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jolibet ph ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Gwinnett County man whom medical experts say was wrongly convicted of the shaken-baby murder of his son. The high court on Monday said it will review a Sept. 25 order signed by Superior Court Judge Ronnie Batchelor that denied Danyel Smith’s request for a new trial. Smith’s legal team said scientific advances have led to a major shift in how the medical community diagnoses abusive head trauma — or shaken baby — cases. Earlier this year, Smith’s medical experts testified that 2-month-old Chandler died from natural causes brought on by seizures and a premature birth. In a brief order, a unanimous Supreme Court said it wants to know if Batchelor applied “the appropriate legal framework for deciding extraordinary motions for new trial like Smith’s that are based on new expert analysis of existing physical evidence.” Batchelor’s order, which Smith’s lawyers say is replete with grammatical errors and “clearly erroneous factual determinations,” was written by Gwinnett prosecutors and signed by the judge. The Gwinnett DA’s office had asked the state Supreme Court not to hear Smith’s appeal, saying the case was correctly diagnosed and there is no evidence that “the scientific foundations for this conviction, under the specific facts of this case, have been undermined.” Smith took the stand at his 2003 trial and strongly denied shaking his son to death. Last year, he turned down an offer by Gwinnett prosecutors to plead guilty to the crime in exchange for a sentence of time-served. This will be the second time the state Supreme Court hears an appeal from Smith’s case. In 2022, Batchelor, signing another order prepared by the DA’s office, denied requests by Smith’s lawyers to hold a hearing on his new claims. This would include testimony from medical experts, including an eminent pediatric neurosurgeon, who would say they believe there were reasons other than violent shaking that caused Chandler’s death. But later that year, the state Supreme Court reversed that decision and ordered the hearing to be held. This past spring, Batchelor held the hearings, which included testimony from both defense and prosecution experts, and later denied the request for a new trial. In recent weeks, the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and four dozen forensic science experts, including Innocence Project co-founder Barry Scheck, asked the Supreme Court to hear the latest appeal. The brief filed by the forensic experts said medical and technological advancements show that “outdated and unreliable” evidence was used to secure Smith’s conviction. “We are grateful that the Supreme Court granted review,” said Southern Center for Human Rights attorney Mark Loudon-Brown, a member of Smith’s legal team. “After serving two decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Mr. Smith declined an offer to plead guilty in exchange for his immediate freedom. We now look forward to presenting our case to Georgia’s high court.” Gwinnett DA Patsy Austin-Gatson did not respond to a request for comment.

I'm a Celeb fans slam 'aggressive' Dean McCullough in argument with Alan HalsallBayern manager Kompany bewildered by new Champions League formatTesla CEO Elon Musk took to his social media platform X to unveil his most recent weight loss while using a blood sugar medication . Musk has increasingly entered the public eye since endorsing President-elect Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 5 election. After Trump's victory, he chose Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to run the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency . On Christmas Day, he shared a photo of himself wearing a Santa Claus suit in a joke about the overweight character. The post received over 320,000 likes. "Ozempic Santa," Musk captioned the photo. "Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it." CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Mounjaro is a tirzepatide injectable medication meant to help lower blood sugar. However, it, along with its semaglutide companion Ozempic, has also resulted in weight loss for its users. The Food and Drug Administration has only approved both drugs for treating diabetes. Trump's pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has criticized these GLP-1 drugs for not resolving the root of the obesity problem. However, since the election, Kennedy has toned down his comments on the matter.

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Dolly Parton is working 9 to 5 to cast her musical. The singer, 78; her manager, Danny Nozell; and ATG Productions announced on Thursday that “ Dolly: An Original Musical ” has launched a nationwide casting search. The Broadway show, previously titled “Hello, I’m Dolly,” will follow Parton’s life and career over the decades. The star explained the open casting call and audition process in a video posted to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. “I want to give you the chance to help me bring my story to Broadway — and maybe even play me!” Parton said, encouraging hopefuls to try out for the musical. “This show is a celebration of my music, my life and all the amazing people who’ve been with me along the way,” she continued. “We’re looking for talented performers who can capture the spirit of my journey, whether you’re an experienced theater professional or an undiscovered gem with that little special something.” According to the press release, casting agents are looking for “performers of all ages to portray Parton at different stages of her incredible life.” Applicants must record a one-minute video of themselves singing their favorite Parton song and post it to social media with the tag #SearchForDolly. Applicants must also complete an application form on the musical’s site. Dolly hopefuls have until 11:59 p.m. ET, Jan. 12, 2025, to send in their auditions. The show will then invite any promising applicants to New York City for a formal audition process. Parton’s casting plea comes on the heels of her brother David Parton’s death at 82 last month. Dolly’s sister Stella Parton shared the sad news on social media on Friday, Nov. 15. “My brother David passed away peacefully this morning,” Stella, 75, wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “It’s never easy to say goodbye to a loved one but he got his angel wings and is now at peace. “My brother David was always referred to as sweet David because of his kindness, loyalty and soft spoken demeanor. He was also a US Marine,” Stella wrote in a second tweet. On Facebook , she noted, “It’s never easy to lose a loved one. My wonderful brother David Parton passed in the early hours of the morning.” A follow-up post read, “Thank you for all your kind thoughts to my family as we continue to grieve the loss of our much loved and cherished oldest brother David.” David’s obituary indicated that he passed away at his home in White Pine, Tennessee. His funeral was held shortly afterward, at Leadvale Baptist Church. Parton has yet to publicly comment on her brother’s passing. David was a retired bridge builder superintendent for Simpson Construction. He worked on the bridges in the Kingsport, Johnson City and Knoxville areas. David was the second-oldest of the 11 Parton kids. His living brothers and sisters include Willadeene, 84; Coy, 81; Dolly; Robert Jr., 76; Stella, Cassie; 73, Freida, 67; and Rachel, 65. Three of the Parton siblings, Randy, Larry and Floyd, predeceased him. Dolly Parton did comment on the passing of Randy, from cancer at age 67 in 2021. “The family and I are grieving his loss, but we know he is in a better place than we are at this time,” the country icon wrote in her Facebook statement. “We are a family of faith, and we believe that he is with God and that he is joined by members of the family that have gone on before and have welcomed him with joy and open arms.”Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report alleges

Alabama flips RB Jace Clarizio from Michigan StateFrom avocados to tea, certain goods could be more expensive to buy, or harder to find, in grocery stores if President-elect Donald Trump's tariff plan proceeds once he takes office in January. Trump announced on Monday that he will use executive orders to implement a 25% tariff, which is a tax or fee, on all imported goods from Mexico and Canada , and a 10% tariff against China. The president-elect said in a post on Truth Social the tariff would hold until the neighboring nations curb the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs like fentanyl into the U.S. "Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem," Trump wrote. The impact of Trump's tariffs could be detrimental to low-income shoppers and grocery chains that depend on imported goods, whether for business purposes or survival. Here are some grocery store items that could be affected by Trump's tariffs. What grocery store items from China could be impacted by Trump's tariffs? China is responsible for nearly 78% of U.S. vitamin imports come directly from China, which dominates the global production of key vitamins (B1, B3, B7, B12, D3 and K), according to the American Feed Industry Association . According to Trading Economics and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), some common items imported to the U.S. from China that could be affected by Trump's tariff plan include: What grocery store items from Mexico could be impacted by Trump's tariffs? In 2022, Mexico exported $421 billion to the U.S., with the main products being computers ($36.8 billion), cars ($34.1 billion) and motor vehicle parts and accessories ($31.8 billion), Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC) said. Some grocery store items also make their way over to the states. According to Trading Economics and the (OEC), items imported to the U.S. from Mexico that could be affected by Trump's tariff plan include: What grocery store items from Canada could be impacted by Trump's tariffs? In 2022, Canada exported $438 billion to the U.S., with the main products being crude petroleum ($117 billion), cars ($27 billion) and petroleum gas ($22.4 billion), the OEC said. According to the Bureau of Industry and Security and Trading Economics , the main grocery store items that are imported from the U.S. to Canada, and could be affected by Trump's tariff plan, include: Contributing: Savannah Kuchar & Michael Collins, USA TODAYUN Resolution 1701 is at the heart of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal. What is it?

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There is a fierce debate in the United States and among its allies about the impacts of export controls, and nowhere is that debate more heated than in the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry. Too often, however, this debate occurs without any grounding in real-world data or relevant historical Chinese policy context. This paper seeks to provide some of that grounding through a combination of Chinese policy document analysis and new financial and market share data for leading semiconductor equipment firms in China, the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands. What follows are a set of 10 key judgments based on the author’s analysis. 1. China’s ambitions for eliminating dependence on foreign semiconductor manufacturing equipment started long before America’s expanded usage of technology export controls. The first and most important argument among critics of U.S. export controls is that they weaken U.S. technology leadership by incentivizing China to eliminate U.S. technology from its semiconductor supply chain. However, reducing dependence on foreign semiconductor and semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers was official Chinese policy before the Trump administration’s April 2018 export controls restricting sales of U.S.-designed chips to ZTE, a Chinese telecommunications firm, launched the new era of semiconductor export controls. “ The Roadmap of Major Technical Domains for Made in China 2025 ,” which was published in September 2015 and covered semiconductors and other sectors, included goals such as “replacement of imports with Chinese-made products basically achieved in key industries” by 2025. It set specific targets and deadlines for the degree of market share that Chinese companies were supposed to reach and by what date. Targets for the semiconductor manufacturing equipment sector include the following: As the Made in China 2025 technical document roadmap stated , “meeting domestic market demand, improving the self-sufficiency rate of integrated circuit products, meeting national security needs, and occupying the strategic product market have always been the greatest demand and driving force for the development of the integrated circuit industry.” Even earlier policies, though less well resourced, sought to dramatically reduce use of foreign semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. For example, the 2006 “Medium Long Range Plan for the Development of Science and Technology” explicitly called for self-sufficiency in semiconductor technologies and initiated so-called “mega projects” to drive toward that goal. For more than a decade, China’s government has provided lavish subsidies in the form of tax breaks, free land, government grants, and equity infusions to a number of Chinese semiconductor equipment companies. Naura, one of China’s leading domestic semiconductor manufacturing equipment companies received $1.3 billion in state support in 2021, even before the imposition of the Biden administration’s export controls. AMEC, another leading Chinese semiconductor equipment company, received a similar equity investment from the “Big Fund” in 2015. Simply put, China’s goal of semiconductor equipment industry localization and robust policy support predated any modern effort to impose meaningful export controls on China’s chip fabrication capabilities. 2. There is not a simple relationship between export controls and China’s rate of technological progress. China’s greatest progress came in sectors with no export controls. A September 2024 analysis by Bernstein Research , an equity research firm, included a review of China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency goals from the 2015 roadmap and found that “China has made impressive progress and likely will beat the ‘Made in China 2025’ targets for integrated circuit (IC) Design and Manufacturing, but may miss the goals for IC equipment and Materials.” As the Bernstein analysis shows, the rate of China’s progress toward self-sufficiency is best predicted by the market and technological complexities of each semiconductor market segment, not by the extent to which export controls were applied. It is certainly not the case that the segments in which China has made the most progress—or even devoted the most resources—are the areas in which the United States has applied export controls most forcefully. That there is not a simple relationship between export controls and China’s technological progress should be obvious given that China has made rapid progress in other technological domains—such as solar cells and electric vehicles (EVs)—where the United States applied no export controls and in some cases actively supported the rise of a Chinese supply chain. The United States applied no export controls in the case of the equipment used to manufacture silicon solar cells, yet today China dominates both production of solar cells and production of the equipment used to make them. This equipment is in many ways similar to (though less sophisticated than) the equipment used to make and process silicon wafers for semiconductors. In fact, one Chinese company, Naura, is a domestic leader in both manufacturing equipment for both solar cells and semiconductors. The biggest difference in Chinese outcomes between those two industries is not the presence or absence of export controls but the far greater technological complexity of producing semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The EV maker Tesla made a major push into Chinese manufacturing in late 2018, launching deep partnerships with many local Chinese suppliers, such as battery-maker CATL. As a November 2024 commentary in a major Chinese state-run newspaper stated : "Tesla’s rapid growth in sales, fueled by its technological and branding advantages and backed by China’s massive consumer market, has driven the rapid development of upstream and downstream supply chains. Today, the localization rate of parts for Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory exceeds 95%, with more than 60 suppliers integrated into Tesla’s global supply chain." The Chinese EV supply chain, which Tesla helped dramatically increase in both scale and technological sophistication, is now also supplying Tesla’s competitors . Defections of Tesla-trained skilled employees are also a challenge. An April 2024 New York Times report claimed that most of Tesla’s early Chinese employees now work at competing Chinese firms. In a January Tesla earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said “The Chinese car companies are the most competitive car companies in the world. . . . Frankly, I think if there are not trade barriers established, they will pretty much demolish most other companies in the world.” The point here is not to suggest with unwarranted certainty that export controls would have definitively prevented China’s rise in the solar and EV industries. Rather, it is to caution the reader against relying too heavily on cursory anecdotal evidence to reach conclusions about when export controls do or do not work and what the counterfactual outcome would have been if export controls were or were not applied. Much depends upon the state of the global market landscape, the complexity of the controlled technology, the current technological sophistication of the targeted country, the design of the export control regulations, and the robustness of the controls’ implementation and enforcement. Only a detailed analysis can hope to reach anything approaching insight. 3. Semiconductor export controls—as implemented thus far—have in different ways and at different times both helped and hindered Chinese firms. Just as foreign firms have supported Chinese competitor growth in solar cells and EVs in the absence of export controls, so have they done in semiconductor manufacturing. The major semiconductor manufacturing equipment providers all have major service businesses, where, among other things, they train customer companies on how to get the most out of their equipment. Prior to the October 2022 changes in U.S. export controls, this could include assisting with the facility planning, installation, repairs, and operational troubleshooting of equipment as part of advanced chip manufacturing operations. Industry sources told CSIS that this sometimes included contract research and development (R&D) of advanced node semiconductor process technology on behalf of or in partnership with Chinese clients. At least as of November 2024, this is still legal in the case of providing support to Chinese legacy chip manufacturing operations. By contrast, earlier U.S. export controls meaningfully reversed progress in some segments of the Chinese semiconductor sector, such as NAND memory manufacturing and smartphone chip design , though the durability of those setbacks, even if temporary, will depend on many factors. More recent export controls have also made life harder in many ways for Chinese semiconductor equipment firms, who can no longer legally obtain U.S. subcomponents or technical expertise. Thus, it is simply wrong to say that export controls always, in isolation, accelerate Chinese technological indigenization and that making it easier for U.S. firms to export will always slow Chinese indigenization. At the same time, it is unambiguously the case that the United States’ use of semiconductor export controls, beginning with ZTE in April 2018, made a massive impression on both political and corporate leaders in China. Speeches at the time by Chinese leadership, including General Secretary Xi Jinping , indicate that ZTE was viewed as a turning point and justified China’s aggressive pursuit of “self-reliance” in science and technology. Pony Ma, the chairman of Tencent, one of China’s largest technology firms, said in May 2018, “The recent ZTE incident made us see clearly that no matter how advanced our mobile payment is, without mobile devices, without microchips and operating systems, we can’t compete competently.” The evidence goes beyond talk to specific actions. China made significant changes to its semiconductor policy in the years following ZTE, and China’s central government directed local governments to “do everything in their power” to promote the semiconductor sector. Some Chinese companies also took drastic measures to respond after ZTE. For example, Nikkei Asia reported that Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC)—one of China’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturers—began a full-blown de-Americanization campaign in 2019 involving the full-time work of more than 800 staff (both YMTC and its suppliers). This included the establishment of multiple new major partnerships with domestic Chinese equipment producers. Of note, at the time when YMTC began this de-Americanization initiative, no significant U.S. export controls applied to the company. YMTC began their work based on fear of future controls, not the reality of current ones. Combined, this provides strong evidence that the export controls did increase the desire of both the Chinese government and Chinese companies to increase the capabilities of local semiconductor equipment providers, but that is not the same thing as saying that export controls caused accelerated indigenization, which depends upon more than just desire. 4. The Biden administration’s 2022 export controls strengthened a policy approach to semiconductor equipment controls that began in 2019 during the first Trump administration. As with chip export controls, the first Trump administration launched the U.S. government’s modern approach to semiconductor manufacturing equipment export controls. According to reporting by Reuters , the U.S. government successfully persuaded the Dutch government in July 2019 to cancel the export license of EUV lithography equipment to SMIC, China’s most advanced logic chip foundry. In December 2020, SMIC was added to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List, prohibiting the company from buying certain kinds of U.S. equipment, specifically, “items uniquely required for production of semiconductors at advanced technology nodes (10 nanometers and below, including extreme ultraviolet technology).” In October 2022, the Biden administration significantly expanded U.S. export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, including not only Entity List and end-use restrictions but also some country-wide export controls that applied to China as a whole (including a use of the U.S. persons rule). Just as importantly, the Biden administration made some of these controls more multilateral in nature, engaging Japan and the Netherlands to overhaul their export control policies for advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Even though these controls did not entirely align with U.S. controls, this was important to ensure that Dutch and Japanese companies did not provide China with alternative sources for the items that the United States was no longer willing to sell. 5. Chinese semiconductor equipment firms started very small but have grown rapidly. However, this rapid growth occurred both before and after export controls and took place during a period of massive Chinese equipment demand growth. China’s domestic semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry has long been both small and technologically inferior to the global state of the art. To understand the growth trajectory of the Chinese semiconductor manufacturing equipment sector, CSIS gathered market data on how China’s global semiconductor manufacturing equipment market share has changed over time across both supply and demand (see Table 1).

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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are shutting down CeeDee Lamb with two games remaining after their 2023 All-Pro receiver spent the second half of the season dealing with a sprained right shoulder. The team said Thursday that additional exams revealed enough damage to keep Lamb off the field Sunday at Philadelphia and in the final game at home against Washington. The team said surgery was not expected to be required. Dallas was eliminated from playoff contention a few hours before last weekend's 26-24 victory over Tampa Bay . The decision on Lamb means the Cowboys will finish the regular season with at least five former Pro Bowlers on injured reserve. Among the others are quarterback Dak Prescott, who was limited to eight games before a season-ending hamstring tear, and right guard Zack Martin. The seven-time All-Pro made it through 10 games before deciding on season-ending ankle surgery. Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence didn't playing after Week 4 because of a foot injury, and cornerback Trevon Diggs battled a variety of injuries while playing 11 games before a knee injury ended his season. Lamb initially injured his right shoulder when it hit the turf hard twice in a 27-21 loss at Atlanta on Nov. 3. He kept playing and had at least 100 yards in each of his last two games — both victories — before getting shut down. The 25-year-old Lamb sat out the entire offseason and preseason in a contract dispute after getting career highs in catches (an NFL-best 135), yards receiving (club-record 1,749) and touchdowns (12) in 2023. The holdout finally ended with a $136 million, four-year extension in late August, but neither the Cowboys nor their star receiver could get that production going again this season. Dallas (7-8) is missing the playoffs for the first time since 2020, Lamb's rookie year. Lamb finishes the season with 101 catches for 1,194 yards and six TDs. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL The Associated PressIan Schieffelin came within two assists of a triple-double and Clemson handed Penn State its first loss with a 75-67 decision for the championship of the Sunshine Slam tournament Tuesday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Schieffelin finished with 18 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists for the Tigers (6-1), leading four players in double figures. Chase Hunter added 17 points, while Chauncey Wiggins scored 14 and reserve Del Jones chipped in 10 points. Clemson sank 9 of 19 3-pointers, converted 16 of 20 free throws and was able to limit the impact of the Nittany Lions' full-court pressure. The Tigers committed just 13 turnovers, helping them hold Penn State (6-1) to less than 85 points for the first time this year. Ace Baldwin starred in defeat with game highs of 20 points and 11 assists, while center Yanic Konan Niederhauser added 14 points. Nick Kern came off the bench to score 11 but Penn State was outscored 15-2 on the fast break and made just 4 of 18 attempts from 3-point range. Schieffelin came up big down the stretch, assisting on a 3-pointer by Jaeden Zackery with 6:04 left that made it 65-61. Then he made two foul shots and tossed in a jump hook from the lane to up the margin to 71-66 with 1:03 left. The big storyline going into this game was which team would be able to control the pace. Penn State came in averaging 96 ppg, while Clemson demonstrated its ability to enforce a slower tempo in March, advancing to a regional final in the NCAA Tournament. In the first 10 minutes of the game, the Tigers made the Nittany Lions play at a crawl, opening up a 17-10 advantage when Schieffelin converted a short hook in the lane. But Penn State answered with an 18-4 run over nearly six minutes, establishing a 28-21 lead when Kern shook free for a layup. Clemson rallied with nine straight points but the Nittany Lions had the last say as Baldwin converted a layup with 24 seconds left, cutting the Tigers' edge to 38-36 at halftime. --Field Level Media