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Latest edition of Eat Festival promises to 'go down a treat'

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

Photo credit: © Mathieu GolinvauxDiscover the entire range of Bordeaux wines . . . at a single wine bar, writes Martin Banks.That is the enticing prospect offered to wine lovers in Belgium at this year’s Eat Festival.The annual event will take place later this month for the third consecutive year at Brussels’ Tour & Taxis and, once again, Bordeaux wines are heavily involved.A glass of Bordeaux wine will be offered to all festival-goers with an entry.Everyone will be able to choose according to their preferences: red wines, of course, but also lesser known wines which are good to discover: dry whites and sweet ones but also the bubbles of crémants and rosés (to help prolong that feel-good summer feeling).For those who wish to extend the experience, all wines will be on sale at €5 per glass.Bordeaux winegrowers and traders (mainly from the younger Bordeaux generation) will leave their vineyards to come to Brussels to share the...

2 more suspects arrested for YSL flash-mob robbery in Glendale

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

A 21-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were arrested Wednesday in connection to the flash mob-style robbery that was caught on video at the Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana at Brand in Glendale last month.  Video of the Aug. 8 incident showed multiple people in dark clothes, hoods and masks running into and then quickly out of the YSL store at the upscale shopping center just before 5 p.m. The Glendale Police Department said there were at least 30 people involved, and they got away with about $300,000 in merchandise.  $218K in stolen retail merchandise found in backyard of L.A. home Authorities with the United States Marshals Task Force, along with officers from the Glendale Police Department arrested Brianna Jimenez and Ivan Ramirez, who had previously been arrested, in the 300 block of Slauson Avenue, police said.  Thieves robbed the YSL store at the Americana at Brand on Aug. 8, 2023. (Katelynn Jasper)Both Jimenez and Ramirez, along with 18-year-old Ziona ...

Andrew Luck is in on the Civil War joke

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

Former Stanford star quarterback Andrew Luck has been largely reclusive in his post-playing career and does not have a public social media presence.Some things permeate into the real world, though.Luck, in a rare public appearance since retiring before the 2019 NFL season, went on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football postgame show in full Union Army regalia — a blue jacket and hat — bringing to life a meme from yesteryear.The Capt. Andrew Luck Twitter account came to life in 2015 and, well, you kind of have to read it to understand. Here’s the tweet that celebrated the final victory of his playing career, a playoff win over Houston:Dearest mother —My time away from home shall be extended. The unit was victorious over the Texan men. Stupendous! It was a hard fought battle, but our lines held strong. I am so thrilled, my pen trembles as I write. My sidearm and resolve are true. I love you.— AndrewLadies and gentlemen, we give you, Andrew Luck. #TNFonPrime pic.twitt...

Major-injury crash closes Santa Clara intersection

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Police on Thursday night were investigating a major-injury collision in Santa Clara.The crash was reported around 9:15 p.m. near Bowers Avenue and Monroe Street.Police closed the intersection for an investigation and asked people to avoid the area.Additional details about the collision were not immediately available late Thursday.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Discovery of ‘unknown substance’ in Menlo Park home prompts hours-long road closure Crashes and Disasters | 2 dead as bus carrying high school students crashes in NY Crashes and Disasters | Family sues Google alleging its Maps app led father to drive off collapsed bridge to his death Crashes and Disasters | Former Stanford Cardinal football coach Buddy Teevens dies from injuries sustained in bicycle accident Crashes and Disasters | Vigil to be held for East Bay boy who died, siblings injured one year after tragic accident Che...

Dodgers capitalize on Giants’ physical and mental blunders to win 7-2

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.D. Martinez’s sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on two physical and one mental blunder by the San Francisco Giants to win 7-2 Thursday night in the series opener.The Giants have dropped six of seven on their road trip to fall further out of the NL wild-card race.Will Smith tripled off John Brebbia (3-1) and Martinez followed with the fly to right. Mike Yastrzemski wasn’t that deep when he caught the ball flat-footed and then held it for a moment, apparently forgetting there were only two outs.That gave Smith time enough to charge home for a 3-2 lead.“Yaz made a very uncharacteristic mental error,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “They usually don’t make those kind of mistakes.”Two wild pitches by reliever Luke Jackson led to two runs for the NL West champion Dodgers in the seventh.Jackson’s pitch went all the way to the backstop, allowing Chris Taylor to score from third after...

The Giants can’t overcome injuries to Barkley and Thomas in a 30-12 loss to the 49ers

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Dealing with a team as talented as the San Francisco 49ers is difficult enough in the best of circumstances. For the New York Giants, doing it without their best offensive playmaker and best offensive lineman proved to be too much to overcome.New York’s offense never managed to get going without Saquon Barkley and Andrew Thomas against San Francisco’s tenacious defense, with Daniel Jones spending much of the day on the run during a 30-12 loss to the 49ers on Thursday night.“We didn’t create a rhythm, we didn’t execute, we didn’t take advantage of our opportunities,” Jones said. “Certainly it is a good defense, a good team, and so when you’re playing good teams, you can’t afford to do that. We didn’t play well enough. It was frustrating at times, but I felt like we were in the game really until the end and had chances to make plays really to the end.”Barkley is the focal point of New York’s offense and with him on the sideline with a sprai...

MILAN FASHION PHOTOS: Tom Ford relaunches under Peter Hawkings and Moschino celebrates 40 years

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week continued Thursday for the second day with mostly womenswear previews for next spring and summer under a steady rain.Here are some scenes as Milan designers try to keep the focus on warm weather:TOM FORD RETURNS TO MILAN ROOTSPeter Hawkings has come full circle, making his runway debut as creative director of the Tom Ford brand Thursday in Milan, where he started working with Ford at Gucci 25 years ago.Fashionistas entered the Tom Ford world through plush, champagne-colored carpet, beckoning luxury.Models trod comfortably on stiletto heels, showing leg in shorts worn with tailored jackets, revealing their form in clingy, floor sweeping dresses, and fully inhabiting sexy velvet suits with silken shirts with the trademark Tom Ford plunging neckline. Hawkings freely acknowledged that his design codes owe a lot to the 25 years he worked alongside Ford, who passed the torch last April. “The design ethos is ingrained in me,” he said backstage.Th...

Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against an Australian bishop with police

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Vatican had shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and the church would fully cooperate with criminal investigators, a cleric said on Friday.The Catholic Church announced the handover of its investigation report into former Bishop Christopher Saunders three days after the Western Australia Police Force publicly revealed it had requested a copy.“The church will continue to offer full transparency and cooperation with W.A. Police,” Bishop Michael Morrissey, who replaced Saunders in the Broome Diocese in 2021, said in a statement.“The church encourages anyone who has experienced abuse, or suspects abuse within the community, to come forward and report it to police,” Morrissey added.Saunders, now 73, denied any wrongdoing and refused to participate in the Vatican investigation, which began last year, the church said.He resigned in 2021 as bishop of Broome, an Outback diocese o...

Daily horoscope for September 22, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT today (12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn. The Fall Equinox occurs at 11:49 p.m. PDT.Happy Birthday for Friday, Sept. 22, 2023:You are intelligent, fun-loving and a great communicator. People love your positive, upbeat quirkiness. This is a slower paced year. It’s time to rest and rejuvenate yourself. Concentrate on your needs and what makes you happy. You also might have a strong focus on relationships.ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★You will need more sleep in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, your focus on close friends, partners and spouses will increase now. Actually, because you have more objectivity to see your role in these relationships, you can make improvements. Tonight: You’re high-viz.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★★The back-to-school fever has captured you, which is why you’re keen to work and be productive. This determination to achie...

The future of meat is lab-grown

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:22 GMT

Greenhouse gas emissions from meat production are a disaster for climate change, but plant-based meat substitutes like soy are sometimes even worse for the environment. To protect both the planet and consumer choice, look to innovation in lab-grown meat technology. Meat is killing the planet. Even enthusiastic meat-eaters (myself included) cannot escape the substantial greenhouse gas emissions involved in getting steaks onto our plates. A University of Illinois paper, published in Nature Food in 2021, found that meat production is responsible for more than a third of all global emissions, meaning the meat industry pollutes more than double the entire US economy, writes Jason Reed.There are two different ways we could deal with this situation. The first, promoted by most of the environmentalist movement, is to go vegan. By abstaining from animal products and adopting a plant-based diet, they claim, we can eliminate the demand for animal farming and therefore drastically reduce that i...