Phelps told The Associated Press on Thursday that "nothing is set in stone" though clearly he has enjoyed getting back into shape — he's down about 15 pounds — and working out with his former team at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. "If I decide to keep going and swim again, then I'll compete," Phelps told the AP in an exclusive telephone interview from Minneapolis, where he is attending an Arena Grand Prix meet this weekend....
First, Kadri stopped short of picking Canada to beat the United States in the Olympic semifinals on Friday. Kadri is Canadian. “I want to say Tim Hortons, but, to be honest, I think Dunkin Donuts is a little bit better.” Then, Carlyle offered some tempered praise of Phil Kessel. Kessel plays for him. Almost as big a statement as leading the Olympics in points and having the third-most goals of any NHL player since the start of the 2011-12 season....
As a clinician and CEO of an advisory firm, I have seen many approaches to managing change with varying levels of success. When clinicians engage with their patients to drive behavioral change, they seek to intrinsically change their behavior. When individuals change intrinsically, their behavior changes even when no one is looking, not just when they are within view of others. In my experience, the Five Stages of Change, or Transtheoretical, model used by clinicians with patients, combined with the NURSE process, can be applied to large enterprise transformations....
Beck’s broadcast—which was pre-recorded in December 2021—referred to the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol as a “distraction.” Instead of discussing the 2020 election or the riots, the interview focused on Trump’s complaints about the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden. The omission of the two topics is notable seeing as, over the last year, Trump has repeatedly doubled down on claims that now-President Biden stole the election with mass voting irregularities in key states....
U.S. officials have denied Padilla’s claims that he was mistreated after he was thrown into a U.S. naval brig on orders from President Bush in June 2002. “It is our policy to treat all detainees humanely,” said Pentagon spokesman J. D. Gordon. (A Justice spokesman declined to comment on the new claims about Padilla’s mental state or the existence of tapes.) But the disputes about Padilla’s treatment have raised issues that are likely to come up in future prosecutions, whether in regular criminal courts–where Padilla is due to be tried early next year–or in military commissions where the Bush administration plans to prosecute Qaeda figures....
Grant could have sympathy for an accomplished soldier, but Lee had devoted his arts and valor to a deeply wrongful end, and that sense of things was bound up with the moral meaning of “treason.” To take up arms in a secession was to take up arms in overthrowing the results of a free election—the 1860 election that brought Abraham Lincoln to office. To seek to overthrow a free election through violence was nothing less, as Lincoln said, than denying the right of a people to govern itself; it was a denial of government by “the consent of the governed....
Who are we now? A people who manage to get by with the help of the everyday, the ordinary, the mundane, the old familiar life muting the terror of the new reality. The day approaching will always be bifurcated for me: part September 11, the anniversary of one of the happiest days of my life, and part 9-11, the day America’s mind reeled, its spine stiffened and its heart broke....
And the great thing is, both come to the same conclusion. If a major theme of the Million Man March was the need for black men to act more responsibly toward their women and families-well, the movie, based on the best-selling novel by Terry McMillan, couldn’t agree more. It follows for a year the romantic lives of four women friends in a world full of men who seem to have lived through the last 15 years without any idea how bad their behavior would sound to Oprah Winfrey....
The wide receiver from Cambridge Springs High School set the mark Friday when he hauled in a 43-yard touchdown pass, giving him 915 yards in his career. The school’s previous record was 912 yards set in 1998. MORE: Best photos of the week, Sept. 7-13 Silbaugh, a junior, started playing organized football when he was 14. He also plays basketball and volleyball for the school, which is located about 30 miles south of Erie, but has always excelled on the gridiron despite his disadvantage....
The terrorists weren’t through yet, however. At about the same time as the Paradise Hotel was bombed, about 20 miles south, Capt. Rafi Marek of the Israeli charter serv-ice Arkia was just taking off from Mombasa airport with a full load of 261 passengers returning to Tel Aviv. At about 500 feet, he felt a thud. Marek’s first thought was that a bird had hit one of the wings. Marek checked the dials–no gas leaks, no system damage–and radioed Kenyan flight authorities that Flight 582 would continue its five-hour journey....
A quick listing of recent targets is telling. Terrorists hit one of the holiest temples of the Hindus, in Varanasi. They attacked the controversial Ramlala (Infant Ram) temple at Ayodhya, where a Muslim mosque had been demolished by Hindu mobs in 1992, resulting in India’s last widespread Hindu-Muslim riots. Both attacks were preceded by serial bombings in New Delhi’s bustling bazaars, during the same week as the Eid and Diwali festivals, the year’s biggest for Muslims and Hindus, respectively....
The reason for the silence: these leaders know Chávez can count on a fifth column in nearly every country in the region. Even while he denounces the policies of his opponents and throws vitriol in every direction, he also uses his nation’s resources to befriend their constituencies. These acolytes are devoted to his ideals and, more important, to his funding. They are boisterous, or powerful, or both, and they can make life miserable for governments ranging from the emblematic left (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil) to the liberal right (Mexico’s Felipe Calderón or Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe)....
The West Virginia city of Huntington and surrounding Cabell County sued the national distribution companies AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson after hundreds of residents overdosed and died from opioid addiction from 2015 to 2020. The trial opened in federal court this month and marks just one of 3,000 lawsuits filed in federal courts in the Northern District of Ohio, as the region grapples with an opioid crisis that has shattered communities over several years....
The adorable marsupial has captured hearts after eating a strawberry in the clip that was posted on Thursday by Katelyn who runs the account george.the.possum. It now has more than 1.2 million views and over 320,000 likes. The opossum is often confused with the possum—the two animals have similar names that are often used interchangeably though they are different animals. The possum is native to Australia, New Zealand and China and has a much thicker tail, while the opossum is native to North America and has a signature bare tail....
In the popular r/aww subreddit devoted to cute pictures and videos, u/MrFuzzybagels posted the eight-second clip and got over 26,600 upvotes for his trouble. Titled “Excuse me miss, I think you dropped something,” the video shows the mother opossum running with nine babies on her back. She accidentally clips against the corner of a building, and knocks three off. The babies were all fine, albeit perhaps a little confused as to where their mother had gone....
A new poll from Morning Consult/Politico found 26 percent of all voters said Jackson shouldn’t be appointed to a lifetime position on the bench—an increase of 7 percentage points from before her appearance in front of the panel, where she faced scrutiny on her record from Republican senators. If she is approved by lawmakers, she will be the first Black woman to serve on the bench. The jump was driven by Republicans and Independents....
The now-viral picture was shared to Reddit on Monday by Nathan Sievers from Baltimore, who uses the handle nathanddfd1234. The post now has over 51,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments. Posted with the caption: “My dog laying down with his head on the curb… Looks like he’s been decapitated,” the picture shows the dog—a 2-year-old Husky and golden retriever mix called Bleuregard Q. Kazoo—laying with his head resting on the curb at an angle that looks like a floating head....
Chemotherapy works by damaging rapidly growing cells. Cancer cells grow and divide at an out-of-control rate, and chemotherapy can interrupt their cell cycles. Unfortunately, chemotherapy cannot distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells, so some healthy cells are also damaged in the process. This is what causes chemotherapy’s side effects, but most healthy cells can eventually recover. The goal of chemotherapy is to cure cancer. If that is not possible, chemo can be used to control the growth of cancer, or in severe cases, to help ease the symptoms of the disease....
Meyer has coached in four previous BCS games. He's never lost. Swinney has taken his team to the BCS one other time, and lost by 37 points. MORE: Missouri vs. Oklahoma State in Cotton Bowl | Sugar Bowl stunner Of course, come Friday night, none of that will matter. The seventh-ranked Buckeyes (12-1) and the 12th-ranked Tigers (10-2) will be squaring off in the Orange Bowl, where Meyer will aim to keep his BCS record perfect and Swinney will try to have his team, as he put it, "continue to climb the mountain....
