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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ally Distler of Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.) was named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for her outstanding play during the week of Oct. 21-27. The senior catcher keyed the offense during Columbine’s run to the program’s first Colorado High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) state title.

Over four games, Distler hit .545 (6-for-11), launched four home runs, doubled, recorded 10 RBI, slugged 1.727 and scored six times.  In the CHSAA 5A championship game, the program’s first appearance since 1995, she broke a 1-1 deadlock with a second-inning leadoff home run and gave the Rebels a 5-1 cushion over Fossil Ridge with a three-run blast an inning later. The victory capped off a 28-2 season for the Rebels. 

Distler doubled, homered, drove in and scored three runs during Columbine’s first-round victory over Valor Christian. She followed that performance with a three-run homer to punctuate a four-run fourth in a 7-5 quarterfinal victory against Legacy. 

MaxPreps.com, the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her athlete’s game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week’s award.

The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Players of the Week are announced on NFCA.org every Monday during the fall season, with one representative chosen from the participating regions. During the spring campaign, a player from each of five separate high school regions is selected.

MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school athletics websites on the internet. Coaches who enter their team’s stats on Max Preps will not only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be getting their team’s information out to thousands of high school sports fans, as well as college coaches across the country.

To obtain a coach’s login, please contact: [email protected] or call (800) 329-7324 x1. To enter a team’s stats on the MaxPreps website, please click here.

 

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2019-20 MaxPreps/NFCA Players of the Week

10/28/19 – Ally Distler / Columbine (Colo.) High School

10/21/19 – Jordyn Bahl / Papilliion (Neb.)-LaVista High School

10/14/19 – Tavia Hausman / Beatrice (Neb.) High School

10/7/19 – Olivia Cato / Northgate High School (Newnan, Ga.)

9/30/19 – Katherine Johnson / Millard North High School (Omaha, Neb.)

9/23/19 – Laurin Krings / Loveland (Colo.) High School

9/16/19 – Denver Bryant / Dougherty High School (Albany, Ga.)

9/9/19 – Kynlee Marquez / Southern Valley/Alma High School (Oxford, Neb.)

9/3/19 – Bryna Kapelke / Broomfield (Colo.) High School

8/27/19 – Jordyn Bahl / Papillion (Neb.)-LaVista High School

SAN FRANCISCO — Google announced a partnership with a large U.S. health care system aimed at modernizing its information system and providing new tools for doctors, in the tech giant’s latest foray into the health industry.

Announcement of its arrangement with the Catholic health care system Ascension followed a Wall Street Journal report on Monday that Google had access to thousands of patient health records without doctors’ knowledge.

Both companies stressed that their deal is compliant with federal health-privacy law. Unlike most of the data Google collects on individuals, health data is strictly regulated by the federal government.

Google is providing cloud computing services to Ascension, which operates health centers in 21 states, mostly across the South and Midwest. It is also testing the use of artificial intelligence to examine health records and find patterns that Google says might help doctors and other providers.

Health care providers are increasingly interested in using data to help manage care and keep patients healthy. That might mean relatively simple things like tracking whether someone refills a prescription or something more complex like spotting a worsening medical condition and addressing it before the patient winds up in the hospital.

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Health care systems are allowed to share patient information with business partners so long as the partners agree to safeguard the information and use it only in the way it was intended.

“To be clear: under this arrangement, Ascension’s data cannot be used for any other purpose than for providing these services we’re offering under the agreement, and patient data cannot and will not be combined with any Google consumer data,” Google cloud executive Tariq Shaukat wrote in a blog post .

Still, some people are wary of the big tech company having access to sensitive personal information. Google, along with other big tech counterparts including Facebook and Apple, have been under the microscope in the last couple years about how they use — and sometimes misuse — the vast collections of customer data they collect.

This concern was kicked into mainstream view after Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the social network shared a vast amount of user data, without permission, with a political consultancy once affiliated with President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.

It has since touched nearly every corner of the tech industry, where data is key to digital advertising and developing features using customer data.

That concern has not quieted as the companies continue to push into more aspects of consumer life.

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Google has been pressing into the health care space in recent months, including an announced deal to buy wearable company Fitbit . The company has also hired several health care executives, hinting at larger health data strategies to come.

Ascension and Google both acknowledged privacy concerns, but say the agreement is compliant with federal law and that health data will be kept secure.

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AP Reporter Tom Murphy contributed to this report from Indianapolis.

The Schuyler Sisters are patriots to the core, so they’re the perfect choice to perform “America the Beautiful” at this year’s Super Bowl.

Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Jasmine Cephas Jones, the actors who originated the fierce threesome in Hamilton, will reunite for Super Bowl LI. The three women have since moved on from the musical, so Hamilton fans should not throw away their shot at seeing them sing together again. They’ll be joined by Luke Bryan, who will sing the national anthem, and Lady Gaga, who will perform at the halftime show.

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The Super Bowl will air on Fox at 6:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 5. Tune in at about 6:20 p.m. to catch “America the Beautiful.”

We know where Liam Hemsworth will be spending the holidays this year! Alongside his fiancée Miley Cyrus and the rest of the Cyrus clan.

Cyrus’s older sister Brandi took to Instagram to commemorate a family moment, including Hemsworth standing by the Christmas tree with the caption, “Cyrus fam Christmas in full swing.” And, it looks like Hemsworth brought along his dog, Dora, a gift from Cyrus, to the festivities, as Miley posted a photo of her cuddling the pup to Instagram.

Although it seems like the actual wedding plans have been put on hold, Cyrus and Hemsworth are stronger than ever, even if you don’t always see the songstress wearing her engagement ring. “It’s very weird because [the engagement ring] is like real jewelry and most of my jewelry is made out of like gummy bears and cotton candy,” she told Ellen DeGeneres while making an appearance on her talk show. “They don’t look that good together because they kind of mix up. So sometimes I replace it with an actual unicorn or a Looney Tune.”

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Hemsworth clearly took note of what Cyrus said that day, gifting her a rainbow gemstone ring for her birthday a few weeks ago. So thoughtful of him! We can’t wait to see what Instagrams the duo post next of their holiday together.

Picking out a perfectly ripe avocado is a complete gamble at worst, and an educated guess at best. Too soft, and you’re left with a mushy brown mess. Too firm, and you’re stuck with a yellow-ish, stuck-to-the-skin substance that’s unfit for toast and definitely not suitable for homemade guacamole.

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Because you can’t cut into the fruit in the middle of the produce aisle, your best bet is to feel it in your hand. But there might be an even easier method. Earlier this week, a Reddit user posted a photo of an avocado with a three-tiered color chart on the sticker, which depicted the exact color and texture of a not ripe, firm ripe, and soft ripe avocado. The avocado in the photo matched perfectly with the “soft ripe” portion of the sticker, indicating that the fruit was ready to be eaten.

Not only does this sticker help you make a more educated decision, but it also keeps other shoppers from squeezing the life out of all the avocados. The caveat? Not all avocados have this handy sticker—plus, color alone is not always the best indicator of ripeness. In fact, some varieties of avocados don’t change color much as they ripen. Your best bet is to buy slightly underripe avocados, and let them ripen at home. Look for pebbly-skinned Mexican Hass avocados, which are more flavorful than smooth-skinned Fuertes and have a buttery, creamy texture when ripe. It should feel firm in your palm, but give slightly when pressed.

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If you want your avocado to ripen quickly, place it in a brown paper bag with a banana (which releases ethylene gas, quickening ripening) and place it on a sunny windowsill for 18 to 24 hours. This trick works even if your avocado is rock hard when you begin the process. Ready to start cooking? Follow these steps to slicing and dicing.

This article originally appeared on Realsimple.com.

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Nicole Kidman’s role as the mother of an adopted child in her Oscar-nominated film Lion hit especially close to home, as she also happens to be the real-life mom to two adopted children. She and then-husband Tom Cruise adopted their son Connor and daughter Isabella during their marriage, and the actress spoke out this week about how her kids affected her Lion performance. If you haven’t seen the film—and you should—it’s about an adoptive mother whose Indian-born son leaves her and travels the world in search of his biological parents. In an interview with The Mirror, Kidman said that the movie is actually an homage to her two eldest children.

“The movie is a love letter to my children who are adopted. I wanted to make the film for them”, she revealed. “It’s not about anything other than saying, ‘I wanted you and whatever your journey is, I’m here to love and support you’. That’s what I connected to.”

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Kidman and Cruise adopted their children in the early nineties and even though the couple later divorced, they maintained shared custody of their kids.

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Kidman’s film Lion has been oft-nominated, including for the BAFTAs and again for this Sunday’s Academy Awards. Her Lion co-star Dev Patel won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor as her son, “Saroo.” And with this dedication to her family, Kidman’s already a winner in our book. 

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Selena Gomez has held the title of the most-followed person on the photo sharing app for nearly a year, but she recently pulled so far ahead of the competition that she’s now in a league of her own.

The “Hands to Myself” singer broke impressive new ground on Thursday when her follower count hit a whopping 110 million. The 24-year-old is now head and shoulders above Taylor Swift, who holds the title of the second-most followed account, with nearly 98 million. And Gomez managed it all despite a self-imposed 14-week break from the popular platform.

Reaching the milestone had the pop star feeling humbled and grateful yesterday. “Thank you fam for 110,” she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of her singing to a sea of fans. “I promise I will continue to cherish my platform and speaking truth but more importantly, each and every one of you have changed my life. I’m very grateful.”

To celebrate her most recent accomplishment (and in case you forgot why she’s the queen), here are a few of our favorite photos from her account:

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Keep it up, Selena!

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Prince Harry is honoring Princess Diana in the most meaningful way.

On Tuesday evening, more than 20 years after his mother Diana was photographed walking through minefields being cleared by the HALO Trust in Angola and Bosnia, Harry spoke at the Landmines Free 2025 event at Kensington Palace. The red-headed royal was there to voice his support for Mines Advisory Group and the HALO Trust, who have come together in an effort to rid the world of landmines by 2025—an effort dear to his mother’s heart.

Harry said Diana was “shocked and appalled by the impact that landmines were having on incredibly vulnerable people and on children in particular. She did not understand why more people were not willing to address the cause of so much suffering,” he added.

At the event, Harry met two Bosnian men, Zarko and Malic, who lost their legs to landmines as children. Diana met the pair during her final overseas tour in the summer of 1997.

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“When my mother said goodbye to Zarko that August before her untimely death, she told him that he would not be forgotten,” the prince said in his address. “Please help me keep her word to Zarko and Malic and other people like them throughout the world who still need us to finish the job and rid this planet of landmines.”

He also spoke of Diana’s unparalleled compassion and dedication to humanitarian causes around the world—a legacy he aims to continue.

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“She was an advocate for all those who she felt needed her voice most; whether it be marginalized men dying of AIDS in East London, ostracized sufferers of leprosy in India, or the teenage girl who had lost her leg to a landmine in Angola,” Harry said. “She knew she had a big spotlight to shine, and she used it to bring attention on the people that others had forgotten, ignored, or were too afraid to support.”

Watch his speech above.

At the upcoming United Nations climate conference in Morocco, negotiations for how to fulfill COP21’s agreement to limit global warming to 1.5º Celsius must emphasize methods that will also alleviate poverty and climate injustice, rather than leaning on “questionable technologies” such as geoengineering and carbon offset, says Friends of the Earth (FOE) Germany.

“We cannot count on unproven, costly, and ecologically risky negative emission technologies to save us from climate chaos.”
—Hubert Weiger,
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That’s the argument put forth in the group’s new report, “A change of course: How to build a fair future in a 1.5 degree world” (pdf, in German), published Friday alongside the German Catholic Bishops’ Organisation for Development Cooperation (MISEREOR) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

The climate conference will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 7-18.

The report takes aim at popular so-called “negative emissions” technologies, such as geoengineering, carbon offset regimes, and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), arguing that leaders must pursue true sustainability instead.

“The fatal flaw of all negative emissions technology proposals is this: The hope for an atmospheric line of credit allows today’s urgent need for radical reductions in CO2 emissions to fall by the wayside,” the report argues. “What’s currently Plan B is in fact the best way to force Plan A into the background—a fundamentally different economy, one that preserves the planet for all forms of life.”

Instead of such “questionable technologies,” the report argues for policies that have poverty reduction and climate justice as their central focus.

“In reaction to the Paris Agreement, we need to phase out coal, speed up the transition to renewables, phase out combustion engines, and protect and restore forests and soils,” explained Hubert Weiger, chairman of Friends of the Earth Germany, in a statement.

“It is crystal clear that effective climate protection and equitable, sustainable development can only be considered together,” added Heinrich Böll Foundation president Barbara Unmüßig:

A future without climate chaos for all human beings on our planet is only possible if we don’t pin our hopes on large-scale technologies. Instead, we have to make sure that the energy and agricultural transitions are being pushed forward as fast as possible. Technological fixes such as geoengineering are betting on future possibilities such as sucking CO2 from the atmosphere or keeping sunlight away from the Earth. This is a dangerous distraction from the necessary steps that we can already implement today. The coming-into-force of the Paris Agreement asks for exactly this change in course.

“As northern countries that have caused the climate catastrophe, we need to lead by example,” Weiger continued. “We cannot count on unproven, costly, and ecologically risky negative emission technologies to save us from climate chaos. If we postpone implementing the traditional climate mitigation solutions, we will miss the rapidly closing window of opportunity to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.”

Indeed, new research has shown that the goal to limit warming to 1.5º is already a long-shot.

“The vague hope that we could all survive in a world that is 3 degrees warmer than before industrialization is deceptive,” said Pirmin Spiegel, director general of MISEREOR. “It is our responsibility to safeguard the lives of millions of people by limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. This is not only a technological challenge; instead, it has widespread societal and cultural implications that we all have to face.”

Janelle Monáe is about to give you one serious case of wanderlust.

Following a whirlwind awards season, the Hidden Figures star jetted off to a luxurious vacation with friends in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic where she stayed in dreamy Villa Serena—a $20,000 per week retreat that also comes with a butler and a chef—thanks to Booking.com.

The thatched-roof, beachfront property, which is a quick 6-minute walk away from the shore, sleeps 14 and is surrounded by palm trees. It also features an elegant dining area, spacious bedrooms, and a zen outdoor patio, which overlooks an L-shaped pool and jacuzzi.

Monáe shared a snap from her trip there Monday, looking chic as she struck a pose outside in a woven straw sunhat paired with a black-and-white striped bathing suit under a red coverup topped with colorful bursts. “First mini break of the year. Thank you @bookingcom for the inspiring trip. #puntacana #dominicanrepublic#bookingyeah,” she captioned the shot.

 

The songstress turned actress also took advantage of the hammock on the grounds, palming a pineapple in another shot as she lounged on it in a black-and-yellow striped skirt and red bikini top.

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Courtesy Booking.com

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