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Miss Manners: It was a horrifying thing to say at the funeral

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As family gathered after the funeral of my beloved husband, an in-law with little connection to him insisted I collect hair from his hairbrush.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: My brother demanded the fish, but I feel like it was my father’s Advice | Miss Manners: She’s threatening to end our friendship over a rummage sale dispute Advice | Miss Manners: If party guests arrive early, can I make them wait in the car? Advice | Miss Manners: We saw what was happening and fled the New Year’s party. Was that rude? Advice | Miss Manners: Which fork should I use on rude people? “It’s not too late to get a DNA analysis and ensure that he was really as much of a [specific ethnic group] as he said he was,” she told me. When I demurred, she said she’d do it herself.My spouse would never have agreed to such a thing, and his near relatives were horrifie...

5 pasos para vivir un 2024 menos solitario

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

(CNN) — La conexión que proporcionan los amigos, la familia y la pareja no solo es agradable, sino que es crucial.Casi uno de cada cuatro adultos de todo el mundo ha declarado sentirse muy o bastante solo, según una encuesta de Meta-Gallup 2023.“Durante demasiado tiempo, la soledad ha permanecido en la sombra, oculta e infravalorada, provocando enfermedades mentales y físicas”, declaró en noviembre el Dr. Vivek Murthy, director general de Sanidad de Estados Unidos.La soledad es un problema a la hora de obtener ayuda, y las relaciones sólidas son una solución.Las experiencias sociales positivas no solo afectan al nivel de estrés y la capacidad de una persona de afrontar las situaciones, sino que también son marcadores de la salud física, según un estudio de marzo de 2023.Puede parecer difícil ampliar tus conexiones, pero aquí tienes cinco pasos significativos que puedes dar para hacerlo en 2024.1. Empezar poco a pocoYa sea para hacer nuevos amigos, acercarte a los q...

North Dakota State visits Eastern Washington after Erikstrup’s 32-point game

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

North Dakota State Bison (7-8, 0-1 Summit League) at Eastern Washington Eagles (7-7, 2-0 Big Sky)Cheney, Washington; Saturday, 5 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -9; over/under is 149.5BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington faces the North Dakota State Bison after Dane Erikstrup scored 32 points in Eastern Washington’s 93-79 win against the South Dakota Coyotes.The Eagles have gone 4-0 in home games. Eastern Washington ranks sixth in the Big Sky at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 72.5 points while holding opponents to 43.1% shooting.The Bison have gone 2-5 away from home. North Dakota State is third in the Summit League with 24.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Boden Skunberg averaging 4.1.Eastern Washington makes 48.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than North Dakota State has allowed to its opponents (45.6%). North Dakota State has shot at a 47.3% rate from the field this season, 4.2 percentage points greater than the 4...

Alabama State faces Mississippi Valley State for conference showdown

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

Alabama State Hornets (5-8) at Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (0-13)Itta Bena, Mississippi; Saturday, 7 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Rayquan Brown and the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils host Antonio Madlock and the Alabama State Hornets.The Delta Devils play their first home game after going 0-13 to start the season. Mississippi Valley State is 0-12 in games decided by at least 10 points.The Hornets are 0-7 on the road. Alabama State is the SWAC leader with 40.9 rebounds per game led by Ubong Okon averaging 6.6.Mississippi Valley State is shooting 36.7% from the field this season, 5.3 percentage points lower than the 42.0% Alabama State allows to opponents. Alabama State averages 7.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.6 fewer made shots on average than the 9.0 per game Mississippi Valley State allows.The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.TOP PERFORMERS: Donovan Sanders is averaging 9.8 points and 1.8 steals for th...

Lathon and Morehead State host Tennessee State

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

Tennessee State Tigers (8-8, 1-2 OVC) at Morehead State Eagles (11-4, 2-0 OVC)Morehead, Kentucky; Saturday, 3 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -9; over/under is 144BOTTOM LINE: Morehead State hosts the Tennessee State Tigers after Jordan Lathon scored 21 points in Morehead State’s 82-57 win against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.The Eagles are 7-0 in home games. Morehead State has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.The Tigers have gone 1-2 against OVC opponents. Tennessee State ranks fourth in the OVC shooting 32.5% from 3-point range.Morehead State averages 9.7 made 3-pointers per game, 2.6 more made shots than the 7.1 per game Tennessee State gives up. Tennessee State has shot at a 44.1% rate from the field this season, 6.7 percentage points higher than the 37.4% shooting opponents of Morehead State have averaged.The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Minix is averaging...

NJIT hosts Albany (NY) after Thomas’ 24-point game

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

Albany (NY) Great Danes (8-7) at NJIT Highlanders (4-8)Newark, New Jersey; Saturday, 2 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Great Danes -3.5; over/under is 150.5BOTTOM LINE: Albany (NY) faces the NJIT Highlanders after Sebastian Thomas scored 24 points in Albany (NY)’s 76-71 loss to the Harvard Crimson.The Highlanders have gone 3-2 at home. NJIT is ninth in the America East with 22.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Elijah Buchanan averaging 5.3.The Great Danes are 2-6 on the road. Albany (NY) has a 2-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.NJIT is shooting 41.2% from the field this season, 2.4 percentage points lower than the 43.6% Albany (NY) allows to opponents. Albany (NY) averages 77.0 points per game, 1.2 more than the 75.8 NJIT allows to opponents.The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.TOP PERFORMERS: Adam Hess is shooting 42.6% and averaging 12.7 points for the Highlanders.Thomas is shooting 43.1% and averaging...

White House unaware of timeline for Israel’s shift to less-intense Gaza operations

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

The White House doesn’t know when Israel plans to shift to a less-intense phase of its retaliation against Hamas, a senior administration official told analysts Thursday evening, adding that the war could last deep into 2024.Brett McGurk, the National Security Council’s top Middle East official, held a Zoom briefing with a handful of experts on Thursday, during which he discussed the Biden administration’s thinking on the roiling conflict. Three people familiar with the 45-minute conversation, granted anonymity to speak freely about the private chat, said McGurk was candid about what the U.S. knows and doesn’t.“We don’t know when the downshift is going to happen,” McGurk said, per one of the people, though the senior aide noted they’ve seen encouraging signs Israel is moving toward lower-intensity operations, namely the announced withdrawal of five brigades from Gaza.The administration in recent days has breathed a small sigh of relief that Israel will no longer conduct la...

Blinken opens latest urgent Mideast tour in Turkey as fears grow that Gaza war may engulf region

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has kicked off his latest urgent Middle East diplomatic mission in Turkey, as fears mount that Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza may explode into a broader conflict. Blinken’s fourth visit in three months comes amid worrying developments outside of Gaza, including in Lebanon, northern Israel, the Red Sea and Iraq, that have put intense strains on what had been a modestly successful U.S. push to prevent a regional conflagration in the weeks after the war began, and growing international criticism of Israel’s military operation.Blinken was meeting Saturday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss what Turkey and others can do to exert influence, particularly on Iran and its proxies, to ease soaring tensions, speed up humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza and begin in earnest to plan for reconstruction and governance of postwar Gaza, much of which has been reduced to rubble by three mon...

Word Game: Jan. 6, 2024

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — HARROWED (HARROWED: HAR-oed: Tormented; distressed.)Average mark 40 wordsTime limit 50 minutesCan you find 54 or more words in HARROWED? The list will be published Monday.YESTERDAY’S WORD — REGALLY rage rale rally real really regal relay rely earl early gale gall gallery galley gayer gear glare glary gley gray grey gyral gyre aery ager allergy alley ally argyle lager large largely layer legal lyre year yellTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Ka...

Bridge: Jan. 6, 2024

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:17:06 GMT

“If you never hit a bad shot … you’ll be the first person who didn’t.” — a noted golf instructor.We all make errors. Many are avoidable — just lapses born of a loss of focus. When West led a heart against today’s slam, South discarded a diamond on the ace, thereby (he thought) avoiding a guess for the queen. He drew trumps and took the A-K of clubs, expecting a normal 3-2 break.When West discarded, South tried for a 12th trick by leading a diamond to his jack(!). But West won, and East got a club trick.LAST DIAMONDSouth could have succeeded after he took the top clubs. He could take the A-K of diamonds, ruff a diamond, lead a trump to dummy and pitch a club — a loser on a loser — on the last diamond. When West won, he would have to concede a ruff-sluff.But South’s big mistake came earlier: He had a blind spot at Trick One. South should discard a club on the ace of hearts. He is sure of three diamond tricks — 12 ...