Pennsylvania State Police said remains found 51 years ago in a wooded area of Lebanon County have been identified as 14-year-old Ruth Brenneman, of York County, who disappeared after going to school one day. Two game wardens found her body under a tarp and brush on Oct. 10, 1973. The area where the decomposed body was found — near Fort Indiantown Gap — is about 47 miles from where she lived. Lebanon and York counties are located outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. "Ruth was last seen in the beginning of the 1973 school year after she left for school and never returned home. Ruth Brenneman was a young female just shy of her 15 th birthday and known for her long blonde hair. We continue to investigate the circumstances around Ruth Brenneman’s discovery," Sgt. John Lacey said at a Thursday afternoon news conference. Police did not say how she died or whether her death was a homicide. Investigators said the key to identifying Brenneman was genealogy technology that was gathered using her DNA. Brenneman’s family prepared a statement, which Lacey read at the news conference: "The family wishes to extend our gratitude to Trooper Keck and the others on the Pennsylvania State Police team, who worked diligently to identify Ruthie. Their work has provided us with some closure on questions that have lingered for the past 51 years." Police are asking anyone who knew her or has information about her to contact the Pennsylvania State Police Jonestown station at 717-865-5067. You can also call the PSP tip line at 1-800-472-8477. The tips can be anonymous. Over the years, investigators tried various methods to identify the person they then referred to as "Jane Doe." In 2015, police released a bust that was recreated based on her remains. But no family members or friends came forward. In 2016, investigators exhumed "Jane Doe's" body. "We already have a DNA profile. So one of the ideas is they're going to do an isotope test," Pennsylvania State Police Trooper David Beohm told sister station WGAL at the time. Investigators hoped that the isotope test might tell them where she lived. "Anything at this point is more than what we have," Beohm said. "We'll do whatever we can to find out who this person is."Man arrested on allegations he threatened police while livestreaming: Richmond RCMP
Uranium producer Cameco Corp CCJ has encountered volatility in recent sessions thanks to opposing fundamental forces tugging on its shares. On one hand, the stunning rise of cryptocurrencies implies greater energy consumption from blockchain mining. Cynically, this framework should be net positive for Cameco stock and the broader nuclear energy industry. On the other hand, elements such as geopolitical tensions and an overall sense of economic uncertainty have also applied downward pressure on Cameco and other uranium producers recently. Therefore, attempting to guess where the company’s stock may head next appears futile. Instead, it may be better to assume that wherever Cameco goes, it will do so with zest. Currently, the security's price chart shows a broadening formation, also known as a megaphone pattern. Essentially, the price action is charting both a series of higher highs on the upswings and lower lows on the downswing. This formation is notoriously difficult to trade as a directional play. However, the underlying rise in volatility offers an attractive opportunity for a long iron condor. Focusing On Volatility Rather Than Direction Structurally, the long iron condor is a combination of two vertical spreads: a bear put spread and a bull call spread. In the former strategy's case, the idea is to buy a put and simultaneously sell a put (of the same expiration date) at a lower strike price. Should the security drop below the short put strike price, the trader collects the full reward. By logical deduction, the opposite applies for the latter strategy. The idea is to buy a call and simultaneously sell a call at a higher strike price. Should the security rise above the short call strike, the trader fully wins. Partial wins are also achieved for these individual vertical spreads if the security breaches the breakeven threshold. Since the long iron condor combines the bear put and bull call spreads, traders don't care what direction the target security moves to. Rather, the focus is on the magnitude of movement. That's why traders who anticipate a rise in implied volatility often deploy a long iron condor. To put it simply, kinesis is this option strategy's best friend, while stasis is its enemy. Hunting For The Right Condor Since the long iron condor trader profits from rising volatility, all other things being equal, the "narrowest" condors would make the most sense. After all, such structures would easily allow the target security to rise above or fall below the outer strike prices. However, narrow long iron condors generally feature high positional risk (i.e. big money at risk for a small payout) in exchange for the high likelihood of profitability. On the other side of the table, wider long iron condors tempt traders with typically low positional risk (i.e. less money at risk for a big payout) in exchange for the low likelihood of profitability. Such strategies tend to be speculation traps due to the improbability of making money. Therefore, trying to find the balance between risk and reward is key with any multi-leg options strategy, especially the condor. That said, one possible idea to consider is the 52P | 54P || 58C | 60C condor for the options chain expiring Dec. 27, 2024. This is how the trade breaks down individually: Sell the $52 put. Buy the $54 put. Buy the $58 call. Sell the $60 call. Cameco stock, at last check, would need to rise roughly 10% to break above the $60 call strike. On the flipside, CCJ could also drop a little less than 5% to break below the $52 put strike. Given the security's wild undulations, either outcome is within the realm of possibility (and arguably within the realm of probability). Further, because CCJ appears to be suffering a bearish bout, the downside target may be more achievable. However, if bullish momentum materializes, traders enjoy decent "coverage" to the upside as well. Finally, even if traders don't like the 52P | 54P || 58C | 60C condor expiring Dec. 27, the broadening pattern of CCJ stock suggests future volatility-based opportunities. So, keep close tabs on Cameco. Now Read: Wall Street Retreats As Treasuries Suffer Worst Week In Over A Year, Broadcom Soars, Bitcoin Rebounds: What’s Driving Markets Friday? Image courtesy of Cameco © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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The 30 players in the Super Eagles B camp ahead of the 2024 CHAN qualifiers double header against Ghana are expected to be reduced anytime soon as the team intensifies preparations for the crucial matches, The PUNCH reports. Co-handler of the team and Rangers International coach Fidelis Ilechukwu confirmed this to our correspondent on Tuesday. The Nigeria Football Federation has announced a list of 30 stars in the Nigeria Premier Football League for the assignment. “We have 29 players in camp already apart from Ossy Martins who sustained an injury in an accident on his way to the camp,” Ilechukwu told our correspondent. When asked about the possibility of replacing the injured Martins, the coach revealed that it is subject to the pruning exercise which will be done after a series of test games. Related News CHAN qualifiers: Three players absent as Eagles intensify training CHAN qualifiers: Eguavoen invites 30 home-based players for Ghana clash CHAN qualifiers: Eagles to know foes Wednesday “We are looking at what we are going to do. We want to reduce the players and if we are okay with the attacking players, we may not replace or wait for him to be fit. By the weekend, we will know what to do.” The team played one friendly game against Grassrunners FC on Sunday, which they won 1-0. “We have played one, we have one on Wednesday (today) and we will play more this week,” Ilechukwu added. The eighth edition of the continental championship – reserved exclusively for footballers plying their trade with clubs in their country’s domestic leagues and possessing standard contracts – is scheduled to run the length of February 2025 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Nigeria has never won the tournament, having finished third at the 2014 edition in South Africa before losing the final against hosts Morocco four years later.
A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence "dictatorship" is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker's ongoing shift into a for-profit company. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued the artificial intelligence company earlier this year alleging it had betrayed its founding aims as a nonprofit research lab benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. Musk has since escalated the dispute, adding new claims and asking for a court order that would stop OpenAI’s plans to convert itself into a for-profit business more fully. The world's richest man, whose companies include Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X, last year started his own rival AI company, xAI. Musk says it faces unfair competition from OpenAI and its close business partner Microsoft, which has supplied the huge computing resources needed to build AI systems such as ChatGPT. “OpenAI and Microsoft together exploiting Musk’s donations so they can build a for-profit monopoly, one now specifically targeting xAI, is just too much,” says Musk's filing that alleges the companies are violating the terms of Musk’s foundational contributions to the charity. OpenAI is filing a response Friday opposing Musk’s requested order, saying it would cripple OpenAI’s business and mission to the advantage of Musk and his own AI company. A hearing is set for January before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland. At the heart of the dispute is a 2017 internal power struggle at the fledgling startup that led to Altman becoming OpenAI's CEO. Musk also wanted the job, according to emails revealed as part of the court case, but grew frustrated after two other OpenAI co-founders said he would hold too much power as a major shareholder and chief executive if the startup succeeded in its goal to achieve better-than-human AI known as artificial general intelligence , or AGI. Musk has long voiced concerns about how advanced forms of AI could threaten humanity. “The current structure provides you with a path where you end up with unilateral absolute control over the AGI," said a 2017 email to Musk from co-founders Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman. “You stated that you don't want to control the final AGI, but during this negotiation, you've shown to us that absolute control is extremely important to you.” In the same email, titled “Honest Thoughts,” Sutskever and Brockman also voiced concerns about Altman's desire to be CEO and whether he was motivated by “political goals.” Altman eventually succeeded in becoming CEO, and has remained so except for a period last year when he was fired and then reinstated days later after the board that ousted him was replaced. OpenAI published the messages Friday in a blog post meant to show its side of the story, particularly Musk's early support for the idea of making OpenAI a for-profit business so it could raise money for the hardware and computer power that AI needs. It was Musk, through his wealth manager Jared Birchall, who first registered “Open Artificial Technologies Technologies, Inc.”, a public benefit corporation, in September 2017. Then came the “Honest Thoughts” email that Musk described as the “final straw.” “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a nonprofit,” Musk wrote back. OpenAI said Musk later proposed merging the startup into Tesla before resigning as the co-chair of OpenAI's board in early 2018. Musk didn't immediately respond to emailed requests for comment sent to his companies Friday. Asked about his frayed relationship with Musk at a New York Times conference last week, Altman said he felt “tremendously sad” but also characterized Musk’s legal fight as one about business competition. “He’s a competitor and we’re doing well,” Altman said. He also said at the conference that he is “not that worried” about the Tesla CEO’s influence with President-elect Donald Trump. OpenAI said Friday that Altman plans to make a $1 million personal donation to Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. —————————— The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP’s text archives.
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Romanian politicians have voted in favour of a new pro-European coalition government led by incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. The move could usher in an end to a protracted political crisis in the European Union country following the annulment of a presidential election by a top court. Parliament approved the new administration in a 240-143 vote in Romania’s 466-seat legislature. The new coalition is made up of the leftist Social Democratic Party (PSD) the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL), the small ethnic Hungarian UDMR party and national minorities. It caps a month-long period of turmoil in which far-right nationalists made significant gains in a parliamentary election on December 1 a week after a first-round presidential race saw the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu emerge as the front-runner. “It will not be an easy mandate for the future government,” Mr Ciolacu, whose PSD party topped the polls in the parliamentary election, said in a statement. “We are aware that we are in the midst of a deep political crisis,” he said. “It is also a crisis of trust, and this coalition aims to regain the trust of citizens, the trust of the people.” Romania’s 16 ministerial positions will be shared among the parties, which will hold a slim majority in the legislature. It is widely seen as a tactical partnership to shut out far-right nationalists whose voices found fertile ground amid high living costs and a sluggish economy. Mr Ciolacu, who came third in the first-round presidential ballot despite polls indicating he would win the most votes, has served as prime minister since June 2023. After parliament’s approval, President Klaus Iohannis swore in the new government and warned the new Cabinet that it is entering a “difficult new period” in which “for many Romanians, there are major concerns”. Romania was plunged into turmoil after Mr Georgescu’s surprise success in the presidential race, after allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference emerged. Days before the December 8 run-off, the Constitutional Court made the unprecedented move to annul the presidential race. “We go through complicated times, but I think we all learned from mistakes of the past,” Mr Ciolacu said. “I hope that together with my colleagues in the coalition, we’ll find the best solutions to get past the challenges we have in front of us.” Mr Ciolacu said that the new government would aim to quickly organise the rerun of the presidential election in which the new coalition has agreed to put forward an agreed common pro-European candidate. Cristian Andrei, a political consultant based in Bucharest, said that the new government made up of the same political parties will likely embrace “soft populist” rhetoric such as economic patriotism, anti-austerity, and a peace solution in neighbouring Ukraine to counter the rise of far-right populism. “This will be a way to answer the concerns of many Romanians who voted for populists... but will not solve the fundamental problem of trust,” he said. “The only decisive factor now will be who and how convincing the pro-European candidates will be against this popular revolt.” George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, which came second in the parliamentary election, said that all politicians from his party on Monday would vote against the Ciolacu government. In 2021, the PSD and the PNL also formed an unlikely but increasingly strained coalition together with UDMR, which exited the Cabinet last year after a power-sharing dispute.Whether you've got a DIY project you're looking to tackle on the homefront or a more substantial task to handle at a work site, it's likely that Ryobi makes a tool that can help you get the job done. The brand has been making power tools in some capacity since the 1940s , and over the years, it has developed a well-respected and well-reviewed lineup of devices . These days, they're also more readily available to consumers, with Ryobi broadening its distribution channels beyond the shelves of The Home Depot to include the likes of major retailers like Walmart and Amazon. Of course, these days, Ryobi's lineup of tools is so broad that it can be tough to find exactly the tool you need for the job at hand. Complicating matters slightly is the fact that there are also various different platforms within the brand's offerings, each of which is designed to deliver a different range of performance to users. Among those platforms, there is a range of Ryobi tools that bear the ONE+ HP branding. The HP tag on those devices actually does stand for High Performance. And if you were clever enough to crack that code, you likely also realize that Ryobi's HP tools are designed to deliver a different level of power and performance for users. Here's a look at what, exactly, sets Ryobi's HP lineup apart from the brand's non-HP array of tools. As of this writing, the list of HP tools in the Ryobi web store is six pages long. With 12 devices per page, that means there's no shortage of HP-powered products to choose from, with the lineup ranging from drills and saws to yard gear like leaf blowers and lawn mowers. There's even an HP vacuum among the high-tech line of Ryobi gear if you're in the market. There are, of course, a lot more non-HP products available from Ryobi these days, with the brand's full line of tools and equipment now in the hundreds. The question then becomes why you might consider paying a premium for an HP tool. Price is indeed one of the biggest points of separation between Ryobi's HP and non-HP products. For instance, a non-HP SDS Rotary Hammer Drill is currently priced at $119, while the same drill in HP form will set you back $299 . And yes, prices are skewed that way across pretty much the entire range of Ryobi HP devices. You are, however, getting some extra bang for the buck with HP products, in part because they largely utilize optimized, energy-dense brushless motors to deliver increased power and performance, as well as other features that increase power and torque. Perhaps just as important is that Ryobi's HP products deliver increased power and performance without sacrificing battery life. In fact, Ryobi claims the device's microprocessors and IntelliCell technologies help deliver longer battery life than those in the non-HP range. With Ryobi's High Performance line of power tools and yard care devices claiming to deliver noticeable upgrades in power, performance, and battery life, the extra money may prove well worth it if you've got a heavier-duty DIY project on your hands. If you're already a Ryobi ONE+ user with multiple other such devices in your array of power tools and yard gear, there is another good reason to consider investing in a High Performance device, in that their batteries are indeed interchangeable with non-HP devices made by the brand. That should not come entirely as a surprise to ONE+ fans, as Ryobi cleverly conceived the entire lineup to feature interchangeable power sources. As the HP range of devices also bears the ONE+ brand, they will indeed work with batteries that came from non-HP offerings. 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