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Middleman held in connection with bribery case involving ED official: CBISALEM — It meant the world to Ella Shreckhise just to be in the state championship game. It wasn’t the result the Indians were hoping for, but the Fort Defiance senior outside hitter kept her head held high throughout Saturday’s match. Minutes after finishing her final career high school game, Shreckhise was overcome with emotion as she expressed what this incredible postseason run for the Indians meant to her in her last season. “It’s meant a lot,” Shreckhise said through tears. “It’s been really cool because I’ve been playing for such a long time and I’ve looked up to so many girls and I’ve always wanted to be that girl. During the game, I wasn’t down, because it’s so cool to be where I was at and I just couldn’t help but just smile at my teammates because it was such a surreal event. ... I’m really blessed.” Even when things weren’t going Fort Defiance’s way, Shreckhise had a smile on her face as she tried to encourage her teammates to keep pushing. “The entire time, she was smiling and she was really positive,” junior outside hitter Maecy Frizzelle said. “That’s hard. It’s very frustrating. ... She did really great.” The Indians scratched and clawed like they did all season, but the Ridgeview Wolfpack proved to be too much for them as they were swept 25-21, 25-22, 25-17 in the Virginia High School League Class 2 state title game on Saturday afternoon inside the Salem Civic Center. “They’re a really good team,” Fort head coach Amber Pitsenbarger said. “I thought that we played to our potential and that we didn’t give up, and that’s the biggest thing that I’m proud of. I told the girls in the locker room that I just really wanted them to keep fighting no matter what the score was, and I thought they did a good job to just keep fighting and keep working.” The Wolfpack executed quality ball placement and led the Indians by as many as seven to take set one 25-21. Ridgeview exuded confidence throughout set two and fended off a late rally by the Indians to take set two 25-22. Senior Leah Sutherland impressed for the Wolfpack with a string of kills down the stretch. Fort Defiance celebrates after scoring a point against Ridgeview. Set three was much of the same as the Wolfpack took the early lead and kept a stranglehold on it throughout. Sutherland carried her team on her back late by swatting down the last few kills to clinch Ridgeview the title. The Indians battled from behind essentially the entire match, and while that’s always frustrating, Pitsenbarger never lacked confidence that her team could rally back and still put themselves in position to win. However, Fort Defiance struggled to play with energy, something Pitsenbarger said is crucial to their success. “I think that lacked a little bit today,” Pitsenbarger said. “We could see it in little spurts here and there, but it wasn’t 100 percent across all three sets.” Shreckhise attests the lack of energy to the unusual environment the Indians were in. With a sense of normalcy playing in smaller gyms against smaller schools, Shreckhise said they were taken aback by the environment inside the Salem Civic Center. “Being here, you walk in and you’re like, ‘Wow, this is a really big deal,’” Shreckhise said. “I think that it was kinda hard just to get here and then have to go play right away.” On top of that, Frizzelle said the surrealness of playing in the state title game weighed on their minds as well. “It’s a lot of pressure,” Frizzelle said. Frizzelle led the Indians with 17 kills and 13 digs. Sophomore Norah Anderson led in digs with 19 while Shreckhise added 18 digs. Freshman Caroline Hanger poured in nine assists and seven kills while senior Riley Davis tallied 19 assists in her final career game. While there was disappointment in the final result, it didn’t change Frizzelle’s emotions. Win or lose, Frizzelle knew it was going to be an emotional end, and the surreal feeling of just being in the state title game overshadowed any woeful feelings about the loss. “To me, it just felt like another game that we lost,” Frizzelle said. The Indians lose the senior trio of Shreckhise, Davis, and Rachel Bast after this season. Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle and Fort Defiance's Rachel Bast. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview celebrates after scoring against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle takes a shot against Ridgeview's Tsega Mullins and Alyssa Kiser. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Norah Anderson comes up short as she dives for a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Autumn Weber and Savannah Crookshanks. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland chases down a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Mackenzie Wright takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle takes a shot against Ridgeview's Tsega Mullins. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Autumn Weber. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Alyssa Kiser blocks a shot from Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle takes a shot against Ridgeview's Tsega Mullins. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Mackenzie Wright comes up short as she tries to dig into a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance celebrates after scoring a point against Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger sets up a shot for a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Savannah Crookshanks. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Skylar Golaschevsky serves to Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's MaKinley Owens sets up a shot for a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger and Rachel Bast try to block a shot from Ridgeview's Mackenzie Wright. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Jaeda Dingus digs into a serve from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise sets up a serve to Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Rachel Bast blocks a shot from Ridgeview's Alyssa Kiser. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's MaKinley Owens celebrates after a point against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's MaKinley Owens and Leah Sutherland come up short as they chase down a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview celebrates after scoring a point against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Norah Anderson digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise celebrates after a point against Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance fans cheer on their team against Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Brooke Beavers passes the ball to a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Josie Hill digs into a serve from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance head coach Amber Pitsenbarger talks with her team during a timeout. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger sets up a shot for a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland digs into a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle hits a loose ball back in bounds. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Riley Davis comes up short as she chases down a loose ball. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview celebrates after scoring a point against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle digs into a serve from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview storms the court after their state championship win against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fort Defiance reacts after their loss to Ridgeview in the state championship game. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridgeview celebrates with their state championship trophy after defeating Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Volleyball: Fort Defiance vs. Ridgeview State Championship Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle and Fort Defiance's Rachel Bast. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview celebrates after scoring against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle takes a shot against Ridgeview's Tsega Mullins and Alyssa Kiser. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Norah Anderson comes up short as she dives for a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Autumn Weber and Savannah Crookshanks. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland chases down a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Mackenzie Wright takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle takes a shot against Ridgeview's Tsega Mullins. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Autumn Weber. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Alyssa Kiser blocks a shot from Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle takes a shot against Ridgeview's Tsega Mullins. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Mackenzie Wright comes up short as she tries to dig into a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance celebrates after scoring a point against Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger sets up a shot for a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland takes a shot against Fort Defiance's Savannah Crookshanks. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Skylar Golaschevsky serves to Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's MaKinley Owens sets up a shot for a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger and Rachel Bast try to block a shot from Ridgeview's Mackenzie Wright. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Jaeda Dingus digs into a serve from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise sets up a serve to Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Rachel Bast blocks a shot from Ridgeview's Alyssa Kiser. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's MaKinley Owens celebrates after a point against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's MaKinley Owens and Leah Sutherland come up short as they chase down a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview celebrates after scoring a point against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Norah Anderson digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Ella Shreckhise celebrates after a point against Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance fans cheer on their team against Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Brooke Beavers passes the ball to a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle digs into a shot from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Josie Hill digs into a serve from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance head coach Amber Pitsenbarger talks with her team during a timeout. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Caroline Hanger sets up a shot for a teammate. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview's Leah Sutherland digs into a shot from Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle hits a loose ball back in bounds. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Riley Davis comes up short as she chases down a loose ball. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview celebrates after scoring a point against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance's Maecy Ann Frizzelle digs into a serve from Ridgeview. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview storms the court after their state championship win against Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Fort Defiance reacts after their loss to Ridgeview in the state championship game. Daniel Lin / DN-R Ridgeview celebrates with their state championship trophy after defeating Fort Defiance. Daniel Lin / DN-R Pitsenbarger told her girls in the locker room after the game that the team chemistry the three seniors helped build, Shreckhise especially, exemplifies what a strong team should be. “All three of them have done a really good job,” Pitsenbarger said. “Especially Ella, being my captain here. She’s done a fantastic job keeping everybody up and making sure that everybody is doing what they’re supposed to be doing and really going hard in practice.” For Frizzelle, she still has one more chance to make it back and win the state championship next year in her senior season. After having a younger team this season with many returners for next year, Frizzelle believes Saturday’s experience will be a positive if they can make it back. “Now, if this were to happen next year, it won’t be as much of a shock because they’ve done it before,” Frizzelle said. “It’s also one of those things where they know that they can do it and they know that they’re capable. From a leadership point of view, I’ll be able to lead them better because I know what it’s like.” They might not have ended the campaign with the state championship, but it was still a remarkable season for the Indians (26-3). Looking ahead, Pitsenbarger and company still have a lot to be excited about. Echoing much of what Frizzelle said, Pitsenbarger said it’ll be important to have a lot of returners next year as they now have the experience of a full state championship run. When they gear up for next year, Pitsenbarger said they’ll be more prepared to gun for the state crown. “We’ve really only made it to the state quarterfinals the last two years,” Pitsenbarger said. “Making it to the state championship the first year, I think it’s going to be the same thing as last year. We were really stunned at Bruton [last year]. This year, we were able to come back and beat them. I think having that experience, we’re more prepared for it and I think we’ll be ready for it next year.” One that won’t be continuing on that journey, however, is Shreckhise. It was an emotional time for Shreckhise as reality started to set in that she had played her final game for the Indians. Through each other and through faith, Shreckhise is proud of her team and how they’ve grown over this season. After a season filled with battling through adversity and moving the program forward, Shreckhise couldn’t have asked to be a part of a better team. “That’s been my favorite thing about this season, is how close we’ve all grown to God and just seeing how he’s worked through us, which has been really, really cool,” Shreckhise said. “Just the adversity that we faced, I just couldn’t be more blessed to have a team like this to end my season with.”The Pittsburgh Steelers have had a very successful season so far in 2024, and a big reason for that is some of the additions made by General Manager Omar Khan . Offseason signings like Patrick Queen and DeShon Elliott have proved to be very beneficial, as has the impeccable 2024 draft class. The additions didn't stop once the season began, as Khan made deals to acquire both Mike Williams and Preston Smith when the trade deadline rolled around. Khan was looking for a receiver to pair with George Pickens since the start of training camp, and he finally found a strong candidate in Williams. Pittsburgh acquired him from the New York Jets for a fifth-round pick, and the trade paid immediate dividends for the Steelers as Williams caught the game-winning touchdown against the Washington Commanders. This was the receiver's first game with Pittsburgh, and many fans thought it was a sign of what was to come. However, that has not been the case. Williams has barely been featured since scoring at Northwest Stadium, and it is starting to become a concern. Head Coach Mike Tomlin held his weekly press conference on Tuesday, and was asked what it will take to get Williams involved in the passing game. "It's going to happen," Tomlin said. "It's simply a matter of time. I was really encouraged by the play-making that he made during the week in preparation for the game. Often times when you're making plays in preparation, it ultimately shows up in play, and so I don't think any of us are pushing the panic button in that regard. I think all of us are just anxiously awaiting what we're looking at day-to-day, to turn up with a higher level consistency, in stadium, in terms of the opportunity." Tomlin states that Williams has been making plays in practice, but he has only been targeted once throughout the four games he has played with the Steelers. He hauled that one pass in for a 32-yard touchdown, but he has gone without seeing the ball in the three games since then. If Williams has been making great plays during practice, he should be on the field in games more often. The wide receiver's snap total has steadily decreased over the last three games, and guys like Van Jefferson are seeing more snaps and targets than him. Over the last three contests, Williams has played 25 snaps, 19 snaps, and 17 snaps, respectively. It is hard to get a lot of production out of a guy who is consistently on the field for less than 30 percent of a team's offensive plays. The good news is that Williams doesn't seem to care, and he just wants to win. He took to social media after the Steelers beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 13, and the veteran receiver seems just to be happy to be on a team that has a chance to win their division, which is something he has never done in his career. Steelers Could Be Waiting To Unleash Mike Williams There is the slight chance that the coaching staff is not playing Williams or scheming him open when he is in the game as a strategic play. Pittsburgh has big games at the end of the season against the Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles, and Kansas City Chiefs, and Tomlin might not want to put Williams on tape until they get to that gauntlet. It is a lot harder to plan for an offense when the defense has no idea how the offense will use some of their weapons, and Tomlin might just be keeping Williams under wraps until he needs him to produce. Fans should certainly expect to see more of the receiver, especially as the playoffs begin to approach. This article first appeared on SteelerNation.com and was syndicated with permission.
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A massive fire at the port in Delta, B.C., sent a plume of smoke into the sky Saturday morning. Images posted on social media show smoke and flames visible from the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal. Global Container Terminals told CTV News the fire was not at its facility – which is known as GCT Deltaport – but at the Westshore Terminals facility next door. Collectively, the two facilities are known as Roberts Bank. CTV News has reached out to Westshore Terminals and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority for more information about the incident. This story will be updated if a response is received. A witness who lives on Tsawwassen Beach Road said he saw the smoke out his window around 8 a.m., but by 10 a.m., the fire appeared to be largely put out. Delta police said they did not respond to the scene and referred questions to the Delta Fire Department. CTV News has contacted firefighters and BC Emergency Health Services for more information. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.IndiGo Mumbai-Istanbul flight cancelled due to glitch, airline provides alternative aircraft
Scott Bessent a credible, safe pick for Treasury: expertsTRAVEL New York can be a magical place for museumgoers. It also can be overwhelming and overcrowded at times, especially at the biggest, most famous museums. Luckily, the city has scores of great museums to choose from: Everything from small and quirky, to elegant gems housed in historic mansions, to preserved Lower East Side tenement apartments and hands-on experiences that might surprise even longtime New Yorkers. "Going to the Museum of Modern Art or the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the American Museum of Natural History is fantastic. But they can be like a big super-sized coff ee drink, while we're more like a cup of espresso," says Alex Kalman, director of two of the city's tiniest museums, Mmuseumm1 and Mmuseumm2. One is built into an old elevator shaft in a downtown alleyway. At other small museums you'll find a cozy, Viennese-style coffee shop; kosher Jewish comfort food; and edgy gift shops. You could view the chair that George Washington sat in before giving his inaugural address to Congress. Or you might make seltzer or solve math puzzles. Here's some of what's happening at NYC's "other" museums: This museum, housed in a 1914 Gilded Age mansion that was once home to society doyenne Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III, focuses on art and design from Austria and Germany. Its Cafe Sabarsky is a destination of its own, with 1912 upholstery, period decor, and a grand piano in the corner used for cabaret, chamber and classical music performances. On view now is "Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes" and "Austrian Masterworks from the Neue Galerie." Tucked inside the Fashion Institute of Technology, behind the big sculpture in front, is the city's only museum solely devoted to fashion. And it's free. Opening in February is "Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities," exploring connections between cabinets of curiosities and fashion. On view now are "Illit Azouley: Mere Things," the first solo exhibit in a U.S. museum dedicated to the Berlin-based artist, and "Engaging with History: Works from the Collection." Other displays include the "Tel Dan Stele," a 9th century BCE stone monument fragment containing the earliest mention of the royal House of David outside of the Bible. The gift shop features an impressive array of specialty gifts, including works by artist Oded Halahmy. There's a cafe with updated takes on traditional bagels, blintzes, herring and house-cured salmon. One of the city's two Smithsonian museums, the Cooper Hewitt focuses on innovative design. Its gift shop rivals MoMA's, and there's a private garden and small restaurant. The museum is housed in the former home of industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie.Completed in 1902, the mansion was the first in the U.S. to have a structural steel frame, and one of the first in the city to have a passenger elevator and central heating. It is now LEED-certified and features other cutting-edge technologies. A major exhibit on now, "Making Home: Smithsonian Design Triennial," explores design's role in shaping concepts of home, physically and emotionally. It sprawls over the entire mansion and will be on view through Aug. 10. The other Smithsonian in town, it's at the lower end of Manhattan inside the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House, now a city landmark. Admission is free, and current exhibitions include "Jeff rey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes," "Native New York" and "Infinity of Nations." The gift shop features authentic Native American art, crafts, apparel and jewelry from a wide representation of groups, in addition to books by and about Native Americans. With something for all ages, the Tenement Museum is housed in two preserved tenement buildings, one from 1863 and the other from 1888. Each apartment is a kind of time capsule, telling the story of a diff erent immigrant or migrant family who lived there. The museum also off ers walking tours of the neighborhood. "What is most unique about the Tenement Museum is that it shines the spotlight on 'ordinary people' — working-class families who never imagined they'd one day be the subject of a museum," says Tenement Museum President Annie Polland. A great way to learn more about the city's history, including the fact that Washington was inaugurated here. A permanent gallery on the fourth floor features a detailed recreation of the White House Oval Office in Washington, D.C., where presidents have worked since 1909. The Meet the Presidents Gallery traces, through artwork and objects, the evolution of the presidency and executive branch. Also on view is the chair from Washington's inauguration at Federal Hall, on Wall Street, the only presidential inauguration held in New York City. Other current exhibits include "Pets and the City," "Fred W. McDarrah: Pride and Protest." There's a permanent "Gallery of Tiff any Lamps." A hands-on museum with all kinds of math-oriented puzzles and thought-inspiring curiosities, like a tricycle with square wheels that rides smoothly on a zigzagged surface. In an exhibit called "Human Tree," visitors can make successively smaller images of themselves that combine to make a "fractal tree" that sways in response to their movements. An interactive museum and factory tour run in partnership with the city's oldest seltzer works, a family business now in its fourth generation. The museum, inside Brooklyn Seltzer Boys' active factory, is "dedicated to preserving and promoting the eff ervescent history of seltzer water," and celebrates "the manufacturing of seltzer, the science of seltzer, and seltzer as a cultural force in New York City and the world beyond." Not to mention, guests can spritz each other with seltzer.
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The NBA Cup has reached the final day of group play and on Tuesday, Dec. 3 the Orlando Magic face off with the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on TNT . Fans looking to watch this NBA game can do so for free by using DirecTV Stream, which offers a free trial or with SlingTV, which doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available . Max has plans starting at just $9.99/month , and includes movies, original series and more. Both squads are 3-0 in the NBA Cup and the winner will earn an automatic bid into the knockout round. The Magic currently have the best point differential in the league in NBA Cup games and would still have a shot to advance even with a loss while the Knicks will be eliminated with a defeat because the Boston Celtics already have a better point differential with a 3-1 record. Who: Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks When: Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. EST Where: Madison Square Garden in New York Stream: Sling ; DirecTV Stream ; MAX What is DirecTV Stream? DirecTV Stream offers practically everything DirecTV provides, except for a remote and a streaming device to connect to your television. Sign up now and get three free months of premium channels including MAX , Paramount+ with SHOWTIME and Starz. What is SlingTV? SlingTV offers a variety of live programing ranging from news and sports and starting as low as $20 a month for your first month. Subscribers also get a month of DVR Plus free if they sign up now. Choose from a variety of sports packages without long-term contracts and with easy cancelation. More College Football RELATED CONTENT: Analysis: The NBA’s 3-point craze is only getting crazier, with the Celtics leading the charge By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Make more 3-pointers than your opponent in this NBA era, and you’re likely to win. Make a lot more 3s than your opponent, and you’re almost certain to win. The Boston Celtics are clearly banking on that thinking as they seek back-to-back titles. All the 3-point numbers in the NBA are on the rise yet again, with the league on yet another record pace for both 3s made and 3s attempted. This can’t come as a surprise, given there’s been a steady rise in those numbers across the league for more than a decade. But the Celtics are relying upon the 3-pointer like no team in NBA history — on pace to smash the league records for 3s made and attempted in a season — and other teams are taking note of the approach. “When we’re at our best, you have to have an understanding,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “This is what we do. ... At the end of the day, we’re trying to be the best version of ourselves more than other people.” The best version of the Celtics is the version that includes them shooting it from deep and shooting it from there often. They’re not alone in that sort of thinking. Of the NBA’s 30 teams, 13 are on pace to shoot more 3s this season than they ever have before. “It helps, for sure, and our guys have really worked at that,” said Miami coach Erik Spoelstra, whose team is one of the 13 — along with Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio and Washington — on a franchise-record pace for 3-point attempts. “It all works together, though. It can’t just be 3s and it can’t just be paint attacks.” It’s silly to say that one stat — other than points, obviously — can dictate winning or losing, but it sure seems like an edge in 3-pointers made equates to victories. So far this season, the team that takes more 3-pointers in a game wins 53% of the time. The team that makes more 3-pointers wins 67% of the time. If a team makes five more 3s than its opponent, it wins 75% of the time. And if a team makes 10 more 3s than its opponent, game over: Those clubs, after the Celtics did it to the Heat on Monday, are now 31-0 this season. “Rhythm shots, catch-and-shoot 3s, open shots, you’ve got to be willing to take those,” Toronto coach Darko Rajaković said. “Players at this level, they spend so much time working on their shot — working in the offseason, working in-season — you’ve got to have confidence to take those shots.” Only two teams in league history — the 2018-19 Houston Rockets and 2020-21 Utah Jazz — have finished a season having gotten more points off 3-pointers than they did 2-pointers. That club is going to have a new member or two when this season is over. This is an example of how what Boston is doing is never-before-seen. The Celtics are getting 47% of their points off 3s and only 37% off 2s, an unprecedented difference. (And most of those 2s are at the rim.) Meanwhile, the Charlotte Hornets are getting 45% of points off 3s, 42% off 2s. It’s almost unheard of to be that 3-point reliant. The Jazz got 43% of their points on 3s in 2020-21, 42% on 2s. The Rockets got 42% of their points on 3s in 2018-19, 41% on 2s. Charlotte is in its first year under coach Charles Lee — who, it should be noted, coached in Boston last season under Mazzulla. It’s not a stretch to conclude that Lee brought the Boston-3-party mentality to Charlotte and gave his shooters a very green light. “We’re challenging them in a lot of different ways,” Lee said. There have been six instances entering this week of a player taking at least 18 3-pointers in a game this season. One was by Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton. Another was by Boston’s Jayson Tatum. The other four were by Charlotte players — three by LaMelo Ball (including the NBA’s first 20 3-point-attempt game this season) and the other by Brandon Miller. All this comes in an era where basically everybody is shooting 3s and has been for some time. The Heat had a game last week where Spoelstra played 10 players and all of them tried at least two 3s in a game. Of the top 200 scorers in the league this season in terms of total points, 95% of them have made at least one 3-pointer. And the 5% that aren’t in that group, they’re all post players who almost never venture outside the arc — guys like Ivica Zubac, Jakob Poeltl, Daniel Gafford, Jarrett Allen, Clint Capela and Rudy Gobert. Rajaković doesn’t see this increased 3-point reliance ending anytime soon. “If you make them, awesome, get back to the gym and work and get in more,” Rajaković said. “If you miss them, get back to the gym and work and get in more.” The Associated Press contributed to this article
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THE NOTION of surveillance cameras hovering over Newcastle Ocean Baths (NOB) and Merewether Ocean Baths (MOB) might send a shiver down the spines of the privacy-obsessed, diehard defenders of the invisible life. Login or signup to continue reading But CCTV at both ocean baths isn't about Big Brother or faceless technocrats sticking their nosey beaks into our seaside sanctuaries. It is about common sense, but it's also a tale of two Hunter councils - Newcastle and Lake Macquarie - and how those councils choose to respond to a few straightforward questions about CCTV. What is at stake here isn't a right to anonymity while baring arms in a public space, but the safety, security, and sanctity of the very places the community holds dear. What happens when a brawl breaks out? Or when a tourist's backpack vanishes with passports and cash? Or when perverts pervert? Or when, as was reported on the social media page of Friends of Newcastle Ocean Baths on December 16, a set of car keys, and subsequently the car they unlocked, were stolen. I asked the City of Newcastle (CN) and Lake Macquarie City Council (LMCC) three questions: (1) how many CCTV cameras have been installed by council and the locations of these cameras; (2) what policy council has regarding the installation and use of CCTV; and, (3) if I may have a copy of that policy? The response from a CN spokesperson was: "All NSW Councils are subject to State Government guidelines regarding CCTV, which states that 'CCTV can be effective in reducing crime if it is part of a broader crime prevention and community safety strategy. CCTV is not recommended as an isolated response to addressing crime in public spaces'." "City of Newcastle notes that while CCTV may assist NSW Police with prosecution, it does not prevent acts of theft or vandalism and its unregulated use at recreational facilities poses issues around privacy and cost. CCTV monitoring and evidence management for police investigations divert resources from core duties and ongoing technological upgrades are required at cost to councils. Therefore, it is not City of Newcastle's intent to install CCTV at either the Newcastle or Merewether Ocean Baths at this stage. Patrons can bring their own locks and use the lockers in the changerooms located at both ocean baths if they are concerned about the safety of their valuables. If you are a victim of crime, please contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000." I still don't know, and neither do you, if CN does, or does not, have CCTV. Perhaps the existing CCTV at Foreshore Park facing the new, under-construction amenities block was disconnected, as it may have been viewed by CN as an isolated response to crime prevention. Lord mayor Ross Kerridge told me he wanted to revisit CN's position on CCTV in the first quarter of 2025 and would seek community engagement around the matter. In contrast to CN's response, a LMCC spokesperson gave me a copy of their CCTV policy, which answered my questions and acknowledged that LMCC has "more than 50 CCTV cameras across the LGA, mostly installed for site security, monitoring of illegal rubbish dumping sites (these are temporary and are moved around as needed) or internally/at entranceways for building and visitor security (such as at our libraries, pools and cultural facilities). Council has CCTV cameras deployed to address antisocial behaviour at four sites across the city, at Charlestown, Toronto and Windale". I'm not advocating the placement of cameras at NOB and MOB on every light post and seagull perch. Recorded footage doesn't need to feed into some shadowy database to be analysed by artificial intelligence for signs of insurrection. Keep it local, keep it simple. Transparency is key; let the community know where the cameras are, what they're for, and how the footage will be used. CCTV is no silver bullet, but a way of saying "we see you," both to those who would do harm and to those who simply want to swim, and breathe the salty air without looking over their shoulders, or being told the only option when a crime occurs is to call CrimeStoppers. CCTV at our ocean baths is not about losing our freedom; it's about protecting it, one frame at a time. DAILY Today's top stories curated by our news team. Also includes evening update. WEEKDAYS Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation. WEEKLY The latest news, results & expert analysis. 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