Letter From Ground Zero

On the way out, the weather turned chilly, and brought more release. While most of the audience went north on Church Street to the buses, some moved south past 5 World Trade Center, a squat metal outlying structure on the north side of Ground Zero whose partially sunken middle reminded one family member of the federal building in Oklahoma City. This building had been fully evacuated, but behind it, the family members knew, were the towers, or what little was left of them....

December 27, 2022 · 4 min · 784 words · Heather Griffin

Letters Looking For New Sources Of Energy

Reviewing the Energy Crisis Secretary, Guacu-Vira Sustainable Development Center Your article on alternative energy sources misses the point when it comes to hydrogen power. Fuel cells are mainly a way to replace heavy and polluting conventional power packs (like those needed in electric cars) with a light and clean device, but hydrogen itself is not an alternative energy source. Giovanni Tiezzi Siena, Italy After reading your special report on the future of energy, I was left perplexed and frustrated by the omission of fusion power....

December 27, 2022 · 9 min · 1739 words · Janice Rose

Levar Burton Defends Cancel Culture Says It Should Be Called Consequence Culture

“In terms of cancel culture, I think it’s misnamed, that’s a misnomer. I think we have a consequence culture and that consequences are finally encompassing everybody in the society,” Burton told The View’s Meghan McCain. “Whereas they haven’t been, ever, in this country.” “I think there are good signs in the culture, and I think it has everything to do with a new awareness on people who were simply unaware of the real nature of life in this country for people who have been othered since this nation began,” he said....

December 27, 2022 · 3 min · 505 words · Margaret Thomas

Levar Burton Was Jeopardy Fans Top Choice For Permanent Host New Poll Finds

Burton was among the last of a long list of stars to try out the role when his week-long guest hosting stint on the show aired in the final week of July, as producers sought a replacement for late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. And a new poll by Morning Consult has found that Burton was viewers’ top choice to become the show’s new host, with 16 percent of respondents throwing their support behind the Reading Rainbow alum....

December 27, 2022 · 3 min · 499 words · Melvin Grace

Levy Google S New Ad Rules

Google spokesman Adam Kovacevich says that the new guidelines are an extension of search ad standards previously in force but rejiggered a bit to accommodate the particular requirements of political speech. (Search ads are the little messages that appear alongside the results people get after making a search; advertisers buy them by bidding for terms that their target audiences are likely to use in search queries.) “We thought it was important that we be transparent on this,” Kovacevich says....

December 27, 2022 · 4 min · 722 words · Raymond Calderon

Lewandowski Blames Ancelotti For Bayern Injury Issues

Bayern’s form has turned around since Ancelotti was sacked in October and replaced by Jupp Heynckes. The Bavarian side trailed Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga before the Italian was let go and now sit top of the table with a three-point lead after 13 weeks. Bayern 8/5 to beat PSG Despite the improvement in results, they have suffered casualties in recent weeks, as Thiago Alcantara, Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben have all suffered muscle injuries, while Juan Bernat recently made his return from a spell on the sidelines....

December 27, 2022 · 1 min · 199 words · John Bracco

Lewandowski Wants Aubameyang To Stay At Dortmund

The Gabon international has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid over the past few months and Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke admitted this week they would consider offers in the region of €80 million. Dortmund striker Ramos completes China move Nevertheless, Lewandowski has urged his former team-mate to stay in the Bundesliga. “I have heard that he is feeling very well in Dortmund,” Lewandowski told Sport Bild....

December 27, 2022 · 1 min · 156 words · Karl Morris

Lewy Body Dementia Stages And Timeline Of Symptoms

This article explains the progression of Lewy body dementia as it proceeds through three stages. Stages of Lewy Body Dementia Lewy body dementia usually takes five to eight years to progress from diagnosis to death. Some cases may progress faster, while others may progress much more slowly. Regardless of the speed of progression, the timeline of Lewy body dementia is usually distinguished by early, middle, and late stages. Early Stages In general, the earlier stages of Lewy body dementia may involve hallucinations or other distortions of reality such as delusions, restlessness, acting out dreams during sleep (called REM sleep disorder), and some movement difficulties....

December 27, 2022 · 4 min · 710 words · Silas Edwards

Liam Smith Scores Fifth Round Tko Over Sam Eggington For Happy Homecoming

Smith (27-2-1, 15 KOs) thoroughly outclassed Sam Eggington (25-6, 15 KOs) en route to a fifth-round TKO in front of 8,000 people at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England on Saturday night to win vacant the WBC silver super welterweight title. The 30-year-old former WBO super welterweight champion came into this fight on the back of a unanimous decision loss to Jaime Munguia last July and put the demons of that defeat firmly behind him by starting the bout as the faster fighter and using his jab to pin Eggington to the ropes, so he could unload punch after punch....

December 27, 2022 · 4 min · 658 words · Galen Petrone

Liberals Are Spurning Conservative Climate Solutions. That S No Way To Save The Planet Opinion

Yet like many Americans, I’m struck by the fact that all our climate and energy solutions, as well as the discussions surrounding those solutions, seem infused with messaging and assumptions that steer the conversation to the left. From “Conservatives probably can’t be persuaded on climate change” to “Don’t bother waiting for conservatives to come around on climate change” to “Conservatives can’t face facts” to “Republicans are dead to planet Earth,” the stereotypes, clichés and partisan hits permeate the media and our ongoing climate discussions....

December 27, 2022 · 4 min · 743 words · Betty Bueno

Liberty University Football Coach Hugh Freeze Opens Season Directing Team From Hospital Bed

Instead, Freeze presided over the game from the press box — atop a hospital bed inside the coaches box. Freeze, who previously was the head coach at the University of Mississippi, made his Liberty debut on Saturday by first arriving to the home stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia, by wheelchair, and then getting taken to a hospital bed situated for him in the coaches box, according to Sports Illustrated. Saturday’s game against Syracuse, an ACC team that was ranked No....

December 27, 2022 · 2 min · 408 words · Gertrude Rook

Libya 1 0 Zanzibar Guests Win To Relegate Kenya To Third

The result now leaves the host with a daunting task of beating Tanzania in the last Group ‘A’ match so as to book a place in the semi-finals. Libya’s win relegated Kenya to third in the Group with five points and they must now win against Kilimanjaro Stars to be assured of remaining in the competition. With Zanzibar securing the first slot in semis and Tanzania and Rwanda are already out of the tournament, Kenya must beat Tanzania to grab the available final slot....

December 27, 2022 · 2 min · 251 words · Gregory Pittman

Lichtenstein On The Line

“I drew some charcoal things in ‘57 or ‘58–Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse,” he said. “They were still kind of De Kooningesque. I got the idea practically overnight to go from these things to ‘Look Mickey’ in 1961…It flew in the face of everything I was taught. I realized that I had been making paintings out of all the good things, like trying to hold the composition together, and School of Paris brushstrokes, and thick and thin paint, and…I realized that painting isn’t just a combination of all the good things you can think of....

December 27, 2022 · 4 min · 806 words · Tiffany Ward

Life S A Pitch But Mourinho S Man Utd Must Show Their Mettle In Rostov

Key stats from Barca’s great escape The Portuguese even had his backroom staff out taking pictures of the surface at one point and when the time came for his side to train on Wednesday they did so on one of the few small areas where grass was largely evident. They have, of course, found themselves in a similar situation in the past 12 months. The tour of China last summer was truncated after the cancellation of their proposed Manchester derby with neighbours City in Beijing....

December 27, 2022 · 2 min · 413 words · Scott Hernandez

Liga Mx Talking Points Top Two Battle Liguilla Final Leads Final Weekend

There still will be jostling to get into the final playoff place, as six teams fight for five spots (seven technically are in the race, but Tijuana is all but eliminated because of goal difference). Fans of Cruz Azul, Atlas and Necaxa will be the most nervous headed into the weekend. So too will fans in Monterrey, no matter what color you wear. We start with the top-two rivalry clash before looking ahead to the other stories in Jornada 17 of the Liga MX Apertura:...

December 27, 2022 · 6 min · 1185 words · Norma Myers

Lightning Even Stanley Cup Final With Win Vs. Blackhawks

After losing Game 1, the Tampa Bay Lightning rebounded to even the series with a 4-3 win over the Blackhawks on Saturday night at Amalie Arena. MORE: Must-see photos | Once a problem child, Kane developed in good hands The Lightning struck first with a Cedric Paquette goal in the first period. Paquette was somehow able to get the puck through a crowd in front of the net 13 minutes into the game....

December 27, 2022 · 2 min · 343 words · Amy Gorby

Lightning In A Bottle Nikita Kucherov S Case To Create World S Best Quartet

You have Sidney Crosby, the best player of his generation and already an all-time great with his consistently growing list of individual and team achievements. Scoring titles. Goal scoring crowns. Multiple MVPs. Gold medals. Three Stanley Cups. A truly dominant force all over the ice. You have Connor McDavid, already a scoring champion and league MVP when he was still only 20 years old. He is already pushing Crosby for the title of best current player in the world, and you might even already have him in the top spot....

December 27, 2022 · 7 min · 1484 words · Charles Fairbank

Lightning S Koekkoek Scores First Two Nhl Goals

Six minutes and seven seconds into the Lightning’s game on Thursday night, Koekkoek’s search was over. As Koekkoek corralled the loose puck onto his stick, the 23-year-old defenseman one-timed the shot just to get the puck onto the net. With a bit of luck, the puck deflected off Penguins forward Tom Kuhnhackl and through the legs of goaltender Antii Niemi. Koekkoek wasn’t done yet, though. Nealry 18 minutes into the second period, he scored again....

December 27, 2022 · 1 min · 95 words · Doris Jackson

Ligue 1 Club Amiens Ask Zidane To Join Them As A Player

The France legend abruptly called time on his reign at Real Madrid after two and a half seasons with the club, and days after securing a third successive Champions League crown. After a run in the Spanish capital that also included a La Liga title in 2016-17, and Zidane’s youth for a head coach at age 45, it seems likely he will have many suitors hoping to land him as a manager in the near future....

December 27, 2022 · 2 min · 288 words · Charles Mccormick

Like It Or Not Chris Buescher Deserves His Chase Berth If He Earns It

After the fog cleared at Pocono and Buescher finished celebrating his victory, fans were left with this observation. A Sprint Cup race victory doesn’t qualify a driver for the Chase. It’s only part of the path to the 16-driver championship field. MORE: Chase bubble trouble | Jeff Gordon in for two more races Win and you’re in isn’t what the rules say. It says drivers must be in the top 30 in points to qualify for the Chase along with that victory....

December 27, 2022 · 3 min · 626 words · Shirley Bolf