4080 super game test Syrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay homeFormer US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100None

Luke Humphries defeats Luke Littler to retain Players Championship Finals title

“In 1923, President lit the first National Christmas Tree. Later that night, African American community centers held an outdoor worship service on these grounds. And during that service, the Washington Monument was illuminated with a beautiful cross, a powerful reminder of the meaning of ,” then-President said at the tree-lighting ceremony near the Washington Monument on Dec. 5, 2019. “More than 2,000 years ago, a brilliant star shone in the East. Wise men traveled far, far afield. I mean, they were a long distance away. And they came and they stood with us under the star, where they found the Holy Family in Bethlehem,” Mr. Trump said. “As the Bible tells us, when the Wise Men had come into the house, they saw the young child with , his mother, and fell down and worshipped him. Christians give thanks that the Son of God came into the world to save humanity. inspires us to love one another with hearts full of generosity and grace,” the 45th president said. “And at , we remember this eternal truth: Every person is a beloved child of God. As one grateful nation, we praise the joy of family, the blessings of freedom, and the miracle of ,” Mr. Trump noted in closing. did not shy away from his faith while in office. Here’s his message on December 23, 1987: “What with the sights of brilliantly decorated trees, the sounds of familiar hymns and songs, and tastes of fresh-baked cookies and other treats, and above all the long-anticipated visit from , for children is a time unlike any other,” the 40th president said in a radio address. “That is true for grownups as well, of course; the joy and meaning of only deepen as we grow older. We still find pleasure in exchanging greetings and gifts, and we still delight in the warm and colorful images of the holiday. But we perceive ever more clearly, as did Scrooge, that the true beauty and wonder of the season lie in the spirit of giving of ourselves for others — the message of the Prince of Peace whose birth we celebrate. At Christmastime we accompany shepherds and Wise Men to the stable as of old, where we relearn the timeless and priceless lessons of love, humility and sacrifice, where we see the spirit as God’s love flowing through so many people all at once,” Reagan continued. “This spirit of love, as simple as a spoken greeting and as profound as a changed heart, seems so full that it ceaselessly looks for ways to express its power. We respond to it best when we share it with family, friend or stranger -— when we recognize that, under the sheltering evergreen branches of God’s love, all are family and no one is a stranger. When we do these things, when we visit the lonely or help those in need, when a family is reconciled, is real and present, and that is truly what makes it the most wonderful time of the year. I pray that peace and joy will reign in every home and every heart during this holy season. Merry , and may God’s blessing be upon us all,” Reagan said in closing. A new survey from Marist College has revealed time preferences. It found that 75% of U.S. adults would rather stay home than travel during the busy holiday season. That includes 78% of Republicans, 79% of independents and 70% of Democrats. The survey also found that 50% would prefer to receive one big gift during the holiday season.; 51% of Republicans, 52% of independents and 50% of Democrats agree. Opinions vary, however. The poll found that 48% of us would prefer to receive 10 small holiday gifts rather than a big bodacious present. That includes 48% of Republicans, 46% of independents and 49% of Democrats agree. The Marist College Poll of 3,131 U.S. adults was conducted by telephone and online Dec. 3-5. Mount Vernon — the ancestral home of on the verdant banks of the Potomac River — maintains a sizable collection of authentic recipes from earlier eras. “Learn to make historic cocktails enjoyed by George Washington and his contemporaries as well as explore his favorite beer and wine selections. Alcohol and drinking were common features of everyday life for ordinary Americans in the eighteenth century. General Washington was not against enjoying a drink himself, serving libations to his frequent guests, or even supplying alcohol for political purposes,” advises a simple tutorial at Mount Vernon’s website. “Alcohol and drinking were common features of everyday life for ordinary Americans in the eighteenth century. General Washington was not against enjoying a drink himself, serving libations to his frequent guests, or even supplying alcohol for political purposes,” the tutorial says. The website offers recipes for libations of the era — Cherry Bounce, Philadelphia Fish House Punch and Syllabub, among them. So here’s the Fish House Punch recipe, verbatim from the source: • 1/2 cup superfine sugar • Water • 2 quarts light rum; or 1 quart light and 1 quart dark rum • 1 quart brandy • 3/4 cup peach brandy or cordial • 2 1/2 cups lemon juice Directions: Mix together sugar and a little water. Add remaining ingredients. Fish House Punch should sit for at least 2 hours before serving. Serves 16. • 73% resolve to drink more water in the new year; 73% resolve to “eat healthier.” • 71% resolve to exercise more; 69% to get more sleep. • 67% resolve to express more gratitude, 60% resolve to have a better work/life balance. • 53% resolve to lose weight; 39% to drink less alcohol. • 37% resolve to reduce their carbon footprint; 30% to start or continue mental therapy. • 20% resolve to participate in an alcohol-free “Dry January.” SOURCE: An Ipsos Consumer Tracker poll of 1,085 U.S. adults conducted online Dec. 10-11. People could pick multiple resolutions. Copyright © 2024 The Washington Times, LLC. .

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for intel chief, faces questions on Capitol Hill amid Syria fallout

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert C. Donnelly , Gonzaga University (THE CONVERSATION) Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976. The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and forthrightness at home and abroad, a promise that resonated with voters eager for change following the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. His presidency, however, lasted only one term before Ronald Reagan defeated him. Since then, scholars have debated – and often maligned – Carter’s legacy, especially his foreign policy efforts that revolved around human rights. Critics have described Carter’s foreign policies as “ineffectual” and “hopelessly muddled ,” and their formulation demonstrated “weakness and indecision.” As a historian researching Carter’s foreign policy initiatives , I conclude his overseas policies were far more effective than critics have claimed. A Soviet strategy The criticism of Carter’s foreign policies seems particularly mistaken when it comes to the Cold War, a period defined by decades of hostility, mutual distrust and arms buildup after World War II between the U.S. and Russia, then known as the Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). By the late 1970s, the Soviet Union’s economy and global influence were weakening. With the counsel of National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, a Soviet expert , Carter exploited these weaknesses. During his presidency, Carter insisted nations provide basic freedoms for their people – a moral weapon against which repressive leaders could not defend. Carter soon openly criticized the Soviets for denying Russian Jews their basic civil rights , a violation of human rights protections outlined in the diplomatic agreement called the Helsinki Accords . Carter’s team underscored these violations in arms control talks. The CIA flooded the USSR with books and articles to incite human rights activism. And Carter publicly supported Russian dissidents – including pro-democracy activist Andrei Sakharov – who were fighting an ideological war against socialist leaders. Carter adviser Stuart Eizenstat argues that the administration attacked the Soviets “in their most vulnerable spot – mistreatment of their own citizens.” This proved effective in sparking Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s social and political reforms of the late 1980s, best known by the Russian word “glasnost ,” or “openness.” The Afghan invasion In December 1979, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in response to the assassination of the Soviet-backed Afghan leader, Nur Mohammad Taraki. The invasion effectively ended an existing détente between the U.S. and USSR. Beginning in July 1979, the U.S. was providing advice and nonlethal supplies to the mujahideen rebelling against the Soviet-backed regime. After the invasion, National Security Advisor Brzezinski advised Carter to respond aggressively to it. So the CIA and U.S. allies delivered weapons to the mujahideen, a program later expanded under Reagan. Carter’s move effectively engaged the Soviets in a proxy war that began to bleed the Soviet Union. By providing the rebels with modern weapons, the U.S. was “giving to the USSR its Vietnam war,” according to Brzezinski : a progressively expensive war, a strain on the socialist economy and an erosion of their authority abroad. Carter also imposed an embargo on U.S. grain sales to the Soviets in 1980. Agriculture was the USSR’s greatest economic weakness since the 1960s. The country’s unfavorable weather and climate contributed to successive poor growing seasons, and their heavy industrial development left the agricultural sector underfunded . Economist Elizabeth Clayton concluded in 1985 that Carter’s embargo was effective in exacerbating this weakness. Census data compiled between 1959 and 1979 show that 54 million people were added to the Soviet population. Clayton estimates that 2 to 3 million more people were added in each subsequent year. The Soviets were overwhelmed by the population boom and struggled to feed their people. At the same time, Clayton found that monthly wages increased, which led to an increased demand for meat. But by 1985, there was a meat shortage in the USSR. Why? Carter’s grain embargo, although ended by Reagan in 1981, had a lasting impact on livestock feed that resulted in Russian farmers decreasing livestock production . The embargo also forced the Soviets to pay premium prices for grain from other countries, nearly 25 percent above market prices . For years, Soviet leaders promised better diets and health , but now their people had less food. The embargo battered a weak socialist economy and created another layer of instability for the growing population. The Olympic boycott In 1980, Carter pushed further to punish the Soviets. He convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to refrain from competing in the upcoming Moscow Olympics while the Soviets repressed their people and occupied Afghanistan. Carter not only promoted a boycott, but he also embargoed U.S. technology and other goods needed to produce the Olympics. He also stopped NBC from paying the final US$20 million owed to the USSR to broadcast the Olympics. China, Germany, Canada and Japan – superpowers of sport – also participated in the boycott. Historian Allen Guttmann said, “The USSR lost a significant amount of international legitimacy on the Olympic question.” Dissidents relayed to Carter that the boycott was another jab at Soviet leadership. And in America, public opinion supported Carter’s bold move – 73% of Americans favored the boycott . The Carter doctrine In his 1980 State of the Union address, Carter revealed an aggressive Cold War military plan. He declared a “ Carter doctrine ,” which said that the Soviets’ attempt to gain control of Afghanistan, and possibly the region, was regarded as a threat to U.S. interests. And Carter was prepared to meet the threat with “ military force .” Carter also announced in his speech a five-year spending initiative to modernize and strengthen the military because he recognized the post-Vietnam military cuts weakened the U.S. against the USSR. Ronald Reagan argued during the 1980 presidential campaign that, “Jimmy Carter risks our national security – our credibility – and damages American purposes by sending timid and even contradictory signals to the Soviet Union.” Carter’s policy was based on “weakness and illusion” and should be replaced “with one founded on improved military strength,” Reagan criticized. In 1985, however, President Reagan publicly acknowledged that his predecessor demonstrated great timing in modernizing and strengthening the nation’s forces, which further increased economic and diplomatic pressure on the Soviets. Reagan admitted that he felt “very bad” for misstating Carter’s policies and record on defense. Carter is most lauded today for his post-presidency activism , public service and defending human rights. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for such efforts. But that praise leaves out a significant portion of Carter’s presidential accomplishments. His foreign policy, emphasizing human rights, was a key instrument in dismantling the power of the Soviet Union. This is an updated version of a story that was originally published on May 2, 2019. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/jimmy-carters-lasting-cold-war-legacy-his-human-rights-focus-helped-dismantle-the-soviet-union-113994 .Elon Musk has hit back at the Sydney Morning Herald after the masthead wildly predicted the billionaire would quit Tesla in 2025. SMH published an opinion piece by technology editor David Swan on Sunday evening which shared a series of predictions for tech in the new year. One of the predictions centred on Musk and whether his busy list of commitments would force him to part ways with Tesla as he focuses on a new role in 2025 as the joint lead of the Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration. "To be juggling leadership roles at X, Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, the Boring Company and Neuralink was already unsustainable," the SMH op-ed read. "Musk has already found himself at loggerheads with MAGA diehards like Steve Bannon over immigration issues, and the inauguration is still weeks away. He’s also been at loggerheads with the justice system, after a US judge blocked Musk’s $US56 billion ($90 billion) pay package from Tesla. "After constant controversies and distractions, it will all come to a head in 2025, and Musk will be forced to hand over the reins at Tesla, a company many mistakenly think he founded." The 53-year-old hit back with a tongue-in-cheek reply on X, after a Musk supporter shared the article's headline with a quote from the prediction. "I predict that the Sydney Morning Herald will continue to lose readership in 2025 for relentlessly lying to their audience and boring them to death," he said. Social media influencer and journalist at The Post Millennial Andy Ngo, also chimed in on the thread, saying the SMH had previously published lies about him after it claimed he had been banned from X before being reinstated. "The Sydney Morning Herald published these lies. I was never banned on this platform, even under the worst times from the prior regime," he said. Musk's comments come after the SMH was forced to issue an apology for falsely identifying South Australian barrister Ian Roberts as one of the two men who died during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Friday. NSW Police confirmed two men, aged 55 and 65, had died but neither was publicly identified initially. Authorities confirmed the 65-year-old was aboard the Bowline and was a native of South Australia in a press conference on Friday morning. Hours later, the SMH published an article identifying the man as Mr Roberts, the skipper and owner of the Bowline. However, that article was taken down within an hour after it emerged the Adelaide-based barrister was in fact alive and well. The paper subsequently issued a public apology to the 65-year-old after the error was identified. "The Sydney Morning Herald incorrectly named Adelaide barrister Ian Roberts as one of the victims in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race," the SMH said in a statement. "This was incorrect. We apologise to Mr Roberts and his family." Nick Smith, 55, and Roy Quaden, 65, were later identified as the men to have died. The Sydney Morning Herald’s circulation has been steadily declining for several years, losing more than a million readers since 2022 across digital and print. In May, the paper bragged about having 7.3 million readers across all platforms, but that figure was down 1.1 million from its 2022 results.

All Blacks rookie caps rapid rise, PSDT claims Test gong, Levi and Dupont honoured in World Rugby’s awardsSeibert misses an extra point late as the Commanders lose their 3rd in a row, 34-26 to the Cowboys

By Clarissa-Jan Lim President-elect Donald Trump has often marked national holidays by attacking his political rivals and airing his grievances against them on social media. This Thanksgiving, on the cusp of his return to the White House, Trump again criticized Democrats, accusing them of trying to “destroy” the country while touting his “landslide victory.” “Happy Thanksgiving to all, including to the Radical Left Lunatics who have worked so hard to destroy our Country, but who have miserably failed, and will always fail, because their ideas and policies are so hopelessly bad that the great people of our Nation just gave a landslide victory to those who want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Thursday. “Don’t worry, our Country will soon be respected, productive, fair, and strong, and you will be, more than ever before, proud to be an American!” Vice President-elect JD Vance followed suit, posting a bizarre image on X of him and Trump serving the 2024 electoral map at a dinner table. Vance’s post, which has Trump’s head pasted on the body of the patriarch and Vance’s on the body of the housewife in Norman Rockwell’s painting “ Freedom F rom Want ,” was widely mocked on social media . Trump has claimed that his victory in the 2024 election was “ an unprecedented and powerful mandate .” And while it is true that unlike in 2016 and 2020, Trump won the popular vote this election, he did so by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century, as The New York Times noted. Still, he has brandished his claim of a “mandate ” as a justification to make controversial choices for his Cabinet , testing Senate Republicans’ appetite for challenging their party leader . Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.8 in 1 super game 。

Why This Tech Giant’s Stock is Set to SoarItuka scores 18 off the bench, Jacksonville State downs East Carolina 86-78Remember weeks before the election when Team Harris laughably tried to portray the Democrat nominee as the "law and order candidate" who is a "tough former prosecutor"? That was always a complete joke coming from the side that let millions stream into the U.S. illegally and raised bail money for violent rioters. The Democrats are about to see what actual law and order when it comes to tackling the illegal immigration problem looks like, and the pro-sanctuary city lefties are saying they'll be defiant, and incoming border czar Tom Homan has reminded them they're breaking federal laws and could face jail time if they don't cooperate. But Democrats in the U.S. aren't the only ones who have been put on notice. The U.N. and any other countries or entities who have perpetuated the border invasion (what's even more maddening is that it was all at the invitation of Biden and Harris) are also facing accountability. Homan just keeps the awesomeness coming: OH SNAP!!! Tom Homan just said the Trump admin will investigate & punish any foreign countries involved in the border invasion. "People are going to be held accountable... What did the United Nations have to do with this open border crisis? What NGOs were involved in this?"🔥 I... pic.twitter.com/tNYF6T7ztk The full post from @BehizyTweets: Tom Homan just said the Trump admin will investigate & punish any foreign countries involved in the border invasion. "People are going to be held accountable... What did the United Nations have to do with this open border crisis? What NGOs were involved in this?" I didn't think I could get any more excited about the next four years. The UN and a lot of organizations funded by dark money were definitely involved in the invasion, and it's about time they got dealt with. According to a House Judiciary report , Homan and the DHS under Trump are going to have plenty of accountability to pursue, and this is just with the United Nations: In less than four years, President Joe Biden and border czar Vice President Kamala Harris have released into the United States nearly 5.8 million illegal aliens.1 At least 1.9 million additional illegal aliens entered the country as “gotaways” by evading apprehension entirely.2 With the Biden-Harris Administration allowing nearly eight million illegal aliens to enter the United States since January 2021, the American people have watched as the Administration erased any semblance of border security and made a mockery of immigration enforcement. As Americans rightly objected to the Administration’s open-borders policies, the images of mass illegal immigration and chaos at the southwest border became a political liability for President Biden and Vice President Harris. But rather than fix the actual problem of illegal immigration, the Biden-Harris Administration engaged in misdirection—teaming up with open-borders bureaucrats at the United Nations to allow aliens to bypass the southwest border altogether. [...] At least $81.7 million in U.S. taxpayer funding spent by the open-borders United Nations to allow illegal aliens to bypass the southwest border and fly directly into the United States. Migration centers set up throughout Central and South America staffed by U.N. bureaucrats. Nearly 70,000 aliens referred for potential resettlement in the United States. Biden and Harris allowed the U.S. borders to be invaded and U.S. taxpayers helped make it happen. The election earlier this month showed just how much the taxpayers appreciated the dereliction of duty from the Democrats. It’s pretty safe to say not to ever mess with Tom Homan. https://t.co/PCXHj1L4o3 Pass the popcorn. January 20th isn't very far off.

MITTI Cafe, run by 15 individuals with physical and mental disabilities, has opened at Rashtrapati Nilayam at Bolaram. Launched by the Telangana Social Impact Group (T-SIG) with support from corporate and government organisations, this project aims to empower vulnerable communities while raising awareness about mental and physical health challenges. MITTI Cafe has already set up branches in over 40 locations, including Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi and several international airports. In addition to the cafe, the premises also feature a stall offering handmade home and office decor, toys and stationery, which has gained attention from national and international organisations. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding from entities such as Indian Oil Corporation Limited and the Australia-New Zealand Banking Group supports the cafe’s operations. The new reception center at the Rashtrapati Nilayam has been allocated to the cafe, allowing it to operate rent-free. The employees at the cafe receive monthly salaries ranging from ₹15,000 to ₹50,000, depending on their roles. The menu at the cafe includes snacks like samosas, chaat, pakoras, tea, biscuits, coffee, sandwiches and ice creams, all made with high-quality ingredients. During her winter break, President Droupadi Murmu visited the cafe and appreciated the efforts of the staff. With the support of T-SIG, the initiative is expected to generate an annual turnover of Rs.36 lakh-46 lakh.The Witcher 4 is finally in full production, as CD Projekt announced during its Q3 financial update . The game, which is still codenamed Project Polaris, moved into full-scale production several weeks ago, chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz said. Speaking to Eurogamer , CD Projekt Red's vice president of technology, Charles Tremblay, discussed the switch from the internally developed REDengine, last used on Cyberpunk 2077, to Unreal Engine 5. "I will not say it's easy," he said, "but I think that we have some cool stuff going, and hopefully that will have some good showcase [of the technology]. The only thing I will say is that changing the tech for us does not change the fact that we always will be ambitious". Tremblay went on to declare Project Polaris, which is currently being worked on by 400 members of CDPR's 650-strong staff, would be bigger and better than anything the studio had done before. "And the next game we do will not be smaller, and it will not be worse. So it will be better, bigger, greater than The Witcher 3, it will be better than Cyberpunk—because for us, it's unacceptable [to launch that way]. We don't want to go back." Changing to a completely different engine can't be easy, and Tremblay didn't deny that there would be issues. "Even if there will be some 'sweaty moments' and maybe even some bad stuff happening," he said, "still, I think that we will try everything we can to make it even more than what we achieved in the past years. So the technology should not be a blocker for us, basically." The next Witcher game doesn't have a release date yet, and given the multiple delays of Cyberpunk 2077 it wouldn't be surprising if the studio waited until it had really nailed down the schedule before announcing anything. We do know that Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle is returning, although Geralt won't be the main character . The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.

Octopus Energy customers are set to enjoy a £300 annual reduction on their bills, thanks to a £7,500 heating upgrade grant. This comes as energy bills are expected to rise by another £21 or 1.2 percent. The government has announced an extension of the Warm Homes Plan, which it claims will save energy customers up to £300 a year. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has revealed that 300,000 homes across the UK will each receive £7,500 to replace their boiler with a heat pump in 2025. Planning regulations have been eased to expedite the installation of heat pumps, and more homes will be offered insulation as part of the scheme. The government asserts that a heat pump can reduce bills by as much as £100 a year, while insulation can cut another £200 off, costs that are covered by the scheme. It is claimed that these changes will increase the likelihood of more households installing heat pumps. The government stated: "Households install an air source heat pump without needing to submit a planning application in England – removing the 1m rule, with figures from Octopus showing 34% of those who order a heat pump are discouraged or drop out for reasons attributed to planning permission." "Working alongside the government's mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, the Warm Homes Plan will ensure millions more households benefit from homegrown energy delivered by every new turbine, solar panel or pylon built on the path to energy independence., reports the Express . Get all the latest money news and budgeting tips from Chronicle Live with our free newsletter The statement highlighted the government's commitment to energy efficiency and savings: "This includes boosting the budget for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to support more households switch to a heat pump – which can save families around £100 a year compared to a gas boiler by using a smart tariff effectively, and insulating more homes across the country – potentially saving homeowners around £200 per year." Octopus Energy's website presents a comparison indicating that households could save an average of £300 annually with its Octopus Cosy heat pump tariff, as opposed to using a traditional boiler on the Flexible Octopus plan, costing £1,391 per year instead of £1,691. Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy, commented on the challenges facing consumers: "More than a third of customers who order a heat pump drop out because of planning issues, leaving them stuck with dirty, inefficient gas boilers. Removing outdated and unnecessary red tape is an urgent priority to grow this sector and get low cost, safe, clean heating technology into British homes." ChronicleLive is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join our communities. We have a number of communities to join, so you can choose which one you want to be part of and we'll send you the latest news direct to your phone. You could even join them all! To join you need to have WhatsApp on your device. All you need to do is choose which community you want to join, click on the link and press 'join community'. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the ChronicleLive team. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you’re curious, you can read our privacy notice . Join the ChronicleLive Breaking News and Top Stories community Join our Court & Crime community Join the Things to do in Newcastle and the North East community Join our Northumberland community Join our County Durham community Join our Sunderland community Join our NUFC community Join our SAFC community Join our Great North Run community

Convergence Financial LLC Has $5.44 Million Stock Holdings in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)CabinPulse Launches Remote Monitoring Solution for Cabin Owners, No WiFi Needed 11-21-2024 10:28 PM CET | Industry, Real Estate & Construction Press release from: ABNewswire CabinPulse provides robust monitoring capabilities without requiring WiFi connectivity, ensuring that properties remain protected at all times. CabinPulse [ https://cabinpulse.com ], a cutting-edge solution designed to revolutionize home monitoring for cabin and property owners, has officially hit the market. Utilizing cellular technology, CabinPulse provides robust monitoring capabilities without requiring WiFi connectivity, ensuring that properties remain protected at all times. CabinPulse offers comprehensive monitoring features essential for maintaining the health and safety of properties located in remote areas. These features include temperature, humidity, power outages, and air quality monitoring, all seamlessly tracked with precise accuracy. Cabin owners can depend on these capabilities to prevent issues such as frozen pipes and mold, which can lead to significant property damage. The CabinPulse device is incredibly easy to set up [ https://cabinpulse.com/setup.html ], functioning out-of-the-box anywhere with cellular coverage. Property owners simply plug the device into any power outlet in the building they wish to monitor. Data such as temperature and air quality is then updated every 15 minutes and can be accessed through CabinPulse's intuitive online dashboard and app from anywhere in the world. Furthermore, users will receive instant alerts via text and email should any critical issues like temperature drops or power outages occur. "We are thrilled to bring a new solution to market that solves the longstanding problem of cellular remote monitoring to protect the investments of property owners across Canada and the United States," stated a CabinPulse spokesperson. This sentiment reflects CabinPulse's commitment to offering a reliable, location-free monitoring service that meets the demands of both Canadian and American customers who often own properties in multiple climates. Designed and manufactured in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CabinPulse is uniquely equipped to meet the needs of its users without necessitating expensive data plans or WiFi connectivity. The device leverages built-in cellular technology, covering all operational costs within the subscription price, and ensuring that monitoring is available anywhere within cellular coverage areas in Canada and the USA. CabinPulse offers flexible pricing plans to suit various customer needs, which include a one-year plan for $14 a month plus a $99 one-time device fee, and a three-year plan for $10 a month plus the same device fee. This longer-term plan provides a cost-saving of 29% on the subscription. Both plans include 24/7 monitoring capabilities, real-time alerts, and comprehensive support from the CabinPulse team. Several users have already expressed their satisfaction with the CabinPulse device. A cabin owner from Emma Lake, SK, praised the system for its efficiency, especially the air quality monitoring capabilities, which have proven beneficial beyond typical cabin use. Similarly, a cabin owner from Wakaw Lake, SK, shared, "After years of worrying about frozen pipes every winter, CabinPulse has been a game-changer for us. The cellular connection works perfectly where our cabin is, and the alerts are very reliable. It's a no brainer and has already paid for itself in preventing damage. It was very easy to set up - just plug it in!" While promoting peace of mind, CabinPulse ensures a seamless user experience with its secure online dashboard where users can manage all their monitoring data and alerts effectively. The flexibility of being able to manage multiple devices from a single account adds to the convenience for users with multiple properties. With a simple installation process, minimal operational cost, and reliable cellular coverage, CabinPulse stands as an attractive option for property owners in isolated areas who need a hassle-free and effective way to monitor their cabins and remote properties. For those interested in learning more about CabinPulse and their product offerings, visit the CabinPulse website at https://cabinpulse.com [ https://cabinpulse.com/ ]. Media Contact Company Name: CabinPulse Contact Person: Media Contact Email:Send Email [ https://www.abnewswire.com/email_contact_us.php?pr=cabinpulse-launches-remote-monitoring-solution-for-cabin-owners-no-wifi-needed ] Country: Canada Website: https://cabinpulse.com This release was published on openPR.

Bluesky takes bite out of X, as global users flee social media giant: analyst - CTV NewsGRAND FORKS — The latest defense authorization bill expands mental health care access for North Dakota’s military service members and adds new provisions for countering threats posed by unmanned drones. Those are among the provisions touted by North Dakota’s two U.S. senators in the annual National Defense Authorization Act. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law Monday after it passed by divided votes in the House and Senate. ADVERTISEMENT Language in the latest NDAA includes an order to establish a counter-UAS task force combatting drone incursions onto U.S. military bases and several provisions for current service members’ mental health care, including measures singling out pilots of U.S. combat drones. Drone incursions have been reported in recent weeks over U.S. military bases in England and Germany, while residents of several eastern states have reported seeing numerous unidentified lighted drones flying overhead, though U.S. officials say most of the latter incidents have been manned aircraft. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said the NDAA “helps formalize what (the Defense Department) is already doing” to combat unwanted drone use, citing the counter-UAS goals of Project ULTRA and ongoing efforts to integrate drones into U.S. airspace at the Northern Plains UAS Test Site. Project ULTRA — which stands for UAS logistics, traffic, research and autonomy — seeks to boost national security and operational efficiency of unmanned aerial system operations. “The interesting thing about Grand Forks is we’ve built an ecosystem where, I’ve talked about us being the tip of the spear against China; we’re the tip of the spear in developing drone and counter-drone,” Hoeven said. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., has championed a provision that expands the number of mental health providers certified under military health insurance provider TRICARE. Cramer said he pushed for the expanded access in response to a pair of suicides among Grand Forks Air Force Base personnel in the past several years. “The standards to join TRICARE are so stringent now, they don’t take into account that some states like North Dakota only have certain accreditations and certifications that are available to them,” Cramer said. “If you don’t get the right credential — it’s not that it’s a better credential, just the right one — your providers don’t meet the standard for TRICARE.” ADVERTISEMENT He’s also pushed for a provision creating a combat status identifier for pilots of remotely piloted aircraft involved in combat operations. Cramer cited as inspiration the 119th Wing of the North Dakota National Guard, which flies MQ-9 Reaper unmanned planes. “Our remote pilots are treated differently when it comes to things like PTSD potential or depression or mental health challenges as the result of, say, a kill shot,” he said. “I wanted to make sure the remote pilots are given the same type of consideration as somebody that’s in the cockpit of an airplane.” This year’s NDAA also authorizes $1.9 million in planning and design funding for maintenance on Grand Forks Air Force Base’s runway — one of Cramer’s pet projects — and reauthorization for the Space Development Agency’s mission, including its recently-established Operations Center North at Grand Forks Air Force Base. Hoeven said his office is working to appropriate another $450 million toward an advanced fire control system built off the SDA’s network of low-Earth orbit satellites. Other North Dakota-specific provisions in this year’s NDAA include authorization for funding to update the UH-72 Lakota helicopters used by the North Dakota National Guard and funding authorization to modernize Minot Air Force Base’s nuclear capabilities. Policy measures, like more provider options for mental health care or the counter-UAS task force, became law with the passage of the NDAA. ADVERTISEMENT However, NDAA provisions that require funding — like nuclear modernization or the runway study — will need to pass in a separate defense appropriations bill. “An authorization just says that it’s approved,” Hoeven explained. “In defense appropriations, we allocate the dollars to do it, and if we don’t provide those dollars for the NDAA, for those authorizations or programs, then obviously they don’t advance.” The federal government is currently operating at last year’s funding levels via a continuing resolution set to expire in March. Congress will have to attempt to pass a defense appropriations bill before then or pass another continuing resolution. The NDAA usually passes with significant bipartisan support. This year, however, the bill passed with significant dissent from both House and Senate Democrats after a last-minute amendment by House Speaker Mike Johnson added language barring TRICARE from covering some gender-affirming care for transgender children of service members. Both Hoeven and Cramer expressed support for Johnson’s amendment, which blocks gender-affirming care “that could result in sterilization” — though medical professionals say hormone therapy (like puberty blockers) generally does not cause infertility. Cramer said providing gender-affirming care did not support military readiness and dismissed concerns about the mental health impact of denying that care to minors. “(The amendment) has a much lower priority than caring for people who are stressed out by the fact that they’re a warfighter,” he said. “We need them to be healthy, we need them to be ready for war, and puberty blockers, gender-affirming care, just simply don’t do either of those things.” ADVERTISEMENT Hoeven said gender-affirming care was hurting military readiness and recruiting and decried providing gender-affirming care as a “social experiment,” a phrase also used by Cramer. President-elect Donald Trump is widely expected to reinstate a ban on transgender service members in the U.S. Armed Forces, as he did in his first administration. North Dakota’s U.S. senators also dismissed concerns that the Johnson provision could affect bipartisanship or productivity in the next Congress. The Senate ultimately passed the NDAA 85-15, while less than half of the House’s Democrats supported the act. More Democrats attacked Johnson’s last-minute addition while saying they felt compelled to vote for the broader bill. “I’m hopeful Democrats will come around and join us with what we’ve always done with our military, which is support our professional, great men and women in uniform who do such an outstanding job, not a bunch of social policies that shouldn’t be in there,” Hoeven said. He also said he expects the embattled House speaker, who holds one of the smallest House majorities in history, to be reelected next year. ADVERTISEMENT Cramer called this year’s NDAA a loss for the political left but said he “wouldn’t read a whole lot” into the dissent, pointing out the bill had continued its decades-long streak of passing into law despite partisan gridlock. The 118th Congress, which ends Jan. 3, has been called one of the least productive Congresses in decades, and is by some counts the least productive in U.S. history.

Nationwide bags £2bn on Virgin Money deal By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 21:51 GMT, 23 November 2024 e-mail View comments Boost: Nationwide boss Debbie Crosbie Nationwide will this week bank a gain of around £2 billion on its bargain £2.9 billion takeover of Virgin Money – in a boost that is likely to trigger a windfall for customers. Britain's biggest building society, run by chief executive Debbie Crosbie, is expected to disclose the figure in its half-year results on Wednesday. The extra financial firepower will also result in turbo-charged investment in the combined business. The mutual has begun a hiring spree, taking on around 500 new staff in customer service and tech operations, as well as investing in IT, The Mail on Sunday understands. Millions of members are also in line for more 'fairer share' perks. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Nationwide completes takeover of Virgin Money - here's what... Nationwide to plough cash in to Virgin Money to bring its... Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP How to choose the best (and cheapest) stocks and shares Isa and the right DIY investing account The building society has previously given £100 to eligible members as a way of sharing its profits with customers since it doesn't pay dividends to shareholders. Last year it paid out £385 million to 3.85 million members, up from £344 million the year before. Next year's payment is now expected to be the largest ever. DIY INVESTING PLATFORMS AJ Bell AJ Bell Easy investing and ready-made portfolios Learn More Learn More Hargreaves Lansdown Hargreaves Lansdown Free fund dealing and investment ideas Learn More Learn More interactive investor interactive investor Flat-fee investing from £4.99 per month Learn More Learn More Saxo Saxo Get £200 back in trading fees Learn More Learn More Trading 212 Trading 212 Free dealing and no account fee Learn More Learn More Affiliate links: If you take out a product This is Money may earn a commission. These deals are chosen by our editorial team, as we think they are worth highlighting. This does not affect our editorial independence. Compare the best investing account for you Share or comment on this article: Nationwide bags £2bn on Virgin Money deal e-mail Add comment Some links in this article may be affiliate links. If you click on them we may earn a small commission. That helps us fund This Is Money, and keep it free to use. We do not write articles to promote products. We do not allow any commercial relationship to affect our editorial independence. More top stories

Pfizer Inc. ( NYSE:PFE – Get Free Report )’s stock price was up 0.2% on Thursday . The company traded as high as $25.95 and last traded at $25.83. Approximately 28,242,085 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 27% from the average daily volume of 38,504,215 shares. The stock had previously closed at $25.77. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of brokerages have issued reports on PFE. Daiwa America raised Pfizer from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 7th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Pfizer from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Wolfe Research started coverage on shares of Pfizer in a research note on Friday, November 15th. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $25.00 target price for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on Pfizer in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. They set a “market perform” rating and a $32.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $45.00 price objective on shares of Pfizer in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $32.92. Read Our Latest Research Report on Pfizer Pfizer Stock Performance Pfizer ( NYSE:PFE – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.06 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.42. Pfizer had a net margin of 7.07% and a return on equity of 16.28%. The company had revenue of $17.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.92 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.17) EPS. Pfizer’s revenue was up 31.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect that Pfizer Inc. will post 2.95 EPS for the current year. Pfizer Announces Dividend The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.41%. Pfizer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 227.03%. Insider Activity at Pfizer In related news, Director Scott Gottlieb bought 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 30th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $28.24 per share, for a total transaction of $28,240.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 10,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $282,400. This represents a 11.11 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink . 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders. Institutional Inflows and Outflows Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Pfizer by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 26,306 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $736,000 after buying an additional 342 shares during the period. Sachetta LLC grew its stake in Pfizer by 7.3% in the second quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 5,010 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $140,000 after acquiring an additional 342 shares during the period. Wells Trecaso Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pfizer by 2.5% in the third quarter. Wells Trecaso Financial Group LLC now owns 14,361 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock worth $416,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Pfizer by 0.6% during the second quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC now owns 58,328 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock worth $1,632,000 after purchasing an additional 353 shares during the period. Finally, Patrick M Sweeney & Associates Inc. grew its position in shares of Pfizer by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Patrick M Sweeney & Associates Inc. now owns 42,162 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $1,180,000 after purchasing an additional 355 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 68.36% of the company’s stock. About Pfizer ( Get Free Report ) Pfizer Inc discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic, migraine, and women's health under the Eliquis, Nurtec ODT/Vydura, Zavzpret, and the Premarin family brands; infectious diseases with unmet medical needs under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and Trumenba brands; and COVID-19 prevention and treatment, and potential future mRNA and antiviral products under the Comirnaty and Paxlovid brands. Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for Pfizer Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Pfizer and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Jalandhar: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) clinched a decisive victory in the Chabbewal assembly byelection with a record margin of 28,690 votes — largest of all the four contests in Punjab — which not only consolidates AAP’s dominance in the state but also makes Dr Ishank Kumar his party’s first MLA who is also son of its sitting MP. AAP’s winning formula Chabbewal was as a relatively low-stakes contest delegated largely to Hoshiarpur MP Dr Raj Kumar, who spearheaded his son’s campaign. Despite accusations of nepotism, which contrasted with AAP’s ethos of promoting fresh candidates, the party managed to secure a commanding 60% vote share. This result also improves AAP’s vote share from the Lok Sabha elections. In stark contrast, the Congress suffered a significant defeat, compounded by its controversial decision to nominate a "turncoat" candidate, Ranjit Kumare, who was a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate in the parliamentary polls. Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 Results Majority: 145 BJP+ 229 MVA 47 OTH 12 Results : 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 Many Congress insiders were reportedly unaware of Kumare’s induction until after the ticket announcement, which aggravated internal dissent. Kumare managed a meagre 3% vote share, highlighting voter discontent with the Congress’ strategy. Shifting loyalties The BJP performed poorly, with its candidate, former Akali minister Sohan Singh Thandal, securing only 8,692 votes (10.17%). Thandal, a four-time Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA, failed to retain his security deposit and saw his vote count fall below that of the SAD candidate in the parliamentary elections. Analysis suggests that a significant portion of the Shiromani Akali Dal vote bank shifted to the Aam Aadmi Party, underscoring the party’s growing appeal. Cong faces rebellion Congress’ troubles in Chabbewal were exacerbated by internal dissatisfaction. Kulwinder Singh Rasulpuri, a former constituency in-charge of the party, accused its senior members of reneging on a promise to grant him the ticket. Rasulpuri, along with Gurpreet Singh of the Youth Congress, joined AAP subsequently and played a pivotal role in mobilising local support against the Congress. Mandate’s meaning The bypoll, necessitated after Congress MLA Dr Raj Kumar switched to AAP and became an MP, serves as a microcosm of Punjab’s shifting political landscape. AAP’s ability to consolidate its vote base and attract disillusioned supporters from rival parties reinforces its growing influence in the state. This outcome not only underscores voter frustration with traditional party dynamics but also solidifies AAP’s narrative of offering an alternative. We also published the following articles recently Former Delhi Congress MLA Sumesh Shokeen joins AAP Sumesh Shokeen, a former Congress MLA, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal. Shokeen expressed his commitment to serving the people of Delhi Dehat and working alongside Kejriwal to further integrate the region with the rest of Delhi. Delhi assembly elections: AAP releases first list of candidates The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its first list of 11 candidates for the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. The list includes several former BJP and Congress leaders who recently joined the AAP. Punjab bypolls: Clash breaks out between Congress, AAP in Dera Pathana village A clash erupted between Congress and AAP workers at a polling booth in Punjab's Dera Pathana village during the Dera Baba Nanak by-elections. Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa urged voters to maintain peace, alleging an attempted booth capture by individuals he described as "goons.

Wellkins Medical Centre wins best digital transformation award from MCITAlgert Global LLC reduced its stake in shares of Assured Guaranty Ltd. ( NYSE:AGO – Free Report ) by 50.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 10,943 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 10,970 shares during the quarter. Algert Global LLC’s holdings in Assured Guaranty were worth $870,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. River Road Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Assured Guaranty in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $53,026,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Assured Guaranty by 82.6% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 662,354 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $51,101,000 after purchasing an additional 299,658 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its position in shares of Assured Guaranty by 37.4% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 678,182 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $52,322,000 after purchasing an additional 184,621 shares during the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP increased its position in shares of Assured Guaranty by 13.2% in the 3rd quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 981,131 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $78,020,000 after purchasing an additional 114,308 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Millennium Management LLC increased its position in shares of Assured Guaranty by 293.6% in the 2nd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 126,673 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $9,773,000 after purchasing an additional 94,486 shares during the last quarter. 92.22% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Analyst Ratings Changes Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on shares of Assured Guaranty from $92.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Assured Guaranty from $87.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Assured Guaranty from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Insider Buying and Selling at Assured Guaranty In other news, Director Yukiko Omura sold 3,599 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.73, for a total value of $286,948.27. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 19,285 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,537,593.05. This represents a 15.73 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link . Also, CEO Dominic Frederico sold 31,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.01, for a total transaction of $2,480,310.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,380,119 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $110,423,321.19. This represents a 2.20 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . 5.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders. Assured Guaranty Trading Down 0.1 % NYSE AGO opened at $93.28 on Friday. Assured Guaranty Ltd. has a one year low of $67.25 and a one year high of $96.60. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $85.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $80.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.75 billion, a PE ratio of 7.25 and a beta of 1.10. Assured Guaranty ( NYSE:AGO – Get Free Report ) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 11th. The financial services provider reported $2.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.42 by $1.00. The firm had revenue of $269.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $202.57 million. Assured Guaranty had a net margin of 70.37% and a return on equity of 11.58%. Assured Guaranty’s revenue was down 33.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.42 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Assured Guaranty Ltd. will post 7.3 earnings per share for the current year. Assured Guaranty Dividend Announcement The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 22nd. Assured Guaranty’s payout ratio is 9.63%. About Assured Guaranty ( Free Report ) Assured Guaranty Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides credit protection products to public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Insurance and Asset Management. The company offers financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for Assured Guaranty Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Assured Guaranty and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng Criticizes Ghana’s Leadership and the Fight Against CorruptionBlake's career receiving day helps Charlotte beat FAU 39-27Iceland votes for a new parliament amid disagreements on immigration, energy policy and the economy

85 super game Trump says venture capitalist David Sacks will be AI and crypto ‘czar'

Global Times: People's Daily article says favorable conditions for China's economic development remain unchangedReports: Saints concerned over QB Derek Carr's hand injury

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Londynn Jones scored 15 points, making all five of her 3-pointers, and fifth-ranked UCLA stunned No. 1 South Carolina 77-62 on Sunday, ending the Gamecocks’ overall 43-game winning streak and their run of 33 consecutive road victories. The Gamecocks (5-1) lost for the first time since April 2023, when Caitlin Clark and Iowa beat them in the NCAA Tournament national semifinals. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

Oncology Advancements Accelerate Amid Rising Early-Onset Cancer Diagnoses

Wall Street week ahead: Investors’ focus on consumer price inflationNone

How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult. The government's plan to ban children under 16 from social media platforms - including X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram - is politically popular. The opposition party says it would have done the same after winning elections if the government had not moved first. The leaders of all eight Australian states and mainland territories have unanimously backed the plan, although Tasmania would have preferred the threshold set at 14. But a vocal assortment of experts in the fields of technology and child welfare have responded with alarm. More than 140 experts signed an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemning the 16-year age limit as "too blunt an instrument to address risks effectively." Leo Puglisi, a 17-year-old Melbourne student who founded online streaming service 6 News Australia at the age of 11, laments that lawmakers lack the perspective young people have gained by growing up in the digital age. "With respect to the government and prime minister, they didn't grow up in the social media age. What a lot of people fail to understand here is that, like it or not, social media is a part of people's daily lives," Puglisi said. "It's part of their communities, work, entertainment. It's where they watch content - young people aren't listening to the radio, reading newspapers or watching free-to-air TV - and so it can't be ignored. This ban is just kicking the can down the road." Puglisi has been applauded for his work online. He was a finalist in his home state Victoria's nomination for the Young Australian of the Year award. His nomination bid credits his platform with "fostering a new generation of informed, critical thinkers." Cyber safety campaigner Sonya Ryan, however, knows from personal tragedy just how dangerous social media can be for children. Her 15-year-old daughter Carly Ryan was murdered in 2007 in South Australia state by a 50-year-old pedophile who pretended to be a teenager online. She was the first person in Australia to be killed by an online predator. "Kids are being exposed to harmful pornography, misinformation, body image issues, sextortion, online predators, bullying. There are so many different dangers and kids just don't have the skills or life experience to manage those well," Ryan said. "The result is we're losing our kids. Not only what happened to Carly but also an alarming rise in young suicides." Ryan is part of a group advising the government on a national strategy to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse in Australia. She wholeheartedly supports setting the social media age limit at 16. "We're not going to get this perfect," she said. "We have to make sure there are mechanisms in place to deal with an anxious generation of children addicted to social media." A major concern for social media users of all ages is the legislation's potential privacy implications. Age estimation technology has proved ineffective, so digital identification appears to be the most likely option for assuring a user is at least 16. Tama Leaver, professor of internet studies at Curtin University, fears the government will make platforms hold users' identification data. The government has already said the onus will be on platforms to ensure everyone meets the age limit. "The worst possible outcome would be social media platforms being the identity arbiter," Leaver said. "They would hold identity documents, which would be absolutely terrible because they have a fairly poor track record on personal data." Platforms will have a year once the legislation has become law to work out how the ban can be implemented. Ryan said privacy concerns should not stand in the way of removing children from social media. "What is the cost if we don't? If we don't put the safety of our children ahead of profit and privacy?" she asked. ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASML LAWSUIT NOTICE: ASML Holding N.V. Investors are Notified of the Upcoming January 13 Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit – Contact BFA Law (NASDAQ:ASML)Tom Brady Is Predicting A Big Rematch In The NFL Playoffs This YearSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hubbard scored 14 of his team-high 25 points in the final 10 minutes and Mississippi State pulled away late to post a 91-84 win over a road-weary Prairie View A&M on Sunday afternoon. Prairie View A&M, playing its eighth straight road game after a season-opening win over a non-NCAA opponent, will not play its second home game until it hosts Grambling in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener January 4. The Panthers have surrendered 100 points or more in three games and opponents have topped 90 points in seven of their eight road losses. Mississippi State (8-1), fresh off a dominating performance in a 90-57 win over No. 18 Pitt in the SEC/ACC Men's Challenge, got all it could handle from the Panthers. The teams were tied at the break at 44-44 and Tanahj Pettway hit from deep to give Prairie View the lead, 65-64 midway through the second half. The Bulldogs responded with a 16-2 run kick-started by a pair of Josh Hubbard layups and a Claudell Harris Jr., 3 and capped by a Hubbard 3 and a Jordan Tillmon layup to take an 80-68 lead with under five minutes to play. Hubbard hit 4 of 10 from beyond the arc and had three assists and a pair of steals. Harris came off the bench to hit 3 of 6 from deep to add 21 points. Shawn Jones Jr. scored 11 points, Michael Nwoko scored 10 points and grabbed 10 boards and RJ Melendez had 10 points. Nick Anderson led the Panthers with 21 points and four assists. Pettway hit 4 of 5 from deep and finished with 20 points while Marcel Bryant added 19 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballUnrest Erupts in Techiman South as NDC Supporters Protest Parliamentary Election Results

S. Korean President gets a reprieve for now as ruling party seeks to block impeachment

How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 11/25/2024

M3 Advisory Group LLC Sells 383 Shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Protesters at a candlelight vigil to condemn President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of the failed martial law and to call for his resignation in Seoul, on Dec 5. Members of Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and civic groups during a demonstration in Seoul on Dec 4. A South Korea flag flies above a sign that reads "The prosecution's dictatorship" as protesters take part in a rally at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec 5. Republic of Korea Marine Corps veterans shave their heads during a demonstration calling for the dismissal and impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, in Seoul on Dec 5. SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol looks set to hang on to office – at least for now – despite a disastrous stab at establishing martial law in the country, with his ruling People Power Party (PPP) rallying around him against the opposition’s efforts to impeach him. That means that the motion to charge him with “violating the Constitution and the law”, to be held on Dec 7, may not get its required majority in the legislature to be passed. Still, a legal guillotine – albeit politically motivated – continues to loom over Mr Yoon’s head, with the police now investigating him for treason over his botched attempt that plunged the nation into chaos for six hours on the night of Dec 3. Mr Yoon has not been seen in public since the early hours of Dec 4, when he repealed the martial law decree, although he had been expected to make a national address on Dec 5 to apologise for the debacle. A presidential official said that Mr Yoon would not be making any public statements for that day, without offering reasons. At any rate, the anticipated apology – while it would have mollified some – was not expected to significantly change the trajectory of his destiny. The police complaints were filed by an opposition party and a group of activists on Dec 5 against Mr Yoon, former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is said to have masterminded the martial law move, and the Army Chief of Staff, General Park An-su, who was briefly military commander during the ill-fated self-coup. The trio are being accused of treason and other related charges for their roles in the short-lived martial rule on Dec 3. If found guilty, Mr Yoon and the others accused of treason may be sentenced to life in prison, or even death, reported local media. Mr Kim had resigned earlier on Dec 5 over his role in the midnight bungle, and has been slapped with a travel ban while investigations are ongoing. It is not clear how long the investigations will take. In the political arena, Mr Yoon’s fate is similarly unclear, though analysts say they believe he could well survive. South Korea’s main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said it might be difficult to garner enough support from the ruling party to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol this week over his declaration of martial law. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG While the opposition has made it clear that it is out for Mr Yoon’s blood, his ruling PPP – despite being blindsided by Mr Yoon’s martial law move – is now rallying around the beleaguered President. PPP chief Han Dong-hoon, who was among the 18 ruling party lawmakers who had rushed to Parliament on Dec 3 to vote for the repeal of martial law, had been quick to denounce Mr Yoon’s action as “unconstitutional”, while calling for those responsible to be held accountable. But a day later, as he chaired his party’s meeting, Mr Han softened his stance, vowing to unite his party in blocking the impeachment motion, to “prevent harm from unprepared chaos to the public and PPP supporters”. Head of the ruling People Power Party Han Dong-hoon (centre) vowed to unite his party in blocking the impeachment motion. PHOTO: EPA-EFE The impeachment motion requires a two-thirds majority to pass the 300-member Parliament. This means that the opposition bloc, with 192 seats, will need at least eight PPP lawmakers to defect and back their Bill for Mr Yoon to be impeached. Adamant about pushing the motion through, the dominant opposition Democratic Party (DP) has urged ruling party lawmakers to “act according to one’s conscience, not political interests”. The six-party opposition coalition is also rallying citizens to join it for a massive protest in central Seoul on Dec 7, before the lawmakers proceed to the National Assembly to vote on the motion that evening at 7pm. The chances of the ruling party lawmakers defecting to the opposition are quite slim, even though they might have been bitterly disappointed with Mr Yoon’s actions, said Kyonggi University’s professor of political science and law Hahm Sung-deuk. “The conservatives are really afraid of losing power, in particular to opposition leader Lee Jae-myung. So, for now, they will still back Mr Yoon,” he told The Straits Times. The conservatives can ill afford to have two presidents from their parties impeached in a row. Conservative President Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri Party, who was elected in February 2013, was impeached and ousted in March 2017 on charges related to influence-peddling by her top aide Choi Soon-sil. More than half of the lawmakers from her party had voted in favour of the impeachment then. The liberal DP’s Moon Jae-in won the 2017 presidential election, and the conservatives barely managed to wrestle back power in 2022 when Mr Yoon won the presidential race with a very slim margin against the DP’s Mr Lee. Describing the impeachment of Ms Park as a “tragic memory” for the conservatives, Prof Hahm believed they would do all they could to block Mr Yoon’s impeachment this time round, in order to buy time to plan their next moves. If Mr Yoon resigns or is impeached and ousted, a snap presidential election that must take place within 60 days will likely see Mr Lee victorious. PPP chief Han, who is himself eyeing the next presidential race due in 2027, will not want to bear the cross of being a traitor by agreeing to the impeachment, said Prof Hahm. Mr Han, who was Mr Yoon’s colleague when they were both prosecutors, was briefly appointed as justice minister in 2022 by Mr Yoon before stepping down in December 2023 to lead the PPP in the April 2024 general election. The pair fell out in early 2024 over First Lady Kim Keon Hee’s luxury bag scandal. Mr Han, who met Mr Yoon with other party members on the evening of Dec 4 to discuss the next steps, told reporters after the meeting that he had asked Mr Yoon to leave the party. While leaving the party technically does not affect Mr Yoon’s presidency, it will mean his losing the party’s protection for a second round of impeachment, which the opposition will likely gun for if this one fails. With PPP’s protection not likely lasting beyond the first round of impeachment, the best exit option for Mr Yoon is to resign, said Prof Hahm. But as demonstrated by his drastic move to enforce martial rule in a misguided bid to consolidate power after months of hobbling along in a lame duck presidency, Mr Yoon is unlikely to give up easily. Kyung Hee University’s political science professor Ahn Byong-jin suggested that there could still be a chance for Mr Yoon to change his political fate. If the first impeachment is successful, it needs to be approved by the nine-member council of the Korean Constitutional Court. Pointing out that the council is made up of judges appointed by President Yoon, Prof Ahn thought that the possibility of the court rejecting the impeachment could not be ruled out. Mr Yoon could also possibly play the “fatigue” game, banking on a prolonged deadlocked situation for public anger to subside, before leaving on his own terms. “These ideas may sound unthinkable, but whatever happened that night was already unthinkable, so you have to consider the unthinkable!” Prof Ahn told ST. Other analysts were less optimistic. Dr Bong Young-shik of Yonsei University in Seoul thought that Mr Yoon could not avoid stepping down from power, as the opposition would likely ramp up more pressure by going after his wife. He believed Mr Yoon made the call to declare martial rule in an attempt to block the opposition’s impeachment of the state auditor and three top prosecutors over scandals surrounding the First Lady. “The impeachment process will likely unearth dirty, ugly stories that Mr Yoon is trying to block,” said Dr Bong. The motion to impeach the officials was passed by the opposition-led National Assembly on Dec 5. To Dr Lee Seong-Hyon, senior fellow at the US-based George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, the game is likely over for Mr Yoon. He said: “Mr Yoon’s approval ratings were already languishing at around 20 per cent before the martial law debacle, and they are bound to sink further. “Governing effectively will be impossible, given his shattered credibility at home and abroad.” Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel nowLocal Christmas trees spread joy, pride at Central malls

Steelers QB Russell Wilson is spreading the wealth on offenseOAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hub Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUBG) today announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share on the Company's Class A and Class B Common Stock. The dividend is scheduled to be paid on December 20, 2024, to stockholders of record as of December 6, 2024. Hub Group's quarterly cash dividend program, initially set at $0.50 per share per year, is part of its previously announced growth-focused capital allocation plan. CERTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, provided pursuant to the safe harbor established under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward- looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause the actual performance of Hub Group to differ materially from those expressed or implied by this discussion and, therefore, should be viewed with caution. Further information on the risks that may affect Hub Group's business is included in filings it makes with the SEC from time to time, including those discussed under the "Risk Factors” section in Hub Group's most recently filed periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent filings. Hub Group assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. ABOUT HUB GROUP: Hub Group offers comprehensive transportation and logistics management solutions. Keeping our customers' needs in focus, Hub Group designs, continually optimizes, and applies industry-leading technology to our customers' supply chains for better service, greater efficiency, and total visibility. As an award-winning, publicly traded company (Nasdaq: HUBG) with over $4 billion in revenue, our nearly 6,000 employees and drivers across the globe are always in pursuit of "The Way Ahead” - a commitment to service, integrity and innovation. For more information, visit hubgroup.com. SOURCE: Hub Group, Inc. CONTACT: Lorna Williams, Investor Relations, [email protected]

No. 1 South Carolina women stunned by fifth-ranked UCLA 77-62, ending Gamecocks' 43-game win streakPatrick Brown set to make committee appearance on foreign interference

Talks unlikely to bear fruit amid instability: RashidMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. , Dec. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --WuKong Education, a leading online K-12 education provider, has been named to the highly-anticipated 2025 edition of the GSV 150 : GSV's annual list of the top 150 private companies transforming digital learning and workforce skills. This recognition underscores WuKong Education's transformative role in the EdTech industry and its commitment to empowering students worldwide through AI-powered personalized learning. Out of more than 2,500 global VC- and PE-backed companies, WuKong Education was selected for the 2025 GSV 150 based on a proprietary evaluation framework, including revenue scale, growth, user reach, geographic diversification, and margin profile. The 2025 cohort of the GSV 150 collectively reaches 3B learners and generates over $25B in annual revenue. "The rapid rise of generative AI is fueling knowledge and creating opportunities we had not imagined before," says Luben Pampoulov, Partner at GSV Ventures. "Multi-modality is making education more engaging, AI tools are driving personalization and productivity, and learning is happening at the speed of light. Effectively everyone across the 2025 GSV 150 has generative AI deeply embedded in their offering." WuKong Education is revolutionizing online education for students aged 3-18 worldwide, offering courses in Chinese, Mathematics, and English Language Arts. By leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, WuKong Education empowers students from 118 countries with a unique learning journey that ignites curiosity, nurtures creativity, and sharpens critical thinking skills. Powered by AI, WuKong Education adapts to each student's unique needs, ensuring that every learner receives a personalized educational journey: This AI-driven teaching model has not only significantly improved student academic performance but also fostered the holistic development of students, earning widespread praise from students and parents around the world. "We are honored to be named to the 2025 GSV 150," said Vicky Wang , founder and CEO of WuKong Education. "This recognition affirms our ongoing commitment to revolutionizing education. By combining the expertise of our teaching and research teams with the possibilities of AI, we are setting a new benchmark for digital education to empower students globally." Earlier this year, WuKong Education was named a 2024 Cognia® School of Distinction for excellence in education by Cognia®, a globally recognized education quality certification organization, and was also listed in the AU&NZ EdTech Top 50 by HolonIQ, a global leader in impact intelligence, for the third consecutive year. These recognitions underscore WuKong Education's continued leadership in the global EdTech industry and its ongoing dedication to delivering exceptional education to learners around the world. About WuKong Education Based in Silicon Valley, WuKong Education is shaping the future of online learning for students aged 3 to 18. WuKong Education's three core programs—WuKong Chinese, WuKong Math, and WuKong English (ELA)—combine AI-driven technology, expert educators, and personalized services to deliver engaging, dynamic learning experiences. With over 400,000 families served globally, WuKong Education is empowering students to succeed and become lifelong learners in an ever-changing world. Learn more at: wukongsch.com . About GSV Founded in 2011, GSV is a global platform that drives education and workforce skills innovation. We believe that ALL people have equal access to the future, and that scaled innovations in "PreK to Gray" learning and skills are crucial to achieving this goal. The GSV platform includes the ASU+GSV Summit , hosted annually in San Diego with 7,000+ attendees; the India -based ASU+GSV & Emeritus Summit , now entering its third year; and The AI Show @ ASU+GSV , an immersive exploration of the AI Revolution in education, which welcomed 10,000+ attendees this year. GSV Ventures , GSV's investment arm founded in 2015, is a multi-stage venture fund investing in the most transformational companies across the global "PreK to Gray" landscape. View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wukong-education-named-to-the-2025-gsv-150-for-leading-the-way-in-education-technology-302338883.html SOURCE WuKong Education Best trending stories from the week. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. You may occasionally receive promotions exclusive discounted subscription offers from the Roswell Daily Record. Feel free to cancel any time via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter you received. You can also control your newsletter options via your user dashboard by signing in.bbb super game 。

PARIS (AP) — France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part. Crushing debt , intensifying pressure from the nationalist far right, wars in Europe and the Mideast: Challenges abound for President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after an already tumultuous 2024. The most urgent order of business is passing a 2025 budget. Financial markets, ratings agencies and the European Commission are pushing France to bring down its deficit, to comply with EU rules limiting debt and keep France’s borrowing costs from spiraling. That would threaten the stability and prosperity of all countries that share the euro currency. France’s debt is currently estimated at a staggering 112% of gross domestic product. It grew further after the government gave aid payments to businesses and workers during COVID-19 lockdowns even as the pandemic depressed growth, and capped household energy prices after Russia invaded Ukraine. The bill is now coming due. But France’s previous government collapsed this month because Marine Le Pen’s far-right party and left-wing lawmakers opposed 60 billion euros in spending cuts and tax hikes in the original 2025 budget plan. Bayrou and new Finance Minister Eric Lombard are expected to scale back some of those promises, but the calculations are tough. “The political situation is difficult. The international situation is dangerous, and the economic context is fragile,” Lombard, a low-profile banker who advised a Socialist government in the 1990s, said upon taking office. “The environmental emergency, the social emergency, developing our businesses — these innumerable challenges require us to treat our endemic illness: the deficit,” he said. “The more we are indebted, the more the debt costs, and the more it suffocates the country.” This is France’s fourth government in the past year. No party has a parliamentary majority and the new Cabinet can only survive with the support of lawmakers on the center-right and center-left. Le Pen — Macron’s fiercest rival — was instrumental in ousting the previous government by joining left-wing forces in a no-confidence vote. Bayrou consulted her when forming the new government and Le Pen remains a powerful force. That angers left-wing groups, who had expected more influence in the new Cabinet, and who say promised spending cuts will hurt working-class families and small businesses hardest. Left-wing voters, meanwhile, feel betrayed ever since a coalition from the left won the most seats in the summer's snap legislative elections but failed to secure a government. The possibility of a new no-confidence vote looms, though it's not clear how many parties would support it. Macron has repeatedly said he will remain president until his term expires in 2027. But France's constitution and current structure, dating from 1958 and called the Fifth Republic, were designed to ensure stability after a period of turmoil. If this new government collapses within months and the country remains in political paralysis, pressure will mount for Macron to step down and call early elections. Le Pen's ascendant National Rally is intent on bringing Macron down. But Le Pen faces her own headaches: A March court ruling over alleged illegal party financing could see her barred from running for office. The National Rally and hard-right Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau want tougher immigration rules. But Bayrou wants to focus on making existing rules work. “There are plenty of (immigration) laws that exist. None is being applied," he said Monday on broadcaster BFM-TV, to criticism from conservatives. Military spending is a key issue amid fears about European security and pressure from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for Europe to spend more on its own defense. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who champions military aid for Ukraine and ramping up weapons production, kept his job and stressed in a statement Tuesday the need to face down ‘’accumulating threats'' against France. More immediately, Macron wants an emergency law in early January to allow sped-up reconstruction of the cyclone-ravaged French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean off Africa. Thousands of people are in emergency shelters and authorities are still counting the dead more than a week after the devastation. Meanwhile the government in the restive French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia collapsed Tuesday in a wave of resignations by pro-independence figures — another challenge for the new overseas affairs minister, Manuel Valls, and the incoming Cabinet. Associated Press writer David McHugh in Frankfurt contributed.COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — For a pair of lower-level downhill events, this sure had plenty of Olympic medal-capturing and World Cup-winning ski racers. The stage belonged to Lindsey Vonn, the 40-year-old who took another step on her comeback trail Saturday with her first races in nearly six years. Vonn wasn't particularly speedy and finished in the middle of the pack on a cold but sunny day at Copper Mountain. Times and places weren't the mission, though, as much as getting used to the speed again and gaining the necessary points to compete on the World Cup circuit this season. Vonn accomplished both, finishing 24th in the first downhill race of the day and 27th in the second. She posted on social media after the FIS races that she had enough points to enter World Cup events. The timing couldn't be more perfect — the next stop on the women's circuit is Beaver Creek, Colorado, in a week. Vonn, who used to own a home in nearby Vail, hasn't committed to any sort of timetable for a World Cup return. “Today was a solid start and I had a blast being in start with my teammates again!” Vonn wrote on X. “While I’m sure people will speculate and say I’m not in top form because of the results, I disagree. This was training for me. I’m still testing equipment and getting back in the groove.” Lindsey Vonn reacts after her run at a downhill skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort on Saturday in Copper Mountain, Colo. Her competition — a veritable who's who of high-profile ski racers — applauded her efforts. “I don't expect her to come back and win — just that she comes back and she has fun,” said Federica Brignone of Italy, a former overall World Cup champion and three-time Olympic medalist. “She's having fun, and she’s doing what she loves. That’s the best thing that she could do.” In the first race on a frigid morning, Vonn wound up 1.44 seconds behind the winning time of 1 minute, 5.79 seconds posted by Mirjam Puchner of Austria. In her second race through the course later in the morning, Vonn was 1.53 seconds behind Cornelia Huetter of Austria, who finished in 1:05.99. Huetter is the reigning season-long World Cup downhill champion. “It’s really nice to compare with her again, and nice to have her (racing) again,” Huetter said. “For sure, for the skiing World Cup, we have a lot of more attention. It's generally good for all racers because everyone is looking.” Also in the field were Nadia Delago of Italy, who won a bronze medal in downhill at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and Puchner, the Olympic silver winner in super-G in Beijing. In addition, there was Marta Bassino of Italy, a winner of the super-G at the 2023 world championships, and two-time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin of Switzerland. “For me, it was really a training, but it was fun to have a World Cup race level right here,” Gisin said. “It was a crazy race.” Vonn remains a popular figure and took the time after each run to sign autographs for young fans along with posing for photos. Lindsey Vonn competes in a downhill skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort on Saturday in Copper Mountain, Colo. When she left the sport, Vonn had 82 World Cup race victories, which stood as the record for a woman and within reach of the all-time Alpine record of 86 held by Swedish standout Ingemar Stenmark. The women’s mark held by Vonn was surpassed in January 2023 by Mikaela Shiffrin, who now has 99 wins — more than any Alpine ski racer in the history of the sport. Shiffrin is currently sidelined after a crash in a giant slalom event in Killington, Vermont, last weekend. Vonn’s last major race was in February 2019, when she finished third in a downhill during the world championships in Sweden. The three-time Olympic medalist left the circuit still near the top of her game. But all the broken arms and legs, concussions and torn knee ligaments took too big a toll and sent her into retirement. She had a partial knee replacement last April and felt good enough to give racing another shot. “It's very impressive to see all the passion that Lindsey still has,” Gisin said. Also racing Saturday was 45-year-old Sarah Schleper, who once competed for the United States but now represents Mexico. Schleper was the next racer behind Vonn and they got a chance to share a moment between a pair of 40-somethings still racing. “I was like, ‘Give me some tips, Lindsey,’” Schleper said. “She’s like, ‘Oh, it’s a highway tuck, the whole thing.’ Then she’s like, ‘It’s just like the good old days.’" Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, foreground right, dives toward the end zone to score past San Francisco 49ers defensive end Robert Beal Jr. (51) and linebacker Dee Winters during the second half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green goes up for a dunk during the second half of an Emirates NBA cup basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) South Carolina guard Maddy McDaniel (1) drives to the basket against UCLA forward Janiah Barker (0) and center Lauren Betts (51) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma misses a catch during the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka, at Kingsmead stadium in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, left, is hit by Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey, center, as Eagles wide receiver Parris Campbell (80) looks on during a touchdown run by Barkley in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Brazil's Botafogo soccer fans react during the Copa Libertadores title match against Atletico Mineiro in Argentina, during a watch party at Nilton Santos Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Seattle Kraken fans react after a goal by center Matty Beniers against the San Jose Sharks was disallowed due to goaltender interference during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Seattle. The Sharks won 4-2. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee (27), center, fight for the puck with Boston Bruins defensemen Parker Wotherspoon (29), left, and Brandon Carlo (25), right during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Jiyai Shin of Korea watches her shot on the 10th hole during the final round of the Australian Open golf championship at the Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake) New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin cools off during first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Brazil's Amanda Gutierres, second right, is congratulated by teammate Yasmin, right, after scoring her team's first goal during a soccer international between Brazil and Australia in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Pat Hoelscher) Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers (89) tries to leap over Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams (2) during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) Luiz Henrique of Brazil's Botafogo, right. is fouled by goalkeeper Everson of Brazil's Atletico Mineiro inside the penalty area during a Copa Libertadores final soccer match at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) England's Alessia Russo, left, and United States' Naomi Girma challenge for the ball during the International friendly women soccer match between England and United States at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Gold medalists Team Netherlands competes in the Team Sprint Women race of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Beijing 2024 held at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Melanie Meillard, center, of Switzerland, competes during the second run in a women's World Cup slalom skiing race, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Mari Fukada of Japan falls as she competes in the women's Snowboard Big Air qualifying round during the FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Cup 2024 at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) LSU punter Peyton Todd (38) kneels in prayer before an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. LSU won 37-17. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, left, trips San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Olympiacos' Francisco Ortega, right, challenges for the ball with FCSB's David Miculescu during the Europa League league phase soccer match between FCSB and Olympiacos at the National Arena stadium, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland competes in the women's Freeski Big Air qualifying round during the FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Cup 2024 at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Lara Gut-Behrami, of Switzerland, competes during a women's World Cup giant slalom skiing race, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Killington, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones (33) reaches for an incomplete pass ahead of Arizona Cardinals linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. (2) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!

Digital marketing in high gear to increase tourist arrivals to Sri LankaBryce Lindsay scores 18 to lead James Madison over Utah Valley 78-61

Paparazzi Caught Liu Yuning Rushing to Hospital Late at Night

Investors are closely monitoring the market dynamics and are assessing the impact of the regulatory changes on various industries. The Chinese government's efforts to reform and regulate sectors such as education, technology, and real estate have raised concerns about the profitability and growth prospects of companies operating in these areas.

Incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan said on Tuesday that for the talk between his party and the government to reap meaningful results, he needs to meet his negotiation team to understand the issues properly. Since Imran’s incarceration last year based on several cases, his party’s relationship with the government, as well as the establishment, has turned exceedingly sour. The PTI has held several protests over the last year, most of which escalated into violence after facing state repression . Following the PTI’s ‘Final Call’ power show last month, tensions escalated as there were renewed calls to ban the party and task forces formed against an alleged “malicious campaign” as the PTI claimed a dozen deaths of its supporters, which the government officially denies. However, after Imran formed a five-member committee to hold talks with “anyone” his lawmakers had a softened stance in the parliament. Subsequently, following the recommendation of National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif last week formed a committee comprising ruling coalition members. The first meeting between committees took place yesterday, kicking off long-anticipated talks between the rival parties to defuse prevailing political tensions. As per a post on his official X account, during his conversation with his lawyers, the former premier — while terming the efforts of the party’s negotiation committee as a “good thing” — said today that it was important for him to “meet the negotiation team to make the process meaningful and for him to have a proper understanding of the issues”. Imran nominated MNA Sahibzada Mohammad Hamid Raza as the spokesperson for the party’s negotiation committee. He said that if the government was interested in carrying out “fruitful negotiations”, it had to meet two demands of the PTI: The release of under-trial political prisoners and the establishment of a judicial commission consisting of senior judges on the incidents of May 9 and November 26. Imran said that the party would postpone its civil disobedience movement if the demands were met, however, he expressed his fear that the government would sideline their demand for a judicial commission. He also rejected the decision handed out by the military courts where 25 individuals were sentenced ranging from two to 10 years for their involvement in violent attacks on military installations during nationwide riots on May 9, 2023. Meanwhile, during a conversation with the media outside the Adiala Jail after meeting Imran, PTI Chairman Gohar Khan said that the former premier called for a time frame for the negotiations during which some progress should be made. “We have said before that some progress should be made on our two major demands within the time frame that we are expecting,” he said. He said that the party would present their charter of demands in the next meeting with the government. Before that, however, the party was trying for the negotiation committee to meet Imran. “Imran Khan has said he is hopeful that a solution to all issues will be found,” Gohar said. The PTI chairman added that all the cases against the PTI founder were political and he was hopeful that the former premier would be acquitted in all of them “if a fair trial took place”. In response to why all the committee members were not present in the meeting yesterday, Gohar affirmed that all the members of the committee will be present in the next meeting where they will submit their demands in writing.SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evolv Technologies Holdings ( NASDAQ: EVLV ) announced that its Chief Financial Officer Mark Donohue resigned and that he will not receive any severance payments or benefits in connection with his departure. This news follows the company's Nov. 13, 2024 disclosure that it would not timely file its quarterly report with the SEC because of its pending investigations into the company's sales practices. More specifically, the company said that "certain sales, including sales to one of its largest channel partners, were subject to extra-contractual terms and conditions, some of which were not shared with the Company's accounting personnel, and that certain Company personnel engaged in misconduct in connection with those transactions." Evolv further said that "among other things, revenue was prematurely or incorrectly recognized in connection with financial statements prepared for the periods between the second quarter of 2022 and the second quarter of 2024[]" and that "these misstatements are material[.]" In the most recent Nov. 21, 2024 disclosure, the company revealed with more clarity that it "found that certain accounting personnel were aware of indications of these extra-contractual terms and conditions during the affected periods, and that related allegations were raised internally in July 2024 and known to senior finance and accounting personnel[.]" Evolv is already the subject of a class action lawsuit brought by investors alleging securities fraud. Hagens Berman urges investors in Evolv who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now . Class Period: Aug. 19, 2022 – Oct. 30, 2024 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Dec. 31, 2024 Visit: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/evlv Contact the Firm Now: EVLV@hbsslaw.com 844-916-0895 Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. Securities Class Action (EVLV): The complaint alleges that Evolv's financial statements for the period between the second quarter of 2022 and the second quarter of 2024 contained material misrepresentations and omissions related to the company's revenue recognition and other financial metrics. On October 25, 2024, Evolv issued a press release acknowledging material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting and disclosing that certain sales, particularly to a major channel partner, were subject to undisclosed terms and conditions. The company also revealed that certain employees engaged in misconduct related to these transactions. Following this announcement, Evolv's stock price plummeted approximately 40%. Then, on October 31, 2024, Evolv announced the termination of its CEO, Peter George. The company's stock price declined further, falling approximately 8% on the news. The lawsuit alleges that Evolv and its executives misled investors by failing to disclose material information about the company's financial performance and internal controls. Investors who suffered losses during the class period may be eligible to recover their damages. Shareholder rights firm Hagens Berman is investigating the allegations. "We are deeply concerned by the recent revelations regarding Evolv Technologies' financial reporting and sales practices. Our investigation will rigorously examine the company's internal controls, revenue recognition methods, and the role of senior management in this alleged misconduct," said Reed Kathrein, the partner leading the investigation. If you invested in Evolv or have knowledge that may assist the firm's investigation, submit your losses now » If you'd like more information and answers to frequently asked questions about the Evolv investigation, read more » Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Evolv should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email EVLV@hbsslaw.com . About Hagens Berman Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation firm focusing on corporate accountability. The firm is home to a robust practice and represents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others in cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and other wrongdoings. Hagens Berman's team has secured more than $2.9 billion in this area of law. More about the firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com . Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw . Contact: Reed Kathrein, 844-916-0895 © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

Barry Keoghan addressed his abrupt departure from Instagram after he deactivated his account on the platform Friday night. The actor took to X asking fans be “respectful” of him and his loved ones after his name was “dragged across the internet” following news of his breakup with Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday. Since their split, internet rumors have swirled that Keoghan cheated on the pop star. Some suggested he had a tryst with influencer Breckie Hill, a claim Hill seemingly confirmed when she re-posted a TikTok about their speculated romance. Keoghan, however, made no mention of Hill in his statement. “The messages I have received no person should ever have to read them. Absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent, and every other inhumane thing you can imagine,” the actor wrote , accusing trolls of “Knocking on my grannies door. Sitting outside my baby boys house intimidating them.” Keoghan, who has a young son, also pleaded with social media users to think of his child before they post about him. “I need you to remeber (sic) he has to read ALL of this about his father when he is older,” he said. Please be respectful x pic.twitter.com/N03eHAIbC8 Oppenheimer star Emma Dumont confirmed to TMZ via a rep that they are now using they/them pronouns as a trans-masculine and non-binary person. “They identify as a trans masculine non-binary person. Their work name is still going to be Emma Dumont, but they will go by Nick with friends and family,” said the rep, adding that Dumont will go by Emma professionally. Dumont is best-known for portraying Oppenheimer’s sister-in-law Jackie Oppenheimer in the 2023 Oscar-winning blockbuster. They have also portrayed Lorna Dane/Polaris in Fox’s 2017 X-men adaptation series The Gifted , also scoring a role in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Licorice Pizza . Next they are set to star in a film called The New Me , about a young mother struggling to connect with her baby and husband, according to IMDb . The film does not have a release date yet, but Dumont has changed updated their listed pronouns on Instagram to reflect their life update. “Only call me Nick if ur cool okay?” they wrote on their updated Instagram profile. If you’re trying to pick up gifts for the loved ones on your list, here’s a tip: everyone appreciates the gift of softer and more manageable hair and skin. The Avon Company, North America has been in the beauty industry for over a century and stocks some of the trendiest skin care, fragrances, and personal care items on the market. These curated picks ensure your giftee will be glowing even on the dullest winter day. This moisturizer tackles one of winter’s biggest annoyances—chapped lips. It has a hydration-boosting formula that counteracts dry air while visibly softening lips and adding a glossy hint of color. Free Shipping Cold air strips away the skin’s natural moisture, which leads to cracking and flaking. The Beyond Glow Serum uses vitamin B3 to strengthen the skin’s barrier against colder temperatures and even out skin tone. Free Shipping This replenishing hair mist uses rice water—a popular traditional beauty treatment in Asia—to revitalize and nourish dull and damaged hair. Free Shipping If you buy something from this post, we may earn a small commission. The family of Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, 78, said he is in the “early stages” of Alzheimer’s and battling another blood-born disease that is “causing problems with his entire body.” Robertson’s son Jase broke the news Friday on an episode of the Unashamed with the Robertson Family podcast. “Phil’s not doing well. We were trying to figure out the diagnosis, but according to the doctors, they are sure that he has some sort of blood disease causing all kinds of problems,” said Jase, 55. He added, “And he has early stages of Alzheimer’s. So, if you put those things together, he’s just not doing well.” Robertson rose to fame with the popularity of the hit 2012 A&E show, which followed the Louisiana family of seven as they operated their lucrative duck call and decoy business, Duck Commanders. When the show ended in 2017, Robertson became a conservative figurehead with his support of President-elect Donald Trump . According to Jase, Robertson is hoping to return to hosting the podcast. “I’m like, ‘Well Phil, you can barely walk around without crying out in pain, and your memory is not what it once was,’” said Jase. “He’s like, ‘Tell me about it.’” A Friday night NBA game between the San Antonio Spurs’ and the Sacramento Kings culminated in a tense moment after Spurs power forward Zach Collins was ejected from the game and flipped off a referee in anger. Collins was called for a hard foul on Kings’ star Domantas Sabonis and proceeded to protest the referee’s decision. This led to him receiving a technical foul, his second in just two quarters, prompting his removal from the game—but not before Collins gave the ref a piece of his mind by giving him the finger. Collins was then seen being consoled by his coaches before he headed off to the locker room. The Spurs ultimately lost 140-113 to the Kings, but the viral moment rippled through the internet. The Sporting News reported that Collins could receive a fine for the gesture, and social media commentators seemed to agree. “Welp there’s a suspension and a fine,” wrote one commentator on X . Another added, “Enjoy your 1 game suspension.” While other fans questioned the referee’s call after two other players, including Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant , faced similar ejections. “I like how all ejection in 3 games are against the kings,” a commentator added . That's the third straight game a Sacramento opponent has been ejected. Tonight, it was Zach Collins. Fair to say he wasn't happy afterward. Take a look at his reaction lol pic.twitter.com/vlRymXD9IM Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. Sex toys are a fun and spicy way to add more excitement to the bedroom. However, most are designed for solo pleasure—which is a lot less exciting. MysteryVibe solved this issue with its Tenuto 2 vibrator. Now, MysteryVibe has improved its design and effectiveness in the new Tenuto Mini . The secret to the Tenuto Mini is the three robust motors that deliver powerful vibrations on key erogenous zones at the head or base of the penis. It’s made with a water-resistant and flexible silicone that fits most penis sizes, soft or hard. The vibrations stimulate the penis to increase blood flow and arousal for harder erections. Free Shipping However, that’s not all this small-yet-mighty vibrator can do. The Tenuto Mini keeps men harder longer. Slide the vibrator down to the base of the penis to gently constrict blood flow, extending performance and pleasure. Plus, those powerful motors don’t forget the clit exists, stimulating it as well for mind-blowing pleasure. Everything can be controlled via buttons on the vibrator itself or Bluetooth with the free companion app—opening up a whole new avenue of pleasure and play. With the app, you or your partner can explore and control 16 different vibrational intensity levels, fine-tuning the vibrator to both of your likings. Once you nailed it, save the vibration patterns for quick access for the next time. The only limitation is your imagination. Worried about privacy? MysteryVibe thought of that. The packaging is discreet and—as a bonus—the shipping is free. New York Police Department officials confirmed Friday they believe the man who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel on Wednesday morning has since fled the city, but they are continuing to search for evidence related to the crime—and the man responsible. Multiple news sources now report that authorities have found a backpack in the southern part of Central Park that they believe may have belonged to the as-yet unidentified shooter . The backpack was found along a possible escape route the suspect may have taken as he cycled through the park after the “targeted” attack on 50-year-old Thompson, as he was set to attend a meeting with United Healthcare investors. It has been sent, unopened, to a forensics lab for testing, according to CNN . Other evidence that the police have found so far include a burner phone, water bottle, a Starbucks coffee cup and even a candy wrapper. White nationalist and antisemitic podcaster Nick Fuentes was charged with battery last week after he allegedly assaulted a woman outside his Chicago-area home earlier in November. According to a Berwyn Police Department report obtained by The Smoking Gun , the woman, 57-year-old Marla Rose, said Fuentes “opened the door and immediately sprayed her face with pepper spray and pushed her with both hands on her upper body, causing her to fall backwards down the stairs and onto the concrete below.” Fuentes then grabbed her phone and went inside before coming back out with it moments later, according to the report. Video of the incident circulated online Friday, and Fuentes posted his apparent mugshot. Rose told the responding officer she had seen Fuentes’ post about abortion reading “Your body, my choice. Forever,” and initially wanted to record video of his property. A witness then encouraged her to speak with Fuentes, according to the report. Fuentes, the report states, told the responding officer he “posted a political joke online” and has since receiving death threats and unwanted visitors. He then “became uncooperative,” the report notes. Fuentes was charged and released on Nov. 27, and has a court date of Dec. 19. A manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny was dismissed Friday after a Manhattan jury couldn’t agree whether the former Marine was guilty in the death of Jordan Neely. The judge in the case, Maxwell Wiley, allowed prosecutors to have the charge dropped, while Penny’s attorneys had wanted Wiley to declare a mistrial. Penny still faces a charge of criminally negligent homicide for putting Neely in a six-minute chokehold on the New York City subway in May 2023, in an incident largely caught on cameras. Penny’s attorneys argued their client was justified in using the chokehold because witnesses had claimed Neely’s behavior was threatening, and that he had told passengers, “Somebody’s going to die today.” Prosecutors, meanwhile, noted that no witnesses had testified that Neely brandished a weapon or touched anybody, and that Penny kept Neely in the chokehold long after other passengers left the train. The manslaughter charge had carried a 15-year maximum prison sentence; for the lesser charge, Penny could face up to four years if convicted. The jury of seven women and five men will deliberate further on Monday. Walker, Texas Ranger star Chuck Norris announced that his mother Wilma has died at age 103. The martial arts star posted on Instagram Friday that his mother had passed away on Wednesday and “went home to be with Jesus.” Norris remembered his mother as “a woman of unwavering faith, a beacon of light in our lives.” Her love “reflected God’s grace,” said Norris, and his earliest memories are of her teaching him the importance of kindness. “I am so thankful for the countless lessons she shared, the prayers she lifted for us, and the way she embodied the love of Christ every day,” said Norris. Wilma grew up “in abject poverty” in Oklahoma, Kansas and California, married Norris’ father, Ray, and raised three boys. Despite her life’s struggles, Norris said his mother “filled our home with joy, and her hugs provided a sense of safety that we will forever cherish.” He added, “We love you, Mom. Until we meet again.” Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. It’s not every day that you can score a deal on a high-quality printer at a lower cost. Investing in a quality printer for your home or office is a game-changer, and while it’s not the most fun purchase, it’ll pay for itself in a couple of months. Fortunately, you don’t have to pay full price for a solid printer, thanks to HP’s current sale . Right now, you can score the HP Envy Inspire 7955e , the brand’s premium at-home photo printer for $70 off. If you’re looking for a solid holiday gift that they’ll actually use, the deluxe multi-purpose printer is a great choice—especially for photographers and anyone who works from home. The all-in-one printer is also designed with HP’s Wolf Essential Security system to keep your information secure and keep hackers out. Plus, unlike other printers that require you to get your hands dirty to replenish the ink, this one offers a 15-second mess-free ink refill experience with bottles that can be plugged into the tank. Say goodbye to messes and hello to your new printer . Best of all? For a limited time, score three months of Instant Ink with HP+. One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers has been revealed to be Anna Kane, the ex-wife of an NHL player Evander Kane, according to a new report. Once listed as Jane Doe, Kane added her name to court documents in order to continue her lawsuit. “I had hoped to use a pseudonym in pursuing justice for what happened to me as a teenager,” Kane’s said in a statement to TMZ via her attorney. “Defendant’s demand that I use my name was an attempt to intimidate me, but I am not intimidated.” In the lawsuit, Kane alleged that she was only 17 years old and still in high school when she encountered Combs. The suit claims that she met Combs at a recording studio in New York City, and that he and others supplied her with drugs and sexually assaulted her, according to TMZ. “I am prepared to proceed and hold accountable those who have harmed me,” Kane told TMZ. Demi Moore revealed how actor Bruce Willis is coping almost two years after his dementia diagnosis . Ex-wife Moore answered questions on CNN about his ongoing health battle, saying that he “in a very stable place at the moment.” “I’ve shared this before, but I really mean this so sincerely,” Moore said. “It’s so important for anybody who’s dealing with this, to really meet them where they’re at, and from that place, there is such loving and joy.” In 2022, Willis’ family announced his aphasia diagnosis, a language disorder that makes it hard for those to communicate or understand others. In 2023, they learned the aphasia was a result of frontotemporal dementia. “I’ve known that something was wrong for a long time. It started out with a kind of vague unresponsiveness, which the family chalked up to Hollywood hearing loss,” his daughter Tallulah Willis wrote in Vogue in 2023. “I find that I’m trying to document, to build a record for the day when he isn’t there to remind me of him and of us.” His second wife, Emma Heming Willis, currently is the actor’s carer. Moore emphasized that Willis’ condition is “very difficult,” and said that she wouldn’t wish it on anyone. “There is great loss,” Moore said. “but there is also great beauty.”Willy Adames agrees to $182 million, 7-year deal with the Giants, AP source says Willy Adames has agreed to a $182 million, seven-year deal with San Francisco, providing the Giants with a power-hitting shortstop in the prime of his career, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a physical. ESPN first reported the move. The 29-year-old Adames is coming off his best offensive season in the big leagues after hitting .251 with a career-high 32 homers and 112 RBIs with the Milwaukee Brewers. Georgia QB Carson Beck knocked out by hand injury in SEC championship game against Texas ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia quarterback Carson Beck will not return after he was hit on his throwing hand on the final play of an ugly first half in the Southeastern Conference championship game against Texas. Beck was hit by outside linebacker Trey Moore, forcing a fumble recovered by Anthony Hill Jr., who then lost the ball on an errant attempt to extend the play with a lateral as time expired. Beck was one of the last players to return to the field following halftime. Backup Gunner Stockton led the offense to a touchdown on the Bulldogs’ first drive of the second half. Arizona State makes College Football Playoff with 45-19 win over Iowa State in Big 12 title game ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Big 12 newcomer Arizona State will represent the conference in the 12-team College Football Playoff. Cam Skattebo ran for 170 yards and two scores while adding a touchdown catch the 12th-ranked Sun Devils beat No. 16 Iowa State 45-19 in the Big 12 championship game. The Sun Devils with 34-year-old head coach Kenny Dillingham are 11-2 after being the preseason pick to finish at the bottom of their new 16-team league. They have won six games in a row. Iowa State is 10-3, already the first 10-win season in the program's 133-year history. LA Galaxy strike early, hold off New York Red Bulls 2-1 to win their record 6th MLS Cup championship CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic scored in the first half, and the LA Galaxy won their record sixth MLS Cup championship with a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls. After striking twice in the first 13 minutes with goals from their star forwards, the Galaxy nursed a lead through a scoreless second half to raise their league’s biggest trophy for the first time since 2014. Sean Nealis scored for the seventh-seeded Red Bulls, whose improbable charge through the playoffs ended one win shy of the founding MLS franchise’s first Cup championship. No. 16 Iowa State falls short in Big 12 title game again, this time with CFP at stake ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The stakes were higher for Iowa State, and the outcome was the same as the first for the Cyclones in their second trip to the Big 12 championship game. And the 112-year wait for a conference title will go on. No. 16 Iowa State was playing for a spot in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff in a 45-19 loss to 12th-ranked Arizona State. Four years ago, neither Iowa State nor Oklahoma had a realistic path into the four-team tournament before the Sooners' 27-21 victory. The Cyclones haven't won a conference title since going 2-0 in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1912. Big 12's Yormark brings up hard choices for fans before sparsely attended title game ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — College football fans are facing some hard choices in the expanded playoff system with some teams set to play away from home multiple times. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark raised that point No. 12 Arizona State's 45-19 victory over 16th-ranked Iowa State. The announced crowd of 55,889 at the home of the Dallas Cowboys appeared far smaller. Yormark says he remains committed to having a Big 12 title game. Besides the issues of fans, there have been suggestions that some leagues might be better off without title games as it relates to playoff hopes. Lindsey Vonn competes in a pair of downhills, another step on her comeback trail at the age of 40 COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Lindsey Vonn finished in the middle of the pack in a pair of lower-level downhill events as she competed for the first time in nearly six years. The 40-year-old Vonn is on the comeback trail after stepping away from the sport because of injuries. Vonn wasn't concerned with times and places in the races so much as getting used to the speed again and gaining the necessary points to compete on the World Cup circuit. Vonn accomplished both, finishing 24th in the first downhill race of the day and 27th in the second. She posted on social media after the FIS races she had enough points to enter World Cup events. Justin Thomas with big drives and a few big putts takes 1-shot lead over Scheffler in the Bahamas NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Justin Thomas has a one-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler going into the final round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Thomas is using a slightly longer driver and has been blasting away. He also was helped by two long putts on the back nine that carried him to 66 at windy Albany Golf Club. Scheffler muffed a chip on the 13th hole that cost him the lead and he never caught up. He still shot a 69 and will be in the last group with Thomas on Sunday. Tom Kim had a 62 and was two shots back. Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy gets restructured deal after 3-9 season, according to reports Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy will be staying on with a restructured deal. That's according to news reports published on Saturday. The deal reportedly will shift some of his salary to revenue sharing with players. The Cowboys were among the preseason favorites in the Big 12, but a rash of injuries and problems at quarterback tanked the team, and the Cowboys went 3-9. The school's Board of Regents held a special meeting on Friday morning regarding his status, but no immediate action was taken. The fact that Gundy has 169 wins in 20 years plus a hefty buyout likely saved him from being fired outright. Norris takes pole for season-ending Abu Dhabi GP and Hamilton 18th in Mercedes farewell ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lando Norris took pole position for the last Formula 1 race of the season alongside teammate Oscar Piastri to put McLaren on the verge of a first constructors’ title in 26 years. Norris’ last lap put him .209 of a second faster than Piastri, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. .020 further back. Seven-time F1 champion Hamilton qualified 18th for his last race with Mercedes after a bizarre incident wrecked his final qualifying lap. A plastic pole marking the inside of a corner was knocked loose by Kevin Magnussen’s Haas and Hamilton drove over it.

being super game Arsenal 1-0 Ipswich: Gunners close gap at the top and move up to second in the Premier League thanks to Kai Havertz's first half strike

Matt Gaetz says he won't return to Congress next year after withdrawing name for attorney generalREVIVER® HELPS DRIVE THE SPIRIT OF GIVING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Snoop Dogg has nearly as many ties to football as he does to rap music. The entertainer coached youth football for years and created the Snoop League, an after-school program for inner city Los Angeles youths. Snoop has been a guest analyst on football broadcasts and his son, Cordell Broadus, played Division I football. When Snoop took his latest step, becoming the sponsor of a bowl game, he had a demand: Find a way for all players in the game to receive name, image and likeness (NIL) money. “This was Snoop’s idea,” said Kym Adair, executive director of the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice. “He was having conversations with people he knows in the college football world and I got a call that said he wants us to be the first bowl to make this commitment and that’s what we did.” The beneficiaries are Colorado State and Miami (Ohio), who will conclude their seasons Saturday at Arizona Stadium in the Arizona Bowl. The bowl is classified as a 501(c)(3), so all revenue goes to charity. And, being one of the few bowls not tied to ESPN, it opens the door for unique sponsorship opportunities. The bowl was previously sponsored by Barstool Sports and the digital media company used its own cast of characters on the broadcast, which was streamed on its digital platforms. Snoop Dogg takes over this year. The rapper/entertainer is the latest celebrity to sponsor a bowl, following the footsteps of Jimmy Kimmel and Rob Gronkowski at the LA Bowl. And, Snoop being Snoop, he wanted to put his own spin on his own bowl. “College football fans are exhausted by the constant talk around NIL, conference realignment, coach movement, transfer portal and super conferences,” Snoop said in a video posted on social media. “So it’s time that we get back to the roots of college football — when it was focused on the colleges, the players and the competition, the community, the fan experience and the pageantry.” With that will be an NIL component. The bowl can’t pay players just for playing in the bowl, but both teams participated in football clinics on Friday and will get paid for their services. Other bowls have given single players NIL opportunities, but this is believed to be the first to offer it to every player on both teams. “I love the fact that the Arizona Bowl is unique and tries new things, and obviously having Snoop here is unique,” Colorado State coach Jay Norvell said. “The NIL component, it’s the future. It’s what football has become now. We think it’s fantastic for our kids and then the interaction with the kids is the hidden gem of the whole thing.” The NIL component of the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl comes a month after a similar effort in The Players Era Festival basketball tournament in Las Vegas. The eight-team tournament said it paid out $9 million in NIL money to participating players for activities outside the competition. It also offered $50 million in NIL opportunities over the next three years for services and activities compliant with NCAA regulations. Are the Players Era Festival and Arizona Bowl the start of a new future? It is not out of the question in big-time college athletics, where schools are already preparing for the era of revenue sharing with players next year. “Revenue sharing between the players and the athletic departments is already on the horizon, so whether that takes the place of these types of arrangements or they’re completely separate has yet to be determined,” Adair said. “We’re just trying to be flexible, ahead of the curve and make an impact any way we can.” Just the way Snoop wants it. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football Read more NCAA football coverage at thestar.com“A new phase” Erdogan comments on the military escalation in Syria

Whether the election of Sokratis Famellos as leader of SYRIZA is a new start for the left or just another episode in the party’s implosion is difficult to determine at present. Certainly, the SYRIZA story over the last year has been a tragicomedy that has never failed to surprise. With just 47 MPs after a stunning electoral defeat in June of last year, SYRIZA comprises just 29 of them now. It has been an incredible psychodrama of four successive splits. The actors apparently believed they were on the stage at Herodes Atticus, but what the audience saw was a melodrama worthy of trashy afternoon TV. They have simply switched off. At a smaller theater, PASOK has asked itself some serious questions, but has not really found the answers. Whether the new collective leadership of PASOK can be sustained and whether it can have an impact remains to be seen. But having been condemned to be a sideshow, it has now found itself in the spotlight – though not primarily because of its own efforts. The implosion of SYRIZA has made the dwarf of PASOK into a self-declared giant. Beyond these dramas, however, is a very important question – or, rather, two questions. What is the “left”? And, what is it for? Both questions apparently weighed on the mind of Alexis Tsipras as he stood down as SYRIZA leader. Both now take on a wider resonance with center-left PASOK coming to the front of the stage. Political time is different from ordinary time, as Lenin noted. The change that is wanted can be delayed for what seems an eternity until a new leader emerges who can seize the opportunity. Today in Europe, the identity and purpose of the left, broadly or narrowly defined, is again unclear. The squabbles have recurred in France. The left is almost invisible in Italy. Olaf Scholz and his SPD in Germany face almost certain defeat in February’s early elections. Pedro Sanchez’s position in Spain is very fragile. Keir Starmer has only been British PM since July, but he’s struggling to establish a strong narrative as to why he is in power. In Greece, PASOK has lacked a strong raison d’etre for 15 years, since George Papandreou elaborated his new alternative in 2009. In 2015, SYRIZA came to power not because it had created a radical ideological hegemony, but because voters wanted to fight back against the Troika. When the struggle failed, Tsipras was left with an appeal that was more managerial than ideological. Is Famellos – SYRIZA’s erstwhile parliamentary leader and a former junior minister – the figure to overcome these weaknesses and turn the party’s fortunes around? He seems to be the answer merely because he isn’t Stefanos Kasselakis. In any event, rivals like Pavlos Polakis still have the scope to undermine him. Everyone knows that a winning alternative to Kyriakos Mitsotakis will require a party or an alliance that can unite the center-left and left. Like in France before Mitterrand, though, voters are obliged to sit and wait for a new plausible leader to emerge. Certain realities appear, however. Nikos Androulakis has hitherto lacked the stature to unite a fragmented left. Kasselakis now struggles to remain relevant, as do other smaller parties. Famellos, at present, has no greater weight than the others. That leaves Tsipras, a man watching, waiting, and perhaps meddling. At present, he remains too toxic a figure for some in PASOK. But this may lessen. He would have far more leverage to remold the left after the next election if Mitsotakis had won again, and Androulakis had not performed above expectations. The best calculation for Tsipras is to wait for the Darwinian struggle among the current players to show they all lack strength to win. SYRIZA needs a quick “win” – such as bringing former finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos and former labor minister Effie Achtsioglou back in – to restore its profile and to show it is changing the landscape. But whether Famellos can be the animateur of such a regrouping is open to serious doubt. Again, the logic of regrouping favors Tsipras, but not yet. As we wait for the political clock to move forward, the frustrating irony – not just in Greece, but also across Europe – is that so many of the biggest issues we face should logically favor the center-left or left. Whether it is climate change, securing energy supplies, managing an aging population, or upgrading skills for tomorrow’s labor market, there is an agenda that favors a more proactive state: The pendulum has shifted away from austerity and neoliberalism. But despite these favorable conditions, Greece waits for a leader who can reshape the opposition. At least part of the audience wants no more of the cheap drama. Kevin Featherstone is emeritus professor at the London School of Economics.

Clio’s record-breaking funding round explains 2024’s public market exodus

Game industry predictions for 2025 | The DeanBeat

Emmanuel Macron has rejected calls to stand down and says he will name a new prime minister – the fourth of his seven years as president – in the coming days. If France was in his biggest political crisis in a generation, Macron wasn’t feeling it. In the wake of his government’s collapse, he says it’s still in the national interest that he sees out his five-year presidential mandate, which ends in 2027. A bar shows the telecast of French President Emmanuel Macron’s address to the nation. Credit: AP The collapse of France’s centre-right coalition government has thrust Macron back into the spotlight and a growing chorus is questioning whether the divisive and at times impetuous leader is suited to resolve the country’s political crisis. The turmoil comes amid a rough patch in the French economy , as various factors take a toll on growth, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, high interest rates and economic slowdowns in Germany and China, two of France’s trading partners. In a televised address, Macron said France could not constitutionally have new parliamentary elections for 10 months, following his decision to call a snap poll back in July. The result, he promised at the time, would offer the country some “clarification”. It led to the current chaos. Loading But for the first time, he conceded he was partly to blame for the situation the nation now faced. “Many have blamed me for it and I know, many continue to blame me. It’s a fact and it’s my responsibility,” he said. “The dissolution was not understood, that’s my responsibility, [but] I will never accept the irresponsibility of others.” He then went on to attack his political opponents on the “extreme right” and “extreme left”, accusing them of collaborating in an “anti-republican front”. “Some political groups have chosen chaos,” he said, referring to the no-confidence vote which led to Michel Barnier standing down just three months after he was appointed by Macron. “They don’t want to build, they want to dismantle.” Barnier’s government the shortest-tenured in modern French history, following the first successful no-confidence vote in France in more than 60 years. Sparking his downfall was his proposed financing bill, which included €60 billion ($98.4 billion) worth of tax hikes and spending cuts aimed at bringing the country’s budget deficit down to 5 per cent next year. Michel Barnier has resigned as France’s prime minister following a no-confidence vote. Credit: Bloomberg Macron must now appoint a new prime minister and task them with either passing a law that extends this year’s budget into the early months of 2025 or pushing a complete budget through parliament by the end of the year to avoid a government shutdown. Macron said the next prime minister would be charged with forming a “government of general interest” with a priority of passing a budget. Addressing voters directly, he said some of his political opponents were not thinking “about you, the voters”, suggesting that their interest was in the next presidential election. “My responsibility requires me to ensure the continuity of the state, the proper functioning of our institutions, the independence of our country, and the protection of all of you.” “Let’s be honest, they think about one thing: the presidential election,” Macron said of the party of his long-term, hard-right National Rally rival Marine Le Pen. He said the rival party’s “cynical” approach had brought “a sense of chaos” to the country. After Macron’s address, Le Pen wrote a “Gentle reminder to President Macron” in a post on X that no-confidence votes are “not anti-Republican, but provided for in our constitution”. National Rally leader Marine Le Pen says Macron will continue to feel the pressure. Credit: AP Le Pen, whose party holds the most seats in the French parliament, stopped short of calling for Macron’s resignation but warned that “the pressure on the president of the republic will get stronger and stronger”. The one thing to never forget is that Macron is hated in France with a vicious passion . The people of France see him as arrogant, elitist and unrelatable. Alain Minc, a political essayist and long-term informal adviser to French presidents, said on Thursday: “Macron is a victim of his own narcissism ... He was in denial of reality.” Barnier will stay on in a caretaker role for now, but Macron is under pressure to quickly name a new prime minister who might offer the country some stability. Candidates include Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and centrist former presidential candidate François Bayrou. Whoever is chosen, few believe a new government will manage to navigate the minefield of a bitterly divided parliament. France could be back in this position again soon enough. Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here . Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. License this article World elections Analysis France Emmanuel Macron Rob Harris is Europe correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Connect via email . Most Viewed in World LoadingApple Cash: How to use it to send and receive money

Brian Harman says family friend in coma after trying to save his son from drowning

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A businessman with no experience in public office is taking over as mayor of Oregon’s biggest city as it embraces an entirely new system of government — one that’s so different, the City Council chambers had to be completely renovated. Portland voters last month elected Keith Wilson, a trucking company executive and founder of a nonprofit working to increase homeless shelter capacity. He ran on an ambitious pledge to end unsheltered homelessness within a year and will be sworn in Thursday alongside a council expanded from five seats to 12. Portland is contending with homelessness, public drug use and a rising cost of living. Wilson, a Portland native, plans to reach his goal of ending unsheltered homelessness by increasing the number of nighttime walk-in emergency shelters in facilities such as churches and community centers. His message appeared to have resonated in a city where surveys conducted over the past few years have shown that residents view homelessness as a top issue. He ran against three outgoing City Council members. The mayoral race , which featured 19 candidates, was thrown open when Mayor Ted Wheeler decided against seeking reelection after holding the city’s top post since 2017. Wheeler rose to national prominence in 2020 as nightly protests erupted on Portland streets and around the country in response to the police killing of George Floyd . The field of candidates in council races was crowded as well, with nearly 100 running for the new seats that were elected by voters in individual districts rather than citywide. The 130-year-old City Hall was renovated for $8.3 million to accommodate the increase in members. The new dais can now seat 12 people; floor layouts were changed to create more office space; and technology, seismic and accessibility updates were added throughout the building. “Remodeling council chambers is a once-in-a-generation activity,” Maty Sauter, director of Portland’s Bureau of Fleet and Facilities, told the outgoing City Council as it held its last meeting on Wednesday in the new chambers. “We’ve been able to reuse this 1895 facility and make it modern, contemporary and useful.” It’s going to take time for the new government to figure out which of the many changes are working, said Chris Shortell, associate professor of political science at Portland State University. In another first for City Hall, Wilson and the incoming Council members were elected under Portland’s new system of ranked-choice voting . A candidate would win if they were the first choice of more than 50% of voters in the first round. Otherwise, a second round would eliminate the candidate with the fewest votes and their supporters’ votes go to their next choice. The process would repeat until someone emerges with a majority of votes. Some 34% of voters ranked Wilson as their first choice, according to final results. The new City Council will hold its first meeting in January.Georgetown is set to play its first road game of the season while West Virginia attempts to build off its successful 2-1 trip to the Bahamas when the former conference rivals meet on Friday in Morgantown, W. Va., as part of the Big 12-Big East Battle. Picked 13th out of 16 in the Big 12 preseason coaches' poll, West Virginia (5-2) has been riding the hot shooting of Javon Small and Tucker DeVries. Small averages a team-high 19 points and shoots 41.3 percent on 3-pointers while DeVries adds 14.9 points per game and hits on 46.9 percent of his threes. Every basket was needed last week as the Mountaineers upset then-No. 3 Gonzaga and then-No. 24 Arizona with a loss to Louisville sandwiched in between. All three contests went into overtime, believed to be a first in program history. First-year coach Darian DeVries, who led Drake to three NCAA Tournaments in the last four seasons, had never seen anything like it. "I've never been a part of three games like that, especially with the quality of opponents that we went up these last three days," he said after the Arizona win. "Just incredible resolve and grit and toughness from our group all three nights." Georgetown has started 7-1 for the first time since the 2018-19 season and has done so with a completely revamped roster that includes 14 freshmen or sophomores. As a result of an inexperienced squad, coach Ed Cooley specifically delayed the Hoyas' first trip out of the nation's capital. "Obviously, the competition is going to change," Cooley said after the Hoyas defeated UMBC 86-62 on Monday. "We systematically scheduled this way to build confidence, continuity and chemistry and let our players feel what it is to win, and that's something hopefully that will have some carryover as we now get ready to head out on the road for the first time." Since losing to Notre Dame on Nov. 16, Georgetown has won five straight games by an average of 25.2 points. Thomas Sorber leads the Hoyas in scoring at 15.8 points per game and leads the conference in rebounding at 8.9 per game. Sorber was named as the Big East Freshman of the Week for the third time in four weeks. Georgetown holds the narrowest of leads in the all-time series at 27-26. The two schools met 27 times between 1995 and 2012 as league foes. The Mountaineers captured their lone Big East Championship in 2010 by defeating the Hoyas 60-58 at Madison Square Garden. --Field Level MediaTrump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don't expect big revelations

Georgetown ventures out of D.C. for first time to face West VirginiaPITTSBURGH , Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - RoadBlock Solutions, a division of RSG International, a leading Canadian company in road safety infrastructure, is officially expanding. Effective immediately, the merger of Corbin Highway Products, Laura-Metaal, Dimensional Products Inc., Summit Rentals US, and Pivot Safety US will unite their collective expertise, cutting-edge technology, and extensive resources. This strategic merger positions RoadBlock Solutions as a major player in the road safety sector, ready to offer innovative and comprehensive solutions. Ryan Samek , Senior Vice-President of RoadBlock Solutions, brings over two decades of road safety experience to the role. He is supported by a team of industry veterans, including Gary Lallo , Roger Spencer , Tony Cappella, Shannon Carroll , and Alex Wolfinger , ensuring a wealth of expertise drives the company's success. "The merger of these five companies represents a major milestone in our organization," said Ryan Samek . Solutions. "By combining our talented and experienced team, we aim to set new standards in the road safety space and offer unmatched service and solutions to our clients. I am thrilled to stand beside this experienced group of industry professionals and am looking forward to what we can accomplish RoadBlock Solutions specializes in the sale and rental of road safety products essential for roadway safety. It's extensive range includes crash cushions, steel and concrete barrier, and other essential devices designed to protect road users and workers. "The merger has created a resourceful, solutions-based network dedicated to delivering top-tier safety, sales, rentals, and installation services," says Roger Spencer , Business Development Manager for RoadBlock Solutions and former Business Development Manager at Corbin Highway Products, with over two decades of industry experience. "This collaboration fuels innovation and value, ensuring safer roads for everyone." Together, this team brings decades of experience and is dedicated to enhancing services, expanding product offerings, and delivering advanced solutions for road safety infrastructure. "We're combining our strengths to innovate, protect, and pave the way for a safer and brighter future on every road," adds Tony Cappella, Business Development Manager at RoadBlock Solutions and former National Sales Manager for Hill and Smith. These words were echoed by the former General Manager of Dimensional Products Inc (DPI). "The merger of DPI will provide us with resources and knowledge from some of the best in the industry. Being part of the Roadblock team will allow us to grow and expand our business to new levels," added Luke Myers , Chesapeake branch manager Roadblock Solutions. RoadBlock Solutions is a customer-focused, solutions-driven company that not only connects clients with the products they need but also introduces them to cutting-edge innovations they never knew existed. About RoadBlock Solutions RoadBlock Solutions is a leading provider and distributor of road safety devices, offering both sales and rentals. As a division of RSG International, RoadBlock Solutions is committed to enhancing road safety through innovative and reliable solutions. About RSG International RSG International is a global leader in the road safety sector, creating advanced solutions for critical safety challenges. Its portfolio includes comprehensive services across road safety infrastructure, including construction, installation, product distribution, new product development, and auxiliary services. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/introducing-roadblock-solutions-a-merger-of-five-road-safety-industry-leaders-302324362.html SOURCE RSG International

Manchester City's crisis continued with a 2-0 defeat away to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Pep Guardiola's old club Barcelona beat Borussia Dortmund to clinch a spot in the knockout stage of Europe's elite club competition. Arsenal, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Lille, Feyenoord and Stuttgart were also victorious, but City's latest loss in a miserable run will dominate the headlines. The 2023 European champions succumbed in Turin as Dusan Vlahovic put Juventus ahead early in the second half when goalkeeper Ederson was unable to keep out his header. Ilkay Gundogan was denied an equaliser by a fine Michele Di Gregorio save, before Weston McKennie made it 2-0 with a fine acrobatic finish in the 75th minute. The result leaves Juventus on 11 points with two games left, a tally that is expected to be enough to guarantee them at least a place in the knockout phase play-offs. City, meanwhile, have now won just once in 10 in all competitions, with seven defeats in that time. With just eight points, they currently sit 22nd in the standings, in which the top 24 advance to the knockouts. Their next game will be crucial, as they travel to a Paris Saint-Germain side who sit a point beneath Guardiola's men. "We have to get points, we'll go to Paris to try and do that and the same goes for the final match at home (to Club Brugge)," Guardiola told Amazon Prime in Italy. Barcelona are second in the standings with 15 points, behind only Liverpool, after beating Dortmund 3-2 in a thriller in Germany, with Ferran Torres their hero. Raphinha fired Barca ahead with his 17th goal of the season, early in a remarkable second half. Serhou Guirassy equalised with a penalty on the hour mark, but substitute Torres put Barca back in front on 75 minutes, converting the loose ball after Fermin Lopez's shot was saved. Guirassy scored again for a quick equaliser, only for Torres to strike once more and win the game for Barca with five minutes left. Barcelona's tally leaves them, like Liverpool, ideally placed to finish in the top eight, which means direct progress to the last 16 without having to go through the play-offs. Arsenal are third in the standings on 13 points after easing to a 3-0 win over Monaco in London. Bukayo Saka scored twice, putting the Gunners ahead in the first half and making it 2-0 on 78 minutes as the hosts pounced on disastrous Monaco defending. Saka then turned provider for the late third, with substitute Kai Havertz credited with the final touch. Mikel Arteta's team are one of six sides on 13 points, with Lille also on that tally after edging Sturm Graz 3-2 in France thanks to a fine late winner from Hakon Haraldsson. Lille were 2-0 up through Osame Sahraoui and Mitchel Bakker, only for goals by Otar Kiteishvili and Mika Biereth to bring the Austrian champions back level. However, Icelandic midfielder Haraldsson secured Lille's fourth win of the campaign. Atletico eased to a 3-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava, with Antoine Griezmann scoring twice after Julian Alvarez had opened the scoring with an excellent strike. David Strelec pulled one back for the Slovaks, who are one of three teams already eliminated having lost six games out of six. The others are RB Leipzig and Young Boys. Milan defeated Red Star Belgrade 2-1 at San Siro with Tammy Abraham grabbing the winner three minutes from time. Rafael Leao had put Milan ahead only for Nemanja Radonjic to equalise for the Serbian side, who have lost five of their six games and are surely heading out. Benfica edged closer to a play-off spot with a 0-0 draw at home to Bologna of Italy, who have scored just one goal in six games and will go no further. Feyenoord stayed on course to go through after beating Sparta Prague 4-2 in Rotterdam, with Gernot Trauner, Igor Paixao, Anis Hadj Moussa and Santiago Gimenez netting their goals. Stuttgart kept alive their hopes of progress by coming from behind to beat Young Boys 5-1. Lukasz Lakomy put Young Boys ahead but Angelo Stiller levelled before Enzo Millot, Chris Fuehrich, Josha Vagnoman and Yannik Keitel all scored in the second half. The next round of Champions League games is scheduled for January 21 and 22, with the league phase concluding the following week. as/jcLakers vs. Timberwolves Odds, predictions, recent stats, trends and Best bets for December 13being super game download 。

CHICAGO — Josh Giddey had 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and the Chicago Bulls beat the struggling Charlotte Hornets 109-95 on Friday night. Ayo Dosunmu scored 19 points as Chicago bounced back from two straight losses. Coby White added 18 points. Giddey and Dosunmu each hit three 3-pointers for the Bulls, who led almost the entire way, sending the Hornets to their 13th loss in 16 games. Brandon Miller led Charlotte with 21 points, and Mark Williams had 15. Miles Bridges added 14 points and nine rebounds after missing 10 games because of a bruised right knee. Former Bull Taj Gibson got a standing ovation when he checked into the game with about a minute remaining. Takeaway Hornets: Though they're getting healthier after being hit hard by injuries, the Hornets can't get star guard LaMelo Ball back soon enough. The NBA's third-leading scorer missed his seventh straight game because of a strained left calf. Bulls: The Bulls were aggressive, took control early and withstood several minor pushes on the way to a rather easy win. Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu, left, guards Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Chicago. Credit: AP/Erin Hooley Key moment Bulls guard Lonzo Ball had the crowd roaring late in the first half when he hustled to track down a loose ball near midcourt and connected with Zach LaVine for a thunderous alley-oop dunk. After Miller hit a 13-footer for Charlotte, Dosunmu drove for a layup. Bridges got called for a technical after missing on a drive. LaVine hit the free throw to make it 59-42 with 18 seconds left but got called for a travel, leading to a floater for Miller at the halftime buzzer that cut the lead to 15. Key stat The Bulls blocked a season-high 11 shots, with Jalen Smith matching a career best by rejecting five. He also had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Up next The Hornets host Philadelphia on Monday, while the Bulls visit Toronto that night.Shane Bieber says bonds led to re-signing with Guardians after he missed '24 following elbow surgeryAP Sports SummaryBrief at 5:47 p.m. EST

Modi’s remark on Wakf draws flak from Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind head MadaniSyrians cheer end of 50 years of Assad rule at first Friday prayers since government fell

Zara and Mike Tindall look hugely loved up as they parade red carpetThe five-part series will debut globally on December 10, following elite global players on and off the field as they compete in the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida. A trailer for the series titled Polo, executive produced by Harry and Meghan, was released on Thursday, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the “fast-paced and glamorous world of polo”. In a statement, Harry said: “This series offers audiences an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look into the passion and determination driving some of the world’s elite polo players, revealing the grit behind the glamour. “We’re proud to showcase the true depth and spirit of the sport — and the intensity of its high-stakes moments.” It has been produced by the Sussexes’ Archewell Productions, having previously released three documentaries with Netflix as part of a multimillion-pound deal with the streaming giant. Heart Of Invictus, which aired last August, followed a group of service members on their road to the Invictus Games, the Paralympic-style sporting competition set up by Harry in 2014 for injured and sick military personnel and veterans. Netflix also released the documentary series Live To Lead and the controversial six-part Harry & Meghan documentary in December 2022. Harry and Meghan moved to the US in 2020 after stepping down from royal duties.

Gareth O'Callaghan: People are wondering if they will bother to vote at all

Townsquare Capital LLC purchased a new stake in The Western Union Company ( NYSE:WU – Free Report ) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 14,929 shares of the credit services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $178,000. A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in WU. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its position in shares of Western Union by 30.7% in the second quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 348,850 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $4,263,000 after buying an additional 82,018 shares in the last quarter. Foundry Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Western Union in the 3rd quarter valued at about $8,124,000. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Western Union by 293.3% during the 3rd quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 198,002 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $2,362,000 after acquiring an additional 147,658 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Western Union by 19.0% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 523,676 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $6,247,000 after purchasing an additional 83,715 shares in the last quarter. Finally, OLD National Bancorp IN increased its position in shares of Western Union by 11.9% in the third quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 704,054 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $8,399,000 after purchasing an additional 74,742 shares during the last quarter. 91.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Western Union Price Performance WU stock opened at $10.80 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $3.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.86. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $11.19 and its 200 day moving average is $11.86. The Western Union Company has a 52 week low of $10.51 and a 52 week high of $14.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a current ratio of 1.10. Analysts Set New Price Targets WU has been the subject of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Western Union from $14.00 to $12.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 20th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Western Union from $13.50 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Western Union from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and eight have issued a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $12.86. Check Out Our Latest Report on WU Western Union Company Profile ( Free Report ) The Western Union Company provides money movement and payment services worldwide. The company operates through Consumer Money Transfer and Consumer Services segments. The Consumer Money Transfer segment facilitates money transfers for international cross-border and intra-country transfers, primarily through a network of retail agent locations, as well as through websites and mobile devices. Further Reading Want to see what other hedge funds are holding WU? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for The Western Union Company ( NYSE:WU – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Western Union Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Western Union and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

Academic and industry experts converged at Udyama 1.0, the academia, industry, government conclave that is under way in Thiruvananthapuram, on Sunday proposed a number of initiatives, including job shadowing and faculty internships, to maximise industry-academia collaborations. V.R. Desai, Director of IIT Dharwad, highlighted the need for joint research projects involving multiple institutions and mandatory semester-long internships. These internships, he suggested, allowed industries to gauge student capabilities and facilitate workforce integration. Curriculum development He also stressed the value of job shadowing initiatives to provide students with first-hand exposure to professional environments. Citing collaborations such as the one between L&T Constructions and certain IITs to offer an MTech programme in Construction Technology and Management, he advocated for more industry-academia partnerships in curriculum development, especially at the undergraduate level. Jayan Jose Thomas, Professor of Economics at IIT Delhi, drew attention to Kerala’s evolving economic landscape, marked by land and labour constraints. He noted that while traditional industries relied on manual, low-skilled labour, Kerala’s strengths lay in its skilled workforce and a burgeoning MSME sector. The State, he pointed out, could capitalise on industries such as food and agro-processing, electronics, and life sciences. Kerala could also leverage resources such as its two major ports and industrial hubs such as Keltron and Technopark. Prof. Thomas proposed that public sector units such as Keltron be made innovation agents by setting up research centres fostering global collaborations. He also emphasised the need for greater autonomy for academic institutions, modern infrastructure, and urban amenities to make Kerala a hub for innovation. Need to stay updated Krishna Kumar Krishnan, Chair of Industrial Systems and Manufacturing Engineering at Wichita, the U.S., cited the adaptable nature of faculty in the United States to stress the importance of lifelong learning for academics, who must open to evolving roles. This adaptability, he underscored, was crucial to meeting industry expectations and nurturing future-ready graduates. Foundational skills Philip George, senior manager, HR and Learning, Skilling, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, provided the industry perspective, emphasising that students should not be seen as “finished products” but as “mouldable clay.” Beyond technical skills, the industry valued professional behaviour, ethics, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities. He urged academia to focus on building strong foundational skills and lifelong learning attitude among students. He also advocated for internships in industries for faculty so that they remained updated on emergent technologies and trends. Chandran Krishnan, managing director and chief executive officer, Campus Angels Network, highlighted how entrepreneurship, innovation and incubation had become key focus points for universities. This paradigm shift had enabled industry, which used to approach higher education institutions for consultancy services, to collaborate with them for research works. Kerala Startup Mission Chief Executive Officer Anoop Ambika moderated the panel discussion. Published - December 08, 2024 08:09 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

Shane Bieber says bonds led to re-signing with Guardians after he missed '24 following elbow surgeryPanthers rookie tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders released from hospital after suffering neck injurySam Darnold leads game-winning drive in OT and Vikings beat Bears 30-27 after blowing late leadAustin, Texas, and Limerick, Ireland Forge Sister City Bond to Boost Entrepreneurship and Cultural Exchanges

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday termed as foolish the modification made in ‘Telangana Thalli (Mother Telangana)’ statue by the Congress government. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, alleged that by changing the design of the statue, Telangana’s identity is being attacked. Slamming the Revanth Reddy-led government, he said it has no understanding of the Telangana movement and history, remarking if this (modifying the statue) was a work of a government and asked if a government would go on making changes. Addressing the BRS Legislature Party meeting at his house at Erravalli in Siddipet district, the BRS chief’s reaction to the modified statue of ‘Telangana Thalli’ a day ahead of its unveiling by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy in the state Secretariat. The government has invited KCR to the unveiling as part of the celebrations to mark one year of the Congress government. Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Saturday personally met the former Chief Minister to hand over the invitation on behalf of the government. BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao told the media after the BRS Legislative Party meeting that KCR asked the party legislators to raise various issues faced by people in both houses of the state legislature during the session beginning on December 9. KCR asked MLAs and MLCs to take the government to task in both the Assembly and the Council over its failures and non-implementation of poll promises. Rama Rao said the party would also raise the issue of illegal arrests of its legislators and leaders and false cases being booked against them. He said the BRS would question the government over the crisis in agriculture and its failure to fulfil promises made to farmers. The opposition party would also take the government to task over the recent excess committed on tribals, Dalits and other weaker sections to forcibly acquire their lands for the pharma cluster in the Chief Minister’s constituency Kodangal. KCR told the meeting that a public meeting would be held in February against the anti-people measures of the Congress government. He told the legislators that the party would constitute all committees after February and this would be followed by a membership drive.AT&T to Release Fourth-Quarter 2024 Earnings on January 27

The College Football Playoff committee took SMU's wins over Alabama's strength of schedule, picking the Mustangs for the final at-large spot Sunday after a furious public debate and days of lobbying and arguing over which teams should make the 12-team field. SMU (11-2) showed it could compete against a traditional power, losing to Clemson 34-31 on a 56-yard field goal on the final play of the ACC championship game. The late-game rally probably did the trick. “I just think America saw SMU belongs," Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN on Sunday after his team got in. "We’re a team that has a chance to compete for this championship. And to some degree, I think we’re a little bit America’s team after last night.” The Mustangs, seeded 11th, will visit No. 6 seed Penn State in the first round. The bracket was expanded from four teams this season, but that didn’t help Alabama or save the committee from controversy that began over the past two weeks as the CFP rankings — and “data points” — were parsed and criticized. The squabbling wasn't limited to who should be in the field but also who should get consideration for first-round byes. The Crimson Tide (9-3) had quality wins against Georgia and South Carolina in their first season under coach Kalen DeBoer. Losses at Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma proved costly. The 24-3 loss to Oklahoma was too much to overcome. The Sooners, who finished 6-6, rushed for 250 yards against the Crimson Tide and dominated despite having several key injuries. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said the committee's decision was not good for college football. “Disappointed with the outcome and felt we were one of the 12 best teams in the country,” Byrne said in a social media post. “We had an extremely challenging schedule and recognize there were two games in particular that we did not perform as well as we should have.” All of Alabama's losses came in conference play. Still, Byrne said he now will reconsider how his program schedules nonconference games. For now, the Crimson Tide will settle for playing Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Dec. 31. Several teams with strong seasons were left out besides the Crimson Tide, including Miami (two losses), South Carolina and Mississippi (three losses each). Committee chairman Warde Manuel explained that strength of schedule was valued — a comment that didn’t sit well with Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin. “Is this fake news??? he didn’t actually really say that ....” Kiffin wrote on a social media post, tagging both the Alabama and SMU football accounts. SMU actually increased its strength of schedule from the previous season by switching from the American Athletic Conference to the ACC. The Mustangs’ only regular-season loss this year was a nonconference game at home to 10-win BYU in the third game of the season . The Mustangs won nine straight before the loss to Clemson. That didn't make the waiting easier on Sunday. SMU was the last qualifier announced. “Until we saw SMU up there, you know, you’re just hanging, hanging on the edge,” Lashlee said. There was more controversy. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark said he didn't believe any Group of Five team should get the bye over a Power Four champion, citing strength of schedule. Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez pushed back hours ahead of the bracket announcement. “Participation in the College Football Playoff isn’t about entitlement,” she wrote on social media. “It should not be contingent upon a conference patch or the logo on the helmet. ... Boise State’s body of work this season, including an 11-game win streak, has earned it one of the top four seeds ahead of the Big 12 champion.” In the end, Boise State of the Mountain West got the No. 3 seed ahead of Big 12 champion Arizona State, which was seeded fourth. But both got first-round byes. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballArtificial Intelligence in Retail Market to See Huge Growth by 2030: Amazon, IBM, Google 12-08-2024 03:47 PM CET | Advertising, Media Consulting, Marketing Research Press release from: HTF Market Intelligence Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market HTF MI recently introduced Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market study with 143+ pages in-depth overview, describing about the Product / Industry Scope and elaborates market outlook and status (2024-2032). The market Study is segmented by key regions which is accelerating the marketization. At present, the market is developing its presence. Some key players from the complete study are Amazon, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, etc.. Download Sample Report PDF (Including Full TOC, Table & Figures) 👉 https://www.htfmarketreport.com/sample-report/4307679-artificial-intelligence-98?utm_source=Tarusha_OpenPR&utm_id=Tarusha According to HTF Market Intelligence, the Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail market is expected to grow from $23 Billion USD in 2024 to Artificial Intelligence(AI) in Retail Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2022-2029 USD by 2032, with a CAGR of 40% from 2024 to 2032. The Artificial Intelligence in Retail market is segmented by Types (Predictive Analytics, Chatbots, Recommendation Engines, Inventory Management), Application (E-commerce, Marketing, Supply Chain, In-Store Ops) and by Geography (North America, LATAM, West Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Oceania, MEA). Definition: AI in retail involves leveraging AI technologies like machine learning, NLP, and robotics to enhance operational efficiency, improve customer experience, and drive sales. It enables predictive analytics, automated inventory management, and personalized customer interactions. Dominating Region: • North America Fastest-Growing Region: • Asia-Pacific Have a query? Market an enquiry before purchase 👉 https://www.htfmarketreport.com/enquiry-before-buy/4307679-artificial-intelligence-98?utm_source=Tarusha_OpenPR&utm_id=Tarusha The titled segments and sub-section of the market are illuminated below: In-depth analysis of Artificial Intelligence in Retail market segments by Types: Predictive Analytics, Chatbots, Recommendation Engines, Inventory Management Detailed analysis of Tank Container Shipping market segments by Applications: E-commerce, Marketing, Supply Chain, In-Store Ops Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share, and growth rate of the following regions: • The Middle East and Africa (South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Egypt, etc.) • North America (United States, Mexico & Canada) • South America (Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, etc.) • Europe (Turkey, Spain, Turkey, Netherlands Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Russia UK, Italy, France, etc.) • Asia-Pacific (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Australia). Buy Now Latest Edition of Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Report 👉 https://www.htfmarketreport.com/buy-now?format=1&report=4307679?utm_source=Tarusha_OpenPR&utm_id=Tarusha Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Research Objectives: - Focuses on the key manufacturers, to define, pronounce and examine the value, sales volume, market share, market competition landscape, SWOT analysis, and development plans in the next few years. - To share comprehensive information about the key factors influencing the growth of the market (opportunities, drivers, growth potential, industry-specific challenges and risks). - To analyze the with respect to individual future prospects, growth trends and their involvement to the total market. - To analyze reasonable developments such as agreements, expansions new product launches, and acquisitions in the market. - To deliberately profile the key players and systematically examine their growth strategies. FIVE FORCES & PESTLE ANALYSIS: In order to better understand market conditions five forces analysis is conducted that includes the Bargaining power of buyers, Bargaining power of suppliers, Threat of new entrants, Threat of substitutes, and Threat of rivalry. • Political (Political policy and stability as well as trade, fiscal, and taxation policies) • Economical (Interest rates, employment or unemployment rates, raw material costs, and foreign exchange rates) • Social (Changing family demographics, education levels, cultural trends, attitude changes, and changes in lifestyles) • Technological (Changes in digital or mobile technology, automation, research, and development) • Legal (Employment legislation, consumer law, health, and safety, international as well as trade regulation and restrictions) • Environmental (Climate, recycling procedures, carbon footprint, waste disposal, and sustainability) Get 10-25% Discount on Immediate purchase 👉 https://www.htfmarketreport.com/request-discount/4307679-artificial-intelligence-98?utm_source=Tarusha_OpenPR&utm_id=Tarusha Points Covered in Table of Content of Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market: Chapter 01 - Artificial Intelligence in Retail Executive Summary Chapter 02 - Market Overview Chapter 03 - Key Success Factors Chapter 04 - Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market - Pricing Analysis Chapter 05 - Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Background or History Chapter 06 - Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Segmentation (e.g. Type, Application) Chapter 07 - Key and Emerging Countries Analysis Worldwide Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Chapter 08 - Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Structure & worth Analysis Chapter 09 - Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Competitive Analysis & Challenges Chapter 10 - Assumptions and Acronyms Chapter 11 - Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market Research Methodology Key questions answered • How Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail Market growth & size is changing in next few years? • Who are the Leading players and what are their futuristic plans in the Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail market? • What are the key concerns of the 5-forces analysis of the Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail market? • What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors? • What are the different prospects and threats faced by the dealers in the Global Artificial Intelligence in Retail market? Thanks for reading this article; you can also get individual chapter-wise sections or region-wise report versions like North America, LATAM, Europe, Japan, Australia or Southeast Asia. Contact Us: Nidhi Bhawsar (PR & Marketing Manager) HTF Market Intelligence Consulting Private Limited Phone: +15075562445 sales@htfmarketintelligence.com Connect with us on LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter About Author: HTF Market Intelligence Consulting is uniquely positioned to empower and inspire with research and consulting services to empower businesses with growth strategies. We offer services with extraordinary depth and breadth of thought leadership, research, tools, events, and experience that assist in decision-making. This release was published on openPR.

Indiana should be able to breathe easy this week. It has very little chance of making it into the Big Ten championship game. On the other hand, Georgia's spot in the Southeastern Conference title game is so risky that if the Bulldogs lose they might have been better off sitting it out. Over the next two weeks, the warm familiarity of conference championship games, which began in 1992 thanks to the SEC, could run into the cold reality that comes with the first 12-team College Football Playoff. League title games give the nation's top contenders a chance to hang a banner and impress the CFP committee, but more than ever, the bragging rights come with the risk of a season-wrecking loss — even with an expanded field. “I just don’t think it’s a quality conversation,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said last week, sticking with the time-honored cliche of looking no further than the next weekend's opponent. Those who want to have that talk, though, already know where Georgia stands. The Bulldogs (9-2) are ranked sixth in this week's AP Top 25 and projected somewhere near that in the next set of CFP rankings that come out Tuesday. They already have two losses and will have to beat No. 3 Texas or No. 20 Texas A & M in the SEC title game on Dec. 7 to avoid a third. How bad would a third loss hurt? The chairman of the selection committee insists that a team making a conference title game shouldn't count against it. What that really means won't be known until the games are played and the pairings come out on Dec. 8. "We're going to let the season play out," Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said. “But I think teams who make that championship game, the committee looks at them and puts them in high esteem." All of which could be good news for Indiana in the unlikely event the Hoosiers find themselves playing for the Big Ten title. IU is coming off a flop in its first major test of the season, a 38-15 loss to Ohio State last weekend. After his team's first loss of the season, coach Curt Cignetti took offense to being asked whether the Hoosiers were still a playoff-caliber team. “Is that a serious question?” he asked. “I’m not even gonna answer that. The answer is so obvious.” What might hurt Indiana, which dropped five spots to No. 10 in the AP poll, would be another drubbing. The Hoosiers would be at least a two-touchdown underdog in a title-game matchup against top-ranked Oregon. The odds of that happening, however, are slim. It would take a Michigan upset over No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday, combined with a Maryland upset over No. 4 Penn State and, of course, an Indiana win over Purdue (1-10). Because this is the first year of the 12-team playoff, there's no perfect comparison to make. For instance, this is the first time Power Four conference champions are guaranteed a spot in the playoff. But 2017 provides a textbook example of how a team losing its conference title game suffered. That year, Alabama had one loss (to Auburn) and didn't play in the SEC title game, but made the four-team field ahead of Wisconsin, which was 12-1 after a loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game. Ohio State didn't make it either — two losses didn't get teams into a four-team field. Neither did undefeated UCF. Saturday's results made things a little more clear for the rest of the conferences: — In the Big 12, winning the title game will probably be the only way for Arizona State (9-2), BYU (9-2), Iowa State (9-2), Colorado (8-3) or anyone else to earn a spot in the 12-team playoff. None are ranked higher than 14th in the AP poll. — The Atlantic Coast Conference could get multiple bids. Miami (10-1), SMU (10-1) and Clemson (9-2) all finished in the top 12 of this week's AP poll. They were cheering the loudest when both Alabama and Ole Miss suffered their third losses of the season. — The Mountain West would be a one-bid conference, but that's only a sure thing if Boise State wins. A loss by the Broncos could open the CFP for Tulane or Army of the American Athletic. Both the MWC and AAC title games take place at 8 p.m. on Dec. 6. — Where the committee places Alabama and Ole Miss on Tuesday will be an indicator of what it thinks of teams with three losses that played very strong schedules. — It could also set the stakes for Georgia, which faces the prospect of loss No. 3 in the Dec. 7 title game, assuming the Bulldogs beat rival Georgia Tech this week. — Clemson has been steadily climbing. Its 34-3 loss to Georgia came on Aug. 31. Is it ancient history to the committee, though? — Indiana's status as a playoff team — in, out, nervous? — will become apparent. The Ohio State game was Indiana's first against a top-flight opponent. Then again, it is the Hoosiers' only loss and their weak Big Ten schedule is not their fault. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballThe Atlanta Falcons lost their fourth game in a row on Sunday, falling to the Minnesota Vikings in a Week 14 blowout. The Falcons lost with a 21-42 final score, dropping their 2024 season record to 6-7. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Thanks for the feedback.

Feds suspend ACA marketplace access to companies accused of falsely promising ‘cash cards’Windows 11 24H2 update breaks Ubisoft games; fix still pending

Health In Tech Announces Closing of Initial Public Offeringbest super game improvement irons 。

Greenland is not for sale, its leader says in response to TrumpAndrej Jakimovski hit a layup with 8 seconds left, and Colorado upset No. 2 UConn 73-72 in the consolation bracket of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday in Lahaina, Hawaii. Colorado (5-1) rallied from down 11 in the first half to get the win over the two-time defending national champions Huskies. Jakimovski finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Julian Hammond III and Elijah Malone each scored 16 for the Buffaloes, who advanced to the fifth-place game in Maui on Wednesday. Down 72-71, Jakimovski drove the right side of the lane and made a scoop shot as he was falling down. UConn called timeout to set up the final play but Hassan Diarra missed a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left. Liam McNeeley led UConn with 20 points, Solo Ball scored 16 and Diarra finished with 11. The Huskies (4-2) lost two straight for the first time since dropping three in a row from Jan. 11-18, 2023. Colorado trailed by eight at halftime and Diarra hit two 3-pointers early in the second half that made it 46-37. The Buffaloes scored the next 11 points to take a 48-46 lead, their first of the game. Hammond bookended that run with a pair of triples. UConn went back in front 55-52 on Tarris Reed Jr.'s driving layup but Malone's bucket with 8:34 left tied it at 59. McNeeley's hook shot gave the Huskies a 63-60 lead before Jakimovski drained a 3-pointer to tie it again with 5:16 left. Ball hit a 3-pointer and a layup to give UConn a five-point lead but Colorado got within 70-69 on two free throws by Malone with 2:04 left. A putback from Jaylin Stewart made it a three-point game with 1:29 remaining. Malone answered with a layup, Javon Ruffin blocked Diarra's shot and Colorado got an offensive rebound with 24 seconds left to set up the winning basket. McNeeley made his first four shots from deep and had 16 points by intermission to lead the Huskies. Colorado had opportunities to make it a close game by halftime but went just 12-for-19 from the foul line and trailed 40-32. UConn attempted only four free throws in the first half and had five players with two or more fouls, including Reed, who had three. --Field Level Media

TaxZerone Announces Revised Deadlines for Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animalsDynamic pricing: how algorithms are changing costs If rental cars, hotel rooms, airfares, ride-share trips and concert tickets have anything in common, it’s certainly not the overwhelming confidence Americans feel when booking and buying them, reports Bloomberg. Prices for these kinds of purchases fluctuate from one minute to the next -- or, in many cases, from buyer to buyer. It’s not that fair prices don’t exist, but it can be impossible to feel sure that you’re getting one. You have no idea what anyone else might be paying for the same flight or seat or midsize sedan, or what you might have paid yesterday or could pay tomorrow. The possibility that you’re being taken for a fool (or outright discriminated against) looms every time you click ‘Buy’. Put another way, no regular person has ever sat back and thought, “You know what? I want more of my interactions with the economy to feel like renting a car.” Nevertheless, a suite of tactics collectively known as dynamic pricing has already crept into an expansive array of consumer transactions. Through dynamic pricing, retailers algorithmically adjust prices, sometimes in real time, using whatever data they can scrape together -- the time of day, your location, the product’s popularity and inventory level, competitors’ prices, even whether you’ve visited the product page before. And this practice is likely to become much more widespread in pretty short order. According to Dipanjan Chatterjee, a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research Inc, consumer businesses that have been profit-taking by raising prices over the past few years can’t just keep marking up their products the old-fashioned way. Americans seem to have been pushed to their limit, financially and psychologically, by the highest inflation in four decades; additional broad markups would risk alienating customers and tanking revenue, Chatterjee said in an email. “I fully expect companies will turn to more sophisticated pricing mechanisms like dynamic pricing to boost profitability,” he wrote. Dynamic pricing -- a blanket term that covers many slightly different tactics, including surge pricing, demand pricing and personalized pricing -- is easiest to implement online, and plenty of internet retailers have been using it in some capacity for years. These merchants have a significant advantage in doing the kind of large-scale, fine-grained data collection that makes it possible to deploy algorithmic models to maximise purchases. Amazon[dot]com Inc is generally regarded as the retailer with the most sophisticated pricing operation. Not only does the megaretailer reprice its own products constantly, but it also gives its army of third-party sellers access to tools that can adjust their listings’ prices automatically to compete with other sellers or better comply with the changing preferences of Amazon’s internal search. Thanks in part to the investment dollars pouring into seemingly every vaguely artificial-intelligence-tinged business, third-party software vendors have sprung up to offer similar capabilities to everyone from your landlord to your local ice cream shop. Plenty of them seem ready to give it a shot: In a recent survey of 755 American restaurant operators, the ordering platform Toast found that 70 per cent were “very or extremely interested” in implementing dynamic pricing that would raise or lower prices depending on foot traffic or order volume. (Only 7.0 per cent reported currently using the practice.) The proliferation of things such as plug-and-play order management software and Square’s tablet-based checkout systems has made it feasible for many more types of businesses to collect basic data on customers and use it to quickly adjust prices, dynamically or not. For larger brick-and-mortar retailers, the increasing popularity of installing digital shelf-labelling systems provides similar capabilities across thousands of products. The problem -- or one of them, anyway -- is that customers hate dynamic pricing almost as much as they hate normal price increases. Earlier this year, when Wendy’s Restaurant LLC announced it would test demand-based pricing at some of its restaurants in 2025, the internet blowback was so swift and forceful that the company ditched the plan entirely. Similarly, when news got out this summer that Walmart and Kroger stores were replacing paper price tags with digital shelf labels, both retailers had to publicly promise they had no plans to use them to raise prices indiscriminately. Ticketmaster’s demand-based pricing has provoked the ire of fan bases as disparate as Taylor Swift’s and Bruce Springsteen’s. When Oasis announced its long-awaited reunion tour dates in the UK, prices soared so high that the band refused to allow Ticketmaster to use the same tactic on subsequent American dates, calling it “an unacceptable experience for fans.” The Federal Trade Commission has taken an interest in some of these pricing gambits, initiating a study last summer on how a handful of popular pricing services use surveillance data to manipulate how much they charge people. But as it stands, dynamic pricing is largely regarded as legal, as long as sellers don’t use protected characteristics such as race or gender to determine what buyers will pay. The algorithmic nature of dynamic pricing also gives sellers plausible deniability; who’s to say which data points were dispositive? The main risk for retailers is one of perception. “Nontraditional pricing strategies like dynamic pricing have a marketing problem,” Forrester’s Chatterjee says. He points to Uber Technologies Inc’s clumsy surge pricing -- the flavour of dynamic pricing that people hate most virulently -- as one source of broad public animus toward the idea, especially in transactions in which buyers expect static pricing. No one likes that airfares are higher around the holidays or that beachside hotels are more expensive during the summer, but it’s been that way for so long and is predictable enough that people generally accept it. Most will need to contend with these premiums only once or twice a year, plus advice abounds on money-saving travel hacks. Having to do some form of that calculus every time you buy groceries is an entirely different kind of budgeting burden. Whether dynamic pricing does lead to the higher prices everyone is afraid of is a more complicated question. When used well, pretty much everyone agrees that it results in larger and more consistent profits for merchants, who are able to maximize margins and volumes simultaneously in a way that’s much harder with static prices. By definition, that means that at least some customers are getting good deals. A 2021 study of European grocery stores found that those using dynamic pricing through digital tags both improved margins for retailers and reduced the average cost of goods sold to consumers, especially for perishable products, which could be more effectively discounted as expiration dates neared. Some people in the pricing industry have tried to encourage retailers to adopt dynamic pricing in ways that paint the practice in a more positive light. In an editorial in the trade publication Restaurant Dive, Catherine Tabor, the chief executive officer of the food service software company Sparkfly, urged restaurants to try out “dynamic offers”—essentially, a spontaneous, data-driven happy hour to boost foot traffic during slow periods (which was, of course, why analog happy hour was invented in the first place), instead of surge pricing that penalizes shoppers during high demand. Chatterjee was less optimistic about the possibility that companies would use new pricing methods purely to offer better value to their customers. “‘Surge pricing’ is a dirty word,” he says. “Companies are trying to figure out how to do it without saying it.

KALISPELL — Flathead High School announced Monday morning that it will begin the hiring process for a new head football coach in January, marking the fourth time the school will have sought to hire a new head coach since early 2019. In a press release, assistant principal and activities director Matt Allison wrote that the school thanked former head coach Caleb Aaland “for his dedication and leadership during his three years as the head coach of the Braves Football program, as the school has decided to go in a different direction.” Aaland, who is originally from Panama City, Fla., and spent several years on the coaching staff at Troy University in Alabama, before moving to work at Glacier National Park. He spent one year at Flathead High as the football team’s quarterbacks coach, before taking over as head coach in 2022. Aaland told the My Panhandle news outlet in 2022 that he took over a team that had not won a game since 2019. The team’s first game under Aaland was a 27-0 win against Billings Skyview, but Flathead went on to lose the rest of its games that season. The 2023 season brought a marginal improvement in the win-loss column with a 2-7 record. In 2024, the team went 0-9, including three one-score losses, bringing Aaland’s record as the team’s head coach to 3-24. The Flathead football program is now six years removed from a 2018 appearance in the AA state championship game, when the Braves fell to Billings West 20-14 and finished the season 9-4. It was the team’s first appearance in the state title game since 2000. Kyle Samson, the head coach for the 2000 team, left before the next season to take a job as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at NAIA football program Montana Tech, where he is now the head coach. During five years as the head coach for Flathead, Samson’s teams went 27-27. Samson was replaced by Matt Upham, who went 2-15 across two seasons, including a shortened seven-game 2020 season, before resigning. He was replaced by Alex Cummings, who went 0-9 during the 2021 season before resigning to become the assistant principal at Kalispell Middle School. In his statement about the coaching change and subsequent search, Allison wrote that they are looking to hire someone who can “build on the solid foundation that we currently have — talented assistant coaches and next year’s returning players.” Get in the game with our Prep Sports Newsletter Sent weekly directly to your inbox!Rosen Law Firm Encourages Quanterix Corporation Investors to Inquire About Securities Class Action Investigation - QTRXWisconsin officer grabbing Donovan Raiola's arm a 'misunderstanding,' UW police say

best super game improvement irons 2023 。

Elon Musk has perpetually promised that self-driving cars are only a year away. However, today’s relatively rudimentary autonomous systems are still making errors that most humans wouldn’t make behind the wheel. New research found that the flashing lights mounted on emergency vehicles can disorient automated driving systems. Researchers have named the issue “digital epileptic seizure.” Digital epileptic seizures (or epilepticars) make it impossible for systems trained with AI to identify objects on the road properly. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Japanese technology firm Fujitsu Limited ran tests using five off-the-shelf systems. The flashing lights essentially blow out the images captured by the camera, making object detection unreliable. According to Wired , researchers did propose a solution: The BGU and Fujitsu researchers did come with a software fix to the emergency flasher issue. Called “Caracetamol”—a portmanteau of “car” and the painkiller “Paracetamol”—it’s designed to avoid the “seizure” issue by being specifically trained to identify vehicles with emergency flashing lights. The researchers say it improves object detectors’ accuracy. While researchers didn’t test Tesla’s Autopilot or the systems mounted on any specific vehicle, digital epileptic seizures could explain why Teslas seemingly crash into emergency vehicles far more often than cars from other automakers. Up to 2023, at least 15 crashes of this nature where Autopilot was involved. After Autopilot’s recall, Full Self-Driving is still causing Tesla vehicles to smash into police cruisers, fire trucks and ambulances. Caracetamol could be the medicine for Tesla’s software woes.

RAPID CITY, MI — Homebuyers have the unique opportunity of playing Yellowstone rancher to a Northern Michigan backdrop. The Adirondack-inspired estate, located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd NW in Rapid City, that’s a cohesive blend of luxury living and natural splendor is MLive’s House of the Week. Homes from across the state are showcased each Wednesday Listed at $13.9 million by Johnny Crane of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices , the six-bedroom, six-and-one-half-bathroom Northern Michigan property features a main lodge, entertainment barn and 466 acres for outdoor adventure. “It’s essentially a Yellowstone ranch with as nice a home as you’ll find in Michigan. You don’t see this combination of beautiful, diverse acreage and luxury living,” Crane said. “The person who is going to enjoy this property appreciates high quality craftsmanship and understands how beautiful the heart of Northern Michigan is.” The main lodge and guest barn boast a combined 9,700 square feet of living space set on four acres of manicured grounds. Inspired by a profound admiration for Adirondack architecture, Crane said the owners embarked on multiple trips to upstate New York alongside their design team to ensure authenticity. The interior design of both homes were orchestrated by Francesca Owings Design of Grand Rapids. The property is offered fully furnished. A significant portion of the furniture, accessories and décor were handpicked from Dartbrook Rustic Goods, a boutique in Keene, N.Y. known for its expertise in Adirondack furnishings. Inside the Adirondack-inspired main lodge of a property located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd in Rapid City. Photos provided by WayUp Media Crafted in 2017, the main lodge is an architectural wonder. It spans 5,888 square feet, offering four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. The interior surfaces are made almost entirely of premium woods with specialty paint finishes. Year-round comfort is provided with in-floor radiant heat and forced air. Lighting and audio in the main living areas and primary suite care managed with in-home technology. The main room in the lodge proudly features an Adirondack stone fireplace. The focal point is supported by a three foot thick stone wall. All stones were sourced directly from the Adirondack region and integrated into property interiors and exteriors. Above, the cathedral ceiling is embellished with massive hand hewed beams and chandeliers made of elk antlers. An open concept floor plan, wet bar and multiple seating areas makes the space ideal for entertaining guests. The chef’s kitchen features a Subzero refrigerator, dual dishwashers, an industrial stove and an oversized island with two-inch-thick soapstone counters. There’s plenty of storage with custom cabinetry and a walk-in pantry. The Bavarian-themed dining room is a unique octagon shape, featuring taxidermy from decommissioned castles, exquisite trim work and abundant natural light. The primary suite of a home located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd in Rapid City. Photos provided by WayUp Media Tucked away in its own wing, a sunlit hallway leads to the primary suite with a water feature flowing below. The Scandinavian-inspired oasis is adorned with white-washed alder wood, cathedral ceilings and built-in cabinetry for a personalized coffee bar. In the primary bathroom, a soaking tub offers elevated views of the outdoors. Its accompanied by custom-built Adirondack-style vanities and a spacious owner’s closet with its own washer and dryer. Along the corridor leading to the primary suite, an office nook offers a picturesque vista of the spring-fed pond. The Moroccan-inspired guest room inside the main lodge of a property located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd in Rapid City. Photos provided by WayUp Media Located at the southern end of the main lodge, one of the guest rooms emanates cultural richness and worldly travel. The room is embellished with authentic antiques from Morocco and paint colors that pay homage to the region’s vibrant palette. The Moroccan room offers two sets of built-in bunk beds, its own dedicated bathroom and access to an additional guest bedroom in the loft above. Hallways and corridors serve as conversation pieces, enriched with bespoke wood finishes, artwork and antiques. The equipment hall has custom cabinetry that accommodates outdoor activity with fly rod mounts and a secure gun case. The interior of a home located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd in Rapid City. Photos provided by WayUp Media Built in 2021, the guest barn features ten-foot overhead doors and cedar wall coverings. The space is meant for large gatherings or more functional day-to-day use and storage. This 3,888 square foot indoor space features two bedrooms, three bathrooms, a cocktail lounge and spa. The Hemingway Bar and Cocktail Lounge is decorated with a selection of antique and custom furnishings, including a vintage pool table and a built-in gun case. Walls are adorned with a variety of antiques, paintings and books, evoking a sense of timelessness and nostalgia. The River’s Edge Spa is located within the guest house. Its complete with in-floor lighting, custom cedar sauna, massage beds and kitchenette. The exterior of the main lodge at a property located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd in Rapid City. Photos provided by WayUp Media The property encompassing an expanse of 466 acres, including nearly a mile of frontage along the Rapid River. The outdoor living area of the main lodge features a large deck and patio with a boardwalk ending at the river’s edge. It comes equipped with a built-in gas grill, custom smoker, Argentinian grill and a professional-grade wood-fired pizza oven for entertaining under the open skies. Screened porches in both the main lodge and guest barn extend outdoor through the four seasons. The grounds are maintained with English-style gardens and a rolling creek that runs under the main lodge. The entire four-acre grounds are irrigated, providing a lush lawn resembling a Kentucky horse farm. The 466-acre property of a home located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd in Rapid City. Photos provided by WayUp Media The property is not only a beautiful backdrop. Hardwood forests, undulating hills, expansive pastures and elevations reaching almost 1,000 feet are encompassed in this private bite of Northern Michigan scenery. A myriad of trails are perfect for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. A vast network of snowmobiling and UTV trails seamlessly connect to the property, promising endless exploration and outdoor excitement. For hunting enthusiasts, there’s an abundant mature whitetail deer population, as well as coyote and black bear, providing ample opportunities for thrilling pursuits. Upland bird hunting is also cherished here, with a plentiful population of grouse offering delightful autumn excursions. There are three raised platform blinds thoughtfully positioned across the estate. A sport clays course boasts three separate stations equipped with Wi-Fi- controlled commercial-grade clay pigeon launchers for effortless and enjoyable practice sessions. The exterior of the main lodge at a property located at 8051 Glade Valley Rd in Rapid City. Photos provided by WayUp Media The Rapid River meanders gracefully through the property, serving as a natural southern boundary. Its recognized for its quality and abundance of rainbow, brook and brown trout. Stocked annually with bass, perch and rainbow trout, a spring-fed pond near the main lodge provides a serene retreat for both fishing and relaxation. It connects directly to the river, ensuring consistent water levels during periods of drought or extreme heat. See some of the 120 images provided by WayUp Media above or view the full gallery by clicking here . View the listing of the home here .Damian Williams, the leading federal prosecutor in Manhattan, has announced his resignation, effective December 13, as Donald Trump prepares to reassume the presidency. Known for securing major convictions, including U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried, Williams has been a significant figure in prosecuting financial fraud and public corruption. Williams, who took office in 2021 under President Joe Biden, chose to step aside before Trump's inauguration on January 20. His deputy, Edward Kim, will temporarily assume the role of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Williams focused on prosecuting high-stakes fraud and corruption cases during his tenure, most notably convicting Bankman-Fried and financier Bill Hwang. Williams's departure echoes the fate of former officeholders under Trump's administration. In parting, Williams expressed confidence in the office's continued excellence and integrity. The office stands prepared to tackle national security, terrorism financing, and money laundering, as detailed by Jay Clayton, Trump's prospective nominee. (With inputs from agencies.)Bulgaria's position in the Global Innovation Index has remained unchanged at 38th place, but the country continues to see a decline in its performance across key indicators. The Bulgarian Industrial Chamber’s (BIC) annual analysis highlights that, unlike many other nations that have shown improvements in their innovation metrics, Bulgaria’s overall results have worsened for the second consecutive year. This trend is worrying, as it suggests that the country’s efforts to foster innovation and technological advancement are not yielding the expected results. The Global Innovation Index evaluates the innovation landscape of countries based on various factors, offering valuable insights for policymakers aiming to improve national innovation strategies. Bulgaria’s stagnation in this ranking underscores significant challenges in its institutional, infrastructural, and business development sectors. For example, the country’s performance in the “Institutions” pillar has fallen sharply, dropping 17 places to 83rd position, where it now lags behind nations such as Ghana and Kazakhstan. This decline is attributed to the inefficiency of the country’s institutions, which hinders its overall innovation capacity. One of the more promising areas, however, is the “Human and Research Capital” pillar, where Bulgaria has improved by four positions to 62nd place. Despite this progress, the country’s performance has weakened in key areas like education, where increasing spending per teacher has not translated into better outcomes for students, as evidenced by declining PISA test scores. In the “Infrastructure” pillar, Bulgaria saw a slight improvement, climbing six positions to 22nd, but it remains far behind in digital transformation, ranking 51st in ICT access, signaling the slow pace of technological adoption compared to other nations. The “Mature Market Development” pillar also showed minimal improvement, with Bulgaria rising ten places to 50th. While the country has made progress in startup financing, its overall performance remains lackluster, especially in domestic lending and market size diversification. The business environment, which had been a strength in previous years, has deteriorated significantly, largely due to political instability and a lack of strategic reforms in education and R&D. Bulgaria’s ranking in “Science-Business” connectivity has collapsed, falling from 38th to 55th, and its position in cluster development has similarly declined, dropping out of the top 50. Bulgaria has also made some progress in the “Creative Impact” pillar, where it has entered the top 30. The country’s performance in industrial design and the export of cultural services has improved, helping to offset some of the other declines. However, challenges remain in the areas of intangible assets and trademark registration, which have seen decreased rankings. The report also highlights Bulgaria’s underperformance in emerging fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and space technologies, which are seen as critical for future global competitiveness. The country is at risk of falling behind in these sectors unless urgent reforms are implemented. The BIC warns that without systemic changes in education, innovation financing, and government support for research, Bulgaria will continue to lose ground in the global innovation race. Despite these challenges, some areas of the economy have shown resilience. For example, high-tech production as a percentage of total production has improved, helping to boost Bulgaria’s position in the “Knowledge and Technological Impact” pillar. Nonetheless, the overall trend remains one of stagnation and decline, as the country struggles to keep pace with global advancements. The innovation environment in Bulgaria faces several obstacles, including deep institutional crises, outdated education systems, and a lack of national resources to support innovation. The BIC’s analysis emphasizes that unless Bulgaria accelerates its reforms and improves its innovation ecosystem, it risks falling further behind in the global technological race. This stagnation could have long-term consequences for the country’s economic development and global positioning. Sources: Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov has revealed that new archaeological findings suggest Bulgaria fell under Ottoman control between 1420 and 1422, rather than the commonly accepted date of 1396 Small grocery stores contribute approximately 10% to Bulgaria's GDP Bulgaria's purchasing power stands at about 60% of the European average Bulgaria's 17-year membership in the European Union has not lived up to the expectations of many Bulgarians, according to Senior Assistant Professor Dr. Tsvetomir Tsvetkov from Sofia Universit As the New Year approaches, hotels, holiday resorts, and guesthouses in Bulgaria are offering a range of packages to attract holidaymakers The decision to buy or rent property in Bulgaria's major cities, particularly Sofia, is influenced by various factors, with real estate experts suggesting that buying remains more advantageous than renting in the long term Airfares around the world are expected to rise in 2025, with ticket prices reflecting both higher operational costs and ongoing supply chain disruptions As the New Year approaches, hotels, holiday resorts, and guesthouses in Bulgaria are offering a range of packages to attract holidaymakers The decision to buy or rent property in Bulgaria's major cities, particularly Sofia, is influenced by various factors, with real estate experts suggesting that buying remains more advantageous than renting in the long term A recent survey reveals that more businesses are investing in technology to support hybrid work models as employees increasingly seek work closer to home Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency (NRA) has increased its scrutiny of individuals involved in online trading and content creation. In the first half of 2024 Wizz Air has announced four new routes from Varna for the summer 2025 season

Software company MicroStrategy has purchased more than $5 billion worth of bitcoin, according to new financial disclosures. On Nov. 25, the Tysons Corner, Virginia, software company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it had purchased about 55,500 bitcoins for about $5.4 billion in cash between Nov. 18 and Nov. 24. The moves brought its total holdings of the digital currency to 386,700 tokens. At the current price, that translates to about $36.8 billion of holdings. MicroStrategy’s stock crashed following news of the purchase, falling to as low as $383.80 a share in morning trading from an opening price of $440.75. However, as of about midday on Monday, the price recovered to about $405 a share. MicroStrategy describes itself as the “world’s first and largest Bitcoin treasury company,” using cryptocurrency as its primary treasury reserve asset. “We strategically accumulate Bitcoin and advocate for its role as digital capital,” the company said in a recent statement. “Our treasury strategy is designed to provide investors varying degrees of economic exposure to Bitcoin by offering a range of securities, including equity and fixed-income instruments.” In addition, the company makes and sells analytics software. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset secured via encryption technology in an unalterable and publicly visible way. Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin make it possible to transfer value online without a bank or payment processor. As a digital asset, cryptocurrency is not backed by governments, central banks, or physical assets. Although bitcoin began as an obscure novelty valued at less than 10 cents per token, its price has exploded over the past decade. As of about midday on Nov. 25, the cryptocurrency was trading at about $95,845 per token. That is a massive increase from the $44,200 per token the digital asset traded for at the beginning of 2024. Bitcoin’s 2024 bull run got a giant boost after Election Day. The price of bitcoin rose by about 39 percent between Nov. 4 and Nov. 25. Bitcoin advocates, such as the political group Stand With Crypto, said voters sent politicians to Capitol Hill who will enact policies more favorable to the ascendant crypto industry. President-elect Donald Trump promised to keep the United States the world’s leader in cryptocurrency. Trump selected Howard Lutnick, a financier with solid ties to alternative cryptocurrency Tether, as his commerce secretary. According to its Monday SEC filing, MicroStrategy has purchased about 197,550 bitcoins in 2024. In a recent appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor said his business makes money by “selling the volatility and recycling it back into bitcoin.” “We expect that [bitcoin’s] going to go up 29 percent a year for the next 21 years. It’s been going up 60 percent a year,” Saylor said on CNBC. “Over the last two weeks, we generated $5.4 billion in BTC gains. We’re making $500 million a day.” In an X post published on Monday, Saylor said its bitcoin purchases delivered an annual yield of about 59.3 percent to the company’s shareholders. If bitcoin’s price were to reach $100,000 per token by the end of the year, Saylor said, that would equate to a yield of $11.2 billion in 2024.

Nanozymes can transform biomaterials for use in medicinal & biomedical applications - Department Of Science & Technology

Stores are getting ready for Thanksgiving 2024 coming up this week on Thursday, Nov. 28. While many federal and state offices and banks close on federal holidays, several stores choose to remain open on most of these days. Macy’s is one store that closes on very few federal holidays, staying open on most of them for shoppers to take advantage of holiday deals. Plus, you can check out the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade shop with everything from limited-edition clothes to collectibles based on the balloons and floats crowds will see during the event. That includes an entire Minnie Mouse collection based on Disney’s first Minnie balloon in the parade. But will Macy’s fans be able to snag Black Friday discounts and start their holiday shopping this Thanksgiving? Is Macy’s open on Thanksgiving 2024? No, Macy’s will not be open. Shoppers will have to start their in-store Black Friday shopping sprees on Friday, Nov. 29. The department stores will close on Thanksgiving — just as it did last year — giving staff a day of rest and time to spend with their families. While you can start shopping online right after Thanksgiving dinner, you can also wait to visit a Macy’s location on Black Friday, which will reopen with extended hours from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. You can find your nearest Macy’s department store here . More Thanksgiving 2024 Store Hours Is Kohl’s open on Thanksgiving 2024? What to know before you go to the store Is Home Depot open on Thanksgiving 2024? What to know before you go to the store Thanksgiving 2024: What’s open, what’s closed on Thursday? Banks, UPS, mail delivery, stock markets, stores, malls, supermarkets When is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024? What to know before you go or livestream the event Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com . Victoria Rosenthal can be reached at vrosenthal@njadvancemedia.com . Have a tip? Tell us at nj.com/tips .President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Zelensky and Trump at the Elysee Palace, discussing what the incoming American president had termed a world that was a "little crazy". Hours after their meeting, the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden announced a new $988 million military assistance package for Ukraine. The package features drones, ammunition for precision HIMARS rocket launchers, and equipment and spare parts for artillery systems, tanks and armoured vehicles, the Pentagon said in a statement. Zelensky's meeting with Trump just before the three men headed to Notre Dame for the re-opening ceremony of the great Paris cathedral was his first face-to-face encounter with tycoon-turned-politician since his election victory. The meeting was of huge importance to Zelensky, given fears in Kyiv that Trump, who once boasted he could end Russia's war on Ukraine in 24 hours, may urge Ukraine to make concessions to Moscow. It also offered a unique chance for Macron to gain insights into how a second Trump presidency will look when he takes office in January. The trip to Paris is Trump's first international visit since his November 5 election win. "We all want peace. But it is very important for us... that the peace is just for all of us and that Russia, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin or any other aggressor has no possibility of ever returning," Zelensky said according to the presidential website. "And this is the most important thing -- a just peace and security guarantees, strong security guarantees for Ukraine," he added. Trump has scoffed at the billions of dollars in US military assistance to Ukraine and has spoken of forcing a quick settlement. But Zelensky also thanked Trump for his "unwavering resolve" describing the talks as "good and productive". Trump and Macron embraced and shook hands several times on the steps of the French presidential palace, with Trump given a full guard of honour despite not yet being in office. "It seems like the world is going a little crazy right now and we will be talking about that," Trump told reporters as he prepared to sit down for the talks with Macron. Despite tensions between the two men during his first term, Trump hailed his ties with the centrist French leader, saying: "We had a great relationship as everyone knows. We accomplished a lot." Macron told Trump it was "a great honour for French people to welcome you" for the re-opening ceremony at Notre Dame, which was devastated by a blaze in 2019 during Trump's first term. "You were president at that time and I remember the solidarity and the immediate reaction," Macron added, speaking in English. When he first took office in 2017, Trump's ties with Macron -- then also a fresh face on the world stage -- began warmly despite their obvious political differences. Their long and muscular handshakes -- which saw each man seek to assert his superiority -- became a light-hearted focus of attention before ties cooled, then soured, following disputes about climate change, trade and defence. Trump earlier wrote on his Truth Social platform that the United States should "not get involved" in the situation in Syria, where fast-moving rebel forces say they have begun to encircle the capital Damascus. The Republican's return to power has rung alarms in Paris and many European capitals after his promises on the campaign trail to force an end to fighting in Ukraine and levy tariffs on trading partners. In his own reaction to the discussions, Macron wrote on social media: "Let us continue our joint efforts for peace and security." European allies have largely enjoyed a close working relationship with Biden on the crisis in the Middle East, but Trump is likely to distance himself and ally the United States even more closely with Israel. In a sign of the importance of Trump's one-day trip to Paris, he was accompanied by his pick for White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, as well as his Near East and Middle East advisors, Steve Witkoff and Massad Boulos, according to a guest list issued by the Elysee Palace. Tesla tycoon and Trump advisor Elon Musk, who was also on the line during a phone call between the incoming president and Zelensky last month, also flew into the French capital was present at the Notre Dame ceremony. sjw/adp/jj

Video claiming to show Rachel Maddow getting emotional while reporting on Elon Musk meme is fake

Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference and classified documents cases against TrumpOnce marked by exponential growth in 2021 and subsequent corrections in 2023, the cryptocurrency sector's hiring trends may see a new upward trajectory. Cryptocurrency exchanges that ET spoke to believe the proximity of Elon Musk-the self-styled "Dogefather"- to the incoming American dispensation, greater regulatory clarity at home and global crypto exchanges entering India may lead to a spike in professional interest in cryptocurrencies and help propel a lacklustre crypto job market. "With crypto being discussed for the first time as part of the election campaign," Edul Patel, chief executive of Mudrex, believes the US presidential election marked a watershed moment for the industry. Mudita Chauhan, CHRO of CoinDCX, echoes this sentiment. She said, "This change in the US could have a ripple effect, encouraging other countries with less clarity around crypto regulation to adopt more positive frameworks." "A few years ago, one of the biggest challenges was convincing potential hires that the crypto industry was legitimate and not a scam," said Patel. Office Productivity Mastering Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and 365 By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer View Program Office Productivity Microsoft Word Mastery: From Beginner to Expert By - CA Raj K Agrawal, Chartered Accountant View Program Finance Financial Literacy i.e Lets Crack the Billionaire Code By - CA Rahul Gupta, CA with 10+ years of experience and Accounting Educator View Program Finance A2Z Of Money By - elearnmarkets, Financial Education by StockEdge View Program Leadership Business Storytelling Masterclass By - Ameen Haque, Founder of Storywallahs View Program Leadership Crafting a Powerful Startup Value Proposition By - Dr. Anu Khanchandani, Startup Coach with more than 25 years of experience View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) AI for Everyone: Understanding and Applying the Basics on Artificial Intelligence By - Ritesh Vajariya, Generative AI Expert View Program Office Productivity Mastering Google Sheets: Unleash the Power of Excel and Advance Analysis By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer View Program Leadership From Idea to Product: A Startup Development Guide By - Dr. Anu Khanchandani, Startup Coach with more than 25 years of experience View Program Web Development Mastering Full Stack Development: From Frontend to Backend Excellence By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) ChatGPT Mastery from Zero to Hero: The Complete AI Course By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer View Program Marketing Modern Marketing Masterclass by Seth Godin By - Seth Godin, Former dot com Business Executive and Best Selling Author View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) AI-Powered Python Mastery with Tabnine: Boost Your Coding Skills By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer View Program Finance Financial Literacy for Non-Finance Executives By - CA Raja, Chartered Accountant | Financial Management Educator | Former AVP - Credit, SBI View Program Astrology Vastu Shastra Course By - Sachenkumar Rai, Vastu Shashtri View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) Basics of Generative AI: Unveiling Tomorrow's Innovations By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer View Program Marketing Digital Marketing Masterclass by Pam Moore By - Pam Moore, Digital Transformation and Social Media Expert View Program Office Productivity Zero to Hero in Microsoft Excel: Complete Excel guide 2024 By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, IT Specialist and Developer View Program Finance Crypto & NFT Mastery: From Basics to Advanced By - CA Raj K Agrawal, Chartered Accountant View Program Due to increasing mainstream adoption and regulatory clarity-such as the introduction of clear taxation policies, crypto's inclusion under the anti-money laundering act and the requirement for virtual digital asset companies to register with the Financial Intelligence Unit to operate-scepticism is subsiding, Patel added. With institutional investors entering the market and increased uptake of crypto and blockchain, "the need for skilled professionals across technical, legal, and operational roles will be in demand," said Patel who is actively hiring. Noting that the current demand for crypto talent is 60% of what it was in November 2023 and just a fifth of what it was in 2022-when there were over 13,000 active job openings in the Web3, blockchain, crypto and crypto-linked domains in India, Prasadh MS, head of workforce research at specialist staffing firm Xpheno, said, "There are currently 2,500+ active openings in the market, with a 30-days freshness cutoff." Cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, and Gurugram are home to a vibrant pool of Web3 and blockchain professionals . Illustrating examples of recent executive-level hires such as Prashant Verma, chief growth and marketing officer who joined from Licious, Abhinav Jain, chief financial officer, formerly of Pharmeasy and Tushar Tarun, head of legal who was earlier with Cashfree-all joined CoinDCX. Chauhan said, "Leaders from top technology companies, fintech giants, and other established sectors are increasingly making the move to Web3, bringing valuable expertise to help drive the industry forward." Interestingly, however, compensation in the crypto space has stabilised after sharp hikes in earlier years. Although average salary levels had earlier grown between 8% and 35% for some of the top crypto skills in 2021 and early 2022, Xpheno's Prasadh said, "The heydays for crypto talent with unprecedented hikes and wage wars are now in the rear-view mirror." Average salary packages for niche roles like Blockchain architects, developers and specialists range from ₹12-32 lakh per annum for early-career professionals and can go up to ₹35-78 lakh for seasoned experts, he said. However, these figures have remained flat for 18 months, reflecting the broader slowdown in tech hiring. Avinash Shekhar, chief executive of Pi42, says that global exchanges entering India could reignite competition, with international players offering 50-75% salary hikes to attract top talent. Driven by advancements in blockchain and increased institutional adoption, he predicts peak hiring activity by March 2025. Shekhar is preparing for the crypto talent arms race by "Creating communities within IITs and other top institutions. Internship programmes with rigorous selection processes are focused on developing new talent thereby offering strategic networks and partnerships to attract seasoned professionals. We are also enhancing our benefits package to include remote work options, wellness programmes, and professional development opportunities."Elon Musk's Ex Grimes Makes a Bold Claim Against Him Amid Political Ascent