Kyle C. Garrison, Author at Bastead man

Jan

04

2024

Valencia’s Nou Mestalla ‘ghost ground’: After 15-year delay, will it finally be built?

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The cheers rang long and loud around Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium as fans celebrated Hugo Guillamon’s late equaliser against Barcelona in their final home match before La Liga’s Christmas break.Four kilometres away, on the other side of Valencia’s old city centre, all was quiet around the site of the Nou Mestalla — where the club’s half-built new home has sat untouched for the past 15 years.Through all that time, one of La Liga’s most storied clubs has found itself stuck in this bizarre situation — unable to raise the money to finish a modern new ground, unable to sell its historic…

Jan

04

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

Auto Sales Are Expected to Slow After a Strong 2023

Science and Technology

After enjoying a strong rebound in sales in 2023, the auto industry appears headed for slower growth this year as consumers struggle with elevated interest rates and high prices for new cars and light trucks.Edmunds, a market researcher, expects the industry to sell 15.7 million vehicles this year. That would amount to a modest increase from the 15.5 million sold last year, when sales jumped 12 percent.“There’s definitely pent-up demand out there, because people have been holding off purchases for a while,” said Jessica Caldwell, head of insights at Edmunds. “But given the credit situation, we don’t think the industry…

Jan

03

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, NLRB Says

Investments and Business

Federal labor officials accused the rocket company SpaceX on Wednesday of illegally firing eight employees for circulating a letter critical of the company’s founder and chief executive, Elon Musk.According to a complaint issued by a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board, the company fired the employees in 2022 for calling on SpaceX to distance itself from social media comments by Mr. Musk, including one in which he mocked sexual harassment accusations against him.The letter circulated by the employees also called on SpaceX, which has more than 13,000 employees, to clarify its harassment policies and enforce them consistently.The labor…

Jan

03

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

Killing of Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut Carries Risks for Israel: Israel-Hamas Live Updates

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Many Israelis welcomed the assassination of a top Hamas official in Beirut as a necessary, even inevitable, step in the campaign to destroy Hamas that Israel has been waging since the terror group’s brutal Oct. 7 attacks.But some analysts said the killing of the official, Saleh al-Arouri, on Tuesday carries risks for Israel. It appeared likely to put on ice any talks between Israel and Hamas over freeing more hostages taken on Oct. 7, dealing yet another setback to families waiting desperately for their loved ones to come home.While the death of Mr. al-Arouri, a key strategist and liaison with…

Jan

02

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research

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When Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli moved into the director’s suite at the National Institutes of Health, she brought with her a single piece of art, a lithograph created by the granddaughter of a cancer patient she once treated. It depicts an abstract geometric female figure and the organs she lost to cancer. Its title: “We Are Not What You Have Taken: A Response to Cancer.”The image speaks to Dr. Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon who previously led the National Cancer Institute and is a breast-cancer survivor herself.After being nominated by President Biden in the spring and winning Senate confirmation last month,…

Jan

02

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

Professional tennis is broken. Here’s how to fix it

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Tennis is doing what it does every 10-15 years or so — having a reckoning with its endless schedule, its nonsensical governing structure, and a competitive format that even devout fans struggle to understand.The sport is played across the world, with countries on every continent except Antarctica producing top players. No major sport integrates men and women more successfully, or has come as close to pay equality, though there is work to be done on those fronts. Nearly every day of the year, an enticing professional match unfolds somewhere on the planet.And yet, the nearly unanimous opinion of everyone involved…

Jan

02

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

A Stunning Eclipse, a Moon Race and Other Space Events in 2024

Science and Technology

Crucial Events on the Path Back to the MoonNASA wants to put American astronauts on the moon’s surface in the years ahead with the Artemis III mission. Before that can happen, though, many things have to go right, and two of the most important are scheduled for 2024.The first is the Artemis II mission. NASA introduced the four astronauts of Artemis II last year. As soon as November, the four could travel around the moon and back. They would be the first humans to travel near the moon since 1972, when the Apollo 17 mission concluded. To fly in 2024,…

Jan

02

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

U.S. and Europe Eye Russian Assets to Aid Ukraine as Funding Dries Up

Investments and Business

The Biden administration is quietly signaling new support for seizing more than $300 billion in Russian central bank assets stashed in Western nations, and has begun urgent discussions with allies about using the funds to aid Ukraine’s war effort at a moment when financial support is waning, according to senior American and European officials.Until recently, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen had argued that without action by Congress, seizing the funds was “not something that is legally permissible in the United States.” There has also been concern among some top American officials that nations around the world would hesitate to keep…

Jan

02

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican Actress and Voice in Disney’s ‘Coco,’ Dies, 90

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Ana Ofelia Murguía, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed actresses, whose voice acting as Mama Coco in Disney’s animated movie “Coco” brought her international recognition, died on Sunday. She was 90.Her death was confirmed by Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts and National Theater Company, which did not specify the cause of death.The National Theater Company described Murguía on social media as “one of Mexico’s greatest actresses.” In a statement, Lucina Jiménez López, the director of the National Institute of Fine Arts, described her career as one that “marked an entire era.” In Pixar’s 2017 animated film “Coco,” Murguía plays the…

Jan

01

2024

By Kyle C. Garrison

Fitness: ¿Qué es? Tips para estar en forma

Sin categoriaalimentación saludable, ejercicios cardiovasculares, fitness

El fitness es un término que se ha vuelto muy popular en los últimos años. Todos hemos escuchado hablar de él, pero ¿sabemos realmente qué es y cómo podemos estar en forma? El fitness se refiere a la capacidad de una persona para llevar a cabo actividades físicas sin experimentar fatiga excesiva. Estar en forma implica tener un buen estado de salud y un nivel adecuado de resistencia, fuerza y flexibilidad. Para estar en forma, es importante seguir una rutina de ejercicios regularmente. Aquí te presentamos algunos tips que te ayudarán a mantenerte en forma: Mantén una alimentación saludable La…