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Updated 6:34 am PDT, Friday, October 11, 2019 Fisherman Romuel Sambrea, known as a "tripero" for the inner tube he uses to float on, poses for a portrait after a day's work on the oil-contaminated Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, July 12, 2019. "The situation here is very difficult," said the father of four. "I'm a baker, but I can't live with just one job." less Fisherman Romuel Sambrea, known as a "tripero" for the inner tube he uses to float on, poses for a portrait after a day's work on the oil-contaminated Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, July 12, 2019. "The ... more Photo: Rodrigo Abd, AP Photo: Rodrigo Abd, AP Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Image 1 of 29 Fisherman Romuel Sambrea, known as a "tripero" for the inner tube he uses to float on, poses for a portrait … [Read more...] about In black and white: Venezuelan fishermen among oil ruins

3:51 p.m.: The Patriots are clicking now — that Brady to Ryan Izzo touchdown pass (and an extra point that was banked in off an upright) makes it 33-7 with 9:14 left in regulation. Brady is now 28-for-42 for 348 yards with three touchdowns and one INT. 3:42 p.m.: This is going to be a weird game to look back on — the Patriots are going to break 30, and the Redskins probably won’t break double digits, but there will be lots of lamenting how the offense looked in the early going. The biggest takeaway on that point? This is pretty much the definition of complementary football — when the offense is down, the defense can pick you up. And the truth of the matter is this defense is capable of papering over a lot of offensive deficiencies. 3:40 p.m.: Pats hold a 26-7 lead after three, and appear to be safely in command of this one. You’d like to see the offense finish strong after an occasionally ragged first half. but at this point, I honestly … [Read more...] about Live Updates: Patriots 33, Redskins 7 (4)

11:10 p.m.: So that might define “finishing on an up note.” Brady pushed forward for his second touchdown of the night to make it 35-14 with 3:49 to go in regulation. A good drive for New England, one the offense can theoretically build on going forward. 11:00 p.m.: The Patriots will get the ball back here as we pass the midway point of the fourth quarter. Let’s see if the offense can end the evening on a positive note. The numbers don’t really tell the whole story, but Brady is 29-for-39 for 291 yards with an interception as we come down the stretch. The truth of the matter is the offense has been inconsistent all night long. Of course, the flip side is that the defense and punt block group has been nails again. 10:53 p.m.: And again, the defense comes up big. This time it was Jamie Collins who forced the fumble (yet another highlight for his Defensive Player of the Year candidacy), and Kyle Van Noy took it all the way back for what looked like a touchdown. If … [Read more...] about Live blog: Patriots (35), Giants (14)

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee's natural history museum is hoping its new live spiders exhibit can educate visitors instead of scaring them away. The Milwaukee Public Museum is hosting the Spiders Alive! exhibit from Oct. 5 through January 2020. The exhibit features 17 species of live arachnids from around that world, including tarantulas, Black Widows, Brown Recluses and Wolf Spiders. It also includes some relatives of spiders, including scorpions. The exhibit's on-site curator, Jon Bertolas, says he guarantees that visitors will leave with a greater appreciation of spiders. Visitor Sandra Romanshek says she decided to check out the exhibit because spiders are important for the environment, even though she thinks they are creepy crawlers. The American Museum of Natural History in New York City initially put on the exhibit. … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Public Museum launches a live spiders exhibit

As a teenager, it was a joke to answer uncertainty. As an adult, Blake McCarty’s joke about just wanting to create good art with good people when he grew up became the thing he gets to do professionally, every day.“Fast forward and I’m very lucky to do just that, even if I’ve opted not to focus on a specific career path or a single skill,” said the creator and director of the Verbitas program for New Village Arts. “More generally, one of my core beliefs is that empathy and understanding are critical to our health, happiness and sheer survival. During particularly divisive social and political times, storytelling is one of the only ways to build understanding and develop empathy. In my opinion, live theater forces us to engage with other people’s humanity, experience and perspective in ways unlike any other medium.”With Verbitas, he’s working directly with students in local high school theater programs, using community organizing … [Read more...] about Expanding high school students’ lives through theater