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Esto es lo que años de dar paseos a turistas le hacen a un elefante

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

(CNN) — Puede que los elefantes sean conocidos por su tamaño y su fuerza, pero los turistas que se suben a sus lomos pueden hacerles mucho daño, como muestra esta foto compartida por un grupo de rescate de animales salvajes en Tailandia.El elefante Pai Lin tiene la espalda deformada. Crédito: Amy Jones/Moving Animals/WFFTLa imagen facilitada por la organización Wildlife Friends Foundation de Tailandia (WFFT) muestra a Pai Lin, una hembra de 71 años cuya columna vertebral se desfiguró tras 25 años de trabajo en la industria turística, donde se veía obligada a transportar hasta seis turistas a la vez.“La espalda de Pai Lin aún presenta cicatrices de antiguos puntos de presión”, afirma el grupo. “Esta presión continua sobre el cuerpo (de los elefantes) puede deteriorar el tejido y los huesos de su espalda, causando daños físicos irreversibles en su columna vertebral”.Los paseos en elefante son una actividad turística popular en países del sudeste asiático,...

Semi rollover closes 285 near Indian Hills

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- The Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District says a rollover crash has closed Highway 285 in both directions.The crash was reported before 11:30 a.m. Friday near Indian Hills and involved a semi.ICFPD did not say if anyone was injured in the crash. See travel times and delays here The Colorado Department of Transportation said the closure starts at Parmalee Gulch Road.Closure from CDOT at 11:45 a.m.There is no estimated time when the highway could reopen.This is a developing story. Please check back for the updates.

Who murdered 3 people in 1999 and where are their bodies?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — “Their voices may now be silent . . . those who may know the truth are not,” the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shares as a part of its mission as it works to assist in bringing justice to cold case tragedies.There are hundreds of unsolved homicide cases, long-term missing person cases, and unidentified remains cases in our state where at least three years have passed since the crime happened. Cold case: Who murdered this man on Lookout Mountain? The Colorado cold case task force created a list of those cases dating back to 1970. The Problem Solvers are working to highlight cold cases in our state each week.1999 triple murderThe Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Westminster Police Department, and Thornton Police Department are working to solve a triple murder that happened 24 years ago.Detectives started looking into the suspicious disappearance of Sarah Skiba, 9, her father Paul Skiba, and Lorenzo Chivers in February of 1999. Chivers was an employ...

Chris Perkins: Here’s how jiu-jitsu could help Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa reduce concussions

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

If Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa strengthens his neck muscles, keeps his chin close to his chest when he falls, and learns to land on his shoulder and roll instead of landing on his back, it’ll go a long way toward avoiding concussions.That’s not me talking, that’s what Ailton Barbosa thinks. Barbosa is a third-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and instructor at American Top Team/Coconut Creek, one of the nation’s best MMA teams.The Dolphins are having Tagovailoa study jiu-jitsu in the offseason. They hope it’ll teach him how to fall without that whiplash effect of his head hitting the ground.“I think it’s going to be helpful for him,” Barbosa said.Jiu-Jitsu turned out to be the winning idea for the Dolphins.Coach Mike McDaniel said the team had lots of ideas for teaching Tagovailoa how to fall and avoid concussions.“We were willing to go to any length,” McDaniel said at last week’s NFL scouting combine. ...

Are you a points and miles hoarder? Here’s how to get over it

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

Most personal finance advice boils down to this: Save as much as you can, and spend as little as you can.That’s the simplest way to accumulate wealth, build investment income and achieve financial independence (even if it’s not so simple in practice).Yet when it comes to travel rewards — those points and miles earned through airline, hotel and credit card programs — this conventional wisdom is turned on its head. Saving a million miles might sound impressive, but it’s generally a poor financial decision.“I hear all the time from business travelers who ‘saved their miles for retirement,’ and are devastated to learn that the purchasing power of their miles isn’t what it would have been five, ten, fifteen years ago,” Tiffany Funk, co-founder and president of travel rewards booking search tool Point.me, said in an email.“Programs have successfully made loyalty currencies feel so valuable that people are often reluctant to use them because they are afraid they are giving up too much valu...

Ticked off! @Tampa Bay Rays

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

I’m ticked off at the Tampa Bay Rays who have a stadium capacity of 31,612 and the attendance on March 2 was 2,531 yet they still make the call to charge a “Convenience Fee” (Strike 1!) and a “Per Order Fee” (Strike 2!) to ticket sales. These fees are even in the ballpark if you’re trying to see a Spring Training game (Strike 3!). That’s a real foul call in my book and I’m calling myself out of your games!My HOA is so nasty to members, primarily the “Condo Commander” who thinks she runs/owns the place and rules don’t apply to her. There is more than one way to skin a cat and to that end we need a kinder and gentler HOA board. Unfortunately, no one else wants the job.We wanted to go see “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Performing Arts Center and the cost of tickets is ridiculous! The show is a drama best appreciated in an intimate theater, not a cavernous hall from nosebleed seats. I can’t image this sh...

NFL’s Jon Bostic leading the charge for $38 million Wellington athletic complex

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

A major addition to the Palm Beach County sports scene is coming soon, and a current NFL linebacker is leading the charge.NFL linebacker Jon Bostic, who starred at Palm Beach Central High and the Florida Gators, is at the forefront of a plan to build a state-of-the-art sports complex in Wellington called the Wellington Sports Academy. Bostic, who played for the NFL’s Washington Commanders the last four seasons and is now a free agent, said it will be the biggest facility of its kind in the state.The complex, which is being built through a partnership between Bostic’s private ownership group, Wellington Athletics LLC, and the city of Wellington, will be located on a 17.2 acre site at Wellington Community Park. The plans were approved by the Wellington Village Council last year, and the expected price tag is $38 million, with Bostic and his partners contributing $5 million. The city of Wellington will pay for the rest through bonds.The complex, which is expected to be abou...

MBTA lifts systemwide 25 mph speed restriction, except for Mattapan and Green Lines

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

The MBTA lifted the global speed restriction on the Red, Blue and Orange Lines, but speeds remain capped at 25 mph on the Mattapan and Green Lines, Interim General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville said.Localized speed restrictions remain on the Red, Blue and Orange Lines in areas that have not been inspected or that do not permit normal speeds, Gonneville said at a Friday press conference.The systemwide restriction, lifted on Friday morning, was implemented at approximately 5:30 p.m. Thursday, as a result of a Red Line track inspection conducted this week by the Department of Public Utilities.“As the MBTA continues to address these issues, I’m looking for a full and complete review of the circumstances that brought us here today,” Gonneville said. “We are asking riders to please be patient and allow us until the start of service on Monday to validate repairs and verify speeds.“I understand that these actions will add additional travel time for people taking the T and we apologize for thes...

VIDEO: Man fights fire with garden hose

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A Good Samaritan tried to put out a car fire with a garden hose in the Normal Heights neighborhood on Thursday night, video shows.The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on 3400 block of El Cajon Boulevard. Fire breaks out at National City grocery store Eric Davignon said he received a call from his girlfriend who told him she saw flames near their apartment building, while she was driving home. He looked out his back balcony and saw a fire near a fence that separates their building from a parking lot.Davignon sprung into action. He said he sprinted around the building and grabbed a garden hose, which he carried to the scene. He started spraying water on a car that was on fire as well as the fence in an effort to keep the blaze from spreading to the apartment building. According to Davignon, fire crews arrived to the scene within minutes and were able to extinguish the blaze quickly. "It could have probably gotten worse, I’m glad we had that hose," said Davignon. "I don’...

Canada bans Russian steel, aluminum imports as Joly raises ‘regime change’ in Moscow

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:16:43 GMT

OTTAWA — Canada is banning the import of Russian steel and aluminum as part of its sanctions regime, as Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly raises the possibility of regime change in Moscow.Joly made the remarks at a Friday press conference where she discussed the importance of maintaining a diplomatic presence in Moscow.“We’re able to see how much we’re isolating the Russian regime right now — because we need to do so economically, politically and diplomatically — and what are the impacts also on society, and how much we’re seeing potential regime change in Russia,” she said.The Liberals have pushed for regime change in Iran, but Joly has not previously said the same about Russia. She said regime change is indeed the point of sanctions and pursuing accountability for alleged war crimes. “The goal is definitely to do that, is to weaken Russia’s ability to launch very difficult attacks against Ukraine. We want also to make sure that Putin a...