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Waiting for the perfect time to enter the housing market in 2024 was like waiting for your stock to go to the moon — a fanciful hope.
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This year wasn’t alone in that regard; the past few years have been difficult for potential homeowners due to high interest rates, a lack of supply and rising home prices.
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🏡 As those currently sidelined wait with hope that 2025 will be kinder to them in the housing category, here’s a look at the most significant housing moments from 2024.
Weber State student committed to better health care for Navajo elders
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There remain members of the Navajo Nation who speak only their ancestral tongue — and, with each decade that passes, there are fewer people inside their own community with whom they can communicate.
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It’s a crisis that Weber State University radiography student Kendra Ellison is witnessing firsthand.
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The issue
While completing clinical hours at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, Ellison watched when non-English-speaking elders from her tribe arrived at the medical center seeking essential care.
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Their faces often betrayed apprehension and fear, even during routine procedures such as X-rays and scans. Simple directions from nurses and technicians such as “Can you please lay flat?” or “Can you hold your breath?” often prompted confusion.
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A possible solution
Blending an impulse to serve her community with her newly acquired business start-up skills, Ellison decided to create an app or some other sort of electronic audio glossary language platform that would allow heath care workers without Navajo language skills to better communicate with their elderly non-English-speaking patients.
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“I shared what I was doing with my professors and they loved it,” she said.
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Read more about how Ellison is partnering with a Utah company to develop technology to assist health care workers who care for non-English-speaking Navajo patients.Â
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Kalani Sitake’s squad dominated Colorado on Saturday night in San Antonio, earning its 11th win of the season.
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The 36-14 victory was one of the most memorable postseason victories in program history.
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Here are two things that stood out from BYU's performance.
Special teams: Parker Kingston scored a 64-yard punt return touchdown and had more than 100 yards in punt returns. Will Ferrin beat the single-season record for made field goals with 22.
Defense: BYU dominated the game, putting consistent pressure on Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders — he got sacked four times by the BYU defense and was intercepted twice.Â
Packed with behind-the-scenes insights from players like Robbie Bosco and Kelly Smith, game-by-game highlights, and more, this collector's edition is your all-access pass to one of college football's most legendary seasons. Get your copy today and celebrate the triumphs of the 1984 BYU Cougars!
Health
US FDA proposes standardized testing to detect asbestos in talc products (CNN)
Physical therapy is 'the best-kept secret in health care' (The Associated Press)
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