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Burrow believes Bengals can keep HigginsJustin Timberlake just announced some news that may tear up some hearts. The 43-year-old said he is canceling another show on his Forget Tomorrow World Tour due to an injury. "I'm so sorry Oklahoma City...I have to cancel the show on 12/2," Timberlake wrote on his Instagram Stories Nov. 30. "I hurt my back in NOLA and my doctors have instructed me to rest a little bit longer." The "Cry Me a River" singer, who is on a weeklong hiatus from his tour after last performing Nov. 25 in New Orleans, added, "Thank you for your support—ya'll know I hate doing this." Timberlake began his tour in April and has so far canceled one other concert—that was originally scheduled to take place in Columbia, S.C. in June—and postponed several dates. One of them, a Newark, New Jersey show, was pushed back a week in October due to what he described as "an injury that is preventing me from performing," while a few more from the fall were later moved to February after Timberlake contracted bronchitis and laryngitis. Timberlake's tour did not, however, appear to be affected by his highly publicized arrest this past June. The singer was detained on suspicion of driving while intoxicated on Long Island, New York while he was on a previous weeklong break from performing and returned to the stage, in Chicago , days after he was released from policy custody. "We've been together through ups and downs and lefts and rights, and it's been a tough week," Timberlake told the crowd at United Center June 21, "but you're here, and I'm here, and nothing can change this moment right now." The Grammy winner continued, "I know sometimes I'm hard to love, but you keep on loving me and I love you right back. Thank you so much." The "Suit & Tie" singer later pleaded guilty to a non-criminal traffic violation after reaching a plea deal and agreed to pay a minimal fine and complete 25 to 40 hours of community service. During his tour, which is set to continue through July 2025, Timberlake's family, wife Jessica Biel and their sons Silas , 9, and Phineas , 4, have cheered him on at several shows. "It's also a very special evening for me," the "Can't Stop This Feeling" singer told the crowd at the Bell Centre in Montreal as the 7th Heaven alum watched him from near the stage. "My wife is here tonight. And tonight is our 12-year anniversary." After blowing her a kiss, Timberlake continued, "So be nice to her, Montreal, because she's sharing me with all of you guys tonight." He later put his hand on his heart and told his wife, "I love you, baby." Look back at the family's cutest moments together... Backstage Pass Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel 's sons Silas and Phineas rocked the singer's Forget Tomorrow World Tour merch when he kicked off the concert series in April 2024. Mother & Son Jessica hugged the couple's youngest son Phineas, as seen in this video Justin shared on the actress' 42nd birthday in March 2024. Selfia at Sunset Justin shared this pic on Jessica's 42nd birthday in March 2024. Couple's Selfie Justin also shared this snap on Jessica's 42nd birthday in March 2024. Jessica posted a sweet family snapshot as part of her Instagram tribute to Justin on Father's Day 2022. Justin celebrated Father's Day 2022 by sharing a photo of his "two favorite melodies," sons Silas and Phineas, playing piano together. Jessica shared this sweet pic of herself with sons on her 40th birthday. This was Silas and Phin's birthday banner for Jessica. Justin and Jessica enjoyed cake on her 40th birthday. "Thankful for my guys," she captioned heartwarming holiday snap. "Merry Christmas everybody!!" Jessica celebrated her "little man" on his big day back in April 2020. Happy birthday, Silas! The Sinner actress marked her birthday on March 3, 2020 with a special cake and her one and only. On Instagram she wrote , "Celebrating my birthday in style... and by that I mean, in pajamas. I made Justin PROMISE not to sing Happy Birthday to me, so he improvised. Sorry you can't hear it, but I'm still laughing. Thank you, you wonderful human, for really listening to me, and for throwing my kinda party. And thank YOU ALL for the birthday wishes. Feeling the love." On Valentine's Day 2020, Jessica shared a sweet picture of Justin and their son Silas on Instagram . She captioned it, "My valentines. Love you guys to the moon." Jessica and Justin looked madly in love at her birthday party in March 2019. Justin, Jessica and son Silas celebrated Fourth of July 2019. The trio enjoyed some time at the beach to mark the holiday. When it comes to Halloween night, Justin and Jessica always go all out. Anyone remember their Toy Story looks from 2017? "Happy Halloween from Poppy, Branch and lil Branch. We be Trollin'..." Jessica wrote on Instagram after Halloween 2016. "If that pic doesn't say ‘City Of Love' then I'm out..." Justin shared with his social media followers in July 2018. We can't help but agree. "They got candy? LEGO!" Justin shared with his Instagram followers on Halloween 2018. "To my husband who I watch with awe everyday as he guides and teaches, encourages and supports, and above all, LOVES the sh$t, out of his own young man," Jessica wrote on Instagram. "Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. We can't do this parenting thing without you." The famous trio dressed up as Batman, Robin and Harley Quinn for Halloween 2018. "This Halloween was one hell of a block party!" she shared on Instagram . "Happy Halloween from our LEGO family to yours."
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California’s card rooms lost a costly legislative fight this year as they sought to kill a bill that would allow their competitors, tribal casinos, to sue them. But that didn’t stop the gambling halls from punishing a handful of lawmakers for their votes after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the gambling bill into law. In an extraordinary display of political retribution, California’s card room industry spent more than $3 million in the lead up to the November election to oppose four lawmakers who played key roles in the bill’s passage. Three of the candidates targeted by the card rooms ended up losing, including the rare defeat of an incumbent Democratic senator. “We really don’t want to be the sort of, you know, the Rodney Dangerfield of industries. We want to be respected,” said Keith Sharp, a lawyer for the Hawaiian Gardens Casino, a card room in Los Angeles County. “We (will) work hard to continue to gain respect and protect our employees, protect our cities, protect our businesses.” To the card rooms, the three defeats were a sign their money was well spent, even if the cash went to purely punitive purposes. Case in point: Two of the lawmakers who lost their races were vacating their Assembly seats and were running in non-legislative races. Had they won, it’s unlikely they’d deal very often with card room related issues. Tribes have long outspent card rooms in state politics. Tribes have given candidates for state office more than $23.5 million since 2014. That’s more than double what oil companies have given the state’s politicians during the same years. Card rooms have spent only a fraction as much. More recently, tribes have contributed $6.3 million to candidates since January 2023 while card rooms have donated at least $1.3 million. Those funds don’t include the $3 million the card rooms spent targeting the four candidates this fall. The cash the card rooms poured into the four races sends a message to lawmakers that they’re also capable of spending big, including on political vengeance, said former Democratic Assemblymember Mike Gatto. “Any time you have a group essentially announcing to the world that they are going to do vengeance spending, it does cause lawmakers to pay attention,” he said. The bill Newsom signed, Senate Bill 549 , gives tribes the ability to ask a judge to decide whether card rooms are allowed to operate table games such as black jack and pai gow poker. The tribes, which will be able to sue beginning Jan. 1, say California voters gave them exclusive rights to host those games, but they’ve been unable to sue the state’s 80 or so card rooms because tribes are sovereign governments. The stakes are high since some cities receive nearly half of their budgets from taxes on card rooms, meaning a tribal victory in court could jeopardize money for police, firefighters and other local services. The card rooms insist their games are legal, but they also worry the cost of court fights could force them out of business. Facing what they saw as an existential threat, card rooms responded to the bill’s introduction last year with a massive lobbying blitz. Hawaiian Gardens Casino alone spent $9.1 million on lobbying, the second highest amount reported to state regulators last year. Only the international oil giant, Chevron Corp., spent more. Despite losing the legislative battle, card rooms spent more than $3 million on attack ads, text messages, mailers and other outreach to voters targeting the four candidates. The card rooms also bought ads supporting candidates running against them. The ads came from independent expenditure committees funded by the card rooms. Under state and federal election rules, organizations not affiliated with a candidate can spend unlimited amounts of money supporting or opposing candidates through advertisements and other tactics as long as the actions are not coordinated with the candidate’s campaign. Only one candidate, Laurie Davies , a Republican from Oceanside, won her race for reelection despite the card room’s cash onslaught. And just barely. Only 3,870 out of 230,546 total votes separated her from her Democratic challenger, Chris Duncan. The card rooms spent at least $1.3 million on outreach boosting Duncan and slamming Davies, according to state campaign finance reports. One mailer said she was aligned with “anti-choice radicals,” “MAGA extremists” and “Big Oil.” Davies infuriated card rooms when she cast a vote that let the gambling bill advance out of a committee this summer, despite having a cardroom in her district. Outgoing Democratic Assemblymember Evan Low of Cupertino faced similar attacks in his failed congressional bid. Low sat on the same Assembly committee as Davies and voted this summer for the gambling bill. Low also had a major cardroom in his Assembly district. Low’s campaign didn’t return a message seeking comment. The card rooms spent at least $500,000 on ads attacking Low, according to the card rooms. The card rooms also went after termed-out Democratic Assemblymember Brian Maienschein in his failed bid for San Diego city attorney. The card rooms spent at least $443,000 opposing Maienschein. He got on the card rooms’ bad side when he cast a key vote that let the bill advance from the Assembly Judiciary Committee, which Maienschein chaired. Sharp, the lawyer for Hawaiian Gardens, said Maienschein also refused to meet with him and other card room representatives before the vote. Maienschein didn’t return messages. A TV ad from the card rooms attacked Maienschein for his voting record before he switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in 2019. Fullerton Democratic Sen. Josh Newman, the lead author of the gambling bill , wasn’t spared even though he represented a competitive district that was important to the Democratic Party. The card rooms spent at least $900,000 in that race that paid for ads and mailers opposing Newman and supporting his Republican opponent, Steven Choi, according to the card rooms and campaign finance reports. Newman, the state’s most vulnerable senator who’d been recalled from office once before, ended up losing to Choi by 6,075 votes out of the 458,615 cast in the race. It was the first time since 1980 that a Republican flipped a Democratic senate seat in a presidential election. Newman had a $6 million fundraising advantage over Choi. Choi raised just $856,000. In one card-room funded TV ad, Newman was portrayed as being soft on crime, and it attacked him for voting to give benefits to “illegal immigrants” In an interview with CalMatters, Newman said he didn’t think the card room ads made as much of an impact on the race as another independent expenditure committee that opposed him with more than $1 million from a prominent public employee union . But Newman acknowledged the card rooms probably did send at least some voters to Choi. “The margins probably matter in a race as close as mine,” Newman said. Still, Newman told CalMatters he has no regrets about introducing the bill despite the blowback and the possible impact the card rooms had in his senate race. Newman said he believes the tribes deserve their day in court. But he said he doesn’t see the logic in the card rooms spending so much money on races after they already lost their fight in the Legislature. “The question really is: If you shut the barn door after the horse is out, who are you really punishing?” he said. CalMatters data reporter Jeremia Kimelman contributed to this story.
BOSTON — The actual field where North Carolina will play Connecticut on Saturday within Fenway Park was hidden, Friday afternoon, under a black plastic inflatable bubble that looked like a giant Hefty bag. Everything else was in place for a football game played under the Green Monster, newly festooned with bowl-sponsor logos. In much the same way, no one could see Bill Belichick on Friday, as hidden from view as the turf itself. Yet Belichick’s presence was palpable, if not tangible. North Carolina’s new coach has kept a low profile, and will again this weekend. His alleged whereabouts are noted only by whispered rumor, like Sasquatch. “As far as I know coach Belichick won’t be taking the field on Saturday,” Connecticut coach Jim Mora said. “So it’s irrelevant to this football team.” But not to everyone else. North Carolina was already headed to the Fenway Bowl when Belichick’s arrival was still just a whiff of a crazy rumor to replace Mack Brown, but it seemed poetic that the Tar Heels’ first game since his hiring would be played in a city where he remains revered, even if the dilapidated state in which he left the Patriots has taken a bit of the shine off that glow. A bowl executive had the amusing temerity to ask that questions at Friday’s press conference be limited to the teams and game at hand, but it didn’t take long for the dam to burst. It’s Belichick. It’s Boston. No one here is overly concerned that Omarion Hampton, the Tar Heels’ biggest star, opted out. They want to know what everyone else thinks about their guy. Not to mention the Tar Heels, collectively, have been sequestered since before the loss to N.C. State, and Friday was the first time since Belichick’s hiring that the players even had the chance to speak publicly about their new coach, let alone the dismissal of their old one. Perhaps, if they had already voiced their opinions about Brown’s departure or Belichick’s arrival over the past four weeks, such questions might not have been so exigent. Even then, only one of the four who joined interim coach Freddie Kitchens in a club high above right-center field — linebacker Amare Campbell, who entered and then exited the transfer portal earlier this month — will actually end up playing for him. “With a great coach like coach Belichick himself, there’s going to be buzz. There’s going to be hype,” Campbell said. “As a team, I feel like as a unit with coach Kitchens, we’re all focused on this game and winning this game.” As Kitchens worked the team through its post-Brown practices, Belichick’s actual functioning as North Carolina’s football coach has been conducted almost exclusively behind the scenes. Since his introductory press conference, with the exception of one short cameo on ESPN’s GameDay, Belichick’s public pronouncements have come via his Monday appearances on the Pat McAfee Show, not exactly a medium famous for clear communication of facts. That makes following Belichick’s time at UNC so far a little like trying to keep track of Aaron Rodgers’ soap-opera drama with the Jets and concurrent ayahuasca retreats: Information is doled out in gnomic dollops from within the friendly confines of the McAfee Cinematic Universe, often free of useful context, with the ongoing and implicit approval of A.J. Hawk’s perpetual grin. So actually attempting to inquire about, say, what Belichick’s priorities for this bowl game might be as the ominous coach behind the curtain requires using Kitchens and the players as inadvertent interpretive intermediaries, unwitting priests of the oracle of Bill. What have they heard? What have they seen? What do they know? “I talk to coach every day,” Kitchens, a holdover from the old staff to the new, said Friday. “But not during the game and stuff like that. He understands we have a job to do here.” Because so many of the questions are about a guy who isn’t here and so much of the interest in this 11 a.m. bowl game is fueled by the mystery that surrounds him, everything that happened Friday and everything that will happen Saturday has been demoted to prologue, in service of whatever will happen next when he truly takes over. This was already a long season, one in which the Tar Heels saw their high hopes deflate quickly, one in which they had to suffer through the impossible task of burying a teammate, one in which they watched the coach who brought them here fired and an NFL legend hired to replace him. After all that, the disappointment and the grief and the turmoil, the end is almost merciful. “It’s definitely been a challenge,” wide receiver J.J. Jones said. “I think this past season was probably one of the most mentally challenging seasons I’ve had since I’ve been here. We’ve had a lot of things to go wrong off the field and on the field. ... At the end of the day, we’re here to play one more football game. I know this is my last football game in the Tar Heels uniform, so I’m going out there and giving it my all.” Jones took pains to thank Brown for bringing him and his teammates to Chapel Hill, a sentiment that’s almost been lost in everything that’s happened since that crazy week surrounding the N.C. State game, and the rump Brown era ends Saturday. Kitchens — with his NFL background, an easy continuity hire for Belichick — and Campbell and whatever players who come back next fall will bridge the gap into North Carolina’s latest (and most expensive) grand experiment in college football. For now, there’s one last game to be played under the auspices of the old regime, a not-so-historic football game in a historic baseball park, the end of something and the beginning of something else, two epochs overlapping in the darkness cast by Belichick’s shadow. ©2024 The News & Observer. Visit at newsobserver.com . Distributed at Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Who Is Charles Kushner? Trump Nominates Ivanka's Father-In-Law As France AmbassadorIf you’re like me, you’re probably still stuffed from all of the turkey and sides from Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. So, in today’s Market 360, I want to take it easy, so to speak and talk about how I find the very best stocks in the market. I’ll share how my system has led me to take profits in a stock before it goes down. And most importantly, I want to tell you about a few overrated stocks that you should sell right away. But first, I want to talk about the recent market action. I’ve been encouraged to see some positive action this past month, with the S&P 500, NASDAQ and the Dow hitting new record highs. This is due to the fact that the uncertainties that were hanging over the market earlier this year have largely been lifted. We are also entering the seasonally strong time of the year, the holiday season, where the cheery mood spreads through Wall Street. But I don’t want you to sit back and get comfortable just yet. With earnings season now behind us, I want to remind you of what you will see happen every quarterly announcement season. The stocks that are the crème de la crème – that is, stocks with superior fundamentals – often beat their estimates for sales and earnings. As such, they get rewarded with strong institutional buying pressure. Meanwhile, the weaker companies – that is, stocks with poor fundamentals – rarely surprise Wall Street. And because of this, they can drop like rocks when they announce results. Now, I’ve been in the market for more than four decades. And during that time, I’ve learned “what works” on Wall Street and what doesn’t. While I don’t claim to have a crystal ball, I believe my Stock Grader tool (subscription required) is the closest thing to it. You see, I purposefully designed this tool to help me distinguish between the two – fundamentally superior stocks and fundamentally weak stocks... before the rest of the market catches on. 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Enron was once America’s seventh-biggest company, but also named “America’s most innovative company” in Fortune magazine (six years in a row). And at one point, it was a big, flashing, A-rated buy in my system. After I recommended the stock, it gained 36%. Then, Enron’s rating started to weaken. This was well before Newsweek declared “Lights out for Enron,” in December 2001. The corruption going on at Enron was yet to be discovered – but according to my system, the fundamentals certainly didn’t justify the hype. So, we took our profits. And it turned out to be one of the best moves of my career! Other investors, sadly, got wiped out. Enron’s employees lost their retirement savings. But we avoided the massacre that ensued a few months later. Now, Enron is a pretty extreme example. So let me be clear: It does not take a massive financial fraud to wipe millions of dollars in value from the stock market. When a stock gets into a bubble, even a much smaller prick will do the trick. 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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of the opposition INDIA bloc, signaling her intent to take charge of the alliance if given an opportunity. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo said she could manage the dual responsibility of running the opposition front while continuing her role as the chief minister of West Bengal. ''I had formed the INDIA bloc, now it is up to those leading the front to manage it. If they can't run the show, what can I do? I would just say that everyone needs to be taken along,'' she said in an interview with Bengali news channel News 18 Bangla on Friday. Asked why she is not taking the charge of the bloc, given her credentials as a strong anti-BJP force, Banerjee said, ''If given the opportunity I would ensure its smooth functioning.'' ''I don't want to go outside West Bengal, but I can run it from here,'' she said. The INDIA bloc, formed to counter the BJP, comprises over two dozen opposition parties. However, internal differences and a lack of coordination have drawn criticism from various quarters. Her remarks come days after her party MP Kalyan Banerjee called on the Congress and other INDIA bloc allies to set aside their egos and recognise Mamata Banerjee as the leader of the opposition alliance. The BJP delivered a stunning performance in Maharashtra, securing a record number of seats that propelled the party-led ruling Mahayuti alliance to a landslide victory, while the INDIA bloc made a strong comeback in Jharkhand, driven by a spectacular showing from the JMM. The Congress continued its losing streak, posting its worst-ever performance in Maharashtra and ending up as a distant junior partner to the ruling JMM in Jharkhand, with its role in the opposition bloc further diminishing as other allies outperformed it. On the other hand, the TMC's recent bypoll victories defeating the BJP have reinforced the party's dominance in West Bengal, despite opposition campaigns focusing on controversies like the RG Kar Medical College protests. The CPI(M)-led Left Front, its ally CPI(ML) Liberation, and the Congress, allies of the TMC at the national level in INDIA bloc, all suffered major setbacks, with their candidates losing their deposits. While Congress being the largest party of the INDIA bloc has often been perceived as the coalition's de facto leader, the TMC has consistently advocated for Mamata Banerjee to take the reins of the alliance. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)Fall is the best time to think about cooking soup. Here’s 5 recipes you’ll want to try
Learn About the Importance of Commercial Pressure Washing With Todd's Pressure WashingQatar tribune Smitha Vishveshwara Reeling from a divisive and turbulent election season, many of us seek spaces of solace, light, unity and worship as we turn toward the winter holidays. The cosmos and its reflection within us harbor such spaces. By viewing and embracing scientific insights through the lens of humanity, you form a connection with your place in the universe. And when you do so, a window opens into the sacred space of our profoundly united existence. Earlier this year, a celestial event cast its splendor along a belt traversing our nation — the total solar eclipse. During totality, day turned to night. The sun’s corona blazed around its darkened disc. A moment so visceral, unwitting animals could palpably feel it. Transcending age, walks of life, race and politics, the eclipse brought millions together in a communion of cosmic wonder. In my family of three generations, some drove from Illinois to Indiana, while others traveled from India in time for the event. Our shared experience formed immediate bonds with hitherto unknown friends. As a scientist, the eclipse also offered me spectacular links to two modern revolutionary branches of physics that have completely changed our perception of nature: relativity and quantum physics. As my late black hole physicist father would delight in sharing, a solar eclipse was needed to demonstrate the bending of light around the sun, sealing predictions of Albert Einstein’s relativity in 1919. As for the quantum revolution, its technological marvels are part of our daily lives: lasers, semiconducting circuit elements, MRI machines, and more. A practicing quantum physicist, I rejoice at the unity of our common quest. Scholars come together from across the world to the United States, collaborating, learning, mentoring. Just as my parents did — my mother, a biophysicist — half a century ago. During the eclipse, I felt a heightened awe for the phenomenon that sparked this revolution. Humans and stars radiate light in the same way. An ever-present miracle on Earth — we are all perfectly glowing beings in our unhindered outpouring! What is this universal light? “Blackbody radiation,” as physicists call it, is the common pattern of light that emanates from stars, heated metal, the universe and you and me. We are all effulgent blackbodies. Our radiation pattern depends only on the body’s intrinsic temperature. For a star, it peaks in the visible range and depending on its temperature, appears anything from red to blue in the rainbow spectrum. For mammals, reflecting a similar body temperature across species, the radiation peaks in the infrared. Through an infrared camera, we can perceive our glowing warmth. Our Earth, too, is nearly a blackbody. Save for the atmosphere — a thin veneer trapping heat and balancing a temperature range that sustains life. A delicate balance that we humans can disrupt by pumping this veneer with emissions. Quantum physics grew from contemplating this universal pattern. Understanding it required re-envisioning light not as a wave, but as a bundle of energy, a photon. This seed gave way to mind-boggling notions and theories that explain so much of the world, starting with our current description of the atom. Today, quantum science thrives splendidly across the globe. Looking ahead, the U.S. National Quantum Initiative passed as an act of Congress with bipartisan support, meaning that throughout 2025, the world will celebrate a United Nations International Year, commemorating a century of quantum science and its wonders. The seed that gave birth to all this brings alive a luminous sacred space. The universe, the stars, humans — all mirroring one another in radiance. A sacred space of awe and care as you might find in nature — lying in a pine forest, walking by a mountain range, immersing in the ocean’s infinity. Or in an act of worship — praying together beneath a spire or dome, meditating in a sanctum, dancing in spiritual ecstasy, feeding a child, creating patterns of colored chalk powder to be blown away by the wind. We are here as but one burst in space and time. Contemplating our mortality, do we not hold the sacred all the more precious? In the afterglow of Thanksgiving — a relatively new holiday, in cosmic terms — I invite you into this space. An invocation that can bring joy, universal love and gratitude. A contemplation that comes as a prayer. On the veneer of the Earth, just as the celestial sphere is riddled with a billion blazing stars, we form a human galaxy of glowing beings. Nodes of an interconnected complex web. Connecting in the smiles of strangers passing by, in our exchanges, our altercations included, in a shoulder to rest on in moments of deep pain, in a shared meal, in an embrace. The stretches of darkness grow longer in the winter, and we kindle fires. We illuminate our festivities with clusters of light. In all this, each of us carries within ourselves a burnishing lamp. Each of us is a radiant, glowing being. (Smitha Vishveshwara is a professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Public Voices Fellow with the OpEd Project.) Copy 22/12/2024 10
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Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and Friday followed other recent standoffs between corporate America and organized labor. Large and established labor unions secured meaningful employer concessions this year following strikes by Boeing factory workers , dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.Bridge Defense Announces Strategic Investment in Federated IT
The New York Rangers have signed their superstar goaltender Igor Shesterkin to an eight-year extension worth $92 million, and an average annual value (AAV) of $11.5 million. Shesterkin has now become the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history, topping the $10.5 million AAV that Carey Price was signed to. Igor Shesterkin 8 x 11.5M with NYR Shesterkin, who is carrying a record of 8-9-0 record and .908 save percentage (SV%) this season, has been one of the best goaltenders over the past few seasons. Over the past four seasons, Shesterkin’s .919 SV% is the second among all goalies. He also ranks second in wins, trailing just Connor Hellebuyck in both categories and ranks fifth with a 2.45 GAA. The Rangers are having their own trouble this year, and Shesterkin’s stats this season are a significant outlier compared to the rest of his career. Sheshterkin’s true coming-out party was in the 2021-22 season, where he recorded 36 wins, a .935 SV% and 2.07 GAA. That season, Shesterkin won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender, and finished third in Hart Memorial Trophy voting, being the first goaltender to be top-three since Sergei Bobrovsky in 2016-17. While Shesterkin’s regular seasons have been fantastic, his postseason play has been even better. In 44 career playoff games, he has a .928 SV% and 2.41 GAA, which has been good enough to be the backbone of the Rangers’ two trips to the Eastern Conference Final in the past three seasons. The Rangers have a lot of moving pieces in their team over the next few seasons. After the departure of their now-former captain, Jacob Trouba, many trade rumors still surround the team, including names like Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, and others. Along with the trade rumors, Artemi Panarin only has one more season left after this one, so there are certainly some major changes that could come to Manhatten. The one sure-fire thing is that they will have a true superstar-caliber goaltender for eight more seasons. With high standards for the team, they will have a constant in Shesterkin and can trust that he will not only be able to dominate in the regular season, but also be a key piece towards their Stanley Cup hopes. This article first appeared on The Hockey Writers and was syndicated with permission.Qatar tribune Agencies Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda’s unexpectedly dovish position on interest rate hikes expressed at a recent press conference puzzled many market players, calling further into question the central bank’s communication style that it has previously admitted needs to be improved. Explaining the bank’s latest decision to forego a rate hike, Ueda cited the “extremely slow” underlying pace of inflation and noted that the rise in import costs from a weaker yen is “calming down.” He suggested the bank is in no hurry for another hike. “There have been no factors that would clearly prevent the BOJ from raising rates,” said Koichi Fujishiro, an economist at the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, who had predicted a December rate increase was possible. “It’s hard to tell if the current BOJ is a dove or a hawk. All we know at this point is it is just a bird,” he said, implying the bank is wavering. Ueda’s tone was notably different from that of October, when he signaled the bank was closer to another rate hike on the back of easing concerns about overseas economies. Ueda stated that he will no longer say the BOJ has “more time” to assess if further monetary tightening is necessary. He used the expression in September right after the bank decided to keep its policy rate on hold at around 0.25 percent. In mid-November, Ueda said that the BOJ is making “progress” toward achieving its 2 percent inflation target durably. Meanwhile, he said in a media interview published later that month that the timing of the next rate hike is “nearing.” Those who had taken his words at face value were confused on Thursday when Ueda said he is waiting for more data, particularly on wage trends, before determining when to hike again. The comment led some analysts to believe the next hike may not come until March, when major Japanese firms conclude their annual wage negotiations with labor unions. “The BOJ’s communication has room for improvement,” said Masahiro Ichikawa, chief market strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co. The bank “should convey messages in a way that does not lead market participants’ perceptions about its policy to swing” he said. Key economic indicators have so far been moving in line with the BOJ’s expectations, experts say, meaning it could raise interest rates at any time. Some analysts say the bank’s change in discourse may have been attributable to recent political developments. A small opposition party, the Democratic Party for the People, which advocates for policies aimed at increasing disposable income among young people, made headway in October’s general election, while the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party lost a majority in the powerful lower house. The DPP’s increased political clout derived from its younger voters who are struggling to repay mortgages, as well as the fact that Ishiba’s government is drawing up measures to stimulate the economy, may have discouraged the BOJ from raising rates on Thursday, analysts said. “The government and the ruling parties are in the midst of discussions over economic measures,” said Saisuke Sakai, economist at Mizuho Research & Technologies Ltd. If the BOJ had raised rates, it would have had trouble “offering a convincing reason for the decision under such a situation.” The BOJ is exploring the right timing for a rate increase amid the changing political environment. Copy 22/12/2024 10
WWE News: Top 25 Moments From November, Bianca Belair Makes Fan-Designed Survivor Series Ring GearGeneral Motors Co GM shares are rising in Tuesday’s after-hours session after the company announced plans to refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles . What Happened: After the market close on Tuesday, GM put out a press release announcing a realignment of its autonomous driving strategy to prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems. GM now plans to focus on building on the progress of Super Cruise, the company's assisted driving feature currently offered on more than 20 GM vehicle models. GM intends to combine its majority-owned Cruise LLC and GM technical teams into a single team working on advancing autonomous and assisted driving. Furthermore, GM said it will cease funding Cruise’s robotaxi development work, citing “considerable time and resources” needed to scale the business and an “increasingly competitive” robotaxi market . "GM is committed to delivering the best driving experiences to our customers in a disciplined and capital efficient manner. Cruise has been an early innovator in autonomy, and the deeper integration of our teams, paired with GM's strong brands, scale, and manufacturing strength, will help advance our vision for the future of transportation,” said Mary Barra , chair and CEO of GM. GM currently owns about 90% of Cruise, but the company announced agreements with other shareholders that are expected to increase the company’s ownership to 97%. GM plans to pursue the acquisition of the remaining shares. Contingent upon the purchase of the shares and board approval, GM plans to restructure and refocus Cruise’s operations. The company expects the restructuring to cut spending by more than $1 billion annually. GM executives are set to hold a conference call to discuss the details of the newly announced plans at 4:30 p.m. ET. GM Price Action: GM shares were up 2.39% after-hours, trading at $54 at the time of publication, according to Benzinga Pro . Read Next: Uber And WeRide Partner For Robotaxi Service In Abu Dhabi Photo: Shutterstock. © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A scruffy little fugitive is on the lam again in New Orleans, gaining fame as he outwits a tenacious band of citizens armed with night-vision binoculars, nets and a tranquilizer rifle. Scrim, a 17-pound mutt that's mostly terrier, has become a folk hero, inspiring tattoos, t-shirts and even a ballad as he eludes capture from the posse of volunteers. And like any antihero, Scrim has a backstory: Rescued from semi-feral life at a trailer park and adopted from a shelter, the dog broke loose in April and scurried around the city until he was cornered in October and brought to a new home. Weeks later, he'd had enough. Scrim leaped out of a second-story window, a desperate act recorded in a now-viral video. Since then, despite a stream of daily sightings, he's roamed free. The dog’s fans include Myra and Steve Foster, who wrote “Ode to Scrim” to the tune of Ricky Nelson’s 1961 hit, “I’m a Travelin’ Man.” Leading the recapture effort is Michelle Cheramie, a 55-year-old former information technology professional. She lost everything — home, car, possessions — in Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and in the aftermath, found her calling rescuing pets. “I was like, ‘This is what I should be doing,’” Cheramie said. “I was born to rescue.” She launched Zeus’ Rescues, a nonprofit shelter that now averages 600 cat and dog adoptions a year and offers free pet food to anyone who needs it. She helped Scrim find the home he first escaped from. It was Cheramie's window Scrim leaped from in November. She's resumed her relentless mission since then, posting flyers on telephone poles and logging social media updates on his reported whereabouts. She's invested thousands of dollars on wildlife cameras, thermal sensors and other gear. She took a course offered by the San Diego Zoo on the finer points of tranquilizing animals. And she's developed a network of volunteers — the kind of neighbors who are willing to grid-search a city at 3 a.m. People like writer David W. Brown, who manages a crowd-sourced Google Map of all known Scrim sightings. He says the search has galvanized residents from all walks of life to come together. As they search for Scrim, they hand out supplies to people in need. "Being a member of the community is seeing problems and doing what you can to make life a little better for the people around here and the animals around you," Brown said. And neighbors like Tammy Murray, who had to close her furniture store and lost her father to Parkinson's Disease. This search, she says, got her mojo back. “Literally, for months, I’ve done nothing but hunt this dog,” said Murray, 53. “I feel like Wile E. Coyote on a daily basis with him.” Murray drives the Zeus' Rescues' van towards reported Scrim sightings. She also handles a tactical net launcher, which looks like an oversized flashlight and once misfired, shattering the van's window as Scrim sped away. After realizing Scrim had come to recognize the sound of the van's diesel engine, Murray switched to a Vespa scooter, for stealth. Near-misses have been tantalizing. The search party spotted Scrim napping beneath an elevated house, and wrapped construction netting around the perimeter, but an over-eager volunteer broke ranks and dashed forward, leaving an opening Scrim slipped through. Scrim's repeated escapades have prompted near-daily local media coverage and a devoted online following. Cheramie can relate. “We’re all running from something or to something. He's doing that too,” she said. Cheramie's team dreams of placing the pooch in a safe and loving environment. But a social media chorus growing under the hashtag #FreeScrim has other ideas — they say the runaway should be allowed a life of self-determination. The animal rescue volunteers consider that misguided. “The streets of New Orleans are not the place for a dog to be free,” Cheramie said. “It’s too dangerous.” Scrim was a mess when Cheramie briefly recaptured him in October, with matted fur, missing teeth and a tattered ear. His trembling body was scraped and bruised, and punctured by multiple projectiles. A vet removed one, but decided against operating to take out a possible bullet. The dog initially appeared content indoors, sitting in Cheramie's lap or napping beside her bed. Then while she was out one day, Scrim chewed through a mesh screen, dropped 13 feet to the ground and squeezed through a gap in the fence, trotting away. Murray said Cheramie's four cats probably spooked him. “I wholeheartedly believe the gangster-ass cats were messing with him,” Murray said. Cheramie thinks they may have gotten territorial. Devastated but undeterred, the pair is reassessing where Scrim might fit best — maybe a secure animal sanctuary with big outdoor spaces where other dogs can keep him company. Somewhere, Murray says, “where he can just breathe and be." Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Brook on the social platform X: @jack_brook96
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