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90jili tongits Can the Canucks survive Quinn Hughes' 'week-to-week' injury?Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has sharply criticized a former Rivers State governor, Dr. Peter Odili, accusing him of self-interest. Wike also asked between himself and Odili, who has turned Rivers State into his personal estate? Speaking at a thanksgiving service organised by the factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, at the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Oro-Igwe/Eliogbolo Archdeaconry Church of the Holy Spirit, Eliozu Parish, Port Harcourt, on Sunday, Wike, through a statement by his media aide Lere Olayinka, lamented Odili’s alleged habit of prioritizing personal gain over statesmanship. Olayinka quoted Wike as saying that it was unfortunate that somebody who is supposed to be seen as an elder statesman and called a father can reduce himself to a sycophant and a trader. He asked; “Must you be a trader all the time? As governor for eight years, what else are you looking for?” The Minister said; “You know, I didn’t want to say anything. But somebody called me last night and told me what someone said on social media. I said until I read it myself. This morning, I read in the newspapers what our former governor, Sir Dr Peter Odili, said.“What did he say? He said that the present governor has been able to stop one man who wanted to convert Rivers State to his personal estate. Wike pointed to several appointments allegedly dominated by Odili’s family members and questioned his past contributions as governor. He said, “Between him and myself, who has turned Rivers State to his personal estate? His wife is a chairman of Governing Council, his daughter is a Commissioner, his other daughter is a Judge, and he is the general overseer. Who has now turned Rivers State to his private estate? I am sure if care is not taken, if there is a chance, he can even arrange a marriage for the governor. “It was his nephew, his late senior brother’s son that was recommended for Commissioner. He took the slot and gave it to his own daughter. Someone who didn’t remember to stand for the son of his late elder brother, is that an elder statesman? He added, “All of you here remember when I was governor, this same Odili praised me to high heaven. In fact, he said then that all past governors in Rivers State combined did not do better than me. “In 2007, after he left office, he couldn’t come near power in the State because Amaechi was the governor then. He was gone! “Like somebody said that God will use someone to lift up someone. When I came in as governor in 2015, I won’t use the word resurrected, but I brought him back to life. “All of us know about Pamo University. But for us, there wouldn’t have been anything called Pamo University. Rivers State was sponsoring 100 students per session and for every semester, each of the students was paying nothing less than N5m. Then, Rivers people were attacking me up and down. “I personally called Julius Berger to build a mansion for him to live. He was calling everyone to the house then, telling them, come and see what Wike has done for me. Wike has shown me love. He was taking them round the house. Related News You gave me encouragement, Fubara tells Rivers residents I have done more for Rivers, Wike slams Secondus, Omehia Firms award scholarships to 611 Rivers students “Now, because you have organised a Christmas Carol for the governor, I didn’t say you should not do your Christmas Carol. But why reduce yourself to such a laughing stock? People will still see it on television how he was telling the whole world then how God used me to bring him back to life politically. “Why not do your Christmas Carol, collect what you can collect and leave me alone? Wike also expressed disappointment in Odili’s recent comments praising the current Rivers State governor while undermining Wike’s achievements. “The governor that all of us made has not spent one year in office and the same Odili was already saying that the governor has beaten the records of all the past governors of Rivers State. “When I was there, he said I had surpassed the records of all the past governors, including himself. What can he even show that he did in his eight years as governor? But a governor has not spent one year, you are saying he has done more than all the past governors. “You spent eight years as governor and someone who hasn’t spent one year has surpassed your records, what manner of elder talk like that? Is that what an elder statesman should be known for? “When I was governor, my pictures were everywhere in his house. Sitting room, bedroom, kitchen, even in the toilet, my picture was everywhere. But today, all the pictures have been removed. Asking what can be learned from such an elder statesman, Wike said; “What can I learn from this kind of elder? What kind of advice can one get from him? This moment you are saying something, the next moment you are saying something else. “You see, if your children begin to ask you, is this not the same man you were praising before? What would you tell them?” On the state’s governorship issue, the Minister asked; “When I was plotting who will be governor after me, was he (Odili) there? Then, he was complaining about this governor, saying that he couldn’t stand before the public to talk. But today, he is organising Christmas Carol for the same governor he was against then. “He has forgotten all that he said in the past. I named this after you, I named that after your wife. What have I not done? “You said we should not be part of the government, we have left. We are managing, you have taken assembly money, they are not dying of hunger and they will not die of hunger. We are okay. I’m focusing on my job in Abuja and all this sycophancy won’t take him to the level I have attained. “This is a man who wanted to run for president then, he didn’t have the balls, he chickened out. Simply because Obasanjo said no, he would not contest, he ran away. Because of him, I never invited Obasanjo to Rivers State to commission projects. I felt it would humiliate him.” Click the link below to watch the video: https://x.com/MobilePunch/status/1873482169102028823?t=FkZAEo721HmMp1mbzeEjXg&s=19

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The boys basketball 2024-25 high school season tipped off last Saturday with a handful of contests. As it kicks into full gear this week, we surveyed all of the coaches in Southwest Idaho’s 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A conferences, asking them for the teams to beat and players to watch. Here’s what they had to say. TEAMS TO WATCH MCCALL-DONNELLY: Led by Lewis-Clark State commit Sam Penny, a senior shooting guard, the Vandals are favored to win the 4A Snake River Valley, receiving four of a possible six first-place votes in the preseason coaches’ poll. Penny averaged 21.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game last season on his way to SRV Player of the Year and second team All-Idaho honors . Fellow senior starters Michael Foster (10.8 ppg, 8 rebounds) and Maddox Arnold (3.3 ppg, 2.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists) add experience to McCall-Donnelly’s lineup as the Vandals aim for a third district championship in the past four seasons. HOMEDALE: The Trojans have played in the district title game four times in five seasons, winning in 2020 and 2023. While Homedale lost to McCall-Donnelly in last year’s district championship, the Trojans turned the tables by eliminating the Vandals from the state tournament . Seven players are back from that team, including four starters, led by senior guard Luke Henry (second team all-conference) and senior post McCoy Swallow (honorable mention). All but two of the Trojans’ varsity players also play football, which advanced to the 4A title game, meaning Homedale may start slow as the team transitions from one sport to another. AMBROSE: The reigning 2A state champions haven’t lost any respect with the move to the 3A WIC, where they were tabbed the favorite in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. Three returning starters in senior point guard Lincoln Mathis (10 ppg, 7 rebounds), senior shooting guard Tristen Trevino (10 ppg) and junior power forward Mark Yenor (5 rebounds) will form the backbone of the Archers’ roster. First-year coach Jordan Whittenburg says Ambrose won’t abandon its defensive identity, as the Archers are known for a pressure-cooker D that thrives on turnovers. LIBERTY CHARTER: Having won three straight district championships and gone unbeaten in league play the past two years, the Patriots received top billing in the 2A WIC despite the return of just one starter from last year’s state-qualifying team. Senior guard/wing Stephen Roskum is Liberty Charter’s top returning scorer at 7 points per game, but the Patriots will need to find more weapons after graduating 85% of their scoring from a year ago. Senior wing Aidyn Camarillo, freshman point guard Tyden Blacker and senior guard Owen Henrickson should pick up some of that slack, coach Seth Stallcop said. GARDEN VALLEY: The Wolverines have consistently finished at the top of the league standings, having won four district championships in six seasons. Garden Valley edged rival Cascade by two points for the top spot in a preseason poll of 1A Long Pin coaches, and it will benefit from the return of three starters from a team that lost in the third-place game at state last season. The trio of guards Madix Miller (11.1 ppg), Maxon Yearsley (10.5 ppg) and Trevor Corn headline the Wolverines’ aggressive full-court press, and all three were all-conference honorees last season. TEAM CAPSULES Teams are listed in order of their predicted finish from the preseason coaches’ polls. 4A SRV 1. MCCALL-DONNELLY Last season: 19-3, 10-0 3A SRV Coach: Jason Tinney, 13th season Players to watch: Sam Penny, sr., SG; Michael Foster, sr., PF; Maddox Arnold, sr., PG; Sam Scott, jr., SG 2. HOMEDALE Last season: 10-15, 7-3 3A SRV Coach: Cam Long, sixth season Players to watch: Luke Henry, sr., G; Alex Sotelo, sr., PG; Angel Contreras, sr., G; McCoy Swallow, sr., P 3. COLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN Last season: 25-3, 14-0 2A WIC Coach: Leif Karlberg, first season Players to watch: Isaiah Holsinger, jr., PG; Adam Ashmead, sr., SG; Kaden Krogh, jr., F 4. WEISER Last season: 14-9, 6-4 3A SRV Coach: Ron Shirts, second season Players to watch: Kolin Cook, sr., G; Josh Mizar, sr., G/F; Isai Herrera, sr., P 5. FRUITLAND Last season: 9-16, 4-6 3A SRV Coach: Darren Van Hofwegen, second season Players to watch: Titus Vidlak, so., G; Zeke Van Hofwegen, jr., G; Konnor Clarich, jr., P 6. PAYETTE Last season: 1-21, 0-9 3A SRV Coach: Chris Schultz, first season Players to watch: Michael Ocampo, jr., G/W; Nathan Cisneros, sr., G/W; Josh Rodriguez, sr., SG; Dusk Brooks, sr., G 3A WIC 1. AMBROSE Last season: 21-6, 10-4 2A WIC Coach: Jordan Whittenburg, first season Players to watch: Lincoln Mathis, sr., PG; Tristen Trevino, sr., SG; Mark Yenor, jr., PF; Zane Gammon, so., G T-2. MELBA Last season: 15-10, 9-5 2A WIC Coach: David Lenz, first season Players to watch: Rylan Frank, sr., PG; Carsten Volkers, sr., F; Wyatt Hansen, sr., G T-2. NAMPA CHRISTIAN Last season: 17-8, 8-6 2A WIC Coach: Matthew Gregory, fourth season Did not respond to the Statesman’s preseason survey. 4. MARSING Last season: 9-14, 3-11 2A WIC Coach: Lamon Loucks, first season Players to watch: Teagan Kinney, sr., G; Jace Chadez, sr., G; Juan Ponce, jr., G 5. NEW PLYMOUTH Last season: 17-7, 9-5 2A WIC Did not respond to the Statesman’s preseason survey. 6. PARMA Last season: 7-15, 2-7 3A SRV Coach: Tanner Kramer, second season Players to watch: Nathan Compas, jr., PG; Trevor Mann, jr., SF; Jeb Hansen, jr., PF 7. VISION CHARTER Last season: 11-12, 6-4 1A WIC Coach: Jason George, fourth season Players to watch: Kamden Stoker, sr., W/PF; Dakota Williams, sr., W/G; Payton Williams, jr., G; Jace Duffel, jr., G 2A WIC 1. LIBERTY CHARTER Last season: 19-7, 10-0 1A WIC Coach: Seth Stallcop, 18th season Players to watch: Stephen Roskum, sr, G/W; Aidyn Camarillo, sr., W; Tyden Blacker, fr., PG; Owen Henrickson, sr., G 2. VICTORY CHARTER Last season: 20-7, 9-1 1A WIC Coach: David C. Weaver, third season Players to watch: Cody Luce, sr., G; Jett Wood, sr., G 3. COMPASS CHARTER Last season: 6-16, 2-12 2A WIC Coach: Shane Tolman, second season Players to watch: Kellen Walbuck, sr., G; Mason Bennett, sr., G; Jayden Horn, sr., F; Beau Bristol, sr., C/PF 4. NORTH STAR CHARTER Last season: 2-20, 1-13 2A WIC Coach: Kevin Hutchens, first season Players to watch: Kyle Wheeler, sr., W; Logan Ellis, so., PF/C; Timothy Baros, so., W 5. RIVERSTONE Last season: 17-8, 7-2 1A WIC Coach: Nicholas Kitnikone, first season Players to watch: Amer Sangha, sr., PG; Emerson Bava, jr., PF; Conrad Ness, sr., SF 6. NOTUS Last season: 13-8, 6-4 1A WIC Coach: Brad Huter, first season Players to watch: Luis Vargas, sr., W; Benny Guevara, sr., W; Derrick Huter, jr., G; Caleb Cudaback, jr., W 7. RIMROCK Last season: 9-14, 5-5 1A WIC Coach: Wylee Aquiso, second season Did not respond to the Statesman’s preseason survey. 8. WILDER Last season: 3-18, 2-8 1A WIC Coach: Rudy Cortez, first season Players to watch: Kyevan Gephart, sr., PG; Julian Neri, sr., SG; Brandon Perez, sr., F 9. IDAHO CITY Last season: 10-11, 5-4 1A WIC Coach: Al Hansen, third season Players to watch: Trey Martini, sr., W; Michael Kazmeric, jr., P; Sean Rossett, so., G 10. GEM STATE Last season: 3-12, 1-9 1A WIC Coach: Benjamin White, first season Players to watch: Jakob Evenson, fr., PG; Rowan Hendricks, sr., C; Orion Chavez, sr., PG 11. CENTENNIAL BAPTIST Last season: 1-18, 0-10 1A WIC Coach: Brent Mai, seventh season Players to watch: Cameron Tilzey, sr., G; Karson Sams, so., P; Caleb West, jr., G 1A LONG PIN 1. GARDEN VALLEY Last season: 22-4, 9-1 1A Long Pin Coach: Heather Kelly, fourth season Players to watch: Madix Miller, jr., G; Maxon Yearsley, jr., G; Trevor Corn, sr., G 2. CASCADE Last season: 19-7, 9-1 1A Long Pin Coach: Josh Hurley, fourth season Did not respond to the Statesman’s preseason survey. 3. COUNCIL Last season: 8-14, 4-6 1A Long Pin Coach: JC Tucker, second season Players to watch: Tucker Laine, sr., G; Decker McLinn, sr., G; Garrison Zielinski, jr., PG; Wade Vinning, sr., P 4. TRI-VALLEY Last season: 7-12, 3-7 1A Long Pin Coach: Lee Nichols Did not respond to the Statesman’s preseason survey. T-5. GREENLEAF Last season: 5-19, 3-7 1A WIC Coach: Eric Christianson, fourth season Players to watch: Not provided T-5. SALMON RIVER Last season: 2-18, 0-10 1A Long Pin Coach: Mike Shepherd, fourth season Players to watch: Aaron Markley, jr., F; Kingston Pyle, so., F; Blake Shepherd, so., G; Gage Crump, fr., G 7. HORSESHOE BEND Last season: 13-12, 5-5 1A Long Pin Coach: Terrik Foote, first season Players to watch: Trey Bauer, sr., PG; Colby Swan, sr., C; Lukken March, jr., SG 6A SIC boys basketball preview: Picking the league’s preseason favorites and contenders Boys basketball preview: Preseason picks for the 5A SIC’s favorites and dark horses

Hit and run: e-bike hit by ute after veering from bike laneKirkland’s ( NASDAQ:KIRK – Get Free Report ) and Bath & Body Works ( NYSE:BBWI – Get Free Report ) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings. Analyst Ratings This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kirkland’s and Bath & Body Works, as reported by MarketBeat.com. Kirkland’s currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 164.71%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given Kirkland’s’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kirkland’s is more favorable than Bath & Body Works. Volatility and Risk Profitability This table compares Kirkland’s and Bath & Body Works’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets. Institutional & Insider Ownership 15.4% of Kirkland’s shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Kirkland’s shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Valuation & Earnings This table compares Kirkland’s and Bath & Body Works”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation. Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than Kirkland’s. Kirkland’s is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bath & Body Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. Summary Bath & Body Works beats Kirkland’s on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. About Kirkland’s ( Get Free Report ) Kirkland’s, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of home décor and furnishings in the United States. Its stores provide various merchandise, including holiday décor, furniture, textiles, ornamental wall décor, decorative accessories, art, mirrors, home fragrance, lighting, floral, housewares, outdoor, and gifts. The company operates its stores under the Kirkland’s, Kirkland’s Home, Kirkland’s Home Outlet, Kirkland’s Outlet, and Kirkland Collection names. It also operates an e-commerce website, kirklands.com. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. About Bath & Body Works ( Get Free Report ) Bath & Body Works, Inc. operates a specialty retailer of home fragrance, body care, and soaps and sanitizer products. It sells its products under the Bath & Body Works, White Barn, and other brand names through retail stores and e-commerce sites located in the United States and Canada, as well as through international stores operated by partners under franchise, license, and wholesale arrangements. The company was formerly known as L Brands, Inc. and changed its name to Bath & Body Works, Inc. in August 2021. Bath & Body Works, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Receive News & Ratings for Kirkland's Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Kirkland's and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Lewis and Clark County approves $24K in ARPA funds to rebind record books3 Ways United Airlines' Super Tugs Are Shaping The Future

Collect Income, Watch The Future Brighten: BrightSpireIs Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren’t laughingA study of hot spots for collisions between ships and whales around the world, including Canadian waters, offers a map for measures to prevent the deadly strikes that could drive some species to extinction, one of the British Columbia-based authors says. Chloe Robinson said reported strikes represent a fraction of their true extent, and a lack of protection measures leaves whales vulnerable as global shipping expands. The study found shipping takes place across 92 per cent of the ranges for humpback, blue, fin and sperm whales worldwide, but measures to reduce vessel strikes have been implemented in less than seven per cent of high-risk areas. “That could really spell, you know, potential extinction for some of these species,” said Robinson,director of whales for Ocean Wise, a B.C.-based organization that provided data for the paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. “A recent study estimated anything up to 20,000 whales are killed a year through ship strikes, globally, and that’s just an estimate, a best-case estimate.” RELATED: Humpback calf suffers gash, bruising after being struck by BC Ferries vessel: MERS Robinson said she was surprised to see Swiftsure Bank, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, emerge as a risk hot spot for strikes of fin, blue and humpback whales. The area is a “migration highway” for humpbacks, she noted. The study also identified a hot spot for the same three species in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. “This is something that Ocean Wise has been looking into because a lot of the management measures occur offshore and not sort of within the Gulf of St. Lawrence itself and even the St. Lawrence Seaway, (which) leads down to the Great Lakes,” she said. “That was a huge hot spot, which was really interesting for me.” Robinson said there have been smaller studies on the risk of ship strikes in different regions, but the study published Thursday is the first to map the distribution of the four whale species, using a variety of data sources, then compare it with the Automatic Identification System, a tool used for tracking vessels worldwide. “This was really the first of its kind to map these two on top of each other,” she said. The researchers found the highest levels of risk in the Indian, western North Pacific and Mediterranean, while it also identified high-risk areas in the eastern North Pacific, North and South Atlantic Ocean along with the South China Sea. The Southern Ocean was the only region that did not contain any ship-strike hot spots due to low levels of shipping, despite high use by whales, the study found. Robinson said the findings support a strong case for maritime authorities to adopt measures such as whale alert systems, speed limits and no-go zones. “We know where there are areas where there are lots of whales and lots of ships, so this is where we need to target for management,” she said in an interview. Robinson said Canada is home to many “eyes on the water” and researchers exploring innovative techniques for monitoring whales. But the country lacks mandatory mitigation measures, and it’s not alone. “Next to none of the measures globally are mandatory. So, having voluntary measures (is) great, provided people comply,” Robinson said. READ MORE: ‘There are babies here’: Experts urge caution after Humpback calf is struck by boat on North Island Ocean Wise launched an alert system in 2018 that notifies large vessels of the presence of whales in Pacific Northwest waters, and Robinson said about 80 per cent of mariners from Washington state up to Alaska have signed up. The WhaleReport alert system mainly functions in what she describes as “inshore” waters around busy ports in Seattle, Vancouver and Prince Rupert. The Port of Vancouver has also seen a high rate of compliance for its ECHO program, Robinson noted. The program encourages vessels to take voluntary steps, such as slowing down or staying farther away from whales, in order to reduce underwater noise and the potential for strikes in busy shipping areas. Robinson favours a multi-pronged approach to reducing ship strikes, but she said one single measure she believes could have a big impact would be equipping vessels with an infrared camera to detect whales within several kilometres. “Maybe some mariners ... respond better to knowing there 100 per cent is a whale 200 metres in front of your vessel, versus, ‘slow down, there might be a whale here.'” Robinson said such cameras can cost betweenUS$50,000 and $75,000. But the cost was a “drop in the bucket” of major companies’ profits, she said. The cameras also present a public-relations opportunity for businesses to advertise themselves as operating in a more whale-friendly manner, Robinson said. “I know people who have had to go and have therapy after killing a humpback whilst at the helm,” she added. “I think there’s a lot to be said (for) the long-term benefits of this kind of technology.” The study also found areas with lower traffic that could provide refuge for whales, especially with added protections. It shows the Arctic Ocean, for example, has very few high-risk areas for vessel strikes, and Robinson said some researchers view it as potential sanctuary. But without protections, Robinson said Arctic waters could become the next high-risk hot spot as sea ice melts with climate change, opening up shipping routes. “Knowing the plans to expand shipping routes into these areas to cut shipping time, make things faster, right through prime whale habitat, I think this is a really good opportunity to get ahead of the issue before it becomes an issue,” she said. Whales play crucial roles in their ecosystems, including cycling nutrients that support other species, and they’re a boon for tourism, Robinson said. They’re also “magical” creatures that people feel connected to, she said, and they remain vulnerable after many species were hunted to the brink of extinction. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 22, 2024.

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American citizen who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system was suddenly discovered Thursday outside Damascus after being released and handed over to rebel forces, Syria’s new authorities said. The political affairs office of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group that led the lightning offensive to topple Assad’s government, said the group had secured the release of U.S. citizen Travis Timmerman. In interviews with media in Syria, Timmerman said he was imprisoned after crossing from Lebanon into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.WOLF INVESTOR DEADLINE: Wolfspeed, Inc. Investors with Substantial Losses Have Opportunity to Lead Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit

ST. LOUIS — Jake Neighbours scored the lone shootout goal, Jordan Binnington denied all three San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues snapped a four-game home losing streak with a 3-2 victory Thursday night. Binnington bounced back after allowing Alexander Wennberg’s tying goal with 8.8 seconds left to notch his 151st career victory and tie Mike Liut’s franchise record. Wennberg had both goals for the Sharks. Mikael Granlund and Macklin Celebrini, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL draft, assisted both goals. Jordan Kyrou and Nathan Walker scored in regulation for the Blues, who won for just the second time in their last nine games. Walker scored 11 seconds into the game after Radek Faksa intercepted a pass from Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov. Kyrou, sandwiched between Granlund and Timothy Liljegren at the top of the crease, jammed home a pass from Pierre-Olivier Joseph for his sixth goal of the season with 8:13 left in the second. Binnington had 22 saves in the win, while Askarov had 29 saves. Takeaways Sharks: San Jose, which has been outscored 28-10 in the first period this season, had another rocky start despite getting a first-period goal for the third straight game. St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington, right, is congratulated by center Brayden Schenn, center, and center Robert Thomas, left, after defeating the San Jose Sharks in the shootout of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in St. Louis. Credit: AP/Jeff Le Blues: Binnington ranks second among goalies in franchise history with 295 games played. He reached the 151-win mark in 56 fewer games than Liut, who went 151-133 with 52 ties from 1979-1985. Key moment Neighbours delivered the victory in the shootout with a wrist shot that beat Askarov on his glove side. Key stat The Blues have been outscored 14-2 in the third period of their last seven games. Up next The Blues play seven of their next eight games on the road, beginning Saturday against the New York Islanders, the same day San Jose starts a four-game home stand Saturday against Buffalo.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 19, 2024-- Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced that it will host an Investor Day on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The event is expected to start at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time (10:00 a.m. Pacific time) and conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. Eastern time (12:30 p.m. Pacific time). This event will be held at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, NY. A live webcast will also be accessible from the Cloudflare investor relations website at . A replay of the presentations will be available following the completion of the event. Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. 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PUB: 12/19/2024 04:15 PM/DISC: 12/19/2024 04:13 PMGilmore Girls fans left in tears by sweet reunion starring Lauren Graham and Scott PattersonOn Jan. 20, 1981, after suffering a landslide defeat, former President Jimmy Carter returned home to rural Plains to what he called “an altogether new, unwanted, and potentially empty life.” By 1982, he had such a low profile that Time magazine called him “virtually a non-person, a president who never was.” But Carter would rewrite his legacy by turning to his implacable faith. It was, to him, an enduring source of comfort and inspiration, continuously helping guide him even through the most stunning setbacks — from losing elections to marital woes, an interminable hostage crisis in Iran and health crises in later life. His hometown of Plains wasn’t just Carter’s childhood home — it was his spiritual center. Upon his return after his presidential defeat, Carter, a third-generation Baptist, maintained his lifetime habit — teaching Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church. He made a cross that stood for years above the altar in his wood shop. As an active member, he took his turn cutting the church’s grass. And he applied his love-your-neighbor ethic to his work at the Carter Center. “He is not some pie-in-the-sky Christian. He is a down-to-earth Christian who sees the everyday challenges and applies his faith to practical problems,” said civil rights hero the Rev. Joseph Lowery in an October 2010 interview. “There is no question his commitment to peace is based on faith. His commitment to help the poor, his commitment to housing, you can attribute that to his faith. It was Christ’s challenge to serve the poor and he’s done that. I admire him for that.” In his 1996 book “Living Faith,” Carter wrote openly about problems in his marriage. Getting involved in the church in Plains helped him and his wife work though communication woes. “We found we could communicate through discussions of our religious faith better than we could without it,” he said. When they had problems in their marriage, they would kneel together, pray to God and both would tell their sides of the story. It was as if they used God as the ultimate marriage counselor, according to E. Stanly Godbold, a Carter historian and author of the book, “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: The Georgia Years, 1924 to 1974.” Faith played a role in 1978 when Carter held peace meetings between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Carter believed the common thread of religion helped bring the two sides together. “At Camp David, for instance, this is one of the main themes of Anwar Sadat, we had so much in common worshipping the same God that we could form a common foundation for peace,” Carter told the AJC in a 1996 interview. READ AN EXCERPT OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER’S BOOK, “ FAITH: A JOURNEY FOR ALL,” WHICH WAS PRINTED IN THE AJC IN 2018. Break with Southern Baptists When Carter was running for president, he was an appealing candidate to Southern Baptists and other evangelicals — a small town guy in the Bible belt, still married to the same woman and the first U.S. presidential candidate who self-identified as a born-again Christian. That terminology was new for swaths of America and resulted in news articles across the nation examining and explaining, often poorly, conservative Christian beliefs. It was also an early sign of the development of the political-religious organizations such as the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority that followed. The evangelical Christian vote helped elect Carter. But in just four years, the most famous face of the Baptist religion was at odds with the increasingly conservative-leaning Southern Baptist Convention. The nation’s largest Protestant denomination also was undergoing its own cultural changes. Through the 1980s, theologically and politically conservative leaders rallied voting members of the convention to sweep out moderates from leadership roles in churches, seminaries and colleges over their theological “liberalism.” Carter’s views on hot-button issues such as supporting women as leaders in the church made him increasingly unpopular among many Southern Baptists and other evangelicals. He later showed support for civil unions, and by 2018 for marriage of same sex couples. But in 1979, many of the conservatives who voted for him the first time deserted him for Ronald Reagan. In 2000, Carter severed ties to the Southern Baptist Convention, saying parts of its “increasingly rigid” doctrines violated the “basic premises of my Christian faith.” Carter went on to play a role in helping start an alternate association for progressive evangelical Black and white churches whose memberships and leaders were more moderate in their thinking and actions, such as installing women into pulpits and key church roles, and focusing on goals such as fighting poverty, and advocating for the environment and social causes. Carter used his weight to get the New Baptist Covenant and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship off the ground. In 2008, he helped bring together 20,000 Baptists representing more than 20 million church members for an Atlanta event designed to bury differences and work together. The tension was deep. The Southern Baptist Convention’s news service, Baptist Press, did not carry a news article about Carter winning the Nobel Peace Prize. “Carter didn’t change,” said Nancy T. Ammerman, a sociologist of religion at Boston University and author of “Baptist Battles.” “The definition of what it meant to be Southern and Baptist changed.” “One of the characteristics of being Baptist is this that you have to make decisions about how your life is going to go,” said Ammerman. “No priest can do it for you. There’s this deep-seated notion of individual freedom and individual accountability, and [that] gave him this fierce ability to be independent that has shaped his personality and career and has given him a strong commitment to democracy, various human rights issues and religious liberty.” An abiding faith Carter’s faith can be traced back to his childhood, a time when Sunday was devoted to church and biblical teachings. In his hometown of Plains, no stores were open on Sunday. Going to a movie theater or even playing cards on Sunday was out of the question. That devotion never faded. Well into his 90s, he was behind the pulpit teaching multiple Sundays every year to classes filled with people from around the nation and world who would drop in to hear the former president. One Sunday, Carter counted 28 nations represented in the pews. He would talk about God and loving your enemies, and then sprinkle stories of traveling around the globe, building houses and eradicating disease. He and Rosalynn would pose for pictures with visitors at the little church, a quintessential Jimmy Carter experience. Even as he contemplated his demise, he looked to his faith for guidance. In “Living Faith,” he wrote: “We can face death with fear, anguish, self-torment and unnecessary distress among those around us. Or, through faith and the promises of God, we can confront the inevitable with courage, equanimity, good humor and peace. Our last few days or months can be spent in a challenging and exhilarating way, seeking to repair relationships and to leave a good or even noble legacy, in an atmosphere of harmony and love.”

Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title with the Atlanta Braves, has diedGreenhouse Heating and Cooling Systems Global Market Report Predicts Successive Growth to $26.65 Billion by 2028“I don’t know if Darragh O’Brien took the whole thing of needing to build houses quicker, sooner seriously,” Róisín Garvey says. Traversing the constituency of Clare on the campaign trail, the Green Party deputy leader is her usual outspoken self, pointing to the failures of the outgoing coalition, of which she is a member. Garvey is probably the best prospect of a gain for the party in the more rural constituency of Clare, with a four-year Seanad term increasing her profile nationally and locally. Driving through the Clare countryside out towards Ennistymon, Garvey acknowledges the failures within government — particularly on housing. She says that, while the coalition has overseen increased housebuilding which has been a win, the increased level of homelessness must be seen as a failure of government. Excuses such as population increases and the war in Ukraine can be made, she says, but the State did adapt well to finding homes for Ukrainian refugees. In particular, she questions outgoing Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien and his role in the crisis. When asked if O’Brien failed in his job, Garvey walks it back slightly saying that he didn’t because “he built loads of houses”. “I don’t think he’s failed. I’m not sure his priorities are the same as my priorities.” In particular, she highlights cost-rental as an issue, with it being pushed on a national level, but the development of it in Clare is yet to start. She hits out at council chief executives who “aren’t answerable to anybody”. It’s a cold afternoon in Ennis as Garvey pounds the pavement in Willsgrove, knocking on doors with her team of canvassers. Hailing from Inagh, a village nestled between Ennis and Ennistymon, Garvey comes from a political family, with her father Flan having served as a Fianna Fáil councillor until 2009. She did not make it over the line in 2020, amid a green wave that washed 12 Green TDs into the Dáil. But, after four years in the Seanad and two seats now empty with the departure of both Michael McNamara and Joe Carey, her prospects are certainly not bad. “The only negativity I really get is online and I think two doors out of the whole campaign so far have verbally attacked me and abused me,” Garvey says. “It’s not bad, considering.” On the doors, an issue that continually crops up is housing, with one woman, Angela Connaughton, raising the lack of suitable accommodation for people looking to downsize. Connaughton says her family members would prefer to move to a smaller apartment from their four-bedroom house, but that there simply isn’t accommodation available to them. The canvass comes in the hours after the first RTÉ leaders’ debate, with one voter asking Garvey how she thought it went. “Shouty,” Garvey replies, saying she believed her party leader — Roderic O’Gorman — performed well in the clashes, but that he was “very polite”. Garvey does single out one party leader for criticism however, saying that Independent Ireland’s Michael Collins just “makes stuff up”. “I’d argue with anybody based on facts, but when they just start making up stuff,” Garvey says, adding that the Greens have “put more money in farmers’ pockets than the Independents ever have”. Garvey says she believes Collins is “living in denial” about climate change. “I think his head is in the sand, sure the farmland is saturated,” she adds. Garvey says farmers all over the country are struggling, while accusing Independents of only offering farmers more of the same. What are their solutions, apart from bashing the Greens that are coming up with actual solutions? As the team of canvassers wander up the road further, Garvey turns into a house where John Gannon opens the door, revealing that she is the first caller so far in the campaign. Garvey sounds thrilled, before asking Gannon if he’d give her a number one vote off the back of her visit. “Well you might get something,” he tells her. “Well, I’ll take it,” Garvey responds, before explaining how her father had once opted to climb Croagh Patrick for a vote in a local election. He points to the cost of living as a key issue for him in the election, while later on up the road Siobhan King raises the lack of affordable housing being built in the local area. She points out that there isn’t an equitable split between the amount of social houses being built and the amount of affordable houses being delivered, saying that her two children will face difficulties affording a home. Health is also brought up by King, with the ongoing issues at University Hospital Limerick raised as a major concern. She says that while her daughter is training to be a nurse, she wouldn’t step foot in UHL. It’s one issue shared by Garvey, with the senator describing how she spent four nights on a trolley in the hospital previously, saying that it was “hell”. “UHL is the most famous hospital for nightmares,” Garvey says, as she pressed for further investment in primary care centres in Clare — with just one established in Ennis. As the canvass ends, Garvey is back in her car on route to Ennistymon where she is scheduled to speak to students about the importance of voting. As the afternoon wears on, Garvey pulls in to the Ennistymon Community School, built atop a hill in the town, and hops out to speak to students. Gathering all the students in the main hall of the school, Garvey climbs up on a table to address the students — before quickly stepping back down after a glare from the principal. She urges the students to get out and use their voice come polling day. “When you don’t vote, somebody else gets to decide for you... I don’t care who you vote for, you can hate me for all you want, you don’t have to vote for me. “But if you have a vote, I beg you to go out and use it.”