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This year has been one of crazy whiskey releases as distilleries released rare, old and incredibly special liquid as demand for these luxury bottles rose. These are some of the most impressive whiskeys I’ve seen this year above the $500 mark, while most of them cost much, much more.
According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, during the five years between 2017 and 2022, all spirits categories included in the luxury index (bottles priced at more than $50) increased at an average rate of 21 percent. But anecdotally, it appears that high-end whiskey collection is hotter than ever, with companies like Diageo and Edrington offering bespoke client experiences and American bottles going for prices that were once thought only possible for Scotch [note: prices in this article are release prices, not what they are going for on the secondary market].
And while you should try a dram of one of these if you can get your hands on it, it portends very well for what we’ll be seeing in 2024.
The Dalmore Cask Curation Series, The Sherry Edition, $37,000
The Dalmore launched the first set in a four-year program of rare whisky collections this year with The Sherry Edition. Each of the 150 sets come in a leather travel case holding the three expressions: A 26 Year Old finished in a rare Gonzalez Byass 2002 vintage, a 28 Year Old finished in a Gonzalez Byass 30 Year Old Matusalem Sherry Cask and a 43 Year Old, finished in very rare Gonzalez 30 year old Apostoles Sherry Cask. The collection highlights The Dalmore’s century-old exclusive partnership with Gonalez Byass, sherry winemakers in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
The Dalmore is known for being a pioneer in multi-cask maturation since 1868. These three expressions highlight that practice — they were primarily aged in ex-bourbon casks, and finished in each of the rare, old casks. The set gives a window not only into how the malt itself ages, but the impact finishing barrels can have. The 26 Year Old is a bright whisky, with berry, orange and honey notes. The 28 Year Old is a darker whisky with more tannins, dried fruit and baking spices. The 43 Year Old has almond and molasses notes, along with tropical fruit.
Next year the series will feature Port finishes.
Dewars Double Double 37, $1,800
While single malts are often in the spotlight, luxe blended whiskies have made a lot of noise this year. This one is a blended malt (malted barley) and no grain whiskies (usually corn) in this blend. Master Blender Stephanie Macleod oversaw the four-stage aging process. Malt whiskies are aged in casks for 37 years and then blended in casks to marry for a month. That malt is then blended with Double Double 36 which was finished in madeira barrels for a year. That blend is combined for a month in Oloroso sherry casks which previously held Aultmore single malt whisky. The madeira and sherry aging impart chocolate and spices to the whisky, but there are still delicate honey, floral and citrus notes that are typical to the Speyside region. Honoring the region is what this new series is about — it’s the first of four in a Collector’s Series highlighting what makes the Scottish region so special. The set comes with two Baccarat Massena crystal tumblers.
Aberfeldy 25 Year Old, $550
To celebrate the distillery’s 125th anniversary, Aberfeldy, considered the heart malt of Dewar’s, released this 25-year-old limited edition in a gilded commemorative pack. It was aged in a combination of refill hogsheads and butts, and then finished for more than a year in first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks. Aberfeldy is known for its floral, honey, citrus and vanilla notes because it has a long fermentation, before going through long, slender stills which create a more delicate single malt.
Teeling 33 Year Old, $3,700
Teeling, the first distillery to open back up in Dublin in 125 years, is known for innovation, and its older special releases are prized. The latest in a range of single cask bottlings, this one uses Pineau des Charentes, a fortified wine made with unfermented grape juice and Cognac eau-de-vie. It’s usually drunk as an aperitif and is only produced in a small region in western France, and is mostly consumed locally. Despite Pineau being a dessert wine, the resulting dram is a bit savory and dry, with tropical and stone fruit notes and a long finish with some ginger spice and cherry.
Talisker Glacial Edge 45-Year-Old, $5,000
This is the third and final release in the Xpedition Series, a line of experimental whiskies from Talisker. The release is both a nod to the whisky’s adventurous past: The founders were the MacAskill brothers who sailed from the Isle of Eigg to found the distillery on the Isle of Skye, as well as the brand’s current conservation efforts, especially regarding oceans, marine life, and oysters.
The latest release was aged for more than 40 years before being finished in ice-fractured oak casks. Twelve casks were taken to Canada’s ice fields, where a specialized cooper removed the ends of the casks, exposing them to sub-zero temperatures and arctic winds for 96 hours. The cold fractured the wood, which allowed for more surface area in the casks for the liquid to interact with during the final finishing period back in Scotland. It’s still got a lot of smoke and chili for a whisky this old, and evokes a salty, smoky toffee. If you add water, it gets even brinier, and mellows out the pepper.
Talisker made the journey with partner Parley For the Oceans and glacier scientist Dr. Alison Criscitiello. A portion of proceeds will go towards Parley’s conservation efforts.
Laphroaig Ian Hunter Book 5: Enduring Spirit $1,400
Book 5 is the last in a series of annual Laphroaig releases that honor Ian Hunter, the former owner who worked at the distillery from 1908 to 1944 and determined much of the Scotch brand’s legacy. Each book has honored a different aspect of Hunter’s contributions – Book 3, for example, honored his water conservation efforts. This release highlights choices Hunter made at Laphroaig that determined house style. He introduced using American oak ex-bourbon barrels for aging, as the malting floors that are still in use at the distillery. The peat character in Laphroaig really evolves as it ages, and once the whisky reaches its third decade, it develops tropical fruit notes, like pineapple and mango that evoke a sense of eating the world’s fanciest barbecue. The whisky spends a bit of time finishing in European oak ex-Pedro Ximenez barrels, lending some red berry and dried fruit notes that finishes with a lingering sweetness.
“It’s more than just a drink, it’s an invitation to the past,” said Distillery Manager Barry MacAllfer. Those who purchase a bottle are entered in a contest for a chance to do a tasting with him.
Suntory 100th Anniversary Releases, multiple
Suntory did it up to mark 100 years, with a video campaign from Keanu Reeves directed by Sophia Coppola, and the release of several limited releases. On the high end of the spectrum were three releases: the Yamazaki 18 Year Old Mizunara ($1,500), aged entirely in difficult-to-work with Mizunara oak, making it even more unique; Hakushu 18 Year Old Peated Malt ($1,200) whiskies, with a gentle peat flavor; and the 21 Year Old re-blended limited edition of Hibiki 21 ($5,000), a blended whisky which was tweaked to showcase more influence of Mizunara oak than the traditional 21 year old.
FUJI 30-Year-Old Single Grain Whisky, $3,000
To celebrate Mt. Fuji Distillery’s 50th anniversary, FUJI released 100 bottles of this whisky to the U.S. market. It’s a blend of multiple Canadian-style grain whiskies aged more than 30 years, with some up to 40 years old. It was made on a combination of kettle and column stills, and aged in first and second fill white oak American barrels, and has honey and dark chocolate notes. Mt. Fuji Distillery is unique in that it makes whiskies in four global whisky styles: Japanese, American, Canadian and Scotch. In Spring 2024, the brand will release a 50th Anniversary Edition Single Malt Japanese Whisky.
Dickel 18 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey, $510
This year, Dickel released its oldest whiskey to date, and it’s a stunner. Master Distiller Nicole Austin has done several things to innovate at the Tennessee-based brand, and one was to add some whiskeys categorized as bourbon in addition to the Tennessee whiskey, which tends to be a bit mellower in style. Austin felt these barrels, which were aged in single-story rick houses, had stone fruit and vanilla crème brûlée notes that kept it more in line with a bourbon.
“I'm excited for people to try Dickel Bourbon Aged 18 Years because it's a rare and beautifully aged whisky, but still exhibits a surprising brightness and wide range of complexity that is not often found in American Whiskies of this age,” Austin said in a press release.
Eagle Rare 25, $10,000
Another record breaker, this bourbon is the oldest Eagle Rare ever released. This release was the result of an innovation program and the first release from Warehouse P, which was specifically built to extend the aging and maturation process for American whiskey and bourbon, which, due to the hot aging climate and use of virgin barrels and traditionally take on too much oak flavor and become too bitter and tannic. This was avoided by moving barrels in 2018 to Warehouse P, which was temperature and humidity controlled.
“We closely monitored Eagle Rare 25 throughout the aging process and discovered that the impact over time due to controlled, extended aging was optimally mature whiskey – by that, I mean whiskey that is uniquely smooth and complex with deep, mature flavors around every corner,” said Buffalo Trace Distillery Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley in a statement. “Eagle Rare 25 is unlike any other extra-aged bourbon on the market today. We are quite proud of this bourbon.”
The dram still will appeal to ultra-aged bourbon fans, and is somewhat tannic with notes of leather and oak, but there’s also traditional bourbon notes of vanilla and caramel with cherry overtones.
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Seeking details on how to watch all of the college football postseason matchups now that bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here? Below, we highlight how you can catch all eight games involving teams from the Pac-12.
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US Accuses Yemen’s Houthi Rebels of Attacking Merchant Vessels in the Red Sea
In a recent escalation of maritime conflict in the Red Sea, the United States accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of attacking navy helicopters and merchant vessels along a pivotal global trading route. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that the attack involved four boats operated by Houthi militants, which targeted the container ship MAERSK HANGZHOU.
Attack on MAERSK HANGZHOU
The incident was triggered when the MAERSK HANGZHOU issued a distress call after the Houthi boats, armed with crew-served and small arms, came dangerously close to the merchant vessel and attempted to board it. American naval forces responded to the call, engaging the attackers in self-defense and sinking three of the Houthi vessels. The fourth boat retreated from the confrontation. The attack led to the death of the crews aboard the sunken boats.
Response and Implications
Following the attack, the Denmark-based shipping giant Maersk announced a 48-hour suspension of its vessels’ passage through the Red Sea strait. The strait is a significant transit route for up to 12% of global trade, making this suspension a blow to international commerce. The Houthi rebels, who are known for their history of targeting vessels in this region, claim their attacks are in support of Palestinians in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.
Ensuring Maritime Safety
In response to these continual threats, the United States has established a multinational naval task force to safeguard shipping in the Red Sea. This move is particularly crucial given the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict, resulting in significant civilian casualties, and triggering further unrest and attacks by armed groups throughout the Middle East. Some of these attacks have been attributed to Iran-backed groups targeting U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.
The incident is a stark reminder of the fragile security situation in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. It underscores the need for enhanced maritime security to protect global trade and prevent further escalations in an already volatile region.
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Hornets vs. Heat January 14 Tickets & Start Time
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 6:25 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
Southeast Division opponents battle when the Miami Heat (19-13) welcome in the Charlotte Hornets (7-23) at Kaseya Center, tipping off on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET. It's the fourth matchup between the teams this season.
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- Terry Rozier provides 23.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game for the Hornets.
- On a per-game basis, P.J. Washington gives the Hornets 13.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He also averages 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocked shots.
- Miles Bridges gets the Hornets 19.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists per contest while delivering 1.3 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
- Brandon Miller gets the Hornets 14.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while putting up 0.7 steals and 0.6 blocked shots.
- The Hornets are getting 12.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game from Mark Williams this season.
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- Bam Adebayo puts up 22.0 points, 4.0 assists and 10.2 rebounds per game.
- Jimmy Butler posts 21.0 points, 5.0 boards and 4.5 assists per contest, shooting 46.4% from the field.
- Jaime Jaquez averages 13.7 points, 2.6 assists and 3.9 boards per contest.
- Duncan Robinson puts up 14.6 points, 2.8 boards and 3.2 assists per game. Defensively, he averages 0.5 steals and 0.2 blocks.
- Kyle Lowry puts up 9.4 points, 3.7 boards and 4.1 assists per contest. Defensively he averages 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocks.
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Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere), but be sure to check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses and more.
The Night Sky This Week: January 1-7, 2024
If you thought you could begin the stargazing year quietly, think again. First out of the blocks comes the Quadrantid meteor shower, one of the year’s lesser-known but prolific displays of “shooting stars.” If you want to get outside and see some of its fireballs (ultra-bright meteors), this week’s Last Quarter Moon will guarantee dark skies. Clear skies, however, are less easy to predict—unlike the motions of the Earth, which this week put it closest to the sun.
Here’s everything you need to know about stargazing and astronomy this week:
Tuesday, January 2: Earth at Perihelion—A ‘Super Sun?’
Earth’s orbit of the sun is not a perfect circle. Today is “Perihelion Day,” the point at which the Earth is closest to the sun for the entire year. The word comes from the Greek words peri (near) and helios (sun). Today, it will be 91.4 million miles (147,100,632 km) from the sun, while on July 5’s aphelion will put it 94.5 million miles (152,099,968 km) distant, according to timeanddate.com.
It’s because Earth orbits the sun in a slight ellipse, which means that the sun will appear a little larger than usual, much like a “supermoon” does when it’s closest to Earth. “Super Sun,” anyone? Although it will be challenging to appreciate, try looking at the sun today through those solar eclipse glasses you have ready for April 8’s total solar eclipse.
Wednesday-Thursday, January 3-4: Quadrantid meteor shower
When it comes to meteor showers, the Quadrantids are not well known despite causing about 120 “shooting stars” per hour at its peak, which occurs tonight. Driven by 2003 EH1—an asteroid or a possible “rock comet,” according to NASA—the Quadrantids are also known for their bright fireball meteors—can appear anywhere in the night sky. Still, their radiant point is close to the end of the handle of the Big Dipper.
Constellation Of The Month: Quadrans Muralis
There are 88 constellations of stars in the night sky—all codified by the International Astronomical Union—so why bother looking for one that doesn’t officially exist anymore? This week, it’s the Quadrantid meteor shower, which gets its name because its “shooting stars” appear to come from a constellation once called Quadrans Muralis. It was rendered meaningless when the IAU came up with the official list. It’s between the constellations of Bootes and Draco, near the end of the handle of the Big Dipper, according to NASA.
The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes. For the most accurate location-specific information, consult online planetariums like Stellarium and The Sky Live. Check planet-rise/planet-set, sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset times for where you are.
I’m an expert on the night sky and author of Stargazing In 2024: 50 Easy Things To See In The Night Sky From North America. For the very latest on sky events and the total solar eclipse please subscribe or check my main feed regularly for new articles.
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Ratings agencies cheer India’s GDP surge buoyed by infra push, strong DPI
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By SPS Pannu
New Delhi, Dec 31 : India has emerged as the world’s fastest growing economy amidst a worldwide economic slowdown and continues to be a bright spot going ahead with the IMF upgrading its growth forecast for the country twice this year.
India’s GDP grew at an impressive 7.6% in the July-September quarter of the current financial year despite a slowdown in agriculture as the robust performance of the manufacturing sector and high government expenditure on big ticket infrastructure projects kept up the growth momentum.
The growth in the second quarter is a tad lower than the first quarter growth of 7.8% due to the erratic monsoon hitting the farm sector. India’s GDP growth rate for the first half of 2023-24 now works out to 7.7%.
This has prompted the RBI to raise its growth forecast for India’s economy to 7 per cent in 2023-24 from 6.5 per cent earlier. The GDP growth rate in the first three quarters of 2024-25 has been pegged at 6.7 per cent, 6.5 per cent and 6.4 per cent respectively.
The IMF raised its growth forecast for India in the current financial year to 6.3% after the data released by the statistics ministry on August 31 showed the Indian economy expanded by 7.8 percent in April-June. At the same time the multilateral lending agency has cut its prediction for China’s growth to 5%.
India’s economic growth rate is expected to remain strong, supported by macroeconomic and financial stability, according to an IMF assessment report published on December 19.
“Going forward, the country’s foundational digital public infrastructure and a strong government infrastructure program will continue to sustain growth,” the report added.
It also states that India’s current account deficit is expected to improve to 1.8 percent of GDP in FY2023/24 as a result of resilient services exports and, to a lesser extent, lower oil import costs as crude oil prices have declined in the international market.
Amidst a challenging global macroeconomic environment, the Indian economy is exhibiting “a quickening growth momentum,” with resilience and financial stability, according to the RBI’s Financial Stability report released on December 28.
Bolstered by strong capital buffers and robust earnings, financial institutions are supporting durable credit growth. At the same time, higher profits and lower leverage are contributing to sound corporate financials, the report states.
The Indian economy and the domestic financial system remain resilient, supported by strong macroeconomic fundamentals, healthy balance sheets of financial institutions, moderating inflation, improving external sector position and continuing fiscal consolidation.
Proactive and prudent policy actions and availability of policy buffers are steering the economy on a rising growth trajectory with stability, the RBI report adds.
At the same time the IMF’s assessment report flags some risks to the outlook. A sharp global growth slowdown in the near term would affect India through trade and financial channels. Further global supply disruptions could cause recurrent commodity price volatility, increasing fiscal pressures for India, the report points out.
Domestically, weather shocks could reignite inflationary pressures and prompt further food export restrictions, the report states. This is a cause for concern as although headline inflation is expected to gradually decline to the target level it remains volatile due to food price shocks, it adds.
This assumes importance as the agriculture sector posted a growth rate of a mere 1.2% in the July-Sept quarter compared to 3.5% in the previous quarter due to the freak weather marked by erratic and unseasonal rainfall that damaged crops.
Leading global investment bank Morgan Stanley is bullish on the country’s future and sees this as “India’s decade” with the nation’s growth underpinned by the formation of a large urban middle class and a surge in manufacturing investment — including by foreign multinationals — as well as infrastructure delivery in areas like power, transportation, and logistics.
This combination is ensuring that supply is moving ahead alongside growth in demand without driving a breakout in inflation, which has traditionally halted economic cycles in India.
The broad-based strengthening of India’s economic activity that is under way will likely be sustained by easing input costs and higher corporate profits while inflation is expected to ease to 4.6 per cent in the first three quarters of 2024-25, according to the RBI’s monthly bulletin released on December 20.
The fiscal position of the Centre and States has remained resilient. Major Central direct and indirect taxes such as income tax, corporation tax and goods and services tax (GST) recorded impressive growth in H1 2023-24.
Expenditure on big infrastructure projects that pushes economic growth and creates jobs witnessed a robust rise.
Finance Ministry data shows that net direct tax collections for the financial year 2023-24 have jumped by 20.66% to Rs. 13,70,388 crore as on December 17. Similarly, the monthly average GST receipts are now at ₹1.66 trillion, a notch above policy makers’ initial estimate of ₹1.65 trillion.
The strong growth in tax and non-tax revenues has helped the Centre and States to contain the gross fiscal deficit of the general government within 7 per cent of GDP in Q1 and Q2 of 2023-24, according to the RBI.
The strong fiscal position is expected to ensure that the government has sufficient resources to invest in capital projects to accelerate economic growth and at the same time carry out its social welfare measures.
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Bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here, with eight games involving teams from the Big Ten on the schedule. For details on how to watch all of the postseason action, keep scrolling.
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UConn vs. DePaul Predictions, BetMGM Promo Codes, & Picks: Spread, Total - January 2
Tuesday's contest between the No. 5 UConn Huskies (11-2, 1-1 Big East) and DePaul Blue Demons (3-9, 0-1 Big East) at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion has a projected final score of 82-63 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of heavily favored UConn, so it should be a one-sided matchup. The game will start at 6:30 PM ET on January 2.
The game has no set line.
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UConn vs. DePaul Game Info & Odds
- Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Where: Storrs, Connecticut
- Venue: Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
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UConn vs. DePaul Score Prediction
- Prediction: UConn 82, DePaul 63
Spread & Total Prediction for UConn vs. DePaul
- Computer Predicted Spread: UConn (-19.1)
- Computer Predicted Total: 144.8
UConn has a 7-5-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to DePaul, who is 4-7-0 ATS. The Huskies are 6-6-0 and the Blue Demons are 4-7-0 in terms of hitting the over.
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UConn Performance Insights
- The Huskies' +244 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 18.8 points per game) is a result of scoring 83 points per game (37th in college basketball) while giving up 64.2 per outing (38th in college basketball).
- UConn wins the rebound battle by an average of 10.4 boards. It is pulling down 39.6 rebounds per game (68th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 29.2 per outing.
- UConn knocks down 8.1 three-pointers per game (127th in college basketball) at a 32.7% rate (223rd in college basketball), compared to the 6.1 per game its opponents make at a 35.1% rate.
- The Huskies rank seventh in college basketball by averaging 109 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively are 58th in college basketball, allowing 84.4 points per 100 possessions.
- UConn has come up on top in the turnover battle by 1.2 turnovers per game, committing 9.5 (30th in college basketball action) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
DePaul Performance Insights
- The Blue Demons' -102 scoring differential (being outscored by 8.5 points per game) is a result of putting up 66.9 points per game (331st in college basketball) while giving up 75.4 per outing (283rd in college basketball).
- DePaul falls short in the rebound battle by an average of 4.9 boards. It pulls down 31.3 rebounds per game (350th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 36.2.
- DePaul makes 6.9 three-pointers per game (244th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 7.2 on average.
- DePaul has lost the turnover battle on average this season, committing 13.3 per game (298th in college basketball) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
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US Forces Thwart Houthi Attacks on Merchant Ship in the Red Sea
In the dim morning light of December 31, 2023, the Red Sea, a critical artery for global commerce, became the battlefield for a maritime confrontation. The pre-dawn tranquillity was shattered by a distress call from the container ship MAERSK HANGZHOU, under attack from four vessels operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
US Forces Thwart Houthi Attacks
In a swift response, the US naval forces intervened, sinking three of the four Houthi boats and neutralizing their crews. The fourth vessel made a hasty escape. Not just content with targeting the merchant vessel, the Houthi forces also fired upon the American navy helicopters, forcing them to return fire in self-defense.
Implications for Global Trade
The ripple effects of this incident quickly reached global proportions. Following the hostilities, the Denmark-based shipping giant Maersk announced a 48-hour suspension of vessel passage through the Red Sea, a strait accounting for up to 12 percent of global trade. The safety of this crucial shipping lane is now under scrutiny, with concerns escalating about potential attacks on submarine communications cables in the region.
US Establishes Naval Task Force
In response to the escalating tensions, the United States established Operation Prosperity Guardian, a multinational naval task force committed to securing the Red Sea route. Since its initiation, the task force has successfully ensured the safe passage of 1,200 merchant ships through the volatile region. However, the challenge of deterring Houthi attacks remains.
Geopolitical Tensions in the Middle East
The Houthi rebels’ justification for these actions, citing support for Palestinians in Gaza against Israel, points to the broader geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, ignited by a cross-border attack by the Palestinian militant group on October 7, has led to a significant number of civilian casualties on both sides. The Houthi attacks on international shipping only underscore the regional volatility.
In the shadow of these developments, the world watches with bated breath as the Red Sea, a lifeline for global commerce, becomes a chessboard for geopolitical tensions, with reverberations felt beyond the Middle East.
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Jupiter’s fiery moon Io appears a violent and chaotic place in the best-ever images ever taken by a NASA spacecraft of the tortured world. In the wake of the first image, NASA has now released five more that together are the best for 22 years of the small moon.
Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with eruptions orders of magnitude bigger than anything similar on Earth.
Juno performed its closest pass yet of Io on December 30, reaching within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the moon’s pockmarked surface.
Io is so volcanic, mainly because of the gravitational pull of Jupiter, which causes the moon to be tugged one way and another during its orbit. The added gravitational effects of Jupiter's three other giant moons, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto, worsen this frictional tidal heating.
The moon’s turbulent 42-day orbit of Jupiter produces immense heat, which scientists think creates an ocean of magma under its rocky surface.
One of its most significant results is Loki Patera, Io’s most extensive volcanic depression and most energetic hotspot, which contains a lake or sea of lava.
Juno's mission since 2016 has conducted close flybys of three of Jupiter's giant Galilean moons—Europa, Ganymede, and Io. The fourth, Callisto, will be visited on flybys 21 times by the European Space Agency's JUpiter ICy moons Explorer between July 2031 and December 2034.
JUICE will also fly by Europa and Ganymede, eventually settling into an orbit of the latter moon. NASA’s Europa Clipper also tours Jupiter's moons from 2030, focusing on Europa. However, Io is not on the roster of any future space mission.
Several missions to Io have been considered by NASA for its Discovery Program in the past, most recently in 2021 when the Io Volcano Observer (IVO) lost out to two missions to Venus, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS.
Juno orbits Jupiter every 38 days; during 2024, it will make 11 perijoves (close passes of Jupiter’s clouds). The next, its 58th, will occur on February 3, involving a second and final close flyby of Io of an equally close 930 miles.
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Eleanor Breen, Deputy Director for Archeology at Mt. Vernon, details how Mt. Vernon came to be owned by a private association that pioneered the role of individuals in preserving places of historic significance.
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Hornets vs. Heat January 14 Tickets & Start Time
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 6:25 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
Southeast Division opponents battle when the Miami Heat (19-13) welcome in the Charlotte Hornets (7-23) at Kaseya Center, tipping off on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET. It's the fourth matchup between the teams this season.
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Hornets vs. Heat Game Information
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- Game Day: Sunday, January 14
- Game Time: 6:00 PM ET
- TV: BSSUN, BSSE
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- January 5 at the Bulls
- January 2 at the Kings
- January 8 at home vs the Bulls
- January 1 at the Nuggets
- January 12 at the Spurs
Hornets Players to Watch
- Terry Rozier provides 23.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game for the Hornets.
- On a per-game basis, P.J. Washington gives the Hornets 13.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He also averages 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocked shots.
- Miles Bridges gets the Hornets 19.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists per contest while delivering 1.3 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
- Brandon Miller gets the Hornets 14.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while putting up 0.7 steals and 0.6 blocked shots.
- The Hornets are getting 12.7 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game from Mark Williams this season.
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Heat Players to Watch
- Bam Adebayo puts up 22.0 points, 4.0 assists and 10.2 rebounds per game.
- Jimmy Butler posts 21.0 points, 5.0 boards and 4.5 assists per contest, shooting 46.4% from the field.
- Jaime Jaquez averages 13.7 points, 2.6 assists and 3.9 boards per contest.
- Duncan Robinson puts up 14.6 points, 2.8 boards and 3.2 assists per game. Defensively, he averages 0.5 steals and 0.2 blocks.
- Kyle Lowry puts up 9.4 points, 3.7 boards and 4.1 assists per contest. Defensively he averages 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocks.
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US Navy Helicopters Engage Houthi Rebels Off Yemen Coast
In a significant escalation of tensions off Yemen’s coast, US Navy helicopters engaged in a defensive action against Iran-backed Houthi rebels attempting to attack a commercial cargo ship. This confrontation resulted in the sinking of three rebel boats and the death of 10 Houthi fighters, according to sources from Yemen.
Unfolding Confrontation
The incident began when a distress call was issued by the Maersk Hangzhou, a Singapore-flagged, Danish-owned container ship, reporting an attack by Houthi rebels. Four small boats had reportedly come within 20 meters of the vast vessel, firing upon it. In response, the US Navy dispatched helicopters from the USS Gravely and Laboon destroyers. The helicopters returned fire in self-defense, sinking three of the four rebel vessels.
The Red Sea: A Contested Maritime Gateway
The Red Sea is a crucial transit route carrying up to 12% of global trade. It has been the scene of repeated Houthi attacks on international shipping, with this incident marking the 23rd such attack since November 19. These continuous assaults have endangered the vital shipping lane and triggered the suspension of operations by several shipping lines and oil major BP in the area.
US’ Role in Ensuring Maritime Security
In response to the escalating threat, the US set up a multinational naval task force to protect the shipping lane from Houthi attacks. This task force includes nations like Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, and the UK. The recent confrontation underscores the US military’s active involvement in defending commercial shipping and maintaining regional stability.
Escalating Regional Tensions
The deadly clash in the Red Sea comes as regional tensions continue to spike, with US forces also coming under fire from other Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria. Meanwhile, Israel has been engaging in cross-border fire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. The constant conflict paints a worrying picture of escalating regional instability, with commercial shipping becoming a frontline in the increasingly complex geopolitical landscape.
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Recipes to ring in the New Year
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Gather friends and family for an evening of joy, laughter, and scrumptious dishes to ring in the New Year with lively gatherings and simple, delectable recipes!. Simplify your hosting by serving some delicious finger foods that will surely delight your guests. Cheers to a delightful start to the year! We bring to you some lip-smacking recipes by Chef Aji Joseph, Head – Culinary Development, FreshToHome.
CORDON BLEU CHICKEN POPS
Cordon Bleu Pops are crumb fried spiced chicken mince dumplings filled with molten cheese. They are crunchy, tender, oozy, more like little bites of heaven and make for a perfect party food.
Ingredients:
Chicken mince : 200 gOnion, finely chopped – 1 tbspGarlic, finely chopped – 1 tspCelery, finely chopped – 1 tbspParsley, finely chopped – 1 tspButter: 30 gMixed Herbs : 1 pinchSalt : To tasteWhite pepper powder : 1tspPotato, mashed : 50 gCheddar cheese, grated : 25 gMozzarella cheese, grated : 25 gEgg, beaten : 2 nosRefined flour : 50 gBread crumbs : 100 g
Method:
Cooking the chicken:
Heat up a non-stick pan and melt the butter.Add the chopped onion, garlic and celery and sauté till translucent. Add mixed herbs and white pepper powder.Now add the minced chicken and cook till the mixture is almost dry with very little moisture content. Make sure the chicken mince is all separated and does not have any lumps.Allow the mixture to cool down and then add the potato mash and mix well.
Preparing the cheese filling:
Mix together both grated cheeses, parsley and just enough salt to make a thick cheese mixture.
Assembling the dish:
With the chilled chicken mince mixture, make small dumplings of 15 g each. With the cheese mixture, make smaller dumplings of 1/4th the size of chicken dumplings.Take the chicken dumplings in hand and slightly flatten them. Place the cheese dumplings in the centre of the flattened chicken mixture and reshape back to a ball with cheese completely covered inside.Break 2 eggs and beat them in a bowl.Take 50 g of flour in another bowl.Place the breadcrumbs in the third bowl.Dust the cheese filled dumplings with flour and then drop them into the egg mixture and then evenly coat them with breadcrumbs.Keep the breaded chicken pops in a refrigerator and let them chill for some time.Heat up a saucepan and add oil just enough to immerse couple of dumplings.When the oil is hot, slide the breaded chicken balls into the oil and allow to fry to a golden brown.Strain them from oil to a butter paper.Serve along with your favourite sauce.
MUTTON SEEKH KEBAB
Seasoned and spiced mutton mince wrapped around metal skewers and cooked on charcoal fire. The heat and smoke of the charcoal give the seekhs a very earthy and smoky note.
Ingredients:
Mutton boneless: 500 gmsMutton fat: 25 gmsEgg whole: 1 nosBesan flour: 50 gmsOnion chop: 100 gmsCashew nuts: 50 gms (soaked in water)Ginger chop: 2 tbspGarlic chop: 2 tbspGreen chilly: 2 tbspKashmiri red chilli powder: 2 tspGaram masala powder: 2 tspCoriander powder: 1/5 tspDry mango powder:1/5 tspJeera powder: 1 tspBlack cardomum powder: 1 tspCinnamom powder:1 tspBlack pepper powder: 1 tspCoriander leaves: 3 tbspSalt: 2 tbsp
Method:
Mince the mutton with all the ingredients except egg and besan flour to a fine mince. To this mince mixture, add beaten eggs and besan flour and mix well.Take a metal skewer and with one’s wet hands take a handful of mince and press and spread it around the metal skewer.Heat up a charcoal grill and place the skewers of meat above the hot charcoal and turn sides and cook around. Apply some ghee while the seekhs are getting cooked.Once cooked, loosen the ends of the cooked seekhs and slide the seekhs out of the metal skewers.Cut into bite size pieces and serve along with mint chutney and onion salad.
PEEL & EAT GARLIC PRAWNS
One of the simplest recipes to make in a jiffy. Whole prawns with shell is pan sauteed with garlic, olives and parsley. One of the easiest recipes to make this prawn preparation with garlic, olives,s chili flakes and parsley makes it very exotic, and the addition of white wine lifts the dish to a different level. The quick cooking retains all the goodness and flavour of the prawns. The outside shell turns a beautiful orangish red, and that’s quite a visual treat. This PEEL & EAT PRAWNS becomes a fun activity by itself along with good company and conversation.
Ingredients:
Prawn with shell: 250 gmOlive oil (pomace): 30 mlPrawns (head removed and shell cut open and inside intestine removed): 250 gmGarlic slice: 10 clovesChilli flakes: 1 tspOlive slices: 5 black & 5 green olivesWhite wine: 50 mlParsley: 2 tbspSalt: 1 tspButter: 20 gmLemon wedges: 4 nos
Ingredients for butter sauce:
Butter(salted): 50 gmLemon juice: half a lemonParsley chop: 2 pinchesSoften the butter and mix the lemon juice and parsley to form a soft butter dip.
Method:
Detach and remove the prawn heads and discard. With a sharp knife slit open the top or hump side of the prawn along with the shell. Slightly open the slit portion and remove the veins in running water.Heat up a non-stick saucepan. Add olive oil and sliced garlic and saute to golden. To this, add the chili flakes. Drop the cleaned prawns into this hot pan and toss. Add the white wine, olive slices and salt. Toss till the white wine is evaporated. Add the chopped parsley,lemon wedges and butter and toss again. Don’t allow the butter to burn but just coat the prawns which gives them a buttery and silky coating.Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with some chopped parsley. Serve along with the butter lemon dip.
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How do you make career choices? You want to excel professionally, make great money, and do work that makes a positive impact on the world. And you’re a woman. How do you decide?
Women driving change across industries have the most fascinating career advice for other women. I’ve heard literally hundreds of great wisdom in exclusive interviews on Electric Ladies Podcast, for Forbes articles (and others) and in speaking events.
Here are 8 nuggets of career advice women changemakers shared on Electric Ladies Podcast in 2023:
· To excel doing something you love, you may need to start at a lower level, to learn more: “There are so many ways to make a difference, right?... I think at the end of the day, you have to be true to yourself and what is it that fires you up. And, and what is it that that does light that fire within you that you have to pursue, that you're driven to pursue, and then go pursue it.
“Sometimes it takes going in at a level that maybe you don't feel is your level, maybe it's beneath you. But if you are trying to move into a slightly adjacent career, you have to do that, because you have to work your way up sometimes. And it's also the best way to learn.” Jane Poynter, CEO and Cofounder, Space Perspective, carbon neutral space tourism.
· Be open to using your skills in different arenas, including in ways that didn’t exist before: “Get really clear about what you're good at and what your functional skillset is, and what your managerial and or leadership skillset is. And then if you want to make a difference, think about where that's needed….
“As the world has changed and as this notion of impact has changed, there've become more opportunities to use my skillset in different ways, like many different ways that didn't exist previously….What are you good at and is that portable? And many, many things are in lots of different arenas.” Meredith Shields, CEO of Citi Impact Fund.
· Be or find the leader you want to work with: “For me, the key to my career was being clear on what my mission is….So I think the lesson in that is either be the leader that you want to believe in, or find that leader and attach yourself to them and see what amazing things you can do together. But, for me, it's been about being clear on what it is that I wanted to achieve.” Heather Boushey, Member of the White House National Council of Economic Advisors and Chief Economist of the Invest in America Cabinet.
· Find the gaps in your skillset and fill them – and connect with people: “What I've come to learn about what it is to be a creative person with ambition and wanting to make an impact … You have some skills, that's great, but where are the gaps? What do you feel can empower you, or give you those skills that you need to fill those gaps? And then look to other people or ways in which ways to fill them… (Also) don't be isolated. Connect, connect, connect with those around you, and…don't give your power away, keep your power and try to build on it.” Daniella Ortega, writer and codirector of “Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography,” and Development and Investment Manager at Screen Australia.
· Own and expand your skills and things that build wealth: “Ladies, you need to own it….And by owning it, I mean, bring confidence that you've got what it takes. Own things that will make you more profitable, build wealth for yourself.…it's hard for a lot of us to do the things that we think we naturally can't be good at….
“You can be trained, you can learn into almost anything. I see so many really capable, smart, awesome women and they just really need to own that.” Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation and Chair of the National Geographic Society (former SVP of AOL).
· Think creatively about what you can do: “First off, reject the myth of scarcity, and embrace the reality of abundance. Bob Marley says, emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. And recognizing that really there's so much that we can do with that ounce of creativity, boldness, and just vision. The possibilities are endless …If you were to design your own job, what would it be? If you were to design your own business, what would it be?...Think about that purpose that's going to make (you) get up in the morning and say, I get to do this today.” Jacqueline Patterson, CEO and Founder of The Chisholm Legacy Project.
· Take a chance to do something scary that’s aligned with your values: “Really think about why are you doing what you're doing, what motivates you?…(and) be extremely opportunistic and don't be afraid to take risks….(M)ost of my opportunities that I've had have come from me putting my hand up, taking a chance, doing something that feels scary and terrifying, but that is aligned to my core goal and mission of working on climate and sustainability.” Lucy Hargreaves, Head of Climate Policy at Patch, carbon markets platform (and former Canadian government official).
· Where can you make a difference with what you can do? “If you look five years out, 10 years out, what is it that you want to look back at and say, Yes, I was part of this, or, or I did this? …There's a ton of roles and…if you look at these 17 biggest pain points in the world (the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals)…and say, Okay, where is it that I can make a difference?… perhaps even in the organization that you are working in right now.” Helle Jorgenson CEO and Founder of Competent Boards, training programs for boards of directors.
A toast to a peaceful, joyful, loving, healthy, fulfilling and prosperous new year for everyone across the planet.
Listen to the full interviews on Electric Ladies Podcast here, and by following each link above, and read more career advice from women changemakers in Forbes here.
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John Seely Brown, Technology and Research expert, highlights the value of the arts in understanding life and an ever-changing world.
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UNC Wilmington vs. Delaware January 14 Tickets & Start Time
The UNC Wilmington Seahawks (9-3, 0-0 CAA) meet the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (8-5, 0-0 CAA) in a clash of CAA squads at 4:00 PM ET on Sunday. The game airs on CBS Sports Network.
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- Game Day: Sunday, January 14
- Game Time: 4:00 PM ET
- TV: CBS Sports Network
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UNC Wilmington Players to Watch
- Trazarien White: 20.0 PTS, 5.6 REB, 1.5 AST, 1.0 STL, 0.4 BLK
- Shykeim Phillips: 15.1 PTS, 3.0 REB, 3.2 AST, 1.8 STL, 0.2 BLK
- Maleeck Harden-Hayes: 11.2 PTS, 4.5 REB, 0.5 AST, 0.3 STL, 0.3 BLK
- KJ Jenkins: 10.0 PTS, 2.8 REB, 1.1 AST, 0.3 STL, 0.0 BLK
- Donovan Newby: 7.1 PTS, 2.1 REB, 2.3 AST, 0.5 STL, 0.0 BLK
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Delaware Players to Watch
- Jyare Davis: 19.5 PTS, 6.5 REB, 2.7 AST, 1.3 STL, 0.7 BLK
- Christian Ray: 8.7 PTS, 8.5 REB, 2.8 AST, 1.1 STL, 0.4 BLK
- Jalun Trent: 11.5 PTS, 4.5 REB, 3.8 AST, 1.3 STL, 0.7 BLK
- Gerald Drumgoole Jr.: 11.8 PTS, 3.8 REB, 1.8 AST, 0.4 STL, 0.2 BLK
- Cavan Reilly: 11.3 PTS, 2.6 REB, 0.8 AST, 1.3 STL, 0.2 BLK
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UConn vs. DePaul Predictions, BetMGM Promo Codes, & Picks: Spread, Total - January 2
Tuesday's contest between the No. 5 UConn Huskies (11-2, 1-1 Big East) and DePaul Blue Demons (3-9, 0-1 Big East) at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion has a projected final score of 82-63 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of heavily favored UConn, so it should be a one-sided matchup. The game will start at 6:30 PM ET on January 2.
The game has no set line.
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- Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Where: Storrs, Connecticut
- Venue: Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
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UConn vs. DePaul Score Prediction
- Prediction: UConn 82, DePaul 63
Spread & Total Prediction for UConn vs. DePaul
- Computer Predicted Spread: UConn (-19.1)
- Computer Predicted Total: 144.8
UConn has a 7-5-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to DePaul, who is 4-7-0 ATS. The Huskies are 6-6-0 and the Blue Demons are 4-7-0 in terms of hitting the over.
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UConn Performance Insights
- The Huskies' +244 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 18.8 points per game) is a result of scoring 83 points per game (37th in college basketball) while giving up 64.2 per outing (38th in college basketball).
- UConn wins the rebound battle by an average of 10.4 boards. It is pulling down 39.6 rebounds per game (68th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 29.2 per outing.
- UConn knocks down 8.1 three-pointers per game (127th in college basketball) at a 32.7% rate (223rd in college basketball), compared to the 6.1 per game its opponents make at a 35.1% rate.
- The Huskies rank seventh in college basketball by averaging 109 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively are 58th in college basketball, allowing 84.4 points per 100 possessions.
- UConn has come up on top in the turnover battle by 1.2 turnovers per game, committing 9.5 (30th in college basketball action) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
DePaul Performance Insights
- The Blue Demons' -102 scoring differential (being outscored by 8.5 points per game) is a result of putting up 66.9 points per game (331st in college basketball) while giving up 75.4 per outing (283rd in college basketball).
- DePaul falls short in the rebound battle by an average of 4.9 boards. It pulls down 31.3 rebounds per game (350th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 36.2.
- DePaul makes 6.9 three-pointers per game (244th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 7.2 on average.
- DePaul has lost the turnover battle on average this season, committing 13.3 per game (298th in college basketball) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
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Yemeni Army Spokesman Outlines Military and Political Landscape
In a press conference held recently, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the Yemeni Army Spokesman, outlined the current military and political landscape of Yemen. Saree emphasized the unwavering commitment of the Yemeni Armed Forces to protect the nation’s sovereignty and deter any form of aggression.
Standing Against Threats
Brigadier General Saree warned the United States, and other potential aggressors, of the consequences of escalating tensions within Yemen. He reiterated the readiness of the Yemeni Armed Forces to confront any threats, underscoring their determination to protect the nation’s sovereignty. The spokesman also expressed Yemen’s firm stance towards the Palestinian cause, calling upon the Arab and Islamic nations to rally behind Palestine.
(Read Also: Global Shipping Industry Reroutes due to Red Sea Threats: Impact on Global Trade)
Strategic Military Operations
Recently, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a container ship, MSC United VIII, in the Red Sea. This came as a response to the ship’s failure to heed warnings. The US responded by shooting down a dozen drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two cruise missiles fired by the Houthis. This incident has led to several shipping lines suspending operations through the Red Sea waterway.
(Read Also: US Accuses Yemen’s Houthi Rebels of Attacking Merchant Vessels in the Red Sea)
Path to Peace
While focusing on military strategies, Saree also addressed the broader political and humanitarian context. He warned that continuous Houthi attacks jeopardize peace efforts. Furthermore, the Yemeni Army Spokesman underscored the importance of international cooperation in supporting Yemen’s journey towards recovery. He highlighted the need for non-interference in Palestinian affairs, in line with the peace proposal presented by Egypt to end the war in the Gaza Strip.
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Singing of ‘State Song’ mandatory in all govt programmes in Bengal from New Year
Kolkata, Dec 31 : West Bengal government on Sunday issued a notification making singing of the ‘State Song’ mandatory in all state government programmes from the New Year.
In the notification issued by the outgoing state chief secretary HK Dwivedi, it has also been said that all state government offices will have to organise Statehood Day every year on the occasion of Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year’s Day).
As per the notification, the duration of the song mandatorily to be sung or tuned before any state government programme should be of a duration of one minute and 59 seconds. However, any of the state government programmes will end with the National Song being sung or tuned.
As per the notification, everyone present on the occasion will have to be in the standing position while the song is being sung or tuned.
On September 6 this year, a resolution was passed on the floor of the West Bengal assembly to declare Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year’s Day) as the Statehood Day for West Bengal.
At the same time, it was also decided that the famous song Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol (Bengal’s soil, Bengal’s water) penned by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore will be the State Song, on the lines of the National Song.
However, BJP had been opposing declaring Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year’s Day) as the Statehood Day for West Bengal.
“There is no scientific justification for declaring Poila Boishakh as the Statehood Day. So the fate of the resolution will be the same as similar resolutions moved by the state government on issues like change of state name or formation of legislative council or the one relating to replacement of the Governor with the chief minister as the chancellors of state universities,” the leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari said then.
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A year ago, economists predicted that stubbornly high inflation and tightening financial conditions would cause a recession in 2023. Some even placed the probability of a 2023 recession at 100%. Wall Street was similarly dour, with the average strategist’s forecast for the S&P 500 negative for 2023 – the first time Wall Street had predicted a year in the red for stocks since 1999.
Of course, the consensus views from a year ago were utterly wrong, as the U.S. economy enjoyed strong economic growth in 2023, and the S&P 500 ended the year up 26.3%. The economy and stock market’s thwarting of the consensus predictions reminds me of rule nine of Bob Farrell’s 10 Market Rules to Remember: “When all the experts and forecasts agree, something else is going to happen.” True.
How Have My Stock Market Predictions Done?
But not all predictions of 2023 stock market returns were wrong – mine was spot on. Last year, I predicted that “the market will probably be up, but there’s a decent chance it will be down,” and the market was indeed up. I also was correct in 2022 as I predicted that “the market will probably be up but might be down,” and the S&P 500, like I said it might be, was down 18.1%. My predictions for 2020 and 2021 were similarly prescient: for those years, I also predicted the market would probably be up but might be down, and I was correct as the market was up 18% and 28.5%, respectively.
My prediction for 2024 is the same: the market will probably be up, but it might be down.
Why do I make the exact same prediction every year? Because it reflects what has happened historically — the stock market has gone up about two in every three years. And because that is about as specific as we can be about predicting market returns with any accuracy.
What About After Strong Returning Years Like 2023?
Investing in the stock market is like flipping a weighted coin that comes up heads most of the time. And that probability is about the same regardless of past returns – even after strong return years like 2023.
Since 1928, the S&P 500 has delivered a return of more than 20% in 34 years (not including 2023). The market delivered positive returns the following year 22 times or 65% of the time – see chart below.
A mere glance at the above chart shows that investing after strong return years was profitable. The data confirms this: the average return in the years following a robust up year was 9.0% — not far behind the S&P 500’s average annual return since 1928 of 9.8%.
What To Do With My 2023 Prediction
My prediction that the stock market probably will be up but might be down may seem useless, but it’s not. It provides a rough idea of what the market will do next year, which is the best anyone can do. If you are sitting on excess cash, it tells you that the odds favor going ahead and investing. Yet it tells you that if you receive a once-in-a-lifetime influx of money from selling a business, you might want to invest over time because the market might be down.
In sum, making investment decisions based on a non-specific yet correct prediction is better than acting on specific but hopelessly wrong ones. My advice is to shut off the noise of what may (or may not) be happening in the economy and geopolitics and resist listening to investment experts’ predictions of the future.
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John Seely Brown, Technology and Research expert, urges us to step outside of our comfort zone in order to find new things and rethink our learned knowledge.
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Murray State vs. Northern Iowa January 14 Tickets & Start Time
The Northern Iowa Panthers (6-7, 0-2 MVC) face a fellow MVC squad, the Murray State Racers (4-9, 1-1 MVC), on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at CFSB Center. The game will begin at 3:00 PM ET and is available via ESPN+.
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- Game Day: Sunday, January 14
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
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Murray State Players to Watch
- Jacobi Wood: 12.4 PTS, 4.1 REB, 4.3 AST, 1.2 STL, 0.1 BLK
- Nick Ellington: 10.6 PTS, 6.9 REB, 0.6 AST, 1.0 STL, 1.8 BLK
- Rob Perry: 14.0 PTS, 4.6 REB, 2.2 AST, 0.8 STL, 0.2 BLK
- Quincy Anderson: 10.1 PTS, 3.5 REB, 0.9 AST, 0.8 STL, 0.2 BLK
- Brian Moore Jr.: 11.6 PTS, 2.0 REB, 2.1 AST, 0.5 STL, 0.0 BLK
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Northern Iowa Players to Watch
- Nate Heise: 15.2 PTS, 5.7 REB, 2.8 AST, 0.8 STL, 0.6 BLK
- Tytan Anderson: 12.5 PTS, 6.5 REB, 2.2 AST, 1.0 STL, 0.2 BLK
- Bowen Born: 13.5 PTS, 2.8 REB, 2.3 AST, 1.1 STL, 0.0 BLK
- Jacob Hutson: 9.3 PTS, 4.2 REB, 1.9 AST, 0.6 STL, 0.2 BLK
- Trey Campbell: 9.6 PTS, 2.8 REB, 0.8 AST, 0.9 STL, 0.2 BLK
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Al-Qassam Brigades Launch Massive Missile Attack on Israel
In a significant escalation of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, launched a significant barrage of missiles at Israel. The city of Ramla, among others, was reportedly impacted, raising concerns about potential civilian casualties and property damage. These missile launches are the latest chapter in the volatile relationship between Israel and Palestinian militant groups, which often flares up into violent exchanges of fire.
Scope of the Attack
Details on the exact number of missiles launched, casualties, and the extent of damage remain scanty. Yet, it is clear that the scale of this offensive by Al-Qassam Brigades is a notable one. It forms part of a larger pattern of conflict, with the brigades launching M90 rockets at the larger Tel Aviv area, ostensibly in response to what they term as Zionist massacres of Palestinian civilians.
Responses and Repercussions
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), according to reports from Hebrew media, acknowledge their inability to entirely neutralize the rocket-launching capabilities of Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip. While they have managed to dismantle the threat of long-range rockets, short-range ones fired at settlements bordering Gaza still pose a significant challenge.
These exchanges of fire and the potential for escalation result in heightened tensions in the region, with the international community keeping a watchful eye on developments. The broader implications for peace and stability in the Middle East are of significant concern.
Ground Zero: Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip remains a hotspot of confrontations. Reports of fierce clashes between Palestinian Resistance and Israeli forces in Khan Yunis, Gaza, have emerged. Israeli military operations continue unabated, despite ongoing talks for a ceasefire. The conflict has taken a heavy toll on both sides, with the number of Palestinians killed this year reportedly being the largest since the Nakba of 1948.
The highly volatile situation continues to evolve, with the IDF’s offensive impacting Hamas’s command structure, including the killing of its armed wing commander, Abdul Fattah Amin Maali. As Israeli Air Force fighter jets carry out waves of airstrikes, the world watches, hoping for a swift and peaceful resolution to the conflict.
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Video: China Unveils its Fourth Research Icebreaker
China is further expanding its icebreaker fleet with a new polar class vessel set to join service in the second quarter of 2024. Last week, China revealed the designs of its next-generation research vessel Ji Di, currently under construction at Guangzhou Shipyard International.
The vessel measures 89 meters long with a width of 17.8 meters, with displacement of 5,600 tonnes. It has capacity for 60 crew members and a range of 26,000 kilometers, with at-sea endurance of up to 80 days.
Additionally, the vessel will be equipped to carry drones and underwater autonomous robots for deep polar seabed exploration.
Construction of Ji Di at Guangzhou Shipyard is happening concurrently with that of another Polar Class 4 icebreaking research vessel, which is tentatively named Tan Suo San Hao. Its construction began in June and is slightly bigger than Ji Di with a length of 103 meters and a displacement of about 9,200 tons. The vessel will have enough capacity for 80 crew members.
Ji Di is expected to be delivered in 2025, bringing the total number of Chinese research icebreakers to four. The first two icebreakers include Xuelong 1 and Xuelong 2, which China is currently using for missions to replenish supplies in its seven stations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
The expansion of China’s icebreaking fleet has empowered the country to make year-round scientific expeditions to the geopolitically-important polar regions. China has conducted 40 scientific expeditions in the Antarctic since 1984 and another 12 in the Arctic since 1999. This translates to a wealth of scientific and environmental data on these regions, positioning China as a rising power in the Earth’s frozen frontiers.
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New WRU chairman Richard Collier-Keywood has laid out the plan to start turning around Welsh rugby's fortunes in 2024 after what he admits was "a year to forget".
Collier-Keywood has identified six key components to the Union achieving that goal, insisting a new era of collaboration with the Welsh regions has arrived. He says the success of the professional teams in Wales is fundamental in the stated aim of competing against the best sides in the world on the international stage. Get the latest rugby news sent straight to your inbox for free with our daily newsletter.
He's also promised further investment in the women's game, a new strategy for the men's game and a commitment to implementing the required improvements identified in the recent Rafferty report following the allegations of sexism and misogyny, which rocked the sport last year. The Union has announced that, together with Sport Wales, it has invited Dame Anne Rafferty herself to lead the External Oversight Group which will monitor and assess progress against the recommendations of the Independent Review over the next three years.
He wrote: "We are committed to building improved relationships with regions and community clubs that should help with this process. We are working on our plan, we will publish this in the Spring of 2024 and we will be accountable for its delivery. We need to work together across the regions and clubs to deliver a One Wales plan. A key part of this will be ensuring that rugby in Wales is put on a sound and sustainable footing so we can invest in the game and the communities that support it across Wales.
"The goals of this plan are clear all our national teams – men’s, women’s and age grade - need to compete with the best in the world. For this to be achieved we need strong domestic teams and a pathway that includes our clubs with a passionate and inclusive fan base."
The new-look WRU board was completed at the start of last month when National Council Member Claire Donovan was elected unopposed, while John Manders was confirmed as Community Game Board chair, which grants him his place. Colin Wilks and Chris Jones were both elected as the District Council Members to sit on the board.
They join new CEO Abi Tierney, who starts in January, WRU chair Richard Collier-Keywood, PRB chair Malcolm Wall and recently announced independent Non-Executive Directors (iNED) Alison Thorne, Jennifer Mathias, Jamie Roberts, Amanda Bennett and Andrew Williams.
WRU chairman's letter in full
As we look forward to a New Year in Welsh rugby, I sincerely thank all members of the extended rugby family in Wales who have worked so hard in support of our sport in 2023.
There are many.
Volunteers in our community game up and down the country that support our clubs and their teams
Players, be they amateur or professional, female or male that enjoy the challenge of our amazing sport and are role models to young people throughout Wales.
Those involved in our regional teams that play such an important role in increasing the quality of rugby across our country
Coaches and referees who work tirelessly to improve our players and the game that we love.
Supporters who regularly turn out to see matches from internationals to regional games and local derbies – we simply could not make rugby happen without you
Our sponsors and partners – you have been vital to us surviving and thriving in 2023; and finally all those who work at the WRU and have given their all in what must, at times, have seemed like a very difficult year
Thank you all. These are our people, our rugby family, we are grateful for all that you do and we are proud of you particularly when you act selflessly in the name of rugby and help us maintain the values which sustain us.
Without negating all of the hugely positive things that have happened in 2023, both on the pitch and off it, I think we will all agree, that the WRU has had a year to forget in many ways.
We won’t let the issues we have faced define us, but we will learn from them.
We have already done so and are progressing at pace with a new governance structure now in place and the recommendations from the Dame Anne Rafferty-led Independent Review setting out a hugely positive roadmap for the future for us, both culturally and from a governance perspective.
With this in mind I’m delighted to announce that, together with Sport Wales, we have invited Dame Anne to lead the External Oversight Group which will monitor and assess our progress against the recommendations of the Independent Review over the next three years.
Dame Anne’s presence provides the gravitas and the consistency of thought and analysis necessary to hold us to account in our progress at pace and she will be joined by two further independent members in the New Year.
We have asked Sport Wales and Dame Anne to help and advise with these appointments as they are so important to us. This is the advisory body which will ensure we remain on the course to a successful evolution which we have set.
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Another important addition to the WRU’s team for 2024 is our newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Abi Tierney, who begins her work on the 8th January.
She joins us from the Home Office, where she has been one of the most senior civil servants in Westminster. Her impact has been such that she received a CB (Companion of the Order of Bath) for services to the Crown in the New Year’s honour’s list.
She was also voted in 16th place in a list of 50 of the most influential women in world sport by the Daily Telegraph just last week. What a prediction! We have committed our support to Abi to ensure she succeeds in her new role!
We congratulate Abi on her achievements in 2023 and welcome her to Welsh rugby in 2024. It’s important to look forward to what you can expect from the WRU in 2024. I outlined some of this in my AGM speech last November:
· Firstly, delivering a One Wales – joined up rugby approach
· Secondly, creating a strategy for the WRU’s support of Welsh rugby and making more money to invest in the professional and community games
· Thirdly, encouraging an inclusive culture
· Fourthly Completing the work on the women’s strategy and investing in the women’s game in Wales
· Fifthly, investing in the welfare of our players
· And finally, further improvements to our governance
So, turning to One Wales – my first act as Chair was to invite Nigel Walker to become Executive Director of Rugby. I hope that this was and is an important signal that, in order to be successful, we need an approach to Welsh rugby that reaches across the whole game and will hopefully join up what we do from community clubs to the elite game.
We are committed to building improved relationships with regions and community clubs that should help with this process. We are working on our plan, we will publish this in the Spring of 2024 and we will be accountable for its delivery. We need to work together across the regions and clubs to deliver a One Wales plan. A key part of this will be ensuring that rugby in Wales is put on a sound and sustainable footing so we can invest in the game and the communities that support it across Wales.
The goals of this plan are clear all our national teams – men’s, women’s and age grade - need to compete with the best in the world. For this to be achieved we need strong domestic teams and a pathway that includes our clubs with a passionate and inclusive fan base.
Secondly, the one consistent theme I have heard is – the WRU does not have a strategy. This is one of the Board and executive’s immediate priorities but this will not be a strategy that we will dream up in a darkened room. I know Abi, Nigel and the rest of the executive are committed to consulting widely externally to ensure that the strategy gets the best possible input and I hope that many of you reading this will have an opportunity to
Thirdly, we need to welcome everyone to enjoy our game. And we need to look at the current barriers and behaviours that may be making it difficult for all to feel safe and welcome. In particular, women need to be welcomed as equals on the field and in our clubs. We all need to be role models and be careful in our language and behaviours that we don’t deter people from different backgrounds, cultures or experiences to ourselves from our game. We cannot tolerate anything else!
Fourth, we need to complete our strategy for the development of the women’s game and invest more in the women’s game. We are looking for further growth and development for Wales Women’s senior international side, on the pitch under the expert guidance of head coach Ioan Cunningham, but also off it with a magnificent opportunity for Welsh fans to show how much this side means to them when they make their stand-alone debut at Principality Stadium against Italy in April 2024.
The current record for attendance at a Wales Women’s international match was set last year at Cardiff Arms Park when just under 9,000 supporters attended, I hope that this will be blown apart for the match against Italy at Principality Stadium – secure your ticket now!!
Fifth area – We need to ensure that our game is as safe as possible. Parents should not be worried about their children playing. We also need to look after all of our professional players in Wales, recognising that they have a relatively short period of earnings from the game.
Finally, governance. Firstly, the recent Independent Review makes it clear that we should let the changes from last March, that we have just implemented, bed in for a while. We will do this during 2024 and 2025 and then commission a further independent external review to assess how it is going and see what adjustments we need to make.
We all want to be better. The recommendations of the Independent Review give us a roadmap to be better and we will be better together.
We are the Union of rugby clubs and we depend on and serve the clubs in Wales that keep Welsh rugby vibrant in many towns and villages across Wales.
I also want to welcome our new President Terry Cobner. I am looking forward to working with him over the next few years.
I have learned that rugby is like a family in Wales – people care deeply and are passionate and that is an amazing asset to the game. We don’t all agree and that’s fine, providing we debate issues and agree to go in the same direction! Welsh rugby is a massively valuable brand and its value increases as we are unified in what we do.
The WRU exists only to serve rugby in Wales and channel money into the professional and community games.
Next year, we expect to make important improvements to Principality Stadium which will align our iconic national stadium even further with Sustainable Development Goals and the Welsh Government’s own future well-being goals.
Wales senior men begin the international calendar in Cardiff for 2024 facing Scotland in the Guinness Six Nations, in a match heading for a guaranteed sell-out early in January. Both France and Italy also visit the home of Welsh rugby during the campaign and attendances are expected to be high throughout the tournament.
Warren Gatland’s side have the opportunity to show just how far they have progressed since the 2023 Championship with a Rugby World Cup quarter-final appearance striking a stark and most welcome change from results earlier in the year.
The nation will, again, be expecting great things.
But first, the Ospreys take on Cardiff in Bridgend and the Scarlets visit the Dragons at Rodney Parade on New Year’s Day, with this latter fixture also showcasing the new Women’s development sides Brython Thunder and Gwalia Lightning as a double-header. There is no better way to start the new year than to go to live rugby – enjoy!
I can assure supporters throughout Wales that I am taking a significant personal interest in ensuring that the WRU works as closely as possible with our regional sides because this one area, at this moment in time, is a keystone to future success for Welsh rugby.
Happy New Year to all in the rugby family and may 2024 be both successful and the new beginning for you that it promises to be for us at the WRU.
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(WHTM) – Yogi Bear first appeared in 1958 on “The Huckleberry Hound Show” and the character would receive his show in 1961.
The character resides in Jellystone Park, but the largest Yogi Bear in the world is located at Parker’s Indian Trading Post in Cooksburg, Pennsylvania, according to the World Record Academy.
Parker’s Indian Trading Post is located in Cook Forest State Park and was established in the 1950s, but it isn’t one of the five “Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Parks” in Pennsylvania.
The first Jellystone Park opened in 1969 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania’s locations are:
- Quarryville, Lancaster County
- Milton, Northumberland County
- Mill Run, Fayette County
- Mansfield, Tioga County
- Harrisville, Butler County
The Jellystone Park’s includes water attractions, indoor activities, outdoor activities, characters, themed events, and entertainment. To find a Jellystone Park near you, click here.
As mentioned above, Yogi Bear was introduced in 1958, according to Facts, these are more facts about the legendary character:
- Yogi has his own catchphrase, “I’m smarter than the average bear”
- Yogi was voiced by Daws Butler
- Yogi’s sidekick was Boo-Boo the bear
- Yogi’s girlfriend is named Cindy Bear
- Yogi appeared in comic books
- There is a theme park attraction named “The Yogi Bear Show: The Ride”
- Yogi was inspired by Smokey Bear
- Yogi was created by Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Yogi and Boo-Boo’s goal was to escape/evade Ranger Smith
Parker’s Indian Trading Post has a Native American gift, souvenir, and rock shop.
For more information about Parker’s Indian Trading Post, visit their website here or their Facebook page.
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(iSeeCars) – If you’re currently leasing a car and nearing the end of your lease term, you might be wondering what you should do next. Although new car inventory is rebounding, some new cars are selling above MSRP and car leases are also significantly more expensive than they were pre-pandemic. And while used car prices continue to fall, they are also more expensive than they were before the pandemic.
In light of the current new and used car market, buying out your car lease might be your smartest option. How does the process work and should you buy out your car lease? We have the important answers.
How a Lease Buyout Works
If you’re leasing a vehicle, most finance companies will include a buyout option as part of your lease agreement. Your auto lease contract will state the end-of-lease purchase price based on the car’s residual value, which was estimated when you signed your lease. Leasing companies will often contact you near the end of your lease term to communicate your lease-end options, which will include either the buyout option or returning the vehicle to the dealership.
Residual Value in Today’s Market
Dealers calculate a vehicle’s residual value based on its projected depreciation, and this value is locked in at the beginning of a car’s lease. And if the start of your lease was before the current supply chain issues, your car’s lease buyout price might be well-below current market value. That means that at the end of the lease contract you could purchase your leased vehicle and either sell it for a profit, or you can continue driving your lightly used car at a price well below market value.
Understanding the Value of Your Leased Car
Here’s how you can compare the vehicle’s residual value or buyout amount with its market price. To calculate the market value of the vehicle, you can use pricing tools like the iSeeCars free VIN Check, Kelley Blue Book, or Edmunds. Be sure to check your original contract for extra fees like a purchase option fee to determine the total amount you will be paying for the vehicle.
And be extra vigilant about dealer or finance company “add on” fees that were not specifically called out in your lease contract.
Leased Car Buyout Price: Other Factors to Consider
There are many factors that contribute to the buyout price of your car. This includes the vehicle’s make, model, residual value, and current value. The amount you paid for a down payment will also affect the buyout price.
Additional fees include:
- Buyout Fee/Purchase Option Charge: The leasing company will charge you for opting to buy the car rather than turning it in.
- State sales tax
- Registration fees
Can I Finance My Lease Buyout?
You can finance your lease buyout just as you would a regular used car purchase. The dealership will be eager to offer you financing, but you should also examine outside financing options as you would for a typical car loan. That means comparing interest rates from other lenders including banks and credit unions to see who will give you the best rate on your car lease buyout loan. Some lenders even offer auto loans specifically for lease buyouts. Keep in mind that the shorter your loan term, the more you will save on interest payments, but your monthly payments will be higher. That means you should opt for the shortest loan term you can afford. Also, your credit score will determine your loan rate, so make sure it is in good standing in order to get a competitive rate. If you have a poor credit score, you should consider having a co-signer.
Other Things to Consider
Anyone who has leased a car knows about the extra fees that often come at the end of the car lease. These fees include going over the mileage limits or any excess wear and tear your vehicle may have like scratches or dents. Buying out your lease will get you off the hook for these fees, so if either situation exists with your lease it is yet another reason to buy your car when the lease ends versus returning it.
Some lease agreements offer early lease buyouts which allow you to buy the vehicle before your term expires. Make sure you refer to your leasing agreement to see if you will have to pay extra fees for an early buyout. If there are fees involved, it’s likely a smarter decision to wait until the end of your lease.
Bottom Line
Buying out your vehicle lease can be a lucrative way to save on a lightly-used vehicle in today’s market. You’ll also avoid the low inventory and markups on new cars. What’s more, you can enjoy the savings that come along with buying a used car in today’s market while avoiding the guesswork about how the car was driven and maintained by its previous owner. You can even sell your vehicle to a private seller for a profit if you don’t want to keep driving it. So if you are nearing the end of your lease, you should at least consider purchasing your vehicle instead of taking out another lease or buying a new or used car to replace it.
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This article, Buying Out a Car Lease: Is it a Good Idea?, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com.
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II to step down from throne on Jan. 14
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.”
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The Most Underrated Horror Movies On Streaming
Catch up with these horror titles that you might have missed.
With horror being one of the most plentiful movie genres in terms of the sheer number of yearly releases, there’s usually a nice variety between sitewide “Best Of” lists. Here at IGN, Talk to Me took top honors in 2023. Other popular choices include When Evil Lurks, Evil Dead Rise, and Thanksgiving (to name a few). These seem to be the overall consensus when it comes to high-end ranks, but this year had so, so, much more to offer.
Let’s talk about those damn fine horror films that might have missed out on “Best of Horror” lists but still deserve their special recognition. Everything from prominent summer theater releases to absurd sorority slashers about killer sloths. I watched 100+ new horror flicks that were released in 2023 (plus another 30 or so at film festivals that are slated for 2023 release), so I promise I won’t lead you astray. Note: Not all of these films are streaming originals, so streaming platform may change after time of publish.
The Boogeyman (Hulu)
Rob Savage’s adaptation of Stephen King’s short story The Boogeyman is the definition of “solid” horror filmmaking. Every culture has a “boogeyman,” and Savage coaxes out the fundamental terrors of a shadow-lurking beast with beady eyes piercing through the darkness. A cast including Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, and David Dastmalchian anchor a story about a fractured family fighting against a devilish creature, keying into intrinsically childhood paranoias that require a nightlight. “Savage doesn’t shy away from in-your-face jump scares, which are [the film’s] addictive bread and butter,” I wrote in my IGN review. Some killer lighting usages from flashing reds as the entity inches closer with each pulse, to a glowing moon orb rolled to inspect sounds from afar, help the otherwise formulaic storytelling structure stand out. It’s not the best horror movie of the year, but might be the most crowd-pleasing by standard horror expectations.
The Blackening (Starz)
"We Can't All Die First" might be the best tagline of 2023. As you probably guessed, it's referencing the trope that Black characters always die first in horror movies. Enter The Blackening, where every character is Black, and the commentary is sharper than Jason's machete or Michael's knife. It's a raucous horror comedy from the Black perspective that's more the realm of comedy than horror, but big laughs don't weaken intended impacts. Writers Tracy Oliver (of Girls Trip fame) and Dewayne Perkins know funny, and while the film's third act thins any slasher thrills, it never lets up roasting the horror genre for decades of whitewashed normalities. Some jokes may be low-hanging fruits and references simplistic (your Screams and whatnot), but that doesn't stop The Blackening from being one of the funnier horror comedies of the year.
Huesera: The Bone Woman (Shudder)
I reviewed Huesera out of Tribeca in 2022 (now Huesera: The Bone Woman), but it didn’t hit Shudder until this year. While I wasn’t the highest review out there, it’s still a worthwhile international haunting story from an emerging filmmaker to watch, Michelle Garza Cervera. As I concluded, “Huesera unites unearthly evils with pregnancy paranoias and modern feminism in this tale about normalizing every woman’s choice to become a mother or not.” Cervera’s behind-the-camera voice is vital as the story’s womanly themes ring loudest, and lead actress Natalia Solián does a tremendous job playing “tormented, tired, soulfully lost.” It’s a solid flick about pregnancy fears and traditional Mexican beliefs, crawling under your skin when it counts.
Mother May I? (Tubi)
May I tempt you with a performance showcase for Kyle Gallner and Holland Roden? That's Mother May I?, a psychological thriller about the dangers of playing therapist, withholding grief, and hallucinogenic fungi. Writer and director Laurence Vannicelli weaponizes therapy-speak and role-playing as a couple becomes either the victim of intensely potent magic mushrooms or a freak possession. Gallnner's Emmett brings Roden's Anya (his partner) to his deceased mother's country estate, where Anya attempts to play psychiatrist by pretending to be Emmett's mother — but she never breaks character. We watch as Gallner's dazed and confused Emmett attempts to rationalize what the hell is going on, while Roden transforms from Anya into an entirely different character. It's an experimental fever dream that Vannicelli executes quite well, with much credit given to tremendous leading roles.
The Sacrifice Game (Shudder)
Jenn Wexler’s The Sacrifice Game is the horror version of The Holdovers. Her sophomore feature, co-written by Sean Redlitz, boasts shades of genre influences from The Blackcoat’s Daughter to The Babysitter, putting a serial killer spin on Christmastime horrors. An eclectic cast featuring Aladdin’s Mena Massoud, indie horror standout Chloë Levine, and former freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy find themselves trapped in a ritualistic plot stained by spilled blood over the holiday break. Take a spin back into the 70s thanks to period costumes and music choices, putting a very lost-in-time stamp on the evils within Blackvale School for Girls that accentuates the Satanic panic of the era. It’s grimly festive, the ensemble shines, and is one of the best original horror flicks Shudder put out this year.
Haunted Mansion (Disney+)
I don’t care about dying on my “Haunted Mansion is good, actually” hill alone. Bury my body so I can join the 999 spirits sharing Rosario Dawson’s new residence. Writer Katie Dippold and director Justin Simien unite to conjure a stellar gateway horror attraction that might not be the spookiest, but does deal with some hefty themes about death and the afterlife. A cast including Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Owen Wilson, and LaKeith Stanfield are allowed to be proper goofballs in a supernatural scenario, which works through Disney’s lens. As I already said in my review for IGN: “Haunted Mansion successfully balances emotional sweetness and just-frightening-enough spectral scares with a Disneyfication of genre tropes, becoming a fun-filled scary movie for (almost) the entire family.” Where are my other Haunted Mansion loyalists?
Night of the Hunted (Shudder)
A man. A woman. A gas station. A hunting rifle. That’s all Night of the Hunted needs to keep you glued to your seat: a thriller about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. From the director of P2 and Maniac (Franck Khalfoun) comes a tense-as-hell survival thriller about a traveler who’s being held inside a gas station by a psycho whizzing bullets by her head. It’s unapologetically bleak, twisting the story into some ruthless directions as other drivers stop for gas or a phone allows for communication between protagonist and antagonist. Not many people talked about this one when it dropped around Halloween, so here’s hoping it gets discovered on Shudder now that we can breathe after end-of-year crunches.
Dark Harvest (MGM+)
It’s a shame because Dark Harvest was initially slated for a big-screen release, but only saw limited Alamo Drafthouse theaters thanks to a two-year delay. David Slade’s adaptation of Norman Partridge’s harvest-horror novel is a treat for Halloween worshippers that deserved a much bigger rollout. Dark Harvest turns the clock back on an Anywhereville, USA locale that seems isolated from the rest of the country, introduces audiences to a yearly October tradition where boys fight for a chance to escape city limits, and releases a Jack-O-Lantern creature named Sawtooth Jack that kills any kiddies who can’t do the same unto him. Slade’s eye for graphic violence (like in 30 Days of Night) is alive and well despite the young leading characters, which makes for an R-rated gateway horror film for more mature fans. I’ll be revisiting this one in future spooky season binges.
Summoning Sylvia (Starz)
Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse create a delightfully queer indie horror comedy with Summoning Sylvia. Expect a brisk and sassy hoot of a haunted bachelor weekend thanks to, well, the summoning of this “Sylvia” character. It’s inarguably more comedy than horror in the genre equation, which isn’t a problem at a tight 75-ish minutes that’s bursting with cute spooky-witty lines. You’re here for the solid ensemble serving ghost story laughs and unsubtle commentary through a queer horror lens, both of which have plenty of momentum. Plus there’s a cappella Smash Mouth? What else can you ask for?
Shaky Shivers (Screambox)
Did you know that beloved Fast & Furious actor Sung Kang directed an adorable, silly little horror comedy that hit streaming this year? Shaky Shivers feels like prime-era Goosebumps (minus scares), focusing more on sugary sweet messages about teenage friendships. Brooke Markham and VyVy Nguyen play lovable besties who work together at an ice cream shop, one of whom might be a werewolf. There also might be zombies, cult freaks, and undead sidekicks like out of An American Werewolf in London. Never in a million years would I peg Kang’s directorial debut as a low-budget creature feature best served as sleepover entertainment, but that’s the case. It’s nothing revolutionary, but charming enough as younger-geared horror entertainment.
Birth/Rebirth (Shudder)
It’s always exciting when new filmmakers find interesting ways to reinterpret iconic horror tales. Laura Moss’ Birth/Rebirth is a clever tweak on the story of Frankenstein, this one even more focused on Dr. Frankenstein versus his monster. Moss and co-writer Brendan J. O'Brien toy with grief-stricken themes as a single-mother nurse who’s just lost her daughter to illness meets a doctor playing God in her apartment. Marin Ireland delivers a top-notch performance as Rose, the Herbert West of this story given how she’s developing what’s pretty much the Re-Animator serum, with Judy Reyes as the sorrowful mother who will do anything to get her child back. It’s a character-driven take on classic horror ideas that could easily fit Larry Fessenden’s brand of indie films (very much a compliment), lurking in the shadows of New York City to bring the horrors of parenthood out to play.
Slotherhouse (Streaming on Hulu)
Too many horror movies fail to meet their attention-grabbing titles (looking at you Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey), but Slotherhouse is, against all odds, the real deal. Betcha weren’t expecting a sneakily hilarious sorority house slasher featuring a pissed-off Panamanian sloth that’s also incredibly pro-animal to sneak onto Hulu this year? Director Matthew Goodhue leans into the comedy of this claws-out horror comedy as “Alpha” the Sigma Lambda Theta (SLTH) mascot starts offing sorority sisters one by one. “There are shades of Fox’s Scream Queens or CW’s Riverdale … [but] Slotherhouse won’t be in contention for Best Horror Kill of the Year,” I wrote in my IGN review. Don’t expect Alpha to shred flesh like Cocaine Bear, but please give this out-of-its-mind take on animal attack flicks a shot. Do it for the sloths surfing social media, Sloth-fu, and sloths driving speedsters.
Candy Land (Tubi)
No, this isn't a horror version of Hasbro's sugary-sweet children's game. Writer and director John Swab is nowhere near family entertainment with his gruesome sex worker thriller. A young cast explores the dangers of truck stop "lot lizard" employment, finding themselves in a slasher take on "saints vs. sinners" that wears its sleazy influences well and with pride. Swab does right to avoid stereotypical representations of sex workers and shows compassion towards the industry, the whole murderer subplot notwithstanding. There's more going on than titillation and teases in Candy Land, as the lot lizards fight for their lives against an evil that's stalking their place of business. Sprinkle in some Christian angst waged against the "disgusting" free-spirited souls, and you've got yourself a perfect storm of seductive-scary-sacrilegious unrest.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Almost one year ago Monday, Iowa safety Xavier Nwankpa had himself a game to remember. Starting in his first-ever college football contest during Iowa’s Music City Bowl matchup against Tennessee on Jan. 1, 2023, the five-star recruit made a name for himself fairly quickly.
With just over 12 minutes remaining in the second quarter against the Wildcats, Nwankpa, who hails from Pleasant Hill, Iowa, snagged a pass from quarterback Destin Wade and hit the jets, dashing 52 yards for a score: the Hawkeyes’ second defensive touchdown of the day in what would become a 21-0 victory.
Xavier Nwankpa with a PICK SIX for Iowa #Iowa #Hawkeyes #Kentucky #MusicCityBowl pic.twitter.com/7UPjjS1qNz
— CFB Saturday Slate w/ Mick N Bus (@CFB_SatSlate) December 31, 2022
According to Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris, the Hawkeyes had seen consistent film of Kentucky running a play with a dig and a post route. Harris explained how he told Nwankpa that such an event would occur again – and when Wade overthrew the dig route, Nwnakpa was there to capitalize.
“I was telling him it was coming at some point, and that’s when he got it – just a crazy play,” Harris said of his teammate on Friday.
Nwankpa already had high expectations from fans, as he entered Iowa City as the Hawkeyes’ highest-ever recruit, per 247 Sports, and his play against the Wildcats gave the Black and Gold faithful plenty of optimism for what he could do in his sophomore season.
Iowa fans needed this play more than most realize. Highest rated recruit in school history with the pick six.
Pencil freshman Xavier Nwankpa in as the Hawkeyes starting safety for the next two years. He feels like a future NFL All-Pro.pic.twitter.com/pmNGaWnmXd
— Nate Ryan (@nateryansports) December 31, 2022
That campaign, however, didn’t come without some roadblocks.
The Southeast Polk High School graduate finished his first year at Iowa with 12 total tackles, two pass defenses, and the aforementioned interception. This season, the 6-foot-2, 210-pounder has started 11 games and has nearly quadrupled his tackle total with 41. Yet the safety only added three more pass defenses and one pick, which came in the season-opener against Utah State.
Essentially, Nwankpa’s first two career starts were arguably his most productive, but he isn’t taking too much stock in the numbers.
“I feel like I’ve progressed well this year. Started the year a little nervous, but have bounced back from the beginning of the year,” Nwankpa said in post-practice media availability on Wednesday. “I’m just getting more comfortable with making the calls, playing with the guys, and just trusting each other.”
In Week 5 this season against Michigan State, Nwankpa put up a career-high eight tackles and then followed up that performance with six more the next week against Purdue. Yet on Oct. 14 against Wisconsin, the safety added another element he had to adjust to.
Nwankpa said he fractured a bone in his right thumb after making a tackle against the Badgers, and for the rest of the regular season, including the Big Ten Championship, wore a protective cast.
The safety admitted that it wasn’t easy to catch the ball while wearing the cast, but added that he still performed what “[Iowa defensive coordinator Phil] Parker needed me to do,” so there were never any serious talks about him sitting out.
After the contest against the Badgers, Nwankpa never got his hands on the football, notching no pass defenses, but in the eyes of Parker, those numbers don’t tell the whole story.
“From what I’ve seen, he’s been playing with a little better leverage, and his ability to get to the ball is a little better,” the coach said of Nwankpa. “The change of direction has improved. So I’m really pleased with the way he’s going.”
Harris heaped similar praise on Nwankpa, specifically in terms of maturity, describing how the safety has done a good job of establishing a routine and staying consistent with his practice and training.
Back in the bowl game against Kentucky, Nwankpa and the Hawkeyes were going up against a freshman quarterback making their first collegiate start. This time around versus Tennessee, Nwankpa will be placed in the same situation, as the Volunteers will place first-year Nico Iamaleava under center at Camping World Stadium. For the safety, the goals are just as obvious.
“We’re going to try to reciprocate that, just go around and make some more plays,” Nwankpa said with a smile.
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Watch Live: New Year’s Eve crowds ring in 2024 in Times Square
▶ Watch Video: CBS News New York
NEW YORK — We’re counting down to New York City’s iconic ball drop on New Year’s Eve in Times Square.
One million people are expected to watch in person, while another billion look on from around the world.
Earlier this week, the giant 2024 numerals were hoisted into place atop One Times Square, and the nearly 12,000 pound ball got a bow tie makeover.
New Yorkers and tourists alike wrote their wishes for the new year on pieces of confetti that will rain down to ring in the new year, and some also said “good riddance” to things they’d like to leave behind.
So how can you join the celebration and watch the ball drop at the stroke of midnight?
How to watch the ball drop streaming live
Streaming: Watch our coverage of the countdown on CBS News New York.
Watch the Times Square Alliance’s live stream starting at 6 p.m.
Where to watch the ball drop in person
Join the celebration in Times Square, with the best view on Broadway from 43rd to 50th Street, or along Seventh Avenue up to 59th Street.
Access points for the viewing areas:
- 49th Street from 6th & 8th avenues
- 52nd Street from 6th & 8th avenues
- 56th Street from 6th & 8th avenues
See our full guide for the ball drop countdown, with more information on when and where to watch, plus who is performing and how to avoid traffic.
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US dollar losing its dominance
Moscow, Dec 31 : The US dollar’s share of global central bank reserves has continued to decrease, nosediving to 59.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2023, according to the latest data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The decline comes amid the de-dollarization trend gaining momentum across the globe, RT reported.
IMF statistics show the greenback’s share is down from roughly 70 per cent in 2000. The dollar remains the world’s leading reserve currency with the euro coming second, while the latter’s share has slid to 19.6 per cent. The Japanese yen’s proportion of world reserves grew to 5.5 per cent from 5.3 per cent in the previous three-month period. The Chinese yuan, British pound, Canadian dollar and Swiss franc were little changed.
Meanwhile, according to data compiled by global financial messaging service SWIFT, the yuan’s share of international payments hit a record high in November, with the renminbi becoming the fourth most used currency worldwide. Cross-border yuan lending has risen as well, while the People’s Bank of China holds over 30 bilateral currency swaps with foreign central banks, including Saudi Arabia and Argentina, RT reported.
The growing share of the yuan in cross-border transactions reflects China’s trend of shifting away from the dollar, as well as Beijing’s efforts to promote the use of the renminbi, according to SWIFT.
The global trend towards using national currencies in trade instead of the US dollar began to gain momentum last year, after Ukraine-related sanctions saw Russia cut off from the Western financial system and its foreign reserves frozen, RT reported.
The US dollar is on track for its worst year since 2020. The US dollar index, a measure of how the currency is performing against six other currencies, is down over 2 per cent for the year. The dollar has been weakened by the prospect of rate cuts next year, CNN reported.
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For investors, commercial real estate was a mess in 2023. The saving grace is that this past year was an improvement on bear-market 2022. But historically, property investing, in particular using real estate investment trusts, has been a good place to park your money.
The thesis: As long as the U.S. population and economy grow (a certainty for the former and, other than the occasional recession, the normal state for the latter), commercial buildings will be a bedrock for investors. In addition, REITs—in general, publicly traded stocks representing collections of buildings whose tenants pay rent—tend to do well after a Federal Reserve rate-hiking cycle ends, which appears to be in the offing.
Trouble is, the past two years’ higher interest rates have been unkind to REITs, as they depend on borrowed money. REITs (not counting those dedicated to mortgages) were up just 2.3% in 2023, as the S&P 500 surged almost 25%. In snakebit 2022, REITs were down 25.9%, worse than the S&P 500, off 19.5%.
Trusts focused on offices are the worst off. In 2023 through November, according to industry group Nareit, office REITs lost 14.7%; in 2022, they were down 38%. Going forward, Green Street, the well-respected real estate research firm, projects that offices will keep on suffering, and their revenue will continue to shrink until 2025, and then will generate anemic expansion. Their weakness, of course, is a big vacancy rate resulting from the work-from-home mindset that the pandemic created. A REIT shakeout is coming, and it will not be pretty.
That said, there are promising segments of the REIT market to invest in. Most notably, data centers, which embody the cloud: They rent space to corporate customers to manage and store data. According to research firm International Data Corp., data usage is projected to grow 25% yearly through 2025.
One standout is Digital Realty Trust
What’s more, data storage appears to be recession-proof. Morningstar
Another promising REIT category is strip shopping centers. These are distinct from shopping malls, those sprawling palaces of retail, typically anchored by large anachronisms, department stores. The malls are overbuilt and have had to contend with the rise of online shopping.
Strip centers, however, are roadside, open-air venues, devoted to day-to-day necessities that online shopping can’t replace. They include supermarkets, convenience stores, delis, barber ships, nail parlors, shoe repair, etc. And they are not overbuilt, as malls are—a plus for rent income outlooks. As Green Street explained in a research note, “Low vacancy and no new supply are keeping bargaining power on the landlord's side.”
True, strip centers are not as sexy as digital storage. But their stocks typically deliver steady returns, ahead 13% in 2023. One often-mentioned player is Kite Realty Group Trust, whose stock rose almost 9% in 2023. Kite has been beefing up its inventory, buying Retail Properties of America for $7.5 billion in 2021.
Senior housing is a third enticing business, one that is expanding, given the aging of America. By 2030, a fifth of U.S. residents will be 65 or older. While no REIT segment statistics are available for senior housing, which is largely composed of assisted living facilities, the category has done well of late. The pandemic did affect it badly, as the virus harmed older people the most, but it has rebounded well.
The top choice here: With a strong balance sheet and solid FFO increases, Welltower
All in all, REITs are an attractive addition to an investment portfolio. They hardly dazzle, like the mega-cap tech monsters do, but they generally provide solid growth through the years.
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John Seely Brown, Technology and Research expert, explains that failure could be one of the key steps in the process of innovation.
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John Seely Brown, Technology and Research expert, explains that failure could be one of the key steps in the process of innovation.
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Pacers vs. Nuggets January 14 Tickets & Start Time
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 6:26 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Denver Nuggets (23-11) square off against the Indiana Pacers (17-14) at 3:30 PM ET on Sunday, January 14, 2024. The matchup airs on ALT and BSIN.
If you're looking to attend this matchup in person, head to Ticketmaster to buy your tickets!
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Pacers Players to Watch
- Tyrese Haliburton puts up 24.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 12.7 assists per game for the Pacers.
- On a per-game basis, Myles Turner gives the Pacers 17.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists. He also averages 0.6 steals and 2.1 blocked shots (eighth in NBA).
- Buddy Hield gets the Pacers 13.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest while delivering 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.
- Bennedict Mathurin gives the Pacers 13.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2 assists per contest while putting up 0.6 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
- Bruce Brown gets the Pacers 11.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game while posting 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
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- Nikola Jokic puts up 26.1 points, 12.3 rebounds and 9.2 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks.
- Michael Porter Jr. puts up 16.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 0.4 steals and 0.9 blocks.
- Reggie Jackson posts 12.3 points, 4.4 assists and 2.1 boards per game.
- Jamal Murray posts 19.4 points, 3.9 boards and 6.2 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks.
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Gaza in Crisis: Escalating Conflict and a Looming Humanitarian Disaster
In the heart of the Middle East, the densely-populated Gaza strip is facing a devastating crisis. The region is under intense bombardment, a fact corroborated by on-site reports, leaving its residents in a state of helplessness. The lack of refuge in the face of ongoing attacks is particularly concerning given Gaza’s status as one of the world’s most densely populated areas, rendering civilian evasion of conflict impacts near impossible.
Mounting Casualties and a Looming Humanitarian Crisis
Israeli strikes in central Gaza have claimed at least 35 lives, as fighting continues to escalate across the enclave. The ongoing conflict has resulted in the deaths of more than 21,800 Palestinians and left over 55,000 injured. The war has ignited a humanitarian crisis, with the United Nations warning that a quarter of Gaza’s residents are on the brink of starvation.
Escalated Offensive and the Quest for Control
Israel broadened its offensive to central Gaza, targeting densely populated communities that house refugees from the 1948 war and their descendants. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has indicated that the war could persist for many more months, with Israel taking control of the Gaza side of the border with Egypt. This move comes despite the U.S. advocating for a unified Palestinian government to administer both Gaza and parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as a stepping stone towards eventual statehood.
The Human Cost and Dire Consequences
The siege of the Gaza Strip has resulted in the displacement of 85% of the region’s population. Israeli airstrikes have targeted residential buildings, refugee camps, and hospitals, leading to significant civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. The World Health Organization warns of an impending threat of infectious diseases, and the UN predicts Gaza is just weeks away from famine. In a chilling revelation, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich suggested encouraging Palestinians to emigrate from the Gaza Strip, fuelling hopes for Israeli resettlement post-expulsion. This content is critical, as it reveals the dire situation and the human cost of the conflict in Gaza.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Carolers outside the State Capitol were calling for peace this afternoon.
They are a part of the Central PA Ceasefire group. They sang renditions of traditional Christmas carols, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to anti-semitism and Islamophobia.
“The energy is wonderful and it’s so exciting to be in the community. Sometimes it feels like there’s a more meaningful way to take action because you see what’s on the news and feel this deep sense of hopelessness like what am I supposed to do? What could I possibly do to fix this? And I think this is a way to take that energy and channel it into something meaningful,” Kaite Ruth said.
The rally also featured speakers, including activists and religious leaders.
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Rob Savage’s adaptation of Stephen King’s short story The Boogeyman is the definition of “solid” horror filmmaking. Every culture has a “boogeyman,” and Savage coaxes out the fundamental terrors of a shadow-lurking beast with beady eyes piercing through the darkness. A cast including Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, and David Dastmalchian anchor a story about a fractured family fighting against a devilish creature, keying into intrinsically childhood paranoias that require a nightlight. “Savage doesn’t shy away from in-your-face jump scares, which are [the film’s] addictive bread and butter,” I wrote in my IGN review. Some killer lighting usages from flashing reds as the entity inches closer with each pulse, to a glowing moon orb rolled to inspect sounds from afar, help the otherwise formulaic storytelling structure stand out. It’s not the best horror movie of the year, but might be the most crowd-pleasing by standard horror expectations.
The Blackening
"We Can't All Die First" might be the best tagline of 2023. As you probably guessed, it's referencing the trope that Black characters always die first in horror movies. Enter The Blackening, where every character is Black, and the commentary is sharper than Jason's machete or Michael's knife. It's a raucous horror comedy from the Black perspective that's more the realm of comedy than horror, but big laughs don't weaken intended impacts. Writers Tracy Oliver (of Girls Trip fame) and Dewayne Perkins know funny, and while the film's third act thins any slasher thrills, it never lets up roasting the horror genre for decades of whitewashed normalities. Some jokes may be low-hanging fruits and references simplistic (your Screams and whatnot), but that doesn't stop The Blackening from being one of the funnier horror comedies of the year.
Huesera: The Bone Woman
I reviewed Huesera out of Tribeca in 2022 (now Huesera: The Bone Woman), but it didn’t hit Shudder until this year. While I wasn’t the highest review out there, it’s still a worthwhile international haunting story from an emerging filmmaker to watch, Michelle Garza Cervera. As I concluded, “Huesera unites unearthly evils with pregnancy paranoias and modern feminism in this tale about normalizing every woman’s choice to become a mother or not.” Cervera’s behind-the-camera voice is vital as the story’s womanly themes ring loudest, and lead actress Natalia Solián does a tremendous job playing “tormented, tired, soulfully lost.” It’s a solid flick about pregnancy fears and traditional Mexican beliefs, crawling under your skin when it counts.
Mother May I?
May I tempt you with a performance showcase for Kyle Gallner and Holland Roden? That's Mother May I?, a psychological thriller about the dangers of playing therapist, withholding grief, and hallucinogenic fungi. Writer and director Laurence Vannicelli weaponizes therapy-speak and role-playing as a couple becomes either the victim of intensely potent magic mushrooms or a freak possession. Gallnner's Emmett brings Roden's Anya (his partner) to his deceased mother's country estate, where Anya attempts to play psychiatrist by pretending to be Emmett's mother — but she never breaks character. We watch as Gallner's dazed and confused Emmett attempts to rationalize what the hell is going on, while Roden transforms from Anya into an entirely different character. It's an experimental fever dream that Vannicelli executes quite well, with much credit given to tremendous leading roles.
The Sacrifice Game
Jenn Wexler’s The Sacrifice Game is the horror version of The Holdovers. Her sophomore feature, co-written by Sean Redlitz, boasts shades of genre influences from The Blackcoat’s Daughter to The Babysitter, putting a serial killer spin on Christmastime horrors. An eclectic cast featuring Aladdin’s Mena Massoud, indie horror standout Chloë Levine, and former freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy find themselves trapped in a ritualistic plot stained by spilled blood over the holiday break. Take a spin back into the 70s thanks to period costumes and music choices, putting a very lost-in-time stamp on the evils within Blackvale School for Girls that accentuates the Satanic panic of the era. It’s grimly festive, the ensemble shines, and is one of the best original horror flicks Shudder put out this year.
Haunted Mansion
I don’t care about dying on my “Haunted Mansion is good, actually” hill alone. Bury my body so I can join the 999 spirits sharing Rosario Dawson’s new residence. Writer Katie Dippold and director Justin Simien unite to conjure a stellar gateway horror attraction that might not be the spookiest, but does deal with some hefty themes about death and the afterlife. A cast including Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Owen Wilson, and LaKeith Stanfield are allowed to be proper goofballs in a supernatural scenario, which works through Disney’s lens. As I already said in my review for IGN: “Haunted Mansion successfully balances emotional sweetness and just-frightening-enough spectral scares with a Disneyfication of genre tropes, becoming a fun-filled scary movie for (almost) the entire family.” Where are my other Haunted Mansion loyalists?
Night of the Hunted
A man. A woman. A gas station. A hunting rifle. That’s all Night of the Hunted needs to keep you glued to your seat: a thriller about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. From the director of P2 and Maniac (Franck Khalfoun) comes a tense-as-hell survival thriller about a traveler who’s being held inside a gas station by a psycho whizzing bullets by her head. It’s unapologetically bleak, twisting the story into some ruthless directions as other drivers stop for gas or a phone allows for communication between protagonist and antagonist. Not many people talked about this one when it dropped around Halloween, so here’s hoping it gets discovered on Shudder now that we can breathe after end-of-year crunches.
Dark Harvest
It’s a shame because Dark Harvest was initially slated for a big-screen release, but only saw limited Alamo Drafthouse theaters thanks to a two-year delay. David Slade’s adaptation of Norman Partridge’s harvest-horror novel is a treat for Halloween worshippers that deserved a much bigger rollout. Dark Harvest turns the clock back on an Anywhereville, USA locale that seems isolated from the rest of the country, introduces audiences to a yearly October tradition where boys fight for a chance to escape city limits, and releases a Jack-O-Lantern creature named Sawtooth Jack that kills any kiddies who can’t do the same unto him. Slade’s eye for graphic violence (like in 30 Days of Night) is alive and well despite the young leading characters, which makes for an R-rated gateway horror film for more mature fans. I’ll be revisiting this one in future spooky season binges.
Summoning Sylvia
Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse create a delightfully queer indie horror comedy with Summoning Sylvia. Expect a brisk and sassy hoot of a haunted bachelor weekend thanks to, well, the summoning of this “Sylvia” character. It’s inarguably more comedy than horror in the genre equation, which isn’t a problem at a tight 75-ish minutes that’s bursting with cute spooky-witty lines. You’re here for the solid ensemble serving ghost story laughs and unsubtle commentary through a queer horror lens, both of which have plenty of momentum. Plus there’s a cappella Smash Mouth? What else can you ask for?
Shaky Shivers
Did you know that beloved Fast & Furious actor Sung Kang directed an adorable, silly little horror comedy that hit streaming this year? Shaky Shivers feels like prime-era Goosebumps (minus scares), focusing more on sugary sweet messages about teenage friendships. Brooke Markham and VyVy Nguyen play lovable besties who work together at an ice cream shop, one of whom might be a werewolf. There also might be zombies, cult freaks, and undead sidekicks like out of An American Werewolf in London. Never in a million years would I peg Kang’s directorial debut as a low-budget creature feature best served as sleepover entertainment, but that’s the case. It’s nothing revolutionary, but charming enough as younger-geared horror entertainment.
Birth/Rebirth
It’s always exciting when new filmmakers find interesting ways to reinterpret iconic horror tales. Laura Moss’ Birth/Rebirth is a clever tweak on the story of Frankenstein, this one even more focused on Dr. Frankenstein versus his monster. Moss and co-writer Brendan J. O'Brien toy with grief-stricken themes as a single-mother nurse who’s just lost her daughter to illness meets a doctor playing God in her apartment. Marin Ireland delivers a top-notch performance as Rose, the Herbert West of this story given how she’s developing what’s pretty much the Re-Animator serum, with Judy Reyes as the sorrowful mother who will do anything to get her child back. It’s a character-driven take on classic horror ideas that could easily fit Larry Fessenden’s brand of indie films (very much a compliment), lurking in the shadows of New York City to bring the horrors of parenthood out to play.
Slotherhouse
Too many horror movies fail to meet their attention-grabbing titles (looking at you Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey), but Slotherhouse is, against all odds, the real deal. Betcha weren’t expecting a sneakily hilarious sorority house slasher featuring a pissed-off Panamanian sloth that’s also incredibly pro-animal to sneak onto Hulu this year? Director Matthew Goodhue leans into the comedy of this claws-out horror comedy as “Alpha” the Sigma Lambda Theta (SLTH) mascot starts offing sorority sisters one by one. “There are shades of Fox’s Scream Queens or CW’s Riverdale … [but] Slotherhouse won’t be in contention for Best Horror Kill of the Year,” I wrote in my IGN review. Don’t expect Alpha to shred flesh like Cocaine Bear, but please give this out-of-its-mind take on animal attack flicks a shot. Do it for the sloths surfing social media, Sloth-fu, and sloths driving speedsters.
Candy Land
No, this isn't a horror version of Hasbro's sugary-sweet children's game. Writer and director John Swab is nowhere near family entertainment with his gruesome sex worker thriller. A young cast explores the dangers of truck stop "lot lizard" employment, finding themselves in a slasher take on "saints vs. sinners" that wears its sleazy influences well and with pride. Swab does right to avoid stereotypical representations of sex workers and shows compassion towards the industry, the whole murderer subplot notwithstanding. There's more going on than titillation and teases in Candy Land, as the lot lizards fight for their lives against an evil that's stalking their place of business. Sprinkle in some Christian angst waged against the "disgusting" free-spirited souls, and you've got yourself a perfect storm of seductive-scary-sacrilegious unrest.
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Eight Hawkeyes claimed individual titles at the second annual Soldier Salute at Xtream Arena over the weekend. Iowa tallied 251.50 total points to win the team title.
Coming into the tournament, one of the biggest storylines was AJ Ferrari registering to compete unattached. The 197-pounder and former Oklahoma State grappler recently took an official visit to Iowa, according to his social media. It was suspected the 2021 NCAA champion would compete for the Hawkeyes starting second semester, but a drama-filled ending to Ferrari’s Soldier Salute outing may have slimmed those chances.
Ferrari took on Iowa’s No. 19 Zach Glazier in the finals. The pair were tied at the end of the third period, which sent the bout into sudden victory.
Ferrari scored a takedown to seemingly win the match, but a shove, thrown punch, and middle finger after the whistle disqualified him, awarding Glazier the victory.
Here is the video of what went down at the Soldier Salute championship match. @mrfasttwitch AJ Ferrari secures the match-winning takedown on @Zglazier Zach Glazier, before things get out of hand, resulting in the victory given to the Hawkeye#SoldierSalute #wrestling #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/pKIFV169qQ
— Curtis Feder (@CurtisFeder_) December 31, 2023
Ferrari posted a statement on his Instagram on Sunday apologizing for his actions.
AJ Ferrari has made a statement: pic.twitter.com/MZsNRvcSY2
— The Wrestling Room (Pat Mineo) (@MrPatMineo) December 31, 2023
Kicking things off
The Hawkeyes had 16 wrestlers advance to the quarterfinals of the Soldier Salute with 16 bonus point victories. Iowa wrestlers combined for six tech falls and two pins to open the action.
At 165 pounds, Iowa’s Patrick Kennedy pinned Iowa State’s Connor Euton in the first round. At 133 pounds, Iowa’s No. 10 Brody Teske pinned Garret Totten from Navy in the third round.
On the other side of the bracket, Iowa first-year Kale Petersen knocked off No. 12 Angelo Rini from Columbia with a 12-5 major decision in the third period. Petersen was wrestling unattached at the event.
Iowa had 12 wrestlers advance to the semifinals at the end of day one, with three advancing at 133 in Teske, Petersen, and Cullan Schriever.
Competing unattached, Iowa first-year Gabe Arnold advanced to the 174-pound semifinals after back-to-back major decisions.
Crowning the champs
Day two provided several Hawkeye matchups in the semifinals and title bouts.
In the 133 semifinals, Teske beat Petersen, 15-0. In the 149 semifinals, Iowa’s Caleb Rathjen earned a 6-3 decision win against teammate and eighth-ranked Victor Voinovich.
The semifinals also provided three top-20 matchups. At 125 pounds, Iowa’s No. 14 Drake Ayala beat Minnesota’s No. 20 Patrick McKee, 5-4. Ayala scored a takedown with under 30 seconds left in the bout to secure the win.
At 141 pounds, Iowa’s top-ranked Real Wood beat Navy’s No. 18 Josh Koderhandt, 9-4. At 197, Iowa’s No. 19 Zach Glazier beat No. 17 Garrett Joles out of Minnesota, 5-4.
Including Arnold, Iowa had at least one wrestler in eight of the 10 title bouts, with the Hawkeye logo missing in the heavyweight finals.
In the 125 finals, No. 14 Ayala pulled off a 4-2 upset of Wyoming’s No. 7 Jore Volke to be the first Hawkeye crowned champion.
“I think from his first matches at the beginning of the year to now, there’s been a lot of mat time,” Brands said about Ayala. “You can see that he’s getting his; I don’t know if it’s confidence or not, but just belief in, ‘Hey, I can get to anybody’s legs.’ And then it’s finishing in tough situations against guys that are rolly-polly and flexible.”
No. 10 Teske continued his run and beat No. 32 Jacob Van Dee out of Nebraska 5-4 to give Iowa its second title of the day.
In the 133 third-place bout, Iowa’s Schriever and unattached Petersen went head-to-head, with Schriever coming out on top, 2-1.
A top-five matchup ensued at 141 as No. 1 Woods took on No. 5 Lachlan McNeil from North Carolina. Woods kept Iowa’s hot streak going, beating McNeil, 8-4.
At 149 pounds, Rathjen beat AJ Ferrari’s younger brother, Anthony Ferrari, 7-2. Anthony Ferrari gave Rathjen a shove after the final whistle, and Rathjen responded with a flex. Rathjen was named the 2023 Soldier Salute’s Outstanding Wrestler.
“He showed me that he’s pretty determined to be the guy,” Brands told Hawkeye Sports about Rathjen. “Not just because he went through the tournament and was the champion but because of some of the emphasis, the verbal emphasis. He’s letting it be known what he believes himself to be about. That’s a good thing, and you gotta back it up, and he backed it up.”
Iowa’s No. 2 Jared Franek beat South Dakota State’s No. 17 Cael Swensen in sudden victory for the 157-pound title.
At 165, it was an all-Iowa final with No. 7 Michael Caliendo up against teammate Patrick Kennedy. Caliendo won the match, 7-3.
In the 174 finals, Arnold beat No. 24 Lenox Wolak from Columbia, 4-1.
Up next
Brands hoped the Soldier Salute would bring clarity to Iowa’s starting lineup with tougher competition looming and provide valuable experience to the underclassmen. Iowa starts its conference schedule with an away dual against Nebraska on Jan. 12.
“We’re going to be in the thick of it in the Big Ten,” Brands said. “We got to take a breath a little bit and evaluate and go from there.”
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As we transition from one year to the next, it's a season of reflection and looking forward. As an analyst, the end of the year is a time to learn from past work, analyze its outcomes and consider its potential impact on the future.
In 2023, enterprise data management (EDT) solutions underwent significant changes due to the influx of generative AI technologies. These technologies have fundamentally altered how businesses approach data management, analysis and usage. In this post, I’ll review some of 2023’s highlights in this field.
How Different Areas Of EDT Are Evolving
Over the past year, there have been promising developments in EDT across several key areas. These include data management itself, where the focus has been on using AI to improve how data is organized and accessed. The data cloud sector has also experienced growth, with more businesses adopting cloud-based solutions because of their flexibility, scalability and facility for integrating tools that handle unstructured data.
In data protection and governance, there has been a continuous effort to enhance security measures to safeguard sensitive information. Database technologies have also improved, particularly in handling and processing large data volumes more efficiently by incorporating generative AI.
Recent advancements in data integration and intelligent platforms have been geared towards better aggregating data from multiple sources, allowing for more comprehensive data analysis. The integration of AI and ML has further enhanced the capabilities of these platforms, improving data analysis interpretation and offering more profound and insightful analytical outcomes.
Full disclosure: Amazon Web Services, Cisco Systems, Cloudera, Cohesity, Commvault, Google Cloud, IBM, LogicMonitor, Microsoft, MongoDB, Oracle, Rubrik, Salesforce, Software AG, Splunk, and Veeam are clients of Moor Insights & Strategy, but this article reflects my independent viewpoint, and no one at any client company has been given editorial input on this piece.
Bringing AI To Data Management—And Vice Versa
“In a way, this AI revolution is actually a data revolution,” Salesforce cofounder and CTO Parker Harris said during his part of this year’s Dreamforce keynote, “because the AI revolution wouldn't exist without the power of all that data.” Harris's statement emphasizes the vital role of data in businesses and points to the increasing necessity for effective data management strategies in 2024.
As data becomes more central, the demand for scalable and secure EDT solutions is rising. My recent series of articles focusing on EDT began with an introductory piece outlining its fundamental aspects and implications for business operations. This was followed by a more in-depth exploration of EDT, particularly highlighting how it can benefit businesses in data utilization. These articles elaborated on the practical uses and benefits of EDT and its importance in guiding the strategies and operations of modern businesses.
As businesses continue to leverage generative AI for deeper insights, the greater accessibility of data is set to revolutionize how they manage information. This development means enterprises can now utilize data that was previously inaccessible—a move that highlights the importance of data integration for both business operations and strategic decision-making. For instance, untapped social media data could offer valuable customer sentiment insights, while neglected sensor data from manufacturing processes might reveal efficiency improvements. In both cases, not using this data equates to a missed opportunity to use an asset, similar to unsold inventory that takes up space and resources without providing any return.
Revolutionizing Data Cloud Platforms
Incorporating AI into data cloud platforms has revolutionized processing and analyzing data. These AI models can handle vast datasets more efficiently, extracting previously unattainable insights due to the limitations of traditional data analysis methods.
Over the year, my own collaborations with multiple companies suggested the range of technological progressions. As I highlighted in a few of my articles, Google notably improved its data cloud platform and focused on generative AI with projects including Gemini, Duet AI and Vertex AI, reflecting its solid commitment to AI innovation. Salesforce introduced the Einstein 1 Platform and later expanded its offerings with the Data Cloud Vector Database, providing users with access to their unstructured enterprise data, thus broadening the scope of their data intelligence. IBM also launched watsonx, a platform dedicated to AI development and data management. These moves from major tech firms reflect a trend towards advanced AI applications and more sophisticated data management solutions.
At the AWS re:Invent conference, I observed several notable launches. Amazon Q is a new AI assistant designed for business customization. Amazon DataZone was enhanced with AI features to improve the handling of organizational data. The AWS Supply Chain service received updates to help with forecasting, inventory management and supplier communications. Amazon Bedrock, released earlier in the year, now includes access to advanced AI models from leading AI companies. A new storage class, Amazon S3 Express One Zone, was introduced for rapid data access needs. Additionally, Amazon Redshift received upgrades to improve query performance. These developments reflect AWS's focus on integrating AI and optimizing data management and storage capabilities.
Recent articles have highlighted Microsoft's role in the AI renaissance, one focusing on the launch of Copilot as covered by my colleagues at Moor Insights & Strategy, and another analyzing the competitive dynamics in the AI industry. Additionally, Microsoft has expanded its data platform capabilities by integrating AI into Fabric, a comprehensive analytics solution. This suite includes a range of services including a data lake, data engineering and data integration, all conveniently centralized in one location. In collaboration, Oracle and Microsoft have partnered to make Oracle Database available on the Azure platform, showcasing a strategic move in cloud computing and database management.
Automating Data Protection And Governance
With the growing importance of data privacy and security, AI increasingly enables the automation of data governance, compliance and cybersecurity processes, reducing the need for manual oversight and intervention. This trend comes in response to the rise in incidents of data breaches and cyberattacks. AI-driven systems have become more proficient at monitoring data usage, ensuring adherence to legal standards and identifying potential security or compliance issues. This makes them a better option than traditional manual approaches for ensuring data safety and compliance.
Security is not only about protecting data but also about ensuring it can recover quickly from any disruptions, a quality known as data resilience. This resilience has become a key part of security strategies for forward-thinking businesses. Veeam emphasized “Radical Resilience” when it rolled out a new data protection initiative focused on better products, improved service and testing, continuous releases and greater accountability. Meanwhile, Rubrik introduced its security cloud, which focuses on data protection, threat analytics, security posture and cyber recovery. Cohesity, which specializes in AI-powered data security and management, is now offering features such as immutable backup snapshots and AI-driven threat detection; in 2023, it also unveiled a top-flight CEO advisory council to influence strategic decisions. Commvault has incorporated AI into its services, offering a new product that combines its SaaS and software data protection into one platform.
LogicMonitor upgraded its platform for monitoring and observability to include support for hybrid IT infrastructures. This enhancement allows for better monitoring across an organization's diverse IT environments. Additionally, Cisco has announced its intention to acquire Splunk. This acquisition will integrate Splunk's expertise in areas such as security information and event management, ransomware tools, industrial IoT vulnerability alerting, user behavior analytics and orchestration and digital experience monitoring that includes visibility into the performance of the underlying infrastructure.
Key Changes for Database Technology
Advancements in AI and ML integration are making database technology more intuitive and efficient. Oracle Database 23c features AI Vector Search, which simplifies interactions with data by using ML to identify similar objects in datasets. Oracle also introduced the Fusion Data Intelligence Platform, which combines data, analytics, AI models and apps to provide a comprehensive view of various business aspects. The platform also employs AI/ML models to automate tasks including data categorization, anomaly detection, predictive analytics for forecasting and customer segmentation, workflow optimization and robotic process automation.
In my previous discussion about IBM's partnership with AWS, a major highlight is the integration of Amazon Relational Database Service with IBM Db2. This collaboration brings a fully managed Db2 database engine to AWS's infrastructure, offering scalability and various storage options. The partnership between AWS and IBM will likely grow as the trend of companies forming more integrated and significant ecosystems continues.
Database technology also evolved with MongoDB queryable encryption features for continuous data content concealment. MongoDB Atlas Vector Search now also integrates with Amazon Bedrock, which enables developers to deploy generative AI applications on AWS more effectively. It’s also notable that Couchbase announced Capella iQ, which integrates generative AI technologies that exploit natural language processing to automatically create sample code, data sets and even unit tests. By doing this, the tool is streamlining the development process, enabling developers to focus more on high-level tasks rather than the nitty-gritty of code writing.
Leveraging Data Integration Platforms
Generative AI technologies have also improved data integration capabilities by using historical data, analyses of trends, customer behaviors and market dynamics. This advancement is particularly influential in the finance, retail and healthcare sectors, where predictive insights are critical for strategic and operational decisions. There's been a shift towards adopting data lake house architectures, which combine the features of data lakes and data warehouses to help meet the challenges of handling large, varied data types and formats, providing both scalability and efficient management. This evolution in data architecture caters to the growing complexity and volume of data in various industries.
Integrating various data sources is crucial for many companies to enhance their business operations. Software AG has introduced Super iPaaS, an evolution of the traditional integration platform as a service (iPaaS). This advanced platform is AI-enabled and designed to integrate hybrid environments, offering expansive integration capabilities. Cloudera has also made strides with new data management features that incorporate generative AI, enabling the use of unstructured data both on-premises and in cloud environments. Its hybrid approach effectively consolidates client data for better management. Informatica's intelligent data management cloud platform integrates AI and automation tools, streamlining the process of collecting, integrating, cleaning and analyzing data from diverse sources and formats. This creates an accessible data repository that benefits business intelligence and analytics.
That’s a Wrap!
In my collaborations throughout the year with various companies, one key theme has emerged in this AI-driven era – data has become even more fundamentally important for businesses. It's clear that the success of AI heavily relies on the quality of the data it uses, and AI models are effective only when the data they process is accurate, relevant and unbiased.
For example, in applications such as CRM or supply chain optimization, outcomes are directly influenced by the data’s integrity. Instances where AI failed to meet expectations could often be traced to poor data quality, whether it was incomplete, outdated or biased. This year has highlighted the necessity of not just collecting large amounts of data but ensuring its quality and relevance. Real-world experience underscores the need for strict data governance and the implementation of systems that guarantee data accuracy and fairness, all of which are essential for the effective use of AI in business.
As AI technology advances and data quality improves, the use of generative AI in understanding and engaging with customers is becoming ever more prominent. Backed by good data management, this enhances the customer experience by making the customer journey more personalized and informative. It allows businesses to gain valuable insights from customer interactions, helping them continuously refine and improve their offerings and customer relations. I expect this trend to grow, further emphasizing the role of AI in customer engagement and shaping business strategies. In fact, this symbiotic relationship between AI-driven personalization and customer engagement is becoming a cornerstone of not only data management strategy but modern business strategy overall, significantly impacting how companies connect with their customers.
Wrapping up, it's evident that the emphasis on data quality is critical for improving AI's performance. Data management, cloud services, data protection and governance, databases, data integration and intelligent platforms have all significantly contributed to the advancement of AI. In 2024, I expect we’ll see even more emphasis on ensuring the accuracy and relevance of data so that AI can provide dependable insights.
Moor Insights & Strategy provides or has provided paid services to technology companies, like all tech industry research and analyst firms. These services include research, analysis, advising, consulting, benchmarking, acquisition matchmaking and video and speaking sponsorships. Of the companies mentioned in this article, Moor Insights & Strategy has had or currently has paid business relationships with Amazon Web Services, Cisco Systems, Cloudera, Cohesity, Commvault, Google Cloud, IBM, LogicMonitor, Microsoft, MongoDB, Oracle, Rubrik, Salesforce, Software AG, Splunk, and Veeam.
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Walk into the New Year in style
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New Delhi, Dec 31 : Bollywood celebrities dress to impress. . In order to emulate these celebrities’ individual styles and firmly convey their personalities through their ensembles, you will need to step up your fashion game this New Year’s Eve.
Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh has never held back when it comes to showcasing his sense of style. Ranveer wears a pair of gingham-checked pants teamed with a leather jacket and a cowboy hat.
Babil Khan
Babil Khan’s carefree selection of vivid colours have made him a style legend in his own right. To step up your fashion game, you can also choose for lavishly adorned pieces with embroidery, sequins, patchwork, and creative rips.
Vijay Varma
Vijay Varma doesn’t shy away from experimenting with fashion, he blends sophistication with eccentricity, an ideal mix of traditional and modern styles.
Shahid Kapoor
Our attention was also captured by Shahid Kapoor’s daring and avant-garde sense of style. For New Year’sEve, you can also choose a custom silver suit with modern accents to show off your ability to make daring fashion decisions.
Ishaan Khatter
Ishaan Khatter’s velvet green pant suit with a sheer shirt isn’t for the faint hearted. It was the ideal ensemble for your New Year’s celebrations. He accessorized his ensemble with pointed shoes, a delicate neckpiece, and disheveled hair.
Aparshakti Khurrana
For your New Year’s party, try dressing like Aparshakti by wearing a glittery, off-the-charts blazer with grey trousers and a white top.
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Houthi Attack on Maersk Hangzhou: U.S. Navy Responds, 10 Sailors Dead
In a significant escalation of maritime tensions, Yemen’s Houthi regime has confirmed the death of 10 sailors during an operation to hijack the Singapore-flagged container ship, the Maersk Hangzhou, in the Red Sea. The sailors were aboard three fast boats, which were targeted and destroyed by AGM-114K Hellfire missiles launched from two MH-60S helicopters of the United States Navy. This incident underscores the ongoing maritime security challenges in the Red Sea region and the increased role of the U.S. Navy in countering piracy and protecting international shipping lanes.
Houthi Attack and U.S. Retaliation
The Houthi rebels had initiated an aggressive attack on the Maersk Hangzhou and were attempting to board the ship when the U.S. Navy helicopters intervened. The Navy’s helicopters returned fire in self-defense, sinking three of the four small boats and killing the crews. The incident was the 24th illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since the November 19 hijacking of the Galaxy Leader car carrier.
International Response and Operation Prosperity Guardian
In response to the increasing attacks by the Houthis, several countries, including the US, France, and the UK, have joined the international maritime mission, Operation Prosperity Guardian. Since the operation’s inception, over 1,200 merchant ships have traversed the Red Sea region without being hit by drone or missile strikes. The US military has successfully intercepted 17 drones and four anti-ship ballistic missiles. The heightened maritime security has led to shipping companies re-routing their ships and implementing increased security measures.
The Rising Threat of Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea
The Houthi rebels, who control large parts of Yemen, have carried out numerous attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, posing a threat to the safety of international shipping lanes. The recent incident involving the Maersk Hangzhou has highlighted the seriousness of this threat and the necessity for robust international intervention. The U.S. Navy’s decisive action in this instance underscores their commitment to maintaining the security of these vital shipping lanes.
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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.
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The Biggest Movies Coming in 2024
Not much Marvel and not much DC, but plenty to be excited about.
As the new year kicks off – we’re five years past the original Blade Runner’s time period at this point! – Hollywood can settle in (at least in terms of its release date plans). 2023’s double strike, which saw both the actors and writers guilds campaigning for improved deals, scrambled production schedules, leading to a variety of movies (and TV shows) being delayed and/or seeing their planned release timing changed.
So that means that in 2024 we’re only getting one new MCU movie – Deadpool 3 – though really, Marvel Studios probably needed a bit of a breather anyway. DC also will only see one new movie released in Joker: Folie à Deux, but that’s more to do with the switch to the new James Gunn Universe than because of the strikes. Elsewhere, there’s a host of new titles to be excited about, including the long-awaited arrival of Dune: Part Two, Parasite director Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, a mysteriously untitled Universal Monsters movie from the guys who made Ready or Not, a new Planet of the Apes movie, the return of Furiosa (w/o Mad Max!), a new Jordan Peele movie, and much more.
Read on for the 2024 movies we’re most excited about, and don’t forget all release dates are subject to change…
Night Swim
US Date: Jan. 5
When I was a little kid, I was afraid to go in the pool after an ill-advised attempted viewing of Jaws. That fear lasted for a looong time (years?), so one can only imagine how folks are gonna do with the latest team-up between mega-horror-producers James Wan and Jason Blum. Night Swim stars Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon in a tale involving a… haunted swimming pool. Sure, laugh now – and then enjoy spending the whole summer sweating in the heat at a safe distance from any refreshing, man-made watering hole.
Mean Girls
US Date: Jan. 12
Don’t worry – it’s a musical! The trailer for the 2024 version of Mean Girls that dropped in November weirdly neglected to indicate that small fact, making it seem like an odd rehash. But indeed this film is based on the Broadway musical incarnation of the 2004 Lindsay Lohan classic. Angourie Rice (who you may recognize from the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies among other things) fills Lohan’s shoes, with Tina Fey back again as screenwriter (and as Ms. Norbury).
The Beekeeper
US Date: Jan. 12
You know how your grandparents fell for that phishing scam that one time? Well, Jason Statham just hates that, and he’s ready to kill a lot of bad people because of it in The Beekeeper. Suicide Squad and Fury director David Ayer teams with the British badass to get revenge for the mom from The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad), even if that means cutting a guy's fingers off and then tying him to the back of a truck that then drives off a bridge. That’s what you get for running a call center, dude!
Soul, Turning Red, Luca
US Dates: Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 22
These three Disney Pixar movies never got full theatrical releases in the US due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead going straight to Disney+. But now they’ll finally make it to the big screen in the first quarter of 2024, and each will be accompanied by a short film as well (“Burrow” for Soul, “Kitbull” for Turning Red, and “For the Birds” for Luca).
Argylle
US Date: Feb. 2 in theaters, Apple TV+ date TBA
How perfect is casting Henry Cavill as "Agent Argylle," a super-spy who is actually just the cartoonish creation of novelist Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard)? Matthew Vaughn certainly knows a thing or two about spy movies, and how to play with the conventions of the genre, having directed a Kingsman or three, and Argylle looks to follow suit as Conway encounters “real” spies like Sam Rockwell’s shaggy assassin. Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Dua Lipa, and Ariana DeBose also star.
Lisa Frankenstein
US Date: Feb. 9
Diablo Cody scripted this horror comedy about a teenager (Kathryn Newton) who, you guessed it, reanimates the dead – specifically the corpse of her dreams (via a tanning machine). Directed by Zelda Williams (the late Robin Williams’ daughter), Lisa Frankenstein looks to be one part Jennifer’s Body, one part Heathers, and potentially all parts fun.
Madame Web
US Date: Feb. 14
2024 is going to be a light year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with only one film being released by the studio. But don’t worry, because Sony's Spider-Man Universe, as the studio calls it, is ready to step in with three different Marvel-adjacent movies. The first of the year will be Madame Web, which stars Dakota Johnson as the psychic Cassandra Webb, Sydney Sweeney as Julia Carpenter, Celeste O'Connor as Mattie Franklin, and Isabela Merced as Anya Corazon, all of whom have assumed one Spider-persona or another in the comics. Will Madame Web break the Morbius curse and be, you know, good? Only the spider knows for now…
Drive-Away Dolls
US Date: Feb. 23
The Coen brothers are kinda making their own movies separate from one another lately, and that's OK! For his part, Ethan has this comedy up next, starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan as a pair of young women who hit the road in search of one of those good old “fresh starts.” Soon enough, they’re mixed up with a variety of weird and criminal types, not to mention co-stars Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp and Matt Damon.
Dune: Part Two
US Date: March 1
The first installment of Denis Villeneuve's Dune was a hit, and though Part Two was delayed because of the Hollywood strikes, it is now scheduled for a March release. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are back along with most of the first film's cast, while newcomers Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken and Léa Seydoux are all landing on planet Arrakis for the first time. We’re particularly looking forward to Butler (Elvis) as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, the role played by Sting in the 1984 film.
Imaginary
US Date: March 8
Imaginary friends come in all shapes and sizes, and that includes sometimes just being total assholes. Case in point: Chauncey, the teddy bear in Blumhouse’s Imaginary who, judging by the film’s trailer, has it out for the little girl who finds him in the basement of her new home. Never mind that he’s not really imaginary since he’s a corporeal, well, teddy bear and all. Suffice to say that, imaginary or not, he wants to hurt folks. DeWanda Wise and Tom Payne star in the Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Fantasy Island) film.
Kung Fu Panda 4
US Date: March 8
DreamWorks Animation’s fourth installment in the Kung Fu Panda series of animated films will be directed by Mike Mitchell (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Trolls) and Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) will serve as co-director. Jack Black returns for the film, which will be released eight years after Part 3, as his character Po faces off against a new villain named the Chameleon (Viola Davis). Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) also joins the voice cast as Han, the leader of the Den of Thieves.
Mickey 17
US Date: March 29
Oscar-winning South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) is going sci-fi for his next film, and he’s taking Robert Pattinson with him for an adaptation of the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo also star in the tale of an "Expendable," a space traveler sent on a one-way mission to colonize an ice world called Niflheim (cute). As prep for this film, we recommend you watch Pattinson’s previous movie about a one-way trip to space, High Life.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
US Date: March 29
I refuse to make a “who you gonna call” joke here, though I suppose I just did despite my best intentions. Anyway, the franchise of ghostbusting continues with a direct sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, whether or not that film’s bustin’ made you feel good, as Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace return to action after New York City is frozen by a force from beyond. And yes, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and even William Atherton all return from the 1984 film, though for how many minutes of actual running time remains to be seen.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
US Date: April 12
There’ve been a lot of would-be shared universes that have come and gone in the wake of the MCU, but somehow it’s Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse that has persevered among them all, racking up at this point five movies and a TV show. (Perhaps that’s the key? Don’t glut the market with product.) In the confusingly titled Godzilla x Kong, the two monster-bros must team up to face a new giant threat, while the humans of the cast (Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens) work to not annoy us while we wait for the monster fights to happen.
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
US Date: April 19, Netflix
What’s a Scargiver? Who knows, but I guess we’ll have a better idea when the first part of Zack Snyder’s latest would-be franchise launches on Netflix on Dec. 21. Rebel Moon came from a Star Wars pitch that Snyder had originally taken to Lucasfilm, and he has big cross-media plans for the concept. That of course includes sequels, so Part Two is already slotted for an April 2024 release. Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Michiel Huisman, Djimon Hounsou, and Anthony Hopkins star in the story of a ruthless empire that must be defeated by a mysterious outsider.
Untitled Universal Monsters Film From Radio Silence
US Date: April 19
Universal has been trying to get a new take on their Classic Monsters going for a while – remember the Dark Universe franchise that lasted for one movie? This mysterious project comes from the Radio Silence Productions team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, the recent Scream films) and is reportedly a riff on 1936’s Dracula’s Daughter, featuring “a group of kidnappers who abduct a band of young people, one of whom ends up being the titular character.” Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens and Giancarlo Esposito star.
Challengers
US Date: April 26
Judging by the Challengers trailer, director Luca Guadagnino weaves a lighter tale than his 2022 film Bones and All. But looks – and trailers – can be deceiving. Challengers is the story of a married couple of tennis pros (Zendaya and Mike Faist). When the struggling husband must compete in a low-end “Challenger” event, he finds himself playing against his ex-best friend – who also happens to be his wife’s ex-boyfriend (Josh O’Connor).
The Fall Guy
US Date: May 3
Former stuntman David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2) joins with former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling to make a movie about a stuntman which also happens to be based on the 1980s Lee Majors TV show of the same name. Judging by the trailer, The Fall Guy looks to be shooting for that fun mix of action, comedy and romance as Gosling’s character is called off-set to investigate a real-life mystery, all in service of saving his would-be girlfriend (and film director) Emily Blunt’s latest movie.
Horrorscope
US Date: May 10
Not much is known about this Screen Gems horror flick other than its cast: Jacob Batalon, Alana Boden, Adain Bradley and Avantika. Spenser Cohen (Moonfall) directs what, judging by the title, will be a movie involving horoscopes and horror. Crazy nobody hasn’t used that title already, actually.
IF
US Date: May 17
John Krasinski’s directorial follow-up to A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II is IF, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Fiona Shaw, Cailey Fleming, Louis Gossett Jr., and Alan Kim, plus a host of other actors who will be providing their voices (Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve Carell, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and more). The film’s title stands for Imaginary Friend, but these aren’t just teddy bears (see Imaginary, opening in March) but rather imaginary friends who have been abandoned once the children who dreamt them up grew to adulthood and moved on. The film will be a mix of live-action, CGI and melted marshmallow monstrosity.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
US Date: May 24
The last time we met up with those damned, dirty apes was in 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes, which effectively ended the story of Andy Serkis’ Caesar. But now director Wes Ball (The Maze Runner trilogy) will continue the story of the apes generations after Caesar. The trailer for the film looks great, but will Kingdom achieve the heights of the Serkis movies? One can only hope. Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand and William H. Macy star.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
US Date: May 24
Charlize Theron’s powerhouse character from Fury Road gets a prequel in George Miller’s Furiosa, with Anya Taylor-Joy taking over the role as the young woman who is torn from her tribe and forced into servitude by Immortan Joe and his awfuls. Chris Hemsworth also appears, only ugly, as a warlord of the road called Dementus. The first trailer for the film makes it look perhaps too much like Fury Road, but if anyone has earned our goodwill it’s Miller, so let’s see where this all goes.
The Garfield Movie
US Date: May 24
Might as well make a new Garfield theatrical movie, this time a fully animated one. In which case, might as well have Chris Pratt voice the famously lazy cat from Jim Davis' comic strip. That’s who we have handed vocal duties for all our beloved characters now, right? What We Do in the Shadows’ Harvey Guillén voices Odie the dog, Samuel L. Jackson takes on Vic, Garfield's long-lost cat dad, and Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein and Bowen Yang also are part of the cast.
Ballerina
US Date: June 7
John Wick’s current status may be, shall we say, unclear, but his world of assassins continues with Ballerina, which is a spin-off/sidequel that takes place between John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and John Wick: Chapter 4. Ana de Armas stars as Rooney (played by Unity Phelan in Chapter 3), the ballerina of the title who is seeking Wickian-style revenge for the murder of her family. Underworld director Len Wiseman takes the helm for Ballerina.
Inside Out 2
US Date: June 14
Amy Poehler returns as Joy for Inside Out 2, but Riley, the girl Joy and her fellow emotions live inside, is now a teenager… which means Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust have to make room for Anxiety (Maya Hawke) and maybe/almost certainly a host of new, disruptive emotions. Kelsey Mann takes over the director's chair for this sequel from Inside Out’s (and Pixar mainstay) Pete Docter.
Bad Boys 4
US Date: June 14
The third film in the Bad Boys series, Bad Boys for Life, was released in 2020, so Bad Boys 4 – which is not the final title of the film – is coming fairly quickly considering the 17-year gap between Bad Boy 2 and Bad Boys 3, and the eight-year gap between the first film and the second. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are of course back again, with Bad Boys for Life and Ms. Marvel directors Adil & Bilall also returning for more fun.
A Quiet Place: Day One
US Date: June 28
Director Michael Sarnoski left an impression with 2021's Nic Cage drama Pig, and he’s certainly an interesting choice for this prequel/spin-off to the John Krasinski/Emily Blunt horror series. Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things' Eddie Munson!), Alex Wolff and Djimon Hounsou star in the film, which will presumably fill in some of the blanks regarding the nasty aliens from the first two installments (though Part II did already give us a flashback to the start of their invasion).
Horizon: An American Saga
US Dates: Chapter 1: June 28, Chapter 2: Aug. 16
Kevin Costner loves himself some epic Westerns (He did win Best Picture, Director and Actor Oscars for Dances With Wolves after all!) and so he’s back with “a two-part theatrical event” that he directed, stars in, produced, and reportedly also financed himself. Truly, the American way! Set both before and after the Civil War, the film is about the expansion of the American West, with Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson and many more familiar faces filling out the cast.
Despicable Me 4
US Date: July 3
It was February of 2022 when Illumination and Universal announced Despicable Me 4’s release date of July 3, 2024, and while not much has been heard about the film since – we don’t even have a trailer – the sixth film in the series (don’t forget the two Minions movies) seems like an inevitability. Reportedly, Steve Carell will be back as former supervillain Gru, joined by Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Coogan.
Twisters
US Date: July 19
You wanna see cows getting sucked up by tornadoes on the big screen, right? Of course you do! (And we also all hope that the cows will be just fine afterward.) And hence, Twisters was born – the 28-years-later sequel to the memorable Bill Paxton/Helen Hunt disaster flick Twister. Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones will star in the film, with Lee Isaac Chung, who was Oscar-nominated for 2020’s Minari, directing. Getting an Oscar nom is one thing, but successfully getting a cow to spin in a tornado while your leads make wisecracks? That will take true talent.
Deadpool 3
US Date: July 26
Yep, Marvel Studios has just one movie coming out in 2024, and it’s the third entry in a series that didn’t even used to be part of the MCU! That said, Deadpool doesn’t really play by regular universe rules anyway. And if the leaks from this film’s set are to be believed, that will continue to be the case as all manner of non-MCU Marvel characters could show up here. That includes Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, who teams with Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson again after their unfortunate meeting in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Borderlands
US Date: Aug. 9
Director Eli Roth (Hostel, Thanksgiving) brings the space Western game to the big screen with Cate Blanchett starring as Lilith alongside Kevin Hart as Roland, Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Tannis, and Jack Black voicing the robot Claptrap. “I didn't want to have to be too slavish [to the game],” Roth told IGN in November. “I didn't just want to film the game. We wanted to tell a great story on its own, but of course it's loaded with Easter eggs for the fans.”
Alien: Romulus
US Date: Aug. 16
How many Alien movies does this make now? Not counting the Alien vs. Predator films (why would you?), Alien: Romulus is the seventh installment. (There’s also a TV series currently in the works.) Directed by Fede Álvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe), Romulus is set between the first movie and the second, which actually gives the filmmaker a wide time period to play with (since – pushes up glasses – Ripley was in cryogenic sleep for 57 years when Aliens opens). Not much else is known about the film at this point, but Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla) will star.
Kraven the Hunter
US Date: Aug. 30
The second film from Sony's Spider-Man Universe to be released in 2024, Kraven the Hunter has been a long time coming, having previously been scheduled for January 2023, and then October. But the latest attempt at turning a Spider-Man villain into an anti-hero is finally arriving this summer, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson playing the title role, a master hunter who also has superpowers. Will the film connect to Spider-Man in any meaningful way? Probably not, judging by how Morbius and the Venom films have gone, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Beetlejuice 2
US Date: Sept. 6
Michael Keaton already came back as Batman, so why not as Betelgeuse? That he’s teaming with original Beetlejuice (and Batman!) director Tim Burton only makes this sequel sound more intriguing. Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar wrote the script, and the star of that show, Jenna Ortega, will also appear in the film alongside original cast members Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara. Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci and Justin Theroux will also be hanging with the ghost with the most for Beetlejuice 2, which comes 36 years after the first film.
Transformers One
US Date: Sept. 13
The animated Transformers One is an origin story for everyone's favorite robots in disguise that is being directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4). Chris Hemsworth voices a young Optimus Prime opposite a presumably also young Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry) in a story that depicts how the two went from allies to legendary foes destined for toy shelves everywhere. Also starring are Scarlett Johansson (Elita), Keegan-Michael Key (Bumblebee), Jon Hamm (Sentinel Prime) and Laurence Fishburne (Alpha Trion).
Saw XI
US Date: Sept. 27
The first Saw movie debuted in 2004 and was such a hit that a sequel came every year after through 2010. There was a seven-year break after that (Jigsaw fatigue, don't you know), but there have been three films since then, including Saw X from September 2023. That movie made about $107 million, and so we’re back on the yearly schedule (for now anyway) with Saw XI coming in September 2024. Will the long-dead Jigsaw return again? Probably!
Joker: Folie à Deux
US Date: Oct. 4
Hey, like Marvel Studios, DC also only has one movie coming out this year! (Unlike Marvel Studios, however, this one isn’t a part of their shared universe.) Joaquin Phoenix returns as the Joker along with the previous film’s director Todd Phillips, and this time they have a not-so-secret weapon joining them in Lady Gaga, who will be playing Harley Quinn in the sequel. The original Joker came out in 2019 and was supposed to be a one-off, but it’s funny how that can change after you bring in a billion dollars worldwide and win a couple of Oscars (including Best Actor for Phoenix).
Smile 2
US Date: Oct. 18
2022’s Smile was an unlikely horror hit, moving from a planned streaming debut on Paramount+ to a bona fide $200 million-plus theatrical release. So you can bet your pearly whites that a sequel is coming, and that it’ll be perfectly timed to a Halloween release as well. Parker Finn, who made his feature debut with the first film, returns to direct Smile 2, though few other details are known about the project at this time.
Wolf Man
US Date: Oct. 25
Leigh Whannell nailed his Universal Monster redo The Invisible Man in 2020, and now he’s got a Wolf Man take in the works with Blumhouse producing. Christopher Abbott (Poor Things) stars, replacing Ryan Gosling in what will presumably be the hairy title role.
Venom 3
US Date: Nov. 8
Here’s the third and final film of the year in the awkwardly named Sony's Spider-Man Universe line-up, and it’s also the one that has the best chance at success. Tom Hardy’s first two Venom movies were over the top but fun, and there’s no denying the appeal of this character to fans. Hardy’s back of course as the dual-personality man-monster, joined this time out by Juno Temple and Chiwetel Ejiofor, though it remains to be seen what roles they’ll play. You can bet at least one of them will be bonded with a symbiote though.
The Amateur
US Date: Nov. 8
Rami Malek stars in this thriller from director James Hawes, which is based on the novel of the same name by Robert Littell. The book was previously made into a 1981 film that starred John Savage and Christopher Plummer. The Amateur’s plot deals with a CIA cryptographer whose wife is killed in a terrorist attack, and the lengths he goes to for revenge, including blackmailing his employer.
Paddington in Peru
US Date: Nov. 8
Man, you people really love Paddington. Surprisingly, though, it's been seven years since Paddington 2. The previous film's director, Paul King, was busy making Wonka with Timothée Chalamet, so new helmer Dougal Wilson steps in for his feature debut. In this installment, Paddington and the Brown family do indeed visit Peru, though Emily Mortimer takes over as Mrs. Brown, replacing Sally Hawkins. Ben Whishaw is back as the voice of Paddington, as is Hugh Bonneville as Henry Brown. Other cast members include Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas.
Gladiator 2
US Date: Nov. 22
It’s hard to believe this movie is actually happening. Sure, we’ve heard talk about it for years, but the first Gladiator was such a big deal back in 2000 – it even became a running gag on The Sopranos at one point – and the Ridley Scott film ended so definitively, and beautifully, that a sequel always seemed like it ran the risk of becoming too much of a good thing. It still does, as a matter of fact, but Scott is back to direct all the same from a script by David Scarpa, who also wrote Napoleon and All the Money in the World for the helmer. The story focuses on Lucius (Paul Mescal), Connie Nielsen’s son from the first film who is now an adult and, presumably, ready to do some gladiator-ing. Nielsen is back for the sequel and Denzel Washington also stars.
Wicked: Part One
US Date: Nov. 27
With a puff of red smoke, the musical Wicked is teleporting to the big screen in this adaptation from director Jon M. Chu (In the Heights). A retelling of how Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) became the Wicked Witch of the West of Wizard of Oz infamy unfolds here, with Ariana Grande playing Galinda Upland (destined to be the Good Witch). Part Two is currently scheduled for a November 26, 2025, release.
Untitled Karate Kid Movie
US Date: Dec. 13
For this film, Ralph Macchio, the OG KK, is teaming with Jackie Chan, who starred in the 2010 “reimagining” of The Karate Kid – which I guess is now just part of the bigger Karate Kid Cinematic Universe. The pair will play their characters from their respective films, but conspicuous by its absence in the announcement of this movie was any mention of the gang from the Cobra Kai TV show – especially William Zabka's Johnny Lawrence. Sony says a “global search” is underway to find the new Karate Kid who will presumably be trained by Chan and Macchio here. Just give us a high-school-karate-rumble or we riot… with a high-school-karate-rumble, I guess.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
US Date: Dec. 13
Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Blade Runner: Black Lotus) directs this animated feature, which reportedly takes place about 200 years before The Hobbit. Brian Cox will voice Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, the namesake of what we all recognize as… Helm’s Deep! (Hey, I have that LEGO set.) Confusingly, this film has nothing to do with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV show (that takes place in Middle-earth’s second age) other than being based on a small sliver of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work.
Mufasa: The Lion King
US Date: Dec. 20
This prequel to Disney's "live-action" The Lion King comes from Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, The Underground Railroad), and tells of the earlier lives of Mufasa and Scar (Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr.), those lion brothers who are destined for tragedy and betrayal. This is what Jenkins told IGN about the film in 2022: “I think for kids it's really important to understand that people aren't born perfect, they aren't just kings, their experiences shape them. So you can expect to go on this journey and understand how [Mufasa’s] friends, his family, his experiences shaped him and made him the person he is.”
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
US Date: Dec. 20
The Sonic the Hedgehog world dominance continues with the third installment in the Ben Schwartz-starring live-action (with some animation, of course) series. Presumably Colleen O’Shaunnessey and Idris Elba will also be back to voice the Blue Blur’s pals Tails and Knuckles, and Shadow the Hedgehog will also make his debut in the movie. Sonic 3 is directed by Jeff Fowler, making this a Hedgehog hat trick for him.
Nosferatu
US Date: Dec. 25
Robert Eggers, the beautiful madman behind The Witch, The Lighthouse, and most recently The Northman, is turning his attention to the horror of Nosferatu some 102 years after the original F.W. Murnau film was released. Who else but Bill Skarsgård has been cast as Count Orlok, while Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are among the humans forced to deal with the vampire. Funnily enough, Willem Dafoe also appears in the film, having already played a vampiric version of actor Max Schreck (who starred as Orlok in 1922) in the fictionalized making-of Nosferatu film, Shadow of the Vampire.
Untitled Jordan Peele Film
US Date: Dec. 25
We don’t know anything about it yet, other than that we want to see it, but Jordan Peele’s fourth film as a feature director will be released on Christmas in 2024. It’ll probably be scary!
What films are you most looking forward to in 2024? Let’s discuss in the comments!
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The 2024 sporting calendar is out. The opportunities for luxury tourism are literally everywhere, with different events waiting to whisk you around the world and back, leaving lifelong memories along the way. Some events—Wimbledon and Formula 1 come to mind—have a history of providing luxury hospitality year after year. Others might not have the same long history, but their novelty is too precious to pass up. Olympic breakdancing in Paris? Check. Major League Baseball games in Seoul? Yes, that too.
Presented in chronological order, here are five one-of-a-kind sporting events that are worth the time and distance required to travel, regardless of your starting point.
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Feb. 1-4)
Golf has a reputation for stodginess. The annual Pebble Beach event, nestled against the central California coastline, is both the most relaxed event on the PGA calendar and its most aesthetically pleasing. If you’re not a big fan of golf, serene ocean views, or perfect winter weather, the amateur half of the field is historically rife for celebrity stargazing during the tournament’s first two days (Thursday-Friday). Past participants include Justin Timberlake, Bill Murray and Clint Eastwood. Eastwood—among Monterey County’s most famous residents—lent his name to the best viewing spot along the course: Clint’s Saloon, a western-style shared hospitality venue overlooking the 15th hole. Can’t get enough of the Pacific Ocean? The tourist-friendly Carmel/Pacific Grove/Pebble Beach area is light on luxury hotels but teeming with luxury B&Bs (like Eastwood’s Mission Ranch) and vacation rentals, plenty of which overlook the Pacific.
MLB Seoul Series (March 20-21)
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres kick off the Major League Baseball season with the first regular-season games ever in South Korea. The “Seoul Series” actually begins with exhibition games in which the Dodgers and Padres will play local teams before their two head-to-head games. Tickets and hospitality packages are expected to go on sale later in January, but act fast: Gocheok Sky Dome seats a mere 16,744. Even if MLB is able to expand that capacity for the two games, seats will be tough to come by. The number of Asian-born players on both sides (Ha-Seong Kim, Yu Darvish, and Yuki Matsui for the Padres; Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Dodgers) is sure to attract fans from both Korea and Japan. There is plenty to see and do in Asia’s largest city, but this event promises to capture the soul of Seoul for two days in March.
Wimbledon (July 1-14)
There’s a grand slam tournament in Wimbledon, England every summer, but this one holds special intrigue. Novak Djokovic is gunning for his eighth men’s singles title, which would tie Roger Federer’s all-time record. Djokovic, 36, lost in the 2023 men’s final to 20-year-old upstart Carlos Alcaraz. Not captivated by a glimpse at tennis history? Few professional sports do luxury hospitality better than tennis, and no tournament has had longer to perfect the exercise than Wimbledon. Award-winning cuisine by Michelin Star Chefs such as Marcus Wareing and the Roux family, with first-class service and complimentary fine wines, elevate the spectator experience at Wimbledon from a tennis match to a cultural showcase. Although the event is months away, limited premium hospitality tickets are available.
Summer Olympics (July 26-Aug. 11)
This one requires more planning and preparation. The Olympics are not one sporting event, but rather a collection of 32 events spread out over more than a dozen venues and cities (most of which are near Paris). It’s the third time the City of Light has hosted an Olympic Games. Unlike the last time (1924!), these Olympics won’t feature any polo contests—but, for the first time, there will be breakdancing. Just don’t go to Paris expecting to see surfing. That will be staged in French Polynesia, in the middle of the South Pacific. Hospitality and travel packages are available for all stripes of spectator experiences, whether you’re interested in planning a trip around a specific event or sticking around from start to finish. The Olympic Games rarely find a more elegant host city, so if you’ve ever wanted to see them in person, make it happen this summer.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (December 6-8)
The final event on the Formula 1 calendar is guaranteed to end in celebration when a champion is crowned. Abu Dhabi knows how to party: The F1 Garage Hospitality package comes with a specially curated à la carte menu from a two Michelin-starred chef, Tom Sellers, plus an all-day locally-themed grazing table. An open bar with premium selections rounds out the race day culinary experience, an omnipresent respite from the bustling inner ring of the Yas Marina Circuit. The Garage Hospitality package comes with the added bonus of stage access when the winner is crowned, and includes accommodations at a W Hotel that sits—literally—above the racetrack. Yas Marina Circuit’s waterfront sightlines are unparalleled, and winters on the Persian Gulf are among the most moderate on the planet, making this the perfect time and place to take in the world’s most popular auto racing circuit.
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The Daily Iowan reflects on the year 2023 with powerful photos and stories.
These frames range from the moments that divide us and unite us in news, politics, sports, and everyday life.
The images are just a small collection of the many stories told by the DI visuals staff this year, representing the strong tradition of visual storytelling found at the DI.
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Eric Drexler, often called "the Father of Nanotechnology," discusses the potential dangers associated with nanoengineering.
Our ever-growing library will meet your interests whatever they may be
Eric Drexler, often called "the Father of Nanotechnology," discusses the potential dangers associated with nanoengineering.
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Night Sky Ablaze: Unprecedented Rocket Attack on Tel Aviv Escalates Conflict
In the dead of night, Tel Aviv’s familiar skyline was set ablaze, not by the celebratory fireworks of the new year but by an onslaught of rockets launched by the Qassam Brigades, the militant arm of Hamas. This marks a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict, and for the first time, rockets rained down on the city and its surrounding suburbs, disregarding the usual patterns of violence in the region.
Aggression Under the Night Sky
As the clock struck midnight, more than 20 rockets were fired into southern and central Israel, including Tel Aviv. Most were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, but the sirens sounding across the city sent chilling reminders of the escalating hostility. Hamas claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, marking a deliberate targeting of central Israeli cities.
The International Stance and Implications
The United States, in response to the spiraling situation, announced the withdrawal of the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group from the Middle East, after more than two months in the Mediterranean Sea. This decision reflects the growing tension between the United States and Israel, against the backdrop of Israel’s war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.
The Human Cost of Conflict
Amidst the power plays and political maneuvers, the human cost of the conflict is staggering. The war has displaced about 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, and the U.N. has warned of an increased risk of hunger and disease. Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, predicted that the offensive will last for many more months, raising concerns about the humanitarian crisis.
This latest escalation in hostilities and its potential implications for regional stability and international relations underscore the urgency of finding a resolution to the longstanding conflict. The continued volatility between Israel and Palestinian militant groups threatens not only the immediate victims but also the stability of an already fragile region.
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(NEXSTAR) — Select batches of a baby formula product have been recalled due to concerns about possible bacterial contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced.
The recall affects 12.6-ounce and 19.8-ounce cans of Nutramigen Powder, produced by Reckitt Benckiser’s Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) and distributed to U.S. retailers over the summer. Nutramigen Powder is a specialty formula designed for infants allergic to cow’s milk.
The company said it issued the recall due to the possibility of Cronobacter sakazakii contamination in products sampled outside the U.S.
“All products in question went through extensive testing by MJN and tested negative for the bacteria,” MJN said in its press release.
Cronobacter is a germ that can cause a dangerous blood infection known as sepsis, and it can also “make the linings surrounding the brain and spinal cord swell,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infants younger than two months old, born prematurely or with weakened immune systems are most likely to get sick from the bacteria.
No illnesses have been reported to date, and MJN said it believes most of the products have already been consumed.
The affected products are listed below. They have a “Use By Date” of “1 Jan 2025” and a UPC Code of either 300871239418 or 300871239456.
- ZL3FHG (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FMH (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FPE (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FQD (12.6 oz cans)
- ZL3FRW (19.8 oz cans)
- ZL3FXJ (12.6 oz cans)
Consumers who purchased the affected products should throw them away or contact MJN for a refund. Anyone with questions can call 866-534-9986 or email consumer.relations@rb.com for assistance.
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https://www.abc27.com/news/consumer/recalls/nutramigen-baby-formula-powder-recalled-over-possible-bacterial-contamination/
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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’s Finale Was Remade in Clone Wars-Style Animation By Fans
"You underestimate my power."
Star Wars: Episode 3 — Revenge of the Sith's closing moments have been recreated in the style of The Clone Wars animated series thanks to a team of dedicated fans.
The aptly named Star Wars YouTube channel Hello There shared their animated version of the final 15 minutes of the third prequel film recently, and it includes the emergence of Darth Vader, the birth of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, and perhaps most importantly, the final battle between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. It’s so well done that it looks more like a long-lost Clone Wars episode instead of an unofficial project.
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— HELLO THERE (@HelloThere_YT) December 30, 2023
Most fan-favorite moments make the cut, and there are even a few extra clips added in to help cement that animated feel. However, while lightsabers clash on Mustafar, we do not get to see things like the fight between Yoda and Palpatine back on Coruscant. Another change is the voices, which seem to strive for a mix between the live-action and animated versions of the characters.
Hello There didn’t quite drop this all out of the blue. For years, the channel has dropped trailers and behind-the-scenes progress updates to let viewers know when to expect a Clone Wars take on Revenge of the Sith. After lots of waiting and a few delays, the project finally made its way to the public just days before 2024 arrived.
“Witness the epic showdown between Anakin and Obi-wan in the style ‘The Clone Wars,’” Hello There said in the description of the video. “After years of hard work and dedication, I am proud to present this reimagination of the iconic scene. Thank you everyone who supported us throughout this journey! You have all been so patient and encouraging and we could not have done it without each and every one of you!”
It took more than one person to bring the Battle of the Heroes to life. Included in the lineup are animators like Ben Johnson alongside re-recording mixer Byron Childs, mixer consultant Rafael Castano Marin, lead sound designer Nicholas Pawlenko, supervising sound editor Mike Pierluissi, score producer Luke Truan, and assisstant composers Madison Debrock, Truman McCaw, and Chris Valencia.
For more, check out the fan mock-up of a The Mandalorian video game and what you can expect from Star Wars in 2024.
Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.
Be sure to give him a follow on Twitter @MikeCripe.
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The Chicago Bears will have the first overall pick in the NFL draft for the second year in a row.
They landed that pick with the maximum drama a year ago. The Bears moved ahead of Houston when the 2-13-1 Texans upset Indianapolis 32-31 in the last week of the season, scoring a touchdown and converting a two-point try with 50 seconds remaining in the game. There wasn’t quite as much drama this time around.
Carolina, which traded its first-round pick to the Bears to land quarterback Bryce Young a year ago, fell to 2-14 with a 26-0 loss to Jacksonville on Sunday. Arizona, which entered the day 3-12, scored on a James Conner run with 32 seconds left to raise its record to 4-12.
As a result, the Bears are in an ideal situation to settle their quarterback situation for the future. They will have to decide whether to use the pick they are receiving from Carolina to select either USC’s Caleb Williams or North Carolina’s Drake Maye or hang onto Justin Fields for at least the next two seasons.
Fields is under contract for 2024 and has a fifth-year option for ’25, which must be exercised by May. He has been putting his potential on display in recent games, including 313 total yards and two touchdowns in a 37-17 win over Atlanta on Sunday. This was the fourth win in the last five games for the Bears, raising their record to 7-9 and giving Fields a 9-27 record as the Bears’ starter.
While the full draft order won't be set until after next week’s games, the Bears are currently positioned to have the first and 10th picks in 2024. They also have one third-round pick, two in the fourth round and one in the fifth round.
Trading Fields to clear room for one of the top college quarterbacks could allow the Bears to add two or three additional picks. They can only hope they can do as well with the first overall pick next April as they did last April.
General Manager Ryan Poles said he’d have to blown away by one of the available quarterbacks to trade Fields, and wound up passing on Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson. Carolina, which had the ninth pick, decided the time was right to grab its franchise quarterback.
The Panthers swapped first-round picks with the Bears in a deal that sent wide receiver D.J. Moore, a 2023 second-round pick, a 2024 first-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick. The Bears subsequently moved down from the ninth pick to take right tackle Darnell Wright with the 10th pick and up five spaces in the second round to select cornerback Tyrique Stevenson.
Moore has been one of the NFL’s top receivers, teaming with Fields and backup Tyson Bagent for 92 catches covering 1300 yards and scoring eight touchdowns.
Fields’ recent play has increased his trade value at a time when about 10 teams are considering adding a quarterback. Williams and Maye are more highly regarded by scouts than the top quarterbacks from last year’s draft but the Bears have invested three years’ development in Fields, who is showing skills as a passer in addition to a runner.
Poles, embattled head coach Matt Eberflus and team president Kevin Warren are on the clock.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/philrogers/2023/12/31/cardinals-upset-of-eagles-secures-first-overall-pick-for-bears/
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Thousands of fans gathered at Pointe Orlando in Florida for a pep rally ahead of the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Sunday.
Both the Hawkeyes and Volunteers hosted spirit squads, marching bands, mascots, and more during the two hours of cheering and sunshine.
Iowa and Tennessee match up at Camping World Stadium on New Year’s Day at noon CT.
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John Seely Brown, Technology and Research expert, explores how our future will be shaped by our relationship with machines and our vision of reality.
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John Seely Brown, Technology and Research expert, explores how our future will be shaped by our relationship with machines and our vision of reality.
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(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– National Fuel is projecting a higher cost of gas supplies for customers starting next summer and extending into winter 2025.
This week, National Fuel released its annual required Purchased Gas Cost filing to the Pennsylvania Utility Commission (PUC) which included a projected 24.4 percent increase in the cost to supply customers with gas supplies.
If approved by the PUC, National Fuel customers would pay an additional $207.35 annually with monthly bills increasing from $70.70 to $87.98 from Aug. 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025.
National Fuel said the price increase comes after the costs of purchasing and transmitting natural gas is projected to to be higher than current rates. They’re required by law to provide reasonably priced gas and keep adequate levels of reserves for the 214,000 PA customers.
The filing now goes to the PUC for an extensive review and inspection before it’s approved or not. If approved, pricing will readjusted quarterly to reflect market rates.
National Fuel said customers having issues paying their monthly bill can call their customer service line about payment assistance at 1-800-365-3234.
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Marvel's What If...? Head Writer Breaks Down Every Episode of Season 2
An exclusive sitdown with one of the key minds behind What If...? Season 2.
Warning: The below article contains full spoilers for What If…? Season 2.
The December 30 drop of "What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?" marks the end of the nine-day event release of Marvel Studios What If...? Season 2. The daily release schedule was a first for the studio and Disney+ streamer, which gave audiences a last run of MCU stories for 2023.
Covering everything from period pieces to introducing the origin story of Kahhori (Devery Jacobs), an original indigenous superhero, What If...? Season 2 had plenty to offer, especially for those who have a soft spot for the underdogs of the MCU. To get some insight about how the sophomore season was constructed and any “what ifs” that didn’t make it into the final episode count, IGN got on the phone with Season 1 and Season 2 head writer/showrunner, A.C. Bradley (Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, Ms. Marvel), to get some exclusive stories about the making of the season.
Due to the long production cycle demands of animation, work Marvel Studios What If...? started way back in 2018. Bradley tells IGN they were already deep into Season 2 before audiences got to see Season 1 of the series. Thus working in a vacuum away from the fandom’s eyes, Bradley and, at the time, story editor Matthew Chauncey and script coordinator Ryan Little, approached the second season as an opportunity to get weirder while honoring characters that existed a bit on the periphery.
With Season 1, there was a push to use the headliners... But with Season 2, we had a bit more freedom.
“With Season 1, there was a push to use the headliners, to do the Tony Stark episode, to do the Black Panther episode and Doctor Strange,” Bradley explains. “But with Season 2, we had a bit more freedom. At the end of the day, we're not writing the big blockbuster, 100 million dollar movie. We're not even showrunning the live action TV shows. We're the scrappy, little animation show slipping under the Marvel machine radar. So, it was really subconscious but I think we veered toward the scrappy characters in Season 2. We started with the second stringers, the undervalued and overlooked, like Nebula (Karen Gillan), Darcy (Kat Dennings), and Hela.”
Season 2 was also fully the COVID season of the series, with all of the scripts being written between January 2020 and October 2020. They worked remotely for almost all of the script-writing, voice records, and animatic development, which inevitably impacted the tone of the second season.
“It felt like the world was already ending and we didn't need to add to it,” Bradley says. “And so it became kind of an escape and a fun release. However, I did write an episode, which is forever going in a drawer, that was very, very dark. I was calling it ‘Children of Men with Spider Man.’ “
Below, Bradley shares how all of the episodes took shape.
"What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?"
Writer: Matthew Chauncey
A Blade Runner-inspired noir episode, Bradley says the idea for the episode was born from the room’s love of Nebula actress Karen Gillan. “That episode came from Karen being the most talented and brilliant actress around,” Bradley says. “In Season 1, she came to play. And so going into Season 2, we definitely wanted to do an episode with her.”
The episode posits Nebula becoming a Nova Corps investigator with close ties to Nova Prime (Julianne Grossman), who tasks her with finding the murderer of Yondu Udonta (Michael Rooker). “This idea of doing like a darker detective episode came into our minds and then Matt ran with it,” Bradley remembers. “It was funny; Matt was writing that episode during the early days of the pandemic and he called me at one point. He's like, ‘It's darker.’ The first draft was really dark. It almost ended in a tragedy. And then we lightened it up.”
"What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?"
Writer: Matthew Chauncey
“This was one of the episodes, and the loglines, I was given to pitch on the show to get the job,” Bradley reveals. She remembers being given a brief from Marvel Studios about them wanting to do an ‘80s version of the Avengers.
“The idea that Kevin [Feige] and the team already had was: Peter Quill comes to Earth and what happens next?” Bradley explains. “My take to get the job was that they needed to make it about Hope van Dyne. I said, ‘you already have the world and the heroes, what you don't have is the heart. You make it about two kids who just lost their mothers pretty much at the same time, which is all canon.’ ”
This pitch, amongst others, earned her the job but it ultimately didn’t make it into the Season 1 selections. “It was an idea that we loved from Season 1 that we got to revitalize in Season 2. Then Matt did the lineup. And I will say, he's admitted it publicly, that it was his idea to add Annette Bening's [Mar-Vell] because of his love of The American President,” she laughs.
And I said, 'Poor on the sugar! We'll have earned it by this point.'
For the villain of the piece, Bradley says they always wanted Ego (Kurt Russell) to have another go at taking over the universe. “And we definitely wanted Ego because it kept it simple. Peter and Ego, we know that story and therefore we can then focus on the ensemble of it all,” she explains.
Speaking of which, the final sequence, which features the triumphant alt-Avengers line-up breaking bread at Hank Pym’s (Michael Douglas) table (sans shawarma), was a visual culmination for this found family. “I remember the earliest we were talking about the episode and the ending, Matt and I had done another show together, so I said, 'It's a family dinner episode, Matt. Get them around the table.' He said, ‘It's gonna be a little saccharine-y.’ And I said, 'Poor on the sugar! We'll have earned it by this point,’ ” she laughs.
"What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?"
Writers: A. C. Bradley & Matthew Chauncey
“That was the episode that we were writing when the world shut down,” Bradley says, referring to pandemic lockdowns. “Actually, our last day in the office was [Matt and I] watching the Quentin Tarantino episodes, ‘The Box" (Parts I and II),’ of Alias. We had it on because we just both love Alias so much and it's kind of their dark Die Hard episode. So we were watching that as we were breaking the show, and that was literally our last time together.”
Bradley says because of that turmoil, they decided to write it together as an escapism exercise. They also had a mandate, direct from Jon Favreau, to write an episode where he could voice the comics character The Freak.
"He had a moment where he went, 'Wait a minute, am I Hans Gruber?'
“He read the two episodes that he would be appearing in Season 1 and he called up and said, ‘I'll do the show. But here's the deal. I want to headline Season 2, and I want to be The Freak.’ And we're like, 'Okay! Let's figure this out,’ ” Bradley remembers.
“Honestly, I wasn't familiar with The Freak beforehand. It's a very deep cut,” she admits. “But as we were talking about Favreau and The Freak, we were like, ‘Favreau did Elf, one of the best modern Christmas movies, so we pitched it as Die Hard, and Marvel let us do this as a Christmas episode.”
Bradley also praises actor Sam Rockwell for getting the homage immediately when he returned to voice villain Justin Hammer. “He was so great,” she says. “I wasn't at his voice-records, however, I was told that while he was doing the record, he had a moment where he went, ‘Wait a minute, am I Hans Gruber?’ There was a slight reluctance to tell him that this was a Die Hard homage but they said, ‘Yeah.’ And he said, ‘Perfect!’ “
"What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?"
Writer: A. C. Bradley
Also known as the “lost episode” of Season 1, this script was moved to Season 2 due to production delays. Bradley says the idea was born from their very early brainstorming discussions about having The Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) be the villain of the second season.
“It was going to be ‘what if The Grandmaster got the Infinity Gauntlet?’ “ Bradley reveals. “But at that point, we were knee deep in the animation and we’d closed animatics for Season 1. Plus, this idea of bringing back Strange Supreme kept bubbling up, especially after we decided to do a Captain Carter arc.”
Instead, The Grandmaster was adjusted to be the bane of Tony Stark’s (Mick Wingert) existence after the wormhole keeps him from returning home post Chitauri victory. Meant to be a “The Odyssey” homage, the episode then bloomed into an action-centric mash-up of Death Race and Mad Max: Fury Road. “[Executive producer] Brad Winderbaum took [the pitch] to the Marvel Parliament and they suggested instead of the gladiator games, that it's some other kind of game. And I was like, ‘We'll do race cars!’ ”
"What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?"
Writer: A. C. Bradley
This episode is a payoff to the Season 1 finale mid-credits cliffhanger where Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell) and Natasha Romanoff (Lake Bell) discover the Hydra Stomper on a cargo vessel. Having loved crafting the friendship between the two women in the first season, Bradley says this expanded adventure for the pair came out of a work trip to France.
“I was on the train to visit our animation studio to see early stuff for Season 1 and I just kept thinking, what would the world be like if a woman ended WWII?” she explains. “What if we all grew up with a female hero, and not just like a female Superman, but if the real hero of our world was a woman? The Feminist Revolution would have happened two or three decades earlier. Plus, getting to show two strong women who have each other's back. Their relationship isn't fraught with anxiety or worry or anything. It's actually just based on fun and enjoying each other's company.”
I just kept thinking, what would the world be like if a woman ended WWII?
Their rapport in fact set up a perfect foil with the reveal of Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz) as the orchestrator of an elaborate trap to lure the women to the Red Room. “The Red Room aspect actually came from Matt and I when we were in a small writers room that they had put together for Black Widow right before they started filming.”
Big fans of the Red Room storyline, Bradley says it revived her life-long obsession with spy novels and helped this episode take shape. “I actually have my undergraduate degrees in International Politics with a concentration on Eastern Europe and Ethics…because that really prepares you for a career in animation,” she jokes. “But there have always been stories of 1950's model Russian neighborhoods where they trained their spies. Our head of story was Aram Sarkisian, who led our storyboard artist team which was stacked with heavy hitters, and Aram really brought his own flair to it, especially when it comes to the fight with the robots.”
"What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?"
Writer: Ryan Little
This episode marks the first time a What If…? series episode has introduced an original character into the MCU with Kahhori. But that wasn’t the initial goal when they first started breaking this episode.
“Even in the first days of Season 1, there were conversations about doing an episode that wasn't anchored around a character, but an MCU artifact,” Bradley reveals. “There were conversations of doing like a The Red Violin episode seeing the Tesseract history over 2000 years. Then for Season 2, we talked about what if the Vibranium meteor landed somewhere else? And so we combined those two ideas.”
Bradley says separately they talked about doing an indigenous story. In developing the idea, they decided to set it in North America so they wouldn’t step on the toes of Namor’s reveal in Wakanda Forever. Then they further drilled down on specifics based on their east coast origins.
“Ryan is from Pennsylvania and I'm from New York, which is a big part of Mohawk Territory,” Bradley says. “We actually grew up learning bits of their history during field trips. Then Ryan, during Christmas 2019, did some very rudimentary research back home in Pennsylvania and he came in and pitched the notion of The Sky World, the Fountain of youth and the Tesseract.”
"The last thing you want to do is repeat — however well-intentioned — mistakes of the past.
After writing an outline, they reached out to the Disney diversity team to seek actual indigenous collaborators. “Early on there was this moment where someone, none of the writers, but someone in the building mentioned, ‘Let's make our own version of Last the Mohicans.’ And that got scary because the last thing you want to do is repeat — however well-intentioned — mistakes of the past,” she says with candor. “So we called up Disney diversity and they called the Smithsonian the same day. And they had the Rolodex. Historian Doug George was our main consultant. But there were so many who stepped in because we also realized that we couldn't just have one person representing the Mohawk. We ended up needing a dozen people. We even had two to three separate translations of the script because no one knows exactly how Mohawk was spoken back then.”
Proud of how the story evolved to the final episode, Bradley says the intentions by Marvel Studios and writer Ryan Little to do the very best version of Kahhori’s origin they could gave the Mohawk nation the confidence to want to be involved collaborators. “They really helped with everything from music to design to costumes,” she says. “They were in the middle of it.”
As to the character’s future outside of the series, Bradley says, “My hope is that she is not a one off character. I believe that's also the hope of many of the people on the production. We fell in love with her. We fell in love with the Mohawk community and we hope she lives a long, beautiful, butt-kicking life.”
"What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?"
Writer: Matthew Chauncey
Actress Cate Blanchett returns to give Hela her own story and a redemption arc next to fellow villain, Xu Wenwu (Feodor Chin). Bradley says this episode's idea was always about finding a story for Hela.
“When I was writing the Season 1 Party Thor episode [‘What If... Thor Were an Only Child?’], Hela’ name came up a few times, like ‘is there a way to put Hela in here?’ “ Bradley remembers. “Matt and I had both recently rewatched Thor: Ragnarok, which we love. However, our girl got done dirty,” she laughs. “We couldn’t get her in Party Thor because she doesn't belong in that world, so let's do a redemption story. It was pretty much a very quick thing of exploring what if she was banished, instead of banished to hell?”
"Matt and I had both recently rewatched Thor: Ragnarok, which we love. However, our girl got done dirty.
Bradley continues, “At the same time, we were starting to read the Shang-Chi script which was about to go into production but had been paused because of the pandemic. I gotta give a shout out to [Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings writer] Dave Callaham because his script was just so much fun and so brilliant. Now because the movie had actually been paused in production, we realized we had to set this in the past and we can't use the actual Shang-Chi. From there, you start playing around with the story and the visuals of getting to see this time period in China you don't often get to see.”
In their minds, getting Blanchett to return to voice Hela was always the make-or-break of this episode going into production. “She apparently signed on pretty fast. I sent her the script, and thank God, because I don't think anyone can play Hela. Not with her wit and darkness,” Bradley assesses. “With only using her voice, she gives you such a juicy character arc. So, we were very lucky she said yes.”
"What If... the Avengers Assembled in 1602?"
Writers: A. C. Bradley & Ryan Little
Many Marvel comics readers will know the Neil Gaiman 1602 story arc from 2003, but this episode is more of a riff than an adaptation. “1602 became a game of me and Ryan brainstorming fun things we wanted to write,” Bradley explains. “One of my hobbies is adapting Shakespeare, so part of the impetus for this episode was to see if I could get Tom Hiddleston to do his famous Hamlet soliloquy and he did!” she laughs.
“Then, weirdly enough, me and Ryan are both big fans of the original Robin Hood story,” she continues. “We both studied it in college, so this is us wanting to take the Robin Hood myths and play with them. It’s a loose adaptation of [the comic] 1602 because we would never be able to do the whole story in one episode, and the original does go more into the history, where we do not.”
"1602 became a game of me and Ryan brainstorming fun things we wanted to write.
It’s also the continuation of the Captain Carter cliffhanger that closed the “Hydra Stomper” episode. “I just love this friendship between Peggy and The Watcher (Jeffrey Wright),” Bradley explains. “He sees her as a friend. She's the one human that he has formed a bond with, because she never backs down from him. She's able to see the bigger picture — not quite as big as he's able to see — but she does. And she always tries to do the right thing and will intervene in places that he can't.”
And for those wondering about The Freak’s return in 1602, Bradley says that it was a “happy, joyous accident” that gave them the chance to bring Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk back. “We were storyboarding the Happy Hogan episode, which was so much fun, that we decided to throw him into this episode too, to have a Freak versus Hulk fight.”
"What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?"
Writers: A. C. Bradley, Matthew Chauncey, and Ryan Little
For Part 2 of the season finale, Bradley says it was an all hands-on deck collaboration with Matt and Ryan writing the first draft when she was in Atlanta producing Ms. Marvel.
“When we were talking about bringing back Peggy, there was also about Strange Supreme and where would his story go?” Bradley details. “I was very adamant that we wouldn’t redeem him because he's made his choices. And he's a tragic character; the Shakespearean definition of tragedy is that they never learn to make a different choice. They repeat the same mistake over and over again, which is what I wanted for Strange Supreme.”
That stands in juxtaposition with Captain Carter, who will always make a choice that she thinks is for the greater good. “She'll always make the choice, even if it's at her own expense, which is why she's the hero,” Bradley says. “And why she is the one who had to go up against Strange Supreme.”
"I was very adamant that we wouldn't redeem him because he's made his choices.
Bradley says the surprise reveal of Kahhori as Peggy’s support against Strange was to show that she is part of the MCU now. “She's not just a one off, and she can hold her own against these villains, and alongside our greatest heroes,” she explains. “And I think she's absolutely amazing at it.”
The episode is also ripe with Easter eggs as the universe killers and heroes make appearances as Strange tries to remake a perfect universe for him and Christine. Bradley says being able to roll out so many cameos, from Killmonger to Surtur, is a perk of the animation medium.
“The fun part of animation is that the cost is always in the building of the characters,” she explains. “When it came to this one, we were like, ‘Just put them all in! Empty our file folders!’ We said let’s take every asset, design build, everything that even if we didn't get to use it as much as we wanted to or almost at all in the show, let's throw it in here. Let’s give it a big send off because we didn't know yet if there was going to be a Season 3.”
What If…? Season 3 Teaser
Bradley confirms to IGN that the What If…? Season 2 season finale is her swan song on the series, with Matthew Chauncey taking over Head Writer duties for Season 3. However, Marvel Studios released an extended teaser of the Red Guardian episode penned by her that was moved from Season 2 to Season 3.
“I ended The Watcher and Peggy relationship in a place I'm very proud of, and I'm excited to see where the show goes as a viewer,” Bradley says of the finale. “But I will say that the Season 3 episode is probably my absolute favorite episode I've ever written for Marvel. And not just because it features Alexei, who my cat is named after.”
What If… Season 2 is now streaming on Disney+.
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America’s Got Talent fans will have to wait until the summer of 2024 to see the next installment of the classic competition they’ve known and loved for the past 18 seasons. But those fans don’t have to wait at all to see something similar—maybe even better.
On New Year’s Day, at 8 p.m. ET, NBC and Peacock will debut a new twist on the old theme with the spin-off America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League. And while the new series will pack features unfamiliar to AGT, there promises to be more similarities than differences overall.
Take a look at what to expect on premiere night—and beyond.
What’s the big difference?
On the original-recipe version of AGT, acts from all over bring their talents to the stage and audition for a chance to compete against each other. The goal is to win favor with the audience and the star-studded panel of judges. So it goes until the end of the season, when just one act takes the top honor.
But on “Fantasy League,” the acts aren’t so random. Each one is either a past winner, finalist or former fan favorite from somewhere across the international Got Talent franchise.
And the talented performers aren’t the only competitors.
This time, the acts are set to become part of teams (or fantasy leagues) attached to respective members of the judging panel—meaning the panelists are competing against each other, too. And they’ll do more than judge. They’ll also serve as mentors.
What’s staying the same?
The aforementioned panel aren’t exactly strangers—and neither is the host.
Terry Crews will remain the emcee for the new series, and judges Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel will all still be seated at the table. However, fellow AGT judge Sofia Vergara won’t be joining them this time.
Instead, a blast from the past is returning in the form of Scary Spice herself, Mel B, who sat on the AGT panel from Season 8 through Season 13.
“I think I just had been knocking on the door for way too long, they were like, ‘OK, we will let her in; we will let her back,’” the singer and reality TV regular told Extra TV of her casting. “I got asked, and it’s been way too long. I thought, ‘Yes, of course I would. Who wouldn’t want to join this show?’”
Who are the contestants?
The competitors will include Adrian Stoica and Hurricane, the dog coach and border collie act who won Season 18, Aidan Bryant, the aerialist who came in second place in Season 16 (and went on to win AGT: All Stars) and singer Kodi Lee, who walked away the winner of Season 14.
And that’s just a sample of the talent to come. NBC has released the full list of all 40 performers who’ll take the stage.
What about the Golden Buzzer?
The flashy button that traditionally signals an act is being sent straight to the live finals will be part of the new program, but it’s going have a bonus function.
As viewers will soon see for themselves, the panelists will be able to use the Golden Buzzer in a ruthless way—to steal an act from another judge’s team.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/reehines/2023/12/31/agt-fantasy-league-what-to-expect-on-the-shows-new-years-day-premiere/
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The No. 17 Iowa Hawkeyes and No. 21 Tennesee Volunteers football teams face off in less than 24 hours in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, and while both program’s head coaches have their sights firmly set on the game, they’re also voicing frustrations around the current state of college football.
During a press conference Sunday morning, Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz and Tennesee’s Josh Heupel took turns answering questions from reporters regarding prepping for bowl season in December while also managing high school players committing, current players choosing to enter the transfer portal or the NFL Draft, and the policy around name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
“I’m sorry to say two years later, we’re in worse shape than we were two years ago, I didn’t think that was possible, but we, the adults, had done a lot to certainly kind of screw this thing up,” Ferentz said. “I’ve got some concerns about what the future is going to look like.”
The head coach for the Hawkeyes for the past 24 years criticized the lack of structure and policy that programs must follow and said college football would be better served with a commissioner similar to what some professional sports leagues have.
“We always lead with what’s best for the student-athletes, but we don’t always practice that with some of the decisions we make,” Ferentz said. “There are some unintended consequences that we really don’t think about before we make decisions.”
Ferentz claimed if college football enacted rules regarding how schools constructed rosters, then it would even out the playing field and minimize tampering.
“In the NFL, everybody kind of starts even, so for example, when I [coached] in the league, the [Cincinnati] Bengals were terrible, and now recently they’ve played at a really high level,” he said. “It just shows that everybody’s got an opportunity, and I’m not sure college football is like that.”
Ferentz detailed how he has also noticed more players opting out to prepare for the NFL Draft now more than ever, and said he wants players to make the choices best for them but worries they might be getting information from “predatory individuals” looking to profit off of athletes.
“There’s just a lot of parties involved, and some aren’t necessarily thinking about what’s best for the individual player,” he said. “That just kind of flies in the face of what we try to do as coaches.”
During the past month as Iowa has prepared for Tennessee, Ferentz said he has told his players who are still uncertain about returning to campus to compartmentalize their future plans and focus solely on winning the bowl game. He pointed out how former Hawkeye and current Denver Broncos cornerback Riley Moss was “distracted” with his NFL decision leading up to Iowa’s bowl game in 2022, but maintained that Moss never wavered in his choice to return to Iowa City for an extra season.
“It’s like recruiting in a way; you just want the player to make the decisions best for him, but he’s got to go through it methodically and get accurate information from people that actually do know,” Ferentz said of players considering future plans.
While Heupel acknowledged the challenges of dealing with the uncertainty around which players would opt out and which would be playing in the bowl game, but he added it creates an opportunity for younger players and backups to get some meaningful playing time.
“It’s an opportunity for the young guys to take ownership and go prove that they’re ready to go play at a high level,” Heupel said. “And in some ways, bowl games are the culmination and finish to the 2023 season, but also the start of the 2024 season for these guys.”
Lastly, Ferentz said the amount of media attention towards the College Football Playoffs and what team will be crowned national champions has diminished the importance of other bowl games happening across the sport. In the Orange Bowl on Saturday between No. 5 Florida State and No. 6 Georiga, 23 Seminole players did not participate due to transfers or opt-outs. In a non-CFP contest, the Bulldogs won in dominating fashion, 63-3.
“[My first bowl game as the Iowa head coach] in 2001 was at San Antonio [in the] Alamo Bowl, and [after] it was like we won the Super Bowl, like that was a really important game and an important year for us,” he said. “We’ve drifted away from that a little bit and that’s unfortunate because a lot of people are missing out on some really special experiences.”
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https://dailyiowan.com/2023/12/31/were-in-worse-shape-kirk-ferentz-criticizes-current-state-of-college-football-ahead-of-cheez-it-citrus-bowl-matchup-against-tennessee/
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Rick Moonen, chef & restaurateur, explains how concerns over genetically modified food lead him to become an advocate for natural food.
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Erie, Pa (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– The cremated remains of an Erie native and McDowell alum who passed away in 2022 will be launched into outer space in a week.
After 20-year-old Andrew Coleman suddenly passed away in 2022, his family wanted to find a way to pay respects to him and the goals he hoped to achieve.
Coleman had a love for the final frontier, studying aerospace engineering at Texas A&M. His family discovered a unique funeral service that can send him into deep space.
“We have a saying, you’ll never see high fives and hugs at a funeral like ours, and that’s what happens. When that rocket takes off those families not only see the rocket climb, but they feel that rocket engine inside them and they know that their loved one is on their way to space, it’s a feeling that no words can really do justice,” said Colby Youngblood, president of Celestis Memorial Space Flights.
Coleman’s remains will be one of some 200 taking flight on January 8. His family provided a statement saying in part:
“Our family could not be more proud of a child than we were regarding Andrew. He is now in god’s hands and part of heaven. Voyage to space is where he always wanted to be and now that dream will come true.”
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https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/erie-family-honoring-their-late-son-by-reflecting-his-goals/
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Covert Surveillance in Rentals: Tips to Spot Hidden Cameras
In the age of ubiquitous technology, the specter of surveillance looms large, especially in rented accommodation. This concern isn’t baseless. A survey conducted by IPX1031 revealed that nearly 60% of Americans harbor anxieties about covert cameras in Airbnb homes as of 2019, with 11% of vacation home renters reporting such an unsettling discovery.
The Surveillance Epidemic in South Korea
South Korea presents a disturbing data point in this narrative. Over 30,000 incidents of illicit filming using hidden cameras were reported in the country between 2013 and 2018. This proliferation of covert surveillance underlines the urgency to address this violation of privacy.
Identifying Hidden Cameras: Expert Advice
Kenneth Bombace, CEO of intelligence firm Global Threat Solutions, and other experts from the field, have stepped forward with a set of guidelines to help guests spot these concealed devices. They recommend initiating the search in private spaces like bathrooms and bedrooms where hosts, especially on platforms like Airbnb, are explicitly forbidden from installing cameras.
These hidden cameras are often cleverly disguised as everyday household items like lights, thermostats, and clock radios. A keen eye can spot out-of-place objects or use a flashlight to detect the reflective glass characteristic of camera lenses.
Technological Aids in Detecting Hidden Cameras
Technological tools can also assist in this endeavor. Wi-Fi scanning apps, for instance, can reveal devices connected to a network that could potentially be cameras. However, hosts may employ separate networks to circumvent detection. In such cases, Kody Kinzie, a security researcher, suggests looking for devices that broadcast their own network name using apps like WiGLE.
Radio frequency scanners are another effective tool to detect cameras that transmit data. However, cameras that record and store footage on SD cards pose a more significant challenge. The efficiency of these scanners can fluctuate based on their quality, suggesting that users need to be discerning in their choice.
As we step into an era of heightened technological sophistication, these tips offer a crucial shield against the invasion of privacy. They underscore the urgency for cyber security awareness, especially for travelers, as we continue our journey into the digital age.
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Travel is a journey that connects people, which is what makes it so exciting. But after experiencing massive crippling crowds at popular overtouristed destinations this year–consider Italy, for example–where good behavior was in short supply, global travelers have become increasingly aware of the negative impact tourism can have on local communities.
Judging by the now-surging interest in bringing positivity to tourism through ethical tourism, immersive travel, responsible tourism and regenerative travel, it is obvious that travelers are looking for meaningful experiences–in less-traveled destinations, perhaps–that give back at the same time.
For Jessica Blotter and Sean Krejci, co-founders of Kind Traveler, a responsible travel platform, kindness is key. “Being a kind traveler means making travel and lifestyle choices that reflect kindness and empathy not only to oneself, but also to other individuals and communities, the environment and animals,” says Blotter. “Travel that advances positive impact and reduces negative impact is a core element of being a kind traveler and traveling kindly.”
Kind Traveler makes it easy for destinations and hotels to mobilize funding for local nonprofits in destination communities, and communicate how travel dollars are driving positive impact, according to Blotter. “By guiding travel dollars to support local nonprofits committed to advancing community and environmental impact, Kind Traveler helps promote responsible and sustainable tourism efforts in destination communities,” she says. “Additionally, Kind Traveler helps increase trip satisfaction by creating travel experiences rooted in giving back, thereby creating purposeful, meaningful, and memorable trips,” she continues.
For Blotter and Krejci, the idea hit on a trip to Belize. Both animal rescue volunteers, they found themselves surrounded by heartbreaking poverty, widespread pollution and begging dogs. There wasn’t much they could do about the first two, but when they decided to feed the hungry dogs, fellow travelers were similarly inspired to help.
And that’s when a light switch went on. “This small act of kindness had us yearning for a more profound way for our travel dollars to make a lasting, meaningful impact in the local community,” Blotter says. “We thought, ‘What if we could create a way for travelers to make a positive impact within the communities they visit and be filled with a greater sense of joy and purpose while traveling?’”
In 2016, they launched Kind Traveler with the goal of empowering travelers to positively impact the communities they visit through an international portfolio of hotel, destination and nonprofit partners. Several months ago, Kind Traveler deepened its reach with the Every Stay Gives Back (ESGB) community impact program, which ensures that every guest-stay funds local charities in partnership with participating hotels and destinations. Regardless of where you book, 100 percent of funds raised are donated to participating charities.
Depending on which study you reference–and there are many–75 to 96 percent of travelers now want their travel dollars to positively impact the communities they visit, says Blotter. (In 2022, Kind Traveler released its own survey titled Kind Traveler’s Global Impact Tourism Report: 10 Global Trends at the Intersection of Travel, Philanthropy, and Sustainability, indicating that 96 percent of respondents wanted their travel dollars to positively impact local communities.)
But when it comes to making sustainable travel choices, half don’t know how, and one-third find it confusing. Meanwhile, only $5 of every $100 spent by international travelers in developing countries stays in the community visited, according to the UN Environment Programme. “Before Kind Traveler, travelers may have turned to voluntourism as a pathway to give back while they travel,” she says. “However, voluntourism isn’t always available, and not all travelers want to participate.”
That’s where ESGB comes in. The program began with a six-month pilot in 2023, based on 15 boutique hotels and seven local charities in eight destinations. The pilot raised over $73,000 in donations for seven local charities, with 100 percent of the funds raised donated to the participating charities.
Shortly after the pilot ended, Kind Traveler doubled their partner participation and, in September, launched the program to the public with a collection of 350+ luxury resorts, boutique hotels and glamping experiences around the world. Specific examples of community impact include 7,000+ servings of Sonoma County-grown fruits and vegetables provided to families facing food injustice while solving food waste with Farm to Pantry in Sonoma County, California, in partnership with The Stavrand, Wildhaven Sonoma and The Gables Wine Country Inn; 9,141 hours of enrichment programs provided to students in an after-school program with Dylan Jude Harrell Community Center in Coastal Oregon & Washington, in partnership with Adrift Hospitality; 330 science-based nature experiences provided to elementary students with Pepperwood in Sonoma County, in partnership with Art House Hotel Santa Rosa; 250 students received school supplies for an after-school program with Abriendo Mentes in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, in partnership with Las Catalinas Casa Chameleon.
“Tourism boards and destination marketing organizations (DMOs) have a powerful voice when guiding support for charitable organizations connected to destination well-being,” says Blotter, who is also on the Board of Directors for CREST (Center for Responsible Travel). In 2021, Kind Traveler created a partnership with Visit California. The local city and regional DMOs choose the nonprofits, identifying nonprofit partners as beneficiaries focused on advancing climate action and/or alleviating poverty.
Measuring and reporting the impact can be a challenge. According to Hospitality Net, only one-third of hotels actively communicate the news of their sustainability practices proactively to potential guests. “Without a dedicated sustainability manager on-site, it can be challenging to report consistently on impact and communicate such efforts to guests,” says Blotter. The ESGB program provides third-party validation of donations to local nonprofits and impact reporting to communicate the relevance and positive impact generated because of the donations with a live, digital ESGB dashboard created for each participating lodging and destination partner.
Wood plaques representing ESGB membership seal and QR codes are provided to hotels to make it easy to communicate the metrics and encourage guests to get further involved with community impact efforts.
By supporting local nonprofits focused on driving environmental and community impact forward in destinations, “it’s possible to advance climate action, poverty alleviation, ocean and wildlife conservation, and much more, to support the well-being of destinations,” says Blotter.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronaberg/2023/12/31/travel-that-makes-a-difference-giving-back-where-kindness-counts/
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We need to open our minds and palates to the many delicious fish we avoid because of their unattractive names, contends Rick Moonen, chef & restaurateur.
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Cambridge Spring, Pa (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com)– Some 300 national guardsmen were sent off by loved ones Sunday morning.
The Cambridge Springs-based Second Batallion, 112th infantry was called for deployment to Africa for nine months earlier this year.
Family and friends shared embraces with their loved ones as they hoped to pause time in that moment, taking it in.
Some 300 local members of the National Guard have been preparing to set off for deployment in Africa where they will tackle security objectives throughout the region. But they haven’t been the only ones preparing for the day.
“I guess I didn’t give it as much thought on my way out here, and it kind of hit me when I got here. I, all of the sudden, became emotional and said ‘Wow my son’s really going away,'” said Lisa Orlando, National Guardsman’s mother.
It’s a sentiment hundreds of other parents at the armory in Cambridge Springs felt as well. One mother knows her son will benefit from experiencing new places and things in the world, but can’t help but feel anxious.
“As a mom, it’s emotional. Especially because it’s my youngest son. You hate to see that he’s going to be gone for nine months,” said Sarah Gowen, National Guardsman’s mother.
The captain of these young men and women being deployed truly are the best of the best and the training they’ve been through has prepared them for this day.
“It was really focused on what we’re going to be doing in Africa, which is security force operations. I’m very lucky to have prepared these soldiers. These individuals are probably the best this battalion has. Individually, they’re prepared. They’re very good at what they do and I think we’re pretty excited for this,” said Nathan Giroux, Captain of the 2nd battalion, 112th infantry.
Some of the guardsmen take after others in their family and serve our country.
“I’ve been through this in the 60s and I never had to leave Erie, PA so I was lucky. I hope he makes it back safe and sound,” said Tony Orlando, a National Guardsman family member.
Other parents gave their final words of advice before they said goodbye.
“Take it all in. Learn from it,” said Tony Gowen, National Guardsman’s father. “I’m expecting him to come back a changed man, honestly.”
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https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/family-friends-say-goodbye-as-cambridge-springs-national-guard-departs/
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250 Swedish kronor to Gambian dalasis
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Escalating Threats Redirect Global Shipping Routes Away from Suez Canal
In a significant shift in global trade patterns, half of the container-ship fleet usually navigating through the Red Sea and Suez Canal is now avoiding this critical maritime passage. The Suez Canal, a pivotal sea link between Asia and Europe, is witnessing a substantial decrease in its usage because of the escalating threat of attacks in the region. The latest industry data, reflecting the growing security concerns, indicates that this avoidance could significantly impact international shipping, potentially causing delays and surging transportation costs.
Global Shipping Giants Reroute Vessels
Global shipping giants like Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, and CMA CGM have ceased their journeys through the Suez Canal due to the escalating attacks by Houthi rebels on merchant shipping in the Red Sea. These vessels are being rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope, adding up to 10 days to voyage times and causing freight rates to surge. The reduction in daily transits via the Panama Canal is also contributing to the delays, and the uncertainty and instability in shipping service plans are expected to increase the cost of ocean freight and tighten space for cargo.
Disruption to Supply Chains
The disruption to supply chains caused by delayed ships is expected to be substantial. The Suez Canal is used by roughly one-third of global container ship cargo, and redirecting ships around the southern tip of Africa is estimated to cost up to $1 million extra in fuel for every round trip between Asia and Northern Europe. This rerouting underscores the vulnerability of critical trade chokepoints to geopolitical risks and highlights the necessity for the maritime industry to adapt to evolving security landscapes.
Impact of the Houthi Attacks
Iranian-backed Houthi militants have been attacking container vessels, including one from Maersk, with missiles and small boats. These attacks have disrupted world trade, prompting major shipping companies to opt for the longer and costlier route around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope rather than through the Suez Canal. The United States has launched Operation Prosperity Guardian to safeguard ships in Red Sea waters near Yemen, in response to these disruptions.
The attacks have also led to changes in operational strategies of global trade networks. For instance, toymaker Basic Fun is rerouting cargo away from the Suez Canal following these attacks. This situation is expected to cause a shortage of vessel space, increase transport prices, and lead to a diversion of shipments, thus altering the logistics of global trade.
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Earlier this month, the Indiana Pacers brought back forward James Johnson on a one-year agreement.
The Pacers had an open roster spot after they moved on from center Daniel Theis via a contract buyout earlier in the campaign. Filling the opening with a veteran on a non-guaranteed contract was something that made sense at the time, and that’s what ended up happening with Johnson. The 36-year old is with the Pacers on a minimum contract with no guaranteed money that expires at the end of the ongoing season.
“We had thought about it really since the exit meetings last year,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said of bringing in Johnson. The veteran forward played for the blue and gold during the 2022-23 campaign, where he appeared in 18 games. Most of his value came in the locker room as a veteran.
Indiana would have liked to bring back Johnson earlier in the season, but they had too many guaranteed contracts during training camp. It didn’t make sense. The team stayed in contact with him, though, and told him to stay in shape in case they needed him. After a lunch meeting in Miami early in December, they determined that bringing him back was the right move.
“It opened up an opportunity to bring a really valuable veteran mentor back,” Carlisle said of the Theis move that led to the Johnson signing.
Johnson, who has 15 years of experience in the NBA, has been praised by just about every player on the Pacers roster for his leadership abilities. He’s seen a lot in the league and is tough, so his teammates know that he has their back.
He is good at connecting with people and forming bonds, which has been valuable for a younger Pacers team. There is a reason that Indiana was excited about having Johnson return despite him being less effective on the floor at his age.
“He’ll be great. He’s a great person, and a great vet. He’s going to bring a lot of energy and toughness to the team again,” young Pacers wing Kendall Brown said earlier this month.
So far, Johnson has appeared in three games for the Pacers. He’s averaging 0.7 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. Anything he provides on the hardwood is gravy for Indiana. His contributions come behind the scenes and in the locker room.
The veteran forward can be seen on the bench giving his teammates advice during timeouts. He’s one of the first guys up to provide praise when it’s needed. His attitude always matches what Indiana needs in a given moment.
For a maturing group, that all means something. It’s clear that the Pacers find those things important since they brought the 2009 first-round pick back in the first place. And the veteran forward “absolutely,” missed being a part of the blue and gold.
“Those are my guys,” Johnson said before his first home game back in Indianapolis. “I don’t think I would have went back for any other call other than the Pacers.”
Johnson’s non-guaranteed contract gives Indiana plenty of roster flexibility going forward. His cap hit is a tiny $1.4 million for the rest of the season, but it could end up being an even smaller number if the Pacers decide to waive Johnson before all contracts become fully guaranteed early next month. Last year, Johnson and Oshae Brissett made it past that deadline without being waived.
The Pacers have salary cap space but no open roster spots. There is an argument to be made that waiving Johnson before his deal becomes guaranteed makes some sense, and if they still value his leadership and presence, they could keep him around on 10-day contracts until the trade deadline. But his cap hit is so small that it might be totally worth it to just keep the veteran around all season and simply waive his guaranteed contract if they need roster space. That’s exactly what they did last season, and they still brought him back after those transactions.
It’s obvious the Indiana Pacers value what Johnson brings to their organization. They have signed him to three contracts in the last 15 months. He can give the team important value while taking away little flexibility for the foreseeable future.
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Rick Moonen, chef & restaurateur, celebrates fish farms that operate in a healthy and sustainable manner.
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Global Shipping Industry Reroutes due to Red Sea Threats: Impact on Global Trade
The container shipping industry is witnessing a dramatic shift in its traditional routes as half the vessels typically navigating the Red Sea and Suez Canal are now avoiding this pivotal passage due to increased threat of attacks. This strategic maritime corridor links Europe, Asia, and other parts of the world, facilitating the exchange of goods on a global scale. The decision by shipping companies to reroute their vessels highlights the vulnerability of critical trade routes to geopolitical tensions and security threats, and underscores the necessity of international cooperation to ensure the safety of maritime transportation and the stability of global trade networks.
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels: A Threat to Global Trade
Yemen’s Houthi rebels’ relentless attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea have spurred major shipping companies to reroute their vessels around Africa. Despite the international maritime mission, Operation Prosperity Guardian, which has seen 1,200 merchant ships navigate through the Red Sea region without any attacks, the Houthis have intensified their offensive. This has led to heightened concerns about the security of this crucial trade route linking markets in Asia and Europe.
Global shipping giant Maersk suspended operations in the Red Sea for 48 hours following an attack by Iranian-backed Houthi boats. This attack, along with several others, has prompted major global shipping companies to abandon the waterway, even as the US announces a global naval task force to safeguard shipping in the region.
Shipping Companies Seek Alternative Routes
Major shipping companies like Hapag-Lloyd, Evergreen Line, and MSC continue to avoid the Red Sea route, despite US guarantees of safety from Houthi rebel attacks. These companies are opting for alternative routes via the Cape of Good Hope, due to the precarious situation in the Red Sea. This decision could result in longer shipping times, higher transportation costs, and potential disruptions in supply chains.
However, companies like Maersk have resumed sending their ships through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, following the formation of a US-led coalition to protect commercial shipping in the area.
Implications of the Shift in Shipping Patterns
The Houthi rebel group’s near-total shutdown of a key shipping route in the Red Sea has forced merchant boats to take the longer route around Africa, adding significant costs and travel time. This rerouting affects 17% of global shipping traffic, and cargo costs for carriers are expected to soar 15 to 20 percent. The potential impact on the global economy is substantial, with ongoing conflicts in the region leading to the formation of a new multinational task force to deter the Houthis from carrying out attacks and protect merchant ships.
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CUSA Football Promo Codes, Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 2:44 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
The bowl season slate features four CUSA matchups, with Western Kentucky (+4.5) against Old Dominion among the best bets against the spread, according to our projections. For more suggestions, including parlay opportunities, see below.
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Pick: Western Kentucky +4.5 vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Old Dominion by 0.5 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Fresno State +3.5 vs. New Mexico State
- Matchup: New Mexico State Aggies at Fresno State Bulldogs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: New Mexico State by 0 points
- Time: 5:45 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Louisiana +3.5 vs. Jacksonville State
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Jacksonville State by 1.5 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
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Under 67.5 - Liberty vs. Oregon
- Matchup: Liberty Flames at Oregon Ducks
- Projected Total: 61.4 points
- Time: 1:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN
Over 48.5 - Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Total: 54.2 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Under 57.5 - Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Total: 55.6 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
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(KRON) – As we welcome the year, it’s fun to look back on the news our readers found to be of most interest.
Based on internal analytics spanning from Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 30, 2023, here’s a look at KRON4’s most viewed stories and web pages of the year:
No. 30: California grad student commutes to class by plane to save on rent (kron4.com)
No. 29: Family finds 1 million copper pennies while cleaning out home (kron4.com)
No. 28: NOAA issues El Niño watch: Here’s where and when we will feel the impact | KRON4
No. 27: Bob Lee was confronted by accused killer about sister: court documents | KRON4
No. 26: Update on JV: What we know so far about missing DJ (kron4.com)
No. 25: Bay Area storm updates: Bay Area Flood Advisories issued (kron4.com)
No. 24: New California laws bring changes to housing in 2024 | KRON4
No. 22: Bay Area atmospheric river expected to bring widespread flooding (kron4.com)
No. 21: California reservoirs rise after weeks of storms drench the state: See how much | KRON4
No. 20: Frank Somerville arrest: Ex-anchor arrested twice overnight on alcohol charges (kron4.com)
No. 19: San Jose woman loses limbs after battling bacterial infection from tilapia | KRON4
No. 18: California lawmakers pass speed camera bill (kron4.com)
No. 17: Best high schools CA: 7 Bay Area schools make Niche’s top 10 (kron4.com)
No. 16: Ohio softball player charged with assault for punching umpire (kron4.com)
No. 15: Ruby Princess cruise: Family contracts COVID on board (kron4.com)
No. 14: Oakland bakery owner Jen Angel dies after violent robbery, friends say (kron4.com)
No. 13: San Jose police union executive charged with importing fentanyl (kron4.com)
No. 12: Capitola Wharf split in two, waves rise to 35 feet: Video (kron4.com)
No. 11: Watch KRON4 News online, the Bay Area’s local news station (KRON4 News Online)
No. 10: Body found at Pier 39 confirmed as JV (kron4.com)
No. 9: Who is Khazar Elyassnia, sister of accused Lee killer, Nima Momeni? (kron4.com)
No. 8: What are California’s reservoir levels in March? (kron4.com)
No. 7: News | KRON4 (News Homepage)
No. 6: Newsom slams Walgreens, says California will cease doing business with company (kron4.com)
No. 5: Hundreds of drug users arrested in San Francisco
No. 4: Bay Area community college named best in US
No. 3: Bay Area News (kron4.com) (Bay Area Homepage)
No. 2: Embedded Video Page (KRON4’s videos)
No. 1: San Francisco Bay Area News & Weather | KRON4 (Homepage)
Looking ahead, time will tell what’s in store for KRON4 News topics come 2024. Happy New Year, San Francisco.
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Americans are starting to recognize the importance of healthy food, says Rick Moonen, chef & restaurateur, but we need to do even more.
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While a part of my job is reporting local news, stories that hopefully keep readers informed on important issues, another part is closer to fun and games as I visit the best of the county’s local wineries, breweries, food trucks, restaurants and small businesses to find articles for this “Eat, Drink, Savor” series.
For my 52nd series entry this year, I offer a wrap-up of the stories that got the most reads, along with a few of my favorites. Some of these articles came from suggestions sent in by BenitoLink readers, and I am always open to trying new places within the county.
My favorite story of the year – I had a chance to spend a morning with a local winemaker I have great respect for, Alessio Carli, as he blended one of the wines for The Biltmore Winery. Carli got his start at the historic Lorenzo de’ Medici Winery in Chianti, Italy and has since made wine for Viansa Winery in Sonoma, Pietra Santa in the Cienega Valley and the Dorcich Family Vineyards in Gilroy. In “Complexities of Wine Blending,” I follow him as he transforms an average Mourvèdre into a great one through a series of incremental changes, adding and subtracting the amount of merlot and Sangiovese that will be blended in to make the final wine. I saw just one day in what would end up being two months of work for Carli as he went through an entire wine rack filled with varietals, working to create the final blend. It was a great experience and an insight into how a master winemaker works.
The top five stories of the year by readership: It is difficult to predict what articles readers will best respond to, but this year, there was a pretty obvious trend. Whether birria, hamburger, brisket, pulled pork, chicken or tri-tip, San Benito County seems to love grilled, BBQed and stewed meats.
- Las Micheladas serves up Baja cuisine to Hollister – I met La Micheladas co-owner David Ramirez when I was researching an article on the parklets. We quickly went from talking about the pluses and minuses of outdoor dining to discussing his unique menu, which has been drawn from his grandmother’s recipes and traditions. I was impressed, and it seems clear that readers are as well. The beef birria is incredible, and, for me, the Ponchito Sushi Roll, with teriyaki chicken, bell pepper, pineapple and avocado, is a must-try.
- Canty’s Kitchen brings Alabama flavor to Hollister – Subtitled “a bull-riding, saxophone-playing, ex-police officer and his killer chili dogs,” Toney Canty is a master of ballpark comfort food. A terrific guy with a smile that lights up his truck, it is worth standing in line for his killer chili.
- The meats and sauces of Smoke Point BBQ – Chef Jarad Gallegher opened his Smoke Point BBQ just as the pandemic started shutting restaurants down. As it seems to be with every restaurant, it has been a tough couple of years, but Gallegher has come out swinging, expanding his operation from San Juan Bautista to his popular Outpost in Hollister this year. His food is always consistently great, and I give him extra points for his amazing sauces, his apple-ginger coleslaw and his homemade honey-topped cornbread.
- Danny DeLuna makes his entrance into the BBQ world – DeLuna opened up a little over a year ago, using a grill and smoker that his father, Hollister American Legion Commander Robert DeLuna, built for him. Since then, he has become a fixture at locations like the Farmer’s Market and local wineries.
- Sean and Sophia Shelton carry on Dunneville Market tradition – It has been two years since the Sheltons bought the Dunneville Market and they have been careful to maintain all of the features and menu items that customers have come to love over the previous decades while putting their own stamp on the place. Their tri-tip remains unbeatable.
Coolest collaboration – As chronicled in the article “East and West come together to make Cozy Brew,” Brewery Twenty-Five continued their tradition of promoting the county’s charms in any way they can by producing a beer made with Ozeki Sake’s hand-toasted koji rice, a key ingredient used in their fermentation process. The rice itself has a nutty, crunchy flavor and when added to the beer it provides a dry and earthy herbal quality that adds a bit of mystery and elegance. It was the first of what, hopefully, will become a series of regular collaborations and shows the finest qualities of both breweries.
The trend of the year – This was definitely the year that local food trucks came into their own, with a diversity and quality that is hard to beat. The big break came with the improved staging of the weekly Hollister Farmers’ Market (“The Hollister Farmers’ Market is a foodie’s delight” and “Hollister chef makes a splash with shrimp”) which gave half a dozen trucks at a time a chance to shine. The appeal was cemented after the Market closed by a city-sanctioned weekly gathering of trucks (“Food Truck Tuesdays a success”) that promises to be a regular thing in the near future. If there was a Food Truck of the Year honor, it would probably go to the Hapa Bros (“The Hapa Bros. bring an Asian twist to food truck favorites” and “Hapa Bros continues to grow”). Owners Aaron and Jason Ricketts added a few new twists to an already crowd-pleasing menu and brought on a third Hapa Bro, Scott Ricketts, as they continued to dominate the local field.
A tale of two Ryans – It is always a pleasure to meet up with Ryan Stirm (”Ryan Stirm keeps an eye on the past as he looks to the future”) and Ryan Kobza of (”Kobza Wines are a nod to San Benito County’s great wine traditions”). Both are dedicated to the heritage grapes of San Benito County and have produced some of my favorite wines over the last couple of years.
From Stirm, I recommend the Benitoite blend, which he describes as a “varietal ode to the ‘holy trinity,’ Cabernet Pfeffer, Negrette and Zinfandel,” and Los Chuchaquis “Bandido,” a blend of negrette, cabernet pfeffer, zinfandel and Albariño. I keep recommending Kobza’s Red Field Blend, made with 50% Mourvedre, 40% Zinfandel and a little bit of anything else that happens to grow on a particular hill at Wirz Vineyard. He also makes two Mourtaous (cabernet pfeffers) that are very much worth checking out – a red and a rosé.
My favorite source of new stuff – Mike Kohne and Maura Cooper opened Crave Wine Co. a year ago this week, and ever since, they have been tireless promoters of the wineries and vineyards of San Benito County. Whether the wine comes from local winemakers or those who travel here for the grapes, they seem to know it, have tried it, and have stocked it before anyone else in the area. I covered their opening, “Crave Wine Company opens its doors,” their quarterly “20 Club” which is made up of all locally produced or sourced wines, “Crave Wine Club highlights local vintages,” and some of the winery-specific tastings they have held, “Crave ends first year with a flurry of events.” It is no particular surprise that you can often find luminaries from the wine industry sitting at the bar—and occasionally behind it. They will be having their anniversary party on Jan. 6, from 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., complete with live music and a DJ, and it promises to be an evening of great wine and good company.
The most surprising wine of the year – Mission wine has a 500-year history in North America, starting with vines planted by the Conquistadors and brought to this region by missionaries starting with Junipero Serra. While plantings of European grapes slowly pushed Mission grapes into obscurity, Jeffrey Fadness, owner of La Vie Dansante, is still producing the wine from a planting of 120 Mission grape vines outside of Santa Cruz. “Spanish Conquistadors, Mission grapes and ‘The Dancing Life’” details Fadness’s rediscovery of those old vines and the remarkable red and rosé he makes from them. The small number of grapes those vines produce limits his production, but the more conventional wines he makes, like his carignan and Grenaches, are well worth exploring.
Favorite beer of the year – Mad Pursuit can already be counted on to produce memorable beers (“New beers from Mad Pursuit”) and I think their GRZILA beer was the best beer they have ever made (“Mad Pursuit pays tribute to Cal Fire veteran”) A collaboration with one of their yearly sponsors, Mike Kirschmann, formerly with the San Benito County Sheriff’s Department, it was brewed in memory of Jesse Garza, Jr., a 35-year Cal Fire veteran. I got up bright and early one morning to watch Kirschmann and Mad Pursuit co-owner Alex DeLeon creating the beer: grinding four types of grains, measuring out gypsum, calcium chloride, and salt, and adding in the yeast along with the Lupomax Centennial, Chinook, Columbus Tomahawk, Zeus, and Simcoe hops. The eventual result was a delightful Double IPA that sold out in a matter of days.
The most fun stories of the year – Since childhood, I have seen the winning food entries at amateur competitions and always wondered how they stood up to the commercially made versions. This year, I found out when I took part in two different judging competitions at the San Benito County Fair. First, I tasted many of the winning entries for my ”Homemade preserves bring great flavors” article, including a fantastic strawberry margarita jam. And I got to consult with Grillin & Chillin owner Chuck Frowein as he judged the “Homemade wine and beer competition.” The process of deciding a winner is fairly complex and demanding but the entries themselves were uniformly excellent.
Recommendations for future Eat, Drink, Savor articles can be emailed to roberteliason@benitolink.com. Very grateful thanks go to Chang So, with Hollister Supers and Windmill Market for underwriting this series!
BenitoLink thanks our underwriters, Hollister Super and Windmill Market, for helping to expand the Eat, Drink, Savor series and give our readers the stories that interest them. Hollister Super (two stores in Hollister) and Windmill Market (in San Juan Bautista) support reporting on the inspired and creative people behind the many delicious food and drink products made in San Benito County. All editorial decisions are made by BenitoLink.
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U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Mali Concludes: What’s Next?
On December 31, 2023, the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, marks the end of its tenure. Responding to the military junta’s order in June, MINUSMA began its phased withdrawal, culminating in its complete departure today. The mission has been operational in Mali since 2013, and its exit raises grave concerns among security experts about the potential for instability.
Decade-long Effort Comes to an End
MINUSMA came into being following a violent insurrection by separatist rebels in Northern Mali and a subsequent military coup. The mission played a pivotal role in protecting civilians, supporting the peace process, and restoring state authority. However, the recent order from the military junta for MINUSMA to leave has resulted in a spike in violence, highlighting the delicate balance of power in the region.
Concerns Over Security and Stability
With MINUSMA’s departure, the north could become a battleground as rebel groups and the army vie for control over areas previously under U.N. supervision. The situation is further complicated by the presence of Islamist militants affiliated with al-Qaeda and Islamic State, leading to fears of a power vacuum and escalating violence.
Continued U.N. Presence and Assistance
Despite the withdrawal of MINUSMA, the U.N. has reiterated that its funds, agencies, and programs will continue to operate in Mali. A small team from the U.N. will remain in the country to manage the transportation of assets and the disposal of equipment. The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed profound appreciation for MINUSMA’s efforts, paying tribute to the 311 personnel who lost their lives and the over 700 who were injured during the mission.
While MINUSMA’s withdrawal signifies the end of a decade-long peacekeeping effort, the U.N.’s commitment to the Malian people remains steadfast. The international community watches with bated breath as Mali enters a new chapter, hoping that the country’s journey towards peace, security, and sustainable development will continue unabated.
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UConn vs. DePaul Predictions, BetMGM Promo Codes, & Picks: Spread, Total - January 2
Tuesday's contest between the No. 5 UConn Huskies (11-2, 1-1 Big East) and DePaul Blue Demons (3-9, 0-1 Big East) at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion has a projected final score of 82-63 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of heavily favored UConn, so it should be a one-sided matchup. The game will start at 6:30 PM ET on January 2.
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- Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Where: Storrs, Connecticut
- Venue: Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
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UConn vs. DePaul Score Prediction
- Prediction: UConn 82, DePaul 63
Spread & Total Prediction for UConn vs. DePaul
- Computer Predicted Spread: UConn (-19.1)
- Computer Predicted Total: 144.8
UConn has a 7-5-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to DePaul, who is 4-7-0 ATS. The Huskies are 6-6-0 and the Blue Demons are 4-7-0 in terms of hitting the over.
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UConn Performance Insights
- The Huskies' +244 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 18.8 points per game) is a result of scoring 83 points per game (37th in college basketball) while giving up 64.2 per outing (38th in college basketball).
- UConn wins the rebound battle by an average of 10.4 boards. It is pulling down 39.6 rebounds per game (68th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 29.2 per outing.
- UConn knocks down 8.1 three-pointers per game (127th in college basketball) at a 32.7% rate (223rd in college basketball), compared to the 6.1 per game its opponents make at a 35.1% rate.
- The Huskies rank seventh in college basketball by averaging 109 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively are 58th in college basketball, allowing 84.4 points per 100 possessions.
- UConn has come up on top in the turnover battle by 1.2 turnovers per game, committing 9.5 (30th in college basketball action) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
DePaul Performance Insights
- The Blue Demons' -102 scoring differential (being outscored by 8.5 points per game) is a result of putting up 66.9 points per game (331st in college basketball) while giving up 75.4 per outing (283rd in college basketball).
- DePaul falls short in the rebound battle by an average of 4.9 boards. It pulls down 31.3 rebounds per game (350th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 36.2.
- DePaul makes 6.9 three-pointers per game (244th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 7.2 on average.
- DePaul has lost the turnover battle on average this season, committing 13.3 per game (298th in college basketball) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
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Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, looks at the process that may have created the universe as we know it.
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Yemeni Sailors Perish in Red Sea Attack on US Ship
Yemeni sailors met with a tragic end when their boats were destroyed by US helicopters in the Red Sea, marking a grim episode in the ongoing conflict that has beset the region for years. The incident underscores the existing threats to international maritime security and the potential for escalating tensions between conflicting nations. The heartbreaking loss of the sailors sheds light on the human cost of geopolitical turbulence and the risks faced by individuals operating in high-risk zones.
Attack on American Ship in the Red Sea
At dawn on Sunday, US Navy helicopters obliterated four Houthi boats attempting to board the Maersk Hangzhou, an American cargo vessel. The USS Gravely engaged two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired by Houthi rebels from Yemen, sinking three boats and decimating their crews. This operation was a response to the rebel group’s previous attacks on vessels linked to Israel in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Consequences and Repercussions
The attack led to the temporary suspension of all Maersk sailing through the Red Sea for 48 hours. The crew of the Maersk Hangzhou, however, remained unscathed and the ship continued its journey north to Port Suez. The Houthi rebels acknowledged that 10 of their fighters were killed in this incident, which is the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since November 19.
In response to the increasing threat to maritime security, the US established a new international coalition to protect vessels traveling through the waterway. Since the Pentagon announced Operation Prosperity Guardian, 1,200 merchant ships have sailed through the Red Sea region unscathed by drone or missile strikes, illustrating a significant improvement in maritime security.
Implications for International Shipping and Security
The Iran-backed Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attacks on ships in the Red Sea, asserting that their targets are either linked to Israel or heading to Israeli ports. This incident underscores the growing threat to international shipping in the region, with major shipping companies opting for longer and costlier routes around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal. The attacks not only endanger innocent lives but also disrupt world trade and the global economy. Measures are now being implemented to repel these attacks and prevent future ones.
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Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and leading particle and cosmology expert, separates fact from fiction when it comes to the possible existence of multiple universes.
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