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Ask Amy: Details emerge after soul mate’s death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

Dear Amy: I was with my boyfriend for four years.We lived together the entire time.He was my soul mate and stepped in to be the dad in my kids’ lives (I have three children from my previous marriage).I thought everything was amazing and that he was my partner in life.He died two weeks ago. Because we weren’t married, I couldn’t be the person to make the arrangements. His mother’s family immediately started blocking me from any involvement in the funeral.He was always protective of his phone and kept it locked.He stated that this was because of a past experience he’d had with personal information that was spread online.Well, after his death I had to access his phone in hopes of locating a will, wishes or anything to support getting him put to rest.I didn’t find any of that, but I did find intimate conversations he’d had with multiple women that were very sexual in nature.I’m talking about pictures, Facebook Messenger, and phone calls spanning the ENTIRE ...

EU Code Week 2023 kicks off to encourage young people to acquire coding and digital skills

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

The EU Code Week began on Saturday 7 October this year. Then today (9 October) from 16:00-18:00 there will be a livestreamed event with speakers from the education and advanced digital skills domain who will share their insights into the importance of coding, and connect live with schools showcasing remarkable coding education actions. The aim of the Code Week initiative is to encourage young people take up coding and pursue a career in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.There is a significant shortage of specialists using advanced digital technologies, while at the same time ICT specialists as well as girls and women in the EU are underrepresented in the digital field. The EU is committed to increasing basic digital skills among at least 80% of those aged 16-74. The first report on the State of the Digital Decade reveals that without significant changes, the EU will fall far behind, with only 59% of the population possessing basic digital skills by 2...

49ers report card: Credit all for historic destruction of Cowboys

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Here is how the 49ers (5-0) graded in Sunday night’s 42-10 home win over the Dallas Cowboys (3-2):PASS OFFENSE: ABrock Purdy (four touchdown passes) and George Kittle (three touchdown catches) set career highs, and their most picturesque connection came on a play called: “Toss 18 Flea Flick.” That football touched the hands of Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel, then went back to Purdy, who didn’t flinch at an incoming defender and launched a pass from midfield to Kittle for a 38-yard touchdown reception and a 14-0 lead. That play was installed midway through last season (before Purdy ascended to the QB throne), and although it was called amid the carnage of the NFC Championship Game for McCaffrey (after Purdy’s injury), it wasn’t fully executed until this game, after they practiced it Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.Kittle commended Purdy for how well prepared he is with the 100 passes and 50 runs they must sift through each week, adding: “Brock’s pocket aware...

Sale closed in Dublin: $1.5 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

6170 Shadow Hill Drive – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 6100 block of Shadow Hill Drive in Dublin was sold on Aug. 9, 2023. The $1,500,000 purchase price works out to $783 per square foot. The house, built in 2000, has an interior space of 1,916 square feet. The layout of this two-story home includes three bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the house includes a two-car garage.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:A 3,844-square-foot home on the 3700 block of Hobstone Place in Dublin sold in September 2022, for $2,280,000, a price per square foot of $593. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.On Hobstone Place, Dublin, in September 2022, a 4,005-square-foot home was sold for $2,200,000, a price per square foot of $549. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.In August 2022, a 4,005-square-foot home on Ledgewood Terrace in Dublin sold for $2,311,000, a price per square foot of $577. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. 

Bridge: Oct. 9, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

When I watched today’s deal in a penny game, Unlucky Louie was East and held one of his usual piles of nothing. His expectation was about minus 650 points, and it got lower when North-South bid a slam.Luckily for Louie, South was Joe Overberry, who thinks it’s nobler to go down in pursuit of an overtrick than to make his contract. West led the king of hearts against six spades, and Joe ruffed in dummy, led a trump to his ace, ruffed another heart and led a second trump.When Louie discarded, Joe took the K-Q and started the clubs. West ruffed the second club and cashed his ace of hearts.SEVEN“We stop at six spades when we should have bid seven,” North moaned. “Then the man goes down trying to make seven.”Joe pitched 1530 points. At Trick Two he should play a low trump from both hands, guarding against a 4-1 break. If West wins and returns a trump, Joe wins, ruffs a second heart in dummy and draws trumps. He can run the clubs without interruption fo...

Horoscopes Oct. 9, 2023: Tony Shalhoub, adhere to common sense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Brandon Routh, 44; Scott Bakula, 69; Tony Shalhoub, 70; Sharon Osbourne, 71.Happy Birthday: Keep your overhead low and your spirits high. Setting a budget that helps you save for something unique will give you something to look forward to and make you feel good about your choices. Refuse to let the little things get to you or allow negative people to bring you down. Enjoy your dreams, but adhere to common sense. You’ll enjoy long-term gains. Discipline is the key to your success. Your numbers are 7, 15, 24, 28, 31, 37, 43.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take the path of least resistance. Refuse to let changes going on around you throw you off guard. Make your plans and form alliances with people with something unique to contribute. Consider an unusual suggestion, but tweak it to fit your needs. 5 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Dodge anyone who wants to debate. Put your plan in place and head in a direction that offers the momentum you require to be suc...

STAT WATCH: Michigan’s defense is as stingy as ever, allowing fewer than 7 points per game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

For the third time in nine years, Michigan has reached the halfway point of the regular season having given up the fewest points in the Football Bowl Subdivision.The Wolverines have allowed just four touchdowns and 40 points, an FBS-best average of 6.7 per game, and hadn’t surrendered more than seven until their 52-10 win over Minnesota on Saturday.Michigan also led the nation in scoring defense through six games in 2015 and ’16. The Wolverines have allowed 17.9 points per game since 2015, which was Jim Harbaugh’s first year as coach and also the first year Sportradar had complete data available. That ranks sixth nationally behind Georgia (16.2 ppg), Alabama (16.7), Clemson (17.0), Wisconsin (17.1) and Iowa (17.5).THE 200 CLUBNorthern Illinois’ Antario Brown matched the national season high for rushing yards in a game, going for a career-best 280 on just 13 carries in a 55-14 win at Akron.Brown scored on runs of 66, 58, 46 and 50 yards and tied Kentucky’...

NHL teams on the rise after missing playoffs: Penguins, Predators, Senators, Sabres and Red Wings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings’ playoff drought has lingered so long that they’ve tied a team record, seemingly stuck in a rebuilding mode that has allowed apathy to set in with at least some fans.Steve Yzerman is trying to spark a change.The Hockey Hall of Famer and Red Wings general manager finally felt that making major trades and spending significant money in free agency made sense for the franchise after seeing a couple of years of some progress.Detroit desperately hopes to snap its seven-year playoff drought, which equals an awful run in the 1970s, and becomes part of an NHL trend.Since the league’s current playoff format started a decade ago, at least five teams have been in the playoffs each year after missing out the previous year.The Vegas Golden Knights were among the recent examples and they ended up wining the Stanley Cup in their sixth season, a year after not making it to the postseason for the first time.Detroit doesn’t suddenly seem lik...

Unbeaten No. 14 Louisville savors another comeback win while striving for a complete performance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s quick start is ironic considering it hasn’t always started quickly.Three second-half comebacks have helped the No. 14 Cardinals (6-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) achieve their best start in 10 years, with Saturday night’s 33-20 victory over then-No. 10 Notre Dame being the latest rally. Granted, a 13-10 deficit was significantly easier to overcome compared to double-digit holes against Georgia Tech and North Carolina State; but it spoke volumes about their resilience.As Louisville savors a signature victory over one of college football’s most storied programs, work continues toward a complete effort.“Once you win a game like that, the bar goes from here up to here,” first-year coach Jeff Brohm said, raising the palm of his hand. “Every week in college football, if you don’t come ready to play you are not going to win. We’re going to have to get back to work over 24 hours.”Like other rallies, Louisville’s final 30 minutes against the Fighting Ir...

Nobel economics prize goes to professor for advancing understanding of women’s labor market outcomes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:12 GMT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing understanding of women’s labor market outcomes.Goldin is only the third woman to win the prize, which was announced by Hans Ellegren, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm. “Understanding women’s role in the labour market is important for society. Thanks to Claudia Goldin’s groundbreaking research, we now know much more about the underlying factors and which barriers may need to be addressed in the future,” said Jakob Svensson, chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences.It follows the awards in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace that were announced last week.The economics award was created in 1968 by Sweden’s central bank and is formally known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Last year’s winners were former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Ber...