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☆ Fossil found on a beach by tween reveals massive marine reptile
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN —As Earth Day approaches and the Wonder Theory newsletter celebrates three years of arriving in your inboxes, I look to the future with hope. “And it’s up to you to choose what sort of impact you make.”Ocean secretsDr. Dean Lomax, (from left) Ruby Reynolds, Justin Reynolds and Paul de la Salle are shown with the fossil discovery in 2020. Dean LomaxIn May 2020, Ruby Reynolds, then 11, and her father, Justin, were searching for fossils on a Somerset beach along the English coast when she spotted something unusual. And when it came to sheer size, the marine reptile likely rivaled the blue whale, currently the largest living animal.

Persons: Jane Goodall, Goodall nurtures, Goodall, ” Goodall, Dean Lomax, Ruby Reynolds, Justin Reynolds, Paul de, Justin, ”, Gaia BH3, Nigel Raine, Dr, Matt Kasson, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Paul de la Salle, Indian Institute of Technology, ESA, West Virginia University, Explorations, NASA, International, CNN Space, Science Locations: Somerset, India, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Guatemala, France, Australia, Naples , Florida, what’s, Canada

☆ Ancient fossils lead to discovery of largest known marine reptile
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Dr. Dean Lomax, Ruby Reynolds, Justin Reynolds and Paul de la Salle (from left) are shown with the fossil discovery in 2020. “To think that my discovery in 2016 would spark so much interest in these enormous creatures fills me with joy,” de la Salle said. I am overjoyed.”Together, the Reynoldses, Lomax, de la Salle and others returned to Blue Anchor to search for additional fragments. The nearly complete giant jawbone is shown along with the jawbone (middle and bottom) found by Paul de la Salle in 2016. Sergey KrasovskiyThe discovery made by the Reynoldses and de la Salle will soon be displayed at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery in the UK.

Persons: Ichthyotitan, Justin, Ruby Reynolds, Marcello Perillo, Dean Lomax, Justin Reynolds, Paul de la, Lomax, De la Salle, “, de, Ruby, ” Lomax, Paul de, ”, ichthyosaurs, Perillo, ” Perillo, Mary Anning, Joseph, Sergey Krasovskiy, ” Ruby Reynolds, Paul Organizations: CNN, University of Bonn, Paul de la Salle, University of Manchester, University of Bristol, Salle, la Salle, de la Salle, Bristol Museum, Art Locations: Somerset, Braunton, England, , Somerset, Germany, United Kingdom, Devon, Lilstock, Canada, China

☆ A woman found dead in a church with no blood in her body may have been a TikToker hunting for ghosts, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A French woman was found dead in an abandoned church in northern Italy after a ghost-hunting trip. Police are investigating if her death was a result of a TikTok challenge or murder. AdvertisementA French woman embarked on a day trip to northern Italy for what appears to have been a ghost-hunting trip. She also had two gunshot wounds on her neck and one on her abdomen, which police told CNN may have been inflicted after she was already dead. The woman also may have been taking part in a ghost-hunting challenge that's popular among TikTok users in France, police told CNN.

Persons: —, TikToker, TikTok Organizations: Police, Service, CNN, Bloomberg, Washington Post, TikTok, Business Locations: Italy, Lyon, France, La Salle, Aosta Valley

☆ Aosta Valley, Italy: 22 year-old French woman found dead in church was searching for ghosts, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Rome, Italy CNN —A 22-year-old French woman whose blood-drained body was found in an abandoned church in northern Italy’s Aosta Valley over the weekend had been looking for a haunted house believed to contain ghosts, according to police. There are also two other missing persons cases in the area which police say could be related. Some of the blood had been scraped off the floor and removed from the crime scene, police told CNN. The woman had no documents or cellphone on her when a local resident discovered her decomposing body, police say. The area prosecutor Manlio D’Ambrosi told local media that they are also investigating the presence of a burgundy colored van that was spotted on surveillance footage near the abandoned church last week.

Persons: Italy CNN —, ”, Roberto Testi, Manlio D’Ambrosi Organizations: Italy CNN, La Salle, CNN, Police Locations: Rome, Italy, Aosta, Lyon, La, France

☆ Tyrese Proctor, Kyle Filipowski help No. 9 Duke ease past La Salle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Anwar Gill tallied 17 points and Jhamir Brickus added 13 points to lead La Salle (4-1), but the Explorers couldn't extend their best start in nine years. La Salle coach Fran Dunphy was bidding for a milestone victory. Filipowski, who sat out for some first-half stretches, scored the first eight Duke points of the second half. The Blue Devils outscored La Salle 30-17 in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Proctor had 10 points in the first 13 minutes and the Blue Devils went up 29-19 after his pair of 3-pointers.

Persons: Rokas, Kyle Filipowski, Rob Kinnan, Tyrese, Sean Stewart, Mark Mitchell, Anwar Gill, Jhamir Brickus, Fran Dunphy, He's, Proctor, Filipowski, Duke, Jared McCain, TJ Power, La Salle's Khalil Brantley Organizations: La Salle Explorers, Duke Blue Devils, Cameron Indoor, Duke, La Salle, Blue Devils, Devils, Southern Indiana, Thomson Locations: Durham , North Carolina, USA, Durham, N.C, Saturday's

☆ ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | Blacki Migliozzi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Dallas TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio Dallas TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio TEXAS TEXAS Amarillo Lubbock Dallas El Paso TEXAS Austin Houston San Antonio Corpus Christi UNCHARTED WATERS ‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. Water wells that supply fracking Nationwide, fracking has used up nearly 1.5 trillion gallons of water since 2011. Now they account for almost two out of every three fracking wells in Texas, the Times analysis found. ‘Monster fracks’ take off in Texas Proportion of fracks Source: FracFocus chemical disclosure database as of Aug. 1, 2023. In 2020, New Mexico halted sales of water supplies to oil and gas companies fracking on state land.

☆ How India's foreign policy decisions will test its superpower ambitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Nessa Anwar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Karthik Nachiappan, who researches Indian foreign policy at the National University of Singapore, noted that the country has a growing influence in the Global South, which is mainly made up of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. "Non-alignment has been a primary strategy that has covered Indian foreign policy through the decades," Nachiappan told CNBC. However, India's policy of non-alignment has incrementally transformed into a policy of multi-alignment over the years, Nachiappan added. Don McLain Gill, a geopolitical analyst at De La Salle University, says India has an independent approach to its foreign policy. But as the world becomes more polarized, India's foreign policy decisions will test the country's superpower ambitions.

Persons: it's, Karthik Nachiappan, Nachiappan, Don McLain Gill, Gill Organizations: National University of Singapore, CNBC, De La Salle University Locations: India, Germany, Japan, China, United States, Ukraine, Russia, Africa, Asia, Latin America

☆ Kyle Harrison dazzles at home as Giants top Reds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

August 29 - Local product Kyle Harrison made his first major league home start a memorable one, striking out 11 and combining with three relievers on a six-hitter in the San Francisco Giants' 4-1 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. The closest the Reds came to scoring against Harrison came after he had left two on with one out in the seventh, with the Giants up 4-0. The Reds scored off Tyler Rogers in the eighth on an Elly De La Cruz RBI double after a two-out single by Nick Senzel. Davis had two hits for the Giants, who won a series opener for the first time since Aug. 7 against the Los Angeles Angels. The Reds lost for the fourth time in five games since opening a 10-game Western swing with three straight wins.

Persons: Kyle Harrison, Wilmer Flores, Patrick Bailey, Paul DeJong, Wade Meckler, Harrison, Ryan Walker, Nick Martini, Luis Matos, Christian Encarnacion, Walker, Will Benson, Tyler Rogers, Elly De La Cruz, Nick Senzel, Camilo Doval, Andrew Abbott, Austin Slater, Estrada, Flores, Bailey, Meckler, Abbott, Davis Organizations: San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Giants, Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, National League, De La Salle High School, Los Angeles Angels, The Reds, Thomson Locations: Oakland, Concord, Calif, Philadelphia

☆ A New Recipe for a Very Old Hummus
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Sam Sifton | More About Sam Sifton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

There’s some very nice writing about recipes in The New York Times Magazine this week, not surprisingly under the byline of Ligaya Mishan. Her subject is a hummus recipe (above), dating back to 13th century Syria, that Lucien Zayan of the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn served at a dinner series he runs, la Salle A Manger. We don’t have a lot of recipes that are so old. In fact, Ligaya reports, there is no documentation of hummus recipes after the 14th century until the late 19th century. But hummus endured, as Ligaya explained beautifully: “A recipe existed only in the doing, the way that the ‘Odyssey’ once existed only in the telling, made new each time, revised, embellished, its glory subject to the seemingly boundless human capacity for error and its counterpart, invention.”Featured RecipeView Recipe →

Persons: Ligaya Mishan, Lucien Zayan, hummus, Ligaya Organizations: New York Times Magazine, Art Center, la Locations: Syria, Brooklyn

So You Want to Turn an Office Building Into a Home? There’s an appealing simplicity to the idea of converting office buildings into housing. Basically, they did this:How to Turn a 26-story Office Building Into a 30-story Apartment Building Cut a hole through 23 floors of the building. How to Turn a 26-story Office Building Into a 30-story Apartment Building Cut a hole through 23 floors of the building. That could change with tax abatements and subsidy programs, or if outdated office buildings lose so much value that the cost of acquiring them plummets.

[1/2] A family shops at the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market in Bentonville, Arkansas, June 4, 2015. REUTERS/Rick WilkingCompanies Walmart Inc FollowFeb 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Walmart Inc (WMT.N) of deceiving shoppers by selling Fudge Mint cookies that lacked fudge and mint. Eugene DeMaso, of La Salle, Illinois, said packaging for the cookies sold under Walmart's Great Value label misled reasonable consumers because the cookies' "fudge" contained no milkfat and its "mint" contained no mint ingredients. Rowland also agreed with Walmart that "mint" promised a flavor, not actual mint. The lawsuit said Walmart's cookies sold for at least $1.89 for 10 ounces, and would have sold for less absent the alleged misleading representations.

Louisiana parishes (which are similar to counties) have pretty consistent borrowing limits for mortgages. As a result, you can compare potential new homes in two distinct parishes without factoring in borrowing limits as much. Louisiana borrowing limits in 2023 by parishesParish Conforming mortgage borrowing limit (single-family home FHA mortgage borrowing limit (single-family home) Acadia Parish $726,200 $472,030 Allen Parish $726,200 $472,030 Ascension Parish $726,200 $472,030 Assumption Parish $726,200 $472,030 Avoyelles Parish $726,200 $472,030 Beauregard Parish $726,200 $472,030 Bienville Parish $726,200 $472,030 Bossier Parish $726,200 $472,030 Caddo Parish $726,200 $472,030 Calcasieu Parish $726,200 $472,030 Caldwell Parish $726,200 $472,030 Cameron Parish $726,200 $472,030 Catahoula Parish $726,200 $472,030 Claiborne Parish $726,200 $472,030 Concordia Parish $726,200 $472,030 De Soto Parish $726,200 $472,030 East Baton Rouge Parish $726,200 $472,030 East Carroll Parish $726,200 $472,030 East Feliciana Parish $726,200 $472,030 Evangeline Parish $726,200 $472,030 Franklin Parish $726,200 $472,030 Grant Parish $726,200 $472,030 Iberia Parish $726,200 $472,030 Iberville Parish $726,200 $472,030 Jackson Parish $726,200 $472,030 Jefferson Parish $726,200 $472,030 Jefferson Davis Parish $726,200 $472,030 Lafayette Parish $726,200 $472,030 Lafourche Parish $726,200 $472,030 La Salle Parish $726,200 $472,030 Lincoln Parish $726,200 $472,030 Livingston Parish $726,200 $472,030 Madison Parish $726,200 $472,030 Morehouse Parish $726,200 $472,030 Natchitoches Parish $726,200 $472,030 Orleans Parish $726,200 $472,030 Ouachita Parish $726,200 $472,030 Plaquemines Parish $726,200 $472,030 Pointe Coupee Parish $726,200 $472,030 Rapides Parish $726,200 $472,030 Red River Parish $726,200 $472,030 Richland Parish $726,200 $472,030 Sabine Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. Bernard Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. Charles Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. Helena Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. James Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. John the Baptish Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. Landry Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. Marin Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. Mary Parish $726,200 $472,030 St. Tammany Parish $726,200 $472,030 Tangipahoa Parish $726,200 $472,030 Tensas Parish $726,200 $472,030 Terrebonne Parish $726,200 $472,030 Union Parish $726,200 $472,030 Vermilion Parish $726,200 $472,030 Vernon Parish $726,200 $472,030 Washington Parish $726,200 $472,030 West Baton Rouge Parish $726,200 $472,030 West Carroll Parish $726,200 $472,030 West Feliciana Parish $726,200 $472,030 Winn Parish $726,200 $472,030Note: You'll need to get a jumbo loan if you want to borrow more than $726,200, regardless of where you want to live in Louisiana. How to determine which mortgage is right for youYou may want to consider an FHA mortgage if you don't think you'll meet the requirements for a conforming mortgage. A conforming mortgage may be a good choice if you plan on getting a home that costs more than the FHA borrowing limit in your county.

☆ Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners in US, UK Paying Virtual Assistants $2.50 Per Hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Aimee Pearcy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Virtual assistants help small-business owners with tasks like entering data, managing email, answering calls, creating client invoices, handling live chat support, and bolstering social-media engagement. Other virtual assistants aren't as fortunate. Since Jonas launched OnlineJobs.ph in 2009, he said, it has become a leading platform for Filipino virtual assistants, with over 2 million profiles offering services. Paying virtual assistants similar rates, regardless of whether they're also in a Western country, is an obvious solution. "Virtual assistants work with a client constantly.

Speaking ahead of his flight, Marcos said he looked forward to meeting President Xi Jinping and that "the issues between our two countries are problems that do not belong between two friends such as the Philippines and China". Last week, a Philippine foreign ministry official said talks with Xi would include China's actions in the South China Sea. While the Philippines is a defence ally of the United States, under Duterte it set aside a territorial spat over the South China Sea in exchange for Chinese investment. Beijing claims much of the South China Sea, where about $3 trillion in ship-borne trade passes annually, with the area becoming a flashpoint for Chinese and U.S. tensions around naval operations. But while De Castro expects the South China Sea issue to be brought up, he does not expect Beijing to alter its position.

☆ Working remotely opens up a world of possibilities. For three UK professionals, it has been life-changing.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Hp | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

HP technology powers key products that make hybrid work more productive and collaborative. Here are some UK professionals who are harnessing the benefits of technology to make their work-from-anywhere dream a reality. De La Salle likened Vitoria to a smaller, more manageable Rio de Janeiro. The next step for De La Salle and his team is to trial a four-day working week beginning in January — backed by Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Sensing trouble brewing in the months leading up to the pandemic, Okoroafor started working remotely.

☆ University of Florida students protest against Ben Sasse’s anti-LGBTQ past
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Zachary Schermele | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Hundreds of University of Florida students held protests this week criticizing the anticipated appointment of Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., to lead the school. Sasse has said that as university president, he would do his best to represent the views of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students. But for some, his candidacy has called to mind the university’s anti-LGBTQ history and the extent to which many of them feel it continues to sideline their needs and experiences, four LGBTQ students told NBC News. The university’s LGBTQ+ Affairs office, for example, has a high staff turnover rate, he said. He said a “silver lining” of the protests was that many LGBTQ students made their concerns more widely known.

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