Black Friday sales on Apple AirTags, other Apple and tech items

http://www.engadget.com/apples-airtag-4-pack-drops-to-a-new-record-low-ahead-of-black-friday-141002755.html? Apple's AirTag 4-pack drops to a new record low ahead of Black Friday Pick up the bundle for only $80, or $20 less than usual. V. Palladino, @valentinalucia November 20, 2022 9:10 AM Chris Velazco/Engadget All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our … Continue reading Black Friday sales on Apple AirTags, other Apple and tech items →

Nobody knows what to expect from the USA World Cup 2022 team

The title is actually misleading as commentator Alexi Lalas is speaking quite strongly in favor of a truly great outing by this team.If you're interested in how they got here after such an abysmal failure in 2018, here's another article to read:www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/sports/soccer/usa-wales-berhalter.htmlAnd who is Wales, the first country team the USA team need to beat?https://www.wsj.com/articles/usa-wales-preview-world-cup-gareth-bale-11668958533? … Continue reading Nobody knows what to expect from the USA World Cup 2022 team →

Collected articles about World Cup 2022 for the neophyte or the fan

As regular readers will know, my searches can find simply too much information on particularly timely topics. It would be easy to drown everybody in what's available about this once-every-four-years phenomenon. Instead, I'm listing below articles that I haven't posted that may suit your soccer/football level of interest. I will drop additional items into this … Continue reading Collected articles about World Cup 2022 for the neophyte or the fan →

Boston joins others in banning artificial turf use in parks because of toxic, “forever” PFAS compounds

I can't help remembering that our women professional soccer players have been forced, for years, to use stadiums with artificial turf while the men were routinely booked only for fields with regular grass. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/30/boston-bans-artificial-turf-toxic-forever-chemicals-pfas Boston bans artificial turf in parks due to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ The city joins a growing number across the US in … Continue reading Boston joins others in banning artificial turf use in parks because of toxic, “forever” PFAS compounds →

How cats used humans to conquer the world without adapting much other than color (unlike dogs)

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/cat-domination/530685/ How Cats Used Humans to Conquer the World Ancient DNA from 209 cats over 9,000 years tell the story of their dispersal.By Sarah Zhang All mine (Grigorita Ko / Shutterstock) JUNE 19, 2017SHARE Sometime around the invention of agriculture, the cats came crawling. It was mice and rats, probably, that attracted the wild felines. The rats … Continue reading How cats used humans to conquer the world without adapting much other than color (unlike dogs) →

WSJ’s article and photo essay about United States Gen Z World Cup 2022 soccer (football) team

http://www.wsj.com/articles/world-cup-preview-usmnt-lineup-wales-qatar-11668519241 America’s World Cup Hopes Depend on Gen Z The U.S. is betting on an extremely young team in Qatar. That youth is the team’s greatest asset—and also its biggest question mark. Brenden Aaronson, right, is 22, while U.S. teammate Antonee Robinson is 25. TREVOR RUSZKOWSKI/USA TODAY SPORTS By Andrew Beaton Nov. 15, 2022 9:00 am ET … Continue reading WSJ’s article and photo essay about United States Gen Z World Cup 2022 soccer (football) team →

Where to watch the World Cup in NYC

ny.eater.com/maps/where-to-watch-world-cup-nyc 8 Places to Watch the World Cup in NYC Big screens, drink specials, and food from around the world by Melissa McCart  Nov 18, 2022, 12:49pm ESTFans watch a previous World Cup. | Mario Tama/Getty Images Every four years, soccer fans around the world head to their TVs, laptops, and phones to cheer on their favorite teams for … Continue reading Where to watch the World Cup in NYC →

World Cup 2022: a guide to every team

http://www.wsj.com/articles/world-cup-qatar-team-preview-brazil-france-england-spain-11668216664? World Cup 2022: A Guide to Every Team Brazil, Argentina, and France enter as heavy favorites, while Germany and Spain, who have won two of the past three World Cups, are rebuilding. France’s Kylian Mbappe is seeking to win another World Cup title. GONZALO FUENTES/REUTERS By Joshua Robinson, Andrew Beaton and Jonathan Clegg Updated Nov. 17, 2022 4:38 pm … Continue reading World Cup 2022: a guide to every team →

Op/Ed: Why the World Cup belongs in the Middle East

http://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/opinion/qatar-world-cup-arab-football.html Why the World Cup Belongs in the Middle East Nov. 18, 2022 CreditCredit...No Ideas By Abdullah Al-Arian Dr. Al-Arian is a historian and the editor of “Football in the Middle East: State, Society and the Beautiful Game.” When FIFA announced in 2010 that Qatar would host this year’s World Cup, football fans and sports pundits … Continue reading Op/Ed: Why the World Cup belongs in the Middle East →

Flu season already most severe in 13 years and could get much worse

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/28/flu-season-2022-cdc/ So far, this flu season is more severe than it has been in 13 years By Lena H. Sun Updated October 28, 2022 at 5:45 p.m. EDT|Published October 28, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. EDT Influenza is hitting the United States unusually early and hard, resulting in the most hospitalizations at this point in the season in more … Continue reading Flu season already most severe in 13 years and could get much worse →

Dementia among elderly dropping fast

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/11/07/dementia-prevalence-declines-RAND-study/8491667849558/ Dementia plummets by nearly one-third among U.S. seniors, RAND says By Judy Packer-Tursman    <img src="https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi_com/8491667849558/2022/1/29efa3c88315fbde07ca8367bea2c6ec/Dementia-plummets-by-nearly-one-third-among-US-seniors-RAND-says.jpg&quot; alt="The prevalence of dementia in the United States is declining among people over age 65, falling by nearly one-third from 2000 to 2016, a RAND Corp. study says. Photo by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/pinthemapproject-1395816/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=935221&quot; target="_blank">Nikki Vargas</a>/<a href="https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=935221&quot; target="_blank">Pixabay</a>" title="The prevalence of … Continue reading Dementia among elderly dropping fast →

Sizing up the 32 teams in Qatar’s World Cup 2022

http://www.si.com/soccer/2022/11/11/world-cup-2022-power-rankings-brazil-argentina-france-qatar World Cup 2022 Power Rankings: Sizing Up the Field of 32 in Qatar With the World Cup around the corner, who appears to be a contender, and whose stay is trending toward a three-and-out? JONATHAN WILSON NOV 11, 2022 The four years (and four months) since the last World Cup have been challenging in … Continue reading Sizing up the 32 teams in Qatar’s World Cup 2022 →