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MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have reached a beach in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province after weeks at sea, officials said Sunday.
The group of 53 men, 39 women and 55 children arrived on Karang Gadih beach in Langkat district late Saturday, said the village head, Muhammad Amiruddin. A rickety, leaky wooden boat that brought them from Bangladesh was moored on a lighthouse island not far from the village, he said.
Five among the refugees were sick after the long journey and residents gave them food and water while they waited for instructions from immigration and local officials to decide where to take them. Residents do not want the refugees in their communities, however, and last week many protested the recent Rohingya arrivals.
“We helped them as they look very weak from hunger and dehydration,” Amiruddin said. “But many residents cannot accept them to live in our village because they will only bring problems later.”
He said that one of the refugees told authorities that they sailed from the Cox Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh to Indonesia and became stranded on a lighthouse island.
About 740,000 Rohingya were resettled in Bangladesh after fleeing their homes in Myanmar to escape a brutal counterinsurgency campaign by security forces. But the camps in Bangladesh are squalid, with surging gang violence and rampant hunger, leading many to flee again.
A mob of Indonesian students on Wednesday attacked the basement of a local community hall in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, where 137 Rohingya were taking shelter. The incident drew an outcry from human rights group and the U.N. refugee agency, which said the attack left the refugees shocked and traumatized.
Indonesia’s navy said Thursday that it forcibly pushed a boat packed with refugees back to international waters after it approached the shores of Aceh province.
It’s unclear whether the refugees who arrived late Saturday in neighboring North Sumatra province were from the same boat that was pushed away by the navy.
Indonesia has appealed to the international community for help and intensified patrols of its waters due to a sharp rise in Rohingya refugees leaving overcrowded camps in Bangladesh since November. Over 1,500 Rohingya have arrived in Aceh and faced some hostility from fellow Muslims.
Indonesia, like Thailand and Malaysia, is not a signatory to the United Nations’ 1951 Refugee Convention so is not obligated to accept the Rohingya. So far, refugees in distress have received at least temporary accommodation.
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Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report.
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#IFRANE #PROVINCIAL #TOURISM #COMMITTEE #CELEBRATES #YEAR #CENTER #IFRANE
Mohammed Drihem
Like the major tourist cities of the Kingdom, the little Switzerland of Morocco that is the City of Ifrane experienced this weekend of December 29 to 31, 2023 a considerable influx of Moroccan and foreign visitors from all the Cities and Regions of the Kingdom.
Indeed ; although the snow was not there with the Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024 celebrations as in the good old days of yesteryear, the City of Ifrane hosted this weekend of December 29-31 which coincides with the end of the year 2023 a large number of national and foreign tourists coming from all regions of Morocco to celebrate the end of the year 2023 and welcome with joy and joy the new year 2024 in the city from Ifrane who; at the initiative of the new provincial tourism committee (CPT) recently reconstituted supported by the AFISED Association and the provincial and local authorities; has adorned itself with all the colors to ensure a better and more lively stay for its guests.
Many tourists approached at Lion Square in downtown Ifrane expressed their full satisfaction with their stays in this beautiful mountain town which, although not snow-covered as desired this year, retains its beauty, its charm, its captivating calm and serenity and much sought after by the visitor to forget the stress of the hellish and monotonous life of large metropolises.
For all these tourists coming from Rabat, Salé, Nador, Fez, Kenitra and Tetouan among other cities in Morocco and even from Spain, Jordan and other brotherly and friendly countries to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Ifrane; the holidays of this end of year 2023 still remain a good opportunity for them to travel a little and have a change of scenery in peace and good humor far from the stress of daily life especially in a city as beautiful as Ifrane which is has stood out from other cities in the Kingdom this year to offer its visitors a better welcome in a pleasant setting full of color, joy and entertainment.
Contacted by our regional correspondent on site, Omar Jaïd, newly elected President of the Provincial Tourism Council (CTP) of Ifrane, told us: “We have just formed our CTP director office not long ago and; at the same time ; we began our actions by installing a scene at the Lion Square in downtown Ifrane where we also decorated a Christmas “tree” and the statue of the legendary Lion of Ifrane to allow visitors and for tourists to (Re)discover the City in another way that is out of the ordinary and at the same time offer them a better, lively setting where they can immortalize in photos the very good times spent in the city.
Next month ; he added; we will have our well-defined action plan for the next four years which will allow us to clearly chart our path to succeed in other actions in the near future. | https://www.world-today-journal.com/ifrane-provincial-tourism-committee-celebrates-new-year-2024-in-center-of-ifrane/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:41Z |
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US President Joe Biden has expressed worry that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine might lead the United States into a direct confrontation with Russia. His concerns arise in the aftermath of Russia's extensive aerial assault across Ukraine, resulting in significant civilian casualties and damage. Biden's comments came after Russia's largest aerial attack on Ukraine to date, involving around 110 missiles targeting various civilian structures, including hospitals and a shopping center. Ukrainian officials, as cited by Reuters, reported at least 31 deaths and over 120 injuries resulting from this attack. "Overnight, Russia launched its largest aerial assault on Ukraine since this war began," Biden stated. "It is a stark reminder to the world that, after nearly two years of this devastating war, Putin's objective remains unchanged. He seeks to obliterate Ukraine and subjugate its people. He must be stopped." | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/russia-ukraine-war-biden-expresses-concern-says-us-could-be-drawn-into-direct-clash-with-moscow/videoshow/106409171.cms | 2024-01-01T02:50:43Z |
The year 2023 marked a radical transformation of the school education system in the State with the Government rolling out the long-term objective of grooming the students as global citizens with a bright future.
The School Education Department launched a series of initiatives as part of reforms introduced by the Government, in mission mode. Besides giving a facelift to physical infrastructure in the 44,671 State-run schools under the “Mana Badi Nadu-Nedu” programme, the digital transformation of the conventional classrooms got a big push. Implementation of schemes like Jagananna Amma Vodi, Vidya Kanuka and Gorumudda and comprehensive academic and administrative reforms were introduced to improve learning outcomes of children studying in Government schools.
Andhra Pradesh State has a total number of 58,950 schools out of which, 44,617 are in the government sector, 13,249 are private unaided, including Madarasas and 1084 private aided management schools. All these educational institutions collectively accommodate 72,20,633 students, who learn their classroom lessons under the guidance of 2,96,274 teachers. Of them, 1,85,023 work in Government schools.
Realising the need to equip children with the latest technology-induced teaching methods, tabs and Interactive Flat Panels (IFPs) found their way into the classrooms. With a belief that the digital transformation would empower young learners, the government distributed 5,18,740 tabs to Class 8 students and teachers in the academic year 2022-23. These tabs were integrated with Byju’s e-content and the department ensured constant monitoring of the usage of these devices to prevent any possible misuse. “The project cost the State exchequer ₹686 crore but the learning outcomes of students of Class 8 saw a substantial improvement through utilisation of tabs,” says Principal Secretary, of School Education Praveen Prakash.
Under phase-I of Nadu-Nedu, the government claims to have spent ₹427.6 crores for the installation of 30,213 IFPs in all classrooms from Classes 6 to 10, 10,038 Smart TVs in the Foundational Schools.
Amidst criticism by the Opposition parties and teacher unions, the government went ahead and signed a number of Memoranda of Understandings with various companies to usher in the latest modes of teaching in classroom.
As part of its collaboration with the International Baccalaureate, the State intends to introduce IB syllabus in Government schools at the foundation-level initially, which will later be expanded to higher classes gradually. The initiative was launched to make students in State-run schools globally ready.
A partnership with the US-based Educational Testing Service (ETS), is to enable students to improve their communication skills from the basic level by imparting them training for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
To help children clear their academic doubts during their study hours, the department collaborated with an Artificial Intelligence-generated ‘Doubt Clearance’ app.
Collaboration with Duolingo for teaching of foreign languages (Japanese, French) in State-run schools and devising ‘Future Skills’ are latest initiatives. Under the latter, the department has created a high-level working group of industry partners to develop a roadmap for design and execution of a “Future Digital Skills Unique Certification Committee to develop the curriculum.
“The teachers have been equipped with a comprehensive training on leveraging digital devises to enhance the pedagogical methods,” says Mr. Praveen Prakash, explaining that 4,000 school complexes had been mapped with 394 Engineering colleges across the State to extend training support. The students of Engineering colleges would train the students and teachers of these schools in use of technology in a classroom as part of their internship, he added. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/digital-transformation-of-classroom-teaching-in-andhra-education-system-marked-2023/article67693628.ece | 2024-01-01T02:50:46Z |
FREEPORT, N.Y. — Authorities in New York are looking for the person responsible for stabbing a dog 17 times.
The dog, a 2-year-old Terrier mix who has since been named Cornell, was injured by a sharp object on Nov. 27, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly told WNBC-TV. He survived the attack but had a long road to recovery.
A woman claimed to have found the dog bleeding on a street in the Long Island village of Freeport, according to the television station. The dog did not have a collar or an identification chip, Donnelly said. There was no evidence that Cornell was part of a dogfighting ring, WNBC reported.
The woman who found the dog is not a suspect, Donnelly said.
“Cornell can’t tell us his story. He can’t tell us what happened. He can’t tell us why or when something like this happened to him,” Donnelly told WABC-TV. “We just know he was found bleeding from the 17 wounds.”
Dog found stabbed 17 times in Nassau County, $5K reward offered for information https://t.co/1rJiYJmwbx pic.twitter.com/HfMGPIGtas
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) December 29, 2023
“I’ve seen some pretty horrific things but the extent of the amount of times he was stabbed is unimaginable how someone could ever do that,” Ashley Behrens, acting director of the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter, told WPIX-TV.
The dog is now walking, jogging and thriving, barely a month after he was attacked, according to the television station.
Two-year-old terrier mix Cornell is walking, jogging, and thriving just one month after being found with 17 stab wounds across his body, according to county officials.
“Some of the stab wounds caused his lungs to leak air between his body cavity and his lungs, and they had to be drained a number of times,” Donnelly said, according to WABC. “The other stab wounds were cleaned, were either stapled or sewn.”
Donnelly said there were currently no suspects, but she said her office is seeking the public’s help to find out what happened to Cornell.
“I believe this was somebody’s pet. He’s too healthy and in too good shape to have been a street dog,” Donnelly said, according to WNBC. “We need the public’s health to help us find who did this to Cornell.”
Gary Rogers of the Nassau County SPCA echoed Donnelly’s comments.
“People start out on animals before they move into human beings,” Rogers told WPIX. “Somebody in the community knows what happened. You got to keep your community safe. You need to call the DA’s office and tell them who did this because next time you’re going to look at this it could be somebody else.”
Nassau County SPCA is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction, WABC reported. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/dog-survives-after-being-stabbed-17-times/7UTCMVE4B5H7XPWUMMAC6N3X3U/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:46Z |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod that killed 24 people Saturday “would not go unpunished.”
The Ukrainian Air Force said Sunday that it had shot down 21 of 49 drones launched by Russian forces overnight.
The retaliatory Russian attack wounded 28 people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. A hotel, kindergarten, apartment buildings, shops and administrative buildings sustained damage, according to the regional prosecutor’s office.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had targeted “decision-making centers and military facilities” in Kharkiv. The ministry said the hit on the Kharkiv Palace Hotel had “destroyed representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate and Ukrainian Armed Forces” involved in the “terrorist attack” in Belgorod.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a British journalist was among the wounded, while public German broadcaster ZDF said Sunday that one of its television crews had been in the hotel. A Ukrainian translator was hit by debris and seriously wounded, and one of the team’s security guards also was injured, ZDF said in a statement.
“This is another attack by Russia on the free press,” ZDF Editor-in-Chief Bettina Schausten said.
In the Kyiv region that surrounds Ukraine’s capital, a Russian drone attack caused a fire at a critical infrastructure facility, local officials said. They did not identify the nature of the facility.
Russian troops additionally shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Sunday, killing a 14-year-old boy and leaving a 9-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition with a brain injury, according to regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin.
On Saturday, shelling in the center of Belgorod killed two dozen people, including three children. Another 108 people were wounded in the strike, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Sunday, making the attack one with the most casualties on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months ago.
Russian authorities accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack, which took place the day after an 18-hour Russian aerial bombardment across Ukraine killed at least 41 civilians.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it identified the ammunition used in the strike as Czech-made Vampire rockets and Olkha missiles fitted with cluster-munition warheads. It provided no additional information, and The Associated Press was unable to verify its claims.
“This crime will not go unpunished,” the ministry said in a statement on social media.
In an emergency Saturday night meeting of the U.N. Security Council demanded by Russia, envoy Vasily Nebenzya accused Kyiv of a “terrorist attack.” In comments carried by Russian state media, Nebenzya claimed Ukraine had launched “a deliberate act of terrorism directed against civilians.”
Ukrainians are bracing for further attacks. A blistering New Year’s Eve assault by Russia last year killed at least three civilians.
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Kirsten Grieshaber contributed from Berlin and Elise Morton from London. | https://whnt.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-russia-launches-fresh-drone-strikes-on-ukraine-after-promising-retaliation-for-belgorod-attack/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:48Z |
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With the regular season behind us, it's time for bowl season and the College Football Playoff. The postseason slate includes eight games that feature teams from the Big Ten. To ensure you catch all of the action, see the column below for details on how to watch.
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Honda will unveil a new range of electric vehicles for the global market at CES 2024 (Consumer Electronics Show) which will take place between January 9th and 12th in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA).
The Japanese brand has focused on developing its activity based on the global slogan “The Power of Dreams – How we move you”, a message that demonstrates Honda’s commitment to mobility products and services that allow people to “overcome various restrictions, such as time and place” and “increase their capabilities and possibilities”. With these mobility products and services, Honda will support the realization of more people’s dreams and become the driving force that moves society forward.
At its stand and through the special CES 2024 website, Honda will showcase several products, including new electric vehicles and some key technologies that represent the significant transformation that Honda is currently undertaking in line with the spirit of the global slogan and the path of electrification. | https://www.world-today-journal.com/new-year-new-range-honda-debuts-series-of-electric-vehicles-at-ces-2024/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:48Z |
Russia said 14 people including two children had been killed and 108 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian strikes allegedly including cluster bombs on the Russian provincial capital of Belgorod on Saturday, and vowed to retaliate.
The Belgorod region, which adjoins northern Ukraine, has like other Russian border zones suffered shelling and drone attacks all year that authorities have blamed on Ukraine, although none have previously been on such a scale.
Newspaper Kommersant cited a source close to the Russian Investigative Committee as saying missiles fired from a multiple rocket launcher in Ukraine's Kharkiv region had hit a skating rink on the central Cathedral Square, a shopping centre and residential buildings.
No official comment was immediately available from Kyiv, but the Ukrainian news outlet RBC-Ukraine quoted unnamed sources as saying Ukrainian forces had directed fire at military targets in Belgorod in response to the massive Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities the previous day.
News website Ukrainska Pravda quoted an unnamed security service source as blaming the destruction of civilian infrastructure on "unprofessional actions by Russian air defence, as well as deliberate and planned provocations".
Russia's mission to the United Nations in New York said it had requested a meeting of the Security Council which would begin at 4 p.m. (2100 GMT).
Within hours of the attack on Belgorod, Ukrainian authorities said 14 people had been wounded in Russian strikes that hit a medical institution, apartment buildings and shops in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city.
Air raid sirens had earlier sounded all over Belgorod as regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov urged all residents to move to shelters.
"Today, the Kyiv regime attempted an indiscriminate combined strike on the city of Belgorod with two 'Olkha' missiles in a banned cluster configuration, as well as Czech-made Vampire rockets," the Defence Ministry said in a Telegram posting. "This crime will not go unpunished."
'APARTMENTS AND SHOPS HIT'It said most of the rockets including both the 'Olkha' missiles had been shot down, averting far greater casualties, although fragments had fallen on the city.
Governor Gladkov said 22 apartment buildings had been damaged along with a large number of commercial properties, shopping centres and shops, and that more than 100 cars had been damaged, most of them burned out.
Images posted by the Emergencies Ministry showed at least three burned out cars, and a commercial building with some broken windows. Other images posted online showed black smoke rising from the city.
Two residents told Reuters they had seen air defence missiles rising into the sky followed by explosions in the air and then louder blasts.
Russian state-run news agency RIA quoted the Kremlin as saying President Vladimir Putin had sent a team of health and emergency workers to Belgorod.
Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022 in what it calls a "special military operation", unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Friday.
Ukrainian officials said 39 civilians had been killed and 159 wounded as Russia launched 158 missiles and drones at cities and towns across Ukraine.
Russia said its anti-aircraft units had destroyed 13 Ukrainian rockets over the Belgorod region on Friday, as well as 32 drones overnight over the nearby Bryansk, Oryol and Kursk regions and the Moscow region.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA that Britain and the United States had incited Ukraine to carry out "terrorist acts", and said European Union countries must also bear blame for supplying it with weapons. | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/russia-says-14-dead-after-indiscriminate-ukrainian-strikes-on-belgorod/articleshow/106409046.cms | 2024-01-01T02:50:50Z |
Kazakhstan condemns terrorist attack in Iran
15:25, 19 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM "Kazakhstan strongly condemns the acts of terrorism committed in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan on February 13, 2019, which resulted in the death of 27 Iranian military personnel.
Kazakhstan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and stands for collective and decisive action by the world community in the fight against this evil. We believe that the organizers and masterminds of these inhuman actions must be identified and punished severely," the statement of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reads.
"We sincerely express our deep condolences to the families of all the victims, as well as to the people and the Government of Iran." | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-iran_a3499725/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:51Z |
Kerala Cultural Affairs Minister Saji Cheriyan strongly criticised Christian priests on December 31 for their alleged silence on the issue of Manipur violence during the Christmas programme organised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence in New Delhi.
Speaking after inaugurating a local committee office of his party CPI(M) in this coastal district, Mr. Cheriyan mocked certain bishops who attended the Prime Minister's programme, saying they got "goosebumps" when BJP leaders invited them.
He alleged that they forgot the issue of Manipur violence targeting their own community members when they were served with cakes and grape wine.
"Did they urge the Indian Prime Minister to intervene in the matter?" the CPI(M) leader questioned.
Stating that Christian community members were butchered in Manipur, Mr. Cheriyan also criticised certain Christian priests for still joining the BJP in Kerala.
His remarks came a day after a priest and around 50 Christian families joined the BJP in Pathanamthitta district.
Neither the BJP nor the bishops have reacted to Mr. Cheriyan's allegations.
During an interaction with the members of the Christian community at his residence on Christmas, Mr. Modi had heaped praise on the minority community for its role in the freedom movement and various fields like healthcare and education and said the country proudly acknowledges its contribution.
Mr. Modi had said the values of compassion, inclusivity and justice for all propagated by Jesus Christ also served as a "guiding light" in his government's development journey. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala-minister-criticises-christian-priests-for-silence-on-manipur-at-modis-christmas-programme/article67693697.ece | 2024-01-01T02:50:52Z |
SEOUL, South Korea — (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to "thoroughly annihilate" the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defenses to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea's expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim's limited offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan.
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/world/north-koreas-kim/INJQZGZ4VFBFMO3ZTGY7RS7QAU/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:53Z |
PAIA, Hawaii (AP) — A surfer in Hawaii has died after being injured in a shark encounter off Maui’s northern shore, according to the Maui Police Department. Authorities stopped short of calling the event an attack and didn’t describe the man’s injuries.
Ocean Safety Officers grabbed and transported the man by jet ski to shore, where responders performed life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived and took the victim to a hospital for further treatment, police said in a news release.
The man’s identity was not immediately released pending the notification of extended family and friends. Authorities did say the man was from Haiku, a small community on Maui’s north side.
There were no initial signs of foul play. The investigation is ongoing and an autopsy is scheduled, according to the police department.
The man was injured on Paia Bay, near Haiku, and shark warning signs were placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay, according to Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources. | https://whnt.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-surfer-dies-after-shark-encounter-in-hawaii/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:55Z |
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JERUSALEM: An Israeli-French woman who was among scores of people taken hostage by Hamas militants has described how she feared being raped by the gunman who watched over her around the clock in the home where he lived with his wife and children in Gaza.
Mia Schem, 21, was released in late November under a now-lapsed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and made headlines while in captivity after the Palestinians released video footage of her undergoing treatment for a bullet wound to the arm.
Interviewed on Israeli TV, Schem recalled dancing at a rave near the Gaza border on Oct. 7 when Hamas infiltrators stormed in, killing hundreds of revellers. She tried to flee but her car was fired on and set alight. Nursing her wound, she surrendered.
"It was a split-second decision, whether to stay put and burn to death or go with him," she told Channel 13, referring to a gunman who seized her as she emerged from the flames of the car.
Brought into the Gaza Strip by pickup truck, Schem said she was kept in a room for three days while her arm was put in a rudimentary splint. Then she was taken to a Hamas gunman's home where, she said, he sat watch by her bedside.
"(I was) closed in a dark room, not allowed to talk, not allowed to be seen, to be heard, hidden. There is a terrorist looking at you 24/7, looking, raping you with his eyes," she said.
"There is a fear of being raped, there is a fear of dying ... I was frightened," she said, adding that the presence of his wife in the house had given her some reassurance - even though the woman treated her with hostility.
"His wife was outside the room with the children. That was the only reason he didn't rape me," Schem said.
Hamas has denied allegations of sexual abuse of Israeli captives by its gunmen.
As she was being released on Nov. 30, while still in Gaza, Schem said she had been well-treated, but she told Channel 13 in the interview that she had felt compelled to give that account.
During her 54 days as a hostage, Schem said, the captor's wife had "toyed" with her, serving him meals while denying her food.
"His wife hated the fact that he and I were in the same room," Schem said. "You feel like you want a hug, you know, woman to woman, to break down a bit. That's all you had there. But she was so mean, she had such mean eyes - a bad woman."
Schem added that, at one point, the captor had confided to her that he did not love his wife.
The cacophony of Israel's shelling of the Palestinian enclave did not bother her, she said, though the windows of the building where she was held were shattered and she was temporarily deafened.
"I thought, 'If I didn't die on the seventh (of October), I'm not going to die now'. I trusted in the military."
Help came too late for Schem's best friend, Elia Toledano, however. Abducted with her but taken to a different location, he was killed in what Hamas said was an Israeli air strike.
The Israeli military, which recovered his body along with those of four other hostages this month, said the circumstances of their deaths were under investigation. | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/israeli-ex-hostage-says-she-feared-being-raped-by-gaza-captor/articleshow/106408992.cms | 2024-01-01T02:50:56Z |
#Sjoerd #van #Ramshorst #presenter #Knife #Table
Broadcaster MaxSjoerd van Ramshorst
NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 21:26
Sjoerd van Ramshorst is the new presenter of the game show With the Knife on the Table from broadcaster Max. Van Ramshorst succeeds Herman van der Zandt, who resigned tonight after more than eight years as quizmaster of the popular program.
A New Year’s Eve special of the knowledge quiz was broadcast tonight. After presenter Herman van der Zandt thanked the viewers for watching, his successor Van Ramshorst appeared to be standing in the wings.
Watch that clip here:
Van Ramshorst is known, among other things, as a presenter of NOS Studio Sport in NOS Studio Football. Jan Slagter, director of Omroep MAX, says he is extremely happy with the arrival of Van Ramshorst: “His experience as a presenter, humor and style make him extremely suitable for this role.”
Van Ramshorst also says he is of course enthusiastic. “For me it is With the Knife on the Table the best quiz on Dutch television for years. I think the combination of knowledge and bluff is wonderful. It is a great honor that I can be the successor to Joost Prinsen and Herman van der Zandt. I will do my best to continue their wonderful work. In the near future I will practice some scales, so that the windows of the viewers at home remain neatly in place. In addition, it is nice as a young father to sit in the café more often.”
Van der Zandt announced at the end of July that he was switching from NOS to KRO-NCRV after 23 years. He then announced at the same time that he was quitting With the Knife on the Table from broadcaster Max. At the NOS, Van der Zandt was first a radio newsreader and news presenter before he started working for NOS Sport. | https://www.world-today-journal.com/sjoerd-van-ramshorst-new-presenter-with-the-knife-on-the-table/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:55Z |
Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys released his new pop solo single “Never Break My Heart (Not Again).”
Carter is wrapping up the year 2023 with some new music, which his fans have been eager for quite a while. “Never Break M Heart (Not Again)” is mid-tempo, sultry, and extremely radio-friendly.
It has a catchy beat and a vivacious melody to it, which is ideal for dance music, and it will resonate with pop listeners, especially for anybody who is in a mood to listen to an upbeat tune.
“Never Break My Heart (Not Again)” was written and produced with Vic “Billboard Killer” Martin and Vinny Venditto. Lyrically, Carter is singing about a failing romance, which is a topic that many are bound to find relatable. It incorporates such musical instruments as piano, strings, and drums.
This single follows the release of his previous solo songs that he released this year, which include “Made For Us,” “Happy Xmas (Cancer’s Over),” “Superman,” and “Hurts to Love You.”
Last month, Carter performed a solo show at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on Long Island.
His new single “Never Break My Heart (Not Again)” is available on digital service providers by clicking here. It garners two thumbs up.
To learn more about Nick Carter and his solo music, check out his official website and follow him on Instagram. | https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/review-nick-carter-of-backstreet-boys-releases-never-break-my-heart-not-again/article | 2024-01-01T02:50:58Z |
The National Lok Adalat that was held on December 30 disposed of as many as 3,49,512 cases from across the State.
These cases pertain to FIR, disaster management e-petty cases, other e-petty cases and cases that are connected to the Motor Vehicle Act and include drunken driving cases. Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda commissionerates recorded the highest number of disposals with 89,909 cases, 48,138 cases and 30,969 cases respectively. These were followed by Ramagundam with 21,505 cases, Nalgonda with 19,715 and Suryapet with 15,505 cases.
A total of four National Lok Adalat sessions, including the one on December 30, were held in 2023, with a total number of cases being disposed of, standing at 11,92,736. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/national-lok-adalat-disposes-of-349512-cases-in-telangana/article67693106.ece | 2024-01-01T02:50:58Z |
Kazakhstan continues to fight deep freeze
08:44, 07 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Disturbed weather is forecast for most regions of Kazakhstan today, February 7. Parts of the west, southwest and east of the country will see precipitation. Blizzard, stiff wind, foggy and slippery conditions will persist countrywide, Kazinform has learnt from Kazhydromet.
Wind gusting up to 15-20 mps will batter Zhambyl, Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, Turkestan, East Kazakhstan, and Mangistau regions.
Blizzard is expected to hit Turkestan, West Kazakhstan, Atyrau, and Zhambyl regions.
Fog will blanket Almaty, Kyzylorda, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, Karaganda, Zhambyl, Atyrau, and West Kazakhstan regions.
Meteorologists predict that bitter frost will grip Almaty, Karaganda, Akmola, East Kazakhstan, parts of Turkestan, North Kazakhstan, and Pavlodar regions. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-continues-to-fight-deep-freeze_a3495737/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:58Z |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones tip-toed around talk of their acrimonious split almost 30 years ago, when they had just teamed as coach and owner to win consecutive Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.
Whether that breakup was the reason it took Jones so long to put Johnson in the team’s ring of honor doesn’t matter much at this point to both Pro Football Hall of Famers.
The bottom line is Johnson is joining Tom Landry as the only coaches alongside the 19 players and two executives in the exclusive group of one of the NFL’s storied franchises.
Johnson was greeted by the Hall of Fame “Triplets” who headlined his Super Bowl teams — quarterback Troy Aikman, running back Emmitt Smith and receiver Michael Irvin — for the ceremony at halftime of Saturday night’s regular-season home finale against the Detroit Lions.
“Thank you, Jerry Jones, for bringing me to the Dallas Cowboys,” Johnson told the crowd.
Johnson capped his acceptance speech with a dramatic pause as he walked up to Irvin, turned and offered his famous catchphrase, “How ’bout them Cowboys!” He said it the first time in the locker room after Dallas won at San Francisco in the NFC championship game before the first Super Bowl victory.
“You can say whatever you want to about my human reaction or frailties,” Jones said before the game. “I say this today, he’s there because it’s the right thing. He was always going in the ring of honor, whether I put him in or my kids put him in.”
One of the theories behind the abrupt end of Johnson’s tenure in 1994 was a tussle over who should get credit for the dramatic turnaround in Dallas.
The Cowboys went from 1-15 in 1989 — the year Jones bought the Cowboys and hired Johnson after firing the only coach Dallas ever had in Landry — to the first back-to-back Super Bowl titles in franchise history to cap the 1992 and ’93 seasons.
“I think we’re past who gets credit,” Johnson said. “The two of us, working together, made history. When I say working together, we talked every single day. I don’t ever recall us having a difference of opinion.”
Others would suggest Johnson’s take is revisionist history, because he was incensed 30 years ago over suggestions from Jones, also the team’s general manager, that any one of 500 coaches could have won a title with the Dallas roster.
Barry Switzer did it two years after the split of Jones and Johnson, who were teammates at Arkansas in the early 1960s. But critics never stopped suggesting the 1995 title was with Johnson’s players, and the Cowboys haven’t even reached an NFC championship game since that season.
Aikman was working the game as an analyst for ESPN and hustled down from the broadcast booth to join the ceremony. He stood with Irvin and Smith during the presentation, which started with Johnson walking through a greeting line of dozens of players from his Super Bowl run.
“It means everything to me and my teammates and everybody that was a part of those teams,” Aikman said on ESPN during the first half. “And the circle has been closed tonight at halftime.”
After two years away from football, Johnson returned with the Miami Dolphins in 1996 and led them to the playoffs the last three of his four seasons. But Miami never got past the divisional round.
The 80-year-old Johnson, a Texas native, has been a Fox studio analyst the past two decades and was enshrined in Canton, Ohio, in 2020, three years after Jones.
Now Johnson’s name will be inside AT&T Stadium along with Landry, who led the Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles in the 1970s and is fifth on the career list with 250 regular-season victories.
“I don’t think anybody can ever imagine what this means to me,” said Johnson, who won the 1987 college national championship at Miami. “This was a special time in my life. This was something that paid dividends for me the rest of my life. We took over the worst football team in the NFL. Not only did we win Super Bowls, but we were able to put together the team of the ’90s.”
Because of that, the split left many, including Johnson’s players, wondering what might have been had he stayed. Not only is Johnson past the question of credit, he doesn’t think much about “what ifs” either.
“Sometimes I’m kind of like a gypsy,” Johnson said. “I’ve never been anywhere more than five years. Got the point after winning a couple of Super Bowls, almost to the point of, ‘I’ve accomplished what I want to accomplish.’ Sometimes you lose sight of what you can do because of what you’ve already done.”
Johnson suggested he and Jones weren’t communicating as well at the end of their time together in Dallas as they had at the beginning, when they both faced a firestorm of criticism.
Jones suggested he let the sudden success of the Cowboys go to his head.
“What Jimmy brings is a lot of the best of me, enthusiasm, what have you,” Jones recalled telling his parents just before the split became public in 1994. “When it’s going the other way, I don’t like myself. It’s taking away from it. That mentality probably caused me to be not as tolerant as maybe we could have gone.”
A sense of closure for many of those issues was coming a few hours later.
___
AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl | https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-jimmy-johnson-joins-cowboys-ring-of-honor-30-years-after-ugly-split-with-jerry-jones/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:58Z |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones tip-toed around talk of their acrimonious split almost 30 years ago, when they had just teamed as coach and owner to win consecutive Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.
Whether that breakup was the reason it took Jones so long to put Johnson in the team’s ring of honor doesn’t matter much at this point to both Pro Football Hall of Famers.
The bottom line is Johnson is joining Tom Landry as the only coaches alongside the 19 players and two executives in the exclusive group of one of the NFL’s storied franchises.
Johnson was greeted by the Hall of Fame “Triplets” who headlined his Super Bowl teams — quarterback Troy Aikman, running back Emmitt Smith and receiver Michael Irvin — for the ceremony at halftime of Saturday night’s regular-season home finale against the Detroit Lions.
“Thank you, Jerry Jones, for bringing me to the Dallas Cowboys,” Johnson told the crowd.
Johnson capped his acceptance speech with a dramatic pause as he walked up to Irvin, turned and offered his famous catchphrase, “How ’bout them Cowboys!” He said it the first time in the locker room after Dallas won at San Francisco in the NFC championship game before the first Super Bowl victory.
“You can say whatever you want to about my human reaction or frailties,” Jones said before the game. “I say this today, he’s there because it’s the right thing. He was always going in the ring of honor, whether I put him in or my kids put him in.”
One of the theories behind the abrupt end of Johnson’s tenure in 1994 was a tussle over who should get credit for the dramatic turnaround in Dallas.
The Cowboys went from 1-15 in 1989 — the year Jones bought the Cowboys and hired Johnson after firing the only coach Dallas ever had in Landry — to the first back-to-back Super Bowl titles in franchise history to cap the 1992 and ’93 seasons.
“I think we’re past who gets credit,” Johnson said. “The two of us, working together, made history. When I say working together, we talked every single day. I don’t ever recall us having a difference of opinion.”
Others would suggest Johnson’s take is revisionist history, because he was incensed 30 years ago over suggestions from Jones, also the team’s general manager, that any one of 500 coaches could have won a title with the Dallas roster.
Barry Switzer did it two years after the split of Jones and Johnson, who were teammates at Arkansas in the early 1960s. But critics never stopped suggesting the 1995 title was with Johnson’s players, and the Cowboys haven’t even reached an NFC championship game since that season.
Aikman was working the game as an analyst for ESPN and hustled down from the broadcast booth to join the ceremony. He stood with Irvin and Smith during the presentation, which started with Johnson walking through a greeting line of dozens of players from his Super Bowl run.
“It means everything to me and my teammates and everybody that was a part of those teams,” Aikman said on ESPN during the first half. “And the circle has been closed tonight at halftime.”
After two years away from football, Johnson returned with the Miami Dolphins in 1996 and led them to the playoffs the last three of his four seasons. But Miami never got past the divisional round.
The 80-year-old Johnson, a Texas native, has been a Fox studio analyst the past two decades and was enshrined in Canton, Ohio, in 2020, three years after Jones.
Now Johnson’s name will be inside AT&T Stadium along with Landry, who led the Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles in the 1970s and is fifth on the career list with 250 regular-season victories.
“I don’t think anybody can ever imagine what this means to me,” said Johnson, who won the 1987 college national championship at Miami. “This was a special time in my life. This was something that paid dividends for me the rest of my life. We took over the worst football team in the NFL. Not only did we win Super Bowls, but we were able to put together the team of the ’90s.”
Because of that, the split left many, including Johnson’s players, wondering what might have been had he stayed. Not only is Johnson past the question of credit, he doesn’t think much about “what ifs” either.
“Sometimes I’m kind of like a gypsy,” Johnson said. “I’ve never been anywhere more than five years. Got the point after winning a couple of Super Bowls, almost to the point of, ‘I’ve accomplished what I want to accomplish.’ Sometimes you lose sight of what you can do because of what you’ve already done.”
Johnson suggested he and Jones weren’t communicating as well at the end of their time together in Dallas as they had at the beginning, when they both faced a firestorm of criticism.
Jones suggested he let the sudden success of the Cowboys go to his head.
“What Jimmy brings is a lot of the best of me, enthusiasm, what have you,” Jones recalled telling his parents just before the split became public in 1994. “When it’s going the other way, I don’t like myself. It’s taking away from it. That mentality probably caused me to be not as tolerant as maybe we could have gone.”
A sense of closure for many of those issues was coming a few hours later.
___
AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl | https://www.yourerie.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-jimmy-johnson-joins-cowboys-ring-of-honor-30-years-after-ugly-split-with-jerry-jones/ | 2024-01-01T02:50:58Z |
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Security forces in Afghanistan killed a number of Tajik and Pakistani nationals and arrested scores others involved in attacks against religious clerics, the public, and mosques, a senior Taliban official said Sunday.
Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, Taliban’s appointed defense minister, during a press conference in the capital, Kabul, said dozens of Tajiks and more than 20 Pakistanis were killed in the past 12 months “in operations by security forces.”
He said scores of Tajiks and hundreds of Pakistanis involved in various incidents were also arrested during that period.
Mujahid called on neighboring and regional countries to strictly monitor their borders.
Tensions between Kabul and Islamabad spiked as hundreds of thousands of Afghans left Pakistan after authorities started pursuing foreigners they said were in the country illegally, going door-to-door to check migrants’ documentation, following an Oct.31 deadline.
Mujahid also said there has been a 90% decrease in attacks by an Islamic State group affiliate in the past year.
The militant group has carried out major assaults on schools, hospitals, and mosques, and has also attacked Shiite areas across the country.
The IS affiliate has been a major rival of the Taliban since the latter seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021. IS militants have struck in Kabul, in northern provinces and especially wherever there are Shiites, whom IS considers to be apostates.
Since taking power, the Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and work and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh measures they imposed, as U.S. and NATO forces were pulling out of Afghanistan following two decades of war. | https://whnt.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-taliban-say-security-forces-killed-dozens-of-tajiks-pakistanis-involved-in-attacks-in-afghanistan/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:01Z |
#moments #sport
He year 2023 has been unforgettable for sport in many ways. 12 months of competitive frenzy, trophies golden, records, smiles y tears. 365 days of world, baskets and afternoons of pedaling towards the eternity.
There are several protagonists of the 2023one of the best crops of what we have been through this century in terms of sports achievements, overcoming and strong emotions. A very great epic deportiva of which there is 10 very special and inspiring moments.
Jon Rahm se corona en Augusta
April 10, 2023. He golfer of the barrel achieved the sixth green jacket for Spanish golf, in Augusta, Georgia (USA). He second great of his career, at 28 years oldbehind the Us Open 2021. Nothing more and nothing less than the Spanish room champion of this very special tournament. A select group that completes Sergio García, Jose María Olazabal and Severiano Ballesteros.
Augusta Masters 2023: Jon Rahm, champion of the Augusta Masters
Precisely, the triumph of Rahm in Augustacoincides in date with what would have been the birthday numbers 66 de Seve, a tribute to Spanish golf. “Seve (Ballesteros) is one of the reasons why I play golf“, said Rahm a CBS. “If it weren’t for that Ryder Cup in 1997my dad and I talk about it all the time, We don’t know where I would be or where we would be as a family.“. “To get it [el Masters de Augusta] in it 40th anniversary of his victoryon his birthday and on Sunday Easter It has a lot of meaning,” concluded the Spaniard.
Madrid is king of Europe for the eleventh time
May 21, 2023. He Chus Mateo’s Real Madrid is proclaimed Euroleague champion after beating Olympiacos, lack of three seconds. He hero, Sergio Llullscored the basket definitely. That was a season finale full of unthinkable triumphs, obstacles on the road and magicmucha magic.
Real Madrid, Euroleague champion for the eleventh time.
As usual, the Real Madrid staged one of the most epic comebacks in its recent history to knock down the Partisan (98-94), in the quarterfinals. To remember that pitched battle on WiZinklack of 1:40 to go. A match ended before time, which meant the second defeat for Madrid overall. Finally, the comeback was historic like the entire Euroleague.
Mendilibar touches the sky with Sevilla
May 31, 2023. He Sevilla of José Luis Mendilibar achieved his seventh Europa League after defeating the Mourinho’s Rome. The batch penalty shootout It was the last step before reaching the european glory. As he already did in world of Qatar, Montiel took charge of the last maximum penalty to certify the victory in Budapest.
This was the penalty shootout (4-1) that gave Sevilla its seventh Europa League
After the initial goal of Paulo DybalaThe team of Mendilibar he changed his face in the second half to finish tying. A team that was having a bad time, outside the European squares and with a coach who looked like a patch. Finally it turned out to be the architect of a team winner y suffererwhat with nails and teeth, they knew how to overcome all the difficulties of a 2023 full of curves, but with a happy ending.
Djokovic, the man with the most Grand Slams in history
June 11, 2023. Novak Djokovic marked a before and a after in the annals of tennis. The land of Paris witnessed the Grand Slam number 23 of the Serbian, surpassing the 22 of Rafael Nadal. Casper Ruud was the rival of the Balkan in the finalwhich ended with a forceful 7-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Djokovic reaches the triple crown of Roland Garros against Ruud
Carlos Alcaraz was Djokovic’s opponent in the semifinal. A match that, beyond its end, was a tennis show with big words. a boy from 20 years challenging a man to the limit wise tennis player of 36the innocence against experience. A rivalry which occupies a special place in the number 23 by Novak Djokovic.
The Spanish men’s national team wins the Nations League
June 19, 2023. The Spain by Luis de la Fuente achieved a title for national showcases 11 years later. After a tie 0 during 120 minutes, the batch of penalty shootout was the means by which the National Team defeated Luka Modric’s Croatia. Some 11 metrosin which they emerged as heroes Dani Carvajal and Unai Simón, the last scorer and savior between the sticks.
Nations League (Final): Summary and best plays of Croatia 0-0 Spain
The Euro Cup of 2012 was the last national title of the men’s section. Until the Nations League. Del Bosque, Lopetegui, Hierro and Luis Enrique They saw how their teams remained on the shore. Curiously, the penalty shootout They were the executioners of the Spanish in Russia 18′, Qatar 22′ and the Euro 20/21. A redemption for one Selection that begins to grow based on enthusiasm and youth.
Carlos Alcaraz is crowned on the Wimbledon grass
July 16, 2023. The Murcian got what seemed impossible: win a Novak Djokovic on center court at the All England Club. A 5 sets, the Spaniard beat the Serbian in a match memorable for his emotion and for his meaning. 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6 and 6-4, in 4 hours and 42 minutes to accompany Manolo Santana and Rafa Nadal as the only Spaniards to win the golden Grand Slam.
Carlos Alcaraz overcomes Djokovic and makes history at Wimbledon
The Serbian had been winning consecutive the tournament of Wimbledon since 2018. She had seven and was only one of match Roger Federer in the grass London. Alcarazof 20 years and 72 days, became the third youngest player in the Era Opento be crowned in the cathedral, only behind Boris Becker (17 years 227 days) and Björn Borg (20 years and 27 days).
The women’s soccer team is world champion
August 20, 2023. The Spanish national team Jorge Vilda touched the sky with his first World Cup in the history of women’s football. A date to remember all Spaniards, who vibrated as in South Africa accompanying the national team to the football Olympus. Olga Carmona dressed as Andrés Iniesta to score the only goal of the game in the victory against England.
Women’s World Cup (final): Summary and goal of Spain 1-0 England
Aitana Bonmatí was the MVP of the World Cup (and later Ballon d’Or) and leader of a National Team that practiced a spectacular football for a month in Australia and New Zealand. In addition, it was the first time in history that the same country obtained world titles in the categories sub-17, sub-20 and absolute at the same time. A milestone for women’s sport and for a group of players who are already eternal.
Spanish double gold at the World Athletics Championships
August 24, 2023. Maria Perez and Alvaro Martin made history after achieving a golden doublet in Budapest. The categories of 20 y 35 kilometers march now have a Spaniard in their memories. They thus became the first in conquering two prizes in the same world .
The Spanish march reaches the sky in Budapest with the doubles of María Pérez and Álvaro Martín
In the entire history of the World Cups, there was only a national athlete who had won two golds. Was Abel Anton in a marathon, but the man from Soriano did it in two editions, Athens’97 and Seville’99. A world milestone Maria Perez y Alvaro Martin.
Jumbo, a podium for history
September 17, 2023. The American Sepp kiss was champion of the Back to Spainimposing himself on his partner Jonas Vingegaard for 17 seconds. First Roglicalso from Jumbowas third thus completing a historic podium. A photo that symbolizes dominance with an iron fist of a team that can take the grapes aware of its feat.
This is how Jumbo’s triplet was experienced on the final podium of La Vuelta
The milestone of Jumbo Visma marked a separate point in the history of the three great tours of world cyclingl.Three times champion in the same season of the three Grand Tours. They are top 3 of cyclists knew how to battle in each of the great competitions, sharing the titles with vast superiority in strategy, sports performance and physical capacity. This way, Primoz Roglic celebrated in Italy, Jonas Vingegaard sealed first place in France and, finally, Sepp Kuss took first place on the podium in Spain.
Carlos Sainz wins the Singapore Grand Prix
Sept. 17, 2023. Carlos Sainz Jr. he made history by taking his second career GP victory and number 35 for Spaina year after the first in Silverstone. The Spaniard was the leader from start to finish, masterfully managing a tactical race, and beating Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, who accompanied him on the podium.
Sainz thus achieved a victory of prestigeof those who are remembered forever, of leader of Ferrarifrom a driver with a champion aura. He gave a huge blow to the table and also broke Red Bull’s monopoly in 2023. Winners of all the Grand Prix of the year, except the one that was awarded Carlos Sainz in Singapore. | https://www.world-today-journal.com/the-10-best-moments-in-sport-in-2023/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:02Z |
On December 30, Patti Smith and her band headlined New York’s Brooklyn Steel, which coincided with her 77th birthday.
Her rock band includes lead guitarist Lenny Kaye, drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan on bass and keyboards, her daughter, Jesse Paris Smith on vocals and keyboards, and her son, guitarist Jackson Smith.
As soon as Smith took the Brooklyn Steel stage, she bowed to the crowd and kicked off her set with “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star,” where she tipped her hat to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Byrds.
She took her fans on a trip down memory lane to her seminal studio album “Horses” with “Free Money,” which was sheer bliss, and with Lenny Kaye on acoustic guitar, she segued to the haunting “Ghost Dance.” Equally noteworthy was the harking ballad “Guiding Light.”
Smith honored Bob Dylan by covering “Masters of War,” which lyrically, was a protest tune against the Cold War nuclear arms. It was followed by “Nine,” which had a folk and Americana vibe to it.
Her daughter, Jesse Paris Smith, wearing a T-shirt with her mom’s name brought out a birthday cake (in honor of her 77th birthday), where everybody sang “Happy Birthday” to the “Godmother of Punk.”
“Thank you everybody,” Smith said. “That was awesome. Happy birthday to me. I hope everything — at least the smallest beautiful thing— that you all wish for happens for you tonight. Thank you so much for being here.”
A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Smith immediately broke into “Dancing Barefoot,” where she was joined by Jesse Paris, and noted that this song “is for the girls.”
Lenny Kaye sang lead on the “77 Sunset Strip” into and theme song Intro Theme Song,” as well as on “Two Sevens Clash,” where Kaye showcased his rich, mellow vocals.
She continued with the stirring “Ain’t It Strange” and soulful cover of Charlotte Day Wilson’s “Work.”
Smith strapped an acoustic guitar on her and serenaded the fans to “Beneath The Southern Cross,” and she subsequently read aloud Giacomo Puccini’s “Vissi d’arte,” which translates into “I Lived for Art.”
After delivering an expressive rendition of the classic “Pissing in a River,” she closed with “Land” and “Gloria,” both of which were from her “Horses” album, where she left her fans wanting to hear more.
Encore
For her encore, Smith returned with the tune that everybody wanted to hear… her signature tune “Because the Night,” which was heartfelt, and she dedicated it to “Brooklyn,” which was a real treat, and the crowd went nuts. She co-wrote this song with Bruce Springsteen.
The stage backdrop featured a photo of Smith and her late husband Fred “Sonic” Smith. Lenny Kaye nailed the guitar solos during this performance while Smith proved to be a true song stylist.
Smith closed on an inspirational note with the captivating “People Have the Power,” where she was joined by Jesse Paris Smith.
The Verdict
Overall, Patti Smith was able to take her audience on a journey through time with her music, which has spanned multiple decades and multiple sub-genres of rock and roll.
To this day, her breakthrough studio album “Horses” is credited for changing the molding the rock landscape into what it is today. She is still at the top of her game musically.
For nearly two hours, Smith put on an unforgettable concert performance, and she commanded the stage well. The audience knew that they were in the presence of a true living rock and roll queen, storyteller, and poet. It is recommended that one sees her live when she comes to town with her band. | https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/review-patti-smith-headlines-brooklyn-steel-celebrates-her-birthday/article | 2024-01-01T02:51:04Z |
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces opened fire on Houthi rebels after they attacked a cargo ship in the Red Sea, killing several of them in an escalation of the maritime conflict linked to the war in Gaza. “We’re going to act in a self-defense going forward,” a White House official said.
In a series of statements, the U.S. Central Command said the crew of the USS Gravely destroyer first shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired at the Singapore-flagged Maersk Hangzhou late Saturday, after the vessel reported getting hit by a missile earlier that evening as it sailed through the Southern Red Sea.
Four small boats then attacked the same cargo ship with small arms fire early Sunday and rebels tried to board the vessel, the U.S. Navy said.
Next, the USS Gravely and helicopters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier responded to the Maersk Hangzhou’s distress call and issued verbal warnings to the attackers, who responded by firing on the helicopters.
“The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense,” sinking three of the four boats and killing the people on board while the fourth boat fled the area, the U.S. Central Command said. No harm to U.S. personnel or equipment, or casualties from the cargo ship, were reported.
The Houthis acknowledged that 10 of their fighters were killed in the confrontation and warned of consequences.
In Washington, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council sidestepped a question about the possibility of a preemptive strike against the Houthis to safeguard commercial shipping in the vital waterway.
“I won’t say what’s on or off the table right now,” John Kirby told ABC’s “Good Morning America,” adding, “We’re going to do what we have to do to protect shipping.” He said the United States has “significant national security interests in the region” and “we’re going to put the kind of forces we need in the region to protect those interests and we’re going to act in self-defense going forward.”
He said the U.S. has made it clear to the Houthis that “we take these threats seriously and we’re going to make the right decisions going forward.″
The events surrounding the Maersk Hangzhou represented the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19, the Central Command said. It was the first time the U.S. Navy said its personnel had killed Houthi fighters since the Red Sea attacks started.
For over a month, Iran-backed Houthis have claimed attacks on ships in the Red Sea that they say are either linked to Israel or heading to Israeli ports. They say their attacks aim to end the Israeli air-and-ground offensive in the Gaza Strip that was triggered by the Palestinian militant group Hamas’ Oct.7 attack in southern Israel.
However, the links to the ships targeted in the rebel assaults have grown more tenuous as the attacks continue.
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee called on President Joe Biden “to look at what actions need to be taken in Yemen to be able to prevent the Houthis to continue to put commercial and military vessels at risk.”
Noting Iran’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, told ABC’s “This Week” that the Biden administration should be more aggressive “in responding to escalation by Iran.’’
The Denmark-based shipping giant Maersk, owner of Maersk Hangzhou, said Sunday it would suspend shipping through the Red Sea again after the two attacks on its freighter.
“In light of the (most recent) incident — and to give time to investigate the details of the incident and assess the security situation further — it has been decided that all transits through the area will be postponed for the next 48 hours,” Maersk was quoted as saying by the Danish public broadcaster DR.
On Saturday, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East said Houthi rebels have shown no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea even as more nations join the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic begins to pick up.
Earlier this month, Washington announced the establishment of a new international coalition to protect vessels traveling through the waterway. The United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain are also part of the new maritime security mission.
Since the Pentagon announced Operation Prosperity Guardian to counter the attacks just over 10 days ago, 1,200 merchant ships have traveled through the Red Sea region, and none had been hit by drone or missile strikes, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told The Associated Press in an interview on Saturday.
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David Warner on Monday called time on one-day international cricket ahead of his farewell Test against Pakistan in Sydney, but kept the door open to play the 2025 Champions Trophy if needed.
The 37-year-old will pad up in his 112th and final Test this week, having plundered 8,695 runs at an average of 44.58, with 26 centuries and 36 half-centuries.
At a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he also announced his retirement from ODIs.
“I’ve got to give back to the family and also on the back of that I’m definitely retiring from one-day cricket as well,” he said.
“That was something that I had said through the World Cup, get through that, and winning it in India, I think that’s a massive achievement. So I’ll make that decision today, to retire from those forms, which does allow me to go and play some other (T20) leagues around the world and sort of get the one-day team moving forward a little bit.
“I know there’s a Champions Trophy coming up. If I’m playing decent cricket in two years’ time and I’m around and they need someone, I’m going to be available,” he added.
The Champions Trophy has not been played since 2017, but is set to be brought back in 2025 in Pakistan. Traditionally 50 over cricket, reports have said there is a push underway to make Twenty20.
Warner will leave one-day cricket after playing 161 matches, smashing 6,932 runs at average of 45.30. | https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/david-warner-retires-from-one-day-cricket-ahead-of-test-farewell/article67694517.ece | 2024-01-01T02:51:08Z |
#change #Sweden #begun
The Prime Minister: The government is working day and night to reverse the trend
This is a debate article. It is the writer who stands for the opinions presented in the text, not Aftonbladet.
Published 2023-12-31 06.30
full screenSweden has major problems that have developed over far too long. Change is not only possible, but absolutely necessary. And it has now begun, writes the prime minister. Photo: Ninni Andersson, Stella/Alamy
DEBATE. As we now put 2023 behind us, it is clear that we are living in rather dark times. Sweden, the EU and the world are tested in many ways – by gang crime, the tough economic situation and war in our immediate vicinity.
Sweden has major problems that have developed over far too long. Change is not only possible, but absolutely necessary.
At the same time, we must also see the light in existence. Sweden has many strengths as a country and the year that has now passed marks the beginning of the restructuring that is needed to do something about the problems we have.
The government is working day and night, week after week to reverse the trend. For us it goes without saying, because that is the mandate we were given by the Swedish people. But we also understand that change is difficult and takes time.
A year ago I promised on this debate page to implement a paradigm shift in Swedish politics. And it has now begun.
We’re strengthening law enforcement, we’re tightening immigration, we’re doing a historic defense overhaul, we’re making decisions that build new nuclear power, and we’re fighting inflation.
1. At the beginning of next year, there will be several new measures that will hit the criminal gangs hard.
Security has become the great freedom issue of our time. In January, the minimum sentence for serious weapons offenses will be doubled. A residence ban will be introduced in February. Visitation zones will be introduced in March. We have already given the police the opportunity to eavesdrop on the gangs as a precaution, before the shootings take place.
The opposition now thinks we are going too far and doing too much. I do not share that view at all, on the contrary, there is now danger in delay.
2. We reduce immigration to Sweden. While migration to Europe is increasing, it is decreasing to Sweden.
We have reduced the number of quota refugees, tightened the requirements for family immigration and tightened rules that contributed to more residence permits for people without protection reasons. If immigration does not decrease, we will never manage integration.
In mid-October, the first return centers were introduced, for those who are not to remain in Sweden. In January, the police get new tools to find people who are in Sweden illegally.
Already in the first half of 2023, three times as many residence permits had been revoked as during the same period last year.
3. Next year, an additional 27 billion will be added to the military defence.
Sweden will thus reach NATO’s goal of two percent of GDP. We are deepening our military ties to the United States with the defense cooperation agreement signed in early December.
During the year, we have continued to provide military support to Ukraine – because they are not only fighting for their own freedom, but also for ours.
4. To cope with climate change, Sweden needs much more fossil-free electricity. That is why we have presented a roadmap for new nuclear power.
We tear down barriers and facilitate the establishment of new nuclear power. The emissions do not relate to national borders and therefore the work must be global. Together with like-minded countries, the government signed a declaration on strengthened cooperation in the nuclear energy field at the UN climate conference COP28.
5. We also continue to fight inflation, the root of many of the economic problems we see.
It is gratifying that we are now seeing how that work is starting to pay off and inflation is falling.
At the same time, we support households that are having a tough time – with reduced taxes for everyone who works, all pensioners and continued increased housing allowance.
Sweden’s problems are not simple, but not impossible either. Sweden has gone through difficult crises in the past and we have weathered them. I am confident that we can do it again.
The reshaping of politics has only just begun – but the beginning is a necessary condition for the continuation.
Ulf Kristersson, prime minister (M)
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MATTHEWS, N.C. — A crash killed one person and shut down I-485 in Matthews on Sunday evening.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) say the crash happened on I-485 near Providence Road just after 9 p.m.
MEDIC says one person died at the scene of the crash.
Crews have closed the I-485 Outer Loop at Providence Road while they investigate the crash.
NCDOT says the road is expected to be reopened by 12:08 a.m. on Monday, January 1, 2024.
Officials have not released the cause of the crash or any additional information about additional injuries.
Details are limited at this time.
This is a developing story; check back at wsoctv.com for updates.
(WATCH BELOW: Pedestrian killed in overnight hit-and-run in east Charlotte)
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By Jacob Shteyman
Large swathes of northern Australia are set for a sweltering start to the new year.
The Bureau of Meteorology had put in place heatwave warnings for parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, where temperatures are expected to soar into the 40s on Monday.
The western Kimberley in WA, including the Dampier Peninsula, was forecast to be the worst hit, with the mercury expected to touch 46 degrees at Marble Bar.
The town’s heat gauge has been showing scorching temperatures higher than the bureau’s official readings in recent days, with thermometers at the local RSL registering 51 degrees.
Extreme heatwave warnings were also in place for parts of far northern Queensland and the Tiwi Islands in the NT.
Severe heatwave conditions were expected for the Top End, while a low-intensity heatwave would extend throughout much of the nation’s interior, including into South Australia and western NSW.
While Queensland’s northern interior was due to face severe heatwave conditions, parts of the state were also bracing for potentially damaging thunderstorms.
Charters Towers in the state’s north was expecting a double whammy of severe thunderstorms temperatures reaching 36C.
Conditions were expected to begin cooling slightly over the next week but severe and low-intensity heatwaves were still forecast for much of Australia’s north.
Mild conditions were forecast for Queensland’s southeast and further down the east coast.
Temperatures of 26C were expected in Sydney while Melbourne could expect a maximum of 25C on Monday.
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Kazakhstan Embassy conducts international relay race in Beijing
12 teams including about 50 people - Kazakh diplomats, representatives of national companies, and members of their families, as well as students from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Youth League, competed in the race.
The best team results were 6.38 minutes among men and 6.54 minutes among women.
According to Victoria Hu, Chairperson of the SCO Countries Youth League, despite the cold weather in Beijing, the race participants felt a warm atmosphere of friendship and true team spirit.
"We were excited to support and take part in the relay. For us, representatives of the SCO generation, it was very important to become part of the initiative of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in China, which launched events in Beijing within the framework of the Year of Youth in Kazakhstan, especially during the Eastern New Year celebrations. We are interested in active involvement in other events within the framework of the Year of Youth in Kazakhstan," she said in an interview with Kazinform.
Winners and active participants of the relay were awarded medals and memorable gifts. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-embassy-conducts-international-relay-race-in-beijing_a3496994/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:09Z |
A lithium-ion battery fire in a cargo ship’s hold is out after several days of burning
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a lithium-ion battery fire on a cargo ship is out after days of burning off the coast of Alaska. That is according to a statement late Saturday. The 19 crew members of the ship, Genius Star XI, were uninjured and technicians from the Salvage and Marine Firefighting team remain on board to ensure the fire doesn’t return. The vessel was shipping lithium-ion batteries from Vietnam to San Diego. The crew alerted the Coast Guard early Thursday morning to the fire, after pumping carbon dioxide into hold No. 1 — where the blaze began — and sealing it, fearing an explosion. An investigation into the fire’s origin will begin after response efforts have wrapped up. | https://kesq.com/news/2023/12/31/a-lithium-ion-battery-fire-in-a-cargo-ships-hold-is-out-after-several-days-of-burning/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:13Z |
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Pick: Florida State +22.5 vs. Georgia
- Matchup: Georgia Bulldogs at Florida State Seminoles
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Florida State by 2.2 points
- Time: 4:00 PM ET
- Date: December 30
- TV Channel: ESPN
Pick: Tulane +11.5 vs. Virginia Tech
- Matchup: Virginia Tech Hokies at Tulane Green Wave
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Tulane by 3.9 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 27
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Pick: LSU -8.5 vs. Wisconsin
- Matchup: Wisconsin Badgers at LSU Tigers
- Projected Favorite & Spread: LSU by 21.3 points
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
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Pick: Ohio +1.5 vs. Georgia Southern
- Matchup: Georgia Southern Eagles at Ohio Bobcats
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Ohio by 10.7 points
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: December 16
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Pick: Boise State +6.5 vs. UCLA
- Matchup: UCLA Bruins at Boise State Broncos
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Boise State by 5.5 points
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC
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Over 40.5 - Oregon State vs. Notre Dame
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- Projected Total: 55.0 points
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- Date: December 29
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- Projected Total: 51.3 points
- Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
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- Date: December 28
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Construction of the flyover at Ukkadam in Coimbatore city is expected to be over by the end of next month, except for one ramp.
The district Collector Kranthi Kumar Pati said the laying of the deck slabs was over and access ramps were under construction. The ramp from the Ukkadam bypass road (Valankulam road) can be taken up only after shifting the Ukkadam bus stand. Tenders were floated to construct an alternative structure for the bus stand.
The rest of the flyover works are expected to be completed by the end of January, he said. The district road safety committee will recommend action against the contractor and engineers if the works extend beyond that, he added.
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Officials involved in the project said construction of the flyover is almost over and the trial run on it is expected to commence within a month.
The 3.8 km flyover from Oppanakara Street to Athupalam Junction is under construction at ₹280 crores. The works were taken up in two phases and the project was expected to be over by July this year and then by the end of December.
The deck work is the major portion and it is over. Only the approach roads need to be built and it will be completed in a month, the officials said.
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would “surely be reunified” with Taiwan during his televised New Year’s address, renewing Beijing’s threats to take over the self-ruled island, which it considers its own.
Taiwan split from China amid civil war in 1949, but Beijing continues to regard the island of 23 million with its high-tech economy as Chinese territory and has been ramping up its threat to achieve that by military force if necessary.
“China will surely be reunified, and all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be bound by a common sense of purpose,” Xi said in his annual address, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
China has described Taiwan’s Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections as a choice between war and peace.
Beijing considers the presidential front-runner, William Lai, who currently serves as vice president from the ruling Democratic People’s Party, a “separatist” and has accused him and Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen of trying to provoke a Chinese attack on the island.
On Saturday, Chen Binhua, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, called Lai a “destroyer of peace” following a televised debate earlier that day in which Lai defended Taiwan’s right to rule itself as a democracy.
Chen said Lai’s discourse at the debate was “full of confrontational thinking,” adding that the vice president is “the instigator of a potential dangerous war in the Taiwan Strait.”
Lai had said during the debate that Taiwan is not subordinate to China and that he was open to communications with Beijing “as long as there is equality and dignity on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.” While Lai doesn’t describe himself as seeking independence from Beijing, he generally maintains Taiwan is already an independent country.
Lai’s election rivals include Hou Yu-ih from the more China-friendly Kuomintang party, and Ko Wen-je from the Taiwan People’s Party. | https://whnt.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-xi-says-china-will-surely-be-reunified-with-self-ruled-taiwan-in-new-years-address/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:14Z |
#Danish #queen #resigned #unexpectedly
The 83-year-old queen, who ascended the throne in 1972, II. After the death of the British Queen Elizabeth in September 2022, she was the European monarch who had been on the throne for the longest time.
II. Margit underwent successful back surgery in February 2023.
“Of course, the operation raised thoughts about the future, namely whether the time has come to hand over the responsibility to the next generation,” said II. Margaret.
“I decided now was the right time. On January 14, 2024, 52 years after succeeding my beloved father to the throne, I will abdicate as Queen of Denmark” – He told.
I leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frigyes
– he added.
His mother, Crown Prince Frederiks of Denmark gives a speech, II. In honor of Queen Margit of Denmark (right) at the gala dinner given on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the queen’s accession to the throne at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen on September 11, 2022. The 82-year-old monarch of Denmark was crowned on January 14, 1972. Photo: MTI/EPA/Ritzau/Ida Marie Odgaard
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Carolina Panthers are going into the new year on a sour note with another loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Everbank Stadium on Sunday.
The team didn’t score a single point against the Jaguars, finishing with a score of 26-0. This was the second game this season where the Panthers didn’t score one point.
And now this.
— DaShawn Brown (@DaShawnWSOC9) December 31, 2023
Video that appears to show #Panthers owner David Tepper throw a drink out of a suite window in Jacksonville in the direction of fans. https://t.co/4D804u9wRV
On New Year’s Eve, a video began making the rounds online, showcasing a visual sign of frustration from Panthers owner David Tepper.
The video appears to show Tepper throwing a drink out the windows of one of the boxes at Everbank Stadium.
Some of the drink may have landed on some of the Jaguar fans below the box. At the end of the clip, one of the fans appears to be trying to climb into the box.
A spokesperson for the Carolina Panthers has declined to comment. Tepper has yet to comment on the alleged incident.
Channel 9 sports reporter DaShawn Brown reached out to the National Football League (NFL), who said they were aware of the video but didn’t offer any comment.
Per the #NFL communications director on the incident involving Panthers owner David Tepper:
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“We are aware of the video and have no further comment at this time.”
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Kazakhstan, EU on track to enhance and expand trade and economic coop
The meeting considered a wide range of issues of Kazakhstan-EU cooperation, including the prospects for the intensification of political, trade and economic partnership.
The head of the foreign ministry highlighted that Kazakhstan appreciates the existing friendly relations with the European Union, which are marked by an active and regular political dialogue. In addition, the sides positively noted the results of fruitful cooperation in 2018, in particular, the participation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the 12th ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Summit in Brussels in October 2018 when he met with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and EU leaders.
The sides paid key attention to the effective implementation of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which is expected to come into full force in the near future. The attendees agreed that the Agreement will open up new horizons for interaction in the 29 areas of cooperation covered by it.
In the context of the accomplishment of the investment attraction and export promotion tasks the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan is entrusted with, the main issue on the table was the further expansion and the diversification of trade and economic ties. It was stated that the European Union has been the largest trade and investment partner of Kazakhstan over the course of many years. For 11 months of 2018, the trade reached $34.4 billion (49% of the total), while foreign direct investment in Kazakhstan's economy totaled $12.3 billion in the first half of 2018. In addition to the above, 24 large-scale investment projects worth about $3 billion with the participation of European companies are being implemented in Kazakhstan.
The Minister underlined that Kazakhstan prioritizes the comprehensive diversification of the range of products exported abroad, the search for new markets, the establishment of joint ventures producing and exporting high-tech goods, as well as the exports of high-quality and sought-after services. "Presently, Kazakhstan aims to join the 30 most developed countries in the world. To that end, comprehensive measures are being taken to modernize the country's economy, where investment and exports are its integral part," said Beibut Atamkulov.
In view of the close correlation between the rise in business contacts and the mobility of citizens, it was noted that early solution to the issue of easing the EU visa regime for citizens of Kazakhstan could significantly boost the development of comprehensive cooperation. In this regard, the head of Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry called on the European side to support efforts for the promotion of the start of negotiations to ease the visa regime with the country.
The sides also discussed the process of updating the EU Strategy for Central Asia. It was noted that positive trends in the development of dialogue in the Central Asian region open up new prospects for interaction between the EU and Central Asia. "Kazakhstan is ready to actively promote the implementation of a new strategy, which will become an effective and multifunctional basis for even deeper cooperation, and will also facilitate the further enhancement of partnership within the region," he said.
In addition, the sides exchanged views on topical international and regional issues, in particular, on the prospects of EAEU-EU relations, regional cooperation in Central Asia, interaction in the light of China's Belt and Road Initiative, and other aspects of the international agenda.
As a result of the meeting, the attendees agreed to hold regular meetings in this format and maintain close working contacts. At the same time, it was underlined that the Kazakh side is open to dialogue, exchange of new ideas and proposals for the further scaling up of Kazakhstan-EU cooperation.
It should be mentioned that 22 embassies of the EU member states, as well as the EU Delegation, are operating in Kazakhstan. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-eu-on-track-to-enhance-and-expand-trade-and-economic-coop_a3498626/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:16Z |
How to Watch the NBA on Monday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
The NBA's eight-game schedule today is sure to please. The outings include the Minnesota Timberwolves playing the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
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Today's NBA Games
The New York Knicks take on the Minnesota Timberwolves
The Timberwolves look to pull of an away win at the Knicks on Monday at 3:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: NBA TV, MSG, and BSN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- NY Record: 17-15
- MIN Record: 24-7
- NY Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 113.9 Opp. PPG (14th)
- MIN Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 107.4 Opp. PPG (first)
Players to Watch
- NY Key Player: Julius Randle (23.6 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 4.8 APG)
- MIN Key Player: Anthony Edwards (26.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 5.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIN -1.5
- MIN Odds to Win: -120
- NY Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 223.5 points
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The Toronto Raptors play host to the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers hope to pick up a road win at the Raptors on Monday at 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet and BSOH
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- TOR Record: 12-20
- CLE Record: 18-14
- TOR Stats: 113.7 PPG (18th in NBA), 115.0 Opp. PPG (17th)
- CLE Stats: 112.0 PPG (24th in NBA), 112.0 Opp. PPG (eighth)
Players to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Scottie Barnes (21.0 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 5.8 APG)
- CLE Key Player: Donovan Mitchell (28.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 5.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: TOR -2.5
- TOR Odds to Win: -140
- CLE Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 224.5 points
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The Houston Rockets take on the Detroit Pistons
The Pistons hope to pick up a road win at the Rockets on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network and BSDET
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- HOU Record: 15-15
- DET Record: 3-29
- HOU Stats: 112.3 PPG (23rd in NBA), 109.7 Opp. PPG (second)
- DET Stats: 110.3 PPG (27th in NBA), 121.2 Opp. PPG (25th)
Players to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Alperen Sengun (21.1 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 5.1 APG)
- DET Key Player: Cade Cunningham (23.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 7.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: HOU -7.5
- HOU Odds to Win: -300
- DET Odds to Win: +240
- Total: 226.5 points
The Milwaukee Bucks host the Indiana Pacers
The Pacers travel to face the Bucks on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSWI and BSIN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- MIL Record: 24-8
- IND Record: 17-14
- MIL Stats: 125.0 PPG (second in NBA), 118.9 Opp. PPG (24th)
- IND Stats: 126.6 PPG (first in NBA), 124.8 Opp. PPG (29th)
Players to Watch
- MIL Key Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo (30.7 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 5.7 APG)
- IND Key Player: Tyrese Haliburton (24.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 12.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIL -6.5
- MIL Odds to Win: -300
- IND Odds to Win: +230
- Total: 259.5 points
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The Utah Jazz play host to the Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks take to the home court of the Jazz on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: KJZZ and BSSW
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- UTA Record: 14-19
- DAL Record: 19-14
- UTA Stats: 113.4 PPG (19th in NBA), 118.8 Opp. PPG (23rd)
- DAL Stats: 119.2 PPG (seventh in NBA), 117.8 Opp. PPG (22nd)
Players to Watch
- UTA Key Player: Lauri Markkanen (23.5 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.6 APG)
- DAL Key Player: Luka Doncic (33.9 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 9.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DAL -2.5
- DAL Odds to Win: -145
- UTA Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 245.5 points
The Phoenix Suns face the Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers look to pull of an away win at the Suns on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: AZFamily and ROOT Sports NW+
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- PHO Record: 16-15
- POR Record: 9-22
- PHO Stats: 115.5 PPG (14th in NBA), 114.6 Opp. PPG (16th)
- POR Stats: 109.4 PPG (29th in NBA), 115.2 Opp. PPG (18th)
Players to Watch
- PHO Key Player: Kevin Durant (29.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 6.1 APG)
- POR Key Player: Jerami Grant (22.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.6 APG)
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The Denver Nuggets face the Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets look to pull of an away win at the Nuggets on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ALT and BSSE
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- DEN Record: 23-11
- CHA Record: 7-23
- DEN Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 110.3 Opp. PPG (third)
- CHA Stats: 110.6 PPG (26th in NBA), 121.4 Opp. PPG (26th)
Players to Watch
- DEN Key Player: Nikola Jokic (26.1 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 9.2 APG)
- CHA Key Player: Terry Rozier (23.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 7.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DEN -14.5
- DEN Odds to Win: -1400
- CHA Odds to Win: +800
- Total: 226.5 points
The Los Angeles Clippers play the Miami Heat
The Heat take to the home court of the Clippers on Monday at 10:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSSC and BSSUN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- LAC Record: 19-12
- MIA Record: 19-13
- LAC Stats: 116.6 PPG (11th in NBA), 112.2 Opp. PPG (10th)
- MIA Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 111.7 Opp. PPG (seventh)
Players to Watch
- LAC Key Player: Paul George (22.9 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 4.0 APG)
- MIA Key Player: Bam Adebayo (22.0 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 4.0 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: LAC -6.5
- LAC Odds to Win: -275
- MIA Odds to Win: +225
- Total: 227.5 points
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North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, State media reported Monday that Kim made the order during a meeting with commanding army officers the previous day. In a five-day ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he would boost national defenses to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation. Foreign experts say Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. | https://kesq.com/news/2023/12/31/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-to-thoroughly-annihilate-us-south-korea-if-provoked/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:19Z |
How to Watch the NBA on Monday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
The NBA's eight-game schedule today is sure to please. The outings include the Minnesota Timberwolves playing the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
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Today's NBA Games
The New York Knicks take on the Minnesota Timberwolves
The Timberwolves look to pull of an away win at the Knicks on Monday at 3:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: NBA TV, MSG, and BSN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- NY Record: 17-15
- MIN Record: 24-7
- NY Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 113.9 Opp. PPG (14th)
- MIN Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 107.4 Opp. PPG (first)
Players to Watch
- NY Key Player: Julius Randle (23.6 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 4.8 APG)
- MIN Key Player: Anthony Edwards (26.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 5.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIN -1.5
- MIN Odds to Win: -120
- NY Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 223.5 points
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The Toronto Raptors play host to the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers hope to pick up a road win at the Raptors on Monday at 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet and BSOH
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- TOR Record: 12-20
- CLE Record: 18-14
- TOR Stats: 113.7 PPG (18th in NBA), 115.0 Opp. PPG (17th)
- CLE Stats: 112.0 PPG (24th in NBA), 112.0 Opp. PPG (eighth)
Players to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Scottie Barnes (21.0 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 5.8 APG)
- CLE Key Player: Donovan Mitchell (28.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 5.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: TOR -2.5
- TOR Odds to Win: -140
- CLE Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 224.5 points
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The Houston Rockets take on the Detroit Pistons
The Pistons hope to pick up a road win at the Rockets on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Space City Home Network and BSDET
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- HOU Record: 15-15
- DET Record: 3-29
- HOU Stats: 112.3 PPG (23rd in NBA), 109.7 Opp. PPG (second)
- DET Stats: 110.3 PPG (27th in NBA), 121.2 Opp. PPG (25th)
Players to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Alperen Sengun (21.1 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 5.1 APG)
- DET Key Player: Cade Cunningham (23.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 7.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: HOU -7.5
- HOU Odds to Win: -300
- DET Odds to Win: +240
- Total: 226.5 points
The Milwaukee Bucks host the Indiana Pacers
The Pacers travel to face the Bucks on Monday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSWI and BSIN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- MIL Record: 24-8
- IND Record: 17-14
- MIL Stats: 125.0 PPG (second in NBA), 118.9 Opp. PPG (24th)
- IND Stats: 126.6 PPG (first in NBA), 124.8 Opp. PPG (29th)
Players to Watch
- MIL Key Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo (30.7 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 5.7 APG)
- IND Key Player: Tyrese Haliburton (24.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 12.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIL -6.5
- MIL Odds to Win: -300
- IND Odds to Win: +230
- Total: 259.5 points
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The Utah Jazz play host to the Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks take to the home court of the Jazz on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: KJZZ and BSSW
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- UTA Record: 14-19
- DAL Record: 19-14
- UTA Stats: 113.4 PPG (19th in NBA), 118.8 Opp. PPG (23rd)
- DAL Stats: 119.2 PPG (seventh in NBA), 117.8 Opp. PPG (22nd)
Players to Watch
- UTA Key Player: Lauri Markkanen (23.5 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.6 APG)
- DAL Key Player: Luka Doncic (33.9 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 9.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DAL -2.5
- DAL Odds to Win: -145
- UTA Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 245.5 points
The Phoenix Suns face the Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers look to pull of an away win at the Suns on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: AZFamily and ROOT Sports NW+
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- PHO Record: 16-15
- POR Record: 9-22
- PHO Stats: 115.5 PPG (14th in NBA), 114.6 Opp. PPG (16th)
- POR Stats: 109.4 PPG (29th in NBA), 115.2 Opp. PPG (18th)
Players to Watch
- PHO Key Player: Kevin Durant (29.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 6.1 APG)
- POR Key Player: Jerami Grant (22.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.6 APG)
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The Denver Nuggets face the Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets look to pull of an away win at the Nuggets on Monday at 9:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ALT and BSSE
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- DEN Record: 23-11
- CHA Record: 7-23
- DEN Stats: 115.3 PPG (15th in NBA), 110.3 Opp. PPG (third)
- CHA Stats: 110.6 PPG (26th in NBA), 121.4 Opp. PPG (26th)
Players to Watch
- DEN Key Player: Nikola Jokic (26.1 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 9.2 APG)
- CHA Key Player: Terry Rozier (23.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 7.2 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: DEN -14.5
- DEN Odds to Win: -1400
- CHA Odds to Win: +800
- Total: 226.5 points
The Los Angeles Clippers play the Miami Heat
The Heat take to the home court of the Clippers on Monday at 10:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: BSSC and BSSUN
- Stream Live: Watch this game on Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- LAC Record: 19-12
- MIA Record: 19-13
- LAC Stats: 116.6 PPG (11th in NBA), 112.2 Opp. PPG (10th)
- MIA Stats: 113.3 PPG (20th in NBA), 111.7 Opp. PPG (seventh)
Players to Watch
- LAC Key Player: Paul George (22.9 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 4.0 APG)
- MIA Key Player: Bam Adebayo (22.0 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 4.0 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: LAC -6.5
- LAC Odds to Win: -275
- MIA Odds to Win: +225
- Total: 227.5 points
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The Delhi High Court issued a notice in response to a petition by World Boxing Champion Nitu Ghanghas, requesting authorities to consider and confer her with the Arjuna Award. .
The High Court posted the case for hearing on January 5 after the counsel appearing for the Centre submitted that a representation made by Ms. Ghanghas on the issue would be considered.
On behalf of Ms. Ghanghas, Senior advocate Mohit Mathur submitted that his client has already given a representation dated December 17 regarding her not being awarded the honour given for outstanding performance in sports and games.
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Ms. Ghanghas, from Bhiwani district in Haryana, in her plea said that she won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held at Birmingham.
In 2023, she became the sixth Indian boxer to become the World Champion after defeating Lutsaikhany Altantsetseg of Mongolia by 5-0 in the International Boxing Association Women’s World Boxing Championship held at New Delhi.
The 23-year-old, in her plea, said her non-inclusion in the awardee list is “unfair, unreasonable and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India”.
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country’s election commission said Sunday as opposition candidates and their supporters questioned the validity of the results.
The preliminary results of the Dec. 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to massive logistical problems that they said had undermined the balloting.
Tshisekedi’s overwhelming declared victory was likely to fuel those concerns. The second-place candidate was businessman Moise Katumbi, who received 18% of the vote, and Martin Fayulu, who received 5%, finished third. Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege, a physician renowned for treating women brutalized by sexual violence in eastern Congo, got less than 1%.
Speaking from his headquarters in the capital after the results were announced, Tshisekedi thanked his supporters for giving him another five-year term.
“You believed in my commitment so that our country can find its place in the concert of nations,” he said. “You have embraced my vision of society. I will spare no effort for more jobs, more purchasing power, more access to basic services at all levels.”
About 18 million people voted in the election, which had a turnout of more than a 40%, according to the election commission. The results will be sent to the constitutional court for confirmation, election chief Denis Kadima said.
Candidates opposing the results have two days to submit their claims, and the constitutional court then has seven days to decide. The final results are expected on January 10, and the president is scheduled to be sworn in at the end of that month.
Congo has a history of disputed elections that can turn violent, and there’s little confidence among many Congolese in the country’s institutions. Before the results were announced Sunday, opposition candidates, including Katumbi, said they rejected the results and called on the population to mobilize.
The logistical problems included many polling stations being late in opening or not opening at all. Some lacked materials, and many voter cards had smudged ink that made them illegible.
Voting in the election had to be extended into a second day— something local observers and civil society organizations have called illegal — and parts of the country were still casting ballots five days after election day.
“If a foreign country considers these elections to be elections, there’s a problem,” Fayulu said at a news conference in the capital Sunday before the results were announced. “It’s a farce, don’t accept (the results).”
Violence was already flaring in parts of the country before the results were announced. In the eastern city of Goma, youth barricaded some main streets demanding a revote. Earlier this week, clashes erupted between some of Fayulu’s supporters and police officers who fired tear gas at protesters who threw rocks and barricaded themselves inside the opposition headquarters.
“These elections are an example of fraud and ballot-box stuffing, flouting any transparent and credible electoral process and, moreover, democracy,” said Bienvenu Matumo, a member of LUCHA, a local rights group.
Leading up to and during the vote, the election commission was accused of not being transparent enough. The East African Community said its election observer mission was not granted access to Congo, and the European Union canceled its mission after authorities did not authorize the use of satellite equipment by EU monitors.
Congo analysts say the thousands of observers that were in the country were unable to say whether the irregularities had an impact on the overall integrity of the results, leaving it to the election commission.
Tshisekedi already has spent much of his time in office trying to gain legitimacy after a disputed 2018 election that some observers said Fayulu had actually won.
Overall, Tshisekedi’s track record has been spotty. He’s struggled to stem violence in the east, a goal he campaigned on.
Conflict in eastern Congo has raged for decades, with more than 120 armed groups fighting for power, resources and to protect their communities. But the violence has spiked during Tshisekedi’s term with the resurgence of the M23 rebels, who have displaced millions of people and seized swaths of land. The fighting prevented 1.5 million people from registering to vote.
Attempts to quell the violence with an East African Force comprised of troops from neighboring countries have failed. The force is pulling out, along with a U.N. peacekeeping mission that has been in Congo for decades.
Still, Tshisekedi’s initiatives creating free health care for pregnant mothers and babies and providing free primary education has changed the lives of some people living in remote villages.
“My brothers can go to school now without my parents paying, which allows my father to put that money to buying food for the family,” John Nlaza, a resident of a small village in Kongo Central province told The Associated Press.
Congolese analysts said it’s important to view Tshisekedi’s win with caution given the significant uncertainty of the presidential election’s validity.
“The opposition’s contesting of the results is not only a predictable reaction, but it also highlights the persistence of a deeper crisis of legitimacy at the top of the state,” Tresor Kibangula, a political analyst at the Congolese research institute Ebuteli, said. “This battle will depend on (the opposition’s) ability to mobilize the Congolese people for its cause, with a view to reversing the balance of power.”
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Mednick reported from Dakar, Senegal. Ruth Alonga in Goma contributed. | https://whnt.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-congos-president-felix-tshisekedi-is-declared-winner-of-election-that-opposition-wants-redone/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:21Z |
The Carolina Panthers have had a terrible, terrible season from hell, and it only hit a new low on Sunday.
Scoring zero points in a 26-0 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars — who were starting backup quarterback C.J. Beathard — as Bryce Young’s brutal rookie season comes to a near-close wasn’t even the worst part of the day.
Averaging 2.3 yards per play and not crossing 100 total yards until the fourth quarter wasn’t the lowest point of the day for the Panthers.
No, in a moment of what can (at best) be described as a brief loss of control, Panthers team owner David Tepper appeared to throw a drink at an unruly Jaguars fan who was in front of him toward the end of the game. Tepper's Panthers have been unequivocally the worst team in the league this year, but there is simply no excuse for this behavior in the middle of tough times — particularly from his perch as the owner of a NFL team.
"We are aware of the video and have no further comment at this time," the NFL said in a statement, according to Joe Person of The Athletic. The Panthers themselves, meanwhile, still haven't commented.
This is just flat-out a rotten way to behave. Fights have been ignited over throwing drinks on people. It’s one of the most disrespectful, non-physical things a human can do to another human. Alcohol with backwash all over a t-shirt or an expensive jersey ain’t cool, man. Especially amid the power dynamics of Tepper not just being a team owner, but one of the singularly richest people in the entire world.
Tepper might as well be an anonymous person on the internet in that scenario. He’s completely untouchable as a person of his financial and social stature. He would never suffer a real punishment for behaving in this fashion because there is nothing that the person who got the drink poured on him can do. It’s an abuse of power as much as it is just a lame thing to do.
To take it a step further, if this is how Tepper is acting in public, it's easy to see why the Panthers have had so many head coaches in the brief time that Tepper has owned the team. It was an illogical, rushed, emotional response that puts him and his decision making under further scrutiny and gives partial context as to why the Panthers have been so dysfunctional over the past few years. A rotating door of head coaches and their interim replacements, musical chairs at quarterback, trading up for Young when the roster clearly wasn't ready to support a rookie quarterback — and now, this unruly moment that has been caught on camera.
Panthers fans are already (kind of) joking about whether or not this moment can be used to strip Tepper of his ownership. That isn’t going to happen. It takes a lot more than that for someone to lose their team, but it does paint the picture of where this team is.
The Panthers are just 31-67 since Tepper took over in 2018 and he’s about to hire his third full-time head coach in that timespan with a roster that doesn’t appear anywhere close to competing, even in the dismal NFC South.
At some point Tepper is going to have to stumble into success by mistake, even with his rash and hasty decision-making.
The part here that resonates beyond football is that everyone knows Tepper won’t or can’t face real discipline through this due to the power he holds. When you’re this wealthy in America, this is sadly one of the perks afforded to you.
The only hope here is that Tepper can see this as a moment of weakness and hopefully make changes for himself that will make the Panthers a respected franchise again. It simply doesn’t have to be like this. | https://www.wsoctv.com/news/national/david-teppers/RXRNEJBSH74R5H6QU5M4LSTN4A/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:21Z |
#gift #Lionel #Messi #received #day
Nahuel Guzmán with Lionel Messi in the National Team (@TeamLioneIMessi)
In times of toasts, balance sheets and family gatherings, when most of the protagonists rest waiting for what will be a new season full of objectives and challenges, Lionel Messi was surprised with a special visit at his home in Rosario. An old acquaintance dared to visit the best player in the world. This is Nahuel Guzmán, who was his teammate in the National Team and a fervent fan of Newell’s
The meeting, full of emotion and friendship, took place in Funes, on the outskirts of the Rosario city. Through their social networks, the players shared a photo in which they are seen smiling and happy. Both footballers posed with the Club Deportivo y Social Lux shirt, a place that marked the first football steps of the goalkeeper with a leprous past.
“Last day of the year and Lío already has his shirt for the 2024 season,” wrote the official account of the Rosario entity, accompanying the publication with a special thanks to his greatest reference: “Thank you Patón for evangelizing your love for Mercadito,” making allusion to the club’s nickname.
The green kit of the local team features the number ten on the back, along with the surname of the international legend printed below, constituting a significant gift for the soccer star at the end of the year.
On the other hand, during the presentation of the shirts for the 2024 season, Nahuel Guzmán was present and two of the uniforms are linked to social causes that the goalkeeper has supported on multiple occasions: the defense of the rights of the LGTB+ community and the commitment with the fight for Memory, Truth and Justice.
Patón’s visit to the Flea
The experienced Tigres de México goalkeeper had expressed on several occasions his desire to play at some point alongside star Lionel Messi in La Lepra, a team of which both are fans. “I would like to share the field once again with Messi in the club that saw us grow as Newell’s,” he said on more than one occasion.
El Patón, who was established as Champion of Champions for the 2023 season when his team won against Pachuca by 2 to 1, in the American city of Carson, was excited about the chance to play against Leo in the Leagues Cup, a competition which brings together franchises from the MLS, Canada and Mexico.
“I wouldn’t leave Tigres for Inter Miami, I would only play with Messi at Newell’s, but maybe we will play against Inter Miami,” said the goalkeeper, who must define his future in 2024.
The one who did resolve his fate was Hugo Lloris, the emblem of the French team and an undisputed figure in European football. In an unprecedented move, the former Tottenham player who won the 2018 World Cup in Russia will join the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) squad. It will be the closing of a brilliant career in Europe and the beginning of a new adventure on American soil. | https://www.world-today-journal.com/the-gift-that-lionel-messi-received-on-the-last-day-of-2023/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:21Z |
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Kazakhstan GDP growth reaches 2.9% in January 2019, says Economy Minister
"GDP growth was 2.9% in the period under review. The growth is ensured by the demand being maintained on the consumer market and in the extractive industries," Timur Suleimenov said, reporting on the results of socio-economic development in January of this year.
In addition, the minister said that the slowdown in the rates of economic growth was mainly due to the decline in the manufacturing industry and construction, as well as the slowdown in investment activity.
"In general, there was last year's high base effect in all the backbone industries. The inflation rate was better than in the same period in 2018. It reached 0.5% year-to-date and 5.2% year-on-year," Timur Suleimenov informed.
The minister added that in January 2019, fixed-asset investment decreased by 2.5 pct against the backdrop of the high base last year.
"The decline is attributable to the completion of the modernization and reconstruction of the Shymkent Refinery and the Aksu Ferroalloy Plant," the minister clarified. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-gdp-growth-reaches-2-9-in-january-2019-says-economy-minister_a3497360/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:23Z |
North Texas vs. Temple Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - January 2
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 8:38 PM CST|Updated: 9 minutes ago
Tuesday's game between the Temple Owls (7-6) and North Texas Eagles (10-3) at Liacouras Center should be a close matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 68-67, with Temple coming out on top. Tipoff is at 7:00 PM ET on January 2.
The Eagles' last game was a 74-64 loss to Charlotte on Saturday.
North Texas vs. Temple Game Info
- When: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN+
- Live Stream: Watch this game on ESPN+
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North Texas vs. Temple Score Prediction
- Prediction: Temple 68, North Texas 67
North Texas Schedule Analysis
- Against the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks on November 16, the Eagles secured their best win of the season, a 78-55 road victory.
- North Texas has two losses to Quadrant 2 teams, tied for the 41st-most in the nation.
- North Texas has tied for the 14th-most Quadrant 4 victories in the country (seven).
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North Texas 2023-24 Best Wins
- 78-55 on the road over SFA (No. 147) on November 16
- 79-73 on the road over Southern Illinois (No. 159) on November 19
- 73-66 at home over UAPB (No. 167) on December 6
- 71-59 over Samford (No. 225) on November 24
- 83-60 at home over Grambling (No. 234) on November 9
North Texas Leaders
- Desiray Kernal: 16.5 PTS, 8.4 REB, 2.0 STL, 53.2 FG%, 40.9 3PT% (9-for-22)
- Tommisha Lampkin: 13.8 PTS, 1.2 BLK, 64.0 FG%
- Jaaucklyn Moore: 11.2 PTS, 47.7 FG%, 33.9 3PT% (19-for-56)
- Desiree Wooten: 5.6 PTS, 1.3 STL, 32.9 FG%, 24.0 3PT% (6-for-25)
- Dyani Robinson: 7.1 PTS, 1.1 STL, 35.8 FG%, 20.8 3PT% (5-for-24)
North Texas Performance Insights
- The Eagles are outscoring opponents by 15.3 points per game, with a +199 scoring differential overall. They put up 75.2 points per game (69th in college basketball) and allow 59.9 per contest (92nd in college basketball).
- At home the Eagles are scoring 86.2 points per game, 18.7 more than they are averaging on the road (67.5).
- At home North Texas is allowing 55.0 points per game, 10.8 fewer points than it is on the road (65.8).
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Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper appears to toss drink at Jacksonville fans during his team’s loss
By Homero De la Fuente, CNN
(CNN) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper was seen on video as he appeared to throw a drink into the crowd at EverBank Stadium near the end of the team’s 26-0 loss to the host Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
In the viral video circulating on social media, a visibly frustrated Tepper is seen in a suite at the stadium, along with Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer, when he appears to empty his drink into the stands before tossing away the cup.
The incident occurred after Carolina rookie quarterback Bryce Young threw an interception toward the end of the fourth quarter, sealing the team’s shutout loss.
“We are aware of the video and have no further comment at this time,” an NFL spokesperson told CNN in a statement.
A spokesperson for the Carolina Panthers declined to comment.
Carolina’s shutout loss was particularly significant as not only did it drop the Panthers to a 2-14 record with one game left in the season, but it secured the No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft to the Chicago Bears.
In March, the Panthers agreed to trade their 2024 first-round pick, 2023 first-round (No. 9) and second-round (No. 61) picks along with wide receiver DJ Moore to the Bears for the 2023 No. 1 pick, which allowed the team to draft Young.
Earlier this year, the team fired head coach Frank Reich after a 1-10 start to the season. Reich was the third head coach that has been fired in the past five seasons, after Matt Rhule was fired following a 1-4 start last season – his third year – after Ron Rivera, in his ninth season, was let go during the 2019 season when the Panthers started 5-7.
Since Tepper bought the the team in 2018, the Panthers have a 31-67 record, which ranks as the second-worst record in the NFL in that span, and have missed the playoffs every season.
Tepper also owns Charlotte FC, an MLS team. In November the team fired head coach Christian Lattanzio despite reaching the playoffs in their second year.
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As the clock struck midnight, the City of Pearls bid adieu to 2023 and welcomed the New Year with unbridled joy and exuberance . Celebrations across the city were nothing short of spectacular, with venues, pubs, farmhouses, and service apartments playing host to a myriad of memories. The colourful fireworks that painted the midnight sky in several pockets of Hyderabad added luminescence to the proceedings.
In the days leading up to New Year’s Eve, Hyderabad’s upmarket venues witnessed a flurry of bookings. The city’s vibrant pubs were ablaze with energy as revellers flocked to these lively venues for New Year’s Eve parties with friends and families.
Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy confirmed that the officials have issued permissions for 56 ticketed events for December 31st night in the commissionerate. Meanwhile, the Cyberabad police has allowed around 35 venues to hold ticketed events, said Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty.
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December 31st being a Sunday, the streets of Hyderabad, especially Tank Bund, NTR Marg and P.V. Narasimha Rao Marg (PVNR Marg), formerly Necklace Road, witnessed a huge crowd. Meanwhile, churches across the city were also decked up for midnight mass and sermons with devotees across the city travelling with their families.
On the outskirts of Hyderabad, farmhouses transformed for the night with joint families and large groups of friends escaping the bustles of the city for the night. “Surrounded by nature, under a canopy of stars with bonfire, songs and barbecues, this is how we chose to end 2023,” said K. Ramesh, who booked a farmhouse in Shamirpet with his extended family of 12.
For those desiring a more intimate celebration, service apartments in Hyderabad became cosy havens for close-knit gatherings. These spaces struck the perfect balance between comfort and privacy, allowing friends and families to create cherished memories as they welcomed the arrival of 2024.
The police officials from the tri-commissionerate across the twin-cities installed several checkposts, ensuring the night went incident-free.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — (AP) — After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship's hold for a number of days, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Saturday that the fire was out and directed the ship to anchor near Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
The 19 crew members of the ship, Genius Star XI, were uninjured and technicians from the Salvage and Marine Firefighting team remain onboard to ensure the fire doesn't return, according to a Coast Guard press release.
“This protected anchorage ... will allow the vessel to remain stable, minimizing risk of any re-flash of the fire as we continue our response," Capt. Chris Culpepper said in the press release, which said an investigation into the fire's origins will begin once response efforts wrap up.
Genius Star XI was shipping lithium-ion batteries from Vietnam to San Diego. The crew alerted the Coast Guard early Thursday morning to the fire, after pumping carbon dioxide into hold No. 1 — where the blaze began — and sealing it, fearing an explosion.
The Coast Guard diverted the 410-foot (125-meter) cargo ship to Dutch Harbor, one of the nation’s busiest fishing ports located in Unalaska, an Aleutian Islands community about 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.
Arriving Friday, Genius Star XI was kept 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from shore to mitigate the risks of toxic gases produced by the fire to the community and environment while responders worked to extinguish the flames, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Mike Salerno said in an email to The Associated Press.
There have been no oil leaks associated with the fire, according to the ship's owners, Wisdom Marine Group.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced Sunday that she plans to abdicate after 52 years and hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik.
The queen, who is Europe’s longest-reigning living monarch, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would step down on Jan. 14th, which is the anniversary of her own accession to the throne at age 31 following the death of her father, King Frederik IX.
Margrethe, 83, said the back surgery she underwent in early 2023 led to “thoughts about the future” and when to pass on the responsibilities of the crown to her son. “I have decided that now is the right time,” she said in her speech.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen paid tribute to her in a statement, offering a “heartfelt thank you to Her Majesty the Queen for her lifelong dedication and tireless efforts for the Kingdom.”
Margrethe is the “epitome of Denmark” Frederiksen’s statement read, and “throughout the years has put words and feelings into who we are as a people and as a nation.”
The 6-foot-tall (1.82-meters-tall), chain-smoking Margrethe has been one of the most popular public figures in Denmark, where the monarch’s role is largely ceremonial. She often walked the streets of Copenhagen virtually unescorted and won the admiration of Danes for her warm manners and for her talents as a linguist and designer.
A keen skier, she was a member of a Danish women’s air force unit as a princess, taking part in judo courses and endurance tests in the snow. Margrethe remained tough even as she grew older. In 2011, at age 70, she visited Danish troops in southern Afghanistan wearing a military jumpsuit.
As monarch, she crisscrossed the country and regularly visited Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, the two semi-independent territories which are part of the Danish Realm, and was met everywhere by cheering crowds.
Denmark has Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy, which traces its line back to the Viking king Gorm the Old, who died in 958. Although Magrethe is head of state, the Danish Constitution strictly ruled out her involvement in party politics.
Yet the queen was clearly well-versed in law and knew the contents of the legislation she was called upon to sign.
She received training in French and English from her earliest years, as well as Swedish from her mother. In addition to archaeology, she studied philosophy, political science and economics at universities in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Cambridge along with the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne in Paris.
Ever since his birth on May 26, 1968, Frederik André Henrik Christian has been the heir to the Danish throne.
He is the oldest son of Queen Margrethe and her late French-born husband, Prince Henrik, who died February 2018. Frederik, 55, has a younger brother, Prince Joachim.
Since the age of 18, he has served as regent whenever his mother was outside the kingdom and carried out official duties, shaking hands with thousands and receiving foreign dignitaries.
The queen’s announcement made up only a few sentences at the end of her wide-ranging New Year’s speech which reflected on the “turbulence and upheaval in the world” amid the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and the climate crisis.
But she also thanked her nation’s people for “the warmth and hospitality I meet with everywhere in Denmark.”
While lavishing accolades on the queen, the prime minister also looked to the future.
“In the new year, Crown Prince Frederik will be proclaimed king. Crown Princess Mary will become queen. The kingdom will have a new regent and a new royal couple,” he said in his statement. “We can look forward to all of this in the knowledge that they are ready for the responsibility and the task.” | https://whnt.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-denmarks-queen-margrethe-ii-to-step-down-from-throne-on-jan-14/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:28Z |
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#Portal #Valve #developed #Nintendo #VIDEO
Nintendo’s cassette console (for which a hardware accessory was also made, but the N64DD was finally released only in Japan…) and Valve’s revolutionary platform with an inside view would be a great match.
Portal 64: First Slice has been released. This is how the developer of the project (ONE person!) calls the demake, which currently only contains a small part of the first part. Therefore, it is no coincidence that the subtitle is “first slice” in Hungarian. The original Portal was released in 2007 as part of Valve’s excellent The Orange Box. In it, we could also find the base game of Half-Life 2 and the first episode (they could be bought separately before), but the package released in the fall of 2007 did not have these stars, but rather Half-Life 2: Episode Two, as well as Portal and Team Fortress 2. It was insanely worth investing in the package, although the sequel to Portal has been released since then (in 2011). The other two IPs stuck to the number 2, which is characteristic of the Gabe Newells…
James Lambert was also sucked in by the IP, so he undertook to implement the Nintendo 64 demake. In the conversion, the original game is approx. it already has a dozen test rooms, a fully functional weapon, and a functional physics. We can now run this on a Nintendo 64. In the video embedded below, Lambert thanked for the support and also presented the Portal-themed items (Nintendo 64, controller, cassette) received from some of the project’s supporters. But let’s not forget that this is just the beginning, as Lambert has promised to port the puzzle platformer’s other test rooms and plans further developments.
If Gabe Newell and Valve don’t realize Portal 3 (we simply accepted that the studio shied away from the triple number, and that’s why the VR-exclusive Half-Life: Alyx didn’t get that number either), it’s still a can be called an excellent fan project. To download, all you have to do is visit Lambert’s GitHub page, where you can find all the details. Owning the original game is required! Good game.
Source: GameRant | https://www.world-today-journal.com/this-is-how-portal-would-be-if-valve-had-developed-it-for-nintendo-64-video/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:28Z |
Kazakhstan has people to be proud of, says Information Minister
"The President announced the idea to implement ‘100 New Faces' Project via Article ‘Rukhani Janghyru', the point of which was that the modernization of public consciousness among people is impossible without demonstrating vivid, true-life and, what is more, motivating examples. (...) Through media, films, interviews, meetings with the public, we want to tell people about the heroes who live next to us. This project has once again proved that we have the people to be proud of and whom to point at as an example," said the minister.
Dauren Abayev told about the story of one of the participants of the "100 New Faces of Kazakhstan" project, mentioning that such stories deserve to be known by all Kazakhstanis.
"Paralympian swimmer Yerzhan Salimgereyev made a speech yesterday. In his childhood, he lost an arm and a leg, became disabled. For a long time, he could not find himself in life. However, at a certain point, Yerzhan decided to simply understand what he was capable of, and where the limits of his capacities were. He dedicated every day to swimming. He trained for three hours a day, improving his abilities. Thanks to his work and perseverance, Yerzhan turned out to be the best in Kazakhstan, then in Asia, and now in the world," Dauren Abayev added.
It is to be recalled that a meeting of President Nursultan Nazarbayev with winners of the republican project "100 New Faces of Kazakhstan" took place yesterday in Astana. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-has-people-to-be-proud-of-says-information-minister_a3498431/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:30Z |
UTSA vs. East Carolina Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - January 2
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 8:38 PM CST|Updated: 10 minutes ago
Tuesday's game between the East Carolina Pirates (7-4) and UTSA Roadrunners (6-6) at Minges Coliseum has a projected final score of 67-56 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of heavily favored East Carolina, so expect a lopsided matchup. The game will tip off at 6:00 PM ET on January 2.
The Roadrunners lost their most recent matchup 71-58 against Temple on Saturday.
UTSA vs. East Carolina Game Info
- When: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET
- Where: Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN+
- Live Stream: Watch this game on ESPN+
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UTSA vs. East Carolina Score Prediction
- Prediction: East Carolina 67, UTSA 56
UTSA Schedule Analysis
- The Roadrunners' best win this season came in a 66-59 victory over the Texas A&M-CC Islanders on November 15.
- Against Quadrant 2 teams, UTSA is 0-3 (.000%) -- tied for the 16th-most defeats.
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UTSA 2023-24 Best Wins
- 66-59 on the road over Texas A&M-CC (No. 192) on November 15
- 58-55 at home over New Mexico State (No. 196) on November 10
- 90-66 at home over UTEP (No. 217) on December 3
- 70-66 on the road over UT Arlington (No. 228) on November 18
- 63-56 on the road over Sam Houston (No. 289) on November 25
UTSA Leaders
- Kyra White: 11.1 PTS, 1.3 BLK, 31.0 FG%, 28.8 3PT% (17-for-59)
- Elyssa Coleman: 10.3 PTS, 7.3 REB, 1.8 BLK, 44.1 FG%
- Sidney Love: 11.8 PTS, 1.4 STL, 39.5 FG%, 25.0 3PT% (7-for-28)
- Aysia Proctor: 9.2 PTS, 49.0 FG%, 26.1 3PT% (6-for-23)
- Idara Udo: 6.6 PTS, 44.9 FG%
UTSA Performance Insights
- The Roadrunners score 63.5 points per game (227th in college basketball) and allow 63.5 (171st in college basketball) for a 0 scoring differential overall.
- At home the Roadrunners are putting up 67.3 points per game, 5.7 more than they are averaging on the road (61.6).
- UTSA concedes 63.0 points per game at home, and 63.8 on the road.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defenses to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim’s limited offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan. | https://whnt.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-north-koreas-kim-orders-military-to-thoroughly-annihilate-us-south-korea-if-provoked/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:35Z |
Every street in the city is echoing with the chants of ‘Hari Om’ chanted by the Haridasus as Sankranti is round the corner.
Clad in bright saffron silk robes with colourful marigold garlands and accessories like Tambura (music instrument), Chidatalu (cymbals), anklets (tied to their legs) like sage Narada, the nomadic Haridasus are seen roaming on the streets of the city from dawn to dusk to propagate Hinduism during this auspicious Dhanurmasam, which is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Each Haridas is assigned to an area where from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. they roam the streets chanting Hari Namam.
The Hindu spotted a group of Haridases in the city on December 31.
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A senior Haridas named Kandula Nageswara Rao said that a group of 30 Haridasulu came to the city from S. Rayavaram mandal of Anakapalli district by December 17. They stayed temporarily in Purna Market, Isukathota, Gopalapatnam, Madhurawada, Gajuwaka and Simhachalam etc. to undertake the tradition of ‘Harinama Smaranam’ during this Sankranti season.
“Haridas never asks for alms. He walks on the street on a spiritual path to chant the hymns of Lord Vishnu i.e Hari Om or Harilo Ranga Hari. Devotees who wish to offer rice or money put it in the Akshayapatra on Haridas’s head. The Akshyapatra is copper vessel (shaped like a pumpkin). He never speaks and never looks back during this activity. He eats only vegetarian food at one time of the day. He does not talk unnecessarily. He is completely devoted. People believe that by offering rice or money to Haridas, they get the Lord’s blessings,” Mr. Nageswara Rao, who stayed at Purna Market, told The Hindu.
Mr. Rao is actually a farmer and runs an electrical shop in his home town for his livelihood. He belongs to Dasari community.
“We offer rice and money to the Haridas in every Dhanurmas season whenever they visit our street. It is a great feeling to see them during this auspicious season. Hari Nama Sankeerthana in this Dhanurmasam evades sins, we believe,” said Vaddadi Nagini.
Another Haridas Maicharla Trimurtulu said that whatever amount is collected in this season will be given to the committee in Bhadrachalam in Khammam district of Telangana, where the heads of the committee will organise Annadanam for the poor and needy.
The Haridas’s practice of carrying forward the tradition is a commendable task, and every citizen should respect them and encourage them, said Gampala Pavan Kumar, a government teacher.
“This is an ancient custom in our Telugu states. This practice is slowly being evaded due to poor public response and low priority to continue it from our current generations. Because, our children are not showing interest in continuing the tradition due to many factors,” said another Haridas Babuji.
History suggests that the tradition of Haridas began as part of the Bhakti movement, an attempt to remind people of the glory of Lord Vishnu and Hinduism.
An important aspect of Haridas is that he never stops for alms or charity. No matter what danger is behind him, he does not look back. In fact, he does not speak at all, but only sings Hari slokas.
“In rural areas people wash the Haridas feet spiritually and get blessings. But, in towns and cities it is hardly seen,” felt another Haridas Srinivas.
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When the 56-19 loss settled, the Miami Dolphins needed more than one glance into their proverbial mirrors.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wished he had shifted his glance a little more quickly to see the defender in his receiver’s path on his first interception, and he wished he hadn’t tried to force a ball to Tyreek Hill over the linebacker who snatched the second.
Hill wished he hadn’t bobbled and then dropped a wide-open touchdown pass from Tagovailoa, one of six targets on which the duo failed to connect in the blowout loss.
Dolphins defenders wish they had tackled better in space, limiting or at least complicating the Baltimore Ravens’ display of run-in touchdowns.
And head coach Mike McDaniel wished he had pulled edge rusher Bradley Chubb earlier from an out-of-reach contest. Instead, with the Dolphins trailing by 30 points and less than 4 minutes to play in regulation, Chubb suffered a non-contact knee injury that required carting off.
“I would like a time machine, for sure, in that situation,” McDaniel said. “In hindsight, I would absolutely not have wanted him out there if I would have known he was going to get hurt.
“There’s times in football games where it’s not about winning or losing or ‘Can we come back?’ It's about finishing the football game and having a taste of what our expectations were going into it.”
The Dolphins’ expectations entering their visit to Baltimore and their reality traveling home at 11-5 veered far apart. Their playoff expectations now risk the same trajectory.
“Situations like this where you go into a game with full belief in each other and the eventual outcome … ends up monumentally in another direction, it’s a gut check for a football team,” McDaniel said. “We need to recalibrate, get back together and press forward together.
“Run from nothing. Own it.”
How the Dolphins unraveled vs. stifling Ravens
The Dolphins started off the game strong.
Tagovailoa connected with Hill, running back De’Von Achane and fullback Alec Ingold each for double-digit gains on the first drive alone. Facing third-and-goal from Baltimore’s 8, Tagovailoa pump-faked his first throw before nailing receiver Cedrick Wilson on a high-low concept that forced the Ravens’ defense to wonder whether Hill or Wilson was its intended receiver.
The Dolphins had found the end zone first. But Baltimore answered.
Despite Rashod Bateman failing to survive the ground on a 42-yard pass that was reversed and offensive pass interference nullifying a 26-yard completion to Justice Hill, Jackson distributed the ball a la Tagovailoa with chunk plays to three different targets on the way to the red zone. With 6:39 to play in the first, Jackson dropped back and let a ball rip amid pressure, finding Hill between two defenders on the right sideline for a 20-yard touchdown.
The Dolphins stayed alive with a Tyreek Hill 25-yard catch on fourth-and-5 their next drive but ultimately settled for a field goal.
Against the fourth-ranked scoring offense in the league, that’s not a winning formula.
Nor is turning the ball over.
Miami stayed competitive early, forcing a punt and scoring a pair of field goals. But after a seeming busted coverage allowed a 75-yard touchdown – cornerback Xavien Howard, injured on the first Ravens snap of the day, was missed – the game began veering off course for Miami.
Tagovailoa hurried to fit a play in before halftime and instead threw the first interception.
Miami’s special teams allowed a 78-yard punt return to start the second half, one of several factors in McDaniel’s postgame remark: “I’m confident saying before watching the film: We’re not going to be happy with the way we tackled in open space.”
And even when the Dolphins defense punched a ball loose from Ravens RB Gus Edwards, the optimism was short-lived.
Tagovailoa’s second interception was the next play.
The Dolphins could expect nothing different from the NFL's most takeaway-happy group.
“With circumstances within the game, there was a play or two where maybe we were forcing something,” McDaniel said. “Defensively, they’ve been very opportunistic. We knew that, and ultimately, we played right into their hands.”
A day Tyreek Hill described as “one of the worst games of my career” became the Dolphins’ worst loss of the season, and a day on which Miami was shorthanded due to injuries merited less sympathy when considering the Ravens’ bill of health.
Baltimore was missing its starting right guard, star tight end, two running backs and a cornerback.
Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith, who intercepted and returned a pass 30 yards in addition to seven tackles and another deflection, said Baltimore couldn’t dwell on that or their short week after a Monday night game across the country.
“It’s just adversity,” Smith said. “Look adversity in the face, and like I always tell the guys – chin up, chest out. We don't bow down for anything. Do all you can do. People make excuses with adversity and we just produce.
“Life is not about excuses. It's about what you do and play the cards that you’re dealt.”
The Dolphins best heed that advice.
After Ravens crush Miami, are Dolphins’ playoff hopes at stake?
Tagovailoa, despite taking a hit to his throwing shoulder on a fourth-quarter scramble, was healthy enough to address reporters after the game and seems on schedule to complete his fully available season.
Based on the cart, non-contact nature of injury and shellshock in Dolphins players’ voices, Chubb seems unlikely to play next week or in the postseason.
So sure, in a regular-season finale with the AFC East title on the line, Miami won’t be at full saddle. Neither will Buffalo nor any team the Dolphins face in the postseason.
What the franchise needs to do is better adjust to its personnel shifts and better scheme for its available players. Miami did that well in the run game Sunday, when Achane took the lead role in place of the injured Raheem Mostert, Achane contributing a game-high 137 yards and one touchdown.
But Miami’s passing attack was far too inconsistent, as Tagovailoa completed 57.9% of his passes compared to his league-leading 70.5% mark across the season. (For context, 51 quarterbacks who have attempted at least 50 passes have attempted more than 57.9%.)
Baltimore gashed the Dolphins defense for 491 total yards, a season-worst allowance along with the 56-point output.
Sure, as fairly said after the Ravens dismantled the 49ers, most teams cannot attack and maintain pressure at the rate which Baltimore can.
But the Dolphins have dabbled in Super Bowl-contender conversations, and it’s unlikely they’ll be able to reach that goal without besting Baltimore. It’s unlikely they’ll be able to win any remaining regular or postseason game with the suppressed performance all three phases produced Sunday.
“Everything’s still in front of us,” Tagovailoa said, but achieving it will require much more than Miami showed with the chance to clinch the division on the line.
Tagovailoa preached the importance of consistency after the Dolphins played well enough through one quarter to win but not through four.
Then, he tapped into the glass-half-full perspective as he moved forward.
“If you have the perspective of things could be worse – we could not have clinched the playoff berth, we could not have been playing in a game like this that mattered for positioning with the seeding,” Tagovailoa said. “So if you think of it like that, we’re right where we need to be as a team, regardless of the outcome today.
“We’ll be better for it and hopefully get to see these guys again.” | https://www.wsoctv.com/news/national/whats-next-dolphins/XC7WHVG4HWAGZHXQNLPWQ3ULU4/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:35Z |
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#TOP #Economy #free #electricity #sun #coming #photovoltaic #owners #pay #extra #photovoltaic #panels #energy #storage #electricity #netbilling
The article that took second place in the most read category in the Economy section of our Portal in 2023 is “Is this the end of free electricity from the sun? “Black scenario for photovoltaics” by Agnieszka Michalik. It has been read over 1.27 million times so far!
Therefore, we decided that, like two others that enjoyed the greatest interest last year, it deserves to be continued in the TOP 2023 mini-cycle in the Economy. Yesterday, topic number three was continued: “It’s already certain: there will be tax-free pensions and widow’s pension. They will be introduced by the old or new government” (read over 860,000 times).
The worst-case scenario: shutting down the installation and purchasing electricity at the highest price
As the author wrote, the biggest threat to free electricity from the sun is its overproduction during periods when the sun shines most intensely, which means that photovoltaic installations have to be turned off, and on the stock exchanges, energy prices not only drop to the lowest possible rates, but you even have to pay extra for energy production, because prices are negative.
Prosumers, i.e. owners of private home power plants, lose – especially those who have been connected to the grid since April 2022 and are settled using the net-billing system – and investing in photovoltaics in this situation is no longer profitable.
So will the worst-case scenarios come true and Poles will stop investing in photovoltaic panels in 2024?
Let us recall that during the election campaign the October 15 Coalition announced the restoration of a more favorable net-metering photovoltaics billing system for prosumers.
It consists in the fact that the household, as a rule, settles accounts with the operator on a non-cash basis: it gives him energy when it has a surplus and “takes it back” when it has a deficit. Only what is ultimately left, if left, is sold.
In the net-metering system, i.e. the new one, the price of sold energy is different from that of purchased energy – the settlement is in cash at the sales and purchase prices set once a month, which differ significantly in that the prosumer buys energy at a much higher price. than selling it.
Dark scenarios for photovoltaics: salvation in energy storage and windmills?
Is going back to the old system a solution? No, because as we know, “stirring the tea with a spoon does not make it sweeter, you need to add sugar.” The problem is to manage surplus energy from the sun – this is not only a problem of prosumers, but of the entire energy industry in general – to use it in periods of decline in electricity production. Then there will be no great price differences during the day, and if there are, having the ability to store surpluses, it will be possible to sell them during the “best price” hours, and then refill the warehouses during the period of overproduction or when there is no overproduction – by buying electricity for the warehouse when its prices will be the lowest.
The point is that the energy network itself will not fulfill the role of a warehouse – although, due to regulations, it must fulfill such a role in relation to almost a million prosumers who, on the basis of acquired rights, will be able to settle their accounts in the “cashless” net-metering system for several years.
The solution is to build energy storage facilities – large and home ones. Fortunately, this allows for the rapid development of technology.
To encourage prosumers to build and install such energy storage facilities, in the recently completed edition of the Moje Prąd 5.0 program, it was possible to obtain funding for energy storage facilities and energy management systems. Certainly, even more money will be spent on this in the Moje Prąd 6.0 edition, which should launch in mid-2024 at the latest.
There will also be other, even smaller, ways of storing energy – one of those already used in other countries is, for example, electric car batteries. However, few households in Poland still have them.
Another impulse may be the construction of home wind power plants. It also blows at night when there is no energy from the sun, so there is a chance that while wind energy itself will not solve the overproduction of solar energy, it will at least make up for the electricity shortage when photovoltaic installations produce too little of it. In this way, it will significantly reduce the currently high electricity prices at night.
There will also be money for the construction of home windmills from the Moje Prąd 6.0 program.
As you can see, the worst-case scenarios for the profitability of solar energy will only come true if we do not change anything and limit the debate to which of the billing systems is more beneficial to the prosumer. Fortunately, this does not seem to be the case, so the sun is still shining on the energy from the sun, the black night is not approaching, and photovoltaics – this time in the form of power plants built on the roofs of blocks of flats by communities and cooperatives – will flexibly replace the least desirable one – now produced in power plants powered by coal.
And tomorrow in TOP 2023 in the Economy – continuation of the article “New pension allowances. Care allowance…”, which since its publication on September 2 this year. has already been read over 1.273 million times on our website. And it ranks first in the readership ranking. ([email protected]) photo: aszak/pixabay © Copyrighted material | https://www.world-today-journal.com/top-2023-in-the-economy-is-the-end-of-free-electricity-from-the-sun-coming-will-photovoltaic-owners-pay-extra-for-it-photovoltaic-panels-energy-storage-my-electricity-net-billing/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:35Z |
Leonard (hip) is listed as questionable for Monday's game versus the Heat, Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints.com reports.
The Clippers have been without Leonard for the past four games, but he was a full participant at Sunday's practice and he appears to be trending in the right direction. If Leonard does get the green light to return Monday, Amir Coffey will likely head back to the bench and Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell would likely lose some touches and minutes. | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/clippers-kawhi-leonard-listed-as-questionable/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:37Z |
Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on the uses of artificial intelligence in the federal courts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.
Describing artificial intelligence as the “latest technological frontier,” Roberts discussed the pros and cons of computer-generated content in the legal profession. His remarks come just a few days after the latest instance of AI-generated fake legal citations making their way into official court records, in a case involving ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
“Always a bad idea,” Roberts wrote in his year-end report, noting that “any use of AI requires caution and humility.”
At the same time, though, the chief justice acknowledged that AI can make it much easier for people without much money to access the courts. “These tools have the welcome potential to smooth out any mismatch between available resources and urgent needs in our court system,” Roberts wrote.
The report came at the end of a year in which a series of stories questioned the ethical practices of the justices and the court responded to critics by adopting its first code of conduct. Many of those stories focused on Justice Clarence Thomas and his failure to disclose travel, other hospitality and additional financial ties with wealthy conservative donors including Harlan Crow and the Koch brothers. But Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor also have been under scrutiny.
The country also is entering an the beginning of an election year that seems likely to enmesh the court in some way in the ongoing criminal cases against Trump and efforts to keep the Republican former president off the 2024 ballot.
Along with his eight colleagues, Roberts almost never discusses cases that are before the Supreme Court or seem likely to get there. In past reports, he has advocated for enhanced security and salary increases for federal judges, praised judges and their aides for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and highlighted other aspects of technological changes in the courts.
Roberts once famously compared judges to umpires who call balls and strikes, but don’t make the rules. In his latest report, he turned to a different sport, tennis, to make the point that technology won’t soon replace judges.
At many tennis tournaments, optical technology, rather than human line judges, now determines “whether 130 mile per hour serves are in or out. These decisions involve precision to the millimeter. And there is no discretion; the ball either did or did not hit the line. By contrast, legal determinations often involve gray areas that still require application of human judgment,” Roberts wrote.
Looking ahead warily to the growing use of artificial intelligence in the courts, Roberts wrote: “I predict that human judges will be around for a while. But with equal confidence I predict that judicial work — particularly at the trial level — will be significantly affected by AI.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wgem.com/2024/01/01/chief-justice-roberts-casts-wary-eye-uses-artificial-intelligence-federal-courts/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:37Z |
Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.
Describing artificial intelligence as the "latest technological frontier," Roberts discussed the pros and cons of computer-generated content in the legal profession. His remarks come just a few days after the latest instance of AI-generated fake legal citations making their way into official court records, in a case involving ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
"Always a bad idea," Roberts wrote in his year-end report, noting that "any use of AI requires caution and humility."
At the same time, though, the chief justice acknowledged that AI can make it much easier for people without much money to access the courts. "These tools have the welcome potential to smooth out any mismatch between available resources and urgent needs in our court system," Roberts wrote.
The report came at the end of a year in which a series of stories questioned the ethical practices of the justices and the court responded to critics by adopting its first code of conduct. Many of those stories focused on Justice Clarence Thomas and his failure to disclose travel, other hospitality and additional financial ties with wealthy conservative donors including Harlan Crow and the Koch brothers. But Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor also have been under scrutiny.
The country also is entering an the beginning of an election year that seems likely to enmesh the court in some way in the ongoing criminal cases against Trump and efforts to keep the Republican former president off the 2024 ballot.
Along with his eight colleagues, Roberts almost never discusses cases that are before the Supreme Court or seem likely to get there. In past reports, he has advocated for enhanced security and salary increases for federal judges, praised judges and their aides for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and highlighted other aspects of technological changes in the courts.
Roberts once famously compared judges to umpires who call balls and strikes, but don't make the rules. In his latest report, he turned to a different sport, tennis, to make the point that technology won't soon replace judges.
At many tennis tournaments, optical technology, rather than human line judges, now determines "whether 130 mile per hour serves are in or out. These decisions involve precision to the millimeter. And there is no discretion; the ball either did or did not hit the line. By contrast, legal determinations often involve gray areas that still require application of human judgment," Roberts wrote.
Looking ahead warily to the growing use of artificial intelligence in the courts, Roberts wrote: "I predict that human judges will be around for a while. But with equal confidence I predict that judicial work — particularly at the trial level — will be significantly affected by AI."
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Kazakhstan increases cooperation within the Energy Charter
Kazakhstan supports the modernization started within the framework of the Energy Charter process and agrees with the need to adapt to modern realities, in particular, with a focus on the investment protection, transit and energy efficiency, Kazakh MFA's press service reports.
The sides noted Kazakhstan's successful chairmanship at the International Energy Charter Conference in 2014. It has made a major contribution to advancing the process of modernization of the international organization, which began in 2009. The role of the Astana Declaration, which reflected the important political proposals of Kazakhstan to improve the Energy Charter process, was also highlighted. Kazakhstan has put forward the initiatives in the field of promotion of foreign investment in the energy sector, transit and trade, dispute resolution mechanisms, as well as the modernization of the Charter itself.
Against the backdrop of global disagreements, these measures are of particular relevance; all participants in the energy chain - exporters, importers and carriers - expect the Charter members to take measures to improve the security of commodity transit and to protect supplies from political disagreements.
As part of his visit, the Secretary General also met with Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev and representatives of KazMunaiGas, KazTransGas, Samruk Energy, KazTransOil and KEGOC companies. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-increases-cooperation-within-the-energy-charter_a3500573/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:37Z |
DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado woman accused of killing two of her children was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, according to police.
Kimberlee Singler, 35, is suspected of killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and attempting to kill her 11-year-old daughter in Colorado Springs.
On Dec. 19, police said they responded to a 911 call reporting a burglary at an apartment complex at around 12:30 a.m. and found the the bodies of the two deceased children.
Officers also located Singler and her 11-year-old daughter at the scene. They were both injured and taken to hospitals for treatment, according to Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin.
Singler’s injuries were minor. The 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for a few days and then released. She is recovering well physically in Colorado Springs. Cronin said he could not release details about how the children or Singler were injured.
Police said the initial report of a burglary was unfounded.
Singler was initially cooperative with police investigating the homicides and alleged burglary. She went missing after the probe, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
“In the initial stages of the investigation, we were treating her as a victim of a burglary,” Cronin told the Associated Press.
On Dec. 26, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Singler on multiple charges, including multiple counts of first degree murder, child abuse and assault.
The children’s deaths came amid an ongoing legal battle between Singler and her ex-husband over parenting time and other issues, according to court filings. Court hearings had been scheduled for next month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/colorado-mother-suspected-of-killing-2-of-her-children-arrested-in-the-uk-police/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:37Z |
WYOMING, Mich. — Two people were injured after an argument at a Walmart store in Michigan escalated into gunfire on Sunday, authorities said.
The man and woman who were shot suffered injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening, WXMI-TV reported.
The shooting took place at about 6 p.m. in the city of Wyoming, police spokesperson Lt. Andrew Koeller said.
A heavy presence of officers from Wyoming Police were at a Wyoming Walmart on Sunday. https://t.co/7mZDcqVDZ4
— FOX 17 (@FOX17) January 1, 2024
Police said there was an altercation between the two suspects and the male victim, according to WZZM-TV. The shooting took place in the front of the store near the checkout lanes. The male victim was shot; the woman was not a target, the television station reported.
The suspects fled the scene, police said. Both men were wearing masks, WOOD-TV reported.
“This is a brazen public attack. This is not something that we would tolerate, this is not something that should occur,” Koeller told reporters. “And we encourage the public to give any information in help solving this brazen crime and like I mentioned, unfortunately, an innocent bystander was struck. Two people were struck and that’s completely unfortunate.”
It is unclear what led to the altercation between the suspects and the man, WOOD-TV reported. It was also unclear whether the suspects and the male victim knew one another, according to the television station. | https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/2-injured-shooting-walmart-michigan/2APDDUBCZ5DPXFFTF2PICOVLRU/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:41Z |
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Salaries gained strong momentum, recruitment cooled down, and employers moved forward cautiously, according to an analysis of the year 2023 carried out by Ziarul Financiar.
In 2023, the minimum wage in the economy increased twice, which put pressure on company budgets and made employers move forward with more cautious steps. Candidates were more eager to apply for jobs, and the job offer was smaller this year. Towards the end, 2023 seems to be a year in which the employee and the employer discuss as equals.
The minimum wage in the economy has increased twice
This year, the minimum wage in the economy increased twice: the first time at the beginning of the year, to 3,000 lei gross, i.e. 1,821 lei net, and the second time in October, to 3,300 lei gross, i.e. 2,079 lei net. For employees in the food and agriculture industry, the minimum gross salary increased to 3,436 lei, about 2,360 lei net, and for those in construction it increased to 4,582 lei gross, i.e. 3,150 lei net, both valid from November 1, 2023.
The data submitted by the Labor Inspectorate at the request of the Financial Newspaper show that the number of employment contracts paid with the minimum wage reached 1.89 million, of which 1.53 million contracts were paid with the minimum wage of 3,000 lei gross, and 352,209 were paid with 4,000 lei gross. Most of the labor contracts paid in this way are in trade, manufacturing and construction. Cumulatively, these industries employ more than 963,000 employees paid the minimum wage in the economy.
Elimination of fiscal facilities for IT, construction, agriculture and food industry employees
The income tax exemption for IT professionals has been removed from November 1, while employees in construction, agriculture and the food industry will no longer be exempt from paying the health contribution (CASS) and the labor insurance contribution (CAM ).
Thus, employers in three industries – construction, the agri-food industry and IT – increased their personnel expenses by up to 18% as a result of the new tax changes that came into force on November 1, 2023, as an analysis by the company shows tax consultancy, accounting and auditing Crowe Romania. The weight of the increase of 18% results from cumulatively applying the measures of tax increases, either by increasing the minimum wage, or by taxing incomes over 10,000 lei from these industries. Together, these sectors have over 800,000 employees, i.e. 16% of the total number of employees in Romania.
The CASS exemption for meal vouchers and holiday vouchers granted by employers is eliminated
One of the fiscal measures from the PSD-PNL coalition package adopted in 2023 that has a major impact and has been discussed less is the introduction of health contributions for meal vouchers. At this moment, according to the ZF data received from meal voucher issuers, there are about 3 million employees in Romania who receive meal vouchers. From January 1, 2024, the maximum value of meal vouchers will increase from 35 lei to 40 lei. Thus, at an average of 21 working days, the government would collect up to 3 billion lei in 2024 from the introduction of the health contribution (10%) on meal vouchers.
Wage growth has gained momentum. The biggest increase, over 17% from year to year
The average net salary in the economy reached almost 4,700 lei net in October this year, increasing by 17.1% compared to the same month last year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The inflation rate was 8% in October, so that the index of real salary earnings was 108.4% in October 2023 compared to October 2022.
Moreover, employers strongly pressed the acceleration of wage increases this year, after the inflation rate had a significant impact on the purchasing power of their employees last year. Therefore, in each month of this year the average net salary in the economy increased by about 15% – 17% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The highest salaries in the local economy remained those of employees in the IT industry, which exceeded 11,100 lei net in October 2023, i.e. around 2,200 euros net.
Recruitment dynamics, decreasing
The slowdown of the economy is visible, and recruitment in some sectors has frozen. Employers say that hiring has cooled noticeably since September 2023, but official statistics show a slowdown in hiring as early as August. The trend is also visible in the county statistics, so that in two counties there is a decrease in the number of employees from year to year, and in the counties that were previously the “champions” of recruitment, a decrease in the recruitment dynamics is seen. Therefore, in the Capital the number of employees increased by 22,175 people in August 2023 compared to August 2022, compared to an increase of 23,374 people in July 2023 compared to July 2022. Also, in Timiş, in August 2023 compared to August 2022 the increase was 4,732 employees, while the dynamics in July was 5,207 people. | https://www.world-today-journal.com/wages-gained-momentum-hiring-cooled-and-employers-moved-cautiously-retrospective/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:42Z |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to launch three additional military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and introduce attack drones in 2024, as he called for “overwhelming” war readiness to cope with U.S.-led confrontational moves, state media reported Sunday.
Kim’s comments, made during a key ruling Workers’ Party meeting to set state goals for next year, suggest he’ll intensify a run of weapons tests ahead of the U.S. presidential elections in November. Observers say Kim believes a boosted nuclear capability would give him another chance for high-stakes diplomacy with the U.S. to win sanctions relief if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House.
During the five-day meeting that ended Saturday, Kim said “vicious” anti-North Korea moves by the United States and its followers “have reached the extremes unprecedented in history,” pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. Kim cited the expansion of U.S.-South Korean military exercises and the temporary deployment of powerful U.S. military assets such as bombers and a nuclear-armed submarine in South Korea — the steps the allies have taken in response to the North’s weapons testing spree since last year.
Kim called for “the overwhelming war response capability” to deter potential enemy provocations, KCNA said.
He set forth plans to launch three more military spy satellites next year in addition to the country’s first reconnaissance satellite launched in November. He underscored the need to establish “a reliable foundation” to build more nuclear weapons, an apparent reference to facilities producing fissile materials like weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium. Kim also ordered authorities to enhance submarine capabilities and develop various types of unmanned combat equipment such as armed drones.
“Pyongyang might be waiting out the U.S. presidential election to see what its provocations can buy it with the next administration,” said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.
“The Kim regime has closed the political door on denuclearization negotiations but could offer rhetorical restraint and a testing freeze in exchange for sanctions relief,” Easley said. “Although North Korea has no intention of giving up nuclear weapons, it might try to extract payment for acting like a so-called responsible nuclear power.”
Kim has been focusing on modernizing his nuclear arsenal since his diplomacy with Trump broke down in 2019 due to wrangling over how much sanctions relief the North could get for a partial surrender of its nuclear program. Experts say Kim likely thinks that Trump, if elected for a second term, could make concessions as the U.S. is preoccupied with the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas fighting.
Nam Sung-wook, a professor at Korea University in South Korea, said if President Joe Biden is reelected, North Korea won’t get what it wants. But he predicted a Trump win could revive diplomacy, saying Trump will likely say during his campaign that he can convince North Korea to suspend intimidating weapons tests.
He said Kim’s vow to ramp up production of plutonium and uranium is meant to strengthen his negotiating cards. Nam said North Korea will also test-launch more intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the continental U.S. this year.
“North Korea will act to the fullest extent under its timetable for provocation until the U.S. election day,” Nam said.
During his speech at the party meeting, Kim used bellicose, derisive rhetoric against South Korea, calling it “a hemiplegic malformation and colonial subordinate state” whose society is “tainted by Yankee culture.” He said South Korea must not be considered as a partner for reconciliation or unification. He ordered the military to use all available means including nuclear weapons to conquer South Korea in the event of a conflict.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry responded by strongly condemning North Korea for pushing to advance its nuclear program and displaying hostility toward its neighbors. A statement said South Korea will try to overwhelmingly deter North Korean threats based on a solid alliance with the United States.
Some analysts have speculated that limited clashes between the Koreas along their tense border could happen in the coming year. South Korea’s spy agency said last week that North Korea will likely launch military provocations and cyberattacks ahead of South Korean parliamentary elections in April and the U.S. presidential election in November.
Kim also maintained that North Korea must solidify cooperation with “anti-imperialist, independent” countries that he said oppose U.S.-led Western hegemony.
Kim didn’t name the countries. But North Korea has been seeking to beef up its cooperation with Russia and China, which have repeatedly blocked attempts by the U.S. and its partners to toughen U.N. sanctions on the North over its banned missile tests. The U.S. and South Korea accuse North Korea of supplying artillery and ammunition to Russia in return for high-tech Russian technologies for its own military programs.
Julianne Smith, U.S. permanent representative to NATO, said earlier this month the U.S. assessed that the suspected Russian technologies North Korea seeks are related to fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles, ballistic missile production equipment or materials of that kind. Smith said U.S. intelligence indicates that North Korea had provided Russia with more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions.
South Korean officials said Russian support likely enabled North Korea to put its spy satellite into orbit for the first time on Nov. 21. Many foreign experts are skeptical about the satellite’s ability but South Korean Defense Minister Shin Wonsik said in November that Russia could help North Korea produce higher-resolution satellite photos.
Yang Uk, an analyst at Seoul’s Asan Institute for Policy Studies, said that he believes North Korea hasn’t yet obtained functioning ICBMs that can launch nuclear strikes on the continental U.S. But he said North Korea’s shorter-range nuclear-armed missiles can reach South Korea and Japan, where a total of 80,000 American troops are stationed.
Estimates on the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from 20-30 bombs to more than 100. The U.N. atomic agency and foreign experts recently said North Korea appears to have started operating a light-water reactor at its main nuclear complex in a possible attempt to secure a new source for weapons-grade plutonium.
Meanwhile, Kim said during the meeting that North Korea made “eye-opening” economic achievements by fulfilling or exceeding set quotas in major areas such as farming, housing construction and fisheries. Nam, the professor, said the self-praise appears aimed at burnishing Kim’s image as a leader who cares about public livelihoods as well as military issues. | https://whnt.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-north-koreas-kim-says-hell-launch-3-more-spy-satellites-and-build-more-nuclear-weapons-in-2024/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:41Z |
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Kozhikode Corporation is also adopting the K-Smart technology this New Year as part of the State government initiative to shift into a paperless administration process. The services through the K-Smart (K-SMART (Kerala Solutions for Managing Administrative Reformation and Transformation) mobile application and web portal will be available for the city residents from January 3 onwards.
Since many services of the corporation are yet to be digitised, the services will be available in phases and the system will be completely online in a few months. Services such as death, birth and marriage registration, issuing of trade and industry licences, payment of property tax, user management, file management system, finance module, building permission module and a complaint redressal system are being incorporated into the software which enables the public to access the services from their homes and without visiting the corporation office.
The K-Smart has been developed by the Information Kerala Mission. The public can register in the portal and avail the services. The intimations will be through SMS and Whatsapp.
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However, the authorities anticipate that the public may have several doubts about the use of online services. Hence, a facilitation centre will function at the Corporation office for around 20 days where the public will be assisted in using K-SMART. The councillors and corporation employees are currently being trained on the use of the software.
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Festival of Lights concludes on New Year’s Eve
QUINCY (WGEM) - New Year’s Eve concluded the more than five-week run for Festival of Lights at Moorman-Wavering Park in Quincy.
Scattered flurries on Sunday helped make the final scene as festive as possible for the attraction’s final hours.
Festival of Lights President Eric Dooley said people’s reactions to the light show has brought him the greatest joy.
“An exciting time for us is to watch the kids, you know, from the sunroof of the car and rolling the windows down, and enjoying the display,” Dooley said. “People bringing their pets. It’s always exciting for us to be able to see people coming through the display and enjoying the work.”
Organizers estimate that upwards of 40,000 to 50,000 people turn out to see Festival of Lights each year.
The attraction will return to Moorman-Wavering Park in Quincy on November 28, 2024.
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A surfer in Hawaii died at the hospital after a shark attack Saturday.
According toMaui County authorities, they received a report at around 11 a.m. local time Saturday about “a miscellaneous type incident.” Upon arrival, they discovered that Ocean Safety Officers had rescued and transported Jason Carter, a 39-year-old man, to shore using a jet ski.
Responders conducted life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived, and Carter was then taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.
According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Carter, who is originally from Haiku, faced the shark encounter while surfing at Paia Bay, where shark warning signs are placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay.
While initial signs of foul play were not evident, the police department reports that the investigation is ongoing and an autopsy has been scheduled.
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Cryonics is the freezing of a person or animal or their body parts in liquid nitrogen to stop physical decay. Max More worked for the world’s oldest cryonics company Alcor Life Extension Foundation for 12 years, first as CEO, then as ambassador and honorary president.
“It was kind of a natural thing for me, just an extension of the idea of not wanting to die,” he said.
The company operates a modern center in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. The remains of 224 people are being cryopreserved here. 1418 people are registered – they will also be frozen after death.
Technologies for freezing the human body after death have improved significantly. The only problem is that there is no way to revive them yet.
“It seems like an illusion to me. It’s a promise,” said Arthur Caplan, professor of bioethics at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine.
“I worry that even though people look into the future and think, ‘In the future, they will be able to solve anything.’ “If only mush remains after freezing, no one will be able to revive it even after a thousand years,” A. Caplan emphasized.
However, not everyone is pessimistic. A hundred years ago, people would not have believed that it would be possible to land on the moon or that we would have the technology that would allow people to see each other and talk in real time from different corners of the world.
in 1966 psychology professor James Bedford became the first cryogenically frozen person. There has long been a legend that Walt Disney, the father of animation, chose to be frozen after death. However, there is no evidence of this.
Technology is improving and the idea of freezing doesn’t seem so strange anymore. Many wealthy people are increasingly interested in ways to extend life. Billionaire Peter Thiel has said he signed up for posthumous cryogenics to make an “ideological statement,” although he says he doesn’t expect it to work.
The youngest frozen person is a two-year-old girl
There are several cryonics companies in the world, and Alcor Life Extension Foundation is the oldest and best known.
Among those preserved is a two-year-old girl from Thailand who died of brain cancer. This is the youngest cryogenically frozen person.
Whole body freezing costs 220 thousand. US dollars, it is cheaper to save only the brain – 80 thousand. US dollars. Most people pay for this service out of their life insurance. Some even arrange for their pets to be frozen.
Other companies may offer a lower price. However, service packages differ. For example, an on-call medical team is required to arrive immediately after death to begin the cryonics process.
Fantasy or future reality?
Alcor has branches in Arizona where critical patients who are still alive can be transferred. However, usually the medical team goes to the place where the person who ordered the cryonics service died.
The blood of the deceased is replaced with a cryoprotectant, which reduces the risk of ice crystal formation after death. This is a process called vitrification.
The body is then gradually cooled and stored at -196°C in special containers filled with liquid nitrogen, which prevents the body from decomposing.
The promise is that the bodies will be kept indefinitely until scientific advances allow them to be revived.
Mr. More said that science is making progress in this area, but not as fast as he would like. Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Minnesota successfully thawed rat kidneys and transplanted them into a living organism.
The cryonics industry is based on the assumption that death will one day be fixed. Not only should we be able to bring people back to life, but we should also be able to cure the cause of death – cancer, old age and any other.
Critics say it’s fantasy. A. Caplan believes that even freezing people is a risky process, let alone the possibility of reviving them one day.
“As for me, I want to do it because it’s better than just letting myself die,” More said.
“You’re Gonna Be A Freak”
The concept that a dead person can be brought back to life raises various legal, ethical and philosophical questions.
From a practical point of view, would the person who came back to life have the same identity? If Queen Elizabeth II was cryogenically frozen and came back to life, would she also reclaim her right to the throne of England? Would resurrected people regain the wealth inherited by the living after their death?
Skeptics point out that even if resurrection were possible, there would be many difficulties if people woke up after hundreds or thousands of years. They would have to integrate into a future world they do not understand.
“Even if it worked, if you woke up a thousand years from now, you wouldn’t understand what was going on. You will be a freak,” said A. Caplan.
Mr. More believes that this is just another challenge that needs to be overcome. He reminded us that people wake up after years of coma or move to another country and assimilate into a new culture.
It is necessary to believe not only in the progress of science, but also in the fact that companies engaged in this business will not go bankrupt. After all, someone has to take care of the frozen remains all that time. Of course, companies have provided safeguards for their operations and the use of funds that they present to their customers.
M. More notices that people who are united by a deep “sense of adventure” register for the program. They are not afraid to support non-conformists.
“The unknown scares people, they prefer to die.” It is very difficult for me to understand. But that’s their choice,” More said.
“I’d rather be on a big adventure and see what comes of it,” he added.
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President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Sunday that 2024 will be the year of French pride and hope, marked by the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games and the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral after a devastating fire.
"Only once in a century does one host Olympic and Paralympic Games, only once in a millennium does one rebuild a cathedral," Mr. Macron said. "2024, a year of determination, choices, recovery, pride. In fact, a year of hope."
He spoke in a televised address ahead of New Year celebrations during which around 90,000 police and 5,000 soldiers will be deployed to ensure security and address what the government called a "very high" terrorist threat.
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France will continue to "re-arm" itself when it comes to security matters, but also boost public education and social cohesion, Mr. Macron said.
He sought to cheer up the French after a year marked by wars and crises abroad as well as protests over an unpopular pension reform and street violence following the police killing of a teenager at a Paris traffic stop.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s “united society” in his prerecorded New Year’s address to the nation, the country’s state news agencies reported Sunday.
Putin addressed Russians in a video that ran under four minutes long, significantly shorter than the New Year’s speech he gave last year, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. Millions of people were expected to watch the new address when it airs on TV as each Russian time zone region counts down the final minutes of 2023 on Sunday.
The first to see it were residents of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Chukotka region in Russia’s Far East, some nine hours ahead of Moscow.
Returning to tradition after speaking flanked by soldiers last year, Putin delivered his address to the nation against the backdrop of a snowy Kremlin. In remarks carried by RIA Novosti, he described 2023 as a year marked by high levels of unity in Russian society.
“What united us and unites us is the fate of the Fatherland, a deep understanding of the highest significance of the historical stage through which Russia is passing,” the president said. He also lauded Russian citizens’ “solidarity, mercy and fortitude.”
The nearly 2-year-old war in Ukraine was front and center in the address, with Putin directly addressing Russia’s armed forces involved in what the Kremlin has termed its “special military operation” in the neighboring country.
“We are proud of you, you are heroes, you feel the support of the entire people,” the president said. According to state media, he emphasized that Russia would never retreat and asserted there was no force that could divide Russians and stop the country’s development.
The address’ broadcast comes a day after shelling in the center of the Russian border city of Belgorod Saturday killed 24 people, including three children. Another 108 people were wounded, Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Sunday, making the attack one with the most casualties on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months ago.
As last year, New Year’s celebrations were toned down in Moscow, with the traditional fireworks and concert on Red Square canceled. After the shelling in Belgorod, local authorities in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok and other places across Russia also canceled their usual New Year’s firework displays.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council and former Russian president, also congratulated Russians on the New Year. In video remarks posted to Telegram, he said that “thoughts and hearts are with those at the front” and that the past year had required “a special stability and unity, and true patriotism” from Russia.
Medvedev also called on Russians to “make 2024 the year of the final defeat of neo-fascism,” repeating Putin’s claims of invading Ukraine to fight “neo-Nazis.” The Holocaust, World War II and Nazism have been important rhetorical tools for Putin in his bid to legitimize Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, but historians see their use as disinformation and a cynical ploy to further his aims.
Analysts are describing 2023 as largely a positive year for Putin.
“It’s been a good year; I would even actually call it a great year” for the Russian leader, said Mathieu Boulegue, a consulting fellow for the Russia-Eurasia program at Chatham House think tank in London.
Moscow in May won the fight for the bombed-out Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. In june, Putin defused a revolt against him and reasserted his hold on the Kremlin. A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia started with high hopes but ended in disappointment.
As he enters 2024, Putin is wagering that the West’s support for Ukraine will gradually crumble due to political divisions, war fatigue and other diplomatic demands, such as China’s menacing of Taiwan and war in the Middle East.
Putin is seeking reelection in a March 17 presidential election that he is all but certain to win. Under constitutional reforms he orchestrated, the 71-year-old leader is eligible to seek two more six-year terms after his current term expires, potentially allowing him to remain in power until 2036. | https://whnt.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-putin-lauds-russian-unity-in-his-new-years-address-as-ukraine-war-overshadows-celebration/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:48Z |
Michigan home explosion heard for miles kills 4 and injures 2, police say
DETROIT (AP) — Four people died and two others were injured Saturday in a Michigan house explosion that could be heard miles away, police said.
The explosion happened before 4 p.m. in Northfield Township, about 45 miles (72.4 kilometers) west of Detroit. The structure was destroyed, leaving only the basement, Northfield Township Police Lt. David Powell told reporters Saturday.
The blast, which could be heard about 9 miles (14.4 kilometers) away, sent debris into the air that landed on both sides of a nearby highway. Neighboring homes were not damaged, Powell said.
Six people were in the home, with four fatalities discovered at the scene and the two surviving victims hospitalized in critical condition. Police did not immediately know if the victims were related, Powell said.
Authorities have not determined the cause of the explosion.
Northfield Township police did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking additional information on Sunday.
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Hornets' Frank Ntilikina: Won't play Monday By RotoWire Staff Dec 31, 2023 at 8:14 pm ET • 1 min read Watch Now: Ntilikina (leg) will not play in Monday's game versus Denver.Ntilikina hasn't appeared in a single game for the Hornets this season and remains without a timetable to return. More News Hornets' Frank Ntilikina: Ruled out for Friday 2D ago • by RotoWire Staff Hornets' Frank Ntilikina: Still sidelined 4D ago • by RotoWire Staff Hornets' Frank Ntilikina: Won't play Tuesday 6D ago • by RotoWire Staff Hornets' Frank Ntilikina: Still out 9D ago • by RotoWire Staff Hornets' Frank Ntilikina: Remains out 12D ago • by RotoWire Staff Hornets' Frank Ntilikina: Still sidelined Monday 14D ago • by RotoWire Staff | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/hornets-frank-ntilikina-wont-play-monday/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:49Z |
A Colorado woman accused of killing two of her children and injuring a third was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, authorities said.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Kimberlee Singler, 35, of Colorado Springs, was arrested in the United Kingdom “without incident,” The Denver Post reported. No other details about the arrest were immediately available and the exact location where Singler was arrested was unclear, according to KUSA-TV.
Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Singler on murder and attempted murder charges after her 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter were found dead in a home on Dec. 19, while her 11-year-old daughter was hospitalized.
According to KUSA, the children’s father, Kevin Wentz, identified the deceased children as Aden Wentz, 7; and Elianna “Ellie” Wentz, 9.
Colorado Springs mom arrested in United Kingdom, suspected of murdering 9-year-old daughter, 7-year-old son https://t.co/7u3ZsL7Tez
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) December 31, 2023
Police had responded to a report of a burglary at the residence, but it turned out to be unfounded, according to The Associated Press.
Singler initially cooperated with authorities but then went missing as the investigation progressed, Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin said. She was last seen on Dec. 23, police said.
On Dec. 26, police issued a warrant for Singler’s arrest on four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of child abuse and one count of first-degree assault, KUSA reported.
The 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for a few days before being released, Cronin said. She is recovering in Colorado Springs, according to the AP.
The children’s deaths came during a legal battle between Singler and her ex-husband over parenting time and other issues, the AP reported, citing court filings. Hearings had been scheduled for next month.
“Detectives with the Colorado Springs Police Department’s homicide unit continue to work closely with multiple law enforcement agencies in pursuing the ongoing investigation,” the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement. | https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/colorado-mother-accused-killing-2-children-arrested-united-kingdom/UGMHCLKIBFFZZPDFXSLCJAH22E/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:50Z |
DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado woman accused of killing two of her children was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, according to police.
Kimberlee Singler, 35, is suspected of killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and attempting to kill her 11-year-old daughter in Colorado Springs.
On Dec. 19, police said they responded to a 911 call reporting a burglary at an apartment complex at around 12:30 a.m. and found the the bodies of the two deceased children.
Officers also located Singler and her 11-year-old daughter at the scene. They were both injured and taken to hospitals for treatment, according to Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin.
Singler’s injuries were minor. The 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for a few days and then released. She is recovering well physically in Colorado Springs. Cronin said he could not release details about how the children or Singler were injured.
Police said the initial report of a burglary was unfounded.
Singler was initially cooperative with police investigating the homicides and alleged burglary. She went missing after the probe, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
“In the initial stages of the investigation, we were treating her as a victim of a burglary,” Cronin told the Associated Press.
On Dec. 26, investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Singler on multiple charges, including multiple counts of first degree murder, child abuse and assault.
The children’s deaths came amid an ongoing legal battle between Singler and her ex-husband over parenting time and other issues, according to court filings. Court hearings had been scheduled for next month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/colorado-mother-suspected-of-killing-2-of-her-children-arrested-in-the-uk-police/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:50Z |
The only remaining argument against Lamar Jackson being the 2023 NFL MVP was that he didn't have gaudy statistics.
Cross that one off the list too.
Jackson threw five touchdowns and posted a perfect passer rating in the Ravens' 56-19 victory over the Miami Dolphins Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.
On a day in which the Ravens clinched the AFC North and No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs, Jackson pretty much sewed up his second MVP. The only question is whether the vote will be unanimous like in 2019.
Jackson was 18-of-21 for 321 yards passing and added 35 yards on the ground. He had more touchdown passes than incompletions. It's his third career game with a perfect passer rating, tied for the most in NFL history with Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner.
The 56 points are the most the Ravens have ever scored at M&T Bank Stadium.
"I'm very confident," Jackson said. "Having the freedom to do whatever I want to when I see things out on the field. That's the kind of game I like. We were dialing it up, being aggressive."
Fans chanted "MVP!" from just about start to finish Sunday afternoon as the Ravens romped to the AFC North title and No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. Jackson hardly reacted.
He was locked in all the way till the end, only letting loose in celebration when his good buddy and backup quarterback Tyler Huntley threw a touchdown in relief. What was Jackson thinking as the MVP chants reigned down?
"We need to finish this game," Jackson said. "I'm not really paying attention to the chants."
In the past two weeks, Jackson has outshined the four other leading MVP candidates – 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and running back Christian McCaffrey, and Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was one of the man Ravens who said "there is no debate" at this point.
"The proof is in the pudding," he said. "There's just nobody like him. With respect to everyone who has had tremendous seasons and all the great talent in the NFL, I just think he's put himself in great position."
Even going against one of the NFL's best defenses over the second half of the season in Miami, Jackson was in complete control. He consistently stepped up in the pocket to elude pressure and extend plays, a signature of the Ravens' offense in recent weeks.
What's come together is the big play. Jackson hit Zay Flowers for a 75-yard touchdown and made the most improbable completion of his career on a 33-yarder to Beckham down the sideline. Head Coach John Harbaugh said making those big plays is "massively good" for Baltimore's offense as it prepares for the playoffs.
"We kept saying, 'If we can start hitting the deep ball, we can make those big plays. That's going to be a back breaker,'" Harbaugh said. "It turned out to be a back breaker today."
Last week, NBC Sports' Mike Florio annoyed Jackson by saying the 49ers were going to "kick the shit out of" the Ravens. This week, a FOX Sports radio host said Jackson wasn’t “quarterbacky” enough for her taste. He made her look bad, too.
Jackson saw some chatter about that on social media but didn't give it much attention or even know what it meant. He laughed about the word "quarterbacky" in the postgame locker room. Linebacker Patrick Queen took notice, and offense, though.
"MVP. There ain't nothing else to talk about. He look real 'quarterbacky,'" Queen said.
"If anybody else says otherwise, they just don't like Lamar. They don't like us, they don't like Baltimore, they don't like Lamar. Everybody knows who Lamar is. Everybody knows what Lamar can do. And I bet if any team had their chance to come scoop Lamar, they would've scooped him after what he just showed."
Jackson isn't an individual awards guy. He didn't want to talk about the MVP race last time he won it either. But he is even more locked in than usual this season after the way Baltimore fell short in the 2019 playoffs.
"We can't go out there thinking [that] since we're the favorites, teams are just going to bow down and play how we want them to play," Jackson said. "We have to go take it, and that's what we do." | https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/lamar-jackson-mvp-second-perfect-day-dolphins-ravens-blowout-win-week-17 | 2024-01-01T02:51:50Z |
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Kazakhstan Met office issues weather forecast for Feb 12-14
12:23, 11 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazhydromet has informed about the weather predicted in Kazakhstan from 12th through 14th February, Kazinform reports.
"The northeastern tropospheric flows, which caused a short-term drop in temperatures across the country, have been replaced by western and southwestern ones. Therefore, the next three days, the air temperatures in Kazakhstan will be close to climatological normal. The cyclone, which will move through the southern regions of the country, will cause precipitation and an increase in air temperatures in the southern and southeastern parts of the country," the forecasters inform.
The other regions of Kazakhstan will be influenced by a wedge of the anticyclone, mostly causing no precipitation. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-met-office-issues-weather-forecast-for-feb-12-14_a3497059/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:52Z |
Nearly half of all states will raise the minimum wage in 2024
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 7:57 PM CST|Updated: 51 minutes ago
(CNN) - Millions of workers will get a pay bump when the clock strikes midnight on Monday, January 1.
Nearly half of all U.S. states and the District of Columbia will increase their minimum wage in 2024.
Washington state will continue to have the highest minimum wage in the country at $16.28 an hour. That’s up from $15.74 an hour.
And over in Hawaii, workers will receive the largest increase, raising its minimum wage to $14 an hour.
And Washington D.C. will have the highest hourly minimum wage in the country at $17.05. The city will raise its minimum wage again this summer.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wgem.com/2024/01/01/nearly-half-all-states-will-raise-minimum-wage-2024/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:55Z |
BJP State spokesperson Yarlagadda Ramkumar on December 31 demanded that the State government restore the name ‘Godavari Kalakshetra’ for the auditorium in the heart of Kakinada.
Post COVID-19, the Kakinada Municipal Council has passed a resolution to change the name of the Godavari Kalakshetra after Ragireddi Venkata Jayaram Kumar, alias Frooti Kumar, the former YSRCP Kakinada city president who passed away due to COVID-19.
At a press conference here on Sunday, Mr. Ramkumar, BJP State Media Committee Member Duvvuri Subramanyam demanded that the old name of the auditorium be restored
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“The Central government has released ₹20 crore for the auditorium under the Smart City Mission. The project should not be named after any political party leader. If the need to change the name for the auditorium emerges, Kakinada city has many great personalities, such as freedom fighter Bulusu Sambamurthy, for consideration,” said Mr. Ramkumar.
The three-floor auditorium comprises a theatre with 1,200 seating facilities and space for the art galleries. It is yet to be thrown open to the public. The BJP leaders have also recalled the names of popular actors like Rao Gopala Rao and Suryakantam which can be considered for the auditorium.
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Fournier ended Saturday's 140-126 loss to the Pacers with 10 points (3-10 FG, 2-8 3Pt, 2-2 FT), two rebounds, two assists and three steals across 17 minutes.
Fournier made just his second appearance of the season Saturday, as the Knicks were very shorthanded following a trade that sent RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to Toronto for a package involving O.G. Anunoby. With Anunoby expected to debut Monday against Minnesota, it's likely that Fournier will be right back out of the rotation. | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/knicks-evan-fournier-notches-10-points/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:56Z |
HEAD COACH JOHN HARBAUGH
Opening statement: Thank you for being here. I hope it was entertaining and fun. [I] couldn't be more proud of this football team [and] couldn't be more proud of the fans. Our fans were there. They were into it. It was loud. It was loud from the opening bell. Even with the adversity early in the game, our fans didn't blink. They did a great job. I'm proud of them. I'm proud of the team. I feel like ... I don't if I've seen a more impressive performance in a game. I'm not sure I've seen a more impressive performance in a season to date. Obviously, we have a lot more to do. We have a lot of work to do in front of us. It's a mature football team, and they understand that. They understand week to week that it's a one-week challenge, and I just think the way they've approached every single game this year from the beginning on through – adversity, travel [and] quality of opponents we've had to play. To step up and play the way they have and to put an exclamation point on it – a triple exclamation point on it – with a performance like this, pretty much a well-rounded, perfect performance like that after the opening bell. Even that, to bounce back from the beginning of the game the way they did, it says about who they are. I just have so much respect for them. What questions do you have?"
What would you say about QB Lamar Jackson's performance in the game and this season after calling his performance against the 49ers 'an MVP performance'?*_(Brian Wacker)_* "I'd say it's even better. [Lamar Jackson's] performance was even better than last week. He played a great football game. He played a perfect football game in terms of the passing game. He was just on point. The pass protection was fantastic. That's a really good [Miami Dolphins'] pass rush. I hope [Bradley] Chubb is OK. I'll be praying for him. He's one of the best players in the National Football League. He was in major contention [as a free agent signing] for us. But our offensive line just played outstanding.
"The thing I want to mention, too, while I'm thinking about it, [is] depth – the depth we showed. We had a lot of guys out this game coming off that physical game last week [against the San Francisco 49ers] – guys that couldn't end up going [and] couldn't make it for ... Our corners – for the way our corners stepped up the way they did [and for] receivers like [Rashod] Bateman that come out and play the way they did. It was just a very impressive performance. Ben Cleveland came out and played great, and there's a spiritual depth to this team as well that underlines all that. I think that's where the real power comes from."
Were you starting to consider contingency plans at cornerback after CB Daryl Worley went out of the game with an injury?*_(Jeff Zrebiec)_* "Well, yes. [You have to] play the guys you have. Daryl [Worley] was back up for an emergency [cornerback], so [the training staff] told us if we had an emergency, he could go back in."
What went into the decision to go for it on fourth-and-7 inside two minutes left in the first half, which ultimately ended on a TE Isaiah Likely touchdown catch?*_(Childs Walker)_* "I felt good about our offense, first of all. I felt like we were really doing some good things, and then the kick was [going to be] tough. The wind was coming out of that end [of the field], and it was just going to be a real challenging kick. I thought we had at least as good a chance of making the fourth down as we probably did [the field goal]. 'Tuck' [Justin Tucker's] the best in the business. 'Tuck' was already out there. Does that surprise anybody? He probably would've made it, but we had a great chance, I thought, to get [the first down]. It turned out to be the right call."
What do you make of RB Justice Hill stepping out of his utility role and rising above in different roles?*_(Kyle Goon)_* "Justice [Hill] is a starting running back, too. He played that way. He was romping and stomping. [It was] just big play after big play. [It was] so impressive. He's that kind of a back. Those guys didn't take it personally so much, but they're great backs. Gus [Edwards] is a great back. How about 'Mel' [Melvin Gordon]? [He] goes in at the end of the game and runs the ball the way he does. Sometimes, guys just work so hard. So many players in this league work so hard, and then an opportunity doesn't come. But, when an opportunity comes, to see guys step up the way they have like Justice did and other guys have – as a coach, that's everything."
What did you think of the deep ball connections on pass plays?*_(Mike Preston) _*"[They were] massively good. To me, that was a part of it. We kept saying, 'If we can start hitting the deep ball, we can make those big plays. That's going to be a back breaker.' It turned out to be a back breaker today. It was great to see."
Have you given any thought to QB Lamar Jackson playing in Week 18 against the Pittsburgh Steelers with the AFC North title and AFC's No. 1 seed locked up already?*_(Bo Smolka)_* "I've given a lot of thought to it, and it was all hypothetical until just now. I'm sure I'll talk to Lamar [Jackson], and I'm sure he's going to want to play. But, we're going to have to talk about that and decide what we want to do. You can only take six players out of the equation. There's going to be injuries anyway, so it's not like the preseason. You're playing your team except for whoever you end up taking out. We're going to have to have the conversation. We have not made any decision there yet."
When playing the league's best competition, your team has not only won those games but dominated. What does that say about rising to the moment or whatever quality that is in this team for that?*_(Mark Maske)_* "I'm not sure exactly how to define it, but I think you know it when you see it. That's pretty remarkable. I don't think it's ever been done in the history of the National Football League, what these guys have done in that sense. It's amazing. It's something that they'll have for the rest of their careers. We all will, but there's a lot of work to be done still. We're looking forward to the challenge."
How does it feel to have homefield advantage secured through the AFC playoffs with clinching the No. 1 seed?*_(Jamison Hensley)_* "It feels great, but we're good on the road, too. We like being here [at home]. Our fans are incredible, and it's a great place to be. It's loud, and it's fun and all that, but you have to play well. Between now and then, our focus is going to be on preparation and playing a great football game next Sunday against Pittsburgh coming in here, and then preparing for the first playoff game that we play in the divisional round and playing our best football in that game. That's everything we do. [It] has to be locked in and focused toward that. Our guys are going to be looking at it that way."
How crucial was it to earn a couple of weeks of rest and recuperation for the players that do need it?*_(Childs Walker) _*"It's going to be valuable. There's no doubt about it. Our guys are going to keep working hard and preparing to be ready to play. They'll practice. They'll lift. They'll do all the things they have to do, but that extra week is going to be very valuable."
What did you learn from the 2019 season when your team got the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs but lost in the divisional round to the Tennessee Titans? Do you call other coaches and ask them for any advice or suggestions on how to handle these next few weeks?*_(Mike Preston)_* "I do. [Kansas City Chiefs head coach] Andy [Reid's] my guy. It's hard to call him, though, because he's also in the [AFC] playoffs. He probably doesn't want to give me any good answers. I'll probably talk to [New England Patriots head] coach [Bill] Belichick, but really, I think you just have to talk to your guys and talk to guys like 'Ro' [Roquan Smith], talk to guys like Lamar [Jackson] and come up with a plan. The biggest thing is going to be preparation [and] just the way they will prepare for that first [playoff] game. That's it. We remember 2019. It's not something we're going to forget, and it's going to be something that's going to ... You're not going to take it for granted. Not that we ever would, but it's one more thing that makes you who you are at this point in time. We haven't forgotten that."
WR ODELL BECKHAM JR.
On what went through his mind during his crazy catch in the second quarter:"Just make the play. To me, it feels like a routine play that there's no way I shouldn't make [it]. You have to make the most of your opportunities. There are so many people to feed on this team. [You] never know when it's going to spin to you, so [I'm] just finding a way to make the most of my opportunities whenever they come. I have to take a look back at it again; I didn't even know why we were reviewing it. I thought it was a for sure [catch]. I'll take a look at it and let you know."
On if QB Lamar Jackson or his teammates said anything to him after the catch: "They also have a high standard for me. They feel like if it comes around me ... Roquan [Smith] is the kind of ... He'll be like, 'Beat them up ball.' It will skim off my fingertips. You don't really get a hold of it. They feel like no matter what, if it comes to you, you make that play, so [there are] just high expectations [and] high standards. [It's] just something that keeps me accountable, and [I] keep trying to be great"
On if what's ahead of them has soaked in yet:"It's major. I've played in the NFL for 9 [or] 10 years now, [and I've] never done this. I've never been the No. 1 seed, [top of] the division or anything like that, so this is major. We have a great team here, top to bottom. It's just a different group. We just have to keep feeding off this win, and we have a little bit of time [to] find ways to get it going."
On the celebration in the locker room after what the team accomplished:"It's just a great feeling, like I said. Those [moments] – I wish everyone in their life can experience the bit of happiness like we feel, and everyone feels in this locker room like we came to win. We also know at the same time, this is a steppingstone for the big goal that we all have in mind, so it's a good feeling, but we just have to find a way to keep going and keep getting better."
On QB Lamar Jackson's performance:"There is no debating. I think you look too much into statistics and all of that. I don't even know exactly what the numbers are, but we're talking about a guy that's up for the MVP candidate. The way that [Lamar Jackson] leads this team. The way that he ... He just always keeps us alive, and the energy that he has every day coming into work – he's our general. He's our leader. He's just done a phenomenal job this season ... Since we talked on our first FaceTime, he just talked about winning the Super Bowl [and] winning the Super Bowl. We have an opportunity in front of us, we just need to find a way to win a couple more games."
On how this team feels different than other teams he's been on: "It's everything. It's the way the organization is run. It's the players. This is the best team I've ever been on in my entire life, I want to say. [It's] definitely one of them. I had a crazy freshman [year] team in college, but this is the best team I've been on in the NFL ever in my entire life."
RB JUSTICE HILL
On QB Lamar Jackson making a statement today:"He does this each and every week for as long as I've been here. He's always in the zone. He makes plays like no one else, and he's definitely the MVP."
On his touchdown catch:"We actually ran that play on the first drive, but it got taken away by that penalty. So, I just said, 'Hey, let's dial it up again.' The second time worked just as good as the first time. I appreciate [offensive coordinator Todd Monken] calling that again."
On getting the AFC's Number One seed in front of the home fans: "We've got the best fans in the world. No matter what the weather is, no matter what the record is. They're going to be here [and] they show up. This place was rocking. The playoffs, I'm glad we have them here. We're on a roll and they're going to help us tremendously."
On the crowd chanting MVP all game:"We heard it and there's no doubt about it. He's [Lamar Jackson] the MVP."
On envisioning his 78-yard kickoff return:"Like Tylan Wallace did against the Rams, me and Tylan [Wallace] did that all through college. All we wanted to do was come into the NFL and do the same thing here. It's an opportunity to show what we can do and how we can help the team."
QB LAMAR JACKSON
On being more excited for QB Tyler Huntley than himself and what he's feeling right now:"That's my brother, so anytime [Tyler Huntley]'s on the field, I'm going to be excited for him. Anything he [does], I'm going to be ecstatic regardless, [and that goes for] any of my teammates. I'm that type of player no matter what's going on [or] what's the situation. We do something nice on the field; I'm going to be happy for him, that's all."
On what was going through his mind when he heard the MVP chants from the fans throughout the game: "[I was thinking,] 'We need to finish this game.' I'm not really paying attention to the chants. Last year, the score was looking like that at halftime and stuff like that and [in the] third quarter. Then, those guys started making plays, and we didn't do anything, but the only thing on my mind was to finish the game, and today, we did."
On how to balance the excitement of what the team has accomplished with knowing that they still have a lot they want to get done: "[By] knowing that we still have a lot to get going on. We have to finish this season the right way. We have one obstacle. We finished that obstacle. We have [the] Steelers next week, so that's how I'm staying focused this season. [I'm] just taking it one game at a time like I've been preaching to you guys all season."
On how important it was to win this game today: "It was very important. We had a lot of guys banged up, nicked up with injuries, [and] guys who couldn't play. We had guys who stepped up [and] knew the situation, and they played lights out [in] all phases. We all know it was important for us to get this win, and we did just that."
On the importance of having players like TEs Charlie Kolar and Isaiah Likely to step up after TE Mark Andrews injury: "We need guys, but I believe [executive vice president and general manager] Eric DeCosta does a great job [of] going after guys who [are] going to have that Raven in them already – establishing them since college, probably youth football, stuff like that. Hats off to those guys for bringing players like Charlie [Kolar] and [Isaiah] Likely in. Those guys are just football players, and they show it day in and day out."
On if clinching the No. 1 seed feels different today than when the team did it in 2019: "The only difference is [that] I'm older. That's the only difference, and [there are] different guys apart of this team, so that's the only difference."
On how he keeps the underdog mentality after he starts becoming the favorite:"Because we know the favorites [are] only favorites because of what they've been doing. We've been an underdog all season, even [in the] offseason. We'd like to keep it that way and just keep that on our mindset, [so] we don't fall into the narratives of things changing. Just last week up, we were about to get torn up, however [Mike Florio] said it, but our team, we take that to heart, and we go out here and play football, and that's what we know we're supposed to do. We can't go out there thinking [that] since we're the favorites, teams are just going to bow down and play how we want them to play. We have to go take it, and that's what we do."
On how important it is to him to finish this season strong after missing the past two Decembers:"I just thank God for that. I should have started the presser off by thanking God. From what you're saying, the last two seasons, I wasn't able to fight with my team. I had to do it from the sideline and just cheer guys on, but I'm grateful for the opportunity and [that] we're the No 1. seed now. We just have to finish this season how we're supposed to."
On how he would describe his comfort and confidence level with the offense at this point in the season: "I'm very confident. I feel like sometimes, I try to let certain plays on the field play out, but sometimes I have to make a check here and there. That pass to Odell [Beckham Jr.] was one of the prime examples. That [was a] wonderful catch he did, but me just checking just seeing there was mad coverage and stuff like that [and] just having the freedom to do what I see or do whatever I want to when I see things out there on the field, that's great for me."
On offensive coordinator Todd Monken being on the field late in the game:"Yes, that's crazy. I wasn't expecting to see [Todd Monken] until we got in the locker room, but for him to be on the field, I'm like, 'This man is funny.'" (laughter)
On what type of rhythm offensive coordinator Todd Monken was in as a play caller:"That's the type of game I like. [Todd Monken] was dialing it up [and] being aggressive, but he was letting me be the decision maker. I can be aggressive, but just take what the defense gives us, and it was hand and hand with that. That's pretty much how I like the game to go, and he did a great job today."
On if he felt like he was in the zone in today's game:"I feel like if you can tell you're in the zone, you're not in the zone. So, I was just trying to focus on a play, whatever play [offensive coordinator Todd Monken] called, just focus on that play. I have the ball in my hands, [just] make something happen and [try to] take advantage of what the defense gave me, and that's pretty much what it was. So, yes, I was just locked in."
TE ISAIAH LIKELY
On the one-handed catch: "It's something that I practice, and it's almost like a natural thing. But, when I saw Roquan [Smith] do it, that was kind of shocking. You'll never see Roquan put out one hand. So, seeing him do it, I'm like, 'I have to put out my one hand, and then I have to score.'"
On his two-touchdown day and clinching the division without TE Mark Andrews: "It's a blessing, and finally, Mark [Andrews] was able to be on the sidelines. It tells you all you want to know about him. Having him come out and show the love and working as hard as he is to get back, I'm not sure what words can describe it."
On beating two good teams the last two weeks:"It's really just about preparation and focus. We just need to go 1-0 every week and do the same exact thing every practice and [know] that the only team that can beat us is us. Having us not beat ourselves is the key."
On matching Miami's first touchdown drive:"I don't feel like we ever felt we needed to match them. We knew our defense was going to do its job. They might have one hiccup or two, but we knew our defense was going to make plays today. You can score on the first drive; you can score on the last drive, but it's a four-quarter game, and you have to play that defense all game long."
On if the play of QB Lamar Jackson made a statement:"[Lamar Jackson]'s been showing that to you guys all year long. It's great to know that he's finally getting chants of 'MVP. MVP.' [It's] well-deserved and well earned."
DT JUSTIN MADUBUIKE
On earning the AFC's Number One seed:"I don't even know man; it's still coming to me what just happened. It's indescribable. This is a great, amazing team with our brotherhood and the way we love each other. We all fight for each other, we have each other's back, and we fight for each other. It's great to be on top of the AFC."
On the resiliency of this defense through injuries:"I'm my brother's keeper. Those guys [S Kyle Hamilton and DB Brandon Stephens] are special guys. Kyle's [Hamilton] like an avatar; he flies around like crazy, and [Brandon] Stephens will shut you down no matter who you are. They weren't with us today, but we got their backs. Great defensive performance and great takeaways today. We needed them. Geno [Stone], Roquan [Smith], they were just amazing. [Ronald] Darby, just amazing."
On what changed after Miami's first drive: "Staying poised and staying calm. We knew that at the end of the day it's a four-quarter game. They're going to make some plays. After all, it's the NFL. But we knew we'd make some plays, too."
On QB Lamar Jackson: "MVP! Nothing else to be said. Nothing else."
CB ARTHUR MAULET
On what it means to clinch the AFC North and the AFC's No. 1 seed:"It means a lot. This is a tough division. It's one of the best divisions in football – if not the best. We fought our butts off, and we got the results we wanted, but that's not enough. We're looking for bigger things. Like Lamar [Jackson] said yesterday, we want to be playing in February, so this is just one step towards getting to where we want to go."
On the defense's performance:"We're just sticking with what we know – everybody trusting in each other. Obviously, we were down bodies – a couple guys – but it should be no drop off. We have a lot of veteran guys coming in, so we know what to do. We've been in big games, as well, so it's just our time to step up."
On how impressed he is with the depth of this team:"I'm very impressed, very impressed. There's no drop off anywhere, honestly. It kind of reminds me … I've been telling guys [that] it reminds me of the 2017 New Orleans Saints team, where we had so much depth, man. So, it's fantastic. The guys upstairs put this roster together, where there's no drop off and where everybody can make plays and make a difference, so it's actually great."
On seeing the offense score TD after TD and perform the way it did:"It's just like … It's spoiling, honestly. It's a good feeling, though, for those guys to do what they do and take some of the pressure off of us. It's a good feeling, honestly."
ILB PATRICK QUEEN
On what this win means to the team: "It means the world. They kept doubting us out. [They] kept saying we can't beat this team [and] we can't beat that team. They kept saying Lamar [Jackson]'s not a good quarterback [and] that we're not a good defense. It's all they kept saying. We solidified that [was wrong], but there's still a lot of work to be done. We get a few weeks to rest up [and] get ready to go."
O*n if it's surprising that they've beat two of the top teams in the NFL over the last six days:*"Not at all. We know what we're capable of. We know when we beat somebody, it's because we did it. The games that we lost, we lost. [It's] not because anybody came in here and dominated us or just pushed us aside. It's stuff that we messed up. It's stuff that we didn't do, so we know what we're capable of."
On what it means for the playoffs to come through Baltimore:"It means a lot. It means a lot. That's what we wanted. We know we play better when we're here. We had the fans rocking. They intimidate people when they come in. They [help] get the offsides, get the false starts and all of that stuff. It's everything that we wanted."
On where the focus comes from and if that's something that stacks and builds throughout the season: "It stacks and builds. You can talk about everything that you wanted to do in OTAs or training camp, but we have to go through stuff. We have to go through the problems that you have in a season. It builds character. It builds character. Every guy in here just fought their tails off, and we got what we earned, honestly. That's all that it is."
On if he hopes to rest next week:"Whatever [head] Coach [John Harbaugh] says, I'm good with. If he makes me play, then I'm good to go with it. If not, then … either way though, I'm good."
FB PATRICK RICARD
On earning the AFC's Number One seed:"It's very rewarding to have the season we're having, but it's still the regular season and it doesn't mean anything quite yet. We're in a really good spot. We just have to stay healthy, keep learning, and keep getting better."
On beating San Francisco and Miami back-to-back: "It's encouraging that we beat arguably two of the best teams in the NFL, traveled across the country, Christmas night game, everybody telling us we couldn't do it. And to have the game we did, and to come back today against another really great team, and play like we did today, it's very encouraging."
On his touchdown catch: "It was kind of one-handed. It wasn't like Zay [Flowers], [Isaiah] Likely on fourth down with one hand, but I'll take it. We have so many great guys that have ball skills, so for me to see that, week in and week out, I'm like, 'You know what? I think I can do that.' I practice it, and in a situation like that where the ball was a little higher, if I need to put my hand up, I can do it."
ILB ROQUAN SMITH
On the locker room scene after today's big win:"Honestly, I got the tail end of it, because I was out trying to make sure … Some of the fans that get out here don't have many chances, [so I was] trying to sign things and just take pictures along the edges [of the field]. I was more so doing that, so I missed it. But I heard about it, and then [in] the aftermath, [I took] a lot of really good pictures with the guys and [was] just celebrating the hard work – but knowing we've obviously got a long way to go."
On what it says about this team to avoid distractions and take care of business:"Honestly, it's just adversity. [We] look adversity in the face, and like I always tell the guys, chin up, chest out. We don't bow down for anything. All you can do … People make excuses with adversity, and we just produce. I'm in a result-making business, and the guys in our locker room are in the same type of business. So, regardless [of] getting back at 9 [a.m.] on Tuesday and then having to roll … But at the end of the day, life is not about excuses; it's about what you're going to do and [playing] the cards that you're dealt. That's how I live my life, and that's how the guys in the locker room roll."
On what adjustments the defense made as the game went on:"Doing what we do, and I think that's just getting back to the fundamentals. Hats off to those guys; they actually had a lot of good plays dialed up, and that's a credit to them. Their coaches, they get paid, as well, and their players, they get paid, as well. So, when you think about it from that perspective, we just had to settle down and do what we had to do, and obviously, turnovers help any game. So, we've just got to do what we've got to do [and] focus on the little things, and if we do that, we're a hard defense to move the ball on consistently."
On his one-handed interception:"It was kind of funny, because I think it was on the first or second drive, when [No.] 10 [Tyreek Hill] caught it to our right, and on the 'Marlo' [Marlon Humphrey] one, I saw it then, and I was like, 'I didn't get there fast enough.' So, I was like, 'Crap' [and] thinking about it, and I was like, 'If I get that again …' And then I knew it had to be an in-breaking route, so I said, 'I'm going to just run,' and then I ran. I couldn't believe it; I saw it. I was like, 'Crap, let me stick this arm out,' and that's what happened." (laughter)
On what it was like watching QB Lamar Jackson perform today:"I was like a little kid at the movie theaters, except I didn't have popcorn, but it was pretty sweet. [Lamar Jackson] is a warrior, busting his tail day in and day out. He came out here – we're at 'The Bank' – [and] he knows we have to protect 'The Bank' by any means necessary, and he did just that. Look where we are; we go through him. So, I'm just proud to be on his team and not going against him; I'll say that."
On what allows this team to dominate some of the NFL's best teams:"It's just each and every person. And I try to tell the guys, 'Look yourself in the mirror; know exactly who you are,' and each and every person in that locker room knows exactly who they are day in and day out. We know what's on the line, because, at the end of the day, I try to shift the mindset, knowing that guys are trying to take your livelihood away from you, when you truly think about it – what you're trying to do for your family. And when you think about that and you play to the last whistle and give everything you've got, and [with] how talented we are … It just starts at the top, as well, [with] building a team. So, I'm just grateful to be a part of it, and I just know, at the end of the day, we'll go to war for each other, and if we get knocked down, we're getting right back up, and you're going to have to do it over and over, because that's the way we're built."
On what home-field advantage in the playoffs means for this team:"'The Bank,' man. I never played here prior to coming here – never got a chance to play in Baltimore – but hearing the fans here, man, it's an amazing atmosphere. I'm grateful to be here, and it gets rocking, so I'm excited for whoever it is. Just know, we're doing it chin up, chest out. It's got to come through 'The Bank,' and we're going to be ready, by any means necessary."
On maintaining a really strong performance despite losing guys left and right:"That just goes back to adversity. [When] you look adversity in the face, are you going to fold, or are you going to stand up to it? And like I always say – I said it earlier – chin up, chest out; we have that mindset. So, we look it right in the face, and, hey, it's not going to make us fold at all. We're going to go right through it, and if it knocks us down, we're coming right back for it all, because, at the end of the day, that's how we're built, and that's what we want. We want all the smoke, by any means."
On the toughness of ILB Patrick Queen:"Patrick [Queen] is funny sometimes, but he's definitely a tough guy. We're all going through different things and whatnot – him, as well as guys throughout the defense. That's part of the season, and that's what separates the frauds, the pretenders and all of those things. Him, he [knows] what's at stake for himself, and he [knows] how important he is to this defense. [He's] able to just fight play in and play out, [and] that truly determines who you are as a person, because, hey, everything is not going to be all flowers and cake every day. It's about, when things get tough, how you stand up [and] how you look yourself in the mirror, and I know how I think, and I know how he thinks, as well – knowing that, 'Hey, regardless, [we're] going to be there for each other, because, at the end of the day, that's who we have.'"
On the importance of a potentially reduced snap load in Week 18 and a Wild Card bye:"Yes, for sure. It's definitely going to be important – being able to get some rest with the Wild Card win – but at the end of the day, we're going to enjoy this one tonight. Regardless, we're not in the excuse-making business. If it was Thursday, hey, roll the ball out there; we're going to be ready. Concrete, playground, wherever you want it, we're going to be here; [I] promise you."
S GENO STONE
On earning the AFC's Number One seed:"First time in four years that I've had this feeling. It's great to know that we locked it up, and everything has to go through us here at 'The Bank.' Home field is an accomplishment. We have great fans and we're going to use it to our advantage."
On dealing with injuries in the secondary: "It's a testament to our guys. Everyone can play on this secondary. Even guys that don't get the reps at practice, they're able to go in and do special things like today."
On this season for himself personally: "I'm so grateful to be here. I couldn't have done it without my coaches putting me in the right position and without my teammates giving me support. I'm just so thankful to make plays for this team."
On the play of QB Lamar Jackson: "That guy is different. Every day I get to watch in practice, watch him go to work, see his habits. No doubt he's the best in the league. No doubt he's the MVP." | https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-dolphins-post-game-quotes-12-31 | 2024-01-01T02:51:56Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an annual end-of-year exercise in futility for many. But a clean slate awaits at the stroke of midnight for the next round of resolutions.
From the first spray of fireworks to the closing chorus of “Auld Lang Syne” 366 days into the future — 2024 is a leap year — it could be the year for finally achieving long-elusive goals, fulfilling aspirations and being resolute on all those New Year resolutions.
“As humans, we are creatures that aspire,” said Omid Fotuhi, a social psychologist who is a motivation and performance researcher.
“The fact that we have goals, the fact that we want to set goals is just a manifestation of that internal and almost universal desire to want to stretch, to want to reach, to want to expand and grow,” said Fotuhi, the director of learning innovation at Western Governors University Labs and a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh.
“New Year’s resolutions are one of those ways in which we do that,” he said. “There’s something very liberating about a fresh start. Imagine starting on a blank canvas. Anything is possible.”
If so, could this be the year to run a marathon, vanquish (or make peace with) old foes such as the bathroom scale and a thickening waist? Maybe learn Mandarin or register to vote, and actually vote? So many questions, and so much time to delay.
Tim Williams used to issue himself a panoply of resolutions: lose weight, drink less, exercise more and yada yada.
Now, he doesn’t bother.
“In the past, I would make them, and I would fail or give up on them or whatever,” said Williams, a part-time resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Carla Valeria Silva de Santos, a Florida transplant from Brazil, wants to learn to play the guitar. A native Portuguese speaker, she wants to learn Spanish and improve her English.
With any resolution, she said, the ultimate goal is “to improve your life and be in peace with yourself.”
Josh Moore, another Fort Lauderdale resident, sees things in line with the natural philosopher Sir Isaac Newton and physics. For every action there must be an equal reaction.
“If you do something like eat a bunch of candy or a bunch of desserts at a holiday party, go run,” he said while interrupting a jog with his dog. “Maybe you went out drinking too much and you might have a hangover. But then next day when you’re feeling better, go to the gym.”
Too many people are too soft on themselves, he posited. “You’ve got to actually hold yourself accountable.”
Resolutions don’t have to be big, grandiose or overly ambitious, Fotuhi said.
Even it they are, he said value should not exclusively be derived from the achievement but also be measured by what you become by trying to better yourself.
“Goals are only there to serve a function to get you started,” Fotuhi said. “If they don’t do that, then maybe that’s not the appropriate goal for you.”
In other words, it is a time to recalibrate goals and expectations, he said, adding that some people hang on to outdated goals for way too long.
“If you set a goal that’s overly ambitious, that doesn’t have the effect of getting you excited and making you believe that it’s possible, then maybe you should think about a goal that’s a little bit more within your reach — starting with a 5k for instance, then moving up to 10K,” Fotuhi said.
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Kozin contributed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. | https://whnt.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-at-the-stroke-of-midnight-the-new-year-gives-a-clean-slate-for-long-elusive-resolutions/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:55Z |
FREEPORT, N.Y. — Authorities in New York are looking for the person responsible for stabbing a dog 17 times.
The dog, a 2-year-old Terrier mix who has since been named Cornell, was injured by a sharp object on Nov. 27, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly told WNBC-TV. He survived the attack but had a long road to recovery.
A woman claimed to have found the dog bleeding on a street in the Long Island village of Freeport, according to the television station. The dog did not have a collar or an identification chip, Donnelly said. There was no evidence that Cornell was part of a dogfighting ring, WNBC reported.
The woman who found the dog is not a suspect, Donnelly said.
“Cornell can’t tell us his story. He can’t tell us what happened. He can’t tell us why or when something like this happened to him,” Donnelly told WABC-TV. “We just know he was found bleeding from the 17 wounds.”
Dog found stabbed 17 times in Nassau County, $5K reward offered for information https://t.co/1rJiYJmwbx pic.twitter.com/HfMGPIGtas
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) December 29, 2023
“I’ve seen some pretty horrific things but the extent of the amount of times he was stabbed is unimaginable how someone could ever do that,” Ashley Behrens, acting director of the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter, told WPIX-TV.
The dog is now walking, jogging and thriving, barely a month after he was attacked, according to the television station.
Two-year-old terrier mix Cornell is walking, jogging, and thriving just one month after being found with 17 stab wounds across his body, according to county officials.
“Some of the stab wounds caused his lungs to leak air between his body cavity and his lungs, and they had to be drained a number of times,” Donnelly said, according to WABC. “The other stab wounds were cleaned, were either stapled or sewn.”
Donnelly said there were currently no suspects, but she said her office is seeking the public’s help to find out what happened to Cornell.
“I believe this was somebody’s pet. He’s too healthy and in too good shape to have been a street dog,” Donnelly said, according to WNBC. “We need the public’s health to help us find who did this to Cornell.”
Gary Rogers of the Nassau County SPCA echoed Donnelly’s comments.
“People start out on animals before they move into human beings,” Rogers told WPIX. “Somebody in the community knows what happened. You got to keep your community safe. You need to call the DA’s office and tell them who did this because next time you’re going to look at this it could be somebody else.”
Nassau County SPCA is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction, WABC reported. | https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/dog-survives-after-being-stabbed-17-times/7UTCMVE4B5H7XPWUMMAC6N3X3U/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:56Z |
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A surfer in Hawaii died at the hospital after a shark attack Saturday.
According toMaui County authorities, they received a report at around 11 a.m. local time Saturday about “a miscellaneous type incident.” Upon arrival, they discovered that Ocean Safety Officers had rescued and transported Jason Carter, a 39-year-old man, to shore using a jet ski.
Responders conducted life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived, and Carter was then taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for further treatment.
According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Carter, who is originally from Haiku, faced the shark encounter while surfing at Paia Bay, where shark warning signs are placed on beaches one mile on either side of the bay.
While initial signs of foul play were not evident, the police department reports that the investigation is ongoing and an autopsy has been scheduled.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | https://www.lex18.com/surfer-dies-following-a-shark-encounter-in-hawaii | 2024-01-01T02:51:57Z |
Kazakhstan negotiates FTAs with five countries
15:42, 08 February 2019
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan negotiates free trade agreements with 5 countries - Egypt, Israel, India, Serbia and Singapore, according to Minister of National Economy Timur Suleimenov.
"Kazakhstan's participation in the Eurasian Economic Union creates favorable conditions for the accession of domestic manufacturers to foreign markets. In 2015, we signed a free trade agreement with Vietnam and in 2018 - with Iran, which enables us to export our goods to the markets with the population of more than 180mn people," said the Minister at the Governmental Hour in the Senate.
Presently Kazakhstan negotiates FTAs with Egypt, Israel, India, Serbia and Singapore. "The free trade agreements will let us significantly improve trade procedures, increase transparency level and boost interaction in all the spheres of trade cooperation," he added. | https://en.inform.kz/amp/kazakhstan-negotiates-ftas-with-five-countries_a3496405/ | 2024-01-01T02:51:59Z |
PGA Tour seeks extension on commercial deal with Saudis, private investors
(AP) - The PGA Tour believes it has made enough progress with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf to extend their negotiations into next year for a new commercial deal that would include a U.S. investment group and the European tour.
Commissioner Jay Monahan sent a memo to players on Sunday afternoon, just seven hours before the deadline to finalize the deal that was set in the June 6 framework agreement.
The PGA Tour board unanimously agreed three weeks ago to negotiate exclusively with Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of American-based professional sports teams owners led by Fenway Sports Group.
Monahan said the tour has made “meaningful progress” with SSG and provided the group with all the information it requested.
“As we move forward in our discussions, we are focused on the finalization of terms and drafts of necessary documents,” Monahan said.
Far more complicated are the negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the financial supporters of the rival LIV Golf League which lured away Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka in 2022, and most recently Masters champion Jon Rahm earlier this month.
Monahan described conversations with PIF and the European tour as “active and productive.”
The framework agreement was to expire Dec. 31, though it included language that the deadline could be extended if all parties agreed. “We are working to extend our negotiations into next year based on the progress we have made to date,” Monahan said in his memo.
Monahan said the goal for 2024 was to reach agreements with SSG, PIF and the European tour to bring them in as minority co-investors in the for-profit PGA Tour Enterprises.
“These partnerships will allow us to unify, innovate and invest in the game for the benefit of players, fans and sponsors,” Monahan said.
Under the framework agreement, PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan would have a seat on the PGA Tour board. The agreement also included PGA Tour Enterprises doing an “objective, empirical-driven evaluation” of LIV and to determine if team golf can be integrated into the PGA Tour and European tour.
It also was to determine a “fair and objective” process for LIV players who might want to return to the PGA Tour or European tour, which is said to be a sticking point because of the players who turned down Saudi riches to remain on the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour season begins Thursday at The Sentry on Maui, the first of eight “signature” events with a $20 million purse and limited field. LIV Golf already has announced the bulk of its 2024 schedule and $20 million purses. It starts the first week of February.
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The year 2023 marked a radical transformation of the school education system in the State with the Government rolling out the long-term objective of grooming the students as global citizens with a bright future.
The School Education Department launched a series of initiatives as part of reforms introduced by the Government, in mission mode. Besides giving a facelift to physical infrastructure in the 44,671 State-run schools under the “Mana Badi Nadu-Nedu” programme, the digital transformation of the conventional classrooms got a big push. Implementation of schemes like Jagananna Amma Vodi, Vidya Kanuka and Gorumudda and comprehensive academic and administrative reforms were introduced to improve learning outcomes of children studying in Government schools.
Andhra Pradesh State has a total number of 58,950 schools out of which, 44,617 are in the government sector, 13,249 are private unaided, including Madarasas and 1084 private aided management schools. All these educational institutions collectively accommodate 72,20,633 students, who learn their classroom lessons under the guidance of 2,96,274 teachers. Of them, 1,85,023 work in Government schools.
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Realising the need to equip children with the latest technology-induced teaching methods, tabs and Interactive Flat Panels (IFPs) found their way into the classrooms. With a belief that the digital transformation would empower young learners, the government distributed 5,18,740 tabs to Class 8 students and teachers in the academic year 2022-23. These tabs were integrated with Byju’s e-content and the department ensured constant monitoring of the usage of these devices to prevent any possible misuse. “The project cost the State exchequer ₹686 crore but the learning outcomes of students of Class 8 saw a substantial improvement through utilisation of tabs,” says Principal Secretary, of School Education Praveen Prakash.
Under phase-I of Nadu-Nedu, the government claims to have spent ₹427.6 crores for the installation of 30,213 IFPs in all classrooms from Classes 6 to 10, 10,038 Smart TVs in the Foundational Schools.
Amidst criticism by the Opposition parties and teacher unions, the government went ahead and signed a number of Memoranda of Understandings with various companies to usher in the latest modes of teaching in classroom.
As part of its collaboration with the International Baccalaureate, the State intends to introduce IB syllabus in Government schools at the foundation-level initially, which will later be expanded to higher classes gradually. The initiative was launched to make students in State-run schools globally ready.
A partnership with the US-based Educational Testing Service (ETS), is to enable students to improve their communication skills from the basic level by imparting them training for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
To help children clear their academic doubts during their study hours, the department collaborated with an Artificial Intelligence-generated ‘Doubt Clearance’ app.
Collaboration with Duolingo for teaching of foreign languages (Japanese, French) in State-run schools and devising ‘Future Skills’ are latest initiatives. Under the latter, the department has created a high-level working group of industry partners to develop a roadmap for design and execution of a “Future Digital Skills Unique Certification Committee to develop the curriculum.
“The teachers have been equipped with a comprehensive training on leveraging digital devises to enhance the pedagogical methods,” says Mr. Praveen Prakash, explaining that 4,000 school complexes had been mapped with 394 Engineering colleges across the State to extend training support. The students of Engineering colleges would train the students and teachers of these schools in use of technology in a classroom as part of their internship, he added.
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