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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.
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Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's game features the Arizona Diamondbacks (55-49) and the Seattle Mariners (53-50) clashing at Chase Field in what is expected to be a competitive matchup, with a projected 6-4 victory for the Diamondbacks according to our computer prediction. Game time is at 8:10 PM ET on July 29.
The probable pitchers are Bryan Woo (1-3) for the Mariners and Brandon Pfaadt (0-4) for the Diamondbacks.
Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 8:10 PM ET
- Where: Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona
- How to Watch on TV: ARID
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Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Score Prediction
Our pick for this contest is Diamondbacks 6, Mariners 5.
Total Prediction for Mariners vs. Diamondbacks
- Total Prediction: Over 9.5 runs
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Mariners Performance Insights
- The Mariners have played as the favorite in six of their past 10 games and have won three of those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Seattle and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- There has not been a spread set for any of the Mariners' last 10 games.
- The Mariners have entered the game as favorites 66 times this season and won 36, or 54.5%, of those games.
- Seattle has a record of 33-28, a 54.1% win rate, when favored by -120 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The Mariners have a 54.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Seattle ranks 16th in the majors with 468 total runs scored this season.
- The Mariners have the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.87).
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She never missed a beat and was lightning on her feet when the "Shake It Off" artist and her fans caused a "Swift Quake" in Seattle during her "Eras Tour" concerts.
According to seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, two of Taylor Swift's concerts generated seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3-magnitude earthquake, asCNN originally reported.
The data was gathered from Swift's sold-out "Eras Tour" performances at Lumen Field on July 22 and 23, after Swift's fans, and possibly the sound system, shook the ground so hard that it recorded a maximum ground acceleration of roughly 0.011 meters per second squared, causing what is now being called a "Swift Quake."
Caplan-Auerbach, who’s a geology professor at Western Washington University, told CNN that this data compares to a 2011 NFL game, when the Seattle Seahawk fans went crazy over Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch's touchdown during a game against the New Orleans Saints and caused a seismic activity that was then named a "Beast Quake."
"I grabbed the data from both nights of the concert and quickly noticed they were clearly the same pattern of signals," Caplan-Auerbach told CNN. "If I overlay them on top of each other, they’re nearly identical."
Caplan-Auerbach pointed out that even though there is only a 0.3 magnitude difference between the "Beast Quake" and the "Swift Quake," the Swifties are the MVPs for outperforming the Seahawks fans in terms of enthusiasm and excitement.
"The shaking was twice as strong as 'Beast Quake.' It absolutely doubled it," said Caplan-Auerbach, adding that the length of cheering played a big role in the data. "Cheering after a touchdown lasts for a couple seconds, but eventually it dies down. It’s much more random than a concert. For Taylor Swift, I collected about 10 hours of data where rhythm controlled the behavior. The music, the speakers, the beat. All that energy can drive into the ground and shake it."
After the concert, Swift tookto Instagram to thank her fans and said that "all the cheering, screaming, jumping, dancing, singing at the top of your lungs" made that one of her favorite weekends "ever."
Swift's Seattle concerts were played in front of a crowd of more than 144,000 fans over two nights, and they came towards the end of the U.S. leg of the "Eras Tour," according to the Seattle Times.
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How to Watch the Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
The Seattle Mariners and Cal Raleigh will take the field against the Arizona Diamondbacks and Corbin Carroll on Saturday at 8:10 PM ET, in the second game of a three-game series at Chase Field.
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Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 8:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: ARID
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Venue: Chase Field
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Mariners Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Mariners average 1.2 home runs per game to rank 12th in MLB play with 123 total home runs.
- Seattle's .396 slugging percentage is 23rd in baseball.
- The Mariners' .232 batting average ranks 27th in the majors.
- Seattle has the No. 16 offense in MLB play, scoring 4.5 runs per game (468 total runs).
- The Mariners' .312 on-base percentage ranks 23rd in MLB.
- The Mariners strike out 9.9 times per game, the second-worst mark in MLB.
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by Seattle's pitching staff ranks eighth in the majors.
- Seattle has a 3.87 team ERA that ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Mariners pitchers combine for the No. 3 WHIP in the majors (1.196).
Mariners Probable Starting Pitcher
- Bryan 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 outing on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, the right-hander tossed six innings, allowing four earned runs while surrendering four hits.
- Woo is trying to secure his third quality start of the season.
- Woo will try to record his seventh game of five or more innings pitched this season. He's averaging 4.9 innings per appearance.
- He has had one outing this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.
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Mariners vs. Diamondbacks: Odds, spread, over/under - July 29
Bryan Woo will take the mound for the Seattle Mariners (53-50) on Saturday, July 29 against the Arizona Diamondbacks (55-49), who will counter with Brandon Pfaadt. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET at Chase Field.
The favored Mariners have -120 moneyline odds against the underdog Diamondbacks, who are listed at +100. A 9.5-run over/under is set for this contest.
Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Time and TV Channel
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 8:10 PM ET
- TV: ARID
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Venue: Chase Field
- Probable Pitchers: Woo - SEA (1-3, 4.91 ERA) vs Pfaadt - ARI (0-4, 8.81 ERA)
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Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Betting Odds, Run Line and Total
Take a look at the odds, run line and over/under for this matchup available on individual sportsbooks.
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Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Betting Trends and Insights
- The Mariners have entered the game as favorites 66 times this season and won 36, or 54.5%, of those games.
- The Mariners have gone 33-28 when they have played as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter (54.1% winning percentage).
- The implied probability of a win from Seattle, based on the moneyline, is 54.5%.
- The Mariners were favored on the moneyline for six of their last 10 games, and they went 3-3 in those matchups.
- Over its last 10 outings (all 10 of them had set totals), Seattle and its opponents combined to hit the over five times.
- The Diamondbacks have been chosen as underdogs in 53 games this year and have walked away with the win 25 times (47.2%) in those games.
- The Diamondbacks have a win-loss record of 18-25 when favored by +100 or worse by sportsbooks this year.
- In five games over the last 10 matchups when set as underdogs by sportsbooks, the Diamondbacks had a record of 2-3.
- In the last 10 games with a total, Arizona and its opponents have combined to hit the over five times.
Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Player Props
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How to Watch the Orioles vs. Yankees Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Clarke Schmidt takes the mound for the New York Yankees on Saturday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against Adley Rutschman and the Baltimore Orioles. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
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Orioles vs. Yankees Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Orioles Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Orioles are 13th in MLB play with 121 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
- Baltimore's .418 slugging percentage is 10th-best in MLB.
- The Orioles' .249 batting average ranks 16th in the majors.
- Baltimore scores the 10th-most runs in baseball (499 total, 4.8 per game).
- The Orioles rank 16th in MLB with an on-base percentage of .317.
- The Orioles strike out 8.4 times per game to rank 11th in the majors.
- The pitching staff for Baltimore has a collective 9.1 K/9, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- Baltimore has the 15th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.15).
- The Orioles have the 19th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.296).
Yankees Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Yankees rank seventh in Major League Baseball with 141 home runs.
- New York is 18th in MLB with a slugging percentage of .402 this season.
- The Yankees have a team batting average of just .229 this season, which ranks 29th among MLB teams.
- New York ranks 21st in the majors with 446 total runs scored this season.
- The Yankees have an OBP of just .301 this season, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Yankees rank eighth in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.1 whiffs per contest.
- New York strikes out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
- New York has the eighth-best ERA (3.87) in the majors this season.
- Yankees pitchers have a 1.245 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
Orioles Probable Starting Pitcher
- Tyler Wells (7-5 with a 3.65 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 111 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Orioles, his 20th of the season.
- In his last outing on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays, the righty tossed 4 1/3 innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering one hit.
- Wells has recorded eight quality starts this year.
- Wells is looking to pick up his 19th start of five or more innings this season in this matchup.
- In three of his 20 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.
Yankees Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Yankees will hand the ball to Schmidt (6-6) for his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander's last start was on Friday, July 21, when he tossed 5 2/3 innings while giving up three earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Kansas City Royals.
- He has started 20 games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in three of them.
- Schmidt has pitched five or more innings in two straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has finished five appearances without allowing an earned run in 21 chances this season.
Orioles Schedule
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How to Watch the Red Sox vs. Giants Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
The San Francisco Giants and Wilmer Flores take the field in the second game of a three-game series against Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox, on Saturday at Oracle Park.
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Red Sox vs. Giants Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Venue: Oracle Park
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Red Sox Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Red Sox are 20th in baseball with 116 total home runs.
- Boston's .437 slugging percentage is sixth-best in baseball.
- The Red Sox are third in the majors with a .265 batting average.
- Boston scores the sixth-most runs in baseball (519 total, five per game).
- The Red Sox rank fourth in MLB with an on-base percentage of .333.
- Red Sox hitters strike out 8.2 times per game, the 10th-fewest strikeouts in the majors.
- The pitching staff for Boston has a collective 8.8 K/9, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- Boston has a 4.26 team ERA that ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Red Sox have the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.285).
Giants Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Giants' 120 home runs rank 14th in Major League Baseball.
- Fueled by 301 extra-base hits, San Francisco ranks 22nd in MLB with a .397 slugging percentage this season.
- The Giants' .241 batting average ranks 19th in the league this season.
- San Francisco ranks 15th in the majors with 469 total runs scored this season.
- The Giants have an on-base percentage of .317 this season, which ranks 16th in the league.
- The Giants are one of the least disciplined teams at the plate this season, ranking 28th with an average of 9.5 strikeouts per game.
- San Francisco strikes out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
- San Francisco has pitched to a 4.01 ERA this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
- Giants pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Red Sox Probable Starting Pitcher
- James Paxton gets the start for the Red Sox, his 13th of the season. He is 6-2 with a 3.46 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 65 2/3 innings pitched.
- The left-hander last appeared on Saturday against the New York Mets, when he tossed six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up three hits.
- Paxton is looking to collect his eighth quality start of the season.
- Paxton has pitched five or more innings in a game nine times this year entering this matchup.
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in two of his 12 appearances this season.
Giants Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Giants will send Ryan Walker (3-0) to the mound for his seventh start this season.
- The right-hander allowed one hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings pitched against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
- In six starts this season, Walker has not yet earned a quality start.
- In six starts this season, Walker has yet to pitch five or more innings.
- He has 17 appearances this season with zero earned runs allowed out of his 24 chances this season.
Red Sox Schedule
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2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 4
Celine Boutier is the current leader (-100) at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship after three rounds of play.
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Amundi Evian Championship Fourth Round Information
- Start Time: 12:45 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Amundi Evian Championship Best Odds to Win
Celine Boutier
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 1st (-11)
- Odds to Win: -100
Boutier Round by Round Results
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Nasa Hataoka
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 2nd (-8)
- Odds to Win: +400
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Minjee Lee
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +700
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Brooke Mackenzie Henderson
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +800
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Nelly Korda
- Tee Time: 6:05 AM ET
- Current Rank: 5th (-6)
- Odds to Win: +1200
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CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — West Mecklenburg Fire Department officials completed a Door Dash delivery after a driver was involved in an accident.
Around 9:30 Saturday night, Fire officials and MEDIC responded to a car accident involving two drivers in the 2200 block of Sam Wilson Road near West Point Drive, according to the West Mecklenburg Fire Department.
Both drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
One of the drivers was a woman who was picking up an order from McDonald’s to make a Door Dash delivery, officials said. After treating the drivers for their injuries, the Fire Department went the extra mile and completed the delivery.
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(NEXSTAR) — Yet another new, unsafe trend is catching attention.
This time, some TikTok users are encouraging viewers to add borax to their water, claiming the common cleaning product can help reduce inflammation and joint pain, or even “detoxify” the body. As you may have guessed, health officials are warning of the consequences the trend could have on your health.
Borax, or sodium tetraborate decahydrate, is a chemical compound commonly available in the form of a white crystalline powder. It’s been utilized in a variety of ways since the Middle Ages, and today is often used a laundry detergent, kitchen/bathroom cleaner, and even a bug and weed killer.
Boric acid has also been found to have bacteriostatic properties, meaning it can prevent the growth of bacteria, Dr. S. Ruddy Rose, director of VCU Health’s Virginia Poison Center, told Nexstar.
Despite its endless safe uses, however, borax is not approved for ingestion by humans.
Ingesting borax can cause people to become quite sick, according to Dr. Rose, leading to convulsions, problems with the gastrointestinal tract, heat burns, and even kidney damage.
“This happens pretty quickly,” he adds.
Even the company behind 20 Mule Team Borax, a popular borax product, has warned against participating in the TikTok trend.
“20 Mule Team Borax has many uses but ingesting is not one of them,” the company warned on July 25.
“Do not bathe in, apply to skin, or ingest Borax, including drinking it diluted in water,” the company continued. “It is not intended for use as a personal care product or dietary supplement.”
Should your child fall victim to the trend, Dr. Rose said you can follow up with the child’s pediatrician, as long as they don’t have any symptoms. But if your child is vomiting, has abdominal pain, or experiences a seizure or other serious symptoms, it’s best to seek emergency medical attention.
Several videos recommending borax have been removed from TikTok, according to NBC News.
Social-media users, meanwhile, should always be cautious about taking medical advice from influencers or TikTok personalities.
“Just beware of these types of activities,” Dr. Rose said. “The people promoting it may not be doing it for the right reason.”
Borax uses
There are plenty of non-dangerous ways to use borax that you may not be aware of.
- It can unclog drains. As recommended by Southern Living, 1/2 cup of borax and two cups of boiling water down a clogged drain should clear it right out. Let the solution sit for 15 mins before flushing with warm water.
- It’s a pest deterrent/killer. Borax is a desiccant, which means it sucks up moisture. In this way, borax can be useful to sprinkle in places where bugs might ordinarily populate. The powder will keep the area dry and make it less optimal for insects to make home. Meanwhile, if bugs are already in your home, it’s not too late. The Spruce explains that insects, like cockroaches and ants, become “dried out” from the inside and die after eating the powder.
- It can help grow your fruit trees. Bob Vila recommends adding borax to the soil around your tree to help keep the plant’s pH levels desirable for growth.
- It’s in ingredient in “slime.” If your kids love making and playing with slime, Taste of Home has a recipe for using borax to make the stretchy, gooey stuff. | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/why-are-people-drinking-borax-cleaning-powder-on-tiktok/ | 2023-07-29T19:35:43 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/why-are-people-drinking-borax-cleaning-powder-on-tiktok/ |
(NEXSTAR) – The astounding critical and commercial reception of the new “Barbie” movie has catapulted all-things-Barbie back to the forefront of pop culture.
Even Allan!
Mattel’s Allan dolls — first introduced in the earlier half of the ‘60s as a “buddy” for Ken dolls — are currently experiencing increased demand among collectors and Barbie fans, with early specimens selling for upwards of $200 on eBay over the last several days.
The value of Allan dolls has increased, no doubt, due to Allan’s inclusion in the film. But that’s about the only effect the movie has had on the price of vintage Barbies, according to Barbie expert Rebecca Chulew, who has been featured such shows as “Collector’s Call,” “Toy Hunter” and “My Crazy Obsession.”
“Many vintage Barbies were produced by the millions and are easy to find,” said Chulew, who has sold over 10,000 Barbies on eBay and Macari over the years. “Everybody thinks they have a valuable Barbie. The truth is, the majority aren’t.”
Certain vintage Barbie dolls, meanwhile, might still be worth a pretty penny, but their value really isn’t tied to the movie, according to Chulew.
“The doll now is kind of holding steady,” she said. “It has a good value, but I don’t see it going up or down a lot.”
The most valuable Barbies, she said, continue to be the very first series of dolls ever produced in 1959. Specifically, the No. 1 or No. 2 Ponytail Barbies, which can fetch anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000 per doll, depending on condition, the inclusion of the original box, and — perhaps more importantly — the hair color.
“They made three blondes for every brunette,” said Chulew, who noted that brunette Ponytail Barbies from 1959 can sell for up to $6,000, even out of the box.
Chulew further said that sealed or boxed dolls don’t matter as much to many Barbie collectors, seeing as the early opaque boxes were more akin to “shoeboxes” and didn’t showcase the dolls. (“There’s a lot of [online] box sales going on” for folks who want just the packaging, she said.)
Another coveted doll is the Side-Part American Girl Barbie produced in the mid-‘60s, which can go for “about $3,000” (and reportedly once sold for almost double), according to the expert.
Collectors also tend to prize “Twist ‘n Turn” Stacey dolls (not to be confused with Stacie dolls) from the late ‘60s, as well as “Steffie-face” Barbies (i.e., a type of doll using a certain face mold) introduced a few years later. Both can sell for hundreds to the right collectors.
Other valuable dolls include rarer Barbies that weren’t widely produced — like the brunette mentioned above — and, specifically, Black Barbies. According to Chulew, first- and second-issue Francie dolls from 1967-1969 are tough to find, while Alpha Kappa Alpha Barbies (which commemorated the historically African American sorority) can go for up to around $1,000.
And then, there’s Allan.
Allan dolls — including the original from 1964, the bendable-leg version from 1965 and the Wedding Day Allan doll from 1990 — have seen a “slight increase [in value] due to the movie,” said Chulew, adding that sellers might be able to get a few hundred for each one.
The rest of the Barbie line, and even vintage dolls that were mentioned in the movie, are likely worth no more than they were last year.
“I think what you’re going to see in the next 30 to 60 days are a lot of people selling their childhood dolls. And a lot of them aren’t going to be valuable,” Chulew said. “A few rarities might be unearthed, but it might cause stagnation in the market. It’s going to be tough for collectors to sort through all the barbies being advertised as ‘rare’ when they’re not.”
Barbie collectors, on the other hand, might be busy scooping up other “Barbie”-movie merchandise to complete their collections or prepare for any future scarcity. For example, the collectible “Barbie” popcorn buckets from AMC are very “hot” right now, Chulew said, and certain dolls from Mattel’s latest line of movie-inspired figures are becoming hard to find, even if they’re still selling at retail prices.
“But they don’t appear to have made the Allan doll from the movie,” she lamented, “which may be a mistake on their part.” | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ | 2023-07-29T19:35:49 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ |
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The I-485 outer loop is closed near mile marker 51 following a crash, according to North Carolina Traffic Officials.
One person has been transported to a hospital with life threatening injuries and two others have been transported with minor injuries, according to MEDIC.
Highway officials estimate that traffic will clear around 3:20 Saturday afternoon.
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Church information for July 29
The deadline for submitting items for church briefs to be published in our print edition is 2 p.m. Wednesday. To have an item listed, email Claire Kowalick at ckowalick@gannett.com. Please limit announcements to special events, meetings or special guests. Limited space does not allow listings for regular weekly events. Church brief items cannot be taken over the phone.
First Baptist Church of Wichita Falls: We invite you to join us at any of our services. The Downtown campus, 1200 Ninth Street, will host their Blended Worship with Choir, Praise Team and Orchestra on Sundays at 8:15 a.m. Contemporary Worship is offered at both 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. The West Campus, 4317 Barnett Road, has Contemporary Services at 9:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. The Church at Sheppard, 2101 Puckett, will offer Contemporary Services at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Life Groups are available for every age each Sunday. Sunday morning services are broadcast live over CFNT, cable channel 10 or over the air on 20.1 or 24.1 each Sunday at 8:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Services are also streamed over our website as well as our Facebook page.
First Christian Church, 3701 Taft Boulevard, 940-692-2282, www.firstchristianwf.com: Sunday morning worship: 8:40 a.m. in the chapel and 10:45 a.m. in the sanctuary or watch the service on our website or YouTube anytime. When you think of remarkable characters from the Bible, several rise to the top.
Wednesday evenings at 5:30 p.m. bring a brown bag supper, enjoy fellowship (along with kid-friendly options for our young friends) at 5:30 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. by a casual service. The Bible is full of lengthy narratives, but it also includes some practical short stories. Join us for one-hit wonders as we look at several of these short stories at 6 p.m. Wednesdays.
Young Ages Preschool 2023-2023 school year registration is now open. New this year — Transitional Kindergarten class. All registrations should be completed online.
First Presbyterian Church, 3601 Taft Blvd.: At worship this Sunday morning, July 30, Rev. Dr. Isaac Butterworth will conclude the sermon series on Ecclesiastes. Filled baskets for MSU international students are due by August 13.A Women’s Summer Book Club is being held at various locations on weeknights this summer. The group’s study is focused on “Don’t Look Back” by Christine Caine. Those interested should contact Kayla Henderson or the Church office.Christian Education is available for all ages every Sunday morning at the Church between 9:30 and 10:15.All those in need of prayer or pastoral care are invited to contact the Church office.
First United Methodist Church of Iowa Park, 201 E. Bank: Come worship with us at 9 a.m. Sundays. Social distancing and safety precautions are observed. Currently we still are not having fellowship or Sunday school events.
First United Methodist Church of Wichita Falls, 909 10th Street: Worship Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 909 10th Street or live on TV-KJBO and online at www.FUMCWF.org/LIVE.
Gilbert Memorial C.M.E Church, 713 Redwood Avenue, phone: 940-500-4548: Come worship with us. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. Social distancing and safety precautions are observed. If you are unable to attend in person, services are available by phone: 346-248-7799. Meeting ID: 863-2539-6006# Zoom: 863-2539-6006. Bible Study first and third Wednesday at 7 p.m. via phone and Zoom (use listed numbers).
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church: All members are asked to use the Harding Street entrance, face masks are optional. If you can't make the service, the deacons will be available on the Bailey Street side of the church 30 minutes after service if you would like to contribute to the tithes, offering and receive the Lord's Supper. Sunday afternoon on Facebook, Pastor Castle will have Pulpit Echoes and a prayer. You may also use the Givelify app. If you have any questions, you may email mountpleasantbcwf@gmail.com.
New Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1420 Borton Lane: New Jerusalem offers meals for shut-ins, food distribution through the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank Mobile Pantry, clothing and health checks on the fourth Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to noon. Please contact the Rev. Angus Thompson, church pastor, at 940-766-4022 with questions. For more information about immunizations, contact Mary Ann Merriex at 940-322-5728.
New Hope Presbyterian Church, 1701 Enterprise St., 940-767-2527. Worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday morning. Fellowship time and then Christian Education after the service. Bible Study Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on the topic, "God Saves the People."
New Hope will host an enchilada dinner Aug. 9. In the spirit of taking care of our world, New Hope will give all the proceeds to help God's creatures at the Humane Society of Wichita County. Enchiladas will be $15 per plate and include enchiladas, beans, rice, salad and dessert plus a drink. You can purchase a half dozen enchiladas for $6 or a dozen enchiladas for $12.
St. Benedict Orthodox Church: Latin Mass — the Extraordinary Mass in Gregorian Chant is every Tuesday at 11 a.m. Contact Father Peter Kavanaugh if you have any questions: 940-692-3392. St. Benedict Orthodox Church-One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.
St. Matthew Baptist Church, 412 Dallas St.: The church is holding a back-to-school supply drive 8 a.m. July 29. The drive will collect a variety of school supplies like pencils, notebooks and backpacks, but clothing items are also welcome. For more information, contact St. Matthew Baptist Church at 940-766-0316.Trinity United Methodist Church: 5800 Southwest Parkway, (across from Memorial Stadium): All are welcome! Worship with us Sunday morning: Sunday School for all ages begins at 9 a.m. Morning Worship in person at 10 a.m. or live on FB facebook.com/trinitywf/ Trinity UMC Food Pantry is available on the third Monday of each month from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Please bring a photo ID and proof of residence. Call 940-692-9995 for more information.
Wichita Falls Metropolitan Community Church, 1401 Travis (at 14th Street): As always, all are welcome. Visit us Sundays: 10:15 a.m. for study, 11 a.m. for adoration services . . . just late enough to get to sleep in! Casual comfort to finer dress embraced; no-negative-judgment zone. We mask up, check temperatures, sanitize in and out, social distance and care for our neighbors' health. Ours is a safe and affirming environment. We are also LGBTQ+ affirming. Children and youth welcome and included in service. Nursery available. Networking and lunch connections following (Dutch treat). 1401 Travis Street. 940-322-4100, wfmccav@gmail.com. Join online at https://bit.ly/WFMCCWorship. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/2023/07/29/church-information-for-july-29/70463474007/ | 2023-07-29T19:36:43 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/2023/07/29/church-information-for-july-29/70463474007/ |
‘I’m still in shock’: Woman wins lottery jackpot while taking break from work
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - A North Carolina woman won a triple-digit jackpot thanks to purchasing a lucky scratch-off ticket.
According to the North Carolina Educational Lottery, Jodi Owens won a $100,000 prize by putting her break time to good use and buying a lottery ticket.
Officials said Owens, a retired nurse practitioner, took a break from doing some work around her house and stopped at a Civietown Mini Mart in Shallotte. She picked up a few items including a Black Titanium scratch-off.
She returned home to scratch her winning ticket.
“I’m still in shock,” Owens said. “It’s truly a blessing.”
Owens claimed her prize on Friday and took home $71,259 after taxes.
“I’m going to pay my mortgage off and pay my car off,” she said. “I’m thinking about getting a manicure and pedicure too!”
Lottery officials said the Black Titanium scratch-off game just launched last month and is available for $30.
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'Sparkle Creed' offers radically modern take on Christian cornerstone
While wrestling with heresies in the Roman world, 2nd-century Christians began combining crucial doctrines into creeds to help converts prepare for baptism.
Soon, the Apostles' Creed emerged as a cornerstone of Western Christianity, with short, ringing phrases that millions recite to this day.
This is not the stuff of viral videos: "I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting."
However, the Edina Community Lutheran Church in Minneapolis created a stir recently by posting part of a Pride Month service that featured a radically modernized take on the faith passed down through the ages — the Sparkle Creed.
"I believe in the non-binary God whose pronouns are plural. I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling-child of God. I believe in the rainbow Spirit, who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity," affirmed the congregation, which – in the video – appears to consist primarily of aging Baby Boomers.
"I believe in the church of everyday saints as numerous, creative and resilient as patches on the AIDS quilt, whose feet are grounded in mud and whose eyes gaze at the stars in wonder. I believe in the call to each of us that love is love is love, so beloved, let us love. I believe, glorious God. Help my unbelief."
Online commentary noted that this text was not created by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a mainline Protestant flock that now ordains LGBTQ pastors living in committed relationships.
The Sparkle Creed was circulated in 2021 by the Rev. Rachel Small-Stokes of Immanuel United Church of Christ in Louisville, Kentucky. A "Shower of Stoles" website biography notes that she was raised United Methodist, served as a missionary in that denomination and trained for the ministry. However, she switched to the United Church of Christ – which began ordaining gay ministers in 1972 – before being ordained in 2009 and marrying her lesbian partner in 2012.
On Facebook, she explained that this creed began with a computer glitch.
"I was voice-to-texting 'the Apostle's creed' to a colleague, and it translated as "The Sparkle Creed," wrote Small-Stokes. "I decided that's exactly what we need for Pride Month. So here's my first jab at it. Feel free to share if it moves you."
Asked for additional background, she told me: "Thank you for the invitation. I'm choosing not to comment further."
Responding to the Sparkle Creed, one reader asked: "Who are the two dads? Are they 'God the Father' and Joseph? God the Father becomes problematic, since Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, who originally/traditionally is feminine. … I think this is a legitimate creed that could use your defense and some exposition."
A Catholic reader added, "this is gorgeous," while urging Small-Stokes to look into the Catholic Future Church movement, which embraces female priests and LGBTQ ministry. Another reader said: "I hate creeds across the board. Even the good ones make my skin crawl. This is the first one that resonates with my soul."
Among conservatives, Mark Tooley of the Institute on Religion and Democracy noted that efforts to modernize doctrine are old news.
"Liberal Protestantism around the world began shrinking 60 or more years ago. Few regular people were interested in sermons about how Christ's Resurrection was not really physical but poetic. Even fewer have time for a sexually confused 'nonbinary' deity," he wrote, in an online essay.
Ancient creeds, he added, "have endured for millennia because they claim a transcendent permanence outside of ourselves. Before we were, God is. … In one thousand years, millions still will recite the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds." | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/2023/07/29/sparkle-creed-offers-radically-modern-take-on-christian-cornerstone/70470675007/ | 2023-07-29T19:36:49 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/2023/07/29/sparkle-creed-offers-radically-modern-take-on-christian-cornerstone/70470675007/ |
Melting ice near Matterhorn reveals remains of climber missing for 37 years
(CNN) - The remains of a climber who disappeared while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s Matterhorn 37 years ago have been found.
Police say the melting ice on the glacier helped lead to the discovery of the remains.
They were found on July 12 by climbers hiking along the Theodul Glacier.
Several pieces of equipment were also found.
Police say a DNA analysis helped identify the remains as belonging to a 38-year-old German mountain climber who was reported missing in September 1986.
Police also say they had searched for the climber at the time, but they were unsuccessful.
No further details about the climber’s identity or his cause of death have been revealed.
Police say the melting glaciers have led to the reemergence of bodies of those who were reported missing several decades ago.
Scientists announced earlier this week that July is on track to be Earth’s hottest month ever recorded.
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Three C's of venomous snakes
Copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes
Let’s discuss two species of venomous snakes primarily found in the far eastern and southern parts of north-central Texas and southwestern Oklahoma and a third that occurs sparingly in the far southern parts of our area. These three species are less frequently encountered than our area’s resident rattlesnakes: preferring somewhat more specialized habitats. Despite their more limited occurrence in our region, these "three C’s" of venomous snakes are still worth knowing and should certainly be given their proper respect.
The first two “C’s” are the Broad-banded Copperhead and the Western Cottonmouth. Both of these pit vipers are closely related to each other. Both have the heat-sensing pit organs between their eyes and nostrils and foldable, hollow fangs. Also, both species are ovoviviparous and give birth to live young. Although the colors and patterns of adults of each species differ, young copperheads and cottonmouths are very similar in body color and pattern. In fact, the young of each species have distinctive, yellow-tipped tails. Both species also have vertically-oriented eye pupils (as opposed to the round pupils of most non-venomous snakes). The Western Cottonmouth’s overall body colors become a more uniform, dark color as it matures and its initial, distinctive, body band patterns become less distinct or disappear altogether. The habitats and diets of the two species differ across their ranges in our area.
The Broad-banded Copperhead averages from 20 to 30 inches in length and has a relatively robust body. It is aptly-named with its body marked by wide bands of light tan alternating with broad, darker, reddish-brown bands (similar in color to a tarnished, dark penny). Its head is wide, angular and flat and a series of darker brown scales forms a V-like pattern extending from behind its eyes to slightly below the lower jaw with the point of the "V" near the distal end of the mouth. The Broad-banded Copperhead’s color pattern is an excellent adaptation in its preferred habitats of oak and cedar woodlands, wooded stream banks, and other areas that contain an accumulation of leaf litter and/or brush.
Many people are bitten by copperheads because the snakes lack the rattle of rattlesnakes and their excellent camouflage makes them almost indistinguishable in leaf litter and brush. Copperheads are patient ambush predators and lie motionless, waiting for prey animals to come close enough for a strike. Unobservant, unsuspecting people accidently step upon copperheads and the startled snakes bite in self-defense! Prey of the Broad-banded Copperhead includes insects (cicadas are said to be a favored meal in some areas), rodents, birds and amphibians. Copperheads are most active during daylight hours of spring and fall and switch to a more nocturnal activity period during summer months. The venom of copperheads is not quite as potent when compared to other venomous snakes, and, when striking larger prey, the copperhead may bite and release the animal and, after an appropriate wait, track the immobilized prey by smell (using its tongue and specialized Jacobson’s Organ) and body heat (using the Pit Organs).
Adults of the Western Cottonmouth, or "Water Moccasin" as it is sometimes known, average 24 to 30 inches in length; however, four and five foot long individuals have been reported! Most Western Cottonmouth adults are a uniform dark gray to charcoal color with faint, darker cross-bands. The darker cross-bands sometimes become indistinguishable on older snakes. The head is distinctly flat and angular with a broad, dark band, bordered by narrow white lines, extending behind the eyes. The name "cottonmouth" comes from the snake’s habit of coiling up flat, hissing loudly, and opening its mouth wide to reveal a creamy, white, inner mouth lining whenever it feels threatened or is startled.
The Western Cottonmouth is an aquatic species and is rarely found far from permanent water. Cottonmouths occur in streams, ponds, and drainage ditches on the eastern margins of our area as-well-as within some tributaries of the Red River. The activity periods of cottonmouths are similar to those of copperheads, however, the diet of the Western Cottonmouth consists primarily of fish. This piscivorous (fish-eating) snake also feeds upon amphibians, and small turtles, birds and mammals. Contrary to some beliefs, cottonmouths can bite while underwater. If they couldn’t, the snakes would have a very difficult time catching their fish meals! Despite its aggressive reputation and display behaviors, the Western Cottonmouth is rarely encountered in areas with frequent human disturbance and activities.
The last snake of our three C’s has only been reported south and east of the Rolling Plains region of north-central Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma. However, because of its dual characteristics of beautiful, eye-catching colors and effective, primarily neurotoxic venom, the Texas Coral snake deserves mention! Texas Coral snakes belong to a family of snakes collectively known as ‘Elapids.’ The Elapid family also contains cobras, mambas, and sea snakes! Unlike pit vipers, Texas Coral snakes, have no pit organs. Their eye pupils are round, and non-foldable, hollow fangs are firmly-anchored at the front of their upper jaws. Compared to pit vipers, elapid fangs are relatively short. The venom delivery system is not as specialized as a rattlesnake’s but the venom of the Texas Coral snake is much more potent! Only a small amount of the neurotoxic venom is required to immobilize and/or kill prey!
The color pattern of the Texas Coral snake is distinctive and easily recognized. Its small head is black and yellow and its body pattern consists of broad black and red bands separated by narrower, yellow bands. The red bands may contain some black color. All bands completely circle the Coral snake’s body; whereas, the similar appearing bands of some non-venomous snakes (such as Milk snakes) terminate along their bellies and sides. An old recognition phrase of “Red Touching Yellow Will Kill A Fellow” does apply to the band pattern of the Texas Coral snake. The average length of coral snakes is approximately two feet. With its bright, warning colors, the Texas Coral snake is the most colorful of our venomous snakes!
Texas Coral snakes are usually found in wooded habitats and feed upon insects, small rodents and birds, lizards and amphibians. Texas Coral snakes are usually not aggressive and attempt to avoid contact with people. Most bites occur because the snake is carelessly handled after being mistaken for a similar-appearing, non-venomous Milk snake or King snake. However, despite its powerful venom, after the development of Coral snake antivenin, no deaths from bites have been reported in Texas since the 1960’s.
Watch for our Three C snakes (Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Coral snakes) when you are traveling through and/or exploring the eastern and southern margins of our region! Though not as common as rattlesnakes; these three species are also venomous and worthy of our proper respect and caution!
Jim Goetze is a retired professor of biology and former chairperson of the Natural Sciences Department of Laredo College with an avid interest in all aspects of the natural world. He can be contacted at gonorthtxnature@gmail.com | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/2023/07/29/three-c-of-venomous-snakes/70465444007/ | 2023-07-29T19:36:55 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/2023/07/29/three-c-of-venomous-snakes/70465444007/ |
‘Sounded like an explosion’: Tesla crashes through wall, lands in backyard pool
PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) - Police in Arizona are investigating after a Tesla crashed into a pool in the Phoenix area on Friday.
KPHO reports that the crash happened around 8:45 a.m. at a home about 25 minutes away from downtown Phoenix.
Video from the scene showed the blue sedan appearing to have gone through a brick wall before landing fully submerged in a backyard pool.
A car seat was pulled from the pool, but officers said the driver was alone at the time of the crash.
The homeowner said he was getting ready for the day when he heard a loud noise from his backyard.
“I heard a sound that sounded like an explosion,” the homeowner said. “It sounded like a bomb went off.”
Authorities didn’t report any injuries in the incident. It’s not yet known what led up to the crash.
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Tinsley: Barbie Effect
Anyone who has not heard about Barbie must live on the moon. We have been inundated with trailers and clips and commercials about Barbie, the first live-action film about the iconic doll starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. Barbie “launched her career” in March 1959 at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Ken was introduced two years later. After years of production, Barbie, the movie, was released last week grossing $382 million at the box office. Many years ago, the movie industry discovered the power of trailers, short clips and promotional scenes that entice us to spend money to watch their movies.
Perhaps we can learn something from Barbie.
The Australian writer, Michael Frost, argues that Christians and churches are like movie trailers for the Kingdom. We are to live in such a way that when others see us, they say, “I want to be a part of that,” or ”I wish the world was like that.” This is what Jesus meant when he said, “Let your light so shine that men may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”Whether we like it or not, our churches and our lives are being viewed like movie trailers by others. When non-believers look at our churches and our lives, they are whispering to themselves and to one another saying, “I’ll have to check that out,” or, “I wouldn’t want to be part of that.”Jesus presented the clearest preview of the Kingdom. He invited others to look at his life to see what the Kingdom looks like. He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke 4:18-21).The early followers of Jesus practiced Kingdom living in such a way that others were drawn to them and to their churches. This is why the Christian faith exploded in the first three centuries. People saw previews of the Kingdom practiced in the churches and the lives of believers, and they wanted to be part of it. Across the centuries the Christian faith has been the primary source for charities that care for the poor and dispossessed.This is also the reason Christianity is stumbling in our day. Too often churches and Christians are selfish and self-centered, fighting among themselves for control with a judgmental attitude toward others. When others see this, like patrons at a theater, they whisper to themselves, “That’s not for me.”Every church and every believer must live in such a way that others see God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. This is what the Apostle Paul meant when he said, “But thanks be to God, who … manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” (2 Cor. 2:14-15).
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Astros vs. Rays Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest between the Houston Astros (58-46) and Tampa Bay Rays (63-43) going head to head at Minute Maid Park has a projected final score of 5-3 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of the Astros, so expect a tight matchup. The game will begin at 7:15 PM ET on July 29.
This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Astros will send Hunter Brown (6-7) to the mound, while Taj Bradley (5-6) will take the ball for the Rays.
Astros vs. Rays Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
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Astros vs. Rays Score Prediction
Our pick for this game is Astros 5, Rays 4.
Total Prediction for Astros vs. Rays
- Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
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Astros Performance Insights
- In eight games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Astros have a record of 5-3.
- Houston and its opponents have combined to hit the over three times in its last 10 games with a total.
- In their last two games with a spread, the Astros failed to cover each time.
- The Astros have entered the game as favorites 67 times this season and won 39, or 58.2%, of those games.
- Houston has a record of 35-21, a 62.5% win rate, when favored by -130 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- The bookmakers' moneyline implies a 56.5% chance of a victory for the Astros.
- Houston has scored the 12th-most runs in the majors this season with 487 (4.7 per game).
- The Astros have the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.81).
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Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey remains on lockdown in aftermath of riot
Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey remained on lockdown Saturday in the aftermath of a riot that broke out after some detainees breached their units and attempted to escape by scaling the perimeter walls of the 66-year-old facility, officials said.
The rampage occurred about 8 p.m. Friday, according to Los Angeles County Probation Department officials, who managed to quell the disturbance several hours later with assistance from law enforcement officers — many of them in riot gear — and emergency responders from across the region. A sheriff’s helicopter provided aerial support.
One youth was able to escape the facility grounds, but was apprehended nearby a short time later, officials said.
No serious injuries among youths or staff were reported, officials said.
In the aftermath, investigators were trying to pinpoint the cause of the rioting at the Downey facility that has been mired in scandal, health and safety violations for more than three decades.
“It is my understanding that all the youth have been accounted for,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a written statement.
“I expect our interim Chief Probation Officer to get to the bottom of what went wrong,” she added, “and make assurances to the Board of Supervisors and the City of Downey that this is not going to happen again.”
Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall closed in 2019, two months after prosecutors charged six officers who worked there with assault in the dousing of teenage girls with pepper spray.
This month, the Probation Department moved about 270 juveniles held in Central Juvenile Hall in downtown Los Angeles and Barry J. Nidorf Hall in Sylmar to Los Padrinos, as the troubled agency tries to right itself after years of disarray.
Times staff writer James Queally contributed to this story.
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Life with no lists promotes listlessness
Life is one list after another – shopping list, grocery list, to-do list. If you’re listless, you’re probably near death.
I’m joking a little, but the word “listless” really does mean you don’t have a list. It’s from the time when “list” meant desire. Nowadays, to describe somebody without a non-archaic list you just add a hyphen. Example in a sentence:
"They found her collapsed in the aisle at the supermarket, listless and list-less.”
Sounds like the start of a novel or short story. Stop me now.
Fiction is on my list of things not to do. I’m terrible at fiction, not that I haven’t made up a few words in my time. Or at least purposely misused some. Shouldn’t that count? Probably not.
Lately, I’ve been looking at a specific kind of lists, namely lists of new professional endeavors. Nobody has listed coining new words. That’d be a hard way to make a living anyway.
We digress somewhat.
What are some real new jobs? And are they really new? Lists can be challenged.
One list lists (if a list can list) delivery driver. Really?
An image of a stereotypical delivery boy comes to my mind. It’s the 1920s or 1930s, and he’s delivering groceries from the big basket on his sturdy bicycle.
Essentially the same job is now listed as a new profession. I’m guessing the list compiler was a young person who doesn’t watch enough old black and white movies to know about delivery boys.
Another new category is “AI jobs.” Hmmm. No doubt those are new jobs in the realm of Artificial Intelligence, but I thought the AI aim was to eliminate human brains in the scheme of things. Maybe some atrophy will be required first. Good old atrophy.
The top new job on a new job list from AARP is budtender. That’s a new word for me. I picture someone serving Bud Light across a bar. Wrong.
A budtender serves marijuana from a dispensary. Sounds a little boring compared to selling pot the old way. You might as well just be a pharmacist, which also sounds boring to me. But what do I know? I’ve never worked behind any sort of counter except that time my classmate Barbara and I took over my parents’ greasy spoon for a day as griddle cooks.
Hmm. Griddles are indeed a hot new trend. Griddle cook sounds like it could be listed as a new profession. I’m old enough to remember when it wasn’t. It’s like delivery driver.
Meanwhile, I’ve run across a list of jobs that don’t exist yet but will soon. One is drone manager. I guess you get to take aerial photographs or deliver Amazon packages or both. I’m old enough to remember when drones tended queen bees and didn’t need managing.
Another futuristic job is self-driving car mechanic. That’ll be a good profession until someone invents the self-fixing car.
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Medal of Honor recipient watches as warship bearing his name is christened in Maine
Marine 1st Lt. Harvey “Barney” Barnum jumped to the ground when he came under fire during an ambush in Vietnam that killed his radio operator and commander.
Collecting himself, Barnum realized he was now the highest-ranking officer of a rifle company he’d just joined. He called in artillery and, amid gunfire, dragged the commander to safety, where he died in Barnum’s arms. Then he proceeded to mount a counterattack, oversee evacuation of the wounded and lead the unit’s eventual breakout to rejoin the battalion.
The Medal of Honor recipient, now 83, watched Saturday as his wife smashed a bottle of sparkling wine against the bow to christen the future U.S. Navy destroyer that will bear the name Harvey C. Barnum Jr.
He said he was speechless when he learned that a warship would bear his name. “As anybody that knows Barney Barnum knows, I’ve never been speechless,” he joked before the event.
Alejandro Martinez had been hospitalized for eight months, after a wrong-way driver crashed into his formation while they were out on a training run.
The ceremony Saturday at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works was a tribute to the Vietnam War hero who during his first firefight was foisted into leadership of Marines who didn’t yet know his name because he had just joined them a couple of days earlier.
Dignitaries included Maine’s governor and senators, as well as Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, who praised Barnum’s humility and generosity, in addition to being a war hero who inspired fellow Marines.
Gen. Eric Smith, the acting Marine Corps commandant whose nomination to lead the Marine Corps is being blocked by a Republican senator, called Barnum “an icon, a legend, a Marine.”
In an interview, Barnum said the combat was harrowing on that day, Dec. 18, 1965, during Operation Harvest Moon. His unit was outnumbered, caught off guard and separated from the larger battalion outside the village of Ky Phu in Quang Tin province.
The ship’s namesake said he was scared like everybody else but he tried not to show it. The other Marines were looking to him, an artillery spotter, after their commander died, he said.
To launch a counterattack, he brandished a .45-caliber handgun and told the others to follow him. They did.
“It’s a tough business. But when it gets tough, the tough get going and that’s what Marines do,” he said. “We came together as a team. And, you know, there’s no fury unleashed that’s greater than that of a bunch of Marines that know that their buddies have been shot.”
Barnum later became the first Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam conflict to return for another tour. He retired from the Marine Corps as a colonel after nearly three decades of service and served the secretary of defense as principal director of drug enforcement policy, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for reserve affairs, and acting assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs.
Barnum, of Reston, Va., was born in Cheshire, Conn., and studied at Saint Anslem College, a Benedictine college in Goffstown, N.H. The school’s abbot, Mark Cooper, delivered the invocation Saturday.
The event was a family affair for Barnum, who now lives in Virginia.
His wife, Martha Hill, served as the ship’s sponsor. At the event Saturday, she was in a wheelchair; Barnum has been her care provider since she had a stroke more than five years ago. Her daughter; two granddaughters, one of whom sang “God Bless America”; and an 11-year-old great-granddaughter were also participants at the event Saturday. Other family and friends were present.
Displacing 9,500 tons, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is built to simultaneously wage war against submarines, aircraft and missiles, and other warships. The newest versions are being equipped for ballistic missile defense.
The 510-foot guided-missile destroyer was in dry dock for the ceremony as work continues to prepare the ship for delivery to the Navy.
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How to Watch the Astros vs. Rays Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Alex Bregman and the Houston Astros will square off against Wander Franco and the Tampa Bay Rays at Minute Maid Park in the second of a three-game series, Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
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Astros vs. Rays Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Venue: Minute Maid Park
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Astros Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Astros are 10th-best in MLB play with 130 total home runs.
- Houston is 14th in MLB with a .411 slugging percentage.
- The Astros' .248 batting average ranks 18th in MLB.
- Houston ranks 12th in runs scored with 487 (4.7 per game).
- The Astros' .317 on-base percentage ranks 16th in MLB.
- The Astros strike out 7.9 times per game to rank fifth in MLB.
- The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by Houston's pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors.
- Houston's 3.81 team ERA ranks third among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Astros combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.271).
Astros Probable Starting Pitcher
- Hunter Brown gets the start for the Astros, his 20th of the season. He is 6-7 with a 4.27 ERA and 122 strikeouts in 105 1/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, when he threw six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up six hits.
- Brown is looking to pick up his 10th quality start of the season.
- Brown will aim to pitch five or more innings for his third straight start. He's averaging 5.5 frames per outing.
- In four of his appearances this season he did not give up an earned run.
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Letter: Air conditioning a must-have in 100-degree heat
As a new teacher with five kids at home, I couldn’t understand why teachers were required to spend a night every month at a Parent Teacher Association where there were no parents. So, one night, I held up my hand and asked, “Since no one comes but teachers and since we do not do anything, why don’t we disband this association?”
You would have thought I said to burn the flag and get rid of mom and apple pie. Everyone started screaming, jumping out of their chairs, and gathering in groups. The music teacher came over to me, poked her finger in my chest and said, “How dare you speak of getting rid of the PTA. This organization has been here forever!”
Well, they didn’t eliminate the PTA, but they did get busy. They bought air conditioners for the elementary school and that started the ball rolling for the other schools. And they needed air conditioning in those schools! It is always hot in Texas and when we had to endure it, we did, but I remember as a kid, not being able to breathe because it was so hot, and the one fan in the room was always turned toward the teacher.
I say all that because the question is being brought up in the newspaper about the Texas prisons not having air conditioning. If you’ve endured a Texas summer, you know how quickly the 100-degree heat can make tempers flare, and I can only imagine what it would be like if you couldn’t breathe and were locked up and couldn’t move around. I wonder how many overheated guards take out their anger on the inmates.
I know that our soldiers have fought and are fighting in far worse conditions and many people are working in even harder circumstances, so maybe we shouldn’t do it because it would be humane. Maybe we should put some type of cooling in our prisons just to prevent a dangerous environment from becoming even more dangerous. It might not only save lives, it might also save taxpayers from paying for wrongful death lawsuits.
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Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall
Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able to avoid a partial government shutdown this fall.
Congress has until Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, to act on government funding. They could pass spending bills to fund government agencies into next year, or simply pass a stopgap measure that keeps agencies running until they strike a longer-term agreement. No matter which route they take, it won’t be easy.
“We’re going to scare the hell out of the American people before we get this done,” said Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.).
Coons’ assessment is widely shared in Congress, reflecting the gulf between the Republican-led House and the Democratic-led Senate, which are charting vastly different — and mostly incompatible — paths on spending.
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The Senate is adhering mostly to the top-line spending levels that President Biden negotiated with House Republicans in late May as part of the debt-ceiling deal that extended the government’s borrowing authority and avoided an economically devastating default.
That agreement holds discretionary spending generally flat for the coming year while allowing increases for military and veterans accounts. On top of that, the Senate is looking to add $13.7 billion in additional emergency appropriations, including $8 billion for defense and $5.7 billion for non-defense.
House Republicans, many of whom opposed the debt-ceiling deal and refused to vote for it, are going a different way.
GOP leaders have teed up bills with far less spending than the agreement allows in an effort to win over members who insist on rolling back spending to fiscal year 2022 levels. They are also adding scores of policy add-ons broadly opposed by Democrats. There are proposals to reduce access to abortion pills, bans on the funding of hormone therapy and certain surgeries for transgender veterans, and a prohibition on training programs promoting diversity in the federal workplace, among many others.
At a press conference at the Capitol this past week, some members of the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative faction within the House GOP, said that voters elected a Republican majority in that chamber to rein in government spending and it was time for House Republicans to use every tool available to get the spending cuts they want.
“We should not fear a government shutdown,” said Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.). “Most of the American people won’t even miss if the government is shut down temporarily.”
Many House Republicans disagree with that assessment. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) called it an oversimplification to say most Americans wouldn’t feel an effect. And he warned that Republicans would take the blame for a shutdown.
“We always get blamed for it, no matter what,” Simpson said. ”So it’s bad policy, it’s bad politics.”
But the slim five-seat majority Republicans hold amplifies the power that a small group can wield. Even though the debt ceiling agreement passed with a significant majority of Republicans and Democrats, conservatives opponents were so unhappy in the aftermath that they shut down House votes for a few days, stalling the entire GOP agenda.
Shortly thereafter, McCarthy argued the numbers he negotiated with the White House amounted to a cap and “you can always do less.” GOP Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, said that she would seek to limit nondefense spending at 2022 budget levels, saying the debt agreement “set a top-line spending cap — a ceiling, not a floor.”
The decision to cut spending below levels in the the debt ceiling deal helped get the House moving again, but put them on a collision course with the Senate, where the spending bills hew much closer to the agreement.
“What the House has done is they essentially tore up that agreement as soon as it was signed,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). “And so we are in for a bumpy ride.”
Even as House Republicans have been moving their spending bills out of committee on party-line votes, the key committee in the Senate has been operating in a bipartisan fashion, drafting spending bills with sometimes unanimous support.
“The way to make this work is do it in a bipartisan way like we are doing in the Senate. If you do it in a partisan way, you’re heading to a shutdown. And I am really worried that that’s where the House Republicans are headed,” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters this week.
McCarthy countered that people had the same doubts about whether House Republicans and the White House could reach an agreement to pass a debt ceiling extension and avoid a default.
“We’ve got ‘til Sept. 30. I think we can get this all done,” McCarthy said.
In a subsequent press conference, McCarthy said he had just met with Schumer to talk about the road ahead on an array of bills, including the spending bills.
“I don’t want the government to shut down,” McCarthy said. “I want to find that we can find common ground.”
In all, there are 12 spending bills. The House has passed one so far, and moved others out of committee. The Senate has passed none, though it has advanced all 12 out of committee, something that hasn’t happened since 2018.
Still, the difficulty ahead was evident on the House side, where Republicans gave up until after the recess on trying to pass a spending measure to fund federal agriculture and rural programs and the Food and Drug Administration, amid disagreements over its contents. They began their August recess a day early instead of holding votes Friday.
Simpson said some of his Republican colleagues don’t want to take money approved already outside the appropriations process to cover some of this year’s spending and avoid deeper cuts. For example, the House bills would take almost all of the money approved last year for the Internal Revenue Service in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and use the savings to avoid deeper spending cuts elsewhere.
Simpson said that without such rescissions, as they are called in Washington, he couldn’t vote for the agriculture spending bill because the cuts “would have just been devastating.”
“That’s the challenge we’re going to have when we get back in September,” he said.
Further complicating things in the House, a few Republicans are opposed to some of the policy riders being included in the spending bills. For example, the agriculture spending bill would reverse the FDA’s decision to allow abortion pills to be dispensed in certified pharmacies, instead of only by prescribers in hospitals, clinics, and medical offices.
“I had a problem with abortion being put inside an ag bill,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.). “I think that’s ridiculous.”
It’s a strong possibility that Congress will have to pass a stopgap spending bill before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. The Senate can vote first on the measure, which would put the onus on House Republicans to bring it up for a vote or allow for a shutdown.
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The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Brooke Mackenzie Henderson
As we enter the final round of the Amundi Evian Championship, Brooke Mackenzie Henderson is in third place at -7.
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Brooke Mackenzie Henderson Insights
- Over her last 17 rounds, Mackenzie Henderson has finished below par 10 times, while also carding 12 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has carded one of the five best scores in one of her last 17 rounds played.
- Over her last 17 rounds, Mackenzie Henderson has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on six occasions.
- Mackenzie Henderson has finished in the top 20 in two of her past five events.
- The past five times she has played a tournament, she's made the cut four times.
- In her past five tournaments, Mackenzie Henderson has posted a score better than average in three of them.
Over the last year
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,017 yards in the past year, while Evian Resort Golf Club is set for a shorter 6,527 yards.
- In the past year, Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while Evian Resort Golf Club has a recent scoring average of -6.
- Evian Resort Golf Club is 6,527 yards, 37 yards shorter than the average course Mackenzie Henderson has played in the past year (6,564).
- The tournaments she has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -6.
Mackenzie Henderson's Last Time Out
- Mackenzie Henderson was in the 32nd percentile on par 3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- Her 4.09-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic was below average, putting her in the 30th percentile of the field.
- Mackenzie Henderson shot better than just 29% of the field at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic on par-5 holes, averaging 4.83 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.76.
- Mackenzie Henderson recorded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, worse than the field average of 1.9.
- On the eight par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, Mackenzie Henderson carded one bogey or worse (less than the tournament average of 1.6).
- Mackenzie Henderson's three birdies or better on par-4s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic were less than the field average of 5.4.
- At that last tournament, Mackenzie Henderson's par-4 showing (on 22 holes) included a bogey or worse five times (better than the field's average, 5.8).
- Mackenzie Henderson finished the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic carding a birdie or better on two par-5 holes, compared to the field average of 2.9 on the six par-5s.
- On the six par-5s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, Mackenzie Henderson had one bogey or worse, more than the tournament average of 0.8.
Amundi Evian Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par: 71 / 6,527 yards
- Mackenzie Henderson Odds to Win: +800 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Celine Boutier
The Amundi Evian Championship is nearing the end, and prior to the final round Celine Boutier is in first place with a score of -11.
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Celine Boutier Insights
- Over her last 16 rounds, Boutier has shot better than par on five occasions, while also carding one bogey-free round and 10 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has recorded a top-five score once in her last 16 rounds.
- Boutier has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in one of her last 16 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day seven times.
- In her past five appearances, Boutier's average finish has been 35th.
- She has made three cuts in her past five tournaments.
- Boutier has finished with a better-than-average score in one of her past five tournaments.
Over the last year
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- This course is set up to play at 6,527 yards, 490 yards shorter than the average course on the Tour in the past year.
- Players have posted 69.25 strokes per round and an average score of -5 in the past year on Tour. Events hosted on this course have a slightly lower scoring average of -6.
- The average course Boutier has played in the past year (6,582 yards) is 55 yards longer than the course she'll be playing this week (6,527).
- Events she has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -3. That is higher than this course, which has a scoring average of -6.
Boutier's Last Time Out
- Boutier was in the 65th percentile on par 3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, with an average of 3.06 strokes on the 16 par-3 holes.
- Her 4.20-stroke average on the 40 par-4 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open placed her in the 59th percentile.
- On the 16 par-5 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open, Boutier was better than 52% of the competitors (averaging 5.00 strokes).
- Boutier carded a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open (the other golfers averaged 1.5).
- On the 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Boutier recorded fewer bogeys or worse (two) than the field average (3.0).
- Boutier's one birdie or better on the 40 par-4s at the U.S. Women’s Open were less than the tournament average (3.0).
- In that last tournament, Boutier's showing on the 40 par-4s included a bogey or worse eight times (the field's average was worse, at 8.4).
- Boutier finished the U.S. Women’s Open with a birdie or better on four of the 16 par-5s, bettering the field average of 2.8.
- On the 16 par-5s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Boutier had four bogeys or worse, more than the field average of 2.6.
Amundi Evian Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par: 71 / 6,527 yards
- Boutier Odds to Win: -100 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Minjee Lee
Heading into the final round of the Amundi Evian Championship, Minjee Lee is in third place at -7.
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Minjee Lee Insights
- Over her last 20 rounds, Lee has shot better than par on 10 occasions, while also posting two bogey-free rounds and 15 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has carded the best score of the day in two of her last 20 rounds, while scoring among the top 10 in five rounds.
- Over her last 20 rounds, Lee has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round five times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 12 occasions.
- Lee has posted one top-10 finish and five top-20 finishes in her past five appearances.
- Lee has finished with a score better than the tournament average in each of her past five appearances, including one finish within five strokes of the leader.
- Lee has a top-20 finish in each of her past six tournaments.
- Lee will attempt to prolong her streak of made cuts to 14 by qualifying for the weekend once again.
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- Measuring 6,527 yards, Evian Resort Golf Club is set up as a par 71 for this tournament. In the past year, tournaments on the Tour have averaged a longer distance of 7,017 yards .
- The average course on the Tour in the past year has played to 69.25 strokes per round and a score of -5. At Evian Resort Golf Club, the scoring average is slightly lower at -6 per tournament.
- The courses that Lee has played in the past year have had an average distance of 6,591 yards, while Evian Resort Golf Club will be at 6,527 yards this week.
- The tournaments she has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -6.
Lee's Last Time Out
- Lee was rather mediocre over the 16 par-3 holes at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, averaging 2.88 strokes to finish in the 62nd percentile of competitors.
- She averaged 3.93 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, which was strong enough to land her in the 83rd percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.01).
- On the 12 par-5 holes at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, Lee was better than 94% of the golfers (averaging 4.42 strokes).
- Lee recorded a birdie or better on four of 16 par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic (the other participants averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, Lee recorded two bogeys or worse (the other golfers averaged 1.6).
- Lee's nine birdies or better on par-4s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic were more than the field average of 5.4.
- At that most recent outing, Lee posted a bogey or worse on six of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 5.8).
- Lee ended the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic carding a birdie or better on seven par-5 holes, while the field averaged 2.9 on the 12 par-5s.
- The field at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic averaged 0.8 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Lee finished without one.
Amundi Evian Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par: 71 / 6,527 yards
- Lee Odds to Win: +700 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Nasa Hataoka
The Amundi Evian Championship is entering the final round, and Nasa Hataoka is currently in second with a score of -8.
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Nasa Hataoka Insights
- Over her last 20 rounds, Hataoka has finished below par on 11 occasions, while also shooting two bogey-free rounds and 16 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has recorded the best score of the day in one of her last 20 rounds, while scoring among the top five in three rounds and the top 10 on six occasions.
- Over her last 20 rounds, Hataoka has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on nine occasions.
- Hataoka has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes in her past five events.
- In her past five appearances, Hataoka has posted a score better than average in three of them.
- Hataoka hopes to qualify for the weekend for the 23rd straight time.
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- This course is set up to play at 6,527 yards, 490 yards shorter than the average course on the Tour in the past year.
- Evian Resort Golf Club has seen an average tournament score of -6 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- Evian Resort Golf Club is 6,527 yards, 40 yards shorter than the average course Hataoka has played in the past year (6,567).
- Events she has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -3. That is higher than this course, which has a scoring average of -6.
Hataoka's Last Time Out
- Hataoka was in the 74th percentile on par 3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, with an average of par on the 16 par-3 holes.
- She shot well to finish in the 93rd percentile on par 4s at the U.S. Women’s Open, averaging 4.05 strokes on those 40 holes.
- Hataoka shot better than 93% of the competitors at the U.S. Women’s Open on the tournament's 16 par-5 holes, averaging 4.69 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 5.02.
- Hataoka recorded a birdie or better on three of 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open (the other participants averaged 1.5).
- On the 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Hataoka carded three bogeys or worse, the same as the field average.
- Hataoka had more birdies or better (six) than the tournament average of 3.0 on the 40 par-4s at the U.S. Women’s Open.
- In that last tournament, Hataoka's par-4 performance (on 40 holes) included a bogey or worse eight times (better than the field's average, 8.4).
- Hataoka ended the U.S. Women’s Open with a birdie or better on six par-5 holes, while the field averaged 2.8 on the 16 par-5s.
- On the 16 par-5s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Hataoka outperformed the field's average of 2.6 bogeys or worse on those holes by carding one.
Amundi Evian Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par: 71 / 6,527 yards
- Hataoka Odds to Win: +400 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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How to Watch the Orioles vs. Yankees Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Clarke Schmidt takes the mound for the New York Yankees on Saturday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against Adley Rutschman and the Baltimore Orioles. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
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Orioles vs. Yankees Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Orioles Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Orioles are 13th in MLB play with 121 home runs. They average 1.2 per game.
- Baltimore's .418 slugging percentage is 10th-best in MLB.
- The Orioles' .249 batting average ranks 16th in the majors.
- Baltimore scores the 10th-most runs in baseball (499 total, 4.8 per game).
- The Orioles rank 16th in MLB with an on-base percentage of .317.
- The Orioles strike out 8.4 times per game to rank 11th in the majors.
- The pitching staff for Baltimore has a collective 9.1 K/9, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- Baltimore has the 15th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.15).
- The Orioles have the 19th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.296).
Yankees Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Yankees rank seventh in Major League Baseball with 141 home runs.
- New York is 18th in MLB with a slugging percentage of .402 this season.
- The Yankees have a team batting average of just .229 this season, which ranks 29th among MLB teams.
- New York ranks 21st in the majors with 446 total runs scored this season.
- The Yankees have an OBP of just .301 this season, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Yankees rank eighth in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.1 whiffs per contest.
- New York strikes out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
- New York has the eighth-best ERA (3.87) in the majors this season.
- Yankees pitchers have a 1.245 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
Orioles Probable Starting Pitcher
- Tyler Wells (7-5 with a 3.65 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 111 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Orioles, his 20th of the season.
- In his last outing on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays, the righty tossed 4 1/3 innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering one hit.
- Wells has recorded eight quality starts this year.
- Wells is looking to pick up his 19th start of five or more innings this season in this matchup.
- In three of his 20 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.
Yankees Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Yankees will hand the ball to Schmidt (6-6) for his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander's last start was on Friday, July 21, when he tossed 5 2/3 innings while giving up three earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Kansas City Royals.
- He has started 20 games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in three of them.
- Schmidt has pitched five or more innings in two straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has finished five appearances without allowing an earned run in 21 chances this season.
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ALLEN PARK -- Amon-Ra St. Brown had a monster day on Tuesday, and so did the offense. Jared Goff didn’t so much as put a football on the ground until his final two passes of the day. Knowing everyone would be wanting to speak with St. Brown, I targeted some defensive players to get their perspective on what makes the wide receiver so good.
There was some salt from those guys, no matter how well-meaning the questions were. But competitors will be competitors, and defenders didn’t like their performance that day.
On Saturday, they responded with force.
The defense dominated the second padded practice of the year, and the first in front of a public that is excited to see one of the best offenses in football. But as the Lions opened the gates for the first time in 2023, it was the defense that stole the show from the very first play.
Rookie defensive tackle Brodric Martin blew into the backfield on the first team rep of the day and stoned running back David Montgomery for a big loss. The play drew oohs and aahs from players as well as fans.
Then a video board showed the replay, and it became clear who the kid beat.
It was All-Pro center Frank Ragnow, one of the best players on the team.
“He’s strong, man,” Ragnow said as he came off the field. “He’s got to play with better pad level though.”
Ragnow isn’t the first to mention the pad level thing, and won’t be the last. Martin began his career at North Alabama before transferring to Western Kentucky, and was regarded among analysts as a late Day 3 pick. Technique was a big issue. At 6-foot-5 and 330 pounds, he simply played too high. Even he didn’t expect to go until the late rounds of the draft, and scheduled his party for Day 3.
On Day 2 of the draft, he was setting things up when his cell rang.
It was the Lions, who had just traded away three picks for the right to go get Martin a full day earlier than expected, at 96th overall.
“I got the call from coach (Dan) Campbell, and I’m just like ...” Martin said, making a confused look. “And he said, ‘Do you want to be a Lion?’ And I said, ‘Yeah? Yeah!’ I ran down six flights of stairs just to get down to the TV and to my mama, because she was down there setting up for the party for the next day.”
Now less than a week into training camp, that guy is getting a lot of run with the first-team defense. On Saturday, he showed why, tossing aside an All-Pro center en route to a tackle for a loss.
Yes, the technique needs a lot of work. But that’s a big-boy play from a big boy, and you can’t teach big.
“He’s young, he’s raw and we knew that when we got him,” Campbell said this week. “But there again, we see improvement. He’s got to drop his pads, he plays too high right now, but you can see a guy who’s working through it. He’s working, his footwork’s getting better and this will be another level of growth for him (when the pads go on). You play high without pads, then you play high in pads, it’s going to be even worse. But he knows that, and we just keep hitting him on it.”
Then on the second day of pads, it was Martin doing the hitting.
Here are some more observations from practice:
-- Martin’s big play set the tone for a defensive uprising on Saturday. On the very next play, edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson blew up Brock Wright on his way to taking down rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs in the backfield. Two plays after that, linebacker Derrick Barnes shot through the line of scrimmage to drop Gibbs in the backfield.
Then the backups took the field, and rookie linebacker Jack Campbell dropped Nate Sudfeld for a sack before Josh Pashal exploded into the backfield for a tackle for loss.
Edge rusher Charles Harris had a pressure and sack. Alim McNeill had a sack. Julian Okwara had a sack. And in the back end, safety Tracy Walker batted down a pass before nearly picking off another.
-- If you’re looking for a dark horse to make the team, the smart money is on undrafted safety Starling Thomas V through the first days of camp. But he’s not the only undrafted rookie balling out in the secondary. Steven Gilmore has been running with the second-team defense since the C.J. Gardner-Johnson injury, and has played really well. On Saturday alone, he had an interception, forced fumble and at least two pass breakups overall.
“We like Gilly,” Campbell said before practice. “We liked his tape, too, when he was coming out. He has some awareness about him, he has some instincts, he has ball skills, pretty good movement skills. I think for him, it’s going to be some of it — along with development, is the physical development. He’s not a real big guy. He has to get a little bit of mass on him, get a little bit stronger. That’s kind of going to be part of what, with him, how fast can those things come to really help him? But we see growth out of him.”
The Lions loaded up their secondary by signing cornerbacks like Cam Sutton, Emmanuel Moseley and C.J. Gardner-Johnson in free agency, plus spent a second-round pick on Brian Branch. With Jerry Jacobs also back, the competition is fierce. But Gilmore has been one of the surprises of camp so far, and is making a convincing case for at least a spot on the practice squad, if not more.
-- Chris Spielman was one of the best linebackers in Lions history. These days, he’s an advisor to owner Sheila Hamp and president Rod Wood. But he has a hand in many pots, such as dragging equipment around the field before practice or, on Saturday, even filling divots from a bucket during practice.
Campbell opened his pre-practice news conference with some unprompted praise.
“He does a lot for us, and he’s kind of a little bit unseen and not always heard on the outside, but I’ll tell you what, he’s an important confidant and I’m glad he’s here,” Campbell said. “He’s somebody that kind of — he certainly helps keep me straight and tells me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear. So I always appreciate that about him. I just wanted to get that off my chest.”
-- Right tackle Penei Sewell did not practice on Saturday. While the situation is unclear -- Dan Campbell spoke with the media before practice -- he did get an extra tape job on his hand the day before. Halapoulivaati Vaitai also did not practice, leaving Detroit without two of its top five offensive linemen from last season.
The good news is Detroit added Graham Glasgow in free agency to compete with Vaitai at right guard. Glasgow was back at that spot on Saturday, plus got some run at center as well. Glasgow has played across the interior during his years in Detroit, and his versatility will be essential for a front that features guys like Vaitai (back) and Ragnow (toe) who are maintenencing injuries.
-- As for one-on-ones, I had my eyes on the receivers and defensive backs going at it. Once again, Amon-Ra St. Brown was the star, beating top cornerback Cam Sutton on both of his reps. St. Brown has caught every ball thrown his way since the pads went on two days ago. But Sutton got some vengeance in a rep against Josh Reynolds, smothering the veteran downfield. | https://www.mlive.com/lions/2023/07/observations-rookie-brodric-martin-sets-tone-for-big-day-from-lions-defense.html | 2023-07-29T19:37:48 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/lions/2023/07/observations-rookie-brodric-martin-sets-tone-for-big-day-from-lions-defense.html |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – In states across the country this year, Republicans have talked a lot about restricting drag performances in front of children.
But that talk, and even their efforts, haven't amounted to much.
Bills restricting drag have failed to pass, passed as watered-down laws, have been vetoed or, in the case of three states that did manage to pass meaningful restrictions, laws have been temporarily halted by federal judges.
Friday, in fact, a judge temporarily blocked a law in the last remaining state with enforceable restrictions – Montana – just days before the start of Pride festivities.
A few states' lawmakers are still in session, though, so more efforts could be afoot.
In Arkansas, where Republican state Sen. Gary Stubblefield championed and sponsored a bill earlier this year, he said drag shows harm kids and "take away their innocence."
"I can't think of any redeeming quality, anything good that can come from taking children and putting them in front of a bunch of grown men that are dressed like women," Stubblefield said back in January as he introduced his bill on the floor of the Arkansas Senate.
'Prurient interest' and the First Amendment
Stubblefield's bill contained key language that showed up in a lot of states' attempted drag restrictions – an appeal to the "prurient interest." (Texas, Tennessee, Montana, Arizona, South Dakota, for example.)
"That word – prurient interest – means excessive interest in sexual matters," Stubblefield explained to lawmakers in committee.
"Most drag shows do not appeal to the prurient interest," says JT Morris, an attorney for the free-speech group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
"Even if they did, saying something appeals to the 'prurient interest' under the First Amendment is not enough to regulate it," he says, noting that this kind of language makes it harder for a bill to hold up to basic legal scrutiny.
"You can't pass a state law based on disagreement with somebody's viewpoint. It's a textbook First Amendment violation."
And that disagreement has been palpable across the country. In Arkansas, Stubblefield's bill was met with large public backlash from those who say drag is about showmanship, not sex.
"I do drag as an art form," says Jeremy Stuthard, an Arkansas drag performer.
"I take a decent-looking guy and turn him into a statue-esk Barbie doll, and have a great time and put smiles on people's faces and that's all I really try to do."
Stuthard says most of the children he meets at drag brunches and story hours aren't there to indulge a 'prurient interest', but to have fun listening to a story read by a costumed actor.
Drag restrictions put on hold and watered down
In Tennessee, the day before that state's drag restrictions were due to go into effect, a Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge temporarily struck down the law due to its constitutional vagueness.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker wrote, "Whether some of us may like it or not," the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment "as protecting speech that is indecent but not obscene."
A similar law in Florida has been temporarily blocked. For a while, that left Montana as the only state in the country with an enforceable drag law, until the courts temporarily blocked that one, too.
In Arkansas, Sen. Stubblefield's drag ban bill was amended until it hardly resembled a drag ban. The final version of the law, which passed by large margins, now regulates stripping, not drag shows.
"[The]Amended House Bill is the only way to really protect minors. For another reason, it's the only draft that will stand up in court," Stubblefield said of the amendment, which he didn't write but ultimately agreed to.
"None of us like to pass a bill that's going to get struck down by a judge and not help any children at all."
Josie Lenora is the politics/government reporter at KUAR in Little Rock, Ark.
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Orioles vs. Yankees Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest that pits the Baltimore Orioles (63-40) versus the New York Yankees (54-49) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards should be a close matchup based on our computer prediction, which projects a final score of 5-4 in favor of the Orioles. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET on July 29.
The probable starters are Tyler Wells (7-5) for the Orioles and Clarke Schmidt (6-6) for the Yankees.
Orioles vs. Yankees Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
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Orioles vs. Yankees Score Prediction
Our prediction for this contest is Orioles 5, Yankees 4.
Total Prediction for Orioles vs. Yankees
- Total Prediction: Under 9.5 runs
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Orioles Performance Insights
- Over the past 10 games, the Orioles have been favored just once and lost that contest.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Baltimore and its opponents are 4-6-0 in its last 10 games with a total.
- Bookmakers have not set a spread for any of the Orioles' last 10 games.
- This season, the Orioles have won 33 out of the 46 games, or 71.7%, in which they've been favored.
- This season Baltimore has won 26 of its 36 games, or 72.2%, when favored by at least -125 on the moneyline.
- The Orioles have a 55.6% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Baltimore has scored the 10th-most runs in the majors this season with 499.
- The Orioles have the 15th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.15).
Yankees Performance Insights
- Over their last 10 games, the Yankees have been favored twice and lost each contest.
- When it comes to the over/under, New York and its opponents are 5-5-0 in its previous 10 games.
- The Yankees have not covered the spread in any of their last 10 games (one of those games had a spread).
- The Yankees have come away with 12 wins in the 30 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- New York has a win-loss record of 10-12 when favored by +105 or worse by oddsmakers this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Yankees have a 48.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- The offense for New York is the No. 21 offense in MLB, scoring 4.3 runs per game (446 total runs).
- Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.87 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
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FLINT, MI – The 41st annual Flint Jazz Festival kicked off Friday night with two acts performing in Riverbank Park.
The festival hosted a JAZZWALK event with different artists playing throughout downtown Flint on Thursday, July 27. The Riverbank Park portion of the event began at 5:30 on July 28.
Kill Bill, a local favorite, got the fest off to a smooth start.
Adam Hawley, 13-time Billboard number one artist and performer, headlined the first night of the show.
“We have always put emphasis on bringing world class talent here to our local community,” said Harold Hill, festival manager. “The crowds we have been able to maintain throughout the years is testimony... Put the Flint Jazz Festival on your map.”
Hill, a Flint native, has managed the festival for the past decade and has enjoyed to see its growth. He said people come from across the country to see the performances.
“One of the things I like about being a part of the jazz festival is the legacy. Flint has some amazing jazz musicians here and throughout the years all the way back to ... Joe Freyer,” Hill said, “Doing what I can to continue that legacy and being a part of the continuation of that is something special.”
The festival will restart on Saturday, July 29 beginning at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per day or a $20 weekend pass that will be available at the gate.
Here are all the acts yet to perform:
Saturday, July 29
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Raphael Banks
- 3-4 p.m. Cherisse Bradley
- 4:30-5 p.m. Tapology
- 5:30-6:30 p.m. Blu Mykals
- 7-8:30 p.m. Marion Meadows
Sunday, July 30
- 2-3 p.m. The Affair Group featuring Condido Live
- 3:30-4:30 p.m. Isaac Ryder Band
- 5-6:30 p.m. People’s Jazz Band
- 7-8:30 p.m. Brian Simpson
Festival sponsors include the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Health Alliance PLan, AAA, the William G. and Katherine S. Huber Fund, Mott Community College, Kettering University, the University of Michigan-Flint, Hilton Garden Inn, PFCU Credit Union and Totem Books.
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Flor Marte knows someone will die. She knows when and how, because it came to her in a dream. That's her gift – all the women in the Marte family have one.
But Flor refuses to share who the dream is about. Instead, she insists on throwing herself a living wake, a reason for the entire family to come together and celebrate their lives. That's the starting point for Elizabeth Acevedo's debut novel for adults, Family Lore.
Acevedo grew up in Harlem, with summer visits to the Dominican Republic, and aspirations of becoming a rapper – until a literature teacher invited her to join an after-school poetry club.
She attended reluctantly; but what she found in spoken word performance broke her world and the possibilities of language wide open.
"I think for folks who maybe have felt it difficult to occupy their bodies and take up space and demand attention, to have three minutes where that is the requirement is really powerful," she says.
Acevedo went on to become a National Poetry Slam champion and earn degrees in performing arts and creative writing. After college, she taught language arts in Prince George's County, Maryland. Teaching, she says, is its own kind of performance – one where the audience doesn't always want to be there. But her students were struggling in other ways.
"So many of my young people weren't at grade level, but they'd also not encountered literature that they felt reflected them," she says. "Trying to meet some of those students where they were was really a kickoff for my writing."
So Acevedo began writing young adult books. The Poet X, her first novel about a Dominican-American teen finding her voice through poetry, won a National Book Award in 2018.
Pivoting to a new audience
Now, with Family Lore, Acevedo turns her attention to adult readers.
"I think the way this pushes forward her work and the growing body of Dominican-American literature is how deeply she writes into the interiors of her women characters," says author Naima Coster, who read an early draft of the novel.
The story is told through memories, out of order, sometimes a memory within a different memory. Acevedo jumps from the Dominican countryside to Santo Domingo to New York, as sisters Matilde, Flor, Pastora and Camila – along with younger generation Ona and Yadi – reflect on their childhoods and teenage romances and the secrets that bind them all together. Though the Marte women grow older together, their relationships do not get easier.
"What does it mean if these women have really just had a different experience of their mother?" says Acevedo. "And how that different experience of their mother automatically will create a schism, because now it's like, 'You don't remember her the way I remember her, and because of that, I can't trust you."
There are infidelities, miscarriages, childhood love affairs and therapeutic dance classes. Acevedo explains that she needed to tell this story in a non-linear format, in the way memories surface and warp; the way family gossip is passed on from person to person, in a roundabout way.
Returning to the body
That format, she says, was more suited for adult readers; and writing for adults also allowed her to be candid about bodies: how they move, change, excite, disappoint.
"The generation I was raised by felt like their relationship to their body was very othered," Acevedo says. "When I speak to my cousins, when I think about myself, it's been a return to desire, a return to the gut, a return to health in a way that isn't necessarily about size but is about: who am I in this vessel and how do I love it?"
That tension is felt especially by the younger Marte women, whose supernatural gifts radiate from within. Ona has a self-described "alpha vagina," Yadi has a special taste for sour limes.
Naima Coster says it's easy to feel pressure to write about marginalized communities as clean-cut, exemplary characters. But Family Lore relishes in airing out the Marte family's dirty laundry– in showing Afro-Dominican women as full, complicated protagonists.
"It feels major, the way she writes about the ways that these women misunderstand each other, but still love each other," she says.
Acevedo says those themes – family, home, Blackness, power – will be in every book she writes, "because those are the questions that haunt me."
Family Lore reads like the feeling of getting older and no longer having moms and aunts lower their voices when you enter the room – like finally being privy to what makes a family flawed and perfect.
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Nearly two years after 10 people were crushed to death during the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, no charges have been filed — even though some people, including event workers, expressed safety concerns.
Pinpointing “who exactly caused those deaths is not an easy question to answer,” said Sandra Guerra Thompson, a criminal law professor at the University of Houston Law Center.
“It’s a very difficult thing to say, unless you have some kind of clear evidence that somebody in charge, whose job it was to ensure safety and who should have known better, failed to take action,” she said.
A nearly 1,300-page report on the investigation into the tragedy released by Houston police Friday said contract worker Reece Wheeler told authorities that he saw a crush of people and warned an event organizer that people could die, shortly before rapper Travis Scott went onstage.
In the report, investigators wrote that Scott said he did see one person near the stage getting medical attention, but said that overall, the crowd seemed to enjoy the show. He said he did not see any signs of serious problems, nor did he hear anyone tell him to stop the show.
Hip-hop artist Drake, who also performed, told police it was difficult to see from the stage what was going on in the crowd and that he didn’t hear anyone call for the show to stop.
Despite no charges being filed, more than 500 lawsuits have been filed over the deaths and injuries at the concert, including many against concert promoter Live Nation and Scott. Some of those suits have since been settled.
Those who were killed ranged in age from 9 to 27, and all 10 people died due to compression asphyxia, according to medical examiners.
In June, a Texas grand jury declined to indict six people in the case, including Scott. Prosecutors said, then, that the circumstances of the deaths limited what charges they were able to present, eliminating potential counts such as murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Thompson said the sheer number of people involved in putting on the event, the large scale of it, and the high bar for proving criminal negligence or recklessness are challenges for prosecutors in cases like this.
“It goes back to, who knows what’s going on, is that being communicated?” she said. “Were they being told that people have died, and they still wanted the concert to go on? Or, were they being told that 'Hey, some people are getting hurt, which might not be that unusual at an event like that?”
Assistant Harris County District Attorney Alycia Harvey said after the grand jury declined to issue indictments that prosecutors were left with only possible counts of endangering a child in connection with the deaths of the two youngest concertgoers, ages 9 and 14.
Scott's lawyer, Kent Schaffer, has said that the performer was not responsible for the tragedy.
“He never encouraged people to do anything that resulted in other people being hurt,” Schaffer said.
Scott has previously said he was unaware of the deaths until after the show. He has since created what he called Project HEAL, a $5 million initiative that includes funding for an effort to address safety challenges for festivals and large-scale events.
The police report said Scott told investigators that around the time Drake came onstage he was told to end the show after the performance, but that no one told him of an emergency.
Following the tragedy, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott formed a task force to study concert safety, and to recommend crowd control and security measures during mass gathering.
The task force in April 2022 reported that people without tickets entered the outdoor festival area hours before the performances began, overwhelming staff and leading to a variety of injuries. It also concluded that the process for issuing permits for mass gatherings is inconsistent statewide.
The task force recommended creating a command center that is authorized to pause or cancel a show in response to safety concerns.
“Sometimes, sadly, industries learn safety practices following disasters,” said Thompson, the law professor. “The standards for live concerts like this, I would imagine, are going to change.”
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Miller reported from Oklahoma City, Willingham reported from Charleston, West Virginia.
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Red Sox vs. Giants Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest between the San Francisco Giants (56-48) and the Boston Red Sox (56-47) at Oracle Park is expected to be a tight matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 5-4, with the Giants securing the victory. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET on July 29.
The probable pitchers are James Paxton (6-2) for the Red Sox and Ryan Walker (3-0) for the Giants.
Red Sox vs. Giants Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Oracle Park in San Francisco, California
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
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Red Sox vs. Giants Score Prediction
Our pick for this contest is Giants 5, Red Sox 4.
Total Prediction for Red Sox vs. Giants
- Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
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Red Sox Performance Insights
- In six games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Red Sox have a record of 3-3.
- Boston and its opponents have combined to hit the over four times in its last 10 games with a total.
- There has not been a spread set for any of the Red Sox's last 10 games.
- This season, the Red Sox have won 24 out of the 43 games, or 55.8%, in which they've been favored.
- Boston has a record of 15-11 in games when bookmakers favor them by at least -130 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Red Sox, based on the moneyline, is 56.5%.
- Boston is among the highest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking sixth with 519 total runs this season.
- The Red Sox have a 4.26 team ERA that ranks 17th among all league pitching staffs.
Giants Performance Insights
- The Giants have been an underdog just two times in their last 10 contests and lost both matchups.
- In its previous 10 matchups with a total posted by sportsbooks, San Francisco and its opponents are 3-7-0 when it comes to hitting the over.
- The last 10 Giants contests have not had a spread posted by bookmakers.
- The Giants have won in 23, or 54.8%, of the 42 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- This season, San Francisco has been victorious 11 times in 24 chances when named as an underdog of at least +110 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Giants have an implied victory probability of 47.6% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- San Francisco scores the 15th-most runs in baseball (469 total, 4.5 per game).
- The Giants have pitched to a 4.01 ERA this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
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As the second set of matches wrap up on Sunday, Matchday #3 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup begins, with countries in Group A look to solidify spots in the knockout stage.
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GROUP H
Korea Republic (0-0-1) vs. Morocco (0-0-1)
- When: Sunday, July 30
- Time: 12:30 a.m. ET
- Where: Hindmarsh Stadium (Adelaide, Australia)
- Channel: FOX, NBC Universo
- Stream: FuboTV (Free Trial), Sling, DirecTV Stream, Peacock
Morocco knew they were going to be in tough in their first World Cup match on Monday, but they did not expect to be blown out of the water like they were against Germany. After giving up two goals in the opening half, the African side helped out their European counterparts with a couple of own goals given up on their way to a 6-0 defeat.
Korea struggled to get things going last Tuesday against Colombia. The Asian nation was outshot by a 6-3 margin, with two first-half goals being their downfall, losing 2-0. The Korean side is still looking for its first points at the World Cup since their run to the Round of 16 in 2015.
Sunday will mark the first time Korea and Morocco have met on the pitch.
Germany (1-0-0) vs. Colombia (1-0-0)
- When: Sunday, July 30
- Time: 5:30 a.m. ET
- Where: Sydney Football Stadium (Sydney, Australia)
- Channel: FOX Sports 1, Telemundo
- Stream: FuboTV (Free Trial), Sling, DirecTV Stream, Peacock
Germany needed no help taking care of Morocco in a dominating effort. Captain Alexandra Popp’s two goals in the first half helped set the tone, leading to DFB-Frauen’s 6-0 win. Though they can never afford to take an opponent lightly, Germany seems well on its way to a ninth knockout stage appearance.
While Colombia relatively shared possession with Korea in their World Cup opener, a penalty from Catalina Usme and a strike from Linda Caicedo, both in the first half, helped Las Chicas Superpoderosas earn their first win at this stage since their last tournament appearance eight years ago.
This will be the first-ever meeting between Germany and Colombia.
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GROUP A
Heading into an elimination day, all you can ask for is an exciting finish. That is exactly what will happen on Sunday.
The co-hosts received a stunning result last Tuesday. After New Zealand started off with a huge win over Norway, they suffered a debilitating loss to the Philippines, the Filipinas won a World Cup match for the first time. That leveled the two countries with three points apiece.
On the other side, Switzerland comes into the final Matchday with the advantage, as they started things off with a win over the Philippines, before salvaging a scoreless draw against Norway. Yet, despite the fact they are the only team in the group to not have a win, the Norwegians still have a chance.
Norway (0-1-1) vs. Philippines (1-0-1)
- When: Sunday, July 30
- Time: 3 a.m. ET
- Where: Eden Park (Auckland, N.Z.)
- Channel: FOX Sports 1, NBC Universo
- Stream: FuboTV (Free Trial), Sling, DirecTV Stream, Peacock
Like others previously, Norway has not had the chance to play the Philippines in football (soccer).
Switzerland (1-1-0) vs. New Zealand (1-0-1)
- When: Sunday, July 30
- Time: 3 a.m. ET
- Where: Dunedin Stadium (Dunedin, N.Z.)
- Channel: FOX, Telemundo
- Stream: FuboTV (Free Trial), Sling, DirecTV Stream, Peacock
The co-hosts have never had a match against Switzerland prior to the tournament.
Clinching Scenarios
Switzerland advances with: Win/draw vs. New Zealand, OR ;oss vs. New Zealand AND Norway loss/draw vs. Philippines, OR loss vs. New Zealand AND Norway win vs. Philippines by less than three goals
New Zealand advances with: Win vs. Switzerland AND Philippines draw/loss vs. Norway, OR draw vs. Switzerland AND Philippines draw vs. Norway
Philippines advances with: Win vs. Norway AND New Zealand/Switzerland wins, OR draw vs. Norway AND New Zealand loss vs. Switzerland
Norway advances with: Win vs. Philippines AND New Zealand loss/draw vs. Switzerland, OR win vs. Philippines AND Switzerland loss vs. New Zealand by more than three goals
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LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. — A woman on Friday in La Porte County, Indiana was found guilty of killing her husband and dismembering his body.
A jury on Thursday found Thessalonica Allen guilty of eight counts that included murder, abuse of a corpse, neglect of a dependent, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, WXIN reported.
Thessalonica Allen was arrested in July of 2021 after she shot her husband, Randy Allen, to death, according to the news outlet.
The shooting happened during an argument inside a bedroom of their home at the Maple Tree Apartments in the 1400 block of 18th Street, according to WSBT.
In an autopsy, it was learned that the bullet entered Randy Allen’s arm and went through the right side of his body, WXIN reported. The bullet then was believed to have hit his spinal cord which left him unable to move and bleed out.
Thessalonica Allen’s son, Deshawn, 16, testified that his mother and stepfather had gotten into an argument, WSBT reported. He said the argument was over a social media post that Randy Allen discovered on her computer. It led him to accuse her of cheating and an argument ensued.
Teenagers told police at the time that their mother, Thessalonica Allen, had told them to ignore Randy Allen asking for help. After he died, according to WXIN, Allen stuffed him in her daughter’s closet.
Thessalonica Allen’s defense attorney said that Randy Allen reportedly lunged at Thessalonica Allen which is when the shooting happened, according to WSBT. She claimed it was self-defense.
LaPorte County Deputy Prosecutor Julianne Havens said that Thessalonica Allen got a protective order against Randy Allen prior to the shooting but reportedly lied to get it since she had retracted her story. According to the news outlet, Havens reportedly obtained notes that showed Thessalonica Allen had planned to kill him.
In previous reports obtained by WXIN, Thessalonica Allen reportedly used an axe to cut Randy Allen’s legs the day after. She also reportedly “recruited her children” to help her move body Randy Allen’s body and place his body parts into bags.
Thessalonica Allen’s ex-partner called police after Thessalonica Allen had him come over to the apartment and she showed him the body, the news outlet reported. During the search, investigators say they found a note that “a list of tasks to dispose of the body.”
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How to Watch the Red Sox vs. Giants Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
The San Francisco Giants and Wilmer Flores take the field in the second game of a three-game series against Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox, on Saturday at Oracle Park.
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Red Sox vs. Giants Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Venue: Oracle Park
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Red Sox Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Red Sox are 20th in baseball with 116 total home runs.
- Boston's .437 slugging percentage is sixth-best in baseball.
- The Red Sox are third in the majors with a .265 batting average.
- Boston scores the sixth-most runs in baseball (519 total, five per game).
- The Red Sox rank fourth in MLB with an on-base percentage of .333.
- Red Sox hitters strike out 8.2 times per game, the 10th-fewest strikeouts in the majors.
- The pitching staff for Boston has a collective 8.8 K/9, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- Boston has a 4.26 team ERA that ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Red Sox have the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.285).
Giants Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Giants' 120 home runs rank 14th in Major League Baseball.
- Fueled by 301 extra-base hits, San Francisco ranks 22nd in MLB with a .397 slugging percentage this season.
- The Giants' .241 batting average ranks 19th in the league this season.
- San Francisco ranks 15th in the majors with 469 total runs scored this season.
- The Giants have an on-base percentage of .317 this season, which ranks 16th in the league.
- The Giants are one of the least disciplined teams at the plate this season, ranking 28th with an average of 9.5 strikeouts per game.
- San Francisco strikes out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
- San Francisco has pitched to a 4.01 ERA this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
- Giants pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Red Sox Probable Starting Pitcher
- James Paxton gets the start for the Red Sox, his 13th of the season. He is 6-2 with a 3.46 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 65 2/3 innings pitched.
- The left-hander last appeared on Saturday against the New York Mets, when he tossed six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up three hits.
- Paxton is looking to collect his eighth quality start of the season.
- Paxton has pitched five or more innings in a game nine times this year entering this matchup.
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in two of his 12 appearances this season.
Giants Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Giants will send Ryan Walker (3-0) to the mound for his seventh start this season.
- The right-hander allowed one hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings pitched against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
- In six starts this season, Walker has not yet earned a quality start.
- In six starts this season, Walker has yet to pitch five or more innings.
- He has 17 appearances this season with zero earned runs allowed out of his 24 chances this season.
Red Sox Schedule
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DAKAR, Senegal — (AP) — Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrections among other offenses, the public prosecutor said Saturday.
The announcement comes weeks after Sonko was convicted on separate charges of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison, which ignited deadly protests across the nation.
Prosecutor Abdou Karim Diop made the announcement on state television, a day after Sonko's lawyer said he was taken into custody for questioning at the police courthouse in the capital, Dakar.
In June, Sonko was acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. But he was convicted on a lighter sentence of corrupting young people, which includes using one’s position of power to have sex with people under age 21. Corrupting youth is a criminal offense in Senegal that is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to more than $6,000.
The conviction led to deadly clashes across the country between Sonko supporters and police, where at least 23 people were killed and dozens injured.
Sonko placed third in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election and is popular with the country’s youth. His supporters maintain the charges against him are part of a government effort to derail his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.
Sonko's ongoing legal battles may bar him from running. Once in prison, he can ask for a retrial for his June conviction.
Saturday’s charges are separate, said the public prosecutor. The accusations include calling an insurrection, criminal conspiracy to commit terrorism, compromising public security and theft.
It is unclear what led to the charges. Sonko has mostly stayed in his house since being sentenced to prison.
In a tweet posted shortly before his arrest on Friday afternoon, Sonko said a team of soldiers were breaking down the door following an altercation with secret service agents who were taking videoing him.
Friday evening, an AP reporter saw around 20 protesters burning tires in the middle of the road in Parcelles Assainies, an outer neighborhood of Dakar.
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2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 4
Celine Boutier is the current leader (-100) at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship after three rounds of play.
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Amundi Evian Championship Fourth Round Information
- Start Time: 12:45 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Celine Boutier
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 1st (-11)
- Odds to Win: -100
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Nasa Hataoka
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 2nd (-8)
- Odds to Win: +400
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Minjee Lee
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +700
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Brooke Mackenzie Henderson
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +800
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Nelly Korda
- Tee Time: 6:05 AM ET
- Current Rank: 5th (-6)
- Odds to Win: +1200
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters.
The complaint comes as Twitter owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection, said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter X and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X,” though the child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/new-x-logo-atop-twitter-building-in-san-francisco-prompts-complaint-investigation-from-city/ | 2023-07-29T19:38:20 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/new-x-logo-atop-twitter-building-in-san-francisco-prompts-complaint-investigation-from-city/ |
A new school year means new rules for backpacks and lunchboxes for Lafayette Parish School System students.
With the start of the 2023-2024 school year, all students, regardless of grade, will need clear or mesh backpacks. And there are new restrictions on lunchbox sizes.
The changes have been made in the past few years because school board members said the changes will promote school safety and minimize distractions and disruptions.
Here’s what changes are coming for backpacks, lunchboxes and jackets and sweaters.
What kind of backpack can my child have?
Students in every grade — pre-Kindergarten through 12th — must have a clear or mesh backpack. The mesh backpacks are not allowed to have a print on them and must be a solid color. Clear backpacks can’t be tinted or colored and must be clear.
Backpacks can’t be lined with fabric or other material that would conceal what’s inside. Students are allowed to have use a Chromebook sleeve inside their backpack.
Bulletproof backpacks are allowed but must be clear with a non-transparent back panel.
Exceptions will be made for students who have medically necessary items, but they must be inspected and approved by school administrators.
What kind of lunchbox can my child have?
Lunchboxes don’t have to be clear if they aren’t bigger than about 9” x 6” x 5”. If a lunchbox is bigger than that, it would need to be clear.
What about bags for personal items and extra curriculars?
Athletic bags and other extracurricular bas and equipment don’t have to be transparent, but they must be stowed in a designated area on campus.
Students are allowed to have a clear tote that is smaller than 12” x 6” x 12”.
For privacy, students are allowed to have a non-transparent privacy bag that is not bigger than 5.5” x 7.5”. The privacy bag and lunchbox are the only two non-transparent items students are allowed to carry inside or outside their backpack.
What kind of jacket, sweater and other outerwear can my child have?
Students are allowed to wear cold-weather clothing to and from school and while outside during recess. Students have to wear hoodless jackets or coats that can be any color or print that unzips or unbuttons completely.
While inside, students can wear solid-colored, hoodless sweatshirts, sweaters or jackets. Outerwear must remain open, not zipped or buttoned when inside. Uniform shirts or approved school spirit shirts must be worn underneath. They also can wear school-sold hoodless spirit jackets and sweaters.
For elementary school students and middle school students, including David Thibodaux STEM 6-8 graders, jackets and sweaters worn inside must be red, white or navy blue.
For high school students, jackets and sweaters worn inside must be an approved solid color depending on their school.
- Acadiana High: solid forest green
- Carencro High: solid navy blue or yellow gold
- David Thibodaux STEM (9-12): solid royal blue or black
- E.J. Sam: solid purple or gray
- Lerosen: solid navy blue, black or gray
- Lafayette High: solid black or Kelly green
- Northside High: solid red or black
- Ovey Comeaux High: solid red or navy
- Southside High: solid navy or gray
For more information about approved items and student dress code, see the Student/Parent Handbook. | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/education/lpss-approved-backpacks-lunchboxes-and-outerwear/article_04d3cd36-2d75-11ee-a23b-174fe41e906a.html | 2023-07-29T19:38:20 | 0 | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/education/lpss-approved-backpacks-lunchboxes-and-outerwear/article_04d3cd36-2d75-11ee-a23b-174fe41e906a.html |
(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://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/overlooked-ceiling-fan-switch-could-make-you-cooler-this-summer/ | 2023-07-29T19:38:26 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/overlooked-ceiling-fan-switch-could-make-you-cooler-this-summer/ |
Obviously, UL senior tight end Neal Johnson has made a good impression around the Sun Belt Conference during his first four years with the Ragin’ Cajuns.
Despite only getting 25 receptions a year ago, the league’s coaches voted the Mesquite, Texas native as a preseason first-team All-Sun Belt selection.
There's a notion this will be his season to really flourish. Johnson agrees.
“I want to go a little crazy this year,” Johnson laughed when asked about his goals for the upcoming season.
Actually, those 25 catches for 296 yards and two touchdowns were the most receptions any UL tight end has had since Ladarius Green hauled in 51 passes for 606 yards and eight scores in 2011.
“Neal is a unique player and always has been,” UL coach Michael Desormeaux said. “He’s a guy who has made a lot of plays for us. He’s a veteran who has been in the fire and played from day one. The situation has never been too big for him.
“This year, he knows we’re counting on him. We did a lot of things this spring to make sure to where this year instead of the tight end being the third option, maybe it’s the first option.”
Certainly the offense’s depth chart is one reason Johnson figures to be the top target for quarterback Ben Wooldridge this fall.
Gone are leading receiver Michael Jefferson and two key contributors last year – Errol Rogers and Dontae Fleming - left in the transfer portal.
“We’ve got a really good group of young receivers and young tight ends that are going to play a role, but certainly the tight end position with Neal and his production and his play, along with the leadership value that he brings to our team, are going to be huge,” Desormeaux said.
Johnson embraces his role as a leader in the offense and in the tight end room with such talented understudies as redshirt freshman Terrance Carter.
“Coming in, I had Johnny Lumpkin,” said Johnson, who has 71 career receptions for 813 yards and six scores. “I’m Terrance Carter’s Johnny Lumpkin … I’m the older guy. I had someone to teach me all the techniques, so that’s what I’ve trying to do for him, the tricks of the trade, different route techniques and different coverages. I try to make sure he’s tapped in.”
But Desormeaux wouldn’t have picked Johnson as one of UL’s two player representatives at Sun Belt Media Days if the tight end hadn’t progressed off the field as well.
For Johnson, the obstacles have never been on the field.
“From the day Neal got here, there was never a doubt how important football was to him,” Desormeaux said. “He always practiced really hard. He always loved the game. He was always very coachable. He wanted to know the ins and outs of it.
“I am most proud of how much he’s grown as a person, as a human being.”
Somewhere along the way, Johnson learned to love the off-the-field routine necessary to earn the staff’s trust.
“As he’s grown in those areas, his play has just skyrocketed,” Desormeaux explained. “We say all the time, ‘How you do anything is how you do everything,’ and all of it matters. Neal to me is a prime example of a guy who has figured it all out and it all matters and it’s all turned into what you see now.
“He’s learned to learn everything that goes with the process and with the grind of playing football.”
After winning a Sun Belt championship two years ago, Johnson added humility to his arsenal this season after last year’s 6-7 campaign.
“It definitely was a humbling experience,” he said. “When I came in 2019, we were already winning. It definitely taught me and the team how to lose and be humble, and that if you don’t finish the game out, then somebody else will come finish it.
“It helped me grow as a leader and lead the team in the right direction. Motivation is at an all-time high right now.”
Especially for Desormeaux’s old position group in the tight end room. It’s a unit that’s always played a critical role as blockers in the run game, but it’s expected to be more visible for the fans this season.
“We definitely have a lot of dogs in that tight end room this year,” Johnson said. “It’s definitely going to be exciting to go out there on Saturdays and just produce for the team.
“To try to just produce for the team .. hopefully, our role is bigger than ever. It’s going to be exciting.” | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/ul-cajuns-johnson-predicting-big-year-for-ul-tight-ends/article_3c809d9e-2e2f-11ee-89d7-3729ea08beea.html | 2023-07-29T19:38:26 | 0 | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/ul-cajuns-johnson-predicting-big-year-for-ul-tight-ends/article_3c809d9e-2e2f-11ee-89d7-3729ea08beea.html |
(NEXSTAR) — Yet another new, unsafe trend is catching attention.
This time, some TikTok users are encouraging viewers to add borax to their water, claiming the common cleaning product can help reduce inflammation and joint pain, or even “detoxify” the body. As you may have guessed, health officials are warning of the consequences the trend could have on your health.
Borax, or sodium tetraborate decahydrate, is a chemical compound commonly available in the form of a white crystalline powder. It’s been utilized in a variety of ways since the Middle Ages, and today is often used a laundry detergent, kitchen/bathroom cleaner, and even a bug and weed killer.
Boric acid has also been found to have bacteriostatic properties, meaning it can prevent the growth of bacteria, Dr. S. Ruddy Rose, director of VCU Health’s Virginia Poison Center, told Nexstar.
Despite its endless safe uses, however, borax is not approved for ingestion by humans.
Ingesting borax can cause people to become quite sick, according to Dr. Rose, leading to convulsions, problems with the gastrointestinal tract, heat burns, and even kidney damage.
“This happens pretty quickly,” he adds.
Even the company behind 20 Mule Team Borax, a popular borax product, has warned against participating in the TikTok trend.
“20 Mule Team Borax has many uses but ingesting is not one of them,” the company warned on July 25.
“Do not bathe in, apply to skin, or ingest Borax, including drinking it diluted in water,” the company continued. “It is not intended for use as a personal care product or dietary supplement.”
Should your child fall victim to the trend, Dr. Rose said you can follow up with the child’s pediatrician, as long as they don’t have any symptoms. But if your child is vomiting, has abdominal pain, or experiences a seizure or other serious symptoms, it’s best to seek emergency medical attention.
Several videos recommending borax have been removed from TikTok, according to NBC News.
Social-media users, meanwhile, should always be cautious about taking medical advice from influencers or TikTok personalities.
“Just beware of these types of activities,” Dr. Rose said. “The people promoting it may not be doing it for the right reason.”
Borax uses
There are plenty of non-dangerous ways to use borax that you may not be aware of.
- It can unclog drains. As recommended by Southern Living, 1/2 cup of borax and two cups of boiling water down a clogged drain should clear it right out. Let the solution sit for 15 mins before flushing with warm water.
- It’s a pest deterrent/killer. Borax is a desiccant, which means it sucks up moisture. In this way, borax can be useful to sprinkle in places where bugs might ordinarily populate. The powder will keep the area dry and make it less optimal for insects to make home. Meanwhile, if bugs are already in your home, it’s not too late. The Spruce explains that insects, like cockroaches and ants, become “dried out” from the inside and die after eating the powder.
- It can help grow your fruit trees. Bob Vila recommends adding borax to the soil around your tree to help keep the plant’s pH levels desirable for growth.
- It’s in ingredient in “slime.” If your kids love making and playing with slime, Taste of Home has a recipe for using borax to make the stretchy, gooey stuff. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/why-are-people-drinking-borax-cleaning-powder-on-tiktok/ | 2023-07-29T19:38:32 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/why-are-people-drinking-borax-cleaning-powder-on-tiktok/ |
(NEXSTAR) – The astounding critical and commercial reception of the new “Barbie” movie has catapulted all-things-Barbie back to the forefront of pop culture.
Even Allan!
Mattel’s Allan dolls — first introduced in the earlier half of the ‘60s as a “buddy” for Ken dolls — are currently experiencing increased demand among collectors and Barbie fans, with early specimens selling for upwards of $200 on eBay over the last several days.
The value of Allan dolls has increased, no doubt, due to Allan’s inclusion in the film. But that’s about the only effect the movie has had on the price of vintage Barbies, according to Barbie expert Rebecca Chulew, who has been featured such shows as “Collector’s Call,” “Toy Hunter” and “My Crazy Obsession.”
“Many vintage Barbies were produced by the millions and are easy to find,” said Chulew, who has sold over 10,000 Barbies on eBay and Macari over the years. “Everybody thinks they have a valuable Barbie. The truth is, the majority aren’t.”
Certain vintage Barbie dolls, meanwhile, might still be worth a pretty penny, but their value really isn’t tied to the movie, according to Chulew.
“The doll now is kind of holding steady,” she said. “It has a good value, but I don’t see it going up or down a lot.”
The most valuable Barbies, she said, continue to be the very first series of dolls ever produced in 1959. Specifically, the No. 1 or No. 2 Ponytail Barbies, which can fetch anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000 per doll, depending on condition, the inclusion of the original box, and — perhaps more importantly — the hair color.
“They made three blondes for every brunette,” said Chulew, who noted that brunette Ponytail Barbies from 1959 can sell for up to $6,000, even out of the box.
Chulew further said that sealed or boxed dolls don’t matter as much to many Barbie collectors, seeing as the early opaque boxes were more akin to “shoeboxes” and didn’t showcase the dolls. (“There’s a lot of [online] box sales going on” for folks who want just the packaging, she said.)
Another coveted doll is the Side-Part American Girl Barbie produced in the mid-‘60s, which can go for “about $3,000” (and reportedly once sold for almost double), according to the expert.
Collectors also tend to prize “Twist ‘n Turn” Stacey dolls (not to be confused with Stacie dolls) from the late ‘60s, as well as “Steffie-face” Barbies (i.e., a type of doll using a certain face mold) introduced a few years later. Both can sell for hundreds to the right collectors.
Other valuable dolls include rarer Barbies that weren’t widely produced — like the brunette mentioned above — and, specifically, Black Barbies. According to Chulew, first- and second-issue Francie dolls from 1967-1969 are tough to find, while Alpha Kappa Alpha Barbies (which commemorated the historically African American sorority) can go for up to around $1,000.
And then, there’s Allan.
Allan dolls — including the original from 1964, the bendable-leg version from 1965 and the Wedding Day Allan doll from 1990 — have seen a “slight increase [in value] due to the movie,” said Chulew, adding that sellers might be able to get a few hundred for each one.
The rest of the Barbie line, and even vintage dolls that were mentioned in the movie, are likely worth no more than they were last year.
“I think what you’re going to see in the next 30 to 60 days are a lot of people selling their childhood dolls. And a lot of them aren’t going to be valuable,” Chulew said. “A few rarities might be unearthed, but it might cause stagnation in the market. It’s going to be tough for collectors to sort through all the barbies being advertised as ‘rare’ when they’re not.”
Barbie collectors, on the other hand, might be busy scooping up other “Barbie”-movie merchandise to complete their collections or prepare for any future scarcity. For example, the collectible “Barbie” popcorn buckets from AMC are very “hot” right now, Chulew said, and certain dolls from Mattel’s latest line of movie-inspired figures are becoming hard to find, even if they’re still selling at retail prices.
“But they don’t appear to have made the Allan doll from the movie,” she lamented, “which may be a mistake on their part.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ | 2023-07-29T19:38:38 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ |
VERO BEACH, Fla. – On your mark… get set… GO!
The 16th annual Tour de Turtles officially kicked off at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort Saturday morning.
The event allows guests staying at the beachside resort to see the moment two large sea turtles are released back into the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Disney partners with the Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC), one of the oldest sea turtle conservation groups in the world, to bring the event to dozens of hotel guests and locals. Hitched with satellite transponders on their shells, each sea turtle pings back data showing just how far they swim during the migration season. Disney said that not only does the special moment raise awareness about sea turtle conservation, but also provides researchers with critical data to further protect the animals.
“Disney’s commitment to sea turtle conservation in Vero Beach spans 20 years, and we are very proud to have recently watched our 1.5 millionth sea turtle hatchling leave the nest and shuffle its way to the ocean,” said Mark Penning, vice president of Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment.
“We’re learning a lot of valuable information about where they spend their time so that we can protect the ocean environments they occupy, and not just afford them the same protections on the nesting beaches,” said Rachel Smith, Disney Conservation manager.
With it being Disney, each sea turtle could be considered a shell-ebrity when it comes to their names.
This year’s turtles — in honor of the release of Disney’s all-new live-action film, “The Haunted Mansion” — sported the names Madame Leota and Harriet.
Tour de Turtles is happening during a historic year for the reptiles along the Florida coastline. Disney said its teams along the coast are seeing a huge influx in the number of nests of both loggerhead and green sea turtles – two turtles that are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
“Our team at Disney Conservation, we monitor a five-mile stretch of beach just outside Disney’s Vero Beach Resort in Indian River County, and in those five miles our team has recorded over 2,200 sea turtle nests so far this year, and the previous record for our team is in the 1,600′s for the entire season,” Smith said. “So, we are well ahead of where we’ve ever been! We’re in uncharted territory.”
This week, Disney said loggerhead sea turtles broke a record in terms of new nests, just weeks after green sea turtles swam their way to a similar feat. Disney said its team and several other conservation groups are evaluating the potential environmental factors helping drive the spike in nests being found up and down the state.
“It’s probably a lot of contributing factors, but I think it’s fair to say that we can credit the long-term conservation efforts of so many different organizations that have been working collaboratively on sea turtle conservation efforts for so long,” Smith said.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Wildlife experts said it takes 25 to 30 years for a sea turtle to reach maturity and return to lay their own eggs after hatching, and this year could be the second generation of turtles that are making a comeback since the conservation protections started 50 years ago.
“It’s really an exciting time for sea turtle conservationists and everyone who loves sea turtles,” Smith said.
Hatchlings generally emerge from their nests through the summer and early fall months.
Some of the biggest threats sea turtles face in the wild right now include plastic pollution, along with artificial light pollution from coastal development. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, disorientation from artificial lighting causes thousands of hatchling deaths each year in Florida and is a significant marine turtle conservation problem.
“I think for a lot of the threats that sea turtles face, they can be solved by changes in individual behavior,” Smith said. “There’s so many different things that we can do to help sea turtles.”
The Tour de Turtles will officially kickoff on Aug. 1.
To learn more and follow the turtles’ migration, visit the Tour de Turtles website at tourdeturtles.org.
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FUKUOKA, Japan — Here's why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport: She is never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with Michael Phelps for the most golds at worlds.
She also is a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 8.87 seconds, which is the seventh-quickest she'd ever 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 at the worlds. Australia 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 to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for her disqualification earlier 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 Sjöström of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the 50 butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 seconds and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjöström's individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps' mark.
Sjöström also broke her own record in the 50 free, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old mark was 23.67 set in 2017.
"There are not too many secrets," Sjöström said about 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 expected to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February 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 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 Britian, last year's world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Caeleb Dressel won the event at the Olympics but did not qualify for the U.S. team. McEvoy's time was quicker than Dressel's winning time in Tokyo — 21.07.
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on. 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 50 breaststroke.
Australia won the 4x100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his aunt’s boyfriend during a heated argument at a Casselberry apartment complex has turned himself in, according to police.
Joel Ferrer turned himself in at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, a member of the Casselberry Police Department said in a statement.
Ferrer had already run away by the time officers responded to the shooting at Goldelm at Regency Oaks Apartments around 11:11 p.m. Thursday, according to the department. Officers were told by Ferrer’s aunt that her live-in boyfriend — identified as David Jackson, 41 — had confronted Ferrer after the aunt raised concern that the 22-year-old was mishandling a handgun. Jackson was shot during the quarrel and underwent emergency surgery at a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries at 11:58 p.m., police said.
“I believe there was just a shooting in my apartment complex,” a neighbor said in a 911 call. “I just heard gunshots, I’m hearing screaming and I’m looking around.”
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Police initially warned that Ferrer was to be considered armed and dangerous on the lam, also announcing a warrant for second-degree murder had been secured with his name on it.
Ferrer turned himself in with his attorney’s support, according to the update.
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DAKAR – Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrections among other offenses, the public prosecutor said Saturday.
The announcement comes weeks after Sonko was convicted on separate charges of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison, which ignited deadly protests across the nation.
Prosecutor Abdou Karim Diop made the announcement on state television, a day after Sonko's lawyer said he was taken into custody for questioning at the police courthouse in the capital, Dakar.
In June, Sonko was acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. But he was convicted on a lighter sentence of corrupting young people, which includes using one’s position of power to have sex with people under age 21. Corrupting youth is a criminal offense in Senegal that is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to more than $6,000.
The conviction led to deadly clashes across the country between Sonko supporters and police, where at least 23 people were killed and dozens injured.
Sonko placed third in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election and is popular with the country’s youth. His supporters maintain the charges against him are part of a government effort to derail his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.
Sonko's ongoing legal battles may bar him from running. Once in prison, he can ask for a retrial for his June conviction.
Saturday’s charges are separate, said the public prosecutor. The accusations include calling an insurrection, criminal conspiracy to commit terrorism, compromising public security and theft.
It is unclear what led to the charges. Sonko has mostly stayed in his house since being sentenced to prison.
In a tweet posted shortly before his arrest on Friday afternoon, Sonko said a team of soldiers were breaking down the door following an altercation with secret service agents who were taking videoing him.
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‘I’m still in shock’: Woman wins lottery jackpot while taking break from work
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - A North Carolina woman won a triple-digit jackpot thanks to purchasing a lucky scratch-off ticket.
According to the North Carolina Educational Lottery, Jodi Owens won a $100,000 prize by putting her break time to good use and buying a lottery ticket.
Officials said Owens, a retired nurse practitioner, took a break from doing some work around her house and stopped at a Civietown Mini Mart in Shallotte. She picked up a few items including a Black Titanium scratch-off.
She returned home to scratch her winning ticket.
“I’m still in shock,” Owens said. “It’s truly a blessing.”
Owens claimed her prize on Friday and took home $71,259 after taxes.
“I’m going to pay my mortgage off and pay my car off,” she said. “I’m thinking about getting a manicure and pedicure too!”
Lottery officials said the Black Titanium scratch-off game just launched last month and is available for $30.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Police in Abilene are warning parents that a game played by high schoolers for the last several years has started to turn violent.
A Facebook post by the Abilene Police Department says the game is called “Fugitive” and is similar to hide and seek. It’s played after dark and requires one group of players to reach a location before being located by another group.
The post says the people who play this game commonly run down alleyways and through private property as a way to reach the location. Police also say it’s starting to escalate to violence, including organized fighting.
Police say the fights have resulted in injuries and will likely result in criminal charges for those involved.
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LFR responds to three lightning strikes in southeast Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded to three lightning strike incidents in southeast Lincoln on Saturday.
According to LFR, the first incident occurred at 8:54 a.m. Fighter fighters responded to a lightning strike at a household near Faulkner Drive and S. 41st Street. The lightning strike caused a hole in the roof of the house and started a small fire in the attic.
LFR said the fire was mostly contained by natural rain. LFR checked for hotspots in the attic, which were dealt with.
Damage to the structure was minimal, and homeowners were not displaced.
The second incident occurred at 9:01 a.m. Fighter fighters were dispatched to a house near Augusta Drive and S. 90th Street. When they arrived, they saw a small fire on the peak of the roof, which was quickly put out.
LFR said damage was minimal, and that the homeowners were not displaced.
The third incident occurred at around 10:07 a.m. A bolt of lightning struck and hit a chimney near Rockwood Lane and Rockwood Circuit. The lightning strike caused limited damage to the structure. The homeowners were not displaced.
No one was injured in any of the incidents.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Around 700 students are ready for school thanks to the 8th annual Backpack Bash put on by First Presbyterian Church of Wichita and the International Rescue Committee.
The event serves refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers.
It gives students of all ages a chance to pick out new backpacks and supplies for the upcoming school year.
Event organizers said a lot of newcomers are now in the ICT.
“Equip them for success in school and you know we’ve all been new somewhere sometime a new job or whatever and they are here with new country, new language, and new school, new friends new everything and we just want to do what we can to make them feel welcome and excited,” said First Presbyterian Church of Wichita, Ruling Elder/Mission Chair, Patrice Cummings.
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WASHINGTON, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a coordinated effort to undermine No Labels' work to secure ballot access in states nationwide, we have named Jay Nixon – a lifelong Democrat who spent 30 years serving Missouri as a governor, attorney general and state senator – as director of our new Ballot Integrity Project.
Since early last year, No Labels has gathered over 700,000 signatures and qualified for the ballot in five states. We have a strategy to get on the ballot in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., with the aim of potentially offering our line to an independent Unity presidential ticket in 2024. No Labels is responding to the overwhelming desire of Americans for more choices and voices in our politics – with two-thirds of voters saying they don't want a rematch of the 2020 election – but we now face organized opposition from a group of political operatives and former elected officials intent on keeping us off the ballot.
"At a moment when so many Americans' are losing trust in our democracy, we need to hold even tighter to the pillars that have held our democracy up for almost 250 years. In our country, you win by persuading more people and getting more votes, not by limiting voters' choices and denying competitors a place on the ballot," said Nixon. "Americans have the constitutional right to put any person or party on the ballot and to vote for whomever they want. Anyone who is against that isn't standing up for democracy. They are standing in the way."
Former Gov. Larry Hogan will welcome Nixon to the No Labels community in his first scheduled public appearance at a town hall on Tuesday, August 1, at 5 p.m. ET. Register here to join the town hall.
In Nixon's decorated public service career, he established a stellar record as a champion for the civil and voting rights of Americans. In his new role with No Labels, Nixon will work closely with No Labels national co-chair and civil rights icon, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., to monitor legal developments, provide strategic counsel and serve as a public advocate for No Labels' ballot access efforts.
Since the start of its ballot access effort, No Labels has rigorously followed the letter and spirit of all applicable election laws. In recent months, however, it has become the target of an undemocratic campaign by organized and powerful partisan interests determined to keep No Labels off the ballot.
Local parties and partisan election officials have filed baseless lawsuits, invented spurious charges and delayed certification without justification in Arizona, Maine and North Carolina. Now, a new well-resourced group, organized under the name "Citizens to Save our Republic," has embarked on an effort to pressure No Labels and its members to abandon our ballot access effort.
"No Labels is a movement dedicated to democracy, and democracy can't stop because the powers that be think it's 'dangerous' to have competition," said Chavis. "The way to unite this country and to restore Americans faith in our future is to have more democracy, not less. I'm eager to begin working side by side with former Gov. Nixon to protect Americans' most fundamental constitutional rights."
On July 18, No Labels launched its Common Sense policy booklet at an overflow town hall event at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., featuring Dr. Chavis, his fellow No Labels co-chairs former Gov. Pat McCrory and Sen. Joe Lieberman and special guests Sen. Joe Manchin and Gov. Jon Huntsman. It was the first of many town halls No Labels will host in the months ahead – with different leaders in different states – to spur a long overdue discussion about where America needs to go in 2024 and beyond.
By early 2024, No Labels will gauge the mood of the American public and their openness to an independent Unity ticket and will offer our ballot line to a ticket if and only if, such a ticket has a viable path to victory in the 2024 presidential election.
Since its founding in 2009, No Labels has spent 13 years working to give voice to America's commonsense majority. We are now getting ballot access in states across the country to ensure Americans have the choice to vote for a 2024 presidential ticket that features strong, effective, and honest leaders who will commit to working closely with both parties to find commonsense solutions to America's biggest problems. www.nolabels.org.
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Tingo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIO) between December 1, 2022 and June 6, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 7, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Tingo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Tingo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16856 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 7, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Tingo overstated its revenue and other accounting metrics, creating a false impression of success; (2) Tingo was not meaningfully engaged in many of the business activities that it claimed would drive future growth; (3) many of Tingo's supposed contracts with customers and suppliers did not exist; and (4) in light of the above, defendants' positive statements about Tingo's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Tingo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16856 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Rockies vs. Athletics Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's game between the Colorado Rockies (40-63) and Oakland Athletics (29-76) squaring off at Coors Field has a projected final score of 6-4 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of the Rockies, who is listed as a slight favorite by our model. The game will start at 8:10 PM ET on July 29.
The probable starters are Chris Flexen for the Rockies and Paul Blackburn (1-2) for the Athletics.
Rockies vs. Athletics Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 8:10 PM ET
- Where: Coors Field in Denver, Colorado
- How to Watch on TV: SportsNet RM
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Rockies vs. Athletics Score Prediction
Our prediction for this contest is Rockies 6, Athletics 4.
Total Prediction for Rockies vs. Athletics
- Total Prediction: Under 12 runs
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Rockies Performance Insights
- Over the past 10 games, the Rockies have been favored just once and lost that contest.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Colorado and its opponents have combined to hit the over four times.
- In their last two games with a spread, the Rockies covered the spread each time.
- The Rockies have entered the game as favorites 11 times this season and won three, or 27.3%, of those games.
- Colorado is 2-6 this season when entering a game favored by -120 or more on the moneyline.
- The bookmakers' moneyline implies a 54.5% chance of a victory for the Rockies.
- Colorado ranks 20th in the majors with 452 total runs scored this season.
- The Rockies have a 5.49 team ERA that ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
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‘Musical meltdown moments’ : Art of Music Experience at O.C. Fair prompts visceral reactions
Before you rock your stomach with all manner of fried food, the Art of Music Experience could make for an entertaining warm-up act at the Orange County Fair.
Those who have stumbled upon the exhibit, making its debut inside the Huntington Beach building at the fair, have been transported into a concertgoer’s paradise.
Upon entering, visitors see a room full of neon signs representing many of the hotshots in music. They know the names, and in many cases, they know the faces. The imagery associated with the music is what the showcase was designed to draw attention to.
A wide variety of periods and genres of music, from Barbra Streisand and the Beatles to Tupac Shakur and Linkin Park, can be found displayed throughout the building. Artist likenesses and larger-than-life reproductions of album covers fill the halls.
Joy Feuer, the co-founder and curator of the exhibit, said future plans for the exhibit will be announced at a later date.
“The reason we love this model is we wanted the collection to be seen,” Feuer said. “This is all about its second life. These are the original works that hung in all these iconic locations from the late 1980s to about the mid-2000s. They haven’t been seen until now, so they’re being seen for the first time at the Orange County Fair.
“We love that it’s part of the fair admission, so people who come to the fair, they can come in and out of the exhibit multiple times while they’re visiting the fair. They come back again. We love it because it’s inclusive. It’s all family, it’s all ages. We’re watching people have what I love to call musical meltdown moments almost every corner of the show.”
As one works through the maze, they also recognize various industry elements incorporated into the creation of the exhibit. Stacks of instrument cases are lying about, and stage lighting comes down from the ceiling, shining colorful and creative designs on the floor while music plays in the background.
Feuer, who worked in the music industry for 17 years with EMI Music and Capitol Records, had hoped to create an experience that would lead to music lovers sharing their own stories. Those elements are part of that, but it also places an emphasis on the relationships of the musical artists and those who created the visual gateway between their soulful songs and the public.
“The way that we put the framework of this collection together was to focus on the backstory, the stories about the album cover art, the creators of the album cover art,” Feuer said. “It’s about the art directors, the graphic designers, the illustrators, the photographers, people that don’t always get the limelight in the wake of these iconic covers, but they were integral to creating them.
“Oftentimes band members are very involved in creating their art. Some are even involved in creating the font that’s on an album cover, so we really want to share that intersection.”
Interactive experiences can be found throughout the Art of Music Experience. Music lovers can rank their top 10 album covers, have caricature portraits created, and a face painting and glitter station can get them ready for the show.
There are documentary videos playing in a couple of corners. There is also a station where the oversized album covers are being created in real time. Scotty Roller, a graphic artist and illustrator and the founder of 714 Creative, finished an 8-foot square reproduction of the Foo Fighters’ “But Here We Are” album cover on Thursday. The band’s 11th studio album was just released in June.
An Orange County native who graduated from Valencia High in 1989, Roller said his start was creating a flier for a house party that a punk rock band was playing at. For as big as the music industry is, he said it acts like a small community. Everyone knows everybody.
Intermittently, he would receive requests for work based on his past creations. About 15 years ago, he said he threw himself fully into creating gig posters, which led to album covers, T-shirt designs, backdrops and more.
“There are people, young and old, that didn’t realize what went into creating not only the covers themselves, but then the advertising aspect of recreating those covers and painting them in such a large scale so that they could help promote and sell those records once they were made,” Roller said. “Once they see me and the other three artists painting and what it actually takes, then they get a whole new appreciation for what the process was, what it is, and it makes them look at it different.”
Rand Foster, the owner of Fingerprints Music in Long Beach, said he had a longstanding working relationship with Feuer. They would collaborate on promotional events when Feuer worked on the marketing side of the music industry.
When the chance came up to have a pop-up store inside the exhibit, Foster was uncertain if it would be successful. In what has acted as the perfect storm, the environment has proved stimulating for music collectors. Foster has been pleasantly surprised, referring to it as an “oasis” from traditional fair offerings.
“In my mind, I was like, ‘I don’t know. Are people going to want to carry records around at the fair?’ Foster said. “It’s a lot of activity, it’s a lot of hot, it’s a lot of bumping into things. I was like, ‘I just don’t know that that’s the best environment to have a fairly expensive bag of records under your arm.’ We kind of came into it feeling like, ‘Well, it will be a good showcase for the store. We can show people what we have, and it will be kind of [a] promotion.’
“The first day we were here, we realized that one of the vendors who sells little air-conditioning towers gives you a free dolly with purchase, and we saw people pushing around air conditioners. I was like, ‘Oh, they’re going to buy records.’”
Foster filled the pop-up shop with vinyl records. Featured among the selections was the music of Taylor Swift, whose Eras Tour has dominated headlines in the music and entertainment world this summer.
“Taylor moves the needle, and she has completely energized an entirely different part of the consumer base,” Foster said, explaining that Swift is driving a revival for CDs. “... We were teenage kids hanging out in a record store, and I know that feeling of that kid coming in going, ‘Oh, I hope they have Taylor Swift.’ I know that feeling. I certainly want to make sure that we’re a place for that.”
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‘I’m still in shock’: Woman wins lottery jackpot while taking break from work
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - A North Carolina woman won a triple-digit jackpot thanks to purchasing a lucky scratch-off ticket.
According to the North Carolina Educational Lottery, Jodi Owens won a $100,000 prize by putting her break time to good use and buying a lottery ticket.
Officials said Owens, a retired nurse practitioner, took a break from doing some work around her house and stopped at a Civietown Mini Mart in Shallotte. She picked up a few items including a Black Titanium scratch-off.
She returned home to scratch her winning ticket.
“I’m still in shock,” Owens said. “It’s truly a blessing.”
Owens claimed her prize on Friday and took home $71,259 after taxes.
“I’m going to pay my mortgage off and pay my car off,” she said. “I’m thinking about getting a manicure and pedicure too!”
Lottery officials said the Black Titanium scratch-off game just launched last month and is available for $30.
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2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 4
Celine Boutier is the current leader (-100) at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship after three rounds of play.
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Amundi Evian Championship Fourth Round Information
- Start Time: 12:45 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Celine Boutier
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 1st (-11)
- Odds to Win: -100
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Nasa Hataoka
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 2nd (-8)
- Odds to Win: +400
Hataoka Round by Round Results
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Minjee Lee
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +700
Lee Round by Round Results
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Brooke Mackenzie Henderson
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +800
Mackenzie Henderson Round by Round Results
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Nelly Korda
- Tee Time: 6:05 AM ET
- Current Rank: 5th (-6)
- Odds to Win: +1200
Korda Round by Round Results
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WASHINGTON, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a coordinated effort to undermine No Labels' work to secure ballot access in states nationwide, we have named Jay Nixon – a lifelong Democrat who spent 30 years serving Missouri as a governor, attorney general and state senator – as director of our new Ballot Integrity Project.
Since early last year, No Labels has gathered over 700,000 signatures and qualified for the ballot in five states. We have a strategy to get on the ballot in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., with the aim of potentially offering our line to an independent Unity presidential ticket in 2024. No Labels is responding to the overwhelming desire of Americans for more choices and voices in our politics – with two-thirds of voters saying they don't want a rematch of the 2020 election – but we now face organized opposition from a group of political operatives and former elected officials intent on keeping us off the ballot.
"At a moment when so many Americans' are losing trust in our democracy, we need to hold even tighter to the pillars that have held our democracy up for almost 250 years. In our country, you win by persuading more people and getting more votes, not by limiting voters' choices and denying competitors a place on the ballot," said Nixon. "Americans have the constitutional right to put any person or party on the ballot and to vote for whomever they want. Anyone who is against that isn't standing up for democracy. They are standing in the way."
Former Gov. Larry Hogan will welcome Nixon to the No Labels community in his first scheduled public appearance at a town hall on Tuesday, August 1, at 5 p.m. ET. Register here to join the town hall.
In Nixon's decorated public service career, he established a stellar record as a champion for the civil and voting rights of Americans. In his new role with No Labels, Nixon will work closely with No Labels national co-chair and civil rights icon, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., to monitor legal developments, provide strategic counsel and serve as a public advocate for No Labels' ballot access efforts.
Since the start of its ballot access effort, No Labels has rigorously followed the letter and spirit of all applicable election laws. In recent months, however, it has become the target of an undemocratic campaign by organized and powerful partisan interests determined to keep No Labels off the ballot.
Local parties and partisan election officials have filed baseless lawsuits, invented spurious charges and delayed certification without justification in Arizona, Maine and North Carolina. Now, a new well-resourced group, organized under the name "Citizens to Save our Republic," has embarked on an effort to pressure No Labels and its members to abandon our ballot access effort.
"No Labels is a movement dedicated to democracy, and democracy can't stop because the powers that be think it's 'dangerous' to have competition," said Chavis. "The way to unite this country and to restore Americans faith in our future is to have more democracy, not less. I'm eager to begin working side by side with former Gov. Nixon to protect Americans' most fundamental constitutional rights."
On July 18, No Labels launched its Common Sense policy booklet at an overflow town hall event at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., featuring Dr. Chavis, his fellow No Labels co-chairs former Gov. Pat McCrory and Sen. Joe Lieberman and special guests Sen. Joe Manchin and Gov. Jon Huntsman. It was the first of many town halls No Labels will host in the months ahead – with different leaders in different states – to spur a long overdue discussion about where America needs to go in 2024 and beyond.
By early 2024, No Labels will gauge the mood of the American public and their openness to an independent Unity ticket and will offer our ballot line to a ticket if and only if, such a ticket has a viable path to victory in the 2024 presidential election.
Since its founding in 2009, No Labels has spent 13 years working to give voice to America's commonsense majority. We are now getting ballot access in states across the country to ensure Americans have the choice to vote for a 2024 presidential ticket that features strong, effective, and honest leaders who will commit to working closely with both parties to find commonsense solutions to America's biggest problems. www.nolabels.org.
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Tingo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIO) between December 1, 2022 and June 6, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 7, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Tingo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Tingo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16856 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 7, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Tingo overstated its revenue and other accounting metrics, creating a false impression of success; (2) Tingo was not meaningfully engaged in many of the business activities that it claimed would drive future growth; (3) many of Tingo's supposed contracts with customers and suppliers did not exist; and (4) in light of the above, defendants' positive statements about Tingo's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Tingo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16856 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 4
Celine Boutier is the current leader (-100) at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship after three rounds of play.
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Amundi Evian Championship Fourth Round Information
- Start Time: 12:45 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Amundi Evian Championship Best Odds to Win
Celine Boutier
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 1st (-11)
- Odds to Win: -100
Boutier Round by Round Results
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Nasa Hataoka
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 2nd (-8)
- Odds to Win: +400
Hataoka Round by Round Results
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Minjee Lee
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +700
Lee Round by Round Results
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Brooke Mackenzie Henderson
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +800
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Nelly Korda
- Tee Time: 6:05 AM ET
- Current Rank: 5th (-6)
- Odds to Win: +1200
Korda Round by Round Results
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(iSeeCars) — Most consumers know there are various electric vehicle tax credits available if they buy a new electric vehicle.
The original credit, officially known as the “Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit”, was instituted over a decade ago. It created a tax credit amount between $2,500 and $7,500 based on a specific qualifying vehicle’s battery capacity. There was also a 200,000-unit limit to how many zero-emissions electric cars a single manufacturer could sell before the credit would phase out and eventually be eliminated. Two automakers, General Motors and Tesla, had already hit this limit in recent years, with a few more getting very close in 2022
But the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has altered the existing rules for the federal tax credit, removing the 200,000 limit, extending the up-to-$7,500 credit through 2032…but also adding a new set of eligibility requirements based on the final assembly location of the vehicle and its battery components. New vehicle pricing and adjusted gross income requirements have also been enacted. The new rules are a reaction to China’s dominance in the EV space, a dominance President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy would like to reverse by encouraging the production of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and battery components in North America.
The Inflation Reduction Act – Pros and Cons
Encouraging the American production of clean vehicles, including plug-in electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), is commendable. However, the change in eligibility requirements could actually limit new vehicle tax credits more than the outgoing legislation. Let’s take a closer look at where this new legislation helps, and hurts, your chances at seeing a rebate.
Pros:
- No 200,000 Vehicle Limit per Manufacturer – which means brands like Cadillac, Chevrolet and Tesla will be back in the running for a $7,500 tax break, along with every other automaker selling EVs, PHEVs (with a battery of 7 kilowatt hours or larger), or FCEVs.
- Income and MSRP Restrictions – the previous legislation had no limit on household income or eligible vehicle pricing, which meant a lot of taxpayer money was spent helping millionaires get a $7,500 price break on their $100,000-plus Tesla. Starting on January 1st, 2023, the new legislation puts an MSRP limit of $80,000 on electric vans, SUVs, and pickup trucks, and a $55,000 MSRP limit on electric sedans, coupes, wagons, and convertibles. The IRS also puts a $150,000 annual income limit on single tax filers, a $225,000 limit on head-of-household filers, and a $300,000 limit on joint filers.
- Used EVs Count Too – For the first time ever, car buyers seeking a lower cost of entry into EV ownership don’t have to choose from pricier current or new model year vehicles. A tax credit on used vehicles, worth either $4,000 or 30% of the used EV’s sales price (whichever is lower) will be available on used models costing less than $25,000. This credit is only available to single filers below $75,000, head-of-household filers below $112,000, and joint filers of $150,000.
- Commercial Tax Credit – If you happen to be a business owner looking to go electric the new bill provides up to $7,500 for electric vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) under 14,000 pounds and up to $40,000 for vehicles with a GVWR above 14,000 pounds. The rebate is based on either 30 percent of the total vehicle cost, or the incremental cost of a commercial EV over the cost of an equivalent non-EV vehicle. For instance, the Ford F-150 Lightning has a starting MSRP of $46,974, but you can buy an equivalent crew-cab F-150 with an internal combustion engine for around $50,000. There’s no incremental cost to buying the Lightning, so a commercial buyer could only benefit from 30 percent of the truck’s $46,974 price (around $15,680).
- Point of Sale Price Reduction: Starting on January 1st, 2024, buyers can transfer their credit to the selling dealer, essentially providing an immediate reduction in the price of an EV during purchase versus waiting to receive the benefit as part of their next tax filing.
Cons:
- Final Assembly Must be in North America – Starting on August 17th, 2022, only plug-in electric vehicles assembled in North America are eligible for tax credits. As of this writing, that includes 26 EVs from model year 2022, but only 8 EVs from model year 2023. A vehicle’s VIN (vehicle identification number) will be used to determine where a potential candidate was built. Popular EVs like the BMW 330e, Chevrolet Bolt, and Nissan Leaf have already been approved for model year 2023, and we’d expect other models assembled in Canada, Mexico, or the U.S. to be approved soon, including the Audi Q5, Ford Mustang Mach E, and every Rivian and Tesla model. However…
- Critical Mineral and Battery Component Requirements – Even if an electric vehicle is assembled in North America it will need to meet increasingly stringent battery requirements over the coming 5 years. Starting in 2023 an EV’s battery will need 40 percent of its critical minerals value to have been extracted or processed in the U.S. or a U.S. free-trade agreement partner to receive up to $3,750 in tax credits. This percentage will increase 10 percent a year, up to 80% of the battery’s critical mineral value in 2027 and beyond. Additionally, starting in 2023, 50 percent of the value of an EV battery’s components must be assembled in the U.S., increasing 10 percent a year until it reaches 100 percent in 2029.
The newest bill’s final assembly and critical mineral battery requirements are meant to shift the production of electric vehicles back toward the U.S. and its allies, and away from foreign entities of concern, including China. Given the supply chain issues we’ve experienced over the past 2 years this is a wise long-term goal. However, the time and resources needed to transplant the electric vehicle alternative fuels industry from the Asia Pacific region to the U.S are substantial.
Foreign automakers like Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota have already committed to high-volume North American vehicle production in recent decades. There’s every reason to believe they can relatively quickly do the same for their electric vehicle fleets to meet the final assembly requirement for successful new models not yet produced here, like the Hyundai Ioniq 5. Several automakers with smaller U.S. production capacity, including BMW, Volkswagen, and Volvo, also continue to expand their U.S. presence.
But battery production is an entirely different process compared to vehicle assembly. It involves significant investments in land assessment/exploration, permit applications, approval, mining, extraction, refining, etc. You can imagine the processes and time frame involved in, for instance, setting up a lithium mine in California. Investing in, and establishing, those capabilities will take several years at least, and could easily prove a limiting factor on how many new EVs can fully qualify for the latest tax credits under the current legislation.
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At every stop, Sy’veon Wilkerson has found success on the football field.
He was all-conference as a sophomore, junior and senior in high school, rushing for more than 2,000 yards and 26 touchdowns in his last two seasons.
He was first-team All-MEAC with 848 yards and eight touchdowns at Delaware State in the fall of 2021. And, last year, he transferred to Jackson State and was first-team All-SWAC after rushing for 1,152 yards and nine touchdowns.
Now, the 5-foot-9, 205-pound Wilkerson is making the jump to the Power Five and he aims to prove himself with the Colorado Buffaloes.
“I’m ready to come in and compete,” he said. “I’m ready to go and I’m ready to play.”
Leading up to preseason camp, BuffZone.com will preview each position group for CU and in this installment, we look at the running backs, which might be the deepest position group on the roster.
CU head coach Deion Sanders and running backs coach Gary Harrell are getting a known commodity in Wilkerson. He was a workhorse for them at Jackson State a year ago and they know they can depend on him. Wilkerson knows what he’s getting into, as well.
“Those were coaches I could talk to and come to about anything and I could trust,” Wilkerson said. “We want to be around coaches that we trust and that truly care about us. So being with Coach Prime and the rest of the staff, I’m excited for it. It’s just like being around family. It’s like being at home.”
Wilkerson also comes in knowing he’s not a lock to start simply because he was with this staff a year ago. But, he knows he’s going to get a fair shot to compete in what has become a big group of talented running backs.
“I’ve had to fight for a starting job every team I’ve been on, actually since little league,” Wilkerson said. “So it’s not really nothing new to me. That’s why I wasn’t really worried about coming in and competing because I’ve been doing that all my life.”
As good as Wilkerson has been to this point, he wasn’t the highest-profile addition to the running back room this offseason.
Landing Alton McCaskill IV, a transfer from Houston, was a significant move for CU this offseason. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound sophomore was the American Athletic Conference rookie of the year in 2021 when he ran for 961 yards and 16 touchdowns, averaging 5.1 yards per carry for the Cougars. He missed last year with a knee injury, but is ready to go with CU.
CU also brought in sixth-year senior Kavosiey Smoke, who was productive during his five years at Kentucky, mainly as a backup. He posted 1,583 yards and 13 touchdowns at Kentucky, averaging 5.44 yards per carry.
“Both of them, they’re unique in their styles,” CU defensive coordinator Charles Kelly said of McCaskill and Smoke. “Both of them are hard to tackle. Smoke’s a little bit more compact, but he’s powerful, a little bit lower center of gravity. But all of those running backs have a chance to be really good and when we get the ball to them in space, they’re going to be hard to get down.”
The group also includes highly-touted true freshman Dylan Edwards, a four-star recruit who was committed to Notre Dame before flipping to CU in December. Although he’s only 5-9, 165 pounds, Edwards has blazing speed and racked up 6,426 yards and 95 touchdowns during his high school career, averaging 10.3 yards per carry. With his speed, he could also line up as a slot receiver for the Buffs.
Beyond the newcomers, the Buffs have two returning players who have displayed intriguing talent that could get them into the mix. Anthony Hankerson gained 274 yards and led the Buffs with three rushing touchdowns as a true freshman reserve last year.
And, Charlie Offerdahl is a walk-on whose work ethic was widely praised by the previous coaching staff and often highlighted by the current staff. Offerdahl rushed for 150 yards last year, the most in a single season by a CU walk-on.
“I feel like with this running back room it’s gonna be healthy competition,” Wilkerson said. “We gel really well already. I feel like that’s gonna help us just be, like, the best running back room in the Pac-12, no matter who is starting, who is second, who is third. I feel like whenever someone goes down or whatever, it’s always next man up and it’s no drop off.”
Position: Running backs
Returners: Anthony Hankerson, So.; Charlie Offerdahl, So. (walk-on); Christian Sarem, R-Fr. (walk-on).
Transfers: Kavosiey Smoke, Sr. (Kentucky); Sy’veon Wilkerson, Jr. (Jackson State); Alton McCaskill IV, So. (Houston); Ahmir McGee, Jr. (Portland State; walk-on).
True freshmen: Dylan Edwards
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WASHINGTON, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a coordinated effort to undermine No Labels' work to secure ballot access in states nationwide, we have named Jay Nixon – a lifelong Democrat who spent 30 years serving Missouri as a governor, attorney general and state senator – as director of our new Ballot Integrity Project.
Since early last year, No Labels has gathered over 700,000 signatures and qualified for the ballot in five states. We have a strategy to get on the ballot in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., with the aim of potentially offering our line to an independent Unity presidential ticket in 2024. No Labels is responding to the overwhelming desire of Americans for more choices and voices in our politics – with two-thirds of voters saying they don't want a rematch of the 2020 election – but we now face organized opposition from a group of political operatives and former elected officials intent on keeping us off the ballot.
"At a moment when so many Americans' are losing trust in our democracy, we need to hold even tighter to the pillars that have held our democracy up for almost 250 years. In our country, you win by persuading more people and getting more votes, not by limiting voters' choices and denying competitors a place on the ballot," said Nixon. "Americans have the constitutional right to put any person or party on the ballot and to vote for whomever they want. Anyone who is against that isn't standing up for democracy. They are standing in the way."
Former Gov. Larry Hogan will welcome Nixon to the No Labels community in his first scheduled public appearance at a town hall on Tuesday, August 1, at 5 p.m. ET. Register here to join the town hall.
In Nixon's decorated public service career, he established a stellar record as a champion for the civil and voting rights of Americans. In his new role with No Labels, Nixon will work closely with No Labels national co-chair and civil rights icon, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., to monitor legal developments, provide strategic counsel and serve as a public advocate for No Labels' ballot access efforts.
Since the start of its ballot access effort, No Labels has rigorously followed the letter and spirit of all applicable election laws. In recent months, however, it has become the target of an undemocratic campaign by organized and powerful partisan interests determined to keep No Labels off the ballot.
Local parties and partisan election officials have filed baseless lawsuits, invented spurious charges and delayed certification without justification in Arizona, Maine and North Carolina. Now, a new well-resourced group, organized under the name "Citizens to Save our Republic," has embarked on an effort to pressure No Labels and its members to abandon our ballot access effort.
"No Labels is a movement dedicated to democracy, and democracy can't stop because the powers that be think it's 'dangerous' to have competition," said Chavis. "The way to unite this country and to restore Americans faith in our future is to have more democracy, not less. I'm eager to begin working side by side with former Gov. Nixon to protect Americans' most fundamental constitutional rights."
On July 18, No Labels launched its Common Sense policy booklet at an overflow town hall event at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., featuring Dr. Chavis, his fellow No Labels co-chairs former Gov. Pat McCrory and Sen. Joe Lieberman and special guests Sen. Joe Manchin and Gov. Jon Huntsman. It was the first of many town halls No Labels will host in the months ahead – with different leaders in different states – to spur a long overdue discussion about where America needs to go in 2024 and beyond.
By early 2024, No Labels will gauge the mood of the American public and their openness to an independent Unity ticket and will offer our ballot line to a ticket if and only if, such a ticket has a viable path to victory in the 2024 presidential election.
Since its founding in 2009, No Labels has spent 13 years working to give voice to America's commonsense majority. We are now getting ballot access in states across the country to ensure Americans have the choice to vote for a 2024 presidential ticket that features strong, effective, and honest leaders who will commit to working closely with both parties to find commonsense solutions to America's biggest problems. www.nolabels.org.
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Former President Trump’s outsized influence is already being felt in GOP Senate primaries, underscoring his grip on the party even as he faces numerous primary challengers in the 2024 White House race.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who’s running to replace Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), endorsed Trump’s presidential bid earlier this week. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R), who’s running to unseat Sen. Joe Manchin (D), did the same — prompting his GOP primary rival Alex Mooney to point out that he had come out in support of Trump last year.
And prior to officially jumping into Montana’s contested Senate race last month, former Navy SEAL and businessman Tim Sheehy said he supports Trump “100 percent.”
The public show of support for the former president is just the latest example of the political sway he continues to hold over Republicans, and could serve as a headache for party leaders who want the GOP to move on from him.
“Donald Trump continues to be the biggest elephant in the Republican tent,” said Mark Weaver, an Ohio-based Republican strategist. “Republican voters still want to see him as our party’s leader.”
One Republican strategist described the strategy of endorsing Trump as “the path of least resistance.”
“In order to take back the Senate, you’ve got to win a couple of these key seats, and the only way to win back these key seats is to make it through the primary unscathed,” the strategist said.
Some strategists see the endorsements as a sign of how the presidential primary is likely to shake out.
“This is a greater sign than ever before that Trump is most likely going to win the Republican nomination despite the noise in the media,” said Republican strategist Ford O’Connell.
“Endorsing Trump at this stage is one of the safest things a candidate could do,” he added. “This is more about the candidates trying to cozy up to him.”
The eagerness from some Senate Republican hopefuls to embrace the former president comes after many of Trump’s endorsed candidates performed poorly in their general elections last cycle.
“Former President Trump’s endorsement continues to be a boon in a primary and a bane in a general election,” Weaver said.
The National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (NRSC) is also taking a different approach in the 2024 cycle by playing a more hands-on role in some primaries. Like Trump, the committee’s Chairman Steve Daines (R-Mont.) has thrown his support behind Justice in West Virginia’s Republican Senate primary.
While there has been tension and disagreement between Trump and Senate leadership, particularly on Trump’s unfounded claims that he won the 2020 presidential election, Daines has said he is working with the former president ahead of 2024.
“We chat frequently. And he’s very thoughtful right now looking at these races. He understands it’s important we have candidates that can win,” Daines told CBS News in an interview earlier this month. “If you notice, there hasn’t been a wave of endorsements coming out so far, because I think we’re having these thoughtful conversations and getting on the same page.”
Trump has endorsed in less competitive GOP Senate primaries, like in Indiana, where he threw his support behind Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) a day after former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) announced that he would not run for the seat and after the NRSC endorsed Banks.
And earlier this month, CNN reported that Trump told Mooney in West Virginia and potential Senate candidate Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) that he would not endorse them. Daines has endorsed Sheehy in Montana.
Democrats, meanwhile, are seeking to use Trump’s endorsement against him in the general election, harkening back to Republican losses in 2022.
“Trump is looming over Senate Republicans’ primaries and making the GOP’s nasty infighting even worse,” said Tommy Garcia, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “As Republican candidates fight for Trump’s favor, they’re showing the voters who will decide the general election in their states why they should be rejected in 2024.”
And not every Republican running for Senate is immediately tying themselves to the former president. In Nevada, Sam Brown, who has been endorsed by Daines, has yet to endorse Trump despite volunteering for his campaign in 2020. His primary opponent Jim Marchant, on the other hand, has endorsed Trump. Marchant has also said Brown is the GOP establishment’s choice, pointing to his endorsement from the NRSC.
“Mitch McConnell & the establishment needed a candidate & found him in Sam Brown,” Marchant said in a tweet earlier this month. “We see Reagan’s ‘bold-colored differences’ between DC & the real America.”
Weaver noted that while more anti-establishment candidates may try to use this attack line, there’s still much to be gained from an endorsement from the Senate GOP campaign arm.
“Being endorsed by the Washington establishment can bring valuable contributions from interest groups around the country, but it can also bring some criticism for being too close to the Beltway,” he said.
Others caution that endorsements should not be seen as integral to the success of a campaign.
“Ultimately these candidates have got to focus on their message and they’ve got to focus on having the resources to disseminate their message,” the GOP strategist said. “They need to be able to actually run a functional campaign and no endorsement is going to matter if those things aren’t done,” the strategist added. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/hill-politics/trumps-role-in-gop-senate-primaries-underscores-his-strength/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:17 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/hill-politics/trumps-role-in-gop-senate-primaries-underscores-his-strength/ |
The topics that come up during “First Call — Public Invited to be Heard” at Longmont City Council meetings can be as unpredictable as Colorado’s weather.
After all, anyone can speak about almost any subject matter they want to for three minutes or less.
Sometimes, speakers talk about local issues such as crime, traffic, homelessness, growth, housing or even the need for more pickleball courts and buffets in Longmont.
One individual who signed up to speak during a study session on July 18 did so to mainly inform the council that it was “National Sour Candy Day and National Tropical Fruit Day.”
This past Tuesday, a public commenter asked the council to pass an ordinance to “ban the sale of puppies and kittens in pet stores in Longmont” over concerns about puppy mills.
The Longmont City Council, which typically meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, has heard it all.
So much so that the council recently voted, on first reading, to change its rules of procedure so that only Longmont residents and members of city staff can speak during First Call — Public Invited to be Heard.
Everyone else must wait until “Final Call — Public Invited to be Heard,” which often does not occur until after 9 or 10 p.m., if not later.
Longmont Mayor Joan Peck, who originally proposed the change to the council’s rules of procedure, has pushed back at assertions that she trying to clamp down on free speech.
Peck has maintained that the council must handle city business during its regular meetings and that listening to extended public comment, especially from people who don’t live in Longmont, can make doing so a challenge.
In addition to speaking at council meetings, Peck pointed out how people can call, email or even request a meeting with councilmembers, too.
The city also hosts “Coffee with Council” once a month.
“It’s not like we’re not trying to reach out,” Peck said in an interview Friday. “It’s nothing about free speech. It’s about managing our business meeting.”
Firestone, which has a little under 20,000 residents, limits public comment during its Board of Trustees’ meetings to 30 minutes. Similar to Longmont, though, each person may speak for up to three minutes.
Up to 20 people can speak for up to two minutes during “Open Comment” at the Boulder City Council’s regular business meetings
“I think it works well in that it gives plenty of time for the public to speak — we don’t always get the full 20 speakers — while not unduly delaying the business meetings,” Boulder Mayor Aaron Brockett said in an email.
“In the past, before we had that rule, sometimes open comment would go on for 90 or 120 minutes and it would delay the official work of the council well into the night.” | https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/07/29/longmont-boulder-differ-on-regulating-public-comment/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:17 | 1 | https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/07/29/longmont-boulder-differ-on-regulating-public-comment/ |
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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.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:23 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/another-crack-in-the-coaster-weld-indication-found-on-carowinds-ride-after-july-repairs/ |
(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.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/more-student-loan-forgiveness-coming-for-longtime-borrowers/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:29 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/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.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/mother-of-uvalde-shooting-victim-to-run-for-mayor-of-town/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:35 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/mother-of-uvalde-shooting-victim-to-run-for-mayor-of-town/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters.
The complaint comes as Twitter owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons.
The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell.
Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection, said earlier this week.
Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said Friday.
“Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign. The city is opening a complaint and initiating an investigation,” he said in an email.
Musk unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he remakes the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla, has long been fascinated with the letter X and had already renamed Twitter’s corporate name to X Corp. after he bought it in October. One of his children is called “X,” though the child’s actual name is a collection of letters and symbols.
On Friday afternoon, a worker on a lift machine made adjustments to the sign and then left. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/new-x-logo-atop-twitter-building-in-san-francisco-prompts-complaint-investigation-from-city/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:41 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/new-x-logo-atop-twitter-building-in-san-francisco-prompts-complaint-investigation-from-city/ |
(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.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/taylor-swift-concerts-in-seattle-produced-seismic-activity-on-same-scale-as-a-small-earthquake-seismologist-finds/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:47 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/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.
The shower can also be seen equally as well in the northern and southern hemispheres. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/the-next-3-meteor-showers-peak-on-weekends-what-to-know/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:51 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/the-next-3-meteor-showers-peak-on-weekends-what-to-know/ |
(NEXSTAR) — Yet another new, unsafe trend is catching attention.
This time, some TikTok users are encouraging viewers to add borax to their water, claiming the common cleaning product can help reduce inflammation and joint pain, or even “detoxify” the body. As you may have guessed, health officials are warning of the consequences the trend could have on your health.
Borax, or sodium tetraborate decahydrate, is a chemical compound commonly available in the form of a white crystalline powder. It’s been utilized in a variety of ways since the Middle Ages, and today is often used a laundry detergent, kitchen/bathroom cleaner, and even a bug and weed killer.
Boric acid has also been found to have bacteriostatic properties, meaning it can prevent the growth of bacteria, Dr. S. Ruddy Rose, director of VCU Health’s Virginia Poison Center, told Nexstar.
Despite its endless safe uses, however, borax is not approved for ingestion by humans.
Ingesting borax can cause people to become quite sick, according to Dr. Rose, leading to convulsions, problems with the gastrointestinal tract, heat burns, and even kidney damage.
“This happens pretty quickly,” he adds.
Even the company behind 20 Mule Team Borax, a popular borax product, has warned against participating in the TikTok trend.
“20 Mule Team Borax has many uses but ingesting is not one of them,” the company warned on July 25.
“Do not bathe in, apply to skin, or ingest Borax, including drinking it diluted in water,” the company continued. “It is not intended for use as a personal care product or dietary supplement.”
Should your child fall victim to the trend, Dr. Rose said you can follow up with the child’s pediatrician, as long as they don’t have any symptoms. But if your child is vomiting, has abdominal pain, or experiences a seizure or other serious symptoms, it’s best to seek emergency medical attention.
Several videos recommending borax have been removed from TikTok, according to NBC News.
Social-media users, meanwhile, should always be cautious about taking medical advice from influencers or TikTok personalities.
“Just beware of these types of activities,” Dr. Rose said. “The people promoting it may not be doing it for the right reason.”
Borax uses
There are plenty of non-dangerous ways to use borax that you may not be aware of.
- It can unclog drains. As recommended by Southern Living, 1/2 cup of borax and two cups of boiling water down a clogged drain should clear it right out. Let the solution sit for 15 mins before flushing with warm water.
- It’s a pest deterrent/killer. Borax is a desiccant, which means it sucks up moisture. In this way, borax can be useful to sprinkle in places where bugs might ordinarily populate. The powder will keep the area dry and make it less optimal for insects to make home. Meanwhile, if bugs are already in your home, it’s not too late. The Spruce explains that insects, like cockroaches and ants, become “dried out” from the inside and die after eating the powder.
- It can help grow your fruit trees. Bob Vila recommends adding borax to the soil around your tree to help keep the plant’s pH levels desirable for growth.
- It’s in ingredient in “slime.” If your kids love making and playing with slime, Taste of Home has a recipe for using borax to make the stretchy, gooey stuff. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/why-are-people-drinking-borax-cleaning-powder-on-tiktok/ | 2023-07-29T19:40:59 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/why-are-people-drinking-borax-cleaning-powder-on-tiktok/ |
Nearly two years after 10 people were crushed to death during the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, no charges have been filed — even though some people, including event workers, expressed safety concerns.
Pinpointing “who exactly caused those deaths is not an easy question to answer,” said Sandra Guerra Thompson, a criminal law professor at the University of Houston Law Center.
“It’s a very difficult thing to say, unless you have some kind of clear evidence that somebody in charge, whose job it was to ensure safety and who should have known better, failed to take action,” she said.
A nearly 1,300-page report on the investigation into the tragedy released by Houston police Friday said contract worker Reece Wheeler told authorities that he saw a crush of people and warned an event organizer that people could die, shortly before rapper Travis Scott went onstage.
In the report, investigators wrote that Scott said he did see one person near the stage getting medical attention, but said that overall, the crowd seemed to enjoy the show. He said he did not see any signs of serious problems, nor did he hear anyone tell him to stop the show.
Hip-hop artist Drake, who also performed, told police it was difficult to see from the stage what was going on in the crowd and that he didn’t hear anyone call for the show to stop.
Despite no charges being filed, more than 500 lawsuits have been filed over the deaths and injuries at the concert, including many against concert promoter Live Nation and Scott. Some of those suits have since been settled.
Those who were killed ranged in age from 9 to 27, and all 10 people died due to compression asphyxia, according to medical examiners.
In June, a Texas grand jury declined to indict six people in the case, including Scott. Prosecutors said, then, that the circumstances of the deaths limited what charges they were able to present, eliminating potential counts such as murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Thompson said the sheer number of people involved in putting on the event, the large scale of it, and the high bar for proving criminal negligence or recklessness are challenges for prosecutors in cases like this.
“It goes back to, who knows what’s going on, is that being communicated?” she said. “Were they being told that people have died, and they still wanted the concert to go on? Or, were they being told that 'Hey, some people are getting hurt, which might not be that unusual at an event like that?”
Assistant Harris County District Attorney Alycia Harvey said after the grand jury declined to issue indictments that prosecutors were left with only possible counts of endangering a child in connection with the deaths of the two youngest concertgoers, ages 9 and 14.
Scott's lawyer, Kent Schaffer, has said that the performer was not responsible for the tragedy.
“He never encouraged people to do anything that resulted in other people being hurt,” Schaffer said.
Scott has previously said he was unaware of the deaths until after the show. He has since created what he called Project HEAL, a $5 million initiative that includes funding for an effort to address safety challenges for festivals and large-scale events.
The police report said Scott told investigators that around the time Drake came onstage he was told to end the show after the performance, but that no one told him of an emergency.
Following the tragedy, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott formed a task force to study concert safety, and to recommend crowd control and security measures during mass gathering.
The task force in April 2022 reported that people without tickets entered the outdoor festival area hours before the performances began, overwhelming staff and leading to a variety of injuries. It also concluded that the process for issuing permits for mass gatherings is inconsistent statewide.
The task force recommended creating a command center that is authorized to pause or cancel a show in response to safety concerns.
“Sometimes, sadly, industries learn safety practices following disasters,” said Thompson, the law professor. “The standards for live concerts like this, I would imagine, are going to change.”
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Miller reported from Oklahoma City, Willingham reported from Charleston, West Virginia.
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(NEXSTAR) – The astounding critical and commercial reception of the new “Barbie” movie has catapulted all-things-Barbie back to the forefront of pop culture.
Even Allan!
Mattel’s Allan dolls — first introduced in the earlier half of the ‘60s as a “buddy” for Ken dolls — are currently experiencing increased demand among collectors and Barbie fans, with early specimens selling for upwards of $200 on eBay over the last several days.
The value of Allan dolls has increased, no doubt, due to Allan’s inclusion in the film. But that’s about the only effect the movie has had on the price of vintage Barbies, according to Barbie expert Rebecca Chulew, who has been featured such shows as “Collector’s Call,” “Toy Hunter” and “My Crazy Obsession.”
“Many vintage Barbies were produced by the millions and are easy to find,” said Chulew, who has sold over 10,000 Barbies on eBay and Macari over the years. “Everybody thinks they have a valuable Barbie. The truth is, the majority aren’t.”
Certain vintage Barbie dolls, meanwhile, might still be worth a pretty penny, but their value really isn’t tied to the movie, according to Chulew.
“The doll now is kind of holding steady,” she said. “It has a good value, but I don’t see it going up or down a lot.”
The most valuable Barbies, she said, continue to be the very first series of dolls ever produced in 1959. Specifically, the No. 1 or No. 2 Ponytail Barbies, which can fetch anywhere from $4,000 to $8,000 per doll, depending on condition, the inclusion of the original box, and — perhaps more importantly — the hair color.
“They made three blondes for every brunette,” said Chulew, who noted that brunette Ponytail Barbies from 1959 can sell for up to $6,000, even out of the box.
Chulew further said that sealed or boxed dolls don’t matter as much to many Barbie collectors, seeing as the early opaque boxes were more akin to “shoeboxes” and didn’t showcase the dolls. (“There’s a lot of [online] box sales going on” for folks who want just the packaging, she said.)
Another coveted doll is the Side-Part American Girl Barbie produced in the mid-‘60s, which can go for “about $3,000” (and reportedly once sold for almost double), according to the expert.
Collectors also tend to prize “Twist ‘n Turn” Stacey dolls (not to be confused with Stacie dolls) from the late ‘60s, as well as “Steffie-face” Barbies (i.e., a type of doll using a certain face mold) introduced a few years later. Both can sell for hundreds to the right collectors.
Other valuable dolls include rarer Barbies that weren’t widely produced — like the brunette mentioned above — and, specifically, Black Barbies. According to Chulew, first- and second-issue Francie dolls from 1967-1969 are tough to find, while Alpha Kappa Alpha Barbies (which commemorated the historically African American sorority) can go for up to around $1,000.
And then, there’s Allan.
Allan dolls — including the original from 1964, the bendable-leg version from 1965 and the Wedding Day Allan doll from 1990 — have seen a “slight increase [in value] due to the movie,” said Chulew, adding that sellers might be able to get a few hundred for each one.
The rest of the Barbie line, and even vintage dolls that were mentioned in the movie, are likely worth no more than they were last year.
“I think what you’re going to see in the next 30 to 60 days are a lot of people selling their childhood dolls. And a lot of them aren’t going to be valuable,” Chulew said. “A few rarities might be unearthed, but it might cause stagnation in the market. It’s going to be tough for collectors to sort through all the barbies being advertised as ‘rare’ when they’re not.”
Barbie collectors, on the other hand, might be busy scooping up other “Barbie”-movie merchandise to complete their collections or prepare for any future scarcity. For example, the collectible “Barbie” popcorn buckets from AMC are very “hot” right now, Chulew said, and certain dolls from Mattel’s latest line of movie-inspired figures are becoming hard to find, even if they’re still selling at retail prices.
“But they don’t appear to have made the Allan doll from the movie,” she lamented, “which may be a mistake on their part.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ | 2023-07-29T19:41:05 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/your-vintage-barbie-dolls-might-be-worth-a-pretty-penny-if-you-have-the-right-ones/ |
SEATTLE — Five people were injured in a shooting outside of a Rainier Beach Safeway on Friday night.
The shooting was reported just before 8 p.m. at the grocery store located at 9200 Rainier Avenue South.
All five were attending a community outreach event when "dozens and dozens of rounds" were fired, according to Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz. The victims ranged in age from their mid 20s to 30s.
According to Harborview Medical Center Public Information Officer Susan Gregg, four people were taken to the hospital for care. As of Saturday morning, a 25-year-old man and 24-year-old were in satisfactory condition. The man had arrived at the hospital critically injured.
A 34-year-old man was treated and discharged, and a 28-year-old man is expected to be released from the hospital sometime Saturday morning, according to Gregg.
A fifth person was treated for minor injuries at the scene.
Diaz said the shooting happened during an event that's part of the Seattle Community Safety Initiative and has been held in this parking lot every Friday night for nearly two years. Its purpose is to provide community members with a safe space as a deterrent to violence.
"They give out supplies, they give out free food, they play music," said Urban Family Executive Director Shantel Patu. "It keeps a festive and peaceful and safe environment and somebody just opened fire on the event."
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was at the scene and said, "Too many guns are in the wrong places and in the wrong hands."
Police say they are searching for two suspects, but they do not have a description of them or the vehicle they were in.
Police said they do not yet know what led to the shooting Friday night. The incident is being investigated by SPD's Gun Violence Reduction Unit.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Seville man was arrested Wednesday on animal cruelty charges after four horses were found ‘extremely emaciated and lethargic,’ the Volusia County Sheriff’s Department said.
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Deputies said that on July 8, they found four horses in poor conditions in a Seville residence.
According to a news release, two mares, a tan Palomino and a brown and white paint, were lethargic, with their bones visibly pointing at their skin.
The two other horses were in a separate pasture, malnourished and underweight.
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Officials said the horses were neglected and lacked medical care, including eye, dental, and hoof care.
The homeowner told deputies he faced financial struggles and could not care for the animals.
But, according to the report, the horse’s condition has been deteriorating for several months-- even years.
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Deputies seized the horses to provide them with veterinary care at a facility in New Smyrna Beach.
Both mares were in pain with infections, dehydration, and severely overgrown hooves, the veterinary report states.
On July 22, the vet said that one of the mares’ conditions got worse, with infections in her right front hoof and terminal injuries that resulted in euthanization.
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The other mare is in critical condition, but vets said her situation is improving.
The horses’ owner, Wayne Prevatt, was arrested Wednesday night.
Officials said Prevatt was charged with two counts of felony cruelty to animals, two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals, and four counts of unlawful confinement/abandoning animals.
Prevatt bonded out of jail, deputies said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A pig, goat and several chickens were killed after flames erupted inside a Sacramento County outbuilding Saturday, the Sacramento Metro Fire District said.
The fire began around 10:33 a.m. Saturday in the 7900 block of El Verano Avenue. Multiple horses and other livestock were saved.
Fire officials say they are now investigating what might have caused the fire.
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Bronny James plays piano in a video posted by his father, LeBron James, on Saturday, four days after the teenager went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California.
The 18-year-old plays a brief melody in front of his family, smiles and gets up without speaking in the video posted on his father's Instagram account. The video doesn't indicate where or when it was shot.
“A man of many talents,” the Los Angeles Lakers superstar can be heard saying in the background as Bronny finishes playing with his two younger siblings looking on.
TMZ posted photos of Bronny out to dinner with his family, which it says were taken Friday night. They show the teenager with his father outside celebrity hot spot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.
Wearing black pants and a zip-up hoodie, Bronny carried his phone while standing outside the Italian restaurant.
Bronny was released from the hospital on Thursday. He will continue to undergo tests to determine the cause of his cardiac arrest, which occurred Monday morning during a workout at USC’s Galen Center.
"We have our family together, safe and healthy, and we feel your love," LeBron wrote on social media Thursday. "Will have more to say when we’re ready but I wanted to tell everyone how much your support has meant to all of us!"
Bronny, whose full name is LeBron James Jr., committed to USC in May after the 6-foot-3 guard became one of the nation’s top prospects out of Sierra Canyon School in nearby Chatsworth.
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LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. — A woman on Friday in La Porte County, Indiana was found guilty of killing her husband and dismembering his body.
A jury on Thursday found Thessalonica Allen guilty of eight counts that included murder, abuse of a corpse, neglect of a dependent, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, WXIN reported.
Thessalonica Allen was arrested in July of 2021 after she shot her husband, Randy Allen, to death, according to the news outlet.
The shooting happened during an argument inside a bedroom of their home at the Maple Tree Apartments in the 1400 block of 18th Street, according to WSBT.
In an autopsy, it was learned that the bullet entered Randy Allen’s arm and went through the right side of his body, WXIN reported. The bullet then was believed to have hit his spinal cord which left him unable to move and bleed out.
Thessalonica Allen’s son, Deshawn, 16, testified that his mother and stepfather had gotten into an argument, WSBT reported. He said the argument was over a social media post that Randy Allen discovered on her computer. It led him to accuse her of cheating and an argument ensued.
Teenagers told police at the time that their mother, Thessalonica Allen, had told them to ignore Randy Allen asking for help. After he died, according to WXIN, Allen stuffed him in her daughter’s closet.
Thessalonica Allen’s defense attorney said that Randy Allen reportedly lunged at Thessalonica Allen which is when the shooting happened, according to WSBT. She claimed it was self-defense.
LaPorte County Deputy Prosecutor Julianne Havens said that Thessalonica Allen got a protective order against Randy Allen prior to the shooting but reportedly lied to get it since she had retracted her story. According to the news outlet, Havens reportedly obtained notes that showed Thessalonica Allen had planned to kill him.
In previous reports obtained by WXIN, Thessalonica Allen reportedly used an axe to cut Randy Allen’s legs the day after. She also reportedly “recruited her children” to help her move body Randy Allen’s body and place his body parts into bags.
Thessalonica Allen’s ex-partner called police after Thessalonica Allen had him come over to the apartment and she showed him the body, the news outlet reported. During the search, investigators say they found a note that “a list of tasks to dispose of the body.”
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able to avoid a partial government shutdown this fall.
Congress has until Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, to act on government funding. They could pass spending bills to fund government agencies into next year, or simply pass a stopgap measure that keeps agencies running until they strike a longer-term agreement. No matter which route they take, it won't be easy.
“We're going to scare the hell out of the American people before we get this done," said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
Coons' assessment is widely shared in Congress, reflecting the gulf between the Republican-led House and the Democratic-led Senate, which are charting vastly different — and mostly incompatible — paths on spending.
The Senate is adhering mostly to the top-line spending levels that President Joe Biden negotiated with House Republicans in late May as part of the debt-ceiling deal that extended the government's borrowing authority and avoided an economically devastating default.
That agreement holds discretionary spending generally flat for the coming year while allowing increases for military and veterans accounts. On top of that, the Senate is looking to add $13.7 billion in additional emergency appropriations, including $8 billion for defense and $5.7 billion for nondefense.
House Republicans, many of whom opposed the debt-ceiling deal and refused to vote for it, are going a different way.
GOP leaders have teed up bills with far less spending than the agreement allows in an effort to win over members who insist on rolling back spending to fiscal year 2022 levels. They are also adding scores of policy add-ons broadly opposed by Democrats. There are proposals to reduce access to abortion pills, bans on the funding of hormone therapy and certain surgeries for transgender veterans, and a prohibition on training programs promoting diversity in the federal workplace, among many others.
At a press conference at the Capitol this past week, some members of the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative faction within the House GOP, said that voters elected a Republican majority in that chamber to rein in government spending and it was time for House Republicans to use every tool available to get the spending cuts they want.
“We should not fear a government shutdown," said Rep. Bob Good, R-Va. “Most of the American people won't even miss if the government is shut down temporarily.”
Many House Republicans disagree with that assessment. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, called it an oversimplification to say most Americans wouldn't feel an impact. And he warned Republicans would take the blame for a shutdown.
“We always get blamed for it, no matter what,” Simpson said. ”So it’s bad policy, it’s bad politics."
But the slim five-seat majority Republicans hold amplifies the power that a small group can wield. Even though the debt ceiling agreement passed with a significant majority of both Republicans and Democrats, conservatives opponents were so unhappy in the aftermath that they shut down House votes for a few days, stalling the entire GOP agenda.
Shortly thereafter, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy argued the numbers he negotiated with the White House amounted to a cap and “you can always do less.” GOP Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, followed that she would seek to limit nondefense spending at 2022 budget levels, saying the debt agreement “set a top-line spending cap — a ceiling, not a floor.”
The decision to cut spending below levels in the the debt ceiling deal helped get the House moving again, but put them on a collision course with the Senate, where the spending bills hew much closer to the agreement.
“What the House has done is they essentially tore up that agreement as soon as it was signed,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. “And so we are in for a bumpy ride.”
Even as House Republicans have been moving their spending bills out of committee on party-line votes, the key committee in the Senate has been operating in a bipartisan fashion, drafting spending bills with sometimes unanimous support.
“The way to make this work is do it in a bipartisan way like we are doing in the Senate. If you do it in a partisan way, you’re heading to a shutdown. And I am really worried that that’s where the House Republicans are headed," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters this week.
McCarthy countered that people had the same doubts about whether House Republicans and the White House could reach an agreement to pass a debt ceiling extension and avoid a default.
“We’ve got 'til Sept. 30. I think we can get this all done," McCarthy said.
In a subsequent press conference, McCarthy said he had just met with Schumer to talk about the road ahead on an array of bills, including the spending bills.
“I don't want the government to shut down,” McCarthy said. “I want to find that we can find common ground.”
In all, there are 12 spending bills. The House has passed one so far, and moved others out of committee. The Senate has passed none, though it has advanced all 12 out of committee, something that hasn't happened since 2018.
Still, the difficulty ahead was evident on the House side, where Republicans gave up until after the recess on trying to pass a spending measure to fund federal agriculture and rural programs and the Food and Drug Administration, amid disagreements over its contents. They began their August recess a day early instead of holding votes Friday.
Simpson said some of his Republican colleagues don't want to take money approved already outside the appropriations process to cover some of this year's spending and avoid deeper cuts. For example, the House bills would take almost all of the money approved last year for the Internal Revenue Service in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and use the savings to avoid deeper spending cuts elsewhere.
Simpson said that without such rescissions, as they are called in Washington, he couldn't vote for the agriculture spending bill because the cuts "would have just been devastating.”
“That's the challenge we're going to have when we get back in September,” he said.
Further complicating things in the House, a few Republicans are opposed to some of the policy riders being included in the spending bills. For example, the agriculture spending bill would reverse the FDA's decision to allow abortion pills to be dispensed in certified pharmacies, instead of only by prescribers in hospitals, clinics, and medical offices.
“I had a problem with abortion being put inside an ag bill," said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. "I think that's ridiculous."
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DAKAR, Senegal — (AP) — Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrections among other offenses, the public prosecutor said Saturday.
The announcement comes weeks after Sonko was convicted on separate charges of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison, which ignited deadly protests across the nation.
Prosecutor Abdou Karim Diop made the announcement on state television, a day after Sonko's lawyer said he was taken into custody for questioning at the police courthouse in the capital, Dakar.
In June, Sonko was acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. But he was convicted on a lighter sentence of corrupting young people, which includes using one’s position of power to have sex with people under age 21. Corrupting youth is a criminal offense in Senegal that is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to more than $6,000.
The conviction led to deadly clashes across the country between Sonko supporters and police, where at least 23 people were killed and dozens injured.
Sonko placed third in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election and is popular with the country’s youth. His supporters maintain the charges against him are part of a government effort to derail his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.
Sonko's ongoing legal battles may bar him from running. Once in prison, he can ask for a retrial for his June conviction.
Saturday’s charges are separate, said the public prosecutor. The accusations include calling an insurrection, criminal conspiracy to commit terrorism, compromising public security and theft.
It is unclear what led to the charges. Sonko has mostly stayed in his house since being sentenced to prison.
In a tweet posted shortly before his arrest on Friday afternoon, Sonko said a team of soldiers were breaking down the door following an altercation with secret service agents who were taking videoing him.
Friday evening, an AP reporter saw around 20 protesters burning tires in the middle of the road in Parcelles Assainies, an outer neighborhood of Dakar.
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She never missed a beat and was lightning on her feet when the "Shake It Off" artist and her fans caused a "Swift Quake" in Seattle during her "Eras Tour" concerts.
According to seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, two of Taylor Swift's concerts generated seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3-magnitude earthquake, asCNN originally reported.
The data was gathered from Swift's sold-out "Eras Tour" performances at Lumen Field on July 22 and 23, after Swift's fans, and possibly the sound system, shook the ground so hard that it recorded a maximum ground acceleration of roughly 0.011 meters per second squared, causing what is now being called a "Swift Quake."
Caplan-Auerbach, who’s a geology professor at Western Washington University, told CNN that this data compares to a 2011 NFL game, when the Seattle Seahawk fans went crazy over Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch's touchdown during a game against the New Orleans Saints and caused a seismic activity that was then named a "Beast Quake."
"I grabbed the data from both nights of the concert and quickly noticed they were clearly the same pattern of signals," Caplan-Auerbach told CNN. "If I overlay them on top of each other, they’re nearly identical."
Caplan-Auerbach pointed out that even though there is only a 0.3 magnitude difference between the "Beast Quake" and the "Swift Quake," the Swifties are the MVPs for outperforming the Seahawks fans in terms of enthusiasm and excitement.
"The shaking was twice as strong as 'Beast Quake.' It absolutely doubled it," said Caplan-Auerbach, adding that the length of cheering played a big role in the data. "Cheering after a touchdown lasts for a couple seconds, but eventually it dies down. It’s much more random than a concert. For Taylor Swift, I collected about 10 hours of data where rhythm controlled the behavior. The music, the speakers, the beat. All that energy can drive into the ground and shake it."
After the concert, Swift tookto Instagram to thank her fans and said that "all the cheering, screaming, jumping, dancing, singing at the top of your lungs" made that one of her favorite weekends "ever."
Swift's Seattle concerts were played in front of a crowd of more than 144,000 fans over two nights, and they came towards the end of the U.S. leg of the "Eras Tour," according to the Seattle Times.
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‘I’m still in shock’: Woman wins lottery jackpot while taking break from work
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - A North Carolina woman won a triple-digit jackpot thanks to purchasing a lucky scratch-off ticket.
According to the North Carolina Educational Lottery, Jodi Owens won a $100,000 prize by putting her break time to good use and buying a lottery ticket.
Officials said Owens, a retired nurse practitioner, took a break from doing some work around her house and stopped at a Civietown Mini Mart in Shallotte. She picked up a few items including a Black Titanium scratch-off.
She returned home to scratch her winning ticket.
“I’m still in shock,” Owens said. “It’s truly a blessing.”
Owens claimed her prize on Friday and took home $71,259 after taxes.
“I’m going to pay my mortgage off and pay my car off,” she said. “I’m thinking about getting a manicure and pedicure too!”
Lottery officials said the Black Titanium scratch-off game just launched last month and is available for $30.
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‘I’m still in shock’: Woman wins lottery jackpot while taking break from work
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - A North Carolina woman won a triple-digit jackpot thanks to purchasing a lucky scratch-off ticket.
According to the North Carolina Educational Lottery, Jodi Owens won a $100,000 prize by putting her break time to good use and buying a lottery ticket.
Officials said Owens, a retired nurse practitioner, took a break from doing some work around her house and stopped at a Civietown Mini Mart in Shallotte. She picked up a few items including a Black Titanium scratch-off.
She returned home to scratch her winning ticket.
“I’m still in shock,” Owens said. “It’s truly a blessing.”
Owens claimed her prize on Friday and took home $71,259 after taxes.
“I’m going to pay my mortgage off and pay my car off,” she said. “I’m thinking about getting a manicure and pedicure too!”
Lottery officials said the Black Titanium scratch-off game just launched last month and is available for $30.
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Melting ice near Matterhorn reveals remains of climber missing for 37 years
(CNN) - The remains of a climber who disappeared while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s Matterhorn 37 years ago have been found.
Police say the melting ice on the glacier helped lead to the discovery of the remains.
They were found on July 12 by climbers hiking along the Theodul Glacier.
Several pieces of equipment were also found.
Police say a DNA analysis helped identify the remains as belonging to a 38-year-old German mountain climber who was reported missing in September 1986.
Police also say they had searched for the climber at the time, but they were unsuccessful.
No further details about the climber’s identity or his cause of death have been revealed.
Police say the melting glaciers have led to the reemergence of bodies of those who were reported missing several decades ago.
Scientists announced earlier this week that July is on track to be Earth’s hottest month ever recorded.
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Melting ice near Matterhorn reveals remains of climber missing for 37 years
(CNN) - The remains of a climber who disappeared while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s Matterhorn 37 years ago have been found.
Police say the melting ice on the glacier helped lead to the discovery of the remains.
They were found on July 12 by climbers hiking along the Theodul Glacier.
Several pieces of equipment were also found.
Police say a DNA analysis helped identify the remains as belonging to a 38-year-old German mountain climber who was reported missing in September 1986.
Police also say they had searched for the climber at the time, but they were unsuccessful.
No further details about the climber’s identity or his cause of death have been revealed.
Police say the melting glaciers have led to the reemergence of bodies of those who were reported missing several decades ago.
Scientists announced earlier this week that July is on track to be Earth’s hottest month ever recorded.
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2023 Amundi Evian Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 4
Celine Boutier is the current leader (-100) at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship after three rounds of play.
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Amundi Evian Championship Fourth Round Information
- Start Time: 12:45 AM ET
- Venue: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par/Distance: Par 71/6,527 yards
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Amundi Evian Championship Best Odds to Win
Celine Boutier
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 1st (-11)
- Odds to Win: -100
Boutier Round by Round Results
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Nasa Hataoka
- Tee Time: 6:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 2nd (-8)
- Odds to Win: +400
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Minjee Lee
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +700
Lee Round by Round Results
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Brooke Mackenzie Henderson
- Tee Time: 6:15 AM ET
- Current Rank: 3rd (-7)
- Odds to Win: +800
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Nelly Korda
- Tee Time: 6:05 AM ET
- Current Rank: 5th (-6)
- Odds to Win: +1200
Korda Round by Round Results
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Amundi Evian Championship Odds (Rest of Field)
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‘Sounded like an explosion’: Tesla crashes through wall, lands in backyard pool
PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) - Police in Arizona are investigating after a Tesla crashed into a pool in the Phoenix area on Friday.
KPHO reports that the crash happened around 8:45 a.m. at a home about 25 minutes away from downtown Phoenix.
Video from the scene showed the blue sedan appearing to have gone through a brick wall before landing fully submerged in a backyard pool.
A car seat was pulled from the pool, but officers said the driver was alone at the time of the crash.
The homeowner said he was getting ready for the day when he heard a loud noise from his backyard.
“I heard a sound that sounded like an explosion,” the homeowner said. “It sounded like a bomb went off.”
Authorities didn’t report any injuries in the incident. It’s not yet known what led up to the crash.
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WASHINGTON, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a coordinated effort to undermine No Labels' work to secure ballot access in states nationwide, we have named Jay Nixon – a lifelong Democrat who spent 30 years serving Missouri as a governor, attorney general and state senator – as director of our new Ballot Integrity Project.
Since early last year, No Labels has gathered over 700,000 signatures and qualified for the ballot in five states. We have a strategy to get on the ballot in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., with the aim of potentially offering our line to an independent Unity presidential ticket in 2024. No Labels is responding to the overwhelming desire of Americans for more choices and voices in our politics – with two-thirds of voters saying they don't want a rematch of the 2020 election – but we now face organized opposition from a group of political operatives and former elected officials intent on keeping us off the ballot.
"At a moment when so many Americans' are losing trust in our democracy, we need to hold even tighter to the pillars that have held our democracy up for almost 250 years. In our country, you win by persuading more people and getting more votes, not by limiting voters' choices and denying competitors a place on the ballot," said Nixon. "Americans have the constitutional right to put any person or party on the ballot and to vote for whomever they want. Anyone who is against that isn't standing up for democracy. They are standing in the way."
Former Gov. Larry Hogan will welcome Nixon to the No Labels community in his first scheduled public appearance at a town hall on Tuesday, August 1, at 5 p.m. ET. Register here to join the town hall.
In Nixon's decorated public service career, he established a stellar record as a champion for the civil and voting rights of Americans. In his new role with No Labels, Nixon will work closely with No Labels national co-chair and civil rights icon, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., to monitor legal developments, provide strategic counsel and serve as a public advocate for No Labels' ballot access efforts.
Since the start of its ballot access effort, No Labels has rigorously followed the letter and spirit of all applicable election laws. In recent months, however, it has become the target of an undemocratic campaign by organized and powerful partisan interests determined to keep No Labels off the ballot.
Local parties and partisan election officials have filed baseless lawsuits, invented spurious charges and delayed certification without justification in Arizona, Maine and North Carolina. Now, a new well-resourced group, organized under the name "Citizens to Save our Republic," has embarked on an effort to pressure No Labels and its members to abandon our ballot access effort.
"No Labels is a movement dedicated to democracy, and democracy can't stop because the powers that be think it's 'dangerous' to have competition," said Chavis. "The way to unite this country and to restore Americans faith in our future is to have more democracy, not less. I'm eager to begin working side by side with former Gov. Nixon to protect Americans' most fundamental constitutional rights."
On July 18, No Labels launched its Common Sense policy booklet at an overflow town hall event at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., featuring Dr. Chavis, his fellow No Labels co-chairs former Gov. Pat McCrory and Sen. Joe Lieberman and special guests Sen. Joe Manchin and Gov. Jon Huntsman. It was the first of many town halls No Labels will host in the months ahead – with different leaders in different states – to spur a long overdue discussion about where America needs to go in 2024 and beyond.
By early 2024, No Labels will gauge the mood of the American public and their openness to an independent Unity ticket and will offer our ballot line to a ticket if and only if, such a ticket has a viable path to victory in the 2024 presidential election.
Since its founding in 2009, No Labels has spent 13 years working to give voice to America's commonsense majority. We are now getting ballot access in states across the country to ensure Americans have the choice to vote for a 2024 presidential ticket that features strong, effective, and honest leaders who will commit to working closely with both parties to find commonsense solutions to America's biggest problems. www.nolabels.org.
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Tingo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIO) between December 1, 2022 and June 6, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 7, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Tingo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Tingo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16856 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 7, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Tingo overstated its revenue and other accounting metrics, creating a false impression of success; (2) Tingo was not meaningfully engaged in many of the business activities that it claimed would drive future growth; (3) many of Tingo's supposed contracts with customers and suppliers did not exist; and (4) in light of the above, defendants' positive statements about Tingo's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Tingo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16856 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Astros vs. Rays Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 29
Saturday's contest features the Houston Astros (58-46) and the Tampa Bay Rays (63-43) facing off at Minute Maid Park in what is expected to be a close matchup, with a projected 5-3 win for the Astros according to our computer prediction. Game time is at 7:15 PM ET on July 29.
The Astros will give the nod to Hunter Brown (6-7) against the Rays and Taj Bradley (5-6).
Astros vs. Rays Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 7:15 PM ET
- Where: Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
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Astros vs. Rays Score Prediction
Our prediction for this matchup is Astros 5, Rays 4.
Total Prediction for Astros vs. Rays
- Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
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Astros Performance Insights
- The Astros have played as the favorite in eight of their past 10 games and won five of those contests.
- In its last 10 games with a total, Houston and its opponents have combined to hit the over three times.
- The Astros are winless against the spread in their last two chances.
- The Astros have won 39, or 58.2%, of the 67 games they've played as favorites this season.
- Houston has a record of 35-21 in games when oddsmakers favor them by at least -130 on the moneyline.
- The bookmakers' moneyline implies a 56.5% chance of a victory for the Astros.
- Houston ranks 12th in the majors with 487 total runs scored this season.
- The Astros' 3.81 team ERA ranks third among all league pitching staffs.
Rays Performance Insights
- Over their last 10 games, the Rays have been favored twice and lost each contest.
- In its previous 10 games with a total, Tampa Bay and its opponents have combined to exceed the over/under on two occasions.
- The Rays' previous 10 contests have not had a spread set by oddsmakers.
- The Rays have come away with four wins in the 15 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- This year, Tampa Bay has won one of four games when listed as at least +110 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Rays have an implied victory probability of 47.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The offense for Tampa Bay is No. 4 in baseball, scoring 5.2 runs per game (549 total runs).
- The Rays have a 3.69 ERA as a team, best in baseball.
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Astros Schedule
Rays Schedule
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How to Watch the Astros vs. Rays Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
The Tampa Bay Rays and Brandon Lowe hit the field against Alex Bregman and the Houston Astros on Saturday at Minute Maid Park.
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Astros vs. Rays Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Venue: Minute Maid Park
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Astros Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Astros rank 10th-best in MLB play with 130 total home runs.
- Houston's .411 slugging percentage ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Astros' .248 batting average ranks 18th in the majors.
- Houston has the No. 12 offense in baseball, scoring 4.7 runs per game (487 total runs).
- The Astros rank 16th in baseball with a .317 on-base percentage.
- Astros hitters strike out 7.9 times per game, the fifth-fewest strikeouts in MLB.
- The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by Houston's pitching staff ranks sixth in MLB.
- Houston's 3.81 team ERA ranks third among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Astros have the 14th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.271).
Rays Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Rays rank fourth in Major League Baseball with 151 home runs.
- Tampa Bay ranks fifth in the majors with a .444 team slugging percentage.
- The Rays rank 10th in MLB with a .255 team batting average.
- Tampa Bay has scored 549 runs this season, which ranks fourth in MLB.
- The Rays have an OBP of .327 this season, which ranks 10th in MLB.
- The Rays rank 17th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.6 whiffs per contest.
- Tampa Bay averages 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-most in the majors.
- Tampa Bay pitchers have the lowest combined ERA in the majors at 3.69.
- The Rays have a combined 1.178 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
Astros Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Astros will send Hunter Brown (6-7) to the mound to make his 20th start of the season. He is 6-7 with a 4.27 ERA and 122 strikeouts in 105 1/3 innings pitched.
- The righty last appeared on Sunday against the Oakland Athletics, when he tossed six innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up six hits.
- Brown has registered nine quality starts this year.
- Brown is aiming for his third straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 5.5 innings per appearance on the hill.
- In four of his appearances this season he did not give up an earned run.
Rays Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Rays' Taj Bradley (5-6) will make his 16th start of the season.
- The right-hander's last appearance was on Sunday, when he threw five innings against the Baltimore Orioles, giving up three earned runs while allowing five hits.
- In 15 starts this season, he's earned a quality start in one of them.
- Bradley has pitched five or more innings in three straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- In 15 appearances this season, he has finished two without allowing an earned run.
Astros Schedule
Rays Schedule
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