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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks took a bumpy path to sole possession of first place in the NFC West. featured several special teams miscues, including a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by New York. On the flip side, the Seahawks got their second pick-6 in as many weeks and just enough production by Geno Smith and the offense. The Seahawks' uneven performance was characteristic of a season in which they started 3-0, then lost five of six before winning another three in a row to take command of their underachieving division. Seattle (7-5) leads Arizona by one game, with a matchup against the Cardinals looming next weekend. Zach Charbonnet gave Seattle its first lead of the day on an 8-yard touchdown run with 5:37 to go, and the Seahawks' defense capped another strong outing with a game-sealing stop on fourth down. After a sack by Leonard Williams gave the Jets a fourth-and-15 at the 34-yard line, Aaron Rodgers threw a desperation pass to Garrett Wilson that fell incomplete, giving Seattle the ball with 33 seconds left. Williams is on a tear. After losing out on NFC defensive player of the week honors last week to teammate Coby Bryant despite 2 1/2 sacks and four quarterback hits, “Big Cat” had an even better game. Williams finished with two sacks, three tackles for loss, a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown that was the longest pick-6 in NFL history by a defensive lineman, and a blocked extra point. The touchdown was the first of Williams’ career. He became since 1982 with multiple sacks, an interception return for a touchdown and a blocked kick in a game. Maybe this week the league will agree he was the NFC's best defender. The special teams could not have been much worse in the first half. The Seahawks fumbled three kickoffs, losing two, and allowed Kene Nwangwu's 99-yard kickoff return for a TD. Dee Williams fumbled on a kickoff in the first quarter to give New York the ball at the 27-yard line, and four plays later, Rodgers hit Isaiah Davis for a touchdown to give the Jets a 14-0 lead. Laviska Shenault Jr. muffed two kicks and fumbled at the Seattle 38-yard line in the second quarter. Seattle also had an extra point blocked. Smith led his third game-winning drive of the season and his 11th since he became Seattle’s starting quarterback in 2022. Facing the team that drafted him in 2013, Smith went 20 of 31 for 206 yards and a touchdown. For the first time in five weeks, he was not intercepted. The Seahawks trailed by 14 points on two occasions, but Smith brought Seattle back while avoiding the untimely picks that dogged him recently. He threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Barner in the second quarter, and led the Seahawks on a go-ahead nine-play, 71-yard touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter. Coach Mike Macdonald and his staff have to address the problem with their kick returners, Shenault and Dee Williams. Two lost fumbles and several muffs could have easily cost Seattle the game. WR DK Metcalf left the game briefly with a knee issue but returned. ... P Michael Dickson was unavailable in the fourth quarter because of back spasms. 38 — The Seahawks decided to go for it on fourth-and-6 at their own 33-yard line with 9:34 left in the game. A primary reason was that Dickson was unavailable to punt because of back spasms. The Jets were flagged for having 12 men on the field after sending a punt returner out, which gave Seattle fourth-and-1 at the 38. The Seahawks got a first down after Jets cornerback Quantez Stiggers was flagged for pass interference on Metcalf, and eight players later, Charbonnet scored to put Seattle ahead. Without going for it on fourth down from their own 38, the Seahawks likely would’ve lost. The Seahawks will seek a season sweep of the Cardinals. AP NFL:
CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 22, 2024-- NUBURU, Inc. (“NUBURU” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: BURU), a leading innovator in high-power and high-brightness industrial blue laser technology, today announced it has received a notice of non-compliance (the “NYSE Notice”) from the staff of the NYSE American Market (the “Exchange”) indicating that the Company has become noncompliant with the continued listing standard set forth in Section 803B(2)(c) of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”), since the Company’s Audit Committee is no longer comprised of at least two independent directors, as a result of the recent resignation of an independent director from the Company’s Board of Directors. The NYSE Notice stated that, pursuant to Section 803B(6)(b) of the Company Guide, the Company has until the earlier of its next annual meeting of stockholders or one year from the occurrence of the event that caused the failure to comply with the audit committee composition requirements to regain compliance with the continued listing standards; provided that, if the annual meeting of stockholders occurs no later than 75 days following the event that caused the failure to comply, the Company will instead have 75 days from such event to regain compliance. As a result, the Company has until January 4, 2025 to regain compliance. The Board is undertaking a process to identify two independent directors to join the Board within the permitted time frame. The NYSE Notice does not have any immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock on the Exchange, which remains trading under the trading symbol “BURU”. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be able to regain compliance with the continued listing standard discussed above in the permitted time frame. About NUBURU Founded in 2015, NUBURU, Inc. (NYSEAM: BURU) is a developer and manufacturer of industrial blue lasers that leverage fundamental physics and high-brightness, high-power design to produce higher quality welds and parts at a faster rate than current lasers can produce for laser welding and additive manufacturing of copper, gold, aluminum and other industrially important metals. NUBURU’s industrial blue lasers produce minimal to defect-free welds at a rate that is up to eight times faster than traditional welding methods — all with the flexibility inherent to laser processing. For more information, please visit www.nuburu.net . 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ATLANTA (AP) — Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law. The president pardoned Hunter Biden late Sunday evening, reversing his previous pledges with a grant of clemency that covers more than a decade of any federal crimes his son might have committed. The 82-year-old president said in a statement that his son’s prosecution on charges of tax evasion and falsifying a federal weapons purchase form were politically motivated. “He believes in the justice system, but he also believes that politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who along with Biden and other White House officials insisted for months that Hunter Biden would not get a pardon. That explanation did not satisfy some Democrats, angry that Biden’s reversal could make it harder to take on Trump, who has argued that multiple indictments and one conviction against him were a matter of Biden and Democrats turning the justice system against him. “This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrote of Biden on the social media platform X. “When you become President, your role is Pater familias of the nation,” the governor continued, a reference to the president invoking fatherhood in explaining his decision. “Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President’s son.” Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., said on X: “This wasn’t a politically motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies and was convicted by a jury of his peers.” Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet said Biden “put personal interest ahead of duty” with a decision that “further erodes Americans’ faith that the justice system is fair and equal for all.” Michigan Sen. Gary Peters said the pardon was “an improper use of power” that erodes faith in government and “emboldens others to bend justice to suit their interests.” Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., called the pardon “understandable” if viewed only as the “action of a loving father.” But Biden’s status as “our nation’s Chief Executive,” the senator said, rendered the move “unwise.” Certainly, the president has Democratic defenders who note Trump’s use of presidential power to pardon a slew of his convicted aides, associates and friends, several for activities tied to Trump’s campaign and first administration. “Trump pardoned Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort, as well as his son-in-law’s father, Charles Kushner — who he just appointed US ambassador to France,” wrote prominent Democratic fundraiser Jon Cooper on X. Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison said there “is no standard for Donald Trump, and the highest standard for Democrats and Joe Biden.” Harrison pointed to Trump’s apparent plans to oust FBI Director Christopher Wray and replace him with loyalist Kash Patel and suggested the GOP’s pursuit of Hunter Biden would not have ended without clemency. “Most people will see that Joe Biden did what was right,” Harrison said. First lady Jill Biden said Monday from the White House, “Of course I support the pardon of my son.” Democrats already are facing the prospects of a Republican trifecta in Washington, with voters returning Trump to the White House and giving the GOP control of the House and Senate. Part of their argument against Trump and Republican leaders is expected to be that the president-elect is violating norms with his talk of taking retribution against his enemies. Before beating Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump faced his own legal troubles, including two cases that stemmed from his efforts to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Those cases, including Trump’s sentencing after being convicted on New York state business fraud charges, have either been dismissed or indefinitely delayed since Trump’s victory on Nov. 5, forcing Democrats to recalibrate their approach to the president-elect. In June, President Biden firmly ruled out a pardon or commutation for his son, telling reporters as his son faced trial in the Delaware gun case: “I abide by the jury decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him.” As recently as Nov. 8, days after Trump’s victory, Jean-Pierre ruled out a pardon or clemency for the younger Biden, saying: “We’ve been asked that question multiple times. Our answer stands, which is no.” The president’s about-face came weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges. It capped a long-running legal saga for the younger Biden, who disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 — a month after his father’s 2020 victory. The sweeping pardon covers not just the gun and tax offenses against the younger Biden, but also any other “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024.” Hunter Biden was convicted in June in Delaware federal court of three felonies for purchasing a gun in 2018 when, prosecutors said, he lied on a federal form by claiming he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. He had been set to stand trial in September in a California case accusing him of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes. But he agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor and felony charges in a surprise move hours after jury selection was set to begin. In his statement Sunday, the president argued that such offenses typically are not prosecuted with the same vigor as was directed against Hunter Biden. “The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election,” Biden said in his statement. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son. ... I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.” ___ Associated Press journalists Will Weissert aboard Air Force One and Darlene Superville, Mary Claire Jalonick and Michael Tackett in Washington contributed to this report.President Joe Biden Arrives in Angola
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People gather outside the negotiation room during the UN COP29 conference in Baku on Nov 23. BAKU - The world’s most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference on Nov 23, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open. Diplomats from small island nations threatened by rising seas and impoverished African states angrily filed out of a meeting with summit host Azerbaijan over a final deal being thrashed out in a Baku sports stadium. “We’ve just walked out. We came here to this COP for a fair deal. We feel that we haven’t been heard,” said Mr Cedric Schuster, the Samoan chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). An unpublished version of the final text circulating in Baku, and seen by AFP, proposes that rich nations raise to US$300 billion (S$404 billion) a year by 2035 their commitment to poorer countries to fight climate change. COP29 host Azerbaijan intended to put a final draft before 198 nations for adoption or rejection on Nov 23 evening, a full day after the marathon summit officially ended. But, in a statement, AOSIS said it had “removed” itself from the climate finance discussions, demanding an “inclusive” process. “If this cannot be the case, it becomes very difficult for us to continue our involvement here at COP29,” it said. Sierra Leone climate minister Jiwoh Abdulai, whose country is among the world’s poorest, said the draft was “effectively a suicide pact for the rest of the world”. An earlier offer from rich nations of US$250 billion was slammed as offensively low by developing countries, who have demanded much higher sums to build resilience against climate change and cut emissions. British energy secretary Ed Miliband said the revised offer of US$300 billion was “a significant scaling up” of the existing pledge by developed nations, which also count the United States, European Union and Japan among their ranks. At sunset, a final text still proved elusive, as harried diplomats ran to-and-fro in the stadium near the Caspian Sea searching for common ground. “Hopefully, this is the storm before the calm,” said US climate envoy John Podesta in the corridors as somebody shouted “shame” in his direction. Earlier, the EU’s climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said negotiators were not out of the woods yet. “We’re doing everything we can on each of the axes to build bridges and to make this into a success. But it is iffy whether we will succeed,” he said. ‘Ripped off’ Mr Ali Mohamed, the Kenyan chair of the African Group of Negotiators, told AFP: “No deal is better than a bad deal.” South African environment minister Dion George, however, said: “I think being ambitious at this point is not going to be very useful. “What we are not up for is going backwards or standing still,” he said. “We might as well just have stayed at home then.” The revised offer from rich countries came with conditions in other parts of the broader climate deal under discussion in Azerbaijan. The EU in particular wants an annual review on global efforts to phase out fossil fuels, which are the main drivers of global warming. This has run into opposition from Saudi Arabia, which has sought to water down a landmark pledge to transition away from oil, gas and coal made at COP28 last year. “We will not allow the most vulnerable, especially the small island states, to be ripped off by the new, few rich fossil fuel emitters,” said German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock. Wealthy nations counter that it is politically unrealistic to expect more in direct government funding. The US earlier in November elected former president Donald Trump, a sceptic of both climate change and foreign assistance, and a number of other Western countries have seen right-wing backlashes against the green agenda. A coalition of more than 300 activist groups accused historic polluters most responsible for climate change of skirting their obligation, and urged developing nations to stand firm. The draft deal posits a larger overall target of US$1.3 trillion per year to cope with rising temperatures and disasters, but most would come from private sources. Even US$300 billion would be a step up from the US$100 billion now provided by wealthy nations under a commitment set to expire. A group of developing countries had demanded at least US$500 billion, with some saying that increases were less than met the eye due to inflation. Experts commissioned by the United Nations to assess the needs of developing countries said US$250 billion was “too low” and by 2035 rich nations should be providing at least US$390 billion. The US and EU have wanted newly wealthy emerging economies like China – the world’s largest emitter – to chip in. China, which remains classified as a developing nation under the UN framework, provides climate assistance but wants to keep doing so on its own voluntary terms. AFP Find out more about climate change and how it could affect you on the ST microsite here. 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Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed after a bumpy weekMarin native Nicole Whalen McConnell, atop an antique French wicker trunk, sits near a wall of vintage and antique silver in her new shop. (Photo by Evangeline Lieu) McConnell Design in Greenbrae features vintage and antique furnishings. (Photo by McConnell Design) Marin native Nicole Whalen McConnell stands beside a 19th-century Renaissance Revival walnut chest. Vintage Tunisian vessels are to her right. (Photo by Evangeline Lieu) Marin native Nicole Whalen McConnell, atop an antique French wicker trunk, sits near a wall of vintage and antique silver in her new shop. (Photo by Evangeline Lieu) Move over, minimalism! New traditional is on trend. You’ll find it on full display every month at McConnell Design (booth No. 66) at the French Market Marin’s outdoor market in San Rafael, and now at the beautifully curated pop-up store that recently opened at Bon Air Center in Greenbrae. It will stay open through at least the end of the year. It’s where hand-selected, high-quality antique and vintage items — defined by classic, clean lines — and silver-plated flatware, silver trays, candlesticks, napkin rings and water pitchers make their way to the homes of enthusiastic customers. There are also European dishes, some glassware, vintage Tunisian vessels and bowls and charcuterie boards made of ancient olive wood. “We source our products primarily from the United States and Europe,” says Nicole Whalen McConnell, the owner and creative lead of McConnell Design. “I try to remember to look for items I would want in my own home.” And, while these pieces appeal to a wide cross-section of generations and budgets, the profile of McConnell Design’s typical customer might be a surprise. “Our core customer is young and, frankly, trendy,” says the third-generation Marin native. “They are learning to value quality over quantity and looking to older pieces to reclaim some of what we have lost in our modern-day lives.” McConnell sees a large movement back to valuing quality items, like the ones she offers. “Antiques are an art form, made with care, creativity and attention to detail that’s rarely found today,” she says. “They are also pieces that can be passed down through generations and generally retain their value over time better than new items.” McConnell, an economics student in college, found herself immersed in a beauty niche on social media as a career until she burned out. “I was tired of the glorification of mass consumption, low-quality products and what felt like a lack of authenticity,” she says. “Although I always loved antique and vintage items, my personal style took a turn to a more classic, traditional style with an emphasis on quality.” She enjoyed designing spaces and, as she redecorated her home during the pandemic, she sold the pieces she no longer needed on her Instagram account, @mcconnelldesign. “Not only were the items I sold extremely popular, but I would get constant questions about everything in the room, who my designer was, who installed my wallpaper and so on,” she says. People responded to her design aesthetic of combining timeless, refined pieces with newer ones, and her focus on softness, that felt approachable and comfortable for the modern lifestyle. She was “shocked and honored by the level of interest in my design services,” she says, and soon began accepting residential design projects. She now has a waiting list. Her take on tradition is elevated and fresh in a modern vernacular, or as she calls it, the “new traditional.” “I love creating spaces that exist between casual and formal, that include formal elements like fine antiques, silver and other elements, but feel welcoming and comfortable where people feel like they can pull up a chair and stay for a while, surrounded by warmth and comfort,” she says. Like the furnishings and accessories she sells, she says her home design aesthetic also speaks to a range of people, regardless of age, project size or budget, but especially to younger clients who may be going through exciting life stages. “I love that I get to work with young people buying their first homes, getting engaged and married, having children,” she says. “It makes sense that during these milestones they want to make changes to their homes to reflect a new chapter and it’s been such a joy and privilege to be part of that.” She credits her mother, who “always had a beautifully furnished and styled home” and “prioritized quality and timeless styles,” with influencing her design eye, but “I think my design aesthetic is a reflection of who I am,” she says. Prices range from $1 for a vintage matchbook to thousands for fine antique European furniture. “Our prices are for everyone,” she says. “I really work to keep pricing as fair and accessible as possible while maintaining a high standard for quality.” And, with the holidays coming up, the store carries things that would make great holiday and entertaining gifts, she says. “Our vintage wine coasters ($45 to $115) are especially popular as gifts and I also think our ancient olive wood charcuterie boards ($42) would make an excellent host gift,” she says. “You could even combine it with some of our silver plate spreaders and cocktail forks, which start at $10. We love helping customers find special gifts.” • Details: McConnell Design is open from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at 150 Bon Air Center in Greenbrae. For more information, go to McConnell-design.com or email hello@mcconnell-design.com. Show off If you have a beautiful or interesting Marin garden or a newly designed Marin home, I’d love to know about it. Please send an email describing either one (or both), what you love most about it and a photograph or two. I will post the best ones in upcoming columns. Your name will be published and you must be over 18 years old and a Marin resident. PJ Bremier writes on home, garden, design and entertaining topics every Saturday. She may be contacted at P.O. Box 412, Kentfield 94914, or at pj@pjbremier.com.