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5jili From an electric ice cream scooper to a dipstick cleaner, the newest gadgets on holiday shopping lists in 1983 looked a lot different from what's available today. Sister station KCRA's John Gibson traveled to San Francisco, exploring toys and tools for what he called "the first Yuppie Christmas." Young urban professionals, or yuppies, might have shopped at the store InGear, where you could buy a fancy, cast-iron egg timer or stainless steel garden shovel. The items were touted as "fashionably practical." For kids, the store at the Exploratorium held innovative marvels, including a mess-free bubble blower or plasma globe. As technology continued to evolve, holiday shopping has changed and progressed throughout the decades.

Thanks to a 2022 settlement with Fortnite creator Epic Games , the Federal Trade Commission is now distributing around $114 worth in refunds to hundreds of thousands of people who played the game. The federal agency starting paying out the money on Monday, but it’s not too late to file a claim if you think you were impacted. This post will go over how to file a claim and how to check if you’re potentially eligible for the money. How to file a Fortnite refund claim with the FTC To file a claim you just need to fill out the official form from the FTC online . The form requires that people apply using a previously obtained claim number or your Epic Account ID . You need to be age 18 or older to fill it out. (Those under the age of 18 can ask a parent or legal guardian to fill out the form for them.) The FTC has issued a deadline to file claims before Jan. 10, 2025. According to the FTC FAQ, the agency expects “to send additional payments in 2025” after it has “reviewed and validated all claims.” Those who selected to receive payment via PayPal much accept the payment within 30 days and those who opted for check must cash it within 90 days. Fortnite FTC refund claim eligibility requirements In the 2022 case, the FTC alleged that Fortnite violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and “deployed design tricks, known as dark patterns, to dupe millions of players into making unintentional purchases.” This set of payments pertains to those who unintentionally made in-game purchases in Fortnite . The FTC website gives users a list of three bullet points that help guide whether or not you might be eligible. Here is full the list that determines if you may apply for a refund: You were charged in-game currency for items you didn’t want between January 2017 and September 2022 Your child made charges to your credit card without your knowledge between January 2017 and November 2018 Your account was locked between January 2017 and September 2022 after you complained to your credit card company about wrongful charges If you have any additional questions, the FTC encourages people to contact the refund administrator, Rust Consulting, via the listed contacts on its site . Fortnite Gaming Mobile PC PlayStation Xbox Fortnite

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Couple Riley Statham and Katie Dean were looking to adopt a kitten and get engaged — and they did both at the Oregon Humane Society, in that order. For his proposal, Statham enlisted the help of the animal shelter’s staff, who placed a custom heart-shaped tag on the kitten they had chosen to take home. The tag was engraved with a question: “Marry Me?” “I’ve been meaning to propose to Katie for so long,” Statham said. “I’ve always known that when I was going to propose, it was going to include a cat or a kitten in some way, and luckily, Katie has been wanting a new cat for so long that she wasn’t going to suspect anything.” On Dec. 21, the couple drove from their home in Brush Prairie, Washington, to the Oregon Humane Society’s Portland campus. They’d been talking about adopting a kitten as a companion for their older cat, Willow, who also came from the Oregon Humane Society. About a week ago, Statham contacted shelter staff to say he was thinking of proposing when they came to adopt. By all accounts, this would be the shelter’s first marriage proposal. Staff were thrilled. Chloe Retallack, a community resource center specialist with Oregon Humane Society, suggested the collar with a “Marry Me?” tag. “It was such a great idea, and instantly everyone was so excited about it,” Retallack said. “Animals are so important to relationships and people. It makes sense to have them involved in the engagement.” After looking at adoptable pets on the shelter’s website, Statham and Dean spotted a kitten named Kynareth (after a character from Skyrim video game), and made an appointment to see her. The meet and greet went well, and after they decided to officially adopt Kynareth, shelter staff took the kitten in the back and brought her back out with the tag. Statham pulled out a diamond ring. Dean said yes to both the kitten and the man. “I had no idea,” Dean said. “It was just shock.” After the proposal, they walked out to the lobby where their parents and siblings had gathered to congratulate them. Dean and Statham were high school sweethearts at Vancouver’s Mountain View High School. They had picked out an engagement ring together, though the timing of the proposal was a surprise. “We’ve been talking and dreaming about getting married for like 16 years,” Dean said. “After prioritizing other things in our life like trying to save up for a home, things like that, the wedding took a backseat.” Since their story was shared by the Oregon Humane Society and picked up by local news stations, readers have suggested they name the kitten Mary. Dean and Statham are waiting to see what the kitten’s personality tells them. They’re opening to changing her name but are calling her “Kynnie” for now. “I hope that a couple of kittens or dogs or puppies will be adopted from this,” Dean said. “And maybe a couple of people will get engaged, I don’t know.” Just remember, cats — like spouses — are ideally a lifetime commitment. ©2024 Advance Local Media LLC. Visit oregonlive.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Cowboys star G Zack Martin doubtful to play vs. Commanders

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Los Angeles Auto Show (PRNewsfoto/Los Angeles Auto Show) These shows-within-the-show will bring luxury, exotics, art cars, and more to the 2024 event LOS ANGELES , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Auto Show ® (LA Auto Show) is proud to announce details for two highly anticipated exhibitions at the 2024 event, presented in partnership with West Coast Customs and Monterey Motorsports Festival. These shows-within-the-show will feature over 30 show-stopping luxury vehicles, exotics, custom rides and art cars. West Coast Customs Experience Returning in 2024 is a supercharged display from West Coast Customs, featuring one-of-a-kind vehicles and a jaw-dropping selection of customs, lowriders, exotics, classics, cruisers, muscle cars, retrofits, and more. From roadsters, rims, and wraps to mobile services and mounts, West Coast Customs is bringing it all. The West Coast Customs Experience celebrates the future of the automotive industry – West Coast Customs Academy. This revolutionary curriculum provides hands-on, interactive workshops taught by West Coast Customs master craftsmen in a full array of automotive disciplines allowing students a chance to work alongside the master craftsmen. This year, in collaboration with the LA County Justice, Care and Opportunities Department, West Coast Customs will provide 12 program participants the student opportunity to work alongside West Coast Customs Mentors, gaining invaluable car customization experience, while replicating the revolutionary West Coast Customs Academy curriculum. LA Auto Show attendees will be able to view the latest West Coast Customs automotive art projects, in partnership with the New York -based CART Department, on display at this year's LA Auto Show alongside projects from the students of West Coast Customs Academy customization training program, including the 1966 Cadillac Calias, 2024 grads completed for the Peacock original series Fight Night: Million Dollar Heist. West Coast Customs commissioned builds making their LA Auto Show debut include: West Coast Customs Experience and LA Auto Show will showcase the following coveted art cars including: Monterey Motorsports Festival Concours Each year, the Monterey Motorsports Festival in Monterey, California takes place in late-summer, and is a must-attend event for car enthusiasts everywhere. The show features an impressive collection of classic and modern cars, including rare and exotic models from around the world. The event showcases not only the latest models from leading car manufacturers, but also vintage cars from the early 1900s, and everything in between, all of which are displayed in a lively and interactive environment. Taking up residence in the Los Angeles Convention Center's Concourse Hall and running for the duration of the 2024 LA Auto Show, the Monterey Motorsports Festival Concours exhibit will include: "The Los Angeles Auto Show consistently seeks out new and innovative ways to support our industry, and teaming up with the Monterey Motorsports Festival and West Coast Customs is yet another example of this mission in action," said Terri Toennies , president and chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Auto Show. "We are thrilled to welcome Monterey and West Coast Custom teams to this year's show, and cannot wait to see their ideas come to life!" For additional information and tickets, please visit laautoshow.com . About the Los Angeles Auto Show & AutoMobility LA Founded in 1907, the Los Angeles Auto ShowTM is recognized as one of the world's most influential automotive events. The show celebrates the enduring love that Angelenos have for their cars and offers a global platform for industry debuts, technology, and innovation. Doors open to the public November 22 – December 1 and the show runs for 10 full days, including Thanksgiving Day. It is a must-attend event for prospective car buyers, industry executives, influencers, car enthusiasts, and for families wanting to enjoy an unforgettable day out during the holiday season. Held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the LA Auto Show contributes several hundred million dollars to the city's economy, stimulates the local job market, and is the number one revenue generator for the Center. On November 21 , AutoMobility LA 2024 , the show's media and industry day, will include a range of groundbreaking debuts and announcements, and a conference program featuring the leading minds in automotive and technology. These experts will explore the most pressing industry issues in a series of presentations and panel discussions from AutoMobility LA's main stage. Media Contacts Kat Kirsch kat@katkirsch.com Tania Weinkle tania@taniaweinkle.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-west-coast-customs-experience-and-monterey-motorsports-festival-concours-bring-unique-exhibition-features-to-the-2024-los-angeles-auto-show-302314493.html SOURCE Los Angeles Auto Show

NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga is guaranteed $5 million in his one-year contract from the New York Yankees as he returns from Tommy John surgery and could earn up to $10.5 million over two seasons. Loáisiga gets a $500,000 signing bonus and a $4.5 million salary next season as part of the agreement announced Saturday. New York has a $5 million team option for 2026 with no buyout. Loáisiga could earn $500,000 in performance bonuses in 2026: $100,000 apiece for 50 innings and each additional five through 70. Pitching coach Matt Blake said last week the 30-year-old right-hander could return in late April or May from Tommy John surgery last May 1. “I imagine him being one of the high-leverage guys,” Blake said. “Obviously, we got to take some time to get him right, make sure we don’t rush him into competition.” Loáisiga had a $2.5 million salary this year in his final season of arbitration eligibility and became a free agent. He made three relief appearances during the first seven days of the season, then went on the injured list because of a strained right flexor muscle, then had Tommy John surgery with team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad. Loáisiga was limited to 17 games in 2023 by right elbow inflammation that sidelined him from the Yankees between April 5 and Aug. 8. He is 19-11 with a 3.44 ERA in 11 starts and 152 relief appearances over seven seasons, striking out 207 and walking 72 in 219 2/3 innings. Loáisiga averaged 97.8 mph with his sinker in 2023. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBCongress has always favoured power over Constitution: Rajnath during Lok Sabha debate

Emmanuel “Manny” Garcia Pereida of Oakland wore a UC Davis cap and gown with a stole identifying him as a first-generation college graduate. His name sounded over the arena’s speakers. He crossed the stage and shook hands with the chancellor. His family cheered. A month later, in July 2019, Garcia Pereida learned the pomp and circumstance did not belong to him: He was eight credits short of earning his bachelor’s degree. “I was so confused, disappointed,” he said. “I had worked so hard.” Even after struggles through community college — and then this — Garcia Pereida would rediscover the resolve to get his diploma. Now, more than five years later, he will claim his Bachelor of Arts in Chicana/Chicano studies during the UC Davis Fall Commencement and two days after his 31st birthday. About 630 graduating students and thousands of guests will gather at the University Credit Union Center at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. Garcia Pereida is among 10 UC Davis students graduating this fall — and 135 before them — through the UC Degree Completion Program . Begun in fall 2022 as a pilot program of UC Davis and UC Riverside, it collaborated with a similar effort already at UC Merced. Program staff reached out to students who had left their studies between 2009 and 2018 to encourage them to finish their degree. With the help of campus advisors and faculty members, staff helped students determine what was still required, find and register for online or in-person classes, and more. The program also provided partial fee waivers. UC Davis has helped about 650 former UC students, including 300 who had started on the Davis campus. Incomplete credentials represent unrealized potential for the state’s workforce and for the social mobility of individuals from all backgrounds. According to the National Student Clearing House Research Center , in 2022 nearly 430,000 Californians were considered “potential degree completers” because they had at least two years’ worth of college or university enrollment within the last 10 years. “I’m so proud of Manny,” said Alex Armendáriz, who works with Garcia Pereida at Bay Area Community Services, or BACS, in Hayward, California. “This is a big accomplishment.” Garcia Pereida, brought from Mexico to the United States at age 5, began taking classes part time at Merritt College in Oakland in 2013. But he had a tough go of it. Garcia Pereida had to initially pay higher nonresident fees, worked full time, and spent time and effort trying to get documented immigrant status for himself and three family members. After four years, he earned an associate degree in health sciences. At Merritt, someone who recognized his potential suggested Garcia Pereida apply to transfer to UC Davis. “I never knew I had the opportunity to attend a four-year university,” he said. Garcia Pereida became an Aggie in fall 2017. He did well in his studies and made both friends and fond memories. In 2019 when he found out he hadn’t earned a degree, Garcia Pereida turned his attention to work. Following the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in February 2021 to earn money to help his family and the education benefits to help him finish school. But after infantry training, he received a medical discharge in December 2021. “Lost,” Garcia Pereida said, he returned to the Bay Area then and began working again. With his skills in health care, his family looked to him to help care for his now 99-year-old grandfather. “I wanted to go back to school to finish my degree,” Garcia Pereida said, “but I didn’t have the money or the time.” About a year later, Tracy Diesslin, assistant director of the re-entry program and enrollment services for UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education , contacted Garcia Pereida to tell him about the program that would help him complete his degree. “Oh great! This is what I need,” Garcia Pereida said. He was starting a new job coordinating services — including counseling, rehabilitation and case management — for clients at BACS, and management encouraged him to continue his education. Diesslin helped him find an online course, “Mass Media and Politics," in Summer Sessions to satisfy four of the outstanding credits, and the program provided a $500 waiver toward the fees. He aced the course. Clients, co-workers and friends encouraged Garcia Pereida to earn a Master of Social Work so he could advance in his field. “I want to do more,” he said. “My community is hurting. I want to get to the root of the problems.” With the goal of starting graduate studies next fall, Garcia Pereida has been driving 80 miles to campus twice weekly this fall for a class on Chicana/o and Latina/o migration — and his remaining four credits. “It’s really inspiring,” Diesslin said of what Garcia Pereida and other students have accomplished. “A lot of them have big dreams still.” The two-year pilot ended in July, but UC Davis is using its remaining program funds to serve more than 100 participants. CPE is collaborating with specialists in the School of Education to investigate what led students to return to Davis, what advising support it took and how the campus might provide that support in the future. — UC Davis NewsThousands celebrate in Damascus after Friday prayersThousands celebrate in Damascus after Friday prayers