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Oct. 11—The quilt displays dozens of balloons with a howling coyote gazing up at the sky from the corner.Every year at Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the New Mexico Quilters Association raffles away a quilt themed for the event.This year, the quilt “A Howling View” was a group effort, with 14 people working on it for 976 hours. It was designed by long-term NMQA member Cheryl Glandon.She said her design was inspired by coyotes because she had never seen a fiesta quilt with a coyote on it. Coyotes are found throughout New Mexico, including in Albuquerque, and they have a long-running…

The UN mission in Lebanon has faced four attacks over the past days, including three by the Israeli military, Andrea Tenenti has said The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) believes that the recent Israeli attacks on its positions have been “deliberate,” the spokesman for the peacekeepers, Andrea Tenenti, told RT on Friday. The force faced a total of four attacks over the last two days that resulted in four injuries, the official said.At least three attacks were confirmed as having been launched by Israel, Teneti said, adding that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) targeted the mission’s communication systems,…

Out of the world’s top 15 growth hubs, 14 are forecast to be located in Asia, according to the Growth Hub Index 2024 by British real estate service Savills.These cities have been identified as set to develop particularly quickly by 2033, based on indicators measuring rising wealth, expanding economies and the potential for new development and business expansion.As the following chart, via Statista;’s Anna Fleck, shows, four Indian cities feature in the top 10, with Bengaluru in the top position. It is followed by Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and India’s Delhi.You will find more infographics at StatistaSeveral reasons are cited…

Screenshot of people wearing masks via DavidjHarrisJr on X California’s Bay Area has reissued a limited mask mandate as COVID-19 and flu cases are rising. The San Fransisco Chronicle reported that the limited mask mandate would require masks to be worn in skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. The Bay Area counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Napa issued the mandate. The mandate will officially go into effect on November 1 and last through March 2025. You won’t believe this (maybe you will), but mask mandates are back in certain counties in California. This…

It’s been eight years since Alexander-Arnold made his Liverpool debut.CameraSport via Getty Images Should I stay or should I go? It’s the question Liverpool’s omnipotent full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has likely been mulling over ever since his contract with the Reds started to run down. Presently, the 26-year-old has just over eight months left on his deal and, once January comes, can enter conversations with suitors over a transfer away from his boyhood club. That he and Liverpool haven’t made a breakthrough—publicly, anyway—regarding an extension raises doubts about his future at Anfield. Meanwhile, the carrot dangling before Alexander-Arnold’s eyes is Real…

Comedian Trevor claimed Thursday that the Hamas terror attack of October 7, in which 1200 Israelis were killed, was like the Boston Tea Party, because without context, both events could be said to be carried out by “terrorists.” The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was controversial, even among those sympathetic to the cause. Benjamin Franklin opposed it because it involved the destruction of private property. Yet no human being was physically harmed by it. Noah expressed his view during a podcast with author Ta-Nehisi Coates, who was questioned by CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil this week about his views on the…

The conservative Frontiers of Freedom Action super PAC continues to pound Democrats over the party’s anti-Catholic stances, taking on U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) in a tightening race in Arizona. As Breitbart news has reported, Frontiers of Freedom has been attacking Democrats over Catholic issues across the southwest and in Rust Belt states. Now, a new ad specifically targets Gallego, who is facing Republican Kari Lake. In a press release, Frontiers of Freedom Action said: The ad [above] calls out the Arizona media for giving Gallego a “free ride” … [and] features a stark screenshot of the front…

(Bloomberg) — New Zealand’s government said it will loosen investment rules in a bid to attract more foreign capital and boost productivity growth.Most Read from BloombergThe Overseas Investment Act will be amended next year to reverse the presumption that putting money into New Zealand is a privilege and that investors must justify their transaction to the government, Associate Finance Minister David Seymour said Saturday in Wellington.“The new starting point is that investment can proceed unless there is an identified risk to New Zealand’s interests,” he said.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranks New Zealand’s foreign direct investment rules as…

Donald Trump intensified his politics of nativism and xenophobia on Friday by announcing a sweeping plan to deport Venezuelans he claimed have “infected” a once-peaceful city in Colorado.The Republican presidential nominee held a campaign rally in Aurora on a stage adorned with posters displaying mugshots of people in prison-orange uniforms with descriptions including “illegal immigrant gang members from Venezuela”.Trump told the crowd: “I’m announcing today that, upon taking office, we will have an ‘Operation Aurora’ at the federal level to expedite the removals of these savage gangs.” He pledged to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law that allows…

Oct. 11—Professors can make or break your college experience.Niche, a data-ranking school website, recently ranked universities with the best professors.Factors contributing to the rankings include student surveys on professors, professor salary index, student-faculty ratio, and more. Read about the different factors and how they impact the rankings.One of the schools that made the ranking was the University of New Mexico at No. 32.Here are the Top 25 schools:Yale University (New Haven, CT)Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)Brown University (Providence, RI)Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)Georgetown University (Washington, DC)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)Columbia University (New York, NY)Emory University (Atlanta, GA)Vanderbilt…