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u777bet The Pittsburgh Penguins got shut out when the United States roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament was announced Wednesday. There had been at least some popular push for winger Bryan Rust to make the squad. Rust, who plays on the Penguins’ top line centered by Sidney Crosby and has been a fixture in the top six for several seasons, is tied with Crosby for second on the team with eight goals. He has 13 points in 20 games. He missed seven games early this season because of a lower-body injury. The general manager for Team USA is Minnesota Wild GM and former Penguins player and executive Bill Guerin. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is coaching Team USA. Those connections were not enough to get Rust onto the roster. One of the wingers on the American team is former Penguins star Jake Guentzel. The NHL will shut down for the tournament, which will feature the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston. Six players for each team were previously announced, including two Penguins, Crosby for Canada and defenseman Erik Karlsson for Sweden. The full rosters for Sweden and Finland were announced earlier Wednesday. No players other than Crosby were named to Team Canada. Barring injury replacements between now and the tournament, no Penguins other than Crosby and Karlsson are pegged to participate in the 4 Nations. Crosby figures to be part of a dynamic line, perhaps with the likes of Edmonton’s Connor McDavid or Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon. This article first appeared on Pittsburgh Hockey Now and was syndicated with permission.Tottenham return to Southampton on Sunday for the first time since Antonio Conte’s explosive post-match rant, but current boss Ange Postecoglou has not lost any of his determination to succeed at the club. Conte’s last public act as Spurs head coach after a 3-3 draw at St Mary’s in 2023 was to launch a furious tirade against his own “selfish” players who he claimed “don’t want to play under pressure” before he seemed to turn on the board as he questioned the club’s ongoing trophy drought. Eight days later Conte had left Tottenham by mutual consent after a whirlwind 16-month period, with Postecoglou his eventual permanent successor. A post shared by Antonio Conte (@antonioconte) Postecoglou has been in charge of the Premier League club for two months longer than the Italian, but managed 12 fewer matches and is currently in the middle of an injury crisis which has resulted in a drop in form, with Spurs only able to claim one victory from their last eight fixtures. However, when Postecoglou was asked if he would jump ship in the wake of making remarks like Conte did in March, 2023, he said: “Look, I don’t think it’s fair to comment. “Antonio is a world-class manager and has his own way of doing things, his own reasons for doing that. “I am here, I am in for the fight. I am in a fight, for sure. For better or worse I am not going anywhere at the moment because everything is still in my power and my responsibility. “I still have a real desire to get us through this stage so that people see what is on the other side. My resolve and determination hasn’t wavered one little bit. “I love a fight, I love a scrap, I love being in the middle of a storm when everyone doubts because I know what it is on the other side if you get through it. My job is to get through it.” Postecoglou was Celtic boss when Conte’s extraordinary 10-minute press conference made waves around the world, but acknowledged being aware of his predecessors’ comments and attempted to explain the psyche behind why a manager would make such a move. “I was on Planet Earth at that time, and yes I was well aware of it,” Postecoglou smiled. “I think you know when a manager gets to that point that there’s obviously some underlying issues. “I think most of the time when managers do that they’re trying to get a reaction, trying to get some sort of impact on the team. “In difficult moments, what you want from your leaders is action rather than inaction of just letting things drift along. He did it to try and get a positive impact on the group, one way or another. We’ve all been in that situation as a manager where you feel this is time to send a message.” Postecoglou sent out his own message on Thursday after a 1-1 draw away to Rangers when he insisted Timo Werner’s display “wasn’t acceptable” at Ibrox. Werner was replaced at half-time following an error-strewn performance, but was not alone in being below-par in Glasgow. A day later Postecoglou explained how with Spurs missing several key first-teamers, the onus is on their fit senior players to deliver a level of application and commitment – and admitted Werner will be required at St Mary’s on Sunday. “I’ve got no choice. Who else am I going to play? I’m pulling kids out of school, I literally am,” Postecoglou mentioned in reference to 16-year-old duo Malachi Hardy and Luca Williams-Barnett, who have recently made the bench. “That was the reasoning for me pointing it out last night. We need Timo. We need all of them. “In normal times if you have a poor game, there’s a price to pay. It doesn’t exist right now. We need everybody we’ve got.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being nominated for a position requiring Senate confirmation. Sheriff Chronister, the top law enforcement officer in Hillsborough County, Florida, said in a post on X that he was backing away from the opportunity, which he called “the honor of a lifetime.” “Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,” Chronister wrote. He did not elaborate, and Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Chronister follows former Republican congressman , Trump’s first pick to serve as attorney general, in withdrawing his name for a post in the administration. Gaetz withdrew following scrutiny over that cast doubt on his ability to be confirmed as the nation’s chief federal law enforcement officer. Trump’s pick of Chronister for the DEA job drew backlash from conservatives, who raised concerns over his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and his saying that his office “does not engage in federal immigration enforcement activities.” In March 2020, Chronister arrested the pastor of a megachurch who held services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place aimed at limiting the spread of the Covid virus. “Shame on this pastor, their legal staff and the leaders of this staff for forcing us to do our job. That’s not what we wanted to do during a declared state of emergency,” Chronister said at the time. “We are hopeful that this will be a wakeup call.” U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky, was among those airing public complaints, saying Chronister should be “disqualified” for the arrest. Others flagged comments Chronister made in a video about Florida’s immigration laws that he released in 2023 that circulated again online after Trump named him last weekend. Related Articles In the video, Chronister praised the “rich diversity” of his community and called it “a place where people from all walks of life come together.” He said it was important to note his office “does not engage in federal immigration enforcement activities. We do not target individuals based on their immigration status. That’s the authority of federal agencies.” Trump has made a sweeping crackdown on immigration a central focus of his campaign and his aims for his coming administration.

Johannesburg, Dec 14 (PTI) G20 countries have the will, capacity and determination to address the formidable global challenges ahead, South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has said here. He was speaking at a Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting of the bloc here on Thursday. Also Read | Indian Students Killed in Canada: India Describes Recent Murder of Students As 'Terrible Tragedies', Demands Thorough Investigation. "The global challenges ahead are formidable. But the G20 has the will, capacity and determination to address them," Godongwana said as he added that this was captured in the theme of South Africa's G20 Presidency -- 'Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability'. "There is an African proverb that reads: 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' Through our presidency, we will seek to strengthen and advance our common pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Pact for the Future," the minister said. Also Read | MFN Clause Suspension by Switzerland: India Needs Strategic Approach for International Taxation Treaties, Says GTRI. He added that South Africa intended to use the presidency, which it took over from Brazil on December 1, to advance an African agenda. "To further this agenda and ensure that we strengthen the manner in which the G20 respond to the social and economic needs of our continent, we intend to establish a G20 Africa Expert Panel to support the G20 Finance Track. The G20 Africa Expert Panel will be composed of leading African economic, development and finance experts from the public sector, think tanks, academia and international financial institutions," Godongwana said. The minister said that one of the areas South Africa would request the G20 Africa Expert Panel to advise on was how the G20 could ensure that the various African initiatives, including the compact with Africa, could be strengthened to the benefit of the continent. "South Africa has also proposed a stocktake of the G20 finance track, to ensure that the G20 remains agile, responsive and fit for purpose. G20 leaders stated at the Rio Summit last month that they will accelerate the reform of the international financial architecture so that it can meet the urgent challenges of sustainable development, climate change and efforts to eradicate poverty. "The G20 Roadmap towards Better, Bigger and More Efficient MDBs was a milestone achievement under Brazil's Presidency. Now, the focus turns to implementation and monitoring," Godongwana said. "We will also keep our focus on enhancing debt sustainability, through improving the implementation of the Common Framework. We are aware that there are countries whose debt is sustainable, but which are facing acute liquidity challenges, which, if not addressed, could result in solvency challenges. "These challenges necessitate a comprehensive approach towards debt sustainability, which means there is no ‘one size fits all' approach," the minister said, proposing that this should be addressed through a focus on putting in place the measures for countries to make the right investments and undertake appropriate reforms to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth. The private sector also needed to be involved, the minister added. "In our efforts to scale up finance, we cannot omit the important role of private sector finance. "Indeed, G20 engagement with the private sector remains critical if we are to achieve many of the goals we have set out for ourselves. South Africa's G20 Presidency will continue to work with business and other stakeholders, in order to unlock the global economy's full potential," he said. The discussions under South Africa's G20 Presidency will take place alongside the 5th Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) that will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa, from February 26 to 28, 2025, as well as the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Spain in June 2025. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)(Source: Nasdaq) U.S. consumer sentiment ticked up for a fourth straight month in November, led by a big upswing in sentiment among Republicans following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election. The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index climbed to 71.8 this month, the highest since April, from 70.5 in October. The result was shy of the median estimate among economists polled by Reuters for a reading of 73.7 and was lower than the preliminary reading of 73.0, a pulse-taking that was completed before the Nov. 5 election. “Overall, the stability of national sentiment this month obscures discordant partisan patterns,” Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne Hsu said in a statement. “In a mirror image of November 2020, the expectations index surged for Republicans and fell for Democrats this month, a reflection of the two groups’ incongruous views of how Trump’s policies will influence the economy.” Indeed, overall sentiment among Republicans surged by 15.5 points, the largest increase since Trump won the 2016 election. It plunged 10.1 points among Democrats in the wake of the loss by Vice President Kamala Harris, their party’s nominee. It also ticked down among political independents, whom exit poll data from Edison Research showed narrowly favored Harris over Trump. Meanwhile, households continued to see muted inflation pressures in the year ahead but do see greater price-rise risk over Trump’s coming four-year term. The survey showed one-year inflation expectations at 2.6%, the lowest since December 2020, but five-year expectations rose to 3.2%, the highest in a year, from 3.0% in October. Many economists see a risk of rekindled inflation arising from Trump’s economic agenda of tax cuts, higher tariffs and restricted immigration. Source: Reuters (Reporting By Dan Burns; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)FACT FOCUS: Inspector general’s Jan. 6 report misrepresented as proof of FBI setupLiverpool's Premier League lead was cut to seven points by Arsenal and Chelsea after the Reds conceded a 90th-minute equaliser in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Newcastle on Wednesday. Chelsea thrashed 10-man Southampton 5-1 to go second on goal difference ahead of Arsenal, who beat Manchester United 2-0. Mohamed Salah's second-half double was not enough to extend Liverpool's seven-game winning run in all competitions as they failed to win for just the third time in 21 games under Arne Slot. The league leaders were forced to come from behind at St James' Park twice, as Alexander Isak blasted Newcastle into a 1-0 half-time lead. Curtis Jones levelled before Anthony Gordon restored Newcastle's lead. Salah twice converted Trent Alexander-Arnold assists to turn the game around, taking his tally for the season to 15 goals. However, there was a late sting in the tale as a rare error from Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher allowed Fabian Schar to squeeze in a late equaliser for the Magpies. "He has done remarkably well for us and even today he was good. Unfortunately, he misjudged the situation," Liverpool boss Slot said of Kelleher's blunder. Meanwhile, Arsenal took full advantage by inflicting Ruben Amorim's first defeat as Manchester United boss. Once again, the Gunners were able to rely on their prowess from set-pieces to get the job done. Jurrien Timber broke the deadlock, heading in Declan Rice's corner nine minutes into the second half. William Saliba did not know much about the second, as he diverted in Thomas Partey's header from Bukayo Saka's corner, but the Frenchman did not care as Arsenal had the breathing space they craved. A fourth consecutive win in all competitions confirmed Arsenal's return to form and applied a little pressure on Liverpool. "A special day – it's a joy to play in this stadium with that energy, it's something incredible," Arteta said. "We scored two set-pieces, but we could've scored from open play many more." Amorim, meanwhile, said those set-pieces are what ultimately killed the game for United. "They can put a lot of players near the goalkeeper, and it's almost impossible to fight for the ball," he said. "We already know we have to be better." (AFP)

NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal conviction, arguing that continuing the case would present unconstitutional “disruptions to the institution of the Presidency.“ In a filing made public Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that anything short of immediate dismissal would undermine the transition of power, as well as the “overwhelming national mandate” granted to Trump by voters last month. They also cited President Biden’s recent pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of tax and gun charges. “President Biden asserted that his son was ‘selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,’ and ‘treated differently,’” Trump’s legal team wrote. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, they claimed, had engaged in the type of political theater “that President Biden condemned.” Prosecutors will have until Dec. 9 to respond. They have said they will fight any efforts to dismiss the case but have indicated a willingness to delay the sentencing until after Trump’s second term ends in 2029. In their filing Monday, Trump’s attorneys dismissed the idea of holding off sentencing until Trump is out of office as a “ridiculous suggestion.” Following Trump’s election victory last month, Merchan halted proceedings and indefinitely postponed his sentencing, previously scheduled for late November, to allow the defense and prosecution to weigh in on the future of the case. He also delayed a decision on Trump’s prior bid to dismiss the case on immunity grounds. Trump has been fighting for months to reverse his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels to suppress her claim that they had sex a decade earlier. He says they did not and denies any wrongdoing. The defense filing was signed by Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, who represented Trump during the trial and have since been selected by the president-elect to fill senior roles at the Justice Department. Taking a swipe at Bragg and New York City, as Trump often did throughout the trial, the filing argues that dismissal would also benefit the public by giving him and “the numerous prosecutors assigned to this case a renewed opportunity to put an end to deteriorating conditions in the City and to protect its residents from violent crime.” Clearing Trump, the lawyers added, would also allow him to “to devote all of his energy to protecting the Nation.” Merchan hasn’t yet set a timetable for a decision. He could decide to uphold the verdict and proceed to sentencing, delay the case until Trump leaves office, wait until a federal appeals court rules on Trump’s parallel effort to get the case moved out of state court or choose some other option. An outright dismissal of the New York case would further lift a legal cloud that at one point carried the prospect of derailing Trump’s political future. Last week, special counsel Jack Smith told courts that he was withdrawing both federal cases against Trump – one charging him with hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate, the other with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election he lost – citing longstanding Justice Department policy that shields a president from indictment while in office. The hush money case was the only one of Trump’s four criminal indictments to go to trial, resulting in a historic verdict that made him the first former president to be convicted of a crime. Prosecutors had cast the payout as part of a Trump-driven effort to keep voters from hearing salacious stories about him. Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen paid Daniels. Trump later reimbursed him, and Trump’s company logged the reimbursements as legal expenses – concealing what they really were, prosecutors alleged. Trump has said the payments to Cohen were properly categorized as legal expenses for legal work. A month after the verdict, the Supreme Court ruled that ex-presidents can’t be prosecuted for official acts – things they did in the course of running the country – and that prosecutors can’t cite those actions to bolster a case centered on purely personal, unofficial conduct. Trump’s lawyers cited the ruling to argue that the hush money jury got some improper evidence, such as Trump’s presidential financial disclosure form, testimony from some White House aides and social media posts made during his first term. Prosecutors disagreed and said the evidence in question was only “a sliver” of their case. If the verdict stands and the case proceeds to sentencing, Trump’s punishments would range from a fine to probation to up to four years in prison — but it’s unlikely he’d spend any time behind bars for a first-time conviction involving charges in the lowest tier of felonies. Because it is a state case, Trump would not be able to pardon himself once he returns to office. We invite you to add your comments. We encourage a thoughtful exchange of ideas and information on this website. By joining the conversation, you are agreeing to our commenting policy and terms of use . More information is found on our FAQs . You can modify your screen name here . Comments are managed by our staff during regular business hours Monday through Friday as well as limited hours on Saturday and Sunday. Comments held for moderation outside of those hours may take longer to approve. Please sign into your Press Herald account to participate in conversations below. 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Can't fix blame on one person, says Telugu film industryThe Acer Swift 14 AI is the latest laptop to adopt Intel’s new Lunar Lake chips , which promise a serious jump in battery life to combat the reign of the MacBook and the newcomer to the Windows world, the Snapdragon X Elite. Acer has joined in with the Swift 14 AI, a new machine based on Intel’s efficiency-focused Lunar Lake chipset. It matches a reasonable price with exceptional battery life to make for a compelling option. Does that make it one of the best laptops ? Well, the display isn’t as great as some, but if you’re not married to OLED, then you’ll find a lot to like here. Specs and configuration Acer offers two configurations of the Swift 14 AI, both featuring 14.0-inch FHD+ IPS displays. For $1,200, you get an Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. For $1,300, there’s a slightly faster Core Ultra 7 258V and 32GB of RAM. That makes the Swift 14 AI a reasonably priced laptop. The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 uses the same Intel chipsets and is more expensive at list, coming in at $1,450 for a slower Core Ultra 5 226V, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. But, HP often has its laptops on sale, and when configured to Acer’s high-end specs, the OmniBook is slightly more expensive at $1,400 but that includes a higher-resolution 2.8K OLED display. The Asus Zenbook S 14 is another similar machine that’s more expensive at $1,500 also with a 2.8K OLED display. Design The Swift 14 AI manages to straddle the line between today’s more common minimalist designs and something a bit different. It does so through the use of a rounded rear chassis edge and sides that incorporate a curved design. It’s still just a dark gray colorway with minimal bling, so it’s a conservative design. But it manages to stand out a little more than some. The OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 and MacBook Air M3 both have their own attractive styles, and it’s down to personal tastes if the Swift 14 AI manages to be as good-looking. In terms of its build quality, the Swift 14 AI is a mixed bag. It’s made of aluminum, and its bottom chassis and keyboard deck are both solid enough. The lid is a bit flexible, however, something that the MacBook Air M3 shares but the OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 does not. It’s fine, but not the best I’ve reviewed lately. In addition, the Swift 14 AI is a little thicker than many recent machines, and much more so than the MacBook Air M3 that’s one of the thinnest laptops ever made. It’s fairly light, and its bezels are reasonably thin so the overall size is competitive. Interestingly, Acer borrowed Lenovo’s reverse notch to house the webcam and other electronics, avoiding Apple’s more controversial display notch. Keyboard and touchpad The Swift 14 AI has a typical island keyboard with slightly small keycaps compared to what I’m used to but great spacing and a standard layout. The switches are light and snappy, and I found the keyboard comfortable while I was typing this review. It’s up there with the best, including Apple’s Magic Keyboard and the OmniBook Ultra Flip 14’s excellent version. The touchpad is reasonably sized, although there’s room on the palm rest for a few more millimeters. It’s mechanical with quiet clicks, but more laptops are including haptic versions that are even quieter and allow clicking along the entire surface. Haptic touchpads, like the excellent versions you’ll find on the OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 and Apple’s entire MacBook lineup, provide more customization options and are just a lot more pleasant to use. One unusual feature is an LED symbol in the upper-right quadrant that lights up when Microsoft Copilot AI features are activated. The display is touch-enabled, which is a good thing. Overall, input options are fine. Connectivity and webcam Connectivity is very good, with a mix of Thunderbolt 4 and legacy ports. I’d like to have seen an SD card reader, but that’s my only real complaint. Wireless connectivity is fully up-to-date. The webcam is a 1440p version that has a number of Acer utilities to optimize video and audio quality. There’s a fast neural processing unit (NPU) running at 47 tera operations per second (TOPS), which is more than the 40 TOPS required for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative. As more AI features roll out, the Swift 14 AI will be ready to run them with sufficient on-device performance and better efficiency. An infrared camera provides support for Windows 11 Hello facial recognition, and it’s reliable and fast. Performance The Intel Lunar Lake line of chipsets is aimed squarely at efficiency, replacing the older Meteor Lake 15-watt Core Ultra S-series chipsets with 17-watt Core Ultra Series 2 chipsets. They’re all 8-core/8-thread parts running at various clock speeds, and they all use the latest Intel Arc integrated graphics. For the Swift 14 AI, that means the Intel Arc 140V that falls somewhere between the previous generation and entry-level discrete graphics. In our benchmarks, the Swift 14 AI is fast enough but not the fastest in its class. The Qualcomm Snapdragon X chipsets, also aimed at efficiency, are also faster. Apple’s M3 chipset, which will be supplanted by the M4 in the MacBook Air in early 2025, comes in the middle, although its GPU cores are faster than each of the thin-and-light Windows competitors. The Swift 14 AI is fast enough for demanding productivity users, although gamers and creators will want to look elsewhere. Battery life Intel’s Lunar Lake chipsets are aimed at efficiency much more than performance. As we can see, performance is fine but nothing to write home about. But so far, while Lunar Lake laptops still haven’t been generally as efficient overall as Apple’s MacBook lineup, they’re much better than previous Windows laptops. Poor battery life is no longer a reason to skip Windows. The Swift 14 AI was a very strong performer even among their immediate Intel competitors, in spite of having a 65 watt-hour battery that’s no larger than some other machines. In fact, outside of our most demanding Cinebench R24 battery test, the Swift 14 AI is basically as efficient as the MacBook Air M3. It’s a very impressive performance that’s likely aided by the FHD+ IPS display as compared to the OLED display in a few comparison machines. Display and audio The Swift 14 AI’s 14.0-inch 16:10 IPS display runs at FHD+ (1920 x 1200), which isn’t quite as sharp as I like to see in a display this size. It’s probably OK for most people, and it does add the benefit of being more power-efficient than the higher-res OLED displays on many laptops I’ve reviewed lately. Subjectively, the display was bright and colorful and overall a nice enough IPS display. My colorimeter found it to be above-average for IPS technology, which is a good thing because that average is a lot better than it was just a few years ago. The display is bright at 408 nits, way above our baseline of 300 nits that needs to be adjusted upward at some point. Contrast is also excellent at 1,340:1, better than our old standard of 1,000:1. Colors are slightly wider than most IPS displays at 100% of sRGB, 81% of AdobeRGB, and 84% of DCI-P3, compared to most IPS panels that come in at around 75% of both AdobeRGB and DCI-P3. Color accuracy is very good at a DeltaE of 1.35 (anything less than 2.0 is great for productivity use). It’s a good display for most users. It won’t be the best for creative work or HDR video, but for everything else it will be more than suitable. The audio quality is just OK, with two downward-firing speakers. Sound is loud enough and mids and highs are clear, but bass is lacking. You’ll want a good set of headphones or Bluetooth speakers for music and streaming. Is the Acer Swift 14 AI worth it? The Swift 14 AI is a well-built and attractive laptop with good enough performance and a reasonable — but not exceptional — price. Its battery life is the standout feature, with efficiency that’s among the best Windows laptops we’ve tested. However, it owes that battery life at least partially to the IPS display. It’s not a bad screen, but it lacks the sharpness and contrast of modern OLED displays. That’s the one tradeoff to consider, but if battery life is your main concern, the Acer Swift 14 AI is a solid option.