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Skip navigation Search Query Submit Search MLB NFL NBA NHL NASCAR Premier League College Football College Basketball Horse Racing Top News Sunday Funday Stat Leaderboard: Kepler crushing, new saves options emerge Eric Samulski , Eric Samulski , 2023 World Swimming Championships Results OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , U.S. wins three golds to end swim worlds as duel in the pool rivalry resurfaces OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , Top Clips Team USA dominate 4x100 medley relay to cap Worlds Jersey boys anchor USA to relay gold at Worlds Sjostrom wins 50m free to cap off stellar Worlds Trending Teams Washington Commanders St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees Profile Profile Login Favorites Favorites Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices. Sign up All Sports All Sports NFL PFT MLB NBA NHL Soccer Motors NASCAR College Football College Basketball Golf Olympics Tennis Horse Racing Cycling WNBA On Her Turf Figure Skating USFL Dog Show AA Bowl Rugby Rotoworld Rotoworld Fantasy Home Fantasy Football Football Draft Guide - NEW! Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Basketball Matthew Berry Betting Home Baseball Season Tools Watch Podcasts Peacock Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA Olympics Golf Now Golf Pass Sports Engine Search Query Submit Search MLB NFL NBA NHL NASCAR Premier League College Football College Basketball Horse Racing Top News Sunday Funday Stat Leaderboard: Kepler crushing, new saves options emerge Eric Samulski , Eric Samulski , 2023 World Swimming Championships Results OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , U.S. wins three golds to end swim worlds as duel in the pool rivalry resurfaces OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , Top Clips Team USA dominate 4x100 medley relay to cap Worlds Jersey boys anchor USA to relay gold at Worlds Sjostrom wins 50m free to cap off stellar Worlds Trending Teams Washington Commanders St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees All Sports NFL PFT MLB NBA NHL Soccer Motors NASCAR College Football College Basketball Golf Olympics Tennis Horse Racing Cycling WNBA On Her Turf Figure Skating USFL Dog Show AA Bowl Rugby Rotoworld Fantasy Home Fantasy Football Football Draft Guide - NEW! Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Basketball Matthew Berry Betting Home Baseball Season Tools Watch Podcasts Favorites Profile Peacock Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA Olympics Golf Now Golf Pass Sports Engine Favorites Profile Login Menu Favorites Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices. Sign up Watch Now McIntosh sets championship record in 400 IM July 30, 2023 08:26 AM Sixteen-year-old Summer McIntosh continues her incredible showing at the 2023 FINA World Championships by winning the 400 IM, besting American Katie Grimes. Close Ad	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/mcintosh-sets-championship-record-in-400-im	2023-07-30T14:24:58	0	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/mcintosh-sets-championship-record-in-400-im
It’s a historical oddity: Of the University of California’s 10 campuses, San Francisco is the only one that doesn’t offer undergraduate degrees. Mayor London Breed has a bold proposal to change that by inviting the state university system to build a new campus downtown, where there’s, unfortunately, plenty of space. She and City Attorney David Chiu unveiled the plan this month, announcing they’d sent a letter to UC officials to kick off discussions. The timing seems fitting because it happens that the University of California is in the process of planning for a new campus. Sort of. Under pressure to expand its degree-granting, UC has come up with a 2030 Capacity Plan that would add as many as 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students to the system by spreading them around existing schools rather than building a new one. San Francisco is not getting much of that growth: another 129 graduate students, a rounding error in the overall scheme. The Berkeley, San Diego and Merced campuses would account for more than half of the increase in enrollment. That concentration of growth seems unwise. A UC report acknowledged that Berkeley and other campuses have experienced “neighborhood opposition” to development plans. UCSD is already behind on building needed student housing. UCSF has had its own challenges to expansion: Neighbors tried to halt a $4.3 billion expansion approved by the UC Board of Regents last year, though it’s moving forward now. But Breed and Chiu’s letter suggested downtown as a site for growth rather than UCSF’s tight quarters in Parnassus Heights. “There are a number of properties that would uniquely be able to house a mixed-use UC campus, complete with student housing, classrooms, lab space, and student services,” Breed and Chiu wrote in their letter. One such site might be the struggling Westfield Mall. It seems like a natural site for classrooms already, with its curving escalators poised to whisk students rather than shoppers. The now-closed Century cinema could turn its theaters into lecture halls. And one might picture a library’s reading room under the building’s historic dome. SFUSD owns the land underneath the mall, which might smooth the way for a transfer to UC. From there, one stop down the Central Subway lies Central SoMa, a logical locus for development, with new office buildings opening up and few takers for leases. A recent Cushman & Wakefield study found that the downtown vacancy problem was concentrated there. UCSF’s existing Mission Bay campus is just a few stops further. Ex // Top Stories The owner of the wrecked vehicle told police he had been carjacked about a half-mile away from the scene of the crash City legislators undid the deep cuts to the Ethics Commission proposed by Mayor London Breed Bills adopted by legislators Tuesday aim to ease the building of new residences It’s easy to see a campus come together, strung along the spine of San Francisco’s newest and most painfully underused transit line. And it’s easy to envision adjunct professors from The City’s biotech, software and AI industries bolstering a downtown college’s faculty and adding to its draw: Stanford already does this quite successfully in the South Bay. Consider, too, the venture capitalists who might lurk in coffee shops near campus, checkbooks in hand. That’s where the San Francisco idea has an edge over UC’s existing expansion plan. Sure, UC Merced is proud of its sustainable buildings. But it’s far greener to adapt existing office space, especially if most would be taking public transit to get there. And there would be jobs waiting for new graduates: San Francisco’s unemployment rate remains historically low. Housing is a challenge, but given the needs of students, a campus might encourage the building of accessory dwelling units, tucking in extra apartments in homes around The City rather than relying on the big dorm construction projects, which seem to be running into trouble elsewhere in UC-land. The biggest obstacle may be lining up the various institutions involved and getting them to talk to each other. When I asked the University of California what it thought of Breed and Chiu’s letter, Ryan King, a spokesperson for UC’s Office of the President, told me it had “not yet received the letter from Mayor Breed.” How long does it take a letter to travel from San Francisco to UC headquarters in downtown Oakland? More than a week, apparently. Breed and Chiu said last week, in unveiling the proposal, that they had already sent the letter. But in fact, it was UCSF that offered to deliver the San Francisco officials’ letter to the UC board, according to Breed spokesperson Jeff Cretan. UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood confirmed to the mayor’s office that he had sent it. Hawgood’s office did not respond to an inquiry about the letter's status, and King offered no explanation in response to a follow-up question. You’d expect a little more alacrity for a university system that hopes to be educating 33,000 additional students by the end of the decade. But this might explain why so many things seem to move slowly in California’s academic sector. San Francisco, for a change, seems to be in a hurry to solve problems.	https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/how-major-ucsf-expansion-could-save-revitalize-downtown-sf/article_2ea916be-2caf-11ee-92ad-8b99af9e0a79.html	2023-07-30T14:25:03	1	https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/how-major-ucsf-expansion-could-save-revitalize-downtown-sf/article_2ea916be-2caf-11ee-92ad-8b99af9e0a79.html
DEAR ABBY: About 10 years ago, I visited my oldest and dearest friend, who I see a few times a year. The last time, her husband, who I’ve also known for years and who I thought was a friend, started teasing me. I can take a joke, but the teasing got mean. Eventually he stopped, and I continued my visit. I was really angry at him, but because I didn’t want to involve my friend, I sent him an email. I told him I thought his teasing went too far and to please not do it again. He never replied. Now when I visit my friend, her husband is never there. He stays away. I haven’t seen him in years. My friend makes silly excuses why he isn’t at home when I visit. In fact, the last time I went I saw him driving away when I drove up! I don’t hold a grudge against the guy. I think it’s sad that he has to run away. Should I say something? — PERPLEXED IN CALIFORNIA DEAR PERPLEXED: No. You dealt with your friend’s husband appropriately without involving his wife. Enjoy your visits with her, and do not drag her into this. I see no reason to raise the subject. Your problem is solved. DEAR ABBY: I’m a gentleman who would like to date more than I do. I want to ask a woman in my church choir out for coffee or lunch on a Sunday afternoon. But I get so nervous I get knots in my stomach. I know dating is one of the things I need to leave in God’s hands and have His help in getting over the nerves. I like my friend in the choir a lot. I think she’s a wonderful and caring person. I want to get to know her better because, even though we’ve said “Hi” and “Bye” and exchanged glances during choir practice on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings, I don’t know her heart and what makes her tick. Can you offer some advice? —PAINFULLY SHY IN MISSOURI DEAR PAINFULLY SHY: Start treating the woman as you would a friend rather than a love interest. Asking a fellow choir member to join you for coffee afterward or for a lunch could be a healthy, nonthreatening beginning of a relationship. (Notice I didn’t use the word “romance.”) Because you want to get to know her better, summon your courage and let her get to know YOU better. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.	https://www.swoknews.com/styles/dear_abby/friends-teasing-spouse-ducks-out-during-visits/article_92d3e50a-ce0d-55ff-b39d-9e3ca84c1e73.html	2023-07-30T14:25:04	1	https://www.swoknews.com/styles/dear_abby/friends-teasing-spouse-ducks-out-during-visits/article_92d3e50a-ce0d-55ff-b39d-9e3ca84c1e73.html
Skip navigation Search Query Submit Search MLB NFL NBA NHL NASCAR Premier League College Football College Basketball Horse Racing Top News Sunday Funday Stat Leaderboard: Kepler crushing, new saves options emerge Eric Samulski , Eric Samulski , 2023 World Swimming Championships Results OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , U.S. wins three golds to end swim worlds as duel in the pool rivalry resurfaces OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , Top Clips Team USA dominate 4x100 medley relay to cap Worlds Jersey boys anchor USA to relay gold at Worlds McIntosh sets championship record in 400 IM Trending Teams Washington Commanders St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees Profile Profile Login Favorites Favorites Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices. Sign up All Sports All Sports NFL PFT MLB NBA NHL Soccer Motors NASCAR College Football College Basketball Golf Olympics Tennis Horse Racing Cycling WNBA On Her Turf Figure Skating USFL Dog Show AA Bowl Rugby Rotoworld Rotoworld Fantasy Home Fantasy Football Football Draft Guide - NEW! Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Basketball Matthew Berry Betting Home Baseball Season Tools Watch Podcasts Peacock Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA Olympics Golf Now Golf Pass Sports Engine Search Query Submit Search MLB NFL NBA NHL NASCAR Premier League College Football College Basketball Horse Racing Top News Sunday Funday Stat Leaderboard: Kepler crushing, new saves options emerge Eric Samulski , Eric Samulski , 2023 World Swimming Championships Results OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , U.S. wins three golds to end swim worlds as duel in the pool rivalry resurfaces OlympicTalk , OlympicTalk , Top Clips Team USA dominate 4x100 medley relay to cap Worlds Jersey boys anchor USA to relay gold at Worlds McIntosh sets championship record in 400 IM Trending Teams Washington Commanders St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees All Sports NFL PFT MLB NBA NHL Soccer Motors NASCAR College Football College Basketball Golf Olympics Tennis Horse Racing Cycling WNBA On Her Turf Figure Skating USFL Dog Show AA Bowl Rugby Rotoworld Fantasy Home Fantasy Football Football Draft Guide - NEW! Fantasy Baseball Fantasy Basketball Matthew Berry Betting Home Baseball Season Tools Watch Podcasts Favorites Profile Peacock Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA Olympics Golf Now Golf Pass Sports Engine Favorites Profile Login Menu Favorites Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices. Sign up Watch Now Meilutyte sets world record in 50m breaststroke July 30, 2023 07:23 AM Ruta Meilutyte continues her stellar performance at the 2023 FINA World Championships by setting a new world record in the women's 50m breaststroke, besting American Lilly King. Close Ad	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/meilutyte-sets-world-record-in-50m-breaststroke	2023-07-30T14:25:09	0	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/meilutyte-sets-world-record-in-50m-breaststroke
Q. Years ago, I watched a talk by Dr. Andrew Weil, who advised eating a clove of garlic for good health. Ever since, I’ve been eating a clove of garlic chopped into my daily salad dressing. It dawned on me several years later that I could not remember the last time I was bitten by a mosquito. I have seen a mosquito land on my arm and leave without biting. My wife gets bite after bite, and I am not bitten at all. A. We wish that all of us could get such benefit from eating garlic. However, a double-blind trial did not find evidence that consuming a clove of garlic deters mosquitoes (Medical and Veterinary Entomology, March 4, 2005). That’s not much to go on. Perhaps garlic would work better if people consumed it for a long time, as you have. Or perhaps it is something else about your personal chemistry that discourages mosquitoes from biting you. Q. I have been using gin-soaked raisins for years now. As a result, I have had wonderful relief from my arthritic pain and stiffness. When the pandemic came along, I didn’t go out and get more gin. Instead, I skimped on the recipe. After about a week, my arthritic pain and stiffness returned, especially in my right hand. I could no longer enjoy many of the activities I was used to. Consequently, when I read about boswellia for arthritis, I decided to try it. After a couple weeks my hand was back to normal! I have continued both boswellia and gin-soaked raisins ever since. I am wondering whether I should take the boswellia indefinitely. A. Almost 30 years ago, we got a letter from a reader about gin-soaked raisins. Since then, hundreds of others have written to share their enthusiasm about this arthritis remedy. There is evidence that boswellia has anti-inflammatory activity (BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, July 17, 2020).	https://www.swoknews.com/styles/peoples_pharmacy/does-garlic-prevent-mosquito-bites/article_79c0ffb3-bf73-5f4c-ba71-9335aa8c0bcb.html	2023-07-30T14:25:10	1	https://www.swoknews.com/styles/peoples_pharmacy/does-garlic-prevent-mosquito-bites/article_79c0ffb3-bf73-5f4c-ba71-9335aa8c0bcb.html
Resounding, infuriating, saddening, enlightening, intensely powerful — “Oppenheimer” is the best movie of the year and Christopher Nolan’s most captivating and important experience in an ever-growing and impressive filmography. With his latest release, Nolan firmly cements himself as one of the finest and most versatile directors working in Hollywood. He managed to take a project about the father of the atomic bomb and make the actual historical Trinity bomb test a mere afterthought in a much more enrapturing story about the consequences of the creation and the political backstabbing that followed in one of the country’s darkest periods. J. Robert Oppenheimer is a complicated individual and the movie does gloss over some of the more problematic aspects of the Los Alamos construction, but it never loses its focus on showcasing the incredible pressure of Project Manhattan and, more importantly, the fallout of his good intentions. Nolan eschews a traditional biopic narrative structure for a more fluid look at Oppenheimer’s life, bouncing between different points of his career set against the backdrop of Congressional confirmation hearings for Lewis Strauss as head of the secretary of commerce, which serves as a framing device for the rise and downfall of Oppenheimer. The format is still easy to follow, but is critically used to ratchet the tension surrounding Oppenheimer’s life and career that is completely separate from the Trinity test and race to develop the bomb. Somehow, Nolan made a film about the creation of the atomic bomb, but leaves it as a footnote to tell a more important and engaging story. When the much heralded test (an exhibition Nolan brought to life using only practical effects) is complete, there’s still more than an hour of runtime left, and that’s when the real meat of the film begins to come into light. Oppenheimer may have been known as the father of the atomic bomb, but as this film shows, he was way more important than that. Cillian Murphy takes on the titular role — a first for the Nolan regular, who has only appeared in supporting roles up to this point. He’s given his first big chance to lead a Nolan film and is almost chameleon-like in his transition into one of the country’s greatest scientists. Murphy has been a known quantity in Hollywood since “28 Days Later” and “Sunshine,” but he’s never had the material to really stretch his acting muscles (aside from the criminally underrated “Peaky Blinders” Netflix show) on the big screen before now. The film follows Oppenheimer at different points throughout his life and the audience really gets to see how the task at hand and the subsequent fallout takes its toll on Oppenheimer through Murphy’s downright haunting portrayal. Nolan hides the worst aspects of the bomb’s impact on Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the audience, but every member can feel the pain, suffering and remorse through Murphy’s silent portrayal using just his eyes and body language. Nolan doesn’t need to rely on shock value to emphasize the tragedy of the two World War II bombings and channels that horror purely through Murphy’s acting. He should be a shoe-in for an Academy Award nomination this award season. Opposite of Murphy is a near-unrecognizable Robert Downey Jr. as Admiral Strauss, the former head of the country’s Atomic Energy Commission who positions himself as a jealous antagonist to Oppenheimer’s rise and lionization in the media. He checks every classical mannerism at the door for a wonderfully understated and menacing performance that’s unlike anything he’s done before. Downey plays the sleazy politician so well, keeping audience members who slept through U.S. history class guessing as to his true intentions and motivations. Downey’s acting with Nolan’s script is a definite winning combination. “Oppenheimer” will certainly reopen the debate about the morality of the use of the atomic bomb. It’s a surprisingly nuanced take on the mission and the man in charge, focusing much on his post-development regrets and how Oppenheimer’s outspoken criticism of further nuclear testing and development sealed his political fate. Nolan’s script perhaps pulls a few punches on fully embracing one side or the other, opting to let the debate filter solely through the perspective of the man who made it possible. There are certain anachronisms in the script that can pull audiences out of the illusion, even if momentarily, as characters remind each other about the repercussions of what is to come, but it helps with audiences who don’t understand the history of what’s on screen. Half of the film feels almost like an espionage thriller with a race against the clock to see if American scientists will pull it off. The other half of the film is a careful character study of the impact and what it can do to a man who created a weapon that could literally destroy the world, as Kenneth Branagh’s Niels Bohr reminds Oppenheimer. The court scenes in the second half are some of the most gripping and exciting — albeit extremely frustrating and saddening — in the film. One has a winner on their hands when the literal dropping of an atomic bomb is not even the most pivotal moment in the film. “Oppenheimer” is available in theaters now. See it in IMAX, if possible. Josh Rouse lives in Lawton and writes a weekly review for The Lawton Constitution.	https://www.swoknews.com/styles/review-haunting-oppenheimer-tells-story-of-man-not-bomb/article_89b25ad7-602e-5ffe-a9b8-d9b8b32bdfa8.html	2023-07-30T14:25:16	0	https://www.swoknews.com/styles/review-haunting-oppenheimer-tells-story-of-man-not-bomb/article_89b25ad7-602e-5ffe-a9b8-d9b8b32bdfa8.html
Watch Now Sjostrom wins 50m free to cap off stellar Worlds Sarah Sjostrom continues her dominance at the 2023 FINA World Championships with a gold-medal performance in the women's 50m freestyle, finishing with a time of 23.62 to win her 21st individual World Championship medal.	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/sjostrom-wins-50m-free-to-cap-off-stellar-worlds	2023-07-30T14:25:19	0	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/sjostrom-wins-50m-free-to-cap-off-stellar-worlds
Team USA dominate 4x100 medley relay to cap Worlds July 30, 2023 09:01 AM The Team USA lineup of Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, and Kate Douglass win gold in the 4x100 medley relay to close out the 2023 FINA World Championships on a high note.	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/team-usa-dominate-4x100-medley-relay-to-cap-worlds	2023-07-30T14:25:29	0	https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/team-usa-dominate-4x100-medley-relay-to-cap-worlds
US mother, daughter, reported kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there (AP) - A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil. “Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus.” A State Department spokesperson said in a statement Saturday it is “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” adding, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.” In its advisory Thursday, the department said that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.” It said kidnappings often involve ransom negotiations and U.S. citizen victims have been physically harmed. Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defense Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the U.N. Security Council met to discuss Haiti’s worsening situation. WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to support nursing education in Haiti. “It doesn’t surprise me that Alex chose to get involved in this type of service work,” Regis College president Toni Hays told the station. “She was amazing. She was passionate, she was compassionate.” Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.	https://www.kmvt.com/2023/07/30/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-haiti-people-warned-not-travel-there/	2023-07-30T14:25:39	1	https://www.kmvt.com/2023/07/30/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-haiti-people-warned-not-travel-there/
Anyone seduced by AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard — wow, they can write essays and recipes! — eventually runs into what are known as hallucinations, the tendency for artificial intelligence to fabricate information. The chatbots, which guess what to say based on information obtained from all over the internet, can’t help but get things wrong. And when they fail — by publishing a cake recipe with wildly inaccurate flour measurements, for instance — it can be a real buzzkill. Yet as mainstream tech tools continue to integrate AI, it’s crucial to get a handle on how to use it to serve us. After testing dozens of AI products over the last two months, I concluded that most of us are using the technology in a suboptimal way, largely because the tech companies gave us poor directions. The chatbots are the least beneficial when we ask them questions and then hope whatever answers they come up with on their own are true, which is how they were designed to be used. But when directed to use information from trusted sources, such as credible websites and research papers, AI can carry out helpful tasks with a high degree of accuracy. “If you give them the right information, they can do interesting things with it,” said Sam Heutmaker, the founder of Context, an AI startup. “But on their own, 70% of what you get is not going to be accurate.” With the simple tweak of advising the chatbots to work with specific data, they generated intelligible answers and useful advice. That transformed me over the last few months from a cranky AI skeptic into an enthusiastic power user. When I went on a trip using a travel itinerary planned by ChatGPT, it went well because the recommendations came from my favorite travel websites. Directing the chatbots to specific high-quality sources like websites from well-established media outlets and academic publications can also help reduce the production and spread of misinformation. Let me share some of the approaches I used to get help with cooking, research and travel planning. Meal planning Chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard can write recipes that look good in theory but don’t work in practice. In an experiment by The New York Times’ Food desk in November, an early AI model created recipes for a Thanksgiving menu that included an extremely dry turkey and a dense cake. I also ran into underwhelming results with AI-generated seafood recipes. But that changed when I experimented with ChatGPT plug-ins, which are essentially third-party apps that work with the chatbot. (Only subscribers who pay $20 a month for access to ChatGPT4, the latest version of the chatbot, can use plug-ins, which can be activated in the settings menu.) On ChatGPT’s plug-ins menu, I selected Tasty Recipes, which pulls data from the Tasty website owned by BuzzFeed, a well-known media site. I then asked the chatbot to come up with a meal plan including seafood dishes, ground pork and vegetable sides using recipes from the site. The bot presented an inspiring meal plan, including lemongrass pork banh mi, grilled tofu tacos and everything-in-the-fridge pasta; each meal suggestion included a link to a recipe on Tasty. For recipes from other publications, I used Link Reader, a plug-in that let me paste in a web link to generate meal plans using recipes from other credible sites like Serious Eats. The chatbot pulled data from the sites to create meal plans and told me to visit the websites to read the recipes. That took extra work, but it beat an AI-concocted meal plan. Research When I did research for an article on a popular video game series, I turned to ChatGPT and Bard to refresh my memory on past games by summarizing their plots. They messed up on important details about the games’ stories and characters. After testing many other AI tools, I concluded that for research, it was crucial to fixate on trusted sources and quickly double-check the data for accuracy. I eventually found a tool that delivers that: Humata.AI, a free web app that has become popular among academic researchers and lawyers. The app lets you upload a document such as a PDF, and from there a chatbot answers your questions about the material alongside a copy of the document, highlighting relevant portions. In one test, I uploaded a research paper I found on PubMed, a government-run search engine for scientific literature. The tool produced a relevant summary of the lengthy document in minutes, a process that would have taken me hours, and I glanced at the highlights to double-check that the summaries were accurate. Cyrus Khajvandi, a founder of Humata, which is based in Austin, Texas, developed the app when he was a researcher at Stanford and needed help reading dense scientific articles, he said. The problem with chatbots like ChatGPT, he said, is that they rely on outdated models of the web, so the data may lack relevant context. Travel planning When a New York Times travel writer recently asked ChatGPT to compose a travel itinerary for Milan, the bot guided her to visit a central part of town that was deserted because it was an Italian holiday, among other snafus. I had better luck when I requested a vacation itinerary for me, my wife and our dogs in Mendocino County, California. As I did when planning a meal, I asked ChatGPT to incorporate suggestions from some of my favorite travel sites, such as Thrillist, which is owned by Vox, and the Times’ travel section. Within minutes, the chatbot generated an itinerary that included dog-friendly restaurants and activities, including a farm with wine and cheese pairings and a train to a popular hiking trail. This spared me several hours of planning, and most important, the dogs had a wonderful time. Bottom line Google and OpenAI, which works closely with Microsoft, say they are working to reduce hallucinations in their chatbots, but we can already reap AI’s benefits by taking control of the data that the bots rely on to come up with answers. To put it another way: The main benefit of training machines with enormous data sets is that they can now use language to simulate human reasoning, said Nathan Benaich, a venture capitalist who invests in AI companies. The important step for us, he said, is to pair that ability with high-quality information.	https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/were-using-ai-chatbots-wrong-heres-how-to-direct-them/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:25:40	1	https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/were-using-ai-chatbots-wrong-heres-how-to-direct-them/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 35 people and wounds more than 100 KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 35 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. Senior police officer Nazir Khan said the workers convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district, when the explosion took place. Initially, police said 10 people were killed but later more bodies were moved to a hospital bringing the death toll to 35. He said some of the wounded were taken to the city’s main hospital in critical condition and the death toll could increase. Azam Khan, head of the emergency room at Khar’s main hospital, said 35 bodies were brought to the hospital and some wre taken back by relatives while the number of wounded was now more than 100 as those who earlier went to near small clinics for medical aid consequently brought to the main government hospital. Government administrator Mohibullah Khan Yousufzai also said death toll rose to 35 and the number of wounded was well over 100. He said the serious wounded people were being airlifted to provincial capital, Peshawar, for better medical care. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan. Maulana Ziaullah, the local chief of Rehman’s party, was among the dead. Senator Abdur Rasheed and former lawmaker Maulana Jamaluddin was also on the stage but escaped unhurt. Party officials said Rehman was not in the rally. Rehman is considered to be a pro-Taliban cleric and his political party is part of the coalition government in Islamabad. It is not known whether Rehman was present. Meetings are being organized across the country to mobilize supporters for the coming elections. Bajur, once used to be a tribal region but now a district, has been a safe haven for Islamic militants until recent years when Pakistani military carried out massive operations to eliminate militancy from the tribal region. Militants still strike attacking security forces and civilians often. ___ Riaz Khan reported from Peshawar, Pakistan. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/2023/07/30/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-more-than-100/	2023-07-30T14:25:40	0	https://www.wsaz.com/2023/07/30/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-more-than-100/
Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Probable Starting Pitchers Today - July 30 The Arizona Diamondbacks (56-49) and Seattle Mariners (53-51) meet on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET at Chase Field, attempting to break a 1-1 series tie. The Diamondbacks will look to Merrill Kelly (9-4) versus the Mariners and Luis Castillo (6-7). Bet Now: Get the latest odds for this matchup and pitcher props on BetMGM. New depositors can use bonus code "GNPLAY" for special offers! Mariners vs. Diamondbacks Pitcher Matchup Info - Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Time: 4:10 PM ET - TV: ARID - Location: Phoenix, Arizona - Venue: Chase Field - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Probable Pitchers: Kelly - ARI (9-4, 3.30 ERA) vs Castillo - SEA (6-7, 3.09 ERA) Watch live MLB games on all your devices! Sign up now for a free trial to Fubo! Discover More About This Game Mariners Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Luis Castillo - Castillo (6-7) gets the starting nod for the Mariners in his 22nd start of the season. He's put together a 3.09 ERA in 125 1/3 innings pitched, with 142 strikeouts. - The righty last pitched on Monday against the Minnesota Twins, when he threw seven innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up four hits. - Over 21 games this season, the 30-year-old has put up a 3.09 ERA and 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .212 to opposing batters. - Castillo is aiming for his third straight quality start. - Castillo will look to extend a 22-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he's averaging six frames per appearance). - He has made six appearances this season in which he did not give up an earned run. Try FanDuel Fantasy today with our link and make your perfect team! Diamondbacks Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Merrill Kelly - The Diamondbacks will send Kelly (9-4) to the mound for his 18th start this season. - The right-hander's last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw six innings against the St. Louis Cardinals, giving up one earned run while allowing four hits. - The 34-year-old has an ERA of 3.30, a 2.64 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.129 in 17 games this season. - He has started 17 games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in 11 of them. - Kelly will look to finish five or more innings for the 17th start in a row. - He has one appearance with no earned runs allowed in 17 chances this season. Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.kmvt.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/mariners-vs-diamondbacks-mlb-probable-starting-pitchers/	2023-07-30T14:25:41	0	https://www.kmvt.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/mariners-vs-diamondbacks-mlb-probable-starting-pitchers/
Remember when you resolved back in January to spend less and save more in 2023? Summer can be a good time to revisit those goals, financial advisers say. A quick financial review now makes sense because there’s still time to make adjustments if you’re falling behind on your goal — whether it’s building an emergency fund, slashing credit card debt or resuming student loan payments, now that the pandemic pause is finally (really!) ending. Many events that lead to spending, like back-to-school time (supplies and clothing), Halloween (costumes and candy), Thanksgiving (food) and the winter holidays (gifts), are coming up. “So it’s a really good time to prepare for spending later in the year,” said Yanely Espinal, author of the book “Mind Your Money.” Nate Hoskin, a certified financial planner in Denver who focuses on young adults, recommends a personal “audit.” If that sounds too much like something the Internal Revenue Service would do, think of it instead as a financial health “checkup.” Hoskin, who has a substantial TikTok following, urged a hard-nosed assessment of the goals you set at the start of the year. Say you aimed to save $500 a month but have saved only $200 a month. “Be really critical and ask yourself, ‘Why did I not reach this goal?’ ” he said. Did you estimate that you would earn more money than you did? (Maybe a side hustle wasn’t as lucrative as anticipated.) Or did you go out to dinner too often? Inflation may have added to your costs, but it’s now cooling. Hoskin recommends printing out bank and credit card statements, and using a highlighter to mark “frivolous” items, representing money you didn’t need to spend. To get back on track, build up to your goal gradually. If you have been able to save $200 a month, Hoskin said, that’s great. Try to save $250 next month, then aim for $300. “Try to reach $500 a month by the end of the year,” he said. If your plan was vaguely to save any money left over at the end of the month — but there never seemed to be any extra — try a “save first” strategy. Divert 15% of your paycheck to a savings account automatically (your bank, your employer or various money apps can help arrange this), and then make a spending plan for the remaining funds. “Switching it up may help you a lot,” Hoskin said. Espinal said you might try making saving more of a habit and transferring money toward your goal weekly, or even daily. Jesse Mecham, founder of the You Need a Budget app, advised that you — and your partner, if you’re part of a couple — first make a list of what you want your money to do. Pay for an overseas vacation? Create an emergency fund? Then, he suggested, turn to your account statements and scroll through the past few months of transactions, taking perhaps 20 minutes at most. Many banks and credit cards automatically categorize purchases, which can offer a rough idea of where your money is going. Note any spending that advanced your priorities, but don’t beat yourself up for purchases that didn’t. “Nobody’s perfect,” he said. With that knowledge, Mecham said, set goals for the cash in your bank account by asking, “What do I want this money to do until I’m paid again?” You can use a budgeting app or a basic spreadsheet to lay out a plan. If you’re aware of both your available cash and your goals, you can better manage trade-offs, Mecham said. Rather than thinking, “I can’t spend money on this,” you can tell yourself, “I’d rather spend money on that.” Paying down credit card debt is especially timely this summer since both card balances and average card interest rates are high. The free, online debt payoff tool at calculator.net can help you see how much extra you can afford to pay and how long it will take to eliminate the balance, Espinal said. Don’t get bogged down in the debate over whether to use the “avalanche” method — giving priority to paying off debt with the highest interest rate — or the “snowball” method, which focuses on paying off the smallest balance first to build a feeling of success. “Most people should use a hybrid approach,” Espinal said. Start by paying off a small balance to gain confidence. Then switch to paying down high-interest-rate cards (put funds toward the highest rate and make minimum payments on the others until the first card is paid off) to save the most money. Pick a specific date for your checkup to make sure it gets done before the end of summer, said Rob Williams, managing director of financial planning at Charles Schwab. “Putting it on the calendar can help you get financially healthy,” he said. Here are some questions and answers about how to do a summer financial checkup: How can I tell if my paycheck withholdings are accurate? Summer is a good time to review withholdings — the amount of tax withheld from your paycheck — especially if you got a raise or have had a big change in your life, like getting married or having a baby. If you have too little withheld, you may have an unexpectedly large tax bill next April. The IRS offers an online estimator at irs.gov where you can answer a few questions to see if you should tweak your withholdings. To make changes, file an updated form W-4 with your employer. How do I view my credit report? Checking your credit report, which catalogs your borrowing history, is a smart step and can usually be done relatively quickly online. The three major credit reporting bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — are offering free reports weekly at least until the end of this year at www.annualcreditreport.com. If you note any errors, contact both the credit bureau and the lender that provided the incorrect information, the Federal Trade Commission says.	https://www.seattletimes.com/business/why-its-smart-to-revisit-new-years-savings-goals-now/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:25:41	0	https://www.seattletimes.com/business/why-its-smart-to-revisit-new-years-savings-goals-now/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
US mother, daughter, reported kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there (AP) - A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil. “Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus.” A State Department spokesperson said in a statement Saturday it is “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” adding, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.” In its advisory Thursday, the department said that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.” It said kidnappings often involve ransom negotiations and U.S. citizen victims have been physically harmed. Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defense Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the U.N. Security Council met to discuss Haiti’s worsening situation. WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to support nursing education in Haiti. “It doesn’t surprise me that Alex chose to get involved in this type of service work,” Regis College president Toni Hays told the station. “She was amazing. She was passionate, she was compassionate.” Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/2023/07/30/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-haiti-people-warned-not-travel-there/	2023-07-30T14:25:41	0	https://www.wsaz.com/2023/07/30/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-haiti-people-warned-not-travel-there/
Jake Fraley Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 30 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:27 AM EDT\|Updated: 58 minutes ago The Cincinnati Reds, including Jake Fraley (.257 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 89 points below season-long percentage), take on starter Michael Grove and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Sunday at 4:10 PM ET. In his previous game he had a hitless showing (0-for-2) against the Dodgers. Jake Fraley Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers - Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Game Time: 4:10 PM ET - Stadium: Dodger Stadium - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Dodgers Starter: Michael Grove - TV Channel: SportsNet LA - Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208) - Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450) - RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160) - Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +115) Looking to place a prop bet on Jake Fraley? Check out what's available at BetMGM and use bonus code "GNPLAY" when you sign up with this link! Discover More About This Game Jake Fraley At The Plate - Fraley is hitting .262 with 13 doubles, 15 home runs and 32 walks. - Fraley has gotten a hit in 53 of 86 games this year (61.6%), with multiple hits on 18 occasions (20.9%). - He has gone deep in 16.3% of his games in 2023 (14 of 86), and 4.8% of his trips to the plate. - Fraley has driven in a run in 38 games this year (44.2%), including 16 games with more than one RBI (18.6%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in five contests. - In 32.6% of his games this season, he has scored at least once. And he's had seven games with multiple runs (8.1%). Ready to play FanDuel Daily Fantasy? Get in the game using our link. Jake Fraley Home/Away Batting Splits Dodgers Pitching Rankings - The Dodgers pitching staff is 17th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings. - The Dodgers' 4.49 team ERA ranks 20th across all MLB pitching staffs. - The Dodgers surrender the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game). - The Dodgers are sending Grove (2-2) to the mound for his 11th start of the season. He is 2-2 with a 6.19 ERA and 53 strikeouts through 56 2/3 innings pitched. - In his most recent appearance on Tuesday, the righty went 4 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing two earned runs while surrendering eight hits. - The 26-year-old has amassed an ERA of 6.19, with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings, in 13 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .307 batting average against him. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/jake-fraley-mlb-player-prop-bets/	2023-07-30T14:25:43	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/jake-fraley-mlb-player-prop-bets/
Even if Washington resident Bulent Gurcan hadn’t starred in three previous iterations of the Discovery Channel mainstay “Naked and Afraid,” his town’s proximity to the U.S. mainland might have prepared him in at least some small way for “Naked and Afraid: Castaways” (8 p.m. July 30). Gurcan lives in Point Roberts, Whatcom County, a 5-square-mile pene-exclave that shares a land border with Canada and is otherwise surrounded by the waters of Boundary Bay. Located 22 miles south of downtown Vancouver, B.C., Point Roberts has a population of roughly 1,200. Cut off from the American mainland, it’s a 25-mile drive through Canada to reach Blaine. “If you’re not comfortable being alone, Point Roberts will chew you up and spit you out,” says Gurcan, who was born in Turkey and immigrated to the U.S. at age 20. “If you have an emergency, they do dispatch a helicopter [from the U.S.] to get you picked up. We have a clinic and one grocery store, one cafe, one bar and one restaurant.” In “Naked and Afraid: Castaways,” nine seasoned competitors are dropped in the Pacific Ocean and must swim to and survive on a deserted island. With no map or tools, they must scavenge the island for what they need to survive. Beginning in teams of three, they begin their 21-day survival journey, ultimately traveling to an extraction point to await rescue. Gurcan says after his previous adventures, largely spent alone in the African bush, he only wanted to go on “Naked and Afraid” again it if was something different from 30 days in the jungle. “They kept asking me if I was going to go back to do another challenge. ‘What would you like me to do, go in 60 days alone?’ ” he says. “So I said it has to be something that hasn’t been done.” Gurcan served in the U.S. Army and then got a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a master’s in health and human performance before taking a job with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Texas in 2006. He transferred within CBP to Point Roberts in 2008. “British Columbia is a beautiful place, but B.C. is a really expensive place, so the perfect solution is to live with U.S. prices and be as close as possible to Vancouver and not pay for their real estate, which is at bonkers prices,” Gurcan says. He made his first “Naked and Afraid” appearance in 2018. “I asked a now-ex if I can do a show like this mentally and physically and she says, ‘Why would I even want to think about you and another naked woman in the middle of the jungle?’ ” Gurcan recalls. “As soon as she became an ex, I applied and got picked.” Now that he’s filmed four seasons of the franchise, Gurcan says the “naked” part of the show’s title quickly melts away. “It’s literally just the first two minutes that’s awkward,” he says. “After that, the heat and humidity and amount of hiking to get to your locations [becomes paramount] and the nakedness is gone out of your mind.” Gurcan says he didn’t fully complete his first “Naked and Afraid” season due to lower back issues that also led him to take an early retirement from CPB in 2018. (Gurcan has acted in some short films and started an entertainment production company with projects currently in the writing stage.) “I pushed myself too much,” he says of his first “Naked” season, noting he dragged a 150-pound log across the jungle floor for a half-mile. “The [subsequent seasons] I approached with a lot more caution.” As a pilot who flies from Point Roberts to Lynden, Whatcom County, at least twice a week, Gurcan says the experience of “Castaways” let him do some real-life training for a potential controlled emergency aircraft landing on the sea. “What do you do after the landing? Once the crash happens, you have to continue surviving,” he says. “It’s mentally something I prepare for, but in real life training for that experience doesn’t exist. The idea of ‘Castaways’ is as good a training and as real as it’s going to get.” He jokes that the biggest challenge he faced on “Castaways” was “sharks, sandflies and millennials,” including one of his fellow competitors. “Gen Xers weren’t given anything, we have to make things happen,” Gurcan says. “Millennials were given a lot of things so they have the habit of not thinking ahead, not planning ahead.” The trailer also shows Gurcan in what appears to be a fight with an armadillo. “I can’t tell you who won, but I can tell you this: In the wild, it is survival of the fittest,” he says. “An animal’s going to bite, scratch, kick, poke you, whatever it needs to do to survive. And they are not shy about it.”	https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/naked-and-afraid-castaways-offers-wa-resident-a-new-experience/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:25:45	0	https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/naked-and-afraid-castaways-offers-wa-resident-a-new-experience/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Joey Votto Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 30 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:26 AM EDT\|Updated: 58 minutes ago The Cincinnati Reds, including Joey Votto (.250 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 56 points below season-long percentage), battle starter Michael Grove and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Sunday at 4:10 PM ET. In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-2) against the Dodgers. Joey Votto Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers - Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Game Time: 4:10 PM ET - Stadium: Dodger Stadium - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Dodgers Starter: Michael Grove - TV Channel: SportsNet LA - Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -222) - Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +240) - RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +130) - Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100) Looking to place a prop bet on Joey Votto? Check out what's available at BetMGM and use bonus code "GNPLAY" when you sign up with this link! Discover More About This Game Joey Votto At The Plate - Votto is batting .184 with three doubles, eight home runs and 14 walks. - In 38.7% of his games this season (12 of 31), Votto has picked up at least one hit, and in six of those games (19.4%) he recorded at least two. - In 22.6% of his games this season, he has hit a home run, and 6.6% of his trips to the plate. - Votto has picked up an RBI in 11 games this year (35.5%), with more than one RBI in six of those contests (19.4%). - In nine games this season (29.0%), he has scored, including multiple runs twice. Ready to play FanDuel Daily Fantasy? Get in the game using our link. Joey Votto Home/Away Batting Splits Dodgers Pitching Rankings - The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league. - The Dodgers' 4.49 team ERA ranks 20th among all MLB pitching staffs. - Dodgers pitchers combine to give up 114 home runs (1.1 per game), the seventh-fewest in the league. - Grove makes the start for the Dodgers, his 11th of the season. He is 2-2 with a 6.19 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings pitched. - The right-hander's last time out came on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he threw 4 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing eight hits. - The 26-year-old has amassed an ERA of 6.19, with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings, in 13 games this season. Opponents have a .307 batting average against him. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/joey-votto-mlb-player-prop-bets/	2023-07-30T14:25:50	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/joey-votto-mlb-player-prop-bets/
How to Watch the Mystics vs. Dream Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 30 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:32 AM EDT\|Updated: 53 minutes ago The Washington Mystics (12-12) will hope to stop a six-game road slide when squaring off against the Atlanta Dream (13-11) on Sunday, July 30, 2023 at Gateway Center Arena, airing at 3:00 PM ET on ESPN3, NBCS-DC, Monumental, and BSSO. Watch live WNBA games without cable on all your devices with a seven-day free trial to Fubo! Check out the latest odds and place your bets on the Dream or Mystics with BetMGM Sportsbook. Use our link for the best new user offer, no promo code required! Mystics vs. Dream Game Info - Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Game Time: 3:00 PM ET - TV: Bally Sports - Arena: Gateway Center Arena - Live Stream: Watch on Fubo! Rep your team with officially licensed Mystics gear! Head to Fanatics to find jerseys, shirts, and much more. Key Stats for Mystics vs. Dream - Washington scores an average of 81.1 points per game, only four fewer points than the 85.1 Atlanta allows to opponents. - Washington has shot at a 43.1% rate from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 42.7% shooting opponents of Atlanta have averaged. - This season, the Mystics have a 7-5 record in games the team collectively shoots over 42.7% from the field. - Washington is hitting 32.5% of its shots from three-point distance, which is just 0.2 percentage points fewer than the 32.7% Atlanta's opponents are averaging on the season. - The Mystics are 8-4 when shooting above 32.7% as a team from three-point range. - Atlanta and Washington rebound at about the same rate, with Atlanta averaging 4.5 more rebounds per game. Mystics Recent Performance - Over their last 10 games, the Mystics are putting up 83.5 points per game, 2.4 more than their season average (81.1). - Over its previous 10 games, Washington is averaging 83.5 points per game, 2.4 more than its season average (81.1). - In their previous 10 games, the Mystics are draining 6.8 threes per game, 0.5 fewer threes than their season average (7.3). They also have a worse three-point percentage over their last 10 games (30.6%) compared to their season average (32.5%). Mystics Injuries © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/mystics-vs-dream-wnba-live-stream-tv/	2023-07-30T14:25:57	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/mystics-vs-dream-wnba-live-stream-tv/
Sunday Best Well, yes, the dress is lovely, but I thought you’d want to see that castle. That’s the Château de Chantilly, a glorious pile that hosted the Valentino fall 2023 couture show. The Château, located about 30 miles north of Paris, has a history that’s worthy of an epic movie: Beginning as a fortress in the Middle Ages, its lavish buildings were constructed in the 16th century but mostly destroyed during the French Revolution. Rebuilt in the 1870s by the Duke of Aumale, it was donated upon his death to the Institut de France, which operates it as a museum and historic site open to the public — and a scene-stealing backdrop for fashion shows.	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/fashion/check-out-this-scene-stealing-castle-at-the-valentino-fashion-show/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:26:00	1	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/fashion/check-out-this-scene-stealing-castle-at-the-valentino-fashion-show/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Reds vs. Dodgers Probable Starting Pitchers Today - July 30 The Los Angeles Dodgers (59-44) and Cincinnati Reds (57-49) play a rubber match on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET, with the series deadlocked at 1-1. This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Dodgers will send Michael Grove (2-2) to the mound, while Graham Ashcraft (5-7) will get the nod for the Reds. Bet Now: Get the latest odds for this matchup and pitcher props on BetMGM. New depositors can use bonus code "GNPLAY" for special offers! Reds vs. Dodgers Pitcher Matchup Info - Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Time: 4:10 PM ET - TV: SportsNet LA - Location: Los Angeles, California - Venue: Dodger Stadium - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Probable Pitchers: Grove - LAD (2-2, 6.19 ERA) vs Ashcraft - CIN (5-7, 5.64 ERA) Watch live MLB games on all your devices! Sign up now for a free trial to Fubo! Read More About This Game Reds Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Graham Ashcraft - Ashcraft (5-7) takes the mound first for the Reds in his 20th start of the season. He's put together a 5.64 ERA in 99 2/3 innings pitched, with 74 strikeouts. - The righty last appeared on Tuesday against the Milwaukee Brewers, when he threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up five hits. - The 25-year-old has put up an ERA of 5.64, with 6.7 strikeouts per nine innings in 19 games this season. Opponents are batting .284 against him. - Ashcraft is looking to record his 10th quality start of the season in this matchup. - Ashcraft will try to last five or more innings for his sixth straight start. He's averaging 5.2 innings per outing. - In one of his appearances this season he did not give up an earned run. Graham Ashcraft vs. Dodgers - The opposing Dodgers offense has the third-ranked slugging percentage (.453) and ranks second in home runs hit (168) in all of MLB. They have a collective .247 batting average, and are 18th in the league with 867 total hits and second in MLB action scoring 578 runs. - In 2 2/3 innings over one appearance against the Dodgers this season, Ashcraft has a 10.13 ERA and a 1.875 WHIP while his opponents are batting .300. Try FanDuel Fantasy today with our link and make your perfect team! Dodgers Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Michael Grove - The Dodgers will hand the ball to Grove (2-2) for his 11th start of the season. - The right-hander's last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed 4 2/3 innings while giving up two earned runs on eight hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays. - The 26-year-old has an ERA of 6.19 and 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings, with a batting average against of .307 in 13 games this season. - Grove has not earned a quality start in 10 starts this season. - Grove has six starts of five or more innings this season in 10 chances. He averages 4.3 innings per outing. - He has finished one appearance without allowing an earned run in 13 chances this season. Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/reds-vs-dodgers-mlb-probable-starting-pitchers/	2023-07-30T14:26:00	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/reds-vs-dodgers-mlb-probable-starting-pitchers/
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades. Median rent rose just 0.5% in June, year over year, after falling in May for the first time since the pandemic hit the U.S. Some economists project U.S. rents will be down modestly this year after soaring nearly 25% over the past four years. A closer look, however, shows the trend will likely be little comfort for many U.S. renters who’ve had to put an increasing share of their income toward their monthly payment. Renters in cities such as Cincinnati and Indianapolis are still getting hit with increases of 5% or more. Much of the new construction is located in just a few metro areas, and many of the new units are luxury apartments, which rent for well north of $2,000. Median U.S. rent has risen to $2,029 this June from $1,629 in June 2019, according to rental listings company Rent, which tracks rents in 50 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Demand for apartments exploded during the pandemic as people who could work remotely sought more space or decided to relocate to another part of the country. The steep rent increases have left tenants like Melissa Lombana, a high school teacher who lives in the South Florida city of Miramar, with progressively less income to spend on other needs. The rent on her one-bedroom apartment jumped 13% last year to $1,700. It climbed another 6% to $1,800 this month when she renewed her lease. “Even the $1,700 was a stretch for me,” said Lombana, 43, who supplements her teaching income with a side job doing educational testing. “In a year, I will not be able to afford living here at all.” Lombana’s rent is now gobbling up nearly half her monthly income. That puts her in a category referred to as “cost-burdened” by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, denoting households that pay 30% or more of their income toward rent. Last year, the average rent-to-income ratio per household rose to 30%. This March, it was 29.6%. Lombana hasn’t had any luck finding a more affordable apartment. While South Florida is one of the metropolitan areas seeing a rise in apartment construction, the units are mostly high-end and not a viable option. That scenario is playing out across the nation. Developers are rushing to complete projects that were green-lit during the pandemic-era surge in demand for rentals or left in limbo by delays in supplies of fixtures and building materials. Nearly 1.1 million apartments are currently under construction, according to the commercial real estate tracker CoStar, a pace not seen since the 1970s. Increasing the supply of apartments tends to moderate rent increases over time and can give tenants more options on where to live. But more than 40% of the new rentals to be completed this year will be concentrated in about 10 high job growth metropolitan areas, including Austin, Nashville, Denver, Atlanta and New York, according to Marcus & Millichap. In many areas, the boost to overall inventory will be barely noticeable. Even within metros where there’ll be a notable increase in available apartments, such as Nashville, most of it will be in the luxury category, where rents average $2,270, nationally. Some 70% of the new rental inventory will be the luxury class, said Jay Lybik, national director of multifamily analytics at CoStar. That will leave most tenants unlikely to see a big enough reduction in rent to make a difference, industry experts and economists say. “I think we’re in a period of rent flattening for 12 or 18 months, but it’s certainly not a big rent decline,” said Hessam Nadji, CEO of commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap. “We’re building a multi-decade record number of units,” Nadji said. “It’s going to cause some softening and some pockets of overbuilding, but it’s not going to fundamentally resolve the housing shortage or the affordability problem for renters across the U.S.” The surge in rents has made it difficult for workers to keep up with inflation despite solid wage gains the past few years and exacerbated a long-term trend. Between 1999 and 2022, U.S. rents soared 135%, while income grew 77%, according to data from Moody’s Analytics. Realtor.com is forecasting that rents will drop an average of 0.9% this year. But while down nationally, rents are still rising in many markets around the country, especially those where hiring remains robust. In the New York metro area, the median rent climbed 4.7% in June from a year earlier to $2,899, according to Realtor.com. In the Midwest, rents surged 5.6% in the Cincinnati metro area to $1,188, and 6.9% to $1,350 in the Indianapolis metro area. The current spike in apartment construction alone isn’t going to be enough to address how costly renting has become for many Americans. “For the rest of the 2020s rents will continue to grow because millennials are such a big generation and we’re very much in the hole in terms of building housing for that generation,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin. “It will take many good years of new construction to build adequate housing for millennials.” The bigger challenge is building more work force housing, because the cost of land, labor and navigating the government approval process incentivize developers to put up luxury apartments buildings. Expanding the supply of modestly priced rentals would help alleviate the strain from so many new apartments targeting renters with high incomes, “although additional subsidies will be needed to make housing affordable to households with the lowest incomes,” researchers at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies wrote in a recent report. Despite the overall pullback in U.S. rents, Joey Di Girolamo, in Pembroke Pines, Florida, worries that he’ll face more sharp rent increases in coming years. Last year, the web designer left a two-bedroom, two-bath townhome he rented for $2,200 a month to avoid a $600 a month increase. This year, his rent went up by $200, a nearly 10% jump. “That blew me away,” said Di Girolamo, 50. “I’m just kind of dreading what it’s going to be like next year, but especially 3 or 4 years from now.” Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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Sometimes a kitchen needs a last-minute miracle, and mine is always frozen pesto. At a moment’s notice, I can stir a spoonful of herby, garlicky zip into any dish that needs it, lifting it to a whole new level. In a perfect pesto world, that frozen sauce is homemade — a mix of tiny-leafed Genovese basil, Italian pine nuts and good olive oil that you’ve pounded by hand with a mortar and pestle. In my world, though, I usually reach for the food processor. I whirl regular floppy-leafed basil with olive oil and sliced almonds (instead of pricier pine nuts) until I get a purée thick enough to spoon into an ice cube tray for fast access when dinner is nigh. (And if your frozen stash runs out, good store-bought pesto is a reliably herby Plan B.) Pesto is typically destined for a plate of al dente pasta, but it actually works wonderfully as an ingredient, adding color and garlicky verve to soups, stews or, in this case, a one-pan orzo dish loaded with summer zucchini and onions. The key to bringing out the most flavor in a one-pan dish is to cook it in stages. First, I sauté zucchini and onions, letting them sear until they’re darkly golden. Try not to move the vegetables too much as they cook, as that can impede browning. The darker they get, the more flavor they’ll impart to the dish, with the bronzed bits left stuck to the bottom of the pan forming the foundation of the sauce. Then, instead of cooking the orzo in water, I use broth, which infuses the pasta with flavor as the liquid reduces to a silky sauce, spiked with lemon zest for brightness. The pesto doesn’t make its appearance until late in the game, to preserve its freshness. Heating it too long would tame the pungent, garlicky bite and dull the basil’s verdant sharpness. Start with a half cup, which is just enough to give the orzo a gentle pesto character. Pesto stans might want to drizzle in a little more, but taste as you go. At the very end, I stir in a caprese-like mix of marinated mozzarella, juicy, sweet cherry tomatoes and fresh mint. The cheese softens but doesn’t quite melt, forming milky pockets to complement the pungent pesto. That perfect balance, created so effortlessly by pesto and cheese, is the real miracle on your plate. One-Pan Zucchini-Pesto Orzo Total time: 25 minutes Servings: 4 INGREDIENTS - 2 medium zucchini (about 6 ounces each), diced (about 2½ cups) - 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced - ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, more for drizzling - ¼ to ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, to taste, more as needed - 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt, more to taste - 1¾ cups vegetable or chicken stock - 1 cup orzo - 1 lemon, zested and halved - 1 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes - 5 ounces fresh mozzarella, cut into cubes (1 cup) - ½ cup grated Parmesan (3 ounces), more for serving - ¼ cup finely chopped mint, more for serving - ½ cup pesto, store-bought or homemade, more to taste STEPS - In a large nonstick or well-seasoned cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat, combine the zucchini and onion with olive oil, the red pepper flakes and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook the mixture, stirring once or twice, until the zucchini and onion turn golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Don’t stir too often, as it can impede browning. - Stir in stock and bring to a simmer. Stir in orzo, lemon zest and ½ teaspoon salt. Cover and simmer over medium-low heat until orzo is nearly cooked through and most of the liquid is absorbed, 10 to 14 minutes, stirring once or twice. - Meanwhile, in a small bowl, toss together the tomatoes, mozzarella, a pinch of salt, a pinch of red pepper flakes and a drizzle of olive oil, and let marinate while the orzo cooks. - Once the orzo is ready, stir in juice of ½ lemon, Parmesan, mint and pesto. Cover the pan, and cook for 1 minute, to finish cooking. Taste for seasoning and add more lemon juice or pesto, if needed. To serve, top with tomato-mozzarella mixture and sprinkle with more cheese and mint.	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/theres-a-pesto-miracle-waiting-in-your-freezer/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:26:06	0	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/theres-a-pesto-miracle-waiting-in-your-freezer/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Spencer Steer Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 30 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:26 AM EDT\|Updated: 59 minutes ago The Cincinnati Reds and Spencer Steer (.410 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including one homer), take on starter Michael Grove and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Sunday at 4:10 PM ET. In his last game, he went 1-for-4 with an RBI against the Dodgers. Spencer Steer Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers - Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Game Time: 4:10 PM ET - Stadium: Dodger Stadium - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Dodgers Starter: Michael Grove - TV Channel: SportsNet LA - Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -222) - Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525) - RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170) - Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +115) Looking to place a prop bet on Spencer Steer? Check out what's available at BetMGM and use bonus code "GNPLAY" when you sign up with this link! Explore More About This Game Spencer Steer At The Plate - Steer leads Cincinnati with 103 hits and an OBP of .361, plus a team-best slugging percentage of .461. - Among qualified hitters in MLB, he ranks 35th in batting average, 27th in on-base percentage, and 48th in slugging. - Steer has picked up a hit in 65 of 101 games this season, with multiple hits 29 times. - He has gone deep in 15 games this season (14.9%), homering in 3.5% of his trips to the dish. - Steer has had an RBI in 39 games this year (38.6%), including 15 multi-RBI outings (14.9%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in three contests. - He has scored in 44 games this year (43.6%), including six multi-run games (5.9%). Ready to play FanDuel Daily Fantasy? Get in the game using our link. Spencer Steer Home/Away Batting Splits Dodgers Pitching Rankings - The Dodgers pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings. - The Dodgers have a 4.49 team ERA that ranks 20th among all MLB pitching staffs. - Dodgers pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game). - The Dodgers are sending Grove (2-2) to the mound to make his 11th start of the season. He is 2-2 with a 6.19 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings pitched. - The righty last pitched on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up eight hits. - The 26-year-old has a 6.19 ERA and 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings across 13 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .307 to his opponents. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/spencer-steer-mlb-player-prop-bets/	2023-07-30T14:26:06	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/spencer-steer-mlb-player-prop-bets/
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The discovery of four dead women in a drainage ditch just outside Atlantic City was shocking news in 2006. International media flocked to the seaside gambling resort. More than 100 detectives and prosecutors were assigned to investigate. Casino guests worried about safety, and the victims’ fellow sex workers began carrying hidden knives. But as the years passed, the public’s attention and fear faded, and the case of the “Eastbound Strangler” – so named for the direction the victims’ heads were facing – remained unsolved. The arrest earlier this month of a man charged with killing three women whose remains were found on a Long Island beach in 2010 has breathed fresh life into another long-dormant case with obvious parallels; the Gilgo Beach serial killings involve a total of 11 victims, most of whom were young, female sex workers. Yet the recent breakthrough, and the rekindling of public interest, only highlights a painful truth: Many similar cases – like the one in Atlantic City -- remain open. The FBI would not say how many killings of sex workers in the U.S. remain unsolved. Media accounts and statements from local authorities show a long trail of open cases, from nine women whose bodies were found along highways in Massachusetts, to 11 found dead in New Mexico, and eight more found amid the crawfish farms and swamps of southern Louisiana. The killings of other sex workers in Chicago, New Haven, Connecticut and Ohio, among other places, also remain mysteries. From the days of London’s Jack The Ripper in the 1880s, serial killers, particularly those preying on sex workers, have often gotten away with it, in part because their victims were easy targets living on the margins of society. Gary Ridgway, the so-called Green River killer convicted of 49 killings in Washington state, said at during a 2003 court hearing in which he pleaded guilty that he chose sex workers as victims because he knew they would not be missed quickly, if at all. “I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught,” he said. Two women were out for an afternoon walk near Atlantic City in November 2006 when they found a body in a ditch. They called police, who quickly found three others nearby. The $15-a-night motel in Egg Harbor Township behind which the four bodies were found is long gone. It was torn down in an attempt to clear a seedy area known for crime, drugs and disturbances – and the murders of Barbara Breidor, 42, Molly Jean Dilts, 20, Kim Raffo, 35, and Tracy Ann Roberts, 23. Because it is near the ocean, like Gilgo Beach, the location has prompted much speculation by amateur detectives about a single killer, but some other online sleuths have pointed out that oceanside areas are often the remotest locations after hours on the densely packed East Coast. Gilgo Beach is about 3.5 hours drive from Atlantic City. Gone in New Jersey are the four small wooden crosses someone erected on the site, along with the folded-up paper note bearing a Biblical quote promising justice that someone left there on one of the anniversaries of the discovery of the bodies. For families left behind, each new day without word in the case of their loved one brings fresh pain. “I kind of lost hope that anyone was even searching for the killer anymore,” said Joyce Roberts, whose daughter Tracy Ann was one of the four Atlantic City-area victims. “The first six months, the prosecutor did get on the phone with me and told me they were working on it. “Then it just fell off the radar,” she said. “It was like nobody cared anymore.” That is a sentiment echoed by Phoenix Calida, a former sex worker from Chicago who now advocates for them through the Sex Workers Outreach Project. “Police departments often refer to it as an ‘NHI’ case: No humans involved,” she said. ”You feel like the only way you’ll be remembered is when they catch the serial killer who killed you, and then they’ll make five movies about him and no one will remember your name.” Massachusetts State Police are investigating “nine unsolved homicides possibly committed by the same person,” said David Procopio, a spokesperson for the agency. He said two additional missing persons cases may be homicides related to the other nine. Gilbert Gallegos, a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department, said the New Mexico cases remain actively investigated, with “multiple detectives” working them. The 11 victims were all involved in drugs and prostitution, police said. A reward of $100,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case, which involved two victims who were just 15 years old. Despite the decade-long efforts of a local, state and federal task force, Louisiana has at least eight unsolved apparent homicide cases involving sex workers between the ages of 17 and 30. Their bodies were found in marshy areas in Jennings, a small town in the area known as Cajun Country, between 2005 and 2009. Prosecutors in New York's Suffolk County investigating the Gilgo Beach cases have been in touch with multiple law enforcement agencies, but District Attorney Ray Tierney would not say which ones. “Everything is being examined and looked at, and this is an active investigation,” said Anthony Carter, Suffolk County's deputy police commissioner. He would not say if his agency was investigating any connection between Heuermann and the Atlantic City murders. Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds said the four cases from the drainage ditch outside Atlantic City remain active, with detectives assigned to them, but would not say how many. He declined comment on the Long Island case “as we are not involved.” Joyce Roberts, the victim’s mother, said no one from law enforcement has called her since the arrest was made in the Long Island cases. Police in Las Vegas, where Heuermann owns a time share, said they are investigating whether Heuermann may be involved in cases involving the killings of sex workers there. In the months immediately after the bodies’ discovery near Atlantic City, the local prosecutor’s office and a dozen other law enforcement agencies had 140 people assigned to the cases, Ted Housel, who was prosecutor at the time, said in 2008. By the first anniversary, the total had fallen to 85, and those investigators were also working other cases. Calida, the former sex worker from Chicago, said women involved the sex trade are frequently robbed by people who know they’re carrying cash, and are sometimes coerced into sexual activity by police in return for not being arrested. She said an attacker “knows you can’t or won’t report it. You’re an easy target and they know it.” Three of her friends who were also sex workers in Chicago also turned up dead. “You see someone, you become friends with them and then one day they’re suddenly just not there,” she said. “We’d all go out asking around and looking for them, and then a few days later a body would be found. There’s always this specific fear that it’s a serial killer. Sometimes we never even get a body back to bury. And we wonder: Will law enforcement take it seriously because it’s ‘just another sex worker?’” ___ AP writers Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque; Steve LeBlanc in Boston; Julie Walker and Robert Bumsted in Suffolk County, New York; Sara Cline in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this story. Follow Wayne Parry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WayneParryAC Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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RANT to all those deplaning passengers who crowd next to the baggage carousels, preventing any others from seeing and getting their bags. RAVE to the Music Counts! program at the Women’s University Club Foundation of Seattle for the impactful grants given every year for the past decade to under-resourced K-12 public school music programs. A few of the happy results were delightfully showcased recently at Cabaret, the foundation’s annual fundraiser. Heartwarming to hear our donations making a difference. RANT to websites that have long clickbaits. I can tolerate, even enjoy, ones that are five clicks long, but 20 or more means I leave the site. RAVE to the fellow fan who gifted my 3-year-old daughter a baseball used in the game on the way out of T-Mobile Park following their recent win against the Minnesota Twins. I don’t know if it was a foul ball or home run, but it doesn’t matter. This was my daughter’s first baseball game and her eyes lit up with joy and elation from your incredible gesture. Baseball is beautiful. RANT to my neighbor who is hosting yet another amplified concert in their backyard as if they own a music club. After recent chemo treatments left me feeling crummy, I can’t even take a nap in my own house due to the noise. Do these people think their backyard guests can’t hear the music unless it’s blasted all over? RAVE to the dozen folks who helped me after falling on the return trip from the Ice Caves. Heat exhaustion led to a fall and hikers rescued me with ice packs, water and compassion. They stayed with me and my granddaughter for well over an hour until EMTs and my son arrived. Eternal thanks for their assistance! RANT to all the malls, businesses and cities that plant bushes in medians and parking strips, then never weed them. They may as well have put in cement or bricks. It would look better. RANT AND RAVE Rave to the Volunteer Park Trust and Seattle Parks and Recreation for organizing a picnic and concert the other week. It was a great family and neighborhood event. Rave also to all the responsible dog owners in the amphitheater who kept their dogs on leashes so that everybody — babies, toddlers and older folks — could be safe. Rant to all irresponsible dog owners in other parts of the park who used the park as an off-leash area. Leash your dogs or go to the off-leash areas. RANT AND RAVE Rant to the driver who honked long and loud at me when I stopped to make a left turn over a double yellow line into my apartment complex in Shoreline. From the Washington Driver’s Guide: “You may cross yellow lane markings, except medians, to turn left if it is safe.” That includes into an alley, driveway or private road, according to RCW 46.61.130. You had a full lane to go around me and I signaled in advance so, yes, it was safe. Rave to Google. Look it up!	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/rant-rave-100/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:26:12	1	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/rant-rave-100/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
TJ Friedl Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 30 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:27 AM EDT\|Updated: 58 minutes ago The Cincinnati Reds, including TJ Friedl (.282 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 68 points below season-long percentage), take on starting pitcher Michael Grove and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Sunday at 4:10 PM ET. In his last game, he went 1-for-4 against the Dodgers. TJ Friedl Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers - Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Game Time: 4:10 PM ET - Stadium: Dodger Stadium - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Dodgers Starter: Michael Grove - TV Channel: SportsNet LA - Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227) - Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600) - RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +185) - Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +115) Looking to place a prop bet on TJ Friedl? Check out what's available at BetMGM and use bonus code "GNPLAY" when you sign up with this link! Explore More About This Game TJ Friedl At The Plate - Friedl is batting .280 with 16 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 26 walks. - Among qualifying hitters in MLB, his batting average ranks 27th, his on-base percentage ranks 37th, and he is 81st in the league in slugging. - Friedl has gotten a hit in 52 of 83 games this season (62.7%), with more than one hit on 26 occasions (31.3%). - He has hit a long ball in 8.4% of his games in 2023 (seven of 83), and 2.1% of his trips to the dish. - Friedl has an RBI in 22 of 83 games this season, with multiple RBI in seven of them. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in four contests. - He has scored in 30 games this season (36.1%), including multiple runs in eight games. Ready to play FanDuel Daily Fantasy? Get in the game using our link. TJ Friedl Home/Away Batting Splits Dodgers Pitching Rankings - The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 17th in the league. - The Dodgers have the 20th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.49). - Dodgers pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game). - Grove makes the start for the Dodgers, his 11th of the season. He is 2-2 with a 6.19 ERA and 53 strikeouts through 56 2/3 innings pitched. - His most recent time out came on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the righty tossed 4 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing eight hits. - The 26-year-old has amassed an ERA of 6.19, with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings, in 13 games this season. Opponents have a .307 batting average against him. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/tj-friedl-mlb-player-prop-bets/	2023-07-30T14:26:13	1	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/tj-friedl-mlb-player-prop-bets/
With less than a month to go until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, seven candidates say they have met qualifications for a spot on stage in Milwaukee. But that also means that about half the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the cut. To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the Republican National Committee: at least 1% in three high-quality national polls or a mix of national and early-state polls, between July 1 and Aug. 21, and a minimum of 40,000 donors, with 200 in 20 or more states. A look at who's in, who's (maybe) out and who's still working on making it: WHO'S QUALIFIED The current front-runner long ago satisfied the polling and donor thresholds. But he is considering boycotting and holding a competing event. Campaign advisers have said the former president has not made a final decision about the debate. One noted that “it’s pretty clear,” based on Trump's public and private statements, that he is unlikely to appear with the other candidates. “If you’re leading by a lot, what’s the purpose of doing it?” Trump asked on Newsmax. In the meantime, aides have discussed potential alternative programming if Trump opts for a rival event. One option Trump has floated is an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who now has a program on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. The Florida governor has long been seen as Trump's top rival, finishing a distant second to him in a series of polls in early-voting states, as well as national polls, and raising an impressive amount of money. But DeSantis' campaign has struggled in recent weeks to live up to the sky-high expectations that awaited him when he entered the race. He let go of more than one-third of his staff as federal filings showed his campaign was burning through cash at an unsustainable rate. If Trump is absent, DeSantis may be the top target on stage at the debate. The South Carolina senator has been looking for a breakout moment. The first debate could be his chance. A prolific fundraiser, Scott enters the summer with $21 million cash on hand. In one debate-approved poll in Iowa, Scott joined Trump and DeSantis in reaching double digits. The senator has focused much of his campaign resources on the leadoff GOP voting state, which is dominated by white evangelical voters. She has blitzed early-voting states with campaign events, walking crowds through her electoral successes ousting a longtime incumbent South Carolina lawmaker, then becoming the state's first woman and first minority governor. Also serving as Trump's U.N. ambassador for about two years, Haley frequently cites her international experience, arguing about the threat China poses to the United States. The only woman in the GOP race, Haley has said transgender students competing in sports is “the women’s issue of our time” and has drawn praise from a leading anti-abortion group, which called her “uniquely gifted at communicating from a pro-life woman’s perspective.” Bringing in $15.6 million since the start of her campaign, Haley's campaign says she has “well over 40,000 unique donors" and has satisfied the debate polling requirements. The biotech entrepreneur and author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam” is an audience favorite at multicandidate events and has polled well despite not being nationally known when he entered the race. Ramaswamy's campaign says he met the donor threshold earlier this year. He recently rolled out “Vivek's Kitchen Cabinet" to boost his donor numbers even more, by letting fundraisers keep 10% of what they bring in for his campaign. The former New Jersey governor opened his campaign by portraying himself as the only candidate ready to take on Trump. Christie called on the former president to “show up at the debates and defend his record.” Christie will be on that stage, even if Trump isn't, telling CNN this month that he surpassed “40,000 unique donors in just 35 days.” He also has met the polling requirements. Burgum, a wealthy former software entrepreneur now in his second term as North Dakota’s governor, has been using his fortune to boost his campaign. He announced a program this month to give away $20 gift cards — “Biden Relief Cards,” as a critique of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy — to as many as 50,000 people in exchange for $1 donations. Critics have questioned whether the offer violated campaign finance law. Within about a week of launching that effort, Burgum announced he had surpassed the donor threshold. Ad blitzes in the early-voting states also helped him meet the polling requirements. WHO HASN'T QUALIFIED Trump's vice president has met the polling threshold but has yet to amass a sufficient number of donors, raising the possibility that he might not qualify for the party's first debate. Pence and his advisers have expressed confidence he will do so, noting that most other Republican hopefuls took a month or two of being active candidates to meet the mark. Pence entered the race on June 7, the same day as Burgum and one day after Christie. “We’re making incredible progress toward that goal. We’re not there yet,” Pence told CNN in a recent interview. “We will make it. I will see you at that debate stage." According to his campaign, the former two-term Arkansas governor has met the polling requirements but is working on satisfying the donor threshold. As of Wednesday, Hutchinson marked more than 11,000 unique donors. Hutchinson is running in the mold of an old-school Republican and has differentiated himself from many of his GOP rivals in his willingness to criticize Trump. He has posted pleas on Twitter for $1 donations to help secure his slot. The Miami mayor has been one of the more creative candidates in his efforts to boost his donor numbers. He offered up a chance to see Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi’s debut as a player for Inter Miami, saying donors who gave $1 would be entered in a chance to get front-row tickets. Still shy of the donor threshold, he took a page from Burgum’s playbook by offering a $20 “Bidenomics Relief Card” in return for $1 donations. A super political action committee supporting Suarez launched a sweepstakes for a chance at up to $15,000 in tuition, in exchange for a $1 donation to Suarez’s campaign. Suarez's campaign did not return a message seeking details on his number of donors or qualifying polls. The conservative radio host wrote in an op-ed that the RNC “has rigged the rules of the game by instituting a set of criteria that is so onerous and poorly designed that only establishment-backed and billionaire candidates are guaranteed to be on stage.” His campaign last week declined to detail its number of donors, saying only that there had been "a strong increase the last few weeks.” He has not met the polling requirements. Johnson, a wealthy but largely unknown businessman from Michigan, said in a recent social media post that he had notched 23,000 donors and was “confident” he would make the debate stage. He added that all donors were “eligible to attend my free concert in Iowa featuring” country duo Big & Rich next month. Johnson, who has reached 1% in one qualifying poll, has also offered to give copies of his book “Two Cents to Save America” to anyone who donated to his campaign. The former Texas congressman — the last candidate to enter the race, on June 22 — has said repeatedly that he would not pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, a stance that would keep him off the stage even if he had the qualifying donor and polling numbers.	https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/30/who-s-in--who-s-out--a-look-at-which-candidates-have-qualified-for-the-1st-gop-presidential-debate	2023-07-30T14:26:14	1	https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/30/who-s-in--who-s-out--a-look-at-which-candidates-have-qualified-for-the-1st-gop-presidential-debate
A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 35 people and wounds more than 100 KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 35 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. Senior police officer Nazir Khan said the workers convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district, when the explosion took place. Initially, police said 10 people were killed but later more bodies were moved to a hospital bringing the death toll to 35. He said some of the wounded were taken to the city’s main hospital in critical condition and the death toll could increase. Azam Khan, head of the emergency room at Khar’s main hospital, said 35 bodies were brought to the hospital and some wre taken back by relatives while the number of wounded was now more than 100 as those who earlier went to near small clinics for medical aid consequently brought to the main government hospital. Government administrator Mohibullah Khan Yousufzai also said death toll rose to 35 and the number of wounded was well over 100. He said the serious wounded people were being airlifted to provincial capital, Peshawar, for better medical care. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan. Maulana Ziaullah, the local chief of Rehman’s party, was among the dead. Senator Abdur Rasheed and former lawmaker Maulana Jamaluddin was also on the stage but escaped unhurt. Party officials said Rehman was not in the rally. Rehman is considered to be a pro-Taliban cleric and his political party is part of the coalition government in Islamabad. It is not known whether Rehman was present. Meetings are being organized across the country to mobilize supporters for the coming elections. Bajur, once used to be a tribal region but now a district, has been a safe haven for Islamic militants until recent years when Pakistani military carried out massive operations to eliminate militancy from the tribal region. Militants still strike attacking security forces and civilians often. ___ Riaz Khan reported from Peshawar, Pakistan. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.	https://www.kold.com/2023/07/30/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-more-than-100/	2023-07-30T14:26:17	1	https://www.kold.com/2023/07/30/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-more-than-100/
In March, Seattle web developer Claire Gatenby won the lottery. Her prize: an overnight wilderness permit for the Enchantments, an otherworldly landscape of granite ridgelines and sapphire lakes in the Central Cascades’ Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Countless climbers and hikers in Washington and beyond include a backpacking trip in this basin on their bucket list. “It was a huge surprise,” said Gatenby, a climber who had applied five years in a row for the permit. “I never think I’m going to get it — it just feels like my annual donation to the Forest Service.” The application costs $6, and it’s another $5 per person per day to hike if you get a permit. Gatenby might as well have won the actual lottery. Interest in the Enchantments has skyrocketed: In the past decade, there’s been a 1,480% increase in applications for advanced overnight permits, according to Forest Service data. The online lottery accounts for 75% of the annual permit allotment; the remaining 25% are handed out via walk-up lottery. On her trip, Gatenby was one of 24 people allowed in the core Enchantments zone each night. But the exclusive group of lottery winners is far from alone these days. Absent a highly coveted overnight permit, thousands are attempting to hike the strenuous 18-mile route in a single day. The explosion in foot traffic is damaging this beloved, fragile, high-alpine wilderness, and many more unprepared visitors are getting lost or injured amid the backcountry boom, taxing limited search and rescue resources while overwhelming trailhead parking areas. Rangers and conservationists say Western Washington’s population growth, a pandemic-era surge in outdoor recreation and the social media spread of mountain goats, pristine lakes and jagged peaks have led to an unprecedented spike in interest for the Enchantments. This year, a record 40,032 people applied to the advanced permit lottery, up from 36,827 last year, according to the Forest Service. With advanced permits limited to around 2,500 annually, that’s a 6% success rate. According to data from Recreation.gov, which federal recreation agencies use to conduct such lotteries, those are lower odds than permits for popular outdoors destinations like Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome or John Muir Trail, Mount Rainier’s Wonderland Trail or California’s Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S. Between backpackers battling for overnight permits and day hikers drawn to the core by the crystal-clear lakes, the popularity is unsustainable. “We just don’t have the infrastructure available to support that many people pursuing the Enchantments as a day-trip option,” said Suzanne Cable, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest’s recreation, trails and wilderness program manager. “This is a federally designated wilderness area, which of all the federal lands is afforded the highest level of protection, and we’re not fulfilling that mandate.” The Enchantments are at capacity There has long been high demand to hike the Enchantments. In 1981, eight years after the federal designation of the over 414,000-acre Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, the Forest Service established a carrying capacity in the Enchantments of about 60 people at any given time. By 1987, an overnight permit system was instituted to enforce that capacity and prevent overuse. Until 2011, when the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest moved the lottery to Recreation.gov, permit applications were mailed in and drawn by hand. Now, the lottery is held online from Feb. 15 to March 1, using a digital system to randomize and choose winners. The overnight permit lottery worked well to limit visitors because until recently, it was very rare for anyone to try to complete the trek in a day. “It was just not a thing,” said Carly Reed, the Wenatchee River District’s wilderness manager and Enchantments permit administrator. She’s been a ranger in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness since 2006. The hike to the core area requires either scrambling up the imposing Aasgard Pass route above Colchuck Lake, a 4,500-foot climb, or completing the more gradual ascent up the Snow Lakes trail, which gains 6,500 feet. For an experienced hiker, it takes around 12 hours to complete the full traverse. Now, more people than ever are attempting to do it in one go. “In the last five years, the public has decided that it’s really cool to through-hike the Enchantments,” said Gus Bekker, who has lived in Wenatchee for 21 years and is a board member for Alpine Lakes Protection Society and the Friends of the Enchantments, two grassroots conservation groups. “It’s been an explosion.” Day-use permits, which are free to acquire at the trailhead, are not limited by the Forest Service. “If 40,000 people apply for an overnight permit but only 2,500 get one, that leads to a lot of disappointed people,” Cable said. “The only way for them to maybe ever see the Enchantments is to do it as a day trip.” Day use in the Enchantments has spiked 164% over the last decade and now accounts for over 70% of visitors, according to the Forest Service. Rangers estimate the Enchantments saw 102,000 visitors last year, a tiny fraction of which had overnight permits. Many are drawn by photos of people floating on impossibly blue lakes on social media. In fact, only the Wave, another Instagram-ready location in the red rock of Arizona’s Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, saw more people apply for a permit and fewer people receive one last year. “You don’t have to try very hard to find a picture of Colchuck Lake looking towards Dragontail Peak and Aasgard Pass,” said Sgt. Jason Reinfeld, who oversees the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office emergency management office. “Those pictures make the area look pretty enticing but don’t show what it takes to get there.” This influx of unprepared day hikers is testing limited search and rescue resources. “It’s still 50% snow-covered up there, and people are in trail runners and tennis shoes with no headlamps,” said Reed, describing the scene at Aasgard Pass in early July. “My rangers are really trying hard to catch those folks before they make a decision that’s probably not wise, but we can’t always get everybody.” Reinfeld’s office received 84 calls for help in the Enchantments area in 2022 and deployed search and rescue teams 27 times. He says many calls related to the Enchantments are for overdue hikers who are still on the trail past dark. He wasn’t able to provide numbers from before 2022, but Reinfeld said there has “absolutely” been a significant increase in rescue calls from the Enchantments. This year, there have been 32 calls and seven deployments already — and peak hiking season in the Enchantments, from snowmelt in late July through the first winter storms in October, has barely begun. People visit here outside peak season, too, when snow makes the terrain extremely dangerous. One of this year’s seven deployments was in response to the avalanche that killed three experienced climbers on Colchuck Peak last February. Runners, poop, parking Adding to the strain, the Enchantments have become a hot spot for trail runners. “It’s brought a whole different kind and volume of use within the last few years because it’s become such a prominent objective within the world of trail running,” Cable said. The website Trail Run Project lists a trek through the area as one of the top 10 routes in the country. Though they’re physically fit, trail runners account for many rescue calls, Reed said. They typically travel fast and light, without a full backpack. “Last year, my rangers had to give up a tent and sleeping bags to help some trail runners through the night because they were not prepared,” she added. Visitors aren’t only putting themselves at risk — they’re also affecting the fragile ecosystem. Sensitive vegetation has been trampled as people hike around muddy parts of the trail or leave it entirely to pose for a photo. Large groups create issues, too. (Up to eight people can hike together in the Enchantments core area.) Because of the short growing season between the first and last snows in the high-alpine environment, it’s difficult for vegetation to regrow once damaged. “With the amount of people trampling the vegetation, there’s not enough time for it to recover, and it just dies and does not come back,” Reed said. Then there’s the poop problem. Reed’s team of Forest Service rangers has installed 32 vault and pit toilets throughout the Enchantments area, including three new ones in the past few years. They haul out 9,000 pounds of feces each season. In areas where it’s not possible to dig a deep-enough pit, Reed said her team has been replacing full vault toilets monthly, instead of once at the end of the summer, as they had done until the last couple of years. Still, Forest Service rangers cleaned up 1,200 piles of improperly disposed poop along the Enchantments trail last year. Finally, trailhead parking areas are packed. The 92 spaces at the Stuart Lake Trailhead, the most popular starting point for the Enchantments, often fill up by 5 a.m. This past Fourth of July weekend, Reed said, cars snaked 2 miles out of the lot. That’s not uncommon on summer weekends nowadays. Nunzio Cimino, a Portland-based mountaineer, got an overnight permit to backpack the Enchantments in May and went again with his girlfriend, who scored a permit for June. After their trip, they could barely get out of the Stuart Lake parking lot. “It took an hour and a half to get to Leavenworth: this tiny town that just doesn’t have the infrastructure for that amount of cars trying to pass through it,” Cimino said. The 13-mile drive takes about 30 minutes without traffic. Reversing disenchantment Some are calling on the Forest Service to limit the number of day-use permits as they do for overnight permits. “There are just some places where you cannot let the entire world go in at once,” said Bekker, the Alpine Lakes conservationist. “Instead of anybody who wants to running through from one side to the other in a day, they could set limits and say, ‘OK, we’re only going to let a hundred people a day do this.’” Reed agrees that something needs to be done. “I feel like I’ve tried everything in my power, everything in the agency’s power, other than limiting use,” she said. This has included a robust education effort from rangers initiating conversations about safety and Leave No Trace ethics on the trail, in schools, at minor league baseball games and online. “Cyber rangers” comb social media to correct misinformation and post on websites like All Trails and the Washington Trails Association with information about the conditions and difficulty of the route. “A big part of our job now is on the computer, which is super weird for a wilderness ranger,” Reed said. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness management plan hasn’t seen any significant updates in over 40 years. Making a change to the management plan of a wilderness area requires a complex process dictated by the National Environmental Policy Act; it includes tribal consultation, public comment and environmental analysis. When the Forest Service has broached the idea of limiting day use before, they’ve faced pushback and calls to make the decision-making process more inclusive. Adding pressure, the agency’s funding and staffing haven’t kept pace with the number of people pouring into the Enchantments. A new effort, the Alpine Lakes Collaborative, aims to overcome these challenges and to modernize management of the area to better respond to the crowds and their effects. The group is essentially a think tank formed by representatives of the Okanogan-Wenatchee and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie national forests, designed to pool ideas and resources from conservation groups, social scientists, wilderness stewardship researchers and others outside the Forest Service. “We have assembled an all-star team,” said Cable, who helped create the group four years ago. The Alpine Lakes Collaborative started holding formal meetings last fall to discuss the situation in places like the Enchantments. This month, the group launched an online public engagement survey to collect feedback from visitors about how they use the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and how they want to see it protected and managed. The next steps? Determine what the ideal conditions would look like and propose ideas, including, perhaps, limiting day use. If the Forest Service embarks on the complex process of changing the management plan, they can do so with the support of “folks that love and care and use the place, as well as us, the land managers,” as Cable put it. In the meantime, Bekker offered this advice: “Don’t try to do the Enchantments in a day. It is such a beautiful area it deserves the attention of your staying there and taking time to see the beauty of the area. So apply for a permit.”	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/washingtons-enchantments-are-threatened-by-boom-in-foot-traffic/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:26:18	1	https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/washingtons-enchantments-are-threatened-by-boom-in-foot-traffic/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Tyler Stephenson Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 30 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:27 AM EDT\|Updated: 58 minutes ago Tyler Stephenson -- with a slugging percentage of .296 in his past 10 games (including zero home runs) -- will be in action for the Cincinnati Reds versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Michael Grove on the hill, on July 30 at 4:10 PM ET. In his last game, he reached base in his only plate appearance against the Dodgers. Tyler Stephenson Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers - Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Game Time: 4:10 PM ET - Stadium: Dodger Stadium - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Dodgers Starter: Michael Grove - TV Channel: SportsNet LA - Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175) - Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +650) - RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +250) - Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +165) Looking to place a prop bet on Tyler Stephenson? Check out what's available at BetMGM and use bonus code "GNPLAY" when you sign up with this link! Discover More About This Game Tyler Stephenson At The Plate - Stephenson is hitting .255 with 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 37 walks. - Stephenson has picked up a hit in 62.5% of his 96 games this year, with at least two hits in 22.9% of them. - He has hit a long ball in 7.3% of his games in 2023, and 1.9% of his trips to the plate. - Stephenson has had at least one RBI in 31.3% of his games this season (30 of 96), with more than one RBI seven times (7.3%). - In 39.6% of his games this season (38 of 96), he has scored, and in seven of those games (7.3%) he has scored more than once. Ready to play FanDuel Daily Fantasy? Get in the game using our link. Tyler Stephenson Home/Away Batting Splits Dodgers Pitching Rankings - The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league. - The Dodgers have the 20th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.49). - The Dodgers surrender the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game). - Grove gets the start for the Dodgers, his 11th of the season. He is 2-2 with a 6.19 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings pitched. - His last time out was on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the right-hander went 4 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing eight hits. - The 26-year-old has an ERA of 6.19, with 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings, in 13 games this season. Opponents are hitting .307 against him. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/tyler-stephenson-mlb-player-prop-bets/	2023-07-30T14:26:19	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/tyler-stephenson-mlb-player-prop-bets/
Will Benson Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 30 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:25 AM EDT\|Updated: 1 hour ago The Cincinnati Reds, including Will Benson and his .679 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, battle starting pitcher Michael Grove and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Sunday at 4:10 PM ET. He had a hitless showing in his previous game (0-for-2) against the Dodgers. Will Benson Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers - Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Game Time: 4:10 PM ET - Stadium: Dodger Stadium - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Dodgers Starter: Michael Grove - TV Channel: SportsNet LA - Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -128) - Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525) - RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +240) - Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135) Looking to place a prop bet on Will Benson? Check out what's available at BetMGM and use bonus code "GNPLAY" when you sign up with this link! Explore More About This Game Will Benson At The Plate - Benson is batting .275 with seven doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 26 walks. - Benson has picked up a hit in 50.0% of his 56 games this year, with at least two hits in 16.1% of those games. - In seven games this season, he has hit a long ball (12.5%, and 3.9% of his trips to the plate). - In 21.4% of his games this year, Benson has tallied at least one RBI. In six of those games (10.7%) he recorded two or more RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team's runs in one contest. - He has scored in 37.5% of his games this year (21 of 56), with two or more runs four times (7.1%). Ready to play FanDuel Daily Fantasy? Get in the game using our link. Will Benson Home/Away Batting Splits Dodgers Pitching Rankings - The Dodgers pitching staff is 17th in the league with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings. - The Dodgers have a 4.49 team ERA that ranks 20th across all MLB pitching staffs. - Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender 114 home runs (1.1 per game), the seventh-fewest in the league. - Grove (2-2) gets the starting nod for the Dodgers in his 11th start of the season. He's put together a 6.19 ERA in 56 2/3 innings pitched, with 53 strikeouts. - His last time out came on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the righty went 4 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing eight hits. - The 26-year-old has amassed a 6.19 ERA and 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings in 13 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .307 to opposing hitters. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/will-benson-mlb-player-prop-bets/	2023-07-30T14:26:20	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/will-benson-mlb-player-prop-bets/
A boom in apartment construction is helping to curb rents but not all renters will benefit LOS ANGELES (AP) — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades. Median rent rose just 0.5% in June, year over year, after falling in May for the first time since the pandemic hit the U.S. Some economists project U.S. rents will be down modestly this year after soaring nearly 25% over the past four years. A closer look, however, shows the trend will likely be little comfort for many U.S. renters who’ve had to put an increasing share of their income toward their monthly payment. Renters in cities such as Cincinnati and Indianapolis are still getting hit with increases of 5% or more. Much of the new construction is located in just a few metro areas, and many of the new units are luxury apartments, which rent for well north of $2,000. Median U.S. rent has risen to $2,029 this June from $1,629 in June 2019, according to rental listings company Rent, which tracks rents in 50 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Demand for apartments exploded during the pandemic as people who could work remotely sought more space or decided to relocate to another part of the country. The steep rent increases have left tenants like Melissa Lombana, a high school teacher who lives in the South Florida city of Miramar, with progressively less income to spend on other needs. The rent on her one-bedroom apartment jumped 13% last year to $1,700. It climbed another 6% to $1,800 this month when she renewed her lease. “Even the $1,700 was a stretch for me,” said Lombana, 43, who supplements her teaching income with a side job doing educational testing. “In a year, I will not be able to afford living here at all.” Lombana’s rent is now gobbling up nearly half her monthly income. That puts her in a category referred to as “cost-burdened” by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, denoting households that pay 30% or more of their income toward rent. Last year, the average rent-to-income ratio per household rose to 30%. This March, it was 29.6%. Lombana hasn’t had any luck finding a more affordable apartment. While South Florida is one of the metropolitan areas seeing a rise in apartment construction, the units are mostly high-end and not a viable option. That scenario is playing out across the nation. Developers are rushing to complete projects that were green-lit during the pandemic-era surge in demand for rentals or left in limbo by delays in supplies of fixtures and building materials. Nearly 1.1 million apartments are currently under construction, according to the commercial real estate tracker CoStar, a pace not seen since the 1970s. Increasing the supply of apartments tends to moderate rent increases over time and can give tenants more options on where to live. But more than 40% of the new rentals to be completed this year will be concentrated in about 10 high job growth metropolitan areas, including Austin, Nashville, Denver, Atlanta and New York, according to Marcus & Millichap. In many areas, the boost to overall inventory will be barely noticeable. Even within metros where there’ll be a notable increase in available apartments, such as Nashville, most of it will be in the luxury category, where rents average $2,270, nationally. Some 70% of the new rental inventory will be the luxury class, said Jay Lybik, national director of multifamily analytics at CoStar. That will leave most tenants unlikely to see a big enough reduction in rent to make a difference, industry experts and economists say. “I think we’re in a period of rent flattening for 12 or 18 months, but it’s certainly not a big rent decline,” said Hessam Nadji, CEO of commercial real estate firm Marcus & Millichap. “We’re building a multi-decade record number of units,” Nadji said. “It’s going to cause some softening and some pockets of overbuilding, but it’s not going to fundamentally resolve the housing shortage or the affordability problem for renters across the U.S.” The surge in rents has made it difficult for workers to keep up with inflation despite solid wage gains the past few years and exacerbated a long-term trend. Between 1999 and 2022, U.S. rents soared 135%, while income grew 77%, according to data from Moody’s Analytics. Realtor.com is forecasting that rents will drop an average of 0.9% this year. But while down nationally, rents are still rising in many markets around the country, especially those where hiring remains robust. In the New York metro area, the median rent climbed 4.7% in June from a year earlier to $2,899, according to Realtor.com. In the Midwest, rents surged 5.6% in the Cincinnati metro area to $1,188, and 6.9% to $1,350 in the Indianapolis metro area. The current spike in apartment construction alone isn’t going to be enough to address how costly renting has become for many Americans. “For the rest of the 2020s rents will continue to grow because millennials are such a big generation and we’re very much in the hole in terms of building housing for that generation,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin. “It will take many good years of new construction to build adequate housing for millennials.” The bigger challenge is building more work force housing, because the cost of land, labor and navigating the government approval process incentivize developers to put up luxury apartments buildings. Expanding the supply of modestly priced rentals would help alleviate the strain from so many new apartments targeting renters with high incomes, “although additional subsidies will be needed to make housing affordable to households with the lowest incomes,” researchers at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies wrote in a recent report. Despite the overall pullback in U.S. rents, Joey Di Girolamo, in Pembroke Pines, Florida, worries that he’ll face more sharp rent increases in coming years. Last year, the web designer left a two-bedroom, two-bath townhome he rented for $2,200 a month to avoid a $600 a month increase. This year, his rent went up by $200, a nearly 10% jump. “That blew me away,” said Di Girolamo, 50. “I’m just kind of dreading what it’s going to be like next year, but especially 3 or 4 years from now.” Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. 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KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 35 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. Senior police officer Nazir Khan said the workers convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district, when the explosion took place. Initially police said 10 people were killed but later more bodies were moved to a hospital bringing the death toll to 35. He said some of the wounded were taken to the city’s main hospital in critical condition and the death toll could increase. Azam Khan, head of the emergency room at Khar’s main hospital, said 35 bodies were brought to the hospital and some wre taken back by relatives while the number of wounded was now more than 100 as those who earlier went to near small clinics for medical aid consequently brought to the main government hospital. Government administrator Mohibullah Khan Yousufzai also said death toll rose to 35 and the number of wounded was well over 100. He said the serious wounded people were being airlifted to provincial capital, Peshawar, for better medical care. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan. Maulana Ziaullah, the local chief of Rehman’s party, was among the dead. Senator Abdur Rasheed and former lawmaker Maulana Jamaluddin was also on the stage but escaped unhurt. Party officials said Rehman was not in the rally. Rehman is considered to be a pro-Taliban cleric and his political party is part of the coalition government in Islamabad. It is not known whether Rehman was present. Meetings are being organized across the country to mobilize supporters for the coming elections. Bajur, once used to be a tribal region but now a district, has been a safe haven for Islamic militants until recent years when Pakistani military carried out massive operations to eliminate militancy from the tribal region. Militants still strike attacking security forces and civilians often. ___ Riaz Khan reported from Peshawar, Pakistan.	https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/a-bomb-at-a-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan-kills-10-people-and-wounds-more-than-50/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:26:25	1	https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/a-bomb-at-a-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan-kills-10-people-and-wounds-more-than-50/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Australia vs. Canada: Live Stream, TV Channel & Game Info - July 31 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:37 AM EDT\|Updated: 48 minutes ago Australia will meet Canada in Melbourne, Australia, in the last round of group-stage matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, on July 31 at 6:00 AM ET. Go to FOX US to watch Australia take on Canada. Watch the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on Fubo! Sign up for a free trial and start watching live sports without cable today! How to Watch Australia vs. Canada - Game Day: Monday, July 31, 2023 - Game Time: 6:00 AM ET - TV Channel: FOX US - Location: Melbourne, Australia - Venue: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Sign up for a Fubo free trial now to watch the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and more live sports! Australia Group Stage Schedule Australia's Recent Performance - Australia lost on July 27 against Nigeria by a final score of 3-2. It took 17 more shots in the contest, 27 to 10. - Emily van Egmond and Alanna Kennedy scored the only goals for their side in the match versus . - Kyra Cooney-Cross has not scored a goal, but has recorded one assist for Australia in Women's World Cup play (two games). - In two Women's World Cup matches, Caitlin Foord has not scored a goal but has one assist. - During Women's World Cup play, van Egmond has scored one goal (but has no assists). Get your 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup gear at Fanatics! Australia's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster - Lydia Williams #1 - Courtney Nevin #2 - Aivi Luik #3 - Clare Polkinghorne #4 - Cortnee Vine #5 - Clare Wheeler #6 - Steph Catley #7 - Alexandra Chidiac #8 - Caitlin Foord #9 - Emily van Egmond #10 - Mary Fowler #11 - Teagan Micah #12 - Tameka Yallop #13 - Alanna Kennedy #14 - Clare Hunt #15 - Hayley Raso #16 - Kyah Simon #17 - Mackenzie Arnold #18 - Katrina Gorry #19 - Sam Kerr #20 - Ellie Carpenter #21 - Charlotte Grant #22 - Kyra Cooney-Cross #23 Canada Group Stage Schedule Canada's Recent Performance - In its last game on July 26, Canada claimed a 2-1 victory against Ireland, outshooting Ireland 16 to 13. - Adriana Leon recorded one goal to lead Canada in the game. - In two Women's World Cup matches for Canada, Leon has one goal (12th in the 2023 Women's World Cup). - Sophie Schmidt has not scored, but does have one assist for Canada in Women's World Cup. Canada's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster - Kailen Sheridan #1 - Allysha Chapman #2 - Kadeisha Buchanan #3 - Shelina Zadorsky #4 - Quinn #5 - Deanne Rose #6 - Julia Grosso #7 - Jayde Riviere #8 - Jordyn Huitema #9 - Ashley Lawrence #10 - Evelyne Viens #11 - Christine Sinclair #12 - Sophie Schmidt #13 - Vanessa Gilles #14 - Nichelle Prince #15 - Gabrielle Carle #16 - Jessie Fleming #17 - Sabrina D'Angelo #18 - Adriana Leon #19 - Cloe Lacasse #20 - Simi Awujo #21 - Lysianne Proulx #22 - Olivia Smith #23 © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/31/2023-womens-world-cup-australia-canada-live-stream-tv/	2023-07-30T14:26:26	1	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/31/2023-womens-world-cup-australia-canada-live-stream-tv/
US mother, daughter, reported kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there (AP) - A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil. “Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus.” A State Department spokesperson said in a statement Saturday it is “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” adding, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.” In its advisory Thursday, the department said that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.” It said kidnappings often involve ransom negotiations and U.S. citizen victims have been physically harmed. Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defense Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the U.N. Security Council met to discuss Haiti’s worsening situation. WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to support nursing education in Haiti. “It doesn’t surprise me that Alex chose to get involved in this type of service work,” Regis College president Toni Hays told the station. “She was amazing. She was passionate, she was compassionate.” Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.	https://www.kold.com/2023/07/30/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-haiti-people-warned-not-travel-there/	2023-07-30T14:26:30	0	https://www.kold.com/2023/07/30/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-haiti-people-warned-not-travel-there/
A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil. “Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus.” A State Department spokesperson said in a statement Saturday is it “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” adding, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.” In its advisory Thursday, the department said that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.” It said kidnappings often involve ransom negotiations and U.S. citizen victims have been physically harmed. Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defense Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the U.N. Security Council met to discuss Haiti’s worsening situation. WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to support nursing education in Haiti. “It doesn’t surprise me that Alex chose to get involved in this type of service work,” Regis College president Toni Hays told the station. “She was amazing. She was passionate, she was compassionate.”	https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-in-haiti-people-warned-not-to-travel-there/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:26:31	0	https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/us-mother-daughter-reported-kidnapped-in-haiti-people-warned-not-to-travel-there/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Nigeria vs. Ireland: Live Stream, TV Channel & Game Info - July 31 Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 9:38 AM EDT\|Updated: 48 minutes ago In the final round of Group B matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, on July 31 at 6:00 AM ET, Nigeria will play Ireland in Brisbane, Australia. You should head to Fox Sports 1 in order to watch this matchup. Watch the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup on Fubo! Sign up for a free trial and start watching live sports without cable today! How to Watch Nigeria vs. Ireland - Game Day: Monday, July 31, 2023 - Game Time: 6:00 AM ET - TV Channel: Fox Sports 1 - Location: Brisbane, Australia - Venue: Suncorp Stadium Sign up for a Fubo free trial now to watch the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and more live sports! Nigeria Group Stage Schedule Nigeria's Recent Performance - Nigeria met Australia in its previous game and was victorious by a final score of 3-2. The Nigeria side won despite being outshot by 17 in the match, 27 to 10. - Nigeria got its three goals from Osinachi Ohale, Asisat Oshoala and Uchenna Kanu in that match versus . - Oshoala's Women's World Cup statline through two appearances for Nigeria includes one goal. - Ohale has scored one goal for Nigeria in Women's World Cup so far. - In Women's World Cup action, Kanu has scored one goal (but has no assists). Get your 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup gear at Fanatics! Nigeria's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster - Tochukwu Oluehi #1 - Ashleigh Plumptre #2 - Osinachi Ohale #3 - Glory Ogbonna #4 - Onome Ebi #5 - Ifeoma Onumonu #6 - Toni Payne #7 - Asisat Oshoala #8 - Desire Oparanozie #9 - Christy Ucheibe #10 - Gift Monday #11 - Uchenna Kanu #12 - Deborah Abiodun #13 - Oluwatosin Demehin #14 - Rasheedat Ajibade #15 - Chiamaka Nnadozie #16 - Francisca Ordega #17 - Halimatu Ayinde #18 - Onyi Echegini #19 - Rofiat Imuran #20 - Esther Okoronkwo #21 - Michelle Alozie #22 - Yewande Balogun #23 Ireland Group Stage Schedule Ireland's Recent Performance - In its last game on July 26, Ireland fell 2-1 to Canada. Canada outshot Ireland 16 to 13. - Katie McCabe scored the lone goal for Ireland on three shots. - In two Women's World Cup matches for Ireland, McCabe has one goal (12th in the 2023 Women's World Cup). Ireland's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster - Courtney Brosnan #1 - Claire O'Riordan #2 - Chloe Mustaki #3 - Louise Quinn #4 - Niamh Fahey #5 - Megan Connolly #6 - Diane Caldwell #7 - Ruesha Littlejohn #8 - Amber Barrett #9 - Denise O'Sullivan #10 - Katie McCabe #11 - Lily Agg #12 - Aine O'Gorman #13 - Heather Payne #14 - Lucy Quinn #15 - Grace Moloney #16 - Sinead Farrelly #17 - Kyra Carusa #18 - Abbie Larkin #19 - Marissa Sheva #20 - Ciara Grant #21 - Isibeal Atkinson #22 - Megan Walsh #23 © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/31/2023-womens-world-cup-nigeria-ireland-live-stream-tv/	2023-07-30T14:26:33	0	https://www.wsaz.com/sports/betting/2023/07/31/2023-womens-world-cup-nigeria-ireland-live-stream-tv/
Top Player Prop Bets for Diamondbacks vs. Mariners on July 30, 2023 Player props are available for Corbin Carroll and Julio Rodriguez, among others, when the Arizona Diamondbacks host the Seattle Mariners at Chase Field on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET. Bet on this matchup or its props with BetMGM! Diamondbacks vs. Mariners Game Info - When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET - Where: Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona - How to Watch on TV: ARID - Live Stream: Watch the MLB on Fubo! Explore More About This Game MLB Props Today: Arizona Diamondbacks Merrill Kelly Props - Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 6.5 (Over Odds: +115) Kelly Stats - Merrill Kelly (9-4) will take to the mound for the Diamondbacks and make his 18th start of the season. - He has 11 quality starts in 17 chances this season. - Kelly will look to finish five or more innings for the 17th start in a row. - He has one appearance with no earned runs allowed in 17 chances this season. Kelly Recent Games Check out the latest odds and place your bets on any of Merrill Kelly's player props with BetMGM. Corbin Carroll Props - Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -200) - Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +110) - Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +450) - RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +175) Carroll Stats - Carroll has 103 hits with 21 doubles, five triples, 21 home runs, 39 walks and 57 RBI. He's also stolen 31 bases. - He has a .288/.367/.550 slash line so far this year. Carroll Recent Games Ketel Marte Props - Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -222) - Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +110) - Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +500) - RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +195) Marte Stats - Ketel Marte has 18 doubles, seven triples, 17 home runs, 45 walks and 55 RBI (112 total hits). He's also swiped six bases. - He's slashed .296/.376/.516 so far this year. - Marte takes a two-game streak with at least one hit into this contest. In his last five games he is batting .400 with a triple and three walks. Marte Recent Games Bet on player props for Corbin Carroll, Ketel Marte or other Diamondbacks players with BetMGM. Buy officially licensed gear for your favorite teams and players at Fanatics! MLB Props Today: Seattle Mariners Julio Rodríguez Props - Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -263) - Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -105) - Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +425) - RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +165) Rodríguez Stats - Rodriguez has recorded 106 hits with 21 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 33 walks. He has driven in 55 runs with 24 stolen bases. - He's slashed .252/.317/.428 on the season. - Rodriguez has recorded a base hit in seven games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is batting .286 with three doubles, four home runs, two walks and five RBI. Rodríguez Recent Games J.P. Crawford Props - Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -196) - Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +115) - Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +850) - RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +225) Crawford Stats - J.P. Crawford has 91 hits with 24 doubles, eight home runs, 59 walks and 35 RBI. He's also stolen one base. - He's slashed .261/.371/.399 on the season. - Crawford has picked up a hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .263 with three doubles and four walks. Crawford Recent Games Bet on player props for Julio Rodríguez, J.P. Crawford or other Mariners players with BetMGM. Not all offers available in all states. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has developed a gambling problem or addiction, contact 1-800-GAMBLER. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.kold.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/diamondbacks-vs-mariners-mlb-player-prop-bets/	2023-07-30T14:26:36	1	https://www.kold.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/diamondbacks-vs-mariners-mlb-player-prop-bets/
ODESA, Ukraine — There are no longer walls behind the main altar of the Transfiguration Cathedral, a landmark heavily damaged when Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. So on Tuesday, when the breeze from the nearby Black Sea blew in, it disturbed the stillness inside one of Ukraine’s largest places of worship, sending a chandelier in the nave swinging like a slow pendulum from side to side. Detritus floated down from the roof as building inspectors, United Nations employees and priests donned hard hats to assess the damage to a cultural icon. “We hope God will protect the heart of our cathedral,” said Father Oleksii after a morning Mass held in front of the red-and-white caution tape roping off the main part of the church. Outside, residents gathered around the entrance to the cathedral, which is now boarded up with plywood. Many stopped to kiss an icon of the patroness of their city, which an employee of the church said had been pulled from the rubble. Others came simply to witness the destruction, walking by the church with smartphones in hand filming videos, their mouths wide open. “This is inhumanity,” said one city resident, Ludmila Partinchuk, who had come with her husband, Oleh. Founded in 1794, the cathedral became the most important Orthodox church in Novorossiya, the name given by the Russian Empire to land along the Black Sea and Crimea that is part of present-day Ukraine. It was destroyed during a Soviet campaign against religion in 1936 and not rebuilt until after the fall of the Soviet Union. When it was consecrated in 2010, the ceremony was presided over by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow — now perhaps better known as the prelate who has blessed Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine and promised that their sins would be “washed away.” Now, with Russia targeting port cities to disrupt Ukrainian grain exports, the Transfiguration Cathedral is once again in the crosshairs. The cathedral was struck Sunday, during a campaign of missile strikes that are new for Odesa, which had largely been spared the devastating attacks that have hit other Ukrainian cities such as nearby Mykolaiv and the capital, Kyiv. “Before, the Russians focused on targeting us with drones, and most were shot down,” said Petro Obukhov, a member of the Odesa City Council. Over the past week, getting rest has become difficult. “When you feel the night coming,” said Partinchuk as she stood outside the church, “you cannot go to sleep.” Although grain shipments from ports like Odesa were blocked in the early months of the war, leading to fears not just for the Ukrainian economy but for countries around the world in desperate need of food, ships began leaving port again last July under the terms of a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. The agreement, known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative, also afforded Odesa itself a measure of security — but that ended a week ago, when Moscow pulled out of the deal. “We felt we were relatively safe, but now this feeling is gone,” Obukhov said. On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres once again urged a resumption of the grain deal, but with no sign of that happening, Ukrainian and U.N. officials were at work trying to shore up alternative export routes by road, rail and barge. For years, Odesa was one of the most-visited cities in Ukraine, drawing tourists from both Ukraine and abroad who wanted to wander its cobble-stoned city center, much of it built in the late 19th century. Its history as a port city made it a highly diverse corner of Ukraine, with French, Italian and Greek merchants mixing with Ukrainian, Russian and Jewish families. But on Tuesday, many of the city’s cafes and restaurants were largely empty. “Many tourists are staying away,” said Oleksii Khalykhin, 20, a tour guide, who said he was nevertheless continuing his work so that people could get a deeper sense of Odesa’s history — and remember it in case it is obliterated. “They are trying to destroy the identity of the city,” he said. “Now we are trying to do everything possible to make sure that Odesa’s culture and heritage lives in the souls of its people.” On Sunday, the vicar of the Odesa Diocese wrote an angry letter to the Moscow patriarch. “Stop these killings and destruction of peaceful cities and villages,” Archbishop Viktor of Artsyz wrote to Kirill. “Your bishops and priests consecrate and bless the tanks and rockets that bomb our peaceful cities.” On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for more help from Ukraine’s allies to help protect his country’s historical heritage. A day earlier, the United Nations said that its top official in Ukraine, Denise Brown, was in Odesa to examine the toll of a week of near-nightly attacks that have killed civilians, destroyed agricultural facilities and damaged landmarks such as the cathedral. The intentional destruction of cultural sites could amount to a war crime, UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural agency, said in a statement Sunday. Russia has denied targeting the landmarks and blamed Ukraine’s air defenses for the destruction. In eastern Ukraine, Russian forces fired shells at a small reservoir miles behind the front line, killing two people, including a 10-year-old boy, and wounding four other children who had been playing in the summer heat, a senior local official said Tuesday. The attack occurred the evening before in the town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the regional military administration. “The Russians once again prove that they are at war with civilians, and in their desire to kill they stop at nothing,” Kyrylenko said. “I appeal to parents once again: There is no place for children in a war zone! Take care of them. Evacuate.” At Transfiguration Cathedral, Father Oleksii was trying to make sense of the trauma, and praying that his city did not become another Ukrainian ruin. “As Christians,” he said, “we must accept that all events have been foreseen by God, including war, destruction and even the death of innocent children. We have seen what happened in places like Mariupol and Bakhmut, where there is no space for life, and pray that the Lord delivers us from that type of total destruction.”	https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/with-grain-in-the-crosshairs-again-so-is-a-jewel-of-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all	2023-07-30T14:26:37	0	https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/with-grain-in-the-crosshairs-again-so-is-a-jewel-of-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Diamondbacks vs. Mariners Probable Starting Pitchers Today - July 30 The Arizona Diamondbacks (56-49) host the Seattle Mariners (53-51) at 4:10 PM ET on Sunday, with both teams hoping to win the series. The Diamondbacks will call on Merrill Kelly (9-4) against the Mariners and Luis Castillo (6-7). Bet Now: Get the latest odds for this matchup and pitcher props on BetMGM. New depositors can use bonus code "GNPLAY" for special offers! Diamondbacks vs. Mariners Pitcher Matchup Info - Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023 - Time: 4:10 PM ET - TV: ARID - Location: Phoenix, Arizona - Venue: Chase Field - Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo! - Probable Pitchers: Kelly - ARI (9-4, 3.30 ERA) vs Castillo - SEA (6-7, 3.09 ERA) Watch live MLB games on all your devices! Sign up now for a free trial to Fubo! Read More About This Game Diamondbacks Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Merrill Kelly - The Diamondbacks will send Kelly (9-4) to the mound for his 18th start this season. - The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed four hits in six innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. - The 34-year-old has an ERA of 3.30 and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, with a batting average against of .208 in 17 games this season. - In 17 starts this season, he's earned a quality start in 11 of them. - Kelly will look to finish five or more innings for the 17th start in a row. - He has one appearance this season with zero earned runs allowed out of his 17 chances this season. Try FanDuel Fantasy today with our link and make your perfect team! Mariners Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Luis Castillo - Castillo gets the start for the Mariners, his 22nd of the season. He is 6-7 with a 3.09 ERA and 142 strikeouts in 125 1/3 innings pitched. - The righty last pitched on Monday against the Minnesota Twins, when he threw seven innings, allowing two earned runs while giving up four hits. - In 21 games this season, the 30-year-old has an ERA of 3.09, with 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .212 against him. - Castillo is trying to continue a second-game quality start streak in this outing. - Castillo is looking for his 22nd straight outing lasting five or more innings. He averages six innings per start. - He has held his opponents without an earned run in six of his 21 appearances this season. - The 30-year-old's 3.09 ERA ranks seventh, 1.045 WHIP ranks fifth, and 10.2 K/9 ranks 13th among qualifying pitchers this season. Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER. © 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.	https://www.kold.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/diamondbacks-vs-mariners-mlb-probable-starting-pitchers/	2023-07-30T14:26:42	0	https://www.kold.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/diamondbacks-vs-mariners-mlb-probable-starting-pitchers/