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By ALEXA ST. JOHN | Associated Press DETROIT — Electric vehicles had another whirlwind year around the globe, driven by buyers in China, and growth in parts of Europe and the United States, despite headwinds. In a milestone for China, the world’s biggest auto market, EVs hit 50% of new car sales in July. That included pure battery EVs plus plug-inhybrid electric vehicles . Chinese companies such as BYD continue to gain traction worldwide with their inexpensive EVs. RELATED: Thinking of buying an EV? You might want to move quickly Electric vehicles also made headway in Europe and the U.S. Uncertainty around purchase subsidies could complicate matters come 2025, especially under the incoming Trump administration in the U.S. But mainstream consumers remain interested in new models, longer driving ranges, better performance and lower prices. The transition to electric vehicles is an important part of the shift to clean energy. Road transport accounts for around one-sixth of all global emissions from energy, according to the International Energy Agency. Widespread EV adoption could significantly address climate change. Here are five facts about EVs this year. Most of the data comes from consultancy Rho Motion. The global EV market, including pure EVs and plug-in hybrids, grew by 25% year-over-year as of November. Rho Motion estimates 15.2 million EVs had been sold worldwide ahead of the end of the year, and the International Energy Agency expected electrified vehicle sales to reach one in five cars sold globally. Most were in China. Mexico sold roughly 5 times as many EVs this year than last, mostly from Chinese powerhouse automaker BYD, according to Rho Motion. Related Articles Business | Thinking of buying an EV? You might want to move quickly Business | ‘Alarming’ new car prices push Bay Area buyers toward used vehicles, but they’re pricey, too Business | Car insurance premiums are rising: Which Bay Area cities pay more? Business | Walters: Major hurdles ahead for California’s zero-emission vehicle mandate Business | California auto emissions case gets US Supreme Court review Because China’s population is so much larger, its 40% growth year-to-date translates to many more EVs than Mexico’s fivefold increase. Other areas of note are the United Kingdom, which saw a roughly 17% increase year-to-date. That’s interesting to compare to France and Germany, which saw sales decline. In Turkey, the EV market grew by almost 50% year-to-date, driven by Tesla entering the market last year and Togg, a Turkish auto company, ramping up its sales. In Norway, which for years has been in first place for share of vehicles that are electric, 90% of new cars were EVs. The best-selling pure electric vehicles were the Tesla Model Y, followed by the Tesla Model 3 — both globally and in the U.S., according to Rho Motion. The Model Y SUV was released in 2020. Its base version today costs nearly $45,000. The Model 3 was released in 2017. The least expensive version sells for around $42,000. Both have been eligible for a $7,500 tax credit in the U.S. Tesla’s market share stood at 17% of all electric cars across the globe through October, according to Rho Motion. In the U.S., Tesla’s market share was 49% through October. That means the company still has the biggest EV market share. But its hold is shrinking as other auto companies combined sell a growing number of electrics. For example, GM, Ford, Honda and more are offering a wider variety of EVs at lower prices and sizes and are chipping away at Tesla’s longstanding lead. Tesla remains the most valuable auto company in the world, with a market value of $1.4 trillion. Alexa St. John is an Associated Press climate solutions reporter. Follow her on X: @alexa_stjohn . Reach her at ast.john@ap.org . The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org .None

Kargil, Nov 23: Union Minister of Power, Housing, and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar Saturday concluded his three-day visit to Ladakh flagging off National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)’s green hydrogen buses and visiting the waste-to-art sculpture site in Leh. Khattar had arrived in Leh on Thursday for a three-day visit, his maiden after assuming office. During his visit, he laid the foundation and inaugurated several projects. Khattar also met the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh and senior officials of the Ladakh administration and reviewed several projects and schemes under his ministry. On the last day of his tour, he flagged off the NTPC’s green hydrogen fuel cell buses as part of the Green Hydrogen Mobility Project, Leh. The project is the world’s highest altitude (3650m MSL) green hydrogen mobility project. After the flag-off, Khattar travelled 12 km in one of the H2 buses from the H2 filling station to the Leh airport. He congratulated NTPC for its contribution to the energy security and decarbonisation efforts of the country through the adoption of hydrogen technologies at various fronts like mobility, blending with PNG, green methanol and its overall thrust on renewable energy. Khattar also inaugurated NTPC’s Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in Leh, featuring a hydrogen fueling station, a 1.7 MW solar plant, and five fuel cell buses operating at 11,562 feet. This marks India’s first hydrogen bus deployment on public roads. NTPC targets 60 GW renewable energy capacity by 2032 and leadership in green hydrogen and energy storage. This station would mitigate the carbon emissions of approximately 350 metric tons a year and contribute 230 metric tons per year of pure oxygen into the atmosphere which is equal to the planting of approximately 13,000 trees. Earlier Khattar visited the waste-to-art sculptures site in Leh. The sculptures at the site have been created out of waste and junk material and installed during the Y-20 Summit in 2023.None

After upset win, Penn State out to extend Rutgers' woesThe peregrine falcon, the bird with the fastest diving speed in the world, and also a rare visitor to Singapore, has been recorded nesting here for the first time. This is significant, as little is known about the breeding habits of this species in tropical areas. This also makes for the first breeding pair of peregrine falcons here, which means that the species might be Singapore's rarest breeding bird. Photo from Max Khoo, NParks Falcons spotted mating In a biodiversity record published in scientific journal Nature in Singapore on Aug. 30, a falcon was spotted flying around the SingTel building along Pickering Street on Jan. 30 earlier this year. Photo from Max Khoo, NParks A day later, a pair of falcons were seen copulating on the One George Street building, and the female then entered a recess 37 floors up on the exterior of the OCBC Centre building later that night. The pair was observed copulating a second time on Feb. 1, and the female then disappeared into the recess. To monitor the falcons' activity, remote cameras were placed on the balcony below the recess, and a telescopic tripod with a camera was raised to the recess to determine the breeding status of the pair. Although two eggs were seen sitting on the bare concrete on Apr. 23, the adult falcons were not seen incubating the eggs or flying to the nest. Several months later, the eggs were still there, with no parents attending to them. Photo from SUTD Unsuitable nesting substrate Although this was the first time that peregrine falcons were seen nesting in Singapore, the breeding unfortunately turned out to be unsuccessful, as the eggs were abandoned. The biodiversity record, which was submitted by National Parks Board (NParks) researchers including Malcolm Soh and Max Khoo from the Wildlife Management Research team, stated that the eggs could have been abandoned due to unsuitable nesting substrate. Peregrine falcons typically nest on loose gravel where they can hollow out a space for the eggs, or occasionally, abandoned nests from other birds. Photo from Malcolm Soh, NParks "It is therefore likely that the absence of suitable substrate in the recess may have impeded nesting success," Soh said in a statement to Mothership . Inspired by claw machines The eggs were retrieved with the help of a team of robotics researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), using a device called the Egg Retrieval and Nesting Enhancement Support Tool (ERNEST). Associate Professor Foong Shaohui, who led the SUTD team, told Mothership that the name ERNEST is a play on the peregrine falcon's species name, Falco peregrinus ernesti . "And the name includes the word 'nest'," he quipped. NParks and SUTD researchers. Photo from NParks The SUTD team initially considered deploying one of their existing devices, a drone which had a grabber attached to it. However, when the team surveyed the balcony area, they said it was too small to deploy a drone and conditions were too windy so high up. Additionally, a permit would need to be acquired to fly the drone. Inspired by claw machines at the arcade and cranes used to pick up containers at ports, the team combined the drone's grabber with a 10m telescopic pole, which can reach the eggs in the recess. ERNEST was thus born after a month of development. Photo from NParks Video by Ashley Tan The extension of the grabber can be controlled by cables on the ground, and the opening and closing of the grabber, by a remote. A demonstration of the grabber with some replica eggs. Video by Ashley Tan Retrieving the eggs was a finicky process. However, it only took around an hour — much faster, safer and efficient than the alternative option of setting up a scaffold for someone to climb up and grab the eggs themselves, Foong said. Video from SUTD And success. Photo from NParks Eggs were badly decomposed The eggs were sent to Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, where they were examined by Tan Yen Yi, assistant senior curator of birds. Photo from NParks Although both eggs were mostly similar in size, one egg was noticeably heavier and almost twice the weight of the other, Soh said. The lighter egg had a small crack and a strong sulphurous smell, which meant that it had decomposed. Soh shared that the decomposition was likely due to a "bacterial invasion through its compromised shell". The heavier egg meanwhile, was intact and preliminary candling revealed a viable but likely non-fertile egg. Its contents were also decomposed, but to a lesser extent than the lighter one. These observations suggest that the eggs may have been abandoned "due to shell damage", Soh said. Helping to improve the falcons' nesting success Peregrine falcons have been observed around the Central Business District area since 2017, and pairs have been observed copulating in the area in December 2022 and January 2023. This shows that the species has adapted well to urban environments here. Photo from Max Khoo, NParks Evidence of the falcons' presence was observed at OCBC Centre — these were the remains of a pigeon meal on the balcony ledge below the recess, found on Nov. 15. Photo by Ashley Tan Nevertheless, while peregrine falcons might be "one of the most studied avian species in the world, hardly anything is known about its breeding in tropical latitudes," the biodiversity record wrote. "While the peregrine falcon is extensively studied in temperate and cold latitudes, there remains a significant gap in our understanding of its breeding behaviour in tropical latitudes." As such, continued monitoring and research are key to better understanding the breeding behaviour of the species here. To further improve the nesting success of the falcons, Soh recommended placing a nesting tray with loose gravel in the recess of the OCBC Centre building, which will act as a more suitable nesting substrate. The tray has a CCTV attached to it as well. Photo from NParks These were set up in the recess on Nov. 22 by workers who had to scale a scaffold. Photo from NParks Photo from NParks OCBC is also donating S$10,000 to support the installation of the nesting tray and CCTV system, which will monitor the falcons' breeding cycle. Koh Ching Ching, OCBC's head of group brand and communications, said: "It is an unusual instance for wildlife to set up homes within the central business district. We are embracing the wonders of this surprise right outside our office windows. Given our longstanding relationship with NParks, we are happy to play a small part in their quest to learn more about this rare breed of peregrine falcon. It is sometimes said that when a bird chooses to nest at your home, it can bring good luck to the owner.” Hopefully, falcon babies soon The nesting period for peregrine falcons is expected to be between January and early February 2025. If nesting is successful, the eggs are expected to hatch in March 2025, with chicks fledging in April 2025. "The research team will continue to monitor the nest site for subsequent breeding cycles and maintain the nest if needed, such as removing debris and replacing the nesting tray substrate," Soh said. Not only will this help to "provide deeper insight into the breeding biology and foraging preferences" of the species, it can help inform conservation strategies to support the falcons' existence in urban Singapore. Top photo from Max Khoo and NParksATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023 , spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center simply said in posting about Carter's death on the social media platform X. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors . He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners . He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian , would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. His statehouse initiatives included environmental protection, boosting rural education and overhauling antiquated executive branch structures. He proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the slain civil rights leader’s home state. And he decided, as he received presidential candidates in 1972, that they were no more talented than he was. In 1974, he ran Democrats’ national campaign arm. Then he declared his own candidacy for 1976. An Atlanta newspaper responded with the headline: “Jimmy Who?” The Carters and a “Peanut Brigade” of family members and Georgia supporters camped out in Iowa and New Hampshire, establishing both states as presidential proving grounds. His first Senate endorsement: a young first-termer from Delaware named Joe Biden. Yet it was Carter’s ability to navigate America’s complex racial and rural politics that cemented the nomination. He swept the Deep South that November, the last Democrat to do so, as many white Southerners shifted to Republicans in response to civil rights initiatives. A self-declared “born-again Christian,” Carter drew snickers by referring to Scripture in a Playboy magazine interview, saying he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” The remarks gave Ford a new foothold and television comedians pounced — including NBC’s new “Saturday Night Live” show. But voters weary of cynicism in politics found it endearing. Carter chose Minnesota Sen. Walter “Fritz” Mondale as his running mate on a “Grits and Fritz” ticket. In office, he elevated the vice presidency and the first lady’s office. Mondale’s governing partnership was a model for influential successors Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Biden. Rosalynn Carter was one of the most involved presidential spouses in history, welcomed into Cabinet meetings and huddles with lawmakers and top aides. The Carters presided with uncommon informality: He used his nickname “Jimmy” even when taking the oath of office, carried his own luggage and tried to silence the Marine Band’s “Hail to the Chief.” They bought their clothes off the rack. Carter wore a cardigan for a White House address, urging Americans to conserve energy by turning down their thermostats. Amy, the youngest of four children, attended District of Columbia public school. Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style. But the larger concern was that “he hated politics,” according to Eizenstat, leaving him nowhere to turn politically once economic turmoil and foreign policy challenges took their toll. Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He designated millions of acres of Alaska as national parks or wildlife refuges. He appointed a then-record number of women and nonwhite people to federal posts. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. He appointed Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve chairman whose policies would help the economy boom in the 1980s — after Carter left office. He built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. But he couldn’t immediately tame inflation or the related energy crisis. And then came Iran. After he admitted the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979 by followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Negotiations to free the hostages broke down repeatedly ahead of the failed rescue attempt. The same year, Carter signed SALT II, the new strategic arms treaty with Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, only to pull it back, impose trade sanctions and order a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Hoping to instill optimism, he delivered what the media dubbed his “malaise” speech, although he didn’t use that word. He declared the nation was suffering “a crisis of confidence.” By then, many Americans had lost confidence in the president, not themselves. Carter campaigned sparingly for reelection because of the hostage crisis, instead sending Rosalynn as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy challenged him for the Democratic nomination. Carter famously said he’d “kick his ass,” but was hobbled by Kennedy as Reagan rallied a broad coalition with “make America great again” appeals and asking voters whether they were “better off than you were four years ago.” Reagan further capitalized on Carter’s lecturing tone, eviscerating him in their lone fall debate with the quip: “There you go again.” Carter lost all but six states and Republicans rolled to a new Senate majority. Carter successfully negotiated the hostages’ freedom after the election, but in one final, bitter turn of events, Tehran waited until hours after Carter left office to let them walk free. At 56, Carter returned to Georgia with “no idea what I would do with the rest of my life.” Four decades after launching The Carter Center, he still talked of unfinished business. “I thought when we got into politics we would have resolved everything,” Carter told the AP in 2021. “But it’s turned out to be much more long-lasting and insidious than I had thought it was. I think in general, the world itself is much more divided than in previous years.” Still, he affirmed what he said when he underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis in his 10th decade of life. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said in 2015 . “I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” Former Associated Press journalist Alex Sanz contributed to this report.