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Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans.Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969.He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant.

The blog for Mets fans who like to read


ABOUT US

Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans.Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969.He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant.

The blog for Mets fans who like to read


ABOUT US

Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans.Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969.He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant.

Jackie Williams has been on a long journey to track down the family linked to a letter written 70 years ago that she found near a sidewalk at a busy intersection after leaving work in Newmarket, Ont., in 2021.Williams, who lives in Angus, Ont., decided to walk instead of take an Uber to pick up her car from an auto shop that November afternoon.

A man who streamed a video of an offensive song about murdered Co Tyrone woman Michaela McAreavey has lost his case at an employment tribunal that he had been unfairly dismissed from his job.Andrew McDade, from Portadown, Co Armagh, lost his job as a lorry driver for the Norman Emerson Group after a clip from the video sparked outrage last May.

A six-year-old boy who went viral for attempting to climb 12 of the highest mountains in the UK to help poorly children to go on holiday has completed his final hike.Oscar Burrow, from Lancaster, reached the top of Ben Nevis, Scotland's highest mountain, on Monday afternoon after around four-and-a-half hours, being welcomed by a bit of snow at the summit.

A driver had a Bank holiday nightmare after their expensive BMW was washed out to sea in Cornwall.The black car, estimated to be worth around 100,000, somehow ended up off dry land and floating in the water.The St Agnes Coastguard Search & Rescue Team were called to Trevaunance Beach, in St Agnes, at 8.30am on Sunday.

A sailor has died after falling from a yacht in the English Channel.He fell from the vessel in French waters on Friday afternoon, with reports that he was taking part in the historic Royal Escape Race.Sussex Yacht Club posted a statement on its Facebook page following the tragic incident.We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of our fellow sailors yesterday, the club said.

A six-year-old who went viral for attempting to climb 12 of the highest mountains in the UK to help poorly children to go on holiday is to take on his final hike.Oscar Burrow from Lancaster plans to summit Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Scotland, on May 29, alongside family members and his friend Ollie Perkins which marks the 70th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

German police are investigating the possible poisoning of two Russian exiles who attended a conference in Berlin at the end of April, organised by the Russian Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.Berlin police told Reuters a file had been opened after the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, citing the Russian investigative media group Agentstvo, said two women reported symptoms that suggested possible poisoning.

New York Post, May 19, 2023: "The Messenger media startup mocked after rocky launch: 'I Googled and couldn't find it.'"A Google search for "The Messenger" didn't bring up the site as one of the first options - instead offering up an Iowa-based news service with the same name."Like with any new media platform, it takes a period of time to index on Google, which will happen shortly," a company spokesperson told The Post on Tuesday.

A social media meteorologist posted comments about being armed when a 6-year-old girl rang his doorbell.His comments were alarming to some of his followers.Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for MoveOn.orgCivic Action When Stefani Seeley moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area seven years ago, she was not used to the area's notoriously unpredictable weather.

A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.Published: 30 March 2023 08:52 CEST The woman, risks a fine of 12,000 but not prison if convicted at the trial due to be held in June.

Issued on: 29/03/2023 - 18:42Modified: 29/03/2023 - 18:38 The months-long protest movement against the pension reform has sent social tensions spiralling in France Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Facebook is one of the most helpful social media sites to help you grow in your career.You can use the social network to achieve your professional goals instead of mindless scrolling.Here are some simple tips for using Facebook for career growth.1. Learning and Upskilling
Facebook offers free ways to develop and learn skills through groups.

Pick-your-own strawberries are not yet available at Baugher's, in Maryland's Carroll County, but they will be ready mid-to-late May.Check the website for updates.Call the pick-your-own hotline at 410-857-0111.22222 Davis Mill Road, Germantown
Butler's Orchard also isn't open for pick-your-own strawberries just yet-look for picking to start around the weekend of May 20.

Derrick Evans, the former West Virginia state delegate who livestreamed himself storming the Capitol while shouting "Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!", announced a bid for Congress Friday.Evans intends to compete for the seat in West Virginia's First District, which is currently held by Republican Carol Miller, who campaigned on the slogan "cut the bull out of politics!"

Madeleine McCann's parents shared a tender message to their lost child on her 20th birthday on Friday.The youngster was just three when she vanished from the family's holiday home in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007.She has been presumed dead by some authorities but her family has not given up hope she might still be alive.

Masih Alinejad, a leading Iranian dissident based in the US, has been put under 24-hour police protection in the UK after the Metropolitan police received credible threats to her life.Alinejad has become one of the main amplifiers of the protests inside Iran, appearing at the UN and meeting European leaders such as France's Emmanuel Macron and the Netherland's Mark Rutte.

10 incredible reasons why south east Londoners love their area (Image: Newsquest) Have you ever stopped to think about what it is that you love so much about south east London?We posed the question on our Facebook page, asking our readers to finish the sentence 'I love south east London because...' We were flooded with responses from past and present south east London residents.

A second whale has washed up onto a UK beach in two days after a carcass was found on a shore in north Wales.Abersoch Coastguard Rescue Team announced on its Facebook page the sighting of a beached whale on Porth Neigwl beach on the south coast of the Llyn Peninsula on Monday morning.Experts believe it was a young sperm whale.

HOUR BY HOUR Issued on: 05/05/2023 - 10:42 A Ukrainian service member from a 28th separate mechanised brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fires an anti-tank grenade launcher at a front line near Bakhmut on May 3, 2023.Sofiia Gatilova , Reuters Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, on Friday threatened to pull his fighters from the front line in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on May 10, saying ammunition shortages meant they faced "senseless death".

Ukrainian delegates also scuffled with security officers in Ankara who tried to pull them away as they staged a protest against Russian officials.A Ukrainian delegate has punched a Russian delegate in the face during a meeting of Black Sea nations after his Ukrainian flag was snatched away to stop him from photobombing a video interview.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video As the European Union (EU) and Ukraine hold their first summit since the start of the Russian invasion, opposition to plans to reintegrate athletes from Russia and Belarus into the sports world is growing.

Ukraine sports minister Vadym Guttsait has warned the country would consider a boycott of the 2024 Paris Olympics if Russia and Belarus athletes were allowed to take part.The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it was continuing to work on a pathway which would enable Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals, a move which was criticised by the British Government.

ROME It's a question that has long eluded an answer: where exactly was the beginning of the Appian Way, the ancient Roman thoroughfare so famous that it was known as the regina viarum, or queen of roads.Remains of the original Appian Way, named for Appius Claudius, a Roman consul, and begun in 312 B.C., are still visible (and make for a great walk) within Rome.

Turkey summons Danish ambassador after a far-right politician burns the Muslim holy book near a Copenhagen mosque.An anti-Islam activist has burned copies of the Muslim holy book near a Copenhagen mosque and outside the Turkish embassy in Denmark.Rasmus Paludan, a far-right activist who holds both Danish and Swedish citizenship, had already infuriated the Turkish government by staging a Quran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21.

The death of a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming was under investigation by federal and state officials as bear watchers expressed heartbreak and concern about the condition in which it was found.An image shared on the Wild Love Images photography page on Facebook showed the bear with what appeared to be a disfigured face, lying on its side in a grassy area.

Recovery efforts are only just beginning for the communities that were devastated by the tornadoes that swept across Mississippi and Alabama late Friday night.My home is gone completely, said Ashley Nichols of Rolling Fork, Miss., one of the hardest hit towns.My son's home is gone.Melinda Newell Miller, a financial accountant originally from Rolling Fork, described the heartbreak of seeing her hometown in ruins.

All flights were grounded at University Park Airport in Pennsylvania Friday as authorities investigated a suspicious device in a checked bag, forcing about 100 passengers to be bused out of the area and the airport to close until Saturday, officials said.The airport in State College, located less than five miles from the Penn State University campus, was closed to air traffic and passengers while an explosives device team and local police examined the contents of the bag, which was checked on a flight en route to Chicago, Penn State University Police and Public Safety said in a statement.

LGBTQ community members, including San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson and San Francisco Bay Times columnist and drag legend Donna Sachet, joined Mayor London Breed and other City of San Francisco officials and preservationists on Monday, April 18, at 5:12 am for the 116th commemoration of the 1906 earthquake.

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Nearly seven months after the San Jose Fire Department began an investigation into why firefighters allowed a bikini-clad woman in heels to join them for a ride-along near a strip joint, the fire chief said in a memo to the City Council that the crew had allowed the woman to ride inside the firetruck because "she persisted."

At least four dogs were poisoned and three died during a canine cross-country competition in France at the weekend.The organisers of the French Canicross 30 championships, in which pet owners run with their animals, said the dogs had been killed with poison-laced meatballs.A number of suspected meatballs are being examined to identify the poison, and the public prosecutor in Nimes has opened an investigation into animal cruelty.

SANTA ROSA Detectives on Thursday were investigating what prompted a fight between three students at a Northern California high school that ended in one fatally stabbing another as more than two dozen classmates watched.A 15-year-old freshman was booked on suspicion of homicide and other charges in connection with Wednesday's fatal stabbing in an art classroom at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, California.

Askern Medical Practice, a general practitioner surgery based in Doncaster, UK, managed to muddle its Christmas holiday message to patients by texting them they'd been diagnosed with "aggressive lung cancer with metastases."The message went out to patients of the medical facility - there are reportedly about 8,000 of them - on December 23, 2022.

Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay have expressed their shock and sadness following the death of MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo aged 46.The Glasgow-born chef, who struggled with addiction as a teenager before rising to become one of Australia's best known TV figures, had presented the programme since 2019.

MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo has died aged 46, according to a statement from his family.The statement, posted on his Facebook page, said: With completely shattered hearts and without knowing how we can possibly move through life without him, we are devastated to share that Jock passed away yesterday.

A mum is raising her premature twins alone after conceiving with sperm from a stranger she met on Facebook.Sarah Mangat, 34, had been single for nearly eight years when she decided to embark on solo motherhood in July 2020.She had planned to use a sperm bank but found the process 'too impersonal'' so instead found a Facebook group for sperm donors.

A man who took Gwyneth Paltrow to court over a ski crash incident has said it is very difficult to sue a celebrity, as the US trial draws to a close.Terry Sanderson said his entire life had been exposed during the trial, and felt that its purpose had been to make him regret bringing action against the Hollywood actress.

Dominic Raab has said nothing is off the table when it comes to reducing the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, which reportedly costs more than 6m a day.The UK deputy prime minister said plush hotel accommodation served as an incentive for small boats crossings, adding many asylum seekers were effectively abusing the system.

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In recognition of National Mental Health Awareness Month, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting a Facebook Live event on schizophrenia.Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.It's important to know how to recognize the symptoms of schizophrenia and seek help as early as possible.

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In recognition of World Bipolar Day, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting a Facebook Live event on bipolar disorder in adults.People with bipolar disorder experience unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

An Indiana teen who was missing for eight days and believed to be in extreme danger last week was found safe Friday evening, according to officials.Scottie D. Morris, 14, was located by an Eaton, Indiana, police officer in Eaton, authorities said in a Facebook post Saturday.He was transported to a hospital to be checked as a precaution, and has been placed in a safe environment with the assistance of Delaware County Child Protective Services, according to the post.

Police are asking for the public's help as the search continues for a missing Indiana teenager who is believed to be in extreme danger, according to a missing person alert.Scottie Dean Morris, 14, was last seen at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the small town of Eaton, 76 miles northeast of Indianapolis, according to Eaton Police.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The wife of a man who went missing a year ago has urged the family of Nicola Bulley to keep the faith, saying people don't just vanish.Lucy Creaney said she still believes her husband, Finn Creaney, who went missing nearly a year ago after he started a solo hike in Loch Naver, Sutherland, is still alive.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Nigerian pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua was considered one of Africa's most influential evangelists.Born into poverty on 12 June 1963, he suggested he was a miracle child after claiming he was in his mother's womb for 15 months.

The wife of a man who went missing a year ago has urged the family of Nicola Bulley to keep the faith, saying people don't just vanish.Lucy Creaney said she still believes her husband, Finn Creaney, who went missing nearly a year ago after he started a solo hike in Loch Naver, Sutherland, is still alive.

A woman described as a key witness by police searching for missing mother Nicola Bulley has come forward, as the force warned against totally unacceptable speculation and abuse on social media.On Saturday, officers said they wanted to trace a person in a yellow coat seen pushing a pram in the area near where the dog walker went missing.

WARTBURG, Tenn.The convoy of minivans and U-Hauls eased down a narrow, winding two-lane street in northeastern Tennessee.It passed circles of razor wire, a prison and a cemetery to reach its destination: a race marked by a yellow gate that has attracted the imagination of the ultrarunning world.The people inside the vehicles had come from France, Germany and Japan.

YouTube suspended former President Donald J. Trump's account on the platform six days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.The video platform said it was concerned that Mr. Trump's lies about the 2020 election could lead to more real-world violence.YouTube, which is owned by Google, reversed that decision on Friday, permitting Mr. Trump to once again upload videos to the popular site.

Meta will lay off an additional 10,000 employees through multiple rounds of cuts over the coming months and close hiring for 5,000 open roles, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday.These cuts come just four months after the company laid off 11,000 employees last November.The first wave of layoffs will start this week and impact Meta's recruiting organization, followed by a second wave for tech roles in April and a third focused on business roles in May.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and terrorism offences after a woman was stabbed near GCHQ headquaters.Gloucestershire Police confirmed a 29-year-old suspect was arrested in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, following the incident outside a leisure centre at around 9.15am on March 9.

More sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being used to replicate a person's voice.Fraudsters increasingly are using such tools for impostor scams, which often target the elderly, making them believe loved ones are in trouble and in need of quick cash.University of California, Berkeley's Hany Farid said AI voice-generating software can recreate the pitch, timbre, and individual sounds of a person's voice using a short audio sample.

Installation view of "The Barlow Gilotty Collection" at the American University Museum.Center wall, from left: "Knot" (2003) by Steve Cushner, "Teeth in the Ground" (2008) by Cara Ober, "Welkin" (1987) by Simon Gouverneur, "Light Through Time" (2017) by William C. Richardson and "Sooner or Later" (1998) by Dan Treado.

The Realme 10 series currently includes six smartphones - Realme 10, Realme 10 5G, Realme 10s, Realme 10 Pro, Realme 10 Pro Coca-Cola Edition, and Realme 10 Pro+.This number will increase to seven on March 21, when the company will add a new member to the Realme 10 lineup, dubbed Realme 10T 5G.This revelation comes from Realme's Thailand branch, which posted an image on its Facebook page revealing the 10T 5G's design, color options, and key specs.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Former Private Eye cartoonist Bill Tidy has died at the age of 89.Tidy, known for his appearances on Countdown and the Watercolour Challenge, was awarded an MBE in 2000 for his services to journalism.

The state's highest court publicly reprimanded a housing court judge for making Facebook posts espousing conservative political views ahead of the 2020 election.The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) found that Judge Joseph L. Michaud violated the state's Code of Judicial Conduct by "engaging in judicial misconduct that brought the judicial office into disrepute, that was prejudicial to the administration of justice, and that was unbecoming of a judicial officer."

Crime The department released two photos of the suspect and asked anyone with information to contact detectives at 617-343-4275.Detectives are requesting the public's help in identifying a suspect in relation to an armed robbery in Roxbury Monday night.The incident occurred at approximately 9:40 p.m. at Marcella's Market, located at 80 Marcella St., police said.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 by Jo Clifton
Equity Action, the group that gathered signatures to put the original Austin Police Oversight Act on the May ballot, unveiled a list Tuesday of more than 100 community organizations and local leaders who endorse the APOA.The list includes Mayor Kirk Watson, former Mayor Steve Adler, and seven current City Council members including Mayor Pro Tem Paige Ellis and Council members Natasha Harper-Madison, Vanessa Fuentes, José Velásquez, Chito Vela, Ryan Alter and Zo Qadri.

Santos was defensive about the unusually high price tag for a local event."Understand that I'm not here for personal gains or for any kind of financial gains," he said in a spring 2019 video message to the group posted on its Facebook page."All monies raised are solely for structuring this movement slash organization."

Social media can be a great platform to start a side hustle from the comfort of your own home.If you spend much time on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and other social media platforms, use the opportunity to make extra income.Here are some side job ideas using social media.1. E-Commerce Business
Social media has made it easier to start a low-risk online business.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A pink-themed funeral is to be held for transgender teenager Brianna Ghey.The 16-year-old, from Birchwood, Warrington, was found with fatal stab wounds on a path in Culcheth Linear Park on the afternoon of Saturday February 11.

A first-time metal detectorist has spoken of panicking after realising he had found an unexploded mortar bomb.Ryan Junor was metal detecting with his teenage son and friends on Tuesday night in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, when they found the device that they originally though was a bottle.An online post later revealed it is likely to be an unexploded First World War mortar bomb and, after police were alerted, they cordoned off roads in the town, shut schools and nurseries and called in bomb disposal experts.

A resort in Northern Ireland has apologised for offence caused by their advert for a bikinis and balaclavas spa package, but said that they would continue to go on offering the service.Rosnashane House in Ballymoney, County Antrim, was criticised over the weekend for advertising a spa treatment with gun range shooting using the image of a woman in a black bikini with a balaclava.

An empty park outside a railway station due to a lockdown in Pyongyang.Kim Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images SEOUL North Korea's capital is under a five-day lockdown to fight the spread of an unspecified respiratory disease.Authorities have made no mention of COVID.The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang posted on its Facebook page a notice from authorities.

Turkey has summoned the Danish ambassador and accused Denmark of endorsing a "hate crime" after an anti-Islam activist burned two copies of Islam's holy book in a solitary protest in Copenhagen.asmus Paludan, a far-right activist who holds Danish and Swedish citizenship, had already infuriated Turkey by staging a Koran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21.

A San Francisco art gallery owner who was recorded on video spraying a homeless woman with a hose outside his business last week has been charged with misdemeanor battery, the city's district attorney said.The video, made by a bystander on Jan. 9, shows a man identified by the police as Shannon Collier Gwin, 71, who runs the Foster-Gwin Gallery in the city's Financial District, leaning against a railing with his legs crossed at the ankle.

An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said on Tuesday that he would resign after an uproar over remarks that the adviser made in the wake of a Russian missile strike that left at least 45 people dead in the city of Dnipro.Ukrainian lawmakers had called for the dismissal of the adviser, Oleksii Arestovych, after he suggested, in a televised interview shortly after the attack in Dnipro on Saturday, that the Russian missile had been struck by Ukraine's air defense system and then crashed into a nine-story apartment building.

The 56-year-old woman eased herself into her desk chair.Sitting was wildly uncomfortable these days.She clicked on the link to her Facebook page and began her post: I've been struggling mightily for the past few weeks with sciatica, which is excruciating leg pain caused by a pinched or irritated nerve.

A man has died and another has been injured following an avalanche on the north face of Ben Nevis.Police Scotland said they were made aware of the avalanche at around 3.35pm on Friday.The Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and a helicopter were dispatched to help two male climbers who were in the area at the time.