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By 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.” Defying expectations 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.” ‘Country come to town’ 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.” A ‘leader of conscience’ on race and class 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 was Carter’s closest advisor 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. Reevaluating his legacy 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.” 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. Pilgrimages to Plains 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.Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane has recorded his 1,300th career National Hockey League (NHL) point Sunday versus Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals . Kane sniped home a goal in the first period to give him his 1,299th point, then the veteran followed up with an assist on Alex DeBrincat’s goal. Kane becomes the 38th NHL player in history to reach 1,300 points and is 74 points shy of tying Mike Modano for the 2nd-most for U.S.-born players in NHL history. Patrick Kane finds the Cat out front and picks up his 1,300th career point! https://t.co/4jW7M9Ecra pic.twitter.com/DukkuoznBv The 36-year-old has racked up five goals and nine assists for 14 points in 30 games this season prior to Sunday’s game vs. Washington. Kane is skating in his second season with the Red Wings after signing with the club last November as an unrestricted free agent. In June, the Buffalo, N.Y., native agreed to a one-year extension that carries a $4-million annual average value, per PuckPedia . Kane is a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Chicago Blackhawks , Kane’s decorated career has spanned 1,260 games over parts of 18 NHL seasons in which he has has registered 477 goals and 823 assists for 1,300 points in stops with the Blackhawks, New York Rangers , and Red Wings. Among his many other accolades, Kane claimed the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year in 2007-08 and the Conn Smythe Trophy as the 2013 playoff MVP after putting 19 points in 23 postseason appearances to help the Blackhawks capture their second Stanley Cup championship in four years. Detroit currently sits eighth in the Atlantic Division with a 13-18-4 record and 30 points through 35 games. The Red Wings are slated to face the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday and the red-hot Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. This article first appeared on Daily Faceoff and was syndicated with permission.jili games online real money 。

At just 21 years old, Madison Feehan, an Edmonton native, is already making significant strides in space exploration through her work with NASA. Her fascination with the cosmos began in ninth grade, and over the last five years, Feehan has progressively honed her expertise, even serving as an executive panelist and peer reviewer for NASA’s Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES). Her role involves evaluating technological concepts for their potential to be utilized in space and their relevance to upcoming NASA missions. Feehan’s dedication extends to her own entrepreneurial venture, Space Copy, where she is the CEO and founder. This innovative company focuses on developing 3D printers capable of fabricating scalable infrastructure in extreme environments both on Earth and in space. By utilizing on-site materials for 3D printing, the company aims to significantly reduce the costs associated with transporting materials for space missions. Space Copy has recently made breakthroughs in converting lunar soil into usable structures, such as bricks, for building habitats, launch pads, roads, and precision tools. The company showcased a 3D printed brick made from lunar soil stimulant, which is 99.7% accurate to material recovered during the Apollo 16 mission. This innovation not only promises to make living in space more feasible but also offers staggering cost reductions, projecting up to a 70% decrease in expenses. In recognition of her groundbreaking work, Feehan has participated in over 60 global conferences in the past two years. Her company was also honored with the Buzz Aldrin Family Foundation Global Innovation Award. Looking forward, Space Copy plans to deploy a 3D printer on the moon by 2031, in conjunction with NASA’s Artemis mission. Despite her young age, Feehan and her team have rapidly advanced in an industry that remains particularly challenging, especially for young women.BYU jumps out early, cruises past Mississippi Valley State 87-43 to move to 5-0

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U.S. Bancorp announces quarterly dividendsCitizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is due to release on 31st January 2025. The sequel to the sci-fi dice-driven RPG will release across PC, Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on this date, and will be available day one on Game Pass. For a taste of what's to come, developer Jump Over The Age is bringing back the Hexport demo for the game, which was previously released for a limited time during Steam Next Fest. It will be playable once again from today until 8th December. The first Citizen Sleeper , released in 2022, won multiple awards and was nominated for four BAFTAs including British Game and Game for Impact. It's a phenomenal tabletop-inspired game, exploring political themes with evocative writing and a beautiful electronic score. The sequel, announced in June 2023 , will stick to a similar template to the first as it follows a new Sleeper android protagonist out in the stars and uses the same dice-throwing mechanics. Creator Gareth Damian Martin stated the central theme was "crisis", with the pandemic and invasion of Ukraine being influential. Eurogamer's Katharine Castle went hands-on with Citizen Sleeper 2 earlier this year. "There may be a different set of machines powering this ambitious RPG, but deep down, it still has the same gooey, human heart we know and love," she wrote.Notre Dame will have its hands full tonight defending Army's No. 1 ranked rushing attack, and the Irish will be without All-American defensive tackle Howard Cross III . Notre Dame announced before the game that Cross was ruled out for the game, as was sophomore wide receiver KK Smith . Cross was injured in the 52-3 victory over Florida State and he missed last week's 35-14 win over Virginia. Head coach Marcus Freeman said Cross was questionable early in the week, but the team has made the decision that the standout defensive tackle would not play in the game. The sixth-year senior defensive tackle is second on the defense with 5.5 tackles for loss and second on the defense with sacks (4.0). He was playing his best football of the season when he went down early in the victory over the Seminoles. With Cross out the Irish will once again turn to junior Donovan Hinish , who has been a key reserve all season. Hinish has 23 tackles and is third on the defense with 3.5 sacks, and he comes into this game playing outstanding football. Hinish stepped into the lineup when Cross went down against Florida State and proceeded to rack up two sacks in the win. He had another sack in last week's win over Virginia, giving the Pittsburgh native three sacks in two games since Cross went down. Army is a different animal than what Notre Dame faced against Florida State and Virginia. The Black Knights lead the nation in rushing at 334.9 yards per game, which is 72.1 yards ahead of the No. 2 ranked rushing team (UCF). Army also ranked third nationally in yards per carry and fourth in rushing touchdowns. Be sure to check out the Irish Breakdown message board, the Champions Lounge Irish Breakdown Content 2024 Scholarship Chart 2024 Football Schedule Notre Dame 2025 Scholarship Offers 2025 Commit Rankings - Offense 2025 Commit Rankings - Defense 2024 Recruiting Class Grades - Offense 2024 Recruiting Class Grades - Defense ——————— Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Join the Irish Breakdown community! Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channel Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Follow me on Twitter: @CoachD178 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter

Kerry Says World Is Going to ‘Blow By’ 1.5C Climate GoalNorth Korean ruler Kim Jong Un promised to implement the "toughest" anti-US policy, state media reported Sunday, less than a month before President-elect Trump takes office. Trump's return to the White House raises prospects for high-profile diplomacy with North Korea. During his first term, Trump met Kim three times for talks on the North's nuclear program. Many analysts, however, say a quick resumption of Kim-Trump summitry is unlikely as Trump would probably first focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the reports. North Korea's support for Russia's war against Ukraine also poses a challenge to efforts to revive diplomacy, experts say. During a five-day plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party that ended Friday, Kim called the US "the most reactionary state that regards anti-communism as its invariable state policy." Kim said that the US-South Korea-Japan security partnership is expanding into "a nuclear military bloc for aggression." According to the official Korean Central News Agency, he added, "This reality clearly shows to which direction we should advance and what we should do and how." The agency said Kim set out tasks to bolster military capability through defense technology advancements and stressed the need to improve the mental toughness of North Korean soldiers, per the AP. The previous meetings between Trump and Kim had not only put an end to their exchanges of fiery rhetoric and threats of destruction, but they developed personal connections. Trump once famously said he and Kim "fell in love." But their talks collapsed in 2019, as they wrangled over US-led sanctions. North Korea has since sharply increased the pace of its weapons-testing activities to build more reliable nuclear missiles targeting the US and its allies. The US and South Korea have responded by expanding their military bilateral drills and also trilateral ones , drawing strong rebukes from the North, which views such US-led exercises as invasion rehearsals.

WASHINGTON , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's audio storytelling reached new frontiers in 2024, with Spotify Wrapped revealing the agency's podcasts as a favorite among listeners worldwide. In celebration of the milestone, NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke with Spotify about what space sounded like this year. "Music is one of those things that connects us to the planet," said Hague, in the video released on Spotify and NASA social accounts . "Music is a vital part of life up here. The soundtrack up here, it's just going all the time. Everybody's got their own flavor of music. Every Friday night the crew gets together, we turn on music and we stream things that we like. Whether they're into pop or hard rock, it's an international mix. When I think of space walks, I think of classical music, slow, methodical tunes, because that is the way that we conduct spacewalks. Slowly and methodically. Classical music captures the essence of, just floating in space." With listeners in more than 100 countries, NASA podcasts reached new audiences and inspired people around the world on Spotify this year. Other 2024 highlights included: Ranked as a top choice for thousands of listeners seeking to learn about science and space. Spent a combined 37 weeks in Spotify's top charts for science podcasts. The top streamed podcast was "NASA's Curious Universe", and the top streamed episode was "A Year in Mars Dune Alpha" "We're thrilled to have our space-centric content featured in Spotify Wrapped 2024," said Brittany Brown , director of digital communications, NASA Headquarters in Washington . "Our collaboration with Spotify is a testament to NASA's commitment to producing innovative and engaging content. We're excited to see how audiences continue to respond to this unique listening experience only NASA can provide." The agency's podcasts cover a wide range of topics, including in-depth conversations with NASA astronauts, stories that take audiences on a tour of the galaxy, and Spanish-language content. "Music, just like space, connects us all," said Katie Konans , audio program lead, eMITS contract with NASA. "Our partnership with Spotify has allowed NASA to share the wonder and excitement of space with music and podcast lovers globally. This year, we're thrilled to take this connection to new heights by bringing the Spotify Wrapped 2024 conversation beyond planet Earth." NASA released its collection of original podcasts on Spotify in 2023, furthering the agency's mission to engage the Artemis Generation in the science, space exploration, and discovery. In addition to Spotify, users may find NASA podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Soundcloud. Discover all of NASA's podcasts at: https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/ View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/space-meets-sound-nasa-lands-in-2024-spotify-wrapped-302328253.html SOURCE NASA © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

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The Tennessee Titans lost again on Sunday, dropping to 3-13 on the 2024 season with their fifth consecutive defeat. With only one game left and nothing to play for, Tennessee has a simple decision to make: give Will Levis one more shot. On Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars , Mason Rudolph went 19-for-31 for one touchdown and one interception. That's about in line with most of Rudolph's performances this season, as he's completed 63.5 percent of his passes for nine touchdowns, nine picks and a Passer Rating of 79.3 in his seven appearances. All of those numbers are virtually identical with Levis's, as the second-year quarterback has a 63.7 completion percentage with 12 touchdowns and interceptions apiece, and a 79.8 rating. The only difference between the two of them is that Rudolph is supposed to be a backup. Levis was supposed to be the future of the franchise. Keeping the 2023 second-round pick on the bench is accomplishing nothing for the Titans, other than draining his confidence and stunting any potential he may have moving forward. Levis has plenty of flaws in his game, but has also flashed impressive upside at times. He will only get better if he's able to play through his mistakes. With each game he sits on the bench, the chances decrease that Levis has any sort of significant future in Tennessee. He may not be the Titans' long-term answer at quarterback, but Rudolph definitely isn't. What Tennessee is doing to Levis is organizational malpractice, and Exhibit A of why bad teams stay bad. When the Titans take the field against the Houston Texans in Week 18, Levis needs to start. He was drafted in the second round for a reason -- treat him like it.

Intuit Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitorsEngland Test captain Ben Stokes faces at least three months out after tearing his left hamstring during the tour of New Zealand, team management announced on Tuesday. Watch every ball of Australia v India LIVE & ad-break free during play in 4K on Kayo | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. The 33-year-old all-rounder had already been ruled out of next year’s Champions Trophy one-day international tournament in Pakistan and the preceding white-ball tour of India. Further assessments have since revealed the full extent of the injury, with Stokes set to undergo surgery in January, said an England and Wales Cricket Board statement. Stokes suffered the injury while bowling during the third Test against New Zealand in Hamilton last week. Stokes did not bat in the second innings of that match as England slumped to a 423-run defeat -- a result that meant his side still won a three-match series 2-1. “Something else to overcome...go on then!!!!!!!! I’ve got so much more left in this tank and so much more blood, sweat and tears to go through for my team and this shirt,” Stokes wrote on social media. “There’s a reason I have a Phoenix permanently inked on my body. See you on the field to f*** some s*** up.” Stokes previously missed this year’s home series against Sri Lanka and the first Test in Pakistan after tearing the hamstring on the same left leg in August. England’s next Test is at home to Zimbabwe in May. They will then host a five-match Test series against India starting in June before their pinnacle 2025/26 Ashes tour of Australia.

Mickey, Minnie, Goffy and WembyEverton striker Neal Maupay has sparked outrage among Toffees fans by taking a swipe at his parent club in a post on social media. Maupay also had a dig at Everton when he departed on loan to Marseille in the summer and his latest taunt has further angered the Premier League club's supporters. The 28-year-old said on X after Sean Dyche's side had lost 2-0 to Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park on Sunday: "Whenever I'm having a bad day I just check the Everton score and smile." Former boxer Tony Bellew was among the Toffees' supporters who responded to Maupay, with the ex-world cruiserweight champion replying on X with: "P****!" Maupay endured a miserable spell at Everton, scoring just one league goal in 29 appearances after being signed by the Merseysiders for an undisclosed fee in 2022. He departed on a season-long loan to his former club Brentford for the 2023-24 season and left Goodison for a second time in August when Marseille signed him on loan with an obligation to make the deal permanent. After leaving Everton in the summer, Maupay outraged their fans by posting on social media a scene from the film Shawshank Redemption, famous for depicting the main character's long fight for freedom. PA

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Senior members of the Miri Hakka Association convene for the association’s 332rd gathering cum members’ birthday celebration event. MIRI (Dec 30): Senior citizens are urged to actively participate in community activities, so as to strengthen connections with their peers and foster new friendships. In making this call, Miri Hakka Association deputy chairman Dato Sri Kam Pau Siong emphasised the importance of social interactions for senior citizens as it increases their activeness in community activities. In this regard, he encouraged the elderly to not be confined in their homes, but instead, join in recreational activities hosted by the association, aimed at promoting engagement and interaction between members. “Activities and events such as these provide a remarkable platform for the elderly to come together, socialise and spend time meaningfully while fostering camaraderie,” he said in his speech at the association’s 332rd gathering cum members’ birthday celebration, held at its premises here recently. At the event, participants were treated to a wide array of dishes as well as birthday cakes, celebrating the association’s senior members whose birthdays fall in the second half of the year. “The gathering provided an opportunity for members to gather together as year 2024 draws to a close, sharing warm wishes and an early New Year’s greeting,” said Kam.Professor Geoffrey Hinton said we need to be "very careful" and "very deliberate" in developing AI, which he sees as "potentially very dangerous". He previously estimated there was a 10 percent chance of the technology causing the extinction of the human race, but now predicts that number is between "10 and 20 percent" due to the rapid development of AI. "We have never before dealt with anything more intelligent than ourselves," Hinton told BBC Radio 4. "How many examples do you know of something more intelligent controlling something less intelligent? There are very few of them. There is the example of mother and child - evolution has gone to great lengths to allow the child to control the mother, but that is almost the only example I know," he added. Professor Hinton, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, warned that AI was changing "much faster" than he had expected and that there had not been enough time to carry out the research he felt was necessary. While his work laid the groundwork for machine learning—the technology that allows computers to mimic human intelligence—his recent efforts have focused on advocating for safer AI. He left Google last year amid concerns that "bad actors" could use the technology to do harm. sdecoret / Shutterstock.com "I didn't think we'd get to this so soon. I thought it was going to be a long way off," Hinton said, referring to expectations about the development of artificial intelligence when he began his work. He added: "Now most experts in the field think that in the next 20 years we will develop AI that is smarter than humans. That is a very scary thought." He compared the future of AI to the relationship between a three-year-old child and an adult: "We will be three-year-olds and AI will be adults." Professor Hinton said the impact of AI on the world could be similar to the industrial revolution. "During the industrial revolution, human power became less relevant because machines were more powerful. Now we have something that replaces human intelligence. Ordinary human intelligence will no longer be at the forefront of innovation - it will be machines," he declared. Summit Art Creations / Shutterstock.com When asked what life might be like in 10 or 20 years, Hinton said it "will very much depend on what our political systems do with this technology." He emphasized the need for regulation to prevent misuse of the technology. "We have to be very careful in developing a potentially very dangerous technology. AI will bring many benefits, especially in health and industry, but regulations are needed to prevent abuses," he said. He added that he is concerned that AI will worsen social inequality if many lose their jobs and the benefits are concentrated among the wealthy. "If there's a big gap between the rich and the poor, that's very bad for society." "During the industrial revolution, machines could not take over because humans had intelligence. Now there is a threat that these technologies can take over," he warned. Professor Hinton is considered one of the three "godfathers of artificial intelligence", along with Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio, after winning the Turing Award for their work in the field. Podeli:

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