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2023: A Year of Climate Extremes and Climate Action in India
In a year defined by escalating climate extremes and remarkable strides towards climate action, 2023 has emerged as a stark reminder of the urgency of the climate crisis and the necessity for decisive action. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has dubbed 2023 as the hottest year to date, with temperatures soaring to worrisome levels and two days crossing the ominous 2C mark above pre-industrial levels.
India’s Climate Challenges
India, in particular, bore the brunt of the climate change impact, with extreme weather conditions prevailing for a staggering 235 days between January and September. A report by the Centre for Science and Environment estimated a heavy toll of 2,923 lives, the annihilation of nearly 2 million hectares of crops, and the decimation of over 80,000 homes due to heatwaves, floods, cyclones, and lightning. The frequency and severity of such events are projected to worsen with the intensifying climate crisis.
The Oceanic and Agricultural Impact
The world’s oceans recorded their highest ever temperature in August, averaging 20.96 degrees Celsius, a clear warning to marine and human ecosystems. India, on the other hand, grappled with its driest August since 1901, a 36 percent rainfall deficit that severely impacted key agricultural states, triggering drought and water shortages. The India Meteorological Department reported an average increase of 2.5 days in the duration of heatwaves over the past 30 years, a trend likely to exacerbate with climate change.
Biodiversity Threat and Global Forest Fires
A new study in the PLOS ONE journal indicated that up to two million species are at risk of extinction, doubling the UN’s previous estimates. Satellite data revealed that forest fires have intensified globally, burning twice as much tree cover as 20 years ago. India’s rainforests have not been spared, experiencing a dramatic increase in forest fires.
India’s Climate Action Initiatives
However, India made significant strides towards climate action in 2023. The country’s renewable energy capacity reached 172GW in March, marking a significant increase from 115.94GW in March 2018. India also proposed to host the UN climate conference in 2028 and launched its Green Credit Initiative to address the challenges of a rapidly warming world. The country submitted its third national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, reducing GDP emission intensity by 33% between 2005 and 2019.
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We've made it to the final day of 2023, and what better way to recap the rollercoaster ride of the past 12 months than a new freestyle from Justina Valentine. For the past few years, she's been teaming up with The Shade Room to summarize past events as only she can. If you ask us, the latest edition may be the famous redhead's best work yet, as she covers everything from Blueface and Chrisean Rock to Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan.
"What a tangled web some have spun / Larsa Pippen out here dating Michael Jordan's son," Valentine spits early on in the song. "I know he inside the box like Roddy / Somebody better check on Scottie," she adds, mentioning the Real Housewives cast member's athlete husband, who she reportedly slept with multiple times each night throughout their marriage.
Read More: 2023's Biggest Pop Culture Moments Have Astrological Influence Written All Over Them
Justina Valentine Summarizes 2023 in Just 12 Minutes
Other hot topics the Wild 'n Out cast member rhymes about in the video above include Yung Miami's love for golden showers, Rihanna's iconic Super Bowl Halftime performance (and subsequent pregnancy announcement), and Ja Morant's troublesome stint with the NBA after flashing weapons on social media more than once. That was all in the first few months of the year, with events like the Montgomery brawl, Chris Brown and Usher's alleged scuffle, and Keke Palmer's baby daddy drama after wearing a sexy dress to the latter R&B's Las Vegas residency all came after, and that doesn't even touch on the second half of 2023.
Do you think Justina Valentine killed it on her "2023 Rap Up"? If yes, you can add the lengthy freestyle to your playlist on Spotify/Apple Music. For more HNHH release recommendations that will keep your NYE party lit, check out the latest update of our weekly Fire Emoji round-up at the link below.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Jack Jones lined up on the left side of the Las Vegas Raiders' defensive line and put a hand on the ground. He watched Indianapolis Colts long-snapper Luke Rhodes' movement with the ball to better time his "get-off" on the snap. Then a horizontal Jones dived at and nearly got a hand on Matt Gay's 50-yard field goal attempt and exhaled as the football bounded off the right upright.
No good.
The Raiders, trailing at the time by a touchdown with 3:20 to play in a game they needed to win to stay alive in the playoff chase, would get the ball at their own 40-yard line.
Except ...
Jones was flagged for being offsides.
Even as replays seemed to show Jones moving with the ball being snapped.
Gay made the ensuing 45-yard field-goal attempt and the Raiders would eventually fall 23-20, and, falling to 7-9 on the season, find themselves eliminated from the postseason race for the 19th time in the past 21 seasons.
Jones claimed he was not offsides, again saying he timed his get-off to go with the snap, and when pressed that he must have been lined up offsides, he said he was not, that he had checked with the side judge before the snap.
Jones even took to social media to show video of his 'get-off' on the play, saying, "... on to next week.. watch the tape."
🤐... on to next week.. watch the tape pic.twitter.com/PTpLVFFT7T
— Jack Jones🏄🏽♂️ (@presidentjacc) December 31, 2023
Raiders interim coach Antonio Pierce, whose team entered the game as the least-penalized team in the NFL, was cautious to not criticize the officials for the seeming game-sealing flag.
"I didn't see it," Pierce said. "They called it so, I mean, it went against us. Obviously, something happened for them to make [the call]. It was too close."
Jones, a mid-November waiver wire pickup who had a pick-six in each of the Raiders' two previous games, was also flagged for a curious pass interference penalty earlier on the same drive.
With Indianapolis facing third and 8 at their own 38-yard line, Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew threw a deep ball down the right side to Michael Pittman Jr. Jones shoved Pittman but the ball landed out of bounds.
Pierce said he asked the ref "a simple question" after that flag.
"They felt like he interfered while the ball was in the air," Pierce said. "Didn't think it was too far out of bounds. I don't want to second-guess the referees like I'm going to be second-guessed."
Four plays later, Jones was flagged for being offsides on the critical field-goal attempt.
"I mean, that's been the story for us this year," said Raiders All-Pro receiver Davante Adams, who had 13 catches for 126 yards and a touchdown. "It's been more about us beating ourselves, and not being able to either, convert in situations when we should, or having those penalties. And, obviously, that makes it a lot harder to win the game. So, it's definitely frustrating.
"It's about discipline and consistency and we didn't really display that today. We definitely had been better. We've been the least penalized team and today, situationally, we didn't do that...I'm sure all of the teams that are eliminated at this point, not just us, are frustrated. We definitely are a little extra [frustrated], just based off of what we have, and the potential of this team."
The Raiders are 4-4 under Pierce, with sublime wins (New York Giants. 30-6, Los Angeles Chargers, 63-21, and Kansas City Chiefs, 20-14) and just as curious losses (Minnesota Vikings, 3-0, and Sunday's loss to the Colts) and close out the season by playing host to the Denver Broncos next weekend.
"Even if we won this game, there wasn't no guarantee we were getting in the playoffs anyway," Pierce said. "A lot of things [would] have [had] to go our way ... one thing I'll say, these men in this locker room, these coaches, they love playing, they love being Raiders, proud about being Raiders. I'm proud of coaching these guys. We're going to keep rolling and keep fighting. I promise you this, we'll put the best 11 [players] out there whenever we play next weekend.
"We get paid to play 17 games. I'm being paid to instruct and coach for 17 games ... season ain't over until it's over."
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens clinched a division title and the top seed in the AFC.
There’s no mathematical way to tell if the star quarterback wrapped up the MVP award, too, but his fans made their views on the topic clear.
Serenaded throughout by “MVP!” chants, Jackson threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns as the Ravens eviscerated the Miami Dolphins 56-19 on Sunday. Baltimore won its first AFC North title since 2019, when Jackson was named MVP. He might be closing in on that honor again.
“He played a perfect football game in terms of the passing game,” coach John Harbaugh said.
The stat sheet agreed. Jackson went 18 of 21 without an interception. He finished with a perfect passer rating of 158.3.
Jackson missed the end of the past two Baltimore seasons because of injuries. Now the Ravens can rest him voluntarily next week if they want, although Harbaugh was noncommittal on that.
Baltimore (13-3) has won six straight, and the Ravens rolled through a grueling December stretch that included games against the Rams, Jaguars, 49ers and Dolphins.
“I don’t know if I’ve seen a more impressive performance in a game. I’m not sure I’ve seen a more impressive performance in a season to date,” said Harbaugh, whose team will have a first-round bye before hosting its postseason opener. “Obviously we have a lot more to do. We’ve got a lot of work to do in front of us, but this is a mature football team.”
Miami (11-5) is also postseason bound, but now the winner of next weekend’s Dolphins-Bills game will take the AFC East. Miami was without two offensive stars in receiver Jaylen Waddle (ankle) and running back Raheem Mostert (knee, ankle).
And now the Dolphins face another potentially significant injury. Linebacker Bradley Chubb — with his team down 30 points — had to be carted off with 3:05 remaining after hurting his knee.
That raised obvious questions about why Chubb was still in the game.
“There’s times like this one where I would like a time machine for sure,” Miami coach Mike McDaniel said.
Jackson had more touchdown passes than incompletions. That’s a feat Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa also accomplished in a 70-20 win over Denver in Week 3.
Jackson also had a perfect passer rating against Miami in 2019. He joins Tom Brady (against Detroit) as the only quarterbacks with two perfect ratings against the same team, with a minimum of 20 attempts.
“I love the guy,” Ravens linebacker Patrick Queen said. “He proved everything he had to prove. If anybody else saying otherwise, they just don’t like Lamar. That’s what it is. They don’t like us, they don’t like Baltimore, they don’t like Lamar.”
This matchup featured Miami’s top-ranked scoring offense and Baltimore’s top-ranked scoring defense. In the early going, the Dolphins had the upper hand. They scored on the game’s first drive when Tagovailoa threw an 8-yard pass to Cedrick Wilson Jr. Jackson answered with a 20-yard scoring strike to Justice Hill.
Miami would have had another touchdown on its second drive, but Tyreek Hill bobbled the ball in the end zone and the Dolphins kicked a field goal.
The Ravens took the lead for good in the second quarter when Gus Edwards capped an 89-yard drive with a 1-yard scoring run. After another Miami field goal, Jackson immediately found Zay Flowers open deep for a 75-yard touchdown that made it 21-13.
The Ravens struck again 94 seconds later thanks to a pair of one-handed catches. The first was an interception by Roquan Smith, the second a 35-yard catch-and-run TD by Isaiah Likely on fourth-and-7.
Justice Hill returned the second-half kickoff 78 yards, setting up Jackson’s 7-yard TD toss to Likely that made it 35-13.
Miami trailed 35-14 with under 13 minutes remaining last season before rallying to a 42-38 win over the Ravens. The Dolphins started the fourth quarter with a touchdown this time, a 1-yard pass from Tagovailoa to De’Von Achane, but it was Baltimore that closed strong.
“Last year, the score was looking like that at halftime and third quarter. Then those guys started making plays and we didn’t do anything,” Jackson said. “The only thing that was on my mind was to finish the game, and today we did it.”
The Ravens marched right back down the field and scored on Jackson’s 4-yard pass to Patrick Ricard to go up 42-19. Melvin Gordon III added a 7-yard touchdown run, and a Miami fumble led to a another TD. Tyler Huntley threw a scoring pass to Charlie Kolar on third-and-goal from the 19.
(That was Huntley’s only pass attempt. He also finished with a perfect 158.3 passer rating.)
“We’ll look at the film tomorrow, see what we can do better and move on to the Bills,” Tagovailoa said. “Everything is still in front of us for what we want to accomplish as a team.”
STREAKS AND MILESTONES
The Ravens rushed for at least 100 yards for a 32nd consecutive game and had a sack for a 37th straight. … Jackson reached 800 yards rushing on the season, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to do that three times. … This was the second-highest scoring total in franchise history for the Ravens, behind only their 59-10 win at Miami in that 2019 romp. … Tyreek Hill surpassed 10,000 yards receiving for his career.
INJURIES
The teams weren’t at full strength at the start, and the injuries continued throughout the game. Miami lost CB Xavien Howard (foot). Baltimore CB Marlon Humphrey (calf) went down as well. Ravens NT Michael Pierce and S Daryl Worley were both evaluated for head injuries.
UP NEXT
Dolphins: Host Buffalo next weekend.
Ravens: Host Pittsburgh next weekend.
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Lake Area residents share their New Year’s resolutions
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The new year is just hours away now and many are contemplating what their resolution will be for 2024.
According to The History Channel, the ancient Babylonians are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, four-thousand years ago.
“My new year’s resolution is to stop eating as much fast food, live a healthier lifestyle,” Colton Ramsey said. “Just because I’m getting a little older, so I wanna take better care of my body and the things I put in it.”
Each of the people we talked to on New Year’s Eve says this isn’t the first time they have attempted a resolution.
The most popular resolution we heard was that many want to be healthier in 2024 but some want to build stronger connections.
“Restoring the relationship with my family, just getting along with people and just trying to stay positive through all my trials and tribulations,” Pat Thibodeaux said.
According to recent research, as many as 45 percent of Americans say they make New Year’s resolutions, while only 8 percent are successful in achieving their goals.
“My New Year’s Resolution for 2024 is to be more positive and to just bring good to all that I can. I think the world needs a little bit more of that now. Hopefully everyone has a positive 2024,” Camille Semien said.
That leaves us with one question, do you have a New Year’s resolution?
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Revelers counted down to midnight on New Year's Eve across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, where fireworks and festive lights offered a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the globe's ongoing conflicts raised security concerns and let to subdued and cancelled festivities.
In Australia, more than 1 million people watched the pyrotechnic display near the Sydney Harbor Bridge, packing the shore and boats in the harbor — a number of spectators equivalent to one in five of the city's residents.
"It's total madness," said German tourist Janna Thomas, who waited in line since 7:30 a.m. to secure a prime waterfront location.
People lined up early in New York City to secure a spot in Times Square for the midnight ball drop. Officials and party organizers said they're prepared to keep tens of thousands of revelers safe in heart of Manhattan, as the city has seen near-daily protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war.
Fireworks light up the night
Stunning fireworks displays bloomed at iconic locations like the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, the sleek glass walls of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in the United Arab Emirates, and accompanied a collective cheer filling the air in Nairobi, Kenya.
China celebrated relatively quietly, with most major cities banning fireworks over safety and pollution concerns. Still, people gathered and performers danced in colorful costumes in Beijing, while a crowd released wish balloons in Chongqing. During his New Year address, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country would focus on building momentum for economic recovery in 2024 and pledged China would "surely be reunified" with Taiwan.
In Taipei, Taiwan's capital, the mood appeared upbeat as revelers gathered for a fireworks show at the bamboo-shaped Taipei 101 skyscraper, as well as at concerts and other events held throughout the city.
For India, thousands of revelers from the financial hub of Mumbai watched the sun set over the Arabian Sea. In New Delhi, fireworks raised concerns that the capital — already infamous for its poor air quality — would be blanketed by a toxic haze on the first morning of the new year.
Across Japan, people gathered at temples, such as the Tsukiji Temple in Tokyo, where visitors were given free hot milk and corn soup as they stood in line to strike a massive bell.
Pope highlights the human cost of war
At the Vatican, Pope Francis recalled 2023 as a year marked by wartime suffering. During his traditional Sunday blessing from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, he offered prayers for "the tormented Ukrainian people and the Palestinian and Israeli populations, the Sudanese people and many others."
"At the end of the year, we will have the courage to ask ourselves how many human lives have been shattered by armed conflict, how many dead and how much destruction, how much suffering, how much poverty," the pontiff said.
Gaza and Ukraine wars grind on
In Russia, the country's military actions in Ukraine have overshadowed end-of-year celebrations, with the usual fireworks and concert on Moscow's Red Square canceled, as they were last year. Even without the festivities, people gathered in the square and some cheered and pointed their phones at a clock counting down the year's final seconds.
After shelling in the Russian border city of Belgorod Saturday killed 24 people, some local authorities across Russia also canceled their usual firework displays, including in Vladivostok. Millions were expected to tune in to Russian President Vladimir Putin's New Year's prerecorded address, where he asserted no force that could divide Russians and stop the country's development.
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war will continue for "many more months," resisting international calls for a cease-fire.
Skyscrapers in Tel Aviv were lit up in yellow to call for the release of hostages held by Palestinian militants in Gaza for more than 80 days.
"While you are counting down until the new year, our time and our lives stopped," said Moran Betzer Tayar, the aunt of Yagev Buchshtab, a 34 year old hostage.
In the Gaza Strip, displaced Palestinians huddled around fires in a makeshift refugee camp.
"From the intensity of the pain we live, we do not feel that there is a new year," said Kamal al-Zeinaty, who has lost multiple family members in the conflict. "All the days are the same."
In Iraq, a Christmas tree was decorated with Palestinian flags and symbolic bodies in funeral shrouds, placed beside a liberty monument in central Baghdad. Many Christians in Iraq have cancelled this year's festivities in solidarity with Gaza, and have chosen to limit their celebrations to prayers and rituals.
"We hope that the new year, 2024 will be a year of goodness, prosperity, and joy," said Ahmed Ali, a Baghdad resident.
In Muslim-majority Pakistan, the government has banned all New Year's Eve celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Global tensions spur security vigilance
New York Mayor Eric Adams said there were "no specific threats" to his city's annual New Year's Eve bash. Police said they would expand the security perimeter around the party, creating a "buffer zone" that would allow them to head off potential demonstrations. During last year's party, a machete-wielding man attacked three police officers a few blocks from Times Square.
Security was also heightened across European cities on Sunday.
German authorities said they had detained three more people in connection with a reported threat of a New Year's Eve attack by Islamic extremists on the world-famous Cologne Cathedral.
In Berlin, some 4,500 police officers are expected to keep order and avoid riots like a year ago. Police in the German capital issued a ban on the traditional use of fire crackers for several streets across the city. They also banned a pro-Palestinian protest in the Neukoelln neighborhood of the city, which has seen several pro-Palestinian riots.
In Paris, over 1.5 million people are expected to attend celebrations on the Champs-Elysees, with around 90,000 law enforcement officers would be deployed nationwide, top officials said. Celebrations in the French capital will center on the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, including DJ sets, fireworks and video projections on the Arc de Triomphe.
In a New Year's message, French President Emmanuel Macron predicted that the 2024 European Parliament elections will be crucial to Ukraine's future and the fate of democracy across Europe.
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II to step down from throne on Jan. 14
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced Sunday that she plans to abdicate after 52 years and hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik.
The queen, who is Europe’s longest-reigning living monarch, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would step down on Jan. 14th, which is the anniversary of her own accession to the throne at age 31 following the death of her father, King Frederik IX.
Margrethe, 83, said the back surgery she underwent in early 2023 led to “thoughts about the future” and when to pass on the responsibilities of the crown to her son. “I have decided that now is the right time,” she said in her speech.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen paid tribute to her in a statement, offering a “heartfelt thank you to Her Majesty the Queen for her lifelong dedication and tireless efforts for the Kingdom.”
Margrethe is the “epitome of Denmark” Frederiksen’s statement read, and “throughout the years has put words and feelings into who we are as a people and as a nation.”
The 6-foot-tall (1.82-meters-tall), chain-smoking Margrethe has been one of the most popular public figures in Denmark, where the monarch’s role is largely ceremonial. She often walked the streets of Copenhagen virtually unescorted and won the admiration of Danes for her warm manners and for her talents as a linguist and designer.
A keen skier, she was a member of a Danish women’s air force unit as a princess, taking part in judo courses and endurance tests in the snow. Margrethe remained tough even as she grew older. In 2011, at age 70, she visited Danish troops in southern Afghanistan wearing a military jumpsuit.
As monarch, she crisscrossed the country and regularly visited Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, the two semi-independent territories which are part of the Danish Realm, and was met everywhere by cheering crowds.
Denmark has Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy, which traces its line back to the Viking king Gorm the Old, who died in 958. Although Magrethe is head of state, the Danish Constitution strictly ruled out her involvement in party politics.
Yet the queen was clearly well-versed in law and knew the contents of the legislation she was called upon to sign.
She received training in French and English from her earliest years, as well as Swedish from her mother. In addition to archaeology, she studied philosophy, political science and economics at universities in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Cambridge along with the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne in Paris.
Ever since his birth on May 26, 1968, Frederik André Henrik Christian has been the heir to the Danish throne.
He is the oldest son of Queen Margrethe and her late French-born husband, Prince Henrik, who died February 2018. Frederik, 55, has a younger brother, Prince Joachim.
Since the age of 18, he has served as regent whenever his mother was outside the kingdom and carried out official duties, shaking hands with thousands and receiving foreign dignitaries.
The queen’s announcement made up only a few sentences at the end of her wide-ranging New Year’s speech which reflected on the “turbulence and upheaval in the world” amid the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and the climate crisis.
But she also thanked her nation’s people for “the warmth and hospitality I meet with everywhere in Denmark.”
While lavishing accolades on the queen, the prime minister also looked to the future.
“In the new year, Crown Prince Frederik will be proclaimed king. Crown Princess Mary will become queen. The kingdom will have a new regent and a new royal couple,” he said in his statement. “We can look forward to all of this in the knowledge that they are ready for the responsibility and the task.”
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Fire crews rescue injured 18-year-old mountain biker off Scottsdale trail
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - An 18-year-old man is recovering after crashing while mountain biking and needing to be rescued off a trail in Scottsdale on Sunday morning.
Around 10:30 a.m., Scottsdale and Phoenix Fire technical rescue teams were called to the Lost Dog Trailhead near 124th Street and Via Linda Road to help a mountain biker who crashed and reported having neck pain and multiple cuts. Rescue crews used a helicopter to hoist the man off the trail. He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Scottsdale Fire has some tips on how to stay safe when mountain biking in Arizona. They say always to wear a helmet, keep in control, wear the correct riding gear and stay within your skill level. When riding, fire officials advise you to get to know the trail, slow down for blind corners, and know what type of bike to use for where you’re riding. Finally, Scottsdale Fire says that you should have a charged cellphone and stay on the trails if you crash.
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By Laura Chung
Authorities are investigating after a man illegally spearfished and killed a blue groper in Sydney’s south at the weekend, with the incident sparking outrage among beachgoers.
The blue groper, the official state fish since 1996 and endemic to Australia, is protected by law from spearfishing.
A Department of Primary Industries spokesperson and NSW Police said they were investigating after a photograph and information were provided of the incident that occurred at Oak Park Beach, Cronulla, on Saturday.
Locals say the big fish was known as Gus and was estimated to have been about 40 years old. They added it was friendly with divers and many shared photos with the fish.
“I’m so angry about the killing of Gus, he brought so much happiness and a wonderful experience,” one local wrote on a Facebook community page.
In NSW, spearfishing of blue, brown and red groper is prohibited, although line fishing of gropers is permitted. For all species generally, up to two fish can be taken by line and must be a minimum of 30 centimetres.
The agency spokesperson said it was important for anyone fishing to understand the regulations. Penalties range from a $500 and $22,000 fine or up to six months’ imprisonment.
Blue gropers are particularly susceptible to spearfishing and in the past have been heavily harvested. In 1969, the species was given total protection status in NSW, but by 1974 commercial fishing of them was allowed.
Just a year later, concern over the large catches by commercial fishers led to a ban on bottom-set gill nets, and sales of the fish have been banned since 1980.
Earlier this year, a man was photographed holding up a large blue groper he speared at Hungry Point.
Since then, DPI installed spearfishing signage near the Oak Park rock pool and the Salmon Haul Reserve, Cronulla, to increase awareness of the Port Hacking spearfishing closures.
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COPENHAGEN - Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-serving monarch, said Sunday that she would abdicate on January 14 and pass the baton to her son Crown Prince Frederik.
Margrethe, 83, has reigned for 52 years and has been Europe's only reigning queen after the death of Britain's Elizabeth II.
She has been hailed for subtly modernising Danish royalty in her half-century on the throne.
She made the surprise announcement during her traditional New Year's Eve speech broadcast on Danish television, citing her age and health issues.
"In two weeks time I have been Queen of Denmark for 52 years," she said.
That length of time would take its time on anyone, she added. "One cannot undertake as much as one managed in the past...
"On 14th January, 2024 –- 52 years after I succeeded my beloved father -– I will step down as Queen of Denmark. I will hand over the throne to my son Crown Prince Frederik."
The chain-smoking queen has repeatedly said she would never abdicate, but back surgery she underwent in February "gave cause to thoughts about the future -- whether now would be an appropriate time to pass on the responsibility to the next generation".
The queen, known for her artistic talents, has been hugely popular in Denmark.
"She has managed to be a queen who has united the Danish nation in a time of large changes: globalisation, the appearance of the multicultural state, economic crises in the 1970s, 1980s and again in 2008 to 2015, and the pandemic," historian Lars Hovebakke Sorensen told AFP.
"The basis of her popularity is that the queen is absolutely non-political," he said.
- Queen of arts -
With sparkling blue eyes and a broad smile, she is known for her relaxed and playful side, as well as for her involvement in Denmark's cultural scene.
A painter as well as a costume and set designer, she has worked with the Royal Danish Ballet and Royal Danish Theatre on numerous occasions.
She studied at Cambridge and the Sorbonne in Paris, and is fluent in English, French, German and Swedish.
She has also translated plays, including Simone de Beauvoir's "All Men Are Mortal" with her French-born husband under a pseudonym.
But it is primarily her paintings and drawings that have caught the public's eye.
She has illustrated several books, including a Danish 2002 edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", and her paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries in Denmark and abroad.
Crown Prince Frederik, 55, is meanwhile the embodiment of the country's relaxed, liberal monarchy.
Passionate about the environment, he has discreetly imposed himself in the shadow of his mother, championing Denmark and its drive to find solutions to the climate crisis.
"When the time comes, I will guide the ship," he said in a speech celebrating his mother's half century on the throne.
"I will follow you, as you followed your father" in leading the thousand-year-old institution, Prince Frederik added.
He met his wife Mary Donaldson, an Australian lawyer, at a Sydney bar during the 2000 Olympic Games.
They have tried to give their four children as normal an upbringing as possible, sending them mainly to state schools.
Their eldest, Prince Christian, who recently turned 18, was the first Danish royal to go to daycare.
Frederik and Mary are "modern, woke, lovers of pop music, modern art and sports," said historian Sebastian Olden-Jorgensen, adding that they would represent a careful transition to the times.
Frederik has said that he sees himself complementing his mother, a polymath who is an accomplished writer and artist.
"You paint, I exercise. You dig for buried objects from the past, I buried my head in order not to be recognised during my time in the armed forces. You are a master of words. I am sometimes at a loss for them," he joked during the queen's jubilee celebrations.
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New Year’s Eve Planner
Temperatures will hang around in the mid to low-20s for the majority of the festivities. Roads are in much better shape with the freezing drizzle and snow showers out of our area. You will still want to give a little extra time if you are driving in rural communities or your commute involves bridges/overpasses.
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Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At Multi-Chem (SGX:AWZ)
Did you know there are some financial metrics that can provide clues of a potential multi-bagger? Firstly, we'd want to identify a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and then alongside that, an ever-increasing base of capital employed. Put simply, these types of businesses are compounding machines, meaning they are continually reinvesting their earnings at ever-higher rates of return. With that in mind, we've noticed some promising trends at Multi-Chem (SGX:AWZ) so let's look a bit deeper.
What Is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?
Just to clarify if you're unsure, ROCE is a metric for evaluating how much pre-tax income (in percentage terms) a company earns on the capital invested in its business. The formula for this calculation on Multi-Chem is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.16 = S$24m ÷ (S$333m - S$179m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2023).
Therefore, Multi-Chem has an ROCE of 16%. In absolute terms, that's a satisfactory return, but compared to the Electronic industry average of 8.3% it's much better.
See our latest analysis for Multi-Chem
While the past is not representative of the future, it can be helpful to know how a company has performed historically, which is why we have this chart above. If you want to delve into the historical earnings, revenue and cash flow of Multi-Chem, check out these free graphs here.
What Can We Tell From Multi-Chem's ROCE Trend?
We like the trends that we're seeing from Multi-Chem. The numbers show that in the last five years, the returns generated on capital employed have grown considerably to 16%. The company is effectively making more money per dollar of capital used, and it's worth noting that the amount of capital has increased too, by 37%. The increasing returns on a growing amount of capital is common amongst multi-baggers and that's why we're impressed.
On a separate but related note, it's important to know that Multi-Chem has a current liabilities to total assets ratio of 54%, which we'd consider pretty high. This can bring about some risks because the company is basically operating with a rather large reliance on its suppliers or other sorts of short-term creditors. Ideally we'd like to see this reduce as that would mean fewer obligations bearing risks.
The Key Takeaway
In summary, it's great to see that Multi-Chem can compound returns by consistently reinvesting capital at increasing rates of return, because these are some of the key ingredients of those highly sought after multi-baggers. And a remarkable 308% total return over the last five years tells us that investors are expecting more good things to come in the future. With that being said, we still think the promising fundamentals mean the company deserves some further due diligence.
If you'd like to know about the risks facing Multi-Chem, we've discovered 1 warning sign that you should be aware of.
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Legions of undecided voters offer a glimmer of hope for the Prime Minister as nearly a third of the UK is yet to decide who is best to lead the country
- Findings show that a significant proportion of the population remain undecided
Nearly a third of all voters are yet to make up their minds about who is best to lead the country, offering a glimmer of hope to Rishi Sunak, a survey shows.
In the face of huge poll leads for Sir Keir Starmer's party, the findings show that a significant proportion of the population remain undecided.
But the results make gloomy reading for the Tories as they show that Sir Keir beats Mr Sunak in 390 out of 632 constituencies, with the PM ahead in just 29.
It comes as Mr Sunak begins a tour of the country this week to warn voters not to endanger the economic recovery by backing Labour.
Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden also warns that Sir Keir's green policies will burden families with a £2,200 tax bombshell.
Nearly a third of all voters are yet to make up their minds about who is best to lead the country, offering a glimmer of hope to Rishi Sunak
But the survey results make gloomy reading for the Tories as they show that Sir Keir beats Mr Sunak in 390 out of 632 constituencies
The seat-by-seat analysis by Focaldata for campaign group Best of Britain, published in the Sunday Times, reveals that 29 per cent of respondents were undecided.
Asked who would make the best PM, 32 per cent backed Sir Keir, while 22 per cent opted for Mr Sunak. However, in 238 constituencies, voters were yet to make up their minds.
The poll will give Tory strategists who had been considering framing the next election as a presidential-style choice between the two leaders pause for thought.
It also found that headline support for the parties puts Labour on 35 per cent compared with the Tories on 19 per cent, suggesting a huge Labour majority. The Liberal Democrats and Reform are tied on seven per cent, with the Greens on six.
Mr Sunak plans a fightback in the new year and will argue that his interventions are starting to improve the economic outlook.
Meanwhile, a Labour MP and former policy chief accused Sir Keir of being 'detached' from his own party. Jon Cruddas said that it was 'difficult to identify the purpose of a future Starmer government'.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," offers a revolutionary explanation for risky behavior in adolescents.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," offers a revolutionary explanation for risky behavior in adolescents.
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Climate Activists Detained in Amsterdam: A Standoff Over Fossil Fuel Financing
On the last Saturday of 2023, a major highway in Amsterdam became an unexpected stage for a clash of ideologies. Approximately 300 climate activists from Extinction Rebellion obstructed the A10 highway near the former ING headquarters, voicing their opposition to the bank’s financing of fossil fuel projects. The protesters’ demand? An immediate halt to such financing, a demand that ING labeled as ‘radical and unrealistic.’
A Demand for Immediate Action
Despite ING’s recent announcement to cease funding oil and gas exploration by 2040 and triple new lending towards renewable energy over the next two years, protesters deemed it insufficient. They criticized the bank’s plan, arguing that the urgency of the climate crisis necessitates immediate action. The blockade of the highway, a vital artery of the city, was aimed to draw attention to their cause and exert pressure on the financial institution.
ING’s Response and the Broader Picture
In response to the protest, ING condemned the activists’ tactics, citing past incidents where employees felt intimidated. The bank asserted that a swift transition to 100% renewable energy is not yet feasible and pledged to be part of a sustainable solution. This stance highlights the ongoing tension between financial institutions and climate advocates over the pace of transitioning to renewable energy sources.
Police Intervention and the Fallout
The Amsterdam city council had prohibited the protest on the highway, offering an alternative location for the demonstration. However, the activists proceeded with their plan. After a three-hour standoff, the police intervened. Protesters were removed, and most were subsequently released. This incident underscores the escalating conflicts between climate activists and authorities, as well as the broader societal struggle to address the urgent threats of climate change.
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Donald Trump recently announced plans to hold a “commit to caucus” rally in Iowa next month. The kicker is that the event will take place on the third anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot, which saw hundreds of his supporters storm the building. The attack resulted in countless arrests, several injuries, multiple deaths, and more.
While the timing of the event appears to be intentional, the Chairman of Iowa's republican party Thad Nearmyer insists that it's merely a coincidence. “When they first announced it was on Jan. 6, I didn’t even think anything of it,” he told The Daily Beast earlier this week. “And then a little bit later it kind of occurred to me that that date has some significance. “
Read More: Donald Trump Removed From Maine Primary Ballot
Thad Nearmyer "Didn't Think Anything" Of January 6 Rally
“I would imagine that will get brought up by him,” Nearmyer added. While the event stands out as the deadliest since the War of 1812, he downplayed it in his conversation with the outlet, claiming “It wasn’t nearly as big of a deal as it was made out to be." News of Trump's January 6, 2024 rally comes after Maine's Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, announced that the disgraced former president has been removed from the state's Presidential primary ballot. Bellows cited a 14th Amendment clause that prevents "insurrectionists" from running for President.
Colorado tried to do something similar earlier this month, but he's now back on the ballot after the state's republican party appealed the decision. What do you think of Donald Trump holding a rally on the third anniversary of the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Marc-Andre Fleury became the fourth goalie in NHL history to play in 1,000 games on Sunday in the Minnesota Wild's game against the Winnipeg Jets.
Martin Brodeur (1,266 games), Roberto Luongo (1,044) and Patrick Roy (1,029) are the only goalies to have played in more games than the 39-year-old Fleury, who is in his third season with the Wild. He spent the bulk of his career in Pittsburgh, making 691 appearances in 13 seasons with the Penguins.
"Obviously very flattered by the reception from the crowd, from my teammates. It means a lot," Fleury said. "I feel very fortunate that I've played for so long and I got to do what I live for many years. I'm lucky for that."
Fleury took a "solo lap" before the Wild took the ice for the first period, a hockey tradition for players either making their NHL debut or on the brink of a milestone. He hopped onto the ice amid cheers and responded by firing a wrist shot into an open net before his teammates joined him.
The Wild later showed a video in the arena, featuring Brodeur, Luongo and Roy offering their congratulations.
"Really impressive," Brodeur said. "Welcome to the club, buddy."
Fleury began the game third on the all-time victories list with 550, trailing Brodeur (691) and Roy (551). The Jets prevented him from tying Roy with a 3-2 victory.
"He's got 999 other ones he can probably celebrate," said Jets captain Adam Lowry, who beat Fleury for his 100th career goal on Sunday. "That's a tremendous accomplishment, an amazing career, and it was pretty cool to be able to share the ice with a guy like that."
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With New Years Eve festivities happening across Billings, a few local businesses are prepping to ensure safety.
The Billings Taxi Company will have all of their drivers on shift throughout the night, ready to answer the call for whomever needs a ride. Their number for service is 406-407-2738.
One of those drivers will be Kevin Curley, who said some nights are slow but that everyone knows what to expect on New Years Eve.
"Sometimes I have like maybe three calls all at once," Curley said. "Especially with it being New Years Eve, we just want to make sure that people get to and from their destination safe."
Curley said that while other services may charge an additional holiday cost, their service is staying consistent with their prices.
"It's just how we've always done it," Curley said. "It's simple and then there's no confusion and additional costs."
Curley said that safety is their number one focus and that driving under the influence has directly affected him.
"It's really important to me as well because having people that I know be involved in that," Curley said. "I've lost some loved ones due to drinking and driving."
Other businesses in Billings are also doing what they can to ensure safe rides home. High Horse Saloon owner Reid Pyburn said for the fifth straight year they will offer discounted uber rides and even cover the cost completely for customers.
"People are planning to be out and about and it's important to plan on how to get home," Pyburn said. "Sometimes those plans fall through and we just want to make sure people have options. There's tons and tons of discounts and we just kind of pick up on some of those and help get people home."
Pybrun said his staff will be vigilant in observing behavior throughout the evening as well.
"My staff is pretty experienced on keeping an eye on customers and how much people are consuming," Pyburn said. "Often times, getting someone a ride is a part of that management process."
All in all, both Pyburn and Curley agreed that while there will be a lot of celebrating across Billings, safety needs to be a priority.
"Do your best to get everyone home safe and sound and have a plan to do so," Pyburn said.
"That is the key," Curley said. "Just getting home safe."
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Connor Zary 2023-24 NHL Calder Trophy Odds, Prop Bets & Futures
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 5:56 PM CST|Updated: 23 minutes ago
Connor Zary is +3000 to claim the 2023-24 Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's best rookie. For more stats and information on this Calgary Flames player, continue reading.
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- Game Day: December 31, 2023
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CUSA Football Promo Codes, Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:44 PM CST|Updated: 37 minutes ago
The bowl season slate features four CUSA matchups, with Western Kentucky (+4.5) against Old Dominion among the best bets against the spread, according to our projections. For more suggestions, including parlay opportunities, see below.
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Pick: Western Kentucky +4.5 vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Old Dominion by 0.5 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Fresno State +3.5 vs. New Mexico State
- Matchup: New Mexico State Aggies at Fresno State Bulldogs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: New Mexico State by 0 points
- Time: 5:45 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Louisiana +3.5 vs. Jacksonville State
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Jacksonville State by 1.5 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
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Under 67.5 - Liberty vs. Oregon
- Matchup: Liberty Flames at Oregon Ducks
- Projected Total: 61.4 points
- Time: 1:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN
Over 48.5 - Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion
- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Total: 54.2 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Under 57.5 - Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Total: 55.6 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
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2024 brings cooler weather and rain to Arizona this week
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - The new year is here! 2024 will have a cool and rainy start for the Valley. We are tracking a system that will pass through Arizona on Monday, bringing a 30% chance for rain later in the evening. Highs for the start of the week will stay around the mid-60s.
Another system will pass through Arizona from the Pacific, which will drop temps into the low 60s and bring a 50% chance for rain for the Valley on Thursday. Lows this week will be chilly in the 40s, so bundle up on your way to work or run errands.
Due to poor air quality, the Maricopa County Air Quality Department has issued No Burn Days for Sunday and Monday. You will want to limit outdoor activity if you have any heart or lung problems.
For the High Country, we are tracking a chance for snow in the higher elevation areas like the white mountains and Mogollon Rim for Tuesday and Thursday.
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Heavy rains, flood threat dampen start to new year in south-east
By Cassandra Morgan, Jacob Shteyman and Keira Jenkins
Parts of south-east Queensland have again been battered by heavy rain to start the New Year.
Intense falls in some areas could lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding, the Bureau of Meteorology warned on Monday morning.
The weather is predicted to affect residents at Coolangatta, Logan, Beenleigh, Tamborine Mountain and Springbrook.
Upper Springbrook on the Gold Coast had already recorded almost 300 mm of rain in the 12 hours to 7am on Monday, while 165 mm fell at both Binna Burra and Worongary Creek in the same period, the bureau said.
“The heaviest rainfall will be associated with shower and thunderstorm activity, which is likely to be hit-and-miss in nature across the warning area,” it added in an alert.
“There is significant uncertainty in the movement and timing of features but at this stage the heavy rainfall risk may persist into Tuesday morning and may extend further north.”
North-eastern NSW is also on high alert for heavy rain and flash flooding.
Downpours that could lead to flash flooding were predicted for the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands regions on Monday.
A flood warning was also for the Tweed River, with the bureau saying water could reach the minor flood level at Tumbulgum.
Three to six-hourly rainfall totals of up to 160 mm and 24-hourly totals of more than 250 mm were possible.
“Localised intense rainfall is possible under areas of persistent heavy thunderstorms,” it said.
Coffs Harbour Airport recorded more than 188 mm in the three hours to 2.50pm on Sunday.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James thought he added to his legacy with another big shot on his 39th birthday.
The NBA’s replay center had a different view, causing James to call out the league’s replay process.
James made what he believed was a game-tying 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds remaining as the Los Angeles Lakers were playing on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the top team in the Western Conference.
However, it was ruled a 2-pointer and upheld via replay from the league’s replay center in Secaucus, New Jersey, and the Lakers lost 108-106 on Saturday night.
“It’s obviously a 3,” James said. “My foot is behind the line. I mean, you can see the space between the front of my foot and the 3-point line. You can clearly see a white, the wood on the floor, there’s a space in between the front of my foot and the 3-point line. So, you know, Stevie Wonder can see that, champ.”
James, who spent the day in bed with a non-COVID-19 illness, scored 26 points, 10 in the fourth quarter. But it was his shot, and the subsequent replay, that caused his ire toward the league’s replay center.
“They said it was out of their hands,” James said of the explanation he got from officials. “The Secaucus, whatever, over there in the replay center or whatever, somebody over there eating a ham sandwich or somebody made the call.”
In a pool report after the game, official Tony Brothers said the review wasn’t conclusive enough to overturn the call on the floor.
“The play was ruled a 2-point field goal on the floor during live play,” Brothers said. “After video review, there wasn’t clear and conclusive evidence to overturn it from a 2 to a 3, and that’s why it stood as a 2-point field goal.”
James felt the video evidence was clear enough. As soon as Brothers announced the ruling to the in-arena crowd, James immediately went to the scorer’s table and pointed to the replay monitor.
“It’s super frustrating in the sense of what the hell we got a replay for?” James said. “What do we have replay for if even the replay gets it wrong? It’s like, who’s the part of the replay center? Like, do we got robots in there that’s making the Teslas? What’s going on? If you don’t see that, that is clear, that is clear.”
The frustration came after James said he woke up with an illness and stayed in bed until 4:30 p.m. when he got ready to head to the arena.
“I took a few more naps and then I finally just got out of bed at like 4:30, got a shower,” James said. “It helped me a little bit. Caught the 5 o’clock bus and, I guess, felt OK to play. I felt I could make some plays to help us win the ballgame.”
The Lakers play Sunday afternoon for the second of a back-to-back in New Orleans. James said he was unsure if he’d be play to play Sunday and would wait to see how he feels a day later.
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Film, TV and video-game producers to get more generous UK tax relief
Film, TV and video-game producers will get more generous tax breaks in the UK from Monday, amid industry warnings that the country could lose out to others, particularly in animation and special effects.
The government said all companies would receive more tax relief under a revamp of the current system, along with greater flexibility over production decisions and clarity about the amount of credit they can expect.
To expand the UK’s production industry, the audio-visual expenditure credit and the video-games expenditure credit will replace the previous tax reliefs for film, TV and video games.
Britain is a popular destination to shoot Hollywood blockbusters such as Barbie and Wonka. However, the cap on UK tax relief means work on visual effects often goes to countries such as Canada, India and Australia. France has also improved its tax incentive recently.
Neil Hatton, the chief executive of the UK Screen Alliance, an industry body,has said Britain is “at risk of losing our position as a world leader in this area” because investment in the UK had stagnated, while other countries had made their tax breaks more attractive.
Under the new system, a children’s TV production, animated TV production or film with £1m of qualifying expenditure will receive an additional £42,500 in tax relief, the Treasury said. A high-end TV production, film production or video game will receive £5,000 in relief. The uplift in relief for animation will be extended to include animated films as well as TV programmes.
Britain’s film industry has thrived thanks in part to an incentive scheme allowing Hollywood studios to claim 25% tax relief on UK production expenditure since 2007, which was extended to films of all budget levels in 2015.
Hatton said the new measures meant film and TV would benefit from 0.5% more generous tax relief, a net rate of 25.5%. This will also apply to video games.
Animation will benefit more. Tax relief on the core production costs, has risen from 25% to 29.25%. “That’s a significant uplift for animation,” Hatton said.
He noted that Ireland offered 32% tax relief for animation, Canada 43% and the Canary Islands 50%. “They’re really going for it,” Hatton added.
The other barrier holding back the UK is that tax credits only apply to the first 80% of a film’s UK budget, leading studios to move some work to other countries. The UK Screen Alliance is campaigning for the cap to be lifted for visual effects, and for tax relief in this area to rise to the “mid-30s”, Hatton said. He hopes this will happen in the budget on 6 March, adding that it could create 3,000 hi-tech jobs.
“Very often you’ll film in the UK, because we have a very good tax credit for filming,” Hatton said. “We also have a very good reputation in terms of crews and locations and studio infrastructure. But when you get to your visual effects, why would you stay in the UK? There is no further incentive when you could take your visual effects to Montreal and gain the best part of 40% on that additional expenditure.”
Four of the world’s biggest visual effects companies – Framestore, Cinesite, MPC and DNEG – were launched and are still headquartered in the UK, but have focused on expanding overseas in recent years.
Nigel Huddleston, the financial secretary to the Treasury, said: “We are backing the makers of the next Barbie, Happy Valley and Grand Theft Auto with this new, more generous, tax credit system for British production talent.
“The UK is a world leader in creativity, and we want to ensure that continues well into the future by making it easier for British film, TV and video games to thrive.”
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — (AP) — Panthers owner David Tepper threw the contents of a drink into the visiting crowd near the end of Carolina's 26-0 loss at Jacksonville on Sunday.
Tepper’s reaction came after rookie Bryce Young was intercepted with less than 3 minutes to play. It was unclear whether Tepper was reacting to something said to him or the latest miscue for the team with the NFL’s worst record.
General manager Scott Fitterer was standing near Tepper when he tossed the remnants of his drink while watching the game from a club suite.
The Panthers (2-14) dropped to 0-9 on the road and were shut out for the first time since losing to Atlanta in Week 12 in 2002. They also clinched the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft in April — a selection that will go to Chicago.
Nothing went right in this one for Carolina, and had Jacksonville not gone 1 for 5 scoring in the red zone, the outcome likely would have been way more lopsided.
Bryce Young completed 19 of 32 passes for 112 yards, with an interception, and was sacked six times. He now has been sacked a whopping 59 times.
“Yeah, not fun. Not fun at all,” Young said. “It’s on us. It’s what we put out. It’s our tape. It’s what we did. We own it, accept it. It is what it is, but it’s not fun.”
Carolina had issues before the coin flip.
Kicker Eddy Pineiro injured his right hamstring in pregame warmups and was unable to go. Starting linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill handled the opening kickoff, and interim coach Chris Tabor kept his offense on the field for a fourth-and-7 play in normal field-goal range on the team’s opening drive.
Young was sacked and took a shot to his back. He spent several minutes getting checked on the sideline and returned in time for the next series.
“Obviously when there’s only one kicker on your 48, that’s a tough deal,” Tabor said.
Cornerback Jaycee Horn (toe) also was a late scratch after going through warmups. Horn had been scheduled to play, and Tabor even made CJ Henderson inactive. But Horn couldn’t go, so Shaquill Griffin was thrust into the starting lineup.
Griffin was burned for a 48-yard gain, part of a lackluster performance all around for the visitors.
“I’m disappointed, obviously, and that’s a pretty generic answer,” Tabor said. “Did not see it coming. I will tip my hat to the Jaguars. The way we were trending, I did not see this performance coming down.
“We never got on track. We talked a lot about starting fast this week, and we did not do that. ... How are you going to deal with it? There’s only two choices: It’s either character or compromise. Those are questions for everybody.”
The Panthers had more injury issues during the game. Guard Cade Mays left with a finger injury and then linebacker Marquis Haynes, a sixth-year pro who grew up in Jacksonville, was carted off the field in the third quarter with a concussion. He was taken to a hospital for further testing and did not fly home with the team.
Haynes flashed a thumbs-up sign to the crowd as he left the stadium. It was one of the few occasions Carolina fans had to cheer.
The Panthers finished with 124 yards, were 1 of 13 on third down and had defensive lineman Derrick Brown ejected along with Jacksonville left tackle Cam Robinson late in the fourth. They ripped off each other's helmets after a play.
“Missed opportunities. Just execution top to bottom,” Young said. “There’s a long list of stuff I’ve got to do better, and then offensively we all take responsibility. We all look in the mirror, and I think ‘disconnected’ is a good word.
“Just wasn’t executing, wasn’t translating, and as far as the offense, that’s on me.”
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Influential former Texas US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson dies at 88
DALLAS, Texas (AP) — 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.
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.
“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.”
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Back to full strength! Cheese company that 'castrated' the Cerne Abbas Giant of his 35ft manhood reinstates the historic pecker on its vintage cheddar packaging
- Oxford Cheese Company was slammed for 'defacing' the Cerne Abbas Giant
- Company says the censored label was designed following shopper's complaint
A cheese company accused of 'castrating' the Cerne Abbas Giant has now reinstated the iconic chalk figure's manhood on their packaging.
In June, the Oxford Cheese Company was accused of 'culturally appropriating' the famous figure to help sell their Cerne Abbas Man vintage cheddar - ironically not made in the Dorset village or in Oxford.
They added insult to injury when they censored the giant's phallus from the label.
Following accusations they had 'emasculated' the giant, the company now appears to have u-turned on the decision.
Oxfordshire resident Ivan Kirby recently bought the cheese from a shop in Yarnton, Oxfordshire. He described said the change as a 'victory for common sense'.
He added: 'I think it's splendid that they've seen sense and truly made their vintage cheddar full strength.'
The Oxford Cheese Company has been slammed for depicting the famous Cerne Abbas Giant on its packaging without his oversized phallus
The 180ft figure, which has a 35ft manhood, is one of Dorset's most famous landmarks, thought to have been created by the Anglo-Saxons in the 8th century as a tribute to Helith, their god of health
The Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180ft chalk figure cut into the side of a hill, boasts a 35ft manhood and is one of Dorset's best known landmarks.
He is said to have been created by the Anglo-Saxons in the 8th century.
A spokesman for the Oxford Cheese Company suggested in June that the manhood may have been removed so not to make the image on the packaging appear too cluttered.
But company founder Robert Pouget then said they had sold the cheese with the uncensored giant for 15 years but had developed a second label several years ago without the manhood after complaints from a supermarket customer.
He claimed the censored version is only sold in one supermarket but it appears with the censored label on the websites of several farm shops and even on the company's own website.
Vic Irvine, head brewer at Cerne Abbas Brewery, which uses a picture of the giant in all his glory on its branding, said: 'It's abhorrent to castrate him'
Locals criticised the Oxford Cheese Company for 'defacing' the club-wielding man on the label of its Cerne Abbas Man vintage cheddar
Vic Irvine, head brewer at Cerne Abbas Brewery, which uses the giant in all his glory on its branding, said he is pleased the phallus has been restored.
Mr Irvine said: 'It's obviously nice to see our Giant restored to his former glory after being emasculated so disrespectfully.
'However the original 'cheddar' wasn't even made in the Somerset parish with the famous gorge and then for the mystery substance to be marketed by a cheesemonger of Oxford smacks of desperation.
'We are proud of our Dorset heritage and we can see the Giant from our brewery and more importantly he can see us! We love our village and we love our Giant.'
A spokesman for the Oxford Cheese Company last night confirmed that the manhood had now been returned to the cheese.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," sheds light on the surprising capabilities of the childhood brain.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," sheds light on the surprising capabilities of the childhood brain.
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Doomsday Clock at ’90 Seconds to Midnight’: A Stark Warning
In an unprecedented move, the Doomsday Clock, a potent symbol of humanity’s proximity to a self-inflicted global catastrophe, has been reset to a mere 90 seconds away from midnight. This is the closest the symbolic countdown to annihilation has been since its inception in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a grim reminder of the potential for human-made disasters to cause irreversible damage.
Decoding the Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock serves as a visual metaphor for the state of global security. It highlights the immediacy and severity of threats that could potentially wipe out civilization. This includes nuclear warfare, climate change, destructive technologies, and more recently, biological threats. With each adjustment of the clock, scientists provide a real-time assessment of the dangers facing the world.
Reasons Behind the Current Setting
The current setting of 90 seconds to midnight underscores the heightened sense of urgency among experts for decisive action. Various factors have contributed to this critical adjustment. The ongoing Ukraine-Russia war and the conflict between Israel and Hamas are intensifying geopolitical tensions, nudging the clock closer to midnight. Simultaneously, the disappointing outcomes of the COP 28 global warming conference signify a lack of concerted global action towards mitigating climate change, exacerbating the risk.
Emerging Challenges: Disruptive Technologies and AI
Disruptive technologies, particularly the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), have emerged as significant contributors to the unsettling forecast. Concerns over the potential impacts of generative AI on various industries and job security have been raised. Experts are warning of the risks associated with unchecked AI development, further fuelling the urgency reflected in the Doomsday Clock setting.
In contrast, NASA’s Artemis 2 mission plans to return humans to the moon in November 2024, offering a glimmer of hope amid the growing darkness. Yet, the countdown to potential global catastrophe continues, imploring nations and leaders to take swift, decisive action. The Doomsday Clock’s latest setting serves as a stark warning – the clock is ticking, and midnight is perilously close.
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We're still waiting on Saweetie's debut album, but that doesn't mean the Icy Girl is leaving us totally in the dark. As she continues to craft what she hopes comes across as a cohesive body of work, we can confirm that she's currently living her best life in St. Barths. While many stars are spending the final days of 2023 in Aspen, Saweetie decided to beat the cold weather and show off her bodacious body in glamorous outfits. In one of her latest photo dumps, the California native's curves were sparkling in a sequin-clad dress that kept all eyes on her.
"St. barth me plzzz 🙂🛥️🥂🌊✨," she wrote in the caption on Saturday (December 30). Interestingly, many Instagram users in the comments are comparing Saweetie to another recording artist with a surgically enhanced physique. "Why do [you] look like SZA in these pics?" one person asked. "I thought it was SZA for a split second," another agreed.
Read More: Saweetie's Debut Album Will Have "Songs [That] Correlate With One Another," She Promises
Saweetie Shimmers and Shines in St. Barts
Of course, that's not all the content the "Best Friend" hitmaker has been sharing from her trip so far. Yesterday her feed lit up with a carousel that kicks off showing Saweetie in a sexy yellow dress, with flirty cutouts beneath her breast and on her thigh.
It looks like the fashionista was enjoying some booze while posing for photos, and Flo Milli is already praising her in the comments. Elsewhere, Benny Drama, Tay Money, and Jena Frumes are all singing Saweetie's praises ahead of 2024. Even if she postpones her project for another year, we're curious to see what designers she'll don next.
Read More: Saweetie Performs "Best Friend" At Philipp Plein's Fashion Show In Milan
More Fire Fashion Moments
Which of Saweetie's stunning St. Barts outfits do you prefer, her shimmery black gown, or the vibrant yellow number? Let us know in the comments, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.
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BILLINGS — When Ryan Busse launched his gubernatorial campaign on September 14, he did so with a video meant to send a message.
A notable scene occurs when Busse, a Democrat from Kalispell, and his family shoot clay pigeons bearing their criticisms of current Gov. Greg Gianforte, including one clay pigeon that reads '20% property tax hike'. Outside of the ad, property tax relief has become a central issue of Busse's campaign.
“This tax increase, it didn't make things better, it made things way worse," Busse said, when relating the tax increase to high housing costs in Montana.
“I think the first thing we need to do is readjust the rate just like past governors and past legislatures have done and take back the tax breaks that we've given great big corporations like Northwestern Energy," Busse said. "I don't think we need to be giving them a tax break while we're increasing taxes on homeowners."
Busse grew up on a farm in Kansas and has lived in Montana for 30 years, building a home and business in Kalispell.
Busse worked in the firearms industry for 25 years and has not run for public office before this point.
“I don't like the way the state is being turned into this place where we hate each other," Busse said. "It seems to me a lot of the last legislative session and the governor's sort of agenda is to make Montanans hate each other. That's not the state that I love and I don't think it's the state that most Montanans want to live in."
Busse is one of three candidates (two Democrats, one Republican) who have filed paperwork with the secretary of state in the run for governor. Gov. Greg Gianforte has not yet filed his paper seeking re-election to the office.
MTN has reached out to Gianforte several times to also taxes in regard to this story, but his office has at this time declined an interview.
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CUSA Football Promo Codes, Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 1:44 PM CST|Updated: 37 minutes ago
The bowl season slate features four CUSA matchups, with Western Kentucky (+4.5) against Old Dominion among the best bets against the spread, according to our projections. For more suggestions, including parlay opportunities, see below.
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- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Old Dominion by 0.5 points
- Time: 2:30 PM ET
- Date: December 18
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Fresno State +3.5 vs. New Mexico State
- Matchup: New Mexico State Aggies at Fresno State Bulldogs
- Projected Favorite & Spread: New Mexico State by 0 points
- Time: 5:45 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Louisiana +3.5 vs. Jacksonville State
- Matchup: Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Jacksonville State by 1.5 points
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Date: December 16
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- Matchup: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs
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- Date: December 18
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Under 57.5 - Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II to step down from throne on Jan. 14
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced Sunday that she plans to abdicate after 52 years and hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik.
The queen, who is Europe’s longest-reigning living monarch, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would step down on Jan. 14th, which is the anniversary of her own accession to the throne at age 31 following the death of her father, King Frederik IX.
Margrethe, 83, said the back surgery she underwent in early 2023 led to “thoughts about the future” and when to pass on the responsibilities of the crown to her son. “I have decided that now is the right time,” she said in her speech.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen paid tribute to her in a statement, offering a “heartfelt thank you to Her Majesty the Queen for her lifelong dedication and tireless efforts for the Kingdom.”
Margrethe is the “epitome of Denmark” Frederiksen’s statement read, and “throughout the years has put words and feelings into who we are as a people and as a nation.”
The 6-foot-tall (1.82-meters-tall), chain-smoking Margrethe has been one of the most popular public figures in Denmark, where the monarch’s role is largely ceremonial. She often walked the streets of Copenhagen virtually unescorted and won the admiration of Danes for her warm manners and for her talents as a linguist and designer.
A keen skier, she was a member of a Danish women’s air force unit as a princess, taking part in judo courses and endurance tests in the snow. Margrethe remained tough even as she grew older. In 2011, at age 70, she visited Danish troops in southern Afghanistan wearing a military jumpsuit.
As monarch, she crisscrossed the country and regularly visited Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, the two semi-independent territories which are part of the Danish Realm, and was met everywhere by cheering crowds.
Denmark has Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy, which traces its line back to the Viking king Gorm the Old, who died in 958. Although Magrethe is head of state, the Danish Constitution strictly ruled out her involvement in party politics.
Yet the queen was clearly well-versed in law and knew the contents of the legislation she was called upon to sign.
She received training in French and English from her earliest years, as well as Swedish from her mother. In addition to archaeology, she studied philosophy, political science and economics at universities in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Cambridge along with the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne in Paris.
Ever since his birth on May 26, 1968, Frederik André Henrik Christian has been the heir to the Danish throne.
He is the oldest son of Queen Margrethe and her late French-born husband, Prince Henrik, who died February 2018. Frederik, 55, has a younger brother, Prince Joachim.
Since the age of 18, he has served as regent whenever his mother was outside the kingdom and carried out official duties, shaking hands with thousands and receiving foreign dignitaries.
The queen’s announcement made up only a few sentences at the end of her wide-ranging New Year’s speech which reflected on the “turbulence and upheaval in the world” amid the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and the climate crisis.
But she also thanked her nation’s people for “the warmth and hospitality I meet with everywhere in Denmark.”
While lavishing accolades on the queen, the prime minister also looked to the future.
“In the new year, Crown Prince Frederik will be proclaimed king. Crown Princess Mary will become queen. The kingdom will have a new regent and a new royal couple,” he said in his statement. “We can look forward to all of this in the knowledge that they are ready for the responsibility and the task.”
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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: 1 hour ago
Seeking details on how to watch all of the college football postseason matchups now that bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here? Below, we highlight how you can watch all four games involving teams from the CUSA.
Watch college football all season long on Fubo and ESPN+!
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Detroit coach Dan Campbell said he explained to officials before playing the Dallas Cowboys what would happen on a 2-point conversion play the Lions had planned.
Chaos ensued anyway, and left the Lions feeling as if a victory was taken away from the NFC North winners in their pursuit of the top seed in the NFC playoffs.
Officials ruled offensive lineman Taylor Decker wasn’t an eligible receiver when he caught a 2-point conversion pass that would have given Detroit a one-point lead with 23 seconds remaining.
Instead, the Lions (11-5) lost to the Cowboys 20-19 on Saturday night when the third 2-point try was an incomplete pass short of the goal line.
Jared Goff threw an interception on the attempt after Decker’s catch was disallowed, but Dallas was offsides.
The explanations contradicted each other, with Goff saying he was certain Decker reported as an eligible receiver and Dan Skipper had not. In a pool report, referee Brad Allen said the opposite, that Decker didn’t report and Skipper did.
“I don’t want to talk about it,” said Campbell, who was visibly angry with Allen when they talked after the officials made the ruling. “I explain everything pregame to a tee, OK? I did that.”
Allen said Skipper, a backup tackle, reported to him as an eligible receiver, but then went to tackle spot, which meant he didn’t have to report at all. Decker, the starting left tackle, was already in the game.
Video showed Decker having a conversation with Allen, who then said something to the Dallas defense.
“That conversation is where (Skipper) reports to me, and I then go to the defensive team, and I say to them ‘(Skipper) has reported as an eligible receiver,’ so they will be aware of who has reported and then I return to my position,” Allen said in the pool report. “That was the conversation with the defensive line.”
Decker’s conversation with officials came after Goff’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown. Campbell said he had already told his team he would go for the win if the Lions scored.
“All I really want to say on it, just so I don’t get myself into trouble, is I did exactly what coach told me to do,” Decker said. “It was my understanding, too, Dan brings up the possibility of those sorts of plays pregame, so I did what I was told to do. Did how we did it in practice all week.”
Goff pleaded Detroit’s case as officials discussed what they were going to call.
“Very confused,” Goff said. “What I do know, and I don’t know if I’ll get fined for this, but I do know that Decker reported. I do know that Dan Skipper did not. I do know that they said that Dan Skipper did.”
The Cowboys (11-5) extended their home winning streak to 16 games — and finished the regular season 8-0 at home — by rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit at AT&T Stadium for the second time this season.
McCarthy said he was told Skipper was announced as eligible, but that Skipper lined up in a way that made Decker an ineligible receiver.
“That was a 2-point extravaganza,” Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said. “It looked like training camp, lining up and going at it for three or four plays. Great fight and finish by both teams.”
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Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on the uses of artificial intelligence in the federal courts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.
Describing artificial intelligence as the “latest technological frontier,” Roberts discussed the pros and cons of computer-generated content in the legal profession. His remarks come just a few days after the latest instance of AI-generated fake legal citations making their way into official court records, in a case involving ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
“Always a bad idea,” Roberts wrote in his year-end report, noting that “any use of AI requires caution and humility.”
At the same time, though, the chief justice acknowledged that AI can make it much easier for people without much money to access the courts. “These tools have the welcome potential to smooth out any mismatch between available resources and urgent needs in our court system,” Roberts wrote.
The report came at the end of a year in which a series of stories questioned the ethical practices of the justices and the court responded to critics by adopting its first code of conduct. Many of those stories focused on Justice Clarence Thomas and his failure to disclose travel, other hospitality and additional financial ties with wealthy conservative donors including Harlan Crow and the Koch brothers. But Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor also have been under scrutiny.
The country also is entering an the beginning of an election year that seems likely to enmesh the court in some way in the ongoing criminal cases against Trump and efforts to keep the Republican former president off the 2024 ballot.
Along with his eight colleagues, Roberts almost never discusses cases that are before the Supreme Court or seem likely to get there. In past reports, he has advocated for enhanced security and salary increases for federal judges, praised judges and their aides for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and highlighted other aspects of technological changes in the courts.
Roberts once famously compared judges to umpires who call balls and strikes, but don’t make the rules. In his latest report, he turned to a different sport, tennis, to make the point that technology won’t soon replace judges.
At many tennis tournaments, optical technology, rather than human line judges, now determines “whether 130 mile per hour serves are in or out. These decisions involve precision to the millimeter. And there is no discretion; the ball either did or did not hit the line. By contrast, legal determinations often involve gray areas that still require application of human judgment,” Roberts wrote.
Looking ahead warily to the growing use of artificial intelligence in the courts, Roberts wrote: “I predict that human judges will be around for a while. But with equal confidence I predict that judicial work — particularly at the trial level — will be significantly affected by AI.”
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Air Quality Alerts for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
It's a cool New Year's Eve in the Valley! Temperatures will be dropping into the low 50s as we approach midnight and our forecast will be staying dry.
It's a cool New Year's Eve in the Valley! Temperatures will be dropping into the low 50s as we approach midnight and our forecast will be staying dry.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A large cargo ship with a fire in its hold is being kept 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) offshore of an Alaska port as a precaution while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. There were no injuries to the 19 crew members aboard the Genius Star XI, which was carrying a load of lithium-ion batteries across the Pacific Ocean, from Vietnam to San Diego, the guard's Alaska district said in a release. The fire started on Christmas Day
Monstrous waves continue to wreak havoc along the California coast, where beachside communities have been facing damaging flooding and life-threatening water conditions as a series of storms makes its way onshore.
A warm month reached its peak on Friday as Tofino cracked its all-time warmest December temperature record
Southern Ontario is about to experience a snowy interlude to ring in the new year before the sun finally makes its return after an overcast December
Along with the massive recent manufacturing investments in electric vehicle (EV) technology and talks of a greener, decarbonized future, there are some not-so-green problems. In its latest New Energy Finance report, Bloomberg News predicts there will be some 730 million EVs on the road by 2040. The year before, Bloomberg predicted half of all U.S. vehicle sales would be battery electric by 2030. In Canada, too, there's talk of a big economic boost with the transition to EVs — including 250,000 j
A powerful storm in the Pacific Ocean is unleashing massive waves that pounded the California coastline. CNN’s Lucy Kafanov reports.
Crews racing to build sand fortresses to avoid damage to houses on the coast.
A system moving into southern Ontario for the final day of 2023 will bring the region a chance for freezing rain and snow
Southern Ontario is about to experience a snowy interlude before the sun makes its return after an overcast December. Meteorologist Rhythm Reet from The Weather Network provides a glimpse into this transitional weather.
The City of Toronto is opening four warming centres on New Year's Eve as temperatures in the city are expected to plummet overnight.Warming centres, which are opened when temperatures reach -5 C or when Environment and Climate Change Canada issue a winter weather event warning, give people experiencing homelessness a warm place to rest, with access to facilities and other community services. Temperatures are expected to drop Sunday evening, with a low of -4 C. With wind chill, it'll feel like -1
In the hottest year on record, the fingerprints of a changing climate in a warming world were all over dozens of extreme weather events in 2023.
Southern California's Ventura County issued a temporary evacuation warning Saturday for some coastal residents due to high surf that pounded the West Coast this week but has begun to calm down. County officials warned that powerful waves, expected to reach up to 20 feet (6 meters) high, were forecast near a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, and the fire department told people to avoid coastal areas. Authorities lifted the evacuation warning in the afternoon.
Crews in Ventura County worked on Friday, December 29, to protect coastal California communities as the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasted high surf into the weekend.The Ventura County Fire Department encouraged individuals to avoid coastal areas during the storm and high surf warning.This footage by the Ventura County Fire Department shows heavy equipment operators creating a seven-foot-high, mile-long berth between San Pedro St and Greenock Lane to keep hold back dangerous tides.All beaches in Oxnard were closed through New Year’s Eve due to the conditions. Credit: VCFD PIO via Storyful
Authorities rescued all 122 fisherman and reported no injuries
In 2023, the United States Geological Survey has recorded eight earthquakes near the Fort Jackson Army base in South Carolina.
The Met Office yellow alert said there could be up to 20cm of snow on high ground during Saturday.
An unusually bright meteor known as a fireball was spotted over Europe on Saturday, with more than a hundred reports of the colorful shooting star over parts of the United Kingdom and France.
California's coast is continuing to experience extremely dangerous beach conditions.
A baby okapi calf was spotted taking its first steps shortly after it was born at the Cincinnati Zoo on December 18. The calf was born to mother Kuvua, who had a 15-month gestation period. See the animal in motion!
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The PGA Tour believes it has made enough progress with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf to extend their negotiations into next year for a new commercial deal that would include a U.S. investment group and the European tour.
Commissioner Jay Monahan sent a memo to players on Sunday afternoon, just seven hours before the deadline to finalize the deal that was set in the June 6 framework agreement.
The PGA Tour board unanimously agreed three weeks ago to negotiate exclusively with Strategic Sports Group, a consortium of American-based professional sports teams owners led by Fenway Sports Group.
Monahan said the tour has made “meaningful progress” with SSG and provided the group with all the information it requested.
“As we move forward in our discussions, we are focused on the finalization of terms and drafts of necessary documents,” Monahan said.
Far more complicated are the negotiations with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, the financial supporters of the rival LIV Golf League which lured away Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka in 2022, and most recently Masters champion Jon Rahm earlier this month.
Monahan described conversations with PIF and the European tour as “active and productive.”
The framework agreement was to expire Dec. 31, though it included language that the deadline could be extended if all parties agreed. “We are working to extend our negotiations into next year based on the progress we have made to date,” Monahan said in his memo.
Monahan said the goal for 2024 was to reach agreements with SSG, PIF and the European tour to bring them in as minority co-investors in the for-profit PGA Tour Enterprises.
“These partnerships will allow us to unify, innovate and invest in the game for the benefit of players, fans and sponsors,” Monahan said.
Under the framework agreement, PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan would have a seat on the PGA Tour board. The agreement also included PGA Tour Enterprises doing an “objective, empirical-driven evaluation” of LIV and to determine if team golf can be integrated into the PGA Tour and European tour.
It also was to determine a “fair and objective” process for LIV players who might want to return to the PGA Tour or European tour, which is said to be a sticking point because of the players who turned down Saudi riches to remain on the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour season begins Thursday at The Sentry on Maui, the first of eight “signature” events with a $20 million purse and limited field. LIV Golf already has announced the bulk of its 2024 schedule and $20 million purses. It starts the first week of February.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," investigates the timeless question of whether adolescents are better at multi-tasking than adults.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," investigates the timeless question of whether adolescents are better at multi-tasking than adults.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cori Close went with one of the more challenging nonconference schedules so that UCLA would be prepared for what could be the most rigorous Pac-12 races in conference history.
That certainly paid off Saturday in a battle of unbeaten crosstown rivals at a sold-out Pauley Pavilion.
Londynn Jones scored 21 points, including five 3-pointers, as second-ranked UCLA defeated No. 6 Southern California 71-64, despite 27 points and 11 rebounds from JuJu Watkins in what was the conference opener for both teams in the final season of the Pac-12.
Lauren Betts had 15 points and eight rebounds while Kiki Rice scored 12 for the Bruins (12-0, 1-0 Pac-12), who beat the Trojans for the ninth straight time.
UCLA has won all four games this season when going against ranked opponents, but the first three happened on the road or neutral courts.
“Today was like Sweet 16 match up. I think our nonconference schedule gave us a lot of experience,” Betts said. “I think we came in today knowing that whatever happens, we were going to be the tougher and more together team.”
The game was attended by 13,659 fans, breaking the UCLA women’s basketball single-game mark. Among those in attendance were Clippers star Russell Westbrook, former NBA star Baron Davis and Las Vegas Aces GM Natalie Williams, all former UCLA standouts, as well as Candace Parker.
Watkins came in making 49.4% from the field, but was 7 of 24 for the worst-shooting game of her brief college career. She missed her first four from the field and had one stretch late in the second quarter and part of the third where she missed eight of nine.
“It’s not great to lose personally but this is a learning lesson,” said Watkins, who is second in the nation in scoring at 26.8 points per game. “We haven’t faced a team like this so far. I needed to get used to the physicality and needed to slow things down.”
McKenzie Forbes scored 23 for the Trojans (10-1, 0-1) and Rayah Marshall pulled down 14 rebounds.
It was the first ranked matchup between the rivals since 1985 and the first since March 1981 where both have been in the top 10.
“They gave us everything we could handle,” UCLA’s coach Close said. “I was proud of our response We had adversity, foul trouble, players that didn’t play as well as they wanted and we responded.”
UCLA had a 10-point lead late in the third quarter before the Trojans answered back. A 3-pointer by Watkins with 6:46 remaining got them within 60-59 but UCLA went on an 8-2 spurt to get some breathing room, including a pair of 3-pointers by Jones.
“My team does a good job of finding me and the person who is hot in general. We do a good job of continuing to go with it,” said Jones, who had her fourth 20-point game of the season.
UCLA jumped out to a 14-2 lead to start the game, only to see the Trojans score the final nine points of the quarter.
A jumper by Watkins with 1:47 remaining in the quarter was USC’s first made shot from the field. That started a run where she scored 12 of the Trojans’ next 15 points, including a 3-pointer off a fast break with 7:54 remaining in the second quarter to give them a 17-15 advantage.
There would be nine more lead changes and six ties in the quarter before Angela Dugalic’s 3-pointer with 37 seconds gave the Bruins a 38-37 halftime lead.
“I thought we showed a lot, especially being down early. We have many things to get better at but now the focus is on the next 17 conference games,” USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said.
THE TAKEAWAY
USC: The Trojans got off to slow shooting starts to begin both halves. They missed their first nine shots to begin the game and were 1 of 11 to start the second half.
UCLA: The Bruins have a pair of victories over top 10 programs for the second time in four years.
UP NEXT
USC: Host Oregon State on Friday.
UCLA: Host Oregon on Friday.
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El Niño and Climate Change: A Tandem Shaping Extreme Weather Globally
The last week of December 2023 marked the advent of the El Niño weather pattern, a phenomenon characterized by a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific and known to trigger floods and droughts worldwide. The influence of El Niño has been intensified by climate change, with 2023 likely to be the warmest year on record due to consistently high temperatures since June. The wake of this pattern has caused a variety of extreme weather events around the globe, expected to continue into January 2024.
El Niño’s Global Impact
The UK is reeling from the aftermath of Storm Gerrit, with widespread flooding and disruptions, and a forecast of more adverse weather conditions. The US, on the other hand, is experiencing severe weather on both coasts, with gale warnings along the west and a powerful storm on the east. The National Weather Service predicts that El Niño will continue to dominate the climate pattern, resulting in lower-than-average snow cover in the US.
In Europe, the Netherlands has erected flood barriers in response to the flooding, while Germany is battling overflowing rivers. Ski areas in Italy and France are grappling with unusually warm and wet conditions, and Austria and Switzerland are witnessing snow at higher altitudes. In the southern hemisphere, heavy rainfall in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa has resulted in deadly flooding and landslides. Australia’s eastern seaboard and parts of Malaysia and southern Thailand are also reeling from severe weather events.
Climate Change: Amplifying El Niño’s Effects
The warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific brought on by El Niño is not a standalone event; the impact has been significantly intensified by climate change. The world experienced notably high temperatures throughout 2023, potentially making it the warmest year on record. This warming pattern has fueled the strengthening of storms in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins, leading to rapid intensification and extreme damage.
Beyond storms, unusual wildfire behavior has been observed, with fewer acres burned in the US due to a soaking start to the year. However, the increased frequency and severity of wildfires are anticipated in the future. Heat records were shattered in the US and globally in the summer of 2023, a testament to the influence of climate change on extreme weather events.
Looking Ahead
According to the European Earth observation agency Copernicus, the current El Niño event is expected to peak within the next two months before returning to neutral conditions. However, the long-term impact of this event, combined with the exacerbating effects of climate change, is yet to be fully ascertained.
The year 2023 has indeed been marked by extreme heat, wildfires, and weather disasters globally. As we step into 2024, understanding these patterns and their causes is crucial to mitigate the risks and prepare for a future where such events may become the new norm.
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If you still caught up with hip-hop releases during the 2023 holiday season, you probably heard Conway The Machine's newly released collaborative tape with Westside Gunn and The Alchemist, Hall & Nash 2. Moreover, you'll be very pleased to know that he apparently doesn't plan to slow down his prolific release schedule at all in 2024. Not only does the Drumwork label boss have his artists to push and support, but he's also cooking up plenty of material on his own. During an Instagram Live session on Friday (December 29), he previewed a hopefully upcoming collaboration with none other than legendary Ruff Ryders (and beyond) producer Swizz Beatz.
Unfortunately, that snippet is pretty much all the information that we have about this cut: no title, no release date, and no project it's set to appear on. Hopefully that changes soon as both artists think of what their next moves will be. The one and only Swizz Beatz, for example, recently shared that he has enough DMX material in the vault to craft a posthumous album. It's unclear whether he'll actually go through with it, though, as those releases tend to be pretty difficult, let alone controversial if done with the slightest disrespect or lack of care.
Read More: Conway The Machine Gives Kudos To Drake For “8am In Charlotte”
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Other than Swizz Beatz and The Alchemist, Conway The Machine linked with the likes of Big Ghost Ltd., Wun Two, Conductor Williams, and many more beatsmiths for either single releases or full-length project team-ups. Of these, we'd highly recommend you check out the Williams-led CONDUCTOR MACHINE. With the Griselda-adjacent sound becoming so popular and imitated, there's nothing like an OG pairing to refresh its quality. That's exactly what this duo achieved over just a few tracks, and hopefully quality continues to trump quantity.
Meanwhile, Swizz recently joined Timbaland at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards to announce that Verzuz is making a return. If the drumless/Griselda-affiliated camp were to participate, which two MCs of this style would you like to see face off in one of these battles? Let us know in the comments section down below. In addition, check back in with HNHH for the latest news and updates on Conway The Machine and Swizz Beatz.
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Bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here, with eight games involving teams from the Big Ten on the schedule. For details on how to watch all of the postseason action, keep scrolling.
Watch college football all season long on Fubo and ESPN+!
Big Ten Games on TV This Week
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Dec 29, 2023
Maria Zeee takes us through Part 2 of her 'Biodigital Convergence' series - highlighting in this episode how AI is already reading your thoughts through WiFi signals and plotting the demise of humanity.
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CUSA Games Today: How to Watch CUSA Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options - Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 12:10 PM MST|Updated: 57 minutes ago
Seeking details on how to watch all of the college football postseason matchups now that bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here? Below, we highlight how you can watch all four games involving teams from the CUSA.
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Seeking details on how to watch all of the college football postseason matchups now that bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here? Below, we highlight how you can catch all eight games involving teams from the Pac-12.
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Panthers owner David Tepper tosses drink into visiting stands late in 26-0 loss to Jaguars
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Panthers owner David Tepper threw the contents of a drink into the visiting crowd near the end of Carolina’s 26-0 loss at Jacksonville on Sunday.
Tepper’s reaction came after rookie Bryce Young was intercepted with less than 3 minutes to play. It was unclear whether Tepper was reacting to something said to him or the latest miscue for the team with the NFL’s worst record.
General manager Scott Fitterer was standing near Tepper when he tossed the remnants of his drink while watching the game from a club suite.
The Panthers (2-14) dropped to 0-9 on the road and were shut out for the first time since losing to Atlanta in Week 12 in 2002. They also clinched the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft in April — a selection that will go to Chicago.
Nothing went right in this one for Carolina, and had Jacksonville not gone 1 for 5 scoring in the red zone, the outcome likely would have been way more lopsided.
Bryce Young completed 19 of 32 passes for 112 yards, with an interception, and was sacked six times. He now has been sacked a whopping 59 times.
“Yeah, not fun. Not fun at all,” Young said. “It’s on us. It’s what we put out. It’s our tape. It’s what we did. We own it, accept it. It is what it is, but it’s not fun.”
Carolina had issues before the coin flip.
Kicker Eddy Pineiro injured his right hamstring in pregame warmups and was unable to go. Starting linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill handled the opening kickoff, and interim coach Chris Tabor kept his offense on the field for a fourth-and-7 play in normal field-goal range on the team’s opening drive.
Young was sacked and took a shot to his back. He spent several minutes getting checked on the sideline and returned in time for the next series.
“Obviously when there’s only one kicker on your 48, that’s a tough deal,” Tabor said.
Cornerback Jaycee Horn (toe) also was a late scratch after going through warmups. Horn had been scheduled to play, and Tabor even made CJ Henderson inactive. But Horn couldn’t go, so Shaquill Griffin was thrust into the starting lineup.
Griffin was burned for a 48-yard gain, part of a lackluster performance all around for the visitors.
“I’m disappointed, obviously, and that’s a pretty generic answer,” Tabor said. “Did not see it coming. I will tip my hat to the Jaguars. The way we were trending, I did not see this performance coming down.
“We never got on track. We talked a lot about starting fast this week, and we did not do that. … How are you going to deal with it? There’s only two choices: It’s either character or compromise. Those are questions for everybody.”
The Panthers had more injury issues during the game. Guard Cade Mays left with a finger injury and then linebacker Marquis Haynes, a sixth-year pro who grew up in Jacksonville, was carted off the field in the third quarter with a concussion. He was taken to a hospital for further testing and did not fly home with the team.
Haynes flashed a thumbs-up sign to the crowd as he left the stadium. It was one of the few occasions Carolina fans had to cheer.
The Panthers finished with 124 yards, were 1 of 13 on third down and had defensive lineman Derrick Brown ejected along with Jacksonville left tackle Cam Robinson late in the fourth. They ripped off each other’s helmets after a play.
“Missed opportunities. Just execution top to bottom,” Young said. “There’s a long list of stuff I’ve got to do better, and then offensively we all take responsibility. We all look in the mirror, and I think ‘disconnected’ is a good word.
“Just wasn’t executing, wasn’t translating, and as far as the offense, that’s on me.”
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APD names officer and suspect in shooting
APD names officer and suspect in shooting
APD names officer and suspect in shooting
"It would be great to know who the real allies are," the "Friends" star wrote of organizations and advocates he says refuse to believe victims The post David Schwimmer Calls Out Advocacy Groups That Don’t Believe Hamas Sexual Assault Survivors: ‘Where Is Their Outrage?’ appeared first on TheWrap.
A Florida woman trying to sell her house returned home one day to discover that her driveway was gone. The disappearing act was preceded by unsolicited visits from contractors and a series of text messages from a mysterious stranger. CNN affiliate WFTV has more on the curious case.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police say a 19-year-old woman is dead after an overnight shooting outside a nightclub west of Toronto. Peel Regional Police say officers responded around 1:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting in a plaza near Dixie Road and Eglinton Avenue in Mississauga, Ont. Police spokesperson Const. Mandeep Khatra says the woman was standing on a sidewalk outside the nightclub when she was shot. He says the woman was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police had not announced a
Authorities have identified three members of a Massachusetts family who were found shot to death this week inside a palatial, 27-room mansion in a wealthy section of suburban Boston.
A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life. The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department.
QUEBEC — As Quebec faces a worsening homelessness crisis, some politicians, including Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand, have suggested the solution may be a Finnish model that aims to give everyone a home. But while Finland has managed to massively reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness through its "housing first" approach, one Quebec expert said she's not sure it could be applied here, even if the provincial government was interested. "It's the right way to fight the problem of h
Suspected murder-suicides or familicides occurred in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas in December.
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Children, aged 7 and 9, found dead after burglary report later discovered to be ‘unfounded’
MONTREAL — There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal's Old Port. Montréal en Fêtes, the organization that since 2013 has organized a free holiday festival near the city's waterfront, announced last month that it would no longer stage the event and its New Year's Eve party. The Old Port of Montreal Corporation, the entity that manages the area, confirms there will be no other New Year's Eve fireworks to replace the cancelled festival this year, but the local skating r
Kai Zhuang of China was officially declared missing Friday, and police have “reason to believe” that he is “being held against his will."
Halifax District RCMP say a homeowner was held at gunpoint and forced to open a safe in a home invasion Friday evening in Gaetz Brook. N.S.It happened on Friday at 6:50 p.m., according to an RCMP news release.A man was operating an excavator on his property when he saw another man pointing a gun at him. Police say the homeowner was forced out of the excavator at gunpoint, directed inside the house to a safe and told to open it.The suspect took several items valued at nearly $200,000 before fleei
Mounties are investigating after an ATM was stolen from a southwestern Saskatchewan town, according to a news release.RCMP responded to a business that had been broken into in Shaunavon, Sask., around 1 a.m. Saturday. The business' alarm was going off and the ATM inside had been stolen, police said.RCMP reviewed the footage and confirmed two suspects entered the store with their faces covered. One suspect wore all black, while the other wore a blue and green plaid jacket with a red hoodie undern
A loud bang and accompanying shock-wave that shook homes has residents of a western New Brunswick village wondering what could have caused the Christmas Day incident.Andrew McDougall was sitting in his living room watching television when he heard a loud bang and felt what seemed to be an object hitting his house."It was like a huge gunfire or a very loud thunder clap, but it was short, like it was just a bang, and then the house shook right at the same time," said McDougall, adding it happened
Police in Utah initially feared that missing Chinese student Kai Zhuang, 17, had been kidnapped.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of information in a community that, like many others nationwide, is struggling with growing gaps in local news coverage. About a week before Christmas, the Eugene Weekly found inaccuracies in its bookkeeping, editor Camilla Mortensen said.
William Brown, 7, was killed in a suspected hit-and-run crash in Folkestone on 6 December.
The 25-year-old had been fired from another Texas hospital after fellow nurses raised concerns, officials said.
An activist involved in the Armistice Day pro-Palestine march has said that the taking of hostages was a “very important part” of any “act of resistance” and that Israel was “mimicking” Nazis.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -One of the senior figures in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition called on Sunday for Palestinian residents of Gaza to leave the besieged enclave, making way for Israelis who could "make the desert bloom". The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been excluded from the war cabinet and discussions of day-after arrangements in Gaza, appear to underscore fears in much of the Arab world that Israel wants to drive Palestinians out of land where they want to build a future state, repeating the mass dispossession of Palestinians when Israel was created in 1948.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," explains why all of us should be prepared for the possible onset of epilepsy at some point in our lives.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," explains why all of us should be prepared for the possible onset of epilepsy at some point in our lives.
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Frances Jensen, neurologist and author of "The Teenage Brain," uncovers the truth about bizarre sleep patterns and fatigue in adolescents.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri rewarded coach Eliah Drinkwitz a contract extension through the 2028 season on Sunday after he led the Tigers to an 11-2 record and a victory over Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.
Drinkwitz’s contract was due to expire after the 2027 season. The extension approved by the Missouri Board of Curators also is expected to include a bump in pay, though the school had yet to announce the financial details.
Drinkwitz was hired before the 2020 season after a single but ultra-successful season at Appalachian State, where he went 12-1 and won the New Orleans Bowl. The timing could not have been worse — the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult for him to build the program — and the result was three straight .500 regular seasons and two losses in bowl games.
Despite the relatively mediocre results, Missouri gave the 40-year-old coach an extension in 2022 that took his pay to $6 million per year, and Drinkwitz made it pay off this season. Picked to finish in the middle of the SEC, the Tigers’ only losses came against Georgia and LSU, and they beat rival Kansas State along with Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida and Arkansas.
“You can’t do this alone,” Drinkwitz said in a statement, “and our players, coaches and staff have worked tirelessly and believed in the process of building a championship program. The passion of our fan base, alumni and donors is awesome. We are extremely grateful for the resources they provided and the continued investment from our administration.”
Drinkwitz was The Associated Press SEC coach of the year and finished third in voting for the national award.
The Tigers were considered heavy underdogs in the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State, which barely missed out on a spot in the College Football Playoff. But they rallied in the fourth quarter for a 14-3 victory to cap their season.
They could be in the mix for a playoff spot next year, too, when the field expands to 12. Quarterback Brady Cook, standout wide receiver Luther Burden III and several other key players are expected to return, and the Tigers already have supplemented them with a top-25 recruiting class highlighted by five-star defensive end Williams Nwaneri.
“Coach Drinkwitz and his staff have done a tremendous job in this modern era of intercollegiate athletics,” Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois said. “Continuity is important in implementing a championship culture, maximizing student-athlete potential and recruiting future Tigers. Our program is positioned to continue our momentum into the future.”
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Chiefs legend Christian Okoye has stepped in to defend Taylor Swift after some critics have blamed the singer for the Chiefs' recent on-field woes. "She has nothing to do with how the team's doing right now. Taylor Swift is not on the field," Okoye said. "Travis is playing like he always plays. Teams are just doubling up on him now knowing that our receivers are dropping the balls," Okoye argued in an interview TMZ.
Furthermore, Okoye said he's a big fan of what Swift has added to the team over the course of the season. "When you're doing bad, people have to find excuses. And they have to point fingers. Especially those who don't like the situation about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Those people are pointing fingers and making it up right now. So I have to tell you they are wrong," Okoye added.
Read More: Does Taylor Swift Make Travis Kelce Better At Football?
Travis Kelce Demands Accountability From Chiefs
Furthermore, Kelce himself also called on the Chiefs to come together as an offensive unit to close out the season. "It's not just one guy - it's not just me playing like dog sh-t. It's not just us not being able to get the run game going. And it'snot just us not being on the same page, passing-wise. Everybody's in this f-cking thing together. Everybody at some point isn't being accountable. Every single play is somebody not doing their job, and it's me … it's everybody on the team. And whether that's prep, whether that's having the confidence and understanding of what the defense is in their coverages, their gaps in the run game, how we're picking up blitzes, how we're running routes versus certain coverages. All the above. Everybody's just got to f-cking do their job," Kelce ranted on his New Heights podcast.
The Chiefs have now lost three of their last four and four of their last six games. Mahomes was sacked four times on Christmas Day while throwing for just 246 yards. Meanwhile, the ground game failed to generate less than 100 yards of total offense. This included a stretch late in the second quarter when the Raiders scored two defensive touchdowns in the space of seven seconds. The Chiefs close out the season against the Bengals and Chargers.
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Eruption of Russia’s Klyuchevskoy Volcano: A Spectacle of Nature’s Power
On the remote Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, the Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the highest and most active in Eurasia, has erupted. The volcanic activity has led to a spectacular show of nature’s power, characterized by towering plumes of ash and streams of lava cascading down the mountain’s slopes. The event has not only captured the attention of scientists seeking to understand our planet’s geology better but also of tourists drawn by the dramatic spectacle.
Volcanic Activity: A Blend of Beauty and Danger
The Klyuchevskoy volcano, with its history of frequent moderate-volume explosive and effusive eruptions, stands as Kamchatka’s highest and most active volcano. Over the past roughly 3,000 years, it has seen more than 100 flank eruptions. These eruptions have occurred primarily along radial fissures between the volcano’s unconfined Northeast-to-Southeast flanks, modifying the morphology of its 700-m-wide summit crater.
The latest explosive eruption of the Klyuchevsky volcano has been observed since December 27, 2023. Satellite imagery revealed a bright thermal anomaly over the volcano, signaling heightened activity. As of December 31, explosions from the eruption have sent an ash column 5.5 kilometers above sea level, extending 50 kilometers northwest of the volcano. In response to the eruption, Klyuchevsky’s aviation hazard code has been elevated from ‘green’ to ‘orange,’ signifying a potential threat to low-flying aircraft.
Impact of the Eruption
The eruption’s impact isn’t limited to the immediate vicinity of the volcano. For instance, an ash cloud from the Shiveluch volcano, another active volcano in Russia, led to the cancellation of about two dozen flights by Alaska Airlines back in April 2023. The ash cloud from this volcano had stretched more than 500 kilometers northwest, covering several Russian villages in grey volcanic dust in the largest fallout in nearly 60 years.
Monitoring and Observations
The eruption of the Klyuchevskoy volcano underscores the dynamic nature of Earth’s geology and the essential role of continuous observation and study of volcanic regions. Volcanic experts and local authorities are closely monitoring the situation to assess any potential risks to nearby settlements or air travel due to the ash cloud. In light of the eruption, warnings and advisories have been issued for various regions, including the Kamchatka Peninsula and Indonesia, highlighting the global attention drawn to this significant event.
The eruption of the Klyuchevskoy volcano serves as a potent reminder of nature’s power, the unpredictability of geological activities, and the importance of preparedness and research in mitigating potential hazards.
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UConn vs. DePaul Predictions, BetMGM Promo Codes, & Picks: Spread, Total - January 2
Tuesday's contest between the No. 5 UConn Huskies (11-2, 1-1 Big East) and DePaul Blue Demons (3-9, 0-1 Big East) at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion has a projected final score of 82-63 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of heavily favored UConn, so it should be a one-sided matchup. The game will start at 6:30 PM ET on January 2.
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UConn vs. DePaul Game Info & Odds
- Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024
- Time: 6:30 PM ET
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Where: Storrs, Connecticut
- Venue: Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
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UConn vs. DePaul Score Prediction
- Prediction: UConn 82, DePaul 63
Spread & Total Prediction for UConn vs. DePaul
- Computer Predicted Spread: UConn (-19.1)
- Computer Predicted Total: 144.8
UConn has a 7-5-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to DePaul, who is 4-7-0 ATS. The Huskies are 6-6-0 and the Blue Demons are 4-7-0 in terms of hitting the over.
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UConn Performance Insights
- The Huskies' +244 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 18.8 points per game) is a result of scoring 83 points per game (37th in college basketball) while giving up 64.2 per outing (38th in college basketball).
- UConn wins the rebound battle by an average of 10.4 boards. It is pulling down 39.6 rebounds per game (68th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 29.2 per outing.
- UConn knocks down 8.1 three-pointers per game (127th in college basketball) at a 32.7% rate (223rd in college basketball), compared to the 6.1 per game its opponents make at a 35.1% rate.
- The Huskies rank seventh in college basketball by averaging 109 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively are 58th in college basketball, allowing 84.4 points per 100 possessions.
- UConn has come up on top in the turnover battle by 1.2 turnovers per game, committing 9.5 (30th in college basketball action) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
DePaul Performance Insights
- The Blue Demons' -102 scoring differential (being outscored by 8.5 points per game) is a result of putting up 66.9 points per game (331st in college basketball) while giving up 75.4 per outing (283rd in college basketball).
- DePaul falls short in the rebound battle by an average of 4.9 boards. It pulls down 31.3 rebounds per game (350th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 36.2.
- DePaul makes 6.9 three-pointers per game (244th in college basketball), while its opponents have made 7.2 on average.
- DePaul has lost the turnover battle on average this season, committing 13.3 per game (298th in college basketball) while forcing 10.7 (294th in college basketball).
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Pac-12 Football Promo Codes, Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Bowl Season
Published: Dec. 26, 2023 at 6:44 PM MST|Updated: 44 minutes ago
The bowl season slate features eight Pac-12 matchups, with Boise State (+6.5) against UCLA among the best bets versus the spread, based on our projections. For more suggestions, including parlay possibilities, scroll down.
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Pick: Boise State +6.5 vs. UCLA
- Matchup: UCLA Bruins at Boise State Broncos
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Boise State by 5.5 points
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- Date: December 16
- TV Channel: ABC (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Oklahoma +2.5 vs. Arizona
- Matchup: Arizona Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Oklahoma by 6.6 points
- Time: 9:15 PM ET
- Date: December 28
- TV Channel: ESPN (Stream on Fubo)
Pick: Notre Dame -5.5 vs. Oregon State
- Matchup: Oregon State Beavers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Projected Favorite & Spread: Notre Dame by 10.3 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 29
- TV Channel: CBS (Stream on Fubo)
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Over 40.5 - Oregon State vs. Notre Dame
- Matchup: Oregon State Beavers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Projected Total: 55.0 points
- Time: 2:00 PM ET
- Date: December 29
- TV Channel: CBS (Stream on Fubo)
Under 67.5 - Liberty vs. Oregon
- Matchup: Liberty Flames at Oregon Ducks
- Projected Total: 61.4 points
- Time: 1:00 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN
Under 63.5 - Texas vs. Washington
- Matchup: Texas Longhorns at Washington Huskies
- Projected Total: 57.5 points
- Time: 8:45 PM ET
- Date: January 1
- TV Channel: ESPN
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Late December and January are a grand time to view the constellation Orion the Hunter. It’s recognizable for Orion’s three Belt stars, three medium-bright stars in a short, straight row. When you see Orion, think about these recent images from the James Webb Space Telescope of the star-forming Orion Nebula. Scientists released the images in the fall of 2023. The images showcase the inner portions of the famous nebula, including the hot young stars in the Trapezium Cluster. The two mosaics are among the largest obtained so far by Webb. They show intricate details of dust, gas, stars and protoplanetary disks within the nebula. They are included in the ESASky application, where you can explore and download the images.
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JuMBOs in the Orion Nebula
The new images also revealed something new and unexpected: large planet-mass objects drifting on their own inside the nebula. Indeed, astronomers have discovered a growing number of rogue planets floating in our galaxy in interstellar space, unbound to any stars. Some of these objects, however, are rather peculiar. Surprisingly, these ones are binary, drifting in pairs. How did that happen? Astronomers are calling them Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or “JuMBOs.” Current theories of planet and star formation say they shouldn’t exist. Yet they do. As co-lead author Samuel Pearson at the European Space Agency (ESA) told The New York Times:
There’s something wrong with either our understanding of planet formation, star formation or both. They shouldn’t exist.
There is a preprint version of the paper available, published on arXiv on October 2, 2023. Both this preprint as well as a preprint of the other paper covering the overall Webb survey of the Orion Nebula are also available on the website of the other co-lead author, Mark McCaughrean at ESA.
Kind of like planets, but not planets
Altogether, Webb found 540 planetary mass objects in the Orion Nebula, which is 1,344 light years from Earth. They range from about the mass of Jupiter down to only 0.6 Jupiter masses. Of the 540, the JuMBOs are the most intriguing. They are not just single objects moving through space by themselves. Rather, they are pairs of objects.
Scientists with the Webb mission say the objects are gassy, similar to gas giant planets. But technically, they aren’t planets since they don’t orbit stars. They have surface temperatures of about 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit). Moreover, they are also quite young in cosmic terms, only about an estimated one million years old. While the objects are in pairs, they aren’t really that close to each other. In each binary, or JuMBO, the objects orbit each other and are separated by about 200 times the distance between the Earth and sun. Each orbit takes 20,000 years to complete.
How do JuMBOs form?
So where did they come from? How did they form? Physics says it would be difficult for such objects to form on their own in open space away from any stars. One theory is that they formed in regions of the nebula where there wasn’t enough material to create larger stars. Some smaller objects, like planets and brown dwarfs, can form through a process similar to stars, where gas and dust collapse under their own gravity. Theoretical predictions, however, suggest that the lower boundary for an object forming through such a gravitational collapse is about three to seven Jupiter masses. These objects are notably smaller than that.
Ejected rogue planets?
The other theory, the one favored at the moment, is that they did originally form around stars, but were ejected into deep space. Indeed, single planets can be ejected from their star systems, which is where other rogue planets are thought to come from. But pairs of planets? That hasn’t been seen before … until now. McCaughrean told BBC News:
Gas physics suggests you shouldn’t be able to make objects with the mass of Jupiter on their own, and we know single planets can get kicked out from star systems. But how do you kick out pairs of these things together? Right now, we don’t have an answer. It’s one for the theoreticians.
Elsewhere in the Orion Nebula
The new images also show much more than just the JuMBOs. Webb’s near-infrared camera, NIRCam, captured the stunning new views of the Orion Nebula. The first mosaic is composed of data from the short wavelength channel, and the second uses data from the long wavelength channel.
Overall, a rich variety of objects can be seen – apart from just the JuMBOs – including planet-forming disks around young stars, embedded protostars, brown dwarfs and photodissociation regions. Those are interface regions where the radiation from the massive stars heats, shapes and influences the chemistry of the gas. These are some of the largest mosaics that Webb has produced so far. The short wavelength mosaic reveals beautiful details in planetary disks and outflows, while the long wavelength mosaic shows an intricate network of dust and organic compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
The Orion Nebula is a stellar nursery, where new stars and planets are being born. Last June, astronomers said that they discovered the carbon compound known as methyl cation in the nebula. This compound is important, because it aids the formation of more complex carbon-based molecules. Those include ones that make up our human bodies and the bodies of other living things. Clearly, the Orion Nebula is not only beautiful to look at, it is also full of mysteries and new discoveries.
Bottom line: The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered something unexpected in the Orion Nebula: pairs of unusual planet-like “binary objects” drifting freely in space. How did they get there?
Source (preprint): Jupiter Mass Binary Objects in the Trapezium Cluster
Source (preprint): A JWST survey of the Trapezium Cluster & inner Orion Nebula
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Read more: Are there more rogue planets than stars in our galaxy?
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Bowl season and the College Football Playoff are here, with eight games involving teams from the Big Ten on the schedule. For details on how to watch all of the postseason action, keep scrolling.
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Bangladesh: The election that has turned into a one-woman show
Bangladesh is holding general elections on 7 January - the result already looks inevitable.
With the main opposition parties boycotting the poll and many of their leaders jailed, the ruling Awami League is all set to be re-elected for a fourth straight parliamentary term.
The biggest of these opposition parties, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and its allies say they have no faith that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a free and fair election.
They called on her to step down and allow the polls to be held under a neutral interim government - a demand she rejected. So the candidates on the ballot will all be from the Awami League, its allies or independents.
"Democracy is dead in Bangladesh. What we are going to see in January is a fake election," Abdul Moyeen Khan, a senior BNP leader, told the BBC.
He echoes wider concerns that Sheikh Hasina has grown increasingly autocratic over the years. Critics question why the international community is not doing more to hold her administration to account.
Her government flatly rejects accusations it is undemocratic.
"Elections are determined by the participation of the people to vote. There are many political parties, apart from the BNP taking part in this election," Law Minister Anisul Huq told the BBC.
The cost of growth
Bangladesh under Ms Hasina presents a contrasting picture. The Muslim-majority nation, once one of the world's poorest, has achieved credible economic success under her leadership since 2009.
It's now one of the fastest-growing economies in the region, even surpassing its giant neighbour India. Its per capita income has tripled in the last decade and the World Bank estimates that more than 25 million people have been lifted out of poverty in the last 20 years.
Using the country's own funds, loans and development assistance, Ms Hasina's government has undertaken huge infrastructure projects, including the flagship $2.9bn Padma bridge across the Ganges. The bridge alone is expected to increase GDP by 1.23%.
But in the wake of the pandemic, Bangladesh has been struggling with the escalating cost of living. Inflation was around 9.5% in November.
Its foreign exchange reserves have dropped from a record $48bn (£38bn) in August 2021 to around $20bn now - not enough for three months of imports. Its foreign debt has also doubled since 2016.
Critics say economic success has come at the cost of democracy and human rights, and allege that Ms Hasina's rule has been marked by repressive authoritarian measures against her political opponents, detractors and the media.
In August more than 170 global figures including former US president Barack Obama, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and U2 lead singer Bono, wrote an open letter to Ms Hasina urging her to stop the "continuous judicial harassment" of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
And in recent months, many senior BNP leaders have been arrested, along with thousands of supporters following anti-government protests.
Mr Khan - one of the few senior leaders of the BNP not under arrest - alleges that more than 20,000 party supporters have been arrested on "fictitious and concocted charges", while cases have been filed against millions of party activists.
The government denies this.
"I have checked and it's half that number," says Mr Huq, referring to the number of its supporters the BNP alleges are in detention. "Some of the cases go back to violent incidents that took place during the 2001 and 2014 elections."
However, the statistics show politically-motivated arrests, disappearances, killings and other abuses rising under Ms Hasina. Human Rights Watch recently called the arrests of opposition supporters a "violent autocratic crackdown" by the government.
It's a remarkable turnaround for a leader who once fought for multi-party democracy.
In the 1980s Sheikh Hasina joined hands with other opposition leaders, including her bitter rival Begum Khaleda Zia, to hold pro-democracy street protests during the rule of General Hussain Muhammed Ershad.
The eldest daughter of the country's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ms Hasina was first elected to power in a multi-party election in 1996. She then lost the 2001 poll to the BNP led by Khaleda Zia.
The two women are locally described as the "battling Begums". Begum refers to a Muslim woman of high rank.
With Begum Zia now effectively under house arrest on corruption charges and facing health complications, the BNP lacks dynamic leadership on the ground.
This has been compounded by the systematic arrest and conviction of opposition leaders and supporters. Many argue that this has been deliberately done by the Awami League to cripple the BNP ahead of the poll.
Many supporters of the BNP, like Syed Mia, have gone into hiding to escape persecution. The 28-year-old, whose name we have changed to protect his identity, spent a month in jail in September for participating in a political protest.
Mr Mia currently lives in a tent with three of his party colleagues in a forest area. They are all wanted in connection with arson and violence offences they are accused of committing during a rally.
"We have been in hiding for over a month and we keep changing our hideouts. All the charges against us are false," Mr Mia told the BBC.
The worsening human rights situation has caused concern among international agencies.
"The current scenario looks like a broad-based or even an indiscriminate approach to round up thousands of opposition party workers often in relation to the same incident," Rory Mungoven, Asia-Pacific chief at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, told the BBC.
"It seems a much broader suppression of the opposition rather than a targeted response to any violence."
A group of UN special rapporteurs also expressed alarm in November. "The weaponisation of the judicial system to attack journalists, human rights defenders and civil society leaders diminishes the independence of the judiciary and erodes fundamental human rights," they said.
But Law Minister Huq says the government has nothing to do with the courts: "The judiciary is absolutely independent in the country."
It's not just the staggeringly high number of arrests and convictions that worry rights groups. They also say they have documented hundreds of cases of enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings by security forces since 2009.
The government flatly denies claims that it's behind such abuses - but it also severely restricts visits to foreign journalists who want to investigate such allegations. Most local journalists have stopped looking into cases like these, fearing for their safety.
The number of extra-judicial killings has dropped significantly since 2021 when the US imposed sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion, a notorious para-military force, and seven of its current and former officers.
But the limited sanctions by the US have not improved the overall human rights situation in Bangladesh. That's why some politicians are calling for tougher action by Western nations.
A diplomatic balancing act
"The European Commission should hold Bangladesh accountable on the democratic situation. It should consider withdrawing tariff-free access given to products from Bangladesh" said Karen Melchior, a member of the European Parliament.
Bangladesh is the world's second-largest garment exporter after China. Last year it shipped more than $45bn worth of ready-to-wear garments, mostly to Europe and the US.
The question many ask is why Western nations, which have such enormous economic clout, allow Sheikh Hasina to act with impunity while systematically dismantling democratic institutions.
The elephant in the room is neighbouring India, which opposes any coercive action against Bangladesh. Delhi wants road and river transport access for its seven north-eastern states through Bangladesh.
India is also concerned about the "chicken's neck", a 20km (12-mile) land corridor that runs between Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, linking its north-eastern states to the rest of India. Officials in Delhi are afraid it is strategically vulnerable in any potential conflict with India's rival, China.
Soon after coming to power in 2009, Ms Hasina also won favour with Delhi after acting against ethnic insurgent groups in India's north-east, some which were operating along the border.
There are concerns that any excessive arm twisting could push Dhaka towards China. Beijing is already keen to extend its footprint in Bangladesh as it battles for regional supremacy with India.
For now, Ms Hasina appears to have a clear path to power. But challenges to her authority may soon appear from other quarters.
Dhaka has already asked the International Monetary Fund for a loan of $4.7bn to avert any balance of payment crisis. So it's likely the government will have to take some tough measures after the elections to help boost the economy.
Her opponents may not be standing, but public fallout from austerity policies could pose an early challenge to Ms Hasina and her Awami League.
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A U.S. Army veteran tragically died earlier this month after being run over by several vehicles on his 26th birthday.
John Dyer, who went by Jack, lost control of his motorcycle and fell off the vehicle on U.S. Highway 27 at around 6:30 p.m on Dec. 17. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) told Fox News Digital that he landed in the center southbound travel lane.
Dyer was then struck by eight vehicles. None of the drivers saw him, the FHP said.
The 26-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. Jack's father, John, called the ordeal "a nightmare" while speaking to FOX 35.
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"It's a nightmare, it's horrendous, it's just crushing," John said. "The first car probably killed him. I don't think he suffered, but how did all of those cars just keep running him over?"
"He's not a deer in the road, he is a human being," the grieving father added.
Dyer told FOX 35 that he and his wife wished him a happy birthday through text, but didn't hear back. Jack's mother also left him a voicemail.
"Two cops […] came to my door and asked for the family of John Dyer," John explained. "I assumed he got a ticket or something and then they told me he died in a motorcycle accident."
"It's devastating, I didn't know how to tell my wife," he continued.
Jack served as a paratrooper despite being initially fearful of heights, his father said. Born in Russia, he was adopted by his family and lived in New York before moving to Florida.
"I don't know how he does it, he just overcame his fears," his father said. "He was afraid of the water, and then he became an avid surfer out in Montauk, Long Island. He was full of life."
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"God doesn't tell us when we have a full life. You can have a full life when you are one month old, or a full life when you're 99," John added. "God chose Jack's time. He didn't ask me, that's for sure."
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(iSeeCars) – If you’re currently leasing a car and nearing the end of your lease term, you might be wondering what you should do next. Although new car inventory is rebounding, some new cars are selling above MSRP and car leases are also significantly more expensive than they were pre-pandemic. And while used car prices continue to fall, they are also more expensive than they were before the pandemic.
In light of the current new and used car market, buying out your car lease might be your smartest option. How does the process work and should you buy out your car lease? We have the important answers.
How a Lease Buyout Works
If you’re leasing a vehicle, most finance companies will include a buyout option as part of your lease agreement. Your auto lease contract will state the end-of-lease purchase price based on the car’s residual value, which was estimated when you signed your lease. Leasing companies will often contact you near the end of your lease term to communicate your lease-end options, which will include either the buyout option or returning the vehicle to the dealership.
Residual Value in Today’s Market
Dealers calculate a vehicle’s residual value based on its projected depreciation, and this value is locked in at the beginning of a car’s lease. And if the start of your lease was before the current supply chain issues, your car’s lease buyout price might be well-below current market value. That means that at the end of the lease contract you could purchase your leased vehicle and either sell it for a profit, or you can continue driving your lightly used car at a price well below market value.
Understanding the Value of Your Leased Car
Here’s how you can compare the vehicle’s residual value or buyout amount with its market price. To calculate the market value of the vehicle, you can use pricing tools like the iSeeCars free VIN Check, Kelley Blue Book, or Edmunds. Be sure to check your original contract for extra fees like a purchase option fee to determine the total amount you will be paying for the vehicle.
And be extra vigilant about dealer or finance company “add on” fees that were not specifically called out in your lease contract.
Leased Car Buyout Price: Other Factors to Consider
There are many factors that contribute to the buyout price of your car. This includes the vehicle’s make, model, residual value, and current value. The amount you paid for a down payment will also affect the buyout price.
Additional fees include:
- Buyout Fee/Purchase Option Charge: The leasing company will charge you for opting to buy the car rather than turning it in.
- State sales tax
- Registration fees
Can I Finance My Lease Buyout?
You can finance your lease buyout just as you would a regular used car purchase. The dealership will be eager to offer you financing, but you should also examine outside financing options as you would for a typical car loan. That means comparing interest rates from other lenders including banks and credit unions to see who will give you the best rate on your car lease buyout loan. Some lenders even offer auto loans specifically for lease buyouts. Keep in mind that the shorter your loan term, the more you will save on interest payments, but your monthly payments will be higher. That means you should opt for the shortest loan term you can afford. Also, your credit score will determine your loan rate, so make sure it is in good standing in order to get a competitive rate. If you have a poor credit score, you should consider having a co-signer.
Other Things to Consider
Anyone who has leased a car knows about the extra fees that often come at the end of the car lease. These fees include going over the mileage limits or any excess wear and tear your vehicle may have like scratches or dents. Buying out your lease will get you off the hook for these fees, so if either situation exists with your lease it is yet another reason to buy your car when the lease ends versus returning it.
Some lease agreements offer early lease buyouts which allow you to buy the vehicle before your term expires. Make sure you refer to your leasing agreement to see if you will have to pay extra fees for an early buyout. If there are fees involved, it’s likely a smarter decision to wait until the end of your lease.
Bottom Line
Buying out your vehicle lease can be a lucrative way to save on a lightly-used vehicle in today’s market. You’ll also avoid the low inventory and markups on new cars. What’s more, you can enjoy the savings that come along with buying a used car in today’s market while avoiding the guesswork about how the car was driven and maintained by its previous owner. You can even sell your vehicle to a private seller for a profit if you don’t want to keep driving it. So if you are nearing the end of your lease, you should at least consider purchasing your vehicle instead of taking out another lease or buying a new or used car to replace it.
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This article, Buying Out a Car Lease: Is it a Good Idea?, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com.
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Leftists generally know nothing about Jesus Christ and care even less, but around this time of year, they find it useful to invoke him, particularly as a prop to support their latest pet causes and buttress their propaganda. And so we have now been treated to the spectacle of that most thoughtful and learned of our elected representatives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Would You Like A Lime With That?), informing us that Jesus was from a family of “Jewish Palestinians.”
It simply won’t do, you see, for leftists to acknowledge Jesus as what he really was, a Jew, for if they did, their sharply rising antisemitism would render him useless as a stick with which to beat Christians and patriots. If Jew-haters say Jesus was a Jew, they can hardly turn around and try to invoke his moral authority to justify their perspectives and proclivities. And so Jesus must become a Palestinian, one of the left’s favorite victim classes, and one leftists have loved with a special ardor ever since the Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023.
In line with this, New York Jewish Week reported Wednesday that AOC’s Christmas message drew “parallels between Jesus’ persecutors and present-day Israel.” The erudite Bronx theologian informed the witless millennials who hang on her every word that Jesus was born in “modern-day Palestine” at a time when the ruling government perpetrated “a massacre of innocents.” If you think this peculiar retelling of the Christmas story is wholly and solely designed to get you to hate Israel and support the Palestinian jihad against the Jewish state, that’s only because you’re right.
AOC pressed her point more explicitly, adding that Jesus “was part of a targeted population being indiscriminately killed to protect an unjust leader’s power. Thousands of years later, right-wing forces are violently occupying Bethlehem as similar stories unfold for today’s Palestinians.” This lurid fantasy has nothing to do with what Israel is actually doing in Gaza, and of course AOC made no mention of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis, but this is the sort of thing that’s fashionable on the left these days, and if AOC is anything, she is certainly attuned to what is fashionable.
New York Jewish Week added that “the text in the story post was superimposed over an image of a baby doll in a pile of concrete rubble, a variation of the traditional nativity scene that became a motif for pro-Palestinian activists ahead of Christmas. Christian leaders in Bethlehem, traditionally seen as the birthplace of Jesus, called off Christmas celebrations this year to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.” They not only did that, but they put the baby Jesus in a pile of rubble themselves, in solidarity with the suffering Gazans. The conscience of her generation added piously: “When we justify the bombing of children, Jesus is under the rubble.”
No one is actually justifying the bombing of children, and no bombing would be taking place at all had not Hamas decided to go ahead with its plan to massacre a large number of Israeli civilians, but the “Jesus was a Palestinian” theme was too useful to be hindered by such prosaic things as facts. Nor is AOC the first or only one to resort to it. A Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Edward Beck, said on CNN the day after Christmas that Jesus was a “Palestinian Jew.” And back in April 2019, AOC’s partner in victimhood propaganda, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu), retweeted a tweet from a prominent Muslim cleric, Omar Suleiman, claiming that a Palestinian Christian had asked this of the Christian right in America: “Don’t they know we’re Christian too? Do they even consider us human? Don’t they know Jesus was a Palestinian?”
Related: In Bethlehem, ‘Tis the Season to Hate Israel
Saying that Jesus was a Palestinian betrays an ignorance of history. As "The Palestinian Delusion" explains, in the year 134AD, the Romans expelled the Jews from their homeland of Judea (“land of the Jews”) after the Bar Kokhba revolt and renamed the region Palestine. That was 100 years after Jesus, who lived in Judea. When he was crucified, the Roman governor Pontius Pilate had the charge placed on a sign over his head: “King of the Jews,” that is, a supposed insurrectionist. Pilate did not write “King of the Palestinians.”
The Romans had plucked the name “Palestine” from the Bible; it was the name of the Israelites’ ancient enemies, the Philistines. But never did the term “Palestinian” refer to anything but a region — not to a people or an ethnicity. In the 1960s, however, the KGB and Hajj Amin al-Husseini’s nephew Yasir Arafat created both these allegedly oppressed people and the instrument of their freedom — the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The idea of a “Palestinian people” is one of the most successful propaganda fictions in human history. AOC and her allies are trying to extend the success of that propaganda by incorporating Jesus into their fictional scenario. It is all the more important, in the face of this, for patriots to be aware and informed of genuine history, and equipped to do battle against the propaganda deluge.
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https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2023/12/31/no-aoc-jesus-was-not-a-palestinian-n4925129
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Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers to air on KTTC for Sunday Night Football
Published: Dec. 31, 2023 at 5:55 PM CST|Updated: 33 minutes ago
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Minnesota Vikings will take on the Green Bay Packers Sunday at 7:20 p.m. on NBC.
KTTC’s Weekend News at 10 p.m. will directly after the game.
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