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Ask Amy: Hard luck brother begs for funds

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

Dear Amy: My brother (age 60) has had a difficult life. He has been fired over a dozen times from various jobs.I also believe that he has substance abuse problems.A couple of years ago, he moved and said that he wanted to get his life in order.I gave him some money then, but now it seems he is up to his old behaviors. He’s been out of work for the last year.He frequently “borrows” money from elderly relatives.When I tried to put a stop to this, he told me that he completely understood why my husband divorced me, and the begging (successfully) continued.Now that my elderly relatives are no longer in the position to give him money, he is back to asking me.I generally refuse, but he still manages to get me to donate, claiming necessary medical bills.He has also asked me to be the go-between to transfer money from my father’s account to his because my father is no longer able to physically go to the bank. (My father is competent and agrees to give the money.)This bank transaction is an ...

Sale closed in Palo Alto: $1.9 million for a condominium

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

444 San Antonio Road – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 400 block of San Antonio Road in Palo Alto was sold on March 21, 2023. The $1,874,000 purchase price works out to $1,026 per square foot. The condominium, built in 1988, has an interior space of 1,826 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and two parking spaces, as well as a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 2,521-square-foot lot.Additional units that have recently been sold close by include:On San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, in December 2022, a 1,380-square-foot unit was sold for $1,675,000, a price per square foot of $1,214. The unit has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 1,068-square-foot unit on San Antonio Road in Palo Alto sold for $1,010,000, a price per square foot of $946. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 1,030-square-foot unit on the 700 block of San Antonio Road in Palo Alto sold in December 2022, for $935,000, a price per square foot of $908....

Horoscopes April 10, 2023: Shay Mitchell, creative investments will pay off

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Alex Pettyfer, 33; Shay Mitchell, 36; Dion Phaneuf, 38; Jasika Nicole, 43.Happy Birthday: Do research and build opportunities that will lead you to your goals. Stick to your plans and exhaust every effort to make your dreams come true. Your diligence and flexibility will guide you in a direction that offers success and well-being. Keep your thoughts and emotions to yourself until you are positive the information you gather is valid and sustainable. Creative investments will pay off. Your numbers are 5, 17, 21, 23, 30, 39, 43.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your actions will set the stage for what’s to come. Finish what you start before you share with others. Refuse to let luxury tempt you. Say no to lavish suggestions or people who want to take advantage of something you have to offer. 5 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take heed of what others say or ask of you before you agree to participate. Choose to take the road less traveled, and what unfolds will...

Bridge: April 10, 2023

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

Unlucky Louie is sure that fate is determined to do him in. He blames his bad results on bad luck.The real problem is that when things go wrong, Louie goes with them. When he played at today’s four spades, West found a trump lead. East let dummy’s eight win (not best). Louie then tried a club to his queen.West won and led another trump, and East took the ace and led a third trump. Louie then had nine tricks: three trumps, a ruff, two diamonds, two hearts and a club. He could have won another with astute play, but he tried unsuccessfully to set up his clubs and went down.GOOD DUCK“The man finds a good lead,” Louie growled, “his partner finds a good duck, and the clubs are foul as well.”Maybe Louie was fated to go down, but a good declarer would win the first trump, cash the A-K of hearts, ruff a heart, lead a diamond to dummy, ruff a heart, lead a diamond to dummy and ruff a diamond. He wins the first eight tricks and still has two trump winners in...

Word Game: April 10, 2023

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — LOQUACIOUS (LOQUACIOUS: lo-KWAY-shus: Very talkative; garrulous.)Average mark 15 wordsTime limit 35 minutesCan you find 22 or more words in LOQUACIOUS? The list will be published tomorrow.SATURDAY’S WORD — NEAREST near neat neater nest nester earn earnest ease east eastern eaten eater enter erase erne ante antre arete aster astern ranee rant rate rent resent reset rest sane saner sate sateen sear seat seater seen seer senate sent sere snare sneer star stare steer stern tare tarn taser tear tease teaser teen tense tenser tern terse tree tsarTo 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...

AFRICOM Chief to Congress: We Share “Core Values” With Coup Leaders

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

In Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire last month, 1,300 U.S., NATO, and African troops met for tactical training and mock raids as part of Flintlock 2023, an annual exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, or SOCAFRICA. Among the countries participating was Burkina Faso, which has been restricted from receiving substantial U.S. security aid since an officer trained by Americans at previous Flintlock exercises overthrew his democratically elected government in a coup last year.U.S. military officials have spent the last month trying to explain this curious state of affairs to Congress and the press. Flintlock provides a “critical training opportunity” for special operations forces from the U.S. and Africa and a chance to “exchange best practices,” Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands, the chief of SOCAFRICA, told The Intercept and other reporters on a conference call last month. He didn’t mention that, by the Pentagon’s own assessments, militant Islamist attacks in the Sahel have...

Romanian prosecutors search devices in Andrew Tate case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who is under house arrest in Romania on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, appeared at prosecutors’ offices on Monday for forensic searches of electronic equipment confiscated during investigations, his lawyer said.Tate, 36, a British-U.S. citizen who has six million Twitter followers, was initially detained in late December in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. None of the four has yet been formally indicted.Both the Tates appeared on Monday at the Bucharest offices of Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, as forensic searches were carried out, said Eugen Vidineac, a lawyer representing them.The brothers’ attendance on Monday comes after they won an appeal on March 31 to be moved from police custody to house arrest, where they will remain until at least April 29. Prosecutors have already carried out several device searches since the...

La población de tigres en peligro de extinción de la India se está recuperando en un triunfo para los conservacionistas

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

(CNN) — Los tigres alguna una vez vagaron por Asia, con un número de hasta 100.000 individuos a principios del siglo XX, antes de que la especie cayera al borde de la extinción.En 2006, su población en India, hogar de la mayoría de los tigres salvajes que quedan en el mundo, alcanzó un mínimo histórico de solo 1.411 individuos.Pero décadas de esfuerzos de conservación parecen finalmente haber valido la pena. Los tigres de la India se han más que duplicado desde entonces, llegando a 3.167 el año pasado, según el último censo de tigres publicado este domingo.Eso es aproximadamente el 70% de la población de tigres salvajes del mundo, que asciende a alrededor de 4.500, según el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF).India da la bienvenida a sus primeros guepardos recién nacidos en más de siete décadasEl resurgimiento de los tigres indios representa un triunfo para los conservacionistas y un rayo de esperanza para otros países que luchan por aumentar la cantidad de vida silvestre.E...

‘Succession’ delivers a major surprise as the show goes back to its future

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

In one astonishing turn, “Succession” took its audience back to where the show began five years ago, and indeed, the very roots of its title.The Emmy-winning HBO show kicked off, after all, with a media empire being thrown into chaos when its imperious leader fell ill, leaving his children and underlings to jockey over how to replace him, and to contemplate if anyone possibly could. The very title dealt with that scenario, while the intervening seasons have reinforced the sense that in terms of corporate savvy and grit, the apples can fall pretty far from the tree.The power of Brian Cox’s performance as that mogul, Logan Roy, made him seem practically immortal, the occasional infirmities of his age notwithstanding. But in one off-screen moment, Logan was gone, in the most protracted and painful fashion imaginable, leaving his stunned offspring to weakly try to say goodbye over the phone, and then grapple along with his subordinates with the implications of what his...

Muere pareja de ancianos tras comer pez globo venenoso en Malasia

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:52:47 GMT

(CNN) — Una pareja de ancianos murió después de comer pez globo venenoso en Malasia, lo que provocó un pedido de su hija de leyes más estrictas para evitar que otros sufran el mismo destino.Ng Chuan Sing y su esposa Lim Siew Guan, ambos de poco más de 80 años, compraron, sin saberlo, al menos dos peces globo a un vendedor en línea el 25 de marzo, dijeron las autoridades del estado sureño de Johor.El mismo día, Lim frió el pescado para el almuerzo y comenzó a experimentar “dificultades para respirar y escalofríos”, dijeron las autoridades. Una hora después de comer, su esposo Ng también comenzó a mostrar síntomas similares, agregaron.La pareja fue trasladada de urgencia al hospital e ingresada en la unidad de cuidados intensivos. Lim fue declarado muerto a las 7 p.m. hora local.Ng entró en coma y se mantuvo asi durante ocho días, pero su condición empeoró y murió el sábado por la mañana, dijo la hija de la pareja, Ng Ai Lee, quien dio una conferencia de prensa en la casa de la ...