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Two New Orleans 'Lion King' Broadway stars missed home: 'Grateful to be back'
New Orleans natives Jennifer Theriot, 35, and Vernon Brooks III, 28, have spent years living out of a few suitcases and a trunk. Touring with Disney’s Broadway musical “The Lion
Best in Business: 2026
Learn more about the Eastside’s favorite leader, bank, nonprofit, architecture firm, happy-hour spot, location to secure a business deal, and more in the latest edition of Best in Business.
Bears vs. Seahawks Preview: Chicago needs to locate Nick Emmanwori
We preview the Bears vs Seahawks game from all angles.
AI Slop Threatens Trust in Science
AI can fake a plausible paper at the push of a button. Can detection tools and peer review keep up?
Women connect with health resources at UPMC’s Pretty in Pink evening
Hundreds of women attended UPMC’s annual Pretty in Pink event, which connected attendees with community and health resources.
Fishing for a Senate Seat in Alaska
Whether Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s brand of fish-focused local politics succeeds in November will reveal how individual candidates can distinguish themselves from national party platforms.
Indiana men’s basketball 2026-27 player preview: Bryce Lindsay
Lindsay gives Indiana an incredibly strong bench option in the backcourt with his scoring and passing.
Indiana men’s basketball 2026-27 player preview: Samet Yigitoglu
Indiana needed more size and center and signed one of the biggest players available in the transfer portal.
It's Your Business | Filling a niche for knitting needs
“I find it calming. I find it inspiring. There’s always something new to learn. By no means do I claim I know everything about the knitting process, but I’m always
Gaffes and Men’s Bodies: Analysis of Trump’s Speeches at Age 80
A Times review of the president’s public speeches finds that he is more profane, more absolutist, longer-winded and less coherent than he was in 2016.
'Copperfield! The New Musical' review: A rollicking, big-hearted Dickens adaptation that is not to be missed
Bobby Conte leads a marvelously talented cast.
Some olive oils are pricey and some are cheap. What are the health differences?
Health experts discuss how certain production methods for the less expensive brands of olive oil could be stripping it of its health-related qualities. Here are the differences.
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' review: The real mystery of this musical is why
The award-winning West End production is now Off-Broadway.
Preview
The Women's First Team are back to Serie A action on Monday evening as they travel south to face Fiorentina.The Matchday 5 clash will take place at 20:30 CET on Monday, November 2.Let’s get up to sp...
Lakers vs. Raptors Preview: Bounce back game
The Lakers look to get back on the winning column against the Raptors on Sunday.
Hurricanes versus Winnipeg: Preview, How to Watch, Game Thread
The Canes wrap up the homestand and the season series against the Jets
Covered California open enrollment starts Nov. 1
Covered California's open enrollment for 2027 health insurance begins Nov. 1, offering Californians the chance to review and adjust their coverage.
Business Owners Have a Window. Most Aren't Ready to Use It. by Tully Ryan
I spend my working life on both sides of a business sale. As an M&A advisor based in Wilmington, I help lower middle market owners across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia sell what they've built. As the founder and CEO of IQExit, I work with the bankers, wealth advisors, CPAs and attorneys who sit beside those owners for years before a sale ever comes up. From both seats, I keep seeing the same thing. The market is ready for our owners. Too many of our owners aren't ready for the market. Start with our own backyard. Wilmington's metro area added more than 12,000 residents between July 2024 and July 2025, a 2.6% jump that ranked seventh in the country. It also posted the highest job growth rate of any metro in North Carolina. I see the same pattern in the growth markets I work in across the Southeast. New residents mean new customers and new workers. They also mean new buyers: people who moved here from corporate jobs and want to own something, private equity groups looking for add-ons in HVAC, electrical, landscaping and other trade services, and younger entrepreneurs who would rather buy a running business than start one from scratch. The ownership numbers are hard to ignore. About half of North Carolina's small businesses have an owner who is 55 or older, and roughly 85% of those owners have no succession plan, according to the North Carolina Employee Ownership Center. Nationally, more than half of Baby Boomer business owners have no documented transition plan. That isn't a crisis yet. It's a timing problem. A lot of businesses will change hands over the next decade, and the prepared ones will get the better buyers and the better terms. Buyers have money and they're using it. But an active market doesn't mean a fast one. The IBBA's latest Market Pulse survey found that Main Street deals took six to 10 months from engagement to close in the second quarter, and lower middle market deals took 11 to 12 months. That clock starts after the owner decides to sell. In my experience, the real preparation has to start years before. Two clocks, two playbooks When I sit down with an owner or their advisor, my first question isn't “What's it worth?” It's “When?” The answer puts the owner in one of two groups. If the owner wants out within 24 months, we're in execution mode. There's no time to rebuild the business. The work is cleaning up what a buyer will test: three years of financials that tie to the tax returns, an add-back schedule you can prove, customer and vendor contracts in writing, a lease that can be assigned, and a price the market will actually pay. The goal is certainty to close. If the exit is two to five years away, the owner has something worth more than time. They have choices. That window is where most value gets built, and most owners waste it by waiting. What kills deals In the lower middle market, deals rarely die over the headline price. They die in diligence, or they get retraded late in the process. I see the same causes again and again. The owner is the business. If every key customer relationship runs through the owner's cell phone, a buyer sees risk and a lender sees more of it. The books don't hold up. Buyers spot weak accounting fast. Statements that get revised mid-process, a revolving door in the bookkeeper's chair, revenue tracked on a side spreadsheet, and margins that slip while sales climb with no clear reason all make a buyer nervous. So does an owner who pushes back when asked for documents. And plenty of private owners run personal expenses through the company. Add-backs are normal. Add-backs you can't document turn into a lower offer. The real estate isn't sorted out. Many owners hold their building in a separate LLC. That's fine, but the lease terms or the property sale should be settled before a buyer shows up, not halfway through diligence. Revenue sits in too few hands. Picture a contractor with 40% of its work coming from one builder, or a service company running on handshake deals. Buyers will still look, but the terms shift toward more seller financing, an earnout, or less cash at closing. Owners and advisors: if your exit is three to five years out • Get a baseline now. Find out where the business really stands today: what a buyer would pay, who that buyer is likely to be, and which gaps would hurt you in diligence. You can't fix what you haven't measured, and the answer is often different from what the owner expects. • Make yourself less necessary. Spend the next few years building a manager or small team that can run daily operations and own customer relationships. Put handshake deals into written contracts. A business that runs without its owner is worth more and is far easier to finance. • Clean the books for three straight years. Buyers and lenders look back at least three years. Separate personal expenses, keep the financials tied to the tax returns, track every add-back as you go, and settle the real estate plan early. A word to CPAs CPAs often see a sale coming before anyone else, and you're usually the most trusted voice an owner has. Year-end meetings are the right time to start this conversation. Here's what I'd ask every CPA to do this season with business owner clients over 55: • Ask the timing question. “Do you see yourself owning this business in five years? If not, who takes it over?” Write down the answer and bring it up again at next year's meeting. • Run a proof of cash and review revenue recognition. Make sure the cash in the bank ties to the revenue on the books. Pay close attention to contractors with work in progress and to companies selling memberships or service plans. These issues are easy to fix with years of lead time and painful to fix a month before closing. • Pair the tax return with an exit readiness review. Invite clients to complete IQExit's Exit Readiness Intelligence (ERI) process as part of year-end planning. It gives you and the client a shared picture of readiness gaps and an indicative value range, and the results come back to you as the advisor. That turns a tax meeting into a planning relationship, and it puts you in position to bring in tax and M&A help early, when choices like purchase price allocation can still save the client real money. Changing the conversation For bankers, wealth advisors and attorneys, the hard part is raising the subject without seeming to nudge a client toward the door. I understand that. Nobody wants to tell a 60-year-old owner it's time to sell. So don't. Ask a different question: “If a buyer called tomorrow, what would they find?” That's a planning question, not a pitch, and it's useful whether the exit is two years out or 15. It's the question we built IQExit to help advisors answer. Whether you're in Wilmington, Raleigh, Charleston, Richmond or anywhere else, owners have a real opening right now. The buyers are out there and so is the capital. The owners who come out ahead will be the ones who start getting ready before they're ready to sell.
Bills news: Previewing a potential shootout with the Ravens
The latest clash between the Bills and Ravens should feature plenty of points. Can Buffalo’s defense make enough stops?
I'm a Tax Attorney: 5 Moves Small Business Owners Should Make Before Election Day
Small business owners can prepare for filing season and possible policy changes by reviewing books, taxes, payroll and compliance now.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review - Runs on integrated graphics but pushes the RTX 5090 to its limits
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 performance review: Benchmarks with Intel graphics, Radeon 890M, RTX 4050, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5090, and more reveal how much GPU power you really need.
NFL Draft prospects to watch: Week 9 college football preview
Looking ahead to potential future members of the Eagles.
I tried Gymkhana, a Michelin-starred Indian restaurant; worth the splurge
Gymkhana was the first Indian restaurant in London to receive two Michelin stars. It has gained rave reviews and famous fans since opening in 2013.
A Louisiana doctor developed a test for ‘innate immunity.’ The state is giving it a try.
The tests, created by rhinologist Dr. Henry Barham, measure bitter taste receptors that he believes may help predict how vulnerable a person may be to upper respiratory illnesses — like RSV or COVID-19.
Browns preview for Week 8 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers
Our game preview for the Browns and Steelers in Week 8 is now live.
Preview & Prediction: Boston College Football vs Duke
It was a dark and stormy… afternoon at Alumni Stadium
Lions vs. Vikings Week 8 preview: Madden 27 simulation
We preview Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings with a simulated game of Madden 27.
Rising health costs and coverage changes are big concerns for older adults as Election Day nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — Barbara Weigand could not have prepared more for retirement. She stayed healthy and saved diligently for years.
MKBHD drops a blunt verdict on Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro
A top tech reviewer has a clear take on Apple's first touchscreen Mac, and it may change what you pay for.
Review: 'You Can See Everything' leaves viewers questioning truth and how it's presented
Movie reviewer Joshua Hill says 'You Can See Everything,' which follows Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, in her final days before her imprisonment for criminal fraud, examines when falsehoods are used as facts and leaves viewers questioning the truths in the film and how they were presented. Though it's a documentary, Hill says it feels intensely cinematic.
PSV vs Willem II: Match Preview, Team News, Lineups
The reigning champions aim to snap a winless streak against a struggling side debuting a new manager. Can PSV find their scoring touch amidst an ongoing injury crisis?
In Wisconsin farm country, burden of high prices transcends politics
Wisconsin farmers are feeling the squeeze — and it could shake up one of the nation's most closely watched congressional races. With diesel topping $6 a gallon, fertilizer costs soaring and profits shrinking, even longtime Republican voters are questioning the direction of the country. Could frustration on the farm change the outcome in November?
Health insurance open enrollment: 5 things to review before choosing a plan
From checking in-network doctors to weighing high deductible plans and HSA benefits, here's what to know before open enrollment closes Dec. 15.
Rangers vs Aberdeen – Match preview and team news
Rangers meet Aberdeen in the semifinal of the cup tie on Saturday evening at the Ibrox Stadium, looking to continue their 10-match undefeated run.Rangers vs Aberdeen – Match preview and team newsDa...
As Midterms Near, Top Law Firms That Capitulated to Trump Are on the Sidelines
None of the firms that struck deals to avoid crippling executive orders are publicly involved in the major legal efforts to check the Trump administration’s attempts to meddle in the midterm elections, a review by The New York Times shows.
My Favorite Smartwatch Has Stayed on My Wrist for Years - No, It's Not an Apple Watch
Sorry, Apple. I've been using a smartwatch that I like more than yours.
2. Bundesliga preview: Hannover 96 vs. Dynamo Dresden
Hannover 96 will be desperate to end their difficult run of form when they welcome Dynamo Dresden in an important battle at the bottom of the 2. Bundesliga table on Sunday.Both sides have collected ju...
Why Business Valuation Matters More for an S Corporation When Considering QSBS Tax Benefits
Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code offers business owners, including potentially S corporation owners, an extraordinary opportunity: the ability to Learn why an independent business valuation matters when restructuring an S corporation for QSBS tax benefits, including eligibility and potential tax savings.
Kifisia vs. Olympiacos: Super League Greece Preview
Olympiacos chase the league summit, boasting eight consecutive clean sheets, while Kifisia aims to extend their winning form and upset the title contenders in Athens.
Udinese vs AS Roma – Match preview and team news
AS Roma is set to face Udinese away from home on Saturday evening at the Bluenergy Stadium in their next Serie A encounter as Gian Piero Gasperini’s team looks to continue their unbeaten league run....
Bottom Jokes Fueled Around a Third of the Taboo Humor in 269 Famously Funny Science Papers
An analysis of 269 humorous scientific papers found that 12.3% used sex, bodily functions or other taboo subjects, though the study did not test readers' reactions.
EAST TEXAS POLITICS: Special midterm preview with party chairs, data analyst and youth leaders
Special midterm preview with party chairs, data analyst, SMU professor and youth leaders
EAST TEXAS POLITICS: Special midterm preview with party chairs, data analyst and youth leaders
This week’s edition of East Texas Politics on East Texas Now is a special midterm elections preview. Smith County Republican Party Chair David Stein and Smith County Democratic Party Chair Kristen Hardin-Sigler are among the guests on this week’s show.
Watch Nevada Sports Net's Mountain West men's hoops preview show ahead of 2026-27 season
A new era of Mountain West men's hoops begins on Monday. Nevada Sports Net put together a 30-minute special previewing the upcoming season, hosted by Shannon Ke
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT MURDER at Arts & Science Center For Southeast Arkansas in Pine Bluff
What did our critic think of MUCH ADO ABOUT MURDER at Arts & Science Center For Southeast Arkansas? I love a good murder/mystery, especially when I get to…
Review: EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL at Columbia Entertainment Company
Columbia Entertainment Company’s “Evil Dead The Musical” is a loud, gory, and frequently hilarious staging of the cult horror musical, an excellent rock…
Libertarians allege political discrimination in Tarrant County midterm ballot review process
The Republican chair of the early voting ballot board hasn’t followed state election law, libertarians claim.
Bulls vs. Celtics NBA Cup Preview: How to Watch, Injury Report & Odds
Here's everything you need to know before the Bulls face the Celtics in their NBA Cup opener:
Scaring Up Customers for Halloween Streaming
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Way back in 2022, I did a deep dive into each streamer’s horror offerings, looking at the top horror film and TV shows, and which streamers had the best library titles and best Halloween landing pages. If you’d like to check out those articles... Way back in 2022, I ranked all the streamers’ Halloween landing pages. I updated my thoughts in 2023... ...and 2024. After taking last year off, I’m back at it again this year. My theory—then and now—is that Halloween landing pages provide a subtle but surprisingly valuable insight into how the streamers position themselves, and what they do well and what they don’t. They show who relies on libraries, whose libraries across TV and film have the most value, who understands how customers want to access those libraries, and, being blunt, which product teams actually put the time in to make a quality holiday user experience. Plus, three “horror” TV shows had big debuts this month! So today, I’ll answer the questions... What are the all-time biggest horror shows and films on streaming? What streamer has the best library? What streamer has the best landing page? And what does this say about the streaming wars today? But first, let’s look at three big new horror shows on streaming... Subscribe Horror TV Has Dominated October So Far In a fun twist this month, three different streamers released three different horror TV shows. Many scary stories come out every October, but the twist is that all three did well: Two of the shows got over 20 million hours, which is just good. You can see that Below is helping Netflix start October/Q4 off well: And that Carrie is a top seven show for Amazon through two weeks: But here’s the crazier note: even though it doesn’t look huge, Crystal Lake is Peacock’s biggest debut yet: Let’s discuss the streaming elephant in the room: two of these shows are based off classic horror IP: Jason and Carrie. So once again, IP works, in theaters and on streaming. It just does. Oddly enough, horror IP doesn’t draw a tenth of the ire that other IP does, even though, arguably, horror films are the original franchise films, starting in the 1930s and continuing on through the slasher film 80s. So horror TV shows are off to a great start. While I’ve written before that horror films do NOT over-perform on streaming, TV shows are a different story. The Top Horror Films and TV Shows on Streaming All Time To start, here are the top first seasons for all streaming TV shows since 2020 (the start of the Streaming Ratings Era): First take: yep, that’s some power laws at work right there. The biggest TV show hits aren’t just bigger than other hit shows, they’re orders of magnitude bigger. Wednesday dwarfs The Last of Us (a big hit!) and is ten times bigger than the next six most popular horror shows. Wow! So yes, horror or horror-adjacent shows can do as well as the top shows on streaming. Wednesday is proof of this. (Though, even Wednesday is more horror-adjacent than proper horror.) Also, note that Below, Carrie and _Crystal Lake_could/should keep moving up the charts. That said, there is some weakness in these numbers. Only eighteen horror first seasons made the charts, which is low. For context, 541 season ones have made the Nielsen originals charts since 2020. Eighteen out of 541 isn’t great! Plus, again, the IP issue. Wednesday and The Last of Us came from popular IP, and It: Welcome to Derry and Goosebumps are spinoffs. Next up, every horror show from season two on: The bad news here? Besides one iconic example, horror shows don’t last long i.e. generate very many seasons. While many straight-to-streaming horror shows were limited series, many weren’t and only four horror shows got to a second season or beyond. That’s a bad hit rate. And yeah, only one horror show made it to a fifth season! This genre is just not elite (on streaming). Okay, on to the top horror films all time (er, since 2020): We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… ...What streamers have the most horror films... ...And how FASTs have embraced horror films... ...How many elite horror films are on linear TV or aren’t on TV at all… ...How streamers make it very, very hard to find horror films… …And a lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you’d like to read more about why you should subscribe, please read this article about the Streaming Ratings Report, why it matters, why you need it, and why we cover streaming ratings best.
Palmetto Sports Daily: High school football regular season winding down
PSD previews Friday night of high school football and the games of the week across the state as the regular season winds down.
Top Oregon health official skipped report warning long-term seclusions had become common at state hospital
A state investigation found the official had not reviewed a consultant’s report that flagged the problem months before a patient died after 7 months in a seclusion room.
Affiliation of MultiCare, Oregon’s Samaritan Health Services Begins Nov. 1
The affiliation, which is not a buyout or merger, was announced last year.
Political parties dump $3+ million into Wausau-area Assembly race
More than $3 million has poured into the race for Wisconsin's 85th Assembly District, where Republican incumbent Pat Snyder faces Democratic challenger John Kroll. Much of that money comes from the state political parties, fueled by wealthy donors on both sides. With control of the Wisconsin Assembly at stake, The Badger Project examines who's funding the Wausau-area race and how the candidates' fundraising stacks up ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Review: At the Hollywood Bowl, Aerosmith argues for a future
LOS ANGELES — Turns out retirement didn't quite take for Steven Tyler and the rest of Aerosmith. Three years after calling it quits due to a vocal injury Tyler sustained
Local business confidence concerns have eased compared with 2025, index shows
Southern Nevada business leaders are still feeling uncertain about the economy’s future, but fears have eased when it comes to hiring, sales and profits, according to a new report.
Ravens-Bills Week 8 preview: Five matchups that matter most
From Baltimore's offensive line and Derrick Henry to Josh Allen's mobility and Buffalo's passing attack, here are the five matchups that could decide Ravens-Bills
Lines Under the Sea: The Politics of the Middle East’s Data Corridors
The Middle East is using fiber to rebuild the transit economy it once framed around oil and the Suez Canal. Which routes get laid will depend as much on security and sovereignty as on engineering, with the question of Palestine central to the choice
Exhumed recounts the true story of America’s first vampire
Science, history and fear intersect in a new book from award-winning podcast creator Aaron Mahnke
Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Delta Reign Mega Rayquaza ex Card Preview
Take an early look at this new special illustration rare card from the upcoming Pokémon TCG expansion.
In 15 minutes, Sid Edwards transformed into a voodoo priest at 13th Gate in Baton Rouge
The mayor had no intentions of taking the makeup off after the event. Dressed as a voodoo priest, he said he was going to stop at a convenience store for a Diet Coke on the way home.
WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Oct. 30, 2026: Election Day preview, new Bears stadium proposal revealed, and more
As Election Day nears, Gov. Pritzker invests millions of dollars in out-of-state candidates. Here in Illinois, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros sets up a hotline so voters can report possible fraud and voter intimidation.
Auto review: 2026 Lincoln Navigator moves people in American style
While the Ford Motor Co. continues to produce mass-market trucks and SUVs for the everyday consumer, its upscale Lincoln brand is focused on delivering an experience to consumers that is
Match Preview | Royals Head to Sports Illustrated Stadium to Battle League-Leading Gotham FC in a Decision Day Matchup
HERRIMAN, Utah (Friday, October 30, 2026) – Utah Royals FC (14-5-10, 47 pts) now head to Sports Illustrated Stadium to battle against Gotham FC (17-7-5, 58 pts) on Decision Day Sunday, November 1st, with kickoff set for 3:00 p.m. MT. Last weekend, the Royals clinched a playoff berth with a
Review: Predator Atlas 8: Is Arc G3 Extreme a Game-Changer for PC Handhelds?
A brilliant handheld held back by Windows.
'A Few Good Men' on Broadway review roundup, Aaron Sorkin
Bradley Whitford reunites with Aaron Sorkin in a role made famous onscreen by Jack Nicholson.
Exclusive Preview: The Lab Press releases portable editions, including SUPER SCIENCE VOL. 1
The Lab Press launches portables of ogns like Super Science Volume 1 that keep the quality of their signature designs intact
Next Week on XBOX: New Games for November 2 to 6
Next Week on XBOX: ZERO Parades: Director's Cut, Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview), and more coming soon!
Science Begins With Wonder and Sometimes With a Salamander.
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by the Don & Beth Straus Center at Birch Bay Village. BAR HARBOR—The children had come to see the axolotls, those odd little salamanders with pink frills around their heads and the remarkable ability to grow back what they lose. But also there were stickers. There were crafts. There was the kind of excitement that makes a roomful of kindergarteners forget, for a little while, that sitting still is ever a requirement. And then there were the animals themselves, alive in their clear cases at the MDI Biological Laboratory, where 12 children from Pemetic Elementary School got to meet the creatures they had been learning about in class. “Do you love them?” their teacher, Carol Null, asked. The answer came back in a chorus. “I do!” “I do!” “I do too,” Null said, smiling. “I love them even more now.” That was the thing about a day at the lab. Science was no longer a picture in a book, or a word on a classroom wall. It had a face, a tail, and a set of extraordinary powers. And for a child, sometimes that is where wonder begins. Sometimes learning about science is about stickers. Sometimes it’s about bright pink feathers and getting super excited about that glow in the dark. Sometimes learning about science is joy—pure and simple joy. That’s how it was October 28 at the MDI Bio Lab as Miss Hannah (known in the lab as Dr. Hannah Lust, director of STEM, undergraduate and graduate Training), other scientists, graduate students, and MDI Bio Lab staff, hosted 12 students from Carol Null’s Pemetic Elementary School’s kindergarten class. The 2.5-hour program created by Dr. Lust focused on axolotls, a species of mole salamanders, a superhero in the animal world: a superhero with some scientific-study worthy superpowers. One of those superpowers come from the axolotls’ ability to regenerate body parts, including entire limbs. But also, they’re cute. This fall, before coming to the internationally renowned lab nestled in Salsbury Cove, Null has been integrating axolotls into her class. They’ve been part of the kids’ vocabulary and their storytelling. They’ve been part of science. They’ve been part of the children’s learning about facts vs opinions. The Pemetic Elementary kindergarten students learn about invasive species and the impact on the ecology and one student related it to their dad, who lobsters, and his worries about green craps, an invasive species in Maine. “Are they bigger or smaller than you thought they’d be?” the children are asked after the scientists show them multiple see-through cases of axolotls, lined up on a table that they’re told not to jiggle. “Bigger!” “I think they’re bigger.” “Smaller!” The bio lab opening its doors to the collaborations and to students and families is a norm, but this is the first program of this kind. It’s meant to encourage kindergarten students about axolotls. But when the students come to the bio lab something else happens too—something beyond Null’s child-focused teaching—the students see science—and the regenerating creatures in real life. They do crafts. They speak with them. They meet people who know all about them: scientists and educators who talk to the kids like they’re equals. That’s a superhero power, too. Null speaks about meeting the kids where they’re at in her classroom, letting their interest and hearts lead her in their learning. That requires recognition of interests, of individuality, of empathy. Some would argue that’s a super power, too, but it’s also in those 12 students as they listen to the storybook, encounter those live axolotls, and hear about how axolotls might help advance society’s understanding of human health. As Eddie Seckeler (comparative animal models, CORE facility manager), carefully puts the axolotls on a cart and rolls them away, some of the children stop what they’re doing to watch. “Bye axolotls.” “Bye!” “Bye!” The axolotls are not just images in a book, Hello, I’m an axolotl by Hayley and John Rocco; they are real and cool. MDI Biological Laboratory scientists Dr. Prayag Murawala and Dr. James Godwin who both feature in the Roccos’ book. The kindergarteners get to meet them in real life, off the page, in the world, doing science. They learn from them, laugh with them. “The visit is about more than meeting an unusual animal. By introducing children to scientists working in their own community, the experience helps make science tangible and accessible. Students can see that science is not just something they read about in books or learn about at school. It is something real people do every day by asking questions, making observations and working to understand how the world works,” explains MDI Biological Laboratory Director of Communications Rebecca Woods. While the students make axolotl-related crafts around tables, graduate students and staff help out. Ryan holds up his construction paper setting and axolotl to show Omar Maged, a graduate student. “Do you like it?” Ryan asks, eyes wide, turning from his axolotl to look up at Omar. Omar studies the construction paper for a moment, smiles and says definitively, each word important. “It is beautiful.” Null says that she’s so thankful for all the “amazing” community partners that her school and her students get to interact with as they learn and grow and live, but emphasized how the MDI Bio Lab goes out of its way to create something meaningful, something that allows her young students to build their own agency, to know that they can be impactful in their community, to show them how how things they learn about in text is connected to themselves and their community. Woods explains, “Axolotls have an extraordinary ability to regenerate, or regrow, certain body parts, including limbs. Scientists study these animals to understand how regeneration works and what their biology might teach us about tissue repair and healing in humans.” The children enter the space for “a memorable introduction to a big scientific question,” Woods said. “How can some animals regrow body parts? The encounter encourages children to look closely, wonder about what they see and begin to understand how scientists use observations and experiments to investigate questions.” “For the students, the visit is an opportunity to explore a fascinating animal and meet scientists in their own community,” Woods explains. “For MDI Biological Laboratory, it is a chance to share the excitement of research, nurture curiosity, and help young learners discover that science begins with asking questions.“ At the beginning of the school year, Pemetic kindergarteners didn’t know what the axolotl was—at least not exactly—now they know all about the axolotl’s life cycle. “It’s different than a butterfly,” one student told Mrs. Null. It is. The change and knowledge might seem small**,** but it offers a glimpse of what happens when a subject moves beyond the pages of a book and into a child’s world. The children have been learning about butterflies at the Charlotte Rhoades Park and Butterfly Garden. At both the garden and the MDI Bio Lab, the children see the animals, meet the scientists who study them and at the lab encounter a question that researchers are still working to answer: how can some creatures regenerate body parts, and what might that teach us about healing in humans? They leave with gift bags, paper-plate salamanders, new things to wonder about and a connection between the science they learn in school and the work happening in their own community. The axolotls may be remarkable for their ability to grow back what they have lost. For these young students, the day offers something different: a chance to discover how much there is to ask, observe, and imagine. When Null’s students had time to use chalk and draw whatever they want, in the beginning of the year, they drew rainbows. Now? They’re using that chalk and choosing to draw axolotls instead. About MDI Bio Laboratory For more than 125 years, MDI Bio Lab has been a center for training and research in comparative biology. In the last two decades its biomedical research has focused on aging, regeneration, and environmental toxins. The Laboratory houses 11 research groups staffed by an international team of world-class scientists and graduate students. It also leads a statewide network of colleges, universities and research institutions that collaborate to provide training, research experiences and financial support to help young Mainers play a bigger role in today’s biomedical revolution. Located on Maine’s rugged coast, the Laboratory’s 100+ acre campus houses research facilities, cottages and dorms that house visiting scientists and students. It is also home to MDI Bioscience, a subsidiary working to design innovative techniques to speed the drug discovery process. The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Rick Osann Art. 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🎮 The Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 was released on October 29 and flashed in and out of stock at the Nintendo Store 🚨 Our Zelda Switch 2 restock tracker @mattswider on X will send out an alert as soon as stock appears 👀 Walmart was our top pick to have a restock, but a supply chain delay has pushed the date back ⌚ In-store midnight launches are being held at GameStop, Best Buy, and Nintendo New York/San Francisco Walmart: Zelda Switch 2 console Best Buy: Zelda Switch 2 console GameStop: Zelda Switch 2 console Nintendo: Zelda Switch 2 console 🚨 We’re tracking Zelda Switch 2 stock updates. If you’d like to know when more stock arrives, follow Matt Swider on X and turn on notifications. You can also become a free or paid subscriber to The Shortcut to help support our work. 🚨 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 launched yesterday, and it was the Nintendo Store that held the most restocks. The console flashed in and out of stock repeatedly throughout the day as limited units were sold and quickly snapped up. 🚨 Want the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2? Drop your email for restock alerts before it sells out. ⤵️ Subscribe Many were met with error messages, “sold out” signs, or “couldn’t add the required amount” to their baskets. However, with a little persistence and luck, others were more successful. As it stands, it’s the best place to try to get the Zelda Switch 2, even if the experience can be a little frustrating. We’re expecting a similar situation today as our tracker continues to receive restock alerts. However, we’re reluctant to share them all as many have been false flags, but we immediately notified The Shortcut followers once the first restock went live. [ The Shortcut@theshortcut Zelda Switch 2 is back in stock at the Nintendo Store: nintendo.com Nintendo Switch™ 2 – The Legend of Zelda™ – 40th Anniversary Edition - Nintendo Official Site 4:18 PM · Oct 29, 2026 · 2.09K Views 2 Replies · 2 Likes ](https://x.com/theshortcut/status/2115840807773299128?a=b6yhtCFmoswv5lWWvEs&s=20) Amazon was the only other retailer to hold an online restock, though it sold out almost instantly. No more restocks took place, and sadly, the major Walmart restock of the Zelda Switch 2, which we were confident would take place, did not happen because of a supply chain issue. [ Matt Swider (The Shortcut)@mattswider ](https://x.com/mattswider/status/2115824408938111299?a=quc3qYd6I_Qe5wag2lU&s=20) 🚨 Zelda Switch 2 console at Amazon right now amazon.com/dp/B0HJ6F8L6V?… amazon.com Nintendo Switch™ 2 –The Legend of Zelda™ – 40th Anniversary Edition 3:13 PM · Oct 29, 2026 · 76.7K Views 32 Replies · 4 Reposts · 57 Likes The console will now be available to order online at Walmart on November 6, with Target also offering the same date. Some lucky shoppers could also get the Zelda Switch 2 in-store, with The Shortcut readers sharing their personal accounts of getting the console at Walmart and helping each other out. If you’re willing to travel to your local store, Best Buy and Nintendo are holding in-store events on November 5 (though you’ll need a Warp Pipe Pass for Nintendo’s event). GameStop is also letting customers pre-order in-store.. We’ll still be tracking every retailer with our exclusive Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 restock tracker, which provides up-to-the-second information when the Zelda Switch 2 is in stock. If the console appears – which it might – our followers will still be the first to know. Up next: PS5 Pro restock: it’s available again, but you’re paying more than you should Subscribe Adam Vjestica is The Shortcut’s Senior Editor. Formerly TechRadar’s Gaming Hardware Editor, Adam has also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor, where he helped launch the Nintendo Switch. He also runs a retro gaming YouTube channel called Game on, boy! Follow him on X @ItsMrProducts.
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Israel went to the polls last Tuesday and it is the turn of the United States next Tuesday. The differences in the two elections are self-evident. Compared with the US, which has favourable geography and does everything at scale, Israel is tiny and part of an unstable region. For its elections, it has adopted an almost pure form of proportional representation based on lists. This encourages multiple parties and can make it almost impossible to form a government, as we can now see. The US system is complex in its own way but discourages third parties. Yet for all the differences in size, geography, and political systems, the fates of the two countries are closely connected. Israel has come to depend on the US to sustain its military strength, and over the past few tumultuous years that dependence has created resentment in the United States. The Biden administration was punished for appearing to give Netanyahu a blank check after the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, and not holding Israel back as it employed ruthless tactics in Gaza. Because of the treatment of Palestinians, American views of Israel have grown progressively more negative over the past few years. Only a third now support the Israeli government. While on the left, this is largely because of how Israeli forces have operated in Gaza and, more recently, how the settler movement has behaved in the West Bank, for the American right the issue has been about how Benjamin Netanyahu persuaded Donald Trump to forget his wariness about more Middle Eastern wars and agree to a joint attack on Iran, which has gone badly wrong. The Palestine question was not a big issue for the two large Jewish blocs in last Tuesday’s election. Both supported a tough response to Hamas after October 2023 and neither accepts a two-state solution. It was, however, the threat posed by the ethno-nationalist policies of Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, the two extreme members of Netanyahu’s coalition, and their tolerance, even encouragement, of settler violence, that brought out the Arab voters. (In principle this should strengthen their position though to turn into real power would require the ‘Change Bloc’ overcoming their opposition to involving Arab parties. The alternatives are a National Unity government, defection from the Change Bloc to Netanyahu, or deadlock and another round of elections in the new year.) There was also broad support for the war against Iran among the Jewish parties. The difficulty here is that the objectives behind the war have yet to be met, and that continuing with military operations depends on the United States. In this way the two elections have come together at a crucial moment. If Netanyahu hoped that a victory over Iran would help him retain his majority, cementing his legacy as an Israeli war leader, it did not work out that way. Trump also expected a great victory about which he could boast. He promised at most the end of a hateful and aggressive regime, with a record of hostility to both the United States and Israel, or at least the elimination of Iran’s military capabilities and the end of its nuclear programme. Eight months on, there is not much to boast about; vital objectives remain elusive: the Iranian regime is even more hardline than before; the international economy is barely coping with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz; and Saudi Arabia is struggling with an unwanted conflict with the Yemeni Houthis. For all these reasons, the Iran War has been a dark cloud hanging over both elections. Yet the issue has been approached in different ways. Netanyahu sought to push the issue before the election while Trump has been more cautious. Trump’s essential claim is that there is nothing to worry about and he’s still working out what final steps need to be taken to provide a definitive conclusion to the conflict. Netanyahu’s final pitch was that there was lots to worry about. He focused on Israel’s dire security situation, with the Iran War unfinished and the prospect of imminent economic isolation because of international sanctions. For him it is imperative to defeat Iran decisively, and without delay. Why this different response to the same war? Part of the answer lies in how public opinion in the two countries responded to the war. In this post, I show how this came about. We await the outcome of the US midterms but know the result, at least in terms of the share of the vote if not yet the shape of the new government, of the Israeli election. With the elections out of the way Netanyahu is pressing for another round in the war. Trump is less sure. I conclude with thoughts on the importance of how he decides.
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