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The champions had descended into crisis after a run of seven games without a win – six of which were defeats and the other an embarrassing 3-3 draw after leading 3-0. Four of those losses had come in the Premier League, heavily damaging their chances of claiming a fifth successive title, but they appeared to turn the corner by sweeping Forest aside at the Etihad Stadium. “We needed it,” said City manager Guardiola. “The club, the players, everyone needed to win. A good night's work 🫡 Thank you for backing us all the way, City fans 🩵 pic.twitter.com/UOcKm0Y6Ry — Manchester City (@ManCity) December 4, 2024 “But it is just one game and in three days we are at Selhurst Park, where it has always been difficult. “We played good. We still conceded some transitions and missed some easy things and lost some passes that you have to avoid, but in general, the most important thing was to break this routine of not winning games and we won it.” Kevin De Bruyne, making his first start since September after overcoming a pelvic injury, made a huge difference to a side that appeared rejuvenated. His powerful header was turned in by Bernardo Silva for the opening goal and the Belgian followed up with a powerful strike to make it 2-0. The 33-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season but it was a strong riposte to recent suggestions of a rift with Guardiola. A sweet strike 💥 ⚡️ #HighSpeedMoments | @eAndGroup pic.twitter.com/WJOkfKo2zr — Manchester City (@ManCity) December 4, 2024 “I’m so happy for him,” said Guardiola of De Bruyne’s telling contribution. “Last season he was many months injured and this season as well. “I’m so happy he’s back. He fought a lot, he’s worked and he’s back with his physicality. The minutes he played in Anfield were really good and today he played 75 fantastic minutes.” Jeremy Doku wrapped up a pleasing win when he finished a rapid counter-attack just before the hour but there was still a downside for City with injuries to defenders Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji. Guardiola said: “For Nathan it doesn’t look good and Manu has struggled a lot over the last two months. We will see. “Phil (Foden) has bronchitis but when he doesn’t have fever he will be ready.” Despite City’s dominance, Forest did have some bright moments and manager Nuno Espirito Santo was not downbeat. He said: “When you lose 3-0 and you say it was a good performance maybe people don’t understand, but I will not say that was a bad performance. “There are positive things for us in the game. Of course there are a lot of bad things, mistakes, but we had chances. “We didn’t achieve but I think we come out proud of ourselves because we tried. For sure, this game will allow us to grow.”Elias Cato scores 23 as Central Arkansas tops UNC Asheville 92-83 in double OT
LAHORE: THAAP in collaboration with the Documentary Association of Pakistan and The Eqbal Ahmad Project organised the screening of acclaimed documentary film “All That Breathes.” The film’s screening followed by a thought-provoking panel discussion featuring eminent actress Nadia Jamil, Project Curator Siraj Ali, and leading social development professional Quratulain Bakhteari who participated via video link. This event brought together a diverse audience to explore critical themes of environmentalism and inter-species coexistence, as beautifully depicted in the film directed by Shaunak Sen. The short film was explored as part of The Eqbal Ahmad Year of Tribute 25 years on festival. “All That Breathes” has garnered prestigious accolades, including awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and the Peabody Awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film chronicles the inspiring journey of two brothers, Nadeem and Daud, who dedicate their lives to rescuing the black kite, a vital species in the ecosystem of New Delhi. Their efforts underscore the urgent need for environmental stewardship in the face of escalating ecological challenges. Following the screening, the panel discussion allowed for an engaging dialogue among the esteemed speakers. Siraj Ali, Nadia Jamil, and Quratulain Bakhteari addressing key themes of the film, and their personal and political legacies of Eqbal Ahmad. The poignant discussion following the film and audience contributions resonated deeply with attendees. Prompting reflections on their roles in promoting the environment and social responsibility. The event was hosted by Prof. Pervaiz Vandal, who in addition to be a long term supporter of The Eqbal Ahmad Project, has sought to foster a sense of community among participants, encouraging them to engage actively in the pressing issues of our time Prior to the screening, a compelling video collage featuring insightful lectures by revolutionary thinker Eqbal Ahmad was showcased, setting the tone for the evening’s discussions. This event was organised by The Eqbal Ahmad Project as part of series of electronic and in person commmnity collaborations around the world this year to commemorate Eqbal Ahmad. The Eqbal Ahmad Project , which aims to honour the legacy of Ahmad a visionary whose insights into social justice and international solidarity continue to inspire change. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );NASA Pushes Back America's Return to the Moon to 2027, With the Next Artemis Program Flight Slated for 2026
US Automakers Face Major Changes To EV And Emissions PoliciesAmericans are heading into the first holiday season in years where buying less may be the first thing on their minds. And this year, gift lists may exclude one important person: you. Stacker dug into Deloitte's 2024 holiday retail survey to explore the psychology behind Americans' reluctance to self-gift this year. In the modern era, holiday gifting includes a practice that may seem rooted in consumerism—giving ourselves gifts. However, "self-gifting," psychologists say, carries its own importance. It's one consumers intend to cut back on or eliminate entirely this holiday shopping season, according to Deloitte's 2024 holiday retail survey of over 4,000 U.S. consumers. We've all done it. With hard-to-resist Black Friday deals and hypertargeted advertising, it can be difficult to resist shopping for yourself when doing so for others. Meanwhile, the cost of goods and services has risen faster than usual every year since 2021, when post-COVID-19 pandemic inflation took root in the U.S. economy and altered how we consume. Even so, Americans expect to spend more on gifts this holiday than in the previous five years. Deloitte found that the average person anticipates spending $1,778 this year, a 19% increase from 2019, when the average expected spend was $1,496. Baked into that figure are consumers' expectations of higher prices this season, according to Deloitte. In response, some Americans are signaling they may do less for themselves. About 1 in 3 consumers intend to self-gift this year, down from almost half of all consumers last year, Deloitte found. At least 2 in 5 (43%) won't spend on themselves at all, up from 25% last year. Today, the appeal of giving gifts around winter holidays is nearly universal. The holidays have long been an occasion to show our love for others in the exchange of gifts. Though giving gifts may have emerged from the biblical story of the three wise men, Christmas celebrations were among the first to lean into a commercialized version of the winter holidays. Other religious traditions like the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah have evolved to include gifting as a part of its observance over the winter holiday. Even workplace culture has adopted gifting as a way to foster connections and lift moods with traditions like Secret Santa. This holiday season, though, our modern treat-yourself-culture could be on pause for many Americans. You may also like: Gen X, millennials pay more for their mortgages Dr. Steve Westberg, a professor of marketing and consumer psychology at the University of Southern California, suggests that the uptick in surveyed adults who say they hope to scale back self-gifting this year may be due to consumer pessimism and financial concern. Faced with more limited options during the pandemic years, Americans bestowed themselves with material goods—some out of practical necessity, others not. Over the 2020 and 2021 holiday seasons, Americans hunkered down at home to avoid catching or spreading the latest COVID-19 variant. They bought lots of furniture, electronics, and other items in lieu of spending on travel, outings, and live events. In 2022 and 2023, consumers embarked on so-called " revenge travel " to catch up on international and domestic trips. They attended the live music and sporting events they had missed out on. Today, there are signs that all of that spending is beginning to cause stress for the typical American consumer as prices remain painfully high . Americans' total amount of credit card debt is at an all-time high, and default rates for vehicle loans and credit cards are rising. In almost every major poll leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the economy and inflation were consistently the top issues driving voters to the polls. However, as consumers pull back, there's evidence that self-gifting can positively impact personal well-being . Dr. Jacqueline Rifkin, an assistant marketing and management communications professor at Cornell University, describes the practice as a way to self-regulate emotions. Self-gifting can express positive emotions in a way we may recognize as a celebration. "You just got a promotion, or you won some big award, you're feeling good, and you want to extend or amplify those good feelings. You can use self-gifting to achieve that," Rifkin told Stacker. Self-gifting can also be a way to deal with negative emotions. Rifkin published research in the Journal of Consumer Research on self-gifting, which revealed that people were least likely to gift things to themselves when under stress or feeling constrained—even though self-gifting can help us regulate during stressful moments. "If you're going through a rough time ... you can use self-gifting to pick yourself back up. One of the colloquial ways we think about this is 'retail therapy,'" Rifkin said. Can self-gifting and retail therapy veer into wasteful self-indulgence? Potentially, according to Westberg, who says the reasons we self-gift are similar to those that drive compulsive shopping habits. The act generates a positive emotional response. There's an important distinction, however, that experts draw between the two. Westberg and Rifkin agree that self-gifting stands out from other forms of shopping in that it incorporates intentionality. "You could define self-gifting as being a little more thoughtful in your choice," Westberg explained. Consumer advocates suggest that shoppers looking to cut back on spending create guardrails to help them shop more intentionally. Removing credit card information from our web browser's autofill function or delaying the impulse to "buy now" and creating a wish list instead can elongate the purchase process. Putting space between the initial urge to buy and the purchase can be revealing, too: It clarifies what's really meaningful and worthy enough to justify buying. For others, like Westberg, shopping satisfaction is derived from researching items to self-gift in the future. Westberg's initial inclination when it comes to self-gifting, like many of us, is to reward himself with some kind of "big ticket" item. "On the other hand, I don't know that I'll ever actually do that because once I have it, the anticipation aspect is going to go away," Westberg said. "So while I do think about self-gifting myself a car ... I get a lot of enjoyment [from] doing the research. ... [It's] the thoughtfulness that I can put into it rather than having the physical thing." According to Rifkin, our reluctance to give ourselves gifts isn't always born of financial constraints but also a belief that giving ourselves something won't actually make us feel better, even though it can. She advises consumers to remember that gifts can take on different forms this holiday season, and many of them don't cost a thing. "It's this intentional behavior that we engage in. It's something you do, you do it on purpose, and you do it for yourself," Rifkin said. "Could it be going for a walk around the block? Absolutely. Could it be dusting off a book that you hadn't read in a while and spending an hour reading it? Yes." Story editing by Alizah Salario. Copy editing by Paris Close. Photo selection by Kristen Wegrzyn.Stick to tax vow CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves insists she will never repeat her inflationary, business-bashing Budget, and that she had “no alternative.” Voters will question if this is really true. After all, as the Tories imploded, she had months to prepare a radical programme. Labour could have unveiled credible plans to slash Government spending. Instead it opted for bumper public sector pay-rises, including 15 per cent for train drivers. She could have laid waste to the aid budget. READ MORE FROM THE SUN SAYS Instead farmers overseas are handed £500m of our money — while Reeves whacks British farms for the same amount in Inheritance Tax . Or perhaps the Chancellor could have foreseen that businesses would not be able to simply absorb the impact of her £25billion National Insurance rise , which will now inevitably lead to job losses and higher prices. Reeves — who deserves credit for at least sparing motorists a fuel duty rise , in the most popular measure in her Budget — feels able to predict she won’t have to launch another tax bombshell. For her sake and everybody else’s, the Chancellor had better be right. Most read in The Sun Skint workers and employers bucking under the weight of record taxes can’t take much more. Woke-us pocus HOLLYWOOD’s backing for JK Rowling over the new Harry Potter franchise is another welcome sign that the woke culture suffocating our lives is being dismantled. Rowling has been a staunch defender of women’s safety and rights. For this she has been relentlessly trolled and pilloried online. In the face of such vile bullying she has remained resolute. Not so the actors who made their fame and fortune off the back of Rowling’s brilliant imagination. Emma Watson , Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint cravenly betrayed her to the trans extremists. In standing by the decision to keep Rowling as a producer on a new Potter series, TV execs at HBO have signalled a major sea change. That the spiteful hate mob that infests social media won’t win over plain common sense. Chagos shame THE sight of our new National Security Adviser scurrying to Mauritius to give away the Chagos islands shames Britain. READ MORE SUN STORIES Jonathan Powell is desperate to sew up the grubby deal before Donald Trump — who hates the idea — becomes president. Such blatant poking of our strongest ally over global defence is a folly which makes our key interests less secure.Pep Guardiola drops biggest Kevin de Bruyne exit hint yet as Man City boss says ‘I’m sure he will be honest’
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Ludhiana: Punjab school education minister Harjot Singh Bains has laid the foundation stone for the upgrade of Shaheed E Azam Sukhdev Thapar school , Bharat Nagar, under the School of Eminence scheme, at an estimated cost of around Rs 17 crore. Accompanied by MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi, Markfed chairman Amandeep Singh Mohie, and deputy commissioner Jitendra Jorwal, Bains highlighted the extensive new facilities planned for the school. The upgrades will include a state-of-the-art indoor sports facility , a multipurpose hall, new science laboratories, additional classrooms, roof tiling, new doors and windows, updated electrical wiring, a sewage system, covered parking for students, a shelter for mid-day meals, and the demolition of the old hall to construct seven new classrooms with bathrooms on the ground floor. A basketball court, a new main entrance, and a waiting area for parents will be added. “These works will be completed in around 11 months, transforming the school into a premier institution. The indoor sports complex will be named in honour of Guru Tegh Bahadur Singhji,” Bains said. Bains said Schools of Eminence are being established to ensure that students in government schools have access to facilities comparable to those found in convent schools. He said the school is one of the most esteemed institutions, with around 2,000 students. TNN We also published the following articles recently BCRT 237 constructs school classroom Belgaum Cosmo RT 237, a Round Table India chapter, is building a Rs 43 lakh classroom at Daivajnya English Medium School in Belagavi and installing Rs 2 lakh interactive smart boards at New Girls High School. The group also supports orphanages, underprivileged children, and the transgender community. Foundation stone laid for Sri Kanakadasa Community Hall Ministers Byrathi Suresh and Madhu Bangarappa initiated the construction of the Sri Kanakadasa Community Hall in Shivamogga. Suresh pledged to secure Rs 3.5 crore from CM Siddaramaiah and contribute personally, urging MPs and legislators to also support the project. MP BY Raghavendra attended the foundation stone laying ceremony. MLA for sports in schools to check obesity Rajeshwar Singh, MLA of Sarojininagar, has raised concerns about the rising childhood obesity rates and urged immediate action. He advocated for increased physical activity in schools, healthier diets, and curbing unhealthy food marketing. Singh showcased Sarojininagar's initiatives, including sports leagues, new facilities, and support for over 150 youth clubs, as examples in the fight against childhood obesity. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .
How Nancy Mace went from being a ‘caucus of one’ to the lead anti-trans voice in CongressSenator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “Democrats are going after” former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard because “they’re upset that she left their woke party.” Host Dana Bash said, “I know you listened to what Senator Duckworth said in describing Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. She called her compromise someone who is wholly backing and supportive of Putin. What do you make of that?” Mullin said, “I think it’s dangerous, Tammy, listen I got a lot of respect for Tammy, and I’ve known her for years. We served together in the House, but for her to say ridiculous and outright dangerous words like that is is wrong. You got to keep in mind, Tulsi Gabbard is still a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. She commands the reserve unit here in Oklahoma and Missouri. If she was compromised, if she wasn’t able to to pass a background check, if she wasn’t able to do her job, she still wouldn’t be in the Army. So Tammy is absolutely dead wrong on this and she should retract those words. That’s the most dangerous thing she could say, that a that a United States Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army is is compromised and is an asset of the of of Russia? It is it’s it’s actually sad to hear her say that when I say that when I heard her say that, I thought, I wonder if this is political because she’s upset that Tulsi Gabbard left the Democrat Party because they went woke because I know they actually got along when they were in the House. She knows Tulsi Gabbard. She knows her heart. She has a heart to serve. And so I think that’s probably more politically motivated than it actually has any truth to it.” He added, “There is no reason why the Democrats are going after her, other than the fact they’re upset that she left their woke party.” Follow Pam Key on X @pamkeyNENNone
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Formula 1 drivers complained this week about the smell of marijuana as they prepared for the Las Vegas Grand Prix , with one even joking they could fail drug tests. Marijuana is legal in Nevada and the odor can often be prevalent among those attending sporting events. “Yes, there was a smell of weed,” Williams driver Franco Colapinto said. “If they dope (test) the drivers now, I think we’ll all test positive. When we all test positive, there will be a mess.” Drivers had three practice sessions as well as qualifying beginning Thursday leading up to Saturday night’s race. Max Verstappen, who went into the race hoping to clinch his fourth consecutive series title, said the smell of marijuana was quite noticeable. “I was quite high in the car,” Verstappen said jokingly. “It’s not ideal because you can also smell it while driving and it’s quite extreme.” His Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez, echoed Verstappen’s comments. “I’m tired of it already,” Perez said. “The amount is incredible.” Nevada voters approved legalizing the drug in 2016, and the new law took effect Jan. 1, 2017. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Ando, Diaz fell short in Qatar Grand Prix Singapore Grand Prix: Team by team analysis F1: Charles Leclerc crashes out of Australia Grand Prix on first corner Max Verstappen captures 4th F1 championship after Las Vegas Grand PrixDallas Mavericks vs. Atlanta Hawks FREE LIVE STREAM (11/25/24): Watch NBA regular season game | Time, TV, ChannelNone
Explore Breakthroughs in AI Hardware at Our LinkedIn Live Webinar SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Achronix Semiconductor Corporation , a leader in FPGA-based hardware accelerator devices and high-performance eFPGA IP, is excited to announce an upcoming LinkedIn Live Webinar in collaboration with Google and Myrtle.ai and moderated by Alex Woodie , Managing Editor - BIGDatawire. The demand for energy-efficient, high-performance hardware is reshaping AI inferencing as large language models (LLMs), like Llama3, continue to revolutionize natural language processing. Join us at "The Rise of FPGA-Accelerated LLMs" LinkedIn Live webinar to dive into the transformative role of FPGA acceleration in AI workloads. Event Details: What You'll Learn: Featured Speakers: Why You Should Attend: Who Should Attend? This webinar is ideal for AI/ML engineers, CTOs, and technology decision-makers eager to stay ahead in AI inferencing and discover cutting-edge hardware solutions. Don't Miss Out! Secure your spot today and join us for this must-attend discussion on the future of AI hardware. Register Here About Achronix: Achronix is a global leader in FPGA-based hardware solutions, enabling unmatched acceleration for AI, networking, and data-intensive workloads. Products include the Speedster®7t FPGA family , SpeedcoreTM eFPGA IP , and VectorPath® accelerator cards , all supported by Achronix ACE software tools . Founded in 2004, Achronix has a proven track record of innovation and market leadership in the semiconductor industry. For more information, please visit www.achronix.com Media Contact: Jay Aggarwal Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Achronix jayaggarwal@achronix.com (408) 889-4100 View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fpga-accelerated-llms-the-future-of-ai-inferencing-is-here-302322185.html SOURCE Achronix