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Beach hero jumps into the water after spotting 3 girls in danger of drowning
A California college student rescued three girls who were in danger of drowning at a Seattle park after spotting them struggling in the water during a festival.
The student, Lillie Vehling, is a Division I water polo player at the University of California, Davis, FOX 13 Seattle reported.
Vehling was in Seattle for Seafair, the city's annual summer festival, when she spotted three girls struggling in the waters of Lake Washington near Genesee Park on July 31.
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A California native, Vehling had gone to Genesee Park to watch the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron.
The girls "did not look very good" in the water, Vehling said in an interview with FOX 13 Seattle.
"They were already bobbing up and down, trying to get breaths, and one of the girls was actually drowning the others in order to breathe," she said.
"That's when I knew I had to jump in."
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Vehling said that she saved the girl who was drowning the others first "so that the others weren't even in worse shape."
Fox News Digitial reached out to Vehling for more details.
"I removed them one by one," she told FOX 13. "The first girl — I, again, don't really remember how I did it, but I got her back to the shallow water."
After rescuing the second swimmer, Vehling untangled the third girl from the buoy rope and brought her up to safety.
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"Unfortunately, by the time I had gotten to the third girl, it was just the top of her head that was there," Vehling said.
"I just saw her black hair in the water barely floating and when I got to her, she was unconscious. I lifted her head up out of the water and had my arm underneath her armpit holding her up," she added.
The girl coughed up water and regained consciousness, according to FOX 13.
Seafair later honored Vehling for the rescue, inviting her to its gala — where she was knighted and named Seafair royalty.
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She was also given a special opportunity to see the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, a squadron she has long admired.
Fox News Digital reached out to Seafair for comment.
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Drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 and the second-leading cause of unintentional injury death among children ages 5 to 14, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Similar rescues have made recent headlines across the country.
Earlier this summer, two Florida lifeguards were credited with saving a 5-year-old boy who was pulled unconscious from the ocean at Silver Beach after his frantic family flagged them down for help.
In LA County, lifeguards performed nearly 2,000 ocean rescues over a single weekend amid extreme heat and dangerous surf conditions.
UNICEF Gaza findings ‘completely shatters’ starvation claims against Israel, State Dept says
The Trump State Department has reacted to a new report by UNICEF on malnutrition in Gaza by saying it "completely shatters" the allegations that Israel deliberately starved civilians in the Hamas-run enclave.
The outcry of criticism comes as a report used by the United Nations and quoted by much of the world's media projected starvation in Gaza well into June.
Following Hamas’ invasion of southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that led to the deaths of some 1,200 people and the kidnapping of 251 Israeli and foreign nationals, the Jewish state invaded Gaza, which led to accusations of genocide and deliberate starvation tactics used against Gazans.
The UNICEF-led National Nutrition Cluster report from last month was able to reach 1,335 children under age 5 throughout 83% of the Gaza Strip to assess its risk of malnutrition. Malnutrition rates were determined by weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC). Using WHZ figures, rates ranged from 0.2% in Khan Younis and Rafah to 0.8% in Gaza City. MUAC measurements found malnutrition rates ranging from 1.5% in Gaza City to 1.9% in Deir Al-Balah.
About 17% of the population could not be surveyed due to security and operational constraints.
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A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "UNICEF’s latest findings demonstrate another example that completely shatters the countless false allegations against Israel of deliberate starvation of civilians in Gaza. There are U.N. entities, media outlets and NGOs that should retract and correct their politicized and baseless attacks on Israel – which has provided an unprecedented over 2 million tons of food into Gaza since the ceasefire."
The rates of malnutrition UNICEF documented are on par with, or substantially lower than, those in some neighboring countries. According to a post on X from the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), acute malnutrition figures in the region range from 1.3% in Gaza, Lebanon, and Turkey to 2.3% in Jordan, 3.3% in Egypt, 12.2% in Syria and 17.7% in Sudan.
UNICEF’s report has raised ire from onlookers who took issue with the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) statement that famine was "confirmed" in Gaza in August 2025.
The catalyst for the uproar was the IPC's warning from August 2025 that famine had reached Gaza Governorate. At that time, the IPC estimated that "through June 2026, at least 132,000 children under 5 are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition," including 41,000 severe cases where children would be "at heightened risk of death."
The IPC is expected to release a full report on conditions in Gaza "in the coming days." Prior to releasing the report, they have assessed that the Gaza Strip would be in Phase 2, the "alert" phase for malnutrition, between July and December 2026. They state that "74,200 children aged 6–59 months will likely require treatment for acute malnutrition through April 2027, with more than 11,400 severe cases expected."
UNICEF’s July report found that "very few confirmed nutrition-related deaths have been reported during treatment" in Gaza. The IPC did not respond to questions about UNICEF’s findings or whether they stood by their prior claims that famine had been reached in Gaza.
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The State Department spokesperson added that "the United States, in coordination with Israel, have facilitated humanitarian assistance while taking important steps to prevent Hamas from diverting or looting the aid, providing more support to Gazans. The president has a bold and ambitious plan to rebuild Gaza, which is well underway through the efforts of the Board of Peace to facilitate disarming Hamas and ensure it is no longer a threat to Israel."
Andrew Fox, a senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society who has closely studied the Gaza conflict, told Fox News Digital that "the new data shows that the allegations of famine in Gaza were pure hysteria." He said that while "certain small pockets of hunger occurred in Gaza, we now know this can only have been an issue of distribution. Once again, international organizations removed Hamas and their share of the blame for Gaza’s suffering from the conversation, stoking the anti-Israel narrative."
Prof. Aron Troen, director of the Nutrition and Brain Health Laboratory who teaches in the School of Nutrition Science and the School of Public Health at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, told Fox News Digital that the UNICEF findings are "very, very good news." He said it was "remarkable that in an area which was very recently claimed to be experiencing not only famine, but a deliberate and imposed political famine, that the situation has gone to the point that the current measures, and at least some of them, right now are better than…other places in the Arab world."
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"It’s important to state that if one wishes to take seriously the efforts to identify humanitarian need and provide an adequate response, then you have to be just as open to the good news as to the bad news," Troen said. He further decried "narratives" surrounding the report "that serve political agendas." He said that if there were the possibility of "a gradual transfer of pragmatic agency to a Palestinian governance in the interests of two states, respect for borders, coexistence," that it "requires people to stop throwing around genocide, famine, and impugning one side or the other in order to gain political leverage."
Kurtis Cooper, Chief of Global Media at UNICEF, told Fox News Digital that "the recent nutrition survey measures conditions in mid-2026, more than nine months after the IPC confirmed famine in August 2025 and after a ceasefire and substantial scale-up in humanitarian assistance. It does not tell us what conditions were in August 2025, and it was never designed to."
Cooper said that "in terms of why the situation has improved, during the period covered by the August 2025 IPC analysis, programmes to detect and treat malnutrition were largely operating, but blanket supplementary feeding had largely ceased across Gaza because of severe access constraints and supply disruptions. Programme data show a similar trend: admissions for treatment of acute malnutrition peaked at nearly 17,000 children in August 2025 before falling to around 3,100 by May 2026."
Cooper did not answer questions about how WHZ rates measured in Gaza compare to those in other countries experiencing widespread human suffering.
In May, UNICEF reported that in Sudan, "almost 100,000 children were admitted for treatment for severe acute malnutrition" between January and March. UNICEF estimated that 825,000 children under 5 would experience severe acute malnutrition in Sudan in 2026.
Andrew Fox called on "leading organizations" to "offer a public and full retraction of their error-strewn papers." He explained that "their mistakes have paved the way for an explosion in global antisemitism, and these organizations must own their roles in that and make amends as loudly as possible."
According to the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism, 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks around the world since 1994.
Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett star in R-rated thriller ‘Verity,’ out Oct 2
A new trailer is out for Anne Hathaway's new movie "Verity."
Basic info:
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There's been some buzz about "Verity" going back to April, and that buzz is only going to grow after a new preview was released this week.
It appears the film will be a dark and very sinister psychological thriller that peels back many layers of deception and secrets.
There's also some.......content not appropriate for younger viewers! I have a feeling "Verity" absolutely earned its R-rating.
Give the preview a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
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What do we all think about the preview? If the goal was to go viral and stir up some attention, then I think the mission was accomplished.
The cast is also stacked. Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett are an outstanding lineup. Hartnett is also having himself a year.
His new Netflix limited series "Below" comes out on Oct. 8. Lots of positive momentum for the veteran star.
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Overall, the premise is fascinating, the trailer is great and the buzz will only continue to get louder and louder.
You can catch "Verity" in theaters starting October 2nd. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
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College golfer delivers US Amateur upset with added pressure of having just one extra golf ball
Competing in the US Amateur, the most prestigious amateur golf tournament in the world, is already stressful enough. Showing up to the first tee to take on one of the top seeds in the field with just two golf balls to your name, well, that presents a whole new level of stress, and one that Ryder Cowan experienced at Merion Golf Club on Wednesday.
Cowan, a senior at Oklahoma, made his way through a 16-man playoff for 11 spots to earn the No. 59 seed in the 64-man match play bracket and drew junior phenom six-seed Miles Russell in his first match.
Despite entering the week ranked eighth in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) fresh off of co-low amateur honors at the U.S. Open, Cowan was the underdog against Russell, who won't graduate high school until 2027.
Russell is the top-ranked junior player in the world, ranked fourth in the WAGR, and has put together a junior career comparable to Tiger Woods.
Cowan was certainly aware of the situation, but it didn't allow it to phase him, at least not during his match against Russell. Prior to teeing off is a different story.
According to Golf Channel's Brentley Romine, Cowan forgot to bring sleeves of new golf balls to the course, leaving him with one new golf ball and one "fairly used" one in his golf bag. He stuck with the new golf ball for the first 10 holes of the match before swapping to the used one.
The used golf ball came with a bit of magic, too, with Cowan chipping in for par on the 17th hole to pull off the upset against Russell 2&1. The Sooner actually flubbed his first chip shot on the Par 3 before holing his next attempt with pristine touch.
When you're one of the top amateur golfers on the planet, the stresses of playing with just one spare golf ball are different than if a 15 handicap pulled the same move.
Just like professional golfers do, Cowan likely switches to a new golf ball a handful of times over the course of 18 holes, especially if he is hitting a lot of full wedge shots, which can cause serious wear and tear. There is also, of course, the possibility of hitting a cart path or even a tree, which can damage a golf ball enough to virtually make it unplayable when we're talking about the highest level of amateur player.
As for the 15 handicap, their biggest fear would be losing both golf balls and having to embarrassingly ask their playing partner for a spare.
California Dem ripped for 'perverted agenda' ahead of fundraiser at risqué nightclub
Marni von Wilpert, a Democratic candidate for Congress in California’s 48th Congressional District, is holding a fundraiser at a venue known for sexually suggestive branding and LGBTQ nightlife on Thursday evening.
The San Diego restaurant and nightclub, called the Gossip Grill, offers a series of adult-themed specials and events such as "Fi---r me Fridays," "Girls, Gays and Theys Sundays" and "Cabaret Drag Brunch Pride Extravaganza."
It also offers menu items like the "Foreplay" and the "happy ending."
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The upcoming event underscores Wilpert’s connection to the LGBTQ community and the attention she’s given the issue during her congressional campaign since she came out as bisexual a few years ago.
To one Republican observer, it’s a set of priorities that places an undue emphasis on sexuality.
"Out of touch Marni von Wilpert found the perfect headquarters for her radical campaign," Christian Martinez, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Her perverted agenda pushes hormone treatments on kids, shuts parents out and puts sexual content in front of young children. That dangerous agenda belongs in a nightclub, not Congress."
Wilpert lists "LGBTQ+ Rights" among her top priorities on her campaign website — alongside other priorities like restructuring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and penalties for companies with low wages.
On her website, she commits to making the topic a legislative focus at the federal level.
"In Congress, she will work to pass the Equality Act so the protections that Californians enjoy are guaranteed nationwide. She will face the attacks head-on, from bans on gender-affirming care to efforts to silence LGBTQ+ students in our schools," the website reads.
In the past, Wilpert has helped spearhead efforts to keep Pride-related materials in San Diego public libraries.
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After an activist removed almost every gender-orientation-related book from a library in Rancho Peñasquitos in 2023, threatening to keep them until the county took down a Pride display, Wilpert led the charge to replace the books. Wilpert, then a city council member, also pressed to expand Pride displays in 36 San Diego public libraries.
"I’m frankly shocked by this because eliminating LGBTQ content from libraries is what you might expect in Mississippi, but never here in San Diego," she told The San Diego Tribune.
"Denying others the right to read LGBTQ-affirming books is just another way of telling LGBTQ people they don’t belong — and that’s dead wrong. Everyone has the right to read what they want, but absolutely no one has the right to keep others from reading books that reflect their experiences and backgrounds."
Her work with the library has attracted support in her congressional bid from groups like Equality California, which cited it as a basis of their endorsement.
"Throughout her career, Marni has been a champion for the LGBTQ+ community and the diverse communities that make up CA-48. As an out LGBTQ+ elected leader, her record on the San Diego City Council includes defending access to inclusive library resources and standing up to censorship and bigotry," the group said.
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She has also attracted endorsements from Equality PAC, the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and the Human Rights Campaign — all LGBTQ-aligned networks.
Wilpert did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on her choice of venue or whether she thought the themes at the establishment were appropriate for a congressional campaign.
Government made your burrito more expensive, and socialism will make it worse
Affordability, or rather the lack thereof, has been a core focus of Americans for many years. It played a major role in getting President Donald Trump elected in 2024. But as there hasn’t been much improvement in the day-to-day cost of living and prices generally continue to rise, many people are turning to those who caused the problem to be their savior — the government, via the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
The latest example is the widespread lamenting of the price of fast-casual meals, like burritos, across social media, with Americans complaining that they can’t even grab a quick handheld meal without it breaking the bank.
The cause, though, is always framed incorrectly. It’s blamed on capitalism or greedy companies. But the reality is that the cause is directly blamable on the government and the exact policies the Democratic Socialists are pushing.
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The federal government has racked up around $40 trillion of debt, a number so large that it’s difficult to fathom. But for context, it’s more than seven times the size of the entire economy of Germany, the third-largest economy in the world. That $40 trillion debt load has been enabled by the Federal Reserve and its willingness to print money and monetize the debt, as it did during the COVID-19 era, adding trillions of dollars to its balance sheet.
In layman’s language, that means the government, with the Fed, have devalued the money you have earned and have wrecked your purchasing power.
At the state and local levels as well, bad laws and policies have added to the costs. Policies like increasing the minimum wage have had a direct effect on the cost of living. When wages are artificially increased at the lowest levels, that works its way up through a business, as an experienced business manager expects to make materially more than an entry-level worker with no skills.
As the base wages are pushed up, so are everyone else’s, not based on market dynamics and productivity, but by government mandate. To cover the increased costs, businesses raise prices. Workers may have higher wages, but their cost-of-living increases at an even faster pace, causing more unaffordability.
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Other policies that make it harder for businesses to open and to operate, from permitting to sales taxes to over-the-top compliance issues, all stunt growth and make living less affordable for consumers, a double hit on the economy.
The burrito costing more wouldn’t be so much of an issue if everything else wasn’t so expensive as well. Sure, you could bring your lunch to work, but that doesn’t solve the inflation seen in the cost of housing, healthcare, other insurance, education and, of course, taxes as well. These rising costs are all the direct result of government intervention in one way or another.
The frustration over the lack of affordability and upward mobility opportunities is causing more people, especially young people, to find any solution. Desperate people take desperate measures, even if they fundamentally make no sense, because they feel like they don’t have much to lose. This has seen more Americans turn to entities like the DSA for help, which is patently ridiculous, since their solution is more government intervention. It’s like asking the fox to guard the henhouse or an arsonist to help you put out the fire they caused.
But that’s the reality we face. The current administration has not prioritized the economy and economic affordability in a way that has resonated with a broad swath of Americans, many who are now turning to DSA utopian promises – or, perhaps dystopian promises – for help.
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Both parties are to blame for overspending and destroying purchasing power. The GOP hasn’t delivered on affordability over the past couple of years, and unfortunately, this means that Democratic socialists will capitalize on the miss.
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While government across the board has made life more expensive, more Democratic socialists in government will make life even more costly and could even cost us our country.
That’s more than a burrito problem, that’s an everything problem. Less government, not more, is the only solution.
Victoria's Secret might've rejected Rachel Pizzolato, but she's not giving up, 'Big Dad Energy' & dorm update
For the love of god ... please stop raining! As I sit here pumping out another edition of Thursday Screencaps, it's cloudy, it's wet and it's supposed to rain ... again... later today, which will make four straight days of downpours.
Let's get the day started with news that Victoria's Secret rejected Rachel Pizzolato, the Instagram and YouTube star, and Screencaps favorite, who rose to fame for changing the oil in her Hyundai. She's also handy enough to fix toilets.
"I might've gotten rejected, but who cares, it doesn't matter because I showed my face, I had an amazing time with the audience and I met beautiful girls who basically have the same traits and desires and drive as I have," Pizzolato said.
While Vicky Secret might not have signed Pizzolato, she's not giving up on the brand that is having a massive resurgence. She says the rejection has "turned into redirection, and I’m never giving up on my dream to be [an] Angel."
That's smart, because if you guys haven't been paying attention, VS is on fire. The stock is up 74% year-to-date and 311% over the last 112 months. The brand was was pretty much left for dead a year ago.
Enter new CEO Hillary Super. She was hired in September 2024 and quickly figured out that Victoria's Secret's "woke washing" was killing the company.
"That natural human reaction is to want to stay out of controversy," Super told Fortune in February of the company's woke era. "Victoria’s Secret was so cautious, it stopped bragging altogether—even about being a go-to destination for bra fittings."
Is Victoria's Secret totally ditching the woke era? We'll see this fall when it holds the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. As of last fall, the brand was still featuring at least one biological male in lingerie during its show.
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– Matt in Phenix City, AL shares: Joe, as a resident of Phenix City, AL and a parent of a child that PLAYED rec league with most of the kids on the current team out of Phenix City, I can assure you that every single one of those kids plays travel ball.
They strictly join the league to meet the requirements for all-star tournaments/little league World Series. I cannot begin to tell you the amount of times these kids missed practices (sometimes even actual games) because of their travel ball commitments.
Or worse, parents wouldn’t let them pitch for the rec league team because they had a travel ball game the next day/pitched the previous day at travel ball. Made for great practices when you’ve only got 10-12 kids on the team and you’re lucky to get even 8 or 9 to actually show up for practice. The best time for rec league? Fall ball. Fewer teams, no travel ball weirdos, and kids that want to actually be there to learn and get better without losing a spot to some kid who’s parents sign them up to play the bare minimum to qualify for the LL tournaments.
Admittedly, my son wasn’t the greatest or most athletic kid out there but you know what? He was out there for every practice and every game. How are the kids like that supposed to grow and learn to love the game when they lose out on playing opportunities to the part-timers? It stopped being fun for him when he realized that no matter what he did he was stuck.
Kinsey: Don't let ESPN warp your brain over the next two weeks. You're watching a travel ball tournament. This idea that you're watching a bunch of scrappy kids who've spent their summer playing with nose pickers in right field couldn't be further from the truth. This is all smoke and mirrors from Little League and ESPN. At this point, ESPN is pretty much just renting the Little League brand to hold a made-for-TV tournament to fill TV time in August. And they don't have to pay the labor.
And why doesn't Little League increase the field size these kids are playing on? Because the made-for-TV product wouldn't be as spectacular. And they'd have to change the size of the fields in Williamsport. That's not happening.
– Will in Mississippi on Yankees attending SEC schools: This post from you really hit home with me. I'm surprised that there wasn't a percentage at Mississippi State from 2004 and that the percentage in 2024 is that low.
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I reality question that number. When I was in school at MSU in the mid 80s studying civil engineering, there were very few out of state students in that department but the few that I remember were from "Southern" states. Tennessee and Florida and a few foreign students. There were many non American students in other fields, usually agriculture related since MSU is an engineering and agriculture centrict university. Of course this was 40 years ago and things change.
My son goes to Ole Miss and he has complained about the amount of non Mississippi students that attend Ole Miss. For some reason, he especially complains about the students from New Jersey, New York and that part of the US. Two of his apartment roommates last year were from Virginia and Texas and he had no problems with them. One thing to understand about Ole Miss right now is that the Chancellor has opened the admissions floodgates for the tuition money. The acceptance rate is extremely high, like 90%. Ole Miss (which requires freshmen to live in a dorm) doesn't have enough dorm rooms for students or enough parking on campus for students. Parking passes for the year cost anywhere between $200 and $600 or maybe higher.
BTW, you talked about the Ole Miss vs, LSU game in September, I'll try to get a report on the day from my son but he'll be pre-gaming in the Grove so I can't promise anything on that.
Kinsey: I believe it was 12 years ago when our neighbors told us their daughter was going to Alabama. I remember it catching me off-guard because it wasn't common yet for Ohio high school students to attend SEC schools just because. Now? It's completely common. I just saw this morning that a woman I grew up with is sending her son off to Ole Miss today.
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Those numbers above are up to 2024. Wait until we get 2025 and 2026 numbers.
As for the neighbor's daughter, she lasted a year at Bama, I believe, and then enrolled at Ohio State.
– Brandon in NW Houston provides an update on how his wife decorated his son's dorm room. It turns out Brandon overreacted. His wife didn't go nuts: I need to amend last weeks email. The wife did an awesome job and the stuff she was buying ended up being all practical. I think she spent about $400-$500 dollars and it was all storage/quality of life stuff, no fancy smancy curtains or wallpaper.
I've sent a Pic of his room. His roommate hasn't moved in yet so his side is a good "before" pic.
CURT CIGNETTI REVEALS HOW WORKING FOR NICK SABAN CHANGED EVERYTHING: 'EVERY DAY WAS 4TH-AND-1'
Pretty simple but 100% better than my 12x12dormin 1991-1993. Ahhhh even with a crappy room those were some days ever.
I believe we've addressed Cig going with this look during the CFB Playoff, which was crazy, but now we're getting this look in August when most coaches will go with a sweat-wicking polo or some performance shirt. Not Cig.
– Marty in Idaho proves yet again that he's living in some sort of Jack Hanna fantasy world. This is his yard: I loved the video a couple days ago with the bear and black wolf. Much happens in the mountains out west that city dwellers don't often get to see so I hope 'cappers enjoy the content. This morning I had about 25 elk behind the house and a couple went up on their hind legs to play fight. Had never seen that before. These are pretty big animals; average adult weight for males and females is 700 and 500 pounds. For reference, if you watched the my previous video of mountain lions feeding, that was in the patch of green grass on the right edge of this video. What's left of the carcass is still there.
– 'Sheriff' John in Houston emails: The subject of driving in the rain with your hazards on got my attention. Drives me crazy. Your hazard lights are supposed to be used when your car is stationary (stopped) at the side of the road and could be a hazard to other drivers. That's it.
Other traffic laws I've noticed that just aren't enforced anymore:
- Having non-white colored lights on the front of your vehicle. Yellow or blue was bad, but now I've seen RED headlights. Just dumb. How do these idiots just don't know how dangerous that is?
- Riding a bicycle on the sidewalk or riding a bicycle on the shoulder AGAINST traffic where oncoming traffic can't see you until the last minute, especially if there's a headlight on your bike and now it looks like there is someone coming towards you in the wrong lane.
- Rolling your bicycle through a stop sign. Yeah, it's hard work to stop your bike and start again. Tough crap. I'd also get better gas mileage in my car if I blew through stop signs, but that doesn't mean I can ignore the sign if there is no traffic.
- Walking or running in the road when there is a sidewalk. (You've already touched on this one before.)
- Rolling through stop signs when making a right turn.
- Closely related to that is just pulling out and turning left into oncoming traffic. Drives me crazy. We live on a semi-rural highway down from a fairly large subdivision and I'm convinced people think the highway ends there and there's no need to look to the right. They just pull out into highway traffic. Just awful.
That's all I've got for now. I'm sure your readers will have others.
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– Mark J. has a suggestion: Joe, buy it! That thing would be a great speakeasy! Keep one cell intact so if some loser gets out of hand, he gets tossed in the "drunk tank" What an opportunity! Hell I would even make a detour on my next visit back to the O-H just to visit it!
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And that is a wrap on this Thursday morning. I'm fired up. I might still be furious over Indiana beating MY Buckeyes in the B1G title game, but it's impossible not to get fired up for a day of work when Cignetti content pops up.
Channel your inner Cig today and go get after it.
Packers starters to open against Steelers backups as preseason football betting edges emerge
There are two schools of thought when it comes to betting on preseason football. In one camp, people think that you shouldn’t bet on it because you don’t always know who is playing; it is a lot of guys who are trying to make teams, and mistakes can happen when you don’t really know the players. The other camp says all of the coaches are actually telling you who will play and likely how much, which allows you to get some further indication – for example, if a starting unit is going to play against backups, there should be an edge. Personally, I like betting on stuff, so I’m going to bet on a few things from this slate.
Here is a prime example of the coach giving you some information in advance: Head coach Matt LaFleur said that his starters will start the game, getting some opening snaps, and then most will leave. Jordan Love should get a touchdown drive or at least a scoring drive to start the game. The Steelers have already confirmed that most starters will not play in this opening game. The question then becomes how long does Tyrod Taylor play? I have to imagine that the Packers backup gets at least a quarter of work in. Give me the Packers to score over 19.5 points in this one.
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As much as I’d love to see a shootout between Joe Burrow and Jared Goff, we will have to wait for a regular season showdown for that to happen. Neither of these two is likely to get a ton of work in. It wouldn’t surprise me if both played a couple of reps. Goff has a new offensive coordinator, and Burrow is almost always an injury risk. The Lions have an interesting situation, though. Joshua Dobbs is new to the team, signing just two days ago. He did work with the new Lions coordinator, Drew Petzing, in 2023 in Arizona. I have to imagine his signing had a bit to do with that. The Lions also might consider working Luke Altmyer out. He is battling to be the No. 2 quarterback for Detroit.
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How will the Cincinnati backup situation look? Joe Flacco is somewhere between 35 and 78 years old. He is still an effective quarterback, but my point is this: How much preseason action does a guy this old actually need? I’d argue it won’t be much. I expect to see Josh Johnson and Sean Clifford. I’m taking the 6.5 points with the Lions, and probably will put a sprinkle on the moneyline.
The Arizona Cardinals have already played a preseason game, and it was pretty fun to watch. That was the Hall of Fame Game, and they had Carson Beck start that one. I’m not sure if he will be in this one or if Gardner Minshew will get a look or two. Beck looked good in his time with the Cardinals. In his debut, he went 15-for-19 with 188 yards and a touchdown. I am a bit interested to see if Jacoby Brissett or Minshew get action, but I also want to see how much they put out Jeremiyah Love. Marvin Harrison Jr. needs to be out there because he has looked awful.
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The Raiders will be one of the more fun teams to watch because they had the No. 1 overall pick, Fernando Mendoza, come into the league. In case you don’t remember, it was Mendoza’s team that beat Beck’s in the College Football Playoff Championship last year. He will almost certainly start or get at least a full quarter or two worth of work. Kirk Cousins could start and get a few reps, but I think that helps the total here. I think there will be plenty of offense to go around in this one and I like this game to go over 41.5 points.
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WWE star names 'funny and hot' actress she wants to step into the ring with
Celebrities’ involvement in professional wrestling has been highlighted more over the last two years.
Travis Scott got involved at WrestleMania 41 to help John Cena win his 17th WWE championship, Jelly Roll has had multiple matches in the ring, and Lil Yachty has been the mouthpiece for Trick Williams.
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Blake Monroe, who is currently on WWE’s "SmackDown" roster, recently named one celebrity she would like to get in the ring with as celebrity appearances become more common.
She told Love Wrestling before SummerSlam that she recently watched a movie featuring actress Jennifer Lawrence, which appeared to be "No Hard Feelings," and thought she would be a good fit.
"I’ve said this, and I got a bit of a weird reaction when I said it – Jennifer Lawrence," Monroe said. "So, there was a movie I watched. I still don’t know the name of it. She dates a kid, and he’s like a bit of a loser. She’s older. … She dates like a kid. He’s like a bit of a nerd.
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"She takes him skinny-dipping on the beach and these kids steal their clothes, and she goes and beats them up, and she’s butt-naked giving out perfectly formed Saito suplexes. So, I’m like, I think she would be really, really good. And she’s so funny and hot. So, Jennifer Lawrence, if you want to fight me or fight with me, you know where to come."
Monroe has made multiple vignettes ahead of her highly anticipated in-ring debut on the main roster but has yet to have a match. She made one appearance on "Friday Night SmackDown" in June, taking out Giulia.
She last went up against Tatum Paxley, challenging her for the NXT Women’s North American Championship in a casket match on April 21. She lost the match, and it appeared "SmackDown" was going to be the next step.
Paxley recently made her first appearance on "Friday Night SmackDown," coming to the aid of Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss as Flair took on Jade Cargill.