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A blood drive is scheduled from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4 at St. Frances de Sales Church, 614 County Road 517, Vernon.
Appointments preferred but walk-ins welcome if space permits.
For information, call 800-933-2566 or go online to www.nybc.org | https://www.advertisernewsnorth.com/news/local-news/blood-drive-thursday-at-vernon-church-JF3007218 | 2024-01-01T04:08:46Z |
CUSA Games Today: How to Watch CUSA Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options - Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:10 PM CST|Updated: 46 minutes ago
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New York Students Are Getting 2 New Holidays In 2024
Parents in New York, mark your calendars. Students at NY schools will be getting two additional holidays in the new year.
Of course, kids love getting extra days off from school, but for parents, it can be a hassle, especially if the holidays aren't observed by parents' employers. Thankfully for many 'rentals' around the state, only one holiday will affect them, since the other will only be observed in New York City.
New York State Schools To Observe Lunar New Year
Students all across New York State will have the day off the the Lunar New Year. Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation (A.7768/S.7573) making the Asian Lunar New Year a public school holiday in New York State.
By designating Lunar New Year as an official school holiday, we are taking an important step in recognizing the importance of New York’s AAPI community and the rich diversity that makes New York so great. It is not just a day off from school – it is an opportunity for our children to learn about and celebrate their own or different cultures and traditions. ~ Governor Hochul
While the Asian Lunar New Year will fall on Saturday, February 10, 2024, it's not clear if students will get Friday or the following Monday off.
Students In New York City Will Be Off From School For Diwali
Governor Hochul also signed legislation (S.7574/A.7769) that makes Diwali a school holiday for New York City public schools. With the signing of the new law, all public schools in New York City will be closed on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar each year. In 2024, students in NYC will be off on Friday, November 1.
New York City is rich in different religions and cultures, and we’re taking an important step to recognize and celebrate this diversity in the school calendar. This legislation to designate Diwali as a New York City school holiday is an opportunity for our children to learn about and celebrate traditions from across the world. ~ Governor Hochul
Top 5 Best School Districts Pay Teachers The Most In New York State
These school districts offer the highest salaries to teachers in New York State. It doesn't seem to be a coincidence that the school districts that are considered the best in the state offer their teachers very generous salaries.
5. Cold Spring Harbor Central School District - Average Teacher Salary $148,135
It's ranked the #10 District with the Best Teachers in New York.
Cold Spring Harbor Central School District is a top rated, public school district located in COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY. It has 1,633 students in grades K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1. According to state test scores, 86% of students are at least proficient in math and 85% in reading.
4. Commack Union Free School District - Average Teacher Salary $150,230
It's ranked the #22 District with the Best Teachers in New York.
Commack Union Free School District is a top rated, public school district located in EAST NORTHPORT, NY. It has 5,756 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1. According to state test scores, 70% of students are at least proficient in math and 79% in reading.
3. Scarsdale Union Free School District - Average Teacher Salary $162,961
It's ranked the #1 District with the Best Teachers in New York.
Scarsdale Union Free School District is a top rated, public school district located in SCARSDALE, NY. It has 4,642 students in grades K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1. According to state test scores, 87% of students are at least proficient in math and 92% in reading.
2. Jericho Union Free School District - Average Teacher Salary $163,957
It's ranked the #8 District with the Best Teachers in New York.
Jericho Union Free School District is a top rated, public school district located in JERICHO, NY. It has 3,182 students in grades K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1. According to state test scores, 91% of students are at least proficient in math and 86% in reading.
1. Bronxville Union Free School District - Average Teacher Salary $171,063
It's ranked the #30 District with the Best Teachers in New York.
Bronxville Union Free School District is a top rated, public school district located in BRONXVILLE, NY. It has 1,555 students in grades K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 14 to 1. According to state test scores, 86% of students are at least proficient in math and 91% in reading. | https://nj1015.com/ixp/11/p/new-york-schools-new-holidays-2024/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:46Z |
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Wheeler Dealers host ‘positive’ about used car values despite falls in December
Wheeler Dealers star Mike Brewer has opened up about the future of the second-hand car market in 2024.
Wheeler Dealers host Mike Brewer is “positive” about the future of the used car market despite a staggering drop in valuations in recent months.
Data from CapHPI shows used car values fell by 2.1 percent in December following a drop of 8.4 percent over the past two months.
This is a lot higher than the average December fall of around 1.3 percent with the largest 2.2 percent drop last coming back in 2014.
Speaking to Car Dealer Magazine, Mr Brewer revealed he was still slightly worried about external factors.
However, he still admitted he was optimistic it would be a “very good year” for the second-hand car market.
He explained: “I think next year is looking positive in a number of ways. There is one bit of fear on the horizon which is the price of oil looks like it's going to go up again which might raise inflation again which might keep interest rates where they are.
“But I do tend to think in our industry in the used car trade or new car trade it is going to be a very good year.
“We haven’t spoken about what dealers are doing about EV stock and how that's affected their business and how prices have just fallen out of the market.
“In a positive sense, I feel pretty positive about next year. I know I've got a really good loyal customer base who come and buy from Mike Brewer Motors or One Automotive. I feel pretty positive about next year, bring it on.”
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AutoTrader also suggests a positive year for the used car market next year with estimated transactions likely to increase.
The online car marketplace claims there could be around 7.24 million sales, up from the 7.17 forecast for 2023.
However, the colony still predicted that buyers could get their hands on significant discounts on models in the early stages of the new year.
Derren Martin, Director of Valuations at CapHPI said valuations will continue to drop but not by as much.
They predicted there could be a gradual stabilisation of values before these start to rise in the second half of 2024.
He told Car Dealer Magazine: “It might be a bit of a tricky first half that continues to see some small drops, but as we get through that and into the second half of next year, we’re kind of calling it a game of two halves.
“We think the back end of next year could be stronger and you could actually see values going back up again.” | https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1850585/wheeler-dealers-mike-brewer-used-car-values | 2024-01-01T04:08:47Z |
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LLAY-LLAY (Chile), Jan 1 — Few players of the online video game Free Fire would know that one of their most ferocious opponents — a lithe, gun-wielding warrior in a short kimono and fang mask — is in reality an 81-year-old grandmother from rural Chile.
From her professional gaming chair at home in a small village, the soft-spoken Maria Elena Arevalo becomes a merciless hunter, mowing down rivals in a game in which tens of millions of players shoot it out to survive on an imaginary remote island.
Wearing an apron over a frilly skirt, Arevalo bears little resemblance to her online alter-ego “Mami Nena” — the nickname she got from her only grandson, Hector Carrasco, 20.
It was Carrasco who introduced Arevalo to the digital world of gaming that has given her a new lease on life after falling into deep loneliness following the death of her husband of 56 years in 2020.
“I didn’t even know what a mouse was,” she told AFP at her home in the town of Llay-Llay in central Chile.
“Afterwards, I got excited. We started to play whenever he (Carrasco) could. I felt better because I didn’t think so much about my late husband anymore.”
At first “I didn’t want to hurt anyone,” she added, but with time, she developed a taste for virtual blood.
Today, Arevalo plays at the “Heroic” level — just one short of the topmost “Grandmaster” level that only 300 players compete in.
She has four million followers on TikTok and 650,000 on YouTube, where she shares tips with fellow players.
Last year, she visited Mexico City on an all-expenses-paid trip as a Free Fire ambassador for the game’s anniversary celebrations — her first-ever journey abroad.
“All the kids asked me for autographs... It was beautiful. The day I die, I’ll take that with me,” she reminisced.
Earlier this month, Arevalo was named one of Chile’s 100 most important elderly people by the El Mercurio newspaper and the Catholic University for helping break down age stereotypes.
Carrasco is in awe of his famous grandmother.
“It’s totally cool, and I don’t know, I feel like she’s like my best friend and all that,” he said.
‘I’ll keep going’
Three years after starting her Free Fire journey, Arevalo says she no longer feels lonely.
In a nod to her dead husband, a bird named “Benito” in his honour accompanies “Mami Nena” on her campaigns of conquest.
Almost half of people over 80 in Chile declare feeling lonely, according to a recent study, a major mental health risk.
Ever more older people are finding solace in gaming: A Ukrainian team known as “Young Guard” are prolific Counter Strike competitors, while 93-year-old Japanese Hamako Mori — also known by her alias Gamer Grandma — is thought to be the oldest gamer in the world.
For Arevalo, the online campaigns are becoming harder due to worsening scleroderma, a disease that causes a hardening and tightening of the skin.
But she is not planning on slowing down.
“I love doing this. I’ll keep going as far as I can,” she insisted. — AFP | https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2024/01/01/ill-keep-going-chile-granny-finds-solace-celebrity-in-online-gaming/110059 | 2024-01-01T04:08:46Z |
Hydrangeas will ‘bloom massive amounts of flowers’ if pruned at the same time each year
Hydrangeas are probably the most sought-after UK garden plants. However, to keep blooms appearing each year, one gardener has claimed that they need to be pruned "at the same time every year". So, when is this?
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One of the most common care needs that many gardeners seem to struggle with is pruning.
When it comes to hydrangea pruning, timing is everything. If done at the wrong time, it can result in a lack of or no blooms that year.
Unsure if they had pruned their hydrangea at the wrong time, one gardener took to the Gardening UK Facebook page to ask for some advice.
Blair Brown wrote: “Hello wise gardeners in my phone. Any advice on how to look after my hydrangeas now it's getting frosty?
“The foliage is going brown. It didn't bloom this year and I'm sure it's because I pruned it at the wrong time.”
Klair shared a picture of her hydrangea along with the post and there were no signs of blooms and the leaves seemed to be wilting.
Group members in the comments section urged Klair to avoid any more pruning or deadheading anytime soon and hold off until spring.
Robert Requena wrote: “Leave them be till after last frost next April, or even May. Then you can gently prune.”
Liz Minstry said: “Don’t prune as that will protect next year’s new growth. Leave until the spring when the risk of frost has passed.”
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Mark Wilson replied: “It's fine, just leave it and hopefully it will flower next year, don't prune it either until spring.”
Jack Ingram claimed: “My hydrangeas have been pruned down at the same time every year - early spring - and have bloomed perfect massive amount of flowers.”
Lynne Wilkins wrote: “Nothing wrong - just winter doing its thing - mine didn’t bloom either but I think I cut it back too much.
Basis Walus said: “Leave it as is and you’ll see that it will bounce back in spring after pruning.”
Gardening experts also agree with holding off on pruning hydrangeas right now and holding off until spring.
The Royal Horticultural Society pros said: “Most pruning is carried out in late winter or early spring. However, climbing hydrangeas are pruned after flowering in summer.”
Gardeners at gardening retailer Thompson and Morgan said: “When it comes to pruning, the two main varieties of hydrangea are those that produce blooms on the previous year’s growth (old wood) and those that produce flowers on new growth.
“Both types are best pruned in February-March, but the method is different for each.” | https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/1848976/when-to-prune-hydrangeas-for-massive-flowers | 2024-01-01T04:08:47Z |
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When the 56-19 loss settled, the Miami Dolphins needed more than one glance into their proverbial mirrors.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wished he had shifted his glance a little more quickly to see the defender in his receiver’s path on his first interception, and he wished he hadn’t tried to force a ball to Tyreek Hill over the linebacker who snatched the second.
Hill wished he hadn’t bobbled and then dropped a wide-open touchdown pass from Tagovailoa, one of six targets on which the duo failed to connect in the blowout loss.
Dolphins defenders wish they had tackled better in space, limiting or at least complicating the Baltimore Ravens’ display of run-in touchdowns.
And head coach Mike McDaniel wished he had pulled edge rusher Bradley Chubb earlier from an out-of-reach contest. Instead, with the Dolphins trailing by 30 points and less than 4 minutes to play in regulation, Chubb suffered a non-contact knee injury that required carting off.
“I would like a time machine, for sure, in that situation,” McDaniel said. “In hindsight, I would absolutely not have wanted him out there if I would have known he was going to get hurt.
“There’s times in football games where it’s not about winning or losing or ‘Can we come back?’ It's about finishing the football game and having a taste of what our expectations were going into it.”
The Dolphins’ expectations entering their visit to Baltimore and their reality traveling home at 11-5 veered far apart. Their playoff expectations now risk the same trajectory.
“Situations like this where you go into a game with full belief in each other and the eventual outcome … ends up monumentally in another direction, it’s a gut check for a football team,” McDaniel said. “We need to recalibrate, get back together and press forward together.
“Run from nothing. Own it.”
How the Dolphins unraveled vs. stifling Ravens
The Dolphins started off the game strong.
Tagovailoa connected with Hill, running back De’Von Achane and fullback Alec Ingold each for double-digit gains on the first drive alone. Facing third-and-goal from Baltimore’s 8, Tagovailoa pump-faked his first throw before nailing receiver Cedrick Wilson on a high-low concept that forced the Ravens’ defense to wonder whether Hill or Wilson was its intended receiver.
The Dolphins had found the end zone first. But Baltimore answered.
Despite Rashod Bateman failing to survive the ground on a 42-yard pass that was reversed and offensive pass interference nullifying a 26-yard completion to Justice Hill, Jackson distributed the ball a la Tagovailoa with chunk plays to three different targets on the way to the red zone. With 6:39 to play in the first, Jackson dropped back and let a ball rip amid pressure, finding Hill between two defenders on the right sideline for a 20-yard touchdown.
The Dolphins stayed alive with a Tyreek Hill 25-yard catch on fourth-and-5 their next drive but ultimately settled for a field goal.
Against the fourth-ranked scoring offense in the league, that’s not a winning formula.
Nor is turning the ball over.
Miami stayed competitive early, forcing a punt and scoring a pair of field goals. But after a seeming busted coverage allowed a 75-yard touchdown – cornerback Xavien Howard, injured on the first Ravens snap of the day, was missed – the game began veering off course for Miami.
Tagovailoa hurried to fit a play in before halftime and instead threw the first interception.
Miami’s special teams allowed a 78-yard punt return to start the second half, one of several factors in McDaniel’s postgame remark: “I’m confident saying before watching the film: We’re not going to be happy with the way we tackled in open space.”
And even when the Dolphins defense punched a ball loose from Ravens RB Gus Edwards, the optimism was short-lived.
Tagovailoa’s second interception was the next play.
The Dolphins could expect nothing different from the NFL's most takeaway-happy group.
“With circumstances within the game, there was a play or two where maybe we were forcing something,” McDaniel said. “Defensively, they’ve been very opportunistic. We knew that, and ultimately, we played right into their hands.”
A day Tyreek Hill described as “one of the worst games of my career” became the Dolphins’ worst loss of the season, and a day on which Miami was shorthanded due to injuries merited less sympathy when considering the Ravens’ bill of health.
Baltimore was missing its starting right guard, star tight end, two running backs and a cornerback.
Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith, who intercepted and returned a pass 30 yards in addition to seven tackles and another deflection, said Baltimore couldn’t dwell on that or their short week after a Monday night game across the country.
“It’s just adversity,” Smith said. “Look adversity in the face, and like I always tell the guys – chin up, chest out. We don't bow down for anything. Do all you can do. People make excuses with adversity and we just produce.
“Life is not about excuses. It's about what you do and play the cards that you’re dealt.”
The Dolphins best heed that advice.
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Tagovailoa, despite taking a hit to his throwing shoulder on a fourth-quarter scramble, was healthy enough to address reporters after the game and seems on schedule to complete his fully available season.
Based on the cart, non-contact nature of injury and shellshock in Dolphins players’ voices, Chubb seems unlikely to play next week or in the postseason.
So sure, in a regular-season finale with the AFC East title on the line, Miami won’t be at full saddle. Neither will Buffalo nor any team the Dolphins face in the postseason.
What the franchise needs to do is better adjust to its personnel shifts and better scheme for its available players. Miami did that well in the run game Sunday, when Achane took the lead role in place of the injured Raheem Mostert, Achane contributing a game-high 137 yards and one touchdown.
But Miami’s passing attack was far too inconsistent, as Tagovailoa completed 57.9% of his passes compared to his league-leading 70.5% mark across the season. (For context, 51 quarterbacks who have attempted at least 50 passes have attempted more than 57.9%.)
Baltimore gashed the Dolphins defense for 491 total yards, a season-worst allowance along with the 56-point output.
Sure, as fairly said after the Ravens dismantled the 49ers, most teams cannot attack and maintain pressure at the rate which Baltimore can.
But the Dolphins have dabbled in Super Bowl-contender conversations, and it’s unlikely they’ll be able to reach that goal without besting Baltimore. It’s unlikely they’ll be able to win any remaining regular or postseason game with the suppressed performance all three phases produced Sunday.
“Everything’s still in front of us,” Tagovailoa said, but achieving it will require much more than Miami showed with the chance to clinch the division on the line.
Tagovailoa preached the importance of consistency after the Dolphins played well enough through one quarter to win but not through four.
Then, he tapped into the glass-half-full perspective as he moved forward.
“If you have the perspective of things could be worse – we could not have clinched the playoff berth, we could not have been playing in a game like this that mattered for positioning with the seeding,” Tagovailoa said. “So if you think of it like that, we’re right where we need to be as a team, regardless of the outcome today.
“We’ll be better for it and hopefully get to see these guys again.” | https://www.star945.com/news/national/whats-next-dolphins/XC7WHVG4HWAGZHXQNLPWQ3ULU4/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:50Z |
Philadelphia gun violence: Signs of improvement bring hope to some ahead 2024
PHILADELPHIA - Despite 2023's challenges, many are choosing to celebrate the start of the New Year with spunk and positivity in the city of Philadelphia.
"I’m actually feeling hopeful this year," said Yanna, Wissinoming. "As you know, we have had rough times past three years or so…it feels like stuff is finally kind of starting to get back to normal…compared to what it was prior to 2020."
Schools, agencies, and community programs growing post-pandemic is a big reason why District Attorney Larry Krasner said there is a reduction in shootings and homicides in 2023.
"Real improvement, gun violence, 27 percent fewer victims of shootings, 23 percent fewer shooting incidents and about 21 percent fewer homicides of all types," said DA Krasner.
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Lisa Friedman of East Falls said her perception is skewed since she sees the gun violence patients treated at Penn Presbyterian hospital where she works.
"It’s heartbreaking to see that with no real change that's really hard…but I'm hopeful," said Friedman. "I think a lot of work needs to be done to make positive change."
Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker will soon be tasked with handling the city’s challenges once she is sworn in as Philadelphia's 100th mayor on Tuesday, which is also fueling enthusiasm.
"I'm excited that she's a woman and she's Black…from the community," said Yanna.
"I believe shes going to do a great job and i'm excited about the prosperity that will follow," said Senator Sharif Street.
Since New Year's Eve marks Jim Kenney's final day as mayor of the City of Philadelphia, he issued a parting message to the city Sunday. | https://www.fox29.com/news/philadelphia-gun-violence-signs-of-improvement-bring-hope-to-some-ahead-2024 | 2024-01-01T04:08:51Z |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP.
Attorneys for the civil rights organization had sued on behalf of several Jackson residents, saying the new court undermines democracy because local voters or local elected officials won’t choose its judge or prosecutors.
The new Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have a judge appointed by the state Supreme Court chief justice and prosecutors appointed by the state attorney general — officials who are white and conservative.
In a ruling filed late Sunday, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate dismissed requests to block the new court, which was created by the majority-white and Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature. Jackson is governed by Democrats.
“None of the Plaintiffs has alleged that he or she is in actual or imminent danger of experiencing any concrete and particularized injury resulting from the establishment of the CCID Court or the challenged appointment of a judge or prosecutors for that court,” Wingate wrote.
Under a law signed by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves during the spring, the new court will come into existence Jan. 1 and will have jurisdiction in a part of Jackson that includes state government buildings and some residential and shopping areas.
Reeves and legislators who support the new court say it is part of an effort to control crime in Jackson — a city that has had more than 100 homicides for each of the past three years, in a population of about 150,000.
The Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have the same power as municipal courts, which handle misdemeanor cases, traffic violations and initial appearances for some criminal charges. People convicted in most municipal courts face time in a local jail. Those convicted in the new court will be held in a state prison, near people convicted of more serious felony crimes.
Most municipal judges are appointed by city officials. Jackson has a Black mayor and majority-Black city council. The judge of the new court is not required to live in Jackson.
Legal arguments in the case touched on racial discrimination, public safety and democracy.
In response to plaintiffs’ saying they do not feel represented by the chief justice or attorney general, Wingate wrote that they failed to prove they had ever complained to local officials or that local officials had been open to listening.
“Further, had the local officials been so obliging, this court is mystified why Jackson’s system of criminal justice is in the deplorable shape it is in, with an overcrowded docket requiring defendants to jettison any notion of a speedy disposition,” Wingate wrote.
NAACP attorneys intend to appeal the ruling.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office will continue to defend the law and “perform our duties to help protect the people of Jackson from stifling, suffocating crime that plagues the city,” chief of staff Michelle Williams said Sunday.
The state law creating the new court also expands the patrol territory for Capitol Police. The state-run police department previously patrolled near state government buildings in downtown Jackson, but the new law added other parts of the city, including more affluent residential and shopping areas.
In September, the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down the part of the same law that would have required the state chief justice to appoint four circuit judges to serve alongside the four elected circuit judges in Hinds County. The county includes Jackson and is also majority-Black and governed by Democrats.
Justices wrote that longstanding Mississippi law allows the chief justice to appoint some judges for specific reasons, such as to deal with a backlog of cases. But they wrote that “we see nothing special or unique” about the four appointed Hinds County circuit judges in the 2023 law, “certainly nothing expressly tethering them to a specific judicial need or exigency.”
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Associated Press/Report For America reporter Michael Goldberg contributed to this report. | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/ap-judge-allows-new-court-in-mississippis-majority-black-capital-rejecting-naacp-request-to-stop-it/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:51Z |
If there were ever any doubts over who the league's MVP was in 2023, Lamar Jackson put them to rest on Sunday. The Ravens starlet set off rockets all about the pitch, matching a career-high with five touchdowns as Baltimore vanquished the Dolphins to take control of the top spot in the AFC.
It was another glittering performance in a season filled with them for Jackson. And although a great many of Jackson's impressive displays have happened without the fanfare of Sunday's contest, Week 17 was different. For not only was Jackson impressive. But he was also perfect.
Jackson posted a perfect passer rating of 158.3 on Sunday, becoming one of just four quarterbacks to hit that mark in 2023.
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How did Jackson do it? Here's what you need to know about Jackson's eye-catching showcase vs. the Fins.
Lamar Jackson passer rating vs. Dolphins
Jackson completed 18-of-21 passes for 321 yards and five scores on Sunday. He didn't turn the ball over, all of which proved vital as he hit the much-vaunted 158.3 passer rating mark on Sunday.
It's the third time Jackson posted such a stat line. The last two came during the 2019 season, one of which also took place against Miami. In that game, as well, Jackson surpassed the 300-yard mark and threw five touchdown passes.
Jackson joined exclusive company with his showcase. He's now one of five players to record three perfect passer rating games in his career, alongside Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger. He's done so in significantly fewer games, too.
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It gets better for Jackson, though. Passer rating is a marker limited by artificial constraints. If those limits were removed, Jackson's showings in his two best days against the Fins would rank better than that of any other post-merger hurler.
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What is a perfect passer rating?
A player reaches a perfect passer rating when they leave a game at 158.3. The only criteria to qualify for a recorded perfect passer rating game is to attempt at least 10 passes.
A formula was concocted to come up with such a number. However, it's a bit complex. Here's how it works:
- (CMP/ATT - .3)*5
- (YDS/ATT - 3) *0.25
- (TD/ATT)*20
- 2.375-((INT/ATT)*25)
If any of the previous four numbers exceed 2.375, the number is rounded down to 2.375. Any negative numbers are set to zero.
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Those four separate numbers are then added up and divided by six. That new number is then multiplied by 100 to get the passer rating.
To achieve a perfect passer rating, there are certain thresholds that have to be met. The completions/attempt (completion percentage) has to be at least 77.5 percent. The yards per attempt have to be at least 12.5 yards per attempt. The touchdowns per attempt have to be a minimum of 11.875 percent. There have to be zero interceptions.
If all four of those criteria are met, a player can achieve a perfect passer rating. How did Brock Purdy do it?
- CMP/ATT: 85.71 percent
- YDS/ATT: 15.3
- TD/ATT: 27.7 percent
- INT: 0
Lamar Jackson MVP odds
Jackson is undoubtedly the frontrunner for this year's MVP. Sunday's showing was simply the cherry on top, not just for the masses, but also the sportsbooks.
Below is a look at the MVP race, according to Caesar's.
Lamar Jackson stats 2023
Jackson has enjoyed a marvelous 2023, tossing 24 touchdowns to just seven interceptions while pouring in 3,678 yards through the air. He's added a further 821 yards and five touchdowns on the ground.
It's a season that somewhat pales in comparison to his MVP-winning 2019 season. That year, Jackson left defenders strewn across the pitch with his running ability. 2023 has been a different story entirely, however; Jackson has been the crown jewel in Todd Monken's new offense.
Jackson's throwing the ball more than ever before. It's been a welcome sight to the masses, who have gotten a chance to see Jackson shine inside the pocket. He's completing 67.2 percent of his passes and averaging a career-best 8.0 yards per completion.
Here's a look at the numbers behind Jackson's overall numbers from 2023: | https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/lamar-jackson-passer-rating-ravens/543da909155eab8449638a0d | 2024-01-01T04:08:51Z |
According to multiple media reports over the weekend, a number of fatalities may have originated at the Asante hospital in Medford. They describe infections that patients acquired when a nurse replaced the opioid painkiller fentanyl with tap water given to patients at the hospital.
According to the Rogue Valley Times, residents of Grants Pass and Klamath Falls were recently notified that deaths of their family members over the last year-and-a-half were the result of infections they acquired during stays at Asante after a nurse replaced fentanyl with non-sterile tap water.
A spokesperson from Asante declined to comment, but provided the following statement: “We were distressed to learn of this issue. We reported it to law enforcement and are working closely with them.”
Medford Police Department spokesperson Lt. Geoff Kirkpatrick confirmed on Sunday that they are investigating the reports. Kirkpatrick did not provide additional information, including details about potential fatalities caused by hospital infections. | https://www.ijpr.org/health-and-medicine/2023-12-31/asante-helping-police-investigate-allegations-of-deadly-infections-caused-by-opioid-misuse | 2024-01-01T04:08:51Z |
Venomous snake stops play at Australia tennis tournament
Dominic Thiem's Brisbane International qualifying match against Australian James McCabe was suspended for 40 minutes on Saturday after a poisonous snake slithered courtside.
McCabe had just wrapped up the first set 6-2 against the Austrian 2020 US Open champion when the reptile -- reportedly an eastern brown snake -- was spotted among electrical wires on the side of the court in front of spectators.
Play was halted until a snake catcher arrived and managed to tease it into a bag.
Eastern browns are capable of delivering a potent bite and their venom can result in progressive paralysis and uncontrollable bleeding, according to the website of the Australian Museum.
Australia is home to 20 of the world's 25 most venomous, but deaths from bites are rare.
Thiem eventually won the match to move within one victory of the main draw. | https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/more-sports/tennis/news/venomous-snake-stops-play-australia-tennis-tournament-3506871 | 2024-01-01T04:08:49Z |
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 31, 2023) - BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc. (TSXV: BILD) ("BuildDirect" or "Company"), a leading omnichannel building material retailer, announces a change to its senior management.
The Company announces that Matthew Alexander is resigning as the Interim-Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective January 26, 2024 to pursue another career opportunity and will work with the Company prior to his departure to ensure a smooth transition for the management team and the Board.
"On behalf of myself and the Board we would like to thank Matt for his service to the Company and wish him all of the best in his future endeavours," said BuildDirect's CEO Shawn Wilson.
BuildDirect is engaging an executive search firm to assist the Company in identifying a new CFO who will complement BuildDirect's strong leadership team and will help drive forward the Company's omni-channel strategy.
About BuildDirect
BuildDirect (TSXV: BILD) is a growing omnichannel building material retailer. BuildDirect connects North American home improvement B2B and B2C organizations, and homeowners with quality building materials and services through its robust global supply chain network. BuildDirect's growth trajectory, strong product offering, and proprietary heavyweight delivery network are delivering value today, solidifying its position as an innovative player in the home improvement industry. For more information, visit www.BuildDirect.com.
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Forward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Among those factors are changes in consumer spending, availability of mortgage financing and consumer credit, changes in the housing market, changes in trade policies, tariffs or other applicable laws and regulations both locally and in foreign jurisdictions, availability and cost of goods from suppliers, fuel prices and other energy costs, interest rate and currency fluctuations and changes in general economic, business and political conditions. These forward-looking statements may be affected by risks and uncertainties in the business of the Company and general market conditions.
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Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect the Company's expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made, the Company cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. There may be other risks, uncertainties and factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended and such changes could be material. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and BuildDirect assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.
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Medieval medicine bottle unearthed in SE Turkey
The 900-year-old bottle with the image of two snakes twined, the symbol of today's medicine, on it, dates back to the Zengids, a Turkic dynasty that ruled the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia on behalf of the Seljuks, Mehmet Onal, an archeology professor at the Harran University in southeastern Sanliurfa province, told Anadolu Agency.
Nur ad-Din Zengi, who succeeded his father in 1146, ruled for nearly 30 years until the Zengid dynasty was replaced in Syria by the Ayyubids, led by Saladin.
The archeological discoveries imply that Harran could have been an important medical center throughout history, according to Onal.
The head of the excavation team also said the medicine was produced and put in these bottles, and it was sold here.
The bottle will be exhibited at Sanliurfa Museum.
Harran, Sanliurfa, currently on UNESCO's Temporary Heritage List, welcomes thousands of local and international visitors with the world's first Islamic university and the remnants of the Ulu Mosque, dating back to the 700s in the Umayyad era. | https://en.inform.kz/news/medieval-medicine-bottle-unearthed-in-se-turkey_a3498512/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:52Z |
Top gardening jobs to do in January including pruning to discourage plant ‘diseases’
Although it may not seem like it, January is a great month to get back into the garden to start planning for the year ahead. According to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), there are a variety of jobs to be doing.
Monty Don shares tips for pruning fruit trees
The experts said: “Now is a great time to plan for the coming gardening year and to order seeds and plants. Enjoy the fresh air, on dry sunny days, and check your winter protection, stakes, ties and supports are still working after any severe weather.
“Also put out food for birds and leave some garden areas uncut, a little longer, to provide shelter for wildlife in your garden.”
One of the top jobs this month is to prune fruit trees including both apples and pears which although may seem daunting, is fairly easy.
The RHS said: “Aim to take between 10 to 20 percent of the overall canopy off in any one winter. Work around the tree evenly and keep an eye on your pruning pile - if it’s looking a little big, stop. You can always go back next year and do some more.
“The more you prune, the stronger the regrowth. If you have pruned too hard, your tree is likely to produce vigorous upright branches called watershoots. This isn’t ideal as they crowd the crown.
“Aim to take out a bit of old wood each winter, to stimulate new. But the majority of the fruiting wood should be quite young - one to four years old, which is the wood that fruits best.
“Also aim to create an open centre for your tree. This allows more light into the canopy to ripen the shoots and fruit. Improved air movement discourages diseases.”
Although not the most glamorous of tasks, cleaning pots, gutters, water butts and greenhouses is one of the most important tasks to be done this month.
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According to the experts, cleaning greenhouses, no matter the material greatly improves the growing environment for plants, helping them thrive into the spring and summer months.
The RHS said: “Glazing material should also be washed inside and out, but for plastic materials, test on a small inconspicuous area first to be sure the cleaning material does not damage the glazing.
“Scrub off any old shade paint on the outside of the glass from the summer and ease out dirt trapped between panes using a flexible scraper such as a plastic plant label.
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“Replace broken parts such as vent controllers and draught excluders and pay attention to propagation areas and equipment.”
January is also a great month to lay a new turd or repair holes and bumps on existing lawns.
The pros added: “If your lawn suffers dieback from treading during the wet, muddy season, then consider laying stepping stones through it to allow easy access across it without causing damage.” | https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/1849550/gardening-jobs-january-pruning | 2024-01-01T04:08:54Z |
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Vacation care, sports programs, or performing arts – whatever your child’s interests, researchers say that adding structure to the school holiday is a great way to keep kids healthy and active over the break.
In the first Australian study of its kind, University of South Australia researchers found that when primary school children are on holidays, they’re less active, more likely to be on screens, and tend to have a worse diet than during the school term.
Assessing responses for 358 primary school students (Grade 4 and 5), researchers found that on holidays, children were likely to be 12 minutes less active each day, 27 minutes more sedentary, and have more than an hour extra of screen time.
During the school holidays, children (aged 9-10) spent 39 per cent more time using screens than during the school year.
UniSA researcher Dr Amanda Watson says children exercise less and eat more unhealthy food during the holidays, which may contribute to accelerated weight gain and poor health.
“Everyone is excited when school holidays come around – it’s a break from the daily routine, classrooms, and getting ready on time – but despite the obvious benefits, it can have some setback for kids,” Dr Watson says.
“Our study shows that during school holidays, children are more likely to display unhealthy behaviours, such as being less active, spending more time sitting, eating more junk food, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) watching a whole lot more TV or screens.
“Of course, it is important for children to get some quality downtime over the school break, but it’s equally important that they stay active and get enough exercise.
“If we add more structure to children’s days in the holidays – regular activities, planned lunch and snack breaks, as well as a limit on the amount of screen time kids have – we could encourage healthier behaviours to benefit them now and in the future.”
In Australia, one in four children (25 per cent) are overweight or obese, contributing to poorer health and wellbeing, as well as worse performance at school.
Senior researcher UniSA’s Professor Carol Maher says that screen time is one of the biggest risk factors for children’s inactivity.
“Managing screen time is a challenge for many parents, and not only in the holidays,” Prof Maher says.
“Being inactive for extended periods, either watching TV or playing games, is not good for anyone’s health, not the least children.
“So, when research shows us that even one extra hour of screen time a day corresponds with a 13 per cent increased risk of obesity, it is time to rethink computer time.
“Everyone can benefit from being more active. These holidays could be just what you need to make more positive changes to you and your children’s activity levels, overall wellbeing, and health.” | https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/news/2024-01-01/more-structure-less-screens-for-healthier-kids/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:52Z |
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PARIS, Jan 1 — Even as human-caused climate change threatens the environment, nature continues to inspire our technological advancement.
“The solutions that are provided by nature have evolved for billions of years and tested repeatedly every day since the beginning of time,” said Evripidis Gkanias, a University of Edinburgh researcher.
Gkanias has a special interest in how nature can educate artificial intelligence.
“Human creativity might be fascinating, but it cannot reach nature’s robustness — and engineers know that,” he told AFP.
From compasses mimicking insect eyes to forest fire-fighting robots that behave like vines, here’s a selection of this year’s nature-based technology.
Insect compass
Some insects — such as ants and bees — navigate visually based on the intensity and polarisation of sunlight, thus using the sun’s position as a reference point.
Researchers replicated their eye structure to construct a compass capable of estimating the sun’s location in the sky, even on cloudy days.
Common compasses rely on Earth’s weak magnetic field to navigate, which is easily disturbed by noise from electronics.
A prototype of the light-detecting compass is “already working great”, said Gkanias, who led the study published in Communications Engineering.
“With the appropriate funding, this could easily be transformed into a more compact and lightweight product” freely available, he added.
And with a little further tweaking, the insect compass could work on any planet where a big celestial light source is visible.
Water-collecting webs
Fabric inspired by the silky threads of a spider web and capable of collecting drinking water from morning mist could soon play an important role in regions suffering water scarcity.
The artificial threads draw from the feather-legged spider, whose intricate “spindle-knots” allow large water droplets to move and collect on its web.
Once the material can be mass produced, the water harvested could reach a “considerable scale for real application”, Yongmei Zheng, a co-author of the study published in Advanced Functional Materials, told AFP.
Fire-fighting vines
Animals aren’t the only source of inspiration from nature.
Scientists have created an inflatable robot that “grows” in the direction of light or heat, in the same way vines creep up a wall or across a forest floor.
The roughly two-metre-long tubular robot can steer itself using fluid-filled pouches rather than costly electronics.
In time, these robots could find hot spots and deliver fire suppression agents, say researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
“These robots are slow, but that is OK for fighting smouldering fires, such as peat fires, which can be a major source of carbon emissions,” co-author Charles Xiao told AFP.
But before the robots can climb the terrain, they need to be more heat-resistant and agile.
Kombucha circuits
Scientists at the Unconventional Computing Laboratory at the University of the West of England in Bristol have found a way to use slimy kombucha mats –- produced by yeast and bacteria during the fermenting of the popular tea-based drink — to create “kombucha electronics”.
The scientists printed electrical circuits onto dried mats that were capable of illuminating small LED lights.
Dry kombucha mats share properties of textiles or even leather. But they are sustainable and biodegradable, and can even be immersed in water for days without being destroyed, said the authors.
“Kombucha wearables could potentially incorporate sensors and electronics within the material itself, providing a seamless and unobtrusive integration of technology with the human body,” such as for heart monitors or step-trackers, lead author Andrew Adamatzky and the laboratory’s director, told AFP.
The mats are lighter, cheaper and more flexible than plastic, but the authors caution that durability and mass production remain significant obstacles.
Scaly robots
Pangolins resemble a cross between a pine cone and an anteater. The soft-bodied mammals, covered in reptilian scales, are known to curl up in a ball to protect themselves against predators.
Now, a tiny robot might adapt that same design for potentially life-saving work, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
It is intended to roll through our digestive tracts before unfurling and delivering medicine or stopping internal bleeding in hard-to-reach parts of the human body.
Lead author Ren Hao Soon of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems was watching a YouTube video when he “stumbled across the animal and saw it was a good fit”.
Soon needed a soft material that wouldn’t cause harm inside the human body, with the advantages of a hard material that could, for example, conduct electricity. The Pangolin’s unique structure was perfect.
The tiny robots are still in their initial stages, but they could be made for as little as €10 each.
“Looking to nature to solve these kinds of problems is natural,” said Soon.
“Every single design part of an animal serves a particular function. It’s very elegant.” — AFP | https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2024/01/01/insect-compasses-fire-fighting-vines-2023s-nature-inspired-tech/110061 | 2024-01-01T04:08:53Z |
The Vikings attempted to rally the troops with a switch at quarterback ahead of Sunday's NFC North clash between Minnesota and Green Bay. Head coach Kevin O'Connell gave Jaren Hall the start ahead of Nick Mullens as the Vikes looked to burst some life into their offense.
The move lasted all of two quarters, with O'Connell going back to Mullens amid a steady pour of incompletions from its first-year hurler.
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Minnesota was in desperate need of a win to keep its postseason hopes alive. Under Hall's helm, that wasn't looking all that likely. Here's what you need to know about O'Connell's decision to make a swap under center.
Why was Jaren Hall benched?
The thought process behind Minnesota starting Hall was a simple one: O'Connell felt Hall had the tools to propel the Vikings to success against the Packers, one of the sides Minnesota is competing against for a wild-card berth.
"Going back and really looking at some of the things he did in his short time out there against Atlanta," O'Connell said earlier in the week. "Now that he's healthy, he's had a few great weeks of preparation and I look forward to seeing what Jaren can do."
What Hall did was toil amid a constant swirl of Green Bay defenders. He was brought down three times behind the line of scrimmage in the first half. And when he did have space and time to work with, he delivered limp efforts across the field.
Hall completed 5-of-10 passes for 67 yards against the Packers, failing to record a touchdown while tossing an interception and losing a fumble.
Hall's turnovers were largely avoidable. His pick came after firing an errant effort behind Johnny Mundt, who deflected the ball up in the air before it fell under the warm embrace of a Green Bay defender. He
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Shortly thereafter, Preston Smith jarred the ball loose from a hapless Hall after bursting through the trenches.
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Minnesota tallied just three points in the first half, falling behind 23-3 amid a torrent of Jordan Love scores. O'Connell made the switch heading into the second half, placing Mullens in the driver's seat. He was immediately vindicated for the decision; Mullens led the Vikings to the red zone in his first possession, while he found the end zone in his second.
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Suffice to say, O'Connell opted to make the switch after Hall's subpar showing. It very well could have proved too little, too late, however. It's hard to come back from multiple scores down, after all. | https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/vikings-jaren-hall-benched-kevin-oconnell-nick-mullens/050c822e4bb1f86ee5ad90f8 | 2024-01-01T04:08:57Z |
WYOMING, Mich. — Two people were injured after an argument at a Walmart store in Michigan escalated into gunfire on Sunday, authorities said.
The man and woman who were shot suffered injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening, WXMI-TV reported.
The shooting took place at about 6 p.m. in the city of Wyoming, police spokesperson Lt. Andrew Koeller said.
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Police said there was an altercation between the two suspects and the male victim, according to WZZM-TV. The shooting took place in the front of the store near the checkout lanes. The male victim was shot; the woman was not a target, the television station reported.
The suspects fled the scene, police said. Both men were wearing masks, WOOD-TV reported.
“This is a brazen public attack. This is not something that we would tolerate, this is not something that should occur,” Koeller told reporters. “And we encourage the public to give any information in help solving this brazen crime and like I mentioned, unfortunately, an innocent bystander was struck. Two people were struck and that’s completely unfortunate.”
It is unclear what led to the altercation between the suspects and the man, WOOD-TV reported. It was also unclear whether the suspects and the male victim knew one another, according to the television station. | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/2-injured-shooting-walmart-michigan/2APDDUBCZ5DPXFFTF2PICOVLRU/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:56Z |
A better year hinges on improved management
We all hope the year 2024 will be a better one for Bangladesh sports.
Despite some brilliant wins, notable individual performances in the country's two major sports---cricket and football-- we had an average 2023, which also marked another year of seeing other sports gradually disappearing from the limelight.
At the onset of a new year full of fresh opportunities, all of us must look forward to the future but not with the same mindset of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon.
The BCB boss had told the reporters on December 9 after the defeat against New Zealand in the Mirpur Test that 'those who are interested to stay in the past, let them do that…. we will move forward.'
He said that as he was apparently no longer interested to speak about Bangladesh's World Cup debacle and the progress of the inquiry committee, which was formed by the board to find out the reasons behind the dismal show.
The Tigers' Test victory against New Zealand in Sylhet helped Papon find his voice after remaining uncharacteristically silent following the World Cup.
The historic ODI and T20I wins in New Zealand in December will surely further bolster his confidence in the New Year.
History, however, tells us that sporadic successes hardly bring any long-term and sustainable progress in our sports, whether it is cricket, football or some other discipline.
In Bangladesh, following every success or disaster in sports leaves us puzzled about how to go about identifying the problems.
A dismal showing compels us to think that our players don't have the ability to go far. We even love to compare with other countries who have fewer facilities than us but are performing well in big events.
On the other hand, a brilliant performance bolsters our confidence, compels us to claim that we have the talent but a lack of proper management and long-term vision are impeding our progress and are keeping us from consistently achieving better results.
In cricket, the most pathetic thing to happen this year was not the disastrous showing in the World Cup but the board's reluctance in finding out the reasons behind the debacle, actively trying to sweep it under the rug and move forward without examining the faults.
In football, there were some rays of hope but questions remain whether the few sporadic successes will bring any changes in the country's football without the existence of a professional football structure.
In other sports, there was hardly any hope. The outcome in the Asian Games once again showed that we have surrendered to the fact of being little more than mere spectators in global events as we hardly have any goals or have undertaken any long-term measures to make a mark.
In a gloomy year in Bangladesh cricket, the Nigar Sultana-led women's cricket team deserves its flowers for gifting the country with a number of historic victories. After an underwhelming 2023, can we hope for a better 2024 in sports? Yes, we can, but only if the necessary changes are made at the management level. | https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/news/better-year-hinges-improved-management-3507476 | 2024-01-01T04:08:57Z |
The world welcomed 2024 with a mix of celebration and somber reflection.
Sydney sparkled under a shower of silver and gold fireworks commemorating the 50th anniversary of its iconic Opera House, while the mood in Gaza remained bleak, with residents more concerned with survival. In Europe, Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announced her abdication after over half a century on the throne.
Here's how places and people around the world bid farewell to 2023 and welcomed the New Year.
AUSTRALIA - Sydney hailed 2024 with a dazzling fireworks display featuring silver and gold pyrotechnics to mark the 50th anniversary of its famous Opera House.
GAZA - People in Gaza had little hope that 2024 will bring much relief after 12 weeks of Israel's war to eliminate Hamas. In Rafah on Gaza's border with Egypt, which has become the biggest focal point for Palestinians fleeing other parts of the enclave, people were more preoccupied on Sunday with trying to find shelter, food and water than with thinking about the New Year.
"In 2024 I wish to go back to the wreckage of my home, pitch a tent and live there," said Abu Abdullah al-Agha, a middle- aged Palestinian man whose house in Khan Younis was destroyed and who lost a young niece and nephew in an Israeli air strike.
DENMARK - Denmark's Queen Margrethe II used her annual New Year's speech on Sunday to announce that she will abdicate on Jan. 14 after 52 years on the throne and will be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik.
RUSSIA - Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing an election in March, made only passing reference in his New Year address on Sunday to his war in Ukraine, hailing his soldiers as heroes but mostly emphasizing unity and shared determination.
CHINA - China President Xi Jinping, speaking on Sunday in a televised speech to mark the New Year, said the country will consolidate and enhance the positive trend of its economic recovery in 2024, and sustain long-term economic development with deeper reforms.
TAIWAN - President Tsai Ing-wen said that maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is the responsibility of both sides.
NORTH KOREA - North Korea vowed to launch three new spy satellites, build military drones and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024 as leader Kim Jong Un said U.S. policy is making war inevitable, state media reported on Sunday.
Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to further develop relationship of cooperation between the two countries in New Year messages exchanged on Monday, South Korea's Yonhap news reported, citing North Korea's state radio.
THE VATICAN - At his Sunday prayers, Pope Francis said: "I wish everyone a peaceful end of the year, and please do not forget to pray for me."
FRANCE - French President Emmanuel Macron in a televised address ahead of New Year celebrations said 2024 would be "the year of our French pride" marked by the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games and the reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral after a devastating fire.
GERMANY - Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in his traditional year-end address that 2023 held "so much suffering and bloodshed," but promised "we in Germany will get through this."
Police on Sunday detained three more suspects in an alleged Islamist plot to attack Germany's famed Cologne Cathedral on New Year's Eve.
The alleged attackers had planned to use a car to attack the 800-year-old Gothic cathedral, Cologne police said.
BRITAIN - London ushered in the New Year with the bongs of its famous Big Ben bell, fireworks and a display of news highlights that featured King Charles' coronation.
UNITED STATES - In New York, tens of thousands of revelers are gathered in Manhattan's Times Square to wait for the lighted ball to drop at midnight, after scheduled performances by musicians including Megan Thee Stallion and LL Cool J.
President Joe Biden said in an interview ahead of the ball drop that he hoped celebrants realized "we're in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world."
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Key Week 17 results:
- Colts 23, Raiders 20: No. 7 seed Colts improve to 9-7; Raiders eliminated from postseason
- Jaguars 26, Panthers 0: AFC South-leading Jaguars improve to 9-7
- Texans 26, Titans 3: No. 8 seed Texans improve to 9-7
- Browns 37, Jets 20: Browns improve to 11-5, clinch AFC No. 5 seed
- Bills 27, Patriots 21: No. 6 seed Bills improve to 10-6
- Chiefs 25, Bengals 17: Bengals eliminated from playoff contention
- Steelers 30, Seahawks 23: No. 9 seed Steelers improve to 9-7
- Ravens 56, Dolphins 19: Ravens clinch AFC No. 1 seed; Dolphins fall to 11-5; Week 18's Dolphins-Bills game will determine AFC North champion
AFC Standings (*denotes division leader; Broncos and Patriots play Sunday night; Ravens, Chiefs, Raiders play on Monday)
- Baltimore Ravens (13-3)*
- Miami Dolphins (11-5)*
- Kansas City Chiefs (9-6)*
- Jacksonville Jaguars (9-7)*
- Cleveland Browns (11-5)
- Buffalo Bills (10-6)
- Indianapolis Colts (9-7)
- Houston Texans (9-7)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7)
- Denver Broncos (8-8)
- Cincinnati Bengals (8-8)
- Las Vegas Raiders (7-9)
- New York Jets (6-10)
- Tennessee Titans (5-11)
- Los Angeles Chargers (5-11)
- New England Patriots (4-12)
What Colts need to make the playoffs in Week 18
The math is simple: If the Colts win, they're in.
If the Colts win and the Jaguars lose, they will win the AFC South. If the Colts and Jaguars win, the Colts will be a wild card, either as the No. 6 or No. 7 seed depending on the result of the Bills-Dolphins game.
The Colts own tiebreakers over the Steelers (head-to-head) or Bills (conference record) and would be seeded ahead of both teams if they finish with the same record. The Jaguars own tiebreakers over both the Colts and Texans and will win the AFC South with a victory against the Titans.
By virtue of the Bengals' loss to the Chiefs, there is no scenario in which the Colts would not make the playoffs with a win on Sunday. There is also no scenario in which the Colts make the playoffs with a loss.
The Colts could make the playoffs with a tie and:
- A Jaguars loss (win AFC South)
- A Steelers loss (win AFC No. 7 seed due to head-to-head tiebreaker with Texans)
Potential seeding scenarios
If the Colts make the playoffs, they could finish the 2023 season either as the AFC No. 4, 6 or 7 seed. Here's how:
- No. 4 seed: Win vs. Texans + Jaguars loss (clinches AFC South)
- No. 6 seed: Win vs. Texans + Jaguars win AND Bills lose
- No. 7 seed: Win vs. Texans + Jaguars win AND Bills win
The Colts' possible opponents if they were to make the playoffs could be home against Cleveland Browns (as the No. 4 seed AFC South winners), away against the Kansas City Chiefs (as the No. 6 seed), away against the Bills (as the No. 7 seed with a Bills win) or away against the Dolphins (as the No. 7 seed with a Bills-Dolphins tie).
Week 18 games that will impact the Colts:
Jaguars (9-7):
- Week 18: at Titans (5-11)
Bills (10-6):
- Week 18: at Dolphins (11-5)
Texans (9-7):
- Week 18: at Colts (9-7)
Interested in playoff tickets? Visit the Colts Playoff Central for the most up-to-date information.
View the Top 100 Indianapolis Colts photos from 2023 as we countdown to the new year! | https://www.colts.com/news/afc-playoff-standings-seeding-odds-week-18-texans-implications | 2024-01-01T04:08:59Z |
Colorado mom wanted for killing 2 of her children arrested in United Kingdom
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - A mother wanted in connection with the deaths of two of her children has been arrested in the United Kingdom, according to police.
Colorado Springs Police say Kimberlee Singler was taken into custody without incident.
On December 19, just after midnight, police responded to a call about a burglary in the 5300 block of Palomino Ranch Point.
When police arrived, they found two children, a 9-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, dead inside the residence.
Singler and an 11-year-old girl were found with injuries and taken to a local hospital. All three children are Singler’s children.
As the investigation continued, a warrant for Singler’s arrest was issued on December 26. The arrest warrant included charges of murder in the first degree, child abuse, and assault.
A $10,000,000 bond was set by the court.
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British children 'have less space' to be kids, award-winning author says
Katherine Rundell also said the rise of the celebrity author has resulted in a "limited choice" of books for children.
Monday 1 January 2024 03:32, UK
Award-winning children's author Katherine Rundell says she fears young people in Britain "have less space in which to be a child".
Speaking to Sky News after her fantasy book Impossible Creatures was named 2023 Waterstones Book of the Year, the writer - who's been likened to literary titans such as JRR Tolkien and Philip Pullman - reflected on her own early years growing up overseas.
"I was so lucky in that I grew up partly in Zimbabwe and I was very close to wild creatures, there would be snakes in the garden and monkeys down by the shops...one of the things that I was very lucky to have was this stretch of childhood in which I was allowed to play outside and be without adult supervision," she said.
"And I think in England that is harder and perhaps that makes children grow up a little swifter, that they have less space in which to be a child."
The rise of the celebrity author has come to dominate children's literature in the last decade, but Rundell has proven a famous name is not always an essential entry point for young readers.
She has been one of the most talked about authors of this year, drawing comparisons to the likes of CS Lewis.
"Narnia - it's in my bones and skin and fingernails," she said.
"When you read a children's book, sometimes it can be like a kind of defibrillator for the imagination. It can galvanise you into a kind of curiosity, a kind of beauty that you have perhaps forgotten."
An Oxford fellow, her grounding in academia is apparent.
Her latest work - Impossible Creatures - about a magical archipelago where all mythical beasts still reside, is packed full of historical research, telling the story of a race to "save that which is beautiful" with a nod to our own environment.
"I think I wanted to say to the children reading it, your bravery, your endurance, your courage, your action will be wonderfully worth the time and pain and effort it takes," Rundell said.
"I also hope that adults might read the book too and tell them I want to say our hope must be more active, more political, more urgent, the time to fight is now."
Rundell questions the wisdom of our modern propensity of celebrities writing children's books.
She said: "Our current ecosystem does mean that there's often, in some places, limited choice and the same names over and over. And I think what we need is to find ways to get the variety and scope into children's hands."
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Expect Impossible Creatures to soon rank alongside some of the most memorable children's series - from Harry Potter to His Dark Materials and the like - with a sequel already in the works and a third on the cards.
Rundell said: "You can't please every kid, but just occasionally I have kids who come up to me and say, I've read it and I know it's not real, obviously it's not real...but is it real?"
It is already being hailed as a modern classic but Rundell says at its best, children's fiction gives young people "a blueprint for what it might be to be happy". | https://news.sky.com/story/british-children-have-less-space-to-be-kids-award-winning-author-says-13039775 | 2024-01-01T04:08:59Z |
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ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstani meteorologists have put Kyzylorda, Almaty regions as well as Almaty city on storm alert.
Melting of snow and snowmelt runoff are forecast for Almaty city, Almaty and Kyzylorda regions on March 1. | https://en.inform.kz/news/melting-of-snow-forecast-for-2-regions-of-kazakhstan_a3501913/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:59Z |
JACKSON, Miss. — (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP.
Attorneys for the civil rights organization had sued on behalf of several Jackson residents, saying the new court undermines democracy because local voters or local elected officials won't choose its judge or prosecutors.
The new Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have a judge appointed by the state Supreme Court chief justice and prosecutors appointed by the state attorney general — officials who are white and conservative.
In a ruling filed late Sunday, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate dismissed requests to block the new court, which was created by the majority-white and Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature. Jackson is governed by Democrats.
“None of the Plaintiffs has alleged that he or she is in actual or imminent danger of experiencing any concrete and particularized injury resulting from the establishment of the CCID Court or the challenged appointment of a judge or prosecutors for that court,” Wingate wrote.
Under a law signed by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves during the spring, the new court will come into existence Jan. 1 and will have jurisdiction in a part of Jackson that includes state government buildings and some residential and shopping areas.
Reeves and legislators who support the new court say it is part of an effort to control crime in Jackson — a city that has had more than 100 homicides for each of the past three years, in a population of about 150,000.
The Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have the same power as municipal courts, which handle misdemeanor cases, traffic violations and initial appearances for some criminal charges. People convicted in most municipal courts face time in a local jail. Those convicted in the new court will be held in a state prison, near people convicted of more serious felony crimes.
Most municipal judges are appointed by city officials. Jackson has a Black mayor and majority-Black city council. The judge of the new court is not required to live in Jackson.
Legal arguments in the case touched on racial discrimination, public safety and democracy.
In response to plaintiffs' saying they do not feel represented by the chief justice or attorney general, Wingate wrote that they failed to prove they had ever complained to local officials or that local officials had been open to listening.
“Further, had the local officials been so obliging, this court is mystified why Jackson’s system of criminal justice is in the deplorable shape it is in, with an overcrowded docket requiring defendants to jettison any notion of a speedy disposition,” Wingate wrote.
NAACP attorneys intend to appeal the ruling.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch's office will continue to defend the law and “perform our duties to help protect the people of Jackson from stifling, suffocating crime that plagues the city,” chief of staff Michelle Williams said Sunday.
The state law creating the new court also expands the patrol territory for Capitol Police. The state-run police department previously patrolled near state government buildings in downtown Jackson, but the new law added other parts of the city, including more affluent residential and shopping areas.
In September, the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down the part of the same law that would have required the state chief justice to appoint four circuit judges to serve alongside the four elected circuit judges in Hinds County. The county includes Jackson and is also majority-Black and governed by Democrats.
Justices wrote that longstanding Mississippi law allows the chief justice to appoint some judges for specific reasons, such as to deal with a backlog of cases. But they wrote that “we see nothing special or unique” about the four appointed Hinds County circuit judges in the 2023 law, “certainly nothing expressly tethering them to a specific judicial need or exigency.”
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Associated Press/Report For America reporter Michael Goldberg contributed to this report.
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TAIPING (Jan 1): The standard operating procedure (SOP) related to curbing the spread of Covid-19 in schools and educational institutions, issued last April by the Ministry of Education (MOE), is still applicable, said Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh.
Wong said that the SOP involved encouraging the use of face masks for teachers and students, in addition to school staff having to do self-tests if they have symptoms and always maintaining personal hygiene.
“However, we know that the issue of Covid-19 may change from time to time, and the MOE will always discuss and collaborate with the Ministry of Health (MOH) regarding our methods or SOP, to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” he told reporters at the ‘Semarak Taiping’ programme here, last night.
He said this when asked what steps the government would take in the event of an outbreak of Covid-19 in schools, following the current development of cases in the country.
On Dec 29, Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, in a statement, said that the situation remains under control, with most cases reported involving mild symptoms and not requiring hospital treatment, and no new variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the country.
Asked if the MOE will temporarily close schools affected by the spread of Covid-19, Wong said that the ministry will handle each case carefully, and seek advice from MOH for further action if the situation becomes serious.
He said matters related to the SOP would be finalised after discussions with the MOH, as the MOH will continue to monitor this issue, and see what happens after schools reopen (on Jan 2).
Meanwhile, regarding school uniforms, Wong said thus far the MOE has not discussed the matter, and no decision has been made on the time frame for the relaxation of sportswear for schools nationwide.
He said that, although the weather is back to normal now, there are still several schools on the east coast affected by the flood disaster.
“We at MOE always adhere to the principle of humanity, where we want to give our students relaxation and comfort in their learning. For us the content of learning is more important than other issues,” he said.
On May 20, MOE did not set a time frame regarding special permission for students, teachers and members of the implementation group, in all its educational institutions, to wear appropriate sports attire during the hot weather which occurred at that time, with its Minister, Fadhlina Sidek, saying that special permission depends on the weather conditions.
Meanwhile, on the ‘Semarak Taiping’, Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) president, Khairul Amir Mohamad Zubir, in his speech, said that Jan 20, 2024 will mark the 150th anniversary of Taiping town, which was established through the Pangkor Treaty in 1874. MPT will host a total of 150 programmes this year in conjunction with the anniversary. – Bernama | https://www.theborneopost.com/2024/01/01/covid-19-use-of-face-mask-encouraged-at-schools-says-deputy-minister/ | 2024-01-01T04:08:59Z |
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Snoop Dogg is going to Paris.
The global superstar will be joining NBCUniversal's coverage of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, as announced during Sunday Night Football between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings.
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Snoop Dogg will provide regular reports from all the action happening throughout Paris. He will speak with host Mike Tirico and deliver to the primetime U.S. audience his analysis in his own words. He'll explore Paris' iconic landmarks, attend various competitions and speak with athletes and their respective families and friends, among other duties.
“I grew up watching the Olympics and am thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their A-game to Paris. It’s a celebration of skill, dedication, and the pursuit of greatness,” Snoop Dogg said in a statement. “We’re going to have some amazing competitions and, of course, I will be bringing that Snoop style to the mix. It’s going to be the most epic Olympics ever, so stay tuned, and keep it locked. Let’s elevate, celebrate, and make these games unforgettable, smoke the competition, and may the best shine like gold. Peace and Olympic LOVE, ya dig?”
The announcement came in a 75-second-long video where he starred in a "Snoop Year's Eve" promotional spot. He joked with Team USA athletes Suni Lee (gymnastics), A’ja Wilson (basketball), Jagger Eaton (skateboarder), and pairing Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes (beach volleyball) about their previous successes and future Olympic dreams.
The 2024 Olympics will run from July 26 to August 11. | https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/news/snoop-dogg-to-join-nbcs-coverage-of-2024-paris-olympics/555322/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:00Z |
DALLAS, Texas — Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, died Sunday. She was 88.
President Joe Biden, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and many other leaders issued statements about her death after her son posted about it on Facebook. The Dallas Morning News also confirmed her death with an unnamed source close to the family. No cause of death was given.
Biden hailed her "immense courage" and called her "an icon and mentor to generations of public servants, through whom her legacy of resilience and purpose will endure."
"She was the single most effective legislator Dallas has ever had," the mayor said in a statement. "Nobody brought more federal infrastructure money home to our city. Nobody fought harder for our communities and our residents' interests and safety. And nobody knew how to navigate Washington better for the people of Dallas."
Eddie Bernice Johnson served in the House for three decades after becoming the first registered nurse elected to Congress and first Black chief psychiatric nurse at Dallas' Veterans Affairs hospital. She went on to become the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and she also led the Congressional Black Caucus. She left office in January after repeatedly delaying her retirement. Before Congress, she served in the Texas legislature.
"For three decades, Chairwoman Johnson was a powerful force in the United States Congress, always focused on the future," House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said in a statement, praising Johnson as "a tenacious trailblazer, a talented legislator and a devoted public servant."
Johnson used her committee leadership position to fight against Republican efforts to block action on climate change. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford said Johnson was also "a fierce advocate for expanding STEM opportunities to Black and minority students" who also played a key role in helping the Biden administration pass a major package of incentives for computer chip manufacturers.
She was born in Waco and grew up in the segregated South. Dallas' once-segregated Union Station was renamed in her honor in 2019.
Her own experience with racism helped spur her to get involved in politics. She recalled that officials at the VA hospital were shocked that she was Black after they hired her sight-unseen, so they rescinded their offer for her to live in a dorm on campus. She told The Dallas Morning News in 2020 that officials would go into patients' rooms ahead of her to "say that I was qualified."
"That was really the most blatant, overt racism that I ever experienced in my life," she told the newspaper.
Johnson nearly quit but decided to stick with it.
"It was very challenging," she said. "But any job where you're an African American woman entering for the first time would be a challenge. They had not hired one before I got there. Yes, it was a challenge, but it was a successful venture."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://news.wgcu.org/2023-12-31/former-u-s-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-dies-at-88 | 2024-01-01T04:09:00Z |
Colorado mom wanted for killing 2 of her children arrested in United Kingdom
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - A mother wanted in connection with the deaths of two of her children has been arrested in the United Kingdom, according to police.
Colorado Springs Police say Kimberlee Singler was taken into custody without incident.
On December 19, just after midnight, police responded to a call about a burglary in the 5300 block of Palomino Ranch Point.
When police arrived, they found two children, a 9-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, dead inside the residence.
Singler and an 11-year-old girl were found with injuries and taken to a local hospital. All three children are Singler’s children.
As the investigation continued, a warrant for Singler’s arrest was issued on December 26. The arrest warrant included charges of murder in the first degree, child abuse, and assault.
A $10,000,000 bond was set by the court.
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Colorado mom wanted for killing 2 of her children arrested in United Kingdom
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - A mother wanted in connection with the deaths of two of her children has been arrested in the United Kingdom, according to police.
Colorado Springs Police say Kimberlee Singler was taken into custody without incident.
On December 19, just after midnight, police responded to a call about a burglary in the 5300 block of Palomino Ranch Point.
When police arrived, they found two children, a 9-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, dead inside the residence.
Singler and an 11-year-old girl were found with injuries and taken to a local hospital. All three children are Singler’s children.
As the investigation continued, a warrant for Singler’s arrest was issued on December 26. The arrest warrant included charges of murder in the first degree, child abuse, and assault.
A $10,000,000 bond was set by the court.
Copyright 2023 KKTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.walb.com/2024/01/01/colorado-mom-wanted-killing-2-her-children-arrested-united-kingdom/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:00Z |
Colorado mom wanted for killing 2 of her children arrested in United Kingdom
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - A mother wanted in connection with the deaths of two of her children has been arrested in the United Kingdom, according to police.
Colorado Springs Police say Kimberlee Singler was taken into custody without incident.
On December 19, just after midnight, police responded to a call about a burglary in the 5300 block of Palomino Ranch Point.
When police arrived, they found two children, a 9-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, dead inside the residence.
Singler and an 11-year-old girl were found with injuries and taken to a local hospital. All three children are Singler’s children.
As the investigation continued, a warrant for Singler’s arrest was issued on December 26. The arrest warrant included charges of murder in the first degree, child abuse, and assault.
A $10,000,000 bond was set by the court.
Copyright 2023 KKTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.kgns.tv/2024/01/01/colorado-mom-wanted-killing-2-her-children-arrested-united-kingdom/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:00Z |
White faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) now appear more real than human faces, according to new research co-authored by a UCL academic.
In the study, led by the Australian National UniversityFounded in 1946, the Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and institutes.” data-gt-translate-attributes=”[{“attribute”:”data-cmtooltip”, “format”:”html”}]” tabindex=”0″ role=”link”>Australian National University researchers and published in Psychological Science, more people thought AI-generated faces were human than the faces of real people.
Co-author Dr. Eva Krumhuber (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) said: “Artificial intelligence has reached an astonishing level of realism, and here we find that sometimes it can even seem more real than reality – hyperrealism – so that we can be very easily tricked into thinking an AI-generated face is real.”
For the study, the researchers showed 124 participants images of different white faces and asked them to judge if the face was real or generated by the StyleGAN2 algorithm. For the AI faces, participants judged them to be real two-thirds of the time – more often than for the real faces.
Racial Bias and the Perception of AI Faces
However, this pattern was not found in other research using the same algorithm that included faces of people of varying ethnicities. The reason for the discrepancy is that AI algorithms tend to be trained disproportionately on white faces.
Senior author Dr. Amy Dawel (Australian National University) said: “If white AI faces are consistently perceived as more realistic, this technology could have serious implications for people of color by ultimately reinforcing racial biases online.
“This problem is already apparent in current AI technologies that are being used to create professional-looking headshots. When used for people of color, the AI is altering their skin and eye color to those of white people.”
AI Hyper-Realism and Its Consequences
One of the issues with AI ‘hyper-realism’ is that people often don’t realize they’re being fooled, the researchers found.
Study co-author and PhD candidate at Australian National University, Elizabeth Miller, said: “Concerningly, people who thought that the AI faces were real most often were paradoxically the most confident their judgments were correct.”
“This means people who are mistaking AI imposters for real people don’t know they are being tricked.”
The researchers were also able to discover why AI faces are fooling people.
Dr. Krumhuber said: “In the old days, there would often be inconsistencies between artificial and human-like faces, thereby producing the uncanny valley effect. Particularly, the eyes (i.e., refraction, shadowing) would give away clues as to whether the face is real or artificial. It seems that we’ve now overcome the uncanny valley for static images.”
Dr. Dawel added: “It turns out that there are still physical differences between AI and human faces, but people tend to misinterpret them. For example, white AI faces tend to be more in-proportion and people mistake this as a sign of humanness. However, we can’t rely on these physical cues for long. AI technology is advancing so quickly that the differences between AI and human faces will probably disappear soon.”
Implications for Misinformation and Identity Theft
The researchers argue this trend could have serious implications for the proliferation of misinformation and identity theft, and that action needs to be taken.
Dr. Dawel said: “AI technology can’t become sectioned off so only tech companies know what’s going on behind the scenes. There needs to be greater transparency around AI so researchers and civil society can identify issues before they become a major problem.”
Raising public awareness can also play a significant role in reducing the risks posed by the technology, the researchers argue.
Dr. Krumhuber, whose research and teaching at UCL explores the socio-cognitive and affective processes underlying emerging technologies and their influence on the human mind, said: “Given that humans can no longer detect AI faces, society needs tools that can accurately identify AI imposters.”
Dr. Dawel concluded: “Educating people about the perceived realism of AI faces could help make the public appropriately skeptical about the images they’re seeing online.”
Reference: “AI Hyperrealism: Why AI Faces Are Perceived as More Real Than Human Ones” by Elizabeth J. Miller, Ben A. Steward, Zak Witkower, Clare A. M. Sutherland, Eva G. Krumhuber and Amy Dawel, 12 November 2023, Psychological Science.
DOI: 10.1177/09567976231207095
Source: SciTechDaily | https://www.focustechnica.com/the-deceptive-realism-of-ai-white-faces-that-fool-the-eye/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:00Z |
SEOUL, Jan 1 — Early starts to workdays and late finishes are routine in South Korea, a country notorious for its hard-driving corporate culture, but Erin Lim knew she wanted to do things differently at her business.
The 38-year-old entrepreneur pioneered office-free work to help working mums like her in 2017 — well before work-from-home flexibility became a happy side effect of the pandemic, including for many parents.
After the birth of her first son, Lim, who describes herself as an “overwhelmingly picky customer”, could not find a baby carrier she liked.
So, with her six-month-old son in tow, she headed to Seoul’s main fabric market.
Soon, she had a prototype of the baby wrap she wanted and, despite having no manufacturing or entrepreneurial experience, launched a business making and selling the carriers out of her front room.
“I’m a person who doesn’t take anything for granted. So, for example, when I started the company, I asked myself: why would I need an office?”
Now, Lim’s company has 55 staff members — 92 per cent women, the majority working parents — and they all still work almost exclusively from home, offering flexible hours and keeping in-person meetings to the bare minimum.
“The reason: I wanted to watch my children grow up,” Lim told AFP, adding that family life should take priority over a rigid, inflexible work schedule.
The daily school drop-off “is a really essential time — to walk with them to school”, she said.
So her company, Konny, enshrined the right to a school drop-off into its policies.
“I didn’t want to have a company culture that didn’t understand that,” she added.
Career graveyard
At first, Lim and her husband — the company’s second employee — stored their inventory in a spare room and did everything themselves.
But as orders flooded in, Lim soon became overwhelmed by customer questions.
She hired a customer service agent — a highly skilled executive who had previously left her decade-long job at a major South Korean gaming company over childcare issues.
“There is a Korean phrase: the graveyard of many women’s careers is the winter holiday for their kid’s first year at elementary school,” said Lim, referring to the first major school break, when many families run into childcare challenges.
South Korea has some of the lowest rates of female workforce participation among OECD countries, but the data — 55 per cent for women versus 73.5 per cent for men — disguises what activists say is an even worse reality of underemployment for working mothers.
Many mothers are forced out of hard-won, high-paying jobs after having children due to childcare issues, experts say, with the official “economic participation rate” for women in their 40s far lower than for men — 67.5 per cent compared to 92.1 per cent.
Unlike companies in many countries, most major South Korean firms quickly required workers to return to the office after the pandemic, with minimal work-from-home options.
“An average Korean company requires an employee to go to work early in the morning and finish work late at night with occasional after-work dinner. That is not sustainable,” Lim said.
Demographics
South Korea has some of the world’s lowest birth rates, and despite hundreds of millions of dollars of government incentives, many women choose not to become mothers.
For Lim, a key part of the problem is that South Korean work culture does not make it easy to combine parenting and a career.
But that is not the whole problem, she said.
“It’s not just limited to companies,” she said, adding that young people are “afraid to have children” as they think they will lose all their free time and disposable income.
“We need a culture where society values child-rearing,” she said.
Even as Koreans have fewer babies, data indicate that overall spending on baby products has increased — and for Konny in particular, business is booming.
The company’s sales data suggest it has approximately a third of the domestic South Korean baby carrier market, and Lim’s baby wrap design has also proved wildly popular in markets from Japan to the United States.
A November column in the widely read Chosun Ilbo newspaper said the company’s success story showed that “the solution to low birth rates must ultimately come from people who have given birth and raised kids”.
Current government policy, created by bureaucratic committees and aimed at fixing the country’s demographic woes, “only looks half way at the cause of the problem”, it said.
“If the government just catches up with these internal policies of this baby carrier company, there will be some solution” to South Korea’s problem of low birth rates, the paper added.
Lim said having a workforce made up mostly of parents who understand the struggles of child-rearing made the company better able to provide for their customers.
“Our mission statement is ‘Make parents’ lives easier and more stylish’,” she said. — AFP | https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2024/01/01/mums-at-work-s-korean-companys-pro-parent-office-free-policies/110062 | 2024-01-01T04:09:01Z |
A Colorado woman accused of killing two of her children and injuring a third was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, authorities said.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Kimberlee Singler, 35, of Colorado Springs, was arrested in the United Kingdom “without incident,” The Denver Post reported. No other details about the arrest were immediately available and the exact location where Singler was arrested was unclear, according to KUSA-TV.
Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Singler on murder and attempted murder charges after her 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter were found dead in a home on Dec. 19, while her 11-year-old daughter was hospitalized.
According to KUSA, the children’s father, Kevin Wentz, identified the deceased children as Aden Wentz, 7; and Elianna “Ellie” Wentz, 9.
Colorado Springs mom arrested in United Kingdom, suspected of murdering 9-year-old daughter, 7-year-old son https://t.co/7u3ZsL7Tez
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) December 31, 2023
Police had responded to a report of a burglary at the residence, but it turned out to be unfounded, according to The Associated Press.
Singler initially cooperated with authorities but then went missing as the investigation progressed, Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin said. She was last seen on Dec. 23, police said.
On Dec. 26, police issued a warrant for Singler’s arrest on four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of child abuse and one count of first-degree assault, KUSA reported.
The 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for a few days before being released, Cronin said. She is recovering in Colorado Springs, according to the AP.
The children’s deaths came during a legal battle between Singler and her ex-husband over parenting time and other issues, the AP reported, citing court filings. Hearings had been scheduled for next month.
“Detectives with the Colorado Springs Police Department’s homicide unit continue to work closely with multiple law enforcement agencies in pursuing the ongoing investigation,” the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement. | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/colorado-mother-accused-killing-2-children-arrested-united-kingdom/UGMHCLKIBFFZZPDFXSLCJAH22E/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:03Z |
‘I’m a paint expert - here are four paint colour mistakes ruining the look of your home’
According to a paint expert, there are many "colour rules" Britons should "never ignore" when decorating their homes.
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From overlooking the natural light in a room to pairing colours with conflicting temperatures, there are many “mistakes” to avoid making when it comes to renovating the home.
Jamie Hancox, managing director and paint expert at Tikkurila, has shared how to create a finished look that you’re guaranteed to be proud of.
1. Not considering the purpose of the room
The expert explained: “Opting for shades that evoke the right emotion for the room you are decorating is an important first step that shouldn’t be overlooked.
“When creating colour schemes, carefully consider the impact different colours can have on your mood, productivity and relaxation levels, and then how this might complement what activity you intend to use the room for.
“A few examples of this are using energising or vibrant shades in a home office, a space where you may require more motivation.
“Whereas for a living room, you may use warm and cosy shades to create a relaxing retreat, or calming tones in a bedroom to help you drift off to sleep.”
2. Ignoring natural light
To produce a balanced space, Britons should consider the direction of natural light coming into the room, with colours changing as the day goes on. Make sure to take the time to try tester pots or colour swatches on walls in advance, and observe them throughout the day.
The pro said: “Remember, your current window treatment and the way the room is facing will influence the amount of natural light let into the room. South-facing rooms tend to receive the most sunlight so it’s worth balancing these rooms with cooler shades, such as blues, greens and pale purples.
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“However, north-facing rooms generally get a far softer natural light. At times, these spaces can feel a bit cold, so avoid the cooler shades and aim to inject a little warmth with paint colours like orange, red, yellow, or earthy browns.”
When it comes to east or west-facing spaces, consider the times of day you use the room and how the light hits it throughout the day, choosing paint colours accordingly.
3. Pairing conflicting colour temperatures
According to the expert, blending both warm and cool shares in the same space is a “risk” which rarely pays off in reality. One of the main problems you face using conflicting colour temperatures is a loss of cohesion in the room, making it feel slightly disjointed.
Jamie added: “When planning your colour schemes, it is best to play it safe and stick with warmer or cooler tones, rather than a combination of the two.
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“That said, with careful planning, it isn’t impossible to bring together both warm and cool shades to create a visually striking space when implemented correctly. If you are still feeling brave enough to give this a try, neutral shades can work as an effective bridge.”
4. Incorporating too many dark colours
Darker shades can look good, although they tend to make a room feel smaller and more cramped, which is the opposite effect of what many people want.
The expert recommended using them as accent shades as opposed to being the primary colour for a room. He noted: “A clever way to incorporate darker colours without overpowering your space is by using darker paint for a feature wall - this can give a room a real sense of depth.
“Likewise, the darker shades can also be used to visually zone and separate parts of a room. For example, in an open-plan kitchen, the darker tones can signal where the kitchen ends and the dining room starts.” | https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/property/1840643/diy-paint-rules-interior-design | 2024-01-01T04:09:04Z |
How to Watch EFL Championship Soccer Today: TV & Live Streaming Links - Monday, January 1
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 9:12 PM CST|Updated: 45 minutes ago
Plymouth Argyle versus Watford is a game to watch on a Monday Championship slate that includes plenty of exciting contests.
Watch your favorite EFL Championship team this season on ESPN+ and Fubo!
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EFL Championship Soccer Streaming Live Today
Watch Sunderland vs Preston North End
- Game Time: 7:30 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Live Stream: Watch on ESPN+!
Watch Plymouth Argyle vs Watford
- Game Time: 10:00 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Live Stream: Watch on ESPN+!
Watch Sheffield Wednesday vs Hull City
- Game Time: 12:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Live Stream: Watch on ESPN+!
Make sure you're following along with EFL Championship action all year long on Fubo and ESPN+!
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With wins by the Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans on Sunday, the race for the AFC South remains wide open.
Even though all three teams are sitting at 9-7, the Jaguars still sit atop the pack because they swept the Colts this season and split their season series with the Texans.
However, all of that could change next week with a loss to the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. If that were the case, then the winner between the Colts and Texans next weekend would determine who took home the division title.
The last time the Colts faced the Texans was in Week 2 when the former got the 31-20 road win. This time around, the Texans will be coming to Lucas Oil Stadium, a place they've struggled to win.
Since the establishment of the AFC South in 2002, the Texans have only beaten the Colts on the road four times.
As for the Jaguars, their chances of beating the Titans are a bit more favorable. Winners of their last three games against Tennessee, the Jaguars most recent victory came in Week 11, 34-14.
Here are the AFC South Standings as of December 31:
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View the Top 100 Indianapolis Colts photos from 2023 as we countdown to the new year! | https://www.colts.com/news/afc-south-standings-how-colts-can-win-division-in-week-18 | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
Facebook has "disabled" the Libs of TikTok account for violating "Community Standards."
Citing a violation of "Community Standards," The Facebook Team wrote that the "Page Libs of Tik Tok has been disabled for going against our Community Standards," according to an image posted to the Libs of TikTok's X account on Saturday. "You cannot visit the Page," Facebook added, "and you won't be able to add new people to work on the Page. Learn more about our Community Standards."
The account, which was launched in April 2020 by Chaya Raichik, according to Mediaite, is known for its absurdist catalog of people posting to TikTok, ranging from two women barking like dogs in public to fat activism, but also features commentary on contemporary culture.
On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy retweeted Libs of TikTok's post and wrote on X: "Government-Tech censorship is one of the biggest issues of our time. Dems are using private companies in Silicon Valley to do through the back door what they cannot do through the front door: silencing opposition."
Nick Koutsobinas, a Newsmax writer, has years of news reporting experience. A graduate from Missouri State University’s philosophy program, he focuses on exposing corruption and censorship.
© 2023 Newsmax. All rights reserved. | https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/facebook-libs-of-tiktok-censorship/2023/12/31/id/1147768/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
In his New Year’s Day address Monday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will strengthen his military’s preemptive strike, missile defense and retaliatory capabilities in response to the North Korean nuclear threat.
“The Republic of Korea is building genuine, lasting peace through strength, not a submissive peace that is dependent on the goodwill of the adversary,” Yoon said, using South Korea’s official name.
At the party meeting, Kim called South Korea “a hemiplegic malformation and colonial subordinate state” whose society is “tainted by Yankee culture.” He said his military must use all available means including nuclear weapons to “suppress the whole territory of South Korea” in the event of a conflict.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry warned in response that if North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, South Korean and U.S. forces will punish it overwhelmingly, resulting in the end of the Kim government.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim’s offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex, a limited step, in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Since 2022, North Korea has conducted more than 100 missile tests, prompting the U.S. and South Korea to expand their joint military drills. North Korea has also tried to strengthen its relationships with China and Russia, which blocked efforts by the U.S. and its partners in the U.N. Security Council to toughen U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its weapons tests.
KCNA said Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged New Year’s Day messages on Monday on bolstering bilateral ties. North Korea faces suspicions that it has supplied conventional arms for Russia’s war in Ukraine in return for sophisticated Russian technologies to enhance the North’s military programs.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kltv.com/2024/01/01/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-thoroughly-annihilate-us-south-korea-if-provoked/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
WIMAUMA, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting at a Wimauma gas station that left one person in critical condition.
Sunday night, deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a BP gas station located on State Road 674.
When they arrived, they found one man and one woman, both with gunshot wounds.
The man was life-flighted to Tampa General Hospital with critical injuries. The woman was also taken to TGH in non-critical condition.
Police believe that both people know each other.
No arrests have currently been made. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/hcso-shooting-at-wimauma-gas-station-leaves-1-in-critical-condition | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
Sharing some favorite Instagrams from the week starting with Joel Weineke, who welcomed the New Year in style:
Derrick Henry enjoyed his holidays in Dallas:
Tommy Jimenez got in that last 2023 workout:
Dan Slater refreshed in the wet:
When you come goggle-ready for the hot tub:
Shade Andrew checked in from Marrakesh, Morocco:
Levi Conely embraced the journey (and his furry goodness):
Thara isn’t sure of his destination but knows it won’t be boring:
Curt brought the beef:
Julian Pitto can serve up some retro-daddy vibes:
Bruno Baba took a poll:
Zach Beech pondered his New Year’s Eve party plans:
Mowafak Abaid shared the shred:
Kevin Davis is not afraid to reframe the facial fur:
Sam Cushing is already on those New Year resolutions: | https://instinctmagazine.com/nye-party-plans-hot-tub-toys-more-eye-candy/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
A dive team in Florida claims to have found the body of a woman who went missing 11 years ago.
Sunshine State Sonar said their search team located the body of Sandra Lemire submerged in a van in a pond near Disney World. The group posted photos and videos of a red van being pulled from the pond in Orlando.
According to police, Lemire was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in Orlando in 2012. Police said she was on her way to Kissimmee to meet a man she had met online through a dating service. Police said she frequently met and dated men through the internet.
She was last seen leaving a Kissimmee restaurant driving her grandmother's 2004 red Ford Freestyle van.
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Osceola Sheriff's deputies and the Orange County Sheriffs Dive team assisted in the response.
Police are working to identify the remains found inside the van. When questioned by Fox News Digital, police would not comment on whether or not the body was Sandra Lemire.
Officials said the Florida Highway Patrol is handling the traffic crash investigation.
A preliminary report by the FHP states that a Ford Freestar van was traveling on the State Road 417 southbound exit ramp to World Drive when, for unknown reasons, the van's driver ran off the roadway and entered a retention pond.
As a result of the crash, officers stated that the van became completely submerged. The specific date and time of the crash remains under investigation.
The medical examiner’s office will provide an update once they have positively identified the deceased, police said. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/dive-team-claims-have-found-body-missing-orlando-woman-sandra-lemire-pond-near-disney-world | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
Badgers dialed in for 22nd-straight bowl appearance
TAMPA, Fla. (WMTV) - The Wisconsin Badgers look o wrap up Luke Fickell’s first season in charge with a bang by winning the ReliaQuest Bowl against Brian Kelly’s LSU Tigers.
Over the last two decades, “Wisconsin” and “bowl season” have been synonymous. For the 22nd-straight year, the Wisconsin Badgers are playing in a bowl game. It is the third-longest streak in the country and the longest in the Big ten.
“It’s important for the young guys,” Wisconsin senior quarterback Tanner Mordecai said. “It’s an opportunity to show that they can show to this program, the coaches that they’re legit when the bullets are flying. So, I’m excited for a lot of young guys to step up and see what they can do.”
The Badgers are 7-5, while no. 13 LSU is 9-3 on the year. Wisconsin looks for their ninth bowl win in a decade and for program development, this time of the year is everything.
“This isn’t just about playing in a bowl game,” Wisconsin head football coach Luke Fickell said. “There’s so many other things going on in your program, within your own guys that this is a really critical time in all that we’re doing. The guys within your own program or even what going on right now with recruiting.”
The last time these teams met was in 2016 at Lambeau Field, where the Badgers won 16-14. That game in Green Bay was the last time the Badgers faced off with an SEC opponent. All-time, Wisconsin is 10-10-1 with Southeastern teams.
“Coach Fickell’s team is one that will play physical,” LSU head football coach Brian Kelly said. ”When you play a Big Ten team, it will be well-coached, well-prepared, and we’re excited about the challenge between and SEC team and a Big Ten team.
But both teams will be without their offensive stars, who have opted out. The Tigers will be without their Heisman trophy winner quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Badgers without running back Braelon Allen.
LSU and Wisconsin will see some adjustments to account for the missing pieces, but safe to say, their New Years Resolution will be to start the year off with a win.
The Badgers and Tigers will ring in 2024 on Monday at 11 A.M. CT on ESPN2
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Corbin man arrested for stealing packages
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 10:57 AM EST|Updated: 12 hours ago
CORBIN, Ky. (WKYT) - A Corbin man has been arrested for stealing packages from a front porch.
According to the Corbin Police Department, officials responded to a theft report on Dec. 30 at a residence in Corbin. Victims provided Ring video footage of a male subject taking packaged delivered to the front door of the home.
The suspect was identified as Michael Felts, 39, of Corbin, and was arrested today. Felts is charged with theft of mail matter.
The stolen property was recovered.
Copyright 2023 WKYT. All rights reserved. | https://www.wymt.com/2023/12/31/corbin-man-arrested-stealing-packages/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
Trump has 'extremely high' chance of being convicted in 2024, former US prosecutor says
Glenn Kirschner, a US attorney with 30 years of trial experience, said he believed that in at least one case, the judge and prosecution team "understand the need to punish this kind of wrongdoing".
Monday 1 January 2024 02:36, UK
The prospect of at least one conviction of Donald Trump in 2024 is "extremely high", a former federal prosecutor has told Sky News.
Glenn Kirschner, a US attorney with 30 years of trial experience, spoke as he assessed the former president's year ahead in court.
Mr Kirschner, a legal analyst for NBC/MSNBC News, said he believed that in at least one case, the judge and prosecution team "understand the need to punish this kind of wrongdoing with a prison term".
Mr Trump faces 91 charges across four criminal trials. While he is not expected to face all four in 2024, some trial dates have been set. The first is 4 March for his alleged role around the January 6 insurrection.
In that prosecution in Washington DC, he faces four criminal counts related to an attempt to stay in power after the 2020 election: conspiracy to violate civil rights, conspiracy to defraud the government, the corrupt obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to perpetrate that obstruction.
Glenn Kirschner told Sky News: "I think the odds of a conviction are extremely high. It's important to recognise who the witnesses are against Donald Trump. These are not Donald Trump's enemies or opponents, these are not angry Democrats.
"Interestingly, the people we know are likely to be on the witness list are almost exclusively Republicans. Some of them are his own former cabinet members, his former attorney-general, his former vice president. I believe the testimony we will see will come from a chorus of Republican voices. It makes it much more difficult for Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, to say 'they're all out to get me'."
In 2024, Donald Trump's court diary will intersect sharply with election campaigning. The January 6 trial is currently scheduled to begin the day before Super Tuesday - 5 March - a significant day in the race to be chosen as a party's presidential nominee.
Super Tuesday is a date typically in February or March when the largest number of US states hold primary elections and caucuses.
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Then there is the Republican convention in July, when the nominee is selected. Depending on the speed and outcome of court proceedings, it may be that Republicans are faced with the choice of a convicted criminal as their candidate for the White House.
Election day takes place on 5 November 2024. The political picture could be shaped, largely, by the conclusions of judge and jury.
Donald Trump has enjoyed a "courtroom bounce" in the opinion polls and surveys have put him ahead of Joe Biden in several key battleground states.
There are indications that a guilty verdict could harm him, however. In a New York Times/Siena College survey in November, around 6% of voters backing Trump in swing vote territory said they would switch to Biden upon a conviction. It could be enough to swing the presidential race.
The prosecution of a former and, potentially, future president is unprecedented. As such, no one can be wholly certain of the sentencing that would follow any conviction or its practicalities.
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On the prospect of a jail term, Mr Kirschner said: "Nobody knows if he will go to jail but given the nature of his crimes, assuming he's convicted for essentially trying to bring an end to the peaceful transfer of presidential power, I believe the judge and prosecution team understand that if you don't punish that dramatic wrongdoing, those democracy crimes, then you're giving the next aspiring dictator a green light to do it all over again.
"I think both Tanya Chutkan (the Jan 6th trial judge) and Jack Smith (special counsel prosecutor) and his team understand the need to punish this kind of wrongdoing with a prison term, because that will not only hold Donald Trump accountable for what he did to the American people, but it will deter future aspiring dictators from following the Trump playbook and trying to do it all over again."
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In an effort to have the January 6 case dismissed, Donald Trump's lawyers argue that it should be thrown out on the grounds of presidential immunity.
The presiding judge rejected the claim, prompting Trump to lodge an appeal, which is ongoing.
At the same time, the special counsel prosecuting the January 6 case, Jack Smith, has asked the Supreme Court to clarify the position on immunity. A definitive ruling by the highest court in the land would remove doubt and reduce delay.
Donald Trump has to be present in court for any prosecution and potential diary clashes mean that some, if not most, of the criminal trials he faces are likely to be pushed past 2024.
Beyond the January 6 case, Trump's criminal card is marked as follows:
- New York: state charges of false accounting related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. A provisional trial date has been pencilled in for 25 March but it is almost certain that will give way to the January 6 prosecution, assuming it begins, as scheduled, on 4 March.
- Miami: federal charges of mishandling classified documents at his private home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, of making false statements and conspiring to obstruct justice. A trial date has been set for 20 May but that could well be delayed if the January 6 case goes ahead as scheduled, given that trial and sentencing could push it into May or beyond.
- Fulton County, Georgia: Trump is accused, along with others, of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He was named among 19 defendants originally, but that number has since been reduced as some of Trump's co-accused have taken plea deals and could testify against him. The prosecution has asked the judge for a trial date of 5 August.
As well as his criminal exposure, Donald Trump already has civil court commitments. A judge in a civil fraud trial is due to decide early in 2024 what punishment Trump should face for lying about his net worth to secure cheap loans and insurance.
In January, he faces a civil trial to decide how much in damages he should pay to writer E Jean Carroll for defamation. He has already been ordered to pay her $5m in damages after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing Ms Carroll in a New York department store.
Barred from state ballots
As well as his legal troubles, the former president has seen two US states disqualify him from their ballot for the 2024 presidential primary election.
Maine and Colorado both made the decision in December over the Capitol riots.
In a 34-page decision, Maine secretary of state Shenna Bellows ruled that Trump incited an insurrection when he spread false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election and urged his supporters to march on the Capitol.
Earlier in the month, Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that he was ineligible for the US presidency under the constitution's insurrection clause.
Trump is expected to appeal both rulings, with the final decision likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court. | https://news.sky.com/story/trump-has-extremely-high-chance-of-being-convicted-in-2024-former-us-prosecutor-says-13040098 | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
Flashback 2023 in pictures
From Bangladesh’s triumph in the 2023 ACC U19 Asia Cup, Bangladesh forward Sheikh Morsalin’s strike in a friendly against Afghanistan, Chandika Hathurusingha’s return as Bangladesh cricket coach, Tamim Iqbal’s retirement saga, Shakib Al Hasan’s takeover as the national team captain to numerous accolades achieved by the Nigar Sultana Joty-led women’s cricket team – including triumphs against India and Pakistan – The Daily Star Sports look back at few of the defining moments, captured by our photojournalist Firoz Ahmed, in the country’s sports arena that unfolded at home in 2023. Bangladesh skipper Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby celebrates with the trophy with his teammates upon return to the country after winning the ACC U-19 Asia Cup 2023 by beating hosts UAE in the final on December 17. Photo: Firoz Ahmed | https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/news/flashback-2023-pictures-3507231 | 2024-01-01T04:09:05Z |
RALEIGH, N.C. — A celebration between Mooresville resident Francis Garcia Arita and his wife broke out Sunday after he became the first player to win a $100,000 prize playing a digital instant game.
“It was wild,” he recalled. “I still don’t believe it. Just unreal.”
Arita won his big prize playing The Lamp. He played $20 to win $100,000 and the odds of that win are 1 in 1,000,000. He said he immediately told his wife the big news.
“We were jumping around,” Arita laughed. “She was so happy.”
He said he started playing digital instant games after seeing a commercial for them on TV.
“I already had the app so I thought I would try it,” Arita said. “I started winning some so I kept playing.”
He claimed his prize at lottery headquarters on December 22 in Raleigh. After required federal and state tax withholdings, he took home $71,256.
Arita plans to pay some bills with his winnings and save the rest.
The big win came less than a month after the launch of new digital instant games. The games offer a new way to play the lottery and win prizes.
In The Lamp game, a player can play from 50 cents to $30. The top prize that can be won is $150,000.
Digital instant games are played exclusively online on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Eleven different games are available to play online now.
During the holiday season, Play Smart, Gift Smart raises awareness that lottery tickets are not appropriate gifts for kids as part of a national gift responsibility campaign. Research shows that the earlier someone participates in or is exposed to gambling, the more likely they are to develop a gambling problem later in life. Check out our blog to learn more. | https://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/iredell-county-man-started-jumping-around-after-becoming-first-100000-digital-instant-winner/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:06Z |
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Melting water causing Antarctic ice to buckle: scientists
The researchers examined data and noticed that in the months leading up to the breakup, the ice shelf was dotted with more than 2,000 meltwater lakes, according to a news release posted on the website of UChicago Wednesday, Xinhua reports.
During the melting season, lakes may form on the surface of ice shelves, pooling the weight of melting snow and ice into many areas of liquid water. These lakes can weigh 50,000 to 2 million tons each, and that pushes downward on the ice, creating an indent. If the lake drains, this indent pops back up. If the resultant stress is large enough, the ice surrounding the lake basin weakens, and may start to break, the researchers predicted.
To measure how much these meltwater lakes were distorting the floating Antarctic ice, the researchers first scouted where they thought the lakes would develop. They identified four lake basins to outfit with GPS sensors.
In November 2016, before the melt season began, the researchers accessed their field site on the McMurdo Ice Shelf. At each of the four lakes, they installed self-contained instruments that measured vertical elevation and lake water depths, each fixed on a metal pole drilled over 6 feet deep into the ice. Three months later, they flew back to retrieve the instruments.
The researchers found that at the center of each lake, the ice shelf moved down and then up by around 3 to 4 feet in response to each lake filling and then draining.
Climate models predict that there will be more melting across more ice shelves over the next few decades, leading to an increase in the occurrence of meltwater lakes.
"These observations are important because they help us better understand the triggers of ice shelf breakup, which leads to sea level rise," said Alison Banwell, a postdoctoral visiting fellow at CIRES and lead author of the study. "Our results can be used to improve models to better predict which ice shelves are more vulnerable and are most susceptible to collapse."
The study was published Wednesday in Nature Communications.
Photo credit: GettyImages | https://en.inform.kz/news/melting-water-causing-antarctic-ice-to-buckle-scientists_a3498734/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:06Z |
Panthers owner David Tepper was not happy after the Panthers were shut out by the Jaguars, 26-0. The loss secured the NFL's worst record to the Panthers.
Tepper appears to have thrown a drink on a Jaguars fan from his box at the game in Jacksonville.
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Unreal. That's unprecedented behavior from an NFL owner.
With a guaranteed league-worst record (2-14 after this week), the Panthers will surrender the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft to the Chicago Bears. The Bears are now the ninth team in NFL history to earn the No. 1 pick in back-to-back seasons.
Ryan Poles fleeced Tepper and the Panthers front office last season. In March 2023, he traded them the No. 1 pick for the No. 9 pick (Darnell Wright), a 2023 second-round pick (Tyrique Stevenson), a 2024 first-round pick (No. 1 pick), a 2025 second-round pick and wide receiver DJ Moore.
"I mean, s---, I feel I was the No. 1 pick when they traded for me," Moore said after Sunday's win over the Falcons. "But, I mean, thanks to Carolina, that's all I can say." | https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nfl/panthers-owner-chucks-drink-on-jaguars-fan-after-earning-nfls-worst-record/555287/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:06Z |
North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
In his New Year’s Day address Monday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will strengthen his military’s preemptive strike, missile defense and retaliatory capabilities in response to the North Korean nuclear threat.
“The Republic of Korea is building genuine, lasting peace through strength, not a submissive peace that is dependent on the goodwill of the adversary,” Yoon said, using South Korea’s official name.
At the party meeting, Kim called South Korea “a hemiplegic malformation and colonial subordinate state” whose society is “tainted by Yankee culture.” He said his military must use all available means including nuclear weapons to “suppress the whole territory of South Korea” in the event of a conflict.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry warned in response that if North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, South Korean and U.S. forces will punish it overwhelmingly, resulting in the end of the Kim government.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim’s offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex, a limited step, in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Since 2022, North Korea has conducted more than 100 missile tests, prompting the U.S. and South Korea to expand their joint military drills. North Korea has also tried to strengthen its relationships with China and Russia, which blocked efforts by the U.S. and its partners in the U.N. Security Council to toughen U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its weapons tests.
KCNA said Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged New Year’s Day messages on Monday on bolstering bilateral ties. North Korea faces suspicions that it has supplied conventional arms for Russia’s war in Ukraine in return for sophisticated Russian technologies to enhance the North’s military programs.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.walb.com/2024/01/01/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-thoroughly-annihilate-us-south-korea-if-provoked/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:06Z |
Jaren Hall is out.
After digging a 23-3 halftime hole to the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings benched the rookie quarterback in favor of veteran Nick Mullens.
The decision arrives days after head coach Kevin O'Connell benched Mullens in favor of Hall for Sunday's game. With Minnesota's playoff hopes at stake, O'Connell made another switch with the hope that Mullens could spark a comeback. | https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/vikings-bench-qb/RXQTYOM6SYDZ6SBMZQQI5AJB4I/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:06Z |
North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
In his New Year’s Day address Monday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will strengthen his military’s preemptive strike, missile defense and retaliatory capabilities in response to the North Korean nuclear threat.
“The Republic of Korea is building genuine, lasting peace through strength, not a submissive peace that is dependent on the goodwill of the adversary,” Yoon said, using South Korea’s official name.
At the party meeting, Kim called South Korea “a hemiplegic malformation and colonial subordinate state” whose society is “tainted by Yankee culture.” He said his military must use all available means including nuclear weapons to “suppress the whole territory of South Korea” in the event of a conflict.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry warned in response that if North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, South Korean and U.S. forces will punish it overwhelmingly, resulting in the end of the Kim government.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim’s offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex, a limited step, in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Since 2022, North Korea has conducted more than 100 missile tests, prompting the U.S. and South Korea to expand their joint military drills. North Korea has also tried to strengthen its relationships with China and Russia, which blocked efforts by the U.S. and its partners in the U.N. Security Council to toughen U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its weapons tests.
KCNA said Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged New Year’s Day messages on Monday on bolstering bilateral ties. North Korea faces suspicions that it has supplied conventional arms for Russia’s war in Ukraine in return for sophisticated Russian technologies to enhance the North’s military programs.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.13abc.com/2024/01/01/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-thoroughly-annihilate-us-south-korea-if-provoked/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:06Z |
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North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented U.S.-led confrontation.
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Many experts say he likely believes his expanded nuclear arsenal would allow him to wrest U.S. concessions if former President Donald Trump is reelected.
In a five-day major ruling party meeting last week, Kim said he will launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones this year in what observers say is an attempt to increase his leverage in future diplomacy with the U.S.
In a meeting on Sunday with commanding army officers, Kim said it is urgent to sharpen “the treasured sword” to safeguard national security, an apparent reference to his country’s nuclear weapons program. He cited “the U.S. and other hostile forces’ military confrontation moves,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
Kim stressed that “our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment’s hesitation” if they opt for military confrontation and provocations against North Korea, KCNA said.
In his New Year’s Day address Monday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he will strengthen his military’s preemptive strike, missile defense and retaliatory capabilities in response to the North Korean nuclear threat.
“The Republic of Korea is building genuine, lasting peace through strength, not a submissive peace that is dependent on the goodwill of the adversary,” Yoon said, using South Korea’s official name.
At the party meeting, Kim called South Korea “a hemiplegic malformation and colonial subordinate state” whose society is “tainted by Yankee culture.” He said his military must use all available means including nuclear weapons to “suppress the whole territory of South Korea” in the event of a conflict.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry warned in response that if North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, South Korean and U.S. forces will punish it overwhelmingly, resulting in the end of the Kim government.
Experts say small-scale military clashes between North and South Korea could happen this year along their heavily armed border. They say North Korea is also expected to test-launch intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. and other major new weapons.
In 2018-19, Kim met Trump in three rounds of talks on North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The diplomacy fell apart after the U.S. rejected Kim’s offer to dismantle his main nuclear complex, a limited step, in exchange for extensive reductions in U.S.-led sanctions.
Since 2022, North Korea has conducted more than 100 missile tests, prompting the U.S. and South Korea to expand their joint military drills. North Korea has also tried to strengthen its relationships with China and Russia, which blocked efforts by the U.S. and its partners in the U.N. Security Council to toughen U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its weapons tests.
KCNA said Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged New Year’s Day messages on Monday on bolstering bilateral ties. North Korea faces suspicions that it has supplied conventional arms for Russia’s war in Ukraine in return for sophisticated Russian technologies to enhance the North’s military programs.
Estimates of the size of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal vary, ranging from about 20-30 bombs to more than 100. Many foreign experts say North Korea still has some technological hurdles to overcome to produce functioning nuclear-armed ICBMs, though its shorter-range nuclear-capable missiles can reach South Korea and Japan.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kgns.tv/2024/01/01/north-koreas-kim-orders-military-thoroughly-annihilate-us-south-korea-if-provoked/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:07Z |
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — Tesla Malaysia continues to expand its EV charging network and its latest Supercharger location is at Pavilion Bukit Jalil. This appears to be the sixth Supercharger deployment in under six months since the brand’s official debut in Malaysia.
The new Tesla Supercharger is located at Pavilion Bukit Jalil’s Level B1 carpark near Pillar H19. There are a total of six Tesla Supercharger stalls and two Tesla Destination chargers. Similar to other deployments in Malaysia, these are V3 Supercharger units which can push DC fast charging speeds of up to 250kW. If you’re not in a hurry and plan to spend a couple of hours at the mall, Tesla has also deployed two Tesla Destination chargers which pushes up to 22kW of AC charging.
To recap, Tesla Superchargers in Malaysia are currently priced at RM1.25 per kWh. To discourage hogging, Tesla also imposes an idle fee of RM2 per minute if 50% of the stations are occupied or RM4 per minute if all stations are in use. AC charging at Tesla Destination chargers are currently free in Malaysia until further notice.
Pavilion Bukit Jalil is the third Pavilion mall to be equipped with Tesla chargers. Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is Tesla’s first Supercharger site which has a total of 8 stalls. This is then followed by the newly opened Pavilion Damansara Heights which has a total of 5 publicly accessible Tesla Destination chargers. Since malls are destinations where people tend to park their cars for a couple of hours, it would have made more sense to install more (AC Charge points) Destination chargers instead.
Being part of the Tesla ecosystem, Tesla owners can use these chargers seamlessly without requiring an app or payment card. All they need to do is just plug and charge, as the charging session is billed seamlessly to your saved payment card in your Tesla account. For optimal Tesla Supercharging experience, the Tesla EV will precondition the battery when you set it to navigate to a Tesla Supercharger. This process will ensure that the EV’s battery is at the optimal temperature to receive the fastest charging speed possible.
According to Tesla, the Model 3 (Long Range) can get up to 282km of driving range in just 15 minutes via the Tesla Supercharger. Meanwhile, the Destination chargers (Model 3 supports up to 11kW) can add up to 71km of range per hour.
At the moment, all Tesla chargers are exclusively offered to Tesla vehicles only. Under the agreement with the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), Tesla is required to build 50 fast chargers by 2026 and at least 30% of them must be open to all EVs regardless of brand. — SoyaCincau | https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2024/01/01/tesla-malaysias-upcoming-supercharger-location-is-at-pavilion-bukit-jalil/110081 | 2024-01-01T04:09:08Z |
LAREDO, Texas — Customs officers seized narcotics with an estimated street value of $10.2 million at a border crossing between Texas and Mexico, authorities said.
According to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents seized the drugs at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo on Dec. 21.
A customs officer referred a 2001 Freightliner tractor hauling a utility refrigerated trailer with a manifest of a commercial shipment of cut flowers for secondary inspection, the news release stated.
During the inspection, officers discovered 164.72 pounds of alleged methamphetamine in powder form, 854.07 pounds of alleged meth in crystal form and 165.34 pounds of alleged cocaine.
Officials estimated that the drugs had a combined street value of $10,298,520.
Agents seized the narcotics, and Homeland Security Investigations special agents are investigating the seizure, the news release stated.
“CBP is proud of the work our frontline officers do to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our communities,” Alberto Flores, director at the Laredo Port of Entry, said in a statement. “This significant seizure is an example of ongoing operational efforts conducted daily to protect our borders.” | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/customs-officers-seize-meth-cocaine-valued-102m-border-crossing/QORQLDR44JGF7NUPEPNKB56NDU/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:10Z |
Leave shower heads ‘looking good as new’ and limescale-free with 29p household essential
Limescale is a common problem in the bathroom, with it building up around taps and the shower head. To help banish it, a cleaning expert has shared top tips on how to get it "looking good as new".
TikToker shares her weekly shower cleaning routine
Whether cleaning a handheld shower attachment or a fixed one, Sarah Dempsey, a cleaning expert at MyJobQuote.co.uk, recommended using white vinegar.
The expert explained: “Remove the shower head from the attached hose and put the small rubber washer to the side as you do this so you don’t lose it.
“It’s important not to lose this as this is what stops the water from leaking out at the point where the hose meets the shower head.
“Place the head in a bucket or large plastic container and cover it with white vinegar. Leave it to soak for around 30 minutes, although try to aim to leave it for around an hour if possible.”
If your shower head is made from brass, do not leave it in the vinegar solution for any longer than 30 minutes to avoid damage.
After soaking the shower head, remove it and rinse well with water, scrubbing with a toothbrush to remove any limescale.
Sarah added: “Polish over the shower head with a clean, dry microfibre cloth. Reattach the hose to the shower head and then turn the shower on. This will flush out any remaining limescale and leave your shower head looking sparkling clean.”
If your shower head is fixed to the wall, there is still a way to properly descale it using white vinegar, according to the cleaning expert.
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To start with, find a plastic bag which is big enough to fit around the shower head before half-filling it with white vinegar.
The expert continued: “Place the half-filled bag over your shower head until it is completely submerged in the vinegar. Then, use elastic bands or string to keep the bag in place.
“Leave the shower head to soak in the bag for a minimum of 30 minutes. Try to aim to leave it for around an hour, if possible.
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“After the soak time is up, remove the bag from the shower head. Turn your shower on to flush out any limescale deposits that may be left inside the shower head. Repeat the process if needed until all of the limescale is completely gone.”
The acetic acid in white vinegar makes it great for dissolving limescale and it won’t leave behind any damage.
The household product can be picked up from supermarkets including Tesco for as little as 29p. | https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/property/1842507/shower-head-limescale-white-vinegar-cleaning | 2024-01-01T04:09:10Z |
NBA Injury Report & Inactives Today - Monday, January 1
For Monday's NBA games, which players are sidelined, and which are expected to suit up and hit the court? Here's a look at the updated injury report, which covers every team around the league.
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Knicks vs. Timberwolves Injury Report
3:00 PM ET on Monday, airing on NBA TV, MSG, and BSN (Watch this game on Fubo)
Knicks Injuries: Mitchell Robinson, C: Out For Season (Ankle)
Timberwolves Injuries: Jaylen Clark, SG: Out (Achilles)
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Raptors vs. Cavaliers Injury Report
7:30 PM ET on Monday, airing on SportsNet and BSOH (Watch this game on Fubo)
Raptors Injuries: Garrett Temple, SG: Questionable (Ankle), Christian Koloko, C: Out (Respiratory)
Cavaliers Injuries: Ricky Rubio, PG: Out (Personal), Ty Jerome, SG: Out (Ankle), Evan Mobley, C: Out (Knee), Darius Garland, PG: Out (Jaw)
Rockets vs. Pistons Injury Report
8:00 PM ET on Monday, airing on Space City Home Network and BSDET (Watch this game on Fubo)
Rockets Injuries: Jabari Smith Jr., PF: Questionable (Ankle), Tari Eason, SF: Questionable (Leg), Dillon Brooks, SG: Out (Oblique), Victor Oladipo, SG: Out (Knee)
Pistons Injuries: Monte Morris, PG: Out (Quadricep), Isaiah Stewart, C: Out (Toe)
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Bucks vs. Pacers Injury Report
8:00 PM ET on Monday, airing on BSWI and BSIN (Watch this game on Fubo)
Bucks Injuries: Jae Crowder, SF: Out (Groin), Thanasis Antetokounmpo, SF: Out (Personal), MarJon Beauchamp, SF: Questionable (Illness)
Pacers Injuries: Bruce Brown, PG: Questionable (Knee)
Jazz vs. Mavericks Injury Report
9:00 PM ET on Monday, airing on KJZZ and BSSW (Watch this game on Fubo)
Jazz Injuries: Simone Fontecchio, SF: Questionable (Illness)
Mavericks Injuries: Seth Curry, SG: Questionable (Illness), Kyrie Irving, PG: Questionable (Heel), Maxi Kleber, PF: Out (Toe)
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Suns vs. Trail Blazers Injury Report
9:00 PM ET on Monday, airing on AZFamily and ROOT Sports NW+ (Watch this game on Fubo)
Suns Injuries: Nassir Little, PF: Out (Knee), Damion Lee, SG: Out (Knee)
Trail Blazers Injuries: Robert Williams III, C: Out For Season (Knee), Anfernee Simons, SG: Questionable (Illness), Shaedon Sharpe, SG: Questionable (Adductor), Deandre Ayton, C: Questionable (Knee), Duop Reath, C: Questionable (Back)
Nuggets vs. Hornets Injury Report
9:00 PM ET on Monday, airing on ALT and BSSE (Watch this game on Fubo)
Nuggets Injuries: Vlatko Cancar, PF: Out (Knee), Aaron Gordon, PF: Questionable (Face/Hand), Reggie Jackson, PG: Questionable (Calf)
Hornets Injuries: Mark Williams, C: Questionable (Back), LaMelo Ball, PG: Out (Ankle), Gordon Hayward, SF: Out (Calf), Frank Ntilikina, PG: Out (Leg)
Clippers vs. Heat Injury Report
10:30 PM ET on Monday, airing on BSSC and BSSUN (Watch this game on Fubo)
Clippers Injuries: Mason Plumlee, C: Out (Knee), Kawhi Leonard, SF: Questionable (Hip), Moussa Diabate, PF: Out (Hip)
Heat Injuries: Dru Smith, SG: Out For Season (Knee), Jimmy Butler, SF: Out (Foot), Josh Richardson, SG: Questionable (Back), Kyle Lowry, PG: Questionable (Head), Haywood Highsmith, SF: Questionable (Jaw), Caleb Martin, SF: Questionable (Ankle)
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination race in order to give former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley a clearer path to defeat former President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary, the state's governor, Chris Sununu, told CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.
Sununu, who is a Republican and has endorsed Haley for the GOP presidential nomination, said, "Chris Christie's a friend, but his race is at an absolute dead end. This is a two-person race ... between Trump and Nikki Haley. Everybody understands that. [Christie] knows his voters, who want to see Trump defeated, are all coming over to Nikki Haley. In fact, the only person that wants Chris Christie to stay in the race is Donald Trump, right? I mean, think about the irony of that."
Sununu added that Christie "wants to stay in the race to speak the truth about Trump, but that translating to votes in a primary is a very different thing. And he's hit a ceiling. And right now, he probably won't even get any delegates in the state of New Hampshire if the race were today. So if Chris is true to his message about defeating Trump, ... I think he's going to make the right decision eventually and ensure that this is a two-person race, where if Trump can't get 50% of the vote — which he cannot in New Hampshire — then he's in trouble."
Sununu insisted that the only person moving in the right direction is Haley. "Chris Christie isn't going to make up 30 points in the next three weeks, right? Nikki Haley can make up 5 or 10 points and kind of give Trump that defeat that no one thought was possible in the next few weeks. And I think that's very likely to happen."
However, the New Hampshire governor said, "there's no doubt that if Christie stays in the race, the risk is that he takes [Haley's] margin of the win."
Sununu also commented on Haley's recent answer to a question about the cause of the Civil War, in which she at first did not did not mention slavery but then walked that back after harsh criticism.
Sununu called Haley's remarks "an absolute nonissue," although he did acknowledge it was a mistake that she "quickly cleared up."
Brian Freeman, a Newsmax writer based in Israel, has more than three decades writing and editing about culture and politics for newspapers, online and television.
© 2023 Newsmax. All rights reserved. | https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/haley-christie-chris-sununu/2023/12/31/id/1147775/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:11Z |
Embroiled in a close game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, the Colts knew that the best way to separate themselves was by relying heavily on the run game.
"We can win in the trenches. And having that mindset like hey, this is what we need to do to put this game away," running back Jonathan Taylor said. "We need to finish these guys. So let's come together, everybody do your job, do it at a high level — higher than you've ever done it before. Because previous scenarios, the biggest thing is you gotta win. You gotta find a way to win. No matter how it happens, you have to find a way to win."
Taylor's assessment proved to be true because, in the fourth quarter, the offense rode the run game and was rewarded for it with a 23-20 win.
After running the ball 16 times for 60 yards through the first three quarters, they saw a big jump in production in the final period. They gained 74 yards on 13 rushing attempts, averaging a respectable 5.6 yards per carry.
Aided heavily by a 27-yard run by Trey Sermon and two totes of 10-plus yards by Taylor, the Colts' physicality began to wear down the Raiders' defense.
"Credit to the guys up front," head coach Shane Steichen said. "Leading the charge creating those holes for him [Taylor]. I know we got some stuff on the perimeter there - the one Trey hit around the edge there was huge. To get those runs, pop those runs, it's good and then the guys feed off of that stuff. The offensive line feeds off it, tight ends feed off, running backs feed off it, sidelines feed off it. It's good momentum when you're popping runs like that."
However, those chunk plays wouldn't have been possible without the runs that picked up medium gains.
"Everybody wants the big explosive runs right off the get-go, but that doesn't always happen," center Ryan Kelly said. "Those three, four or five-yard runs, they continue to happen and happen and happen and eventually they break out. I'm telling you, that speaks a lot to Shane, that speaks a lot to a lot of the coaches who still believe in the run game.
"Even though you're not seeing production of the six or seven or 10-yard runs right away, but if those threes continue to keep bumping up and going higher, doing that in the fourth quarter really just helps everything. It helps the defense get off the field, it helps special teams - so all those things just kind of complement together and helps out."
To start the fourth quarter, the Colts ran the ball 10 straight times. By comparison, quarterback Gardner Minshew II threw the ball twice.
"I just know the way the game was going, it was like, if we keep hammering, we got this. Everybody on the sideline knew we had it."
View in-game highlights from the Colts versus Raiders at Lucas Oil Stadium on New Year's Eve. | https://www.colts.com/news/colts-utilize-run-game-in-fourth-quarter-to-seal-win-over-las-vegas-raiders | 2024-01-01T04:09:11Z |
Some Nutramigen infant formula recalled due to possible bacteria contamination
(CNN) - Some powdered baby formula is being pulled from the shelves due to contamination issues.
On Sunday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers of possible bacterial contamination in Reckitt/Mead Johnson’s Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Infant Formula Powder products.
Manufacturers voluntarily recalled more than 675,000 cans of the formula.
The recall batches include ZL3FRW, ZL3FPE, ZL3FXJ, ZL3FQD, ZL3FMH, ZL3FHG with a UPC code of 300871239418 or 300871239456 and use by date of Jan. 1, 2025.
According to the FDA, the formula tested positive for Cronobacter bacteria, which can cause rare but potentially deadly infections in newborns.
The FDA says that no illnesses have been reported to date.
The company says no other Nutramigen liquid formulas or any other Reckitt nutrition products are impacted.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.kltv.com/2024/01/01/some-nutramigen-infant-formula-recalled-due-possible-bacteria-contamination/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:11Z |
Some Nutramigen infant formula recalled due to possible bacteria contamination
(CNN) - Some powdered baby formula is being pulled from the shelves due to contamination issues.
On Sunday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers of possible bacterial contamination in Reckitt/Mead Johnson’s Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Infant Formula Powder products.
Manufacturers voluntarily recalled more than 675,000 cans of the formula.
The recall batches include ZL3FRW, ZL3FPE, ZL3FXJ, ZL3FQD, ZL3FMH, ZL3FHG with a UPC code of 300871239418 or 300871239456 and use by date of Jan. 1, 2025.
According to the FDA, the formula tested positive for Cronobacter bacteria, which can cause rare but potentially deadly infections in newborns.
The FDA says that no illnesses have been reported to date.
The company says no other Nutramigen liquid formulas or any other Reckitt nutrition products are impacted.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wmtv15news.com/2024/01/01/some-nutramigen-infant-formula-recalled-due-possible-bacteria-contamination/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:11Z |
Monticello woman arrested on multiple felony charges
MONTICELLO, Ky. (WKYT) - A Monticello woman has been arrested on numerous felony charges including robbery and kidnapping.
According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron, the arrest was made following an early-morning incident on Dec. 29 at the victim’s residence on Danny Flynn Road in the Eadsville area of Wayne County.
The victim reported to Wayne County deputies that a female subject and two male subjects entered his residence without permission. Once inside the residence, the female and one of the males assaulted the victim and held him against his will for approximately two hours. During the assault, the female also held a knife to the victim’s throat while verbally threatening to kill him.
During this time, several items in the home were broken, including security camera cords being cut. The suspects also removed several items of clothing from inside the residence as they left.
The victim went to the Wayne County Hospital for treatment of the injuries he sustained. He was later released.
Following an investigation, Wayne County officials arrested Candance Crabtree of Monticello on Dec. 30. She is charged with first-degree robbery, kidnapping (adult), theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others (more than $500.000 but less than $1,000), first-degree criminal mischief, third-degree terroristic threatening, third-degree criminal trespassing, engaging in organized crime and first-degree assault (attempt).
Crabtree was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center.
The investigation is ongoing.
Copyright 2023 WKYT. All rights reserved. | https://www.wymt.com/2023/12/31/monticello-woman-arrested-multiple-felony-charges/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:11Z |
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Some Nutramigen infant formula recalled due to possible bacteria contamination
(CNN) - Some powdered baby formula is being pulled from the shelves due to contamination issues.
On Sunday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers of possible bacterial contamination in Reckitt/Mead Johnson’s Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Infant Formula Powder products.
Manufacturers voluntarily recalled more than 675,000 cans of the formula.
The recall batches include ZL3FRW, ZL3FPE, ZL3FXJ, ZL3FQD, ZL3FMH, ZL3FHG with a UPC code of 300871239418 or 300871239456 and use by date of Jan. 1, 2025.
According to the FDA, the formula tested positive for Cronobacter bacteria, which can cause rare but potentially deadly infections in newborns.
The FDA says that no illnesses have been reported to date.
The company says no other Nutramigen liquid formulas or any other Reckitt nutrition products are impacted.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.walb.com/2024/01/01/some-nutramigen-infant-formula-recalled-due-possible-bacteria-contamination/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:12Z |
Some Nutramigen infant formula recalled due to possible bacteria contamination
(CNN) - Some powdered baby formula is being pulled from the shelves due to contamination issues.
On Sunday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers of possible bacterial contamination in Reckitt/Mead Johnson’s Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Infant Formula Powder products.
Manufacturers voluntarily recalled more than 675,000 cans of the formula.
The recall batches include ZL3FRW, ZL3FPE, ZL3FXJ, ZL3FQD, ZL3FMH, ZL3FHG with a UPC code of 300871239418 or 300871239456 and use by date of Jan. 1, 2025.
According to the FDA, the formula tested positive for Cronobacter bacteria, which can cause rare but potentially deadly infections in newborns.
The FDA says that no illnesses have been reported to date.
The company says no other Nutramigen liquid formulas or any other Reckitt nutrition products are impacted.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.13abc.com/2024/01/01/some-nutramigen-infant-formula-recalled-due-possible-bacteria-contamination/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:13Z |
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Some Nutramigen infant formula recalled due to possible bacteria contamination
(CNN) - Some powdered baby formula is being pulled from the shelves due to contamination issues.
On Sunday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers of possible bacterial contamination in Reckitt/Mead Johnson’s Nutramigen Hypoallergenic Infant Formula Powder products.
Manufacturers voluntarily recalled more than 675,000 cans of the formula.
The recall batches include ZL3FRW, ZL3FPE, ZL3FXJ, ZL3FQD, ZL3FMH, ZL3FHG with a UPC code of 300871239418 or 300871239456 and use by date of Jan. 1, 2025.
According to the FDA, the formula tested positive for Cronobacter bacteria, which can cause rare but potentially deadly infections in newborns.
The FDA says that no illnesses have been reported to date.
The company says no other Nutramigen liquid formulas or any other Reckitt nutrition products are impacted.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.kgns.tv/2024/01/01/some-nutramigen-infant-formula-recalled-due-possible-bacteria-contamination/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:13Z |
Five things I care about
The Ravens demonstrate their complete transformation
The Ravens took down the 49ers and Dolphins, two of the best operations in the league, by a combined 51 points in back-to-back weeks. They did it on the way to clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC and vaulting their quarterback to the driver’s seat of the MVP conversation.
Statement wins don’t even begin to do this justice.
As MVP chants rained down all afternoon, Lamar Jackson predictably didn’t engage much and took a “job’s not done” approach in postgame interviews. Jackson and everyone affiliated with the Ravens don’t have their eye on MVP trophies or Week 17 wins. They want the Super Bowl, plain and simple. However, he entertained queries about the differences between this year’s Ravens and previous editions.
After the game, Jackson told Evan Washburn of CBS, “This year our guys stayed locked in,” when comparing Sunday’s win to the last time Baltimore and Miami went to battle. In 2022, the Ravens controlled the game but let it slip away in the fourth quarter as the Dolphins fired vertical shots over the top of the typically stout Ravens defense. Jackson emphasized that this group knows how to finish, something they’ve struggled with in recent seasons. They’ve proven they're different by keeping their foot on the gas and putting away top-tier teams the last two weeks.
That’s not the only way this year’s Ravens are wildly different than previous renditions. You need only look back one year ago today to spot the contrast.
It’s been such a breath of fresh air to watch the Ravens offense this year stocked with actual playmakers. In Week 17 last season, their two most productive WRs each had just one catch for nine yards. pic.twitter.com/VkxHEvoTIQ
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) December 31, 2023
Look at that box score from 2022's Week 17 loss and compare it with what you watched from the Ravens on Sunday. Lamar Jackson threw five touchdown passes and finished the game with a perfect 158.2 passer rating. The critical note: he activated multiple pass-catchers.
Zay Flowers finished the day with a mere three catches but those went for 106 yards and a score, the majority coming on a 75-yard deep shot with layers of YAC on top. Isaiah Likely scored twice, once on a 35-yard catch-and-run downfield play and another on a beautifully designed leak route near the goal line. Rashod Bateman and Jackson didn’t connect on a 40-plus-yard pass early in the game but the receiver put that behind him and finished with 54 yards and helped move the chains with consistent intermediate route running. Odell Beckham snared a contested catch on a go-route for 33 yards on his lone reception to move the team inside the five-yard line.
Even in the running back room, as Gus Edwards was thumping away, Justice Hill was a consistent source of big plays. He averaged 12.8 yards on his five catches and 16 yards on his three rush attempts. Not to mention a whopping 50.5 yards on his pair of kick returns.
The Ravens have never come close to being able to throw this many playmakers at an opponent. The 2022 Week 17 example is extreme but the lack of truly dangerous, much less multi-layered pass-catchers has haunted the Ravens with Lamar Jackson under center.
In one offseason, they’ve added some serious juice to the offense.
It’s important to note that, while guys like Flowers and Beckham are new faces, some of these players who are making a crucial impact are holdovers. That’s where the coaching change comes in. All of these players are being deployed in a unit with the ruthlessly creative Todd Monken at the controls. If the contrast in juice didn’t catch your eye, the night-and-day difference in the play design certainly should.
Awesome play design on this one https://t.co/IQ11jBstvr
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) December 31, 2023
As Jackson alluded, the job isn’t done. But as this Baltimore team marches toward their desired goals, they can do so with the confidence that they have the goods that older models didn't possess. They have all the makings of a great, modern NFL offense as they prepare for a postseason run. We don’t know how this journey will end for the 2023 Ravens but we know they’re far better prepared for the road than ever before.
The 49ers take care of business
The team that fell to the Ravens last week was able to shake off their Christmas day letdown in Week 17. The 49ers should beat a floundering Commanders team that was forced into starting the quarterback they tried to bench by double digits — and that’s precisely what they did.
As the defense created chaos on their side, Brock Purdy checked in with all his usual efficient marks. He averaged 8.2 yards per attempt and completed 78.6% of his passes. Purdy consistently connected with his top wideout, Brandon Aiyuk. A Washington defense that can’t cover a soul yet still rolls out more man-to-man than almost anyone in the league was always a plus matchup for Aiyuk.
Yet, it was the nature of their plays that mattered. Aiyuk made catches on out-breaking patterns, in tight coverage on go-routes and put the cherry on top with an improvisational touchdown when Purdy went into creation mode.
So many top-tier plays from Brandon Aiyuk today it’s hard to narrow it down to the best one but this improv play where he and Purdy go into creation mode to get a big window is pretty sweet
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) December 31, 2023
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These types of plays simply weren’t present in pre-Purdy iterations of the 49ers offense.
The win did come at something of a cost, as so many fantasy managers are ready to tell you. Typically, I don’t feel bad for gamers when their RB1 touches the ball 18 times and records 91 total yards. When that player is Christian McCaffrey, I’ll allow a small touch of pity.
McCaffrey suffered what was announced as a calf injury in the second half of this game. Elijah Mitchell came in and ultimately helped close this thing out. He's one of the best backup runners in the league. There's no real replacing of McCaffrey and that will certainly be true when the competition gets much tougher than the Commanders.
That’s what makes wrapping up the NFC’s top seed in Week 17 so important, thanks to this win and a stunning Eagles loss. While McCaffrey’s fantasy season is over, his and the 49ers’ real pursuit of glory is just beginning. With the top seed all wrapped up, they can place McCaffrey on ice next week right before the whole team gets a bye during the Wild Card round. We should all — outside of fans of other NFC teams — be rooting for his total health, because as the Aiyuk-to-Purdy connection reminded us on Sunday, this offense is something we just haven’t seen before during a 49ers postseason run.
Jayden Reed
One of my favorite wide receiver prospects from the 2023 NFL Draft was now-Packers rookie, Jayden Reed. Sunday Night Football was just another example in a season’s worth of evidence for why I was so high on Reed. He’s quietly one of the most dynamic players in yet another great rookie class.
Jayden Reed isn't going to be a slot-only player for the Packers@MattHarmon_BYB on Reed's potential ceiling as a high impact player pic.twitter.com/mwYwl2bjd9
— Reception Perception (@RecepPerception) August 25, 2023
Jordan Love’s first pass of the game was a deep shot to Reed. It wasn’t the first time he looked for Reed in the vertical game as the two would later connect on a 33-yard post route. The more Reed shines in the deep game, the better off this Packers offense is. The best part of Reed’s game is that he’s multi-faceted. He can win on big-boy routes against press coverage (as the video above shows) but the Packers are comfortable working him in on designer plays underneath. His second touchdown of the day came on an explosive run-after-catch play after he ran a gorgeous route against man coverage.
I often said during the draft process that Reed was one or two tweaks away from being a high-level starting wide receiver. There are still some kinks Reed needs to work out in the contested-catch game but otherwise, as a separator and runner after the catch, Reed has made those leaps I wanted to see.
The Packers have drafted a lot of skill-position players the last two years. All of them look like they will be useful-to-very-good players in the league. With Jordan Love looking like a quality starter, we should be interested in all of them at different levels.
I said it when he was drafted and I’ll say it again: Reed will be the best of the bunch.
My only negative note from Reed’s rookie season is that he’s been dealing with many nagging injuries this season. He missed the second half of this SNF game after re-aggravating a chest injury he’s been nursing since Week 12. Part of Reed’s appeal is that he’ll handle the dirty work underneath and in the YAC game in addition to his special teams contribution. He’s going to take punishment in those areas. Hopefully, the Packers can work out how to keep him healthy for the long term and allow him to shine fully.
Jayden Reed has superstar potential. Plain and simple. He has the route chops, explosive ability and open-field instincts to be a deadly playmaker. Reed and Love’s connection is perfectly emblematic of the Packers' hyper-fast rebirth on offense. He will be right at the top of my fantasy targets for next season.
Rams cap off an all-time fantasy waiver run
In Week 17, the Los Angeles Rams locked up an NFC playoff berth and they couldn’t have done it without the impact of two unlikely young heroes. Kyren Williams ends the fantasy football season as the RB4 in Yahoo standard scoring in just two games (RB2 in points per game) and Puka Nacua finishes as the WR6.
You were a big-time winner if you went hard at them after Week 1 on waivers.
The Kyren Williams demolition tour, half-point PPR:
— scott pianowski (@scott_pianowski) December 31, 2023
- RB7, RB4, RB26, RB3, RB30, RB2. Missed four games.
- RB1, RB9, RB18, RB5, RB11, RB1 (in progress).
Not everyone could have drafted McCaffrey. Anyone could have FAABed Williams. Most impactful universally-available move.
This is purely anecdotal, but I ran into three to four teams in my own fantasy playoff runs that had both Kyren Williams and Puka Nacua. I talked to multiple people who were facing the same type of squad while giving advice. It wasn't an utterly unseen stack. Imagine getting two elite-level difference-makers off the waiver wire.
That’s one way to push for a championship.
We might never see a situation like this again where two players from the same offense come off the waiver wire and finish as top-10 players. We can still learn two things here, however.
For one, if you can identify the value offense in fantasy football in the offseason, you gain a big edge. The Rams were not often discussed as this type of team but with a veteran high-end quarterback fully healthy in Matthew Stafford to elevate young playmakers and an elite-tier play-caller, they were a fantastic candidate.
Secondly, it pays to be aggressive with your FAAB early in the season. With the rest of the season waiting, it can be hard to blow it all right away. You know there will be some adds you can't even consider making down the line. However, we get some of our most valuable and most surprising revelations in Week 1. If you can adequately react to the correct information, you'll find true difference-makers worth unloading the wallet for early on. Those who went hard for Nacua and Williams are proof positive of profitable early aggression.
Mason Rudolph has been enough
Look, I said many stupid things about the ceiling of the Steelers offense. I overlooked a lot of potential pitfalls for the unit but it was because there was serious talent in the wide receiver and running back rooms. Those takes didn’t age well.
But I had no idea that Mason Rudolph was the guy we needed to get the offense unlocked.
I’m being a bit sarcastic, but there’s no denying that Rudolph has given the Steelers their most productive play behind center in 2023.
Games with 250+ passing yards this season
— Underdog NFL (@Underdog__NFL) December 31, 2023
Mason Rudolph: 2-of-2 starts
Kenny Pickett: 1-of-12 starts
Rudolph has a passer rating north of 100 in back-to-back games. But more importantly, he’s been far more (wisely) aggressive than either of his predecessors.
In Week 17, Rudolph had a 2.8 time to throw and averaged 8.0 air yards per pass attempt. He’s willing to stand in under pressure and fire the ball downfield. George Pickens has come alive in the last two weeks. He recorded another 131 yards after taking over the game in Week 16. Even the customarily target-constricted Diontae Johnson hauled in multiple deep receptions against Seattle.
While I don’t think Rudolph is anything close to the answer for Pittsburgh’s future questions at quarterback, I at least owe him an apology for completely writing him off. He’s shined a light on the mercurial talent in this receiver room by simply giving them accurate chances downfield. At the very least, he’s served as a reason to be in on these wideouts again in 2024 if the Steelers are serious about upgrading the offensive coordinator and quarterback spot. For that reason alone, he’s been enough.
Five things I don’t care about
Previously-held limitations on CeeDee Lamb
Prior to 2023, there had been a general sense of “wanting more” from CeeDee Lamb’s statistical output. As this season winds to a close, those sentiments are ancient history.
On Saturday, he put on a complete and utter show against an overmatched Lions secondary. By the time the game ended, Lamb had locked up his spot as the Cowboys franchise leader in receptions (122) and receiving yards (1,651). He’s currently the top-scoring wideout in fantasy football.
Lamb was one of the right answers.
I have folks asking me if he should be in the Justin Jefferson tier in dynasty fantasy football — and even ranked ahead of the Vikings wideout. If you don’t play in that format, the gravity of that sentence may not hit but essentially Jefferson’s place atop the receiver rankings was nearly untouchable. Maybe I’m being a prisoner of the moment but I think it’s worth a conversation.
Lamb has more than graduated into the elite tier of NFL wide receivers. He’s among the best in the game and is a spectacular separator against every form of coverage at every level. Unlike Jefferson, I know for sure who will be throwing him the ball next season and can project his partnership with Dak Prescott for multiple seasons to come.
Final note on this: CeeDee Lamb made noise after the 49ers loss, stating that he wasn't getting enough work. It's hard to remember now but this Cowboys offense was not making him the focal point of the passing game to start the season and the on-field product was suffering. It was clearly an issue and the receiver called it out. His opportunity was not in line with his ability. Targets aren't just earned — they need to be assigned and Dallas wasn't doing a good enough job there. It was easy to see.
Said a lot of dumb things this season, I say a lot of dumb things every season, but charting CeeDee Lamb today and I feel really good about calling for the Cowboys offense to revolve around CeeDee right before Week 6...when they did exactly that and went on a tear. It was so… https://t.co/ila2y8pUeo
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) December 12, 2023
So let this serve as a reminder when we want to criticize receivers for making noise about their lack of opportunity. Sometimes, these guys are right and they can help their team win by getting more work. That’s especially true when said receiver is an obvious stone-cold baller who is almost always open like CeeDee Lamb. What an incredible season for the fourth-year receiver.
The Eagles' talent
A few weeks ago, in this very same column, my stance on the Eagles was that even if they were playing below their record while beating subpar teams, they’d eventually be fine because they have better players than most of their opponents.
At this point, my stance has well since changed.
The warning signs have been building for weeks. A Week 17 loss to the now 4-12 Cardinals that dramatically helps their NFC rivals sounds the panic alarms.
The Eagles offense had their moments. Jalen Hurts tossed three touchdowns, including two to Julio Jones. They had an efficient day on the ground in a plus matchup. But they weren't perfect; they haven't been on that side of the ball all season. We know that's a massive issue for the Eagles at this stage of their season because the defense gives this team zero margin for error.
Kyler Murray became just the latest quarterback to tear apart the Eagles' pass defense. His 116.7 passer rating was easily his best since returning to the NFL field in early November. He hadn’t completed over 67% of his throws in any game. He checked in with 80.6% in Week 17. Murray had gone under 6.5 yards per attempt in all of his previous four games. The Eagles afforded him a 7.5 average.
Murray and the Cardinals found this level of passing success without their No. 1 receiver in Marquise Brown and their breakout tight end recording just 48 yards on seven targets. Eight Cardinals caught a pass against the Eagles. They could burn this defense in any such way.
Again, none of this is new. The Eagles' pass defense has been an issue all year long. The more troubling part is that the run defense has completely fallen apart as the season comes to a close.
James Conner became the latest bell-cow back to barrel through this front seven. He took his 26 carries for 128 yards and a score. Even backup running back Michael Carter averaged a whopping 8.7 yards per carry. The Eagles employ many proven veterans and several highly drafted players in the front four. And yet it was Arizona that controlled the line of scrimmage.
The Eagles defense is beyond a problem. It’s a key part of their identity and a crippling factor in their disappointing season. The offense has to cover for it and nothing that side of the ball has shown this season over the last two months gives you faith they can be that dominant of a group. And with No. 2 receiver DeVonta Smith leaving the game on crutches in a walking boot, that assignment is only going to get more complicated if he has to miss time.
Talent can trump all when that talent is available and playing to the height of its power. That just hasn’t been true of the 2023 Philadelphia Eagles.
Bucs offense when they’re off-script
Of course, the week I made a big deal about Baker Mayfield being my biggest miss of the 2023 season on the podcast, the Bucs laid an egg against an inferior Saints team at home. That said, I don’t think this offense is the biggest concern around this team. That would be the defense.
The Bucs can still win the NFC South if they merely beat the lowly Panthers next week. They should get the job done and overall, are still the best option to represent this division in the postseason. They have the most intriguing ceiling when the offense is cooking. There’s just next to no shot anyone can take them seriously against playoff-level competition with that defense.
Even if the Cowboys and Eagles, the two teams they’d likely face in Round 1 of the postseason, have their issues, both teams have the skill-position talent to rip apart that defense. Maybe with the serious concerns the Eagles are facing with their own stop unit the Bucs would have a chance to win in a shootout but it’s a stretch.
This Week 17 result was a reminder that when you can push the Tampa Bay offense behind the action by multiple scores in negative game script, you won’t get their best in return. Turnover creeps into Mayfield's game and what’s starting to develop into a solid run game with Rachaad White becomes irrelevant.
Justin Fields’ flaws
Justin Fields is not perfect. Anyone can see that. He takes too many sacks and isn’t always perfectly in rhythm in the underneath passing game.
I care about those flaws, but not enough to dissuade a quarterback-needy team that isn't in a position to take a top rookie prospect from a pursuit of the soon-to-be former Bears passer.
With the Panthers' loss today, Chicago officially netted the first overall pick in the draft. It’s nothing short of a coup to acquire a future first and for that pick to become the top selection. Twists of fate don’t always bend to this level of fortune. The Bears know that and will likely cash in that lottery ticket to restart the quarterback clock. Fields is a known commodity and the rookies are not but the upside of Caleb Williams or Drake Maye will be too enticing to pass up.
That will put Fields on the move and they can get a decent return for him. Sam Darnold was once traded for a future second-round pick and additional selections. This would be a similar type of swap out for young quarterbacks but Fields has been much better than Darnold was in New York to start his career.
Fields appears to be ending the 2023 season on a high note. As Week 17 comes to a close, he is second behind only Lamar Jackson in quarterback rushing yards despite only playing 12 games, and more importantly, he vaulted DJ Moore to a career season. Moore sits at 1,300 yards receiving and nine total scores, both career-high marks. Fields and Moore were excellent at slicing apart man coverage, an excellent signal for the passers’ future endeavors.
Fields isn’t the picture-perfect franchise solution for his next team but he’s some level of an answer. There will be teams out there that aren’t in range for a difference-making rookie who should come calling on Fields. Some of those teams will actually offer superior offensive line play, offense-centric coaching staffs and perhaps a deep set of wide receivers — the Bears got next to nothing from anyone beyond Moore — than what Fields experienced in Chicago.
The Jaguars win
I shouldn’t be so hard on Jacksonville. I often say that blowout wins can tell us something and great teams demolish bad teams. Well, the Jaguars indeed swept away the Panthers with relative ease. However, I’m not sure beating a team this deep into chaos, where their owner apparently throws drinks into a crowd, moves me much.
This video appears to show Panthers owner David Tepper throwing the contents of a drinking cup in the direction of (presumably) a Jaguars fan today. This is shocking. https://t.co/xv3du6hJlp
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) December 31, 2023
Any good vibes Carolina enjoyed last week in an upset win while Bryce Young put up career-best passing numbers were quickly wiped away this week. Even if Jacksonville’s offense struggled to move the ball, the Panthers just went nowhere on their side. They officially sent the No. 1 overall pick to the Chicago Bears with Sunday’s result.
The Jaguars were able to get a big play out of the run game with Travis Etienne Jr. on a 62-yard touchdown scamper. That was a welcome sign for a team that’s struggled to run the ball for months. The run blocking has been a mess at times but much like the issues in the passing game, you can chalk up most of the issues to overall design. Etienne got out in space on this run, where he’s at his best. There just hasn’t been enough of that this season.
Press Taylor kept this guy under 4.0 YPC for an entire season https://t.co/t719vJDPIH
— Mario Puig (@ThePostingScout) December 31, 2023
At least he closed things out for his fantasy managers. His fantasy numbers have mostly been a mirage and not even close to indicative of the health of Jacksonville’s run game. Nevertheless, he rewarded gamers with a hammer shot in Week 17.
Given the matchup, I just struggle to put much stock into a new wrinkle like this. It would be great to see more of this from Jacksonville as they head into a postseason push. So, do it again. Go out and run on the Titans, who so often sell out to stop ground games, in Week 18. Make a statement before heading into the NFL playoffs — because doing it to the Panthers just doesn’t move the needle. | https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/week-17-caredont/IAYA5UFITTPDTEUBAQLNHTCPTE/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:13Z |
Global health achievements 2023: Reasons for hope
The 75th anniversary of the World Health Organisation (WHO) was observed in 2023. It was a year to reflect on 75 years of global health achievements while facing the multiple and complex challenges affecting our health today. This milestone anniversary served as a powerful reminder of how working together in global solidarity has enabled us to rise to complex challenges in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
Working together for health for all:
Despite multiple health-related crises, there were many reasons for hope in 2023. Although faced with record numbers of climate-related health challenges and crises from new and expanding conflicts, millions of health and care workers continued striving to protect more people from illness and suffering, to build resilience and preparedness in an increasingly turbulent world, and to achieve a common goal: to give everyone everywhere the best possible chance at a safe and healthy life.
Eliminating diseases:
The year 2023 was a record year for disease elimination, with several countries eliminating infectious diseases thanks to dedicated national efforts and collaborative action by countries and health partners worldwide.
In March, WHO certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan malaria-free, followed by Belize in June. Malaria affects some of the world's most vulnerable people, and these extraordinary achievements demonstrate how a malaria-free future can become a reality.
Egypt became the first country in the world to achieve "gold tier" status on the path to eliminating hepatitis C, an important milestone towards the goal of achieving full elimination of the disease before 2030. This is an astonishing turnaround for a country that had one of the world's highest rates of hepatitis C infection less than 10 years ago.
As of today, 50 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease (NTD), in line with the WHO's ambitious target of having 100 countries achieve this milestone by 2030.
Ghana eliminated gambiense human African trypanosomiasis, a life-threatening sleeping sickness transmitted by tsetse flies, in January. This disease causes significant harm to rural populations living in poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.
In May, Benin and Mali eliminated trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. They were the fifth and sixth countries in Africa to achieve this significant milestone, joined by Iraq from the Eastern Mediterranean region in July.
Bangladesh and the Lao People's Democratic Republic have successfully eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health concern. Mosquitoes transmit lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, a debilitating parasitic disease.
Bangladesh made history as the first country to eliminate two NTDs in the same year. Bangladesh also made history as the first country in the world to officially eliminate kala-azar, a life-threatening disease transmitted by sandflies. If left untreated, kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis), a life-threatening disease transmitted by sandflies, can prove fatal in over 95% of cases.
Source: World Health Organisation | https://www.thedailystar.net/star-health/news/global-health-achievements-2023-reasons-hope-3506906 | 2024-01-01T04:09:12Z |
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — A total of 598,635 road accidents were reported nationwide from Jan 1 to Dec 30 last year, said Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) deputy director Datuk Mohd Nasri Omar.
He said that of the total, 12,417 accidents involved death.
“A total of 2,331 cases involved serious accidents; 28,511 involved minor crashes while the rest only involved damage to vehicles,” he told reporters after conducting the New Year’s Eve operation dubbed ‘Operasi Ambang Tahun Baharu’ at the Jalan Duta Toll Plaza here early this morning.
He said Selangor recorded the highest number of accidents with 173,129 cases, followed by Johor (87,370 cases) and Kuala Lumpur (72,701 cases).
He added that Selangor also recorded the highest number of deaths with 2,092 people, followed by Johor (2,010) and Perak (1,321).
The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), through the JSPT, has carried out large-scale integrated New Year’s Eve operations nationwide involving all contingents and districts, from eight last night to 5am this morning.
The operations involved 4,378 PDRM officers and personnel, apart from various enforcement agencies such as the Road Transport Department, the National Anti-Drug Agency, the Environment Department and the Immigration Department. — Bernama | https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/01/01/bukit-aman-598635-road-accidents-recorded-in-2023/110075 | 2024-01-01T04:09:15Z |
Hackettstown hosts New Year’s Eve event tonight
HACKETTSTOWN. The celebration will include a countdown with the help of an M&M’s lentil drop at midnight.
Hackettstown, its Police Department, the Hackettstown Business Improvement District and local businesses will be host the town’s first New Year’s Eve Celebration.
The event will include a countdown with the help of an M&M lentil drop at midnight.
In addition, there will be a DJ, free giveaways, cheerleaders and activities offered by participating businesses.
“Mark your calendars because on December 31, 2023, Hackettstown will come together to ring in the new year,” said police Lt. Darren Tynan.
“This free event is open to all, and we can’t wait to share this memorable night with you. It is sure to be the highlight of the holiday season.”
Mayor Jerry DiMaio said, “It’s very exciting to be able to have our residents and visitors come together to witness the largest M&M ever falling from the sky to ring in the new year.
The festivities will take place in the heart of Hackettstown at the intersection of Main Street and Grand Avenue from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Hackettstown Business Improvement District executive director Laurie Rapisardi said the district “could not be more excited to be co-hosting the first-ever Hackettstown NYE event.”
“We are looking forward to welcoming many visitors to Hackettstown with hopes that they will support our local businesses that evening. We cannot wait to celebrate with everyone!”
Centenary University president Dale Caldwell said, “I am excited about this New Year celebration because it will bring well-deserved attention to Hackettstown, one of the most amazing places in New Jersey!”
Bob Adams, president of the Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers, said, “All of us at Atlantic Health System’s Hackettstown Medical Center are excited to support and participate in the town’s inaugural New Year’s Eve Celebration.
“We look forward to ringing in the new year at this special event that brings together family, friends and neighbors.”
Warren County Commissioner Director Lori Ciesla said, ”I’m thrilled to hear about the exciting new experiences that Mars Incorporated is bringing to Hackettstown. Thanks to their corporate partnership, the hard work of the Hackettstown BID, and the support and dedication of Hackettstown’s leaders over the years, Hackettstown is a great place to come for dinner, visit a brewery, or participate in beloved festivals and events.”
County Commissioner James R. Kern III said, ”Over the past decade, Hackettstown has become a destination not only for residents of Warren County, but our whole state and region. From their top-ranked restaurants to popular breweries, Hackettstown has something for everyone. This new event promises to be an exciting way to ring in the new year. Warren County is lucky to be home to Mars Incorporated and appreciate their continued partnership.
For information, go online to www.hackettstownpd.net or www.hackettstownbid.com | https://www.advertisernewssouth.com/home/hackettstown-hosts-new-year-s-eve-event-tonight-DF2968894 | 2024-01-01T04:09:16Z |
‘I’m a travel expert and there’s an easy way to find the best deals on a summer holiday’
A travel expert has shared their top tips to secure a summer holiday for 2024.
Already thinking about next summer? With so many incredible destinations to choose from, it might feel a little overwhelming.
Luckily, a top travel expert has shared her best tips to secure a cheap deal on a summer holiday.
Yasmin Pekel, CEO of Blue Cruise, said there are a few ways British tourists can snag a deal despite high prices.
Yasmin recommends booking a summer break in January as this is when many of the biggest holiday providers have sales.
She also shared a few of her other top tips to find the best deals on a 2024 summer break.
Yasmin said: “Before booking your flight, use a price comparison site. Popular platforms like Skyscanner, Google Flights and Kayak are great for finding the very best deals.”
Prices can vary on different platforms so it’s always a good idea to check a price comparison site to get a full idea of the deals available.
However, different sites may have additional fees so make sure to check how much baggage, seat selection or admin fees are before committing.
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She added: “Set price alerts. After you’ve narrowed down your list of summer holiday destinations, I recommend setting up price alerts.
“Again, this can help you to find the best deals, as you’ll be notified if there’s a drop in the price of your selected flight.”
If there’s a dream destination in mind, price alerts can help travellers keep track of the cost of flights and move quickly to snap up a deal when it comes.
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Yasmin also recommends trying to be flexible on dates. She said: “Where possible, be flexible with your travel dates.
“Flying on certain dates or during off-peak times is usually more economical. If you have another airport relatively close to you, check prices there too. Sometimes travelling further by train or by coach is more cost-effective.”
Britons who live close to the England-Scotland border should check prices from airports in each country as the two countries’ schools have different term dates. | https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1843061/cheap-summer-holiday-tips-flights | 2024-01-01T04:09:16Z |
Learnings from the Cyber Attack Statistics of 2023 can help improve cybersecurity strategies, according to SecureClaw
SecureClaw Cyber Threat Advisory has published an analysis of cyber-attacks that happened in 2023, helping to understand the latest trends and gaps in security.
Every organization, like institutes, manufacturing, maritime, chemical, pharma, IT, and e-commerce, should adopt cybersecurity best practices. The BDSLCCI framework provides tailored cybersecurity.”
DOVER, DELAWARE, UNITED STATES, December 31, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Happy Cybersecure New Year 2024! As world approach 2024, it is time to reflect. The year 2023 has been an exciting one, with many twists and turns in cyberworld. SecureClaw Inc., headquartered in Delaware, USA, offers a variety of cybersecurity services around the world, with a future focus on cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB or SME). SecureClaw Cyber Threat Advisory has reviewed over 4,500 cyber articles from various sources and nations to provide global solutions to businesses facing cyber threats. As indicated in the graphic, a few crucial statistics are the result of those. The data may differ geographically from actual cyber-attack figures in some countries due to the fact that many firms in these countries do not report cyber incidents.— Dr. Shekhar Pawar, CEO, SecureClaw Inc., Inventor of BDSLCCI
🛡 Key Observations by SecureClaw:
Apart from various industry domains, a few domains, such as automobiles, manufacturing, software providers, cloud providers, energy, telecom, healthcare, crypto, government, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, gaming, shipping, aerospace, and a few service providers, were mostly on the radar of cybercriminals throughout entire 2023. Most cyber threats were targeted at database systems, IT infrastructures, software systems, operational technology (OT), websites, servers, computer machines, emails, the cloud, APIs, ChatGPT, and mobile apps.
Different techniques and sophisticated cyber-attacks were used via various types of data breach methods, including ransomware, malware, phishing, DDoS, unauthorized access, backdoors, integrity hacks, operational technology (OT) hacks, credential theft, spyware, SQL injection, insiders, and Trojan horses. The purpose of these cyber-attacks can be summarized as damaging reputations, disrupting business activities, hurting the competition’s business, extortion (financial demands), or illegal or unauthorized access to data. Also, few cyberattacks seem to be state sponsored, as there are wars and conflicts going on across the borders of the few countries.
The Israel-Hamas war has significantly impacted the cyber domain, with potential targeted attacks from state-sponsored threat actors, despite social media abuse and opportunistic-hacktivism. Iran attempted to infiltrate Israel's water system in April 2023, causing water poisoning by increasing chlorine levels in residential water, according to media reports. Such cybercrime is a serious threat to human life. State-backed cyberattacks on US water systems have prompted federal attention to the digital challenges in 2023.
🛡 SecureClaw observed innovative cyber-attack techniques:
2023’s ransomware attacks had negatively impacted a few large enterprises, including Volvo Car, Maritime Firm Royal Dirkzwager, Ferrari, Hitachi Energy, Taiwanese PC Company MSI, Tesla, Suzuki motorcycle plant, multinational tech firm ABB, Japanese pharma giant Eisai Group, Spanish bank Globalcaja, TSMC, Japanese watchmaker Seiko, Johnson Controls, MGM casino, Chilean telecom giant GTD, British Library, and South Korean Anti-Aircraft. During these months, PlayCrypt (Play ransomware), Clop ransomware, Vice Society ransomware, Black Basta ransomware, LockBit ransomware, BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware, Snatch ransomware, Rorschach ransomware, and Rhysida ransomware were among hundreds of ransomware gangs that were more active in sophisticated cyber-attacks.
Ransomware gangs have developed unique patterns for cybercrimes. Play ransomware, named after its encrypting process, has been a popular target since June 2022. Russian group Clop demands millions of dollars before disclosing compromised information. Russian-based Vice Society targets education and extortion, stealing data before encryption. Black Basta, active since April 2022, targets manufacturing, construction, real estate, food and beverage, chemicals, insurance, healthcare, mining, metals, and business services. LockBit ransomware encrypts files and demands payment for decryption keys, targeting businesses and organizations. BlackCat, also known as ALPHV and Noberus, uses a ransomware as a service (RaaS) business model, charging affiliates for ransomware payloads and using double extortion to gain access to victims' private information. Snatch, formerly known as Team Truniger, charges other threat actors for ransomware payloads and threatens public exposure if not paid. BabLock, also known as Rorschach, uses an unusual method of attaching extensions, allowing multiple extension versions to arise from a single execution. Rhysida targets Windows systems and gained notoriety in May 2023, possibly connected to the infamous Vice Society ransomware group.
Few malwares were very active in this period, such as Frebniis Malware, SwiftSlicer Widget, Emotet, Invicta Malware, Fluhorse Malware, Letscall Malware, Big Head, PDF-related malware, Backdoor-related malware, StripedFly, SysJoker Malware, and KV-Botnet. Researchers have uncovered a new, sneaky malware called "Backdoor.Frebniis", or simply "Frebniis". It uses an IIS weakness to create a backdoor into Windows web servers. Targets in Taiwan have been actively targeted by anonymous cybercriminals. Hackers must first gain access to an Internet Information Services (IIS) server in order to infect a system. The malware's internal mechanisms, however, are distinct. Failed Request Event Buffering (FREB) is a feature that IIS employs to gather information about requests, such as the originating IP address and port, HTTP headers containing cookies, etc. Frebniis abuses this feature. Similarly, each identified malware has its unique technique to perform malicious activities till actual cybercrime.
🛡 How to be more secured and good cyber resilience?:
Here are a few important points on which businesses should focus.
Adopt Cybersecurity Standard:
Every organization, starting from schools, colleges, manufacturing, maritime, chemical, pharma, information technology (IT), e-commerce, and even government organizations, should adopt cybersecurity best practices. 90% of the business population, which are SMBs, globally contributes to employment and GDP. To reduce cyberattack surface, they should adopt the Business Domain Specific Least Cybersecurity Controls Implementation (BDSLCCI) framework, which is cost-effective, easy, and tailored to their business domain.
Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees:
Cyberattacks often stem from inadequate employee cybersecurity awareness. Effective training should cover phishing precautions, policies, and insider threats, with employee testing for effectiveness.
Backup important data:
Maintain secure and encrypted backups of crucial files, ensuring they are operational and can be restored as needed.
Third-party users, access to vendors and external applications should be monitored.
Monitor Your Network:
Regularly monitoring network logs and business transaction notifications is crucial for detecting malicious activities and taking necessary action to prevent them.
Regular security audits, including vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT), should be part of the governance process, with processes enhanced as needed and compliances improved.
Track Incidents as a report Until Permanent Closure.
Prepare a business continuity plan (BCP) for any unseen circumstances, including natural disasters and cybercrimes.
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FREEPORT, N.Y. — Authorities in New York are looking for the person responsible for stabbing a dog 17 times.
The dog, a 2-year-old Terrier mix who has since been named Cornell, was injured by a sharp object on Nov. 27, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly told WNBC-TV. He survived the attack but had a long road to recovery.
A woman claimed to have found the dog bleeding on a street in the Long Island village of Freeport, according to the television station. The dog did not have a collar or an identification chip, Donnelly said. There was no evidence that Cornell was part of a dogfighting ring, WNBC reported.
The woman who found the dog is not a suspect, Donnelly said.
“Cornell can’t tell us his story. He can’t tell us what happened. He can’t tell us why or when something like this happened to him,” Donnelly told WABC-TV. “We just know he was found bleeding from the 17 wounds.”
Dog found stabbed 17 times in Nassau County, $5K reward offered for information https://t.co/1rJiYJmwbx pic.twitter.com/HfMGPIGtas
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) December 29, 2023
“I’ve seen some pretty horrific things but the extent of the amount of times he was stabbed is unimaginable how someone could ever do that,” Ashley Behrens, acting director of the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter, told WPIX-TV.
The dog is now walking, jogging and thriving, barely a month after he was attacked, according to the television station.
Two-year-old terrier mix Cornell is walking, jogging, and thriving just one month after being found with 17 stab wounds across his body, according to county officials.
“Some of the stab wounds caused his lungs to leak air between his body cavity and his lungs, and they had to be drained a number of times,” Donnelly said, according to WABC. “The other stab wounds were cleaned, were either stapled or sewn.”
Donnelly said there were currently no suspects, but she said her office is seeking the public’s help to find out what happened to Cornell.
“I believe this was somebody’s pet. He’s too healthy and in too good shape to have been a street dog,” Donnelly said, according to WNBC. “We need the public’s health to help us find who did this to Cornell.”
Gary Rogers of the Nassau County SPCA echoed Donnelly’s comments.
“People start out on animals before they move into human beings,” Rogers told WPIX. “Somebody in the community knows what happened. You got to keep your community safe. You need to call the DA’s office and tell them who did this because next time you’re going to look at this it could be somebody else.”
Nassau County SPCA is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction, WABC reported. | https://www.star945.com/news/trending/dog-survives-after-being-stabbed-17-times/7UTCMVE4B5H7XPWUMMAC6N3X3U/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:17Z |
A Black person is allowed to call a white person a "thug," but not the other way around, according to sports journalist Jemele Hill.
"White people calling Black people thugs has a completely different connotation — depending on context," Hill wrote on X. "There are words and phrases that women can use with each other that men cannot use on us. Hope your brain doesn't explode."
Hill made her comment after ESPN analyst Ryan Clark, who is Black, used the word "thug" to describe the decision by Sean Payton, who is white, to bench quarterback Russell Wilson.
"Sean Payton has behaved as a thug since he became the coach of the Denver Broncos," Clark said on ESPN.
OutKick writer Bobby Burack disagrees with Hill, stating over the weekend that, first of all, her analogy doesn't support her case, as she compares Clark's comment to a woman calling another woman a derogatory term.
But the comparison does not stand up, according to Burack, because Hill isn't dismissing the use of Black-on-Black or white-on-white insults. She instead contends that Black people are allowed to call white people "thugs," but white people are not allowed to do the same to Black people.
Burack insisted that "anytime you argue that one group can use a specific insult toward another ... but the other group cannot use the specific insult back, your argument is a loser."
He also maintained that the word "thug" is no more offensive to Black people than it is to white people.
Burack stressed that if indeed the word "thug" is so hurtful to Black people, as Hill claims, why would she openly excuse Black people using the same hurtful word toward others?
He concluded that "ultimately, campaigning for the segregation of insults is not racial progress. It's a form of racial regression."
Brian Freeman, a Newsmax writer based in Israel, has more than three decades writing and editing about culture and politics for newspapers, online and television.
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While it was apparent that wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. was having the best season of his career, he entered historic territory Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders.
On the first of his five catches, he became just the fourth player in Colts' history to have at least 100 catches and over 1,000 yards in a season. The only other players to do so were wide receivers Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne and tight end Dallas Clark.
As impressive of an accomplishment as it was, Pittman admitted that it all felt like a happy accident.
"It's always a nice title to have to be a part of that group because those are elite guys," Pittman said. "But, that's more of like a side quest that just kind of happened. I didn't start this season saying, 'Hey, I'm gonna get 100 catches.' just because that wasn't one of my main focuses. I kind of just let the game kind of come to me and however it happens - I'm more focused on yards and touchdowns and stuff than catches."
Though Pitt didn't allow himself to allow the accolade to get to his head, that didn't stop his peers from praising him.
"I mean, I've said this a few times in my press conferences during the week," head coach Shane Steichen said. "Just his preparation, the way he works - obviously, he's got a huge catch radius. He makes plays when the balls are thrown to him. It's just a pleasure to have him on this football team."
All told Pittman has 104 catches, 1,104 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns this season.
Leading the team in each of those categories, running back Jonathan Taylor said the presence of Pittman on the field is invaluable.
"No matter what the situation has been, Pitt has been that consistent factor in the passing game," Taylor said. "I'm glad he's on our team. You see how tough he is — the toughness shows, and it just rubs off on the rest of the guys on offense."
Just as great as his on-field accomplishments is the impact he has on the locker room. A respected leader and veteran of the receiving room, center Ryan Kelly said he raises the bar of those around him.
"You want your best guys to be your best leaders," Kelly said. "He holds the room to that standard, and I think you see a lot of the young guys now too in that room kind of following his steps."
In the meantime, Pittman, like the rest of the locker room, has his sights set on next Sunday's big game against the Houston Texans. But he did mention that there is one souvenir from this game he wouldn't mind taking home.
"I didn't have plans to get it [100-catch ball], but now that you mention it, if they can find it then I guess I'll take it," Pittman said.
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CUSA Games Today: How to Watch CUSA Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options - Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:10 PM CST|Updated: 45 minutes ago
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CUSA Games Today: How to Watch CUSA Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options - Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:10 PM CST|Updated: 43 minutes ago
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Local College Football Bowl Season TV Schedule & Streaming Info in Georgia
Published: Dec. 25, 2023 at 3:59 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
The 2023 college football postseason slate has exciting matchups on the docket, including those involving Georgia schools. Among those games is the Georgia Bulldogs squaring off against the Florida State Seminoles in the Orange Bowl.
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College Football Games to Watch in Georgia on TV This Week
Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs at Mercer Bears
- Time: 3:00 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, November 25
- Venue: Five Star Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Live Stream: ESPN+
Mercer Bears at South Dakota State Jackrabbits
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 2
- Venue: Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Live Stream: ESPN+
Georgia Southern Eagles at Ohio Bobcats
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 16
- Venue: Brooks Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Georgia Southern (-1.5)
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at UCF Knights
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- Date: Friday, December 22
- Venue: Raymond James Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: UCF (-6)
Georgia State Panthers at Utah State Aggies
- Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 23
- Venue: Albertsons Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Utah State (-2)
No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs at No. 4 Florida State Seminoles
- Time: 4:00 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 30
- Venue: Hard Rock Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Georgia (-22.5)
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Local College Football Bowl Season TV Schedule & Streaming Info in Ohio
Published: Dec. 25, 2023 at 3:59 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
On the 2023 college football postseason slate, fans of schools in Ohio should have their eyes on the Missouri Tigers versus the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl.
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College Football Games to Watch in Ohio on TV This Week
Duquesne Dukes at Youngstown State Penguins
- Time: 5:00 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, November 25
- Venue: Arnold D. Stambaugh Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Live Stream: ESPN+
Youngstown State Penguins at Villanova Wildcats
- Time: 12:00 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 2
- Venue: Villanova Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN+
- Live Stream: ESPN+
Georgia Southern Eagles at Ohio Bobcats
- Time: 11:00 AM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 16
- Venue: Brooks Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Georgia Southern (-1.5)
Miami (OH) RedHawks at Appalachian State Mountaineers
- Time: 3:30 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 16
- Venue: FBC Mortgage Stadium
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Appalachian State (-6.5)
Bowling Green Falcons at Minnesota Golden Gophers
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: Tuesday, December 26
- Venue: Ford Field
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Fubo
- Favorite: Minnesota (-2)
No. 9 Missouri Tigers at No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- Date: Friday, December 29
- Venue: AT&T Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Favorite: Ohio State (-4)
Toledo Rockets at Wyoming Cowboys
- Time: 4:30 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, December 30
- Venue: Arizona Stadium
- TV Channel: Barstool
- Favorite: Wyoming (-4.5)
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CUSA Games Today: How to Watch CUSA Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options - Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:10 PM CST|Updated: 46 minutes ago
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When the 56-19 loss settled, the Miami Dolphins needed more than one glance into their proverbial mirrors.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wished he had shifted his glance a little more quickly to see the defender in his receiver’s path on his first interception, and he wished he hadn’t tried to force a ball to Tyreek Hill over the linebacker who snatched the second.
Hill wished he hadn’t bobbled and then dropped a wide-open touchdown pass from Tagovailoa, one of six targets on which the duo failed to connect in the blowout loss.
Dolphins defenders wish they had tackled better in space, limiting or at least complicating the Baltimore Ravens’ display of run-in touchdowns.
And head coach Mike McDaniel wished he had pulled edge rusher Bradley Chubb earlier from an out-of-reach contest. Instead, with the Dolphins trailing by 30 points and less than 4 minutes to play in regulation, Chubb suffered a non-contact knee injury that required carting off.
“I would like a time machine, for sure, in that situation,” McDaniel said. “In hindsight, I would absolutely not have wanted him out there if I would have known he was going to get hurt.
“There’s times in football games where it’s not about winning or losing or ‘Can we come back?’ It's about finishing the football game and having a taste of what our expectations were going into it.”
The Dolphins’ expectations entering their visit to Baltimore and their reality traveling home at 11-5 veered far apart. Their playoff expectations now risk the same trajectory.
“Situations like this where you go into a game with full belief in each other and the eventual outcome … ends up monumentally in another direction, it’s a gut check for a football team,” McDaniel said. “We need to recalibrate, get back together and press forward together.
“Run from nothing. Own it.”
How the Dolphins unraveled vs. stifling Ravens
The Dolphins started off the game strong.
Tagovailoa connected with Hill, running back De’Von Achane and fullback Alec Ingold each for double-digit gains on the first drive alone. Facing third-and-goal from Baltimore’s 8, Tagovailoa pump-faked his first throw before nailing receiver Cedrick Wilson on a high-low concept that forced the Ravens’ defense to wonder whether Hill or Wilson was its intended receiver.
The Dolphins had found the end zone first. But Baltimore answered.
Despite Rashod Bateman failing to survive the ground on a 42-yard pass that was reversed and offensive pass interference nullifying a 26-yard completion to Justice Hill, Jackson distributed the ball a la Tagovailoa with chunk plays to three different targets on the way to the red zone. With 6:39 to play in the first, Jackson dropped back and let a ball rip amid pressure, finding Hill between two defenders on the right sideline for a 20-yard touchdown.
The Dolphins stayed alive with a Tyreek Hill 25-yard catch on fourth-and-5 their next drive but ultimately settled for a field goal.
Against the fourth-ranked scoring offense in the league, that’s not a winning formula.
Nor is turning the ball over.
Miami stayed competitive early, forcing a punt and scoring a pair of field goals. But after a seeming busted coverage allowed a 75-yard touchdown – cornerback Xavien Howard, injured on the first Ravens snap of the day, was missed – the game began veering off course for Miami.
Tagovailoa hurried to fit a play in before halftime and instead threw the first interception.
Miami’s special teams allowed a 78-yard punt return to start the second half, one of several factors in McDaniel’s postgame remark: “I’m confident saying before watching the film: We’re not going to be happy with the way we tackled in open space.”
And even when the Dolphins defense punched a ball loose from Ravens RB Gus Edwards, the optimism was short-lived.
Tagovailoa’s second interception was the next play.
The Dolphins could expect nothing different from the NFL's most takeaway-happy group.
“With circumstances within the game, there was a play or two where maybe we were forcing something,” McDaniel said. “Defensively, they’ve been very opportunistic. We knew that, and ultimately, we played right into their hands.”
A day Tyreek Hill described as “one of the worst games of my career” became the Dolphins’ worst loss of the season, and a day on which Miami was shorthanded due to injuries merited less sympathy when considering the Ravens’ bill of health.
Baltimore was missing its starting right guard, star tight end, two running backs and a cornerback.
Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith, who intercepted and returned a pass 30 yards in addition to seven tackles and another deflection, said Baltimore couldn’t dwell on that or their short week after a Monday night game across the country.
“It’s just adversity,” Smith said. “Look adversity in the face, and like I always tell the guys – chin up, chest out. We don't bow down for anything. Do all you can do. People make excuses with adversity and we just produce.
“Life is not about excuses. It's about what you do and play the cards that you’re dealt.”
The Dolphins best heed that advice.
After Ravens crush Miami, are Dolphins’ playoff hopes at stake?
Tagovailoa, despite taking a hit to his throwing shoulder on a fourth-quarter scramble, was healthy enough to address reporters after the game and seems on schedule to complete his fully available season.
Based on the cart, non-contact nature of injury and shellshock in Dolphins players’ voices, Chubb seems unlikely to play next week or in the postseason.
So sure, in a regular-season finale with the AFC East title on the line, Miami won’t be at full saddle. Neither will Buffalo nor any team the Dolphins face in the postseason.
What the franchise needs to do is better adjust to its personnel shifts and better scheme for its available players. Miami did that well in the run game Sunday, when Achane took the lead role in place of the injured Raheem Mostert, Achane contributing a game-high 137 yards and one touchdown.
But Miami’s passing attack was far too inconsistent, as Tagovailoa completed 57.9% of his passes compared to his league-leading 70.5% mark across the season. (For context, 51 quarterbacks who have attempted at least 50 passes have attempted more than 57.9%.)
Baltimore gashed the Dolphins defense for 491 total yards, a season-worst allowance along with the 56-point output.
Sure, as fairly said after the Ravens dismantled the 49ers, most teams cannot attack and maintain pressure at the rate which Baltimore can.
But the Dolphins have dabbled in Super Bowl-contender conversations, and it’s unlikely they’ll be able to reach that goal without besting Baltimore. It’s unlikely they’ll be able to win any remaining regular or postseason game with the suppressed performance all three phases produced Sunday.
“Everything’s still in front of us,” Tagovailoa said, but achieving it will require much more than Miami showed with the chance to clinch the division on the line.
Tagovailoa preached the importance of consistency after the Dolphins played well enough through one quarter to win but not through four.
Then, he tapped into the glass-half-full perspective as he moved forward.
“If you have the perspective of things could be worse – we could not have clinched the playoff berth, we could not have been playing in a game like this that mattered for positioning with the seeding,” Tagovailoa said. “So if you think of it like that, we’re right where we need to be as a team, regardless of the outcome today.
“We’ll be better for it and hopefully get to see these guys again.” | https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/whats-next-dolphins/XC7WHVG4HWAGZHXQNLPWQ3ULU4/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:19Z |
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Mets put Mangistau region on storm alert
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - A storm alert has been issued for Mangistau region, Kazinform has learnt from Kazhydromet, Kazakhstan's National Weather Service.
Fog and black ice are forecast for Mangistau region on February 26. | https://en.inform.kz/news/mets-put-mangistau-region-on-storm-alert_a3501845/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:20Z |
RSV vaccine to protect young and old
Industry-sponsored two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine assessed the efficacy of a bivalent prefusion-stabilised F glycoprotein RSV vaccine, targeting vulnerable populations—pregnant women and older adults—susceptible to severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections.
In the MATISSE study, involving 7,358 pregnant women, the vaccine demonstrated promising results. Infants born to vaccinated mothers showed significant protection against severe RSV-associated lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI) between 90 and 180 days post-birth. However, the vaccine did not meet the criteria for preventing medically attended RSV-associated LRTI within the same timeframe.
While injection-site reactions were more frequent among vaccinated women, systemic reactions were comparable between groups. The vaccine group had a slightly higher incidence of premature delivery and more serious adverse events compared to the control group.
The RENOIR study, encompassing 34,284 older adults, revealed encouraging outcomes. The vaccine exhibited efficacy in preventing RSV-associated LRTI with both two- and three-specific symptoms. Participants receiving the vaccine showed a significantly lower incidence of RSV-associated LRTI compared to the placebo group. Local reactions were more prevalent in vaccine recipients, while systemic reactions were comparable. However, the vaccinated group reported a few serious adverse events related to the vaccine, including Guillain-Barré syndrome and allergic reactions.
These findings highlight the vaccine's potential to protect infants from severe RSV-associated illnesses transmitted from vaccinated pregnant women and to reduce RSV-associated LRTI in older adults. Despite demonstrating efficacy, the studies noted some local and systemic reactions and a few serious adverse events associated with the vaccine.
Further evaluation and monitoring of the vaccine's safety and effectiveness are necessary before widespread implementation. | https://www.thedailystar.net/star-health/news/rsv-vaccine-protect-young-and-old-3506921 | 2024-01-01T04:09:20Z |
New Year’s Eve magic shows tonight
SPARTA. Shows will be at 7 and 10 p.m. at Sparta Avenue Stage and will feature the award-winning sleight-of-hand artist Eric DeCamps.
For the first time in its 10-year history, the Sparta Avenue Stage will be hosting a New Year’s Eve magic performance.
Shows will be at 7 and 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31 and will feature the award-winning sleight-of-hand artist Eric DeCamps.
He will be joined by his friends: escape artist Thomas Solomon, illusionist/puppeteer John Bundy and magician Joe Garsetti.
Proprietor Diane Garsetti said, “It is really a terrific line-up of performers with great credentials. Eric has produced his own off-Broadway show, “Pure Magic;” Thomas has starred in his own TV special, “Solomon, the Escape Artist,” on the BBC; and John Bundy has performed illusions all over the world. We are looking forward to watching their different styles come together on New Year’s Eve.”
Light snacks will be complimentary at the 7 p.m. show. After the 10 p.m. show, guests are invited to stay for a reception to ring in 2024.
Co-proprietor Joe Garsetti said guests also are welcome to bring refreshments.
The theater will be set up cabaret-style with small tables and with an overhead camera that projects the close-up magic on a screen above the performer.
DeCamps, who is based in New York City, said, “I am looking to spending New Year’s Eve with my magician friends who are all accomplished performers and with the Sparta Stage crowd who have been so receptive in the past. What a great way to ring in 2024 and celebrate the new year.”
Tickets are $40 a person and may be purchased online at spartastage.com
Call 973-903-6052 for information.
The event is made possible by Sparta Stage, a nonprofit organization formed to educate and promote performance arts in general, with an emphasis and prominence placed on supporting the art of magic and prestidigitation. | https://www.advertisernewssouth.com/home/new-year-s-eve-magic-shows-tonight-AY3001002 | 2024-01-01T04:09:22Z |
The best countries in the world for retired British expats in 2024
A new ranking has named the world's best countries for British expats looking to retire overseas. From Central America to Europe, these are the top destinations.
A new ranking has named the world's best places for retired British expats to move.
Dreamed of spending the golden years overseas? A new ranking from the expert team at InternationalLiving.com has named the world's best countries for retired British expats.
The team looked at the price of housing, the cost of living, the climate, level of development and healthcare to create the final ranking. They spoke to expats living in each of the destinations to find out what life is really like for retirees.
While Spain is usually the leading destination for retired British expats, it didn't take the top spot on the ranking. However, with a diverse range of countries from dreamy beach hotspots to bustling cities on the list, expats might be tempted to branch out.
British expats will need to check the visa requirements to move abroad and retirees will need to speak to an expert about their UK pension.
So where are the best countries in the world for British expats to live in 2024?
10. Colombia
In 10th place in the ranking was Colombia. The South American country is an affordable option for British expats looking to retire in a beautiful overseas destination. The second-most biodiverse country in the world, Colombia is home to 20 percent of the earth's species with beaches, mountains and coffee plantations to explore. With a low cost of living, expats will find they can enjoy the high life for less in Colombia.
9. France
Always dreamed of living la vie en rose? France is one of the world's best countries for retired British expats. Despite Paris being one of the world's most expensive cities, there are plenty of more affordable spots for retirees in France. Tuula Rampont, International Living's France Correspondant, recommends Toulon, a coastal city in southern France. She said: "Toulon is a secret discovery for affordable south of France living."
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8. Malaysia
The only Asian country on the list, Malaysia is a fantastic affordable option for British expats. A melting pot of cultures, expats will find Malaysia a friendly and welcoming country. InternationalLiving.com recommends the beautiful island of Langkawi for expats looking to make the move to Malaysia. An Australian expat, Allan said: "The weather is perfect and expats can buy homes easily. There are no import taxes which makes living here extremely affordable. What's not to love?"
7.Greece
Thought Meryl Streep's life in Mamma Mia looked pretty idyllic? Greece is one of the world's best countries for retired British expats. The sunny destination also has high-quality healthcare perfect for retirees who want to stay in shape. Corfu is one of the country's most popular islands for British expats. An expat Vivian, said: "It's just an easy life. It's a simple life. It's a healthy life. It's a quiet life." | https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1849442/british-expats-retire-best-country-2024 | 2024-01-01T04:09:22Z |
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — Ushering in a new chapter, the Unity Government ministers extend the New Year’s Day wishes for 2024, where they pray for the wellbeing of the people and pledge their commitment to continue fulfilling their duties in advancing the country.
Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu expressed appreciation to the personnel of the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (KPKM) for commendable work in implementing the policies and initiatives. He also hoped the outstanding performance could be continued in 2024.
“Happy New Year 2024 to all KPKM personnel and fellow Malaysians,” he said on his Facebook.
Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan prayed for the country and its people to always be protected and blessed by Allah SWT.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail expressed gratitude for an ‘intact’ team that is highly committed and ready to accept and translate the Malaysia Madani vision, make changes and give their best to the people.
Saifuddin Nasution, who is also PKR secretary-general said in the context involving PKR, Pakatan Harapan and the Unity Government secretariat, efforts to woo the people and strengthen the unity of the grassroots will be intensified.
Meanwhile, Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said his focus was to ensure investment, trade, and industry continue to progress and grow for the wellbeing of all.
Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang described 2023 as a challenging year but provided new experiences and lessons, adding he is determined to fulfil his responsibilities more effectively in 2024.
“Science and technology, such as Artificial Intelligence, will continue to rapidly grow globally. Several crucial policies have been launched this year. Therefore, in 2024, we need to swiftly build capacity and progress in innovation based on the talents and abilities that we possess,” he said.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri called on people from all levels of society to continue working together to advance the country and build a better future for future generations.
Meanwhile, Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, hoped that 2024 will bring joy, and for all Malaysians to continue to uphold and strengthen unity and mutual respect.
Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir, prayed for prosperity, peace and stability and for the people to remain united, loving, and respectful.
Minister of Unity Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang, also wished Malaysians a Happy New Year 2024 and hoped that this year brings hope and cheer to the lives of all Malaysians.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories), Dr Zaliha Mustafa, meanwhile said that in facing 2024, the people must be ready to embrace further challenges.
Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo also urged Malaysians to be prepared to face the challenges of the digital world, expressing hope that the government, the digital industry, and the people work together to realise the potential in the use of technology. — Bernama | https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/01/01/cabinet-ministers-pray-for-peoples-wellbeing-committed-to-advancing-the-country/110034 | 2024-01-01T04:09:22Z |
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the country's military commanders the most powerful means must be mobilized to destroy the United States and South Korea if they choose military confrontation, state media reported on Monday.
Kim said the danger of an armed confrontation on the Korean peninsula is fast becoming a reality because of hostile maneuvers by the enemies including the United States, requiring the country to "sharpen the treasured sword" to protect itself.
"If the enemy opt for military confrontation ... our army should deal a deadly blow to thoroughly annihilate them by mobilizing all the toughest means and potentialities without moment's hesitation," KCNA news agency quoted Kim as saying.
Kim made the comments as he hosted senior military leaders on Sunday at the ruling Workers' Party (WPK) headquarters to congratulate them on the accomplishments made in 2023, the state news agency said.
North Korea in 2023 tested its largest ballistic missiles and launched its first military reconnaissance satellite, which Kim has called major advances in modernizing the country's military.
The call to upgrade the country's military readiness follows the pledge made at the conclusion of a five-day WPK meeting that ended on Saturday to boost its nuclear arsenal, build military drones and launch three new spy satellites in 2024.
The escalation of rhetoric from Kim comes as the United States increased drills with South Korea in the past year, deploying more strategic military assets, including a nuclear missile submarine, aircraft carriers and large bombers.
It also comes ahead of a year that will see pivotal elections in both South Korea and the United States, which Pyongyang likely sees as an opportunity to increase its leverage by stepping up a campaign of military pressure.
On Monday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged to accelerate work to complete a missile defense system and a system using U.S. extended deterrence to "fundamentally deter any North Korean nuclear and missile threat."
Extended deterrence refers to the strategy of using U.S. military assets including nuclear weapons to deter and, in the event of an attack against an ally, respond.
In separate reports, KCNA said Kim hosted a reception for senior members of the ruling party and attended a late night "grand art performance" celebrating the new year at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang, where senior party members, soldiers and members of the diplomatic corps were present.
The show featured ice skaters, acrobats and choirs, and fireworks lit up the sky at midnight, as the venue filled "with great happiness and boundless excitement of seeing in the New Year with the benevolent father of the great socialist family."
© 2023 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved. | https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/north-korea-kim-us/2023/12/31/id/1147774/ | 2024-01-01T04:09:23Z |
In the rollicking home locker room at Lucas Oil Stadium following the Colts' 23-20 Week 17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, it wasn't yet clear if Week 18 was actually going to be a win-and-in game.
But none of the players celebrating a hard-fought win were looking at next weekend's game against the Houston Texans as anything other than that.
"If we win we're in — I think," wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. said. "With the different scenarios, I don't know them all – but I'm just gonna go with that because it rhymes."
It turns out it's not just a rhyme, it's reality. Because the Colts win and the Cincinnati Bengals lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, no scenario exists in which the Colts wouldn't make the playoffs with a Week 18 win.
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Week 17 wasn't a win-and-in game for the Colts, but realistically it was lose-and-stay-home. The Colts approached Sunday's game with a renewed sense of urgency after losing by 19 to the Atlanta Falcons on Christmas Eve, a game which eliminated any margin for error in Indianapolis.
And the Colts rebounded by not turning the ball over, holding Las Vegas to one sack, hitting two 50-yard passes and making several key plays in critical moments on defense while fielding a depleted secondary. That kind of resilience is something head coach Shane Steichen has worked to instill in his team, and it paid off with a critical late-season win on New Year's Eve.
"Shoot, in this league, sometimes you get beat," Steichen said. "You don't want to get beat like we did in Cincinnati. You don't want to get beat like we did in Atlanta. How are we going to respond to it? We can't let that happen week-in and week-out. You have to bounce back. Our guys have done a heck of a job bouncing back the last two times that's happened to us."
Minshew sparked the Colts' first score with a 50-yard scramble-and-strike to wide receiver Josh Downs, which running back Jonathan Taylor turned into an opening-drive touchdown a few plays later. A cagey, punt-oriented back-and-forth ensued for a good chunk of the first half until the Colts got a third-and-one on their own 42-yard line late in the second quarter.
The Colts knew the Raiders would get aggressive to stop the run in that down-and-distance and added a sixth offensive lineman – guard Josh Sills – to the play. On heavy play-action, Minshew floated a deep ball to wide receiver Alec Pierce, who ran free and sprinted into the end zone for a 58-yard touchdown.
Those two plays helped put the Colts up, 14-3, at halftime. While the Raiders made it close at times in the second half, an efficient-then-explosive run game was ultimately too much for Las Vegas to overcome.
The Colts, too, were able to patch together their secondary – which was without its two most veteran players, cornerback Kenny Moore II (who was inactive with a back injury) and safety Julian Blackmon (who was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday) – and still come away with a win, even with All-Pro Raiders wideout Davante Adams catching 13 passes for 126 yards with two touchdowns.
And when it came down to who-makes-a-play-time, it was the Colts who delivered with a punishing running attack – while the Raiders were flagged for offside on a missed 50-yard field goal, with Matt Gay connecting from 45 yards on his second try to put the Colts back up by two scores with three minutes left in the game.
"We all understand how much we needed it, the realistic ramifications if we lost," quarterback Gardner Minshew II said. "Since the bye week, it's been, hey, we've just got to win one at a time and we'll get there, eventually.
"We're here now, so it's time to go do it."
The Colts have built for months to handle the stakes of Week 18. As soon as Steichen arrived in Indianapolis in mid-February, he began intentionally working to build a culture that could rise to a challenge like the win-and-in one looming next weekend. A team that went 4-12-1 in 2022 and wilted in a win-and-in game in 2021 is now back in this spot, with plenty of new players and new coaches – but also a certain collective belief that's run as an undercurrent to this entire season.
The playoffs, effectively, start this weekend with the Texans. Whether the Colts get to play more than an effective playoff game hinges on every little thing they do this week, starting on New Year's Day.
"Look, this is what you want," linebacker Zaire Franklin said. "This is what you train for. As a little kid, this is the game you want to play in. So let's take advantage of that moment.
"Let's not run from it. Let's embrace it." | https://www.colts.com/news/week-17-win-raiders-afc-playoff-picture-shane-steichen-texans-week-18 | 2024-01-01T04:09:23Z |
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