Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams has been fined $19,697 after his celebration following a 64-yard touchdown catch in a 52-6 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars last Sunday, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. That celebration mimicked the one ex-Seattle Seahawks great Marshawn Lynch did on his "Beast Quake" touchdown run against the New Orleans Saints in the 2010 NFC Wild Card round. This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis. 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Manchester City's struggles continued as Pep Guardiola's side remarkably blew a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to leave the French club in danger of elimination. There were also big wins for Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen, while Inter Milan went top of the standings after five games and Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski reached a century of Champions League goals.
Moreover, the construction of the new highway underscores the government's commitment to sustainable development and environmental conservation. Efforts will be made to minimize the environmental impact of the project through careful planning, eco-friendly construction practices, and effective waste management strategies. The highway will also incorporate advanced technologies for traffic management and safety, ensuring a smooth and secure travel experience for users.NoneWalmart's DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump's election victory
As a leading player in the property development industry, Country Garden recognizes the importance of building trust, credibility, and goodwill with its customers, investors, and the public. The company has expressed its willingness to engage in dialogue with stakeholders, listen to their concerns, and take concrete actions to address any issues that have been raised. Country Garden has stated its commitment to upholding the highest standards of corporate responsibility and accountability to promote sustainable growth and long-term success.Barcelona's summer transfer saga has taken another unexpected turn as the Catalan giants now face the possibility of losing Dani Olmo for free if they are unable to register him due to financial constraints. Mundo Deportivo has reported that the total transfer fee for the 23-year-old Spanish winger amounts to a staggering 62 million euros, making it one of the most expensive deals in recent memory.
SINGAPORE: Singapore registered the highest year-on-year rise in identity fraud among countries in the Asia-Pacific region in 2024, according to a study. The number of such cases surged by 207 per cent from 2023, according to verification and monitoring platform Sumsub’s latest Identity Fraud Report released on Tuesday (Nov 19). This was significantly higher than a 121 per cent increase across the whole region. Thailand and Indonesia followed closely behind with increases of 206 per cent and 201 per cent respectively. Among the top five identity fraud types globally are the use of fake documents such as fake IDs and passports; "chargebacks" where customers dispute legitimate transactions to obtain refunds; fraud networks where organised groups use multiple accounts for criminal activities; account takeovers; and deepfakes. The report was based on data from over 3 million fraud attempts across various industries, said Sumsub. It also conducted a survey in August this year of over 200 fraud and risk professionals; more than 1,000 end-users in sectors like banking, cryptocurrency, payments and e-commerce; and consumers from 18 countries. GLOBAL RISE IN DEEPFAKES Sumsub's report found a four-fold increase in the number of deepfakes globally, accounting for seven per cent of all fraud attempts. Deepfakes refer to manipulated images, videos or voices used to impersonate individuals. In Asia-Pacific, Singapore came in joint second with Cambodia for an increase in deepfake attacks, with a rise of 240 per cent. South Korea experienced the highest increase at 735 per cent. Concerns about deepfakes are high in the region, with 85 per cent of respondents expressing fear about their future impact on elections, the report found. In Singapore, the next general election must be held by November next year. Deepfakes have already made headlines in Singapore for nefarious reasons. In April, several Members of Parliament, including Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, were among dozens who received extortion letters with manipulated photos that depicted their faces superimposed onto obscene images. Last year, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong – who was then still prime minister – was in an altered video discussing an investment opportunity purportedly approved by the Singapore government, in an interview with a news presenter. More recently, deepfake nude photos of Singapore Sports School students were created and shared by other students. POTENTIALLY "DEVASTATING" IMPACT Associate Professor Natalie Pang, head of the communications and new media department at the National University of Singapore, said the report’s findings were “worrying” and pointed to challenges for Singapore, especially in terms of cybersecurity. “If they are not addressed, the losses and harms arising from the fraud and attacks can be devastating,” she said. Singapore is a prime target for fraudsters due to the high volume of digital transactions that take place in the country, said Assoc Prof Pang. “We also have a digital economy characterised by high trust which means that people are less skeptical of schemes that are fraudulent,” she noted. “Additionally, Singapore is one of the most globally connected which also means that it is easier for scams and frauds to reach us.” Ms Penny Chai, Sumsub’s vice president of business development in the Asia-Pacific, said the surge in fraud observed in Singapore emphasised that “even highly developed markets in the region are vulnerable to increasingly complex fraud schemes”. “Singapore’s push towards a cashless society, with the widespread use of digital wallets, QR code payments and contactless transactions, has introduced new avenues for fraud,” said Ms Chai. While such payment systems bring convenience, they also come with vulnerabilities that fraudsters can exploit, she noted. SINGAPORE’S APPROACH In response to queries from CNA, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) refrained from commenting on the contents of Sumsub's report, but highlighted the "serious" threat of deepfakes. Attempts to weaponise the technology for scams or fraud are projected to grow, due to the widespread accessibility of tools to create highly convincing deepfakes at a relatively low cost, a spokesperson said. “For example, AI technology has now made face swap technology increasingly accessible, hence making spoofed identities easier and highly-scalable, and able to bypass remote identity verification,” he added. “This is a trend that is likely to stay.” Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam revealed in April this year that the Singapore Police Force (SPF) has received some reports alleging deepfake techniques used by scammers. But "the number is not high". Still, there have been recent moves in this area, including a S$20 million (US$15 million) initiative to grow new capabilities to keep pace with deepfakes; a Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety; as well as legislation such as an Online Criminal Harms Act and a law banning deepfakes during elections. WHAT TO DO AS INDIVIDUALS Assoc Prof Pang urged people to be vigilant and practice good cyber-hygiene, such as enabling two-factor authentication to protect their accounts and encrypting sensitive data. “Staying informed of the various fraud schemes that are emerging, and enhancing one's AI literacy in order to recognise deepfakes, is essential,” she added. Associate Professor Hannah Yee-Fen Lim from Nanyang Technological University said that even with knowing the precautions to take, individuals can still be susceptible to ploys which use social engineering. “Most of the time, the fraudsters use highly emotive methods that provoke strong emotions that tend to override their logic and common sense,” she explained. “That's why love, kidnapping and inheritance scams have worked so well, because people are so drawn in by love and money that they cannot see through the fraud.” She added that there has to be greater awareness on the potential harms from mobile phone apps and social media usage. To avoid falling prey to deepfake scams, individuals need to have a healthy sense of scepticism regarding deals or promotions offered to them online, or through phone calls which are often made out as "urgent", CSA added. Its spokesperson offered a simple tip to expose fraudsters: Individuals should ask the caller a question that only a few people would know, such as when they last met in person.
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In the world of business, Jack Ma and Fan Luyuan, two iconic figures representing the "Alibaba Flavor," showcase the contrasting yet complementary aspects of their approach towards entrepreneurship. As the co-founders of Alibaba Group and key players in the Chinese tech industry, the duo embodies a unique blend of innovation, determination, and strategic vision.By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CATHY BUSSEWITZ NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are revaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups in business. The changes announced by the world’s biggest retailer followed a string of legal victories by conservative groups that have filed an onslaught of lawsuits challenging corporate and federal programs aimed at elevating minority and women-owned businesses and employees. The risk associated with some of programs crystalized with the election of former President Donald Trump, whose administration is certain to make dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs a priority. Trump’s incoming deputy chief of policy will be his former adviser Stephen Miller , who leads a group called America First Legal that has aggressively challenged corporate DEI policies. “There has been a lot of reassessment of risk looking at programs that could be deemed to constitute reverse discrimination,” said Allan Schweyer, principal researcher the Human Capital Center at the Conference Board. “This is another domino to fall and it is a rather large domino,” he added. Among other changes, Walmart said it will no longer give priority treatment to suppliers owned by women or minorities. The company also will not renew a five-year commitment for a racial equity center set up in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd. And it pulled out of a prominent gay rights index . Schweyer said the biggest trigger for companies making such changes is simply a reassessment of their legal risk exposure, which began after U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2023 that ended affirmative action in college admissions. Since then, conservative groups using similar arguments have secured court victories against various diversity programs, especially those that steer contracts to minority or women-owned businesses. Most recently, the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty won a victory in a case against the U.S. Department of Transportation over its use of a program that gives priority to minority-owned businesses when it awards contracts. Companies are seeing a big legal risk in continuing with DEI efforts, said Dan Lennington, a deputy counsel at the institute. His organization says it has identified more than 60 programs in the federal government that it considers discriminatory, he said. “We have a legal landscape within the entire federal government, all three branches — the U.S. Supreme Court, the Congress and the President — are all now firmly pointed in the direction towards equality of individuals and individualized treatment of all Americans, instead of diversity, equity and inclusion treating people as members of racial groups,” Lennington said. The Trump administration is also likely to take direct aim at DEI initiatives through executive orders and other policies that affect private companies, especially federal contractors. “The impact of the election on DEI policies is huge. It can’t be overstated,” said Jason Schwartz, co-chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group at law firm Gibson Dunn. With Miller returning to the White House, rolling back DEI initiatives is likely to be a priority, Schwartz said. “Companies are trying to strike the right balance to make clear they’ve got an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome, and they want to get the best talent, while at the same time trying not to alienate various parts of their employees and customer base who might feel one way or the other. It’s a virtually impossible dilemma,” Schwartz said. A recent survey by Pew Research Center showed that workers are divided on the merits of DEI policies. While still broadly popular, the share of workers who said focusing on workplace diversity was mostly a good thing fell to 52% in the November survey, compared to 56% in a similar survey in February 2023. Rachel Minkin, a research associated at Pew called it a small but significant shift in short amount of time. There will be more companies pulling back from their DEI policies, but it likely won’t be a retreat across the board, said David Glasgow, executive director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at New York University. “There are vastly more companies that are sticking with DEI,” Glasgow said. “The only reason you don’t hear about it is most of them are doing it by stealth. They’re putting their heads down and doing DEI work and hoping not to attract attention.” Glasgow advises organizations to stick to their own core values, because attitudes toward the topic can change quickly in the span of four years. “It’s going to leave them looking a little bit weak if there’s a kind of flip-flopping, depending on whichever direction the political winds are blowing,” he said. One reason DEI programs exist is because without those programs, companies may be vulnerable to lawsuits for traditional discrimination. “Really think carefully about the risks in all directions on this topic,” Glasgow said. Walmart confirmed will no longer consider race and gender as a litmus test to improve diversity when it offers supplier contracts. Last fiscal year, Walmart said it spent more than $13 billion on minority, women or veteran-owned good and service suppliers. It was unclear how its relationships with such business would change going forward. Organizations that that have partnered with Walmart on its diversity initiatives offered a cautious response. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, a non-profit that last year named Walmart one of America’s top corporation for women-owned enterprises, said it was still evaluating the impact of Walmart’s announcement. Pamela Prince-Eason, the president and CEO of the organization, said she hoped Walmart’s need to cater to its diverse customer base will continue to drive contracts to women-owned suppliers even if the company no longer has explicit dollar goals. “I suspect Walmart will continue to have one of the most inclusive supply chains in the World,” Prince-Eason wrote. “Any retailer’s ability to serve the communities they operate in will continue to value understanding their customers, (many of which are women), in order to better provide products and services desired and no one understands customers better than Walmart.” Walmart’s announcement came after the company spoke directly with conservative political commentator and activist Robby Starbuck, who has been going after corporate DEI policies, calling out individual companies on the social media platform X. Several of those companies have subsequently announced that they are pulling back their initiatives, including Ford , Harley-Davidson, Lowe’s and Tractor Supply . Walmart confirmed to The Associated Press that it will better monitor its third-party marketplace items to make sure they don’t feature sexual and transgender products aimed at minors. The company also will stop participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual benchmark index that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees. A Walmart spokesperson added that some of the changes were already in progress and not as a result of conversations that it had with Starbuck. RaShawn “Shawnie” Hawkins, senior director of the HRC Foundation’s Workplace Equality Program, said companies that “abandon” their commitments workplace inclusion policies “are shirking their responsibility to their employees, consumers, and shareholders.” She said the buying power of LGBTQ customers is powerful and noted that the index will have record participation of more than 1,400 companies in 2025.Title: Vander Sa: Reflections on a Health Scare
Liu Yang's resignation comes as a shock to many, as he has been known for his dedication, expertise, and passion for teaching throughout his career. As a respected professional in the accounting industry, his classes were always popular among students, who praised him for his ability to make complex financial concepts easily understandable.Alien abduction crews always come in teams of four beings an abductee has claimed. Ariel Phenomenon filmmaker, Randall Nickerson, was speaking on the channel about what he believed to be the real experiences of people being kidnapped by beings. The documentary maker claims to have had a number of encounters with aliens, and it forged his decision to make an incident where 62 children in Zimbabwe witnessed a . He said the beings he met were a team of . His account comes as , but we had a battle on our hands to communicate with them. For his part though, Randall shared that he has had a very close encounter, and several times with the same team. "I've only seen a very small part of this population, whoever these things are," he said. "I've seen a science team multiple times. And they were the same crew, you can feel it." Randall told his host that the beings were biological and not machines, adding that they were very real. "They come in four, every single time," he said. "There's something about the number four. It's every single time. Four of them." Randall went on to describe the smell of his encounter being similar to burnt lint, adding that he was 11-years-old when he first described that experience. "I did remember some things (from the abduction), but I don't tend to put as much stock as I do with what I saw with my own eyes, and felt with my own body. "We discussed it in my family. There were some events that occurred. "It took me 20 years to believe it myself." But Randall says the whole experience shook him, and continues to do so, so he doesn't read into people who have had similar experiences. "I stay away from the books, because I don't need to read them. "I just get more traumatized "It reminds me of stuff I have isolated from my memory." He has, however, spoken to people who have had experiences, and noted the types of individuals aliens pick up on. "Some of these abductees are off the chart geniuses," he said. "They have photographic memories. He continued: "I think it's a mix of range, and I think there's multiple reasons. "But I definitely noticed the brain part, because I've met so many crazy intelligent people. "Females and males, and then there's another element that maybe they picked, I don't know, for genetic reasons." One empathetic viewer, taken by Randall's account, said: "When he talks about not reading the books bc he doesn't have to..... I'm a domestic violence survivor. "And everything that I was involved in at the time, I just totally stopped. Facebook, music, certain places, even close friends. I just had to stop all of it bc of the trauma. It's been years, and I'm in a much better place. But there are certain things I just cannot be a part of anymore. God bless him." Another believer wrote: "I have numerous friends who have been abducted. I had very little interest in this kind of stuff until I was very close to a massive, triangular UFO and some co-workers got abducted in 1994. Yep, the cr*p sounds bonkers...sounds nuts. It happened. This guy has screaming PTSD and the general public is so weird - everyone's 'bs meter is going off'...yada yada yada. Nobody has any reason, whatsoever, to invent a story of abduction. What - this guy is lying to be famous or, at the age of 57 or something, to be on The Danny Jones podcast? "There's no upside, whatsoever, to telling this sort of story - think about it. The guy has dedicated his life to investigating this stuff and has produced a couple of documentaries. In fact he kind of flies under the radar. The guy's not lying. And there are thousands of reports of this kind." The Daily Star is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join us! Through the app, we'll send you the sassiest showbiz stories, some naught headline and a seismic smattering of aliens...along with the latest breaking news of course. To join our community, all you have to do to join is , select 'Join Chat' and you're in! No one will be able to see who has sign up and no one can send messages except for the Daily Star team. We also treat our community members to competitions, special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose Exit group. If you’re curious, you can read our .
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Shares of the medical-device maker DexCom ( DXCM 5.57% ) are down by 37% this year. The diabetes-focused healthcare company disappointed investors with its second-quarter results, leading to a massive drop in its stock price overnight. Though the issues DexCom has faced this year can mainly be classified as "short-term headwinds" -- including rebate-related issues -- there are more serious problems for the company's long-term prospects. On the other hand, DexCom has attractive opportunities that could allow it to deliver market-beating returns to patient investors. Is the bull case stronger than the bear one? Let's consider one argument against investing in DexCom and one in favor. Reason to sell: diabetes therapies in development DexCom develops continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems to help people with diabetes track their blood glucose levels. This technology improves patients' health outcomes. That's why DexCom has been successful, at least so far. The increased adoption of CGM has led to growing revenue and earnings: DXCM Revenue (Quarterly) data by YCharts . However, there are several therapies in development -- and some existing ones -- that might decrease the company's target market in the long run. Several biotech companies are working on potential cures for type 1 diabetes; this list includes Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics . That's great news for patients, but if these biotechs succeed in their quest to create curative therapies for type 1 diabetes, it could have a massive impact on DexCom's results. While only about 5% of people with diabetes in the U.S. have the type 1 variety, all of them require insulin since they don't produce their own. Being insulin-treated is one of the requirements for typical CGM devices like DexCom's G6, and not all of those with type 2 diabetes meet this condition. So DexCom's patient population is disproportionately made up of patients with type 1 diabetes, where CGM has established itself as a standard of care. What's more, there's a chance that existing weight loss treatments could reduce even the number of patients with type 2 diabetes. In a late-stage study, tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Zepbound, cut the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 94% in overweight or obese patients with prediabetes. Again, that's good news for the patients, but it could shrink DexCom's target market over the next decade, resulting in lower revenue and earnings for the device maker. Reason to buy: expanding its addressable market Perhaps anticipating these potential challenges, DexCom has worked on going beyond its typical target market of people with diabetes. In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared Stelo, a CGM option developed by DexCom for people not using insulin therapy. That includes many patients with type 2 diabetes and even those with pre-diabetes. There's a vast market here. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 33% of adults in the country have pre-diabetes. Many of them (up to one-third according to one study) are of healthy weight, so they might not be eligible for medicines like Zepbound. DexCom's Stelo provides an option for these patients to make healthier choices and perhaps reverse their pre-diabetes. The company recently announced a proprietary generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform it will integrate into its devices, with Stelo being first on that list. This GenAI feature will help patients make better decisions by analyzing data and lifestyle patterns and making appropriate recommendations. DexCom could attract many patients with this innovation. Is DexCom stock a buy? There remains a vast addressable market for DexCom. The company had an installed base of just 1.7 million customers as of 2022. But in the U.S. alone, it estimates more than 25 million people with type 2 diabetes have yet to progress to insulin therapy and are not at high risk of hypoglycemia. DexCom sees an opportunity to target these patients to help slow the progression of diabetes. Medicines that cure type 1 diabetes, or those that delay the onset of the type 2 variety, can do little to help these 25 million patients. Making headway in this market, in similar populations in other countries, and with prediabetes patients as CGM awareness continues to grow could all allow DexCom's financial results to remain strong for a while. That's true even if therapies in development end up decreasing its worldwide opportunity significantly, which still isn't a sure thing. So, in my view, DexCom's prospects remain attractive. The stock has historically looked expensive. Its current forward price-to-earnings ratio is 44, while the average for the healthcare industry is 17. DexCom will continue to be a volatile stock, just as it has been in the past. But it can also continue to deliver market-beating returns, just as it has done in the past.Australia’s sharemarket is likely to open lower after a sell-off in the world’s largest technology companies hit US stocks in the final stretch of a stellar year. Futures are pointing to a drop of 0.35 per cent, or 29 points, on Monday morning across the local bourse, to 8228, as traders take stock of a pullback in the US last week. Nasdaq, one of the “Magnificent Seven” companies, bore the brunt of last week’s selling. Credit: Bloomberg In the US, during a session of slim trading volume – which tends to amplify moves – the S&P 500 lost 1.1 per cent and the Nasdaq 100 slipped 1.4 per cent. While every major industry succumbed to Friday’s slide, tech megacaps bore the brunt of the selling. That’s after a torrid surge in which the group of companies dubbed the “Magnificent Seven” accounted for more than half of the US equity benchmark’s gains in 2024. “I think Santa has already come. Have you seen the performance this year?” said Kenny Polcari from financial advising firm SlateStone Wealth. “[This] week is another holiday-shortened week, volumes will be light, moves will be exaggerated. Don’t make any major investing decisions this week.” Steve Sosnick, from Interactive Brokers said while the market was in holiday season, he had fielded more inquiries than expected. “The best I can figure out is that there are large accounts, pension funds and the like, who need to rebalance their holdings before year-end,” he said. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 trimmed last week’s gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.8 per cent on Friday. A gauge of the “Magnificent Seven” sank 2 per cent, led by losses in Tesla and Nvidia. The Russell 2000 index of small caps dropped 1.6 per cent. The yield on 10-year Treasuries rose 4 basis points to 4.62 per cent. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index wavered. Funds tied to several of the major themes that have driven markets and fund flows over the past three years stumbled during the week ending Christmas Day, according to data compiled by EPFR. Redemptions from cryptocurrency funds hit a record high while technology sector funds extended their longest outflow streak since the first week of 2023, the firm said. This year’s rally in US equities has driven the expectations for stocks so high that it may turn out to be the biggest hurdle for further gains in the new year. And the bar is even higher for tech stocks, given their massive surge in 2024. A Bloomberg Intelligence analysis recently found that analysts estimate a nearly 30 per cent earnings growth for the sector next year, but tech’s market-cap share of the S&P 500 index implies closer to 40 per cent growth expectations may be embedded in the stocks. “The market’s largest companies and other related technology darlings are still being awarded significant premiums,” said Jason Pride and Michael Reynolds at Glenmede. “Excessive valuations leave room for downside if earnings fail to meet expectations. Market concentration should reward efforts to regularly diversify portfolios.” Bloomberg The Market Recap newsletter is a wrap of the day’s trading. Get it each weekday afternoon .4. Juice Cleanses: Juice cleanses have become a go-to method for weight loss and detoxification, with promises of clearer skin, improved digestion, and increased energy levels. 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WASHINGTON - Jimmy Carter held a unique place in US politics: he was the oldest former president and a Nobel peace laureate, but his one term in office was forever tainted by his inability to end the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, arguably wielded his greatest influence not during his 1977-1981 term in the White House, but in the decades following, when he served as a global mediator, rights activist and elder statesman. The Southern Democrat, who left 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in January 1981 after a crushing election loss to Ronald Reagan, was perceived as naive and weak in the dog-eat-dog world of Washington politics. Even within his own party, the Georgia native with the broad toothy grin -- a "born-again" Christian who taught Sunday school well into his 90s -- was something of a persona non grata for a long time. But as the years passed, a more nuanced image of Carter emerged, one that took in his post-presidential activities and reassessed his achievements, like the brokering of a peace deal between Israel and Egypt. He placed a commitment to human rights and social justice at the core of his tenure as the 39th president of the United States. That dedication later served as the cornerstone of The Carter Center, which he founded in 1982 to pursue his vision of world diplomacy, earning broad international praise. Carter represented a new generation of Southern men who were more tolerant and progressive on issues of race. The former president -- who had been both a naval officer and a peanut farmer -- heartily embraced his roots. "I am a Southerner and an American," said Carter, a virtual unknown on the national political scene when he launched his presidential campaign ahead of the 1976 election. - From farm to White House - James Earl Carter Jr. -- the full name he rarely used -- was born on October 1, 1924 in the small farm town of Plains, Georgia, south of Atlanta -- the same town where he lived out his golden years. After seven years in the navy, where he worked on the nuclear submarine program and rose to the rank of lieutenant, he returned home to run the family peanut farm. But eventually, politics came calling. He served in Georgia's state senate and took over as governor in 1971. Only a few years later, his unlikely White House bid began. Carter arrived in Washington in January 1977, sworn in to head a country needing a strong leader to dispel the gloom left over from the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and a deep recession. For the first time since 1968, the Democrats controlled the White House and Congress, so hopes were high as Carter took office. - 'Extraordinarily difficult' - He enjoyed a strong first two years, with high approval ratings. A shining moment of his term in office was the historic 1978 Camp David Accords signed by Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat, which ultimately led to a peace treaty the following year. Carter also established diplomatic relations with China following the rapprochement initiated by then-president Richard Nixon, and endorsed solar energy, even installing solar panels on the White House. But his administration hit numerous snags, the most serious being the Iran hostage crisis and the disastrous failed attempt to rescue the 52 captive Americans in 1980. His handling of the renewed oil crisis in 1979-1980 was also sharply criticized. Images of cars lined up at gas stations were long associated with his presidency. In the wake of Carter's defeat at the polls, the Democratic Party weathered a political storm -- 12 years of Republican presidents in Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Even now, few Democrats claim to be picking up Carter's mantle. In a biography published in 2010, historian Julian Zelizer, a professor at Princeton University, said Carter had fallen victim to "an extraordinarily difficult set of circumstances that would have challenged any president." - 'Best ex-president' - But Carter bounced back in perhaps the most spectacular reinvention of any US leader and was often called America's "best ex-president." Carter founded his eponymous center in Atlanta and emerged as a prominent international mediator, tackling some of the most intransigent global dilemmas -- including North Korea and Bosnia in the 1990s. He monitored dozens of elections around the world, from Haiti to East Timor, and went to Cuba in 2002 for a historic meeting with then longtime communist leader Fidel Castro to prod him on human rights. Carter won a host of awards including the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize and the highest US civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He won three Grammys for best spoken-word album, a category that included audiobooks. Carter maintained a busy schedule into his 90s. He and wife Rosalynn helped build houses for the charity Habitat for Humanity for decades. Rosalynn died in November 2023 at age 96. The couple had three sons and a daughter. In August 2015, Carter revealed he had cancer on his brain and was undergoing radiation treatment. At the time of his diagnosis, Carter said that while the presidency was the "pinnacle" of his political career, "life since the White House has been personally more gratifying." During a church service in November 2019 in Plains, Carter looked back -- with serenity, and a touch of humor -- at his battle with cancer. "I assumed, naturally, that I was going to die very quickly," he said. "I obviously prayed about it. I didn't ask God to let me live, but I asked God to give me a proper attitude toward death." "And I found that I was absolutely and completely at ease with death."Messi's presence on the field is always a game-changer for Barcelona. His exceptional skills, vision, and goal-scoring prowess have time and again proven to be crucial in securing victories for the team. As one of the most talented and decorated footballers in the world, Messi's return not only boosts Barcelona's chances of success on the pitch but also serves as a source of inspiration for his teammates.Restoring function
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