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Opinion: Six steps to avoid squandering public optimism for the new Denver school board can take

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

On Friday, Marlene De La Rosa, Kimberlee Sia, and John Youngquist took an oath of office to fulfill their duties as members of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. The ceremony marked a pivotal leadership transition during which three incumbent board members – who lost community trust amidst school violence, failure to prioritize student achievement, a pattern of shunning community input, and incessant infighting – were replaced by new leaders who promise to make safe learning environments and student academic success their top priorities.De La Rosa, Sia, and Youngquist bring track records of competent and compassionate support for Denver’s diverse youth. Collectively, they inspire confidence throughout our community that they can move the seven-member Board toward policies and practices that will allow students to thrive and, ultimately, set up the city of Denver for long-term success.Leadership transitions like this one fuel hope, but also a degree of uncertainty as a new...

“Get Ready With Me”: Video genre that focuses on everyday life is everywhere — and not slowing down

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

NEW YORK — “Get Ready with Me” — to go on a date, go to work or … get fired?“Get Ready with Me” videos are everywhere these days, and they’re as straightforward as the name suggests. Social media users, often influencers, invite viewers to watch them get ready to do something or go somewhere. And embedded in the storyline are the skin care, the makeup, the hairdo and all the glam that goes into looking hot — and, of course, the personal stories about life or love that arrest your attention.GRWM videos, as they’re also known, are part of a trend of “with me” content that has gained popularity over the past decade. Think “Clean with Me” videos where users watch people clean their homes for inspiration or pleasure. Or hours-long “Study with Me” videos for students who want buddies for intense cramming sessions but don’t have any friends nearby.More than a decade after debuting on YouTube in the days when creator content was still relatively new, “Get Ready with Me” videos a...

Not just for throuples anymore: Dating app has worked out the kinks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

By Valeriya Safronova, The New York Times CompanyNEW YORK — When Ana Kirova first heard the idea that she should become chief executive of Feeld, the dating app, she was “terrified.”It was 2021, and Kirova had been working at the company for five years. The suggestion came from Dimo Trifonov, the app’s founder and Kirova’s romantic partner. Kirova had a strong hand in Feeld’s transformation from a niche app to something closer to mainstream. Still, she wondered if it would be smarter to hire someone from the outside.Over dinner at Seamore’s, a restaurant in Brooklyn, Kirova, 31, speculated that her hesitation to accept the job was rooted in insecurities that might be tied to her gender.“The more I thought about it, the more it felt like if I were a guy, I would just take it and try,” she said.She decided to accept the role. “There’s no such thing as a good CEO that is just born that way, that falls out of the sky,” she said.Feeld, which started as a dating app for couples and ...

Kurtenbach: The 49ers have unfinished business in Philadelphia. The Eagles have bad blood. This should be epic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

When the 49ers’ schedule was released last May, this was the game that everyone circled first.Because Dec. 3 in Philadelphia is unfinished business for the 49ers.The Niners cannot retrieve what was lost in January. They cannot undo what happened the last time they went to Philly, when Brock Purdy’s elbow exploded on the sixth play of the NFC Championship game and all hopes and dreams went with it.The Niners never had a chance to deploy their game plan for Philadelphia. The defense had to shift to accommodate the offense, and the offense had to adjust to a fourth-string backup quarterback and, later, Purdy, playing without the ability to throw the football.Related ArticlesSan Francisco 49ers | 49ers adjust to life without special teams standout George Odum San Francisco 49ers | Kurtenbach: The Eagles’ ‘Tush Push’ is the NFL’s best play. The 49ers know the secret to stopping it San Francisco 49ers | Is 49er...

49ers-Eagles preview: 5 keys to winning in Philadelphia as surprise favorites

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — Seven months ago, when the NFL announced the 49ers’ NFC Championship Game rematch here would be a twilight tilt this Sunday, coach Kyle Shanahan appreciated that scheduling.“I am glad we’re not playing Philly Week 1,” Shanahan said on May 10. “I want to play them at a better time. I want to make sure our whole team is right, there.”Brock Purdy’s surgically repaired elbow is indeed right, and the 49ers (8-3) are downright ready for their return to Lincoln Financial Field. They’ve downplayed this as “just another game,” but they’re also acknowledging how a win could eventually wrestle the NFC playoffs’ No. 1-seed from the Eagles (10-1).This game’s stakes don’t provide the immediate payoff as last January’s meeting for the NFC’s Super Bowl berth. You know the 49ers’ sad story: Purdy gets hurt six snaps into the game, backup Josh Johnson sustains a concussion right after halftime, and the Eagles roll to a 31-7 win — before t...

Editorial: Here’s how to break the Oakland A’s grip on the Coliseum

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

With the Oakland A’s headed for Las Vegas, it’s time for local elected officials to stop fantasizing about keeping the team in the Bay Area and start working to protect the public’s interest.That means that Oakland and Alameda County officials need to stop groveling to team ownership and start playing hardball. They need to wrest back control of the Coliseum, one of the Bay Area’s prime development sites. That’s the real prize now.The region badly needs transit-friendly housing. The 120-acre property has an existing BART station right there as well as two adjacent Interstate 880 on-ramps, making it probably the best transportation-ready site in the Bay Area.And yet, even though the A’s are about to move, prospects for any future housing and commercial development are stalled because the team’s billionaire owner, John Fisher, has a stranglehold on the land.Blame a horrible deal the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in 2019 struck with Fisher and his sidekick, team President Dave Ka...

Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says fatalities surpassed 15,200, 70% of them women and children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)(AP/Ariel Schalit) Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)(AP/Ariel Schalit) KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll has surpassed 15,200 and that 70% of those killed were women and children.The figure was announced Saturday by ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra, who did not provide further details.The previous toll given by the ministry was more than 13,300 dead. Al-Qidra did not explain the sharp jump. However, the ministry had only been able to pro...

At UN climate talks, 50 oil companies pledge to slash methane emissions; Environmentalists call it “smokescreen”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At UN climate talks, 50 oil companies pledge to slash methane emissions; Environmentalists call it “smokescreen.”Source

The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says death toll has surpassed 15,200 people, two-thirds of them women and children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says death toll has surpassed 15,200 people, two-thirds of them women and children.Source

¿Qué es y dónde queda Guayana Esequiba? Lo que debes saber sobre la región rica en petróleo que Venezuela disputa con Guyana

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:34:33 GMT

(CNN Español) — La centenaria controversia entre Venezuela y Guyana por la soberanía del Esequibo, el territorio del noreste de Sudamérica de casi 160.000 km2 con salida al océano Atlántico, ubicado entre las desembocaduras de los ríos Orinoco y Esequibo, ha reavivado en las últimas semanas las tensiones entre Caracas y Georgetown.¿La razón? El Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro convocó para el próximo 3 de diciembre un referendo para, según dice, reafirmar sus derechos sobre esa zona, que actualmente controla Guyana y que Venezuela asegura que le despojaron en 1899 en el Laudo Arbitral de París, que calificó como nulo e “írrito” al denunciar en 1962 ante la ONU supuestos vicios en el procedimiento.¿Cómo votar en el referéndum sobre Guyana en Venezuela y qué significan las preguntas que lo componen?En esa consulta popular, Venezuela les preguntará a sus ciudadanos si quieren anexar la Guayana Esequiba, o simplemente Esequibo, el término con el cual está más familiarizado e...