel stars Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and brings again Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, whom followers final noticed die in 2017’s sendoff film “Logan.” The film will introduce the long-lasting claw-bearing mutant and Merc With a Mouth to the MCU.

“Deadpool and Wolverine” comes practically six years after the discharge of “Deadpool 2,” throughout which era we’ve seen the wrap of Fox’s “X-Males” movie sequence and Disney’s full acquisition of twentieth Century Fox (which held the rights to the X-Males and Unbelievable 4 — the latter now additionally getting its first MCU characteristic movie.)

Anticipation for Deadpool’s newest filmis brewing. The primary trailer for “Deadpool and Wolverine,” which debuted through the Tremendous Bowl, broke the report for the most-viewed film trailer inside 24 hours with an astounding 365 million complete views, beating out the earlier holder “Spider-Man: No Approach Residence.”

The raunchy, R-rated superhero movie sees Deadpool arrive within the MCU after being kidnapped by the Time Variance Authority, the multiverse supervisor final seen in “Loki,” and discovering himself in the identical world because the Avengers.

Shawn Levy directs the movie, which additionally stars Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni and Matthew Macfadyen. 

Kevin Feige, Reynolds, Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce “Deadpool and Wolverine,” with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey, Simon Kinberg and Jonathon Komack Martin serving as government producers. It’s written by Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells and Levy.

“Deadpool and Wolverine” hits theaters on July 26. 

Brooks Henderson one shot off lead after three rounds at Chevron Championship

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda could not have imagined the unimaginable run she’s put collectively this season whereas at residence recovering from a blood clot that required surgical procedure in 2022.

“As a result of clearly then I used to be simply extra scared for my well being,” she stated. “Competing was form of on the again seat. I used to be not fascinated about competing in any respect. However I believe all the unhappy occasions and the well being scares that I’ve gone by means of have made me who I’m right now.”

Totally wholesome now, Korda is seemingly unstoppable. The world’s No. 1 participant hasn’t misplaced a event since January, and now she’s a two-time main champion.

Korda etched her title within the LPGA Tour file books Sunday, successful her record-tying fifth straight event with a two-stroke victory within the Chevron Championship.

Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the one gamers to win 5 consecutive LPGA occasions. Her earlier main victory was in 2021 on the Ladies’s PGA Championship.

“It’s been an incredible feeling these previous couple weeks realizing that I can go on this stretch and that if I keep in my bubble and I preserve golf in a way easy and let it move, then I can have so, a lot enjoyable out right here,” she stated.

Korda shot a 3-under 69 within the remaining to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her remaining two holes to shoot 69 and pull inside one. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, simply clearing the lake in entrance of the inexperienced and organising a straightforward up-and-down birdie for a two-shot victory.

She had a four-day whole of 13-under 275 at Carlton Woods.

Korda practically aced the par-3 seventeenth, together with her tee shot hitting the outlet and hopping within the air earlier than settling inside 10 toes. She settled for par to keep up her two-shot lead.

Korda wowed the massive crowd, which adopted her all through the day, by chipping into the wind for birdie on the par-4 tenth gap to take a four-stroke lead. The 25-year-old raised her membership above her head with one hand and pumped her fist after the ball rolled into the outlet.

Her dad and mom — former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova — beamed as she was introduced with the trophy.

“She had a troublesome ’22 and ’23 in sure methods,” Petr Korda stated. “She didn’t win a event in ’23 and a few issues most likely made her humble and (she) put loads of work into the place she is true now. With out the work and dedication, she wouldn’t be right here. So seeing that, I’m very comfortable.”

Korda’s older sister, Jessica, is a six-time LPGA winner who’s taking a break from golf after giving delivery to her first little one.

Korda took residence $1.2 million from a handbag of $7.9 million, a major enhance from final yr’s purse of $5.2 million. That brings her season earnings to $2,424,216 and her profession earnings to $11,361,489.

Winners had been leaping into Poppie’s Pond off the 18th inexperienced at Mission Hills since 1988, and Korda grew to become the second to do it in Texas by doing a cannonball off a small dock into brown-tinged water. World No. 2 Lilia Vu was first to leap into the pond right here after her win final season. Vu withdrew from this yr’s event earlier than the primary spherical after experiencing “extreme discomfort” in her again throughout warmups.

Whereas nonetheless shivering from her post-win plunge Sunday, Korda confirmed she’ll be competing within the JM Eagle LA Championship subsequent week in Los Angeles. She was then requested about the opportunity of changing into the primary to ever win six straight LPGA tournaments.

“I’m going to take pleasure in this proper every now and then I’ll take into consideration that,” she stated. “However yeah, it’s been an incredible time. Hopefully preserve the streak alive. However I’ve been so grateful to compete week in and week out and get the 5 in a row, too.”

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on an analogous tear, on his option to a fourth victory in 5 begins till rain interrupted the ultimate spherical of the RBC Heritage. He couldn’t assist however test in on Korda.

“I really was checking the scores this afternoon once we have been within the rain delay,” he stated. “I’m extraordinarily comfortable for her and happy with her. That’s some fairly particular stuff. It’s been a deal with to observe.”

Korda entered the final spherical one shot off the lead after finishing the final seven holes of the weather-delayed third spherical early Sunday morning on a windy and unseasonably cool day. She was worn out after her massive win as a result of she’d been up since 4 a.m. to organize for the tip of the third spherical.

She birdied two of her first 4 holes to take the lead. Lauren Coughlin birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get inside two strokes, however bogeys on the sixteenth and seventeenth holes put her 4 behind. She shot a final-round 68 to complete tied for third with Brooke Henderson.

Coughlin bought emotional when discussing her greatest end in a serious.

“It’s actually cool to see all the work that I’ve put in, particularly with my placing and my brief recreation, and placing particularly confirmed off this week, as nicely,” she stated.

Henderson was tied with Korda for second to start out the final spherical after she shot a 64 within the third spherical to set a scoring file for the event since its transfer from Mission Hills, California, to Texas final yr. However the Canadian, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, additionally faltered early within the remaining spherical, with a bogey and a double bogey within the first 4 holes.

Haeran Ryu of South Korea shot a bogey-free 67 to enter the ultimate spherical main Korda by one. However the 2023 Rookie of the 12 months bogeyed the primary two holes of the fourth spherical. She closed with a 74 and completed fifth.

Eighteen-year-old newbie Jasmine Koo offered an unlikely spotlight on the 18th gap. Her second shot bounced off the promoting board within the water and again into play. She ended up with a birdie to shoot 71.

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AP Golf Author Doug Ferguson in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, contributed to this report.

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Jets trade Zach Wilson to Broncos for pick swap – NBC New York

Zach Wilson’s time with the New York Jets is over.

The previous No. 2 general decide reportedly has been traded to the Denver Broncos in a late-round decide swap, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The Jets pays a few of Wilson’s wage to assist facilitate the deal.

Denver will ship the No. 207 general decide on this week’s draft to New York in change for the No. 256 general decide.

Wilson’s tenure with the Jets was unsuccessful from the leap. The BYU product began 13 video games as a rookie in 2021, posting 2,334 passing yards, 9 touchdowns and 11 interceptions with 5 fumbles. He began 9 video games in 2022 earlier than being benched for Mike White and Joe Flacco.

Final season, he entered because the second-string quarterback behind Aaron Rodgers. Wilson was shortly thrown onto the sphere when Rodgers suffered a season-ending Achilles harm, however his play was unimproved. In 12 video games (11 begins), Wilson had 2,271 passing yards, eight touchdowns and 7 interceptions with 11 fumbles. He was benched for Tim Boyle and Trevor Siemian at varied factors later within the 12 months.

Wilson now joins Jarrett Stidham and Ben DiNucci because the quarterbacks on the Broncos’ roster. The crew launched Russell Wilson, who subsequently signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, in March.

The Broncos maintain the No. 12 general decide within the draft, which begins Thursday night.

Spice Girls stage impromptu reunion at Victoria Beckham’s birthday party and perform ‘Stop’ dance

The Spice Women carried out their dance to their tune “Cease” after they reunited Saturday to have a good time Victoria Beckham’s party.

In a video posted to Beckham’s Instagram web page, an excited David Beckham recorded his spouse, Victoria, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm and Emma Bunton doing the dance to their 1997 hit.

“Finest night time ever! Completely happy Birthday to me! I like you all a lot!” Victoria Beckham, the style designer and former Spice Woman, captioned the video, including the hashtag #SpiceUpYourLife.

Beckham was carrying a sheer mint inexperienced gown to ring in her birthday celebrations. She posed for an image together with her husband and their youngsters, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, 25; Romeo Beckham, 21; Cruz Beckham, 19; and Harper Beckham, 12.

“Can’t wait to have a good time with my family and friends! I like you all a lot,” she captioned a photograph of the household, tagging her husband and youngsters.

The video of the previous bandmates performing their dance routine garnered a variety of pleasure from followers who’re hoping for one more Spice Women tour.

Final month, Melanie Brown, identified to followers as Mel B, hinted that the group is engaged on one thing “superb” whereas showing on NBC’s “TODAY” present with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.

Requested by Hager whether or not followers will be capable of catch the Spice Women on a reunion tour, Brown paused and stated: “Oh, I’m going to get in bother. I’m not saying something. OK, bye!” earlier than she walked out to laughter from the hosts.

The Spice Women final set out on tour as a four-person group in 2019, with out Beckham. The final time the unique 5 — Brown, Beckham, Halliwell, Chisholm and Bunton — carried out collectively was for the 2012 Olympics in London.

The group launched a throwback video in March 2023 to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of their hit “Cease.” Within the video, the ladies stand subsequent to one another and carry out the complete choreography wearing outfits almost certainly resembling their former monikers: Scary Spice, Posh Spice, Ginger Spice, Sporty Spice and Child Spice.

Jets trade QB Zach Wilson to Broncos in exchange for late-round pick swap

Wilson arrived because the Jets’ handpicked future beneath heart, however went simply 3-10 in a rookie yr that noticed him take 44 sacks, throw 11 interceptions and end with a sub-70 passer score whereas taking part in behind a leaky offensive line that made the NFL recreation overwhelming for the younger passer. He returned and carried out solely barely higher in his second season, dragging down a Jets crew that had an elite protection, however could not win on that alone, prompting New York to swing an enormous deal for Aaron Rodgers within the 2023 offseason.

Wilson was presupposed to recede into the shadows in 2023 and hopefully be taught from the long run Corridor of Famer, however he was rapidly tossed again into the fireplace simply 4 snaps into the common season as a consequence of Rodgers’ season-ending Achilles harm. Given one last — albeit not supreme — probability to show his viability as an asset price preserving past 2023, Wilson didn’t capitalize, going 4-7 and struggling extremely in some weeks to get the job executed. By the top of the season, New York — and certain Wilson — have been prepared to maneuver on, however waited till the week of the 2024 NFL Draft to get a deal executed.

Wilson heads to Denver to affix a Broncos crew searching for choices beneath heart following their cut up with Russell Wilson. Due to that divorce, Denver does not have the funds to spend on a confirmed starter at quarterback, main the Broncos to take a flier on including Zach Wilson to a quarterbacks room that features Jarrett Stidham and Ben DiNucci.

It might be the right alternative for Wilson, a quarterback in want of an escape from the extraordinary scrutiny of New York, and correct tutelage beneath the route of a head coach like Denver’s Sean Payton. Wilson can have an opportunity to compete for a job with the Broncos, who’re preserving all choices open as they choose up the items from the failed Russell Wilson marriage.

We’ll see if Payton and normal supervisor George Paton cease there at quarterback, or add one other when the draft kicks of Thursday evening in Detroit. One factor is for sure, although: After three arduous years in New York, Zach Wilson can lastly pack his possessions for a brand new alternative elsewhere.

Spice Girls reunite… at Posh’s 50th birthday

All 5 members of the Spice Ladies have reunited, simply maybe not as you’d anticipate.

On Saturday evening, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner and Melanie Chisholm, higher often known as Posh, Scary, Child, Ginger and Sporty Spice, got here collectively to have a good time Victoria’s fiftieth birthday in London.

The bandmates partied prefer it was 1997, performing their traditional tune, Cease.

David Beckham shared the second on Instagram, and was seen singing alongside.

“I imply come on,” Victoria’s husband, and former England captain, 48, wrote in his caption.

David Beckham was seen carrying Victoria out of the celebration [Getty Images]

Victoria responded within the feedback, writing: “Greatest evening ever! Blissful Birthday to me! I really like you all a lot! #SpiceUpYourLife.”

The hashtag pertains to a tune of the identical identify, launched by the Spice Ladies throughout their Nineties heyday.

The celebration, which was reported to have taken place at Oswald’s non-public members membership in Mayfair, noticed superstar appearances from the likes of Tom Cruise, Salma Hayek, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Gordon Ramsay.

Eva Longoria added some LA glamour to proceedings [Getty Images]

Forward of the celebration, Victoria shared a sequence of pictures on Instagram of her household, together with her husband and the couple’s 4 youngsters – Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.

“Cannot wait to have a good time with my household and pals! I really like you all a lot,”the style designer wrote.

Beckham and his three sons had been all wearing tuxedos. Victoria opted for a lightweight inexperienced ball robe, whereas Harper wore a cream floor-length costume.

Victoria has not too long ago been pictured on crutches, though she wasn’t utilizing them within the photos she shared on social media.

The Spice Ladies – sans Posh – final carried out collectively in 2019 [Andrew Timms]

The bandmates didn’t seem like utilizing microphones through the birthday efficiency, however had been seen singing alongside as they carried out the Cease dance routine collectively.

Samuel Zernig, a Spice Ladies “superfan” and comic, instructed BBC Information he “hasn’t stopped smiling” after seeing the video, including: “Christmas got here early.”

The Spice Ladies of their 90s heyday [Getty Images]

He continued: “It’s actually fantastic to see that it has been 30 years since they shaped, and simply this tiny, tiny video generated international headlines.”

Tom Cruise signed autographs for followers on his approach out of the celebration [Getty Images]

Followers on social media had been overjoyed to see the 5 Spice Ladies again collectively for the primary time in years, with many commenting on Beckham’s put up.

“David, you’re the greatest social media supervisor on the market, thanks for giving the individuals content material,” wrote one.

“The second all the planet has been ready for,” wrote one other.

“How my daughter feels about Taylor Swift is how I really feel about these ladies,” a 3rd individual mentioned.

Mel B, aka Scary Spice, wore a purple costume to the celebration [Getty Images]

Different followers pleaded with the band to go on tour once more, with one asking: “Can we’ve got a phrase about transporting this to Glastonbury please?”

Bookmaker Coral has now slashed the percentages on an official Spice Ladies reunion in 2024 – and a Glastonbury efficiency and new album in 2025 – following the birthday bash efficiency.

The Spice Ladies got here collectively in 1994, after they responded to an advert for candidates to kind an all-girl group.

After the discharge of their chart-topping debut single Wannabe in 1996, “Spice mania” swept the planet, with their self-styled “Lady Energy” mantra – a model of feminine empowerment that made them a worldwide popular culture phenomenon.

Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, joined within the enjoyable at Posh’s celebrations [Getty Images]

In complete, they scored 9 UK primary hits, which additionally included Say You will Be There, 2 Turn out to be 1, Who Do You Suppose You Are, Spice Up Your Life and Viva Without end.

Geri Halliwell left the Spice Ladies in 1998 and the group lastly cut up up in 2001. However they reunited for excursions in 2007 and a efficiency on the London Olympics closing ceremony in 2012. A European tour passed off in 2019, however with out Victoria.

Earth Day 2024

Curious Planeteer working to make the Earth’s modifications seen, accessible and actionable.

What’s the that means of life? Why are we right here? We do not know, to be sincere, however now we have a agency suspicion that the solutions to those questions should do with our one and solely dwelling: Earth. Planeteers star-gaze loads (it’s a must to when your satellite tv for pc workplace is in orbit), and we imagine in utilizing area to assist life on Earth. However we additionally imagine one thing else: the deeper you look into the depths of area, the extra you respect simply how particular our vibrant blue marble actually is.

The planet is in peril. We spend 51 weeks of the yr discussing this truth intimately and sharing the methods we help initiatives combating environmental degradation. To steadiness this doom and gloom we additionally share lovely scenes like spring blooms. The unhappy truth is it’s not simple. We regularly see extra destruction than restoration. A part of that has to do with time: a forest burns quicker than it grows for instance. However most of it has to do with the fact that our harmful practices proceed largely unabated. Our mission, partly, is to assist reverse that development.

We don’t simply share lovely photos of the Earth as a result of, effectively, Earth is photogenic. We share them as a result of we imagine within the overview impact: a transcendent cognitive shift that happens when viewing the Earth from above, notably skilled by astronauts. A little bit of distance helps us understand that we’re all linked and evokes emotions of awe—one other life-changing emotion sparked by phenomena just like the eclipse or a murmuration of starlings. Collectively, we imagine that awe-inspiring photos from area can induce higher emotions of compassion and admiration for the variety of life round us. And, in case you ask us, caring for the planet looks as if a possible reply to the that means of life.

PlanetScope • Alaska, USA • October 7, 2022
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Spirited comeback win for Calgary Roughnecks ends NLL team’s season

Emotional victory over Panther Metropolis caps dropping common season for Calgary’s NLL crew

Printed Apr 20, 2024  •  4 minute learn

The Calgary Roughnecks have fun throughout their sport towards the Panther Metropolis Lacrosse Membership on WestJet Subject at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday, April 20, 2024.  Photograph by Angela Burger /Calgary Roughnecks

There gained’t be any playoff events for the Calgary Roughnecks.

So the season-ending send-off turned their celebration of kinds.

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And what a raucous night it was Saturday evening at The Tough Home, fuelled by a season-high 14,424 followers — all in sturdy voice — a feisty contest between rivals and a comeback victory for the host Nationwide Lacrosse League membership.

“It was tremendous thrilling,” stated Roughnecks captain Jesse King, moments after an 11-9 dramatic outcome over the rival Panther Metropolis Lacrosse Membership on WestJet Subject at Scotiabank Saddledome. “The followers had been juiced up … I’m so grateful for the Roughneck followers who come out. I’m already trying ahead to subsequent 12 months.

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“It’s somewhat bittersweet,” continued King, of the workforce’s final sport of the 2023-24 NLL season. “We simply talked as a workforce as gamers and the way a lot every man means to one another in that locker room. The tradition that we’ve constructed over the past three or 4 years is admittedly essential … It’s greater than a sport for lots of us in that locker room. The relationships you create are so essential.

“So it’s unhappy (that was the final sport).”

Certainly, the Roughnecks’ 8-10 file wasn’t sufficient to seize one of many eight playoff berths league-wide.

Their two earlier tilts — each losses — knocked them from that operating earlier than this wrap-up evening — a western-themed night. So this one was all about one final hurrah and taking part in for satisfaction and to be on the coach’s radar for subsequent 12 months.

“I feel the gamers already know there’s going to be a little bit of change shifting ahead,” stated Sanderson, who counts himself as one of many individuals that should enhance after his debut 12 months head teaching within the NLL. “It’s nearly how arduous we play. It’s not about reinventing the wheel. We simply must get higher in some areas. Tons of these guys are going to be again.”

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After Saturday’s spirited effort, it’s simple to go away with heat fuzzies.

In any case, there have been loads of positives to tug from the evening.

Like captain King hitting the 100-point milestone on the season after which netting his career-best level whole in a marketing campaign — 101 — along with his third-quarter objective.

And like Logan Schuss, along with his first and second objectives for the workforce after arriving right here — injured — within the low season. His second gave the house aspect a really temporary lead — 8-7 — within the fourth quarter.

Calgary Roughnecks ahead Tyler Tempo celebrates with Tanner Prepare dinner throughout their sport towards the Panther Metropolis Lacrosse Membership on WestJet Subject at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Photograph by Angela Burger /Calgary Roughnecks

The Roughnecks would give that up instantly after which go down by one with 11 minutes left, however two objectives by Tempo modified that. Included was his hat-trick marker with simply 93 seconds left within the tilt, as he quick-sticked house a reasonably cross-crease feed from King.

Tempo additionally had the sport’s first objective, and Josh Currier notched the opposite first-quarter marker for the Roughnecks.

Tanner Prepare dinner had the one home-side objective of the second quarter, after which Panther Metropolis led 7-3 at halftime.

Then it was King, Schuss and King — once more — for the Riggers to chop it to a one-goal deficit by way of three frames.

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After the trade-off of objectives early within the fourth — together with Haiden Dickson, along with his twenty sixth of the 12 months, and Schuss for the Roughnecks — and the Tempo present to alter the scoreline, Prepare dinner iced it with an insurance coverage counter late for his second of the evening.

Riggers goaltender Christian Del Bianco was additionally sturdy down the stretch, making 39 saves game-wide.

“Simply actually completely satisfied for the fellows,” Sanderson stated. “Particularly within the second half, we actually locked in. I feel what makes us profitable is being a hard-nose defensive workforce whereas our offence has sort of everybody producing.

“We’re a workforce by committee, so to talk, so I simply thought all people introduced it to the desk within the second half. Good on them.”

King completed the evening with a game-high eight factors for a personal-best 105 factors on the marketing campaign, which lifted him into the highest 10 of the NLL scoring parade.

“Anyone that is aware of me is aware of that I actually simply care about our file,” King stated. “I might’ve had 50 factors and been taking part in subsequent week and been so much happier.”

Sadly, that gained’t be the case this 12 months, with the Roughnecks lacking out on the post-season for under the third time of their historical past relationship again to 2002.

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“We’ve bought the group of fellows within the room to make stuff occur,” added Tempo. “We’ve bought the followers’ help to carry the power to each sport that we play right here. There is likely to be a pair issues that we do within the low season. Hopefully, it’s not too drastic, however clearly issues have to alter somewhat bit. We didn’t make the playoffs this 12 months, and when that occurs in skilled sports activities, modifications are made, so it’s robust.

“That is kind of the the final hoorah with this group of fellows, more than likely, so we’re going to have a great time.”

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Panther Metropolis (9-9) secured its playoff spot previous to the evening within the Tough Home. That got here after the Vancouver Warriors (8-10) fell to the San Diego Seals 16-9 on Friday evening … The Saskatchewan Rush (8-10) additionally fell wanting a post-season berth after dropping 12-11 to the visiting — and first-place — Toronto Rock (15-3) on Saturday … The ultimate playoff slot is to be crammed by both the New York Riptide (8-10) or the Rochester Knighthawks (7-10), who spherical out the schedule by internet hosting the Philadelphia Wings on Sunday in Upstate New York (1 p.m.). A win provides the Knighthawks the final playoff spot, whereas a loss by them strikes the Riptide into the post-season … The Roughnecks had been with out defenceman and alternate captain Eli Salama (decrease physique), ahead Thomas Hoggarth (higher physique), transition Justin Inacio (decrease physique) and defenceman Robert Hudson (higher physique) for Saturday’s sport.

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Earth Day 2024 and the environmental challenges posed by plastics • NC Newsline

As we speak within the 55th Earth Day – an annual commemoration that was, amazingly sufficient, conceived and launched in 1970 by an unlikely bipartisan pair of American politicians — Democratic U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin and Republican U.S. Consultant Pete McCloskey of California.

The “historical past” part of the Earth Day web site offers a strong reminder of each how completely different that period was in some ways from our personal – the anti-Vietnam Conflict motion, as an example, was integral to the launch of the occasion — but additionally in different methods, (as an period that was then suffering from “oil spills, polluting factories and energy vegetation, uncooked sewage, poisonous dumps, pesticides, freeways, the lack of wilderness and the extinction of wildlife” and wherein younger individuals had been deeply involved about their future wellbeing), how a lot our two occasions have in widespread.

That is from the web site:

“Impressed by the coed anti-war motion, Senator Nelson wished to infuse the power of scholar anti-war protests with an rising public consciousness about air and water air pollution. Senator Nelson introduced the thought for a teach-in on school campuses to the nationwide media, and persuaded Pete McCloskey, a conservation-minded Republican Congressman, to function his co-chair.

…Nelson recruited Denis Hayes, a younger activist, to arrange the campus teach-ins and to scale the thought to a broader public, they usually select April 22, a weekday falling between Spring Break and Remaining Exams, to maximise the best scholar participation.”

The web site relates that below the management of Hayes and the employees he put collectively, the motion took off and by its launch on April 22, 1970, “20 million Individuals — on the time, 10% of the full inhabitants of america — [took to] the streets, parks and auditoriums to exhibit towards the impacts of 150 years of business growth which had left a rising legacy of great human well being impacts.”

What’s extra, the occasion instantly helped spark a flurry of progressive nationwide coverage change in Washington – a time wherein Republican Richard Nixon served within the White Home:

“By the top of 1970, the primary Earth Day led to the creation of america Environmental Safety Company and the passage of different first-of-their-kind environmental legal guidelines, together with the Nationwide Environmental Schooling Act, the Occupational Security and Well being Act, and the Clear Air Act. Two years later congress handed the Clear Water Act.”

As individuals all over the world commemorate Earth Day 2024, environmental degradation is, tragically, a vastly extra critical risk than it was in 1970. Whether or not it’s the local weather emergency and more and more extreme climate patterns it’s spurring, sea-level rise and desertification, international species extinction, water and air air pollution, the unfold of poisonous “endlessly chemical substances” like PFAS, the current technology has its work minimize out for it.

One particularly pressing concern to which the Earth Day web site devotes particular consideration in 2024 is the plague of plastics and the worldwide “60X40 motion” that seeks to cut back international plastic manufacturing 60% by the 12 months 2040.

Listed here are a number of the key details recognized:

9.1 billion – quantity in tons of plastic produced since plastic was first launched in 1950

79 – share of all plastic ever produced that also sits in landfills or the pure surroundings

50 billion – variety of plastic water bottles (about 156 bottles per individual) bought by Individuals every year

5 trillion – estimated variety of plastic luggage used globally yearly

25 billion – variety of Styrofoam espresso cups thrown away by American every year

14 million – quantity of plastic in tons that finally ends up on this planet’s oceans every year, a lot of it within the type of harmful microplastics that

75 to 199 million – estimated quantity of plastic in tons at the moment on this planet’s oceans

2050 – the 12 months at which it’s estimated the mixed weight of all plastic on this planet’s oceans will exceed the mixed weight of all fish within the oceans

Greater than 70,000 – common variety of microplastic particles that every American ingests of their ingesting water provide every year

As a lot as 23 occasions better – the quantity of terrestrial microplastic air pollution in comparison with marine plastic air pollution — air pollution that contaminates the soil and waterways and enters the meals chain when animals by chance ingest it

99.9% – estimated effectivity of biologically-active sluggish sand filters, that are utilized in some water therapy vegetation for decontamination functions, in eradicating microplastics from ingesting water

80% – quantity annual flows of plastic into the oceans may very well be diminished by 2040 by way of the applying of current approaches to cut back our consumption of single-use plastics and the adoption of eco-friendly options

For extra info on Earth Day and the above statistics, go to https://www.earthday.org/.

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