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Miss Manners: I cringe when I picture my dear friend in our house

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a dear friend who loves to host dinner parties. She has invited me and my husband many times, and we greatly appreciate her hospitality.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: Is the fundraising tactic of my child’s school tacky or smart? Advice | Miss Manners: Will foreigners just assume I’m a nuisance? Advice | Miss Manners: I won’t be going on the cruise. How do I explain my absence? Advice | Miss Manners: Can I poke them if they sleep during my son’s performance? Advice | Miss Manners: He insists on the grandchildren using this ridiculous name I feel terrible that we have never reciprocated by inviting her and her husband to come to our home for dinner.The truth is that I’m embarrassed by my house. My husband and I make decent money, but we both work in government, so we aren’t rich. Our house is old and tiny, and not in the greatest neighb...

Dear Abby: Should I consider this my husband’s strike three?

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 18 years. It’s a second marriage for both of us. He cheated on his ex with me.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: I want to leave my wife but I’m afraid she’ll hurt somebody if I do Advice | Dear Abby: I’m sick of explaining I have a plain phone, not an expensive toy Advice | Dear Abby: She sat in our backyard and refused to join us for dinner Advice | Dear Abby: I never thought the driver would be so stupid, but I was stuck with him Advice | Dear Abby: Do I owe an apology to the restaurant owner after this blow-up? Soon after we were married, he told me that, given the chance, he would cheat on me, but that I shouldn’t worry because no really pretty woman would ever want him.Six years into our marriage, I needed to find something on his phone and saw he had signed up on a dating website for married people looking to cheat. W...

Virginia Tech Preview: Hokies looking to return to form

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

Virginia Tech quarterback Grant Wells warms up for the team's NCAA college football game against West Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)(AP/Steve Helber) Virginia Tech quarterback Grant Wells warms up for the team's NCAA college football game against West Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)(AP/Steve Helber) Former Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer was fond of saying that a team improves the most between games one and two of the season. The case could also be made that a program improves the most between years one and two of a coaching tenure, and current Hokies head Coach Brent Pry agrees as he enters his second season a...

Batten leads Padres against the Cardinals following 4-hit game

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

San Diego Padres (62-71, fourth in the NL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (57-76, fifth in the NL Central)St. Louis; Wednesday, 2:15 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Rich Hill (7-13, 5.28 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 115 strikeouts); Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (6-10, 4.66 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 110 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cardinals -112, Padres -108; over/under is 9 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres play the St. Louis Cardinals after Mat Batten’s four-hit game on Tuesday.St. Louis has a 29-38 record in home games and a 57-76 record overall. The Cardinals are eighth in MLB play with 179 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.San Diego has gone 27-38 in road games and 62-71 overall. The Padres have a 47-11 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.The matchup Wednesday is the third time these teams meet this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Arenado leads the Cardinals with 52 extra base hits (24 doubles, two triples and 26 home runs). Paul Goldschmidt is 12-for-34 with a...

Reds take 3-game losing streak into matchup against the Giants

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

Cincinnati Reds (68-66, third in the NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (69-63, second in the NL West)San Francisco; Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Hunter Greene (2-6, 5.06 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 108 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (9-10, 3.67 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 163 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Giants -164, Reds +139; over/under is 8 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds aim to end a three-game skid with a victory against the San Francisco Giants.San Francisco has a 38-30 record in home games and a 69-63 record overall. The Giants have a 42-8 record in games when they out-hit their opponents.Cincinnati is 37-32 in road games and 68-66 overall. The Reds are 43-13 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.The teams play Wednesday for the seventh time this season. The Giants lead the season series 4-2.TOP PERFORMERS: Wilmer Flores has 20 doubles and 19 home runs for the Giants. Michael Conforto is 12-for-30 with a double and a home run over the past 10...

¿Cuándo y dónde tocará tierra el huracán Idalia?

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

(CNN Español) — Idalia se convirtió en huracán este martes y se espera que se intensifique considerablemente a medida que se dirige hacia Florida, donde las autoridades ya han pedido a la gente que evacúe, han cerrado escuelas así como un importante aeropuerto antes de la llegada prevista para el miércoles a lo largo de la costa del Golfo.Idalia tiene este miércoles vientos de 200 km/h con ráfagas más fuertes y sigue siendo un huracán de categoría 3, pero está a punto de convertirse en un huracán de categoría 4, según la actualización 4a del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC). La tormenta se encuentra a unos 150 km al oeste-suroeste de Cedar Key, Florida y a unos 96 km al sur de Tallahassee.Según la trayectoria actual de Idalia, el ciclón tocará tierra el miércoles al norte de Cedar Key como huracán de categoría 4.La tormenta podría asestar un golpe devastador a partes de la costa del Golfo de Florida con marejadas ciclónicas y vientos huracanados que pondrían en peligro la vi...

Dodgers host the Diamondbacks, look to extend home win streak

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

Arizona Diamondbacks (69-64, third in the NL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (82-49, first in the NL West)Los Angeles; Wednesday, 10:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Brandon Pfaadt (1-6, 5.91 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Dodgers: Lance Lynn (10-9, 5.56 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 170 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Dodgers -155, Diamondbacks +130; over/under is 9 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers will try to keep their four-game home win streak intact when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks.Los Angeles has a 45-21 record at home and an 82-49 record overall. Dodgers hitters have a collective .461 slugging percentage to rank second in the majors.Arizona has a 69-64 record overall and a 34-32 record in road games. The Diamondbacks are ninth in the NL with 145 total home runs, averaging 1.1 per game.The teams match up Wednesday for the 13th time this season. The Dodgers lead the season series 7-5.TOP PERFORMERS: Freddie Freeman has a .341 batting average to lead t...

Rockies take home losing streak into matchup against the Braves

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

Atlanta Braves (86-45, first in the NL East) vs. Colorado Rockies (49-83, fifth in the NL West)Denver; Wednesday, 8:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Darius Vines (0-0); Rockies: Kyle Freeland (5-13, 5.00 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 86 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Braves -247, Rockies +200; over/under is 13 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies are looking to end their three-game home skid with a win over the Atlanta Braves.Colorado has a 28-35 record at home and a 49-83 record overall. The Rockies have a 22-10 record in games when they did not give up a home run.Atlanta is 86-45 overall and 42-23 on the road. The Braves have the third-best team ERA in baseball at 3.81.The teams play Wednesday for the seventh time this season. The Braves are up 6-0 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan McMahon leads Colorado with 22 home runs while slugging .460. Charlie Blackmon is 15-for-39 with two home runs and four RBI over the past 10 games.Ozzie Albies has 21 doubles, four triples...

Amazon CEO says ‘it’s probably not going to work out’ for employees who defy return-to-office policy

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon employees have been pushing back against the company’s return-to-office policy for months — and it seems CEO Andy Jassy has had enough. During a pre-recorded internal Q&A session earlier this month, Jassy told employees it was “past the time to disagree and commit” with the policy, which requires corporate employees to be in the office three days a week. The phrase “disagree and commit” is one of Amazon’s leadership principles, and was used often by the company’s founder and current executive chairman, Jeff Bezos. “If you can’t disagree and commit, it’s probably not going to work out for you at Amazon,” Jassy said, adding it wasn’t right for some employees to be in the office three days a week while others refuse to do so. His comments were first reported by Business Insider, and later shared by Amazon.The current office attendance mandate, which was announced in February and went into effect in May, is a shift from Amazon’s previous policy that allowed le...

Nebraska volleyball stadium event could draw 90,000-plus and set women’s world attendance record

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:23:25 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An attendance record of global proportions could be set Wednesday night when the University of Nebraska hosts a celebration of volleyball at Memorial Stadium.The event will feature an exhibition between in-state Division II powers Nebraska-Kearney and Wayne State and a regular-season match between Omaha and the fourth-ranked Cornhuskers. Country artist Scotty McCreery will perform afterward.Nebraska athletic department officials have taken aim at the women’s sporting event attendance record of 91,648, set during a Champions League soccer match as Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 5-2 at the Camp Nou Stadium in 2022.“If any place can do it, it’s Nebraska,” Huskers freshman outside hitter Harper Murray said.Memorial Stadium’s official capacity is just over 85,000 for football, but that number will be higher for this event because seating on the field is available. The court is positioned on the north end of the stadium, which is the home field of th...