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Aston Villa denied last-gasp winner in Juventus stalemateMK Dons will be aiming to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions when they host Crewe Alexandra in a League Two fixture at Stadium MK on Sunday. The two sides are separated by six places, with the Dons sitting fourth in the table having amassed 35 points, while the visitors are further down in 11th place with 30 points. © Imago MK Dons continued their unimpressive showing in December, with their latest match ending in a 2-0 loss against Notts County on Boxing Day. The defeat, their third in a row in the league, is in contrast to the form they consistently showed since Scott Lindsey was appointed head coach in late September. The former Crawley Town manager rallied his troops to record a string of good results in his first 10 matches in charge - a run that included seven victories, two draws and just one defeat. In that period, the Milton Keynes-based team plundered 17 goals; while the goals have not dried up, the Dons have not done a good job of shutting out opponents - a weakness exemplified by the 38 goals conceded so far. In their latest three-game winless streak, the home side have shipped nine goals — only one fewer than the total number of goals conceded during Lindsey's tenure before the dip in form. However, the Dons have one of the best home records in the league, with six wins, two draws and four losses, racking up 20 points on their turf. Lindsey's men will be confident of claiming all three points, having beaten the visitors in their last two trips to Stadium MK. Should the Dons emerge victorious on Sunday, they could move to ninth position in the table, but that is contingent on Salford City and Bradford City losing their respective matches. Elsewhere, Crewe Alexandra are winless in their last two league matches, drawing one and losing the other, and they will be aiming to avoid back-to-back league defeats for the first time since their first two games of the season. In their last outing, the Railwaymen were edged 2-1 by Cheltenham Town at the Completely-Suzuki Stadium on Thursday. With that loss, the automatic promotion bid of Lee Bell 's team suffered another setback; however, their charge for a League One spot is still alive, as the away side are only a point behind Doncaster Rovers, who occupy the final automatic spot with 36 points. Although Bell's team have a solitary victory in their last five away exertions in the league, the Cheshire-based team have recorded decent results on their travels this campaign. In 11 fixtures away from the Mornflake Stadium, Bell's team have claimed four wins, four draws and only three losses. A win in this fixture will give the visitors their first victory at Stadium MK since April 2021. Although MK Dons have a fully fit squad with no suspensions, Lindsey could make some changes to the starting XI in light of their current dismal run. Nevertheless, top marksman Alex Gilbey , who has scored nine goals this season, is expected to feature from the first blast of the whistle. Similarly, Luke Offord , Nico Lawrence and Laurence Maguire are expected to form the back three, while Connor Lemonheigh-Evans and Joe Tomlinson should both be named in the starting XI as wing-backs. As for the visitors, Shilow Tracey and Jack Lankester should form the attacking partnership up front — the pair have 10 goals between them this season. Filip Marschall is the undisputed first-choice goalkeeper and he is expected to keep his place between the sticks. Jack Powell , who is back in action after a year on the sidelines due to a ruptured ACL, should also make the cut. MK Dons possible starting lineup: McGil; Maguire, Offord, Lawrence; Tomlison, Robson, Grant, Lemonheigh-Evans; Gilbey, Holland; Grigg Crewe Alexandra possible starting lineup: Marschall; Connolly, Demetriou, Williams; Cooney, Holicek, Powell, Tabiner, Conway; Tracey, Lankester Although the visitors have fared better than the hosts this season, their inability to secure a victory at Stadium MK since April 2021 could be the impetus the home team needs to go all out for an outright win. However, the decent away results of the visiting team cannot be overlooked. Thus, we reckon this match will end in a 1-1 draw. For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here .
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— BIRTH NAME: James Earl Carter, Jr. — BORN: Oct. 1, 1924, at the Wise Clinic in Plains, Georgia, the first U.S. president born in a hospital. He would become the first president to live for an entire century . — EDUCATION: Plains High School, Plains, Georgia, 1939-1941; Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia, 1941-1942; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1942-1943; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1943-1946 (class of 1947); Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1952-1953. — PRESIDENCY: Sworn-in as 39th president of the United States at the age of 52 years, 3 months and 20 days on Jan. 20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. Left office on Jan. 20, 1981, following 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan. — POST-PRESIDENCY: Launched The Carter Center in 1982. Began volunteering at Habitat for Humanity in 1984. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Taught for 37 years at Emory University, where he was granted tenure in 2019, at age 94. — OTHER ELECTED OFFICES: Georgia state senator, 1963-1967; Georgia governor, 1971-1975. — OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Served in U.S. Navy, achieved rank of lieutenant, 1946-53; Farmer, warehouseman, Plains, Georgia, 1953-77. — FAMILY: Wife, Rosalynn Smith Carter , married July 7, 1946 until her death Nov. 19, 2023. They had three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff); a daughter, Amy Lynn; and 11 living grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. ___ Source: Jimmy Carter Library & Museum
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Juve Deepen Man City Crisis, Barcelona Into Champions League KnockoutsATLANTA — On Jan. 20, 1981, after suffering a landslide defeat, former President Jimmy Carter returned home to rural Plains to what he called “an altogether new, unwanted, and potentially empty life.” By 1982, he had such a low profile that Time magazine called him “virtually a non-person, a president who never was.” But Carter would rewrite his legacy by turning to his implacable faith. It was, to him, an enduring source of comfort and inspiration, continuously helping guide him even through the most stunning setbacks — from losing elections to marital woes, an interminable hostage crisis in Iran and health crises in later life. His hometown of Plains wasn’t just Carter’s childhood home — it was his spiritual center. Upon his return after his presidential defeat, Carter, a third-generation Baptist, maintained his lifetime habit — teaching Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church. He made a cross that stood for years above the altar in his wood shop. As an active member, he took his turn cutting the church’s grass. And he applied his love-your-neighbor ethic to his work at the Carter Center. “He is not some pie-in-the-sky Christian. He is a down-to-earth Christian who sees the everyday challenges and applies his faith to practical problems,” said civil rights hero the Rev. Joseph Lowery in an October 2010 interview. “There is no question his commitment to peace is based on faith. His commitment to help the poor, his commitment to housing, you can attribute that to his faith. It was Christ’s challenge to serve the poor and he’s done that. I admire him for that.” In his 1996 book “Living Faith,” Carter wrote openly about problems in his marriage. Getting involved in the church in Plains helped him and his wife work though communication woes. “We found we could communicate through discussions of our religious faith better than we could without it,” he said. When they had problems in their marriage, they would kneel together, pray to God and both would tell their sides of the story. It was as if they used God as the ultimate marriage counselor, according to E. Stanly Godbold, a Carter historian and author of the book, “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: The Georgia Years, 1924 to 1974.” Faith played a role in 1978 when Carter held peace meetings between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Carter believed the common thread of religion helped bring the two sides together. “At Camp David, for instance, this is one of the main themes of Anwar Sadat, we had so much in common worshipping the same God that we could form a common foundation for peace,” Carter told the AJC in a 1996 interview. Break with Southern Baptists When Carter was running for president, he was an appealing candidate to Southern Baptists and other evangelicals — a small-town guy in the Bible belt, still married to the same woman and the first U.S. presidential candidate who self-identified as a born-again Christian. That terminology was new for swaths of America and resulted in news articles across the nation examining and explaining, often poorly, conservative Christian beliefs. It was also an early sign of the development of the political-religious organizations such as the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority that followed. The evangelical Christian vote helped elect Carter. But in just four years, the most famous face of the Baptist religion was at odds with the increasingly conservative-leaning Southern Baptist Convention. The nation’s largest Protestant denomination also was undergoing its own cultural changes. Through the 1980s, theologically and politically conservative leaders rallied voting members of the convention to sweep out moderates from leadership roles in churches, seminaries and colleges over their theological “liberalism.” Carter’s views on hot-button issues such as supporting women as leaders in the church made him increasingly unpopular among many Southern Baptists and other evangelicals. He later showed support for civil unions, and by 2018 for marriage of same sex couples. But in 1979, many of the conservatives who voted for him the first time deserted him for Ronald Reagan. In 2000, Carter severed ties to the Southern Baptist Convention, saying parts of its “increasingly rigid” doctrines violated the “basic premises of my Christian faith.” Carter went on to play a role in helping start an alternate association for progressive evangelical Black and white churches whose memberships and leaders were more moderate in their thinking and actions, such as installing women into pulpits and key church roles, and focusing on goals such as fighting poverty, and advocating for the environment and social causes. Carter used his weight to get the New Baptist Covenant and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship off the ground. In 2008, he helped bring together 20,000 Baptists representing more than 20 million church members for an Atlanta event designed to bury differences and work together. The tension was deep. The Southern Baptist Convention’s news service, Baptist Press, did not carry a news article about Carter winning the Nobel Peace Prize. “Carter didn’t change,” said Nancy T. Ammerman, a sociologist of religion at Boston University and author of “Baptist Battles.” “The definition of what it meant to be Southern and Baptist changed.” “One of the characteristics of being Baptist is this that you have to make decisions about how your life is going to go,” said Ammerman. “No priest can do it for you. There’s this deep-seated notion of individual freedom and individual accountability, and (that) gave him this fierce ability to be independent that has shaped his personality and career and has given him a strong commitment to democracy, various human rights issues and religious liberty.” An abiding faith Carter’s faith can be traced back to his childhood, a time when Sunday was devoted to church and biblical teachings. In his hometown of Plains, no stores were open on Sunday. Going to a movie theater or even playing cards on Sunday was out of the question. That devotion never faded. Well into his 90s, he was behind the pulpit teaching multiple Sundays every year to classes filled with people from around the nation and world who would drop in to hear the former president. One Sunday, Carter counted 28 nations represented in the pews. He would talk about God and loving your enemies, and then sprinkle stories of traveling around the globe, building houses and eradicating disease. He and Rosalynn would pose for pictures with visitors at the little church, a quintessential Jimmy Carter experience. Even as he contemplated his demise, he looked to his faith for guidance. In “Living Faith,” he wrote: “We can face death with fear, anguish, self-torment and unnecessary distress among those around us. Or, through faith and the promises of God, we can confront the inevitable with courage, equanimity, good humor and peace. Our last few days or months can be spent in a challenging and exhilarating way, seeking to repair relationships and to leave a good or even noble legacy, in an atmosphere of harmony and love.” ©2024 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Visit at ajc.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The State Board of Elections on Wednesday voted mostly along party lines to dismiss Republican Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of over 60,000 ballots cast in the North Carolina Supreme Court election. Griffin, who trails his Democratic opponent, Allison Riggs, by over 700 votes, made a variety of legal arguments claiming that ineligible voters were allowed to participate in the election — potentially changing the outcome. The board disagreed, rejecting all of Griffin’s protests. “The idea that someone could have been registered to vote, came to vote and then has their vote discarded is anathema to the democratic system and simply cannot be tolerated,” Board Chair Alan Hirsch, a Democrat, said. The board’s Republicans voted against dismissing some of the protests, saying they would’ve preferred to proceed to a further hearing to gather more evidence. After the hearing, Riggs told reporters she was grateful that all lawful votes would be counted. “These are eligible voters,” she said. “My job is now — and will continue to be, because the voters of North Carolina saw fit to keep me in my seat — is to defend the constitutional rights of North Carolinians and to do so with no regard for political ideology, with no regard for political goals or dreams or aspirations.” The chair of the NC GOP, Jason Simmons, blasted the board’s ruling in a statement released after the vote. “Unsurprisingly, the most partisan State Board of Elections in history has once again failed the people of North Carolina,” he said. “The board’s continued efforts to engineer political outcomes for Democrats is shameful. We will review the board’s decision and reserve the right to any future actions to protect the integrity of our elections.” The board’s rulings are the latest development in a race that still does not have an official winner over a month after Election Day. A statewide machine recount and a partial hand recount of the results both affirmed Riggs’ lead, but the board could not declare a winner until hearing Griffin’s protests. Democrats have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to invalidate the protests, arguing that they could disenfranchise valid voters. Now, the protests could head to state court. State law allows Griffin to appeal the board’s rejection to Wake County Superior Court. From there, the case could work its way all the way up to the Supreme Court itself. The board also rejected election protests filed by several Republicans who lost legislative races. That included Granville County Rep. Frank Sossamon, whose loss to Democrat Bryan Cohn was decisive in breaking the GOP’s veto-proof supermajority in the General Assembly. Most of the board’s votes split 3-2 along party lines. Griffin had requested that a Democratic member of the board, Siobhan Millen, recuse herself from the case because her husband is a partner at the law firm representing Riggs. Hirsch said he concluded that Millen did not have a conflict and would be able to participate in the hearing. He noted in a memo that the law firm had an ethical screen shielding Millen’s husband from any matters relating to Riggs. “Given these circumstances, it would be inappropriate for Member Millen to be removed from consideration of this matter,” Hirsch wrote. State lawmakers approved a new law last month that would shift control of the State Board of Elections to the GOP by stripping incoming Democratic Gov. Josh Stein of his appointment power and transferring it to the newly elected state auditor, Republican Dave Boliek. Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed that bill, but the House is set to vote on overriding his veto on Wednesday. What did Griffin’s protests argue? While some of Griffin’s protests dealing with factual allegations were considered at the local level, the majority of his protests dealt not with specific allegations of fraud — but rather with legal arguments about voter eligibility that have so far been rejected by state and federal courts. The State Board of Elections took jurisdiction over all protests dealing with legal issues and heard arguments from attorneys for Riggs and Griffin at a hearing on Wednesday. Attorneys for Griffin argued that the board misapplied state law and allowed ineligible voters to participate in the election. “We filed these protests because we believe the winners of these elections should be determined by eligible voters and only eligible voters,” Griffin’s attorney, Craig Schauer, told the board. Ray Bennett, Riggs’ lawyer, argued that Griffin’s protests sought to institute new voter requirements after the fact, throwing out legitimate votes in the process. “The election protests here violate a bedrock principle so basic you learn it in elementary school: If you lose, you don’t try to change the rules so you can claim that you won,” he said. The most common reason Griffin challenged voters was his allegation that the voter did not have a driver’s license number or Social Security number attached to their voter registration. In his legal brief filed with the board, Griffin’s lawyer argued that requiring this information was a “decades-old feature of American election law that protects the integrity of our elections.” The Republican National Committee also made this argument in a lawsuit filed this summer which sought to purge 225,000 voters from the rolls. A federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump rejected part of the RNC’s argument, though the case is still ongoing. Stacy “Four” Eggers, a Republican on the board, called the issue a “self-inflicted wound,” noting that the board had been made aware that its registration form did not clearly indicate to voters that they were required to provide the information. A new form was created last year to make the requirement more clear, but the board did not attempt to collect the information from voters who already registered without providing it. Democrats on the board said this was not a legitimate reason to throw out the votes, especially since all voters still had to show ID in this election. “There’s nothing those individuals could have done — as far as they could tell, they were properly registered,” Hirsch said. Bennett also noted that Griffin’s attorneys had not actually identified any voters on their lists who were ineligible to vote, based on current state law. Strach, one of Griffin’s lawyers, conceded this point, but said it was because the board hadn’t provided sufficient data for their analysis. Griffin also argued that the board should not count votes from adult children of North Carolina residents living abroad who have never resided in the state. A state law passed in 2011 explicitly permits those voters to participate in the state’s elections, but Griffin argued that that law violates the state constitution. The RNC made the same argument earlier this year, but had its lawsuit rejected by a state court. The final protest category before the board on Wednesday argued that votes from military and overseas voters who do not provide voter ID should not be counted. An administrative rule exempts these voters from the ID requirement, but Griffin argued that the rule violates state law. The board’s Republicans joined the Democratic majority to unanimously reject this protest, finding that the rule was binding. An N&O analysis of Griffin’s protests found that Black registered voters were twice as likely to have their votes challenged as white voters. ©2024 The Charlotte Observer. Visit charlotteobserver.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
campaign pledged to be a champion for working class Americans. His is stuffed with figures and , including the world’s wealthiest person. Trump himself is set to become the wealthiest president in history, with an estimated net worth of roughly $5.6 billion, according to . After spending years haranguing George Soros, claiming that the billionaire philanthropist was funding Trump’s political enemies and manipulating society with his support for progressive causes, incoming administration figure wants to be a Musk, whose net worth is more than $300 billion, joins key Wall Street characters and wealthy officials joining Trump’s White House. Together, their net worth exceeds $340 billion — larger than the gross domestic product of . Trump has even picked Soros’s money manager Scott Bessent to lead the Department of Treasury. The president-elect has tapped at least five billionaires for his administration thus far, including Musk, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former professional wrestling magnate Linda McMahon, investment banker Howard Lutnick, and venture capitalist and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. All of them but Musk and Ramaswamy must be confirmed by the Senate. Here is a look at some of the wealthy Wall Street executives and billionaires Trump wants in his administration. Trump’s campaign economic adviser Scott Bessent founded Key Square Capital Management and worked at a hedge fund founded by major Democratic donor George Soros. Before becoming a Trump donor and adviser, Bessent donated to various Democratic causes in the early 2000s, notably Al Gore’s presidential run. North Dakota’s two-term Republican government Doug Burgum made more than $1.1 billion after selling his software company Great Plains to Microsoft in 2001. After ending his own presidential campaign in December 2023, Burgum endorsed Trump and became an outspoken supporter. The CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, with an estimated net worth of more than $1 billion, has served as Trump’s transition team co-chair. He has helped raise millions of dollars for Trump’s campaign and has been a cheerleader for Trump’s economic agenda, including the president-elect’s plans for broad tariffs. The co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment was nominated to lead an agency that Trump and his allies want to dissolve entirely. McMahon donated $6 million to Trump’s first campaign and later world with the Small Business Association during his administration. She is now a co-chair of his 2024 transition team after briefly serving on the Connecticut Board of Education, She shares a $2.5 billion net worth with her husband, professional wrestling mogul and personality Vince McMahon. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, helped steer more than $200 million into Trump’s campaign and has used his X platform, formerly Twitter, which he bought for $44 billion, as a megaphone for the president-elect and his agenda. His net worth is at least $320 billion, according to , and his net worth has increased by more than $60 billion since Trump’s election. Musk, whose companies have received tens of millions of dollars in government contracts, will steer an outside advisory committee to recommend drastic cuts to funding, including mass firings and steep cuts to federal programs. Jim O’Neill previously worked as a senior health official during George W. Bush’s administration and was considered for a top job at HHS in Trump’s first term. He later became the acting CEO of the Thiel Foundation, the philanthropic arm of billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, a former Trump mega donor who financially backed a Senate campaign from his former acolyte JD Vance. O’Neill helped Thiel and investor Ajay Royan launch venture capitalist firm Mithril Capital Management, where the vice president-elect worked before his Senate campaign. The founder of Palm Beach-based private investment firm Rugger Management is the former investments manager for billionaire Michel Dell of Dell Technologies. Phelan, who does not have any military experience, reportedly hosted a fundraiser for Trump’s campaign this summer at his $38 million home in Aspen, Colorado, which cost $25,000 to $500,000 per couple. Phelan and his wife Amy, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, are also , including works from Chagall, Dubuffet and Picasso, among others. Musk’s co-chair of the newly created DOGE Vivek Ramaswamy is a former pharmaceutical executive who briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination before dropping out to throw his support behind Trump. He made his fortunes with Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company he founded in 2014. His net worth is estimated to be $1.1 billion, according to Forbes. Real estate tycoon Steve Witkoff has an estimated net worth of roughly $500 million. He reportedly has to wealth funds in the Middle East, much like his Middle East envoy predecessor Jared Kusher, Trump’s son in law, who secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman six months after leaving the White House.An MIT spinout has created a novel technology using innovative thermal batteries from electrically conductive firebricks to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy in industrial heating. According to a press release published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Tuesday, Electrified Thermal Solutions’ breakthrough clean energy battery system is poised to reshape the world’s hardest-to-decarbonize industries. “Through the Boston ecosystem, the MIT ecosystem, and with help from the Department of Energy, we were able to launch this from the lab at MIT,” said Daniel Stack, co-founder and CEO of Electrified Thermal Solutions, Inc., in the press release. “What we spun out was an electrically conductive firebrick, or what we refer to as an e-Brick.” The advanced bricks can retain heat for hours and release it at temperatures up to 3,272 Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to fuel even the most rigid industrial operation. Breakthrough for hard-to-decarbonize heavy industry Large volumes of heat are needed by heavy industries like cement, steel, chemicals, and paper production, often produced by burning fossil fuels. However, due to the worldwide push toward decarbonization, businesses have been looking for cleaner alternatives to heat from renewable energy sources. Stack, a former MIT researcher, is leading an initiative that could help answer this question. His thermal battery technique heats firebrick material using electricity, which has long been used in kilns and furnaces. The potential for renewable electricity to replace fossil fuels in industries that are generally challenging to decarbonize is made possible by these firebricks, which can reach temperatures above 3,000°F. “Technologies like our Joule Hive Thermal Battery will enable us to access this inexpensive, clean electricity and compete head to head with fossil fuels on price for industrial heating needs, without even factoring in the positive climate impact,” expressed Stack. The breakthrough is particularly significant in areas like the US wind belt, where peak hours are the best times to implement renewable energy on a wide scale because the electricity rate can drop to nothing. With the use of electrically conductive firebricks, which are claimed to be cheap to produce and simple to scale, Electrified Thermal Solutions aims to provide worldwide industries with an affordable, zero-carbon solution. Scaling up to solve global emission challenge “Heavy industry makes products central to our modern way of life but is also responsible for nearly 40% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to a Brookings report . “Steel, cement, and chemicals are the top three emitting industries and are among the most difficult to decarbonize.” This significant contribution to global emissions highlights the need for innovative solutions. Stack believes his groundbreaking technique may be the solution. “If you want to decarbonize heavy industry, there will be no cheaper way than turning electricity into heat from zero-carbon electricity assets,” Stack said in the press release . “We’re seeking to be the premier technology that unlocks those capabilities, with double digit percentages of global energy flowing through our system as we accomplish the energy transition.” Electrified Thermal Solutions is pushing to scale up the technology with support from the United States Department of Energy. The firm is developing a commercial version of its thermal battery technology, which is expected to be operational within a year. The technology will be available to hundreds of industrial sectors struggling with the problem of lowering emissions. Meanwhile, the Electrified Thermal Solutions strategy promises a greener future and has the potential to boost global energy transition.Trump’s Defense secretary nominee has close ties to Idaho Christian nationalists
Greg Gumbel, legendary CBS broadcaster, dead at 78Aston Villa denied last-gasp winner in Juventus stalematePHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kenny Pickett had only fond memories of going to Eagles games with his dad and grandfather since the New Jersey native was 5 years old. Pickett rooted for greats such as Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook and could not believe his good fortune this week when he knew — with Jalen Hurts out with a concussion — his boyhood dream would come true. Pickett was the starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. “It’s incredibly special. I had a lot of family here, my dad especially, he’s the one who took me to all the games, and we have great memories together,” Pickett said. Pickett gave his family — and 60,000 more Eagles fans at the Linc — reason to cheer when he had touchdowns passing and rushing to help the Eagles build a comfortable cushion Sunday on the way to a 41-7 win over Dallas . It was the finish that was the problem. Pickett was forced to leave in the third quarter with injuries to his ribs, raising doubt in his availability for next week's finale against the New York Giants. “I’m good. I’ll be all right,” Pickett said. “Came in with a little bit of an injury and we’ll do some more tests and everything, see how it looks. But I’ll be OK.” Hurts suffered a concussion last week at Washington, which opened the door for Pickett to start for the first time this season. Pickett, acquired from Pittsburgh in the offseason, played with extra protection under his jersey after he suffered a rib injury when he was pressed into service against the Commanders. He finished 10 of 15 for 143 yards and took two hard shots on the same drive on the third. Osa Odighizuwa was flagged for roughing the passer on a late hit and Pickett was then forced to the locker room on a hit by Micah Parsons. “All the bodies lying on top of you, and then those couple hits afterwards, tough,” Pickett said. “But it’s part of the game. We love the game. Do anything to win.” Third-stringer Tanner McKee threw two touchdown passes in relief of Pickett. “You can’t go out there and play that position without the greatness of other people, and they had some greatness from other guys out there,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. Pickett returned to the field to celebrate with the Eagles after the win, which gave them the NFC East title. He took a moment to look around and absorb the scene and think about how far he has come — from fan in the stands in team gear to wearing the real-deal Kelly green uniform and winning a game. “It’s special, man,” he said. “And I sit out there on the field, I’m sure there’s a kid dreaming about playing for the Eagles and doing things that we went out there and did today.” AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
RAY MASSEY: It's time to consult my trusty crystal ball for 2025's motoring predictions By RAY MASSEY Updated: 18:27, 29 December 2024 e-mail View comments Each New Year brings with it the chance to take stock of the past 12 months and look forward to the many opportunities ahead. So here are my predictions... 1) Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will water down elements of the controversial ZEV Mandate, which insists 28 per cent of cars sold next year must be fully electric (up from 22 per cent this year) – rising to 100 per cent by 2035. Failure to hit those targets means manufacturers are fined £15,000 per car sold in breach of the limit. That suggests many EVs are being sold at a loss. The minister announced a 'fast-track' review of the controversial targets at November's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' annual dinner – where, hours earlier, Vauxhall announced it was shutting its Luton electric van plant, with more than 1,100 jobs at risk. Nissan's plant in Sunderland is also looking shaky. Humiliated by the sudden news, Reynolds admitted he was 'profoundly concerned' by how the mandate was working, telling 1,000 guests he had heard them 'loud and clear'. On Christmas Eve, the Government sneaked out a formal consultation (open until February 18) on the ZEV mandate to examine 'current arrangements and flexibilities'. So expect wiggle room for car firms to potentially be allowed to count EVs that they export, not just those sold here. Looking ahead: The BYD Sealion 7 crossover launches next year The consultation also seeks views on restoring the 2030 deadline to stop new petrol and diesel car sales. But expect plug-in hybrid cars (and maybe some hybrids) to be exempt until 2035. However, don't anticipate consumer discounts for EVs. SMMT chief Mike Hawes warned that 'such incentives are unsustainable – industry cannot deliver the UK's world-leading ambitions alone'. 2) Keep your eye on China as it exploits such weaknesses to export huge numbers of more affordable electric cars to the UK. Chinese giant BYD has a range of electrified cars such as the Dolphin hatchback (from around £26,000), Seal SUV (£46,000) and Sealion 7 crossover landing next year from £44,990. ‹ Slide me › And from February, brace yourself for the GWM Haval Jolion Pro Hybrid – priced between £23,995 and £29,995. Tariffs, as already imposed by the US and EU, have so far been dismissed in the UK as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer cosies up to the Chinese leadership. 3) Then there's Jaguar. Or should that be 'jaGuar' after its rebranding caused a global meltdown? Nevertheless, I wish the firm well. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next RAY MASSEY: Polestar 4 is a rear-view revolution with no... 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The £18,000 Jogger tested This Q8 is just great: We take Audi's new Sportback e-tron for a spin Enter the Dragon! BYD Atto EV is the Chinese company's first UK model Ferrari's first four-door family car: New £313,000 Purosangue driven Thrills without frills: £31,000 MG5 is one of the cheapest family EVs Renault's Arkana ticks all the boxes for what car-buying Britons want Can Peugeot's chic 408 hybrid crossover be a hit in the UK? We test it We drive the Civic Type R - the rebellious bad boy in Honda's line-up Rolls Royce Spectre: What's it lke to drive the first ELECTRIC Roller? Ineos Grenadier driven: Sir Jim Ratcliffe's £69,000 Defender Can you really live with a tiny Citroen Ami? Seven tasks in seven days Don't supersize me! Is the 'smaller' Volvo XC60 all the SUV you need? We pamper some passengers in the new £211k Bentley Bentayga New kind of Buzz! VW's electric MPV still feels like a hippy campervan Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Next Share or comment on this article: RAY MASSEY: It's time to consult my trusty crystal ball for 2025's motoring predictions e-mail Add comment Some links in this article may be affiliate links. If you click on them we may earn a small commission. That helps us fund This Is Money, and keep it free to use. We do not write articles to promote products. We do not allow any commercial relationship to affect our editorial independence.Patiala: Sikh preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale , who has been recently booked for rape and murder in a 2012 case, is not new to controversies. In Aug 2020, Akal Takht , the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, had ordered his boycott, directing the Sikh community across the world not to attend his congregation, listen to him, or share his videos on social media until he apologised for his remarks. The direction had come after its five-member sub-committee formed to probe his alleged objectionable comments against Sikh Gurus and principles of Sikhism submitted its report under its then coordinator Chamkaur Singh that Dhadrianwale did not turn up for clarification despite several efforts. In Sept 2021, he faced a defamation case after Gurpreet Singh Randhawa, Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee member from Fatehgarh Sahib, filed a criminal defamation case against him in the sessions court. This was in response to his alleged objectionable remarks during public speeches against him and his father Hari Singh Randhawa, terming them as “Gapaur Sankh” (gossiper) and misleading masses about Sikhism. Gurpreet had then claimed that his father was a Sikh preacher and, after 10 years of dedication, wrote the “Steek” (translation with meaning) of Guru Granth Sahib. He had alleged that Dhadrianwale had defamed him and other Sikh preachers who were students of his father. H S Dharni, Gurpreet’s counsel, said, “The criminal complaint was filed on Sept 17, 2021, and the case is in the arguments stage, with a hearing fixed this week.” Dhadrianwale, who has been advocating logical and scientific philosophy rather than preaching according to Sikh practices, has built gurdwara Parmeshar Dwar Sahib at Sheikhupur village of Patiala on the Patiala–Sirhind bypass. Earlier, Damdami Taksal chief Harnam Singh Dhumma landed in a conflict with him over the difference in ideology of narration of Sikh history and interpretation of Gurbani. On May 17, 2016, an attempt on Dhadrianwale’s life was made in which his fellow Sikh preacher Bhupinder Singh was killed. On July 5, 2021, Dhadrianwale appeared for over three hours before a SIT in Patiala in relation to the Kotkapura firing case, in which he is also one of the prime witnesses. The Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing case took place on Oct 14, 2015, when two Sikh activists died while some others were injured after police opened fire on people sitting in protest against the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib that took place in Bargari on Oct 12, 2015. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .
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TURIN, Italy, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola remained upbeat after watching his team lose 2-0 at Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday to continue their alarming form slump. Guardiola's side anguish 22nd in the Champions League table, only three places out of automatic elimination from the competition with two games remaining. The Premier League champions have recorded just one victory in their last 10 games across all competitions. "We played good, really really good," Guardiola told reporters. "So we missed the last pass, the last action, of course, some transitions happen, but I'm so proud of these players, they give everything and they tried, and now we live in this period, and hopefully we can change and get results. "I know it's difficult, it's difficult in Champions League in Europe, but we play really good." City's last two matches in the group phase are against Paris St Germain and Club Brugge. The competition's new format sees the top eight teams after eight rounds of the league phase advance into the round of 16 and avoid a playoff, which is now almost out of reach for Guardiola's team. "We have two games. We need one point maybe, one victory, the last one is at home, and the situation is because the game against Feyenoord (when City gave up a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3) and especially Inter Milan (a 0-0 draw)," the Spaniard said. "But our three games away were really, really, really tough and you have to accept it. And when we turn around, we don't forget that period, we appreciate more what we have done in the past, what they are going to in the future." City host local rivals Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday. Sign up here. Reporting by Lori Ewing, editing by Ed Osmond Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab