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Opinion: CU’s deal with PointsBet shows sports betting’s insidious reach

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

Do you want a sure bet?I’m wagering that the United States Supreme Court has turned America into one big casino.We are in the middle of the largest and fastest expansion of legal gambling in the nation’s history, which is quite possibly, as some say, the next opioid crisis.Wouldn’t you know it? A recent article from the Associated Press reminded us that PointsBet has an exclusive agreement with the University of Colorado, suggesting that students are targets who want to bet.“I struggle with any kind of predatory marketing, whether it’s cigarettes or alcohol,” said B. David Ridpath, a professor of sports administration at Ohio University. “You can make the same argument with gambling.”Online sports betting has put casinos in the pockets of millions of Americans, exacerbating the risk of gambling addiction and threatening a flood of bankruptcies and suicides.Experts blame the rapid growth on the fact that over 46 states have already passed laws that allow sports gambling to flourish, ...

Colorado mountain snowpack beating 30-year norm as spring nears — except for Arkansas River Basin

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

Colorado mountain snowpack measured above normal in early March, a few weeks before the closely watched seasonal peak, except in the Arkansas River Basin, where lagging snow could lead to low water flows.The snowpack tracked by federal snow surveyors appeared relatively promising with the latest data showing the overall statewide level at 120% of the norm, which is based on a 30-year average between 1991 and 2020. In particular, watersheds that feed the heavily-tapped Colorado River held above-average snow, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service snow survey data.“We still have a little bit more of winter to go, and then we will have the early spring and early summer precipitation that could still give us a boost. If we do get a good spring, things could get better,” snow survey supervisor Brian Domonkos said.“But things could go the other way, too.”Snow on Colorado’s mountains typically peaks between March...

Feast on fowl and fire at Colorado’s first Nashville hot chicken joint

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

Music City Hot Chicken claims to be the first Nashville hot chicken restaurant to open in Colorado.“Before we opened, we did some research, and outside of having a Nashville-style sandwich on the menu, we didn’t come across any specialty restaurants,” co-owner Sam Graf said.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Who makes the best hot chicken sandwich in Denver? Vote in our annual food bracket challenge. Restaurants, Food and Drink | Who makes the best hot chicken sandwich in Denver? Help us decide. Restaurants, Food and Drink | Denver’s best spicy chicken sandwich: Vote in the Sweet 16 round of our March Madness food bracket Graf, 38, and his older brother Jordan, 40, opened Music City Hot Chicken at 111 W. Prospect Road in their hometown of Fort Collins in 2016. Sam had frequently visited a friend in Nashville over the years, fallen in love with the city’s spicy style of chicken, and then developed his own recipe so he d...

Mexican cartel issues apparent apology, turns over five 'kidnappers' of Americans

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

A Mexican cartel blamed for the kidnapping of four Americans last week appeared to issue an apology and turned over five of its own members to authorities for their alleged role in the abduction, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.“We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” said the letter, which claimed to be from the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel, per the AP.The letter was reportedly accompanied by a photo of five men bound and laying face-down on the pavement. One state official confirmed to the AP that five men had been found tied up inside a car with the letter.The news outlet obtained the letter from a Tamaulipas state law enforcement official.The four Americans were traveling to Mexico for a medical procedure last Friday when they were kidnapped by a group of armed men just after they crossed the border in Matamoros....

R&R With CBD Therapy

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

View the original article about R&R With CBD Therapy at CBD Candy.CBD is a compound derived from the cannabis sativa plant. CBD is known to provide many health benefits to its users. The popularity of this compound as a solution for dealing with various medical illnesses and their associated symptoms has contributed to the emergence of different kinds of rest and rejuvenation therapies using CBD products. Let us take a look at how CBD can be beneficial in helping a person with recovery and rehabilitation.CBD As A Relaxing AgentCBD is a compound known to induce a state of relaxation in its users. The compound interacts with the endocannabinoid system of our body, resulting in a state of calm for an extended period. While many other compounds derived from the cannabis sativa plant are known to help people relax and feel peaceful, most of them are associated with pushing the user into a state of extended euphoria. Some compounds from the same plant family are notorious for their te...

Ready for the Big One? Homeowners in these Bay Area cities can apply for money to prepare for earthquakes

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

The Big One is coming. And thousands of homes across the Bay Area aren’t ready for it.If your house is among those that aren’t yet earthquake-safe, you may qualify for a new state program to help pay for seismic retrofits. Starting in late April, homeowners in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco can apply for grants to reinforce single-family homes with a vulnerable “soft story” on the ground floor.The most common example is an older house with a garage below the main living area, said Janiele Maffei, chief mitigation officer for the California Earthquake Authority, the agency overseeing the program.“You’ve taken out all the elements that resist earthquake forces — and that’s the walls,” she said.Many soft-story houses can be reinforced with steel or wood, but homeowners often balk at the hefty price tag — which can range from $14,000 to $27,000, Maffei said. The new pilot program, using $5 million in federal funding, is se...

49ers free agency: Time to pay up for a tight end to complement Kittle

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

When it comes to splurging on a tight end, the 49ers wisely did so with George Kittle in 2020.When it comes to free agency, they consistently avoid such spending.Perhaps that changes this shopping season.Adding a No. 2 tight end is an annual chore that seemingly fails to deliver, all due respect to Ross Dwelley’s sure hands and Charlie Woerner’s special teams value.Tyler Kroft’s one-year, $1.2 million deal last May was the largest given to a free agent tight end since Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch took command in 2017. Other one-year duds since then: Logan Paulsen (2017), Levine Toilolo (2018), and Jordan Reed (2020).Next month’s draft supposedly offers a deep pool of tight ends, which could tempt the 49ers to burn their free agent dollars elsewhere. Here is how that marketplace looks:WHO’S HEREKittleKittle had a career-high 11 touchdown catches in his sixth season, after missing the opening two games with a groin injury. He made his fourth Pro Bowl and drew All-Pro Second-Team honor...

Draymond Green-Dillon Brooks feud heats up but Warriors still don’t view Grizzlies as rivals

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

MEMPHIS — Dillon Brooks did his best to elicit a reaction out of Draymond Green Thursday night, but the Warriors star wouldn’t bite.After a week of the two exchanging verbal jabs to add even more fuel to what was already expected to be a hot Western Conference semifinals rematch in Memphis, Brooks saw an opportunity to get in the face of the Warriors player he said he hates the most.Brooks picked off an ill-advised Warriors’ pass and took it around Green for a finger-roll layup in the final minute of the second quarter. The Grizzlies wing celebrated the basket that put his team up 17 points by bumping into Green and barking in his ear.Brooks expected Green to talk back more. But Green, who’s one technical foul shy from a suspension, knew there was too much at risk to lose his temper in a moment like that.“He thought he would bait me like he gets baited,” Green said after the Warriors’ 131-110 collapse. “I get technical fouls when I want to g...

Editorial: Make California’s state superintendent of schools an appointed position

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

California should join 38 other states in making its state superintendent of public schools an appointed post.Legislation introduced by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, seeks to do away with the elective position that has been embedded in the state Constitution since 1849. If approved by two-thirds of the Legislature, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 9 would be put before voters on a statewide ballot in 2024.California has considerable work to do to improve its lagging K-12 scores. But for the past 28 years, the superintendent of public instruction has been a former member of the Legislature looking to use the job as a steppingstone to higher office. It would be refreshing for a governor to appoint an experienced education administrator to lead the California Department of Education.The only significant educational experience current Superintendent Tony Thurmond had before first being elected in 2018 was as a member of the board of the West Contra Costa Unified School Di...

Hundreds more tech, biotech layoffs hit Bay Area, Google real estate ally cuts jobs

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:14:46 GMT

About 600 more tech and biotech layoffs rocked the Bay Area job market in a fresh round of cutbacks that suggest the staffing reductions in the region have yet to run their course, new state government filings show.Four tech companies, two biotech firms and a real estate ally of Google that’s been jolted by the search giant’s development slowdown are among the most recent firms to reveal layoff plans to the Employment Development Department.Here are the details for the latest staffing reduction plans reported to the EDD through an array of WARN notices:Atlassian decided to cut 268 jobs in San Francisco, effective May 5. The software company rebalanced its workforce to focus on new opportunities.KLA is eliminating 72 jobs in Milpitas on or around May 8. The semiconductor company is among the companies caught up in a downturn in the chip sector.Lendlease is cutting 67 positions in Sunnyvale as of April 28. The company is a development firm that is Google’s developmen...