Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

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Cowboy baseball ranked No. 9 in preseason rankings, second in Big 12

Who: No. 12 Oklahoma State vs. Northern Colorado When: 7 p.m.

Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena TV/Radio: Big 12 Now on ESPN+, Hot 93.7 KSPI-FM Series History: OSU is 16-0-1 against Northern Colorado with the tie coming in 1963 and the last matchup being in 2020.

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

Know the opponent

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Northern Colorado’s Andrew Alirez enters Friday’s dual at OSU ranked No. 1 at 141 pounds.

OSU vs. Northern Colorado Rowdy Baribeau Staff Reporter

All eyes will be on the 141-pound bout between Carter Young and Andrew Alirez.

Projected Lineup: 125: No. 21 Trevor Mastrogiovanni vs. No. 17 Stevo Poulin 133: No. 2 Daton Fix vs. Jace Koelzer 141: No. 32 Carter Young vs.

No. 1 Andrew Alirez 149: No. 20 Victor Voinovich vs. Chris Sandoval 157: No. 11 Kaden Gfeller vs.

No. 31 Vinny Zerban 165: No. 22 Wyatt Sheets vs.

Baylor Fernandes 174: No. 6 Dustin Plott vs.

No. 31 Andrew Berreyesa 184: No. 12 Travis Wittlake vs. Branson Britten

197: No. 21 Luke Surber vs.

Xavier Vasquez HWT: No. 25 Konner Doucet vs. Xavier Doolin OSU should have a strong performance in its Friday dual against Northern Colorado. Although any bout can go any way, Northern Colorado is favored in a few. Everyone will be watching Carter Young as he takes on the best 141-pounder in the nation, Andrew Alirez.

Alirez has a 92.3 bonus-point percentage and has yet to allow a takedown on the year. While Alirez is expected to notch a victory, one can’t count out Young’s clutch factor. OSU coach John Smith knows what Alirez brings to the table and also knows Young will have to be at his best to defeat him.

“He’s good, he’s really good, let’s just say that,” Smith said.

“(Young) better be good if he wrestles at the weight.”

Outside of the 141-pound bout, there are a few more exciting matches that the Cowboys will wrestle. At 125 pounds, there’s a top-25 showdown between Trevor Mastrogiovanni and Stevo Poulin.

Poulin has a 18-3 record in his first year as a Bear and has been one of the more impressive young wrestlers in the Big 12.

At 157 pounds, Vinny Zerban who finished eighth at the Southern Scuffle will get a rematch against Kaden Gfeller after suffering an injury against him in Chattanooga.

Another Southern Scuffle rematch will occur at 174 between Dustin Plott and Andrew Berreyesa. Plott got the best of him with a decision victory in Chattanooga and will seek more of the same on Friday. sports.ed@ocolly.com

On Tuesday morning, D1Baseball released its preseason top 25 rankings.

OSU was one of three Big 12 programs that appeared on the list, checking in at No. 9. TCU at No. 15 and Texas Tech at No. 24 joined the Cowboys on the list.

It marked just the third time since 2016 OSU earned a top 10 preseason ranking. The Cowboys are coming off of a loss to Arkansas in the Stillwater Regional after a 42-22 regular season finish in 2022 and a three-way tie for second place in the Big 12.

Josh Holliday’s team lost seven players from last year’s roster to the MLB draft, four of which were starting pitchers. Seven more transferred or exhausted eligibility.

With the return of notable names such as Nolan McLean, Roc Riggio, Zach Ehrhard and Marcus Brown, the Cowboys are ladened with talent to compete for a Big 12 conference title.

Prime transfer portal names such as former Long Beach State pitcher Juaron Watts-Brown and former BYU pitcher Janzen Keisel entered the program.

OSU begins its 2023 season at Globe Life Field in the College Baseball Showdown, and will face a trio of SEC foes in Missouri, Vanderbilt and Arkansas — two of which are in the preseason top 10. sports.ed@ocolly.com

Photo name The Cowboys baseball team checked in at No. 9 in D1Baseball’s preseason rankings. OSU was also predicted to finish second in the Big 12.

OSU hosts annual Oklahoma Ground Water Association Conference Kennedy Thomason Assistant News & Lifestyle Editor

Oklahoma State University hosted the annual Oklahoma Ground Water Association Conference and Trade Show on Jan. 4 and 5.

Over 200 groundwater professionals attended. The event allows attendees to connect and learn about Oklahoma’s groundwater issues.

Josh McClintock, the executive director of OGWA, said the gathering is helpful for the professionals.

“The OGWA Conference and Trade Show facilitates conversations between professionals at every level of our industry,” McClintock said. “Oftentimes, the different facets of the industry are siloed between the scientists and engineers, federal and state agency officials, manufacturers and suppliers, and the good drillers and pump installers. Many of the latest developments in the industry come about as a result of direct communication between these different sectors.”

Fred Rothauge, the selected McEllhiney Lecturer, gave the opening remarks on behalf of the National Ground Water Association (NGWA).

The conference featured a wide array of seminars, discussing topics like

rig safety and business management.

OSU’s Gary F. Stewart Core Research Facility held a workshop with professors Jim Puckette and Yulun Wang.

The Boone Pickens School of Geology’s recent partnership with NGWA made OSU the ideal host.

David Correll, OGWA President said he is excited to see what the partnership will bring.

“Our industry is facing a massive deficit of trained professionals, and NGWAU’s work aims to fill the gap by making the needed educational tools readily available,” Correll said. “The OGWA believes NGWAU Powered by OSU will enrich and elevate the lives of those who enter the groundwater industry for years to come.”

Correll said groundwater research is important to understand. Its systems affect everyone.

“It’s common between industry professionals to lightheartedly joke that most folks only know that they turn on their tap and water always flows out,” Correll said. “But a lot of hard work, education and experience is involved in making that tap flow. There is an excellent group of professionals working tirelessly in this state to provide our citizens with clean water today, tomorrow and forever.”

McClintock shared the importance of having groundwater professionals convene at events like OGWA. “This is where issues and con-

Courtesy of OSU Over 200 groundwater professionals attended the event, which allows attendees to connect and learn about Oklahoma’s groundwater issues.

cerns are discussed, and those discusFor more information about sions kick off the domino effect across OSU’s work in the groundwater industhe industry that make it possible for try, visit cas.okstate.edu/ngwa. everyone else to continue turning on their taps and taking for granted that our most precious natural resource will continue to flow,” McClintock said. news.ed@ocolly.com

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OSU lands 141-pound Rutgers transfer Sammy Alvarez Rowdy Baribeau Staff Reporter

OSU’s 141-pound weight class just received a major boost in depth.

Wednesday night, Rutgers transfer Sammy Alvarez announced his intentions to transfer to the Oklahoma State Cowboys, per Willie Saylor of MatScouts.

Alvarez has consistently hung around the top-15 ranking for the majority of his wrestling career.

Alvarez has dealt with his fair share of injuries throughout his promising career, ending attempts at the NCAA tournament. He’s posted a 50-14 career record including a 13-2 record this season. Alvarez wrestled the first three years of his career at 133 pounds but made the switch to 141 this year.

As a high-schooler, Alvarez was the No. 34 recruit according to FloWrestling and the No. 3 recruit at 126 pounds. He was a three-time state finalist and a one-time NJSIAA champion in 2019.

Alvarez’s best season came in 2020 during his impressive freshman campaign. Alvarez posted a 26-10 record and finished sixth in the 133-pound bracket in the Big Ten Wrestling Championships and earned the No. 10 seed at the NCAA Championships. After nationals were canceled due to COVID-19, he earned 2020 second-team All-American status and was a 2020 All-Rookie selection according to Amateur Wrestling News Alvarez has yet to make a real run in the postseason as he was robbed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and has dealt with weight changes and injuries preventing him from making it back to the tournament.

Alvarez’s addition to OSU’s wrestling room provides much-needed depth and should create more competition with current 141-pounder Carter Young, who has had a rough sophomore season.

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News They stole and they freed criminals. Now these Haiti judges are being singled out Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald In a historic blow to Haiti’s already dysfunctional judicial system, a judicial oversight board has rebuked more than two dozen judges for misconduct and paved the way for their firing — a clean-up of the nation’s judiciary that will likely affect its handling of pressing legal matters, from corruption to gang violence to drug trafficking.

The Superior Council of the Judiciary informed the justice minister of 30 judges whose certification won’t be renewed for offenses that range from drunkenness and property theft to a lack of moral integrity and academic qualifications to abuse of authority and facilitating the release of notorious criminals.

The exposure of the corruption in Haiti’s judiciary comes just five months after the government’s anti-corruption unit issued a report detailing corruption in government institutions and agencies. That report concluded that Haiti’s public administration is a cesspool of corruption in which the actions of civil servants and elected officials go unchecked and they do as theIn a historic blow to Haiti’s already dysfunctional judicial system, a judicial oversight board has rebuked more than two dozen judges for misconduct and paved the way for their firing — a clean-up of the nation’s judiciary that will likely affect its handling of pressing legal matters, from corruption to gang violence to drug trafficking.

The Superior Council of the Judiciary informed the justice minister of 30 judges whose certification won’t be renewed for offenses that range from drunkenness and property theft to a lack of moral integrity and academic qualifications to abuse of authority and facilitating the release of notorious criminals.

The exposure of the corruption in Haiti’s judiciary comes just five months after the government’s anti-corruption unit issued a report detailing corruption in government institutions and agencies. That report concluded that Haiti’s

public administration is a cesspool of corruption in which the actions of civil servants and elected officials go unchecked and they do as they like without concerns about the consequences.

From the judicial oversight body’s list, the judiciary seems to be no better off.

Among the judges reprimanded by the council are two investigative judges involved in two of Haiti’s most high profile investigations: the inquiry into nearly $2 billion in missing aid from Venezuela’s PetroCaribe oil program, and the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

Based on complaints, the council decided not to certify Ramoncite Accimé, who was charged with getting to the bottom of the PetroCaribe corruption scandal and later was accused of building a $500,000 house on a salary of less than $400 a month. The council also disciplined Garry Orélien, who was appointed to look into the Moïse’s July 7, 2021, assassination and was later accused of corruption while carrying out the inquiry.

Also singled out: Jacques Lafontant, the chief government prosecutor in Haiti’s largest jurisdiction, Port-auPrince, and a judge in the Court of First Instance. In a radio interview on Monday, Lafontant said he won’t resigne despite being publicly denounced for a lack of moral integrity. Another notable judge who has been publicly denounced is Ikenson Edumé, the president of the National Network of Haitian Judges, RENAMAH. Edumé is the brother of Josue Pierre-Louis, the current secretary general of the National Palace. Edumé was the object of corruption complaints about properties he owned that did not correspond to his salary.

“Firing them would be too easy.

When you commit a crime, you need to pay for it,” said Marie Yolène Gilles, a human rights activist who closely monitors judicial and police misconduct. “There are so many people who have been victimized by these corrupt judges; there are people who lost their houses, their land; there are people who were illegally jailed.”

Courtesy of Tribune News Service Police officers take cover as they fire tear gas during clashes with demonstrators protesting against the government of President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb. 14, 2021. Several thousand people demonstrated in the Haitian capital, saying the government was trying to establish a new dictatorship.

Gilles, who runs Fondasyon Je Klere or Eyes Wide Open Foundation, is demanding that charges be brought against the judges. Her organization led the investigation into Accimé. On Tuesday, her organization demanded that the new dean of the courts, Chavannes Etienne, designate a new investigative judge to carry out the inquiry into the PetroCaribe corruption allegations.

“This country is so rampant with corruption that if there isn’t an example that is made, then it’s everyday we will be saying ‘the justice system isn’t any

good,’” Gilles said. “Today we have an opportunity for us to get rid of a number of judges who are corrupt.”

Haiti’s justice system has long been crumbling, with those detained spending more than a decade in jail without a hearing. Such illegal and arbitrary preventive detentions have been increasing in recent years, say activists and lawyers who cite delayed judicial appointments, protests by clerks seeking higher salaries and gang violence for the poor functioning of the courts.

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Moïse himself, shortly after assuming office in 2017, spoke of naming 50 “corrupt judges” to the bench. DurContinued from page 4 ing a visit to France, the then-president claimed he was forced to appoint the judges under pressure. At the time of Things were so bad that in Dehis comment, Moïse was on a presidencember of 2020 the head of a judges’ tial visit to France and was speaking association went on radio and warned about the failure of the certification Haitians: “Don’t let them arrest you, and vetting process in Haiti’s judicial because you don’t know when you system. will be released from prison.” In June, The president’s statement at things got even worse when a notorious the time was heavily criticized by a gang took control of the main courtnumber of people who accused him of house in Port-au-Prince. jeopardizing the independence of the Still, that is not an excuse for cor- judiciary, and looking for an excuse ruption among judges, observers say. for his appointments when he was the The decision not to certify the guarantor of the proper functioning of judges came out of a vetting process, the country’s institutions. and many of the named judges were Among the president’s critics at already the subject of complaints. In at the time was then-Supreme Court Jusleast one case the judge continued to tice Windelle Coq Thélot, who today is work despite having been previously a suspect in Moïse’s assassination and

remains on the run. She accused Moïse of violating the constitution and of being “incompetent.”

“In due time, the president will have to answer the questions of justice, because he has violated the Constitution,” Coq Thélot, then vice-president of the Supreme Court, said. .

While the judicial oversight board, which is currently enjoying more autonomy, can reprimand and discipline judges, it cannot fire them. That job belongs to the government, which will now have to decide what it will do with the 30 judges.

“Ariel has an important role to play in freeing the system of these corrupt judges,” Gilles said of interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry. “We believe it’s time to clean up the system.

We need to see if there is a real political will.”

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revoked. But it is the first time, observers say, so many judges have been cited for removal at the same time.

In all, the judicial oversight body was asked to review the files of 69 judges who work in courtrooms throughout the country. It found that 31 of the judges passed vetting. The team is still reviewing eight others judges’ certification.

In a statement, Gilles’ group said the 31 judges who passed the vetting should not see it as “an achievement, but an additional requirement of morality.”

“The country has the right to expect from these magistrates a higher degree of morality than that required of ordinary citizens,” Fondayson Je Klere said.

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Is our aging population a time bomb? An opportunity?

Steve Lopez Los Angeles Times

the problems of financial and housing insecurity, and isolation, by creating an inventory of homeowners who live alone and pairing them with roomies young and old.

California is about to be hit by an “I feel like I’m an imagineer,” says aging population wave, and Steve Lopez Trejo, who cared for her ailing father is riding it. His new column will focus before his death, and lives with her on the blessings and burdens of advanc- 85-year-old mother. “I get to imagine a ing age — and how some folks are better future for every older person and challenging the stigma associated with their families.… What kind of commuolder adults. nity do I want to age in? I think about A vaguely familiar chap keeps this all the time … and that’s how we showing up at my house every morning should be doing the work we do.” and evening, seven days a week, without In L.A. County and beyond, as fail. the population ages, tens of thousands I look in the mirror and see a of people will find that growing old is cross between my father and myself. unaffordable. Many will live in povA part of me is unsettled by the erty and become homeless. And just slow and steady aging process, which as low-income people and minorities creeps in uninvited and, if you’re lucky, were hit hardest by the coronavirus, the hangs around a while. But another part same inequities will hammer the aging of me is defiant. I don’t feel as old as population. the man in the mirror, and I’m leaning Fernando Torres-Gil, director of on the George Burns line that you can’t UCLA’s Center for Policy Research on help getting older, but you don’t have to Aging, said that for many adults, the get old. two big questions are “can I afford to Getting older, by the way, is an cover my bills as I get older, and who epidemic. About 10,000 people turn 65 will take care of me as I get older?” each day in the United States, and by Those questions and others are 2035, people 65 and older will outnum- the focus of California’s 10-year Masber those under 18 for the first time. In ter Plan for Aging, which launched in California, a quarter of the population 2021 with ambitious goals. Torres-Gil will be 60 or older by 2031. is one of the monitors tracking Gov. These trends will challenge and Gavin Newsom’s promise to “advance transform us in ways we’ve barely besolutions for not just older Californians, gun to prepare for. Housing, healthcare, but for all of us who love and care for the economy, the workforce and the them.” design of cities, homes and transportaAt the moment, the state projects tion will all be impacted. Millennials a potentially catastrophic care-provider and older people, who don’t usually end shortage, in the near future, of more up at the same parties, could become than 3 million people. Finding and increasingly dependent on each other. training more help is one monumental After climate change, “populatask; paying them enough to survive, in tion aging is the second most important an industry with notoriously low wages phenomenon that humanity will have and high numbers of women and mito figure out a way to address in the norities, is another.

21st century,” said Paul Irving, foundI found myself immersed in such ing chairman of the Milken Institute’s issues while writing about the last Center for the Future of Aging. This is stages of my parents’ lives, when both true throughout much of the world, he were in hospice care. About 10 years added, with birthrates dropping as the ago, my father fell trying to walk to the population of older people rises. bathroom in the middle of the night and But this presents opportunities as couldn’t get up. well as challenges.

My dad refused another trip to the Laura Trejo, director of aging and hospital, so my mother got down next to community services for L.A. County, him, pulled up a blanket, and they went thinks about the ways in which older to sleep together on the floor until help people can mentor younger people, and arrived in the morning. I was struck by vice versa. She talks about addressing the cruel irony that at the time in life

Courtesy of Tribune Times columnist Steve Lopez exits the surf at Steamer’s Lane, Santa Cruz, Calif. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

when you’re least able to fight, you have to be at your strongest.

Long before you reach that stage, aging forces you to make concessions, to adapt, to reinvent yourself. I spent a year on a book project, researching the transition from work to retirement, and in the end, I decided I wasn’t quite ready to walk away.

I am, however — speaking of reinvention — ready to make an announcement.

I’m turning 70 this year, and as of today, my column will focus on aging.

The blessings and burdens.

The challenges and advantages.

The hopes and fears of the blessed

and the lonely, the vital and the frail.

I’m calling it Golden State.

Finally, after nearly 50 years as a journalist, I’ve got a topic I know something about firsthand.

But I need your help.

Tell me how you’re doing.

Are you thriving or struggling?

When you glimpse your own reflection, do you see someone celebrating life or fearing death?

Was David Bowie right when he said that as you age, you become the person you always should have been?

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Courtesy of Tribune News Service Steve Lopez finally realizes his childhood dream to surf in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Aging...

Continued from page 6 I’d like to hear from those who can’t find work because of age discrimination, those who can’t afford to stop working, those who have struggled in retirement and those who have thrived.

If you’re a student of medicine, social work, urban planning or technology, what role do you see for yourself in confronting the challenges my peers are facing today and all of you will face tomorrow?

I want to hear from caregivers, too, and I’d like to go find, and thank, the wonderful hospice nurse who comforted my mother in her last days of life.

I’d like to hear from the so-called sandwich generation — the people caring simultaneously for parents and children. I want to know what can be learned about the past, present and future when you stand at the very center

of three generations. And I’d like to hear from millennials who are locked out the housing market and can’t wait for some of us to shrivel up and die.

I intend to have some fun with this new beat, too. A reader named Jose Bautista saw me talking about semiretirement on television, with two guitars behind me, and he extended a tempting offer.

“You mentioned something about starting a garage band. I would be interested,” said Bautista, 71. “I meet every two weeks with 83-year-old Alec, who has a good voice. So far we know one song, ‘My Way,’ by Frank Sinatra.

Our objective is to possibly perform at [his] and his wife’s retirement center by next Christmas.”

Stay tuned. There could be video.

Also, please send me your picks for best early-bird meals in Greater Los Angeles, so I can play restaurant critic.

On that note, I should say that although I think an early-bird column can be done in good taste (no pun intended), ageism is real. It’s fueled in part by stereotypes and by the

profiteers selling the illusion of eternal youth.

In my many years of covering mental health, one of my favorite sources was Stella March, a stigma buster on a mission to call out stereotypes that created fears, misunderstandings and outright discrimination.

I hope to follow in her footsteps, and I hereby deputize readers to become ageism stigma busters.

You might have noticed, by the way, that I have not used the words “senior,” “elderly” or “boomer.” I just don’t care much for the “B” word.

And as for the other two, for many who work in the field of aging, those terms are considered outdated, and the preferred language is “older” or “aging” adults.

I’m not wild about either of those, or the use of “mature” adults, a term that overlooks a sizable percentage of the population, in my experience. I’ll keep working on this, and if you’ve got ideas, send them my way.

In her new book, “Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About

Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live,” Becca Levy makes a mind-body argument that cognitive and physical decline are accelerated in those who buy into negative views about aging.

The Yale professor says she has improved people’s memory performance and gait, balance and speed “by activating positive age stereotypes” in her lab at Yale. I invited myself to give it a try, and Levy gave me the OK, so I’ll let you know how that goes.

The term “silver tsunami” is often used as a warning, Levy says in her book, but she sees it differently.

“The fact that so many people are getting to experience old age, and doing so in better health, is one of society’s greatest achievements,” she wrote.

“It’s also an extraordinary opportunity to rethink what it means to grow old.”

I’m working on that. And to repeat the offer, I’d like to hear from those who glimpse their evolving selves in the mirror and might let me walk through time with them. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

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Virtual health program unites Oklahoma universities Payton Little Staff Reporter

Busche said. “OSU’s land grant mission means serving our communities in the state and Canopy will be a catalyst to move OSU virtual health technology into the real world.”

The initiative is inspired by the Coulter Translational Program and works in three sectors.

Canopy PREP- workshops focused on the commercialization of virtual health technologies and the annual problems and questions that arise from them.

Canopy FUND- $400,000 for competitive non-dilutive awards to translate ideas and concepts into successful and commercially viable virtual health technologies. (Had trouble rewriting this part) Canopy COMMENCE- allows industry experts and ecosystem assistance access to push forward the translational success of Canopy Fund award winners.

The initiative is being executed

by Executive Director Rachel Lane, Ph.D., R.D., a senior staff member of the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business Tom Love Innovation Hub and former CEO of BIO Alabama.

Lane has earned her doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center helped to found the Oklahoma Association for Women in Science Affiliate Group and has much work experience with the industry as well as entrepreneurship experience.

Researchers, faculty members, students, post-docs and all other clinicians are encouraged to apply projects for consideration in changing Oklahoma’s virtual health. Applications are now being taken and must be submitted by 1 p.m. on March 1.

Rivals on the field, innovators in the research.

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Innovations unveiled an initiative known as Canopy Healthtech. With a multi-year action plan, the team-up is looking to fast-track the commercialization of virtual health innovations through the universities in Oklahoma.

The initiative is looking to create critical virtual health technologies to help mitigate gaps in healthcare delivery.

“To reach their potential, these technologies need business, regulatory and marketing expertise,” said Shawna Khouri, director of the Virtual Health portfolio at Tulsa Innovation Labs and architect of the Canopy Healthtech program. “Canopy will surround clinical and technical faculty members with the necessary funding as well as the expertise that’s critical to bridging these innovations from bench to business.”

What makes this program incredibly unique is its use across major Oklahoma universities in the state, uniting the schools and creating room for the initial statewide.

Senior associate vice president for research at OSU, Ron Van Der Busche, is excited about the direction the Canopy could take OSU in making a difference in public health.

“We are excited to see where news.ed@ocolly.com this new partnership will take us,”

Courtesy of OSU Executive Director Rachel Lane, Ph.D., R.D., a senior staff member of the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business Tom Love Innovation Hub and former CEO of BIO Alabama.

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Today’s Birthday (01/19/23). Family fortunes blossom this year. Generate growing cash flow with reliable, disciplined routines. Your shifting heart rediscovers love this winter, inviting renovations and a sweet domestic springtime. Dance around summer social challenges, before your work earns acclaim next autumn. Positive change starts at home.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Consider unusual professional projects. Let things unfold naturally. Some aspects aren’t ready yet. Listen, observe and monitor developments. Discuss potential, opportunities and possibilities.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Travel beckons; monitor conditions carefully and go when safe. Investigate options. Consider unorthodox solutions to a problem. Discover exciting explorations and their treasures.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Look to the future. Build savings despite a shared financial challenge. Discover unexpected income potential. Cut waste and conserve resources. Increase efficiency and ease.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Reserve judgment or determinations.

The opposition holds out. It could get tense. Maintain diplomacy and wait for developments. Prioritize partnership. When aligned, advance together.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Slow for the tricky sections. Watch for pitfalls. Physical barriers are temporary. Nurture your health and wellness. Don’t rush into anything. Rest and consider.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Romantic dreams and realities don’t match. Keep a sense of humor. Have fun with people you love. Count your blessings. Discover beauty, goodness and love.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Talk with family about the domestic improvements you’d like. You can see what doesn’t work. Take advantage of a lucky opportunity to develop plans.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Let creative inspiration draw you in a completely different direction. A barrier can reveal hidden opportunities. Find an unusual solution to a puzzle.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Lucrative opportunities abound.

Maintain momentum with existing responsibilities while nurturing new seedlings.

Assess conditions and address what’s missing for thriving. Consider the big picture.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Consider long-term ambitions. Discuss personal dreams, plans and strategies with trusted friends and advisors. What do you want now? Advance causes near your heart.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Take a pause to reflect and consider.

Outside changes could impact your situation. Review plans and adapt as needed.

Rest, recharge and prepare.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Friends bring the spice. Share something delicious with people you love and respect. Support each other with challenges. Cheer the triumphs. Make interesting new connections.

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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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