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Jen Pawol set to become 1st woman to umpire MLB game Saturday - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Jen Pawol, who worked spring training games the past couple of years, is set to become the first woman to... Pawol to become first woman to ump MLB game

DO THEY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND POP ART?

If you'd have thrown in a reference to Martha Raye (or Judy Garland) I would have thought @WilliamM had come back.

Op-ed | No lithium-ion battery energy storage farms near our homes – QNS QNS.COM A recent op-ed article in the media outlet amNewYork extolled the benefits of lithium-ion Battery... A recent op-ed article in the media outlet amNewYork extolled the benefits of lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to the Queens community. As residents of Queens who are being asked to live with BESS next to our homes, we feel compelled to present another perspective. BESS is a type of technology that uses a group of lithium-ion batteries to store energy. The premise is that the BESS will store solar and wind energy during overnight hours and sell that clean energy to local utilities during hours of peak usage (such as on a hot summer day), thereby easing the pressure on the energy grid during those peak hours... (continued in linked op-ed)

Eastern Parkway Block is Greenest Block in Brooklyn WWW.BROWNSTONER.COM The heavily-trafficked section of Eastern Parkway, between Bedford and Franklin avenues, is the first block of mostly... The heavily-trafficked section of Eastern Parkway, between Bedford and Franklin avenues, is the first block of mostly apartment buildings to win the competition.

A story that will sadden @pubic_assistance: Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions. Crews were stuck with a job they did not relish — rolling up the scattered tube steaks for disposal. “Once those leave the truck and hit the road, that’s all garbage, and it’s still pretty warm,” Shrewsbury Fire Company Chief Brad Dauberman said. State police said the tractor trailer had an unspecified mechanical problem on Interstate 83 a few miles north of the Maryland line as morning rush hour was wrapping up, causing it to push into a passenger vehicle. When the truck scraped along a concrete divider, its trailer was ripped open and the contents scattered. Four people required medical attention, Dauberman said, for injuries that police said were not life-threatening. A front-end loader was used to scoop up the hot dogs and drop them into a dump truck. Dauberman said emergency crews couldn't help but see the humor in the situation, and his daughter texted him a photo of a hot dog-themed T-shirt. 'Hot dog are very slippery:' 4 injured in Pennsylvania highway spill WWW.NBCNEWYORK.COM A truckload of hot dogs has spilled across a Pennsylvania highway after a crash, clogging the road toward the end...

You can speed it up to 1.75X & still understand it. Some interesting historical stuff.

I've emailed the author of my favorite avengers reference book 3 times and he answered me twice, but there was something very important that I never thought to tell him… A couple of years ago when the show wasn't available anywhere for free, I did some sleuthing on the Internet and found an archive where people can upload media files and you can watch them there, and unless they are specifically designated as not to be downloaded, you can download them. Anyhoo... I love the black-and-white Diana Rigg season and wanted 18 of the 26 episodes, and I found about 10 of them. However, somebody had uploaded all but the last two episodes of the season, but they had been colorized and one of the things that I love about that season is watching the episodes in the middle of the night with all the lights off because it's so moody and atmospheric because of the black and white but I figured it's better to have them in color than to not have them at all. Anyhoo again… After I downloaded the color episodes I needed and started watching them, I realized that they were the complete uncut versions. I still kept the 10 black-and-white versions that I had because I prefer them in that format, but I never thought to tell David, the avengers guy, about it. I emailed him at the start of last week and told him about it and told him about several of the missing things that are seen, including a hilarious blooper where Steed is talking to a woman who is knitting and while she's answering him at one point, she looks down at what she's knitting and continues talking, even though her lips aren't moving. Saturday I got a response from him… Thank you, Sam for alerting me to this. I have already started downloading the episodes. So I have gotten so much enjoyment out of his reference book and now I've given him a little back.

Tenants and elected officials gathered in Glendale Saturday afternoon to protest against what they described as “displacement tactics” enforced by the landlord of three residential buildings on Clover Place — accusations which the landlord strongly denies. Residents at 56-07, 56-11 and 56-21 Clover Pl. have accused the building’s new owners of attempting to misclassify their homes as condominiums in what they describe as an unlawful attempt to strip them of rent-stabilized units. Tenants joined state Sen. Mike Gianaris and Assemblymembers Jenifer Rajkumar and Maritza Dávila to protest outside the buildings on Aug. 2, where they alleged that they were being forced to choose between rent hikes of up to 50% or an eviction. Advocates argued that the rent hikes are illegal under New York State’s Good Cause Eviction laws, which protect tenants from unreasonable evictions and rent increases.

Recharge and reset: Sunnyside Self-Care Fest returns through Aug. 20 - Sunnyside Post SUNNYSIDEPOST.COM Recharge and reset this summer with the Sunnyside Self Care Fest, featuring an array of beauty and...

So I finished mid-century modern there were two episodes that were incredibly stupid but still there were a lot of very funny lines and it was nice seeing her. pretty crazy that she died while filming the series. There were only two episodes left so I guess they wrote that into the series. They did a good job of it.

Casting News: Colbert on Elsbeth, Justina Machado Joins Matlock and More TVLINE.COM Stephen Colbert has found a new late-night gig... in CBS primetime. Get details on his forthcoming role in Season...

https://www.aol.com/zoo-asks-public-donate-unwanted-122707063.html Zoo asks public to donate unwanted small pets to feed captive predators

Any excuse is a good excuse to post a good bulge pic: The TRUE star of WKRP, Gary Sandy's pants.

Loni Anderson, 'WKRP in Cincinnati' Star, Dies at 79 APPLE.NEWS She received two Emmy noms for being "the smartest person in the room" on the CBS sitcom and tons...

Chris Meloni will return to Law & Order: SVU in the upcoming Season 27, reprising his role as Elliot Stabler as a guest star. Plus, franchise vets B.D. Wong (aka Dr. George Huang) and Dean Winters (aka detective Brian Cassidy) will make guest appearances in Season 27 of SVU, which premieres Thursday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c on NBC. That will be followed by the network premiere of Season 5 of the Meloni-led spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime, which aired earlier this year on Peacock. Also returning to SVU: Octavio Pisano, who will appear in the Season 27 premiere as Joe Velasco, though it was announced in May he’ll be departing as a series regular. Not returning, though, is Juliana Aidén Martinez (aka Det. Kate Silva), who left SVU and joined CBS’ FBI as a series regular.

I have a sneaky suspicion Helen Hunt and/or Tony Goldwyn are behind this.

Pam Anderson is dating Liam Neeson. Well, if anybody could handle that...

My best friend texted me and said she's binging it, and though a lot of it is silly and stupid, there is a lot of funny stuff, and some lines that made her laugh out loud.

Once again waxing poetic about his love of hot dogs... 🥰

And Just Like That… Shocker: Sex and the City Revival to End With Season 3 at HBO Max TVLINE.COM And Just Like That... the Sex and the City revival is coming to an end. There will be no Season 4 for the...

Clorox Bleachman's mother in law was Samantha Steven's mother in law and also the older sister of Chico's Man. Clorox and her husband of 25 years lived next door to Judy Garland and Sid Luft. (Liza wasn't there.) Lorna Luft said in her autobiography that Clorox had been a major source of stability and support (as well as hot meals) for her and her brother when they couldn't get that at home. By the way, Clorox - like Bea Arthur - did not like Betty White. Both women thought the super sweet image that Betty cultivated was totally phony. Also btw... One day in college I was walking with a friend and she came up in the conversation and when I said her name, my friend said you mean Clorox bleachman? Apparently, she had heard Clorox say on a talk show that people were always screwing up her name and Clorox Bleachman was one example that she gave, and that was the last time I ever called her Cloris.

Jacob Wilson fractured his left forearm... Ladies and gentlemen, your AL Rookie of the Year, Nick Kurtz! xxxxx They were celebratin' in B'more the other night: Justin Holliday's 8th inning SF was the team's fifth of the game, tying the record. WOO-HOO! xxxxx Chad Green must've still thought he was pitching for the Yankees... Last four appearances- 3 2/3 IP, 12H, 11ER, 4HR 14 HR in 43 2/3 IP on the season Shockingly, he was designated for assignment to make room for Sir Anthony Dominguez. It ain't easy being Green. Tweet from after the Yankees win the other night: Crazy note from our pals at STATS Perform: “The Yankees are the only MLB team in the modern era to erase a deficit in the 8th, erase a deficit in the 9th, erase a deficit in the 10th and then win in the 11th.” xxxxx interesting game in Cincinnati last night… Great field/no hit Ke'Bryan Hayes made an error and hit a home run. The game was tied 3 - 3 after seven innings and 11 - 11 after eight innings.

It turned out that Cookies and Cream only suffered minor damage.

The FDNY battled a ferocious four alarm firethat ripped through seven one-story commercial buildings on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Villagejust after 10:45 p.m. on Monday night. The fire, which is believed to have started at 64-76 Dry Harbor Road, sent six firefighters to a local hospital with minor injuries. 64-76 is the corner store; 64-62 is the 7th in the strip, so the dessert shop was probably burnt out and the Filipino restaurant was probably spared but damaged. There's actually a pizzeria between the restaurant and the dessert shop.