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Miss Manners: What should I do when my co-workers glare at me?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work for a municipality, and while I am fairly new to my specific job, I am not new to municipal government. However, this is a very small city and the work environment is close quarters.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: What’s a polite way of saying ‘you weren’t our first pick’? Advice | Miss Manners: A virtual stranger hijacked our lunch date. What could we have done? Advice | Miss Manners: I wasn’t going to let a runty lobster ruin my carefully planned dinner Advice | Miss Manners: What could I have said to this blithe line-jumper? Advice | Miss Manners: My wife insists this is a rule about children’s birthday parties Whether because of the city’s size or just the mentality of the people employed here, it is not a very progressive workplace. A lot of the people I work with use derogatory and inappropriate language, speak ill of the pu...

Person fatally shot in Oakland’s 99th homicide of the year

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

OAKLAND – A person was shot and killed Wednesday in East Oakland, marking the city’s 99th homicide of the year, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Cop stabbed Wednesday afternoon at Brentwood City Park Crime and Public Safety | Oakland: Three possible shooting suspects arrested after chase, crash Crime and Public Safety | Police identify Oakland man shot and killed outside local hotel Crime and Public Safety | Man convicted of murder on BART train Crime and Public Safety | South Bay man charged in fatal stabbing, carjacking of 63-year-old Union City woman The shooting happened around 4:45 p.m. in the 200 block of Kerwin Avenue, near Douglas Avenue in the Brookfield Village neighborhood, Oakland police Officer Darryl Rodgers said. Officers arrived to find a person suffering from at least one gunshot wound.The person received emergency medical aid but was pronounced dead at the scene, Ro...

Phillies aim to clinch NLDS in Game 4 against Braves

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

Atlanta Braves (104-58, first in the NL East during the regular season) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (90-72, second in the NL East during the regular season)Philadelphia; Thursday, 8:07 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Spencer Strider (20-5, 3.86 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 281 strikeouts); Phillies: Ranger Suarez (4-6, 4.18 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 119 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Braves -152, Phillies +129; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves play in Game 4 of the NLDS. The Phillies hold a 2-1 lead in the series, and will move on to the NLCS with a victory.Philadelphia is 90-72 overall and 49-32 in home games. The Phillies are 67-18 in games when they out-hit their opponents.Atlanta has a 104-58 record overall and a 52-29 record on the road. The Braves are 78-9 in games when they out-hit their opponents.Thursday’s game is the 17th time these teams meet this season. The Braves are up 9-7 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Schwarb...

Buick LPGA Shanghai Par Scores

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

ThursdayAt Qizhong Garden Golf ClubShanghaiPurse: $2.1 millionYardage: 6,672; Par: 72First RoundWichanee Meechai34-32—66-6Maja Stark32-34—66-6Danlin Cai32-36—68-4Lauren Coughlin34-34—68-4Esther Henseleit35-33—68-4Danielle Kang33-35—68-4A Lim Kim32-36—68-4Alison Lee33-35—68-4Shuying Li35-33—68-4Yu Liu35-33—68-4Jasmine Suwannapura33-35—68-4Pavarisa Yoktuan33-35—68-4Jaravee Boonchant37-32—69-3Muni He35-34—69-3Moriya Jutanugarn35-34—69-3Mi Hyang Lee35-34—69-3Yuna Nishimura35-34—69-3Carlota Ciganda35-35—70-2Minami Katsu33-37—70-2Minjee Lee35-35—70-2Xiyu Lin35-35—70-2Azahara Munoz35-35—70-2Bailey Tardy34-36—70-2Xizihan Wang37-33—70-2Angel Yin35-35—70-2Weiwei Zhang32-38—70-2Celine Borge37-34—71-1Karis Davidson37-34—71-1Sei Young Kim34-37—71-1Frida Kinhult37-34—71-1Madelene Sagstrom34-37—71-1Kelly Tan35-36—71-1Gabriella Then38-33—71-1Miranda Wang37-34—71-1Ruoning Yin35-36—71-1Arpichaya Yubol35-36—71-1Peiyun Chien36-36—72EHye Jin Choi36-36—72EPerrine Delacour35-37—72EMina Harigae35-37—72ENas...

Buick LPGA Shanghai Scores

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

ThursdayAt Qizhong Garden Golf ClubShanghaiPurse: $2.1 millionYardage: 6,672; Par: 72First RoundWichanee Meechai34-32—66Maja Stark32-34—66Danlin Cai32-36—68Lauren Coughlin34-34—68Esther Henseleit35-33—68Danielle Kang33-35—68A Lim Kim32-36—68Alison Lee33-35—68Shuying Li35-33—68Yu Liu35-33—68Jasmine Suwannapura33-35—68Pavarisa Yoktuan33-35—68Jaravee Boonchant37-32—69Muni He35-34—69Moriya Jutanugarn35-34—69Mi Hyang Lee35-34—69Yuna Nishimura35-34—69Carlota Ciganda35-35—70Minami Katsu33-37—70Minjee Lee35-35—70Xiyu Lin35-35—70Azahara Munoz35-35—70Bailey Tardy34-36—70Xizihan Wang37-33—70Angel Yin35-35—70Weiwei Zhang32-38—70Celine Borge37-34—71Karis Davidson37-34—71Sei Young Kim34-37—71Frida Kinhult37-34—71Madelene Sagstrom34-37—71Kelly Tan35-36—71Gabriella Then38-33—71Miranda Wang37-34—71Ruoning Yin35-36—71Arpichaya Yubol35-36—71Peiyun Chien36-36—72Hye Jin Choi36-36—72Perrine Delacour35-37—72Mina Harigae35-37—72Nasa Hataoka34-38—72Ariya Jutanugarn36-36—72Gina Kim35-37—72Andrea Lee37-35—72Y...

Stark, Meechai take 1st-round lead at LPGA Shanghai in tour’s return to China after pandemic

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

SHANGHAI (AP) — Maja Stark and Wichanee Meechai each shot 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a two-stroke first-round lead at the LPGA Shanghai event in the tour’s return to China after the COVID-19 pandemic.Stark, one of three rookies on the European team which tied the Americans to retain the Solheim Cup last month in Spain, birdied four of her first six holes on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club course. Meechai overcame a first-hole bogey and finished strongly with a pair of birdies.“Playing the Solheim Cup gave me so much confidence,” Stark said. “A whole continent is looking for you to play well.”Americans Danielle Kang, Lauren Coughlin and Alison Lee and Chinese players Cai Danlin and Li Shuying were in a group at 68 and in a 10-way tied for third.Kang is going for her third straight victory in Shanghai after winning in 2018 and 2019.The field, representing 21 countries, features the top two players in the women’s world rankings, Lilia Vu (72 Thursday) and Women’s PGA champion Ru...

M-DCPS board approves 20 social studies textbooks amid controversy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

In a unanimous decision, the Miami-Dade County Public School (M-DCPS) board has given the green light to 20 social studies textbooks for kindergarten through 12th grade schools, aligning them with the state’s new academic standards. The move, however, has sparked opposition and concerns from some quarters.The approval comes as a significant milestone in the ongoing debate surrounding Florida’s academic standards. The new standards had initially faced pushback, with one notable concern being that students might learn that slaves somehow benefited from their experiences.The M-DCPS board was swift to address this concern, clarifying that such material is not included in the approved textbooks. Nevertheless, doubts linger among some skeptics.“The standards are full of government-approved indoctrination, the government in K-12 defining what patriotism is, defining moral values, defining virtues, starting in kindergarten,” expressed one critic.The public now has a ...

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf’s family stuck in Gaza and ‘terrified’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

LONDON — Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf’s parents-in-law are trapped in Gaza and fearing for their lives amid renewed conflict with Israel, his wife has said.The Scottish National Party leader’s mother-in-law and father-in-law have been trapped in Gaza since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on Saturday. The couple, who are from Dundee, travelled to Gaza last week to see a sick relative and other family, including multiple young grandchildren.In an interview with the BBC, Yousaf’s wife Nadia El-Nakla said her parents were “caught up in a war situation.”“My mother says that there is continual bombardment from land, sea and air,” she said, adding that her family had hoped to escape on Tuesday but found that the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt was bombed and inaccessible. All Israeli border crossings have been closed.“They are just terrified, absolutely terrified, about what is to come and what is happening right now as we ...

Russia attacks Ukraine’s Danube ports with drones

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

KYIV — Russia once again launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s Danube ports infrastructure overnight.“Our air defense forces shot down 10 Shahed drones over Odesa region, but, unfortunately, there are also hits,” Oleg Kiper, head of the Odesa regional military administration, said in a statement Thursday morning.Ukrainian officials recorded damage to port infrastructure and residential buildings in the Ismail district of the Odesa region on the Danube River. “Fires broke out on the spot; they have already been extinguished. An elderly woman received thermal burns,” Kiper said.The latest attack on ports near the Romanian border happened two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucharest, where he and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis agreed to deepen cooperation on Ukrainian grain transit through Romanian territory. Zelenskyy sees cooperation with Romania both on the Black Sea and on land as the way to find other export corridors for Ukraine’s grain.“The pr...

Palestinians rush to buy food and struggle under strikes as Israel readies possible ground operation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:26 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverized neighborhoods darkened by a near-total power outage. Israel launched new airstrikes and said it was preparing for a possible ground invasion.International aid groups warned that the death toll in Gaza could mount after Israel stopped all deliveries of food, water, fuel and electricity and the tiny enclave’s crossing with Egypt closed. The war — which was ignited by a bloody and wide-ranging assault on Israel by Hamas militants — has already claimed at least 2,500 lives on both sides.Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, an Israeli military spokesman, told reporters Thursday that forces “are preparing for a ground maneuver if decided,” but that political leaders have not yet ordered one. A ground offensive in Gaza, whose 2.3 million residents are densely packed into a sliver of land only 40 kilometers (25 ...