One design will be chosen by the end of the month. A committee of officials–representing the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (charged with overseeing the plans), the Port Authority (which owns the site) and representatives of the governor’s and mayor’s offices–faces two deeply serious schemes, each with its own inspiring idea to be tested. Libeskind’s plan has jagged towers, a spiky spire and a dramatic void all the way down to bedrock for a memorial site....
ABC and its competitors are betting that it gets to a wide U.S. audience. Last month, Fox launched My Network TV, an offshoot that’s offering original programming to affiliates starting with two telenovela adaptations. NBC Universal Television Group is retooling several series from its Telemundo unit and CBS also has English-language telenovelas in the works. Latinos like Horta, who identify with their parents’ culture but are more fluent with English media, are the target demographic for many of these shows....
It seemed like a sensible way to break the logjam over a new civil-rights bill. At a private dinner arranged by AT&T chairman Robert Allen in New York last December, top CEOs and civil-rights leaders agreed to have lawyers meet to try to hammer out their differences. A similar measure, designed to reverse recent Supreme Court decisions making job-discrimination charges difficult to prove, was vetoed last year by President Bush, who insisted it would force employers to establish racial quotas....
The controversy surrounding its semi-fictional memoir-style made it one of the internet’s first viral scandals of the publishing world. But beyond the controversy—and the infamous interview Frey did with Oprah Winfrey in 2005—is a story about a person struggling with addiction and desperately trying to find a way out of it. That’s the story director Sam Taylor-Johnson told in her new film adaption of the memoir, starring and co-written by her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson....
Carter’s manager told Page Six in a November 18 article that over time, cyberbullying “broke down” the singer. He described the onslaught of virtual hate as a “nightmare.” “It was nonstop,” the manager, Taylor Helgeson, said. “It was so relentless and, yeah, it did a number on him.” Earlier this month, 34-year-old Carter was discovered dead in a bathtub at his home in Lancaster, California, and pill bottles and compressed air cans were said to have been discovered at the scene....
The attorney, Todd J. Hollis, told Pittsburgh television station KDKA that his client, DeVincent Spriggs, wished to apologize after surveillance video of the Sunday morning incident appeared to show that Donald came to Spriggs’ aid as Spriggs was being kicked and punched. “I wanted to make this statement public. And to extend an apology to Aaron for what he’s gone through, but I clearly know this was not him,” Hollis said....
Through the Packers’ first four games of the season, Rodgers has thrown 13 touchdown passes, the third-highest tally in the league along with reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes and behind only Russell Wilson and Josh Allen, who have passed for 19 and 14 touchdowns respectively. Green Bay’s signal caller is yet to throw an interception this season and with at least two touchdown passes and no picks against the Bucs, he would become the first player in NFL history to throw for at least two touchdowns without an interception in each of his team’s first five games of a season....
You get a player like Abraham Benjamin de Villiers only once in a lifetime. He’s truly a special person – delivering almost every time his squad is staring down the barrel. Epithets such as Superhuman and Demigod have been thrown about so liberally in his case that one forgets he’s just another guy playing the sport he loves, just doing exceptionally well at it. Today, however, it stands proven beyond a shadow of doubt that the Proteas skipper is just another man, saddled with the cares of a leader, the hopes of a nation long bereft of a major ICC title since the 1998 Mini-World Cup victory, and the ever-growing burden of having to win everything in sight....
South Africa’s Test captain, AB de Villiers, has opened up about the match-fixing saga that rocked the Indian Premier League, stating that he had never seen any indication of fixing, but conceded that corruption does shadow the game. Speaking about the controversial issues that plagued the IPL and forced the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, De Villiers has written in his autobiography that he had no knowledge of either of the cases when the news first came....
Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is running for reelection, tweeted hours before the protest that access remains legal and safe in her state. “New Mexicans understand the right to make personal decisions about one’s own reproductive health care—and we won’t go back,” she wrote. The crowd gathered in triple-digit temperatures near the location where Jackson Women’s Health Organization plans to open its new clinic next week. Some held signs that read “Pray to End Abortion” and “Vote Your Values....
Lynn surpassed Alex Hales’ record of 87* in 32 balls back in 2018. His destructive batting led Maratha Arabians to finish on a total of 138-2 in their innings. This innings came right after Kolkata Knight Riders ended its association with Chris Lynn ahead of the IPL 2020 auction. This Australian explosive batsman was a part of KKR since 2014, but couldn’t play continuously due to shoulder injuries. In 2017 he played till mid-season, scoring 295 runs in just seven innings at an outstanding strike rate of 180....
The 22-year-old has damaged a muscle and is therefore a major doubt for Monday’s key Serie A clash with Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. Mourinho eyes four United signings “AC Milan announces that Alessio Romagnoli today underwent a medical examination that revealed an injury to his right thigh flexor,” a Milan statement confirmed. The news is a major blow to head coach Vincenzo Montella, who has been forced to field a makeshift defence in Milan’s last two matches....
The Rossoneri have struggled for stability since the sacking of Massimiliano Allegri in 2014, the last head coach to lead them to the Scudetto, with Gennaro Gattuso becoming their sixth different permanent boss in four years when he was appointed last November. With the club seemingly unfazed by the disappointing tenures of three former players, ex-Milan midfielder Gattuso was promoted from his role with the youth team as the replacement for Vincenzo Montella....
For the first time since 2010/11, the Rossoneri have finished top of Serie A, beating reigning champions Inter Milan to Scudetto glory by two points. Stefano Pioli’s side made certain of their 19th top-flight title with a 3-0 win at Sassuolo on Sunday, meaning Inter’s 3-0 defeat of Sampdoria counted for little. Olivier Giroud was Milan’s hero, scoring twice in the first half as he won his first league title since Montpellier were crowned champions of France 10 years ago....
Symptoms Symptoms commonly associated with accommodative spasm include: Blurred vision Fluctuating vision Headache Eye fatigue Loss of concentration during a task Most of us, at one time or another, have experienced an accommodative spasm. Most experience in high school or college sitting in large lecture rooms. It seems to occur to a lot of students while taking tests. You might be concentrating on your test, filling in those little ovals with a number two pencil....
StockX claims to have resold around 83,000 PS5 disc versions and around 55,000 digital versions of the console in the United States since November, which puts the site’s total around 138,000 consoles. StockX says that around 60,000 of those consoles were sold in November alone. Scalpers were already selling PS5 consoles at ridiculous prices on its launch day, with some listed for over $1,700. Although most scalper prices aren’t that high, scalper sites have regularly listed PS5s for between $700 to $1,000, which is still far above the disc version retail price of $500....
Meeting with Clinton the next day, Bibi offered to pull troops out of less than 10 percent of the West Bank. Yasir Arafat, who had his own visit to the White House last week, had a succinct response to the offer: “Peanuts.”
Having known Castro since the birth of the Cuban revolution in January 1959, I do not remember his ever displaying the kind of deference, if not veneration, that he showed John Paul II on that Roman morning. Watching him on television, as he murmured his greetings to the pope, I had the sensation of a Fidel Castro who, for perhaps the first time in his life, was humble and tender....
I think they’re the best-qualified people that I interviewed, on balance. I sure do. I think I did a pretty good job. I think it’s a very talented cabinet. I think that this diversity issue is very important; I’ve always believed that if you looked hard enough, you could find really gifted people who came from different walks of life and different experiences. Well, first of all, I don’t know if it’s true....
