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I think they break the jinx, and I think the team is ready,” said Mike “Rocky” Rochwell, a store employee. Meanwhile, the Wojtowicz’s, who have no ties to Michigan, drive most years from North Carolina for the Thanksgiving face-off. They believe they’ll witness history in person. “ Dan Campbell has just got these guys so focused – look at all the injuries we’ve had. Next man up, bam – they’re doing their jobs,” Ron Wojtowicz said. “The Bears are in trouble.” --> Detroit Lions list 4 players on final injury report ahead of Thanksgiving showdown vs. BearsBy Nick Stoico, The Boston Globe When Dan Leonard emerged from the woods of Wendell State Forest in Central Massachusetts with a golden trophy worth thousands of dollars in October, he thought his treasure hunt was over. A meteorologist from Belmont, Leonard used weather data to narrow down the possible locations for the lucrative prize in “Project Skydrop,” a treasure hunt created by a New Hampshire video game designer that drew widespread interest. On his way back to his car, Leonard was met by other treasure hunters who applauded as held up the $25,000 solid gold statue, which also contained a decoding mechanism to access a far more lucrative prize — a bitcoin wallet worth $87,600. But his moment of triumph was short-lived. Another contestant took a picture of the trophy with the decoder visible and posted it online, giving anyone a shot at the bitcoin bounty. Fortunately, the game’s developer, Jason Rohrer, hadn’t transferred any money into the encrypted account, so he came up with another treasure hunt, this time for a jar of gold coins and designed so only Leonard could find it. It sounded simple, but the second quest was anything but. Leonard would capture his winnings, but only after a dramatic sequence of events, from an absconded treasure and accusations of betrayal to a change of heart and ultimate reconciliation. “It’s been a wild ride,” said Leonard, 48. “But at the end of the day it worked out.” Leonard was watching the news one night when he saw a story about Project Skydrop, a new kind of real-world treasure hunt. Each day, the designers, Rohrer and Tom Bailey, would post a map of the location where the gold statue was hidden. On the first day, the map had a 500-mile radius, covering much of the northeastern United States. But it would shrink each day, gradually zooming in on the prize. Players also received a daily email featuring an aerial photo of the statue on the forest floor, with the camera gradually panning out to reveal geographic clues to the trophy’s location. A livestream of the statue on the project’s website included the real-time temperature of the area. Leonard didn’t think he’d have much of a chance at first. But when he saw the livestream and the temperature reading, he realized his professional expertise could give him an edge. “Whoever found the treasure was either going to be a meteorologist or somebody who had a thorough understanding of the weather,” he said. Leonard paid the $20 entry fee and began analyzing temperature data to narrow down the search, eventually leading him to Franklin County. He then began tracking cloud cover in the area and compared it to the amount of sunlight he could see shining on the forest floor in the livestream. That narrowed the range to “several square miles,” he said. The breakthrough came when Leonard began analyzing the types of trees in the area. He noticed from the aerial images there were no evergreen trees in that part of the forest, so he pulled up Google Earth images taken during winter and began circling areas with leafless trees in state parks in the Greenfield area. “This was able to get me into just a couple of tight pockets, maybe a quarter of a square mile in a few different spots,” he said. He set out to search for the trophy on Oct. 1, a Tuesday afternoon. He parked in the town of Erving off Route 2A and ventured into the woods. He searched for about two hours, looking for downed trees and logs that matched what he had seen in the images. Just as it was getting dark, Leonard found the golden figure, hidden by the fallen leaves. “I was an inch or two away from just kicking it,” he said. “It was virtually impossible to see unless you were really close up to it.” His prize in hand, Leonard felt a wave of pride and relief. “There were a lot of late nights I spent after my shift just studying so many different factors and really putting a lot of time and effort into it, and it all paid off,” he said. “That was sort of a relief, that I didn’t just do this all for nothing.” Between the value of the trophy and the bitcoin, Leonard was in line for a windfall of more than $100,000. But when he accidentally compromised the code for the cash prize, his fellow competitors pounced. “A lot of people put a lot of time and effort into making a virtual version of the trophy and decoding it,” he said. The game developers asked that the picture of the trophy be taken down from a Discord channel, and later versions had the decoder blurred out. But it was too late. Others were able to break the code, which produced a phrase to access the winnings. “If we had put the money into the bitcoin wallet as originally planned, somebody would have taken it before Dan had even got a chance,” Rohrer said. Rohrer and Bailey spent several days coming up with a second treasure hunt designed specifically for Leonard, with a prize equal in value to the original $87,600 bounty, this time in the form of golden coins. Rohrer placed the jar in the woods near Madbury, N.H., not far from his Dover home. Like the first treasure hunt, he placed a camera near the jar and set up a livestream. At the beginning of the game, each player was given four secret words that could be used to access the Discord server. Rohrer used the four words he assigned to Leonard to create a puzzle that when solved would significantly narrow down the location. Without knowing Leonard’s secret words, the hunt would be nearly impossible. But as Leonard faced a new puzzle, another player, Chris Passmore, offered to help. Passmore, 39, who lives in southern New Hampshire, had followed a strategy similar to Leonard’s in the initial treasure hunt and reached out to chat about it. The two men built a rapport and Passmore suggested they team up to solve the new puzzle. “The approach at the time was, ‘Hey, whatever I can do to maybe help you out, it’d be cool just to be part of the winning team and be part of your story,” Passmore recalled. But other players had also offered to help him, and Leonard was a bit wary. “It was very difficult to discern who was being honest with me and who was a wolf in disguise,” Leonard said. “I felt Chris was being honest from the beginning. He seemed like he had a lot more to lose than to gain if he was ever to betray me.” The pair spent hours on the phone over the following days, and Leonard eventually decided to divulge his four secret words — boulder, barrel, anger, piano — so Passmore and a team of code crackers he had enlisted could get to work. After a few more days, they thought they solved the puzzle and identified a target area in southern Maine. But a search yielded nothing. At that point, Passmore decided he would need a piece of the winnings for all his work. “We’re taking time away from work and our families and so forth, and we’re not getting any sleep, we were pulling all-nighters,” Passmore said. “We needed to talk to Dan about some kind of split ... prior to that we were just kind of doing it for fun.” Leonard said he had planned all along to reward Passmore and his team. But when Passmore wanted to formalize the terms, they couldn’t reach a deal. “Chris essentially replied that he expected the majority of the bounty money to go to him and his team, and I would get a small portion in the end,” Leonard said. “This was a fairly shocking revelation to me.” Passmore said he initially asked for 65 percent of the winnings for his team. They briefly negotiated but couldn’t reach a “formal, written agreement,” Passmore said. A couple of hours later, Passmore got a call from his team, he said. They had solved the code and gave him the GPS coordinates for the jar of gold. It was in the woods in Madbury, N.H., just 20 minutes from Passmore’s home. (Leonard believes Passmore’s team had already solved the code when he broached the subject of compensation.) Passmore had a choice: Listen to the angel on one shoulder and send Leonard the coordinates, or listen to the devil on his other and go get the bounty for himself. “It’s important to know that my whole relationship with Dan was not on the grounds of, like, let me weasel my way in and let me screw him over,” he said. “It wasn’t like that.” Leonard, meanwhile, knew Passmore’s team was close to breaking the code. Fearing he would lose out on the bounty altogether, Leonard turned to the Discord community and asked for help. Leonard said one member sent him instructions and he soon had the GPS coordinates. Around 10 p.m., Leonard grabbed his jacket to head to Madbury, a little less than an hour away. But his wife stopped him as he headed for the door. “She said it was too dangerous,” Leonard said. “You can only imagine what happens in the middle of the night, in the dark, in the middle of the deep, dark woods, when there’s $87,000 of gold on the ground and two men come and find it at the same time.” Leonard hung his jacket back up. He and his wife turned on the livestream, assuming Passmore would eventually arrive and take the gold. Just before midnight, they saw a man appear in a baseball cap and balaclava. After picking up the jar of gold, he left a note that read, “Anon.” “I just sort of grabbed my head, and then we hugged and cried,” Leonard said. “That was it, it was over. Of course I knew who it was, but nobody else did.” Passmore said he wore the cap and mask and out of concern for his personal safety. He equated it to anonymous lottery winners. “I didn’t want people knowing that I have two and a half pounds of gold in my possession, and you can easily find out where people live nowadays, right?” Passmore said. “So the idea was I need to get it back home, I need to get it secured, I need to talk to a lawyer and an accountant and figure out what do I do.” The next morning, Leonard called the game’s designers. He told them he had given his four secret words to someone who offered to help him, but he wouldn’t say who it was. “He wouldn’t tell us,” Rohrer said. “He was freaking out.” But within a few days, Passmore posted a video online, showing the coins as Pink Floyd’s “Money” played in the background. Once the secret was out, the other participants were outraged at Passmore, Rohrer said. To tell his side of the story, Passmore set up a livestream and for three hours answered questions. “I think the few supporters he had, he lost them,” Leonard said. “The entire community had turned on him.” “They just tore him apart,” Rohrer agreed. Passmore said he tried to defend himself, insisting he did not violate the rules of the game. “Some people were on my side, and some people weren’t,” Passmore said. “I got hit with some hard questions, which I expected.” Passmore said the other players knew where he lived and he received a couple of “very specific threats” that he reported to the police. As the stress mounted, Passmore said he started to have a change of heart. He feared he had betrayed Leonard and the spirit of the game. Increasingly concerned for his and his family’s safety, he felt it was time to put the game behind him. “At the end of the day, it was just like, ‘let’s make the hard choice, the right choice.’ I’m not trying to be greedy and upset people and so forth. It was just a recognition of how this story should end,” Passmore said. Passmore reached out to Rohrer and Bailey and said he wanted to forfeit the gold to Leonard. Rohrer said it was an emotional conversation. “After four or five days of playing the villain, being the tough guy, and bragging about the gold he had taken, Chris essentially told us that what he had done was against his personal values,” Rohrer said. “He’d been trying to justify it to himself but that cognitive dissonance was friction in his soul and he was just at his breaking point.” They set up a meeting between Passmore and Leonard to hand off the gold. But when the two men spoke, they wanted to make the exchange special. They returned to an earlier idea, that Leonard’s 18-month-old son would be the one to collect the prize. “It felt good to have a happy ending,” Passmore said. Leonard hasn’t shared any of the bounty with Passmore, but he’s considering it. “I still might, maybe someday,” he said He said that Passmore apologized for what had happened, saying the “gold got the best of him.” “Maybe he tripped up and had this moment of weakness,” Leonard said. “But in the end, I think he’s still a good person deep down.” Be civil. Be kind.
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Doctored images have been around for decades. The term "Photoshopped" is part of everyday language. But in recent years, it has seemingly been replaced by a new word: deepfake. It's almost everywhere online, but you likely won't find it in your dictionary at home. What exactly is a deepfake, and how does the technology work? RELATED STORY | Scripps News Reports: Sex, Lies, and Deepfakes A deepfake is an image or video that has been generated by artificial intelligence to look real. Most deepfakes use a type of AI called a "diffusion model." In a nutshell, a diffusion model creates content by stripping away noise. "With diffusion models, they found a very clever way of taking an image and then constructing that procedure to go from here to there," said Lucas Hansen said. He and Siddharth Hiregowdara are cofounders of CivAI, a nonprofit educating the public on the potential — and dangers — of AI. 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Traffic citations issued to Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill after a September altercation with police have been dismissed after the charging officers didn't attend a court hearing. Hill's tickets for careless driving and failing to wear a seat belt were dismissed after the Miami-Dade Police officers failed to show up for a Monday hearing. The tickets were issued after Hill was stopped outside Hard Rock Stadium for allegedly speeding before the Dolphins' season opener on Sept. 8. The stop escalated and an officer pulled Hill from the car, forced him to the ground and handcuffed him. Hill said in a Tuesday post on the social platform X, “Where all the internet cops now”. The Miami-Dade Police said the officers' failure to appear was “an oversight” and “the matter will be handled administratively.” Still, the department defended issuing Hill the tickets. RELATED STORY | 'Still shell-shocked': Tyreek Hill opens up about being detained before NFL game “A citation dismissed due to this reason does not indicate that the citation held no merit,” the agency said in a statement. Police body camera video from the September stop showed Hill appeared to speed past two motorcycle officers who were monitoring traffic on a road outside the stadium. They pulled over his McLaren sports car and one tapped on his window. Hill, 30, handed the officer his driver's license, but told the officer repeatedly, “Don’t knock on my window like that." He then put his window back up. Their verbal exchange escalated and the officers soon pulled him from the car, forcing Hill face-first to the ground. The officers cursed at Hill but he did not resist their physical force or strike at them in the video. He did tell one officer, “Don’t tell me what to do.” Hill was eventually stood up, but then an officer dragged him into a sitting position on the curb after he said a knee injury made that difficult. After about 30 minutes, Hill was issued citations and allowed to enter the stadium. One officer was placed on administrative duty and an internal affairs investigation was launched. No results have been released.House of the Dragon final chapter: When will season 3 and season 4 release?
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Frontier has not reported a full-year profit since 2019, though that slump might end this year. Allegiant Air’s parent company is still profitable, but less so than before the pandemic. Those kind of numbers led United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby to declare recently that low-cost carriers were using “a fundamentally flawed business model” and customers hate flying on them. Kirby’s touchdown dance might turn out to be premature, but many analysts are wary about the near-term prospects for budget airlines, which charge cheaper fares but more fees than the big airlines. A traveler speaks with a Spirit Airlines agent May 24 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of Memorial Day in Atlanta. Low-cost airlines grew in the last two decades by undercutting big carriers on ticket prices, thanks in large part to lower costs, including hiring younger workers who were paid less than their counterparts at Delta Air Lines, United and American Airlines . Wages soared across the industry in the past two years, however, narrowing that cost advantage. The big airlines rolled out and refined their no-frills, “basic economy” tickets to compete directly with Spirit, Frontier and other budget carriers for the most price-sensitive travelers. The budget airlines became less efficient at using planes and people. As their growth slowed, they wound up with more of both than they needed. In 2019, Spirit planes were in the air an average of 12.3 hours every day. By this summer, the planes spent an average of two more hours each day sitting on the ground, where they don't make money. Spirit's costs per mile jumped 32% between 2019 and 2023. Another issue is that airlines added too many flights. Budget airlines and Southwest Airlines were among the worst offenders, but full-service airlines piled on. To make up for a drop in business travel, the big carriers added more flights on domestic leisure routes. The result: Too many seats on flights into popular tourist destinations such as Florida and Las Vegas, which drove down prices, especially for economy-class tickets. Rows of seats are shown Sept. 26 on a retrofitted Southwest Airlines jet at Love Field in Dallas. Low-cost airlines are responding by following the old adage that if you can't beat them, join them. That means going premium, following the rapidly growing household wealth among upper-income people. The top one-fifth of U.S. households by income added $35 trillion in wealth since 2019 and holds nearly nine times the wealth of the middle fifth, according to the Federal Reserve . Frontier Airlines organized its fares into four bundles in May, with buyers of higher-priced tickets getting extras such as priority boarding, more legroom and checked bags. The airline dropped ticket-change or cancellation fees except for the cheapest bundle. Spirit followed in August with similar changes, blocking middle seats and charging passengers more for the comfort of aisle and window seats. Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie received a $3.8 million retention bonus a week before the Florida-based carrier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Christie will retain the bonus if he remains with the company for another year. The airline's stock has dropped over 90% this year. It has faced challenges including a blocked $3.8 billion merger with JetBlue and failed talks with Frontier. The pandemic disrupted Spirit's operations and travel patterns, reducing its daily aircraft utilization and increasing costs. Demand has shifted to full-service airlines as higher-income travelers vacation more, while inflation impacts lower-income consumers. JetBlue Airways , which began flying more than 20 years ago as a low-cost carrier but with amenities, is digging out from years of steady losses. Under new CEO Joanna Geraghty, the first woman to lead a major U.S. airline, JetBlue is cutting unprofitable routes, bolstering core markets that include the Northeast and Florida, and delaying deliveries of $3 billion worth of new planes. Starting next year, Southwest Airlines will toss out a half-century tradition of “open seating” — passengers picking their own seat after boarding the plane. Executives say extensive surveying showed 80% of customers preferred an assigned seat, and that's especially true with coveted business travelers. More crowded planes also might be pushing passengers to spend more to escape a middle seat in the back of the plane. A Frontier Airlines jet takes off July 5, 2022, from Denver International Airport in Denver. In other parts of the world, budget carriers are doing just fine. They bounced back from the pandemic just like their more highbrow competitors. Some industry experts say low-cost carriers in Asia and Europe have always attracted a more diverse mix of passengers, while in the U.S., affluent and middle-class travelers look down their noses at low-cost carriers. Jamie Baker, an analyst for JPMorgan, says he has many college friends who work in London and fly Irish airline Ryanair all the time, but he hardly knows anyone who has ever been on a Spirit or Frontier plane. A small plane tows a banner April 13, 2016, over Flint Bishop International Airport as part of ceremonies marking Allegiant Air joining the airport. Delta CEO Ed Bastian is less dismissive of the “lower-end carriers” in the U.S. than United's Kirby. "I don’t see that segment ever disappearing,” Bastian said after Spirit’s bankruptcy filing. “I think there’s a market for it.” At the same time, he said the upscale moves by ultra-low-cost carriers are having no effect on his airline. Delta targets upscale travelers but also introduced basic-economy fares a decade ago, when discounters emerged as a growing threat to poach some of Delta's customers. “Just calling yourself a premium carrier and actually being a premium carrier are two totally different things,” Bastian said “It's not the size of the seat or how much room you have; it's the overall experience.” As frequent flyers know, air travel isn't cheap. With the summer months in full swing, demand for air travel is expected to reach record numbers in 2024 as airlines continue to recover after the COVID-19 pandemic. Luckily for those who are looking for ways to save on travel , one way to cut costs on your next vacation may be in finding the right places to fly in and out of. FinanceBuzz looked at average domestic airfares from the 45 busiest airports in the U.S. to learn which airports are best for travelers on a budget, as well as which ones to avoid if you are trying to travel affordably. Overall, the national average airfare cost decreased by 3.1% from 2022 to 2023 when adjusted for inflation (which translates to a 0.9% increase in non-adjusted dollars). The last time inflation-adjusted airfare costs dropped year-over-year was during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it fell 18% between 2019 and 2020. Largely, this is good news for consumers who can spend less on airfare and have more room in their budget for hotels , restaurants, and other travel fees. In addition to earning rewards on airfare, most travel credit cards offer rewards for spending in these areas, which can offset overall vacation costs. Based on Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the above chart shows inflation-adjusted average airline fares over the past 25 years. For this report, we compared domestic airfares from the 45 busiest airports in the U.S. using data published by the U.S. Department of Transportation . Orlando International Airport (MCO) had the lowest airfare cost in the country at $265.58 on average. Home to iconic theme parks like Universal Studios, Sea World, and most notably, Walt Disney World, Orlando is one of America's top tourist destinations. This is welcome news for those bracing for expensive park tickets and food prices at the House of Mouse. Beyond saving with a Disney credit card on park-related purchases, visitors can also maximize savings by using a credit card like the Chase Sapphire Reserve which offers an annual travel credit, or even using a 0% APR credit card if you don't want to pay for your entire vacation at once. Another Florida-based airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), has the second-lowest average airfare cost in the country — tickets here are only about $5 more expensive than Orlando's. Just a few dollars behind FLL is Las Vegas's Harry Reid International (LAS), where fares cost $272.15 on average. LAS is also the last airport on our list where average airfare costs are less than $300. Oakland International Airport (OAK) has the fourth-lowest average airfare costs in the country at $303.79. And the fifth-least expensive airport, Chicago Midway International (MDW), comes in at $308.27. For the third year in a row, Dulles International Airport (IAD) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) have the two highest average fares in the country. Flights from Dulles cost $488.40 on average in 2023, while flights from San Francisco cost $444.59. Some silver lining for travelers who need to travel through Dulles: IAD is home to some of the best airport lounges in the country, including the recently-opened Capital One Lounge, available to Capital One Venture X or Venture Rewards credit card holders. With free food, drinks, and recharging stations, lounges can be one easy way to offset otherwise-expensive airport costs. Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has the third-highest average airfare in the country, with an average cost of $438.34. Last on our top-five list of the most expensive airports are Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) and Detroit Metro Airport (DTW). Average airfare from Charlotte cost $436.80 last year, while flights from Detroit had an average price tag of $427.05. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) was the biggest affordability winner over the last year, dropping prices by more than $18 on average. SEA jumped from 36th most-affordable place last year to 28th place this year — an increase of eight spots. Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) and Portland International Airport (PDX) experienced similar jumps, rising by seven spots each. RDU went from 24th place in 2022 to 17th in 2023, while PDX went from 42nd to 35th. Two different airports fell by eight spots in our affordability rankings, tied for the biggest drop of the year. The average fare at Sacramento International Airport (SMF) rose by $18.66 year-over-year, which led SMF to go from 18th in last year's affordability rankings to 26th this year. Prices rose even more at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL), going up by $19.64 on average from one year to the next. Consequently, STL fell from 21st to 29th place in terms of affordability. As you plan your travel, you'll find costs can vary widely at a single airport. With a little research and smart planning, you can find a deal at any airport. Here are a few tips to save on airfare: We looked at 2023 airfare data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation in May 2024 to compare domestic airfares by origin city. This report calculated average fares based on domestic itinerary fares. "Itinerary fares" consist of round-trip fares, unless only a one-way ticket was purchased. In that case, the one-way fare was used. Fares are based on total ticket value, including the price charged by the airline plus any additional taxes and fees levied at the time of purchase. Fares include only the price paid at booking and do not include fees for optional services like baggage fees. Averages also do not include frequent-flyer or "zero fares" or a few abnormally high reported fares. This stor y was produced by FinanceBuzz and reviewed and distributed by Stacker Media. Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly!