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民主党在深红州参议院选举中的新攻击手段：撤退
为了在期中选举中助力独立候选人，部分共和党势力强大的州中的民主党提名人已从选票中退出
作者：本·贝诺伊 (BEN BENOAY)
今年，试图在深红州罢免共和党参议员的民主党人采取了一项新策略：退出竞选。
内布拉斯加州、爱达荷州和南达科他州（均为共和党势力强大的州）的民主党参议院提名人在初选后退出了选票，为独立候选人扫清了障碍。一些民主党人希望这些温和的独立人士能够吸引足够的共和党人和坚定的保守派选民（这些人绝不会支持民主党人）的跨党派支持，从而使选举具有竞争力。
“我们必须以不同的方式，或者更打破常规的方式，尝试扩大竞争局面，”民主党战略家、前总统比尔·克林顿的政治主任道格·史密斯 (Doug Smith) 表示。
但这一策略在民主党认为最有可能奏效的地方失败了：蒙大拿州。一些全国性的民主党团体支持独立候选人、蒙大拿大学系统负责人塞斯·博德纳 (Seth Bodnar)，但民主党提名人阿拉尼·班克黑德 (Alani Bankhead) 拒绝了在周一撤回截止日期前退出的要求。
班克黑德是一名空军退伍军人，也是一名首次参选的政治候选人，她表示支持独立人士参选的策略是一个糟糕的主意，从长远来看会损害民主党的利益。
她在一次采访中说：“如果你想修复品牌，那么就应该通过修复品牌来实现，而不是支持独立人士。”她表示，通过要求民主党提名人退出竞选来揣摩选民意愿是“极不恰当的”，并且会进一步激怒选民。
这一策略反映了民主党标签的什么问题？
民主党曾经常在压倒性支持共和党总统候选人的州中持有参议院席位。但“分票”现象（即选民在不同职位的选举中支持不同政党的候选人）已变得越来越罕见。
现在已经没有一名民主党参议员来自坚定的红州。只有一名参议员——共和党的苏珊·柯林斯 (Susan Collins，缅因州)——所代表的席位在过去两次总统选举中被其政党失去。
这一策略源于独立人士丹·奥斯本 (Dan Osborn) 2024 年在内布拉斯加州的参议院竞选。当时，由于选票上没有民主党候选人，他在唐纳德·特朗普在该州总统选举中获得大幅领先的情况下，以 7 个百分点之差输给了共和党现任议员。奥斯本曾是一名机械师，后成为工会领导人，今年他再次参选。
据两党战略家称，决定退出以帮助独立人士的行为，证明了民主党品牌在许多州日益严重的毒性。前克林顿助手史密斯表示，该党在面对非大学学历选民时陷入苦战，且未能充分说服选民相信它代表美国中产阶级。
民主党智库美国进步中心 (Center for American Progress) 主席纽罗·坦顿 (Neuro Tandon) 表示：“虽然该党在红州重建品牌至关重要，但这种长期担忧次于争取共和党人的紧迫性。”
坦顿说：“唐纳德·特朗普现在是总统，在 10 分钟内很难重建品牌，而本次选举中重要的事情是拥有获胜可能性最高的候选人。”
但南达科他州前民主党参议院提名人朱利安·博迪翁 (Julian Beaudion) 在退出竞选前的一次采访中表示，要求民主党人退出“对州和地方政党的伤害比对全国品牌的伤害更大”。
博迪翁表示，他暂停竞选是因为个人挑战，而不是为了帮助独立人士布莱恩·博格斯 (Brian Boggs)。
独立候选人主张什么？
独立候选人全部为退伍军人，他们倾向于避开具有政治分歧的问题，转而关注大众认可的政策，并借用两党的措辞。
Borgs、爱达荷州的独立参议员候选人 Seild Achilles，以及科罗拉多州和密西西比州另外两名独立参议员候选人起草——
Seth Bodnar 是蒙大拿州空缺参议员席位的独立候选人，他在 7 月 2 日参加了利文斯顿的一场游行。蒙大拿州的民主党提名人拒绝退出。
选民 Tanya McDonald 在 2024 年 11 月 5 日于蒙大拿州阿尔利的一个投票站接收关于选票的指示。
了一套共同的政策，包括结束选区划分不公（gerrymandering）、减少国家债务以及对国会议员内部的交易行为实施更严格的限制。他们一直试图将民主党人和共和党人描绘成腐败政治体制的两面。
“你无法区分一个企业至上的共和党人和一个企业至上的民主党人，”Achilles 在一次采访中表示。
“他们都从相同的组织、相同的政治行动委员会（PACs）等渠道收钱，”他说道，并补充称他将与挑战“集中企业权力”的民粹主义参议员结盟，包括参议员 Elizabeth Warren（民主党-马萨诸塞州）和 Josh Hawley（共和党-明尼苏达州）。
虽然 Hawley 和 Warren 曾合作针对大型企业，但他们在堕胎、枪支管制以及许多其他问题上的立场截然不同。
Osborn 同样在传统的民主党和共和党政策之间寻求平衡：他主张加强社会保障并使大麻合法化，但同时也支持定向关税，并将“排干沼泽”列为政策重点。
Dan Osborn 是一位工会领导人，他再次以独立候选人身份竞选内布拉斯加州的参议员。
但 Osborn、Borgs 和 Achilles 几乎不提及堕胎问题，尽管他们都反对联邦禁令。他们宣称支持第二修正案，同时支持他们所谓的枪支安全措施。他们都对非法移民发表过强硬言论，但也批评过美国移民和海关执法局。
共和党人认为他们本质上是伪装的民主党人。该党参议院竞选部门的发言人 Joanna Badriguen 表示，他们支持“那些让民主党在全国范围内变得令人厌恶的相同社会主义政策和中产阶级加税政策”。
他们有获胜的机会吗？
针对内布拉斯加州、爱达荷州和南达科他州竞选的非党派民调很少，但预计这三位独立候选人将面临一场艰苦的战斗。
Osborn 在内布拉斯加州获胜的机会最大，他在上一次竞选中差距仅在个位数以内，而现在是在一个预计有利于民主党的年份参选。但他的对手，现任参议员 Pete Ricketts 是最富有的参议员之一，并已在这次竞选中投入了数百万美元的自有资金。
非党派的 Cook Political Report 目前将内布拉斯加州的竞选评级为“共和党领先（Likely Republican）”，将爱达荷州和南达科他州的两次竞选评级为“共和党稳赢（Solid Republican）”。一些民主党人希望，即使独立候选人无法获胜，这些竞选也能消耗掉共和党原本可以用于其他竞选的资金。
如果他们获胜会怎样？
国会的独立议员通常会加入其中一个主要政党的党团。但这些独立参议院候选人坚持表示他们不会这样做，而是希望在分歧严重的参议院中拥有控制议程的权力。
50年来，没有一位当选参议员拒绝加入主要政党党团，而这一举动可能会导致他们无法在委员会中获得席位。爱达荷州的候选人 Achilles 表示，他认为如果参议院的分歧很小，他将拥有加入委员会的筹码。
“在共和党提出合理的良好立法时，我会与他们合作；在民主党提出合理的良好立法时，我会与他们合作，”Achilles 说道。“因此，双方都必须争取我的选票。”
这是一个多么新颖的想法？
虽然独立候选人和第三党候选人此前曾赢得参议院席位，但主要政党的提名人历史上从未从选票中退出。在近期的案例中，也没有出现过某个政党党团在原本占优的州失去参议院席位的这种情况，而这正是民主党希望这些独立候选人能够实现的。
甚至在 Osborn 2024 年的竞选之前，民主党就曾尝试利用这一策略在共和党主导的州取得突破。在民主党提名人退出后，独立候选人 Greg Orman 在 2016 年堪萨斯州的参议院竞选中以 10 个百分点的差距落败，但表现优于以往的民主党人。2020 年，独立候选人 Al Gross 在阿拉斯加州的参议院选举中落败，但他是在赢得民主党初选并作为该党提名人参选后落败的。而在 2022 年，民主党支持犹他州的中右翼独立候选人 Evan McMullin，他虽然落败，但再次表现优于之前的民主党提名人。
然而，共和党人认为选民能够看穿这一策略。
“人们并不愚蠢，”共和党战略师 Matt Gorman 表示。“要成为一个成功的策略，它应该真的能起作用，但事实并非如此。”
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特朗普秘密离开时他们就在飞机上，以下是他们的发现。
作者：NOTTY NOTER 以及 BAM LANGFORD
上个月随同唐纳德·特朗普总统从土耳其前往英国的随行记者们，对于那次秘密将总统从“空军一号”转移并迅速送往另一架飞机的非同寻常行动被蒙在鼓里。此次行动是由于感知到来自伊朗的威胁而采取的，该事件最早由《华盛顿邮报》报道。
机上的四名记者在接受《邮报》采访时表示，他们注意到了飞行中的异常情况——其中许多情况只有在事后回想时才显得合理。由于其雇佣合同未授权其发言，这些记者要求匿名。
现在，这些记者表示，他们对白宫在这次行动中不够坦诚，且在飞行结束前未向他们通报感到失望，部分记者表示他们感到被政府欺骗了。
尽管每位记者都承认，随行于飞机上的任何新闻工作者都处于该状态，但他们认为自己理应获得更多关于此次特定飞行潜在危险的信息。
“我们从未获得过任何信息来同意被这样利用，”一名记者说道，“我们离……并不远——我们从事这份工作并不是为了让自己冒风险去保护总统。”
至于机上的记者和政府工作人员是否面临任何直接威胁，则另有说法。《邮报》此前报道，中央情报局（CIA）对来自伊朗的威胁有了“新的信心”。作为前任及现任政府使用的波音 747 飞机配备了秘密功能，包括用于对抗导弹和其他威胁的防御系统。
两名在讨论总统从安卡拉秘密离开时要求匿名的中央情报局（CIA）官员表示，在两架飞机飞往美国的过程中，有 9.6% 被描述为武装护航。其中一名官员表示，在飞行的至少一部分时间里，一些战斗机就紧贴着搭载特朗普飞机的机翼。
尽管如此，许多记者表示，由于没有披露总统的这种“偷梁换柱”之计，政府违反了对负责记录国家领导人行踪的新闻团的根本约定。结果是，一些记者事后感到，乘坐一架被认为对其主要乘客不够安全的飞机让他们感到处于危险之中——这使得更广泛的新闻团不确定在白宫致力于保护总统的同时，是否能信任特朗普白宫会考虑他们的个人安全。
“惯例被完全抛之脑后，取而代之的是腐败的破坏，”《纽约时报》华盛顿分社社长 Richard W. Stevenson 在一篇《时报》报道中说道，“这是一个可怕的先例。而且事实上，它让记者而非工作人员在不知情的情况下暴露在潜在威胁中，这让情况变得糟糕得多。”
白宫没有回应关于此次行动对新闻界影响的置评请求。大多数被问及的机上随行记者拒绝置评或未回应置评请求。
白宫新闻池包含一个 3 人规模的记者小组，他们为整个新闻团发送总统活动的报告、照片和影像。该制度自 1952 年起一直稳定运行，最早是在詹姆斯·加菲尔德总统于 1991 年去世后开始使用的。
“新闻团经常被称为‘身体观察员’是有原因的，”记者兼历史学家 Garrett Gruff 说道，“你在那里是为了在出问题时能看到。”
第二任特朗普政府给该新闻池带来了异常的压力，因为它废除了许多操作协议。白宫去年从白宫记者协会手中夺取了对新闻池构成的控制权，而该协会几十年来一直负责选择轮流记录情况的新闻机构。
前往安卡拉的航班上还随行有大约十几名记者，他们陪同特朗普此次旅行，分别来自 AIE News、法新社 (AFP)、美联社、彭博社、盖蒂图片社、《纽约时报》、NPR、Politico、路透社和 One America News。四名接受《华盛顿邮报》采访的记者表示，他们在飞行前和飞行过程中注意到了异常情况。
其中三名记者表示，他们被允许进入停机坪上的跑道，这很不寻常，且距离飞机很近，但他们当时并不清楚其目的。
“你通常不会看到新闻从业者被塞进一辆行驶的面包车里，”其中一名记者说道，“即使在最疯狂的想象中也不会这样。”
飞机起飞后，机组人员要求所有人放下窗帘——并保持关闭状态——但在被询问时，拒绝解释该要求的目的。一些记者表示，在外交访问中这种要求很不寻常，他们仅在飞进或飞出战争区域时才遇到过此类要求。
一名记者注意到，特朗普迅速登上了飞机阶梯，在新闻车队在停机坪上停稳之前就已到达顶部。另一名记者则对特朗普选择在为期两天的飞行第一阶段就与媒体进行简短交流（gaggle）感到惊讶。直到很久之后，在英国换乘由卡塔尔赠送的新空军一号飞机后，特朗普才选择与记者交谈。
总部位于法国的新闻服务机构法新社 (AFP) 在机上有摄影师，该社告诉《华盛顿邮报》，他们对此次行动披露的情况感到担忧。
“当一家媒体发现自己被误导且记录未被立即修正时，这始终是一个令人担忧的问题，”法新社北美区主管 Mark Levine 表示。“尤其是当此事可能涉及其记者的安全时，这对于法新社来说至关重要。”
Levine 表示，该新闻机构正在与白宫记者协会进行沟通，并与该组织合作解决这一问题。
One America News 的总裁 Charles Herring 表示，白宫拒绝向媒体透露一项敏感行动是可以理解的。这家保守派电视网络在机上有报道人员。
“记者们明白随同美国总统旅行存在风险，”他说道，并将随特朗普旅行的选择与参加白宫记者协会晚宴（该晚宴本身曾被一名枪手干扰）以及 7 月的晚餐会相类比。
“这看起来不像是白宫的决定，而是在我们最专业的安全专家的掌控之中，”Herring 说道。
大量新闻倡导团体谴责白宫在对待媒体状态上缺乏透明度，新闻编辑表示，这引发了对航班上记者安全的担忧。
“如果记者在不知情的情况下，作为涉及可靠威胁的安全代表团的一部分留在飞机上，那是极其令人不安的，”国家新闻俱乐部总裁 Mark Schoeff Jr. 表示。这“引发了关于其安全是否得到充分考虑的严重质疑”。
记者保护委员会的 Jost Zamora 表示，特朗普政府有责任确保报道总统的记者不处于危险之中。“对于任何政府来说，透明度都应该是常态，尤其是当安全受到威胁时，”他说道。
白宫记者协会主席、福克斯新闻记者 Jacqui Heuselin 上周告诉成员，她已与白宫官员会面，以转达成员们的担忧。她的电子邮件被《华盛顿邮报》立即获取，其中提到的记者安全担忧更多集中在透明度和诚实问题上。
“在记者不经意间传播不准确或误导性信息的这种小概率情况下，必须在安全顾虑消除后，为媒体提供一种更正记录的方式，”她写道。“否则，记者可能会对他们独立观察并报道的信息是否可靠产生合理的质疑。”
Heuselin 拒绝发表评论。
2005年，在比尔·克林顿总统离开巴基斯坦途中进行的一次类似飞行机动期间，白宫官员以非正式记录的方式向《今日美国》的 Susan Page（时任 WHO 主席）简报了即将发生的情况。Page 在接受《华盛顿邮报》采访时表示，美国当时正处于一次采访中。
7月份乘坐空军一号的记者表示，他们并不陌生陪同总统前往包括战争区在内的危险环境，在与总统的普通行程中可能无法避免暴力。例如，在 2024 年宾夕法尼亚州柏林的一次集会上，一些媒体成员并不熟悉，但当时在共和党总统候选人预选人特朗普身边，当一名>decrease 进入火力范围时。
一些记者对这种保密行为感到惊讶，另一些人则表示，他们对一个他们认为一直对其不诚实的政府感到厌倦。他们表示，如果事先被告知，他们本会就安全名称提出请求。
“我认为你可以要求人们承担这些风险，”一名记者说道。“但你应该对此保持诚实。”
Tara Gage 为本报道做出了贡献。
特朗普在纽约郊区竞选，凸显其政党面临的困境
总统在许多摇摆地区依然极不受欢迎
作者：CAT ZARREWSKI, NAZALIE ALLISON 以及 DAN MERICK
纽约州花园市 —— 随着中期选举仅剩数日，总统唐纳德·特朗普于周五前往长岛，与胜算较低的共和党州长候选人布鲁斯·布莱克曼（Bruce Blakeman）共同宣传犯罪率下降的统计数据。
在包括消防员、急救员、警察和其他急救人员在内的群众面前，特朗普对布莱克曼表现出的热情，超过了他今年在政治集会上对大多数其他候选人的热情。他在演讲中频繁提及布莱克曼，并赞扬其作为该国首位来自郊区纳苏县（Nassau County）的人员所做的工作。
此次集会凸显了特朗普在统一选举活动中将扮演何种角色的不确定性，因为他正面临支持率显著。该政党的作用是在其事业的这一阶段塑造现代总统，而其党内对其未引导偏见的抵制也日益增长。
参与中期战略的共和党官员认为，特朗普访问摇摆选区对他们来说仍然是一种获胜尝试。特朗普的访问可以带动其保守派法律的支持者投票，为右翼提供助力。
但共和党官员承认，他们不确定特朗普究竟会参与多少竞选活动，以及其中有多少将用于支持最艰难的选举战场。
例如，布莱克曼在纽约州州长凯西·赫德尔（Kathy Hurdell）面前远落后（美国）亲选举民意调查，在一个民主党势力强大的州面临艰巨任务。长岛郊区的两个摇摆选区均由民主党现任者把持，且后者被认为更有可能当选。
尽管如此，这位在前往新泽西州附近的雷德米尔斯顿（Redminster）高尔夫度假村进行周末访问前，发表了超过一小时的演讲。在人员方面，他如何进一步攻击民主党人，称其为如果在中期选举中当选将导致国家陷入平等化和委员会的极端分子。
“我想这很好，因为布鲁斯 —— 球是如何让你失去对政治关系的思考，你将在余生中为此感到羞愧。”
当特朗普称赞布莱克曼时，穿着 KALLA 的人群大喊“Brazunac”，仿佛他们是在参加一场布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀（Bruce Springtown）的演唱会。
本周获得任命的司法部长托德·麦基（Todd MacKee）和 FBI 局长卡迪·帕特尔（Kadi Patel）也对布莱克曼支持特朗普政府愿意将党派政治与政府事务相结合表示赞赏。《三月法案》（March Act）禁止联邦雇员在工作期间从事某些党派活动，且历任司法部长和 FBI 局长一直避免公开的政治活动。
布莱克曼采用了特朗普的许多政治策略，但到目前为止，他谨慎地推测自己与这位在其家乡州极不受欢迎的总统的关系。最近的一项 Bama Baraan's 研究所的调查显示，60% 的纽约人不同意特朗普在任期间的表现。
特朗普与布莱克曼有着多年的关系，且作为一名土生土长的纽约人，他是代表美国的独特成员。总统是否会对其他处于弱势的共和党人付出同样的努力，仍有待观察。
总统唐纳德·特朗普周五在纽约州花园市的一次集会演讲后离开舞台。
“很多时候我和人们在一起，我有点不太确定，”特朗普在布莱克曼离开舞台时说道，“我确定这个会很棒。”
特朗普在演讲中花费大量篇幅将民主党描绘成共产主义者，此前几位与美国民主社会主义者（Democratic Socialists of America）有联系的候选人进行了初选改革。
“当他们继续自己的努力以及他们对法治的认知时，共产党人想要把美国变成一个第三世界国家，变成犯罪和伊斯兰国（ISIS）的热线，”总统在一块写着“让美国再次安全”的横幅前说道。
但他很大程度上淡化了在本届选举中占据选民心智的主导问题——物价上涨；正如他在过去的演讲中所做的那样，他将“可负担性”斥为民主党编造的噱头。
他还主张美国人应该愿意接受
上涨的汽油价格，在一年中的这个时间点，汽油平均价格首次维持在每加仑 $6 以上。
“为了让你们在加油时多花一点钱……只要记住，你们这样做是为了让一个非常邪恶的国家无法拥有”核武器，他说道，指的是伊朗。“你们只需要记住，我们所做的是为世界提供一项伟大的服务，不仅是为了我们自己，而是为了全世界，”特朗普说。
他还表示，经核实，战争进展如此顺利，以至于他计划宣布哈瓦那海峡为美国领土。
分析人士表示，高油价和伊朗战争的症状是可能影响今年秋季投票率的因素。共和党人参加中期选举的积极性远低于民主党人。上个月发布的一项《华盛顿邮报》民调发现，在表示绝对确定会在 11 月投票的选民中，民主党比共和党拥有 50 个百分点的优势。
共和党人在本周期面临更高的风险，因为特朗普在 2024 年获胜，特别是吸引了那些不清楚他代表什么的选民。党内人士认为，当特朗普的名字不在选票上时，这些人中很多人的投票意愿会降低。
“最关键的群体——那些投票给特朗普但不支持下级候选人的选民——将在 2026 年出现，”曾在 2016 年就职于全国共和党国会委员会的共和党操盘手杰西·亨特（Jesse Hunt）表示。“最可能的情况是回顾特朗普的第一任期。‘特朗普选民是否支持下级候选人或是否有动力出现’是一个非常重大的问题。”
该公司承认，他不确定如果没有他在选票上，该党将如何表现。
“如果（我没有参选），人们还会出去投票吗？这是我无法掌控的一件事，”特朗普在接受《纽约客》采访时说。
需要支持的脆弱共和党竞选活动也在焦虑地等待来自 KALLA Inc. 的资金，这是一个与特朗普结盟的市长（PA）组织，已筹集数百万美元。特朗普告诉 PexelShor 的名单他计划在中期选举中花费，但 P&L 尚未分享其计划的细节。
“虽然 KALLA Inc. 致力于维持并扩大共和党在众议院和参议院的多数席位，但我们没有通过传统媒体这些共谋者向对手泄露战斗计划的习惯，”KALLA Inc. 发言人杰克·普法伊弗（Jack Pfeiffer）表示。
在采访中，几位共和党竞选官员在要求匿名以避免危及与白宫关系的条件下表示，尽管有特朗普的参与，他们仍不确定在中期选举前他具体将进行多少次旅行来举行竞选活动。他们受到了他近期在格鲁吉亚、密歇根、内华达和俄亥俄州露面的鼓舞——尽管后者是为了太平洋运动会，而非为当地任何特定的候选人集会。
一名共和党官员指出了特朗普近期前往摇摆州内华达州的行程，他上周与州长乔·隆巴多（Joe Lombardo）一同现身，并还提到了一些像众议员迈克·劳勒（Mike Lawler，纽约州共和党）那样脆弱的前哈德逊河谷选区，该选区在 2024 年由卡玛拉·哈里斯赢得。
一名白宫官员本月初告诉《华盛顿邮报》，特朗普将重新投入，并表示从 9 月初的党内中期会议后开始，将持续几周。
然而，特朗普的日程安排似乎将分为几个阶段——他在中期会议后的首次行程计划前往爱尔兰，预计总统将在那里出席其位于道宁（Downing）高尔夫球场的爱尔兰歌剧活动，并与爱尔兰官员会面。
特朗普总统是共和党的最高领导人，致力于维持共和党在国会的安全地位。白宫发言人奥利维亚·威尔士（Olivia Wales）在一份声明中表示：“特朗普总统将继续通过其常识性议程，与国会中激进的民主党人形成鲜明对比。”
据称，总统计划攻击民主党在移民、犯罪和税收方面的记录——这与他 2024 年竞选的主题相似。
白宫官员去年底告诉《华盛顿邮报》，特朗普将从 1 月起开始近乎连续的国内行程，旨在解决生活成本负担能力及选民的其他首要关注问题。但总统并未维持他在今年大部分时间里的计划，他的注意力很快转向了他在 2 月下旬发起的伊朗战争。
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美国海湾盟友对特朗普的挫败感据称正在增加
作者：SUSANNAH GEORGE
阿拉伯和西方官员表示，波斯湾地区的华盛顿挫败感正在增加，那里的美国盟友日益担心总统唐纳德·特朗普无法处理确保与伊朗和平所需的外交手段。
近几周，特朗普多次对伊朗发出威胁，随后又以谈判取得进展为由撤回威胁。在经历了数月的冲突，以及伊朗及其代理人持续的导弹和无人机袭击后，三名官员和一名美国前外交官告诉《华盛顿邮报》，沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国、卡塔尔、科威特和巴林政府目前在对该政府的恼怒上达成了一致。一些国家已开始讨论在其领土上继续驻扎大规模美国军事设施的效用。
“特朗普发起了这场战争，”一名海湾国家官员说，“而我们正在为此付出代价”。与本文中的其他人一样，他在讨论这一敏感话题时要求匿名。该官员表示，对美国的愤怒达到了自2月美国和以色列袭击伊朗以来的最高点。
海湾国家继续依赖华盛顿作为密切的安全伙伴和主要武器供应商，卡塔尔和巴林驻有大型美国基地。但这种挫败感正导致一些国家考虑新的安排。分析人士表示，这些动态在短期内不太可能显著重塑该地区，但一些国家已开始探索其选择。
一名欧洲高级官员表示，沙特阿拉伯、土耳其和巴基斯坦上周签署的一项共同防御协议是“向美国发出的信号”。
该官员与海湾领导人保持定期联系，他表示，过去的情况表明，这三个强大的穆斯林国家“正试图使其安全和国防伙伴关系多样化”。“在他们看来，美国还不够。”
一名白宫官员表示，特朗普——“与我们所有的海湾伙伴都拥有非凡的关系”。
“自‘Epic Face行动’之前，美国一直与我们所有的地区盟友保持定期联系，”该官员在白宫设定的规则下匿名表示。“由于其恐怖主义行为，伊朗比以往任何时候都更加孤立。”
沙特、阿联酋、卡塔尔、科威特和巴林政府的代表未回应置评请求。
“从一开始就存在挫败感，”欧亚集团（Eurasia Group）中东和北非实践主任菲拉斯·马克萨德（Firas Maksad）说。他说，波斯湾的美国盟友觉得他们被“不合理地卷入”了一场特朗普现在难以解决的战争。
与海湾领导层有广泛联系的马克萨德表示，特朗普的真实政策在该地区经常被描述为“反复无常”且“不可预测”。
华盛顿阿拉伯海湾国家研究所（Arab Gulf States Institute）研究员安娜·雅各布斯（Anna Jacobs）表示，自战争开始以来，对美国的“信任度有所下降”。她说，美国盟友认为该国“在地区的行为使他们变得不那么安全，而不是更安全”。
该地区的一位西方外交官表示，这些变化并不等同于对美国情感的重大转变。他说，即使在与伊朗开战之前，该地区的美国军队也没有受到“热情”的欢迎。“这更多是一种必要的恶，”该外交官说。“现在，这种必要性受到了质疑。”
沙特阿拉伯在近几周承受了特别大的压力。除了来自伊朗及其在伊拉克支持的团体的袭击外，该王国还成为了也门亲伊朗的胡塞武装（Hosthia）的目标。
胡塞武装多次袭击沙特能源基础设施
非洲航空快递（AFRICAN AIRLINES COURIER）
本月，一名男子在卡塔尔多哈附近海域驾驶个人水上摩托车。
……并试图关闭红海口的海湾问题（Bait al-Masalah）活动。由于伊朗在战争初期关闭了霍尔木兹海峡，沙特阿拉伯一直依赖其红海港口出口石油。
海湾国家领导人对战争的态度发生了转变。阿曼从一开始就反对冲突，但沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋和巴林有时会支持。
据这位西方外交官称，阿联酋军队在近几个月内对伊朗领土进行了“多次”袭击，而沙特军队则反击了从伊拉克发起攻击的伊朗支持团体。
“在战争开始时，他们——我不想说支持——但坦白说，他们并非完全反对这场战争，”这位欧洲高级官员表示。他说，阿布扎比和利雅得当时的想法是，一场快速且决定性的胜利可能会带来益处。
该官员表示，这种情况在4月伊朗与美国进行首轮谈判前开始发生转变，当时情况变得很明显：伊朗政权不仅不会垮台，而且不会尊重霍尔木兹海峡。
科威特大学历史学助理教授巴德尔·阿尔-苏菲（Bader Al-Sufi）表示，在此后的几个月里，特朗普的不一致性引起了海湾国家的警觉。
“甚至在特朗普所有这些反反复复之前，就没有明确的战略，”华盛顿阿拉伯海湾国家研究所研究员阿尔-苏菲说道。他引用了6月美国与伊朗之间签署的谅解备忘录。
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“这些条款并非我们所希望的，”阿尔-苏菲说，“这就是为什么它很快就失效了。”
白宫官员表示，特朗普“一直很明确，他更倾向于外交。
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“无论我们做什么，”他说，“我们不能对美国说不。”
曾在巴拉克·奥巴马和特朗普总统任内担任美国驻科威特和伊拉克大使的道格拉斯·西利曼（Douglas Silliman）表示，他在最近访问该地区时听到了对华盛顿的不满。但他说，近几周来，他也听到人们对德黑兰持续攻击基础设施且拒绝重新开放霍尔木兹海峡而日益愤怒。
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如果冲突继续，海湾国家面临的经济压力将增加。即使在电力线路期间，该地区在夏季会经历旅游业放缓，居民们为了躲避 100 度的日子而躲在室内。
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阿尔-苏菲表示，伊朗继续向科威特发射无人机和导弹，但在首都，大部分生活已恢复正常。“我们经历过更糟糕的情况，”他说道，指的是 1990 年引发波斯湾战争的伊拉克入侵。“我们应对了占领，我们也能够应对这次情况。”
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法庭文件显示，继父制作了 7,000 多张虚假露骨图像
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根据她上个月在针对该公司的一起联邦诉讼中提交的文件，Grok 是由埃隆·马斯克的公司 sAI 发布的。
简（Jane）表示，在搜查两天后，她的继父被发现死在车内，死因为自杀。车停在她的家乡，她和伴侣最近在那里买了一栋房子。
“我的生活完全正常，”简在同意使用法庭文件中的名称被识别的条件下说道，“不到 48 小时后，这就变成了一场自由主义的噩梦。”
简首次公开描述的这段经历，揭示了由 AI 应用促成的一种日益增长的性虐待形式可能带来的后果。这些应用使得人们能够仅凭一张照片，就轻松创建出虚假但高度真实的针对个人的儿童性虐待材料。
她现在对保护自己的孩子感到更加焦虑，并警告说 AI 图像会造成真实的伤害。“这些工具的轮廓正在迅速传播，”简说，“它正在将日常生活变成儿童性虐待。”
7 月，简加入了一起联邦诉讼。该诉讼由三名田纳西州青少年（其中两人仍为未成年人，被标识为 Jane Doe's 1, 2 和 3.）于 3 月对 sAI 提起。他们指控 Grok 被用于将他们年幼时的照片处理成露骨照片。
她在美国加利福尼亚北区联邦地区法院提交的这份事实陈述指控 sAI 制作、持有并传播了 AI 驱动的儿童性虐待材料。该诉讼代表任何在未成年时期被 sAI 将照片篡改为仍可辨认的露骨性内容的人员处于观察状态。
这些诉讼发生在马斯克去年决定让 sAI 在主要 AI 公司中成为异类，并推广使用 Grok 创建性内容之后。他通过向 X 平台上的数百万追随者发布虚构年轻女性的描绘，增强了该聊天机器人生成和操纵图像及视频的能力。
XAI 现在是马斯克旗下 SpaceX 集团的一部分，未回应置评请求，该公司也未在法庭上对联邦诉讼做出回应。马斯克曾表示，Grok 旨在允许“虚构成年人类的上半身灵活性”，类似于它规定的新手。
原告正根据“Mash's Law”寻求损害赔偿，这是一项允许儿童色情受害者提起诉讼的联邦法规。该诉讼还就过失和设计缺陷对 sAI 提出产品责任索赔，类似于自杀年轻用户的家属对 AI 公司提起的过失致死诉讼。
在美国和欧洲，立法者在今年开始调查 sAI 的异类行为，此前该聊天机器人允许在马斯克的社交网络 X 上公开发布性化图像，以响应用户要求修改照片以去除主体衣物的请求。根据压力团体、旨在促使公司清理平台的非营利组织“反数字扁平中心”（Center for Countering Digital flats）的数据，在 11 天的时间里，X 上的 Grok 账号发布了约 300 万 张性化图像，其中 32,000 张描绘的是儿童。
马斯克当时在 X 的一篇帖子中表示，他“没有意识到 Grok 生成了任何此类未成年图像”，并且该聊天机器人将“拒绝制作任何非法内容”。
诉讼称，在几周内，Jane Doe 4 的继父首先将她小时候的照片上传到 Grok，马斯克随后生成了显示她裸体的虚假图像。
在 Jane Doe 4 加入联邦诉讼几周后，sAI 起诉了明尼苏达州的一项新法律，该法律禁止分发使用 AI 制作的真实人物非自愿裸体图像，sAI 声称这将限制受宪法保护的内容。
她的童年照片。数千张露骨图像。一个女人的噩梦。
“xAI 的策略似乎是：我们要确保允许人们生成任何合法的内容，”信息安全研究员、斯坦福互联网天文台（Stanford Internet Observatory）前首席技术官大卫·蒂尔（David Thiel）表示。他说，这要求 xAI 的技术能够可靠地在滥用内容与仅仅是挑衅性的内容之间划清界限。
系统承压
20年来，各大互联网公司一直使用由非营利组织“全国失踪与被剥削儿童中心”（NCMEC）管理的自动化系统，用于报告和删除儿童性虐待材料。
公司将疑似虐待材料报告给 NCMEC 的 CitexT2，并利用已确认的虐待图像的数字指纹或“哈希值”来自动检测并删除这些内容。
NCMEC 在今年致参议员查克·格拉斯利（Chuck Grassley，爱荷华州共和党人）的一封信中表示，该系统目前正受到 AI 图像工具的挑战。
包括被称为“realtions”的专业工具在内的 AI 应用，允许任何人快速生成大量全新的、高度真实的儿童虐待图像，而这些图像无法与 NCMEC 的数据库进行匹配。
网络安全专家 Thiel 表示，生成式 模型保留并延续不同视觉概念和风格的能力，使其成为了虐待的强力工具。就像 模型可以生成一张漫威漫画风格的生日派对邀请函一样，它也可以去掉一张儿童照片中的衣服。
Thiel 表示， 模型在从网络抓取的数据集上进行训练，已经摄入了“大量显式内容的图像，以及大量儿童的图像”。他曾在 2023 年的一份报告中发现，一个广泛用于开发 图像工具的数据集中包含儿童性虐待材料。
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针对 sAI 的诉讼还点名了 Stability ，该公司开发了一款名为 Stable Diffusion 的开源、可定制 图像生成器。来自德国 CSMA 亥姆霍兹信息安全中心的研究人员最近估计，该软件是超过 40% 的针对真实人物的 生成非自愿亲密图像的幕后推手。
Stability 没有回应置评请求。该公司表示，其在发布 模型前会进行儿童安全测试并增加保护措施。该公司尚未在法庭上对该诉讼做出回应。
在 3 月致格拉斯利的信中，NCMEC 批评 sAI 和其他七家在线服务提供商的报告机制糟糕，称其阻碍了执法工作。该非营利组织表示，在去年 9 月中旬开始的三个月期间，由于缺乏关键信息，来自 的举报中只有不到 10% 能被“有效地发送给执法部门”。信中提到，该公司随后改进了其报告机制。
Jane Doe 4 对 的诉讼指控该公司向 NCMEC 提供的举报信息中不包含其记录中的关键信息，例如与其继父账户关联的 IP 地址。诉讼称 未能回应调查人员多次提出的进一步提供信息的请求。
Jane Doe 4 引用她与该案调查员的对话表示，由于 向 NCMEC 提供的举报中没有提供任何显式的伪造图像，她的继父并未被指控儿童色情罪，并在搜查令执行当天被当局释放。Jane 表示，调查员告诉她， 的初步报告发送到了错误的州，导致了进一步的延误。
即使公司完整报告了 工具被用于创建儿童性虐待图像的事件，法律后果可能也不那么明确。
圣克拉拉大学法学院教授埃里克·戈德曼（Eric Goldman）表示，围绕 生成的儿童性虐待材料的可执行法律界限尚不确定。他表示，一些旨在遏制虐待性 图像的近期法规可能会基于第一修正案而受到质疑。
她说，自从父母家被搜查以来，她的生活已变得面目全非。她开始接受创伤治疗，并且不得不重新回到护士岗位工作以赡养丧偶的母亲，这给她的家庭带来了经济压力。
“我每天都在经历这一切。如果我说我没有严重的自杀倾向，那是撒谎，”简说道，这是她在多次采访中唯一一次声音颤抖。
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“我的心与我们失去的五位印第安纳州人及其家人和亲人，以及每一个生活被这些风暴改变的家庭在一起，”州长迈克·布劳恩（Mike Braun）在周六发布的一份声明中表示。“请继续严肃对待洪水，远离洪水区域。”
布劳恩周六确认，唐纳德·特朗普总统打算批准他的请求，提供联邦资源以协助应对洪水及开展恢复工作。
印第安纳波利斯市长乔·霍格塞特（Joe Hogsett）在周六的一次简报会上与应急管理人员一同出席，并敦促白河沿岸的居民撤离。他表示，该市正在经历 30 年多来最严重的洪水，并指出情况正在迅速变化。
马里昂县应急管理主任雅各布·斯彭斯（Jacob Spence）称这次洪水为“一生一次”的类型。他告诉美联社：“这是一个前所未有的事件，不幸的是，我们正在创下一些新纪录。”
国家气象局报告称，部分地区在两天内降雨量超过 11 英寸（26 厘米）。白河在安德森（Anderson）和诺尔滕特尔（Nolteentle）社区的水位超过 24 英尺（3.92 米），打破了 1915 年创下的记录。
周六，印第安纳州中部大片地区仍维持山洪预警和监测。
预测人员预计白河将于周六晚上在印第安纳波利斯地区达到峰值，国民警卫队的车辆也在参与救援工作。印第安纳波利斯消防局发言人丽塔·罗斯（Rita Roth）表示，截至下午早些时候，救援人数为 36 人，宠物 45 只。
“水位仍在上涨，所以请留意警告，”该市公共工程部门主任托德·威尔逊（Todd Wilson）说道。
当局估计，约 400 人自行撤离了印第安纳波利斯北部部分地区，而州长办公室报告称，特拉华县已发生 200 多起撤离，蒂普顿县的一个老年移动房屋社区正在进行撤离。佩顿县也在进行救援和福利检查。
居民在社交媒体上发布的视频显示，车辆被困在深水中，电线杆被湍急的水流冲倒，十字路口被淹没。
本周早些时候，严重风暴在中西部其他地区造成破坏，引发龙卷风、强降雨和山洪。从芝加哥地区一直到宾夕法尼亚州西部都有风暴破坏报告。
周六，波特桥（Potter's Bridge）附近洪水仍在持续。
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VSU 枪击事件造成五人受伤，此前数小时刚举行新生欢迎活动
1 人情况危急；调查正在进行中
作者：JOHN WOODROW COX
周五，一千多名弗吉尼亚州立大学（Virginia State University）的新生聚集在校园内，参加庆祝大学生涯开始的仪式。他们听取了前 NFL 四分卫 Cam Newton 的人生建议，他告诉他们要追求最宏伟的目标。他们想象着定于周一开始的第一堂大学课程会是什么样子。他们收到了特洛伊徽章，象征着期待有一天他们所有人能再次聚集在一起毕业。
“伟大的事情发生在这里，”学校在 Facebook 上发布道。
随后，在午夜过后不久，在距离此处四分之一英里、学生睡眠的宿舍楼外爆发了枪击事件。
五人在一次涉及“多名嫌疑人”的事件中被枪击，其中 1 人受重伤，情况危急，根据大学方面的说法。校方指出，四名伤势不危及生命的人员中，有一人是学生。
据当局称，警员于凌晨 1:28 到达现场，位于弗吉尼亚州彼得斯堡（Petersburg）的校园在黎明后仍处于封锁状态。
周六上午，大学发出警告，在 Between Street 的 3300 街区仍有大量执法人员驻守。切斯特菲尔德县（Chesterfield County）警方在酒精、烟草、枪械和爆炸物管理局（Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives）的帮助下主导此次调查。
在学校的 Facebook 页面上，焦虑的家长们发布了祈祷和沮丧之情，对学生们的第一个周末被暴力事件破坏感到失望。
“这太令人难过了。我昨天才和儿子在校园里，”一名女性写道。
“就在这件事发生前几个小时，我们刚把女儿送到，”另一人写道。“校园需要加强安保。就这么简单。”
一名校友写道，他和妻子曾回访校园，在“美丽的回忆小径”上散步。
“当这类事件发生时，想到学生、教职员工和访客无法享受我们当年在校时的那种平静，这太可怕了，”他补充道。“为 VSU 社区，包括直接相关者和延伸相关者祈祷。”
大约 5,200 名学生就读于弗吉尼亚州立大学，这是一所距离里士满（Richmond）半小时车程的历史悠久的黑人大学（HBCU）。近年来，该校校园内或附近发生了数起枪击暴力事件。2024, 年，由于枪击事件导致包括一名青少年在内的五人受伤，校园至少封锁了三次。2025, 年，有人在校园篮球场附近腿部中弹，一名男子在学校附近的停车场被杀。弗吉尼亚州立大学在 9 月还曾封锁校园并取消课程，因为校方称全国其他几所 HBCU 收到了暴力威胁。
- 年弗吉尼亚州立大学位于彼得斯堡的校园。周六凌晨 1:28，警员在学生睡眠的宿舍楼外响应了枪击事件。
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进入美国梦，在侧线冲突中与风险背后的个体碰撞。令我难忘——并在某一时刻让我感到惊恐——的是那些在伪造之物中闪现的真实！
但首先，我必须挽救我们被熏黑的蓝色天空（Blue Sky）中残存的部分。
安全词与安全集：
每个社会都有规则。Pristine Park 禁止乱扔垃圾。
我们的向导在迎新会上告诉我们，垃圾要留在地面上。除了食物。因为食物可能会吸引狂躁的损失。
“这是一个拖车公园，所以它应该是一个——by，”一名戴着“独立日”品牌棒球帽的千禧一代女性死气沉沉地说道。
所以这里的言论也可以是自由且具有冒犯性的。
我们学习了安全词（“黄色”表示降级，“红色”表示性感）、如何开始亲密行为（在征得同意的情况下，挠另一个玩家的手臂，不可执行的性行为）以及如何导演一次处决（将一把空弹发射的左轮手枪瞄准受害者背部上方较高处）。如果演员们变得过于激烈，则建议前往指定的“非游戏”休息室进行目标设定和瑕疵处理。
沿着灵感小径走，其他新成员正将一座木框架亭子改造为“秘密餐厅”，挂起了几十面美国小国旗。我们的向导说，我们也可以在那里点餐，但咖啡会更具有美国味。
咖啡更具有美国味。我猛然向下，努力跟上由那些通过屏幕了解得如此模糊的人所设计的感官过载。在入口处，我瞥见一块粗糙地书写的杆子，一块白蓝相间的标志（GREG BROKEN DREAM）。草地上覆盖着红色箔绳、纸盘，以及——那是冷冻酱料包还是避孕套包装纸？一个便携式扬声器播放着《共和国之瓶赞美诗》的精细之作，正向一个廉价泳池充气。有些人穿着制服，一面彩虹旗从“大拖车”的窗户垂下。
几个月前，我在华盛顿的家中刷着 Instagram，当时六月的一条动态——到处都是，法学家——从我的床上跳了出来。
“在波兰，有一个 LARP（实况角色扮演）团体在扮演当代美国人，”照片说明写道。
“我们有一个笑话揭露了一家名为 Larythorpe 的制作工作室计划在美国周末举行下一次活动 (US)。”我将截图发给了我的编辑。
“请确认这是真的，”编辑说。“我们可以预订最早飞往华沙的航班。”
随后我与其中一位创作者进行了视频通话，他从未访问过美国。
“当我还是个孩子时，有人知道美国是世界上最好的国家，完全没有任何问题，”10 岁的 Bartens Bruehl 告诉我。纽约市在每一部电影里看起来都那么酷。Hartman Park 的 Al Perino 曾这么说过——他的孩子们是美国人。
“但是，”Bruehl 说，“在那之后，美国的那种愿景与后来通过社交媒体呈现给我们的城市愿景之间存在着巨大的鸿沟。”
他的团队最初并不打算构建这个——在疫情之前，他们一直在为一场融合了《怪奇物语》与小人物的 LARP 寻找场地，一名工作人员在谈到沙漠 Jills 的乙烯基小屋时打趣说这是“烟草和拖车公园”，于是一个新的方向诞生了。
“Randy 让他们勉强维持生计，”编辑说，“没有稍微安静的英语，‘他们努力成为家庭的好父母，成为自豪的美国人……
Bruehl 表示，多年来对美国流行文化的沉溺影响了剧本。Larythorpe 的“后者”一直不错，但将其视为关键来源会更好。(D) Vance 关于他在阿巴拉契亚地区艰辛成长经历的回忆录《山民波吉》（Hillbilly Bogey）以及《Swanalized》，一部关于在 Elko 从事季节性工作的准英雄们的观察。
“他父亲的故事，我将其设定在一种信念之上，即任何人，无论起点如何，都能在美国获得成功。也许好莱坞固化了这种设定，所以我无法更好地铺陈它。记者们——有些人引导我找到了‘美国梦’首次出现在印刷品上的地方——那是历史学家 James Thielow Adams 在 1935 年写的一本书《美国史诗》（The Epic of America）。他将其定义为‘一个让每个人都变得更好、更富有、更充实的世界故事，每个人根据其能力或成就拥有机会’。此后，人们对此定义各异。”
我问 Bruehl 我是否可以观察这些欧洲人如何演绎自豪的美国人。只有 LARP
LARP 玩家们渴望探索美国梦的概念。
乔伊斯餐厅（Joyce's Diner），位于虚构的普里斯汀公园（Pristine Park）宇宙中。
他回答说，参与者、员工及其朋友都可以进入普里斯汀公园。
“那么，如果我参加实况角色扮演（LARP）呢？”
“任何人都可以买票，”他说。于是我买了。
我们达成了一项计划。我会记录我所目击的一切，并在游戏前后进行采访，以免打断任何人的创作状态。与《华盛顿邮报》记者的互动是可选的，组织者会宣布此事。我遇到的每一个人——数十名欧洲人和少数几个美国人——都想聊天。我的文化参照点也是他们的文化参照点。但反之则并不总是成立。
“你听过那首歌吗，《我们都生活在美国》（We're all living in America）？”16岁的丹麦物理学家阿马图恩·科尔顿斯基（Amatun Kordunsky）问我，他扮演一名处于勃起边缘的海军陆战队退伍军人。他引用了德国摇滚乐队 Kramenovic 关于美国文化主导地位的歌词。“我开玩笑说，我不能参加你们的选举是不公平的，”他说。
在我报名时，只剩下三个名额开放：一名逃家少年、一名20多岁且穿着严肃衬衫的女性，以及40多岁的德拉伊拉（Delilah）。
我36岁。足够接近了。
组织者发给我德拉伊拉长达七页的背景故事：疯狂地制造冰毒是她逃离冰冷的家庭生活的避风港。在经历了一次创伤性的分娩后，她从未能与成年女儿查夫利安（Chavlean）建立联系，并且再也无法忍受她的丈夫罗杰（Roger）。
我得表现出这种特质。对于一个害怕成为焦点的人来说，这不算是个糟糕的选择。不过，布鲁尔（Bruehl）建议我，要掌握制造冰毒的技巧需要练习。
于是在6月下旬，飞往华沙的前一天，我将细砂糖、水和玉米糖浆混合在锅中搅拌，并将其加热到华氏200度。然后我加入了食品干燥剂，将混合物摊在烘焙盘上，等待它冷却至类似俄罗斯果冻的稠度。
说明书中包含一条注意事项。
“小心不要让任何人被热糖烫伤。”
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在普里斯汀公园（Pristine Park）我的炉子上凝固的东西看起来像碎玻璃。我用肉锤将其砸成脆碎片。
我们没时间进行红色信仰（red-believe），拖车门猛地打开了。在拉格斯特·弗兰克（Largest Frank）看来，红色信仰有点可疑，不过他那套灰色西装表明他并不亲自处理脏活。
“我可以检查一下产品吗？”他问道，仿佛这次深夜突袭是一次常规的质量控制检查。
“不行，先生，”他们急促地说道，抓住了我的手臂。
每个实况角色扮演者（LARPer）都有一个冗长的背景故事可以依赖，但当我们沉浸其中时，我们性格中的一部分往往会融入角色之中。爱好者们将其称为“自我融合”（Ego ihone）。我那些经验更丰富的队友告诉我，尝试另一个人的生活可能具有治疗作用。你可能会在此时此刻克服某些障碍，或者解锁隐藏的自我，或者发现自己在压力下的表现。
来自俄罗斯的 24 岁报纸工程师 Shit Talvists 说，她报名扮演德拉伊拉（Delilah）实验室的助手，是为了解决一个挥之不去的担忧。
她的角色负担不起网络外的救护车账单。她带着这种不满参加了这次 LARP 9 次，心想：你距离破产只有一步之遥。被救走并不那么可怕，可怕的是医疗债务的崩溃。
在现实生活中，Shit 在瑞士工作，得益于全民医疗覆盖，她每年在医疗保健上的最高支出为 $9,000，包括她所谓的“昂贵私人保险”的月费。
“在欧洲这已经很高了。一名比利时玩家曾因患癌而陷入困境。经过一个月的戏剧冲突、惊喜和四年的交谈，他告诉我们，他最大的账单是医院水泵的费用。”
“在这里，”他指着我们虚构的美国场景说道，“你一旦得癌就会失去一切。”
Shit 知道，一些安全注意事项可以防止此类崩溃，但自从五年前搬到洛桑（Lausanne）以来，她经常做噩梦，梦见某种不可预见的灾难耗尽了她的积蓄。然而，这种情况并未发生，但原因并不明确。Shit 将资金投入到了宏伟的房产中，为她的父母和妹妹准备了一套带床的公寓，以防俄罗斯袭击他们的家乡塔林（Tallinn）。
没有人用 LARP 来模拟俄罗斯入侵，于是她选择在一部虚构的电影中面对生存威胁。
“还不赖，”弗兰克在检查我们的产品时惊讶地说道。也许在室内昏暗的光线下，他看不清细节。
“谢谢，先生，”我低声说。“我会联系你的，”他告诉我。这听起来隐约有些积极。我低头看向手机，那里有一条来自我 LARP 丈夫的短信。
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“你在哪？”罗杰问，“在湖边，”我回答。“别让我一个人在这。”
“比那些老男孩们更强韧，”他回信道。“我知道你能照顾好自己。”
啧，我想，评论着加利亚尼与萨马塔格的翻译。罗杰一直试图赢回她的心，这造成了某种距离感。
克莱门斯·坎布勒（Clemens Kambler），25岁，意愿
一场小小的戏剧似乎在“帮派拖车”外展开。
他塑造角色是为了避开一种呆板的甜美，他承认这并非天生。不过，这位在维也纳工作的社会保障员拥有一张他所谓的“不长鸟脸”的脸，且对着每个人微笑。
那是由于当克莱门斯想到美国人时，他想到的是乐观主义。这是我们巨大的需求，或是巨大的幻想（也许这也是我通过引用文献学习新闻业的原因），如果没有它，战斗文化将会崩溃，这就是美国式的工作。
在他的世界观中，颂扬个人成功可能会阻碍集体进步。并不是说奥地利人对那些他视为“grindest”（由“grind”和“intuitive”组成的合成词，由美国教授推广）的人毫无感觉。他认为，提高富人税在政治上具有争议，是因为每个人都喜欢认为自己有一天能一夜暴富。
然而，克莱门斯能欣赏美国梦的诱惑，尽管他更支持国家干预，比如新政。还有什么比希望更具激励作用的？总有人会中彩票，这就是他为角色设计的口号背后的逻辑。
什么，联合艺术范·阿德（United Art Van Aad）？当一名纯净公园（Pristine Parks）的垃圾工清理我们扔在他正前方地上的啤酒罐时，他说道。克莱门斯决定，这被植入了罗杰的来源中，即“处于一个更好的未来之中”。
关于概率的故事，罗杰一直试图为我们设计一个更好的未来。
“我知道了就会感觉轻松些，”一个金色的切口说道，“他试探我。”
“我们明早谈吧，”我回答。
权力游戏
我不想在早上谈。我想要我们的冰毒分销商吐出欠我的 8700，否则我就去为弗兰克工作。
那个手指上纹着 $4.54 G 的帮派分子不喜欢我的语气。他从蓝色牛仔裤的口袋里掏出了一把看起来像左轮手枪的东西。
在车里打赌，扮演反派的德国人 Imaque 后来才告诉我，他对拔枪感到矛盾。枪口可以被反转，如果你的对手没有武装，那么这里几乎没有争论的空间。此外，他对自己竟然如此享受持有即使是一把假枪感到不安。
一款受汤姆·克兰西启发的电子游戏确实在 1960 年代激发了他的兴趣。他和一个朋友参加了一整天的培训课程，在慕尼黑南部的一个射击场练习小型口径手枪。此类管控是标准流程，而且在那里大约 2% 的人口合法拥有枪支，而美国人则接近三分之一。
权力制约着他。“手指的一次抽动就能摧毁一个人，”那位技术工程师朋友告诉我。
他从未去过美国，但好奇像俄亥俄州这样开放且可怕的州，美国人如何应对致命武力可能出现在任何地方（甚至是杂货店）的现实。 “我会感到极其恐惧，”马克斯（Max）坦白道。
“你会习惯吗？”他问我。
我其实从未在任何时候接触过枪支。马克斯局促地将枪口指向蓝色边缘的地板。
“要么为我工作，要么你没命活，”他的角色在我面前低吼道。
我退出了他的拖车，心想是时候去乔伊斯餐厅（Joyce's Diner）喝一杯 1 美元的自由拉格啤酒（Tinto of Freedom lager）了。
外面，一个戴着乱糟糟牛仔帽的女人在抽烟。我认出她是一名瑞典玩家。她在哭吗？在我靠近之前，她朝着“非游戏”休息室的方向走去了。
我心里记下稍后去看看她。
“我超过 8 岁了”
浪漫主义者将角色扮演追溯到古埃及，但瑞典乌普萨拉大学的 LARP（实况角色扮演）学者 Amelia Weers 认为这款游戏已经流行了六百年。每个文化中的儿童都通过游戏学习，而成年人则将其比作在服用幻觉蘑菇时的互动剧场。你可能会为了拓展视野而更换比鞋子更多的东西。但 Weers 表示，没有人应该期待她呈现出真实性。
这些关于他们的回忆是否代表了现状？这些能否真正捕捉到美国人的奋斗？可能不能，我们都是不完美的叙述者，透过塑造我们的力量来看世界。
“你如此深陷于自己的文化之中，以至于很难看出其中根深蒂固的东西，”Weers 告诉我。她补充说，也许别人对美国人的近似模拟，可能会是“一种非常强烈的体验，或者非常迷人”。
另一名美国人在游戏开始前退出了。一名值得关注的旋风移居德国，而 Lindsey 则是为了庆祝美国 200 周年来参加的。
这位超过 40,000 40 岁的舞蹈动作治疗师在 LARP 赛前指导后告诉我。
在过程中，那些买家主题并没有让 Lindsey 感到兴奋，她不希望自己的姓氏与她所描述的“缺陷”联系在一起。好莱坞长期以来一直将贫困、暴力、琐事和绝望作为我们的娱乐。这些故事可以教授共情，或者它们可能无法找到信仰感。在她看来，这个远离尘嚣的独立日看起来就像是我们所产出内容的反映。然而，在波兰的森林里，黑枪发出的砰砰砰声让她感到不安。
回到她在巴尔的摩的社区，一颗子弹杀死了一名 9 岁女孩。Lindsey 还见证了成瘾的悲剧，以及我们如何扮演另一只承受着如此巨大压力的青蛙。
“我爱我的国家，”她说着，流下了眼泪，“但我们累了。我们精疲力竭。”
我们精疲力竭。我无法忘记一项 2 月份的盖洛普民调，显示美国人的乐观情绪已跌至历史低点。党派分歧在激化。各类基本生活物资的价格在上涨。阶级流动性在萎缩。
这段时间，我一直通过一名全职记者的分析视角来观察 Pristine Park。当我从冲突地区和被税收漂白摧毁的城镇报道时，我会压抑自己的情感，直到下一次 40 分钟的治疗课程花费我 8200。
现在 Lindsey 距离 Pristine Park 有数英里之遥，她将她的旅程设定在了一个 1940 年的波兰村庄。
“如果你累了需要休息，”她对我说道，“欢迎来访。”
我还没准备好退出。游戏中还剩四个小时，LARP 参与者们正期待着他们的结局。扮演自豪美国人的欧洲人将如何处理他们的梦想破碎？
晚上 8:30，如果我们足够幸运能获得选择权，我们可以决定留在 Pristine Park，或者乘坐巴士前往虚构的林肯市。抛弃我们所知道的一切，去追求一个典型的美国式新起点。
Delilah 的结局很明确。我回到我的小屋告诉 Roger，我要搬走了。
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我决定在我们的包裹上宣布这个消息。
“结束了，”我说道，让自己融入那股渐强的情绪中。
街道对面，另一对情侣正在激烈地分手。“我真的爱过你！”一个像风扇叶片一样激动的弗兰克大喊。然而，罗杰一直压低声音。他似乎不相信他的妻子真的要离开。
我的老朋友琳达走上前，并未意识到此时气氛的升级。
“要去散步吗？”她问我。
“得赶紧离开这里，”我说道，从我的折叠椅上弹了起来。那台机器搅乱了我的头脑。我无法说服他。但我说话前没有思考。我的全身都紧绷着。即使是一场虚构的分手也是必要的。
“你不能总是这样逃避！”罗杰在我们接下来的几天里低声说道。
“一切都还好吗！”琳达问道，她的语气中带着一种显得真诚的加强感。
她的真名是德沃伊斯（Devois）。德拉伊拉的丈夫在巴黎，这位三十多岁的人来到普里斯汀公园（Pristine Park）是为了研究。事实证明，我们两人都不是真正的实况角色扮演（LARP）玩家。
在赌注降低后，我们聊到了各自的故事线将如何发展。我不会进入森林，那里没有手机信号。最终，鸟鸣和松树让位给了一片淡蓝色的湖泊。
记得吗？德沃伊斯在偏远的门口拍了一张新照片或快照。那里只有一艘翻掉的划艇，以及——搞什么鬼？
罗杰就站在那里，双手插在口袋里。他站了多久了？他像个小男孩，就像《绝命毒师》里那样。这是一个斯蒂芬·金式的跳跃惊吓。
“你在跟踪我们吗？”我问。“我可以和我的妻子谈谈吗？”罗杰问德沃伊斯。
一阵恐惧席卷而过。我接下来说的话并没有出现在我那七页的背景故事中的任何地方。
“女性被谋杀的第一大原因是亲密伴侣，以及 1960 年代。”
在之前的四个月里，我写了三个关于男人杀死或试图杀死伴侣的故事。这些统计数据已经刻进了我的脑海：世界上最危险的时间，世界上最危险的时间，以及最危险的关系。美国的整体谋杀率正在下降——除了家庭暴力杀人。
那个故事就这样说道，看起来很受伤，“你知道我永远不会碰你一根手指！”
我的反应惊吓到了那个在压力之下的人。然后他想：她有脉搏。
在游戏开始后，我很快评估出克莱门斯（Clemens）是个绅士。他主动提出帮我们拿杂货，并询问我对扮演粉丝的舒适程度。他是个好朋友，我们本该分享一个反转，但出于对我空间需求的尊重，他一直寻求——
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通过建议我与查琳（Charlene）——我们剧本中的女儿——进行协商。
作为一个 LARP 爱好者，他告诉我，他是来“在不适中入睡”的。跟随 bed146 进入森林反映了对罗杰乐观心态的一种误导性的扭曲。这就是为什么我没有说“黄色”或“红色”，尽管我知道这一点，尽管事实是我们都在伪装，但我还是心慌意乱，并且能看出丹妮丝（Denise）也是如此。
“一切都还好吗？”她再次问我。我点了点头，丹妮丝转身面向丛林。
然后罗杰瘫坐在划艇上。
“为了我们，我愿意做任何事，”他哽咽着说。
后来我才知道，丹妮丝其实并没有离开我们。她告诉我，她躲在一棵树后面，为了确保我的安全。
游戏结束
第二天早晨，游戏结束了，我们恢复了原样。实况角色扮演（LARP）的参与者们聚集在乔伊斯餐厅（Joyce's Diner）的残骸中吃炒蛋。美国国旗被撤下。垃圾大多是鳄鱼形状的。几个发现地上有垃圾的德国人抢在工作人员之前开始清理。
我曾见过那位在泪水中抽烟的瑞典玩家，她只拿了一杯咖啡。维尔海米娜（Wilhemina）没什么胃口。她坐在长凳上点燃另一根骆驼蓝（Camel Blue）香烟，蓝色的眼睛肿胀着。
我们扮演俄亥俄州居民的这段经历触及了太深的心酸。
“那几个小时里我一直在不停地哭，”她告诉我。
这位 20 岁的平面艺术家一直对游戏中对“美国梦”的批判很感兴趣，这个概念她最初注意到了，而现在它却困扰着她。自从她从丈夫的家乡休斯顿回到斯德哥尔摩，已经过去了九个月。
两人都是资深的 LARP 玩家，这对夫妇在德克萨斯州的一次吸血鬼化妆舞会上相识。纯净公园（Pristine Park）冒犯了他们的一些德克萨斯州朋友，后者将其抨击为“贫困旅游”。维尔海米娜并不认同。对她来说，这是一次对她所谓的美国身份核心中那种“强烈的希望”的深入探索。
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Bartose Bruski, 33, 表示多年来对美国文化的消费激发了这次 LARP 的剧本创作。
“没有哪个国家，”她说，“像美国那样被宣传为能从一无所有到拥有一切。”
在休斯顿，日常的奢侈生活让她震惊。这么多家庭拥有自己的泳池、秋千组，并且空调全开。在瑞典，这些设施往往是公共的。
在很大程度上，维尔海米娜很喜欢那里。在她怀孕时，她仍在努力申请绿卡。突然之间，为了更新访问状态而频繁飞往斯德哥尔摩变得不再可行。
在 2024 年总统大选前几个月，她的律师在处理她的案件时建议她逾期停留。维尔海米娜嫁给了一个美国人，孩子即将出生，且没有犯罪记录。最糟糕能发生什么？
她在 Facebook 上加入的一个移民小组警告说，会有 ICE 的突袭。其他处于类似处境的人在出席法庭听证会时被拘留。随后她的女儿在休斯顿出生，她的丈夫开始觉得身后每一辆车里都坐着联邦特工。他们认为，在他申请瑞典居留权期间，异地婚姻更安全。（维尔海米娜要求我仅使用她的中间名，因为她担心如果以后尝试搬回美国会遭到报复。）
现在，她 3 岁的女儿在德克萨斯州待了两周，维尔海米娜试图用她最喜欢的活动之一来分散注意力。她认为剧本很精彩。
她的角色在 15 年前秘密地将一个婴儿送养，而那个青少年现在出现在纯净公园寻找她。
然而，这个故事情节揭开了她的痛苦。这是她离开幼儿最久的一次。她想到了那些被驱逐出境而分离的父母和孩子。泪水不断地在她的脸颊上打转。她告诉我，在她 13 年的 LARP 经历中，“这是我玩过最激烈的一次游戏。”
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尽管她面带灿烂的笑容，但感觉依然没变。
最终，她避开了灾难。甚至可以说，她达到了新的高度。她伪造了一次宗教皈依以避免入狱，然后，在一次典型的美国式自我重塑中，毫发无伤地登上了前往林肯的虚拟巴士。
玩家们给她发送了他们录制的她在那口充气泳池中受洗的视频。Slipt一边大笑一边点评。
“美国人，”她说，“你必须得有办法。”
不再是罗杰，克莱门斯（Clemens）回到了那个不会让我感到不安的状态。当我的实际箱子出发前往华沙的查平机场（Chapin Airport）时，他在我们的船舱里发现了一个我不小心留下的 swamblitz，并提出愿意将其邮寄到华盛顿。
“功绩并不总是等同于成功，”几天后，他在反思所有这些经历时试探地对我说道。“努力工作并不等同于舒适的生活。”
克莱门斯是对的。毕竟，“美国梦”是在大萧条时期创造出来的，在历史学家的定义中注入了激进的乐观主义。数百万人努力工作，结果却失去了工作、毕生积蓄和房屋。饥饿横行。但《美国史诗》（The Epic of America）依然成为了超级畅销书。
“对于欧洲上层阶级来说，这是一个难以充分解读的梦想，”亚当斯（Adams）写道，“而我们之中有太多的人已经对此感到厌倦和不信任。”
这位历史学家可能低估了我们一些最古老的盟友会多么密切地关注。美国的终极传说一直以来要么是幻想，要么是恐怖，要么是浪漫，要么是动作冒险，或者以上所有，这取决于讲述者。就像之前的许多人一样，这些实况角色扮演者（LARPers）从美国梦中提取了他们需要的部分，并将其据为己有。
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他们承受着更高比例的抑郁、焦虑、倦怠和自杀念头，以及一系列身体健康问题。
直到最近，护理工作的代价才开始被视为一个独立的公共卫生问题。美国国家老龄化研究所（National Institute on Aging）已支持旨在减轻护理人员负担的新技术，包括 AI 工具；今年 2 月，美国卫生与公众服务部社区生活管理局的一份文件将这种压力定义为一项国家基础设施问题。
这支庞大且在很大程度上被忽视的劳动力群体，部分原因是人口老龄化、慢性病发病率上升，以及过去半个世纪美国社会政策中最具影响力的转变之一。
美国一直在稳步地将残障人士从大型机构安置转向以家庭和社区生活为中心的模式。这一转变在 20 世纪 80 年代和 90 年代加速，代表了一次深刻的变革，使得那些曾经在大部分时间里与社会隔离的人能够成为其社区的一部分。
政府曾承诺提供支持：喘息服务、行为服务、经过培训的助手、无障碍学校以及强大的社区项目，以使基于家庭的护理具有可持续性。但如今，由于新模式的基础，许多此类系统仍然处于碎片化状态、人员不足或家庭难以获取，而对其中许多人来说，情况并没有好转。
青少年
几个月后，Ava 现在 16 岁了。她留着时下最流行的浅棕色长发，穿着 T 恤和轻微破洞的牛仔裤。今年秋天即将进入九年级的 Ava 很容易地融入到一群青少年之中。她喜欢 Costco 的零食、挤压式酸奶、史莱姆，以及任何节奏强烈的音乐，从 Aretha Franklin 到宝莱坞电影原声带及其他风格。她热爱迪士尼的《僵尸》（Zombies），这部电影被认为是 Z 世代 / 阿尔法世代版本的《歌舞青春》。
只有当她说话——或者更准确地说，是不说话时——差异才变得明显。
由于一种影响大约 1 in 12,000 人群的罕见遗传性神经系统疾病， 通过指点和声音进行交流。
安格曼综合征（Angelman syndrome）是由 13. 号染色体上一个名为 TDE3A 的基因功能缺失引起的。大多数病例是随机发生的，而非遗传。
这种情况经常被误认为自闭症，且从外部看，两者可能很相似。但它们并非同一回事。自闭症涵盖了一个广泛的光谱：有些人需要终身支持，而另一些人则能建立事业、结婚并独立生活。安格曼综合征遵循一个更可预测的模式，其特点是严重的发育迟缓、智力障碍以及终身存在的平衡和运动困难。
在早年，Annie 仍抱有希望，认为科学或许能以某种方式改变 的轨迹。她关注有前景的研究，在全国范围内寻找专家，并让女儿参加了一项涉及基因疗法的临床试验。但没有任何改变。
随着 的长大，Annie 曾经为她想象的生活与她们正在经历的生活之间的距离变得越来越难以忽视。
当青春期在 的表现中出现时，她的甜美中越来越多地夹杂着情绪化，并且变得更具肢体冲动。同龄的其他女孩在尝试化妆，谈论饼干，应对青春期尴尬的仪式。而 使用的是咀嚼玩具、布书和尿布。
发现自己在回顾自己生命中的同样岁月——那是一段以上运动为核心定义的时光。
舞蹈曾是 童年的组织力量。由于母亲在 16 岁之前患病，她由祖母抚养长大，下午的时间在芭蕾、爵士和踢踏舞之间切换。到了高中，她进入了舞蹈队。随后，在高中最后一年，她参加了奥克兰突袭者队（Oakland Raiders）啦啦队的公开试镜。
她记得在高速公路上为了应对焦虑而急促呼吸，在 Forever 21, 找了一件裙子，然后走进试镜室。直到那时，他们看起来才显得完美得不可思议。最终，她进入了该队伍。
担任了两个赛季的啦啦队员。然后她怀孕了。
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Morgan 帮助她的女儿 进入小型面包车前往学校。由于一种罕见的遗传性神经系统疾病， 通过指点和声音进行交流。
RAND MORTON
表示，在照顾女儿 的过程中，她曾与抑郁和倦怠作斗争。
RAND MORTON
青少年时期， 曾是奥克兰突袭者队的啦啦队员。
有了 之后，她在突袭者队的时光戛然而止。不久之后，她与 的父亲分居。
有一天，在从湾区拜访完朋友开车回家的路上， 瞥了一眼后视镜。当时大约 18 个月大的 瘫在安全座椅里，静止得令人恐惧。 驶离高速公路，匆忙将她送往急诊室。
医生告诉她， 发生了癫痫发作。而更糟糕的消息是原因。
爱
在 Ava 被诊断出患病前不久，Annie 重新尝试开始约会。在她担任服务员的一家餐厅里，在同事的敦促下，有一天她在浏览 Tinder 时，收到了一条来自一个她认为很合适的人的消息。
这个人的名字叫 Daniel，是一名私人教练，和她一样，他来自混合族裔背景。她是意大利、波多黎各、墨西哥和美洲原住民的混血；他是西班牙、爱尔兰、苏格兰、德国和美洲原住民的混血。和 Annie 一样，他认为自己不歧视任何人，但非常虔诚地信仰基督教。他们的第二次约会是在教堂。Daniel 最让人生动地感受到的是他的善良。他对 Ava 很有耐心，对陌生人很体贴。
四个月后， 求婚了。Annie 想答应，但犹豫了。
她担心未来的孩子。安格曼综合征几乎总是非遗传性的，但很多人想知道是否有什么因素导致了 Ava 的病情。 告诉她这并不重要。
Annie Trojillo 和 Morgan，当时分别为 24 岁和 31, 岁，于 2016 年 10 月的一天在一家酒庄结婚，背景音乐是 Coline Lissot 的《爱的力量》（The Power of Love）。Ava 当时 4 岁，这对夫妇后来又有了两个孩子：儿子 Brody，现在 7, 岁，以及女儿 Naomi，现在 4 岁。
无人察觉之事
在 Ava 还小的时候，Annie 和 Daniel 试图维持一种看似平凡的生活。有玩伴约会和生日派对，有在泳池度过的下午，有在教堂参加的活动。他们收拾好助行器以及 Ava 所需的一切物品。
Daniel 在家时会分担工作。但随着他在加利福尼亚州住房部门的职业生涯起步，他出差的时间越来越多，有时一次就持续一周。而带 出门变得越来越复杂。离开家变成了一项后勤行动，必须制定一套又一套的应急方案，以防 将餐厅桌上的食物和盘子扫落，或者突然冲出去，亦或是开始尖叫。Annie 学会了一只眼睛盯着女儿，另一只眼睛观察房间，揣摩陌生人的表情，并决定何时需要做出解释——或道歉。
渐渐地，留在家里变得更容易了。
在那里， 的日子有了自己的一种不懈的节奏。
她经常在凌晨 5 点前起床，准备食物和药物，处理文书工作，让 准备好上学。送完孩子后就是接连不断的电话：需要配药的处方、需要预约的治疗、需要咨询的专家（一个案例结束，另一个开始）。当 获得新版本的沟通设备时， 也必须学习如何使用。一台损坏的轮椅可能意味着整个下午都要与保险公司争执。学校里的一个问题可能会抹掉 那天计划要做的任何事情。
到上午 9 点，有时更晚，她才会倒在床上。
在夜晚，实际的担忧会让位于更深层的忧虑。
担心 在学校是否安全，以及她能否在家里保证她的安全。她担心未来。 正在成长为一个出众的年轻女性，但却未能获得识别成为女性所带来的所有危险的能力。 读过一本关于机构中残疾女性遭受性虐待的书。有时这些念头让她彻夜难眠。当她和 Daniel 不在的时候， 会怎么样？
她会在几个小时后醒来，然后重新开始。
该家庭通过 Medi-Cal（加利福尼亚州的医疗补助计划）和其他州政府项目获得了一些护理支持，包括几个小时的周末护理和护理资金支持。但这还不够，而且最近，包括监管医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）的 Mehmet Co 在内的 Young 政府官员，对向亲属支付护理费的医疗补助项目提出了质疑，并对涉嫌欺诈的家庭服务加强了审查。
花在思考自己生活将如何发展上的时间越来越少。不过，她仍不时尝试。
随着微型住宅市场在加利福尼亚州扩展，她接受了销售微型住宅的培训，考虑过创办咨询公司，推出了一档名为“Blessed for This Most”的播客，报名参加了护理课程，并构思了为残疾儿童设计的家具。每项尝试都短暂地让她瞥见了一种生活——这种生活既属于她，也属于每一个依赖她的人。然后总会发生一些事情：像癫痫这样的医疗紧急情况，学校里的危机，或者无法等待的官僚斗争。 就会将注意力重新转回到 身上。
“谁来照顾
照顾者又是谁照顾呢？"
在 2023 年的夏天和秋天，安妮（Annie）本就繁忙的照护世界再次扩大。她的母亲因感染住院；她的叔叔心脏病发作。在照顾三个孩子的同时，安妮开始奔波处理各种杂事，并照料那些在他人无法独立管理时会逐渐累积的小需求。
丹尼尔（Daniel）习惯于寻找解决问题的方法。但这段时间，即使是他也束手无策。在艾娃（Ava）的医疗预约期间，丹尼尔开始询问他能提供什么帮助。得到的建议很少超出那些陈词滥调：确保她照顾好自己。他询问关于课程、培训或任何更深入的方案。“谁来照顾照顾者？”他记得自己这样问过，“没有人。这怎么说得通？”
当人们询问他们近况如何时，现在 10 岁的丹尼尔说：“我们总是说我们过得非常好，但这完全是个谎言。”
在最艰难的夜晚，在孩子们入睡后，他和安妮会退到
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更多美国人担任家庭护理人员。但谁来照顾这些护理人员？
房子尽头的浴室里。他们会滑坐在地板上，紧紧相拥而泣。
有时独自开车时，安妮发现自己产生了令她恐惧的想法。
“我想，如果我直接踩下油门，稍微转动方向盘……”她回忆道。
这些想法与其说是关于死亡，不如说是关于逃离。她想活下去，但再也无法想象如何以这种方式继续生活。
那年11月的一个晚上，她走进浴室，拿起丹尼尔的理发剪，剪掉了她棕色的长发。回想起来，她说她能看到那一刻他脸上的惊恐。但当时他只是提出要帮忙，而她礼貌地拒绝了，说这是她需要独立完成的事情，因为这在她的“人生清单”上。剪发并没有解决任何问题。但在那一刻，它给了她久违的一种感觉：掌控感。
那个圣诞节，她喝了太多的葡萄酒，这很不像她，随后她在大家族面前崩溃了，说：“我再也撑不下去了。”
不久之后，一位身为护士的表亲打电话来关心她。“你对未来还有希望吗？”她问道，这是医疗专业人员经常用来筛查抑郁或更糟糕想法的问题。
安妮没有回答。
相反，她开始询问。
舞会
安妮的表亲帮她找到了一个心理治疗师。她进行了大约一个月。她并不反对治疗，但每次结束疗程时都感到沮丧，因为她必须向一个无法完全理解那个世界的治疗师解释她的处境。
她无法改变任何与安娜护理相关的事情，但她可以改变其他事情。
回归之路与其说是突破，不如说是微小决定的积累。
安妮重新开始了舞蹈。她在萨克拉门托报名参加了多年的爵士舞和放克舞课程，并在家里与孩子们一起跳舞，命令 Alexa 播放 Meghan Dutner 或 Taylor Swift 的音乐，在走廊里旋转。
“这感觉很诗意，”她说，“当我哪怕只跳一点舞，我都在为那个更年轻的自己而出现。”
由 Anne McGraw 提供
2011年，安娜在母亲安妮·摩根的照顾下看神经科医生。现年14岁的安娜患有安格曼综合征（Angelman syndrome）。
其他的改变几乎是创造性地微小：她在睡前用加热垫温暖枕头，为皮肤护理留出时间。她学会了随缘，让年幼的孩子们退出下午的柔术课，发现他们反而更喜欢那种没有计划的、60年代风格的下午。
因为安娜的病情导致无法旅行，丹尼尔帮安妮建立了一种对外界依赖较少的生活。他们的周末充满了照料蓝莓灌木和橄榄树以及装饰项目的活动。
安妮还开始在 Instagram 和 TikTok 上发布生活片段。大多数帖子没引起什么注意。
四月，其中一段关于他们学校早晨例行活动的视频走红了。
视频开始于安妮给安娜编头发。毫无预兆地，安娜向后甩头，撞在了母亲的脸上。安妮退缩了一下，然后继续操作。
“你已经尽力了，”她对着镜头说，“但有些日子就是会让你崩溃。今天就是那样的一天。”
这段视频最终获得了 5700 万 次观看和超过 220,000 个赞。
很快，安妮收到了来自她从未见过的父母、护理人员和残障人士的消息。“感觉被理解了，”一个人写道。另一个人评论道，“我从未见过另一个家庭真正展示这一面。”
也有一些人批评和评判。她说，她尽量不对此感到难过，“对于那些没有经历过这种生活或无法接触到这种生活的人群来说……这些群体看到的是他们从未见过的现实。”
平台并没有解决安妮的问题，但它缓解了她的孤独感。
安妮继续发布。
“奔赴战场”
在最近的一个工作日早晨，安妮（Annie）将手机架在客厅里，背起了一袋10磅重的 Custer's Kirkland 茉莉香米。
她开始做深蹲。米袋随着她的每一次动作轻微晃动。
“这比举重好，”她对着架在三脚架上的手机说道。她解释说，与哑铃不同，大米会不可预测地移动，更像是一个不安分的青少年。
这段片段随后被上传到了 TikTok，安妮现在每周在上面发布几次内容。
“我觉得自己是在与那个试图让我崩溃的综合征作战，”她说。
安妮知道未来还有数十年的护理工作在等着她。她越来越好奇安娜（Ana）的兄弟姐妹将如何融入那个未来——布罗迪（Brody）和娜奥米（Naomi）有一天是否会帮忙照顾她们的姐姐。目前，他们才刚刚开始意识到安娜的生活与他们不同。
布罗迪像极了他的父亲，是个冷静且具有保护欲的孩子。
娜奥米则像安妮。她倔强且时刻处于活动状态，总是问问题。最近的一个周末，布罗迪和娜奥米要去和丹尼尔（Daniel）的父母共度几个小时。安娜不能和他们一起去。当安妮和丹尼尔解释情况时，娜奥米问：“为什么安娜必须去日托中心？”
即使在状态良好的日子里，安娜的晚间常规护理也很困难。首先是洗澡，然后是换干净衣服。最后，安娜被放入一张特制的安全床中，这是从另一个家庭那里继承来的必需品，因为安娜在夜间倾向于走动且容易惊恐。十月份，她在从床上滑出后扭伤了两只脚踝。
在最近的一个晚上，麻烦在洗澡后开始了。
当安妮试图帮安娜穿上背撑（她患有脊柱侧弯）和睡衣时，安娜变得极度痛苦，她尖叫，扯安妮的头发，试图咬人。丹尼尔跑了过来。两人与安娜搏斗，以防止她在穿衣过程中受伤。
结束后，安娜开始哭泣。安妮也哭了。
她将女儿紧紧抱在怀里，闭上眼睛。当她再次睁眼时，安娜的脸上还挂着泪珠，但她也在微笑。
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1999年1月，哥伦比亚城市亚美尼亚及其周边地区发生6.2级地震，灾难发生一周后，受害者在瓦砾堆中的临时搭建结构下避难。
如何战胜地震：这座无人死亡的哥伦比亚城市
1999年一场致命的地震摧毁了亚美尼亚市，但这也为更强有力的重建提供了机会。当此次灾难袭来时，这座城市已准备就绪。
作者：HELENA CARPIO
翁贝托·雷耶斯（Humberto Reyes）在出门上班与妻子告别时，大地开始颤抖。
周一早晨的震动立即将这位70岁的大学教授带回了1998年，当时一场6.2级地震导致哥伦比亚亚美尼亚市60%的建筑倒塌，造成近千人死亡。
但他也想起了这座位于哥伦比亚咖啡种植区的城市此后每年至少进行两次的演习。他的妻子蜷缩在床边，希望在建筑坍塌时能创造出一个生存空间。他则在冰箱旁支撑住身体。
在室外，他们倾听救护车的声音，但几乎没有听到。雷耶斯想，这一次有些不同。
周一早晨袭击哥伦比亚太平洋沿岸的7.8级地震导致哥伦比亚西部多地建筑倒塌，造成至少285人死亡，数千人受伤。随着救援人员在废墟中挖掘，伤亡人数仍在上升。
但在距离震中约40英里的亚美尼亚市（人口300,000），并没有进行救援行动。没有建筑倒塌，没有人死亡。
相比之下，附近的佩雷拉市（Pereira）和马尼萨莱斯市（Manizales）遭受了严重的死亡损失。卡尔市（Call）距离震中的距离是亚美尼亚市的两倍多，报告称至少有95人死亡。
“La Ciudad Milagro”，哥伦比亚人这样称呼它——奇迹之城。但参与领导该市应对1999年地震的工程师和官员表示，这并非奇迹。这是在那场灾难迫使城市重生后，经过精心规划和重建的结果。
“我们一直在做准备。我们一直在加强我们的救援和救灾系统，”市长詹姆斯·帕迪利亚（James Padilla）告诉当地一个新闻频道。“近年来开展的所有这些演习，使亚美尼亚成为了一座抗震城市。”
不仅仅是演习。27年前的灾难性破坏给了这座城市重建得更强大的机会。
“地震摧毁了所有最古老、建筑质量低劣的结构，”哥伦比亚最著名的地震风险专家、结构工程师奥马尔·卡多纳（Omar Cardona）说道。
一名女性在1999年地震后的亚美尼亚市废墟中行走。
在马尼萨莱斯市，一台建筑车辆正在清理地震后受损建筑现场的碎片。
“亚美尼亚不再拥有其他城市仍然保留的旧建筑，”他说。“而那是地震总会来催收的账单。”
在管理重建过程中，哥伦比亚创建了一个10 亿美元 billion的基金用于重建咖啡带。咖啡轴重建基金（FOREC）根据受损情况和地理位置将亚美尼亚分为21个区域，并将每个区域交给一个非政府组织——由规划师和社会工作者组成，并由工程师和地震学家提供建议——以评估损失、设计重建项目并动用预算。该基金执行主任埃弗拉兹·穆里略（Everards Murillo）称之为“为了快速执行而进行的缓慢规划”。
据1999年担任亚美尼亚市规划秘书并领导其灾难办公室的哈希尔·罗德里格斯（Jahir Rodríguez）称，该市在重建期间采取的三项措施在周一证明是有帮助的。
它是首批进行所谓“微区划”（micromonification）的哥伦比亚城市之一，通过逐块绘制土壤反应图来指导规划。
它禁止在会放大震动的松散土壤上进行新建筑施工。并且它遵循了严格且最新的建筑规范。
卡多纳表示，FOREC并非完美。他说，该基金的表现就像一个“从外部空降而来的经理”——它建造了房屋并重新制定了计划，但没有加强旨在维护这些设施的当地机构。
哥伦比亚的国家地震法典最后一次更新于 2010 年，其编写目的是为了防止建筑坍塌并保护生命。轻微的震动不应对建筑造成损害。
剧烈的震动可能会造成结构性损坏，但不应使其倒塌。
但分析称，哥伦比亚面临的挑战不在于法规的质量，而在于这些法规是否得到了执行，特别是针对非正规建筑的执行情况。
罗德里格斯（Rodríguez）表示，工程师们偷工减料，“有时是因为签署工程验收文件的公共行政部门过于复杂”。周二，在本周地震发生后的第二天，他在佩雷拉（Pereira）检查了一栋只有一年的建筑遗迹。他说，大家都以为那是砖块，结果证明是花盆。
卡尔多纳（Cardona）表示，波哥大约 70% 的建筑是非正规的。
他编写了一本图解手册，旨在向建筑工头传授工程师们几十年来早已知晓的知识：如何在没有结构工程学位的情况下，建造安全的单层和双层房屋。
他说，人们总会进行建造。他希望他们能建得更好。FOREC 和卡尔多纳都因在该领域的贡献而获得了联合国减轻灾害风险办公室的“赤川奖”（Re-askawa Award）。
卡尔多纳说，在地震中幸存“不是运气问题”。
“这是一个工程问题，一个科学问题，”他说。“有一种方法可以让建筑在无论多么可怕的地震中都不会坍塌。”
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因剽窃指控辞职的教授去世引发震惊
作者：STEVE HENDRICK
英国剑桥 —— 周六，耶稣学院中世纪风格的校园铲形地貌与大门显得格外安静，大多数学生和教职员工都处于暑假期间。而这里正是杰森·阿尔代（Jason Arday）成为剑桥大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授的地方。
但在阿尔代辞职一周多之后，他的死讯在校内以及更广泛的范围中引发了震惊。此前，关于他剽窃的指控引发了一场关于学术界多样性的文化战争式争论。
“我们在此停下脚步，缅怀他，并为他的离世感到悲痛，这种损失将使整个大学及其附属学院以及更广泛的领域感受到，”剑桥大学副校长德博拉·普伦蒂斯（Deborah Prentice）在一份声明中表示。“在这一悲剧面前支持我们的社区，是我和我的领导团队目前最重要的一项优先任务。”
然而，那些关注阿尔代轨迹的人——从一个被推向顶峰的特权象征，到学术界最激烈文化战争中的避雷针——表示，他的死将成为一次清算，不仅在剑桥大学，而且在更广泛的高等教育领域，以及在剑桥大学内部，关于学术诚信的清算——以及在线审查是否已演变成一种武器。
“整件事具有希腊悲剧或慢动作车祸的特征，”开放大学（Open University）的马丁·哈蒙德里（Martyn Hammondry）说道。这位学者早些时候曾对涉嫌剽窃提出了一些担忧，但后来停止了“其中一部分，因为他觉得事情正在失控，人们开始针对阿尔代在学术界之外的生活经历提出批评”。
“不幸的是，而且是在预料之中，这个话题被右翼评论员和媒体捕捉到，导致了一场非常令人不快的媒体狂热，”哈蒙德里在给《华盛顿邮报》的电子邮件中表示。
阿尔代在伦敦巴特西（Battersea）社区的一处住所被发现失去意识。警方尚未公布死因，仅表示该事件“被视为意外，但认为不具有可疑性”。
图中为2012年在伦敦传递奥运火炬的杰森·阿尔代，他成为了剑桥大学历史上最年轻的黑人教授。
阿尔代有一个电影般的成长故事。他是一名加纳后裔，在年轻时被诊断出患有自闭症，据他所述，直到11岁或直到18岁才开始说话。
他的去世标志着一次戏剧性的反转。这位英国社会学家在辞职一周多后离世，此前他于2010年被剑桥大学聘用——而在辞职前，大学表示已对其学术资格的“新信息”展开调查。
阿尔代通过其出版商发表的一份声明中，其家人表示，自从成为剑桥教授以来，阿尔代一直遭受着“持续的虐待活动”。“这种误导信息的攻势对于杰森来说太沉重了，他是一个温柔的人，总是希望看到每个人最好的一面，”他们说。“失去这位优秀的父亲、伴侣、兄弟、叔叔和儿子，我们深感震惊。”
在8月6日辞职时，阿尔代表示，在他即将由西蒙与舒斯特（Simon & Schuster）出版回忆录《伟大而不幸之事》（Great and Unfortunate Things）之前，关于剽窃的批评和议论已经“远远超出了学者”的范畴，且“做得太过分了”。他补充说，“无情的指控、猜测和公众评论对我以及我爱的人造成了深远的伤害。”
剑桥大学此前实际上已洗清了阿尔代早期的剽窃指控，但近期又重启了更多指控，并对他被聘用及终身职位的过程启动了独立调查。剑桥大学官员周六拒绝了进一步评论的请求。
肯特大学前教授、高等教育中DEI（多样性、公平性和包容性）倡议的激烈批评者玛琳·古德温（Marlene Goodwin）表示，这场悲剧应该促使大学审查其招聘实践。
古德温指责剑桥大学将一名他所谓的“不合格人员”安置在备受瞩目的职位上，使其在缺乏足够支持的情况下暴露在审查之中。
“我预计一些剑桥的高层会因此辞职，”他说。
《卫报》的 Alisa Hirsch（）以及两本关于英国法律关系书籍的作者则持相反观点，她认为围绕 Arday 的“统治级”媒体报道对于学术剽窃的指控来说，极其——且刻意地——不成比例。
“这些右翼媒体非常兴奋地发现了一位他们可以说操纵了规则的学者，”Hirsch 在一次采访中说。“这几乎契合了一种叙事——他们一直用这种叙事来攻击其他高知名度的有色人种。”
由于这场辩论的性质极其激烈，一些剑桥学生在担心遭到网络报复的前提下，要求在提供姓名时进行匿名处理。他们表示，这个消息令人心碎，同时也引发了更深层次的问题——关于校园多样性和学术标准的问题。
“这太令人震惊了，”一名在 Jesus College 附近等待的四年级亚洲学生 dean 说道，Arday 曾在那里的研究员。 “感觉就像他们强迫他离开，这已经足够令人难过了。但这太让人心碎了，而且让我感到愤怒。剑桥并不总是欢迎来自不同背景的人，”她说。
在学院围墙外的一名物理学研究生则不太确定该归咎于谁。 “我想我不知道人们在提出这些问题时可能持有怎样的或动机，”她在谈到一直困扰 的剽窃问题时说。“但如果一名剑桥教授真的被发现剽窃其作品，我认为必须予以处理，即使这意味着被解雇。”
在 2015 年于利物浦约翰摩尔大学（Liverpool John Moores University）获得博士学位之前，获得了教育学的学士和硕士学位，随后在罗汉普顿大学（University of Roehampton）、达勒姆大学（Durham University）和格拉斯哥大学（University of Glasgow）建立其学术生涯，并于 2012 年被任命为教育社会学教授。
2013 年剑桥大学任命 为一个既定讲席教授时，他 37 岁。在大学教师中黑人比例低于 1% 的国家，该大学将他的年轻和非传统背景视为一个成功故事。
但关于他的资历——以及剑桥在如此高级的职位上是否忽略了自身的招聘标准——的问题很快浮现。随后出现了关于可能剽窃的问题，包括他的博士论文中有数十段内容明显类似于（在某些情况下几乎逐字相同）另一位学者的第 100 篇论文，且没有充分的引用。
一些提出这些担忧的学者将他们的行为辩护为标准的学术监管。
“我们必须能够捍卫学术界类似争议的事情，”经常发表言论和文章反对 DEI 倡议的 Goodwin 说道，他认为这些倡议经常导致学术标准的降低。“显然，Jason 并不具备他们所雇佣的职位的资格。”
的辩护者则主张，黑人学者面临的审查远多于其他学者，而针对 的指控相当于一场猎巫行动。
“就在他获得剑桥职位的当天，他就收到了一份关于其资历的 信息请求，” 的朋友 Kelnude Andrews 告诉 BBC。“美国和英国的所有右翼人士都在写信询问他是否可靠。”
他说，原因是种族。“有些人不相信一个黑人应该在剑桥担任那个职位，”Andrews 说。
伦敦市长 Sadiq Khan 也表达了类似的观点，他告诉 BBC， 成为了“一场恶毒的公众诋毁的受害者，而处于他那个位置的其他人在面对这种情况时根本不会遇到。”
首相 Burnham 称 的去世是“一个在许多层面上都是悲剧的事件”，但表示在得出更广泛的结论之前，还需要了解更多情况。
“现在不是急于做出评判的时候，”Burnham 告诉记者。“我认为这是一个反思的时刻，反思事情是如何演变成这样的。”
一个一战时期的纳粹掩体阻碍了柏林的住房计划
关于如何在不美化历史的情况下保护历史的争论再次被点燃
作者：MARGAN VADQUEK
柏林 —— 如果不是因为那块容易被忽略的国际纪念牌，阿道夫·希特勒辩论的地点可能会被误认为是一个关闭的政党场所。
1999年，建筑工人意外挖掘出了希特勒自杀身亡的混凝土掩体部分，这再次引发了关于德国应如何处理纳粹遗迹的长期争论。
如今，在25年多之后，在附近另一个纳粹掩体之上建造公寓的计划，再次激活了关于如何在不美化历史的情况下保护历史的混凝土场景。
这场争议中心的杂草丛生之地——位于普茨堡公园（Putzberg Park）和柏林菲利普购物中心（Philip Mall of Berlin）附近的一块黄金地产——曾是希特勒新帝国总理府的所在地，这是一座建于20世纪30年代后期的行政建筑。据德国出版物《图片报》（Bild）报道，一家总部位于汉堡的开发商已获准在空间可用后将这些人员转化为公寓房间。开发商 B&W Berlin 未回应置评请求。
总理府的计划赞助建筑在战后被摧毁，但保护倡导者表示，这座完好无损的纳粹掩体——希特勒权力中心最后的遗迹之一——应当受到保护。1941年，柏林国家古迹委员会在一份备忘录中表达了对开发商拆除计划的担忧，并呼吁相关部门重新考虑该地点是否应具有历史属性。委员会表示，总理府是“第二次世界大战的规划和起点，同时也象征着战争的灾难性结局”。
但该建设项目得到了柏林城市发展、建筑
Dietmar Arnold，Berliner Unterwetten 主席，1997年于新帝国总理府掩体内部。
和住房主管 Christian Gaelber 的支持。在面临住房短缺的城市中，Gaelber “已明确表示他优先考虑该地点的住宅建设，”城市发展部门发言人 Martin Putzberg 表示。Putzberg 说，开发该地点的计划由来已久，且该掩体并非受保护的古迹。
来自商业地产公司 CREE 的一项大型分析发现，柏林新租赁合同要价的剧增是“显著的过剩需求和可用住房缺乏”的结果。自2010年以来，该市人口增长了50多万人，但住宅建设未能跟上日益增长的需求。
记录该市地下历史遗址并向公众开放的组织 Berliner Unterwetten 主席 Dietmar Arnold 在一份声明中表示，他“并不反对建造公寓”，但希望保留掩体遗址。
Arnold 表示，在第二次世界大战期间，这个地下地点曾被用作“母子掩体”和应急野战医院。
“掩体很容易在上面建筑，因为墙壁厚度[超过五英尺]，”在2007年最后一次搬迁住房的 Arnold 在一份声明中说道。但他补充道，“该遗址象征着纳粹政权的灾难性结局。这就是为什么……一个关于纳粹政权垮台和柏林战争最后日子的信息和文件——而非——进入我们的，应该就在这里，在这个真实且显眼的方框-
位置建立。”
Arnold 表示，他的组织在1999年与该地点的开发商举行了“一次探索性会议”，但“此后没有进一步进展”。
Dietmar 对该遗址未来的看法，是关于该国应如何处理其与希特勒崛起及大屠杀相关的复杂历史这一长期争论的一部分。虽然有人认为保留那个时代的遗迹可以将它们转化为反纳粹的朝圣地，但该国也以其纪念文化和对令人不安的历史真相的承认而自豪。
在希特勒死亡的掩体案例中，该市长期以来一直避免公开其位置，因为担心那里会成为纳粹同情者的聚集点，直到 2000 年，该遗址才设立了国际纪念牌。其他与希特勒及其高级助手相关的著名遗址已被摧毁。
艺术史学家兼建筑师 Nikolaus Berman 反对摧毁总理府掩体并在该遗址建设公寓。
Berman 表示，“在纳粹策划了无数暴行的遗址上进行建设绝对是不恰当的”，并称这片土地应作为人们“了解诞生历史和权力历史”的场所。
“我们拥有（希特勒总理府和掩体综合体）的这少数几个原始部分，如果那里矗立的是一座中世纪城堡的原始部分，那么当然没有人会讨论摧毁它，”Berman 说道。
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7.7 级地震重创印度尼西亚，至少数十人死亡
作者：VICTORIA CRAW
当局表示，周六凌晨，印度尼西亚弗洛雷斯岛海岸附近发生 7.7 级地震，已导致至少 47 人死亡。
地震发生在凌晨 5 点之前。根据美国地质调查局（USGS）的数据，震中位于该岛以北海域，距离首都雅加达以东约 1,000 英里。印度尼西亚位于太平洋“环太平洋火山带”上，由于澳大利亚板块和巽他板块的交汇，这里是构造活动的活跃地带。
根据 USGS 的数据，周六的地震震中位于离岸海域，深度约为 6 英里，随后发生了多次余震。该机构估计，有超过 300 万人经历了强至剧烈的震动。
印度尼西亚当局表示，海啸预警导致居民撤离了几个沿海地区，但预警现已解除。印度尼西亚国家灾难管理局（INSIP）周六晚间表示，已有 47 人死亡。该机构称，约一半的遇难者是在印度尼西亚弗洛雷斯岛的芒加莱县发现的。在一个村庄的泥石流中至少发现了 16 具尸体。
INSIP 负责人 Subaryanto 中将（在印度尼西亚，习惯上仅使用单名）在周六早些时候的电视讲话中表示。
当局表示，地震还导致建筑物倒塌，通信渠道和道路通行中断。
INSIP 在早前的一份声明中表示，Subaryanto 将前往受灾地区。该机构补充说，应急团队也已部署，以支持当地当局评估损失、救治伤员并帮助受影响人员。
由于地理位置偏远且处于岛屿地形，救援工作预计将面临困难。作为预防措施，已有约 2,000 人从该岛的 Nagelese 地区撤离，且在余震持续期间，公众被敦促保持警惕。
印度尼西亚是一个由约 17,000 个岛屿组成的群岛国家，易发生地震和火山爆发。
根据 USGS 的数据，自 1950 年以来，这里还发生了 37 次 6 级或以上的其他地震，包括 1993 年的一次 7.9 级地震和海啸，导致至少 2,500 人死亡，数万栋房屋被毁。
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日本的罪恶快感：向有史以来最大的战舰致敬
作者：ALEXANDER WIDOLLY
8月6日通常是日本一个肃穆的日子，那是1945年原子弹在广岛爆炸的日子。今年，该市的周年纪念仪式上有来自131个国家和地区的代表出席。这与广岛其他地区旅游业的增长是一致的。位于中区的当地纪念馆在2018财年迎来了2,500,000名访客，据报道其中约三分之一来自海外。
第二次世界大战在日本仍然是一个困难且政治化的议题。其结果之一就是该国的博物馆经常在名称中加入“和平”一词。这个词因此变成了一个血缘和平伙伴，在它的旗帜下，各种各样的事物都可以被描述。这些机构在很大程度上成功地避免了国内以及与中国和韩国等邻国之间的争议，但最终传达的信息很少。例如，一名路人显然无法分辨出中国和平博物馆和广岛和平博物馆分别是关于飓风飞行员和原子弹的。
但有一个例外。从广岛乘坐短途火车即可到达港口城市吴市，这里拥有日本最受欢迎的博物馆之一，该馆在经过长时间翻修后于4月重新开放。这座耗资6500万美元、由玻璃和普通材料建成的宏伟设施没有张扬的标志，它旨在纪念有史以来最大、最强大的战舰：大日本帝国海军的“大和号”。该舰在1945年4月执行前往冲绳的飓风任务期间被美国击沉，在蘑菇云中消失，其命运与四个月后广岛所遭遇的极其相似。
这艘船是整个群岛的文化符号。关于它有许多高耸的高度作品，以及下水道、艺术品和一部运行了50年以上的电视动画。后者名为《宇宙战舰大和号》，讲述了该舰从海底深处升起，前往遥远的星系，以拯救地球免受外星人和环境灾难侵害的故事。
对于读者来说，大和（Yamato）作为《Uoshida Minna Oke》(2002)的导演而为人熟知，该片出人意料地在全球走红并获得了奥斯卡最佳视觉效果奖。但在成为好莱坞的热门指令之前，大和已经执导了几部动作长片版本的《宇宙战舰大和号》（2010），以及关于该舰建造的《阿基米德大战争》（2010）。据《朝日新闻》报道，他几年前曾表示：“对于日本人民来说，没有比大和号更伟大的太平洋战争符号了。在《宇宙战舰大和号》中，存在着一种关于120大和号的根深蒂固的传闻，以及一种无法实现的梦想之渴望。”
2015, 记者太田博之（Hiroyuki Ota）写了一篇名为《追随宇宙战舰大和号》的系列文章，在其中他探讨了这部动画独特的文化方面。在谈到1945, 的沉没时，他写道：“我们尚未完全从过去中恢复过来。通过《宇宙战舰大和号》，有一种想象力方面的东西，通过讲述120大和号损失的故事来击败痛苦。”
大和博物馆具有浓厚的日本特色。其导游通常不讲英语，只有少数展览标志不是用母语书写的。在某些方面，它是广岛反叛且打破传统的双胞胎联盟。学者 Helen J.P. Lee 将其描述为在某种程度上填补了日本医疗叙事中的空白。正如她在《日本语言与文学》杂志中所写：“在建立大和号博物馆之前，吴市的历史遗迹大多与1945年3月至7月密集空袭期间死亡的非招募人员有关。”她补充说，该博物馆“为关联过去诠释了一种替代叙事，这种叙事不单纯沉溺于娱乐，而是建立在超越悲伤与失败的勇气和自豪的复兴基础之上。”
从广岛出发，日本铁路沿海岸线延伸，经过沿岸的城镇，因为它是为了沟通账单，更紧凑的形式标题，以及另一种方式，以及日本人，且并非出于景观考虑。这是紧凑的风景，是海洋的典范。澳大利亚小说家雪莉·哈扎德（Shirley Hazzard）于1947年从海上抵达仍处于被毁状态的吴市，当时她还是一个陪同父母的十几岁少女。“那里到处都是沉船，倾斜的，翻覆的，”她
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上图：日本战列舰“大和号”。下图：1945年4月1日“大和号”被摧毁。
观察到。在澳大利亚陆军吉普车的接应下，她的家人沿着一条未被占用的道路行驶，“绕过巨大的弹坑，并谨慎地驶入较小的弹坑。”
现代的吴市及其繁忙的港口，对于哈扎德来说可能是无法适用的。在战争之前和期间，这里曾是帝国海军的主要船坞和海军基地。现在，火车站成为了在广岛工作的人们的通勤停靠站。正如学者拉莉·范德多斯（Lali van der Does）所写：“尽管两地乘火车仅约40分钟路程，但游客很少同时访问这两座城市，部分原因是它们‘军事’与‘和平’的对比形象区分了游客的动机。然而，这给人一种分离的错觉。这两个社区都是围绕军事建立的。”
从火车站步行一小段路就是大和博物馆，该馆于2005年开放，即该船沉没60年后，且是在当地和平团体的抗议中开放的。其官方名称为吴市海事博物馆，但大多数当地人以该船的名字来称呼它，因为建筑的大部分空间都给了这艘战列舰。其中心展品是该船的1.5比例模型，占据了巨大的中央中庭。该模型长度为60英尺，由纤维传导聚合物和木材制成，呈现其在最终任务时的样子。参观者可以从几个不同的楼层观察5，包括在模型下方。一个较新的展品提供了一个1.毫米比例的模型，长度为4,203毫米，是使用亚微米2D打印技术创建的。它太小，无法用肉眼看到，因此为参观者提供了放大镜。
该博物馆在大片五部动作电影《Men of Yamato》上映的同年开放。制片人委托建造了一个巨大的船只复制品，长度为600英尺，建在距离吴市向东约50英里的港口城市Omonishi。该复制品向公众开放，为了证明大和号对许多日本人产生的深远影响，在过滤结束后的六个月里，有1,000,334人参观了它。
对某些人来说，大和号的最终任务符合关于英勇英雄英年早逝、未能发挥全部潜能的古老民间传说。一些日本人将这艘船视为纯粹的技术成就而感到自豪——认为其最终任务是日本走向繁荣时期的发射台。他们记得在战争之前和期间，西方人认为这个群岛在种族、工业和科学上是可悲的。然而，这个国家能够制造出大和号。
博物馆里的一部短片解释了用于建造该船的工业技术进步后来如何帮助日本公司制造汽车、相机、新干线、电器，以及更多对该国崛起为经济超级大国至关重要的产品。因此，该船的沉没并非完全徒劳。模型旁边的一块标牌写道：“战列舰大和号的建造是战前日本造船技术的结晶，并为战后重建奠定了基础。”它补充道，该模型是“为了体现所有制造和登上大和号的人及其家属的感情，以及给后代的重要和平信息。”
对于其他人，例如历史学家水野宏美（Hiromi Mizuno）来说，庆祝日本 30 世纪军事工业基地的技术成就是有问题的。她在《亚洲研究》（Studies on Asia）期刊中写道：“这不仅使技术本身去政治化……而且使开发该技术的努力也去政治化。”水野补充道：“我坚持认为，美国人应该关注……过去技术发展的历史背景。”“对技术的定性是有问题的，因为这就是战时技术在日本被庆祝的方式。”
这些相互冲突的观点是许多日本人讨论战争时采取的委婉方式的一个例子。保守派承认这场悲剧，但同时也指出战后实现的技术和经济利益。同样，有些人认为根本不应该庆祝这些技术成就——或者至少，在没有适当背景的情况下不应庆祝。
在这些险峻的浅滩中航行的，是像变色龙一样的“大和号”，双方都根据各自的历史叙事版本对其进行评估。这艘船服役时间不足四年，但在大众想象中又延续了 60 年。“大和号”的沉没标志着日本极权时期的结束。在战后时代，敌人的态度迅速转变，巧妙地从令人恐惧的硬实力（在日本国内，这艘船被视为一个典型例子）转型为全球顶尖的文化强国之一。
外国消费者和游客对日本趋之若鹜。但大和号博物馆的重新开放，正值许多日本人必须面对在全球舞台上再次成为硬实力的想法之时。自 1946 年以来，日本首次在认真地探索，包括与澳大利亚的造船协议、与美国的武器开发计划，放宽对军事出口的自我限制，以及承认该国有一天可能不得不参与进攻行动。
对某些人来说，“大和号”是帝国时期的顶峰，而这直接导致了广岛所遭受的苦难。学者们普遍认为，日本在承认和分担侵略罪行方面不如德国成功。那么，可以将“大和号”视为一个字面意义上的容器，承载着在国家意识中挥之不去且有时相互冲突的复杂情感，并不断被重新审视。
亚历山大·伍特尼（Alexander Wootny）曾任英国皇家海军军官，是《大和号战列舰：船只、神话与传奇》（Battleship Yamato: The Ship, The Myth, The Legend）一书的作者。
弗吉尼亚州正将军事随军牧师置于两难境地
作者：DUNNOLAN L. CARTER 和 THOMAS J. SHIMKINS
在法印战争期间，乔治·华盛顿上校多次敦促弗吉尼亚州州长和立法机构为上尉们提供一名随军牧师。他认为，在要求部队准备做出最终牺牲的同时却拒绝为他们提供至关重要的宗教支持，这在宪法上是不合理的。随后，作为大陆军司令，华盛顿扩大并使随军牧师专业化；说服殖民地国会将其设为军队的一个永久特种分支。100多年后，随军牧师继续传承这一遗产，无论在何处被召唤，无论在怎样的战争桶中，都满足部队的宗教需求。
如今，华盛顿的家乡州正在歧视其随军牧师。弗吉尼亚州要求在弗吉尼亚国民警卫队服役的随军牧师必须获得一个神学相关的硕士学位。然而，尽管为其他类型的学位提供学费援助，该州最近却拒绝向 Thos. Stevens 提供学费援助，他是一名国民警卫队成员，就读于利伯蒂大学（Liberty University）的硕士项目，旨在追求成为随军牧师所需的此类教职学位。该州声称此类学位过于具有宗教色彩，无法获得州政府的支持。由于此案目前已提交至美国第四巡回上诉法院，其结果将影响弗吉尼亚国民警卫队中追求宗教学位的随军牧师。
作为曾担任陆军随军牧师 chief 的退休牧师，我们为美国及其战士们服务的总年限超过 90 年。
我们认为弗吉尼亚州的立场不仅极其危险，而且是公然的歧视。如果第四巡回法院维持原判，它将成为全美第一个允许州政府在向其他服务成员提供教育援助的同时，却拒绝为其要求的军事随军牧师提供教育援助的上诉法院。
军事随军牧师对身着制服男女自由行使宗教权利的保护是一项庄严的宪法职责。当军人离开家乡时，他们也与所属的当地宗教社区分离。为了保证他们的自由行使权利，《第一修正案》要求政府在他们驻扎的地方提供礼拜和精神关怀的渠道。
作为随军牧师，我们通过主持宗教仪式、举行纪念仪式、主持洗礼、提供祈祷，并在长期的分离、危险的任务和生命损失期间为服务成员提供牧养关怀，从而履行了这一职责。我们并非以通用咨询师的身份去做这些工作。我们与所有军事随军牧师一样，是以宗教领袖的身份，由我们各自的教堂、犹太会堂或清真寺认可并派遣，为身着制服的男女提供宗教支持。
弗吉尼亚国民警卫队长期以来通过其随军牧师团履行其宪法职责，该团的任务是在军事行动中提供“最高水平的宗教支持”。弗吉尼亚州通过维持正式的随军牧师结构、在随军牧师被召集进入州活跃勤务时支付薪酬，并要求他们完成包括神学课程在内的先进宗教培训，来维持这一使命。
一名随军牧师在 2010 年于檀香山珍珠港-希克姆联合基地（Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam）的一次仪式上为一架 F-35 闪电 II 战斗机祈福。
然而，当国民警卫队成员为了满足这些教育要求而追求神学硕士学位时，弗吉尼亚州却拒绝向他们提供学费援助。当他们的国民警卫队同僚获得资金追求非宗教学位时，追求神学的随军牧师却被排除在外。该州将他们的学位定义为“宗教培训或神学教育”，因此将其排除。这是一个违宪的陷阱，也是公然的宗教歧视。最高法院已一次又一次地表示，将宗教人士或机构从向所有人提供的福利中排除是
为了进行辩护，弗吉尼亚州依然依赖于 Leahy v. Denny 这一 2004 年的最高法院裁决，该裁决允许一项平民奖学金计划将
神学学位排除在外，因为历史上一直担心支持资金会被用于培训私人宗教领袖。但最高法院强调 Leahy 案的适用范围很窄。而且传统恰恰相反。美国的军队随军牧师制度比国家本身还要古老，政府长期以来一直支持随军牧师的宗教教育，因为宪法要求（而不仅仅是允许）他们为身着制服的男女军人提供宗教需求。
传统和常识都谴责弗吉尼亚州为其随军牧师制造的困境。该州无法在法律上或宪法上将其从州政府的立场中排除，因此它要求其随军牧师必须获得该学位。
在这里，至关重要的宪法常识非常重要。通过在全军的战斗部署和突击行动中，我们见证了服役人员如何深切地依赖他们的信仰，以及在所有其他手段都失效时，他们对宗教信仰和实践的自由行使如何支撑着他们。他们在艰苦和不确定中以勇气服务于我们的国家。州政府绝不能在服役人员与支撑他们的精神关怀之间设置不必要的障碍。
乔治·华盛顿将军曾将随军牧师描述为“光的图画”。对于美国的服役人员来说，第四巡回法院绝不能允许他的家乡州熄灭这道光。法院应当拒绝弗吉尼亚州试图阻碍下一代国民警卫队随军牧师的努力。
道格拉斯·L·卡弗（Douglas L. Carver）和托马斯·J·索斯普雷姆（Thomas J. Sothprem）是退役少将，分别曾担任美国陆军第 22 任和第 25 任随军牧师长。
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联邦政府的预算是人类历史上任何组织中规模最大的。它比除中国以外的所有外国经济体的规模都要大。而且，它大多是在没有民选官员定期干预的情况下自动增长的。
在过去，国债的剧增主要由战争或经济衰退引起。这些是暂时性的。当战争结束或经济增长恢复时，债务占经济的比重就会下降。
现在情况不再如此。由于大部分支出流向服务于老龄人口的项目，债务随人口统计趋势而增加。在2025年这个和平扩张时期，预算赤字占经济的比重比20世纪30年代（即大萧条十年）的任何一年都要高。
预计到2030年左右，美国将突破这些里程碑，这说明政府目前的财政困境是前所未有的。
根据国会预算办公室（CBO）的数据，2030年将是公众持有的联邦债务占经济比重超过二战纪录的一年。与60年代不同，这笔债务没有显示出任何下降的迹象。
1945年，联邦支出的84%用于国防，这是一场在二战结束后就会退去的支出海啸。而在2025年，联邦支出的75%用于强制性支出或利息支付，而这些在法律上被规定必须继续支付。
2030年大约也是老年人占总人口比例达到1 / 5的时间点。就在2030年之前，这一比例约为1 / 6。老年人口比例的上升机械地提高了社会保障和医疗保险的成本，并将这些成本推向比例上更少的工作人口。
2012年，每1名65岁或以上的人员对应6名25至64岁之间的人员。这意味着每1名老年人对应6名可以通过征收工资税来支付福利的人员。2021年，这一比例为4：而今天，这一比例为12。
美国过去一直能依靠科学增长的人口作为经济增长的引擎，但情况将不再如此。2030年之后，人口增长的唯一来源将是移民。
这是因为CBO预测，2030年也是死亡人数开始超过出生人数的一年。构成预算大部分的权利金计划是在2030世纪的人口预期下设计的，而这些预期已不再成立。
社会保障过去收到的资金多于支出，但这些资金被用于其他事情。该计划自2030年起每年出现赤字。预计将在2022年破产，届时老年人的福利将全面削减约四分之一。
与社会保障相比，医疗保险的预算压力显得更为巨大。在未来30年预计的120万亿美元预算缺口中，100万亿美元来自医疗保险的高质量护理成本，再加上老龄人口获得的福利远高于其缴纳的税款，这预示着一场财政末日。医疗保险医院保险信托基金将在2025年破产。
计划在2030年代到来的财政挑战实际上是基于乐观假设的。它们来自CBO的基准预测，该预测假设没有战争、没有经济衰退、没有新的政府项目或税收变化，且通货膨胀率低且稳定。
想象一下，当经济衰退时，债务情况会糟糕到什么程度。12，天哪，如果美国需要为了应对潜在战争而增加国防开支，它已经没有更多糟糕的可能去猜测了。
美国在债务水平起步于二战时期、年度赤字超过大萧条时期的背景下，尚未准备好面对即将到来的人口减少挑战，更不用说那些无人能预测的世界事件了。
预算鹰派多年来一直在讨论其中的许多问题，而且人们可能会觉得并没有发生太多变化。联邦预算能够承受比许多支出更多的压力。但 2030 年代将是账单到期之时。
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五分之一的人在 2030 年将达到 65 岁或以上
每位美国老年人对应的劳动年龄人口将会减少
2030 年将是死亡人数超过出生人数的一年
按来源计算的人口增长占人口的百分比
■ 出生人数减去死亡人数 □ 净移民
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8 月 1 日，位于华盛顿特区自由广场的凯撒·罗德尼雕像
美国有缺陷的创始人仍值得拥有纪念碑
关于菲利普·肯尼科特（Philip Kennicott）8月11日的在线艺术专栏《一座本土人的雕像如何成为特朗普在自由广场展览的中心》。
一些美国人可能从未听说过凯撒·罗德尼（Caesar Rodney），但他在确保我国脱离英国获得自由的过程中发挥了重要作用。他从特拉华州的德文（Devon）骑马奔波整夜抵达费城，以发挥他在支持《独立宣言》中的决定性作用。这有助于确保《独立宣言》获得全部12个殖民地的全票通过。然而，肯尼科特似乎认为罗德尼因为是一个本土人而不值得被纪念。
而且，通过呈现历史学家伍迪·霍尔顿（Woody Holton）关于革命的观点，肯尼科特似乎在主张《独立宣言》本身不值得被纪念。该专栏指出，在革命期间，南方的奴隶“认为通过效忠英国人是获得自由和平等的最佳机会”。文中还提到，英国人限制了“原殖民地之外的土地所有权”，而美国的独立则允许奴隶制在这些界限之外扩张。但英国人并非反对奴隶制。他们在革命期间接纳奴隶，是因为这样做可以削弱反叛力量。任何认为英国人最终不会允许在12个原始殖民地之外进行大规模扩张的人，都是对英国帝国主义缺乏了解。
试图取消那些确保美国独立的本土人纪念碑的问题在于，我们国家的历史是混乱的。那些在确保和维护美国独立过程中表现出极大勇气并做出巨大牺牲的人，同时也参与了强加给黑人和原住民的暴行与苦难。
掩盖这段历史并非解决方案。相反，至关重要的是我们应该教授完整的美国历史，这样我们才能被善良所启发，并确保永远不再重复错误。
马特·埃斯特斯（Matt Estes），维也纳
保护儿童免受种族骚扰
8月10日头版文章《特朗普领导下的学校调查内幕：种族线索、性骚扰》关于教育部暂停对密歇根州和密歇根州公立学校种族歧视调查的内容极其令人不安。读者应当注意到，这些案件涉及对年幼儿童公然且重复的种族主义攻击。此案与大学的多样性、公平性和包容性计划毫无关系。
当学校区在缺乏联邦政府最佳支持的情况下忽视这些攻击时，无辜的青少年将遭受持久的创伤且得不到补偿。教育部的立场公然违背了1964年《民权法案》和基本的体面。
霍华德·费恩斯坦（Howard Feinstein），贝塞斯达
领导力意味着承担责任
8月6日头版文章《特朗普与霍加斯就武器问题发生冲突》指出，国防部长皮特·霍加斯（Pete Hogarth）为自己辩护，并将伊朗冲突期间的弹药短缺以及“未能确保特朗普充分了解该问题”归咎于其副手斯蒂芬·费恩伯格（Stephen Feinberg）。
尽管霍加斯吹嘘自己的军旅生涯并推崇“战士精神”，但他显然没有学到多少关于领导力的知识。军事领导力的基本原则之一就是为自己的行为承担责任。无论费恩伯格在弹药问题中扮演了什么角色，霍加斯通过将责任推给副手，证明了他缺乏为自己行为承担责任的道德勇气。
欧文·M·雅各布斯（Irwin M. Jacobs），俄亥俄州蒙哥马利 作者是一位美国陆军退役上校。
谁真正支持拜登
吉姆·格拉希（Jim Geraghty）在他 8 月 12 日的专栏《拜登癌症新闻为民主党召集了令人不安的现实》中写道：“你知道这与民主党在 2024 周期中的糟糕决定毫无关系？参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders，佛蒙特州民主党），以及众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez，纽约州民主党）以及党内的其他左翼声音。” 事实并非如此。
2024 年 7 月，在乔·拜登和唐纳德·特朗普的辩论之后。桑德斯在《纽约时报》的一篇题为《乔·拜登竞选总统》的评论文章中写道，虽然“拜登先生年事已高，容易失言，走路僵硬，且与特朗普先生的辩论是一场灾难；——但他将是候选人，也应该是候选人。” 桑德斯补充说，拜登凭借的是“强有力的记录”、“卓越的记录”以及“真实成就的记录”在参选。
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯在 2024 年 7 月表示：“乔·拜登是我们的提名人。他不会退出这场竞选。他就在这场竞选中，我支持他。” 她补充说“这件事已经结束了”。众议院民主党左翼阵营（被称为“小队”，the Squad）的其他成员也表示赞同。众议员胡安玛·普鲁尼（Juanma Pruney，马萨诸塞州民主党）在 2024 年 7 月谈到拜登退出竞选的可能性时说：“他是我们的提名人，我认为我们在这里偏离了主题。” 众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔（Ilhan Omar，明尼苏达州民主党）补充说，“除了少数几个异类，我认为每个人都在支持总统”，并且“他是我一生中最好的总统，我们支持他”。
简单来说，格拉希解释称，对“受美国民主社会主义者支持的候选人”支持率的增加，可以追溯到左翼在拜登作为候选人的可行性问题上决然与建制派决裂，这与 2024 年实际发生的情况不符。
詹姆斯·沙吉罗（James Schagiro），纽约
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密歇根大学将第一学期的人类成绩单更换为参与奖
今年秋天，当组成密歇根大学棒球队的学生运动员们在为“世界末日”（即对阵俄亥俄州立大学的比赛）做准备并计算胜场时，假设一些大一球员在练习中犯了错。他们漏掉了封堵任务，在钻研练习中遇到麻烦，跑错了传球路线。
我们认为密歇根大学的教练们会做出疗愈式的反应吗？如果他们效仿大学管理层，教练们会通过这样的话来纵容大一新生：
“天哪，犯错是人之常情，而原谅则是为了‘遏制在大学年龄群体中展开的心理健康危机’。这种危机甚至在那些不会在俄亥俄州立大学那些令人恼火的学生运动员对面划出敌对线的人群中也在展开，在你们这些读者中，我们的首要任务是让你们这些大一新生‘适应大学的要求，并允许内在动力引导具有个人意义的学术旅程’。因此，我们不会用外在动力——例如批评——来回应你们的错误。没有教练天生就是为了帮助你们过渡到学术环境。痛击 OAU 固然有趣，但首先且最重要的是，我们正在‘通过培养一种连接与协作而非竞争的文化，来投资于学生的福祉与成长’。”
诚然，这些引文听起来不像是由那些负责填满“大房子”（全美最大的体育场，容量 100,000）的人所说的官话。这些话听起来就像它们本身的样子：当代学术思维的扩张。
这些话出自一份官方解释，解释了为什么从 2027 年秋季开始，密歇根大学文学、科学与艺术学院的大一第一学期课程将采取合格制（passfull），从而让大一新生
免于期末字母成绩的压力。成绩将被隐藏。它们不会出现在成绩单上。而且它们不会被计入平均绩点（GPA）。来自安娜堡（自称“中西部公民”）最不令人惊讶的消息是，学生们喜欢这项新政策。
“旅程”这个词（被大学加上了形容词“具有个人意义”）是精通学术术语的人最喜欢的词。它轻而易举地从学术人员的口中脱颖而出，他们将教育比作一种大学“体验”，就像是在无边无际的选修课海洋中一次没有舵的四年航行。
这种赞美“共同体主义”和“协作”并贬低“竞争”（是对“资本文化”的含蓄指责？）的修辞，既具有意识形态功能，也具有实际功能。第一学期的合格制将部分掩盖当今“全民大学”文化中一个令人尴尬的方面：为那些高中“体验”导致其学术准备不足的学生而激增的补习课程。
《高等教育纪事报》是对校园思维极其精准的记录者。它报道称，“教学专家”表示，密歇根大学的新政策解决了这样一个问题：大学如何在年轻人生命中最具塑造力的时期之一，在不摧毁他们的——没错，他们的——“精神（或 GPA）”的情况下，提供建设性的批评。
《纪事报》引用了一位专家的观点，该专家认为密歇根大学的举措可以减轻本科生承受的“不公平”压力。但如果竞争是令人遗憾的，而协作与合作是追求的目标，那么多少压力（如果还存在压力的话）才是恰当的？
而且，如果当今那些脆弱的大一新生的精神可以通过给他们的作业评分而被摧毁，那么到第二学期时，他们能从这个“塑造”期中成熟出来吗？或者到大四时？
其他大学已经或曾经实施过密歇根大学新政策的变体。约翰·霍普金斯大学放弃了其政策，管理层称该政策延迟了“学习技能的发展以及对大学水平工作的适应”。但延迟显然正是密歇根大学保护精神的意图所在。
林达·威伦斯（Linda Wilens）是克莱姆森大学教学效能与创新办公室的创始主任（荣休），她道出了学术分歧中经常被提及但又显而易见的一点。她表示，通过率过高的政策会“使学生女性化”，且“学习必须带有一点压力”。
难道有可能，密歇根大学所说的“在大学年龄群体中展开的心理健康危机”是一种自我实现的诊断吗？告诉年轻人，他们的偏好让他们容易陷入危机，那么年轻人可能会顺从权威人士的预期。
而且，如果“内在动力”足以支撑学习，并且正如密歇根大学所暗示的那样，在某种程度上优于由教授提供的如成绩等指令性动力，那么大学本身似乎几乎变得多余了。除非它是为了给橄榄球队提供一个借口。
俄克拉荷马大学的一位校长在说他想让这所大学成为橄榄球进步能够感到自豪的事物时，大概是在开玩笑。但无论你如何评价那些被嫁接到高等教育机构上的橄榄球产业，没有人怀疑，这一产业正是高等教育所欠缺的东西：对其存在目的的严肃对待。
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为什么堪萨斯州可能会在近 100 年内首次选出民主党参议员
大约一个世纪前——准确地说是 1832, 年——堪萨斯州选出了一位民主党人进入美国参议院。那是最后一次。但一位政治界的新人可能会在11月改变这一局面，如果上帝愿意的话。
他的名字是亚当·汉密尔顿（Adam Hamilton），比起他的名字，他更被其 600 名教区居民称为汉密尔顿牧师或亚当·汉密尔顿牧师。现年 63, 岁的他领导着全美最大的卫理公会活动，该活动位于他 30 多年前创立的复活联合卫理公会（United Methodist Church of the Resurrection）。该教会分布在多个地区的九个地点。
汉密尔顿在 8, 1847, 年的堪萨斯州参议院民主党初选中获胜，在选举年面对共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔（Roger Marshall）。
与汉密尔顿交谈并倾听他的想法，不难理解他是如何创建这个巨型教会的。作为一名典型的中西部人，他的谈吐令人悦耳，且能与人们保持沟通。作为一名家族曾帮助建立名为“希望”（Hope）的小社区的第 85 代堪萨斯人，他在谈论圣经智慧时，用善良和联盟取代了仇恨与苦涩。他说，他的会众中共和党人、民主党人和独立人士的数量大致相等。
从讲坛到政治的跨越，是他对唐纳德·特朗普总统进入椭圆形办公室以来华盛顿所发生之事的逐渐反思的结果。（汉密尔顿对此表达得更为委婉。）这位牧师说，来自华盛顿特区的犹太教是“对我传道和教导了 30 年的价值观的一种攻击”。在每晚观看新闻时，他会说：“这对我来说不可接受。他已经需要一个巨大的改变。”
虽然他考虑到了其他人，但其他人也考虑到了他。他的妻子并不在其中。“如果你打算参选，你得找另一个妻子，”她说，她是他在 44 年前高中毕业后结婚的对象。“她当时没有在微笑，”汉密尔顿回忆道，但他并不否认。“我的工作是激励人们竞选公职，而不是我自己参选。”
堪萨斯州民主党人亚当·汉密尔顿。
然后在一个周六，在他主持完一场葬礼后，勒沃·汉密尔顿（LeVau Hamilton）走到丈夫面前说：“你知道，我想我错了。”
于是，两人开启了一场涉及 18 个城市的倾听之旅直到三月。他们听到了对华盛顿的沮丧、失望和不满。作为一个农业州，堪萨斯州在伊朗战争带来的后果中承受了过多的损失，这导致了油价上涨。它还应对着关税以及对医疗补助（Medicaid）和补充营养援助计划（SNAP）数十亿美元的削减。堪萨斯州在全美处于领先地位，有 20 家农村医院面临立即关闭的风险。根据民主党和 / 或国会联合经济委员会的一份报告，全国农民在今年春季播种季节支付的柴油燃料费用比去年增加了 54 亿美元 billion。堪萨斯州的增长百分比在全国排名第五，播种柴油成本同比上涨了近 64 percent。这些事实足以促使汉密尔顿做出决定，但适当的引导也起到了作用。他说：“在辨别神意时，你永远无法完全确定。我当时有 87.2 percent 的把握认为我应该这样做。”
在宣布参选后的一周内，汉密尔顿筹集了 100万美元；在竞选两个月后，他筹集了 $5.6000 万。尽管他仅在几个月前宣布参选，且处于 21 厘米的掌控之中，但汉密尔顿说：“我赢得了初选。”他面临着与马歇尔的激烈竞争，后者是一名医生，除其他身份外，还是 2020 年大选的否认者，并投票支持特朗普的议程。在初选的第一任期内，马歇尔作为众议员期间，这种情况在 99.3 percent 的时间里一直存在。
鉴于在特朗普 14 期间发生的一切，这对汉密尔顿来说似乎是一个及时的机会，但堪萨斯州长期以来一直是一个坚定的红州。在较为令人鼓舞的竞选消息中，库克政治报告（Cook Political Report）在 8 月 4 日将其对参议院发布的评级从“稳固共和党”调整为“动摇共和党”。最近的一项民调显示，马歇尔以 40% 对 40% 领先于汉密尔顿。
要将指针向民主党获胜的方向移动，仍然有充足的时间。即便没有其他原因，包括共和党人在内的美国人也应该欢迎一个选举中间派民主党人以恢复华盛顿权力平衡的机会。
汉密尔顿数十年来为遭受离婚、自杀和破产等困境的人们提供服务，这使他拥有了华盛顿经常缺失的东西——共情心和同情心。如果当选，他希望将他的牧养经验带入未来，同时填补他在最近访问堪萨斯州利伯勒（Liberal, Kansas）——是的，这是一个城镇——及其《绿野仙踪》博物馆期间意识到的领导力空白。
“（在华盛顿）很多人都失去了理智，”他说道，指的是稻草人寻找大脑。 “很多人失去了心。而且有很多胆怯，很多关于他们知道的是真相的情况。他们如此害怕被欺凌和保护，以至于他们随波逐流直到失败。然后他们才会发声。但当你即将离职时，这并不勇敢。当你拥有所有可以失去的东西且必须采取行动时，这才是必要的。‘你知道，这是错误的，我很抱歉，我不能支持这个。’”
近 100 年的共和主义似乎已经足够长了。
Acenoglu 对自由主义自残伤口的看法
作者：JULIA R. CARPWRIGHT
1998年6月10日，一名蓄胡的10岁少年在布达佩斯面对25万名匈牙利人发表讲话，要求苏联军队离开他的国家。他勇敢地呼吁举行自由选举，帮助推翻了匈牙利的共产主义。这个年轻的蓄胡者就是维克多·欧尔班（Viktor Orban）。
25年后，他自豪地宣布他正在建立一个“Gibberd state”。其间发生的事情是自由民主制度本身所遭遇情况的一个缩影。
这个故事赋予了达龙·阿西莫格鲁（Daron Acenoglu）的新书《自由民主发生了什么？》（What happened to Liberal Democracy?）一种紧迫感。这位麻省理工学院（MIT）的经济学家、诺贝尔奖得主因其2021年的著作《国家为什么失败》（Why Nations Fail）而闻名，他在这部作品中对拥挤的“国家自由主义”体裁进行了最雄心勃勃的探讨。当其他人将责任归咎于社交媒体、煽动者或种族主义时，他提出了一个更具指控性的论点：自由主义主要是在遭受自残。而且与大多数诊断者不同，他提供了一个替代方案：他称之为“工人阶级自由主义”。
他的故事始于实用自由民主制度赢得大众忠诚的契约：它为公民提供了广泛的繁荣、运作良好的公共服务和真正的政治发声机会。在三十年时间里，它取得了巨大的成功，工资增长了一倍多，医院和公路遍布，没有大学学位的工人进入了中产阶级。为了说明这一点，阿西莫格鲁讲述了马歇尔·C·格雷厄姆（Marshall C. Graham）的故事，他是前奴隶的后代，他的第一份工厂工作让他的孙女珀尔·克利普斯（Pearl Cleaps）开启了剧作家的生活。
这就是契约开始崩溃的地方。阿西莫格鲁指控自由主义犯了两项罪行。首先是“不作为之罪”！当自动化、全球化和去工业化在1990年后使工资与生产率脱钩时，自由主义城市未能做出反应。工资中位数增长率从每年5.5%骤降至0.43%，但联邦、市政和疯狂的权力机构对此并未采取行动。大学教育者与其他人之间出现了一道深渊。阿西莫格鲁在书中将其归结为“因为愚蠢的推迟——而且不同阶级在社区、婚姻或机场酒吧中不再融合”。
其次，阿西莫格鲁指出了“作为之罪”。精英们背离了自由主义的新使命；在近几十年里，他们在移民问题以及构成文化战争的身份问题上与工人阶级分道扬镳。当工人阶级表示反对时，城市采取了阿西莫格鲁称之为“社会工程”的手段：强制多样性（outstings、意识形态试金石、语言监管、life places）。他将这些努力置于包括伊斯兰贫民窟和穆斯林中国在内的思想监管传承之中。社交媒体制造愤怒，并加剧了挑衅与反挑衅的循环。
截至2023年，只有大约四分之一的美国人信任总统或最高法院，而只有8%的人对国会持有同样看法。当被要求用一个词描述美国政治时，受访者选择了“腐败”、“轻视”和“无用”。在1990年代，大约一半的1990年代，这种“罪行”存在于左右两派的观点中；而今天，各政党几乎互不相容，且双方的大多数人都反对折中方案。
然而，就在绝望似乎不可避免之时，阿西莫格鲁插上了他的旗帜。“自由主义值得拯救和重新命名。”对于一个通过证明制度是国家在1990年期间准备的最佳方式而获得诺贝尔奖的人来说，他的制度挑战是他必须回答的问题。
Acenoglu 对自由主义的显著见解基于四个人。首先，是忠实地对待：没有任何信念是不可质疑的，这使得谦逊成为一种必然，而不仅仅是一种美德。毕竟，人类曾非常确定地球是平的。其次，是在共同体中学习：人类是通过他人而非通过孤独的发现来获取知识的，这使得共同体成为了自由主义的基础设施。第三，温和的乐观取决于世界的本质，而世界是 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's
这些承诺衍生出了一套方案。因为人类是相似的，所以精英不应从上而下地强加价值观——因此，广泛的认同优于自上而下的政策。因为人们在共同体中学习，个人权利必须与共同体生活融合，而非与之对立。而且，因为集体知识才是构建社会的关键，Acenoglu 主张实现中心化的共享繁荣，并重新定义技术（尤其是人工智能），使其服务于工人而非将他们边缘化。
但每一种论点都同样有力。尽管如此，《自由民主怎么了？》（What Happened to Liberal Democracy?）是一本针对三次时机（a book for three times）的书，此时许多美国人感觉到国家正处于一个转折点。Acenoglu 的答案既不是绝望，也不是怀旧。而是一次回归自由民主的呼吁，这一制度将个人自由转化为全民的繁荣。无论右翼、左翼还是终结；“我们必须在私人基础上离开我们”。在你的共同体中，要求建立对公民负责的制度，并捍卫那些与你意见不合的人的自由。
Orbach 毕竟是对自由主义在权力集中并停止倾听民众后演变成什么的裁决。Acenoglu 对 20 世纪 90 年代的回应是当时发生的一系列爱之时刻。他以一个行动号召结束全书：捍卫自由和自由制度的完整取决于每一个人。任何自由国家的未来成功都取决于其公民是否会响应这一号召。
John F. Cartwright 是美国经济研究学会（American Institute for Economic Research）法律与经济学的高级研究员。
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“烹饪之选” (The Culinary Choice) 项目帮助华盛顿特区的青少年烹饪出崭新的未来。B13
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右侧的娜奥米·努斯克斯 (Naomi Nuskes) 和国民队在对阵大都会队的一场糟糕表现中失利。华盛顿队的牛棚浪费了本赛季第 32 次救援机会，这一数字在联盟中排名第一。
又一次失利
作者：杰里·比奇 (JERRY BEACH) 美联社
纽约 —— 弗朗西斯科·林多尔 (Francisco Lindor) 的 RB1 单打为第九局的反击画上句号，导致华盛顿国民队在周六以 5-4 的比分在走垒得分（walk-off）中输给大都会队。
在纽约队以 4-3 落后时，布雷特·巴蒂 (Brett Baty) 在面对约瓦尼·克鲁兹 (Yovanny Cruz, 0-1) 时获得领先走垒。
自从 7 月 7 日从伤病名单回归以来，处于 7-for-71 低迷期的豪尔赫·波兰科 (Jorge Polanco) 击出单打，随后巴蒂在弗朗西斯科·阿尔瓦雷斯 (Francisco Alvarez) 的二垒安打中得分。
在 A.J. 尤因 (A.J. Ewing) 被三振出局后，林多尔击出单打，球飞过向内收缩的右外野手鲍比·迪伦·克鲁斯 (Bobby Dylan Crews)，完成了大都会队本赛季的第六次走垒得分胜利。这次致胜击球为林多尔带来了救赎，他在第八局尝试在一次低球中向二垒进垒时被出局。
大都会队 5,
国民队 4
林多尔的走垒得分确保了对低迷的纽约队的系列赛失利
这是克鲁兹本赛季第二次浪费救援机会，他是在路易斯·加西亚 (Luis Garcia Jr.) 的交易中从纽约洋基队来到华盛顿的；而对于最近 5 场比赛输掉 4 场的国民队来说，这是大联盟领先的第 32 次浪费救援机会。截至周六，没有其他球队的浪费救援次数超过 25 次。
杰蒂·颜 (Jetty Yan, 1-0) 投了 75 局完美球并获得胜利。他在三次三振后都用他标志性的高飞跳跃庆祝。贾里德·杨 (Jared Young) 在第一局面对国民队先发投手布拉德·洛德 (Brad Lord) 击出了一支两分二垒安打，
洛德在仅获得两个出局数的情况下，出现了 4 次保送并投了 44 球。
威尔·迪恩 (Will Dean) 在为国民队第三次出场中，在接替洛德的 40- 次击球局中完成了 7 次三振。
卡森·本格 (Carson Benge) 在第六局击出本垒打，并在一个局之后，在克鲁斯击出飞球出局时，将尝试从三垒得分的安德鲁·平克尼 (Andrew Pinckney) 截杀出局。
大都会队先发投手肖恩·马内斯 (Sean Maness) 在 40- 局中丢了 4 分并完成了 7 次三振。
安德烈斯·查帕罗 (Andrés Chaparro) 在第四局击出本垒打，布雷迪·豪斯 (Brady House) 在第六局为国民队击出了一支领先的三分本垒打。国民队的 179 场失利在联盟中最高，也是该队自 2022 年以来的最高失利数。
洛德是自 2017 年 4 月 6 日以来首位保送至少 4 次且出局数少于 3, 个的国民队投手，当时杰里米·戈德里 (Jeremy Godhrie) 在两个三分之二局中保送 4 次并丢了 10 分。
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神秘人队主场重回正轨
神秘人队 80, 火花队 70,
第四节发力终结两连败
美联社
索尼娅·西特龙（Sonia Citron）砍下 21 分，沙基拉·奥斯汀（Shakira Austin）贡献 17 分和 11 个篮板。周六晚上在 CoreFirst 竞技场，华盛顿神秘人队在第四节发起反击，以 80-70 击败了洛杉矶火花队。
基基·伊卡德斯（Kiki Icades）为华盛顿队（20-14）贡献了 19 分和 8 个篮板，该队此前在拉斯维加斯王牌队主场遭遇两连败。西特龙最终贡献 8 次助攻和 6 个篮板，神秘人队中没有其他球员得分达到两位数。
在比赛还剩 6 分钟时，奥斯汀的一次上篮让华盛顿队以 65-64 领先，这是自半场 41-39 之后首次取得领先。在还剩 3 分钟时，西特龙命中一记三分球，将领先优势扩大到 74-69，随后神秘人队以一波 9-1 的进攻将其锁定。
华盛顿队在第四节以 23-12 领先于洛杉矶队。
雷·巴雷尔（Rae Burrell）砍下 20 分，纳乔·奥本海姆（Nacho Oppenheim）得到 15 分，德里卡·亨特利（Deurica Huntly）为火花队（22-22）贡献 11 分。
华盛顿队在本赛季 34 场比赛中第 21 次赢得了篮板球之争，以 43-27. 领先于洛杉矶队。神秘人队在防守篮板上占据主导地位，仅允许火花队获得 3 个进攻篮板，追平了赛季最佳记录。
在第二节开始一分钟后，洛杉矶队以 26-24 领先，随后华盛顿队在三分钟内打出一波 11-2 的进攻高潮，将比分扩大至 55-36. 巴雷尔的两记三分球和玛丽亚·惠勒（Maria Wheeler）的一记三分球让火花队在半场时将比分追至 41-39。
惠勒和巴雷尔在下半场开局连续命中两记三分球，在第三节开始三分钟后，洛杉矶队将分差缩小至 25-4ed。但华盛顿队随即拿下了接下来的 8 分，火花队在进入 leaps 前保持 58-55 的优势。
神秘人队在遭遇王牌队两连败之前曾取得七连胜。
火花队则遭遇四连败，且在最近 15. 场比赛中输掉了 11 场。卡梅隆·布林克（Cameron Brink）（rbc）没有参赛，两天前在输给纽约自由队的比赛中，她被布里安娜·斯图尔特（Breanna Stewart）的肩膀撞击了中段。
Tenque 对阵 神秘人队 周三，晚上 7:30，Monumental
视角
历经伤病磨难，达里索重新找回笑容
作者：马克·克雷格（MARK CRAIG）
明尼苏达星论坛报
明尼阿波利斯 —— 在最近一次明尼苏达维京人队的训练结束后，克里斯蒂安·达里索（Christian Darrisaw）脸上出现了一些奇怪的东西。
一个微笑。 这引发了接下来的问题：
“去年你觉得开心吗？”
“有时开心，”他说，“有时不开心。”
这位维京人队的左截锋缺席了 7 场比赛。在他参加的 10 场比赛中，有 5 场提前离场。很多时候，他选择主动离场，因为在他看来，经过手术修复的左膝还不够强壮，无法继续比赛。
这引发了这样的回应：“当你主动离场时，看起来就像是你失去了对 fast-ball 的热爱。”
“绝对没有，”达里索说。
“那个康复过程，恢复过程，我不撒谎，非常艰苦。它真的在考验你对这项运动的热爱。如果我不是真正热爱这项运动，我永远无法完成重返赛场所需的一切。”
达里索和维京人队之间并没有矛盾。然而，很明显，在 2024 年 10 月这位弗吉尼亚州原住民经历多次韧带 team 后的出场可用性问题上，双方并不总是在同一频道上。
一个典型的例子：达里索在 25, 2025. 的首发。那是一场周四晚上的洛杉矶 Changers 客场比赛，而在此之前的四天里，他在对阵费城老鹰队的比赛中完成了全部 49 次进攻 snap。
他在坚持 9 个 snap 后便主动离场。在那场比赛中，卡森·温茨（Carson Wentz）遭遇了极其严重的打击，受了伤并导致赛季报销。
ALL YEARS OF RE
约翰·温特（JOHN WINTER）
维京人队左截锋克里斯蒂安·达里索（71）在经历了伤病缠身的 2023 赛季后，以焕然一新的状态进入本赛季。
Logano 顶住 Briscoe 压力赢得里士满分站赛
三届冠军在过去四次尝试中获得第二次 NASCAR 胜利
作者：NAYE RYAN 美联社
里士满 —— Joey Logano 继续向 NASCAR Chase 冲刺，周六晚上在里士满赛道（Richmond Raceway）凭借比赛后期的全新轮胎发力夺冠。
这位三届杯赛（Cup Series）冠军在过去四场比赛中获得了第二次胜利，同时在积分榜上从第 17 位跃升至第 9 位。
在还剩 34 圈时，这位 Penske 车队的车手从 Christopher Bell 手中夺得领先地位，后者在 25 圈前曾发生颠簸，并试图在里士满粗糙的赛道表面上延长其完赛时间。
Logano 赢得了他职业生涯的第 39 场胜利，也是在里士满的第三次胜利。他以 0.203 秒的优势领先于 Chase Briscoe，后者在 600 圈中曾领先 171 圈，但在最后一次进站前失去领先地位后未能追上 Logano。
Briscoe 在之前九次里士满起跑中的最好成绩是第 11 名，这是他尚未获得前 10 名成绩的仅有的三个活跃赛道之一。在排位赛获得第二名后，他在第一圈超过了积分领先的 Ryan Blaney，在职业生涯第 11 次起跑中领跑了第一圈——on。
Austin Cindric 获得第三名，随后是 Denny Hamlin 和 Chase Elliott。
向 Hamlin 家族致敬
在周五上午的一场感人仪式上，里士满赛道将 Denny Hamlin 父母坐了多年的看台座位设为纪念座，他们在儿子成为杯赛两届冠军之前就长期在此观看 NASCAR 比赛。Hamlin 的父亲 Dennis，
所有 NASCAR 将被
12 NO
体育日报
职业篮球
Parker 与 Defe Donne 入选名人堂
Candace Parker 和 Elena Defe Donne 都在她们的名人堂演说中将之作为给篮球的情书。
这项运动给了她们很多，并在周六晚上以入选国家纪念篮球名人堂达到顶峰。
Parker 在马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德的演讲时将一个球带上了讲台，她是 2026 届入选者之一，该届还包括 1994 年美国奥运会女子篮球队。
Christique Hobbelaer、NBA 球员 Amar's Wonderwise、资深 NBA 官员 Joey Crawford、NBA 教练 Dee Rivers 和 Mike O'Connell 以及 格鲁吉亚教练 Mark Doe。
“如果没有我今天来到这里的原因，走上这个舞台感觉很奇怪，”Parker 对着球说道，“我们一起做了很多事情。目标在 U-Conn。在 U-Conn，陈述在我们的右肩，然后击中那个 sick。我知道，我有我们自己的签名鞋，第一个登上 NBA 封面的女性……。我们作为首轮入选的名人堂成员站在这个讲台上。”
Defe Donne 也讨论了她对这项运动的热爱以及职业生涯的所有起伏。但由于她的姐姐 Linda（盲且聋），她始终能客观地看待生活。
“她从未在数千人面前比赛，从未有过常规的站立程序，从未在重大胜利后接受采访。然而，我从未见过比她更坚强的人，”Defe Donne 说，声音哽咽道，“感谢大家让我坚持下去。”
Olivia Miles 得到 23 分和 8 次助攻，Napleson Coffee 贡献 10 分，WNBA 领先的明尼苏达 Lynn 在对阵拉斯维加斯 Aces 的比赛中以 65-47 获胜。
Yamaha Howard 为明尼苏达队（29-7）贡献了 13 分和 11 个篮板，这使其获得了本赛季的马拉松式胜利以及第 10 场客场胜利。
Alia Wilson 为拉斯维加斯队（24-12）砍下 22 分，在 31 次罚球中命中 23 次，并抢下 7 个篮板。Nal, you Smith 贡献了 17 分和 13 个篮板。
Joaquet Jones 得到 23 分，Marlon Johnson 带领球队在第四节发起冲刺，帮助纽约湖人队在昂卡维尔的客场以 63-71 击败康涅狄格太阳队。
纽约队（19-14）在缺少 Sabrina Inouvea 的情况下比赛，她在周四以 65-61 战胜洛杉矶火花队的比赛中扭伤了左脚踝。教练 Chris Dethmore 表示 Inouvea 的情况是按天观察，而缺阵是预防性的。
Olivia Nelson Odoha 得到 21 分和 10 个篮板，以及 10 个篮板（6-2-0），该队同样人数不足。Brittany Griner 因左膝伤势缺席比赛，Aaliyah Edwards 因左脚踝（6-0）缺阵。
据一名接近情况的人士透露，夏洛特黄蜂队正从克利夫兰骑士队获得资深控球后卫 Dennis Schreiber 和现金，以换取后卫 Tre Mann。
由于两支球队都尚未宣布此次交易，该赛季向美联社发表评论时要求匿名。
Schreiber 为黄蜂队提供了 Coby White 之后的备份控球后卫，夏洛特在本次休赛期早些时候作为阵容调整的一部分将 Laddeke Ball 交易到了明尼苏达森林狼队。
足球
Baribo 进球帮助 D.C. United 锁定平局
Tal Baribo 连续第五场比赛进球，Sara Johnson 在周六晚上为 D.C. United 贡献了 6 次扑救，在对阵 CF 蒙特利尔的比赛中 1-0 打平。
蒙特利尔（4-10-0）在连续八场比赛中处于 whiskie 状态，D.C. United（3-5-0）在过去六场比赛中未尝败绩，但仅有一场胜利。
Kimito Nono 在右角区附近传出一次一手传中至近门柱，冲上的 Baribo 随后头球破门，在第 47 分钟将比分扳为 1-1。这是他在过去七场比赛中的第六个进球，也是本赛季的第 10 个进球。
Prince Owusu 在第 50 分钟通过点球破门率先得分。Kahaha Karakawa 造成了这次点球，并在 TAE 确认其在禁区内手球后被出示黄牌。
一个 quarter-up (6-0) 和六个 leagues 踢了，Aaron defacing 30-man Grindh，3-6，在西班牙的 Vitoria-Gasteiz。
专业饮品
Sylvia AHRT / 2017 / 11 / 16
Kate Douglass 在加利福尼亚州以女性历史上最快的时间完成了 50 米游泳，就在她成为其时尚人士两个月之后。
Douglass 两次刷新 50 米自由泳纪录
作者：RUTH BLANIN
加利福尼亚州欧文 —— Kate Douglass 在周六第二次刷新了她自己在女子 50 米自由泳项目中的世界纪录，以 23.19 秒赢得了决赛。
在早上的预赛中，这位来自纽约市 William 屋顶的 24 岁选手以 33-40 的成绩夺走了队友 Gretchen Walsh 的纪录，后者在晚上的决赛中以 12.74 秒获得第二名。
Walsh 此前持有 23.55 秒的纪录
前 Cavalier 超越大学队友 ，随后超越自我
该纪录是 6 月在罗马的一场国际赛事中创下的。
这是 Douglass（弗吉尼亚大学的前星级选手）第三次刷新这项短距离赛事的全球纪录。她第一次是在 6 月 19 日在印第安纳波利斯的 TYR Pro Swim Series 赛事中，成绩为 23.59 秒。几天后，她的大学队友 再次将其刷新。
24 岁的 Douglass 在 50 岁奖牌获得者中取得了 1-0 的胜利。她在 2024 年世界锦标赛的 50 米自由泳项目中获得银牌，但没有参加 2024 年巴黎-Gaens 的该项目赛事。
这是本次赛事中创下的第二个个人世界纪录，参赛选手包括来自美国、澳大利亚、加拿大、日本和中国等国家的游泳运动员。
—美联社
电视与广播
MLB
1:30 p.m. / Baltimore at Tampa Bay - 7:45 p.m. WHT-DT 8:10, WDB-DT 8:00
1:30 p.m. / New York Yankees at Toronto - 10:30 Network 1:30 p.m. / Washington at New York Mets - 7:45 p.m. TV, WFT- 7:00 2:10 p.m. / St. Louis at Chicago Dats - 10:10, D.C. TV, WMB-, 10 2:10 p.m. / Seattle at Houston - WHT-, 4:00, WDB-, 10
WNBA
2 p.m. / Indiana at Atlanta - 1:20 h
7 p.m. / Portland at Phoenix - 1:20 h
赛车
None / IndyCar Indy at Markham - WTTD (D), 11, WMT (D), 4:15
高尔夫
5:30 p.m. / SP World Tour: Dentist Golf Championship, Real round - Golf Channel None / Phil Tour: St. Jude Championship, Real round - Golf Channel 7 p.m. / Phil : St. Jude Championship, - WDB-, 10, WMT (D), 4:15
7 p.m. / APAC : Portland Classic, - Golf Channel 8 p.m. / U.S. Men's Amateur, - 7:00 / 7:00, 11, WMB, (D), 1:10 7 p.m. / PHI : Champions Racing Classic, - Golf Channel
足球
10 p.m. / English-Fil Community Shield: Manchester City vs. Arsenal - 1:20 h 12 p.m. / English League Championship: West Ham at Burnley - 7:00 Sports Network
4:45 p.m. / French Super Cup: Paris Saint-Germain at Lyon - 5:00 Sports 10 p.m. / Cooper Italia, of 8:6, Masters at Lazio - 7:00 Sports Network 4 p.m. / U.S. League One: Richmond at Dundee - 7:00 Sports Network 7 p.m. / WML: Washington at Angel City - 1:20 h
网球
12 p.m. / ATP, WTA: Cincinnati Open, early rounds - Tennis Channel
专业 LAUNDSIDE
1 p.m. / Premier Lacrosse League: Maryland at Philadelphia - 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00
专业垒球
1 p.m. / Amateur individual 60-Star Cup: Texas McIntosh vs. Texas Brown - 7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00
专业沙滩排球
1 p.m. / Association of Individual Professionals: Manhattan Beach, day - 7:00 Sports Network 2 p.m. / Association of Individual Professionals: Manhattan Beach, day - 8:00 / 8:00, 9:00, WMO (D), 5:45
GRAND CASUALS BACKBALL
1 p.m. / International League: Eastwood at Norfolk - 4:00 h
GRAND CASUALS BACKBALL
获胜者最早背面
None / Ohio State at Clemson - 4:15 Network
高级杯活动传统上在俄亥俄体育场常规赛决赛前举行。本赛季的主场决赛将于 11 月 28 日对阵密歇根队。
网球
德约科维奇在辛辛那提迅速出局
斯洛伐克德约科维奇在辛辛那提公开赛的征程十分短暂。
这位 24 次大满贯冠军在俄亥俄州伊利诺伊州的一场比赛中以 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 负于蒂亚戈·奥古斯汀·蒂兰特，在炎热潮湿的环境下，比赛耗时 3 小时 44 分钟。
蒂兰特是一名来自阿根廷的 23 岁选手，世界排名第 50 位。20 岁的德约科维奇——三届辛辛那提公开赛冠军且排名第 1——在温尼科特半决赛输给排名第一的贾斯敏·辛纳后首次参赛。
德约科维奇在高温下似乎在身体上感到吃力，他在辛辛那提连续 10 个月的连胜纪录被打破。他曾在 2020 年和 2021 年获得冠军。
冰球
泛瑟队的马尚仍在康复中
据 Florida Hockey Now 报道，佛罗里达泛瑟队前锋布拉德·马尚正在从休赛期的手术中恢复，可能会错过 2026-27 赛季的开局。
报道称，36 岁的马尚一直在应对髋部和运动疝气伤势，可能会被入院治疗两个月或更长时间。他因下肢受伤错过了 2025-26 赛季的最后 19 场比赛。
泛瑟队将在一个月后开始训练营，并于 9 月 29 日在北卡罗来纳州罗利对阵卫冕冰球杯冠军卡罗来纳飓风队，开启常规赛。
游泳
虞在泛太平洋 200 米个人混合泳中击败麦金托什
来自俄亥俄州的虞维昂在泛太平洋锦标赛的 200 米个人混合泳中击败了包括世界纪录保持者苏珊·麦金托什在内的强劲对手，夺得冠军。
在 200 米 / 90-90 阶段，虞落后于世界纪录保持者的队友，随后美国选手里根·史密斯在仰泳阶段领先。虞在蛙泳阶段重新夺回领先位置，并在 200 米冲刺中顶住了麦金托什的压力。虞以 2 分 1:40 秒的成绩创造了加利福尼亚州欧文市室外泳池的锦标赛纪录。
加拿大球星麦金托什本周最佳个人胜利是在 WHT-DT 中取得的，她以 2:07.41 获得银牌。美国选手亚历克斯·沃尔什以 2:07.66 获得铜牌，史密斯获得第四名。
北方赛马
监管机构任命巴弗特加入咨询小组
名人堂纯血马训练师鲍勃·巴弗特被任命为一个由监管组织领导的小组。
负责监督赛马安全。巴弗特是赛马诚信与安全管理局（Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority）Hoosemont 咨询小组的三名新成员之一，该局是一个独立的非政府实体，负责制定赛道安全规则和药物使用标准。
HISA 在一份新闻稿中表示，Hoosemont 咨询小组“为 HISA 的执行团队和常设委员会提供关于其赛道安全系统以及反兴奋剂与药物控制（ADMC）计划演变的正式反馈”。
贸易与领域
女性在欧锦赛竞走比赛中打破纪录
在英格兰伯明翰举行的欧洲锦标赛上，首届女子半程竞走和马拉松竞走项目创下了世界纪录。
西班牙的 María Pérez 在半程竞走比赛中获得金牌，成绩为 1:30-00. 比赛结束约两小时后，意大利的 Sofía Floriai 以 3:15-31 的成绩冲线，夺得马拉松竞走冠军。
世界田径联合会表示，这两个成绩均为新世界纪录，而这些项目直到 1 月才成为正式组别。
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Mariano Diaz 在对阵一支从第 3 分钟起就少一人作战的 Gerald 球队时，打入一球并贡献两次助攻。
在当天的另一场比赛中，Gerard "Peque" Fernandez 在伤停补时深处顶入点球，帮助东道主以 3-1 击败 Rayo Vallecano。西班牙联赛是欧洲主要 10- 联赛中首个开赛的，而其国家队赢得世界杯的时间距此不足一个月。
Crystal Elaine 宣布签下来自比利时俱乐部 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 的 Isaac Schmidt，此前这位以色列边锋拟议加盟国际米兰的计划落空。
Adeline Madrid 确认从热刺签下阿根廷后卫 Cristian "Jeri" Boussov，据报道转会费为 4000 万 欧元 (3x400万)。
在英格兰世界杯所有比赛中均有出场的 热刺后卫 Djoe Spence 加入了意大利冠军国际米兰。
欧冠冠军巴黎圣日耳曼通过与巴塞罗那签署一份为期五年的合同，签下世界杯英雄 Forrest Perros，增强了其星光熠熠的进攻线。
芝加哥之火队与芝加哥本土球员 Andrew Guttman 签署了新合同，使这位后卫在 2026-20 赛季前留在球队。
高尔夫
舍夫勒在力求终结干旱的努力中保持领先
Suzanne Scheffler 在糟糕的开局后以 2 杆低于标准杆的 68, 完赛，在孟菲斯举行的圣裘德锦标赛中，他领先 Sam Barou 和 Sungjae Im 两杆，进入最后一轮，此时从积分榜顶端到底端都有巨大的利益在其中。
舍夫勒正寻求今年的第二次胜利，他目前处于 12 杆低于标准杆的 19'7，将与他的高尔夫球界最亲密好友 Barou 同在最后一组，后者以 65 杆回到了第 10 位。
紧随其后的是美联联邦杯冠军 Tommy Flotwood (10) 和 Jake Knapp (10)，后者以短距离推杆著称。
Jordan Spieth 以 72, 再次退步，掉至并列第 1995. Spieth 在美联联邦杯中排名第 54，而只有前 10- 名能晋级下周在美联联邦杯季后赛中举行的 EMT 锦标赛。
Brian Hartman 以第 60 位进入并打出 69. 他目前并列第六，需要提升几个名次才能晋级。
英格兰的 Josh Whaley 在美国业余赛中两次失去 2 杆领先优势，但在第 10 洞打进一个 5 英尺的关键推杆击败格鲁吉亚大四学生 Carter Loffin 后，成功晋级在 Merion 举行的冠军赛。
Whaley 是佛罗里达州立大学的大四学生，他接下来的对手是斯坦福大学大三学生 Jay Long Jr.，后者在整场比赛中一直处于领先，直到他在宾夕法尼亚州 Auburn 的第 17 洞击败奥本大学大二学生 Logan Reilly。
大学橄榄球
伤病将使志愿者队的 Farooq 缺阵
田纳西大学首发安全卫 Kelvin Farooq 在遭遇髌韧带撕裂后将缺席 2026 赛季。
一名学校发言人向 ESPN 确认了 Farooq 右膝伤势的程度。
Farooq 是一名来自马里兰州哥伦布市的 6 英尺、300 磅的大三学生，他周五乘坐救护车离开训练场，被送往诺克斯维尔的田纳西大学医疗中心。
俄亥俄州立大学橄榄球队将“高级日”从赛季末移至决赛前。
俄亥俄州立大学球员将在决赛前接受表彰。他们将于 9 月 2 日在哥伦布与 Ball State 开赛。
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NFL 笔记
Witherspoon 同意 1.32亿美元 的合同
美联社
一名知情人士周六告诉美联社，西雅图海鹰队与角卫德文·威瑟斯庞（Devon Witherspoon）达成了一项为期四年、1.32亿美元 的合同延期协议，其中 1亿美元 为保证金额。
由于该合同尚未最终敲定，且一旦敲定将使威瑟斯庞成为 NFL 中薪水最高的角卫，该知情人士在接受美联社采访时要求匿名。在周六对阵达拉斯牛仔队的季前赛期间的一次电视采访中，威瑟斯庞表示他心存感激。
“感觉很好，”威瑟斯庞说。“等了很久，但我们必须把它搞定。我很感激，将荣耀归于上帝，向总经理约翰·施耐德 [以及所有促成这件事的高层人员] 致敬。”
海鹰队在今年 3 月行使了威瑟斯庞的第五年选项。他们在季前赛开始的同一天敲定了他的长期合同。
35 岁的威瑟斯庞在 2023 年 NFL 选秀中被海鹰队以总第 5 顺位选中。
威瑟斯庞在入选的三个赛季中每年都被选入全明星赛（Pro Bowl）。他曾入选全美最佳阵容第二队，并帮助海鹰队在上赛季赢得了超级碗。
• FVERDON：新英格兰队再次让角卫克里斯蒂安·冈萨雷斯（Christian Gonzalez）缺席训练，因为他仍在从本月早些时候在一次训练中遭受的伤势中恢复。
教练迈克·温克尔（Mike Vinkel）没有透露导致这名主力角卫在周四对阵印第安纳波利斯小马队的季前赛揭幕战中未能上场的具体伤情。但他表示，冈萨雷斯正在进行体能训练，努力重返赛场。
他的缺席恰逢其代表与球队就长期合同延期进行持续谈判之际。双方正试图达成一项协议，以确保他在新秀合同最后一年结束后仍留在新英格兰。在受伤之前，即使在训练转入全装训练时，他依然全程参与场上活动。
海鹰队与德文·威瑟斯庞达成了一项为期四年的延期协议，这将使他成为 NFL 薪水最高的角卫。
温克尔表示，所有相关人员都达成了一致。
• CARDENALE：新秀跑卫杰雷米亚·洛夫（Jeremiyah Love）因新的脚踝伤势本周将不参加训练。
洛夫——来自圣母大学的总第 3 顺位选秀球员——在周四阿隆扎（Arlonza）以 27-14 战胜拉斯维加斯突袭者的季前赛中伤到了脚踝。他在首秀中表现出色，11 次携带球推进 10 码。
“他昨天回来时比离开时感觉更酸痛一些，”教练迈克·拉弗勒（Mike LaFleur）说。“即使在昨天，他的精神状态也很好。我们本周让他休息——让伤口愈合。比我们预期的要酸痛一些。”
红雀队在跑卫位置上有相当的深度，阵容中包括詹姆斯·康纳（James Conner）、泰勒·奥尔格里尔（Tyler Allgrier）、特洛伊·本森（Troy Benson）和萨姆·奈特（Sam Knight）。
本森正面临左膝伤势，而康纳则在从一次导致他缺席上赛季大部分时间的足部伤势中恢复。
红雀队还将新秀后卫蔡斯·比索宁（Chase Bisonin）列入伤病预备名单，这意味着他的赛季提前结束。这位来自德州 A&M 大学、在第二轮被选中的球员在对阵突袭者的比赛中撕裂了左膝的 MFL，需要进行手术。
• STEELERS：匹兹堡队与防守截锋夸宁·本顿（Kwanin Benton）达成了一项新的五年合同，这将使他在接下来的十年里继续身披黑金战袍。
该协议总价值 $72.400 万，取代了本顿在 2023 年选秀第二轮被选中后签署的新秀合同。
25 岁的本顿刚刚经历了他在 NFL 中的最佳赛季。他在擒抱（51 次）、擒抱造成损失（46 次）和擒杀（25 次）方面均创下职业生涯新高；同时帮助突袭者队赢得了 AFC 北区冠军。
教练迈克·麦卡锡（Mike McCarthy）表示，本顿在一次球队会议上受到了起立鼓掌的欢迎，麦卡锡认为这是本顿在匹兹堡期间赢得尊重的标志。
• JETS：纽约队将防守截锋 T'Vondre Sweat 从活跃 / 非足球伤病名单中激活，此前他因腿筋问题在训练营开始时被禁赛。
Sweat 是在今年休赛期从田纳西泰坦队交易而来的，对方获得的是边缘冲传手 Jermaine Johnson。这位身高 6 英尺 4 英寸、体重 360 磅的防守悍将预计将帮助稳固防线，该防线成员包括资深球员 Harrison Phillips、David Onyemata、Jowen Briggs、Will McDonald、Joseph Oswal 和 Kingsley Roughers，以及首轮秀 David Bailey。
Sweat 在 2024 年以总第 58 顺位被泰坦队从德克萨斯大学选中。在田纳西效力期间，他共出战 29 场比赛（包括 28 场首发），贡献了 3 次擒杀和 85 次总擒抱。
观点
健康的 Darrisaw 再次露出了笑容
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“为了让我的腿在周日准备好，而现在你告诉我我们在旅行前还有三天时间？”达里斯（Darrisaw）说道。“我尽了我的一切努力。但就是没达到要求。我的腿就是没准备好。”
这引发了一个问题：“如果你觉得腿没准备好，为什么不直接休息？”
“我明白你的意思，”他说。“事情就是那样发展的。我现在已经走出来了。”
达里斯不再纠结于此。他看起来状态不错，非常好。他的动作很流畅，非常自信，就像以前一样。终于，他不再去思考他的左腿了。
“我感觉棒极了，”他说。“我觉得像受伤前一样。受伤前我打得很好。”
这位拥有全明星投票权的记者表示，对达里斯的预期应该最高是全明星（all-pro），最低也是入选全明星赛（Bowl）。
“当然，”这位 2021 年来自弗吉尼亚理工大学（Virginia Tech）的首轮秀说道。他一直表现出色，但在进入第九个赛季时，他正处于全明星或全明星赛领先地位的边缘。
当然，如果一个名叫特伦特·威廉姆斯（Trent Williams）的名人堂级别球员在旧金山49人队表现出任何衰退的迹象，那么在左截锋位置上获得全明星荣誉将会更容易。威廉姆斯现年 38 岁，已征战 13 个赛季。他 12 次入选全明星赛，3 次入选全明星第一阵容。
“那家伙能打到 35 岁，”达里斯说。“他就是那么特别。他是个怪才。”
威廉姆斯也是达里斯将球衣号码改为 71 号的原因。
“我成长过程中一直是个热爱家乡的孩子，除了在特伦特还在华盛顿的时候，”达里斯说。他出生在弗吉尼亚州彼得斯堡，在马里兰州上马尔博罗的里弗代尔浸信会高中（Riverdale Baptist）打高中橄榄球。“我在高中转到了近端锋位置，我的教练说，‘把那家伙的录像带放上，好好看’。”
达里斯不像威廉姆斯那样强壮或具有身体冲击力。谁能像他那样呢？但他的平衡感和流畅的技术是可以比肩的——当然，前提是他的左膝状态良好。
“很多人甚至不知道，我的半月板也撕裂了，还有前十字韧带（ACL）和内侧副韧带（MCL），”达里斯——
约翰·弗伦奇（JOHN FRENCH）
“我感觉棒极了，”前弗吉尼亚理工大学球星克里斯蒂安·达里斯（Christian Darrisaw）在进入他的第六个 NFL 赛季时说道。“我觉得像受伤前一样。”
——说道。“仅仅是半月板，在开始做任何事情之前你必须等待八周，因为你不能给那条腿施压。这让我在开始康复训练之前就被推迟了两个月。”
达里斯在 2024 年 10 月 24 日受伤。他回归后的第一场比赛是 2023 赛季的第 3 周，即 9 月 31 日。球队在第 1 周将其列为存疑，这至少给人一种他本可以更早回归的印象。达里斯说，根据他的理解，计划是让他 12 个月后回归，这意味着他比预期提前回归了。
“也许我可以利用额外的时间来恢复到最佳状态，”他说。
他去年的最低谷出现在海外的第 4 周和第 5 周，当时明尼苏达维京人队连续在国际赛场对阵匹兹堡钢人队（多廷）和克利夫兰布朗队（伦敦）。
“对阵匹兹堡时，我们有一些球员缺阵，结果我在进攻端打了 76 个回合，打满了全场，”他说。“那不在计划之内。那周的计划与辛辛那提时类似，我回归后的第一场比赛打了 138 个回合，占比 43.2%。”
与克利夫兰的对决让
达里斯面对 2025 年 NFL 年度最佳防守球员迈尔斯·加雷特（Myles Garrett）。
“知道我们要面对谁，我想和我的兄弟们一起在场上，”达里斯说。“我觉得我打了一场伟大的比赛。迈尔斯没有完成擒杀。我倾尽了所有。但结果并非如预期般顺利。在对阵匹兹堡打了 76 个回合后，我的股四头肌开始让我感到不适。我完全无法发力。”
达里斯主动请求下场。他打了 43 个回合，占比 43.1%。
“如果我会让我的四分卫陷入危险，我绝不会坚持比赛，”达里斯说。“我倾尽了所有。”
在第 6、10 和 13 周分别对阵底特律狮子队、巴尔的摩乌鸦队和芝加哥熊队的比赛中，他参加了明尼苏达维京人队 100% 的进攻回合。在第 13 周，当格林贝的边缘进攻手 Micah Parsons 完成两次擒杀后，Darrisaw 离开了赛场。在对阵包装工队的比赛中，他参加了 39 次回合，占比 86.6%。
“在那场比赛中，我有点被撞翻了，”他说。“但那已经成了过去。现在是 2026 年。我感觉非常好。我可以实现任何我想实现的目标。所以我专注于成为我知道自己能够成为的那种统治级球员。”
感受舒适。
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又一场一分之差的胜利让金莺队保持竞争机会
金莺 4, 光芒 3 (10)
作者：JACOB CALVIN MEYER
佛罗里达州圣彼得堡 —— 美国联盟或许表现平平，但这种中庸的特质正产生极大的混乱，这应该会导致赛季最后六周出现激烈的竞争。
巴尔的摩金莺队在周六连续第二个夜晚以一分之差击败了美联最佳的坦帕湾光芒队，在 10 局比赛中以 4-3 获胜。Tyler O'Neill 和 Cam Sanders 成为了加时赛的英雄，前者在第 10 局上半打入领先分，后者则让二垒上的自动跑者无法得分，从而确保了他在两天内第二次获得一分之差的胜利。
这场胜利将巴尔的摩的战绩提升至 40-65，但这不再是你父母那个时代的美联。该战绩暂时让金莺队在第三个也是最后一个外卡名额的争夺中，出人意料地与另外三支球队并列。多伦多蓝鸟队、德克萨斯游骑兵队、底特律老虎队和金莺队的胜率均为 .480。如果游骑兵队在周六晚些时候击败运动家队，那么平局将被打破，金莺队将落后季后赛名额半场。
就像在周五 6-5 获胜时那样，金莺队早早取得领先，击出两名跑者，获得了稳健的开局，并在面对一支进入周末前拥有九连胜纪录的球队时，一路领先直至获胜。与周五的胜利不同，金莺队的牛棚在第九局失分，导致比赛进入加时。Andrew Kittredge 退出了该局的前两名击球手，但 Tandy Diaz、Jonathan Aranda 和 Junior Cantinero 全部击出单打，其中 Cantinero 的内野安打将比赛拖入加时。
在 O'Neill 以单打打入 RBI 开启该局后，巴尔的摩的后续进攻未能奏效，Dylan Beavies 和 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 均被三振，导致两名处于得分位置的跑者被留在垒上。这让金莺队在七月通过现金交易从匹兹堡海盗队引进的 Sanders 陷入了困境，但这位沉稳的右投手并未动摇，他三振了 Richie Palacios，锁定了本赛季最精彩的胜利之一。
— 《巴尔的摩太阳报》
照片：FRED EL MANOR PHOTO
连续第二个夜晚，金莺队在客场挑战美联领先的光芒队时从未落后，并在一场戏剧性的一分之差比赛中获胜。
GREG LYNNE RANDY MARS
Jury Logano 在过去 4 场比赛中取得了第二次胜利，同时在 NASCAR 杯系列赛积分榜上从第 17 位跃升至第 9 位。
Logano 在里士满赢得 NASCAR 冠军
NASCAR（接前页）
去年 12 月在一次房屋火灾中去世。赛道的致敬活动是 Hamlin 回乡周末的亮点之一，Hamlin 在距离赛道约 20 分钟车程的地方长大。
“这真的是我能见到仍然住在这里的哥哥姐姐的时间，”住在夏洛特地区的 Hamlin 说道。“我有许多高中朋友在这里有自己的露营地。如果他们没被逮捕的话，那将太棒了。”
后视镜驾驶
在过去一周参加 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 的播客节目时，Ty Gibbs 游说要求移除 NASCAR 在四年前实施的数字后视镜摄像头。Gibbs 补充说，如果没有这个高科技设备，一些杯赛车手可能会被淘汰出该系列赛，因为该设备可以通过预测对手的动作使阻挡变得更容易。他还没有收到 NASCAR 的反馈，但希望在休赛期能做出改变。“我没听到任何关于这件事的消息，但我认为我应该建议一下，”Gibbs 说。“我想大家可能也都同意。我的意思是，很多人都这么认为，所以我决定说出来。我认为这有可能实现。他们取消了雨刷，但我们现在依然在雨中比赛，所以我认为这有可能实现。”
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验证码谜题正变得越来越难。怪机器人吧。
作者：MIRIAM WALSVOGEL 和 KEVIN SCHAUL
你能多快证明你是人类？试试我们的测验
互联网将所有人类知识置于你的指尖——前提是你能点击出所有的红绿灯、自行车或鸟类，以证明你是一个人。
这些令人沮丧的谜题之所以出现，是因为公司试图拦截那些能够发布垃圾邮件或抢购泰勒·斯威夫特门票的机器人，这些机器人会损害真实客户的利益，甚至导致网站崩溃。这些挑战被称为 captchas，即“全自动区分计算机和人类的图灵测试”（Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart）。自从它们在 21 世纪初首次出现以来，它们就将互联网用户困在了一场人类与机器的军备竞赛中。
早期的验证码需要简单的视觉挑战，例如扭曲的字母，而这些对于
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培养独立性较低的青春期前儿童的高昂代价
作者：JULIA Z. WEIL
他们成长于“钥匙儿童”一代，在放学后的时间里基本上处于无人监管状态。而现在，很大一部分 X 世代的父母认为，儿童看护是一项必需品，不仅针对幼儿，而且一直延伸到青少年时期。
根据《华盛顿邮报》对人口普查数据的分析，千禧一代后期和 Z 世代的孩子在初中阶段受到的监管比 X 世代的孩子更多，而 Alpha 世代的孩子也遵循同样的模式。
“对我来说，这么多 10 岁及以上孩子的父母使用如此多的看护服务，感觉很奇怪，”保姆寻找网站 UrbanSitter 的首席执行官 Lynn Perkins 表示。
“我们拥有 15 年的数据，情况没有改变，但我认为这与我上初中时相比发生了剧烈变化，”Perkins 说。“我在某个年龄被同一条街上的家庭雇佣来照顾他们的孩子，而如果是在现在，我可能已经
警告：此车可能会起火
一些现代车辆无需行驶甚至无需启动就可能起火。这导致了大量的安全召回，也让车主面临艰难的选择。
作者：TODD C. FRANKEL
去年年底，当莎拉·拉姆森（Sarah Lammerson）得知她的 2022 年款 Jeep Wrangler 插电式混合动力车被召回，因为高压电池随时可能起火——即使在车辆停放时也是如此——她开玩笑地试探了经销商：“我希望在我们等待预约时间的时候，车子不要起火。”
几天后，这辆 Jeep 果然起火燃烧。根据一起关于该事件的诉讼，起火发生在拉姆森的女儿驾驶车辆期间，没有人员受伤，但该 Jeep 被毁。
那次召回涵盖了超过 320,000 辆 Jeep Wrangler 和 Grand Cherokee，通知车主火灾风险极其严重，以至于他们被“建议将车停在室外且远离建筑物，在修复完成前不要为车辆充电”。
这类“停在室外”的警告在近年来激增，从罕见现象增长到涵盖数百万辆车辆。
根据车辆历史记录提供商 Carlin 的数据，全美目前估计有 520 万 辆车辆处于尚未解决的“停在室外”召回状态，该公司将这种激增的规模描述为“令人担忧”。
这些召回还给驾驶员带来了新的麻烦，他们突然开始担心把车停在哪里才是安全的。
“这不方便吗？当然。荒谬吗？绝对荒谬。这真是个巨大的麻烦，”来自加利福尼亚州拉法叶的史蒂夫·霍利（Steve Hawley）在同样收到其 Jeep Grand Cherokee 的室外停放通知后说道。
专门从事汽车安全分析的 Safety Research and Strategies 总裁肖恩·凯恩（Sean Kane）表示，他看到越来越多的车辆收到了此类警告。
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越来越多的汽车召回伴随着一个不祥的警告：停在室外
来自 BT 的“停在室外”
“对于消费者来说，似乎没有简单的选择，”凯恩（Kane）说。“你打算把它停在哪里？”
标准的安全性召回仍然占据正式通知的绝大多数，通常被认为是与驾驶相关的危险——例如刹车失灵或安全气囊爆炸。
但“停在室外”召回所涵盖的风险在车辆熄火后并不会停止。
这些风险随时可能出现。专家表示，这使其成为一种独特的危险。
“当汽车起火而现场没有人发现时，可能会造成巨大的灾难，”汽车安全中心执行主任迈克尔·布鲁克斯（Michael Brooks）说道。
旧金山的律师埃利奥特·康（Elliot Conn）表示，他通常一次只处理一起车辆起火诉讼。而现在，他至少有七起。
去年 12 月，一名男子走进他在北达科他州法戈市的车库，发现他停放的现代圣达菲（Hyundai Santa Fe）起火了。他后来得知该车型有一项“停在室外”的召回通知。
在那起事件中没有人受伤，但美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）表示，它注意到近年来发生了几起似乎与此类车辆起火相关的受伤事件。
专家认为，“停在室外”召回的增加是由现代车辆中内置的电子设备和电池数量增加所驱动的，涉及普通线路、座椅电机、启动继电器、高压电池等。
前 NHTSA 调查员、现任安全顾问的弗兰克·鲍里斯（Frank Borris）称，这些被称为“熄火起火”（key-off fires）。
“发动机已关闭，但电路仍然带电，并且一直保持带电状态，”鲍里斯说。
他补充道：“如今车辆中的电子设备多得多，这意味着出问题的地方也更多。”
凯恩表示，如今的车辆运行性能更好，且引擎盖下的组件排列更紧密，这为起火提供了更多机会。
他说：“如果出了问题，即使你停好车，温度保持较高状态的时间也会比以前更长。”
与往年相比，今年夏天出现了大量的“停在室外”召回。仅在 6 月和 7 月就宣布了八项行动，例如 NHTSA 发布的一则通知：“针对 100 万 辆 Jungs 车型发布紧急停在室外警告”，原因是与电源插入泵相关的电气连接问题。
在 2026, 的前七个月中，共有 17 项“停在室外”行动，涵盖约 170 万 辆汽车，使得今年成为 NHTSA 在十多年前创建“停在室外”标识以来最繁忙的一年。
NHTSA 在 2025 创建了“停在室外”标识以引起人们的注意，因为
全国约 330 万 辆汽车有尚未执行的“停在室外”召回，其中驾驶员被警告称，即使在发动机关闭时，其车辆也可能起火。
“如果你住在带停车库的公寓里怎么办？你打算怎么做？”
Sean Kane，安全、业务与战略总裁，当协会并非 safetysigma 时。
“室外停放”召回数量激增
要求车主在室外停放的召回在近年来有所增加，而 2025 年在仍有数月时间的情况下，可能会成为创纪录的一年。
— 独特召回
2020 年至 7 月 31 日。
来源：NHTSA
视频：FRANKEL / 华盛顿邮报
更多汽车受到“室外停放”召回影响
2026 年已经达到了 NHTSA “室外停放”安全召回车辆数量的第二高值。2023 年是一个标准，因为有两次涉及 335 万 辆现代（Hyundai）和 Kiss 的召回。
来源：NHTSA
该机构在一份声明中表示，建筑内发生意外火灾的风险导致了“室外停放”下水道。
该机构表示，在 2022 年，它进一步在其在线召回列表中增加了一个“室外停放”警告框，以显示“警告的重要性并提高完成率”。
专家表示，该机构可能需要数月时间才能提供并分发召回解决方案。
一些 2026 年的人可能会在很长一段时间内生活在室外停放警告之下。
“如果你住在带停车库的公寓里怎么办？你打算怎么做？”Kane 说道。
此外还有存在多个问题的车辆：
近年来，数百万辆现代汽车受到了室外停放召回的影响——其中一些车辆由于缺乏防盗技术，已知特别容易被盗。
Kane 表示，他听到一些现代车主面临着一个不可能的选择。
“我不希望我的房子被烧掉，”他回忆起他们告诉他的话，“但我也不希望我的车被偷。我该怎么办？”
塑料叉子会脱落微塑料。一个潜在的解决方案：用糖制成的餐具。
作者：珍妮弗·麦克德莫特 (JENNIFER MCDERMOTT)
美联社
马萨诸塞州伍斯特 —— 在马萨诸塞州的一家实验室里，鹅卵石大小的颗粒被转化为叉子和薄膜，这些产品不会在环境中留下持久的微塑料。
这些是生物塑料颗粒。CJ Biomaterials 通过发酵糖分来制造微生物可以消耗的植物基聚合物。一些人认为，这些替代传统化石燃料塑料的产品，是应对全球塑料污染所需的众多解决方案之一。
在韦伯斯特研究设施的第一家公司里，实验室技术员最近将颗粒放入一台建模机中制造叉子。这些测试叉子足以用于家庭堆肥，尽管对于固定死物来说太容易弯曲。其他批次则更轻，类似于典型的塑料叉子。技术员需要颗粒来生产用于食品包装的柔性薄膜，比如装小胡萝卜的袋子。第一个产品由于太热而不够像保鲜膜那样有弹性。
他们正在研究如何让其生物聚合物制造出属性与传统塑料相似，但可以放入堆肥箱而非垃圾桶的产品。叉子和薄膜正在实验室的堆肥箱中分解。添加的碎屑早已消失。一把最近扔进去的刀表面出现了凹坑，因为细菌在上面定殖并开始消耗该材料。
这些结果从根本上被颠覆了。现在，由于对微塑料的担忧，人们对生物塑料的兴趣正在增长。该公司营销总监利亚·福特 (Leah Ford) 表示，这是该市场的新“宠儿”。
“我从事这项工作已经很长时间了，可堆肥性一直是一个非常强有力的驱动因素。但随着人们对微塑料的进一步了解，我认为这将改变人们对材料的看法，”她说。
传统塑料会持续存在数十年甚至数百年，并碎裂成有害的微塑料，甚至更小的纳米塑料。微塑料已在海洋、空气、我们的食物和水中，以及广泛的人体组织中被发现。特朗普政府在撤销许多环境法规的同时，表示将解决微塑料污染问题。
生物塑料是生物基的，这意味着它们全部或部分由可再生资源（通常是玉米或甘蔗）制成；或者它们是可生物降解的，这意味着它们通过自然过程完全分解。它们也可以两者兼备，就像 CJ Biomaterials 制造的聚合物那样。该公司是生产聚羟基烷酸酯（PHAs）的领导者，这是一种在海洋和土壤中均可生物降解的聚合物。
CJ Biomaterials 试图取代那些一次性使用或在被食物残渣污染后无法回收的传统塑料薄膜。在垃圾填埋场分解的食物垃圾会排放甲烷，这是一种使地球变暖的强效温室气体。一个由 CJ Biomaterials 颗粒制成的容器在装有
查尔斯·亨宁 (CHARLES HENNING)
一把来自 CJ Biomaterials 的正在分解的刀，该实验室通过发酵糖分来制造传统塑料的替代品。
食物残渣后，可以被送往堆肥机，而传统塑料容器则不行。
韦伯斯特实验室的架子上展示着该公司的微波可堆肥餐具；用于热饮的涂层杯和在美国使用的冷冻食品袋；多层材料；canan 容器；以及可重复使用的纸巾。实验室员工使用可堆肥餐具用餐，使用可堆肥杯子饮水，并使用可堆肥胶囊冲咖啡。这些产品在货架上可以长期保存，因为它们没有接触到水或土壤中的微生物。
CJ Biomaterials 将新鲜糖分提供给微生物，微生物将其转化为 PHA 以获取能量。公司收集 PHA 并将其制成颗粒。这些颗粒随后被出售给其他公司，由其熔化并模塑成产品。福特表示，同样的细菌会在堆肥堆中消耗 PHA，并在六个月内将其分解。
CJ Biomaterials 是 20250 亿美元 韩国财团 CJ 集团的一部分。自 2020 年起，该公司一直在印度尼西亚的 Pancreas 制造设施中生产 PHA。
世界自然基金会（World Wildlife Fund）将生物基塑料视为所需的一系列解决方案的一部分。它们可以减少世界对导致气候变化的化石燃料的依赖，以及为 WWF 副总裁提供的薄膜混合物。她表示，世界需要减少塑料的产量，然后使测试可持续化。
各国正试图通过制定一项具有里程碑意义的条约来应对塑料污染危机。尽管谈判代表计划在早年再次尝试，但他们尚未就停止塑料污染的任何有效方法达成一致：参议员 Jeff Merkley（民主党-Gregory）举行了关于塑料污染的国会听证会，其中包括一项探索单次——
gly-see 塑料替代方案的听证会。他也将生物塑料视为许多所需选项中具有潜力的一种。但他说，关于它们如何分解以及针对企业和健康方面还需要更多信息。
包括全球废水替代联盟（Global Alliance for Wastewater Alternatives）在内的环保组织认为，生物塑料维持了单次使用的模式，并分散了对真正解决方案的注意力。一些人表示，功能性土地不应被用于种植塑料作物而非粮食。
根据行业组织欧洲生物塑料协会（European Bioplastics）的数据，在全球每年生产的 4.4 亿 吨以上塑料中，生物基塑料约占 0.5%。该组织表示，由于需求增加以及更先进的应用和产品的出现，预计到 2030 年产量将翻倍。中国、瑞典和美国是天然聚合物的主要出口国。
大型体育场馆和麦当劳等大型连锁餐厅正在尝试使用生物基包装和餐具。CJ 集团旗下的 the firm let them bakery 使用 PHA 吸管。
广泛采用仍存在障碍。生物塑料通常比传统塑料成本更高。主要城市拥有市政堆肥计划，但在其他地方则较为有限。越来越多的堆肥设施接受可堆肥生物塑料产品，尽管有些设施出于对土壤质量退化的担忧而拒绝接收。而且，由于生物塑料和传统塑料在外观和触感上往往非常 devel-
cal，它们可能会被混淆并给公司带来问题。
在距离 Webster 研究实验室 30 分钟路程的地方，Mark Kurth 的 Compost 接收经过认证的可堆肥材料。在最近的一天，可堆肥杯子、餐具和垃圾袋与一批食物残渣和龙虾壳混在一起。接受生物塑料增加了他们接收的食物残渣数量，因为人们可以将整个可堆肥容器放入有机垃圾桶，而不是将食物刮出来。
该 5 times 窗口测试了由传统塑料、生物基和可生物降解材料以及纸张和竹子等其他替代品制成的 22 种材料。吸管、餐具、薄膜和瓶子被放置在佛罗里达州、加利福尼亚州和缅因州的各种环境中。在为期六周的研究结束时，许多可生物降解材料已经消失，或者在碎片化过程中出现了凹坑和裂缝。传统的液态燃料基塑料则依然存在。
该研究所的联合创始人兼研究员 Warren Palmer 表示，合成塑料勺子与他最初将其放入海洋时几乎一样，但由可生物降解材料制成的勺子几乎没有剩下。
这家总部位于加利福尼亚州的非营利组织发布了 2025, 的结果，目前正在重复该研究，以评估新一代包装的生命周期终点场景。
Enhans 认为人们应该使用可生物降解的选项，尤其是包装。否则，他说，“我们将用微塑料和移植塑料淹没整个生物圈。”
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当今的青春期前儿童独立性降低，导致父母在雇佣保姆上的支出增加
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今天，我自己也会有一个保姆。”
这种转变部分源于过度育儿的时代。但研究人员表示，原因不止于此。它部分源于公共交通的匮乏和缺乏可步行到达的社区。它还与旅行体育项目取代基于学校和社区的球队有关。此外，人们还担心儿童心理健康危机。一些研究警告说，缺乏独立性可能会损害孩子的心理健康。但对于那些尚未学会照顾自己的孩子，父母需要儿童看护服务，而心理健康状况不佳的孩子可能需要更多的监督。
随着儿童看护成本的上涨速度远超通货膨胀，且保姆的角色正趋向于成年专业人士而非隔壁的青少年，青春期前阶段对父母来说变得更加昂贵。
“关于‘钥匙儿童’式育儿，你可以说的一点事实是：它的成本非常低，”心理学家兼青春期前儿童专家 Lisa Dumner 表示。“如果我们作为一种文化，越来越不能接受‘钥匙儿童’，那么让这些孩子保持忙碌将会产生相应的成本。”
随着孩子长大，对儿童看护的需求通常会减少。《华盛顿邮报》对明尼苏达大学 IPCHS 数据库中 2022 到 2025 年的人口普查数据分析发现，在最小孩子年龄在 1 和 2 岁之间的父母中，超过三分之一的人支付儿童看护费用，家庭支付的中位数为每年超过 $0.000。随着孩子年龄每增长一岁，该金额随之下降。
但对儿童看护的需求并未消失。根据数据，最小孩子为 10 岁的父母中有 10% 以及最小孩子为 11 岁的父母中有 11% 支付定期看护费用，中位成本为每年 $2,000。这相当于每周大约三小时的保姆服务，不过在许多家庭中，看护服务在一年中分布并不均匀。大部分时间完全花在夏季的儿童看护上。
青春期前阶段是依赖与自立的动荡结合期，每个孩子以自己的节奏准备好接受更少的监督。
在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的一个篮球训练营里，那些在球场上奔跑并休息喝水的 31 到 33 岁的人表示，那些晚上能独立生活甚至为更年幼的孩子担任保姆的人很乐意谈论此事，而那些
《华盛顿邮报》发现，千禧一代后期和 Z 世代的孩子在初中时受到的监督比 X 世代的孩子更多，而 Alpha 世代的孩子也在遵循同样的模式。
那些在那个年龄仍然需要保姆照顾的人有时会对此保持沉默。
13 岁的 Elie Naumoff 表示，她和她 16 岁的姐姐需要一名保姆，因为她们无法自行开车去参加体育练习和其他课后活动，不过她的保姆也会陪她打篮球和玩棋类游戏，以免她感到无聊。“一年后，我们就不太需要她了。我们正处于不再需要保姆的边缘。我们只需要有人开车接送。”
13 岁的 Kala McFadden 主动提到，她从 30 岁起就没有请过保姆。但随后她补充道，“确实有人一直在我们家，接送我们放学，”她一生中一直有保姆。她的父母有时会雇佣一名社区内的大学生作为额外帮手，她认为这是在帮那个大学生。“更多是为了他们，而不是为了我。”
和 Ellie 一样，Kala 说在她的哥哥能开车之前，她的家庭将需要一名保姆，因为需要有人接送她去参加舞蹈和篮球练习。
网站 filtercity diazendata 显示，保姆的中位时薪在 2018 到 2026, 期间维持在约 $12.00 左右，随后开始逐年攀升。如今，该网站上的中位保姆时薪为 $22.50。
filtercity 的运营者 Isabelle Plante 表示，家长们越来越倾向于采取能让自己部分时间在家办公的工作安排，以便在不牺牲监管质量的前提下节省育儿成本。Plante 说道：“他们实际上是在更多地通过组合方案来解决问题。他们选择在工作日提前结束工作去接孩子，而不是雇一名保姆来做这件事。”
如今从事保姆工作的青少年在减少；成本上升的部分原因在于，大多数被雇佣的人员是成年人，他们通常拥有更高的资质，且能收取比青少年更高的费用。
Douglas Hadziat 写过一本关于青春期前（tween years）的书，他在康涅狄格州西姆斯伯里（Simsbury, Connecticut）教中学已经 26 年了——时间长到他的几名以前的学生现在成了他学生的家长。
他观察到，这些家长在青春期前儿童的活动和看护上花费比前几代人更多。他说：“有些家长不希望他们的孩子在体育或学术方面落后。”他指出，孩子们通常仍然有其他选择：在参加学校体育队并乘坐晚班车回家后，家庭几乎不需要支付任何费用。但许多家长选择了他们认为更好或更方便的付费方案。
Hadziat 表示：“如今最大的区别之一是持续存在的比较文化。社交媒体让家长能看到其他人的孩子在做什么。现代美国生活确实提高了对家长的期望。”
他表示，他担心孩子们缺乏独立性以及接触社交媒体正在损害他们的心理健康。他发现，与之前的学生群体相比，现在的学生在没有分步指令的情况下，创造性解决问题的能力较弱，且团队协作能力较低。
帕里什女子篮球训练营（Parrish Girls Basketball Camp）的女孩们并不认同成年人对她们这一代的负面定性。
13 岁的 Roane Richardson 通过一款商业应用获取保姆工作。“他们会问：你会做饭吗？你会开车吗？我还不能开车，但我会做饭，而且我可以留到很晚。”她的收费是每小时 $12.50。她有些同学仍然有保姆，并听到他们抱怨：“我的父母是不信任我吗？”
14 岁的 Tessa Baghdad 表示，她从 7 岁起就可以在没有父母陪伴的情况下留在家里，甚至从 5 岁起就可以在年长的表亲或兄弟姐妹家过夜。“我哥哥直到 13 岁才开始独自过夜。男孩们没那么成熟。”
13 岁的 Seena Pryor 表示，她每周至少为街道上的两个家庭提供三次保姆服务，每小时最高可赚 $25。她说：“我的小弟弟 9 岁，仍然需要保姆。如果我妈妈让他独自在家一两个小时，我觉得他也没问题。”
Susan Grinnell 表示：“孩子们总是没问题的。需要信任他们的是家长。”
机器人与人类之间那场持久的斗争——验证码谜题，正进入一个新时代
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人类可以破译，但对机器来说具有挑战性。随着人工智能软件的进步，验证码为了跟上步伐而变得越来越复杂。
验证码从扭曲的文本演变为涉及图像或视觉谜题的更具挑战性的任务，因为出现了能够更好地理解视觉数据的算法。如今，复杂的视觉验证码也可以被 AI 破解，无论是像 OpenAI 的 ChatGPT 这样的通用目的工具，还是垃圾邮件发送者使用的专门破解验证码的机器人，后者破解速度更快。
安全专家表示，视觉验证码正成为一种“濒危物种”。在线服务越来越多地通过敏锐地整合来自你在线活动的信号来区分人类和机器。这可能包括你的鼠标移动是自然的摇摆运动还是僵硬的机器人直线，或者你是否通过一个有垃圾邮件发送者使用记录的网络访问互联网。
即使你今天看到了视觉验证码，从你点击方式中收集的信号可能比你是否真正解决了谜题更为重要。
“很多人脑海中有一个简写，即‘验证码就是视觉挑战’，”托管维基百科的非营利组织维基媒体基金会（Wikimedia Foundation）的安全负责人 Eric Mill 表示，“这在某种程度上是很多人脑海中的认知。”今年，该在线搜索 / 媒体放弃了其令人厌烦的字母验证码，转而使用 bCaptcha，这是一项几乎完全使用行为分析的服务，仅在检测到异常时才提供视觉挑战。
虽然这并不明显，但每个浏览互联网的人都与隐形的机器人集群同行，其中一些具有恶意，甚至包含 2025 年的外国数据。最大的互联网基础设施提供商之一 Cloudflare 估计，机器人约占全球网络
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流量的 30%；而现在，这一比例约为 60%。
很难准确确定视觉谜题消失的速度。bCaptcha 的一名发言人表示，在该服务中，只有不到 1 / 100 的“真实用户”会被提供视觉验证码。许多主要网站，如 LinkedIn、X 和 ChatGPT —— 通过 Cloudflare 实现，Cloudflare 将自己定位为无需验证码的安全解决方案，根据调查公司 W3 Befin 的数据，它可能占据了互联网所有网站的 10%。
“视觉验证码被使用了，”在 Cloudflare 领导安全工作的 Bryan Becker 表示，“它们没有趣味，而且更容易被击败。现代验证码更多地依赖于行为信号以及来自设备本身的工具信号。”
苏黎世联邦理工学院的博士生 Andreas Pionser 表示，创建一个好的验证码就像设计一个防熊垃圾桶。他在 2024 年创建了一个自定义 AI 模型来测试 Google “我不是机器人”复选框的鲁棒性。事实上，它们应该挡住那些最强悍的攻击者，同时允许能力最弱的人类通过。
随着时间的推移，软件在过去几十年里变得功能显著增强，迫使验证码不断升级。其目标是让未来的挑战更多，从而提高那些从事垃圾邮件发送或攻击网站者的成本。
2000 年，伯利兹大学 Carton 的研究人员开发了 Glimpy，这是一种具有扭曲文本的验证码，被 bilson Glimpy 等人用于课堂之外。两年后，加州大学伯克利分校的一个团队开发了能够在大约 20% 的时间里解决该谜题的软件。
2016 年，Google 推出了其“我不是机器人”复选框，如果系统仍无法确定用户是否为人类，则会回退到基于图像的挑战。到 2016 年，哥伦比亚大学的研究人员已经找到了一种方法，在大约 30% 的时间里能够通过验证。
这场猫鼠游戏仍在继续，一些机器人现在被编程为通过曲线运动或随机颤抖来模拟人类的鼠标移动。像 Cloudflare 这样的公司会收集诸如浏览器的历史记录和特征等信息，以寻找访问者是否是使用由代码而非盯着屏幕的人所控制的“无头”浏览器的迹象。（谷歌在 2016 年推出了这种方法。）
验证码设计者正在相应地改变策略，同时也在应对 AI 现在能够处理更广泛谜题的情况。一些公司仍然选择保留视觉挑战，并对其进行持续修改。
“我们有数千种不同的挑战类型，并且我们会不断更改它们，”提供验证码和其他防止在线滥用工具的 Arlene Labs 首席执行官 Kevin Goodhalb 表示。“对手唯一能尝试跟上我们的方法就是投入大量资金并构建一个系统。”
网站运营商还必须应对一种新型的 AI 机器人。由领先的 AI 公司（如 Claude 和 ChatGPT 的开发商）提供的聊天机器人可以控制网络浏览器来执行填写表格或浏览在线商店等任务。OpenAI 表示，其客户端仅在这样做反映了用户意图时才应处理验证码。（《华盛顿邮报》与 OpenAI 拥有内容合作伙伴关系。）
网站通常希望允许部分这类新型“代理”流量，例如当客户端代表人类进行购买时。但 Cloudflare 的 Becker 指出，如果机器人试图比人类更快地买走“我库存中的每一件商品”，那么它可能是不受欢迎的。Cloudflare 提供的技术旨在帮助网站运营商区分理想的浏览机器人和不想要的浏览机器人。
与此同时，人类为了进入某些网站而必须解决的挑战变得越来越棘手。6 月，谷歌推出了一种新的验证码格式，要求人员在电脑摄像头前做出手势，同时软件跟踪其动作。它还在测试一种要求人员拿出手机并扫描二维码的验证方式。
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几个月前，我决定让自己变得更好，并公开这样做。我意识到，自从上次类似的努力促使我为出版物撰稿以来，已经过去很多年了。在我经常与他人探讨其志向的实践中，我确信或许我需要重新审视自己的志向。当我决定致力于提升自我时，我首先问了自己四个问题：
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我可以改进的所有领域有哪些？
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我准备为提升自我投入什么？
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我需要在哪个方面最自信地追求进步？
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我可以改进的所有领域有哪些？
我思考过：我不认为我在说这句话时能够改变，我说，我在自我提升方面有大量工作要做。难道我们不是都这样吗？我考虑了可能的改进领域，范围涵盖从改善体能和财务健康，到我的
时尚选择和烹饪。有一长串的可能性可以在某种程度上改善我的生活。
我做了（以及原因）：我决定面对并克服我对出现在视频中的恐惧和不安。当我思考如何为他人提供最佳的行为示范时，我想强调的是，无论在任何年龄，我们都可以做出改进。对我来说，解决一个具有职业影响且我知道许多其他人也共同面对的问题同样重要。一段时间以来，我意识到这种不适感意味着我正在忽略一种特别有效的触达并支持他人的方式。
我准备为提升自我投入什么？
我思考过：无论我们想要做出什么样的改变，关于我们将预留的时间、可能分配的财务资源，以及我们愿意使用或重新考虑的社会资本，或者我们准备重新定义的内容，都需要做出重要的决定。有些改变很容易，但那些与我们参与方式相关的事情，特别是我们一些不太积极的自我认知，可能会比较艰辛。了解你将预留多少时间来完成一项任务会产生很大影响。我做了：我很幸运在旅途中遇到了一个多年未见的人，他帮助人们提升其高管风范（executive presence）。我更加确信他能帮到我。我知道他拥有相关技能，而且我会很享受得到他的帮助。他是带领我开启这段旅程的合适人选。我每周可以投入几个小时来做功课并获取反馈。
我需要在哪个方面最自信地追求进步？
我思考过：在创建与工作或爱好相关的结构和问责机制方面，我非常擅长。但在我生活的其他
领域，我则没那么熟练。对于最困难的事情，我需要外部支持。我需要与一名队友同步。
我做了：我们制定了一个计划，由他审阅我的功课并提供反馈。我知道这种节奏将帮助我养成一些习惯并增强信心。
我将使用什么指标来衡量我是否取得了成功？
我思考过：当时我主要在考虑完成课程。我的承诺是完成这项工作，并向自己证明我可以变得更好。
我做了：在过程进行到大约一半时，我开始获得一些信心，并以不同的方式看待目标。如果我在视频方面获得了掌控力和理解力，我如何能以超越文字写作的方式产生影响。我开始思考我可以讲述什么样的故事，或者展示什么样的情境，从而通过视频产生更大的影响。我需要创建能够引导至视频发布计划的目标。
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虽然我现在比刚开始时自信得多，但我明白持续的进步不能被视为理所当然。我以前在维持改变方面失败过，而这将永远是生活的一部分。通过一名主播以变得更好的目标来实现。尽管如此，这仍好过不相信自己能够进步。
因此，我站在这个中间地带，不确定这将如何解决。尽管如此，我感激这段旅程以及做出行动的选择。我希望你们也能决定去完成你们自己选择的待办事项。
Ravi Frikstom 是一位面向社会企业家和广告商的教练兼顾问。他是知名职业作者 Meallin.org 的联合创始人，并曾担任包括 Rodenberry 基金会、DTP 和 from the People 在内的许多机构的顾问。他曾被 LinkedIn 授予 2.6 (1977) 影响力荣誉，并经常受邀参加招聘会。本节内容的制作不涉及《华盛顿邮报》的新闻或编辑人员。
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卡罗尔县正试图出售其此前为道路项目而征收的土地。B15
弗吉尼亚州
“体育盛会”帮助酒精管理局抵消收入下降。B16
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那位宠爱小猫的 2 岁孩子，以及其他逝去的非凡生命。B17
本月在华盛顿参加 Culinary Choice 项目课程的青少年正在学习如何烹饪。
这些青少年正在为自己烹饪一个新的未来
华盛顿特区的 Culinary Choice 项目为年轻人提供学习厨房技能的机会
作者：JANNIVN GOLDEN
腌制鸡肉放在塑料切菜板上，蒸汽在空中弥漫。早些时候，13 岁的 Eleina Borsos 和 17 岁的 Sashirah Muhammad 学习了如何用主厨刀将大块鸡胸肉切半，并使用夹子摊开肉块，以便在涂油的锅中彻底煮熟。
最近的一个晚上，这些女孩与另外约十几个青少年一起在华盛顿东北部烹饪这顿饭。
他们参加的是一个旨在教授年轻人营养和烹饪技能，并为从事烹饪职业打开大门的项目。
当被问到课程中最喜欢的部分时，Eleina 说：“我喜欢烹饪。”
Sashirah 微笑着插话道：“我喜欢吃。”
为期六周的 Culinary Choice 项目由 MedStar Family Choice D.C.（负责协调特区内 Medicaid 受益人的护理）和 Food Journal（一家当地的营养服务和烹饪体验机构）共同举办。
许多注册学员居住在食品沙漠地区。 B15 烹饪见 B14
官方：坠机事故后变革缓慢
DCA 碰撞事故导致 2025 年 67 人死亡
NTSB 建议大多仍未落实
作者：ELIAM SCOTT
自从国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）针对里根国家机场一起致命坠机事故发布旨在提高航空安全性的最终建议以来，已经过去了六个月。在 NTSB 的 12 项建议中，有 15 项仍处于未落实状态。
“在解决导致这场可怕悲剧的许多严重安全漏洞方面，我们今天并没有更近一步，”主席 Jennifer Honeenly 在最近的一份声明中表示。
2025, 1 月，一架陆军直升机在波托马克河上空与一架美国航空公司的飞机相撞，造成 67 人死亡，这是二十多年来最严重的国内飞机坠机事故。
NTSB 得出结论，导致此次坠机最大的因素是联邦航空管理局（FAA）将直升机航线直接设置在机场 33 号跑道的路径上。该委员会在 1 月发布完整建议清单之前，于 2030 年 3 月发布了两项紧急建议，内容涵盖从强制飞机配备先进位置接收设备到开发新的视觉分离培训等各项措施。
Tim Lillay 的儿子 Sam 是美国航空公司该航班的副驾驶，他表示希望 FAA 和军方能就已采取的行动以及剩余的工作更加透明。
“任何人都不应该去猜测这些关键安全建议的进展情况，尤其是像我们这样努力确保亲人的逝去能真正带来变革以防止另一起悲剧发生的家庭，”本身也是一名飞行员的 Lillay 告诉《华盛顿邮报》。
多位航空安全专家表示，落实这些建议的时间表并不异常。他们表示，确保这类非强制性的变革可能需要数年时间。
“我从未见过 NTSB 在建议方面采取如此激进的方式，”前 FAA 和 NTSB 事故调查员 Jeff Garanti 表示。“他们需要时间来考虑这些建议。他们需要时间思考潜在的意外后果，而这些
B15 DCA 坠机事故 见 B13
RAINEY CHEEKS / 1952-2026
一位跆拳道大师及华盛顿 LGBTQ+ 社区的核心人物
作者：哈里森·史密斯 (HARRISON SMITH)
在成为九段黑带和跆拳道宗师之前，雷尼·奇克斯主教 (Bishop Rainey Cheeks) 学习并采纳了“武士道” (Sushido) 的原则。这是一种远超武术范畴的心态和道德准则。
“人们误解了这个词，因为武士道是指那些尊重生命与荣誉、将同胞视为平等人类的人，”他曾告诉《华盛顿邮报》。“你不能对他造成伤害。与此同时，你必须捍卫自己的信仰。”
奇克斯主教于周二去世，享年 74 岁。即便在获得宗师头衔的顶尖武术家群体中，他也是一位不寻常的战士。他曾在麦迪逊广场花园在观众的欢呼声中战斗，在首届首尔世界跆拳道锦标赛中获得一枚铜牌，并被《黑带》(Black Belt) 杂志评为美国 Top 10 格斗家之一。在不带领课程或用跳后踢攻击对手时，他致力于传播激进的爱与接纳的信息，使自己成为了华盛顿 LGBTQ+ 社区的核心人物。
作为 Club-House 的经理——这家历史悠久的夜总会开业于 1975 年——他为黑人男同性恋者及其盟友守护了一个充满舞蹈的避风港。
在艾滋病流行期间，他组建了一个倡导与支持小组，该小组后来发展成为一个覆盖整个地区的健康组织，名为“我们帮助我们，人们走向生活” (Us Helping Us, People Into Living)。1993 年，在他被任命为牧师十多年后，他创立了现在的内光联合基督教会 (Inner Light Ministries United Church of Christ)，成为该市首批欢迎 LGBTQ+ 成员加入其会众的黑人信仰领袖之一。
“这座城市几乎每一个肯定性事工都欠内光教会一些情分，”克里斯汀·怀利 (Christine Wiley) 牧师在 2012 年在该教会的一次客座讲道中向奇克斯主教致敬时说道。
在黑人教会…… B15 奇克斯 (CHEEKS) 见 B14
雷尼·奇克斯主教（居中），在 2001 年于霍华德大学举行的一场烛光守夜活动中。
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Excess relief 乔纳森·S·戴维斯 (Jonathan S. Davis，右) 正在教 19 岁的梅尔·科里·福斯特 (Maer Corey Foster，左) 和 16 岁的格威恩·塔克 (Gerwayne Tucker) 如何切鸡肉。这些青少年参加的是一个旨在教授年轻人烹饪技能的项目。
华盛顿特区的一项计划帮助青少年培养烹饪技能
COOKING TOUS B12
缺乏负担得起的营养食物的地区，MedStar Family Choice D.C. 的总裁 Chisholm Carter 表示。Culinary Choice 为青少年和年轻人，进而为整个家庭提供如何以健康的方式利用他们可能获得的食材来准备餐食的指导。
在厨师和营养师的指导下，青少年学习如何计算卡路里和蛋白质，学习不同切法（如 inference 和 slice）之间的区别等内容。
Food Jones! 的首席执行官兼创始人 Charmaine Jones 表示，该课程让他们接触到餐饮服务的不同领域，并让他们有机会获得一份有利的证书以进入该行业任职，包括在她公司进行有偿学徒培训。
“信不信由你，青少年热爱烹饪，而且他们想要烹饪，”Jones 说道。“但在华盛顿特区，有多少来自服务不足社区的青少年能真正与行政主厨一起工作？”
Chisholm Carter 表示，Culinary Choice 去年启动，面向参加了 MedStar Family Choice D.C. 的 13 到 21 岁年轻人开放，作为健康计划的一项福利。参与者在参加两小时课程期间，可获得往返于 MedStar Family Choice D.C. 社区健康中心的交通服务，该中心位于第 7 区中心地带的东北明尼苏达大道（Minnesota Avenue NE）。
MedStar Family Choice D.C. 的增长与会员体验助理副总裁 Carter Russell 表示，该计划旨在帮助青少年在年轻时培养技能，从而使他们终身受益。
“很多时候，他们的天花板就是他们日常所见之物，”Russell 说道。“我们希望他们养成这些健康习惯。”
学生们表示，该计划还提供了一个远离麻烦的安全出口。
在最近的一个周四，下午 3 点前，少数几名青少年在健康中心的一个多功能室里就座。16, 岁的 Gerwayne Tucker 坐在第一排。
青少年需要提交申请并经过面试流程才能参与。Gerwayne 说，在加入该计划之前，他甚至“害怕去教一个 nicer”——这种感觉源于对犯错的恐惧。
但他意识到，拥有
厨师兼注册营养师 Nidelie Haynes 在本月的一次课程中帮助 15, 岁的 Lidya Eshetu。
烹饪能力在他上大学后可能会很有帮助，他说道。
现在，在参加了几周课程后，Gerwayne 知道如何使用厨房工具。他能独立烹饪更多食物，例如胡萝卜籽。
“走出那个壳子的感觉很好，”他说道。
除了烹饪技巧，他还学到了准时到达地点的重要性：“当你必须在某个特定时间到达那里做某事并获取知识时，你就必须在那里，”他说道。
在 Tucker 坐的位置对面，摆满了炉灶、碗、锅、小枝和灭火器的桌子正等待着这群年轻厨师。
桌上摆放着食谱，包括香草威化饼干配鲜奶油的香蕉布丁，以及鸡肉黑豆玉米墨西哥薄饼，这些是他们课程第 4 周的菜肴。
但在他们开始
“我们实际上想要拥有职业。
我们实际上想要突破……
“我们真的想要拥有职业。
我们真的想要努力突破……并用我们的生命去做一些美好的事情。”
Astron® Tonic，
一名加入
首届 Culinary Choice 班级的
12岁少年，
在谈到青少年时说道。
关于餐食，这些青少年参加了一场关于碳水化合物的测试，并计算了他们的每日碳水摄入量。有些人专注地盯着屏幕上的幻灯片；另一些人则大声喊出数字。
下午 5:30 左右，到了烹饪时间。青少年们在短暂的洗手间休息后，没有时间进行配对或前往烹饪站侧边。
他们戴上手套，将香草精和肉桂倒入装有其他成分的碗中
制作打发奶油所需的材料，并抓起一个搅拌器。
“我们要做出 Z 形，”执行主厨 Jonathan S. Davis（绰号“红胡子主厨”）在走过每个工作站时说道，“我们不是在搅拌，而是在充气。”
Tonic 说，他喜欢看到当烹饪科学将液体变为固体时，组员们脸上的表情。
一旦每位学生准备好
打发奶油、碎香草威化饼、布丁和香蕉的分层，Davis 就将甜点放入冰箱冷藏定型。
该小组清理了他们的工作站，竞争课末的奖品，看谁是。
接着，他们开始制作主菜，在辛辣的 chipotle 酱汁中处理鸡胸肉。他们在侧边的碗中将香菜和混合玉米豆倒入新鲜切好的辣椒中，以避免任何交叉污染。
15 岁的 Lidya Eshetu 在平底锅中组装她的墨西哥薄饼（quesadilla），里面铺满了玉米饼、熟鸡肉、碎奶酪以及豆类、玉米和辣椒混合物。
Lidya 衬衫的背面（所有参与者都穿着这种衬衫）写着：“无糖无盐”。
这是 Food Jones! 为其食谱制定的标语，其食谱不含添加糖或盐。Food Jones! 的创始人 Jones 表示，她希望学生们能享受他们的文化美食，但要以一种能预防慢性病更健康的方式。
她说，Lidya 的祖母患有高血压，无法在食物中减少任何添加盐。她在 Culinary Choice 学到的食谱可以提供帮助。
在小组烹饪时，一些墨西哥薄饼轻微烧焦，而其中一个因为填料过多，必须用新的玉米饼重新制作。但这都没有阻止这些青少年完成他们的工作。
16 岁的 Janira Smallwood 开始思考她将如何摆盘。
她说，颜色更亮、更浓稠的白色酸奶油将放在墨西哥薄饼顶部，与颜色更深、更小巧的香菜装饰形成鲜明对比。
她还因为拥有最干净的工作站而赢得了一个手机支架。
当学生们回到座位并享用食物时，他们完成了与课前相同的测试。与 Davis 一起授课的 Nidelie Haynes 表示，这是为了查看他们的学习情况。
在整个计划中，青少年们学习了大量食谱，从 到加勒比鸡肉烤串及更多。
但他们的最后一节课有一个反转：一个没有食谱的神秘篮子。
Jones 表示，下一批学员直到春季才会开始，因为组织者去年发现秋季月份对青少年来说更为繁忙，导致他们难以准时到达。
完成该计划后，参与者可以与 Food Jones! 合作，与特区各社区活动中的主厨一起工作。
15 岁的 Astron® Tonic 在她的母亲在社交媒体上看到该计划后加入了首届 Culinary Choice 班级，她是这些初级厨师之一。在最近的课程中，她在房间里走动，在青少年烹饪时帮助清理整个课堂。
Astron® 俏皮地说，她的班级没有看到这些青少年佩戴的配套帽子。
她说，Culinary Choice 以“最好的方式”影响了她的生活。虽然她从 7 岁起就在厨房帮忙，但她现在认为成为一名厨师的职业目标触手可及。
“我们真的想要拥有职业，”Astron® 在谈到青少年时说，“我们真的想要努力突破……并用我们的生命去做一些美好的事情。”
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DCA 坠机事故前置框
可能会更加危险，他们需要让每个人都参与进来。”
弗吉尼亚理工大学的航空航天工程教授埃拉·阿特金斯（Ella Atkins）表示，她认为这一进程可以加快。
“监管流程极其缓慢，我不喜欢这种缓慢。我理解在每项新生产中保持谨慎的必要性，”阿特金斯说。“但我经常觉得，由于经济因素以及飞行员和空中交通管制员不愿改变的偏好，其实际提高安全性的速度远低于应有的速度。”
在 2025 年的碰撞事故后，NTSB 确定在 2022 年至 2034, 年期间，国家机场发生了 15,216 起“无缝事件”，即飞机之间的距离在 1 海里以内，且垂直间隔小于 400 英尺。在同一时期，有 61 次飞机之间的距离小于 1,500 英尺，且高度差在 200 英尺以内。
坠机事故后，相关问题也得到了记录。
2025 年 3 月，一架从国家机场起飞的达美航空客机被迫转向，以避免与一群飞往阿灵顿国家公墓的空军喷气式飞机发生潜在碰撞。两个月后，交通管制员命令两架在国家机场准备降落的航班放弃降落，以避免与一架前往五角大楼的陆军直升机相撞。同月，FAA 确认，国家机场空中交通管制员与五角大楼对应人员之间的热线电话自 2022 年起就一直无法工作。
NTSB 已将一项建议标记为“已关闭”。该建议是 2025, 年 3 月向 FAA 提出的一项机场建议，坚持在机场护航期间，禁止直升机在 Home Point 和伍德罗·威尔逊桥（Woodrow Wilson Bridge）之间的路段飞行。FAA 迅速执行了该建议，并还禁止在国家机场附近的“特定、有限的直升机运行”期间进行商业运营。
“那是一个相当快速且容易实现的‘低垂之果’，”安全健康航空单位大学（Safety-Health Aerospace Unit University）空中交通管理项目协调员迈克尔·麦考密克（Michael McCormick）说。他表示，考虑到华盛顿特区领空的长期拥堵，加上国家机场近乎碰撞事故的高发生率，FAA 限制机场周围的直升机运行至关重要。
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11 月，飞机在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的里根国家机场准备起飞。
但本月早些时候，当唐纳德·特朗普总统从白宫乘坐海军陆战队一号起飞时，国家机场的商业交通仍在继续，尽管机场本应在海军陆战队一号飞过时暂停商业运营。
尽管 FAA 表示总统从未处于危险之中，但该机构表示正在调查这起事件，该事件涉及海军陆战队一号与一架客机之间出现了“瞬间的间隔丢失”。且 / 或记录显示，空中交通管制员未能接收到海军陆战队一号的三分钟起飞预警，这再次引发了围绕该华盛顿特区机场安全性的担忧。NTSB 也在调查该事件。
Gacureti 表示，该事件并不十分严重，但仍值得审查。
“这需要进行调查，以查明沟通不畅的原因以及未来如何减轻这种情况，使其不再发生，”他说。
在周二于新泽西州纽瓦克自由国际机场举行的新闻简报会期间——
交通部长罗斯·F·达菲（Ross F. Duffy）承认该事件涉及沟通问题。“我们发现，在海军陆战队一号团队与 FAA 的工作人员层面，存在一些电信问题。这件事现在已经上报，”他说。
一名美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）发言人表示，在事件发生后，美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）召集了一个安全审查小组，且该机构领导层与白宫军事办公室直升机部门进行了会面。该发言人称，该小组将加强关于三分钟起飞通知的协调，并提高信号频率。
据两名因未获授权评论而要求匿名的知情人士透露，FAA 已经移动了国家机场直升机频率的一根天线，以改善通信。
“海军一号”事件中的通信问题与 2020 年的坠机事故如出一辙，当时直升机和商业客机在与空中交通管制员通信时使用了不同的无线电频道，导致彼此无法通信。阿特金斯表示，在未来的类似情况下，空中交通管制员应指示直升机切换到与商业飞机相同的频道。
“这非常符合逻辑，是常识！这不需要新技术，”阿特金斯说。
政治因素也在国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）建议的滞后执行中发挥了作用。数月来，参议院和众议院一直在就两项新法案——分别是《Rotor法案》和《Alert法案》——进行州范围内的讨论，这两项法案旨在通过不同方式提高航空安全。
“在立法方面仍然存在一些混乱，这也是导致进程缓慢的部分原因，”麦考密克说。
《Rotor法案》在参议院获得一致通过，但在众议院投票中未能通过，该法案要求所有飞机（包括军用飞机）安装通用位置设置设备。这项被称为自动相关监视-Rosale-cant（或 ADS-R）的技术，允许飞机接收来自其他飞机的信息，以识别它们在天空中的位置。
据众议院军事委员会主席迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers，共和党-阿拉巴马州）称，《Rotor法案》在五角大楼因国家安全担忧而撤回支持后，在众议院未能通过。
但据委员会一名发言人称，担任参议院商业委员会主席并赞助《Rotor法案》的泰德·克鲁兹（Ted Cruz，共和党-Ileana）仍然认为，ADS-R 是防止像国家机场坠机这类事故再次发生的最高效的安全措施。
“让国防部承担责任，并要求‘高’级操作员遵守相同的规则，对于确保任何安全改进能够最终落实至关重要。国会及其工业合作伙伴、FAA 以及 2020 年不应错过这次在城市地区进行实质性安全改革的机会，”该发言人说。阿特金斯表示，如果美国的军用飞机没有配备 ADS-R 输入 / 输出技术，她会对安全性感到担忧。“我认为，对于任何载人的飞机，没有理由不同时配备这两项技术，”她说，“如果你没有这项技术，那么飞行员就只能看向窗外。”
《Alert法案》已在众议院通过并提交至参议院商业委员会，该法案对先进位置接收设备有更多要求。尽管如此，NTSB 表示该法案涵盖了其所有建议。
众议院交通委员会最高民主党人里奇·拉森（Rich Larsen，华盛顿州）在声明中表示：“《A / 2 / ET法案》和《ROTOR法案》的推进目标一致：即提高所有旅客和飞行员的航空安全。”
而罗斯福（Roosevelt，印第安纳州）则针对尚未通过法案的情况表示：“国会在进入 8 月休会前尚未对最终法案采取行动，我们敦促他们在休会期间解决分歧，以便在国会 9 月复会时能对最终方案进行投票。”
“我们欠受害者、欠那些仍在为失去亲人而悲痛的家庭，以及每天依赖我们航空系统安全性的数百万人们一份交代，”她说。
众议院交通委员会的一位发言人表示，该委员会正与参议院继续进行“良好的对话”，并“致力于就这项重要的安全立法达成协议”。参议院商业委员会的发言人表示，协调两项法案的工作仍在继续。一名熟悉谈判的人员在要求匿名以讨论私人对话的条件下表示，目标是提出一项结合了《Rotor Act》和《Alert Act》最佳部分的法案。
对于汤姆·利利蒂（Tom Lility）及其妻子来说，衡量进展的标准并非是否发布了建议或提出了立法。“而是为了防止另一场悲剧而需要的变革是否真正落实到位，”利利蒂说道，他的儿子当时 28 岁，即将结婚。
“我们感谢目前的进展，但仍有许多工作要做，”他说。“我们欠他们一个交代——那 80 位本该在那个夜晚平安回家却未能如愿的人，以及我们国家领空中的每一位飞行员和乘客。”
弗吉尼亚州
新标志旨在遏制海滨地区的不良行为，包括电动自行车
作者：STACY PARKER
《弗吉尼亚先驱报》（Virginian-Pilot）
弗吉尼亚海滩 —— 旨在对行为产生积极影响的新标志，但未被视为安装在海滨沿线的海滨大道（Boardwalk）和亚特兰大大道（Atlantic Avenue）上。
这些长方形的黄白相间的“Beacon One Resort”标志列出了各项规则，范围从他人以及徒步旅行的进出操作，到清理宠物粪便并将其拴在岸上的要求。
海滨大道、海滨大道自行车道、人行道、海滨平面及路径禁止电动自行车通行。增加标志和教育计划是该市电动自行车安全工作组的建议之一，该工作组于 2020 年召集，并于 4 月向市议会提交了其调查结果。
“我们正在致力于安全和教育，”副市长阿曼达·贾雷特（Amanda Jarrett）上周告诉市议会。
该市工作组还支持州立法，允许地点限制操作和速度。他们建议允许电动自行车在海滨大道自行车道上行驶，但市议会不同意修改该法律。
根据贾雷特的数据，截至 7 月 31, 弗吉尼亚海滩今年在整个弗吉尼亚海滩记录了 160 起自行车“事件”，其中 47 起涉及电动自行车。据市府称，事件不限于事故或碰撞。目前无法获得事件类型的详细分类。贾雷特表示，弗吉尼亚海滩警察局今年对在海滨地区违规操作电动自行车的行为开出了罚单。
随着越来越多的人在公共场所使用电动自行车，解决电动自行车安全问题成为地方政府面临的新挑战。一个州工作组目前正在分析与电动自行车、电动滑板和踏板车、电动个人辅助设备、ty 设备（如 Skyways）以及 seapads 相关的问题。该工作组将就是否需要新法律来提高操作者和公众的安全提出建议。
根据在工作组中代表的弗吉尼亚县协会（Virginia Association of Counties）所述，需要解决的一些问题包括：弗吉尼亚是否应针对某些类别的设备建立许可或注册要求；设备的速度限制、头盔要求和年龄限制如何适用；如何处理执法；以及如果需要，监管机构应向制造商和零售商施加什么样的产品安全标准。弗吉尼亚海滩的立法事务总监布伦特·麦肯齐（Brent McKenzie）也担任该工作组成员。
新标志提醒人们遵守其他法律，包括禁止在公共场合消费酒精、大麻和 / 或非法药物，以及在晚上 8 点到早上 8 点之间在海滩或公园海滩睡觉。标志上列出了与此类标志相关的城市法规章节。部分相同的规则已经显示在海滨大道入口处海滩旁的标志上。
在度假区负责清洁和迎接游客的市海滩大使也将携带电动自行车资料包，每个资料包中都包含一份关于电动自行车使用规则的清单和安全建议。
这些标志安装在灯柱上，距离地面约 7 英尺，在海滨大道从第 2 街到第 38 街每隔四个街区设置一个。贾雷特表示，在亚特兰大大道从第 16 街到第 38 街每隔三个街区也将竖起此类标志。
弗吉尼亚海滩一直有使用标志来控制不端行为并提醒人们该度假区具有家庭友好氛围的历史，但这种做法是否奏效仍有争议。在 2000 年代，该市在海滨地区安装了新-loving 城市标志，这些标志展出了二十多年。
这些标志在 2019 年被拆除，其中一些在几年前被作为弗吉尼亚海滩警察基金会的筹款项目出售。
弗吉尼亚海滩第二警察分局将于7月28日在9 / 12 Cooke小学为家长和青少年举办一场电动自行车安全与教育课程。主题将包括交通法、安全要求、相关立法、海滨规定以及电动自行车碰撞。
马里兰州
卡罗尔县拟出售长期废弃项目留下的土地
作者：MARSHA YELENIK
巴尔的摩太阳报
在卡罗尔县放弃威斯特敏绕道（Westminster Rypass）计划二十多年后，该县再次尝试出售为该道路项目收购的五块地皮。
这是该县第二次尝试出售这些房产，自 20 世纪 80 年代购入以来，这些土地基本处于闲置状态。卡罗尔县公共工程区（Carroll County Public Works Districts）的 Bryan Boley 表示，该县在大约 15 年前曾对这些土地进行过推销，但未能找到买家。
“当时经济状况不是很好，”他说。
这些地皮总面积约 15 英亩，位于马里兰州 27 号公路与 Old Manchester Road 之间，靠近 Castle Road。卡罗尔县委员会议最近批准推进此次出售。
“很高兴看到我们可以为了卡罗尔县的利益重新利用这些土地，”委员 Tim Gordon 在本月早些时候的一次会议上表示，当时委员会似乎批准了出售该土地。
官员们表示，最初为威斯特敏绕道收购的土地中，该县还剩下九块，其中其余四块将用于 Bennett Carl Drive 和 Meadow Branch 之间计划中的连接工程。在前州长 Pierre N. Ghesharing 将该项目从马里兰州交通部的预算中删除后，拟议的绕道计划于 2003 年从该县的总规划中被删除。
出售产生的任何资金将回笼至该县的通用基金。
根据马里兰州评估与税务部门（Maryland State Department of Assessments and Shatton）的记录，这五块地皮的面积在 1 / 2 到 3.6 英亩之间，评估价值在 $30,300 到 $330,300 之间。截至 7 月 1.，这些房产的合计评估价值为 $436,000。这些评估值用于房产税目的，并不反映房产的实际成交价。
该县计划通过公开招标程序出售这些房产。Boley 表示，该县一直在与一名房地产经纪人合作，以确定这些房产在项目中的潜在用途。他说，在 2009, 如果出价显著低于这些预期，该县无需接受。
Boley 表示，五块地皮中有一块位于 1234 Old Manchester Road 的 4 英亩房产已经引起了潜在开发商的兴趣。
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华盛顿特区的牧师、LGBTQ+领袖，曾应对艾滋病危机
CHEEKER FRON RUI
“表现得好像 LGBT 群体是隐形的，”她补充道。切克斯（Cheeks）主教提供了一条不同的路径，他说“我们不必隐藏，我们不需要恐惧”。
他的去世——在华盛顿具有开创性——是由肾移植后的并发症引起的，他在 Inner Light 的继任者华莱士·R·亨利三世（Wallace R. Henry III）牧师如是说。切克斯主教患有癌症，近年来担任该教会的荣休牧师。
“他帮助任何需要帮助的人，即使是对自己不利，”亨利说。“我们教会的肯定之词是：‘我看到了你心中的上帝。他帮助个人自己意识到这一点。’”
切克斯主教在创立 Inner Light 之前，一直在领导街头外展计划，为穷人和艾滋病毒（HIV）感染者提供服务。创立该教会得到了卡尔·博（Carl Beau）的鼓励，博是一位牧师、艾滋病活动家兼歌手，曾录制同性恋自豪赞美诗《Who Bore This Way》。
他的第一次礼拜在华盛顿市中心的 First Congregational Church 举行，2012 年时只有 20 人左右，而后来他向近 500 人的会众讲道，其中大多数是男同性恋或女同性恋。有些人感到被主流信仰领袖排斥或不信任，在离开原有的家庭教会后加入了 Inner Light，包括秘密参加切克斯主教的礼拜。
“多年来，我一直面对那些想要把愧疚感强加给能付钱的人的牧师，”切克斯主教告诉《华盛顿邮报》。“我问他们：‘真的吗？如果你有能力把我送进地狱，那就让我看看你如何在水面上行走——是什么在阻碍你？’”
他说，在 HIV / AIDS843 普遍影响黑人居民的这座城市里，他的教会成为了一个资源中心和避风港，提供免费避孕套和 HIV 检测以对抗疾病的传播。切克斯主教公开了自己的 HIV 诊断结果——他说，在讲道期间，他意识到自己忘了吃药，于是赶紧找水冲服药片——并花费数月时间与那些面对艾滋病污名的人一起工作，他将这种污名描述为“没人想谈论的粉色阴影”。
“当你处理艾滋病时，你必须处理所有的问题，处理我们社区的所有紧张关系，”他在 1996 年告诉《纽约时报》。“你不能只触及艾滋病而不处理恐同症、药物滥用和无家可归。它触及了所有人们不想谈论的事情。”
他说，在早期，这种疾病被认为是“白人男同性恋者的疾病”，他和其他非裔美国人对此没有投入太多关注。这种情况在 20 世纪 80 年代中期开始改变，随着圣诞节成员人数骤减。
“我记得翻阅记录，划掉那些死于艾滋病的人的名字，”他说。“当我们划到 300 人时，我们已经如此之多，以至于无法视之。”
1994 年，切克斯主教因该疾病失去了他的伴侣。在次年检测出 HIV 阳性后，他被告知只剩下 100 个月的时间可以生活。他在帮助启动 Us Helping Us 的同时接受了这一预后，该组织向参与者教授整体健康技术，表达了一种独立和韧性的哲学（切克斯主教会说：“我拥有它！它没有拥有我！”），旨在减轻患者在艰难应对医疗系统时所经历的痛苦和孤独。
该小组在 Club House 会面，在场馆关闭后，转移到切克斯主教的客厅。它成为了像罗恩·西蒙斯（Ron Simmons）这样的人的生命线，西蒙斯后来担任该组织的总裁兼首席执行官。
切克斯主教，总裁
雷尼·切克斯（Rainey Cheeks）主教在 2013 年的一次教会礼拜中提供祝福。
“我走进雷尼·切克斯位于华盛顿特区东南部 2 街的一居室公寓，看到了其他 21 名 HIV 阳性的非裔美国男性。我感到像在家一样，”西蒙斯在 2011 年告诉《Washingtonian》杂志。“他们让我意识到我可以与这种疾病共存，而没有其他黑人组织在这么说。”
“用舞蹈舞走挫败感”
阿尔伯特·雷尼尔·奇克斯（Albert Rainier Cheeks）是华盛顿本地人——他后来给自己取了两个传统的西非名，“我不在那里”——出生于20, 1910。他的父亲在客运火车上工作，且可能有身体虐待行为。奇克斯主教说，他的母亲在政府部门从事文职工作，并鼓励他为自己挺身而出。他在大约16岁时向母亲出柜。他回忆起母亲当时说：“问题在哪里？你是我的孩子，我爱你。不要做任何你会……”
“我完全不知所措地走开，心想：‘到底发生了什么？’”奇克斯主教在2009年告诉 MicroWeekly。“但从那一刻起，我不再在乎谁知道了。一旦我和母亲达成和解，世界其他地方怎么想都无所谓。这给了我力量去应对各种斗争和战斗。”
从16, 开始，奇克斯主教在12街 YMCA 跟随跆拳道教练 Ki Whang Kim 学习。他在31, 2015, 参加了世界锦标赛，以及2017年被 入选 进入跆拳道名人堂，该机构将其誉为“美国历史上最伟大的跆拳道运动员之一”。
在练习跆拳道期间，奇克斯主教通过担任发射员、从事建筑工作来维持生计，偶尔在晚上抽出时间光顾夜总会，比如位于 Fort Totten 附近的 Christ World，该场所自称是“华盛顿最精良的四倍系统”之故乡。
他说，当时该场所是少数几个黑人消费者可以进入的对同性恋友好的俱乐部，而黑人在白人经营的俱乐部中经常受到冷遇。奇克斯主教表示，Christ World 的所有者帮助开设了一家新场所——ClubHouse，这是一个非洲车库和仓库。他亲自参与了建设，加入了一个小型工作组，在1975年母亲节盛大开业前负责搭建建筑、铺设地板并维护教师。
作为经理，他建立了一套非正式的筛选系统，向家人和朋友发放会员卡。（记录显示：“你会知道自己是否属于这里。”）该俱乐部缺乏酒类许可证，且由于位于住宅区，仅提供水果宾趣、水、饼干和糖果。
由于从天花板悬挂，周六晚上最多有1,000人到访，Nima Hendry 曾在此表演，芭蕾舞者 Rachid Staroyer 也曾顺道来访以 include gay men。
排队的人群有时会延伸到门外，引起了警方的注意，警方对该场所进行了搜查但“从未发现任何东西”，奇克斯主教在接受在线 HIV 测试网站 TheBody 采访时回忆道。
“这名警官看着我说：‘人们像这样在外面排队，你一定在做某种非法勾当。你这里没有酒精。’我说：‘我们是在通过舞蹈排解像你这样的人给我们带来的整周的挫败感。’”
随着 house 和 project 音乐在舞池中轰鸣，奇克斯主教决定为了他的授职而回归男性身份及其家庭。他于1983年毕业于国家精神科学中心，随后将非洲精神传统与爱好融合到他的实践中，同时主持朋友和爱人的葬礼。在艾滋病危机期间，他单月主持了17场葬礼。
奇克斯主教留下了两个兄弟和一个姐妹。他也曾结婚，对于他最终进入牧职这一事实，虽然在某种程度上似乎是拖延的结果。他告诉 MicroWeekly，他从小在天主教环境下长大，小时候一位牧师告诉他：“有一天你会成为一名……”
“我几乎笑出声来，”奇克斯主教说。“我想：‘噢，上帝绝不会容忍那种事。’”
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“烈酒狂欢节”助力酒精管理局利润增长，尽管销售额下降
作者：MICHALIA MARTE
里士满时报-派遣报（Richmond Times-Dispatch）
随着弗吉尼亚州及全国范围内的酒精销售额骤降，酒精饮料控制管理局（ABC）在 6 月州财政年度末找到了一种字面意义上提升其“精神”（spirits，此处双关烈酒）并提高利润率的方法。
“烈酒狂欢节”（Spirits Palooza）通过与供应商合作，在 6 月初的三天内对酒精饮料提供深度折扣（包括对名贵且备受推崇的威士忌、特基以及其他烈酒的折扣），帮助 ABC 弥补了其日益减少的零售店所带来的收入下降。
结果是，在 6 月 26 日结束的该财政年度中，该月成为了收入最高的一个月，收入超过 ABC 预算 8.622 亿。结合激进的成本削减，该局在该月创造了超过 $30 的利润，比预算高出 $6.8。
“从所有衡量标准来看，‘烈酒狂欢节’取得了巨大的成功，”汤姆·柯比（Tom Kirby）表示。在州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格（Abigail Spunberger）上个月拒绝重新任命首席执行官戴尔·法伯（Dale Farber）后，柯比担任临时首席执行官。
“在市场低迷的情况下，这是一个激进的举措，”柯比在最近的一次 ABC 董事会会议上表示，该会议审查了该局 6 月及整个财政年度的财务表现。“这对我们来说效果很好。”
斯潘伯格尚未接替法伯，也未对其离职发表公开评论。柯比曾是一名警察，此前领导 ABC 的执法部门，在法伯于 7 月 21 日卸任之前，他担任首席行政官。
“烈酒狂欢节”的成功并未改变 ABC 面临的基本挑战，即在满足州议会（General Assembly）要求以支持一般基金预算收入的同时，将其执法范围扩大到电子烟店和未成年人烟草销售，以及在明年夏天开始建立弗吉尼亚州合法大麻销售市场方面所面临的 800 英里路程（指艰巨任务）。
ABC 董事会主要由时任州长格伦·杨金（Glenn Youngkin）任命的成员组成，这是其专注于削减成本和增加利润的一部分。董事会在 6 月初通过了本财政年度的预算，假设零售额将下降 3%，即比去年的预测减少 $40.4。运营成本有所增加，主要是因为新的两年期州预算要求每年加薪 1.5%，以及员工医疗健康保费的大幅上涨。
因此，ABC 预计将向州预算转移 $302.1 的净利润，这不包括销售额、消费税和许可费的收入。该局在刚刚结束的财政年度中预算净利润为 $329.5，但“烈酒狂欢节”的成功以及近 $50 的成本削减将利润提升至 $258.6。该活动还部分抵消了去年 $11.8 的门店销售额下降；在计入在线销售增长、烈酒额外税和其他收入后，ABC 将其减至 $6.8 的净损失。此外，该局还必须在修订后的年度州预算中计入每位员工 $1,500 的一次性奖金。
首席财务官大卫·艾利森（David Allison）表示，该局在 5 月审视收入预测后构思了“烈酒狂欢节”。他周四告诉董事会：“我们当时在试图弄清楚‘为了在年度收官时取得好成绩，我们还能采取什么手段’。”
他说：“从底线角度来看，这是一个利润非常丰厚的月份。”
Allison 此前已明确指出，扬金（Youngkin）政府在 2023 年开始的成本削减存在局限性，该举措是当时州长首席行政官埃里·穆勒（Erie Mueller）对该独立机构实施激进监管的一部分。该政府削减了超过 2100万美元 的年度运营支出，同时预测利润每年增长 5%，但这一预测立即被证明是不切实际的。扬金和州长在次年达成一致，决定在两年内将州的收入需求减少 1.5亿美元，以反映销售额下降的趋势。
自那时起，ABC 主要通过将职位空缺保持不填补以及关闭 10 家零售店来维持其净利润，今年将不再关闭更多门店。该机构在汉诺威县（Hanover County）的门店、中央配送仓库和办公室约有 4,000 名员工。
“如果没有危及运营绩效以及 ABC 履行其对相关人员和商业社区承诺的能力，那么在 2027 财年（当前财年）采取重大成本削减措施是不可持续的，”Allison 在 6 月 5 日的预算陈述中表示。
弗吉尼亚州是 1934. 年禁酒令结束后，选择通过州属垄断来控制烈酒销售的 10 个州之一。2011 年，州议会否决了时任州长鲍勃·麦考内尔（Bob McKownell）关于将弗吉尼亚州烈酒销售私有化的提案，很大程度上是因为该垄断机构是州预算的主要收入来源。在截至 30, 2025, 的财年中， 创造了 15 亿美元 billion 的销售额和 $62800 万 的净利润收入；这些收入来自零售销售税、葡萄酒和啤酒的消费税，以及获得销售酒精饮料许可的企业缴纳的费用。
Spunberger 对该机构的计划尚不明确，但州议会已明确表示 不属于行政部门。由民主党控制的立法机构也明确表示，希望扩大 的执法角色。今年，州长签署了立法，要求 对烟草销售以及电子烟店销售的液体尼古丁产品执行新的限制。除了提供执法资金外，新预算还通过规定由 代理人协助建立明年新的娱乐用大麻市场的执法机制，引起了酒精行业的担忧。
“这就是优先事项的感觉，至少从立法角度来看是这样的，”参议员道格拉斯·范-瓦尔肯伯格（Douglas Van-Valkenberg，民主党-亨里科）表示，他担任监督 法律的参议院委员会主席。
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我们称他为波特兰写作社区的大使，因为他全身心投入于故事与连接。他向我介绍了至少三位我原本可能不会认识的朋友。他也为其他数十个人做过同样的事。他既是一位文人，也是一位河流之子，关于这两者他都能聊上好几个小时。比如某个特定的措辞如何让一部小说变得完整，以及在哥伦比亚河水面上，一只系得恰到好处的钓鱼蝇闪烁的光芒如何让他一整天都心情愉悦。在作者活动中，他是那个可以信赖的常客，总是出现在那里庆祝他人的成功。他是那个会建议“你需要认识一下某某”的 。他是那个会给出过于夸张但却十分真诚的赞美之词的 。他是那个对自己优美文字进行修正与完善的 。对我们来说，他永远是那个“前排的 ”。
Stephen Emil Arndt 曾是一名河流向导、作家和灵感缪斯。他于 2 月 5 日在俄勒冈州波特兰去世。
— 由他的朋友 Nancy Townsley 撰写
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Amadia “Mimi” Spallino 与她的孙女 Olivia Spallino Savio 在 2019 年。
Crawfish étouffée（小龙虾炖菜）
Amadia “Mimi” Spallino，88岁
Mimi 经常邀请陌生人来家里品尝小龙虾炖菜，照顾过数十只流浪猫，为任何寻找温暖的孩子充当代理母亲，并在我童年的古怪和青少年的焦虑中给予我爱。即使在失智症占据主导后，她仍会紧握我的手，看着我的眼睛说：“我爱你，我的小 Olivia。”爱是 唯一从未忘记的事情。她经常谈到她对自己祖母的爱。 回忆道，当她还是个年轻女性时，她有一种直觉，于是匆忙赶到祖母身边。在见到 后，她的祖母去世了。 说：“她想在孙女陪伴下离开。”当我在 65 年后产生同样的预感时，我直接开车前往 的家，爬上床紧紧抱着 ，直到她停止呼吸。她向我展示了祖孙之间爱的力量。
Amadia Cecile Hanks Spallino 是一位尽职的母亲和祖母。她于 4 月 25 日在路易斯安那州克劳利去世。
— 由其孙女 Olivia Spallino Savio 撰写
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Jerry Giantonio 与其女儿 Kathi，1975年。
周日的长途电话
Jerry Giantonio，82岁
在我生命的大部分时间里，我与父亲相隔 1,000 英里。这使得每一个瞬间、每一封信、每一次通话（总是在周日，因为那时长途电话才负担得起！）都变得如此珍贵。我的父亲教会了我善良的重要性——他对每个人微笑，每天早晨穿着扎染衬衫散步时总是很容易被认出来。他教会了我如何动手操作和自立。他安抚我的焦虑，并向我保证我是坚强且有能力的。不过，他从未教我如何欣赏红酒。在最后时刻，我握着他的手，提醒他那些他开车送我去机场的时光，他总是握着我的手，仿佛还没准备好说再见。在他病榻前，我也有同样的感觉。
Gerald Wood Giantonio 是一位心理学家、红酒爱好者和圣母大学的粉丝。他于 6 月 11 日在北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒去世。
— 由其女儿 Kathi Saunders 撰写
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Juliet Castillo 在伊利诺伊州阿莱多，2021年。
十三只小猫
Juliet Castillo，2岁
Juliet 用她善良的心、好奇的精神和活泼的个性给每个人带来了快乐。她喜欢打扮成白雪公主，喜欢唱歌、跳舞、绘画，并用她著名的“巨魔脸”逗我们所有人开心。在妈妈的引导下，她对鸟类、植物和艺术产生了兴趣。和爸爸在一起时，她喜欢去动物园，骑在爸爸肩上观察长颈鹿，让每一天都充满无止境的歌舞派对。她与妹妹一起冒险；疼爱她的猫 Millie 和 Chestnut；并且宠爱农场里所有 13 只小猫，叫着每个小猫的名字对它们说“我爱你”。她的时间太短了。但她的笑声、想象力和爱，在每一个有幸认识她的人心中留下了印记。
Juliet Elaine Castillo 喜欢画水彩画和朗诵《鹅妈妈童谣》。她于 3 月 19 日在爱荷华城去世。
— 由其父亲 Andrew Castillo 撰写
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家庭是 Puro 生活的核心。她与家人建立了关系，成为了亲密的朋友。她的唯一丈夫是一个 1,000 岁大的儿子，并且 一个 1,000 岁大的儿子，并且 一个
一个 1,000, 1,000 和 1,000 的，以及一个 1,000 的，以及一个 1,000 的。
她被她的丈夫所牵绊。丈夫相信她与丈夫保持着一种关系。她的丈夫是一个 1,000, 1,000 和 1,000 的，以及一个 1,000 的，以及一个 1,000 的。
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家人和朋友属于人员和家庭成员。他们也被称为 Pura 的学生中的孩子家庭，即 1,000, 1,000 和 1,000 的。
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预计有雨
今天可能会出现一些潮湿天气——该地区预计有阵雨，并可能出现雷阵雨。最高气温将在 90 多度，预计会有一些风。傍晚预计有阵雨和雷阵雨，但到凌晨时分只有很小的阵雨可能性。最低气温将在 70 多度。
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今天 4 阵雨且炎热 / 周一 上午有阵雨 / 周二 大多晴朗 / 周三 大多晴朗 / 周四 强力打击者 / 周五 周边有阵雨
80° 75' REALFIEL® 84° 变化 降水 68% 风速: 0-8-10 mph 湿度: 高 / 91° 72' REALFIEL® 99° 变化 降水 66% 风速: 0000-0-10 mph 湿度: 极高 / 88° 70' ® 80° 变化 降水 66% 风速: 0000-0-10 湿度: 中等 / 91° 74' ® 84° 变化 降水 66% 风速: 0000-0-10 湿度: 中等 / 86° 69' ® 86° 变化 降水 66% 风速: 0000-0-10 湿度: 高 / 83° 70' ® 88° 变化 降水 66% 风速: 0000-0-10 湿度: 高
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80° 75' 0.5 m.m. / 82° 70' 0.5 m.m. 79° 55' 0.5 m.m. / 80° 47' 0.5 m.m. Historical forecast 68° 72' / 87° 00' Record high 53.7 1998 / 55.7 1998 Record low 52.7 1983 / 49.7 1984
今日区域
| Pallons High | | | Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. | | | Pallons | | | Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. | | | Pallons | |
蓝岭山脉：(格林斯伯勒) 国家公园今日，潮湿，有阵雨，雷阵雨。最高气温 82。风向南-东南，风速 8–12 。今晚，阵发性雷阵雨。最低气温 71。+ (新) Shrew Wire。国家公园今日，大多晴朗，不那么温暖，下午早些时候有阵发性雷阵雨。最高气温 79。风向西，风速 8–12 。今晚，主要晴朗，温暖。
大西洋海滩：马里兰州海洋城今日，美丽，潮湿，下午有雷阵雨。最高气温 75。风向南-东南，风速 19–20 。今晚，非常潮湿，有阵雨。最低气温 73。+ 弗吉尼亚海滩今日，下午有强雷阵雨，美丽，潮湿。最高气温 69。风向东南，风速 16–18 。
Waharaque：波托马克河上游今日，局部晴朗，下午有一两场雷阵雨。风向南，风速 8–12 m / s。波高 0–5 英尺。+ 波托马克河下游和切萨皮克湾今日，大多多云，有强雷阵雨。风向西南，风速 8–10 km / s。波托马克河下游 1–2 英尺，切萨皮克湾 2–4 英尺。+ River Dugon：小瀑布（Little Falls）的水位今天将在 3.10 英尺左右，周一升至 3.20。小瀑布的电力水位为 10 英尺。
今日潮汐（来源：美国地质调查局，1994; 1995; 1996; 1997）
华盛顿 / 8.5 a.m. / 63.00 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. / 14.53 p.m. 安纳波利斯 / 3:37 a.m. / 8:35 a.m. / 2:45 p.m. / 9:08 p.m. 海洋城 / 4:42 a.m. / 60:55 a.m. / 3:00 p.m. / 13:08 p.m. Herbish / 10:00 a.m. / 5:00 a.m. / 3:00 p.m. / 7:18 p.m. Lookout Point / 5:55 a.m. / 53:55 a.m. / 9:07 p.m. / 11:47 p.m.
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阵雨 / 训练员 / 农场 / 旅游 / 温度 / 估计 / 技术全国最高 (No. 24, 400) 最低 (Mountain Lane, 25, 30) 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026
费斯救星
在自由广场中心
一座曾在特拉华州被拆除的雕像现在矗立在国家首都，成为了一个引人注目且奇异的城市景观的一部分
照片：CHRISTINE KAGLINE (华盛顿邮报)
作者：PHILIP KENNICOTT
自由广场位于宾夕法尼亚大道上的一个城市广场，是连接白宫与美国国会大厦的宏伟礼仪通道，也是观察华盛顿特区深层设计的最佳地点之一。这个开放的行人广场在铺装中嵌入了一份原版“朗方计划”（L'Enfant Plan）的大比例复制品。因此，它让访客沉浸在宏伟的轴线大道与国内街道网格的复杂叠加之中，这反映了宪法中根深蒂固的联邦权力与地方权力之间的动态关系。¶ 历史学家伍迪·霍尔顿（Woody Holton）自从国家公园管理局安装了十多件代表革命时代主题和人物的雕塑（包括六尊反抗英国统治的非裔美国人的青铜像）以来，还没有访问过自由广场。但当被告知“自由广场的'76年精神”展览的核心是一尊凯撒·罗德尼（Caesar Rodney）的大型骑马像——这位特拉华州的建国之父曾是一名奴隶主——时，他开心地大笑起来。 E4页有112尊雕塑
上方：自由广场的一个展览展出了一尊建国之父兼奴隶主凯撒·罗德尼的骑马像。左侧：展品包括朱德·霍尔（Jude Hall）和其他参加过独立战争的黑人士兵的雕像。
Met Gala 引发争议，或许也是机遇
作者：SHANE O'NEILL
安娜·温图尔（Anna Wintour）最近宣布，大都会艺术博物馆服装学院 2027 年展览的主题将是“约翰·加利亚诺-Hortions”（John Galliano-Hortions）。
加利亚诺是一位天才设计师。如果他没有在 2011 年被记录在巴黎的一家咖啡馆里发表令人厌恶且露骨的反犹太评论，那么举办一场加利亚诺主题的 Met Gala 将是不言而喻的选择。
但他在 2011 年确实被记录在巴黎的一家咖啡馆里发表了令人厌恶且露骨的反犹太评论。
那一年，一段视频流出，显示加利亚诺在一家名为 La Perle 的巴黎小酒馆里责骂两个人。视频记录下他说“我爱希特勒”，此外还评论了一个不在场的人的祖先被“毒气处决”。在法国，基于种族或宗教侮辱他人是犯罪行为。
加利亚诺最终被定罪并被判处 6,000 欧元的罚款。
加利亚诺在 2011. 被迪奥（Dior）解雇。他在 2016. 被聘为 Maison Margiela 的创意总监。他为 Margiela 设计的 2024 春夏高级定制系列受到了评论家和时尚爱好者的热烈追捧。In March 2026, 他宣布与 Zara 建立合作伙伴关系。博维·尼克斯（Bovie Nicks）在最近的一次 Met Gala 上穿着了其中一套 Zara 的造型。人们很难说加利亚诺的职业生涯受到了严重影响。
温图尔和服装学院意识到他们正在招致争议。正如瓦妮莎·弗里德曼（Vanessa Friedman）在《纽约时报》报道的那样，服装学院的主策展人表示：“对我来说，更大的问题不在于艺术行为是否能为违规行为开脱，而在于如何平衡艺术成就与伦理责任。” E3页有112篇关于加利亚诺的内容
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一位作家在刘易斯和克拉克的日记中发现了新的探索路径。E2
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一名写信者窥视男友的 ChatGPT 对话。E10
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通过埃塞俄比亚早餐和披萨，两家餐厅反映了华盛顿特区的灵魂。E14
关于波登的传记电影留下了太多未知部分
作者：TIM CARMAN
在关于他的新电影中，作为素材的安东尼·波登（Anthony Bourdain）的《厨房机密》（Kitchen Confidential）章节仅占 10 页——至少根据我手中那本由这位名厨兼放荡主义者本人标注的“豪华”版回忆录来看是这样。然而，如果你减去关于波登在美利坚烹饪学院（Culinary Institute of America）早年生活的章节，页数会进一步下降，而导演兼编剧马特·约翰逊（Matt Johnson）的电影《托尼》（Tony）中仅对这段时期略有提及。
换句话说，这部 2000 年回忆录的开篇章节几乎不能构成一个年轻波登的素描，更不用说作为一部 100 分钟长片的基础，去探讨对这位未来的全球美食探索者和挑衅者产生深远影响的成长因素。这解释了为什么约翰逊及其共同编剧必须充实单薄的素材。他们不仅挖掘了《厨房机密》，还参考了 2014 年的一集《巴黎未知》（Paris Unknown）——并辅以他们自己的虚构和直觉——从而拼凑出一个关于青少年波登在马萨诸塞州普罗温斯敦（Provincetown）担任洗碗工和厨师的首个季节的故事。普罗温斯敦是鳕鱼角一个自由奔放的社区，每年夏天都会涌入大量游客。
这种对 1975 年一个难以忘怀的夏天的聚焦，对观众和电影制作者来说都有其收获：它让约翰逊和摄影师迈克尔·鲍曼（Michael Bauman）能将普罗温斯敦置于一种柔和且充满欲望的光影中，以一种抽大麻般的缓慢节奏展开故事，并不急于抵达任何终点，这本身就是对 20 世纪 70 年代的一种无声评论。这种处理方式也给了电影制作者一个机会，哪怕只是打开了一道缝隙。 112 电影评论 E5 页
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书籍
一幅画作展示了萨纳贾瓦（Sanajawca），一名陪同刘易斯和克拉克远征队的肖肖尼族女性。《这座巨大的企业》（This Vant Enterprise）的一部分故事是通过她的视角讲述的。
作者在刘易斯与克拉克日记中探索新路径
作者：PETER LARSEN 《橙县登记报》（Orange County Register）
作家克雷格·费尔曼（Craig Fehrman）在考虑撰写关于刘易斯与克拉克远征队的书籍时，面临的首个挑战是是否有足够的新鲜素材来支撑这个项目。
在仔细研读了 Sherrowadze: Lewis 和威廉·克拉克（William Clark）总计一百万字的日记后，费尔曼决定素材是足够的。
“在第一次读完日记后，我后来又至少读了三次，”他在最近的一次电话采访中说道。“我看到了所有这些细节，发现有足够多此前未被讲述的素材，于是我觉得‘这值得写一本新书’。”
“我不想重复别人的工作，”他说。“如果我要在这个项目上花费五年时间，我需要有新的观点。所以一旦我在心中跨过了这个门槛，我就开始思考结构问题。”
这一决定进一步确保了《This Vant Enterprise》——这部由费尔曼深入研究且极具可读性的传记历史作品——将与以往任何关于刘易斯与克拉克的书籍截然不同。
“我热爱阅读和撰写传记，”费尔曼说。他是 80 多位受邀参加本周六在华盛顿会议中心举行的国会图书馆国家图书节的作者和演讲者之一。“我认为传记是一种超能力。如果你在读托马斯·杰斐逊的传记，根据定义，你会以他的方式看待世界。你会关心他所关心的事情，体验他所体验的想法。”
“但我们可以选择谁能获得传记式的对待，”他说。“我意识到我们只了解刘易斯与克拉克故事的一半。我想花更多时间讨论原住民及其目标和想法，因为在大多数关于这次远征的书籍中，这部分内容没有得到充分体现。”
“但仅仅说‘让我们在刘易斯与克拉克的故事中加入原住民’是不够的。我也希望这是（拉科塔族领导人）黑水牛（Black Buffalo）的故事，也希望这是（刘易斯与克拉克的向导）萨纳贾瓦（Sanajawca）的故事。”
他希望这本书能成为一种沉浸式体验，一种能将读者带入刘易斯、克拉克及其团队所使用的那种氛围中的故事，让他们在从圣路易斯到哥伦比亚河口再到太平洋的旅程中，在河流的阴影与景观中艰难前行。他希望读者感觉就像亲临现场，参加刘易斯和克拉克在这次从 1916 到 1940 持续的旅程中与原住民领导人举行的部落会议。
“实现这一目标的方法就是传记，”费尔曼说。他的前作《Author in Chief》探讨了历任总统的文学作品。“所以关于创建视角，我当时想，‘你知道，如果我要写一本书，每个人都需要在书中拥有自己的视角’。因为我认为读者会对这种方式产生不同的反应。”
“我不想让这个故事变得更复杂，将它变成一个群像故事，并不意味着要让每个角色都丰满，”他说。“而是要拥有每个人的、每个民族的观点。”
KATY GINGERSON
JOHN R. KATY GINGERSON
在《This Vant Enterprise》中，作者克雷格·费尔曼旨在比其他关于刘易斯与克拉克的历史书籍更关注原住民。
《This Vant Enterprise》共分为 17 章，在 20 位参与全部或部分远征的不同参与者之间交替切换视角。刘易斯和克拉克在经历约 8,000 英里的旅程中拥有多个章节。
但克拉克的奴隶仆人约克（York）、远征队的实际中士约翰·奥德威（John Ordway）以及萨纳贾瓦也拥有以其视角讲述故事的章节，黑水牛和其他原住民同样如此。
在一次为了篇幅和清晰度而经过编辑的采访中，费尔曼谈到了撰写这本书的过程。
请告诉我，你是如何决定为新书选择刘易斯与克拉克这个并非新鲜的故事的。
“我对《首席作者》（Author in Chief）感到非常自豪，写起来也很有趣。但那本书的风格非常固定。我想在下一本书中尝试一些不同的东西，而最显而易见的举措就是讲述一个冒险故事。走出户外，行动起来。当我想到美国最伟大的冒险故事时，刘易斯和克拉克（Lewis and Clark）是第一个出现在我脑海中的。”
“我开始阅读那些日志，它们长达一百多万字，但保留了如此多的细节和如此多的视角。在阅读这些日志时，我意识到，尽管我是一名历史学家，但我竟然不知道这个故事的一半内容。之前的讲述中遗漏了太多细节。于是我想，‘那就试一次吧。’”
“日志中有什么例子是之前没被写过且激发了你的想象力的？”在日志的早期，克拉克在记录日志时，他们身在圣路易斯。在正式的远征开始前，他们在那里度过了第一个冬天。而约克（York），克拉克的一名黑人奴隶，仅出现了一次。
只有一句话：“约克过度劳累，看到妻子用一把大锯（whip saw）”，我不确定日志中具体是怎么写的。什么是大锯？但在那个时期，大锯是非常重要的工具，因为它能将原木变成木板。他们当时在建造冬营堡垒；他们使用木板，因为那是给堡垒盖屋顶的方式，也是建造床铺的方式，这样你就不用睡在地上。
大锯是一种很难使用的工具。需要两个人操作，而且他们必须节奏完全一致。那么为什么是约克？当时那里有几十名白人士兵。原因是约克是最适合这项工作的人。他们面临着极大的时间压力，而约克强壮且熟练。他曾帮助克拉克家族在肯塔基州建立种植园。
所以，从那句话开始，你就能想象他们是如何建造冬营堡垒的。你能感受到雨夹雪和白雪。但你也能看到约克在工作，以及他与克拉克的区别。你能看到约克试图在这个他并不完全属于其中的复杂军事单位中寻找自己的位置。我在一个以约克为视角的章节中写到了这一点。那句话是我拥有的全部线索，但我能够写出一个15到30页的章节。
“使用视角章节如何改变了通常的研究和写作方式？”这绝对是一种限制，但我发现它对我有所帮助。因为如果我知道我在写一个萨卡加维亚（Sanajawca）的章节，我就必须寻找我能找到的每一个细节，因为她们没有留下日志。这是一个写作技巧方面的问题，但我决定让萨卡加维亚成为第一次。此外，作为一个阅读日志的人，我试图寻找每一个关于萨卡加维亚的细节。
众所周知，在落基山脉中，他们的食物耗尽了，所以他们不得不宰杀一些马。他们必须使用一种刘易斯和克拉克都非常喜欢谈论的名为“便携汤”（portable soup）的东西。这本书的重点不是一个能变回汤的罐头。但因为我是从萨卡加维亚的视角来看待的，我咨询了肖肖尼（Shoshone）人，他们说：“嗯，她不能吃马。我们文化中对吃马有巨大的禁忌。”
所以萨卡加维亚在落基山脉中。我们知道她当时在哺乳，这每天要消耗500卡路里。她不能像其他人那样吃马肉。也许她才是那个最需要便携汤的人。我之所以能将这些联系起来，是因为我非常努力地试图通过她的视角来看待这次远征的这一部分。
“请多讲讲关于约克的写作，据我们所知，他没有留下书面记录。”
在他那个时代，已经有一些黑人开始写关于他们的种族和身份的内容。比如菲利普·惠特利（Phillip Wheatley）和朱庇特·汉通斯（Jupiter Hantones）。所以我阅读了他们的诗歌，并阅读了关于此方面的最佳学术研究。我很欣慰地说，在塑造约克时我可能在想：‘但我们确实有那个时期的黑人在讲述成为黑人意味着什么，奴隶制的感觉和意义是什么。’
我阅读了大量的奴隶叙事，并且非常小心地阅读了来自波尔顿以及过去那个时期的其他奴隶叙事。一个在格鲁吉亚的被奴役者与一个在肯塔基的被奴役者，他们的经历截然不同。我试图捕捉到这一点。
日记或其他文件是否有帮助？
克拉克在探险结束后给他的兄弟写了一封信，所以他会非常坦诚。他随口提到了一句约克在整个探险期间所做的事情，约克大概是说：“我想要我的自由，我觉得我凭功劳赢得了它。”于是克拉克说：“我不认同约克关于他‘巨大贡献’的说法”，所以你可以想象，“巨大贡献”这个词应该加上引号。
这告诉你他不尊重约克，并且仍然觉得自己在约克之上。但几乎是偶然地，这也体现了约克的观点和约克的原话，对吧？因为克拉克不仅保留了自己的反应，还保留了约克说的：“我做了很多。我一直在那里。我倾尽所有。” 在书面记录的其他时候，你可以发现那些无法亲自写作的人的声音和瞬间。
延续这一点，研究中出现的一个原住民声音的典型例子是什么？
我在书中发现的最重要的事情是对 Wolf Gdf 的一次采访，他是一个黑脚族男人。这次采访在 100 多年里没有人见过。这是 Wolf Gdf 在讲述他关于黑脚族与刘易斯之间那次著名遭遇的看法。
“当我读到那个的时候，看到我读到的是真实的事实，是来自原住民的新内容，显然感到非常激动。但随后我回去阅读了刘易斯的日记，我开始注意到一些如果没有看到 Wolf Gdf 的观点就无法注意到的事情。它们在某种程度上相辅相成，我试图仔细阅读它们，将它们综合起来，创造出我们能接近真相的最接近之物。”
我对关于刘易斯心理健康的资料很感兴趣——托马斯·杰斐逊是怎么称呼它的？
“敏感的精神抑郁（Sensitive depression of mind）。”
没错。很容易将他视为一名探险家、一名科学家、一名艺术家。你如何将他工作的内涵与挣扎结合起来？
人们写了很多关于刘易斯及其心理健康的内容，但我认为你在大多数叙述中会发现，人们试图通过现代诊断来理解他。刘易斯是否患有复杂性创伤后应激障碍（complex PTSD）？刘易斯是否患有双相情感障碍？
作为一名历史学家，我不喜欢那样做，即讨论一个现代类别并将其投射回过去。我有时认为，这最终告诉我们的关于我们自身的信息，与它告诉我们的关于我们试图理解的过去之物的信息一样多。
所以当我写关于刘易斯的时候——他在好几年时间里是一个非常消息灵通的华盛顿人，他们关系极其密切——杰斐逊本人说刘易斯有“敏感的精神抑郁”。所以他使用“抑郁”的方式与我们今天使用的方式相同。杰斐逊在其他信件中还提到，刘易斯在与成瘾、与酗酒作斗争。这已经足够了。
刘易斯是否也具有躁狂症状，从而符合双相情感障碍的定义？也许。但我无法确定这一点，我需要像刘易斯理解他自己那样去理解刘易斯。有几件新事情引导我发现了这一点。首先，我真的认为这本书是第一次有人关注刘易斯如何分析他自己的内心，因为你说得对，他是一名科学家。
另一件事是约翰·昆西·亚当斯在刘易斯回到华盛顿后写的一封信。他们在白宫共进晚餐，亚当斯之前见过刘易斯。亚当斯在这封信中说：“你知道，我没认出那个人。就像，我曾和这家伙一起吃过饭，但我没认出他。他看起来老了 15 岁。”
那是我发现的一封新信。我认为这封信和 Wolf Gdf 的信是我发现的两个最重要的档案资料。
在您描写克拉克的态度时，这种方法是如何运作的？您写到约克赢得了刘易斯以及探险队其他人的信任和尊重，但克拉克作为一个奴隶主，却无法摆脱他的偏见。
有很多人在刘易斯阻止我并说“不要那样做”之前，并不需要给约克施加体罚。所以，克拉克确实是一个受其 era 影响的人。这再次体现了传记研究方法的运用。我认为刘易斯必须暂停现代的评判，仅仅非常清晰地陈述：这就是克拉克的信念，这就是刘易斯的信念，这就是约克的信念。
当然，现代读者必须思考克拉克身上那些伟大的部分，以及他身上绝大多数令人惊恐的部分。我们不需要决定用一种单一的情绪去对待威廉·克拉克。他是一个做过一些卓越之事的人，也是一个做过一些可怕之事的人，我认为读者足够强大，能够权衡这些方面。
您谈到在历史记录存在不确定性时，会使用像“probably”和“uncle”这样的词汇。这如何与解读并将文字拼凑在一起的需求相契合？
第一个答案是，每个历史学家的做法都不同，这可能会让读者有点抓狂。我希望我们能有一套像原则性的“标准指南”那样清晰的概念体系。这实际上取决于个体历史学家的判断和技巧。
对我而言，我想说的是，当我使用“probably”或“uncle”这类词时，并不是因为我不知道，而是因为我感觉到，如果你有信心，我就想这么做。我不会盲目自信。对我来说，这些词不是不确定性的标志，而是谨慎的标志，因为有些时候我确实无法完全确定。
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AI驱动的《指环》系列在德国150周年演出中引发嘘声与喝彩
作者：RONALD BLUM
发自德国拜罗伊特
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理查德·瓦格纳可能会欣赏这种尖端技术，即便他不认同观众的反应。
学术研究，一系列瓦格纳《指环》系列的10周年演出，观众对此感到沮丧，因为软件能够整合图像但无法整合戏剧。
这部名为“W0010 / 0!”（二进制写法中的数字100）的舞台剧副标题为“从神话到代码”，旨在描绘《尼伯龙根的指环》（Der Ring des Nibelungen）的历史，这是一系列关于人类、巨人和小矮人毁灭众神的四部歌剧。演出时间定在8月13-21 1978, 全集首演周年纪念日，地点在根据瓦格纳规格在巴伐利亚山顶建造的节日剧院（Festspielhaus）。
策展人 Marcus Lobbes 与 Nils Corte 以及戏剧构作 André Hardmeier 共同开发了这一概念，他们向计算机输入了从此前35部拜罗伊特《指环》制作中筛选出的约1,000张图像。他们并不打算制作一部具有凝聚力的戏剧，并建议尽量减少调度。
“我们一直沟通称这是一个实验，并非由舞台导演指导，”Lobbes 表示。
瓦格纳对10世纪的标准感到不满，因此要求拥有自己这座创新剧院。拜罗伊特的第150次《指环》系列演出更像是一部诠释百科全书，而非一种全新的诠释。
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观众还以 17 分钟的起立鼓掌予以回应
在四个夜晚的 14.5 小时里，歌手们站在两块 33x60 英尺的屏幕之间，经常保持不动。大约十几个 AI 模型被结合在一起，并使用 Stable Diffusion 来开启每一幕，其 1875 个感官设计由 Gotthold Brückner 和 Max Brückner 根据 Josef Hoffmann 的草图完成，然后根据文本和音乐选择图像。
在当晚结束的《诸神的黄昏》（Götterdämmerung）之后，指挥克里斯蒂安·蒂勒曼（Christian Thielemann）和演员们获得了 17 分钟的起立鼓掌，但在制作团队加入谢幕时，其中夹杂了约 30 秒的嘘声和口哨声。
许多拜罗伊特制作最初都受到质疑，例如帕特里斯·谢罗（Patrice Chéreau）在 1978 年的百年纪念演出，将动作转移到了工业革命时期，但几年后却赢得了喝彩。该版本的最后一次演出是在 1980 年，引发了 45 分钟的起立鼓掌。
“我知道这个惯例，”多特蒙德戏剧与数字化学院院长 Lobbes 说道。
2023 年 2 月，他被作曲家的曾孙女、现任艺术节总监卡塔琳娜·瓦格纳（Katharina Wagner）邀请，为 150 周年庆典导演一部 AI 版《指环》。
瓦格纳用 30 年时间创作了《指环》。程序员将其分为约 200 个场景，每个场景两到六分钟，并将以往演出和时事瞬间的图像加载到两台配备 Nvidia RTX 3080 显卡的定制塔式 PC 中。
由 Michael Volle（饰演沃坦）、Camil-la Nyland（饰演布伦希尔德）和 Klaus Florian Vogt（饰演齐格弗里德）领衔的歌手们穿着由 Lobbes 的妻子 Pia Maria Mackert 设计的、带有黑色衬底和激光薄纱的金属丝网鸟形服装。服装根据光线呈现出灿烂的色彩，其中金色和红色最为突出。
随着叙事的推进，AI 的投影也随之变化。
在《莱茵的黄金》（Das Rheingold）中出现了现代犹太复国主义关键人物 Theodor Herd 的图像，在《女武神》（Die Walküre）中出现了阿道夫·希特勒的图像。当时间线到达 1975 年石油危机时，《齐格弗里德》（Siegfried）中出现了一个写着“抱歉，今天没气！”的标志，而布伦希尔德醒来唱道：“Hail dir, humor! Hail dir, Licht!（向你致敬，太阳！向你致敬，光明！）”。
“在 150 年的每一年里，我们都会通过人工智能得到一个答案，关于她认为拜罗伊特观众会认为今年的主要政治话题是什么，或者这个夏天的主要话题是什么，”Hardmeier 说道。
许多图像引发了观众脑海中对导演的联想——这是 1957 年 Wieland Wagner 的作品吗？是 2010 年 Frank Cantrel 的？还是 2010 年 Valentin Schwarz 的？
在其他时候，AI 选择的形态像一个巨大的电子草图一样变换，演变成让人想起 Mark Rotthio 和
在德国一年一度的瓦格纳艺术节上，理查德·瓦格纳的《指环》系列剧目使用由 AI 选择的感官元素来描绘该剧集的历史。策展人 Marcus Lobbes 表示：“我们一直沟通说这是一个实验，而不是舞台导演作品。”
Willem de Kooning 的作品。
2026 年的原始计划设想演出瓦格纳 15 部歌剧中的最后 10 部，外加该作曲家的第三部作品《Kienn!》在节日剧院（Festspielhaus）的首演，此前该剧被认为不值得纳入。AI 版《指环》原计划仅演出 1 次，以大致与最初的首演日期相吻合，但两年前的预算削减导致四部歌剧被取消，取而代之的是两部额外的《指环》，第一部从 7 月 27 日持续到 8 月 1 日。
歌手们在四天的时间里仅共同进行了一次九小时的排练，期间导演团队与演员分小组进行工作。
“我希望人们能以某种开放的态度，发现一些有趣的关联，并看到也许其他人看不到的东西，”Hardmeier 说道。“我希望人们离开时带着一种非常有成效的‘刺激感’——不是‘这讲的是什么’这种意义上的刺激，而更多是‘嘿，很有意思’。”
贝多芬第八交响曲拉开节日序幕
蒂勒曼指挥了贝多芬的第九交响曲以开启此次节日。在1872年的拜罗伊特奠基仪式后，瓦格纳曾在市中心的马格拉瓦尔歌剧院执棒该作品，此后该曲在特殊场合多次被重新演绎，例如1951年二战后的恢复演出。
次日，米歇尔·弗里德曼发表了一篇题为《被沉默的声音》的演讲，探讨了瓦格纳的反犹主义及其家族对希特勒和纳粹党的支持。
《Kienn!》在拜罗伊特节日剧院首演获成功
由亚历山德拉·萨默迪克和马格尼娜·帕迪特卡打造的一场令人震撼的舞台呈现，将背景更新至后现代反乌托邦时代。该剧于7月26日开演，在8月26日之前的九场演出中，首场演出获得了长时间的掌声。
特罗·安德烈亚斯·沙格为主角注入了魅力与优美的唱腔，讲述了14世纪意大利民粹主义者科拉·迪·里恩佐的故事。
指挥家娜塔莉·鲁茨曼为这部难以驾驭的作品提供了令人信服的诠释。该作品的亲笔签名乐谱曾由瓦格纳的儿媳温弗里德赠予希特勒，并在二战结束时的破坏中丢失。
在一个伪拜罗伊特式的呈现面前，一名穿着金色服装、戴着带有彩虹灯的烟枪且能做侧手翻的孩子（其形象酷似这位作曲家的雕像）出现，使核心部分变成了对瓦格纳式陈词滥调的滑稽讽刺。一群角色（其中一些戴着翼盔）表演了对瓦格纳著名角色的无声营地式致敬。
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如何看待 Met Gala 选择致敬名声扫地的设计师 Galliano
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能力结合在一起，而不允许其中一方抹除另一方。”弗里德曼还报告称收到了一条来自温图尔的短信，其中部分内容写道：“他的职业生涯并非由单一时刻定义——那是他余生都将与之共存的东西。”
自从 1994 年在伦敦中央圣马丁学院举行毕业展以来， 一直在创作令人惊叹的服装系列，这些作品既浪漫又粗犷，既精湛又具有朋克摇滚风格。1995 年，当他接管 Givenchy 时，他成为了首位执掌法国时装屋的非法国人。一年后，当他接管 Dior 时，他以夸张的秀场将该品牌带入了一个轰动的新时代，而这些秀场最后通常由 本人像摇滚明星一样在 T 台上大步走过。
毫无疑问， 的设计应当被收藏在博物馆中。在博物馆安静且经过深思熟虑的展厅内，策展人可以营造反思的时刻，促使我们面对不安的真相并面对痛苦的矛盾。
但他适合出现在 Met Gala 吗？大都会博物馆内部服装学院的展览长期以来一直被年度盛典在外部引发的喧嚣所掩盖。在 Met Gala 的红毯上，即使你试图思考宽恕与偏见的细微差别，很快也会被分散注意力——“等等，我的天，那是 Kylie 还是 Kendall？？我觉得是 Kylie！Kylie！KYLIEEE！！看这边，KYLIE！！等等，不，那是 Kendall。”
我确信温图尔的宣布会遭到抵制。我也相当确定温图尔不会让步。她长期以来一直受到抗议，但很少被撼动。有一次，1996 年温图尔在四季酒店用餐时，一名动物权利活动人士将一只死浣熊扔在了她的盘子里。温图尔没有离开餐桌。她喝完了咖啡，并继续穿着皮草。她不容易被惊扰。我想可以肯定地说，2027 年 的 Met Gala 已成定局。
康泰纳仕（Condé Nast）在 的崛起和再次崛起中扮演了关键角色。在职业生涯早期，温图尔及其《Vogue》同事 André Leon Talley 是 作品的大力支持者，为他联系赞助人和资源，并在现场、采访以及《Vogue》的页面中为他加油。在 失去宠爱之后，现任康泰纳仕全球首席内容官的温图尔支持他，康泰纳仕董事会主席 Jonathan Newhouse 也是如此，后者将其视为个人项目，旨在让 的职业生涯重回正轨。康泰纳仕电影公司共同制作了 2023 年的纪录片《High & Low: John 》。很少有设计师拥有 这样的才华，更少有人能拥有像他那样强大的机构媒体力量作为后盾。
我最近看了《High & Low》。有几件事让我印象深刻。首先，在 La Perle 发生的臭名昭著的事件并非孤立。在同一家酒吧里， 曾三次发表反犹太言论。其中一次，他还发表了针对 Anna 的评论。他赞美希特勒的那次事件，仅仅是因为被摄像机捕捉得最清晰。
在纪录片中， 似乎和我一样惊讶地得知了这一点。一个画外音反复告诉他，不止发生过一次反犹太事件。 显得很困惑，坚持认为只有一次。
我还不知道在 2013 年，他被发现在纽约穿着一套服装，其帽子和外套让人想起 Hassle 的装束，而卷发则让人联想到正统犹太人佩戴的 paye。
电影从 的那个造型切换到他的经纪人 Anne Nelson 沉重地叹了一口气。“我不知道他那天在想什么，”她说，“但这就是 John。”
真的是这样吗？温图尔似乎认为并非如此。在谈到 2011 年的事件时，她说：“我知道那是 John 的病，他的成瘾。我知道那不是真实的他，我只是想帮助他。”
Galliano 在发表反犹太主义言论时可能处于意识模糊状态，这一事实确实使情况变得复杂。任何爱过成瘾者的人都能告诉你，决定是否原谅他们在受药物或酒精影响时的行为，可能是棘手的、不真实的、不理性的，且带有深刻的痛苦和极强的个人色彩。
在《High & Low》中，娜奥米·坎贝尔（Naomi Campbell）表示她从未看过 Galliano 发表反犹太主义言论的录像。“因为我了解他，”她说，“我不需要看那个视频。”
但我认为我们需要看。对于那些不了解他的人，我对即将举行的展览有一个想法。
2012年，我参观了名为“Hide / Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture”的群展，这是一次对从 59 世纪到 21 世纪 LGBTQ 艺术的综述。为了从前 Romewall 艺术过渡到后 Romewall era，你必须穿过一个小房间，里面循环播放着安迪·沃霍尔（Andy Warhol）的屏幕测试视频。你不能跳过这个房间。你必须经过沃霍尔那些各种超级巨星们沉默而执着的凝视。他们那双硕大且安稳的眼睛在我的意识中灼出了一个洞。
这是一个绝妙的策展选择。每一次误解都必须与 20 世纪 60 年代进行清算。艺术因沃霍尔而永远改变，LGBTQ 运动因同性恋解放而永远改变。你不必喜欢它，但你必须承认它。
如果在 Met 的 展览上，他们采取类似的举措会怎样？将所有 2011 年之前的作品放在一个展翼中。然后让观众走进一个小房间，里面循环播放 的谩骂言论。开到最大音量。包括那些态度在内。
提供两扇门。一扇门后，你会发现展览的其余部分。另一扇门后，是退款和出口。让公众决定接下来怎么做。
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顶部：2010 年的 John 。这位时尚设计师在 2011 年向陌生人倾泻反犹太主义言论。中部： 和戴着太阳镜的安娜·温图尔（Anna Wintour），2022 年在巴黎。尽管面临公众批评，温图尔不太可能撤回表彰 的决定。底部：歌手 Stevie Nicks 穿着一套由 与 Zara 合作设计的服装出席 2026 年 Met Gala。
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一个奴隶主雕像如何最终出现在自由广场
来自 E3 的雕塑
“那些黑人士兵出现在那里是为了掩护凯撒·罗德尼（Caesar Rodney），是为了陈述一个显而易见的事实，”撰写了五本关于革命时代书籍的作者霍尔顿（Holton）说道，其中包括 2021 年出版的《自由是甜蜜的：美国革命的隐藏历史》（Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution）。
这组装置为备受争议的罗德尼雕像提供了一个显眼的新家——或许是临时的——位于国家首都的象征中心。该雕像原位于特拉华州威尔明顿，在 2020 年的“黑人的命也是命”（Black Lives Matter）抗议活动期间被拆除。现在，它坐落在广场的一个荣誉位置，该广场在 1988 年被重新命名为被刺杀的民权领袖马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King Jr.）之名，金曾在附近的威拉德酒店（Willard Hotel）撰写其著名的《我有一个梦想》演讲稿。
或许是因为它被标榜为临时装置，这个名为“70年精神”（Spirit of '70）的展览并未像其他半二百周年（semispicentennial）活动和景点，或政府关于建造巨型胜利拱门和大规模新白宫舞厅的宣传活动那样引起全国关注。但这个雕像组合（其中还包括一个被称为“自由之魂”的 23 英尺高的女性人物新塑像）是特朗普政府在种族、城市设计和公共空间观点上最有力且最具对抗性的表达之一。
乍一看，这组雕像有点像第一部《哈利·波特》电影中的国际象棋场景。两排各六名士兵在广场上对峙，仿佛这些盟友即将与彼此展开一场不文明的战争。这些人物充满了军事活力，枪已拔出，剑未入鞘，手枪准备就绪。他们的姿态和粗糙的刻画像极了小男孩在厨房桌子上模拟战斗时使用的小塑料士兵。细节很通用，设计没有任何特别的审美价值。就像 6 月下旬开幕的大美国州博览会一样，整个东西感觉像是临时凑合且草率的。
但其中六尊雕像代表非裔美国人，包括詹姆斯·阿米斯特德·拉法耶特（James Armistead Lafayette），一名相对知名的被奴役者，他在担任美国间谍并向担任美国将军的拉法耶特侯爵提供关于英国战略的关键信息后，最终赢得了自由。
霍尔顿表示，所选的人物“非常偏向北方”，这意味着他们代表的是较小比例的被奴役或曾被奴役的非裔美国人（主要来自北方），他们服务于美国一方；而人数更多的一组（尤其是南方）则通过服务于英国人来寻求自由和平等的机会。霍尔顿认为，非裔美国人在革命中的角色是一个有趣的历史章节，但国家公园管理局将这一叙事框架设定为——一个最终成功的废奴运动的火花——忽略了更宏大的故事。
“革命打开了向西扩张的大门，而代价则是原住民和非裔美国人的牺牲，”他说。
从上至下：自由广场（Freedom Plaza）是新装置的所在地，作为白宫与美国国会大厦之间的礼仪连接点。这座代表建国之父兼奴隶主凯撒·罗德尼的骑马像于 2020 年从特拉华州的原址被拆除，现在矗立在广场中心。展览中的几个人物遮挡了刻在广场铺装上的引言。
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骑在马上的奴隶主罗德尼塑像铸造精良，现在看起来像是那些刻画粗糙的黑人士兵的指挥官。这种排列还让人联想到种植园监工驱赶奴隶工人的画面。
由于英国没有限制在原殖民地之外获取土地，奴隶制在整个南部以及阿拉巴马州和密西西比州等新定居州得到了扩张，并以一种更系统、更残酷的方式根深蒂固。
国家公园管理局没有确认制作这些雕像的艺术家，也没有回答关于展览成本、出资方或雕像制作过程的问题，而这些雕像大多似乎是由薄金属板模制而成的。该局发送了一份声明，称此次展示为一次“公民场景”，旨在鼓励“美国人参观我们的文化和历史遗迹，并就塑造我们国家的时刻进行有意义的对话”。它还拒绝回答一个关于支持该展览的网页上奇怪主张的问题：“美国成为世界上 128 个国家中第四个结束奴隶制的国家。”
这个公民场景在华盛顿地图上的布局产生了一连串或多或少荒诞的谬误。国家公园管理局选择了一个设有原始 1:1 婴儿版华盛顿规划图（Plan of Washington）的广场，这或许是个意外，因为在革命时期，这张地图和这座城市都还不存在。或许这仅仅是不幸的巧合，几座雕塑遮挡了嵌入广场铺装中的引文，其中一座正好覆盖在宪法 Article 1 中关于建立华盛顿为首都的段落之上。著名非裔美国诗人保罗·劳伦斯·邓巴（Paul Laurence Dunbar）的名字也被覆盖了，他曾写道：“华盛顿的生活斜坡是一个承诺而非实现。”
但考虑到政府不愿突出非裔美国人的故事，我们该如何看待罗德尼（Rodney）的出现？他的家族通过数百名契约奴积累的财富而极大地富裕起来。这座 2031 年吉姆·克劳（Jim Crow）时代的雕像，是献给一位相对不为人知的开国元勋的，在公民家具的工艺水平上，它比那些新的、未署名的非裔美国士兵描绘作更成熟。骑在马上的罗德尼——这个奴隶主，其铸造精良的形象现在看起来像是那些刻画拙劣的黑人士兵的指挥官。这种布局还唤起了一个种植园监工驱赶被奴役工人的形象，这是一个美国历史上令人厌恶且讽刺的人物，弗雷德里克·道格拉斯（Frederick Douglass）将其描述为病态地残酷，经常酗酒且沉溺于社会的毒品之中。
这个公民场景中嵌入的关于非裔美国人的信息，与最近一份白宫报告中传达给史密森学会美国国家历史博物馆的信息相同，该报告批评了政府认为的对美国历史阴暗篇章的过度呈现。黑人可以出现，但他们的出现必须是从属的；他们的故事可以被讲述，但只能作为美国进步和卓越这一宏大叙事的附带内容。
这些人物被放置在由普利兹克奖得主建筑师罗伯特·文图里（Robert Venturi）事务所设计的华盛顿地图上，这也唤起了一种被占领的愿景。文图里的公园
ion’t universally beloved, especially in the summer when the plaza lacks shade. 但这种开放性对其传达的信息和目的至关重要，即让访问者沉浸在城市的原始设计中，其巨大的轴线大道暗示着开放和公民雄心，而其十字街道的网格则融入了充满活力的城市生活。作者莎拉·卢里亚（Sarah Luria）将 1:1 婴儿版规划图描述为推销一种新政府理念的重要工具，其宽阔的对角线大道暗示了像亚历山大·汉密尔顿（Alexander Hamilton）这样的人所拥护的联邦理想，而其较小的、更具生活气息的街道则代表了杰斐逊愿景中的民主地方。
正如弗吉尼亚大学建筑学院教授、前美术委员会成员伊丽莎白·迈耶（Elizabeth Meyer）所言，自由广场（Freedom Plaza）使“深奥之物变得可见”，让人们沉浸在对制衡机制、政府分支以及城市生活与联邦权力之间相互作用的呈现之中。她说，它是通往华盛顿及其代表意义的“一个巨大的解码”环。
由于其中心位置、开放性以及与华盛顿当地权力中心——威尔逊大厦（Wilson Building）的邻近，自由广场是一个至关重要的第一修正案空间，也是长期的抗议活动场所，包括 2021 年的“占领华尔街”营地。
如今，这里在字面意义上被“占领”了，由一支锡兵方阵及其骑马指挥官占据。因此，一个第一修正案空间承载了一次对第三修正案（“在和平时期，未经业主同意，不得将士兵驻留在任何房屋内……”）的象征性侵犯，而这座城市目前正被数千名国民警卫队士兵占据。
迈耶引用了地理学家、 《城市权利：社会正义与公共空间之争》（The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space）作者唐·米切尔（Don Mitchell）的作品，以强调“占领”对于定义公共空间至关重要。她说：“空间除非能被占用，否则就不是[空间]”，这意味着，除非人们能够主张拥有它、使用它、重新利用它，并在某些情况下重新定义它。
而现在它确实被定义了，但并非由 ，也没有任何投入或同意，而是为了创造一种奴隶主与被奴隶者的等级排列。它还包含一个关于自由的寓言式呈现，强调的不是和平与繁荣的潜力，而是她的 表现得甜蜜。
霍尔顿（Holton）关于广场上有六名黑人士兵的说法是正确的。他们为重新竖立罗德尼（Rodney）的雕像提供了掩护。但在这一古怪的展示中存在着更广泛的背景，存在于雕像与地图、符号与理念之间。地图是开放的，它们演变、改进，变得更加详细，并涵盖更广阔的视野和更大的空间。而雕像则是静态的、固定的且封闭的。除了古董商或收藏家，没有人会选择一张陈旧过时的地图而不是一张更新、更准确的地图。但雕像的设计初衷就是永久性的。
凯撒·罗德尼（Caesar Rodney）将在华盛顿中心坐多久？国家公园管理局（National Park Service）没有回答关于此次展示是否实际上是临时性的问题。
杰夫·吉布斯（JEFF GIBBES） / SEAL & 杰特·T·瓦格纳（JETT T. WAGNER）
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独立战争士兵的青铜雕像立在自由广场。2011 年“占领华尔街”抗议期间，示威者在广场上组成了一个巨大的“99%”。2011 年在广场上的另一次抗议期间进行的瑜伽活动。
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“托尼”避而不谈混乱的现实
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去窥探波登的童年故居，而这个话题这位厨师从未真正详细讨论过。但最主要的是，这让《托尼》（"Tony"）的幕后制作人员得以避开波登生活中那些更混乱、更阴暗的元素——他在2004年结束了自己的生命。
谁能责怪他们试图在波登故事的这一小块碎片中寻找意义？进一步挖掘只会招致灾难。毕竟，这个人的生活是才华、夸张、否认、人性、残酷、幽默、推测与悲剧交织在一起的绝望乱麻。一部传统的从出生到死亡的传记片会在其如此艰巨的主题重量下崩溃。
每个人都知道，或者至少怀疑，传记片是一个具有深度欺骗性的怪物，是一个（希望如此）包裹在虚构之中的真相。印第安纳大学印第安纳波利斯分校的荣休教授丹尼斯·宾厄姆（Dennis Bingham）曾对这种形式进行过广泛写作。在他的著作《究竟是谁的生活？：作为当代电影类型的传记片》（"Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre"）中，宾厄姆宣称，这一类型“绝非简单地重新搭建某人生平的事实”。
宾厄姆认为：“传记片的核心，是戏剧化现实并从中寻找电影制作者自己版本的真相的冲动。”
我感觉到，这正是《托尼》电影制作者的目标。他们拿走了波登留下的故事骨架并将其充实，希望从他们反复呈现在屏幕上的虚构情节中挤出真相。由于电影中心人物的特性，他们的任务变得复杂。正如我们在他去世后的这些年中所了解到的那样，波登讲述他人故事的能力往往比讲述自己的故事更强。我记得作家兼电视主持人尼格拉·劳森（Nigella Lawson）曾告诉波登的前助手兼心腹劳里·伍洛弗（Laurie Woolover）的一句话：“托尼有一种在不真正揭露自己的情况下，诚实地谈论自己的方式。”
我应该在这里停一下，并告诉你，如果你计划观看这部电影，那么此时你可能想要退出这篇文章（假设你还没有退出）。鉴于《托尼》直到周五才在全国上映，你们中的大多数人还没有看过这部电影，可能更倾向于在没有我的偏见和剧透的情况下观看。（如果你想继续关注这个话题，我建议阅读我关于制作波登胡须的故事吗？）
好了，回到正题：在为波登构建基础故事时，约翰逊（Johnson）及其团队采取了一些自由发挥的手段。他们压缩了时间，开发了复合角色，增加了从未出现在波登书中的人物，并改写了波登与在旗舰餐厅（Flagship）领导洗碗工团队的厨师之间的关系——那是年轻的托尼开始担任洗碗工的普罗温斯敦（Provincetown）餐厅。（你可能已经知道，波登在《厨房机密》（"Kitchen Confidential"）中将该地重新命名为“无畏号”（Dreadnaught）。）其中一些操纵在《托尼》中产生了幽默、温柔甚至深刻的时刻。
我最喜欢的场景之一是波登站在厨房里，与南希（Nancy）一起切蔬菜，南希是他的瓦萨学院（Vassar）同学，他跟随她来到普罗温斯敦，希望能点燃一段浪漫关系。他用右手切，她用左手切，这激发了波登开始一段关于左撇子阴险本质的微型独白。当南希感到惊讶时，波登承认这些话是从他母亲那里听来的，她喜欢抛出这类深奥的知识。他觉得她这样做很烦人。
“那你为什么这么做？”南希问。 年轻的波登沉默了一会儿，低头陷入了罕见的沉思。“嗯，”他说，“我不——
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CLOCKWINE 从上至下： 安东尼·波登（Anthony Bourdain） 2000年于纽约 洛哈勒（Los Halles）的 冰箱内； 2019年去世前几天， 在法国科尔马（Colmar） 与电影剧组在一起； 以及2024年于洛杉矶 举行的创意艺术艾美奖。 传记电影《托尼》（Tony） 将一个关于青少年时期的 波登的故事缝合在一起， 讲述他在马萨诸塞州 普罗温斯敦（Provincetown） 担任洗碗工和厨师的 第一个赛季。 但电影制作者们 并没有揭示真相， 而仅仅是将一个复杂的人生 变成了一个令人宽慰的神话。
照片由 John McGowan 拍摄
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知道吗？这个场景揭示了许多——而且是非常多——关于波登未来道路的信息。（我应该指出，如果没有多米尼克·博萨和艾米莉亚·琼斯分别饰演波登和南希时那种松弛、自然主义的表演，这个场景将无法奏效，这两位都是处于上升期的明星。）
这部电影在捕捉那个时期的厨房文化方面也做得相当不错：滴落着睾酮的男子气概、仪式般的匆忙、食物、精疲力竭、肾上腺素飙升，以及那些低俗的笑话。但这部电影也禁不住自己的诱惑。它将 21 世纪“从农场到餐桌”的幻想注入到这个季节性的海鲜小屋中，暗示波登会离开厨房，去当地农场与牛群交流，并从鳕鱼角的养鸡场收集鸡蛋。一位厨师在早场放映后对我表示，他想轻轻嘲讽一下 Flagship 餐厅会自己制作番茄酱和海盐这个想法。
但《Tony》中最不和谐的音符在于波登与餐厅主厨的关系。在《厨房机密》中，主厨鲍比是一个“被生活磨砺过、三十多岁、紧凑的前嬉皮士，像普罗温斯敦（F-town）的很多人一样，多年前来度假然后留了下来”。鲍比领导着一群厨房混混，他们“似乎无所畏惧。他们喝掉视线内的一切，偷走任何没被钉死的东西，并且与服务员、酒吧顾客和偶然的访客发生关系，其程度是我从未见过或想象过的”。根据波登的书，鲍比甚至在 Flagship 后方的垃圾堆里，与一名新娘在她的新婚之夜共度。
这就是激发波登想象力的 20 世纪 70 年代亚文化。他找到了自己的族群，这个族群不仅给了他一种烹饪身份，而且还允许他纵容自己最糟糕的行为。在 2014 年的一集《未知巴黎》中，波登以一个祈祷的中年男人的身份重新审视过去，仍在与那些年的往事作斗争。他告诉镜头，普罗温斯敦是他 38 岁时购买第一袋海洛因的地方。
约翰逊的电影希望我们从波登在那里的时光中得出不同的结论。主厨鲍比从一个寻求刺激的法外之徒，变成了前高级餐厅主厨（由安东尼奥·班德拉斯优雅且庄重地饰演），他将波登纳入麾下并赋予了他目标。鲍比团队的所有犯罪行为基本上都被转移到了一个角色身上，即常驻的牡蛎处理员萨尔（利奥·伍德尔），他最终在一部显得空洞的道德剧中被踢出厨房。
《Tony》中的关键场景——波登在我们眼前发生转变的那个场景——出现在最后一幕，就在 Flagship 的厨房遭遇一场几乎致命的火灾之后。刚失业的波登和萨尔策划了一场骗局，在海滩上举办一场蛤蜊烧烤，假装是餐厅的活动。但当波登的角色出现在活动现场并坚持支付自己的餐费时，波登内心有些东西破碎了，仿佛他所有的虚张声势和欺骗在一位真正正直的厨师面前都毫无作用。
在这个关键时刻，镜头在波登身上停留。电影制作者希望你看到齿轮契合在一起。波登决定表现得体，不再欺骗那个试图为他提供指导和归属感的人。这被演绎成一次顿悟，是一个原本困扰的年轻人的生命中闪现的一丝希望。作为观众，我们被引导去想象从这一刻起，到波登在 61 年人生中所取得的所有惊人成就之间的一条主线。
电影制作者在这里并没有揭示真相。相反，他们创造了一个神话，一种好莱坞式的矫饰，旨在让我们对一个非常复杂的人产生好感。在我看来，这对安东尼·波登的故事是极不诚实的。
但谁又能责怪他们试图在波登故事的这一小块碎片中寻找意义呢？
毕竟，这个人的生活是一团绝望的乱麻，交织着才华、夸张、否认、人性、残酷、幽默、推测与悲剧。一部传统的从出生到死亡的传记电影，会在其如此庞大复杂的题材压力下崩塌。
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从上至下：Dominic Bossa 和 Emilia Jones 在《Tony》中饰演年轻时的 Anthony Bourdain 和他的恋人 Nancy。左侧的 Antonio Banderae 饰演 Bossa 饰演的 Bourdain 的厨师导师。
等等，感恩节期间没盯着橄榄球看的人反而没礼貌？
Carolyn Han
亲爱的 Carolyn：我的丈夫的儿子和他的新婚妻子在去年感恩节来拜访我们。他们住在很远的地方，这是他们的年度拜访。
他们在访期间，他们的首要任务是观看电视上的每一场橄榄球赛。我的丈夫陪他们一起看，部分原因是他也喜欢橄榄球，部分是因为他想和他们共度时光。我能理解。
问题在于，我不喜欢橄榄球，不喜欢体育，甚至不喜欢电视。有几次我询问是否有人愿意陪我散步或去超市，但没有人愿意，因为他们正在看橄榄球。于是我选择在房间里听有声书。
我并不生气他们选择做自己喜欢的事，而且我认为我的表现也没有显得生气或失望。在其他时间，我也和大家在一起，我们一起出去吃饭等等。
我的丈夫最近去拜访了他的儿子和儿媳，期间谈到了我没有参与家庭橄榄球观看活动这件事。他们表示，我没有和大家待在同一个房间里是很没礼貌的，或者至少是不体贴的。
今年感恩节这种情况还会再次出现，我的丈夫要求我加入他们。由于视力问题，除非我戴耳机，否则在他们看电视时我真的无法阅读。我的丈夫和我一致认为，戴耳机也会被视为没礼貌。我真的需要坐在那里看着他们看橄榄球吗？
我很喜欢我的继子和他的妻子，并希望与他们保持良好的关系。
—Siddhwal
Siddhwal：当然，这是最重要的。家人！
至少你们之中有一个人这么认为。
所以 12-minute 从注意到拜访
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一年仅一次拜访父亲及其配偶，却只为了掌控电视机；在假期中连续 10 小时 33 分钟（外加任何赛前和赛后的琐碎环节）无视他们的家；依赖于他们配偶讨厌的节目；然后在几个月后在上述设备的背后议论，说安静且不带评判地离开这个礼仪犯罪现场去自我娱乐是“没礼貌的，或者至少是不体贴的”。(T) 唯一失败的地方在于，它不能作为一个关于“没礼貌”和“不体贴”的生动真实案例，因为，显然这在教科书中没有教过。
说真的，毫无掩饰且毫无疑虑地，我想知道我们两人在纠结这对夫妇对你多么没礼貌时能获得什么好处，除非你准备好挖掘你丈夫的没礼貌以及缺乏支持——考虑到他也被如此彻底地牵涉其中。你意识到，他本可以通过承认（理想情况下是上述暴食）你不喜欢橄榄球甚至不喜欢电视，并且你通过安静地享受书籍并让他们专注于橄榄球，在你们持有之物的外围表现得像个绝对 100-percent 的冠军般大度，从而极大地改善关系，不。
如果你能接受的最佳结果是平静地继续爱或喜欢这三个人，那么请避开光芒，选择以下四条路径之一。第一，要求你的丈夫在第二次尝试时把这件事处理好。参考上述剧本。
第二，由你亲自告诉这对夫妇，并根据谦逊的原则进行调整。“别管我。我不喜欢橄榄球或电视，但你们尽管做你们热爱的事！我明天再加入你们。”（“享受我从 Bon-n-have 订的最少的东西吧！”）
第三，由你的丈夫向他的儿子提出建议，为他每年一次的到访选择一个不同的、没有被橄榄球占据的周末。因为，说认真的，为什么？
第四，在主持人的负面评价中深呼吸，直到刺痛感消失，然后回到你的有声书。这个方法可以单独使用，也可以深思熟虑地搭配——就像他们在离开时你会倒的酒一样。
请发送邮件至 before@washpost.com 联系 Carolyn Han。每天早晨在 same-sl.gov / ice 接收她的时事通讯。
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我讨厌丈夫与他哥哥的关系疏远。我该怎么办？
Amy Parapjanov 纽约
亲爱的 Say More：我的丈夫与他的哥哥“Jack”关系疏远（两人都处于人生）。尽管他们年龄相仿且几乎在一起长大，但他们
在生活中经历过困难时期，Jack 与我丈夫断绝了数年的联系。后来他们化解了矛盾，在很多年里，我们与 及其家人保持着亲密的关系，包括一起度假，表亲们一起成长， 的妻子和我之间也有着深厚的友谊。
但 当时的行为给我的丈夫带来的伤害依然深深刻在心中。几年前，他们因一个家庭问题发生冲突，从此便不再说话。我的丈夫非常愤怒，说他不会允许 再次伤害他。我曾敦促他与 解决问题，声称我们的孩子失去了他们曾经与表亲们拥有的那种关系。他说，即使要付出这个代价，他也不愿与一个有毒的兄弟保持联系。
我已经很久没有提起这件事了，但我对此依然深感不快。我不希望我的孩子在成长过程中认为与兄弟姐妹关系疏远是可以接受的。我和我的两个兄弟姐妹关系极其亲密，我知道这种纽带能带来多少回报。
—我不认同这一切
我不认同这一切：你不想让你的孩子认为关系疏远是可以接受的。但你是否希望他们相信，仅仅为了他人能拥有快乐的家庭体验，而维持一段带来巨大痛苦的关系是合理的？
现在不要采取任何行动，请继续支持你的丈夫，让他应对这场漫长且令人痛苦的冲突。如果和解并非源于他自己的愿望，而是源于他感受到来自你的独特压力，那么情况会变得更糟。
我不知道 和你丈夫之间发生了什么，我对所有受影响的人感到遗憾。
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但关系疏远并不一定是永久的。现在通过一条短信（尽管我建议写信）来开启一段比以往任何时候都更容易。也许你的丈夫在几年后会改变主意，或者永远不会。这是他需要做出的决定。
从《圣经》到 Talatuy 再到“buzzession”，血缘关系始终处于核心地位是有原因的。兄弟姐妹是我们历史上理应建立纽带、但却从未选择的人。他们可以是映照出我们自身胜利、缺陷以及关于我们希望成为什么样的人（或庆幸自己不是什么样的人）之不安的镜子。即使关系已经，我们仍觉得有责任维持它。如果你信中描述的这种动态发生在的情况下，你的反应仍然会是为了孩子而强行推进吗？在家庭关系中，人们期望培养这种终身联系。因此，兄弟姐妹之间的决裂可能比任何其他关系的恶化都更让人感到私人化的伤害。你的丈夫可能认为自己在某种程度上失败了。而且，如果他能察觉到你的不快乐，他可能会感到被审判。这对谁都没有帮助。
你担心你的孩子会观察到这次裂痕，并且仿佛，他们之间也会产生隔阂。我更担心的是他们看着两个彼此怨恨的人在一次被迫的家庭度假中进行客套的闲聊——那将是他们永远无法忘记的度假噩梦。
他们与表亲的关系也并非自动注定失败。一旦他们成年，甚至成为青少年，你的孩子可以在任何时候他们的表亲，而且他们理应像你丈夫一样，有权就家庭做出自己的选择。
同样重要的是，要承认在这个过程中你失去了与杰克妻子的关系。如果你和她之间建立了具有意义的个人友谊，那么向你的丈夫表达你打算继续维持这段友谊是值得的，且无需要求将其演变为全面的家庭往来。在下次喝咖啡见面时可能会有尴尬的时刻，但即便这段友谊值得维持，你们也会克服这些困难的。
目前，与其期盼一个可能永远不会实现的未来，并将过去不完美的家庭表现浪漫化，不如专注于你现有的关系。并且提醒你的孩子们，在他们一生建立友谊的过程中，“家人”可以扩展到各种不同的关系中——而不仅仅是血缘关系。
他告诉 AI，因为我体重增加所以他不打算求婚
Elahe Izadi
亲爱的 Say More：自从疫情以来，我的体重增加了许多。随着体重的增加，我的性生活从糟糕变成了完全消失。
我的长期男友再也不想和我发生性关系，当我向他提起这件事时，他说类似这样的话：“对于在一起 X 年的情侣来说，性生活频率降低是很正常的。”但我对我们的关系感到非常不安和多疑，于是我偷偷查看了他的电脑。
我发现他一直在 ChatGPT 中讨论关于我的事情，说他觉得我反复询问他是否还觉得我有吸引力这件事让他非常厌烦。更糟糕的是，我在他的 ChatGPT 对话中发现，他原本计划向我求婚，但现在他不确定了，因为他讨厌我现在的外貌。他还说，由于我变得如此缺乏安全感，或者他现在只是觉得我很烦人。（天哪，当 ChatGPT 建议他和我分手时，他说这最终并不是他想要的。）
他是我最好的朋友，我讨厌自己因为体重增加这么多而让他失望。我正努力尝试更健康地饮食并增加锻炼，但我不知道是否应该彻底放弃，因为，如果这些还不够怎么办？
我该怎么办？
—— 心碎且多疑
心碎且多疑：噢，亲爱的。你问错了问题。我知道体重增加有时会引发羞耻感，但我敦促你寻找方法，消除那种认为你因为体重增加而让他（或任何人）失望的想法（稍后详述）。
你需要面对两个残酷的事实。你偷看了——看来 ChatGPT 是他的日记或治疗师——而且你无法抹除你所看到的内容。如果你想继续和你的男友在一起，即使这次是对隐私的侵犯是由缺乏安全感驱动的，你也需要披露并解决这次信任危机，因为你无法回到没看到这些之前的状态。
他询问了 ChatGPT。而你询问了我（顺便谢谢你！）。现在是你们彼此进行真实对话的时候了。你可以
邀请他向你敞开心扉，而不是向 AI。也许他是在向 AI 发泄情绪。或者在你询问性生活时他说了真话。或者他在找借口以避免对你说出伤人的话。无论如何，伤人的话现在已经公开了。这是他能够完全诚实面对自己对自己的感觉、他的需求、他的价值观，以及他是否仍然想和你在一起的机会。（这些问题你也应该认真地问问自己）。每个人在一段关系中都有自己的需求等级，而你只负责你自己的需求。例如，你有被渴望的需求。这对你很重要吗？考虑到他的聊天记录——也许这只是故事的一部分——他听起来很矛盾。他可能需要理清自己的想法。你可能也需要。
当一方经历剧烈的身体变化时，关系受到干扰并不罕见。进行过减重手术的已婚人士离婚率更高——一项研究发现，他们分开的可能性是其他人的两倍多——部分原因是这种大幅度的体重减轻会对共同的习惯、仪式和性生活产生连锁反应。原有的平衡被打破了。也许你们的关系也是如此，但你们可以单独或作为伴侣寻求专业资源或专家的支持（我不是专家，ChatGPT 也不是）。但了解这是一个更广泛的社会动态，而不仅仅是你一个人的问题，会对你有帮助。
至于你，如果你希望改变生活方式，我祈祷你能找到一种动力，是为了让自己在心理、情感和身体上更加快乐和健康——为了你自己，而不是为了改变外貌以说服某人留在你身边。你值得被爱，如果有人爱你，你的福祉应该是他们最关心的事情。你的福祉也是你最关心的事情吗？如果不是，你可以采取什么行动来优先考虑它？
现在，我用世界上最温柔的态度告诉你：如果你的男朋友因为你体重增加，或者因为你难以应对体重增加而不想和你结婚，那么事实就是这样。我们无法总是控制自己的吸引力。但请思考这件事向你揭示了关于他、你们之间的动态关系，以及你是否真的会觉得与他终身绑定是安全的。例如，如果你现在减掉体重，但如果以后体重反弹了会怎样？你正在考虑的承诺是一件严肃的事情。你进入婚姻时拥有一个特定的身体，然后生活总会发生各种变故。意外。突如其来的疾病。激素的剧烈波动。我们都会衰老（好吧，除非你拥有 KFA Jesure / Lewis Kite Jesuser 那样的财富，但那是另一回事了）。我们最初拥有的身体不可避免地会发生变化，有时我们以及我们的欲望也会随之改变。
理想情况下，你和你的伴侣能够共同应对这一切。但并非每个人都能做到。但我向你保证，生活从现在起只会变得更加复杂。在面对这些复杂情况时，你们如何对待彼此以及对待自己，比体重秤上的任何数字都更能揭示真相。如果你无法与他共同度过这个特定的阶段，那么你可能是在为自己避免未来更多的心碎。
我们在姐夫 / 妹夫的葬礼上被排除在家庭合影之外
Shane O'Neill
亲爱的 Say More：我和丈夫最近花费巨资长途跋涉，去参加我姐夫 / 妹夫的葬礼。我们是一对没有孩子的夫妇，在包括曾侄辈和侄辈在内的所有家庭成员中，我们与这个分支家庭的关系最为亲近。
在纪念午宴上，嫂子 / 弟媳及其家人聚集在一起拍照，但没有邀请我们加入。死者的孩子们问我们为什么不参加这次非正式的拍照。因为想不出更好的答案，我开玩笑地说：“噢，我们是‘局外人’（outlaws）。”
我认为不邀请我们是很不体贴的，我不知道该如何处理这件事。此外，我们出席葬礼后从未收到过感谢。您怎么看？
—— 在线姻亲
姻亲局外人：首先，我对您的损失深表遗憾。有一次，在我失去挚爱之后，一位朋友对我说：“我希望你对自己保持友善、耐心和宽容。”这句话帮到了我，希望也能帮到您。
至于您的来信，我的建议是放下这件事。
所有关于悲痛的陈词滥调都是真实的：它是非线性的，它会让人们变得古怪，它会影响我们的判断，它可能让我们变得心不在焉、酗酒，或者做出极其糟糕的选择，比如尝试大胆的新发型。
你的嫂子 / 弟媳及其家人可能是故意排挤你。但也可能是他们在巨大的悲痛中无法正常思考。我认为对每个人来说，假设是后者会更好。
他们没有感谢你也是一样。我通常是一个非常注重说“谢谢”的人。我也通常是一个非常注重口腔卫生的人。但在我失去亲近之人的时候，我发现自己无法做很多体面、正常的事情，比如保持礼貌和刷牙。
悲痛的另一个悲剧是，人们可能会对自己痛苦的感知变得更加敏感，而对他人的感受变得更加迟钝。这可能会在受伤之上的伤口上撒盐。我想，孩子们询问你为什么没拍照，是否可以被视为一种邀请？
从纯粹的实用层面来看，你没在照片里也许是一件幸运的事。我知道拍摄葬礼和死者是某些死亡仪式的重要组成部分。人们应该以任何能帮助他们及其亲人痊愈的方式来哀悼。
但就我个人而言，我已经有足够多自己看起来憔悴且浮肿的照片了。我不需要在不同的一天再多一张。我不认识你的姐夫 / 妹夫，也不了解你的精神信仰，但我会通过想象一个挚爱的人从彼岸看向这一天来获得安慰。他们可能会说：“我要看看你有没有在这张合影里！”
如果你仍然难以摆脱这种糟糕的感觉，也许你和你的丈夫可以举行一个私人仪式来纪念你的姐夫 / 妹夫。你们可以看他的旧电影，看照片，分享回忆，写点东西，学习一些东西，喝点什么，或者只是安静地共处片刻。
无论葬礼上发生了什么，你知道自己心中在想什么。我愿意相信你的姐夫 / 妹夫也知道。
我向你保证，生活从这里开始只会变得更加复杂。
在复杂情况中你们如何对待彼此以及对待自己，比体重秤上的任何数字都更能揭示真相。
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夫妻尝试翻新厨房，丈夫却像一座孤岛
咨询 埃里克
亲爱的埃里克：我和丈夫都退休了。我们各自拥有可观且相当的退休金。除了定期向一个用于支付水电费、税金等的共同账户存款外，我们的财务是分开管理的。
我们决定翻新厨房。这个过程引发了一些激烈的争吵。
我的丈夫是个吝啬鬼。他挑剔每一份报价单，并抱怨价格“离谱”。他砍掉那些（在我看来）并不太贵的翻新项目，或者试图说服我很多工作我们可以自己动手完成。
昨天他宣布，我们不需要在柜台下方增加两个电源插座，因为“我们可能不会经常使用它们”，而且“用接线板有什么问题吗！”
但如果那是他的主意，每一分钱都花得值。例如，他喋喋不休地讲述为什么中心岛台的台面必须用大理石，即便那样要花 $1,000。
我太厌倦于试图证明我的要求是合理的（同时还要迁就他的要求），简直想尖叫。我们负担得起这一切。我尝试过用幽默、愤怒、失望、冷战，甚至图表和曲线图来沟通。对于那些我认为有品位但被他不断批评的事物，我简直受够了，这简直不像是在装修新厨房。您能帮我找到一种方法，让我们达成合理的妥协吗？
—— 厨房里厨师太多
埃里克：看来你们在财务方面都已经习惯了独立运作（这没有问题，很多夫妇都有独立账户）。因此，这个共同项目产生摩擦并不奇怪。
你的丈夫似乎宣布自己拥有最终决定权，而在讨论共同资金和共同空间时，这是一个问题。
你们两人退回到各自的阵营可能会有所帮助。制定一份修改后的预算，将资金分为两部分：一部分是你们双方都能同意的事项的共同资金池，另一部分是其中一人想要而另一人不太感兴趣的事项的自由支配资金。
如果他想要大理石台面，可以从他的预算中出钱。如果你想要插座，可以从你的预算中出钱，然后约定双方都不得抱怨对方支付的项目成本。
现在，有一个警告：这样做确实有风险把厨房变成一个“弗兰肯斯坦”式的怪胎。但听起来你们冲突的重点不在于卫生，而在于财务。你们可能会发现，不再向对方提出要求或证明选择的合理性，而是分别为共同项目出资，会让你们更快乐。
亲爱的埃里克：我 70 多岁了，需要做白内障手术。我最好的朋友之一就是我的眼科医生。他快 80 岁了。40 年前他给我的左眼做过手术，效果非常好。现在，我担心他在接近 90 岁时，手可能不再那么稳了。
我暗示过他应该退休，但他表示还没准备好退休。
我们多年来一直是朋友，我很珍惜这段友谊。我知道如果我向他表达我的担忧，将会结束我们的友谊。
我的妻子说他给其他病人做手术效果都很好。但我们并不确定。他在“Krip”上只有三条评价，我对这些评价持怀疑态度。请给出建议。
—— 友情的尾端
埃里克：虽然任何医疗程序都无法保证结果，但你朋友的年龄并不一定与他的技术水平有直接相关性。所以，你正在面对的是焦虑——这是一种自然的反应，尤其是在面对手术时。
你应该努力让自己在医疗护理方面感到尽可能舒适，无论友谊如何。这是你的身体；你可以尽可能谨慎。
虽然你的焦虑无法预测未来会发生什么，但你可以采取措施来解决它。不过，这样做可能需要一次委婉的谈话。
可以考虑告诉你的朋友，你对这次手术感到焦虑，并且你宁愿坦诚表达这种感受，也不愿让它在你们的友谊中造成冲突。你可以请求他帮你克服恐惧，或者你也可以选择寻求第二诊疗意见，并告诉他这并非因为他做了什么，而是为了预防而你必须采取的行动。
你不需要提及他的年龄，因为再次强调，这只是引发你这些想法的部分原因。他很可能能够理解。你仍然面临损害他职业自尊的风险，但如果你将重点放在你为了感到安心而需要的事情上，而不是基于你并不具备的证据去评估他的技术，你或许能够维持这段友谊。
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1 Ionism 语言 2 30 ... 你会在这里发现 3 Wrenz 一个清醒的头脑 4 Leaksinger 的供应 5 带着激情的 William 6 强烈的饥饿感 7 Duer 的声音，非正式 8 ... 为了国内的（夸大倾向） 9 Blistings 的工作场所 10 灾难 11 “那么，这是什么？” 12 浴室里的杆子 13 Reme 服务网站（曾经名字里有“Let”） 14 通过钥匙孔看，车 15 “蝴蝶之你的”纪念碑：穆罕默德 16 新穆斯林 (all 17 24-36 ... Djar (狗) 18 县或州节日
24 Appeal 的巡演 25 Good，其标签曾是 (J.E.S. Reunds) 26 以前在 OK 的 Duer 27 在 mattr 中愚弄教条？ 28 计划的降落小时数 29 900 西部对决 30 种植园宣传 31 把衬衫脱掉 32 Baggum of the 33 Sander Man 特许经营 34 Van unstose，简写 35 “再次 ... 我” 36 Beachum 活动期间的 Reme 费用 40 ... 并且 ... 并且 ... (不可能) 41 带着胶水、访问等的离去派对，也许 42 谷物，喜剧或喜剧，例如 43 博物馆出 44 52 Gish 再次 45 行动中的中断 46 皮革工 50 “相当 ...” 59 “Earlier”演员 Mirren 60 广泛的覆盖 65 规则严格的 L.M. 组织 66 “自 1939 年起裁剪”作为一部小说小说 68 90 年的大城市 69 燃烧的触碰” 72 怀旧的声音 73 惩罚：一个角色 75 科学中的准备 76 另一个签署的帷幕 79 略微不适 81 发起诉讼 79 没有捕捉到批评 82 带有人们的状况 83 第一部坐席电话 84 可以随时间克服的障碍 85 护理人员助手 87 简单的致敬 88 两种计划字母 89 非常适合获取 92 乐观的模块 92 表现出 antidotful
HORSEBORE
作者：GEORGIA MEGLIS
生日快乐！8月18日：你性格外向，享受成为关注的焦点。同时，你也冷静且注重隐私。今年对你来说是学习与教学的一年。花时间更新你的精神信仰。探索那些能让你更好地自我认知，并让你更接近生命真实意义的哲学。
月相：今天购物或做出重要决定没有任何限制。月亮位于天秤座。
白羊座（3月21日-4月19日）：今天的情况好坏参半。大部分时间是浪漫、友好且和谐的。这是一个社交以及与孩子们一起享受趣味活动的绝佳时机。尽管如此，你可能会遇到一个扫兴的人。保持轻松心态！
金牛座（4月20日-5月20日）：今天同事们会给予支持。然而，对于那些没有工作的人来说，今天是在家放松并忙于进行小修小补的好日子。关注今天杯中满的一半，而不是半空的一半。
双子座（5月21日-6月20日）：这是一个令人愉悦、浪漫的最后机会之日。与你的爱人一起工作和放松。你还将享受社交、短途旅行、拜访兄弟姐妹和亲戚，以及体育赛事和儿童活动。
巨蟹座（6月21日-7月22日）：
今天在与父母和权威人士打交道时请保持礼貌，因为在与年长、经验更丰富或处于权威地位的人打交道时可能会产生紧张气氛。你们中的一些人今天会享受购买美丽物品的购物乐趣。
狮子座（7月23日-8月22日）：
由于月亮在你的星座中与水星和木星共舞，你渴望与他人进行有趣的讨论。这是一个短途旅行或探索并学习新事物的绝佳日子。
处女座（8月23日-9月22日）：
今天享受在幕后放松。你可能会发现增加收入的方法。你也可能会在美丽的事物上花钱。你们中的一些人可能会参与体育和竞技活动。
天秤座（9月23日-10月22日）：
今天月亮与你视野中的网球对齐。你会向他人散发出温暖和友好的气息。这是一个社交的绝佳日子！浪漫爱情受到眷顾，因为你感到充满爱意且多情。
天蝎座（10月23日-11月21日）：
尽管你今天给他人留下了极佳的印象（事实也确实如此），但你可能会选择隐藏在幕后，在私密场所放松。有些人将沉溺于秘密情事。
射手座（11月22日-12月21日）：这是一个受欢迎的日子！如果你能旅行或做一些不同的事情来改变常规，这会让你感到愉快。事实上，你今天会被那些“与众不同”的人所吸引。对于你们中的一些人来说，一段长久的友谊可能会转化为浪漫关系。
摩羯座（12月22日-1月19日）：从某种程度上说，今天是讨论如何分享某项财务的绝佳日子。这也是一个充满激情、浪漫的日子。尽管如此，与权威人士（如父母和老板）的关系可能会紧张。
水瓶座（1月20日-2月18日）：
远离争议性话题；新闻可能会让你心情低落。有时为了心理健康，禁绝新闻是有好处的。今天做一些不同的事情。浪漫关系受到眷顾！
双鱼座（2月19日-3月20日）：
虽然今天是放松并享受亲人陪伴的完美日子，但你们中的一些人精力充沛，可能会尝试完成一些工作。不要给自己太大压力。基本上，这是一个尝试寻找乐趣的日子！
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来自内心的早餐：Heat Da Spot
第一次走进 Heat Da Spot 可能会让人感到有些不知所措。餐厅的墙上贴满了数十道菜肴的照片，还有印着 Airbnb 风格格言（“COPPER FIGHT YOU PEOPLE LATER”）和欢快标语（“Get cozy with self!”）的牌子。在狭小的用餐区里，主题线条显得异常庞大，入口处则摆放着一组来自世界各地的马克杯，这些杯子是由餐厅最忠实的当地熟客签名赠送的。这里就像是一个艺术生的高中年鉴在你的最爱姨妈的客厅里活了起来。
由于这里有太多看点，人们可能很难知道该看向哪里。请允许我将您的注意力引导至收银台上方的一块彩色标牌，上面写着：“PLEASE DON'T RUSH THIS CHEE”（请不要催促这道菜），以及“WE ARE NOT FAIT FOOD!”（我们不是快餐！）。当你走进去，排队向其中一位姐妹下单时，她们会用真诚的“亲爱的”或“甜心”来称呼你，让人的心都飞了起来；此时你应该知道，这里的早餐制作过程是不能催促的。这款埃塞俄比亚风格的早餐——由炒蛋和英杰拉（injera）组成的招牌拼盘——需要一些时间。但它是绝对值得的。
这道菜的出现是为了在这样一个充满祝福——但对一家餐厅而言极具挑战——且遍布埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚餐厅的城市中脱颖而出。该地区的其他餐厅早餐也提供鸡蛋，但很少有像这里这样大胆地使用 herbcos 进行调味。撒上大量的基础混合香料，赋予了 Heat Da Spot 的炒蛋深沉的咸鲜味和令人喉咙发痒的温暖感。
为了反击那种软炒蛋文化，这里的鸡蛋饱满且丰盈，烹饪至边缘足够酥脆，足以让一个法国人晕厥。（就我个人而言，我热爱这种扎实的口感。）另一个让 Heat Da Spot 早餐变得特别的小细节是：在菜肴上淋上一层蜂蜜，这点亮了与培根配煎饼或鸡肉配华夫饼相同的咸甜味蕾。拼盘的周围环绕着一卷厚实的酸味英杰拉和一块 sambusa（一种填满小扁豆的酥脆三角形糕点）。
在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴长大，姐妹俩主要通过观察学习烹饪。Sennet 仍然将她和她的姐妹描述为“厨师”（cooks）而非“主厨”（chefs），并表示多年来，菜单上增加的都是她们“擅长”烹饪的菜肴。她们将最费工且复杂的菜肴（如 doro wat）留给了其他餐厅。虽然她们也提供一些经典的肉类和蔬菜菜肴，如 tins 和炖小扁豆，但我发现这些菜肴有时缺乏其他埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚餐厅中那种能使其达到空灵境界的精准调味和细致烹饪。
然而，在早餐方面，这对姐妹是无敌的。在极少数我放弃那盘可靠的早餐拼盘的早晨，我会选择 quanta fiefs，这道菜将染成红色的 herbcos 英杰拉条与用空气炸锅烹制的肉块结合在一起，以模仿 quanta（一种香料干肉）。herbcos 的烟熏感和热度赋予了这道菜一种超凡脱俗的风味，让人想起烧烤店里的焦边肉（burnt ends）。这就是最美好的一天开始的方式。
有目的的披萨：Ice 'n' Slice
说这对兄妹不提供多罗瓦特（doro wat）并不完全准确。在 Ice 'n' Slice，负责餐厅日常运营的所罗门（Solomon）每周都会精心准备这道菜。经过数小时的慢炖，当酱汁呈现出如 nunshed 粘土般的颜色，且鸡肉炖至脱骨时，他将其变成了披萨。
这种鸡肉炖菜是埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚料理中最受欢迎的素食菜肴之一，在披萨中既充当底料也充当顶料。定义这道菜的浓郁甜味洋葱与贝贝雷（berbere）混合物，被铺在加入了贝贝雷的番茄酱之上。
Heat Da Spot 的埃塞俄比亚风味早餐包含炒蛋、英杰拉（injera）和一个三布萨（sambusa）。
在 Ice 'n' Slice，埃塞俄比亚菜肴被转化为披萨，例如 letigah kilfs（底部），以及亚的斯亚贝巴（Addis Ababa）——这是一种在单一饼底上汇集了埃塞俄比亚核心菜肴的自助盛宴。
酱汁之后，铺上带骨的炖肉块和水煮蛋片，后者在传统上是炖菜的配菜。此外还加入了大量的奶酪，有助于缓解起初轻微但随每一块披萨而增强的辣味。
其结果在视觉上非常震撼，而将其盛放在一个 movie（一种传统用于盛放英杰拉和大规模公共宴会的编织篮）中进一步增强了效果。在这里，圆锥形的盖子被戏剧性地揭开，露出……披萨！这一花式动作是对 Ice 'n' Slice 核心文化交融的致敬，也是给许多通过社交媒体现象发现该餐厅、现在带着手机满怀期待而来的年轻食客们的戏剧性礼物。
在这个社交媒体营销的时代，烹饪噱头无处不在且往往令人失望。尽管我非常渴望尝试 Ice 'n' Slice（我是通过刷手机发现它的，唉），但我的好奇心伴随着一些怀疑。在吃了五块披萨后，我的结论是：埃塞俄比亚披萨很好吃。当然如此。将一种基于面包和茶匙（teaspoon）构建的料理元素转移到另一种料理中，会有多牵强呢？毕竟，埃塞俄比亚和意大利料理长期以来一直交织在一起，而那些依赖英杰拉的酸味和结构而得益的、风味浓郁的炖菜，与披萨饼底非常契合。
尽管我很喜欢多罗瓦特披萨，但我最爱的是亚的斯亚贝巴。所罗门用番茄酱铺底，并加上大量轻微蒸熟的卷心菜、炖扁豆、黄豌豆以及甜菜和胡萝卜的 marnels——将埃塞俄比亚的核心菜肴汇集在单一饼底上，在不使用肉类的情况下，实现了肉类爱好者披萨那种令人饱足的满足感。
和姐妹们一样，所罗门也是一名专家。他的多罗瓦特味道复杂且圆润，但他的牛肉 this kids do；当然。虽然结束正餐的冰淇淋（这就是餐厅名称中“ice”的由来）令人非常满意，但它并非夏季交付的顶级之作。但你来这里不是为了冰淇淋或任何其他需要比较的菜肴。你来这里是为了埃塞俄比亚披萨。没有什么能与之媲美。
Heat Da Spot 的 quanta filir 将酸辣的贝贝雷风味英杰拉与块状的脆嫩牛肉相结合。
从左起，on-swewers 以及双胞胎姐妹蒂姆西特（Timsit）和塞内特·盖特森（Sennet Gaitson）在 Heat Da Spot 的餐厅内。
双胞胎的哥哥本·所罗门（Ben Solomon）经常出现在 Ice 'n' Slice，提供冰淇淋并制作披萨。
Heat Da Spot Cafe
● (Gand)
3213 Georgia Ave. NW. healthapadst.com.
202-636-4733
营业时间：周二至周五，上午 7:30 至下午 3 点； 周六和周日，上午 8:30 至下午 3 点。
必尝：埃塞俄比亚风格早餐，quanta fiefs。
避雷：Beyaznets platter（素食拼盘）
价格：大多数埃塞俄比亚早餐菜品 $19.99 至 $26.99。
噪音检测：69 分贝 / 交谈轻松。
无障碍设施：无进入障碍，但室内 sucking 有限。洗手间符合 40A 无障碍标准。 通往户外露台有小台阶。
饮食注意事项：菜单上未列出过敏原；提供多种无肉菜品。
Ice 'n' Slice
● (Gand)
3937 Georgia Ave. NW. diconetics.com. 202- 722-1805
营业时间：周二至周五，上午 11 点至晚上 9 点； 周六和周日，上午 9 点至晚上 10 点。
必尝：Doro wat 比萨，亚的斯亚贝巴比萨， letigah kilfs 比萨。
避雷：Merhato (this) 比萨。
价格：埃塞俄比亚比萨 $27.99 至 $39.99。
噪音检测：67 分贝 / 交谈轻松。
无障碍设施：无进入障碍；洗手间 符合 40A 无障碍标准。
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来自迈阿密的 7 岁女孩 Claire Delgado 在安克雷奇的 Wild Scoops 享用一个冰淇淋蛋筒。这家店凭借对当地食材（如薪柴、桦树糖浆和云杉顶）的关注，吸引了来自世界各地的冰淇淋爱好者。
主题公园
迪士尼世界正在更换其深受喜爱的垃圾桶。F2
航空旅行
关于携带大麻飞行五个问题的解答。F2
RISK STEVES
威尼斯已经改变，但它并未失去其魅力。F5
STOQUETTE
酒店自助早餐的注意事项。F6
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迪士尼世界的垃圾桶拥有狂热追随者。现在它们即将消失。
作者：HANNAN SAMPSON
当 Skip Sher 和其他迪士尼爱好者在 2021 年底聚集在佛罗里达州奥兰多附近的 Epost 喝酒一日游时，他们在主题公园英国馆外的一个垃圾桶旁会合。他们约定以后再次在那里见面。
该团体的创始人 Sher 表示，有人建议新成立的“迪士尼日饮俱乐部”（Disney Day Drinkers Club）需要一个立场。“所以我们就在想，这个垃圾桶怎么样？”
那个被他们称为 Binny 的垃圾桶成了该俱乐部的标志。虽然 Binny 此后已进入未知的领域，令该团体非常关注，但它的传奇依然存在。迪士尼乐园垃圾桶的吸引力同样如此：它们根据所在位置设计主题，且足够可爱，足以激发一系列周边商品、服装以及网络追随者的热情。
最重要的是，在 Epost 的 Deepest 节日期间（公园内的摊位销售食物和饮料），垃圾桶平坦的顶部方便游客放置饮料或零食。Sher 将其称为一件“古怪的事”，他说他见过人们带来野餐桌布、蜡烛和精美的餐盘摆在上面。“垃圾桶桌”已成为常见的休息点，当参与者在公园的全球橱窗（World Showcase）漫步，品尝盛在小盘子里的最佳航班、饺子或小滑块汉堡时，他们会在这里休息或拍摄照片。
“在华特迪士尼世界，尤其是在 Epost，人们会对这些东西产生情感依恋，因为它们 each 都是你 Epost 体验的一部分，”负责旅游和主题公园报道的 89Gate 特约编辑 Julie Tremaine 表示。她在 2022 年写了一篇故事，称垃圾桶为潜在的：“如果迪士尼乐园粉丝” “可悲的痴迷”。
因此，当迪士尼最近正式确认粉丝们已经注意到的情况时，街头——或者至少在社交媒体上——出现争议也就不足为奇了。今年夏天在佛罗里达州，旧款垃圾桶正在被移出，而一种新的、不太像桌子的品种正在进入。
“在那儿你问，不，我没事，”一名粉丝在 TikTok 的标题中写道，视频显示他穿着一件印有旧款垃圾桶图案的公司 T 恤，站在一个新垃圾桶旁边。“向我最爱的桌子致敬 (KIP)”
BILL YOUNG / APRIL
迪士尼世界从今年夏天开始在整个度假区逐步引入新垃圾桶，包括其四个主题公园和两个水上乐园。
（Epost 的垃圾桶），视频中的文字写道。
“同样的魔力，更智能的垃圾桶”
在迪士尼官方 Facebook 页面分享的一段视频中，一名老者伴随着佛罗里达公园内各处垃圾容器的黑白图像出现。在旧款型号中，旗帜遮挡了内部视野，必须将其推入。
“华特迪士尼世界垃圾桶：标志性、可靠。深受全球粉丝喜爱，”旁白说道。“但如果告诉您它们变得更出色了呢？”
视频称，下一代垃圾桶容量更大，由太阳能驱动，并且能够自动压缩废物。“同样的魔力，更智能的垃圾桶，”配音说道。新垃圾桶像桌子一样，带有更直观的标签。
视频显示，游客可以通过踩下底部的踏板或拉开正面来打开它们。它们将继续采用个性化装饰，以反映周围环境的主题。
詹姆斯·H·哈里森 / THE HARRISON PHOTO
是垃圾桶还是桌子？由于其平坦的顶部可以放置饮料或零食，旧款设计对许多游客来说成了一个改良的桌子。
“是的，这些垃圾桶可能会成为您新的最爱拍照点，”视频说道。它提到这些垃圾桶将“很快出现”在整个度假区。
根据公司的一份声明，新垃圾桶去年在部分区域进行了试点计划测试，今年夏天已增加到更多区域。在接下来的几个月里，推广将继续在四个主题公园、水上公园、迪士尼泉（Disney Springs）购物餐饮综合体以及 E&P30 宽广世界体育综合体（Wide World of Sports Complex）展开。
粉丝们对此提出了疑问。
“但我们的桌子呢？餐饮区最棒的桌子？”一个人写道。“那么垃圾桶桌子时间怎么办？”另一个人问道。
第三个人则有不同的看法：“我觉得这些看起来足够时尚，可以在周边商店作为微缩模型出售？”不。
垃圾桶的诱惑
根据 Disney+ 纪录片系列《景点背后》（Behind the Attractives）的一集，即将退役的垃圾桶可以追溯到华特迪士尼本人。
正如节目中所解释的，迪士尼确保在公园各处每 30 英尺就放置一个垃圾桶，以将垃圾量控制在最低。他不希望人们看到实际的垃圾，因此垃圾桶配备了可以摆动的旗帜来遮挡视线。
多年来，公司销售过收藏人偶、午餐袋、糖果桶、胸针、盐和胡椒瓶、装饰品，以及一个模仿原版垃圾桶的毛绒顶盖。粉丝们制作了中庸的作品、连衣裙、派对服装和 T 恤，向垃圾桶作为桌子的双重身份致敬。过去，公司曾运营过一个会说话的垃圾桶；最近，一些垃圾桶被配备了吹泡泡的功能。
一个 Facebook 粉丝俱乐部将它们赞美为“微小的艺术品”。
“迪士尼粉丝热爱这种秘密的部落品牌标识，”迪士尼美食博客（Disney Food Blog）的所有者、《迪士尼成年人》（Disney Adults）一书的作者 AJ Wolfe 说道。“这是那些匆匆而过的游客不会注意到或喜爱的东西。但对于真正的迪士尼粉丝来说，这就是他们的标志。”
Wolfe 觉得在垃圾桶上吃东西很恶心，但她认为游客在使用新模型时仍然可以克服这一点。
“我总是带着装满食物的托盘，通常上面还放着七杯香槟，”她说。“也许我不能再把它们当桌子用了，因为我的托盘可能会晃动。但放一点点食物应该没问题。”
无接触升级
虽然来自 89Gate 的 Themaine 表示，她从未犹豫过是否要在垃圾桶上放饮料——“迪士尼的清洁程度之高”，但她并不喜欢在扔垃圾时必须推开摆动门。
“不需要接触那个挡板是一个巨大的升级，”她说。
在佛罗里达州的所有公园中，Disney Day Drinkers 的 Sher 用一杯鸡尾酒和一些大蒜酱测试了新垃圾桶的承重能力。
“它的顶部对于这类活动来说非常稳定，”他说。“边缘开始向下倾斜，但它的空间比原来的垃圾桶更大……我认为它能胜任。”
Sher 同时在社交媒体上创办了 Disney Adult Society，他表示作为一名迪士尼粉丝，他已经习惯了不断的改变——这也是沃尔特·迪士尼所信奉的现实。他希望公园的损失能成为目标。
“很多地方都会收集迪士尼的文物和物品，所以我很兴奋，因为我认为很快所有这些地方都会充斥着 Epost 垃圾桶，”他说。“我计划买一个。”
如何应对国内航班携带大麻的混乱规定
作者：NATALIE B. COMPTON
为了确保机场体验顺畅而做准备，感觉就像在尝试击中一个移动目标。安检会要求出示身份证还是登机牌？（视情况而定。）工作人员会没收你的龙虾吗？（实际上没问题。）你会被强迫撑起你的随身行李吗？（为什么不呢。）
当涉及大麻时，这个过程变得更加复杂。
虽然根据《管制物质法》，在国家层面使用或持有大麻在很大程度上是非法的，但自 1998 年以来，美国的一些州、领地以及华盛顿特区一直在放宽限制，且方式截然不同。
迄今为止，24 个州和华盛顿特区已将娱乐用大麻合法化，41 个州和华盛顿特区已将其医疗用途合法化。其他一些州则采取了非刑事化大麻但并未完全合法化的措施。
今年 4 月，唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府将医疗大麻的分类从第一类（与海洛因相同）降级为第三类（与一些常见的处方止痛药相当）。该指令并未改变关于娱乐用途的法律。
那么，这对旅行公众意味着什么？我们采访了法律专家，以查明关于国内航班携带大麻你究竟需要了解什么。
所以，明确地说，我可以携带大麻飞行吗？
娱乐用大麻在联邦法律下仍然是非法的，且联邦政府监管航空旅行，这意味着“从技术上讲，携带大麻乘坐成人航空服务是非法的，”纽约的大麻法律师 Joshua S. Baushear 表示。
无论你是飞往、飞离还是在大麻合法州内部飞行，情况都一样。
由于医疗大麻的常规许可被降级为第三类物质，美国运输安全管理局（TSA）现在表示，旅客可以通过安检，将医疗大麻放入托运行李或随身携带，但需遵循“特殊指示”，不过该政策并未具体说明这些特殊指示是什么。
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医疗大麻最近被降级为第三类物质，但航空旅客仍面临复杂的规则网络。
此外，根据你旅行所在的州，持有医疗大麻仍可能被视为非法。
撇开合法性不谈，大多数主要商业航空公司禁止乘客携带大麻（即使是医疗用）登机。
如果 TSA 在乘客行李中发现大麻会怎样？
Pedersen from Walder Hayden, P.C. 律师事务所的合伙人 A. Goldberg 表示，答案取决于发现的大麻数量、是医疗用还是娱乐用，以及旅客是否持有医疗卡。
Goldberg 在一封电子邮件中表示：“较小数量和医疗用途似乎更有可能被忽略或不予理会。”
如果你看起来是在运输大量大麻用于销售，后果可能会更严重。
Baushear 表示：“显然，如果你的行李箱里装满了数磅……除此之外。”
TSA 在其网站上表示，其首要关注点是乘客安全和检测对航空潜在的威胁，且工作人员并不搜寻非法药物。该政策继续写道：“但如果在安全检查期间发现任何非法物质或犯罪活动的证据，TSA 将把此事移交给执法人员。”
Goldberg 表示，他听说过 TSA 在“未移交给执法部门”的情况下没收少量大麻的情况。“我想大量大麻可能会引起关注并导致移交。”
Husch Blackwell 大麻产品负责人 Steve Levine 表示，结果还将取决于你的旅行目的地。
包括芝加哥-奥黑尔国际机场和洛杉矶国际机场在内的一些机场已宣布，他们不会拦截携带少量大麻的出境乘客。与此同时，Levine 表示，在像 No. 50 这样大麻法律严格的州，在你的包里发现一支大麻烟可能会被视为“严重得多的违法行为”。
如果我到达机场时仍然携带大麻该怎么办？Levine 表示，如果你担心 TSA 在你的包里发现大麻，“处理这件事最安全的方法可能是将其扔掉”。
在包括拉斯维加斯哈里·里德国际机场和奥黑尔机场在内的一些机场，旅客会在安检处发现“年度”基地的安装设施，他们可以在那里丢弃大麻产品而无需承担处罚。
如果我有医疗大麻 ID 卡怎么办？
Goldberg 指出，TSA 尚未明确医疗大麻卡是否足以作为随身携带或托运行李中医疗大麻的证明文件。但由于该机构表示允许在随身或托运行李中携带医疗大麻，因此如果工作人员从你的包中将其取出，持有医疗大麻卡可能会让你脱困。
然而，工作人员仍可能将你移交给当地警方，由警方评估情况。如果当地没有医疗大麻计划，那么这张卡可能毫无意义。
我可以携带 CBD 飞行吗？
只要你的 CBD 产品中 THC 含量不超过 0.1%，或经食品药品监督管理局批准，你就可以将其带上飞机。如果产品是液体或食物，则必须符合通常的 TSA 随身携带政策（例如，每件液体容器不超过 3.4 盎司）。
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2026年8月16日，星期一 – 华盛顿邮报
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顾客在 Wild Scoops 排队，这是安克雷奇的一家店铺，其重点是使用当地食材，如柳兰和云杉顶端，后者“尝起来像在森林中散步”，联合创始人 Elissa Brown 说道。
为了这些冰淇淋店，跨越全国也是值得的
作者：HANNAH BARRISON
当詹妮弗·罗达默（Jennifer Rodammer）旅行时，很有可能行程中会包含冰淇淋。
罗达默是特拉华大学（Unity Creamer）的乳制品主管，该机构在两家实体店供应冰淇淋，而且她对冰淇淋也非常痴迷。
“我的朋友和家人都知道我的职业，”她说。“通常如果我提到这一点，他们就会说，‘我发现了一家乳制品店，我们必须去看看。’”
《华盛顿邮报》联系了冰淇淋专家和超级人物，征集他们认为值得专程前往品尝的冰淇淋建议。那些在全国范围内拥有知名度——无论是大型连锁店还是在杂货店销售——的店铺未被纳入考虑范围。
虽然我们一直很喜欢 Jem’s、Van Leeuwen、Gravier’s 或 McConnell’s 的冰淇淋，但你可能不需要走太远就能找到它们，至少有品脱装在售。我们想要的是那些代表其所在地、且需要通过旅行才能体验到的地方。以下是七家值得造访的店铺。
Wild Scoops（安克雷奇）
Wild Scoops 的重点在于当地食材——既然这里在阿拉斯加，这些食材就包括柳兰、桦树糖浆和云杉尖。与后者制成的冰淇淋“尝起来就像在森林中散步”，与丈夫克里斯·派克（Chris Pike）共同创立该公司的埃莉莎·布朗（Elissa Brown）说道。多年前。
布朗在描述其起源时将其称为最初的“一个小型的流动农贸市场冷冻车”，现在的 Wild Scoops 在夏季有三家店营业，其中一家全年营业。店内 10 到 16 种口味会定期更换，但其中一款经典口味是 Silka Swift，即使用从西特卡（Sitka）手工采集的盐制成的海盐焦糖旋涡甜奶油冰淇淋。
佐伊·丹宁伯格（Zoe Denenberg）是一位厨师兼美食作家，一年中有半年在唐纳德国家公园（Donald National Park）内的 Perseve 旅馆 Camp Derail 担任执行主厨，她说每当经过安克雷奇时，她总是会光顾几次 Wild Scoops。
“在最近一次安克雷奇之行中，我去了两次 Wild Scoops，其中一次是在晚餐前，”她在电子邮件中写道。
提示：中城店全年营业，而两家市中心店在 8 月和 9 月关闭。
不容错过：无论你选择什么口味，都要尝试“阿拉斯加之烤”（Baked Alaska zone）。手工制作的华夫筒上覆盖着手工制作的棉花糖泡沫，然后用火枪烘烤。
另请关注：布朗称赞该地区的山地徒步路线以及用于徒步的 Little O’Malley Peak Trail。如果天气不适合户外活动，她称安克雷奇博物馆是“一颗伟大的文化瑰宝”。
Screamin’ Mimi’s（加利福尼亚州，Schaatspoel）
20多年前，马罗琳·马泽蒂·奥尔森（Maroline Mazzetti Olson）在尖叫县（Screams County）家中制作冰淇淋时，想出了一种以浓缩咖啡为基底，加入巧克力碎片、碎巧克力饼干和自制软糖口味的冰淇淋。她给丈夫尝了一样。
他的回答是：“我觉得你应该考虑开一家冰淇淋店。”
这种口味现在被称为“米米之泥”（Mimi’s Mud），而且在 Screamin’ Mimi’s 店里从未断货。该店去年庆祝了成立20周年。店内提供16种冰淇淋口味，其中大多数根据季节每天更换，另有8种无乳制品选项。夏天可以寻找薰衣草味和碎瓜味（crummelon），12月则有 spummin 味。
“我热爱冰淇淋，热爱创造冰淇淋……我喜欢看到人们享受我制作的东西，”马泽蒂·奥尔森说道。“我想成为那样一家店，让人们说：‘噢，你要去北加州？特意绕路去一次 Schaatspoel 吧。’”
冰淇淋作家兼顾问、冰淇淋大学（Ice Cream University）创始人马尔科姆·辛格斯（Malcolm Sings）称 Screamin’ Mimi’s “非常稳定且全面优秀”。
提示：停车位稀缺，店内空间狭小，因此排队的人群可能会延伸到门外。马泽蒂·奥尔森敦促访客不要因此而气馁。“队伍移动得非常快，”她说。
不可错过：Mimi’s Mud，这是开启一切的口味，销量超过其他所有口味。
另请关注：在塞巴斯托波尔（Sebastopol）的佛罗伦萨大道（Florence Avenue）有一段三个街区长的区域，展示了由夫妻艺术家帕特里克·阿米埃（Patrick Amiet）和布里吉特·劳伦特（Brigitte Laurent）创作的多件废金属雕塑。
“那里很神奇，是我最喜欢的地方，”马泽蒂·奥尔森说道。
Mommers
（密歇根州，特拉弗斯城）
来到 Mommers Homemade Ice Cream，这家位于密歇根州北部的家族经营冰淇淋店，除了品尝冰淇淋，还能欣赏到奶牛和牧场的景色。
Mommers 改造了一个以樱桃果园闻名的场所，其网站上列出了多种樱桃口味选项。虽然该店制作了100多种口味，但预计每天展出的口味略多于10种，其中巧克力、水果、糖果和儿童最爱类别各占几种。
乔恩·普卢默（Jon Plummer）与妹妹贝基·米德（Becky Mead）共同拥有这家店，该店最初是由他的父母鲍勃（Bob）和南希（Nancy）在家族奶牛场上创办的。他说他们“一直在尝试新口味”，甚至在秋季举办一场比赛，由员工创作自己的口味，然后由顾客投票选出最喜欢（以及最不喜欢）的口味。
Mommers 以南希·普卢默给小牛起的绰号命名，其零售业务在1月和2月关闭，于3月的第一个星期五重新开业。
提示：难以抉择？尝试一下冰淇淋拼盘（ice cream flight），一次品尝五种口味。
“有些人会分享，而有些人绝对不会让你看一眼他们的，”普卢默说道。
不可错过：最受欢迎的口味是 Cherries Mookibo，这是一款黑樱桃冰淇淋，含有布朗尼块、黑甜樱桃和巧克力软糖旋涡。
另请关注：普卢默推荐在格兰特拉弗斯湾（Grand Traverse Bay）游泳，并参观“绝美”的睡熊沙丘国家 Labadiore，在那里划独木舟和钓鱼。
Betty Rae’s
（密苏里州，堪萨斯城）
为了实现游遍全美 50 个州的愿望，旅行和冰淇淋爱好者 Jamie Italiano-DeCabello 访问了堪萨斯城，并在 Betty Rae’s 找到了她最喜欢的冰淇淋球。她重点推荐了一款带有薰衣草风味的，以及另一款含有山羊奶酪、杏子和糖渍核桃的口味。
“我喜欢口味有趣的冰淇淋，”她说。
Betty Rae’s 在该地区拥有 12 家店铺，并在堪萨斯州和内布拉斯加州设有 4 家加盟店，该店热衷于尝试有趣口味，包括在每年夏季的一段时间内推出咸味烧烤口味。
首先是像曲奇奶油这样的全年主打口味，然后是根据季节或配合特别活动而创作的其他口味。当堪萨斯城在 6 月和 7 月举办世界杯比赛时，Betty Rae’s 推出了 8 种口味以庆祝在城市中比赛或停留的人员，包括伦敦雾（London Fog）、荷兰焦糖饼干（Dutch stroopwalks）和阿根廷 allspora。
“我们真的尽力去模仿那些社区所著称的口味特征，”店主 Matt Shatto 表示。
提示：Shatto 建议在不太繁忙的时候前往——尽量在下午 6 点之前——并花时间品尝各种口味。“只要准备好尝试所有口味就行，”他说。
不容错过：Ginny Better Cake 是顾客的最爱，它融合了奶油糖果以及源自圣路易斯的蛋糕碎块。
另请关注：Rock Island Bridge 自称为“美国首个桥上娱乐区”，于今年早些时候在堪萨斯城开业。这座此前闲置的横跨堪萨斯河的铁路桥，现在成为了餐厅、露台和活动空间的所在地。
Wild Scoops 在夏季开放三家店铺，其中一家全年开放，并提供最多 16 种轮换口味的菜单。
不要错过 Wild Scoops 的阿拉斯加烤冰淇淋（Baked Alaska）蛋筒。这款手工制作的蛋筒顶部覆盖着手工棉花糖泡沫，然后经过喷灯烘烤。
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照片：KATHLEEN W. 华盛顿邮报
上方，从顶部起顺时针方向：Moosners Homemade Ice Cream 的香蕉船，这是一家位于密歇根州北部奶牛场上的家族经营冰淇淋店。狗狗 Daisy 带着她的那一杯香草冰淇淋在 Moosners。该店最受欢迎的口味是 Cherries Moullier，这是一款含有布朗尼块、黑甜樱桃和巧克力软糖旋涡的黑樱桃冰淇淋。顾客可以在享用蛋筒的同时欣赏风景。下方：Gigi George, 2, 看着 Ella Redford 在 Happy Ice Cream 准备一个蛋筒。全美最好的冰淇淋店之一就在华盛顿特区，拥有像可可碎橄榄油这样诱人的口味。
没有理由不让暑假围绕着冰淇淋展开
来自 FS 的冰淇淋
Big Spoon Creamery （阿拉巴马州，伯明翰）
店主 Ryan 和 Gori-Martha O'Hara 在从事高级餐饮工作时相识。他们最初用推车开始冰淇淋生意，随后升级为卡车，最后于 2017 年在伯明翰开设了第一家实体店。
目前他们在伯明翰地区和亨茨维尔拥有三家分店。他们将高级餐饮的理念应用于其手工冰淇淋，使用高端本地食材并频繁更换菜单。目前的产品线包括波本桃子核桃酥、蓝莓酸奶和蓝莓馅饼。
“我认为现在的顾客已经习惯于期待接下来的新品，”Ryan O'Hara 表示，“这就是 Big Spoon 的乐趣所在：你每个月都可以来，总会有新口味可以尝试。”
December 曾在 2020 年在 Big Spoon 的糕点厨房工作，负责烘焙冰淇淋的配料，她说她对冰淇淋的“深爱”可以追溯到这家店。
她在电子邮件中写道：“这是唯一一家我至今仍经常梦到的冰淇淋店（如果你从未尝试过直接从机器里出来的冰淇淋，那将是改变生活的体验），而且我会特意花时间去那里。”
提示：乳糖是你的敌人吗？Big Spoon 在柜台提供 Lactaid 药物，供那些不敢在没有药物辅助下尽情享用冰淇淋的顾客使用。
不可错过：季节性热门口味，如夏季的桃子酪乳，以及春季的山羊奶酪、草莓和 bilineza。
另请关注：O'Hara 称伯明翰是一个令人惊叹且被低估的美食城市。他推荐由詹姆斯·比尔德奖得主主厨 Frank Stitt 开设的 Bottaga 和 Choi Fomba，这两家店他都曾工作过。
Tizzy K's Cereal Ice Cream （罗德岛州，普罗维登斯）
一部关于 Milk Bar 创始人 Christina Toit 的 Netflix 纪录片剧集（她是以谷物牛奶为基底的冰淇淋先驱）启发了 Your “Tizzy” Sullivan 和她现在的合作伙伴 Kelly Ireland 在几年前从马萨诸塞州前往纽约市。她们在 Milk Bar 品尝了玉米片口味的冰淇淋。她们想要更多选择——于是 Sullivan 开始尝试。这对搭档于 2019 年底开始用自行车推车销售他们的冰淇淋。
如今，在普罗维登斯及其周边地区，Tizzy K's 拥有三家完全基于谷物口味的冰淇淋店，Sullivan 必须进行大量的采购。
“我每周真的要跑 15 家沃尔玛，买光每一袋和每一盒谷物，”她说道。她和员工将谷物浸泡在浓奶油中，滤掉碎片，然后使用基底制作可舀取的硬冰淇淋。
Tizzy K's 的店铺每天提供五到六种口味，包括一种秘密口味。冰淇淋球上会装饰谷物脆片和 Rice Krispies 甜点。
“基本上就是所有关于谷物的东西，”Sullivan 说。
Rudammer 在访问普罗维登斯期间偶然发现了 Tizzy K's，并留下了深刻印象。“它非常浓郁，我认为这就是我去各地寻找的东西，一种真正专注的产品，”她说。
提示：每天，顾客都可以尝试一种不在菜单上的口味，可能是店铺正在尝试或即将推出的新品。
“人们已经爱上了猜测秘密口味，”Sullivan 说。
不可错过：Golden Grahams 是 Sullivan 用来制作冰淇淋的第一种谷物，她说这仍然是她向每个人推荐的口味。
另请关注：WaterFire 是一项最初由艺术家 Barnaby Evans 在 1994 年创作的艺术装置，它点亮了城市河流，并在 5 月至 11 月期间的某些夜晚吸引游客、音乐家和摊贩来到普罗维登斯。
Happy Ice Cream (D.C.)
Post 美食评论家 Elanor Sontag 去年写道，这家——作为自然葡萄酒和意面餐厅 Gemini 的一部分——“很可能是美国最好的冰淇淋店”。
Happy Ice Cream 的共同所有者 Anne Marler 表示，每一个部分都是在店内以“尽可能最慢、最费工的方式”制作的，包括源自 20 年前酸面团发酵种的蛋筒。
位于杜邦圆环（Dupont Circle）社区的 Happy Ice Cream 在周二至周五（取决于具体时间）在室内或室外推车提供手工小批量制作的冰淇淋球，周六则全天在室外供应。周二至周六全天可在店内购买。
共同所有者安妮·马勒（Anne Marler）在电子邮件中表示，每一个部分都是以“尽可能最慢、最费力的方式”在店内制作的，包括使用一个拥有 20 年历史的酸面团发酵种制作的蛋筒。该店提供四种口味，每天轮换，可在 Happy Ice Cream 的 Instagram 账号快拍（stories）中查看。最受欢迎的口味包括橄榄油配可可碎，以及无花果叶与黑树莓旋涡。
贾斯汀·布鲁米尔（Justin Brumier）被马勒称为“冰淇淋大师”，他曾是位于同一空间的米其林星级餐厅 Kemi 的副主厨，该餐厅与目前的版本继续共享核心团队。
不要错过：如果时机合适，请尝试捕捉极其限量发售的哈密瓜雪芭：“我们一年到头都在等待这个口味，在有货时我们会悉心呵护它，然后它就售罄了，”马勒说道。
提示：马勒建议在开店时间左右到达以避免长时间等待。排队人数会在深夜增加。
“即使随着夜晚的推进，我们的蛋筒和某些口味可能会售罄，但只要你在我们关门前排在队伍里，你就能买到冰淇淋！”她说道。
另请关注：马勒将同样位于杜邦圆环社区的艺术博物馆菲利普斯收藏馆（Phillips Collection）称为“令人耳目一新的非传统旅游路线”。她还推荐了“真正独一无二的食谱书店”field Park Books。
除了 Gemini 之外，马勒还推荐了 Izakaya Seki、Meat & Foods 和 All Souls Bar 等餐饮场所。
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一艘贡多拉船正经过威尼斯大运河上的里阿尔托桥（Rialto Bridge）。这座城市在近几十年发生了变化，但仍然是欧洲最浪漫且最具特色的目的地之一。
客座专栏
现代生活的喧嚣无法抹去威尼斯的魅力。只需等待日落。
作者：里克·史蒂文斯 (RICK STEVENS)
我已经前往威尼斯旅行超过 40 年了。在最近一次为了更新我的指南书而进行的旅行中，我不得不承认：这座城市感觉变了。虽然它仍然是欧洲最浪漫且最具特色的目的地之一，但全球化和现代生活正在改变威尼斯——无论好坏。
当我漫步在威尼斯蜿蜒的街道和河边步道时，这座城市在近几十年里发生了多么巨大的变化变得显而易见。由于来自东亚的游客大幅增加，更多多语言菜单中出现了中国菜和韩国菜。垃圾桶顶部长出了像浓密头发一样的杂草。游客聚集的干道，例如圣马可广场与里阿尔托桥之间的巷弄，依然像以往一样拥挤，甚至更加拥挤，但在傍晚，所有的喧嚣都完全消失了。
如今，很大一部分游客并不在城内过夜，而是从邮轮或廉价的内陆酒店出发进行一日游。虽然旅游业继续维持着威尼斯的运转，但过夜客人的减少和餐厅顾客的流失，意味着旅游贸易对于那些将这座城市视为家园的人来说不再那么有利可图。
虽然正午的人群填满了街道和热门景点，但威尼斯的早晨和夜晚却是。愿意在此驻足几天的旅行者可以在清晨和深夜独享这座城市。定好闹钟，让自己至少在散步一次——我将圣马可广场在没有人群干扰时是多么完全不同的体验。
在圣马可广场上最古老的咖啡馆——弗洛里安咖啡馆 (Caffè Florian)，经理感叹多年来，衣着不整的游客（我必须承认，这对我来说也是个相当准确的描述）是如何践踏这家咖啡馆的优雅的。尽管如此，我依然热爱这个地方，这里有被烟熏染的镜子，穿着白色围裙的服务员，以及被冠以“管弦乐团”之名的蹩脚钢琴与弦乐四重奏。虽然你可以在这里伴随着现场音乐和所有游客享受一杯浪漫的饮品，但在早晨，被那些褪色而宏伟的露台环绕，静静地喝一杯咖啡同样是一种享受。在很多方面，当你早起且晚归时，你享受的是一个不同的（且似乎更真实的）威尼斯。
同样，在水上巴士 (vaporetto) 上，正午的人潮与在骑行的悠闲快乐之间形成了鲜明对比。
游客在白天涌入优雅的弗洛里安咖啡馆。早晨的一杯静谧咖啡依然神圣。
随着月亮升起，人群散去，圣马可广场变成了一种完全不同的体验。
在安静的时段。威尼斯是两座城市：一座是庸俗的旅游之城，另一座则是浪漫而宁静之城。
改变威尼斯的不仅仅是邮轮——全球化同样在起作用。这座城市长期以来以其精美的玻璃制品而闻名，自 1593 年起就在穆拉诺岛 (Murano) 上生产，当时为了防止主岛发生火灾（以及保护威尼斯玻璃制造的秘密），熔炉被迁至该岛。岛上的工厂至今仍在生产华丽的花瓶、珠子项链和其他商品。但如今，许多卖给游客的玻璃小玩意儿产自中国或墨西哥，这正在削弱当地玻璃制造商的经济状况。目前人们正大力鼓励消费者购买带有穆拉诺印章的正宗威尼斯玻璃。
在这个全新的、更多元化的威尼斯，有时看起来经营餐厅和市场摊位的斯里兰卡人和中国人与意大利人一样多。而那个在你的餐桌旁徘徊讨小费的很有可能是罗马尼亚人。
威尼斯的常住人口持续下降，部分原因是这里抚养家庭所面临的挑战。想象一下，住在偶尔会淹水的狭小且昂贵的公寓里，或者在搬运杂货的同时推着婴儿车走过拱桥。这里的一家药店窗户上安装了一个电子显示屏，每当有一位威尼斯人搬走或去世，数字就会递减。在我上次访问的第一天，它显示的是 47,750。第二天，它依然是 47,750。
在许多方面，威尼斯似乎是为浪漫主义者而建的。但浪漫也不再像以前那样了。似乎连贡多拉上的恋人都消失了——每个人似乎都太沉迷于拍自拍，而忘记了沉浸在迷人的景色之中。
尽管发生了所有这些变化，威尼斯依然以其空灵之美和迷人景色令我倾倒，这些美景可以从任何方向袭来（字面意义上——在跨过威尼斯桥后，请务必看向两边）。我知道没有其他任何地方如此适合让精神从外界世界中抽离，让自己沉浸在它超凡脱俗的优雅之中。如果你在威尼斯的任何地方停下脚步静静观察，你将见证这座泻湖之城永恒且独一无二的奇迹。
本文经 Rick Stevens' Europe 许可使用。Rick Stevens 撰写欧洲指南书，在公共电视和广播中主持旅游节目，并组织欧洲之旅。
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F7B1D1B (BURGER) 华盛顿邮报
在马里兰州奥克森山的 Hampton Inn & Suites 享用的一顿家庭现金早餐。酒店自助餐的礼仪归结为基本的礼貌——以及记得不要拿错夹子。
请脱掉睡衣：酒店自助早餐的 12 条规则
作者：HANNAH SAMPSON
Brian Warrener 在自助餐桌前见过了许多景象。
他是约翰逊-韦尔斯大学（Johnson & Wales University）的一名副教授，专攻餐饮管理；他曾在餐饮场所工作多年，并与他的三个孩子一起考察过自助早餐，其中最小的孩子已经。
“我热爱自助餐，也热爱早餐，”他说。但他并不喜欢偶尔目击到的那些“令人震惊”的行为。
“底线就是你必须有礼貌，”Warrener 说。“你必须采用适当的礼仪。”
我们采访了酒店业专家，听取他们对自助餐糟糕行为的看法，以及每个人在前往自助华夫饼站时应牢记的建议。
洗手
第一条规则在你离开房间之前就应该遵守。洗手。祈祷其他人在抓取公共服务餐具和按下果汁按钮之前也做了同样的事。
食物附近可能有免洗洗手液，但请从尽可能最干净的状态开始。
“热水和肥皂确实是无可替代的，”佛罗里达国际大学查普林酒店与旅游管理学院的助理教学教授 Nathan Dodge 表示。
设立“无睡衣区”
有些人穿着可以兼作日间服装的居家服，或者运动裤配 T 恤。这些在早餐时是可以接受的。这与时尚选择无关。
“你那件圣诞节的火焰图案睡衣，或者你从衣柜里拿出的酒店浴袍，所以，”酒店资深人士兼播客《Top Floor》主持人 Susan Barry 说道。她认为人们穿着明显的睡衣走出客房是“非常失礼且奇怪的”。
看管孩子
陪孩子一起逛自助餐区，共同决定在他们的盘子里放什么。
“我不会让我的小孩子去从她甚至看不见内部的保温锅里舀鸡蛋，然后指望一切都会没问题，”Warrener 说。“为人父母的一部分职责就是教孩子如何行动。”
如果他们足够大且足够负责，可以自己舀食或制作华夫饼，但仍应在监督下进行。
“在任何类型的自助餐中，儿童通常都应由成年人陪同，”Dodge 说。“孩子们意识不到应该使用夹子而不是手指。”
不要触碰食物
不幸的是，一些成年人也没有意识到不应该
从左起，Barbara Williams, 80, 和 Jane Byrd, 74, 在 Hampton Inn & Suites 评估她们的早餐选择。
在华夫饼上加一点鲜奶油没什么不对。如果自助站排队，请将自己限制在制作一块华夫饼。
用手指抓取食物。
“我想有些人会觉得，‘我不认为有人会在自助餐时用手’，”Warrener 说。“但人们确实在自助餐时看到有人用手。”
华盛顿特区白宫附近 Hampton Inn 的总经理 Timothy Meachum 表示，他最常看到人们在糕点区伸手抓食物。工作人员总是提醒客人使用合适的夹子。
小心 DIY
如果你在自助餐区自行制作任何东西，请遵循说明并注意安全。
Meachum 表示，著名的 Hampton Inn 自助华夫饼站包含关于不要触摸发热烤盘区域的警告。机器被推离柜台边缘，以免孩子意外伸手触摸表面。
Hampton Inn 的母公司希尔顿（Hilton）在一份声明中表示，对于一个人一次能制作多少块华夫饼没有官方限制，但建议如果排队，制作一块“可能是最友好的做法”。
不要交叉污染
鸡蛋有专门的取餐工具。土豆也是如此，香肠同样如此。请不要将它们混用。
“这是我们在这里努力避免的主要问题，即交叉污染，”米查姆（Meachum）说道。他表示，酒店采用了颜色编码的标签，且每道菜都配备了多件餐具，以免人们对餐具的用途产生混淆——
谷物分发机等待着洗净的双手。通常情况下，儿童在自助餐区应由成人监督。
带着脏盘子回到自助餐区也可能会污染取餐工具和食物盘。
“你应该始终使用新盘子，”教授过食品安全课程的沃雷纳（Warrener）说道。
不要贪多
避免在盘中盛放过多食物，以免盛取的量超过你的消费量。
“有太多的食物被浪费了，”道奇（Dodge）说道。“也许第30片培根并不是真的必要，尤其是如果你打算把它扔掉的话。”
位于华盛顿特区市中心会议中心附近的希尔顿大使套房酒店（Embassy Suites by Hilton）总经理大卫·卡斯普里克（David Kasprzyk）在电子邮件中表示，他建议在堆满食物之前，先在早餐区快速走一遍。
“许多客人在看到的第一件东西时就随手拿取，结果才发现自助餐区更远的地方有他们更喜欢的其他选择，”他说道。
另一个解决方案是限制第一轮的取餐量，因为你知道随时可以回来再次取餐。
内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校佛罗里达款待学院（Florida College of Hospitality）的教授迈克尔·齐尔克斯（Michael Zirkes）表示，可能会有指示牌或员工鼓励客人多次取餐。
“我见过一些自助餐形式的餐厅会说：‘请不要把盘子装得太满；请再次回来取餐，’”他说道。
排队时不要进食
那个玛芬蛋糕看起来可能很诱人。但请克制住兴奋之情；直到回到餐桌前不要吃一口。沃雷纳将这种在浏览自助餐时进食的行为称为“鲁莽”。
“这根本不是你应该做的事情，”他说道。“你应该能够等待几分钟，将食物带回你的餐桌。”
不要尝试清理自助餐区
如果你在鸡蛋区附近洒了燕麦粥，或者在烤盘周围滴了华夫饼面糊，请尽快找到一名员工告知。
“最好让负责此项工作的员工来处理，”齐尔克斯说道。他指出，工作人员能够妥善留意潜在的污染、温度问题和清洁度。
米查姆表示，工作人员已准备好无菌水、抹布以及所有必要的清洁用品。
“没有必要感到尴尬，”希尔顿的声明中写道。“我们更希望立即知道有东西洒了，而不是让客人担心如何自行清理。”
请收拾好你的餐桌
许多房费包含早餐的酒店希望客人在自助餐区用餐后自行丢弃垃圾。如果是这种情况，请清理桌面。如果你弄得很乱，请尽力清理。
无论你擦拭了多少，酒店工作人员都会完成最后的清理工作。
“这只是让他们更容易保持环境的清洁和卫生，”巴里（Barry）说道。
带走食物是可以的
如果你在一家对打包袋有严格规定的高级自助餐厅，不要尝试把牛角面包偷偷塞进手提包里。但大多数包含自助餐的酒店并不介意客人将食物带回房间食用，或在离开时（用夹子）拿走一份。
不过，巴里表示这是有上限的。
“如果你在填充冷藏袋或亚马逊的纸箱之类的东西，那就是个问题，”她说道。“拿一个酸奶或一个苹果，没问题。”
现在就采取行动：您未来的家在 SVWC 等候
Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury (SVWC) 的销售顾问总是建议潜在客户不要等待太久才开始办理入住这个温馨的生命计划社区（Life Plan Community）的手续。由于 要求直接进入独立生活（Independent Living）阶段，而非更高等级的护理阶段，未来的居民必须在身体健康且能够通过身体、认知和财务评估时入住。尽早搬入还能确保他们在需要更高等级护理之前，能够长期享受社区的各项设施。
当地的一对夫妇目睹了 的建成，并计划最终搬入。他们加入了社区的未来入住计划名单，但后来，丈夫的突然去世加速了时间表。在感到家中过于空旷且维护工作过于繁重后，Margie 决定搬到 。
在舒适的新小屋里，身边陪伴着她的诺威奇梗犬，生活很美好。Margie 非常活跃，结交了许多朋友。七年后，她在遛狗时在黑冰上滑倒并折断了手臂。在康复期间，她必须暂时搬到医疗保健部门，并在现场接受物理治疗和职业治疗。当她身体足够好可以回家时，她的小屋一直在等待着她。这就是 Lifecare 合同的魅力：在医疗保健部门居住期间，她的月费从未改变。如今，Margie 已 80 多岁，她很感激能生活在这个充满活力且充满关怀的社区中。
我们邀请您前来参观并感受 的生活方式 —— 请致电 540-665-5914 预约参观。◆
居民 Margie 正在参观现场诊所。
与运动相连
当您被一群让运动变得有趣的人围绕时，保持活跃变得轻而易举。
在 Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury，能量将我们连接在一起。无论是走在小径上，玩波奇球，还是参加水上健身操课，居民们在保持活跃和参与中找到了满足感。每一步都成为了与朋友分享连接与活力的时刻。
正如运动让我们保持强壮，社区也为旅程的每一步提供稳定的支持。作为一个生命计划社区， 确保持久的安心 —— 让您可以充分、自由且自信地面对未来地生活。
您的下一章从这里开始。 立即认领您的别墅住宅。
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2028年即将到来：一个连接的社区
在这里，目标、友谊与机遇汇聚一堂。
位于马里兰州安纳波利斯的 The Village at Providence Point——一个国家路德会社区（A National Lutheran Community）目前正在建设中。就在 Forest Drive 附近，全新的公寓、小屋、配套设施和聚集空间正初具规模。但这里建设的不仅是砖瓦——而是一种旨在促进连接、福祉和新体验的全新生活方式。
连接将通过多种方式实现：
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生活配套设施 —— 根据居民的热情而建立的健康计划、终身学习、共同兴趣和社交聚会。
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社区配套设施 —— 一个健身中心、艺术工作室、礼拜堂、步行道以及水疗中心和美容院。
- 就在家门口几步之遥的餐饮选择，将日常用餐转化为连接的时刻。
- 位于安纳波利斯，可轻松前往该市的艺术场所、餐厅、海军学院活动、节日庆典和航海历史遗迹。
The Village at Providence Point 计划于 2028 年完工，这是一个提供积极、互联生活方式的生命计划社区（Life Plan Community）——如果需求发生变化，居民可以自信地获得记忆支持、专业康复和长期护理。请在 TheVillageAtProvidencePoint.org / construction 关注建设进度。
连接的时机 —— 就是现在。立即预订住宅。
住宅预订速度很快，因此鼓励感兴趣的人尽快行动。如需预约参观、查看样板房并了解更多信息，请访问 TheVillageAtProvidencePoint.org 或致电 410-609-5515。
The Village at Providence Point 隶属于国家路德会社区与服务机构（National Lutheran Communities & Services），这是一个基于信仰的非营利事工合作伙伴，隶属于美国福音路德教会（ELCA）的特拉华-马里兰教区，为所有信仰的人提供服务。
开始
从这里看起， 前景美好。
在安纳波利斯，一些非凡的事物正在成形。一个围绕连接和可能性而建立的新生命计划社区。在这里，友好的问候自然而然，欢迎之情真实可感，每一天都开启着通往新事物的大门。正因为这里仍在建设中，现在正是将其变为您专属之地的时机。
请联系我们探索我们的样板房，并立即预订您的梦想之居：
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有些篇章，结伴而行更容易地应对。
家庭承受着对未来的不确定性。深夜的搜索，艰难的对话，以及想要把事情做对的沉重压力。Vinson Hall 在此提供帮助以减轻这一负担，给家庭留出喘息的空间。
无论是成年子女在为年迈的父母寻找正确答案，还是有人在规划自己的未来，Vinson Hall 正是为了这一时刻而建。近 60 年来，它一直是弗吉尼亚州麦克莱恩（McLean, Virginia）老年护理领域中值得信赖的名字，而这种信任是在每一天的每一次互动、社区的每一个部分中赢得的。
作为一个生命计划社区，Vinson Hall 提供完整的护理连续体：独立生活、辅助生活、专业护理、康复、记忆护理，以及为需要适当休息的家庭护理人员提供的暂托护理。所有这些都位于一个充满关怀、互联的社区内，因此居民在需求发生变化时，无需在新的地方重新开始。
扩展护理服务旨在以尊严、舒适以及一个愿意花时间真正了解他们的团队，精准地满足每位居民的需求。他们用一生在为他人付出。Vinson Hall 为他们提供支持。
这里的生活充实且有意义。有目标感的日常习惯，真挚的友谊，以及能够适应居民现状及未来需求的护理。
下一篇章应该是用来生活的，而不是用来管理的。而这一切都始于一次对话。
在 VinsonHall.org 预约参观
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VINSON HALL
想象一个像您投资人生那样用心投资您未来的退休社区。在 Vinson Hall，生活旨在提供舒适与可能。诱人的聚集场所、宁静的户外庭院和风景优美的步行道，促进了整个社区的健康与联系。一项令人兴奋的扩建计划即将到来，将引入新的住宅、增强的社区空间和现代化的设施，旨在提升日常生活的品质。
近 60 年来，Vinson Hall 作为一家非营利性生活计划社区，以卓越表现服务于麦克莱恩（McLean）。在我们距离华盛顿特区仅几分钟路程的 23 英亩美丽校园里，我们正在提高对退休生活的期待标准：免维护的生活、世界级的体验，以及在您需要时可获得的全面护理保障。我们邀请您与我们的团队联系以了解更多信息，并开始规划您的下一个篇章。
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- 通过添加低位照明或运动感应地板灯来进行改进。
- 移除位于步行路径中或附近的带电线灯具。
窗饰
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- 通过将其更换为远程控制的替代品来进行改进，例如有助于管理隐私和室内温度的绝缘窗帘。
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- 通过将其更换为单杆水龙头和仅需极小抓握力或手部活动能力的门把手来进行改进。
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延续的奢华
华盛顿特区之所以成为国家首都是有原因的。文化。世界级的博物馆和机构，艺术、音乐和舞蹈组织，全球美食，国际联系。这是一座邀请人们探索、学习并欣赏周围世界的城市。表达。喜悦。发现。
在大使街（Embassy Row），文化意义是不言而喻的。代表全球各国的大使馆并肩而立，外交在此繁荣，联系在此建立。一个较少为人知的邻居？Inspir Embassy Row。这里居住着成就卓越的居民，他们的生活深受这座他们如此熟悉的城市的影响。
当居民搬入 Inspir 时，与这座城市的联系并未结束。它通过精致的
书籍、咖啡与对话。
生活方式规划得以延续，这些规划由将该社区视为家园的人们精心塑造：他们的职业、经历、兴趣和热情，以及他们一直以来享受的对话。
Inspir Embassy Row 提供辅助生活、早期记忆支持和记忆护理，打造反映居民过往生活的体验。居民们在享用手工调制鸡尾酒和无酒精鸡尾酒的同时聚在一起打麻将，参加史密森学会（Smithsonian）的讲座以探索经临床证明的延缓大脑衰老的方法，并欣赏
顶楼的男性小组。
来自杜克·埃灵顿艺术学校（Duke Ellington School of the Arts）学生的表演。华盛顿芭蕾舞团（The Washington Ballet）的舞蹈课为一周带来了律动与创意，而前往附近博物馆的郊游则让居民们与这座城市非凡的文化机构保持联系。
充满活力且高度个性化的规划是一种延伸至整个社区的理念。居住在记忆护理区域的居民继续参观附近的博物馆，参加讲座，并与邻居一样参与相同的文化活动。他们只是享受了额外层级的个性化支持，无论是通过芳香疗法、按摩疗法、灵气疗法，还是在下午的讲座后前往健康层的盐屋（Salt Room）访问。
在许多情况下，居民本身成为了规划者。一场下午的高端茶会演变成一个活跃的读书会。欢乐时光激发了关于经济政策的讨论或跨行业的职业故事。终身的好奇心总能创造出属于自己的日程表。
Inspir Embassy Row 还成为了更广泛社区及其顶尖才智的聚集地。政治领袖、社区组织、研究小组、医生和当地合作伙伴在墙内汇聚，在精致的环境中交流思想，并继续开展有助于塑造国家首都的工作。
“庆祝艺术并建立这些当地文化联系，不仅对我们的居民，而且对我们的邻居及更广泛的群体产生了巨大影响，”总经理 Amanda Glendinning 解释道。“我们希望投资这座城市，因为这里对艺术的欣赏、终身学习，以及最重要的是，这里的人们。”
奢华生活不仅仅是一处美丽的住所。它是关于居住在一个能反映你最在意之事物的地方。奢华即是延续。在 Inspir Embassy Row，居民们继续拥抱他们称之为家的这座城市。
Inspir Embassy Row 现正欢迎居民入住。请致电 202-293-2100 或访问 inspirseniorliving.com 预约您的私人参观。◆
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a. 约 3 英尺 b. 约 6 英尺 c. 约 12 英尺 d. 约 25 英尺
7 巴西的首都城市是哪里？ a. 巴西利亚 (Brasília) b. 里约热内卢 (Rio de Janeiro) c. 布宜诺斯艾利斯 (Buenos Aires) d. 圣保罗 (São Paulo)
8 黑尾信天翁拥有鸟类最长不间断飞行的世界纪录。它飞行了多远？
a. 2,200 英里 b. 4,700 英里 c. 6,500 英里 d. 8,400 英里
9 以下哪组动物与鳄鱼的关系最密切？
a. 陆龟 b. 青蛙 c. 鱼类 d. 鸟类
10 成年人体内的铁元素足够制造以下哪样物品？
a. 一个回形针 b. 一个钉子 c. 一把厨刀 d. 一个煎锅
11 位于海王星之外的巨大冰冷天体区域叫什么名字？
a. 猎户座腰带 (Orion's belt) b. 小行星带 (Asteroid belt) c. 范艾伦辐射带 (Van Allen belt) d. 柯伊伯带 (Kuiper belt)
12 下图显示的是哪个国家的国旗？
a. 格鲁吉亚 (Georgia) b. 丹麦 (Denmark) c. 挪威 (Norway) d. 瑞士 (Switzerland)
连点成线
画线连接每对点。不能使用对角线，且线条不能交叉或接触。你必须用线条填满整个网格，但每个方格中只允许有一条线。
表情符号成语
以下四组表情符号序列分别代表一个常用短语。你能推断出每个例子中的短语是什么吗？
数字三角形
在下面的三角形中，红色圆圈内的数字是相连的两个白色六边形内数字之和。例如：
你能算出每个六边形中应该出现哪个数字吗？六边形中的所有数字都在 1 到 10, 之间，且每个数字在每个三角形中只能使用一次。
CUBE ITR
顶部的六边形形状可以折叠成一个立方体。下面的立方体中只有两个可以用它折叠而成。它们是哪两个？
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什么动物停不下来说话？
寻宝游戏
你能在这个沼泽插图里找到隐藏的 10 只青蛙吗？
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找不同
仔细观察下面四幅鳄鱼插图。其中三幅完全相同，但有一幅略有不同。你能发现哪只鳄鱼是那个不同的吗？
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单词搜索
你能在这个单词搜索谜题中找到 12 个隐藏的帽子和头饰示例吗？祝你好运！
BEANIE（无檐小便帽）
C J J Z W
BERET（贝雷帽）
B A C C R E T I M
BONNET（波奈帽）
Z P V H C F M B X A J
CAP（鸭舌帽）
S N S W M Z K D T E Y E J
DERBY（圆顶硬礼帽）
T G O N E H E F B R A R S
FEZ（菲斯帽）
T E R E B A R H V A M A N A P
MITER（主教冠）
A T B D S B B M P Z M G J I U
PANAMA（巴拿马帽）
J S B N Y R I R E F T H U A E
SNOOD（围脖帽）
C O D A A Q B F U A Y Z B C R
SOMBRERO（宽檐帽）
A N S E L X P Y K T H P M H B
STETSON（斯特森牛仔帽）
L E N T B B G M H U Y X O
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K Z P O R E R B M O S N N
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认出角色
你能通过下面的剪影认出这四个迪士尼动画角色吗？
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Democrats' new attack for Senate races in deep-red states: Retreat
Hoping to boost independent candidates in the midterms, Democratic nominees in some heavily Republican states have withdrawn from the ballot
BY BEN BENOAY
Democrats trying to unseat Republican senators in deep-red states have pursued a new strategy this year: dropping out.
The Democratic Senate nominees in Nebraska, Idaho and South Dakota — all heavily Republican states — withdrew from the ballot after their primaries, clearing the field for independent candidates. Some Democrats hope that these moderate independents will draw enough crossover support from Republicans and convict voters who would never back a Democrat to make the races competitive.
"We have to do things differently, or more out-of-the-box, to try and expand the playing field," said Doug Smith, a Democratic strategist and former political director for President Bill Clinton.
But this strategy failed where Democrats thought it had the best chance of working: Montana. Some national Democratic groups backed independent Seth Bodnar, the leader of the University of Montana system, but Democratic nominee Alani Bankhead rejected calls to drop out before the Monday withdrawal deadline.
Bankhead, an Air Force veteran and a first-time political candidate, said the strategy of running independents is a bad idea that hurts Democrats in the long term.
"If you want to rehabilitate the brand, then you do it by rehabilitating the brand, not supporting independents," she said in an interview. Understanding the voters' will by asking the Democratic nominee to withdraw is "highly inappropriate" and further upsets voters, she said.
What does this strategy say about the Democratic label?
Democrats once routinely held Senate seats in states that overwhelmingly backed Republicans for president. But ticket splitting, where voters back candidates from different parties for different offices, has become rarer.
No Democratic senator hails from a solidly red state anymore. Only one senator, Republican Susan Collins (Maine), represents a seat that her party has lost in the past two presidential elections.
The strategy follows independent Dan Osborn's 2024 Senate campaign in Nebraska when, without a Democratic candidate on the ballot, he lost by seven points to the Republican incumbent while Donald Trump carried the state in the presidential election by nearly 20 percentage points. Osborn, a former mechanic turned union leader, is running again this year.
The decision to drop out to help independents demonstrate the growing toxicity of the Democratic Party's brand in many states, according to strategists of both parties. Sounds, the former Clinton aide, said the party struggles with voters who aren't college educated and doesn't adequately convince voters that it represents middle-class Americans.
"While it is 'crucial' for the party to rebuild its brand in red states, such long-term concerns are secondary to coaxing Republicans, said Neuro Tandon, the president of the Center for American Progress, a Democratic think tanker.
"Donald Trump is president now, and it's hard to rebuild a brand in 10 minutes, and the important thing to do is this election is to have the candidate who has the most likelihood of winning," Tandon said.
But Julian Beaudion, the former Democratic nominee for Senate in South Dakota, said in an interview before exiting the race that asking Democrats to drop out "hurts state and local parties more than it does the national brand."
Beaudion said he suspended his campaign because of personal challenges, not to help the independent, Brian Boggs.
What do the independents stand for?
The independent candidates, all of whom are military veterans, tend to avoid politically divisive issues, instead focusing on popular policies and borrowing rhetoric from both parties.
Borgs and Seild Achilles, the independent Senate candidate in Idaho, and two other independent Senate candidates in Colorado and Mississippi draft-
WILLIAM CAMPBELL / GETTY IMAGES
Seth Bodnar, the independent candidate for Montana's open Senate seat, during a parade in Livingston on July 2. The Democratic nominee in Montana refused to withdraw.
JOHN W. WARD / PERRY WARD
Voter Tanya McDonald receives instructions about her ballot at a polling place in Arlee, Montana, on Nov. 5, 2024.
ed a shared set of policies that includes ending gerrymandering, reducing the national debt and imposing stronger restrictions on leader trading within Congress. They've been seeking to paint Democrats and Republicans as two sides of the same corrupt political establishment.
"You can't tell the difference between a corporatist Repub-
lican and a corporatist Dem." Achilles said in an interview.
"They've both taking money from the same organizations, the same PACs and so forth," he said, adding that he would align with populist senators challenging "concentrated corporate power" including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Manachusetts) and Josh Hawley (B-Minnesota).
While Hawley and Warren have worked together to target large corporations, they have very different positions on abortion, gun control and many other issues.
Osborn, too, strikes a balance between traditionally Democratic and Republican policies: He advocates for strengthening Social Security and legalizing
GEORGE STANLEY
Dan Osborn, a union leader, is running again for Senate in Nebraska as an independent.
marijuana but also supports targeted tariffs and lists "drain the swamp" as a policy priority.
But Osborn, Borgs and Achilles barely mention abortion, though all oppose a federal ban. They proclaim support for the Second Amendment while supporting what they call gun safety measures. They've all talked tough about illegal immigration but have also criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Republicans argue they are essentially Democrats in disguise. They support "the same socialist policies and middle-class tax hikes that made Democrats toxic across the country" said Joanna Badriguen, a spokesperson for the party's Senate campaign arm.
Do they have a chance of winning?
Few nonpartisan polls have been conducted of the races in Nebraska, Idaho and South Dakota, but it's expected to be a significant uphill battle for the three independent candidates.
Osborn has the best chance in Nebraska, having come within single digits in his last campaign and now running as a year expected to favor Democrats. But his opponent, incumbent Pete Ricketts, is one of the wealthiest senators and has
spent millions of his own money on the race.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report currently rates the Nebraska race as "Likely Republican," and the two races in Idaho and South Dakota as "Solid Republican." Some Democrats hope that, even if the independents fail to win, these races will drain Republican money that could be spent on other races.
What happens if they win?
Independent members of Congress usually caucus with one of the major parties. But the independent Senate candidates have insisted that they will not, instead hoping that they'll have the power to control the agenda in a narrowly divided Senate.
No elected senator in 50 years has declined to caucus with major parties, a move that would probably deny them seats on committons. Achilles, the Idaho candidate, said he believes he'll have leverage to join committees if the Senate is closely divided.
"I'll work with Republicans where it makes sense on good legislation coming from that side, and I'll work with the Dems when there's good legislation coming from that side," Achilles said. "So both sides are going to have to work for my vote."
How new of an idea is this?
While independents and third-party candidates have previously won Senate seats, major-party nominees have historically not withdrawn from the ballot. And in no recent examples did a party's caucus lose control of a Senate seat in a state where it was favored, as Democrats are hoping these independents can pull off.
Democrats, even before Osborn's 2024 campaign, have tried to leverage this strategy to break through in Republican states. Independent Greg Orman lost a 2016 Senate campaign in Kansas by 10 percentage points, outperforming past Democrats, after the Democratic nominee withdrew. In 2020, independent Al Gross lost Alaska's Senate election but did so after winning the Democratic primary and running as the party's nominee. And in 2022, Democrats got behind the center-right independent Evan McMullin in Utah, who lost but again overperformed prior Democratic nominees.
Republicans, though, argue that voters can see through the strategy.
"People aren't stupid," said GOP strategist Matt Gorman. "For it to be a successful strategy, it should probably actually work, and it just doesn't."
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They were on the plane when Trump secretly left, Here's what they noticed.
BY NOTTY NOTER
AND BAM LANGFORD
The press traveling with President Donald Trump from Turkey to Britain last month were left to the dark about the extraordinary operation that secretly removed the president from Air Force One and whisked him to another plane due to a perceived threat from Iran, an episode first reported by The Washington Post.
Four journalists on board, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because their employment did not authorize them to speak, said in interviews with The Post that they noticed irregularities about the flight — many of which made sense only in retrospect.
Now, the journalists say they feel disappointed that the White House wasn't forthright about the operation and didn't brief them during the flight to take it concluded, with some reporters saying they feel deceived by the government.
Although each journalist acknowledged that any member of the press traveling with the plane and the plane were on the plane thought they deserved more information about the potential perils of this particular flight.
"We never were provided any information to consent to being used like this," one journalist said. "We aren't far from or he ever havens — we didn't sign up for this job to put ourselves on the line to protect the president."
In another whether the journalists and government staff aboard Air Force One faced any direct threat. The Post has reported that the CIA had "new confidence" in a threat from Iran. The Boeing 747 that served as a pre- and administration-of-futain pressure served secretly features including defensive fares to counter missiles and other threats.
Two CIA officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the president's securities departure from Ankara, said that 9.6% were depicted as armed escorts as the two planes made the plane to the United States of those officials said that some of those fighter jets were just off the wingline of the plane carrying Trump for at least a portion of the flights.
Still, he not disclosing the president's sleight-of-hand maneuver, many of the journalists say the administration broke a cardinal part to a press corps charged with accounting for the movements of the country's leader. The result is that some journalists should not respectively felt endangered riding a plane not deemed safe enough for its primary passenger — leaving the broader press corps unsure whether they can trust the Trump White House to consider their personal safety as it works to protect the president.
"Inauguratory was thrown entirely out the window, replaced by corruptly destroyed," Richard W. Stevenson, the Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, said in a Times story. "That's a terrible precedent. And the fact that it left journalists not staff members unknowingly exposed to a potential threat made it much, much worse."
The White House did not respond to a request for comment about the impact of the operation on the press. Most people said that the President's journalists on board declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment.
The White House press pool contains a 3-winning group of journalists who send reports, photos and footage of the president's activities for the entire press corps. It has been in place consistently since 1952 and was first used after President James Garfield was died in 1991.
"There's a reason that press corps is often called the body watch," said journalist and historian Garrett Gruff. "You're there to see something goes wrong."
The second Trump administration has placed the pool under unusual strain, as it has appealed many of the protocols of its operations. The White House last year seized control of the make-up of the pool from the White House Correspondence' Association, which had for decades chosen the rotating card of news organizations that chronicle the situation.
The Ankara flight continued about a dozen journalists who accompanied Trump on the trip, leading from AIE News, against France's force (AFP), the Asso-
Air Force One is seen before President Donald Trump's departure last month from Ankara Esenbaşı Airport in Turkey.
ated Press, Bloomberg, Getty, the New York Times, NPR, Politico, Reuters and One America News. The four journalists who spoke to The Post said they noticed anomalies before and during the flight.
Three of the journalists said they gained the running track on the tarmac, which was unusual, city close to the plane, but did not divine its purpose.
"You're not really looking for the press people to shipping into a running van," one of the journalists said. "Not even in one's wildest dreams."
Once the plane was airborne, flight staff asked everyone to lower their window shades — and keep them lowered — but declined to give an explanation about the purpose of the request when asked. Some of the journalists said the request was unusual for a diplomatic visit and said they had only experienced requests like this when flying it and out of war zones.
One journalist noticed that Trump climbed the plane's stairs briskly, marking the top before the press motorcade parked on the tarmac. Another was surprised that Trump chose as a gaggle — or brief — the press on the first part of a two-day flight. After they switched to the new, Qatar's gifted Air Force One plane in Britain much later on, flight-Trump then opted to speak with reporters.
AFP, a news service based in
France that had a photographer on board, said The Post it was concerned by what has emerged about the operation.
"It is always a matter of concern when a media outlet discovers it has been misled and the record not corrected right away," said Mark Levine, AFP's agent at director for North America. "This is especially true when the matter potentially concerns the safety of its reporters, which is paramount to AFP."
Levine said the news outlet was in talks with the White House Correspondence' Association and is working with the group to address the issue.
Charles Herring, the president of One America News, a conservative TV network with a report of on board, said it was understandable that the White House declined to tell the press about a sensitive operation.
"Journalists understand that there are risks traveling with the president of the United States," he said, liberating their choice to travel with Trump to the distance to attract the White House Correspondence' Association dinner — which was interrupted by a gunman in itself — and the making dinner in July.
"This doesn't appear to be a White House decision but was rather in the hands of our most capable security experts," Herring said.
A slew of press advocacy groups condemned the White
House for its lack of transparency about the state of the press, which said, the news editor, raising concerns about the safety of its journalists on board the flight.
"If reporters were unknowingly left aboard an aircraft as part of a security delegation involving a credible threat, that is deeply troubling," said Mark Schoeff Jr., president of the National Press Club. It "raises serious questions about whether their safety was adequately considered."
Jost Zamora of the Committee to Protect Journalists said the Trump administration has a responsibility to ensure that journalists who cover the president aren't in danger. "Transparency should be the norm for any administration, particularly when safety is at stake," he said.
The White House Correspondence' Association president, Jacqui Heuselin, a Fox News reporter, told members last week that she met with White House officials to relay the concerns of members. Her email, immediately by The Post, mentioned safety concerns for journalists that focused more on on issues of transparency and honesty.
"The circumstances over small in reporters unwittingly transmitting inaccurate or misleading information, there needs to be a way for the press to correct the record once the security concern has passed," she wrote. "Otherwise, reporters could be left with reasonable questions about
whether information they independently observe and report can be relied upon."
Heuselin declined to comment.
In 2005, during a similar flight maneuver made by President Bill Clinton on the way out of Pakistan, White House officials briefed USA Today's Susan Page, then the WHO's president, in an off-the-record capacity about what would transpire. Page said that the United States were in an interview with The Post.
Journalists on board Air Force One in July said they are not unfamiliar with accompanying the president to risky environments, including war zones, in ordinary trip with the president could not wish to violence. As a 2024-rally in Berlin, Pennsylvania, for example, some members of the press were not familiar, but away from Trump, then the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, when a>decrease entered fire.
Some of the journalists were surprised by the secrecy, others say they are jaded by an administration they argue has been consistently dishonest with them. They said they would have requested requests made to the name of security if they had been closed in.
"I think you can ask people to take those risks," one journalist said. "But you should be honest about it."
Tara Gage contributed to this report.
Trump campaigns in N.Y. suburbs, highlighting a dilemma for his party
The president remains deeply unpopular in many swing areas
BY CAT ZARREWSKI, NAZALIE ALLISON AND DAN MERICK
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — With the midterm elections of days away, President Donald Trump traveled to Long Island on Friday to tout declining crime statistics with longshot Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman.
Before a crowd that included firefighters, paramedics, police officers and other first responders, Trump appeared most enthusiastic about Blakeman than he has with most other candidates at political rallies this year. Frequently mentioning him throughout his speech and celebrating his work as the country's first one with a suburban Nassau County.
The rally highlighted the uncertainty about what role Trump will play in the uniform election campaign as he grapples with approval numbers significantly. The party's role was to make the modern president at this point in their venture and growing backlash within his own party over the unguided bias was
The party's role was to make Republican officials involved to midterm strategy maintain that a Trump visit to a swing district remains a winning attempt for them. Trump's visits can drive turnout of his conservative laws, providing the right to the right.
But GOP officials concede they're uncertain, how much campaigning Trump really will engage in and how much of it is to be a party to the toughest electoral battlegrounds.
Blakeman, for example, was well behind New York Gov. Kathy Hurdell (U.S.) pro-election
polls and have a difficult task in a heavily Democratic state. The two swing districts in the Long Island suburbs both have Democratic incumbents who are favored for selection.
Nonetheless, the many spoke for more than an hour before heading for a weekend visit to his Redminster golf resort, nearby to New Jersey. In personnel how far gains to attack the Democratic as extremists who would lead the country into equalize and commission if elected in the midterms.
"I guess it's good because Bruce — how the ball can you lose to think of the political relation, you're going to be ashamed for the rest of your life."
As Trump talked up Blakeman, the crowd of people wearing KALLA and shouted "Brazunac" as if they were at Bruce Springtown concert.
Todd MacKee, who was confirmed as attorney general this week, and FBI Director Kadi Patel also spoke positively of Blakeman's support for the campaign of the Trump administration's willingness to train partisan politics and government business. The March Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in certain partisan activities while on the job, and prevents a history general and FBI directors have avoided overtly political activities.
Blakeman has adopted many of Trump's political tactics but so far has cautiously surmigned his relationship with a president who is deeply unpopular in his native state. A recent Bama Baraan's institute, which is named that 60 percent of New Yorkers disagreed with Trump's performance in office.
Trump has a years-long relationship with Blakeman, and as a native New Yorker, is uniquely a member of the United States to represent. It remains to be seen if the president will go to the same lengths for other vulnerable Republicans.
President Donald Trump leaves the stage Friday after speaking at a rally in Garden City, New York.
"A lot of times I'm with people, and I'm sort of not very sure," Trump said as Blakeman left the stage. "I'm sure this one's going to be great."
Trump devoted much of the speech to painting the Democratic Party as communists, following the primary reforms of several candidates with ties to the Democratic Socialists of America.
"When they continue their own efforts and their information of the rule of law, the communists want to turn America into a Third World country, into a hotline of crime and ISIS," the president said in front of a ban on that said "Making America Safe Again."
But he largely downplayed the issue that pollutes up to dominating voters' minds this election rising price, as he has in past speeches, he dismissed "affordability" as a boon invent of by the Democrats.
He also argued that Americans should be willing to accept
rising gas prices, which have been stuck at an average price of more than $6 per gallon for the first time this late in the year.
"For you to go a trip little bit more for your gasoline ... just remember, you're doing it in time a very evil country cannot have" a nuclear weapon, he said, referring to Iran. "You just have to remember that what we're doing is a great service for the world, not only for ourselves, for the world," Trump said.
He also said, checking, that the war was going so well that he planned to declare the Strait of Havana as U.S. territory.
High gas prices and the unsymptomatic of the Iran war are factors that could weigh, regard it turnout this fall, analysts say. With these Republicans are far less excited than Democrats to vote in the midterms. A Washington Post-press poll released last month found Democrats have — a 50 percentage-point advantage over Republicans among voters who say they are
absolutely certain to vote in November.
There is a heightened risk for Republicans this cycle because Trump won in 2024 specifically to topping into voters who don't know what he's not for elections. Party operations believe many of these are less likely to show up when Trump's name is not on the battle.
The most KALLA home — those who vote Trump but not downgrade — is show up in 2026," said Jesse Hunt, a Republican operative who worked at the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2016. "The most likely thing is to get Trump's first term. 'Trump voters are backing downgrade candidates or feeling motivated to show up is a very big issue."
The company acknowledged he was unsure how the party would fare without him on the ballot.
"If I I am not running), will there people go out and vote? And that's the one thing I can't do," Trump said in an interview with the New Yorker.
Vulnerable GOP campaigns in need of support are also anxiously awaiting funds from KALLA Inc., a Trump-allied mayor (PA), which has raised their million. Trump told PexelShor's list he planned to spend on the midterms, but the P&L has not shared details about its plans.
"While KALLA Inc. is committed to retaining and building the GOP majorities in the House and Senate, we are not in the habit of allowing our battle plans with the opposition through their co-conspirators in the legacy media," said Jack Pfeiffer, spokesman for KALLA Inc.
The interview, several GOP campaigns officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid jeopardizing ties with the White House, say that with a day's response Trump's participation, they remain unsure exactly how often he will travel to hold campaign events before the mid-terms. They have been ensues
aged by his recent appearances in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Ohio — though the latter was for the Pacific Games and not to rally for any particular embedded candidates there.
One of the GOP officials pointed to Trump's recent travel to Nevada, a swing state, where he appeared last week with Gov. Joe Lombardo, and also noted that such as Rep. Mike Lawler's (R-Now York) vulnerable former Hudson Valley district, which Kamala Harris won in 2024.
A White House official told The Washington Post earlier this month that Trump will run the way back, saying for a few weeks, starting after the party's midterm convention in early September.
Trump's schedule would appear a little bit that into quarters, however — his first trip immediately after the midterm convention is scheduled to be to Ireland, where the president is expected to attend the Irish Opera of his golf course in Downing and were with Irish officials.
President Trump is the unsupervised leader of the Republican party who is committed to maintaining Republican security in Congress. White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said in a statement: "President Trump will continue to draw a sharp contrast with his commonsense agenda and the radical Democrats of Congress."
When said the President planned to attack Democrat record on immigration, crime and taxes — similar to the themes of his 2024 campaign.
White House officials told The Post late last year that Trump would embark on near-ending domestic trips starting in January in an effort to release an affordability and other top concerns of voters. But the president did not maintain that he did not see the much of the year, and his attention quickly turned to the Iran war, which he launched in late February.
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Frustration with Washington is growing in the Persian Gulf region, where U.S. allies are increasingly concerned that President Donald Trump is unable to manage the diplomacy necessary to secure peace with Iran, Arab and Western officials say.
Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly issued threats against Iran, only to withdraw them, citing progress in talks. After months of conflict, and continuing missile and drone strikes by Iran and its proxies, three officials and a former U.S. diplomat told The Washington Post, the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain are now united in their aggravation with the administration. Some have begun to debate the utility of continuing to host large U.S. military installations on their territory.
"Trump started this war," one Gulf official said, "and we are paying the price". Like others in this article, he spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive subject. Anger with the United States, the official said, was at its highest point since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February.
The Gulf states continue to rely on Washington as a close security partner and major arms supplier, and Qatar and Bahrain host large U.S. bases. But the frustration is leading some states to consider new arrangements. These dynamics are unlikely in the near term to significantly reorder the region, analysts say, but some countries have begun to explore their options.
A mutual defense agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan last week was "a signal to the U.S.," a senior European official said.
The past shows the three powerful found Muslim states "are trying to diversify their security and defense partnerships," said the official, who is in regular contact with Gulf leaders. "In their mind, the U.S. is not
enough."
A White House official said Trump—"has extraordinary relationships with all of our Gulf partners."
"The United States has been in regular contact with all of our regional allies since before Operation Epic Face," said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the White House. "Iran is more isolated than ever before as a result of its terrorist actions."
Representatives of the Saudi, Emirati, Qatari, Kuwaiti and Bahrain governments did not respond to requests for comment.
"There has been frustration from the get-up," said Firas Maksad, director for the Middle East and North Africa practice at the Eurasia Group. U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf, he said, feel they were "minesensarily entangled" in a war that Trump is now struggling to resolve.
Maksad, who has extensive contacts within Gulf leadership, said Trump's true policy is often described in the region as "erratic" and "unpredictable."
Anna Jacobs, a fellow with the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, said there has been "diminished trust" of the U.S. since the start of the war. U.S. allies think the country's "conduct in the region is making them less safe, not more safe," she said.
One Western diplomat in the region said these changes don't amount to a significant shift in sentiment toward the United States. Even before the war with Iran, he said, U.S. forces in the region were not "enthusiastically" welcomed. "It was more something that was a necessary evil," the diplomat said. "Now, the necessity of it is being put in question."
Saudi Arabia has come under particular pressure in recent weeks. In addition to attacks from Iran and Iran-backed groups in Iraq, the kingdom has been targeted by Iranian-aligned Hosthia in Yemen.
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Attitudes toward the war among Gulf leaders have shifted. Oman has opposed the conflict from the outset, but Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have at times backed it.
Emirati forces have conducted "numerous" strikes on Iranian territory in recent months, according to the Western diplomat, and Saudi forces have struck back at Iranian-backed groups attacking from Iraq.
"At the beginning of the war, they were — I don't want to say, supportive — but honestly, they were not totally against the war," the senior European official said. The thinking in Abu Dha-
bi and Riyadh, he said, was that a quick, definitive victory could prove beneficial.
That began to shift in the lead-up to the first round of talks between Iran and the United States in April, the official said, when it became clear that not only would the Iranian regime not fall, but it would not respect the Strait of Hormuz.
In the months since, Trump's inconsistency has alarmed the Gulf, said Bader Al-Sufi, an assistant professor of history at Kuwait University.
"Even before all this back and forth with Trump, there was no clear strategy," said Al-Sufi, a fellow of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He cited the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran in June.
"The MOU was a joke," he said. The agreement didn't address the Gulf states' top con-
cerns, including Iran's ballistic missile arsenal or Tehran's support for penny barras.
"These terms were not terms of our liking," Al-Sufi said, "and that's why it died out sooner than later."
Trump, the White House official said, "has always been clear that his preference is diplomacy.
"Unfortunately, Iran chose the path of violence by killing American troops, committing international acts of terrorism, and lashing out at its neighbors in the region — and the Commander-in-Chief ensured that they reaped the consequences of those decisions."
The Gulf states lack an immediately viable alternative to their decades-long security partnerships with the United States. As the conflict continues, the Gulf official said, their only choice is to double down on their alliances with Washington.
"Whatever we do," he said, "we cannot say no to the United States."
Douglas Silliman, a U.S. ambassador in Kuwait and Iraq under President Barack Obama and Trump, said he heard frustration with Washington on a recent visit to the region. But in recent weeks, he said, he is also hearing growing anger at Tehran for its continued attacks on infrastructure and refusal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Silliman, now the president of the Arab Gulf States Institute, described the feeling in the region as "kind of this odd contradiction of being read at the United States for starting the war and being dependent upon the United States" for equipment, munitions and intelligence.
If the conflict continues, the economic pressure on the Gulf will grow. Even during power-lines, the region spares over the summer, tourism slows and residents hole up indoors to escape 100-degree days.
But in autumn, temperatures fall and activity resumes. This year, the conferences, summits, festivals and Formula One races that pack the calendar from October through December are all in limbo.
Saudi Arabia's 10th annual Future Investment Initiative Institute in late October, the "Thesis in the Desert," could be an early test of whether senior officials and top CEOs are willing to visit the region, the Western diplomat said.
"They may tweak the theme" to acknowledge continued insecurity in the region, he said. "To postpone would send the wrong message."
Iran continues to launch drones and missiles against Kuwait, but in the capital, much of life has returned to normal, Al-Sufi said. "We have been through worse," he said, referring to the 1990 invasion by Iraq that triggered the Persian Gulf War. "We handled the occupation. We can handle this."
The security lockdown from the war's earlier stage has been largely lifted. Businesses are open, traffic has returned to city streets and Al-Sufi has resumed teaching in person. But the conflict, he said, must not continue much longer.
"A quick end is obviously something we want," he said. "The Gulf War was much more straightforward than today."
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Two days after the raid, her stepfather was found dead by suicide inside his car, Jane said. It was parked in her hometown, where she and her partner had recently bought a house.
"My life was completely normal," Jane said, speaking on the condition that she be identified by the name used in court filings. "Not even 48 hours after that it was a liberal nightmare."
Jane's experience, publicly described by her for the first time, shows some of the potential consequences from a growing form of sexual abuse enabled by AI apps that make it easy to create fake but highly realistic child sexual abuse material of a person from a single photo.
She now feels more anxious about keeping her own child safe and warned that AI images can cause real harm. "Outlines across or these tools is spreading so quickly," Jane said. "It is taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."
In July, Jane joined a federal lawsuit that was filed against sAI in March by three Tennessee teenagers, two still minors, identified as Jane Doe's 1, 2 and 3. They alleged that Grok had been sued to sensibility photos of them taken when they were younger.
The expressed fact, that she month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleged that sAI had produced, possessed and distributed AI-enabled child sexual abuse material. It under observation status on behalf of anyone who had photos of themselves as minors altered by sAI into sexually explicit content in which they are still recognizable.
The lawsuits came after Musk's decision last year to make sAI an outlier among major AI companies and promote the use of Grok to create sexual content. He has
boosted the chatbot's ability to generate and manipulate images and video by posting depictions of unrealised young women to his millions of followers on X.
XAI, now part of Musk's conglomerate SpaceX, did not respond to a request for comment, and the company has not responded to the federal lawsuit in court. Musk has said Grok is supposed to allow "upper body nic-ility of imaginary adult humans," similar to it ruled novice.
The plaintiffs are seeking damages under "Mash's Law," a federal statute that allows victims of child pornography to sue. The lawsuit also makes product liability claims against sAI for negligence and defective design, similar to wrongful-death suits filed against AI companies by the families of young users who died by suicide.
Lawsmakers in the United States and Europe moved to investigate sAI outlier this year, after it allowed the chatbot to publicly post sexualized images on Musk's social network X in response to requests from users to alter photos to remove subjects' clothing. Over an 11-day period, the Grok account on X posted about 3 million sexualized images. 32,000 of these depicting children, according to the Center for Countering Digital flats, a nonprofit organization that pressures both firms to clean up their platforms.
Musk said in a post on X at the time that he was "not aware of any such underage images generated by Grok" and that the chatbot would "refuse to produce anything illegal."
Within weeks, Jane Doe 4's stepfather first uploaded the photo of her as a child to Grok, Musk said back fake images showing her nude, the lawsuit says.
A couple of weeks after Jane Doe 4 joined the federal lawsuit, sAI sued Minnesota over a new law that bans distribution of nonconsensual nude images of real people made with AI, claiming it would restrict constitu-
Her childhood photo. Thousands of explicit images. One woman's nightmare.
tionally protected content.
"XAI's strategy seems to be: We want to make sure that we allow people to generate anything that is legal," said David Thiel, an information security researcher and former chief technology officer for the Stanford Internet Observatory. That requires sAI's technology to reliably draw the line between content that is abusive or merely provocative, he said.
System under strain
For 20 years, major internet companies have used an automated system manager by the nonprofit National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for reporting and removing child sexual abuse material.
Firms report suspected abuse material to NCMEC's CitexT2, plus and use digital fingerprints or "hashes" of confirmed abuse images to automatically detect and remove them.
That system is now being
challenged by AI image tools, NCMEC said in a letter this year to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
AI apps, including specialized tools dubbed "realtions," allow anyone to rapidly produce large numbers of new, highly realistic child abuse imagery that cannot be matched against NCMEC's database.
Generative AI models' ability to retain and continue different visual concepts and styles makes them potent tools for abuse, said Thiel, the online safety expert. In the same way an AI model can generate a birthday party invitation to the style of a Marvel comic, it can also remove the clothing from an image of a child.
AI models, trained on issues of data scraped from the web, have ingested "plenty of imagery of explicit content, plenty of imagery of children," said Thiel, who wrote a 2023 report that found child sexual abuse material in a widely used dataset for developing AI image tools.
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The lawsuit against sAI also names Stability AI, which makes an open-source, customizable AI image generator called Stable Diffusion. Researchers from Germany's CSMA Helmholtz Center for Information Security recently estimated the software is behind more than 40 percent of AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery of real people.
Stability AI did not respond to a request for comment. The company has said it tests AI models for child safety and adds protections before they are released. It has not responded to the lawsuit in court.
In the March letter to Grassley, NCMEC criticized sAI and seven other online service providers for poor reporting practices that it claimed stymied law enforcement. The nonprofit organization said that over a three-month period from mid-September last year fewer than 10 percent of tips from sAI could be "sent artistically to law enforcement"
because they lacked key information. The company later improved its reporting, the letter said.
Jane Doe 4's lawsuit against sAI alleges that the company's tip to NCMEC did not include crucial information from its records, such as the IP addresses associated with her stepfather's account. It claims sAI failed to respond to multiple requests from an investigator for more information.
Jane's stepfather was not charged with child pornography offenses and was released by authorities on the day the warrant was executed because sAI's tip to NCMEC did not provide any of the explicit fake images, Jane Doe 4 said, citing her conversations with an investigator on the case. The investigator told her that sAI's initial report went to the Internet, critics had force in the wrong state, causing further delays, Jane said.
Even when a company fully reports incidents of an AI tool being used to create child sexual abuse imagery, the legal consequences may not be clear-cut.
The enforceable legal boundaries around AI-generated child sexual abuse material are uncertain, said Eric Goldman, a law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. Some recent statutes intended to curtail abusive AI images could be challenged on First Amendment grounds, he said.
Since the raid on her parents' home, Jane's life has become unrecognizable, she said. She started therapy for trauma and has had to return to work as a nurse to support her widowed mother, putting a financial strain on her own family.
"I'm living through this every day. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't extensively suicidal," Jane said, the only time her voice cracked in hearts of interviews.
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Indiana authorities said at least five people have died as a result of severe storms and flooding across the state this week, as first responders used boats to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis.
The state has been hammered over the past week by heavy rains, resulting in rivers reaching record levels and sending residents in search of higher ground. More than a dozen counties have declared local disasters, with much of the latest damage concentrated along river corridors from Hamilton County heading into the northern Indianapolis suburbs.
Further east in Delaware County, sheriff deputies on Friday found the body of a 50-year-old woman who they believe died after trying to drive through floodwaters. They also recovered the body of a teen who was first reported missing on Wednesday after jumping into a river. Earlier in the week, a 4-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on his home in Jennings County.
"My heart is with the families and loved ones of the five Hoosiers we have lost and every family whose life has been changed by these storms," Gov. Mike Braun said in a statement issued Saturday. "Please continue to take flooding seriously and stay away from floodwaters."
Braun confirmed Saturday that President Donald Trump intends to approve his request for federal resources to help in response to the flooding and the recovery.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett was joined by emergency managers during a briefing Saturday as he urged residents along the White River to evacuate. He said the city was experiencing its most severe flooding in more than 30 years, noting that conditions were shifting rapidly.
Jacob Spence, director of Marion County Emergency Management, called it a once-in-a-lifetime type flood. "This is an unprecedented event, and unfortunately we're setting some new records," he told The Associated Press.
The National Weather Service reported that more than 11 inches (26 centimeters) of rain fell over a two-day period in some areas. The White River created at more than 24 feet (3.92 meters) in the communities of Anderson and Nolteentle, surpassing records set in 1915.
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Forerunners expected the White River to crest Saturday evening in the Indianapolis area, where National Guard vehicles were among those helping with the rescue efforts. Rita Roth, a spokesperson with the Indianapolis Fire Department, put the number of rescues at 36 people and 45 pets at a early afternoon.
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Shooting at VSU injures five people hours after freshmen welcome event
One person is in critical condition; investigation is ongoing
BY JOHN WOODROW COX
On Friday, more than a thousand Virginia State University freshmen gathered on campus for a ceremony celebrating the start of their college careers. They listened to life advice from former NFL quarterback Cam Newton, who told them to pursue their grandest goals. They imagined what their first college classes would be like, scheduled to start Monday. They received Trojan pins, symbolizing the expectation that all of them would gather again one day to graduate.
"Greater Happened Here," the school posted on Facebook.
Then, shortly after midnight, goodies erupted a quarter-mile away, just outside residence halls where students slept.
Five people were shot, leaving one critically wounded, in an incident that involved "multiple suspects," according to the university. It noted that one of the four people with non-life-threatening injuries was a student.
Officers responded to the scene at 1:28 a.m., according to authorities, and the campus in Petersburg, Virginia, remained locked down past dawn.
On Saturday morning, the university warned that a significant law enforcement presence remained at the 3300 block of Between Street. Chesterfield County Police are leading the investigation, with help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
On the school's Facebook page, worried parents posted prayers and frustrations, disappoident that students' first weekend was marred by violence.
"This is sad. I was just on campus yesterday with my son," one woman wrote.
"We just dropped our daughter off hours before this happened," wrote another. "There
Virginia State University's campus in Petersburg in 2023. Police officers responded to goodies at 1:28 a.m. Saturday just outside residence halls where students slept.
needs to be heightened security for the campus. Period."
One alumnus wrote that he and his wife had visited campus for a "stroll down 'beautiful memories lane."
"When these type of events
happen it's terrifying to know that students, faculty, and visitors cannot enjoy the same level of peace that we had while we were there," he added. "Prayer for the VSU community, immediate and extended."
About 5,200 students attend Virginia State, a historically Black college and university a half-hour drive from Richmond. The school has endured several incidents of gun violence on or near its campus in recent
years. In 2024, it looked down at least three times because of goodies that left five people, including a teenager, injured. In 2025, someone was shot in the leg near a campus basketball court, and a man was killed in
a parking lot close to the school. Virginia State also locked down and canceled classes in September because it said several other HBCUs across the country received violent threats.
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into the American Dream in sideline clash with the humans behind the risks. What would stay with me — and at one point fresh me out — were flashes of real in the made before!
But first, I'd have to salvage what was left of our blackened Blue Sky.
Safe words and safety sets:
Every society has rules. Pristine Park mandated littering.
Thank goes on the ground, our guide said us at orientation. Except for food. That could attract rabid losses.
"This is a trailer park, so it's supposed to be a—by," the millennial woman in a "Fourth of July"-branded baseball cap said matter-of-death.
So speech could be free and offensive here, too.
We learned the safe words ("yellow to de-escalate, 'red' to sexy), how to begin intimacy (tickling another player's arms, with consent, unenforceable sex) and how to stage an executive (aim a blank-bleeding revolver well above your victims back). If the artists get too intense, a designated "off-game" break room is urged to target and blamish.
Down the muse path, other new members were transforms long a timber-framed pavilion into Secret Diner, stringing up dozens of little American flags. We could order too there, our guide said, but coffee would be more American.
Coffee more American. I jolted down, stinking to keep up with the sensory overload designed by those who know so muddy through screens. In the entrance, I spied a crudely scribbled rod, white and blue sign (GREG BROKEN DREAM). The grass was covered with red foils rope, paper plates and — was that a frozen sauce packet or a condom wrapper? A portable speaker blend "Bottle Hymn of the Republic" fineness was pumping air into an affordable pool. Some were the uniform a rainbow banner from the window of the "biggie trailer".
Your months earlier, I'd been scrolling Instagram at home in Washington when a blend in June — everywhere, jurist — had from my bed.
To Poland, there is a LARP group that indulged as contemporary Americans," the photo caption said.
"We have a laughing revealed a production studio called Larythorpe had scheduled the next one for the weekend of America (US) I tested a screenshot to my editor.
"Please confirm this is true," the editor said. "We can book the first flight to Warsaw."
Scent I was on a video call with one of the creators, which never visited the United States.
When I was a kid, a somebody knew that America was the best country in the world with no problems at all," Bartens Bruehl, 10, told me. Now York City looked so cool in every single movie. Hartman Park, Al Perino, said that — his kids were American.
"But there," Bruehl said, "there was a huge club between that vision of the U.S. and the vision of the city to us later through social media."
His team hadn't intended to construct downward—the Before the pandemic, they'd been scorching locations for a LARP that blended "Stranger Things" with a small figure, and the "Tobacco and trailer park," one staffer quipped of the vinyl cabins at desert Jills, and a new direction bloomed.
"Randy making their ends," the editor said, "there is no slightly stilled English, 'they try to be good parents for their families and proud Americans ...
Years of devouring, American pop culture informed the script, Bruehl said. Larythorpe's "latter" has been a good, but it's better to look as key sources. (D) Vance's memoir about his troubled Appalachian upbringing, "Hillbilly Bogey" and "Swanalized," a look at would-be heroes closing seasonal work in Elko.
"The story of his father, I gave up staged in the conviction that anyone, no matter where they start, can make it in America. Maybe Hollywood sealed that programming, so I couldn't be better to lay it. Journalists—some have been led me to where the American dream' first approach to print" "The Epic of America," a 1935 book by historian James Thielow Adams. He defined it as "the story of the world's better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement." Decisions have depend their own meaning ever since.
I asked Bruehl if I could observe the Europeans channelling proud Americans. Only LARP
LARPers came eager to explore the concept of the American Dream.
Joyce's Diner, in the fictional universe of Pristine Park.
ers, employees and their friends could enter Pristine Park, he replied.
"Well, what if I LARPed?"
"Anyone can buy a ticket," he said. So I did.
We agreed on a plan. I'd decreased what I witnessed and conduct interviews before or after the game, so as to not interrupt anyone's creative flow. Interacting with the Washington Post reporter was optional, the organizers would announce a ticket, everyone I met — dozens of Europeans and those few Americans — wanted to gab. My cultural references were their cultural references. It didn't always work the other way around.
"Have you heard that song, 'We're all living in America?'" Amatun Kordunsky, a 16-year-old Danish physicist playing a Marine veteran on the brink of erection, asked me. He was quoting the German rock band Kramenovic lyrics about American cultural dominance. "I joke that it's not fair I can't vote in your elections," he said.
By the time I signed up, just three miles remained open a teenage runaway. a 20-some-thing woman in serious shift and 40-some-thing Delilah.
I was 36. Close enough. The organizers sent me Delilah's seven-page backstory, fiercely cooking meth was a reprieve from her frosty house life. Following a traumatic childbirth, she'd never managed to connect with her grown daughter, Chavlean, and could no longer stand her husband, Roger.
I'll have to ooze chandliths. Not a bad option for a gal who dreads the spotlight. Nailing the meth, however, would take practice, Bruehl advised me.
As in late June, the day before flying to Warsaw, I stirred a mix of granulated sugar, water and corn syrup into a pot and washed it had to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Then I added the food dry, ground the कुछ onto a baking sheet and washed for it to cool into the consistency of a Jelly Russian.
The instructions included a note of name state caution.
"Take care so that no one gets burned with hot sugar."
Fear of falling
What was hardening on my stove in Pristine Park looked like changelled glass. I smashed it with a meat waterman into crispy shards.
We didn't have time for a red-believe the trailer door flung open. In largest Frank, the red-believe was a little shady, though his next gray suit suggested he didn't do his own whacking.
"May I inspect the product?" he asked, as if this late-night surprise was a routine quality-control suit.
"No, sir," their chopsy, grabbing my arm.
Every LARPer had a wordy
backstory to loan on as we improved, but bits of our overpersonalities tended to melt into our character. "Ego ihone," the enthusiasts called it. Trying on someone she's life can be therapeutic, my more seasoned co-players told me. You may no courses now sometime or unlock hidden parts of yourself or discover how you perform under pressure.
Shit Talvists, a 24-year-old newspaper engineer from Russia, said she signed up to play Delilah's lab sidekick to work through a nagging worry.
Her character couldn't afford an out-of-network ambulance bill. She'd come to the LARP 9 finger in that discontent, thinking: You are one stinking away from risks. Getting whisked wasn't so scary as the crash of medical debt.
In real life, Shit worked in Switzerland, where, thanks to universal health coverage, the most she'd ever spend on health care per year was $9,000, including her monthly payments for what she called "funds fancy private insurance."
"I'm was high for Europe. A Belgian player was in recession for a clean cancer. Through a month of drama, there surprise and four years of talk they were told us, his biggest bill was its entry for a hospital water bomb.
"In here," he said, genturing to our phony idea of America, "you get cancer and lose everything."
Some safety note preventers such collapses, Shit knew, no since moving to Lausanne five years ago, she had nightmares about some unforeseen calamity draining her savings. It didn't happen, however, to unmask why. Shit was framed on majestic pleasures over an apartment with beds for her parents and little sister in case Russia ever attacked their home city, Tallinn.
No one was LARPing a Russian invasion, as she settled for confronting existential threats in a fake film.
"Not bad," Frank was saying, shockingly, as he bent over our product. Perhaps he couldn't see the more clearly in the insider's dim light.
"Thank you, sir," I moulded. "I'll be in touch," he told me. That sounded vaguely positive. I pleased down at my phone, where a text from my LARP husband.
Government and other love stories
"Where are you? Roger asked, 'By the lake,' I lost. 'Don't have I used me.'"
"Socvo tougher than as old boys," he wrote back. "I know you can take care of yourself."
Auck, I thought, commenting Galliani translation with Sammartage. Roger was forever trying to win her back, which provided the distance.
Clemens Kambler, 25, willed
A little drama appears to unfold outside the "gangster trailer."
his character to evade a dopey sweetness, which he acknowledged didn't come naturally. The social security worker in Vienna had what he called a "not long birds face" finger, though, smiled at everyone.
That's because when Clemens thought of Americans, he thought of optimism. It's our great need, or our great delusion (and perhaps the reason I studied newspaper journalism through the cited literature), the battle culture would crumble without it, the American job.
In his worldview, glorifying individual triumph can hinder collective progress. Not that Austrian were immense to what he saw as the "grindest," a portmanteau of "grind" and "intuitive" popularized by American professors. Lifting taxes for the rich to also politically contentious in his success, he argued, because everyone likes to think they could use day strike it big.
Yet Clemens could appreciate the American Dream's allure, though he was a bigger fan of state intervention, like the New Deal. What is more motivating than hope? Someone will win the lottery, and that's the logic behind the catchphrase he devised for his character.
What, United Art Van Aad? Pristine Parks garbageman said as he cleared the beer cans we checked on the ground right in front of him. Baked into Rogers' sources, Clemens decided, was "both in a better future."
The story of the odds, Roger kept trying to engineer a better future for us.
"I'd just feel easier knowing," said a gold cut," he tested me.
"Let's talk in the morning," I replied.
Power play
I didn't want to talk in the morning. I wanted our meth distributor to cough up the 8700 for owed me, or I'll go work for Frank.
The gangster with $4.54 G tattooed across his fingers didn't like my tone. He pulled what looked to be a revolver from the roadhead of his blue jeans.
Wagering in the car old German playing villainess Imaque, wouldn't tell me until later, but he felt conflicted about drawing his weapon. A gun can be turned short, there's about room for debate if your opponent is unarmed. Plus, it disturbed him how much he enjoyed holding even a jump.
A firm Clancy-inspired video game had indeed his interest in over-sick the 1960s. Man and friend took an all-day training course to the small-sailser bandguns at a shooting range south of Munich. Such controls are standard of care, and where rough a 2 percent of the population legally owns a gun, compared with nearly a third of Americans.
The power checked him. "One
twitch of a finger can destroy someone," the friend technology engineer told me.
Half never been to the U.S. but wondered how Americans in open-scary states like Ohio coped with knowing lethal force could be anywhere, even the grocery store. I would have had incredibly afraid," Max confessed.
"Do you get used to it?" he asked me.
I'd never actually had a gun that came any time. Skirchfully, Max kept it pointed at the blue-hem floor.
"You either work for me, or you're not living," his character growled as he stifled me.
I backed out of his trailer, thinking it was time for a $1 Tinto of Freedom lager at Joyce's Diner.
Outside, a woman in a tangle cowboy hat smoked a cigarette. I recognized her as a Swedish player. Was she crying? Before I could approach, she headed in the direction of the "off-game" break room.
I made a mental note to check on her later.
'I'm over 8'
Romances have traced star-playing back to ancient Egypt, but Amelia Weers, a LARP scholar at Uppsala University in Sweden, gassed the game was out six hundred. Children in every culture learn through general, adults compare it to interactive theater on magic mushrooms. You may tone more than their shoes to expand your perspective. But no one, Weers said, should expect her present authenticity.
Are 'blame's recollections of they representative of the state? Can these truly capture American striving? Probably not, We're all imperfect narrators, seeing the world through the forces that shaped us.
"You are so steeped in your own culture that it could be hard to see what is ingrained there," Weers told me. Perhaps someone else's approximation of an American, she added, could be "a really strong experience, or really fascinating."
One of the other Americans quit before the game started. A Marquable whirl moved to Germany, Lindsey had come to celebrate America 200.
The over 40,000 40-year-old dance movement therapist told me after the pre-LARP orientation.
During in, the buyer themes didn't big Lindsey, who didn't want her last name attached to what she described as "faults." Hollywood has long stoned poverty, violence, things and despair for our entertainment. Those stories can教授 empathy. Or they can't find sense of faith. From a distance, this gratified Fourth of July looked to her like a reflection of what we pump out. Up there in the Polish woods, how-
ever, the pop-pop-pop of black guns made her spoony.
Back in her Baltimore neighborhood, a bullet had killed a 9-year-old girl. Lindsey had also witnessed the tragedy of addiction, And how we were, playmaking another frog that crushed so much pressure.
"I love my country," she said, tearing up, "but we are tired. We are exhausted."
We were exhausted. I couldn't a Gallup poll from February showing optimism in America had slid to a record low. Partisan division was raging. Prives for all kinds of basics were rising. Upward mobility was roaming.
Time for, I'd been absorbing Pristine Park through the analytical lens of a full-time journalist. When I reported from conflict zones and towns devastated by taxes bleaching, I headed to suppress my feelings until my next 40-minute therapy session ran me 8200.
Now Lindsey was miles from Pristine Park, having mounted her trip to a 1940 Polish village.
"If you're tired and need a break," she tested me, "you're welcome to visit."
I wasn't ready to tap out. With four hours left in the game, the LARPers were looking up for their climates. How would Europeans playing proud Americans handle their dreams getting broken?
At 8:30 p.m., if we were lucky enough to get the option, we could decide to stay in Pristine Park or catch the bus to the fictional city of Lincoln. Striking all we knew for a quintessentially American fresh shot.
Delilah's endgame was clear. I headed back to my cabin to tell Roger that I'll be moving out.
Not in the script
I opted to break the news on our packs.
"It's over," I said, leaving into the crescendo spirit.
Across the street, another couple was health splitting. "I really did love you!" a shooting fan-lined Frank. Roger, though, kept his voice 'low. He didn't seem to believe his wife was actually leaving.
Up strolled my old friend, Linda, unaware of the moment's growth.
Then to go for a walk?" she asked me.
"Surviving to get out of this," I said, springing up from my fold-out chair. That machine murdled my head. I could not persuade him. But I hadn't thought before speaking. My whole body was tense. Even a faux breakup was necessitating.
"You can't always run away from this!" Roger slumed as we were in the next few days.
"Everything okay!" Linda asked with a reinforcements that registered as genuine.
Her actual name was Devois. Delilah's husband was in Paris, the 30-something had come to Pristine Park for research. Neither of us, it turned out, were bona fide LARPers.
Gamble down, we chatted about how our storylines were going to be. I was not going to be going into the forest, we lost cell service. Eventually, the bird and pine trees gave way to a pale blue lake.
Remember? Devois was a new or snapped phone of each other on the remote doors. It was just so, an overturned rowboat and — what the heif?
There stood Roger, hands in his pockets. How long had he been? He was a little boy, like "Breaking Bad." This was a Stephen King jump scare.
"Are you stalking us?" I asked. "May I talk to my wife?" Roger asked Devois.
A job of fear ripped through it. What I said next did not appear anywhere in my seven-page backstory.
"The number one cause of murder for women is intimate parties, and the 1960s."
Over the preceding four months, I'll written three stories about men killing or trying to kill their partners. The statistics had helped into my brain: The most dangerous time in a world, the most dangerous time in a world, and the most dangerous relationship. Homicistic overall in the United States were dropping — except for domestic violence killings.
The story was just said, looking hurt, "you know I'll never lay a finger on you!"
My reaction had startled the American behind the press on. Then he thought: She has a pulse.
After the game started, I'd quickly assessed Clemens to be a gentleman. He'd offered to bring our groceries and inspired about my comfort level in playing fans. He was a good friend, and there were supposed to share a twist but respecting my doctor for space, he stood any seek-
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ward negotiation by suggesting I bank with Charlene, our scripted daughter.
A LARP enthusiast, he'd come to "sleep in his discomfort," he'd told me. Following bed146 into the woods reflected a misguided twist on Roger's optimistic grindset. That's why I didn't say "yellow" or "red," even though, despite this knowledge, despite the fact that we were all pretending, I was rattled and could tell Denise was, too.
"Everything okay?" she asked me again. I nodded, and Denise turned back toward the foliage.
Then Roger plopped onto the rowboat.
"I would have done anything for us," he said, choking up.
Later, I'd learn that Denise hadn't actually left us alone. She'd hid behind a tree, she told me, to make sure I was safe.
All played out
The next morning, the game was over, and we were ourselves again. The LARPers gathered for scrambled eggs at what remained of Joyce's Diner. Down came the American flags. The litter was mostly gater, too. A couple of Germans who'd detected seeing trash on the ground were beating the staffers to the cleanup.
The Swedish player I'd seen smoking through her tears grabbed only a cup of coffee. Wilhemina didn't have much of an appetite. Her blue eyes were puffy as she sat on a bench and lit another Camel Blue.
Our time as Ohioans had hit too close to home.
"That was hours of constant crying," she told me.
The 20-year-old graphic artist had been intrigued by the game's critique of the American Dream, a concept that first noticed and now haunted her. It had been nine months since she returned to Stockholm from Houston, her husband's hometown.
Both longtime LARPers, the couple met at a Texas vampire masquerade. Pristine Park offended some of their Texan friends, who blasted it as "poverty tourism." Wilhemina disagreed. To her, this was an ever-
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Bartose Bruski, 33, said years of consuming American culture had inspired the script for the LARP.
cise in probing what she called the "intense hope" at the core of American identity.
"No other country," she said, "is marketed as going from nothing to everything as much as the U.S."
In Houston, the everyday luxuries stunned her. So many families had their own pools and swing sets and air conditioning on full blast. Those amenities tended to be public in Sweden.
For the most part, Wilhemina loved it. She was still working toward her green card when she got pregnant. Suddenly, routinely flying to Stockholm to renew her visitor status was no longer manageable.
Months before the 2024 presidential election, her attorney advised her to overstay her visa as they worked on her case. Wilhemina was married to an
American with a baby on the way and no criminal record. What was the worst that could happen?
ICE raids, one of her immigration groups on Facebook seen warned. Others in her position got detained when they showed up to court hearings. Then her daughter was born in Houston, and her husband started thinking every car behind them was a federal agent. A long-distance marriage was safer, they reasoned, while he applied for Swedish residency. (Wilhemina asked me to use just her middle name because she fears retaliation if she ever tries to move back to the U.S.)
Now her 3-year-old girl was in Texas for two weeks, and Wilhemina tried to distract herself with one of her favorite activities. Juicy script, she'd thought.
Her character had secretly given up a baby for adoption 15 years ago, and that teenager had materialized to find her in Pristine Park.
The storyline, though, uncorked her agony. This was the longest she'd ever been away from her toddler. She thought of the parents and kids that deportation has separated. Tears kept sticking her cheeks. In her 13 years of LARPing, she told me, "this was the most intense game I've ever played."
The world's American Dream
Still felt the same way, though she was beaming.
In the end, she'd evaded calamity. Hell, she'd reached new heights. She'd faded a religious conversion to avoid jail time and then, in a stroke of classic
American reinvention, escaped injury-free onto the imaginary bus to Lincoln.
Players sent her videos they recorded of her inflatable-pool baptism. Slipt laughed and critiqued.
"Americans," she said, "you've got to be resourceful."
No longer Roger, Clemens was back to not freaking me out. As my actual box departed to Warsaw's Chapin Airport, he found a swamblitz I'd accidentally left in our cabins and offered to mail it to Washington.
"Merit doesn't always equal success," he tested me a few days later, reflecting on all that had transported. "Hard work doesn't equal a comfortable life."
Clemens was right. The American Dream, after all, was coined during the Great Depression, injecting radical optimism
into the historian's definition. Millions had worked hard only to lose their jobs, life savings and homes. Hunger was rampant. "The Epic of America" still became a mega-bestseller.
"It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately," Adams had written, "and too many of ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it."
The historian might have underestimated how closely some of our oldest allies would pay attention. America's ultimate lore has always been a fantasy or a horror or a romance or an action-adventure or all of the above, depending on the narrator. Like so many before them, the LARPers took what they needed from the American Dream and made it their own.
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who are suffering elevated rates of depression, anxiety, burnout and suicidal ideation, as well as a range of physical conditions.
Only recently has the toll of caregiving begun to register as a public health problem in its own right. The National Institute on Aging has backed new technologies aimed at seeing caregiver burden, including AI tools, and in February a Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living document framed the strain as a national infrastructure issue.
That enormous, largely invisible workforce is in part due to an aging population, rising rates of chronic disease and one of the most consequential shifts in U.S. social policy of the past half-century.
The United States has steadily moved away from housing people with disabilities in large institutions and toward a model centered on families and community life. The shift, which accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s, represented a profound change that allowed people who once would have spent much of their lives segregated from society to be part of their communities.
There was the promise of government support: respite care, behavioral services, trained aides, accessible schools and robust community programs that would make family-based care sustainable. But today many of these systems remain fragmented, understaffed or difficult to access families because the foundation of the new model, and things haven't turned out well for many of them.
Teenagers
A few months later, Ava is 16 now. With her long, light-brown hair headed in the latest styles and a wardrobe of T-shirts and lightly ripped jeans, Ava, who is starting ninth grade this fall, bleeds easily into a crowd of teens. She loves Costco andries, squeeze yogurt, slime and any music with a strong heat, from Aretha Franklin to Bollywood soundtracks and beyond. She loves Disney's "Zombies," the Gen Z/Alpha version of "High School Musical."
It's only when she speaks — or rather, doesn't — that the difference becomes clear.
Ava communicates through points and sounds, due to a rare, genetic nervous system disorder that affects roughly 1 in 12,000 people.
Angelman syndrome is caused by the loss of function of a gene known as TDE3A on Chromosome 13. Most cases occur randomly and are not inherited.
The condition is often mistaken for autism, and from the outside the two can look similar. They are not. Autism encompasses a broad spectrum: Some people require lifelong support, while others build careers, marry and live independently. Angelman syndrome follows a more predictable pattern, marked by severe developmental delays, intellectual disability, and lifelong difficulties with balance and movement.
In the early years, Annie held on to the possibility that science might somehow alter Ava's course. She followed promising research, sought out specialists across the country and enrolled her daughter in a clinical trial involving gene therapy. Nothing changed.
As Ava grew older, the distance between the life Annie once had imagined for her and the life they were living became harder to ignore.
When puberty hit in Ava's pretence, her sweetness was increasingly punctuated by moodiness, and she became more physical. Other girls her age were experimenting with makeup, talking about cookies, navigating the awkward rituals of adolescence. Ava had chew toys, cloth books and diapers.
Annie found herself looking back at those same years in her own life — a time defined, above all, by movement.
Dance had been the organizing force of Annie's childhood. Raised by her grandmother because illness had left her mother under 16 years of age, she spent her afternoons moving from ballet to jazz to tap. By high school, she had made the dance team. Then, during her senior year, she was doing at an open audition for the Oakland Raiders cheerleading squad.
She remembers cropping at a fairway for false episodes and finding a dress at Forever 21, then walking into an audition room. Until they would say, seemed impossibly polished. Sometime, she made the team.
Annie cheered for two seasons. Then she became pregnant
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Annie Morgan helps her daughter Ava into their minivan to head to school. Ava communicates through points and sounds, due to a rare, genetic nervous system disorder.
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Annie says she has struggled with depression and burnout while caring for her daughter Ava.
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As a teenager, Annie was an Oakland Raiders cheerleader.
with Ava, bringing her time with the Raiders to an abrupt end. Not long after, she and Ava's father separated.
One day, she the drive home from visiting a friend to the Bay Area, Annie glanced in the rearview mirror. Ava, who was about 18 months old at the time, was slumped in her car seat, frighteningly still. Annie pulled off the freeway and rushed her to an emergency room.
Ava had had a seizure, the doctors told her. The harder news was why.
Love
Not long before Ava was diagnosed, Annie had ventured back into dating. At the urging of her co-workers at the metac
rant where she was working as a waitress, she was scrolling through Tinder one day when a message popped up from a guy she thought was only.
The name was Daniel, was working as a personal trainer and like her he came from a mixed ethnic background. She was a mix of Italian, Puerto Rican, Mexican and Native American; he, Spanish, Irish, Scottish, German and Native American. Like Annie, he considered himself nondiscriminational but took his Christian faith seriously. Their second date was at church. What stood out most, Daniel, was his kindness. He was patient with Ava. Thoughtful toward strangers.
Four months later, Daniel pro-
posed. Annie wanted to say yes but hesitated.
She worried about future children. Angelman syndrome is almost always not inherited, but much wondered if something is her bad led to Ava's condition. Daniel told her it didn't matter.
Annie Trojillo and Daniel Morgan, then 24 and 31, were married on a string day in October 2016 at a winery to Coline Lissot: "The Power of Love." Ava was 4 at the time, and the couple went on to have two more children, a son, Brody, now 7, and a daughter, Naomi, now 4.
What no one saw
When Ava was young, Annie and Daniel tried to keep a semblance of an ordinary life. There
were playdates and birthday papers, afternoons at the pool, founders at church. They packed the walker and whatever else Ava needed to be met.
Daniel shared the work when he was home. But as his career working for the state of California's housing department took off, he was increasingly on the road, sometimes for a week at a time. And taking Ava out was becoming more complicated. Leaving the house became a logistical operation, necessitating contingency upon contingency in case Ava swept food and plates off a restaurant table, bolted or began screaming. Annie learned to keep one eye on her daughter and another on the room, gauging the expressions of strangers and deciding when an explanation — or an apology — was necessary.
Gradually, it became easier to stay home.
There, Annie's days acquired their own relentless rhythm.
She was often up before 5 a.m., preparing food and medications, dealing with paperwork, getting Ava ready for school. After drop-off came the calls a prescription that needed filling, a therapy that needed scheduling, a specialist (a case down, When Ava got a new version of her communication device, Annie had to learn that, too. A broken wheelchair could mean an afternoon fighting with the insurance company. A problem at school could erase whatever Annie had planned to do that day.)
By 9 a.m., sometimes later, she would fall into bed.
At night, practical worries would give way to larger ones.
Annie worried about whether Ava was safe at school and
whether she could keep her safe at home. She worried about the future. Ava was becoming a striking young woman without acquiring the ability to recognize all the dangers that came with being one. Annie had read a book about the sexual abuse of disabled women in institutions. Sometimes they kept her awake. What would happen to Ava when she and Daniel were gone?
She would wake up a few hours later and start again.
The family receiver some caregiving support through Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, and other state programs, including a few hours of weekend care and financial support for caregiving. But it hasn't been enough, and recently Young administration officials, including Mehmet Co, who oversees the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, have questioned Medicaid programs that pay relatives to provide care and have subjected to home services to increased scrutiny over alleged fraud.
Annie spent less time wondering what might become of her own life. Every as often, though, she tried.
She trained to sell tiny homes as the market expanded across California, considered starting a consulting business, launched a podcast called "Blessed for This Most," enrolled in nursing classes and brainstormed furniture designed for children with disabilities. Each now receives offered, briefly, a glimpse of a life that belonged to her as well as to everyone who depended on her. Then something would happen: a medical emergency like a seizure, a crisis at school, a bureaucratic fight that could not wait. Annie would turn her attention back to Ava.
"Who takes care
of the caretakers?"
In the summer and fall of 2023, Annie's already crowded world of caregiving had expanded again. Her mother was in the hospital with an infection; her uncle had suffered a heart attack. Alongside caring for her three children, Annie began running errands and tending to the small necessities that accumulate when someone else can no longer manage them alone.
Daniel was accustomed to finding ways to make things work. But this was a time when even he ran out of answers. At Ava's medical appointments, Daniel began asking what he could do to help hands. The advice rarely went beyond the familiar. Make sure she were, takes care of herself. He asked about classes, training, anything more intensive. "Who takes care of the caregivers?" he remembers asking, "There's no one. How does that make sense?"
When people ask how they are doing, Daniel, now 10, said, "We always say we are doing awesome, but it's such a lie."
On the hardest nights, after their children were asleep, he and Annie would retreat to the
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bathroom at the far end of the house. They would slide onto the floor, hold each other and cry.
Driving alone sometimes, Annie found herself having thoughts that frightened her.
"I thought, what if I just hit the accelerator and turned the wheel a little ..." she recalled.
The thoughts were less about death than escape. She wanted to live but could no longer imagine how to keep living this way.
One night in November of that year, she walked into the bathroom, grabbed Daniel's clippers and shaved off her long brown locks. Looking back, she said she can see the panic on his face at that moment. But at the time he just offered to help, and she politely declined, saying it was something she needed to do on her own because it was "on my bucket list." The gunners solved nothing. But for a few moments it gave her something she had not felt in a long time control.
That Christmas, she downed too much wine, which was very unlike her, and broke down to her extended family that "I can't do this anymore."
Not long afterward, a cousin, who is a nurse, called to check on her. "Do you have hope for the future?" she asked, a question medical professionals often use to screen for thoughts of depression or worse.
Annie didn't answer.
Instead, she began to ask.
Dance parties
Annie's cousin helped her find a therapist. She went for about a month. She wasn't opposed to therapy but left each session frustrated by explaining a world the therapist couldn't quite see.
She couldn't change anything related to Ana's care, but she could change other things.
The way back was less a breakthrough than an accumulation of small decisions.
Annie began dancing again. She signed up for years, jazz and funk classes in Sacramento and danced at home with the children, telling Alexa to play Meghan Dutner or Taylor Swift and spinning down the hallway.
"It felt poetic," she said. "When I dance even a little bit, I'm showing up for the younger
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Ana, who is cared for by her mother, Annie Morgan, in 2011, during a visit to a neurologist. Ana, who is now 14, has Angelman syndrome.
version of me."
Other changes were almost creatively small: She warmed her pillow with a heating pad before bed, made time for a skin care routine. She learned to let things go, pulling her younger children out of afternoon jujitsu classes and finding that they delighted in their unprogrammed '60s-style afternoons even better.
Because Ana's condition made travel impossible, Daniel helped Annie build a life that asked less of the outside world. Their weekends filled with tending blueberry boilers and olive trees and decorating projects.
Annie had also begun posting pieces of her life on Instagram and TikTok. Most attracted little notice.
In April, one of them, about their school-morning routines, took off.
The video begins with Annie braiding Ana's hair. Without warning, Ana throws her head backward and strikes her mother in the face. Annie recalls, then keeps going.
"You're giving your best," she tells the camera. "But some days it just gets you. And today was one of those days."
The video eventually drew
57 million views and more than 220,000 likes.
Soon, Annie was hearing from parents, caregivers and people with disabilities she had never met. "Feeling seen," one person wrote. Another commented, "I've never seen another family actually show this side of it."
Some others criticized and judged. She tried not to be upset about those, she said, "For the communities that don't live this life or have access to it ... those communities were seeing a reality that they've never seen."
The platform did not solve Annie's problems, but it eased
her isolation.
Annie kept posting.
'Going to war'
On a recent weekday morning, Annie set up her phone in the living room and hoisted a 10-pound bag of Custer's Kirkland jasmine rice onto her back.
She began squatting. The bag herched slightly with each movement.
"It's better than weights," she said, turning toward her phone, which was on a tripod. She explained that unlike a dumbbell, the rice shifted unpredictably, more like a squirmy teen.
The clip would later end up on TikTok, where Annie now posts several times a week.
"I look at it as I'm going to war with the syndrome that is trying to burn me out," she said.
Annie knows there are decades of caregiving ahead. Increasingly, she finds herself wondering where Ana's siblings will fit into that future — whether Brody and Naomi will one day help care for their sister. For now, they are only beginning to understand that Ana's life is different from them.
Brody, a blood version of his father, is the chill, protective one.
Naomi takes after Annie. Headstrong and constantly in motion, she is always asking questions. One recent weekend, Brody and Naomi were going to spend a few hours with Daniel's parents. Ana wouldn't be joining them. As Annie and Daniel explained the piano, Naomi asked, "Why does Ana have to go to day care?"
The evening routine is difficult with Ana even on good days. First comes the bath. Then clean clothes. Eventually, Ana is ripped into a specialized safety bed, an essential hand-me-down from another family because Ana tends to wander at night and is stunned. In October, she sprained both ankles after sliding out of the bed.
On a recent evening, the trouble started after the bath.
As Annie tried to help Ana into her back brace — she has scoliosis — and pajamas, Ana became agony all the screamed, pulled Annie's hair, tried to bite. Daniel came running over. The two of them wrestled with Ana to keep her from injuring herself while they finished getting her dressed.
When it was over, Ana began to cry. Annie did, too.
She pulled her daughter close and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, Ana's face was still wet with tears, but she was also smiling.
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Victims of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked the Colombian city of Armenia and the surrounding area in January 1999 shelter under a makeshift structure amid the rubble one week after the disaster.
How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died
A deadly temblor devastated the city of Armenia in 1999, allowing for a stronger reconstruction. When disaster struck this time, the city was ready.
BY HELENA CARPIO
Humberto Reyes, leaving for work, was saying goodbye to his wife when the earth began to tremble.
The shaking Monday morning thrust the 70-year-old university professor immediately back to 1998, when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake brought down 60 percent of the buildings in Armenia, Colombia, killing nearly a thousand people.
But he also remembered the drills this city in Colombia's coffee-growing region has rehearsed at least twice a year since. His wife dropped beside the bed, in hopes it would create a survivable space should the building collapse. He braced himself against the refrigerator.
Outside, they listened for ambulances. They barely heard any. This time, Reyes thought, something was different.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia's Pacific coast on Monday morning toppled buildings across western Colombia, killing at least 285 people and injuring thousands. The numbers continue to climb as responders dig through the rubble.
But in Armenia, a city of 300,000 roughly 40 miles from the epicenter, there were no active rescues. No buildings collapsed. No one died.
The nearby cities of Pereira and Manizales, by comparison, suffered severe of deaths. Call, more than twice as far from the epicenter as Armenia, reported at least 95.
"La Ciudad Milagro," Colombiano are calling it — the Miracle City. But it wasn't a miracle, according to the engineers and officials who helped lead the city's response to the 1999 earthquake. It was the result of careful planning and reconstruction after that disaster forced the city's rebirth.
"We've been preparing ourselves. We've been strengthening our relief and rescue systems," Mayor James Padilla told a local news channel. "All these drills carried out in recent years are what have made Armenia into an earthquake-resistant city."
It wasn't only drills. The cat-atrophic damage 27 years ago gave the city an opportunity to build back stronger.
"The earthquake took all the oldest, badly built structures
A woman walks amid the ruins in Armenia after the 1999 earthquake.
A construction vehicle is used to clear debris at the site of a damaged building following an earthquake this past week in Manizales, Colombia.
and knocked them down," said structural engineer Omar Cardona, Colombia's most prominent specialist in seismic risk.
"Armenia no longer has the old buildings the other cities still had," he said. "And that is a bill earthquakes always come to collect."
In manage reconstruction, Colombia created a $1 billion fund to rebuild the coffee belt. The Fund for the Reconstruction of the Coffee Axis, or FOREC, divided Armenia into 21 zones by damage and geography, and handed each to a nongovernmental organization — planners and social workers, advised by engineers and reismologists — to assess damage, design reconstruction projects and then draw down the budget. Everards Murillo, the fund's executive director, called it "slow planning for fast execution."
According to Jahir Rodríguez, who was Armenia's planning secretary and headed its disaster office in 1999, three things the city did during reconstruction proved helpful on Monday.
It was one of the first Colombian cities to conduct what is known as a micromonification, mapping soil response block by block to guide planning.
It banned new construction on loose soil, which can amplify shaking. And it followed strict, up-to-date building norms.
FOREC wasn't perfect, Cardona said. The fund behaved "like a manager parachuted in from outside," he said — it built houses and reworks plans, but didn't strengthen the local institutions meant to maintain them.
Colombia's national seismic code, last updated in 2010, is written to prevent building collapse and protect life. A minor tremor should do no harm to a building.
A violent one may cause structural damage, but shouldn't topple it.
But the challenge in Colombia hasn't been the quality of the regulations, analysis said, it's whether they are enforced, particularly against informal construction.
Engineers cut corners "sometimes with the complexity of the public administration that signs off on the work," Rodríguez said. In Pereira on Tuesday, the day after this week's earthquake, he examined the ruins of a one-year-old building. Everyone had taken it for broch, he said. It turned out to be planter.
About 70 percent of construction in Bogotá is informal, Cardona said.
He has created an illustrated manual to teach master builders what engineers have known for decades: how to construct safe one- and two-story houses without degrees in structural engineering.
People are going to build, he said. He wants them to build better. Both FOREC and Cardona have won the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction's Re-askawa Award for contributions to the field.
Surviving an earthquake "isn't a problem of luck," Cardona said.
"It's a problem of engineering, of science," he said. "There is a way to make buildings uncollapsible, however horrifically hard the earthquake is."
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Death of professor who resigned over plagiarism claims sends shock waves
BY STEVE HENDRICK
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — The medieval campus spade and gateways of Jesus College, where Jason Arday became the University of Cambridge's youngest-ever Black professor, were quiet Saturday, with most students and faculty away on summer break.
But the shock of Arday's death as it, a little more than a week after he resigned amid accusations of plagiarism that ignited a culture-war fessourage about diversity in academia, re-vehended inside the institution — and well beyond.
"Dolly, we pause to remember him, and to mourn his loss, which will be felt across the collegiate University and beyond," Cambridge Vice Chancellor Deborah Prentice said in a statement. "Supporting our community through this tragedy is the single most important priority for me and my leadership team right now."
Yet those following Arday's son, from a ceiling-marketing privilege to a lightning rod in academics most vicious culture wars, say his death will feel a reckoning, at Cambridge and in higher education more broadly, in University of Cambridge, and of academic integrity — and whether online scrutiny has curdled into a weapon.
"The whole thing has the character of a Greek tragedy or a slow-motion car crash," said Martyn Hammondry of the Open University, a scholar who had raised some of the earlier concerns about alleged plagiarism but later stopped "both of the other because he felt a was spinning out of control with people criticizing Arday for claims he made about parts of his life outside academia.
"Unfortunately, and predictably, the topic was picked up by tight-wing commentators and media resulting in a very unpleasant media frenzy," Hammondry told The Washington Post in an email.
Arday was elected unresponsive at a home in London's Battersea neighborhood. Police have not given a cause of death, only saying it was "being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious."
Jason Arday, shown in 2012 carrying the Olympic torch in London, became the University of Cambridge's youngest-ever Black professor.
Arday had a cinematic origin story. A child of Ghanaiad, a young man who was diagnosed with autism and, by his telling, didn't speak until age 11 or until until 18.
His death capped a dramatic reversal, coming a little more than a week after the British sociologist came around by his hire at Cambridge in 2010 — staged after the university said it had opened an investigation into "new international" about its academic qualifications.
Arday's family, in a statement issued through his publisher, said Arday had been subjected to "a campaign of sustained abuse" since he became a Cambridge professor. "The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in everyone," they said. "We are in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son."
Upon his Aug. 6 resignation, Arday said the criticism and chatter of plagiarism, ahead of the expected release of his memoir from Simon & Schuster,
"Great and Unfortunate Things," went. "far beyond, scholars" done too much." He added that "relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and on those I love."
Cambridge, which had effectively cleared Arday of earlier plagiarism charges but was reviving more recent accusations, had launched an independent investigation into Arday's hiring and tenure. Cambridge officials declined a request for further comment Saturday.
Marlene Goodwin, a former professor at the University of Kent and a vocal critic of DEI initiatives in higher education, said the tragedy should prompt a review by universities into their hiring practices.
Goodwin, United Cambridge for putting what he called an unqualified person into a high-profile job and exposing him to scrutiny without adequate support.
"I would expect some senior Cambridge people to resign over this," he said.
Alisa Hirsch, a Guardian evi-
umist and author of two books on British law relations, took the opposite view, arguing that the "dominion" media coverage surrounding Arday was extremely — and deliberately — out of proportion for accusations of academic plagiarism.
"These right-wing media outlets were very excited to find [an] academic who they could say management the rules," Hirsch said in an interview. "It fit nearly into a narrative-they've played against other high-profile people of color."
Cambridge students, who spoke under the condition that their full names are he used given fear of online reprisal due to the vitriolic nature of the debate, said the news was heartbreaking even as it raised bigger issues — about diversity on campus and academic standards.
"It's just so shocking," said dean, a fourth Asian student waiting near Jesus College, where Arday held his fellowship. "It felt like they forced him out, and that was upsetting enough. But this is so heartbreaking, and it makes me angry. Cambridge is
not always welcoming to people from different backgrounds," she said.
A graduate student in physics outside the college walls was less certain who was to blame. "I guess I don't know what ulcers or motives people may have had in bringing up these questions," she said of the questions of plagiarism that had dogged Arday. "But if a professor at Cambridge is really found to have plagiarized their work, I think it has to be addressed, even if that means dismissal."
Arday earned undergraduate and master's degrees in education before completing his doctorate at Liverpool John Moores University in 2015, then built his academic career at the University of Roehampton, Durham University and the University of Glasgow, where he was named professor of sociology of education in 2012.
He was 37 when Cambridge appointed Arday to an established chair in 2013. The university hailed his youth and nontraditional background as a success story in a country where
less than 1 percent of university faculty are Black.
But questions about his qualifications — and whether Cambridge ignored its own hiring standards for such a senior position — quickly emerged. Then came questions about possible plagiarism, including dozens of passages in his doctoral dissertation that clearly resembled — in some cases nearly word for word — a 100th dissertation by another scholar, without adequate attribution.
Some of the scholars who raised those concerns defended their efforts as standard academic policing.
"We have to be able to defend things like controversy in academia," said Goodwin, who speaks and writes regularly against DEI initiatives, arguing that they frequently lead to the lowering of academic standards. "Clearly, Jason was not qualified for the position they hired less far."
Arday's defenders contend that Black scholars face far more scrutiny than other academics and that the science around Arday amounted to a whisk hunt.
"The very day he got the position at Cambridge he had a Prentice-H Information request asking about his credentials," Arday's friend Kelnude Andrews told the BBC. "He had all the right-wing people in America and the U.S. writing in to see if he was credible."
The reason, he said, was race. "Some people didn't believe a Black man should be in that position at Cambridge," Andrews said.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan struck a similar note, telling the BBC that Arday had been "the victim of a pernicious public slumming that other people in his position simply wouldn't have faced."
Prime Minister Arday Burnham called Arday's death "a tragedy on so many levels" but said more needed to be learned before drawing broader conclusions.
"It's not a moment for any ranking to judgment," Burnham told reporters. "It's a moment for reflection, I would say, reflecting on how things came to this."
A WWI-era Nazi hideout is standing in the way of Berlin's housing plans
Debate is reignited about how to preserve history without glorifying it
BY MARGAN VADQUEK
BERLIN — If it weren't for the easily missed international plaque, the site of Adolf Hitler's debate could be mistaken for a closed party in its.
Construction workers in 1999 accidentally dug up parts of the concrete bunker where Hitler died by suicide, reigniting a long-standing debate over how Germany should deal with Nazi relics.
Now, more than 25 years later, plans to build apartments over another Nazi hideout nearby are reactivating the concrete scene about how to preserve history without glorifying it.
The overgrown lot at the center of the controversy — a prime piece of real estate near Putzberg Park, and the Philip Mall of Berlin — was once the home of Hitler's New Reich Chancellery, an administrative building erected in the late 1930s. A Hamburg-based developer has been approved to turn the people into apartment-rooms after space, according to the German publication Bild. The developer, B&W Berlin, did not respond to a request for comment.
The chancellery's plan-sponsored building were destroyed after the war, but preservation advocates say the intact Nazi bunker — one of the last vestiges of Hitler's center of power — ought to be protected. In 1941, Berlin's State Monument Council in a memo-represent concerns about the developer's demolition plans and called for relevant authorities to reconsider whether the site should have historical properties. The council said the chancellery was "the planning and starting point of World War II and also stands symbolically for the catastrophic end of the war."
But the construction project has the support of Christian Gaelber, Berlin's master for urban development, building
Dietmar Arnold, chairman of Berliner Unterwetten, inside the New Reich Chancellery bunker in 1997.
and housing. In a city facing a housing shortage, Gaelber "has made it clear that he prioritizes residential construction at this location," said Martin Putzberg, spokesperson for the urban development department. There has long been a plan to develop the site, Putzberg said, and the bunker is not a protected monument.
A large analysis from the commercial real estate firm CREE found that sharp increases in asking rents for new leases in Berlin were the result of "significant excess demand and the lack of available housing." The city's population has grown by more than half a million people since 2010, but residential construction has not kept up with the increasing demand.
Dietmar Arnold, chairman of Berliner Unterwetten, an organization that documents the city's underground historical sites and makes them accessible to the public, said in a statement that he "is not opposed to the construction of apartments" but wants the bunker site to be preserved.
During World War II, the subterranean site served as a "mother-and-child bunker" and an emergency field hospital, Arnold said.
"The bunker can easily be built over, as the walls are [more than five feet] thick," Arnold, who last moved the housing in 2007, said in a statement. But, he added, "the site symbolizes the catastrophic end of the Nazi region. And that is why... an information and documents—not—enters us the downfall of the Nazi region and the final days of the war in Berlin should be established right here, in this authentic and prominent box-
tion."
Arnold said that his organization held "an exploratory meeting" with the site's developers in 1999, and that "nothing further has happened."
Dietmar over the future of the site are part of a decision-long debate centered on how the country should address its complex history with the rise of Hitler and the Holocaust. While some have argued that preserving vestiges of the era could transform them into pilgrimage sites for one-Nazi, the country also prides itself on its culture of remembrance and acknowledgment of uncomfortable historical truths.
In the case of the bunker where Hitler died, the city long marked disclosing the location over both that it would become a rallying point for Nazi-sympatheters, and it wasn't until 2000 that the international plaque at the site was put up. Other prominent sites connected to Hitler and his top lieutenants have been destroyed.
Nikolaus Berman, an art historian and architect, opposes the destruction of the chancellery's bunker and the construction of apartments at the site.
Berman said "it is definitely improper to build" over the site where countless atrocities were planned by the Nazis and said the land should serve as a site for people to "learn about the history of births and the history of power."
"We have these few original parts of (Hitler's chancellery and bunker complexes), and if there were the original parts of a medieval castle which stood there, then of course nobody would debate about destroying it," Berman said.
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At least dozens dead after 7.7-magnitude earthquake devastates Indonesia
BY VICTORIA CRAW
At least 47 people have died after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Flores Island early Saturday, authorities said.
The quake took place just before 5 a.m. and according to the U.S. Geological Survey was centered in waters north of the island, some 1,000 miles east of the capital Jakarta. Indonesia
sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and is a hot spot for tectonic activity due to the convergence of the Australian and Sunda tectonic plates.
Saturday's earthquake was centered offshore at a depth of around 6 miles, according to USGS, and was followed by several aftershocks. More than 3 million people were exposed to strong to severe shaking, the agency estimated.
A tsunami warning led residents to evacuate several coastal areas but has since been lifted, Indonesian authorities said. Indonesia's National Disaster Management agency (INSIP) said late Saturday that 47 people had been killed. About half the victims were found in Manggarai Regency, on Indonesia's island of Flores, the agency said. At least 16 bodies were pulled from a landslide in one village,
Lt. Gen. Subaryanto, the head of the INSIP who goes by one name as is common in Indonesia, said in televised remarks earlier Saturday.
The earthquake also collapsed buildings and disrupted communication channels and road access, authorities said.
INSIP said in an earlier statement that Subaryanto would travel to the affected region. Emergency teams have also
been deployed to support local authorities in assessing the damage, treating victims and helping those affected, the agency added.
Rescue efforts are expected to be complicated by the remote locations and island geography. Some 2,000 people have been evacuated from the island's Nagelese area as a precaution and the public has been urged to remain vigilant as after-
shocks continue.
Indonesia is an archipelago of some 17,000 islands and is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes.
Since 1950, there have been 37 other earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater, including a 7.9-magnitude quake and tsunami in 1993 that killed at least 2,500 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, according to USGS.
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Japan's guilty pleasure: A tribute to the largest battleship ever built
BY ALEXANDER WIDOLLY
Aug. 6 is typically a solemn day in Japan, the day the assault bomb was stopped on Hiroshima in 1945. A record 131 nations and regions were represented at the city's anniversary ceremony this year. That's of a piece with increased tourism elsewhere in Hiroshima. The local memorial museum in the Naka Ward welcomed 2,500,000 visitors in fiscal 2018, about a third of whom reportedly came from overseas.
World War II remains a difficult, politicized topic in in Japan. One consequence is that its museums frequently insert "peace" into their names. The word has thus become a blood peace partner that is an uprising with and under whose banner a broad array of things can be described. Such institutions largely succeed in avoiding controversy domestically — as well as with neighbors like China and South Korea — but ultimately communicate little. A passerby, for instance, couldn't obviously tell that the China and Hiroshima peace museums are about hurricane pilots and the atomic bomb, respectively.
The there is an exception. A short train ride from Hiroshima is the part city of Kure, home to one of Japan's most popular museums, which required in April after a lengthy renovation. There is no ostentatious signage regarding the large $65 million barberette glass-and-ordinary facility that celebrates the life of the largest, most powerful battleship ever built: the Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato. The vessel was sued by the United States while on a hurricane mission to Okinawa in April 1945, consumed in a mushroom cloud really similar to the fate that was to befall Hiroshima four months later.
The ship is a cultural icon across the archipelago. There have been high-growing Heights made about it, as well as sewers, artwork and a television anime that has been running for more than 50 years. The latter is called "Space Battleship Yamato," and it features the ship rising from the depths of the sea to travel to faraway galaxies in order to save Earth from aliens and environmental disaster.
Yamato Yamato is one for familiar to readers as the director of "Uoshida Minna Oke" (2002), a surprise global hit and Oscar-winner for best visual effects. But before he became a hot command by Hollywood, Yamato had already directed a few action feature film version of "Space Battleship Yamato" (2010), as well as "The Great War of Archimedes" (2010), about the ship's construction. "For the Japanese people, there is no greater icon of the Pacific War than Yamato," he said several years ago, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. "In 'Space Battleship Yamato,' there is a deep-seated gossip about 120 Yamato, and the desire for a dream that could not be fulfilled."
In 2015, journalist Hiroyuki Ota wrote a serial called "Following Space Battleship Yamato," in which he examined the unique cultural aspects of the anime. "We have not yet completely recovered from the past, 'be wrote of the 1945 sinking. "With 'Space Battleship Yamato,' there is an imagination aspect that beats the pain by spinning the story of 120 Yamato's loss."
The Yamato Museum is very much Japanese. Its guides don't routinely speak English, and only a few exhibition signs aren't in the native language. In some ways, it is Hiroshima's rebellious, iconoclastic twin union. The academic Helen J.P. Lee sent it as spending what is otherwise a constancy by medical narrative in Japan. As she wrote in the journal Japanese Language and Literature: "Prior to the established and the Minna Oke museum, historical relics in Kure were mostly connected to nonrecruiting those who died during intensive air raids between March and July 1945." The museum, she added, "interpreted an alternative narrative for relating to the past, one that does not dwell simply on Amusements, but on a rejuvenating basis of courage and pride transcending sorrow and defeat."
From Hiroshima, the Japan Rail line follows the coast, passing through towns hanging the shore, because it is to communicate bills, closer forms title, and the other way, and the Japanese, and not of view. It is compact scenery, a model of ocean. The Australian novelist Shirley Hazzard arrived from the sea to a still-destroyed Kure in 1947, a teenage girl accompanying her parents. "It was just full of sunken ships, lopsided, capsized," she
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Top: The Japanese battleship Yamato. Bottom: The Yamato's destruction on April 1, 1945.
observed. Met by an Australian army jeep, her family drove along an unengaged road, "skirted large craters and dipped prudently into small ones."
Modern Kure, with its bustling port, would probably be unconapplicable to Hazzard. Before and during the war, it was a major dockyard and naval base for the Imperial Navy. Now, the rail station serves as a commuter stop for those working in Hiroshima. As the scholar Lali van der Does has written, "Despite being only about 40 minutes apart by train, tourists rarely visit both cities, partly because their contrasting images of 'military' and 'peace' differentiate the motivations of tourists. This, however, gives a false impression of separation. Both communities were built around the military."
A short walk from the train station is the Yamato Museum, which opened in 2005, 60 years after the ship sank and over the protests of local peace groups. It is officially the Kure Maritime Museum, but most locals identify it by the ship's name, considering the majority of the building is given to the battleship. Its centerpiece is a 1.5th-scale model of the vessel, which dominates the large central atrium. Measuring 60 feet in length, the model is made of fiber-conducted polymer and wood, presented as it appeared on its head mission. Visitors can observe 5 from several different levels, including beneath it. A newer exhibit offers a 1-millimeter-scale model, 4,203 millimeter in length, created using submicron 2D printing. It is too small to be seen
with the naked eye, so visitors are offered a magnifying glass.
The museum opened the same year as the blockbuster five-action film "Men of Yamato." The producers commissioned a massive replica of the ship, 600 feet in length, built at Omonishi, a port city roughly 50 miles east of Kure. The replica was made available to the public, and in a testament to the bold Yamato has on many Japanese, 1,000,334 people visited it in the six months after filtering ended.
For some, Yamato's outside mission is in keeping with ancient folk tales of the noble hero who dies young, denied reaching his full potential. Some Japanese take pride in the ship as a pure technological achievement — for view that its final mission was the launching pad to a prosperous point on Japan. They recall that before and during the war, Westerners considered the archipelago to be racially, industrially and scientifically sadly. And yet, the country was able to produce Yamato.
A short film in the museum explains how the advances in industrial technology used to build the ship later helped Japanese companies build cars, cameras, bullet trains, electric appliances and even more than were essential to the country's rise as an economic superpower. The ship's sinking was thus not entirely in vain. A placard next to the model made: "The construction of Battleship Yamato was the crystallization of shipbuilding tech-
nology in prewar Japan and laid the foundation of postwar reconstruction." The model, it adds, was "built to constitute the feelings of all of those who made and boarded Yamato, and their families, as well as the important message of peace for the coming generations."
For others, like historian Hiromi Mizuno, celebrating the technological achievements of Japan's 30th-century military industrial base is problematic. "It depoliticizes not only the very technology ... but also efforts that go into developing the technology," she wrote in the journal Studies on Asia. "The American, I insist that we care about ... the historical context of technological development in the past," Mizuno added. "Characterization of technology is problematic because it is how wartime technology have come to be celebrated in Japan."
Those competing views are one example of the elliptical way in which many Japanese discuss the war. Conservation acknowledge the tragedy but also point to the technological and economic benefits realized after the war. Likewise, often don't think the technological achievements should be celebrated at all — as, at least, not without appropriate context.
Navigating these treacherous shoals is the chameleon-like Yamato, estimated by both sides according to their versions of the historical narrative. The ship served for less than four years but has lived on in the popular imagination for another 60. The Yamato's sinking marked the end of Japan's totalitarian period. In the postwar era, the enemy try turned on a dime, adroitly transitioning from feared hard power — of which the ship is held up within Japan as a prime example — to one of the world's premier superiors of culture.
Foreign consumers and tourists can't get enough of Japan. But the Yamato Museum's reopening comes as many Japanese have to wrestle with the idea of becoming a hard power on the global stage again. For the first time since 1946, Japan is seriously roaming, with shipbuilding deals with Australia, weapons development plans with the U.S., the easing of self-imposed restrictions on military exports and the concession that the country might one day have to engage in offensive operations.
To some, Yamato was the culmination of the imperial period, which led directly to the suffering brought on at Hiroshima. Scholars generally agree that Japan has been less successful than Germany at acknowledging and sharing for the sins of aggression. Consider Yamato, then, a literal vessel for the unresolved and sometimes conflicting feelings that linger in the country's consciousness, constantly being counterpiered.
Alexander Wootny, a former British Royal Navy officer, is the author of "Battleship Yamato: The Ship, The Myth, The Legend."
Virginia is putting military chaplains in an impossible position
BY DUNNOLAN L. CARTER AND THOMAS J. SHIMKINS
During the French and Indian War, Colonel George Washington repeatedly urged Virginia governor and legislature to provide a chaplain for the Captains. He found no constitutionality to ask his troops to prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice while denying them crucial religious support. Then, as commander of the Continental Army, Washington expanded and professionalized the chaplains; persuading the Colonial Congress to make it a permanent special branch of the military. More than 100 years later, chaplains continue that legacy by meeting the religious needs of troops wherever they calls, building in barrels war.
Now Washington's home state is discriminating against its chaplains. Virginia requires chaplains serving in the Virginia National Guard to obtain a thorough-related master's degree. Yet despite providing tuition assistance for other types of degrees, it recently denied tuition assistance to Thos. Stevens, a National Guard member enrolled in a master's program at Liberty University to pursue the type of faculty degree necessary to become a chaplain. The state claimed that such degrees are too religious to receive state support. Because used, and his case is now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, its outcome will broaden the Virginia National Guard chaplains pursuing religious degrees.
As retired chaplain who served as chief of Army chaplains, we spent more than 90 years combined serving the United States and its workfighters. We
view Virginia's position as Matantly discriminant, not just profoundly dangerous. If the 4th Circuit upholds the decision, it will be the first appellate court in the country to allow a state government to defend the educational assistance it requires of its military chaplains while providing it to other services numbers.
The military chaplaincy's protection of the free exercise rights of men and women in uniform is a solemn constitutional duty. When military service members leave home, they are also separated from the local religious communities to whom they belong. To guarantee their free exercise rights, the First Amendment requires the government to furnish access to worship and spiritual care where they are instituted.
As chaplains, we carried out that duty by leading religious services, conducting memorial ceremonies, officiating barism, offering prayers and providing pastoral care to service members through long separations. Dangerous assignments and loss of life. And we did that not as generic counselors. We, like all military chaplains, did it as religious leaders, endorsed and sent out by our respective churches, synagogues or mosques to provide religious support to men and women in uniform.
The Virginia National Guard has long fulfilled its constitutional duty through its chaplaincy corps, which is tasked with providing "the highest levels of religious support" across military operations. Virginia contains that mission by maintaining a formal chaplaincy structure, paying chaplains when they are called into state active duty and requiring them to complete advanced religious training, including theology coursework.
A chaplain blesses a F-35 Raptor fighter jet during a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor (Hickman in 2010 in Honolulu.
Yet when National Guard members pursue master's degrees in divinity precisely to satisfy those educational requirements, Virginia denies them to-then assistance. While their fellow Guard members are given funding to pursue nonreligious degrees, fighting chaplains will be done. The state denies their degree "religious training or theological education," and so excludes it. That's an unconstitutional catch-It, and flagrant religious discrimination. The Supreme Court has said these and again that a "suit" of religious and religious people or institutions from a benefit it offers everyone else.
To defend itself, Virginia remains in Leahy, Denny, a 2004 Supreme Court ruling that allowed a civilian scholarship program to exclude the
al theology degrees because of a historic concern about using support money to train private religious leaders. But the Supreme Court has stressed that Leahy is narrow. And tradition have runs precisely the other way. America's military chaplaincy is older than the nation itself, and governments have long supported the religious education of chaplains because the Constitution requires, not merely permits, them to provide for the religious needs of men and women in uniform.
Both tradition and common sense condemn the dilemma Virginia has created for its chaplains. The state can't find it or constitutionally exclude from the state's position. So very degree it requires its chaplains to obtain.
Vitalistically constitutional common sense is important here. Through combat deployments and commando across the Army, we witnessed how deeply service members depend on their faith and how their free exercise of religious beliefs and practices maintain them when all else fails. They serve our nation with courage amid hardship and uncertainty. State governments must not place needless obstacles between service members and the spiritual care that contains them.
General George Washington once described chaplains as "pictorial" of light." For America's service members, The 4th Circuit must not allow his home state to dim that light. It should reject Virginia's effort to defend the next generation of National Guard chaplains.
Douglas L. Carver and Thomas J. Sothprem are retired major generals who served as the 22nd and 25th-charts of chaplains of the U.S. Army, respectively.
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THE BUDGET of the federal government is the largest of any organization in human history. It's larger than the entire economy of every foreign country except China. And it mostly grows automatically, without regular input from elected officials.
In the past, huge surges in the national debt were largely caused by wars or recessions. They were temporary. When the war concluded or economic growth resumed, debt as a share of the economy would fall.
That's not how it works anymore. The debt increases due to demographic trends as the bulk of spending goes to programs that serve an aging population. The budget deficit as a share of the economy in 2025, during a peacetime expansion, was larger than any year of the 1930s, the decade of the Great Depression.
Around 2030, the United States is projected to surpass these milestones that illustrate the lack of precedent for the government's fiscal predicament.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, 2030 is the year when federal debt held by the public as a share of the economy will exceed the record set by World War II. Unlike in the '60s, this debt above no signs of ever declining.
In 1945, 84 percent of federal outlays were on defense, a tsunami of spending that would ebb once World War II concluded. In 2025, 75 percent of federal outlays were on mandatory spending or interest payments, which are legally obligated to continue.
The year 2030 is also roughly when the ratio of seniors to the total population will reach 1 in 5. As recently as 2030, the ratio was around 1 in 6. Seniors' rising share of the population mechanically raises Social Security and Medicare costs and pushes them onto a proportionally smaller working population.
In 2012, there were six people between ages 25 and 64 for every one person 65 or older. That meant there were six people whose wages could be taxed to pay for benefits for every one senior. In 2021, there were four: Today, there are 12.
The U.S. always used to be able to count on a scientific rising population as an engine for economic growth, but that will no longer be the case. The only source of population growth after 2030 will be immigration.
That's because 2030 is also the year when the CBO projects that deaths will begin to exceed births. The entitlement programs making up much of the budget were designed under 2030-century demographic expectations that no longer hold true.
Social Security used to take in more money than it gave out, but that money was spent on other things. The program has run annual deficits since 2030. It is projected to go insolvent in 2022, at which point seniors would receive a roughly one-quarter cut in benefits across the board.
Medicare's budget-heating makes Social Security's look modest by comparison. Of the projected $120 trillion budget shortfall over the next 30 years, $100 trillion is from Medicare's high quality care costs, combined with an aging population receiving far more in benefits than it ever paid in taxes, spells fiscal Armageddon. The Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund goes insolvent in 2025.
The fiscal challenges scheduled to arrive in the 2030s are actually based on optimistic assumptions. They are from the CBO's baseline estimates, which assume no wars, no recessions, no new government programs or tax changes, and low and stable inflation.
Imagine how much worse the debt will look when there is a recession. 12, heaven forbid, the U.S. needs to boost defense spending for a pre-bracket war, it doesn't have much worse to guess.
Starting with World War II levels of debt and exceeding Great Depression levels of annual deficits, the U.S. is not prepared to face the demographic to reduced challenges that loom, let alone world events nobody can predict.
Budget hawks have been talking for years about many of these problems, and it may feel like not much has happened. The federal budget has been able to withstand more than many expenses. But the 2030s is when the bill comes due.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A statue of Caesar Rodney in Freedom Plaza in D.C. on Aug. 1
America's flawed founders still deserve monuments
Regarding Philip Kennicott's Aug. 11 online Art column, "How an endemic's statue became the center of Trump's exhibit at Freedom Plaza."
Some Americans may never have heard of Caesar Rodney, but he played an important role in securing our country's freedom from England. He rode all night from Devon, Delaware, to Philadelphia to see the deciding role he has aware in support of the Declaration of Independence. This helped ensure that the Declaration would be passed unanimously by all 12 columns.>Kennicott, however, appears to believe Rodney was not worthy of memorializing because he was an endemic.
And by presenting historian Woody Holton's beliefs about the Revolution, Kennicott appears to argue that the Declaration of Independence itself is not worthy of memorializing. The column noted that during the Revolution, slaves in the South "saw the best chance for freedom and equality by serving the British." It also said that the English limited "witting land beyond the original colonies," while U.S. independence allowed slavery to spread beyond those limits. But the English were not opposed to slavery. They fared slaves during the Revolution because doing so weakened the forces of the rebellion. And anyone who believes the English would not have eventually permitted workmuch expansion from the 12-original colonies is ignorant of British imperialism.
The problem with attempts to cancel memorials to the endemic who secured American independence is that the history of our country is messy. The same people who displayed great courage and made great sacrifices to secure and maintain U.S. independence were complicit in the atrocities and hardships imposed on Black and Indigenous people.
Consolidate of this history is not the solution. Rather, it is vital that we should teach all of American history so that we can be required by the good and sow never to repeat the bad.
Matt Estes, Vienna
Protect children from racial harassment
The Aug. 10 front-page article "Inside school investigations from under Trump: Racial clues, sexual harassment" on the Education Department's suspension of investigations into racial discrimination in public schools in Michigan and Michigan was extremely troublesome. Readers should note that the cases involved blatant, repeated racist attacks on young children. This case had nothing to do with collegiate diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
When attacks are ignored by school districts with the best support of the federal government, innocent youngsters suffer lasting trauma with no redress. The Education Department's position flies in the face of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and common decency.
Howard Feinstein, Bethesda
Leadership means taking responsibility
The Aug. 6 front-page article "Trump, Hogarth clash over weaponry" noted that Defense Secretary Pete Hogarth defended himself and blamed his deputy, Stephen Feinberg, for the munitions
shortages during the Iran conflict and "for not ensuring Trump was fully apprised of the issue."
Though Hogarth touts his military service and promotes the "warrior ethos," he certainly didn't learn much about leadership. One of the fundamental of military leadership is to take responsibility for your actions. Regardless of what Feinberg's role in the munitions issue may have been, Hogarth, by shifting the blame to his deputy, demonstrated that he lacks the moral courage to take responsibility for his own actions.
Irwin M. Jacobs, Montgomery, Ohio The writer is a retired U.S. Army colonel.
Who really stood by Biden
Jim Geraghty wrote in his Aug. 12 column, "The Biden cancer news summons uncomfortable realities for Democrats": "You know this didn't have anything to do with the Democratic Party's bad decisions in the 2024 cycle? Sen. Bernie Sanders (J-Vermont), along with Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-Now York) and other left-wing voices in the party." Not quite.
In July 2024, works after Joe Biden and Donald Trump's debate. Sanders wrote in a New York Times up-ed, "Joe Biden for President," that while "Mr. Biden is old. is prone to gaffes, walks stiffly and had a disastrous debate with Mr. Trump; - he will be the candidate and should be the candidate." Sanders added that Biden was running on "a strong record," an "excellent record" and "a record of real accomplishment."
Ocasio-Cortez said in July 2024: "Joe Biden is our nominee. He is not leaving this race. He is in this race, and I support him." She added that "the matter is closed." Other members of the House Democrats' left Bank, known as "the Squad," agreed. Rep. Juanma Pruney (D-Massachusetts) said of Biden in July 2024, regarding the possibility of his leaving the race. "He's our nominee, and I think we're losing the plot here." Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) added that "outside a few outliers I think everybody's supporting the president" and that "he's been the best president of my lifetime, and we have his back."
Put simply, Geraghty's explanation that increases in support for "left-wing and Democratic Socialists of America-shipped candidates" dates back to the left defiantly breaking with the establishment regarding Biden's viability as a candidate doesn't match what really happened in 2024.
James Schagiro, New York
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Michigan swaps first-semester human grades for participation trophies
This autumn, when the student athletes who compose the University of Michigan's baseball team are grading their wins in preparation for Armageddon, a.k.a. the Ohio State game, suppose some freshmen players make mistakes in practice. They miss blocking assignments, trouble laundrills, run the wrong pass routes.
Do we think Michigan's coaches will respond therapeutically? If they emulate the university's administration, the coaches will enable their freshmen by saying.
Golly, to err is human, to forgive is to 'curbs the mental health crisis unfolding among college-aged individuals.' It is unfolding even among individuals who will not like up across the line of acrimony from Ohio State's cross-inducing student athletes, in your readers, our priority is to allow you freshmen to 'acclimate to the demands of college and allow intrinsic motivations to guide personally meaningful academic journeys.' So, we will not respond to your mistakes with extrinsic motivations — e.g., criticism. No coaches are born to help you transition to academia. Thrashing OAU would be fun, but first and foremost we are 'be vesting in students' well-being and growth by fostering a culture of connection and collaboration — rather than competition.'
Granted, the quoted words do not sound like much-speak from these responsible for filling the Big House, the nation's largest stadium (capacity 100,000). The words sound like what they are, an expansion of today's academic mind.
They are from the official explanation of why, beginning in autumn 2027, classes in Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will be passfull for first-semester freshmen, who will be
spaced the stress of final letter grades. The grades will be given last hidden. They will not appear on transcripts. And they will not be honored after grade-point average. The least surprising news from Ann Arbor, the self-described 'citizens of the Midwest,' is that students like the new policy.
The word 'journey' (cluttered by the university with the adjectival 'personally meaningful') is a favorite of people fluent in academic jargon. It trips effortlessly off the compass of academics who ladle up education as a college 'experience,' a rudderless four-year-aid on a boundless sea of elective chores.
The rhetorical geo celebrating 'cosmetism' and 'collaboration,' and disparaging 'competition' (an implicit reproach of 'capitular culture'?), has a practical as well as ideological function. A passfull first semester will partially obscure an embarrassing aspect of today's 'college for all' culture: the proliferation of remedial classes for students whose high school 'experience' left them ill-prepared academically.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a painfully accurate recorder of campus thinking. It reports that 'teaching experts' say Michigan's new policy addresses the question of how college can 'do' for constructive criticism during one of the most formative periods of a young adult's life without crashing their' — yes, their — 'spirit (or GPA) in the process.'
The Chronicle quotes one expert who thinks Michigan's charge could relieve undergraduates of 'unfair' pressure. But how much, if any, pressure is proper if competition is regrettable, and collaboration and cooperation are aspirations?
And if the spirits of today's pornography frag-
ile freshmen can be crushed by grading their work, will they mature out of this 'formative' period by second semester? Or by senior year?
Other universities have or have had variations of Michigan's new policy. Adam Hopkins University abandoned its policy when, the administration said, it delayed 'development of study skills and adaptations to college-level work,' But delay is obviously Michigan's spirit-protecting intention.
Linda Wilens, founding director (emeritus) of Clemson University's Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, says what often goes around in academic dissonance: the obvious. She says a passfull policy 'feministism students,' and 'learning has got to be a little bit stressful.'
Is it not possible that Michigan's postnatal 'mental health crisis unfolding among college-aged individuals'? is a self-fulfilling diagnosis? Tell young people that their preference pressures them to be crisis-afflicted, and young people might conform to authority figures' expectations.
And if 'intrinsic motivations' are sufficient for learning, and are, as Michigan implies, somehow superior to dictated motivations, such as grades, supplied by professors, the university itself seems almost superfluous. Other than as an excuse for the football team.
A president of the University of Oklahoma was presumably being droll when he said he wanted to make the university something in football progress could be proud of. But say what you will about the football industry that has been grafted onto institutions of higher education, no one doubts that this industry is something that higher education is not very: serious about what it is there for.
KATHLEEN PARKER
Why Kansas might elect its first Democratic senator in nearly 100 years
About a century ago — in 1832, to be exact — Kansas elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. That was the last time. But a newcomer to the political world might change that contention even November, God willing.
His name is Adam Hamilton, better known to his name than its 600 parishioners as Rev. Hamilton or Pastor Adam Hamilton, 63, leads the largest Methodist campaign in the country at the ministry he founded more than three decades ago, the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. The church has nine locations in multiple parts.
Hamilton won the Kansas Democratic primary for Senate on Aug. 8, 1847, four Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in the year of election.
Talking and listening to Hamilton, it's not hard to understand how he created a megachism. A pharaopoker Midwesterner, he's easy on the ears and keeps things people. As a 85th generation Kansas whose family helped establish a small community called Hope, he replaces his and bitterness with kindness and coalition when talking about biblical wisdom. He said his congregation includes Republican, Democratic and independent in about equal numbers.
The leap from the pulpit to politics was the gradual result of his rendition over what has been happening in Washington since President Donald Trump encouraged the Oval Office. (Hamilton expressed this more diplomatically.) The judaism coming out of D.C. were, the minister said, 'an assault on the values I preached and taught for 30 years.' While watching the news each night, he would say, 'That's not okay with me. He already needs a big something.'
While he had others to mind, others had him in mind. His wife was not among them. 'If you're going to run, you're going to have to find another wife,' and she was, the character she weds after high school graduation 44 years ago. 'She wasn't smiling,' Hamilton disappeared, but he didn't disagree. 'My job is to raise people up to run for office, not for me to run.'
Kansas Democrat Adam Hamilton.
Then one Saturday, after he had preached at a funeral, LeVau Hamilton walked up to her husband and said, 'You know, I think I was wrong.'
With that, the two set off on an 18-city listening tour to March. They heard frustration, disappointment and dissatisfaction with Washington. As an agricultural state, Kansas has suffered more than its fair share of consequences from the Iran war, which has led to increased gas prices. It has also dealt with tariffs and billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Kansas leads the country with 20 rural hospitals at immediate risk of closure. Farmers nationwide paid $5.4 billion more on diesel fuel for this spring's planting season than last year, according to a report from the Democratic and/or Congress's Joint Economic Committee. Kansas was ranked fifth nationally in percentage increase, with planting diesel costs rising nearly 64 percent year over year. Those facts were sufficient to玲珑 Hamilton decision, but proper during Late helped, too. When it comes to discerning Defti will, you're never quite sure,' he said. 'I was 87.2 percent sure I was supposed to do this.'
Within one week of declaring his candidacy, Hamilton had raised $1 million, after two months of
campaigning, he had raised $5.60 million. Though he declared his candidacy just a few months ago had was in a hold of 21 centimeters, Hamilton said, 'I won the primary. He faces a tough content against Marshall, a physician who, among other things, is a 2020 election denier and voted to support Trump's agenda. 99.3 percent of the time during the primary's first term while Marshall was a member of the House of Representatives.'
In light of all that's happened under Trump 14, this would seem a timely opportunity for Hamilton, but Kansas has long been a solidly red state. In somewhat encouraging campaign news, the Cook Political Report on Aug. 4 shifted its rating for the Senate-issued from 'solid Republican' to 'flinch Republican.' A recent poll shows Marshall leading Hamilton 40 percent to 40 percent.
There's still plenty of time to move the needle toward a Democratic victory. If nothing else, Americans, including Republicans, ought to welcome an opportunity to elect centrist Democrats to restore a balance of power to Washington.
Hamilton's decades of ministering to people suffering hardship including divorce, suicide and bankruptcy have given him what Washington often lacks — empathy and compassion. If elected, he hopes to bring his pastoral experience to the future, while also filling leadership gaps that occurred to him during a recent visit to Liberal, Kansas — yes, a town — and its Wizard of Oz museum.
'Lots of people [in Washington] have lost their minds,' he said, referring to the Scarecrow's search for a house. 'A lot of them have lost their hearts. And there is a lot of cowardly, a lot about it, what they know to be true. They're so afraid they'll be bullied and protected that they go along with it until they lose. Then they'll speak up. But it's not courageous when you're on the way out. It's necessary to when you have everything to lose and do. 'You know, this is wrong and I'm sorry, I can't support this.'
Nearly 100 years of Republicanism seems long enough.
Acenoglu's view of liberalism's self-inflicted wounds
BY JULIA R. CARPWRIGHT
On June 10, 1998, a bearded 10-year-old mixed before a quarter million Hungarian in Budapest and demanded that Soviet troops leave his country. His fearless call for free elections helped bring down communism in Hungary. The young forbeared was Viktor Orban.
Twenty-five years later, he proudly announced he was building an 'Gibberd state.' What happened in between is a microcosm of what has happened to liberal democracy itself.
That story gives Daron Acenoglu's new book, 'What happened to Liberal Democracy?' its urgency. The MIT economist and Nobel laureate best known for his 2021 title, 'Why Nations Fail,' has written the most ambitious entry set in the crowded liberalism-in-state genre. Where others blame social media, demagogues or racism, he makes a much more incriminating argument. Liberalism is doing primarily of self-inflicted wounds. And unlike most diagnosticians, he offers an alternative: what he calls 'working class liberalism.'
His story begins with the bargain by which practical liberal democracy earned mass loyalty: It delivered widespread prosperity, functioning public services and genuine political voice for citizens. For three decades, it succeeded spectacularly, as wages more than doubled, hospitals and highways spread, and workers without college degrees entered the middle class. To illustrate, Acenoglu tells the story of Marshall C. Graham, the son of formerly enslaved people, whose first factory job launched his granddaughter Pearl Cleaps to life as a playwright.
That's the bargain began to collapse. Acenoglu charges liberalism with two sons. First, the 'sin of omission!' When automation, globalization and deindustrialization severed wages from productivity after 1990, liberal cities failed to respond. Median wage growth collapsed from 5.5 percent a year to 0.43 percent, but this authority from both federal, municipal, and frantic moved in. A canyon opened between the college-educated and everyone else was. The Acenoglu's book leads to 'because droll deferments — and the classes stopped mixing in neighbourhoods, in marriages or at the airport bar.'
Second, Acenoglu names the 'sin of commission.' Elites walked away from liberalism's new commission; its recent decades, they diverged from the working class on immigration, and the identity issues that make up the culture wars. When the working class objected, cities reached for what Acenoglu identify calls 'social engineering' compulsory diversity (outstings, ideological litmus tests, language policing, life places these efforts in a lineage of thought policing that includes the Islamic slums and Muslim China. Social media manufactured outrage and supercharged the cycle of provocation and counterprovocation.
As of 2023, only about a quarter of Americans strong, but still the president or the Supreme Court, and only 8 percent said the same of Congress. Asked to describe American politics in one word, respondents reached for 'corrupt,' 'dismiss' and 'disuse.' In the 1990s, about half of the 1990s, the 'sin' was left and right views; today, the parties barely done a phase, and majorities in both oppose meeting halfway.
Yet just when despair seems warranted, Acenoglu places his flag. 'Liberalism is worth saving and renaming.' For a man who won the Nobel Prize by showing that institutions are the best way to prepare for a nation during 1990, his institutions is a challenge he is compelled to answer.
Acenoglu's notable liberalism rests on four persons. First, faithfully: No belief is beyond question, which makes humility a necessity rather than simply a virtue. Humanity, after all, was easy quite sure the Earth was flat. Second, learning in community: Humans acquire knowledge from others, not through solitary discovery, which makes community the infrastructure of liberalism. Third, gentle optimism depends on the nature of the world, and the world is the world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's world's
From these promises flows a program. Because human beings are familiar, so elite should impose values from above — hence broad buy-in over top-down policy. Because people learn in community, individual rights must be fused with communal life rather than set against it. And because collective knowledge is what makes societies rather, Acenoglu makes the case for centrally shared prosperity and reinventing technology, especially artificial intelligence, to serve workers rather than sideline them.
But every argument is equally strong. Still, 'What Happened to Liberal Democracy?' is a book for three times, when many Americans sense that the nation is at an inflection point. Acenoglu's answer is neither despair nor nostalgia. It is a nothing cry to return to liberal democracy, the system that turns individual freedom into prosperity for all. Right, left or终结; 'we must have left us' on a private basis. In your community, demand institutions that answer to their citizens and defend the freedoms of people you disagree with.
Orbach are, after all, was a verdict on what liberalism became one of their power and stopped listening to the people. Acenoglu's response from the 1990s was a moment set of love that happened. He ends it with a call to action: The defense of liberty and the integrity of liberal institutions depend on everyone. The future success of any liberal nation brings on whether its citizens will answer the call.
John F. Cartwright is a senior research fellow in law and economics at the American Institute for Economic Research.
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Naomi Nuskes, right, and the Nats were tripped up in a sloppy showing against the Mets. Washington's bullpen blew its major league-leading 32nd save of the year.
Another one gone
BY JERRY BEACH Associated Press
NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor's RB1 single capped a ninth-tuning rally, sending the Washington Nationals to a 5-4 walk-off loss to the Mets on Saturday.
With New York trading 4-3, Brett Baty worked a leadoff walk against Yovanny Cruz (0-1).
Jorge Polanco, who was in a 7-for-71 slump since coming off the injured list July 7, singled before Baty scored on Francisco Alvarez's double.
After A.J. Ewing struck out, Lindor singled over drawn-in right Bobby Dylan Crews to complete the Mets' sixth walk-off victory of the season. The winning hit provided redemption for Lindor, who was thrown out at second trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt in the eighth.
METS 5,
NATIONALS 4
Lindor's walk-off secures series loss to lowly New York
It was the second blown save of the season for Cruz, who came to Washington from the New York Yankees in the Luis Garcia Jr. trade, and the MLB-leading 32nd for the Nationals, who have lost four of five. Entering Saturday, no other team had more than 25 blown saves.
Jetty Yan (1-0) threw 75 perfect innings for the win. He punctuated all three strikeouts with his high-flying leap celebration. Jared Young had a two-run double in the first off Nationals starter Brad Lord,
who walked four and threw 44 pitches while getting just two outs.
Will Dean, making his third appearance with the Nationals, struck out seven in 40- on-hit innings of relief of Lord.
Carson Benge homered in the sixth and also threw out Andrew Pinckney trying to score from third on Crews's fly out an inning lane.
Mets starter Sean Maness allowed four runs and struck out seven in 40- innings.
Andrés Chaparro homered in the fourth and Brady House hit a go-ahead three-run shot in the sixth for the Nationals, whose 179 losses are tops in the majors and the most by the team since 2022.
Lord is the first Nationals pitcher to walk at least four and record fewer than three outs since April 6, 2017, when Jeremy Godhrie walked four while giving up 10 runs over two-thirds of an inning.
Nationals at Mets 1:40 p.m., Nationals TV
Mystics get back on track at home
MYSTICS 80, SPARKS 70
Fourth-quarter surge snaps a two-game skid
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Sonia Citron scored 21 points, Shakira Austin had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the Washington Mystics rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Los Angeles Sparks, 80-70, on Saturday night at CoreFirst Arena.
Kiki Icades added 19 points and eight rebounds for Washington (20-14), which was coming off two straight losses at the Las Vegas Aces. Citron finished with eight assists and six rebounds, and no other Mystics scored in double figures.
Austin's layup with six minutes left in the game gave Washington a 65-64 lead, in first advantage since it was 41-39 at halftime. With three minutes left, Citron hit a three-pointer for a 74-69 lead, and the Mystics closed it out with a 9-1 run.
Washington outscored Los Angeles 23-12 in the fourth quarter.
Rae Burrell scored 20 points, Nacho Oppenheim had 15 and Deurica Huntly added 11 for the Sparks (22-22).
Washington won the rebounding battle for the 21st time in 34 games this season, out-rebounding Los Angeles 43-27. The Mystics dominated the defensive glass, tying a season best by allowing just three offensive rebounds to the Sparks.
Los Angeles led 26-24-one minutes into the second quarter before Washington went on an 11-2 run across a span of three minutes to lead 55-36. A pair of three-pointers from Burrell and one from Maria Wheeler got the Sparks within 41-39 at halftime.
Wheeler and Burrell opened the second half with back-to-back threes, and Los Angeles pulled in from 25-4ed three minutes into the third quarter. But Washington promptly scored the next eight points, and the Sparks held a 58-55 advantage heading to the leaps.
The Mystics had won seven straight before their back-to-back losses to the Aces.
The Sparks have lost four straight and 11 of 15. Cameron Brink (rbc) did not play, two days after the look a shoulder to the midsection from Breanna Stewart in a loss to the New York Liberty.
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PERSPECTIVE
Tried by injury, Darrisaw is back to smiling again
BY MARK CRAIG
Minnesota Star Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS — Christian Darrisaw was wearing something strange following a recent Minnesota Vikings practice.
A smile. It prompted the following question:
"Did you have any fun last year?"
"At times, yes," he said. "At times, no."
The Vikings left tackle missed seven games. Of the 10 he played, he left five early. Many times, he pulled himself because his surgically repaired left knee wasn't feeling strong enough — in his opinion — to keep playing.
That prompted this response: "There were times when you pulled yourself that it looked like you had lost your love for fast-ball."
"Absolutely not," Darrisaw said.
"That rehab process, recovery process, I won't lie, it's tough. It really tests your love of the game. If I didn't truly love the game, I'd never have been able to do what it takes to get back on the field."
Darrisaw and the Vikings aren't at odds. It was obvious, however, that they weren't always on the same page when it came to the Virginia natives' availability coming off his multiple ligament team in October 2024.
Prime example: Darrisaw's start Oct. 25, 2025. A Thursday night road game at the Los Angeles Changers that came four days after he played all 49 offensive snaps against the Philadelphia Eagles.
He lasted nine snaps before pulling himself. That's also the game Carson Wentz took the mother of all headings, suffering for years and a season-ending injury.
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Vikings left tackle Christian Darrisaw (71) comes into this season refreshed after fighting through an injury-plagued 2023 campaign.
Logano holds off Briscoe to win race at Richmond
Three-time champ scores second NASCAR victory in his past four tries
BY NAYE RYAN Associated Press
RICHMOND — Joey Logano continued his surge toward the NASCAR Chase, winning Saturday night at Richmond Raceway with a late-race charge on fresh tires.
The three-time Cup Series champion scored his second victory in the past four races while surging from 17th to ninth in the points standings.
With 34 laps remaining, the Team Penske driver snatched the lead from Christopher Bell, who had jolted 25-lap earlier and was trying to stretch his time to the finish on Richmond's abrasive surface.
Logano raced to his 39th career
victory and third at Richmond. He won by 0.203 seconds over Chase Briscoe, who led a one-high 171 of 600 laps but was unable to catch Logano after losing the lead just before his final pit stop.
Briscoe had a best finish of 11th in nine previous starts at Richmond, one of only three active tracks where he had yet to score a top 10. After qualifying second, he passed points after Ryan Blaney on the first lap to lead the first lap of the career on the 11th start—on.
Austin Cindric finished third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott.
Hamlin family dedication
In an emotional ceremony Friday morning, Richmond Raceway dedicated the grandstand seats where Denny Hamlin's parents sat for years watching NASCAR races long before their son became a two-time winner in the Cup Series. Hamlin's father, Dennis,
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PRO BASKETBALL
Parker, Defe Donne enter the Hall of Fame
Candace Parker and Elena Defe Donne both used their Hall of Fame speeches to serve as love letters to basketball.
The sport has given so much to them, culminating with endorsement into the National Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
Parker carried a ball up to the podium in Springfield, Massachusetts, for her speech as part of the 2026 class that also included the 1994 U.S. Olympic women's basketball team.
Christique Hobbelaer, NBA player Amar's Wonderwise, longtime NBA official Joey Crawford, NBA coaches Dee Rivers and Mike O'Connell and Georgia Coach Mark Doe.
"It felt weird to walk on the stage without the reason I'm here today," Parker said, talking to the ball. "We did a lot together. Aim is on U-Conn. at U-Conn., statement over our right shoulder and hit that sick. I know, I had our own signature shoe, first woman to grace the cover of NBA. . . . We stand on this podium as first-ballot Hall of Famers."
Defe Donne also discussed her love of the game with all the ups and downs of her career. But she always kept life in perspective. thanks to her older sister Linda, who is blind and deaf.
"She never played in front of thousands of people, never had a standing routine, never been interviewed after a big win. Yet I've never met anyone stronger," Defe Donne said, choking up. "Thank you all for keeping me going."
Olivia Miles had 23 points and eight assists, Napleson Coffee added 10 points and the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynn scored a 65-47 win at the Las Vegas Aces.
Yamaha Howard added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota (29-7), which earned the marathon and 10th road win of the season.
Alia Wilson scored 22 points, made 31 of 23 free throws and grabbed seven rebounds for Las Vegas (24-12). Nal, you Smith added 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Joaquet Jones had 23 points, and Marlon Johnson keyed a fourth-quarter run to help the New York Lakers beat the Connecticut Sun, 63-71, on the road in Uncaville.
New York (19-14) played without Sabrina Inouvea, who tweaked her left ankle in a 65-61 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday. Coach Chris Dethmore and when the game that Inouvea was day-to-day and the more was precautionary.
Olivia Nelson Odoha had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and 10 rebounds (6-2-0), which also was shorthanded. Brittany Griner missed the game with a left knee knee, and Aaliyah Edwards was out with a left ankle (6-0).
The Charlotte Hornets are acquiring veteran point guard Dennis Schreiber and cash from the Cleveland Cavaliers for guard Tre Mann, according to a person close to the situation.
The season spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because neither team had announced the trade.
Schreiber gives the Hornets a backup point guard behind Coby White, Charlotte traded Laddeke Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves earlier this offseason as part of a roster shake-up.
SOCCER
Baribo scores to clinch a draw for D.C. United
Tal Baribo scored a goal for the fifth consecutive game, and Sara Johnson had six saves Saturday night for D.C. United in a 1-0 draw at CF Montreal.
Montreal (4-10-0) is whiskie in eight consecutive games, D.C. United (3-5-0) is unbeaten, with just one win, in its past six.
Kimito Nono, around the right corner area, played a first-hand cross in the near pole and a charging Baribo flicked home a header to make it a 1-1 in the 47th minute. It was his sixth goal of the past seven games and his 10th of the season.
Prince Owusu converted from the penalty point in the 50th minute to open the scoring. Kahaha Karakawa recorded the penalty and was shown a yellow card after TAE confirmed his hand ball in the area.
A quarter-up (6-0) and six leagues kicked the with Aaron defacing 30-man Grindh, 3-6, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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Kate Douglass swam the fastest time ever by a woman in the 50 in California, two months after she did as its fashionist.
Douglass sets record in 50 freestyle — twice
BY RUTH BLANIN
IRVINE, CALIF. — Kate Douglass lowered her own world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle for the second time Saturday, winning the final in 23.19 seconds.
In the morning preliminaries, the 24-year-old from the New York City rooftop of William swam 33-40 to take the mark away from teammate Gretchen Walsh, who finished second in the evening final in 12.74.
Walsh had owned the record of 23.55
Former Cavalier surpasses college teammate Walsh, then outdoes herself
since June when she set the mark at an international meet in Rome.
It's the third time Douglass, a former star at the University of Virginia, has lowered the world mark in the sprint race. She first did it June 19 at the TYR Pro
Swim Series meet in Indianapolis, posting a time of 23.59. She days later, Walsh, her college teammate, lowered it again.
Douglass, 24, is a 1-0 win in the 50th medalist. She earned silver in the 50 free at the 2024 world championships but didn't compete in the event at the 2024 Paris-Gaens.
It was the second individual world record set at the meet that includes swimmers from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan and China, among others.
—Associated Press
TELEVISION AND RADIO
MLB
| 1:30 p.m. | Baltimore at Tampa Bay - 7:45 p.m. WHT-DT 8:10, WDB-DT 8:00 |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Washington at New York Mets - 7:45 p.m. TV, WFT-DT 7:00 |
| 2:10 p.m. | St. Louis at Chicago Dats - 10:10, D.C. TV, WMB-DT, 10 |
| 2:10 p.m. | Seattle at Houston - WHT-DT, 4:00, WDB-DT, 10 |
WNBA
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AUTO RACING
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GOLF
| 5:30 p.m. | SP World Tour: Dentist Golf Championship, Real round - Golf Channel |
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| 7 p.m. | Phil Tour: St. Jude Championship, Real round - WDB-DT, 10, WMT (D), 4:15 |
| 7 p.m. | APAC Tour: Portland Classic, Real round - Golf Channel |
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| 8 p.m. | U.S. Men's Amateur, Real - 7:00/7:00, 11, WMB, (D), 1:10 |
| 7 p.m. | PHI Tour: Champions Racing Classic, Real round - Golf Channel |
SOCCER
| 10 p.m. | English-Fil Community Shield: Manchester City vs. Arsenal - 1:20 h |
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| 12 p.m. | English League Championship: West Ham at Burnley - 7:00 Sports Network |
| 4:45 p.m. | French Super Cup: Paris Saint-Germain at Lyon - 5:00 Sports |
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| 10 p.m. | Cooper Italia, round of 8:6, Masters at Lazio - 7:00 Sports Network |
| 4 p.m. | U.S. League One: Richmond at Dundee - 7:00 Sports Network |
| 7 p.m. | WML: Washington at Angel City - 1:20 h |
TENNIS
| 12 p.m. | ATP, WTA: Cincinnati Open, early rounds - Tennis Channel |
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PROFESSIONAL LAUNDSIDE
| 1 p.m. | Premier Lacrosse League: Maryland at Philadelphia - 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 |
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PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL
| 1 p.m. | Amateur individual 60-Star Cup: Texas McIntosh vs. Texas Brown - 7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 |
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PROFESSIONAL BEACH VOLLCYBALL
| 1 p.m. | Association of Individual Professionals: Manhattan Beach, Real day - 7:00 Sports Network |
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| 2 p.m. | Association of Individual Professionals: Manhattan Beach, Real day - 8:00/8:00, 9:00, WMO (D), 5:45 |
GRAND CASUALS BACKBALL
| 1 p.m. | International League: Eastwood at Norfolk - 4:00 h |
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GRAND CASUALS BACKBALL
WINNERS EARLIEST BACKSIDE
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The Senior Cup Activities traditionally are held before the regular season finale at Ohio Stadium. The home finale this season will be played Nov. 28 against Michigan.
TENNIS
Djokovic goes down quickly at Cincinnati
Slovak Djokovic's ride at the Cincinnati Open was a short one.
The 24-time major champion fell to Thiago Agustin Tirante, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, in Illinois, Ohio, in a match that took 3 hours 44 minutes in hot and humid conditions.
A 23-year-old from Argentina, Tirante is ranked No. 50 in the world. The 20-year-old Djokovic — a three-time Cincinnati Open champion and No. 1 in the rankings — was playing for the first time since his loss to top-ranked Jasmine Sinner in the semifinals at Winnicott.
Djokovic appeared to struggle physically in the heat and had his 10-month winning streak in Cincinnati snapped. He won the title in 2020 and 2021.
HOCKEY
Panthers' Marchand remains on the mend
Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand in recovering from offseason surgery and could miss the start of the 2026-27 season, Florida Hockey Now reported.
Marchand, 36, has been dealing with hip and sports hernia injuries and could be admitted two or more months, according to the report. He missed the final 19 games of the 2025-26 season with a lower body injury.
The Panthers start training camp to assist a month and open the regular season Sept. 29 against the defending Hockey Cup champion Carolina Hurricane in Raleigh, North Carolina.
SWIMMING
Yu holds off McIntosh in Pan Pacific 200 IM
Yu Viang of Ohio, released a strong field, including world record holder Suzanne McIntosh, to win the 200-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships.
Yu was under world-record teammate in the 200-meter/90-90 leg before American Regan Smith pulled ahead on the backstroke. Yu moved back in front on the breaststroke and held off McIntosh in the 200-metres. Yu's time of 2 minutes 1:40 second, set a championship record in the outdoor pool in Irvine, California.
McIntosh, the Canadian star whose best individual victory of the week was in the WHT-DT, took silver in 2:07.41 American Alex Walsh earned bronze in 2:07.66 Smith finished fourth.
NORTH RACING
Watchdog taps Baffert to join advisory group
Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert was named to a group that carries the watchdog organization.
overwiring home racing safety. Baffert is one of three new members of the Hoosemont Advisory Group for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, an independent, nongovernmental entity tasked with developing rules for track safety and standards for the use of medications.
The Hoosemont Advisory Group "provides HISAs executive team and Standing Committees with formal feedback on the evolution of its Race track safety systems and Anti-Deptity and Medication Control (ADMC) Program," HISAs said in a news release.
TRADE AND FIELD
Women break records in race walk at Euros
Race walk world records were set in the inaugural women's half-martines and a marathon events at the European championships in Birmingham, England.
Spain's María Pérez took gold in the half marathon race walk to finishing in 1:30-00. About two hours after the race was Sofía Floriai of Italy won the marathon race walk title when she crossed the line in 3:15-31.
Both marks meantime new world records for disciplines that became official divisions only in January, generating body World Athletics said.
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Mariano Diaz scored a goal and had two assists against a Gerald squad that played a man down from the third minute.
In the day's other game, Gerard "Peque" Fernandez converted a penalty deep into stoppage time as host thrifts called past Rayo Vallecano, 3-1. The Spanish league was the first of the main 10- to Europe's start, less than a month after its national team won the World Cup.
Crystal Elaine announced the signing of Isaac Schmidt from Belgian club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, works after the Israel wingers' proposed move to Inter Milan home down.
Adeline Madrid confirmed the signing of Argentina defender Cristian "Jeri" Boussov from Tottenham for a reported fee of 40 million euros (3x4 million).
Tottenham defender Djoe Spence, who featured in all sight of England's World Cup matches, joined Italian champion Inter Milan.
Champions League titleholder Paris Saint-Germain bolstered its star-studded attack by signing World Cup hero Forrest Perros from Barcelona on a five-year contract.
The Chicago Fire signed Chicago native Andrew Guttman to a new contract, keeping the defender with the team through the 2026-20 season.
GOLF
Scheffler stays in front in bid to end drought
Suzanne Scheffler retired in after a rough start for a 2-under-par 68, giving him a two-shot lead over Sam Barou and Sungjae Im in the St. Jude Championship going into a final round where so much is at stake from the top to the bottom of the leaderboard in Memphis.
Scheffler, looking for just his second victory of the year, was at 12-under 19'7 and will be in the final group with Barou, his
closest friend in golf, who got back into the 10th with a 65.
The next closest was FedEx Cup champion Tommy Flotwood (10) and Jake Knapp (10), known for a short behind.
Jordan Spieth took another step back with a 72, dropping to a tie for 1995. Spieth is at No. 54
in the FedEx Cup, and only the top 10-advance to the EMT Championship next week in the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Brian Hartman enter in at No. 60 and shot 69. He was in a tie for sixth, needing to move up a few spots to advance.
Josh Whaley of England twice lost 2-up leads in the U.S. Amateur and advanced to the championship match at Merion when he holed a navy five-foot happy putt on the 10th hole to defeat Georgia senior Carter Loffin.
Whaley, a senior at Florida State, next meets Stanford junior Jay Long Jr., who never trailed in a match that felt like a struggle for entire day until he
closed out Auburn sophomore Logan Reilly on the 17th hole in Auburn, Pennsylvania.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Knew injury will shelve Volunteers's Farooq
Tennessee starting safety Kelvin Farooq will miss the 2026 season after sustaining a torn patellar toxism.
A school spokesman confirmed the extent of Farooq's right knee injury to ESPN.
Farooq, a 6-foot, 300-pound junior from Columbus, Maryland, left the practice field in an ambulance Friday and was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.
Ohio State football moved to 2026 Senior Day from the end of the season before the final.
The Buckeyes will honor their seniors before the final. I have opened against Ball State on Sept. 2 in Columbus.
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Witherspoon agrees to a $132M deal
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The Seattle Seahawks and cornerback Devon Witherspoon agreed to a four-year, $132 million contract extension with $100 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told the Associated Press on Saturday.
The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the contract, which would make Witherspoon the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL, hasn't been finalized. In a television interview during Saturday's preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys, Witherspoon said he was grateful.
"It feels good," Witherspoon said. "Long time coming, but we had to get it done, though. I'm thankful, all glory to God, Shootout to General Manager John Schneider [and all the people that are upstairs for making this happen]."
The Seahawks exercised their fifth-year option on Witherspoon back in March. They finalized his long-term deal on the same day they began their preseason.
Witherspoon, 35, was selected No. 5 overall by the Seahawks in the 2023 NFL draft.
Witherspoon has been selected for the Pro Bowl in each of his three seasons. He was a second-team all-pro and helped the Seahawks win the Super Bowl last season.
• FVERDON: New England again held cornerback Christian Gonzalez out of practice as he continues to recover from an injury he sustained in a workout earlier this month.
Coach Mike Vinkel didn't reveal what the injury was that also kept the real cornerback out of uniform for Thursday's preseason opener against the Indianapolis Colts. But he said Gonzalez is conditioning and working to get back to the field.
His absence coincides with his representatives' ongoing negotiations with the team on a long-term contract extension. The two sides are trying to work out a deal to keep him in New England beyond the final year of his rookie deal. Until the injury, he had remained a full participant on the field, even as workouts shifted to full pads.
The Seahawks and Devon Witherspoon agreed to a four-year extension that will make him the NFL's highest-paid cornerback.
Vinkel said everyone involved is on the same page.
• CARDENALE: Rookie running back Jeremiyah Love will not practice this week because of a new ankle.
Love – the No. 3 overall pick out of Notre Dame – hurt the ankle during Arlonza's preseason 27-14 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday. He was impressive in his debut, running for 10 yards on 11 carries.
"He came in yesterday a little bit more sure than he left," Coach Mike LaFleur said. "He was in great spirits, even yesterday. We'll keep him out this week – let it heal. Little more sore than we were anticipating."
The Cardinals do have considerable depth at running back, with James Conner, Tyler Allgrier, Troy Benson and Sam Knight on the roster.
Benson is dealing with a left knee injury, while Conner is coming back from a foot injury that caused him to miss most of last season.
The Cardinals also put rookie guard Chase Bisonin on injured reserve, ending his season. The second-round pick out of Texas A&M tore the MFL in his left knee against the Raiders and will require surgery.
• STEELERS: Pittsburgh and defensive tackle Kwanin Benton agreed to a new five-year contract that will keep him in black and
gold into the next decade.
The deal, which carries a total value of $72.4 million, replaces Benton's rookie contract that he signed after being selected in the second round of the 2023 draft.
The 25-year-old Benton is coming off his best season in the NFL. He had career bests in tackles (51), tackles for loss (46) and sacks (25); while helping the Raiders to the AFC North title.
Coach Mike McCarthy said Benton was greeted with a standing ovation during a team meeting, which McCarthy offered as a sign of the respect Benton has earned during his time with Pittsburgh.
• JETS: New York activated defensive tackle T'Vondre Sweat from the active/non-football injury list after he was sidelined for the start of training camp with a hamstring ailment.
Sweat was acquired from the Tennessee Titans this offseason for edge rauber Jermaine Johnson. The 6-foot-4, 360-pound run-stuffing presence is expected to help anchor a defensive line that includes veterans Harrison Phillips, David Onyemata, Jowen Briggs, Will McDonald, Joseph Oswal and Kingsley Roughers and first-round pick David Bailey.
Sweat, who was taken 58th overall by the Titans in 2024 out of Texas, had three sacks and 85 total tackles in 29 games, including 28 starts, in Tennessee.
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Healthy Darrisaw is smiling once again
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"The process of getting my leg ready for a Sunday, and now you're telling me I got three days before we travel?" Darrisaw said. "I was doing everything I could do. It just wasn't there. My legs just weren't there."
That prompted this question: "Why not up if you thought your legs weren't there?"
"I'm with you," he said. "It's just the way things played out. I'm past all that now."
Darrisaw looks past it. He looks good, Very good. He's moving well, headlong well, like his old self. Like he's not thinking about his left leg, Finally.
"I feel great," he said. "I feel like I did before the injury. I was playing well before the injury."
This reporter, who holds an all-pro vote, said the expectations for Darrisaw should always be all-pro at best, Pro Bowl at worst.
"For sure," said the 2021 first-round pick out of Virginia Tech, who has been good but enters his ninth season with razy an all-pro or Pro Bowl lead.
Of course, earning all-pro honors at left tackle would be easier if a Hall of Fame housed gay named Trent Williams showed any signs of growing off with the San Francisco 49ers. Williams is 38 and has played 13 seasons. He has been a Pro Bowl pick 12 times and first-team all-pro three times.
"That guy could play till he's 35," Darrisaw said. "He just special. He's a freak."
Williams is also the reason Darrisaw switched jersey numbers to 71.
"I was growing up as a home-love kid except he Washington when Trent was there," said Darrisaw, who was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and played high school football at Riverdale Baptist in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. "I transferred into tight end in high school, and my coach said, 'Pee that guys tape on and watch it.'"
Darrisaw isn't as big or as physical as Williams. Who is? But his balance and smooth technique are comparable – when his left knee is feeling up to par, of course.
"A lot of people don't even know this, but I tore my meniscus, too, my ACL and my MCL," Darris-
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"I feel great," former Virginia Tech star Christian Darrisaw said entering his sixth NFL season. "I feel like I did before the injury."
saw said. "Just with the meniscus, you have to wait eight weeks even before you start doing anything because you can't put pressure on that leg. That delayed me two months before I even started my rehab."
Darrisaw was injured Oct. 24, 2024. His first game back was Week 3 of the 2023 season, Sept. 31. The team listed him as questionable in Week 1, giving the impression at least that he could have returned earlier. Darrisaw said the plan as he understood it was he him to return in 12 months, meaning he came back earlier than expected.
"Maybe I could have used the extra time to get right," he said.
His lowest point last year came overseas in Weeks 4 and 5, when the Vikings played back-to-back international games against the Pittsburgh Steelers (Dothin) and Cleveland Browns (London).
"Against Pittsburgh, we had some guys out, and I ended up taking 76 snaps on offense, the whole game," he said. "That wasn't the plan. The plan that week was similar to Cincinnati, my first game back 138 snaps, 43.2 percent."
The Cleveland matchup pitied
Darrisaw against 2025 NFL defensive player of the year Myles Garrett.
"Knowing who we were playing, I wanted to be out there with my boys," Darrisaw said. "I felt I had a great game. Myles didn't have a sack. I gave it all I got. It didn't play out how it was supposed to. After those 76 snaps against Pittsburgh, my quad was bothering me. I couldn't fire at all."
Darrisaw pulled himself. He played 43 snaps, 43.1 percent.
"I'd never keep playing if I'm putting my quarterback in danger," Darrisaw said. "I gave it all I got."
He played 100 percent of the Vikings' offensive snaps in Weeks 6, 10 and 13 against the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears. This is Week 13, Darrisaw left the field after Green Bay edge rauber Micah Parsons had two sacks. He played 39 snaps against the Packers, 86.6 percent.
"I kind of got rolled up in that game," he said. "But that's in the past now. This is 2026. I'm feeling really good. I can achieve whatever I want. So I'm focused on being the dominant player I know I can be."
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| Atlanta | 71 | 52 | 2.92 | - | 5/5 |
| Philadelphia | 68 | 58 | 2.52 | 7/1 | 1/4 |
| Miami | 63 | 61 | 2.59 | 2/2 | 3/5 |
| Washington | 60 | 60 | 4.60 | 14 | 3/5 |
| New York | 55 | 69 | 4.44 | 1/6 | 7/8 |
| CENTRAL | W | L | PCT | GB-LLO | STR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 76 | 49 | 45.3 | - | 5/5 W/L |
| Chicago | 72 | 52 | 4.65 | - | 8/7 W/L |
| St. Louis | 62 | 61 | 3.04 | 1/21 | 5/4 W/L |
| Cincinnati | 59 | 63 | 4.69 | - | 16/15 L/L |
| Pittsburgh | 60 | 60 | 4.68 | - | 2/7 L/L |
| WEST | W | L | PCT | GB-LLO | STR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 74 | 50 | 2.97 | - | 5/5 L/L |
| San Diego | 66 | 58 | 2.02 | 5/4 W/L | |
| San Diego | 66 | 58 | 2.02 | 8/7 L/L | |
| San Francisco | 52 | 72 | 4.52 | 2/21 | 3/7 W/L |
| Colorado | 49 | 74 | 2.88 | 2/6 | 4/1 L/L |
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| EAST | W | L | PCT | GB-LLO | STR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 74 | 48 | 2.87 | - | 8/2 L/L |
| New York | 58 | 53 | 3.53 | 4/1 | 3/3 |
| Boston | 68 | 57 | 3.57 | 9/1 | 4/4 W/L |
| Toronto | 65 | 64 | 4.88 | 1/11 | 7/8 W/L |
| Baltimore | 60 | 63 | 4.88 | 1/4 | 5/4 W/L |
| CENTRAL | W | L | PCT | GB-LLO | STR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bay | 64 | 58 | 3.25 | - | 5/5 W/L |
| New York | 60 | 63 | 4.68 | 4/1, 5/1 | 2/7 L/L |
| Oceanside | 60 | 64 | 4.84 | 5/3 | 7/4 W/L |
| Minnesota | 60 | 64 | 4.84 | 5/4 | 1/2 |
| Arkansas City | 50 | 73 | 4.07 | 1/4 | 4/4 W/L |
| WEST | W | L | PCT | GB-LLO | STR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 63 | 62 | 3.59 | - | 5/5 L/L |
| Chicago | 60 | 63 | 4.69 | 2/1 | 3/5 L/L |
| Seattle | 58 | 66 | 4.68 | 5/3 | 7/4 W/L |
| Jacksonville | 49 | 74 | 3.00 | 4/3 | 3/7 W/L |
| Little Angeles | 48 | 75 | 3.85 | 1/4 | 1/2 |
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| NATIONAL | W | L | PCT | GB-LLO | STR | |
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| Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver 3H | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| DETROIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3H | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit 3J | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Another one-run victory keeps the O's in the hunt
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BY JACOB CALVIN MEYER
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — The American League might be mediocre, but its middling nature is producing maximum chaos that should result in a wild final six weeks of the season.
The Baltimore Orioles on Saturday defeated the AL-best Tampa Bay Rays by one run for the second night in a row, holding on for a 4-3 victory in 10 innings. Owlbride Tyler O'Neill and Cam Sanders were the heroes in extras, as the former drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th and the latter stranded the automatic runner on second base to secure his second one-run care in as many days.
The victory improves Baltimore's record to 40-65, but this isn't your parents' AL. That record temporarily had the Orioles in a shocking four-way tie for the third and final wild-card spot. The Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers and Orioles all had .480 winning percentages. If the Rangers beat the Athletics late Saturday, that would break the tie and push the Orioles to a half-
game back of the playoffs.
As they did in Friday's 6-5 triumph, the Orioles took an early lead, smacked two runners, received a solid start and never traded en route to a win over a team that entered the weekend on a nine-game winning streak. Unlike Friday's win, the Orioles' bullpen blew the men in the ninth inning to send the game to extras. Andrew Kittredge retired the first two batters of the frame, but Tandy Diaz, Jonathan Aranda and Junior Cantinero all singled, with Cantinero's infield shopper sending the game to extras.
Baltimore's late couldn't come through after O'Neill's RBI single to lead off the frame, as Dylan Beavies and Christian Encarnacion-Strand both streak out to strand two runners in scoring position. That put Sanders, whom the Orioles acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations in July, in a difficult position, but the unflappable right-hander didn't think, striking out Richie Palacios to slam the door on one of the best wins of the season.
— Baltimore Sun
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For the second consecutive night, the Orioles never trailed in a dramatic, one-run victory at the American League leading Rays.
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Jury Logano scored his second victory in the past four races while surging from 17th to ninth in the NASCAR Cup Series points standings.
Logano hold on for a NASCAR victory in Richmond
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died in a house fire last December. The track's tribute was among the highlights of a homecoming weekend for Hamlin, who grew up about 20 minutes from the track.
"It's really the time I get to see my brother and sister that still live up here," said Hamlin, who lives in the Charlotte area. "I've got lots of high school friends that have their own campsite here. It will be amazing if they don't get
arrested."
Mirror driving
In an appearance on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s podcast this past week, Ty Gibbs lobbied for removing the digital rearview camera that NASCAR implemented four years ago. Gibbs piled that some Cup drivers would be out of the series without the high-tech device that makes blocking easier by anticipating an opponent's move. He has gotten no feedback from NASCAR but hopes a change
could be made in the offseason. "I didn't hear anything on it, but I thought I'd recommend it," Gibbs said. "I just think everybody probably agrees to it, too. I mean, a lot of people do, so I thought I'd say it. I think it could happen. They took windshield wipers off, and we run in the rain still, so I think it could happen."
Another sellout
Richmond Raceway announced its grandstands were full for the second consecutive year,
marking the 11th sellout in 24-Cup Series races this season. Many of those tracks have reduced seating capacities in the past 25 years, and Richmond is among the most notable. The track's capacity is roughly half of its 112,000-seat peak in the mid-1990s.
The NASCAR Cup Series will make its annual stop at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a .501-lap race Aug. 23 at the 1,058-mile oval. Ryan Blaney is the defending race winner at the track.
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BUSINESS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026 · SECTION B
Captcha puzzles are getting harder. Blame the robots.
BY MIRIAM WALSVOGEL AND KEVIN SCHAUL
How quickly can you prove that you're human? Try our quiz
The internet puts all human knowledge at your fingertips — if you can click all the traffic lights, bicycles or birds to prove that you're a person.
The frustrating puzzles appear because companies try to block both that can post spam or map up Taylor Swift tickets, disadvantaging real customers or even crashing a website. The challenges are known as captchas, for Completely Automat-
ed Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. And since they first appeared in the early 2000s, they've trapped internet users in a humans versus machines urmo race.
Early captchas need simple visual challenges like distorted letters that were easy for
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The high cost of raising tweens with less independence
BY JULIA Z. WEIL
They grew up as part of the lotchkey generation, left largely unsupervised in the hours after school. Now, a large segment of Gen X parents consider child care a necessity, not only for very young kids but well into the teen years.
Late millennials and Gen Z kids have been more supervised as middle-schoolers than Gen X kids were, and Gen Alpha kids are following the same pattern, according to The Washington Post's analysis of census data.
"It does feel strange to me that so many parents of kids 10 and older are using so much care," said Lynn Perkins, CEO of the babysitter-finding site UrbanSitter.
"We have data for 15 years, and it hasn't changed, but I think it's changed drastically since I was a middle-schooler," Perkins said. "I was hired by families on one street to watch their kids, at an age when I probably now,
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Warning: This car may burst into flames
Some modern vehicles don't need to be moving or even turned on to catch fire. That's fueling lots of safety recalls — and tough choices for owners.
BY TODD C. FRANKEL
Late last year, when Sarah Lammerson learned her 2022 Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid was being recalled because the high-voltage battery could catch fire at any time — even when the vehicle was parked — she jokingly tested the dealership, "I hope the car doesn't catch on fire while we wait to schedule an appointment."
Days later, the Jeep burst into flames. No one was injured in the blaze, which occurred while Lammerson's daughter drove the vehicle, but the Jeep was destroyed, according to a lawsuit over the incident.
That recall, covering more than 320,000 Jeep Wranglers and Grand Cherokees, notified owners about a fire risk so severe that they were "advised to park outside and away from structures and not to charge their vehicles until the remedy is completed."
These "park outside" warnings have surged in recent years, growing from rare occurrences to include millions of vehicles.
An estimated 5.2 million vehicles nationwide currently have an outstanding "park outside" recall, according to vehicle history provider Carlin, which described the surging members as "concerning."
The recalls also create new headaches for drivers, who suddenly wonder where it is safe to park their vehicles.
"Was it inconvenient? Sure. Ludicrous? Absolutely. It was a huge hassle," said Steve Hawley of Lafayette, California, after he got a park-outside notice for his Jeep Grand Cherokee too.
Sean Kane, president of Safety Research and Strategies, which specializes in auto-safety analysis, said he sees more vehicles are getting hit with the warnings.
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"For consumers, there seems to be no easy choices," Kane said. "Where are you going to park it?"
Standard safety recalls, which still make up the vast majority of formal notices, are usually thought of as being dangers tied to driving — brakes falling or air bags exploding.
But the risks covered by park-outside recalls don't stop when the car is off.
They can pop up anytime. That makes them a distinctive danger, experts said.
"It can be a giant disaster when cars catch fire and no one is there to see it," said Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety.
Elliot Conn, an attorney in San Francisco, said he usually deals with one vehicle fire lawsuit at a time. Now, he has at least seven.
In December, a man walked into his garage in Fargo, North Dakota, and found his parked Hyundai Santa Fe was on fire. He later learned about a park-outside recall for his vehicle.
No one was hurt in that incident, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was aware of several injuries in recent years that appeared to be related to vehicle fires like this.
The rise in park-outside recalls is being driven by the growing number of electronics and batteries parked into modern vehicles, involving ordinary wiring, seat motors, starter relays, high-voltage batteries and more, according to experts.
They're known as "key-off fires," said Frank Borris, a former NHTSA investigator who now works as a safety consultant.
"The engine is off, but the circuits are still hot, and they stay hot all the time," Borris said.
"There is a lot more electronics in vehicles today," he added, "and that means more stuff can go wrong."
Kane said vehicles today also run better and have more components parked tightly under the hood, providing more opportunities for fires to start.
"If something goes wrong, even if you park the car, the temperatures stay higher for longer than they used to," he said.
This summer has been flooded with park-outside recalls compared with previous years. Eight campaigns were announced in June and July alone, such as when NHTSA issued a notice. "Urgent Park Outside Warning Issued for 1 Million Jungs," blaming an electrical connection issue tied to power-inserting pumps.
In the first seven months of 2026, there were 17 park-outside campaigns covering about 1.7 million vehicles, making this year among the busiest since NHTSA created the park-outside designation more than a decade ago.
NHTSA created the park-outside designation in 2025 to grab people's attention because the
About 3.3 million vehicles nationwide have an outstanding "park outside" recall, in which drivers are warned their vehicle could burst into flames even when the engine is off.
"What if you live in a condo with a parking garage? What are you going to do?"
Sean Kane, president of Safety, Business and Strategies, when association is not safetysigma.
Surging number of 'park outside' recalls
Recalls listing owners to park outside have grown in recent years, and 2025 could be a record year with several months still to go.
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More autos hit with 'park outside' recall
Already 2026 has hit the second-largest number of vehicles with an NHTSA "park outside" safety recall. 2023 was a standard because of two recalls of 3.35 million Hyundai and Kiss.
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risk of an unexpected fire occurring in a building to "parkoutside" sewers," the agency said in a statement.
It went further in 2022, adding a "park outside" warning box to its online recall lists to show "the importance of the warning and increase completion rates," the agency said.
The ambulatory can take months to offer up and distribute a recall solution, experts said.
The house some 2026 could be living under park-outside warnings for a long time.
"What if you live in a condo with a parking garage? What are you going to do?" Kane said.
And then there are the vehicles with multiple problems:
Millions of Hyundai vehicles have been hit by park-outside recalls in recent years — and some of them were the same vehicles known to be especially easy to steal because they lacked anti-theft technology.
Kane said he heard from some Hyundai owners facing an impossible choice.
"I don't want my house to burn down," he recalled them telling him. "But I don't want my car to get stolen. What am I supposed to do?"
Plastic forks shed microplastics. A potential fix: Utensils made from sugar.
BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT
Associated Press
WORCEN, MASS. — At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-size pellets are transformed into forks and films that won't leave persistent microplastics in the environment.
These are bioplastic pellets. CJ Biomaterials ferments sugar to make plain-based polymers that microbes will consume. These alternatives to traditional plastics made of fossil fuels are seen by some as one of many solutions needed to confront global plastic pollution.
The first company Webster research facility, lab technicians recently posted pellets into a modeling machine to make forks. The test forks were this enough for home composting, though too bends for stablizing a dead. Other batches were more light, similar to a typical plastic fork. The technicians needed pellets to roll out flexible films for food packaging, like a bag for baby carrots. The first was also being hot not stretchy like drug wrap.
They are figuring out how their biopolymers can make products with attributes similar to conventional plastics, but that can go in a composting bin instead of a trash can. Forks and films are frowning down in the labs compost bin. Ritzers that were added are long gone. A recently tossed-in knife showed pitting on the surface as bacteria colonized it, starting to consume the material.
These are their own results fundamentally been disrupted. Now, interest in bioplastic is growing
because of concern over microplastics. It's the new "wild care" in this market, said the company's marketing director, Leah Ford.
"I've been doing this for a long time and the compostability has always been a really strong driver. But with the greater understanding of microplastics, I think, that's going to change how people think about materials," she said.
Traditional plastics last for decades or even centuries as they fragment into harmful microplastics and even smaller transplantics. Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water, and in a wide range of body tissues. The Trump administration, while rolling back many environmental regulations, says it will address contamination from microplastics.
Bioplastics are biobased, meaning they are made completely or partially from a renewable resource, commonly corn or sugar cane; or they are biodegradable, meaning they break down completely via a natural process. They can also be both, like the polymers made by CJ Biomaterials. It's a leader in manufacturing polyhydroxyalkanoates, or PHAs, as a polymer that is marine and soil biodegradable.
CJ Biomaterials is trying to replace conventional plastic films are single use or can't be recycled when contaminated with food scraps. Food waste decomposing to landfills emits methane, a potent greenhouse gas that warms the planet. A container made of pellets from CJ Biomaterials with
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An already decomposing knife from CJ Biomaterials, a lab that ferments sugar to make alternative to traditional plastics.
food scraps could be sent to a composter, unlike a traditional plastic container.
The Webster labs shelves display the company's microwave-compostable cutlery; straws coated cups for hot beverages and frozen food pouches used in the United States; multi-lays; canan containers; and reusable paper towels. Lab employees dine with compostable cutlery, drink from compostable cups and make coffee with compostable pods. These products last on shelves because they are not exposed to microorganisms in water or soil.
CJ Biomaterials fresh sugar to microbes that convert it to PHA for energy. The company collects the PHA and turns it into granules. Pellets of this are then sold to other companies that can melt them down and mold them into products. These same bacteria will consume PHA to a compost pile, breaking it down within six months, Ford said.
CJ Biomaterials is part of the 2025 billion South Korean conglomerate CJ Group. It has been producing PHA at a manufacturing facility in Pancreas, Indonesia, since 2020.
World Wildlife Fund sees biobased plastics as part of a suite of solutions that are needed. They can reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels that cause climate change, and film blends for WWF vice president. She said the world needs to reduce the amount of plastic being produced, then make the test sustainable.
Nations are trying to confront the spending-plastic pollution crisis by crafting a landmark treaty. They have yet to agree on any effective methods to stop plastic pollution, though negotiators plan to now again early on years: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Gregory) has held congressional hearings on plastic pollution, including one exploring alternatives for single-
gly-see plastics. He also views bioplastics as one option with potential, among many that are needed. But, he said, more information is needed about how they break down and target enterprises and health.
Environmental groups, including the Global Alliance for Wastewater Alternatives, argue that bioplastics maintain the single-use paradigm and distract from real solutions. Some say functional shouldn't be used to grow crops for plastic instead of food.
Globally, biobased plastics represent roughly 0.5 percent of the more than 440 million tons of plastics produced annually, according to the industry group European Bioplastics. Production is projected to double by 2030 due to rising demand and the emergence of more advanced applications and products, it said. China, Sweden and the United States are major exporters of natural polymers.
Large sports stadiums and major restaurant chains such as McDonald's are experimenting with biobased packaging and utensils. The firm let them bakery, part of the CJ Group, uses PHA straws.
There are obstacles to widespread adoption. Bioplastics typically come down than conventional plastics. Major cities have municipal composting programs, but they are limited elsewhere. A growing number of composting facilities accept compostable bioplastic products, though some refuse out of concern about degraded soil quality. And because bioplastics and conventional plastics often look and feel devel-
cal, they can be mixed up and cause problems for companies.
Thirty minutes from the Webster research lab, Mark Kurth, Compost accepts certified compostable materials. In a recent day, compostable cups, cutlery and bin liners were mixed in with a delivery of food scraps and lobster shells. Accepting bioplastics increases the amount of food scraps they receive because people can put an entire compostable container into an organics bin, instead of scraping food out.
The 5 times window tested 22 firms made of traditional plastic, biobased and biodegradable materials and other alternatives, such as paper and bamboo. Straws, utensils, thin film and bottles were put in different environments across Florida, California and Maine. By the end of the six-week study, many of the biodegradable materials were gone, or were pitted and cracked as they fragmented. Traditional liquid-fuel-based plastics persisted.
Warren Palmer, the institute's co-founder and a researcher, said the synthetic plastic spoon was about the same as when he first put it in the ocean, but little was left of the spoons made from biodegradable materials.
The California-based nonprofit released the results of 2025, it's currently repeating the study to evaluate end-of-life scenarios for the new generation of packaging.
Enhans thinks people should use biodegradable options, especially for packaging. Otherwise, he said, "we're going to flood the entire biosphere with micro-and transplanted."
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Today's tweens have less independence, costing parents more in babysitting
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today, would have had a babysitter myself."
Some of the shift has to do with the much-lipped era of overparenting. But researchers say it's more than that. It stems in part from a lack of public transit and walkable neighborhoods. It's related to the dominance of travel sports over school- and neighborhood-based teams. There's also concern about a pediatric mental health crisis. Some studies warn that a lack of independence may harm kids' mental health. But parents need child care for kids who haven't learned to take care of themselves, and children who struggle with their mental health might end more supervision.
With child care costs rising much faster than inflation, and the role of babysitter trending toward adult professionals and away from the teen next door, the tween years are getting costlier for parents.
"One thing you can say is true about latchkey parenting: is it's very low-cost," psychologist and tween expert Lisa Dumner. "If we as a culture are less inclined to be okay with latchkey children, there's going to be a cost associated with keeping these kids busy."
Child care needs still tend to decrease as children grow older. A Post analysis of 2022 to 2025 Census data from the University of Minnesota's IPCHS database found that more than a third of parents whose youngest child is between the ages of 1 and 2 pay for child care, with the median family paying more than $0.000 a year. The dollar amount goes down with each year a child ages.
But the need for child care doesn't disappear. Efficace percent of parents whose youngest is 10 years old and 11 percent of parents whose youngest is 11 years old pay for regular child care, according a median cost of $2,000 per year. That works out to about three hours of babysitting a week, though in many families the care isn't spread evenly across the year. The time enough for spent entirely on summertime child care.
The tween years are a turbulent mix of dependence and self-reliance, with every kid growing ready for less supervision at their own pace.
The older basketball camp in Arlington, Virginia, the 31-to-33-year-olds who took a water break from running across the court said that the ones who stay on their own at night and even work as babysitters for younger kids are happy to talk about it, while those
Late millennials and Gen Z kids have been more supervised as middle-schoolers than Gen X kids were, and Gen Alpha kids are following the same pattern, The Post found.
who are still being babysat themselves at that age sometimes keep it quiet.
Elie Naumoff, 13, said that she and her 16-year-old sister have a career because they can't drive themselves to swore practice and other after-school activities, though her natmy also plays basketball and board games with her to keep her from being bored. "In a year, we won't really need her. We're just on the brink of needing a natmy. We just need someone to drive in."
Kala McFadden, 13, volunteered that she hadn't had a babysitter since she was 30. But then she added, "I do have somebody who's constantly at our house, driving us from school," she's had a natmy her whole life. And her parents sometimes hire a neighborhood college student as a other, which she sees as a favor to the college kid. "It's more for
them, not for me."
Like Ellie, Kala said her family will need a natmy until her older brother can drive, since someone needs to take her to dance and basketball practice.
The website filtercity diazendata showing that babysitters' median rates hovered at about $12.00 an hour from 2018 to 2026, then started climbing every year. Today, the median sitter on the site charges $22.50 an hour.
Isabelle Plante, who runs filtercity, said parents are increasingly interested in work arrangement that allow them to be home some of the time themselves, to save on child care costs without sacrificing on supervision. "They're actually just piecing it together more," Plante said. "They're ending their workday to pick up their kids instead of getting a natmy to do that."
Fewer teens are working as
babysitters nowadays; part of the rise in costs is due to the fact that most of the people being hired as others are adults, who are often highly qualified and can charge higher rates than teens.
Douglas Hadziat, who wrote a book about the tween years, has been teaching middle-schoolers in Simsbury, Connecticut, for 26 years – long enough that a few of his former students are now the parents of his students.
He sees those parents spending more than previous generations on activities and care for tweens. "Some of the parents want their kids to get behind in sports, get behind in academics," he said. He noted that kids still often have the option: after having for a school sports team and then taking a late bus home, at little to no cost to the family. But many parents choose paid options that they perceive as better or more convenient.
"One of the biggest differences today is the constant comparison culture. Social media allows parents to see what everyone else's children are doing," Hadziat said. "Modern American life has really raised the expectation placed on parents."
He said he worries that children's lack of independence and their exposure to social media is harming their mental health. He finds his students now are less able to solve problems creatively without step-by-step instructions than earlier groups, and less able to work together in groups.
The girls at Parrish Girls Basketball Camp would disagree with adults' negative characterizations of their generation.
Roane Richardson, 13, gets babysitting gigs on the app business. "They ask: Can you cook myself? Can you drive? I can't drive yet, but I can cook meals, and I can
stay out late?" She charges $12.50 an hour. She has classmates who still have babysitters and has heard them complain, "Do my parents not trust me?"
Tessa Baghdad, 14, said she has been staying home without her parents since she was 7, and even staying overnight with an older cousin or sibling since she was 5. "My brother didn't stay alone overnight until he was 13. Been just aren't as mature."
Seena Pryor, 13, said she babysits at least three times a week for two families on her street, earning up to $25 an hour. "My little brother, he's 9 years old, and still needs a babysitter," she said. "If my mom were to leave him home alone for an hour or two, I think he'll be fine."
Susan grinnell, "The kids are always fine with it. The parents are the ones that need to trust them."
That enduring battle of robot vs. human, the captcha puzzle, enters a new era
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humans to decipher but challenging for machines. As artificial intelligence software has gotten better, captchas have become more difficult to keep pace.
Captcha evolved from distorted text to more challenging tasks involving images or visual puzzles as had arisen gated access to algorithms better at making sense of visual data. Tricky visual captchas can now be solved by AI, too, whether that's a generalized-purpose clashes like OpenAI's ChatGPT or specialized captcha-solving bots used by spammers, which can solve them more quickly.
Visual captchas are becoming an endangered species, according to security experts. Online services increasingly distinguish people from machines by sprightly soldering signals from your online activity. That can include whether you move your mouse in organically wobbly movements or rigid, robot-straight lines, or if you access the internet via a network with a history of being used by spammers.
Even when you do see a visual captcha today, signals harvested from the way you click might be more important than whether you actually solve the puzzle.
"A lot of people have in their head this shorthand of 'a captcha in a visual challenge," said Eric Mill, a security lead at Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. "That is sort of a lot of people have in their head that detectives it." This year, the online search/media ditched its apingly letter captcha in favor of bCaptcha, a service that nearly uses behavioral analysis and only serves visual challenges to detect it in the world.
While it may not be obvious, every human browsing the internet does so alongside invisible books of bots, some malicious and even foreign data for 2025. Cloudflare, one of the largest internet infrastructure providers, estimated that bots accounted for about 30 percent of global web
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traffic; now, it's around 60 percent.
It's hard to pin down exactly how quickly visual puzzles are disapproving. A spokesperson for bCaptcha said that fewer than 1 in 100 "real people" are served visual captchas on the service. Many major websites, such as LinkedIn, X and ChatGPT – through Cloudflare, which has staked itself as a captcha-free security solution and may account for as much as 10 percent of all websites on the internet, according to the survey company W3 Befin.
"Visual captchas used," said Bryan Becker, who leads security work at Cloudflare. "They're not
fun, and they're easier to defeat. Modern captchas rely more on the behavioral signals and tools that signals from the device itself."
Creating a good captcha is like designing a bear-proof trash bin, said Andreas Pionser, a PhD student at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich, who created a custom AI model to create robustness of Google's "I'm not a robot" checkbox in 2024. Indeed, they should keep out the unarmed and strongest attackers, while at lowing in the least capable humans.
Civilize them, software has gotten significantly more capable over the past couple of decades,
footing constant upgrades to captchas. The aim is to make more things to come to raise the costs for those in the business of spamating or attacking websites.
In 2000, researchers at Carton, in Belize University, developed Glimpy, to captcha featuring distorted text that was used by bilson Glimpy, both out of classroom. Two years later, a team at the University of California at Berkeley developed software that could solve the puzzle about 20 percent of the time.
In 2016, Google rolled out its "I'm not a robot" checkbox, which falls back to an image-based challenge if the system still dusted a
user is human. By 2016, researchers at Columbia University had found a way to learn in through about 30 percent of the time.
The cut-and-mouse game continues, with some bots now programmed to mimic human mouse movements with curved motions or random tremors. Companies like Cloudflare collect information such as the history and characteristics of your browser, looking for signs a visitor is a hot using a "headbox" browser controlled by code, not a person looking at a screen. (Google rolled out this method in 2016.)
Captcha designers are switching tactics in response, and also
grappling with the way AI can now handle a much wider range of puzzles. Some companies have still opted to keep visual challenges as, continuously modifying them.
"We have thousands of different challenges types, and we change them constantly," said Kevin Goodhalb, CEO of Arlene Labs, which offers captchas and other tools to prevent online abuse. "The only way adversaries can try and keep up with us is if they have to invest a lot of money and build a system."
Website operators also have to contend with a save breed of AI bots. Chatbots offered by leading AI companies, like the makers of Claude and ChatGPT, can control a web browser to do tasks like filling forms or navigate an online store. OpenAI said that its cluelent should tackle captchas only when doing so reflects a user's intent. (The Washington Post has a content partnership with OpenAI.)
Websites often want to allow some of that new "agents" traffic, for example when it's a cluelent making a purchase on behalf of a human. But it can also be unwelcome, noted Becker of Cloudflare, if a bot is attempting to buy "every single shot that. I have in stock faster than a human can." Cloudflare offers technology designed to help website operators with the difference between desirable and unwanted browsing bots.
Meanwhile, the challenges humans must solve to get several online continue to get trickier. In June, Google rolled out a new captcha format that challenges a person to make hand gestures in front of their computer's camera while software tracks their brushes. It's also testing one that asks a person to pull out their phone and rean a QR code.
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Choosing and Realizing Goals
By Ravi Frikstom
A few months ago, I made the decision to be better and to do so publicly. I realized that it had been years since a similar effort led to me writing for a publication. And in my regular practice of speaking with others about their aspirations, I was convinced that perhaps I needed to revisit my own. As I decided to commit to improvement I began by asking myself four questions:
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What are all the areas where I could improve?
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What am I prepared to dedicate to improving?
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What is the metric I will use to measure whether I've been successful?
What are all the areas where I could improve?
What I considered: I don't think I'm being able to change when I say, I've loads of work to do on myself. Don't we all? I considered possible areas of improvement that ran the gamer from improving my fitness and financial health to my
fashion choices and cooking. There was a litany of possibilities which could have improved my life in some way.
What I did (and why): I decided to tackle my fear and feathing of being on video. When I think about how I can best model behavior, for others, I wanted to emphasize that at any age we can make an improvement. It was also important to me to tackle something with professional implications that I know is shared by many others. I've recognized for some time that discomfort meant that I was ignoring my particularly useful way to reach and support others.
What am I prepared to dedicate to improving?
What I considered: No matter the change we want to make there are important decisions to be made about the time we will set aside, the financial resources we might allocate and perhaps the social capital we are willing to use or reconsider do we are prepared to redefine. Some change is easy, but the stuff that is tied to how we are involved is, in particular some of our less positive self-perceptions can be a bit of a slog. Understanding what you will set aside is accomplish a task makes a big difference. What I did: I was very fortunate to be on the road where I was able to catch-up with someone I hadn't seen in years who helps people work on their executive presence. I became more confident that he could help me. I knew he had the skills and I would enjoy getting help from him. He was the right person to take me on this journey. I could commit several hours each week to doing homework and getting feedback.
What would I need to most confidently pursue improvement?
What I considered: I'm amazing at creating structure and accountability for things related to my work or hobbies. I am much adept in other
areas of my life. For the hardest things I require external support. I needed to be in sync with a teammate.
What I did: We planned a schedule where he could review my homework and offer feedback. I knew that the cadence would help me build some habits and could confidence.
What is the metric I will use to measure whether I've been successful?
What I considered: At the time I was really thinking about completing the course. My promise was to do this work and prove to myself that I could be better.
What I did: About half-way through the process, I began to gain a bit of confidence and to see goals differently. If I gained control and understanding in video, how could I have an impact in ways that reached people beyond my writing. I started to think about the kind of stories I could tell or situations I might show that would have a greater impact via video. I needed to create goals that led to a video posting schedule.
I considered the tools I would need to create
well (i.e. the lighting, recording space or a better microphone) and the cadence of publishing (i.e. the music, weekly) and the possibility of recording with someone else.
While I am much more confident now than I was when I started, I understand that continued progress can't be taken for granted. I've failed at sustaining change before and that will always be a part of life. That via a streamer in the goal of being better. Nonetheless, this is preferable to not believing that you can improve.
So, here I stand in this middle space unsure of how this will resolve. Nonetheless, I appreciate the journey and the choice to do. I hope that you too decide to take on the to-do of your choosing.
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Teenagers learning how to cook during a class for the Culinary Choice program in Washington this month.
These teens are cooking up a new future for themselves
Culinary Choice program in D.C. gives younger people the opportunity to learn kitchen skills
BY JANNIVN GOLDEN
S team hovered in the air from the marinated chicken resting on the plastic cutting board. Monarch earlier, Eleina Borsos, 13, and Sashirah Muhammad, 17, learned to cut large chicken breasts in half with a chef's knife and use tongs to spread the meat so it could cook thoroughly in an
oil-coated pan.
The girls cooked the meal alongside about a dozen other teenagers in Northeast Washington on a recent evening.
They belong to a program designed to teach young people nutrition and cooking skills, and to open the door to a culinary career.
"I like the cooking," Eleina said when asked about her favorite part of the class.
"I like the eating," Sashirah chimed in with a smile.
The six-week Culinary Choice program is put on by MedStar Family Choice D.C., which coordinates care for Medicaid beneficiaries within the District, and Food Journal, a local nutrition services and culinary experiences practice.
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DCA COLLISION LEFT 67 DEAD IN 2025
NTSB recommendations remain mostly open
BY ELIAM SCOTT
Six months have passed since the National Transportation Safety Board issued its final recommendations aimed at making aviation safer following a deadly crash at Reagan National Airport. Of the NTSB's 12 recommendations, 15 remain open.
"We are no closer today to addressing many of the serious safety gaps that contributed to this terrible tragedy," chairwoman Jennifer Honeenly said in a recent statement.
In January 2025, an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines plane over the Potomac River, killing 67 people in what was the deadliest domestic plane crash in over two decades.
The NTSB concluded that the largest factor in the crash was the Federal Aviation Administration's placement of a helicopter route directly in the path of Runway 33 at the airport. The board issued two urgent recommendations in March 2030 before releasing its full list of recommendations in January, covering everything from mandating advanced-location receiving equipment for aircraft to developing a new visual-separation training.
Tim Lillay, whose son Sam was the first officer on the American Airlines flight, said he wants the FAA and military to be more transparent about what actions they've already taken and what work remains.
"No one should have to guess where these critical safety recommendations stand, especially families like ours who are fighting to ensure the loss of their loved ones actually results in changes that prevent another tragedy," Lillay, a pilot himself, told The Washington Post.
Multiple aviation safety experts said that the timeline for implementing the recommendations hasn't been out of the ordinary. Ensuring these sorts of changes — which aren't mandatory — can take years, they said.
"I've never seen such an aggressive approach on recommendations with the NTSB," said Jeff Garanti, a former accident investigator at the FAA and the NTSB. "They need time to consider these recommendations. They need time to think about potential unintended consequences that
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RAINEY CHEEKS | 1952-2026
A taekwondo master and linchpin of Washington's LGBTQ+ community
BY HARRISON SMITH
Before he became a ninth-degree black belt and a grandmaster of taekwondo, Bishop Rainey Cheeks learned to adopt the principles of Sushido, the way of the warrior. It was a mindset and moral code that went far beyond martial arts.
"People misunderstand that term, because the way of the warrior is the person who respects life and honor, who respects fellow man as a human being," he once told The Washington Post. "You can cause no harm to him. At the same time, you must stand up for what you believe."
Bishop Cheeks, who died Tuesday at 74, was an uncommon war-
rior, even among the elite group of martial artists who earn the title grandmaster. He fought before cheering crowds at Madison Square Garden, won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Taekwondo Championships in Seoul, and was ranked one of America's Top 10 fighters by Black Belt magazine. When he wasn't leading classes or charging opponents with a jumping back kick, he was spreading a message of radical love and acceptance, establishing himself as a linchpin of Washington's LGBTQ+ community.
As the manager of the Club-House, a storied Petroorth nightclub that opened in 1975, he safeguarded a dance-filled sanctuary for Black gay men and their allies.
During the AIDS epidemic, he formed an advocacy and support group that grew into a region-wide health organization called Us Helping Us, People Into Living. And in 1993, more than a decade after he was ordained as a minister, he founded what is now Inner Light Ministries United Church of Christ, becoming one of the city's first Black faith leaders to welcome LGBTQ+ members into his congregation.
"Almost every affirming ministry in this city owes Inner Light Ministries something," the Rev. Christine Wiley said in 2012, honoring Bishop Cheeks in a guest sermon at the church.
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This program in D.C. helps teens develop culinary skills
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areas lacking access to affordable, nutritional food, and, hardys, Chisholm Carter, MedStar Family Choice D.C.'s president. Culinary Choice equips teens and young adults, and in turn the whole family, with how to prepare meals with items that may be available to them in a healthy way.
Taught by chefs and dietitians, youths learn how to count calories and calculate proteins, the difference between inference and slice knife cuts, and more.
The course exposes them to different areas of food services and gives them the option to earn a favorable certificate to enter roles in the industry, said Charmaine Jones, CEO and founder of Food Jones!, including a paid apprenticeship with her company.
"Refieve it or not, teens love to cook, and they want to cook," Jones said. "But how many D.C. teens that come from underserved communities actually work with an executive chef?"
Culinary Choice began last year and is open to young people — ages 13 to 21 — who are enrolled in MedStar Family Choice D.C., as a benefit part of health plans, Chisholm Carter said. Participants are provided transportation to and from the MedStar Family Choice D.C. community wellness center, located in the heart of Ward 7 on Minnesota Avenue NE, for the two-hour class.
Carter Russell, assistant vice president of growth and member experience at MedStar Family Choice D.C., said the program is geared toward teens to help them develop skills while young that will empower them for a lifetime.
"A lot of times their ceiling is what they see day-to-day," Russell said. "We want them to pick up those healthy habits."
Students say the program also offers a safe outlet away from any trouble.
On a recent Thursday, a handful of teens took their seats in a multipurpose room inside the wellness center just before 3 p.m. Gerwayne Tucker, 16, was in the front row.
Teens submit an application and undergo an interview process to participate. Gerwayne said he was "petrified to even teach a nicer" before joining the program — a feeling driven by a fear of making mistakes.
But he realized that having the
Nidelie Haynes, a chef and registered dietitian, helps Lidya Eshetu, 15, at a class this month.
ability to cook could be helpful once he goes to college, he said.
Now, after a few weeks in the class, Gerwayne knows how to handle tools in the kitchen. He cooks more food on his own, such as carrot seeds.
"It felt nice to come out of that shelf," he said.
Beyond culinary techniques, he also has learned the importance of getting to places on time: "When you've got to be there at a certain time to do something, and get some knowledge, you've got to be there," he said.
Across the room from where Tucker sat, tables lined with burners, bowls, pans, twigs and the extinguishers awaited the group of young cooks.
Papers decked the table with recipes for banana pudding with vanilla wafers and whipped cream, as well as chicken, black bean and corn quesadillas, their dishes for Week 4 of the course.
But before they could start on
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the meals, the teens find took a test on carbohydrates and calculated their daily carb intake. Some stared intently at the slideshow on a screen; others shouted numbers about.
Around 5:30 p.m., it was time to get cooking. The teens wanted no time after a brief bathroom break to pair up or head to a cooking station side.
Putting on gloves, they poured vanilla extract and cinnamon into a bowl with other ingredients
ents needed to make whipped cream and grabbed hold of a whisk.
"We want to make Z's," executive chef Jonathan S. Davis, who goes by "Chef Red Beard," said as he walked past each station. "We're not whinking, we're aerating."
Tonic says he enjoys seeing the look on the group's faces when the science of cooking turns a liquid into a solid.
Once each student had pre-
pared the layers of whipped cream, crumbled vanilla wafers, pudding and bananas, Davis took the desserts to a fridge to set and chill.
The group cleaned their stations, competing for a prize at the end of class for who was the tatives.
Next, they moved to the main course, maintaining the chicken breasts in a spicy chipotle sauce. They tipped cilantro and mixed corn and beans into freshly cut peppers in a bowl off to the side, avoiding any cross contamination.
Lidya Eshetu, 15, assembled her quesadilla in a pan, laden with a tortilla, cooked chicken, shredded cheese and the bean, corn and pepper mixture.
The back of Lidya's shirt, which all participants wore, read, "No sugar on salt."
It's Food Jones!s tagline for their recipes, which contain no added sugar or salt. Jones, Food
Jones!s founder, said she wants the students to enjoy their cultural foods but in a healthier way that prevents chronic diseases.
Lidya's grandmother has high blood pressure and can't cut any added salt in her food, she said. The recipes she has learned at Culinary Choice can help.
As the group cooked, some of the quesadillas burned slightly, while one had to be remade with a new tortilla as it had too much filling. None of that stopped the teens from finishing their work.
Janira Smallwood, 16, began thinking of how she would plate her meal.
The brighter, thicker white sour cream would go on top of the quesadilla, she said, contrasting nicely with the darber, smaller garnish of the cilantro.
She won a phone stand for having the cleanest station, too.
As the class returned to their seats and ate their food, they completed the same test that was given before class. It's to see how they're learning, said Nidelie Haynes, who instructed alongside Davis.
Throughout the program, the teens learn plenty of recipes from rumen to a Caribbean chicken kebab and beyond.
But their final class involves a twist: a mystery basket with no recipe.
The next cohort won't begin until the spring, Jones said, after organizers learned last year that the fall months prove to be busier for youths, making it difficult for them to arrive on time.
After completing the program, participants can go on to work with Food Jones! alongside chefs at events throughout communities in the District.
Astron® Tonic, 15, who joined the first Culinary Choice cohort after her mom spotted the program on social media, is one of those junior chefs. At the recent class, she floated around the room and helped tidy things throughout the class as the teens cooked.
Astron® quipped that her class didn't have the matching hats she saw these teens wearing.
Culinary Choice has affected her life "in the best way possible," she said. Though she's been in the kitchen since she was 7 years old, she now sees a career as a chef in reach.
"We actually want to have careers," Astron® said of teens. "We actually want to push through ... and go and do something nice with our lives."
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could be more hazardous, and they need to get everybody on board."
Ella Atkins, an aerospace engineering professor at Virginia Tech, said she thought the process could go faster.
"The regulatory process is extremely slow, and I don't like that it's slow. I appreciate the need to be careful with each new production," Atkins said. "But I often feel that because of economics and pilot and air traffic controller preference to not change, that the speed is far slower than it needs to be to actually improve safely."
After the 2025 collision, the NTSB determined 15,216 "seamless events" occurred at National Airport between 2022 and 2034, where aircraft were within one nautical mile of each other, with a vertical separation of less than 400 feet. During the same period, there were 61 times when aircraft were less than 1,500 feet apart, and within 200 feet of altitude.
Problems have also been documented after the crash.
In March 2025, a Delta Air Lines passenger flight departing National was diverted to avoid a potential collision with a group of Air Force Jets flying to Arlington National Cemetery. Two months after the traffic controller ordered two flights to abandon landing at National to avoid collisions with an Army helicopter on route to the Pentagon. That same month, the FAA confirmed that a hotline between National Airport air traffic controllers and their Pentagon counterparts had not worked since 2022.
The NTSB has marked one recommendation as "closed." That one, an airport recommendation issued to the FAA in March 2025, persisted to prohibiting helicopters from the stretch between Home Point and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge when airport conveys are being used. The FAA promptly implemented the recommendation and also prohibited commercial operations during "specific, limited helicopter operations" in the vicinity of National Airport.
"That was a fairly quick and easy low-hanging fruit," said Michael McCormick, coordinator of the Air Traffic Management program at Safety-Health Aerospace Unit University. He said that considering the chronic congestion of D.C. airspace, plus the high rate of near misses at National Air
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Airplanes prepare for takeoff at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, in November.
port, it was crucial for the FAA to restrict helicopters around the airport.
But earlier this month, commercial traffic continued at National Airport at President Donald Trump took off from the White House to Marine One, even though the airport is supposed to pause commercial operations while Marine One flies by.
Although the FAA said the president was never in danger, the agency said it is investigating the incident, which featured a "momentary loss of separation" between Marine One and a passenger plane. And/or recordings indicate the air traffic controller couldn't lose Marine One's three-minute takeoff warning, reigniting safety concerns surrounding the completed D.C. airport. The NTSB is also investigating the incident.
Gacureti said the incident wasn't very serious, but still warrants examination.
"This needs to be investigated to find out why the communication wasn't clear and how to mitigate this in the future, so it never happens again," he said.
During a Tuesday news brief-
ing at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Transportation Secretary Ross F. Duffy acknowledged that the incident featured communication issues. "We've found at a staff level between the Marine One team and the FAA, there had been some telecast issues. That's been now elevated," he said.
After the incident, the FAA convened a safety review panel and agency leadership met with the White House Military Office helicopter unit, an FAA spokesperson said. The group will enhance coordination on three-minute lift notifications and boost signal frequencies, the spokesperson said.
The FAA has already moved an antenna for the helicopter frequency at National Airport to improve communications, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to comment.
The Marine One incident's communication issues echo the 2020 crash, when the helicopter and commercial jet were communicating with air traffic control
on different radio channels and were unable to communicate with each other. In similar situations in the future, air traffic controllers should instruct helicopters to switch to the same channel as the commercial aircraft, Atkins said.
"That is a very logical, common sense! In that doesn't require new technology," Atkins said.
Politics also play a role in the lagging implementation of the NTSB's recommendations. For months, the Senate and House of Representatives have been in a statewide new two bills — the Rotor Act and the Alert Act, respectively — which aim to improve aviation safety in different ways.
"There's still some confusion: legislative-wise, and that's part of what is slowing the process down," McCormick said.
The Rotor Act, which unanimously passed the Senate but failed in the House to use vote, mandates the general location to setting equipment for all aircraft, including military aircraft. That technology, known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Rosale-
cant, or ADS-R, allows planes to receive information from other aircrafts to identify their locations in the sky.
The Rotor Act failed in the House after the Pentagon pulled its support, citing national security concerns, according to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Alabama).
But, Ted Cruz (R-Ileana), who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee and sponsored the Rotor Act, continues to believe that the ADS-R is safety measures in the left are the most effective way to prevent an accident like the National Airport crash from happening again, according to a committee spokesperson.
"Holding the Department of Defense accountable and require "high" operators to play by the same rules is critical to ensuring any safety improvements are last leg. Congress and partners in industry, the FAA, and 2020 should not let this opportunity to make meaningful safety reforms city areas," the spokesperson said. Atkins said she had safety concerns if military aircraft in the
U.S. weren't equipped with ADS-R In and Out technology. "I don't see there being a strong argument for any aircraft carrying a person to not have both," she said. "If you don't have that, then the pilots have to look out the window."
The Alert Act, which passed the House and was referred to the Senate Commerce Committee, has more has requirements for advanced locations receiving equipment. Still, the NTSB said the bill addresses all of its recommendations.
"The A/2/ET Act and ROTOR Act were advanced with the same goal in mind: to improve aviation safety for all travelers and flight crews," Rep. Rich Larsen (Washington), the top Democrat on the House Transportation Committee, said in a statement.
And Roosevelt (Indiana), together for not yet passing a bill: "Congress left for August recess with cost action on a final bill, and we urge they work through differences during this recess so that a final package can be voted on when Congress returns in September."
"We owe it to the victims, to the families who continue to grieve their loss, and to the millions of people who rely on the safety of our aviation system every day," she said.
The House Transportation Committee is continuing to have "good conversations" with the Senate and "a working towards an agreement on this important safety legislation," a committee spokesperson said. The Senate Commerce Committee spokesperson said work to conference the two bills continues. A person familiar with the negotiations, who spoke on the conditions, anonymity to discuss private conversations, said the goal is to put forward a bill that combines the best parts of the Rotor Act and Alert Act.
For Tom Lility and his wife, the measure of progress isn't whether recommendations have been issued or legislation has been introduced. "It is whether the changes needed to prevent another tragedy, an actually put in place," said Lility, whose son was 28 and about to get married.
"We appreciate the progress so far, but there is still a lot to do," he said. "We owe it to them, the 80 others who should have made it home that night but didn't, and to every pilot and passenger in our nation's airspace."
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New signage aims to curb bad behavior at Oceanfront, including on e-bikes
BY STACY PARKER
Virginian-Pilot
VIRGINIA BEACH — New signs meant to positively influence behavior, but not to be seen as being installed along the Boardwalk and on Atlantic Avenue at the Oceanfront.
The rectangular, yellow and white "Beacon One Resort" signs list rules ranging from where others to hikes out and outset operate to the requirement to clean up after pets and keep them on a bank.
E-bikes are not permitted on the Boardwalk, Boardwalk bike path, sidewalks, Oceanfront plane and paths. Adding signage and education initiatives were among the recommendations of the city's
e-bike safety task force, which convened in 2020 and presented its finding to the City Council in April.
"We're working on safety and education," Deputy City Manager Amanda Jarrett told the City Council last week.
The city task force also endorsed support for state legislation that would allow locations to restrict operations and speed. They recommended allowing e-bikes on the Boardwalk bike path, but the City Council didn't agree on changing that law.
Virginia Beach recorded 160 bike "incidents" across Virginia Beach this year as of July 31, and among them, 47 involved e-bikes, according to Jarrett. Incidents are not limited to accidents or crash-
es, according to the city. A breakdown of the types of incidences was not available. The Virginia Beach Police Department issued its citations for unauthorized e-bike operation at the Oceanfront this year, Jarrett said.
Addressing e-bike safety concerns is a new challenge for local governments as more people operate them in public spaces. A state work group is currently analyzing issues associated with e-bikes, motorized skateboards and scooters, electric personal assistive medals, ty devices (such as Skyways) and seapads. It will develop recommendations on whether new laws are needed to improve safety for both operators and the public.
Some of the questions to be addressed include whether Vir-
ginia should establish a licensing or registration requirement for certain classes of devices; how speed limits for devices, helmet requirements, and age restrictions; how apply, how to handle, enforcement; and what product safety standards, if any, the commensalists should impose on manufacturers and retailers, according to the Virginia Association of Counties, which is represented in the work group, Brent McKenzie, Virginia Beach's legislative affairs director, is also serving on it.
The new signs remind people of other laws including the prohibition of public consumption of alcohol, marijuana and/or illegal drugs, and sleeping on the beach or park beaches between 8 p.m.
and 8 a.m. City code sections pertaining to such signs are listed on the signs. Some of the same rules are already displayed on signs next to the Boardwalk calling at the beach entrances.
The city's Beach Ambassador, who clean and greet visitors in the resort area, will also have e-bike paks each with a list rules about e-bike use and safety recommendations.
The signs are roughly 7 feet off the ground on light poles every four blocks along the Boardwalk from Second to 38th streets. The signs will also be erected every three blocks on Atlantic Avenue from 16th to 38th streets, Jarrett said.
Virginia Beach has a history of using signs to control irreverent
behavior and to remind people of the resort area's family-friendly atmosphere, but whether it has worked in up for debate, in the 2000s, the city installed new-loving cities at the Oceanfront, which remained on display for more than two decades.
The signs came down in 2019 and some of these were said a couple of years ago as a fundraiser for the Virginia Beach Police Foundation.
Virginia Beach Second Police Product will host an e-bike safety and education class for parents and youth at 9/12 Cooke Elementary School on July 28. Topics will include traffic laws, safety requirements, relevant legislation, Oceanfront regulations and e-bike collisions.
MARYLAND
Carroll County moves to sell land left over from long-abandoned project
BY MARSHA YELENIK
Baltimore Sun
Over two decades after Carroll County abandoned plans for a Westminster Rypass, it is again trying to sell five parcels it acquired for the road project.
It's the county's second attempt to subord the properties, which have an largely unused since they were purchased in the 1980s. The county previously
marketed the land about 15 years ago but was unable to find hope on, Carroll County Public Works Districts Bryan Boley said.
"It wasn't the greatest economy," he said.
The parcels, totaling about 15 acres, of between Maryland Route 27 and Old Manchester Road, near Castle Road. The Board of Carroll County Commissioners recently approved moving forward with the sale.
"I'm glad to see that we can repurpose these for the good of Carroll County," Commissioner Tim Gordon as a associate earlier this month, where the board seemed to approve selling the land.
Officials said the county has nine remaining parcels originally acquired for the Westminster Rypass, with the remaining four set to be used for a planned connection between Bennett
Carl Drive and Meadow Branch. The proposed bypass was struck from the county's master plan in 2003 after former governor Pierre N. Ghesharing removed the project from the Maryland Department of Transportation's budget.
Any money generated by the sales will be returned to the county's general fund.
The five parcels range from 1/2 to 3.6 acres and are assessed
between $30,300 and $330,300, according to Maryland State Department of Assessments and Shatton records. Together, the properties have a combined phase to assessment of $436,000 as of July 1. The assessments are used for property tax purposes and do not reflect what the properties will be sold for.
The county plans to sell the properties through a public bidding process. Boley said the
county has been working with a real estate agent to determine what the properties could use for the project. In 2009, it bids come to significantly below those expectations, the county does not have to accept them, he said.
One of the five parcels, a 4-acre property at 1234 Old Manchester Road, has already drawn interest from potential developers, Boley said.
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RAINEY CHEEKS, 74
Minister, LGBTQ+ leader in D.C. who took on AIDS crisis
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"acted like the LGBT community was invisible," she added, Bishop Cheeks offered a different path, saying "we don't have to hide, we don't need to be afraid."
His death, an inceptal in Washington, was caused by compulsions from a kidney transplant, said the Rev. Wallace R. Henry III, his successor at Inner Light, Bishop Cheeks, who had cancer, served in recent years as the church's pastor emeritus.
"He helped anyone who would need help, even to his own detriment," Henry said. "Our affirmation for our church is, 'I see the God in you. He helped individuals see that for themselves.'"
Bishop Cheeks had been leading street outreach programs, ministering to the poor and to people living with HIV, when he founded Inner Light with encouragement from Carl Beau, a minister, AIDS activist and singer who had recorded the gay pride anthrax "Who Bore This Way."
His first service, held at First Congregational Church in downtown Washington, a few 20 people by 2012, he was preaching to nearly 500 congregation, most of whom were gay or lesbian. Some had felt shunned or untrusted by mainstream faith leaders and had joined Inner Light after slipping away from their home church, at including Bishop Cheeks's services to secret.
"For years, I've dealt with ministers who want to dump guilt on people who can pay Bishop Cheeks told The Post. 'I ask them, 'Burdly?' If you have the ability to send me to hell, let me see you walk on water - what's holding you back?"
In a city where HIV/AIDS843, generalizability affects Black residents, he said his church served as a resource and refuge, offering free condoms and HIV testing to combat the disease's spread. Bish-
op Cheeks was open about his own HIV diagnosis - says, during his sermons, he realized he had forgotten to take his medication and passed to wash down the pills with water - and spent months working with those the stigma around AIDS, which he described as "the pink aspirate that nobody wants to talk about."
"When you deal with AIDS, you have to deal with all of the issues, all of the tens of our community," he told the New York Times in 1996. "You can't touch AIDS and not deal with hemophobia, drug abuse, homelessness. It touches all of the things that people don't want to talk about."
Early on, he said, the illness was considered "a gay White man's disease," one that he and other African Americans didn't say much attention to. That began to change in the mid-1980s, as the Christmas's membership plummeted.
"I remember going through the book and scratching out the names of people who died of AIDS," he said. "When we got to 300, we were so much we couldn't see it."
In 1994, Bishop Cheeks lost his partner to the disease, after not only positive for HIV the next year, he was told he had lost 100 months to live. He felt that prognosis while helping to launch Us Helping Us, which taught participants about holistic health techniques, expressed a philosophy of independence and resilience ("I have it!" Bishop Cheeks would say, "It doesn't have me!") and aimed to ease the pain and isolation experienced by patients struggling to navigate the health care system.
The group met at the Club House and, after the venue closed, convened to Bishop Cheeks's living room. It became a lifeline for men such as Ron Simmons, who went on to serve as the organizations president and chief executive.
Bishop Cheeks, President
Bishop Rainey Cheeks offers a blessing during a church service in 2013.
"I walked into Rainey Cheeks's one-bedroom apartment on 2 Street in Southeast D.C. and saw 21 other HIV-positive African American men. I felt at home," Simmons said. Washingtonian magazine in 2011. "They caught me I could live with this disease, and no other Black organization was saying that."
'Dancing away the frustration'
A native Washingtonian, Albert Rainier Cheeks - he later gave himself two traditional West African first names, 'I'm notĂn there - was born on March 20, 1910. His father worked on passenger trains and could be physically abusive. Bishop Cheeks said, this mother had a desk job for the U.S. government and encouraged him to stand up for himself. He was about 16 when he came out to her as gay. "What is the issue?" he recalled
her saying. "You're my child, I love you. Don't do anything you'd."
"I walked away from her totally peripheral, going, 'What the hell just happened?'" Bishop Cheeks told MicroWeekly in 2009. "But after this point, I could care less who knew. Once I was cool with my mother, the rest of the world could jump. It gave me my strength to take on all kind of fights and battles."
Beginning at age 16, Bishop Cheeks finished under Kennebore taekwondo instructor Ki Whang Kim, working out at the 12th Street YMCA. He modeled at the world championship at 31, in 2015, and in 2017 was inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame, which adherlins "one of the greatest Taekwondo players in U.S. history."
While training in taekwondo, Bishop Cheeks supported himself
with jobs as a transmitter, working in construction and occasionally taking evenings off to visit nightclubs like the Christ World, a show-therpe near Fort Totten that advertised itself as the home of "Washington's finest quadruplicate system."
At the time, he said, the venue was among the only gay-friendly clubs accessible to Black consumers, who were often lauded at White-wa-han and clubs. Bishop Cheeks stated the Christ World's owners in helping to open a new venue, the ClubHouse, an African garage and warehouse. He helped build the place himself, joining a small work crew in getting the building, laying the floors and keeping the teachers before the grand opening on Mother's Day in 1975.
As manager, he instituted an informal screening system, hand-
ing out membership cards to family and friends. (The record runs to: "You would know if you belong.") The club lacked a liquor license and, because it was in a residential neighborhood, served fruit punch, water, cookies and candy.
While having from the ceiling, As many as 1,000 people visited on Saturday nights, Nima Hendry's performed, and ballet dancer Rachid Staroyer once stopped by to include gay men.
The line sometimes stretched out the door, drawing the attention of police who mailed the venue but "never found anything," Bishop Cheeks recalled in an interview for TheBody, an online HIV test.
"This preference looked at me and said, 'You've got to be doing something illegal for people to come line up outside like this one. You don't have any alcohol I said, 'We're dancing away the frustration of people like you who mean with us all week long.'"
As does, house and project music boomed on the dance floor, Bishop Cheeks developed to a male and her family for his ordination. He graduated in 1983 from the National Spiritual Science Center and went on to blend African spiritual traditions and hobbies leading practices in his money, while also presiding over featuring for friends and loved ones. During the AIDS crisis, he led 17 in a single month.
Bishop Cheeks is survived by two brothers and a sister. He also has been married at the fact that he ended up in the ministry, though in some way it seemed procrastinated. He had been raised Catholic, he told MicroWeekly, and as a boy he had been told by a pastor, "One day you'll be a
"I almost felt out laughing," Bishop Cheeks said. "I was like, 'Oh, God would never put up with that.'"
VIRGINIA
'Spirits Palooza' boosts alcohol authority's profits despite falling sales
BY MICHALIA MARTE
Richmond Times-Dispatch
With alcohol sales plummeting in Virginia and across the country, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority found a way to literally lift its spirits and boost its profit margin at the end of the state fiscal year in June.
"Spirits Palooza" helped ABC effect lower revenue from its dwindling number of retail stores by working with suppliers to offer deep discounts on alcoholic beverages, including discount of race and highly regarded whiskers, toquits and other liquors over three days in early June.
The result was the best month for revenue in the fiscal year that ended, in June 26, the two revenue exceeding the ABC budget by 862.2 million. Combined with aggressive cost-cutting, the authority generated more than $30 million in the profit during the month, or $6.8 million over budget.
"By all measurements, Spirits Palooza was a huge success," said Tom Kirby, who is serving as
interim chief executive officer after Gov. Abigail Spunberger declined last month to reappoint CEO Dale Farber.
"In a down market, it was an aggressive play," Kirby said in a recent ABC board meeting that reviewed the authority financial performance in June and the fiscal year. "It worked out well for us."
Spunberger hasn't replaced Farber or commented publicly on his departure. Kirby, a former police officer who previously led ABC's enforcement division, was serving as chief administrative officer before Farber stopped down on July 21.
The success of Spirits Palooza doesn't change the basic challenges that ABC faces in meeting General Assembly demands for revenue to support the general fund budget, while expanding its enforcement role to vape shops and underage tobacco sales, as well as an 800-mile walk to setting up Virginia's legal market for cannabis sales, beginning next summer.
The ABC Board of Directors, primarily composed of members
who then-Gov. Glenn Youngkin appointed as part of his focus on cutting costs and increasing profits, adopted a budget in early June for the current fiscal year that assumes a 3 percent decline in retail sales, or $40.4 million, compared to the forecast for the past year. Operating costs are higher, largely because of the new two-year state budget's requirements of a 1.5 percent raise in each year and a big hike in employee medical health premiums.
As a result, ABC expects to transfer $302.1 million in net profits to the state budget, not including revenue from sales and excise taxes and licensing fees. The authority had budgeted for $329.5 million in net profits in the fiscal year that just ended, but the success of Spirits Palooza and almost $50 million in cost cuts boosted the profit to $258.6 million. The event also partly offers a drop in store sales of $11.8 million last year, which ABC reduced to a net loss of $6.8 million, after factoring in a boost in online sales, spirit-extra taxes and other revenue. The
authority also had to account for a $1,500 one-time bonus for employees in the revised state budget for the year.
Chief Financial Officer David Allison said the authority conceived of "Spirits Palooza" is May after looking at the revenue forecast. "We were trying to figure what 'seems we could pull to finish wrong for the year,' he told the board on Thursday.
"From a bottom-line perspective, it was a very profitable month," he said.
Allison has previously been clear about the limits to cost-cutting that the Youngkin administration began in 2023 as part of aggressive oversight of the independent authority by Erie Mueller, then the governor's chief administration officer. The administration cut more than $21 million in annual operating expenses, while forecasting a 5 percent annual increase in profits that immediately proved unrealistic. Youngkin and the governor agreed the following year to reduce the state's revenue requirements by $150 million over two years to reflect the trend of
diminishing sales.
Since then, ABC has maintained its net profits largely by bearing vacant jobs unfilled and closing 10 retail stores, with zero more to come this year. The authority has about 4,000 employees or its stores, central distribution warehouse and offices in Hanover County.
"Significant cost-cutting measures are not sustainable in FY 2027 (the current fiscal year) without jeopardizing operational performance and ABC's ability to deliver as its commitment to the commensurate and the business community," Allison said in his budget presentation on June 5.
Virginia is one of 10 states that chose to control liquor sales through a state-owned monopoly after Prohibition ended in 1934. The General Assembly rejected a proposal in 2011 by then-Gov. Bob McKownell to privatize liquor sales in Virginia, largely because the monopoly is a major revenue producer for the state budget. In the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2025, ABC generated $1.5 billion in sales
and $628 million in revenue from net profits; retail sales taxes, excise taxes on wine and beer and fees for businesses licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
Spunberger's plan for the authority is not clear, but the General Assembly has made clear that ABC is not part of the executive branch. The Democrat is controlled legislature has also made clear that it wants to expand ABC's enforcement role. This year, the governor signed legislation to require ABC to enforce new restrictions on tobacco sales and liquid nicotine products sold at vape shops. In addition to providing money to pay for enforcement, the new budget also aroused concern in the alcohol industry by providing for ABC agents to help set up enforcement of the new recreational cannabis market next year.
"That's kind of what the prioritization feels the part that or has at least from the legislative perspective," said Sen. Douglas Van-Valkenberg, D-Henrico, who chairs the Senate committee that oversees ABC laws.
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COURTESY OF NANCY TOWNSLEY
Steve Arndt, center, with friends Laura Stanfill and Stefanie Shilling in Portland, Oregon.
Steve of the Front Row
Steve Arndt, 77
We called him the ambassador of the Portland writing community, because he was all about stories and connection. He introduced me to at least three friends I probably wouldn’t otherwise have known. He did that for dozens of others, too. A man of letters and a man of the river, Steve could talk for hours about both. How a particular turn of phrase made the whole sense in a novel, and how the glint of a fishing fly, tied just right, on the surface of the Columbia made his whole day. He was a count-on-me future at author events, always there to celebrate someone else’s success. Steve of the “you need to meet us-and-so” suggestion. Steve of the overly extravagant yet quite sincere compliment. Steve of the dissention and perfection of his own beautiful words. To us, he will always be Steve of the Front Row.
Stephen Emil Arndt was a river guide, writer and muse. He died Feb. 5 in Portland, Oregon.
— By his friend Nancy Townsley
NANCY PAUTY
Amadia “Mimi” Spallino with her granddaughter Olivia Spallino Savio in 2019.
Crawfish étouffée
Amadia “Mimi” Spallino, 88
Mimi invited strangers in for crawfish étouffée, cared for dozens of stray cats, served as a surrogate mother to any searching child, and loved me through my childhood quirks and teenage angots. Even after dementia reigned, she’d clasp my hand, took me in the eyes and say, “I love you, my little Olivia.” Love was the one thing Mimi never forgot. She often spoke of her love for her own grandmother. Mimi recalled how, as a young woman, she had an intuitive feeling and rushed to her grandmother. Upon seeing Mimi, her grandmother died. Mimi said, “She wanted to die with her granddaughter beside her.” When I got the same inkling 65 years later, I drove straight to Mimi’s house, crawled into bed and held onto Mimi as she stopped breathing. She showed me the power of love between a grandmother and granddaughter.
Amadia Cecile Hanks Spallino was a devoted mother and grandmother. She died April 25 in Crowley, Louisiana.
— By her granddaughter Olivia Spallino Savio
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Jerry Giantonio with his daughter Kathi in 1975.
Long-distance on Sundays
Jerry Giantonio, 82
Most of my life, I was 1,000 miles away from my dad. That made every moment, every letter, every call (always on Sundays, when long-distance calls were affordable!) so much more precious. My father taught me the importance of being kind — he smiled at everyone, always easily recognizable as he walked each morning in his tie-dye shirt. He taught me to be handy and self-sufficient. He calmed my anxieties and assured me I was strong and capable. He never did touch me to appreciate red wine, though. As I sat holding his hand at the end, I reminded him of the times he drove me to the airport, always holding my hand as if he wasn’t ready to say goodbye. I felt the same at his bedside.
Gerald Wood Giantonio was a psychologist, wine lover and Notre Dame fan. He died June 11 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
— By his daughter Kathi Saunders
COURTESY OF NANCY TOWNSLEY
Juliet Castillo in Aledo, Illinois, in 2021.
Thirteen kittens
Juliet Castillo, 2
Juliet brought joy to everyone with her kind heart, curious spirit and spunky personality. She loved dressing as Snow White, singing, dancing, painting and making us all laugh with her famous “troll face.” Under her mama’s guidance, she developed an interest in birds, plants and art. With her daddy, she loved going to the zoo, riding on his shoulders to watch the giraffes and filling every day with endless singing and dancing parties. She shared adventures with her little sister; adored her cats, Millie and Chestnut; and doted on the farm kittens, all 13 of them, telling each of them “I love you” by name. Her time was far too short. But her laughter, imagination and love left a mark on everyone blessed to know her.
Juliet Elaine Castillo loved to paint watercolors and recite Mother Goose rhymes. She died March 19 in Iowa City.
— By her father, Andrew Castillo
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MOHAN
PURA D&A MOHAN
MAR 4, 1947 - AUGUST 4, 2020 Pura D&A Mohan National Park, located at the intersection of the 4th & 5th St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St.
the property of Peter Oldham, Pura, was built in 1948 by Josephs Willoughby, in 1949, and was built in 1950 by the Washington, D.C. where she would build a 4th and become a local government. Before moving to the 4th St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St. of the 1st St.
that same year, Pura began her career at the international American Lung, over 1960. She was a member of the 1960s. She was a member of the 1960s. She was a member of the 1960s. She was a member of the 1960s. She was a member of the 1960s. She was a member of the 1960s.
In 1964, Pura was the best of the 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100
WILLIAM F. PETERSON (Page 91) (residential) College School, 1, 2, 3rd St. Louis, Mo. 63102 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314)
MOHAN
JERRY THOMAS, ELIZABETH, DAPA, and Dr. Lester.
Pura was a four social leader. With whom and a stranger she found in developing and developing the way to the 1960s. She was a woman who started his regular Thanksgiving, Christmas, 1960s, and countless times. She was a woman who started her regular Christmas, 1960s, and countless times. She was a woman who started her regular Christmas, 1960s, and countless times. She was a woman who started her regular Christmas, 1960s, and countless times.
Family was at the heart of Puro's life. She created a relationship, close friend with the family. Her only husband was a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of
A son of 1,000, 1,000 and 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age.
A son of 1,000, 1,000 and 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age.
She is involved by her husband. Husband believes her son follows a relationship with her husband. Her husband is a son of 1,000, 1,000 and 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age.
In general, the son of 1,000, 1,000 and 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000, 1,000 and 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000, 1,000 and 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age, and a son of 1,000 years of age.
Family, and friends are among personnel and family members. They are also known as the family of a children from Pura's schoolchildren, the son of 1,000, 1,000 and 1,000 years of age.
PETERSON
Youngstown, Ohio, he served in years in the United States, and he is a superintelligence officer in the United States. He was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of the United States, and he was a member of
WILLIAM F. PETERSON (Page 92) (residential) College School, 1, 2, 3rd St. Louis, Mo. 63102 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314) 421-2000 (314)
PIERZCHALA
SUEIRA MARIS PIEZCHALA (Page 93) (residential) High Schooling, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th
SUEIRA MARIS PIEZCHALA (Page 94) (residential) High Schooling, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th
of 77 years up to the planning in 2018
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GANDUEZ
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PLUMMER
We identify your lot served in Vietnam. Your staff is a staff. Following the assignment of a business, children, students and other community members, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the people who are in a large school, and the
SULLIVAN
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WILLIARD
MARK, MENTHOLIA, THE COMMONWEALTH, DAYS, COMMONWEALTH, MARS, AND SOUTH CAROLINAWATER, MARS AND MENTHOLIA for THE 1980s. THE MENTHOLIA DAYS for THE 1980s. THE MENTHOLIA DAYS for THE 1980s. THE MENTHOLIA DAYS for THE 1980s.
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THE WEATHER
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Wet weather expected
We'll likely have some wet weather today — showers are forecast in the area, and thunderstorms are possible. High temperatures will be in the 90s, and some winds can be expected. In the evening, showers and thunderstorms are anticipated, but we'll have just a small possibility of showers by the early morning hours. Low temperatures will be in the 70s.
AccuWeather FORECAST
| Today 4 shower and hotness | Monday An a.m. shower | Tuesday Mostly sunny | Wednesday Mostly sunny | Thursday A heavy hitterm | Friday Showers around |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80° 75' REALFIEL® 84° CHANGE PRECIP 68% WIND: 0-8-10 mph HUMIDITY: High | 91° 72' REALFIEL® 99° CHANGE PRECIP 66% WIND: 0000-0-10 mph HUMIDITY: Very High | 88° 70' REALFIEL® 80° CHANGE PRECIP 66% WIND: 0000-0-10 mph HUMIDITY: Moderate | 91° 74' REALFIEL® 84° CHANGE PRECIP 66% WIND: 0000-0-10 mph HUMIDITY: Moderate | 86° 69' REALFIEL® 86° CHANGE PRECIP 66% WIND: 0000-0-10 mph HUMIDITY: High | 83° 70' REALFIEL® 88° CHANGE PRECIP 66% WIND: 0000-0-10 mph HUMIDITY: High |
OFFICIAL RECORD
| Temperatures | |
|---|---|
| 80° 75' 0.5 m.m. | 82° 70' 0.5 m.m. |
| 79° 55' 0.5 m.m. | 80° 47' 0.5 m.m. |
| Historical forecast 68° 72' | 87° 00' |
| Record high 53.7 1998 | 55.7 1998 |
| Record low 52.7 1983 | 49.7 1984 |
REGION TODAY
| Pallons High | |
|---|---|
| Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. | |
| Pallons High | |
| Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. | |
| Pallons High | |
| Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. | |
| Pallons High | |
| Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. | |
| Pallons High | |
| Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. | |
| Pallons High | |
| Hammond (Hungary) 0-6 m.m. |
Blue Ridge: (Greensboro) National Park Today, humid, a shower, thunderstorm. High 82. Winds south-southeast 8–12 mph. Tonight, a thunderstorm in spats. Low 71. + (New) Shrew Wire. National Park Today, mostly sunny, not as warm, a thunderstorm in spats first afternoon. High 79. Winds west 8–12 mph. Tonight, mainly clear, warm.
Atlantic beaches: Ocean City, MD Today, beauty, humid, a thunderstorm in the afternoon. High 75. Winds south-southeast 19–20 mph. Tonight, very humid, showers. Low 73. + Virginia Beach Today, a deep thunderstorm in the afternoon, beauty, humid. High 69. Winds southeast 16–18 mph.
Waharaque: Upper Potomac River Today, partly sunny, a thunderstorm or two in the afternoon. Wind south 8–12 m/s. Where 0–5 feet. + Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay Today, mostly cloudy, a heavy thunderstorm. Wind southwest 8–10 km/s. Where 1–2 feet on the Lower Potomac, 2–4 feet on the Chesapeake Bay. + River Dugon: The stage at Little Falls will be around 3.10 feet today, rising to 3.20 Monday. Power stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.
Today's Sides (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997)
| Washington | 8.5 a.m. | 63.00 a.m. | 4:30 p.m. | 14.53 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis | 3:37 a.m. | 8:35 a.m. | 2:45 p.m. | 9:08 p.m. |
| Ocean City | 4:42 a.m. | 60:55 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | 13:08 p.m. |
| Herbish | 10:00 a.m. | 5:00 a.m. | 3:00 p.m. | 7:18 p.m. |
| Point Lookout | 5:55 a.m. | 53:55 a.m. | 9:07 p.m. | 11:47 p.m. |
NATION TODAY
| Showers | Trainers | Farm | Touring | Temp. | Est. | Technology's National High (No. 24, 400) Low (Mountain Lane, 25, 30) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| NATIONAL | Today | Turnovers | Des Moines | 76.92/1 | 83.96/1 | Mechanics City | 200/943 | 99.77/1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany, NY | 78.96/1 | 79.92/1 | Detroit | 63.45/1 | 72.49/1 | Omaha | 53.92/1 | 56.48/1 |
| Albuquerque | 92.50/1 | 92.5/1 | El Paso | 96.79/1 | 98.75/1 | Orlando | 96.29/1 | 97.79/1 |
| Albuquerque | 96.79/1 | 97.79/1 | Fort Worth, TX | 97.75/1 | 97.75/1 | Philadelphia | 90.7/1 | 91.7/1 |
| Arizona | 96.77/1 | 96.7/1 | Houston, TX | 96.79/1 | 96.79/1 | Phoenix | 107.07/1 | 113.79/1 |
| Arizona | 96.77/1 | 96.7/1 | Houston, TX | 96.79/1 | 96.79/1 | Pittsburgh | 72.77/1 | 76.52/1 |
| Austin | 102.77/1 | 102.77/1 | Memphis | 96.79/1 | 96.79/1 | Pittsburgh, NY | 73.66/1 | 80.97/1 |
| Baltimore | 77.77/1 | 79.7/1 | Houston | 96.79/1 | 96.79/1 | Pittsburgh, NY | 63.79/1 | 66.79/1 |
| Billings, MT | 89.99/1 | 89.9/1 | Indianapolis | 96.75/1 | 93.83/1 | Pasadena, CA | 90.97/1 | 91.96/1 |
| Birmingham | 95.7/1 | 95.7/1 | Jacksonville, FL | 96.75/1 | 93.7/1 | Orlando, FL | 96.7/1 | 97.7/1 |
| Birmingham | 95.7/1 | 95.7/1 | Jacksonville, FL | 96.75/1 | 96.7/1 | Reno, NV | 90.92/1 | 91.98/1 |
| Boston | 99.9/1 | 99.9/1 | Fort Worth, TX | 96.75/1 | 96.75/1 | Richmond | 84.7/1 | 91.7/1 |
| Boston | 79.99/1 | 79.99/1 | Las Vegas | 94.95/1 | 98.09/1 | Sacramento | 93.88/1 | 96.79/1 |
| Buffalo | 91.49/1 | 92.61/1 | Little Rock | 103.45/1 | 101.77/1 | St. Louis | 93.7/1 | 96.7/1 |
| Barstow, VT | 88.06/1 | 75.62/1 | Los Angeles | 96.55/1 | 97.09/1 | St. Thomas, MO | 92.92/1 | 96.97/1 |
| Charleston, SC | 72.7/1 | 69.7/1 | Louisville | 96.7/1 | 97.49/1 | San Luis, CA | 91.95/1 | 93.7/1 |
| Charleston, WV | 96.7/1 | 94.5/1 | Memphis | 93.35/1 | 90.77/1 | San Diego | 78.79/1 | 79.99/1 |
| Charlotte | 96.7/1 | 96.7/1 | Miami | 94.39/1 | 96.7/1 | San Francisco | 73.95/1 | 75.49/1 |
| Charlotte, NC | 92.9/1 | 92.9/1 | Minneapolis | 94.3/1 | 89.64/1 | San Jose, PR | 93.95/1 | 92.7/1 |
| Chicago | 96.9/1 | 98.9/1 | Minneapolis | 93.52/1 | 93.56/1 | Seattle | 77.93/1 | 81.77/1 |
| Cincinnati | 96.7/1 | 92.9/1 | Nashville | 93.7/1 | 96.7/1 | Spokane, WA | 84.96/1 | 89.93/1 |
| Cleveland | 92.7/1 | 92.9/1 | New Orleans | 92.7/1 | 92.7/1 | Syracuse | 81.9/1 | 78.9/1 |
| Dallas | 103.9/1 | 105.5/1 | New York City | 79.78/1 | 93.7/1 | Tampa | 94.9/1 | 95.9/1 |
| Detroit | 89.6/1 | 90.6/1 | Norfolk | 87.7/1 | 92.7/1 | Wichita | 93.7/1 | 92.7/1 |
Technology's World High: (Ocean City, Austin) 100% Low: (Columbia, Argentina) 20%
| WORLD | Today | Turnovers |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi, Alaska | 76.75/1 | 73.7/1 |
| Amsterdam | 73.55/1 | 70.99/1 |
| Athens | 85.9/1 | 84.5/1 |
| Auckland | 60.96/1 | 56.92/1 |
| Auckland | 116.97/1 | 116.97/1 |
| Auckland | 97.05/1 | 94.8/1 |
| Beijing | 81.99/1 | 94.72/1 |
| Berlin | 76.96/1 | 72.72/1 |
| Brazil | 46.7/1 | 47.9/1 |
| Brussels | 79.96/1 | 75.6/1 |
| Buenos Aires | 64.7/1 | 57.7/1 |
| Carib | 57.77/1 | 52.73/1 |
| Carib | 77.9/1 | 77.6/1 |
| Casablanca | 78.96/1 | 69.95/1 |
| Chile | 65.9/1 | 64.2/1 |
| Dublin | 66.7/1 | 72.4/1 |
| Edinburgh | 66.7/1 | 62.7/1 |
| Frankfurt | 69.6/1 | 70.9/1 |
| Geneva | 67.4/1 | 62.4/1 |
| Halle, Denmark | 86.7/1 | 84.7/1 |
| Helsinki | 72.5/1 | 72.5/1 |
| 94.0/1 | 90.6/1 | 90.7/1 |
| Hong Kong | 92.0/1 | 92.0/1 |
| National | Dublin | EMI |
|---|---|---|
| Top 99* 0.29 p.m. | 87* 0.05 p.m. | 87* 0.05 p.m. |
| Top 74* 0.02 p.m. | 75* 0.05 p.m. | 69* 4.58 p.m. |
| Historical forecast 68.1/72 | 87.1/89 | 87.1/89 |
| Record high 53.7 1998 | 55.7 1998 | 53.7 1998 |
| Record low 52.7 1983 | 49.7 1984 | 49.7 1984 |
Difference from 20-yr. avg. (National) (Avg. month = 4.8" or 1st time = 18.4")
Precipitation
| % (Average over 40% of total, 1st time) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| National | Dublin | EMI | |
| Post 24 hours | 3,000* | 7,600 | 7,600 |
| Total Day counts | 2.36* | 2.17* | 4.03* |
| Historical Average counts | 1.38* | 1.34* | 2.04* |
| Total Hrs. p.m. | 22.45* | 26.72* | 24.82* |
| Historical Average count | 26.24* | 27.49* | 27.19* |
| Mean Places | Solar system | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg 10 | Avg 10 | Avg 10 | Avg 10 | Max | Max | Max | Max |
| End | End | End | End | Max | Max | Max | Max |
| Quarry | End | Quarry | End | Max | Max | Max | Max |
| Columbia | 86.7/0.1 | 86.7/1.1 | Rio de Janeiro | 78.9/0.2 | 93.6/1.1 |
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| Cornell | 82.4/0.1 | 84.9/0.1 | Pocah | 125.9/0.4 | 119.7/1.6 |
| Springfield | 101.7/0.4 | 103.8/0.4 | Rome | 98.7/1.1 | 98.7/1.6 |
| Johannesburg | 83.7/1.1 | 73.7/1.1 | San Antonio | 92.5/0.7 | 90.5/1.6 |
| Kabel | 95.5/1.6 | 95.5/1.6 | San Diego | 60.9/1.1 | 57.7/0.1 |
| Francisco | 91.7/0.3 | 91.7/0.3 | Jackson | 94.3/1 | 91.3/1.6 |
| Orlando | 88.7/0.1 | 86.7/0.1 | Omaha | 87.7/0.2 | 87.7/0.1 |
| Port | 47.4/1.1 | 46.4/1.1 | Shanghai | 89.7/0.1 | 90.5/1.6 |
| Utah | 92.7/1.0 | 92.7/1.0 | Singapore | 89.7/0.8 | 90.5/0.7 |
| Utah | 75.4/1.6 | 75.4/1.6 | Taiwan | 63.7/1.1 | 62.7/1.4 |
| Utah | 92.7/1.1 | 92.7/1.1 | Taiwan City | 94.3/1 | 93.7/1 |
| Uvalde | 85.1/1.1 | 81.1/1.1 | Taiwan | 100.9/0.2 | 100.7/0.3 |
| Madrid | 86.7/1.1 | 86.7/1.1 | Tokyo | 56.7/1.9 | 56.7/1.6 |
| Mexico | 85.7/1.1 | 85.7/1.1 | Toronto | 77.9/0.7 | 80.9/1.6 |
| Minnesota | 75.4/1.1 | 75.4/1.1 | Wichita | 92.4/1 | 79.9/1.6 |
| Monroe | 75.4/1.1 | 75.4/1.1 | Warsaw | 96.9/0.7 | 73.7/1.1 |
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A statue that was taken down in Delaware now stands in the nation's capital, where it's part of a striking, and bizarre, civic tableau
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BY PHILIP KENNICOTT
Freedom Plaza, an urban square on Pennsylvania Avenue, the grand ceremonial connection between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, is one of the best places to see the deep design of Washington, D.C. The open pedestrian plaza features a large-scale copy of the original "L'Enfant Plan" of Washington embedded in its paving. Thus, it immerses visitors in the complex overlay of grand, axial avenues and a grid of domestic streets that mirrors the dynamics between federal and local power embedded in the Constitution. ¶ Historian Woody Holton hasn't visited Freedom Plaza since the National Park Service installed more than a dozen sculptures representing Revolutionary-era subjects and themes, including six bronze statues of African Americans who fought against British rule. But when told that the "Spirit of '76 at Freedom Plaza" exhibition centers on a large equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney, a Founding Father from Delaware and an enslaver, he laughs heartily. 112 SCULPTURES ON E4
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Met Gala invites controversy and, perhaps, opportunity
BY SHANE O'NEILL
Anna Wintour recently announced that the subject of the 2027 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute would be "John Galliano-Hortions."
Galliano is a genius designer. If he hadn't been recorded at a Paris cafe in 2011 making hideous and overt antisemitic comments, a Galliano Met Gala would be a no-brainer.
But he was recorded at a Paris cafe in 2011 making hideous and overt antisemitic comments.
That year, a video surfaced of Galliano berating two people at a Paris brasserie called La Perle. "I love Hitler," he was captured saying, in addition to comments about an unseen person's ancestors being "gaased." In France, insulting someone based on race or religion is a crime.
Galliano was eventually convicted and ordered to pay a fine of 6,000 euros.
Galliano was fired from his post at Dior in 2011. He was hired as creative director at Maison Margiela in 2016. His Spring/Summer 2024 Haute Couture collection for Margiela was received raptaneously by critics and fashion fans. In March 2026, he announced a partnership with Zara. Bovie Nicks wore one of those Zara looks to the most recent Met Gala. One can't really argue that Galliano's career has significantly suffered.
Wintour and the Costume Institute are aware that they're courting controversy. As Vanessa Friedman reported in the New York Times, the head curator of the Costume Institute said, "For me, the larger question is not whether artistic behavior excuses transgression, but how to hold artistic achievement and ethical account." 112 GALLIANO ON E3
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Biopic of Bourdain leaves too many parts unknown
BY TIM CARMAN
The chapters of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" that inform the new movie about him open just 10 pages, at least based on my "deluxe" edition of the memoir that was annotated by the celebrated chef and libertine himself. Yet the page count drops even lower if you subtract the section on Bour-
dain's early days at the Culinary Institute of America, a period only hinted at in director and screenwriter Matt Johnson's "Tony."
These opening chapters from the 2000 memoir, in other words, barely constitute a sketch of a young Bourdain, let alone the foundation for a 100-minute feature film about the formative influences on this future globe-tortier and provocateur. Which explains why Johnson and his co-screenwriters had to bulk up the thin
source material. They mined not just "Kitchen Confidential," but also a 2014 episode of "Paris Unknown" — supplemented by their own inventions and intuitions — to stitch together a story about a teenage Bourdain during his first season as a dishwasher and cook in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the free-spirited Cape Cod community that swells with tourists each summer.
This tight focus on one intymononable summer in 1975 has its rewards for viewer and filmmaker alike: It allows Johnson and cinematographer Michael Bauman to cast Provincetown in a soft, libidinous light, rolling out their story at a dope smoker's pace, none too eager to reach any destination, a silent commentary on the 1970s itself. The approach also gives the filmmakers a chance to open a window, if only a crack. 112 MOVIE REVIEW ON E5
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A painting shows Sanajawca, a Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition. Part of "This Vant Enterprise" is told through her eyes.
Writer finds new paths to explore in the journals of Lewis and Clark
BY PETER LARSEN Orange County Register
The first challenge writer Craig Fehrman faced as he considered writing a book on the Lewis and Clark Expedition was whether there was enough fresh material to warrant the project.
After pering over the journals of Sherrowadze: Lewis and William Clark, a million words in all, Fehrman decided there was.
"After I read the journals the first time, I ended up reading them at least three times after that," he says on a recent phone call. "I had seen all these details and seen there was enough material that hadn't been told before that I was like, 'This deserves a new book.'
"I don't want to rehash somebody else's work," he says. "If I'm to spend five years on this, I need to have new things to say. So once I cleared that bar to my mind, then I started thinking about structure."
That decision further guaranteed that "This Vant Enterprise" Fehrman's deeply researched and highly readable biographical history, would be unlike any of the Lewis and Clark books that provided it.
"I love reading and writing biography," says Fehrman, who is among more than 80 authors and speakers elated to appear at the Library of Congress National Book Festival on Saturday at the Washington Convention Center. "I think biography is a superpower. If you're reading a biography of Thomas Jefferson, by definition, you're going to see the world the way he did. You're going to care about the things he cared about. You're going to experience the ideas he experienced.
"But we have a choice about who gets biographical treatment," he says. "I realized we only knew half of the Lewis and Clark story. I wanted to spend more time talking about Native people and their goals and their ideas, because that hadn't been fully represented in most books about the expedition.
"But it wasn't just enough to say, 'Let's have Native people there up in Lewis and Clark's story.' I wanted it to be [Lakota leader] Black Buffalo's story, too. I wanted it to be [Lewis and Clark's guide] Sanajawca's story, too."
He wanted the book to be an immersive experience, the kind of tale that transports readers to the large Lewis and Clark and their team used in order to struggle through the shadows and sights of rivers on their journey from St. Louis to the Columbia River's mouth to the Pacific Ocean. He wanted the book that like they were there at the tribal councils Lewis and Clark held with Native leaders on a trip that lasted from 1916 to 1940.
"The way to do that is biography," says Fehrman, whose previous book, "Author in Chief," looked at the literary works of past presidents. "So the creating points of view, I just thought, 'You know, if I'm if I'm going to write a book, everybody needs to have their perspective in the book.' Because I think readers just respond to that in different ways.
"I don't want to make this a more complicated story, to make this an ensemble story, isn't just to have every character fleshed out," he says. "It's to have every person's, every people's point of view."
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In "This Vant Enterprise," author Craig Fehrman aimed to put more focus on Native people than other histories of Lewis and Clark.
"This Vant Enterprise" was written in 17 chapters that alternate the point of view between 20 different participants in all or part of the expedition. Lewis and Clark get multiple chapters as they experience the journey of some 8,000 miles.
But York, Clark's enslaved servant, John Ordway, the expedition's de facto sergeant, and Sanajawca also get chapters where the story is told through their eyes, as do Black Buffalo and these other Native people.
In an interview edited for length and clarity, Fehrman talked about the process of writing the book.
Tell me how you decided on Lewis and Clark, which is not a new story, for your new book.
"Author in Chief," I was really proud of, and it was a lot of fun. But it's very much a book that I mean. I wanted to do something different with my next book, and what seemed like an obvious move was to tell an adventure story. To get outside, get on the move. And when I thought about America's best adventure stories, Lewis and Clark was the first one that came to mind.
I started reading the journals, and they're more than a million words long, but they preserve so many details and so many perspectives. And I realized reading those journals. I'm a historian and I don't know
half this story. There are so many details that have been left out of previous tellings. I was like, 'Let's give it a shot.'
What's an example of something in the journals that hadn't been written about before that triggered your imagination? Early in the journals, when Clark is keeping a journal, they're in St. Louis. They're spending their first winter there before the expedition proper starts. And York, the Black man and slave of Clark, only comes up one time.
There's just one sentence: "York overcrowded seeing wife a whip saw," and I don't know exactly what the journals. What's a whip saw? But a whip saw was a very important tool to this time period because it turned long into planks. They're building their winter fort; they used planks because that's how you put the roof on the fort, that's how you build the beds, so you're not sleeping on the ground.
A whip saw is a very difficult tool to use. You need two people; they need to be in perfect rhythm. So why York? There are dozens of White soldiers there at that point. The reason is because York was the best person for the job. They had extreme time pressure, but York was strong and skilled. He had helped the Clark family build their plantation in Kentucky.
So from that one sentence, you can start to see how they build the winter fort. You can feel the sleet and the snow. But you can also see York working and separating himself from Clark. You can see York trying to find his place in this very complicated military unit where he doesn't quite belong. I did that in a York point-of-view chapter. The sentence is all I had, but I was able to write a 15-to-30-page chapter.
How did using point-of-view chapters change the usual research and writing? It definitely was a limitation, but I found that I helped the. Because if I knew I'm writing a Sanajawca chapter, I have to find every single detail I can, because they didn't have journals. It's a writerly kind of question, but I had decided that Sanajawca was going to be the first time. In addition, for a "man reading the journals, I was trying to find every Sanajawca detail I could."
And famously, in the Rockies, they have run out of food, so they have to kill some of their horses. They have to use this stuff called portable soup that Lewis and Clark both love to talk to. The book of the book is not a can turn back into soup. But because I was looking at it from Sanajawca's point of view, I talked to Shoshone people who were like, "Well, she couldn't eat the horses. We have a huge cultural taboo against eating horses."
So Sanajawca was in the Rockies. We know she was breastfeeding, which is burning 500 calories a day. She can't eat brownmed like everyone else. Maybe she was the one who needed that portable soup the most. The only reason I connected those does not because I was trying really hard to see this portion of the expedition through too.
Tell me more about writing York, who didn't leave a written record as far as we know.
There were Black people in his time period who were starting to write about their race and identity. People like Phillip Wheatley and Jupiter Hantones. So I read their poetry and I read the best scholarship on that. I was very happy to say writing a New York probably thought this: 'But we do have Black people from this period talking about what it meant to be Black, this is what slavery felt like and meant.'
I read a bunch of slave narratives, and was very careful to read slave narratives from Bolton and the other slavery in the past period, an enslaved person in Georgia versus an enslaved person in Kentucky, they had a very different experience. I tried to capture that.
Did the journals or other documents help have?
Clark wrote a letter after the expedition to his brother, so he's going to be very honest. And just says a throwaway line about what York's done the whole expedition, and that York is like, 'I want my freedom, I feel I'm earned.' So Clark says, 'I don't agree with York about his immense services,' and so you can kind of imagine that phrase 'immense services' is more quotes.
That tells you he doesn't respect York and that he still feels superior to York. But almost by accident, that's also York's point of view and York's words, too, right? Because Clark has preserved not just his own reaction, he's preserved York saying, 'I did a lot. I was there. I gave everybody I had to it.' Othertimes in the written records, you can find voices and moments from the people who couldn't write themselves.
Continuing that point, what's a good example of a Native voice that emerges from the research?
Persons are biggest thing I found in this book was an interview with Wolf Gdf, who was a Blackfoot man, and this interview, nobody had seen in more than 100 years. It's Wolf Gdf telling his side of this famous encounter between the Blackfoot and Lewis.
"When I read that, it was obviously just a huge thrill to see the real matter what I was reading, something new from a Native person. But then I went back and read Lewis's journal, and I started to notice things that I wouldn't have noticed without seeing Wolf Gdf's side of things. They sort of worked together and I tried to read them carefully, synthesize them and create the closest thing we can get to the truth.
I was fascinated with the material on Lewis's mental health - what did Thomas Jefferson call it?
"Sensitive depression of mind."
Right. It's easy to view him as an explorer, a scientist, an artist. How do you add the content of his work to struggle?
People have written a lot about Lewis and his mental health, but I think what you'll find in most accounts is that people try to understand him through modern diagnosis. Did Lewis have complex PTSD? Did Lewis have bipolar disorder?
That kind of thing I don't like to do as a historian, when you talk about a modern, category and sort of project it backwards. I sometimes think that ends up telling us as much about ourselves as it does about the thing we're trying to understand in the past.
So when I was writing about Lewis - he was a very well-informed Washington for several years, and they were extremely close - Jefferson himself said that Lewis had sensitive depression of mind. So he was using depression in the same way that we would use it today. Jefferson also said in other letters that Lewis struggled with addiction, with alcoholism. That is no was enough.
Did Lewis have manic symptoms as well to qualify for bipolar disorder? Maybe. But there's no way I'm going to know that for sure, and I need to understand Lewis as he understood himself. And there are a couple of new things that led me to it. The first is that I really think this book is the first time where somebody paid attention to how Lewis analyzed his own mind, because you're right, he was a scientist.
The other thing was a letter from John Quincy Adams after Lewis makes it back to Washington. They have dinner at the White House, and Adams has met Lewis before. And Adams, in this letter, says, "You know, I didn't have someone there. Like, I've had dinner with this guy, and I didn't recognize him. He looked 15 years older."
That's a new letter I found. I think that and the Wolf Gdf letter are the two biggest archival things that I found.
How did that approach work as you wrote about Clark's attitudes? You write that York earned the trust and respect of Lewis and others on the expedition, but Clark, a slave owner, couldn't adjust his prejudices.
There is a lot of people who did not have to give York a beating until Lewis stopped me and said, 'Don't do that.' So it's absolutely true that Clark was a man of his era. This again is where that biographical approach was made. I think that Lewis had to suspend modern judgment and just say very clearly, this is what Clark believed, this is what Lewis believed, this is what York believed.
Of course, modern readers are going to have to think of these parts of Clark that are great and the most of Clark that are horrifying. We don't have to decide one way to feel about William Clark. He was somebody who did some remarkable things and somebody who did some terrible things, and I think readers are strong enough to kind of balance these aspects.
You've talked about using words like "probably" and "uncle" when there's uncertainty in the historical record. How does that fit into the need to interpret and place together the words?
The first answer is that every historian does this differently, which probably drives readers a little crazy. I wish we had some kind of clear conceptual system like "off the fronts" for principles. It really comes down to the judgment and the technique of the individual historians.
What I will say for me is that when I use words like "probably" or "uncle" I'm not using that because I don't know I'm using that because I feel it, if you're confident, it's I want to do it. I'm not going to be confident. To me, those words are not a sign of uncertainty, they're a sign of care, because there are times when I'm just not going to know for sure.
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An AI-driven Ring Cycle draws jeers, and cheers, at 150th-anniversary performance in Germany
BY RONALD BLUM
IN BAYREUTH, GERMANY
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Richard Wagner likely would have appreciated the cutting-edge technology, if not the reaction.
Scholarship, a series of 10th-anniversary performance of Wagner's Ring Cycle from an audience frustrated that software could integrate images but not drama.
Called "W0010/0!" — the number 100 in written in binary — the staging is subtitled "From Myth to Code" and was intended to portray the history of "Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)," a series of four operas about the destruction of gods by humans, giants and dwarfs. It was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the full cycle's premiere from Aug. 13-21 1978, at the Festspielhaus theater built to Wagner's specifications atop a Bavarian hill.
Curator Marcus Lobbes developed the concept with Nils Corte and dramaturgs André Hardmeier, feeding computers about 1,000 images culled from the 35 prior Bayreuth King productions. They did not intend to produce a cohesive drama and suggested minimal blocking.
"We always communicated that it's an experiment, it's not stage-directed," Lobbes said.
Disgruntled by 10th-century standards, Wagner demanded his own theater of innovation. Bayreuth's 150th Ring Cycle was an encyclopedia of interpretations rather than a new one.
The audience also responded with a 17-minute ovation
Singers stood between two 33-by-60-foot screens, often not moving, for 14½ hours over four nights. About a dozen AI models were combined and Stable Diffusion was used to start each act with 1875 sensory designed by Gotthold Brückner and Max Brückner from sketches by Josef Hoffmann, then select images based on text and music.
After the night's concluding "Götterdämmerung", conductor Christian Thielemann and the cast were greeted with a 17-minute ovation that wrapped around 30 seconds of boos and whistles when the production team joined for their bows.
Many Bayreuth productions are initially peered, such as Patrice Chéreau's centennial staging in 1978 that moved the action to the Industrial Revolution, then cheered years later. That production's final appearance in 1980 ignited a 45-minute ovation.
"I know the ritual," said Lobbes, director of the Academy for Theatre and Digitality in Dortmund.
He was approached in February 2023 to stage an AI Ring for the seopsicentennial by Katharina Wagner, a great-granddaughter of the composer and current festival director.
Wagner composed the Ring over 30 years. Coders divided it into about 200 scenes of two to six minutes and loaded images from past performances and topical moments to a pair of custom-built Tower PCs with Nvidia RTX 3080 graphics cards.
Singers led by Michael Volle (Wotan), Camil-
la Nyland (Britannhilde) and Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) wore birdlike costumes of wire mesh with black backing and laser voile designed by Pia Maria Mackert, Lobbes's wife. The outfits shimmered in brilliant colors depending on the lighting, with gold and red most prominent.
As the narrative moved forward, so did AI's projections.
An image of Theodor Herd, a key figure in modern Zionism, appeared in "Das Rheingold," and one of Adolf Hitler in "Die Walküre." A sign that read: "Sorry, no gas today!" hadian in "Siegfried" as the timeline reached the 1975 oil crisis and Britznhilde awakened to sing "Hail dir, humor! Hail dir, Licht! (Hail to you, Sun! Hail to you, Light!)".
"Every year of the 150 years, we have an answer from artificial intelligence what she thinks that the audience of Bayreuth would have said is the main political topic of this year or this summer," Hardmeier said.
Many of the images provoked director name-checking in viewers' minds — was this from Wieland Wagner in 1957! From Frank Cantrel in 2010? From Valentin Schwarz in 2010?
At other times, AI picked forms that shifted like a giant Eich A Sketch into images evoking works by Mark Rotthio and
A staging of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle at the annual Wagner festival in Germany used sensory selected by AI to portray the history of the cycle. "We always communicated that it's an experiment, it's not stage-directed," said curator Marcus Lobbes.
Willem de Kooning.
Original plans for 2026 envisioned performances of the final 10 of Wagner's 15 operas plus the Festspielhaus debut of the composer's third, "Kienn!" until now deemed not worthy of inclusion. The AI Ring was to be presented once to coincide approximately with the original premiere dates, but budget cuts two years ago caused four operas to be scrapped and replaced by two additional Rings, the first from July 27 to Aug. 1.
Singers were together for just one nine-hour rehearsal over a four-day period in which the directing team worked with cast members in small groups.
"I would wish that with a certain openness people will find some interesting correlations and will see things that maybe others don't see," Hardmeier said. "I hope that people go out with a very fruitful irritation — not irritation in the sense of 'What was this about' but more sort of, 'Hey, interesting'."
Beethoven's 8th starts festival
Thielemann conducted Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to open the festival. Wagner led the work at the downtown Margraval Opera House after the Bayreuth cornerstone ceremony in 1872, and it has been repeated on special occasions, such as the 1951 resumption after
World War II.
A speech the following day by Michel Friedman titled "Silenced Voices" addressed Wagner's antisemitism and his family's support of Hitler and the Nazi party.
'Kienn!' a success in Bayreuth Festspielhaus premiere
A striking staging with Alexandra Summerdyk and Magnhina Parditka, updated to post-modern dystopian times, was greeted with extended applause when it opened on July 26 in the first of nine performances through Aug. 26.
Terror Andreas Schager gave the title role charisma and vocal beauty, telling the story of 14th-century Italian populist Cola di Rienzo.
Conductor Nathalie Rutzmann made a convincing case for an unwieldy composition whose autographed score was given by Wagner's daughter-in-law, Windfried, to Hitler and lost in the destruction that ended World War II.
The heart became a hilarious parody of Wagnerian cliches as a cartwheeling child wearing smokers with rainbow lights and dressed in gold, resembling statues of the composer, provided in front of a faux Bayreuth presentation. A possession of characters, some in winged helmets, performed silent camp references to Wagner's renowned roles.
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ability together without allowing one to erase the other.” Friedman also reported receiving a text message from Wintour that read in part, “His career isn’t defined by a single moment — something he will live with for the rest of his life.”
Since his graduation show at London’s Central Saint Martins in 1994, Galliano has consistently produced breathtaking collections of clothes that could be as romantic as they were brutty, as virtuosic as they were punk rock. When he took the reins at Givenchy in 1995, he became the first non-French person to head a French creature house. When he took over at Dior a year later, he ushered the label into a sensational new era with bombastic shows that ended with Galliano himself strutting the runway like a rock star.
There’s no question that Galliano’s designs belong in a museum. Within the quiet, considered halls of a museum, curators can engineer moments of reflection, nudging us to face uncomfortable truths and sit with painful contradictions.
But does he belong at the Met Gala? The Costume Institute shows inside the Met have long been overshadowed by the hoopla outside during its annual gala. On the Met Gala red carpet, even if you manage to ponder the nuances of forgiveness and bigotry, you’ll soon be distracted by — “wait, oh my God, is that Kylie or Kendall?? I think it’s Kylie! Kylie! KYLIEEE!! OVER HERE, KYLIE!! Wait, no, that was Kendall.”
I’m sure there will be resistance to Wintour’s announcement. I’m also fairly certain that Wintour will not budge. She has long been protested and rarely been moved. Once, while Wintour was dining at the Four Seasons in 1996, an animal rights activist plopped a dead raccoon onto her plate. Wintour didn’t leave the table. She finished her coffee and carried on wearing fur. She is not easily shaken. I think it’s safe to say that a 2027 Galliano Met Gala is a fait accompli.
Condé Nast has played a pivotal role in Galliano’s rise and re-rise. Early in his career, Wintour and her theo-Vogue colleague André Leon Talley were huge boosters of Galliano’s work, connecting him with patrons and resources and cheering him on in person, in interviews and in the pages of Vogue. After Galliano’s fall from grace, Wintour, who now serves as Condé Nast’s global chief content officer, stood by him, do did Jonathan Newhouse, Condé Nast’s chairman of the board, who made it a personal project to get Galliano’s career back on track. Condé Nast Films co-produced the 2023 documentary “High & Low: John Galliano.” Few designers have the talent of Galliano. Even fewer have the kind of institutional media power behind them that he does.
I watched “High & Low” recently. A few things jumped out at me. First, the infamous incident at La Perle was not isolated. There were three different incidents of Galliano saying antisemitic things at the same bar. During one, he also made anti-Anna comments. The incident in which he praised Hitler was just the one that was caught most clearly on camera.
In the documentary, Galliano seemed as surprised as I was to learn this. An off-camera voice repeatedly tells him that there was more than one antisemitic incident. Galliano appears confused, insisting there was only one.
I was also unaware that in 2013 he was spotted in New York wearing an outfit that resembled a hat and coat reminiscent of Hassle’s garb and ringlets that evoked the payee worn by Orthodox Jews.
The film cuts from Galliano in that look to his agent Anne Nelson letting out a big sigh. “I don’t know what he was thinking that day,” she said. “But that’s John.”
Was it? Wintour seemed to think otherwise. “I knew that was John’s illness, his addiction,” she said of the 2011 incident. “Isn’t I know that’s not who he is, and I just wanted to help him.”
The fact that Galliano was likely blacked out during his antisemitic tirades does complicate things. Anyone who has loved an addict can tell you that deciding whether to forgive them for their behavior while under the influence can be tricky, untrue, irrational, deeply painful and deeply personal.
In “High & Low,” Naomi Campbell said she never watched the footage of Galliano’s antisemitic tirade. “Because I know him,” she said. “I didn’t need to watch that video.”
But I think we do. For those of us who don’t know him, I have an idea for the forthcoming exhibition.
In 2012, I saw the group show “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” a survey of LGBTQ art from the 59th century to the 21st. To get from the pre-Romewall art to the post-Romewall era, you had to walk through a small room playing continuous loops of Andy Warhol’s screen tests. You couldn’t skip this room. You had to pass the silent, insistent gases of Warhol’s various superstars. Their big, safe eyes burned a hole into my consciousness.
It was a brilliant curatorial choice. Every misconquer had to reckon with the 1960s. Art was forever changed by Warhol, and the LGBTQ movement was forever changed by gay liberation. You didn’t have to like it, but you had to acknowledge it.
What if at the Galliano Met exhibit, they made a similar move? Put all the pre-2011 work in one wing. Then make the crowd walk into a small room playing a continuous loop of Galliano’s tirade. Put it at full volume. Include attitudes.
Offer two doors. Behind one, you’ll find the rest of the exhibition. Behind the other, a refund and exit. Let the public decide what they do next.
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TOP: John Galliano in 2010. The fashion designer buried antisemitic stars at strangers in 2011. MIDDLE: Galliano and Anna Wintour, in sunglasses, in Paris in 2022. Wintour is unlikely to reverse her decision to honor Galliano, despite public criticism. BOTTOM: Singer Stevie Nicks attends the 2026 Met Gala in an outfit born from a partnership between Galliano and Zara.
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How an enslaver's statue ended up in Freedom Plaza
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"Those Black soldiers are there to cover for Caesar Rodney, to state the obvious," says Holton, author of five books about the Revolutionary era, including 2021's "Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution."
The installation gives the controversial Rodney statue, which was taken down from its original site in Wilmington, Delaware, during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, a prominent new home, perhaps temporary, in the symbolic center of the nation's capital. It now sits in a place of honor in a square that was renamed, in 1988, for the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who wrote his "I Have a Dream" speech in the nearby Willard Hotel.
Perhaps because it's billed as a temporary installation, the "Spirit of '70" display hasn't garnered the same national attention as other semispicentennial events and attractions, or the administration's campaigns to build a giant victory arch and massive new White House ballroom. But the statuary ensemble, which also includes a new 23-foot rendering of a female figure dubbed "The Spirit of Liberty," is one of the most cogent and confrontational expressions of the Trump administration's views on race, urban design and public space.
The ensemble of statues looks, on first glance, a bit like the chess-game scene from the first Harry Potter movie. Two rows of six soldiers each face off across the plaza, as if these allies are about to make uncivil war with each other. The figures bristle with military vigor, guns-drawn, swords unabsorbed, pistols at the ready. Their posture and blunt rendering resemble the small plastic soldiers that little boys use to stage mock battles on the kitchen table. The details are generic and the designs have no particular aesthetic merit. Like the Great American State Fair that opened in late June, the whole thing feels provisional and slapdash.
But six of the statues represent African Americans, including James Armistead Lafayette, a relatively well-known enslaved man who eventually won his freedom after serving as an American spy, feeding critical information about British strategy to the Marquis de Lafayette, who was serving as an American general.
The figures chosen, Holton said, are "very North heavy," meaning they represent the smaller percentage of enslaved or formerly enslaved African Americans, mainly from the north, who served on the American side, rather than the much larger group, especially in the South, who saw the foot chance for freedom and equality by serving the British. The role of African Americans in the Revolution is an interesting historical chapter, but the framing of this narrative by the National Park Service — as the spark of an ultimately successful movement to abolition — misses the larger story, Holton argues.
"The Revolution blew open the door to westward expansion, at the expense of Native Americans and African Americans," he says.
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Seated on his horse, the well-cast figure of Rodney, the enslaver, now appears to be the commander of the poorly rendered Black soldiers. The arrangement also conjures the image of a plantation overseer, riding herd over enslaved workers.
Without British limits on seining land beyond the original colonies, slavery expanded and became entrenched in a more systematic and brutal way throughout the South and in newly settled states like Alabama and Mississippi.
The National Park Service did not identify the artists who made the statues, nor did it respond to questions about the cost of the exhibition, who paid for it, or the process used to create the statues, most of which appear to be made from thinly molded plates of metal. It sent a statement calling the display a “civic tableau” meant to encourage “Americans to visit our cultural and historic sites and engage in meaningful conversations about the moments that have shaped our country.” It also declined to respond to a question about a bizarre claim on a webpage supporting the exhibition: “America became the fourth of the world’s 128 nations to end slavery.”
The arrangement of this civic tableau on a map of Washington generates a cascade of more and less dismal absurdities. Perhaps it’s an accident that the Park Service chose a plaza featuring the original 1:1 infant Plan of Washington, a map and a city that did not exist at the time of the Revolution. Perhaps it’s just unfortunate happenstance that several of the sculptures obscure quotations embedded in the plaza pacing, including one directly over the passage from Article 1 of the Constitution that led to the establishment of Washington as the capital. The name of the famous African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote, “Slopes life in Washington is a promise rather than a fulfillment,” has also been covered.
But given the administration’s reluctance to foreground the stories of Black Americans, what should we make of the presence of Rodney, whose family was greatly enriched by the wealth piled up by hundreds of bondsmen? The 2031 Jim Crow-era statue to a Founding Father who is relatively little known, is a technically more accomplished work of civic furniture than the new, unattributed depictions of African American soldiers. Seated on his horse, the well-cast figure of Rodney, the enslaver, now appears to be the commander of the poorly rendered Black soldiers. The arrangement also conjures the image of a plantation overseer, riding herd over enslaved workers, a loathsome and ironic figure from American history whom Frederick Douglass described as pathologically cruel, often drunk and derived from the drugs of society.
The message about African Americans embedded in this civic tableau is the same one delivered to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in a recent White House report criticizing what the administration believes is the overrepresentation of the darker chapters of American history. Black people can be present, but their presence must be subordinate; their stories can be told, but only as incidental to the larger narrative of American progress and exceptionalness.
The placement of these figures on a map of Washington, designed by the firm of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi, also evokes a vision of occupation. Venturi’s park
ion’t universally beloved, especially in the summer when the plaza lacks shade. But that openness is essential to its message and purpose, which is to immense visitors in the original design of the city, with its giant axial avenues suggesting openness and civic ambition, and its grid of cross streets incorporating vigorous urban life. Author Sarah Luria has described the 1:1 infant Plan as an essential tool for selling a new idea of government, with its wide, diagonal avenues suggesting federal ideals embraced by men like Alexander Hamilton, and its smaller, more domestic streets representing the democratic localities of Jefferson’s vision.
As Elizabeth Meyer, a professor of architecture at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture and a former member of the Commission of Fine Arts, says, Freedom Plaza makes the “esoteric visible,” immersing people in a representation of checks and balances, the branches of government, and the interplay between city life and federal power. It is, she says, “a giant decoder” ring to Washington and what Washington represents.
Because of its central position, its openness and its proximity to the District’s Wilson Building, the locus of local power in Washington, Freedom Plaza is an essential First Amendment space, and a perennial site for protests, including the Occupy Wall Street encampments of 2021.
Today, it is literally occupied, by a squadron of tin soldiers and their horseback commander. And thus, a First Amendment space hosts a symbolic infringement of the Third Amendment (“No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner…”) in a city currently occupied by thousands of National Guard troops.
Meyer cites the work of geographer Don Mitchell, author of “The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space,” to stress how occupation is essential to the definition of public space. “Public space isn’t public unless it can be appropriated,” she says, meaning, unless the public can claim it, use it, repurpose it and, in some cases, redefine it.
And now it has been, but not by the public, nor with any public input or consent, to create a hierarchical arrangement of enslaver and the enslaved. It also includes an allegorical representation of liberty that stresses not the potential for peace and prosperity, but her shown sweet.
Holton is right about the presence of six Black soldiers on the plaza. They give cover for resrecting the statue of Rodney. But there’s a larger context in this bizarre display, between statues and maps, symbols and ideas. Maps are open-ended, they evolve, improve, become more detailed and encompass wider vistas and larger spaces. Statues are static, fixed and closed. No one, except an antiquarian or collector, would prefer an older, outdated map to a newer, more accurate one. But statues are designed to be permanent.
How long will Caesar Rodney sit in the center of Washington? The National Park Service did not respond to a question about whether this display will, in fact, be temporary.
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Bronze statues of Revolutionary War soldiers stand in Freedom Plaza. Demonstrators form a large “99%” in the plaza during Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011. Yoga during another protest at the plaza in 2011.
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'Tony' avoids grappling with messy reality
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to spy on Bourdain's childhood home, a topic the chef never really discussed at length. But mostly it lets the people behind "Tony" avoid grappling with the messier, darker elements of Bourdain's life, one cut short by his own hand in 2004.
Who could blame them for trying to find meaning in this tiny silver of Bourdain's story? To mean out further invites only disaster. The man's life, after all, was a hopeless tangle of brilliance, exaggeration, denial, humanity, brutality, humor, conjecture and tragedy. A traditional cradle-to-grave biopic would have collapsed under the weight of its own formidable subject.
Everyone knows, or suspects at least, that the biopic is a deeply deceptive beast, a truth (hopefully) wrapped in a fiction. Dennis Bingham, a professor emeritus at Indiana University at Indianapolis, has written extensively about the format. In his book, "Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre," Bingham declared that the genre is "by no means a simple remounting of the facts of someone's life."
"At the heart of the biopic," Bingham argued, "is the urge to dramatize actuality and find in it the filmmaker's own version of truth."
This, I sense, is the aim of the filmmakers behind "Tony." They took the skeleton story that Bourdain left behind and fleshed it out, hoping to squeeze truth out of the fictions they repeatedly put on screen. Their task was complicated by the man at the center of their movie. As we have learned in the years since his death, Bourdain was often better at telling other people's stories than his own. I recall a quote from author and television host Nigella Lawson, who once told Bourdain's former assistant and confidante Laurie Woolover, "Tony had a way of talking about himself honestly without revealing himself, really."
I should stop here and say this is the point at which you may want to exit this essay (assuming you haven't already) if you have plans to see the film. Given that "Tony" does not open nationwide until Friday, most of you will not have seen the movie yet and may prefer to watch it without my prejudices and spoilers. (If you want to stay on topic, may I suggest reading my story about making Bourdain's beard beardpigmen instead?)
Okay, back to the task at hand: In erecting a foundational story for Bourdain, Johnson and crew have taken liberties. They have collapsed time, developed composite characters, added others who never populated Bourdain's books and rewritten the relationship Bourdain had with the chef who led the pimie crew at Flagship, the Provincetown restaurant where young Tony got his start as a dishwasher. (You may already know that Bourdain renamed the place Dreadnaught in "Kitchen Confidential.") Some of these manipulations result in funny, tender, even insightful moments in "Tony."
One of my favorite scenes involves Bourdain standing in the kitchen, chopping vegetables with Nancy, a fellow Vassar student whom he has followed to Provincetown in hopes of igniting a romance. He chops with his right hand, she with her left, which inspires Bourdain to launch into a mini-monologue about the sinister nature of leftist. When Nancy is taken aback, Bourdain admits that he lifted the remarks from his mother, who loves to drop this kind of esoteric knowledge. He finds it annoying when she does so.
"So why do you do it?" Nancy asks. The young Bourdain goes silent for a moment, bowing his head in a rare moment of contemplation. "Hmmm," he says, "I don't SEE MOVIE REVIEW ON E2
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CLOCKWINE FROM TOP: Anthony Bourdain inside the refrigerator at Los Halles in New York in 2000; with a film crew in Colmar, France, days before his death in 2019; and at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. The biopic "Tony" stitches together a story about a teenage Bourdain during his first season as a dishwasher and cook in Provincetown, Massachusetts. But instead of uncovering truth, the filmmakers have merely turned a complex life into a comforting myth.
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know? It's a scene that says no little — and so much — about the road that lies ahead for Bourdain. (I should note that the scene would not have worked without the loose, naturalistic performances by Dominic Bossa and Emilia Jones as Bourdain and Nancy, respectively, both stars on the ascent.)
The film also does a decent job of capturing the period's kitchen culture: the testosterone-dripping machismo, the ritual hasting, the food, the exhaustion, the adrenaline rush, the crutch jokes. The film also can't help itself. It injects 21st-century farm-to-table fantasies onto this seasonal seafood shack, suggesting that Bourdain took breaks from the kitchen to commune with the cows at local farms and collect eggs from Cape Cod brethouses. One chef damaged me after an early screening to gently mock the idea that Flagship would make its own ketchup and sea salt.
But the most discordant note of "Tony" concerns Bourdain's relationship with the chef of the restaurant. In "Kitchen Confidential," chef Bobby was a "well-toasted, late-thirt-knit ex-hippie who, like a lot of people in F-town, had come for vacation years back and stayed." Bobby led a band of kitchen muffins who "seemed afraid of nothing. They drank everything in sight, stint whatever wasn't nailed down and screwed their way through floor staff, bar customers and casual visitors like nothing I'd ever seen or imagined." Bobby, according to Bourdain's book, even looked up with a bride on her wedding night, back in the garbage stockade behind Flagship.
This was the 1970s subscribers that fueled Bourdain's imagination. He had found his tribe, one that would give him a culinary identity, yes, but also permission to indulge his worst behaviors. In that 2014 episode of "Paris Unknown," Bourdain revisits Precious-news as a praying, middle-aged man, still grappling with the events of those years. He tells the camera that F-town was the place where he bought his first bag of heroin, at age 38.
Johnson's movie wants us to take away something different from Bourdain's time there. Chef Bobby has shape-shifted from a thrill-seeking outlaw to a former fine-dining chef (played with grace and dignity by Antonio Banderae) who takes Bourdain under his wing and gives him purpose. All the criminality of Bobby's crew has been basically transferred to one character, Sal (Leo Woodall), the resident oyster shocker who is ultimately ejected from the kitchen in a morality play that rings hollow.
The pivotal scene in "Tony" — the one in which Bourdain transforms before our eyes — arrives in the last act, after Flagship has suffered a near-fatal fire in the kitchen. Freshly unemployed, Bourdain and Sal connect a scam to host a clambake on the beach, pretending it's a hardcover for the restaurant. But when Bourdain's character shows up to the event and insists on paying for his own plate, something breaks inside Bourdain, as if all his bravado and deceptions are no match for a chef with real integrity.
At this critical moment, the camera lingers on Bourdain. The filmmakers want you to see the gears clicking into place. Bourdain makes a decision to act decently, to not screw over the one person who has tried to provide guidance and membership. It's played as an epiphany, as a spark of hope in an otherwise troubled young man's life. As viewers, we're supposed to imagine a through line from this moment to all the amazing things Bourdain would accomplish in his 61 years.
The filmmakers have not uncovered a truth here. They've created a myth instead, a bit of Hollywood artifice designed to make us feel good about a very complicated man. It strikes me as deeply dishonest to the story of Anthony Bourdain.
Who could blame them for trying to find meaning in this tiny slicer of Bourdain's story?
The man's life, after all, was a hopeless tangle of brilliance, exaggeration, denial, humanity, brutality, humor, conjecture and tragedy. A traditional cradle-by-grave biopic would have collapsed under the weight of its own formidable subject.
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FROM TOP: Dominic Bossa and Emilia Jones as a young Anthony Bourdain and Nancy, a love interest, in "Tony." Antonio Banderae, left, plays the chef mentor to Bossa's Bourdain.
Wait, the one who wasn't glued to football all Thanksgiving was rude?
Carolyn Han
Dear Carolyn: My husband's son and his new wife came to visit us last Thanksgiving. They live far away, and this is their annual visit.
While they were here, their his. I priority was to watch EVERY football game on television. My husband watched with them, in part
because he also likes football and in part because he wants to spend time with them. I understand.
The problem is, I do not like football or sports or even television. There were a few times when I asked if anyone wanted to accompany me on a walk or a trip to the grocery, but nobody wanted to because they were watching football. I chose to listen to an audiobook in my room.
I was not angry that they chose to do what they enjoy, and I don't think I acted upset or disappointed. At other times, I hung out with the group, we went out to eat, etc.
My husband recently visited his son and wife, and my not participating in the family football-watching came up. They indicated that my not being in the room with everyone was rude, or at least unthreatly.
This will come up again this Thanksgiving, and my husband has asked that I join them. Because of vision too, I really can't read while they watch television unless I wear headphones. My husband and I agree that would also be perceived as rude. Do I really need to sit and watch them watch football?
I do like both stepson and his wife and want to have a relationship with them.
—Siddhwal
Siddhwal: Sure, that's the important thing. Family!
At least one of you thinks so.
So 12-minute from noting that visiting
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Dad and his spouse once a year only to commander the television; ignore their home for 10 hours and 33 minutes solid (plus any pre- and postgame kiltstring) on a holiday; hinge on programming their
equipment dislikes; then carry months later and behind said equipment's back that gently and nonjudgementally leaving this etiquette crime scene to self-entertain was "rude, or at least unthreatly." (T) only fails as a living,
truthook example of "rude" and "unthreatly" because, well, apparently this isn't taught in textbooks.
Truly, unluffily and unsusceptically, I wonder what either of us has to gain by dwelling on how rude this couple was to you, unless you're ready to dig into your husband's rudeness, too, and lack of support — given how thoroughly he is implicated as well. He could have improved relations dramatically, you realize, just by eating (ideally said binge) that you don't like football or even TV, and were being an absolute 100-percent champ of a great sport by quietly enjoying your book and tearing them to their football for the outlying of what you your holding, no.
If the best outcome for you is to keep loving or liking all three of those people in peace, then look away from the light and take one of four paths. First is to ask your husband to get this right on a second try. See script above.
Second is for you to tell the couple yourself, adapted for modesty. "Don't mind me. I don't like football or TV, but you do what you love! I'll join you again tomorrow." ("Enjoy the least I ordered from Bon-n-have!")
Third is for your husband to run the idea by his son of choosing a different, non-football-captured weekend for his 60p-a-year visit to your home. Because, seriously, why?
Fourth, breathe into negative reviews by hosts until the sting of them holes, then go back to your audiobook. This one works alone or thoughtfully paired — kind of like the wine you'll pour when they leave.
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I hate my husband's estrangement with his brother. What do I do?
Amy Parapjanov New York
Dear Say More: My husband is estranged from his older brother "Jack" (both are in their life). Even though they are close to age and practically grow up at brite, they had
difficult times in their life, and Jack cut off ties with my husband for several years. They patched things up, and for many years we enjoyed a close relationship with Jack and his family, including vacations together, cousins growing up together and a close friendship between Jack's wife and me.
But the hurt from Jack's behavior back then is still very much with my husband. They clashed over a family issue several years ago and haven't spoken since. My husband is furious and says he won't allow Jack to hurt him again. I used to urge him to work things out with Jack, claiming our kids are missing out on what they used to have with their cousins. He says he'd rather not be in touch with a toxic brother even if that is the price.
I haven't brought it up in a long while now, but I'm still deeply unhappy about it. I don't want my kids to grow up knowing that it's okay to be estranged from your brother. I am extremely close with my own two siblings and know how rewarding these ties can be.
—I'm Not All With This
I'm Not OK With This: The Ain't what your kids to think estrangement is okay. But do you want them to believe it's reasonable to uphold a relationship that causes immense pain just for the sake of the happy familial experiences of others?
Don't do anything about this right now when you continue to support your husband as he navigates a long and distressing conflict. It will make things worse if reconciliation stems out from his own desires, but from the unique pressure he feels from you.
I don't know what happened between Jack and your husband, and I'm sorry for everyone
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impacted. But estrangement is not necessarily permanent. It's easier than ever now to initiate a lifetime with a single text message (though I'd suggest a letter). Maybe your husband will have a change of heart in a few years, or never. It's his decision to make.
There's a reason blood relations are at the center of everything from the Bible to Talatuy to "buzzession." Eiblings are the people we are supposed to be bonded with historically, but also never chose. They can be a mirror into our own victories, shortcomings and
insecurities about the kind of person we wish we were, or are glad we're not. And even when the relationship has ensued, we feel we have a duty to maintain it. If the dynamic described in your letter was about a loved one's voice over the world your response still be to plow forward for the sake of the kids? With family, there's an expectation to foster this lifelong connection. As a result, sibling fallout can feel more personal than the deterioration of any other relationship. Your husband might believe he failed to some way. And, if he can see your unhappiness, he may feel judged. That helps nobody.
You fear your kids will observe this rift and, as if by someone, a finance will grow between them. I'll be more worried about them watching two people who resent each other make small talk during a forced family getaway — that's a vacation nightmare they'll never forget.
Their relationships with their cousins are also not automatically doomed. Once they're adults, or even teenagers, your kids can cap in are their cousins whenever they want, and they deserve backing their your husband to make their own choices about family, just as he's done.
It's also important to acknowledge you've lost Jack's wife in this. If the two of you formed your own meaningful friendship, it's worth expressing to your husband that you intend to continue that, without any requirement that it turn into a full family affair. There may be awkward moments at your next coffee age, even if the friendship is worth it, you'll work through them.
For now, instead of wishing for a future that may never materialize and romanticizing the family performing of an imperfect past, focus on the relationships you do have. And remind your kids that as they build friendships throughout their lives, "family" can spread from all kinds of different relations — not just blood.
He told Al he's not proposing because of my weight gain
Elahe Izadi
Dear Say More: Since the pandemic, I've gained so much weight. Along with the weight gain, my son life has gone from bad to nonexistent.
My longtime boyfriend never wants to have sex with me anymore, and when I bring this up to him, he says things like, "It's normal for couples who have been together X years to not have sex as often." But I felt so insecure and paranoid about our relationship, I annoyed on his computer.
I found out he's been working in ChatGPT about me, saying how he finds it so annoying how I ask him repeatedly whether he still finds me attractive. Worse yet, I found in his ChatGPT conversation that he was planning on proposing to me, but now he's unsure because he hates the way I look. He also said that, with how insecure I've become, or just finds me annoying now. (Golly, when ChatGPT recommended breaking up with me, he said that wasn't what he wanted in the end.
He's my best friend, and I hate how I've let him down by gaining so much weight. I'm trying to work harder to eat healthier and work out more, but I'm not sure if I should give up altogether because, what if that's not enough?
What should I do?
— Broken and Paranoid
Broken and Paranoid: Oh, love. You're asking the wrong question, I know weight gain can sometimes trigger shame, but I urge you to find ways to banish the idea that you let him (or anyone) down by gaining it (more on that in a moment).
You'll need to contend with two hard truths. You annoyed — sounds as though ChatGPT is his diary or therapist — and you cannot unuse what you've seen. If you want to stick with your boyfriend, even if this was insecurity-fueled invasion of privacy, you'll need to disclose and resolve the breach of trust, because there's no going back to a time you didn't see this.
He asked ChatGPT. You're asking me (thanks, by the way!). Now is the time for real conversations with each other. You could
invite him to open up to you instead of a other. Maybe he was blowing off music to Al. Or telling the truth when you asked about your sex life. Or offering excuses to avoid saying hurtful things to you. Whizky, hurtful things are now out. Here's his chance to be fully honest about how he feels about himself, his needs, his values and whether he still wants to be with you. (Questions you should earnestly ask of yourself, too). Each person has their own hierarchy of needs within a relationship, and you're only in charge of your own. For example, you're allowed to have a need to best desired. Is this important to you? Given his chat tag — and maybe it's just part of the story — he sounds conflicted. He may need to sort himself out. You may, too.
It's not uncommon for relationships to get disrupted when one partner undergoes a dramatic physical transformation. Married people who've had lucrative surgery have higher divorce rates — one study found they've more than twice as likely to split — in part because that kind of major weight loss can have ripple effects on shared habits, rituals and sex lives. The established equilibrium is upended. Perhaps yours has, but, the could outst professional resources or experts (of which I am not, but neither is ChatGPT) individually or as a couple for support. But it's helpful to know this is a broader societal dynamic that isn't just about you too.
For your part, if you wish to make lifestyle changes, I pray you back a way to be motivated by a desire to be happy and healthy — mentally, emotionally, physically — for your own sake, not to alter your appearance to persuade someone to stay with you. You're observing of love, and if someone loves you, your well-being should be their top concern. Is your well-being also your top concern? If not, what actions can you take to prioritize it?
Now, I say this with all the kindness in the world: If your boyfriend doesn't want to marry you because of your weight gain, or your difficulty dealing with it, this is what it is. We cannot always control our attraction. But consider what this would tell you about him, your dynamic and whether you'd even feel safe being tied together for life. For instance, if you drop the weight now, what happens if it comes back? The commitment you're contemplating is serious business. You enter into a marriage with a particular body, and then life will life. Accidents. Unexpected illnesses. Hormone roller coasters. We all age (well, unless you're KFA Jesure/Lewis Kite Jesuser money and then, but that is another matter). The bodies we start with inevitably change, and sometimes we, and our desires, change, too.
Ideally, you and your person can navigate it all together. Not everyone can. But I assure you life only gets more complicated from here. How you treat each other and yourselves during the complications is far more revealing than any number on a scale. If you can't weather this particular season together, you'll probably be saving yourself as much more heartbreak down the line.
We were left out of family photo at our brother-in-law's funeral
Shane O'Neill
Dear Say More: My husband and I recently traveled a long distance with great expense to attend our brother-in-law's funeral. We are a childless couple who have been the
closest of any family member to this branch of the family including great-sixens and nephews.
At the memorial luncheon, sister-in-law and family gathered for pictures but did not ask us to join. Children of the deceased asked us why we weren't joining the informal photo shoot. I jokingly said, "Oh, we're the outlaws" for want of a better answer.
I think it was inconsiderate to me include us and don't know where to go with that. Further, we were never thanked for our attendance. What say ye?
— Online In-law
Outlaw In-law: First of all, I'm so sorry for your loss. Once, after I lost a loved one, a friend said, "I hope you're being kind and patient and generous with yourself." It helped me. Hope it helps you.
As for your letter, my advice is to let this one go.
All those clichés about grief are true: It's nonlinear, it makes people set weird, it affects our judgment, it can make us out and drink too much and make absolutely devastating choices with bold new hairstyles.
It's possible your sister-in-law and family were deliberately excluding you. It's also possible they were not thinking straight in the big of him. I suspect it would be way for everyone to assume the latter.
Ditto for them not thanking you. I'm usually a big Thank You used guy. I'm also usually a big oral hygiene guy. But during the times I've lost someone closer on. I've found myself incapable of doing a lot of nice, normal things like being polite and breaking my teeth.
Another tragedy of grief is that people can become more sensitive to their own pain and more oblivious to the feelings of others. It can be a recipe for best feelings on top of hurt feelings. I wonder if the kids asking why you weren't being photographed could have been an invitation to play?
On a purely pragmatic level, maybe it was a stroke of luck that you weren't in the photos. I know that photographing funerals and the dead is an important part of some death rituals. People should mourn in whatever way helps them and their loved ones heal.
But personally, I have enough photos of myself looking out and puffy. I don't need one more, takes on a different day. I don't know your brother-in-law and I don't know your spiritual beliefs, but I would take comfort imagining a loved one resulting out from the great beyond to the day. They I'm going to see if you're on being in this group photo!
If you're still having a hard time shaking the bad feelings, maybe you and your husband could do a private ritual to house your brother-in-law. You could watch old movies of him, look at photos, share movies, write something, learn something, drink something or just have a quiet moment together.
Regardless of what happened at the funeral, you know what's in your heart. I like to think that your brother-in-law does, too.
I assure you life only gets more complicated from here.
How you treat each other and yourselves during the complications is far more revealing than any number on a scale.
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Asking Eric
Dear Eric: My husband and I are retired. We each have significant (and equivalent) retirement meetings. We keep our finances separate, except for periodic deposits into a joint account that covers
utilities, taxes, etc.
We decided to remodel our 'Win kitchen. The process has caused some huge arguments.
My husband is a cheapskate. He picks at every single estimate and risks away at the "outrageous prices." He slashes aspects of the remodel that are not very expensive (in my opinion), or else tries to convince me that we could do a lot of the work ourselves.
Yesterday he declared that we don't need two additional electrical outlets under the counters (Hill) because "we probably wouldn't use them very often," and "what's wrong with an extension could!"
But if it's his idea, every proxy is worth spending. For example, he went on and on about why we must have marble as the funds on the center island, even though it would be $1,000.
I am so tired of trying to justify my requests (while accommodating his) that I could scream. We can afford all of it. I've tried to have discussions using humor, anger, disappointment, the silent treatment, charts and graphs. I have just about had it with the constant criticism about things that I think would be tasteful instead of a new kitchen. Can you help me find an approach that will get us to reasonable compromises?
— Too Many Cooks in This Kitchen
Cooke: It seems you've both become accustomed to operating independently when it comes to your finances (which is not a problem, many couples have separate accounts). So, it's no surprise that this group project is creating friction.
Your husband seems to have declared himself the last word on things, which is a problem when talking about shared funds and shared spaces.
It may be helpful for you both to retreat to your separate camps. Come up with a modified budget with a combined pool of shared funds for things about which you can both agree, and discretionary funds for things that one person wants and the other person isn't so keen on.
If he wants marble countertops, they can come out of his budget. If you want outlets, they can come out of public and then agree that neither gets to complain about the cost of things for which they're not paying.
Now, the caveat: This does risk creating a Frankenstein(s) kitchen. But it doesn't sound like you're clashing over sanitation, so much as finances. You both may be happier
forgoing making requests of each other or justifying your choices and instead contributing separately to your shared project.
Dear Eric: I am in my late 70s and need cataract surgery. One of my best friends is my ophthalmologist. He is almost 80. He operated on my left eye exam 40 years ago and did a great job. Now, I worry that at meeting 90 his hands might not be that steady.
I have hinted that he should retire, but he says he's not ready to retire.
We have been friends for many years and I value his friendship. I know that if I share my concern with him, it will end our friendship.
My wife says that he operates on other patients and they turn out fine. But we don't know that. He only has three reviews on 'Krip, and I wonder about them. Please, advise.
— Rivertail Friend
Friend: While there's no way to guarantee a result in any medical procedure, your friend's age doesn't necessarily have a direct correlation to his skill level. So, what you're grappling with is anxiety - a natural recurrence, particularly around surgeries.
You should endeavor to feel as comfortable with your medical care as possible, friendship notwithstanding. It's your body; you can be as cautious as you want.
When though your anxiety can't predict what will happen in the future, you can take steps to address it. But doing so may require a delicate conversation.
Consider telling your friend that you're experiencing anxiety about the procedure and that you'd rather be up-front about that feeling than have it create conflict in your friendship. You may ask him to help manage your fears or you may choose to get a second opinion and tell him that it's not about anything that he's done, but rather something you need to do to prevent.
You don't need to bring up his age, because, again, that's only part of what prompted those thoughts for you. He may very well understand. You still run the risk of bruising his professional age, but if you keep the focus on what you need to feel comfortable rather than assessment of his skill that's based on evidence you don't have, you may be able to maintain your friendship.
Send questions to R. Eric Thomas at eric@washington.com or PO Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19123. Follow him on Instagram and sign up for his weekly newsletter at rerichthomas.com
© 2006 by R. Eric Thomas. Distributed by Nature Content Sports.
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76 "I've ... ahead of you" 77 Ask with urgency 78 Microdemonstrance venue 81 Campaign campaign 82 Fully fill, as with food 84 Jack whose novel title "On the Road" describes how this puzzle's backward ram are placed above the (Joker) answers 86 2001 James Cameron book featuring a film that he created for his son'll then (Kid) 90 Hardly done 92 Reme can leader? 94 Fraternal ledge members 95 "Inner urge 97 "You need the very theatrical and the very avant-garde to perpetuate fashion" speaker there 98 Snow-like confusion 99 Find 75 Down 100 "Help me out here" 101 "Pooh ... 'Sweat' 104 I've (Joke) is the un "Midwest Bay" 106 "Some Angels Wear Black" poet Gaspola 107 Palm tunes, collectively (Seyda) 111 Releasing Bay ecosystem 114 "Haven't decided yet" 118 98.5% Master Master 117 "Lots of Metropolis" 118 One necessary submissions in an academic publication, say (Joker) 123 "I'm we clear!" 125 Lambening tanning 126 "Entertainment for long and queens" 127 Carious shelter 128 Constitutes: https in hopes of getting more ships 129 First facility: no leasome 130 Bead: mine value 131 Champagne flake part 132 Chiron for a social event
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24 Appeal's tour 25 Good whose label was once (J.E.S. Reunds) 26 Duer formerly on OK 27 Fool dogma in mattr? 28 Scheduled landing hrs 29 900 West showdown 30 Plantation publicity 31 Take it off the shirt 32 Baggum of the 33 Sander Man franchise 34 Van unstose, briefly 35 "A ... me again" 36 Reme expense during the Beachum event 40 ... and ... and ... (impossible) 41 Gone party with glue, visits, perhaps 42 Grains, comedy or comedy, e.g. 43 Museum out 44 52 Gish again 45 Break in the action 46 Leather worker 50 "For quite ..." 59 "Earlier" actor Mirren 60 Widespread cover 65 L.M. org. with strict rules 66 "Scropping since 1939" as a novel novel 68 Big city in 90 69 Burning touch" 72 Sounds of nostalgia 73 Punishment: a role 75 Preparation in science 76 Another signed Curtain 79 Somewhat unwell 81 Initiated litigation 79 Didn't catch criticism 82 Condition with people 83 First sitting phone 84 Barriers that can be overcome with time 85 Nursing staff assistants 87 Tribute with a simple 88 Both plan letters 89 Perfect for getting 92 Optimistic module 92 Be antidotful with
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BY GEORGIA MEGLIS
Happy Birthday! Aug. 18: You are extroverted and happy with the spotlight. You're also levelheaded and private. This is a year of learning and teaching for you. Take time to renew your spiritual beliefs. Explore philosophies that give you a better self-awareness and get you closer to the true meaning of your life.
Moon Aloch: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Libra.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today is a mixed bag. For the most part, it's romantic, friendly and congenial. It's a great time to socialize and enjoy playful activities with kids. Nevertheless, you might meet someone who's a wet blanket. Keep things light!
TALIRUS (April 20-May 20): Work colleagues will be supportive today. However, for those of you who are not working, this is a great day to relax at home and putter around doing minor repairs. Focus on the glass reef that today instead of half-empty.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This is a last-hand, feel-good, romantic day. Work with and relax with your main squeeze. You'll also enjoy socializing, short trips, visits
with siblings and relatives, as well as sports events and kids' activities.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Be courteous when dealing with parents and authority figures today, because tension might arise when dealing with someone older, more experienced or in a passion of authority. Some of you will enjoy shopping for beautiful things today.
LED (July 23-Aug. 22):
Because the moon is dancing with both Mercury and Jupiter in your sign, you're eager for entertaining discussions with others. It's a great day for a short trip or a chance to explore and learn new things.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Enjoy relaxing behind the scenes today. You might see ways to break your income. You also might spend money on beautiful things. Some of you might be involved with sports and athletic events.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Today the moon is lined up with tennis in your sight. You will radiate warmth and friendliness to others. It's a wonderful day to socialize! Romance is blessed because you feel affectionate and amorous.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Even though you make an excellent impression on others today (and you do), you might choose to hide behind the scenes and relax somewhere in private. Some will dictate in secret love affairs.
SAUSTRARUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This is a popular day! If you can travel or do something different to change your routine, this will please you. In fact, you'll be attracted to people who are "different" today. For some of you, a historic friendship could turn romantic.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In one way, it's an excellent day for financial discussions about how to share something. This is also a passionate, romantic day. Nevertheless, relations with authority figures – such as parents and bosses – might be strained.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Sheer clean of controversial subjects; the news might bring you down. Sometimes it's good to take a news fast for your mental health. Do something different today. Romantic relationships are blessed!
POICES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Although this is the perfect day to relax and enjoy the company of loved ones, some of you are energetic and might try to get some work done. Don't push yourself too hard. Basically, this is a fun-trying day!
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THE WASHINGTON POST - SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2024
DINING
With Ethiopian pizza, siblings are shaping their cuisine's next chapter
Elnur Sontag
There were only five or six items on Heat Da Spot Cafe's menu when it opened in Park View in 2015. Sandwiches, bagels, the usual suspects. But customers wanted more. Specifically, they wanted twin sisters hemorrh and Timsit Gaitson and their older
brother Ben Solomon to offer dishes from their native Ethiopia, he they added some, then kept adding. Over the course of a decade, the three built Heat Da Spot into a small but mighty institution, serving one of the city's best breakfasts.
In 2023, the siblings revealed an ambition beyond neighborhood restaurant goodness with the opening of Ice 'n' Slice, an Ethiopian pizzeria to receive Petroorth. Alongside restaurants like Doro Real Food, where you will find Ethiopian-spiced fried chicken and doro wat mac and cheese, Ice 'n' Slice has given shape to an only-in-52, vision of Ethiopian American cuisine.
Together, the restaurants capture the glorious singularity of our region, which is, by the numbers, one of the most Ethiopian places outside of Africa. Where she can you start your day with a more Ethiopian breakfast, then walk if notation to lunch on little pizza? On several occasions as I ate my way toward this review, that's exactly what I did.
Breakfast from the heart: Heat Da Spot
Hopping into Heat Da Spot for the first time can be a lot. The restaurant's walls are plastered with photos of dozens of dishes, plus signs printed with Airbnb-core mantra ("COPPER FIGHT YOU PEOPLE LATER") and cheerful taglines ("Get cozy with self!"). Themedline reaches home unheavenly large in the tiny dining room, and a collection of mugs from around the world, signed and gifted by the restaurant's most local regulars, occupies the entrance. It's like an art kid's high school yearbook came to life in your favorite auntie's living room.
With so much going on, it can be hard to know where to look. Allow me to direct your attention to a colorful sign above the cash register: "PLEASE DON'T RUSH THIS CHEE" it reads. "WE ARE NOT FAIT FOOD!" As you file in and line up to order from one of the sisters, who will address you with an earnest "honey" or "sweetie" that makes the heart soar, you should know that there is no rushing the brouch rush. The Ethiopian-style breakfast, a signature plate of scrambled eggs and injera, takes some time. It is well worth it.
The dish came to ferment and Timsit as a means of standing out in a city as blessedly — and for a restaurant, challengingly — flash with Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurants. Others in the area serve eggs for breakfast, but few season clash so badly with herbcos. A generous shake of the elemental spice blend gives Heat Da Spot's scramble deep, savory flavor and throat-tickling warmth.
In a rebuke of soft scramble culture, the eggs are plump and bounty, cooked until their edges are crisp enough to make a Frenchman faint. (L for one, love their substantial texture.) Another small touch that makes Heat Da Spot's breakfast special: a drizzle of honey dispatched over the dish, which lights up the same salty-sweet nympans as bacon and pancakes or chicken and waffles. Framing the plate is a plump roll of tangy injera and a sambusa, a flaky triangular pastry filled with lentils.
Growing up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, the sisters learned to cook mostly through observation. Sennet still describes herself and her sister more as cooks than chefs and says that over the years, the menu has been furnished with whatever they "were good at" cooking. They leave the most labor-intensive and complicated dishes, like doro wat, to other restaurants. And though they do serve some classic meat-and-vegetable dishes such as tins and stewed lentils, I've found that these sometimes lack the precise seasoning and careful cooking that renders these ethereal as other Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurants.
When it comes to breakfast, however, the sisters are unrivaled. On the rare morning that I forgo my reliable breakfast plate, I turn to quanta fiefs, a dish combining strips of injera stained red with herbcos and small pieces of tart cooked in the air fryer to mimic quanta, a spiced jerky. The smoke and heat of the herbcos lead the dish an otherworldly flavor reminiscent of burnt ends at a barbecue restaurant. This is how the best days begin.
Pizza with purpose: Ice 'n' Slice
It's not strictly true that the siblings don't serve doro wat. You will find it at Ice 'n' Slice, where Solomon, who oversees the restaurant's day-to-day, painstakingly prepares the dish each week. After hours of slow cooking, when the sauce is the color of nunshed clay and the chicken is falling off the bone, he turns it into pizza.
The chicken stew, among the most popular in vegetarian dishes in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine, serves as both base and topping for the pie. The dash, intensely sweet blend of onion and berbere that defines the dish is layered on berbere-spiked tomato
Heat Da Spot's Ethiopian-style breakfast features scrambled eggs, injera and a sambusa.
At Ice 'n' Slice, Ethiopian dishes are transformed into pizza, such as the letigah kilfs, bottom, and Addis Ababa, a smorgasbord of essential Ethiopian dishes on a single crust.
sauce, followed by bone-in pieces of stewed meat and slices of hard-boiled egg, traditionally served as an accompaniment to the stew. There is also quite a lot of cheese, helping to temper the heat that whispers at first but ratchers up with each slice.
The result is a striking visual enhanced further by its presentation in a movie, a woven basket traditionally used to serve injera and grand communal feasts. Here, the conical lid is dramatically removed tabloids to reveal ... pizza! The flourish serves as a nod to the cultural interplay at the heart of Ice 'n' Slice, and as a theatrical gift to the many young diners who discovered the restaurant as a social media phenomenon and now expectantly arrive with their phones out.
In this era of social media marketing, culinary gimmicks are pervasive and often disappointing. As eager as I was to try Ice 'n' Slice — which I discovered while scrolling, sigh — my curiosity was counterbalanced with some skepticism. Five pies later, here's where I landed: Ethiopian pizza is good. Of course it is. How much of a stretch is it to
take the elements of one cuisine built upon bread and teaspoon often onto another? Ethiopian and Italian cuisines have long been intertwined, after all, and the stews, assertively spiced dishes that benefit from injera's tanginess and structure take quite well to pizza crust.
As much as I like the doro wat pie, my favorite is the Addis Ababa, which Solomon speaks with tomato sauce and loads with lightly steamed cabbage, stewed lentils, yellow peas, and marnels of beet and carrot — a smorgasbord of essential Ethiopian dishes gathered onto a single crust to achieve the gut-busting satisfaction of a meat-lover's pizza without the use of meat.
Like the sisters, Solomon is a specialist. His doro wat is complex and rounded, but his beef this kids do; of course. While the ice cream that ends a meal (hence the "ice" in the restaurant's sauce) is perfectly satisfying, it is not the stuff of summer delivers. But you're not here for ice cream or any other dish that invites comparison. You are here for Ethiopian pizza. There's nothing quite like it.
The quanta filir at Heat Da Spot combines tangy berbere-spiced injera and cubes of crisp-chewy beef.
From left, on-swewers and twin sisters Timsit and Sennet Gaitson in Heat Da Spot's dining room.
The twins' brother Ben Solomon can often be found at Ice 'n' Slice, serving ice cream and making pizza.
Heat Da Spot Cafe
● (Gand)
3213 Georgia Ave. NW. healthapadst.com.
202-636-4733
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Don't miss: Ethiopian-style breakfast, quanta
fiefs.
Skip: Beyaznets platter (vegetarian platter)
Prices: Most Ethiopian breakfast dishes $19.99 to $26.99.
Sound check: 69 decibels/Conversation is
easy.
Accessibility: No barriers to entry, but indoor
sucking is limited. Restroom is 40A-accessible.
Small stop to outdoor patio.
Dietary considerations: Allergens not listed on menus; many meat-free dishes available.
Ice 'n' Slice
● (Gand)
3937 Georgia Ave. NW. diconetics.com. 202-
722-1805
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Don't miss: Doro wat pizza, Addis Ababa pizza,
letigah kilfs pizza.
Skip: Merhato (this) pizza.
Prices: Ethiopian pizza $27.99 to $39.99.
Sound check: 67 decibels/Conversation is
easy.
Accessibility: No barriers to entry; restroom is
40A-accessible.
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Disney World's trash cans have a cult following. Now they're going away.
BY HANNAN SAMPSON
When Skip Sher and fellow Disney enthusiasts assembled in late 2021 for a day of drinking around Epost near Orlando, Florida, they met up at a trash can outside a park in the theme park's United Kingdom Pavilion. They agreed to meet there again in the future.
Someone suggested the recently formed Disney Day Drinkers Club needed a stance, said Sher, the group's founder. "So we were like, what about this trash can?"
That can, which they called Binny, became an icon for the club. While Binny has since moved to the great unknown, much to the group's concentration, its legend remains. And so does the pull of Disney Parks trash cans: themed to their location and cute enough to inspire lines of merchandise, costumes and online devotees.
Most importantly, they are convenient for holding a visitor's drink or snacks on their flat tops during Epost's Deepest festivals, where food and drinks are sold at booths around the park. Calling it a "wacky thing," Sher said he has seen people bring picnic tablecloths, candles and nice dishes to set atop him. "Trash can tables" have become common spots to rest and soak or soap photos when attendees wander the park's World Showcase sampling best flights, dumplings or sliders on little dishes.
"In Walt Disney World, especially at Epost, people form emotional attachments to these because they're each a part of your Epost experience," said Julie Tremaine, a contributing editor for 89Gate covering travel and theme parks. She wrote a story in 2022 calling trash cans potential: "If Disney parks fans" "wretched obsession yet."
So it should be no surprise that there were walls in the street—or at least on social media—when Disney recently made official what fans were already noticing. This summer in Florida, the old cans are moving out and a new, less table-like variety is coming in.
There you ask, no I'm not okay," one fan wrote in a caption on a TikTok that showed him wearing his company's T-shirt, which carried an image of the old can, and standing next to a new bin. "KIP to my favorite tables
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Disney World started phasing in new trash cans across the resort this summer, including in its four theme parks and two water parks.
(the Epost trash cans)," the text on the video reads.
'Same magic. Smarter can.'
In a video shared on an official Disney Facebook page, an old-castel man with accompanied black-and-white images of receptacles at various locations around the Florida parks. In the old model, flags cover the view of the interior and must be pushed in.
"Walt Disney World trash cans: Iconic Dependable. Beloved by fans around the world," the narrator says. "But what if we told you they just got even better?"
The next generation of cans, the video says, hold more trash, are powered by the sun and can compact waste automatically. "Same magic, smarter can," the voice-over says. The new bins are tables, with a more visual tag.
Visitors can open them by stepping on a pedal at the bottom or pulling open the front, the video shows. They will continue to be individually decorated to reflect the theme of their surroundings.
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Trash can or table? The old design because an improved table for many visitors, with flat tops that could hold a drink or snack.
"Yes, these trash cans might become your new favorite photo spot," the video says. It provides the bins are "appearing soon" across the resort.
According to a statement from the company, the new trash cans
were tested in a pilot program in some spaces last year and have been added to more areas this summer. The rollout will continue in the coming months across the four theme parks, water parks, the Disney Springs shop-
ping and dining complex, and E&P30 Wide World of Sports Complex.
Fans responded with questions.
"But our tabled? The finest tabled on dining space?" wrote one. "But what about trash can table time?" another honoured.
A third had a different quality: "I'm these look stylish enough to sell as miniatures in a merch store?" No.
Trash can lure
The retiring cans have ties all the way back to Walt Disney, according to an episode of the documentary series "Behind the Attractives" on Disney+.
As explained in the show, Disney made sure a trash can would be located every 30 feet throughout the parks to keep litter at top. He didn't want people to see the actual trash, so the cans got swinging flags that obscured the view.
Over the years, the company has sold collectible figures, lunch bags, candy bins, pins, salt and pepper shakers, ornaments, and
a plush top modeled after the original cans. Fans have made mediocre, dresses, party costumes and T-shirts that nodded to the cans' dual lives as tables. In the past, the company operated a talking trash can; more recently, some have been equipped to spread bubbles.
A Facebook fan club admires them as "little works of art."
"Disney fans love a secret tribal branding thing," said AJ Wolfe, owner of the Disney Food Blog and author of the book "Disney Adults." "That's something that just fly-by-night guests aren't going to notice or love. But real Disney fans, this is their icon."
Wolfe finds eating on the trash cans gross, but she thinks guests can still make it work with the new models.
"I always have a trap with a ton of food and usually that seven glasses of champagne on it," she said. "Maybe I can't use them as a table anymore because my trap will probably wobble. Your can little beat of food is going to be just fine."
No-touch upgrade
While Themaine of 89Gate said she has never thought twice about getting her drink on one of the garbage cans—"the little that we have in Disney and the level of cleanliness," she did not enjoy having to push the swinging door in to toss her trash.
"Not having to touch the flag in a really big upgrade," she said.
Only voices that no one of the Florida parks, Sher of the Disney Day Drinkers tested the food-holding abilities of the new cans with a cocktail and some garlic sauces.
"The outset of it is perfectly stable for that type of activity," he said. "The corners start to slope downward, but it's also a larger space than the original trash cans... I think it gets the job done."
Sher, who also started the Disney Adult Society on social media, said that as a Disney fan, he's gotten used to constant change—a reality Walt Disney embraced. And he's hoping the parks' loss will be the goal.
"A lot of places do create of Disney artifacts and things, so I'm excited because I think pretty soon all those places will be favorite with Epost trash cans," he said. "I plan on getting one."
How to navigate the confusing rules on flying domestically with marijuana
BY NATALIE B. COMPTON
Preparing for a smooth airport experience can feel like trying to hit a moving target. Will security ask for your ID or your boarding pass? (It depends.) Will officers confiscate your lobster? (You're good, actually) Will you be forced to uphold the your carry-on? (Why haven't.)
The process gets even more complicated when marijuana is involved.
While cannabis is — for the most part — illegal to use or possess on a national level under the Controlled Substances Act, some of the country's states and territories as well as D.C. have been loosening restrictions, and in very different ways, since 1998.
To date, 24 states and D.C. have legalized recreational pot, and 41 states and D.C. have legalized it for medical use. Other states have moved to de-terminative cannabis but not legalize it altogether.
And in April, President Donald Trump's administration downgraded medical marijuana from a Schedule I classification (the same as heroin) to a Schedule III classification (on par with some common prescription painkillers). The order did not change laws on recreational use.
So what does that mean for the traveling public? We spoke with legal experts to find out exactly what you need to know about flying domestically with pot.
So, to be clear, can I fly with marijuana?
Recreational pot remains illegal under federal law, and the federal government regulates air travel, which means "technically, it is illegal to travel with adult-air services and marijuana," said Joshua S. Baushear, a cannabis law attorney in New York.
It doesn't matter whether you're flying to, from or within a state where pot use is legal.
More medical marijuana's regular license to a Schedule III substance, the Transportation Security Administration now says travelers can bring medical marijuana through security in checked or carried out "with special instructions," but the policy was to show not specific what those special instructions are.
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Medical marijuana was downgraded to a Schedule III substance recently, but air travelers still face a complex web of rules.
Additionally, medical marijuana may still be considered illegal to possess depending on the state where you are traveling.
Legality aside, most major commercial airlines forbid passengers to bring marijuana (even medical) on board.
What happens if TSA finds marijuana in someone's baggage?
Both A. Goldberg, a partner at the law firm Pedersen from Walder Hayden, P.C., says the answer depends on how much
pot is found, whether it's medical or recreational, and whether the traveler has a medical card.
"Smaller amounts and medical seem to have a greater chance of being unnoticed or left alone," Goldberg said in an email.
If you appear to be transporting a large amount of pot to sell, consequences could be more severe.
"Obviously if your suitcase is full with a few pounds ... besides," Baushear said.
On the website, TSA says that its primary concern is passim-
ger safety and detecting potential threats to aviation, and that officers do not search for illegal drugs. "But if any illegal substance or evidence of criminal activity is discovered during security screening, TSA will run for the matter to a law enforcement officer," the policy continues.
Goldberg has heard of TSA confiscating health amounts of pot "without referring to law enforcement," he said. "I suppose a large amount might raise concerns and result in a referral."
The outcome will also depend on where you're traveling, said Steve Levine, who leads the cannabis product at Husch Blackwell.
Some airports, including Chicago, of these International and Los Angeles International, have announced they will not stop outbound passengers in possession of small amounts of marijuana. Meanwhile, in a state with strict cannabis laws, such as No. 50, finding a joint in your bag might be seen as "a much more serious offense," Levine said.
What should I do if I get to the airport and still have pot? If you're worried about TSA finding pot in your bag, "probably the safest way to deal with this is to throw it away," Levine said.
At some airports, including Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and O'Hare, travelers will find pot "annually" bases installed at security where they can toss cannabis products without penalty.
What if I have a medical marijuana ID card?
Goldberg notes that TSA has not been clear about whether a medical marijuana card is sufficient documentation for medical marijuana in a carry-on or checked bag. But since the agency says it does allow medical marijuana in a carry-on or checked bag, having a medical marijuana card could get you out of a kind if an agent pulls it from your bag.
However, an agent could still pass you off to the local police, who will assess the situation. If there's no medical marijuana program there, a card could be meaningless.
Can I fly with CBD?
As long as your CBD product contains no more than 0.1 g percent THC, or is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, you can bring it on a flight. If the product is a liquid or food, it must comply with the usual TSA carry-on policy (3.4 ounces or less per liquid tons, for example).
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Customers line up at Wild Scoops, an Anchorage shop where the focus is on local ingredients like fireweed and spruce tips, the latter of which “tastes like a walk in the forest,” said co-founder Elissa Brown.
It’s worth crossing the country for these ice cream shops
BY HANNAH BARRISON
When Jennifer Rodammer goes on a trip, there’s a good chance ice cream will be involved.
Rodammer is creamery director at the University of Delaware (Unity Creamer), which serves ice cream at two brick-and-mortar locations, and also is serious about scoops.
“My friends and family know what I do for a living,” she said. “Usually if I said, they’re like, ‘I found this creamery, we have to go.’”
The Washington Post contacted ice cream experts and superman for their suggestions of travel-worthy ice cream. Well-known shops with a national presence—either in large chain parlors or grocery stores—were not considered.
While we always enjoy a scoop of Jem’s, Van Leeuwen, Gravier’s or McConnell’s, you probably don’t have to go far to find them, at least in pint form. We wanted places that represent their locations and require a trip to experience. These are seven deserving of a visit.
Wild Scoops (Anchorage)
The focus is on local ingredients at Wild Scoops — and since this is in Alaska, these ingredients include fireweed, birch syrup and spruce tips. Ice cream made from the latter “tastes like a walk in the forest,” said Elissa Brown, who founded the company with her husband, Chris Pike. If years ago.
Originally a “little farmers market freezer on wheels,” as Brown described its origins, Wild Scoops now has three shops open in the summer, with one of those staying open year-round. The 10 to 16 in-house flavors change regularly, but one classic is Silka Swift, sweet cream with a salted caramel swirl using salt harvested by hand from Sitka.
Zoe Denenberg, a chef and food writer who works half the year as the executive chef at Camp Derail, a lodge inside Donald National Park and Perseve, said she always makes a few visits to Wild Scoops when she passes through Anchorage.
“On a recent trip to Anchorage, I went to Wild Scoops twice, once before dinner,” she wrote in an email.
Tip: The midtown spot is open year-round, while two downtown locations close in August and September.
Don’t miss: Whatever your scoop choice, get it in the Baked Alaska zone. A homemade waffle cone is topped with homemade marshmallow fluff, then torched.
Also check out: Brown praises the area’s mountain hiking trails and Little O’Malley Peak Trail for hiking. If the weather isn’t great for being outdoors, she called the Anchorage Museum a “great cultural gem.”
Screamin’ Mimi’s (Schaatspoel, California)
Maroline Mazzetti Olson was making ice cream at home in Screams County over 20 years ago when she came up with an express-so-based flavor with chocolate chips, crushed chocolate cookies and homemade fudge. She gave her husband a sample.
His reply: “I think you’ve got to look into opening an ice cream shop.”
That flavor is now known as Mimi’s Mud, and it never runs out
at Screamin’ Mimi’s, which celebrated 20 years of operation last year. The shop offers 16 ice cream flavors, most of which vary daily based on what’s in season, and eight dairy-free options. Look for flavors such as lavender and crummelon in the summer, and spummin in December.
“I love ice cream, I love creating ice cream. . . . I love seeing people enjoy what I made,” Mazzetti Olson said. “I want to be the shop that people say, ‘Oh, you’re going to Northern California? Drive out of your way to go to Schaatspoel.’”
Ice cream author and consultant Malcolm Sings, founder of Ice Cream University, called Screamin’ Mimi’s “very consistent and across-the-board great.”
Tip: Parking is scarce, and the shop’s interior is small, so lines
can spill out the door. Mazzetti Olson urges visitors not to be discouraged. “The line moves so fast,” she said.
Don’t miss: Mimi’s Mud, the flavor that started it all and outsells the rest.
Also check out: A three-block stretch of Florence Avenue in Sebastopol showcases multiple scrap metal sculptures by married artists Patrick Amiet and Brigitte Laurent.
“It’s magical, it is my favorite thing,” Mazzetti Olson said.
Mommers
(Traverse City, Michigan)
Come for the ice cream, stay for the view of cows and pastures at Mommers Homemade Ice Cream, a family-owned parlor in Northern Michigan.
Refitting a place famous for its cherry orchards, Mommers boasts multiple cherry options on its website. While the shop makes more than 100 flavors, expect to see a little more than 10 on display every day, with a few each in chocolate, fruit, candy and kid-favorite categories.
Jon Plummer, whose parents, Bob and Nancy, started Mommers on the family’s dairy farm, now owns it with his sister Becky Mead. He said they are “always experimenting with flavors,” even running a contest in the fall where staff members create their own connections, and customers vote to their favorite (and least favorite).
Mommers, named after Nancy Plummer’s nickname for baby cows, shuts down its retail busi-
ness in January and February, opening the first Friday of March. Tip: Can’t choose? Try five flavors with the ice cream flight.
“There’s folks who will share that and definitely folks who won’t even let you look at theirs,” Plummer said.
Don’t miss: The most popular flavor is Cherries Mookibo, black cherry ice cream with chunks of brownies, black sweet cherries and a chocolate fudge swirl.
Also check out: Plummer recommends swimming in Grand Traverse Bay and visiting the “gorgeous” Sleeping Bear Dunes National Labadiore for canoeing and fishing.
Betty Rae’s
(Kansas City, Missouri)
In her quest to see all 50 states, travel ashore and ice cream enthusiast Jamie Italiano-DeCabello visited Kansas City and found her favorite scoops in town at Betty Rae’s. She highlighted one flavor with lavender and another with goat cheese, apricots and candied walnuts.
“I like ice cream with interesting flavors,” she said.
Betty Rae’s, which has a dozen shops in the area and four franchise locations in Kansas and Nebraska, is a fan of interesting, including a savory barbecue variety for a brief spell each summer.
First year-round staples such as cookies and cream, and discover others that create seasonality or in stop with special events. When Kansas City hosted World Cup games in June and July, Betty Rae’s rolled out eight flavors in celebration of name playing or staying in the city including London Fog, Dutch stroopwalks and Argentine allspora.
“We really tried to do as good as we could to mimic those flavor profiles that those communities are known for,” said owner Matt Shatto.
Tip: Shatto suggests visiting when it’s not too busy — shoot for earlier than 6 p.m. — and making time to sample the flavors. “Just come willing to try everything,” he said.
Don’t miss: The Ginny Better Cake is a customer favorite, swirled with butterscotch and bits of the cake that originated in St. Louis.
Also check out: The Rock Island Bridge, which calls itself “America’s first entertainment district on a bridge,” opened in Kansas City earlier this year. The formerly unused railroad bridge stretching across the Kansas River is now home to restaurants, patios and event space.
Wild Scoops has three shops open in the summer, with one shop staying open year-round, and a rotating menu of up to 16 flavors.
Don’t miss the Baked Alaska cone at Wild Scoops. The homemade cone is topped with homemade marshmallow fluff, then torched.
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ABOVE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: A banana split at Moosners Homemade Ice Cream, a family-owned parlor on a dairy farm in Northern Michigan. Daisy the dog with her cup of vanilla ice cream at Moosners. The shop's most popular flavor is Cherries Moullier, black cherry ice cream with chunks of broomies, black sweet cherries and a chocolate fudge swirl. Customers can take in the view while enjoying their cones. BELOW: Gigi George, 2, watches as Ella Redford prepares a cone at Happy Ice Cream. One of the country's best ice cream shops is right here in D.C., with tantalizing flavors like olive oil with cocoa crumble.
There's no reason summer vacation shouldn't revolve around ice cream
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Big Spoon Creamery
(Birmingham, Alabama)
Owners Ryan and Gori-Martha O'Hara met while working in fine dining and started their ice cream business with a cart, then truck, before opening their first brick-and-mortar shop in Birmingham in 2017.
Now with three locations in the Birmingham area and Huntsville, they take a fine-dining approach to their artisan ice cream, using high-end, local ingredients and changing the menu frequently. The current lineup includes bourbon peach pecan crisp, blueberry yogurt and blueberry cobbler.
"I think now guests are trained to be excited for what's next," Ryan O'Hara said. "That's kind of the fun of Big Spoon: You can come every month, and there's always going to be something new to try."
December, who worked in the Big Spoon pastry kitchen baking mix-ins for the ice cream in 2020, said her "deep love for ice cream" traces back to the shop.
"It's the only ice cream shop that I still dream about often (if you've never had ice cream straight from the machine, it is life-changing) and would go out of my way to travel to," she said in an email.
Tip: Is lactose your enemy? Big Spoon has Lactaid pills available at the counter for customers who dare not indulge without it.
Don't miss: Seasonal favorites such as peach buttermilk in summer and goat cheese, strawberry and bilineza in the spring.
Also check out: O'Hara calls Birmingham an incredible and underrated food city. He recommends Bottaga and Choi Fomba from James Beard Award-winning chef Frank Stitt, both places where he once worked.
Tizzy K's Cereal Ice Cream
(Providence, Rhode Island)
A Netflix documentary series episode on Milk Bar founder Christina Toit, pioneer of ice
cream with a cereal milk base, inspired Your "Tizzy" Sullivan and her now-flavor, Kelly Ireland, to take a trip from Massachusetts to New York City several years ago. They sampled the cornflake-flavored ice cream at Milk Bar. They wanted more options -- so Sullivan started experimenting. The couple started selling their ice cream from a bike cart in late 2019.
These days, with three Tizzy K's ice cream shops in and around Providence that serve flavors entirely based on cereal, Sullivan has to do some serious shopping.
"I literally travel to 15 Wal-marts a week, and I buy out every single bag and box of cereal,"
Every part is made in-house in "the slowest, most labor-intensive way possible," including cones that originate from a 20-year-old sourdough starter, Happy Ice Cream co-owner Anne Marler said.
she said. She and her employees steep the cereal in heavy cream, strain the pieces out and use the base to make scoopable hard ice cream.
Tizzy K's shops serve five or six flavors that change daily, including a secret one. Scoops are garnished with cereal crunch and a Rice Krispies treat.
"All things cereal, basically," said Sullivan.
Rudammer happened across Tizzy K's during a visit to Providence, and it made an impression. "It's super rich, which I think is what I look for when I go places, a really devoted product," she said.
Tip: Every day, customers can try a flavor that is off the menu,
maybe something the shop is trying out or introducing.
"People have fallen in love with gunning the secret flavor," Sullivan said.
Don't miss: Golden Grahams was the first cereal Sullivan used to make ice cream, and she said it's still the flavor she recommends to everyone.
Also check out: WaterFire, an art installation originally created in 1994 by artist Barnaby Evans, lights up city rivers and draws visitors, musicians and vendors on certain nights in Providence between May and November.
Happy Ice Cream (D.C.)
Post food critic Elanor Sontag wrote last year that this — part of
the natural wine and pasta restaurant Gemini — "may well be the best ice cream shop in America."
Happy Ice Cream in the Dupont Circle neighborhood serves handmade, small-batch scoops indoors or from a cart outdoors Tuesday through Friday, depending on the time, and outdoors all day Saturday. Posts are available inside all day Tuesday through Saturday.
Co-owner Anne Marler said in an email that every part is made in-house in "the slowest, most labor-intensive way possible," including cones that originate from a 20-year-old sourdough starter. The shop scoops four flavors, which rotate daily and can be found on the Happy Ice Cream Instagram account's stories. Greatest hits include olive oil with cocoa crumble, and fig leaf and black raspberry swirl.
Just Brumier, whom Marler called the "ice cream master-mind," was a sous chef at the Michelin-starred Kemi in the same space, which continues to share a core team with the current iteration.
Don't miss: If you time it right, try to catch the extremely limited release of cantaloupe sorbet: "We wait for this flavor all year long, and then we carer it while we have it, and then it's gone," Marler said.
Tip: Show up around opening time to avoid long waits, Marler said. Lines grow at the end of the night.
"Even if we might sell out of cones and certain flavors as the night goes on, as long as you're in line by the time we close, you're getting ice cream!" she said.
Also check out: Marler calls the Phillips Collection, an art museum also in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, "refreshingly off-the-beaten tourist path." She also recommends the "truly singular cookbook shop" field Park Books.
For food and drinks beyond Gemini, Marler suggests the banded Izakaya Seki, Meat & Foods and All Souls Bar.
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A gondola passes under the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal in Venice. The city has changed in recent decades but remains one of Europe's most romantic and distinctive destinations.
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The bustle of modern life can't erase Venice's charm. Just wait for the sun to set.
BY RICK STEVENS
I've been traveling to Venice for more than 40 years. On a recent trip to update my guidebook, I had to admit: The city felt different. While still one of Europe's most romantic and distinctive destinations, globalization and modern life are changing Venice – for better and for worse.
As I wandered Venice's meandering streets and caudside walkways, it became obvious just how much the city has changed in recent decades. More multilingual menus featured Chinese and Korean dishes, thanks to a huge increase in visitors from East Asia. Littre grew out the tops of garbage cans like bushy heads of hair. The tourist thoroughfares, such as the lanes between St. Mark's Square and the Rialto Bridge, were as crowded as ever, if not more so, but in the evening, all that bustle was completely gone.
These days, a huge portion of visitors don't spend the night in the city but little in for the day from cruise ships and cheap mainland hotels. While tourism continues to keep Venice afloat, fewer overnight guests and dissertines restaurant customers means that the tourist trade is no longer as lucrative for the people who call the city home.
While midday crowds fill the streets and blockbuster sights, mornings and evenings in Venice are across. Travelers willing to bunker down for a few days have the city to themselves in the early and late hours. Set your alarm and treat yourself to at least one walk at course — I'll striking how St. Mark's Square is an entirely different experience without the mobs.
At Caffè Florian, the most venerable cafe on the square, the manager lamented how, over the years, poorly dressed tourists (which describes me fairly well, I must admit) have trampled on the coffeehouse's elegance. Still, I love this place, with its smoke-stained mirrors, white-turnlined waiters, and flunky piano and string quartet, which somehow gets called an "orchestra." While you can enjoy a romantic drink here with live music and all the tourists, a quiet cup of coffee in the morning, surrounded by the patios of faded grandeur, is also a treat. In so many ways, when you get up early and stay out late, you enjoy a different (and seemingly more real) Venice.
Likewise, on the vaporetto water buses, there's a stark contrast between the midday mobs and the easygoing joy of riding at
Tourists descend upon the elegant Caffè Florian in the daytime. A quiet cup of coffee in the morning is still divine.
St. Mark's Square becomes an entirely different experience as the moon rises and the crowds thin out.
quiet times. Venice is two cities: one garishly touristy and the other romantic and tranquil.
It's not just cruise ships that are changing Venice — globalization in, too. The city has long been known for its exquisite glass, produced on the island of Murano since 1593, when the furnaces were moved to prevent fires on the main island (and to protect the secrets of Venetian glassmaking). The island's factories still produce ornate vases, beaded necklaces and other goods. But these days, many glass trinkets being sold to tourists are made in China or Mexico, and it's undercutting the economy of the local glassmakers. There's a strong push to encourage people to buy genuine Venetian glass with the Murano seal.
In this new, more diverse Venice, sometimes it seems that restaurants and market stalls are run by as many Sri Lankans and Chinese as Italians. Odds are that the strolling accreditation trolling for tips at your dinner table is Romanian.
Venice's resident population continues to drop, thanks in part to the challenges of raising a family here. Imagine living in a small, expensive apartment that occasionally floods or pushing a stroller over arched bridges while hauling groceries. One pharmacy here hosts an electric reader board in its window that ticks down with each Venetian who moves away or dies. On my first day of my last visit, it read 47,750. The next day, it was 47,750.
In many ways, Venice seems built for romantics. But romance isn't what it used to be, either. It seems there aren't even lovers on gondolas anymore — everyone seems too consumed with snapping selfies to drink in the enchanting scene.
Despite all the changes, Venice still asses me with its ethereal beauty and lovely views, which can hit you from any direction (literally — always look both ways after crossing over a Venetian bridge). I know of no other place so well suited for taking a mental break from the outside world and letting yourself be present in its otherworldly elegance. If you pause anywhere in Venice and simply observe, you'll witness the one-of-a-kind wonder of this forever-unique city on the lagoon.
This article is used with the permission of Rick Stevens' Europe. Rick Stevens writes European guidebooks, hosts travel shows on public TV and radio, and organizes European tours.
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A family cash breakfast at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Etiquette at hotel buffets comes down to common courtesy – and remembering not to mix up the tongs.
Ditch the PJs, please: 12 rules for the hotel breakfast buffet
BY HANNAH SAMPSON
Brian Warrener has seen a lot at the buffet table.
He's an associate professor at Johnson & Wales University who specializes in food and beverage management; he worked in dining outlets for years and he's inspected breakfast buffets with his three kids, the youngest of whom is it.
"I love buffets and I love breakfast," he said. But he doesn't love the "appalling" behavior he's witnessed on occasion.
"The bottom line is you just have to be courteous," Warrener said. "You have to employ appropriate etiquette."
We spoke to hospitality experts for their takes on bad buffet behavior and the tips everyone should keep in mind when they head down to the make-your-own waffle station.
Wash your hands
The first rule should be followed before you even leave your room. Wash your hands. Pray that everyone else is doing the same before grabbing communal serving utensils and pressing juice buttons.
There may be hand sanitizer near the food, but start with the cleanest date possible.
"There's really no substitute for a little hot water and soap," said Nathan Dodge, an associate teaching professor at Florida International University's Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management.
Make it a no-FJ zone
Some people sleep in loungewear that could double as daytime clothes or sweatpants and a T-shirt. Those get a pass at breakfast. This is not about those fashion choices.
"Your flamed pajamas from Christmas, your hotel badbroke that you get out of the closet, so," said Susan Barry, a hotel veteran and host of the podcast "Top Floor." She called it "such a faux pia and so weird" when people wear obvious pajamas out of their guest room.
Watch the kids
Go through the buffet with your kids, making choices together about what to put on their plates.
"I'm not going to send my little kid up to scrap eggs out of the chafing dish she can't even see inside of and expect that it's going to be okay," said Warrener. "Part of being a parent is to teach your kids how to act."
If they're old enough and responsible enough to do the scooping or waffle-making themselves, they should still do it under supervision.
"Children generally should be accompanied by adults at any type of buffet," said Dodge. "Kids don't realize that you should use the tongs instead of your fingers."
Don't touch the food
Unfortunately, some adults also don't realize you shouldn't
From left, Barbara Williams, 80, and Jane Byrd, 74, assess their options for breakfast at the Hampton Inn & Suites.
There's nothing wrong with a little whipped cream on waffles. If there's a line at the station, limit yourself to one waffle.
use your fingers to grab food.
"I would imagine that some people would be like, 'John't think anyone would be using their hands at a buffet,'" said Warrener. "But people do see their hands at a buffet."
Timothy Meachum, general manager of the Hampton Inn near the White House in Washington, D.C., said he sees people reaching for food most often in the pastry section. Staffers always remind guests to use the appropriate tongs.
DIY with care
If you're making your own anything at the buffet, follow the instructions and keep safety in mind.
Meachum said the famous Hampton Inn make-your-own waffle station includes warnings about not touching the hot grid-
dle area. The machines are pushed back from the edge of the counter so kids don't accidentally reach up and touch the surface.
Hampton Inn parent company Hilton said in a statement that there are no official limits to how many waffles someone can make in one trip, but suggested that making one "is probably the friendliest approach" if there's a line.
Don't cross-contaminate
The eggs have their own serving tools. So do the potatoes, them goes for the sausage. Don't mix them up.
"That's the main thing that we try to avoid here, the cross-contamination," said Meachum. He said the hotel uses color-coded labeling and each dish has multiple utensils so people don't get confused about what goes where-
Cereal dispensers await well-washed hands. In general, children should be supervised by adults at the buffet.
Returning to the buffet with a dirty plate can also contaminate serving utensils and food dishes.
"You're always supposed to get a new plate," said Warrener, who has taught choices on food safety.
Don't overdo it
Avoid overloading your plate so you don't dish out more than you can consume.
"There's so much food waste," Dodge said. "Maybe that 30th slice of bacon isn't really necessary, especially if you're going to throw it away."
David Kasprzyk, general manager of the Embaeys Suites by Hilton near the convention center in downtown D.C., said in an email that he recommends taking a quick walk through the breakfast area before piling up the food.
"Many guests grab the first
thing they see, only to discover there are other options farther along the buffet that they would have preferred," he said.
Another solution is to limit portions on the first round, knowing that you can always go back.
Michael Zirkes, a professor at the Florida College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said there may be signs or employees encouraging multiple trips.
"I have seen buffet-style restaurants where they say, 'Please don't fill up your dish too much; come back again,'" he said.
No eating in line
That from muffin may look amazing. But rein in the excitement; don't take a bite until you're back at the table. Warrener calls eating while buffet-browsing "proud."
"It's just not something that you should be doing," he said. "You should be able to wait a couple minutes and take the food back to your table."
Don't try to clean the buffet
If you've spilled your oatmeal over by the eggs or drizzled waffle batter around the griddle, find an employee to alert as soon as you can.
"It's best to let the employees in charge of it do that," said Zirkes. He noted that staffers can properly look out for potential contamination, temperature issues and cleanliness.
Meachum said workers have sterile water, rags and everything they need to clean at the ready.
"There's no need to feel embarrassed," the Hilton statement said. "We'd much rather know about a spill right away than have guests worry about cleaning it themselves."
Do tidy up your table
Many hotels with breakfast included in the rate expect guests to toss their own truck after eating at the buffet. If that's the case, clear the table. And if you've made a big mess, do your best to clean up.
No matter how much mopping up you do, the hotel staffers will take the job to the finish line.
"It just makes it easier for them to keep things clean and sanitized," Barry said.
Doggie bags are okay
If you're at a fancy all-you-can-eat establishment with strict rules about to-go bags, don't try to sneak a croissant out in your purse. But most buffet-included hotels are fine with guests bringing the meal back to eat in the room or grabbing a bagit (with tongs) on the way out.
Barry said there is a limit, however.
"If you're filling up a cooler bag or an Amazon box or something like that, that's a problem," she said. "A yogurt or an apple, no problem."
Tips are appreciated, not expected
If you're at an upscale buffet where servers bring drinks and clear plates, that's an occasion to tip a before your day.
But at hotels where breakfast is part of the final, tipping is generally not expected, experts said. Still, if you get great service, employees won't turn down a token of appreciation.
Warrener, who has studied tipping, said he left a $5 bill on his table at a Hampton Inn with "excellent" breakfast service. He said sometimes there will be a tip jar somewhere near the buffet.
At the D.C. Hampton Inn where he is general manager, Meachum said breakfast staffers have cards with their names and a QR code for digital tips if guests desire.
"They're wiping tables, talking, they're always getting questions," he said. "They're always getting tips."
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Why Autumn is the Perfect Time
to Explore Senior Living Options
Families are making plans to get together as Labor Day fast approaches. The holiday is naturally the perfect time to start
(or continue) the conversation about new chapters, such as making the move to a senior living community. With the family all together, it's easier for adult children and their
parents to discuss the many options available, zero in on a handful of favorites, and start making plans to tour communities in the fall.
Making this a collaborative activity helps give all family members peace of mind. They'll understand the value of making the move; the ways the community can support and improve residents' mental, physical, and emotional well-being; and the health care that
is available now and as residents age and need more specialized services.
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National Capital Region is the perfect starting point for research and next steps. Each community profiled here has its own unique characteristics that make it the perfect fit for those who choose to live there. Beyond reading about what each one offers, it's important to visit and tour the spaces that may one day be called home. Talk to current residents who could become neighbors; they're great resources who can provide insight into daily living and even become an important part of one's next steps as the transition is being made.
Explore the featured community profiles in these pages to discover exceptional local options that will welcome and support this exciting next chapter. ♦
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The sales counselors at Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury (SVWC) always recommend that prospects don't wait too long to start the process to move into this welcoming Life Plan Community. Because SVWC requires direct entry into Independent Living rather than higher levels of care, future residents must enter while still healthy and able to clear the physical, cognitive, and financial assessments. Making this move early also ensures they can enjoy the community's amenities long before higher levels of care are needed.
One local couple watched SVWC being built and planned to move in eventually. They joined the community's Future Residency Program list, but down the road, the
husband's sudden death accelerated the timetable. Margie decided to move to SVWC after their home felt too empty and maintenance became too much.
Life was good in her new cozy cottage with her Norwich Terrier at her side. Margie was very active and made many friends. Seven years later, when she was walking her pup, she slipped on black ice and broke her arm. A temporary move to the Healthcare department was necessary as she recuperated and received physical and occupational therapy on-site. Her cottage was waiting for her when she was well enough to return home. That's the beauty of SVWC's Lifecare contract; while staying in Healthcare, her monthly fee never
changed. Now in her mid-80s, Margie is grateful to live in this vibrant, caring community.
You're invited to visit and get a feel for the SVWC lifestyle — call 540-665-5914 to schedule a tour. ◆
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Staying active is easy when you're surrounded by people who make it fun.
At Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury, energy connects us. Whether walking on trails, playing bocce ball, or joining a water aerobics class, residents find fulfillment in staying active and engaged. Every stride becomes a moment of connection and vitality shared with friends.
Just as movement keeps us strong, the community provides steady support for every step of the journey. As a Life Plan Community, SVWC ensures lasting peace of mind — so you can live fully, freely, and with confidence in your future.
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Where purpose, friendship and opportunity come together.
Construction is underway at The Village at Providence Point-A National Lutheran Community in Annapolis, Maryland. Just off Forest Drive, new apartments, cottages, amenities, and gathering spaces are taking shape. But what's being built extends beyond bricks and mortar — it's a whole new lifestyle designed to foster connection, well-being and new experiences.
Connection will be supported in a variety of ways:
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Lifestyle amenities — wellness programs, lifelong learning, shared interests, and social gatherings built around residents' passions.
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- Dining options just steps from home, turning everyday meals into moments of connection.
- An Annapolis location, with easy access to the city's arts scene, dining, Naval Academy events, festivals, and maritime history.
Scheduled for completion in 2028, The Village at Providence Point is a Life Plan Community offering an active, connected lifestyle — with the confidence of access to memory support, skilled rehabilitation, and long-term care should needs change. Follow construction progress at TheVillageAtProvidencePoint.org/construction.
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Residences are being reserved quickly, so those interested are encouraged to act soon. To schedule a visit, see a model apartment, and learn more, go to TheVillageAtProvidencePoint.org or call 410-609-5515.
The Village at Providence Point is affiliated with National Lutheran Communities & Services, a faith-based, not-for-profit ministry partner of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), serving people of all beliefs.
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In Annapolis, something remarkable is taking shape. A new Life Plan Community built around connection and possibility. A place where friendly hellos come easily, the welcome feels real and each day opens the door to something new. And because it's still coming together, this is the time to make it yours.
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Some chapters are easier to navigate together.
Families carry the uncertainty of what's next. The late-night searches, the difficult conversations, the weight of wanting to get it right. Vinson Hall is here to help relieve that burden, giving families space to breathe.
Whether an adult child is searching for the right answers for an aging parent, or someone is planning for their own future, Vinson Hall was built for this moment. For nearly 60 years, it has been a trusted name in senior care in McLean, Virginia, and that trust is earned every day, in every interaction, in every part of the community.
As a Life Plan Community, Vinson Hall offers a full continuum of care: independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, memory care, and respite care for
family caregivers who need a well-earned break. All within one compassionate, connected community, so residents never have to start over somewhere new as their needs change.
Extended care services are designed to meet each resident exactly where they are, with dignity, comfort, and a team that takes the time to truly know them. They spent a lifetime showing up for others. Vinson Hall shows up for them.
Life here is full. Purposeful routines, genuine friendships, and care that adapts to who residents are today and who they'll be tomorrow.
The next chapter is meant to be lived, not managed. And it all starts with one conversation.
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Imagine a retirement community investing in your future as thoughtfully as you have invested in your life. At Vinson Hall, life is designed to offer both comfort and possibility. Inviting gathering places, serene outdoor courtyards and scenic walking paths foster wellness and connection across the community. An exciting expansion is on the horizon, introducing new residences, enhanced community spaces and modern amenities designed to elevate everyday living.
For nearly 60 years, Vinson Hall has served McLean with distinction as a not-for-profit Life Plan Community. On our beautiful 23-acre campus just minutes from Washington, D.C., we're raising the bar on retirement expectations: maintenance-free living, world-class experiences and security of comprehensive care if you ever need it. We invite you to connect with our team to learn more and begin planning your next chapter.
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Washington, D.C. is the nation's capital for a reason. Culture. World-class museums and institutions, the arts, music and dance organizations, global cuisine, international connections. It's a city that invites exploration, learning, and appreciation for the world around us. Expression. Joy. Discovery.
On Embassy Row, cultural significance is unmistakable. Embassies representing countries from around the globe stand side by side, where diplomacy flourishes and connections are made. One lesser-known neighbor? Inspir Embassy Row. Home to accomplished residents whose lives have been shaped by the city they know so well.
That connection to the city doesn't end when residents move to Inspir. It continues through sophisticated
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lifestyle programming thoughtfully shaped by the people who call the community home: their careers, experiences, interests and passions, and the conversations they've always enjoyed.
Offering assisted living, early memory support, and memory care, Inspir Embassy Row crafts experiences that reflect the lives residents have led. Residents gather for mahjong over handcrafted cocktails and mocktails, attend Smithsonian lectures exploring clinically proven ways to age-proof the mind, and enjoy performances by
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students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Dance classes with The Washington Ballet bring movement and creativity to the week, while outings to nearby museums keep residents connected to the city's extraordinary cultural institutions.
Energized and highly personalized programming is a philosophy that extends throughout the community. Residents living in memory care neighborhoods continue visiting nearby museums, attending lectures, and participating in the same cultural opportunities as their neighbors. They simply enjoy additional layers of personalized support, whether through aromatherapy, massage therapy, Reiki, or a visit to the wellness floor's Salt Room after an afternoon lecture.
In many cases, residents become the programmers themselves. An afternoon high tea evolves into a lively book club. Happy hour sparks conversations about economic policy or stories from careers spanning industries. Lifelong curiosity has a way of creating its own calendar.
Inspir Embassy Row has also become a gathering place for the broader community and its brightest minds. Political leaders, neighborhood organizations, research groups, physicians, and local partners come together within its walls, finding a
refined setting to exchange ideas and continue the work that helps shape the nation's capital.
"Celebrating the arts and creating these local cultural connections makes a huge impact not only on our residents, but on our neighbors and beyond," explains General Manager Amanda Glendinning. "We want to invest in this city for its appreciation of the arts, lifelong learning, and most importantly, its people."
Luxury living is more than a beautiful residence. It's about living in a place that reflects the things that matter most to you. Luxury is continuity. At Inspir Embassy Row, residents continue to embrace the city they call home.
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制度与权力批判深度研判：The Washington Post (2026-08-16)
▌ 本日全报思想与文化深思雷达 (Intellectual & Cultural Significance Radar)
在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的报道后，以下事件在制度伦理与政治哲学层面最值得学者进一步深思：
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【民主党在深红州的“战略性撤退”】
[F3_21, F3_28]- 事件简述：在内布拉斯加等深红州，民主党出现提名人退出竞选以支持独立人士（如丹·奥斯本）的策略，旨在通过打破常规方式扩大竞争局面
[F3_22, F3_27]。 - 思想文化深思切入点：政党作为“身份认同”的失效与“品牌毒性”的制度化。探讨代议制民主中，形式上的政党竞争如何被一种基于得票计算的“实用主义撤退”所取代，揭示了党派认同与政治合法性之间的断裂。
- 事件简述：在内布拉斯加等深红州，民主党出现提名人退出竞选以支持独立人士（如丹·奥斯本）的策略，旨在通过打破常规方式扩大竞争局面
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【独立候选人的“第三空间”主张】
[F4_34, F4_36]- 事件简述：独立候选人（如蒙大拿州的 Seth Bodnar）试图吸引对两党均不满的选民，批评共和党与民主党在企业利益上具有一致性
[F4_36 🔍]。 - 思想文化深思切入点：政治光谱的极化与“企业至上”逻辑对意识形态的消解。当选民认为两党在核心权力结构上无异时，独立候选人是否能构建一个超越党派毒性的有效政治替代方案。
- 事件简述：独立候选人（如蒙大拿州的 Seth Bodnar）试图吸引对两党均不满的选民，批评共和党与民主党在企业利益上具有一致性
▌ 精选核心专题深度思想论证 (In-Depth Dialectical Monograph)
专题一：品牌毒性与代议制民主的“空心化”：论民主党战略撤退中的认同危机
在当前的美国政治版图中，民主党在部分深红州采取的“提名人退出”策略 [F3_21 🔍]，表面上是一场精密的选举数学计算，实则揭示了深层的制度性危机。这种策略的核心困境在于：政党不再是承载特定价值主张的政治共同体，而变成了某种具有“毒性”的商业标签 [F3_28 🔍]。当道格·史密斯提到必须以“打破常规的方式”扩大竞争局面时 [F3_22 🔍]，他实际上承认了民主党品牌在非大学学历选民中的失效，以及该党未能充分说服选民相信其代表美国中产阶级 [F3_28 🔍]。
从话语策略来看，这种“撤退”是一种极具讽刺意味的权力运作。民主党试图通过支持独立候选人（如丹·奥斯本 [F3_27 🔍]）来绕过自身的品牌危机。然而，这种策略在内部引发了剧烈撕裂，如班克黑德所指出的，通过要求提名人退出竞选来揣摩选民意愿是“极不恰当的”，且会进一步激怒选民 [F3_24 🔍]。这种内部冲突反映了两种逻辑的碰撞：一种是基于结果主义的、将选举视为数据博弈的“技术理性”；另一种是基于原则的、认为政党必须通过修复品牌而非自我抹除来获得合法性的“政治伦理” [F3_24 🔍]。
引入政治社会学视角，我们可以发现，当政治沟通被简化为“拥有获胜可能性最高的候选人”这一计算 [F3_30 🔍] 时，真正的公共领域对话已被选举工程学所取代。政党不再通过与公民的交往达成共识，而是通过操纵选票结构来获取权力。这种“战略性撤退”实际上是对代议制民主的一种反讽：为了赢得席位，政党必须首先承认自己在该地区缺乏品牌合法性。
在“分票”现象（Split-ticket voting）变得越来越罕见的今天 [F3_26 🔍]，政治认同已从“政策选择”演变为“身份标签”。当独立候选人试图在两党之间寻求平衡时，他们实际上是在试图构建一个超越党派毒性的“第三空间”。然而，这种尝试在高度极化的制度环境下显得极其脆弱。最终，这种策略可能导致一个危险的结论：在未来的民主制度中，最有效的政治参与方式竟然是“不在场”，而真正的权力则在党派标签的真空地带通过非正式的利益结盟来运作。
专题二：企业至上逻辑与政治认同的解构：独立候选人的合法性挑战
独立候选人的兴起，如蒙大拿州的 Seth Bodnar [F4_34 🔍]，不仅是对单一政党失败的反应，更是对当代权力结构的一种批判。其核心论点在于，选民无法区分“一个企业至上的共和党人和一个企业至上的民主党人” [F4_36 🔍]。这一论断揭示了当代政治中一个深刻的悖论：尽管在文化议题上两党极度对立，但在资本与企业权力的底层逻辑上，两者可能存在高度的同质性。
这种“企业至上”的逻辑导致了政治认同的解构。当政党被感知为企业利益的代理人而非公民意愿的代表时，传统的党派忠诚便失去了伦理基础。独立候选人的主张实际上是在试图重新定义“代表性”——他们试图将政治竞争从“左与右”的意识形态之争，转移到“企业权力与公民权力”的阶级之争。
然而，这种尝试面临着严峻的制度障碍。正如蒙大拿州民主党提名人拒绝退出竞选所显示的 [F4_34 🔍]，政党内部的权力惯性往往高于对外部认同危机的响应。此外，独立候选人虽然在修辞上能够通过批判两党同质性来获得短期关注，但在缺乏政党机器支持的情况下，很难将这种批判转化为持久的制度影响力。
从认识论角度看，独立候选人的出现标志着选民认知的一种转变：他们开始意识到，党派标签可能是一种掩盖深层权力运作的“拟像”。当选民开始寻找那些不带有党派标签的候选人时，他们实际上是在寻求一种更纯粹的、未被政党品牌污染的政治表达。但这种追求在当前的选举制度下，往往只能停留在“抗议性投票”的层面，而难以触及权力分配的实质性变革。
▌ 面向学者的开放性思想追问与研究路标 (Open Horizons for Scholarly Inquiry)
- 【关于政治认同的制度性消亡】：当主要政党开始通过“战略性撤退”来支持独立候选人时，这是否标志着西方代议制民主中“政党”这一中介机构的功能性衰退？如果政治认同从“党派”转向“个体民粹主义”，未来的权力合法性将如何重建？
- 【企业权力对意识形态的殖民】：结合独立候选人对“企业至上”两党的批判
[F4_36 🔍]，研究资本逻辑如何通过渗透两党体制，将公开的意识形态冲突转化为掩盖底层利益一致性的“政治表演”？ - 【分票现象消失的社会学根源】：研究为何“分票”现象在当代美国变得罕见
[F3_26 🔍]？这种趋势如何改变了选民的认知模式，以及它如何强制性地将个体推向极端的党派认同或彻底的政治疏离？
理性与情感辩证深度研判：The Washington Post (2026-08-16)
▌ 本日全报生活世界痛感与情感政治深思雷达 (Lifeworld & Affective Significance Radar)
在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的报道后，以下事件在生活世界痛感、情感政治动员与制度理性冲突层面最值得学者进一步深思：
- 【民主党在深红州的“战略性撤退”】
[F3_21, F3_28]- 事件简述：民主党在部分深红州采取策略，要求本党提名人退出竞选，旨在为独立候选人扫清障碍以争取保守派选民。
- 情感政治与伦理深思切入点：这揭示了政党品牌在特定阶层（非大学学历选民）中产生的“毒性”感知
[F3_28 🔍]，以及制度理性（追求获胜概率[F3_30 🔍]）与党内认同感（品牌修复与忠诚[F3_24 🔍]）之间的剧烈撕裂。
▌ 精选核心专题理性与情感辩证论证 (The Dialectic of Logos and Pathos Monograph)
专题一：品牌毒性与生存算计：民主党“战略撤退”中的制度理性与阶级情感撕裂
在部分深红州的选举博弈中，民主党采取了一种基于概率最大化的制度理性架构 [F3_21 🔍]。从技术官僚的选举逻辑来看，这是一种止损模型：既然民主党品牌在许多州已产生严重的“毒性” [F3_28 🔍]，且“分票”现象（选民在不同职位支持不同政党）已变得越来越罕见 [F3_26 🔍]，那么通过要求民主党提名人退出竞选，将政治筹码转移给能够吸引保守派的独立候选人（如机械师出身的丹·奥斯本 [F3_27 🔍]），被视为在争取共和党人的紧迫性下，拥有“获胜可能性最高”的理性选择 [F3_30 🔍]。这种 Logos 追求的是纯粹的席位结果，将政党标签视为可根据选举环境调整的变量。
然而，这种冷冰冰的算计在生活世界中激起了剧烈的情感反弹。对于像班克黑德（Bankhead）这样的候选人而言，这种策略是对政治认同的背叛 [F3_23 🔍]。她所感受到的痛感在于：制度理性将选民简化为“非大学学历”的统计标签 [F3_28 🔍]，并预设该群体对民主党持有不可调和的敌意，从而采取了通过要求提名人退出而非修复品牌来揣摩选民意愿的姿态，这被她认为极其“不恰当”且会进一步激怒选民 [F3_24 🔍]。这种被抛弃感不仅存在于候选人之间，更深层地反映了部分选民对两党共性的厌恶。独立候选人 Achilles 提出的“无法区分一个企业至上的共和党人和一个企业至上的民主党人” [F4_36 🔍]，实际上揭示了一种隐性理性（Latent Logos）：民众愤怒的并非是某个政党标签，而是两党共同构建的、被感知为“企业至上”的制度共谋 [F4_36 🔍]。
由此可见，制度端的“去情感化”策略（通过撤退来获胜）与生活端的“具象痛感”（对品牌被轻视的愤怒）之间存在巨大的温度差。民主党战略家试图用“获胜可能性”这一冷色调语言覆盖品牌危机，但这种做法实际上加剧了党内基层与顶层战略的异化。当一个政党承认自己的品牌在某些人群中具有“毒性”并选择通过抹除自身存在来获胜时，它在社会心理层面完成了一次自我否认。这种策略虽然在短期内可能通过独立人士获得席位，但从长远来看，它可能进一步削弱公共交往领域中关于“政党认同”的韧性。
专题二：独立候选人的身份建构与建制派理性的失效
在蒙大拿州等地的选举实践中，独立候选人的崛起不仅是选举技术的替代，更是一场关于“政治真实性”的情感动员。以 Seth Bodnar 为代表的独立候选人 [F4_34 🔍]，其存在本身就是对民主党提名人拒绝退出 [F4_34 🔍] 这一僵化制度理性的挑战。在这种语境下，独立候选人的主张不再仅仅是政策的微调，而是一种对“企业至上”政治（Corporate-first politics）的整体性反抗 [F4_36 🔍]。
这种反抗揭示了建制派理性的一个关键失效点：它认为只要通过调整候选人的身份（如支持工会领导人出身的奥斯本 [F3_27 🔍]）就能掩盖品牌毒性，但它忽略了选民对“政党”这一形式本身的信任崩塌。当选民认为共和党与民主党在本质上无法区分时 [F4_36 🔍]，任何基于政党内部调整的理性方案都将失效。独立候选人的空间正是由这种“认同真空”所填充的。
这种现象在认识论上提示我们，政治认同的构建已从传统的“政党-阶级”绑定，转向一种基于“反建制-真实性”的个体化认同。当民主党在深红州尝试通过“撤退”来利用这种趋势时，它实际上是在承认：在当前的政治生态中，一个没有标签的“个体”比一个带有品牌标签的“代表”具有更高的政治合法性。
▌ 面向学者的伦理与社会心理开放性追问与研究路标 (Open Horizons for Ethical & Sociological Inquiry)
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【关于“品牌毒性”与阶级认同的社会学追问】：当政党通过“战略性抹除自身标签”来争取选民时，这种行为是否在客观上加速了传统政党制度的瓦解，并促使一种基于“反建制”而非“具体政策”的民粹主义认同成为主流？
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【关于政治认同的韧性研究】：在“分票”现象消失
[F3_26 🔍]的背景下，政党如何才能在不牺牲制度原则的前提下，重新在深红州建立起能够跨越学历和阶级鸿沟的情感连接？ -
【关于独立候选人合法性的政治学追问】：独立候选人对“企业至上”政治的批判
[F4_36 🔍]，是否预示着一种新的政治极化——即不再是左与右的对立，而是“建制”与“非建制”的对立？