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Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Atlanta mural honors Mariam Abdulrab, celebrating her life and legacy
The Brief A mural in Atlanta honors Mariam Abdulrab, who was kidnapped and killed in 2021, serving as a tribute to her life and a memorial for women victims of sexual assault. The artist, who had previously painted murals for Abdulrab, emphasized the personal significance of the project and her positive impact on the community. The mural supports Mariam's Law, passed in Georgia in 2023, which strengthens protections against violent offenders, inspired by Abdulrab's legacy and community efforts. ATLANTA - A new mural in Atlanta is paying tribute to Mariam Abdulrab, who was kidnapped and killed in 2021 after leaving her job at a bar formerly located at the same site. The club, named Sunset, now stands where the bar Revery once operated. Abdulrab had worked at Revery up until her death. To honor her memory, a mural has been painted on the exterior of Sunset, serving both as a tribute to her life and a broader memorial to women who have been victims of sexual assault. What they're saying "Mariam was an important person in the Atlanta community and just an amazing woman," said the artist commissioned to create the mural. "Pretty much everyone that met her loved her. I thought it was awesome that the owners wanted to honor her memory." The artist, who had previously painted murals for Abdulrab at Atlanta's Krog Street Tunnel, said the project is deeply personal. "People thank me, but I always say that's the kind of person she was. If I was gone and she was a graffiti artist, she would be doing this for me." The mural also stands in symbolic support of Mariam's Law, passed in Georgia in 2023 to strengthen protections against violent offenders. Demarcus Brinkley, the man convicted of killing Abdulrab, was sentenced to life in prison. "I think she would be proud of the work her family and friends did to change the laws and make Atlanta a safer place," the artist said. "The law is a step in the right direction—not only for keeping a closer eye on repeat offenders, but also potentially helping with rehabilitation." Friends and family continue to mourn Abdulrab, remembering her as a loving, welcoming presence in Atlanta's nightlife community. "She made you feel like you were her best friend, even if you didn't know her well," the artist added. "She was quick to lift you up with a joke or a smile. Doing things like this mural honors that memory of her." SEE ALSO: Loved ones of recent metro Atlanta murder victims urged city officials to do more to protect women Police release 911 calls in deadly southwest Atlanta kidnapping Atlanta police secure warrants for suspect connected to kidnapping, killing woman Woman found dead after kidnapping near southeast Atlanta park, police say The Source FOX 5 was there as the mural was being painted and spoke with the artist.
Forbes
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
NYT ‘Connections' Hints For Wednesday, May 28: Clues And Answers For Today's Game
Each day's game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. As such, 'today's Connections hints and answers' depend on where you are in the world. In case you need them, here are the Connections hints and answers for Tuesday: It's Wednesday, and you know what that means: it's time for another game of Connections! FOMO, or the fear of missing out, is a horrible phenomenon. I try to dispel it as best I can, especially in situations where there isn't much I can do to avoid missing out on something cool or interesting. That said, I do wish I'd have gotten into Electric Callboy before locking in upcoming travel plans. The degree to which I have fallen for this band is shocking (As I write this, I'm listening to their catchy, dark new single, "Revery," on repeat). They're the definition of a "fun metal thing." I'm bummed that I didn't really listen to them before they toured North America in late 2023 and early 2024. Now I'll have to wait until at least next year for them to come around to these parts on their current world tour. The band did just start a European festival run last weekend. I've seen a bunch of clips and videos, and like everything else I've seen from the band's shows (I'm wayyyy down the rabbit hole here), it seems like such a great time to see them live. Unfortunately, none of the dates line up with my upcoming trip to Scotland, so I won't be able to take a short jaunt to the mainland to see Electric Callboy while I'm that part of the world on this trip. Nor do their November, January and February European dates line up with a trip I have booked for the holidays. Had I known in advance, I would have altered my plans. I mean, I could just blow all of my reward miles to fly over and see one of their festival dates over the next few weeks. There's nothing really stopping me, other than having to go through the whole international flight slog. But I'll just be patient. There's no chance I'm booking any travel for next year until I know the group's North American tour plans. My point here is that FOMO is a ridiculous concept. Either go and do the thing you don't want to miss out on or wait patiently for your next opportunity. Fretting about it does you no good. Before we begin, we have a great little community on Discord, where we chat about NYT Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. It's a fun hangout spot, and you're more than welcome to hang out with us. Discord is also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare (or not-so-rare) occasions that I mess something up. I don't look at the comments or Twitter much. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes. Today's NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, May 28 are coming right up. Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT's website or Games app. You're presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part. There's only one solution for each puzzle, and you'll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them. Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay. Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you're incorrect, you'll lose a life. If you're close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you're one word away from getting it right, but you'll still need to figure out which one to swap. If you make four mistakes, it's game over. Let's make sure that doesn't happen with the help of some hints, and, if you're really struggling, today's Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication's Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed. Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today's Connections groups, I'll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them. Today's 16 words are... And the hints for today's Connections groups are: Need some extra help? Be warned: we're starting to get into spoiler territory. Today's Connections groups are... Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today's Connections answers. This is your final warning! Today's Connections answers are... Another perfect game brings my streak up to 92 wins. Can I make it to 100? Here's how I fared: 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Quite the lineup of words today! Just putting this out there, the first thing that came to mind when the grid popped up and CHICAGO appeared as the first word was "things associated with stars." Anyway, that, ROCKY, GLADIATIOR, CRASH (ugh) and MOONLIGHT are all movies that won the Oscar for Best Picture. But there were five of them so something had to give. JOIN helped me figure out the yellows first, so I squared those away. WHEEL, CHAIN, PEDAL and SADDLE had to go together after that for the greens. So far, so good. But I still had the five Best Picture contenders (so to speak) in the mix. What could link BLUEST, SKAT and POPE? 🤔 SKAT seemed like the odd one out there. It made me think of scatting, but that's spelled with a "c," so I figured that there was some kind of wordplay going on. Then it dawned on me. My music recommendation theme this week is ska! It's a group of music genres with a letter added! I can't lie, I felt good about figuring that one out, because I almost never get purples when they're adding, removing or changing a letter. These ones refer to blues (BLUEST), pop (POPE), rock (ROCKY) and ska (SKAT). That left the blues for the win. We already know I figured out that connection, more or less. I feel like this particular puzzle was almost made for me. I love making connections (duh), movies and music. The bike category was less tailored to me, personally, since I barely know how to ride a bike. That's all there is to it for today's Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Thursday's game if you need them. P.S. Keeping up with this week's ska punk theme, I saw this band last year. I never got hugely into Rancid, but I do really like a few of their songs, such as "Ruby Soho" and this one, "Time Bomb." I find it nearly impossible not to dance to this one a little: Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Call someone you love! Please follow my blog for more coverage of NYT Connections and other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes.
The Independent
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Hilton turns 100 – and its Park Corner Brasserie still knows how to charm
It's 4.30pm and I'm still waiting to check into my room at the Hilton Park Lane – 90 minutes past the official 3pm check-in time. I've exhausted the chilli crackers, nuts, juice and coffee in the lounge, and am beginning to feel the first flickers of grumpiness. Surely a hotel of this stature can get a room ready on time? Eventually, someone comes to fetch us. I'm half-convinced they've forgotten we exist, but no – far from it. We're whisked up to the 27th floor and steered down a corridor that, I quickly realise, leads to the Presidential Suite. Assuming we'd be in a regular room, I try (and fail) to hide my delight when we're welcomed into what can only be described as a sprawling apartment in the sky. It's the sort of suite that's both jaw-dropping and slightly surreal – part diplomatic residence, part influencer backdrop. There's a long conference table for all your pressing 'presidential' affairs, a telescope and a skyline view of London that honestly makes your phone camera feel inadequate. The bed is vast, the carpet plush, the palette all golds, greys and marble. Very tasteful, albeit a little too Molly-Mae for me. A TV that slides out from behind a painting is fun in theory, but less so when it doesn't offer Netflix, films or internet access. Still, it's hard to complain when you've been upgraded to the top floor. Before dinner, it's cocktails at Revery bar, newly refurbished and dressed in low lighting, red velvet and more marble and gold. For Valentine's, they've collaborated with luxury perfume house Kilian on a themed cocktail menu. It's a bold concept: love potions inspired by fragrance, with ingredients like tonka bean syrup and liquid cream. Some drinks feel more like an olfactory experiment than something to sip – my 'Rolling in Love' is a sickly blend of gin, almond milk, amaretto sour and Saint-Germain liqueur that leaves me wondering if I've actually just drunk perfume. Still, a pisco sour-inspired number and a very clean martini redeem things. Revery's regular cocktail offering looks promising; it's just a short – and slightly tipsy – skip to the Brasserie. I'm surprised by the value of the menu: three courses form a set selection for just £26 – only £9 more than one of the cocktails I've just drunk. The room, also refurbished in late 2023, gleams with lime-green accents, subtle dividers offering privacy and yes, more gold and marble. It's busy but never noisy, and the staff are attentive without fuss. Hotel restaurants, long dismissed as last resorts for tired travellers, are slowly reclaiming their place on London's dining map. Across the city, some are now genuine destinations – from Claude Bosi's three- Michelin -starred sky-high dining at Brooklands in the Peninsula, to Alain Ducasse 's long-standing three-star stint at The Dorchester, just up the road. Park Corner Brasserie might not reach quite those heights, but its strong execution and accessible pricing place it comfortably in the 'don't skip it' category – especially for guests looking to stay in. To start, I have beef carpaccio with tapenade, capers and pickled onions – silky and savoury, lifted by tiny croutons that bring just enough crunch. It wouldn't usually be my first pick, but the short menu nudged me into new territory and I'm glad it did. My guest's vegan soup of the day is pleasant if not particularly photogenic. For mains, it's fish and chips and a duck leg. The former is excellent: crisp, airy batter; piping-hot, salty chips; and a tangy tartare that cuts through everything beautifully. It's a Hilton-ified version of the classic – neat and grease-free. The duck if cooked to falling-apart softness, but it's the glossy sauce and whipped buttery mash that steal the show. We finish with a lemon tart to share, served with sloe gin compote and violet sorbet. This tart is definitely on the tart side, which works for me as a lover of all things zing but could be on the edge for some. It's clear the kitchen knows what it's doing. The Brasserie is not claiming to be a restaurant that shakes things up, but one that executes calssics well – at a good price, too. There's a certain timelessness to the Hilton brand. A century after the first hotel opened, it's clear this one still has tricks up its sleeve. Yes, there were stumbles – the delayed check-in, the cocktail that smelled more expensive than it tasted – but they were swiftly, and generously, balanced out. With polished service, thoughtful details and a room that made my jaw drop, the Hilton Park Lane proves it still knows how to do old-school glamour – with just enough of the new. Park Corner Brasserie opening hours: Breakfast 6.30am-10.30am; all-day dining 12pm-10pm
