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BOSTON — Many people are remembering former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100, after more than a year in hospice care. He was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government as president and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 while making himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents. He was a peacemaker, a champion of democracy and public health, and a monitor of human rights around the world. Carter said his Baptist faith demanded that he do whatever he could, wherever he could, for as long as he could, to try to make a difference. "We're not going to see a political leader like that — you know, coming from the humble origins that he did, a peanut farmer. Someone who basically ran as a non-partisan candidate," said Boston University professor Tom Whalen. "He is a complicated fellow but the bottom line is that he had such enormous integrity both as president and in his post-presidency year that makes him a candidate, in my mind, for Mt. Rushmore." Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-staff through Jan. 28 in honor of Carter's life. "President Carter lived a life dedicated to peace, human rights, democracy and moral clarity. He set an enduring example of what it means to serve others, and his legacy will continue to inspire generations to come," Healey said in a statement. "I'm sending love and strength to the Carter family as they, and our nation, process this profound loss. May we all honor his memory by building a more just, peaceful and caring world."
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ATLANTA — Confronted with the reality of four more years of Donald Trump in the White House, Georgia Democrats are beginning to draw up plans to oppose the president-elect that break from the protest-driven movement that followed his 2016 election. This time around, there has been no groundswell behind an anti-Trump “resistance” or massive marches against his policies. Instead, party leaders talk of maintaining a focus on core issues, such as expanding Medicaid, while sharpening other agenda priorities. And they talk about working with the Trump administration and other Republicans where possible, while mounting a determined opposition to measures such as new transgender restrictions that the GOP used as a wedge issue during the 2024 campaign. Most of all, party leaders say they must learn from mistakes, including a muddled economic message and a misreading of the electorate’s mood after Trump bested Vice President Kamala Harris by about 120,000 votes and flipped Georgia back to the GOP. “I’ve never learned much from my wins. I’ve learned more from my losses. And we need a sea change,” said Jen Jordan, the party’s 2022 nominee for attorney general. “We need to be ready. Because there will be a backlash against Donald Trump in 2026.” Senior Democrats indeed agree the best cure for a postelection hangover is overreach and excess by their political opponents, from the White House to Gov. Brian Kemp’s office to GOP legislative leaders. But while Trump has stoked controversy with polarizing picks for his incoming administration, Kemp and other senior Republicans have been careful to say they don’t feel emboldened to take up new abortion limits or similarly divisive policies. “It’s the economy, stupid,” Senate GOP Leader Steve Gooch said of plans to cut taxes and limit spending next year. “We need to look back at what happened over the last four years. Democrats lost touch with their base. We have not.” Some Democratic leaders say it’s not the policies that should change, but the way they are delivered to voters. After all, they say, Harris outdid Joe Biden in Georgia by more than 70,000 votes — more than other battleground states. Baldwin County Democratic Chair Quentin Howell said pledges to preserve abortion rights, improve infrastructure and overhaul the criminal justice system helped propel Joe Biden, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to statewide victories in the past two election cycles. “We saved the country in 2020 with our victories, and we did it again in 2021 and 2022,” Howell said. “We were on a roll with the same policies. What we need to do is what we’ve been doing: keep pressing the flesh, making sure voters know what we stand for.” The party must hash out its trajectory in the crucible of upcoming elections. Ossoff faces a tough reelection fight in 2026, and Republicans will likely target him as a top pickup opportunity. And there’s no clear Democratic front-runner in the race to succeed Kemp, who cannot run for a third term. Further complicating the Democratic path forward is the ongoing fight over the party’s chair, U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, who is under pressure to step down after Trump’s victory. She recently endorsed changes to the bylaws that could pave the way for her to relinquish her role, but to some, the battle over her leadership is just the start of a broader discussion. Parker Short, the former leader of the Young Democrats of Georgia, said future Democratic contenders need to catch up with voters by making a more concerted push to back a higher minimum wage and legalizing sports betting and recreational marijuana. “Democrats failed to talk about material issues that impacted peoples’ lives,” Short said. “When you see Missouri voting to pass a $15 minimum wage , you see that voters want a populist message — and Harris wasn’t able to capitalize on that message.” Other party leaders fretted that Democrats were maintaining their edge in metro Atlanta at the cost of slipping in other parts of the state. Trump increased his vote share in more than 130 of Georgia’s 159 counties compared with the 2020 election. “Fulton, DeKalb and Gwinnett did what they needed to do. Gwinnett hobbled along. But we lost ground in most other counties,” said Nate Rich of the Cherokee County Democrats, who said he felt there was “zero focus” from the party in key rural and exurban areas. “I’m glad we hit 70% Democrats support in Fulton, but at some point, we’re facing the law of diminishing returns,” he said. “We’re hemorrhaging in other counties.” State Rep. Carolyn Hugley of Columbus, the newly elected House Democratic leader, said she expects a renewed focus on boosting education funding and enhancing job training programs to help the party work to close the gap in rural areas. “I’m a country girl from Arkansas, so I can go to South Georgia and tell you the difference from soybeans and cotton when I see it,” she said. “We need to meet people where they are and talk to them about the things important to them.” Most of all, perhaps, Democratic leaders say they are poised to capitalize on the potential for GOP overreach after Trump’s slim, but decisive, victory. State Sen. Harold Jones II of Augusta, the Senate’s top Democrat, said the party will be ready to fight new efforts to impose abortion limits or adopt more permissive gun measures, which GOP leaders say is unlikely. But what’s almost a certainty is a new push to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at the high school and college level , echoing policies that Trump and state Republican leaders embraced in the run-up to the 2024 vote. “We want to make sure that voters realize that this is the same Republican Party that’s prioritizing culture wars” and not prioritizing other efforts, such as expanding Medicaid, Jones said. “We won’t hesitate to show Georgians who is on their true side — and who is using these cultural issues as a distraction.” ©2024 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Visit at ajc.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Zhang Baizhi, known for her ethereal beauty and graceful demeanor, exudes a timeless elegance in the photo. With her porcelain skin, delicate features, and softly cascading hair, she appears like a classic beauty from a bygone era. 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MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atomic Data today announced a multi-year agreement to make it the Official IT Provider of Fishers Event Center , a 7,500-seat entertainment and sporting event venue opening today in Fishers, Indiana. Managed by ASM Global , the newly constructed Fishers Event Center is home to three professional sports teams – Indy Fuel Hockey Club (ECHL), Indy Ignite (Professional Volleyball Federation), and Fishers Freight (Indoor Football League) – and will host a wide variety of events, concerts, and entertainment. “We are thrilled to reach a multi-year deal partnership with Atomic Data,“ Larry McQueary , Indy Fuel president said. “Atomic Data has been an integral part of the building process at the Fishers Event Center. With their help, we are ensuring an elevated experience for fans, employees and the community as they experience events here.” Throughout construction, Atomic Data’s Game Day Technologies ® arm took the lead in the design, installation, integration, and testing of the mid-size venue’s HPE Aruba Networking-powered Local Area Network (LAN) and Wi-Fi network. Going forward as the Official IT Provider for Fishers Event Center, Atomic Data will provide 24x7 monitoring and management of key network and server infrastructure, as well as remote support during and between event days. "Venues like Fishers are essential to cities across the U.S., supporting a variety of events and teams. Their success relies on seamless behind-the-scenes technology. Atomic Data and Game Day Technologies have once again proven that tailored venue technology can be delivered efficiently, even with tight timelines and modest budgets," commented Yagya Mahadevan , Game Day Technologies Director at Atomic Data. About Atomic Data Atomic Data , trusted IT provider for hundreds of enterprises, sports teams, and large venues, is on a mission to deliver always-on, custom-tailored technology solutions and objective IT leadership. Game Day Technologies , powered by Atomic Data, enables owners and teams to right size and modernize their venues, districts, training facilities, and back offices with objective, holistic technology oversight and activation. Media Contact: Atomic Data, Scott Evangelist, marketing@atomicdata.comLions CBs Terrion Arnold, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. out vs. Colts
Pushed into an extra day by persistent disagreement, negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference reached a deal Sunday morning to provide the world's poorer nations with funding to mitigate the most serious effects of global warming. Nearly 200 nations agreed to the deal, which was being finalized, calling for developed countries to make available at least $300 billion per year by 2035 to those most vulnerable to climate crises, the reports. That's nowhere near the $1.3 trillion per year that experts say is needed, per the , but a step up from the current $100 billion. "Everybody is committed to having an agreement," Fiji delegation chief Biman Prasad said, per the . "They are not necessarily happy about everything." Negotiations at the COP29 session in Azerbaijan frequently have been bitter, not helped by the shrinking food supply for delegates and the windowless complex they're meeting in. Poor nations complain they've been left to deal with climate change on their own, while wealthier ones say they're limited by political realities back home and their own tight budgets. President-elect Trump's election complicated the talks, per the , given that he's expected to not keep any US commitments negotiated in Baku and has said he'll pull out of the 2015 Paris Agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The money will help the recipients move away from the coal, oil, and gas that cause the planet to overheat, adapt to future warming, and repair the damage inflicted by extreme weather brought by climate change. The idea is that money from other sources, private as well as multilateral development banks, will follow; wealthy countries have long argued more than public funding is needed. "Now the race is on to raise much more climate finance from a range of public and private sources," said World Resources Institute President Ani Dasgupta, "putting the whole financial system to work behind developing countries' transitions." (More stories.)