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Olivia Olson scored 18 points, including eight straight to open the fourth quarter, as the No. 23 Michigan Wolverines survived a 60-54 scare from the Northwestern Wildcats in the Big Ten opener for each team in Ann Arbor, Mich. Northwestern (4-4, 0-1 Big Ten) led throughout the third quarter and took a four-point lead into the fourth, but Olson capped her 8-0 burst with a 3-pointer, and Syla Swords also nailed a trey to put the Wolverines (8-1, 1-0) ahead 50-44. Michigan has won eight straight games since opening the season with a six-point loss to then-No. 1 South Carolina. Caileigh Walsh's 3-pointer put the Wildcats back in front 53-52 with 3:36 to go. Michigan responded by scoring eight of the game's last nine points, six by Jordan Hobbs. Hobbs finished with 16 points and teammate Mila Holloway had 10. Kyla Jones led Northwestern with 14 points and Walsh notched 10 before fouling out. No. 4 Texas 93, James Madison 62 Madison Booker, Jordan Lee and Rori Harmon dominated the first half as the Longhorns clobbered the host Dukes in Harrisonburg, Va. Booker scored 21 points, Lee added 20 and Harmon 19 by combining on 25-of-33 shooting. They had 49 of their points in the first half as Texas (7-1) piled up a 58-29 halftime lead. The Longhorns, who entered seventh in the nation in scoring at 90 points per game, shot 54 percent for the game to 40 percent for the Dukes. Roshala Scott led James Madison (7-3) with 22 points and Peyton McDaniel and Ashanti Barnes had 12 apiece. McDaniel added eight rebounds for the Dukes, who had 24 turnovers. No. 10 Notre Dame 93, Syracuse 62 The Fighting Irish pulled away from a seven-point halftime lead to demolish the host Orange in the ACC opener for both schools. The trio of Sonia Citron, Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles led Notre Dame's win with double-doubles. Citron had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Hidalgo racked up 24 and 10, respectively, and Miles shone with 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Hidalgo, third in Division I in scoring (24.6 ppg), netted nine points and Citron had eight in the third quarter, as Notre Dame (7-2, 1-0 ACC) outscored Syracuse (4-6, 0-1) 29-13 to pull away. Keira Scott posted 16 points and Sophie Burrows tacked on 13 for the Orange, who shot only 32.5 percent. The Irish shot 50 percent and thrived despite 20 turnovers. No. 16 North Carolina 72, Coppin State 46 The Tar Heels built a comfortable halftime lead and used its bench players freely in devouring the Eagles in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina (9-1) entered second-best in the nation in scoring defense at 49.1 points per game and excelled again, holding Coppin State to 27.3 percent shooting. Meanwhile, the Tar Heels shot 44.4 percent while having 12 players enter the scoring column, led by Maria Gakdeng's 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting. Reniya Kelly scored six of her eight points in the first quarter as North Carolina took a 23-13 lead. The Tar Heels grew the lead to 46-27 by intermission. Tiffany Hammond and Angel Jones scored 12 points apiece for Coppin State (6-5), and Laila Lawrence added 10 points with 10 rebounds. No. 18 Ole Miss 85, Tennessee State 38 The Rebels had more points by halftime than the Lady Tigers scored in the game after jumping out to a 14-2 lead in the first quarter and 44-19 by intermission. Kennedy Todd-Williams led Ole Miss (6-3) with 15 points and seven rebounds, and Sira Thienou added 12 and six, respectively. The Rebels shot 46 percent for the game. Ole Miss began the day seventh in the nation in scoring defense at 49.8 points allowed per game, and it punished Tennessee State to the tune of 23.6 percent shooting and 22 forced turnovers. XaiOnna Whitfield led the Lady Tigers (4-6) with 10 points. No. 20 Iowa State 82, Central Michigan 56 Audi Crooks scored 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting and added 10 rebounds as the Cyclones slammed the Chippewas in Ames, Iowa. Emily Ryan netted 10 of her 12 points in the first quarter and Crooks scored nine in the period as Iowa State (8-2) jumped out to a 31-13 lead and enjoyed a cushion of at least 18 points the rest of the way. Addy Brown added 18 points for the Cyclones, who shot 52.5 percent and rolled despite having 20 turnovers. Jayda Mosley led Central Michigan (3-6) with 11 points and Madi Morson and Ayanna-Sarai Darrington added 10 apiece. The Chippewas shot only 33.3 percent from the floor and had 26 turnovers. No. 24 Michigan State 89, DePaul 61 The unbeaten Spartans put four scorers in double figures as they systematically disposed of the Blue Demons in East Lansing, Mich. Jaddan Simmons finished with 18 points, five rebounds and five assists, and Julia Ayrault stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and three steals for Michigan State (9-0). Emma Shumate and Jocelyn Tate had 12 and 10 points, respectively. Jorie Allen put up 15 points, 11 boards, seven assists and three steals and Grace Carstensen also notched 15 points for DePaul (3-7), which shot just 28.8 percent despite hitting 9 of 18 of its 3-point attempts. The Spartans led by seven after one quarter and 17 at halftime before coasting through the second half. No. 25 Nebraska 84, Minnesota 65 Strong first quarters by Callin Hake and Amiah Hargrove sent the Cornhuskers on their way to pinning the first loss on the Golden Gophers in the Big Ten Conference opener for each team. Hake scored eight of her 11 points in the first period and Hargrove eight of her 10 as Nebraska (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten) seized a 27-11 lead and never looked back. Hargrove scored eight of the Cornhuskers' 10 straight points to end the quarter. Alberte Rimdal led the winners with 12 points and Alexis Markowski added 11 with nine rebounds. Mallory Heyer collected 12 points and eight rebounds for Minnesota (10-1, 0-1). Tori McKinney scored 11 points and Grace Crocholski and Alexsia Rose 10 apiece, but the Golden Gophers hit just 35.2 percent of their shots. --Field Level Media
Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
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By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump said late Thursday he was tapping Rodney Scott, a former Border Patrol chief who’s been a vocal supporter of tougher enforcement measures, for CBP commissioner. As acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump said he’d nominate Caleb Vitello, a career ICE official with more than 23 years in the agency who most recently has been the assistant director for firearms and tactical programs. They will work with an immigration leadership team that includes South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security ; former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement head Tom Homan as border czar ; and immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff. Customs and Border Protection, with its roughly 60,000 employees, falls under the Department of Homeland Security. It includes the Border Patrol, which Scott led during Trump’s first term, and is essentially responsible for protecting the country’s borders while facilitating trade and travel. Scott comes to the job firmly from the Border Patrol side of the house. He became an agent in 1992 and spent much of his career in San Diego. When he joined the agency, San Diego was by far the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. Traffic plummeted after the government dramatically increased enforcement there, but critics note the effort pushed people to remote parts of California and Arizona. San Diego was also where wall construction began in the 1990s, which shaped Scott’s belief that barriers work. He was named San Diego sector chief in 2017. When he was appointed head of the border agency in January 2020, he enthusiastically embraced Trump’s policies. “He’s well known. He does know these issues and obviously is trusted by the administration,” said Gil Kerlikowske, the CBP commissioner under the Obama administration. Kerlikowske took issue with some of Scott’s past actions, including his refusal to fall in line with a Biden administration directive to stop using terms like “illegal alien” in favor of descriptions like “migrant,” and his decision as San Diego sector chief to fire tear gas into Mexico to disperse protesters. “You don’t launch projectiles into a foreign country,” Kerlikowske said. At the time Scott defended the agents’ decisions , saying they were being assaulted by “a hail of rocks.” While much of the focus of Trump’s administration may be on illegal immigration and security along the U.S.-Mexico border, Kerlikowske also stressed the importance of other parts of Customs and Border Protection’s mission. The agency is responsible for securing trade and international travel at airports, ports and land crossings around the country. Whoever runs the agency has to make sure that billions of dollars worth of trade and millions of passengers move swiftly and safely into and out of the country. And if Trump makes good on promises to ratchet up tariffs on Mexico, China and Canada, CBP will play an integral role in enforcing them. “There’s a huge amount of other responsibility on trade, on tourism, on cyber that take a significant amount of time and have a huge impact on the economy if it’s not done right,” Kerlikowske said. After being forced out under the Biden administration, Scott has been a vocal supporter of Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda. He has appeared frequently on Fox News and testified in Congress. He’s also a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. In a 2023 interview with The Associated Press, he advocated for a return to Trump-era immigration policies and more pressure on Mexico to enforce immigration on its side of the border.Heat star Jimmy Butler seen serving up cocktails made with his coffee. How to order one in Miami.Washington D.C. residents will have the option to power their homes with 100% clean nuclear energy. This month, Constellation Energy Corporation (CEG) announced a new retail pilot program that will offer clean nuclear energy at 11.99 cents per kilowatt-hour, a lower price than the current local D.C. utility’s supply rate. “Nuclear energy is the nation’s largest source of carbon-free electricity, providing nearly 20% of the total electricity supply in the United States and about half of its carbon-free energy. It is a reliable, always-on power source, capable of operating around the clock to meet the nation’s energy needs with zero greenhouse gas emissions,” according to a CEG news release. The program’s announcement comes as Maryland lawmakers push for energy alternatives to the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project. The 70-mile project was met with criticism from residents and state leaders, who are concerned about how the line could impact property values, livelihoods, and protected farmland. In conversation with FOX45, Maryland Sen. 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Moore told FOX45. “I don’t understand how the study area was pulled together without the level of both state and community involvement that was necessary.” However, it is unclear whether the governor would support allocating more resources toward investing in nuclear energy. His office has not yet responded to questions about how he plans to address Maryland’s energy needs. According to data provided by PJM, about 7.8% of Maryland’s in-state generation for 2023 came from wind, solar, and hydro sources. While the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is operational in Maryland, last year 42.9% of energy generated in-state came from nuclear. Even though Maryland is producing energy, the state as a whole consumes more energy than it generates, meaning it needs to produce more energy than it currently is. This isn’t the case only in Maryland. As energy needs grow nationwide, other states and companies are turning to nuclear energy. 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NYC Child Custody and Visitation Attorney Juan Luciano Releases Insightful Article on Mothers Seeking Full Custody 12-10-2024 10:28 PM CET | Politics, Law & Society Press release from: ABNewswire NYC child custody and visitation attorney Juan Luciano ( https://divorcelawfirmnyc.com/how-to-get-full-custody-of-a-child-as-a-mother/ ) has provided valuable insights into how mothers can tackle the legal system to secure custody arrangements that prioritize the welfare of their children. With years of experience in family law, Luciano emphasizes the importance of preparation, legal understanding, and presenting a compelling case to the courts. In child custody cases, the court's primary focus is on the best interests of the child, explains NYC child custody and visitation attorney Juan Luciano. The decision-making process includes evaluating factors such as the child's emotional and physical needs, the stability of the home environment, and each parent's ability to support the child's overall well-being. While the role of a mother often reflects significant caregiving responsibilities, the courts no longer assume mothers will automatically be granted custody. Instead, they assess each parent's capacity to provide a nurturing and stable environment. "Filing for full custody requires careful preparation and a deep understanding of what the court considers when deciding what's in the best interests of the child," the NYC child custody and visitation attorney says. "Mothers need to demonstrate their ability to provide stability and meet the child's needs in all aspects of life." To assist mothers in preparing for a custody case, Luciano highlights the importance of comprehensive documentation. Evidence such as school and medical records, financial stability, and caregiving history plays a vital role in building a compelling case. NYC child custody and visitation attorney Juan Luciano advises mothers to focus on facts and avoid emotional conflicts that may distract from the core issues at hand. The process begins with filing a custody petition in Family Court, detailing why full custody is necessary for the child's welfare. Proper service of the petition helps inform the other parent, setting the stage for an initial hearing. At this stage, courts may issue temporary custody orders, often maintaining the current caregiving arrangements until a final decision is made. According to Luciano, demonstrating that being the primary caregiver and maintaining a stable routine is crucial during these hearings. Juan Luciano explains that New York courts examine several critical factors when determining custody arrangements. These include the cleanliness and safety of the home, the parent's involvement in the child's daily life, and the history of caregiving. If there is evidence of neglect or abuse by the other parent, presenting police reports or witness statements can significantly influence the court's decision. "Courts want to help ensure the child's environment promotes their growth, safety, and emotional well-being," Juan Luciano notes. "For mothers seeking full custody, it's essential to highlight how their caregiving supports these priorities." Beyond presenting evidence, NYC child custody and visitation attorney Juan Luciano discusses common challenges mothers face, such as accusations of parental alienation or false allegations by the other parent. Responding to these claims requires maintaining a factual and composed approach. Records of cooperation with the other parent, as well as testimony from neutral observers such as teachers or neighbors, can help counter such accusations effectively. Securing full custody is a significant milestone, but Luciano emphasizes that it also comes with ongoing responsibilities. Adhering to court orders, facilitating healthy interactions with the other parent, and supporting the child's emotional well-being are key components of successful post-custody arrangements. "Maintaining a stable and loving environment for your child is the most important goal," says Juan Luciano. "Even after the custody decision, fostering a sense of security and addressing the child's needs should remain a top priority." Parents should also be aware of their right to enforce or modify custody orders when circumstances change. Violations of court orders or significant changes in the child's needs may warrant a review of the custody arrangement. Mothers managing the complex aspects of custody cases can find comprehensive support with NYC child custody and visitation attorney Juan Luciano. Luciano can help clients protect their parental rights and advocate for their children's best interests, becoming a trusted ally in family law matters. For those seeking to secure a custody arrangement that aligns with their child's needs, Luciano encourages early preparation and legal guidance to achieve the most favorable outcome possible. About Juan Luciano Divorce Lawyer: Juan Luciano Divorce Lawyer is a New York-based family law firm dedicated to guiding clients through divorce and child custody matters. Led by NYC child custody and visitation attorney Juan Luciano, the firm is committed to pursuing fair and just outcomes that prioritize the well-being of children and families. 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ROSEN, GLOBAL INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages PACS Group Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action - PACSBy BILL BARROW, Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world. Less than a decade later, the death of his father and namesake, a merchant farmer and local politician who went by “Mr. Earl,” prompted the submariner and his wife, Rosalynn, to return to the rural life of Plains, Georgia, they thought they’d escaped. The lieutenant never would be an admiral. Instead, he became commander in chief. Years after his presidency ended in humbling defeat, he would add a Nobel Peace Prize, awarded not for his White House accomplishments but “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” The life of James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, ended Sunday at the age of 100 where it began: Plains, the town of 600 that fueled his political rise, welcomed him after his fall and sustained him during 40 years of service that redefined what it means to be a former president. With the stubborn confidence of an engineer and an optimism rooted in his Baptist faith, Carter described his motivations in politics and beyond in the same way: an almost missionary zeal to solve problems and improve lives. Carter was raised amid racism, abject poverty and hard rural living — realities that shaped both his deliberate politics and emphasis on human rights. “He always felt a responsibility to help people,” said Jill Stuckey, a longtime friend of Carter’s in Plains. “And when he couldn’t make change wherever he was, he decided he had to go higher.” Carter’s path, a mix of happenstance and calculation , pitted moral imperatives against political pragmatism; and it defied typical labels of American politics, especially caricatures of one-term presidents as failures. “We shouldn’t judge presidents by how popular they are in their day. That’s a very narrow way of assessing them,” Carter biographer Jonathan Alter told the Associated Press. “We should judge them by how they changed the country and the world for the better. On that score, Jimmy Carter is not in the first rank of American presidents, but he stands up quite well.” Later in life, Carter conceded that many Americans, even those too young to remember his tenure, judged him ineffective for failing to contain inflation or interest rates, end the energy crisis or quickly bring home American hostages in Iran. He gained admirers instead for his work at The Carter Center — advocating globally for public health, human rights and democracy since 1982 — and the decades he and Rosalynn wore hardhats and swung hammers with Habitat for Humanity. Yet the common view that he was better after the Oval Office than in it annoyed Carter, and his allies relished him living long enough to see historians reassess his presidency. “He doesn’t quite fit in today’s terms” of a left-right, red-blue scoreboard, said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who visited the former president multiple times during his own White House bid. At various points in his political career, Carter labeled himself “progressive” or “conservative” — sometimes both at once. His most ambitious health care bill failed — perhaps one of his biggest legislative disappointments — because it didn’t go far enough to suit liberals. Republicans, especially after his 1980 defeat, cast him as a left-wing cartoon. It would be easiest to classify Carter as a centrist, Buttigieg said, “but there’s also something radical about the depth of his commitment to looking after those who are left out of society and out of the economy.” Indeed, Carter’s legacy is stitched with complexities, contradictions and evolutions — personal and political. The self-styled peacemaker was a war-trained Naval Academy graduate who promised Democratic challenger Ted Kennedy that he’d “kick his ass.” But he campaigned with a call to treat everyone with “respect and compassion and with love.” Carter vowed to restore America’s virtue after the shame of Vietnam and Watergate, and his technocratic, good-government approach didn’t suit Republicans who tagged government itself as the problem. It also sometimes put Carter at odds with fellow Democrats. The result still was a notable legislative record, with wins on the environment, education, and mental health care. He dramatically expanded federally protected lands, began deregulating air travel, railroads and trucking, and he put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy. As a fiscal hawk, Carter added a relative pittance to the national debt, unlike successors from both parties. Carter nonetheless struggled to make his achievements resonate with the electorate he charmed in 1976. Quoting Bob Dylan and grinning enthusiastically, he had promised voters he would “never tell a lie.” Once in Washington, though, he led like a joyless engineer, insisting his ideas would become reality and he’d be rewarded politically if only he could convince enough people with facts and logic. This served him well at Camp David, where he brokered peace between Israel’s Menachem Begin and Epypt’s Anwar Sadat, an experience that later sparked the idea of The Carter Center in Atlanta. Carter’s tenacity helped the center grow to a global force that monitored elections across five continents, enabled his freelance diplomacy and sent public health experts across the developing world. The center’s wins were personal for Carter, who hoped to outlive the last Guinea worm parasite, and nearly did. As president, though, the approach fell short when he urged consumers beleaguered by energy costs to turn down their thermostats. Or when he tried to be the nation’s cheerleader, beseeching Americans to overcome a collective “crisis of confidence.” Republican Ronald Reagan exploited Carter’s lecturing tone with a belittling quip in their lone 1980 debate. “There you go again,” the former Hollywood actor said in response to a wonky answer from the sitting president. “The Great Communicator” outpaced Carter in all but six states. Carter later suggested he “tried to do too much, too soon” and mused that he was incompatible with Washington culture: media figures, lobbyists and Georgetown social elites who looked down on the Georgians and their inner circle as “country come to town.” Carter carefully navigated divides on race and class on his way to the Oval Office. Born Oct. 1, 1924 , Carter was raised in the mostly Black community of Archery, just outside Plains, by a progressive mother and white supremacist father. Their home had no running water or electricity but the future president still grew up with the relative advantages of a locally prominent, land-owning family in a system of Jim Crow segregation. He wrote of President Franklin Roosevelt’s towering presence and his family’s Democratic Party roots, but his father soured on FDR, and Jimmy Carter never campaigned or governed as a New Deal liberal. He offered himself as a small-town peanut farmer with an understated style, carrying his own luggage, bunking with supporters during his first presidential campaign and always using his nickname. And he began his political career in a whites-only Democratic Party. As private citizens, he and Rosalynn supported integration as early as the 1950s and believed it inevitable. Carter refused to join the White Citizens Council in Plains and spoke out in his Baptist church against denying Black people access to worship services. “This is not my house; this is not your house,” he said in a churchwide meeting, reminding fellow parishioners their sanctuary belonged to God. Yet as the appointed chairman of Sumter County schools he never pushed to desegregate, thinking it impractical after the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board decision. And while presidential candidate Carter would hail the 1965 Voting Rights Act, signed by fellow Democrat Lyndon Johnson when Carter was a state senator, there is no record of Carter publicly supporting it at the time. Carter overcame a ballot-stuffing opponent to win his legislative seat, then lost the 1966 governor’s race to an arch-segregationist. He won four years later by avoiding explicit mentions of race and campaigning to the right of his rival, who he mocked as “Cufflinks Carl” — the insult of an ascendant politician who never saw himself as part the establishment. Carter’s rural and small-town coalition in 1970 would match any victorious Republican electoral map in 2024. Once elected, though, Carter shocked his white conservative supporters — and landed on the cover of Time magazine — by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Before making the jump to Washington, Carter befriended the family of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., whom he’d never sought out as he eyed the governor’s office. Carter lamented his foot-dragging on school integration as a “mistake.” But he also met, conspicuously, with Alabama’s segregationist Gov. George Wallace to accept his primary rival’s endorsement ahead of the 1976 Democratic convention. “He very shrewdly took advantage of his own Southerness,” said Amber Roessner, a University of Tennessee professor and expert on Carter’s campaigns. A coalition of Black voters and white moderate Democrats ultimately made Carter the last Democratic presidential nominee to sweep the Deep South. Then, just as he did in Georgia, he used his power in office to appoint more non-whites than all his predecessors had, combined. He once acknowledged “the secret shame” of white Americans who didn’t fight segregation. But he also told Alter that doing more would have sacrificed his political viability – and thus everything he accomplished in office and after. King’s daughter, Bernice King, described Carter as wisely “strategic” in winning higher offices to enact change. “He was a leader of conscience,” she said in an interview. Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19 at the age of 96, was identified by both husband and wife as the “more political” of the pair; she sat in on Cabinet meetings and urged him to postpone certain priorities, like pressing the Senate to relinquish control of the Panama Canal. “Let that go until the second term,” she would sometimes say. The president, recalled her former aide Kathy Cade, retorted that he was “going to do what’s right” even if “it might cut short the time I have.” Rosalynn held firm, Cade said: “She’d remind him you have to win to govern.” Carter also was the first president to appoint multiple women as Cabinet officers. Yet by his own telling, his career sprouted from chauvinism in the Carters’ early marriage: He did not consult Rosalynn when deciding to move back to Plains in 1953 or before launching his state Senate bid a decade later. Many years later, he called it “inconceivable” that he didn’t confer with the woman he described as his “full partner,” at home, in government and at The Carter Center. “We developed a partnership when we were working in the farm supply business, and it continued when Jimmy got involved in politics,” Rosalynn Carter told AP in 2021. So deep was their trust that when Carter remained tethered to the White House in 1980 as 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, it was Rosalynn who campaigned on her husband’s behalf. “I just loved it,” she said, despite the bitterness of defeat. Fair or not, the label of a disastrous presidency had leading Democrats keep their distance, at least publicly, for many years, but Carter managed to remain relevant, writing books and weighing in on societal challenges. He lamented widening wealth gaps and the influence of money in politics. He voted for democratic socialist Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in 2016, and later declared that America had devolved from fully functioning democracy to “oligarchy.” Related Articles Yet looking ahead to 2020, with Sanders running again, Carter warned Democrats not to “move to a very liberal program,” lest they help re-elect President Donald Trump. Carter scolded the Republican for his serial lies and threats to democracy, and chided the U.S. establishment for misunderstanding Trump’s populist appeal. He delighted in yearly convocations with Emory University freshmen, often asking them to guess how much he’d raised in his two general election campaigns. “Zero,” he’d gesture with a smile, explaining the public financing system candidates now avoid so they can raise billions. Carter still remained quite practical in partnering with wealthy corporations and foundations to advance Carter Center programs. Carter recognized that economic woes and the Iran crisis doomed his presidency, but offered no apologies for appointing Paul Volcker as the Federal Reserve chairman whose interest rate hikes would not curb inflation until Reagan’s presidency. He was proud of getting all the hostages home without starting a shooting war, even though Tehran would not free them until Reagan’s Inauguration Day. “Carter didn’t look at it” as a failure, Alter emphasized. “He said, ‘They came home safely.’ And that’s what he wanted.” Well into their 90s, the Carters greeted visitors at Plains’ Maranatha Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday School and where he will have his last funeral before being buried on family property alongside Rosalynn . Carter, who made the congregation’s collection plates in his woodworking shop, still garnered headlines there, calling for women’s rights within religious institutions, many of which, he said, “subjugate” women in church and society. Carter was not one to dwell on regrets. “I am at peace with the accomplishments, regret the unrealized goals and utilize my former political position to enhance everything we do,” he wrote around his 90th birthday. The politician who had supposedly hated Washington politics also enjoyed hosting Democratic presidential contenders as public pilgrimages to Plains became advantageous again. Carter sat with Buttigieg for the final time March 1, 2020, hours before the Indiana mayor ended his campaign and endorsed eventual winner Joe Biden. “He asked me how I thought the campaign was going,” Buttigieg said, recalling that Carter flashed his signature grin and nodded along as the young candidate, born a year after Carter left office, “put the best face” on the walloping he endured the day before in South Carolina. Never breaking his smile, the 95-year-old host fired back, “I think you ought to drop out.” “So matter of fact,” Buttigieg said with a laugh. “It was somehow encouraging.” Carter had lived enough, won plenty and lost enough to take the long view. “He talked a lot about coming from nowhere,” Buttigieg said, not just to attain the presidency but to leverage “all of the instruments you have in life” and “make the world more peaceful.” In his farewell address as president, Carter said as much to the country that had embraced and rejected him. “The struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color, nation or language,” he declared. “Those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity and who suffer for the sake of justice — they are the patriots of this cause.” Carter pledged to remain engaged with and for them as he returned “home to the South where I was born and raised,” home to Plains, where that young lieutenant had indeed become “a fellow citizen of the world.” —- Bill Barrow, based in Atlanta, has covered national politics including multiple presidential campaigns for the AP since 2012.
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TORONTO, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fredonia Mining Inc. (“ Fredonia ” or the “ Company ”) (TSXV:FRED) announces that it has filed a technical report for its wholly-owned El Dorado Monserrat (“EDM”) Gold & Silver Project, Santa Cruz province, Argentina (the " Technical Report ") pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 "Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects" (" NI 43-101 "). The Technical Report supports the disclosure made by the Company in its November 11, 2024 news release announcing the Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate at El Dorado Monserrat Project, Argentina. The Technical Report is titled “Maiden Mineral Resources Estimate on the El Dorado Monserrat Property, Gold and Silver Project Santa Cruz Province, Argentina” with an effective date of November 8, 2024, and was prepared by Mr. Mario Alfaro Cortés, Qualified Person (QP) as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101, Chilean Mining Commission; and Mr. Ganem Fernando, Qualified Person (QP) as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101, member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists. Estanislao Auriemma, CEO stated: “With the filing of the technical report and maiden mineral resource estimate for the North and South deposit, we are planning a new phase of diamond drilling to expand the high-grade gold and silver resources and then move the Project through a Pre- Feasibility study. As the maiden mineral resource estimate covers only a fraction of the Project, we believe we have established the baseline for significant shareholder value, and, with our now deeper understanding of the Project's geology, we plan to continue to significantly grow the size and quality of the mineral resource as we address the broader Project area that demonstrates mineralization, similar to the neighboring Cerro VanGuardia mine. The upcoming drill campaign is focused on demonstrating that higher grade mineralization exists at depth consistent with the results of our deeper drill holes we completed at Herradura Hill showing increasing grade.” Highlights significant potential for the Project; at a 0.40 g/t cut-off gold grade, the maiden mineral resource estimate totals: • In Pit Measured & Indicated Mineral Resource: 81.348 million tonnes grading 0.61 g/t gold and 18.76 g/t silver (0.86 g/t gold equivalent*6), containing an estimated 1.593 million ounces of gold and 49.067 million ounces of silver (2.248 million ounces of gold equivalent*6); plus limited Inferred Mineral Resource. • The estimate produces in- pit resources for the Northern Monserrat Sector and Southern Mineralized Corridor deposits, spaced just 5.0 km apart. • Mineralization remains open in all directions and below the base of drilling at both the North and South sectors, showing clear scope for further drilling to increase the size of this initial mineral resource estimate. • The resource estimate is based on 40,472.68 meters of drilling and 5,305.43 meters of trenches, intersecting the resource solids. These drillings are divided into 164 holes for a total of 27,504.22 meters for Northern Monserrat Sector and 55 holes for a total of 12,968.46 meters for Southern Mineralized Corridor (including only Herradura Hill target). Gold and silver grades for both sector, have been interpolated independently. MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE STATEMENT (1-6) (1) Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. It is noted that no specific issues have been identified as yet. (2) The quantity and grade of reported Inferred mineral resources in this estimation are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define these Inferred mineral resources as an Indicated or Measured mineral resources and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in upgrading them to an Indicated or Measured mineral resource category. (3) Mineral Resources were estimated utilizing S-Gems and Rec-Min software and conventional block modeling within 3D wireframes defined on a 0.40% gold cut-off, capped composites and inverse distance grade interpolation. (4) The mineral resources in this report were estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by the CIM Council. (5) The 0.40% gold resource cut-off grade was derived from long term average Gold price of US$1,800/oz, 90.0% process recovery, 4.5% royalties, US$ 7.0/t process cost, US$ 5.0/t transportation & refining and US$ 4.0/t G&A cost. An optimized pit shell was utilized for resource reporting that utilized a US$ 2.0/t mining cost and 45 degree pit slopes. (6) Gold grade equivalent (Au Eq) is derived from gold metal price US$1,800/oz, and silver metal price US$24/oz. Au Eq assume Au and Ag recoveries of 90.0%. The limited metallurgical studies by Fredonia (selective Bottle rolls from Main Veins material) have indicated high (>90%) recovery of gold in oxide material. The Cerro Vanguardia mine to the east of EDM with similar mineralization reports recoveries in the high 90% for Au. Accordingly, the formula used for gold grade equivalent (Au Eq) is: Au Eq (g/t) = Au (g/t) + [Ag (g/t) x (24/1,800) x (0.9/0.9)] SUMMARY OF SENSITIVITY RESULTS FOR GOLD CUT-OFF GRADE Notes: the base case estimate presented above is subject to the same assumptions and qualifications described in Notes 1-6 of Table 1 above. Figure 1. Plan view of the north and south deposits (resource area in green) and their proximity in relation to the Cerro Vanguardia Mine. Figure 2. Plan view of the north and south deposit at El Dorado Monserrat. (Blue measured, green indicated, red inferred). Figure 3. Gold grade Shell with a view to the West. Long Section of the MRE at Northern Monserrat Sector. Figure 4. Gold grade Shell with a view to the west. Cross Section of the MRE at Southern Mineralized Corridor (included only Herradura Hill). Preparation of Mineral Resource Calculation The mineral resource estimate was prepared by independent QP Mario Alfaro Cortés of Chile, commissioned by Fredonia Mining, and is calculated for two deposits, North and South. The estimate was prepared according to NI 43-101 standards and the CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves: Definitions and Guidelines (CIM 2014). Qualified Person Mr. Fernando Ganem, is a QP as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Ganem visited the property and has read and approved the technical contents of this release. GRANT OF COMPANY OPTIONS The Company also announces that it has granted stock options (the “ Options ”) to directors and officers of the Company in the amounts described in the table below. Each Option is exercisable to purchase one common share of the Company (a “ Common Share ”) at a price of $0.40 per Common Share, representing a significant premium to the market price of the Common Shares on the TSX Venture Exchange, for a period five years from the grant date. The Options have been granted in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and have been granted to the directors and offices in lieu of accrued cash amounts payable for compensation for acting in those positions. The Company intends to pay cash compensation to officers and directors in the future in accordance with historical practices. About Fredonia Fredonia holds gold and silver license areas totaling approximately 18,300 ha. in the prolific Deseado Massif geological region in the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, including the following principal areas: its flagship - the advanced El Dorado-Monserrat project (approx. 6,200 ha.) located close to AngloGold Ashanti’s 300,000 oz./yr Au-Ag Cerro Vanguardia mine, the El Aguila project (approx. 9,100 ha.), and the Petrificados project (approx. 3,000 ha). For further information: Please visit the Company’s website at www.fredoniamanagement.com or contact: Estanislao Auriemma, Chief Executive Officer, Direct +54 91 149 980 623, Email: estanislao.auriemma@gmail.com . Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of applicable securities legislation relating to the Company and the EDM project, including statements regarding the prospectivity of the EDM project for gold and silver mineralization, including the potential for metal recoveries from any mineral processing activity, the mineral resource estimate at the Project, the prospectivity for mineralization at the EDM Project similar to mineralization at the Cerro Vanguardia mine, and the Company’s future exploration plans. Words such as “might”, “will”, “should”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “expect”, “believe”, “estimate”, “forecast” and similar terminology are used to identify forward looking statements and forward-looking information. Such statements and information are based on assumptions, estimates, opinions and analysis made by the Company considering its experience, current conditions and its expectations of future developments as well as other factors which it believes to be reasonable and relevant. Forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, without limitation, the factors described in the Company’s filing statement dated June 22, 2021 available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com under the heading “Risk Factors” that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements and information and accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on such statements and information and the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. The statements in this press release are made as of the date of this release. 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NHL Predictions Canadian Edition: Calgary Flames at Ottawa Senators | November 25thKyiv: NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks on Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase”, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday, and “taking on very dramatic dimensions”. ‘We have this system now’: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: AP Ukraine’s parliament cancelled a session as security was tightened following the Russian strike on a military facility in the city of Dnipro on Thursday. In a stark warning to the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a nationally televised speech that the attack with the intermediate-range Oreshnik missile was in retaliation for Kyiv’s use of US and British longer-range missiles capable of striking deeper into Russian territory. Putin said Western air defence systems would be powerless to stop the new missile. Ukrainian military officials said the missile that hit Dnipro had reached a speed of Mach 11 and carried six nonnuclear warheads, each releasing six submunitions. Speaking Friday to military and weapons industries officials, Putin said Russia is launching production of the Oreshnik. “No one in the world has such weapons,” he said with a thin smile. “Sooner or later other leading countries will also get them. We are aware that they are under development.” But, he added, “We have this system now. And this is important.” Testing the missile will continue, Putin said, “including in combat, depending on the situation and the character of security threats created for Russia”. He noted there is “a stockpile of such systems ready for use”. The missile prompts the closing of Ukrainian Parliament. Credit: AP Putin said that while it isn’t an intercontinental missile, it is so powerful that the use of several of them fitted with conventional warheads in one attack could be as devastating as a strike with strategic – or nuclear – weapons. General Sergei Karakayev, head of Russia’s strategic missile forces, said the Oreshnik could reach targets across Europe and be fitted with nuclear or conventional warheads, echoing Putin’s claim that even with conventional warheads, “the massive use of the weapon would be comparable in effect to the use of nuclear weapons”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov kept up Russia’s bellicose tone on Friday, blaming “the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries” in supplying weapons to Ukraine to strike Russia. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Credit: AP “The Russian side has clearly demonstrated its capabilities, and the contours of further retaliatory actions in the event that our concerns were not taken into account have also been quite clearly outlined,” he said. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, widely seen as having the warmest relations with the Kremlin in the European Union, echoed Moscow’s talking points, suggesting the use of US-supplied weapons in Ukraine likely requires direct American involvement. “These are rockets that are fired and then guided to a target via an electronic system, which requires the world’s most advanced technology and satellite communications capability,” Orban said on state radio. “There is a strong assumption ... that these missiles cannot be guided without the assistance of American personnel.” Orban cautioned against underestimating Russia’s responses, emphasising that the country’s recent modifications to its nuclear deployment doctrine should not be dismissed as a “bluff.” “It’s not a trick ... there will be consequences,” he said. Separately in Kyiv, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky called Thursday’s missile strike an “escalatory step and an attempt of the Russian dictator to scare the population of Ukraine and to scare the population of Europe”. At a news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Lipavsky also expressed his full support for delivering the necessary additional air defence systems to protect Ukrainian civilians from the “heinous attacks”. He underlined that the Czech Republic will impose no limits on the use of its weapons and equipment given to Ukraine. Three lawmakers from Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, confirmed that Friday’s previously scheduled session was called off due to the ongoing threat of Russian missiles targeting government buildings in central Kyiv. There was also a recommendation to limit the work of all commercial offices and non-governmental organisations “in that perimeter, and local residents were warned of the increased threat,” said lawmaker Mykyta Poturaiev, who added this is not the first time such a threat has been received. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office continued to work in compliance with standard security measures, a spokesperson said. Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate said the Oreshnik missile, whose name in Russian means “hazelnut tree,” was fired from the Kapustin Yar 4th Missile Test Range in Russia’s Astrakhan region, and flew 15 minutes before striking Dnipro. Test launches of a similar missile were conducted in October 2023 and June 2024, the directorate said. The Pentagon confirmed the missile was a new, experimental type of intermediate-range missile based on its RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. Thursday’s attack struck the Pivdenmash plant that built ICBMs when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The military facility is located about 61⁄2 kilometres south-west of the centre of Dnipro, a city of about 1 million that is Ukraine’s fourth-largest and a key hub for military supplies and humanitarian aid. It is also home to one of the country’s largest hospitals for treating wounded soldiers from the front before their transfer to Kyiv or abroad. Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here .Maritime craft sellers look to local market as postal strike continues
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robbins LLP reminds investors that a class action was filed on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) common stock between February 8, 2024 and October 29, 2024, and those who purchased Chipotle call options or sold put options during this time. Chipotle “owns and operates Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants, which feature a relevant menu of burritos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla), quesadillas, tacos, and salads.” For more information, submit a form , email attorney Aaron Dumas, Jr., or give us a call at (800) 350-6003. The Allegations: Robbins LLP is Investigating Allegations that Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) Misled Investors Regarding the Impact of Customer Dissatisfaction on its Business According to the complaint, during the class period, defendants failed to disclose that Chipotle’s portion sizes were inconsistent and left many customers dissatisfied with the Company’s offerings, and in order to address the issue and retain customer loyalty, the Company would have to ensure more generous portion sizes, which would increase cost of sales. The complaint alleges that on July 24, 2024, Chipotle conducted its Q2 2024 earnings call, acknowledging that portion inconsistency was an issue at Chipotle, and that it had caused customers to feel justifiably unhappy with the Company. To combat the issue, Chipotle said it was "committed to making this investment to reinforce that Chipotle stands for a generous amount of delicious, fresh food at fair prices for every customer, every visit." However, the Company would incur higher costs of sales in the third quarter of 2024, partially as a result of giving more generous portions. On October 29, 2024, Chipotle held its Q3 2024 earnings call, indicating that the cost of sales had increased from last year. What Now: You may be eligible to participate in the class action against Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Shareholders who want to serve as lead plaintiff for the class must submit their application to the court by January 10, 2025. A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. You do not have to participate in the case to be eligible for a recovery. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member. For more information, click here . All representation is on a contingency fee basis. Shareholders pay no fees or expenses. About Robbins LLP: Some law firms issuing releases about this matter do not actually litigate securities class actions; Robbins LLP does. A recognized leader in shareholder rights litigation, the attorneys and staff of Robbins LLP have been dedicated to helping shareholders recover losses, improve corporate governance structures, and hold company executives accountable for their wrongdoing since 2002. Since our inception, we have obtained over $1 billion for shareholders. To be notified if a class action against Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. settles or to receive free alerts when corporate executives engage in wrongdoing, sign up for Stock Watch today. Attorney Advertising. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d2887717-75f6-4590-8162-03c334349574Topa, Stewart, McKenzie, Sulser reach deals ahead of tender deadline
Madras HC takes up Anna varsity assaultJim Gaffigan is experiencing a major glow-up lately. He’s looking slim, trim and well-styled in a hip suit and glasses on a recent morning in a posh room at the Peninsula Hotel. His vibe is a lot different from the hefty, pale, Midwestern Everyman whom a lot of people think of when they hear his name. But if you’ve tracked his recent trajectory, the recent evolution shouldn’t come as a surprise. From touring with comedy megastar Jerry Seinfeld to portraying Tim Walz for five weeks on “Saturday Night Live,” Gaffigan’s fit physique and wry, clean humor are meeting the moment by popping up in places that bring together the biggest crowds to laugh as a family about topics we can all relate to at a time when we need it most. On Friday, his 11th stand-up special, “The Skinny,” premieres on Hulu as part of the new brand rollout dubbed “Hulu Laughing Now,” featuring 12 new comedy specials per year on the streaming platform. We spoke to Gaffigan about the inspiration behind his new hourlong special, the pains of parenting teenagers and how growing his career while his body gets slimmer is only the beginning of his new chapter in comedy. This interview was edited for length and clarity. In your new special “The Skinny,” obviously you talk about the fact that you’ve had a body transformation. What inspired you to make a change to become Slim Jim? I wish there was some romantic story surrounding it, but it really came down to my doctor who brought it up. [She said,] “I’ve noticed you’ve gained a fair amount of weight.” In the ’90s I was working out twice a day to be thin. And then once I had kids, I was desperately trying to find time to work out. And then it just got to a point where my knees didn’t work. So [my doctor] said, “You can try these appetite suppressants.” And I’m like, “Yeah, sure!” but I didn’t have an expectation it would work. Even when I was working out twice a day — I have a joke where I was like, “I need to work out a lot just to look like someone who doesn’t work out.” And so I was pleasantly surprised when it worked. What are some vices, especially being on the road as a comic, that you’ve had to give up? I can’t tell you how much this drug curbs this insatiable eating I have, but it also curbs other things. So if I have one drink, then I’m like, I’m good, or if I have any kind of compulsive behavior, it kind of diminishes. I mean, I joke around in the special that I feel no joy, but it kind of makes you behave like an adult, which is weird. Describe the process of whittling down the material for “The Skinny.” What do you hope that audiences will get to see from you in terms of what’s going on with your life and your comedy? Stand-up has changed so much. The notion that people are putting out multiple specials didn’t exist when I started with stand-up, but I think that people who consume a stand-up comedian’s material, there’s a familiarity, but it’s like a friendship. You can’t have the exact same conversation, even though we all have friends where it’s like we’re having the same conversation about high school — it has to be different. You both have to challenge each other. So for me, working on the special or working on this new hour that I’m working on now, it’s self-assignment. So some of it, as any creative person, it’s like, “What can I talk about that is embarrassing or is revealing?” I think that people who have tracked me along the way in my stand-up will be interested in my view on parenting. I’ve always had the view that I suck at it, but I have a greater empathy for what all parents are dealing with it. And I think also parents of this era, we’ve made mistakes. And it doesn’t help with social media and the apps and screens. And that’s something that’s revealed in doing my stand-up and in reading some of the parenting books. I don’t know if you have kids, do you have kids? No, I’m still happy. [Laughs] There’s books that reveal the mistakes [we] have made. Parents of teenagers have this perspective. Adults have an impression of what their teenage years were like and I’m providing this point of view of what it’s like to live with these people. It’s kind of a cliché, but raising teenagers is like raising a mentally ill person. It sounds harsh — we know there’s a natural separation process where teenagers challenge things, but I love that I’ve gained this perspective of “Was my dad a d— or maybe I was a d—?” Maybe it’s kind of basic, but that’s something that’s universal. We all went through being teenagers and not necessarily the conflict but the misunderstanding between the teenager and the parent, which I find fascinating. Do you think the stress of raising your own teenagers feel s like payback for how you were as a teen? I would say I was a good teen. I was very hardworking. I would say that my dad was unnecessarily annoyed by some of my behavior. And now I’m kind of like, “Oh, I get it. I totally get what his annoyance was.” And these are your children and you’d do anything for them. But there is a bafflement. I talk about it [in the special] where you have this sweet 12-year-old and then they change. And I’m obviously using hyperbole and exaggeration, but there is a shift. And what’s so great about touring with the material is that it’s a conversation, so the feedback from the audience can prove your premise or your theory. So even older parents, empty nesters, can say, “Oh yeah, that’s true.” The hyperbolic, humorous statement you’re making is only funny because it’s grounded in a shared experience. One of the things that is unique about your comedy is that it’s not about trying to say something necessarily outlandish. It’s about bringing people together in a way by poking fun at everyone at the same time. How did you hone your comedic voice and why do you think your brand of comedy is important these days, when so many comedians — or just comedy in general — is really dedicated to getting a reaction by saying something overtly controversial? A joke is a surprise, and irreverence is kind of a shortcut to that surprise. And, by the way, we all love it, but I kind of nerd out [when talking about the idea that] there is an aftertaste to comedy. We all have that really kind of bitchy friend that makes us laugh, that is kind of a little mean, but then afterward we feel a little guilty [because] I know they went too far, or, you know, I shouldn’t have laughed at what they said. I believe there is an aftertaste so you can take that short-term approach. ... I think some comedians just do what they have to do. Irreverence is also something where it’s not in my wheelhouse, some comics are really good at it, and that is their thing. ... I believe you can be respectful and highlight some important stories and also present the humor of it. Considering how long it’s taken for you to build a career, it’s cool to see you popping up on “SNL” as Tim Walz, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, appearing in movies... This is a pretty big comeback era for you — you are smaller but your career is getting bigger, does that feel weird? That’s funny — yeah, doing those shows with Jerry, I never had an expectation that that would happen. Jerry has a clear and concise view and philosophy on stand-up and comedy that when you talk to him, you feel like you’re talking to Aristotle. He’s kind of like a stoic [who reminds you to have] control of your material. You don’t get caught up in what the trend is of the moment. You work on evolving your act and your writing. The “SNL” experience was so surreal, because I never auditioned for “SNL.” I was presented an opportunity to audition to be a writer, but I was like, “I want to be an actor,” so I was resistant. But the opportunity to be in that orbit of this last vestige of American live television that still exists with its impracticalities ... there’s no replicating it. What “SNL” has done for 50 years is insane. So even when we were there [filming] and I’m sitting in a room with Dana Carvey, or you look out and you see Jon Lovitz or Chris Rock, it’s just bizarre. So gaining access to that is really an amazing thing.
Perhaps it was the late-night flight from Orlando, but the New York Knicks admitted they were a step slow Saturday night before Jalen Brunson engineered an overtime victory over the host Washington Wizards. With a day of rest in between, the Knicks attempt to get off to a better start and stretch their winning streak to a season-high eight Monday night when they take on the Wizards again in the nation's capital. New York has five victories by single digits in its best run since winning nine straight Jan. 17-Feb. 1, 2024. The Knicks have scored at least 130 three times during this run while playing three games against teams under .500. After pulling away for a 23-point win over the Orlando Magic on Friday, the most difficult of those games against losing teams occurred Saturday when the Knicks needed overtime to earn a 136-132 win over Washington. Brunson scored 55 points for his second-highest point total, with 42 coming after halftime when the Knicks erased an 11-point deficit and tied the game in the final seconds. "We needed it," New York's Josh Hart said. "This one was a tough one for us. Back-to-back. I felt a little old today. So a lot of us felt the same way. We were a little slow. But he made big shots. That's why he's the captain. Find a way to win." Brunson (right calf tightness) is listed as questionable for Monday's game. The Knicks are hoping their defense is improved from Saturday when it matched a season high in points allowed. Brunson's big night helped compensate for the defensive woes as the Knicks shot 52.6 percent. Brunson has led the Knicks in scoring four times during their winning streak, while others have made massive contributions. Mikal Bridges scored 41 Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs while Karl-Anthony Towns has three 30-point games in the streak, including 30 and 14 rebounds Saturday. The Wizards are 3-6 since their 16-game losing streak and are coming off their closest margin of defeat. Washington scored its second-most points of the season and shot at least 50 percent from the field for the third time (51.6 percent). Julian Champagnie scored 31 after totaling 14 in his previous three games. Malcolm Brogdon added 22 for his third-highest point total this season in a game when the Wizards hit 17 3s but could not stop Brunson and allowed 78 points in the paint. "This team is actually just getting better every day," Brogdon said. "We won that one game -- maybe that was Denver, or whatever game that was -- and we've seen ourselves, even with the losses after that game, get better every day, every practice, every game." Washington is hoping to get Kyle Kuzma back from a rib injury that has cost him 12 games. He has not played since Nov. 27 but could return Monday. This article first appeared on Field Level Media and was syndicated with permission.Aranda, Bears staying focused ahead of showdown with red-hot Jayhawks
CMG Class Action Notice: Robbins LLP Reminds Investors of the Lead Plaintiff Deadline in the ...Ant International has announced significant advancements in its payment ecosystem, leveraging AI-driven solutions to enhance its digital finance offerings. The company reported robust growth across its four main business pillars: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst, and Embedded Finance, marking 2024 as a transformative year for the organization. Key Takeaways Overview of Ant International’s Growth Ant International, headquartered in Singapore, has made substantial strides in its digital payment and financial technology services. The company has focused on enhancing its ecosystem through innovative solutions that cater to a diverse range of clients and partners. Alipay+: Leading the Charge in Digital Payments Alipay+ has emerged as a leader in the mobile payment sector, collaborating with 35 major payment partners. This initiative connects over 90 million merchants across 66 markets to 1.6 billion user accounts. Key highlights include: Antom: Revolutionizing Merchant Payment Solutions Antom has positioned itself as a leading provider of merchant payment and digitization services. The company has reported impressive growth metrics: WorldFirst: A One-Stop Digital Payment Platform WorldFirst has transformed into a premier digital payment and financial services platform for global businesses. Notable achievements include: Embedded Finance: The Future of Financial Solutions The newly established Embedded Finance segment is set to deepen Ant International’s ecosystem by offering a variety of AI-powered fintech solutions. Key features include: Looking Ahead As Ant International continues to innovate and expand its services, CEO Peng Yang emphasizes the company’s commitment to supporting SMEs with AI-powered solutions. The focus for 2025 will be on enhancing cross-border payment capabilities and fostering collaboration across public and private sectors to drive inclusive growth in the digital finance landscape. Sources
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday, with those benefiting the most from lower interest rates and a stronger economy leading the way. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% to pull closer to its all-time high set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 440 points, or 1%, to its own record set on Friday, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%. Treasury yields also eased in the bond market amid what some analysts called a “Bessent bounce” after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Scott Bessent , a hedge fund manager, to be his Treasury Secretary. Bessent has argued for reducing the U.S. government’s deficit, which is how much more it spends than it takes in through taxes and other revenue. Such an approach could soothe worries on Wall Street that Trump’s policies may lead to a much bigger deficit, which in turn would put upward pressure on Treasury yields. After climbing above 4.44% immediately after Trump’s election, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell back to 4.26% Monday, down from 4.41% late Friday. That’s a notable move, and lower yields make it cheaper for all kinds of companies and households to borrow money. They also give a boost to prices for stocks and other investments. That helped stocks of smaller companies lead the way, and the Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks jumped 1.5%. It finished just shy of its all-time high, which was set three years ago. Smaller companies can feel bigger boosts from lower borrowing costs because of the need for many to borrow to grow. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks the market’s expectations for what the Federal Reserve will do with overnight interest rates, also eased sharply. The Fed began cutting its main interest rate just a couple months ago from a two-decade high, hoping to keep the job market humming after bringing inflation nearly all the way down to its 2% target. But immediately after Trump’s victory, traders had reduced bets for how many cuts the Fed may deliver next year. They were worried Trump’s preference for lower tax rates and higher spending on the border would balloon the national debt. A report coming on Wednesday could influence how much the Fed may cut rates. Economists expect it to show that an underlying inflation trend the Fed prefers to use accelerated to 2.8% last month from 2.7% in September. Higher inflation would make the Fed more reluctant to cut rates as deeply or as quickly as it would otherwise. Goldman Sachs economist David Mericle expects that to slow by the end of next year to 2.4%, but he said inflation would be even lower if not for expected tariff increases on imports from China and autos favored by Trump. In the stock market, Bath & Body Works jumped 16.5% after delivering stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The seller of personal care products and home fragrances also raised its financial forecasts for the full year, even though it still sees a “volatile retail environment” and a shorter holiday shopping season this year. Much focus has been on how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain, given high prices across the economy and still-high interest rates. Last week, two major retailers sent mixed messages. Target tumbled after giving a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season. It followed Walmart , which gave a much more encouraging outlook. Another big retailer, Macy’s, said Monday its sales for the latest quarter were in line with its expectations, but it will delay the release of its full financial results. It found a single employee had intentionally hid up to $154 million in delivery expenses, and it needs more time to complete its investigation. Macy’s stock fell 2.2%. Among the market’s leaders were several companies related to the housing industry. Monday’s drop in Treasury yields could translate into easier mortgage rates, which could spur activity for housing. Builders FirstSource, a supplier or building materials, rose 5.9%. Homebuilders, D.R. Horton, PulteGroup and Lennar all rose at least 5.6%. All told, the S&P 500 rose 18.03 points to 5,987.37. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 440.06 to 44,736.57, and the Nasdaq composite gained 51.18 to 19,054.84. In stock markets abroad, indexes moved modestly across much of Europe after finishing mixed in Asia. In the crypto market, bitcoin was trading below $95,000 after threatening to hit $100,000 late last week for the first time. AP Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Getting blown out at Green Bay following another squandered late lead the previous week against Seattle has quickly turned the San Francisco 49ers from a Super Bowl contender into a team just fighting to get back to the playoffs. If San Francisco doesn't get healthy and eliminate the errors that led to Sunday's 38-10 loss to the Packers, the focus will turn from playoff permutations to what offseason changes are necessary. “I think everyone understands completely outside and inside what the situation is,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday. “That’s why the Seattle game was so tough of a loss and that’s why last night was even worse. We know what we got ahead of us. We know exactly what the playoff situation is. That is what it is. But really, all that matters is this week when you do need to go on a run and put a lot of wins to even think of that.” The task doesn't get any easier as the Niners (5-6) get set to play at Buffalo on Sunday night. The 49ers are hoping to get injured stars Brock Purdy , Nick Bosa and Trent Williams back for that game, but their presence alone won't fix everything that went wrong on Sunday . The defense got repeatedly gashed early and put San Francisco in a 17-0 hole before the offense even generated a first down. The running game never got going as Christian McCaffrey has looked nothing like the 2023 Offensive Player of the Year in his three games back from Achilles tendinitis. And whenever the Niners appeared to do something right, a penalty came back to haunt them. It added up to the most lopsided loss for San Francisco since the 2018 season, before Shanahan had turned the Niners into perennial contenders. “It’s probably one of the worst ones I’ve been a part of,” linebacker Fred Warner said. “It is embarrassing. You’ve got to take it on the chin, take it like a man and move on.” Despite the doom and gloom, the 49ers are only one game behind Seattle and Arizona in the NFC West standings with six games to go. But San Francisco already has three division losses and a difficult schedule featuring games against the Bills this week and Detroit in Week 17. “My optimism is not broken by any means,” tight end George Kittle said. “We still have a lot of very talented players. We will get some guys back and I still have full trust in the coaching staff to put our guys in position to make plays. I have no worry about that. But definitely an uphill grind. We'll see what we’re made of, which I’m looking forward to.” Red-zone passes to Kittle. Backup QB Brandon Allen connected on a 3-yard TD pass to Kittle late in the second quarter for San Francisco's only TD. Kittle leads the NFL with eight touchdown catches in the red zone, which is tied with Vernon Davis (2013) for the most in a season for a Niners player since 2000. Kittle was the only consistent part of the San Francisco offense with six catches for 82 yards. Avoiding penalties. San Francisco had nine penalties for 77 yards and they were costly and sloppy. The Niners had 12 men on the field on defense on back-to-back plays, three false starts, a pass interference in the end zone and three penalties on special teams, including a holding on Eric Saubert that negated an 87-yard kickoff return by Deebo Samuel to open the second half. Rookie Dominick Puni had three penalties after being penalized just once in the first 10 games. DE Leonard Floyd. There were few positive performances on defense, but Floyd had both of the team's sacks. Run defense. San Francisco allowed 169 yards rushing, including 87 in the first quarter for the team's second-worst performance in the opening quarter since 1991. The Niners missed 19 tackles, according to Pro Football Focus, as Josh Jacobs gained 83 of his 106 yards rushing after contact. Purdy took part in a light throwing session without pain on Monday and Shanahan is hopeful he can return to practice Wednesday after missing the Green Bay game with a shoulder injury. ... Bosa (hip, oblique) and Williams (ankle) also could return this week after sitting out Sunday. ... LG Aaron Banks, DT Jordan Elliott and WR Jacob Cowing all in the concussion protocol. ... RG Dominick Puni (shoulder) and CB Deommodore Lenoir (knee) underwent MRIs on Monday and the team is waiting for results. ... CB Renardo Green (neck) and LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (knee) are day to day. 11 — The Niners generated only 11 first downs, tied for the fewest in any game in eight seasons under Shanahan. They also had 11 in the 2022 NFC title game loss at Philadelphia when Purdy hurt his elbow and in Week 2 against Seattle in Shanahan's first season in 2017. The 49ers visit Buffalo on Sunday night. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
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Americans with disabilities work remotely more than the general population in these statesTP-Link routers are some of the most popular in the United States. However, they could be facing a ban within the next calendar year according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal . The company, based out of Shenzhen, China, is reportedly under investigation by a trio of US government agencies including the Departments of Commerce, Defense and Justice due to security concerns and potential ties to Chinese cyberattacks. Sources told the Journal that routers from TP-Link allegedly ship with security vulnerabilities and the company is resistant to address these flaws. The report does not indicate that TP-Link routers were used in the huge telecommunications providers data breach earlier this year. That breach which reportedly hit both AT&T and Verizon , among others, was confirmed to be carried out by the Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon, which supposedly has ties to the Chinese government. However, Microsoft's Threat Intelligence group released a report in October that found TP-Link routers largely the most compromised devices in a Chinese "password spray" attacks calling the hacks "nation-state threat actor activity." That assessment track attacks going back to August 2023. TP-Link has been under investigation by at least the Defense Department since August of this year when it opened an investigation into the vulnerabilities of Chinese routers. A House Committee called for an investigation into the company's routers around the same time. Lawmakers wrote, "TP-Link’s unusual degree of vulnerabilities and required compliance with PRC law are in and of themselves disconcerting. When combined with the PRC government’s common use of SOHO [small office/home office] routers like TP-Link to perpetrate extensive cyberattacks in the United States, it becomes significantly alarming.” Tom's Guide reached out to the Irvine-based U.S. subsidiary of TP-Link for comment and a company spokesperson provided further details on these vulnerabilities, saying: "We fully acknowledge that vulnerabilities exist across the industry. However, contrary to claims of widespread vulnerabilities, comparative data places TP-Link on par with, or in some cases ahead of, other major industry players in terms of security outcomes. For example, public vulnerability data (sourced from recognized security repositories like CVE Details and VulDB) shows that TP-Link’s rate of vulnerabilities per product is significantly lower than those of other leading manufacturers." Meanwhile, a spokesperson told the Journal that the company welcomes opportunities to work with the government and "to demonstrate that our security practices are fully in line with industry security standards, and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the U.S. market, U.S. consumers, and addressing U.S. national security risks." The US vs China and bans Whether under Trump, who banned the sale of Huawei products in the U.S. to Biden, whose administration is working on banning TikTok and DJI Drones , these sorts of bans have largely been enacted under the auspices of national security and claimed threats of Chinese spying or hacking activity. However, unlike Huawei and DJI , a TP-Link ban would affect millions of people, businesses and both federal and local government agencies. If a bans is enacted, it will most likely originate from an office created under the first Trump administration, the Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services, which was granted the power to prohibit companies from designated nations from selling their products or services in the US. That office recently banned the Russian software company Kaspersky from selling its antivirus software in the U.S. A TP-Link ban would be massive and according to the Journal, TP-Link routers make up nearly 65% of the US market and are in everything from people's homes to government offices and military institutions. In general, TP-Link routers are much less expensive than competitors and the Department of Justice is investigating whether those cheap prices are violating federal laws on attempts to create monopolies by selling its products for less than they cost to manufacture. A TP-Link spokesperson denied those charges though. How to improve your security if you have a TP-Link router At Tom's Guide, TP-Link routers are featured quite often on our best Wi-Fi routers lists from the best gaming routers and best mesh Wi-Fi systems to the best Wi-Fi 7 routers . This is due to their excellent performance, affordability and the fact that they have a wide variety of devices to choose from. We are monitoring this story and will reevaluate those choices as more information comes out, especially if a ban goes into effect. In the meantime, there are plenty of other alternatives to TP-Link on our lists from Netgear , Asus , eero and the other biggest names in home networking. If you do have a TP-Link router in your home or office, you might have concerns that it could potentially be compromised though. The Microsoft analysis from October found that many TP-Link routers were compromised when people failed to change their default password which is the first thing you should do when setting up a new router. Here are a few other steps you can take to make your router more secure: Create custom login credentials: Many, if not most, cybersecurity issues arise because people keep the default login credentials set by the manufacturer of their devices or their internet provider who supplied them. Most routers have apps where you can update your login credentials or you can do so by typing your IP address into your browser's address bar. As always, avoid common words or character combinations (no 123456 passwords for instance). Longer is better and you want to use a combination of letters, symbols and numbers to create strong passwords for all of your devices and accounts. Likewise, you never want to reuse passwords across accounts because if hackers compromise one of them, they will then try those credentials to access your other accounts/devices. Update your firmware: Most router manufacturers, including TP-Link, regularly send out firmware updates that include security patches. Be sure to keep your router up to date and regularly check for firmware updates. Ensure your firewall and Wi-Fi encryption are on: While firewalls and Wi-Fi encryption tend to be on by default, it never hurts to actually make sure they're still enabled Having these turned on makes it more difficult for bad actors to see data sent between your router and connected devices. These settings can also be found in relevant router apps or websites. Likewise, you can also use one of the best VPNs to keep the data sent from your devices to the internet private and secure. Consider a new router: TP-Link gained massive market share over the years by undercutting the competition with less expensive routers. Since your router is something you and the rest of your household use everyday, upgrading to a new one is a worthwhile investment, especially if you're worried. However, this could also give you a chance to outfit your house with the latest wireless tech in the form of Wi-Fi 6E or Wi-Fi 7 if you're using an older Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 6 device. More from Tom's Guide
Alberta’s Technology Minister Nate Glubish says he’s hoping to see $100 billion worth of artificial intelligence data centres under construction within the next five years. Such centres are filled with computer servers used by companies like Meta to develop and train large-scale artificial intelligence models. Glubish says Meta, as well as other major companies including Google and Amazon, are on the hunt for space to build more facilities, and he wants Alberta to be an option. He says landing some data centres would create jobs and bring in much needed new tax revenue for the province. Glubish also says that since Alberta’s electricity grid regulations allows for off-grid power generation, he thinks the province is an ideal location. He says allowing for off-grid power connections where power generators supply data centres directly also means there’s less risk for Albertans, as there wouldn’t be major drains on the electrical grid.Best Trimmers for Precise Grooming and Convenience
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Consideration was given to recruiting women into Northern Ireland’s new police force on a 50:50 basis with men to address their “severe under-representation”, declassified files have revealed. However, legal advice was that a policy that half of new recruits to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) should be women was “not viable”, a memo from 2002 said. Stormont officials did seek legal advice that year on whether the new force’s policy of recruiting 50% of all officers from the Catholic community could be challenged as discriminatory towards ethnic minorities. Details are contained in documents held at the Public Record Office in Belfast. Hundreds of the files are being opened for public viewing under the 30/20 year rule. The majority of the files deal with events in 2003, although some are from earlier years. The PSNI replaced the RUC in 2001 following a number of reforms proposed by Lord Patten. Catholics had been under-represented in the RUC, so a 50:50 recruitment policy ran for the first decade, meaning one Catholic recruit for every one person from a Protestant or other background. A file shows an exchange of emails between civil servants in the Office of the First Minister/Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) following a PSNI human rights conference hosted in October 2002. One of the emails was seeking further information on comments at the conference about recruiting people from ethnic minorities to the force. A responding email said: “It’s all about the Patten formula of 50/50 recruitment: 50% Roman Catholic and 50% Protestant and Others. Minority Ethnics fall into the Others. “The issue, at present, is that most applicants still fall into the latter category (around 65% from memory) so this increases the competition within this grouping and makes the candidate less likely to be successful – this could therefore disadvantage Minority Ethnics. “Joe (Stewart) suggested that options could be to move Minority Ethnics to the Roman Catholic Category or alternatively create a 3rd category, say of 2%. “The issue needs further consideration including how any requirement for change could be progressed.” Another email adds: “When the Race Directive was being negotiated, we drew NIO’s (Northern Ireland Office) attention to the 50/50 recruitment policy and suggested they might want to take this up as we thought it could potentially be discriminatory on the grounds of race (likely to be proportionally more non-RC ethnic minorities than RC). “NIO did not not pursue.” Within the file there are clippings from media reports at the time where concern is being raised about the impact of 50:50 recruitment on police numbers after then PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde announced he was axing the force’s band due to resource pressures. Another internal email was then sent on December 12 under the title “50/50 Recruitment and Race”. It says: “Consideration was also given to including women on a 50-50 basis but legal advice at the time was that this was not viable despite their severe under-representation in the police force.” It says the “50:50 split Catholic/non-Catholic has recently survived a legal challenge”. The email continues: “There may still be a point (although unpopular to argue) that the percentage ethnic minority is too small to claim disadvantage/indirect discrimination – ironically the higher the percentage population of ethnic minorities, the stronger would be the claim for advantage/indirect discrimination because the lower the chance of recruitment to the PSNI (ie because the larger the share of the non-Catholic pool). “Interestingly, a stronger challenge could be brought by a young person for age discrimination whom statistics consistently show is more likely to be not religious and so in the ‘non Catholic’ pool. “Politically, there could be difficulties because there is a high profile agenda in GB at present to recruit ethnic minorities into the police service post-Macpherson/Lawrence.” There is also a draft note seeking legal advice on the issue which states that the 50:50 recruitment policy “would seem to be incompatible with the implementation of the (Race) Directive”.The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team has gotten off to a fast start this season in more ways than one. The No. 16 Bearcats have raced to a 5-0 record while outscoring their opponents by more than 31 points per game, with just one team (Northern Kentucky) coming within 16 points. Cincinnati is averaging a robust 87 points per game with one of the more efficient offenses in college basketball. Cincinnati will look to continue that hot streak when it plays host to Alabama State in nonconference action Wednesday evening. Cincinnati has punished opposing defenses in a variety of ways this season. Despite being the No. 14 offense in the nation in Ken Pomeroy's efficiency ratings, the Bearcats aren't among the nation's leaders in pace. Still, they take advantage of those opportunities when they are there. "Us playing fast is something we want to do," Cincinnati forward Dillon Mitchell said. "When I was being recruited here, that was something Coach (Wes) Miller wanted to do. "There could be games where we're not making shots or something is off, but one thing is we're gonna push the ball, play hard and play fast. That's something he preaches. We'll be in shape and get rebounds." Mitchell is fresh off a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in Cincinnati's 81-58 road win at Georgia Tech Saturday. He is one of four Bearcats to average double figures in scoring this season. That balance was on display once again against the Yellow Jackets, with Connor Hickman and Jizzle James also scoring 14 points each and Simas Lukosius contributing 12 points. In that game, Cincinnati sank 51.6 percent of its shots while regularly getting out into transition with 16 fastbreak points, while winning the rebounding battle 36-29. "Any time you get a road win over a quality, Power 4 team, you're gonna feel good about it," Miller said. "I was pleased with our effort." Lukosius is scoring 16.6 points per game, while James is at 14.0 points, followed by Mitchell at 12.4, while he also grabs a team-best 8.6 rebounds. Alabama State (3-3) has a tough task ahead, especially when considering its 97-78 loss at Akron Sunday, which ended a three-game winning streak. The Hornets allowed the Zips to shoot 46.4 percent from the field and were 53-32 in the rebounding battle. Alabama State gave up a season high in points, after playing the likes of LSU and UNLV earlier this season. Akron standout Nate Johnson lit up Alabama State for 25 points, as the game got away from the Hornets in the second half to keep them winless in true road games. Alabama leading scorers CJ Hines and TJ Madlock still got theirs against Akron, scoring 19 and 17 points, respectively. They were joined in double figures by reserve Tyler Mack (18 points), but recent history says they'll need more help to keep up with the Bearcats. Hines leads the Hornets with 15.7 points per game, while Madlock contributes 14.5 points. In previous Akron Basketball Classic wins last week against Omaha and Lamar, Alabama State featured at least four double-digit scorers in each game. --Field Level MediaArteta wanted his team to prove their European credentials following some underwhelming displays away from home, and the Gunners manager got exactly what he asked for. Goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Magalhaes, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard got their continental campaign back on track in style following the 1-0 defeat at Inter Milan last time out. A memorable victory also ended Sporting’s unbeaten start to the season, a streak of 17 wins and one draw, the vast majority of which prompted Manchester United to prise away head coach Ruben Amorim. The Gunners had failed to win or score in their two away games in the competition so far this season, but they made a blistering start in the Portuguese capital and took the lead after only seven minutes. Declan Rice fed overlapping full-back Jurrien Timber, who curled a low cross in behind the home defence for Martinelli to finish at the far post. Arsenal doubled their lead in the 20th minute thanks to a glorious ball over the top from Thomas Partey. Saka escaped the clutches of his marker Maximiliano Araujo to beat the offside trap and poke the ball past advancing goalkeeper Franco Israel for Havertz to tap home. It was a scintillating first-half display which completely overshadowed the presence of Viktor Gyokeres in Sporting’s attack. The prolific Sweden striker, formerly of Coventry, has been turning the heads of Europe’s top clubs with his 24 goals in 17 games this season – including a hat-trick against Manchester City earlier this month. But the only time he got a sniff of a run at goal after an optimistic long ball, he was marshalled out of harm’s way by Gabriel. David Raya was forced into one save, tipping a fierce Geovany Quenda drive over the crossbar. But Arsenal added a third on the stroke of half-time, Gabriel charging in to head Rice’s corner into the back of the net. To rub salt in the wound, the Brazilian defender mimicked Gyokeres’ hands-over-his-face goal celebration. That may have wound Sporting up as they came out after the interval meaning business, and they pulled one back after Raya tipped Hidemasa Morita’s shot behind, with Goncalo Inacio netting at the near post from the corner. Former Tottenham winger Marcus Edwards fired over, as did Gyokeres, with Arsenal temporarily on the back foot. But when Martin Odegaard’s darting run into the area was halted by Ousmane Diomande’s foul, Saka tucked away the penalty. Substitute Trossard added the fifth with eight minutes remaining, heading in the rebound after Mikel Merino’s shot was saved, and Gyokeres’ miserable night was summed up when his late shot crashed back off the post.
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Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" Thanks for your interest in Kalkine Media's content! To continue reading, please log in to your account or create your free account with us.was not allowed to see the bones of the dead when I visited Jennifer Raff. They were fragments of teeth and skulls held in a small metal cabinet in the basement of Fraser Hall, the University of Kansas’ hub for anthropology research. The bones can be thousands of years old and belong to some of the earliest-known settlers of the Americas. Raff, who practices martial arts, has a strong athletic build and a bright, unguarded demeanor. As we walked through the anthropology department above the basement, I noticed skulls of hominids in glass cases along the walls. So why were the bones in the basement so vigilantly out of bounds? Raff told me that Native Americans typically regard the remains as sacred, belonging to their ancestors. Members of some tribes had granted Raff permission to study the genetic composition and origins of the bones. But she must do so discretely, keeping the remains hidden from visitors. Raff, an associate professor of anthropology at the university, specializes in paleogenomics, extracting genetic material from ancient remains. The DNA preserved inside the remains has the power to vindicate or undermine carefully laid out archaeological theories about migration patterns, how and when people first arrived, and to shed light on how these early settlers lived their lives. I can’t atone for the abuses of the past, but I can try to make the field better. For years, Raff has studied how humans first set foot in the Americas. Her 2022 book, by Dartmouth College paleoanthropologist for drawing together archaeology and Indigenous oral traditions “in a masterly retelling of the story of how and when people reached the Americas.” Raff admitted that she was not always sensitive to the provenance of the ancient remains she studies. When she was working on her Ph.D., she analyzed DNA from a first-century burial site in Illinois without the consent of local tribes. She used rib bones belonging to deceased women and children to extract DNA and study relatedness. It was perfectly legal to use the skeletons, which were kept at Indiana University, but she now regrets doing so. “In retrospect, I should have gone to tribes who claim descent from these populations, talked to them about the work, and gotten permission,” Raff said. “But at the time I thought, ‘Oh, it’s fine,’ so I just did it. That’s an attitude that I really push back against now with colleagues and other people in the field, thinking you can just do this work without permission or engagement with descendant communities. I really regard my earlier work as very unethical. I won’t go back and publish any of it.” Raff’s change of heart toward ancestral remains and artifacts represents a personal awakening for her. It also represents a generational shift in the practice of anthropology and archaeology. Raff’s mentor, Dennis O’Rourke, a professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, said that in previous generations archaeologists rarely if ever consulted with Indigenous peoples. “There were no seeking permissions to do the work,” he said. “Most researchers relied on museums to provide permissions, and museums sometimes engaged in consultations and sometimes not.” As Raff and I arrived at her office, she said, “One of my missions as a scholar in this discipline is to try to improve it. I can’t atone for the abuses of the past, but I can try to make the field better in my way.” aff sat at her desk in her university office, pulling her dark hair into a ponytail behind her head. A framed photograph of Muhammad Ali boxing underwater in a swimming pool hung on a wall. A Rothko print in deep blues and reds hung on an opposite wall. Sitting on a bookshelf were prizes Raff has won for , one of them from the American Anthropological Association for the best science book in the field of biological anthropology. They were joined by mostly popular science and adventure books from authors she admires: by Gretel Ehrlich and by British geneticist , a friend and mentor. With the sun setting over the Kansas horizon, Raff told me it was a summer in the Arctic that shaped how she saw her own discipline. It was 2009 and she was a postgraduate, a geneticist invited to participate in the excavation of Nuvuk, an archaeological site located in Alaska’s northernmost point. Ocean storms continuously erode the coast there, pushing the frontier of the land southward. The area is home to the Iñupiat, who have lived there for more than 1,000 years. The dig that Raff joined was excavating the ancient cemetery at Nuvuk, which was rapidly eroding into the water, taking away with it the cultural and physical remains of the paleo-Inuit who were most undoubtedly related to the present-day inhabitants of Utqiaġvik. The Arctic landscapes left an indelible impression—the starkness of the open plains, the punishing swarms of insects, the winteriness even on the warmest days. “It’s a remarkable environment,” Raff said. The people whose genes Raff studies had survived this and harsher environments for at least a millennium. “I could really appreciate the innovations that kept them alive,” she said. The scientists had sought permission to sequence the DNA preserved inside the remains unearthed at the cemetery through consultations with the Iñupiat of Utqiaġvik. The community had agreed, provided certain provisions—minimal physical damage to the excavated bodies, followed by prompt reburial. “It was liberating,” Raff said. “To work within an explicitly stated framework, composed by the descendants of the peoples I was hoping to learn from, made it easy to do our scientific research on their terms.” Since the 1800s, anthropology museums have stocked their collections with Native American artifacts and remains sacred to tribes. “Native peoples were essentially powerless to stop it,” said Chip Colwell, editor-in-chief of , an anthropology magazine, and formerly a senior curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. “When I was coming up in the field in the ’90s, it was extraordinarily rare for Native peoples’ concerns, insights, practices, and religions to be considered as a part of archaeology.” Human history belongs to all humankind, the rationale went, elevating archaeology and anthropology to the prerogative of enlightening all humanity. From that vantage point, the needs and views of a relatively small group, such as the Native Americans, seemed trifling, especially if they insisted on the reburial of discovered bones and artifacts. Reburial, rather than preservation of archaeological finds in museums, was seen as anti-science, prohibiting future investigations which might shed new light on history. In 1971, a burial ground was discovered in Glenwood, Iowa. Twenty-six individuals identified as white “European-American pioneers” were reburied in a nearby cemetery. The remains of a Native American woman and her child from the same burial site were shipped to the Office of the State Archaeologist in Iowa City, to be distributed to museums or universities. “Dead Native Americans were archaeological resources for the state and white people weren’t,” Colwell explained. “We had allowed Native peoples to become the subject of science in a way we hadn’t for other people.” The Glenwood incident sparked a movement to defend Native American rights, challenging archaeological standard practice. In 1990, on the heels of the Civil Rights movement, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was enacted into law. It gave Indigenous people the right to rebury their dead, provided they could make a tenable connection between ancient remains and tribal affiliation. Under NAGPRA, affiliation can be established via land ownership, so that remains discovered on federal or tribal land are recognized as belonging to the tribes themselves. At the time, Colwell said, passage of NAGPRA caused an uproar. “Some scholars equated reburial to book burning or destroying libraries of knowledge.” Gradually, the culture among archaeologists began to shift, thanks largely to Indigenous activism. “That began to really push archaeologists to confront the ways in which their discipline was perpetrating harm,” Colwell said. He estimates that 90 percent of anthropologists and archaeologists today are on board with the law. Raff said meeting tribal members and learning about their cultures from them is a boon to science. Scientists can’t approach research questions, such as when humans first arrived in the Americas “with just one discipline’s data and methods alone. You have to let multiple truths or multiple possibilities coexist at the same time.” aff’s comfort with ambiguity deeply informs her work. Her central thesis in runs contrary to the anthropology that has long been taught in classrooms, a tidy story of how the first people arrived on the American continent in a single wave of migration from Asia some 15,000 years ago. Raff patiently unwinds this expectation, explaining how multiple disciplines and ways of knowing have, over the past two decades, converged on a richer, but muddier narrative of when humans first set foot in the Americas. The tidy Clovis-first theory held that people who settled the continent about 15,000 years ago were supported by a novel technology—a special kind of sharp spearhead (a Clovis head) that allowed them to hunt and subsist on megafauna. It was assumed that the “last glacial maximum,” an ice age that lasted for 4,000 years (between 23,000 to 19,000 years ago), covered the land in deep, year-round ice sheets that prohibited settlers before then. But studies of DNA from the oldest human remains unearthed in the Americas, as well as sequenced genomes of present-day Indigenous people, show that Native Americans are descendent from a single population, dating to somewhere between 25,000 to 20,000 years ago. This suggests there was a —a hospitable nook where these ancestors survived—far from other human tribes roaming the plains of Asia over the same period. Raff’s thesis about the first Americans runs contrary to the tidy story taught in classrooms. There have been no confirmed human settlements that date to this time, although Raff believes the best place to look is underwater, not far from where she conducted her research in Nuvuk. Scientists know that during the last Ice Age, Asia was connected to North America by a land bridge across the Bering Strait, which may have had a climate mild enough to allow populations to flourish. The genetic signatures also show a distinct spread of different tribes—a branching sometime between about 22,000 and 18,000 years ago. One branch, the Ancient Beringians, has no known living descendants. The other, known as the Ancestral Native Americans, gave rise to populations south of the Laurentide ice sheet, which cloaked the north of the continent, along a line roughly connecting present-day Seattle with New York City. The Ancestral Native Americans spread quickly across the whole continent, with many populations splitting extremely rapidly from one another. In , Raff explains how this has long baffled archaeologists because it is not consistent with a slow overland advancement of hunger-gatherer populations. A hypothesis proposed by Canadian archaeologist Knut Fladmark in 1979 has gained significant traction in recent years due to the pairing of ancient DNA work and Indigenous knowledge. Fladmark argued that people could have migrated along a coastal route rather than an ice-free corridor inland. Further research by scholars, notably Jon Erlandson of the University of Oregon, has led to the theory that humans could have lived along the coast eating kelp, fish, shellfish, and marine mammals, traveling to new sites by boat, via a “ ,” which ran north to south along the west coast of North America, a route that could account for the rapid spread of communities. This idea lacks concrete archaeological evidence—no physical artifacts related to navigation have been found—but is supported by oral traditions of the Tlingit and Haida tribes of Alaska, “who maintain that their ancestors were a seafaring people who have lived in this region since the dawn of history,” Raff writes in . The oral traditions of the Tlingit are rich in narratives of ancestors traveling along the Pacific Northwest Coast and down the Stikine River, over and below glaciers, foraging for seals and other marine mammals. In 2007, a genetic reconstruction of the genome of Shuká Káa, a man whose skeleton was found in an Alaskan cave and was dated to 10,000 years ago, added credibility to the kelp highway theory. It showed that Shuká Káa’s people were the ancestors of the Tlingit. At the same time, chemical analysis of his teeth showed that Shuká Káa had indeed grown up on a diet of seafood. Other archaeological artifacts found alongside his body in the cave suggested that he had engaged in long-distance trade for high quality stone, further support the coastal highway theory. The genetic sequencing work was done in consultation with the Tlingit tribe, and after the work was completed, Shuká Káa was buried in 2008. Raff reminds her readers that not all Native American origin stories align neatly with the results of genetics. And that genetic results are not set in stone, as new techniques overturn initial interpretations. In the closing pages of , Raff calls it hubris to think a definitive history of the peopling of the Americas is possible. aff ventured into writing for the public in 2015 when she created a blog called . The name, suggested by a publicist friend, reflected her feisty feelings at the time. “I wanted to go after pseudoscience and the anti-vaccine stuff that really made me mad,” she said. One post about misinformation about measles’ vaccinations begins, “Dear parents, you are being lied to.” “I learned the things that went viral were the ones that I was writing passionately about,” Raff said. “When I had a real connection, emotional connection to a topic, I wrote the best.” Raff’s blogging landed her in the culture wars, where she became a target for those who saw her as an embodiment of political correctness over objective science. In particular, Raff has been in the crosshairs of Elizabeth Weiss. Weiss is a professor emeritus of anthropology at San Jose State University and the coauthor with James W. Springer of . Weiss and Springer criticize NAGPRA and the reburial of human remains in ancestral burial grounds. They argue “secular and scientific scholarship concerning human and biological differences” is being suppressed and censored by deference to Native American religious myths. I don’t want to be this white savior liberal girl running around. In of Origin in the online magazine Quillette, Weiss aimed that criticism at Raff. “To defer to Indigenous creationist ideas is no different, in principle, from deferring to religious Christian attitudes,” Weiss wrote. As “an anthropologist, I find the anti-scientific trend that the book represents to be deeply unsettling.” In response, Raff said, “Being respectful of the beliefs and priorities of Indigenous peoples is not in opposition to science, and I’ve never been asked by any tribe to change the results of our research to fit an agenda. Weiss is stereotyping Native Americans as anti-science, which is ludicrous; they are as varied in their perspectives and belief systems as all people are.” Raff was born Jennifer Anne Kedzie in Carbondale, Illinois, the first daughter of three. Her youngest sister died in infancy of spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disorder for which there was no cure in the early 1980s. Raff was four. After the loss of her daughter, Raff’s mother was moved to return to higher education and neuroscience, and the family lived in university towns in Missouri and Indiana. Raff’s parents divorced amid the moves and financial struggles, but Raff stayed close with both her parents. Raff’s father worked as a quality assurance engineer in industry, and she credits him for pushing her to look for answers and research. “Every time I would ask him a question, he would be like, ‘Look it up.’” On the campus of Indiana University where she lived as a student, Raff grew close to Elizabeth and Rudolf Raff, both biology professors. Rudolf Raff was a pioneer of evolutionary developmental biology and director of the Indiana Molecular Biology Institute. Their son, Aaron, was Jennifer’s boyfriend, and Aaron and Jennifer married while she was in college but divorced during her last year of graduate school. “It was horrible, a really hard time,” Raff said. “But I got through it. I focused on martial arts and fighting. I thought, ‘This could be a life for me.’” And then I thought, ‘No, you know what? I love science more.’” She kept Raff as her surname. Raff has never lived outside the inland heart of the country—Illinois, Indiana, Utah, Texas, and now Kansas. Raff’s home is decorated with objects embedded with personal meaning—sepia photographs of her family, traditional weapons used in martial arts, and a handful of paintings. “Low Tide,” a peaceful landscape work by the Native American artist Linda Infante Lyons, hangs above the dining room table. It is also on the cover of . A violent depiction of abolitionist John Brown leading a bloody uprising against enslavers in 1865 hangs in the living room. In the time I spent with Raff, there was only one instance I saw her look incredibly uncomfortable. It came during a dinner at her home with her husband, Colin McRoberts, a lawyer and negotiations consultant; their son, Oliver; her mother, Kathy; and a friend of Raff’s, Peter Koenig. As we discussed the success of and Raff’s advocacy for the inclusions of Native Americans’ own stories in archaeology, Koenig remarked, “It took a white girl for Americans to hear the story.” Raff buried her head in her hands and hoodie. “I don’t want to be this white savior liberal girl running around,” Raff told me later. “I think I have a platform. I don’t know if it’s because I’m white, because I’m a professor, because I’ve been writing for the public for a long time. I don’t know. It might be all these things.” In the spring of 2024, Raff received a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete her second book, “It will continue my focus on challenging pernicious concepts of biological race and colonialist practices—particularly those still prevalent in paleoanthropology and paleogenomics,” Raff said. It will continue her quest to “complicate” the picture of human origins, so the public can begin to see the complex narratives of belonging. Where an origin is not a single point on a distant horizon, but a forest of interwoven roots. Posted on Elena Kazamia is a science writer from Greece. She has a master’s degree in conservation from University College London and a Ph.D. in plant sciences from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. Cutting-edge science, unraveled by the very brightest living thinkers.
President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. While immigration officials have used the tech for years, an October letter from the Department of Homeland Security obtained exclusively by The Associated Press details how those tools — some of them powered by AI — help make life-altering decisions for immigrants, including whether they should be detained or surveilled. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency's supervision. The letter, sent by DHS Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Eric Hysen to the immigrant rights group Just Futures Law, revealed that the score calculates the potential risk that an immigrant — with a pending case — will fail to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The algorithm relies on several factors, he said, including an immigrant’s number of violations and length of time in the program, and whether the person has a travel document. Hysen wrote that ICE officers consider the score, among other information, when making decisions about an immigrant’s case. “The Hurricane Score does not make decisions on detention, deportation, or surveillance; instead, it is used to inform human decision-making,” Hysen wrote. Also included in the government’s tool kit is a mobile app called SmartLINK that uses facial matching and can track an immigrant’s specific location. Nearly 200,000 people without legal status who are in removal proceedings are enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program, under which certain immigrants can live in the U.S. while their immigration cases are pending. In exchange, SmartLINK and GPS trackers used by ICE rigorously surveil them and their movements. The phone application draws on facial matching technology and geolocation data, which has been used before to find and arrest those using the app. Just Futures Law wrote to Hysen earlier this year, questioning the fairness of using an algorithm to assess whether someone is a flight risk and raising concerns over how much data SmartLINK collects. Such AI systems, which score or screen people, are used widely but remain largely unregulated even though some have been found to discriminate on race, gender or other protected traits. DHS said in an email that it is committed to ensuring that its use of AI is transparent and safeguards privacy and civil rights while avoiding biases. The agency said it is working to implement the Biden administration’s requirements on using AI, but Hysen said in his letter that security officials may waive those requirements for certain uses. Trump has publicly vowed to repeal Biden's AI policy when he returns to the White House in January. “DHS uses AI to assist our personnel in their work, but DHS does not use the outputs of AI systems as the sole basis for any law enforcement action or denial of benefits,” a spokesperson for DHS told the . Trump has not revealed how he plans to carry out his promised deportation of an estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally. Although he has proposed invoking wartime powers, as well as military involvement, the plan would face major logistical challenges — such as where to keep those who have been detained and how to find people spread across the country — that AI-powered surveillance tools could potentially address. Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump, did not answer questions about how they plan to use DHS’ tech, but said in a statement that “President Trump will marshal every federal and state power necessary to institute the largest deportation operation” in American history. Over 100 civil society groups sent a letter on Friday urging the Office of Management and Budget to require DHS to comply with the Biden administration’s guidelines. OMB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Just Futures Law’s executive director, Paromita Shah, said if immigrants are scored as flight risks, they are more likely to remain in detention, "limiting their ability to prepare a defense in their case in immigration court, which is already difficult enough as it is.” SmartLINK, part of the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, is run by BI Inc., a subsidiary of the private prison company The GEO Group. The GEO Group also contracts with ICE to run detention centers. ICE is tight-lipped about how it uses SmartLINK’s location feature to find and arrest immigrants. Still, public records show that during Trump’s first term in 2018, Manassas, Virginia-based employees of BI Inc. relayed immigrants’ GPS locations to federal authorities, who then arrested over 40 people. In a report last year to address privacy issues and concerns, DHS said that the mobile app includes security features that “prohibit access to information on the participant’s mobile device, with the exception of location data points when the app is open.” But the report notes that there remains a risk that data collected from people "may be misused for unauthorized persistent monitoring.” Such information could also be stored in other ICE and DHS databases and used for other DHS mission purposes, the report said. On investor calls earlier this month, private prison companies were clear-eyed about the opportunities ahead. The GEO Group’s executive chairman George Christopher Zoley said that he expects the incoming Trump administration to “take a much more aggressive approach regarding border security as well as interior enforcement and to request additional funding from Congress to achieve these goals.” “In GEO’s IS program, we can scale up from the present 182,500 participants to several hundreds of thousands, or even millions of participants,” Zoley said. That same day, the head of another private prison company told investors he would be watching closely to see how the new administration may change immigrant monitoring programs. “It’s an opportunity for multiple vendors to engage ICE about the program going forward and think about creative and innovative solutions to not only get better outcomes, but also scale up the program as necessary,” Damon Hininger, CEO of the private prison company CoreCivic Inc. said on an earnings call. GEO did not respond to requests for comment. In a statement, CoreCivic said that it has played “a valued but limited role in America’s immigration system” for both Democrats and Republicans for over 40 years. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigrationTHE PHILIPPINES’ net external liability po si tion widened as of end-September, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. The country’s international investment position (IIP) stood at a net external liability of $74.2 billion at the end of September, 33.3% bigger than the $55.7-billion net liability at the end of June. Year on year, the net external liability position was also 60.1% wider than $46.4 billion in the same period a year ago. The IIP is an indicator of the value and composition of a country’s financial assets and liabilities. It gauges an economy’s external exposure. “This development was driven by the 10.1% expansion in the country’s external financial liabilities, which outpaced the 4.8% growth in external financial assets,” the BSP said in a statement. Total outstanding external financial assets rose by 4.8% to $254.7 billion at the end of the third quarter from $243.1 billion in the previous quarter. Year on year, it jumped by 9.5%. “The country’s total stock of external financial assets expanded mainly on account of the country’s accumulation of reserve assets, which reached $112.7 billion as of end-September 2024 (or an increase of 7.1% from $105.2 billion),” the BSP said. The expansion in external financial assets was also driven by the growth in the residents’ net portfolio investments in foreign debt securities, which grew by 7.2% quarter on quarter to $33.7 billion from $31.4 billion. It also cited growth in net direct investments in debt instruments (3.3%) and equity capital of their foreign af f iliates (1.7%). Almost half or 46.2% of the external financial assets are reserve assets held by the BSP, equivalent to $117.8 billion. Other sectors accounted for 39.7% of the total or $101.1 billion during the same period while banks kept $35.8 billion (14.1%). Meanwhile, total external financial liabilities likewise climbed by 10.1% to $328.9 billion at end-September from $298.8 billion at end-June. It also jumped by 17.9% year on year. “The country’s total stock of external financial liabilities as of end-September 2024 rose, as most components registered an increase, led by foreign portfolio investment.” Net foreign portfolio investments grew by 18.7% to $104.4 billion during the period. The BSP said this was driven by the “notable increase in nonresidents’ outstanding investments in debt papers, particularly government securities and equity securities of local corporations.” “The high demand for the newly issued government securities at competitive pricing reflected continued investor confidence in the country’s economic resilience, despite global challenges.” “Meanwhile, nonresidents’ outstanding investments in equity securities rose due to upward valuation and additional inflows, mirroring the rise in the Philippine Stock Exchange index,” it added. Other sectors accounted for 58.7% or $193 billion of the country’s total external financial liabilities at the end of September. The rest were held by the National Government and banks, with financial liabilities worth $88.6 billion and $43.4 billion, respectively. The BSP held 1.2% of all external financial liabilities at $3.9 billion, which were mostly in the form of special drawing rights. — Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson
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Deputy Superintendent of Police Timothy Ng (left) and Mr Uthayakumar Chellappan Silvaraju, senior associate at DBS Bank's anti-scam team, helped the man avoid losing more money. SINGAPORE - When a man in his 60s transferred $70,000 to another bank account and wanted to withdraw the rest of his life savings of more than $600,000, a DBS Bank officer stepped in. Instead of providing a valid reason when the officer asked what it was for, the man grew agitated and refused to say much, which were immediate red flags. Recalling the case which took place in September, Mr Uthayakumar Chellappan Silvaraju, a senior associate with DBS’ anti-scam team, said he was determined to prevent the man from losing his life savings. Said Mr Kumar: “During the first two calls I had with him, he was evasive. On the third call, I asked him, ‘Are you sure you want to risk your life savings you worked so hard for?’ “That was when he broke down and said he was doing this under someone’s instructions, but he still refused to believe that he was being scammed.” The bank subsequently handed the case over to the police’s Anti-Scam Centre (ASC). Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Timothy Ng, officer-in-charge at the ASC, said he suspected the man was a victim of a government official impersonation scam as his answers sounded coached and rehearsed. “At first he was evasive, then he told me he wanted to withdraw his life savings and put them in an account with better interest rates. “But knowing that a scammer impersonating the police had probably got to him, my role was to calm him down and tell him that he was not under investigation or in trouble with the authorities,” said DSP Ng. The next morning, the man realised he had been scammed, changed his mind about transferring the $600,000, and lodged a police report. DSP Ng said: “It was a relief because he would have lost such a large amount of money.” Not all scam victims can be convinced they are being duped. That is why the Protection from Scams Bill was introduced in Parliament on Nov 11 . In what is believed to be a world first, it proposes giving the police powers to control the bank accounts of victims. If passed, the police will be allowed to issue restriction orders to banks, which will then limit the banking transactions of an individual’s accounts. Bank officers and officers at the ASC said they often need to spend a lot of time convincing victims they have been scammed. Dr Lim Boon Leng, a psychiatrist at Gleneagles Hospital, said scammers often spend a great deal of time and effort emotionally manipulating their victims to gain their trust . He said: “They often exploit psychological vulnerabilities of the victims, such as loneliness and greed. By doing so, they create an intense emotional bond with the victims, and these intense emotions override rational thinking.” Dr Lim said some victims could be in a state of grief after having already lost a certain amount of money. He added: “So, when the police or the authorities tell them they’ve been scammed, it is in a way confirming that loss, and they may refuse to listen because they are in denial about it.” In other cases, scammers may employ social engineering and tell the victim details of his own life, like how the scammer himself had been cheated before, to build rapport. Then, when the police or bank officers inform the victims they have been scammed, it is harder to convince them, as trust has already been built with the scammer, Dr Lim said. He added that in government official impersonation scams, scammers may even pre-empt their victims that there would be “other authorities” who would try to convince them that they have been scammed. Said Dr Lim: “This may then follow with threats that if the victim does not go through with the instructions given, there would be consequences. “So when the scammer’s narrative pans out and ‘another authority figure’ calls the victim, the victim would then be more likely to believe the scammer instead of the real authorities.” Government official impersonation scams were among the top 10 scams in the first half of 2024, with victims losing more than $67 million. DBS’ Mr Kumar said he has encountered victims who clearly have been coached in their responses. He said: “In such cases, we know that the victims have already been hooked by the scammers, and the banks can only do so much. “But we will still try our best to convince them, no matter the amount of money involved, because these are the savings our customers have worked so hard for.” Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads. Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel now
NoneFrom here on out, it gets real for the Washington Huskies. That’s not to suggest the first two months of the college basketball season didn’t matter, but the caliber of opponents will exponentially increase for the UW men, who clobbered New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) 90-53 on Sunday afternoon in their nonconference finale. The Highlanders (2-12), who have lost 14 straight road games, were overmatched and undermanned against Washington, which executed a flawless paint-by-numbers performance in front of 6,779 at Alaska Airlines Arena. The largest blowout of the season for UW allowed Sprinkle to rest starters, empty the bench and get a long look at seldom-used reserves. The Huskies also welcomed back senior forward Wilhelm Breidenbach who finished with 10 points and five rebounds in his first outing since sustaining a concussion on Dec. 18. “I was having symptoms right after and I couldn't play in our last game and was just getting back into practice,” said Breidenbach who converted 3 of 4 shots, including two 3-pointers. “But it's been fine. It's a good group of guys, so it's easy to easy to get back into the group.” Washington missed Breidenbach during its previous game when they lost 79-70 to Seattle U and was outrebounded 36-33. “We're totally different and you can see how much we missed him against Seattle U,” Sprinkle said. “Everything flows better with him in the game. We're a more normal team offensively, and then defensively we're way better because he knows coverages. He's played a lot of basketball. He rebounds and his size.” Forward Great Osobor added: “He just changes us in a way, like he's one of our highest IQ players and he’s 6-10. He just makes reads that come natural to him. ... It's stuff you can't teach he does, and he just makes us a better team.” Before his earliest departure of the season, Osobor, who had team-high tying 12 points and six rebounds in 17 minutes, connected on his first three-pointer of the season after missing eight attempts. Osobor also orchestrated the game’s biggest highlight when he pushed the pace on a fast break and delivered a pass through a thicket of defenders to a streaking Tyler Harris who flushed a crowd-pleading two-hand dunk for a 58-30 lead with 15:52 left. “When I got the rebound, my mind says, ‘Just go’,” Osobor said. “It’s just natural for me and I've been doing it my whole life. ... I see Tyler rim running. I’d already had one or two turnovers at that point, and the gap was kind of tight. “Then I thought, ‘Is this a bad pass?’ Maybe and then I just threw anyway and it got to where it needed to go and Tyler did the rest.” Speaking of firsts, backup center KC Ibeweke, who appeared in just four games before Sunday, scored for the first time and finished with nine points on 3-for-5 shooting in 16 minutes. “I thought he played hard,” Sprinkle said. “He did a really good job in ball screen defense. He did a lot of stuff the casual fan, they have no idea because they don't know what we're supposed to do defensively. “He executed all those and I'm proud of him, because we're going to need him. We’re going to need his size and his girth, In Big Ten play, he's got to play meaningful minutes for us.” Following a sporadic start, it took Washington about 10 minutes to seize control. After Osobor spun free for a layup, guard Tyree Ihenacho drove to the rim for a basket and collected a steal for a fastbreak layup that capped a 6-0 run, which put UW up 32-18 with 6:30 left in the first half. Minutes later, freshman guard Jase Butler drained an open 3-pointer off a feed from Butler that gave the Huskies a 42-22 lead just before the break. Washington led 46-26 at halftime and outscored NJIT 44-27 in the second half thanks in large part to freshman guard Zoom Diallo who finished with a career-high five assists and had 10 of his 12 points after the intermission. Sebastian Robinson had 16 points, Tim Moore 14 and Ari Fulton 11 for the Highlanders, which shot 37.3% from the field and converted 3 of 17 three-pointers. Meanwhile, Washington shot 55.7% on field goals, including 10 of 24 on 3-pointers and converted 12 of 14 free throws. The Huskies has more rebounds (33-29), assists (21-5), steals (12-2), bench points (47-4) and fewer turnovers (5-13). “We didn't get sloppy today,” Sprinkle said. “Sometimes in those games, you can get sloppy and guys try to do too much, but I thought we did a great job sharing the basketball and only had five turnovers. ... When we're passing the ball well and making the extra pass, those are the games where we go 10 of 24 from three.” Immediately after the game, the Huskies (9-4, 0-2) began preparing for Thursday’s pivotal matchup at home against Maryland (11-2, 1-1), which starts an 18-game trek through the Big Ten. “As a staff, we’ll get going tonight,” Sprinkle said. “I want our guys to get away, relax, get some treatment and enjoy this win. Like I said, winning at this level is hard. You have to be able to enjoy it. But once midnight hits, we got to, we got to turn our attention to Maryland.” The Terrapins are ranked 10 th in the NET and have rarely been tested while outscoring opponents by 26.2 points, which is tops among Division I teams. Maryland boasts a high-powered offense that ranks 10 th in the country in scoring (87.2 points per game) as well as a resilient defense that’s 13 th nationally in points allowed (61.1). “Obviously, it’s great team coming in,” Osobor said. “We already know they've been killing it all year and it's exciting. It’s why you come to Washington. So, I'm excited. “I feel like our team, we've had ups and downs, but one thing is, we’ve learned each game is who we are. And as long as we can keep establishing our identity and doing things we want to do, then I think we'll take it head on and handle these game one game at a time.” Note: --- UW fifth-year center Franck Kepnang who has played two games this season due to a knee injury is expected to return in 2-3 weeks, Sprinkle said. --- UW freshman forward Dominique Diomonde, who signed last week, is in France and awaiting a visa, which would allow him to travel to Seattle and play for the Huskies. “I wish I knew an exact date,” Sprinkle said. “It could be tomorrow he gets on a plane or it could be in two weeks. It just depends when the embassy over there give him his visa.” BOX SCORE
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With a market valuation of Rs 10,512.65 Cr, KPI Green Energy Ltd. is a mid-cap company in the power generation industry. The stock surged 68.52% year-to-date and concluded Friday's trading session on the BSE at Rs 800.90, up 4.92%. KPI Green Energy Limited is the KP Group's solar and hybrid division. Located in Gujarat, it is a well-known solar and hybrid power generation enterprise. Founded in February 2008, the company deals in supplying solar and hybrid power through several business sectors. Under the "Solarism" brand, the company designs, constructs, owns, runs, and maintains solar and hybrid power plants as an Independent Power Producer (IPP) and as a service provider to Captive Power Producers (CPPs). KPI Green Energy Bonus Shares "Pursuant to Regulation 42 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder, the Company has fixed Friday, January 03, 2025, as the 'Record Date' for determining the eligibility of Shareholders entitled for issuance of Bonus Equity Shares of the Company in the proportion of 1 (One) Equity Shares of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five only) each for every 2 (Two) existing Equity Share of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five only) each, subject to the approval of Shareholders which is being obtained through Postal Ballot," said KPI Green Energy in a stock exchange filing. The estimated date by which such bonus shares would be credited/dispatched is on or before January 14, 2025 according to the company. KPI Green Energy News KPI Green Energy Limited earlier announced on December 2, 2024, that it has received its largest-ever order from Coal India Limited for the installation of a 300 MWAC (405 MWDC) ground-mounted solar PV plant, including complete operation and maintenance (O&M) services for a term of five years. This is the largest order that the whole Central PSU team has ever placed. In accordance with the tender timelines, the 300 MWAC (405 MWDC) ground-mounted solar PV project will be carried out at GIPCL's Solar Park in Khavda, Gujarat, with O&M for five years and a contract price of Rs. 13.11 billion. It will be completed on an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) basis. Meanwhile, KPI Green Energy Limited and the Government of Rajasthan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 19 to build hybrid, solar, and wind power projects in Jaisalmer (Ramgarh), Rajasthan. The Government of Rajasthan will assist the organisation or company in obtaining the required clearances, approvals, etc. from the relevant state agencies in accordance with the state government's current policies, rules, and regulations. KPI Green Energy Share Price Target "KPI Green Energy stock price is bullish on the Daily charts with strong support at 764. A Daily close above the resistance of 848 could lead to a target of 918 in the near term," commented A R Ramachandran, Independent Research Analyst. Disclaimer The recommendations made above are by market analysts and are not advised by either the author, nor Greynium Information Technologies. The author, nor the brokerage firm nor Greynium would be liable for any losses caused as a result of decisions based on this write-up. Goodreturns.in advises users to consult with certified experts before making any investment decision.Players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in LPGA tournaments or the eight USGA championships for females under new gender policies published Wednesday. The policies, which begin in 2025, follow more than a year of study involving medicine, science, sport physiology and gender policy law. The updated policies would rule out eligibility for Hailey Davidson, who missed qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open this year by one shot and came up short in LPGA Q-school. Davidson, who turned 32 on Tuesday, began hormone treatments when she was in her early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGA's previous gender policy. She had won this year on a Florida mini-tour called NXXT Golf until the circuit announced in March that players had to be assigned female at birth. “Can't say I didn't see this coming,” Davidson wrote Wednesday on an Instagram story. “Banned from the Epson and the LPGA. All the silence and people wanting to stay ‘neutral’ thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of all your silence.” LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who is resigning in January, said the new gender policy "is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach." By making it to the second stage of Q-school, Davidson would have had very limited status on the Epson Tour, the pathway to the LPGA. The LPGA and USGA say their policies were geared toward being inclusive of gender identities and expression while striving for equity in competition. The LPGA said its working group of experts advised that the effects of male puberty allowed for competitive advantages in golf compared with players who had not gone through puberty. “Our policy is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who announced Monday that she is resigning in January. "The policy represents our continued commitment to ensuring that all feel welcome within our organization, while preserving the fairness and competitive equity of our elite competitions.” Mike Whan, the former LPGA commissioner and now CEO of the USGA, said it developed the updated policy independently and later discovered it was similar to those used by swimming, track and field, and other sports. United States Golf Association CEO Mike Whan said the new policy will prevent anyone from having "a competitive advantage based on their gender." “It starts with competitive fairness as the North star,” Whan said in a telephone interview. “We tried not to get into politics, or state by state or any of that stuff. We just simply said, ‘Where would somebody — at least medically today — where do we believe somebody would have a competitive advantage in the field?’ And we needed to draw a line. “We needed to be able to walk into any women's event and say with confidence that nobody here has a competitive advantage based on their gender. And this policy delivers that.” The “Competitive Fairness Gender Policy” for the USGA takes effect for the 2025 championship season that starts with the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball on May 10-14. Qualifying began late this year, though there were no transgender players who took part. “Will that change in the years to come as medicine changes? Probably,” Whan said. “But I think today this stacks up.” The LPGA “Gender Policy for Competition Eligibility” would apply to the LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour and qualifying for the tours. Players assigned male at birth must prove they have not experienced any part of puberty beyond the first stage or after age 12, whichever comes first, and then meet limitation standards for testosterone levels. The LPGA begins its 75th season on Jan. 30 with the Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, foreground right, dives toward the end zone to score past San Francisco 49ers defensive end Robert Beal Jr. (51) and linebacker Dee Winters during the second half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green goes up for a dunk during the second half of an Emirates NBA cup basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) South Carolina guard Maddy McDaniel (1) drives to the basket against UCLA forward Janiah Barker (0) and center Lauren Betts (51) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) Mari Fukada of Japan falls as she competes in the women's Snowboard Big Air qualifying round during the FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Cup 2024 at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) LSU punter Peyton Todd (38) kneels in prayer before an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. LSU won 37-17. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, left, is hit by Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey, center, as Eagles wide receiver Parris Campbell (80) looks on during a touchdown run by Barkley in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, left, trips San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Olympiacos' Francisco Ortega, right, challenges for the ball with FCSB's David Miculescu during the Europa League league phase soccer match between FCSB and Olympiacos at the National Arena stadium, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) Brazil's Botafogo soccer fans react during the Copa Libertadores title match against Atletico Mineiro in Argentina, during a watch party at Nilton Santos Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Seattle Kraken fans react after a goal by center Matty Beniers against the San Jose Sharks was disallowed due to goaltender interference during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Seattle. 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OpenAI and military defense technology company Anduril Industries said Wednesday that they would work together to use artificial intelligence for "national security missions." The ChatGPT-maker and Anduril will focus on improving defenses against drone attacks, the companies said in a joint release. The partnership comes nearly a year after OpenAI did away with wording in its policies that banned use of its technology for military or warfare purposes. Founded in 2017, Anduril is a technology company that builds command and control systems and a variety of drones, counting the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom among its customers, according to its website. OpenAI said in October that it was collaborating with the US military's research arm DARPA on cyber defenses for critical networks. "AI is a transformational technology that can be used to strengthen democratic values or to undermine them," OpenAI said in a post at the time. "With the proper safeguards, AI can help protect people, deter adversaries, and even prevent future conflict." The companies said the deal would help the United States maintain an edge over China, a goal that OpenAI chief Sam Altman has spoken of in the past. "Our partnership with Anduril will help ensure OpenAI technology protects US military personnel, and will help the national security community understand and responsibly use this technology to keep our citizens safe and free," Altman said in Wednesday's release. Anduril was co-founded by Palmer Luckey, after Facebook bought his previous company Oculus VR in a $2 billion deal. The new partnership will bring together OpenAI's advanced AI models with Anduril systems and software, according to the companies. "Our partnership with OpenAI will allow us to utilize their world-class expertise in artificial intelligence to address urgent Air Defense capability gaps across the world," Anduril co-founder and chief executive Brian Schimpf said in the release. Schimpf said the collaboration would allow "military and intelligence operators to make faster, more accurate decisions in high-pressure situations." gc/aha
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Adebayo applauds Okonjo-Iweala’s reappointment as WTO DGChris Perkins: The Dolphins-lose-in-cold-weather narrative has been greatly exaggeratedVolumetric Display Market | Business Growth, Development Factors, Current and Future Trends till 2031 | Seekway Technology Ltd. SeeReal Technologies GmbH Sony Corporation 11-30-2024 10:28 AM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance Press release from: orion market research Volumetric Display Market Volumetric display market is anticipated to grow at a significant CAGR of 28.3% during the forecast period (2024-2031). Volumetric display is a type of 3D display technology that creates visual representations of objects or scenes with depth and volume. A 3D display is a type of display technology that creates three-dimensional images or visual representations of objects in space, usually without special glasses or other devices. It aims to provide a more immersive and realistic viewing experience compared to traditional two-dimensional displays. In a volume display, the image appears to occupy a certain volume of space rather than being confined to a flat surface. It can be viewed from multiple angles and perspectives, giving viewers a sense of depth, and allowing them to see different sides of the object as they move around it. Get Free Sample link @ https://www.omrglobal.com/request-sample/volumetric-display-market Globally, the performance, quality, and usefulness of three-dimensional visual solutions are continuously improved by technological developments in display technologies, which drive growth for the volumetric display market. Realistic and immersive viewing experiences are made possible by innovations including improved color accuracy, better refresh rates, and increasing pixel density. Furthermore, improvements in manufacturing techniques and materials enable volumetric displays to be produced in a more economical and scalable manner, opening new markets and uses for them. These developments fuel demand and encourage additional field research and development. full report of Volumetric Display Market available @ https://www.omrglobal.com/industry-reports/volumetric-display-market •Market Coverage •Market number available for - 2024-2031 •Base year- 2024 •Forecast period- 2024-2031 •Segment Covered- By Source, By Product Type, By Applications •Competitive Landscape- Archer Daniels Midland Co., Ingredion Inc., Kerry Group Plc, Cargill •Inc., and others Global Volumetric Display Market Report Segment By Type •Swept Volumetric Displays •Holographic Displays •Static Volumetric Displays By Component •Projector •Motor •Position Sensor By Application •Aerospace and Defense •Medical •Automotive •Communication and Entertainment •Others (Education and Training) By Technology •Digital Light Processing (DLP) •Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) Global Volumetric Display Market Report Segment by Region North America •United States •Canada Europe •UK •Germany •Italy •Spain •France •Rest of Europe Asia-Pacific •China •India •Japan •South Korea •Rest of Asia-Pacific Rest of the World •Latin America •Middle East & Africa The Report Covers •Market value data analysis of 2023 and forecast to 2031. •Annualized market revenues ($ million) for each market segment. •Country-wise analysis of major geographical regions. •Key companies operating in the global volumetric display market. Based on the availability of data, information related to new product launches, and relevant news is also available in the report. •Analysis of business strategies by identifying the key market segments positioned for strong growth in the future. •Analysis of market-entry and market expansion strategies. •Competitive strategies by identifying 'who-stands-where' in the market. For More Customized Data, Request for Report Customization @ https://www.omrglobal.com/report-customization/volumetric-display-market About Orion Market Research Orion Market Research (OMR) is a market research and consulting company known for its crisp and concise reports. The company is equipped with an experienced team of analysts and consultants. OMR offers quality syndicated research reports, customized research reports, consulting and other research-based services. The company also offer Digital Marketing services through its subsidiary OMR Digital and Software development and Consulting Services through another subsidiary Encanto Technologies. Media Contact: Company Name: Orion Market Research Contact Person: Mr. Anurag Tiwari Email: info@omrglobal.com Contact no: +91 780-304-0404 This release was published on openPR.
NoneAuthor and former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson announced Thursday she’s running to lead the Democratic National Committee. “I’m proud to announce I’m running for Chair of the DNC. In order to respond to the challenge of this moment, the Democratic Party needs transformation,” she posted on social media, with a link to a lengthy letter addressed to DNC members outlining her ambitions for the office. Williamson ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and 2024. In 2020, she dropped out in January before the Iowa caucus after failing to meet the polling qualifications for several debates. In 2024, her best performance was 4% in the New Hampshire primary, behind Joe Biden, who received 63.8% of the vote despite not officially competing in the primary, and outgoing Rep. Dean Phillips, who received nearly 20%. She ended her candidacy and reentered the 2024 race twice before ending her campaign for a third and final time in July. She joins a growing field to replace outgoing chair Jaime Harrison that includes former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who ran for president in 2016; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin; Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler; and New York state Sen. James Skoufis.Facing rising competition in the AI chip space, Nvidia is reportedly turning to robotics. The $3.3 trillion company, whose tech has helped drive the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), will launch the next version of compact computers for humanoid robots — dubbed Jetson Thor — in the first half of next year, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Dec. 29). According to the report, Nvidia is jockeying to become the top platform in what it argues is a coming robotics boom. “The ChatGPT moment for physical AI and robotics is around the corner,” Deepu Talla , Nvidia’s vice president of robotics, told the FT, adding that he believes the market is at a “tipping point.” The FT report noted that this effort comes as Nvidia is expecting more competition for its chips from rivals like AMD , as well as cloud computing titans like Google and Amazon. Now, the company is investing in the “physical AI” space to help the new robotics firms grow. For example, it joined Microsoft and OpenAI in a February funding round that valued humanoid robotics company Figure AI at $2.6 billion . While Nvidia does not break out figures for its robotics product sales, the FT report said that this part of its business represents a smaller share of its revenue. Data center revenue, for example, made up around 88% of the $35.1 billion in sales Nvidia reported in the third quarter . In other robotics/AI news, PYMNTS wrote recently about research at MIT that developed an AI system that could let warehouse robots deftly handle odd-shaped packages and navigate crowded spaces without putting human workers in danger. It’s a breakthrough happening at a moment when retailers and logistics companies are facing increasing pressure to automate amid surging eCommerce demand. Although robots excel at repetitive tasks such as moving pallets, MIT’s PRoC3S technology could finally solve the long-standing challenge of robots safely performing more complex warehouse jobs that usually require human dexterity and spatial awareness. “In theory, PRoC3S could reduce a robot’s error rate by vetting its initial LLM-based assumptions against more specific and accurate understandings of the warehouse environment,” Erik Nieves , CEO and co-founder at Plus One Robotics , told PYMNTS. “Think about it like this: A warehouse robot operating solely on LLM guidance has been described how to complete a task. The PRoC3S concept goes one step further by placing a digital robot in a simulated environment of that task. It’s essentially the difference between classroom instruction and a really good field trip.” As PYMNTS has reported, robotics and AI technologies are transforming traditional distribution yards via specialized autonomous vehicles outfitted with robotic arms that can handle complex tasks such as connecting brake lines and positioning trailers, operating alongside human workers.
WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 26, 2024-- Equity Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:EQBK), (“Equity”), the Wichita-based holding company of Equity Bank, will release its fourth quarter results on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, with a press release issued after market close. Equity Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brad Elliott and Chief Financial Officer Chris Navratil will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss earnings results on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 10 a.m. eastern time or 9 a.m. central time. A live webcast of the call will be available on the Company’s website at investor.equitybank.com . To access the call by phone, please go to this registration link and follow the registration instructions. Once you have registered for the call, dial-in information will be provided. Investors, news media, and other participants are encouraged to dial into the conference call ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. 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RJ Thompson scored 23 points -- including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 56 seconds left -- as Charleston Southern shocked host Miami 83-79 on Saturday afternoon. Miami entered the game as a 23.5-point favorite. Charleston (2-7) won its first game of the season away from home after losing its previous six road or neutral-court contests. The Buccaneers also got 21 points from Thompson Camara and 20 points and 11 rebounds from Taje' Kelly. Camara match his previous career point total. Miami (3-4), playing at home for the first time in two weeks, lost its fourth straight game. Brandon Johnson led Miami with 23 points and freshman Austin Swartz scored a career-high 15. Swartz entered the game averaging just 2.3 points For the first time this season, Miami was without Nijel Pack, who has a lower-body injury. Pack leads the team in scoring (15.2) and assists (4.7). With Pack out, five-star freshman Jalil Bethea made his first start and had six points. The game featured quite a contrast in coaches. Miami's Jim Larranaga, 75, has won 743 games in 41-plus seasons. Charleston Southern's Saah Nimley, 31, is in his full first season as a head coach. He was named interim coach in November 2023. In the first half, Miami raced to a 17-10 lead. However, Charleston Southern posted an 11-0 run to grab a 21-17 advantage. The Hurricanes lost control late in the first half as Miami's Johnson hit a 3-pointer and was hit with a technical foul for taunting. Later in the first half, Larranaga was also hit with a technical. By the end of the half, the Buccaneers led 45-37. Camara led Charleston Southern with 16 first-half points on 6-for-7 shooting, including 4-of-5 on 3-pointers. Johnson scored 12 for Miami in the opening half, all on 3-pointers. In the second half, Charleston Southern stretched its lead to 13. Miami rallied as the clock wound down. With 38 seconds left, Miami called a timeout while trailing 81-79. With 15 seconds left, Swartz missed a 3-pointer and the Buccaneers got the rebound. Daylen Berry made two free throws with 11 seconds left to ice the game. Up next, Miami will host No. 19 Arkansas on Tuesday night as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. Charleston Southern will return home to face Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday night. --Field Level Media
Five-star QBs point to future excitement in Michigan-Ohio State rivalryWhile the statistics may not necessarily suggest that C.J. Stroud had a horrible game, his demeanor in the post game certainly reinforced that idea. Stroud ended the game 17/31 passing for 185 yards and one interception. It’s abundantly clear that injuries have begun to catch up to the Texans offense and whether this team can compete for a championship without Tank Dell and Stefon Diggs remains to be seen. After the game, C.J. was critical of his playmaking but took ownership of his offensive production. He said, “You know, terrible on my behalf. Probably one of my worst games of my whole career, just came out flat and didn’t have any energy. I didn’t lead the offense the way I should have. I always gotta look myself in the mirror and be honest with myself and it’s not good enough today. It is what it is, can’t hang my head down but just gotta keep going.” Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Thanks for the feedback.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Max Green's 16 points helped Holy Cross defeat Regis (MA) 82-46 on Sunday. Green also had nine rebounds and six assists for the Crusaders (8-5). Aidan Richard scored 13 points, going 4 of 6 (3 for 5 from 3-point range). Declan Ryan went 6 of 8 from the field to finish with 12 points. Jamir Harvey finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and four steals for the Pride. Aamyr Sullivan added nine points and five assists for Regis (MA). Dan Grasso finished with six points. Holy Cross took the lead with 19:46 left in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 36-20 at halftime, with Richard racking up 10 points. Holy Cross extended its lead to 82-43 during the second half, fueled by a 15-2 scoring run. Green scored a team-high 11 points in the second half as their team closed out the win. Holy Cross hosts Loyola (MD) in its next matchup on Thursday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .MERACH Exercise Bike, Smart Magnetic Stationary Bike with Bluetooth APP 11-25-2024 10:56 PM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance Press release from: Getnews / PR Agency: PR Distribution Service Revolutionizing Indoor Cycling: Meet MERACH S28 - The Only Smart Bike with Gradient Adjustment When it comes to fitness technology, MERACH has consistently pushed boundaries. With the launch of the MERACH S28, the bar has been raised once again. As the first and only smart exercise bike featuring gradient adjustment, the S28 transforms your indoor cycling experience into a realistic, immersive journey. Here's why this groundbreaking innovation is turning heads and how it stacks up against other products in the market. Unmatched Realism with Gradient Adjustment Unlike traditional exercise bikes that simulate flat roads or rely solely on resistance settings, the S28 introduces automatic gradient adjustment. Whether you're ascending steep hills or cruising downhill, the bike adjusts its slope to mimic real-world terrains. Seamless Integration with FantomFite: Your Ultimate Fitness App The S28 is fully compatible with MERACH's proprietary FantomFite gaming app, offering a next-level interactive experience. Engage in gamified workouts where the gradient adjusts dynamically with the virtual terrain. Unlike standard apps that focus solely on metrics, FantomFite combines entertainment with fitness, keeping you motivated throughout every ride. Premium Build Meets Affordability Priced at $799.99, with a limited-time offer bringing it down to $499.99, the S28 delivers premium features without the premium price tag. A Step Ahead in Sustainability and Durability Built with a heavy-duty frame and an ultra-quiet belt-driven mechanism, the S28 ensures longevity and smooth performance. Its compact design is perfect for modern homes, while its low power consumption reflects MERACH's commitment to eco-friendly innovation. The Future of Indoor Cycling Is Here Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a beginner looking for an engaging way to stay fit, the MERACH S28 stands out as the ultimate choice for indoor cycling. With its unique features, affordability, and cutting-edge technology, it's more than a fitness tool-it's a gatew Product Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DK918QQ3 Media Contact Company Name: Merach Contact Person: Marketing Team Email: Send Email [ http://www.universalpressrelease.com/?pr=merach-exercise-bike-smart-magnetic-stationary-bike-with-bluetooth-app ] Address:Room 202, 2nd Floor, Pioneer Technology Building, 298 Weiye Road, Puyan Street, Binjiang District City: Hangzhou Country: China Website: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/99D2F83D-75AB-4189-B2FF-1A514016B63B?ingress=2&visitId=2a82edd5-d6a3-4fc5-8a63-2891a0f90ad7&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandLogo_sto&ref_=ast_bln This release was published on openPR.
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A melee broke out at midfield of Ohio Stadium after Michigan upset No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 on Saturday. After the Wolverines' fourth straight win in the series, players converged at the block "O" to plant its flag. The Ohio State players were in the south end zone singing their alma mater in front of the student section. When the Buckeyes saw the Wolverines' flag, they rushed toward the 50-yard line. Social media posts showed Michigan offensive lineman Raheem Anderson carrying the flag on a long pole to midfield, where the Wolverines were met by dozens of Ohio State players and fights broke out. Buckeyes defensive end Jack Sawyer was seen ripping the flag off the pole and taking the flag as he scuffled with several people trying to recover the flag. A statement from the Ohio State Police Department read: "Following the game, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in breaking up an on-field altercation. During the scuffle, multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray. OSUPD is the lead agency for games and will continue to investigate." Michigan running back Kalel Mullings on FOX said: "For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game. It's bad for the sport, bad for college football. At the end of the day, some people got to learn how to lose, man. "You can't be fighting and stuff just because you lost the game. We had 60 minutes and four quarters to do all that fighting. Now people want to talk and fight. That's wrong. It's bad for the game. Classless, in my opinion. People got to be better." Once order was restored, officers cordoned the 50-yard line, using bicycles as barriers. Ohio State coach Ryan Day in his postgame press conference said he wasn't sure what happened. "I don't know all the details of it. But I know that these guys are looking to put a flag on our field and our guys weren't going to let that happen," he said. "I'll find out exactly what happened, but this is our field and certainly we're embarrassed at the fact we lost the game, but there's some prideful guys on our team that weren't just going to let that happen." The Big Ten has not yet released a statement on the incident. --Field Level MediaA role reversal doomed the No. 22 Xavier Musketeers in their only loss of the season, against Michigan at the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Wednesday. Normally a team that avoids committing turnovers and pressures its opponent into making them, Xavier (6-1) will try to recapture its early-season winning form when it hosts South Carolina State on Sunday in Cincinnati. Through their six wins, the Musketeers had just 58 turnovers while forcing 82 by their opponents. But against the Wolverines, they lost the turnover battle 19-10 and the game 78-53. The Musketeers committed 14 turnovers in the first half and fell behind 41-30. Xavier head coach Sean Miller credited his team for typically playing an up-tempo style while avoiding mistakes, while also acknowledging that the turnover bug really bit them against the Wolverines. "We lost to a really good team; no shame in that," Miller said. "We, on top of that, didn't play well." "And that (avoiding turnovers) is something you (usually) do well? That's going to be hard to overcome against a quality team like Michigan." Leading scorer Ryan Conwell (17.6 points per game) gave the Musketeers a boost with 19 points. Zach Freemantle, second on the team at 15.4 ppg, added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Problematically, however, they also contributed to the turnover problem with three apiece. "We didn't play well enough to win the game," Miller said. "The game got out of hand. It's not like our guys quit. Their depth just continued to wear on us." The Musketeers also get 11 points and a team-high 4.4 assists per game from Dayvion McKnight. The guard had just one turnover against Michigan, but he also made just one of his eight shot attempts. Xavier may have an opportunity get right in the turnover area against the Bulldogs (4-4), who are No. 207 in the NCAA in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.11. South Carolina State is fresh off an 82-53 road loss to Marshall on Wednesday, in a game in which turnovers weren't a huge problem. But assists and made shots were hard to come by for the Bulldogs. Leading scorer Drayton Jones (12.0 ppg) again paced his team in points with 10 vs. Marshall, but the Bulldogs as a team managed just six assists and shot terribly at the 3-point (18.8 percent) and the free-throw (47.1 percent) lines. Jones is also the team's leading rebounder with 5.1 a game, but no Bulldogs player is averaging more than two assists. It's all part of the learning process for coach Erik Martin, whose first team went 5-26 in 2022-23. The Bulldogs improved to 14-18 last season, including 9-5 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. "The only way you can grow sometimes is by failure or by struggling," Martin said this offseason. "You have to fail in order to learn how to deal with failure and move on and become the person you're supposed to be." --Field Level Media
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BOCA RATON, Fla. , Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boca Woods Country Club is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its newly redesigned Woods golf course. This momentous occasion took place on Sunday, December 8th at 12:00 PM , with a celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony marking the culmination of a remarkable $9M transformation that has captivated the attention of golf enthusiasts far and wide. More than 450 Members and distinguished guests from industry and government joined the Club for the ribbon cutting ceremony, cocktails and hors d' oeuvres. Attendees included PGA Junior Club Members standing aside past Club Presidents, sharing a commitment to excellence demonstrated by the investment to fully renovate the Woods Course. The ceremony concluded with the presentation of a lifetime Boca Woods Country Club Membership accepted by Rees Jones . The outcome of this extensive renovation: a formidable championship golf course, meticulously designed by the renowned Rees Jones and delivered through the craftsmanship of LaBar Golf. Stretching to a maximum yardage of 7,043 yards, the course boasts key risk/reward decisions for the experienced golfer while offering better playable options for those less experienced. Some key highlights of the renovation include: " The Woods course is now a true championship layout, playing to a maximum yardage of 7,043 yards." Said Jeff Gullett , Director of Golf. He continued, " Rees Jones has incorporated a combination of green complexes and bunkering that will test every golfer's ability. We are confident that our Members will be delighted with the results." The Woods golf course offers an inspired blend of challenging greens and strategically placed bunkers, promising to test the mettle of even the most seasoned golfers. The harmonious fusion of design elements guarantees a truly exceptional and unforgettable round of golf. What truly distinguishes the Woods course is its serene and secluded setting. Nestled away from the luxury homes that dot the community, the course immerses players in the tranquility of South Florida's nature, offering a respite from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. " Bryce Swanson and I are pleased that the Woods Course at Boca Woods is reopening on time and on budget. The redesign of the golf course enhances the course's playability, strategy, and variety. The remodeled golf course will provide an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience for the Members and their guests on a continuing basis. It has been a pleasure to work with all involved in this project," said Rees Jones . This renovation is particularly significant due to Boca Woods' unique position in the golfing world. With 36 holes of championship golf and a limited Membership of only 590 golfers, Boca Woods provides an unparalleled level of exclusivity and access. The newly renovated Woods course further solidifies the club's reputation as a golfer's paradise, offering a rare combination of world-class amenities and a close-knit community of passionate enthusiasts. " It is amazing to witness the evolution taking place at this Club." Says David Sweet, General Manager/ COO. He continues, "In the last four years, Members have supported the development of modern amenities: a new Clubhouse with state-of-the-art virtual meeting spaces, a sports and wellness complex that offers 10,000 sq ft of fitness, modern racquet sports facilities including lights for night play, and now this championship course developed in partnership with the best names in the business. Rees has left his mark on Boca Woods, and the Club's future is bright!" Central to the course's allure is the masterful touch of Rees Jones , whose design philosophy seamlessly integrates the natural beauty of the surroundings with the strategic demands of the game. The result is a golfing experience that is both visually captivating and intellectually stimulating. "The Rees Jones' update to our Woods Course is inspirational. Coupled with renovations designed by Kipp Schulties on the Lakes Course, we offer a small community of players a wide range of golfing opportunities. As President of Boca Woods, I am proud of what we accomplished and the time frame we worked within. We listened to our players: men and women, scratch players and weekenders... the result is 36 holes of magnificent golf course architecture that challenges the best and offers playable options for every level. Our demographics say it all (reference the generations photo), and there are tee boxes for every player at every age to enjoy. Boca Woods is setting the standard" said Howard Mittleman , Board President for Boca Woods Country Club. The renovation of the Woods golf course represents a substantial investment in elevating the club's amenities, ensuring Members have exceptional golf experiences. The comprehensive project followed a $14.5M building and facilities renovation. For more information on the new Woods golf course or to inquire about membership opportunities, please visit bocawoodscc.com . The Club foresees many future investments, including the installation of TopTracer (technology owned and used by Top Golf Entertainment Group) on the driving range, sharing information about every shot for Members through fully integrated technology inclusive of ballistics scopes delivering multiple data points for every shot. About Boca Woods Country Club Boca Woods Country Club is an established residential country club community located in Boca Raton, Florida . Membership at Boca Woods offers extraordinary value in a golf community that features two championship golf courses and all the amenities that private country club living has to offer. Boca Woods Country Club is dedicated to providing a residential country club lifestyle featuring a community and club culture characterized by friendliness, civility and respect for its members and staff in an overall setting of refinement and casual elegance. Media Contact: membership@bocawoodscc.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grand-opening-of-the-rees-jones-woods-golf-course-announced-at-boca-woods-country-club-302334242.html SOURCE Boca Woods Country ClubIn a surprising turn of events, the League of Legends community was abuzz with excitement as the 2021 World Championship group draw placed Invictus Gaming (iG) and Top Esports (TES) in the same group. 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