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Handbells ring true in keeping seniors sharp, engaged and learning something new

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

Members of Bronze Unlimited perform a song on handbells. Music To Free is a nonprofit organization that brings handbell programs to low- and fixed-income senior living centers, veteran rehabilitation programs, and addiction treatment programs. (Courtesy Music to Free)Learning to play an instrument can be fun, entertaining, and rewarding for anyone, but it can also serve a very important purpose as you get older.“Playing handbells is a way to help our senior population stay engaged, making music, which is a huge brain stimulation,” said Alan Payne, founder of Music To Free, a nonprofit organization which brings handbell programs to low- and fixed-income senior living centers, veteran rehabilitation programs, and addiction treatment programs. “It helps to release dopamine and elevate mood, and improve cognitive abilities.”During COVID, Payne began thinking of teaching handbells to seniors, when he saw their reactions to performances that involved ringing the br...

Sports on TV for Friday, May 5

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsFriday, May 5AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL5:30 a.m.FS2 — AFL Brisbane at Carlton12 a.m. (Saturday)FS2 — AFL: Adelaide at Geelong2:30 a.m. (Saturday)FS1 — AFL: Melbourne at Gold Coast5:25 a.m. (Saturday)FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at FremantleAUTO RACING2:25 p.m.ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Miami International Autodrome, Miami5:55 p.m.ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Miami International Autodrome, MiamiBASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE9 a.m.NBATV — Petro de Luanda vs. Al Ahly, Cairo, EgyptCOLLEGE BASEBALL8 p.m.ACCN — Boston College at Wake ForestSECN — Vanderbilt at Alabama11 p.m.PAC-12N — Washington at Washington St.COLLEGE BEACH VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)10 a.m.ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD vs. UCLA, Dual 1, Gulf Shores, Ala.11 a.m.ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: Long Beach St. vs. California, Dual 2, Gulf Shores, Ala.12 p.m.ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: FIU vs. Florida St., Dual 3, Gulf Shores, Ala.1 p.m.ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: FAU vs. LSU, Dual 4, Gulf Shores, ...

Uno por uno: los 10 deportistas mejor pagados del mundo, según Forbes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

LOS ÁNGELES, California – Cristiano Ronaldo es el deportista mejor pagado del mundo en 2023, según el listado de la revista Forbes que sitúa en segunda y tercera posición a Leo Messi y Kylian Mbappé, respectivamente.El portugués lidera este ránking — que analiza el negocio mundial de las estrellas del deporte del 1 de mayo de 2022 al 1 de mayo de 2023 — con unos ingresos de $136 millones gracias, en gran medida, a los $75 millones que cobra al año como sueldo en el Al Nassr de Arabia Saudí.CRISTIANO RONALDO – $136 MILLONESRonaldo ganó 90 millones con sus patrocinios y otros negocios fuera de los terrenos de juego mientras que recibió $46 millones por su desempeño en el campo (Forbes consideró para su cálculo lo que obtuvo en el Manchester United y en el Al Nassr además del tiempo que estuvo sin equipo).LIONEL MESSI – $130 MILLONESCristiano arrebató así el número uno de Forbes a Messi, que había sido el deportista mejor pagado en 2022 con 130 millones y ...

NASCAR 75: Fan growth, new stars among looming challenges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

NASCAR is crumbling. That is the image being presented to the casual fan early in this injury-plagued start to NASCAR’s 75th anniversary season. Through the first 11 races this season, NASCAR has handed down massive penalties, some of which have been overturned by appeal panels.Team owners are in a stalemate with NASCAR leadership over a new revenue model and drivers have been unhappy with the second-year Next Gen car’s performance at certain tracks. Most alarming, as NASCAR is in the thick of negotiating a new television contract, was the dramatic drop in TV ratings when Chase Elliott was sidelined earlier this season. Elliott has been voted NASCAR’s most popular driver by the fans the last five years; when he spent six races recovering from a broken leg suffered in a snowboarding accident, ratings dropped by roughly 500,000 viewers. And when he returned? NASCAR saw back-to-back ratings increases. As part of the celebration of NASCAR’s 75th season, The Associated ...

Caught on camera: 'Road rage' shooting in Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A driver was caught in the middle of a shooting on Monaco and Evans and captured it all on a dashcam. Now, police are looking for the suspects.The shooting took place Tuesday around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Monaco Street Parkway and Evans Avenue in the Goldsmith neighborhood.Dashcam footage obtained by FOX31 shows a dark-colored SUV and a white pickup truck swerving in and out of traffic for nearly 40 seconds. Bullet narrowly misses toddler in car seat in road rage shooting The video shows the white truck trying to get away from the SUV, and once the two vehicles pass through the intersection the driver in the SUV fires shots at the truck. Immediately, the truck swerves onto the wrong side of the road to escape the SUV.More shots can be heard as the truck turns back onto the right side of the road and drives towards incoming traffic. Did you know you could get caught speeding by an aircraft? The person filming the shooting can be seen exiting the roadway ...

Denver and Colorado both rank second for women-owned businesses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Centennial State is among the best in the nation for female entrepreneurs, part of a broader economic trend in which Colorado's business climate performs well in women's opportunities.Small business loan broker OnDeck crunched U.S. Census business owner data and found Colorado, and particularly the Denver metro area, has some of the nation's highest concentrations of female-owned businesses. Caught on camera: 'Road rage' shooting in Denver Colorado cities already score highly for women's professional outcomes. The Boulder and Denver metro areas have some of the nation's highest payscales for women who work full time. In the 50 largest statistical metro areas, the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro ranks second in the nation, with 24.8% of its businesses founded by females. The Denver area only has a shade smaller share of women-founded businesses than St. Louis, which claims the highest percentage in the U.S. with 24.84%. The Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Miami met...

Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries, autopsy shows

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head after he was beaten by Memphis police during a January arrest, an autopsy report released Thursday showed.The autopsy said the manner of death was homicide. It described multiple contusions, brain injuries, cuts and bruises to the head and other parts of the body.Nichols was Black, as were the five police officers fired and charged with second-degree murder and other counts after his death. They pleaded not guilty Feb. 17.Nichols was stopped by police Jan. 7 for an alleged traffic violation and was aggressively pulled out of his car by officers. An officer shot at Nichols with a stun gun, but Nichols ran away toward his nearby home, according to video footage released by the city of Memphis and other police records.Officers who were part of a crime-suppression team known as Scorpion caught up with Nichols and punched him, kicked him and slugged him with a baton as he yelled for his mother.After the beating, ...

Lot to learn, you still have! German minister taken to task over Star Wars tweet error

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

BERLIN — The force is not with Marco Buschmann.To celebrate unofficial Star Wars Day, the German justice minister posted a tweet that caused quite a stir among fans of the film franchise. The Free Democrat wrote: “Happy #StarWarsDay! Yoda and I are taking a look at galaxies far, far away for ideas on how to make our home planet more modern, better and freer. Because: lot to learn, we still have. May the Force be with you!”Happy #StarWarsDay! Yoda und ich werfen heute einen Blick in weit entfernte Galaxien für Ideen, wie wir unseren Heimatplaneten moderner, besser und freier machen können. Denn: Viel zu lernen wir noch haben. Möge die Macht mit Euch sein! #maythe4thbewithyou pic.twitter.com/wtGOmd7zE4— Marco Buschmann (@MarcoBuschmann) May 4, 2023Star Wars fans celebrate on May 4 because of the pun “May the Fourth be with you” — a variant of the catchphrase that Buschmann mentioned in his tweet.But Buschmann’s photo did not show Yoda. Rather, the figure in the hand of the...

German court: Former Chancellor Schröder has no right to office in the Bundestag

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder wanted his seven-room office and his staff of four back in the Bundestag office. But the Berlin Administrative Court ruled that he must continue to work without access to his office and his team.In May 2022, the budget committee of the German parliament had decided to no longer grant Schröder these privileges. The 79-year-old had faced strong blowback for his continued ties to Russia, which have included seats on the boards of Russian energy companies and personal friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He filed a lawsuit against the committee’s decision in August 2022.For more than 50 years, a longstanding informal practice allows chancellors to have office space and staff in the German parliament’s buildings in Berlin to be used for the completion of tasks arising from their former position. So far, the offices have been made available for life. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel, for example, still has nine employees. Acco...

Jenny Craig is reportedly winding down its weight-loss centers and warning of mass layoffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:24 GMT

(CNN) — Jenny Craig is reportedly shutting down some of its weight-loss centers and warning employees of mass layoffs amid upheaval in the industry from popular new prescription drugs like Ozempic.Jenny Craig alerted employees to potential layoffs as it begins “winding down physical operations” and hunts for a buyer, according to NBC News. Jenny Craig has nearly 500 weight-loss centers in the United States and Canada.The company, founded in 1983, did not disclose to CNN how many weight loss centers will close or how many employees will be impacted.“Like many other companies, we’re currently transitioning from a brick-and-mortar retail business to a customer-friendly, e-commerce driven model. We will have more details to share in the coming weeks as our plans are solidified,” a spokesperson for Jenny Craig said in a statement to CNN.Jenny Craig’s program provides nutritionally balanced menus, which include entrees, desserts and snacks, d...