After Elle Purrier St. Pierre gave birth to her son, Ivan, in March 2023—during the prime of her distance-running career, a year and change before the Paris Olympics—she felt, she says, “like garbage.” Her first training run back, which came three weeks after Ivan was born, “was not fun at all,” she says. “I just knew that I needed to take it slow.” Six months after delivering Ivan, she returned to racing at the 5th Avenue Mile in New York City, in September 2023.
(in surly, tough-guy style:)
Nothin' ever happens here in Philly!
Living in Philly, what would you expect?
But just as long as we are stuck in Philly,
Then leave us show a little respect.(now perky, Mermanish:)
Philadelphia, you're my mania!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!
Your sparkling water is considered top-notch,
But only if you mix it with a bottle of scotch.
From the City Line down to Broad and Vine,
Any place you happen to roam,
So you think you’re Star Trek literate just because you know that phasers can stun and that while Klingons used to be bad guys, now they’re good (most of the time, anyway). But can you decipher the techno-babble that Enterprise crew members are constantly spouting? For some help, TIME consulted Michael Okuda, one of the Star Trek technical experts:
“We need to remodulate the main deflector dish.”
Deflectors are devices that protect starships by setting up an energy field.
Through its bimonthly magazine Social Action, the Congregational Christian Churches’ Council for Social Action has served up some intelligent, if sometimes captious criticism of what is wrong with the church and the nation.* In the current issue, subtitled “Christian Faith and the Protestant Churches,” Social Action asks some searching questions about the current philosophy of U.S. Protestantism. The indignant Protestant reaction to the proposal to send a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, says Social Action, points up a disturbing fact: “The one emotional loyalty that of a certainty binds us together as Protestants…is the battle against Rome.
Allie Phillips never wanted to be a politician, but she had always wanted to be a mom of two. Whenever Phillips asked her 5-year-old daughter, Adalie, what she wanted to be when she grew up, Adalie would say, "A big sister." So when Phillips found out she was pregnant again in Nov. 2022, Adalie was thrilled. "Her eyes got big and her jaw just dropped open," Phillips recalled. "Every night after that, she sang Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star to my belly.
A few hours before his Instagram announcement on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, he posted a video of his severely injured face, which showed that he had sustained injuries to his head, temple, and bridge of his nose, which had gashes on them, terrifying his fans. He didn't explain what had happened beyond the message, "THANK YOU JESUS." Thankfully, the disturbing video was revealed to be a promotional stunt for Skales’ role in Seeking Justice.
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The Transportation Department has fined Southwest Airlines a record $1.6 million for delays involving 16 aircraft at Chicago’s Midway Airport last January.
The airline was penalized for violating tarmac rules and forcing passengers to sit in planes on the tarmac during the delays. Tarmac rules stipulate that airlines must offer passengers the chance to deplane within three hours of arrival, but Southwest did not offer their customers that opportunity.
Among the various ways that a small business can get access to funds, the cash advance—borrowing against money which a company hasn’t yet made, then paying it back as a percentage of future sales—doesn’t have the best of reputations. Typically, it’s a last-ditch measure taken by a company which can’t convince a bank that it’s a good prospect for a loan, and the fees involved can be steep and complicated.
“Like a shootout in a cowboy movie, only it wasn ‘t a movie
The clatter of mess-hall cleanup had just given way to the nocturnal sounds of the jungle when Sergeant Manit Kammung and 800 other Thai Border Patrol Police suddenly received orders for a maneuver in the north. Armed with assault rifles, grenades, recoilless rifles and rocket launchers, the men clambered aboard trucks and rode all night through the newly harvested rice fields of central Thailand.
Skiing and snowboarding have both come a long way since the first time people strapped planks to their feet and went rocketing down the mountain. Every season there seems to be more advancements in gear, from the shaping and makeup of the skis and boards themselves, to the release of new bindings and other products.
But these snow accessories go above and beyond the powder, letting you get the most out of modern technology while conquering the slopes.