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Search and browse 10634 pet friendly apartments included available for rent in Philadelphia, PA. With apartments that span the entire city, you will find an apartment in Philadelphia for just the right price. During your search, sort your favorite pet friendly apartments by one of our listed amenities — covered parking, in-unit washer and dryer, a rooftop pool, a modern fitness center, an updated kitchen, energy efficient appliances, smart technology, online leasing, payments, and more. Want to tour a property? Schedule a tour online and you’ll be moving in to your new Philadelphia apartment before you know it.

June Rent Report

Welcome to the June 2021 Philadelphia Apartment Report. In this assessment of the local rental market, Rentable data scientists and rental experts break down the June 2021 key findings and figures for the Philadelphia rental landscape.

Our experts analyze the pricing trends — one-bedroom, two-bedroom, year-over-year and month-over-month — in Philadelphia and surrounding areas and provide comparisons to the entire metro area, nearby cities and some of the most desirable and expensive cities in the United States. Take a look at the last 12 months of Philadelphia average rent prices in the chart below.

Monthly Rent Report

Philadelphia Rent Prices Decrease From May to June

Philadelphia rent prices decreased over the last month. From May to June, the city experienced a -0.47% decrease for the price of a one-bedroom apartment. The rent price for a Philadelphia one-bedroom apartments currently stands at $1,467.0.

When we take a look at the two-bedroom comparison from May to June, Philadelphia experienced a 0.34% increase for the price of a two-bedroom apartment. The rent price for a Philadelphia two-bedroom apartments currently stands at $1,763.0.

June Prices: Philadelphia vs. Surrounding Areas

Rent Prices in Philadelphia and Surrounding Areas

Rent prices have decreased in Philadelphia over the last month. But how have the surrounding areas fared when it comes to the recent volatility in apartment prices? Rent prices in 3 of the Philadelphia suburbs increased last month. On the other hand, 4 local areas experienced a decrease in the price of a one-bedroom apartment.

More key findings include:

  • Rent increased in King Of Prussia, PA, Cherry Hill, NJ, Collingswood, NJ .

  • Rent decreased in Manayunk, PA, Exton, PA, West Chester, PA, Wilmington, DE.

  • 3 suburbs are currently priced higher than the city of Philadelphia.

  • 4 suburbs are currently priced lower than the city of Philadelphia.

June 2021 Pricing Trends: Philadelphia vs. National Comparisons

Philadelphia Rent Prices More Affordable Than Major Cities

Rent growth in Philadelphia over the past year has been declining. When compared to major cities nearby, along with some of the most expensive cities in the country, Philadelphia average rent prices appear to be relatively affordable for local residents.

The price for a Philadelphia one-bedroom apartment remains vastly more affordable than four of the largest cities in the United States — New York City, Washington, D.C. San Francisco and Los Angeles. And pricing compares quite similarly to nearby Midwest cities.

You can view the full rundown of Rentable's June 2021 National Apartment Report and data set here.

For more information about Philadelphia and surrounding area rent prices, take a look at the complete data set below.

Data set for Philadelphia and suburbs

1 BR June 1 BR M/M % Change 2 BR June 2 BR M/M % Change
Philadelphia, PA $1,474.0 -1.41% $1,757.0 -0.73%
King Of Prussia, PA $1,592.0 2.58% $1,724.0 -2.76%
Manayunk, PA $1,756.0 -0.17% $2,688.0 3.42%
Exton, PA $1,446.0 -0.28% $1,855.0 0.87%
Cherry Hill, NJ $1,763.0 3.46% $2,048.0 2.97%
Collingswood, NJ $1,203.0 1.60% $1,408.0 2.03%
West Chester, PA $1,432.0 -0.76% $1,742.0 1.04%
Wilmington, DE $1,084.0 -0.46% $1,247.0 -0.48%

Each month, using over 1 million Rentable listings across the United States, we calculate the median 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom rent prices by city, state, and nation, and track the month-over-month percent change. To avoid small sample sizes, we restrict the analysis for our reports to cities meeting minimum population and property count thresholds.


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Driver sues Tesla, Service King over Utah Autopilot crash, seeks at least $300K

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A driver police said had admitted being inattentive has still sued Tesla and Service King over a South Jordan, Utah, collision she said she thought Autopilot should have prevented.

A May 16 news release from the South Jordan Police Department reported that a Tesla Model S had collided with a Unified Fire Authority mechanic’s truck on May 11. Tesla, when contacted by Repairer Driven News, indicated this 28-year-old Model S driver was Heather Lommatzsch, the plaintiff in Lommatzsch v. Tesla et al.

Lommatzsch broke her foot, and the truck driver had “minor injuries,” according to police.

The lawsuit said the truck and other southbound traffic at the crash site had been at a complete stop.

“The driver of the Tesla Model S … was subsequently interviewed by the South Jordan Police and said that she had been using the ‘Autopilot’ feature in the Tesla,” South Jordan police wrote in a news release. “While Tesla’s Autopilot feature indicates that a driver must be attentive at all times, the driver admitted that she was looking at her phone prior to the collision. Based upon witness information, the driver of the Tesla did not brake or take any action to avoid the collision.”

Authorities cited her for failing to keep a proper lookout while driving.

The South Jordan police department said Tesla recovered data from the vehicle and found Lommatzsch had often disabled and reactivated Autosteer and Traffic Aware Cruise Control, during the drive cycle, adjusting the speed of the latter frequently.

The technology

According to an Aug. 10 version of the Tesla Model S owner’s guide, Autosteer is a “BETA feature” which keeps a Tesla vehicle in its lane. The Traffic Aware adaptive cruise control system automatically holds a Model S’s speed constant and prevents the car getting too close to a vehicle in front. Both technologies are part of Tesla’s Autopilot suite.

“Using the vehicle’s camera(s), the radar sensor, and the ultrasonic sensors, Autosteer detects lane markings and the presence of vehicles and objects, steering Model S based on the lane markings and the vehicle directly in front of you,” Tesla wrote of Autosteer. The owner’s guide says the cruise control technology uses the “forward looking cameras and the radar sensor.”

Tesla’s manual warns drivers to keep their “hands on the steering wheel at all times” while using Autosteer. It also states that the technology is meant to be used “only on highways and limited-access roads with a fully attentive driver.”

“When using Autosteer, hold the steering wheel and be mindful of road conditions and surrounding traffic,” Tesla continued. “… Never depend on Autosteer to determine an appropriate driving path. Always be prepared to take immediate action.”

Autosteer might restrict the speed if it catches you using Autosteer “on residential roads, a road without a center divider, or a road where access is not limited.”

Tesla told South Jordan police that “Contrary to the proper use of Autopilot … she used it on a street with no center median and with stoplight controlled intersections.”

The manual delivers a similar warning about the adaptive cruise control system, cautioning that the driver needs to pay attention at all times and be ready to hit the brakes themselves.

“Traffic-Aware Cruise Control is primarily intended for driving on dry, straight roads, such as highways and freeways,” Tesla wrote. “It should not be used on city streets. …

“Do not use Traffic-Aware Cruise Control on city streets or on roads where traffic conditions are constantly changing. Do not use Traffic-Aware Cruise Control on winding roads with sharp curves, on icy or slippery road surfaces, or when weather conditions (such as heavy rain, snow, fog, etc.) make it inappropriate to drive at a consistent speed.”

The manual also warns driver they should “Never depend on Traffic-Aware Cruise Control to slow down the vehicle enough to prevent a collision.”

“Traffic-Aware Cruise Control cannot detect all objects and may not brake/decelerate for stationary vehicles or objects, especially in situations when you are driving over 50 mph (80 km/h) and in situations where a vehicle you are following moves out of your driving path and a stationary vehicle or object is in front of you,” Tesla wrote later in the manual. “Always pay attention to the road ahead and stay prepared to take immediate corrective action.”

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The crash

Technicians from Tesla successfully recovered the data from the vehicle. According to Tesla’s report, the vehicle found “more than a dozen instances” of Lommatzsch having taken her hands off the wheel during the drive cycle.

“On two such occasions, she had her hands off the wheel for more than one minute each time and her hands came back on only after a visual alert was provided,” the OEM said, according to the South Jordan police news release. “Each time she put her hands back on the wheel, she took them back off the wheel after a few seconds.”

Lommatzsch turned on Autosteer and the adaptive cruise control about a minute and 22 seconds before the crash and removed her hands from the wheel two seconds later, according to Tesla. The OEM said she set the cruise control to 60 mph.

“She did not touch the steering wheel for the next 80 seconds until the crash happened; this is consistent with her admission that she was looking at her phone at the time,” Tesla wrote.

She hit the brakes “fractions of a second” before the crash, according to Tesla. The Associated Press, citing a South Jordan police report, reported “Data from the Model S electric vehicle show it picked up speed for 3.5 seconds before crashing into the firetruck in suburban Salt Lake City, the report said. …

“Police suggested that the car was following another vehicle and dropped its speed to 55 mph (89 kph) to match the leading vehicle. They say the leading vehicle then likely changed lanes and the Tesla automatically sped up to its preset speed of 60 mph (97 kph) without noticing the stopped cars ahead.”

South Jordan police Sgt. Samuel Winkler said there were no indications of any auditory warnings about an imminent crash, merely the notifications to return the driver’s hands on the wheel.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened its own investigation into the case, according to the South Jordan Police Department. That investigation is still in process. But Tesla and the South Jordan police both appear to have written the incident off as driver error.

“It’s super messed up that a Tesla crash resulting in a broken ankle is front page news and the ~40,000 people who died in US auto accidents alone in past year get almost no coverage,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter on May 14.

He followed this up by tweeting, “What’s actually amazing about this accident is that a Model S hit a fire truck at 60mph and the driver only broke an ankle. An impact at that speed usually results in severe injury or death.”

Musk also acknowledged bugs but argued the net effect of Autopilot was positive.

Winkler said he hadn’t heard of any crash incidents in which drivers investigated by police complained that more commonplace ADAS technology hadn’t worked, such as autobraking failing to deploy before a collision.

The lawsuit

However, Lommatzsch’s lawsuit suggests fault for the crash might not be so clear-cut. It accuses a Tesla salesman for misleading her about the technology when she bought her Model S in July 2016.

“Plaintiff was told by the salesman at Tesla Motors UT, Inc. that she could drive in autopilot mode and just touch the steering wheel occasionally,” the lawsuit states.

“That touching the steering wheel to maintain autopilot mode was demonstrated to Plaintiff when purchasing the vehicle from Tesla Motors UT, Inc.”

She also said she was told that “based on conversations with Tesla sales people, Plaintiff understood that the Tesla Model S’s safety features would ensure the vehicle would stop on its own in the event of an obstacle being present in the path of the Tesla Model S.”

The Tesla’s Model S is equipped with autobraking. According to the manual, Tesla doesn’t let the brakes try and stop the car entirely if you’re traveling at 29 mph or faster.

“If driving 29 mph (46 km/h) or faster, the brakes are released after Automatic Emergency Braking has reduced your driving speed by 25 mph (40 km/h),” Tesla wrote. “For example, if Automatic Emergency Braking applies braking when driving 56 mph (90 km/h), it releases the brakes when your speed has been reduced to 31 mph (50 km/h).”

As with the other advanced driver assistance systems, Tesla warns that drivers shouldn’t count on autobraking to save them and must “drive safely and remain in control of the vehicle at all times.”

However, Lommatzsch alleged “these safety features failed to engage as advertised and represented by Defendants Tesla, Inc. and Tesla Motors UT, Inc.”

The lawsuit also claims that “she attempted to brake but the brakes did not engage.”

Lommatzsch accused Tesla of negligence “developing, designing, manufacturing, producing, testing, promoting, distributing, selling,
maintaining, repairing and/or servicing the Tesla Model S, and/or providing adequate warning of the dangers of the Tesla Model S.” She also sued the OEM claiming liability and breach of warranty.

“When using Autopilot, drivers are continuously reminded of their responsibility to keep their hands on the wheel and maintain control of the vehicle at all times,” a Tesla spokesperson said in a statement Friday when asked for comment on the lawsuit. “Tesla has always been clear that Autopilot doesn’t make the car impervious to all accidents.”

She sued Service King for negligence over its work on her Model S, though the litigation doesn’t explain what the MSO is alleged to have done wrong.

“During the year leading up to the subject accident, Defendant Service King provided service to the Tesla Model S and had replaced a sensor on the Tesla Model S,” the lawsuit states.

“… Service King owed a duty of care to Plaintiff while testing, maintaining, servicing, and/or repairing the Tesla Model S.

“Defendant Service King breached the duty of care by negligently testing, maintaining, servicing, and/or repairing the Tesla Model S.

“Plaintiff has suffered bodily injury and harm as a direct result of Defendant Service King’s negligence.

“Plaintiff is entitled to recover damages from Defendant Service King for her bodily injury and harm in an amount to be proven at trial.”

Lommatzsch seeks at least $300,000 from the defendants.

Service King had not responded to an email request Friday for comment by its personnel or counsel. Companies typically refrain from discussing pending litigation themselves.

But in Service King’s defense, we note again that the lawsuit lacks specifics on what error Service King is alleged to have made during the repair. The complaint just says Service King fixed the car, declares the shop to have been negligent, and calls it a day without connecting the dots to the crash.

Service King wasn’t mentioned in the police news release regarding the collision, and South Jordan police Sgt. Samuel Winkler said that to his knowledge, it wasn’t brought up as an avenue of investigation at the time. “I wasn’t made aware of any of that information,” he said,  indicating that the lawsuit might have been the first time the company’s alleged role had been brought up by Lommatzsch.

NHTSA does not offer preliminary information about investigations.

More information:

“Final Report – Crash involving Tesla Model S – 10400 South Bangerter Highway”

South Jordan, Utah, Police Department, May 16, 2018

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A Service King in Fremont, Calif., is shown. (Provided by Service King)

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Senior Matt Myers and junior Isaac Huntington represented the Hastings Raiders at the Class AA state track and field meet June 7-8 at Hamline University. Myers competed on Friday, May 7, in the boys' pole vault after winning the event at the Section 1AA while Huntington ran the 400-meter dash preliminaries that day and qualified for the finals on Saturday with a time of 50.52 seconds.

Myers tied for 14th with a vault of 13 feet. The state champion was Alec Wittman of East Ridge who defended his 2018 title with a mark of 15 feet. On Saturday, Huntington took eighth in the 400 with a time of 50 seconds flat. After his race, Huntington said his goal was to just enjoy state.

"It feels good, I mean going (to state) two years in a row, I didn't do as well as I did in sections but stuff happens," he said. "I wanted to enjoy what I had and take it, see what happens."

Huntington had set a personal record of 49.64 seconds in the Section 1AA meet at Lakeville South on Saturday, June 1.

After the Metro East Conference meet, Myers said he had a bit of a crisis of confidence that required a reset heading into the section meet.

"So the week prior I was at quite a low after our conference meet and to recover from that I knew that I just needed to change my mindset and understand that I needed to relax," he said. "That day at practice we were doing a mock meet and on my first try I cleared a height which I had never cleared before which was 13 feet. That got my confidence up, I knew I could go high."

"Then at sections I knew that I had the No. 3 seed, but I was not concerned, I just had to control what I could control, which was me," Myers said. "I took it one step at a time and ended up at the top of the podium at the end of the day."

Heading into the state meet, Myers said that his goal was to make all-state, but that did not end up happening. Outside of that, he wanted to have fun.

"I have found that is the best way for me to stay under control, to focus on the fun of the sport," he said.

The state meet was Myers' last athletic event as a Raider and he reflected on the past year.

"As a whole my senior year was my favorite year I spent in high school," he said. "I had the opportunity to make great connections with old and new friends and also the opportunity to realize my ability as an athlete, participating in two state tournaments in one year."

Myers also qualified for the state wrestling individual tournament at 120 pounds.

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Upcoming Show: VAG Fair 2010

It's about that time again for one of the best and most laid back East Coast shows you'll find, conveniently (to those in Maryland like myself) at the York Fairgrounds in York, PA. This show I speak of is called VAG Fair and it's put on by one of the more well known veteran VW guys in the Tri-State Area, Cory Sterling. VAG Fair started off a ambitious plan for a chill local show (with dope cars) in Cory's head over three years ago, but with solid capital raised and the help of good friends, came to fruition with the First Annual VAG Fair event in 2007. As each year has passed, this show has gotten bigger and better, all while maintaining the same atmosphere; which is a very hard thing to do. I've had the pleasure of attending (and showing) in all of the previous years shows and look forward to doin' the damn thang again Saturday August 14th, 2010 @ 11:00am. Please see visit the VAG Fair website for more information including instructions for registration.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Major League Soccer has announced the lineup of home openers for the 2020 season – Major League Soccer’s 25th Season Celebration. The Revolution will open the 2020 MLS campaign in Canada, where the club will face the Montreal Impact on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 3:00 p.m. ET. New England then opens its 2020 home slate against Chicago Fire FC at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, March 7 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The full list of MLS home openers is available online on MLSsoccer.com.

New England Revolution Season Memberships for the 2020 season are currently on sale starting at $29 per month. In addition to the same great seats for all 17 regular-season home games, members enjoy several exclusive benefits including ticket exchange options, opportunities to meet the team or travel to an away match, pre-sale and discount opportunities for Gillette Stadium events, and much more. For more information and to purchase a Season Membership, call 1-877-GET-REVS or visit https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/memberships.

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Laboratory and laboratory support space for the Departments of Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Physics. Facility includes Aquatic Suite, Open Physics Research, Green House with 3 Environments and Flexible Table Teaching Laboratories. Support spaces include Central Chemical Storage, Animal Suite, Machine Shop, Rock Prep Shop and Storage, Herbarium, Teaching Laboratory Prep and Equipment Rooms.

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A London law firm has confirmed that Hollywood actor George Clooney is engaged to British human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

Alamuddin's law firm released a statement on April 28 congratulating her and Clooney "on their engagement to be married."

Clooney, 52, and Alamuddin, 36, have been dating since October 2013, according to media reports.

Clooney, a two-time Oscar winner and human rights activist, has been married once, but since his 1993 divorce has remained one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors.

Apart from his acting, Clooney has also recently worked as an advocate for refugees in Darfur in Sudan.

Alamuddin has advised former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Syria, represented Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in challenging her detention before the European Court of Human Rights, and has also represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in extradition proceedings.
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A Russian court has resumed the preliminary hearing into the high-profile case against Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, charged with providing information that led to the deaths of two Russian journalists.

The hearing in the town of Donetsk in Russia's Rostov region is being held behind closed doors.

Russian officials say Savchenko, who served in a volunteer battalion in eastern Ukraine where Ukrainian forces are fighting Russian-backed separatists, provided the coordinates for a mortar attack that killed the journalists last summer.

Savchenko strongly denies the charges and says she was captured by rebels in Ukraine and smuggled into Russia. She had gone on a hunger strike to protest her detention.

International rights groups and many Western governments have called for Savchenko to be released.

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Rice Farming editor nabs writing award

April 2016 Cotton FarmingVicky Boyd, editor of Rice Farming and Soybean South and managing editor of Cotton Farming magazines, took top honors in Fresno County (Calif.) Farm Bureau’s 22nd Annual Journalism Awards, Farm Trade Print category.

Boyd wrote about how California’s drought and environmental water restrictions impacted the state’s cotton industry.

The article, titled “A Silent Killer,” appeared in the April 2016 issue of Cotton Farming.

Criteria for the awards were: awareness of agriculture’s importance in the Central Valley; use of visuals to tell the story, where applicable; thorough and objective coverage of the issues, given time and space limitations; and portraying the “human side” of the industry, making the issues relevant to consumers and/or producers.

The more than 40 entries in five categories were judged by a panel of journalism experts as well as members of the Fresno County Farm Bureau’s board.

The awards were presented during the Farm Bureau’s annual Celebrating Friends of Agriculture social, June 16, at the C.P.D.E.S. Hall, in Fresno.

In receiving the award, Boyd said, “This honor really means a lot because not only is it judged by journalism professionals but also by Farm Bureau members who are producers. And it’s those producers who we’re trying to reach with our magazines.”

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Is Inflation Missing? | Riche Investments

Is Inflation Missing?

Many commentators are expecting increased inflation in the coming months as Central Banks globally have ramped up their money creation efforts in response to the increased market volatility last March. There are different types of inflation, but most people have experienced price inflation, whereby excess demand is met by rising prices. The next round of anticipated inflation could be different than what most people are familiar with.

The societal lockdowns experienced globally because of Covid-19 throughout much of 2020, will eventually very likely be the trigger for future inflation stresses. The impact of these economic decisions is just now starting to work its way through the global economy and may eventually result in a supply shock inflation – something not seen since the 1970's. This type of inflation usually causes price increases - even if the economy is weak - due to shortages of goods and not because of surging consumer demand.

For example, in the oil fields of West Texas, there have been reports of a 75% decrease in the number of drill rigs producing shale oil. The production drop is largely the result of shutdowns due to Covid-related incidents amongst the work force. So far, oil prices haven't changed much since falling production has occurred simultaneously with declining oil demand, and any shortfalls have been met from oil inventories in storage. But at some point, the oil rigs will have to get back to full production capacity or else reduced oil production could impact a recovering global economy in terms of higher oil and energy prices.

Other areas include food production. Media reports have estimated that some 20% of US hog production capacity has been closed or eliminated since the Spring of 2020. Some of this may be permanent as hog farmers have been bought out by the US Government and/or taken early retirement. In addition, the US announced large sales of hogs to China over the summer to assist them with their impending food shortages (so much for a trade war) leaving even less future supply available to meet US and North American demand.

While official Government measurements are showing little inflation in the economy, it is very likely that consumers will face higher prices in some areas over the next few months to 18 months.

In a world facing rising price inflation due to supply shortages, and weak economic growth, many people will likely struggle to make ends meet. If this scenario comes true, it might be reminiscent of the 1970's Stagflation.

Call us today to review your personal situation and cash flow and how best to respond to this coming inflationary episode.

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Almost every day we hear of a startup beginning its electric adventure somewhere in the world. We stopped counting the number of concepts and prototypes being introduced because it’s become almost impossible to keep track of them all. There’s something truly wonderful about the trend because it means that there are people out there who believe electric motorcycles can work and who hope to change the world in their own way.

Very few of these projects actually make it to production, however, and an even smaller number  enter the mainstream market. Thankfully, there are a few companies that are totally rocking the electric bike gig and that are behind the healthy serving of “greens” we’re getting for 2020. Here’s a look at all the new electric motorcycles you will be able to buy this year in the U.S. Click any motorcycle below to have a closer look.

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Oskroba, Levine Lead Rivermen To First Win In 2020

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Oskroba, Levine Lead Rivermen To First Win In 2020

Defenseman’s first career two goal game helps Rivermen tame Bulls

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Birmingham, AL – Ben Oskroba notched his first career two goal game and Eric Levine made 28 saves for his fourth shutout of the season in a 4-0 Rivermen win over the Birmingham Bulls Friday night.

The win pushes Peoria to 17-3-3 on the season, while Birmingham dropped its eighth game in the last nine, falling to 7-12-3. With the win, Levine now stands 12-0-3. Former Rivermen goaltender, Stephen Klein, took the loss with a 25 save performance.

After a disappointing loss on the road Tuesday, the Rivermen were sure to not let lightning strike twice. The team controlled the vast majority of Friday’s game in the Pelham Civic Complex, starting with a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes. Ben Oskroba scored his second goal of the season thanks to a stretch pass coming across the goal line from Alec Hagaman. Oskroba was there to knock the puck off of Klein’s blocker and into the goal for the 1-0 advantage just over four minutes in.

At the 8:58 mark, while on the power play, Robin Hoglund fed Oskroba atop the blue line for a booming shot that found its way through traffic and to the top shelf of the goal, giving Oskroba his third of the season and first multi-goal game of the seven year pro’s career.

Mitch McPherson would add to the scoring in the second period by tipping a point shot from Paul Fregeau that changed direction and got past Klein. The second period featured perhaps the scoring chance of the game for Birmingham, when Cole Golka planted himself in front of the crease with room. As he made a move to his right to try and roof his shot, Rivermen goaltender Eric Levine extended his glove in the air to rob the Bulls forward.

In the latter stages of period three, Zach Nieminen was high-sticked by Kasey Kulczycki, which drew blood and sent the Rivermen to a four minute power play. There, Brandon McMartin would take a point shot that would get blocked, only for the puck to land right on Hagaman’s tape for the captain to bury his team-leading 12th goal of the season. The goal also extends a personal-best six game goal scoring streak for Hagaman.

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So, the last couple of things I reviewed were both horror games: Little Nightmares 2 and The Medium. They're also both a slightly different kind of horror game. Most games that style themselves as psychological horror, I have found, are actually mostly jump scares, with the psychological aspect provided by either some tentacles or cornices that look a bit genital, or the scattered pages of a diary detailed a woman's descent into madness because of something her husband and/or children did.

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Lady Gaga’s SXSW Keynote: ‘I’m Not Saying Vomit Will Change the World’

‘Artpop’ singer discusses art and commerce, hints at new video and reveals what fans can expect from the ArtRave tour during hour-long talk

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The dichotomy between art and commerce was the major theme of Lady Gaga‘s South by Southwest keynote address Friday. Whether she was addressing questions about “selling out” by allowing a snack company to sponsor her performance-art concert Thursday night – and deflecting those questions with a call for artists to “sell in,” while beating her hand against her heart – or decrying the amount of expectations placed on her versus other artists when it came to her most recent album, Artpop, she called for the music industry to restore “power” to artists and take it away from corporations.

The singer, dressed elaborately in a plastic tarp and cream gown to match her faux-dreadlocks, told moderator John Norris that she would feel perfectly okay with herself were she to drop out of the public eye and focus on making music for herself and friends in clubs and bars. But to make her case, she had to find a way to explain why allowing snack company Doritos to sponsor her appearance at the festival was an artistic decision.

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“The truth is, without sponsorships, without these companies coming together to help us, we won’t have any more artists in Austin,” she said. “We won’t have any more festivals because record labels don’t have any more fucking money.”

Throughout her speech, she punctuated some of her points with the phrase “artpop,” and the above was no exception. But she returned to the idea of making art and being a creator several times throughout the hour-long discussion. Her performance the previous night, in which British performance artist Millie Brown vomited a Technicolor palate of colors on her and humped her onstage, was art, she said, and therefore worth it.lady gaga sxsw 2014

Speaking to the effect it had online, she said, “It was just exciting seeing people talking about performance art on the Internet and debating about whether it’s art or not. We really just did it because we believe in the performance and we believe in what it meant to the song [‘Swine’].” Regarding her artistic vision and collaborating with Brown, Gaga said, “I am so deeply passionate about any person that has an artistic spirit, any person that has a talent that they believe in no matter how crazy the idea is. You never know where that crazy idea might lead you. Martin Luther King believed that he could start a revolution without violence. Andy Warhol believed he could turn a soup can into art. Sometimes things that are really strange can save the world.

“I’m not saying vomit is going to change the world,” she continued, adding that it was “about us really respecting each other artists.” Then, again, she said, “Artpop.”

As for working with corporate sponsor Doritos, Gaga said that the snack maker fully supported her artistic vision and did not give her any terms as to what she could or could not do onstage. Moreover, she said the CEO of the company came backstage and was crying telling her how brilliant the show was, as she was covered in paint and vomit. “To whoever is writing or saying [negative things about the relationship], you don’t know fuck about the state of the music industry,” Gaga said.

Money, the singer said, was one of the reasons why she was so depressed in the year leading up to Artpop’s release. With success, she said, comes expectations. “I will stop,” she said. “I will quit. I will retire from the commercial market if I have to do something other than be myself,” she said. The Fame Monster artist also said that she would be happy making music downtown without the pressures of success. “I don’t need all of that if it means negativity,” she said.

When Norris asked her to speak to the myriad maladies that seemed to accompany Artpopsevering ties with her manager, facing a lawsuit, squaring off with Katy Perry on the charts – she demurred. “I’m sorry if I didn’t sell a million records the first week,” she said. “I have before. I’ve sold 27 million albums. I’m very proud of what we did. I sold as much as everybody else sells. I’m held to such an insane standard. It’s almost like everybody forgets — which is kind of a compliment — but everybody forgets where the music business is now.”

As for her place in the pop music industry, she separated herself from her peers. “I don’t know fuck all what I have to do with Katy Perry,” she said. My music is so different and I couldn’t really be more different really. I don’t really fit in pop music in a way, but I came in through it and I’d like to think that I’ve changed it in some way so that you don’t have to feel like you have to fit into a mold. I didn’t have to fit into a mold.”

She said that making Artpop got her through her hardest times and that it “healed her every single night.” But she said, most of all, it was the pressure to perform that got her down in recent months. “The sad part is, at some point, you have to look at those people who believe in you and say, ‘My talent matters more to me than the money does,'” she said. “And what I have to say matters more to me than the money does. I know that it’s fun being on top and I know it’s fun having everybody wish that they were Number One, but having people envy you really isn’t fun at all.”

But, to her, fitting in was a larger thing. She said that it was difficult being a woman in pop because eventually people stopped taking her seriously as a musician, producer, songwriter and performance artist. “I think that’s the thing that poisoned me from 2013 to 2014, or 2012,” she said. “[Hearing] ‘We just want you to look beautiful’ over and over and over again in my head until I just wanted to look ugly all the time, because I’m rebellious. . . . It really crushed me. Like, I’ve won Grammys now. I’ve written albums. I’ve toured the world four times. You’re telling me to look beautiful? It’s all back to tits and ass? That’s so sad.”lady gaga sxsw 2014

Despite hearing this, she charged forward and emerged with enough music for what she jokingly referred to as “Act 2” of Artpop – not that her fans will hear it anytime soon. “There are many volumes of work over a long period of time that have not been released to the public, because I’ve chosen not to put them into the system,” she said. “Sometimes it’s just fun to have records that me and my friends listen to. We love it and we don’t care what anybody else thinks. Maybe someday we’ll release them. And yes, I have a whole second act of Artpop.”

What her fans will get soon, however, is a new video on Saturday, March 22. She would not disclose which song it would be for, but she did say that they shot it at Hearst Castle and that it was a “different type of video” for her, and likened its spirit to her SXSW performance. “There’s a deeply creative rebellious spirit in Artpop,” she said. “Kind of wrapping into what we were talking about with Millie and the ‘Swine’ performance yesterday. . . Really, it’s about freeing yourself from the expectations of the music industry and the expectations of the status quo.”

She also hinted – and only hinted – at what her fans could expect from her upcoming ArtRave tour. It will not be studded with art by Artpop cover artist Jeff Koons or nods to her performance artist friend Marina Abramović. Instead, it will be “celebrating all the albums, celebrating the new one.” The singer has custom-built a stage for the tour, which she will reveal to her fans next week.

“I want to do not the same type of show that I did in Austin,” Gaga said. “But [I want] that same sort of atmosphere that’s fully passionate, creative rebellious fun where you can be yourselves and then take it home with you.”

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Before you can craft a design, develop content, and implement SEO services, you need the most fundamental element of a website- a domain name. The domain name is what people will use to find your site directly, as well as what Google will use to help index your site content and ideas correctly. Having a well-thought-out domain name can not only boost SEO efforts but can also provide a clear and memorable site address for your visitors.

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If your domain follows these best practices, you’ve laid the foundation for a great roofing website and a successful internet marketing campaign. When considering your internet marketing strategies, your web address is a critical marketing component, and it will be present on a variety of materials including business cards, listing directories, and other promotional content. Knowing this should inspire you to consider ramifications before making a final decision on your website’s URL address.

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In 2012, Google launched an EMD Update, which penalized low-quality websites with exact match domains (EMDs). This means that EMDs, or domain names that attempt to exploit search engines by claiming the same name as a high-volume keyword, are now penalized. For example; would be problematic, especially if the content was porous. Google discourages the following domain/website qualities:

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Yes. Research shows that the dot com suffix (Top Level Domain) is more trusted than its dot org and dot net counterparts. Companies often make the mistake of choosing one of the less trustworthy suffixes when their preferred domain name’s dot com is already taken. In cases like these, businesses should alter the wording of their Second Level Domain (the part between www. and .com) rather than settling for a lower-quality suffix. Roofing Webmasters can help you brainstorm a name that’s best for your website.

Government and educational websites are awarded specialized TLDs once verified. For example, a college institution might have as their domain, while a government institution might have as theirs. As a roofing company, you allowed these specialized suffixes, but you should choose a dot com to establish marketability and ensure credibility and trust.

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Property Code: 344337
  • Area:313 m2
  • Bedroom(s):4
  • Bathrooms: 4
  • Construction year: 1991
  • Heat type: Autonomous
  • Fuel type: Petroleum
  • Frames: Aluminum
  • Alarm: Yes
  • Security door: Yes
  • Double windows: Yes
  • Windows screen: Yes
  • Garden: Yes
  • Trees: Yes
  • Energy Efficiency Certificate: Δ
  • Garden area 183 m2
  • Levels: 4

Property Description

Location: Kifissia, Kefalari.
Property presentation: Offered for sale, maisonette 313 sq.m, four levels, facade, bright, year of construction 1991, south east orientation, very good condition, built by a well-known architect, in a great location near the center of Kefalari, view grove.
Indoors: Includes, large living room, fireplace, large terraces, independent kitchen area, four bedrooms (one master with en suite bathroom), three bathrooms, guest wc, balconies, roof garden, laundry room.
Amenities and facilities:
Independent heating with oil.
Air conditioning units.
Aluminum frames, double glazing, screens, electric shutters.
Built-in electrical appliances in the kitchen.
Solar Water Heater.
Wood floors.
Security door.
Pre istallation for alarm system.
Storage room.
Parking space in the basement.
Garden 183 sq.m.

The position on the map does not indicate the exact position of the property but near it.

The brokerage fee to our office in the case of the sale of the property in question amounts to 2% of the total actual value of the main contract plus the legal V.A.T. 24%.
When demonstrating the real estate it is necessary to display the Police ID, as well as the Tax Registration Number of the interested buyer based on Law 4072 / 11.4.2012.

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Remembrance Day

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At 11 o’clock on 11 November 1918, fighting in the First World War – the most destructive war fought to that date – came to a formal close as Germany, the Allied Powers and the United States concluded an Armistice. Turkey and Austria-Hungary had ceased fighting some days earlier.

The mass armies and unprecedented industrialisation that were salient features of the war had led to a deadlock in Northern France and Belgium that had required four terrible years of attritional warfare and economic blockade to break.

The result was a horrendous casualty list for all the major combatants that shocked their people. Total casualties for WWI are estimated at 20 million dead and 20 million injured.

Australia’s Involvement

Australia was a small nation with a population of fewer than five million. From this small population base, no less than 416,809 men enlisted of which 302,000 served overseas. Of these, 62,000 were killed and 155,000 wounded.

At least a further 8,000 died of war-related injuries after the war. These figures do not include the neurological trauma inflicted on so many soldiers, which negatively affected their lives and those of their families for many years afterwards.

Remembrance Day - Crowd in Marin Place

A crowd in Martin Place, central Sydney, celebrate the news of the signing of the Armistice. Photo credit AWM

In these circumstances, it is no surprise that 11 November – the day the carnage stopped – became a date of enduring significance. Armistice Day, as it was known, became the day to commemorate the sacrifice of the war.

The First Remembrance Day Commemoration

The first commemoration was at the Cenotaph in London on the first anniversary of the end of the war, and it was on this occasion that the tradition of maintaining two minutes silence from 11am was introduced.

Although the idea of a commemorative silence was first suggested by a London-based Australian journalist, Edward Honey, the tradition originated in South Africa during the war and passed to London in 1919 where it was approved by King George V, immediately prior to the Armistice Day commemoration.

He requested that the custom be observed throughout the Empire. The length of silence has since been reduced to one minute. It is preceded by the Last Post and followed by the rousing strains of the Reveille.

Ray James, President of RSL NSW, speaks on the importance of Remebrance Day:

Australian Memorials

Throughout Australia memorials great and small were established to commemorate the sacrifice. Most cities, towns and suburbs erected monuments of some description – statues, cairns or buildings of various sizes to commemorate their local dead.

At the inspiration of Dr Charles Bean, the official historian of Australia during WWI, work began in Canberra to build a national memorial to honour the fallen and tell their story. Opened on Armistice Day 1941, the Australian War Memorial (AWM) provides a national focus for remembrance.

Second World War

In 1939 Australia was again involved in a world war. The tradition of Armistice Day continued, but its name was changed to Remembrance Day as it would now honour the dead of WWII and the later Australian military involvements in Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and the myriad peacekeeping operations throughout the world.

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Poppies carefully placed on the Roll on Honour at the AWM. Photo credit Emi Berry

The Red Flanders Poppy

The most noticeable symbol of Remembrance Day is the red Flanders poppy. It was popularised in the contemporary poem of the Canadian medical officer Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, who was moved to write it in 1915 after the death of a close friend. It was published in Punch magazine.

McCrae himself became a victim of the war, dying of pneumonia in 1918. The first stanza of his poem reads:

‘In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below’

Macrae’s poem inspired American Professor Moina Michael, who declared she would always wear a red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in the war. Involved in teaching disabled ex-servicemen, she thought of selling silk red poppies to raise money to support the men.

Adoption of The Poppy

The idea was adopted by American and British ex-servicemen’s organisations and within three years, had spread across the Empire and Europe. For practical reasons red paper poppies were adopted.

The forerunner of the RSL, the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League, first sold poppies on Armistice Day, 1921. Priced at a shilling (10 cents) each, the funds raised were mostly used to support French children and the League’s welfare work.

One penny went to the League’s treasury. Poppies are still exchanged for a donation to support the RSL’s work with veterans, just as envisaged by Professor Michael one hundred years ago.

Since then the use of the poppy has expanded. In addition to Remembrance Day, it features in Anzac Day ceremonies.

In the United Kingdom thousands of poppies are dropped from a WWII Lancaster bomber on ceremonial occasions. In 2014, over 800,000 ceramic poppies cascaded from a turret in the Tower of London, each representing a Commonwealth death in WWI.

Remembrance Day - Poppy Display at the AWM

62,000 Poppy Display at the AWM. Photo credit: Glenn Martin Photography

Poppies in Australia

Similarly in Australia, 62,000 red poppies have been planted in the Sculpture Garden of the Australian War Memorial to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Handcrafted by volunteers, each represents an Australian life lost in the war.

Institutional commemoration aside, it is the personal use of the poppy that is most poignant. Splashes of red poppies stand out from the black background of the Roll of Honour in the cloisters of the Australian War Memorial, where Australians place poppies to honour one of the fallen.

It is a custom which comes from spontaneous gestures from crowds queuing to lay poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the day of his interment on 11 November 1993.

A century after its conception, the red poppy remains a symbol of the words voiced at each commemoration: Lest we forget

About the author: Richard Pelvin was Curator of Official Records at the Australian War Memorial and is now an independent military history researcher. Richard has had a number of books published including ‘Anzac: An Illustrated History 1914 – 1918’, ‘Vietnam’, and ‘Second World War: A Generation of Australian Heroes’.


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Radiologists Use 3D Printing to Create Testing Supplies, PPE to Aid the COVID-19 Fight

3D printing is a stop-gap solution to ease supply shortage on the front lines

Summer Decker, PhD, led a team of experts using 3D printing to create nasal swabs to aid the COVID-19 pandemic. "I wanted to contribute, even it if was in a different way," she said. -- Images courtesy of the University of South Florida

When the COVID-19 crisis began to ramp up in the U.S. in March, Summer Decker, PhD, director of 3D clinical applications in the radiology department at the University of South Florida (USF) Health, knew she wanted to help.

“When elective imaging procedures started shutting down, I think a lot of people assumed radiology would go home,” Dr. Decker said. “I wanted to contribute, even if it was in a different way.”

After hearing about the shortage of nasopharyngeal swabs used in the COVID-19 testing kit from Charles Lockwood, MD, Dean of Medicine at USF Health, Dr. Decker and her team began thinking about how to use 3D printing to create a swab. “I never even thought about nasal swabs until six weeks ago,” Dr. Decker said.

By mid-March, Dr. Decker, Jonathan Ford, PhD, biomedical engineer, College of Medicine Radiology at USF Health, and their team had designed and printed a 3D nasal swab with the radiology team at Northwell Health hospital system based in New York City (NYC), which has emerged as the epicenter of the pandemic.

The joint USF and Northwell team then reached out to Massachusetts-based FormLabs, which makes 3D printers, for help with maximizing the prints and also for printing for other institutions.

Radiologists and infectious disease clinicians helped tweak the design to add bumps on the tip of the swab to get a better sample with less chance of providing a false result.

“In one weekend, we worked together to develop a nasal swab prototype and test it in the lab,” said Todd Goldstein, PhD, director of Northwell Health 3D Design and Innovation. “After our positive test results, we immediately went to work and were quickly producing 1,000-1,500 swabs per day.”

Dr. Decker said her membership on the RSNA 3D Printing Special Interest Group helped in connecting, collaborating and sharing resources with professionals from across the country.

“Radiology is reinventing itself and showing how we can be helpful in a crisis and using the tools and skills we already have in house at our hospitals and clinics,” Dr. Decker said.

As of early May, the team has already printed, sterilized and donated more than 30,000 swabs for testing. Dr. Decker stresses that 3D printing is a stop-gap solution to the supply chain shortage and not necessarily a permanent measure.

“We are working around the clock,” Dr. Decker said. “I lost track, but at one point I know we spent 25 days straight at the hospital, but we know how necessary this is. This has been the most humbling, exhausting and rewarding thing I’ve ever done.”

The design which has undergone bench lab and clinical trial testing has been shared nationwide so other institutions can also use 3D printing to create the swabs, Dr. Goldstein said.

3D Printing Creates Personal Protective Equipment

Experts are finding additional ways to use 3D printing to help during the crisis.

In March, Amy Kuceyeski, PhD, associate professor of mathematics in the radiology department and Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC, was working remotely when she read an article about how 3D printing was being used to create personal protective equipment (PPE) in Europe.

While Dr. Kuceyeski doesn’t work in a clinical setting and primarily conducts research on quantitative neuroimaging of neurological disorders, she knew Cornell had 3D printers sitting idle.

She sent the article to her colleagues and asked if there was anything Cornell could do to help. That email chain quickly spiraled into a Slack chat channel with more than 300 people including radiologists, engineers and others coordinating the chain of design, production, printing and equipment donation.

The group chose to print the face shields that protect frontline workers from the aerosolized particles that spread COVID-19. Using a design that had already been approved by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for clinical use, the group moved quickly to get 200 3D printers working to produce 1,500 to 2,000 visors every few days, she said.

“I never expected this would happen from just sending a couple of emails,” Dr. Kuceyeski said. “It makes me feel like I’m doing something other than just being stuck at home watching the news, like I can actually try to help this horrible situation.”

3D Printing Bridges the Gap

Dr. Kuceyeski’s email connected with James Shin, MD, assistant professor of radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, who leads the department's 3D Imaging Laboratory.

While 3D printing can produce several hundred or thousand face shields each day, it doesn’t compare to the volume produced by traditional manufacturing. But in the early days of the pandemic, 3D printing filled an important hole while large companies struggled to ramp up production fast enough to meet demand.

“3D printing was never the ultimate solution, but it is what we had available to bridge the gap and get people what they needed today,” Dr. Shin said.

The Cornell design uses plastic from transparency sheets used on old overhead projector machines. While most office supply stores were sold out, professors around the university, art stores and other institutions offered to donate whatever supplies they had.

Dr. Kuceyeski drives around collecting materials, packaging donations and sending them to those requesting them, while Dr. Shin and others keep the printers running almost 24/7.

So far, the group has donated more than 15,000 3D printed visors to health care workers on the frontlines mostly in New York, but also in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and other states.

And while the project has been extremely time-consuming, the experience has been incredibly rewarding, Dr. Shin said.

“I feel guilty that I am not on the front lines, so that has been the driving force in this project,” Dr. Shin said. “I’m not someone who can just sit home and catch up on literature while this crisis is going on around me.”

For More Information

Read more about the RSNA 3D Printing Special Interest Group.

Access the RSNA webinar, “3D Printing Considerations During COVID-19.”

Read additional RSNA News stories about ways radiologist's have stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic, including, Radiology Answers the Call During COVID-19 Pandemic and Radiology Trainees on the Front Lines of COVID-19

Jonathan Ford, MD, a biomedical engineer at USF Health, with 3D printed nasal swabs (above) created as  a stop-gap to aid the shortage in COVID-19 supplies.


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Sat May 15 7:36am ET

Plate discipline can manifest in several forms, and for the Houston Astros this season, their ability to avoid the strikeout and put the ball in play is foundational to their offensive exploits.

The Astros enters Saturday's home game against the Texas Rangers with the fewest strikeouts in the American League, striking out 20.8 percent of the time, but that success didn't necessarily correlate to an exceptional ability to work walks from opposing pitchers. Houston batters have walked 123 times -- 52 fewer walks than the MLB-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.

So the results from Friday's game against the Rangers proved moderately surprising.

The Astros drew a season-high eight walks in their 10-4 victory over Texas. Yuli Gurriel and Carlos Correa combined for five walks in the middle of the order while Myles Straw and Martin Maldonado, batting eighth and ninth, both worked bases-loaded walks in the third inning.

"That's pretty impressive to have more walks than strikeouts," Astros right fielder Kyle Tucker said of Gurriel, who has 20 walks against 19 strikeouts this season. "And we kind of carry that throughout the whole lineup.

"That's kind of one of the advantages of having good strike-zone discipline with our team."

Right-hander Luis Garcia (0-3, 3.60 ERA) will take the mound Saturday as the Astros attempt to clinch the series. Garcia is searching for his first career victory in what will be his seventh career start and 13th appearance. He allowed three runs and five hits with seven strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels on May 10 but did not factor into the decision in the Astros' 5-4 loss. Garcia will take his fourth turn in the rotation in place of right-hander Jake Odorizzi, who landed on the 10-day injured list on April 26 with a right pronator muscle strain.

Garcia has a 5.40 ERA in two career appearances against Texas without recording a decision.

Right-hander Dane Dunning (2-2, 3.78 ERA) will get the start for the Rangers. He has not allowed a home run since surrendering a blast to Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette in the first inning of his Texas debut on April 6. Dunning has posted a 6.38 ERA over his past four starts but fanned a career-high 10 batters in Texas' 10-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on May 9. Saturday will mark his first career appearance against the Astros.

The Rangers are banking on Dunning and veteran right-hander Kyle Gibson, Texas' scheduled starter for the series finale Sunday, doing a superior job of commanding the strike zone from a pitching perspective. Their passive approach to pitching Friday proved detrimental.

"We've got to go right after them," Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. "I'm not shy about saying that all year. We've got two of our best guys that have done pretty well this year in Dunning and Gibby. It's on them. It's not pressure; go after these guys. If they hit you they hit you. If you can execute pitches in the zone, they have holes, they have weaknesses. I don't like giving guys too much credit, especially when we're pitching against them."

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