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Street-level pushers targeted with more than 100 dial-a-dealer arrestsChintan Dagli brings the joy of reading to children, completely free of chargeThe AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Jaylon McDaniel’s 22 points helped Lindenwood defeat IU Indianapolis 81-63 on Saturday night. McDaniel shot 9 of 12 from the field and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Lions (5-6). Markeith Browning II scored 18 points while going 8 of 19 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and added seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Reggie Bass shot 3 for 6 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 6 of 7 from the free-throw line to finish with 14 points, while adding seven rebounds and six assists. Paul Zilinskas finished with 18 points for the Jaguars (5-8). IU Indianapolis also got 13 points and two steals from Jarvis Walker. Alec Millender also recorded 11 points and five assists. NEXT UP Lindenwood’s next game is Thursday against Tennessee Tech at home, and IU Indianapolis visits Florida International on Saturday. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

A high-profile barrister who was cleared of misconduct over social media posts has called on the head of the Bar Standards Board to resign. Dr Charlotte Proudman, who specialises in family law, had faced a Bar Standards Board (BSB) disciplinary tribunal over a 14-part Twitter thread criticising a judge’s ruling over a domestic abuse case, saying it echoed a “boys’ club”. However, the five charges against the 36-year-old were dropped on Thursday. In an interview with The Times, Dr Proudman described the position of Mark Neale, the board’s director-general, as “untenable” and said its chairwoman, Kathryn Stone, should also stand down. “They need a change, not just in those two individuals, though, because, of course, it seeps down to the rest of the organisation,” she said. She told the paper she “genuinely” wanted to work with the Bar Standards Board in helping them to understand how misogyny and sexism have impacted women at the bar. However, she said that “under the current leadership, it’s just not going to be possible”. The charges alleged Dr Proudman had “failed to act with integrity” in posting the tweets, that they amounted to professional misconduct, were “misleading” and “inaccurately reflected the findings of the judge” in the case. The women’s rights campaigner was also accused of behaving in a way “which was likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public placed in her and in the profession”, and that she “knowingly or recklessly misled or attempted to mislead the public” by making the posts. But panel chairman Nicholas Ainley found her tweets are protected under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the right of freedom of expression. He said her tweets did not “gravely damage” the judiciary, which would “put them outside” of Article 10 protection, even if they “might not have been pleasant for any judge to read” or even “hurtful”. “We take the view that the judiciary of England and Wales is far more robust than that,” he said. The panel also concluded that some of the tweets were only inaccurate “to a minor degree” and not to the extent necessary for a charge of a lack of integrity. Speaking after the hearing, Dr Proudman told the PA news agency: “This ruling is a victory for women’s rights and a right to freedom of speech. “The prosecution against me brought by my regulatory body, the Bar Standards Board, should never have happened and I said that from day one. “I criticised a domestic abuse judgment. Everyone should have the right to do that, whether you’re a barrister or not. Our justice system, which I strongly believe in, is robust enough to withstand criticism from me.” She believes her tweets help “foster confidence” in the justice system, adding: “Only that way can we go about building change and a better treatment for all victims, women and children and men who are affected by domestic abuse.” Explaining that the BSB appears to have spent almost £40,000 “of barristers’ money” on instructing counsel in her case, she added: “I think it’s shameful that they’re using our money to pay for, in my view, malicious, vexatious prosecutions which I have no doubt was a personal attack against me as a woman and as a feminist, as an outspoken critic and advocate for women’s rights.” Dr Proudman called for “systemic change” within the board. “They don’t understand gender, they don’t understand diversity, I don’t think they’ve ever heard of the concept misogyny and certainly not institutional misogyny,” she said. “Until they recognise the deeply rooted, entrenched issue of bullying, harassment, sexism at the bar, for which I have suffered relentlessly... and own up to it I don’t think we’re going to see any change and I have no confidence in them.” She told of how male barristers have called her insulting names on social media and made derogatory comments about her. In the posts on April 6 2022, Dr Proudman referenced a case in which her client alleged she had been subjected to coercive and controlling behaviour by her husband, a part-time judge, meaning she had been “unable to freely enter” the couple’s “post-nuptial” financial agreement. Commenting on the ruling by Family Court judge Sir Jonathan Cohen, Dr Proudman wrote: “I represented Amanda Traharne. “She said she was coerced into signing a post-nuptial agreement by her husband (who is a part-time judge). I lost the case. “I do not accept the Judge’s reasoning. I will never accept the minimisation of domestic abuse.” She continued: “Demeaning the significance of domestic abuse has the affect of silencing victims and rendering perpetrators invisible. “This judgement has echoes of (t)he ‘boys club’ which still exists among men in powerful positions.” In the thread, Dr Proudman wrote that the judge had described the relationship of the couple as “tempestuous”, which she argued was a “trivialisation” of domestic abuse. “Tempestuous? Lose his temper? Isn’t this the trivialisation of domestic abuse & gendered language. This is not normal married life,” she wrote.1. A set of convenient suctioning "Food Cubby" dividers so the incredibly picky eaters (like me) can eat in peace without having to hastily push aside the mac n' cheese before the dreaded salad dressing can touch it and ruin half your meal. Check out a TikTok of the food cubby in action. Food Cubby is a small business specializing in family-friendly kitchen accessories. 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The days of carefully checking each slice for a hint of mold because you've forgotten when the last time you bought bread was are long behind you. This dispenser hands it to you slice by slice and protects this daily meal staple by keeping it smush-free! Check out a TikTok of the Buddeez sandwich bread dispenser in action. Buddeez is a family-owned, Missouri-based small business that specializes unique household products. Promising review: "The Buddeez Sandwich Bread Dispenser is great! It does exactly what it was intended for. I live alone and I don't quite go through bread often enough before the last quarter section of the loaf starts to go stale. I was originally looking for something to put a loaf of bread in as a shell for my vacuum sealer, that would keep the bread from getting crushed from the pressure. This dispenser solved all of my problems. Thank you!" — DRMcQuaig Get it from Amazon for $15.99+ (available in five styles). 39. "The Clean Ball," a genius invention you can just toss into your purse to pick up all those lil' crumbs and flecks of dirt that litter the bottom of your bag. When the ball gets too full, just remove and rinse the insert, and you're good to go! Promising review: "This little ball is genius!! Rolls around in my purse, which I live out of. It picks up a lot of lint, debris, or even crumbs. Easy to find with the bright pink. Just remove and wash and it’s ready to go again. The price was great and something I can use for years. If you live out of your purse this a must-have!!" — dj3biggs Get it from Amazon for $11.99+ (available in a pack of three and five colors). 40. An LED fogless mirror to stop you from having to keep pausing in the middle of shaving to wipe away the fog that has blurred your mirror during your morning shower. Plus, it makes it the PERFECT mirror to ensure you're getting that shampoo all over. 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DANBURY, Conn., Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ethan Allen recently held its 2024 International Convention live at the Company's headquarters and livestreamed across the world. With the theme of Focused on the Future , the program honored the Company's 92-year history, reviewed current and future initiatives in manufacturing, logistics, technology, marketing and retail, and celebrated its annual Spirit Awards, honoring interior designers both for achievement in written sales and design excellence. Led by its Chairman, President and CEO Farooq Kathwari, the convention highlighted five key areas of focus for Ethan Allen: talent, service, marketing, technology, and social responsibility. "It was good to review all areas of our vertically integrated enterprise, to share new products and initiatives, and to celebrate the work and achievements of our team members. We take pride in sharing this special event with about 4,000 in attendance both watching and participating each year." Ethan Allen's annual convention is an important, decades-long tradition that gives its associates the opportunity to reconnect with colleagues from all over the world while they review the progress the Company has made over the past year. The Spirit Awards highlight Ethan Allen's interior design network, one of the world's largest, and emphasize the Company's unique combination of technology and personal service. The celebratory event concluded with Mr. Kathwari saying, "We are just getting started," as the Company is Focused on the Future . ABOUT ETHAN ALLEN Ethan Allen ETD , named America's #1 Premium Furniture Retailer by Newsweek for the second year in a row, is a leading interior design destination combining state-of-the-art technology with personal service. Our design centers, which represent a mix of independent licensees and Company-owned and operated locations, offer complimentary interior design service and sell a full range of home furnishings, including custom furniture and artisan-crafted accents for every room in the home. Vertically integrated from product design through logistics, we manufacture about 75% of our custom-crafted products in our North American manufacturing facilities and have been recognized for product quality and craftsmanship since 1932. Learn more at www.ethanallen.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. CONTACT: Catherine Plaisted Senior Vice President, Marketing catherine.plaisted@ethanallen.com Photos accompanying this announcement are available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/03602b41-d7d5-4e48-89b9-c4cf8d11a28f https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f03d7cf2-d8e6-433e-afb3-45d6616ed037 https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6dd9c843-54d2-4f8e-970f-e8a2d90d71ae © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI Unlimited Group Inc. (OTCQB: AIUG), a leader in AI-driven financial technology, highlights how its flagship Lever App is empowering student loan borrowers to navigate systemic issues reported by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The findings, outlined in the CFPB Supervisory Highlights Special Edition: Student Lending (Winter 2024), expose ongoing issues with student loan servicers failing to provide timely and accurate information to borrowers, creating unnecessary financial burdens. Read the full CFPB report here . The Lever App addresses these challenges by simplifying loan management and ensuring borrowers are matched to, and stay on track with, the most suitable repayment programs—while avoiding costly delays caused by servicer missteps. Tackling the Issues Reported by CFPB The CFPB report highlights critical concerns, including: Failure to provide accurate information about repayment plans, forgiveness programs, and annual recertification requirements. Mismanagement of income-driven repayment (IDR) enrollments, leading to missed opportunities for borrowers to reduce payments or avoid delinquencies. AIUG’s Lever App ensures borrowers are no longer at the mercy of miscommunications and administrative failures by student loan servicers. The platform’s advanced AI capabilities guide users through a seamless three-step process: Discover : Locate and manage existing student loans and servicers effortlessly. Match : Identify the best federal repayment programs tailored to individual financial needs, leveraging up-to-date eligibility criteria. Enroll : Automate enrollment into recommended programs and ensure compliance with annual recertification requirements to maintain favorable repayment terms. “The CFPB report reflects the reality that millions of borrowers are underserved by existing loan servicer systems. We see this same challenge across all segments of consumer financial services—from student loans to credit card issuers—where administrative delays and mismanagement cost borrowers time, money, and financial progress. Lever was designed to address these failures, empowering borrowers with clear, actionable tools to take control of their financial obligations,” Trent McKendrick, CEO of AI Unlimited Group, commented. Staying Ahead of the Curve Lever also incorporates payment round-up features and credit score tracking , enabling borrowers to make incremental progress toward financial independence while staying compliant with loan program requirements. Bridging the Gap for Millions of Borrowers With over 43 million federal student loan borrowers in the United States, ongoing challenges with repayment plan management can lead to missed savings and growing balances. Lever eliminates guesswork, helping borrowers unlock savings opportunities, minimize interest accrual, and avoid administrative errors that cost time and money. About AI Unlimited Group Inc. AI Unlimited Group Inc. is an AI-driven technology incubator focused on creating high-impact solutions across financial services, investment, and travel. Lever is part of the company’s fintech portfolio, offering AI-powered tools to simplify and enhance student loan repayment processes for millions of borrowers. For more information, visit www.aiug.ai . Media Contact: Dave Gentry, CEO RedChip Companies 1-800-REDCHIP (733-2447) 1-407-644-4256 aiug@redchip.com(BPT) - Tech gifts are consistently some of the most popular presents to give and receive during the holidays. In fact, according to the annual Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns report , a record 233 million U.S. adults (89%) will buy tech products during the 2024 holiday season. But with so many devices out there, it can be hard to decide on the perfect option for the loved one on your list. A tablet like the new Fire HD 8 from Amazon offers the versatility of an all-in-one device, with access to streaming, gaming, video chatting, reading or writing all at your fingertips. Fire HD 8 also features a vibrant 8-inch HD display and lightweight, portable design, for high-quality entertainment on the go. Plus, Fire HD 8 comes with three new AI features that can help you get the most out of your tablet experience. Check them out below and learn how they can help you with daily tasks this holiday season and beyond. 1. Meet your personal writing assistant Do you struggle with writing a heartfelt message or finessing a tricky email? Fear not! Writing Assist is here to help. 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Get creative with your device wallpaper With Wallpaper Creator, you can easily add a touch of creative flair and customization to your tablet's home screen. You can choose from one of the curated prompts to get started on creating a unique background. Or, if you're ready to let your imagination run wild, type a description of what you'd like to see. For example, you can ask for an image of a tiger swimming underwater or a watercolor-style image of a desert landscape in space. Wallpaper Creator will then turn your vision into a reality, delivering a high-resolution image that you can use as your tablet's wallpaper. Celebrate an AI-powered holiday season Writing Assist, Webpage Summaries, and Wallpaper Creator are now available on Amazon's new Fire HD 8 and other compatible Fire tablet devices, including the latest Fire HD 10 and Fire Max 11 tablets. To learn more, or to order a new Fire tablet this gift-giving season, visit Amazon.com .

Norwegian shipping technology company CryoVac has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for its vacuum insulation system for liquid hydrogen (LH2) – thereby bringing shipping of LH2 one step closer to realization. “The AiP is an important milestone for CryoVac in bringing our vacuum insulation system to the market and start engaging with shipowners and ship designers that wish to become frontrunners within shipping of liquid hydrogen,” says Aage Bjørn Andersen, CEO of CryoVac. CryoVac’s solution is based on cryogenic hydrogen storage, which involves cooling hydrogen to extremely low temperatures (around −253°C). A significant challenge is to maintain this temperature. Another challenge with transporting liquid hydrogen at such low temperature is that it can lead to embrittlement of steel, which in turn can result in loss of tensile strength, flexibility and fracture toughness. To solve these problems, Norway-based CryoVac has developed the world’s first LH2 containment design that uses prismatic tanks for ship transport of liquid hydrogen, where its proprietary CryoPan hexagonal vacuum insulation panel plays a key role. The CryoVac approach comprises an externally insulated IMO Type B-inspired self-supporting prismatic tank positioned in an inert and insulated hold. CryoPan vacuum insulation panels are then welded together and applied to both the tank as well as the hold surfaces. “Our hexagonal vacuum panels are welded together into continuous surfaces and configured to form a hybrid insulation system allowing simple prismatic tanks to be applied for LH2 carriage. This provides efficient insulation with very low boil-off rate, without challenging the integrity of the steel,” adds Aage Bjørn Andersen. CryoVac has received Approval in Principle (AiP) by DNV for its vacuum insulation system for LH2. The AiP means that the system has been assessed by DNV and found to comply with the current rules of the class society and applicable statutory regulations. Further, it confirms that the design is feasible and that no significant obstacles exist to prevent it from being realized. Trond Berntzen, Head of Department, Gas Technology, Piping & Safety, DNV Maritime, said: ” It is exciting to see solutions such as the one developed by CryoVac, which provides an innovative approach to storing and transporting liquid hydrogen. As a knowledge organization, there is nothing better than collaborating on such innovative development projects and helping to ensure these solutions can be safely implemented and applied.” DNV is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry Next step: 45,000 cbm LH2 carrier The CryoVac containment system is developed for optimal volume utilization and modular versatility allowing for a range of cargo capacities based on a core tank/ hold arrangement. The next step for CryoVac is to develop a 45.000 cbm, long-haul LH2 carrier comprising three cargo holds each holding a 15.000 cbm tank. To achieve this, CryoVac will continue to collaborate with DNV into the General Approval for Ship Application (GASA). The intention is that the vessel will both transport liquid hydrogen and run on hydrogen, enabling zero-emission shipping. “There is a lot of interest worldwide for a safe and cost-efficient solution for shipping of liquid hydrogen. This is the technology gap we are aiming to fill. We will going forward be entering into dialogue with shipowners and hydrogen producers that share the ambition of realizing a global supply chain for liquid hydrogen,” concludes Aage Bjørn Andersen. CryoVac is headquartered at Vikersund, located approximately one hour outside Oslo, Norway. The company also has offices in Drammen and Lillestrøm in Norway. Source: CryovacTrump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time

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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department, said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Maine Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday as he pushed to win enough votes for confirmation. He said he will not back down after allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. Related Articles National Politics | Donald Trump will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell. It’ll be a first for him National Politics | The Trump and Biden teams insist they’re working hand in glove on foreign crises National Politics | ‘You don’t know what’s next.’ International students scramble ahead of Trump inauguration National Politics | Trump is threatening to raise tariffs again. Here’s how China plans to fight back National Politics | Trump won’t be able to save the struggling US beef industry Collins said after the hourlong meeting that she questioned Hegseth about the allegations amid reports of drinking and the revelation that he made a settlement payment after being accused of a sexual assault that he denies. She said she had a “good, substantive” discussion with Hegseth and “covered a wide range of topics,” including sexual assault in the military, Ukraine and NATO. But she said she would wait until a hearing, and notably a background check, to make a decision. “I asked virtually every question under the sun,” Collins told reporters as she left her office after the meeting. “I pressed him both on his position on military issues as well as the allegations against him, so I don’t think there was anything that we did not cover.” The meeting with Collins was closely watched as she is seen as more likely than most of her Republican Senate colleagues to vote against some of Trump’s Cabinet picks. She and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow moderate Republican, did not shy from opposing Trump in his first term when they wanted to do so and sometimes supported President Joe Biden’s nominees for the judicial and executive branches. And Hegseth, an infantry combat veteran and former “Fox & Friends” weekend host, is working to gain as many votes as he can as some senators have expressed concerns about his personal history and lack of management experience. “I’m certainly not going to assume anything about where the senator stands,” Hegseth said as he left Collins’ office. “This is a process that we respect and appreciate. And we hope, in time, overall, when we get through that committee and to the floor that we can earn her support.” Hegseth met with Murkowski on Tuesday. He has also been meeting repeatedly with Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a military veteran who has said she is a survivor of sexual assault and has spent time in the Senate working on improving how attacks are reported and prosecuted within the ranks. On Monday, Ernst said after a meeting with him that he had committed to selecting a senior official to prioritize those goals. Republicans will have a 53-49 majority next year, meaning Trump cannot lose more than three votes on any of his nominees. It is so far unclear whether Hegseth will have enough support, but Trump has stepped up his pressure on senators in the last week. “Pete is a WINNER, and there is nothing that can be done to change that!!!” Trump posted on his social media platform last week.NoneAdvantage Solutions named among Chief Marketer’s 2025 Top Agencies of the Year

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While some are steeling themselves for the second term of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump in fear of potential human rights abuses, others are more worried they may be caught being complicit in them. The latter could include major Chinese tech group, , which has reportedly cancelled five contracts with local governments in the north-western region of Xinjiang. Based on similar deals with local governments, the Financial Times that the combined value of the five Xinjiang contracts, which were signed in 2017 and had entered a long-term “maintenance phase,” is “likely to be in the low hundreds of millions of dollars.” China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is home to the Muslim Uighur minority, which the Communist regime in Beijing has been on a long, quiet campaign to displace, reduce and replace with a more ideologically aligned population. The Chinese government says its ongoing efforts, which have included , forced labor and indoctrination and the bulldozing of one of the , are a response to violent extremism. However, even Trump has dismissed that defense. During his first term, Trump blacklisted Hikvision and other Chinese companies in 2019 over their alleged roles in facilitating against Uighurs, thus barring the firms from acquiring U.S. technology. His successor (and soon-to-be-predecessor) Joe Biden added the five Hikvision subsidiaries responsible for the Xinjiang projects to Washington’s “entity list”. Firms whose contracts are now null include Luopu Haishi Dingxin Electronic Technology, Moyu Haishi Electronic Technology, Pishan Haishi Yongan Electronic Technology, Urumqi Haishi Xinan Electronic Technology and Yutian Haishi Meitian Electronic Technology. In canceling its contracts in the region, Hikvision is presumed to be trying to preempt any additional sanction from Trump in his second term – which is not unlikely, given the company’s ongoing history of . There have been accounts of the CCTV firm specifically targeting the Uighurs with systems using chips from Nvidia. And is in poor standing with some who have been selected to be part of Trump’s administration. Incoming Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a vocal critic of Hikvision, calling it “potentially ” that poses “national security dangers to the United States” and is complicit in Beijing’s “build-up of its Orwellian and modern-day concentration camps in Xinjiang.” China is unlikely to take any increased criticism of its record there sitting down. It has repeatedly and vehemently denied human rights abuses, and even threatened to the U.S. parent company of clothing brand Calvin Klein after it allegedly stopped using cotton from Xinjiang. Regardless, all is not economically peachy in China, which, after years of booming growth, has lost steam since Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, with many local governments facing fiscal shortfalls. Hikvision itself has been on a downward slide; according to the South China Morning Post, the company booked (US$1.1 billion) in profit in the first three quarters of 2024, an 8.4 percent year on year drop. | | | | | |

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New Delhi: After a video of former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu surfaced in which he described his wife’s treatment for her breast cancer as “starving the cancer by not eating dairy products and sugar”, Tata Memorial Hospital doctors on Saturday warned that diet alone is no cure for the disease, which requires a range of medical interventions. Much needed statement issued by @TataMemorial . This should clear any misconception that cancer patients or caregivers may have after recent viral video about use of diet and other methods to achieve so called " CURE " for the advanced cancer . Let's avoid such... pic.twitter.com/SOeX0pzk5U Oncologists at Tata Memorial Trust, in a post shared on X, said: “Diet alone is not a cure for cancer. While it plays a crucial role in supporting treatment and improving outcomes, cancer cure typically requires medical interventions like surgery, chemotherapy, and targeted therapies. Nutraceuticals and dietary changes can enhance the effectiveness of these treatments by targeting cancer pathways and improving the patient’s overall health. However, claims of curing cancer through diet alone lack scientific validation. Treatment plans should integrate diet as a complementary approach rather than a standalone solution, tailored to the individual’s cancer type and overall condition.” Sidhu in a video, widely circulated on social media, had said that his wife starved the cancer by not eating dairy products and sugar and consumed haldi (turmeric) and neem which helped cure her “incurable” cancer. He said she ate her first meal of the day at 10 a.m. and the last meal of the day at 6.30 p.m. To this, the Tata Memorial doctors said: “These statements have no high-quality evidence to support them. While research is ongoing for some of these products, there is no clinical data currently to recommend their use as anti-cancer agents. We urge the public to not delay their treatment by following unproven remedies, but rather to consult a doctor, preferably a cancer specialist, if they have any symptoms of cancer. Cancer is curable if detected early and proven cancer treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.” My wife is clinically cancer free today ..... pic.twitter.com/x06lExML82 At least 262 oncologists (present and past, from Tata Memorial Hospital) signed the statement. “Make this go viral. We have to keep fighting misinformation,” the Tata Memorial said.Nancy Pelosi Hospitalized After She ‘Sustained an Injury’ from Fall on Official Trip to Luxembourg

ExxonMobil announces plans to 2030 that build on its unique advantagesBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living" and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The lack of affordable housing has become one of the leading concerns for the southern European Union country, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world, including the United States . Organizers said that over 100,000 had turned out, while Barcelona’s police said they estimated some 22,000 marched. Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the heigh of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement. Now, social concerns led by housing have displaced political crusades. That is because the average rent for Spain has doubled in last 10 years. The price per square meter has risen from 7.2 euros ($7.5) in 2014 to 13 euros this year, according to the popular online real estate website Idealista. The growth is even more acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid. Incomes meanwhile have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Protestor Samuel Saintot said he is “frustrated and scared” after being told by the owners of the apartment he has rented for the past 15 years in Barcelona’s city center that he must vacate the premises. He suspects that the owners want him out so they can renovate it and boost the price. “Even looking in a 20- or 30-kilometer radius outside town, I can’t even find anything within the price range I can afford,” he told The Associated Press. “And I consider myself a very fortunate person, because I earn a decent salary. And even in my case, I may be forced to leave town.” A report by the Bank of Spain indicates that nearly 40% of Spaniards who rent dedicate an average of 40% of their income to paying rents and utilities, compared to the European Union average of 27% of renters who do so. “We are talking about a housing emergency. It means people having many difficulties both in accessing and staying in their homes,” said Ignasi Martí, professor for Esade business school and head of its Dignified Housing Observatory. The rise in rents is causing significant pain in Spain, where traditionally people seek to own their homes. Rental prices have also been driven up by short-term renters including tourists. Many migrants to Spain are also disproportionately hit by the high rents because they often do not have enough savings. Spain is near the bottom end of OECD countries with under 2% of all housing available being public housing for rent. The OECD average is 7%. Spain is far behind France, with 14%, Britain with 16%, and the Netherlands with 34%. Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for Barcelona’s Tenants Union which helped organize the protest, said that renters should consider a “rent strike” and cease paying their monthly rents in a mass protest movement. “I think we the tenants have understood that this depends on us. That we can’t keep asking and making demands to the authorities and waiting for an answer. We must take the reins of the situation,” Arcarazo told the AP. “So, if they (the owners) won’t lower the rent, then we will force them to do it." The Barcelona protest came a month after tens of thousands rallied against high rents in Madrid. The rising discontent over housing is putting pressure on Spain’s governing Socialist party, which leads a coalition on the national level and is in charge of Catalonia’s regional government and Barcelona’s city hall. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided over what the government termed a “housing summit” including government officials and real estate developers last month. But the Barcelona’s Tenants Union boycotted the event, saying it was like calling a summit for curing cancer and inviting tobacco companies to participate. The leading government measure has been a rent cap mechanism that the central government has offered to regional authorities based on a price index established by the housing ministry. Rent controls can be applied to areas deemed to be “highly stressed” by high rental prices. Catalonia was the first region to apply those caps, which are in place in downtown Barcelona. Many locals blame the million of tourists who visit Barcelona, and the rest of Spain, each year for the high prices. Barcelona’s town hall has pledged to completely eliminate the city’s 10,000 so called “tourist apartments,” or dwellings with permits for short-term rents, by 2028.WEST CHESTER, PA — Centinel Spine®, LLC has announced the findings of a landmark study validating the long-term clinical success of its prodisc L Lumbar Total Disc Replacement (LTDR) technology. Published by The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, the research highlights the durability and effectiveness of the device in treating lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD). The study analyzed outcomes from 1,187 patients who underwent 1- or 2-level LTDR procedures between 1999 and 2013 at Montpellier Spine Institute in France. Patients were followed for an average of nearly 12 years, with some tracked for up to 21 years. The results demonstrated an exceptionally low revision rate of 0.67% and a 1.85% rate of adjacent-level surgery, confirming the system’s ability to preserve spinal mobility and reduce the risk of further surgeries. Outcomes were consistent regardless of whether patients underwent 1- or 2-level LTDR or had prior discectomy surgeries, showcasing the versatility of prodisc L across a broad patient spectrum. “Total disc replacement, and especially the prodisc technology, is a concept we started to develop in the 1980s,” said Dr. Thierry Marnay, inventor of prodisc. “The quality and robustness of this study’s results fundamentally confirm the long-term efficiency and safety of LTDR. There is a direct link between restored, pain-free mobility and improved quality of life.” With more than 125,000 prodisc L devices implanted worldwide and nearly 35 years of clinical use, the technology continues to serve as a proven motion-preserving alternative to fusion. The system is FDA-approved for one-level, two-level, and Anatomic EndplateTM indications, further solidifying its position as a leader in spine care innovation. For the latest news on everything happening in Chester County and the surrounding area, be sure to follow MyChesCo on Google News and MSN .The energy industry is currently navigating a shift in focus to digital and sustainable technologies. This change makes for new challenges, including litigation risk in the climate, cybersecurity, and corporate espionage sectors. This article is the first in a two-part series that provides insights to explain the legal dynamics shaping the future of energy and, more importantly, how to minimize or avoid risk when possible. This article will focus on climate litigation and other climate-related requirements. Climate-related litigation against energy companies in the United States has been steadily increasing. Given the heightened focus on an accelerated energy transition, the growing wave of climate lawsuits against U.S. energy producers is not surprising. But recent climate lawsuits in the United States are different — the allegations focus on responsibility for climate change itself rather than a particular project’s emissions or location. To date, the fight in U.S. climate cases has centered on whether state courts have authority to rule on lawsuits alleging global climate impacts. Even if state courts have authority, it is the subject of hotly contested debate whether state courts are the appropriate forum for this type of litigation. On April 24, 2023, the Montana Supreme Court issued the first major decision in a climate case, Held v. Montana. There, Montana youth activists sued the state of Montana, claiming Montana violated its state constitution by “supporting the fossil fuel industry.” The court ruled for the youth activists, finding that Montana youth have a state constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.” Consequently, Montana state oil and gas permitting laws, according to the court, are “unconstitutional” because the laws fail to require greenhouse gas emissions in the permitting review process. Not surprisingly, the Montana youth trial has inspired similar lawsuits in states like California with state constitutions that guarantee environmental rights. Earlier this year, a California youth group sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging that the EPA allowed unsafe levels of climate pollution in violation of the state constitution guarantee of “a life-sustaining climate system.” The EPA has asked the court to dismiss the youth activists’ lawsuit, arguing that it is barred by sovereign immunity and the Clean Air Act. While federal courts have so far refused to dismiss youth climate lawsuits on sovereign immunity grounds, the fact that the federal government (the EPA) is the defendant may alter the reviewing court’s analysis under the Clean Air Act. Climate change litigation is not only being pursued by youth activist groups, but by municipalities and cities as well. The city of Maui filed climate change tort claims, including public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass, against several large oil and gas companies. The city and local government allege the energy companies “intentionally misled” consumers about the environmental impacts of fossil fuels. The Hawaii Supreme Court, in an October 2023 ruling, refused to dismiss the lawsuit. The energy company defendants petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to stop climate change tort litigation brought by state and local governments like the city of Maui and the county of Honolulu from being tried in state court. Counsel for Defendant-Petitioner Chevron stated,”[s]tate court litigation is not a constitutionally permissible means to establish global climate and energy policy.” (“Energy Cos. Urge Justices To Slam Brakes On Climate Suits,” Law360, Feb. 28, 2024) The energy companies contended that federal common law necessarily governs claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate or transboundary greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate. However, on April 24, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the companies’ requests for review on jurisdictional issues in climate cases brought by state and local governments, and review of decisions by four U.S. circuit courts of appeals (1st, 4th, 9th, and 10th). And on May 15, 2023, the Court denied a similar petition from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appels. Notably, the U.S. Supreme Court has also declined to grant review of a similar appeal by energy companies in a Minnesota climate fraud lawsuit. As it stands, the general trajectory is clearly unfavorable to the energy industry. The U.S. Supreme Court appears to align with the view that climate torts are a matter for state courts, at least in cases brought by state and local governments. Activists will, therefore, continue to creatively plead lawsuits that seek to monetize climate change. Perhaps most concerning for U.S. energy companies, future procedural and substantive questions that will determine the energy industry’s alleged “liability” for climate change will apparently be decided by state court judges and juries — who may be hostile to oil and gas defendants. Many climate lawsuits have been filed in small, rural venues, which increases the likelihood of undisclosed conflicts that can jeopardize the ability to have a fair trial. Not only is the risk of heavy publicity and unfair pressure much greater in state court, energy companies face the financial burden of protracted litigation in multiple cases in different courts and the risk of inconsistent decisions in different states. In recent years, government regulators and agencies are taking a more active role in policing the energy industry, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On March 6, 2024, the SEC enacted its climate reporting rule that requires publicly traded energy companies to disclose “material” Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and detailed information about climate-related risks to investors, including information about the financial harm caused by severe weather events. While the SEC reporting rule does not require disclosure of Scope 3 emissions, energy companies still face a huge undertaking. (On March 15, 2024, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay, temporarily blocking the implementation of the SEC’s climate reporting requirements.) Even if a company has relatively little information to disclose, every public energy company will have the burden of performing the exercise to reach the conclusion about what the company does and does not have to disclose. Companies should also be careful that environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures do not suggest that emissions and climate-related risks represent material issues or present a risk to the company, which could expose the company to SEC enforcement proceedings if those matters in the ESG disclosures are not also disclosed under the climate reporting rule. The SEC’s climate reporting rule will generally increase litigation risk for reporting companies in complying with the rules. Disputes will undoubtedly arise over whether certain emissions were “material” and, thus, required to be disclosed. But recent litigation indicates that energy companies are facing legal risk, not just in complying with the rule, but also related to the strength of their climate commitments. Engage experienced advisers First and foremost, corporate counsel should hire outside counsel who know your industry. They will know the pitfalls, the relevant business dynamics, and the typical regulatory and legal frameworks at play. This enables them to navigate complex legal landscapes more efficiently and to provide advice that is tailored to the specific challenges and opportunities inherent in energy issues. Experienced advisers are better equipped to anticipate and address potential legal issues proactively. This proactive approach can save time and resources, helping businesses stay ahead of legal challenges. They also understand the industry’s dynamics can more effectively align legal strategies with broader business goals, contributing to more seamless and integrated decision-making processes. Understanding the venue goes beyond the geographical location and courtroom. It includes knowing your opponent, opposing counsel, the judge, the law clerk — anything you can learn about the other party or the court will be helpful in trying the case. But sometimes, information is difficult to come by. The best trial lawyers are creative. First, get creative in researching and understanding relationships and connections in the community of venue. Always do a deep dive on your jury — always. The information provided by the court and/or on juror information cards about prospective jurors and the time that the attorneys have to review and analyze that information varies significantly across jurisdictions. Second, check to make sure the prospective jurors are qualified to serve on a jury under state law. Individuals who are not qualified should be screened and not make it on the panel, but unqualified jurors pass the screening and/or incorrectly answer the questions more than people think. Third, thoroughly search for the names of the opposing party, their witnesses, opposing counsel, the presiding judge, law clerk(s), and other court personnel in land records, vendor accounts, and royalty owner accounts. These individuals may have oil and gas leases, perform services, or do other business with the company that may constitute conflicts of interest or provide grounds for disqualification. Source: Reuters

panaloko legit or not Alpheus Medical Announces Positive Phase 1/2 Trial Results for the Treatment of Recurrent High-Grade GliomasAjit Pai urged the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that could ban TikTok. The TikTok law requires its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest to avoid a US ban. Pai, the FCC chair during Trump's first term, led efforts against other Chinese tech firms. Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is siding with Congress — and against his former boss, president-elect Donald Trump — in support of a federal law that could ban TikTok. Advertisement In a brief filed with the Supreme Court on Friday, Pai joined Thomas Feddo, an official in the Department of Treasury during Trump's first term, to call on the court to uphold the law, telling the justices that it has precedent. Trump also filed a brief with the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the court to put the law on hold. It's set to go into effect on January 19, one day before Trump assumes office for the second time. Related Video TikTok could be banned in US after House vote Congress passed the bipartisan law in April, citing national security concerns over the Chinese ownership of the popular social media company. It established a nine-month deadline for TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to a non-Chinese company or face a ban in the United States. TikTok filed a suit in May, arguing that the law violates the First Amendment . The DC Circuit Court upheld the law on December 6. TikTok then filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on December 18. The court is expected to hear arguments on January 10. Pai was one of numerous people and organizations, from members of Congress to free speech groups, who filed briefs to the Supreme Court in support or opposition to the law. Advertisement Pai headed the FCC from 2012 to 2016 under President Barack Obama and then from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. In his filing, Pai's attorneys argued that the law has precedent. They said he "spearheaded rulemaking" that prevented communications companies receiving federal funding from purchasing or using equipment from Chinese-owned tech companies like Huawei and ZTE over data privacy and security concerns. Advertisement The briefing says Pai also "put in place" the process for designating companies that could be a risk to national security. The document says these measures are "extremely similar" to the TikTok law passed by Congress. "Congress and the Executive Branch have routinely identified in legislation or regulation specific companies under China's control that pose particular national security risk," the document says. "In these other instances, just as with the Divestiture Act, Congress put in place a process for future designations in addition to naming particular threats." Advertisement Pai was a controversial figure during his leadership of the FCC. Under his tenure, the FCC ended net neutrality rules, which had governed the internet and been encoded in 2015. Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers should treat all data the same, and not give preference to certain websites or slow down others. In April 2024, the FCC announced an order that restored net neutrality as an industry standard. Searchlight Capital — the private equity firm where Pai has been a partner since 2021, when he left his post at the FCC — did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider. An attorney for Pai declined to comment.

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Stocks likely to keep up positive momentum on strong valuations Pakistani stockbroker monitors the share prices during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on November 7, 2023. — Online KARACHI: Stocks recovered during the outgoing week and closed the week upwards. The market is expected to keep up the positive momentum next week on strong valuations. Besides, the pressure of the closing will end, which would likely generate positive activity. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700472799616-0'); }); “We expect the stock market to sustain its positive momentum, supported by an influx of fresh liquidity driven by the ‘January effect’. Furthermore, the attractive valuations of scrips are likely to strengthen investor confidence, providing additional support to the market’s upward trend,” stated brokerage Arif Habib Ltd. The week began with a remarkable recovery, as the KSE-100 index surged by 4,411.3 points on Monday, marking the second-highest single-day gain in the index’s history. This rally was primarily driven by fresh inflows following the steep correction in the previous week. As the week progressed, the market sentiments remained mixed. The market concluded the week on a positive note, closing at 111,351 points, reflecting a weekly gain of 1,838 points or 1.68 percent week-on-week. Average volumes arrived at 796 million shares (down 31 per cent WoW), while the average value traded settled at $154 million (down by 25 per cent WoW). Foreigner selling continued during this week and clocked in at $6.8 million compared to a net sell of $11.6 million last week. Major selling was witnessed in banks ($4.7 million) followed by all other sectors ($2.0 million). On the local front, buying was reported by individuals ($14.9 million) and banks/DFIs ($4.8 million). Sector-wise positive contributions came from commercial banks (781 points), fertilizer (456 points), OMCs (337 points), technology & communication (228 points) and oil & gas exploration (54 points). Scrip-wise positive contributors were UBL (439 points), DAWH (314 points), Engro (262 points), TRG (226 points) and PSO (213 points). Negatively contributing sectors included cement (188 points), power (102 points) and textile composite (33 points). Scrip-wise negative contributions came from FFC (252 points), LUCK (105 points), SYS (92 points), CHCC (74 points) and ATRL (62 points). Analyst Nabeel Haroon at Topline Securities said the market returned to its positive course after the negative weekly closing for the week ended December 20, 2024, as the low-interest-rate environment and lack of investment avenues continue to attract investor interest in the market. Abdul Basit, an analyst at JS Research, said the week commenced in green, followed by two corrective sessions and finally closing on a positive note on Friday. Local selling continued throughout the week mainly by mutual funds. During the week, the government raised Rs827 billion through the T-bill auction, where yields remained flat compared to previous cut-offs. Notably, the government is in the process of presenting the tax law amendment bill, aiming for stricter measures for non-filers to improve tax collection. The cabinet also took into consideration the lack of uniformity in gas pricing for fertiliser plants. In other news, according to banking industry data, banks have almost reached the 50 percent advance-to-deposit ratio needed to avoid the imposition of additional taxes. Moreover, auto-financing, after posting two consecutive months of MoM growth, witnessed a marginal decline during November 2024 arriving at a negative growth owing to seasonal fluctuations. State Bank of Pakistan reserves witnessed a decline of $228 million to $11.85 billion due to external debt repayments. The PKR depreciated by 0.22 per cent WoW, ending the week at 278.47 against the greenback. Weekly SPI increased by 0.8 per cent WoW for the week ending Dec 26, 2024, marking the highest level in 25 weeks.Empty feeling: Insecure load costs Ottawa-area driver $160

By Charles Mangwiro | Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique — At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the country’s police chief said, as widespread post-election riots and violence are roiling the country. Police chief Bernardino Rafael said 33 prisoners died and 15 others were injured during a confrontation with the security forces. The prisoners fled during violent protests that have seen police cars, stations and infrastructure destroyed after the country’s Constitutional Council confirmed the ruling Frelimo party as the winner of the Oct. 9 elections. The escape from the Maputo Central Prison, located 14 kilometers (9 miles) southwest of the capital, started around midday on Wednesday after “agitation” by a “group of subversive protesters” nearby, Rafael said. Some of the prisoners at the facility snatched weapons from the guards and started freeing other detainees. “A curious fact is that in that prison we had 29 convicted terrorists, who they released. We are worried, as a country, as Mozambicans, as members of the defense and security forces,” said Rafael. Related Articles World News | UCSC, other campuses resolve Gaza protest discrimination complaints from Jewish, Muslim students World News | Bay Area county divests from Caterpillar over equipment sales to Israel World News | UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance World News | At least 6 dead in political protests in Pakistan’s capital World News | Opposition forces flood the streets in Albanian capital “They (protesters) were making noise, demanding that they be able to remove the prisoners who are there serving their sentences”, said Rafael, adding that the protests led to the collapse of a wall, allowing the prisoners to flee. He called on the escaped prisoners to surrender to authorities and for the population to be informed about the fugitives. Videos circulating on social media show the moment inmates left the prison, while other recordings reveal captures made by military personnel and prison guards. Many prisoners tried to hide in homes, but some were unsuccessful and ended up being detained again. In one video, a prisoner still with handcuffs on his right wrist says he was held n the disciplinary section of the prison and was released by other inmates.Kari Dziedzic, former Minnesota Senate majority leader, dies at 62Daryl Bohac, former adjutant general for Nebraska, takes the podium with Gov. Jim Pillen, right, after being appointed director of the Nebraska State Historical Society. Nov. 21, 2024. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen has called upon Daryl Bohac to direct the embattled Nebraska State Historical Society, drawing Bohac back into public service after he retired 18 months ago from leading the Nebraska National Guard. Pillen said the decision to recruit and redeploy Bohac to fill a post that oversees collection, preservation and sharing of Nebraska history was based on his view of leadership. “When you spend 45 years of your life in public service, when you’re the adjutant general of the Nebraska Air and Army National Guard, you develop extraordinary leadership characteristics and qualities,” he said of the Nebraska native. Pillen said he needed someone to steer the 146-year-old historical agency he said had veered “off the tracks.” Renamed History Nebraska by the previous director, the agency has been scrutinized and restructured . It recently became part of the governor’s cabinet following the arrest two years ago of the former executive director, who faces theft charges for allegedly improperly handling a private donation to the state agency. Bohac will oversee more than 60 full-time employees, and start with a $175,000 salary. Questioned about Bohac’s qualifications for the history-centric job, Pillen cited his track record in creating a “culture of team.” During the past two years, turnover at the society was 22% and 31%, respectively, among the highest of state agencies, according to state personnel figures. More than once, Pillen mentioned Bohac’s work with the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward, which preserves state militia history and educates about the guard’s role during peace and war. Introduced in his new role at a Thursday news conference, Bohac said he had received a phone call from someone outside of the Governor’s Office inquiring about his interest in taking over the agency, which also publishes a quarterly magazine and operates a state history museum in Lincoln and six other historic sites across the state. He said he talked to his wife and others and felt it was a “good fit — perhaps a good opportunity in that I could bring some leadership values to a complex organization.” He said the past 18 months of retirement had been good for him and his family. “But it’s time to go back to work for the people of Nebraska.” Among top priorities, Bohac said, is improving financial accountability. He referred to the past executive director. Former director Trevor Jones is facing felony charges for allegedly misappropriating a private donation. He resigned in 2022, after serving six years as the top administrator, saying he planned to do some traveling . Shortly after Jones resigned, he was charged with theft by deception in connection with diverting two donations from a foundation that had been intended to over anticipated agency revenue losses due to COVID-19. He instead deposited the funds in a foundation he had set up. Jones recently asked the court to dismiss the felony charge, saying he has been denied his right to a speedy trial. A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Tuesday. Pillen also pointed to the past. “It takes a lifetime of having a culture and it got tore down in a few simple years and it’s gonna take a lot of work to rebuild it to what Nebraskans expect.” The governor said he expects Bohac to lessen the society’s reliance on taxpayer dollars and to build active public and private partnerships. “It’s a $9 million a year budget but it doesn’t necessarily have to stand on the backs of taxpayers,” Pillen said. Bohac said he is excited to dive into his new mission — noting what he described as one of the first decisions presented to him in 2013 when he became the state’s adjutant general. It had to do with relocation of the military museum from the old Nebraska State Fairgrounds. He said the operations model relied on a combination of private, state and federal funding, a mix he plans to build upon at the state historical society. Other priorities in his new post, Bohac told reporters, include rebuilding core history museum exhibits to create a more alluring place for tourists and Nebraskans. He also wants to improve public access to archives. Bohac’s hire follows the passage earlier this year of Legislative Bill 1169, which made the historical society a code agency and part of the governor’s cabinet. That shift from independence status, and governance by a citizen Board of Trustees, worried many society employees who feared politics might enter into decisions about subject matter in museum displays, research projects and magazine articles. State lawmakers who supported LB 1169 said it should increase financial oversight and restore trust in the agency. Others feared potential impact. He has managed to adeptly thread the needle of keeping focused on mission and setting aside politics. – State Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln State Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln put forth an amendment intended to protect the academic freedom of choosing museum displays and public outreach. Thursday, upon hearing of Bohac’s appointment, Conrad she welcomed the “sound” choice. She sees Bohac as an “adept leader” and a “nonpolitical person.” “He has managed to adeptly thread the needle of keeping focused on mission and setting aside politics,” she said. Conrad, a Democrat, said she believes Bohac will be supported across the political spectrum to “stabilize the important work of this agency which has been mired in controversy for far too long.” Founded in 1878 by people who saw a need to record stories of both the state’s indigenous and immigrant populations, the historical society was designated a state institution and began receiving funds from the Legislature in 1883. In July, Pillen appointed Cindy Drake to be interim executive director. She had been at odds with the policies of the former director, Jones, and was dismissed after 45 years of serving as chief librarian at the society. Drake and Pillen moved swiftly to make changes at the agency, restoring the name to the Nebraska State Historical Society, rescinding a Jones’ decision to rebrand as “History Nebraska” in 2018. Employees also were reassigned. Public visiting hours were to be added at the society’s research room. A diversity council established by Jones was disbanded. During the media event Thursday, Bohac said he was eager to jump into his new job. As adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Bohac was responsible for programs affecting more than 4,500 Army and Air National Guard personnel. He oversaw the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and served as the state’s official channel of communication with the National Guard Bureau to the Departments of the Army and Air Force. Said Pillen: “The hardcore reality is Daryl and I see a lot of things alike. One is how important leadership is, how important culture is.” SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Originally published on nebraskaexaminer.com , part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange . We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Let us know what's going on! Get local news delivered to your inbox!

MONTREAL — More than a dozen groups have refused to vacate a community centre in Montreal's Ahuntsic neighbourhood despite an eviction order from their landlord, Quebec's largest school service centre. The community groups were supposed to clear out by 5 p.m. Friday, but there were no moving trucks in sight. Rémy Robitaille, director of Solidarité Ahuntsic, which represents the 13 groups in the building, said they haven't budged because they simply don't have anywhere else to go. Robitaille said the organizations provide vital services for immigrants, refugees and seniors, as well as food bank services and French language classes for newcomers — a total of 25,000 people each year. It will take an emergency eviction order from a judge to expel the 13 groups, which he said they would contest in court. "Who will give those services?" he said Friday. "We expect a reaction from the government." The Centre de services scolaire de Montréal, which owns the building, said it has rented out the space to organizations serving the community but now needs the building to provide urgently needed French language courses for newcomers. It added that it needs to relocate French language services offered at William-Hingston Centre in Parc-Extension, another neighbourhood farther east, because of renovations to that building. “In order to fulfil our primary mission of providing schooling, and to avoid a disruption in services in the absence of another real estate solution to accommodate all our students, we must regain full possession of the building,” the CSSDM said in a statement. It also accused Solidarité Ahuntsic of refusing to sign a lease since 2018. Robitaille responded by saying the CSSDM raised the monthly rent for the whole building from about $8,000 to $24,000 — an increase the community groups have refused to pay. Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough Mayor Émilie Thuillier said she has tried to help them find another location over the past year, with no luck. Thuillier, Ahuntsic-Cartierville MP Mélanie Joly and other elected officials have called on the Quebec government to allow the 13 organizations to stay in the building for five more years. "The services they offer to the residents of the riding are essential to ensuring the social safety net of the sector. In a context of inflation, food insecurity and housing crisis, many citizens resort to the assistance offered by these resources," Joly said in a press release in May. “What we're saying to the government is that we want five years more so that the 13 organizations can stay in the building while we are constructing another one,” Thuillier said, explaining that the borough has already identified a new location suitable for a community centre nearby but it will not be ready to house the organizations for a few years. In the meantime, the mayor is asking the provincial government to give the CSSDM more funding so that it can rent spaces elsewhere for its French courses. Thuillier added that French language classes are currently offered in the building but that its state of disrepair means there will be a three-to four-year wait for those courses if the school service centre does take over. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 28, 2024. Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press

Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollarAmerican Idol alum Caleb Kennedy sentenced for DUI crash into private driveway that left married dad dead Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By EVE BUCKLAND and ADAM S. LEVY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 18:53 GMT, 22 November 2024 | Updated: 19:30 GMT, 22 November 2024 e-mail 6 shares 10 View comments American Idol star Caleb Kennedy has been sentenced to jail two years after crashing his pickup truck in South Carolina, killing a married father. The then 17-year-old country music singer was driving a 2011 Ford pickup northbound on West Murph Road in Spartanburg that careened into a private driveway on February 8 2022. Larry Duane Parris, 54, was standing just outside his home workshop at around 12:41 p.m. when Kennedy mowed him down, authorities said. The impact drove Parris inside the shop, where he was found by his daughter, Kelsey. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Kennedy, 20, - who withdrew from the reality show in 2021 after a racism scandal, pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence resulting in death and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $25,100 fine, which was suspended to eight years and $15,100, per WSPA . Three of those eight years will be served in home detention. He will also receive credit for time served since the crash and his initial arrest. Kennedy will also have to undergo mental health and substance abuse counseling, as well as five years of probation. American Idol star Caleb Kennedy has been sentenced to jail two years after crashing his pickup truck in South Carolina, killing a married father Kennedy made headlines last year after he withdrew from American Idol amid a racism scandal Larry Duane Parris, 54, who was a married father, was standing just outside his home workshop, where he fixes boats, at around 12:41 p.m. when Kennedy mowed him down, authorities said. The impact drove Parris inside the shop, where he was found by his daughter, Kelsey. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital A representative for the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s office in Spartanburg told US Weekly a plea was reached before the case went to trial. Read More American Idol star Caleb Kennedy, 17, was 'high on marijuana' when he lost control of his truck and killed married dad, 54, standing in his own driveway During a hearing after the arrest, toxicology reports revealed Kennedy had THC (the active compound in marijuana) and prescribed Prozac his system at the time of the crash. Kennedy told deputies after the crash that he had taken a 'deep draw' from a vaping device and then felt its effects while driving. In a 911 call, Parris' daughter can be heard screaming for help, and Kennedy can be heard on the tape saying he was sorry as he held the dying man inside the shop, the solicitor said. 'Daddy, daddy, please! Daddy, daddy, please!' the daughter screams on the call obtained by Fox Carolina. Kennedy was hospitalized after the crash and was treated for injuries. The singer made headlines in 2021 after he withdrew from American Idol amid a racism scandal, as he was seen in a three-second social media clip seated next to a person wearing a white hood, which critics said appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood. 'Hey y’all, this is gonna be a bit of a surprise but I am no longer gonna be on American Idol,' he wrote in an Instagram post in May 2021. Authorities said Kennedy drove his pickup truck into Parris' private driveway in Spartanburg and struck him as the man was standing outside his workshop Kennedy- pictured in court in February 2022 - pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence resulting in death and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $25,100 fine, which was suspended to eight years and $15,100, per WSPA 'There was a video that surfaced on the internet and it displayed actions that were not meant to be taken in that way.' Kennedy said of the three-second video: 'I was younger and did not think about the actions, but that’s not an excuse.' The movie has nothing to do with racism or the Ku Klux Klan and Caleb's mother, Anita Guy, insisted the young singer never had a racist bone in his body. But those explanations cut no ice with online critics who savaged Caleb and claimed he was making 'excuses' and demanded he be disqualified from American Idol. It was unclear if ABC asked him to withdraw at the time, or if he made the decision himself. Kennedy apologized for the sequence of events and said he hoped to redeem his reputation moving forward. 'I wanna say sorry to all my fans and everyone who I have let down,' he said. 'I’ll be taking a little time off social media to better myself, but saying that, I know this has hurt and disappointed a lot of people and made people lose respect for me. 'I’m so sorry! I pray that I can one day regain your trust in who I am and have your respect! Thank you for supporting me.' Kennedy advanced into the Top 5 of American Idol last year, but dropped out after a video circulated of him sitting next to someone wearing what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood Kennedy's relatives said the Snapchat video in question was taken four years ago when he was 12, the Herald-Journal reported. His mother Anita Guy told the paper, 'I hate this has happened and how Caleb is being portrayed by people online. 'This video was taken after Caleb had watched the movie The Strangers: Prey at Night and they were imitating those characters. 'It had nothing to do with the Ku Klux Klan, but I know that's how it looks. 'Caleb doesn't have a racist bone in his body. He loves everyone and has friends of all races.' South Carolina American Idol Share or comment on this article: American Idol alum Caleb Kennedy sentenced for DUI crash into private driveway that left married dad dead e-mail 6 shares Add comment

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Jalen Haynes scored 18 points as George Mason beat Mount St. Mary's 64-56 on Saturday. Haynes also added 16 rebounds for the Patriots (9-4). Darius Maddox shot 5 of 11 from the field, including 1 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 3 from the line to add 13 points. Brayden O'Connor shot 2 for 5 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with nine points. The Mountaineers (8-5, 1-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) were led by Dola Adebayo, who recorded 13 points and seven rebounds. Mount St. Mary's also got 11 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks from Terrell Ard Jr.. Arlandus Keyes also had seven points. Haynes scored 11 points in the first half and George Mason went into halftime trailing 30-28. George Mason used a 10-3 second-half run to come back from a three-point deficit and take the lead at 34-30 with 17:54 remaining in the half before finishing off the victory. Maddox scored nine second-half points. George Mason plays Tuesday against Davidson at home, and Mount St. Mary's hosts Niagara on Sunday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Florida State continues torrid star with rout of UMassDunnes Stores fans set to love sequin top ‘perfect for evenings out’ that comes in two colours – and it’s only €20

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MALAGA, Spain (AP) — The last man to face — and beat — Rafael Nadal in professional tennis, 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp , converted his 10th match point Friday to finally close out a 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-3 victory over Daniel Altmaier and help the Netherlands reach its first Davis Cup final by sweeping Germany. Tallon Griekspoor, who is ranked 40th, sealed the 2-0 win for the Dutch in the best-of-three-match semifinal by hitting 25 aces and coming back to defeat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4. When it ended, appropriately, on an ace, Griekspoor shut his eyes, dropped to his knees and spread his arms wide. “We have been talking about this for two, three years,” Griekspoor said. “We believed in ourselves so much. We always felt like this was possible. To do it now feels unbelievable.” The other semifinal is Saturday, with No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner and defending champion Italy taking on Australia . The championship will be decided Sunday. “We don’t have that top 5 player. We don’t that top 10 player. We don’t have that top 15 player,” Dutch captain Paul Harhuuis said. “But it’s a team effort. ... So proud of these guys.” In Friday's opener, van de Zandschulp was up a set and just a point away from leading 5-2 in the second when Altmaier began playing more aggressively and interacting more with the German fans, yelling and throwing uppercuts or raising his arms after key points. In the tiebreaker, Altmaier managed to save five match points before converting his own fourth set point to extend the contest. But van de Zandschulp — who upset four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz at the U.S. Open — quickly moved out front in the final set, even if he eventually needed five more match points in the last game before serving it out. “At some point, I didn’t know what to do any more on the match points,” van de Zandschulp said. “I had the toughest match of my life on Tuesday (against Nadal), so everything that comes next is maybe a little bit easier.” In the quarterfinals, van de Zandschulp outplayed Nadal for a 6-4, 6-4 result that marked the end of the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s career because the Netherlands went on to eliminate Spain 2-1. The 38-year-old Nadal announced last month that the Davis Cup would be his final event before retiring. Presumably because people purchased tickets ahead of time with plans to watch Nadal compete in the semifinals, there were hundreds of unoccupied blue or gray seats surrounding the indoor hard court at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martina Carpena in southern Spain on Friday. Now truly a neutral site, the place was not nearly as loud and rowdy as on Tuesday, although there were shouts of “Vamos, Rafa!” that drew laughter while van de Zandschulp played the 88th-ranked Altmaier. It took Griekspoor more than 75 minutes and nearly two full sets to figure out how to break No. 43 Struff and then did it twice in a row — to lead 6-5 in the second set, and then go up 1-0 in the third. That was plenty, because Griekspoor saved the only two break points he faced. The Netherlands hadn’t been to the semifinals since 2001. The Germans — whose best current player, two-time major finalist Alexander Zverev, is not on the team in Malaga — have won three Davis Cups, but not since 1993, when 1991 Wimbledon champion Michael Stich led them to the title. AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennisKiwis are in for an early dose of later this week - with temperatures pushing past 30C in parts of the country. MetService is forecasting highs of 28C, 31C and 29C for Napier, Hastings and Gisborne respectively on Thursday. “That’s well above average for this time of year – but we’re of course knocking on the door of summer,” MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane said. That warmth will be felt in most regions: Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Whangārei are likely to experience highs in the early to mid-20s over the remainder of the week. Further south tomorrow, the mercury is likely to rise as high as 27C in Christchurch – well past its November average of 19C – while Timaru is in for a toasty maximum of 26C. “Those day-time temperatures are certainly on the warm side, but some of the overnight temperatures also don’t dip too low,” Makgabutlane said. Aucklanders were in for balmy lows of 16C and 17C over the next few nights, with high humidity likely to hamper sleep across the city. “But even parts of Southland have minimum temperatures in the mid-teens, which is fairly warm.” Makgabutlane said the heat was coming with a ridge of high pressure meeting a northwesterly air flow – drawing warm, moist air over New Zealand. On Thursday, a frontal system was also forecast to begin bringing rain and wind to the South Island, with the wettest weather expected in the west. But little of that was likely to reach parched northeastern areas like Hawke’s Bay. “If we’re lucky, there may be a little bit of rain from that, but there’s nothing substantial on the cards.” The dry and hot conditions are , months away from the peak of summer. Fire and Emergency New Zealand Hawke’s Bay district manager Glen Varcoe confirmed fire-risk indices were late last week elevated to high across the Ahuriri and Heretaunga districts, including Napier and Hastings and coastal regions north to Wairoa. Last Thursday, police said both fire safety officers and police had been investigating five bush and scrub fires in Northern Hawke’s Bay, in some cases suspected deliberately lit. are likely to be warmer than average through to January, with frequent northwesterly winds leading to more days above 25C. Also raising the odds for hot summer weather was the potential for marine heatwave conditions – already occurring in seas to the east of New Zealand – to expand and intensify.

( MENAFN - IANS) Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) actress Bhumi Pednekar recently shared a video showcasing her quest to satisfy a quintessential Delhi craving-chole bhature. Taking to social media, the actress posted a short clip of herself exploring the vibrant streets of the capital city. The video shows Bhumi and her team navigating the bustling streets, embracing the spirit of Delhi's dynamic food culture. In the caption, the 'Bhakshak' actress wrote,“On the streets to find chole bhature #DilliDilli.” In the video, Pednekar can be heard saying,“I can't believe I'm once again on the streets of another city trying to find food. I think I've come to Nirula's after 10 years. I want chole kulche, but I can't believe they're not available!” She then makes a grumpy face and says,“We have no time, we really have to go and get it.” The video ends with Bhumi finally relishing her favourite chole bhature, adding,“I've craved this. Just the best!” Meanwhile, the 'Badhaai Do' actress, an avid social media user, had previously posted stunning photos of herself in sarees for World Saree Day. Alongside the post, Bhumi wrote,“Sorry, I love wearing a saree :) #WorldSareeDay. In a world of fast fashion, the saree remains my constant-a symbol of sustainable luxury that's timeless and versatile. For me, it's more than just an outfit; it's a story of art, culture, and heritage, woven with care and purpose. This #WorldSareeDay, I celebrate the magic of the saree-where tradition meets conscious living.” On the professional front, Bhumi was last seen in the Netflix crime thriller“Bhakshak,” based on the Muzaffarpur shelter case. The show also starred Sanjay Mishra, Aditya Srivastava, and Sai Tamhankar. In "Bhakshak," the actress played Vaishali, an independent journalist who unearths a crime in a shelter home for homeless girls. Directed by Pulkit and bankrolled by Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment, the film premiered on Netflix on February 9. MENAFN23122024000231011071ID1109025603 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.

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New clinical imaging enhancements using AI-driven insights to improve diagnosis accuracy will be showcased at RSNA 2024 CLEVELAND , Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyland , a global leader in enterprise imaging and content services, will demonstrate new imaging innovations including Cloud Imaging SaaS enhancements and NilShare at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2024 annual meeting, booth #1322, McCormick Place South Hall, Chicago from Sunday, December 1 – Wednesday, December 4, 2024 . This year's RSNA highlights how collaborative, intelligent connections between people and technology can elevate radiology's role in healthcare and transform care delivery. Hyland recognizes that innovation in unstructured data is essential to advancing healthcare research and analysis. Managing some of the world's largest imaging data sets, Hyland continues to enhance its best-of-breed interoperable data management solutions, ensuring researchers can seamlessly access critical content in the environments they operate in. "Hyland is unwavering in its dedication to revolutionizing healthcare processes and workflows through cutting-edge modernization and advanced intelligence. The Hyland Cloud Imaging solution signifies a transformative leap in how organizations manage and utilize their unstructured data, complementing the strategic investments we are making in our Content Innovation Cloud," said Jitesh Ghai , CEO of Hyland. "By leveraging the strength of AI and cloud technology, we empower our healthcare customers to unlock unprecedented insights and efficiencies, enabling them to drive better patient outcomes and innovations within their organizations." At RSNA 2024, Hyland will showcase and discuss new solutions and enhancements that drive value for institutions, including: For RSNA attendees, join Lyle McMillin , Director of Product Management at Hyland Healthcare, at the Innovation Theater on December 2 at 10:30 a.m. as he discusses revolutionizing imaging research with a VNA, and stop by our booth (#1322) in the South Hall at Chicago's McCormick Place. For more information on Hyland Healthcare and how we support healthcare providers deliver excellent patient care, visit HylandHealthcare.com . About Hyland Healthcare Hyland Healthcare provides connected healthcare solutions that harness unstructured content and medical images at all corners of the healthcare ecosystem. Hyland Healthcare is the only technology partner that offers a full suite of content services and enterprise imaging solutions, bringing clinical documents, medical images and other clinically rich data to healthcare stakeholders that need it most. This comprehensive view of patient information accelerates business processes, streamlines clinical workflows and improves clinical decision making. Media Contact Kayla Bodel Walker Sands for Hyland kayla.bodel@walkersands.com 847-757-4281 View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hyland-unveils-advanced-healthcare-cloud-imaging-saas-solution-and-nilshare-to-elevate-image-collaboration-302316733.html SOURCE HylandSaving Singapore’s strays, one meal at a time

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With Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on all Canadian goods hanging over it, the Ford government is spending tens of millions of dollars on a new advertising campaign in the United States to promote Ontario’s role as a key trading partner. A new commercial targeting Americans is set to launch Monday across the U.S., with plans to reach more than 100 million viewers through staples like Monday Night Football, Fox News and CNN. “In the States, the 100 million viewers who are going to see this commercial and even more on Monday Night Football, you are really going to understand that it’s Ontario, it’s Canada (who) is a really valued trading partner,” Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Vic Fedeli said in an interview on Focus Ontario . “It’s really important just to remind them subtly: we’re a trusted partner to your north, we’ve always been there for you and we’ll be there for you tomorrow.” Previewing the commercial earlier in the week, Premier Ford said the new advertising campaign is meant to send a “stronger together” message to all American jurisdictions highlighting Canada’s involvement in the mission in Afghanistan between 2011 and 2014, supporting American troops in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City. “Every conflict we’ve had, we stand shoulder to shoulder, putting Canadian soldiers’ lives at risk,” Ford said, “because that’s what you do when a family member is in a fight around the world; you stand beside them, you support them.” The commercial — which was exclusively first played on Focus Ontario — will roll out in Washington D.C. in December. Then, between January and March, it will target key states, including along the northern border, where jobs are especially reliant on the Ontario-U.S. relationship. “I think it is important that you be in the eyes of the president-elected, whether it’s Fox, or quite frankly CNN to make sure we cover both sides of the aisle,” Fedeli said. Asked if Premier Ford would appear on Fox News, the trade minister said, “We’re not going to exclude anything.” The future of U.S.-Canadian trade under a Trump presidency has dominated political dialogue in Ontario in recent weeks, particularly since the president-elect announced he would slap 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods when he takes office. At a hastily organized news conference earlier in the week, Ford said the news of tariffs had come as a “shock” when Trump announced his plan in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. “This is a shock that came to us last night and we’re going to address that shock,” Ford said outside his Queen’s Park office. Ford suggested the Trump administration was betraying its closest ally – one with a two-way trading relationship of roughly $500 billion. “I found his comments unfair, I found them insulting,” Ford said. “It’s like a family member stabbing you right in the heart.” The premier said comparing Canada and Mexico was unfair, leaning into Republican rhetoric from the U.S. “There’s illegal guns, there’s illegal drugs, there’s illegals coming across our border (from Mexico),” Ford said. “We have to tighten up our borders on both sides.” Ford also acknowledged that Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are “intertwined” when it comes to the automotive supply chain and said it would be “hard to stop that supply chain.” Mexico is currently listed as Canada’s third-largest trading partner, with a $55-billion two-way trading relationship forged after 80 years of diplomatic ties. In 2023, nearly 60,000 Mexican workers came to Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker program – 26,000 were seasonal agriculture workers at Ontario farms. The advertisement campaign will cost tens of millions of dollars and could be extended beyond its planned expiration in March, depending on how the situation develops. It will run on national networks, written and online media and has a slot on the FOX Sports streaming app during the Super Bowl in February. Alongside the advertising campaign, Fedeli has made several visits to the United States, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dined with president-elected Trump in Florida on Friday night. Canada’s premiers also plan to make trips to the States to make their case. “The premiers, I think, are looking to go down early in the new year as well. This is all part of a very well-phased-out campaign — there’s a lot at stake,” Fedeli said. Focus Ontario premieres at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, on Global TV.

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House passes bill limiting energy efficiency mandates on home laundry machinesThe President of Ireland has led tributes to former government minister Gemma Hussey, who has died at the age of 86. The first female to hold the position of minister for education, the former Fine Gael TD was a strong advocate for women’s rights. President Michael D Higgins said: “A lifelong committed feminist, Gemma Hussey was a passionate advocate and inspiration for the vitally important increase in the number of women serving in our political system. “As a dedicated and effective government minister, she set a stirring example of the key role which must be held by women in politics. “In introducing aural and oral exams and establishing the National Parents Council as minister for education, she put in place lasting reforms which have benefited all those who have grown up in Ireland in the succeeding decades. “Throughout her career, she remained true to her principles and advocated for social reforms at a time when not all of the causes she supported were popular with all parts of Irish society.” President Higgins said that after her departure from the political front line, Ms Hussey remained an “incisive commentator and an always valuable voice on the political system”. “May I express my deepest sympathies to Gemma’s children Rachel, Ruth and Andrew, and to all her family, friends and former colleagues,” he added. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris called her a “trailblazer”. He noted she was Fine Gael’s first female cabinet member. “Gemma was a passionate progressive for woman’s rights, education reform and Ireland’s place in the world, particularly the potential of European Union membership,” he said. “Gemma was a TD for my own native Wicklow, where her long service and delivery is remembered to this day. “But above all Gemma was a patriot, a Fine Gael stalwart and a kind and generous person. I was one of the people lucky to enjoy her company, her advice and her good humour. “To all of her family, colleagues and friends, l am truly sorry for your loss. May she rest in peace.” Current Education minister Norma Foley also paid tribute, describing Ms Hussey as a “pioneering presence for women in politics”. “She was a courageous and determined politician who showed the way for women at the highest level in politics,” said the Fianna Fail minister. “She was highly regarded for the work she did in steering and guiding the development of the Irish education system.”

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Transforming pharmacovigilance: The revolutionary impact of generative AI on drug safety'Forever Present' campaign revives the iconic A Diamond is Forever tagline and celebrates the diamond dream NEW YORK , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- De Beers Group today launched a new marketing campaign, 'Forever Present', to reinforce desirability for natural diamonds over the key holiday gifting season in the U.S. The campaign sees the return of the iconic 'A Diamond is Forever' tagline following its reintroduction to De Beers' category marketing activities last year. Highlighting a diverse array of gifting opportunities for natural diamonds this holiday season, the campaign celebrates familial, friendship and romantic relationships under the premise that 'natural connections deserve natural diamonds', making them the ideal choice for celebrating special moments with special people. The campaign reinforces the notion that natural diamonds are a store of emotional value that enable precious memories to remain 'forever present'. The campaign features diverse real-life couples, illustrating unforgettable moments and key milestones worth celebrating with the most special people in our lives, bringing the true essence of their relationships to life on screen. Showcasing classic jewellery designs including studs, tennis bracelets, anniversary bands, three-stone rings and solitaire pendants, the campaign speaks to a broad audience of U.S. gift-givers. The campaign will run nationally throughout the U.S. across digital platforms, social media including Instagram and TikTok, and out-of-home including major airports. To enhance its reach and impact and support U.S. independent jewellery retailers, the campaign assets will also be made available free-of-charge to retailers planning to invest in natural diamond marketing this holiday season. Sandrine Conseiller , CEO of De Beers Brands, said: "De Beers' iconic natural diamond category campaigns have shaped desire for natural diamonds over many decades. We're proud to build on this tradition by reviving and refreshing one of our most legendary taglines "A Diamond Is Forever" this holiday season. With a modern sensibility and playful colloquial language, this latest campaign encapsulates the unique qualities of natural diamonds, positioning them as the perfect choice for celebrating life's most cherished milestones." The Forever Present campaign follows the recently launched Worth the Wait campaign, a collaboration between De Beers Group and Signet Jewelers. While Worth the Wait is focused on soon-to-be-engaged Millennial and Gen Z audiences, Forever Present appeals to gift-givers of all ages by showcasing the connection between natural diamonds and creating precious memories with loved ones this holiday season. Retailers interested in learning more about the Forever Present campaign and how they can participate can visit: adiamondisforevermarketing.com . The campaign is featured on @Adiamondisforever on Instagram and TikTok. The Forever Present campaign assets are available to download here . View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/de-beers-group-launches-holiday-campaign-for-natural-diamonds-302314554.html SOURCE De Beers Group

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement of tariff plans sparked criticism Tuesday from Mexico, Canada and China and raised questions about whether the moves would violate international trade agreements — including one he renegotiated in his first term. Trump posted on social media Monday that as “one of my many first Executive Orders” he would impose a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada and a 10% additional tariff on China. He said the tariffs are in response to the ongoing fentanyl epidemic, crime and illegal immigration. More than 90% of intercepted fentanyl trafficked by cartels is found at ports of entry, primarily in vehicles driven by U.S. citizens, according to Customs and Border Protection. “As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before,” Trump posted. “This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” “Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!” Trump posted. On China, Trump posted that he had many talks about fentanyl and other drugs being sent into the United States, “But to no avail.” “Representatives of China told me that they would institute their maximum penalty, that of death, for any drug dealers caught doing this but, unfortunately, they never followed through, and drugs are pouring into our Country, mostly through Mexico, at levels never seen before,” Trump posted. Mexico is ranked as the top trading partner with the U.S., followed by Canada and then China, according to September U.S. Census Bureau data. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter to Trump on his tariff announcement and read it at a press conference Tuesday. She said that Mexico has “developed a comprehensive policy” to address the flow of migrants into the U.S., citing CBP statistics that found crossings at the southwest border are down by 75% from last year. Sheinbaum said that Mexico has seized different types of drugs and arrested people for charges related to drug trafficking but that drug consumption “is a problem of public health and consumption in your country’s society.” She warned that the tariffs will harm the motor industry and would cause job losses and inflation in both the U.S. and Mexico. “One tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,” Sheinbaum said. She is planning on discussing the tariffs with Trump’s team. Ontario Premier Doug Ford posted on social media that the tariffs would be “devastating to workers and jobs in both Canada and the U.S.” He called on Canada’s government to take the border situation seriously and said that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must call the premiers for an “urgent meeting.” Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the U.S., posted on social media that no one will win a trade or tariff war. “China-U.S. economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature,” he wrote, adding that China has worked with the U.S. to address fentanyl trafficking from China. Trade agreement violations Trade experts warn that Trump’s 25% tariffs would violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which the Trump administration negotiated during his first term, and cause trouble with the World Trade Organization. The agreement replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement in 2020, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says that the agreement is a “mutually beneficial win for North American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses.” Mary E. Lovely, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that Trump’s proposal would violate the agreement which requires low to zero tariffs on most products. PIIE is a nonprofit, nonpartisan trade research organization. “Tariffs are very low, obviously because of the USMCA, which President Trump himself renegotiated,” Lovely said. “So we know that tariffs of 25% would be very destabilizing to North American production networks, and in particular, to autos.” National Foreign Trade Council President Jake Colvin also said that the tariffs would be a “clear violation of the USMCA.” NFTC advocates on issues related to international tax and trade, global supply chains and national security policies. Colvin warned that the cost of tariffs can fall on business and consumers and noted the retaliation threat from Sheinbaum. “While we’re all familiar with the President-elect’s fondness for tariffs as a negotiating tool, it’s particularly troubling that he’s threatening to aim them at America’s closest allies and trading partners on the very first day of his administration,” he said in a statement. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday in a conference call with Iowa reporters that the tariffs could be used as a negotiation tool, but said tariffs were tricky “because we in Iowa and throughout the agricultural community know that the first thing that’s retaliated against is agriculture.” “I just think we need to get tariffs down,” Grassley said in the call, according to RadioIowa and other outlets. “And that doesn’t bad mouth, in no way is that meant to disagree with Trump because I think he’s using tariffs as a negotiating tool.” Negotiation tool or not, the tariffs could also cause trouble with the World Trade Organization. “Both Canada and Mexico are members of the WTO. They’re supposed to get most-favored-nation rates at a minimum,” Lovely said. “He’d be in violation of our treaty under the WTO.” Most-favored-nation status is a tenet of the WTO that requires equal treatment among trading partners, meaning that if an advantage is offered to one country it must be extended across the board to others within the WTO, though there are some exceptions. China is also a member of the WTO and has most-favored-nation status. If the tariffs are imposed, the three countries could file to resolve the trade dispute with the WTO but that path would likely go nowhere. “There is an appellate body, which is supposed to take appeals, but the U.S. refuses to allow them to seat judges, so there isn’t a panel to hear the case,” Lovely said. If a case is lost, a member can appeal knowing the process won’t work, known as “appealing into the void.” It’s unclear how Trump will impose the tariffs, but one avenue he could use is through the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers law. The IEEPA grants the president control over economic transactions. But the law has several restrictions and checks, according to the Congressional Research Service, including consulting with Congress before exercising the authority and immediately transmitting a report afterward and again every six months the authority is in place. Congress can terminate the emergency through a privileged joint resolution, and it can be challenged through the judicial system, opening up Trump’s tariff plans to possible lawsuits. ©2024 CQ-Roll Call, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Visit cqrollcall.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.PayPal Holdings Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading dayTORONTO — Ontario municipal councillors could be removed from office and disqualified from running again under new provincial legislation introduced Thursday that would increase penalties for violating a municipal code of conduct. Municipalities have for years been calling for updated codes of conduct to address workplace harassment, as well as stricter penalties for those who violate the rules — including removal from office — but the main advocacy group pushing for changes says the new bill makes it too difficult to get rid of those councillors. Municipal Affairs Minister Paul Calandra's bill would allow for the creation of a standard code of conduct for all municipalities, with penalties of removing and disqualifying a member from office if they are in serious violation of the code. But removal and disqualification could only happen if the municipal integrity commissioner recommends it, if Ontario's integrity commissioner agrees and if councillors except for the member in question unanimously agree to it in a vote. Emily McIntosh, with Women of Ontario Say No, which has been pushing for more tools to hold politicians accountable for workplace harassment, said the requirement of a unanimous vote should not be in the legislation. "If you require unanimous support at the council level, it means that one person who has a personal relationship with another person can undermine the recommendation of the provincial integrity commissioner for removal," she said in a video statement. "It also is extremely inefficient from a taxpayer perspective, which means we're investing as taxpayers into this great process to make things consistent, only to see it potentially risk being non-actionable because one person doesn't like the outcome." Calandra said all of the steps in the process are deliberately difficult to overcome. "It is meant to be a very high bar," he said at a press conference. "Ultimately, the people will decide in an election. I wanted to have a mechanism (for removal), though. I thought it was very important. "I think we've hit a good balance that will allow councils to address the most egregious of challenges in their community, while respecting the voters of each community." Municipal integrity commissioners and the provincial integrity commissioner would only be able to recommend removal from office if the councillor has contravened the code of conduct, the conduct is serious and has resulted in harm to a person's health, safety or well-being, and existing penalties aren't sufficient. The integrity commissioner could also consider whether the conduct "negatively impacts public confidence in the ability of the member to discharge their duties," the government said. The Ontario's Big City Mayors group said it is pleased with the legislation. "Municipalities and municipal integrity commissioners currently lack the tools to enforce codes of conduct and there have unfortunately been numerous examples of repeated contraventions of codes of conduct, bullying and harassment across the municipal sector," the group wrote in a statement. "Municipal staff and elected members of council deserve a safe and respectful workplace free from harassment and bullying." Stephen Blais, who represents the riding of Orleans for the Liberals, had introduced a private member's bill on the topic, prompted by complaints of harassment related to an Ottawa councillor. He said the unanimous vote is too high of a bar, and the government's legislation is "too little, too late." He added he is not convinced it will ever pass, with the possibility Premier Doug Ford could call an early election this spring. "I don't think it will be debated and certainly I don't think passed into law, given the timing of the election," Blais said. "Moreover, the process that they’ve established is very cumbersome and my efforts and the efforts from stakeholders have been to try to take politics out of this process and it seems to me the government is injecting politics straight into it." Ontario's legislature rose Thursday for its winter break, which the government has extended. The legislature had been set to return Feb. 18 but it will now not be back until March 3. The bill is skipping second reading and going straight to the committee stage, so it is possible for committee hearings to take place on the bill while the legislature is not sitting. Calandra also introduced a Peel Transition Implementation Act, to transfer some services currently handled by Peel Region to its three municipalities of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon. That comes after Ontario reversed course on a plan to dissolve the regional government, instead promising to find efficiencies in its management. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 12, 2024. Allison Jones, The Canadian Press

Medicare enrollment is complicated, but saving money doesn't have to beNorth Carolina hired Bill Belichick at one of the most critical points of the college football calendar, and the six-time Super Bowl champion head coach has a lot to do in the immediate future. From evaluating the Tar Heels’ current roster to assessing the high school signees, figuring out what is needed in the transfer portal, becoming familiarized with the school’s budget for name, image and likeness and hiring a staff, everything on the to-do list is intertwined. Advertisement Texas A&M coach Mike Elko, who was hired away from Duke a week before the portal opened to all undergraduates interested in changing schools in 2023, said in March that he had to do all those things “at an extremely fast pace.” Willie Fritz was introduced as Houston ’s new head coach the day before the portal opened. “All those were top priorities in their own right,” said Wes Fritz, Houston’s general manager and Willie’s son. “They all were critical things that took management on a daily basis. The coaching carousel and portal both are very minute-to-minute.” So what should Belichick prioritize as he takes over a college program for the first time? General managers at three Power 4 programs offered insight into the most urgent roster management tasks that face a new coach, from evaluating the current roster, to attacking the portal, assessing finances and hiring staff. GO DEEPER Court Vision: Crown SEC as nation's top league. Big picture is bleak for ACC 1. Evaluate the current roster Before Belichick goes shopping in the portal, he must have an idea of what he has to work with on the current roster. Which players are worth keeping? Which positions are thin? Who fits the offensive and defensive schemes he wants to run, and who doesn’t? That process, depending on how deep the evaluation is, can take a few hours or a couple of days of watching film. Belichick has already hired a general manager: Michael Lombardi, the former Cleveland Browns GM who worked in NFL player personnel circles for four decades and was a Belichick assistant in New England. Lombardi may dictate that process, but chances are he and Belichick studied the roster ahead of time, when the hiring process was still ongoing. “You start watching film immediately,” said Alabama general manager Courtney Morgan. “If you watch enough film, you should have a grasp of who your players are in the first few days.” Advertisement Character evaluations are also necessary. That includes tapping into the expertise of people who are still employed and were part of the previous staff. “Talk to everyone in the building, your core groups: strength and conditioning, nutritionists, academic advisors, people who know the kids well and ... know who the players are as people,” Morgan said. “Who are the culture fits, the people to hold your culture together? And who are the people that want to leave that you can let go?” For those players a new coach wants to keep, reassurance is important. “Meet as many kids as you can,” Morgan said. “Call as many parents as you can. Ensure them the transition will be smooth.” But if Belichick and his new staff are like almost every other new college coaching regime, they won’t want to keep every player. Cutting or running off players , once considered taboo in college football, is a fairly standard practice now, especially for new coaches, as transfer restrictions have been loosened. Before the transfer portal existed, coaches could not turn over a roster as quickly in part because there was a 25-player limit on signees (high school recruits and transfers) that a program could accept in a year. But that rule was eliminated in 2023 , making a significant roster overhaul much more feasible. Coaches had ways to get around the 25-player limit, from counting midyear enrollees back toward the previous year’s class (if there was room under the 25) to utilizing the NCAA ’s “aid after departure of head coach” bylaw reserved for new coaches, which allows them to cut players and keep them on scholarship without counting against the 85-player scholarship limit. Once the House v. NCAA settlement takes effect, the 85-scholarship constraints for programs will give way to a 105-player roster limit , including walk-ons if a school chooses not to put every player on scholarship. Most Football Bowl Subdivision teams currently comprise around 120 players, with 85 on scholarship and the rest as walk-ons. It’s unclear whether any schools will offer 105 scholarships annually — some coaches and GMs are skeptical that schools will eliminate walk-ons completely — but everyone is working to meet that roster limit before next season. Advertisement That is still more roster flexibility than Belichick had in the NFL, which carries a 53-man active roster and a 16-man practice squad. But until the settlement takes effect next summer, FBS programs are prohibited from carrying more than 85 scholarship players on their roster, even when taking midyear transfers. GO DEEPER Why is Bill Belichick heading to North Carolina? It's all about control 2. Get transfer portal visitors scheduled ASAP Once the roster holes are known, it’s time to scour the portal, and that’s where Belichick will be playing catch-up. The transfer portal has been open for four days. Some players, including graduate transfers or members of teams that made in-season head coaching changes, have been in the portal longer. By December, college personnel staffs have spent months scouting other college rosters to identify players they want, not unlike scouting departments at the professional level in free agency. Several players who entered the transfer portal Monday have already committed to their new schools. Even new college coaches, if they came from another school, have institutional knowledge of what’s available. “You should already know who the guys are from where you were at your previous stop,” Morgan said. Belichick may not have that luxury, but he and his staff need to evaluate the available talent and mobilize quickly. That process has apparently already begun. Penn transfer running back Malachi Hosley, a former FCS freshman All-American who ran for 1,192 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore, posted Wednesday that he was offered by the Tar Heels . Morgan estimated a two-day turnaround from hiring to hosting transfer recruits, which can pose some logistical restrictions. “The head coach has to keep the recruiting people in the short term, or else nobody’s going to book a flight (for a recruit),” said a Big 12 general manager, granted anonymity to discuss his team’s strategy. “I can understand if he wants a new GM, a new scouting director. But there’s no way you can get rid of the recruiting operations people (immediately).” Advertisement Official visits for transfers usually last a day, not unlike a free agent visit in the NFL. The Tar Heels , like everyone else in the FBS, have until Dec. 22 to get players on campus before the start of a dead period in which no in-person on-campus or off-campus recruiting is permitted. Schools can resume hosting prospects on Jan. 6 through Feb. 3. Fortunately for North Carolina, the portal, which already has more than 1,000 FBS players in it , will remain open until Dec. 28. Players in the College Football Playoff or late bowl games will have an additional five-day window after the conclusion of their season to enter the portal. And the portal windows are only for entry; players are free to take their time to choose their new school. So opportunities abound for player acquisition. And for whatever needs aren’t filled by the time the spring semester begins in January, there’s another 10-day portal window in the spring, from April 16 to April 25, in which hundreds more players will become available. 3. Know your salary cap Big-time programs now spend millions to retain their current players and attract new ones, through the use of booster-led NIL collectives. This is right up Belichick’s alley, since he essentially served as the New England Patriots’ GM during his time there. Managing a roster and a salary cap, long the heart of NFL team operations, is becoming part of college football, too, and will become even more central when schools are permitted to share revenue with their athletes via the House settlement. “You should walk in right now and somebody should be able to give you a roster number and salary cap number,” Morgan said. “What you’re paying each player now and how much will be available to spend. Figure that out right away, then from there you divvy it up and figure out how you’re going to allocate to the different positions of need.” Mack Brown, at his final UNC news conference, said the Tar Heels’ next coach would have roughly three times as much money to work with for the roster. “He’ll have a better situation than we did with NIL, because of revenue sharing,” Brown said. “We had about $4 million. He’ll have at least $12 million.” UNC says it will pay $13 million to football players in revenue-sharing. Belichick will also have a full staff salary pool larger than the amount going to players. The $10 million assistant pool is double what UNC paid this year. pic.twitter.com/LmElWbdI0R — Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) December 12, 2024 When the House settlement takes effect, the initial cap for schools — which includes athletes in all sports, not just football — is expected to begin at around $20 million annually. Player development, which Belichick emphasized as a priority on his Monday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show”, is also critical because when teams strike out in the portal at certain positions, they must have coaches who can get younger players ready at a moment’s notice. Advertisement “Development might matter even more now because your roster’s going to be imperfect all the time,” the Big 12 GM said. 4. Fill out your staff — and retain key members This part is already underway and was likely part of Belichick’s interview process, because that’s common practice. During interviews, schools want to know who a coach will potentially hire to his staff. Elko categorized priority staff hires into four “critical” areas: on-field coaching staff, strength and conditioning staff, operations staff and a general manager. “Those positions really drive so many levels of your program, that you’ve gotta really hit on all of them,” Elko said in March. GMs have become a more common position throughout college football in recent years , though they typically don’t have as much power as an NFL GM. The head coach has the final say in most cases. Some schools have given their GMs more autonomy in player evaluation. Stanford recently took the bold step of hiring former quarterback Andrew Luck as the program’s GM and tapping him to oversee all aspects of the program, including player personnel and the coaching staff. That’s a first-of-its-kind move in college football. But Lombardi will set the tone for player evaluation and recruiting at UNC. And recruiting staffs at Power 4 programs have grown immensely in the last decade. In the early 2010s, you could count recruiting staffers on one hand at most schools. Now, Elko said Texas A&M’s current recruiting and personnel department has 14 people. At most programs, some staff is devoted to high school recruiting, some is devoted to scouting college personnel for the portal. When asked how “hands-on” he would be with recruiting, Belichick said “the recruiting process belongs to everyone. “It belongs to Michael and his scouting staff and evaluations and setting that up the recruiting department in terms of making this an attractive destination for the athlete,” he said. “But it’s also part of the coaching job and certainly the head coach has a big role as well.” Advertisement Coordinator and on-field staff hires go hand-in-hand with recruiting because Belichick needs players who fit what he wants to run. His son, Steve Belichick — who worked under his father in New England and spent the 2024 season with the Washington Huskies — is expected to be part of the staff . Filling out the rest of the staff will take time, as it does with any coaching change. On Thursday, Belichick didn’t specify whether he would target mostly NFL coaches or college coaches for his staff, but said there will be “a strong presence of NFL people” on the staff. “We’ll hire the best coaches we can hire,” he said. He alluded to coaches in the Playoff or bowl games: “I wouldn’t interfere with the process at those schools with their commitments to their teams.” That suggests it will take some time to fill out his staff. And the college GMs say it’s worth meeting with members of Brown’s staff who are still there. Some incumbent employees, especially in team operations or recruiting operations, may have institutional knowledge of the school or the local area that is helpful to utilize. Many new head coaches clear out an entire staff, but some retain select assistants. “You can fail or not meet the standard and get let go, but it doesn’t mean there aren’t good coaches on that staff,” the Big 12 GM said. “You could have a group of really good coaches and things just don’t go your way. I think he would be smart to use whatever context he has to figure out who the good ones are, meet with them and decide who to retain.” Though Belichick is new to college football coaching, it’s unlikely he’s going into this blind. During his interview with McAfee, he seemed to have a grasp of the different areas he needs to tackle. His son’s time at Washington will inform him, and retired Alabama coach Nick Saban, who was a defensive coordinator for Belichick with the Cleveland Browns in the 1990s, has remained a close friend for 40 years. And college football’s evolution to parallel the NFL in many ways should make the transition easier. “There’s certainly some differences, but there are some parallels,” Belichick said Thursday. “And I think that’s the reason for the general structure of Michael as a general manager and myself as a coach and working together collaboratively like we have done in a professional organization.” What’s clear is that Belichick has a lot to do and little time to do it. There are 261 days until the Tar Heels host TCU in their 2025 season opener, but the building blocks of that team, from coaches to players, will be constructed in the coming days and weeks. Advertisement Wes Fritz called his initial time at Houston “very hectic” as he tried to attack the portal and shore up the recruiting class while his father hired a coaching staff. He arrived at Houston on Dec. 4, 2023 and stayed in hotels for two weeks straight while navigating the frenzy of portal and recruiting season. “There are so many different things happening in such a short amount of time,” Fritz said. “It was a total blur. ... It’s a lot of fun, though. You just have to embrace it.” More on Belichick’s unprecedented hire (Photo: Steph Chambers / Getty Images)

A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday, and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest atmospheric river — a large plume of moisture — that California and the Pacific Northwest has seen this season overwhelmed the region. The storm system, which hit starting Tuesday, is considered a “ bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly. In California the weather service extended a flood watch into Saturday for areas north of San Francisco. Up to 16 inches of rain was forecast in Northern California and southwestern Oregon through Friday. Dangerous flash flooding, rock slides and debris flows were possible, officials warned. A winter storm watch was in place for the northern Sierra Nevada above 3,500 feet, where 15 inches of snow was possible over two days. Wind gusts could top 75 mph in mountain areas, forecasters said. Heavy, wet snow was expected to continue along the Cascades and in parts of far Northern California. Forecasters warned of blizzard and whiteout conditions and near impossible travel at pass level due to accumulation rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour and wind gusts of up to 65 mph. Falling trees struck homes and littered roads across western Washington. In Lynnwood, a woman died Tuesday night when a large tree fell on a homeless encampment, South County Fire said in a statement. In Bellevue, east of Seattle, a tree fell on a home and killed a woman, fire officials said. Tracy Meloy of Issaquah, Washington, felt well-prepared for the storm Tuesday afternoon, with dinner prepped and lanterns ready. But then she spent the night listening to wind-whipped debris hit the outside of her home, including a particularly loud “thump” around 9 p.m. The next morning morning she ventured outside to survey the damage to her neighborhood, about 17 miles east of Seattle. “Now that I’m standing here in front of the house, I can tell it’s the tree that was across the street,” Meloy said. The tree pulled down the power lines in front of her home, and limbs, leaves and other plants were strewn all over the road. “It looks like a forest floor instead of a street,” she said. The number of power outage reports in Washington fluctuated wildly Tuesday evening but steadily declined to about 460,000 by Wednesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us. More than a dozen schools were closed in Seattle alone. About 2,800 customers were reported to be without power Wednesday in Oregon, 38,000 in California and 10,000 around Carson City and Reno, Nevada. Three Reno schools were closed, and semi-trucks were prohibited on the main highway between the two cities due to high winds. All chairlifts were shut down at the Mt. Rose Ski Resort near Lake Tahoe. The weather service warned people on the West Coast about the danger of trees during high winds, posting on the social platform X: “Stay safe by avoiding exterior rooms and windows and by using caution when driving.” Southbound Interstate 5 was closed for an 11-mile stretch from Ashland, Oregon, to the California border on Wednesday morning due to extreme winter weather conditions in northern California, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. It was expected to be a long-term closure, the department said. The weather service issued a flood watch for parts of southwestern Oregon through Friday evening, while rough winds and seas halted a ferry route in northwestern Washington between Port Townsend and Coupeville for part of the day. As Robert and Lisa Haynes of Issaquah surveyed the damage in their neighborhood, they saw fallen branches or trees blocking driveways and roads. They were stuck at home. “It’s like a snow day,” Robert Haynes said, “but with no snow.” In Juneau, Alaska, gusts of wind up to 60 mph were forecast. To the east, the first significant snow of the season in the Dakotas and Minnesota led to accidents and slippery roadways. The weather service said up to 16 inches could fall in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota, and Minot could get up to 8 inches. Officials advised people not no travel throughout northern North Dakota, and state troopers in northern Minnesota responded to several accidents including tractor-trailers that jackknifed on Interstate 94 after the roadway became slippery from snow and ice. Winds were expected to be problematic in parts of Montana and Nebraska, with gusts up to 60 mph, the weather service said.NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Down by two shots with two holes to play, Jeeno Thitikul knew exactly what was needed to capture the biggest prize in women's golf history. And another eagle-birdie finish — for the second straight day — made it happen. Thitikul claimed the record-setting $4 million first-place check by winning the CME Group Tour Championship on Sunday. It's the biggest money prize in women’s golf history, bigger than even the winner’s shares in three of the four men’s major championships this year. “Today, standing here with the trophy, it's more than I can ask for,” Thitikul said. Thitikul shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday and finished the week at 22 under, one shot ahead of Angel Yin (66). Yin had a two-shot lead walking to the 17th tee, only to wind up settling for the $1 million runner-up check. Yin — who missed the start of the season after breaking her leg over the winter — hardly sounded defeated after finishing second and more than doubling her 2024 earnings in four days. “I’m pretty awesome. ... I’ve learned that I just need to believe my myself and that’s what I did," Yin said. The win and the massive check came down to the 18th hole, Thitikul and Yin tied at 21 under after a back-and-forth day atop the leaderboard — both knowing a mistake would likely come at a $3 million cost. Both hit the fairway on 18. Thitikul’s approach was nearly perfect, stopping about 5 feet from the cup. Yin’s response stopped maybe 15 feet away, giving Thitikul the edge as they walked up the fairway. She was smiling broadly as she approached the green, almost as if she knew what was about to happen. Yin’s birdie putt just missed. Thitikul’s was dead center. And history was hers. Her plans for all that cash? “Definitely spend it,” Thitikul said. “That’s an honest answer, for sure. Definitely going to spend it for a little while.” She already had clinched a $1 million bonus this week through the Aon Risk-Reward Challenge, a competition based on how players score on a designated hole each week. In the end, it wound up as a whopping $5 million week for the 21-year-old from Thailand — and going 8 under on the Nos. 17 and 18 over the four days at Tiburon Golf Club made the difference. “All the hard work paid off,” said Thitikul, whose eagle-birdie close to Saturday's round pulled her into a tie for the lead with Yin going into Sunday at 15 under. It didn’t take long on Sunday for Thitikul to jump in front, with birdies on two of the first three holes to grab a two-shot edge. Her lead vanished with a two-shot swing on the par-4 fourth; Yin made birdie, Thitikul bogey. It seemed like Yin grabbed control on the par-3 16th. Her birdie putt from across the green — about 25 feet — rolled in for a two-shot lead with two holes to play. But her second shot at the par-5 17th missed the green right, and the door was opened for Thitikul. The eagle-birdie finish Saturday gave her hope. The eagle-birdie finish Sunday gave her so much more — even though, it turns out, the second shot on the par 5 wasn't one that she caught flush. It worked out anyway. “Just lucky enough,” Thitikul said. Olympic gold medalist Lydia Ko (63) finished third at 17 under, her nine birdies coming in a 13-hole span. “I’m excited to be able to work hard this offseason and have another great 2025,” Ko said. Ruoning Yin (68) was alone in fourth at 16 under, and LPGA player of the year Nelly Korda (66) finished at 15 under along with Narin An (68). Ayaka Furue finished at 13 under, good enough to give her the Vare Trophy as the LPGA’s season-long scoring champion over Haeran Ryu. “I feel very happy to have this trophy in my hands,” said Furue, the first Japanese player to win the Vare. Lexi Thompson — a 15-time winner as a pro who plans to step away from full-time golf — finished at 2 under. It’s not clear how often Thompson plans to play in 2025 and beyond; that said, she returns to Tiburon the week of Dec. 9 for the Grant Thornton Invitational, where she’ll team with Rickie Fowler in the event featuring PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players. “I’m not going anywhere, guys.” Thompson said. “I’ll be back in two weeks.” There were two players who said they were retiring after Sunday’s round: Marina Alex, who shot 66 to finish at 12 under, and Ally Ewing, who closed with a 68 to wrap up the week at 11 under. “I’m happy to have ended on my best,” said Alex, a bottle of sparkling wine in her right hand, a bouquet of flowers in the other. Added Ewing: “I’ve been at peace with my decision. It’s just so nice to be able to share the walk with my family this week.” But in the end, the week belonged to Thitikul. And as the sun was setting over Tiburon on Sunday, she was ready for her offseason to begin with a well-deserved celebration. “Anybody hungry?” she asked. “I am.” With Sunday's check in her pocket, she can dine anywhere she wants for a while. AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golfA Peter Dutton-led government would deport non-citizens who voice rhetorical support for terror groups and demand the Australian Broadcasting Corporation avoid bias on Israel, according to a keynote speech home affairs spokesman James Paterson will deliver outlining the Coalition’s pledges. Portraying the bloody war in Gaza and Lebanon as a battle for democracy, Paterson will say Australian Jews were being held responsible for “difficult choices” Israel was forced to make in its fight against terror groups supported by Iran. Liberal frontbencher James Paterson. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen Paterson will say that a Coalition government will strengthen the laws used by police to lay charges on incitement and displaying terror symbols if they prove too difficult to enforce. “I am deeply troubled by the number of Jews who have told me they are contemplating moving to Israel because they think they may feel safer in a country under attack from three terrorist organisations and a genocidal nation state than they do in Melbourne or Sydney,” he will say in a speech to the Executive Council of the Australian Jewry’s annual general meeting in Melbourne on Sunday. “But I understand it.” The Coalition has sought to tie community unrest in Australia over Gaza to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s actions, portraying him as soft on antisemitism as Labor has gradually shifted support away from Israel through key United Nations votes and actions such as blocking the visa of a former Israeli minister, Ayelet Shaked, on character grounds. Loading The opposition has refrained from criticising Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s military campaign even as the United Nations, European Union and International Criminal Court condemn his actions, marking the Coalition as one of the most pro-Israel centre-right parties in the Western world. Israel launched its assault on Gaza after Hamas-led terrorists stormed across the border, killed 1200 people and seized more than 250 hostages on October 7, 2023. Since then, the Israeli attack has killed nearly 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, much of which has been laid to waste. On Friday, the Coalition released a statement saying Australia should reject the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif. As a signatory to the agreement recognising the court, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday Australia respected the court’s independence but did not endorse or oppose its decision or say what the government would do if any of the men set foot here. Paterson is incredulous about Australia’s decision to deny entry to Shaked, a former minister for justice who made headlines last year calling for all Gazans to be deported and the southern city of Khan Younis turned into a soccer field. Israel’s foreign ministry on Friday night posted a statement describing the decision as “deeply offensive”. “We will not – and I can’t believe I need to say this – ban former Israeli ministers from centrist governments from visiting Australia,” Paterson will say, according to a version of the speech provided to this masthead. “Nor would we – and again I can’t believe this needs to be said – arrest the democratically elected head of a friendly government for the crime of defending his country. We will never abandon our ally in international forums like the United Nations.” Paterson singled out protests on campus and reporting on public broadcasters as a focus for any future Coalition government. “We will not allow antisemitism to fester on campus unchecked. We will not allow our taxpayer-funded arts and cultural institutions to be hijacked. We will make clear we expect accurate and impartial reporting from our publicly funded broadcasters,” Paterson will say in the speech. “We will do this not only for the Jewish community but for our country. Because a country that is not safe for Jews is not safe for anyone.” Palestinian and Israeli supporters confront each other at Monash University on May 8, 2024. Credit: Justin McManus Labor had equivocated on the antisemitism outbreak, Paterson will argue, by “always” mentioning Islamophobia in the same breath as antisemitism. “There is no other form of racism we treat like this. If there is an instance of racism against Indigenous Australians, for example, no political leader says, ‘I condemn anti-Indigenous racism and anti-Asian racism.’ All forms of racism should be called out when it occurs,” he said. In the six months from October 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 figures from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry show there was a 42 per cent increase in the number of anti-Jewish incidents from the same period the year before. Reports to the Islamophobia Register Australia had risen by 1300 per cent compared with the same period the year before. Signalling there could be Coalition funding cuts to the UN agency responsible for aid for Palestinians , Paterson said no money would be given to agencies employing terrorists. Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter . Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. 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President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday (December 4, 2024) that he has selected a former soldier and Iraq War veteran to serve as secretary of the Army. Mr. Trump said Daniel P. Driscoll had completed Army Ranger school and deployed with the 10th Mountain Division to Iraq. Mr. Driscoll, who is from North Carolina, had been recently serving as a senior adviser to Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Mr. Driscoll graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Yale Law School. “Dan will be a fearless and relentless fighter for America’s Soldiers and the America First agenda,” Mr. Trump said on his social media platform. The Army did not immediately respond to a request for Driscoll’s military service record. Published - December 05, 2024 03:16 am IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit USA

Published 5:00 am Sunday, November 24, 2024 By Heath Harrison It’s been 29 since Jule Huffman last told his studio audience to “Wave like mad and say, ‘Bye, Cartooners,” and now a documentary is looking back on his 26-year legacy as a local children’s television entertainer. Huffman, who died at age 91 in 2015, was well known to generations across the Tri-State as the host of Mr. Cartoon on WSAZ, filmed in the station’s Huntington studios. West Virginia Public Television has produced the film, “Hey, Cartooners,” celebrating the life of Huffman, a Cincinnati native and Huntington resident who did double duty as the station’s meteorologist, as well as stints as an announcer and singer for WSAZ’s early days. Mr. Cartoon aired from 1956-1995 on the station. While Huffman did not originate the role (The show began as Steamboat Bill, portrayed by George Lewis, who interacted with his puppet sidekick, Merlin the Sea Monster, who lived in the Ohio River), he took over as host in 1969. Huffman recalled that it took a little time to win over Lewis’s audience of children. “I got letters from children that said, ‘Who are you, you imposter? You’re not Mr. Cartoon!” he said in a 2005 interview with Heath Harrison for Marshall University’s student newspaper, The Parthenon. He went on to host the show on weekdays through the 1980s, when WSAZ moved it to Saturday to make way for The Oprah Winfrey Show. Having a locally-produced children’s program was a rarity in broadcasting at that point, even more so when Mr. Cartoon ended its run in 1995 with Huffman’s retirement. The show, under Huffman, featured a live audience of children for broadcasts and was a regular destination for churches, scout troops and schools. “That was the beauty of the thing,” Huffman said in the 2005 interview. “They had the trip down there, they had fun and then they had the trip back to talk about it.” The show centered around its titular cartoons (often from the classic era of MGM and Warner Brothers, ranging from Looney Tunes to Droopy Dog), but was best known for live segments in which children took part in games or tried to answer riddles. The penalty for a wrong guess was the infamous Yucket Bucket, which contained a gruesome concoction Huffman could barely describe. “Including big, black, bloody spiders,” Huffman recalled. In the end, once the cameras weren’t rolling, the secret of the “punishment” was revealed to merely be confetti or sprinkle a drop of water, he said. Huffman continued to make appearances as his signature character for years after the show ended, even pitching a return to children’s television a few times. He said he was always recognized for the role. He said, unlike most children’s hosts, his aim was not to be overtly educational, but to provide an outlet for fun. But he said he did realize the importance of his role when he heard from a woman whose son escaped from a house fire and used the stop, drop and roll technique to extinguish his burning clothes. “The doctor asked him where he learned,” Huffman recalled. “And he said, ‘From Mr. Cartoon.” Huffman also concluded each show, reminding children to use good manners and be responsible. “My idea was teaching them essential things, like politeness, and godliness before all,” he said. The public television documentary consists of interviews with co-workers, family and friends of Huffman, including a few who served in the role of Beeper, Mr. Cartoon’s creature sidekick (created from a repurposed Banana Splits costume the station had in its possession). The documentary has already aired on West Virginia Public Television and a screening took place this week at the Museum of Radio and Technology in Huntington (where the Mr. Cartoon set is kept in storage). Now Ohio University Southern is bringing the film to Ironton. A screening will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the Mains Rotunda on campus. The event is free and open to the public. The film will also screen for the public at Marshall University, hosted the by W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communication, at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17. The free showing will feature guest speakers and a question and answer session, and will take place in room 154 of Smith Hall.

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The ISWAN Seminar 2024 in India, hosted at the Maritime Training Institute (SCI) in Mumbai, brought together key maritime stakeholders to address pressing challenges affecting seafarers and their families. Over 150 participants, including maritime leaders, policymakers, shipping executives, welfare organizations, seafarers, their families and academics, convened to explore topics ranging from discussions on family support, fraudulent crewing agents, and the impact of decarbonization on seafarers’ well-being, alongside key launches and collaborative announcements. The seminar started with a welcome address by Mr. Deepak Shetty, IRS (Retd.), Former Secretary to the Government of India, Director General of Shipping, and ISWAN Trustee, who emphasized the significance of industry collaboration in enhancing welfare initiatives. This was followed by addresses from distinguished guests: Prof. (Dr.) Tanuja Kaushik, Dean of Academic Affairs, Gujarat Maritime University (GMU), emphasized the importance of addressing legal complexities in the maritime sector, particularly those concerning fraudulent crewing practices. She highlighted GMU’s pivotal role in advancing maritime welfare research through initiatives like the GMU-ISWAN survey on fraudulent crewing agents. Prof. Kaushik also underscored the university’s commitment to fostering collaboration between academia, industry, and welfare organizations to create robust legal frameworks and promote ethical practices in the maritime domain. Capt. J. C. Anand, Chairman Emeritus, the Indian Register of Shipping, and the senior-most member of the Indian maritime industry at 103 years of age, captivated the audience with his address. He stressed the importance of training seafarers and upholding ethical practices in maritime operations and reflected on the industry’s evolving landscape over the decades. Mr. Rene Anderson, CEO, Sea Health and Welfare, spoke about the significance of holistic welfare approaches for seafarers. He highlighted the parallels between ISWAN’s work and Sea Health’s initiatives, emphasizing collaboration for the well-being of maritime professionals. Mr. Shyam Jagannathan, IAS, Director General of Shipping, India, delivered the Chief Guest’s address, focusing on regulatory measures designed to support seafarers. He spoke about the Directorate’s commitment to digitizing grievance redressal mechanisms and simplifying processes to ensure timely assistance for seafarers in need. He also mentioned the MOU with ISWAN as a testament to this effort. Capt. Daniel Joseph, Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech), Directorate General of Shipping, reinforced the Director General’s vision, commending ISWAN for its welfare programs. He emphasized India’s proactive approach to ensuring maritime safety and support for its seafarers. Commander Abeer Sharma, representing the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (Indian Navy), provided an operational perspective on maritime security. He addressed geopolitical challenges in West Asia, maritime threats, and the importance of collaborative knowledge sharing between the Navy and the maritime industry. The session concluded with an engaging Q&A, offering deeper insights into India’s maritime preparedness. Panel Discussions- Family Support in Seafaring This panel explored the importance of families in bolstering seafarers’ mental well-being and resilience. Moderated by Mr. Simon Grainge, Chief Executive at ISWAN, the discussion covered strategies to strengthen family systems and the industry’s role in addressing challenges faced by seafarers’ loved ones. Panellists: Dr. Harish Shetty, Senior Psychiatrist Ms. Saleha Shaikh, Founder & Head, MUI Women’s Wing Capt. Karan Kochhar, Managing Director, Maersk Capt. Sharad Kishore, Master Mariner The Impact of Recruitment Fraud on Indian Seafarers Based on the GMU-ISWAN survey findings, this panel focused on the prevalence and consequences of fraudulent recruitment practices, featuring the testimony of Sumeet Vishwakarma, who shared his experience as a victim of such practices. Moderated by Mr. Alexander Held, Head of Commercial Turtle, the session highlighted legal, regulatory, and educational interventions to protect seafarers from exploitation. Panellists: Capt. Manish Kumar, Nautical Surveyor, Directorate General of Shipping Dr. Mohit Gupta, Assistant Professor, Gujarat Maritime University Mr. Marville Espago, Regional Manager, ISWAN Philippines Mr. Sumeet Vishwakarma, Seafarer The Impact of Decarbonisation on the Welfare of Seafarers This discussion addressed the complex challenges posed by the industry’s shift towards decarbonization. Moderated by Mr. Rajeev Nayyer, President of the Institute of Marine Engineers (India), panellists reflected on the balance between achieving environmental goals and ensuring the well-being and preparedness of seafarers. Panellists: Ms. Louise Hall, Director of Loss Prevention, Corporate Responsibility, and Marketing, The Shipowners’ Club Mr. Kaushik Seal, Director, Slabs Consultancy Pvt Ltd Mr. Karan Ahuja, Chief Engineer Mr. Chirag Bahri, International Operations Manager, ISWAN Launches and Partnerships- Family Outreach Programme (FOP): ISWAN marked a milestone with the launch of the FOP in India, building on its success in the Philippines. After a trial phase in September 2024, the program is now officially live and forms an integral part of ISWAN’s Seafarers’ Education and Awareness Session (SEAS) project. The FOP aims to provide comprehensive support to seafarers’ families, recognizing their critical role in the seafaring community. GMU-ISWAN Research Report: In collaboration with Gujarat Maritime University, ISWAN launched a research report addressing the pressing issue of fraudulent crewing agents in India. The report provides actionable insights and recommendations to protect seafarers from exploitation, spotlighting the importance of ethical recruitment practices in the maritime industry. MoU Signing with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS): ISWAN and TISS formalized a significant partnership aimed at enhancing the mental well-being of seafarers and their families. The collaboration leverages TISS’s expertise, including its iCall helpline—a free mental health support service available to all. This MoU underscores a commitment to creating meaningful mental health interventions for the maritime community. Concluding Remarks by Mr. Simon Grainge Mr. Simon Grainge, Chief Executive at ISWAN, delivered the closing remarks, summarizing the seminar’s impactful discussions. He highlighted key takeaways from the day, including the focus on mental health, maritime security, decarbonization’s impact on welfare, and the urgent need to address fraudulent recruitment practices. He appreciated the contributions of esteemed speakers for providing actionable insights. Mr. Grainge reiterated ISWAN’s commitment to working collaboratively with industry leaders, government bodies, and academic institutions to drive meaningful changes for seafarers and their families. Vote of Thanks by Mr. Chirag Bahri In his vote of thanks, Mr. Chirag Bahri, International Operations Manager at ISWAN, expressed gratitude to all participants, including esteemed guests for their invaluable contributions. He acknowledged the efforts of moderators and panellists from the day’s sessions for fostering constructive dialogue. Mr. Bahri also extended heartfelt thanks to the sponsors and supporting organisations for their support and emphasized the importance of collective efforts in advancing seafarer welfare initiatives. The seminar also featured an interactive app-based contest, with the winner receiving a Marshall Kilburn II Bluetooth speaker sponsored by Sailor Today Radio. Acknowledgements ISWAN extends its heartfelt gratitude to the sponsors, whose generous support made the ISWAN Seminar 2024 a resounding success: Platinum Sponsor: Gujarat Maritime University Gold Sponsors: Fleet Management, Kandla Seafarers Welfare Association, Maersk Silver Sponsors: Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, Bahri Ship Management, Campbell Shipping, Emarat Maritime LLC, Mayfair We Care, OSM Thome Bronze Sponsors: Teekay, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Marlow Navigation Crew & Ship Management, MMS Maritime (India), Sea Bird Medicare, Equitas Small Finance Bank Radio Sponsor: Sailor Today Radio Media Sponsor: Marex Media Additionally, ISWAN acknowledges the contributions of the Supporting Organizations, which included: The Company of Master Mariners of India, NAUGHTICA-Offing Group, FOSMA, Institute of Marine Engineers (India), INSA, MASSA, Maritime Training Institute (SCI), TURTLE, and The Shipowners’ Club. This collective effort demonstrates the maritime community’s shared commitment to enhancing the welfare of seafarers and their families. Looking Ahead The ISWAN Seminar 2024 offered valuable insights into enhancing welfare programs amidst the ongoing challenges faced by the industry. Source: International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN)

Landfills in Colorado release millions of metric tons of greenhouse gasses each year as organic waste including food, paper and yard trimmings decomposes into the soil, contributing to global warming and harming human health. Colorado, as part of its multi-pronged approach to eliminate 90% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, is planning to address those landfill emissions next year with rules that could require operators to install new equipment to curb the amount of methane they release and to increase monitoring technology to better track just how much is being generated. The state’s is expected to create the new rules in August, which would place Colorado among the nation’s first states to enact more stringent regulations on landfills than the . The state kicked off its efforts last week with the first of three public hearings to explain why environmental leaders want to regulate landfill emissions of methane, a far more potent pollutant than carbon dioxide, and how they would propose doing so. Along with reducing air pollution, the methane reduction also would benefit communities in Colorado that live near landfills, where residents often are Latino, Black or Indigenous and earn less money than the average household. Finally, reducing methane would also , which is in severe violation of federal ozone standards. “Methane is an incredibly potent climate pollutant and reducing methane emissions from landfills is a very cost-effective climate action solution,” said Suzanne Jones, executive director of , a nonprofit recycler in Boulder. “And it’s an opportunity for Colorado to use its expertise on methane monitoring of oil and gas operations to apply to landfills as a model for the rest of the country.” There are 51 active landfills in Colorado, and some are owned and operated by cities and counties, while others are owned by private companies. It’s unclear how many will be impacted by the new methane reduction regulations, since regulators have not finalized their proposal that would determine how big of a polluter a landfill would need to be to fall under the new rules. Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions behind oil and gas production and livestock farming in the United States. Colorado’s landfills released 1.45 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2020, the most current data available from the . That’s 1% of all the greenhouse gas emissions in the state, Tim Taylor, a supervisor in the department’s climate change program, said during last week’s public hearing. However, environmentalists and even federal and state regulators believe the amount of methane leaking from landfills could be much greater. In June, using satellite data estimated that landfills in the U.S. are releasing 50% more methane than the EPA reports, and a subset of 70 high-emitting landfills found emissions were 77% higher on median than what was reported to the EPA. Only 21 of Colorado’s landfills are large enough to report their methane emissions to the EPA under current regulations, but they account for 76% of the industrial methane sources in the state, ahead of mining, manufacturing and food processing, according to a report released this month by and , a coalition of health care professionals fighting climate change. Landfills are “living masses of waste” where food scraps, discarded paper products and landscaping material break down over the years and release methane along with other chemicals such as benzene and toluene, said Katherine Blauvelt, circular economy director at Industrious Labs, a group focused on reducing industry’s impact on climate change. “Colorado landfills are responsible for the equivalent of 1 million cars on the road,” Blauvelt said. “Every little bit of methane you don’t put in the atmosphere has a positive impact. The way you do that is through basic regulations. In Colorado, it’s like we are on Windows 2000 technology.” The EPA already requires larger landfills to control and report emissions, but Colorado is planning to expand those requirements to smaller landfills, increasing the number that will be regulated, Taylor said. Under the EPA’s requirements, landfills are regulated based on their designed capacity, but Colorado will order landfills to follow the new rules based on the amount of waste they already have in place, he said. Landfills that fall under the threshold Colorado sets will be required to install gas collection and control systems to capture the methane, Taylor said. Then the operator would have choices: Install an enclosed combustion flare so methane is burned off and turned into carbon dioxide, which is a less potent pollutant, or convert the methane into a natural gas that can be used in the electrical grid, Taylor said. The state also is considering a requirement for landfills to use biofilters or biocovers to reduce methane emissions. “Biocovers and biofilters are passive methods for reducing landfill emissions because they rely on naturally occurring microbes or methane-eating bacteria to convert methane to carbon dioxide or water without the need for any external energy input or active intervention,” Taylor said. Environmentalists also are pushing the state for more monitoring of landfills, including the use of drones and satellite imagery to better detect leaks that otherwise might be unseen because of looser monitoring requirements. Employees at landfills that already monitor emissions do so once a quarter by walking the property with detection devices, Blauvelt said. Air flights conducted to look for methane leaks from the sky have detected unreported plumes at multiple Colorado landfills, including the Tower Landfill in Commerce City, the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins and the North Weld Landfill in Ault, according to the Industrious Labs report. At the Tower Landfill, there were nine large methane plumes detected by flights in September 2023 and August 2024. Those plumes were so large that they would have been considered super emitters by the EPA’s standards for the oil and gas industry, the report said. The landfill, which is owned and operated by , detected more than 20 instances that went over federal limits for methane emissions during a quarterly inspection in August. But “a landfill can leak methane more than quarterly,” the report said. Colorado received a federal grant for aerial monitoring of methane emissions in the state and environmentalists hope it will be applied to regulating landfills, Blauvelt said. “This is about common sense improvements based on what we know about methane,” she said. Melissa Quillard, a Republic Services spokeswoman, said the August 2024 plume at Tower Landfill happened as the company was constructing a new landfill cell and had multiple pieces of excavation equipment running. That work temporarily exposed waste so that engineered liners and additional infrastructure could be installed, she said. Quillard’s email did not address the September 2023 plume. While Republic Services does not comment on pending rule changes, Quillard noted that gas coming from landfills fluctuates throughout the day based on the age and composition of waste, weather, construction and how the trash is being moved around the landfill. Any monitoring and reporting techniques would need to take into account those dynamics, she said in a statement emailed to The Denver Post. Satellites and drones capture a moment in time and do not follow the EPA’s existing reporting model or provide a representative assessment of a landfill’s overall emissions, she said. Republic Services owns three landfills in metro Denver, and the company is building a new organic waste facility in the area. Two of the local sites are in the early stages of developing projects that will convert methane to usable natural gas. And the company already uses capture-and-control systems to burn off methane, Quillard said. One thing that will not be addressed as the landfill methane emissions rule is created is how to lower the amount of waste sent to landfills through expanded composting and recycling. That’s because this rule will be created by the Air Quality Control Commission, a body that can only set air pollution policies. Brian Loma, the hazardous waste reduction advocate for , hopes the state health department’s will push for improved composting and recycling at the same time the air quality commission takes up proposed methane rules. GreenLatinos supports more regulation of landfills because so many Latinos live within a mile of trash dumps, forcing them to breathe dirtier air. “The No. 1 way to reduce methane emissions is to not put organic material in the landfill,” Loma said. Two more public hearings about Colorado’s proposed rules to reduce methane emissions from landfills are scheduled in early 2025. They are set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 11 and 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26, and will be held on Zoom. To register to attend or comment on the rules, visit .Indiana tries to snap 3-game losing skid to NebraskaInvestors Take Note! HPE’s Strategic Moves Shake Up the Market

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! was thrown into chaos as a mouse infiltrated the camp during the night, causing a stir in the Monday (December 2) episode. During the hit show, Maura couldn't hide her displeasure after noticing a mouse scurrying across kitchen equipment and crockery. The drama escalated when the rodent darted under her bed, prompting a startled response from the ex-Love Island contestant, now aged 34, who exclaimed: "I'm not really up for a Trial at this time of the night!" Upon realising some of the evening's fruit hadn't been packed away, Tulisa expressed her frustration, insisting: "Camp maintenance should be putting everything back in the trunk. They gotta step it up!" In contrast to the nocturnal excitement, Melvin seemingly had a restful night, waking up refreshed and declaring: "I feel like a new man to be honest!" Audiences at home took rapidly to social media to broadcast their thoughts on the incident. One fan posted: "if i saw those mice id be OUT of the jungle so fast #ImACeleb." (sic) Another humorously remarked: "I'm not up for a trial at this time of night #ImACeleb." (sic) One more voiced their horror, saying: "The mice? ? I'd actually break down, because what do you mean mice are running all over my things? #ImACeleb." (sic) An additional comment questioned the responsibility of camp duties: "How is a camp maintenance job to put dishes away. Surely you just do that after washing up #imaceleb." (sic) And another viewer admitted: "If I saw mice running around I would scream too." (sic) That morning, Dean became the second celebrity to exit I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! With his departure came a wave of emotions among the campmates. Oti expressed: "He just brought us all together, he was the life of the camp." Meanwhile, a stunned Danny commented: "I thought he was final four, final three!" Tulisa, feeling the void left by Dean's high spirits, remarked: "You can definitely feel that Dean has left the camp. It's almost a little bit too chilled out, dare I say. "Didn't think I'd ever see the day that I'd be waiting for some musical theatre in the morning! " And Richard light-heartedly added: "Who's going to not fetch our water now?!" The duo Ant and Dec delivered the news of the eviction, which was a toss-up between the Radio 1 DJ and the Irish retired boxer Barry McGuigan, on Sunday night's show, reports . After his eviction, the Northern Ireland DJ declared he was content to head home, having embraced the jungle experience fully. Come Monday morning, during an appearance on ITV's Good Morning Britain, he reflected: "I did it for my mum to make her proud." To remove this article -Rumour spread from undisclosed source is meaningless: Minister Gurung

Landfills in Colorado release millions of metric tons of greenhouse gasses each year as organic waste including food, paper and yard trimmings decomposes into the soil, contributing to global warming and harming human health. Colorado, as part of its multi-pronged approach to eliminate 90% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, is planning to address those landfill emissions next year with rules that could require operators to install new equipment to curb the amount of methane they release and to increase monitoring technology to better track just how much is being generated. The state’s Air Quality Control Commission is expected to create the new rules in August, which would place Colorado among the nation’s first states to enact more stringent regulations on landfills than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . The state kicked off its efforts last week with the first of three public hearings to explain why environmental leaders want to regulate landfill emissions of methane, a far more potent pollutant than carbon dioxide, and how they would propose doing so. Along with reducing air pollution, the methane reduction also would benefit communities in Colorado that live near landfills, where residents often are Latino, Black or Indigenous and earn less money than the average household. Finally, reducing methane would also help the Front Range improve its air quality , which is in severe violation of federal ozone standards. “Methane is an incredibly potent climate pollutant and reducing methane emissions from landfills is a very cost-effective climate action solution,” said Suzanne Jones, executive director of Eco-Cycle , a nonprofit recycler in Boulder. “And it’s an opportunity for Colorado to use its expertise on methane monitoring of oil and gas operations to apply to landfills as a model for the rest of the country.” There are 51 active landfills in Colorado, and some are owned and operated by cities and counties, while others are owned by private companies. It’s unclear how many will be impacted by the new methane reduction regulations, since regulators have not finalized their proposal that would determine how big of a polluter a landfill would need to be to fall under the new rules. Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions behind oil and gas production and livestock farming in the United States. Colorado’s landfills released 1.45 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2020, the most current data available from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment . That’s 1% of all the greenhouse gas emissions in the state, Tim Taylor, a supervisor in the department’s climate change program, said during last week’s public hearing. However, environmentalists and even federal and state regulators believe the amount of methane leaking from landfills could be much greater. In June, a NASA study using satellite data estimated that landfills in the U.S. are releasing 50% more methane than the EPA reports, and a subset of 70 high-emitting landfills found emissions were 77% higher on median than what was reported to the EPA. Only 21 of Colorado’s landfills are large enough to report their methane emissions to the EPA under current regulations, but they account for 76% of the industrial methane sources in the state, ahead of mining, manufacturing and food processing, according to a report released this month by Industrious Labs and Healthy Air and Water Colorado , a coalition of health care professionals fighting climate change. Landfills are “living masses of waste” where food scraps, discarded paper products and landscaping material break down over the years and release methane along with other chemicals such as benzene and toluene, said Katherine Blauvelt, circular economy director at Industrious Labs, a group focused on reducing industry’s impact on climate change. “Colorado landfills are responsible for the equivalent of 1 million cars on the road,” Blauvelt said. “Every little bit of methane you don’t put in the atmosphere has a positive impact. The way you do that is through basic regulations. In Colorado, it’s like we are on Windows 2000 technology.” The EPA already requires larger landfills to control and report emissions, but Colorado is planning to expand those requirements to smaller landfills, increasing the number that will be regulated, Taylor said. Under the EPA’s requirements, landfills are regulated based on their designed capacity, but Colorado will order landfills to follow the new rules based on the amount of waste they already have in place, he said. Landfills that fall under the threshold Colorado sets will be required to install gas collection and control systems to capture the methane, Taylor said. Then the operator would have choices: Install an enclosed combustion flare so methane is burned off and turned into carbon dioxide, which is a less potent pollutant, or convert the methane into a natural gas that can be used in the electrical grid, Taylor said. The state also is considering a requirement for landfills to use biofilters or biocovers to reduce methane emissions. “Biocovers and biofilters are passive methods for reducing landfill emissions because they rely on naturally occurring microbes or methane-eating bacteria to convert methane to carbon dioxide or water without the need for any external energy input or active intervention,” Taylor said. Environmentalists also are pushing the state for more monitoring of landfills, including the use of drones and satellite imagery to better detect leaks that otherwise might be unseen because of looser monitoring requirements. Employees at landfills that already monitor emissions do so once a quarter by walking the property with detection devices, Blauvelt said. Air flights conducted to look for methane leaks from the sky have detected unreported plumes at multiple Colorado landfills, including the Tower Landfill in Commerce City, the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins and the North Weld Landfill in Ault, according to the Industrious Labs report. At the Tower Landfill, there were nine large methane plumes detected by flights in September 2023 and August 2024. Those plumes were so large that they would have been considered super emitters by the EPA’s standards for the oil and gas industry, the report said. The landfill, which is owned and operated by Republic Services , detected more than 20 instances that went over federal limits for methane emissions during a quarterly inspection in August. But “a landfill can leak methane more than quarterly,” the report said. Colorado received a federal grant for aerial monitoring of methane emissions in the state and environmentalists hope it will be applied to regulating landfills, Blauvelt said. “This is about common sense improvements based on what we know about methane,” she said. Melissa Quillard, a Republic Services spokeswoman, said the August 2024 plume at Tower Landfill happened as the company was constructing a new landfill cell and had multiple pieces of excavation equipment running. That work temporarily exposed waste so that engineered liners and additional infrastructure could be installed, she said. Quillard’s email did not address the September 2023 plume. While Republic Services does not comment on pending rule changes, Quillard noted that gas coming from landfills fluctuates throughout the day based on the age and composition of waste, weather, construction and how the trash is being moved around the landfill. Any monitoring and reporting techniques would need to take into account those dynamics, she said in a statement emailed to The Denver Post. Satellites and drones capture a moment in time and do not follow the EPA’s existing reporting model or provide a representative assessment of a landfill’s overall emissions, she said. Republic Services owns three landfills in metro Denver, and the company is building a new organic waste facility in the area. Two of the local sites are in the early stages of developing projects that will convert methane to usable natural gas. And the company already uses capture-and-control systems to burn off methane, Quillard said. One thing that will not be addressed as the landfill methane emissions rule is created is how to lower the amount of waste sent to landfills through expanded composting and recycling. That’s because this rule will be created by the Air Quality Control Commission, a body that can only set air pollution policies. Brian Loma, the hazardous waste reduction advocate for GreenLatinos Colorado , hopes the state health department’s Hazardous Waste and Materials Management Division will push for improved composting and recycling at the same time the air quality commission takes up proposed methane rules. GreenLatinos supports more regulation of landfills because so many Latinos live within a mile of trash dumps, forcing them to breathe dirtier air. “The No. 1 way to reduce methane emissions is to not put organic material in the landfill,” Loma said. If you go Two more public hearings about Colorado’s proposed rules to reduce methane emissions from landfills are scheduled in early 2025. They are set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 11 and 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26, and will be held on Zoom. To register to attend or comment on the rules, visit tinyurl.com/4pfnc8yy . Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter.CBC is restoring its live New Year’s Eve celebration. A year after the national broadcaster cancelled the 2024 countdown due to “financial pressures,” it says the special event is back on the TV schedule to mark the dawn of 2025. Festivities begin Dec. 31 with the one-hour “22 Minutes New Year’s Eve Pregame Special,” a satirical reflection on the events of 2024 with the cast of the political comedy series “This Hour Has 22 Minutes.” It will be followed by “Canada Live! Countdown 2025,” a special hosted by news anchor Adrienne Arsenault and singer Jann Arden broadcasting live from Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, and anchor Ian Hanomansing and comedian Ali Hassan at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden. A representative for the CBC says the coast-to-coast show will feature reporters at more than a dozen community events across the country while a countdown to the new year will take place in each of the six time zones. Throughout the seven-and-a-half-hour program, “many Canadian celebrity guests” will appear in live and pre-taped messages. “Canada Live! Countdown 2025” begins at 8 p.m. ET on CBC News Network and CBC Gem with CBC-TV and CBC Radio picking up the feed at 9 p.m. in local markets. Last year, the CBC replaced its live New Year’s Eve programming with a taped Just For Laughs special hosted by comedian Mae Martin. That left Canadians without a homegrown countdown on any of the major networks, which sparked blowback on social media from some viewers. The CBC began its annual specials in 2017 to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial year. Some of the more recent broadcasts were hosted by comedian Rick Mercer and featured fireworks and musical performances in key cities. But when CBC paused those plans last year, it said the show had become “increasingly expensive to produce.” The decision to sideline the program was made shortly after members of Parliament summoned outgoing CBC president Catherine Tait to testify about job cuts and her refusal to rule out bonuses for CBC executives.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 6, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Scientology Network’s DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE, the weekly series providing a platform for Independent filmmakers to air films on important social, cultural and environmental issues, presents the documentary “ Piano to Zanskar .” DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network. Desmond O’Keeffe, a 65-year-old piano tuner facing retirement, accepts the challenge of a lifetime—to personally deliver a 100-year-old upright piano from London, England, to Zanskar, one of the most isolated places in the world, located high in the Himalayas. Directed by Michał Sulima and produced by Jarek Kotomski, the documentary follows Desmond and his team as they enter a world of unforgiving terrain and natural beauty. Their quest is ultimately a connection of cultures through the universal joy of music. Piano to Zanskar is the winner of multiple awards including the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, the First Prize at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival and Best Film at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival. ABOUT MICHAŁ SULIMA Michał Sulima is a Warsaw-born film director and a graduate of photography from University of the Arts London. Piano to Zanskar is his Independent debut, marking an entrance into feature-length and documentary formats. ABOUT JAREK KOTOMSKI Jarek Kotomski is a graduate of photography from University of the Arts London. Piano to Zanskar is his first feature film. As the co-founder of the agency Between Friends, he has nearly 10 years of experience in the production of commercial videos and musical documentaries, including the film Scriabin in the Himalayas . In an interview with Scientology Network for DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE, Jarek said: “The variety of Independent documentary films and inspiring stories that are featured on Documentary Showcase is quite amazing, and we’re very pleased that we can show our film to a broader audience. And especially in a multilanguage format, reaching as many people as possible.” ABOUT DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE Fundamental to Scientology is a humanitarian mission that extends to some 200 nations with programs for human rights, human decency, literacy, morality, drug prevention and disaster relief. For this reason, the Scientology Network provides a platform for Independent filmmakers who embrace a vision of building a better world. DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE debuts films weekly from award-winning Independent filmmakers whose goal is to improve society by raising awareness of social, cultural and environmental issues. For more information, visit Scientology.tv/docs . Scientology Network debuted on March 12, 2018, launched by David Miscavige , Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center and ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion. Since then, Scientology Network has been viewed in over 240 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a global organization and presenting its Social Betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by Independent filmmakers who represent a cross section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities. Scientology Network’s innovative content has been recognized with more than 125 industry awards, including Tellys, Communitas and Hermes Creative Awards. Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church’s global media center in Los Angeles, Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM and AT&T U-verse and can be streamed at Scientology.tv , on mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms. 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Ultimately, the decision of how to approach LGBT+ themes in GTA 6 will rest with the scriptwriter, who must navigate the delicate balance between crafting a compelling narrative and being mindful of the impact of their words and actions. As gamers eagerly await the release of the next installment in the iconic series, the conversation surrounding Rockstar's request for a lighter touch on LGBT+ content serves as a reminder of the power and responsibility of storytelling in the digital age.

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Colby Rogers, Moussa Cisse lead Memphis to an 87-70 win over No. 16 MississippiBERLIN — Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest. Germany is to vote in an early election Feb. 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute over how to revitalize the country’s stagnant economy. Musk’s guest opinion piece for Welt am Sonntag — a sister publication of Politico owned by the Axel Springer Group — published in German over the weekend, was the second time this month he supported the Alternative for Germany, or AfD. “The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the last spark of hope for this country,” Musk wrote in his translated commentary. He went on to say the far-right party “can lead the country into a future where economic prosperity, cultural integrity and technological innovation are not just wishes, but reality.” The Tesla Motors chief executive also wrote that his investment in Germany gave him the right to comment on the country’s condition. The AfD is polling strongly, but its candidate for the top job, Alice Weidel, has no realistic chance of becoming chancellor because other parties refuse to work with the far-right party. An ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the technology billionaire challenged in his opinion piece the party’s public image. “The portrayal of the AfD as right-wing extremist is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Please!” Musk’s commentary has led to a debate in German media over the boundaries of free speech, with the paper’s own opinion editor announcing her resignation, pointedly on Musk’s social media platform, X. “I always enjoyed leading the opinion section of WELT and WAMS. Today an article by Elon Musk appeared in Welt am Sonntag. I handed in my resignation yesterday after it went to print,” Eva Marie Kogel wrote. A critical article by the future editor-in-chief of the Welt group, Jan Philipp Burgard, accompanied Musk’s opinion piece. “Musk’s diagnosis is correct, but his therapeutic approach, that only the AfD can save Germany, is fatally wrong,” Burgard wrote. Responding to a request for comment from the German Press Agency, dpa, the current editor-in-chief of the Welt group, Ulf Poschardt, and Burgard — who is due to take over on Jan. 1 — said in a joint statement that the discussion over Musk’s piece was “very insightful. Democracy and journalism thrive on freedom of expression.” “This will continue to determine the compass of the ‘world’ in the future. We will develop ‘Die Welt’ even more decisively as a forum for such debates,” they wrote to dpa.

In conclusion, Liverpool, Inter Milan, and Arsenal stand out as the top three clubs in the Opta Club Power Rankings, each with their own unique qualities and ambitions. As fans eagerly anticipate the next chapter in the footballing saga, the competition among these elite clubs promises to deliver excitement, drama, and memorable moments that will captivate audiences around the world.In conclusion, the announcement of the layoffs by the German Railway Freight Company signals a significant shift in its strategic direction as it seeks to navigate a challenging operating environment. With a focus on efficiency and innovation, the company aims to emerge stronger and more competitive in the global freight transportation market, while also addressing the impacts on its employees with care and consideration.

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New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin agreed to a record-setting eight-year, $92 million contract on Friday, according to multiple reports. Shesterkin's deal, which averages $11.5 million annually and runs through the 2032-33 season, is the largest ever for a goaltender. The previous high was an eight-year, $84 million deal ($10.5 million average) that Carey Price signed with the Montreal Canadiens in 2017. Shesterkin, who won the Vezina Trophy as the top netminder for the 2021-22 season, turned down an eight-year, $88 million offer just prior to the start of this season. He is making $5.66 million in 2023-24 in the final season of a four-year, $22.67 million contract. The Moscow native finished third in Hart Trophy (MVP) balloting during his stellar 2021-22 season in when he went 36-13-4 and led the NHL with both a 2.07 goals-against average and .935 save percentage. Shesterkin, who turns 29 on Dec. 30, has won 36 or more games in each of the past three regular seasons. But this season, he is just 8-9-1 with a personal-worst 3.05 GAA in 18 games this season. His .908 save percentage is also his worst. Overall, Shesterkin is 143-68-18 with a 2.48 GAA and .920 save percentage in 231 appearances (226 starts) over six seasons. In the postseason, he is 23-20-0 with a 2.41 GAA and .928 save percentage. Reports of the deal began circulating shortly after the Rangers traded captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks. That freed up money for next season as Trouba was in the sixth season of a seven-year, $56 million deal. --Field Level Media

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The international community, however, reacted with outrage to the Israeli incursion into Syrian territory. The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency session to discuss the situation, with several member states condemning Israel's actions as a violation of international law. The Syrian government issued a strong statement denouncing the Israeli offensive and calling for the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Syrian territory.Nintendo fans worldwide are buzzing with excitement as the highly-anticipated Nintendo Alarm Clock is once again available for pre-order. Originally released in limited quantities, this unique and innovative alarm clock quickly sold out, leaving many fans empty-handed. However, the recent reopening of pre-orders has sparked a frenzy among collectors and gaming enthusiasts alike.

Seeking medical attention, the woman was diagnosed with a rare condition known as onycholysis, which is the separation of the nail plate from the nail bed. Onycholysis can be caused by a variety of factors, including trauma to the nail, fungal infections, and allergic reactions. In this case, it was determined that the aggressive removal of the gel polish had damaged the woman's nail beds, leading to the development of onycholysis.On the other hand, Real Madrid, the most successful club in the history of the Champions League, find themselves in unfamiliar territory in Opta's predicted standings. Zinedine Zidane's side is expected to finish a lowly 21st in the group stage, a position that will undoubtedly be met with shock and disbelief among the club's fans. Despite boasting a talented squad including players like Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos, and Eden Hazard, Real Madrid have struggled in recent seasons to replicate their past successes in the Champions League. Zidane will have his work cut out for him to overturn these predictions and guide Real Madrid to a more respectable finish in the tournament.

TikTok's future in the U.S. appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge to a law that requires the social media platform to cut ties with its China-based parent company or be banned by mid-January. A panel of three judges on The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled unanimously that the law withstood constitutional scrutiny, rebuffing arguments from the two companies that the statute violated their rights and the rights of TikTok users in the U.S. Recommended Videos The government has said it wants ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to divest its stakes. But if it doesn't and the platform goes away, it would have a seismic impact on the lives of content creators who rely on the platform for income as well as users who use it for entertainment and connection. Here are some details on the ruling and what could happen next: What does the ruling say? In their lawsuit, TikTok and ByteDance, which is also a plaintiff in the case, had challenged the law on various fronts, arguing in part that the statute ran afoul of the First Amendment and was an unconstitutional bill of attainder that unfairly targeted the two companies. But the court sided with attorneys for the Justice Department who said that the government was attempting to address national security concerns and the way in which it chose to do so did not violate the constitution. The Justice Department has argued in court that TikTok poses a national security risk due to its connections to China. Officials say that Chinese authorities can compel ByteDance to hand over information on TikTok's U.S. patrons or use the platform to spread, or suppress, information. However, the U.S. hasn't publicly provided examples of that happening. The appeals court ruling, written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, said the law was “carefully crafted to deal only with control by a foreign adversary." The judges also rejected the claim that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Furthermore, Ginsburg wrote the law did not violate the First Amendment because the government is not looking to “suppress content or require a certain mix of content” on TikTok. What happens next? TikTok and ByteDance are expected to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear whether the court will take up the case. TikTok indicated in a statement on Friday the two companies are preparing to take their case to high court, saying the Supreme Court has “an established historical record of protecting Americans’ right to free speech." "We expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue,” a company spokesperson said. Alan Morrison, a professor at The George Washington University Law School, said he expects the Supreme Court to take up the case because of the novelty of the issues raised in the lawsuit. If that happens, attorneys for the two companies still have to convince the court to grant them an emergency stay that will prevent the government from enforcing the Jan. 19 divestiture deadline stipulated in the law, Morrison said. Such a move could drag out the process until the Justices make a ruling. Tiffany Cianci, a TikTok content creator who has supported the platform, said she was not shocked about the outcome of the court's ruling on Friday because lower courts typically defer to the executive branch on these types of cases. She believes the company will have a stronger case at the Supreme Court. “I believe that the next stages are more likely to produce a victory for TikTokers and for TikTok as a whole,” Cianci said. What about Trump? Another wild card is President-elect Donald Trump, who tried to ban TikTok during his first term but said during the recent presidential campaign that he is now against such action . The Trump transition team has not offered details on how Trump plans to carry out his pledge to “save TikTok." But spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement last month that he plans to “deliver” on his campaign promises. After Trump takes office on Jan. 20th, it would fall on his Justice Department to enforce the law and punish any potential violators. Penalties would apply to any app stores that would violate a prohibition on TikTok and to internet hosting services which would be barred from supporting it. Some have speculated that Trump could ask his Justice Department to abstain from enforcing the law. But tech companies like Apple and Google, which offer TikTok's app on their app stores, would then have to trust that the administration would not come after them for any violations. Craig Singleton, senior director of the China program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said enforcement discretion — or executive orders — can not override existing law, leaving Trump with “limited room for unilateral action." There are other things Trump could potentially do. It's possible he could invoke provisions of the law that allow the president to determine whether a sale or a similar transaction frees TikTok from “foreign adversary” control. Another option is to urge Congress to repeal the law. But that too would require support from congressional Republicans who have overwhelmingly supported the prospect of getting TikTok out of the hands of a Chinese company. In a statement issued Friday, Republican Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on China, said he was “optimistic that President Trump will facilitate an American takeover of TikTok” and allow its continued use in the United States. Is anyone trying to buy TikTok? ByteDance has said it won't sell TikTok . And even if it wanted to, a sale of the proprietary algorithm that powers TikTok is likely to get blocked under Chinese export controls that the country issued in 2020. That means if TikTok is sold without the algorithm, its likely that the buyer would only purchase a shell of the platform that doesn't contain the technology that made the app a cultural powerhouse. Still, some investors, including Trump’s former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and billionaire Frank McCourt, have expressed interest in buying it. This week, a spokesperson for McCourt’s Project Liberty initiative, which aims to protect online privacy, said participants in their bid have made informal commitments of more than $20 billion in capital. The spokesperson did not disclose the identity of the participants.

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Moving forward, it is essential for the electric vehicle industry to prioritize safety and take proactive measures to address any potential risks associated with windshield defects. Collaborative efforts between manufacturers, regulators, and consumers are necessary to ensure that EVs meet the highest safety standards and deliver a reliable driving experience for all users.Former US President, Jimmy Carter, Dies at 100