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VR superstar to present at Science Rendezvous next month

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

Science Rendezvous — the annual event that brings together the Kingston community with local S.T.E.M (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) experts and researchers — will be taking over the Leon’s Centre on May 13. .One of the keay features of this year’s event is Bayridge Secondary School student Elijah’s presentation, where he will be presenting his virtual reality work. Elijah dove into the world of coding on Minecraft in middle school, and then started experimenting with BeatSaber, an online game of over 1.5 million active players, in which players use objects similar to a lightsaber to slash 3-D cubes that come at them, to the beat of a song. The local student created all the effects, visuals, and graphics for his map, which is to the song “Somewhere Out There” by acloudyskye. His map is the most played map of all time on BeatSaber, and won map of the year in 2021. Science Rendezvous’ theme this year is “CREATE” in which participants will show ...

Elevation is the main reason Denver won't see snow. Here's why

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you have looked at the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, you might have noticed one thing: The Denver metro area is expected to see mainly rain or flurries with no accumulation, while other areas are slated to get significant snow accumulation.Why is that?Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Jessica Lebel said the key is elevation.Why it is going to snow in some places and rain in others?Lebel said the higher the elevation, the colder it gets.Denver sits at around 5,280 feet above sea level, which is certainly higher than most cities across the nation. However, Lebel said to see snow in this storm, you need to be at an elevation of 6,000 feet or higher. Is Denver seeing less snow than normal? While these higher elevations can most clearly be seen in the mountains, in the area south of the metro -- between Denver and Colorado Springs -- the elevation is also higher.For example, in Monument, the elevation is just under 7,000 feet. This means that it is colder than it...

Investigations underway after 2 pest control workers die, 3rd critically ill after weekend work at Pompano Beach warehouse

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

Police are investigating why two people have died and another person fell critically ill after doing work for a pest control company at warehouse over the weekend.According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday, three employees of a pesticide company went to Baer’s Furniture warehouse, located at 1589 N.W. 12th Ave. in Pompano Beach, to conduct some work.After they finished and left the building, one of the employees began to feel sick and went to a hospital in Palm Beach County. BSO later discovered that day, that the other two employees had been found deceased.One died in Hollywood and the other in Boynton Beach. Therefore, out of an abundance of caution, BSO and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded to the warehouse Tuesday morning to investigate whether there might be anything there that could affect others inside the building. “We’re securing the building for a hazmat situation,” said a responder over Broadcastify.7Skyforce hovered over the sc...

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

I knew he revolutionized grilled cheese sandwiches, but I had no idea George Foreman was famous before he started selling his grills. Yes, Alex, Foreman was the boxing giant with a hunger for food and fighters he could pummel. Now Foreman’s life is being told in a new movie and fittingly the story about the heavyweight champ has a heavyweight titleGotta tell you, I am no match for the title of George Foreman’s new movie.It’s called, Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World.” Yeah, I’m just gonna call it the Big G movie.Anyway, Big G is about George’s journey from being poor to becoming boxing’s world heavyweight champion.To a preacher and getting back in the ring at 46 to reclaim his title.George Foreman: “Everybody thought it was all over for me. I’d gone back into the game fighting above 40, and it was considered a death sentence. I really had to prove that it was just an...

Dune by Laurent Tourondel boasts great view of Fort Lauderdale Air Show

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

Things are looking up this weekend. The skies above Broward will be filled with flying machines when the Annual Fort Lauderdale Air Show takes off. If you want the best seat on the beach to eat, drink and check out the aerial ballet, listen up.Chef John Kreidich: “Tell this to everybody wherever they are: watch the skies.”The Fort Lauderdale Air Show is one of the coolest events around.If you really want to do it up right, make it over to Dune by Laurent Tourondel.Chef John Kreidich: “With the view we have here, I mean there’s no other place you want to be.”You won’t miss any of the action here.Chef John Kreidich: “We have 180 degree views of the beach, and you’ll be able to see the jets streak across the sky.”Besides filling your eyes and ears with the sights and sounds of the air show, you’ll be giving your taste buds a big-time treat.Chef John Kreidich: “It’s just a great venue to serve really great fresh sea...

Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Stanley Tucci on Amazon Prime spy series ‘Citadel’

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

If you’re suspicious of big government watching your every move, you’re gonna love “Citadel,” and we know you’re suspicious of big government, because the agents assigned with monitoring you told us.It’s lights, camera and lots of action in the Prime Video series “Citadel.”Priyanka Chopra-Jonas: “What really surprised me was the scale of it and the gravity of it, the sets that we could build and the the thoughts and the ideas that every time I read a script, I was like, ‘How are they pulling this off?'”Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Richard Madden are spies whose memories get erased when their spy agency gets shut down.Stanley Tucci is the handler who’s helping them regain what they lost, so they can fight a crime syndicate trying to kill them.When it came to the fight scenes, Priyanka says she didn’t need a stunt double.Priyanka Chopra-Jonas: “I don’t think I’ve had resources like that ever a...

American Express presents Carbone Beach Supper Club on the Sand 2023

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

Miami Grand Prix brings all kinds of celebs to town and they need to eat. That’s how Supper Club on the Sand was born. It’s a star-studded event especially made to pair with an epic weekend.Ready, set, and let’s party 305 style!Chef Mario Carbone: “It’s a party on the sand for sure. Dinner and a show.” This is the second year of American Express presents Carbone Beach and it’s all going down during Formula 1 race week.Chef Mario Carbone: “The idea is that it’s the greatest supper club that ever existed, 4 nights, 400 guests a night.”It’s similar to Chef Mario’s restaurant on south beach but think grander.Chef Mario Carbone: “So instead of a plate of dessert, you get a tower of dessert. Instead of just a raw bar, it’s an ice sculptor castle. There’s a guy making caviar hand rolls, and passing them out. The whole thing is meant to be decadent on the highest possible level. It’s a fine dinin...

3 numbers that stand out during the Chicago White Sox’s rough start to the season: ‘We obviously have to make adjustments’

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

At the plate and on the mound, the numbers reflect the rough start to the Chicago White Sox season.Offensively, the Sox were 23rd in the majors with a .678 OPS entering Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.The pitching staff had the third-highest ERA in the big leagues at 5.44.Those are just some of the contributing factors to a 7-16 start.Manager Pedro Grifol is focused on adjustments.“I don’t see this like our season is over by any means,” Grifol said before Tuesday’s game after hearing teams had similar stretches at various points last season and went on to the postseason. “Every team goes through this. But we obviously have to make adjustments.“We can’t hide the fact we have to make adjustments at the plate, as a team and staff. We have to get better. But as far as being 7-16 and panicking … we’re not feeling it. We’re going to have our stretches where we’re really, really good and w...

Orioles outfielder Austin Hays exits game vs. Red Sox with right hand injury after failed bunt

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

Orioles left fielder Austin Hays left Tuesday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox after the third inning with a bruised right hand, which seemingly stemmed from a failed bunt attempt in the bottom half of that frame.Initial X-rays did not show any breaks, the Orioles said, and Hays will undergo further testing.With the Orioles trailing 7-0, Hays attempted to bunt on an 88 mph sinker from Boston right-hander Corey Kluber, but the pitch tailed in and hit the fingers of Hays’ right hand, which were wrapped around the bat, before the ball went foul. Hays flied out to deep right field on the next pitch before being replaced in left by Terrin Vavra for the top of the fourth.Before Tuesday, Hays had played in the outfield for all but eight of the Orioles’ defensive innings this season, including manning left field for every frame at Camden Yards. Hays has also been among Baltimore’s most impactful hitters; his flyout left him with a .301 batting average and .883...

Yankees Notebook: Nick Ramirez offers fresh, versatile bullpen arm

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:30:47 GMT

MINNESOTA — Nick Ramirez just left Minnesota with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate. On Tuesday, he returned to the North Star State as a member of the big league club.The Yankees added Ramirez to their roster Tuesday when they optioned Greg Weissert to Triple-A. Ramirez, who played the St. Paul Saints with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, learned of his promotion at midnight. At that point, he was in Boston for a minor league series against the Worcester Red Sox, but a 5:30 a.m. car service began his trip back to Minnesota.A cancelled Delta flight caused some “panic” Tuesday morning, but Ramirez ultimately made it to Target Field.“I knew I was gonna get here. We had plenty of time,” the southpaw said. “My main concern was my baseball bag was under. So I asked them if they could pull it. They said ‘Yeah, we put the submission in, but no guarantees.’”There was equipment in Ramirez’s locker when he spoke, so that worked o...