And at a time when even some bishops could only speak ill of the Africans, she showed that an unarmed white woman could live in complete safety among them. Mary Kingsley shook Victorian England by saying that witch doctors did more good than harm, and that the cannibal tribes were the finest in Africa.
For instance, Pennsylvania's cutoff time for buying Powerball tickets is 9:59 p.m. EST the day of the drawing, while in Arkansas, tickets can be sold until one hour before the drawing â which, since Arkansas is in the Central Time Zone, would be 8:59 p.m.
Because of the July 4 holiday, some U.S. markets will close early on Wednesday. The stock market will close at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday. SIFMA has recommended an early close at 2 p.m. for the bond markets. Nymex and Comex trading will have a regular New York close, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern for crude-oil futures and 1:30 p.m. Eastern for gold futures. But there will be an early Chicago close (noon Central time) for CBOT grain futures. Currency futures trading on the CME will close early Wednesday at noon Central time.