The release of NASA's latest budget reveals the Orion spacecraft and Lunar Gateway space station are getting the chop The US$18.8-billion total figure decreases spending by $6 billion as the space agency increases funding for crewed Moon and Mars missions The new budget request not only reflects the Trump administration's policy to curb federal spending it also marks a shift in NASA's priorities that involves more than simple bookkeeping NASA has been at the center of a multi-directional tug of war over not only money but the question of what the American space program should be in the 21st century The most conspicuous change that will occur if the budget is approved is that both the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) will end with the Artemis III mission scheduled to fly in Already beleaguered by significant delays and cost overruns there have already been calls to cancel the projects in favor of more advanced and cost effective commercial competitors Orion is already $20 billion in the hole and has suffered ongoing setbacks including problems with its life support system and heat shield SLS is decades behind schedule and has eaten through $24 billion each launch of the disposable SLS costs an estimated $4 billion and can only fly once every two years it has been criticized as an Apollo-light project using 1970s era Space Shuttle technology and being organized less as a cutting-edge space venture and more as a job creation program for congressional constituencies and aerospace contractors Along with these, NASA is also pulling the plug on Gateway Originally planned as an outpost in cislunar orbit that would act as a stopping-off point for lunar landing and Mars expeditions it has received criticism as unnecessary and that with current delays it will not enter service until the mid-2030s The new budget will end the Gateway project and transfer the completed components to other missions these cuts do not reflect an overall winding down of the Artemis program The budget allocates an increase of $7 billion for crewed lunar exploration with an additional billion dollars going to a projected crewed mission to Mars – especially as a counter to China's increasingly ambitious efforts to land astronauts on the Moon and Mars Another aspect of the budget is to eliminate missions that are seen as not cost effective in terms of science returns for money invested The top candidate for cancellation is the Mars Sample Return mission budgeted at up to $11 billion that would not fly until the middle of the next decade Other possible sacrifices could be the continuation of the aging Chandra X-ray Observatory with an annual operating cost of $70 million the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for studying dark energy at a cost of $3 billion and has been cited as being redundant compared to other missions and $1.161 billion for Earth science missions The last of these is significant because it shows the ascendance of advocates who have for decades pushed for NASA to move away from space launch vehicles and Earth monitoring missions in favor of deep space missions and cutting-edge technology while leaving many traditional space roles to commercial firms the budget cuts loose green aviation projects and focuses more attention to aiding the FAA in fulfilling the administration's directive to modernize America's alarmingly antiquated air traffic control system with cracks and air leaks threatening to force the orbital lab's evacuation and disposal much earlier than anticipated NASA seems to be pushing harder for private companies to develop their own space stations and to fast track the development of the propulsion system needed to lower the ISS into the Earth's atmosphere for a controlled burn up "This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing critical science and technology research," said acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro "I appreciate the President’s continued support for NASA’s mission and look forward to working closely with the administration and Congress to ensure we continue making progress toward achieving the impossible." Source: NASA Lawrence city commissioners will consider advancing multimillion-dollar tax incentives to help fund the second phase of KU’s Gateway Project and a proposed Q39 restaurant downtown The meeting will include public hearings on both.  The Gateway Project’s first phase included renovating much of the KU football stadium and construction of a conference center The approximate price tag of Phase 1 is $448 million.  Phase 2 of the Gateway Project is proposed to finish the south and east sides of the football stadium and construct about 1,000 parking spaces above and below ground It also includes a 20,000-square-foot outdoor plaza; 162-room full-service hotel; a 443-bed student housing facility; and 43,000 square feet of retail The second phase has an estimated cost of $311 million The total estimated state and local incentives package is $85.2 million all directed toward the stadium and parking improvements The entire Gateway Project has an estimated price tag of $759 million.  and more information will be provided through the next several months and respecting any additional information that will come out of public participation I recommend approval of all the district boundaries as presented,” City Manager Craig Owens wrote in a memo to the commission.  The commission is considering a package of public incentives for Phase 2: A sales tax and revenue bond district would allow future sales tax revenue generated within the area to be used to help finance the development A tax increment financing district uses the increase in property tax revenue from the development area to help pay for project-related public improvements A community improvement district would create an extra sales tax of up to 2% over 22 years to provide for the sales of up to $20.2 million in bonds On Tuesday, the commission will hold public hearings and consider giving initial approval to the STAR and TIF districts. The city will consider establishing the community improvement district in July and August, according to the commission’s meeting agenda KU Chancellor Douglas Girod has previously said the project will be attractive to prospective KU students bring business to the downtown area and provide millions of dollars in property taxes thanks to nearby private developers.  KU Endowment has pledged the donation of no less than $4 million of land to be used for affordable housing or other city uses and the project will contribute $14.5 million toward stormwater projects in the Jayhawk watershed “This project represents a generational investment by KU and KU Athletics in its facilities and greatly enhances the economic development contribution of KU to Lawrence,” according to the meeting agenda The commission Tuesday will also hold a public hearing and consider approving a set of incentives for a proposed Q39 barbecue location downtown Commissioners will discuss the potential creation of a community improvement district and issuance of industrial revenue bonds for the redevelopment of 639 New Hampshire St. the former site of the Lawrence Journal-World that has sat vacant for years.  The Kansas City-based barbecue restaurant previously said the tax breaks are “without doubt” necessary to finish construction and open. According to the commission’s meeting agenda the restaurant plans to open in summer or fall if the incentives are granted “The project is expected to include approximately $7 million in private investment and support 88 new permanent jobs including 8 managerial positions,” according to the meeting agenda The developers are requesting an industrial revenue bond to obtain an approximately $177,000 sales tax exemption on allowable construction materials and labor They are also asking for an additional community improvement district 2% sales tax collected over 22 years which reimburses the developer for eligible construction costs during redevelopment of the property The tax will provide reimbursement of approximately $3 million of redevelopment costs Commissioners in February deferred their decision on a request from the developers.  Commissioners will begin their regular meeting at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 at Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. 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Please click here to support us if you are able The Times is a proud “aspiring entrepreneur” member of Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers We are happy to consider individual requests to republish content; however no content from this site may be republished without express permission The GOP spending cut fights in Congress are about to become all the more contentious Lawmakers face rolling deadlines throughout May to submit so-called earmarks for the annual budget a popular mechanism that Republicans have a love-hate relationship with but that offers members of Congress a chance to score funding for local projects Republicans see them as either a chance to grab a piece of the pie for constituents or a nasty “gateway drug” to wasteful government spending we’d rather our state get it than anybody else because it’s going to be spent,” Sen “But I think you’re going to see less and less of that over the years with DOGE running around.” among the more hawkish GOP senators on fiscal matters derided earmarks as the “gateway drug” to bloated pork barrel spending “That’s why we’re in such deep doo-doo here,” Johnson said With a GOP trifecta controlling Congress and the White House which fiscal conservatives say runs counter to spending items such as earmarks But GOP leaders say the mechanism is once again up for use in the fiscal 2026 budget that starts Oct 1 despite slashing $16 billion in earmarks from the 2025 budget in a stopgap funding bill signed into law earlier this year while Senate Republicans draw their own red lines over fiscal discipline and preventing Medicaid cuts The official policy of the Senate Republican Conference bans earmarks it is widely ignored because it’s nonbinding greenlighting members to submit the very funding requests many vehemently oppose Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is among the anti-earmark senators who vow not to submit any “I need to grit my teeth and resist throwing any of my colleagues under the bus,” Lummis told the Washington Examiner “It’s odd that Senate Republicans have a rule against it Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), perhaps the Senate’s most stringent fiscal hawk, held a “March Earmark Madness Tournament” last year to blast the “most egregious” requests he dubbed the “Shameful 16.” Trump praised earmarks during his first term and is a wildcard who could significantly influence the process now that Republicans control both chambers Congress’s use of them in recent decades has varied widely including former Speakers Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Paul Ryan either scaling them back or eliminating them over members facing allegations of political corruption and bribery Lawmakers may request funding for nonprofit groups and state and local governments Members are eventually required to make available on their government office websites the funding requests they submit for the budget Some lawmakers solicit requests directly from would-be recipients with submission forms on their office websites “Earmark” is often viewed in Washington as a dirty word associated with pork barrel spending to fund lawmakers’ pet projects They’re known as “community project funding” or “congressionally directed spending.” Mike Rounds (R-SD) preferred the phrase “congressionally designated expenditures.” He defended the process as one that takes control from bureaucrats in Washington over how already allocated federal funds will be used and places it with lawmakers or local entities more in tune with specific community needs It’s money that would probably be spent either within the programmatic plan and laid out by a bureaucrat in Washington as opposed to specifically determined by elected members in their individual states,” Rounds said “A bureaucrat in Washington may or may not like [an] idea I think we’re better suited than they are to make those determinations on a project-by-project basis.” Rounds cited some of his previous earmark requests for things in his state such as road projects for Native American reservations More than 8,000 earmarks totaling almost $15 billion were included in the fiscal 2024 budget while typically in the billions of dollars are but a fraction of the nation’s annual spending TRUMP’S BUDGET CHIEF SHOWS ‘TOTAL’ COMMITMENT TO SHRINKING GOVERNMENT Earmarks are capped at 1% of total discretionary spending which in 2025 represented the $16 billion that Congress stripped from the $1.6 trillion spending plan Trump released his 2026 budget request on Friday that represents a blueprint for congressional appropriators as they craft a final version that lawmakers must eventually pass His proposal calls for $163 billion in nondefense cuts to multiple federal programs and offered a window into the president’s political priorities for reshaping the federal government CA — Caltrans announces the completion of the installation of new gateway monument signs around Tuolumne County The state agency reports that it worked with local partners to develop the signs with a goal to “create legacy elements that swell community spirit Caltrans earlier reported that it consulted with officials from Tuolumne County It was funded by a “Clean California Beautification” initiative Written by BJ Hansen Sign up for our Breaking News Alerts and the myMotherLode.com Daily Newsletters by clicking here. 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Send Mother Lode News Story photos to news@clarkebroadcasting.com The White House released a "skinny" version of its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 on Friday including financial information for all federal agencies A "skinny" budget simply means that while the document contains top-line numbers for agencies and their programs it does not provide much in the way of specific allocations The document was delivered to the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Friday and signed by Russell Vought director of the White House Office of Management and Budget A "full fiscal plan" will follow in the coming weeks This is the first step in the budget process in which Congress has the critical role of actually writing a budget "I look forward to working with you to achieve significant budgetary savings for the American people within the spending programs under your jurisdiction," Vought wrote The budget contains some notable changes for the US space agency NASA is asked to take a 25 percent cut in its budget Ars has previously reported on some of these proposed cuts These include a $2.265 billion reduction in Space science and a $1.161 billion reduction in Earth science Perhaps the most notable cancellation here is the Mars Sample Return mission which the budget proposal says will be achieved by human missions to Mars There are also significant changes proposed in NASA's biggest-ticket exploration programs The budget would cancel the Lunar Gateway that NASA has started developing and end the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft after two more flights "The Budget phases out the grossly expensive and delayed Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule after three flights," the document states "SLS alone costs $4 billion per launch and is 140 percent over budget The Budget funds a program to replace SLS and Orion flights to the Moon with more cost-effective commercial systems that would support more ambitious subsequent lunar missions." There are no further details about those commercial systems NASA has contracted with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop reusable landers for the Moon and both of these systems include vehicles to move from Earth orbit to the Moon and Gateway have been widely speculated upon in recent months but seeing them in black and white is still significant The development of the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft has been a budget fixture for decades costing in excess of $3 billion a year for slow progress The projects have been widely derided as "jobs programs." However that is one reason Congress has so fiercely supported them: They provide good-paying Several sources in the space community, therefore, believe it is indeed plausible that SLS and Orion will be phased out over the next five years in favor of far less expensive commercial rockets and spacecraft. NASA will thus be asked to beat China to the Moon with the legacy systems and then identify more affordable options for future missions to the Moon. One area that will see increased spending under the Trump administration's proposed budget is human space exploration. "By allocating over $7 billion for lunar exploration and introducing $1 billion in new investments for Mars-focused programs, the Budget ensures that America’s human space exploration efforts remain unparalleled, innovative, and efficient," the document states. Under the Trump administration, NASA will seek to reach both the Moon and Mars. The goal, stated in the document, is to refocus NASA "on beating China to the Moon and putting the first human on Mars." Unfortunately, there is no information on what these "Mars-focused programs" will be. Some of this new funding would almost certainly go to SpaceX. The company, founded by Trump ally Elon Musk, explicitly focuses on establishing human settlements on Mars. Although lunar and Mars exploration receive increases, the budget seeks to reduce the agency's commitment to the International Space Station, while still flying it until 2030. "The Budget reduces the space station’s crew size and onboard research," the document states. "Crew and cargo flights to the station would be significantly reduced. The station’s reduced research capacity would be focused on efforts critical to the Moon and Mars exploration programs." It is likely that Congress will oppose some of these changes, particularly the cuts to science programs and the reduction in activity on the International Space Station. But that story will play out in the coming months as the laborious budget process unfolds. Get daily insights on the most important news impacting the space economy The Trump administration’s proposed budget for NASA focuses on beating China back to the Moon and sending the first humans to Mars at the expense of every other part of the space agency’s budget The White House released a so-called “skinny budget” today that includes high-level funding changes and major priority shifts A more detailed budget proposal is expected to be released in the coming months.  Plus up: The Trump administration would add $647M to NASA’s human space exploration budget compared to the fiscal 2025 enacted level Total spending on crewed lunar exploration would top $7B The plan would also add $1B in new investments “for Mars-focused programs.” Big ticket: The plan would make significant changes to several marquee programs in the agency’s existing Moon-to-Mars plan under a $879M cut to legacy human exploration systems Other cuts: The budget also proposes other decreases to shift focus to the Moon and Mars:  Open questions: The plan does not include any info on DoD space funding beyond the staggering $1T defense topline It also does not address proposals to outsource the Office of Space Commerce’s space tracking mission to the private sector.  It is scheduled to carry four astronauts around the Moon in early 2026 Ted Cruz made clear he was voting “yes” because of Isaacman’s commitment to prioritize the Moon Payload spoke with several companies building next-gen lunar rovers—including Astrolab and Lunar Outpost—about the biggest challenges and opportunities in this sector photo by: Shawn Valverde/Special to the Journal-World Construction workers at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Tuesday An approximately $300 million redevelopment project at KU’s football stadium has won a key recommendation from Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens as KU and its development partners are now offering to pay nearly $20 million for other city projects KU or the KU Endowment Association is offering to provide the city at least $4 million worth of land to be used for affordable housing projects and the private developer of a proposed hotel and student housing complex is offering to cover $14.5 million in city costs to improve the Ninth Street corridor and stormwater systems near the football stadium “This project represents a generational investment by KU and KU Athletics in its facilities and greatly enhances the economic development contribution of KU to Lawrence,” Owens said in a memo to Lawrence city commissioners recommending that the city approve financial incentives for the redevelopment The new funding offer doesn’t alter KU’s promise that the stadium project won’t use general university funds the money KU would provide for city projects would be funded by revenue created by the stadium project itself a KU official told the Journal-World on Friday KU is eager to begin phase two of the Gateway project around David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium at 11th and Mississippi streets which included a rebuilding of the west and north ends of the football stadium and the addition of a conference/convention center to the site Phase two involves KU partnering with a private developer to construct a 162-room hotel and approximately 1,000 parking spaces that will be located in a mix of underground parking garages and new surface parking lots have said the project is not possible unless the city of Lawrence — and ultimately the state of Kansas — agree to create several new taxing districts that will support the new development city commissioners are being asked to take some of the first steps to approve a STAR bond and a tax increment financing district for the project and would be the first time the economic development tool has been used in Lawrence The STAR bond district would allow sales taxes that are collected at the stadium — and also at nearly all Lawrence campus locations — to be directed toward the costs of building infrastructure for the Gateway project The STAR bond district is different from special taxing districts in that it allows the state’s share of new sales tax collections to be directed toward the project Most taxing districts only allow the city and county’s share of new sales tax collections to be captured In his recommendation to city commissioners Owens said the STAR bond district is a powerful tool because it essentially will funnel tens of millions of dollars of state money to a Lawrence project “The participation of the State of Kansas to dedicate its sales tax increment through the STAR Bond mechanism is substantial and expands the long term assets of the University in a way that is highly beneficial to the City of Lawrence including its tax base and the vitality of our economy,” Owens said in the memo The offer by KU and KU Endowment to provide land and funds for additional city projects is a new development in the matter In a Friday interview with the Journal-World KU’s vice chancellor for strategic growth initiatives and real estate said the idea of KU using funds generated by the stadium project to help pay for other city projects came up through negotiations with the city manager’s office She said the idea fit well with KU’s overall philosophy that the Gateway project should broadly benefit the Lawrence community “This is an economic development project,” Blanck said “We are trying to drive economic benefits to the city we started talking about whether there are opportunities for us and Lawrence as a whole to leverage this project to improve the overall environment.” The affordable housing component fits with the city’s policies that housing projects that receive economic development incentives — the stadium project includes student housing — should also provide some element of affordable housing Blanck said the university and the city haven’t finalized a particular piece of land that would be provided for an affordable housing project the university in a draft memorandum of understanding with the city has proposed a 19-acre site just north of Rock Chalk Park Drive and just east of Kansas Highway 10 The site is just northwest of the Rock Chalk Park sports complex photo by: Douglas County GIS/Journal-World The blue star marks the site of a piece of land owned by the KU Endowment Association which is now a possible site for an affordable housing project which is already owned by the KU Endowment Association Blanck said KU would begin searching for other pieces of land that would be suitable KU’s development partner would commit to help the city pay for a portion of the costs for an already-approved project to improve stormwater management in the neighborhoods near the stadium That project also will improve the street itself which is a key connection point between the stadium and downtown Lawrence KU officials have touted the Gateway project and its convention center that will include a 1,000-seat banquet hall as a major economic development driver for all of Lawrence Business leaders in downtown have said an improved Ninth Street would make it more likely that convention-goers and other visitors to the stadium will make their way to downtown to spend money Under the provisions of the proposed memorandum of understanding the hotel and student housing complex would be on the property tax rolls since they are being developed by a private entity the hotel and student housing complex would be eligible to have 100% of its property taxes rebated into a fund that could be used to pay for infrastructure related to the hotel and student housing complex KU has asked its private developer to allow the city to use the first $14.5 million of rebated taxes for the Ninth Street/stormwater project But none of it will happen if the city and state don’t approve the new taxing districts and the economic development incentives that come with them Blanck said none of the phase two portion of the Gateway project will occur if the incentives are denied The project already will have large dollar amounts coming from donors and the university’s private development partner a group led by Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate which is the entity that led the redevelopment of the Kansas City International Airport “We are to the point where we have extended university donors as far as we can,” Blanck said Tuesday’s actions by the City Commission won’t be the final votes needed for the project The Tuesday actions merely create the districts for the STAR bond and tax increment financing districts for the project if they move the project forward on Tuesday will be asked to take other key votes to finalize the STAR bond district in July and August A third taxing district — a Community Improvement District — that would create a new 2% special sales tax for all purchases made at the stadium and on the KU campus still must be agreed to That item also is expected to come to the City Commission in July and August The latest headlines from the Lawrence 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Collegiate High School student is set to earn a college degree Arielle Bonney will walk the RP Funding Center stage on Thursday morning to receive her Polk State Associate in Arts during the College’s 132nd commencement Bonney is the youngest member of the graduating class “My parents always pushed me to try harder,” she said “They pushed me to do the ACCEL (Polk County Public Schools’ Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning) program Bonney’s academic excellence was evident was a young age She was reading before beginning kindergarten Bonney was often tasked by the teacher with helping her classmates with their work Through the ACCEL program Bonney was able to get ahead in her schoolwork According to the Polk County Public Schools website it offers students in the 93rd percentile or higher challenging curriculum Bonney was able to take high school classes in middle school “She’s always been a go-getter,” said mother Arthi Bonney “She’s been motivated to excel and get ahead.” Gateway is one of Polk State’s three charter high schools along with Lakeland Collegiate High School and Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School The collegiate high schools allow students to graduate with their high school diplomas their Associate in Arts degrees at no cost to them Gateway accepts students in 11th and 12th grade who have at least 11 high school credits Bonney earned high school credits through Florida Virtual School She enrolled at Gateway for the Fall 2023 Semester “School has always come easy to me,” Bonney said “One thing I had to learn was how to communicate with my professors I’ve had great professors who have made it easy.” with instilling her with a strong work ethic and providing support went on to attend North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will graduate from Gateway this year with her Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management “My parents have always been a source of support for me,” Bonney explained “They’ve helped 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All Rights Reserved. Sitemap Privacy Policy Disclaimer College Catalog Polk State College is committed to equal access/equal opportunity in its programs, activities, and employment. For additional information, visit polk.edu/compliance. Gateway’s Dino Nadarevic finishes fifth in the WPIAL 3A boys discus during the WPIAL championships Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at Slippery Rock. The Gateway senior throwing standout won the shot put with a top attempt of 58 feet, 4.5 inches, almost a foot further than the record 57-6 he tallied at South Fayette last year. He bested runner-up Tyler Ondrusek, a senior from Central Valley, who threw 58-0. They both were four feet clear of the rest of the field. It was another top mark in a strong final varsity season for Nadarevic who will be a favorite in both the shot and discus at the WPIAL championships May 14 at Slippery Rock. Nadarevic set a school record in the discus at 172-5 in the season-opening dual meet against Hempfield and Connellsville and then tossed a 172-7 in winning the Tri-State Track Coaches Association title April 12. He also claimed the discus title at South Fayette with a winning throw of 164-4, 10 feet better than runner-up Jonah Pfender, a senior from Fort Cherry (154-3). Nadarevic hoped for big things when he and other Gateway athletes tested their mettle at the prestigious Baldwin Invitational last Friday at Baldwin High School. Gateway athletes will have the chance to either qualify for WPIAL or improve their positions among the established qualifiers at last chance meets at either Norwin on Thursday (May 8) or West Mifflin on Friday (May 9). Senior Austin Lockhart joined Nadarevic at the top of the medals podium at South Fayette with a winning leap of 43-8 in the triple jump, four inches further than his 43-4.5 in taking ninth at the Butler Invitational nine days earlier. Lockhart’s season best of 44-1/4 came against Franklin Regional on April 16 at Gateway’s Antimarino Stadium. He also took 12th in the long jump at 19-1. Junior Aaron Staley also reached the awards podium with a fast run in the 100-meter dash. He started out sixth after the prelims with a time of 11.21 seconds. He was slightly slower in the finals (11.34) but finished eighth overall out of 79 entered. The 3,200 relay of Tashon Gowder, Michael Byrd, Robert Kennedy and Amir Timbo was 10th with a time of 9:27.09. First-place finishes were not limited to the boys team at South Fayette as senior Taniya Denson continued a successful final varsity season with a victory in the pole vault. Her 10-9 was a personal record which surpassed the 10-7 she achieved in placing sixth at the Tri-State meet. The Gateway girls also grabbed a pair of podium finishes on the track. Sophomore Kalee Kellman recorded nearly identical times from the prelims to the finals of the 100 hurdles — 16.04 and then 16.07 — but she went from eighth after the prelims to a fifth-place medal in the finals. Kellman hopes to get back down under 16 seconds in the 100 hurdles. She ran a personal best of 15.74 in the Gators’ section dual meet with Oakland Catholic on April 9. The win helped Gateway defeat Oakland Catholic, 88-59, on the way to a 4-2 section record and a third-place finish behind Franklin Regional (6-0) and Plum (5-1). Freshman Piper Munyon continues to move up the distance ranks in her first varsity track season. She picked up more positive results at South Fayette with a fifth-place finish in the 3,200 run in a personal best 11:49.62. If Javascript is disabled browser, to place orders please visit the page where our photos are available to purchase (ABC 6 News) – A Fillmore County favorite eatery has been forced to close after an overnight fire “It is with great sadness that I share that The Gateway Cafe caught fire tonight and will not be operational for the foreseeable future The cafe is located at 118 Gold St N in Wykoff and had been purchased by new owners within the last few years Co-owner Jennie Moreland said she was processing the loss but she was touched by the outpouring of support “I have never experienced this type of community before,” she said “We have customers that have been coming in for thirty Wykoff City Administrator Rebecca Schmidt said “The Gateway is the center of our town The loss of this is devastating to our small town.” the fire damage is “extensive,” but there were no injuries Schmidt said the city was working to help fill the enormous gap “The Gateway cooked breakfast for our AirB&B in town “We’ll make sure the doors get back open,” Schmidt said Any person with disabilities who needs help accessing the FCC Public file should email news@kaaltv.com or call (507) 288-7555 EDT: Corrected the location of Northrop Grumman’s facility housing the HALO module for the Gateway The White House released its proposed federal spending budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday and with it a series of deep cuts to most areas of discretionary spending America’s space agency is facing a 24.3 percent funding cut dropping it from about $24.8 billion in FY25 to $18.8 billion in FY26 The agency was hoping for a funding increase to get a number of programs back on track following two years of what amounted to spending cuts due to budgets being held at FY24 spending levels That loss in spending will be felt most deeply by the space and Earth science divisions which would see a loss of $2.3 and $1.2 billion respectively Human Space Exploration would be allocated “over $7 billion for lunar exploration and introducing $1 billion in new investments for Mars-focused programs,” which the White House believes will ensure “that America’s human space exploration efforts remain unparalleled “This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing critical science and technology research,” said acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro in a statement “I appreciate the President’s continued support for NASA’s mission and look forward to working closely with the administration and Congress to ensure we continue making progress toward achieving the impossible.” On the chopping block for President Donald Trump is the Mars Sample Return mission which the White House said is “grossly over budget and whose goals would be achieved by human missions to Mars.” The Trump Administration also aims to “eliminate funding for low-priority climate monitoring satellites” months after NASA scientists determined that 2024 was the warmest year on record increasing about 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (1.47 degrees Celsius) compared to the mid-19th century average the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880,” said then NASA Administrator Bill Nelson back in January “Between record breaking temperatures and wildfires currently threatening our centers and workforce in California it has never been more important to understand our changing planet.” In an April 30 letter sent to the leaders of the Senate and House committees that oversee NASA’s budget including the American Astronomical Society the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration and The Planetary Society expressed their “profound alarm” at the proposal that was being reported at the time “The impact extends far beyond mission hardware These cuts would eviscerate space science research and analysis programs “It would decimate the nation’s STEM talent pipeline eliminating vital training opportunities for the next generation of scientists and engineers and likely lead to widespread layoffs within this highly skilled workforce Also facing the budgetary ax is the Artemis Program The proposed budget suggests “allocating over $7 billion for lunar exploration and introducing $1 billion in new investments for Mars-focused programs,” while simultaneously calling for an early end to the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft along with cancelling the Moon-orbiting Gateway mini-space station “The Budget phases out the grossly expensive and delayed Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule after three flights SLS alone costs $4 billion per launch and is 140 percent over budget,” the White House said “The Budget funds a program to replace SLS and Orion flights to the Moon with more cost-effective commercial systems that would support more ambitious subsequent lunar missions.” Spaceflight Now reached out to both Boeing and Lockheed Martin the prime contractors behind the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft respectively If NASA were to lose funding for SLS and Orion beyond Artemis 3 the agency would no longer need the larger SLS Block 1B rocket which would use the 390-foot-tall Mobile Launcher 2 (ML-2) currently under construction at Kennedy Space Center Construction crews recently added the seventh of ten planned umbilical tower modules to the structure’s launch platform didn’t reply to a request for comment by publication “The budget would transition NASA to a more sustainable cost-effective approach to lunar exploration by retiring the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and supporting ground systems after Artemis III and ending the Gateway program – opening the door to next-generation commercial systems and expanded international collaboration,” said NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens in a statement when asked about the fate of the ML-2 work The Trump Administration also seeks to do away with the Gateway a lunar space station with international involvement from Canada The first Gatway module was received by Northrop Grumman in Gilbert Arizona and is set to be launched in 2027 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Stevens told Spaceflight Now that the agency has “informed our international partners impacted by this budget proposal” about things like the cancellation of Gateway but said that “Those conversations will remain private as discussions are ongoing.” The loss of Gateway would also mean changes for the agency’s Human Landing System (HLS) program which is managed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville 2 lander was planned to dock with Gateway to receive astronauts before heading down to the Moon’s surface on the Artemis 5 mission The HLS version SpaceX’s Starship rocket will dock directly with the Orion spacecraft during Artemis 3 and is planned to dock with the Gateway during Artemis 4 During a so-called “tag up” meeting at MSFC on Friday said that because of the commercial style of their program they likely wouldn’t face much change in the work they’re doing but acknowledged that this is still very early in the process and that more information would come in future all-hands meetings Audio of the meeting was shared by online publication, NASAWatch.com, which is not officially affiliated with NASA. The meeting audio was divided into two clips (Part 1 and Part 2) even if we’re not directly experiencing it Many of us were here for Constellation and have a lot of the battle scars from that,” Watson-Morgan said “Sensitivity is going to be really important now especially some of our cross-program work because frankly we don’t really know any more than what we saw today What I do know is we still gotta fly out Artemis 3 and that’s going to be with SLS that work needs to go on and we need to be very focused on it The proposed cuts would also reduce spending on the International Space Station program by more than $500 million The White House rationalizes the suggested change by stating that it helps with the transition to commercial space stations that NASA would access as a customer “The Budget reduces the space station’s crew size and onboard research preparing for a safe decommissioning of the station by 2030 and replacement by commercial space stations,” the White House wrote “Crew and cargo flights to the station would be significantly reduced The station’s reduced research capacity would be focused on efforts critical to the Moon and Mars exploration programs.” What a reduction in crew and cargo flights would look like is unclear Currently NASA launches crew rotation missions that typically last about six months in duration during which dozens of science experiments are performed onboard the orbiting outpost Right now SpaceX’s Dragon is the only U.S.-built spacecraft certified for astronaut missions to and from the ISS NASA and Boeing are still working to certify the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft with plans potentially for a mission later in 2025 or early 2026 Asked how the budget cuts would impact Starliner Stevens said that NASA’s focus would be on “safely decommissioning the International Space Station in 2030 and transitioning to commercial replacements focusing onboard research on efforts critical to the exploration of the Moon and Mars.” we have no additional information to offer at this time,” she said All of the proposals in the President’s budget request are just that: proposals Congress to determine how it appropriates funds for FY26 and whether it will be able to pass a full budget or will instead punt with another continuing resolution Spaceflight Now reached out to the offices of the leaders of the Senate Committee on Commerce the chairman and ranking member respectively A spokesperson for Cantwell said Friday evening that she would not be issuing a comment at this time who served as the NASA Chief of Staff 2008-2010 calling it “the biggest attack against the agency in recent history.” “No spin will change the fact that this would end critical missions and risk our scientific leadership around the globe,” Whitesides said “Not only is this the latest in an unprecedented attack on science it will harm our ability to build the future STEM workforce in the U.S and monitor potential climate hazards like wildfires the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce called the suggested cuts “shocking” in a social media post “They will decimate NASA’s research and education efforts and terminate funding for our nation’s dedicated scientists,” Meng wrote “Rather than rooting out so-called ‘government waste,’ this budget puts American leadership in science whose district includes the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology who co-chairs the Congressional Planetary Science Caucus alongside Chu issued a joint statement pushing back on the cuts They jointly said they were “extremely alarmed” by the reports of the cuts “NASA Science is a cornerstone of our nation’s space program supporting thousands of jobs nationwide and driving countless scientific discoveries and technological advancements,” the statement read these proposed cuts would demolish our space economy and workforce threaten our national security and defense capabilities and ultimately surrender the United States’ leadership in space and technological innovation to our adversaries.” Mike Haridopolos who represent the districts housing the Johnson Space Center the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Kennedy Space Center have issued a statement on the cuts A Progress supply craft loaded with 3.1 tons of cargo lifted off Thursday from Kazakhstan, launching on a six-hour pursuit of the International Space Station culminating with a smooth docking to the research lab’s aft port. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket emerged from its vertical hangar Tuesday for the 1,800-foot journey to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, moving into position for liftoff Thursday with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Nearly a decade after launching from Cape Canaveral on a planet-hunting quest that has netted 2,650 new confirmed worlds beyond our solar system, NASA’s Kepler telescope has paused its observations after on-board sensors detected it is running low on fuel. Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — All lanes on Gateway North after McCombs were closed following a motorcycle crash in northeast El Paso A spokesperson with the El Paso Fire Department said one person was transported to the hospital via helicopter Cameras from the Texas Department of Transportation showed first responders and a helicopter landing near the scene The investigation has now been turned over to the El Paso Police Department The Texas Department of Transportation advised that all lanes on Gateway North after McCombs are closed and is asking drivers to seek an alternate route All 5 Releases The White House seeks to cancel NASA's Gateway moon-orbiting space station and retire SLS and Orion after just two more flights The Trump administration wants to give NASA's Artemis moon program a serious facelift the small space station NASA aims to build in lunar orbit to support Artemis operations "SLS alone costs $4 billion per launch and is 140% over budget," the skinny budget document reads "The Budget funds a program to replace SLS and Orion flights to the moon with more cost-effective commercial systems that would support more ambitious subsequent lunar missions." SLS and Orion have flown once together to date — on Artemis 1 a 25-day flight that sent an uncrewed Orion to lunar orbit and back in late 2022 Gateway would get no such runway; it's slated for immediate termination — 'Their loss diminishes us all': Scientists emphasize how Trump's mass NOAA layoffs endanger the world — Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms The skinny budget — a pared-down summary of the full 2026 budget request — is a rough one for many other NASA programs as well the White House proposal cuts the space agency's funding by $6 billion from enacted 2025 levels That would be the biggest single-year cut in NASA's history, according to The Planetary Society a nonprofit organization that advocates for space exploration These and other NASA cuts are "in line with the Administration’s objectives of returning to the moon before China and putting a man on Mars," according to the budget document Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com. but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California you will then be prompted to enter your display name 'Falcon' flies on Star Wars Day: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida (photos) 10 must-have 'Star Wars' books and novels coming soon to your galaxy Apache Spark workloads running on Amazon EMR on EKS form the foundation of many modern data platforms EMR on EKS offers benefits by providing managed Spark that integrates seamlessly with other AWS services and your organization’s existing Kubernetes-based deployment patterns Although BPG provides foundational functionality to distribute workloads and support routing for Spark jobs in multi-cluster environments enterprise data platforms require additional features for a comprehensive data processing pipeline This post shows how to enhance the multi-cluster solution by integrating Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA) with BPG we add job scheduling and orchestration capabilities enabling you to build a comprehensive end-to-end Spark-based data processing pipeline a healthcare analytics company managing two distinct data processing workloads Their Clinical Insights Data Science team processes sensitive patient outcome data requiring HIPAA compliance and dedicated resources and their Digital Analytics team handles website interaction data with more flexible requirements they face increasing challenges in managing these diverse workloads efficiently The company needs to maintain strict separation between protected health information (PHI) and non-PHI data processing while also addressing different cost center requirements The Clinical Insights Data Science team runs critical end-of-day batch processes that need guaranteed resources whereas the Digital Analytics team can use cost-optimized spot instances for their variable workloads data scientists from both teams require environments for experimentation and prototyping as needed This scenario presents an ideal use case for implementing a data pipeline using Amazon MWAA The solution needs to route different Spark workloads to appropriate clusters based on security requirements and cost profiles while maintaining the necessary isolation and compliance controls we need a solution that maintains clean separation between application and infrastructure management concerns and stitching together multiple components into a robust pipeline Our solution consists of integrating Amazon MWAA with BPG through an Airflow custom operator for BPG called BPGOperator This operator encapsulates the infrastructure management logic needed to interact with BPG BPGOperator provides a clean interface for job submission through Amazon MWAA which then routes the Spark workloads to available EMR on EKS clusters based on predefined routing rules The following architecture diagram illustrates the components and their interactions The solution works through the following steps: Refer to the BPG REST API interface documentation for additional details This architecture provides several key benefits: which submits new jobs to an EMR on EKS cluster no built-in operators exist to implement all the steps required for the Amazon MWAA integration with BPG Airflow allows you to create new operators to suit your specific requirements. This operator type is known as a custom operator A custom operator encapsulates the custom infrastructure-related logic in a single Custom operators are created by extending the airflow.models.baseoperator.BaseOperator class We have developed and open sourced an Airflow custom operator for BPG called BPGOperator which implements the necessary steps to provide a seamless integration of Amazon MWAA with BPG The following class diagram provides a detailed view of the BPGOperator implementation the Amazon MWAA instance triggers the operator to send a job request to BPG The operator typically performs the following steps: The following sequence diagram illustrates the interaction flow between the Airflow DAG you will implement the end-to-end pipeline to run Spark jobs on multiple EMR on EKS clusters You will begin by deploying the common components that serve as the foundation for building the pipelines you will deploy and configure BPG on an EKS cluster followed by deploying and configuring BPGOperator on Amazon MWAA you will execute Spark jobs on multiple EMR on EKS clusters from Amazon MWAA we’ve automated the deployment of all infrastructure components required for this post so you can focus on the essential aspects of job submission to build an end-to-end pipeline We provide detailed information to help you understand each step simplifying the setup while preserving the learning experience you will create three clusters and an Amazon MWAA environment: analytics-cluster and datascience-cluster serve as data processing clusters that run Spark workloads and airflow-environment hosts Airflow for job orchestration and scheduling You can find the code base in the GitHub repo make sure that the following prerequisites are in place: and both EKS and EMR on EKS clusters with a preconfigured Spark operator With this infrastructure automatically provisioned you can concentrate on the subsequent steps without getting caught up in basic setup tasks You have completed the setup of the common components that serve as the foundation for rest of the implementation This section builds the Docker image for BPG deploys the helm chart on the gateway-cluster EKS cluster and exposes the BPG endpoint using Kubernetes service of type LoadBalancer Review the logs and confirm there are no errors or exceptions The healthcheck API should return a successful response of {"status":"OK"} confirming successful deployment of BPG on the gateway-cluster EKS cluster We have successfully configured BPG on gateway-cluster and set up EMR on EKS for both datascience-cluster and analytics-cluster This is where we left off in the previous blog post we will configure Amazon MWAA with BPGOperator and then write and submit DAGs to demonstrate an end-to-end Spark-based data pipeline This section configures the BPGOperator plugin on the Amazon MWAA environment airflow-environment This section guides you through setting up the Airflow connections that enable secure communication between your Amazon MWAA environment and BPG BPGOperator uses the configured connection to authenticate and interact with BPG endpoints Execute the following script to configure the Airflow connection bpg_connection choose the Admin dropdown menu and choose Connections You will see the bpg_connection listed in the Airflow UI This step configures an Airflow DAG to run a sample application we will submit a DAG containing multiple sample Spark jobs using Amazon MWAA to EMR on EKS clusters using BPG Please wait for few minutes for the DAG to appear in the Airflow UI we trigger the Airflow DAG and observe the job execution behavior including reviewing the Spark logs in the Airflow UI: An Airflow Connection is a set of parameters and credentials used to establish communication between Amazon MWAA and external systems or services A DAG refers to the connection name and connects to the external system The following diagram shows the typical architecture. The following code snippet shows the relevant details: To migrate the infrastructure to a BPG-based infrastructure without impacting the continuity of the environment we can deploy a parallel infrastructure using BPG and incrementally migrate the DAGs to use the new connection we won’t disrupt the existing infrastructure until the BPG-based infrastructure is completely operational including the migration of all existing DAGs The following diagram showcases the interim state where both the Kubernetes connection and BPG connection are operational Blue arrows indicate the existing workflow paths and red arrows represent the new BPG-based migration paths The modified code snippet for the DAG is as follows: when all the DAGs have been modified to use BPGOperator instead of SparkKubernetesOperator you can decommission any remnants of the old workflow The final state of the infrastructure will look like the following diagram we can seamlessly introduce BPG into an environment that currently uses only Amazon MWAA and EMR on EKS clusters To avoid incurring future charges from the resources created in this tutorial clean up your environment after you’ve completed the steps You can do this by running the cleanup.sh script which will safely remove all the resources provisioned during the setup: In the post Use Batch Processing Gateway to automate job management in multi-cluster Amazon EMR on EKS environments we introduced Batch Processing Gateway as a solution for routing Spark workloads across multiple EMR on EKS clusters we demonstrated how to enhance this foundation by integrating BPG with Amazon MWAA we’ve shown how to build robust end-to-end Spark-based data processing pipelines while maintaining clear separation of responsibilities and centralized code management we demonstrated how to seamlessly incorporate the solution into your existing Amazon MWAA and EMR on EKS data platform without impacting operational continuity We encourage you to experiment with this architecture in your own environment adapting it to fit your unique workloads and operational requirements you can build efficient and scalable data processing pipelines that use the full potential of EMR on EKS and Amazon MWAA Explore further by deploying the solution in your AWS account while adhering to your organizational security best practices and share your experiences with the AWS Big Data community Suvojit Dasgupta is a Principal Data Architect at AWS He leads a team of skilled engineers in designing and building scalable data solutions for AWS customers He specializes in developing and implementing innovative data architectures to address complex business challenges Avinash Desireddy is a Cloud Infrastructure Architect at AWS passionate about building secure applications and data platforms helping customers containerize applications Texas — Many of today’s most legendary Texans entered the state through a tiny steamboat town cutting trails that would become some of the state’s earliest roads and TxDOT works tirelessly to preserve these historic places Austin and Davy Crockett all entered Texas at Jonesboro a now-defunct settlement in Red River County the area is considered the “Gateway to Texas.” “This part of Texas is steeped in transportation history starting with the "Gateway to Texas" to the birthplace of President Eisenhower the father of the interstate system,” said Noel Paramanantham “As we move into the future of transportation it is our duty to preserve this heritage along our network by working with our communities." Jonesboro was named after the hunter Henry Jones who was known to hunt across the shoreline of the river He owned a ferry and crossed the Red River into Texas Until the early 1800’s there were no north-south roads in Texas The original trails near Jonesboro were a series of Caddo trails In 1824 Nicholas Trammel cut the180-mile trail for use by wagons It was used for illegally smuggling horses from the Red River prairies into Spanish Texas Missouri and Tennessee all began their western journey on what became known as the Trammel’s Trace ran from the Red River to Nacogdoches where it met the Camino Real Jonesboro was wiped out by a flash flood in the 1840s and all that remains is a small monument along FM 410 These historic monuments stand today in Sam Houston Park in Red River County as a proud reminder of all who came through the port of the “Gateway to Texas,” to blaze the trail into the Lone Star State we call home Many Texans visit these monuments and like to add their names to a part of history by carving their initials in the cactus as a local tradition A lakeside memorial for veterans on Lake Champlain is getting a big boost in state funding North Country Assemblyman Billy Jones has secured another $300,000 to go towards the second phase of Battlefield Memorial Gateway in the Town of Plattsburgh Assemblyman Jones has helped land more than a half-million dollars in state funding The project’s Purple Heart Trail was finished in phase one a year ago phase two will focus on a Remembrance Plaza dedicated to veterans Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman says that the memorial will cost around $6-million-dollars but that tariffs could raise the cost of materials and stretch out the timeline the hope is to have work underway by late summer or early fall and wrapped up by next year to tie into America’s 250th birthday commemorations the third phase of the project will look to renovate jetties on the lake to take boatloads of tourists to out to historic Crab Island to see the monument dedicated to the sailors killed in the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814 whose graves are on the island Proceeds from the town’s first ever Michigan Festival will also help cover the costs of the Battlefield Memorial Gateway Watch the video and learn more at battlefieldmemorialgateway.org I would like to receive emails from Mountain Lake PBS Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); 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For more information on our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines and our Terms and Conditions 05/03/2025 I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi I’m looking at the potential economic impact of a massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port and whether it will impact Iranian trade and hopes for foreign investment • Nuclear Talks In Rome Postponed: A fourth round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran was postponed the talks have reached a crucial phase where bridging differences on key issues were expected to be discussed Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement on May 1 that the decision to postpone the talks in Rome had been taken based on the proposal of Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi who cited “logistical reasons” for the delay State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said the meeting had never been confirmed The United States expects another round of talks “will take place in the near future,” she said • Hijab Warning Text Message Raises Eyebrows: Some women in Tehran have received a text message from a state institution telling them that they have been observed in the city not complying with the mandatory hijab with many questioning how these individuals were identified and how their private phone numbers were obtained Analysts say the explosion will have major ramifications for not only Iranian trade through its busiest port but will also hinder the country’s ability to attract investment The explosion obliterated over 10,000 shipping containers and set fuel storage tanks ablaze causing a temporary suspension of foreign trade Paris-based economist Djamchid Assadi told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that while the explosion was unlikely to cripple Iran’s sanctions-hit economy it would have a “very negative” effect on both the supply of goods and securing foreign investment regardless of whether the accident was caused by incompetence or sabotage it raises questions about the level of safety in Iran’s business environment “How can you hope to attract investment when you cannot ensure safety and security in that port?” Assadi argued While the authorities insist operations at the port have resumed Azerbaijan-based energy and economy expert Dalga Khatinoglu said it will be a while before the port can return to business as usual “This will be a big shock to Iran’s international trade,” he told Radio Farda Why It Matters: The Shahid Rajaei port in Bandar Abbas is located near the Strait of Hormuz through which about 20 percent of the world’s oil trade passes Commonly dubbed Iran’s “golden gateway” to international commerce by Iranian media Shahid Rajaei port manages about 85 percent of the nation’s container throughput a spokesman for Iran’s crisis management agency suggested the explosion may have resulted from improperly stored chemical materials within containers at the port Bandar Abbas cleanup. Photo by Meysam Mirzadeh. Via Tasnim News . Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Publicly available data indicate that shipments of chemical components used in missile propellant were received from China at the port in February and March a Defense Ministry spokesman has refuted claims that any military-related cargo Renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi described the explosion as a symbol of “the collapse of a regime that has led Iran into ruin for nearly half a century” and demanded a referendum to “restore sovereignty to the people.” Expert Opinion: “There will be a big shock particularly if administrative buildings in the terminal are also destroyed which will cause a serious disruption to imports and exports,” Khatinoglu said Kian Sharifi is a feature writer specializing in Iranian affairs in RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom in Prague He got his start in journalism at the Financial Tribune an English-language newspaper published in Tehran where he led a team of journalists who closely watched media trends and analyzed key developments in Iran and the wider region Via RFE/ RL Used with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Filed Under: Iran Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty RFE/RL journalists report the news in 23 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established We provide what many people cannot get locally: uncensored news RFE/RL strives to meet the highest standards of objective journalism and report the facts undaunted by pressure or attempted influence​ RFE/RL is registered with the IRS as a private Congress through the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) as a private grantee RFE/RL's editorial independence is protected by U.S Personal checks should be made out to Juan Cole and sent to me at: May 2025 holds a different energy than the months before it inspiring us to step forward and perhaps even take some leaps of faith We are hitting new ground and will feel like we are emerging into a new After having zero major planets in retrograde since April 13 with Pluto stationing retrograde in Aquarius This retrograde energy is subtle and will be working on the deeper layers of our being We won’t necessarily feel a slowdown in our outer world but we may find ourselves reflecting and pondering on the transformations and changes that have unfolded in our lives since October 2024 May also brings opportunities to get in touch with our spiritual side we may find ourselves doing some deep soul-searching and unearthing deeper truths about our path and purpose This trend will continue with the Algol Gateway, the Alycone Gateway (Pleiades Portal), and the Silver Gate Portal– all of which take place this month These star gates are high-frequency points in our year for connecting with the cycles of death and rebirth and honoring the ebb and flow of life We may feel more connected to our loved ones passed or find ourselves experiencing awakenings that connect us to our path and potential This shift signals the start of a new karmic cycle that will be with us for the next 2.5 years bringing an incredibly rare cosmic transit to work with May 2025 brings a fresh perspective and plenty of opportunities for a rebirth Let’s take a closer look into the key astrological events of May 2025- Venus and Neptune come together in the sign of Aries While both Venus and Neptune don’t love to be in fiery Aries helping us to feel more compassionate and perhaps more open especially when it comes to matters of the heart Venus and Neptune together can spark romance and help us to see beyond our current reality It is also a nice planetary combination for spending time with those that we love we have had zero major planets in retrograde but now the spell is broken with Pluto entering its annual retrograde in the sign of Aquarius Pluto spends about 6 months of the year in retrograde Pluto gets us to focus on the subtler frequencies and to reflect on the transformations that have taken place Pluto Retrograde is a subtle energy as it works on the deepest layers of our being helping us to release and shed some of those old energies we no longer need to carry You can think of Pluto Retrograde as a time to sort through all that has been uncovered from deep within our subconscious As Pluto will be retrograde in the sign of Aquarius we may find ourselves thinking about community so our attention may turn to practices that enrich our wellbeing we may see Pluto Retrograde shining a spotlight on the use of technology and AI Pluto will end its retrograde journey by October 13th where we are encouraged to ground our thinking This is a great time to clear the mental clutter and focus on the thoughts that bring us nourishment and support We may also find it easier to plan out budgets or long-term goals that are focused on bringing us security The Scorpio Full Moon is always one of the most magical and mystical of the year the Moon in Scorpio is said to be an unfavorable position however I think there are deeper layers that can be activated here Scorpio represents transformation and the cycles of death and rebirth we have the potential to peel back the deepest layers and find a new wisdom or a new way of being Peeling back layers can be a painful process and can stir a lot of lingering emotions but there is also a magic to digging deeper and allowing ourselves to access the more hidden parts of our being The 2025 Scorpio Full Moon is a great time to let any heaviness go and to focus on release work Our attention is very much going to be centered around our emotions but we may also find ourselves experiencing a deep ah-ha moment as well indicating some instability or restlessness but it seems the more we can be real with ourselves and how we are feeling the easier time we will have navigating whatever unfolds The annual Sun-Uranus conjunction takes place in Taurus for the final time! Since May 2018 but this journey is getting ready to come to a close and this is one of the last major alignments Uranus will make The Sun and Uranus coming together signifies a rebirth of Uranian energy we are called to bring more grounding and stability to some of our more “out there” or bold ideas the Universe has really been encouraging us to create some longevity and stability in our lives or we may have felt a lot of stagnation since this timeframe We are now preparing to wrap up this journey hopefully with a deeper understanding of what healthy change can look like in our lives Perhaps we have a better and more grounded relationship with the idea of instability we are able to observe how the push-pull between making changes and staying the same has been unfolding in our lives grounded Taurus into the social and quick-witted sign of the Twins which means energy will move from our lower chakras to our higher chakras fueling our creativity and our desire to share Gemini Season is a great time to focus on communication and working with our hands It is also power time when it comes to recognizing both aspects of our being representing our temporary body and our forever soul The Alycone Gateway is activated by the Sun aligning with the star, Alycone, one of the major stars of the Pleiades. Alcyone could be defined as the feminine version of Sirius then Alycone can be our Shadow Sun – the Sun that shines a light on all that deeper darker stuff we have to wade through in order to reach new levels of spiritual awareness These shadows are our fears and repressed emotions These shadows are also the feelings of shame we may possess around ourselves and our lives Exposing and bringing these into the light is always possible we may feel divinely supported and guided to do this work The Pleiades are also strongly connected to the Spirit world and may help us to connect with loved ones passed Saturn’s move into Aries creates a new karmic cycle to work with and is one of the key events of the year Saturn spends about 2.5 years in each sign of the zodiac so the last time it was in Aries was roughly 28 years ago Saturn in Aries indicates a new chapter of self-growth and mastery We will be offered new lessons that will challenge us but ultimately lead us down a new path of maturity Saturn will be working on the relationship with the ego our relationship with anger and other heated emotions and what inspires us to take action in the world we may feel inspired to begin something new so we may find we take on greater leadership roles in our lives too What’s noteworthy about this transit is that Neptune will also be in Aries meaning that both Saturn and Neptune will hover close by each other While they won’t officially meet until 2026 their close interaction will definitely be one to take note of If you want to get a deeper understanding of what Saturn in Aries may bring your way you can think back to themes and patterns that were emerging 28-29 years ago You can also look to see where Aries is in your natal chart Use this energy to problem solve and to bring support to any communication projects you may be working on The Gemini New Moon helps to bring balance to our body and soul or this earthly realm and the realm of spirit We may find ourselves needing to take a more “human approach” or to detach and allow the nature of spirit to take over Finding our balance will ultimately be key but it seems we are being called to recognize where we need to trust more versus plan more helping to unearth divine messages that we may need to hear Pay attention to signs and synchronicities from the Universe will also be supporting communicative efforts and projects we may be working on This is a power day in Mercury’s cycle and helps to activate and recharge its energy Mercury represents our mind and mental processes this can create an activation and recharging of our own minds or that we are better able to sort through mental chatter We may start to think differently about something or start to see a new pathway emerge that we didn’t think about before When the Sun aligns with the Royal Star, Aldebaran, it activates a portal of high-frequency energy. Some astrologers refer to this as the Silver Gate Portal. This portal beams down energy that can sharpen our minds Aldebaran is also said to be the resting place for souls right before they reincarnate back on Earth the Soul has a chance to reflect on why it is coming to Earth and the lessons it will obtain We can channel this space by connecting with our Higher Self and soul contract and remembering that every experience is a lesson Tanaaz is the creator of Forever Conscious She is an intuitive astrologer and aims to use her writing to heal and inspire She is also the author of several books including the Power of Positive Energy She also runs online courses and in-person retreats by DIANA GOMEZ Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Emergency crews responded to a crash in east El Paso Wednesday morning According to the Texas Department of Transportation the crash happened before 6 a.m on Gateway East at Lee Trevino Drive blocking the exit ramp from Interstate 10 and right shoulder on I-10 KFOX14/CBS4 crews at the scene saw the Texas Department of Public Safety investigating Officials haven't released the cause of the crash and if anyone was injured This is a developing story; check back for updates Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox Here are some takeaways from what Goff, also vice chancellor, had to say about the home of Kansas football in Lawrence and more: RELATED: Inside why the New Orleans Saints picked Kansas football’s Devin Neal in 2025 NFL Draft Goff outlined that everything is on track with the first phase of the project meaning the stadium is set to be available for the Aug 23 home opener this year against Fresno State Four words that people around the project enjoy saying This phase includes the construction of the new-look southwest and north portions of the football stadium as well as the Anderson Family Football Complex The only thing Goff mentioned as lagging behind a bit is the conference center on the north side which he anticipates being open and active in time during the middle of the fall What construction still needs to be done between now and the start of the football season?Although Goff said they are in striking distance of finishing the core components of the exterior of the new-look portions of the stadium there is still a lot to be done in the interior That includes work on areas like the suites One thing fans and athletes alike can look forward to is an area that will be set up to honor both the program’s past and present so there’s an understanding of what’s been accomplished in the past and what they’re trying to do in the future Asked what the number of attendance capacity will be this fall understanding a sellout crowd in 2023 was listed at 47,233 Goff only went as far as to say it’ll be 40,000 something Goff spoke confidently about the work that’s underway to be ready to move into the second phase of the project which is anticipated to include work on the remaining parts of the stadium and development in the surrounding area embarking on a project like this isn’t possible without donor support He volunteered that they are on the cusp of some incredible commitments in that regard The other significant area is working through some of the municipal incentives that can help make that second phase a reality Goff thinks both aspects are within striking distance as they work to meet an ambitious timeline of being able to “continue moving with intention through ’25 and into ’26 with some additional construction.” The next couple of months will be critical in that respect Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need Michael Love is a TribLive reporter covering sports in the Alle-Kiski Valley and the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. 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Report a typo the newest addition to the Gateway Network is complete and will soon provide much-needed recovery housing and addiction treatment for our community Gateway Recovery is a micro-community for people with substance use disorder and our unsheltered community to get addiction treatment and interim housing The community will serve up to 50 people at a time in 42 single-occupancy homes and four double-occupancy homes for couples There are three on-site community rooms dedicated to behavioral health treatment Residents will have access to a laundry facility and three bathrooms People will stay up to 24 months or until they are connected to longer-term recovery housing “The Gateway Network is here to meet people where they are with trauma-informed care and wraparound support including addiction treatment,” said Mayor Tim Keller healing environment where individuals can begin rebuilding their lives and working toward long-term sobriety.” Hume is a longtime recovery housing advocate with lived experience “I know for me it was very important to have a community of people in recovery that could assist me when everything got hard that could teach me the skills that I need to be successful I needed a place where I felt safe and protected that’s what Gateway Recovery will provide,” said Donald Hume because being forced to leave behind a beloved companion can prevent someone from seeking services It also includes a community garden to create a welcoming environment and foster connection and belonging Many decisions in creating the community were based on a study commissioned by the Department of Health which found that people exiting substance use disorder treatment who lack stable housing are much more likely to relapse The study states there are only about 800 recovery beds in Albuquerque which is not enough to meet our community's needs thanks to a strong partnership with the County our vision is coming to life,” said Health “Gateway Recovery will undoubtedly save lives by offering the necessary support to achieve long-term sobriety but today is a step in the right direction.” Endeavors will operate Gateway Recovery and administer support services prioritizes pathways to long-term recovery and housing They will begin accepting referrals to Gateway Recovery on Monday Referrals are expected to come from community partners that administer medical detox services including Bernalillo County CARES Campus Detox Our goal is to provide a smooth transition into a stable structured environment that promotes long-term wellness Bernalillo County is an integral partner in Gateway Recovery and contributed $1.7 million for construction “Gateway Recovery is a powerful example of what’s possible when Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque come together to serve our community,” says Commissioner Barbara Baca (D1) supportive space for people to begin their recovery journey and take meaningful steps toward a healthier future.” “Gateway Recovery reflects our commitment to building a full continuum of care that meets people where they are,” says Wayne Lindstrom deputy county manager for Behavioral Health transitional housing with wraparound behavioral health support we’re giving individuals the stability and services they need to reclaim their lives.” $5 million in City of Albuquerque Opioid Settlement Funding was also allocated for construction and to begin operations [email protected] The 311 Community Contact Center is a centralized call center for the City of Albuquerque The 311 service is a single telephone number for all non-emergency City of Albuquerque inquiries and services The official website for the City of Albuquerque This post focuses on two ways to create an API or a domain name with a dualstack IP address type: AWS Management Console and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). When creating a new API or domain name in the console select IPv4 only or dualstack (IPv4 and IPv6) for the IP address type As shown in the following image, you can select the dualstack option when creating a new REST API. For custom domain names, you can similarly configure dualstack as shown in the next image. If you need to revert to IPv4-only for any reason, you can modify the IP address type setting, with no need to redeploy your API for the update to take effect. Private REST APIs only support dualstack configuration start by configuring a dual-stack REST API and domain name When your API begins receiving IPv6 traffic, client source IPs will be in IPv6 format. If you use resource policies, Lambda authorizers, or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies that reference source IP addresses make sure they’re updated to accommodate IPv6 address formats to permit traffic from a specific IPv6 range in a resource policy API Gateway dual-stack support helps manage IPv4 address scarcity and costs comply with government and industry mandates The dualstack implementation provides a smooth transition path by supporting both IPv4 and IPv6 clients simultaneously To get started with API Gateway dual-stack support, visit the Amazon API Gateway documentation You can configure dualstack for new APIs or update existing APIs with minimal configuration changes –Betty and Pranika Kakkar for providing resources and offering valuable feedback during the writing process This blog post was made possible through the collaborative support of the service and product management teams How is the News Blog doing? Take this 1 minute survey (This survey is hosted by an external company. AWS handles your information as described in the AWS Privacy Notice AWS will own the data gathered via this survey and will not share the information collected with survey respondents.) Betty Zheng is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS focusing on creating developer-centric content for Cloud Native With over 20 years of experience in the ICT industry and 18 years as an application architect and cloud infrastructure expert She is actively engaged with the Chinese developer community and is committed to helping developers understand the technologies and transform their ideas into execution