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For 11 years, Alene Crook has built her dream nest in a 1954 two-bedroom home overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Dana Point, a charming beach community in Orange County, California, and just a two-minute drive from the sand. She keeps her son’s paintings hanging throughout the house, and on the wall of the guest bedroom is a framed American flag that belonged to her father, a World War II and Korean War veteran.Last summer, she and her partner of 20 years, with whom she owned a home, realized their elderly parents needed them.”That’s something we didn’t expect,” said Kruk, a…

9:00 AM Relax and play on the city’s largest lake Pick up a North Carolina-style biscuit of the day (flavors like feta oregano or graham cracker start at about $2) at Rise & Shine Biscuit Kitchen & Café, a brick establishment tucked away on a north Denver side street, then walk a few blocks to Sloan Lake Park for a 2.6-mile loop around the park’s fist-shaped lake, Denver’s largest. The path mixes with runners, walkers and the occasional bike or scooter, and offers views of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains to the west and the city skyline to the east. 12:00pm…

Infinite Athlete is a name that Chelsea FC fans have seen countless times throughout the year. Last season, the name was the sponsor on the front of the Premier League powerhouse’s shirt, an advertising opportunity that brands will pay big money for and that can turn a startup into a household name.But Infinite Athlete isn’t a consumer-product company, a rarity for any team’s front-of-shirt sponsor. It’s building what’s called an “operating system for sports”: software that aggregates data collected from disconnected platforms. Using its platform, leagues, teams and other third parties can access a variety of information, including data from…

The Twitter alternative Bluesky Social website displayed on an iPhone screen. Photo: Koshiro K/Shutterstock Microblogging platform Bluesky may still be a relatively small player among the social media giants, but some news publishers seem to see its potential as an alternative to Twitter/X. Bluesky had an estimated 688,000 monthly active users in July, according to digital information platform Similarweb, but that’s far short of the 200 million monthly active users claimed by Meta’s product Threads and Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter), which reported 174 million daily active users in March. But dozens of publishers of varying size and reach, from…

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has once again proven his unparalleled influence, this time in the digital world. The soccer superstar broke a new YouTube record yesterday, becoming the fastest person in history to reach 10 million subscribers. Ronaldo’s channel, UR Cristiano, launched on August 21 and has attracted millions of fans around the world, surpassing 10 million subscribers by the end of the day. At the time this report was written, he had 15.6 million subscribers. Breaking Records Ronaldo’s achievement beats the previous record set by Hamster Combat, which took seven days to reach 10 million subscribers. The rapid growth…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Italian Republic have approved the extradition to Italy of Italian national Danilo Coppola, who was convicted of financial crimes, following an official request, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported on Thursday.UAE Minister of Justice Abdullah bin Sultan Al Nuaimi and his Italian counterpart Carlo Nordio confirmed in a telephone call that the decision was in accordance with the bilateral extradition treaty between the UAE and Italy, WAM added.The two Ministers stressed that the successful extradition of Mr. Coppola underscores the two countries’ unwavering commitment to upholding the rule of law and promoting international cooperation.”This…

The cast of Stage of Life Theatre Company’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which runs from today through Sunday at Thunder River Theatre in Carbondale, is being introduced. Photo: Sam Ferguson Carbondale’s Stage of Life Theatre Company has been providing theater programs to children in the Roaring Fork Valley since 2012. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 150-200 children between the ages of 6-18 participated in the program.This summer, SoL is expanding its platform and, for the first time, presenting a play with an all-ages cast ranging from 11 to 48. When the curtain rose on “Jesus Christ Superstar” last weekend,…

It’s easy to see rising food prices on store shelves, but it’s much harder to pinpoint who or what is responsible.Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris wants to ban “price gouging” in the food industry to address food inflation, which has plagued the economy for the past three years. Since Joe Biden entered the White House in 2021, food prices have risen 21%. Wages have risen just 17%. Shoppers are shrinking their grocery budgets.During Donald Trump’s presidency, food prices rose only 6.5%, while wages rose 15%, which is one of the main reasons some voters give Trump the edge…

In an interview with Binance CEO Richard Teng, it was revealed that the cryptocurrency exchange has no intention of considering an IPO or expanding in the United States. Binance CEO: Crypto exchange not considering IPO, doesn’t want to expand in the US Binance CEO Richard Teng said that unlike many other cryptocurrency exchanges, the exchange is not considering an IPO or expanding into the United States. In an interview with CoinDesk, Teng said: “We are in a very solid financial position and do not need to consider fundraising or an IPO at this time. From our fifth month of operation,…

August 22, 2024 12:56 PM X’s investor list includes approximately 100 entities, including some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has published a list of shareholders who backed Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the platform in October 2022, The Washington Post reported. The paper added that this was the result of a US federal court order. In 2023, a former Twitter employee filed a lawsuit alleging that X had violated an arbitration agreement by not paying him fees after Elon Musk acquired the company, and X had disclosed its…