At May Core Hydration Classic the opening meet of 2024 Olympic gymnastics selection season which end later this month at Olympic trials Simone Biles stepped onto floor exercise mat in Barbie pink leotard.
The Biles II a triple twisting double back tuck the crowd at Hartford XL Center went feral.
The Reputation opener brought the gymnastics fandom the crossover nobody desire they needed.
The song is taylor swift salvo to her high profile haters and meet continued Biles comeback after being called a quitter by bunch of men who ever lived.
This means Biles who fell once on vault during Night 2 could have counted 6 more downs and still won her ninth national title.
This margin signaled come back of GOAT stratospheric 2021 level difficulty.
She no longer looks to carrying the world on her shoulders.
The wild ride was covering Tokyo Games taught me never to make single solitary prediction about Olympic medal podium again. there is one thing I will scream for whatever its worth Olympics in her coaches homeland the simone biles era is here.
Biles gymnastics in 2021 was the super it had ever been. 2016 Rio Olympics she perform well.
In 2018 she come back in gym a year in which she won world championship by over a point despite various falls and kidney stone.
She headed for Tokyo as no 1 in the world.
Due to covid and major domestic problem it was clear Biles was not OK.
The Olympics one year postponement threw off everyone schedule.
US women program was very much reeling from gut wrenching scandals that come to light after Rio.
The financially bereft USA Gymnastic went through a hasty restructuring resulting in Olympics squad.
Simone Biles is back and looks more energetic. This cycle she look driven towards heights of greatness she can reach and at peace with that its own sake.
Three hundred training sessions the mega amount of work Biles has put into her health shines from her Biles 2024 at gymnast age of 27.
It is good for audience to remember that Simone Biles she owes us nothing. She live through her bad times three years before she is clear and in these games she is ready for.
King Charles III official birthday is celebrated on Saturday 15 June 2024.
The King Birthday Parade starts at 10 30 am on Saturday 15 June on BBC one and BBC iplayer.
Clare Balding introduces live coverage from heart of London as Irish Guards troop their colour on Horse Guards Parade in world renowned spectacle full of military, music.
The morning event end with annual RAF flypast and royal family iconic balcony appearance.
Highlights of day events will telecast on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 5:50pm.
BBC iPlayer will be uninterrupted coverage of live events and audio described commentary is available via Red Button.
King Charles III actual birthday is 14 November he was born on 14 November 1948.
The Sovereign birthday is celebrated on other date usually in summer months.
There is military precision and music from Horse Guards Parade in London on Saturday 15 June for Trooping of Colour the annual celebration to mark Sovereign official birthday.
Catherine Princess of Wales has made first public appearance since diagnosed with cancer joining royals in London for Trooping the Colour the kings official birthday parade.
The princess famous as Kate was driven in state carriage with three kid from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade to watch ceremony.
She could be seen wearing Irish Guards regimental broach a nod towards her role as honorary colonel.
Kate is expected to join fellow royals on balcony later. It shows a huge moment in Princess recovery making her first public appearance since last december before her cancer diagnosis.
Queen Camilla and King Charles III were taken in carriage from Buckingham Palace bringing cheers from packed crowds.
The King is taking part from a carriage due to his own cancer diagnosis.
Kate husband William the Princess of Wales rode on horseback.
Boston Celtics fan got into a trouble Friday night NBA Finals watch party.
The Celtics were defeated by 122-84 in game 4 of NBA finals against Mavericks to bring series to 3-1.
The loss on road in Dallas was the only loss the Celtics took Friday night
Fans at watch party in Boston decided to get into trouble fight.
A viral video making rounds shows a group of Celtics fans getting after it a younger Celtics fan were throwing bombs at guy on ground.
As people rushed in to try to control the situation before it increased further.
Fight during sporting events is as American as apple pie.
Its great for internet content. not great for future CTE concerns.
The Celtics got it up on court in Dallas and fans were back home trying to eliminate each other.
200 miles separate Key West and Parkland.
One dates back centuries while other is 50 years old. One holds itself up to be model of modern suburban living.
In South Florida the dividing line between 2 more people moving in and those leaving is Broward Miami Dade county line.
North of that in Palm Beach counties and Broward the population increase.
South in Miami Dade and Monroe counties more people moved out.
The rapid growing city in Florida with 20,000 resident between 2020 and 2023 was Haines City. Heart of Florida is what it says on city seal.
Haines City is about 40 miles south of Orlando. Its population grew by 35%.
.These two cities are on different end of spectrum of Florida population growth.
Parkland is rapid growing city in South Florida with over 20,000 residents since the Covid-19 pandemic. Its population has increased more than 9%.
Key West is facing drop in residents losing 5 % of population between April 2020 and July 2023.
Parkland is city for people to move to said Parkland Mayor Richard Walker.
Even though one is increasing and one is falling the two cities share some of same driving forces behind population changes, home prices and housing supply.
More homes are coming to Parkland. The city bought part old Heron Bay Golf Course about year and half ago.
The course hosted the Honda Classic for 6 years it closed in 2019.
Parkland paid $25.4 million for 65 acres of course.It sold two dozen acres to home builder for $19.5 million.
52 luxury homes are expected to be spread across 21 acres.
The area is expected to include commercial development like restaurants and shopping.
Walker said :We bought that kind of limit how much residential we can have in there.
“It gives us chance to provide amenities to residents. We do not have shopping restaurants.
City is not finished. Walker and city have eyes on largest undeveloped tract of land in Broward County. Hendrix Farm has 739 acres sitting between Parkland northwest border and Loxahatchee Road.
“We will have additional supply whether its three years. four years 10 years from now we do not really know that.”
In Key West Johnston hopes to address lack of housing supply by asking voters to change city charter permitting it to purchase properly for housing.
The city can buy property if voters okay purchase through a ballot refrendum.
“If we desire employes to stay here and live here in city of Key West raise their families here send kids to our schools we have got to do something to impact that. That falls into category of housing.”
Florida homeowners pay highest premium for home insurance. Florida close to $11000 a year.
The 6 most expensive cities for home insurance in country are in South Florida.
Key West had additional challenge that taxpayer backed Citizen properly Insurance the insurer of last resort often is only insurer.
Four out of five home insurance policy in Keys is with Citizens.
Johnston pointed out home is difficult in Key West. The median price of home for sale is $1.5 million.
Key West in good company of South Florida cities shrinking since covid.High price of housing is one reason to drop in population.
Aventura and Miami Beach lost 4% residents. Sunny Isles Beach and Coral Gables shrunk by 2%
Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers III says the restaurant chain is making its single mega additional investment in our workforce in 68 year history by hiking base pay for servers to 3 bucks an hour.
Waffle House is not changing its policy that servers keep their own gratuities it would be crazy to go down road of service charges instead ot tips
The raise take effect this month and follow more than year long campaign led by union that show service workers in South.
The effort involved strikes and petitions calling for higher pay working conditions and end to paycheck deductions for meals.
Various restaurant across the US offer what is known as tipped minimum wage. Under labor law they can offer little as $2.13 per hour if that amount combined with tip at least matches the federal minimum wages of $7.25 per hour.
Waffle House base pay excluding tips will increase to at least $5.25 per hour for all company 2000 location by June 2026 extra increases base on shifts and seniority.
The company has not opened up any actions to respond to workers other concerns including safety at locations that are open 24/7 and have draw disorderly patrons.
Rogers said Waffle House will seek to offset labor cost by raising its menu prices noting that patrons are chain urban location would be charged more.
Waffle House operate about 2000 locations including hundreds in Georgia.
Before California pay hike the highest paid fast food workers in US were in Washington State minimum wage of $16.28 per hour.
States has moved to lift pay of restaurant workers who live in povery than employees in other fields.
The minimum wage for fast food workers in California rose to $20 per hour the highest base across US restaurant industry.
A power outage left hundreds of homes and businesses without electrical service Tuesday in Rancho San Diego. La Presa and Spring Valley.
The cause of outage was under investigation.
Service was restored to all affected addresses by shortly before 1:30 pm according SDG&E.
The outage struck about 1 pm knocking out power to total of 1054 San Diego Gas & Electric customer sthe power company advised.