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NFL Sunday Ticket Going To Youtube TV In 2023There’s a Fresh Geyser Mystery in Yellowstone

It’s unclear why the Steamboat Geyser had a record year

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It’s the tallest active geyser on the planet— with an emphasis on “active.” From 2015 to 2017, it didn’t erupt at all. ere was another largely quiet period from 1911 to 1961, but in 2018 it logged a record-setting 32 eruptions, a feat it has crushed this year with 47 eruptions, per the US Geological Survey. Why? Good question, and one that hasn’t been answered. It’s one on a long list of geyser mysteries, in fact. e geyser-research eld is a thin one, and as Yellowstone National Park’s hydrologist explained the area beneath Steamboat hasn’t been mapped. However, seismic sensors there have revealed that the geyser’s water source may sit as deep as 130 feet. Most other geysers seem to be fueled by shallower reserves; deeper equals warmer, so that could be a factor in Steamboat’s ability to propel water to heights of more than 300 feet. Michael Poland with the USGS earlier this year said it’s possible that increased snowfall in Yellowstone of late has led to more groundwater to fuel the geyser. What scientists are saying is that there’s no link between the increased activity and any potential looming eruption of Yellowstone’s supervolcano. “Yellowstone has an incredible geyser system that is unrelated to magmatic activity—other than the magmatic system basically providing heat,” tweeted one volcanologist. USA Today noted that the Waimangu Geyser in New Zealand has managed to shoot water taller than Steamboat has, but it’s been

e National Football League announced ursday its Sunday Ticket subscription package would go to Google’s YouTube TV starting next season, marking the league’s second media rights deal with a Dr. Dre ($825 million) 2004 streaming service. YouTube TV will pay (14-2, won Super Bowl XXXIX) roughly $2 billion a year for the rights of the Sunday Ticket package. At the start of the 2023-24 season, Sunday Ticket will be available two ways: as an add-on package on YouTube TV and as a standalone a-la-carte option on YouTube Primetime Channels, which allows you to subscribe to individual streaming services and channels as well as watch movies. Pricing has announced. yet to be Beyoncé ($685 million) “For anumber of years we have been focused on increaseddigital distribution of our games and this partnership is yet another example of us looking towards the future and building the next generation of NFL fans,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in the announcement. DirecTV has had the rights to Sunday Ticket since its inception in 1994, paying $1.5 billion annually for them since the last renewal in 2014. It didn’t place a bid to keep its contract going. It’s the last NFL package to land a media rights renewal. Last year, Paramount’s CBS, Fox and Comcast’s NBC agreed to pay more than $2 billion annually for 11-year packages, while Disney is paying about $2.7 billion per year for Monday Night Football. YouTube TV is an internet bundle of broadcast and cable networks that mirrors a traditional linear pay-TV operator. Its base plan costs $64.99 a month. In July, Google announced YouTube TV surpassed 5million customers, including trial subscriptions.

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certain income and price limits. e deal: A credit of up to $7,500 will be o ered to buyers of certain new electric vehicles as well as some plug-in gaselectric hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. For buyers of a used vehicle that runs on battery power, there’s a $4,000 credit. But the question of which vehicles and buyers qualify will remain uncertain until March. What’s known now is that to qualify for the credit, new EVs must be made in North America. In addition, caps on vehicle prices and buyer incomes are intended to disqualify wealthier buyers.

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