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The Oakland Athletics are currently at 29-53 and on track to lose 100 or more games for the third straight season. There have been a lot of tweets on Athletics Twitter claiming that this is only the second time in franchise history that this has happened, and while that’s technically true, the Athletics have had some pretty terrible seasons. Just how bad was this period? Since 1980, the A’s had never finished with a winning percentage below .400 in any season until the first of these three years. They finished 54-108 in 1979. In fact, that was the last year…
FeedWells partners with Memphis & Shelby County Schools to help keep kids fed over the summer. Photo by Flyght StudiosWhile summer vacation brings fun and excitement for many students, for some it also brings the worry of where their next meal will come from. But students in Memphis-Shelby County Schools in Tennessee will be able to keep eating this summer thanks to a school lunch program run by Memphis-based food service provider FeedWells. FeedWells began working with Memphis Shelby in the early days of COVID-19, providing emergency meal services while the district was closed. “We got a call from their…
Türkiye will play their final match of EURO 2024 Group F today. Their rivals are Czech Republic. The Türkiye vs Czech Republic match will be broadcast live on TRT from 10pm. However, according to UEFA rules, channels whose frequencies cross borders must be encrypted. TRT is one of the broadcasters that can be viewed outside the city of Turkiye via satellite. For this reason, TRT also encrypts match updates. If you want to watch TRT broadcasts on TÜRKSAT 4A without a password, you will need to update your satellite receiver. So how will the TRT 1 frequency be updated for…
1916 For their game in Cleveland, the White Sox became the first team to sew their names onto the back of their uniforms, but knowing who was playing didn’t help: They were shut out 2-0 that afternoon. (The White Sox revived the idea of putting names on the back of their away uniforms in 1960, and this time it stuck.) In the same game, Cleveland’s players wore numbers pinned on their sleeves, becoming the first players to do so in the 20th century. Each player’s number signified his position on the diamond. 1964 In the first game of the doubleheader,…
Eyrum Tok case postponed to July 1 Timur Cihantimur remains in detention Timur Cihantimur, who was on trial along with his mother in the same case, was given further detention at hearings held on June 18 and 21.The court has yet to rule on the request made by Timur CihanTimur, also a US citizen, for his lawyers to be tried without detention in exchange for bail. In court filings, Timur CihanTimur’s lawyers argued that the detention center where Timur CihanTimur was staying was a prison, not a detention center for children, and that CihanTimur’s needs for medication and medical intervention…
After grad school, a group of artists couldn’t find an affordable studio, so they decided to start their own. In addition to helping artists, this Fort Worth nonprofit also addresses another need: food insecurity.Located in a former dry-cleaning factory on East Lancaster Avenue, Easyside offers studio space, a workshop equipped with tools and a community pantry every other Friday.The organization is set to be founded in 2022, open in 2023 and start a food pantry in early 2024.”We didn’t have time to wait for someone else to come along,” says Corey Thompson, one of the four co-founders. “We need this…
Chief Operating Officer Alex Miller will succeed Brian Hannasch, who is retiring, and will officially take up the role on September 6th.Kevin McIntyre | June 26, 2024 Alimentación Couche-Tard has announced that current Chief Operating Officer Alex Miller will be appointed as the company’s new President and CEO, effective September 6th. Miller will succeed Brian Hannasch after his retirement and will remain with the company as a special advisor to the company’s new CEO and founder and chairman of the board, Alain Bouchard. “On behalf of Couche-Tard’s Board of Directors, I congratulate Alex Miller on his appointment as our next…
New regulations regarding the cryptocurrency market, which has become an important investment tool in recent years, have been approved at the National Assembly. The regulation addressed a legal gap that had been the source of complaints. The CMB was given broad powers The new law introduced capital requirements for service providers, thus protecting both investors and imposing a set of sanctions on service providers. The law also regulated how to establish relationships with cryptocurrency users and how to identify them. According to the regulations, permission for the organization and activities of a service provider is obtained from the Capital Markets…
Earlier this year, the Charleston Wine + Food Festival (CHSWF) announced “The Sizzle,” a series of summer events, kicking off this month with a series of workshops with more events planned for July and August. Tickets for the July and August events are on sale now. “The goal is not just to have a place for people to interact with Charleston Wine + Food brands for five days each March,” said Alyssa Maute Smith, executive director of CHSWF. “We want to engage more with the local food and beverage industry, and with locals and tourists, throughout the year.” Guests can…
Emily Nussbaum is a staff writer at The New Yorker. She has also worked as an editor and writer for New York Magazine, where she wrote The Approval Matrix. Her work has appeared in Slate, The New York Times, Lingua Franca, Nerve, and other publications. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Below, Emily shares five key insights from her new book, Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV. Listen to the audio version read by Emily herself in the Next Big Idea app. https://cdn.nextbigideaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/25120536/BB_Emily_Nussbaum_MIX.mp3?_=1 1. Reality TV is nothing new. It was in 2003 that I…