new problem is plaguing the . To the flood of injuries that have affected the reigning champion this season, the unexpected injury to backup kicker has just been added, forcing the team to take desperate measures. Since Marquise "Hollywood" Brown announced his injury last August, the Chiefs have not caught a break. The injuries have happened one after another, forcing head coach Andy Reid and general manager Bret Veech . One of the most recent cases was kicker , . To replace Butker, the Chiefs signed Spencer, against the Carolina Panthers, setting off alarm bells in the team's front office. A new Chiefs emergency purchase Just Sunday at Bank of America Stadium, in a 30-27 victory over Carolina. On Tuesday, the team , labeling him questionable for the Week 13 game against the Las Vegas Raiders. The team but has already signed to a practice squad contract. If everything goes wrong with Spencer, Reid will already have an experienced replacement on hand. Wright has spent his five-year NFL career between , including the Chiefs. The UCF product spent two separate terms with Kansas City in 2022 and was under contract . The Raiders game Even though Las Vegas , doesn't want to take any chances. Divisional rival games for any team, and any mistake can cost dearly. The Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, but having a fully-fledged team will be vital to not giving the Raiders any advantage. Andy Reid knows this, and whether it's Wright or Shrader, the veteran strategist .
The Intel Revolution! How INTC is Shaping the Future of GamingWith the threat of U.S. tariffs of 25 per cent on “all” exports, the traditional Liberal view of Canadian identity, that we are multicultural peacekeepers who love social programs, has been revealed to be not only naive, self-centred and delusional, but completely and utterly narcissistic and dangerous. Every pre-occupation of successive Canadian governments, but particularly the current one in Ottawa, has only been possible because Canada shares a border with the greatest military and economic force in history, and because they’ve generally paid us little attention. Canada has a rotting military, not because we are morally superior to the Spartans on our doorstep, but because we’ve always assumed defence of the continent includes defence of us. Ten years ago, before he was prime minister, Justin Trudeau’s comments about the Harper government’s plan to send fighter jets to Iraq to assist the Americans, are as good an example of the lies Canadian leaders tell themselves and the rest of us, as anything. Trudeau thought Canada’s role should be focused on humanitarian aid, “Rather than, you know, trying to whip out our CF-18s and show them how big they are. It just doesn’t work like that in Canada.” The only reason “it just doesn’t work like that in Canada” is because American goodwill has relieved this country of the need to have a functioning military. Similarly, Canada has a more porous border and a more welcoming immigration regime than the U.S., because we face almost none of the problems the Americans do on their southern border, and because would-be immigrants would choose New York before Halifax in a heartbeat. We can be welcoming to the world, because we are no one’s first choice. The Americans, as with defence, do the work to keep the continent secure, while Canadians confuse coasting with moral policy choices. After Donald Trump was elected the first time on a platform to control illegal immigration, Trudeau posted on social media in 2017, “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength.” A northward deluge of asylum seekers coming to Canada via the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road quickly followed, a loophole that has since been closed. Canada has a more relaxed system for asylum seekers, but only because it doesn’t share a border with Mexico. The Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement, which allows either country to turn back migrants, exists because the Canadian government requested it in exchange for cooperation in the war on terror, some two decades ago. It is not Canadian benevolence that allows us to be open to the world, it is because Ottawa hides behind Washington. So too, explains Canada’s obsessions with any number of economic killing policies. Access to American markets, particularly since the free trade era that started in the 1980s, has assured Canadians enjoy a standard of living approximating our neighbours to the South, without anywhere near the capitalistic dynamism they possess. The Trump tariffs will be costly for Americans, unnecessarily raising the cost of energy, cars and trucks, critical minerals and aluminum and steel. Tariffs are weapons countries aim and fire at themselves. But even worse is a country that devotes its efforts to killing its own industry. Whereas the Americans are threatening to raise tariffs high enough so that they don’t buy from us, the Liberals have spent the last decade trying to prevent the sale of those very same goods. Leading up to Trump’s announcement that he will impose the tariff, unless Canada (and Mexico) get control of their borders, there was speculation that any tariffs would exempt Canadian energy. But no such exemption was mentioned by Trump on Monday. So now, Canada’s biggest industry and greatest source of wealth has to contend with both Trudeau and Trump trying to kill it. Whether it was the cancelling of the Northern Gateway pipeline, or excessive rules and regulations that forced Energy East to shut down, or for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to be delayed by years, or the effective embargo on the export of natural gas, the Liberals have tried to stop the export of Canadian energy to new markets. The only reason that this was even remotely possible is because of the access energy exporters have had to the U.S. market. Same goes with the supply management of eggs, poultry and dairy, foreign ownership restrictions on airlines, banks and media, and any number of other protectionist policies of our own. They have only ever been viable because of Canada’s proximity to the U.S., and the sheer wealth that emanates from it. Canadian politicians can indulge all of their socialistic fantasies because the American commitment to free enterprise ensures their good fortune spills up here. Trump threatening a tariff may just be a negotiating tactic, as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement comes up for review in 2026, or it may be something more permanent and sinister. Either way, Canada no longer has the luxury to continue behaving like a spoiled child who tells everyone they are independently wealthy. In effect, by refusing to keep the Canadian Forces operating like the modern military it is suppose to be, by being hostile to business, and by having a more welcoming immigration regime without the responsibility, Canada has not been asserting its moral superiority or independence from the U.S., it has been, in truth, embracing its status as nothing more than an American satellite. National Post
MAPS INVESTOR ALERT: Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Announces that WM Technology, Inc. Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead Class Action LawsuitBy DAVID SHARP, The Associated Press The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive. Once the system is complete, the Zumwalt will provide a platform for conducting fast, precision strikes from greater distances, adding to the usefulness of the warship. “It was a costly blunder but the Navy could take victory from the jaws of defeat here, and get some utility out of them by making them into a hypersonic platform,” said Bryan Clark, a defense analyst at the Hudson Institute. The U.S. has had several types of hypersonic weapons in development for the past two decades, but recent tests by both Russia and China have added pressure to the U.S. military to hasten their production. Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, with added maneuverability making them harder to shoot down. Last year, The Washington Post reported that among the documents leaked by former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was a defense department briefing that confirmed China had recently tested an intermediate-range hypersonic weapon called the DF-27. While the Pentagon had previously acknowledged the weapon’s development, it had not recognized its testing. One of the U.S. programs in development and planned for the Zumwalt is “Conventional Prompt Strike.” It would launch like a ballistic missile and then release a hypersonic glide vehicle that would travel at speeds seven to eight times faster than the speed of sound before hitting the target. The weapon system is being developed jointly by the Navy and Army. Each of the Zumwalt-class destroyers would be equipped with four missile tubes, each with three of the missiles for a total of 12 hypersonic weapons per ship. In choosing the Zumwalt, the Navy is attempting to add to the usefulness of a $7.5 billion warship that is considered by critics to be an expensive mistake despite serving as a test platform for multiple innovations. The Zumwalt was envisioned as providing land-attack capability with an Advanced Gun System with rocket-assisted projectiles to open the way for Marines to charge ashore. But the system featuring 155 mm guns hidden in stealthy turrets was canceled because each of the rocket-assisted projectiles cost between $800,000 and $1 million. Despite the stain on its reputation, the three Zumwalt-class destroyers remain the Navy’s most advanced surface warship in terms of new technologies. Those innovations include electric propulsion, an angular shape to minimize radar signature, an unconventional wave-piercing hull, automated fire and damage control and a composite deckhouse that hides radar and other sensors. The Zumwalt arrived at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in August 2023 and was removed from the water for the complex work of integrating the new weapon system. It is due to be undocked this week in preparation for the next round of tests and its return to the fleet, shipyard spokeswoman Kimberly Aguillard said. A U.S. hypersonic weapon was successfully tested over the summer and development of the missiles is continuing. The Navy wants to begin testing the system aboard the Zumwalt in 2027 or 2028, according to the Navy. The U.S. weapon system will come at a steep price. It would cost nearly $18 billion to buy 300 of the weapons and maintain them over 20 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Critics say there is too little bang for the buck. “This particular missile costs more than a dozen tanks. All it gets you is a precise non-nuclear explosion, some place far far away. Is it really worth the money? The answer is most of the time the missile costs much more than any target you can destroy with it,” said Loren Thompson, a longtime military analyst in Washington, D.C. But they provide the capability for Navy vessels to strike an enemy from a distance of thousands of kilometers — outside the range of most enemy weapons — and there is no effective defense against them, said retired Navy Rear Adm. Ray Spicer, CEO of the U.S. Naval Institute, a think tank, and former commander of an aircraft carrier strike force. Conventional missiles that cost less aren’t much of a bargain if they are unable to reach their targets, Spicer said, adding the U.S. military really has no choice but to pursue them. “The adversary has them. We never want to be outdone,” he said. The U.S. is accelerating development because hypersonics have been identified as vital to U.S. national security with “survivable and lethal capabilities,” said James Weber, principal director for hypersonics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies. “Fielding new capabilities that are based on hypersonic technologies is a priority for the defense department to sustain and strengthen our integrated deterrence, and to build enduring advantages,” he said.
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PITTSFIELD — Over the course of decades, generations of employees in the Parks Department methodically charted the history of recreation in this city with scissors — cutting stories out of The Berkshire Eagle — and tape, affixing those stories to scrapbooks. In 1949, there were regattas on Onota and Pontoosuc lakes, youth boxing at Wahconah Park, and babies and toddlers crawling their way to glory in the city's fourth annual "Diaper Derby." The "Diaper Derby" was a popular Park's Department event in which mothers would race their crawling babies. In 1975, the city's newest park, a former scrapyard on West Street, was named for Dorothy Amos, and the parks department assembled a summer recreation program for children with special needs. In 1998, a pair of skate parks joined the city's offerings, as skateboarding and inline skating continued to grow in popularity. And every year there was baseball and softball — annual visits by The King and His Court, city Little League and Babe Ruth all-stars winning state and regional titles, and regional youth tournaments and minor-league ball at Wahconah Park. It was more than newspaper clippings about fun and games. It was the culture of this place during the baby boom, and how important all kinds of fun — from Winter Carnival coronations to just-for-fun events like a lemon eating contest — were to the growth of its young people. Every item large and small that had to do with the city’s parks and recreation system went into thick scrapbooks, story by story, photo by photo, box score by box score. For years, the results of that effort — 62 scrapbooks spanning 64 years, from 1943 to 2007 — sat gathering dust in a corner of the Springside House, which was for years the Parks Department’s headquarters. But thanks to the vision of a few key city employees, a $25,000 grant and some modern technology, the scissors and tape have given way to a searchable online archive hosted by archive.org . And one name comes up more than any other in those scrapbook pages: the late Vincent Hebert, who led the city parks department for decades, through boom times and budget cuts. “He was a great advocate for parks and for recreation, and for making certain that the City Council knew how important it was to the community,” James McGrath, the city’s park, open space and natural resource program manager, said about the scrapbooks, and Hebert's likely motivation for assuring they were thoroughly kept. James McGrath and Madeline Kelly worked on the project of digitizing the scrapbooks together, in order to preserve the city's history for years to come. Staff at the Berkshire Athenaeum stabilized the long-neglected volumes and their contents according to archival standards, and had them professionally digitized. The result is more than 8,700 online pages of hidden treasures for families, historians and anyone curious about how people lived and played in post-World War II Pittsfield, and how their community newspaper documented that history as it happened. For McGrath, the scrapbooks represent the legacy of Hebert, who served as city parks director from 1950 through 1989. A Quincy native, Hebert came to Pittsfield as its post-war boom began in earnest, and in a way, he's still with us: The arboretum at Springside Park and a city street both bear his name. The programs Hebert established in his decades at the helm and how he used the press to grow and promote those programs and build public support for the parks and recreation department was inspiring and intimidating, McGrath said. McGrath recalls his first day on the job in September 2002 this way: “I was introduced to my office. I was introduced to the staff, and then I was introduced to these scrapbooks. And it was through perusing these scrapbooks that I really became aware of just how important the parks and recreation system is in the city of Pittsfield ... this really helped me understand sort of what my mission was.” The oldest charter members of the Golden Age Club in 1959. And yet, that resource had been neglected. The scrapbooks had been “just sitting in a closet, in old dusty local binders" or "sort of just stacked up," McGrath said. "They were not stored in any kind of appropriate way,” McGrath said. “And in fact, at one point in time, there might have been a leaky roof that damaged a couple of them.” Madeline Kelly, the local history and genealogy department supervisor at the Berkshire Athenaeum, inherited the project from her predecessor, Ann-Marie Harris. “It's interesting to look at the post World War II years and see the activities,” said Madeline Kelly, the local history and genealogy department supervisor at the Berkshire Athenaeum. Kelly oversaw the scrapbook project. “It's interesting to look at the post World War II years and see the activities,” Kelly said. “I think it's interesting to look at the ongoing commitments to the children of the community, to the various celebrations, to the [Halloween] parade.” McGrath said the pages show “the commitment that this city had toward celebrating its children and celebrating the accomplishments and achievements.” And though the Little League box scores are a thing of the past, “youth sports in this community continue to be a big part of who we are.” McGrath took over the parks superintendent role three years after Hebert died, and therefore can only guess why Hebert insisted upon such thorough documentation. But years after his passing, Hebert’s reputation for stewardship of the parks and providing recreation opportunities for residents remain unquestioned. McGrath’s hypothesis? “[Hebert] felt it was critically important to document the activities and events within the park department as a way to increase the mission — meaning when it came time for his department to prove 'here's what we've done,' it was documented in such a way that that he could show anyone ‘here's all of the wonderful things we're involved with, and we need to continue to grow this department,'" McGrath said. It’s also a way to learn a great deal about the community and its traditions, some still in place, some lost to the past. “Jim and I were talking about the fact neither of us are natives, but I've spent most of my adult life here in Pittsfield, and yes, I learned a lot from it,” Kelly said. “I didn't know what a Diaper Derby was.” Hold the phone. The Diaper Derby? Turns out it has nothing to do with actual diapers. “I think there was an appeal put out to young mothers across the city, bring your small baby or crawling baby to the park,” McGrath said. “They would line the babies up, and I think that someone would be on the other side, encouraging the baby, and the first one across the line would win.” The history serves a practical purpose for McGrath when he needs to know the history of how a given park was acquired and developed or what programs it offered. "Even before they were digitized, sure, I would peruse them trying to understand the accuracy of various things I was thinking. But again, now I can search them very quickly and find out information that I may need to know around a certain park.” This page of the park scrapbooks is from 1985 and features winter photographs by Joel Librizzi. The scrapbooks are also an excellent way to head down the rabbit hole of city history. Here’s an example: Plug in a text search for "Mark Belanger" who is arguably the city’s most famous athlete having played 18 Major League Baseball seasons mostly as the Baltimore Orioles' shortstop. The result reveals Belanger can be found in 30 of those 62 scrapbooks, with news going back to his youth baseball days. Mark Belanger, who is arguably the city’s most famous athlete, shows up early in the archives, before he ever played shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles. This clip from 1958 is about his performance in a Babe Ruth championship. Dig in and pick 1970, and there it is, on Page 58: Belanger was the grand marshal of the 1970 Halloween Parade. Or let serendipity be your guide and pick a year, any year, and scroll through. For example: In 1952, years before the Boys & Girls Club built an ice rink, the Parks Department helped build a skating rink behind Pittsfield High where the Generals’ hockey team could play. The Eagle reported it this way: “[The] main problem at the Common, according to Mr. Hebert, was that hockey contests had to be played on a rink surrounded by a recreational skating area. 'This,' he said, 'caused considerable confusion and was dangerous to all skaters.'" This newspaper clip marks the opening of the Pittsfield High School ice rink in 1952. And just when you thought the city’s current issues were brand-new, you’ll find debates that seem very familiar: The future of Wahconah Park, arguments over city spending and its impact on taxes, ideas on how to fix traffic patterns at Park Square, and concerns about vandalism, among them. “I was surprised [that], at one point in time, the city actually had a permanent Christmas tree on Park Square,” McGrath said. “And then it went away, and then we started bringing in the big tree. Yeah. You know, every year there's that tree photo. ... We've done this before.” The pages reflect the rhythm of the seasons, too. Summer came with swim meets, swim lesson announcements and photos of crowded beaches at Onota and Pontoosuc lakes. Fall brought elaborate Halloween parade floats built by General Electric employees and costumed youngsters marching with their schools. Winter meant it was time for speed skating and the Winter Carnival, with portraits of young women hoping to become queen. And in spring, Easter egg hunts inspiring hundreds of children to scamper up the hill at Clapp Park. The city's Winer Carnival in 1973. But someone had to run all this programming. So there are also stories about department personnel hires and promotions, announcements of this summer's park supervisors and City Council deliberations on parks budgets. There’s news about the workers, too: When the former Joan M. Fahey wedded Richard Clemens on Saturday, Oct. 24, 1959, at Saint Agnes Church in Dalton, the wedding announcement was clipped and saved to that year’s scrapbook, because “she was recreation supervisor for the Pittsfield Department of Parks and Recreation for more than a year.” In many ways, it’s also a history of this newspaper, when it was still an afternoon publication produced on Eagle Street that required many more people to report and write the news and then turn that writing into lead type. The city has long had a history of supporting youth sports. This clip from 1960 shows residents lined up along North Street to welcome home a Pittsfield American Legion team. “I see a community newspaper, a city newspaper dedicated to its mission,” Kelly said of how The Eagle covered parks happenings. If a hero emerges from these books, McGrath said, it’s Hebert. “Vin Hebert, I think, was a master at figuring out ways to not only improve the parks, but to get folks in the parks doing great things, and to get people to buy in,” McGrath said. “I really think that was his legacy, and that's one that I am I very humbled by.”Baker Mayfield mocks Tommy DeVito's celebration as the Bucs embarrass the Giants 30-7The stock price rose because of the company's announcement of multiple 'multi-year contract bookings' worth up to $780 million in future revenue, which overshadowed the earnings miss. (Source: 'BlackSky by the numbers' section) BlackSky won a contract with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) worth up to $290 million over five years to monitor global economic and environmental activity and military capability. It also received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to support NASA Earth observation research missions through November 2028, worth up to $476 million. (Source: 'BlackSky by the numbers' section) No, the contracts were awarded to multiple winners, and BlackSky will have to bid against other companies to receive a share of the work. For example, the NGA contract was awarded to 10 separate winners, and the NASA contract was awarded to 8 winners. (Source: 'Caveats and provisos' section) It is unlikely that BlackSky will receive the full amount of the contract awards. As one of multiple winners, the company's actual winnings will likely be a small fraction of the total. (Source: 'BlackSky will grow, but a lot slower than "hyper"' section) According to analysts, BlackSky is not expected to turn a profit before 2027 at the earliest. (Source: 'BlackSky will grow, but a lot slower than "hyper"' section) BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) missed analyst forecasts for both sales and earnings earlier this month, but investors didn't seem to mind very much. Shares of the commercial spy satellite operator actually closed out last week above $8, gaining about 9% from their pre-earnings price. Considering that this space stock missed analyst sales forecasts by more than 18% (sales were $22.5 million rather than the $27.5 million forecast), and missed on earnings, too (losing $0.66 per share instead of just $0.65), investors' enthusiasm for the stock is a little surprising. Maybe more than a little, considering the stock has been relatively unpopular among space investors since conducting a reverse stock split in September. Are You Missing The Morning Scoop? Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free » Ordinarily, the math of "reverse split plus earnings miss equals rising stock price" wouldn't seem to add up. So why is BlackSky stock on the rise these days? BlackSky by the numbers Let's take a closer look at the third-quarter numbers and see if we can find out. Year to date, management pointed out, sales are up 22% at BlackSky. But Q3 in particular seems to have been a weak sales quarter in a strong sales year. Quarterly sales came in just 6% above Q3 2023 levels. (And on the bottom line, BlackSky flipped from a Q3 2023 profit to a Q3 2024 loss.) But not to worry, says management. While BlackSky may have billed only $22.5 million in revenue in Q3, it signed multiple "multi-year contract bookings" and they're worth "up to $780 million" in total, in future revenue. Two of these contracts bear special mention. For "up to" $290 million spread over five years, BlackSky will "monitor global economic and environmental activity and military capability," including "objects of interest such as aircraft, ships, vehicles, and shipping containers," for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). BlackSky also received an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity ( IDIQ ) contract to support NASA Earth observation research missions through November 2028, and this one is worth "up to" $476 million. Add them up, and these two contracts account for $766 million of the $780 million in work BlackSky seems to be saying it won in the quarter. For a company that collected just $107 million in revenue over the past year, that would qualify as real hypergrowth -- a parabolic uptick in sales. Even spread out over five years, $766 million works out to an extra $153 million in annual sales -- more than 140% growth. Caveats and provisos But don't forget to read the fine print. While BlackSky's descriptions of its contract wins sound promising, the company was a bit vague on the details, and about one detail in particular. Specifically: If you examine the contract awards themselves, rather than just the press releases that BlackSky put out about them, or the even more terse summaries in the earnings release, it turns out that both of these contracts were awarded to multiple winners, of which BlackSky was only one. Put another way, BlackSky didn't win hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue -- but merely the right to bid against others for the work. For example, the $290 million NGA award will be divided up among 10 separate winners, including heavyweights such as Airbus , Booz Allen Hamilton , and Maxar Intelligence. Similarly, NASA's gigantic $476 million "Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp Multiple Award contract" names seven other winners in addition to BlackSky. To win a share of the loot, BlackSky must beat out heavyweights such as MDA Geospatial, Planet Labs , and Teledyne . BlackSky will grow, but a lot slower than "hyper" Now, there's every reason to hope BlackSky will be able to successfully bid for and receive a share of the work under both these awards. In particular, the company noted that it's already won at least one NGA award in the past (worth $60 million). But investors expecting BlackSky to get all $766 million of the monies on offer are in for a rude surprise. BlackSky getting all the money on offer, I fear, is probably a pipe dream. As only one among 10 companies bidding on the NGA contract, and one of eight bidding on the NASA contract, BlackSky's actual winnings will almost certainly end up a small fraction of the total -- and could be nothing at all. And as for BlackSky turning an actual profit, even the most optimistic analysts don't see that happening before 2027 at the earliest. 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Maharashtra Chief Minister Suspense: The suspense over the next Maharashtra Chief Minister is near its end as NCP chief Ajit Pawar said that the next CM will be from the BJP and that there will be two deputy chief ministers from other Mahayuti constituents. Mahayuti comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) headed by Ajit Pawar. The state will have one chief minister from BJP and two deputies from other two parties of Mahayuti. Tentatively, the oath taking ceremony will take place on December 5. We have decided to move ahead with a strong vision," Pawar said as quoted by news agency PTI. Earlier, State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule stated on X on Saturday evening that the oath-taking ceremony of the Mahayuti Government in Maharashtra will be held in the presence of Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on December 5 at Azad Maidan. ALSO READ: Hyderabad Weather: Rain Likely Over Next Three Days Across Telangana, Temp To Drop Below 10 Degrees "The oath-taking ceremony of the Mahayuti Government in Maharashtra will be held in the presence of Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 5 PM at Azad Maidan, Mumbai," state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule stated on X on Saturday evening. The remark of state BJP chief comes amid continued suspense over the chief minister pick days after Mahayuti alliance secured a significant victory in the state assembly polls. On Thursday, Shinde and Fadnavis meet Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda to discuss government formation in the state. "The meeting was good and positive. This was the first meeting. We discussed with Amit Shah and JP Nadda...There will be another meeting of the Mahayuti. In this meeting, a decision will be taken about who will be the chief minister. The meeting will be held in Mumbai," Shinde was quoted as saying by ANI. Shinde, the caretaker CM is in his hometown in Satara district amid continuing suspense over his successor. The next meeting is expected to take place on Sunday as the caretaker chief minister is travelling to his native hometown, PTI reported, citing several sources. Earlier, in a press conference, Shinde disclosed that he had no personal ambition and the decision for the CM post will be taken by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. He said that he was happy being the small brother in the state and affirmed that he will not be an obstacle in the formation of the new government. "I cleared my role in the press conference yesterday that there are no obstacles regarding the chief minister of Mahayuti. This 'ladla bhai' has arrived in Delhi, and the 'ladla bhai' is a designation higher than anything else for me," Shinde said before the meeting. ALSO READ: Cyclone Fengal: Landfall Begins, Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Lash Puducherry | Updates The Mahayuti alliance registered a landslide victory in the state assembly polls by registering victory on 230 of the 288 seats in the Assembly. The BJP emerged as the single largest party by winning 132 seats, while the Shiv Sena and NCP secured 57 and 41 seats, respectively. However, the opposition parties are questioning the delay in the government formation in the state even after the thumping victory. (With input from agencies)AP News Summary at 5:42 p.m. EST
Xavier Robinson spoke to the media this week about preparing to face LSU’s defense. You had success on the ground but how helpful is it when Jackson's running like he did on Saturday in terms of helping the offense? Xavier: Yeah, that helps a lot but I mean it really starts with that front five... They did a good job of opening up the gates and just having us make those reads. But with Jackson back there, it really opened up some. Did that first 40 yard carry set the tone for the rest of the night for you? Xavier: I think it was good momentum going in with that run but I always knew I had a good feeling. I know that probably set the momentum for the whole team right there. What are your thoughts on LSU's defense? Xavier: LSU has a great defense especially #40. He’s a great leader on that second level. I see it since I watched the film. It’s going to be a really good game.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield embarrassed the woeful Giants with his arm and legs, and if that wasn't enough, he rubbed it in by mimicking New York fan favorite Tommy DeVito's celebratory dance after scoring a touchdown. Mayfield catapulted into the end zone on a spectacular 10-yard scramble for one of Tampa Bay's four rushing TDs, and the Buccaneers beat the Giants and new starting quarterback DeVito 30-7 on Sunday, snapping a four-game losing streak and extending New York's skid to six. With both teams struggling and coming off byes, most of the focus leading up to the game was on the Giants' decisions this week to bench and then release quarterback Daniel Jones. The brash DeVito was given the starting job and asked to spark coach Brian Daboll's team, as he did last season. Instead, Mayfield provided the energy with his play and his trolling of DeVito. “Tribute to Tommy,” said a straight-faced Mayfield, who was 24 of 30 for 294 yards. “He’s a good dude, that’s why. Most of the times, I don’t know what I’m going to do. It’s spontaneous.” Mayfield was asked several times about the gesture and admitted he wanted to give Giants fans something they liked, adding he met DeVito at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas in February. “He had his chain blinged out, swag walking through the casino. It was awesome,” Mayfield said. “It was like a movie scene, honestly.” DeVito did nothing to help the NFL's lowest-scoring offense. He threw for 189 yards, mostly in the second half with New York well on its way to its sixth straight loss at home, where it is winless. Meanwhile, the Buccaneers dominated in every phase in a near-perfect performance that featured TD runs of 1 yard by Sean Tucker, 6 yards by Bucky Irving and 1 yard by Rachaad White. After recent losses to the Ravens, 49ers and Chiefs, Tampa Bay (5-6) moved within one game of idle Atlanta in the NFC South. “We’re hoping it builds confidence,” Mayfield said. “We have a belief that we are still sitting and controlling our own destiny.” Tampa Bay scored on five of its on first six possessions to open a 30-0 lead, and none was more exciting than Mayfield's TD run with 12 seconds left in the first half. On a second-and-goal from the 10, he avoided pressure and went for the end zone. He was hit by Cor'Dale Flott low and Dru Phillips high around the 2-yard line, and he was airborne when he crossed the goal line. The ball came loose when he hit the turf but he jumped up and flexed, DeVito-style, as the Bucs took a 23-0 lead. DeVito said players talked about the celebration in the locker room but he did not see it. Daboll was asked about the gesture and said Mayfield played well. He said the Giants' poor performance had nothing to do with Jones being released. “No excuse on that,” said Daboll, whose job is on the line despite making the playoffs in 2022. “We just didn’t do a good enough job.” “We played soft, and they beat the (expletive) out of us,” defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence added. Mayfield's favorite target Mike Evans returned to the lineup after missing three games with a hamstring injury and had five catches for 68 yards. Irving had 87 yards rushing and six catches for 64 yards. The Bucs held New York to three first downs and 45 yards in the first half, and they finished with 450 yards to the Giants' 245. DeVito had a 17-yard run in the fourth quarter to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Devin Singletary. The brash New Jersey native was sacked four times, including once in the fourth quarter, which forced him to go to the bench for one play. Buccaneers: LT Tristan Wirfs (knee) did not play and Justin Skule replaced him. ... Tampa Bay lost OLB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka to an ankle injury in the second quarter and safety Jordan Whitehead to a pectoral injury in the fourth quarter. Giants: LT Jermaine Eluemunor (quad) and OLB Azeez Ojulari (toe) were hurt in the first quarter and did not return. Buccaneers: At Carolina next Sunday. Giants: At Dallas on Thanksgiving AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl