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NASHUA, NH – Despite having lived in Nashua for over a decade, through all of the ’90s, I did not remember the Temple Street Diner when I pulled into their parking lot. I had arranged to meet there with Ed Briand and Chuck Smith, both enthusiastic hunters, to discuss Ed getting his 30th bear at the impressive age of 100 (Ed, not the bear). Chuck lives in Kingston, Ed lives in Nashua, and they figured the diner would be a good spot to meet. Plus, it’s a favorite of Ed’s. This became apparent, when, within minutes of meeting me there, Ed leaned toward me and said, “The girls here, they know me. I razz the shit out of ’em.” A few minutes later a waitress arrived, glanced at Ed, and said, “I wish I’d known it was THIS troublemaker who was coming!” Ed smiled at me as he said, “Told ‘ya!” A bit later, after his order of scrambled eggs & dry rye toast had been delivered, Ed dumped a container of his medications onto the plate of eggs. Maybe eight pills. I’ve seen people 30 years younger with far more complicated sets of medications. After a few bites Ed looked at me and asked, “So what kind of story we lookin’ for here?” I said, “That’s pretty much up to you.” Ed said, “First of all, I gotta ask, are you anything to do with the Fed?” “You mean the government? Law enforcement? Nope, not me.” “Are you sure?” he said, with the beginnings of a grin. Then I realized he was pulling my leg. That would become a theme in our conversation. On a Friday morning at 9:30, less than half of the diner’s tables are filled. The south wall is nearly all glass, facing the Henry Hanger Mill, which is currently undergoing major renovations to become the “ Hanger Mill Residences .” (They look like they will be impressive.) Ed said he remembered when it was a shoe mill with a shoe store on the ground floor. According to Ed, he worked at the shoe store for a while. In fact, he seemed to have worked at many places in and around Nashua. He explained that his father would get irritated with his habit of changing jobs frequently. “My old man used to get pissed off. I said, ‘Dad, I go there, I learn my limit, then: see ya.'” Forty years ago, Ed was at his last job before retiring, running his own full-service gun shop in Nashua, where he sold and serviced many kinds of guns. At that time Chuck was looking to purchase a gun, and that’s how he med Ed. Chuck bought a gun at Ed’s shop and they became friends, later hunting together often. Ed was born in Nashua in 1924. As a kid he skated on the Merrimack River when it froze over, which he says used to happen far more often than today. He and friends jumped trains in Nashua and rode them further north. Remember, Ed would have been 16 years old in 1940. Later he served briefly in the military during WWII. His service was cut short by an injury during training. Later still, Ed did all of the following: Worked on farms Worked in mills Worked as a Nashua city boiler inspector for a while Drove trucks Did some plumbing Worked in construction Supervised construction crews Dealt with workers gambling on the job Dealt with bookkeepers being overly creative Built from 70 to 100 homes on land he owned near Lincoln Park in Nashua, on streets Edmund Drive, Luke Street, Marie Avenue, Denise Street, among others Fished and hunted north of the arctic circle Worked as a caribou hunting guide in Canada Hunted bear, deer, caribou, moose, plus smaller game Has never eaten bear – but Chuck has Befriended Hells Angels members in Lowell, MA Was subject of article in Hawkeye magazine, regarding NH crossbow hunting regulation change Ed said that while running a construction crew, he once took a vacation, and when he returned, the amount of construction finished during his absence was far less than what he expected. As he asked around, some suspicions began to develop. He had three workers who spoke French but very little English. With the help of a translator he determined that one of the foremen had, in Ed’s absence, taken these French workers into the building and coerced them into gambling with him at cards. Unsurprisingly this guy had also won most of the hands, bilking the French workers out of most of their earnings. Ed questioned the guy, he owned up, Ed told him to get gone and not come back. Later Ed discovered a bookkeeper had been way too creative with the books. The outcome there was much the same – bye bye, bookkeeper. Ed spent some time north of the arctic circle. He visited the town of Hay River on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, in Canada’s Northwest Territories. This is the same lake seen on the History Channel TV show “Ice Road Truckers.” He fished in that lake and did some hunting and guiding in the surrounding territory. At some point Ed became a motorcycle rider and owner, and became acquainted with a few Hells Angels in Lowell, MA. He said that being friends with Hells Angels meant he always had a safe place to park his bike. Today Ed uses a cane for help with walking, is not as nimble as he used to be. He likes pizza and the occasional John Wayne movie. And still enjoys hunting. So how the heck did I learn about a 100-year-old hunter in Nashua, anyway? Earlier in the fall Chuck came to my house to perform a standard annual furnace inspection. Chuck works for Crawford-Vogel & Wenzel Oil Company in Manchester. While chatting he mentioned that he was looking forward to his vacation in a few weeks. I asked what he had planned. “Going bear hunting up north with a friend.” “No kidding? I’ve never been bear hunting.” “Guess how old my friend Ed is.” “No idea.” “In a month he’ll be 100.” I was flabbergasted. “One hundred years old? And he’s still hunting? Hunting bear?” “Yup. If he gets one this year it will be his 30th bear.” “Wow, that’s amazing. 100 years old. I’ll bet he’s got some stories.” Before I knew what was happening, Chuck pulled out his cellphone, punched a button, then was speaking into the phone saying, “Hey this is Chuck, I’ve got a guy here who wants to talk to you” then he handed me the phone, saying, “Here he is, go ahead, talk to him.” Trying to stop sputtering, I took the phone. “Hi, is this Ed?” “Yeah, who’s this?” “Hi, my name’s Jeff, Chuck is here at my house working on the furnace and telling me about his plans to go bear hunting. He says you’re going to join him.” “Yup, planning to.” “He also tells me that you’re about to turn 100.” “Yup, that’s right too.” I said, “Wow, 100 and still hunting bear. That’s pretty impressive.” “Well, it will be if I get one.” “Well, I hope you do. Maybe we can talk more about it after that.” “Sure, that would be great.” “OK, I’ll stay in touch with Chuck and we’ll see how the hunting goes this year.” After that Chuck and I exchanged numbers and I checked in with him periodically to see how the hunt was going. Meanwhile, I had a chance to educate myself about bear hunting in New Hampshire. At least two organizations are fantastic sources of information online. One is the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of NH , and they are the official non-profit partner of the second organization, the NH Fish & Game Department . For bear hunting specifically, Fish & Game has a lot of info at this link . And boy did I learn a lot. Within a single normal year, each hunter is only allowed to take a single bear. (2024 is not normal, more below.) Typically, about a thousand bears per year are killed by hunters in NH. Below are specific counts for years 2018 – 2022. 2018 — 1,053 2019 — 866 2020 — 1,184 2021 — 892 2022 — 1,156 The season typically starts September 01 and ends on November 30, with the bulk of the bear harvest occurring in September. However, the state’s area is divided into 19 “Wildlife Management Units,” or WMUs (see map), and not all units are included in that entire time frame. Those curious should consult the Fish & Game Department website for details. Within the overall bear season, there are three distinct smaller seasons: (1) allows stalking of bear, (2) allows stalking with dogs, (3) allows use of bait to lure bear. For each of these, a bear hunting license is required, and the latter two seasons each require an additional specific license. Furthermore, each of those distinct activities will have its own restrictions as to region (WMUs) where it’s allowed, and specific time periods when it’s allowed. Within a single year, hunters may normally take only one bear statewide. But in 2024 New Hampshire has an oversized population of black bears, currently at 0.64 bears per square mile, with a goal is 0.52. That’s a total of 5,955 bears in the state, where the desired population is 4,838, for an overpopulation state-wide of 1,117 bears. The overpopulation is worst in the White Mountains, at 1.24 bears per square mile, with a goal of 0.80 bears per square mile. At least partially as a result of this overpopulation, National Forest staff have fielded daily calls since July concerning human-bear interactions on the National Forest’s trails. (Those trails include Lincoln Woods, Bondcliff, Franconia Brook, Lincoln Brook, and at the Liberty Springs and Thirteen Falls campsites.) Staff generally want to minimize bear-human interactions. Therefore, as a form of population control, this year NH Fish & Game is allowing hunters to purchase a license for a second bear to be taken in the white mountains region (WMUs C1, D2, E, or F – the green areas on the map). There are 13 stations throughout the state where hunters may perform the legally-required registration of their kills. After educating myself, I checked back in with Chuck, and, sure enough, Ed had gotten a bear, which weighed about 145 lbs., and Chuck got one too. For Ed, this was his 30th bear kill in his lifetime. (BTW, all photos supplied by Chuck, except those of the diner taken be me.) Below are several photos taken during Ed and Chuck’s hunting trips over the years. Finally... Ed and Chuck have plenty of game cameras throughout the area. Below are various images they’ve captured over the years – two bears at night, one bear getting a close-up selfie, a bull moose at night, two cubs, and a lynx or bobcat.No bar for Khaleda to participate in next election
President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he's in favor of eliminating daylight saving time, calling it "inconvenient" and "very costly" as his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) directors also push for action on the matter. "The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation," Trump posted on Truth Social Friday. While Trump tweeted, "Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me," in 2019, he appears to be changing course now. This comes as his DOGE directors, Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk and Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, have advocated for the time change to be eliminated. "Looks like the people want to abolish the annoying time change," Musk posted in response to a poll on X calling for DST to be abolished. "It's inefficient & easy to change," Ramaswamy responded. Any changes would need to be passed by Congress, and legislation on the issue has been considered before in recent years.Burris 1-4 2-2 4, Koehler 3-11 0-0 6, Tew 1-3 0-0 2, Threatt 7-17 7-9 21, Tomley 7-12 8-8 28, Vucinic 1-4 0-0 2, Vartiainen 1-5 0-0 3, Hennig 1-2 0-0 2, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Cutler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-58 17-19 68. Coulibaly 6-10 5-9 17, Todorovic 5-12 2-2 13, Bethea 4-9 1-5 12, Odum 1-8 2-2 4, Butka 1-1 1-2 3, Dozic 0-4 4-4 4, Au-Duke 0-2 0-0 0, Mager 0-3 0-0 0, Olvera 0-2 0-0 0, Faure 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-52 15-24 53. Halftime_Weber St. 33-23. 3-Point Goals_Weber St. 7-24 (Tomley 6-7, Vartiainen 1-3, Burris 0-1, Hennig 0-1, Vucinic 0-1, Threatt 0-3, Koehler 0-8), Pepperdine 4-14 (Bethea 3-6, Todorovic 1-4, Odum 0-4). Rebounds_Weber St. 38 (Koehler 9), Pepperdine 35 (Coulibaly 11). Assists_Weber St. 8 (Threatt 4), Pepperdine 10 (Odum 7). Total Fouls_Weber St. 21, Pepperdine 17. A_924 (5,000).Woman defended after refusing to pay for mother-in-law’s phone after toddler broke it
PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK , Dec. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK) today announced that it has completed its previously announced offering of an additional $100 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% notes due 2030 (the "Notes"). The Notes will be a further issuance of, and form a single series with, the $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Notes due 2030 that FSK issued on November 20, 2024 , increasing the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the series to $700 million . BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., and Truist Securities, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for this offering. FSK intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, including potentially repaying outstanding indebtedness under credit facilities and certain notes. 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Unless you happen to be an average-size person with perfectly balanced proportions, the clothing you buy may or may not fit perfectly. A skilled tailor can make a wardrobe seem almost custom-made by taking up a hem, adjusting a cuff, or making a few nips and tucks here and there. The same applies to your investment portfolio. A standard asset-allocation mix (such as a model portfolio ) may work well for the “average” investor, but one size doesn’t always fit all. Here are some of the situations in which you might want to consider adjusting your portfolio for a better fit. The “bucket approach” is a great way to tailor your asset allocation to better fit your specific needs. The general idea is to keep one to two years’ worth of expenses in highly liquid securities to help meet short-term cash needs (plus an additional five years’ or more worth of living expenses in high-quality fixed-income securities to provide income and stability). That way you won’t have to scramble to sell securities to meet your ongoing expenses. In effect, this approach is a way of building a tailored asset allocation from the bottom up. Similarly, make sure your asset allocation accounts for both longer- and shorter-term goals. If you have upcoming events on the horizon such as a home purchase, college tuition, a wedding, or a big vacation, make sure you have enough of your portfolio in moderate-risk assets (such as high-quality short- or intermediate-term bond funds) to fund these goals. It’s far more likely for a single stock to have large losses than a diversified mutual fund, so it’s wise to prune any stock holdings so they make up less than 10% of your portfolio. If you’ve received significant equity awards as part of your total compensation, though, consider how to do so without realizing hefty capital gains. If your spouse is more than five years older or younger than you, your portfolios should probably look a bit different. The younger spouse can afford to have a higher equity weighting and a more aggressive risk profile, while the older one will want to dial back risk. If you hold assets jointly, consider using a blended approach based on the average of your two ages. If you’re fortunate enough to have relatives who lived into their 90s or beyond, it makes sense to plan for a longer-than-usual life expectancy. You can probably afford to take on more risk with more exposure to equities and high-risk assets. From an actuarial perspective, each year you live means your life expectancy gets longer. Some experts (such as Michael Kitces and Wade Pfau) even argue for a “reverse glide path,” which increases equity exposure as you get older instead of the reverse. On the flip side, if you’re dealing with a terminal illness, make sure to keep your portfolio conservative enough to meet higher-than-expected health care expenses and provide yourself with whatever you might need to make your remaining months and years a little more comfortable. You might want to leave a legacy to your children and grandchildren, but keep in mind that the gift of your time—not money—will probably be the most meaningful. So, don’t feel guilty about spending down your assets if you find yourself in a situation where you need to. If you weren’t able to save and invest early in your career, your portfolio balance might be relatively low. Taking a hard look at your spending is the most important step you can take in this situation. But while it might be tempting to ramp up your equity exposure to try to make up lost ground, it’s more prudent to take the opposite approach because a small portfolio has less room to absorb market losses. Because a pension is literally a fixed income, it functions like a bond position in a portfolio, so you can afford to increase the equity weighting with your other assets. Social Security works the same way: Your monthly benefits won’t grow beyond a small cost of living increase, but it’s effectively a bond-like income stream. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Big Investment Strategies Revealed: Major Moves in the Semiconductor SectorThe Costco board has refused to stop implementing policies of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) after a group of shareholders expressed concerns about the policies, earning them an outpour of support from social media users supporting their decision. The MAGA morons tried this Once before with Costco during Covid mask requirements and I posted that I would be getting my membership Because of the morons I got Over 100,000 likes. ME with a Tiny account. I Love Costco for standing Up to Bullshit pic.twitter.com/mrlkWw7zHK Good for Costco! DEI is simply nothing more than treating people with respect and dignity. Those complaining about DEI either don’t understand it or feel threatened by it. Just another reason why we love Costco. Shareholders provided the Costco board with a proposal aiming to "report on the risks of maintaining DEI efforts." They voiced concerns that Costco employees may become impacted by "illegal discrimination because they are white, Asian, male or straight." In their response, the company's board noted that their commitment to DEI followed the company's code of ethics, and that it was considered necessary to the overarching success of the company. "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary," the response reads. "Our success at Costco Wholesale has been built on service to our critical stakeholders: employees, members and suppliers. Our efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion follow our code of ethics." "Having diversity in our supplier base, including attention to small businesses, is beneficial for many of the same reasons diversity benefits our Company," the Board continued. "We believe that it fosters creativity and innovation in the merchandise and services that we offer our members." Costco rejected a proposal by an right-wing investor group to end its DEI efforts.👍 pic.twitter.com/4QbJiXZ3kW Social media users quickly took to online platforms to express their support of Costco, commending the company for upholding its principles. "Costco responded to shareholders requesting that it withdraw from DEI policies. The response was direct and to the point: Costco says, "Our board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect & inclusion is appropriate & necessary." ❤️COSTCO♥️," wrote one user. Costco responded to shareholders requesting that it withdraw from DEI policies. The response was direct and to the point: Costco says, "Our board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect & inclusion is appropriate &... pic.twitter.com/4OZBcfVE2q "Yes! At least one company has a spine," said another. Yes! At least one company has a spine. "Good to see. DEI includes the people I work with, who are adults with disabilities. Inclusive businesses help people build lives," wrote a third user. Good to see. DEI includes the people I work with, who are adults with disabilities. Inclusive businesses help people build lives. "Costco being Costco. Still committed to inclusivity," wrote another. Costco being Costco. Still committed to inclusivity. pic.twitter.com/Lum0VgpZuZ Originally published by Latin Times.
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Nehemiah Benson's 28 points helped Binghamton defeat LIU 75-70 in overtime on Saturday. Benson had seven rebounds for the Bearcats (3-6). Tymu Chenery shot 7 for 12, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc to add 18 points. Wes Peterson had 10 points and shot 3 of 4 from the field and 4 for 6 from the line. Gavin Walsh's layup with 2 seconds remaining in regulation tied it for Binghamton. Jamal Fuller led the way for the Sharks (3-6) with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Terell Strickland added 17 points and eight assists for LIU. Malachi Davis also had 12 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Daniel Penny has accepted an invitation from fellow Marine Corps veteran and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance to attend Saturday’s Army-Navy game taking place in Maryland. A New York jury found Penny on Monday of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely on a New York subway. On May 1, 2023, Penny, 26, Neely in a chokehold after he threatened to kill passengers on a subway train, according to witnesses. “Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone,” posted Friday on X. “I’m grateful he accepted my invitation [to attend the Army-Navy game] and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage,” he added. Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone. I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage. — JD Vance (@JDVance) reported that Penny will not only be joining Vance, but also President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk, Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Senator-elect David McCormick of Pennsylvania. Trump will have a suite at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, home to the Washington Commanders NFL team. is a 1987 West Point graduate and Army veteran. and DeSantis are Army and Navy veterans, respectively. The Marine Corps falls under the Department of the Navy, so presumably Vance and Penny will be rooting for a Navy win. This year will mark the 125th meeting of the two schools’ football teams in a rivalry dating back to 1890. On Saturday, will proudly present the 125th Army-Navy Game. It’s a tradition that will continue for many years to come, following today’s announcement that CBS will remain the home of this historic and revered rivalry through 2038. — CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) Navy with 62 wins to Army’s 55, with seven ties over the years. However, Army (11-1) has won three of the last four meetings and is slightly favored ( ) to beat Navy (8-3) this year, but given the nature of the rivalry, it’s likely anyone’s game. The last three meetings have been decided by a touchdown or less, with last year’s coming down to an Army goal-line stand in the closing seconds of the game. IT CANNOT GET CLOSER. ARMY STOPS NAVY AT THE GOAL LINE. — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) Earlier this fall, Army and Navy were both for the first time since the early 1960s. Last weekend, Army, which has mostly played as an independent since its football program began, its first-ever conference title defeating Tulane (9-4) to top the American Athletic Conference. We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. .
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Radio coverage was piped into the theater and dazed patrons left the building. A soldier who grew up on Northampton Road in Amsterdam was among the 2,390 Americans killed in the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941. William E. Hasenfuss, Jr., died when Japanese airplanes shot up the B-24 bomber Hasenfuss that his ground crew was working on at Hickam Air Field in Hawaii. Amsterdam country music performer Dusty Miller, whose real name was Elmer Rossi, Sr., had a band called the Colorado Wranglers. Miller’s day job was stocking cigarette and other vending machines. In later years, he delivered medicines from John Tag’s Guy Park Avenue pharmacy to local customers. The Colorado Wranglers had a long run at Amsterdam's Bob's Tavern. Miller managed to fit an Amsterdam radio show into his schedule well into his eighties. "I like country music because it shows life as it is," Miller said. When he died in 1998, Miller was buried in his colorful cowboy clothes. Stanley Silvernail was born in Otsego County in 1917. He worked for the Amsterdam Recorder for 41 years. In 1970, he became managing editor, and in 1978, the editorial page editor. He was a graduate of Syracuse University and a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force. He married Wilhelmina Anna Phillips. They lived on Black Street in Vail Mills. Their son Jeff recalled, “We had a private line before anyone on Black Street because people were always calling for him usually with things that no one wanted to share on a party line.” When Orsini’s Royal Restaurant at East Main and Liberty streets in Amsterdam opened in the 1920s, there were curtains on the booths. Customers who were not Italian didn’t know how to eat spaghetti. They closed the curtains when dining on pasta. The Board of Health ordered the curtains removed. Anthony Orsini, an immigrant from Abruzzi, and his wife Julia Richitelli, born near Naples, started the restaurant, also known as the Royal Lunch. It was a family business. Anthony’s daughter Genevieve was a founder of a high school sorority for Italian girls. After graduating, she worked as a waitress. When Judge Robert Sise was a youngster, he went to communion at St. Mary’s Church, then stopped at Orsini’s for breakfast before school. Sise’s parents told Genevieve to supervise. Sise wanted chocolate doughnuts but Genevieve made him have toast or oatmeal, “Bob was a little annoyed with me.” Amsterdam’s Fairview Cemetery was built on a 110-acre parcel of land once owned by Revolutionary War surgeon Dr. David Shepard on a hill overlooking the Mohawk River Valley. By the late 19th century, the land was purchased by Warren K. Nibble of Troy. Nibble decided to use the land for a cemetery. The project was laid out by landscape engineer G. Douglas Baltimore. The chapel and mausoleum were completed in 1901. A gateway of stone and iron was erected on Steadwell Avenue as the entrance to the cemetery in 1902. Many of Amsterdam’s prominent citizens were buried at Fairview: the Shuttleworth family, who founded the factory that became Mohawk Carpet Mills; the Chalmers family, who operated knitting and button mills; and manufacturer John R. Blood, among others. In 2024, two historic roadside markers were placed at the front entrance on Steadwell Avenue. One marker is dedicated to Fairview Cemetery itself and the second is for the Admiral Dahlgren cannon, located in the Veterans Section.
FORMER President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100. Carter , the 39th president of the United States , died today after nearly two years in hospice care. His son Chip Carter confirmed the former president died at his Georgia home on Sunday around 3:45 pm ET. Carter peacefully passed away surrounded by his family who paid an emotional tribute to the former leader. His son Chip said: “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love. “My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. "The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.” Public events will commemorate Carter in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. and a state funeral will be held, The Carter Center confirmed. The former president decided to live out the remainder of his days at his home in Plains, Georgia . Carter, the beloved Democrat and Nobel Peace Prize winner, had experienced several health issues in recent years including melanoma that spread to his liver and brain. He became the longest-living president and the first to make it 100 years old. Carter's death came over a year after the death of his wife, Rosalynn Carter , who died on November 19, 2023, at age 96. Two days before her death, Rosalynn joined her husband in hospice care at their home in Georgia. The former first lady and fierce advocate for mental health was diagnosed with dementia in early 2023. Before his death, Jimmy Carter was the first to pay tribute to his wife of 77 years, "Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished. "She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me." During Rosylann's service in late November 2023, Amy, the Carters' daughter, read her father's love letter he dedicated to his wife while he was in the Navy. "My darling, every time I have ever been away from you, I have been thrilled when I returned to discover just how wonderful you are," Carter penned more than 70 years ago. "While I am away I try to convince myself that you really are not, could not, be as sweet and beautiful as I remember. "But when I see you I fall in love with you all over again. Does that seem strange to you? It doesn't to me. "Goodbye darling, until tomorrow, Jimmy." Jimmy Carter is survived by his four children, James, Donnel, Amy, and Jack, as well as 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Carter served in the White House from 1977 to 1981. Prior to his presidency, he served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Carter was considered a longshot for the presidency when he announced his presidential campaign in December 1974. As a dark-horse candidate, Carter was not well-known outside of the home state of Georgia. However, Carter's two-year campaign trail paid off when he won the Democratic nomination and narrowly defeated incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford during the 1976 presidential election. Carter, who entered office in January 1977, took over a nation that was still reeling from the events of the Vietnam War, where approximately 59,000 US troops died on the frontlines. Two days after being sworn in as president, Carter famously pardoned all the draft evaders from the Vietnam War. But, his presidency was marred by rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions with foreign adversaries, including the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Carter's hopes for reelection eventually crumbled due to the Iran hostage crisis. On November 4, 1979, a group of militarized Iranian college students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and took 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage. The American public turned on Carter for his soft approach to the crisis, which lasted 444 days. The hostage crisis paralyzed his presidency and hampered his efforts at a second term. Carter would eventually lose the 1980 presidential election in a landslide to Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan. After leaving the Oval Office, Carter devoted his life to diplomacy and human rights work . He founded the Carter Center in 1982, an organization with a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering, according to their website. The non-profit has worked to improve the quality of life for people in countries all over the world. In 2002, Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work seeking peaceful resolutions to global conflicts, advancing human rights and democracy, and promoting economic and social development. The Carter Center also devoted some resources to ensuring free and fair elections and monitored the 2020 elections in the United States . Carter had mostly retired from the public eye in recent years, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and a cancer diagnosis in 2015. While Carter lived a more private life in his latter years, he was vocal in his opposition to certain political moves of the presidents who followed him. He disagreed with Reagan’s handling of peace in the Middle East and was opposed to the Iraq War under George W Bush. Carter criticized the Trump administration but also disagreed with his fellow Democratic president, Barack Obama, regarding the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists. On his 96th birthday , the former president was honored with a parade of golf carts and other vehicles by local residents, which he and his wife observed from their residence while wearing masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During the 2020 presidential election, Carter endorsed Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention and said via video, "Joe Biden was my first and most effective supporter in the Senate ... For decades, he’s been my loyal and dedicated friend." To mark his first 100 days in office, Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at their home in Plains, Georgia. "We sat and talked about the old days," Biden told reporters afterward. Jimmy Carter was the longest-lived US president in history, surpassing George HW Bush, who was 94 at the time of his death. More to follow... 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