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Continuously optimize user experience, Baijiayun's live and on-demand products complete autumn upgradeFast reflexes are crucial in martial arts, where milliseconds can determine victory or defeat. African martial arts amplify this aspect with unique drills emphasizing agility, precision, and rapid decision-making. Perfect for individuals looking to sharpen their reaction times in martial arts or high-speed sports, these practices offer a fresh perspective rooted in ancient traditions and dynamic techniques. Mastering the basics with stick fighting Stick fighting is a fundamental component of many African martial arts and a fantastic tool for honing your reflexes. The basic drill is simple: two partners square off with sticks, one launching attacks while the other focuses on defense and counterstrikes. This exercise sharpens anticipation and reaction time as you need to read your opponent's intentions quickly to mount a successful defense. Incorporating Capoeira movements for agility Capoeira may be Brazilian, but its origins extend to African combat games, which were introduced by enslaved Africans. It's not your typical martial art - it blends dance, acrobatics, and music into a mesmerizing display of athleticism. Training in Capoeira movements significantly enhances reflex speed due to the rapid directional changes and high coordination demands. The continuous motion and rhythmic flow condition practitioners for instinctual response mechanisms. Speed training with shadow boxing Shadow boxing isn't unique to African martial arts, but it's a staple in training routines because it significantly improves reflex speed. Practitioners spar with an imaginary opponent, punching and dodging the air. It offers a way to build speed without requiring equipment or a partner. Plus, it's great for footwork and learning to anticipate strikes from an opponent. Reaction drills using traditional drum beats Music is central to many African cultures, even extending to martial arts where traditional drum beats guide the rhythm of exercises. Drills that require responding to sudden changes in drum rhythm improve reflexes by necessitating quick adjustments in movement or attack direction. This element of unpredictability keeps fighters on their toes, literally, and significantly increases their reflex speed. Enhancing reflexes through sparring sessions Sparring is the secret ingredient in any martial art training recipe for reflexes. In African martial arts, sparring sessions blend stick fighting strikes, Capoeira movements, and traditional rhythms into a free-form combat dance. This dynamic environment pushes you to translate your knowledge into action against a constantly changing human adversary - a surefire way to forge lightning-fast reflexes!
Seibert misses an extra point late as the Commanders lose their 3rd in a row, 34-26 to the Cowboys LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Austin Seibert missed his second extra point of the game with 21 seconds left after Washington’s Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin connected on an 86-yard touchdown, Dallas’ Juanyeh Thomas returned the ensuing onside kick attempt for a touchdown, and the Cowboys pulled out a 34-26 victory Sunday that extended the Commanders’ skid to three games. Seibert was wide left on the point-after attempt following a bad snap. On the ensuing onside kick attempt, Juanyeh Thomas returned it 43 yards for a touchdown as the Cowboys ended their losing streak at five in improbable fashion. Earlier in the fourth quarter, KaVonte Turpin returned a kickoff 99 yards for a TD. Sam Darnold leads game-winning drive in OT and Vikings beat Bears 30-27 after blowing late lead CHICAGO (AP) — Sam Darnold threw for 90 of his 330 yards in overtime to set up Parker Romo’s game-ending 29-yard field goal, and the Minnesota Vikings outlasted the Chicago Bears 30-27 after giving up 11 points in the final 22 seconds of regulation. Darnold threw two touchdown passes, Jordan Addison caught eight passes for a career-high 162 yards and a touchdown, and T.J. Hockenson had 114 yards receiving for the Vikings, who remained one game behind Detroit in the rugged NFC North. Caleb Williams threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears, who lost their fifth straight. Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs win at the buzzer again, topping Panthers 30-27 on Shrader's field goal CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns, Spencer Shrader kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Carolina Panthers 30-27 to reach double-digit wins for the 10th straight season. The Chiefs bounced back from last week’s 30-21 loss at Buffalo and won at the buzzer yet again in a season of narrow escapes. Noah Brown caught two TD passes and DeAndre Hopkins also had a touchdown catch. Bryce Young finished 21 of 35 for 262 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. No. 1 South Carolina women stunned by fifth-ranked UCLA 77-62, ending Gamecocks' 43-game win streak LOS ANGELES (AP) — Londynn Jones scored 15 points and fifth-ranked UCLA stunned No. 1 South Carolina 77-62. The Gamecocks' overall 43-game winning streak and their run of 33 consecutive road victories were snapped. The Gamecocks, who fell to 5-1, lost for the first time since April 2023. Te-Hina Paopao scored 18 points for South Carolina. The Bruins knocked off a No. 1 team for the first time in school history. The Bruins dominated from start to finish and their defense prevented the Gamecocks from making any sustained scoring runs. AP Top 25: Alabama, Mississippi out of top 10 and Miami, SMU are in; Oregon remains unanimous No. 1 Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC. Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth straight week and Ohio State, Texas and Penn State held their places behind the Ducks. The shuffling begins at No. 5, where Notre Dame returned for the first time since Week 2 after beating Army for its ninth straight win. No. 6 Georgia moved up two spots, No. 7 Tennessee and No. 8 Miami rose three and No. 9 SMU jumped four places. Indiana dropped from No. 5 to No. 10 following its first loss. Thitikul finishes eagle-birdie to win CME Group Tour Championship and claim record $4M prize NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Down by two shots with two holes to play, Jeeno Thitikul knew exactly what was needed to capture the biggest prize in women’s golf history. And a eagle-birdie finish for the second straight day made it happen. Thitikul claimed the record-setting $4 million first-place check by winning the CME Group Tour Championship on Sunday. It was the biggest money prize in women’s golf history. Thitikul shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday and finished the week at 22 under, one shot ahead of Angel Yin (66). Yin had a two-shot lead walking to the 17th tee, only to wind up settling for the $1 million runner-up check. From Maui to the Caribbean, college hoops' Thanksgiving tournaments a beloved part of the sport College basketball is ready for its Thanksgiving Week closeup. The schedule is full of early season tournaments that could create buzzworthy marquee matchups. And many of those come in warm-weather locations. The Maui Invitational in Hawaii turns 40 years old this year. It opens Monday with a field that includes two-time reigning national champion and second ranked UConn. The Battle 4 Atlantis men's tournament in the Bahamas opens Wednesday. It has a field topped by No. 3 Gonzaga. There are also multiple women's events in the Bahamas featuring ranked teams, including the fourth Atlantis women's tournament. Jannik Sinner leads Italy past the Netherlands for its second consecutive Davis Cup title MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Jannik Sinner clinched Italy's second consecutive Davis Cup title and capped his breakthrough season at the top of tennis by beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (2), 6-2 for a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the final of the team competition in Malaga, Spain. Matteo Berrettini won Sunday's opening singles match 6-4, 6-2 against Botic van de Zandschulp. The Italians are the first country to win the Davis Cup twice in a row since the Czech Republic in 2012 and 2013. The No. 1-ranked Sinner stretched his unbeaten streak in singles to 14 matches and 26 sets. Netherlands reached the Davis Cup final for the first time. Verstappen still manages to win 4th straight F1 title in one of worst seasons of his Red Bull career LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Verstappen won an unbelievable 19 races last season that included an incredible streak of 10 in a row in what would arguably go down as one of the greatest years in Formula 1 history. And yet it is this year’s eight-win season — his lowest victory total since 2020 — that Verstappen considers a career-defining campaign. Those eight wins were enough to win him a fourth consecutive F1 championship on Saturday night with his easy drive at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The championship made Verstappen only the sixth driver in F1 history to win four or more titles. Maverick McNealy birdies the last hole at Sea Island to finally become PGA Tour winner ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Maverick McNealy is finally a winner on the PGA Tour, and it took a shot he won't soon forget. McNealy was part of a four-way tie for the lead when he drilled a 6-iron to 5 feet on the final hole at Sea Island for birdie and a 68. That gave him a one-shot victory over Daniel Berger, Nico Echavarria and Florida State sophomore Luke Clanton. Berger and Henrik Norlander moved into the top 125 to keep full PGA Tour cards for next year. Clanton continued to show his promise. It was his second runner-up finish and fourth top 10 this year.The Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ) launched a week of action called :Au TAL, ça va mal,” at a press conference Monday. The organization denounced what it deems to be a “serious dysfunction” at the provincial housing tribunal (TAL) and demanded better access to justice for tenants. They say that only 12 per cent of files being processed are from renters — the other 88 per cent are from landlords. “At the creation of the Régis du Logement, [the number of complaints] was about 50/50. At first, tenants had more confidence in the institution. But over the years, because it’s very difficult for tenants to go through all the procedures,” stated Cédric Dussault, a spokesperson for the RCLALQ. In a series of speeches, members of the panel discussed the ways in which the TAL’s current administrative procedures are negatively affecting tenants. The speakers focused on long processing times, the use of legal jargon that prevents from keeping up with new laws and correct procedures, and the psychological impact tenant’s face when confronted with landlord issues such as harassment. The TAL is the provincial authority on housing law, it handles disputes between tenants and landlords, like rent increases, lease conditions, noise and repairs. One of the things the RCLALQ demanded is to reinstate walk-in appointments for people in need of help. The Syndicat de la Fonction Publique et Parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) claims that only eight per cent of phone calls are answered. RCLALQ called out the long wait times over the phone, which they said are on average 17 minutes, and that in-person meetings are available by appointment only since the pandemic. It takes more than a month to get an in-person appointment. Those appointments must be taken through an online platform, which might be difficult for those who are not proficient with technology, or don’t have access to it. As well, Dussault stated that some landlords don’t cash some renters’ rent cheques and proceed to open a file with the TAL, saying that the tenants never paid their rent. They do this with the intent to evict their current tenants and replace them with new ones who will pay higher rent. Dussault says he believes this problem stems from the TAL’s lenience towards landlords: he says the tribunal doesn’t ask for proof from landlords but is much stricter with renters who are caught off guard. “A lot of landlords are abusing the procedures at the Tribunal Administratif du Logement [TAL]. A lot of landlords are systematically taking the tenants to the [Tribunal du] Logement. And they are not interested in a conciliation. They use the procedures as a threat over their tenants,” said Dussault. Members of the panel also noted other instances of TAL favoritism towards landlords, mainly in processing times. According to the TAL’s for 2023-2024 non-payment of rent complaints are given a first hearing in an average time of 1.7 months, whereas urgent civil causes such as sanitary issues and harassment, take about 1.9 months. The target time for both was set at 1.5 months. Priority civil causes and general civil causes’ delays are of around 5.8 and 6.4 months respectively. Comparing the data to the findings of the 2022-2023 annual report, the average time to obtain a first court hearing increased for all types of civil complaints, while non-payment and fixation of rent processing times decreased. In a statement to CityNews, TAL Communications officer Denis Miron wrote that “It’s too early to consider changes to the organization of work in the citizen information service. Waiting times for appointments vary from day to day. Appointment management is dynamic and depends on the availability of resources and cancellations that occur at any time. In 2023-2024, the Tribunal received 91,006 requests. Requests are scheduled according to their level of urgency, based on the facts alleged and the conclusions sought. Each request is read and analyzed.” Spencer Nault, an administrator for the Association des Juristes Progressites (AJP), highlighted the fact that these long wait times, coupled with the anxiety about appearing in court, can quickly take a mental toll on tenants. “I know it’s really hard to keep calm in these types of situations because, you might lose your housing situation. But, there’s people that really want to help,” said Nault. Nault also acknowledged the financial burden tenants face to hire legal help for the hearing. They believe this can cause more emotional distress, given that the tenant now has to prepare will have to defend themselves in court with no legal representation. “The financial impact of someone that goes to the TAL can be really heavy if they hire a lawyer. [...] [If] there is a real estate company that has a more than a billion dollars, so they have a lot of money to hire a lawyer if they need one and bring a lot of people in front of the TAL and a tenant doesn’t have normally like a billion of dollar to go in front of the TAL.” Meanwhile, the union representing 180 of the TAL’s information officers says that the $6.2 million of carved out for the TAL in Quebec’s economic update last week is not enough. “The amount, the 6. 2 million, is only for the next four years. And it’s also for The operation of Tribunal de la Mains, it’s not for the people or to get more workers or members of our union on the field for the people who are asking for help,” said Christian Daigle, president of the SFPQ. “It would help our members right now who are understaffed and they are really under pressure to answer all these demands, They know that these people need our help and that’s why they are feeling so bad right now because they’re not able to respond to them in a right amount of time.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefining what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. It's been in place for decades and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the U.S. on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country. It's not the practice of every country, and Trump and his supporters have argued that the system is being abused and that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen. But others say this is a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, it would be extremely difficult to overturn and even if it's possible, it's a bad idea. Here's a look at birthright citizenship, what Trump has said about it and the prospects for ending it: During an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Trump said he “absolutely” planned to halt birthright citizenship once in office. “We’re going to end that because it’s ridiculous,” he said. Trump and other opponents of birthright citizenship have argued that it creates an incentive for people to come to the U.S. illegally or take part in “birth tourism,” in which pregnant women enter the U.S. specifically to give birth so their children can have citizenship before returning to their home countries. “Simply crossing the border and having a child should not entitle anyone to citizenship,” said Eric Ruark, director of research for NumbersUSA, which argues for reducing immigration. The organization supports changes that would require at least one parent to be a permanent legal resident or a U.S. citizen for their children to automatically get citizenship. Others have argued that ending birthright citizenship would profoundly damage the country. “One of our big benefits is that people born here are citizens, are not an illegal underclass. There’s better assimilation and integration of immigrants and their children because of birthright citizenship,” said Alex Nowrasteh, vice president for economic and social policy studies at the pro-immigration Cato Institute. In 2019, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that 5.5 million children under age 18 lived with at least one parent in the country illegally in 2019, representing 7% of the U.S. child population. The vast majority of those children were U.S. citizens. The nonpartisan think tank said during Trump’s campaign for president in 2015 that the number of people in the country illegally would “balloon” if birthright citizenship were repealed, creating “a self-perpetuating class that would be excluded from social membership for generations.” In the aftermath of the Civil War, Congress ratified the 14th Amendment in July 1868. That amendment assured citizenship for all, including Black people. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” the 14th Amendment says. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” But the 14th Amendment didn't always translate to everyone being afforded birthright citizenship. For example, it wasn't until 1924 that Congress finally granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. A key case in the history of birthright citizenship came in 1898, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrants, was a U.S. citizen because he was born in the states. The federal government had tried to deny him reentry into the county after a trip abroad on grounds he wasn’t a citizen under the Chinese Exclusion Act. But some have argued that the 1898 case clearly applied to children born of parents who are both legal immigrants to America but that it's less clear whether it applies to children born to parents without legal status or, for example, who come for a short-term like a tourist visa. “That is the leading case on this. In fact, it’s the only case on this,” said Andrew Arthur, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports immigration restrictions. “It’s a lot more of an open legal question than most people think.” Some proponents of immigration restrictions have argued the words “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the 14th Amendment allows the U.S. to deny citizenship to babies born to those in the country illegally. Trump himself used that language in his 2023 announcement that he would aim to end birthright citizenship if reelected. Trump wasn't clear in his Sunday interview how he aims to end birthright citizenship. Asked how he could get around the 14th Amendment with an executive action, Trump said: “Well, we’re going to have to get it changed. We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.” Pressed further on whether he'd use an executive order, Trump said “if we can, through executive action." He gave a lot more details in a 2023 post on his campaign website . In it, he said he would issue an executive order the first day of his presidency, making it clear that federal agencies “require that at least one parent be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident for their future children to become automatic U.S. citizens.” Trump wrote that the executive order would make clear that children of people in the U.S. illegally “should not be issued passports, Social Security numbers, or be eligible for certain taxpayer funded welfare benefits.” This would almost certainly end up in litigation. Nowrasteh from the Cato Institute said the law is clear that birthright citizenship can’t be ended by executive order but that Trump may be inclined to take a shot anyway through the courts. “I don’t take his statements very seriously. He has been saying things like this for almost a decade," Nowrasteh said. "He didn’t do anything to further this agenda when he was president before. The law and judges are near uniformly opposed to his legal theory that the children of illegal immigrants born in the United States are not citizens." Trump could steer Congress to pass a law to end birthright citizenship but would still face a legal challenge that it violates the Constitution. Associated Press reporter Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report.South Florida defeats Portland 74-68
PHILADELPHIA — The Magic received a gut-wrenching injury update upon their return to Orlando early Saturday morning. Magic forward Franz Wagner has been diagnosed with a torn right oblique, the Orlando Sentinel learned. Wagner, who suffered the injury during the Magic’s 102-94 loss against the 76ers on Friday night, will be out indefinitely and his return to play will depend on how he responds to treatment. He will be re-evaluated in four weeks, president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman announced, confirming the Sentinel’s reporting. ESPN first shared word of the injury. It’s also the same torn right abdominal injury Wagner’s star counterpart Paolo Banchero suffered at Chicago on Oct. 30. Banchero has missed the last 20 games and Wagner had stepped up in his absence while playing at an All-Star level. On Friday, he recorded 30-plus points for the third straight and eighth contest of the season. Orlando had gone on two separate six-game win streaks in the time since Banchero suffered his injury. Now coach Jamahl Mosley will have to navigate a challenging stretch of the season without his two top players available. The Magic host Phoenix on Sunday. ©2024 Orlando Sentinel. Visit orlandosentinel.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.I'm A Celebrity fans 'need' Dean McCullogh to leave first as they all say same thing about him
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Bucky Irving is making Todd Bowles’ decision much harder each week. The rookie running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers isn’t the starter, but many people think he should be in the starting lineup, especially after his performance during the Buccaneers’ 30-7 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. Irving, the Buccaneers’ leading rusher, added to his case of being the named the starter following a career day against the Giants. Irving rushed for a career-high 87 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries while also catching six passes for 64 yards. Irving’s 151 yards from scrimmage were also a career-high. Irving provided the Buccaneers’ highlight of the game with a electrifying 56-yard run in the fourth quarter. The run was the longest of Irving’s brief career and the tied for the longest run of the season by a Tampa Bay running back. “I pretty much be seeing the whole field before I get the ball,” Irving told reporters after the game. “I just take a pre-snap (look) at what the defense is lined up in and then my instincts just kick in after that.” Irving leads the team in rushing with 579 yards and five touchdowns on 108 carries. He leads all rookies in rushing touchdowns and his 5.4 yards per carry ranks seventh in the NFL among qualified players. He also leads the team with four runs of at least 20 yards. He entered the league with a reputation of forcing missed tackles and he has forced 55 missed tackles, ranking seventh in the league. The conclusion among many Tampa Bay fans is Irving should be the starter, but Bowles has continued to start Rachaad White, with the reasoning that White is a better pass receiver and better in pass protection. However, Irving is continuing to improve as a receiver - he had a career-best 32-yard catch against the Giants - and his blocking in passing situations is also getting better. Irving now has more than 800 total yards from scrimmage and the all-around game has helped him attract attention for the Rookie of the Year award. Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels is presumed to be the frontrunner, but Denver quarterback Bo Nix is gaining ground. Irving probably won’t win the award, but he is making a strong case as the best rookie running back in the league.Patriots players heard, disagree with ‘Fire Mayo’ chants
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For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. Doctors are included in an insurer’s network one year but not the next. Getting someone on the phone to help can be next to impossible. Coverage of care and prescriptions is often unceremoniously denied. > Philadelphia news 24/7: Watch NBC10 free wherever you are This week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has unleashed a wave of public feeling — exasperation, anger, resentment, helplessness — from Americans sharing personal stories of interactions with insurance companies, often seen as faceless corporate giants. In particular, the words written on ammunition found at the shooting scene — “delay,” “deny” and “depose,” echoing a phrase used to describe how insurers dodge claim payouts — amplified voices that have long been critical of the industry. “All of a sudden, I am fired up again,” said Tim Anderson, describing how his wife, Mary, had to deal with UnitedHealthcare coverage denials before she died from Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in 2022. Anderson said they couldn’t get coverage for machines to help his wife breathe or talk — toward the end, she communicated by blinking when he showed her pictures. The family had to rely on donations from a local ALS group, he said. “The business model for insurance is don’t pay,” said Anderson, 67, of Centerville, Ohio. “When Mary could still talk, she said to me to keep fighting this,” he added. “It needs to be exposed.” For Anderson and others, Thompson's death and the message left at the scene have created an opportunity to vent their frustrations. Conversations at dinner tables, office water coolers, social gatherings and on social media have pivoted to the topic, as police efforts to find the gunman keep the case in the news. Hans Maristela said he understands why the chatter is bubbling up. The 54-year-old caregiver in California was moved to comment on Facebook about UnitedHealthcare's reputation of denying coverage. As a Catholic, he said, he grieves Thompson's death and feels for his family, especially with the holidays around the corner. But he sees frustration with insurers even among his clients, most of them wealthy older people who've not been shielded from high out-of-pocket costs. “And then you know the CEO of this company you pay a lot of money to gets $10 million dollars a year, you won’t have a lot of sympathy for the guy," Maristela said, citing Thompson's compensation package that included base pay and stock options. “Health care is a business, I understand, but the obsession with share price, with profit, has to be reevaluated.” University of Pennsylvania researcher Michael Anne Kyle said she's not surprised by the growth of conversation around insurers. “People are often struggling with this by themselves, and when you see someone else talk about it, that may prompt you to join the conversation,” she said. Kyle studies how patients access care and said she's seen frustration with the system build for years. Costs are rising, and insurers are using more controls such as prior authorizations and doctor networks to manage them. Patients are often stuck in the middle of disputes between doctors and insurers. “Patients are already spending a lot of money on health care, and then they’re still facing problems with the service,” she said. Insurers often note that most of the money they bring in goes back out the door to pay claims, and that they try to corral soaring costs and the overuse of some care. In Ohio, Anderson said his initial reaction to the CEO shooting was to question whether it was connected to a coverage denial, like the ones he'd experienced with his wife. “I definitely do not condone killing people,” he said. “But I read it and said, 'I wonder if somebody had a spouse whose coverage was denied.’” It's something Will Flanary, a Portland-based ophthalmologist and comedian with a large social media following, saw online a lot in the shooting's immediate aftermath and found very telling. “It’s zero sympathy,” he said. “And the lesson to take away from that is not, ‘Let’s shame people for celebrating a murder.’ No, it’s: ‘Look at the amount of anger that people have toward this system that’s taken advantage of people and do something to try to fix that.’” Flanary's content, published under the name Dr. Glaucomflecken, started out as niche eye doctor jokes and a way to cope with his own experiences with two cancer diagnoses and a sudden cardiac arrest. But it has evolved, featuring character skits that call attention to and satirize the decisions of large health insurers, including UnitedHealthcare. He said he's never seen conversations around health insurance policy take off the way they did this week — and he hopes these new voices can help bring about change. “I’m always talking about how powerful social media can be with advocacy," he said, "because it really is the only way to put a significant amount of pressure on these corporations who are doing bad things for patients.” ____ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty to driving recklessly before the death of his wife and fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins. Mr Dennis made the shock admission at Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, almost a year on from the date of the horrific event. The police allege Mr Dennis was behind the wheel of a dark grey Volkswagen Amarok when Ms Hoskins was struck on December 30, 2023 about 8pm outside their leafy home in Adelaide’s inner-north. Ms Hoskins, 32, suffered serious injuries in the incident and paramedics took her to Royal Adelaide Hospital for further treatment. She died at the hospital. Police arrested Mr Dennis that weekend and charged him with cause death by dangerous driving and aggravated driving without due care. Those charges were dropped on Tuesday and replaced with a single new charge of aggravated creating likelihood of harm. Mr Dennis admitted to driving a motor vehicle without lawful excuse when Ms Hoskins was on or in close proximity to the vehicle, knowing that act was likely to cause harm to another and being recklessly indifferent to whether such harm was caused. The clean-cut Olympic medallist, dressed in a sharp suit, stood quietly in the dock before Magistrate Justin Wickens and said “guilty” as the charge was read out to him. The maximum penalty for the offence is seven years in prison. Jane Abbey KC, appearing for Mr Dennis, told the court her client was not being held responsible for Ms Hoskins’ death. “There was no intention of Mr Dennis to harm his wife and this charge does not charge him with responsibility for her death,” she said. Mr Dennis will now face sentencing at the District Court. His next appearance in court is booked for January 24 and he remains on bail. The athlete’s change of fortune has been swift and shocking. Just three years ago, he stood on a podium in Tokyo and celebrated his place in sporting history as an individual Olympic medallist. He first achieved fame at the 2012 London Olympics, nabbing a silver medal in the 4000m team pursuit on the cycling track. At Brazil in 2016, he finished in fifth place in the individual time trial, but perhaps his crowning achievement is his bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021. In memorable scenes at the Fuji International Speedway, he clinched the medal with a time of 56:08.09. Speaking at the time, Mr Dennis said he had done “everything possible” to take home the gold. “Obviously would’ve been great to get the gold but I’ve done everything possible to be in this position and I was just beaten by two better guys on the day, so can be proud of everything myself and the team have achieved,” he said. In 2017, he became engaged to Ms Hoskins, a fellow Olympian. Ms Hoskins competed in the London and Rio Olympics in track cycling. She only just missed out on a medal in London, finishing fourth in the 3000m team pursuit category. In Rio, she finished fifth position in the 4000m team pursuit. In 2018, the pair married, and would settle into a home in up-market Medindie with their two children. In 2022, Mr Dennis won a gold medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in the UK. In 2023, he retired from cycling, thanking Ms Hoskins for her support in a heartfelt post to social media. “Thank you Melissa Dennis for supporting me throughout my entire professional career, all while raising two of the best kids I could ever ask for,” he said. Melissa’s father Peter, mother Amanda and sister Jessica released a statement on January 2 expressing their heartache at her death. “Words cannot convey our grief, sadness and the tragic circumstances of Melissa’s passing,” Mr Hoskins wrote on behalf of the family. “Myself, Amanda, Jess and families are utterly devastated and still struggling to process what has happened. “Not only have we lost a daughter and sister, her children have lost their mum, a freewheeling spirit, a giver with a big heart, patience and zest for life.” Hundreds of mourners gathered to farewell the world-class cyclist at a public service in Adelaide on February 24. Originally published as Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis pleads guilty to new charge after wife Melissa Hoskins death
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