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Article content A 29-year-old Windsor man faces charges after the sexual abuse of a 3-year-old child was livestreamed on social media. Officers with the Windsor Police Service internet child exploitation (ICE) unit began an investigation Friday after receiving a tip from the Toronto Police Service that a Windsor man had made and shared a child sexual abuse video on a popular social media platform. Police said investigators quickly traced the video to a local residence and identified the suspect. “Within two hours of receiving the initial report, members of the ICE and target base units located and arrested the man near downtown,” police said in a news release. “ The 3-year-old child involved in the abuse video was also identified.” The suspect, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, has been charged with sexual assault, sexual interference with a person under 16 years of age, making child pornography, possession of child pornography, transmitting child pornography, and accessing child pornography. Anyone with information about possible child sexual exploitation is urged to immediately contact the ICE unit at 519-255-6700, ext. 4896. Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477 (TIPS) or online at http:// catchcrooks.com . mholmeshill@postmedia.comThe 21st Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Russia Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (SLRBC) was held recently at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo 03. The event was graced by the presence of H.E. Levan Dzhagaryan, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka, who participated as the Chief Guest, a news release from the chamber said. Delivering his address, H.E. Dzhagaryan highlighted the significant trade, tourism, and cultural collaborations between Sri Lanka and Russia, emphasizing that Russia continues to play a pivotal role in Sri Lanka’s tourism sector and export trade. The keynote speaker, Mr. Mangala Wijesinghe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Export Development Board, discussed strategies to enhance Sri Lanka’s export potential and foster stronger economic ties with Russia. His address included insights on Sri Lanka’s ambitious targets for merchandise and service exports, as well as initiatives to bolster the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. In his speech, Mr. Jude Fernando, President of the SLRBC, reflected on the Council’s achievements, including facilitating greater trade collaboration and enhancing bilateral relationships. He outlined future plans focused on creating new opportunities for member engagement, strengthening support for small and medium exporters, and addressing trade challenges through innovative solutions and policy reforms. Mr. Jude Fernando, Director, Rhino Roofing Products Limited, continues as President of the SLRBC for 2024/25. Vice Presidents Mr. Buddhapriya Ramanayake, Managing Director, Maxims Overseas Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, and Mr. Prabath Harshakumar, Vice President – John Keells Holdings and Head of Business Development, Walkers Tours Ltd, were re-elected. Ms. Shamindi Kumarasinghe, Head of Exports, Nature’s Beauty Creations Limited, was re-elected Treasurer, while Mr. Kolitha Wickremasinghe, Managing Director, SALOTA International (Pvt) Ltd, continues as Immediate Past President. The newly elected committee includes representatives from Avian Technologies (Pvt) Ltd, Ceylon Fresh Teas (Pvt) Ltd, Freight Links International (Pte) Ltd, HVA Food PLC, Millennium Teas (Pvt) Ltd, Regency Teas (Pvt) Ltd, Scanwell Logistics Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, Shan Teas (Pvt) Ltd, and Unitrades (Pvt) Ltd. For membership inquiries, contact Council Manager – Aneesha at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce via 0115588856 or email industry@chamber.lk.winph review 。

The race has been on the horizon since U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Saratoga, was tapped in November to serve as United Nations ambassador in the next Donald Trump administration. Once she formally steps down, Gov. Kathy Hochul will have a 10-day window to trigger a special election and party leaders will pick respective candidates. Among Democratic hopefuls — Blake Gendebien, Knut Sauer, Paula Collins, Steve Holden, Rod Driscoll, John Gunther, Kelley Premo and Pamela Marshall — the final pick will need to have campaign infrastructure in advance before the special election begins, insiders insist. The special election cycle will last 10 weeks. That’s about five times shorter than a typical congressional cycle. “They just don't have the time,” said Montgomery County Democratic Chairman Terri Bieniek. “They're going to have to be ready to go.” The best candidate, according to insiders, will also need to show that they’re familiar with the mammoth district map and the needs of voters in the hard-to-win Trump-friendly territory. Political neophyte Marshall of Fultonville in Montgomery County said that she’s had enough experience around the district and aligns with the “middle” well enough to properly represent the 21st District. “I've talked to many people in my community whether they are 100% MAGA Republican, conservative Democrat and they are actually all aligned that things really need to get done and are tired of just not seeing the positive effects of things,” Marshall said. The 53-year-old re-registered from Democrat to Conservative after the last election. Party leaders have insisted she is a Conservative while Marshall insisted she is a Democrat because she hasn’t received any indication that her party affiliation has changed. The re-registration was a non-starter for Washington County Democratic Chairman Jay Bellanca. “I don't think she'd need a Wilson-Pakula, but I don't think anybody's going to choose her,” Bellanca said. Wilson-Pakula is the short name for a law forbidding candidates not registered in a political party from ballot-hopping without committee permission. Within the current list, political experience varies. Jay Town Councilman Knut Sauer is the only declared contender currently serving in office. He said that he’s running for the “same reasons” he ran for local office in Essex County. “Small municipalities with high costs, water, sewer infrastructure issues — those are not red or blue,” Sauer said. “And that's what I want to help work on and fight for: the rural counties, communities that are often forgotten by the bigger ones in New York state.” Rod Driscoll previously served about a decade in elected office. He was twice elected to the Peru Central School District Board of Education in Clinton County, where he served once as president. Cannabis tax attorneys Paula Collins and U.S. Army veteran Steve Holden hold the most experience running for federal office. Collins just ran against Stefanik in November and lost, 206,581 to 123,756; Holden ran for the 24th Congressional District in 2022 and lost 182,054 to 95,028. Holden, who briefly petitioned in the 21st District earlier this year, doesn’t currently live in the district. The Onondaga County man has vowed to move during his special election run. Living in the district matters, opined Fulton County Democratic Committee Chairman Edmund Jasewicz. “I think, to our voters, it does,” Jasewicz said. Legally, any candidate can run for the 21st Congressional District as long as they live in New York. In the GOP pool, former 20th Congressional District candidate Liz Joy and Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin both haven’t ruled out interest in the seat while currently living outside of representative boundaries. Joy has vowed to move to Warren County if she is selected. Meanwhile, former GOP U.S. Senate candidate Joseph Pinion, a Yonkers native, has lived in the district for about six months in the town of Saratoga. The GOP congressional hopeful has maintained that the move had nothing to do with electoral politics. Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino has changed his primary residence from Amsterdam to a home he’s owned in Edinburg in light of his special election ambitions. Special elections are common after a presidential election. Political allies ranging from governors to senators are common cabinet picks, a move sometimes seen as a reward for political patronage. The area that now encompasses the southeastern portion of the 21st Congressional District was home to two special elections 15 years ago. Democrats Scott Murphy and Bill Owens, respectively, won the 20th and 23rd districts. Warren County Democratic Committee Chairwoman Lynne Boecher was active in both races that year. This round of the “arduous” process, she said, will be unique based on the number of chairs involved. “We have 15 counties, so it's a lot like herding cattle, if you will,” Boecher said. For Bellanca, there are still a lot of unknowns in how the fast-paced process will be coordinated. “There are a lot of moving parts right now in trying to figure out what the state committee is going to do, what the national committee is going to do, what the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] is going to do,” Bellanca said.

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In a way, Giuli was part of Meloni's vision years before she appointed him as a minister. She has long considered him one of the most suitable candidates to carry out a project that she cares about: building right-wing cultural hegemony. When Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano resigned over a sex scandal on Sept. 6, Alessandro Giuli was appointed in his place. Giuli had very little experience in politics, but like Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in his youth, he was a member of a neofascist party called the Italian Social Movement. Soon after her election, Meloni appointed him as the director of MAXXI , an important museum in Rome. When Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano resigned over a sex scandal on Sept. 6, Alessandro Giuli was appointed in his place. Giuli had very little experience in politics, but like Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, in his youth, he was a member of a neofascist party called the Italian Social Movement. Soon after her election, Meloni appointed him as the director of MAXXI, an important museum in Rome. In a way, Giuli was part of Meloni's vision years before she appointed him as a minister. She has long considered him one of the most suitable candidates to carry out a project that she cares about: building right-wing cultural hegemony. Cultural hegemony is a concept developed by Italian communist philosopher Antonio Gramsci to explain why the worker's revolution that Karl Marx predicted had not yet happened. He theorized that it was because the ruling class controlled social institutions—from schools to the media—and used them to spread its ideologies, shaping the population's belief system and, thus, its actions. In other words, controlling culture meant controlling political and social outcomes. Meloni is not a communist, but she is convinced that the Italian left has succeeded, since the end of World War II, in dominating cultural institutions, such as the arts and academia, creating a situation which she has... Giorgio GhiglioneGeorgia loses QB Carson Beck (arm) during SEC title gameSyria rebels begin entering Damascus amid calls for political solution

From Pride employee resource groups to a recurring wave of rainbow logos each June, LGBTQ+-friendly workplaces can feel more like the rule than the exception in 2024. Yet, while corporate leaders pat themselves on the back, many queer employees across Canada are still quietly navigating challenging workplace dynamics tied to their sexual orientations and gender identities. For these employees, true equity and inclusivity goes beyond gender-neutral bathrooms and company-sponsored Pride events. It means addressing deeper, often overlooked issues that remain largely invisible to those outside the LGBTQ+ community. It’s an issue that Nate Shalev, an inclusivity speaker and adviser based in Brooklyn, N.Y., feels strongly about. They posted about some of those barriers in a LinkedIn post, where they are ranked as one of the U.S. and Canada’s Top LGBTQIA+ Voices. “When I was told I would have to travel for work, my immediate reaction would be panic,” they wrote. “I was concerned about booking travel with my legal name and risking my team calling me by a name I no longer use, getting through TSA as a trans person with my dignity intact ... [and] navigating queer and transphobia at hotels or in taxis, or anywhere, in front of my co-workers.” Through their consultancy, Revel Impact, Shalev draws on past experiences with “really bad bosses” to help build more inclusive workplaces, educating companies on the barriers their LGBTQ+ team members may be facing – on top of simply getting their jobs done. Barriers like: “Is the conference you asked me to go to safe? What about that client meeting? The whole team is going for a happy hour, but this bar isn’t LGBTQ-friendly. Should I leave? Would that make me look like I wasn’t a part of the team?” Shalev says these sorts of concerns are routinely dismissed or there’s no clear channel through which to handle them since they don’t rise to a legal level of discrimination, despite having negative affects. While most organizations in North America have anti-discrimination policies in place, Ottawa-based talent and brand specialist Lindsay Moorcroft says that doesn’t necessarily mean those policies are sufficient. “Unless you’re building your programs and policies with the [affected] people in the room, there’s always the possibility for something to be forgotten,” Moorcroft says, reflecting on a previous job at a small startup where she was the only out queer employee. “Pronouns weren’t being asked in meetings. They weren’t shared in e-mail signatures. There was no option to even talk about that. So then it’s like, do I want to be the person who brings it up?” she says. For Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich, a communications and advocacy director in Ottawa, the risk of speaking up paid off. Although she works for a national non-profit she calls “progressive” and “feminist,” bereavement leave didn’t include pregnancy loss until she advocated for it after experiencing a miscarriage herself. “Even if it’s not a miscarriage, when a fertility treatment doesn’t work, when an embryo transfer doesn’t work, there is that grief,” she says. Fertility issues aren’t specific to the LGBTQ+ community, but “gay couples, by definition, typically need to access fertility treatment of some kind,” as Geiger-Bardswich says. “So it’s more likely that if you have gay employees who are interested in parenting, they’re going to have to navigate this.” According to Fertility Matters Canada , more than half of Canadian employers don’t provide fertility benefits, including drugs and treatment costs. And only seven provinces provide public funding to cover partial costs of fertility treatment. In Geiger-Bardswich’s case, she and her wife relied on limited OHIP coverage when trying to conceive, while paying thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for medication and donor sperm. She says she was grateful to have flexibility in her work hours, which made it easier to attend doctor’s appointments throughout the in-vitro fertilization process without fear of repercussions. Flexible work arrangements, including remote work, can also benefit transgender employees who are transitioning or who are repeatedly misgendered at the office, says Shalev. Geiger-Bardswich notes that as anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric increases around the world, it adds another layer of concern for queer Canadians. She points to Italy’s push to remove non-biological parents from birth certificates as an example. “I hope that’s not going to happen in Canada,” she says. “But with how things are happening around the world, there is nervousness around the legal benefits and legal situations for parents like us.” So, what can workplaces do to achieve real, meaningful inclusivity? Shalev says it’s about taking a pro-active, rather than reactive, approach. This could look like ensuring there’s space for preferred names on all applications, forms and other communications. Before international trips, a systematic pretravel questionnaire might allow queer employees to request extra security, a travel companion, a NEXUS membership or a car service to make the experience safer and smoother, Shalev says. “It doesn’t have to feel complicated. Actively create spaces for these conversations to happen. Ask folks what they need,” says Shalev, noting that this has been more difficult in recent years with LGBTQ+ issues growing increasingly politicized. “Because queer issues have been politicized so much, there’s this sense that it’s a taboo topic. That’s a big shift I’ve seen, versus it just being inclusion work and wanting to support colleagues. Trans folks aren’t politics. We’re people.” One organization that appears to be embracing a pro-active approach is Moorcroft’s current employer, ecobee, a home automation company headquartered in Toronto. The company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offerings include an LGBTQ+ allyship group, a private social channel for LGBTQ+ employees and a policy-focused working group. Most importantly, Moorcroft says, a variety of voices are in these rooms alongside her, including those of senior leadership. “DEI means nothing if the top of the company is not supporting it, and it’s not in their [budget],” she says. Every organization has different needs and resources, which is why Shalev says, “It’s not one-size-fits-all.” Pride at Work Canada and Great Place to Work provide toolkits for organizations looking to improve inclusion, with strategies ranging from collecting data on employee demographics to administering queer mentorship programs. While certain measures may seem niche, “LGBTQ+ inclusion benefits us all,” Shalev says. “When I do workshops, of course I know there are other queer folks in the room. But then there are the parents of trans kids, or somebody with a partner who’s trans. Our workplaces are microcosms of our larger society, and if we create better workplaces, we can also create better communities and [and better] worlds.” Interested in more perspectives about women in the workplace? Find all stories on The Globe Women’s Collective hub here , and subscribe to the new Women and Work newsletter here . Have feedback? E-mail us at [email protected] .EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Ahamad Bynum scored 19 points off of the bench to help lead UTEP over Seattle U 88-72 on Saturday night. Bynum shot 7 of 9 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Miners (6-2). Otis Frazier III added 18 points while going 6 of 9 from the floor, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and 4 for 4 from the line while he also had five assists. Kevin Kalu had 13 points and shot 5 of 6 from the field and 3 for 3 from the line. The Redhawks (3-6) were led in scoring by Paris Dawson, who finished with 18 points and two steals. Seattle U also got 14 points and eight rebounds from Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe. John Christofilis had 13 points. UTEP took the lead with 18:55 left in the first half and never looked back. The score was 48-23 at halftime, with Frazier racking up 12 points. UTEP extended its lead to 77-49 during the second half, fueled by a 7-0 scoring run. 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Israel launches new airstrikes on Lebanon as leaders draw closer to ceasefire with Hezbollah

After budget cuts, can the INE guarantee judicial election integrity? Depends who you askBEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s military launched airstrikes across Lebanon on Monday, unleashing explosions throughout the country and killing at least 12 while Israeli leaders appeared to be closing in on a negotiated ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group. Israeli strikes hit commercial and residential buildings in Beirut as well as in the port city of Tyre. Military officials said they targeted areas known as Hezbollah strongholds. They issued evacuation orders for Beirut’s southern suburbs, and strikes landed across the city, including meters from a Lebanese police base and the city’s largest public park. The barrage came as officials indicated they were nearing agreement on a ceasefire, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet prepared to discuss an offer on the table. Airstrikes kill at least 12 Massive explosions lit up Lebanon’s skies with flashes of orange, sending towering plumes of smoke into the air as Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs Monday. The blasts damaged buildings and left shattered glass and debris scattered across nearby streets. No casualties were reported after many residents fled the targeted sites. Some of the strikes landed close to central Beirut and near Christian neighborhoods and other targets where Israel had issued evacuation warnings, including in Tyre and Nabatieh province. Israeli airstrikes also hit the northeast Baalbek-Hermel region without warning. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Monday that at least 12 people were killed in the strikes in the Tyre province, adding to the more than 3,700 people in Lebanon who have been killed since Israel launched its invasion two months ago. Many of those killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah have been , and health officials said some of the recovered bodies were so severely damaged that DNA testing would be required to confirm their identities. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000 Hezbollah members. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the war has displaced 1.2 million people. The latest round of airstrikes came weeks after Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon in early October, meeting heavy resistance in a narrow strip of land along the border. The military had previously exchanged attacks across the border with Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group that began firing rockets into Israel the day after the war in Gaza began last year. Lebanese politicians have decried the ongoing airstrikes and said they are impeding U.S.-led ceasefire negotiations. The country’s deputy parliament speaker accused Israel of ramping up its bombardment in order to pressure Lebanon to make concessions in indirect ceasefire negotiations with Hezbollah. Elias Bousaab, an ally of the militant group, said Monday that the pressure has increased because “we are close to the hour that is decisive regarding reaching a ceasefire.” Hopes grow for a ceasefire Israeli officials voiced similar optimism Monday about prospects for a ceasefire. Mike Herzog, the country’s ambassador to Washington, earlier in the day told Israeli Army Radio that several points had yet to be finalized. Though any deal would require agreement from the government, Herzog said Israel and Hezbollah were “close to a deal.” “It can happen within days,” he said. Israeli officials have said the sides are close to an agreement that would include withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and a pullback of Hezbollah fighters from the Israeli border. But several sticking points remain. Two Israeli officials told The Associated Press that Netanyahu’s security Cabinet had scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, but they said it remained unclear whether the Cabinet would vote to approve the deal. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing internal deliberations. Danny Danon, Israel’s U.N. ambassador, told reporters Monday that he expected a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah to have stages and to be discussed by leaders Monday or Tuesday. Still, he warned, “it’s not going to happen overnight.” After previous hopes for a ceasefire were dashed, U.S. officials cautioned that negotiations were not yet complete and noted that there could be last-minute hitches that either delay or destroy an agreement. “Nothing is done until everything is done,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Monday. The proposal under discussion to end the fighting calls for an initial two-month ceasefire during which Israeli forces would withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah would end its armed presence along the southern border south of the Litani River. The withdrawals would be accompanied by an influx of thousands more Lebanese army troops, who have been in the war, to patrol the border area along with an existing . Western diplomats and Israeli officials said Israel is demanding the right to strike in Lebanon if it believes Hezbollah is violating the terms. The Lebanese government has said that such an arrangement would authorize violations of the country’s sovereignty. A ceasefire could mark a step toward ending the regionwide war that ballooned after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, . The lack of a ceasefire has emerged as a political liability for Israeli leaders including Netanyahu, particularly while 60,000 Israelis remain away from their homes in the country’s north after more than a year of cross-border violence. Hezbollah rockets have reached as far south into Israel as Tel Aviv. At least 75 people have been killed, more than half of them civilians. More than 50 Israeli soldiers died fighting in the ground offensive in Lebanon. The Israeli military said about 250 projectiles were fired Sunday, with some intercepted. A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the strongest of , is expected to significantly calm regional tensions that have led to fears of a direct, all-out war between Israel and Iran. It’s not clear how the ceasefire will affect the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Hezbollah had long insisted that it would not agree to a ceasefire until the war in Gaza ends, but it dropped that condition. While the proposal is expected to be approved if Netanyahu brings it to a vote in his security Cabinet, one hard-line member, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, said he would oppose it. He said on X that a deal with Lebanon would be a “big mistake” and a “missed historic opportunity to eradicate Hezbollah.” If the ceasefire talks fail, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said, “it will mean more destruction and more and more animosity and more dehumanization and more hatred and more bitterness.” Speaking at a G7 meeting in Fiuggi, Italy, the last summit of its kind before U.S. President Joe Biden leaves office, Safadi said such a failure “will doom the future of the region to more conflict and more killing and more destruction.” ___ Federman reported from Jerusalem and Metz from Rabat, Morocco. Associated Press writers Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Nicole Winfield in Fiuggi, Italy, and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report. ___ Find more of AP’s war coverage at Sally Abou Aljoud, Joe Federman And Sam Metz, The Associated Press

Ravens QB Jackson leads first NFL Pro Bowl fan voting resultsBengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home was broken into Monday night while he played against the Cowboys, the latest in a series of thefts committed during games. Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce had their homes broken into the day before a game and then the day of a game in October. Bears players said they plan on being cautious when the team plays on “Monday Night Football.” “It was happening before, but now it’s happening to big names and it’s a big matter,” receiver DJ Moore said Friday. “So, I’m taking it serious. ...You definitely have to worry about it.” Tight end Cole Kmet, the team’s NFLPA representative, said that the Bears security staff offers services to their players, be it actual guards or technology, when they’re on the road. The union also offers discounts for home security systems, he said. “Things are very accessible nowadays in terms of being able to look things up, where people live ...” Kmet said. “[It’s] definitely something that as a player you’ve gotta be aware of, because I would say at this point everyone kinda knows your schedule. They know when the house is occupied and when it’s not. It’s unfortunate, but it’s part of the deal.” Moore warned that he has a premium security system. “My house is wired like the Bat-cave,” he said. “You ain’t getting in. If you touch the house, the alarm goes off.” Hoke on Tyrique One day after cornerback Tyrique Stevenson said he didn’t want his Fail Mary gaffe to define him, cornerbacks coach Jon Hoke said he had a lot to deal with in the aftermath of the Commanders’ game-winning touchdown. “Let’s be honest: It’s a tough one, especially in this city where football matters,” Hoke said. “He gets introduced the next game and he gets booed and all that. It’s tough.” Hoke acknowledged the effect of the gaffe— “We had some tough games after that,” he said — but said sensed that Stevenson’s teammates remained supportive. “Players are truly forgiving of teammates, they really are,” he said. “That’s what make it unique about sport, is they do protect each other.” Swift still out Running back D’Andre Swift missed his second consecutive practice because of a groin injury but offensive coordinator Chris Beatty expects him to practice Saturday. “It’s one of those things where we are just trying to be prudent with it and also be able to be prepared for however the game presents itself,” he said. “I think he will be able to do what he does, but we are also prepared whatever way that may go.” Other Bears players who missed practice were guard Ryan Bates (concussion), defensive tackle Gervon Dexter (knee), running back Roschon Johnson (concussion) and tight end Marcedes Lewis (veteran rest). Cornerback Josh Blackwell (shoulder) was upgraded to limited. Safety Elijah Hicks (ankle) was limited, too. Notes • Special teams coordinator Richard Hightower called former Bears kicker Robbie Gould, who was named the head coach at St. Viator this week, “as detailed as a person I have ever been around.” Kmet, who went to St. Viator, said he was excited by the development. “It’ll be cool to see,” he said. “I’ll be rooting Robbie on heavily here.” • Kmet declared U.S. Bank Stadium his favorite, saying it “feels like you’re in a ‘Game of Thrones’ set.” Reminded that Bears president/CEO Kevin Warren helped build it, Kmet said he’d like one of his own. “That one’s pretty beautiful,” he said. “So yeah, hopefully something like that.” • The Vikings had one player not practice Friday: cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who has a hamstring problem.

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