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Lance Terry scored a game-high 22 points, helping lead Georgia Tech to a 92-49 rout of visiting Alabama A&M on Saturday in Atlanta. Javian McCollum added 18 points, while Jaeden Mustaf chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds, as Georgia Tech (6-7) won its second game in three outings. Baye Ndongo had 10 points for the Yellow Jackets, who shot 54.1 percent (33 of 61) from the field and made 10 of 21 (47.6 percent) on 3-pointers. AC Bryant and Bilal Abdur-Rahman each led the Bulldogs (4-9) with 11 points. Alabama A&M managed to shoot just 20.8 percent (15 of 72) from the field en route to its sixth straight loss. After London Riley's 3-pointer cut the Bulldogs' deficit to 16-15, McCollum's triple began a 12-0 scoring run, extending Georgia Tech's lead to 28-15 with 5:30 remaining in the opening half. Bryant's layup stopped the Yellow Jackets' run, but McCollum scored five straight points to push Georgia Tech's advantage to 15 at the 4:13 mark. The lead expanded to 18 points before Quincy McGriff's layup trimmed the Bulldogs' deficit to 16. Terry's back-to-back triples jump-started a 12-3 run to close the first half with Georgia Tech ahead 50-25. McCollum led all scorers with 18 first-half points, while McGriff led Alabama A&M with seven. Ndongo's dunk to open the second half started a 10-1 Georgia Tech run, stamped with Duncan Powell's triple with 17 minutes left to push the Yellow Jackets' lead to 60-26. After Angok Anyang knocked down a pair of free throws for the Bulldogs, Terry's fourth triple was followed by Naithan George's layup, extending Georgia Tech's lead to 68-35 with 11:49 left. Jaylen Colon and Terry then traded triples, before Georgia Tech's 13-6 spurt was stamped with Ndongo's layup at the 3:33 mark, giving the Yellow Jackets an 84-44 edge. Georgia Tech's dominant day was stamped with baskets from a pair of Yellow Jacket walk-ons, as Emmers Nichols and Marcos San Miguel each tallied their first career points in the closing minutes. --Field Level MediaWhen Christ Church Santa Fe needed someone to lead its youth programs, Joni Brenneisen applied because she was convinced no one was better qualified for this high-energy, full-time role. It mattered little to Joni that she had zero seminary training. And with all due respect to Mark Twain’s mind over matter musings, let’s just say Joni didn’t fit the target audience demographic. The pastors at Christ Church gently said no. It might be the only time that Joni has been denied. Instead, they released Joni into the Santa Fe community. They gave her the title of faithful presence coordinator. The job description probably is one sentence and reads: GO BE JONI. There are many wonderful, go-getters in our community. But you’ll find few as positively pushy and relentlessly resourceful as Joni. More importantly, she teaches everyone to get involved personally with problems that may never go away. Backpacks in bright colors smothered the floor. Gallon-sized, plastic food bags formed a makeshift mound on a tiny table. In another corner were shoe boxes, neatly stacked on metal shelves. “Take a shoe box. Take two,” she says. I didn’t respond, instead pivoting to the question of why we were standing in a small, stuff-filled fire station no longer in use. “So, what do you need? Why are we here?” I recall saying. Joni wore a vintage Mickey Mouse cap. One of the backpacks filled with kid goodies had a smiling Minnie Mouse. But this wasn’t a Disney moment. My questions perplexed Joni in the way we all get when searching for the right words. The Santa Fe New Mexican wrote about Joni nearly two years ago in a story entitled “Faithful presence coordinator’s tireless cheer and work brighten days for some in Santa Fe.” Former reporter Michael Tashji’s opening paragraphs explains how a retired business owner who sold Hallmark cards became the caretaker of a nondescript, one-garage fire station: Then-Santa Fe Fire Department Chief Paul Babcock walked into Christ Church Santa Fe one day (in the summer of 2021), rattled a set of keys and told Joni Brenneisen she could have them. “He gave me Fire Station No. 6,” said Brenneisen, who organizes community aid programs from the decommissioned station — including food and clothes for the needy, sleeping bags for the homeless, running shoes to Native American children and backpacks full of school supplies to students. Such a smart move by city leaders. From this neighborhood bureau affectionately known as Joni's Fire Station No. 6, first responders and community connectors drop by to pick up food or other items for those who can’t get immediate help anywhere else. Clothes and shoes for women hang out in one room, suits for men in another, and backpacks and toys for children spread everywhere. And there are those shoe boxes. This column isn’t necessarily about Joni, although she makes a compelling storyline. So many good folks step up daily to help neighbors in need. Spend time with The New Mexican’s 10 Who Make a Difference section and be humbled by the extraordinary volunteerism in our communities. Or perhaps you witnessed the smiles on Saturday when La Fonda Foundation held a family resource summit for hospitality workers in need, offering food, immunizations, connections to assistance programs, and a visit from Santa Claus. Or notice how the Empty Stocking Fund grows daily with contributions meant to help individuals living within 50 miles of Santa Fe with rent payments, bills, and other vital needs. ( The New Mexican has been a longtime supporter of the Empty Stocking Fund and publishes a list of donors throughout December.) Joni asked again. Would I take a shoe box? That’s when I realized the problem wasn’t Joni being persistent. Writing a check? Yeah, that’s easy. Reaching out to someone needing help? That takes a personal commitment. I took a shoe box. Inside was a large jar of soup, a package of cooked rice and other personal items. On the short drive from Fire Station No. 6 to the office, my strategically spinning mind wondered what to do next. Within minutes of parking, I found someone who recognized the importance of the shoe box. There was no ceremony. No staff photographer or even a selfie to capture my sudden burst of humanity. Just a quick exchange and a slight nod. Maybe the lesson here is we all can GO BE JONI. Maybe Joni’s well-worn cap is a motif and message. How, by getting out of our comfort zone, we can make it a small world after all.U.S. stock indexes drifted lower in the runup to the highlight of the week for the market, the latest update on inflation. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Tuesday and marked its first back-to-back losses in three weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite also fell 0.3%. Oracle dragged on the market after reporting weaker growth than analysts expected. Treasury yields rose in the bond market ahead of Wednesday’s inflation report, which will be among the final big pieces of data before the Federal Reserve’s meeting on interest rates next week. On Tuesday: The S&P 500 fell 17.94 points, or 0.3%, to 6,034.91. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 154.10 points, or 0.3%, to 44,247.83. The Nasdaq composite fell 49.45 points, or 0.3%, to 19,687.24. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 10.06 points, or 0.4%, to 2,382.77. For the week: The S&P 500 is down 55.36 points, or 0.9%. The Dow is down 394.69 points, or 0.9%. The Nasdaq is down 172.53 points, or 0.9%. The Russell 2000 is down 26.22 points, or 1.1%. For the year: The S&P 500 is up 1,265.08 points, or 26.5%. The Dow is up 6,558.29 points, or 17.4%. The Nasdaq is up 4,675.89 points, or 31.1%. The Russell 2000 is up 355.70 points, or 17.5%.
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Syrian government forces have lost control of Daraa city, a war monitor said, in another stunning blow for President Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebels wrested other key cities from his grip. Daraa was dubbed "the cradle of the revolution" early in Syria's civil war, after activists accused the government of detaining and torturing a group of boys for scribbling anti-Assad graffiti on their school walls in 2011. While Aleppo and Hama, the two other main cities taken from government control in recent days, fell to an Islamist-led rebel alliance, Daraa fell to local armed groups, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Local factions have taken control of more areas in Daraa province, including Daraa city... they now control more than 90 percent of the province, as regime forces successively pulled out," the Britain-based Observatory said late Friday, which relies on a network of sources around Syria. Daraa province borders Jordan. Despite a truce brokered by Assad ally Russia, it has been plagued by unrest in recent years, with frequent attacks, clashes and assassinations. Syria's civil war, which began with Assad's crackdown on democracy protests, has killed more than 500,000 people and forced more than half the population to flee their homes. Never in the war had Assad's forces lost control of so many key cities in such a short space of time. Since a rebel alliance led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched its offensive on November 27, the government has lost second city Aleppo and subsequently Hama in central Syria. The rebels were on Friday at the gates of Homs, Syria's third city, as the government pulled out its troops from Deir Ezzor in the east to redeploy towards to the centre. In an interview published on Friday, the leader of HTS, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, said the aim of the offensive was to overthrow Assad. "When we talk about objectives, the goal of the revolution remains the overthrow of this regime. It is our right to use all available means to achieve that goal," Jolani told CNN. HTS is rooted in the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. Proscribed as a terrorist organisation by Western governments, it has sought to soften its image in recent years. According to Fabrice Balanche, a lecturer at France's Lumiere Lyon 2 university, HTS now controls 20,000 square kilometres (more than 7,700 square miles) of territory, nearly seven times as much as it did before the offensive started. As the army and its Iran-backed militia allies pulled out of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, Kurdish-led forces said they crossed the Euphrates and took control of the territory that had been vacated. The Observatory said government troops and their allies withdrew "suddenly" from the east and headed towards the oasis town of Palmyra on the desert road to Homs. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, who are backed by the United States, expressed readiness for dialogue with both Turkey and the rebels, saying the offensive heralded a "new" political reality for Syria. The rebels launched their offensive the same day a ceasefire took effect in neighbouring Lebanon in the war between Israel and Hezbollah. The Lebanese militant group has been an important Assad ally, alongside Russia and Iran. Turkey, which has backed the opposition, said it would hold talks with Russia and Iran in Qatar this weekend. Ahead of the talks, the top diplomats of Iran, Iraq and Syria met in Baghdad, where Syria's Bassam al-Sabbagh accused the government's enemies of seeking to "redraw the political map". Iran's Abbas Araghchi pledged to provide Assad's government with "whatever (support) is needed". In Homs, scene of some of the war's deadliest violence, tens of thousands of members of Assad's Alawite minority were fleeing, fearing the rebels' advance, residents and the Britain-based Observatory said. Syrians who were forced out of the country years ago by the initial crackdown on the revolt were glued to their phones as they watched current developments unfold. "We've been dreaming of this for more than a decade," said Yazan, a 39-year-old former activist who now lives in France. Asked whether he was worried about HTS's Islamist agenda, he said: "It doesn't matter to me who is conducting this. The devil himself could be behind it. What people care about is who is going to liberate the country." On the other side of the sectarian divide, Haidar, 37, who lives in an Alawite-majority neighbourhood, told AFP by telephone that "fear is the umbrella that covers Homs now". The army shelled the advancing rebels as Syrian and Russian aircraft struck from the skies. At least 20 civilians, including five children, were killed in the bombardment, the war monitor added. At least 826 people, mostly combatants but also including 111 civilians, have been killed since the offensive began last week, according to the Observatory's figures, while the United Nations said the violence has displaced 280,000 people. Many of the scenes witnessed in recent days would have been unimaginable earlier in the war. In Hama, an AFP photographer saw residents set fire to a giant poster of Assad on the facade of city hall. "Our joy is indescribable, and we wish this for every honourable Syrian to experience these happy moments that we have been deprived of since birth," said Hama resident Ghiath Suleiman. Online footage verified by AFP showed residents toppling a statue of Assad's father Hafez, under whose brutal rule the army carried out a massacre in the city in the 1980s. Aron Lund, a fellow of the Century International think tank, called the loss of Hama "a massive, massive blow to the Syrian government". Should Assad lose Homs, it wouldn't mean the end of his rule, Lund said, but "with no secure route from Damascus to the coast, I'd say it's over as a credible state entity". bur-ser/rsc
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