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Hunter Sallis poured in 31 points and Wake Forest needed most of those in a 67-57 home victory against Detroit Mercy on Saturday at Winston-Salem, N.C. Davin Cosby had 11 points as the Demon Deacons (6-1) won their second straight since their only loss, which came a week earlier at Xavier. But it wasn't easy as the visiting Titans (3-3) were persistent as they trimmed a 19-point deficit to nine points with plenty of time remaining (5:54). Orlando Lovejoy led the Titans with 15 points and TJ Nadeau had 13 points and nine rebounds off the Detroit Mercy bench despite shooting 1-for-8 on 3-pointers. Jared Lary added 10 points. Wake Forest doubled up the Titans in 3-point production by making 10 compared to Detroit Mercy's five. But the Demon Deacons took more than half of their attempts (61) from beyond the 3-point arc (35). As a result, they were just 9-for-13 on free throws. The Titans also held a 48-31 advantage in rebounding. Some of that might have been attributed to the absence of Wake Forest center Efton Reid III, who has been dealing with migraines. Detroit Mercy trailed 36-23 at halftime, but Wake Forest couldn't put the Titans away. Sallis shot 12-for-18 from the field and made five 3-point shots. He ended up two points shy of his career-high mark. Sallis came through with clutch shots, including a 3-pointer to go up by 12 with 4:59 left. Cosby had three 3-pointers before hitting his lone 2-point basket with 3:33 left to push the lead back to 14. The Titans shot only 5-for-19 on 3-pointers and they checked in at 33.3 percent overall from the field. Detroit Mercy was charged with 14 turnovers compared to only five for Wake Forest. Detroit Mercy was coming off Wednesday night's victory at Ball State. That outcome marked the team's first true road triumph since February 2023, but the Titans couldn't duplicate it. --Field Level MediaHome sellers in a string of popular sea- and tree-change towns are discounting pandemic boom-time price expectations to get a deal done, new data reveals. Buyers can expect to pay about 4 to 6 per cent less than the original listing price as fewer city dwellers move to the regions and homes listed for sale pile up. Byron Bay tops the list in NSW with a median discount of 6.7 per cent in the year to October, according to the latest CoreLogic Regional Market Update. It is followed by Kempsey and Ulladulla, which both had a median discount of 5.8 per cent in the same period. In Victoria, Gisborne had the highest median discount of 5.8 per cent in the same period, followed by Portland, which had a median discount of 5.5 per cent. It comes as most of these areas recorded a notable increase in homes listed for sale and their days on market blowout. CoreLogic Australia economist and report author Kaytlin Ezzy said vendor discounting pointed to a market in favour of buyers. “It means there’s more supply. That means there’s more choice out there for buyers,” Ezzy said. “They don’t have to compete with other buyers for that property, and instead it’s the vendor who is competing for that buyer and therefore has to be willing to negotiate.” She said most of these towns have stronger discounting than during lockdowns due to fewer buyers in regional areas. “Generally not as many people are moving to the regions. So as homes are listed they’re not being as easily absorbed by the market,” Ezzy said. “That means stock has been able to accumulate and puts downward pressure on values and vendors have to compete more and be negotiable. “Byron Bay has about 17 per cent more listings in October than what we usually see this time of year and Gisborne is about 45 per cent above what we usually see.” KPMG regional economist Terry Rawnsley said not only were there fewer buyers, but those remaining had reduced purchasing power, which was putting downward pressure on prices. “Byron Bay is probably a good case study. During COVID lockdowns, people shifted to Byron – they were happy to pay a premium to secure a property,” Rawnsley said. “Then in the last two years, the return to the office and higher interest rates have hampered buyers. It’s reduced the pool of people looking to move to a regional location. Vendors have to offer a bit of a discount to meet the market.” He said many of the Victorian regional towns at lower price points were discounting because they were first home buyers’ markets, feeling the pinch from higher interest rates the most. “[Gisborne’s] probably a dual market. It’s acreage living in that part of the world and there’s also people searching for affordable housing. It’s got both ends of that market feeling the pinch,” Rawnsley said. Ray White Byron Bay’s Damien Smith said sellers in his region had unrealistic boom-time expectations of the lockdown years. “If anyone bought in the past three years, they’re trying to get that ‘let’s get our money back’ price rather than market price,” Smith said. “They’ve all got in their head what they’ve paid for it, and it’s a lot more than what it’s worth.” “There are fewer buyers. If you’re borrowing money, especially entry-level, it’s a lot of money. “The ratio [of capital city and local buyers] is still similar, but the volume is not there. The buyer pool has thinned out. It’s definitely reduced.” Connect Real Estate’s Helen Sankey said it was very much a buyer’s market in the Gisborne area. “We’re the first regional town out of metropolitan Melbourne. So post-COVID obviously that demand backed off, and then it was exacerbated by the increase in interest rates,” Sankey said. “It’s very much a buyer’s market and since April 2022, it’s had a huge adjustment.” Sankey said there were more homes than buyers, which was hurting sellers with strong expectations. “If it’s priced right, the houses will move quickly. If it is deemed high, then it sits on the market – the days on market is extended out,” she said. She said while there was not a lot of distressed selling among owner occupiers, it was investors who were most affected by the weaker conditions in the market. “But investors, with the increase in land tax, are the people who are most distressed. The disparity between rental income and mortgage repayments plus the increased land tax there is no cream off the top left.”
Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris has opted out of the remainder of the 2024 season in order to prepare for the NFL draft, according to a report by 247Sports.com . The 6-foot-1 sixth-year senior from Chicago has recorded 27 tackles, three interceptions and a team-high seven pass breakups in 10 games for the Hawkeyes this season. That includes a pick-6 in a 38-21 win over Troy earlier this season. Iowa (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) plays at Maryland on Saturday before closing out its regular season at home against Nebraska on Nov. 29. The Hawkeyes are already bowl eligible, so Harris is likely opting out of three games in total. After missing the entire 2022 season due to an ankle injury, Harris was suspended for two games of the following season for his involvement in the gambling investigation into Iowa athletics. He later emerged as the Hawkeyes' top cornerback, earning the team's comeback player of the year award after compiling 42 tackles, one interception and eight pass breakups. Harris will finish his college career with 105 tackles and eight interceptions. --Field Level MediaRevolutionary Glitch or Hidden Secret? Discover the Mystery of m2st34To the Moon and beyond: Japan unveils plans for lunar habitat with artificial gravity
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures – including possibly selling Android – to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday. The measures presented by the Department of Justice are part of a landmark case in Washington which has the potential to reshape how users find information. They would be in place for up to a decade, enforced via a court-appointed committee to remedy what the judge overseeing the case deemed an illegal monopoly in search and related advertising in the U.S., where Google processes 90% of searches. “Google’s unlawful behavior has deprived rivals not only of critical distribution channels but also distribution partners who could otherwise enable entry into these markets by competitors in new and innovative ways,” the DOJ and state antitrust enforcers said in a court filing on Wednesday. Their proposals include ending exclusive agreements in which Google pays billions of dollars annually to Apple and other device vendors to make its search engine the default on their tablets and smartphones. Google called the proposals staggering in a statement on Thursday. “DOJ’s approach would result in unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses – and jeopardize America’s global economic and technological leadership at precisely the moment it’s needed most,” said Alphabet Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker. Google shares were trading down around 6% on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta has scheduled a trial on the proposals for April, though President-elect Donald Trump and the DOJ’s next antitrust head could step in and change course in the case. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE The proposals are wide-ranging, including barring Google from re-entering the browser market for five years and insisting Google sell its Android mobile operating system if other remedies fail to restore competition. The DOJ has also requested a prohibition on Google buying or investing in search rivals, query-based artificial intelligence products or advertising technology. Publishers and websites would also be given a way to opt out of being included in training Google’s AI products. A five-person technical committee appointed by the judge would enforce compliance under prosecutors’ proposals. The committee, which Google would pay for, would have the power to demand documents, interview employees and delve into software code, the filing showed. The measures together are meant to break “a perpetual feedback loop that further entrenches Google” through additional users, data and advertising dollars, prosecutors said. CHROME AND ANDROID Chrome is the world’s most widely used web browser and is a pillar of Google’s business, providing user information that helps the company target ads more effectively and profitably. Google has used Chrome and Android to preference its own search engine to the detriment of rivals, prosecutors said. Google has said making it divest Chrome and Android, which are built on open source code and are free, would harm companies that have built upon them to develop their own products. The proposals would bar Google from requiring devices that run on Android to include its search or AI products. Google would have the option to sell the software off in lieu of compliance. The DOJ and state antitrust enforcers would have to approve any potential buyers. Google will have a chance to present its own proposals in December. DATA SHARING Google would be required under the proposals to license search results to competitors at nominal cost and share data it gathers from users with competitors for free. It would be barred from collecting any user data that it cannot share because of privacy concerns. Prosecutors crafted the proposals after speaking with companies that compete with Google, including search engine DuckDuckGo. “We think this is a really big deal and will lower the barriers to competition,” said Kamyl Bazbaz, DuckDuckGo’s head of public affairs. DuckDuckGo has accused Google of trying to dodge European Union rules requiring data sharing. Google said it will not compromise user trust by giving competitors sensitive data. (Reporting by Jody Godoy; Additional reporting by Chris Sanders; Editing by Rod Nickel and Christopher Cushing) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. 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MUMBAI: A towering cinema with a roofline like an ocean liner stands out in India’s financial capital Mumbai, part of a remarkable Art Deco architectural heritage that campaigners say needs protection. A short walk away is a state-run insurance office with giant Egyptian-style carvings, and a palm-lined seafront promenade with pastel-coloured apartments with porthole windows, curved balconies and exotic motifs. Get exclusive content with Gulf News WhatsApp channel Architecture aficionados may go crazy over Miami’s South Beach, but the coastal Indian megacity is home to what experts believe is one of the world’s largest collections of Art Deco buildings. Decades of neglect, however, have led to buildings being demolished or compromised through slapdash modern renovation. Lovers of the dramatic architecture fear that will only increase as Mumbai undergoes a rapid $30 billion infrastructure makeover including major road, rail and bridge projects. A sweep of some Art Deco buildings - including offices, colleges and residential complexes - was listed on Unesco’s World Heritage list in 2018, alongside the city’s Victorian Gothic architecture for its “unique style” described as “Indo-Deco”. Today, the city’s breakneck pace of development has left a small but dedicated group of building owners, architects and heritage lovers trying to conserve the city’s Art Deco character. The job requires “constant vigilance”, said Nayana Kathpalia, who lives in an Art Deco building that was recently restored - but crucially in a manner that maintained its original character. Many apartment building owners are eager to cash in and redevelop their old dwellings, making them part of a cookie-cutter modern skyline. “If too many buildings get done in a totally different style, the World Heritage Site committee will say ‘what the hell is happening?’,” Kathpalia said. “We are very, very clear that we have to protect that.” Losing it could strip the city of its history and character, campaigners say. Art Deco took the West by storm after emerging as a new wave of design in France before the First World War. Architects used geometric patterns and streamlined structures to evoke the popular technologies of the time, including airplanes and ocean liners. As a style, Art Deco can appear as an odd hodgepodge, borrowing everything from ancient Mayan to Japanese culture. But the first generation of homegrown Indian architects who visited Europe in the 1920s and 1930s were inspired. After returning home, they started designing Art Deco style buildings for rich Indian business families that had profited off the economic boom in the port city, said Atul Kumar, founder of a non-profit that seeks to conserve the heritage. Art Deco “enabled a certain cosmopolitanism” and contributed to making Mumbai a “modern, open, friendly” city, Kumar added. While Kumar’s Art Deco Mumbai organisation has spent years painstakingly documenting buildings, it has also more recently started offering “repair and restoration” help. “We go out, pro bono, and reach out to people,” he said, having supported the sensitive restoration of around nine buildings, including a couple in the core World Heritage area. However, there are challenges, including stringent rent control laws which impose financial constraints on landlords. Kumar also admits that residents in newer and northern parts of the city have less of a “desire” to conserve their buildings in their original Art Deco style. A large part of this is due to a lack of awareness. Many of the city’s inhabitants walk past the vivid tropical imagery, elongated turrets and jazzy typography without giving them a second glance. Pranati Mehta, a 46-year-old school teacher, says most Indians only look at “temples as architecture”, as they “feel that is special”. Some Mumbai residents don’t realise they “live amongst art”, she said. But Mehta, who was on a weekend walking tour to learn more about the architectural style, quickly adds that Art Deco isn’t foreign to Indian sensibilities. “We recognise it as a Bombay style,” she said. “We think Art Deco is also an Indian brand”.
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TEHRAN - The value of Iranian exports to the Developing-8 (D-8), a group of eight developing Islamic nations, increased by over 24 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-November 20) compared to the same period last year, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). During this period, Iran exported approximately 13.6 million tons of goods worth $6.317 billion to seven of the D-8 member countries. In terms of weight, exports grew by around 26 percent, IRIB reported. Turkey was the primary destination for Iranian exports, importing around 9.4 million tons of goods valued at over $4.4 billion. Pakistan and Indonesia followed as the second and third-largest importers, respectively. The D-8 group, established in 1997 by former Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, consists of Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, and Nigeria. The organization’s primary goals include fostering economic and trade cooperation, facilitating scientific collaboration, and promoting technology exchange among its members. Sheikh Attar, a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, noted that the trade capacity of the D-8 has now surpassed $68 billion. In recent developments, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended the 11th D-8 Summit held in Cairo, Egypt, marking the first visit by an Iranian president to Egypt in over a decade. During the summit, President Pezeshkian proposed the establishment of a D-8 development fund aimed at facilitating joint investments among member states. Additionally, Iran's Finance Minister Abdolnasser Hemmati met with the D-8 Secretary-General to discuss strategies for enhancing trade relations within the bloc, reiterating the target of achieving $500 billion in trade volume by 2030. These initiatives underscore Iran's commitment to strengthening economic ties within the D-8 framework, aiming to leverage collective potential for mutual growth and development. EF/MASerum for uneven skin tone: 10 amazing options to get rid of dull skin
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