Johnson: You’ve spoken out against Castro for decades. Fuentes: Since 1966, when Pablo Neruda and I went to a PEN Writers Conference in New York. Arthur Miller had obtained visas for writers and intellectuals from the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc. Neruda and I celebrated this as a triumph. Immediately the Cuban union of writers published a ferocious letter denouncing Neruda and myself as enemies of socialism, signed by a long list of Cuban writers....
Cruz bet on Villanova to beat North Carolina in the NCAA championship game, new running mate Carly Fiorina said on Wednesday. MORE: Sports figures who support Donald Trump It was supposed to be a metaphor for his decisiveness or somesuch. This is really something for at least three reasons. 1.) Cruz seems like the sort of person that would rat out the guilty parties when money changes hands. He’s a narc....
Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome include finger and wrist pain, numbness, and tingling that can eventually progress to weakness and loss of fine motor movement. It is the most common peripheral neuropathy often seen in people who work on computers for extended periods of time or perform repetitive hand movements as part of their job duties such as construction and factory work. While the clinical practice guidelines for managing carpal tunnel syndrome from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons do not directly support evidence for or against massage techniques for treating carpal tunnel syndrome, emerging evidence suggests beneficial outcomes of using massage and other related techniques for improving symptoms of the condition....
The Eagles quarterback was mic’d up during Elliott’s 61-yard game-winning kick over the Giants on Sunday — and said something he probably now regrets. “I’ll freaking give him my paycheck,” Wentz says. “I’ll give him my game check.” MORE: Bucs’ Gerald McCoy offers to meet with angry fans “He’s made that a bunch of times in practice,” Eagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill said to Wentz. If Wentz keeps his word, he’ll owe Elliott $31,764....
Most expected Wentz to start the second half in Philadelphia’s exhibition against the Buccaneers; the coaching staff put him in for the team’s final drive in the first half. Most anticipated he’d begin the game with a balanced offensive approach; he threw on his first five plays. MORE: Quarterbacks lead group of rookies looking to take over for veterans The Eagles gave Wentz 35 snaps and 24 pass attempts. And they gave fans, media and draft trade engineer Howie Roseman plenty to chew on in the rookie’s first career game....
That’s got foreign investors and traders worried: this year the real has tumbled, the stock market has fallen and concerns about Brazilian debt levels have risen. Hoping to stem a “wave of anxiety,” Central Bank governor Arminio Fraga last week tapped a $10 billion line of credit from the IMF. He spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Richard Ernsberger Jr. Excerpts: ERNSBERGER: Your Finance minister, Pedro Milan, said last week that investor fears were “flagrantly exaggerated....
Those basics are at the heart of the 100,000 Lives Campaign, a nationwide movement to cut down on medical errors and preventable problems (such as hospital-associated infections) using proven protocols at more than 3,000 hospitals. There’s nothing sexy about it, no new cures or therapies. But, as the name suggests, it may end up saving more lives than many pills can. Hospitals are asked to use best practices in six categories–how well they deal with keeping medication lists, acute myocardial infarctions (or heart attacks), surgical-site infections, medical ventilator-associated pneumonia, central-line infections, and how quick their providers are to respond to patients in distress....
The quiet colors, the soft music, the view of water flowing in a rock garden just beyond the glass–all contribute to an air of calm and serenity. Not a bad thing if you’re walking through the door to face the ordeal of surgery, or even just to visit a new mom. Yet the luxurious amenities of Banner Estrella, which extend well beyond the lobby, aren’t merely high-end perks in a health-care industry otherwise beset by rising costs....
Anthony tells her side of the story in the forthcoming limited documentary series, Casey Anthony: Where the True Lies. It’s set to air on Peacock on November 29. The 36-year-old points the finger at her father, George, for Caylee’s 2008 death in the three-part series, People reported.It reportedly will be Anthony’s first interview on camera since the resolution of her trial. Anthony alleges in the documentary that her dad killed his granddaughter before placing her in the swimming pool to make it look like a drowning....
With more than 250 million mobile users and 6 million new ones added each month, India now has the “teledensity” to support more-sophisticated mobile technologies, which could have a big impact on Indian society and the economy in the next few years. (An extra 10 mobile phones per 100 people in a typical developing country leads to an additional 0.59 percentage points of growth in GDP per person, according to a London Business School study....
The Mashantucket Pequots no longer depend on their white friends for favors. In just two years the tribe has used its casino monopoly to exert immense political and economic influence in the state of Connecticut. The Foxwoods casino in Ledyard brings in more than $1 million a day-that’s only the slot machines-and the Pequots have big plans for expansion, A new bingo hall and 5,000-seat concert arena are under construction, and the tribe may undertake an amusement park, a couple of golf courses, another casino and a third hotel....
Thousands came out on Friday to protest constitutional reform plans that would have weakened the status of the autonomous province in the northwest region of the former Soviet republic. It is home to the Karakalpak people, an ethnic minority group with its own language. Police later said that “order had been restored” in the area taken over by the protest, according to the AFP news agency. Spontaneous demonstrations are illegal in the authoritarian country....
In the video, shared on Monday by the animals’ owner under the username Spooonsman, the brown Labrador can be seen growling—but otherwise putting up with having his ears forcibly groomed. Cats like to lick dogs’ ears because they can smell the earwax inside, according to pet health experts. The wax is composed of dead skin cells from the ear canal and fatty acids and because cats are drawn to and survive on animal proteins, this combo is simply a source of protein to them....
Posted to the subreddit r/aww—a forum for adorable pictures and videos of “puppies, bunnies, babies, and so on…"—the video titled “LPT: Own a Lap Cat but need a refill or bathroom break? Use this technique to maintain the peace” has so far garnered more than 36,000 upvotes since it was uploaded by reddit user Zinohh on Monday. (LPT stands for “Life Pro Tip.”) “Her name is Honeybun. She LOVES lap naps,” Zinohh, who also goes by Joe, or ZinoJoe on Instagram (where he fields fitness questions), told Newsweek in response to a message sent via reddit....
In a way, the book is a long overture followed by a short opera: the first half of the history is a warm-up to the 19th-century explosion of renewed Catalan pride, manifested in poetry, urban innovation and the work of the great modernista architects. Gaudi, of course, is the leading genius: his structural experiments took off from Catalan Gothic to produce amazing paraboloid arches; his rich details of fauna and flora in iron, stone or wildly colorful bits of tile drew on the work of the best Catalonian craftsmen....
SECOND LIFE’S FUNNY MONEY Linden Labs’ Virtual World, Second Life, has a thriving economy of its own. According to the company, there are 2.6 billion linden dollars in circulation, which players use to buy property and objects in the game. That translates to U.S. $9.8 million.
It’s fun being the bad guy … or the bad girl. Just ask Veda Scott who has evolved into one of the most despised females in wrestling, sporting her devilish grin and downright nasty demeanor. MORE: What we learned on WWE Raw | Ring of Honor star ACH on growing up It’s all a part of her obsession with wrestling, something she has had since a young age. So much that she began wrestling school while also finishing up law school....
Meanwhile, dozens of bishops have requested that Los Angeles Archbishop and USCCB President José Gomez remove the topic from the meeting’s agenda until the group can meet in person. Gomez released a memo this past Saturday that affirmed the discussion would take place and would address whether cultural and political figures should be able to receive Communion. Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila, a conservative bishop in favor of denying Communion to politicians like Biden, said those opposed to the discussion were promoting a climate of “factionalism....
