777mnl
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Keishon Porter had 20 points in North Carolina Central's 77-70 win against Longwood on Saturday. Porter also contributed three steals for the Eagles (5-8). Po'Boigh King scored 16 points while shooting 6 for 10, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc. Kelechi Okworogwo finished 4 of 4 from the floor for eight points. Colby Garland led the Lancers (9-3) with 15 points, six assists and four steals. Michael Christmas added 14 points and six rebounds. Elijah Tucker scored 13. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .When Katja Vogt considers a Jaguar, she pictures a British-made car purring confidently along the Italian coastline — a vision of familiarity that conveys "that dreaming, longing feeling we all love." She's not sure what to think about Jaguar now after the 89-year-old company announced a radical rebranding that featured loud colors and androgynous people — but no cars. Jaguar, the company says, will now be JaGUar. It will produce only electric vehicles beginning in 2026. Bad attention is good attention, Jaguar execs would appear to believe. The car brand has prompted mockery online for posting a glitzy ad without a single car in it. Say goodbye to British racing green, Cotswold Blue and black. Its colors are henceforth electric pink, red and yellow, according to a video that sparked backlash online. Its mission statement: "Create exuberance. Live vivid. Delete ordinary. Break moulds." "Intrigued?" @Jaguar posted on social media. "Weird and unsettled" is more like it, Vogt wrote on Instagram. "Especially now, with the world feeling so dystopian," the Cyprus-based brand designer wrote, "a heritage brand like Jaguar should be conveying feelings of safety, stability, and maybe a hint of rebellion — the kind that shakes things up in a good way, not in a way that unsettles." Jaguar was one of several iconic companies that announced significant rebrandings in recent weeks, upending a series of commercial — and cultural — landmarks by which many modern human beings sort one another, carve out identities and recognize the world around them. Campbell's, the 155-year-old American icon that artist Andy Warhol immortalized in pop culture decades ago, is ready for a new, soupless name. Comcast's corporate reorganization means there will soon be two television networks with "NBC" in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News, a U.S. legacy news outlet. CNBC One could even argue the United States itself is rebranding with the election of former President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Unlike Trump's first election in 2016, he won the popular vote in what many called a national referendum on American identity. Are we, then, the sum total of our consumer decisions — what we buy, where we travel and whom we elect? Certainly, it's a question for those privileged enough to be able to afford such choices. Volumes of research in the art and science of branding — from "brandr," an old Norse word for burning symbols into the hides of livestock — say those factors do contribute to the modern sense of identity. So rebranding, especially of heritage names, can be a deeply felt affront to consumers. "It can feel like the brand is turning its back on everything that it stood for — and therefore it feels like it's turning its back on us, the people who subscribe to that idea or ideology," said Ali Marmaduke, strategy director with the Amsterdam-based Brand Potential. He said cultural tension — polarization — is surging over politics, wars in Russia and the Mideast, the environment, public health and more, creating what Marmaduke said is known as a "polycrisis": the idea that there are several massive crises converging that feel scary and complex. Campbell's soups "People are understandably freaked out by that," he said. "So we are looking for something that will help us navigate this changing, threatening world that we face." Trump's "Make America Great Again" qualifies. So did President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" slogan. Campbell's soup itself — "Mmm Mmm Good" — isn't going anywhere, CEO Mark Clouse said. The company's new name, Campbell's Co., will reflect "the full breadth of our portfolio," which includes brands like Prego pasta sauce and Goldfish crackers. None of the recent activity around heritage brands sparked a backlash as ferocious as Jaguar's. The company stood as a pillar of tradition-loving British identity since World War II. The famous "leaper" cat Jaguar logo is pictured in 2019 at the Auto show in Paris, France. Jaguar said its approach to the rebrand was rooted in the philosophy of its founder, Sir William Lyons, to "copy nothing." What it's calling "the new Jaguar" will overhaul everything from the font of its name to the positioning of it's famous "leaper" cat. "Exuberant modernism" will "define all aspects of the new Jaguar world," according to the news release. The approach is thought to be aimed at selling fewer cars at a six-figure price point to a more diverse customer base. The reaction ranged from bewilderment to hostility. Memes sprouted up likening the video to the Teletubbies, a Benetton ad and — perhaps predictably — a bow to "woke" culture as the blowback intersected with politics. Get the latest local business news delivered FREE to your inbox weekly.
Furthermore, inflationary pressures remain muted in many economies, providing central banks with room to maneuver in terms of monetary policy. With inflation running below target levels in several regions, policymakers are increasingly looking towards interest rate cuts as a tool to stimulate demand and investment.
PAEC gets construction licence for Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-5 According to official announcement by PNRA, PAEC applied for construction license in April this year Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit 5. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) here on Friday issued a construction license to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) for building the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit 5 (C-5) in Mianwali. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700472799616-0'); }); According to the official announcement by PNRA, the PAEC applied for the construction license in April this year. The PAEC presented the Preliminary Safety Assessment Report (PSAR) and other licensing submissions covering design and operational aspects of nuclear safety, radiation protection, emergency preparedness, waste management and nuclear security. After a thorough review and assessment of the licensing submissions and on satisfactory fulfilment of all regulatory requirements in compliance with the relevant national and international standards, the PNRA issued the license. “C-5 is an advanced third-generation Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) of Chinese Hualong design (HPR1000) having active and passive safety features including a double-shell containment and reactor filtered venting system, and has a 60 years’ design life.” In addition, many other technological innovations have been made in the design. This is the third Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Pakistan with this design. Two NPPs (K-2 & K-3) of the same design are already successfully operating in Karachi and adding electricity to the national grid. It is also pertinent to note that, C-5 will be the largest electricity-producing NPP in Pakistan with a capacity of 1,200 MWs.Colts Notebook: Richardson again delivers in clutchOf course, with great power comes great responsibility. As we harness the potential of HyperSpeedX and similar advancements, it is imperative that we do so with a keen awareness of the ethical and societal implications. Privacy, security, and inequality must be addressed in tandem with these technological advancements, to ensure that the benefits are shared equitably and responsibly.
Fury as 150k small boat migrants arrive in 5 yrs with 407 crossing Channel on Boxing Day after Labour axe Rwanda schemeHow pioneering AI camera is targeting drink and drug drivers by detecting their behaviourPresident-elect Donald Trump has been the ultimate GOP mover and shaker since 2015, using his sway to impact the party far beyond just his own political career. Now, Vice President-elect JD Vance has some early opportunities to make his own mark. Vance, still Ohio's junior senator, has shepherded some of Trump's Cabinet picks around and can use his ties to his colleagues to promote others. He is also in touch with Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine as he mulls who to tap to replace Vance in the Senate until 2026, when that person would then have to run in a special election to serve the rest of the seat's term. It's unlikely that Vance -- or anyone -- can emulate Trump's unique ability to affect change in the party. But Vance is the country's second-highest ranking Republican and considered Trump's heir apparent, making the upcoming opportunities chances to glimpse the power the 40-year-old holds across the GOP to promote the incoming administration's goals but also his own stock beyond his formal role. "It's pretty clear that he is in a pole position after Trump to help lead the party. So, he's going to, I think, take these opportunities to show the party that he's a loyal soldier to Donald Trump, but he's also going to be a future force to be reckoned with," said former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who remains in touch with Trump's team. Vance is not a sherpa for every single Cabinet pick, but he did escort former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, Trump's failed attorney general pick, and Pete Hegseth, tapped to lead the Pentagon, around Capitol Hill. He's also making calls to Senate colleagues about some of Trump's Cabinet choices, according to sources familiar with the matter. He's also in what one source described as semi-regular contact with DeWine as the two-term governor mulls who to appoint to the Senate seat that Vance is vacating. The decision is ultimately DeWine's, and there currently doesn't appear to be a favorite for the role, but sources said they would be surprised if the person was someone who rubbed Vance and Trump the wrong way. "Ohio is his domain, so I think you can expect that his voice in the upcoming Senate race will be important," one source close to Vance said. "There is a want to land on somebody that everybody involved will be happy with, DeWine, Trump and JD." To be certain, Vance can only move the needle so far with Cabinet confirmations and Senate appointments, decisions that are up to a Senate looking for chances to assert its independence and a governor who has clashed with Trump but remained electorally viable. There will also be tougher battles to come as the next administration works to muscle through its policy priorities, and Trump will still run the show as a dominant political figure who virtually blocks out the sun. MORE: Hegseth's attorney threatens to sue sex assault accuser if she repeats 'false' claims and he's not confirmed But the dual conversations over appointments could offer early indications of how much Republicans listen when Vance speaks, even as someone's No. 2. "He talks to [senators] a lot," said one source in Vance's orbit. "They're his colleagues still for another four weeks. So, yeah, he works the phones. He was on Capitol Hill this week. I think he wants to see folks get in there so the administration can hit the ground running on day one. "He's a surrogate for when the President has to be in multiple places at the same time. He's influential, but I don’t know that he's more persuasive than the president as such. He’s augmenting," the person added. Already, Vance has seen some of his allies elevated in the incoming administration. James Braid, who was Vance's deputy chief of staff in the Senate, will be the White House's formal liaison to Congress. Daniel Driscoll, another Vance ally, was tapped to be secretary of the Army. Trump picked hedge fund manager and Vance friend Scott Bessent as his treasury secretary after he donated millions to the presidential ticket. And Vance has already proven his sway by helping now-Ohio Republican Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno win Trump's endorsement in the Ohio Senate primary this year and then get him over the finish line against Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown who had defied political gravity for several cycles. There have been setbacks, too -- Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration after sexual misconduct allegations dogged his nomination, and Hegseth is facing headwinds over allegations of sexual assault and heavy drinking that he's denied. However, it's unclear how much outside help could improve their chances given the gravity of the allegations. "This is a chance to see how many of Vice President-Elect Vance's confidants end up in the Cabinet, and whether they are Cabinet secretaries, or the other place to take a very serious look is the undersecretaries," said Steve Stivers, a former congressman who leads the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. "It's not just the Cabinet secretaries, but the undersecretaries that matter here, because those will be people filling their résumé being ready to move up." MORE: At Fox Nation awards ceremony, Trump boasts about recent conversations with foreign leaders, promises to 'look at' election system Still, there's no guarantee that Vance will be able to be as big of a mover and shaker as normally possible for vice presidents in Trump's White House. The president-elect is famously wary of others enjoying too bright of a spotlight, and there could be other high-profile Republicans who are also anticipated to be power players after Trump leaves office, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump's pick to lead the State Department, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is rumored to be in the mix for Pentagon chief if Hegseth's nomination falls through. "Obviously, he has a great opportunity here. But I think for folks to say it's a fait accompli that JD Vance is somehow ahead of the rest of the field today, I just don't think that's accurate," said one former senior Trump administration official. "What is he going to do that's outside of the Trump shadow, that is actually him, that is not him acting as a liaison for Donald Trump? And of those things, what does he do that pisses off Donald Trump? Because it's a guy that doesn't really like people operating outside of his shadow." But at the end of the day, Vance will have a more elevated platform than any other Republican in the country except for one, and Trump enters office as a lame duck because of constitutional term limits, possibly leaving Vance well-positioned for a potential vacuum in a party dominated by Trump for nearly a decade. "Trump picked him for a specific reason, and that reason is to carry the mantle. Now, he's 40 years old. That dude could be around for a while. Trump was looking ahead," said Ohio GOP strategist Mike Hartley. "I think he's going to give him every opportunity to succeed."
It is this ability to balance her passions and pursuits that truly sets Gu Ailing apart. While many athletes may choose to prioritize their sports career over their education, Gu Ailing refuses to compromise on either front. By excelling both on the slopes and in the classroom, she sends a powerful message to aspiring athletes and students alike – that with hard work, determination, and a relentless pursuit of excellence, anything is possible.
Letter: War perspectiveAs Rockstar Games gears up for what promises to be another groundbreaking release, the gaming community is eagerly anticipating any news or updates regarding GTA 6. Whether it's new gameplay features, an updated map, or details on the storyline, gamers around the world are hungry for any information that sheds light on what the next installment in the GTA series may have in store.The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending more than $44 million in grants to Minnesota to help people in rural communities’ access high-speed broadband. The funding, which Sen. Tina Smith helped secure through her work on the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, is expected to give more than 5,000 Minnesotans, especially in rural areas, high-speed broadband access across the state and help at least 139 businesses and 368 farms, Smith’s office said. The latest investment comes as as many as 136,000 homes and businesses across the state are said to lack high-speed broadband access. As part of the investment, the USDA awarded Consolidated Telecommunications Co. $11 million to connect as many as 600 homes and dozens of farms and businesses to broadband in Crow Wing and Morrison counties. “It really helps people that want to live in rural areas get the connectivity they need to work and to stream and to do schooling and telehealth,” Andy Isackson, Consolidated Telecommunications Co.’s chief marketing officer told the Minnesota Star Tribune. “It’s still a big challenge that we’re trying to fix in rural America.” MiEnergy Cooperative was awarded more than $28 million in funding to provide high-speed broadband to 55 businesses and 235 farms in Fillmore and Winona counties. The investment is expected to help as many as 2,255 Minnesotans. Additionally, Red River Rural Telephone Association was awarded more than $5 million to help 17 businesses and 55 farms and a school access high-speed broadband in Clay County. The investment is expected to help as many as 482 Minnesotans. “Internet access is not just a luxury in the 21st century, it’s a necessity,” Smith said in a statement. “In Minnesota and across the country, people in rural areas, small towns, and Tribal communities need access to reliable, high-speed internet.” The latest investment from the USDA follows $652 million in federal funding Sen. Amy Klobuchar helped secure last year to expand broadband access across the state. Reporter Kim Hyatt contributed to this report.
Another crucial aspect highlighted by Lippi is the need for patience and long-term planning in developing Chinese football. Success in football does not come overnight, and China must be willing to invest time, resources, and effort into building a solid foundation for the sport. Lippi stresses the importance of setting realistic goals, continuously improving infrastructure, and fostering a culture of excellence and perseverance in Chinese football.NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 93-year-old former Catholic priest earlier this month for raping a teenage boy has died, Louisiana authorities and his lawyer confirmed Friday. Less than two weeks after being sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars, Lawrence Hecker died of natural causes at 3 a.m. Thursday at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, according to Ken Pastorick, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections communications director. Hecker had pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree rape and aggravated kidnapping shortly before jury selection for his long-delayed trial had been scheduled to begin earlier this month, with other victims prepared to testify against him. The survivor of the assault to which Hecker pleaded guilty had said that Hecker raped him after offering to ahead of tryouts for a school team in the mid-1970s. “The only prayer I can come up with I hope he spends eternity in hell after God’s judgment of him,” the survivor said in a written statement provided by his attorney, Richard Trahant. “Now after his death I feel vindicated and free,” he said. The Associated Press does not identify those who say they have been sexually assaulted. Hecker’s trial had been delayed for months partly because of questions around his mental competency. Hecker had suffered from dementia, his lawyer Bobby Hjortsberg said. Hecker had been ordained as an archdiocesan priest in 1958 and remained in this position even after facing an undisputed complaint of child molestation in the late 1980s, according to . Hecker left the ministry in 2002. Hecker’s conviction occurred amid a against the Catholic church in New Orleans, many resurfacing from decades ago. The fallout has left the Archdiocese of New Orleans embroiled in bankruptcy negotiations. ___ Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. 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 ___ This story has been updated to clarify that Hecker died at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. Authorities had previously stated he died at a Baton Rouge hospital. Jack Brook, The Associated PressThe hearts of the entire Herb Valley community are heavy with sorrow, but they remain steadfast in their determination to weather this storm and emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD -2.83% ) and Marvell Technology ( MRVL 10.79% ) have enjoyed contrasting fortunes on the stock market in 2024, with one of these names delivering stellar gains while the other one is in the red. More specifically, AMD stock's decline of 13% this year pales in comparison to the impressive 76% surge in Marvell's shares. Both companies are benefiting from the growing demand for chips to power artificial intelligence (AI). So, will Marvell remain the better AI stock of the two in 2025 as well? Or can AMD turn its fortunes around in the new year and outperform Marvell? Let's find out. The case for AMD AMD has been playing second fiddle to Nvidia in the market for AI data center graphics processing units (GPUs). Even so, the company's data center business has been growing at an impressive pace. In the third quarter of 2024, for instance, AMD's data center revenue increased 122% year over year to a record $3.5 billion. Management says that this impressive growth was driven by the strong demand for its data center GPUs and CPUs (central processing units). The company now expects to finish the year with $5 billion in data center GPU revenue, which would be a massive improvement from the $400 million revenue it generated from sales of these chips in the fourth quarter of 2023. Moreover, the company has kept increasing its data center GPU guidance throughout the year, starting from $2 billion at the beginning of the year. AMD is finding success in other related niches as well, such as AI-enabled personal computers (PCs). This explains why the company's revenue from its client segment, which includes sales of CPUs used in desktops and notebooks, increased by an impressive 29% year over year in the third quarter to $1.9 billion. These two segments together produced 80% of AMD's third-quarter top line, and their solid growth allowed the company to offset the weakness in other areas such as gaming and embedded chips. The company's overall revenue increased by 18% from the year-ago quarter to $6.8 billion, while adjusted earnings were up by 31% to $0.92 per share. AMD's guidance for the current quarter is also solid. The company expects its year-over-year top-line growth to accelerate to 22% in the fourth quarter. Analysts forecast AMD to exit 2024 with a 13% increase in revenue to $25.6 billion, along with a 25% jump in earnings to $3.32 per share. The next year, however, is going to be much stronger for AMD as per consensus expectations. Its revenue is expected to jump nearly 27%, while earnings are forecast to increase by 54%. It is easy to see why analysts are expecting AMD's growth to accelerate significantly next year. First, shipments of AI-enabled PCs are expected to increase by 165% in 2025, according to Gartner . That would be a major improvement over the 100% growth expected for 2024. AMD is well positioned to capitalize on this market's growth, according to its third-quarter earnings call, where it said PC makers such as HP and Lenovo "are on track to more than triple the number of Ryzen AI Pro platforms they offer in 2024, and we expect to have more than 100 Ryzen AI Pro commercial platforms in [the] market next year." Meanwhile, AMD could also benefit from an improvement in the output of AI GPUs by foundry partner TSMC in 2025. The Taiwan-based foundry giant is expected to double in 2025, and it is also expected to use its Arizona fab to make AMD's upcoming AI accelerators. So, there is a good chance that the company's fortunes in the stock market could turn around in 2025 thanks to AI. The case for Marvell Technology Marvell Technology is a key player in the market for AI-focused application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), a space that's growing at a terrific pace. And the demand for Marvell's optical equipment is also growing nicely to enable faster connections in, and between, data centers. These catalysts are the reason its data center business has been growing incredibly of late. The chipmaker's data center revenue shot up 98% year over year in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 (which ended on Nov. 2) to $1.1 billion. The remarkable thing to note here is that the data center segment produced 73% of Marvell's revenue last quarter, up from just 39% in the year-ago period. The company's data center growth was so good that it was enough to boost Marvell's overall revenue by 7% year over year despite steep double-digit declines in its four other segments. Management says that the demand for its AI-specific chips is so strong that it is on track to exceed its full-year AI revenue guidance of $1.5 billion by a significant margin. Marvell is forecasting $2.5 billion in the next fiscal year. However, there is a good chance that the chipmaker could generate higher AI revenue next year as well, since it has been expanding its partnerships with major cloud computing providers such as Amazon and has brought an additional customer on board. These catalysts are expected to be so strong that analysts are forecasting a 41% jump in the top line next year to $8.1 billion, along with 77% growth in the bottom line to $2.76 per share. For comparison, the company's revenue is expected to increase by just 4% in the current fiscal year to $1.56 per share, along with a 3% increase in earnings per share. MRVL revenue estimates for next fiscal year; data by YCharts. So, there is a strong likelihood of Marvell stock maintaining its red-hot rally in 2025 as well. The verdict We have seen that both AMD and Marvell are expected to grow impressively next year. Marvell is expected to grow at a faster pace than AMD, but there are a couple of reasons the latter could turn out to be a better AI pick. First, AMD is cheaper. The stock's sales and forward earnings multiples make it the cheaper stock right now when compared to Marvell. AMD PE ratio (forward), data by YCharts; PS = price to sales. PE= price to earnings. Second, AMD is a more diversified AI stock. The company supplies CPUs and GPUs not only for data centers but also for personal computers, indicating that it may have a larger addressable AI market than Marvell. So, investors looking for an AI stock that can deliver a mix of both value and growth may be tempted to buy AMD over Marvell despite the former's poor stock market performance this year.Iran's government on Tuesday said it had lifted a ban on access to WhatsApp and Google Play after more than two years, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report said the country's Supreme Council of Cyber Space made the decision in a meeting led by reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has vowed to remove restrictions on social media. Iran's telecommunication minister Sattar Heshemi in a post on X called the decision a "first step" in removing restrictions and said "the path will continue'' — indicating the possibility of unblocking other services. Many people reached by The Associated Press across the capital, Tehran, and other cities said they had access to the services on computers but not yet on mobile phones. WhatsApp has been the third most popular messaging platform in Iran after Instagram and Telegram. The ban on WhatsApp and Google Play was put in place in 2022 during mass protests against the government over the death of a woman held by the country's morality police for allegedly violating the strictly enforced dress code. The protests calmed in 2023 after a crackdown by police and security forces that led to the death of hundreds of people and the imprisonment of thousands. Iran has blocked access to various social media platforms over the years but many people in the country use proxies and VPNs to access them. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Title: "New Monster Moves in 'Black Myth: Wukong' Continuous Combat Mode! Bilibili Streamers Live Broadcasting"
Exciting News: Rockstar Games' New Recruitment Advertisement Revealed!