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bet 999 Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie scored to lead Juventus to a 2-0 Champions League win over Manchester City on Wednesday, a major blow to the English champion’s hopes of clinching a top-eight spot in the group stage of Europe’s elite competition. City, which lifted the 2023 Champions League title, continued a poor run of form which has brought only one victory in its last 10 games across all competitions. “(Confidence) is a big part of it, obviously it’s a mental issue as well. You can see that. You can see that sometimes one action we miss the ball or lose a duel and you can see that we drop immediately,” City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan told Amazon Prime . “It has such a big effect on us right now. At the crucial moment right now we are doing the wrong things.” Vlahovic scored by the narrowest of margins in the 53rd minute when Kenan Yildiz swung the ball in and City ‘keeper Ederson fumbled the Serb’s header from close range and the ball sneaked just across the line, according to the goalline technology. Vlahovic of Juventus celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD6 match against Manchester City. | Photo Credit: Getty Images “The whole team played an excellent match, we prepared well and did everything what we had to do,” Vlahovic told Amazon . “The result is amazing and can give us a great boost for the rest of the season.” City picked up the tempo in a desperate attempt to equalise and sent numbers forward, but Juve capitalised to double its lead against the run of play when McKennie hooked Timothy Weah’s cross in with a sumptuous volley in the 75th minute. Pep Guardiola’s team squandered several chances, one of the best falling to Erling Haaland late in first half. ALSO READ: Griezmann brace powers Atletico Madrid to 3-1 win over Slovan Bratislava Kevin De Bruyne sent a beautiful through ball to the Norwegian who got in behind the defence before trying to chip goalkeeper Michele di Gregorio who threw up his arm to block the shot. Gundogan unleashed a blistering strike from long range that Di Gregorio stretched to just push wide. “We have done it really, really well, we didn’t lose many balls that happened in the past, and we arrived in the positions,” Guardiola said. “But the Italian teams that defend so deep and so compact it is not easy, they are masters of these kinds of situations.” Manchester City’s head coach Pep Guardiola reacts during the Champions League, opening phase match against Juventus at the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy. | Photo Credit: AP With two games remaining in the group phase, Juventus is 14th in the table while City plummeted to 22nd, three places out of automatic elimination from the competition. Since the start of November, City has conceded more goals (21) across all competitions than any other team in Europe’s big five leagues, the worst spell in Guardiola’s otherwise sparkling managerial career. ALSO READ: Saka brace powers Arsenal to 3-0 win over Monaco; Feyenoord eases past Sparta Prague City, which hosts Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, continues its Champions League campaign at Paris St Germain on January 22. Juventus travels to Brugge on January 21. Wasteful Benfica struggled to a 0-0 home against Bologna in the Champions League on Wednesday as visiting ‘keeper Lukasz Skorupski made crucial saves to keep the hosts out. Benfica is 15th in the standings with 10 points while Bologna’s campaign is on the brink of ending with only two points and a six-point gap to the last playoff spot. Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis shoots at goal as Bologna’s Lukasz Skorupski makes a save in their UEFA Champions League group phase match. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Benfica thought it had got off to a flying start after two minutes when Vangelis Pavlidis scored, but a VAR check ruled out the effort for offside. ALSO READ: Super-sub Torres helps Barcelona beat Dortmund 3-2; Stuttgart scores five past Young Boys Pavlidis was denied from close range by Skorupski with a superb reflex save in the second half and Benfica wasted late chances as the points were shared in the first-ever meeting between the teams. Comments Related Topics UEFA Champions League 2024-25 / Manchester City / Pep Guardiola / Juventus / Bologna / Benfica Latest on Sportstar

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I've only gotten to use them a handful of times, but I can already tell you they are better than traditional measuring cups. In my opinion, this is the only way measuring cups should be made in the future." — SK Get it from Amazon for $10.99 . 34. A leaf-shaped herb and kale stripper you can use for easy meal prepping when "all things delicious and green" are on the menu. It even features a curved edge for easy herb chopping. Promising review: "This is one of those random kitchen gadgets that you would never even think about existing, but it's brilliant! We grew kale in our garden, and I was spending way too much time cutting the leaves off the stems, then I stumbled across this tool being suggested on a blog. I immediately ordered one and was very impressed! It saves me so much time stripping those leaves. I also use it for rosemary, oregano, and other herbs ." — Elaine S. Get it from Amazon for $6.95 . 35. A set of magnetic fridge spice organizers to magically create storage space out of ~thin air~, and keep all your favorite spices and seasonings in convenient eye-level reach. Promising review: "These work well and solve the problem of having to dig into a cabinet to find spices. These shelves are better than mounting a spice rack as the shelves have strong magnets that easily stick to the side of a metal appliance as shown in the product description." — Michael Get a two-pack from Amazon for $21.99 (available in ten colors and in larger packs). 36. An under-cabinet lid opener for anyone who doesn't feel like playing another rousing game of "knock on the neighbor's door to see if someone can open this damn Nutella jar" (don't look at me!!). This is also an excellent space saver compared to other manual lid openers, and causes way less wrist strain! Check out BuzzFeed's overview of the EZ Off Jar Opener . Promising review: "I saw this item on TikTok. Yeap. I am so glad I got it! I have trouble opening jars and bottles and this has been awesome. It works great. I followed the suggestion from other reviewers and installed it under the cabinet with the bottom of the ‘V’ facing away from the wall. You will have to twist the bottle counterclockwise. This method works well. I haven’t had to use the little screws. I definitely recommend this item! It is wayyyyy better than the silicone grips. " — Mariposista Queen Get it from Amazon for $12.99 (clip the $3 off coupon on the product page for this price). 37. A retractable car charger so you can charge several devices at any time without having to untangle a veritable jungle of wires. This features a retractable iPhone and Type C charging cable, in addition to two extra charging ports, so it is basically the home base for all your travel tech needs. Promising review: "Didn't realize I had so many cables in my car until I put this in . Now I just keep a few wrapped up in the glove box that fit older connections. Great that the cables retract out of the way . Only complaint could be that it is rather large, but it is to be expected with four connections. Little car voltage display is nice to have as well (everyone should have one of these, by the voltage amount, it shows if your alternator is working)." — Jaxmoto Get it from Amazon for $25.99 (also available in a version that *ONLY* has two Apple retractable chargers !). Reviews have been edited for length and/or clarity.Dexter: Original Sin will take audiences back in time to find out how the man became the monster — er, the monster-slayer — in the Showtime thriller. The prequel series, which premieres on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday, December 13, takes place 15 years before we first met Dexter (then played by Michael C. Hall , who still narrates the new series) in the original Dexter . Taking over the title role in this iteration is Patrick Gibson , who has the character’s steely-eyed stares and smug sauntering style down to a science. With new characters being introduced in some familiar settings, the new series will bring some new details about Dexter’s past to light, but it will also inevitably retread some familiar territory from the first show, which had ample flashbacks. Here’s what to remember about Dexter ‘s past before Dexter: Original Sin . Dexter didn’t find out until he was a fully grown serial murderer that he had a big brother who was also running around slaughtering people. The Ice Truck Killer who stalked Dexter was actually Brian Moser, his slightly older brother who was not adopted (or even mentioned) by Harry. Dexter only found out about Brian because the Ice Truck Killer left clues that were tailored to catch his attention — reminding him of scenes from his past as part of the Morgan family. Laura Moser was the single mother to Brian and Dexter and worked as a confidential informant for Harry and the Miami-Metro Police Department against the Colombian cartel. She was brutally dismembered right in front of Brian and Dexter, who were left wading in her blood inside a shipping container. Harry adopted Dexter as his own upon finding him in the container, but Brian was sent into the foster system. In flashbacks in Dexter , it became clear that he was not a normal teenager with typical feelings or tendencies. In fact, he had an innate bloodlust that his father recognized and tried to quell with hunting trips, to the exclusion of his daughter Debra. Harry wanted to protect Dexter from himself — particularly his self-destructive impulses. Though Harry tried to find other ways for Dexter to quench his thirst for blood, so to speak, he soon gave in and encouraged him to kill someone when he discovered Nurse Mary was poisoning Harry and other patients in the hospital after his heart attack. Once Dexter began to kill, Harry worked hard to create a framework for his adoptive son to work within that, if he followed it to the letter, would keep his morality and freedom intact. The rules included being certain that the mark was worthy of being murdered and leaving no trace of evidence behind. Even after Harry’s death, Dexter worked to strictly adhere to this code in every kill. Randy Tepper/Showtime Dexter repeatedly revealed that he felt empty on the inside, and it was Harry who taught him to feign normal human feelings and social interactions around others — even if it meant faking a smile in his own family photos. Little by little throughout Dexter , we learn that Harry Morgan had several affairs while married to Doris, including with Laura Morgan and another confidential informant. Though Harry is definitely the most common star of Dexter’s flashback memories, his adoptive mother Doris is also a fixture of his past. She died when Deb was 16 and didn’t know about Dexter’s violent tendencies, even if she didn’t totally understand him at times. Dexter: Original Sin , Series Premiere, Streaming, Friday, December 13, Paramount+ with Showtime, Sunday, December 15, 10/9c, Paramount+ with Showtime More Headlines:

Malik Nabers deserves credit for playing through groin and hip injuries the past few weeks. It would have been easy for Nabers to shut it down for the season since the Giants have nothing to play for, and they are using backup quarterbacks in Drew Lock and Tommy DeVito. Despite that, Nabers continues to show up for the Giants and Fantasy managers. He has at least nine targets in six games in a row, and he scored at least 14.1 PPR points in four of those outings, including two in a row. DeVito is starting again in Week 15, and Nabers scored 12.4 PPR points in their lone start together in Week 12 against Tampa Bay. Nabers had six catches for 64 yards on nine targets against the Buccaneers. This week, Nabers is facing a Ravens defense that is No. 3 in most Fantasy points allowed to opposing receivers. They haven't allowed a touchdown to a receiver in three games in a row, but 15 receivers have scored at least 13.2 PPR points against Baltimore this season. I'm going to start Nabers as a No. 3 Fantasy receiver in all leagues. His value is higher in PPR since he hasn't scored a touchdown since Week 3, but he should continue to get targets with the Giants likely chasing points. It hasn't been the ideal rookie season for Nabers. But despite a terrible situation with the Giants in 2024, he continues to play and produce, which is all we can ask for from this future star.Kansas legislative election: Democrats suffer gerrymandering hangover? GOP strikes messaging gold?

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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 2, 2024-- At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com , Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced new data center components designed to support the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and customers’ evolving needs. These capabilities combine innovations in power, cooling, and hardware design to create a more energy efficient data center that will underpin further customer innovation. These new capabilities will be implemented globally in AWS’s new data centers, and many components are already deployed in its existing data centers. To learn more, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUIrNGwUu14 . This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241201928268/en/ “AWS continues to relentlessly innovate its infrastructure to build the most performant, resilient, secure, and sustainable cloud for customers worldwide,” said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS. “These data center capabilities represent an important step forward with increased energy efficiency and flexible support for emerging workloads. But what is even more exciting is that they are designed to be modular, so that we are able to retrofit our existing infrastructure for liquid cooling and energy efficiency to power generative AI applications and lower our carbon footprint.” AWS has been building large-scale data centers for 18 years and GPU-based servers for AI workloads for 13 years. Today, AWS’s data centers support millions of active customers worldwide, including hundreds of thousands of customers using AWS AI and machine learning services, and tens of thousands of global customers using Amazon Bedrock to build their generative AI applications. As use of generative AI continues to grow and GPU capacity demands increase, AWS data centers are adapting to support increasingly higher power densities. Key improvements include: 1. Simplified electrical and mechanical design for high availability AWS continuously focuses on offering customers the most reliable infrastructure. Simplified electrical and mechanical designs are more reliable and easier to maintain, ensuring that customers enjoy the benefits of high reliability that AWS has offered from the beginning. AWS’s latest data center design improvements include simplified electrical distribution and mechanical systems, which enable infrastructure availability of 99.9999%. The simplified systems also reduce the potential number of racks that can be impacted by electrical issues by 89%. In a data center, electricity goes through multiple conversion and distribution systems before reaching the IT equipment. Each step naturally introduces inefficiency, energy loss, and potential failure points. As one new design example, AWS simplified the electrical distribution and in doing so, reduced the number of potential failure points by 20%. Other examples of simplifications include bringing backup power closer to the rack and reducing the number of fans that are used to exhaust hot air. AWS is using the natural pressure differential to exhaust hot air, which improves the amount of electricity available for servers. All of these changes help reduce overall energy consumption while minimizing the risk of failures. 2. Innovations in cooling, rack design, and control systems AWS has built a number of new and enhanced capabilities to offer customers the most performant, highly available, and energy efficient infrastructure possible. New data center innovations include: This design will support the next generation of hardware and high-density racks required for AI workloads, but is flexible enough to accommodate a wide range of other hardware types. AWS infrastructure offers the broadest and deepest compute platform with more than 750 Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) instances, giving customers choice of the latest processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model for any workload. In addition to the flexible multimodal cooling design, AWS has developed engineering innovations in its power delivery systems, which enable AWS to support a 6x increase in rack power density over the next two years, and another 3x increase in the future. This is delivered in part by a new power shelf, which efficiently delivers data center power throughout the rack, reducing electrical conversion losses. Taken together, these innovations enable AWS to deliver 12% more compute power per site for customer workloads. These changes will reduce the overall number of data centers needed to deliver the same amount of compute capacity. 3. Increased energy efficiency and sustainability, including 46% reduction in mechanical energy consumption and 35% reduction in embodied carbon in the concrete used For many years, AWS has been a pioneer in improving energy efficiency and sustainability across its infrastructure. Research estimates AWS’s infrastructure is currently up to 4.1 times more efficient than on-premises infrastructure, and when workloads are optimized on AWS, the associated carbon footprint can be reduced by up to 99%. In 2023, Amazon achieved its goal to match all of the electricity consumed by its operations with 100% renewable energy – seven years ahead of its 2030 goal. AWS continuously reevaluates how its data centers operate and determines ways to help its infrastructure use energy more efficiently through ongoing innovation. The new components include the following upgrades for energy efficiency and sustainability: “Data centers must evolve to meet AI’s transformative demands,” said Ian Buck, vice president of hyperscale and HPC at NVIDIA. “By enabling advanced liquid cooling solutions, AI infrastructure can be efficiently cooled while minimizing energy use. Our work with AWS on their liquid cooling rack design will allow customers to run demanding AI workloads with exceptional performance and efficiency.” “As Anthropic develops our leading foundation models, having access to secure, performant, and energy-efficient infrastructure is crucial to our success,” said James Bradbury, distinguished engineer, Compute, at Anthropic. “AWS’s commitment to building cutting-edge data centers is one of the key reasons we’ve chosen them as our primary cloud provider and training partner. Their design improvements represent a significant step forward in providing secure, scalable, and efficient infrastructure to power AI models and drive innovation in this field.” “AWS’s continuous infrastructure advancements allow us to concentrate on innovating new services that help our customers make more informed financial decisions rather than the undifferentiated heavy lifting of running data centers,” said Alex Lintner, CEO of Technology, Software Solutions and Innovation, Experian. “Security and regulatory compliance are fundamental for us, and working with AWS helps to fortify our position as a trusted technology provider, supporting businesses across a variety of industries. With their energy-efficient and AI-optimized facilities, we can dedicate more resources to the rapid delivery of new data-driven products rather than data center management.” “Our customers depend on us to deliver reliable and highly secure generative AI innovation in a trusted, private environment,” said Jeff Reihl, chief technology officer, LexisNexis Legal & Professional. “Our longstanding partnership with AWS and their leading infrastructure enable us to deliver this, and also meet our goal of increasing our positive environmental impact while striving to reduce our environmental footprint.” The new data center components are built to scale across all of AWS’s infrastructure worldwide, including its 34 Regions, 108 Availability Zones, and other infrastructure offerings like AWS Local Zones. Construction on new AWS data centers with the full set of components is expected to begin in early 2025 in the United States. To learn more about AWS Infrastructure, visit https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/ . About Amazon Web Services Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 108 Availability Zones within 34 geographic regions, with announced plans for 18 more Availability Zones and six more AWS Regions in Mexico, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. 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Fischang-Cicchetti road race celebrating 50th runErik Isakson I rate Iron Mountain Incorporated ( NYSE: IRM ) as a “Hold,” for REIT investors looking for long-term buy and hold investments. The most important factors that influence my opinion of the REIT are: Share price is currently overvalued based Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Seeking Alpha's Disclosure: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. Any views or opinions expressed above may not reflect those of Seeking Alpha as a whole. Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer, broker or US investment adviser or investment bank. Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body.

Mbappe, Vinicius and Bellingham all on target in Real Madrid's 3-2 win over Atalanta Real Madrid’s big stars turned on the style to revive the Spanish giant’s faltering Champions League title defense. Galacticos Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham all scored in a 3-2 win at Italian league leader Atalanta. It was only Madrid’s third win in the competition’s revamped league phase and leaves the 15-time champion in the unseeded playoff positions in 18th place. In contrast Liverpool leads the way after maintaining its perfect record in Europe this season after a 1-0 win against Girona. Mohamed Salah scored his 50th Champions League goal to seal it for Liverpool. Analysis: After Juan Soto's megadeal, could MLB see a $1 billion contract? Probably not soon For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that’s the richest in baseball history. It comes almost exactly one year after the Los Angeles Dodgers forked out a princely sum of $700 million on a 10-year, heavily deferred deal for two-way Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani. The way it’s going, a contract approaching $1 billion doesn’t seem out of the question. But several factors are working against it — at least in the near future. Joe Burrow's home broken into during Monday Night Football in latest pro-athlete home invasion ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home was broken into during Monday Night Football in the latest home invasion of a pro athlete in the U.S. Authorities said Tuesday no one was injured in the break-in, but the home was ransacked. Deputies weren’t immediately able to determine what items were stolen. Both the NFL and NBA issued alerts to players following prior break-ins, urging them to take precautions. The homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were broken into in October. In the NBA, Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. had their homes broken into. MLB investigated to ensure no early Sasaki deal in place, pitcher likely to pick team mid-January DALLAS (AP) — Major League Baseball investigated to ensure no team had an advance deal in place for Roki Sasaki, and the agent for the Japanese pitcher says picking a club will be “like the draft in reverse.” On the first day of Sasaki’s 45-day window to sign with an MLB team, agent Joel Wolfe says the 23-year-old right-hander likely will sign shortly after the 2025 international signing pool window opens on Jan. 15 and wouldn’t wait until the Jan. 23 deadline. Sasaki helped Japan win the 2023 World Baseball Classic and has a fastball clocked at 102.5 mph. Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg says cancer has returned, spread CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg says the prostate cancer he thought had been eliminated by radiation has returned and spread. The Chicago Cubs great made the announcement on Instagram on Tuesday. Sandberg announced in January that he had metastatic prostate cancer and in August said he was cancer-free after chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Sandberg was the National League MVP in 1984 and a 10-time All-Star during 15 seasons for the Cubs from 1982 to 1997, with 282 home runs and 344 stolen bases. After his playing career, he served as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from 2013 to 2015, going 119-159. Nolan Arenado open to switch from third base to first and leaving Cardinals for a team he approves DALLAS (AP) — Nolan Arenado is open to a trade from the St. Louis Cardinals, at age 33 wanting to be on a World Series contender. Agent Joel Wolfe says “it’s like his biological clock is ticking and if the team’s not winning it’s driving him crazy every day.” An eight-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove third baseman, Arenado is open to a switch to first base. He hit .272 with 16 homers and 71 RBIs this year, his poorest season in a decade. St. Louis acquired Arenado from Colorado ahead of the 2021 season. Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players' association The athletes whose lawsuit against the NCAA is primed to pave the way for schools to pay them directly also want a players’ association to represent them in the complex contract negotiations that have overtaken the industry. Grant House, Sedona Prince and Nya Harrison wrote to the judge overseeing what’s known as the House Settlement, saying that although they are generally happy with the terms of the proposed settlement “there still remains a critical need for structural changes to protect athletes and prevent the failures of the past.” Analysis: The Cavs, Magic and Rockets are off to surprise starts. Maybe that shouldn't be surprising For the first time in 36 seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers are atop the NBA at the 25-game mark. They’re 21-4, even after having come back to earth a bit following a 15-0 start. The Cavs are just one of the surprise stories that have emerged as the season nears the one-third-done mark. Orlando is off to its best start in 16 years at 17-9 and having done most of that without All-Star forward Paolo Banchero. And Houston is 16-8, behind only the Cavs, Boston, Oklahoma City and Memphis so far in the race for the league’s best record. AJ Dybantsa commits to BYU, becomes school's first 5-star recruit in US PROVO, Utah (AP) — AJ Dybantsa has announced his commitment to BYU. The projected No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA draft made the announcement Tuesday on ESPN’s “First Take." He chose the Cougars over Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas. He is BYU’s first five-star high school recruit from the United States. The chance to play for first-year BYU coach Kevin Young sold Dybantsa on joining the Cougars. He pointed to the extensive NBA experience of Young and his staff and Young’s role in coaching NBA stars like Kevin Durant and Devin Booker as key factors influencing his decision. Golf shots from every club in the bag paint the picture of a big year: Analysis Every shot tells a story and there were plenty of them this year in golf. Bryson DeChambeau drove the 13th green at Pinehurst No. 2 at just the right time in the U.S. Open. Scottie Scheffler began to pull away in the Masters with a lob wedge that nearly went in the cup. Not every shot was great. Nelly Korda hit 6-iron too far in the U.S. Women's Open and made 10 on the third hole of the tournament.A Newport primary school was visited by a special gritter. Econ Engineering, manufacturer of winter maintenance and highways vehicles, brought festive joy to Rogerstone Primary School with their iconic gritter, Goldie. Goldie was dressed in a giant Christmas jumper and hat, crafted to spread cheer as she embarks on a 900-mile school tour. At her final stop at Rogerstone Primary School, Goldie educated the children on the role Econ's gritters play in maintaining safe roads from their Cardiff depot. The children also took part in a competition to design their own jumper for Goldie. Goldie, built to commemorate Econ's 50th anniversary in 2019, is equipped with the latest gritting technology. She has travelled the country, not only training gritter drivers but also inspiring young minds about road safety and winter maintenance through school visits. Jonathan Lupton, managing director at Econ, said: "At Econ, we have a long history of supporting community projects so were delighted to partner with the talented volunteers at the Ripon Community Poppy Project to spread some extra joy this Christmas. "Our gritter vehicles and their drivers are the unsung heroes of winter, so it’s been fantastic to celebrate our mission to keep the nation’s roads safe and moving by giving Goldie the Gritter her first jumper and hat to wear ahead of our busy winter season." The 32ft by 28ft creation took 35 volunteers from the Ripon Community Poppy Project 4,500 hours over the last 12 months to create, using 1,130 balls of wool.

How Nancy Mace went from being a ‘caucus of one’ to the lead anti-trans voice in CongressDevenny, 21, made his Crystal Palace debut against Fulham in November and has since made two more appearances for the Eagles. He was awarded his second Palace start away to Aston Villa, where the Northern Ireland international netted his first goal for the South London club, putting Glasner's side 2-1 ahead at Villa Park. Following his goal at Villa, Devenny was dropped for Eberechi Eze against Newcastle after the Englishman recovered from a hamstring injury which kept him sidelined for a month. However, Glasner was keen to point out the midfielder remains in his thoughts ahead of Tuesday’s six-pointer with Ipswich. “He didn’t expect to start every game until the start of the season,” Glasner shared. “I spoke to him before Newcastle, and everyone could see he was our first sub. He deserves it, and he had a good impact because he understands the game and has a good feeling for the spaces. “He’s very hard working too, he runs a lot, high intensity in defending. He’s doing well, he will get his minutes and he will get his starts as well. “In the last three games , he’s started twice and was the first sub, so he’s pretty close to the starting eleven. “He’s a very humble guy. He works hard and focuses in training. He’s at the beginning of his career. "It’s always about hard work and not to be a one-hit wonder. With his character, he will be a good Premier League player.”

Edit, convert, and organize PDFs effortlessly: Grab UPDF’s amazing Black Friday discounts! [Sponsored]LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Tyrese Hunter scored 17 of his 26 points after halftime to lead Memphis to a 99-97 overtime win against two-time defending national champion and second-ranked UConn on Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational . Hunter shot 7 of 10 from 3-point range for the Tigers (5-0), who were 12 of 22 from beyond at the arc as a team. PJ Haggerty had 22 points and five assists, Colby Rogers had 19 points and Dain Dainja scored 14. Tarris Reed Jr. had 22 points and 11 rebounds off the bench for the Huskies (4-1). Alex Karaban had 19 points and six assists, and Jaylin Stewart scored 16. Memphis led by as many as 13 with about four minutes left in regulation, but UConn chipped away and eventually tied it on Solo Ball’s 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining. Memphis: The Tigers ranked second nationally in field goal percentage going into the game and shot it at a 54.7% clip. UConn: The Huskies saw their string of 17 consecutive wins dating back to February come to an end. The teams were tied at 92 with less than a minute remaining in overtime when UConn coach Dan Hurley was assessed a technical foul for his displeasure with an over-the-back call against Liam McNeeley. PJ Carter hit four straight free throws — two for the tech and the other pair for the personal foul — to give Memphis a 96-92 lead with 40.3 seconds to play. UConn had three players foul out. Memphis attempted 40 free throws and made 29 of them. Memphis will play the winner of Colorado-Michigan State on Tuesday in the second round of the invitational. UConn will play the loser of that game in the consolation bracket. 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 .

I'm A Celebrity fans 'need' Dean McCullogh to leave first as they all say same thing about himIn today’s episode of NewsHour with anchor Navika Kumar on Times Now's prime-time debate, the discussion focuses on the heated politics ahead of the upcoming Delhi elections. The "Delhi Dangal" has escalated tensions within the I.N.D.I.A. Bloc, as AAP has set a deadline for Congress to address remarks made by its leaders. After https://cms.sociowatch.in/media?act=edit&id=21012712&_id=1xb1etxmhz_w&at=video&ems=&iframe=true#imagestabCongress leader Ajay Maken criticized AAP, the Aam Aadmi Party responded by demanding Congress remove Ajay Maken and Sandeep Dikshit from their positions and refrain from supporting the BJP. AAP even suggested that Congress should leave the I.N.D.I.A. alliance if the demands are not met.Key questions emerge ahead of the polls: Is the I.N.D.I.A. Bloc Alliance on the verge of collapse? Will PM Modi's prediction about the alliance come true? Has Congress abandoned its 'Sabka Saath' approach? Is AAP considering leaving the alliance? Meanwhile, BJP spokespersons have criticized the alliance, questioning its unity and future. Watch the full debate for detailed insights.#congress #bjp #aap #indiabloc #indialliance #delhipolls2025 #latestenews #englishnews #timensow Read More

Memphis fights off No. 2 UConn in OT in Maui Invitational thrillerAP Trending SummaryBrief at 5:39 p.m. ESTIn its manifesto, Labour promised to tighten the rules around political donations. Officials are now examining a slate of ideas including donation caps and further restrictions on foreign cash. Change will take time, as the plans are still at an early stage and ministers are not due to bring forward proposals until at least 2026. But speculation that Elon Musk could donate $100m to Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK , will trigger a fresh clamour for stricter rules. The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 stipulates that all donations and loans to political parties worth more than £500 must come from “permissible sources”. The key requirement for donors to be permissible, according to the Electoral Commission, is that they must be registered in the UK – either by being a voter on the electoral register or a UK company, trade union or LLP. They can also be unincorporated associations in the UK. Two potential avenues have been floated: either through the UK arm of the social media company X or by securing UK citizenship, which his father Errol has said he is eligible for because his grandmother was British. Labour has been critical of a reform ushered in by the Conservatives in 2022, which extended the franchise to overseas voters who have been away from the UK for more than 15 years. The change, which came after a protracted legal battle by the second world war veteran Harry Shindler, allowed Britons living abroad for more than 15 years to vote and donate to political parties. In opposition, Labour warned that this would “allow those with tenuous links to the UK, who have spent most of their lives in states that may even be openly hostile to our aims, the right to massively influence our system”. Labour has also previously called on the election watchdog to look into instances where the Tories appeared to have received donations from shell companies and firms that had ceased to exist. There are no limits, but campaigners have argued for them to be introduced for decades. Labour received millions during the last parliament from Gary Lubner, the former Autoglass boss; Dale Vince, the founder of gas and electricity supplier Ecotricity; David Sainsbury, the former chair of Sainsbury’s supermarkets; and his daughter, Fran Perrin. The Conservatives benefited from a series of big donations from the controversial businessman Frank Hester , who gave the party £20m between the start of 2023 and the 2024 general election. Mohamed Mansour, who served as a minister under former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, gave the party £5m . One of the heftiest donations in recent history was £8m from Sainsbury to the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the 2019 election. Political funding in the US dwarfs that in the UK. Independent fundraising and campaigning groups called super political action committees (Super Pacs) can raise unlimited amounts of cash for presidential candidates – as long as they do not coordinate with candidates’ campaigns and disclose their donors. Musk’s Super Pac reportedly spent about $200m to help elect Donald Trump this year. There are concerns that the UK political donations system, which campaigners say is already not fit for purpose, is unprepared for the prospect of involvement from US billionaires such as Musk.