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TUESDAY 18
Cheese and Wine Around the World.^ New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute~, 725 Howard Ave.~ — Cheese expert Liz Thorpe and Commander's Palace sommelier Kristin Estadt offer a guided tasting of six cheeses paired with sparkling, white, red and dessert wines and discuss which cheese best pairs with a given style. www.nochi.org. Tickets $80. 6 p.m.
Historic Preservation in the Face of Climate Change.^ Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club~, 732 N. Broad Ave.~ — The third panel in a series discusses the challenges of living with water and the importance of preservation. www.prcno.org. Free admission. 6 p.m.
Kulturabend.^ Deutsches Haus~, 1700 Moss St. ~ — The Beer Choir will perform and there's a singalong. Food is available. www.deutscheshaus.org. Free admission. 7 p.m.
Smart Women's Day Out.^ Vintage Court~, 75082 Highway 25, Covington~ — "It's All About You" is the theme for program, which features speakers, music and networking. Proceeds benefit four nonprofits. www.womenofwip.org. Tickets $55-$65. 9 a.m.
Trivia Tuesdays.^ Auction House Market~, 801 Magazine St.~ — Teams compete for Auction House Market gift cards. Free admission. 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY 19
Bayou St. John Walking Tour.^ The Pitot House~, 1440 Moss St.~ — The walking tour includes Pitot House, a mile walk around the Bayou St. John neighborhood, plus a brief stop in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 on Esplanade Avenue, led by docent Jamie Barker. www.louisianalandmarks.org. Tickets $30. 1 p.m.
Garden to Glass.^ American Sector~, 1035 Magazine St.~ — Local distillers compete to create the best garden-fresh cocktail prepared with local ingredients and inspired by WWII victory gardens. There are samples and how-tos, and participants can vote for their favorites. www.nationalww2museum.org. Tickets $10-$15. 6 p.m.
Juneteenth Celebration.^ Newcomb Art Museum~, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place~ — A program of events surrounding the Per(Sister) exhibit includes performances, discussions, poetry and music and food from Liberty's Kitchen. 5 p.m.
Juneteenth Commemoration.^ Various Venues~ — Ashe Cultural Arts Center, the 400 Years of African American History Commission, Congo Square Preservation Society and United Culture Bearers of Louisiana coordinate 12 hours of activities including drumming, healing prayers, chants and songs. www.ashecac.org. 9 a.m.
Juneteenth Drumming Exhibit.^ Algiers Point Ferry Landing~, 138 Morgan St.~ — Drummer Luther Gray of the Congo Square Preservation Society will lead a procession from the Algiers Ferry landing, through the Algiers neighborhood and to the former Black Star Caffe (800 Belleville St.) for a program honoring Juan St. Malo, a Maroon resistance leader who was hung by the Spanish government on this day in 1784, and other Maroons who settled in local neighborhoods. www.algiers-tricentennial.org. Free admission. 10 a.m.
THURSDAY 20
Architecture & Design Film Festival.^ Contemporary Arts Center~, 900 Camp St. ~ — More than 20 films deal with subjects ranging from preservation issues to modern architecture, landscape design, women in the industry, environmental sustainability and more. There will be post-screening Q&As, panel discussions, book talks and signings. www.louisianaarchitecture.org. Tickets $9-$11. 6 p.m. Through Sunday.
Concert Against Hate: An Evening Celebrating Everyday Heroes.^ New Orleans Jazz Market~, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. ~ — The Anti-Defamation League South Central inaugural event honors Ashley Longshore, Norris Henderson and Audrey Ligier and features performances by John Boutte, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Helen Gillet, and Solid Harmony accompanied by Mike Lemmler, A.J. Hall and Brian Quezerque. www.adl.org/nolaconcert. Tickets $55 and up. 7 p.m.
Festigals.^ Various Venues~ — The festival for women features a conference, a French Quarter parade, a drag brunch, tours of historic homes and gardens and more. www.festigals.org. 9 a.m. Through Sunday.
Literary Salon.^ Dogfish New Orleans~, 2448 N. Villere St. ~ — Authors Sheree Thomas and Bryan Campare are featured at the mixed-genre literary salon with an open mic. RSVP on Facebook. 7 p.m.
FRIDAY 21
Concordia's Celebration of the Summer Solstice.^ Ashe Cultural Arts Center~, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.~ — Entertainment, Champagne, watermelon and a performance by Bamboula 2000 are part of the event. www.ashecac.org. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and a ZOOvie.^ Audubon Zoo~, 6500 Magazine St.~ — The annual series of family-friendly flicks returns, with "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" screened at the Capital One Bank Field. Food is available. www.audubonnatureinstitute.org. 8 p.m.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Lynn Drury.^ New Orleans Museum of Art~, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park~ — Friday Nights at NOMA features music, movies, children’s activities, and more, with galleries, the Museum Shop and Cafe NOMA open. Lynn Drury will perform. 6 p.m.
Opera in the Piazza.^ Piazza d'Italia~, 377 Poydras St.~ — The American Italian Cultural Center presents an evening of music al fresco, with Lena Prima and an ensemble of opera singers performing arias. Food and beverages are available. www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com. $20. 7 p.m.
SATURDAY 22
1940s Latin Music Dine and Dance.^ National World War II Museum, BB's Stage Door Canteen~, 945 Magazine St.~ — Muevelo provides music from Latin stars of the era, and a special menu of Caribbean cuisine is served at 6 p.m. www.nationalww2museum.org. Tickets $25-$65. 8:30 p.m.
Big Top Cake Competition.^ Southern Food & Beverage Foundation~, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.~ — The theme for the cake decorating competition is “Summer Dreams!" and winners are decided by professional judges as well as the public. There also are demonstrations, cake tastings and a bakery carnival. Winners will be announced at 1:45 p.m. www.natfab.org. Tickets $5.25-$10.50. 11 a.m.
Coffee & Cousins.^ St. Genevieve Catholic Church~, 58203 Highway 433, Slidell~ — Louisiana Creole Research Association presents "Creole Culture on the Bayou," a group discussion in which attendees often bring personal research, literature and more. www.lacreole.org. Free admission. 1 p.m.
Colour Me Krazy Carnival Parade.^ Canal and South Peters streets~, — The Caribbean Festival event includes a masquerade costume or Paint VS Powder section and leads to the festival at Central City BBQ on Rampart. www.nolacaribbeanfestival.com. Tickets $40-$275. 5 p.m.
Evening of Blue Roses Dinner and Awards.^ NOLA Craft Culture~, 127 S. Solomon St.~ — The picnic-style dinner to benefit The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company honors Thomas Keith and has interactive entertainment from characters, a silent auction and the Blue Rose Awards. $100. 6:30 p.m.
Greater New Orleans Iris Society.^ East Bank Regional Library~, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave.~ — The organization holds its general membership meeting. www.louisianairisgnois.com. 9 a.m.
Junteenth Unity Levee 3K Run/Walk.^ New Birth Cathedral of Glory Ministries~, 2150 the Rev. Richard Wilson Drive~ — The run is followed by the Juneteenth Community Festival, which has entertainment, vendors, kids activities and community resources. www.newbirthcathedralofglory.org. 7 a.m.
Kokomo Stroll.^ Downtown Covington~ — The summer drink and dine event downtown has beach-themed music as patrons stop at more than 20 tents for samples. www.gocovington.com. Tickets $30. 5 p.m.
La Fete du Vin d'Ete.^ Canal Place~, 333 Canal St.~ — The French American Chamber of Commerce-Gulf Coast Chapter celebrates white wines from France, with food, a silent auction and music. www.facc-gc.com. Tickets $45-$125. 8 p.m.
Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival.^ Armstrong Park~, 701 N. Rampart St.~ — Music, an arts market, food vendors and more are part of the festival celebrating the Louisiana musical styles. www.jazzandheritage.org. Free admission. 11 a.m. Also Sunday.
Medieval Costuming Workshop.^ Rosedale Library~, 4036 Jefferson Highway~ — Knights will be the focus of the morning workshop at 9:30 a.m., and lords and ladies will be discussed at the 11:30 a.m. workshop. www.jplibrary.net. Free admission. 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
NOLA Caribbean Festival.^ Central City BBQ~, 1201 S. Rampart St.~ — This two-day festival is part of the NOLA Caribbean Experience series of events, with music, food, arts and crafts and dance. www.nolacaribbeanfestival.com. Tickets $10-$15. 5 p.m. Also Sunday.
PAWS Fundraiser.^ Belle Chasse Auditorium~, 8398 Highway 23, Belle Chasse~ — The Rotary Club of Belle Chasse hosts a bunco party with hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, a silent auction and a raffle. www.paws4life.org. Tickets $30. 7 p.m.
Party For the Planet — Pollination Celebration.^ Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium~, 423 Canal St.~ — Learn about the relationship between animals, plants and humans with educational chats and interactive activities led by Audubon entomology staff members, educators and conservation partners. www.audubonnatureinstitute.org. 11 a.m.
Twisted Beer Fest.^ Castine Center~, Pelican Park, 63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville~ — The event features more than 200 beer samplings, food and music, with proceeds benefiting homeless animals. www.northshorehumane.org. 4 p.m.
SUNDAY 23
Bike Bash.^ Parking lot behind American Legion Post~, 2222 Front St., Slidell~ — American Legion Riders Bayou Liberty Post 374 event for United States Veterans Service Dogs includes a silent auction, raffle, concessions and a chance to meet some of the canines. 1 p.m.
Evening of Music and Literature.^ New Orleans Museum of Art~, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle~ — NOMA and Narrative 4 present eight international authors accompanied by live music that reflects each author's home nation. www.noma.org. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.
Master of the Craft: Butts and Briskets.^ Southern Food & Beverage Museum~, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.~ — Daniel Robert, curator of meat science, teaches the basics of grilling butts and briskets, with demonstrations on barbecuing, rubs and sauces. www.natfab.org. Tickets $25-$65. 1 p.m.
MONDAY 24
Into the Vault Tour.^ National World War II Museum~, 945 Magazine St.~ — Take a two-hour journey into WWII history through rarely seen artifacts that give voice to the American experience. www.nationalww2museum.org. 9 a.m.
SPORTS
Baby Cakes.^ Shrine on Airline~, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie~ — The New Orleans ball team faces the Nashville Sounds. www.milb.com/new-orleans. Tickets $5. 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Monday; 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday.
BOOKS
A.J. Perrish.^ Barnes & Noble Booksellers~, 1601 Westbank Expressway, Harvey~ — The author discusses and signs the book "The Wars Within." www.barnesandnoble.com. Noon Saturday.
Amanda Montell.^ Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Book Shop~, 631 N. Carrollton Ave.~ — The author signs and discusses her book, "Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language." www.tubbyandcoos.com. 1 p.m. Sunday.
Claudia Gray.^ Martin Luther King Library~, 1611 Caffin Ave.~ — The author presents and signs "Star Wars." www.events.nolalibrary.org. 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Daniel Brook.^ Antenna Gallery~, 3718 St. Claude Ave.~ — The author discusses and signs his book "The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction." Octavia Books to sell copies. www.octaviabooks.com. 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Earl Higgins.^ Barnes & Noble Booksellers~, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie~ — The author presents and signs his book "100 Catholic Things to Do Before You Die." www.barnesandnoble.com. Noon Saturday.
Josh Levin.^ Jewish Community Center~, 5342 St. Charles Ave.~ — The author discusses and signs his book "The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth." www.octaviabooks.com. 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Leland Kent.^ Barnes & Noble Booksellers~, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie~ — The author presents and signs his book "Abandoned New Orleans," and photographs of eight locations. www.barnesandnoble.com. 2 p.m. Saturday.
Lovejoy Boteler.^ Garden District Book Shop~, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St.~ — The author discusses and signs "Crooked Snake: The Life and Crimes of Albert Lepard." www.gardendistrictbookshop.com. 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Maurice Carlos Ruffin and James Nolan.^ Alvar Library~, 913 Alvar St.~ — The authors present and discuss their works. www.events.nolalibrary.org. 6 p.m. Thursday.
Tammy L. Turner.^ Octavia Books~, 513 Octavia St.~ — The author discusses and signs her book "Dick Waterman: A Life in Blues." www.octaviabooks.com. 6 p.m. Thursday.
Whitney Stewart.^ Barnes & Noble Booksellers~, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie~ — The author signs the book "Mindful Tots: Tummy Ride," and there's a writers' workshop. www.barnesandnoble.com. 11 a.m. Sunday.
ON STAGE
"Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical."^ Southern Rep Theatre~, 2541 Bayou Road~ — A trip to the laundromat takes a wrong turn when “somebunny” is left behind in Southern Rep's show, which is based on the award-winning children's book "Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale." www.southernrep.com/knuffle-bunny. Tickets $10-15. 11 a.m. Saturday.
"Le Code Noir."^ The Historic New Orleans Collection~, 533 Royal St.~ — Voices in the Dark Repertory Theatre Company's abridged performance of the history of the state — told through the eyes of Santee, an enslaved woman in New Orleans — is part of the commemoration of the arrival of the first slave ships to Louisiana 300 years ago. Registration required. www.hnoc.org. Free admission. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
"Much Ado About Nothing."^ Tulane University~, Lupin Theatre, 16 Newcomb Place~ — The Shakespeare comedy will be performed at Tulane University’s Lupin Theater. Tickets $20-$30. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
"The Other Black History."^ Ashe Power House~, 1731 Baronne St.~ — Oliver Thomas leads a group of young actors through a comprehensive black history lesson that begins with the transatlantic slave trade and ends with the civil rights movement in Dr. Flint D. Mitchell's work. It's followed by a Q&A session. www.ashecac.org. Tickets $15-$20. 7 p.m. Wednesday.
"Red, White and Tuna."^ Cafe Luke~, 153 Robert St., Slidell~ — The denizens of Tuna, Texas, return for a Fourth of July homecoming in this production in which two actors portray the 20 characters in the show. Dining and dessert combinations are available. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $25-$45. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
"The Reluctant Dragon."^ Rogers Memorial Chapel~, Tulane University~ — With original music by Ricky Graham, Fred Palmisano and Jefferson Turner, the show is the tale of a dragon who’d rather sing and write songs than be the monster the villagers expect. A local youngster (with the help of St. George) sets the record straight, with a message of tolerance and acceptance. For ages 5 and up. www.summerlyric.tulane.edu. Tickets $5-10. 11 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday.
"Shear Madness."^ Le Petit Theatre~, 616 St. Peter St.~ — The Jefferson Performing Arts Society puts on a comedy at Le Petit Theatre. Tickets $15-$55. 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
"Snow White."^ Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts~, 325 Minor St., Kenner~ — Patchwork Players presents a retelling of the time-honored fairy tale, with participation from the audience. www.rivertowntheaters.com. Tickets $10. 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. Monday.
"Trixie Minx's Burlesque Ballroom."^ The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta~, 300 Bourbon St.~ — A modern twist on a classic burlesque show features a live band and an immersive speakeasy environment. Trixie Minx co-stars with a rotating cast of special guests, and Romy Kaye and the Mercy Buckets provide vocals. www.sonesta.com/jazzplayhouse. Tickets $20. 11 p.m. Friday.
The Victory Belles.^ National World War II Museum, BB's Stage Door Canteen~, 945 Magazine St.~ — The female vocal trio is reminiscent of the Andrews Sisters and other groups of the war era, with a repertoire of 1940s and patriotic tunes. There are lunch and brunch options. www.nationalww2museum. Tickets $25-$60. 12:45 p.m. Wednesday.
COMEDY
Bear with Me.^ Twelve Mile Limit~, 500 S. Telemachus St.~ — Laura Sanders and Kate Mason host an open-mic comedy show. Sign-up at 8:30 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Monday.
Brown Improv.^ Waloo's~, 1300 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie~ — New Orleans' longest-running comedy group performs. 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Comedy Beast.^ Howlin' Wolf (Den)~, 901 S. Peters St.~ — Vincent Zambon and Cyrus Cooper host a stand-up comedy show. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Comedy Catastrophe.^ Lost Love Lounge~, 2529 Dauphine St.~ — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show. 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Comedy F—k Yeah.^ Dragon's Den (upstairs)~, 435 Esplanade Ave.~ — Vincent Zambon and Mary-Devon Dupuy host a stand-up show. 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Comedy Gold.^ House of Blues (Big Mama's Lounge)~, 229 Decatur St.~ — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Comedy Gumbeaux.^ Howlin' Wolf (Den)~, 901 S. Peters St.~ — Frederick RedBean Plunkett hosts an open-mic stand-up show. 8 p.m. Thursday.
Comedy Night in New Orleans.^ The New Movement~, 2706 St. Claude Ave.~ — Comics of The New Movement take the stage. 8 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
Comedy in the Kennel.^ The Ugly Dog Saloon~, 401 Andrew Higgins Blvd.~ — The bar offers a stand-up comedy show. Free admission. 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Comic Strip.^ Siberia Lounge~, 2227 St. Claude Ave.~ — Chris Lane hosts the stand-up comedy open mic with burlesque interludes. 9:30 p.m. Monday.
Crescent Fresh.^ Dragon's Den (upstairs)~, 435 Esplanade Ave.~ — Ted Orphan and Geoffrey Gauchet host the stand-up comedy open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Haeg and Butts Presents:.^ Parleaux Beer Lab~, 634 Lesseps St.~ — The weekly stand-up, improv and sketch show features local performers. www.parleauxbeerlab.com. 8 p.m. Sunday.
Jeff D Comedy Cabaret.^ Oz~, 800 Bourbon St.~ — This weekly showcase features comedy and drag with Geneva Joy, Carl Cahlua and guests. 10 p.m. Thursday.
Local Uproar.^ The AllWays Lounge & Theater~, 2240 St. Claude Ave.~ — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a stand-up comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m. Saturday.
NOLA Comedy Hour.^ Hi-Ho Lounge~, 2239 St. Claude Ave.~ — Duncan Pace hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Night Church.^ Sidney’s Saloon~, 1200 St. Bernard Ave.~ — Benjamin Hoffman and Paul Oswell host a stand-up show, and there's free ice cream. 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
St. Claude Comedy Hour.^ The New Movement~, 2706 St. Claude Ave.~ — A stand-up show hosted by Clark Taylor features local veterans, up-and-comers, touring acts and surprise guests. 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Sunday Night Social Club.^ The New Movement~, 2706 St. Claude Ave.~ — There's a different show each week, featuring local The New Movement talent and specialty showcase. 7 p.m. Sunday.
The Spontaneous Show.^ Bar Redux~, 801 Poland Ave.~ — We Are Young Funny comedians presents the stand-up comedy show and open mic in The Scrapyard. 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The Wheel of Improv.^ The New Movement~, 2706 St. Claude Ave.~ — It's "American Ninja Warrior" mixed with an episode of "Saturday Night Live" and a dash of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" — a blend of formats randomly jammed together and executed by a team of experienced performers. 8 p.m. Thursday.
Think You're Funny?^ Carrollton Station Bar and Music Club~, 8140 Willow St.~ — Brothers Cassidy and Mickey Henehan host an open mic. Sign-up at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Thursday Night Special.^ The New Movement~, 2706 St. Claude Ave.~ — A rotating comedy showcase features innovative standup, sketch and improv comedy shows. 8 p.m. Thursday.
HAPPENINGS
Louisiana Movie Poster Pop-Up Show.^ St. Tammany Art Association~, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington~ — The two-day exhibit features posters, stills and trailers from movies filmed in St. Tammany Parish from international collectors, with a presentation about Louisiana film history at 3 p.m. Saturday. www,pontchartrainfilmfestival.com. Free admission.10 a.m. Friday and Saturday
MUSEUMS
Contemporary Arts Center~, 900 Camp St.~ — "Hinge Pictures: Eight Women Artists Occupy the Third Dimension" features work by women relating to European modernism, through Sunday. www.cacno.org.
Gallier Historic House~, 1132 Royal St.~ — The summer dress exhibition reveals seasonal decor during the period, including swapped fabrics for curtains, rugs and bedclothes. Through Sept. 3. www.hgghh.org.
Louisiana State Museum Cabildo~, 701 Chartres St.~ — "The Baroness de Pontalba and the Rise of Jackson Square" is an exhibition about Don Andres Almonester and his daughter Baroness Micaela Pontalba, through October. www.louisianastatemuseum.org.
Louisiana State Museum Presbytere~, 751 Chartres St. — "It's Carnival Time in Louisiana" features Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; "Living With Hurricanes — Katrina and Beyond" has interactive displays and artifacts, ongoing. www.louisianastatemuseum.org.
New Orleans Museum of Art~, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park~ — "Tim Duffy: Blue Muse" features 30 tintypes depicting folk musicians from across the South; through July 28. "Paper Revolutions: French Drawings from the New Orleans Museum of Art" traces the politics of draftsmanship in the 18th and 19th centuries, through July 14. www.noma.org.
Ogden Museum of Southern Art ~, 925 Camp St.~ — "Vernacular Voices Self-Taught, Outside and Visionary Art from the Permanent Collection," through July 14. Margarita Barera, multi-media sculptural work, presented by the Center For Southern Craft and Design, through Sunday. "Piercing the Inner Wall: The Art of Dusti Bonge," abstract expressionist work from throughout her life, through Sept. 8. www.ogdenmuseum.org.
Tulane University, Jones Hall~, 6801 Freret St.~ — "The Laurel Valley Plantation Photographs of Philip M. Denman" features 40 years of documentation of the Thibodaux plantation, through Friday. www.tulane.edu.
Williams Research Center~, 410 Chartres St.~ "New Orleans Medley: Sounds of the City" explores diverse influences, cultures and musicians through history, through Aug. 4. www.hnoc.org.
FARMERS MARKETS
CRISP Farms Market.^ CRISP Farms Market~, 1330 France St.~ — The urban farm offers greens, produce, herbs and seedlings. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Covington Farmers Market.^ Covington Trailhead~, 419 N. Hampshire St., Covington~ — The Northshore market features local produce, meat, seafood, breads, prepared foods, plants and music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Crescent City Farmers Market.^ — The market offers fresh produce, prepared foods, flowers and plants at locations citywide, including Tulane University Square (200 Broadway St.) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday; Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital (2614 Jefferson Highway) 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday; Bywater at Rusty Rainbow (Chartres and Piety streets) 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday; the American Can Apartments (3700 Orleans Ave.) 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday; Bucktown Harbor (325 Hammond Highway) 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday; and in the CBD (750 Carondelet St.) 8 a.m. to noon Saturday; Rivertown (400 block of Williams Boulevard, Kenner) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
French Market.^ Corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and French Market Place~ — The historic French Quarter market offers local produce, seafood, herbs, baked goods, coffee and prepared foods. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
German Coast Farmers Market.^ Ormond Plantation~, 13786 River Road, Destrehan~ — The market offers fresh produce, prepared foods, flowers and plants at two locations: Ormond Plantation (13786 River Road, Destrehan) 8 a.m. to noon Saturday; and Luling market (1313 Paul Maillard Road) 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org.
Gretna Farmers Market.^ Huey P. Long Avenue between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna~ — The weekly rain-or-shine market has more than 25 vendors offering fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, baked goods, honey and flowers. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Old Metairie Farmers Market.^ Bayou Metairie Park~, 2713 Metairie Road~ — The rain-or-shine market offers fruit, vegetables, eggs, honey, cheese and art from local vendors. 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
ReFresh Project Community Garden Farmers Market.^ ReFresh Project~, 300 N. Broad St.~ — The weekly Monday market offers local produce, homemade kimchi, cocoa-fruit leather, pesto and salad dressing. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.
Sankofa Mobile Market.^ Lower 9th Ward Community Center~, 5234 N. Claiborne Ave.~ — The Sankofa market truck offers seasonal produce from the Sankofa Garden. 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday. The truck also stops at 6322 St. Claude Ave. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Vietnamese Farmers Market.^ 14401 Alcee Fortier Blvd.~ — Fresh produce, baked goods and live poultry are available at this early morning market. 5 a.m. Saturday. | https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/calendar/new_orleans_events/article_e4144670-8c97-11e9-bb0c-375a1bc6917c.html | 2023-07-29T16:08:36 | 1 | https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/calendar/new_orleans_events/article_e4144670-8c97-11e9-bb0c-375a1bc6917c.html |
ANN ARBOR, MI - For 280 years, the American Philosophical Society has recognized scholars across the world for “promoting useful knowledge.” Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, it’s the oldest scholarly organization in the United States.
For nearly three centuries, less than 6,000 people have been appointed into the society, including Charles Darwin, Robert Frost, Louis Pasteur and Founding Fathers, such as Franklin, George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Two female University of Michigan professors joined the society’s elite ranks this summer -- an environmental policy maker for three presidential administrations and a lawyer pioneering in sex equality issues.
Rosina Bierbaum, dean emerita at the university’s School for Environment and Sustainability, has focused her work since the 1980s on the interface of science and government policy. She has been a science adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and briefly for George W. Bush.
Catharine McKinnon, a Michigan law professor, pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment victims, helped create ordinances that recognized pornography as a civil rights violation and helped abolish prostitution. She won the society’s Henry Phillips Prize in Jurisprudence, which honors lifetime legal contributions.
Born in a steel town, now fighting for clean air
Bierbaum grew up in the steel town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles north of Philadelphia. Born to a butcher and a nurse, she remembers her parents encouraging her toward science. The early issues of air pollution in a factory town inspired her toward environmental issues.
“We had to dust off our window sills every morning and the cars because of the threat from the steel plant, which was only three blocks away,” she said. “I got really inspired with thinking about pollution, water, pristine areas, and dad would take all five of the kids waterskiing to a local lake most Sundays, so I learned to love the Poconos.”
After graduating from Boston College, Bierbaum earned her doctorate in evolutionary ecology in marine systems at Stony Brook University in New York. She found a fellowship in the early 1980s that brought her to Washington, D.C. working with the U.S. Congress on the issue of the day -- acid rain.
She remembers being tasked with convincing politicians why they needed to create legislation that would eventually become the Clean Air Act of 1990. Her flowchart was science explanation after science explanation, and her boss laughed at her.
“You are so wrong,” she remembers him saying. “And he drew something that looked more like a series of boxes inside each other, where the biggest exterior one was policy and the science underpinning it all was the smallest.
“The point that science is never the loudest voice was sort of a shock coming from a scientist, but it let me figure out how to make sure what you recommend is true to the science, but offers options so that different political parties can find something in there.”
That became the bulk of her studies during the last four decades, as her experience has brought her into creating policy for climate science, foreign relations and international development. She is the lead author on the U.S. National Climate Assessment and ran White House offices under Clinton and Obama that focused on environmental, science and technology policies.
As a university professor, Bierbaum is amazed in her students’ ability to incorporate a variety of disciplines into finding solutions to complex problems.
“I think this generation of students much more naturally can think across disciplines,” she said. “I was trained to be relatively narrow and deep in my biology or then evolutionary ecology, but they can make connections across disciplines much more easily than I can. I think that’s gonna ideally suit them to be the leaders of tomorrow.”
Honoring a lifetime of advocacy
MacKinnon is just the 27th winner of the Phillips Prize in its 134-year history, society officials said. The honor is partly based on her ”pioneering work on gender equality, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation and her effective framing of such harms as civil rights violations” across the world,” officials said.
One of her key works is the 1979 book “Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination,” which created the legal claim for sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
“Her thorough attention to power relationships draws on and contributes to epistemology, political theory, legal theory, and political and legal practices, with significant influences on laws, institutions, and the lives of many,” Legal journalist Linda Greenhouse said of MacKinnon in a ceremony honoring MacKinnon’s inclusion in the society.
MacKinnon was grateful for the society’s honor, saying it validates an understanding that “a vision of equality, critical of the realities of the dominance of men and subordination of women, is philosophy.”
“Thank you for knowing that practicing law for change in the real world for survivors of sexual violation counts as jurisprudence,” she said in a statement. “And thank you for lifting up someone whose method is to listen to people designated to be silenced and to act on what they say, someone made ‘controversial’ who acts on seeing and saying what power doesn’t want seen and said.”
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(iSeeCars) — When it comes to car buying, you may be torn between buying and leasing.
While leasing a car might be an attractive option if you want a different car every few years, you might be turned off by the high monthly payments for the cars you’re interested in. What you might not realize is that you can also lease a used car.
Although used cars make up only a small percentage of the leased car market, it’s still possible to lease a used car. And with used car prices still higher than pre-pandemic levels, leasing a used car could be a smart financial decision.
So how can you lease a used car, and is it a good idea? We have the answers.
Which Used Cars Can be Leased?
Used cars that are available to lease are typically Certified Pre Owned cars (also known as CPO) from car dealerships. A certified pre-owned vehicle is a late-model used car that is sold by a franchised dealer after it has been thoroughly inspected, and comes with a factory-backed extended-powertrain warranty and bumper-to-bumper warranty. Each manufacturer has different criteria for their CPO vehicles, but they generally will be less than 6 years old and will not have more than 48,000 miles on the odometer.
You can also take over a lease from someone who wants to get out of their lease. It could be because they are facing a hardship or because they no longer require a vehicle. Whatever the reason, they will post their car on a leasing company website like SwapALease.com or LeaseTrader in hopes that someone can take over their lease so they won’t have to incur the penalties associated with breaking their lease contract. In this case you won’t be required to make a down payment, and you can likely negotiate with the seller to have them pay the transfer fees. However, when taking over someone’s lease, you should estimate how much you plan on driving the vehicle to make sure that you don’t exceed the mileage limit. If you do go over the mileage limit, you will have to pay a penalty when you turn the car in.
How To Find a Used Car to Lease
Used-car leases from dealerships are rare and aren’t widely advertised. The best way to find a leased used car is to do the legwork yourself. All major manufacturers, both mainstream and luxury, offer CPO vehicle leases. However, some automakers, including Stellantis, Ford, and Nissan, require outside financing, while Toyota’s finance department does provide financing for used vehicle leases.
The best way to find a used lease is to decide what vehicle you are interested in, and call around to franchised dealerships to see if they offer used car leases on their CPO inventory.
How to Shop For a Used Car Lease
When deciding if leasing a used car is right for you, you should always shop around. Just as you should compare prices when shopping for used vehicles, you should contact multiple dealerships to see which offer the best pricing.
You should also compare the cost of leasing a used car with the cost of a new car. New car leases often come with better finance rates and may also have incentives and special offers. This cost difference between a new-car lease and used-car lease will be smaller with used Honda and Toyota cars, while the savings will be more significant on luxury vehicles from Acura or Lexus.
The smartest used car lease purchases are for later model year cars, two-to-three-years old and still under warranty, or that offer extended warranties. Otherwise, you are responsible for costly repairs on a car you don’t own. Keep in mind auto insurance is often more expensive for leased cars, so make sure to get a quote from your insurer and factor it into your budget.
As with any used car purchase, you should make sure you get the car fully inspected by an independent mechanic before leasing. You should also use helpful online research tools like the iSeeCars free VIN check that provides a free CARFAX or Autocheck vehicle history report as part of its comprehensive VIN check tool. A comprehensive VIN check will complement the vehicle history report to provide all the important information an interested buyer should know before making a used car purchase.
How Does Used Car Leasing Work?
Used-car leases are similar in structure to new car leases. Just as with a new car lease, the lender will base payments off of a car’s residual value compared to its sales price. The lender will also determine a money factor, which is the vehicle’s interest rate. Just as used cars usually have higher interest rates than new cars, a used car lease will likely have a higher interest rate than a new car lease when it comes to a car loan. However, because a used car has already taken its depreciation hit, the used vehicle will have a lower sales price and lower depreciation rate, which will result in a lower monthly payment than a new car lease. Savings between new and used car leases tend to be more significant when leasing luxury cars.
Used Car Leases: Benefits
The main draw to leasing a used car is the lower monthly payments. It may also allow you to afford a more expensive car than what you would be able to afford with a new car lease. If you don’t care about having the latest new car technology, but want to get rid of a car before it’s too dated, a used car lease might be an appealing option. Additionally, you may have lower car insurance costs than what you would pay on a new car since rates are based on a car’s value.
Used Car Leases: Drawbacks
By leasing a used car, you are responsible for repairs after the vehicle runs past its warranty. You also won’t be able to enjoy the main benefit of new car leasing, which is driving a brand new car with the latest technology. By leasing a used car, although the payments are likely lower, you are still making monthly payments and maintenance costs for a vehicle you don’t own. You may also be charged at the end of the lease if the vehicle is not in good shape or you drive it past the mileage limit as stated in your lease agreement. In many instances, buying a practical used car and keeping it for several years will save you money in the long run compared to leasing.
Bottom Line
If you’re interested in leasing a car and want to lower your monthly lease payments or upgrade to a more expensive vehicle while keeping costs down, a used car lease might be a smart decision. However, used car leases are hard to find, so you should be prepared to do some extra legwork to find the best used car lease deals. Also, be sure to compare prices and lease rates to other used CPO leases as well as new vehicle leases. Avoid leased vehicles that extend beyond a car’s warranty so you won’t be responsible for expensive repairs.
Lastly, once your lease term ends, you’ll have the option for a lease buyout with a purchase price based on the residual value of the car. If you don’t buy the car, you’ll need to find another car to lease. That’s why purchasing a used car outright, that you can keep as long as you want, is often the smartest long-term financial decision.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) – A “weld indication” has been discovered on the Fury 325 coaster at Carowinds in North Carolina — the same ride that had a support column replaced due to a crack found roughly one month ago.
The North Carolina Department of Labor confirmed with Nexstar’s WJZY that the agency was notified of the structural issue found on the popular coaster this week.
A “weld indication” could be either a break or a crack on the coaster, the department said.
“No certificate of operation has been issued nor do we have a timeline of when the certificate of operation will be issued for the Fury 325,” officials with the department said Friday.
Carowinds has since issued a statement concerning the find.
“We are conducting a full maintenance review of Fury 325 during this testing process. This maintenance review — which is consistent with routine off-season procedures — includes a review of the steel superstructure, the trains, and the ride control system,” park officials said.
“During such reviews, it is not uncommon to discover slight weld indications in various locations of a steel superstructure. It is important to note that these indications do not compromise the structural integrity or safety of the ride.”
Park officials added that each indication will be evaluated, tested, repaired and inspected “before the ride is deemed operational.”
“Additionally, as is customary, we conduct test cycles to ensure its smooth operation before guests are allowed on the ride.”
This newly reported defects come after a significant break was discovered by a parkgoer on a support beam for the roller coaster in late June.
The support pillar was replaced earlier this month. Carowinds is currently conducting its own tests and inspections ahead of inspections by the “final inspections by the “ride manufacturer, a third-party testing firm, and the North Carolina Department of Labor’s Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau,” the park said.
Carowinds bills its Fury 325 coaster as North America’s tallest, fastest, and longest giga coaster, meaning it contains a drop of at least 300 feet. Riders reach a peak height of 325 feet following a dramatic 81-degree drop. The ride can reach speeds of up to 95 mph. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ | 2023-07-29T16:08:57 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ |
Nearly 70% of U.S. adults believe in angels and heaven, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
About 8 in 10 Americans agree that some things cannot be explained by science or natural causes.
In addition, 72% believe in the power of prayer.
"People are yearning for something greater than themselves — beyond their own understanding," said Jack Grogger, a chaplain for the Los Angeles Angels and a longtime fire captain who has helped people in some of their darkest moments, according to the Associated Press.
Grogger, who also pastors a nondenominational church in Orange, California, said people find comfort in angels.
But the belief in heaven and angels is greater than those who believe in hell, 58%, and those who think the devil exists, 56%.
Half of U.S. adults believe that the spirits of those who have crossed over can interact with the living.
AP-NORC's poll also found that 42% of people in the U.S. believe that spiritual energy can be rooted in physical objects.
About a third of Americans believe in reincarnation, astrology, and yoga as a spiritual practice.
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Missing Child Alert issued for 14-year-old girl from Byram
HINDS CO., Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered/Missing Child Alert for a 14-year-old girl from Byram Saturday morning.
Malyiah Crosby is described as 5′3″ with maroon hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing a maroon Byram Bulldog hoodie, light gray tights, burgundy hat, and red slides on Saturday around 3 a.m. in the 200 block of Brennan Avenue in Hinds County.
MBI says Crosby was getting into a tan 2001 Ford Explorer Trac with a MS license plate HN57049 traveling on Siwell Road near McCluer Road.
If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Malyiah Crosby, you are urged to contact the Byram Police Department at 601-372-7748 or 911.
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(NEXSTAR) – The current Mega Millions jackpot is now tied for the fourth-largest in the game’s history after yet another drawing produced no grand-prize winners.
Friday’s winning numbers — 5, 10, 28, 52, 63, and Mega Ball 18 — went unmatched, continuing a 29-drawing trend that began after the last jackpot-winner was announced on April 18.
The current jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.05 billion, with a cash option of $527.9 million. That amount officially qualifies as the fourth-largest grand prize in Mega Millions history, tied with a jackpot awarded in Jan. 2021.
The current jackpot has steadily grown since April, after a ticketholder in New York matched all six numbers to win a $20-million prize. (The previous jackpot, awarded days before on April 14, was worth $483 million.) A total of 46 players, meanwhile, have won second-tier prizes worth $1 million or more since the last jackpot was won, the Mega Millions lottery confirmed in a press release.
Friday night’s drawing produced five of those second-tier winners, including one each in Arizona, California and New York, and two in Pennsylvania. One of the winning ticketholders in Pennsylvania had also purchased the Megaplier option (which multiplied Friday’s winnings by five times), making that ticket worth $5 million.
“In the current Mega Millions matrix and Megaplier configuration, which has been in place since October 28, 2017, there has never been a Megaplier of 5x drawn at this extraordinary jackpot level,” reads a portion of the Mega Millions press release. “That means a lot of prizes in other tiers have been multiplied by a factor of five!”
The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 1. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/mega-millions-jackpot-exceeds-1-billion-now-4th-largest-in-games-history/ | 2023-07-29T16:09:03 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/mega-millions-jackpot-exceeds-1-billion-now-4th-largest-in-games-history/ |
World War II veteran celebrating 103rd birthday credits red wine for his longevity
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A World War II veteran and Wisconsin resident celebrated turning 103 years old this week.
Sal Perce was joined by the Lakeside Fire Department and several others to celebrate his birthday on Thursday.
Perce received WMTV’s Making a Difference Award in 2019 thanks to his volunteer work at a hospital at 101 years old.
“I like finding people I can talk to while helping them with whatever it is,” he said. “I find it refreshing. I’ll stay around an extra hour too as it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy being there.”
Perce also served in the U.S. Army for nearly four years during World Warr II. He said people who see him volunteer are impressed by what he is doing at his age.
“There’s always something you can do,” he said. “You’re never too old.”
Perce said his three secrets to a long life are doctors, pharmacists and a glass of red wine every night.
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(NEXSTAR) — For many of us, flying is a relatively easy experience. Your flight leaves on time, your seatmates are polite, and you arrive at your destination safely.
But, in some cases, one of those aspects of flying may not go exactly as planned. You may find one of your fellow flyers committing an air travel faux pas: being barefoot.
You’ve seen the photos online of people’s toes peeking out between the seats. Maybe you’ve encountered it yourself. Either way, it’s largely frowned upon. In some cases, barefoot flying can even get you grounded.
Within its contract of carriage, United Airlines considers being barefoot, as well as being “not properly clothed,” an offense that justifies “refusal or removal of a passenger.” The carrier lists it as one of the many infractions that could impact safety for the passenger or others on the plane.
American Airlines says bare feet “aren’t allowed” from passengers, adding that “violent” or “inappropriate actions” could prevent you from boarding, being removed from the terminal, or facing legal prosecution.
Delta Airlines also warns that it can “refuse to transport or may remove passengers from its aircraft” if the passenger is barefoot. A barefoot passenger may be prohibited from boarding the plane, or may be forced to leave the plane, according to Spirit Airlines’ contract of carriage.
Frontier Airlines says it can refuse service to a passenger who is over the age of 3 and barefoot, “unless required to be barefoot for medical reasons.” Southwest Airlines and JetBlue state in their contracts of carriage that they can refuse to let a passenger fly if they are barefoot and older than five years of age, unless required due to a disability.
If these warnings from airlines aren’t enough to sway you from taking off your shoes while flying, maybe consider how many other people have also taken their shoes off on a plane – and what else has touched the floor.
“I would never fly barefoot on a plane,” a veteran flight attendant for a major carrier told Nexstar. “Passengers these days can be quite messy and we see everything from spills to dirty diapers thrown on the floor.”
Planes are tidied between flights, she explains, but the floors won’t be cleaned “unless there is a major mess.” That includes floors in the bathroom, too.
“That is most likely not water on the floor,” she adds. “Think of old men and young boys trying to aim in turbulence. Not good. Also, people love to throw trash anywhere but in the bathroom trash can so it usually ends up on the floor.”
If you still want to take your shoes off, she recommends bringing an old pair of socks to wear, then throwing them away after the flight.
United, American, Delta, Spirit, Frontier, JetBlue, and Southwest did not respond to Nexstar’s request for comment or its inquiry into whether any passengers have been removed or barred from flying over being barefooted.
Barefoot flyers are likely among the least of many airlines’ concerns. Over the last three years, airlines have reported record-setting incidents of disruptive passengers. That includes passengers accused of assaulting flight crews, opening emergency doors, and refusing to wear masks during the height of the COVID pandemic.
More recently, a Las Vegas-bound flight was forced to divert to Denver after an apparent fight broke out between some passengers. Two women were escorted off the plane, according to a passenger that captured video of the incident.
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BALTIMORE, Md, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Lupin) is voluntarily recalling two (2) lots of Tydemy (Drospirenone, Ethinyl Estradiol and Levomefolate Calcium Tablets 3mg/0.03mg/0.451 mg and Levomefolate Calcium Tablets 0.451 mg) to the patient (consumer/user) level due to out of specification (OOS) test results at the 12-month stability time point. Specifically, one lot (L200183) tested low for ascorbic acid (an inactive ingredient) and high for a known impurity.
To date, Lupin has received no reports of adverse events related to either recalled lots. Regardless, Lupin is recalling two lots because if there were a significant reduction in the amount of inactive content (ascorbic acid), this could potentially impact the effectiveness of the product which could potentially result in unexpected pregnancy.
Tydemy is estrogen/progestin oral contraceptive (COC) indicated for use by women to prevent pregnancy and to raise folate levels in women who choose to use an oral contraceptive for contraception. Tydemy is packaged in 28's blister. One such blister was then packed in a pouch along with one printed sleeve, one pack insert (with day label) and one oxygen absorber (Stabilox) sachet. The three pouches were packed in one carton.
The lots were distributed nationwide in the US to wholesalers, drug chains, mail order pharmacies and supermarkets. The recalled lots are included in the table below:
Lupin is notifying its wholesalers, distributors, drug chains, mail order pharmacies and supermarkets by phone and through recall notification and is arranging for the return of all the recalled product lots.
Patients taking, Tydemy are advised to continue taking their medication and immediately contact their pharmacist, physician, or medical provider for advice regarding an alternative treatment.
Wholesalers, distributors and retailers that have Tydemy that is being recalled should discontinue distribution of the recalled product lots immediately.
Consumers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers with questions regarding this recall should contact Inmar Rx Solutions, Inc. at (866) 480-8206 Monday – Friday 09:00 am to 05:00 pm EST. For reimbursement, please have the recalled lots returned to Inmar Rx Solutions, Inc.; the lot number can be found on the side of the carton. Consumers should contact their physician or healthcare provider if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking or using this drug product.
Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program either online, by regular mail or by fax.
- Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm
- Regular Mail or Fax: Download form www.fda.gov/MedWatch/getforms.htm or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178.
This recall is being conducted with the knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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About Lupin Pharmaceuticals
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the U.S. based wholly-owned subsidiary of Lupin Limited and is the 3rd largest pharmaceutical company in the U.S. based on total prescriptions. Together, all Lupin-owned entities combine to make up the 8th largest generic pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue size. Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is dedicated to delivering high-quality medications across many treatment areas. Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s branded pharmaceuticals division, is the provider of products designed to help prevent and manage women's health conditions with serious health consequences.
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(NEXSTAR) – With heat records already falling this summer, you may be running your ceiling fan nearly non-stop, but did you know you may not be as cool as you could be?
If you’ve ever taken a close look at the fan, you may have noticed a small switch located on the side of the fan base. The switch, which is found on nearly every fan, can change the direction the fan spins.
Using that switch according to the season will not only keep you more comfortable, but it can also help you save money.
In the summer, make sure that your fan is going in a counterclockwise direction, which forces cool air directly downward and creates a “wind chill effect,” according to Home Depot. In the winter, you can switch it up so the fan rotates clockwise at a low speed, circulating the warm air that gets trapped near the ceiling.
If you have ceiling fans as well as air conditioning, using the fan correctly will allow you to raise the thermostat by roughly 4 degrees Fahrenheit and still feel just as comfortable, according to the Department of Energy. In moderately hot weather, you may even be able to turn off the AC. The DOE reminds people to turn off fans in unoccupied rooms.
According to Energy Star, if you raise your thermostat by just two degrees and use your ceiling fan, you can lower the cost of air conditioning by up to 14%.
If you’re in the market for a ceiling fan, larger fan blades will move more air than smaller ones, but you have to make sure it’s an appropriate size for the space.
The Department of Energy recommends blades be 7 to 9 feet above the floor and 10 to 12 inches away from the ceiling. The blades should be no closer than 8 inches from the ceiling and 18 inches from any walls. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/overlooked-ceiling-fan-switch-could-make-you-cooler-this-summer/ | 2023-07-29T16:09:15 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/overlooked-ceiling-fan-switch-could-make-you-cooler-this-summer/ |
Marlins vs. Tigers Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest between the Miami Marlins (56-48) and Detroit Tigers (46-58) matching up at LoanDepot park has a projected final score of 6-5 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of the Marlins, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will start at 4:10 PM ET on July 29.
The Marlins will give the ball to Johnny Cueto (0-1, 4.50 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 1 on the season, and the Tigers will counter with Beau Brieske.
Marlins vs. Tigers Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET
- Where: LoanDepot park in Miami, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: Fox Sports 1
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Marlins vs. Tigers Score Prediction
Our pick for this contest is Marlins 6, Tigers 5.
Total Prediction for Marlins vs. Tigers
- Total Prediction: Over 8 runs
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Marlins Performance Insights
- The Marlins have played as the favorite in six of their past 10 games and won two of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Miami and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Bookmakers have not set a spread for any of the Marlins' last 10 games.
- The Marlins have won 31, or 66%, of the 47 games they've played as favorites this season.
- Miami has entered 25 games this season favored by -155 or more and is 21-4 in those contests.
- The Marlins have a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Miami is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 26th with just 428 total runs (4.1 per game) this season.
- The Marlins have a 4.11 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Performance Insights
- The Tigers have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 1-5 in those contests.
- When it comes to the total, Detroit and its foes are 4-5-1 in its previous 10 contests.
- The Tigers' previous 10 contests have not had a runline posted by bookmakers.
- The Tigers have been victorious in 33, or 39.8%, of the 83 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, Detroit has come away with a win 22 times in 48 chances when named as an underdog of at least +130 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 43.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Detroit is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.9 runs per game (406 total).
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.53 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
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Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ' increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election. He gives the embattled organization another prominent ally amid escalating concerns from Democratic officials that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Republican Donald Trump return to the White House.
Nixon, a 67-year-old lawyer, is stepping back into national politics for the first time since leaving office in 2017 and will serve as No Labels’ director of ballot integrity. He said in an interview that he was drawn to the role after learning that well-funded groups aligned with Democrats were working to stop No Labels from securing ballot access in key states.
He said that those seeking to block the group’s right to appear on the presidential ballot are attacking a pillar of American democracy.
“What do I say to those Democrats? I say, ‘You’re entitled to your opinion. But we are also entitled to use our constitutional and statutory rights to allow Americans to have another choice,’” Nixon told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden and Trump have dominated the 2024 campaign conversation so far. But No Labels, a Washington-based group that promotes compromise, national unity and centrist policy solutions, has been preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid at least since Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992.
Working with an operating budget of roughly $70 million, No Labels is taking steps to secure presidential ballot spots in roughly 20 states this year; the group has done so already in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.
While No Labels has yet to nominate candidates for president and vice president, its leadership insists there is a path to victory for a centrist third-party ticket “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.”
The group’s critics across the Democratic Party are terrified that No Labels will siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden, who narrowly beat Trump in 2020 with a coalition that included moderate Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans.
No Labels’ leadership has promised a series of checks and balances that would allow the organization to withdraw its presidential ticket if it appears the group’s participation would help Trump win. No Labels has not outlined a detailed plan about that, and leaders acknowledge privately there is some urgency to come out with their specific safeguards, which would vary state by state. They intend to do so by “early fall.”
Anxious Democrats are unconvinced.
On Thursday, two prominent Democratic groups, the centrist Third Way and more progressive MoveOn, hosted private meetings on Capitol Hill with dozens of chiefs of staff and senior aides to House and Senate Democrats to emphasize the need to stop No Label’s presidential ambitions. In a nod to the seriousness of the Democratic establishment’s concerns, the meetings were held in both the House and Senate Democrats’ campaign headquarters.
“We told them what we have been saying consistently now for a long time: This is dangerous,” said Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett, who helped lead the briefing along with MoveOn’s executive director, Rahna Epting.
The organizers detailed data showing that a No Labels ticket would undercut Biden in the general election and warned that it could handicap vulnerable House and Senate candidates is tight elections. They also questioned that No Labels’ promise to withdraw its ticket if necessary to stop Trump.
No Labels’ leaders are furious.
“They are telling the elected leaders of this country right now that our ballot is a runaway train. And that is categorically false. That is propaganda. And that is why we’re bringing on a director of ballot integrity to stop it because it’s outrageous,” said No Labels’ founder Nancy Jacobson, a former Democratic fundraiser.
For now, Democrats are not willing to take Jacobson’s word for it.
“I don’t want to be doing this. I’d much rather focus on other things. I am concerned, genuinely,” Epting said. “They’re in over their head. They have not given any assurances that they’re clear and sober in their analysis. And when they talk about being able to put the horse back in the barn, they are not consistent about when or how they’re going to do that.”
“They’re just saying, ‘Trust us,’” Epting said. “We can’t. We don’t know you. And the stakes are too high.”
Meanwhile, Nixon joins a growing roster of former elected officials in both parties now affiliated with No Labels. Among the others: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Govs. Jon Huntsman Jr., R-Utah, Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Pat McCrory, R-N.C.; and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who became an independent late in his political career.
Manchin and Huntsman, ambassador to China under President Barack Obama and to Russia under Trump, hosted a town hall in New Hampshire this month, driving speculation they may ultimately become the No Labels presidential ticket.
No Labels plans to hold a presidential nominating convention next April in Dallas, and the group is showing no signs of backing off its 2024 plans. With a massive budget fueled by anonymous donations, No Labels can afford to be patient in the fights ahead.
Democrats in Arizona filed a complaint this month with the secretary of state asking to have the group suspended until it discloses it donors. In May, Maine’s top elections official sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding No Labels voter registration efforts after claiming the group was misleading voters.
The group Citizens to Save Our Republic formed a super political action committee this month specifically designed to stop No Labels. The group’s members includes Bennett from Third Way, several advisers to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Nixon, who declined to criticize Biden or Trump, said he understands that he is walking into a political firestorm. But he said he is passionate about No Labels’ constitutional right to secure a place on the ballot.
“I feel calm. I feel correct. I think we have a high moral ground here,” he said.
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DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday clashed with supporters of the country’s main opposition party, which said scores of its activists were injured during anti-government protests in parts of the city.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party headed by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-party caretaker government until the next general election, which is expected to be held by early January.
Zia’s party and its allies accuse Hasina of vote rigging in 2018 and the party has been protesting over who should oversee the next general election.
On Saturday, hundreds of activists of Zia’s party attempted to block several entry points to Dhaka, the capital, while police fired tear gas and charged with batons to disperse them. The opposition activists retaliated by throwing pieces of brick and attacked police vehicles with sticks, police said. On Friday, Zia’s party announced the sit-in protest at all the entrances of Dhaka and supporters of the ruling Awami League party also took to the streets.
Faruk Hossain, a spokesman of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said officers arrested at least 90 opposition activists during the five-hour protest in parts of the city and 20 police were injured in clashes with the protesters.
Zia’s party said later in the evening that more than 100 opposition activists were injured. The party also said that at least 124 of its members were arrested by police.
Police said two senior leaders were detained briefly, but were later released.
Hasina hopes to return to power for a fourth consecutive term and says the election should be held under her government’s supervision as specified in the constitution.
But Zia’s party and its allies accuse Hasina of vote rigging in 2018 and say she must step down to allow the installation of a non-party caretaker government to ensure a free and fair vote.
Both sides held separate rallies on Friday.
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(KOIN) – She’s just gonna shake, shake, shake the earth.
Taylor Swift’s July 22 and 23 concerts in Seattle allegedly produced seismic activity on par with a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to a Western Washington University geology professor and seismologist.
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach tracked the seismic activity emanating from Swift’s Lumen Field performances earlier this month, finding similar and overlapping seismic waves on both dates. She later added that she couldn’t be sure whether the fans or the sound systems had caused the activity, but plans to continue investigating.
“I’m not yet convinced that it’s all dancing – the signals between the two nights are ridiculously similar and people tend to be messy,” Caplan-Auerbach wrote on Twitter.
She added that concertgoers were likely unaware of any geological activity at the time, saying the data recorded by the seismometer was “mostly below the range of human hearing.”
Swift’s Seattle concerts, which were attended by over 144,000 people in total, broke Lumen Field’s attendance records, according to The Seattle Times.
Caplan-Auerbach also compared the quake, which she dubbed the “Seismic Swift,” to 2010’s “Beast Quake,” when Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch scored a last-minute touchdown during a playoff game. Activity produced by Seahawks fans registered on a seismograph at a 2.0 magnitude.
The next step for Caplan-Auerbach is attempting to line up the seismic activity beat-by-beat with Swift’s setlist to see how the songs impacted the shake, she said. She’s set up a Google Drive to collect videos to help with her research. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/taylor-swift-concerts-in-seattle-produced-seismic-activity-on-same-scale-as-a-small-earthquake-seismologist-finds/ | 2023-07-29T16:09:22 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/taylor-swift-concerts-in-seattle-produced-seismic-activity-on-same-scale-as-a-small-earthquake-seismologist-finds/ |
Germany vs. Colombia: Women’s World Cup Group H Odds, Stats and Live Stream - July 30
In the second round of Group H matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, Germany (coming off a 6-0 win over Morocco) plays Colombia (off a 2-0 win against South Korea) at 5:30 AM ET on Sunday, July 30.
Germany is -431 to win this group-stage game, Colombia is +1067, and the draw is +504. This match has an over/under of 2.5 goals. The under is currently +104, and the over is -138.
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Germany vs. Colombia Game Info
- Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Time: 5:30 AM ET
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Venue: Sydney Football Stadium
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Total: 2.5
- Germany Moneyline: -431
- Colombia Moneyline: +1067
Germany vs. Colombia World Cup Betting Insights
- These two teams score a combined eight goals per game, 5.5 more than this match's total.
- These two teams allow a combined zero goals per game, 2.5 fewer than this match's over/under.
- Germany has been listed as a moneyline favorite only one other time so far this tournament, and won.
- Germany has played as a moneyline favorite of -431 or shorter in only one game this tournament, which they won.
- Colombia won the only game it has played as an underdog this tournament.
- Colombia has not been a bigger underdog this tournament than the +1067 moneyline set for this game.
Germany World Cup Stats
Colombia World Cup Stats
- In one Women's World Cup match for Colombia, Catalina Usme has tallied one goal (10th in Women's World Cup play).
- Linda Caicedo has scored one goal for Colombia in Women's World Cup.
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Germany vs. Colombia Recent Performance
- So far this year, Germany is 3-1-2 versus fellow 2023 Women's World Cup participants, with a goal differential of +6. In 2022, it was 6-1-4 in such matches (+11 goal differential).
- Germany took on Morocco in its last match and earned a win by a final score of 6-0. The victorious Germany side took 15 shots, outshooting by 10.
- Popp scored two of her club's goals to lead the team against .
- So far this year, Colombia is 3-2-2 versus fellow 2023 Women's World Cup teams, with a goal differential of +1. In 2022, it was 5-2-3 in such matches (0 goal differential).
- Colombia claimed a 2-0 victory versus South Korea on July 24 in its last match. Colombia outshot South Korea 15 to four.
- Caicedo and Usme each registered a goal for Colombia.
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Man shot Friday night near Harrah’s New Orleans casino
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 34-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot Friday night (July 28) in New Orleans’ Central Business District, police said.
New Orleans police said the victim was arguing with an unknown man when the suspect pulled a gun and shot him multiple times. The victim’s condition has not been disclosed.
The shooting occurred around 9:37 p.m. in the 300 block of Poydras Street, near the Harrah’s New Orleans hotel and casino.
Police said the gunman “fled in an unknown direction” and has not been identified nor arrested.
Note: The NOPD originally reported the victim’s age as 54, but later revised it to 34.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ‘ increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election. He gives the embattled organization another prominent ally amid escalating concerns from Democratic officials that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Republican Donald Trump return to the White House.
Nixon, a 67-year-old lawyer, is stepping back into national politics for the first time since leaving office in 2017 and will serve as No Labels’ director of ballot integrity. He said in an interview that he was drawn to the role after learning that well-funded groups aligned with Democrats were working to stop No Labels from securing ballot access in key states.
He said that those seeking to block the group’s right to appear on the presidential ballot are attacking a pillar of American democracy.
“What do I say to those Democrats? I say, ‘You’re entitled to your opinion. But we are also entitled to use our constitutional and statutory rights to allow Americans to have another choice,’” Nixon told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden and Trump have dominated the 2024 campaign conversation so far. But No Labels, a Washington-based group that promotes compromise, national unity and centrist policy solutions, has been preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid at least since Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992.
Working with an operating budget of roughly $70 million, No Labels is taking steps to secure presidential ballot spots in roughly 20 states this year; the group has done so already in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.
While No Labels has yet to nominate candidates for president and vice president, its leadership insists there is a path to victory for a centrist third-party ticket “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.”
The group’s critics across the Democratic Party are terrified that No Labels will siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden, who narrowly beat Trump in 2020 with a coalition that included moderate Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans.
No Labels’ leadership has promised a series of checks and balances that would allow the organization to withdraw its presidential ticket if it appears the group’s participation would help Trump win. No Labels has not outlined a detailed plan about that, and leaders acknowledge privately there is some urgency to come out with their specific safeguards, which would vary state by state. They intend to do so by “early fall.”
Anxious Democrats are unconvinced.
On Thursday, two prominent Democratic groups, the centrist Third Way and more progressive MoveOn, hosted private meetings on Capitol Hill with dozens of chiefs of staff and senior aides to House and Senate Democrats to emphasize the need to stop No Label’s presidential ambitions. In a nod to the seriousness of the Democratic establishment’s concerns, the meetings were held in both the House and Senate Democrats’ campaign headquarters.
“We told them what we have been saying consistently now for a long time: This is dangerous,” said Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett, who helped lead the briefing along with MoveOn’s executive director, Rahna Epting.
The organizers detailed data showing that a No Labels ticket would undercut Biden in the general election and warned that it could handicap vulnerable House and Senate candidates is tight elections. They also questioned that No Labels’ promise to withdraw its ticket if necessary to stop Trump.
No Labels’ leaders are furious.
“They are telling the elected leaders of this country right now that our ballot is a runaway train. And that is categorically false. That is propaganda. And that is why we’re bringing on a director of ballot integrity to stop it because it’s outrageous,” said No Labels’ founder Nancy Jacobson, a former Democratic fundraiser.
For now, Democrats are not willing to take Jacobson’s word for it.
“I don’t want to be doing this. I’d much rather focus on other things. I am concerned, genuinely,” Epting said. “They’re in over their head. They have not given any assurances that they’re clear and sober in their analysis. And when they talk about being able to put the horse back in the barn, they are not consistent about when or how they’re going to do that.”
“They’re just saying, ‘Trust us,’” Epting said. “We can’t. We don’t know you. And the stakes are too high.”
Meanwhile, Nixon joins a growing roster of former elected officials in both parties now affiliated with No Labels. Among the others: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Govs. Jon Huntsman Jr., R-Utah, Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Pat McCrory, R-N.C.; and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who became an independent late in his political career.
Manchin and Huntsman, ambassador to China under President Barack Obama and to Russia under Trump, hosted a town hall in New Hampshire this month, driving speculation they may ultimately become the No Labels presidential ticket.
No Labels plans to hold a presidential nominating convention next April in Dallas, and the group is showing no signs of backing off its 2024 plans. With a massive budget fueled by anonymous donations, No Labels can afford to be patient in the fights ahead.
Democrats in Arizona filed a complaint this month with the secretary of state asking to have the group suspended until it discloses it donors. In May, Maine’s top elections official sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding No Labels voter registration efforts after claiming the group was misleading voters.
The group Citizens to Save Our Republic formed a super political action committee this month specifically designed to stop No Labels. The group’s members includes Bennett from Third Way, several advisers to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Nixon, who declined to criticize Biden or Trump, said he understands that he is walking into a political firestorm. But he said he is passionate about No Labels’ constitutional right to secure a place on the ballot.
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Right now, there are three active meteor showers. Their peak viewing times are approaching in the next few weeks, and they are, conveniently, all going to be on Saturday and Sunday.
For optimal meteor shower viewing, it’s best to be in an area with little or no light pollution.
Perseids
According to NASA, the Perseid Meteor Shower is the best one happening this year, and viewers can see up to 100 meteors per hour. The shower became visible in the northern hemisphere on July 14 and will be around until Sept. 1.
If you want to see the Perseids at its peak, plan a night of stargazing for Aug. 12 or 13, according to NASA. For best viewing, NASA says to look during the pre-dawn hours, although meteors and fireballs could be visible as early as 10 p.m. The meteors will originate near the Perseid constellation and will be more easily-found constellation Cassiopeia.
The Perseids shower is expected to be very visible this year because the moon will not be as bright. This means the sky will be darker, making meteors more visible.
Delta Aquariids
The Delta Aquariids are not usually as impressive as the Perseids, but without a noticeable peak, you have a longer window for possibly seeing meteors from this shower. According to the American Meteor Society, the shower will be visible primarily in the southern tropics between July 18 and Aug. 21, with an estimated peak around Sunday, July 30. The northern hemisphere is less likely to see the Delta Aquariids than the southern.
July 30 is also a full moon, making 2023 less favorable for seeing the Delta Aquariids. Those who want to look for them should look toward the Delta Aquarii constellation from around 2 a.m. to dawn.
Alpha Capricornids
If you want a double chance to see more fireballs, July 30 might be your night, because in addition to the Delta Aquariids, the Alpha Capricornids are also expected to peak that night in 2023. The Alpha Capricornids are visible from July 7 to Aug. 15 but are considered much weaker than the other showers listed above, with only about five meteors visible per hour, but according to the AMS, the shower can have some pretty impressive fireballs in lower quantities.
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Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this ... hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the sturgeon moon. That’s because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August, hundreds of years ago.
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(The Conversation) – Like any millennial pop music fan active on social media, I’ve been following Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour – the surprise songs, the scramble to get tickets, her brief romance with that guy from The 1975 with a history of racist comments.
But as a political scientist, I was intrigued by something else: reaction to the tour by government officials. New Jersey renamed the state’s famed Taylor ham, egg and cheese in her honor – it’s now the “Taylor Swift Ham, Egg, and Cheese” official state sandwich.
Pittsburgh’s mayor briefly renamed the city “Swiftsburgh” when her tour hit town.
And in my neck of the woods, Swift Street in North Kansas City was temporarily rebranded “Swift Street (Taylor’s Version).”
Local or state governments have lauded Swift in some way at virtually every stop on her tour. While these honors make for great photo opportunities for Swifties, the politics of these moves is worth examining. Do politicians have something to gain in appealing to Swift’s fans?
Celebrities can help politicians
Unlike many celebrities, Swift does not involve herself much in politics. One particular tool of politicians looking to boost their numbers is to get celebrity endorsements. But Swift’s use of endorsements has been limited, save for backing two Democrats in her adopted home state of Tennessee: Phil Bredesen in his Senate race and U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper in his 2018 reelection campaign. Swift also endorsed Joe Biden in 2020.
Bredesen’s peak in Google search interest from 2010 to the present coincided with Swift’s endorsement in October 2018. Cooper saw more Google search traffic with Swift’s endorsement than at any point since his vote for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March 2010.
While the specific impact of Swift’s endorsements is difficult to assess, an Emerson College poll of Tennesseans in 2018 found that 11.7% of those surveyed said Swift’s endorsement would make them more likely to support Bredesen – a number unlikely to make a difference in a race Bredesen lost by nearly 11 points despite Swift’s support. Cooper easily won reelection in his heavily Democratic Nashville-based district.
Although Swift’s endorsements likely did not sway these particular races, celebrity endorsements can matter in close races, particularly when the celebrity making the endorsement is viewed favorably – a likely scenario in Swift’s case.
Fawning = attention
A slight majority of Americans consider themselves at least something of a fan of Swift’s music – that includes me – and a June 2023 Echelon Insights poll showed 50% of likely voters view Swift at least somewhat favorably. This is a higher favorability rating than Joe Biden, Donald Trump and both major political parties.
We’re not talking about endorsements here, though – we’re talking about politicians aligning themselves with Swift with no reciprocity. One clear benefit to public officials fawning over Swift? Attention – not unlike that seen for Bredesen and Cooper in 2018.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s tweet declaring the “Taylor Swift ham, egg, and cheese” garnered 5,700 likes; his next unrelated tweet had fewer than 100.
A cursory analysis of social media data seems to support the idea that the use of Swift’s name in honorary government actions produces a result similar to that of Swift’s endorsements: it drives engagement. Murphy’s Instagram post lauding Swift garnered the most likes on any post of his in 2023, with the exception of an early June post on the state’s air-quality crisis.
OK, so politicians need publicity, and they can use Taylor Swift’s name to get it. But what about Swifties as a voting bloc?
The idea that Swifties might be a key demographic in future elections is not far-fetched given their location and age. A majority of Swift’s fans live in the suburbs, the swing territory of American politics. Further, most are Gen Zers or Millennials. These groups encompass an increasing share of the electorate with each passing year – up to 31% in 2020. Swift’s favorability among those ages 18 to 29 stands at 72%, and by one poll’s estimate, 21% in that age cohort say they would vote for Swift over Trump and Biden.
Taylor Swift Post Office?
World leaders from numerous countries have taken to social media to ask Swift to bring her tour to their countries. There’s an economic angle to this, of course, as a Swift tour stop can generate huge sums in consumer spending. In the U.S., however, the honorifics bestowed upon Swift have come since her tour dates were confirmed.
There is a question of whether these Swift-adjacent stunts boil down to campaigning thinly disguised as official government action. This is perhaps best demonstrated in Canada, where a member of Parliament filed a parliamentary grievance over the singer’s lack of Canadian tour dates.
Such behavior is perhaps analogous to, on a larger scale, the renaming of post offices in the U.S. Congress. While generally innocuous and locally meaningful, these moves still require government resources and staffers to put their attention toward them as opposed to substantive policy matters.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man whose 2-year-old daughter died after going days without food while he was passed out drunk has been sentenced to nearly 57 years in prison.
The sentence ordered Friday was the maximum that could be imposed after Jeffrey Exon was convicted in April of charges that included aggravated child endangerment and first-degree murder in the commission of a felony, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
Exon, a 47-year-old who goes by the name of James, called 911 on Jan. 5. 2021, telling a dispatcher that his daughter, Aurora Exon, had stopped breathing. He also said she recently had been “starving herself.”
She was cold to the touch when found, and appeared to have been dead for several days, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said. The coroner blamed her death on a form of malnutrition called marasmus.
Five empty liquor bottles were found in Exon’s bedroom, investigators said. They determined that Exon would not feed or attend to his children for days because of his addiction issues.
Exon’s 6-year-old son, who was 4 when his sister died, testified at trial that his dad locked them in their rooms for several days without food while he “slept.”
Seonaid Nichols, the children’s mother, said she agreed to give James Exon custody of the children because her living conditions didn’t allow her to take care of them. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/kansas-man-sentenced-to-nearly-57-years-in-death-of-2-year-old-daughter-who-went-days-without-food/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-07-29T16:09:31 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/kansas-man-sentenced-to-nearly-57-years-in-death-of-2-year-old-daughter-who-went-days-without-food/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
World War II veteran celebrating 103rd birthday credits red wine for his longevity
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A World War II veteran and Wisconsin resident celebrated turning 103 years old this week.
Sal Perce was joined by the Lakeside Fire Department and several others to celebrate his birthday on Thursday.
Perce received WMTV’s Making a Difference Award in 2019 thanks to his volunteer work at a hospital at 101 years old.
“I like finding people I can talk to while helping them with whatever it is,” he said. “I find it refreshing. I’ll stay around an extra hour too as it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy being there.”
Perce also served in the U.S. Army for nearly four years during World Warr II. He said people who see him volunteer are impressed by what he is doing at his age.
“There’s always something you can do,” he said. “You’re never too old.”
Perce said his three secrets to a long life are doctors, pharmacists and a glass of red wine every night.
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INDIANA (WANE) – Cocktails, anyone?
When you’re thirsty for something a little more fun than a beer, cocktails are the perfect substitute to bring flavor and presentation to life.
But what cocktail is the most popular in Indiana? Upgraded Points, an online information website, aimed to find out.
They started by compiling a list of the most popular cocktails around the country. Then, they looked at Google Trends data from the past 12 months to see which cocktail Americans searched for most.
You may be surprised to learn Indiana’s most popular cocktail is a tequila sunrise, according to Google Trends. No other state had the same choice of cocktail.
For those who don’t know, a tequila sunrise is typically made by combining tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup in a tall glass without mixing the ingredients to preserve each layer’s color.
Not every website agrees with the result. According to the American Bar Association, Indiana has an unofficial signature cocktail called the “Hoosier Heritage.” The drink is made by combining Knob Creek rye whiskey with maple syrup, lemon juice, and apple cider.
The cocktail was created and crowned the unofficial signature cocktail of the state in a 2015 contest held by the Indiana State Museum, according to the IndyStar.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday pushed back against Australian demands for an end to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s prosecution, saying the Australian citizen was accused of “very serious criminal conduct” in publishing a trove of classified documents more than a decade ago.
Australia’s center-left Labor Party government has been arguing since winning the elections last year that the United States should end its pursuit of the 52-year-old, who has spent four years in a British prison fighting extradition to the United States.
Assange’s freedom is widely seen as a test of Australia’s leverage with President Joe Biden’s administration.
Blinken confirmed on Saturday that Assange had been discussed in annual talks with Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Brisbane, Australia.
“I understand the concerns and views of Australians. I think it’s very important that our friends here understand our concerns about this matter,” Blinken told reporters.
“Mr. Assange was charged with very serious criminal conduct in the United States in connection with his alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of our country,” he added.
Wong said Assange’s prosecution had “dragged for too long” and that Australia wanted the charges “brought to a conclusion.”
Australia remains ambiguous about whether the United States should drop the prosecution or strike a plea bargain.
Assange faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents in 2010.
American prosecutors allege he helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.
Australia argues there is a “disconnect” between the U.S. treatment of Assange and Manning. Then-U.S. President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s 35-year sentence to seven years, which allowed her release in 2017. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/us-secretary-of-state-tells-australia-that-wikileaks-founder-is-accused-of-very-serious-crime/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-07-29T16:09:38 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/us-secretary-of-state-tells-australia-that-wikileaks-founder-is-accused-of-very-serious-crime/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Alex Bregman Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Alex Bregman (.703 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including four home runs) and the Houston Astros play the Tampa Bay Rays, whose starting pitcher will be Taj Bradley. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
He had a hitless showing in his last game (0-for-4) against the Rays.
Alex Bregman Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +155)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Alex Bregman At The Plate
- Bregman is hitting .253 with 14 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 54 walks.
- Among qualifying hitters, he ranks 85th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 44th and he is 81st in slugging.
- In 64.1% of his 103 games this season, Bregman has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 26 multi-hit games.
- He has gone deep in 16.5% of his games in 2023 (17 of 103), and 3.7% of his trips to the plate.
- Bregman has had at least one RBI in 39.8% of his games this season (41 of 103), with two or more RBI 16 times (15.5%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- He has scored at least once 50 times this year (48.5%), including 10 games with multiple runs (9.7%).
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Alex Bregman Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in the league with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA is No. 1 among all league pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine to give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley (5-6) gets the starting nod for the Rays in his 16th start of the season. He's put together a 5.17 ERA in 71 1/3 innings pitched, with 95 strikeouts.
- In his last outing on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, the right-hander threw five innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has put up an ERA of 5.17, with 12 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .263 against him.
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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the country’s democratically elected government just as the coup leaders met with senior civil servants to discuss how they would run the country and as the U.S. and the European Union threatened sanctions against the regime.
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on Wednesday, told state television that the junta met with civil servants on Friday and asked them to continue their work as usual following the suspension of the constitution. “The message given was not to stop the processes underway, to keep on with things,” said Brig. Gen. Toumba.
“Everything that must be done will be done,” he said, signaling the intention of the regime led by Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, who also goes by Omar, to remain in power.
After its meeting on Friday, the African Union Peace and Security Council said it was concerned by the “alarming resurgence” of coups that undermine democracy and stability on the continent. It asked the soldiers to “return immediately and unconditionally to their barracks and restore constitutional authority, within a maximum of fifteen (15) days.”
Bazoum, whose condition and that of his officials remains unknown since the government was overthrown, should also be released immediately and unconditionally, the AU said. Failure to do so would compel the bloc to take “necessary action, including punitive measures against the perpetrators.”
On the streets of the Nigerien capital Niamey on Saturday, things appeared to be returning to normal, though many in the international community were still on lockdown with hotels full of foreigners, many given instructions not to leave.
Locals say they’re waiting to see what unfolds, with many still in support of Bazoum who has not yet resigned. “I’m with him, he does a good work. (But) what can we do?” said Mohamed Cisse, a street seller. “This is (the new leader’s) time, Bazoum’s time is over,” he said.
Tchiani, the junta leader and commander of Niger’s presidential guard, is close to former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou, who stepped down in 2021 after a decade in office. Tchiani’s takeover of power will reinforce speculation that Issoufou is behind the coup, said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a German think tank and consultancy.
The U.S. threatened to halt its economic support to Niger while the European Union announced the immediate indefinite suspension of budgetary support and security assistance.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is in Australia as part of a Pacific tour, estimated America’s economic and security partnership with Niger at hundreds of millions of dollars and said its continuity depends on “the continuation of the democratic governance and constitutional order.”
“So that assistance, that support, is in clear jeopardy as a result of these actions, which is another reason why they need to be immediately reversed,” Blinken said.
While there are no signs of the junta backing down amid growing international pressure, analysts called for synergy in the interventions of the international community and continental organizations such as the AU and the regional bloc of ECOWAS, which is scheduled to meet over the coup on Sunday.
A successful coup in Niger and the sanctions in the aftermath could cause more hardship for millions of poor and hungry people in West Africa and could further threaten international relations with the region, which is seeing a resurgence of coups in recent years, according to Idayat Hassan, senior Africa program fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“A non-reversal of the coup also means that we are defining a new world order in West Africa in particular as you are pitching the west and other countries against few military regimes which may be backed by Russia,” said Hassan.
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Chas McCormick Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Chas McCormick (.273 batting average in his past 10 games, with two doubles, two home runs, seven walks and 10 RBI) and the Houston Astros play the Tampa Bay Rays, whose starting pitcher will be Taj Bradley. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his previous game (1-for-3) against the Rays.
Chas McCormick Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Chas McCormick At The Plate
- McCormick is batting .279 with 12 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 26 walks.
- McCormick has gotten a hit in 40 of 64 games this year (62.5%), with more than one hit on 18 occasions (28.1%).
- In 18.8% of his games this season, he has gone deep, and 5.1% of his trips to the dish.
- McCormick has had an RBI in 21 games this season (32.8%), including 13 multi-RBI outings (20.3%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- He has scored in 26 games this year (40.6%), including multiple runs in four games.
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Chas McCormick Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in the league.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA leads all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rays give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley (5-6 with a 5.17 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Rays, his 16th of the season.
- In his last time out on Sunday, the right-hander threw five innings against the Baltimore Orioles, giving up three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has an ERA of 5.17, with 12 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .263 against him.
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he was committed to paying out compensation swiftly to thousands of people affected by the country's infected blood scandal, which saw more than 2,000 patients die after contracting HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood in the 1970s and 1980s.
But Sunak, who was testifying before an independent inquiry into the public healthcare scandal, was heckled by survivors and affected families when he did not give a clear answer on when full payments will be paid out.
The Infected Blood Inquiry was established in 2017 to examine how thousands of patients in the UK were infected with HIV or Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
An estimated 2,400 to 2,900 people died in what is widely described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of Britain’s state-funded National Health Service.
The contaminated blood was linked to supplies of a clotting agent called Factor VIII, which British health services bought from the U.S. Some of the plasma used to make the blood products was traced to high-risk donors, including prison inmates, who were paid to give blood samples.
Hundreds of survivors and affected families — some of whom have worked for decades to lobby for government compensation — packed into a London hotel conference room Wednesday as Sunak gave evidence to the inquiry.
Sunak acknowledged that victims of what he called an “appalling scandal” had been let down by successive governments over the years.
“This is an appalling scandal that has gone on for decades,” Sunak told the inquiry. “This is not just about historic wrongs. People are suffering and being impacted today.”
“Over a succession of not just years, but decades, justice has been denied to people. They haven’t received the recognition that they need and deserve,” he added.
The government said last year that survivors and bereaved partners of those who died will receive 100,000 pounds ($129,000) in compensation.
The inquiry’s chairman, retired judge Brian Langstaff, recommended in April that compensation should be expanded to include more people whose lives were blighted by the scandal, such as parents who lost their children.
Sunak reiterated that authorities will wait for the inquiry's full report to be concluded before considering whether to extend the compensation plan for victims. The final report is expected later this year.
Clive Smith, chairman of the Haemophilia Society, said delays in the compensation have “only compounded the suffering of those who have been waiting for this for so long”.
“People who have waited 40 years expect to see a significant demonstration of political will and a commitment to get this done as soon as is practical,” Smith said.
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DEAR ABBY: I am a 49-year-old mother of 10. I always loved my kids dearly and tried my best. But I wanted to be a friend rather than a disciplinarian, and I always gave in. I assumed that because my husband and I never did bad things around them while they were growing up, and because I always resisted peer pressure when I was a teenager, they would follow in our footsteps, but I was wrong. They are now mean to me, and most of them hate me.
I sometimes feel like I don’t want to go on because I’ll always feel sad and depressed. I can’t remember the last time I was happy and didn’t dread waking up every morning. Please find time to answer and give me some hope again. -- BROKEN IN WEST VIRGINIA
DEAR BROKEN: It’s time you stopped depending on your children to validate you, and began recognizing that, for better or worse, you did the best you could as a parent. Please discuss this with your religious adviser AND your physician. You need more help than I can offer in a letter, but those are the places to start. There are better days ahead.
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Jeremy Pena Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Houston Astros, including Jeremy Pena (.184 batting average in his past 10 games), battle starter Taj Bradley and the Tampa Bay Rays at Minute Maid Park, Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-4) against the Rays.
Jeremy Pena Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Jeremy Pena At The Plate
- Pena is hitting .241 with 17 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 20 walks.
- Pena has gotten a hit in 60 of 92 games this year (65.2%), including 22 multi-hit games (23.9%).
- In 10 games this year, he has gone deep (10.9%, and 2.6% of his trips to the dish).
- Pena has an RBI in 25 of 92 games this season, with multiple RBI in nine of them. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored in 40.2% of his games this year (37 of 92), with two or more runs nine times (9.8%).
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Rays Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- The Rays have a 3.69 team ERA that ranks first across all league pitching staffs.
- The Rays allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley (5-6) gets the starting nod for the Rays in his 16th start of the season. He has a 5.17 ERA in 71 1/3 innings pitched, with 95 strikeouts.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the righty threw five innings against the Baltimore Orioles, allowing three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .263 to opposing hitters.
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DEAR ANNIE: I have been married to my husband for over 50 years. While we are physically unable to have sexual relations due to several health factors, I’m not missing it. Why? Because he has terrible hygiene practices and the biggest is not brushing his teeth enough. He has horrible halitosis now.
I can barely manage to travel short distances in the car with him. He likes to listen to music, but in the car, he whistles to it. He’s always unaware that when he does this, I put my hand over my nose and mouth, and direct the AC vents up toward him to help blow it away. He angers easily and gets insulted when I suggest he brush more and use mouthwash. I know if he tried to be more diligent regarding his breath, I would want to have some cuddle-up time.
He reads the newspaper cover to cover, so I’m hoping he will recognize himself and make some adjustments -- not just for me, but for us. -- Wishing I Could Talk to Him
DEAR WISHING: After 50 years of marriage, there shouldn’t be anything you can’t say to your spouse. Instead of confronting him in an accusatory way, make sure to come from a place of kindness and concern. Let your husband know that you care about him and want to make sure, most importantly, that he’s taking care of himself. It’s not the easiest conversation to have but assure him that he shouldn’t be embarrassed. At the end of the day, you simply have his best interest at heart.
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A longstanding New Jersey bowling alley is preparing to close soon.
Warren Lanes in Phillipsburg broke the news on Facebook that it will close it doors at the end of July.
The bowling alley is located at 671 Memorial Pkwy.
“Hi everyone, It appears the Quick Check deal is in the works. Our last day of business will be July 31. Thank you to all for your support,” owner Bill Reese shared in the post.
The deal referenced with the popular convenience chain will bring a QuickChek store to the space once the bowling alley is demolished.
Phillipsburg’s Land Use Board approved the plan last year.
The 35,415-square-foot building is expected to be demolished sometime in September although exact details have yet to be determined.
The Warren County bowling alley originally opened in 1959.
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Jose Altuve Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Jose Altuve (.605 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including three home runs) and the Houston Astros face the Tampa Bay Rays, whose starting pitcher will be Taj Bradley. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he strung together two hits (going 2-for-4 with a triple) against the Rays.
Jose Altuve Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -278)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Jose Altuve At The Plate
- Altuve has eight doubles, a triple, six home runs and 20 walks while hitting .266.
- Altuve has reached base via a hit in 20 games this year (of 34 played), and had multiple hits in 10 of those games.
- In six games this season, he has hit a home run (17.6%, and 4% of his trips to the plate).
- Altuve has had at least one RBI in 32.4% of his games this year (11 of 34), with more than one RBI four times (11.8%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 19 games this season (55.9%), including multiple runs in six games.
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Jose Altuve Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 9.2 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA leads all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine to surrender the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley makes the start for the Rays, his 16th of the season. He is 5-6 with a 5.17 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander's most recent time out came on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, when he threw five innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .263 to his opponents.
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“I believe it was Maya Angelou who said ‘The only thing people are going to remember is how you make them feel.’ We want you to feel precious and priceless because you are significant and meaningful … It’s important to validate and celebrate you.”
Carlos Santana sure knew how to make his crowd feel welcome Friday night in Atlantic City, as the Latin rock luminary’s “1001 Rainbows” tour visited Hard Rock Live at the Etess Arena, jamming for two hours as fans shimmied in the aisles. | https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/07/santana-1001-rainbows-concert-tour-review-legendary-rock-fury-and-spiritual-serenity.html | 2023-07-29T16:10:13 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/07/santana-1001-rainbows-concert-tour-review-legendary-rock-fury-and-spiritual-serenity.html |
Kyle Tucker Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:28 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Kyle Tucker -- with a slugging percentage of .794 in his past 10 games, including four home runs -- will be in action for the Houston Astros against the Tampa Bay Rays, with Taj Bradley on the mound, on July 29 at 7:15 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-4) against the Rays.
Kyle Tucker Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Kyle Tucker At The Plate
- Tucker leads Houston in OBP (.386), slugging percentage (.518) and total hits (112) this season.
- He ranks ninth in batting average, ninth in on base percentage, and 11th in slugging among qualified hitters in MLB action.
- Tucker has picked up a hit in 69.6% of his 102 games this year, with multiple hits in 29.4% of them.
- In 16 games this year, he has hit a home run (15.7%, and 4.2% of his trips to the dish).
- Tucker has driven in a run in 41 games this season (40.2%), including 18 games with more than one RBI (17.6%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- He has scored a run in 42 games this season, with multiple runs 11 times.
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Kyle Tucker Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 9.2 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA ranks first among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rays allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley gets the start for the Rays, his 16th of the season. He is 5-6 with a 5.17 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his last outing on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, the righty tossed five innings, giving up three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 22-year-old has a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings in 15 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .263 to his opponents.
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Seaside Height’s 113-year-old carousel is back in New Jersey after spending four years in Ohio undergoing an epic restoration.
But, eager riders will probably have to wait until winter holiday decorations go up on the boardwalk to take a spin on the newly-refurbished carousel. | https://www.nj.com/news/2023/07/beloved-nj-carousel-is-getting-put-back-together-but-you-cant-ride-it-this-summer.html | 2023-07-29T16:10:19 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/news/2023/07/beloved-nj-carousel-is-getting-put-back-together-but-you-cant-ride-it-this-summer.html |
Marlins vs. Tigers Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest between the Miami Marlins (56-48) and Detroit Tigers (46-58) matching up at LoanDepot park has a projected final score of 6-5 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of the Marlins, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will start at 4:10 PM ET on July 29.
The Marlins will give the ball to Johnny Cueto (0-1, 4.50 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 1 on the season, and the Tigers will counter with Beau Brieske.
Marlins vs. Tigers Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET
- Where: LoanDepot park in Miami, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: Fox Sports 1
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Marlins vs. Tigers Score Prediction
Our pick for this contest is Marlins 6, Tigers 5.
Total Prediction for Marlins vs. Tigers
- Total Prediction: Over 8 runs
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Marlins Performance Insights
- The Marlins have played as the favorite in six of their past 10 games and won two of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Miami and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Bookmakers have not set a spread for any of the Marlins' last 10 games.
- The Marlins have won 31, or 66%, of the 47 games they've played as favorites this season.
- Miami has entered 25 games this season favored by -155 or more and is 21-4 in those contests.
- The Marlins have a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Miami is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 26th with just 428 total runs (4.1 per game) this season.
- The Marlins have a 4.11 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Performance Insights
- The Tigers have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 1-5 in those contests.
- When it comes to the total, Detroit and its foes are 4-5-1 in its previous 10 contests.
- The Tigers' previous 10 contests have not had a runline posted by bookmakers.
- The Tigers have been victorious in 33, or 39.8%, of the 83 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, Detroit has come away with a win 22 times in 48 chances when named as an underdog of at least +130 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 43.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Detroit is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.9 runs per game (406 total).
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.53 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
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Marlins Schedule
Tigers Schedule
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During the later years of the 1970s, Bill Byrne enjoyed walking his dog down the road in his town of Barrington. When the weather was warm, the two of them would explore the quiet neighborhood. When the weather was cold, Byrne dressed warm and wore gloves that wrapped around the leash, making sure not to walk too far.
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How to Watch the Marlins vs. Tigers Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Spencer Torkelson and the Detroit Tigers hit the field on Saturday at LoanDepot park against Johnny Cueto, who is projected to start for the Miami Marlins. First pitch will be at 4:10 PM ET.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 4:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: LoanDepot park
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Marlins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Marlins have hit 93 home runs this season, the third-lowest total in MLB play.
- Miami's .398 slugging percentage is 20th in baseball.
- The Marlins have the fourth-best batting average in the league (.264).
- Miami scores the fifth-fewest runs in baseball (428 total, 4.1 per game).
- The Marlins' .320 on-base percentage is 13th in MLB.
- The Marlins strike out eight times per game to rank seventh in the majors.
- The 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by Miami's pitching staff ranks third in the majors.
- Miami has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.11).
- The Marlins average MLB's 12th-ranked WHIP (1.267).
Tigers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Tigers have hit just 96 homers this season, which ranks 26th in the league.
- Detroit is 29th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .365 this season.
- The Tigers rank 28th in MLB with a team batting average of just .231.
- Detroit has scored 406 runs (just 3.9 per game) this season, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Tigers have an OBP of just .299 this season, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Tigers rank 18th in strikeouts per game (8.9) among MLB offenses.
- Detroit averages the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this season.
- Detroit has the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.53) in the majors this season.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Marlins Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Marlins will look to Cueto (0-1) in his third start this season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when he tossed six innings, allowing one earned run while giving up two hits.
Tigers Probable Starting Pitcher
- Beau Brieske has been named the starter for the Tigers and will make his first start this season.
- The 25-year-old righty will start for the first time this campaign after pitching in relief five times.
Marlins Schedule
Tigers Schedule
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A house in Mount Laurel that sold for $730,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Mount Laurel in the past week.
In total, 21 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $384,986. The average price per square foot was $214.
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A house in Newark that sold for $690,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Newark area in the past week.
In total, 28 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $496,670. The average price per square foot was $224.
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A house in Hackensack that sold for $680,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Hackensack in the past week.
In total, 10 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $361,300, $294 per square foot.
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Yordan Alvarez Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
After hitting .250 with a double, three home runs, five walks and seven RBI in his past 10 games, Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros face the Tampa Bay Rays (who will hand the ball to Taj Bradley) at 7:15 PM ET on Saturday.
In his previous appearance, he went 1-for-4 against the Rays.
Yordan Alvarez Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +310)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Yordan Alvarez At The Plate
- Alvarez has 12 doubles, 17 home runs and 33 walks while batting .274.
- Alvarez has reached base via a hit in 42 games this year (of 59 played), and had multiple hits in 12 of those games.
- In 15 games this year, he has gone deep (25.4%, and 6.8% of his trips to the dish).
- Alvarez has had an RBI in 28 games this year (47.5%), including 17 multi-RBI outings (28.8%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- In 59.3% of his games this season (35 of 59), he has scored, and in six of those games (10.2%) he has scored more than once.
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Yordan Alvarez Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Rays pitching staff is eighth in the league with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Rays have the top team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.69).
- Rays pitchers combine to allow 109 home runs (one per game), the third-fewest in the league.
- Bradley (5-6) takes the mound for the Rays in his 16th start of the season. He's put together a 5.17 ERA in 71 1/3 innings pitched, with 95 strikeouts.
- In his last time out on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, the right-hander threw five innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 22-year-old has put up a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings across 15 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .263 to his opponents.
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Germany vs. Colombia: Women’s World Cup Group H Odds, Stats and Live Stream - July 30
In the second round of Group H matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, Germany (coming off a 6-0 win over Morocco) plays Colombia (off a 2-0 win against South Korea) at 5:30 AM ET on Sunday, July 30.
Germany is -431 to win this group-stage game, Colombia is +1067, and the draw is +504. This match has an over/under of 2.5 goals. The under is currently +104, and the over is -138.
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Germany vs. Colombia Game Info
- Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Time: 5:30 AM ET
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Venue: Sydney Football Stadium
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Total: 2.5
- Germany Moneyline: -431
- Colombia Moneyline: +1067
Germany vs. Colombia World Cup Betting Insights
- These two teams score a combined eight goals per game, 5.5 more than this match's total.
- These two teams allow a combined zero goals per game, 2.5 fewer than this match's over/under.
- Germany has been listed as a moneyline favorite only one other time so far this tournament, and won.
- Germany has played as a moneyline favorite of -431 or shorter in only one game this tournament, which they won.
- Colombia won the only game it has played as an underdog this tournament.
- Colombia has not been a bigger underdog this tournament than the +1067 moneyline set for this game.
Germany World Cup Stats
Colombia World Cup Stats
- In one Women's World Cup match for Colombia, Catalina Usme has tallied one goal (10th in Women's World Cup play).
- Linda Caicedo has scored one goal for Colombia in Women's World Cup.
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Germany vs. Colombia Recent Performance
- So far this year, Germany is 3-1-2 versus fellow 2023 Women's World Cup participants, with a goal differential of +6. In 2022, it was 6-1-4 in such matches (+11 goal differential).
- Germany took on Morocco in its last match and earned a win by a final score of 6-0. The victorious Germany side took 15 shots, outshooting by 10.
- Popp scored two of her club's goals to lead the team against .
- So far this year, Colombia is 3-2-2 versus fellow 2023 Women's World Cup teams, with a goal differential of +1. In 2022, it was 5-2-3 in such matches (0 goal differential).
- Colombia claimed a 2-0 victory versus South Korea on July 24 in its last match. Colombia outshot South Korea 15 to four.
- Caicedo and Usme each registered a goal for Colombia.
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In a moment of jest, Mike Elias provided a condition in which he would go all in on the 2023 Orioles.
“Unless we have information that the world is ending in November,” Elias quipped, “a big part of my job is worrying about the overall health of the team over the next several years.”
Surely, though, if Earth’s demise was imminent, it wouldn’t be something that an MLB team alone would know. And, naturally, there would be more important matters than a game of stick and ball.
But even without a credible forecast of impending doom, can’t Elias still push his chips to the center of the table?
The throwaway line from the Orioles general manager’s 26-minute news conference was one of many that gave an insight into the thinking of the top executive of the American League’s best team. His answers were unsurprisingly pragmatic.
But, perhaps, this could be the right time for Elias, who has shepherded the Orioles’ radical and rapid transformation in part because of his methodical approach, to lean into the nihilistic impulse he gave a glimpse of Friday. To listen to the devil on his shoulder, throw caution to the wind and let tomorrow’s problems wait for tomorrow.
This seems to be a good spot for a disclaimer: Of course, Elias can’t treat the 2023 trade deadline like a fantasy baseball team — nor will he. The Orioles have seven prospects inside Baseball America’s top 100 list, and he obviously shouldn’t give up too many of them for rentals. It is, as he said, his job to consider past 2023, and there are plenty of good reasons to remain level-headed at this deadline.
However, moments like this one don’t come around often. Baltimore hasn’t won a World Series (or even been to one) in 40 years. A large portion of the fan base wasn’t even alive in 1983 when the Orioles defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in five games. The fans who were have since yearned to experience another.
Having a team — whether ahead of schedule or not — atop the AL standings is a feat not easily achieved, and there’s no guarantee the Orioles will be here again in the future Elias is paid to worry about. But they’re here now, and it’s a rare opportunity that shouldn’t be treated lightly.
Preceding his humorous comment, Elias said the organization’s goal is to “make a deep playoff run” and make the World Series. Immediately following, Elias then explained the “balance” to his trade deadline approach.
“We have tested methodologies that we’ve used now over three organizations to help us make those decisions,” he said. “We’re applying those to weigh the opportunities that come along. Those methods help us weigh the impact of an addition for the 2023 run and the expense of that going out the door and also how much we want to balance that against 2024 and 2025 and 2026. I’m just saying this is kind of the job.”
Now is another good time for a disclaimer: As the deadline stove heats up, it behooves Elias to provide as little revealing information as possible, so as to not tip his hand to a potential seller. But Elias did suggest he could “reach” on a trade if the player and package are a fit. He said the Orioles’ overachieving — with playoff odds that are eightfold what they were to begin the season, according to FanGraphs — has given extra motivation to bolster the 2023 club.
“I think with the position that our players have put us in right here and how well things are going so far and where we are, I think it’s fair to say that if we get within reach of something, we’re going to reach for it a little bit to help this team,” Elias said. “We can’t set the minor league system on fire just because we’re in first place. It’s just our job to balance all that.”
Elias said the Orioles are in the market for pitching — both to strengthen their young starting rotation and reinforce their middle relief. Pitchers thought to be on the trading block include starters Dylan Cease, Blake Snell, Eduardo Rodriguez and Marcus Stroman, as well as relievers Josh Hader, Scott Barlow, Keynan Middleton and Jordan Hicks.
Of course, when it comes to the trades, the devil is in the details. Elias described the market as “thin” with few “pure sellers.” With an expanded playoff field and the new balanced schedule, more teams are in the postseason hunt — a good thing for the sport, but a bad thing for teams like the Orioles hoping to pillage underperforming teams of their best players. A “seller’s market” means Baltimore would, in theory, have to give up more for a player than otherwise assumed.
But that hasn’t stopped other contending teams from making significant additions, more than what the Orioles have done thus far in acquiring volatile reliever Shintaro Fujinami from the Oakland Athletics. The Houston Astros on Friday acquired back-end reliever Kendall Graveman from the Chicago White Sox. The Los Angeles Dodgers added starting pitcher Lance Lynn and reliever Joe Kelly from the White Sox. The Miami Marlins brought in closer David Robertson from the New York Mets. And the Los Angeles Angels traded for starter Lucas Giolito and reliever Reynaldo López from the White Sox.
None of those teams has a record as good as the Orioles’ mark of 63-40.
“Yes, I do,” Elias said when asked if he believes Baltimore’s roster is capable of competing for a World Series. “Doesn’t mean we don’t want to improve. The Dodgers are pretty good, too, and they’re bringing some extra help in, so obviously we’re looking at that. I think very clearly this team has revealed itself to be as capable as anyone in arguably all of baseball right now to make a playoff run.
“We’re right there with anyone I think.”
The goal at the deadline shouldn’t be to make a move simply to make one. But, for a team with an opportunity to be in a pennant chase, the potential of the long run shouldn’t be the main focus.
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When I was a child growing up in Union Mills, I had a great love of horses. It started, I think, before I could walk. Some of my earliest recollections involve being placed on a pony’s back and riding around with support from my parents. Back then, my dad still used Percheron horses for farming. I often watched with great excitement as local farmers worked with those big draft horses in the fields.
My best pal was my brother Jimmie. In the hot summer days of the 1930s, Jimmie and I were turned loose on our own for most of the day and enjoyed shadowing along as farmhands worked near our home. We had loads of fun playing that we were farmers, too!
One day, when still very small, I was tossed up on one of the work horses and told to take her to the blacksmith’s shop for shoes. What a pleasure that was, riding that big horse down along the road into the town of Union Mills, where the blacksmith was located.
The blacksmith’s name was Mr. Shuhart, although locals called him “Shuey.” When I first started riding those big horses, someone had to lift me off the horse’s back so I could get to the ground. I remember one time Shuey handed me something to chase flies while I waited. It was so heavy, I could hardly lift it. Later I learned it was a horse’s tail, and I was disgusted! But I got to ride the horse home and that was a treat. Those are truly special memories from my childhood.
Even more fun was getting a ride on a big, horse-drawn hay wagon back and forth from the barn to the fields. Hot summer days meant that hay would have to be cut and gathered, and that meant wagon rides!
In those days, hay was not baled. Instead, after hay was cut, farmers raked the hay into rows of piles. Then horses pulled a hay wagon slowly through the field. As the wagon passed along the row, men used big pitchforks to toss the hay up to another man on the wagon who would level it on the wagon’s bed. When the wagon was full, sometimes the men would toss me and Jimmie up on top to ride to the barn.
When we reached the barn, someone lowered a big hay fork from the top of the barn that would grab onto the loose hay and then move it up into the barn. There, someone would release the load into the hay mow, where someone else with a pitchfork would level the pile. It was hard work, and we were always in the way and in trouble!
Empty hay wagons were a different experience. When the men drove the wagons, they stood up as they went. But that was too bumpy for us, so we sat cross-legged and bounced all over the wagon’s bed. We would try to stand, holding onto one of the men or onto the front of the wagon, and eventually we got the hang of it. We were real farmers!
We gradually learned to drive the horses ourselves. What a dream to be given a team of horses and to drive a wagon.
Unfortunately, things did not end well, and I was never allowed to drive a hay wagon again.
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One day, we were moving a load of hay to cousin Lou Shriver’s big barn located right about where visitors now eat loaded plates of corn at the Union Mills Homestead’s Corn Roast in early August each year. Improvements to the highway (Littlestown Pike) put the entrance to the upper part of the barn on a slope off the road. Driving the wagon off that hill into the barn was a bit tricky, as I soon found out.
The wagons had a brake, but they were far from modern. These were ancient wagons, with no rubber tires either. Stopping required a man at the rear of the wagon to set the brake as we headed down the slope.
I was driving that day and turned the horses toward the big open doors of the barn, down the steep slope off the highway. The man who was supposed to brake the wagon missed the brake lever as the wagon went by and suddenly the horses were fighting against the full weight of the load pushing them from behind. We dashed into that barn so fast, I knew we couldn’t stop! I pulled back on the reins as far as I could.
I heard a big crash and the horses stopped. The tongue of the wagon knocked the front off the barn, with the horses looking into the barnyard below. One more step and we would have gone over! Lady and Della, my two favorite horses, never got upset and just stood there looking down.
As I crawled down from the wagon, I heard some of the most colorful curses in my lifetime. Someone was getting yelled at, loud and clear. The boss’s daughter was on the wagon, and it didn’t turn out well. I was never allowed to drive a team again after that.
Change soon came to local farming, with tractors replacing horses for most farmers, but I will never forget the days when horses helped make hay in Carroll County.
Helen Shriver Riley is a community volunteer and life member of the Union Mills Homestead Foundation and the Historical Society of Carroll County. A native of Union Mills, she lives at Fairhaven in Sykesville, Maryland. Her father, James M. Shriver, was President of the B.F. Shriver Canning Company. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/cc-lt-yesteryears-073023-20230729-iuhkczitjzb2zg2lhorgizdg7e-story.html | 2023-07-29T16:11:28 | 1 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/cc-lt-yesteryears-073023-20230729-iuhkczitjzb2zg2lhorgizdg7e-story.html |
Here is something Hal Steinbrenner said back in spring training, something about which the son of George Steinbrenner, the biggest spender of his time in baseball, was absolutely right:
“A decade-plus ago, I always used to say that you shouldn’t have to have a $200 million payroll to win a championship, right? Because nobody had it. Times have changed. I will acknowledge that. So I will say that you shouldn’t have to have a $300 million payroll to win a world championship because nobody has, including Houston.”
Nobody has, at least not yet and maybe not ever, even with spending skyrocketing now in baseball, starting in New York. Nobody is going to do that this year, now that the Mets, at $348 million, are holding a tag sale. And guess what? Across the last 10 seasons, a time when long-term $300 million contracts for player came into baseball, only two teams with $200 million payrolls have won the World Series:
The 2018 Red Sox.
The 2019 Nationals, who just got across the line according to Spotrac at $201 million.
Hal Steinbrenner isn’t right about everything, of course. If there is one frustration among the Yankee fans I know — and an awful lot I don’t know — it’s that he doesn’t hold his baseball people accountable, even as they continue to sell World Series-or-bust at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees have stopped coming right out and saying that. But it is still an implied-type thing, even though the Yankees haven’t been to the Series in 14 years, and have won a grand, whopping total of one Series since 2000.
But Hal is on the money about the money, one hundred percent, or 300 million percent. You shouldn’t have to spend like Saudis to win. If you do, how come the Rays are good every year?
Right now, here are the Top 10 payrolls in major league baseball:
1 Mets $348 million (less David Robertson, of course).
2 Yankees $280 million.
3 Padres $246 million.
4 Phillies $242 million.
5 Angels $223 million.
6 Dodgers $218 million.
7 Blue Jays $212 million.
8 Braves $204 million.
9 Rangers $198 million.
10 Astros $190 million.
The Dodgers, despite all their October failures and October heartbreak in this generation of Dodger baseball, could do it with the sixth-biggest payroll. The Braves, at No. 8, are the best team right now. Then there are the Astros to fill out the Top 10. Maybe one of these teams could surprise the way the Phillies did last October, when they knocked off the Braves and ended up at two-games-all with the Astros in the Series before the Astros finished them off.
The Mets are now the gold standard — well, fools’ gold maybe — for finding out that money doesn’t buy you World Series happiness in baseball. But they are hardly the only one. Here is another baseball list, about where the World Series champs of the last 10 years ranked in payroll:
2013 Red Sox: 4th.
2014 Giants: 7th.
2015 Royals: 17th.
2016 Cubs: 6th.
2017 Astros: 17th.
2018 Red Sox: 1st.
2019 Nationals: 7th.
2020 Dodgers: 1st.
2021 Braves: 10th.
2022 Astros: 8th.
It is why it is a continuing source of entertainment that the trade deadline, year after year, is supposed to be like some sort of get-out-of-jail card for contending teams still viewed as not being good enough at the deadline, or have underperformed. Maybe the Yankees are going to be buyers again this year, just because it is almost impossible to believe they’re going to be sellers even sitting in last place going into the weekend. But if they are buyers, it means that the team with a payroll of $280 million, the biggest in the history of the Yankees, still hasn’t quite figured things out. And what’s been stopping them?
Did Aaron Judge get hurt? He sure did. He sure is as important to the Yankees as Shohei Ohtani is to the Angels. But the Angels also lost Mike Trout, who for years and years has been called the best all-around player in the sport. And even without Trout, the Angels came into the weekend in the same wild card scrum in the American League that the Yankees are in, and just a half-game worse than the Yankees in the overall standings.
Bill Parcells once told me this: “You know how many other teams care about your problems? None, is how many.”
We just saw two Subway Series games between the Yankees and Mets at Yankee Stadium. The combined payrolls for those teams was around $630 million. Never been anything like it in baseball. But if you watched the two teams and those two games, were you able to see the money on the field? Justin Verlander was terrific in the first game and so was Pete Alonso, the Polar Bear coming out of a great big summer slumber. Carlos Rodon pitched well for the Yankees in the second game.
But at the end of those Subway Series games, Alonso was still hitting .216. Francisco Lindor was at .230. Jeff McNeil, last year’s National League batting champ, was at .249. For the Yankees, Giancarlo Stanton, the new Dave Kingman, was at .200. Anthony Rizzo was at .246 and DJ LeMahieu was at .231. Again: These are the two biggest payrolls in the sport, with too many veterans past their primes.
But the Braves? They might win another World Series, their second in three years, with a payroll nearly $150 million smaller than the Mets’. The Astros might win their second in a row spending $160 million less than the Mets are spending and $90 million less than the Yankees are spending this year on baseball players.
Is there still time for the Yankees? We keep saying there is still time because there is plenty of time for them, as close as they are to the third wild card in the American League — if they get it, they would likely play the Twins in the first round — and because they’re not a crazy distance away from first place in the AL East. It doesn’t change the fact that Hal Steinbrenner can’t possibly think he ponied up all that cash for what he’s seen so far.
Neither can Steve Cohen, you bet. Now he’s selling off like the Mets are a bad stock. It remains to be seen what the Yankees are going to do at the Trade Deadline. Or not do. Both owners had to think there was at least a chance that they might have the best team money could buy coming into the season. They didn’t. Hal’s right. There. I said it.
FREE AGENT SHORTSTOPS NOT LIVING UP TO PRICETAG, YANKEES HAVEN’T DEVELOPED A STAR SINCE JUDGE AND TODDY GURLEY IS WHY RB’S DON’T GET PAID …
It’s not just dead money on team payrolls, incidentally.
Look at how much money last year’s free agent shortstop class made in free agency, and what they’re doing for their new teams:
Trea Turner ($300 million from Phillies) has 10 homers, 34 RBI, .245 average.
Xander Bogaerts ($280 million from Padres) has 11 homers and is hitting .265.
Carlos Correa, who got $200 million from Twins after Mets passed, is at .228.
Dansby Swanson ($177 million from the Cubs) has 12 homers and is hitting .268.
Only Corey Seager, currently on the IL for the Rangers, has come up big in a .350 season.
And nobody wants to hear this around here, but let’s see where the Yankees are with No. 99 and his $360 million contract in a few years.
By the way?
Here’s the list of star position players developed by the Yankees in the past two decades:
Aaron Judge.
Robinson Cano.
That’s the whole list.
No corner infielders.
Their best catcher, for a blink, was Gary Sanchez.
The best two outfielders they’ve developed after Judge are Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera.
Dave Dombrowski — who’s taken four different teams to the World Series — gets a lot of heat for the way he cleans up the town in baseball when he takes over a new team.
But when you look at the current Red Sox, it’s worth nothing that Triston Casas and Jarren Duran and Connor Wong – the young guys they’ve got at first base, in centerfield, and catching – were all drafted when Dombrowski was running the Red Sox.
You know why running backs like Saquon Barkley don’t get paid what they think they should be paid now in the National Football League?
Because guys like Todd Gurley before them did get paid.
Then got hurt.
Gurley is 28 now, and out of football.
He’s two years older than Saquon.
It sure is lucky where the Murdoch Media is concerned that Hunter Biden didn’t do something like, I don’t know, try to overturn an election or storm the Capitol.
If you are looking for a smart, fun summer read, go read “The Twist of a Knife” by Anthony Horowitz.
The NCAA just suspended Jim Harbaugh for Michigan’s first four games.
Those games are against East Carolina, UNLV, Bowling Green and Rutgers.
That ought to teach him.
Wow, it didn’t take Aaron Rodgers all that long to give the Jets a hometown discount on his contract.
My pal Stanton has a good question about Sean Payton and the way he ran his mouth the other day about the new Jets offensive coordinator — and former Broncos coach — Nathaniel Hackett:
How does what Payton said help the Broncos now, exactly?
Payton: Another guy who won one Super Bowl and acts as if he invented football.
And if he does know everything about everything, how come he didn’t know anything about Bountygate?
I plan to get to “Hard Knocks” as soon as I finish rewatching all seven seasons of “West Wing.”
Well, at least the Mets are having a better summer than Ron DeSantis.
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CANBERRA, Australia — Political instability in Niger resulting from a military takeover that deposed the president this week threatens the economic support provided by Washington to the African nation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday.
Members of the Niger military announced on Wednesday they had deposed democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and on Friday named Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani as the country’s new leader, adding Niger to a growing list of military regimes in West Africa’s Sahel region.
Blinken, who is in Australia as part of a Pacific tour, said the continued security and economic arrangements that Niger has with the U.S. hinged on the release of Bazoum and “the immediate restoration of the democratic order in Niger.”
“Our economic and security partnership with Niger — which is significant, hundreds of millions of dollars — depends on the continuation of the democratic governance and constitutional order that has been disrupted by the actions in the last few days,” Blinken said. “So that assistance, that support, is in clear jeopardy as a result of these actions, which is another reason why they need to be immediately reversed.”
Blinken stopped short of calling the military actions in Niger a coup, a designation that could result in the African country losing millions of dollars of military aid and assistance.
Speaking in Brisbane, Blinken said he had spoken with President Bazoum on Saturday but did not provide details. He cited the support of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and other regional entities in trying to bring an end to the unrest.
“The very significant assistance that we have in place that’s making a material difference in the lives of the people of Niger is clearly in jeopardy and we’ve communicated that as clearly as we possibly can to those responsible for disrupting the constitutional order and Niger’s democracy,” Blinken said.
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Blinken said the U.S. Embassy in Niger had accounted for the safety of all staff members and their families, while issuing a security alert advising U.S. citizens in the country to limit unnecessary movements and avoid areas impacted by the coup.
The military group that conducted the coup, calling itself the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, said its members remained committed to engaging with the international and national community.
“This is as a result of the continuing degradation of the security situation, the bad economic and social governance,” air force Col. Major Amadou Abdramane said in the video released by the coup leaders Wednesday. He said aerial and land borders were closed and a curfew was in place until the situation stabilized.
Bazoum was elected two years ago in Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence from France.
Niger is seen as the last reliable partner for the West in efforts to battle jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Africa’s Sahel region, where Russia and Western countries have vied for influence in the fight against extremism.
France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with Niger’s military, while the U.S. and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.
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FUKUOKA, Japan — Here’s why Marylander Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport. She’s never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old Bethesda native won the 800-freestyle on Saturday at the World Aquatics Championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at the worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with legendary Baltimore native Michael Phelps for the most golds at the worlds.
She’s also a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 08.87 seconds, which is the seventh quickest she’d even swum — wasn’t quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I’m just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself,” she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It’s fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool,” Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best in the worlds. Australia also won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer ever to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for disqualification earlier in the meet in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the women’s 50-meter butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjoestroem’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjoestroem also broke her own record in the 50 freestyle, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old record was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjoestroem said to her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February of 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the men’s 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britain, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Dressell won the event in Tokyo but did not qualify for the American team, taking a little break from the sport. McEvoy’s time was quicker than Dressell’s winning time in Tokyo — 21.07
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the men’s 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on for the victory. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the women’s 50 breast stroke.
Australia won the 4x100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took the silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-swim-katie-ledecky-michael-phelps-saturday-20230729-m6o2u25e4fhdrjyynxak43kk7e-story.html | 2023-07-29T16:11:40 | 0 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-swim-katie-ledecky-michael-phelps-saturday-20230729-m6o2u25e4fhdrjyynxak43kk7e-story.html |
Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ' increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election. He gives the embattled organization another prominent ally amid escalating concerns from Democratic officials that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Republican Donald Trump return to the White House.
Nixon, a 67-year-old lawyer, is stepping back into national politics for the first time since leaving office in 2017 and will serve as No Labels’ director of ballot integrity. He said in an interview that he was drawn to the role after learning that well-funded groups aligned with Democrats were working to stop No Labels from securing ballot access in key states.
He said that those seeking to block the group’s right to appear on the presidential ballot are attacking a pillar of American democracy.
“What do I say to those Democrats? I say, ‘You’re entitled to your opinion. But we are also entitled to use our constitutional and statutory rights to allow Americans to have another choice,’” Nixon told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden and Trump have dominated the 2024 campaign conversation so far. But No Labels, a Washington-based group that promotes compromise, national unity and centrist policy solutions, has been preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid at least since Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992.
Working with an operating budget of roughly $70 million, No Labels is taking steps to secure presidential ballot spots in roughly 20 states this year; the group has done so already in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.
While No Labels has yet to nominate candidates for president and vice president, its leadership insists there is a path to victory for a centrist third-party ticket “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.”
The group’s critics across the Democratic Party are terrified that No Labels will siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden, who narrowly beat Trump in 2020 with a coalition that included moderate Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans.
No Labels’ leadership has promised a series of checks and balances that would allow the organization to withdraw its presidential ticket if it appears the group’s participation would help Trump win. No Labels has not outlined a detailed plan about that, and leaders acknowledge privately there is some urgency to come out with their specific safeguards, which would vary state by state. They intend to do so by “early fall.”
Anxious Democrats are unconvinced.
On Thursday, two prominent Democratic groups, the centrist Third Way and more progressive MoveOn, hosted private meetings on Capitol Hill with dozens of chiefs of staff and senior aides to House and Senate Democrats to emphasize the need to stop No Label’s presidential ambitions. In a nod to the seriousness of the Democratic establishment’s concerns, the meetings were held in both the House and Senate Democrats’ campaign headquarters.
“We told them what we have been saying consistently now for a long time: This is dangerous,” said Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett, who helped lead the briefing along with MoveOn’s executive director, Rahna Epting.
The organizers detailed data showing that a No Labels ticket would undercut Biden in the general election and warned that it could handicap vulnerable House and Senate candidates is tight elections. They also questioned that No Labels’ promise to withdraw its ticket if necessary to stop Trump.
No Labels’ leaders are furious.
“They are telling the elected leaders of this country right now that our ballot is a runaway train. And that is categorically false. That is propaganda. And that is why we’re bringing on a director of ballot integrity to stop it because it’s outrageous,” said No Labels’ founder Nancy Jacobson, a former Democratic fundraiser.
For now, Democrats are not willing to take Jacobson’s word for it.
“I don’t want to be doing this. I’d much rather focus on other things. I am concerned, genuinely,” Epting said. “They’re in over their head. They have not given any assurances that they’re clear and sober in their analysis. And when they talk about being able to put the horse back in the barn, they are not consistent about when or how they’re going to do that.”
“They’re just saying, ‘Trust us,’” Epting said. “We can’t. We don’t know you. And the stakes are too high.”
Meanwhile, Nixon joins a growing roster of former elected officials in both parties now affiliated with No Labels. Among the others: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Govs. Jon Huntsman Jr., R-Utah, Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Pat McCrory, R-N.C.; and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who became an independent late in his political career.
Manchin and Huntsman, ambassador to China under President Barack Obama and to Russia under Trump, hosted a town hall in New Hampshire this month, driving speculation they may ultimately become the No Labels presidential ticket.
No Labels plans to hold a presidential nominating convention next April in Dallas, and the group is showing no signs of backing off its 2024 plans. With a massive budget fueled by anonymous donations, No Labels can afford to be patient in the fights ahead.
Democrats in Arizona filed a complaint this month with the secretary of state asking to have the group suspended until it discloses it donors. In May, Maine’s top elections official sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding No Labels voter registration efforts after claiming the group was misleading voters.
The group Citizens to Save Our Republic formed a super political action committee this month specifically designed to stop No Labels. The group’s members includes Bennett from Third Way, several advisers to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Nixon, who declined to criticize Biden or Trump, said he understands that he is walking into a political firestorm. But he said he is passionate about No Labels’ constitutional right to secure a place on the ballot.
“I feel calm. I feel correct. I think we have a high moral ground here,” he said.
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World War II veteran celebrating 103rd birthday credits red wine for his longevity
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A World War II veteran and Wisconsin resident celebrated turning 103 years old this week.
Sal Perce was joined by the Lakeside Fire Department and several others to celebrate his birthday on Thursday.
Perce received WMTV’s Making a Difference Award in 2019 thanks to his volunteer work at a hospital at 101 years old.
“I like finding people I can talk to while helping them with whatever it is,” he said. “I find it refreshing. I’ll stay around an extra hour too as it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy being there.”
Perce also served in the U.S. Army for nearly four years during World Warr II. He said people who see him volunteer are impressed by what he is doing at his age.
“There’s always something you can do,” he said. “You’re never too old.”
Perce said his three secrets to a long life are doctors, pharmacists and a glass of red wine every night.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest between the Miami Marlins (56-48) and Detroit Tigers (46-58) matching up at LoanDepot park has a projected final score of 6-5 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of the Marlins, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will start at 4:10 PM ET on July 29.
The Marlins will give the ball to Johnny Cueto (0-1, 4.50 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 1 on the season, and the Tigers will counter with Beau Brieske.
Marlins vs. Tigers Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET
- Where: LoanDepot park in Miami, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: Fox Sports 1
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Marlins vs. Tigers Score Prediction
Our pick for this contest is Marlins 6, Tigers 5.
Total Prediction for Marlins vs. Tigers
- Total Prediction: Over 8 runs
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Marlins Performance Insights
- The Marlins have played as the favorite in six of their past 10 games and won two of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Miami and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Bookmakers have not set a spread for any of the Marlins' last 10 games.
- The Marlins have won 31, or 66%, of the 47 games they've played as favorites this season.
- Miami has entered 25 games this season favored by -155 or more and is 21-4 in those contests.
- The Marlins have a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Miami is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 26th with just 428 total runs (4.1 per game) this season.
- The Marlins have a 4.11 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Performance Insights
- The Tigers have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 1-5 in those contests.
- When it comes to the total, Detroit and its foes are 4-5-1 in its previous 10 contests.
- The Tigers' previous 10 contests have not had a runline posted by bookmakers.
- The Tigers have been victorious in 33, or 39.8%, of the 83 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, Detroit has come away with a win 22 times in 48 chances when named as an underdog of at least +130 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 43.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Detroit is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.9 runs per game (406 total).
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.53 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
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Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ' increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election. He gives the embattled organization another prominent ally amid escalating concerns from Democratic officials that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Republican Donald Trump return to the White House.
Nixon, a 67-year-old lawyer, is stepping back into national politics for the first time since leaving office in 2017 and will serve as No Labels’ director of ballot integrity. He said in an interview that he was drawn to the role after learning that well-funded groups aligned with Democrats were working to stop No Labels from securing ballot access in key states.
He said that those seeking to block the group’s right to appear on the presidential ballot are attacking a pillar of American democracy.
“What do I say to those Democrats? I say, ‘You’re entitled to your opinion. But we are also entitled to use our constitutional and statutory rights to allow Americans to have another choice,’” Nixon told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden and Trump have dominated the 2024 campaign conversation so far. But No Labels, a Washington-based group that promotes compromise, national unity and centrist policy solutions, has been preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid at least since Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992.
Working with an operating budget of roughly $70 million, No Labels is taking steps to secure presidential ballot spots in roughly 20 states this year; the group has done so already in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.
While No Labels has yet to nominate candidates for president and vice president, its leadership insists there is a path to victory for a centrist third-party ticket “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.”
The group’s critics across the Democratic Party are terrified that No Labels will siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden, who narrowly beat Trump in 2020 with a coalition that included moderate Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans.
No Labels’ leadership has promised a series of checks and balances that would allow the organization to withdraw its presidential ticket if it appears the group’s participation would help Trump win. No Labels has not outlined a detailed plan about that, and leaders acknowledge privately there is some urgency to come out with their specific safeguards, which would vary state by state. They intend to do so by “early fall.”
Anxious Democrats are unconvinced.
On Thursday, two prominent Democratic groups, the centrist Third Way and more progressive MoveOn, hosted private meetings on Capitol Hill with dozens of chiefs of staff and senior aides to House and Senate Democrats to emphasize the need to stop No Label’s presidential ambitions. In a nod to the seriousness of the Democratic establishment’s concerns, the meetings were held in both the House and Senate Democrats’ campaign headquarters.
“We told them what we have been saying consistently now for a long time: This is dangerous,” said Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett, who helped lead the briefing along with MoveOn’s executive director, Rahna Epting.
The organizers detailed data showing that a No Labels ticket would undercut Biden in the general election and warned that it could handicap vulnerable House and Senate candidates is tight elections. They also questioned that No Labels’ promise to withdraw its ticket if necessary to stop Trump.
No Labels’ leaders are furious.
“They are telling the elected leaders of this country right now that our ballot is a runaway train. And that is categorically false. That is propaganda. And that is why we’re bringing on a director of ballot integrity to stop it because it’s outrageous,” said No Labels’ founder Nancy Jacobson, a former Democratic fundraiser.
For now, Democrats are not willing to take Jacobson’s word for it.
“I don’t want to be doing this. I’d much rather focus on other things. I am concerned, genuinely,” Epting said. “They’re in over their head. They have not given any assurances that they’re clear and sober in their analysis. And when they talk about being able to put the horse back in the barn, they are not consistent about when or how they’re going to do that.”
“They’re just saying, ‘Trust us,’” Epting said. “We can’t. We don’t know you. And the stakes are too high.”
Meanwhile, Nixon joins a growing roster of former elected officials in both parties now affiliated with No Labels. Among the others: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Govs. Jon Huntsman Jr., R-Utah, Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Pat McCrory, R-N.C.; and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who became an independent late in his political career.
Manchin and Huntsman, ambassador to China under President Barack Obama and to Russia under Trump, hosted a town hall in New Hampshire this month, driving speculation they may ultimately become the No Labels presidential ticket.
No Labels plans to hold a presidential nominating convention next April in Dallas, and the group is showing no signs of backing off its 2024 plans. With a massive budget fueled by anonymous donations, No Labels can afford to be patient in the fights ahead.
Democrats in Arizona filed a complaint this month with the secretary of state asking to have the group suspended until it discloses it donors. In May, Maine’s top elections official sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding No Labels voter registration efforts after claiming the group was misleading voters.
The group Citizens to Save Our Republic formed a super political action committee this month specifically designed to stop No Labels. The group’s members includes Bennett from Third Way, several advisers to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Nixon, who declined to criticize Biden or Trump, said he understands that he is walking into a political firestorm. But he said he is passionate about No Labels’ constitutional right to secure a place on the ballot.
“I feel calm. I feel correct. I think we have a high moral ground here,” he said.
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$1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Prescott
PRESCOTT, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - A $1 million value Mega Millions ticket was sold in Prescott!
The winning ticket was sold at a Circle K just off Willow Creek Road! The winning numbers were 5 of the following 6 numbers: 5, 10, 28, 52, 63, and 18 for Megaplier 5X.
Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot has moved on to the next drawing on Tuesday at 11 p.m. The jackpot has climbed to $1.05 billion, the fifth time in history the grand prize has been in the billions. No one matched all six numbers for Friday’s $940 million jackpot.
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Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ' increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election. He gives the embattled organization another prominent ally amid escalating concerns from Democratic officials that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Republican Donald Trump return to the White House.
Nixon, a 67-year-old lawyer, is stepping back into national politics for the first time since leaving office in 2017 and will serve as No Labels’ director of ballot integrity. He said in an interview that he was drawn to the role after learning that well-funded groups aligned with Democrats were working to stop No Labels from securing ballot access in key states.
He said that those seeking to block the group’s right to appear on the presidential ballot are attacking a pillar of American democracy.
“What do I say to those Democrats? I say, ‘You’re entitled to your opinion. But we are also entitled to use our constitutional and statutory rights to allow Americans to have another choice,’” Nixon told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden and Trump have dominated the 2024 campaign conversation so far. But No Labels, a Washington-based group that promotes compromise, national unity and centrist policy solutions, has been preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid at least since Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992.
Working with an operating budget of roughly $70 million, No Labels is taking steps to secure presidential ballot spots in roughly 20 states this year; the group has done so already in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.
While No Labels has yet to nominate candidates for president and vice president, its leadership insists there is a path to victory for a centrist third-party ticket “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.”
The group’s critics across the Democratic Party are terrified that No Labels will siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden, who narrowly beat Trump in 2020 with a coalition that included moderate Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans.
No Labels’ leadership has promised a series of checks and balances that would allow the organization to withdraw its presidential ticket if it appears the group’s participation would help Trump win. No Labels has not outlined a detailed plan about that, and leaders acknowledge privately there is some urgency to come out with their specific safeguards, which would vary state by state. They intend to do so by “early fall.”
Anxious Democrats are unconvinced.
On Thursday, two prominent Democratic groups, the centrist Third Way and more progressive MoveOn, hosted private meetings on Capitol Hill with dozens of chiefs of staff and senior aides to House and Senate Democrats to emphasize the need to stop No Label’s presidential ambitions. In a nod to the seriousness of the Democratic establishment’s concerns, the meetings were held in both the House and Senate Democrats’ campaign headquarters.
“We told them what we have been saying consistently now for a long time: This is dangerous,” said Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett, who helped lead the briefing along with MoveOn’s executive director, Rahna Epting.
The organizers detailed data showing that a No Labels ticket would undercut Biden in the general election and warned that it could handicap vulnerable House and Senate candidates is tight elections. They also questioned that No Labels’ promise to withdraw its ticket if necessary to stop Trump.
No Labels’ leaders are furious.
“They are telling the elected leaders of this country right now that our ballot is a runaway train. And that is categorically false. That is propaganda. And that is why we’re bringing on a director of ballot integrity to stop it because it’s outrageous,” said No Labels’ founder Nancy Jacobson, a former Democratic fundraiser.
For now, Democrats are not willing to take Jacobson’s word for it.
“I don’t want to be doing this. I’d much rather focus on other things. I am concerned, genuinely,” Epting said. “They’re in over their head. They have not given any assurances that they’re clear and sober in their analysis. And when they talk about being able to put the horse back in the barn, they are not consistent about when or how they’re going to do that.”
“They’re just saying, ‘Trust us,’” Epting said. “We can’t. We don’t know you. And the stakes are too high.”
Meanwhile, Nixon joins a growing roster of former elected officials in both parties now affiliated with No Labels. Among the others: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Govs. Jon Huntsman Jr., R-Utah, Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Pat McCrory, R-N.C.; and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who became an independent late in his political career.
Manchin and Huntsman, ambassador to China under President Barack Obama and to Russia under Trump, hosted a town hall in New Hampshire this month, driving speculation they may ultimately become the No Labels presidential ticket.
No Labels plans to hold a presidential nominating convention next April in Dallas, and the group is showing no signs of backing off its 2024 plans. With a massive budget fueled by anonymous donations, No Labels can afford to be patient in the fights ahead.
Democrats in Arizona filed a complaint this month with the secretary of state asking to have the group suspended until it discloses it donors. In May, Maine’s top elections official sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding No Labels voter registration efforts after claiming the group was misleading voters.
The group Citizens to Save Our Republic formed a super political action committee this month specifically designed to stop No Labels. The group’s members includes Bennett from Third Way, several advisers to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Nixon, who declined to criticize Biden or Trump, said he understands that he is walking into a political firestorm. But he said he is passionate about No Labels’ constitutional right to secure a place on the ballot.
“I feel calm. I feel correct. I think we have a high moral ground here,” he said.
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World War II veteran celebrating 103rd birthday credits red wine for his longevity
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A World War II veteran and Wisconsin resident celebrated turning 103 years old this week.
Sal Perce was joined by the Lakeside Fire Department and several others to celebrate his birthday on Thursday.
Perce received WMTV’s Making a Difference Award in 2019 thanks to his volunteer work at a hospital at 101 years old.
“I like finding people I can talk to while helping them with whatever it is,” he said. “I find it refreshing. I’ll stay around an extra hour too as it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy being there.”
Perce also served in the U.S. Army for nearly four years during World Warr II. He said people who see him volunteer are impressed by what he is doing at his age.
“There’s always something you can do,” he said. “You’re never too old.”
Perce said his three secrets to a long life are doctors, pharmacists and a glass of red wine every night.
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Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ' increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election. He gives the embattled organization another prominent ally amid escalating concerns from Democratic officials that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Republican Donald Trump return to the White House.
Nixon, a 67-year-old lawyer, is stepping back into national politics for the first time since leaving office in 2017 and will serve as No Labels’ director of ballot integrity. He said in an interview that he was drawn to the role after learning that well-funded groups aligned with Democrats were working to stop No Labels from securing ballot access in key states.
He said that those seeking to block the group’s right to appear on the presidential ballot are attacking a pillar of American democracy.
“What do I say to those Democrats? I say, ‘You’re entitled to your opinion. But we are also entitled to use our constitutional and statutory rights to allow Americans to have another choice,’” Nixon told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden and Trump have dominated the 2024 campaign conversation so far. But No Labels, a Washington-based group that promotes compromise, national unity and centrist policy solutions, has been preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid at least since Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992.
Working with an operating budget of roughly $70 million, No Labels is taking steps to secure presidential ballot spots in roughly 20 states this year; the group has done so already in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.
While No Labels has yet to nominate candidates for president and vice president, its leadership insists there is a path to victory for a centrist third-party ticket “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.”
The group’s critics across the Democratic Party are terrified that No Labels will siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden, who narrowly beat Trump in 2020 with a coalition that included moderate Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans.
No Labels’ leadership has promised a series of checks and balances that would allow the organization to withdraw its presidential ticket if it appears the group’s participation would help Trump win. No Labels has not outlined a detailed plan about that, and leaders acknowledge privately there is some urgency to come out with their specific safeguards, which would vary state by state. They intend to do so by “early fall.”
Anxious Democrats are unconvinced.
On Thursday, two prominent Democratic groups, the centrist Third Way and more progressive MoveOn, hosted private meetings on Capitol Hill with dozens of chiefs of staff and senior aides to House and Senate Democrats to emphasize the need to stop No Label’s presidential ambitions. In a nod to the seriousness of the Democratic establishment’s concerns, the meetings were held in both the House and Senate Democrats’ campaign headquarters.
“We told them what we have been saying consistently now for a long time: This is dangerous,” said Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett, who helped lead the briefing along with MoveOn’s executive director, Rahna Epting.
The organizers detailed data showing that a No Labels ticket would undercut Biden in the general election and warned that it could handicap vulnerable House and Senate candidates is tight elections. They also questioned that No Labels’ promise to withdraw its ticket if necessary to stop Trump.
No Labels’ leaders are furious.
“They are telling the elected leaders of this country right now that our ballot is a runaway train. And that is categorically false. That is propaganda. And that is why we’re bringing on a director of ballot integrity to stop it because it’s outrageous,” said No Labels’ founder Nancy Jacobson, a former Democratic fundraiser.
For now, Democrats are not willing to take Jacobson’s word for it.
“I don’t want to be doing this. I’d much rather focus on other things. I am concerned, genuinely,” Epting said. “They’re in over their head. They have not given any assurances that they’re clear and sober in their analysis. And when they talk about being able to put the horse back in the barn, they are not consistent about when or how they’re going to do that.”
“They’re just saying, ‘Trust us,’” Epting said. “We can’t. We don’t know you. And the stakes are too high.”
Meanwhile, Nixon joins a growing roster of former elected officials in both parties now affiliated with No Labels. Among the others: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Govs. Jon Huntsman Jr., R-Utah, Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Pat McCrory, R-N.C.; and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who became an independent late in his political career.
Manchin and Huntsman, ambassador to China under President Barack Obama and to Russia under Trump, hosted a town hall in New Hampshire this month, driving speculation they may ultimately become the No Labels presidential ticket.
No Labels plans to hold a presidential nominating convention next April in Dallas, and the group is showing no signs of backing off its 2024 plans. With a massive budget fueled by anonymous donations, No Labels can afford to be patient in the fights ahead.
Democrats in Arizona filed a complaint this month with the secretary of state asking to have the group suspended until it discloses it donors. In May, Maine’s top elections official sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding No Labels voter registration efforts after claiming the group was misleading voters.
The group Citizens to Save Our Republic formed a super political action committee this month specifically designed to stop No Labels. The group’s members includes Bennett from Third Way, several advisers to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Nixon, who declined to criticize Biden or Trump, said he understands that he is walking into a political firestorm. But he said he is passionate about No Labels’ constitutional right to secure a place on the ballot.
“I feel calm. I feel correct. I think we have a high moral ground here,” he said.
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Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this ... hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the sturgeon moon. That’s because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August, hundreds of years ago.
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Heat streak to end as storm activity ramps up on First Alert Weather Day
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - It’s a First Alert weather day with an Excessive Heat Warning that ends at 8 p.m. tonight. Temperatures should peak near 116 degrees today and 113 degrees tomorrow, with the Valley finally breaking its streak of 110 degrees or higher days on Monday.
Significant weather pattern changes are taking shape across Arizona starting today. An area of low pressure is moving from Mexico, nudging intense high pressure gradually away from Arizona. This will help bring temperatures down a bit while also bringing a large push of moisture into the state from the south.
Look for increased storm chances today in the high country and Southern Arizona. For the Valley, storm chances are near about 30% today, jumping to 50% by this evening and tonight. Strong gusty winds and blowing dust are our most significant threats, but brief heavy rain is also possible.
Storm chances climb even higher on Sunday and Monday in the Valley. Sunday is also a First Alert Weather Day for higher storm chances. We should see an increase in monsoon activity statewide continuing through Tuesday or Wednesday before dry and hotter weather returns next Thursday and Friday.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest between the Miami Marlins (56-48) and Detroit Tigers (46-58) matching up at LoanDepot park has a projected final score of 6-5 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of the Marlins, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will start at 4:10 PM ET on July 29.
The Marlins will give the ball to Johnny Cueto (0-1, 4.50 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 1 on the season, and the Tigers will counter with Beau Brieske.
Marlins vs. Tigers Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET
- Where: LoanDepot park in Miami, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: Fox Sports 1
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Marlins vs. Tigers Score Prediction
Our pick for this contest is Marlins 6, Tigers 5.
Total Prediction for Marlins vs. Tigers
- Total Prediction: Over 8 runs
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Marlins Performance Insights
- The Marlins have played as the favorite in six of their past 10 games and won two of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Miami and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Bookmakers have not set a spread for any of the Marlins' last 10 games.
- The Marlins have won 31, or 66%, of the 47 games they've played as favorites this season.
- Miami has entered 25 games this season favored by -155 or more and is 21-4 in those contests.
- The Marlins have a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Miami is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 26th with just 428 total runs (4.1 per game) this season.
- The Marlins have a 4.11 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Performance Insights
- The Tigers have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 1-5 in those contests.
- When it comes to the total, Detroit and its foes are 4-5-1 in its previous 10 contests.
- The Tigers' previous 10 contests have not had a runline posted by bookmakers.
- The Tigers have been victorious in 33, or 39.8%, of the 83 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, Detroit has come away with a win 22 times in 48 chances when named as an underdog of at least +130 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 43.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Detroit is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.9 runs per game (406 total).
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.53 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
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World War II veteran celebrating 103rd birthday credits red wine for his longevity
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A World War II veteran and Wisconsin resident celebrated turning 103 years old this week.
Sal Perce was joined by the Lakeside Fire Department and several others to celebrate his birthday on Thursday.
Perce received WMTV’s Making a Difference Award in 2019 thanks to his volunteer work at a hospital at 101 years old.
“I like finding people I can talk to while helping them with whatever it is,” he said. “I find it refreshing. I’ll stay around an extra hour too as it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy being there.”
Perce also served in the U.S. Army for nearly four years during World Warr II. He said people who see him volunteer are impressed by what he is doing at his age.
“There’s always something you can do,” he said. “You’re never too old.”
Perce said his three secrets to a long life are doctors, pharmacists and a glass of red wine every night.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) – A “weld indication” has been discovered on the Fury 325 coaster at Carowinds in North Carolina — the same ride that had a support column replaced due to a crack found roughly one month ago.
The North Carolina Department of Labor confirmed with Nexstar’s WJZY that the agency was notified of the structural issue found on the popular coaster this week.
A “weld indication” could be either a break or a crack on the coaster, the department said.
“No certificate of operation has been issued nor do we have a timeline of when the certificate of operation will be issued for the Fury 325,” officials with the department said Friday.
Carowinds has since issued a statement concerning the find.
“We are conducting a full maintenance review of Fury 325 during this testing process. This maintenance review — which is consistent with routine off-season procedures — includes a review of the steel superstructure, the trains, and the ride control system,” park officials said.
“During such reviews, it is not uncommon to discover slight weld indications in various locations of a steel superstructure. It is important to note that these indications do not compromise the structural integrity or safety of the ride.”
Park officials added that each indication will be evaluated, tested, repaired and inspected “before the ride is deemed operational.”
“Additionally, as is customary, we conduct test cycles to ensure its smooth operation before guests are allowed on the ride.”
This newly reported defects come after a significant break was discovered by a parkgoer on a support beam for the roller coaster in late June.
The support pillar was replaced earlier this month. Carowinds is currently conducting its own tests and inspections ahead of inspections by the “final inspections by the “ride manufacturer, a third-party testing firm, and the North Carolina Department of Labor’s Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau,” the park said.
Carowinds bills its Fury 325 coaster as North America’s tallest, fastest, and longest giga coaster, meaning it contains a drop of at least 300 feet. Riders reach a peak height of 325 feet following a dramatic 81-degree drop. The ride can reach speeds of up to 95 mph. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ | 2023-07-29T16:13:27 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ |
Northbound I-17 re-opens after deadly crash near New River
NEW RIVER, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- Northbound I-17 is back open after a deadly crash shut down the busy freeway outside of the Valley early Saturday morning.
According to Daisy Mountain Fire & Medical, just before 4 a.m., a car crashed into the back of a semi-truck on Interstate 17, roughly a mile north of New River Road. The driver died at the scene. That was the third collision on I-17 within hours of each other.
On Friday, another deadly crash was reported on the freeway near Black Canyon City just before 9 p.m. That crash initially shut down I-17 at Table Mesa Road but was later cleared. In addition, around 8:30 p.m., a vehicle rolled over and closed one lane of the freeway. One person had serious injuries from the rollover.
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Germany vs. Colombia: Women’s World Cup Group H Odds, Stats and Live Stream - July 30
In the second round of Group H matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, Germany (coming off a 6-0 win over Morocco) plays Colombia (off a 2-0 win against South Korea) at 5:30 AM ET on Sunday, July 30.
Germany is -431 to win this group-stage game, Colombia is +1067, and the draw is +504. This match has an over/under of 2.5 goals. The under is currently +104, and the over is -138.
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Germany vs. Colombia Game Info
- Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Time: 5:30 AM ET
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Venue: Sydney Football Stadium
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Total: 2.5
- Germany Moneyline: -431
- Colombia Moneyline: +1067
Germany vs. Colombia World Cup Betting Insights
- These two teams score a combined eight goals per game, 5.5 more than this match's total.
- These two teams allow a combined zero goals per game, 2.5 fewer than this match's over/under.
- Germany has been listed as a moneyline favorite only one other time so far this tournament, and won.
- Germany has played as a moneyline favorite of -431 or shorter in only one game this tournament, which they won.
- Colombia won the only game it has played as an underdog this tournament.
- Colombia has not been a bigger underdog this tournament than the +1067 moneyline set for this game.
Germany World Cup Stats
Colombia World Cup Stats
- In one Women's World Cup match for Colombia, Catalina Usme has tallied one goal (10th in Women's World Cup play).
- Linda Caicedo has scored one goal for Colombia in Women's World Cup.
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Germany vs. Colombia Recent Performance
- So far this year, Germany is 3-1-2 versus fellow 2023 Women's World Cup participants, with a goal differential of +6. In 2022, it was 6-1-4 in such matches (+11 goal differential).
- Germany took on Morocco in its last match and earned a win by a final score of 6-0. The victorious Germany side took 15 shots, outshooting by 10.
- Popp scored two of her club's goals to lead the team against .
- So far this year, Colombia is 3-2-2 versus fellow 2023 Women's World Cup teams, with a goal differential of +1. In 2022, it was 5-2-3 in such matches (0 goal differential).
- Colombia claimed a 2-0 victory versus South Korea on July 24 in its last match. Colombia outshot South Korea 15 to four.
- Caicedo and Usme each registered a goal for Colombia.
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Alex Kirilloff Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Minnesota Twins, including Alex Kirilloff and his .610 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, battle starting pitcher Jordan Lyles and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-3) against the Royals.
Alex Kirilloff Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +150)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Alex Kirilloff At The Plate
- Kirilloff is hitting .271 with 13 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 25 walks.
- Kirilloff has had a hit in 42 of 68 games this season (61.8%), including multiple hits 16 times (23.5%).
- He has hit a home run in seven games this year (10.3%), leaving the park in 3.2% of his chances at the plate.
- Kirilloff has had an RBI in 21 games this year (30.9%), including seven multi-RBI outings (10.3%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 18 of 68 games this season, and more than once 3 times.
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Alex Kirilloff Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in the league.
- The Royals' 5.19 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs allowed (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- The Royals will send Lyles (1-12) to the mound to make his 20th start of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty last appeared on Sunday against the New York Yankees, when he went five innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up nine hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old's 6.10 ERA ranks 64th, 1.282 WHIP ranks 46th, and 6.4 K/9 ranks 59th.
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Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this ... hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the sturgeon moon. That’s because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August, hundreds of years ago.
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Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels ' increasingly contentious effort to lay the groundwork for a moderate third-party presidential ticket in the 2024 election. He gives the embattled organization another prominent ally amid escalating concerns from Democratic officials that the No Labels campaign could unintentionally help Republican Donald Trump return to the White House.
Nixon, a 67-year-old lawyer, is stepping back into national politics for the first time since leaving office in 2017 and will serve as No Labels’ director of ballot integrity. He said in an interview that he was drawn to the role after learning that well-funded groups aligned with Democrats were working to stop No Labels from securing ballot access in key states.
He said that those seeking to block the group’s right to appear on the presidential ballot are attacking a pillar of American democracy.
“What do I say to those Democrats? I say, ‘You’re entitled to your opinion. But we are also entitled to use our constitutional and statutory rights to allow Americans to have another choice,’” Nixon told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden and Trump have dominated the 2024 campaign conversation so far. But No Labels, a Washington-based group that promotes compromise, national unity and centrist policy solutions, has been preparing for the strongest third-party presidential bid at least since Texas businessman Ross Perot earned nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992.
Working with an operating budget of roughly $70 million, No Labels is taking steps to secure presidential ballot spots in roughly 20 states this year; the group has done so already in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.
While No Labels has yet to nominate candidates for president and vice president, its leadership insists there is a path to victory for a centrist third-party ticket “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.”
The group’s critics across the Democratic Party are terrified that No Labels will siphon votes that would otherwise go to Biden, who narrowly beat Trump in 2020 with a coalition that included moderate Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans.
No Labels’ leadership has promised a series of checks and balances that would allow the organization to withdraw its presidential ticket if it appears the group’s participation would help Trump win. No Labels has not outlined a detailed plan about that, and leaders acknowledge privately there is some urgency to come out with their specific safeguards, which would vary state by state. They intend to do so by “early fall.”
Anxious Democrats are unconvinced.
On Thursday, two prominent Democratic groups, the centrist Third Way and more progressive MoveOn, hosted private meetings on Capitol Hill with dozens of chiefs of staff and senior aides to House and Senate Democrats to emphasize the need to stop No Label’s presidential ambitions. In a nod to the seriousness of the Democratic establishment’s concerns, the meetings were held in both the House and Senate Democrats’ campaign headquarters.
“We told them what we have been saying consistently now for a long time: This is dangerous,” said Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett, who helped lead the briefing along with MoveOn’s executive director, Rahna Epting.
The organizers detailed data showing that a No Labels ticket would undercut Biden in the general election and warned that it could handicap vulnerable House and Senate candidates is tight elections. They also questioned that No Labels’ promise to withdraw its ticket if necessary to stop Trump.
No Labels’ leaders are furious.
“They are telling the elected leaders of this country right now that our ballot is a runaway train. And that is categorically false. That is propaganda. And that is why we’re bringing on a director of ballot integrity to stop it because it’s outrageous,” said No Labels’ founder Nancy Jacobson, a former Democratic fundraiser.
For now, Democrats are not willing to take Jacobson’s word for it.
“I don’t want to be doing this. I’d much rather focus on other things. I am concerned, genuinely,” Epting said. “They’re in over their head. They have not given any assurances that they’re clear and sober in their analysis. And when they talk about being able to put the horse back in the barn, they are not consistent about when or how they’re going to do that.”
“They’re just saying, ‘Trust us,’” Epting said. “We can’t. We don’t know you. And the stakes are too high.”
Meanwhile, Nixon joins a growing roster of former elected officials in both parties now affiliated with No Labels. Among the others: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former Govs. Jon Huntsman Jr., R-Utah, Larry Hogan, R-Md., and Pat McCrory, R-N.C.; and former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat who became an independent late in his political career.
Manchin and Huntsman, ambassador to China under President Barack Obama and to Russia under Trump, hosted a town hall in New Hampshire this month, driving speculation they may ultimately become the No Labels presidential ticket.
No Labels plans to hold a presidential nominating convention next April in Dallas, and the group is showing no signs of backing off its 2024 plans. With a massive budget fueled by anonymous donations, No Labels can afford to be patient in the fights ahead.
Democrats in Arizona filed a complaint this month with the secretary of state asking to have the group suspended until it discloses it donors. In May, Maine’s top elections official sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding No Labels voter registration efforts after claiming the group was misleading voters.
The group Citizens to Save Our Republic formed a super political action committee this month specifically designed to stop No Labels. The group’s members includes Bennett from Third Way, several advisers to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Nixon, who declined to criticize Biden or Trump, said he understands that he is walking into a political firestorm. But he said he is passionate about No Labels’ constitutional right to secure a place on the ballot.
“I feel calm. I feel correct. I think we have a high moral ground here,” he said.
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Byron Buxton Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Minnesota Twins and Byron Buxton (.263 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including two homers), take on starting pitcher Jordan Lyles and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
In his previous appearance, he reached base in his only plate appearance against the Royals.
Byron Buxton Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +300)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +140)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Byron Buxton At The Plate
- Buxton leads Minnesota with 58 hits, batting .198 this season with 30 extra-base hits.
- In 50.0% of his 82 games this season, Buxton has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 16 multi-hit games.
- He has hit a long ball in 18.3% of his games in 2023 (15 of 82), and 5.1% of his trips to the dish.
- In 23 games this year (28.0%), Buxton has picked up an RBI, and in 11 of those games (13.4%) he had more than one. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in five contests.
- He has scored in 36 games this season (43.9%), including multiple runs in 10 games.
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Byron Buxton Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in the league with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.19).
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs surrendered (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles makes the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent appearance on Sunday, the righty tossed five innings against the New York Yankees, allowing five earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- The 32-year-old's 6.10 ERA ranks 64th, 1.282 WHIP ranks 46th, and 6.4 K/9 ranks 59th among qualifying pitchers this season.
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CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — For a single, unthinkable moment last summer, the Chautauqua Institution was a hostile place for the freedom of expression that has been its hallmark for 150 years: As Salman Rushdie was about to speak, an audience member leapt onto the stage and stabbed the celebrated author more than a dozen times.
By the next day, Chautauqua Institution President Michael Hill recently recounted, the decision had been made not only to resume programming, but to “double down on what Mr. Rushdie stands for, what our speakers and preachers and artists stand for — which is the free exchange of ideas and the belief that society is stronger when we do that.”
A year later, Rushdie, blinded in one eye by the assault, is recovering from the attack. The Chautauqua Institution is recovering, too.
Programming and revenue for the arts and intellectual retreat in the rural southwest corner of New York was disrupted for two seasons by COVID-19. Then the attack further shattered the return to normal that regular visitors had so craved.
With a new nine-week summer season now under way, well-tended gardens are in bloom and rocking chairs are back out on the porches of Victorian- and cottage-style homes.
Security has been strengthened, though the gated compound remains open to anyone who buys a pass to enter.
“We look at the work that we do under a different lens since” the stabbing, Hill said during an interview in his office, which overlooks Bestor Plaza, a lush expanse of greenery anchoring the 750-acre (303-hectare) grounds. “The attack was an attempt at silencing, which underscores the need for institutions like ours to not stay silent.”
As an institution, Chautauqua defies easy explanation.
“NPR camp for grown-ups” is the description preferred by Erica Higbie, who owns a house on the grounds.
Located on the shore of Chautauqua Lake, the institution is a self-contained community with lecture halls, houses of worship, cafes, shops, a library, post office and bookstore, along with private homes, rentals and the Athenaeum Hotel, which served as former President Bill Clinton’s executive mansion for a week in 1996 as he prepared for his debate with Republican challenger Bob Dole.
Aside from boating and golf, the 4,400-seat, open-air amphitheater is a main draw, with a summer entertainment lineup this year offering concerts by Diana Ross and Bonnie Raitt, ballet and theater productions and performances by the house Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
But for Higbie and many others, the primary appeal exists in the institution’s 19th Century beginnings as a summer educational experiment in which daily lectures are curated around weekly explorations of anything from politics to infrastructure and faith to friendship.
“I am a lecture junkie,” Higbie said from her porch as people navigated the grounds on foot, bikes and scooters. The speed limit for the rare vehicle traffic is 12 mph. The retired teacher takes in a daily morning lecture and may hear two more in the afternoon at the amphitheater and the Hall of Philosophy.
Through the decades, Susan B. Anthony advocated for women’s rights at the institution and President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his 1936 “I Hate War” speech in the amphitheater. Former Vice President Al Gore spoke about the climate crisis and Supreme Court Judges Robert H. Jackson and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are among countless others who have offered insights.
Rushdie’s appearance came during a week last year exploring home as “a place for human thriving.”
Henry Reese, co-founder of the City of Asylum Pittsburgh, was about to interview “The Satanic Verses” author about violence against writers when Rushdie was attacked as the men sat in armchairs on the amphitheater’s sunken stage.
Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death, was stabbed in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye. Reese suffered bruises and a gash to his forehead.
With alleged assailant Hadi Matar awaiting trial in a nearby courthouse, Reese is scheduled to return to the institution on the anniversary of the attack, Aug. 12. His appearance is expected to kick off a week exploring freedom of expression, imagination and the resilience of democracy. Republican strategist Karl Rove and Democratic strategist David Axelrod are among other invited guests.
It would have been out of character for the institution to do anything but pick up where it left off after the assault, regular guest lecturer Eboo Patel said.
“Not a single artist or speaker canceled,” Patel, founder of Interfaith America in Chicago, said by phone.
“Chautauqua recognizes that it has a responsibility to its own community, honestly to American civilization and the human spirit, and it’s back up in 24 to 48 hours. That’s stunning,” he said.
Property owners differed on how far the institution should go to ensure personal safety, said Higbie, the president of the Chautauqua Property Owners Association.
“Everybody was in shock for a long time,“ Higbie said.
Visitors say they notice more security and protocols at events. Amphitheater patrons can bring only clear bags inside, for example, and may be scanned or asked to walk through a weapons detector.
Even so, “I never hesitated for a minute” to return, said Michael Crawford of Washington, D.C., as he chatted with Mary Pat McFarland of Philadelphia. The two sat on one of the red benches placed around the grounds to invite discussion.
A handful of musicians with violins, guitars and a small harp played an impromptu jam session beneath a tree nearby.
Hill said he sees his role as “teeing up” issues for engagement, so shying away from difficult ones would be a disservice at a time when civic discourse is in short supply.
“It’s about bringing divergent viewpoints for people to digest,” Hill said. “For us to have made the decision to stop bringing speakers who may be controversial in any way would have been for us to stop doing our mission.”
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World War II veteran celebrating 103rd birthday credits red wine for his longevity
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A World War II veteran and Wisconsin resident celebrated turning 103 years old this week.
Sal Perce was joined by the Lakeside Fire Department and several others to celebrate his birthday on Thursday.
Perce received WMTV’s Making a Difference Award in 2019 thanks to his volunteer work at a hospital at 101 years old.
“I like finding people I can talk to while helping them with whatever it is,” he said. “I find it refreshing. I’ll stay around an extra hour too as it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy being there.”
Perce also served in the U.S. Army for nearly four years during World Warr II. He said people who see him volunteer are impressed by what he is doing at his age.
“There’s always something you can do,” he said. “You’re never too old.”
Perce said his three secrets to a long life are doctors, pharmacists and a glass of red wine every night.
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World War II veteran celebrating 103rd birthday credits red wine for his longevity
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A World War II veteran and Wisconsin resident celebrated turning 103 years old this week.
Sal Perce was joined by the Lakeside Fire Department and several others to celebrate his birthday on Thursday.
Perce received WMTV’s Making a Difference Award in 2019 thanks to his volunteer work at a hospital at 101 years old.
“I like finding people I can talk to while helping them with whatever it is,” he said. “I find it refreshing. I’ll stay around an extra hour too as it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy being there.”
Perce also served in the U.S. Army for nearly four years during World Warr II. He said people who see him volunteer are impressed by what he is doing at his age.
“There’s always something you can do,” he said. “You’re never too old.”
Perce said his three secrets to a long life are doctors, pharmacists and a glass of red wine every night.
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Carlos Correa Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:27 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Carlos Correa (on the back of going 1-for-4 with a double) and the Minnesota Twins face the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-4) against the Royals.
Carlos Correa Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +155)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +360)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -125)
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Carlos Correa At The Plate
- Correa leads Minnesota in OBP (.305), slugging percentage (.402) and OPS (.708) this season.
- Correa has had a hit in 61 of 92 games this season (66.3%), including multiple hits 18 times (19.6%).
- He has hit a long ball in 12 games this season (13.0%), homering in 3% of his trips to the plate.
- Correa has driven in a run in 29 games this season (31.5%), including 11 games with more than one RBI (12.0%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- In 35.9% of his games this year (33 of 92), he has scored, and in five of those games (5.4%) he has scored more than once.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Royals' 5.19 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs surrendered (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles gets the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Sunday, the right-hander went five innings against the New York Yankees, giving up five earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old ranks 64th in ERA (6.10), 46th in WHIP (1.282), and 59th in K/9 (6.4).
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CHICAGO (AP) — The beginning of the pandemic was devasting for the leader of the indie rock band Black Belt Eagle Scout, Katherine Paul. All her tours, including one headlining across North America, were canceled and she feared her ascending music career might be over.
She got a day job at a nonprofit and returned to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s homelands in Western Washington. But as Paul, or KP to her friends, spent time in the cedar forests and walked along the Skagit River, she turned to her guitar to deal with the isolation and stress. Those snippets, recorded on her phone, provided the foundation for what would become songs on her powerful, grunge-soaked new record “The Land, The Water, The Sky.”
“I feel like if the pandemic hadn’t happened, I probably wouldn’t have made this record,” said KP, who writes the songs, sings and plays guitar in the band that was the only Native American artist at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago this month.
“I spent a lot of time outside. I spent a lot more time than normal going on hikes, being part of the land,” she continued. “It’s not like I never do that stuff but it brought me back to a place where this is who I am.”
The new record, which came out in February, helped launch what has probably been the most successful year so far for Black Belt Eagle Scout. The band toured Europe and will go to Australia later this year. Two of her songs, “Soft Stud” from an earlier record and “Salmon Stinta” from her latest, appear this season on the television series “Reservation Dogs.”
Reservation Dogs Music Supervisor Tiffany Anders said she was introduced to the band’s music by the show’s creator, Sterlin Harjo, when they started working on the second season.
“It’s always been important for us on this show to include Native American artists, but beyond representation, Black Belt Eagle Scout’s music is beautiful and emotional, and fits these characters, their world and landscape — and the vibe of the show,’” she said in a statement.
Then there was Pitchfork, a three-day festival that is a significant milestone for indie musicians. The festival is held every year in Chicago’s Union Park and this year’s headliners included Bon Iver, Big Thief and The Smile, which has members of Radiohead.
She admitted stepping on that stage last weekend was nerve-wracking given her high hopes for the show, a feeling compounded by concerns that storms could scuttle their performance. But as she launched into the blistering set of mostly new songs in front of thousands of eager fans, KP found solace in her guitar. She launched several long jams that were punctuated by her twirling her jet-black hair around to the point it obscured her face.
“It was totally a moment,” she said with a laugh.
“I kind of cried after we played because it felt so meaningful,” she added. “Like, I’ve always wanted to play this music festival. I remember trying to play one of the years before the pandemic when I was touring and it didn’t happen. This year, I was just so stoked to play.”
Reaching Pitchfork has been a long journey for the 34-year-old artist, who is a member of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and left her home on the reservation in LaConner, Washington, when she was 17 to attend Lewis & Clark College in Oregon and play rock music.
Growing up on the reservation off the Washington coast on islands in the Salish Sea, she drummed and sang cultural songs. As a teenager, she discovered local Pacific Northwest bands like Mount Eerie and the sounds of the Riot Grrrl movement and played one of her first gigs at a small bar called Department of Safety. She moved to Portland, Oregon, due to its outsized role in the indie scene that featured bands like Sleater-Kinney and quickly immersed herself in the music scene playing drums and guitar.
She joined an all-female outfit whom she met at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls in Portland. She went on to play a lot of small, basement shows with bands like Genders — whose wolf tattoo she still has on her left arm.
But she wanted to write her own songs and formed Black Belt Eagle Scout in 2013. Her early music was defined by her ethereal singing about love, friendship and healing — often only accompanied by minimal guitar strumming. But she did rock out on songs like “Soft Stud,” which featured searing solos.
“She is a really an authentic musician and she carries a lot of power on stage with her presence and sound,” Claire Glass, who plays guitar in the band and first saw KP seven years ago.
KP has said her Native American identify has always been present on her records. But her latest music paints a more vivid picture of life on the Swinomish reservation. There are references to chinook salmon, which are traditionally fished, and a powwow dance.
“I started thinking of feeling grateful for the life that I have been given; this place that I’m from; how much the land, the water, the sky means to me — being surrounded by it,” KP said of writing the song ”Don’t Give Up.” “It has so much more meaning because the land, that’s where my people are from.”
Her songs aren’t meant to directly confront issues like the crisis of missing and murdered Native American women or tribes’ forced relocation. It’s not the way she writes songs. Instead, she envisions them connecting with people, drawing more Native Americans to indie rock shows in places like Minneapolis, which has a vibrant Native American community, and inspiring young Native Americans to connect with her after shows.
“Isn’t me like being here existing with my music good enough? Can’t I just be who I am?” she asked, adding she doesn’t need to speak out from stage about these issues because being Native often means she is already wrestling with them. A judge, for example, ruled in March that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the tribe by running 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation.
“As a Native person, you know someone who is missing. Your tribe is trying to get your land back. Those are topics that are part of your every day life,” she said. ”I care about those things deeply but there are certain ways in which my music is, maybe not as direct, but it can be healing.”
KP also doesn’t want to be seen just as a rock musician or as a Native artist. “I am a musician who happens to be Native, but I am also a Native musician … I think I am always both,” she said.
Her latest record aims to show that.
“I kind of had in the back of mind, just kept thinking what would Built to Spill do,” KP said of the guitar-heavy, indie-rock band from the Pacific Northwest. “I’ve gone on tour with them and seen their three guitars at one point playing together and how they overlap and all these other things.”
It’s also a more collaborative effort with more musicians playing on the record— a departure for KP, who is accustomed to doing everything herself. A cellist who played with Nirvana, Lori Goldston, is featured on several songs, as are two violinists, as well as a saxophone and mellotron player.
Takiaya Reed, a first-time producer who is also in a doom metal band, described the experience of working on the record as “beautiful and amazing” and said the two bonded over their love of punk. Reid also brought her classical training and love of “heavier sounds” to the studio.
“We approached it fearlessly. It was wonderful to be expansive in terms of sonic possibilities,” she said.
KP also wanted to find a place for her parents, whom she had grown especially close to during the pandemic, to play on the record. She chose the song “Spaces,” which she described as having a “healing vibe.” Her dad, who is one of the main singers at the tribe’s cultural events, embraced the idea of lending his powerful powwow chant to the song. Her mom sang harmonies.
KP said: “It meant the world to me to have my parents sing because it felt like it was full circle in who I am.” | https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/ap-black-belt-eagle-scouts-latest-record-inspired-by-return-home-to-swinomish-tribes-ancestral-lands/ | 2023-07-29T16:13:48 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/ap-black-belt-eagle-scouts-latest-record-inspired-by-return-home-to-swinomish-tribes-ancestral-lands/ |
Alek Thomas Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Mariners - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 7:31 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago
Alek Thomas -- 1-for-5 with a double and an RBI in his most recent game -- will be in action for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Seattle Mariners, with Bryan Woo on the mound, on July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-5) against the Cardinals.
Alek Thomas Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +675)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +160)
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Alek Thomas At The Plate
- Thomas has 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 10 walks while batting .232.
- Thomas has picked up a hit in 50.8% of his 63 games this season, with more than one hit in 20.6% of them.
- He has homered in 9.5% of his games in 2023, and 2.7% of his trips to the dish.
- Thomas has an RBI in 16 of 63 games this season, with multiple RBI in three of them.
- He has scored in 34.9% of his games this year (22 of 63), with two or more runs six times (9.5%).
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Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Mariners has a collective 9.2 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
- The Mariners have the eighth-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (3.87).
- Mariners pitchers combine to allow 115 home runs (1.1 per game), the 10th-fewest in baseball.
- Woo (1-3) takes the mound for the Mariners in his 10th start of the season. He has a 4.91 ERA in 44 2/3 innings pitched, with 54 strikeouts.
- His most recent appearance came on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the right-hander went six innings, surrendering four earned runs while giving up four hits.
- In nine games this season, the 23-year-old has an ERA of 4.91, with 11 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .235 against him.
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(NerdWallet) – On July 14, 804,000 longtime student loan borrowers began receiving word that their $39 billion in remaining debt would be forgiven as the result of the Education Department’s income-driven repayment (IDR) account adjustment. This one-time program, first announced in April 2022 to repair past missteps in the IDR system, is counting more past repayment periods toward income-driven repayment (IDR) forgiveness. Many borrowers will be at least three years closer to IDR forgiveness — and some will automatically see their loans forgiven altogether.
“At the start of this Administration, millions of borrowers had earned loan forgiveness but never received it. That’s unacceptable,” Department of Education Under Secretary James Kvaal said in a July 14 press release announcing the news. “Today we are holding up the bargain we offered borrowers who have completed decades of repayment.”
This is just the tip of the iceberg. More than 4.4 million borrowers have been repaying their loans for at least 20 years, and 2.3 million of these borrowers have never defaulted or been delinquent on their loans, according to April 2021 Education Department data provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren. However, there’s not yet a final count of total borrowers who will receive the IDR account adjustment forgiveness, says Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC).
While the Supreme Court recently struck down President Joe Biden’s up-to-$20,000 student debt cancellation plan, no one has challenged this account adjustment since it was introduced in April 2022, and future legal roadblocks are highly unlikely, Pierce says.
“If I were a borrower, I would feel pretty good about this happening, but you know, we never say never,” Pierce says. “This is something that has never been put in front of a federal judge, and we have not seen any signs that it’s going to.”
All this is occurring as borrowers gear up for student loan payments to resume in October. Here’s what you need to know about the next waves of loan forgiveness under the IDR account adjustment and what qualified borrowers can do to prepare for it.
When will IDR adjustments be made?
The Education Department said it will notify waves of loan forgiveness recipients about every two months. Since the first major batch was announced on July 14, borrowers can expect the next announcement by mid-September.
The department plans to apply the account adjustment by the end of 2023 to all borrowers who’ve reached enough payments for forgiveness; all other borrowers will receive at least three additional years of credit toward IDR loan forgiveness in 2024.
Will I get IDR account adjustment forgiveness?
To find out whether you’ll receive loan forgiveness under the one-time IDR account adjustment, you must count your past payments yourself.
Generally, borrowers with undergraduate loans will receive loan forgiveness if they’ve made at least 240 monthly student loan payments, and those with some graduate loans will reach forgiveness if they’ve made at least 300 payments, Pierce says.
From July 1994 onward, the adjustment counts the following periods toward the 240 or 300 payments needed to reach forgiveness:
- Any month a borrower was in repayment, even if the payments were late or partial. The type of repayment plan also doesn’t matter.
- Time spent in forbearance, either periods lasting 12 or more consecutive months or a cumulative 36 or more months.
- Any month spent in deferment other than in-school deferment before 2013.
- Any month spent in economic hardship or military deferments on or after Jan. 1, 2013.
- Any months in repayment, forbearance or a qualifying deferment before a loan consolidation.
Months spent in default will generally not be included in the recount, though borrowers who enroll in the temporary Fresh Start program to get out of default will get IDR credit from March 2020 through the date they leave default.
Log in to your Federal Student Aid (FSA) account at StudentAid.gov to see how long you’ve been in repayment. To see detailed information, including descriptions of the specific forbearance or deferment periods, request your account history from your servicer.
How to prepare for the IDR account adjustment
The loan forgiveness will be largely automatic for most eligible federal borrowers with older direct loans, federally held Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans and parent PLUS loans. These borrowers don’t need to take any action to qualify or receive loan forgiveness.
“The good news is, for most people, you don’t actually need to be an expert on this program to benefit from it,” Pierce says. “If you have a loan that’s owned by the Department of Education, it’s just gonna work for you.”
But there are some small steps you can take to be proactive.
Update your contact information
Regardless of the type of federal student loans you have, check that your current contact information is listed in both your FSA and servicer accounts. While you’re at it, make sure you still have the password to these accounts, and reset your login credentials if needed.
Forty-four percent of federal borrowers were transferred to a new servicer during the pandemic payment pause, according to a June estimate from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, so now is also a good time to see if your servicer changed.
You’ll likely be notified by email if and when your loans are forgiven under the IDR account adjustment, but student loan communications may also arrive by mail.
Consolidate commercially managed federal loans
Some federal loans are not held by the government, but by a private entity. Borrowers with these commercially managed federal loans won’t benefit from the recount automatically — they’ll need to consolidate these loans to qualify. The account adjustment will count periods of repayment prior to consolidation toward IDR forgiveness.
Commercially held loans include certain FFELP loans, Perkins loans and Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program loans. You can see what type of loans you have on the dashboard of your FSA account or servicer portal.
You have until the end of 2023 to consolidate commercially held loans, but don’t delay. The full consolidation process can take from 30 to 60 days, Pierce says. Get started by submitting a direct loan consolidation application on the Federal Student Aid office website.
Consolidate newer parent PLUS loans
Parent PLUS loans are included in the IDR account adjustment. If you reach 300 payments — or 120 payments if you’re eligible for PSLF — your parent PLUS debt will be discharged automatically this year, regardless of whether or not your PLUS loans are consolidated.
But if you have fewer payments than that, you’ll need to act. Consolidate your parent PLUS loans before the end of 2023 to benefit from the adjustment, and enroll in an IDR plan called Income-Contingent Repayment to continue making progress toward forgiveness.
Apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Borrowers eligible for PSLF are also eligible for the account adjustment; they can receive IDR loan forgiveness after just 10 years, or 120 eligible payments. PSLF-eligible borrowers with direct loans, including parent PLUS loans, will benefit automatically. Those with either federally or commercially managed FFELP loans must consolidate them into a direct consolidation loan by the end of 2023 to get PSLF credit under the account adjustment.
After the adjustment is applied to your account, you’ll see credit toward PSLF for any month after October 2007 during which you were in repayment and had qualifying employment.
“If you’ve applied or will apply for PSLF and certify your employment, you may see the benefits of this adjustment to your qualifying payment count,” writes the office of Federal Student Aid. Do so as soon as possible to ensure you benefit from the recount.
Check your state’s tax policy
The federal government won’t tax any debt forgiven as a result of the IDR account adjustment.
However, certain states, including Indiana and Mississippi, treat forgiven student loans as taxable earned income, and thus may tax the amount of forgiven debt you receive. The vast majority of states don’t do this, so check the rules in your state.
If you’re concerned about a state tax bill, you can opt out of loan forgiveness. You have 30 days to do so after you receive notice that your remaining debt will be forgiven under the IDR account adjustment. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/more-student-loan-forgiveness-coming-for-longtime-borrowers/ | 2023-07-29T16:13:52 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/more-student-loan-forgiveness-coming-for-longtime-borrowers/ |
UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) – Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was killed last year in the Robb Elementary School shooting, is planning to turn her grief into action, after announcing Thursday she will run for mayor of Uvalde, Texas, in an upcoming special election.
“This past year, it’s been so frustrating navigating our country’s political system, and sometimes you have to be the change you seek. So, here I am running for mayor,” Rubio told Nexstar.
The 34-year-old mother is looking to fill the soon-vacant seat held by Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin in an upcoming special election on Nov. 7.
McLaughlin has served as the South Texas town’s mayor since 2014, and has reached his term limit. He is now running to succeed Rep. Tracy King, D-Uvalde, in the Texas House.
Mata-Rubio shared news of her run for mayor Thursday. On social media, she addressed her daughter directly, explaining why she chose to take action.
“I grieve for the woman you would have become and all the difference you would have made in this world,” Mata-Rubio wrote. “I grieve for the woman I was when you were still here. But, one part of me still exist, I am still your mom. I will honor your life with action. This is only the beginning.”
Lexi, 10, was one of the 21 people killed at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, in the nation’s second-deadliest school shooting. In the year since, Mata-Rubio has been a regular at the Texas Capitol and U.S. Capitol, advocating for tighter gun restrictions she believes will help prevent other parents from feeling her pain.
“Bridging the gap in our fractured community is my number one focus. And the reason being is because we cannot move on or forward without the entire community coming together,” she said. “And when I say moving on, I want to bring those two teachers and 19 students with me along on this journey. That’s the only way to do this. And the only way to move forward and they deserve that they’re part of this community as well.”
Mata-Rubio will face off against Cody Smith, a banker and former mayor of Uvalde, in the Nov. 7 special election. No other candidates have announced a bid for the seat. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/mother-of-uvalde-shooting-victim-to-run-for-mayor-of-town/ | 2023-07-29T16:13:55 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/mother-of-uvalde-shooting-victim-to-run-for-mayor-of-town/ |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Saturday that Sri Lanka is a key partner in a Tokyo-led initiative aimed at building security and economic cooperation around the Indo-Pacific but also at countering an increasingly assertive China.
Sri Lanka, strategically located in the Indian Ocean, is integral to realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific, Hayashi said. He was speaking after a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart, Ali Sabry, in the capital, Colombo.
The initiative, announced by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in March includes Japan’s assistance to emerging economies, support for maritime security, a provision of coast guard patrol boats and equipment and other infrastructure cooperation.
Last year Sri Lanka, which owed $51 billion in foreign debt, became the first Asia-Pacific country since the late 1990s to default, sparking an economic crisis.
While Japan is Sri Lanka’s largest creditor, about 10% of its debt is held by China, which lent Colombo billions to build sea ports, airports and power plants as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. In March, China agreed to offer Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on loan repayments.
Hayashi said that he conveyed expectations for further progress in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring process. He welcomed Sri Lanka’s efforts under an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which includes anti-corruption measures and transparency in the policy-making process.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Sabry said that he, along with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, invited Japan to resume investment projects already in the pipeline and to consider fresh investments in sectors such as power generation, ports and highways, and dedicated investment zones, as well as in the green and digital economy.
Over many decades, Japan became one of Sri Lanka’s key donors, carrying out key projects under concessionary terms. However, relations between the two countries came under strain after Wickremesinghe’s predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa unilaterally scrapped a Japan-funded light railway project following his election in 2019.
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has already approved a proposal to restart the railway project.
Rajapaksa was forced to resign in July 2022 amid angry public protects over the country’s worst economic crisis. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-with-one-eye-on-china-japan-backs-sri-lanka-as-a-partner-in-the-indo-pacific/ | 2023-07-29T16:13:55 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-with-one-eye-on-china-japan-backs-sri-lanka-as-a-partner-in-the-indo-pacific/ |
(KOIN) – She’s just gonna shake, shake, shake the earth.
Taylor Swift’s July 22 and 23 concerts in Seattle allegedly produced seismic activity on par with a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to a Western Washington University geology professor and seismologist.
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach tracked the seismic activity emanating from Swift’s Lumen Field performances earlier this month, finding similar and overlapping seismic waves on both dates. She later added that she couldn’t be sure whether the fans or the sound systems had caused the activity, but plans to continue investigating.
“I’m not yet convinced that it’s all dancing – the signals between the two nights are ridiculously similar and people tend to be messy,” Caplan-Auerbach wrote on Twitter.
She added that concertgoers were likely unaware of any geological activity at the time, saying the data recorded by the seismometer was “mostly below the range of human hearing.”
Swift’s Seattle concerts, which were attended by over 144,000 people in total, broke Lumen Field’s attendance records, according to The Seattle Times.
Caplan-Auerbach also compared the quake, which she dubbed the “Seismic Swift,” to 2010’s “Beast Quake,” when Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch scored a last-minute touchdown during a playoff game. Activity produced by Seahawks fans registered on a seismograph at a 2.0 magnitude.
The next step for Caplan-Auerbach is attempting to line up the seismic activity beat-by-beat with Swift’s setlist to see how the songs impacted the shake, she said. She’s set up a Google Drive to collect videos to help with her research. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/taylor-swift-concerts-in-seattle-produced-seismic-activity-on-same-scale-as-a-small-earthquake-seismologist-finds/ | 2023-07-29T16:13:57 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/taylor-swift-concerts-in-seattle-produced-seismic-activity-on-same-scale-as-a-small-earthquake-seismologist-finds/ |
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Right now, there are three active meteor showers. Their peak viewing times are approaching in the next few weeks, and they are, conveniently, all going to be on Saturday and Sunday.
For optimal meteor shower viewing, it’s best to be in an area with little or no light pollution.
Perseids
According to NASA, the Perseid Meteor Shower is the best one happening this year, and viewers can see up to 100 meteors per hour. The shower became visible in the northern hemisphere on July 14 and will be around until Sept. 1.
If you want to see the Perseids at its peak, plan a night of stargazing for Aug. 12 or 13, according to NASA. For best viewing, NASA says to look during the pre-dawn hours, although meteors and fireballs could be visible as early as 10 p.m. The meteors will originate near the Perseid constellation and will be more easily-found constellation Cassiopeia.
The Perseids shower is expected to be very visible this year because the moon will not be as bright. This means the sky will be darker, making meteors more visible.
Delta Aquariids
The Delta Aquariids are not usually as impressive as the Perseids, but without a noticeable peak, you have a longer window for possibly seeing meteors from this shower. According to the American Meteor Society, the shower will be visible primarily in the southern tropics between July 18 and Aug. 21, with an estimated peak around Sunday, July 30. The northern hemisphere is less likely to see the Delta Aquariids than the southern.
July 30 is also a full moon, making 2023 less favorable for seeing the Delta Aquariids. Those who want to look for them should look toward the Delta Aquarii constellation from around 2 a.m. to dawn.
Alpha Capricornids
If you want a double chance to see more fireballs, July 30 might be your night, because in addition to the Delta Aquariids, the Alpha Capricornids are also expected to peak that night in 2023. The Alpha Capricornids are visible from July 7 to Aug. 15 but are considered much weaker than the other showers listed above, with only about five meteors visible per hour, but according to the AMS, the shower can have some pretty impressive fireballs in lower quantities.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Four air crew members were missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched into waters off the Queensland state coast during joint military exercises with the United States, officials said Saturday.
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 11 p.m. Friday, exercise director Australian Army Brigadier Damian Hill said.
A search involving U.S., Canadian and Australian personnel was underway to find the crew who are all Australian men, officials said.
Debris that appeared to be from a helicopter had been recovered, Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Douglas McDonald said.
The Taipan was taking part in Talisman Sabre, a biennial joint U.S.-Australian military exercise that is largely based in Queensland. This year’s exercise involves 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
Defense Minister Richard Marles said the helicopter ditched, which refers to an emergency landing on water.
“Defense exercises, which are so necessary for the readiness of our defense force, are serious. They carry risk,” Marles told reporters in Brisbane. “As we desperately hope for better news during the course of this day we are reminded about the gravity of the act which comes with wearing our nation’s uniform.”
Hill said the exercise was postponed on Saturday morning but had restarted limited activity later in the day. Australia had grounded its Taipan fleet as a precaution, Hill said.
It was the second emergency involving an Australian Taipan this year, after one ditched into the sea off the New South Wales state coast in March. That helicopter was taking part in a nighttime counterterrorism training exercise when it ran into trouble. All 10 passengers and crew members were rescued.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Brisbane for a meeting on Saturday and is due to travel with Marles to north Queensland on Sunday to see the exercise.
Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute to the missing air crew at the outset of a meeting with their Australian counterparts, Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
“It’s always tough when you have accidents in training, but … the reason that we train to such high standards is so that we can be successful and we can protect lives when we are called to answer any kind of crisis,” Austin said.
“Our guys tend to make this look easy and they make it look easy because they’re so well exercised and rehearsed and trained, and this is unfortunately a part of that, what it takes to get them to where we need them to be,” Austin added.
Blinken said, “We’re so grateful to them for their dedication, for their service, for everything they’ve been doing to stand up for the freedom that we share and that is what unites us more than anything else.”
Marles thanked the United States for their contribution to the search and rescue effort.
The missing helicopter had just dropped off two Australian commandos before it hit the water, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Australia announced in January that its army and navy would stop flying the European-built Taipans by December 2024, 13 years earlier than originally planned, because they had proven unreliable. They will be replaced by 40 U.S. Black Hawks. Marles said at the time the Lockheed Martin-designed Black Hawks “have a really good proven track record in terms of their reliability.”
Australia’s Taipans had been plagued by problems since the first helicopter arrived in the country in 2007.
Australia’s entire fleet of 47 Taipans was grounded in 2019 to fix a problem with their tail rotor blades. A year later, 27 Taipans were grounded because of a problem with doors.
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HUARINA, Bolivia (AP) — A 70-year-old man’s feet sink into the soil as he passes abandoned boats where there used to be the water of Lake Titicaca. The highest navigable lake in the world has receded to what Bolivian authorities say are critically low levels due to a persistent drought.
“It’s completely dry,” Jaime Mamani said in exasperation while walking along the new shoreline in Huarina, a farming town 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of La Paz where he is a community leader.
The National Service of Naval Hydrography declared an alert this week for the iconic lake after its surface fell 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) below the drought warning stage, or 3,807.8 meters (12492.7 feet) above sea level. But the agency says this is just the beginning of a situation that is worrying Indigenous Aymara communities that rely on the lake for their livelihoods and fear the dry spell could permanently impact the region’s flora and fauna.
The hydrology unit of Bolivia’s navy warned that water levels could reach historically low levels in the coming months. By December, there is a “high probability” Lake Titicaca will be 64 centimeters (more than 25 inches) below the drought alert level, breaking a low water record set in 1998 by 33 centimeters (almost 13 inches).
“In three months, the water has decreased by 30 centimeters (11.8 inches), and considering that radiation is much stronger during this time of the year … we expect it to keep decreasing,” Carlos Carrasco, a hydraulic engineer for the hydrography service said.
The drought is the result of a combination of factors, including natural phenomena like La Niña and El Niño, which arrived unusually early this year and have been particularly strong due in part to climate change, according to Lucía Walper, who heads up the Hydrological Forecasting Unit at Bolivia’s National Meteorology and Hydrology Service.
But the vast lake is vital for this region of the Bolivian highlands, where hundreds of Aymara rural communities have relied on the blue body of water for millennia to practice subsistence farming and raise livestock.
Authorities in the Peruvian city of Puno also issued a warning about the declining water levels and expressed concern about the potential impact on tourism.
“We’re reaching a critical point. There will be a significant loss of water,” said Juan José Ocola, president of the Binational Authority of Lake Titicaca. The lake serves as the border between Bolivia and Peru.
Mateo Vargas, 56, a fisherman who has lived off the Lake Titicaca for 28 years, said he used to catch “lots” of fish daily. Now he considers himself lucky if he can catch six.
Vargas’ wife, Justina Condori, shares his concerns.
“The fish have vanished,” Condori, 58, said, predicting there will be famine if the current conditions persist.
Condori makes a living by renting boats to tourists. She worries fewer people will come to visit the lake, which at an elevation of 3,810 meters above sea level, is the largest body of freshwater in the Andes mountain range.
Evidence of the receding lake is seemingly everywhere. Women who sell fried fish and other snacks by the lake face rising costs for ingredients. Those who make a living transporting people from one side of the lake to the other are altering their routes because their rafts and boats no longer reach their usual docks.
Livestock farmers who rely on the plants that grow on the shores of the Titicaca to feed their animals are also seeing their livelihoods threatened.
The economic hardship is causing many residents of Huarina to migrate to other areas of the country, leaving behind mostly older townspeople, Mamani said. The waters of the Titicaca have always been shallow around the town, so the drought is even more visible there.
“There is a detriment to the economy of the inhabitants of the region,” he said.
Vargas, the fisherman, is also concerned about what the declining water levels will mean for the future.
“It looks like it will continue to decrease, day by day,” he said. “We’re worried because if we continue like this, what’s going to happen to our children?”
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Carson Kelly Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Mariners - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 7:30 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago
After hitting .154 with in his past 10 games, Carson Kelly and the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the Seattle Mariners (who will hand the ball to Bryan Woo) at 8:10 PM ET on Saturday.
In his previous game he had a hitless showing (0-for-3) against the Cardinals.
Carson Kelly Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -133)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +775)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +200)
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Carson Kelly At The Plate
- Kelly is batting .167 with a double, a home run and two walks.
- Kelly has picked up a hit in eight of 22 games this season, with multiple hits three times.
- He has homered in one of 22 games, and in 1.4% of his plate appearances.
- Kelly has driven in a run in four games this year (18.2%), including one multiple-RBI game.
- He has scored in three of 22 games so far this year.
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Carson Kelly Home/Away Batting Splits
Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The Mariners pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Mariners have a 3.87 team ERA that ranks eighth among all league pitching staffs.
- The Mariners surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (115 total, 1.1 per game).
- Woo gets the start for the Mariners, his 10th of the season. He is 1-3 with a 4.91 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 44 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent appearance was on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the righty went six innings, surrendering four earned runs while allowing four hits.
- The 23-year-old has a 4.91 ERA and 11 strikeouts per nine innings in nine games this season, while allowing a batting average of .235 to opposing hitters.
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Joey Gallo Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:31 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Joey Gallo (.179 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 110 points below season-long percentage) and the Minnesota Twins face the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he went 1-for-3 against the Royals.
Joey Gallo Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -111)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +270)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Joey Gallo At The Plate
- Gallo is hitting .175 with nine doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 35 walks.
- Gallo has reached base via a hit in 33 games this year (of 81 played), and had multiple hits in six of those games.
- Looking at the 81 games he has played this year, he's hit a home run in 16 of them (19.8%), and in 6.4% of his trips to the dish.
- Gallo has picked up an RBI in 23.5% of his games this year, with more than one RBI in 8.6% of his games. He has also plated three or more runs in four contests.
- He has scored in 28 of 81 games this year, and more than once 3 times.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals pitching staff is 26th in the league with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (5.19).
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs given up (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles (1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season.
- In his most recent time out on Sunday, the righty went five innings against the New York Yankees, giving up five earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old ranks 64th in ERA (6.10), 46th in WHIP (1.282), and 59th in K/9 (6.4).
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Christian Walker Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Mariners - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 7:29 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Christian Walker (.426 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 87 points above season-long percentage) and the Arizona Diamondbacks play the Seattle Mariners, whose starting pitcher will be Bryan Woo. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a hitless showing in his most recent game (0-for-5) against the Mariners.
Christian Walker Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +140)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130)
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Christian Walker At The Plate
- Walker is hitting .265 with 31 doubles, 22 home runs and 42 walks.
- Among qualifying batters in baseball, his batting average ranks 53rd, his on-base percentage ranks 54th, and he is ninth in the league in slugging.
- In 62 of 100 games this season (62.0%) Walker has had a hit, and in 29 of those games he had more than one (29.0%).
- In 20 games this season, he has gone deep (20.0%, and 5.1% of his trips to the dish).
- In 40 games this year (40.0%), Walker has picked up an RBI, and in 15 of those games (15.0%) he had two or more. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in eight contests.
- He has scored a run in 47 games this season, with multiple runs six times.
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Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Mariners pitching staff ranks eighth in the league.
- The Mariners have the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.87).
- The Mariners surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (115 total, 1.1 per game).
- Woo makes the start for the Mariners, his 10th of the season. He is 1-3 with a 4.91 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 44 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty last appeared on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he tossed six innings, allowing four earned runs while giving up four hits.
- The 23-year-old has put together a 4.91 ERA and 11 strikeouts per nine innings in nine games this season, while giving up a batting average of .235 to his opponents.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest between the Miami Marlins (56-48) and Detroit Tigers (46-58) matching up at LoanDepot park has a projected final score of 6-5 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of the Marlins, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will start at 4:10 PM ET on July 29.
The Marlins will give the ball to Johnny Cueto (0-1, 4.50 ERA), who is eyeing win No. 1 on the season, and the Tigers will counter with Beau Brieske.
Marlins vs. Tigers Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET
- Where: LoanDepot park in Miami, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: Fox Sports 1
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Marlins vs. Tigers Score Prediction
Our pick for this contest is Marlins 6, Tigers 5.
Total Prediction for Marlins vs. Tigers
- Total Prediction: Over 8 runs
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Marlins Performance Insights
- The Marlins have played as the favorite in six of their past 10 games and won two of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Miami and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Bookmakers have not set a spread for any of the Marlins' last 10 games.
- The Marlins have won 31, or 66%, of the 47 games they've played as favorites this season.
- Miami has entered 25 games this season favored by -155 or more and is 21-4 in those contests.
- The Marlins have a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Miami is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 26th with just 428 total runs (4.1 per game) this season.
- The Marlins have a 4.11 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Performance Insights
- The Tigers have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 1-5 in those contests.
- When it comes to the total, Detroit and its foes are 4-5-1 in its previous 10 contests.
- The Tigers' previous 10 contests have not had a runline posted by bookmakers.
- The Tigers have been victorious in 33, or 39.8%, of the 83 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This season, Detroit has come away with a win 22 times in 48 chances when named as an underdog of at least +130 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 43.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Detroit is the third-lowest scoring team in MLB play averaging 3.9 runs per game (406 total).
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.53 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the country’s democratically elected government just as the coup leaders met with senior civil servants to discuss how they would run the country and as the U.S. and the European Union threatened sanctions against the regime.
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on Wednesday, told state television that the junta met with civil servants on Friday and asked them to continue their work as usual following the suspension of the constitution. “The message given was not to stop the processes underway, to keep on with things,” said Brig. Gen. Toumba.
“Everything that must be done will be done,” he said, signaling the intention of the regime led by Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, who also goes by Omar, to remain in power.
After its meeting on Friday, the African Union Peace and Security Council said it was concerned by the “alarming resurgence” of coups that undermine democracy and stability on the continent. It asked the soldiers to “return immediately and unconditionally to their barracks and restore constitutional authority, within a maximum of fifteen (15) days.”
Bazoum, whose condition and that of his officials remains unknown since the government was overthrown, should also be released immediately and unconditionally, the AU said. Failure to do so would compel the bloc to take “necessary action, including punitive measures against the perpetrators.”
On the streets of the Nigerien capital Niamey on Saturday, things appeared to be returning to normal, though many in the international community were still on lockdown with hotels full of foreigners, many given instructions not to leave.
Locals say they’re waiting to see what unfolds, with many still in support of Bazoum who has not yet resigned. “I’m with him, he does a good work. (But) what can we do?” said Mohamed Cisse, a street seller. “This is (the new leader’s) time, Bazoum’s time is over,” he said.
Tchiani, the junta leader and commander of Niger’s presidential guard, is close to former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou, who stepped down in 2021 after a decade in office. Tchiani’s takeover of power will reinforce speculation that Issoufou is behind the coup, said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a German think tank and consultancy.
The U.S. threatened to halt its economic support to Niger while the European Union announced the immediate indefinite suspension of budgetary support and security assistance.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is in Australia as part of a Pacific tour, estimated America’s economic and security partnership with Niger at hundreds of millions of dollars and said its continuity depends on “the continuation of the democratic governance and constitutional order.”
“So that assistance, that support, is in clear jeopardy as a result of these actions, which is another reason why they need to be immediately reversed,” Blinken said.
While there are no signs of the junta backing down amid growing international pressure, analysts called for synergy in the interventions of the international community and continental organizations such as the AU and the regional bloc of ECOWAS, which is scheduled to meet over the coup on Sunday.
A successful coup in Niger and the sanctions in the aftermath could cause more hardship for millions of poor and hungry people in West Africa and could further threaten international relations with the region, which is seeing a resurgence of coups in recent years, according to Idayat Hassan, senior Africa program fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“A non-reversal of the coup also means that we are defining a new world order in West Africa in particular as you are pitching the west and other countries against few military regimes which may be backed by Russia,” said Hassan.
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Corbin Carroll Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Mariners - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 7:30 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Corbin Carroll (.419 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 51 points above season-long percentage) and the Arizona Diamondbacks play the Seattle Mariners, whose starting pitcher will be Bryan Woo. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his last game (1-for-4) against the Mariners.
Corbin Carroll Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +135)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -115)
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Corbin Carroll At The Plate
- Carroll has 103 hits, which is best among Arizona hitters this season, while batting .290 with 47 extra-base hits.
- Among the qualified batters in MLB play, he ranks 13th in batting average, 21st in on-base percentage, and eighth in slugging.
- Carroll has picked up a hit in 67 of 97 games this season, with multiple hits 28 times.
- He has gone deep in 20.6% of his games this year, and 5.2% of his chances at the plate.
- Carroll has driven home a run in 38 games this season (39.2%), including more than one RBI in 15.5% of his games and producing three or more of his team's runs on two occasions..
- He has scored in 51 of 97 games this year, and more than once 20 times.
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Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The Mariners pitching staff ranks eighth in the league with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Mariners' 3.87 team ERA ranks eighth across all league pitching staffs.
- Mariners pitchers combine to surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (115 total, 1.1 per game).
- The Mariners will send Woo (1-3) to the mound for his 10th start of the season. He is 1-3 with a 4.91 ERA and 54 strikeouts through 44 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent time out on Sunday, the righty threw six innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing four earned runs while surrendering four hits.
- In nine games this season, the 23-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.91, with 11 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .235 against him.
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How to Watch the Marlins vs. Tigers Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Spencer Torkelson and the Detroit Tigers hit the field on Saturday at LoanDepot park against Johnny Cueto, who is projected to start for the Miami Marlins. First pitch will be at 4:10 PM ET.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 4:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: LoanDepot park
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Marlins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Marlins have hit 93 home runs this season, the third-lowest total in MLB play.
- Miami's .398 slugging percentage is 20th in baseball.
- The Marlins have the fourth-best batting average in the league (.264).
- Miami scores the fifth-fewest runs in baseball (428 total, 4.1 per game).
- The Marlins' .320 on-base percentage is 13th in MLB.
- The Marlins strike out eight times per game to rank seventh in the majors.
- The 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by Miami's pitching staff ranks third in the majors.
- Miami has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.11).
- The Marlins average MLB's 12th-ranked WHIP (1.267).
Tigers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Tigers have hit just 96 homers this season, which ranks 26th in the league.
- Detroit is 29th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .365 this season.
- The Tigers rank 28th in MLB with a team batting average of just .231.
- Detroit has scored 406 runs (just 3.9 per game) this season, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Tigers have an OBP of just .299 this season, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Tigers rank 18th in strikeouts per game (8.9) among MLB offenses.
- Detroit averages the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the majors this season.
- Detroit has the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.53) in the majors this season.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Marlins Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Marlins will look to Cueto (0-1) in his third start this season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when he tossed six innings, allowing one earned run while giving up two hits.
Tigers Probable Starting Pitcher
- Beau Brieske has been named the starter for the Tigers and will make his first start this season.
- The 25-year-old righty will start for the first time this campaign after pitching in relief five times.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews were preparing Saturday to tow a car-carrying cargo ship that has been burning for days to an anchor point in the North Sea after flames and smoke on board subsided, the Dutch government said.
Fire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late Tuesday night near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands and has been blazing ever since. The ship is carrying 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, the company that chartered the vessel said.
One crew member died and others were injured after the fire broke out on the ship that was heading from Bremerhaven in Germany to Singapore. The crew was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday. The cause of the fire has not been established.
Measurements Friday showed that heat, flames and smoke had subsided enough for salvage experts to board the ship for the first time and establish a strong towing connection with a tugboat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management said.
It will be towed, likely over the weekend, to a new position 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the island of Schiermonnikoog , the ministry said in a statement. The timing of the operation that is expected to take 12-14 hours depends on smoke development and weather, the ministry added. The aim is ultimately “once conditions on board allow,” to tow the ship to a port, though the destination has not yet been decided.
The ministry said the ship is stable and intact below the waterline.
The burning vessel is close to the shallow Wadden Sea, a World Heritage-listed area that is considered one of the world’s most significant habitats for migratory birds. It’s also near the Netherlands’ border with Germany, whose environment minister, Steffi Lemke, has warned of “an environmental catastrophe of unknown proportions,” if the ship were to sink. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-burning-cargo-ship-off-dutch-coast-will-be-towed-to-a-new-location-after-flames-and-smoke-subsided/ | 2023-07-29T16:14:29 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-burning-cargo-ship-off-dutch-coast-will-be-towed-to-a-new-location-after-flames-and-smoke-subsided/ |
(iSeeCars) — When it comes to car buying, you may be torn between buying and leasing.
While leasing a car might be an attractive option if you want a different car every few years, you might be turned off by the high monthly payments for the cars you’re interested in. What you might not realize is that you can also lease a used car.
Although used cars make up only a small percentage of the leased car market, it’s still possible to lease a used car. And with used car prices still higher than pre-pandemic levels, leasing a used car could be a smart financial decision.
So how can you lease a used car, and is it a good idea? We have the answers.
Which Used Cars Can be Leased?
Used cars that are available to lease are typically Certified Pre Owned cars (also known as CPO) from car dealerships. A certified pre-owned vehicle is a late-model used car that is sold by a franchised dealer after it has been thoroughly inspected, and comes with a factory-backed extended-powertrain warranty and bumper-to-bumper warranty. Each manufacturer has different criteria for their CPO vehicles, but they generally will be less than 6 years old and will not have more than 48,000 miles on the odometer.
You can also take over a lease from someone who wants to get out of their lease. It could be because they are facing a hardship or because they no longer require a vehicle. Whatever the reason, they will post their car on a leasing company website like SwapALease.com or LeaseTrader in hopes that someone can take over their lease so they won’t have to incur the penalties associated with breaking their lease contract. In this case you won’t be required to make a down payment, and you can likely negotiate with the seller to have them pay the transfer fees. However, when taking over someone’s lease, you should estimate how much you plan on driving the vehicle to make sure that you don’t exceed the mileage limit. If you do go over the mileage limit, you will have to pay a penalty when you turn the car in.
How To Find a Used Car to Lease
Used-car leases from dealerships are rare and aren’t widely advertised. The best way to find a leased used car is to do the legwork yourself. All major manufacturers, both mainstream and luxury, offer CPO vehicle leases. However, some automakers, including Stellantis, Ford, and Nissan, require outside financing, while Toyota’s finance department does provide financing for used vehicle leases.
The best way to find a used lease is to decide what vehicle you are interested in, and call around to franchised dealerships to see if they offer used car leases on their CPO inventory.
How to Shop For a Used Car Lease
When deciding if leasing a used car is right for you, you should always shop around. Just as you should compare prices when shopping for used vehicles, you should contact multiple dealerships to see which offer the best pricing.
You should also compare the cost of leasing a used car with the cost of a new car. New car leases often come with better finance rates and may also have incentives and special offers. This cost difference between a new-car lease and used-car lease will be smaller with used Honda and Toyota cars, while the savings will be more significant on luxury vehicles from Acura or Lexus.
The smartest used car lease purchases are for later model year cars, two-to-three-years old and still under warranty, or that offer extended warranties. Otherwise, you are responsible for costly repairs on a car you don’t own. Keep in mind auto insurance is often more expensive for leased cars, so make sure to get a quote from your insurer and factor it into your budget.
As with any used car purchase, you should make sure you get the car fully inspected by an independent mechanic before leasing. You should also use helpful online research tools like the iSeeCars free VIN check that provides a free CARFAX or Autocheck vehicle history report as part of its comprehensive VIN check tool. A comprehensive VIN check will complement the vehicle history report to provide all the important information an interested buyer should know before making a used car purchase.
How Does Used Car Leasing Work?
Used-car leases are similar in structure to new car leases. Just as with a new car lease, the lender will base payments off of a car’s residual value compared to its sales price. The lender will also determine a money factor, which is the vehicle’s interest rate. Just as used cars usually have higher interest rates than new cars, a used car lease will likely have a higher interest rate than a new car lease when it comes to a car loan. However, because a used car has already taken its depreciation hit, the used vehicle will have a lower sales price and lower depreciation rate, which will result in a lower monthly payment than a new car lease. Savings between new and used car leases tend to be more significant when leasing luxury cars.
Used Car Leases: Benefits
The main draw to leasing a used car is the lower monthly payments. It may also allow you to afford a more expensive car than what you would be able to afford with a new car lease. If you don’t care about having the latest new car technology, but want to get rid of a car before it’s too dated, a used car lease might be an appealing option. Additionally, you may have lower car insurance costs than what you would pay on a new car since rates are based on a car’s value.
Used Car Leases: Drawbacks
By leasing a used car, you are responsible for repairs after the vehicle runs past its warranty. You also won’t be able to enjoy the main benefit of new car leasing, which is driving a brand new car with the latest technology. By leasing a used car, although the payments are likely lower, you are still making monthly payments and maintenance costs for a vehicle you don’t own. You may also be charged at the end of the lease if the vehicle is not in good shape or you drive it past the mileage limit as stated in your lease agreement. In many instances, buying a practical used car and keeping it for several years will save you money in the long run compared to leasing.
Bottom Line
If you’re interested in leasing a car and want to lower your monthly lease payments or upgrade to a more expensive vehicle while keeping costs down, a used car lease might be a smart decision. However, used car leases are hard to find, so you should be prepared to do some extra legwork to find the best used car lease deals. Also, be sure to compare prices and lease rates to other used CPO leases as well as new vehicle leases. Avoid leased vehicles that extend beyond a car’s warranty so you won’t be responsible for expensive repairs.
Lastly, once your lease term ends, you’ll have the option for a lease buyout with a purchase price based on the residual value of the car. If you don’t buy the car, you’ll need to find another car to lease. That’s why purchasing a used car outright, that you can keep as long as you want, is often the smartest long-term financial decision.
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Emmanuel Rivera Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Mariners - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 7:31 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Emmanuel Rivera (.400 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 70 points above season-long percentage) and the Arizona Diamondbacks play the Seattle Mariners, whose starting pitcher will be Bryan Woo. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-4) against the Mariners.
Emmanuel Rivera Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +675)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +170)
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Emmanuel Rivera At The Plate
- Rivera is hitting .289 with 12 doubles, four home runs and 13 walks.
- Rivera is batting .333 with one homer during his last outings and is on a four-game hitting streak.
- Rivera has gotten at least one hit in 61.4% of his games this season (35 of 57), with at least two hits 17 times (29.8%).
- He has gone deep in 7.0% of his games this season, and 1.9% of his plate appearances.
- In 31.6% of his games this year, Rivera has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 7.0% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored in 43.9% of his games this year, with more than one run scored in 10.5%.
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Emmanuel Rivera Home/Away Batting Splits
Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mariners pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- The Mariners have a 3.87 team ERA that ranks eighth among all league pitching staffs.
- Mariners pitchers combine to surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (115 total, 1.1 per game).
- Woo (1-3) takes the mound for the Mariners in his 10th start of the season. He's put together a 4.91 ERA in 44 2/3 innings pitched, with 54 strikeouts.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the right-hander went six innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up four earned runs while surrendering four hits.
- In nine games this season, the 23-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.91, with 11 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .235 against him.
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Matt Wallner Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:27 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Matt Wallner (.317 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 71 points below season-long percentage) and the Minnesota Twins face the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a hitless performance (0-for-5) against the Royals.
Matt Wallner Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Matt Wallner At The Plate
- Wallner is hitting .268 with two doubles, four home runs and six walks.
- In 40.0% of his 20 games this season, Wallner has picked up at least one hit. He's also had five multi-hit games.
- In 15.0% of his games this year, he has hit a long ball, and 6% of his trips to the dish.
- In 20.0% of his games this year, Wallner has picked up at least one RBI. In three of those games (15.0%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored at least one run nine times this season (45.0%), including one multi-run game.
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Matt Wallner Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.1 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
- The Royals have a 5.19 team ERA that ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to rank 19th in baseball in home runs surrendered (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles makes the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts through 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander last appeared on Sunday against the New York Yankees, when he went five innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up nine hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old's 6.10 ERA ranks 64th, 1.282 WHIP ranks 46th, and 6.4 K/9 ranks 59th.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) – A “weld indication” has been discovered on the Fury 325 coaster at Carowinds in North Carolina — the same ride that had a support column replaced due to a crack found roughly one month ago.
The North Carolina Department of Labor confirmed with Nexstar’s WJZY that the agency was notified of the structural issue found on the popular coaster this week.
A “weld indication” could be either a break or a crack on the coaster, the department said.
“No certificate of operation has been issued nor do we have a timeline of when the certificate of operation will be issued for the Fury 325,” officials with the department said Friday.
Carowinds has since issued a statement concerning the find.
“We are conducting a full maintenance review of Fury 325 during this testing process. This maintenance review — which is consistent with routine off-season procedures — includes a review of the steel superstructure, the trains, and the ride control system,” park officials said.
“During such reviews, it is not uncommon to discover slight weld indications in various locations of a steel superstructure. It is important to note that these indications do not compromise the structural integrity or safety of the ride.”
Park officials added that each indication will be evaluated, tested, repaired and inspected “before the ride is deemed operational.”
“Additionally, as is customary, we conduct test cycles to ensure its smooth operation before guests are allowed on the ride.”
This newly reported defects come after a significant break was discovered by a parkgoer on a support beam for the roller coaster in late June.
The support pillar was replaced earlier this month. Carowinds is currently conducting its own tests and inspections ahead of inspections by the “final inspections by the “ride manufacturer, a third-party testing firm, and the North Carolina Department of Labor’s Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau,” the park said.
Carowinds bills its Fury 325 coaster as North America’s tallest, fastest, and longest giga coaster, meaning it contains a drop of at least 300 feet. Riders reach a peak height of 325 feet following a dramatic 81-degree drop. The ride can reach speeds of up to 95 mph. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ | 2023-07-29T16:14:35 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart Saturday on an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region in the first-ever visit by a French leader to the Indian Ocean island nation.
As the fourth-largest creditor to Sri Lanka, France had pledged cooperation in debt restructuring to help the island nation recover from its economic crisis.
Macron arrived in Sri Lanka Friday night, following his trip to the South Pacific region, to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations, Sri Lanka’s president’s office said.
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe praised France’s significant role in global affairs, particularly in areas such as climate mitigation, global debt restructuring, and matters related to the Indo-Pacific region, the statement said.
“Sri Lanka and France are two Indian Ocean nations that share the same goal: an open, inclusive and prosperous Indo-Pacific. In Colombo we confirmed it: strengthened by 75 years of diplomatic relations, we can open a new era of our partnership,” Macron said in a Twitter message after the meeting. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-french-president-macron-visits-his-counterpart-in-sri-lanka/ | 2023-07-29T16:14:35 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-french-president-macron-visits-his-counterpart-in-sri-lanka/ |
Geraldo Perdomo Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Mariners - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 7:30 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago
Geraldo Perdomo -- batting .364 in his past 10 games -- will be in action for the Arizona Diamondbacks versus the Seattle Mariners, with Bryan Woo on the mound, on July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his most recent game (1-for-5) against the Mariners.
Geraldo Perdomo Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +825)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +270)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -111)
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Geraldo Perdomo At The Plate
- Perdomo is hitting .280 with 16 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 44 walks.
- In 56.0% of his 84 games this season, Perdomo has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 23 multi-hit games.
- He has hit a home run in five games this year (6.0%), homering in 1.6% of his chances at the plate.
- Perdomo has an RBI in 25 of 84 games this season, with multiple RBI in eight of them. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored in 45.2% of his games this year, with two or more runs scored in 8.3%.
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Geraldo Perdomo Home/Away Batting Splits
Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mariners pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- The Mariners have the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.87).
- Mariners pitchers combine to allow 115 home runs (1.1 per game), the 10th-fewest in baseball.
- Woo (1-3) takes the mound for the Mariners in his 10th start of the season. He has a 4.91 ERA in 44 2/3 innings pitched, with 54 strikeouts.
- The right-hander's last appearance was on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he tossed six innings, surrendering four earned runs while giving up four hits.
- The 23-year-old has an ERA of 4.91, with 11 strikeouts per nine innings, in nine games this season. Opponents have a .235 batting average against him.
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Max Kepler Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Max Kepler -- with a slugging percentage of .500 in his past 10 games, including one home run -- will be in action for the Minnesota Twins against the Kansas City Royals, with Jordan Lyles on the hill, on July 29 at 7:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his last game (1-for-5) against the Royals.
Max Kepler Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +180)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +115)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -115)
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Max Kepler At The Plate
- Kepler is batting .229 with 10 doubles, 14 home runs and 21 walks.
- Kepler has gotten at least one hit in 52.0% of his games this season (39 of 75), with multiple hits 18 times (24.0%).
- Looking at the 75 games he has played this year, he's hit a home run in 14 of them (18.7%), and in 4.9% of his trips to the dish.
- Kepler has an RBI in 24 of 75 games this year, with multiple RBI in 10 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored in 37.3% of his games this year, with more than one run scored in 9.3%.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in the league.
- The Royals have a 5.19 team ERA that ranks 28th among all league pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to give up 126 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (to rank 19th in baseball).
- Lyles (1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season.
- The right-hander last appeared on Sunday against the New York Yankees, when he went five innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up nine hits.
- This season, the 32-year-old ranks 64th in ERA (6.10), 46th in WHIP (1.282), and 59th in K/9 (6.4) among qualifying pitchers.
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Jake McCarthy Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Mariners - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 7:30 AM MST|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Saturday, Jake McCarthy (hitting .344 in his past 10 games) and the Arizona Diamondbacks play the Seattle Mariners, whose starting pitcher will be Bryan Woo. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game, he went 1-for-3 against the Mariners.
Jake McCarthy Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +900)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +225)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130)
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Jake McCarthy At The Plate
- McCarthy is hitting .260 with six doubles, five triples, two home runs and 22 walks.
- In 57.1% of his 70 games this season, McCarthy has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 16 multi-hit games.
- In 70 games played this year, he has hit a homer in just two of them.
- McCarthy has driven in a run in 12 games this year (17.1%), including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- In 28 of 70 games this season, he has scored, and three of those games included multiple runs.
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Jake McCarthy Home/Away Batting Splits
Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mariners pitching staff ranks eighth in the league.
- The Mariners have a 3.87 team ERA that ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Mariners give up the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (115 total, 1.1 per game).
- The Mariners will send Woo (1-3) to make his 10th start of the season. He is 1-3 with a 4.91 ERA and 54 strikeouts through 44 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent appearance came on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the righty went six innings, surrendering four earned runs while allowing four hits.
- In nine games this season, the 23-year-old has an ERA of 4.91, with 11 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .235 against him.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of Muslim-majority nations do not act against countries that allow the desecration of the Quran, Muslims should “punish” those who facilitate attacks on Islam’s holy book.
The comments by Hassan Nasrallah came in a video address to tens of thousands gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs to mark Ashoura, a Shiite holy day commemorating the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein.
Nasrallah often uses religious occasions to send political messages to followers, and on Saturday slammed recent incidents in which the Quran was burned or otherwise desecrated at authorized demonstrations in Sweden and Denmark.
He said Muslims should watch for the outcome of an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, scheduled to take place in Baghdad on Monday to discuss the organization’s response to the Quran burnings.
The organization and its member states should “send a firm, decisive and unequivocal message to these governments that any repeat of the attacks will be met with a boycott,” Nasrallah said. If they do not, he said, Muslim youth should “punish the desecrators.”
He did not elaborate what such a boycott and punishment should entail.
Members of the crowd, who carried banners with religious slogans alongside the flags of Hezbollah, Lebanon and Palestine, chanted, “Oh, Quran, we are at your service; Oh, Hussein, we are at your service.”
Shiites represent over 10% of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims and view Hussein as the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad. Hussein’s death in battle at the hands of Sunnis at Karbala, south of Baghdad, ingrained a deep rift in Islam and continues to this day to play a key role in shaping Shiite identity.
Millions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday commemorated Ashoura, while Saturday marked the culmination of the observances in countries such as Lebanon, Iraq and Syria.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered in the Iraqi city of Karbala, where Hussein is entombed in a gold-domed shrine. In the streets of the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, mourners gathered to watch reenactments of the Battle of Karbala and Hussein’s death.
In the streets, young men clad in black and white slashed their heads with swords and knives to demonstrate their grief. Friends swabbed each other’s heads with tissues and handed each other water.
In Syria’s capital, Damascus, the crowds were mourning not only the death of Hussein but a deadly attack in the suburb of Sayida Zeinab, home to a shrine to Zeinab, the daughter of the first Shiite imam, Ali, and granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
A bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded there on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more. On Tuesday, another bomb in a motorcycle had wounded two people.
On Friday, the Islamic State group — a Sunni militant group that often targets Shiites — claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying Thursday’s bombing came “during their annual polytheistic rituals.” The group’s extreme interpretation of Islam holds Shiite Muslims to be apostates.
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(NEXSTAR) – The current Mega Millions jackpot is now tied for the fourth-largest in the game’s history after yet another drawing produced no grand-prize winners.
Friday’s winning numbers — 5, 10, 28, 52, 63, and Mega Ball 18 — went unmatched, continuing a 29-drawing trend that began after the last jackpot-winner was announced on April 18.
The current jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.05 billion, with a cash option of $527.9 million. That amount officially qualifies as the fourth-largest grand prize in Mega Millions history, tied with a jackpot awarded in Jan. 2021.
The current jackpot has steadily grown since April, after a ticketholder in New York matched all six numbers to win a $20-million prize. (The previous jackpot, awarded days before on April 14, was worth $483 million.) A total of 46 players, meanwhile, have won second-tier prizes worth $1 million or more since the last jackpot was won, the Mega Millions lottery confirmed in a press release.
Friday night’s drawing produced five of those second-tier winners, including one each in Arizona, California and New York, and two in Pennsylvania. One of the winning ticketholders in Pennsylvania had also purchased the Megaplier option (which multiplied Friday’s winnings by five times), making that ticket worth $5 million.
“In the current Mega Millions matrix and Megaplier configuration, which has been in place since October 28, 2017, there has never been a Megaplier of 5x drawn at this extraordinary jackpot level,” reads a portion of the Mega Millions press release. “That means a lot of prizes in other tiers have been multiplied by a factor of five!”
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