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☆ Tiger Woods' new golf league delays start of season by a year after venue collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's indoor golf league, TGL, has postponed its inaugural season by a year until the start of 2025, the organization said Monday. But TGL delayed the season, which was expected to start in January, after speaking to key partners. "This decision came after reviewing short-term solutions, potential construction timelines, player schedules, and the primetime sports television calendar," the league said in a statement. TGL, which counts the PGA Tour as a partner, was founded by McIlroy, Woods and former NBC executive Mike McCarthy. The trio wants to create a primetime indoor golf league to attract new fans to the sport at as the emergence of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, and then its proposed merger with the PGA Tour, left golf at a crossroads.

Persons: Woods, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy's, TGL, McIlroy, Mike McCarthy, LIV Golf, Steve Cohen, Arthur Blank, Alexis Ohanian, Serena, Venus Williams, Stephen Curry, Lewis Hamilton, Alex Morgan, Justin Timberlake, Tony Romo, Josh Allen, Rosalyn Durant Organizations: Northern, Augusta National Golf Club, Tiger, SoFi, NBC, PGA Tour, Atlanta Falcons, Fenway Sports Group, ESPN Locations: United States, Augusta , Georgia, Palm Beach Gardens , Florida, Saudi

Steam feeding into the Unit 3 turbine generator of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. “The United States is now committed to trying to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy,” John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, said in September. One recent Pew survey found that 57 percent of Americans favor more nuclear plants, up from 43 percent in 2016. A NuScale engineer gave a tour of a control room simulator, modeling the company’s plans for new nuclear reactors, in 2013. “The demand for clean energy is almost unprecedented,” said Maria Korsnick, president of the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry group.

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☆ NWSL announces record broadcast deal to start in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Scripps Company CEO Adam Symson speaks during a press conference announcing the NWSL’s new partnerships with CBS Sports, ESPN, Prime Video, and Scripps Sports at Venue 808. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has agreed a four-year media deal with broadcasters ESPN, CBS, Prime Sports and Scripps' ION Network, the league said on Thursday. The NWSL described the deal, worth a reported $60 million annually, as the "largest media investment in women's sports history", promising "record-breaking distribution and revenue" for the top-flight American league. The 2024 NWSL will include two expansion teams, Bay FC and the Utah Royals. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adam Symson, Kyle Terada, Jessica Berman, Rosalyn Durant, Amy Tennery, Ed Osmond Organizations: Scripps Company, CBS Sports, ESPN, Prime, Scripps Sports, Women's Soccer League, CBS, Prime Sports, Scripps, ION Network, Bay FC, Utah Royals, Thomson Locations: San Diego , California, USA, Australia, New Zealand, New York

☆ The death of downtowns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But the number of empty storefronts overwhelming downtowns isn't just a product of the post-pandemic world. When it comes to local downtowns, not all small businesses are created equally. A homebuilder executive breaks down the do's and don'ts that've helped her clients lower rates from 8% to 4.875%.

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☆ The Maui wildfires already caused widespread damage in Lahaina, but more remains at risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But despite the widespread damage in Lahaina, more remains at risk. As recovery efforts continue, Hawaii residents have urged tourists to stay away and slammed them for clogging roads and delaying supply deliveries. For example, one person made a viral spreadsheet of more than 1,000 verified Lahaina residents that included their stories, what they needed, and how to pay them directly. Many Lahaina residents in the spreadsheet detailed their needs for food, clothes, and shelter after losing everything in the fire. Despite his efforts, Green acknowledged that his move to protect local landowners would likely face legal challenges.

Persons: YUKI IWAMURA, they'd, Josh Green, Green, they'll, we're, it's, Rosalyn R Organizations: Developers, Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Mercy Worldwide, Getty Locations: Lahaina, Wall, Silicon, Hawaii, Maui, AFP, Hawaiian Kingdom, Kihawahine

☆ High school shop class is back—and it's showing students alternatives to 'traditional college'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Thirty years ago, high school shop class seemed on track for extinction. And during the 2016-2017 school year, 98% of public school districts offered CTE to high school students, though the types of programs varied widely, according to the Department of Education. Here are two key problems in the workforce that high school CTE seeks to address:Expensive college degreesCollege was the primary postgrad pathway modeled at Rosalyn Jones' high school in New Jersey. "Definitely in high school, they pushed college first like it's kind of the only option," says Jones, 25, who attended high school from 2012 to 2016. She says her high school offered a woodshop class as a course, but she says there was no CTE requirement.

Persons: Nolan Brunn, CTE, Rosalyn Jones, Jones, Tyler Sasse Organizations: Career Tech, National Center of Education Statistics, Association for Career, Department of Education, Corps, Job Corps, The, of Public, Grant Universities, Western Welding Academy Locations: New Jersey, Anoka , Minnesota, Brunn, Wyoming

☆ Contraceptive injections for cats show promise
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Now, scientists have announced a potential new method of feline contraception that’s shown early promise: long-lasting contraceptive injections that prevent ovulation. “That’s what led us to start collaborating with Bill (Swanson).”The Cincinnati Zoo, Swanson says, is home to the widest array of wild cats in North America, including lions, tigers and tiny sand cats. Three cats were a control group, while six received injections of the gene of the hormone in question, hitched to a mild virus. The three control-group cats all became pregnant, but none of the six cats in the experimental group did. “We’re really focused on adopting these cats out,” said Swanson, who’s adopted three cats from earlier studies.

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☆ Beans and violins - orchestra blends classical roots with modern Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Members of Vesta Orchestra and Opera Foundation perform during a concert they organized at the Alliance Francaise de Lagos / Mike Adenuga Centre in Lagos, Nigeria May 20, 2023. It was the latest show staged by the Vesta Orchestra, founded in 2017 by violinist Rosalyn Aninyei, which has enlivened the classical music scene in Lagos by performing new works by contemporary Nigerian and African composers. The music had clear connections with the classical repertoire rooted in Europe, but the choice of the Yoruba language and the story anchored the performance in Nigeria. "I am so happy that there are events like this in Nigeria," said Kayode Oshundun, who was attending his first performance by Vesta. "My flat was actually behind the opera house and it was always a dream of mine to come home ... and discover our own classical music," she said.

☆ ‘High Desert’ Review: Patricia Arquette, Chaotic Californian
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Matt Dillon and Patricia Arquette Photo: Apple TV+‘High Desert” establishes itself right away as a feel-good series, because you feel so good that you aren’t Peggy Newman. When we meet her, federal drug agents are raiding her Thanksgiving, traumatizing the family party as her husband ( Matt Dillon ) tries to jam the evidence down the drains à la Lorraine Bracco in “Goodfellas.” A long 10 years later, Peggy is still kicking around Southern California, still trying to kick drugs, and working as an actress/re-enactor in an Old West theme park called Pioneer Town. Her mother, Rosalyn (Bernadette Peters), is dead. And she gets her way mostly because people want her to go away.

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