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Heart Valve Repair & Replacement Devices Market to Grow by USD 2.58 Billion (2024-2028), Innovation and Competition Boosting Revenue, AI Impact on Market Trends - TechnavioNoneSeven new big-name brands joined the popular shopping complex in 2024, including the likes of Nike, Primark, Ninja Warrior, and PureGym. Major construction work has been happening across the park throughout the year, not only for new stores in 2024 but for upcoming brands soon to arrive in the new year. Catherine Furlong, centre director at Teesside Park, told The Northern Echo this week: "What a year 2024 has been for us", "Seven new brands have joined the Teesside Park family as well as the new golf concept in Hollywood Bowl. "We have delivered some amazing community initiatives including our Bright Lights and Young Readers programmes which have supported more than 200 local young people with both employment and education. "There's been so much positive feedback from our visitors and we're super excited about lots more to come next year!" So as the year comes to a close, we've rounded up all the changes at Teesside Park this year, and what shoppers can expect in 2025. Nike Unite Sportswear giant Nike was the first to open its new store at Teesside Park in 2024, taking over the former New Look in February. Nike at Teesside Park (Image: Teesside Park) Nike Unite is a newer concept rolled out by the chain, which aims to better represent the community its branch is located in. Stocking a variety of sportswear for men, women and children, the 11,855 sq ft location offers "everyday essentials" alongside select seasonal items. Hollywood Bowl revamp Hollywood Bowl relaunched in March this year following a huge £2 million makeover. Hollywood Bowl at Teesside Park The site is now home to a 12-hole minigolf course, 31 bowling lanes, a new bar and a refreshed amusement area, after taking over the former Imperial City restaurant next door. It also added a five-lane VIP section for those who wanted to bowl in luxury. Primark Hundreds of shoppers flocked to Teesside Park in May after Primark opened its doors for the first time inside the former Mothercare... Alex O'Leary
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Cameron Huefner scored 20 points as Sam Houston beat Dallas 111-65 on Saturday. Huefner added eight rebounds for the Bearkats (7-6). Lamar Wilkerson went 7 of 13 from the field (3 for 8 from 3-point range) to add 17 points. Dorian Finister shot 5 for 11 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 15 points. Thomas Fleming led the Crusaders in scoring, finishing with 16 points. Dallas also got 15 points from Johny Olmsted. Chandler Holmes finished with 13 points. Sam Houston took the lead with 16:32 remaining in the first half and did not give it up. The score was 50-34 at halftime, with Huefner racking up 11 points. Sam Houston extended its lead to 91-53 during the second half, fueled by a 17-2 scoring run. Erik Taylor scored a team-high 10 points in the second half for the Bearkats. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Sl Green Realty's chief legal officer sells $3.65 million in stock
Guwahati: Bypolls in five assembly constituencies of Assam emerged as a significant setback for the opposition parties, which failed to secure any victory. Congress's autonomous approach proved detrimental as the grand old party lacked direct support from other opposition parties united under the banner Asom Sanmilita Morcha (ASOM). Of the five constituencies, BJP secured victories in three — Samaguri, Behali, and Dholai, while its allies AGP and UPPL triumphed in Bongaigaon and Sidli. Five-time MLA from Samaguri Rakibul Hussain's son, Tanzil, was defeated by BJP's state general secretary Diplu Ranjan Sarmah by a substantial margin. Tanzil endeavoured to represent Samaguri as the third politician from their family, after father Rakibul and grandfather Nurul Hussain. Rakibul served as a prominent cabinet minister in the Tarun Gogoi-govt and secured successive assembly polls from Samaguri since 2001. Nurul Hussain contested from Congress (S) ticket in the 1983 election and joined Congress (I) after winning. He subsequently prevailed as Congress candidate in the 1991 assembly polls and became a state minister in the Hiteswar Saikia-govt. Deputy leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha and Jorhat MP Gaurav Gogoi's preferred candidate Jayanta Borah had to bite the dust in the Behali seat to BJP's Diganta Ghatowal. Congress remained unwilling to relinquish Behali for CPI-ML despite ASOM's recommendation, ultimately causing opposition disunity. Jayanta Borah, a BJP defector, procured Congress ticket even before formally joining the party. Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 L + W Majority: 145 BJP+ 229 MVA 47 OTH 12 Leads + Wins : 288 / 288 BJP+ WON Jharkhand Alliance View i Party View Seats: 81 Results Majority: 41 INDIA 56 NDA 24 OTH 1 Results : 81 / 81 INDIA WON Source: PValue In the remaining constituencies, Congress leaders demonstrated comparatively diminished enthusiasm. ASOM leaders campaigned for CPI-ML candidate Lakhikanta Kurmi in Behali, while advocating for a "conscience vote" elsewhere. After poll results, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupen Kumar Borah pledged door-to-door visits, emphasising unified opposition as crucial for challenging BJP in the 2026 assembly elections. ASOM president and MP Ajit Kumar Bhuyan and general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi expressed disappointment regarding Congress's failure to recognise opposition unity's importance, while affirming ASOM's commitment to unified political resistance against BJP. Akhil Gogoi, MLA and Raijor Dal leader, criticised both Himanta Biswa Sarma regarding the Jharkhand defeat and Congress's perceived "big brother" attitude. Gogoi challenged Sarma's "unstoppable" narrative, citing Jharkhand results. He endorsed Jharkhand's opposition model, contrasting it with Assam's fragmented opposition. Gogoi faulted Gaurav Gogoi for undermining opposition unity by denying Congress allies constituencies, particularly regarding CPI-ML in Behali.
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More than 60 high school students in Los Angeles County learned to use technology to make business plans in an after-school program, which ended last week with the Young Innovators Accelerator Pitch Competition. The after-school program took place at six across Los Angeles County. The centers are run by nonprofits in under-resourced neighborhoods with funding from the Best Buy Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation and the Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation (GLAEF), the philanthropic arm of the Los Angeles County Office of Education. The Teen Tech Centers aim to give area students a chance to play with the latest technology — and gain job skills in the process, according to Sam Gelinas, vice president of programs, strategy and development at GLAEF. The Young Innovators Accelerator Pitch Competition, now in its second year, furthers the focus on job skills, he said. “The process of developing a budget, developing all the assets, all of that stuff, they’re building some of those soft business skills, and then also some of the tech skills like actually designing a deck and those kinds of things,” Gelinas said. Curriculum and training for the program were provided by the Los Angeles Economic Equity Accelerator and Fellowship, a nonprofit based out of California State University, Los Angeles, Gelinas said. “The trainers were young and dynamic and sort of met students where they were and walked them through the elements of entrepreneurship,” he said. On top of learning to use technology to build a business plan, many of the students came up with services that center on tech. For example, the winning idea at last week’s competition was an artificial intelligence-driven ed-tech tool, pitched by 14-year-old Gabriel Cardenas. Called ByteAi, the tool would use AI to transform complex classroom subjects into “bite-sized” lessons, without telling students any answers, according to Cardenas, a freshman at the California Academy of Math and Science in Long Beach. “My teacher would give me an assignment, and it was really hard for me to completely understand what I really needed to learn,” Cardenas said. “With this, you could ask the AI to break it down and make it more understandable, and it would give you key highlights, quizzes and games.” Among the six business plans that made it to the competition last week, three others were also based on tech: a peer-to-peer mental health social app, an interchangeable lens camera with smart connectivity and auto focus, and an app to help people find healthy food options. Cardenas took home first place and $1,400 for ByteAi, while Tristen Trudgeon won second place and $1,000 for BeSeen, the mental health app. Third place and $600 went to a team of seven students for their pitch to create a community market where homeless people could work. Three other semi-finalists each received $150. Gelinas said he hopes the Young Innovators Accelerator Pitch Competition will continue to be an annual event. Funding for the program came from GLAEF, the Best Buy Foundation, Annenberg Tech and the Calley Foundation, he said.None
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge dismissed criminal charges Monday against a backer of Karen Read who admitted placing dozens of yellow rubber ducks and fake $100 bills around town in support of Read. Richard Schiffer Jr. had argued in Stoughton District Court that he had a First Amendment right to support the defense theory that Read — accused of ramming into her boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving the Boston police officer to die in a snowstorm — has been framed in the polarizing murder case. Schiffer’s attorney Timothy Bradl said Monday that the judge made the right call by quickly tossing the felony witness intimidation and criminal harassment charges against Schiffer. The ruling comes as another judge decided Monday to push back Read’s retrial to April after a mistrial was declared in July when jurors couldn’t reach an agreement. Read was facing second-degree murder charges and two other charges. Her attorneys have argued that other law enforcement officers were responsible for O’Keefe’s death. Regarding Schiffer’s charges, Bradl said, “There wasn’t a leg to stand on.” “Hats off to the judge. He didn’t make everyone wait and ruled from the bench. Everything was completely protected by the First Amendment. This was political speech,” Bradl said. The Norfolk District Attorney’s office declined to comment. Schiffer has said he got the ducks idea after thinking about a defense lawyer’s closing argument that Read was framed . Alan Jackson told jurors that “if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.” Schiffer’s actions did not rise to the level of witness intimidation and criminal harassment “nor does his speech, or in this case his written word on fake currency and use of rubber toys, which are afforded the protections of the First Amendment,” Judge Brian Walsh wrote. “It is the view of this Court that the defendant’s conduct and speech, though a rather sophomoric expression of his opinion, is nonetheless protected speech,” he wrote. Walsh concluded the two-page ruling with quotes from Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley, believed to have coined the “walks like a duck” phrase, and Robert McCloskey, author of the children’s book “Make Way For Ducklings.” The defense alleged that O’Keefe was actually killed inside the home of his fellow Boston officer Brian Albert and then dragged outside. They argued that investigators focused on Read because she was a “convenient outsider” who saved them from having to consider law enforcement officers as suspects. Schiffer has been among the dozens of Read supporters who accuse state and local law enforcement of a widespread cover-up. Their demonstrations have led to confrontations, especially in the town of Canton where the murder happened, between those who support Read and others who believe she is guilty. Schiffer, who owns Canton Fence and has said that he knows practically everyone in town through his contracting work, was accused of placing some of the ducks outside a pizza shop run by Brian Albert’s brother, Canton Selectman Chris Albert. Other ducks appeared in O’Keefe’s neighborhood. More articles from the BDNNone
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Tensions escalate in Pakistan as highways are closed and services suspended in response to a planned protest by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the demonstration is set to continue despite warnings from authorities. The PTI is demanding the release of incarcerated leaders and addressing alleged election grievances. Authorities are on high alert, with a warning issued for a potential terrorist threat as militants have reportedly entered the country from Afghanistan. In preparation for the protest, key infrastructure and government areas have been heavily secured. Despite these measures, the PTI remains determined to proceed with its protest and sit-in, increasing tensions with the government. (With inputs from agencies.)