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Turns out, Greinke’s injured left oblique muscle injury is worse than thought. That was confirmed in an MRI exam on Saturday, team officials said. The move was made retroactive to June 30. MORE: Baseball scoreboard | 10 momerable pitcher hitting performances Greinke is 10-3, winner of seven consecutive decisions and a bright addition to the Diamondbacks in what has been a dismal season. The All-Star Game is July 12. Greinke’s next scheduled start would have been July 10....

This medication reduces absence seizures, suppressing the electroencephalogram (EEG) pattern associated with this type of seizure. Zarontin affects the calcium channels in the brain, which may play a role in its seizure prevention abilities. What Is Zarontin Used For? Zarontin is used on a daily basis to reduce the frequency of absence seizures. Brand Name(s): Zarontin Administration Route: Oral Drug Availability: Prescription Therapeutic Classification: Anticonvulsant Available Generically: Yes Controlled Substance: N/A...

Social distancing has been cited by health officials as one of the most effective tools for curbing the spread of COVID-19. In a new study, scientists at The Ohio State University confirmed that social distancing protects against COVID-19. Researchers had more than 2,000 participants practice social distancing in simulated conditions and surveyed them about their own social distancing practices in real life. They discovered that participants who had adopted social distancing strategies in real life and in the simulation were less likely to have contracted COVID-19....

To Logano, that was not the story. And it was not what he wanted to talk about as he prepared for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. MORE: Sunday’s starting lineup | Weather threat grows | Racing tripleheader “Everyone wants to talk about the format, I want to talk about what was amazing that night, which was the ability to race,” Logano said. “We were able to move up the racetrack and get to the outside of cars and to the bottom and race each other and pass each other....

She eagerly spoke with us by telephone in advance of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It turned out wonderfully for both of us, because the article that resulted presaged her dominant performance as the United States won its third World Cup championship. She happily arranged to talk in 2018 when we were preparing a piece on Liverpool fans’ memories of the club’s 2005 Champions League miracle in Istanbul....

Instagram Introduces Camera and Mic Disabling Option For those of you who use Instagram Live, it may please you to know that you no longer have to run video or audio feeds in order to broadcast. So, if you want, you’re able to broadcast a blank screen now, or just show your video feed if you don’t want environmental sounds bleeding into your stream. Instagram has yet to announce the extra features officially beyond a tweet, but TechCrunch broke the news, explaining the features in more detail....

When Alexa and the Xbox Game Pass Collide If you’re wondering why Alexa is suddenly allowing you to connect an Xbox account to it, the two companies recently enjoyed a partnership that let you combine both services. You’ll need the Xbox Alexa app before you can download games, but the app also comes with a bunch of handy features too. For instance, you can use Alexa to turn your console on, record gameplay moments, or ask what’s new on the Xbox Game Pass....

However, that was notably absent from the initial release of Windows 11, presumably because it wasn’t quite ready to go yet. Users that are interested in trying out Android apps on their Windows 11 PC, though, will be glad to know that Microsoft has started rolling it out to some users. Here’s how to check it out by yourself. Check if You’re In the Insider Program The new Windows Subsystem for Android is currently available only to some Windows 11 users on the Insider Program, particularly to those receiving updates on the Beta branch....

The company is currently rolling out a new feature that’ll make it so you can schedule messages to send whenever you want. For anyone who needs to send messages later without doing it manually, this is a handy feature to have. How to Schedule in Google Messages If you want to use the new feature (assuming it has rolled out to you), it’s relatively easy. All you need to do is press and hold on the Send button within Google Messages....

Still, Case is ONE of the more respected musicians to rise up from an independent and currently thriving scene of young country traditionalists. For the past five years, she’s been singing across the country trails of America and picking up a devoted following due to of her velvet-soaked-in-molasses voice and her evocative, moody music. Now comes her third album, “Blacklisted” (Bloodshot Records), an independent release that features original songs as well as a couple standards (like Aretha Franklin’s “Running Out of Fools”)....

One example the game uses to show this is when V has to go and get a mod on their hand in order to get better shots with power weapons, and so the player’s palm is turned into a black surface with a spot in the center that connects to the specialized guns. After spending such a long time customizing their characters when players first enter the game, seeing the after result of a body modification can feel a little surprising at the physical cost on the player’s body....

The England international picked up a problem in the 3-1 weekend defeat at West Ham and will miss Tuesday’s match along with Ander Herrera, Jesse Lingard and long-term absentee Marcos Rojo. Losing 33-year-old Young is a fresh blow to Mourinho’s hopes of setting a stable base, the United manager having unsuccessfully shifted to three central defenders at London Stadium. Diogo Dalot, who impressed on debut against Young Boys, is now expected to vie with Antonio Valencia for the right-back berth....

Portland has become the epicenter of controversy as protests over racism and police brutality occurred in the city for over 50 consecutive days. President Donald Trump authorized federal law enforcement agents to patrol the demonstrations. Many Democrats criticized the presence of the federal agents in the city, referred to the agents as members of Trump’s “secret police” The phrase first entered mainstream American culture in 1998 when hip hop group N....

Publicly supporting Donald Trump isn’t easy for young voters, especially in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Pop culture derides Trump daily. So too does much of the mass media. Pro-Trump college students like Rodriguez say their teachers are almost uniformly hostile to Trump, and so are the majority of their fellow students. It takes a fair amount of backbone to be young and a Trump supporter, even in a GOP stronghold like Texas....

Much to his delight, one of them is in his team. Ahead of England’s World Cup semifinal match against Sweden on Saturday, Southgate said Harry Kane has reached new heights by scoring six goals to lead the scoring standings in Russia and is one of the younger players “announcing themselves” at the tournament. “The world always changes and teams go through evolutions,” Southgate said, addressing whether the gap to Messi and Ronaldo — each a five-time world player of the year — is closing....

Shock advertising is an age-old gimmick. But compared with milder fare from years past (“This is your brain on drugs”), today’s imagery is “like a sledgehammer to the face,” says Steve Hall, founder of the industry blog AdRants. For instance: the ad displayed above—an anti-drunk-driving spot for Arrive Alive—featuring a scantily clad girl collapsed in a men’s bathroom. Experts have called it muddled and pointlessly provocative. Still, deterrence by disgust can work....

Humans have fast-twitch mimetic muscles which means they can form fast but fleeting facial expressions. These fast-twitch fibres allow for greater facial mobility and enable small but meaningful movements, such as the raising of an eyebrow. Researchers compared the muscles used to form facial expressions in dogs and wolves, and found several key differences between the two species. Dogs were found to posses an additional facial muscle, which scientists said likely contributes to the “puppy dog eye” effect....

The two-part conspiratorial Jesus Strand series, uploaded in October 2021, racked up more than 300,000 views on YouTube until it was removed last week after Newsweek alerted the platform. In the videos, Dallas QAnon leader Michael Protzman and other conspiracy theory influencers, who between them have tens of thousands of followers on social media, promoted numerous bogus beliefs, which included that Trump was related to the infamous Italian dictator....

How to Make a YouTube Account If you have a Google ID through Gmail or another Google product, you can sign in to YouTube.com with that username and password. Signing in with a Google ID on the YouTube homepage automatically registers you for a YouTube account and links your YouTube sign-in to your Google account. You don’t need to create a new YouTube account if you don’t mind linking your existing Google username....