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Adagene Inc. ( NASDAQ:ADAG – Get Free Report ) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 65,300 shares, an increase of 88.2% from the November 30th total of 34,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 60,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Institutional Inflows and Outflows An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Adagene stock. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Adagene Inc. ( NASDAQ:ADAG – Free Report ) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 90,908 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $202,000. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC owned about 0.21% of Adagene at the end of the most recent quarter. 9.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. Adagene Price Performance Shares of ADAG opened at $1.96 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $2.41 and its 200-day moving average is $2.54. Adagene has a fifty-two week low of $1.60 and a fifty-two week high of $4.38. Analysts Set New Price Targets Check Out Our Latest Analysis on ADAG About Adagene ( Get Free Report ) Adagene Inc, a clinical stage biotechnology company, engages in the research, development, and production of monoclonal antibody drugs for cancers. The company's product candidates include ADG106, a human ligand-blocking agonistic anti- CD137 IgG4 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that is in Phase 1b/2 clinical trials for the treatment advanced solid tumors and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; ADG126, a masked fully-human anti-CTLA-4 mAb that is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment advanced/metastatic solid tumors; and ADG116, a human ligand-blocking anti-CTLA-4 mAb, which is in Phase 1b/2 clinical development for the treatment of advanced/metastatic solid tumors. See Also Receive News & Ratings for Adagene Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Adagene and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .The New Era Of Cybersecurity: Harnessing The Power Of Generative AIDURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Kinkead Dent threw for 246 yards and ran for another 56 yards and a touchdown as UT Martin rolled to a 41-10 win over New Hampshire in an FCS first-round game on Saturday. The Skyhawks (9-4) advance to face unbeaten and top-seeded Montana State (12-0) in the second round. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
Nokia Corporation Stock Exchange Release 27 December 2024 at 22:30 EET Nokia Corporation: Repurchase of own shares on 27.12.2024 Espoo, Finland – On 27 December 2024 Nokia Corporation (LEI: 549300A0JPRWG1KI7U06) has acquired its own shares (ISIN FI0009000681) as follows: * Rounded to two decimals On 22 November 2024, Nokia announced that its Board of Directors is initiating a share buyback program to offset the dilutive effect of new Nokia shares issued to the shareholders of Infinera Corporation and certain Infinera Corporation share-based incentives. The repurchases in compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR), the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 and under the authorization granted by Nokia’s Annual General Meeting on 3 April 2024 started on 25 November 2024 and end by 31 December 2025 and target to repurchase 150 million shares for a maximum aggregate purchase price of EUR 900 million. Total cost of transactions executed on 27 December 2024 was EUR 3,740,926. After the disclosed transactions, Nokia Corporation holds 220,370,243 treasury shares. Details of transactions are included as an appendix to this announcement. On behalf of Nokia Corporation BofA Securities Europe SA About Nokia At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs. With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future. Inquiries: Nokia Communications Phone: +358 10 448 4900 Email: press.services@nokia.com Maria Vaismaa, Global Head of External Communications Nokia Investor Relations Phone: +358 40 803 4080 Email: investor.relations@nokia.com Attachment Daily Report 2024-12-27
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From Jude Chinedu, Enugu The Governor of Enugu State, Chief Peter Mbah, has commended the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for championing unity and cohesion among Nigerians. Speaking during the recently concluded National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Christian body, held in Enugu for the first time, Mbah noted that CAN has consistently promoted harmony among different faiths in the country. The President of CAN, His Eminence, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, stated that Nigerians expect collaboration between the government and critical stakeholders to improve the well-being of the people. He said: “Nigerians expect to see impactful collaboration with the government and other critical stakeholders to combine synergy in strengthening the institutions of government and agencies established to improve the livelihood of people. “Christians should also be reassured that we are ever ready to defend the Christian faith in such a way that we do not oppress others but collaborate to ensure that Nigeria works for the benefit of all. “The NEC meeting is where we discuss issues of national unity and national concern. We seek ways to positively impact the lives of Nigerians regardless of one’s religion, political affiliation, or ethnic background. “We are in Enugu State because we decided to rotate our meetings to leverage them to impact the lives of our members and the general public, especially those at the grassroots level. “This happens to be the first time we are rotating the meeting from Abuja, and we are happy with the way our brothers in Enugu received us. We thank the Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, for the hospitality extended to us since yesterday.” The Chairman of CAN in Enugu State, Reverend Emmanuel Edeh, added that Christians, as critical stakeholders in Nigeria, cannot afford to neglect praying for and supporting the government, emphasising that this aligns with God’s instructions. The event was attended by delegates from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).Fed policymakers prepare the ground for rate-cut pause next yearThe majority of likely American voters says the United States does not need any more foreign H-1B visa workers to fill white-collar jobs, a new poll finds. A Rasmussen Reports survey reveals that 6-in-10 Americans say the U.S. “already has enough talented people to train and recruit” for white-collar jobs when asked whether Congress should increase the inflow of foreign workers, primarily those arriving through the H-1B visa program. Meanwhile, just 26 percent of Americans say Congress should increase the number of foreign visa workers taking white-collar jobs. Republicans and swing voters, in particular, say the U.S. has enough American talent for such jobs and does not need more foreign visa workers. The survey shows that 72 percent of Republicans, 63 percent of swing voters, and a plurality of 47 percent of Democrats say the U.S. has talented people who can be trained and recruited for open white-collar jobs. For years, Breitbart News has chronicled the fraud and abuse within the H-1B visa program where white-collar Americans are laid off and forced to train their foreign replacements, primarily from India and China. While corporations lay off Americans in white-collar jobs to import foreign H-1B visa workers, hundreds of thousands of young college-educated Americans enter the workforce every year looking for entry-level jobs with decent salaries. Annually, about half a million American graduates enter the STEM workforce looking for high-paying jobs with good benefits packages. Their chances of landing such a job are cut significantly with the annual inflow of tens of thousands of foreign H-1B visa workers who will compete directly against them in the white-collar labor market. In President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, the administration reformed the H-1B visa program to better ensure that companies were not wrongfully firing Americans only to hire foreign visa workers. By 2022, though, President Joe Biden gutted those reforms and allowed corporations that had been denied foreign H-1B visa workers by the Trump administration to reapply. John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here .
Children love festive story books and books make great stocking fillers. Here are the six festive children’s books recommended by librarians. Pig the elf by Aaron Blabey No one loves Christmas more than Pig. And the world’s greediest Pug will stay up all night to get his presents. Why I love Christmas Illustrated by Daniel Howarth Featuring children’s own words, this book is an ideal stocking filler. From Christmas trees to Christmas cake and everything in between, it includes the things that children love about Christmas. Santa Claus and the three bears by Maria Modugno Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear weren’t expecting any company when they went for a walk on Christmas Eve. This book delivers a festive twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, with Santa Clause stepping in as a cheerful intruder. The prose is accompanied by beautiful watercolour pictures. Dave’s Christmas Cracker by Sue Hendra Dave loves Christmas. There are friends, decorations, presents and, best of all, there is an enormous Christmas meal including lots of Brussels sprouts. Rumble, rumble goes Dave’s tummy. Christmas is going to be explosive! The Bush Santa illustrated by Mandy Foot As the sun sets on Christmas Eve, the Bush Santa’s big night begins. He travels around Australia delivering special presents to all the Aussie animals from the cockies in Cairns and the crocs of the Top End, to the wallabies in Canberra and the quokkas of Rottnest Island. An Aussie Night before Christmas by Yvonne Morrison Christmas in the middle of an Australian summer means Santa has to find new ways to deliver his presents. The obvious solutions are to don a sun hat, shorts and a pair of thongs, not to mention ditching the sleigh and reindeer for roos and a ute. Each line of this traditional verse has been rewritten with Aussie references.LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Renovaro Inc. (NASDAQ: RENB) , a pioneer in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics powered by artificial intelligence, today announced that it has received a notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule, 5550(a)(2). The Company's security will continue to be listed and traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market and this matter is now closed. Renovaro previously received a notification letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department on September 12, 2024, notifying the Company that, over the previous 30 consecutive business days, the closing bid price of the Company's common stock had been below the minimum of $1.00 per share required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). About Renovaro Renovaro https://renovarogroup.com/ aims to accelerate precision and personalized medicine for longevity powered by mutually reinforcing AI and biotechnology platforms for early diagnosis, better-targeted treatments, and drug discovery. Renovaro Inc. includes RenovaroBio with its advanced cell-gene immunotherapy company and Renovaro Cube. Renovaro Cube has developed an award-winning AI platform that is committed to the early detection of cancer and its recurrence and monitoring subsequent treatments. Renovaro Cube intervenes at a stage where potential therapy can be most effective. Renovaro Cube is a molecular data science company with a background in FinTech and a 12-year history. It brings together proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology, multi-omics, multi-modal data, and the expertise of a carefully selected multidisciplinary team to radically accelerate precision medicine and enable breakthrough changes in disease agnostic decision support. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature are forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions based on current information and expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the success or efficacy of our pipeline, platform and fundraising. All statements other than historical facts are forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes,” "plans,” "expects,” "aims,” "intends,” "potential,” or similar expressions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in any of such statements due to various uncertainties, including as set forth in Renovaro's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Renovaro Inc. undertakes no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. Investor Relations Chris Tyson Executive Vice President MZ Group - MZ North America 949-491-8235 [email protected] www.mzgroup.us For media inquiries, please contact: karen@Renovaro Cube.com and [email protected]34 Products For The Parent Who Is Desperately Trying To Keep Their Toddler Entertained This Winter
Mapfre, S.A. ( OTCMKTS:MPFRY – Get Free Report )’s stock price dropped 1.4% on Friday . The stock traded as low as $5.06 and last traded at $5.06. Approximately 2,901 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 60% from the average daily volume of 1,811 shares. The stock had previously closed at $5.13. Mapfre Trading Down 1.4 % The company has a fifty day moving average price of $5.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $5.07. Mapfre Cuts Dividend The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 27th were paid a dividend of $0.0861 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 27th. Mapfre’s dividend payout ratio is 35.86%. Mapfre Company Profile Mapfre, SA engages in insurance, finance, securities, investment, and services business worldwide. The company offers life and non-life; health; accident; property and casualty protection comprising automobile and homeowner insurance, personal third-party liability and asset insurance, etc.; savings and investment; retirement; burial; travel; and leisure insurance solutions. Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for Mapfre Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Mapfre and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust ( OTCMKTS:WPTIF – Get Free Report )’s share price traded down 7.6% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $20.00 and last traded at $20.10. 5,700 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 81% from the average session volume of 30,230 shares. The stock had previously closed at $21.75. WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust Stock Performance The business has a 50-day moving average price of $20.10 and a 200 day moving average price of $20.10. WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust engages in the acquisition, development, and owning industrial investment properties. It focuses on the warehouse and distribution properties. The company was founded on March 4, 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Recommended Stories Receive News & Ratings for WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Algert Global LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO)Liverpool's clubland determined to go beyond Labour's spiking plans
Who is Georgia President Mikheil Kavelashvili? Ex-Premier League soccer player who scored memorable goal versus Manchester UnitedNORAD’s Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids.THE SMALL boat gangs have no regard for human life and no respect for the way other people live. So of course, while people across Britain have been enjoying Christmas , those gangs have seized on the mild weather to make yet more money undermining our border security and putting lives at risk sending dangerously overcrowded dinghies across the Channel. For too long, they have been able to get away with that evil trade. Over the last six years they have been allowed to build up a vast criminal industry along our border, stretching right across Europe and beyond, with manufacturing and supply chains for the boats, illegal finance networks to take payments, and extensive advertising operations full of false promises. Their desire to profit from human misery has no limit and no conscience. Pay extra and you get a life jacket – even though it is fake and wouldn’t keep anyone afloat. READ MORE ON MIGRANT CRISIS Pay less and you take your chances on a dinghy with 70 people on board – where so many women and children have been crushed to death this year. Failure to stop the gangs taking hold in recent years has left our border security far too dependent on how many days of good weather there are in the Channel for them to organise their boat crossings. Vile trade That is why this Government will not rest until we have broken the business model of the smuggling gangs and strengthened our borders once more. The scale of the operation they have established is not easy to smash, but we must take on that task or this vile trade in people will continue. Most read in The Sun It will demand much stronger international law enforcement and cooperation next year alongside major new action and enforcement here at home. Our new Border Security Command, led by former Police Chief Martin Hewitt, will receive £150m of investment over the next eighteen months, plus new technology , new dedicated investigators working out of the National Crime Agency, new operations overseas and refocussed UK enforcement teams. Already we are strengthening our work with Governments and agencies across Europe , backed up with new international agreements. Smuggler gangs operate across borders, so law enforcement must cooperate across borders in order to bring them down. France has announced stronger measures along their northern coast, Germany is changing the law so they can target the warehouses where small boats are stored. And after intercepting more than 450 boats and engines across Europe in the last 18 months, recent weeks have seen dozens more raids supported by British investigators and intelligence, and the arrest of multiple suspected gang leaders. In 2025, we will bring forward new legislation to give law enforcement tougher powers to investigate, prosecute and disrupt organised immigration crime. we are sending a clear message: the rules must be respected and enforced The criminals breaching our border security need to know that they will face the full force of both the UK and international law enforcement and justice systems. But alongside our work overseas, we need to do something important here at home. For too long under the Tories, the asylum and immigration rules were not properly enforced, and it was far too easy to work here illegally. Over their time in power, returns of people with no right to be here fell, and in their last thirty months in office, just four employers were charged with hiring illegal workers. That has to change. So, we are sending a clear message: the rules must be respected and enforced; those with no right to be here must be returned; those who employ people here illegally must face the consequences. 13,500 people have been removed since we came to office, on track to meet our pledge of delivering the highest rate of returns since 2018 within our first six months, including chartering the four biggest return flights in our country’s history . Wasted time Since the election, our immigration enforcement teams have increased raids on car washes, nail bars, construction sites and other businesses, leading to thousands of arrests and increasing prosecutions against employers. Next year we will bring in new biometric kits and body worn cameras so people with no right to be or work here can be identified on the spot. This is all part of this Government’s Plan for Change to strengthen our borders and fix the foundations of a broken immigration system, while also putting more money in people’s pockets and making the NHS fit for the future . READ MORE SUN STORIES For the last six years, while the Tories wasted time on failed gimmicks, the people smuggling gangs were busy tightening their grip on the Channel trade, expanding their empires, and increasing their capacity to launch crossings whenever the weather allowed. To defeat the gangs, we have to be even more organised, relentless, and more determined than the criminals we are up against, and under this Government, that is what we will be.
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter speaks on the eradication of the Guinea worm, Feb. 3, 2016, at the House of Lords in London. (Neil Hall/Pool Photo via AP, File) The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center said in posting about his death on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A president from Plains A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. And then, the world Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors. He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” ‘An epic American life’ Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners. He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. A small-town start James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian, would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. 'Jimmy Who?' His statehouse initiatives included environmental protection, boosting rural education and overhauling antiquated executive branch structures. He proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the slain civil rights leader’s home state. And he decided, as he received presidential candidates in 1972, that they were no more talented than he was. In 1974, he ran Democrats’ national campaign arm. Then he declared his own candidacy for 1976. An Atlanta newspaper responded with the headline: “Jimmy Who?” The Carters and a “Peanut Brigade” of family members and Georgia supporters camped out in Iowa and New Hampshire, establishing both states as presidential proving grounds. His first Senate endorsement: a young first-termer from Delaware named Joe Biden. Yet it was Carter’s ability to navigate America’s complex racial and rural politics that cemented the nomination. He swept the Deep South that November, the last Democrat to do so, as many white Southerners shifted to Republicans in response to civil rights initiatives. A self-declared “born-again Christian,” Carter drew snickers by referring to Scripture in a Playboy magazine interview, saying he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” The remarks gave Ford a new foothold and television comedians pounced — including NBC’s new “Saturday Night Live” show. But voters weary of cynicism in politics found it endearing. Carter chose Minnesota Sen. Walter “Fritz” Mondale as his running mate on a “Grits and Fritz” ticket. In office, he elevated the vice presidency and the first lady’s office. Mondale’s governing partnership was a model for influential successors Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Biden. Rosalynn Carter was one of the most involved presidential spouses in history, welcomed into Cabinet meetings and huddles with lawmakers and top aides. The Carters presided with uncommon informality: He used his nickname “Jimmy” even when taking the oath of office, carried his own luggage and tried to silence the Marine Band’s “Hail to the Chief.” They bought their clothes off the rack. Carter wore a cardigan for a White House address, urging Americans to conserve energy by turning down their thermostats. Amy, the youngest of four children, attended District of Columbia public school. Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style. But the larger concern was that “he hated politics,” according to Eizenstat, leaving him nowhere to turn politically once economic turmoil and foreign policy challenges took their toll. Accomplishments, and ‘malaise’ Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He designated millions of acres of Alaska as national parks or wildlife refuges. He appointed a then-record number of women and nonwhite people to federal posts. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. He appointed Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve chairman whose policies would help the economy boom in the 1980s — after Carter left office. He built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. But he couldn’t immediately tame inflation or the related energy crisis. And then came Iran. After he admitted the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979 by followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Negotiations to free the hostages broke down repeatedly ahead of the failed rescue attempt. The same year, Carter signed SALT II, the new strategic arms treaty with Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, only to pull it back, impose trade sanctions and order a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Hoping to instill optimism, he delivered what the media dubbed his “malaise” speech, although he didn’t use that word. He declared the nation was suffering “a crisis of confidence.” By then, many Americans had lost confidence in the president, not themselves. Carter campaigned sparingly for reelection because of the hostage crisis, instead sending Rosalynn as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy challenged him for the Democratic nomination. Carter famously said he’d “kick his ass,” but was hobbled by Kennedy as Reagan rallied a broad coalition with “make America great again” appeals and asking voters whether they were “better off than you were four years ago.” Reagan further capitalized on Carter’s lecturing tone, eviscerating him in their lone fall debate with the quip: “There you go again.” Carter lost all but six states and Republicans rolled to a new Senate majority. Carter successfully negotiated the hostages’ freedom after the election, but in one final, bitter turn of events, Tehran waited until hours after Carter left office to let them walk free. 'A wonderful life' At 56, Carter returned to Georgia with “no idea what I would do with the rest of my life.” Four decades after launching The Carter Center, he still talked of unfinished business. “I thought when we got into politics we would have resolved everything,” Carter told the AP in 2021. “But it’s turned out to be much more long-lasting and insidious than I had thought it was. I think in general, the world itself is much more divided than in previous years.” Still, he affirmed what he said when he underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis in his 10th decade of life. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said in 2015. “I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.”