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Sarah Ball, 18, of Alexandria, Va., attended an accepted-student weekend at Stanford in 2003, and found the experience far too heavy on “obligatory bonding activities” like scavenger hunts. She’d have preferred meeting faculty. “Nothing but an overblown sales pitch,” she says. Georgetown schedules open houses during the week, so students can sit in on classes. Some schools make it a family thing. At George Washington University, parents are treated to nighttime tours of the nation’s capital, while siblings are treated to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe....

The dangerous “tip” was first spread in a video shared by the user, Heather Dunn. In it, she claims that, while the tactic might draw criticism from professionals, her dentists have praised her for having “the healthiest, strongest, cleanest teeth.” Dunn later refutes the common recommendation from dentists to use fluoride for clean, healthy teeth. She also claims to have been using a combination of coconut oil and Magic Erasers for around two years....

BUY ‘EM Starlin Castro (10-for-21, 4 extra-base hits) and Anthony Rizzo (8-for-19, 4 HRs) are both worth the money today against Wily Peralta. Jacoby Ellsbury (6-for-13) and Brett Gardner (5-for-12, 3 XBH) have both hit well against Wei-Yin Chen. Coco Crisp (8-for-25) and Josh Reddick (7-for-21, 3 XBH) have both had a decent amount of success against Jeremy Guthrie. Tommy Medica has been a lefty-killing specialist all year (.305/.359/.559), so he’s worth a stream against Yohan Flande....

Also, they were busy staying undefeated with a backup quarterback who was starting his second straight game. But Drew Stanton isn’t a fresh faced, deep-round draft pick for the Cardinals. Stanton, 30, is in his eighth season in the NFL and with his fourth team after begin drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2007 draft. MORE: Cardinals remain undefeated | Seattle wins in OT | Packers’ problems...

Though by the most generous estimate they represent only a few million people, they hope to wreck a meeting desired by 135 WTO member nations, nearly all with democratically elected governments, representing more than 3 billion of the world’s people. But the threat to the multilateral trade negotiations comes not just from these protesters. There are fundamental problems that divide the governments themselves. Chief among them is the question of including in the new round’s agenda an issue with as many fissures as an earthquake-ravaged city: labor standards....

Recent reports suggest that Jeff Flake, the former Arizona Republican senator, may soon get a diplomatic appointment. Flake himself revealed he has been in touch with the Biden administration over the possibility of being appointed an ambassador. “I have an interest in making sure that President Biden’s foreign policy is bipartisan,” he told CNN. The political newswire Axios went further and specifically said Biden is reportedly considering Flake as ambassador to South Africa....

Each character comes with their specific pros and cons and is unique in their own quirky way. However, some characters are much easier to start with than others in Don’t Starve Together. It’s important for players to feel out the game before pursuing anything too complicated. So, which characters are better and worse for players to start with? Updated on April 13th, 2022 by Nikole Brinkman: Don’t Starve and Don’t Starve Together has recently come out on the Nintendo Switch, allowing more gamers to try their hand at surviving harsh elements and fighting off both the darkness and the various creatures that roam the land in the game....

RELATED: Don’t Starve Together: How To Get Spools There are many ways to collect food in Don’t Starve Together but one of the easiest and least dangerous is to start a farm. Developers introduced farming via the Reap What You Sow update, giving players new and better ways to create sustainable food sources to hopefully last them through the Winter and allow them to focus on other aspects of survival....

Other than the news of its impending arrival, not much has been revealed with regard to the Star Wars show’s plot. Dear White People creator Justin Simien has been chosen to develop Star Wars: Lando, but since much of the show still remains a mystery, fans have reverted to looking back to Lando’s previous appearances in the series in order to decipher what his possible journey ahead could hold for him....

Trump said that he would be making the visit on June 30 at the invitation of Abbott. The former president boasted that U.S. border security had been “the envy of the world” under his watch while accusing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of “dereliction of duty” for the current situation, as well as for allegedly turning the U.S. into “one giant sanctuary city” after he left office....

Speaking at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday night, the former president hit out at Justice Arthur Engoron’s ruling granting New York Attorney General Letitia James’ request that a third party monitor the Trump Organization’s assets ahead of a $250 million civil fraud trial. The ruling means the Trump Organization, along with the former president and three of his children—Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump—cannot transfer assets without court approval....

The Million Dollar Vegan group, working along with 9-year-old Evan LeFevre, president of charity Animal Hero Kids, said it will donate the money to a veterans charity of Trump’s choice if he agrees to go on a plant-based diet for the entirety of January. “We want to make America healthy again, and eating plant-based foods is a great place to start,” LeFevre said in a video posted by a nonprofit organization....

In a wide-ranging interview, Gita Gopinath told Spanish daily newspaper El Pais that there was “clearly a need to solve problems with the global trading system” in a “cooperative way.” She also said the U.S. tax system could be “more progressive” and encouraged authorities to improve access to healthcare and high-quality education. Asked whether President Donald Trump’s claim that America could “win” its ongoing trade war with China was plausible, Gopinath said: “In the short term, the United States is losing less than China, but everyone loses....

Trump suggested in comments in Arizona on Friday that he would launch another bid for the Oval Office but that a formal announcement wouldn’t happen until the elections in November. The former president has repeatedly teased another presidential campaign but has not made it official, fueling speculation that other candidates will jump into the race for the Republican nomination in 2024. Republicans are favored to win the House of Representatives in November, according to analysis from poll tracker FiveThirtyEight, while the Senate remains a toss-up....

The group was behind a pair of fatal attacks on Thursday at a security checkpoint leading to Hami Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Some 13 U.S. service members and at least 60 Afghans were killed in the attacks, in what marked the deadliest day for American troops since August 2011. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, while the “K” stands for Khorasan, a historical region called Greater Khorasan that includes portions of Afghanistan and Pakistan....

Starting at 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial, Salute to America will host participants such as the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, the U.S. Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”), the Armed Forces Chorus and the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Team. The gates will open at 3:30 p.m. local time. Access points are open from 10:00 a.m. President Trump will be making a speech during the event, and Abrams tanks and other military vehicles will be on display....

That’s exactly what then-President Donald Trump said in 2020. While campaigning for the presidency, Biden accused Trump of “not having a plan” to beat COVID, while he himself did. Now, with this apparent reversal of his campaign message, Biden seems to be channeling the position championed by his predecessor, who said in April 2020 that the federal government should be a “backstop” for whatever states chose to do to control their health emergencies....

Following the events of Loki season one and Spider-Man: No Way Home, the sequel will follow Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange through the alternate realities of the multiverse, as the sorcerer is forced to make new allies in order to defeat enemies such as the villainous Strange Supreme. The long awaited sequel will expand on the MCU’s phase four storyline and comes six years after its predecessors’ release, making it the longest gap for an MCU character’s sequel....