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Sidberry 8-9 1-2 18, Daley 3-5 4-5 10, Ivey 1-5 0-0 3, Todd 3-6 2-3 9, Waggoner 6-9 2-4 15, Jackson 2-3 0-0 4, Krasovec 0-1 0-0 0, Ndiaye 1-5 0-0 2, Greene 2-4 0-0 5, Thompson 2-3 1-2 5, Tomlinson 4-9 0-0 10, Totals 32-59 10-16 81 Cahalan 5-9 1-2 14, Donnelly 0-2 2-2 2, Eddy 3-11 0-0 7, Flanagan 5-10 0-0 10, Foreman 4-10 0-0 8, Lewis 3-4 0-0 6, Bachmann 1-3 1-2 3, Gougoufkas 0-1 0-0 0, Griffin 0-1 0-0 0, Huber 2-3 0-0 5, Totals 23-54 4-6 55 3-Point Goals_Boston College 7-14 (Sidberry 1-2, Daley 0-1, Ivey 1-1, Todd 1-2, Waggoner 1-1, Ndiaye 0-2, Greene 1-1, Tomlinson 2-4), Holy Cross 5-21 (Cahalan 3-6, Donnelly 0-2, Eddy 1-5, Flanagan 0-2, Foreman 0-3, Griffin 0-1, Huber 1-2). Assists_Boston College 16 (Ivey 4), Holy Cross 13 (Eddy 3, Flanagan 3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Boston College 38 (Greene 5, Jackson 5), Holy Cross 25 (Foreman 8). Total Fouls_Boston College 13, Holy Cross 18. Technical Fouls_None. A_1,074.

Everett 2-4 1-2 5, Jones 7-11 9-10 23, Croskey 1-3 0-0 2, McKenzie 3-4 2-2 11, Taylor 1-6 0-0 3, Tenebay 2-3 2-3 6, McCarty 1-2 1-2 3, Teal 3-4 3-6 10, Dubinsky 1-6 2-2 5, Morrow 0-1 4-4 4, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-46 24-31 72. Craig 1-6 0-0 2, Garner 0-0 0-0 0, Dudukovich 1-4 0-0 2, Walker 6-13 8-10 21, Zilinskas 3-10 3-3 10, Millender 4-10 2-3 13, Brown 3-7 1-2 7, Goode 3-6 1-1 7. Totals 21-56 15-19 62. Halftime_IU Indianapolis 42-28. 3-Point Goals_SC State 6-16 (McKenzie 3-4, Taylor 1-1, Teal 1-2, Dubinsky 1-6, Johnson 0-1, Croskey 0-2), IU Indianapolis 5-28 (Millender 3-9, Walker 1-5, Zilinskas 1-6, Goode 0-1, Craig 0-2, Dudukovich 0-2, Brown 0-3). Fouled Out_Zilinskas. Rebounds_SC State 32 (Everett 8), IU Indianapolis 29 (Goode 7). Assists_SC State 14 (Taylor, McCarty 3), IU Indianapolis 9 (Walker 4). Total Fouls_SC State 19, IU Indianapolis 21. A_169 (6,000).

A bankruptcy judge scrutinizing The Onion’s bid for Alex Jones ’ Infowars platform was expected to hear a second day of testimony Tuesday after an auctioneer defended the satirical news outlet’s winning offer. It is not clear how quickly U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston will decide whether to approve the bid. The Onion, which wants to turn Infowars’ website and social media accounts into parodies, offered $1.75 million in cash and other incentives for Infowars’ assets in the November auction. Jones did not attend Monday’s proceedings and was not expected in court Tuesday. Instead, he broadcast from his studios in Austin. Lawyers for Jones and a company affiliated with him that put in the only other bid questioned auctioneer Jeff Tanenbaum on Monday about how The Onion’s bid came to be valued at $7 million and why a live auction was not held. He defended both the value of the bid and its selection after he two sealed offers were opened. Lopez could ultimately decide whether to void The Onion’s bid, name the Jones-affiliated company the winner or hold another auction, among other possibilities. Jones and First United American Companies, which runs a website in Jones’ name that sells nutritional supplements and submitted the other bid, allege fraud and collusion in the auction that concluded on Nov. 14. The trustee and The Onion deny the allegations, accusing Jones and the company of sour grapes. First United American Companies bid $3.5 million. If The Onion wins, Jones expects to be kicked out of the Infowars studio and its web and social media platforms. “I can’t imagine the judge would certify this fraud," Jones said on his show Tuesday. "I mean it’s head-spinning the stuff they did and what they claimed.” The sale of Infowars is part of Jones’ personal bankruptcy case, which he filed in late 2022 after he was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in defamation lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones repeatedly called the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators a hoax staged by actors and aimed at increasing gun control. Parents and children of many of the victims testified in court that they were traumatized by Jones’ conspiracies and threats from his followers. Jones has since acknowledged that the Connecticut school shooting happened. Most of the proceeds from the sale of Infowars, as well as many of Jones’ personal assets, will go to the Sandy Hook families. Some proceeds will go to Jones’ other creditors. Although The Onion’s cash offer was lower than that of First United American, it also included a pledge by many of the Sandy Hook families to forgo some or all auction proceeds due to them to give other creditors a total of $100,000 more than they would receive under other bids. The trustee who oversaw the auction, Christopher Murray, chose The Onion, saying its proposal was better for creditors because they would receive more money. The Onion valued the bid, with the Sandy Hook families’ offer, at $7 million, because that amount was equal to a purchase price that would provide the same amount of money to the other creditors. Murray was expected to testify Tuesday. He has defended the auction process. In a court filing last month, his lawyers called First United American's request to disqualify The Onion's bid a “disappointed bidder's improper attempt to influence an otherwise fair and open election process.” “Having failed in its prior efforts to bully the Trustee and his advisors into accepting its inferior bid, FUAC now alleges, without evidence, collusion and bad faith in an attempt to mislead the Court and disqualify its only competition in the auction,” the lawyers wrote. In his opening argument on Monday, Jones attorney Ben Broocks said there was no way The Onion should have been chosen over First United American. “How does a $1.75 million bid beat a $3.5 million bid?” he asked. “How is that $1.75 million greater? Well, it’s voodoo economics, to use a phrase.” Up for sale were all the equipment and other assets in the Infowars studio in Austin, Texas, as well as the rights to its social media accounts, websites, video archive and product trademarks. Jones uses the studio to broadcast his far-right, conspiracy theory-filled shows on the Infowars website, his account on the social platform X and radio stations. Jones has set up another studio, websites and social media accounts in case The Onion wins approval to buy Infowars and kicks him out. Jones has said he could continue using the Infowars platforms if the auction winner is friendly to him. Jones is appealing the $1.5 billion in judgments citing free speech rights.There are a few misconceptions that First, he’s fine with his place in the NBA “I don’t know if y’all noticed, but last year I didn’t look really engaged, or not a lot of energy ... with other teams, because I was playing on one leg,” Brown said after at the team’s practice facility Saturday. “I want that to be addressed. I know a lot of fans didn’t think I played with a lot of energy and I didn’t want to be here — that’s on social media — but I do want to be here, I do want to play with these guys. It’s a great bunch of guys, great coaches, great organization.” Second, he reiterates that the Brown who struggled through half of last season with the Raptors — after — was a shell of himself. Despite 2-12 start, the young team has kept a positive atmosphere, understanding where they are in the development stage. Despite 2-12 start, the young team has kept a positive atmosphere, understanding where they are in the development stage. “I was literally playing on one leg,” he said. “It was tough for me mentally. I couldn’t move the way I wanted, play defence the way I wanted to, so it was tough.” Oh, and he’s ready to make an impact — as soon as Sunday night, when the Raptors begin a four-game road trip in Cleveland against the Cavaliers. “Just wait and see,” he cautioned. “I’m ready to hoop.” Brown took care of his physical issues with late-summer surgery to clean up a problem with his right knee. He tried to rehab it with rest and treatment in the off-season, but it didn’t get better. When the same pain and mobility issues resurfaced in September, it was time for the surgeon’s knife. It kept the 28-year-old NBA veteran out of Toronto’s first 16 games, but he’s ready now. And the Raptors are ready to use him. “I’m a big fan of Bruce,” “(A) couple years ago, I was studying the best cutters in the league and Bruce was on the top of that list — just the way he cuts, his offensive IQ, defensive disruption, active hands. “I think there is a lot of that he can bring to the team when he’s fully healthy, and when he’s right.” Who would you rather be: the team paying a mercurial and injury-plagued Embiid $193 million and Paul George another $154 million, or these Raptors? Who would you rather be: the team paying a mercurial and injury-plagued Embiid $193 million and Paul George another $154 million, or these Raptors? Brown would seem to possess the attributes the Raptors want. He’s a good off-the-ball scoring threat, a career 34 per cent shooter from three-point distance and a versatile defender able to guard several positions. Most important? He knows how to fill a complementary role after spending the 2022-23 season working off “Since I got in the league I’ve played with all-NBA guys every year, so I’m pretty much playing off them,” he said. “Went to Denver, an elite offence playing with Nikola Jokic, just learning different ways to score without the ball. Because everyone likes to score and I’m playing with all-NBA guys, so I’m not going to have the ball in my hands much.” Brown’s biggest contribution so far this season has been off the court. He gifted everyone in the organization with a pair of cowboy boots — it goes with his Cowboy Bruce persona — and said he “just wanted to give them something and welcome them into my world a little bit.” Somehow, he convinced to don a cowboy hat on the bench when both were injured. From merchandise giveaways to jackpots, no Raptors promotion has been more popular — and divisive — than Pizza Pizza’s Score a Slice. From merchandise giveaways to jackpots, no Raptors promotion has been more popular — and divisive — than Pizza Pizza’s Score a Slice. Barnes, according to Brown, has some work to do on the look. “Bad hat — it was not a good hat,” Brown said. “Everything else was pretty fine. I corrected a little thing — the belt has to match the boots and all that — but the hat was not good.”

Balchem Corporation Announces DividendE-Commerce Market Surge: USD 26.67T in 2023 to USD 62.42T by 2031 11-25-2024 09:18 PM CET | IT, New Media & Software Press release from: SkyQuest Technology Group E-Commerce Market Market Scope: Key Insights : E-Commerce Market size was valued at USD 24029.23 billion in 2019 and is poised to grow from USD 26673.64 billion in 2023 to USD 62415.2 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 11% in the forecast period (2024-2031). Discover Your Competitive Edge with a Free Sample Report : https://www.skyquestt.com/sample-request/e-commerce-market Access the full 2024 Market report for a comprehensive understanding @ https://www.skyquestt.com/report/e-commerce-market In-Depth Exploration of the global E-Commerce Market Market: This report offers a thorough exploration of the global E-Commerce Market market, presenting a wealth of data that has been meticulously researched and analyzed. 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PatientsLikeMe (PLM), a patient-engagement and activation platform, is announcing the launch of Ella, an AI assistant to help women manage their health, powered by generative AI platform Ema. PatientsLikeMe is a personalized health network with a patient support community that allows patients to learn from each other's lived experiences. Users can also access education, tools and services to better manage their health. Ella acts as a personal health assistant, helping women to manage their health and well-being through personalized, evidence-based guidance. Additionally, Ella provides customized resources and guidance that make medical information attainable and comprehensible. The platform tailors engagements to a person's distinctive health experience, personal history and cultural background. According to PLM, Ella also assists businesses in the health sector in enhancing health outcomes by using AI support to offer resource allocation, customized patient engagement and entry into synthesized and actionable data insights. "We have a 20-year history of patients sharing their experiences with their condition," Chris Renfro, chief operating officer of PLM, told MobiHealthNews . "What Ella enables us to do is distill that into an intuitive user interface so that people don't have to go slogging through the website. We can actually connect them now with the insights and information they are looking for a lot more easily." Renfro noted that PLM shares the same drivers, synergies and overlapping missions as the Ema team, including how the companies approach the market. "What Ema does at her core and what Ella will be doing is she will be helping patients learn how to empower themselves to be a part of their own care team," Amanda Ducach, CEO of Ema, told MobiHealthNews . Ducach said that Ema is a foundational native generative AI that companies can build their user interfaces on top of, and powers another company's technology to offer capabilities that it probably could not provide without Ema AI. "[Ema] gives patients the opportunity to become an actual member of their care team because they have something that is helping them learn how to advocate for themselves with their doctors," Ducach said. Ducach added that the combination of PLM and Ema helps patients get the resources they need more effectively, such as information on what medicines they need. "That's really what ends up happening when you see what Ella does layered on top of such an amazing resource application like PLM," Ducach said.

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The game industry is no stranger to boom-and-bust cycles, in which scores of opportunistic developers fall over themselves to release copycat competitors to the latest massive hit, and most, if not all, fail. Perhaps the biggest instance — and certainly the most embarrassing for almost everyone concerned — was the race to release the mythical “ WoW killer” : a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that would unseat Blizzard’s global megahit, World of Warcraft , and earn its makers millions of dollars in monthly subscription revenue until the end of time. It turned out to be an industry-wide epic fail — and I had a ringside seat to this unfortunate spectacle. My career in games journalism began in 2004, just a few months before WoW was released. My obsessive love of the game threatened to tank that career before it had really begun, but instead I turned it to my advantage, specializing in covering a genre of game that was too arcane and time-consuming for most staff writers and editors to get their heads around. I traveled to scores of preview events for MMO hopefuls that public relations reps would optimistically tout as “ World of Warcraft , but for soccer,” or “ World of Warcraft , but for vehicular combat.” In 2008, I was hired by Eurogamer as the editor of its short-lived MMO section — let’s not pretend that we in the press were immune to the same wrongheaded gold-rush thinking — and discovered firsthand exactly why the whole enterprise was doomed to fail. One reason is that World of Warcraft — especially during its 2004-to-2010 heyday — was simply too good to beat. But another is that hit-chasing, not a great strategy at the best of times, is almost impossible to pull off in the world of social, online games. The hits garner intensely loyal, invested audiences who play them month in, month out, and who aren’t really looking for something else to move on to. Those audiences are hermetically sealed within their own fandoms and care much less about shiny graphics or other technical advancements, while the constantly updated games have plenty of room to innovate and evolve the genre within themselves. The time-honored tactic of “just slap a big license (like Star Wars) on it” is less effective in this sphere, too, because the appeal of famous characters and storylines doesn’t necessarily apply — the players are more invested in their communities. Yet the industry continues to make this critical error with online games. Just look at the spectacular crash and burn of Concord earlier this year, itself just the latest of countless attempts to elbow Overwatch off its hero-shooter throne. In the spirit of constructive learning, and only a little bit of schadenfreude , let’s look back at some of the games that failed to put a dent in World of Warcraft ’s hegemony... and the few that did. The failed WoW killers The Lord of the Rings Online (2007): This entry is perhaps a little unfair, since various people had been trying to make a Middle-earth MMO based on Tolkien’s works long before Blizzard had even thought of WoW . The original developer, an MMO specialist called Turbine, probably thought it was just making another niche online game before publisher WB Games got unduly excited about its potential. The game was fine, but clearly a generation behind WoW in terms of its design. People still play it, though! Age of Conan (2008): Oh dear . The first and most instructive case of post- WoW hubris came from Funcom, a Norwegian specialist that got way out of its depth trying to push cutting-edge graphics, gore, sex, and dynamic real-time swordfighting into an MMO based on Robert E. Howard’s lusty fantasy world. Publisher Eidos put all its chips down; I remember attending an absurd press event staged in Oslo’s 1952 Winter Olympic park, which had been transformed into a medieval setting with horse-riding barbarians and fireside feasting. (A PR rep I was with got very drunk and stole a sheepskin rug, roaring incoherently into the Scandinavian night while wearing it around his shoulders.) The game was a mess at launch, and tanked hard. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (2008): EA’s big play made sense on paper; the Warhammer license is probably as close as you can legally get to the Warcraft setting, and developer Mythic’s Dark Age of Camelot was beloved by the MMO hardcore. The game was lavish and expensive but limited in design, too focused on massive player-versus-player combat whereas WoW excelled at embracing almost every possible play style. Warhammer Online was shut down in 2013. APB: All Points Bulletin (2010): A Grand Theft Auto-style massively multiplayer game boasting intense levels of player customization, and masterminded by GTA’s creator himself, David Jones? What could go wrong? Everything! APB was stacked with ambitious features but notably lacked, you know, gameplay. Also, Jones’ company Realtime Worlds, which had previously made the excellent Crackdown for Xbox, was in far too deep. A disastrous launch was followed within a couple of months by the developer going bankrupt and APB getting shut down. Another company bought and relaunched it, but didn’t succeed in putting an actual game in there. Rift (2011): The MMO gold rush wasn’t just about games; entire companies sprang up, drawing huge investment on the promise of some revolutionary technology or other. Trion Worlds was one example that boasted fancy server-side tech that was supposed to take MMOs closer to the fully simulated cloud-gaming dream. Unfortunately, its flagship fantasy MMO Rift was very boring. Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011): Smarting from the failure of Warhammer Online , EA was nevertheless up for another crack at smashing WoW , armed with the Star Wars license, its star in-house developer BioWare, and an apparently limitless budget. The hype was off the charts, but BioWare’s expertise was in single-player games. Everybody bought it, played the story through, and moved on, which is... not the idea. BioWare didn’t give up, though, and steadily built out a proper massively multiplayer game around the story campaigns. After a successful free-to-play relaunch, The Old Republic still has an audience. Guild Wars 2 (2012): Guild Wars 2 is actually a fantastic game, easily the best on this list — I feel bad including it. It has refined combat and employed several genre-defining ideas that were later copied by WoW , Destiny , and others. But the scope of this relatively streamlined game was not equal to the hopes publisher NCSoft loaded on it — and the ever-expanding WoW presented a moving target that could never be caught. WildStar (2014): NCSoft, a big player in Korea, made its most determined attempt to crack the West with WildStar , a game by former Blizzard devs with a very Warcraft-y color palette and art style. It was cute, expensive, action-forward, and had some fun ideas, but it was also very obviously a trend-chasing mishmash with no reason to exist beyond trying to top WoW . NCSoft shut it down and closed developer Carbine in 2018. The game almost did kill WoW Final Fantasy 14 (2013): The prize for perseverance goes to Square Enix, which simply didn’t give up — and which, importantly, had reasons other than competing with Blizzard to be making an MMO. Final Fantasy 11 had been a pre- WoW hit in 2002; the first attempt to follow it up with FF14 in 2010 was a disaster, but Square Enix bravely scrapped it and asked producer Naoki Yoshida for a complete do-over. It was a question of honor, if anything. Yoshida’s reboot ruled, and Square Enix didn’t falter when it didn’t immediately do WoW numbers, but continued to invest. FF14 steadily got bigger and better, and it was ready and waiting when Blizzard stumbled through a succession of PR disasters and lackluster WoW expansions in the late 2010s and early 2020s. WoW streamers and players starting leaving for FF14 in droves, and Square Enix’s game is, at last, the competitor that WoW has always deserved. Analysis Fantasy Gaming PC World of Warcraft World of Warcraft

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Stock market today: Wall Street rises with Nvidia as bitcoin bursts above $99,000SANTA CLARA — When Isaac Guerendo trots onto the field with the first team Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, he will equal the same number of starts he had in five years of college football. Hard to believe, but Guerendo started exactly one time, and it came in his final college game at Louisville. Against USC in the Holiday Bowl, Guerendo carried 23 times for 161 yards and three touchdowns and added five receptions in a 42-28 loss. In 40 other games at Wisconsin and Louisville, Guerendo played in a shared backfield –something he’s done with the 49ers this season behind Jordan Mason and Christian McCaffrey . With McCaffrey on injured reserve with a PCL strain and Mason to follow soon with a high ankle sprain, Guerendo should get his biggest workload since his last college game. “I’m excited, but really it’s whatever it takes to win,” Guerendo said Wednesday as the 49ers (5-7) began preparations to host the Bears (4-8). “Whatever the plan looks like is what we’ll bring.” Guerendo will be backed up by Patrick Taylor Jr., who was on the roster earlier this season when McCaffrey was dealing with bilateral Achilles tendinitis, then re-signed to the practice squad. Taylor was promoted Tuesday, and the 49ers also made a waiver claim on former Jets running back Israel Abanikanda. “I think he’s ready to go,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said. “He had some ups and downs but got better through everything. I think he’s ready for this.” Guerendo, 6-foot and 219 pounds, has 42 carries for 246 yards and two touchdowns, averaging a gaudy 5.9 yards per carry. His 15-yard run in the third quarter was the 49ers’ lone touchdown in a 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills. The 49ers traded up to get Guerendo in the fourth round, only to see him sidelined with a hamstring strain in his first training camp practice. A speedy wide receiver at Avon High School in Indiana who also ran track and played basketball, Guerendo carried 10 times for 99 yards with a long run of 76 against Seattle and 14 times for 85 yards against Dallas. At Wisconsin, Guerendo played behind Jonathan Taylor, now a star running back for the Indianapolis Colts. He split time as a graduate student at Louisville with Jawhar Jordan, who rushed for 1,128 yards while Guerendo had 810 yards on 132 carries and a 6.1-yard average. The good news is Guerendo’s body hasn’t taken on the normal amount of abuse for a running back. And Guerendo feels he’s up to the challenge after playing 12 games with old-school running backs coach Bobby Turner. “I always give credit to Coach T for preparing everybody like they’re going to be the starter, so that when moments do come, you’re ready for it,” Guerendo said. McCaffrey appeared to have finally gotten untracked against the Bills, gaining 53 yards on seven carries before getting tripped up on a 19-yard burst in the second quarter. But the tackle injured his knee, Mason injured his ankle, and Guerendo became the lead runner for a team that is sixth in the NFL in rushing. Over time, Guerendo has become accustomed to the speed of the NFL game. “I think it takes guys some time,” Shanahan said. “You start to get a feel for it, if you’ve got the right stuff, you get more reps and the more you adjust to it. How hard you’ve got to hit stuff, how quick those holes close, how you have to hit it full speed and can’t hesitate. We’ve seen that stuff get better in practice and we’ve seen it carry over into games.” McCaffrey, meanwhile, took to social media in the form of a lengthy Instagram post to explain how he was feeling after his latest injury. He wrote of his love for football, how humbling it is and his desire to return. “This wasn’t my year, and sometimes when it rains, it pours,” McCaffrey wrote. “You can feel sorry for yourself and listen to the birds, or you can hold the line. I’m grateful for the support of everyone in my corner and promise I’ll work smarter and harder to come back better from this.” For those who dream big, Shanahan said with a six-week time frame, McCaffrey could conceivably return if the 49ers reach the postseason. THE INJURY LIST Those who didn’t practice Wednesday included edge rusher Nick Bosa (hips, obliques), left tackle Trent Williams (ankle), left guard Aaron Banks (concussion), Mason (ankle) and linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (ankle). Cornerback Deommodore Lenoir (knee), linebacker Dre Greenlaw (Achilles) and safety Talanoa Hufanga (wrist) were limited. Defensive tackle Jordan Elliott has cleared concussion protocol after missing the Buffalo game. Hufanga joined Greenlaw as practicing during a 21-day window. Shanahan said it’s more likely Greenlaw would be activated before a Thursday night game against the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 12 than against Chicago. HUFANGA AND THE CLUB After recovering from an ACL tear last season, Hufanga has played in just two games this season. First, he was felled by an ankle injury, and then a wrist injury that needed surgery. When activated, he’ll play with a protective club on his right hand. “I was still dealing with the ankle. I was about to get it re-wrapped and for some reason my hand wouldn’t open,” Hufanga said. Hufanga said he’ll try to use the protective device as a benefit rather than a detriment. “I had a good friend back in the day who played with a club who had three picks in one game, so you never know,” Hufanga said. MOORE FARES WELL Left tackle Jaylon Moore acquitted himself well for the second straight game in starting in place of Williams. “It was OK, but you can always get better and that’s what I’m focusing on — the things I can get better at,” Moore said. Tight end George Kittle noted last week that Moore was at left tackle all through training camp during Williams’ holdout, so it’s not like he hasn’t been with the first team. “It definitely did help, especially being comfortable with the group,” Moore said. “The quarterback’s cadence, the guy you’re next to, all the small stuff comes into play.”Addresses the Speed and Reach Limitations of Passive, Direct-attached Copper (DAC) Cables SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc . (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced the general availability of a 200G per lane optimized transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and laser driver chipset, enabling 800 Gbps and 1.6 Tbps linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO). Designed to address next-generation short-reach, scale-up compute fabric connectivity requirements, LPO modules enabled by the chipset overcome the reach limitations of passive, DAC cable interconnects. The LPO chipset expands the industry-leading interconnect portfolio from Marvell, which includes PAM4 optical DSPs , coherent DSPs , data center interconnects, Alaska® A active electrical cable (AEC) DSPs and Alaska P PCIe retimers , delivering an optimized optical solution for short-reach compute fabric connections, delivering an optimized optical solution for short-reach compute fabric connections. As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies advance, the demand for higher-bandwidth interconnects in data center networks is accelerating rapidly. This is particularly evident in compute fabric networks, which connect XPUs within and across racks. The next generation of XPU compute fabric networks will transition to data rates of 200 Gbps per lane, where passive DACs fall short of meeting speed and distance requirements. To address this, cloud data centers will transition to a new type of interconnect that meets their specific requirements. Marvell introduced Alaska A for customers looking to extend copper capabilities using AECs, while others can leverage specialized LPO modules featuring the Marvell TIA and driver chipset. Designed for short and predictable host channels, these LPO modules enable longer reach, higher bandwidth and improved performance compared to copper interconnects. "Marvell 1.6 Tbps LPO TIA and laser driver chipset is designed to address the growing demand for short-reach, high-bandwidth interconnect solutions, where passive copper cables are hitting a wall," said Xi Wang , vice president of product marketing for Optical Connectivity at Marvell. "As AI-driven data centers continue to scale, optimizing interconnect solutions across each layer of the network is becoming increasingly critical. The new LPO chipset complements and expands our industry-leading 1.6 Tbps connectivity portfolio, to address the growing spectrum of interconnects that cloud operators are seeking to optimize." "LPO has been a technology in search of the right solution. By optimizing chipsets for short, inside-the-rack connections, Marvell brings clarity and focus to LPO, delivering it in a more compelling and scalable manner," said Alan Weckel , co-founder of 650 Group. "Marvell's innovative approach to achieving performance gains helps drive better AI cluster TCO and highlights the industry's direction in optimizing networking links." The 1.6 Tbps LPO chipset, one of the latest additions to the Marvell interconnect portfolio, is optimized for specific use cases to help data centers maximize infrastructure utilization and performance while reducing overall cost and power per bit. This extensive portfolio spanning optical and copper interconnects includes Ara , the industry's first 3nm PAM4 interconnect platform; Aquila , the industry's first O-band-optimized coherent-lite DSP platform; Nova family of PAM4 DSPs featuring 200 Gbps electrical and optical interfaces; and Alaska A PAM4 DSP for active electrical cables. LPO Chipset Key Features About Marvell To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the world, we're building solutions on the most powerful foundation: our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world's leading technology companies for over 25 years, we move, store, process and secure the world's data with semiconductor solutions designed for our customers' current needs and future ambitions. Through a process of deep collaboration and transparency, we're ultimately changing the way tomorrow's enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures transform—for the better. Marvell and the M logo are trademarks of Marvell or its affiliates. Please visit www.marvell.com for a complete list of Marvell trademarks. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future events, results or achievements. 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Milei strikes down law protecting Indigenous rightsState governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have called on President Bola Tinubu to review his administration’s economic policies to address current hardship in the land. The governors made the call in a communique issued in Jos, Plateau State, after their two-day meeting, which ended on Saturday. The Communique signed by Senator Bala Mohammed, Bauchi State Governor, who is the chairman of the Governor’s forum, read, “The Forum empathizes with Nigerians who are groaning under the oppressive economic hardship foisted on the nation by the policies and decisions of the APC-led Federal Government. “The Forum calls on the President to urgently review both macroeconomic and fiscal policies that will address the welfare and well-being of Nigerians. “The Forum wishes to pledge that all PDP Governors will continue to aggressively pursue policies and programs that will reduce the hardship and ensure progress and development.” The meeting, held at the Plateau State Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos, was attended by the principal organs of the party: l NWC, PDP-GF, BOT, NASS Forum, Former Governors Forum, Former Ministers’ Forum and other leaders of the party. The communique added, “The Forum notes the concerns of Nigerians, PDP founding fathers, elders and members of our great Party of seeming divisions within the ranks and files. The Forum wishes to state categorically that it remains resolute in its determination to ensure unity and cohesion of this great Party that Nigerians have come to trust as the best platform for democratic governance. “The Forum is constrained to accept the latest postponement of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Party in empathy with our colleague, H.E. Governor Eno Bassey, whose late dear wife will be buried on the same day earlier scheduled for NEC. Once again, the Forum wishes to commiserate with our colleague and pray that God will grant him and the family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. Related News Tinubu, wife depart Brazil after G20 summit Osinbajo’s ex-aide urges Obasanjo to stop mocking successive presidents N’Assembly under fire as Nigeria’s debt hits N138tn “The Forum is strongly advising the NWC to call NEC by the first week of February 2025 to allow for elaborate consultations with critical stakeholders of the Party. The period between November and February is to address the existential problems confronting the Party, with a deliberate timeline of activities within the period under review to address issues of leadership and litigations confronting the Party. “The Forum notes with concern the rape of democracy in Edo Governorship elections. It is clear to everyone with a conscience that INEC manipulated results in favour of the APC candidate when, in fact, the majority of lawful votes were won by the PDP candidate, Mr. Asue Ighodalo. Meanwhile, we are still examining the documents in the Ondo elections, where the APC manipulated results after openly buying votes. The Forum calls on the judiciary to save Nigerian democracy and the National Assembly to look into our electoral laws to make it difficult for institutional sabotage of the will of the people. “The Forum recognises the good work that the majority of members of NASS are doing. NASS is therefore called upon to critically interrogate all bills to ensure fairness, equity, national balance and even development nationally. “The Forum commiserates with the Government and people of Plateau State on the recent Katako market fire incident, which destroyed properties worth millions of Naira. The Forum also commiserates with the Government and people of Jigawa State on the recent tanker expulsion whereby scores of people lost their lives, and several others were injured. “The Forum expresses its gratitude to the Government and People of Plateau State for not only hosting the meeting but extending to all the participants the hospitality for which Jos is reputed. In particular, the meeting commends the Government of the State for the visible and laudable transformation in social services, tourism and transportation that have taken place and ensures all Nigerians look forward, with GENUINE HOPE, to the replication of this not only presently but after 2027 when the party would reclaim its rightful position in the Nigerian political scene.” Our Correspondent reports that the Governors who attended the meeting included Senator Bala Mohammed (Bauchi State) – Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum; Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau State) – Host Governor; Agbu Kefas (Taraba State); Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (Adamawa State); Seyi Makinde (Oyo State); and Dauda Lawal (Zamfara State). The Delta and Enugu state governors were represented by their deputies, Monday Onyeme and Ifeanyi Ossai, respectively.

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But at any time of the year, we know going outside is beneficial anywhere on the back roads. Forest bathing is a relatively new healthy approach to taking in the benefits of being outside with the trees. It has nothing to do with soap and water. And it has a great deal to do with Vitamin N – a dose of Nature. It is fortunate to connect with a few experts about these aspects. Forest bathing, what exactly is it? Translated from the Japanese term “shinrin-yoku,” forest bathing also is known as forest therapy. It’s somewhat like hiking through the forest. It’s also like meditating among the trees. Yet it’s not exactly either. Diana Beresford-Kroeger , the first to write about tree aerosols, says “tree compounds are released like rockets into the air.” (Listen to the New York Times interview.) She is a world-recognized author, medical biochemist and botanist. It is fortunate to have a personal interview with her. She lives near Kemptville Ontario and does not utilize email or other social media. Beresford-Kroeger was elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 2011. In 2016, the society named her one of 25 women explorers of Canada. Beresford-Kroeger has a unique combination of Western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. She was one of the first to conceptualize what forest therapy really is. “Tree air is loaded with antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, antiseptics, antivirals and analgesics,” she says. Trees and other plants produce hundreds to thousands of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These carbon-based chemicals easily evaporate from a liquid or solid into air at much lower temperatures than most chemicals, Beresford-Kroeger explains. “For example, your nose is sensing VOCs when you smell pine trees.” She gives us the reasons why trees are so beneficial for our health. “Trees produce their own self-defence mechanisms,” says Beresford-Kroeger. “Trees secrete these compounds to protect themselves from insects and microbes. By simply being close to trees, we breathe in these antimicrobials. A growing body of research has shown that living close to trees has beneficial effects on mental health, as well as well-being, mood, cognition and lifespan.” These airborne compounds increase immune system regulators while decreasing respiratory rates, stress levels, blood pressure and stress (adrenaline and cortisol). Beresford-Kroeger has an ambitious bioplan encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature, to join together to replant the global forest and be with nature. “Like the brain, trees are an enigma machine,” says Beresford-Kroeger. “Nobody knows how they really work. Trees have more DNA than a human child. They communicate in two ways: One, by silent infrasound into the emotions; the other, in a chemical communication with the atmosphere. The drum of the tree beats a message to us all.” Beresford-Kroeger encourages walks in all seasons. But a forest therapy guide is not a therapist, she emphasizes. “The forest itself is the therapist,” she says. “The forest does all the work. My words simply open the door to the forest to help connect the forest with the person.” Her simple advice: “Breathe deeply under its branches, and you’ll get a good dose of salicylic acid and 22 types of airborne molecules including lactones that have a resting, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect on the body." That sounds easy enough, much like taking vitamins. If needed, Beresford-Kroeger says you can be guided by certified professionals and Google will find programs for you. “The guide’s role isn’t to explain the flora and fauna. Rather, the guide facilitates the contemplative experience, offering participants invitations to interact with the forest in a meaningful and healing way. “How many of us really slow down and feel the different textures in the forest?” she asks. As an educator, I have promoted this book, Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life to countless B.Ed. candidates at Nipissing University and here at the Canadian Ecology Centre since 2005. That is when Richard Louv ’s groundbreaking book was published, Last Child in the Woods, a New York Times bestseller. He is the first to bring widespread attention to the alienation of children from the natural world, coining the term “nature-deficit disorder” and outlining the benefits of connecting with nature. The book links exposure to nature to boosting mental acuity and creativity, reducing obesity and depression, promoting health and wellness; and, simply having fun. In 2008, he was awarded the National Audubon Medal. Prior recipients included Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson and President Jimmy Carter. There is a succession of nature-benefit books by Louv. One of his books is entitled: ‘Vitamin N.’ Most times when I seek out a worldly author, I end up going through a step process with the publisher or the author’s agent. This takes time, appointments and patience. I reached out to Richard Louv by email and he replied, to my complete surprise, almost immediately as “Rich.” I tell about this current story. He cares. He offers advice needed beyond reading between the lines. “Nature can reduce depression and improve psychological well-being. Researchers in Sweden have found that joggers who exercise in a natural green setting feel more restored and less anxious, angry, or depressed than people who burn the same amount of calories jogging in a built urban setting,” he told me. “This is not only about us and what we stand to gain in terms of mental health, and even physical health and spiritual health, but also the preservation of these species that are all around us,” Louv says. “The future will belong to the nature-smart—those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.” So then I found a more localized guide, also very qualified and someone who has faced life-changing experiences. EcoWisdom is an Ontario based non-profit, it provides virtual and onsite services that facilitate human connection to the natural world. It uses the forests near Algonquin Provincial Park It includes processes such as forest bathing mindfulness meditation, contemplation, and education. Kari Krogh is one of the founders. Her programming, offered in collaboration with co-facilitators, weaves together foundational knowledge in neuroscience, psychology and mindfulness with a commitment to inclusion, compassion, community building and sustainability. She is well qualified holding a PhD in Human Development and Applied Psychology as well as being a University Professor in Critical Disability Studies and a Doctoral Internship in neurology at the Hospital for Sick Children. “Ultimately, we believe that what is good for us as a human species is that which nourishes our home, Mother Earth. By fostering a deep relationship with creation, we hope to support bringing humans back into a state of balance within themselves, their communities and as a part of the earth’s ecosystem.” She says, “We are a constellation of things in a single moment. I am a researcher, promoter of community health, an advocate for equity and an environmental conservationist. Everything in my history has brought me to this place of deep commitment for evidence-based forest medicine (shinrin yoku/forest bathing) practices to build physical and emotional resiliency among the most vulnerable members of our society. I am also committed to using these practices to foster community resiliency and environmental conservation.” She acknowledges her life-changing experiences. “While working as a professor of Disability Studies, I myself acquired a severe disability affecting many areas of function and all aspects of daily living. I went from living with an easily managed chronic illness as a professor and new parent to living with a very complex condition that repeatedly brought me to the precipice of life or death. I lived with chronic severe pain, ineffective medical professionals initially, and social interactions that exacerbated my experience of isolation and suffering.” Fast forward. “I received a call from a good friend of mine who was exasperated as he was trying to support 500 members of a disability organization as Executive Director at the peak of the pandemic pre-vaccine. I proposed to my friend that we pilot a virtual forest bathing program which was a success, eventually, my personal experience, training and community service projects led us to a place where EcoWisdom now has its own unique model for providing powerful nature therapy. Within the EcoWisdom training, they celebrate uniqueness. “We encourage our Indigenous guides in training, for example, through Indigenous-led mentoring, to weave in cultural identity and wisdom that can be brought into their work as nature therapy guides. Our intention is to use mindful nature connection practices to care for self, one another and the earth. My daily life on the forest preserve is modelled as one way to live out a commitment to the earth and we invite our community members to foster land-based attachment to the forest preserve and the land upon which they live, wherever that may be." She says the land has helped heal. “The forest community of interdependent beings has taught me the value of feeling settled into a state of wholeness and belonging rather than desperate grasping for a cure. The white pines have taught me through a language conveyed by wind. For all of this, I am incredibly grateful and remain committed as a caretaker of the land and dedicated in my work of service to our disability community and beyond.” What’s next for you? If you have noticed I have missed a couple of weeks of regular Village Media submissions. It is good therapy to pen this one. More, recent surgery, because of past challenges now there is a new right hip to improve the gait. First day and every day, post-operation doing the progressive walking and exercise here within Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park (Canadian Ecology Centre). I practice what I have learned about being “with” nature, embracing the benefits of healing through the senses. The mild fall has helped and I stand by my weather prediction . Now I foresee walking better than post “Super Bug,” my gait will be better. How about you? Just get outside on your own terms, create the opportunity to immerse - and reconnect with – nature, especially look up at those trees. Good enough reasons anywhere on the back roads. I am grateful for Vitamin N.