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The Premier League is mirroring bygone days, with Liverpool at the helm and Nottingham Forest trailing as a serious contender. Liverpool showcased their prowess with a commanding 5-0 victory over West Ham, while Nottingham Forest secured second place with a 2-0 win against Everton, fueling hopes of a Champions League berth. Nottingham Forest, reminiscent of its 1979 performance, is rallying under manager Nuno Espirito Santo. Fans are hopeful despite Nuno's caution about maintaining current standings. Meanwhile, Liverpool is distancing rivals under Arne Slot's leadership, with Mohamed Salah pivotal in their success, scoring and assisting prolifically to keep the title chances alive. In contrast, Pep Guardiola's milestone 500th match for Manchester City ended a five-game winless streak, as Haaland and Savinho clinched a vital 2-0 victory against Leicester City. Despite relief from the win, Guardiola acknowledges the need for improvement amid a challenging season. (With inputs from agencies.)
eSafety chief reacts to Musk’s White House gigChandigarh: Punjab has sought Rs 1,000 crore Central assistance to strengthen its police infrastructure and security efforts in the border districts, among a slew of other demands, at a pre-budget meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held in Jaisalmer, an official statement said on Sunday. Industrial incentives similar to those provided to Jammu and Kashmir and the neighbouring hill states were also sought to support the MSMEs in Punjab's border and sub-mountainous regions, a Punjab government statement said on Sunday. Quoting Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, the statement said the state has strongly raised the demand to restore NABARD's Short-Term Seasonal Agricultural Operations (ST-SAO) limit to Rs 3,041 crore, from the reduced limit of Rs 1,100 crore, for FY 2024-25. Cheema said this restoration is vital to prevent farmers from turning to moneylenders, aligning with the 'Sahakar se Samriddhi' principle. Several states raised this issue which was discussed at length, he added. For road connectivity under PM Gati Shakti in Rajpura, the Punjab government has requested Rs 100 crore to construct a 5.6 km long, 45 mt wide approach road connecting NH-44 to the integrated manufacturing cluster (IMC) in Rajpura. 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Referring to the Vande Bharat train connecting Amritsar with New Delhi, Punjab government requested for a similar train to connect Bathinda, Punjab's agricultural and commercial hub, with the national capital to ensure seamless connectivity for the Malwa region of the state. Cheema also proposed financial support to address crop residue management in Punjab, saying despite providing 1.45 lakh crop residue management (CRM) machines since 2018, high operational costs remain a challenge. The Punjab government has proposed an incentive of Rs 2,500 per acre, with Rs 2,000 per acre from the Centre and Rs 500 per acre from the state, as per the statement. Out of the total estimated cost of Rs 2,000 crore for this initiative, the government of India has been requested to provide Rs 1,600 crore as budgetary support, the statement said. Cheema also requested the Centre for a special budgetary allocation for paddy diversification, saying diversifying cultivation across 10 lakh hectares could result in substantial savings of more than Rs 30,000 crore. The Punjab government has proposed allocating a portion of these savings towards a comprehensive diversification package, Cheema said. For the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) scheme, Cheema proposed enhancing the grant from Rs 1.2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per beneficiary to accommodate rising construction costs. The minister also highlighted the need to release pending funds under the National Health Mission (NHM) amounting to Rs 1,119 crore, besides requesting an increase in the honorarium for cook-cum-helpers under the PM Poshan Abhiyaan from Rs 600 to Rs 2,000 per month. Additionally, Punjab sought support for urban transportation, requesting Rs 300 crore for the procurement of 250 electric buses and the installation of charging points. The state also called for reimbursement of procurement costs by the government of India, modernisation of driving licence testing with advanced technology, and reimbursement of pending rural development fee (RDF) amounting to Rs 6,857 crore. Expressing gratitude to Sitharaman for giving Punjab the opportunity to present its suggestions, Cheema said the state's demand for an incentive package to address the unique challenges faced by it, particularly due to its proximity to a hostile border with Pakistan, is crucial to bolster infrastructure and security measures. He also expressed hope that the upcoming Union Budget will act as a catalyst for fostering citizen welfare, driving regional development, and spurring economic growth, the statement said. Nominations for ET MSME Awards are now open. The last day to apply is December 15, 2024. Click here to submit your entry for any one or more of the 22 categories and stand a chance to win a prestigious award. 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-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email “Why do you draw?” A seemingly innocuous question that in truth carries immense weight. It’s the kind of question that you can brush off with a casual wave of the hand, or it can leave you speechless, unable to even find the words. Art isn’t numbers on a spreadsheet. It’s life itself. In “Look Back,” the film based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one-shot manga, two teenage girls bond over their love of creating manga. Fujino handles the characters and story, while Kyomoto takes care of the background art. They make a powerful team. When Kyomoto asks Fujino why she draws, we don’t get an explanation. We don’t need it. We’ve seen it. Every moment the pair shares with each other is why. Seasons change outside Fujino’s window as she and Kyomoto work on their first manga together. The duo quietly scribbles away, creating in the presence of one another, as pages of manuscript pile up. We see that life and art are intimately linked. That creation is born out of the wonder, the mystery and of course, the tragedy of life. This is not a review of “Look Back.” Enough beautiful words have already been said about the film, and it is most certainly one that any fan of anime, manga, cinema or art in general should see. But it is that simple-but-not question, “Why do you draw?” asked by Kyomoto to Fujino, that echoed in my head, clanging and clattering in the space between my ears in the days and weeks after I saw “Look Back.” I think it struck a chord because it increasingly feels like the creative process, and deeper and more troubling than that, humanity itself, is under attack . Related The 12 biggest moments in animation in 2023 There is a contingent of craven capitalists who have slowly turned the entertainment industry into just another financial market. Moving into senior positions at major studios in film, television and video games, these ghouls seek only to maximize profit. The art at the center of these industries is, to many of these bigwigs, a means to an end. That end being stock prices and shareholder satisfaction. It’s why we got “ Inside Out 2” and “ Moana 2” this year. Unnecessary sequels that a bunch of suits knew would rake in the dough. Although talented people worked on both, when art is kept within the confines of a giant, soulless corporation, art (and the people creating it) is held captive by the profit motive. Money becomes the mantra. When someone’s life’s work, their passion, their expression of creativity, is diminished to merely being seen as content, as numbers on an earnings report, it is an attack on art. This year, “Coyote vs. Acme” was shelved and seems destined to become lost media , buried before even being given a chance for audiences to see it. The hard work of hundreds of people, a mere tax write-off under the mighty pen of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav . One of my favorite shows from last year , “Scavengers Reign,” was unable to avoid the axe. Despite winning an Emmy (for background design) and being nominated for outstanding animated program, the show didn’t bring in the viewer hours so it was unceremoniously thrown on the heap. Critical acclaim or simply letting art exist in the world and be received by the people (with no concern for the size of the audience) aren’t things that Zaslav and his ilk consider. Imagine if “Mad Men” or "The Sopranos" was cut after its first season because target demos, algorithm data and KPIs just didn’t support renewal. In 2024, the only concern is that the numbers look good, so that CEOs can line their pockets with millions in compensation. And if recent reaction to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder is anything to go by, the people are getting a little fed up with the unfettered greed of the C-suite. Art isn’t numbers on a spreadsheet. It’s life itself. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism “Look Back” implores the viewer to see how art and life are intertwined. Every adventure that Fujino and Kyomoto go on becomes the inspiration for another manga. They visit the ocean, and that leads to the duo writing “The Sea Cities.” Looking for bugs in summer turns into “The Cicada Humans.” A trip to the aquarium yields “The Man Who Ate the Crab.” The pair experiences life, and their art echoes those experiences. Reverberating through the creative process, those echoes twist and distort just enough to give the art they produce a fantastical fiction, but at its core, their art is quite literally their lives. The works of Dickens capture Victorian London so well because he lived it; he worked in the warehouses, and his worldview was shaped by these formative experiences. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto explored forests and hunted for bugs as a child, and wanted to recreate that feeling in a video game, eventually leading to the creation of “The Legend of Zelda.” Hayao Miyazaki ’s works are tinged with autobiographical moments, such as his mother’s hospitalization with tuberculosis — an element of both “My Neighbor Totoro” and “The Wind Rises” — or his father building rudders for fighter planes during World War II, a piece of his own history we see alluded to in the Oscar-winning “The Boy and The Heron.” And for Miyazaki in particular, art and life are nearly one and the same as we come to learn in this year’s documentary that sneakily landed on Max this summer, “Hayao Miyazaki and The Heron.” The documentary chronicles the entire production timeline for “The Boy and The Heron,” starting with Miyazaki announcing his retirement in 2013 through to the film’s Oscar win this year. The iconic director has been the subject of a few documentaries in the past, but in those, Miyazaki always remained guarded, never really letting the viewer understand the man we have so endlessly mythologized. His politics are evident in the films he has made over the past 40 years, but what motivates this man, now nearly 84 years old, to create the worlds of “Nausicaa,” “Castle in the Sky” or the Great Uncle’s tower in “The Boy and The Heron”? Much like Fujino in “Look Back,” the answer seems to be human connection. Throughout “Hayao Miyazaki and The Heron” there is an urgency to Miyazaki’s work. People close to him are passing away; there is guilt and there is sadness. “Why am I still here? Why am I the one that lived?” he wonders aloud. Miyazaki “reeks of death” like Mahito the titular boy of the film. But he storyboards furiously, creating characters based on the people he has lost. Michiyo Yasuda, the color designer on Miyazaki’s films at Studio Ghibli, passed away in 2016, but she appears in the documentary’s footage like a ghost, a vision of the past that haunts the present day Miyazaki. She was the one who told him to make another film, and he felt a sense of obligation to do it. He creates Kiriko in “The Boy and The Heron” based on Yasuda. But no one looms larger than Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli co-founder and director, who passed away in 2018. And it's in their relationship where it becomes clear that nearly everything Miyazaki has ever made has been driven by the man he affectionately calls Pak-san. Pak-san, Pak-san, Pak-san. A clap of thunder rumbles in the distance while on a walk. “That’s Pak-san.” When Miyazaki is asked if he ever dreams, he responds “Only about Pak-san.” A missing eraser is Pak-san playing a trick on him. Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki says that “Miyazaki idolized Takahata, but it was always one-sided.” The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli) Miyazaki agonizes over the character of the Great Uncle who has built the fantastical world of the tower in “The Boy and The Heron.” The character is Pak-san. In this one-sided relationship, made even more so by the divide between the living and the dead, Miyazaki is determined to show the world who Takahata was. He wants people to know what this man meant to him. The man who was his idol, his rival, his friend. The documentary cuts to a particularly powerful quote from Takahata back in the ‘80s, talking about Miyazaki, where he says, “I’d like to see him make all kinds of films. There are things he hasn’t shown me. I hope to see them one day.” The interview cuts to a wide shot showing Miyazaki beside him with a beaming smile, “Really?” he asks Takahata gleefully. This is how art comes to be. For Miyazaki. For Fujino in “Look Back.” It is driven by the desire for human connection, by wanting to express one’s self to someone, to honor someone who has passed to ensure that they are remembered. Which is why when AI software is used to generate an image , or write a story, it is so revolting . You can’t tell AI to create the Great Uncle. You can’t tell it to create an old man who kinda looks like a wizard who was the whole world to me and everything I did was for him and all I wanted was for him to see my films and enjoy them and I want people to know that. It can’t convey that level of emotional depth, or any emotional depth. AI is mere facsimile (and poorly done at that), and yet, it has been integrated into nearly every piece of technology creating nothing but slop. Related "It's going to destroy jobs": When an AI image won a photo contest, its human refused the award AI is a threat to art, a threat to culture, a threat to humanity itself. How far are we willing to go to utterly dehumanize ourselves? Late capitalism is already turning us away from one another, with the convenience of technology isolating us, keeping us from making a connection to someone. Companies like Disney are fully on board with AI , where acting in a “responsible way” means, “How much can we get away with and not pay people for?” So don’t be surprised when a round of layoffs is announced, so more money can be funneled up to executives at the top. Companies like X are training their AI by using (read: stealing) art uploaded to the platform by artists. And it would be easy to write a whole thesis on how the demands of AI usage and development is causing emissions at companies like Microsoft to rise at a staggering rate, decimating any plans of reaching previously set carbon-neutrality goals. This AI slop, this soulless mimicry of human life, is accelerating the planet’s demise. AI is anti-human in all facets. How far are we willing to go to utterly dehumanize ourselves? 2024 felt like a year where, more than ever before, art was under attack. From corporate fat cats cutting jobs to AI software to humanities programs getting slashed in higher education, the assault on engaging with our world, and on engaging with art is in full effect. It is deeply distressing. But 2024 also produced a film that tells us why art needs to exist, why it is so special, and what it means to be human. “Look Back” yells from the rooftops that art is tough, it is work, but the reward is it connects us like nothing else can. Look Back (Tatsuki Fujimoto/Shueisha Art is beautiful because of the humanity it contains within it. There is energy in a work of art that cannot be quantified, cannot be calculated, cannot be replicated by a machine. It reflects us, it connects us, it bears all of our tragedy, all of our joy. I’m hardly the best writer out here. There are people who write much more eloquently than I do. I admire these writers greatly. But I just want to connect. I want someone to read my words. Someone. Anyone. Even if it just ends up being my family or friends. I have entire worlds inside my head that I want others to experience the way I see them in my mind’s eye. No AI program can scrape these worlds accurately out of my head. There are so many thoughts and ideas in here that I want to share. I hope that my words make someone feel something. I just have to do the work to get them onto the page. That, to me, is something very worth the effort. Art is what makes us human, so why would we want a robot to do it for us? I just want to connect. To prove that I’m alive. I’m not a machine. 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Shettima who was represented by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hadejia, made the assertions at the inaugural Pan-African Legacy Conference of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria, MWFAAN. Commending the Mandela Washington Fellows for their innovations, the VP said there can be no future without preparing the youth to shoulder the burden of leadership. He said, ‘This understanding informs our agenda to not only bring the youth closer but also to ensure that they have a seat at every table where decisions that shape the life of this nation are made. ”They are the vehicles for our development projections and the change that links our policies to the future. A functional nation is formed from a mix of generations blending experience with fresh ideas and seething wisdom with youthful innovation. 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Q&A: ‘People want cars that are more rewarding’Pop superstar Katy Perry, who campaigned for Kamala Harris, is getting ridiculed on social media after she urged her followers to watch the movie Idiocracy — an apparent dig at President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. Bypassing Letterboxd, Katy Perry posted her thoroughly unoriginal movie recommendation to X late Wednesday. Since then, she has received an outpouring of ridicule, with some noting that the last four years under Biden-Harris have been a more accurate reflection of the 2006 Mike Judge movie. “It covered 20202 to 2024 perfectly,” one commenter noted. “Don’t have to I lived through the Biden administration. By the way you know Mike Judge is conservative right?” another wrote. “You are a celebrity in the Idiocracy.. see how that works,” another commenter noted. “We’ve all already seen it and lived it the past 4 years,” another concluded. Idiocracy has become a cliched movie recommendation among leftists whenever a Republican, conservative, or non-establishment candidate wins an election. As Breitbart News reported , Katy Perry was one of several pop stars who participated in election-eve swing-state concerts for Kamala Harris, with the goal of encouraging low propensity voters to turn out for the Harris-Walz ticket. Other stars who performed were Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi. Not only did the effort fail, with President-elect Donald Trump winning all seven battleground states, the concerts cost the Harris campaign a fortune, pushing the campaign into serious debt after blowing through $1 billion raised from donors. Follow David Ng on Twitter @HeyItsDavidNg . Have a tip? Contact me at dng@breitbart.com.
Eight fantastic farm shops in Essex to snap up tasty food from our countyTip from Indiana officer led Illinois State Police to narcotics stop in Henry CountyKansas City Chiefs star Justin Reid gives local mother a new car as a Christmas gift READ MORE: Joe Burrow reveals reason he bought his linemen samurai swords By ERIC BLUM Published: 18:36 EST, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 18:43 EST, 24 December 2024 e-mail View comments Quarterbacks aren't the only ones in the NFL giving out generous Christmas gifts this holiday season, as Kansas City Chiefs star Justin Reid purchased a brand-new car for a local mother of six. Reid stopped by a local Ford dealership in Kansas in a Santa suit for his second annual 'Just-In-Time for the Holidays' event. The advertised portion of the night was giving more than 50 local children Christmas gifts. Then came the huge reveal for Bonnie Strutton, a new SUV, with her current car in the shop and one she considers a 'gas guzzler', per KCTV. As soon as Reid presented the new car to Strutton, she burst into tears. She only attended the event to have her children participate. 'I don’t even know what to say,' Strutton said. 'I’m speechless.' 'It’s just been one thing after another. This is such a blessing. Good things keep happening, you just have to keep doing the next right thing.' Kansas City Chiefs star Justin Reid purchased a brand-new car for a local mother of six Bonnie Strutton was speechless after the reveal with tears coming down her face last week It is unclear how Reid heard of Strutton and the struggles she has in her life. Yet, he did not hesitate to jump into action. Read More Miserable New York Jets get their first good news for the 2025 NFL season 'The same way she’s doing the next right thing, we wanted to do the next right thing and recognize her situation and to help her out with a brand-new vehicle,' Reid said. 'We’re all excited to be a part of Bonnie’s story, just to play a small piece in it. We’re excited to see her continue in her journey.' Strutton is also celebrating 30 months of sobriety this holiday season. The gift giving took place last week as Reid is now in Pennsylvania as the Chiefs make last-second preparations for Wednesday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. 'To have all my kids back in my life and this right here is going to be more of a connection than anybody could know,' Strutton said. 'Don’t give up on yourself. Don’t give up before the miracle happens because people do see you, they hear you, and they love you.' Kansas City Chiefs Share or comment on this article: Kansas City Chiefs star Justin Reid gives local mother a new car as a Christmas gift e-mail Add comment
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Celebrity-inspired Thanksgiving recipes, plus last-minute holiday meal ideasNo one should underestimate the influence of the late, not-great President Richard Nixon. He set a tone for generations of public figures by invoking the defense of victimhood. Nixon lost a close election for president in 1960. His encore in 1962 was losing a race for governor of California. Nixon blamed reporters for his inability to unseat Gov. Pat Brown. "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference," Nixon said. Consciously or not, two women reeling because of their own poor performances in public life recently mimicked Nixon's approach. Let's begin with Kari Morrissey, whose prosecutorial misconduct prompted a judge in Santa Fe to dismiss the state's involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin. Working as a special prosecutor, Morrissey announced she would appeal the trial judge's ruling. Morrissey did an about-face this week propelled by prosecutorial spin. A member of District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies' staff sent a windy statement saying the criminal case against Baldwin was finished, this time forever. "The Special Prosecutor intended to pursue an appeal of the dismissal, however, the Office of the Attorney General notified the Special Prosecutor that the Attorney General did not intend to exhaustively pursue the appeal on behalf of the prosecution." By that description, another agency was at lax. Morrissey wanted to soldier on, only to be undercut by Attorney General Raúl Torrez and his New Mexico Department of Justice. Missing from this defense of Morrissey was the truth. Lauren Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the attorney general, said Morrissey's prosecution crumbled because of ineptitude. "An appeal in this matter would have been untenable in light of Judge [Mary] Marlowe Sommer's detailed finding that critical evidence had been withheld from Mr. Baldwin's defense team and her blistering assessment of the special prosecutor's gross mishandling of the case," Rodriguez wrote Tuesday in an email. "Perhaps if the District Attorney had selected someone with more direct experience as a prosecutor this outcome could have been avoided." Morrissey poisoned her own case. Attempts to shift attention to prosecutors who had no part in her misconduct are unpersuasive but Nixonesque. Baldwin was being deprived of a fair trial by Morrissey. That revelation on the third day of testimony led Erlinda Johnson, second chair on the special prosecution team, to withdraw from the case. Johnson wanted the state to join defense lawyers in a motion to dismiss the charge against Baldwin. Morrissey wouldn't do so. The result is Morrissey extended coverage of her misdeeds for another five months. A second public figure, Mary Hotvedt, claims she and her colleagues have been criticized unfairly for a headline-grabbing spending scandal at Western New Mexico University. Hotvedt is chairperson of the institution's five-member board of regents. State Auditor Joseph Maestas recently released a report by his investigative staff criticizing Western President Joseph Shepard and the regents for improper or wasteful expenditures exceeding $360,000. The regents' response was to negotiate a contract with Shepard that pays him a lump sum of more than $1.9 million, plus a professorship with a yearly salary of $200,000. In return, Shepard will resign as Western's president, effective Jan. 15. "Disgusting," said state House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque. "And we wonder why people here and across the country have little faith in their public institutions. Shame on the regents and this man's enablers today and over the years." Hotvedt praised Shepard for "selflessly stepping down for the good of the university in the face of ongoing issues." She swiped at critics and lauded fellow regents for what she described as leadership. "My final comment I really gave at the last meeting, which is the defense of this board for doing the hard work of governorship," Hotvedt said. "And you have done it, and this has been a hard contract to negotiate in the sense that none of us really were excited in any way about having to enter into this agreement." Martínez tops the list of people who aren't enthusiastic about Shepard's new agreement and windfall. "I promise you, we will be looking very closely at WNMU’s budget request this legislative session," he said. Hotvedt announced on Dec. 12 she had participated in her final meeting as a regent. But she returned eight days later and was part of the board's 5-0 vote authorizing Shepard's buyout and professorship. During that special meeting on Shepard's new contract, Hotvedt said she plans to continue as a regent until Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham replaces her. Shepard until last week was under contract to be Western's president until June 30, 2027. His base salary was $365,000, and the regents granted him annual bonuses of $50,000. Under his new agreement, Shepard's balloon payment alone doubles what he would have received in salary and bonuses in the next two and a half years. Contrary to Hotvedt's assessment, that deal might get a few hearts pumping. Ringside Seat is an opinion column about people, politics and news. Contact Milan Simonich at msimonich@sfnewmexican.com or 505-986-3080.Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
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Telangana CM Revanth condemns attacks on houses of film personalitiesWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. (AP) — Jordan Sears scored 25 points, Jalen Reed had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and LSU defeated UCF 109-102 in triple overtime on Sunday to take third place at the Greenbrier Tip-Off. LSU trailed by 18 points early in the second half, then failed to hold a lead at the end of regulation and each of the first two overtime periods. The Tigers went up by five with a minute to go in the third overtime. UCF cut it to three, then Vyctorius Miller made a driving layup, Jordan Sears followed with a dunk and the Tigers were able to hold on when leading by seven. Cam Carter scored 20 points, Miller had 16 and Dji Bailey 14 for LSU (5-1). Darius Johnson had 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds for UCF (4-2). Keyshawn Hall had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Jordan Ivy-Curry scored 20. South Florida led by 15 points at halftime and maintained a double-digit lead for all but a few possessions in the first 11 1/2 minutes of the second half. UCF led 62-48 with 8 1/2 minutes remaining but Sears hit three 3-pointers and LSU drew to within 64-59 with 6 minutes to go. The Tigers scored the last six points of regulation to force overtime. In the first half, LSU led 15-13 about eight minutes into the game but the Tigers missed 15 of 16 shots while being outscored 25-3 over the next 10 minutes. South Florida led 40-25 at halftime after shooting 46% to 25% for LSU. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
Looking Into FirstEnergy's Recent Short InterestA rumor from China the may debut by the end of March. This device will likely internationally as the OnePlus Open 2, following last year’s pattern where the OnePlus Open was a rebranded Oppo Find N3. (Oppo is skipping “4” due to tetraphobia.) While , a tipster on X has now hinted at a less-than-ideal scenario. According to the tip, the OnePlus Open 2 might only launch internationally in the second half of 2025, potentially as early as July. If it is true, it poses a challenge for competitors, as the device is expected to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. Considering its probable flagship pricing, a short lifespan with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip could be less than ideal. However, as this is still an unconfirmed rumor, there’s a chance the timeline or details might change. For now, we’ll need to wait for official updates. In any case, we can’t compare the market of foldable smartphones with regular devices. After all, the brands do their best to keep the prices lower, considering all the technology and complexity of making devices like this. So, the Snapdragon 8 Elite might be the best option even in the half of 2025. OnePlus Open Specifications The original as the company’s first foldable smartphone. The smartphone flaunts an external 7.82-inch display with 2,268 x 2,440 pixels of resolution. The cover display is a LTPO3 OLED screen with 6.31 inches and 2,484 x 1,116 pixels of resolution. The device carries the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. It is equipped with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of Internal Storage. There is also a variant with 1 TB of Internal Storage. The device carries 48 MP multi-directional PDAF with Optical Image Stabilization. It also has a 64 MP telephoto camera with OIS and 3x Optical Zoom. Finally, we have a 48 MP ultrawide shooter with PDAF. The front-facing camera is a 20 MP ultrawide camera and a 32 MP ultrawide snapper. For selfies and video calls the device has a 20 MP shooter. The Open comes with Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 7, NFC, and IR Blaster. It draws power from a 4,805 mAh battery complete with 67W wired charging. We expect the Open 2 to bring some similarities with its predecessor. However, there is room for multiple improvements.
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