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Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Josh Smith's wife Claire Smith surprises fans by skipping glamour and showing real motherhood joy
Josh Smith's wife Claire Smith surprises fans by skipping glamour and showing real motherhood joy (Image Source: Getty Images) Claire Smith is going to have her second baby. In a new Instagram story, she showed her baby bump. Claire Smith was hanging small baby clothes. These were from her first child. She looked happy and calm. Her smile said it all. Josh Smith's wife Claire Smith remembers her first baby Claire Smith said the baby clothes bring back memories. She remembered the early days with her first child. The tiny clothes made her think of the baby's first smile and hugs. Claire Smith said those memories are special to her. Now Claire Smith is getting ready for her second child. She feels lucky and thankful. Claire Smith said every child is a gift. Even though this is her second time, it still feels new and full of joy. Also Read: John Tortorella's Coaching Future Uncertain After Rangers Rumors Shut Down: Report Josh Smith's wife Claire Smith is excited to become mom again Claire Smith touched her baby bump and smiled. She said she is ready for this next step. She feels peace in her heart. She knows what to expect this time. That makes Claire Smith's feelings strong. She also said she is happy to see her two children grow up together. She can't wait to see them play and laugh. This thought makes her emotional. Claire Smith showed her excitement most gently and honestly. In the video, she touched her baby bump and smiled softly. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Secure Your Child's Future with Strong English Fluency Planet Spark Learn More Undo She said this pregnancy has brought her a new kind of joy. She feels calm, loved, and ready. Looking forward to seeing her two children develop together brings Claire Smith delight. She appreciates having her loved ones' help during this unique time in her life. She knows what it means to be a mother, therefore, the love she feels now is more profound. She is not only preparing for a new baby but also building a future full of love, care, and happy moments. Claire Smith is preparing for her second baby with a full heart. She looked back at old memories while hanging her first child's clothes and felt grateful for her journey. Her baby bump and bright smile showed her happiness. Claire Smith is ready for this new chapter in life and calls it a blessing. Fans are excited to see her family grow.
Washington Post
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
School newspapers thousands of miles apart team up to heal from wildfires
After a wildfire decimated a California high school's newsroom, destroying its cameras, computers and archived newspapers spanning six decades, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country. Claire Smith, founding executive director of Temple University's sports media center, had known Lisa Nehus Saxon since they helped carve out a place for women journalists in Major League Baseball more than 40 years ago. They'd supported each other through the days of being barred from locker rooms, and now with much of Palisades Charter High School damaged , Smith wanted to be there for her friend again.
The Independent
16-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
School newspapers thousands of miles apart team up to heal from wildfires
After a wildfire decimated a California high school's newsroom, destroying its cameras, computers and archived newspapers spanning six decades, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country. Claire Smith, founding executive director of Temple University 's sports media center, had known Lisa Nehus Saxon since they helped carve out a place for women journalists in Major League Baseball more than 40 years ago. They'd supported each other through the days of being barred from locker rooms, and now with much of Palisades Charter High School damaged, Smith wanted to be there for her friend again. 'I just thought, 'What can we do? How can we help with healing?'' Smith said. Earlier this week, she traveled from Philadelphia to deliver the result of that offer: a university paper featuring the high school students' articles. Across nearly a dozen pages, the insert showcased articles on price gouging in the rental market after the wildfire and the school returning to in-person lessons, along with poignant firsthand accounts of losing everything to the fire. There were also poems and hand-drawn pictures by students from Pasadena Rosebud Academy, a transitional kindergarten through eighth-grade school in Altadena, California, that was destroyed in the fire. Wildfires in January ravaged the Los Angeles area, wiping out nearly 17,000 structures including homes, schools, businesses and places of worship. The Palisades high school, made up of about 3,000 students in Los Angeles, saw about 40% of its campus damaged and had to move temporarily into an old Sears building. Nehus Saxon estimated that around a quarter of its newspaper staff members lost their homes, with some forced to move out of the community and switch schools. This project, she and Smith said, was a way to give students a project to focus on after the tragedy while also providing them a place to tell a larger audience the experience of their community. Smith said she thought the project would be healing for the students 'but also give them something that they could hold in their hands and, when they grow up, show their children and grandchildren." Inside a basement classroom in Santa Monica on Wednesday, Smith and Samuel O'Neal, The Temple News' editor-in-chief, handed out the papers to the high school staff. It was the first time they had seen their Tideline articles in print, as the paper had moved online years ago due to the cost. Kate Swain, 18, a co-editor-in-chief for the paper, said it felt surreal to finally flip through the printed pages. 'Because of everything that we've gone through together, everything that we've had to persevere through and everyone's had all these personal things that they've been dealing with," she said. "And yet simultaneously, we've been pouring all this time and energy and all of our passion for journalism into writing these articles.' Gigi Appelbaum, 18, a co-editor-in-chief of the paper who lost her home in the fire, said the project felt especially distinct because it involved people thousands of miles away. 'The fact that people from across the country are aware of what's going on with us and emphasize with our situation and want to get our voices out there, it's really special,' said Appelbaum, who has been on the paper for four years. One of the things she lost in the fire was a box filled with important cards and messages. She said she plans to store her copy in a new box as she works to restart the collection. Smith and Nehus Saxon met in 1983 during a game between the Angels and Yankees in Anaheim, California. Nehus Saxon said she walked over to Smith to introduce herself and found her hustling to meet a deadline. 'Who knew that little introduction would blossom into this,' said Nehus Saxon. In the years since, they've traveled to London together for Major League Baseball's first games in Europe, and they cried together in 2017 as Smith became the first woman to win the Baseball Writers' Association of America's Career Excellence Award. 'We don't talk every week,' Nehus Saxon said. 'Sometimes we can go, you know, months and months without talking. But all we have to do is send each other a text message and we know the other will be there immediately.' That bond was made all the more clear when Nehus Saxon heard from Smith as fire engulfed her community. Her home was only three blocks from the school. While it survived the blaze, it's filled with led laden ash and may not be safe to live in for years. But with the help of Smith, she and her students have been able to move forward and produce the final edition of the school year. After the papers were handed out, Nehus Saxon kept one for the school's archive. 'When you've lost everything you've got to start somewhere,' Smith said.
Associated Press
16-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
School newspapers thousands of miles apart team up to heal from wildfires
After a wildfire decimated a California high school's newsroom, destroying its cameras, computers and archived newspapers spanning six decades, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country. Claire Smith, founding executive director of Temple University's sports media center, had known Lisa Nehus Saxon since they helped carve out a place for women journalists in Major League Baseball more than 40 years ago. They'd supported each other through the days of being barred from locker rooms, and now with much of Palisades Charter High School damaged, Smith wanted to be there for her friend again. 'I just thought, 'What can we do? How can we help with healing?'' Smith said. Earlier this week, she traveled from Philadelphia to deliver the result of that offer: a university paper featuring the high school students' articles. Across nearly a dozen pages, the insert showcased articles on price gouging in the rental market after the wildfire and the school returning to in-person lessons, along with poignant firsthand accounts of losing everything to the fire. There were also poems and hand-drawn pictures by students from Pasadena Rosebud Academy, a transitional kindergarten through eighth-grade school in Altadena, California, that was destroyed in the fire. Wildfires in January ravaged the Los Angeles area, wiping out nearly 17,000 structures including homes, schools, businesses and places of worship. The Palisades high school, made up of about 3,000 students in Los Angeles, saw about 40% of its campus damaged and had to move temporarily into an old Sears building. Nehus Saxon estimated that around a quarter of its newspaper staff members lost their homes, with some forced to move out of the community and switch schools. This project, she and Smith said, was a way to give students a project to focus on after the tragedy while also providing them a place to tell a larger audience the experience of their community. Smith said she thought the project would be healing for the students 'but also give them something that they could hold in their hands and, when they grow up, show their children and grandchildren.' Inside a basement classroom in Santa Monica on Wednesday, Smith and Samuel O'Neal, The Temple News' editor-in-chief, handed out the papers to the high school staff. It was the first time they had seen their Tideline articles in print, as the paper had moved online years ago due to the cost. Kate Swain, 18, a co-editor-in-chief for the paper, said it felt surreal to finally flip through the printed pages. 'Because of everything that we've gone through together, everything that we've had to persevere through and everyone's had all these personal things that they've been dealing with,' she said. 'And yet simultaneously, we've been pouring all this time and energy and all of our passion for journalism into writing these articles.' Gigi Appelbaum, 18, a co-editor-in-chief of the paper who lost her home in the fire, said the project felt especially distinct because it involved people thousands of miles away. 'The fact that people from across the country are aware of what's going on with us and emphasize with our situation and want to get our voices out there, it's really special,' said Appelbaum, who has been on the paper for four years. One of the things she lost in the fire was a box filled with important cards and messages. She said she plans to store her copy in a new box as she works to restart the collection. Smith and Nehus Saxon met in 1983 during a game between the Angels and Yankees in Anaheim, California. Nehus Saxon said she walked over to Smith to introduce herself and found her hustling to meet a deadline. 'Who knew that little introduction would blossom into this,' said Nehus Saxon. In the years since, they've traveled to London together for Major League Baseball's first games in Europe, and they cried together in 2017 as Smith became the first woman to win the Baseball Writers' Association of America's Career Excellence Award. 'We don't talk every week,' Nehus Saxon said. 'Sometimes we can go, you know, months and months without talking. But all we have to do is send each other a text message and we know the other will be there immediately.' That bond was made all the more clear when Nehus Saxon heard from Smith as fire engulfed her community. Her home was only three blocks from the school. While it survived the blaze, it's filled with led laden ash and may not be safe to live in for years. But with the help of Smith, she and her students have been able to move forward and produce the final edition of the school year. After the papers were handed out, Nehus Saxon kept one for the school's archive. 'When you've lost everything you've got to start somewhere,' Smith said.
9 News
06-05-2025
- General
- 9 News
'Must never happen again': Call for inquiry into culling of hundreds of koalas
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here PICTURES All the incredible looks on the Met Gala red carpet Wildlife experts are calling for an inquiry hundreds of koalas were shot from helicopters to "reduce suffering" after a bushfire. The Victorian government says the animals were "individually assessed" after the fire swept through Budj Bim National Park, 270km west of Melbourne in March. But some experts are questioning how this was possible. Victoria's Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) confirmed around 860 animals were shot from the air in the remote area, saying it was "accurate and humane". Wildlife experts are calling for an inquiry into the shooting of hundreds of koalas from helicopters a state government claims aimed to "reduce suffering" after a bushfire. (Getty) "This was the humane action to take to prevent further suffering," a statement said. "This decision to employ this method was not taken lightly." However, Claire Smith, who runs Wildlife Rescue Sunshine Coast, claims as many as 1100 koalas were killed. "Let's just take the shooting part, when they send out shooters in helicopters to shoot brumbies they can't even shoot them dead," she told 9News. "How does anyone believe that these koalas have been shot with a one shot kill. "There will be a thousand bodies laying around - not all of those koalas would have died straight away when they are shot. "How many had joeys? How many joeys are dead because of this? "They'll be digging pits to bury these koalas. "Secondly how is anybody assessing these koalas from a helicopter?" The fire started on March 10 after a lightning strike. (Facebook/Vic Emergency) She wants an independent inquiry into what happened. Smith, who has launched a petition dismissed DEECA claims the terrain was too difficult to access from the ground as "nonsense". "There needs to be open and transparent documentation about the decision that was taken to shoot koalas from the air and we want to see an independent report. "This sets a precedent now, and it must never, ever happen again." Bosses at the Humane World for Animals charity also want an inquiry. "While we're relieved that the koala shooting operation has ceased, the need to learn from this incident and ensure positive welfare outcomes for surviving koalas remains urgent," Evan Quartermain, Australian Head of Programs, said in a statement. While Victorian government says the animals were "individually assessed" after the fire swept through Budj Bim National Park, 270km west of Melbourne in March, experts are questioning how this was possible. (Facebook/Vic Emergency) "Humane World for Animals is communicating with and supporting concerned locals and koala advocates on the ground around Budj Bim as we continue to scrutinise information." Victoria's Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) told 9News it worked with "experienced vets, wildlife carers, and animal welfare experts" to '"individually assess" the creatures. "However, due to direct impacts of the fire, the poor health and low likelihood of survival of many animals due to the ongoing drought conditions and lack of food post-fire, many of the animals did require euthanising," it said in a statement. Victoria's Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) said it worked with experienced vets, wildlife carers, and animal welfare experts to '"individually assess" the creatures after the fire. (Facebook/Vic Emergency) "The options were to just leave them to deteriorate or take proactive steps to reduce suffering by using aerial assessments. "A ground-based veterinary assessment conducted by a wildlife vet during an aerial trial showed that all koalas assessed and euthanised by the aerial team during the trial were in very poor health and would have continued to suffer in a deteriorating state of welfare if they had remained alive." The fire started after a lightning strike. It burned around 22sq km of the 54sq km park according to VicEmergency. Koalas on the east coast of Australia could be extinct by 2050, the WWF says. Koala wildlife bushfires Australia national Victoria CONTACT US
