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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany are expecting the arrival of their new addition soon -- as in, very soon. The couple has two children: daughter Sterling and son Bronze. A baby girl will be arriving soon, and the three-time Super Bowl champion said he wants to be in attendance. "Any day now," Mahomes, 29, told Netflix studio host Kay Adams of Brittany's due date. "Brittany says I've been stressing her out too much this season, so I gotta try to not put that much stress on her through these football games and get that bye. And hopefully God works the right way and we can have that baby maybe on the bye week somewhere and then everything will work out perfectly." "(She's the) MVP because she'll go in there and crush it and what, three babies? I can take a break for a long time and just focus on playing football and raising those babies." On Wednesday, Mahomes and the Chiefs (14-1) were visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers (10-5) in what will be the third game in 11 days for both teams. If Kansas City wins, it clinches the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs -- and Mahomes may have a break in his schedule as a result. The Chiefs conclude the regular season against the host the Denver Broncos in Week 18. --Field Level MediaStock image MANILA, Philippines — About three in five jails in the country were still bursting at the seams with persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as congestion rates reached as high as 2,827 percent in 2023, way beyond acceptable standards, state auditors found. Such conditions bring to the fore the government’s obstacles to reaching a fully humane handling of PDLs where their health and overall welfare are prioritized. Based on the latest annual report of the Commission on Audit (COA), 324 out of the total 482 jail facilities nationwide were overcrowded, or a congestion rate of 67.22 percent, which was far beyond the acceptable standards set by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the United Nations for the treatment of prisoners. READ: Mental illnesses, respiratory infections prevalent in PH jails, prisons The three most crowded facilities were Dasmariñas City Jail-female dormitory, which had a congestion rate of 2,827 percent; followed by Muntinlupa City Jail-male dormitory (2,102 percent) and San Mateo Municipal Jail-male dorm (2,022 percent). This reflects the “unhealthy living conditions of the PDLs,” the COA noted, adding that “congestion has always been one of the biggest challenges in carrying out its mandate in humane safekeeping and development of PDL under its care.” The latest congestion rate was also virtually unchanged from 2022 when 323 out of the total 478 jail facilities, equivalent to 67.57 percent, was recorded. With a total jail population of 117,425 last year, the government needs to create a cell area of at least 551,897 square meters to provide a “habitable” space of 4.7 sq m per inmate that meets standards, the COA stressed. But the BJMP, which runs and supervises city, municipal and district jails in the country, had a combined cell area of only 216,788 sq m in that year, it added. This meant that the bureau would need more jail space of at least 335,109 sq m to prevent jails from becoming full to the brim. The COA also flagged unfinished construction projects for jail facilities in Metro Manila that contributed to the perrenially high congestion rate. Among the jails that were “not fully utilized or nonoperational” as of end-2023 were Quezon City Jail, including its female dormitory and annex; and the Metro Manila District Jail. “The significant delays in the completion of the project[s] were caused by numerous suspension orders and time extensions,” it noted. Outside the capital region, the respective jail buildings in Tubao, La Union; San Fabian, Pangasinan; and the male and female dormitories in Gapan City in Nueva Ecija, had yet to become operational due to lack of funding for the construction of perimeter fence, electricity and water connections. According to the COA, PDLs could only be transferred to new jail facilities upon the completion of the construction of the perimeter fence as it curbs any jailbreaks and the entry of contraband. Although state auditors commended the slight decrease by about 8 percent in the number of PDLs last year from the total jail population of 127,031 in 2022, the change still did not help the situation. By area, the biggest drop in the number of inmates were recorded in Metro Manila, followed by Calabarzon, Central Visayas and Soccsksargen. Aside from ensuring that PDLs have a space conducive to reformation and rehabilitation, a decongested jail can also avert potential prison “gangs,” said the COA. “Jail congestion not only results in health and sanitation issues but also amplifies gang affiliation among inmates,” it said in the report. “To ensure their survival, inmates cling to gangs or ‘pangkat,’ where they seek protection, a social support network, and crucially, access to material resources that are scarce in overcrowded facilities.” Government auditors emphasized the importance of “continuous efforts to alleviate jail congestion” in bolstering public safety and improving the living conditions of PDLs in compliance to the UN minimum standard rules and the BJMP’s own manual on habitat, water, sanitation and kitchen in jails. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . Among the recommendations made by the COA to address jail congestion, which the BJMP management agreed to, include for the agency to request donation of lots to add more jail sites; ask for more budget for the acquisition of lots for the construction of additional jail facilities, perimeter fence and the needed utilities; and facilitate the “early release of qualified detainees” in line with the good conduct time allowance law and other related policies.

NoneThe Winnipeg Jets had a Merry Christmas, with the first-place club enjoying a three-day hockey hiatus that allowed for some quality time with family and friends away from the rink. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * The Winnipeg Jets had a Merry Christmas, with the first-place club enjoying a three-day hockey hiatus that allowed for some quality time with family and friends away from the rink. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? The Winnipeg Jets had a Merry Christmas, with the first-place club enjoying a three-day hockey hiatus that allowed for some quality time with family and friends away from the rink. Now the focus turns to what needs to be done to ensure 2025 becomes a Happy New Year. “I think there’s some more urgency,” Jets captain Adam Lowry said Friday of what he’s expecting to see when it comes to the post-holiday schedule that begins Saturday night with a visit from the Ottawa Senators. NATHAN DENETTE / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES Jets captain Adam Lowry and his teammates look to pick up where they left off before the Christmas break which they entered on a two-game winning streak. “Obviously the playoff picture starts to shake out. Sometimes in October, April seems real far away and you might feel like you have time to make up some of those points. I think the hockey gets better, generally, as teams get to their structure. They’ve kind of ironed out the kinks or some of their weaknesses earlier in the year, so ice is harder to come by, it’s harder to generate some chances.” The 25-10-1 Jets will play 10 of their next 11 games at the downtown rink, and 14 of 20 before they get an even longer break for the 4 Nations Face-Off starting Feb. 8. “All the grinding we had to go through on the road, our road trips, some of the long ones, all the stuff we were talking about two months ago, now we get to sort of reap a little bit of the benefits,” said head coach Scott Arniel following an hour-long practice. “But we have to take advantage of these games at home here. There is another push that happens, from now to the break. Now it’s jockeying for position. Because March and April they’ll be coming quick, and they’ll be coming heavy. So 20 games here, again sort of refocus, get ourselves taking advantage of this home ice and continue to build on what we’ve been doing.” Winnipeg will be looking to pick up where it left off following back-to-back wins last Saturday (5-0 over Minnesota) and Monday (5-2 in Toronto) before players scattered for a short but sweet break. “Guys got to take off from Toronto to kind of cover both the U.S. and Canada and get to see family and now we’re back. We had a good workday (Friday), which hopefully leads into (Saturday) and gets all of the Turkey and rust out of us and ready to go,” said Arniel. Half the league (16 of 32 teams) returned to action Friday night in a chaotic day that involved the eight visitors having to fly early in the morning (the collective bargaining agreement doesn’t allow for activities to resume until Dec. 27), rather than the day before a game which is the standard. Winnipeg had to do that last year and ultimately laid a bit of an egg, losing 2-1 in overtime to the Chicago Blackhawks. In that sense, the schedule maker did them a bit of a favour this year. “This is one of the first ones where we can have a practice and then have a morning skate. I’d expect it to be a little sharper than last year’s game in Chicago,” said Lowry. “You travel and go to the morning skate, and those days usually feel a little jammed, feeling your way through the first period. You know, both teams are playing well. I’d expect it to be a pretty well played game. I think having a practice day helps that.” Indeed, the Senators also went into Christmas feeling rather jolly, having won six of their previous seven to climb into an Eastern Conference playoff spot. “Watching them over the last couple weeks, they’re a great team. They’ve got a lot of depth,” said Lowry. “We’re going to have to be ready. They skate well, they’ve got some real high-end skill and they’ve got some big bodies that like to go to the net. There might not be the rivalry that we have with some other teams, but it’s still going to be a hard-fought game.” Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is expected to make his 29th start of the season, while Arniel has some decisions to make on what his blue-line looks like. Haydn Fleury suffered a lower-body injury against the Maple Leafs last Monday and is now considered week-to-week. Logan Stanley missed the last two games with an ailment but was a regular participant in practice Friday, so he could be an option to return. The Jets also called up Dylan Coghlan from the Manitoba Moose as added insurance. It appears Colin Miller will move up to take Fleury’s spot beside Neal Pionk, meaning two of Stanley, Coghlan and Ville Heinola would form the third pair with the other being a healthy scratch. Ottawa is expected to be without No. 1 goaltender Linus Ullmark (12-7-2, 2.38 GAA, .915 save percentage), who is dealing with a back injury. Backup Anton Forsberg (4-6-0, 2.95 GAA, .889 save percentage) will likely get the call. “I think the structure and what we did well in both those games (before Christmas) is going to be important moving forward,” said Lowry. After facing Ottawa, the Jets will host the Nashville Predators on Monday night, then travel to Denver immediately after to face the Colorado Avalanche on New Year’s Eve. An eight-game homestand will then follow starting next Thursday. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. The Jets are a sizzling 12-3-1 at home this season and could really start to pull away from some divisional rivals if they can keep that up over this next stretch of schedule. “Home ice is critical. You want to take advantage of these games where you can control the matchups. You want to perform well in front of the fans,” said Lowry. “I think for the most part we’ve played pretty well. There’s been a couple games we haven’t loved at home but for the most part, we’ve been able to get to our game plan, get to our forecheck and our power play has been red hot at home. Having this stretch where you don’t have to travel as much, you get some more practice time, it’s going to be invaluable for us.” mike.mcintyre@freepress.mb.ca X and Bluesky: @mikemcintyrewpg Mike McIntyre is a sports reporter whose primary role is covering the Winnipeg Jets. After graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 1995, he spent two years gaining experience at the before joining the in 1997, where he served on the crime and justice beat until 2016. . Every piece of reporting Mike produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about , and . Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider . Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support. Mike McIntyre is a sports reporter whose primary role is covering the Winnipeg Jets. After graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 1995, he spent two years gaining experience at the before joining the in 1997, where he served on the crime and justice beat until 2016. . 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The cost of policing the ceremony was £21.7 million with a further £50.3 million in costs racked up by Britain’s department for culture, media and sport. About 20 million people in Britain watched Charles crowned at Westminster Abbey on TV, substantially fewer than the 29 million who had watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries from around the world, and a star-studded concert took place at Windsor Castle the following night. The annual report and accounts of DCMS, the lead department in Rishi Sunak’s government that worked with the royal household on the coronation, stated that the department “successfully delivered on the central weekend of His Majesty King Charles III’s coronation, enjoyed by many millions both in the UK and across the globe”. It described the coronation as a “once-in-a-generation moment” that enabled the “entire country to come together in celebration”, as well as offering “a unique opportunity to celebrate and strengthen our national identity and showcase the UK to the world”. Republic, which campaigns to replace the monarchy with an elected head of state and more democratic political system, described the coronation as an “obscene” waste of taxpayers’ money. “I would be very surprised if £72 million was the whole cost,” the Republic CEO, Graham Smith, told the Guardian. As well as the British home office policing and DCMS costs included in the figures, he said the UK’s ministry of defence, Transport for London, fire brigades and local councils also incurred costs related to the coronation, with other estimates putting the total cost at between £100 million and £250 million . “But even that kind of money – £72 million– is incredible,” Smith added. “It’s a huge amount of money to spend on one person’s parade when there was no obligation whatsoever in the constitution or in law to have a coronation, and when we were facing cuts to essential services. “It was a parade that Charles insisted on at huge expense to the taxpayer, and this is on top of the huge inheritance tax bill he didn’t pay, on top of the £500 million-a-year cost of the monarchy.” He added: “It was an extravagance we simply didn’t have to have. It was completely unnecessary and a waste of money in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis in a country that is facing huge amounts of child poverty. When kids are unable to afford lunches at school, to spend over £70 million on this parade is obscene.” - –GuardianLondon, Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pixalate , the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today released the Q3 2024 Invalid Traffic (IVT) & Ad Fraud Benchmark Reports focusing on the North America region. The reports analyze the invalid traffic (IVT, including ad fraud) rates for programmatic advertising on desktop and mobile websites, mobile apps, and CTV in Canada and the United States . In addition to the U.S. and Canada reports, Pixalate released SSP market share rankings for the UK, France, Spain, Germany, China, Japan, Singapore, India, Mexico, and Brazil. IVT Benchmarks in Programmatic Advertising in North America To compile this research, Pixalate's data science team analyzed over 100+ billion global programmatic advertising impressions in Q3 2024. The report benchmarks IVT and ad fraud across these devices and platforms by various criteria, including country, device type, app category, and app-ads.txt files. Pixalate's datasets — used exclusively to derive these insights — consist predominantly of buy-side open auction programmatic traffic sources. Download all of Pixalate’s Ad Fraud Benchmarks Reports United States Canada United Kingdom Germany France Spain Mexico Brazil China Japan Singapore India About Pixalate Pixalate is a global platform for privacy compliance, ad fraud prevention, and data intelligence in the digital ad supply chain. Founded in 2012, Pixalate’s platform is trusted by regulators, data researchers, advertisers, publishers, ad tech platforms, and financial analysts across the Connected TV (CTV), mobile app, and website ecosystems. Pixalate is MRC-accredited for the detection and filtration of Sophisticated Invalid Traffic (SIVT). www.pixalate.com Disclaimer The content of this press release, and the Q3 2024 Invalid Traffic (IVT) & Ad Fraud Benchmark Reports (the "Reports"), reflect Pixalate's opinions with respect to factors that Pixalate believes can be useful to the digital media industry. Any data shared is grounded in Pixalate’s proprietary technology and analytics, which Pixalate is continuously evaluating and updating. Any references to outside sources should not be construed as endorsements. Pixalate’s opinions are just that, opinions, which means that they are neither facts nor guarantees. Pixalate is sharing this data not to impugn the standing or reputation of any entity, person or app, but, instead, to report findings and trends pertaining to programmatic advertising activity in the time period studied. Pixalate does not independently verify third-party information. Per the Media Rating Council (MRC) , “‘Invalid Traffic’ is defined generally as traffic that does not meet certain ad serving quality or completeness criteria, or otherwise does not represent legitimate ad traffic that should be included in measurement counts. Among the reasons why ad traffic may be deemed invalid is it is a result of non-human traffic (spiders, bots, etc.), or activity designed to produce fraudulent traffic.” IVT is also sometimes referred to as “ad fraud.” Per the MRC , “'Fraud' is not intended to represent fraud as defined in various laws, statutes and ordinances or as conventionally used in U.S. Court or other legal proceedings, but rather a custom definition strictly for advertising measurement purposes.”

Preview: Heidenheim vs. Stuttgart - prediction, team news, lineupsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — It doesn't happen all that often, but when it does, it can seem like a dream come true for sports gamblers: being able to bet on a game after it has already ended. And it has happened again in Atlantic City, where a sportsbook has been fined for taking $25,000 worth of bets on college basketball and hockey games and boxing matches after they were over. In action made public last week, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined William Hill Sportsbook $20,000 for bets it wrongly took in 2022 and 2023. The company voided most of the bets after discovering the errors. But others had already been paid out to customers. William Hill operates retail sportsbooks in Atlantic City at the Caesars, Harrah's and Tropicana casinos. The casinos' parent company, Caesars Entertainment, did not respond to messages seeking comment Friday and Monday. According to documents from the enforcement division, on Feb. 23 and 24, 2022, it took 42 bets via in-person kiosks on 12 college basketball games after the results were already known. William Hill paid just over $5,000 to customers on six bets before it became aware of the error. The remainder of the bets were voided and the customers' initial wagers were returned to them. William Hill blamed the error on a sportsbook content supplier, London-based OpenBet, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. Similar errors allowed illegal bets on two boxing matches. On June 11, 2022, William Hill took bets on a Chris Kongo-Sebastian Formella boxing match that it had advertised as starting at noon. However, the match began at 11:15 a.m. and concluded at 11:55 a.m. On April 15, 2023, William Hill took bets on a Denzel Bentley-Kieran Smith fight after it, too, had already ended. The company listed the fight as a noon start, but it began at 11:55 a.m. and ended just 45 seconds later with a knockout. The division also fined Amelco, a London-based sports betting technology company, $10,000 for violations including allowing sportsbook PlayUp to take a bet in March 2022 on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg becoming the next U.S. president. Although recent court decisions allowed political betting in last month's election, it was not allowed at the time the bet was made. PlayUp utilized Amelco and Sportradar as its sportsbook providers. In documents filed with the enforcement division, Amelco said Sportradar listed the U.S. presidential election under a category of bets that Amelco marked as “true,” automatically listing it on its menu of betting markets. Amelco told the division its own trading team failed to recognize the U.S. election as an event that was not authorized to be bet upon. Sportradar said it does not label any of the betting markets in its data feed as authorized or unauthorized, adding it is the responsibility of each sports betting company to make sure they only offer bets that comply with local laws. Sportradar also noted that the division did not assess a fine against it, adding that Amelco was “solely liable” for the violation. PlayUp also accepted two bets worth nearly $700 on a Seton Hall University basketball game on Jan. 18, 2023, in violation of a state law prohibiting bets on New Jersey college teams. PlayUp and Amelco did not respond to requests for comment Monday. The $1 bet on Buttigieg was voided. It's not the first time this has happened. In November 2021, the division fined the Malta-based sports betting technology company Kambi Group and Chicago-based Rush Street Interactive $1,000 apiece for taking bets on a British soccer game that was already over . And in September, it fined bet365 $33,000 for taking bets on already-completed basketball, golf and mixed martial arts events. Follow Wayne Parry on X at https://x.com/WayneParryAC .

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Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" To keep reading, please log in to your account, create a free account, or simply fill out the form below.Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate in 2024, said on Thursday that the H1-B visa program delivers “massive breaks” for cheap labor for tech companies, and those with the visas are essentially “indentured servants” for big tech. The selection of Siriam Krishnan as a senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has sparked a widespread debate over the H1-B visa program, which conservatives have railed as “abusive” and designed to undercut wages of white-collar Americans. Vivek Ramaswamy further enflamed the controversy when he claimed that America “has venerated mediocrity over excellence.” Shanahan weighed into the debate, stating emphatically that the visa program has been abused to serve as corporate welfare, as it delivers “massive breaks” for cheap labor for big tech, and that these visa workers are “indentured servants” for big tech companies. A Rasmussen Reports poll found that a majority of likely American voters believe that the country does not need more foreign H1-B visa workers to fill white-collar jobs. Breitbart News has long reported the countless incidents where white-collar Americans are laid off and forced to train their foreign replacements. She is no stranger to the world of big tech; she was a fellow at Stanford Law School’s CodeX, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and used to be married to Sergey Brin, one of the two founders of Google. “I take issue with some of the discourse I’ve read online today suggesting “lazy American culture” is the main driver for why we need to continue the H-1B program. Let’s be real: tech companies getting massive breaks on cheap labor at the expense of the American way of life is predatory,” Shanahan wrote. She continued: The system we’ve constructed with H-1B visas, whether we like it or not, incentivizes people to come here and serve as essentially indentured servants for Big Tech, taking on the tough, grueling jobs that few here in America are excited to perform at the current suppressed salaries. In return, if you’re good at your job, you’re then put on a fast track to get a Green Card, which means legal status and the chance to bring your family over through chain migration. Shanahan also took issue with the notion that companies have to bring in untold numbers of H1-B visa holders because America has a culture of pursuing their passions: Just because our kids have the “right” to chase artistic dreams like music and painting, doesn’t mean we should bring in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers to displace them in math-intensive careers. It’s a two-fold issue: both our education and immigration policies are broken. Instead of tackling these complex issues head-on, Big Tech monopolies and tech VCs are looking for the fastest way to outcompete globally and become industry giants. It’s paid off—look at the insane valuations of these companies! We can’t entirely blame them for this approach—it’s been the industry norm for 40 years—but we can insist they seek out the tough, lasting solutions. No more temporary fixes. Shanahan called for reform to prevent abuse to America’s immigration policies: 1. Immigration policy must be designed to protect the American way of life and its workforce. Singapore’s work permit program, which they designed in the ’90s, was built from this standard and could provide good inspiration. They use a modern-day designation system to manage the influx of labor across various sectors. ⁃ Employers face levies (essentially fees that employers have to pay for each foreign worker they hire. It’s a way to manage the number of foreign workers coming in by making it more expensive to employ them, encouraging companies to also look for talent locally). ⁃ There are Dependency Ceilings, which essentially limit the number of foreign workers based on the local workforce—this is KEY. ⁃ They impose restrictions on the countries from which workers can come. ⁃ Permits are diversified across industries to ensure balance. 2. Special economic zones are amazing and can transform local tech job markets. Hiring locally is going to be critical for making sure Americans are taking key tech industry roles AND able to support their families. Sean Moran is a policy reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on X @SeanMoran3 .

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