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New organ donor care centers announced in Twin Cities, Rochester

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

At the gardens adjacent to the M Health University of Minnesota Medical Center, people gathered Monday to plant 2,000 pinwheels in the ground to honor the 2,000 registered organ donors in the M Health Fairview system.LifeSource, Mayo Clinic, and M Health Fairview officials were there to announce the creation of two new donor care units, one in the Twin Cities and the other in Rochester. The hospital units help people before and after donating organs, and to ensure the organs are handled and transported in an efficient, responsible way.Organ donors will be transferred to donor care units from intensive care units, which will free up space for patients who need critical care.Donor care units are intended to help avoid the long wait times between a person qualifying for donors status and physicians being able to recover their organs. The waiting time is a common reason families opt out of authorizing their loved one to become a donor.The first donor care units are expected to be runnin...

Keeler vs. Saunders: Should Rockies “sell high” on MLB All-Star MVP Elias Diaz for more pitching?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

The Rockies rarely make impactful trades at the deadline, but this year they appear poised to trade a reliever, or two, and maybe an outfielder. But what about All-Star catcher Elias Diaz? Would Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt deal him if someone comes calling? Should Schmidt deal him? Denver Post Rockies beat writer Patrick Saunders and columnist Sean Keeler debate.Keeler: The Better Half follows baseball the way most under 45 follow baseball, which is, to say, not a lick. Yet during vacation last week, while watching highlights of Elias Diaz and his heroics at the 2023 All-Star Game from afar, we had this exchange:“Look at that! Hey, good for Elias Diaz,” I chuckled. “Rockies get their first catcher into the ASG and he’s their first-ever All-Star MVP.”“Good guy?” Mrs. K asked.“Oh, yeah. Super guy. He’s 32, though. You watch, they’re gonna try and sign him to an extension now.”“Really? Why would he sign it...

Fox analyst Brock Huard: Trenches will be key to CU Buffs’ season

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

Former NFL and University of Washington quarterback Brock Huard is now an analyst for Fox Sports and Seattle Sports radio. (Provided by Seattle Sports)Like just about everyone else who follows college football, Brock Huard is interested to see how the Colorado Buffaloes will do in their first season with Deion Sanders as head coach.As a longtime analyst and former quarterback, though, Huard knows the key is going to be how the Buffaloes perform in the trenches.“From the hashmarks-out, they will be really good,” Huard told BuffZone at Big 12 media days in Arlington, Texas, last week.Huard, an analyst for Fox Sports and Seattle Sports radio, played quarterback at Washington from 1995-98 before a six-year NFL career.Last year, Huard’s alma mater hired head coach Kalen DeBoer, who took the Huskies from 4-8 in 2021 to 11-2 last year. Sanders’ task is much different, as he took over a 1-11 CU team and totally revamped the roster.“What (DeBoer) inherited on the offensive line especially an...

Satellite images show surging water levels at Lake Powell

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

With last winter’s snowpack largely gone, scientists are getting a better picture of the impact on the southwestern United States’ most critical source of fresh water: the Colorado River.Satellite images captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus SENTINEL-2 satellites between March 18 and July 16, 2023, show water levels surging at Lake Powell, a man-made reservoir that straddles Utah and Arizona.As of July 16, the lake’s water levels were up by 45.57 feet year over year, according to the Lake Powell Water Database, but still more than 100 feet below full capacity.The Colorado River provides roughly one-third of all water for Southern California’s cities, suburbs and agricultural communities.Dams at Lake Powell, Lake Mead and Lake Havasu also provide hydroelectricity for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the southwestern U.S.

Man detained by deputies while returning items at mall

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to a mall in Temecula Monday on reports that a man with a rifle was seen walking into the property.  The incident at the Temecula Promenade Mall, located in the 40000 block of Winchester Road, occurred at around 10:47 a.m., according to a RCSD news release.  “Upon arrival, deputies immediately began a search of the property, spoke with witnesses, and obtained further information on the possible armed male and his whereabouts,” officials said.  Authorities eventually located a man matching the description provided by witnesses inside the mall, detained him and found two airsoft rifles in his possession.  Police fatally shot a man carrying this airsoft rifle on Sept. 17, 2022. (Los Angeles Police Department)“The investigation revealed that the male intended on returning the airsoft rifles to an airsoft gaming business located within the mall, and there was no evidence of a crime,” the release n...

Pregnant woman dies after truck hits alligator

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

A woman and her unborn child died after a truck hit an alligator on a Texas highway and rolled, KTLA sister station KVEO reports.Deputies with the Refugio County Sheriff's Office say they responded to a rollover on State Highway 35 north of Corpus Christi Sunday morning.According to authorities, the alligator was in the middle of the road when it was struck. The truck appeared to have rolled over a fence before coming to rest yards from the roadway, pictures from the scene show.Authorities say the truck, seen here, hit an alligator in Texas and rolled, killing a pregnant woman and sending four people to the hospital. (Refugio County Sheriff's Office)Two adults and three children involved in the rollover were transported to nearby hospitals.One of the adults, identified as Gabrielle Breaux of Louisiana, died at an area hospital. Breaux was pregnant, Texas Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Sgt. Harold Mallory told STexasNews.com.According to Mallory, the four othe...

Mark Hamill makes fundraising pitch for Schiff Senate bid: 'Adam gave me hope'

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

Mark Hamill says the force is with Rep. Adam Schiff, with the “Star Wars” actor making a fundraising pitch for the California Democrat’s Senate bid.“Over the last six years, our democracy has been tested like never before. And in those dark times, Adam gave me hope,” a Monday email from Schiff’s Senate campaign and signed by Hamill said.“Hope that our democracy would survive. Hope that not only would we get through this, but that we would come out on the other side and our democracy could be strong again,” said the actor.Schiff is facing California Reps. Barbara Lee and Katie Porter in a closely watched Democratic primary for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D).“Here’s the thing — it would have been easy for Adam to stay on the sidelines, and let someone else take all the heat for defending our democracy against [former President Trump’s] many abuses of office,” the 71-year-old performer said of Schiff, who led the first impeachment inquiry against th...

Vielka Eleanor Gerardo Dies in Pedestrian vs Semi-Truck Crash on Highway 99 [Bakersfield, CA]

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

52-Year-Old Woman Killed in Pedestrian Accident near Rosedale HighwayBAKERSFIELD, CA (July 17, 2023) – Early Friday morning, Vielka Eleanor Gerardo was killed in a pedestrian crash on Highway 99.Police responded to the scene around 1:18 a.m., near Rosedale Highway on July 14th.According to reports, the 64-year-old male driver of a Peterbilt truck was unable to see Gerardo and struck her on the road. Investigators say she was wearing dark-colored clothing in the No.3 lane.In addition, police say another semi-truck was in the next lane, preventing the driver from taking evasive action. Paramedics arrived and pronounced the pedestrian, 52-year-old Gerardo dead at the scene.Following preliminary duties, officers do not believe that alcohol or drugs were contributing factors.The team at Sweet James would like to take this opportunity to extend their heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Vielka Eleanor Gerardo. May you find comfort and strength during this difficult tim...

James Robert Jones Killed in 3-Vehicle Collision on Airport Road [Redding, CA]

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

90-Year-Old Man Pronounced Dead after Three-Car Accident near Fig Tree LaneREDDING, CA (July 17, 2023) – Late Friday morning, James Robert Jones was killed in a 3-vehicle collision on Airport Road.Around 11:30 a.m., police responded to the scene on the 8080 block of Airport Road near Fig Tree Lane.Per reports, the driver of a blue PG&E truck was heading south on Airport Road and struck a northbound gold Cadillac that attempted to turn into Kent’s Meat parking lot. Meanwhile, a Honda sedan was also pulling out of the parking lot and was struck.Medics arrived and pronounced a passenger inside the Cadillac, 90-year-old Jones, dead at the scene.Emergency crews closed off the surrounding area for a brief time during cleanup and preliminary duties. Once available, further details will be provided.Sincere sympathies to the family and friends of James Robert Jones. Thoughts are with them during this very difficult time.Reach out to Sweet James today and let them help you win...

Final Cut Goes Terribly Awry – Because It Wants To 

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:57:16 GMT

At first blush, a French zombie comedy directed by the guy who won an Oscar for directing The Artist, in 2011, sounds like four cats fighting in a bag — a hard sell in the blockbuster-heat-stroke summer zone. But Michel Hazanavicius’s Final Cut (Coupez!, in French) is in fact more than that, as well as a little less. Nothing if not an earnest ironist who loves making movies about making movies (the last film of his we saw here was 2017’s very unserious Mon Amour Godard), Hazanavicius has come up with an inspiring trifle, paying smirking homage not to a cinema master but to the hacks and fools at the shallowest end of the film industry talent pool.But it’s hardly an original auteur flourish, either — Final Cut is, in fact, a letter-by-letter remake of a Japanese film, Shin’ichirō Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead (2017), which detailed the ill-fated film shoot of a zombie thriller, to be shot and performed all in a single roving 30-minute shot and broadcast live on a virtual platform. That ...