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Dear Eric: I am one of many lonely adults struggling to make close friends. It’s never come easy for me, and it’s compounded by the fact that I’m an introvert who works from home part time with three small children, living far away from family. My husband is a great friend and support, but I’d love to have more female friends. Several years ago, when we moved to our current area, I started inviting people to barbecues, large parties, out to dinner and on vacations. I work hard to listen when people talk and remember what they share, texting them on birthdays or big days that they mention. I offer to watch children and plan play dates. While I feel friendly with a large circle of people, I’m rarely on anyone else’s invite lists and don’t get any texts on my birthdays. Am I expecting too much from friendships as an adult? Should I be happy and not lonely with what I have? I know I’m lucky to now know so many of my neighbors, but when I stop interacting with them, they forget about me. I’m exhausted with the one-sided effort. — Tired of Trying Dear Trying: I’m going to tell you something that will probably annoy you. I apologize in advance. You may be too good at socializing, to the point where the people around you assume your calendar is always full and/or don’t think you’re someone who needs the kind of friendly check-ins we all do. This is counterintuitive, of course, but people are strange. Being the consummate social butterfly in what you describe as a very social area has many benefits — you should be proud of what you’ve done — but it might be impeding deeper connections. Try to narrow your scope. Are there a few people with whom you’d like to develop a closer relationship? If so, focus on cultivating a series of meaningful interactions with them. Don’t be afraid to tell them your plan, i.e., “I’d love to be better friends. Can we get together?” I’ve found that one of the benefits of making friends as an adult is you can say what you really mean. You’re obviously quite gifted at the art of community-making, no small feat. But if you’re running the party, you don’t always get the benefit of the party. Being more strategic and focused won’t narrow your social group but could elevate some of those casual acquaintances to the level of friends. Dear Eric: I just read the letter from “Former Friend,” whose son’s classmate stays in touch long after their son had fallen out of contact. I offer some thoughts on behalf of someone who is still in touch with many of my son’s former classmates. One, they might genuinely enjoy you as a person. As they become adults, it’s a wonderful opportunity to form independent friendships. Two, some young people might see you as a parental figure that they don’t have. You might be seen as a resource for advice. Three, sometimes you’ve been the safe space in their life. Decades ago, I was a young person whose mother was deceased and whose father was abusive. I would have given anything just to have a safe adult to talk to. Dear Still Friends: I think you make a great point about the potential for the letter writer to play a needed role in a younger person’s life. If the letter writer isn’t finding value in the friendship, it’s worth figuring out what could make it meaningful. Get local news delivered to your inbox!1 2 Hyderabad: "No MLA or MP would've helped us the way he did," said Bhagya Lakshmi, while fighting back tears. Lakshmi, who has dwarfism and was on the verge of destitution just a few years ago, now runs a tiffin centre in Nagole and provides employment to three people. She is one of the many whose lives have changed for the better, thanks to Serve Needy, a city organisation, which helps the needy. IPL 2025 mega auction IPL Auction 2025: Who went where and for how much IPL 2025: Complete list of players of each franchise Founded in May 2014 by Goutham Kumar, the organisation has helped over 500 people from falling into bad times, and has been feeding hundreds every day for the past 10 years. Not just this, it has helped cremate over 5,500 unidentified bodies. For the 39-year-old Goutham, serving people has become a life mission. While working as a corporate employee in Bengaluru, he felt the need to give back to society. "What started as a small initiative to help homeless people on the streets has now turned into a full-fledged mission," Goutham says. Apart from conducting food distribution programmes at govt hospitals including Gandhi, Osmania, Niloufer and NIMS, Serve Needy has provided study materials to blind and deaf students. The team also conducts regular night patrols to rescue the homeless and provide them with medical care and shelter. 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Radford wins 63-48 against Chicago StateVikings have ruled out tight end Josh Oliver. What does that mean for the running game?The future of the Toronto Maple Leafs Canadian coverage is in doubt due to reports of a takeover which will lead to unfortunate cuts to the network and puts it's sustainability into an uncomfortable question. A major recent report has indicated serious questions about the future of Canadian sports media, most specifically in the radio department. A report from Jonah Sigel of YYZ Sports Media , who's coverage focuses on the Canadian media landscape in sports has reported in a recent article published last night that Bell Media, the telecommunications giant and parent company of TSN, is exploring a potential sale of the sports outlet. Sigel reports that the move signals that Bell is focusing on it's expansion in the telecommunications market, the company last month having spent $3.65B to buy American fiber-optic company, Ziply Fiber . It was a deal that was made possible in large part to Bell's selling of their shares in Major League Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to Rogers Communications. That now means the company owns all five of Toronto's major men's sports franchises, while also owning TSN's network rival, Sportsnet. Sigel also brings up Sportsnet's future, especially on it's radio side. Sigel reports that the company could begin phasing out it's radio coverage with Toronto's FAN 590, and head to the growing podcast route. Radio has been on the downturn since the 2010's as the podcasting medium rose in popularity. The accessibility and ability for anyone to create podcasts has made it an alluring choice for news from professional media publications to everyday citizens alike. Prominent Sportsnet host Bob McCown left the company and his highly popular talk show, 'Prime Time Sports' in 2019, going independent on the podcasting route. Sportsnet has active stations in Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary. TSN owns radio stations in Toronto, Ottawa, & Montreal, focused on Canada's East having shuttered their Western stations in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Winnipeg in recent years. The news of possible changes to either outlet has not been verified by Hockey Patrol or another independent media outlet at this time. Neither TSN nor Sportsnet have commented publicly on the matter. The Future Of Radio, TSN/Sportsnet, and Canada's Sporting Coverage If TSN and/or Sportsnet choose to go in the way of shuttering the radio, one potential option is to nationalize their coverage. Perhaps focusing on producing a single entity that transmits across the country or in existing areas that has programming, but less catered to specific cities and from a national perspective. One other option is for a potential merger with another entity that would either produce content for the company, or Sportsnet/TSN provide an existing outlet with live sports radio coverage secondary to an existing or unified media brand. In Toronto, the Rogers-owned AM station '680 NewsRadio' merged with CityNews earlier this past year. Bell owns AM station Newstalk 1010. Rogers Media shut down CityNews Ottawa's radio operation last year. CBC-Radio Canada, the national broadcaster of Canada, reduced their workforce by 10% in December of last year as the company also faces the move from radio to digital, their radio coverage available on streaming platforms such as Spotify. Television isn't something being lacking, but it's something content providers such as Bell and Rogers will be looking into for it's profitability. The NHL's partnership with Amazon Prime for hockey coverage is a sign of streaming platforms making their foray into the world of live sports, once something they tried to avoid. Apple TV+ has begun broadcasting MLB games, including the Toronto Blue Jays, the major stronghold for Sportsnet as the exclusive rights holder for games. Netflix's recent streamed boxing fight between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson vs internet personality Jake Paul gained over 60M viewers . The streaming giant is expanding it's sports presence with a Christmas Day hosting of two games with a performance by Beyoncé as well as an exclusive deal to broadcast WWE RAW in 2025 ; the company's flagship program for over 30 years. Sports giants DAZN & Fubo have also taken a chunk of non-Canadian content for streaming, including exclusive rights in soccer to the UEFA Champions League, as well as the Europa and Conference League, as well as rights to the Premier League in the UK. In February, a joint streaming partnership was introduced between ESPN, FOX, & Warner Bros/Discovery that would allow for a joint service of multiple sports in the United States under a single platform, which would include all four major U.S. sporting leagues (NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL). It also brings golf, tennis, racing coverage along with the companies' existing college sports rights. A successful antitrust lawsuit from Fubo blocked the proposed service, Venu Sports, which was set to launch in the fall of 2024 and is now in limbo. A trial is set for 2025. The current U.S. Justice Department, along with 16 state attorneys general, have backed Fubo in the case over concerns it would monopolize the sports media industry, giving Venu over 50% of all streaming access the United States. It's unclear on where the incoming administration of President-Elect Donald J. Trump will stand on the issue. Gail Slater has been nominated as the next head of the DOJ's Antitrust Division , which focuses on matters such as the split between Fubo and Venu. Slater was previously an executive at Fox Corp., one of the companies involved in Venu. In Canada, no such mega-outlet exists, with sports coverage still largely scattered across multiple networks at different costs for their services, with cable still a major player in broadcasting rights. Sportsnet and TSN appear poised to continue their sports focus on TV, with live coverage and breaking news still something that the company can provide, but it's future in radio is slowly dwindling as just like live sports it faces a serious challenge from non-traditional players. This article first appeared on Hockey Patrol and was syndicated with permission.

PACS Investors Have Opportunity to Lead PACS Group Inc. Securities Fraud LawsuitWe've just seen a flurry of leaks around the (due September 2025) and the iPhone 18 (due September 2026) – and if the information in them is accurate, you might want to wait until the latter handset is out for your next iPhone upgrade. First up, a report in respected South Korea outlet (via ) says that 's camera module suppliers are upgrading their production facilities ready to start pushing out cameras ready for the . However, there won't be any periscope lenses for the standard iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Air (or iPhone 17 Slim), according to the report. That apparently means no 5x optical zoom upgrade to match the Pro and Pro Max next year. Have a read of our and you'll see it comes with a dual-lens 48MP main + 12MP ultrawide camera on the back, like the , with no optical zoom capabilities. There might be camera upgrades next year, but it doesn't seem as though a 5x optical zoom will be among them. Displays and chips Our second little tidbit of information comes from established tipster , who says that an LTPO+ display tech upgrade is in the offing for the iPhone 18 series. LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) is the tech that enables dynamic refresh rates and always-on displays that don't destroy battery life. Although we don't get any information about what the 'plus' variant of LTPO involves, we're assuming it means further performance increases and power efficiency improvements, in order to reduce the demands on the battery even further. Last but not least, Chinese leaker (via ) says that there won't be major improvements in the A19 chips manufactured for the iPhone 17, but there will be in the A20 chips for the iPhone 18 – which may be made with the help of . Apple currently partners with TSMC (the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) for its iPhone processors, so a switch to Intel would be significant – and might make the iPhone 18 a more appealing upgrade than next year's iPhone 17.

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — There’s plenty of concern and second-guessing to unpack from how the Bills unraveled on defense, special teams and clock management in their loss to the Los Angeles Rams to wonder whether it was premature labeling Buffalo as Super Bowl contenders only a week earlier. But first, the good news. There’s very little wrong with Buffalo’s Josh Allen-led offense after the quarterback strengthened his NFL MVP case. A week after a four-TD performance that included the statistical anomaly of him scoring two touchdowns on the same play in a 35-10 win over San Francisco, Allen became the NFL’s first player to throw and rush for three scores apiece in 44-42 loss to Los Angeles on Sunday . That Allen's latest superhuman-like effort ended in defeat is what’s troubling for the five-time defending AFC East champions (10-3) in their bid to dispel questions of finding ways to fall short in the playoffs in each of the past five years. Buffalo’s defense had few answers in stopping the Rams’ dynamic attack while allowing a season-high 457 yards. Worse still, the Bills allowed Los Angeles to go 11 of 15 on third down for a 73.3 conversion percentage — the third highest allowed by Buffalo and worst since allowing Miami's 75% conversion rate in 1986. If that’s not bad enough, the Bills lost for the first time in 39 games in which they scored at least 42 points, while becoming the NFL’s second team to lose when scoring 42 or more and not committing a turnover. Special teams didn’t help. Aside from allowing a blocked punt to be returned for a touchdown, the Bills couldn’t muster an attempt to block the Rams’ final punt from midfield with 7 seconds left because they only had nine players on the field. As coach Sean McDermott concluded after finally addressing reporters more than an hour after the game ended: “I thought we lost two of the three phases today.” He failed to mention yet another clock management misstep. Rather than have Allen spike the ball to stop the clock after a failed quarterback keeper from the Rams 1 with 62 seconds remaining, McDermott called timeout. That left Buffalo with two timeouts and essentially relying on the slim chances of recovering an onside kick after Allen scored on his next attempt. McDermott defended his decision by saying he feared too much time would elapse before the Bills aligned for another snap. And yet, it would not have matched the 45 seconds the Rams ran off on their final possession after Buffalo used its final two timeouts. Together, these are the types of miscues that have haunted the Bills in their recent playoff losses. The bright side is the loss to the Rams didn’t end the Bills’ season, though they fell two games behind Kansas City (12-1) in the race for the AFC’s top seed . And perhaps, the loss can be chalked up to a team riding a little too high off a playoff-clinching win and having to travel across the country to face a Rams team in the thick of its divisional race. If that’s so, the Bills have a chance to address their flaws — and doubters — by how they respond in what still stands as a juicy showdown at the NFC-leading Detroit Lions (12-1) on Sunday. “They’re the top dog in football right now,” Allen said, looking ahead to Detroit. “We have to have a good week, learn from this one, and put it behind us.” What’s working Scoring. The Bills topped 30 points for a team-record seventh consecutive game and ninth time this season. Buffalo entered the day ranked second in the NFL averaging 30.5 points per outing, behind Detroit (32.1). What needs help Run defense. Though the Rams averaged just 3.3 yards per carry, they stuck with it in finishing with 137 yards, helping them enjoy a 17-minute edge in time of possession. Stock up Allen. If not for him, the Bills wouldn't have been in position to nearly overcome a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit. His 424 yards (342 passing and 82 rushing) accounted for all but 21 yards of Buffalo's total offense. Stock down With so many options, perhaps the focus falls on special teams coordinator Matthew Smiley. This is the second time in 13 months special teams personnel management became an issue. Buffalo was flagged for having too many men as time expired, providing Wil Lutz a second chance to hit a decisive field goal in sealing Denver's 24-22 win last season . Injuries Starting CB Rasul Douglas was sidelined by a knee injury. ... DE Casey Toohill injured his ribs. Key number 80-1-1 — The Bills' record when scoring 38 or more points, including a 38-38 tie with Denver in 1960. Next steps Facing Detroit represents Buffalo's final major test before closing the season with two games against New England and hosting the New York Jets. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl John Wawrow, The Associated Press