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Ask Amy: Illness interferes with holiday plans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

Dear Amy: Last year we had my husband’s daughter, her husband and their four children come and stay with us for a couple of weeks around Christmas.When they arrived, the husband was clearly sick: coughing, sneezing, etc.Consequently, I became sick (I have severe COPD) and had to miss our annual Christmas Eve celebration as a result.Here’s my question: Can I ask my daughter-in-law not to come here when anyone in the family is sick?I feel this should be common sense, but apparently it is not.I don’t want to offend anyone, but when my health is compromised, I feel the added stress.My husband and I are not young.They are currently planning their trip, and I am worried.Can you help?— WorriedDear Worried: You should not need my help to inspire you to take care of your own health, but when it comes to extended family members, it is vital to clarify your needs and boundaries, because their understanding and cooperation are essential.Related ArticlesAsk Amy | Ask Amy: Financ...

Extra-EU personal transfers reach €43.5 billion in 2022

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

In 2022, flows of money sent by EU residents to non-EU countries, referred to as personal transfers, amounted to €43.5 billion (bn), an increase of 14% compared with €38.2 bn in 2021. Inflows to the EU totalled €13.5 bn, an increase of 10% compared with €12.4 bn in 2021. Personal transfers consist of flows of money sent by migrants to households of their country of origin.Recently, a substantial growth of extra-EU outflows was observed, especially in the last five years. From 2018, outflows have surged by 41%, while inflows have demonstrated a more modest growth pattern with an increase of just 15%. As a result, there has been a widening negative balance for the EU vis-à-vis non-EU countries, reaching €30.0 bn in 2022. This information comes from data on personal transfers and compensation of employees published by Eurostat. This article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article.Source dataset: bop_rem6LinkWeight of net personal transfers of ...

Review: Chalamet waltzes through ‘Wonka,’ but thrill is missing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

By Jake Coyle | Associated PressThe original 1971 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” may have been a delicious dream, lined with trees of gumballs and fields of lollipops. But never has there been a more cautionary tale about the danger of too much of a good thing.Magical as that Roald Dahl-scripted film was, it remains lodged in our imaginations less for its sugary goodness than the way darkness, satire and even mania ebb around its edges — flowing down that nightmarish watery tunnel and pooling somewhere in the back of Gene Wilder’s eyes. Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe may bubble with laughter all the way up the ceiling, but there’s a spinning metal blade up there.“Wonka,” the latest attempt to revisit Dahl’s masterwork, bears no such danger. It’s going more for the taste of an Everlasting Gobstopper — an ingenious confection that piles flavor on top of flavor. Tasty though that can be, you miss the daring of Dahl in the more wa...

Word Game: Dec. 15, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — ALPHABET (ALPHABET: AL-fuh-bet: A set of letters with which languages are written.)Average mark 34 wordsTime limit 45 minutesCan you find 42 or more words in ALPHABET? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — HIRSUTE heir heist hers hest hire hurt rest rise rite ruse rush rust ruth shier shire shirt shut shute sire site stir suer suet suit suite sure user usher their this thus tier tire true etuiTo 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...

Analysis: NFL playoff race defines parity, though competition doesn’t always equal quality footbal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here.___The NFL playoff race defines parity.Thirty teams entered Week 15 still alive for a Super Bowl run. Of course, several of those teams had astronomical odds and a few more know they’re not going anywhere. But, it’s been five years since only two teams were mathematically eliminated this late in the season.Close scores and competitive games don’t always translate into quality football — just ask Tom Brady — but the NFL takes pride in balance.They’ve sure got it in 2023.There are 24 teams in or within one game of a playoff spot. Seven of eight division races are within two games, including four that are within one or tied.Eleven AFC teams have a winning record. Since the 1970 merger, that’s only happened three times previously through 14 weeks. Five NFC teams that are 6-7 are tied for the final wild-card spot. Three 6-7 teams are tied for the top spot in the NFC South.Three ...

2-time All-Star Ja Morant set to talk with 25-game suspension nearing an end

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two-time All-Star Ja Morant told reporters after the Los Angeles Lakers ousted Memphis in six games to start the playoffs in April that he had to make better decisions, knowing off-the-court issues affected the Grizzlies’ season. Now the dazzling point guard given a 25-game timeout by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is about to get a second chance to prove he really means that. Morant will talk with the media Friday after Memphis’ morning shootaround before the Grizzlies host Houston that night. It will be the first time that Morant has talked with reporters since that disappointing first-round ouster April 29. And the Grizzlies really need a boost. Morant’s suspension is one of several factors that have left the Grizzlies near the bottom of the NBA after earning the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference each of the past two seasons. The No. 2 pick overall in the 2020 draft, 2021 NBA Rookie of the Year and 2022 Most Improved Player didn’t sh...

Judge says a tabloid publisher hacked Prince Harry’s phone and awards him 140,000 pounds in damages

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Judge says a tabloid publisher hacked Prince Harry’s phone and awards him 140,000 pounds in damages.Source

Tiroteo en Irán: al menos 11 muertos deja balacera en una comisaría de la policía

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

Un supuesto ataque insurgente causó 11 muertos y varios heridos en un tiroteo nocturno contra una comisaría de policía en el sureste de Irán, según reportó la televisora estatal el viernes.Altos cargos de la policía y soldados perdieron la vida en el ataque ocurrido a las 2:00 a.m. en Rask, una localidad a unas 875 millas al suroeste de Teherán, explicó el vicegobernador de la provincia de Sistán y Baluchistán, Ali Reza Marhemati.La policía abatió a varios atacantes en un tiroteo, agregó. Irán asegura que puso en órbita una cápsula capaz de transportar animales Desde el aire: así fueron los bombazos de EEUU contra objetivos en Siria La televisora estatal culpó del ataque al grupo separatista Jaish al-Adl. En 2019, Jaish al-Adl se atribuyó la responsabilidad por un atentado suicida en un bus en el que murieron 27 miembros de la Guardia Revolucionaria iraní.En los últimos meses, insurgentes y pequeños grupos separatistas en la regió...

Aún no se conoce el paradero de Navalny, dice el equipo del líder opositor ruso

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

(CNN) — El equipo del líder opositor ruso Alexey Navalny afirma que no ha tenido contacto con él en los últimos diez días y que desconoce su paradero.En la última vista judicial sobre su caso, el tribunal escuchó que había abandonado la región de Vladimir, donde está encarcelado desde julio, según declaró el viernes su equipo. En la plataforma de redes sociales X, la portavoz de Navalny, Kira Yarmysh, dijo: Alexey [Navalny] “‘ha abandonado la región de Vladimir’, le dijeron al abogado en el tribunal. Se desconoce a dónde exactamente”.A pesar de que el tribunal alega que Navalny estuvo en la colonia hasta el lunes, según Yarmysh, a sus abogados se les ha denegado el acceso desde el pasado miércoles.“Supuestamente esto ocurrió el 11 de diciembre. Permítanme recordarles que los abogados no han visto a Alexey desde el 6 de diciembre”, añadió Yarmysh.Según reportes, en los días previos a su desaparición Navalny no estuvo presente en ninguna de la...

Denver weather: Plenty of sunshine and warming into weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Abundant sunshine is back across the state for the end of the workweek as highs climb to above average in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Lots of sunshineDenver finishes off the workweek with plenty of sunshine as winds stay light. Johnston wants 167 new officers on Denver’s streets Afternoon highs will be above average, making it to the 50-degree mark.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Dec. 15 Weather tonight: Keeping it clearSkies will stay clear Friday night, but lows will be above average. Winds are light overnight as temperatures dip into the upper 20s.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on Dec. 15 Looking ahead: Warming and staying dryThe weekend will continue the warming trend with mainly sunny skies. Colorado wolf reintroduction in limbo while judge decides on case Highs on Saturday and Sunday will make it to the upper 50s with light winds. Pinpoint Weather 7-day forecast for Denver on Dec. 15 Monday begins the next week with abundant sunshi...