内容摘要：If you’ve ever had a dog, you know they don’t exactly tiptoe through the tulips. I’m fortunate that none of mine ever had a penchant for digging holes, but my late pit bull, Maddie, used to run through my perennial beds like a weed whacker, leaving horizontal coneflowers and black-eyes Susans in her destructive path.

If you’ve ever had a dog, you know they don’t exactly tiptoe through the tulips. I’m fortunate that none of mine ever had a penchant for digging holes, but my late pit bull, Maddie, used to run through my perennial beds like a weed whacker, leaving horizontal coneflowers and black-eyes Susans in her destructive path.

“I was actually very happy about the rest of the crowd,” he said. “They were very respectful.”He plays eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in the fourth round. ___

PARIS (AP) — Casper Ruud is hardly an up-and-comer simply trying to make his way — and a living — in professional tennis. He’s a three-time Grand Slam finalist, ranked No. 8, the owner of more clay-court victories than any other man since 2020 and someone who’s earned nearly $25 million in prize money.And yet Ruud felt the need to play through pain for the better part of two months, right up until the moment the left knee that’s been swollen from a build-up of fluid, that’s prompted him to pop pills, that’s ached every time he slides into an open-stance backhand, became too problematic during asecond-round match. He didn’t stop, but

Afterward, the 26-year-old Norwegian voiced concerns, also expressed this week by other players, that there is an overwhelming sense of obligation to take the court as often as possible, no matter one’s health, thanks to a schedule and a system Ruud called a “rat race.”“You feel like you lose a lot if you don’t show up and play, both economically, point-wise, ranking-wise and opportunity-wise,” Ruud said, noting that skipping one mandatory event brings a 25% cut to a year-end bonus on the men’s tour. “You’re kind of forcing players to show up injured or sick.”

, a 2022 U.S. Open semifinalist who announced this is her last season as a pro,

that she relied on a steady diet of anti-inflammatories, corticoid injections and plasma treatments to deal with a bum shoulder.“I really truly understand how other people who are using a chair or using some kind of assistance device might be really concerned about that next stage of employment when they can’t interview and hide their disability at the same time,” she said.

Some also worry that disabled federal workers may have been disproportionately hurt by the terminations. Tighe and Goidel were hired through Schedule A, which allows a probationary period of up to two years. Other federal employees typically have one year of probation.Tighe suspects that if she hadn’t been hired through the special hiring authority, she might still have a job, given that no one else on her team was let go.

Goidel, who was converted to permanent status with full tenure in 2019, says his employment with the federal government motivated him to continue his education and pursue a master’s degree in employment law. He says the decision to slash jobs at the IRS’ EEO office will mean there are fewer federal workers able to investigate harassment claims and that could result in more litigation against the government.The White House is promoting its efforts to provide services for disabled individuals and veterans.