Quotations by former President Jimmy CarterFormer President Jimmy Carter, March 25, 2014.Getty Images”My name is Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for president.” — Opening his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 15, 1976.”I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” — Interview published in the November 1976 issue of Playboy magazine.Democrat Jimmy Carter is sworn in by chief justice Earl Burger as the 39th president of the United States while first lady Rosalynn looks on, Washington DC, January 20, 1977.Hulton Archive | Getty Images”Because we are free we can…
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FOXBORO, Mass. — Jim Harbaugh burst into the locker room like the Kool-Aid Man. There was an open entrance, so he did not have to break down a wall. But considering the enthusiasm the Los Angeles Chargers coach was exuding, he probably could have shouldered through some drywall if necessary.Harbaugh was yelling one name while scanning the assembled Chargers coaches, players and staff.“Joe Hortiz?!”“Joe Hortiz?!”“Joe Hortiz?!”Harbaugh found his general manager near the exit. He beelined over and put a hand on Hortiz’s shoulder.“Give me a hug!” Harbaugh said. jim and joe 💙 pic.twitter.com/pNWV0rhxJn — Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) December 28,…
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up his Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10, 2002, in Oslo, Norway. During his acceptance speech, Carter urged others to work for peace.Arne Knudsen | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesJimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who became a U.S. president and a Nobel Prize-winning activist for peace and human rights, has died. He was 100.Carter’s post-presidency had been widely seen as more successful than his time in the White House, and he called it “more gratifying.” even into his 90s, crusading for human rights, writing books, building homes for the needy with his own…
ORLANDO — Wild Berry, Hot Fudge Sundae and Cinnamon Roll stood on stage waiting for Pop-Tarts Bowl MVP Rocco Becht to reach a fateful decision.Iowa State’s quarterback didn’t hesitate.“Well, I really like cinnamon rolls so when I heard about the choices that was my immediate go-to,” said Becht, who capped the Cyclones’ game-winning, 15-play, 84-yard touchdown drive on a one-yard dive into the end zone with 56 seconds left to beat Miami, 42-41, on Saturday.“It tasted better than I thought it was gonna taste.”With Donna Summer’s classic hit “Hot Stuff” booming through the speakers at Camping World Stadium, the mascot…
FOXBORO, Mass. — Jerod Mayo’s walk back to the locker room was slow. It was an eerie evening here. Foggy, dark, foreboding. Even though his tenure has lasted only 16 games, Mayo’s done this walk several times, the sulked retreat to the locker room after a performance that feels like rock bottom only for a new low to arrive.But this one feels different. This one really has to be rock bottom. The kind that leads to change.For weeks, the New England Patriots have signaled to every NFL insider with a cell phone that they really wanted Mayo to return for…
Life is challenging, but there are ways you can lighten your load and take control of some outcomes.Shunmyo Masuno, a Zen Buddhist monk devotes an entire section of his book, “How to Let Things Go,” to how you can avoid making things more difficult for yourself.Here are his four tips for using your energy wisely and making life just a little bit easier.4 ways to make your life less difficult1. Think positively as often as possibleIt may be hard to look on the bright side of things when you’re experiencing challenges and setbacks, but “will spending lots of time worrying help?”…
Expectations are a dangerous thing.Nobody knows that more than NBA coaches, and we had our latest example Friday when the Coach of the Year Curse came after Mike Brown. The Sacramento Kings deposed him as head coach on Friday, a little more than two years after taking over a 30-win team that had an NBA-record 16-season playoff drought and failing to lead them to a championship.I kid … slightly. Arguably, there were reasons here, and the Kings front office knows more about what was happening behind the scenes than you or me. As near as anyone can tell, this was…
Self-driving vehicle startups are all the rage. Goldman Sachs thinks newly public China-based autonomous driving firm Pony AI could be ahead of the curve. The firm initiated Pony AI with a buy rating and $19.60 price target, which implies nearly 43% potential upside ahead from Friday’s close. Its shares are up more than 5% this month as investors have piled into the stock since Pony AI debuted on the Nasdaq on Nov. 27 through an initial public offering, which raised approximately $260 million and priced the company at $13 per share. Goldman was one of the offering’s underwriters. Pony AI,…
CINCINNATI — The moment Tee Higgins caught the game-winning 3-yard touchdown pass from Joe Burrow in overtime, he heaved his third touchdown reception high into the air as a cathartic release.For Higgins, however, as he was surrounded by his teammates, flashing a confident glare with diamonds on his teeth shining off the flashing Paycor Stadium lights, this moment wasn’t merely about Bengals 30, Broncos 24.No, this moment was about so much more. It was about everything.“It’s the best feeling ever,” Higgins said.GO DEEPERBurrow keeps Bengals playoff hopes alive in wild 30-24 OT win over Broncos: TakeawaysThis feeling was about a…
Tanese Orr and her husband, Robert Lashley, had lived in New York City’s public housing for over 20 years when Orr entered the city’s housing lottery.”I applied for the homeownership aspect because I was already renting and didn’t want to leave an apartment for another apartment,” Orr tells CNBC Make It.Since 2015, the Small Homes Rehab-NYCHA Program has facilitated the purchase, rehabilitation and sale of FHA-foreclosed homes under NYCHA’s ownership to first-time homeowners.61 homes have been renovated and sold to low- and moderate-income families since 2015.In November 2022, three years after signing up, Orr logged into her Housing Connect profile…
