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Van Nistelrooy’s first game in charge ended with a 3-1 win over West Ham, thanks to goals from Jamie Vardy, Bilal El Khannouss and Patson Daka. The Dutchman, who was out of work for just two weeks following his four-game spell as Manchester United interim boss, only started on Sunday so was happy to end a hectic three days in style. “It has been very busy getting to know everyone, start working together,” he said. “Everybody was involved with that and helping, it was busy, long days, but worth it. I was focused on the game and what the game needed, the subs, the half-time talk, so focused on the moment, so I am going to get myself a little beer and reflect on the last three days.” He endured a dream start as Vardy scored after just 98 seconds with El Khannouss and Daka adding second-half goals. It was by no means one-way traffic, though, as West Ham – who scored a consolation through Niclas Fullkrug at the death – had 30 shots on goal. But Van Nistelrooy saw enough to think he can deliver on his objective of keeping the Foxes in the Premier League. “I am very happy, if you look at the result – and it is about the result – it was a great night, three points, three good goals and also very effective. Ruud at the wheel 🛞 pic.twitter.com/eVgIwWAcYw — Leicester City (@LCFC) December 3, 2024 “Overall the game of course we have seen and how dominant West Ham were at certain stages and what they created, that is a fact and something we have to look at. “Overall, what I expected of the players going forward was togetherness and hunger, energy and spirit in this team that is fighting for every inch. “Eleven players on the pitch who are fighting as a foundation to play the rest of the Premier League. I saw that completely with every single player that started and came on. “That’s the foundation we have to build on, without that it will be impossible to get where we want to go. I am very happy about that.” West Ham’s hierarchy will have seen what impact a managerial change can have as the jury remains out on Julen Lopetegui, with away fans making their feelings clear by chanting “You’re getting sacked in the morning”. Lopetegui expects to keep his job but forthcoming games against his former club Wolves, Bournemouth, Brighton and Southampton could determine the Spaniard’s future. “The only thing that I am worried about is to go to training session tomorrow and stand up the players and prepare the next challenge,” he said. “We have one month of December with a lot of matches and I am sure with this attitude we are going to achieve many more points. “I believe in the players. I am confident that tomorrow we are going to be ready to prepare the next match. “Understanding the question, but at the end of the season maybe we talk in another way. There are a lot of matches and points, a lot of things can happen. “I believe in these players and team, I am sure the position is going to be much better. They are only words but we have to work a lot to achieve this.”
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The 990-foot SS United States served as a geographical marker of sorts on the Delaware River waterfront in South Philadelphia for almost 30 years. That is slated to change when the vessel is towed to Mobile, Alabama, for a final cleaning before it’s sunk into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle. It is set to become the world’s largest artificial reef and will be turned into an underwater tourist attraction. To followers of the ship, the departure may feel anticlimactic and unceremonious. Several owners tried and failed to redevelop the former ocean liner, but the financing never panned out. One way to follow the rise and fall of the “Queen of the Seas,” which still holds the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing by an ocean liner, set in 1952, is by the millions spent buying and maintaining it. Here is a breakdown of how much publicly reported money went into the vessel, as documented by Inquirer and Daily News coverage, statements from past owners, and tax records. The luxury liner is perhaps best known for hosting stars like Marlon Brando and future presidents such as John F. Kennedy, but the ship doubled as a secret weapon for the U.S. Navy, were it needed. The ship could carry 14,000 troops and travel 40% of the globe’s circumference before needing to refuel. Creating a vessel that combined luxury and military efficacy was a $78 million — adjusted for inflation, $928 million in today’s dollars — endeavor. With the advent of air travel, however, interest in the luxury cruise liner declined and so did its value. To many history buffs, the ship was a priceless national treasure despite being gutted before arriving in Philly. To redevelopers, the price of giving the vessel new life was, well, too expensive. Marmara Marine, a New York-based company, is believed to have spent at least $2.6 million (or $5.8 million in today’s dollars) on the ship in 1992. By 1998, a year after Linden, New Jersey, developer Edward A. Cantor purchased the ship at auction for $6 million (an inflation-adjusted $11.7 million), the asking price was $30 million. It’s unclear if Cantor and fellow owners got anywhere near what they wanted when Norwegian Cruise Lines purchased the SS United States in 2003 — the total was never disclosed. When Norwegian put the vessel up for sale in 2009, it sought a whopping $20 million. The ship would ultimately be bought by the nonprofit the SS United States Conservancy for $3 million (or $4.2 million adjusted for inflation). Florida officials in Okaloosa County bought the SS United States for $1 million in October. How much could redevelopment cost? More than a skyscraper or building a new ship in some cases. Owners of the ship seemed to have lofty ambitions, and with those ambitions came major price tags. Among plans floated for the ailing vessel throughout its time in Philly were several that sought to restore it to its former glory as a functional cruise ship — all of which would have cost hundreds of millions of dollars. When Norwegian owned the ship in the early 2000s, for example, its rehab plan was estimated to run upward of $500 million, about $150 million more than the cost of building a ship from scratch, Norwegian CEO Colin Veitch told The Inquirer in 2004. By 2016, that estimated cost increased significantly, with cruise line operator Crystal Cruises putting a $700 million price tag on its own proposed rehabilitation project. But following a feasibility study, Crystal backed out, and planned to donate $350,000 to the conservancy instead, The Inquirer reported. Other parties hoped to convert the ship’s massive hull into a floating hotel or casino. Perhaps the highest-profile push in that arena was a 2010 attempt to interest developers to move the ship to the ill-fated Foxwoods casino site along the Delaware River in South Philadelphia. There, conservancy organizers proposed, the ship could be placed next to a planned 10-story parking garage, and be fitted with gaming floors, an event space, a museum, and a boutique hotel — to the tune of $450 million, The Inquirer reported in 2010. Ultimately, casino investors didn’t show interest in the idea, and in late 2010, the Foxwoods project itself fell by the wayside after the casino’s gaming license was revoked. And then, of course, there were the rumors. The strangest came in 2000, when word spread that billionaire Bill Gates had shown interest in buying the SS United States and converting it into a floating Microsoft University — a piece of gossip that intensified amid news that Gates had also purchased an 8% stake in Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, where the ship was built. But Gates’s interest, it turned out, was too good to be true. As the Daily News reported in 2000, that rumor was started by an unnamed West Coast newspaper columnist who had floated the idea. Microsoft declined to comment at the time, and a spokesperson for then-owner Cantor said Gates wasn’t on the list of interested parties. As recently as 2023, the conservancy estimated that a total rehabilitation would cost about $400 million. But by mid-2024, with its rent dispute in full swing, the plan to sink it off the coast of Florida took center stage, bringing along an estimated $10 million in project costs. How much for a nonprofit to maintain a ship? No entity has been a bigger champion of the SS United States than the nonprofit conservancy dedicated to saving it from the scrapyard. The conservancy bought the ship in 2011 with the help of former Inquirer owner and philanthropist H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, who donated $5.8 million. According to the conservancy’s tax filings from 2010 to 2022, it raised at least $13.8 million. Roughly 80 cents of every dollar raised has gone to maintenance, insurance and pier rent, according to the conservancy. Donations ebbed and flowed during the years the conservancy possessed the ship, with the nonprofit making more than one SOS to avoid the scrapyard. The conservancy also got creative with its fundraising efforts, calling on donors to buy “virtual pieces of the ocean liner” at a rate of $1 per square inch in 2012. That sounds like an NFT to us. Amid all the ambitions and asks, by the time the ship is sunk, nearly $50 million will have been spent to buy, explore redevelopment of and maintain the ship since it arrived in Philadelphia in 1996. During its time in Philly, the ship’s owners spent a combined $12.6 million — a total that would be even higher adjusted for inflation — at various points to buy the former luxury ocean liner, including Okaloosa County, which spent the least, getting the ship for $1 million. As the adage goes, you need to spend money to make money, and that’s just what interested parties did as they explored redeveloping the 990-foot ship incapable of self-propulsion — they just never got to the making-money part. Crystal Cruises signed an option agreement with the SS United States Conservancy in 2016 with ambitions to bring the ship back online as early as 2018. The cruise line took on docking and maintenance fees and spent $1 million on a feasibility study, which ultimately found redevelopment would be too challenging. In 2023, New York City firm RXR Realty released a plan that reimagined the ship as a 1,000-room hotel, speakeasy, and museum. According to the conservancy, the engineering and financial feasibility work cost RXR about $6 million. Still, the $400 million plan never materialized. $21.1 million: Rent, insurance, and maintenance The SS United States has been burning through money since the day it was towed to Philly for $1.4 million. Between the initial tow, Cantor’s and Norwegian’s public comments on how much they were paying for rent over the years, and the $70,000 a month the conservancy paid in rent, insurance and maintenance, it cost at least $21.1 million to keep the ship in Philly. $40.7 million: Total sunk costs The SS United States has faced serious financial hurdles since it arrived in Philadelphia nearly three decades ago. Since it became a Philly resident, at least $40.7 million has been spent on the ship across several generations of ownership. Yet even more money is slated to go to the ship as it embarks on its next chapter. The vessel’s new owners in Okaloosa County plan to spend millions to clean, transport, and sink the vessel into the warm waters of the Florida Panhandle coast. The county also plans to open a land-based museum focused on the SS United States. As it turns out, it’s not cheap to sink a ship. Okaloosa County officials have set aside at least $9.1 million for their plans.Amber Heard has claimed social media spreads lies more quickly than it does the truth, in the wake of Blake Lively’s complaint against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni. US actress Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, hostile work environment and embarking on a “multi-tiered plan” to damage her reputation with claims of a targeted social media campaign. The legal complaint states that Baldoni, 40, hired crisis communications specialist Melissa Nathan, the same publicist who actor Johnny Depp is said to have hired during his high-profile defamation trial against Heard in 2022. In a statement given to NBC News, Aquaman star Heard said: “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying, a lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on. “I saw this first-hand and up close. “It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.” Depp successfully sued ex-wife Heard over a 2018 article she wrote for The Washington Post about her experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse, which his lawyers said falsely accused him of being an abuser. At the time, Heard said the jury’s verdict “sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated”. Bryan Freedman, a lawyer representing Baldoni and the other named defendants, said Lively’s claims were “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious”, adding that the studio “made the decision to proactively hire a crisis manager prior to the marketing campaign of the film”. It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name, is about a woman’s pursuit of a loving and healthy relationship, with Lively playing lead character Lily Bloom and Baldoni as her love interest Ryle Kincaid amid a backdrop of domestic violence. After the legal action was filed, Hoover appeared to voice support for 37-year-old Lively, writing on her Instagram stories: “@blakelively you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met. “Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. “Never change. Never wilt.” Hoover posted a link to a New York Times article titled We Can Bury Anyone: Inside A Hollywood Smear Machine. Lively’s former cast members from the 2005 film The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel, also released a joint social media statement to defend their long-time friend. “As Blake’s friends and sisters for over 20 years, we stand with her in solidarity as she fights back against the reported campaign waged to destroy her reputation,” the statement said. “Throughout the filming of It Ends With Us, we saw her summon the courage to ask for a safe workplace for herself and colleagues on set, and we are appalled to read the evidence of a premeditated and vindictive effort that ensued to discredit her voice.” They added: “We are struck by the reality that even if a woman is as strong, celebrated, and resourced as our friend Blake, she can face forceful retaliation for daring to ask for a safe working environment,” the statement continues. “We are inspired by our sister’s courage to stand up for herself and others.”
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Canucks lines vs Sharks, December 23, 2024Ruud van Nistelrooy treated himself to a beer after enjoying a perfect start to his reign as Leicester manager. Van Nistelrooy’s first game in charge ended with a 3-1 win over West Ham, thanks to goals from Jamie Vardy, Bilal El Khannouss and Patson Daka. The Dutchman, who was out of work for just two weeks following his four-game spell as Manchester United interim boss, only started on Sunday so was happy to end a hectic three days in style. “It has been very busy getting to know everyone, start working together,” he said. “Everybody was involved with that and helping, it was busy, long days, but worth it. I was focused on the game and what the game needed, the subs, the half-time talk, so focused on the moment, so I am going to get myself a little beer and reflect on the last three days.” He endured a dream start as Vardy scored after just 98 seconds with El Khannouss and Daka adding second-half goals. It was by no means one-way traffic, though, as West Ham – who scored a consolation through Niclas Fullkrug at the death – had 30 shots on goal. But Van Nistelrooy saw enough to think he can deliver on his objective of keeping the Foxes in the Premier League. “I am very happy, if you look at the result – and it is about the result – it was a great night, three points, three good goals and also very effective. Ruud at the wheel 🛞 pic.twitter.com/eVgIwWAcYw — Leicester City (@LCFC) December 3, 2024 “Overall the game of course we have seen and how dominant West Ham were at certain stages and what they created, that is a fact and something we have to look at. “Overall, what I expected of the players going forward was togetherness and hunger, energy and spirit in this team that is fighting for every inch. “Eleven players on the pitch who are fighting as a foundation to play the rest of the Premier League. I saw that completely with every single player that started and came on. “That’s the foundation we have to build on, without that it will be impossible to get where we want to go. I am very happy about that.” West Ham’s hierarchy will have seen what impact a managerial change can have as the jury remains out on Julen Lopetegui, with away fans making their feelings clear by chanting “You’re getting sacked in the morning”. Lopetegui expects to keep his job but forthcoming games against his former club Wolves, Bournemouth, Brighton and Southampton could determine the Spaniard’s future. “The only thing that I am worried about is to go to training session tomorrow and stand up the players and prepare the next challenge,” he said. “We have one month of December with a lot of matches and I am sure with this attitude we are going to achieve many more points. “I believe in the players. I am confident that tomorrow we are going to be ready to prepare the next match. “Understanding the question, but at the end of the season maybe we talk in another way. There are a lot of matches and points, a lot of things can happen. “I believe in these players and team, I am sure the position is going to be much better. They are only words but we have to work a lot to achieve this.”
Check out a full Iowa scouting report that examines the Hawkeyes' offensive and defensive statistics and more ahead of their game against Nebraska. * * * Record: 7-4 Offensive yards per play: 5.7 (73rd nationally) Defensive yards per play: 5.0 (34th) Turnover margin: +11 (T-8th) Penalty yards per game: 29.7 (3rd) New Big Ten, same Iowa. The Hawkeyes have continued to play solid football in Kirk Ferentz's 26th season at the helm, hanging their hat on playing defense and running the football. They lost to the two currently ranked teams they've played and had a couple unexpected road shortcomings, but remain 5-1 at home with a number of decisive victories in conference play. Type: Run-heavy Coordinator: Tim Lester Letting go of Brian Ferentz and bringing in Lester in the offseason has paid dividends for the Hawkeyes already. The Iowa offense has returned to being a respectable unit, its 29.4 points per game ranking 55th nationally. Even with inconsistent health and quality at quarterback, an outstanding ground game has helped lead the team to some blowout wins. Type: 4-2-5 Coordinator: Phil Parker After fielding top-five units the past two years, Parker's defense has seen a slight drop. The Hawkeyes allow 17.7 points per game, fifth in the Big Ten and 12th nationally. Of course, that's still a pretty good number from the accomplished Iowa coordinator, but Michigan State and UCLA were able to break through enough for wins despite not having inspiring offensive attacks. Kaleb Johnson, running back: The nation's second-leading rusher behind Boise State's Ashton Jeanty, no Big Ten back has been in the same realm of total production as Johnson has in 2024. He's already broken Iowa's single-season rushing touchdown record and is third on the program's list for yards on the ground in a season. Jay Higgins, linebacker: Leads Iowa in total tackles (106), interceptions (4) and forced fumbles (2), while ranking third on the team in pass breakups (5). The fifth-year linebacker has done a bit of everything for the Hawkeyes. "Their players are waving at our guys — ‘Hey, have a good Christmas!’ — that was painful. That was really painful. So I don’t doubt that our guys will be ready. But their guys will be ready. It really just comes down to football." — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule on the team's loss to Iowa in 2023 "This back is fantastic, he makes people miss, and he can burst and go the distance... [Iowa's] doing a really good job, and they’ve run some people off the field just by running the football down their throat." — Nebraska coach Matt Rhule on Iowa's run game "First start as our quarterback... He played with a lot of poise, good awareness out there, made the plays we were hoping we'd make and made good decisions most importantly and protected the football." — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz on quarterback Jackson Stratton's performance against Maryland 227: Pass attempts by Iowa this year, the least in the Big Ten. Michigan is next with 50 more. 14: Iowa's increase in points per game from last season to this one — from 15.4 to 29.4. 24: Punts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line by Iowa, the most in the Big Ten. Aug. 31 Illinois State, W 40-0 Sept. 7 Iowa State, L 20-19 Sept. 14 Troy, W 38-21 Sept. 21 at Minnesota, W 31-14 Oct. 5 at Ohio State, L 35-7 Oct. 12 Washington, W 40-16 Oct. 19 at Michigan State, L 32-20 Oct. 26 Northwestern, W 40-14 Nov. 2 Wisconsin, W 42-10 Nov. 8 at UCLA, L 20-17 Nov. 23 at Maryland, W 29-13 Nov. 29 Nebraska Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Malik Nabers vents frustration after Giants' loss: 'It ain't the quarterback' | Sporting NewsBy Jim Rossman, Tribune News Service (TNS) Everyone seems to be listening to something. I’m not sure what they’re listening to, because they all seem to be wearing headphones. I suppose they’re all listening to their favorite podcast or just their playlists. Here are a few gift suggestions for headphones that’ll make anything sound better. I’ve listed the retail pricing, but don’t be surprised if you find them on sale. Soundcore AeroFit 2 adjustable open-ear wireless earbuds We’ve all tried traditional earbuds. They can sound good if the fit is correct. The SoundCore AreoFit 2 ($99.99, soundcore.com) don’t fit inside your ear canal. Instead, they sit on the outside of your ear. The battery sits behind your ear, much like a hearing aid. The speaker is attached by a sturdy, yet flexible cable. The only adjustment is on the speaker end – it clicks to adjust the angle of the speaker to sit directly over your ear canal. The fact that they don’t insert into your ears means you can still hear the outside world, so you are not so isolated. These are great for jogging or biking. The sound is really nice. The full range of sound comes in very clearly and the form factor is comfortable to wear, even for hours at a time. There are four microphones, so your voice sounds clear on phone calls. They have an IP55 rating, so they can withstand water spashing, sweat or dust. They can also connect to more than one device, so you can keep them paired to your phone and laptop and switch easily between them. The AeroFit 2 can play for 10 hours on a charge. They live in a battery case that can keep them charged for more than 40 hours. The charging case can power up via a USB-C port or a Qi wireless charger. They are available in white, blue, green or black. Soundcore C40i clip-on earbuds The Soundcore C40i ($99.99, soundcore.com) is another fun option in a non-traditional form factor. Instead of going inside or even over the top your ears, the C40i earbuds are u-shaped and they clip on the sides of your ears. They are unlike anything I’ve ever tried, and they sounded surprisingly good once you get them in the right spot. They are a bit flexible, in that you can pull them apart slightly to get them in the right spot. Once you let go, they gently grip your earlobe. I must admit I was a little self-conscious when I first started wearing the C40i earbuds, as they look a bit like earrings. The fit is interesting. The end with the speaker sits in front of your ear canal and the end with the battery and action button goes behind your ear. You can adjust them on your ear until the sound becomes clear. It’ll be obvious to your ears when you have them adjusted correctly. If your earlobes are thin, there are some rubber sleeves that can help with the fit. You want them to be snug, but not to the point where they are pinching your ears. There is a customizable button on the back of each earbud for call and music control. They are on the small side, so the battery life is seven hours before needing to return to the case for a charge. The case can charge them twice more before it needs recharging. The case charges via USB-C cable, but it is too small for wireless chargers. The earbuds have a 12mm x 17mm oval shaped driver and the sound quality is very good. Voice quality on phone calls also surprised me with its clarity. They sync with the Soundcore phone app to let you assign the button commands and tweak the sound settings. They also can pair to two devices at once. Baseus Bowie 30 Max noise-canceling headphones Frequent flyers know all about noise canceling over-the-ear headphones. These headphones usually have active noise canceling, which uses microphones to listen to the ambient noise and reduce it before it can get to your ears. What I’m noticing is more and more people wearing these during workouts or just walking around. The Baseus Bowie 30 Max noise canceling headphones ($79.99, baseus.com) are fairly generic looking headphones, but their performance is incredible for the price. Baseus says the Bowie 30s can eliminate 96 percent of noise, but that actual noise cancellation will vary depending on the ambient noise level. I can tell you the noise canceling is impressive. There is also a transparency mode that lets in outside sounds so you can have a conversation with someone without taking them off. You can pair them to the free Baseus phone app to unlock some additional features including spatial acoustics, bass enhancement and low-latency mode. These connect to your phone or PC wirelessly via Bluetooth or wired with an included 3.5mm cable. They last an impressive 65 hours on a charge without noise canceling or 50 hours with noise canceling enabled. The ear cups and piece that fits over the top of your head are nicely padded and the entire headset folds up to take up less room in your bag. ©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Zvi Kogan's UAE Killing Is 'Devastating Blow' for Peace: Chief Rabbi
OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 3, 2024-- LSB Industries, Inc. (“LSB” or “the Company”), (NYSE: LXU) today announced the publication of its 2023 Sustainability Report, highlighting the Company's progress in advancing its sustainability efforts. LSB remains focused on its vision of being a leader in the clean energy transition through the production and delivery of low carbon products to multiple end markets. Additionally, the Company prioritizes its involvement in activities that support the long-term sustainability of the business, particularly with respect to its employees, customers, suppliers, the communities where it operates, as well as the environment. “Since issuing our inaugural Sustainability Report last year, we continue to make progress towards achieving our long-term sustainability goals,” stated Mark Behrman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Sustainability is an ongoing journey and over the past year we have made positive contributions to many of our areas of influence and for many of our key stakeholders. As we move forward to the New Year, our strategic plan is ingrained with numerous components aimed at making LSB a more sustainable company for years to come.” The 2023 report can be found on the company’s recently redesigned web site: https://lsbindustries.com/sustainability/ . About LSB Industries, Inc. LSB Industries, Inc., headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is committed to playing a leadership role in the energy transition through the production of low and no carbon products that build, feed and power the world. The LSB team is dedicated to building a culture of excellence in customer experiences as we currently deliver essential products across the agricultural, industrial, and mining end markets and, in the future, the energy markets. The company manufactures ammonia and ammonia-related products at facilities in Cherokee, Alabama, El Dorado, Arkansas and Pryor, Oklahoma and operates a facility for a global chemical company in Baytown, Texas. Additional information about LSB can be found on our website at www.lsbindustries.com . View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241203267300/en/ CONTACT: Investor Contacts: Fred Buonocore, CFA, Vice President of Investor Relations (405) 510-3550 fbuonocore@lsbindustries.comMedia Contact: David Kimmel, Director of Communications (405) 815-4645 dkimmel@lsbindustries.com KEYWORD: OKLAHOMA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SUSTAINABILITY MINING/MINERALS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ENERGY AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT GREEN TECHNOLOGY CHEMICALS/PLASTICS CLIMATE CHANGE MANUFACTURING SOURCE: LSB Industries, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/03/2024 04:10 PM/DISC: 12/03/2024 04:08 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241203267300/enAs Texas A&M men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams talked with his assistant Steve Roccaforte during their morning workout on Friday, the two reminisced on some cool stories about players past. Both have coached players that were first-generation college students and the first in their families to graduate college. Williams said he isn’t sure the duo has seen a story like A&M forward Andersson Garcia’s before, though. A native of the Dominican Republic, Garcia graduated from A&M on Thursday with a bachelor’s degree in recreation, park and tourism sciences. “How he got to the United States, how he got to college, how he got to this college, how he graduated from this college is other worldly,” Williams said. “I don’t know if I’ve seen a more faithful, grateful, excited, proud, crying emotional student-athlete in my career.” Although attempts to get some of Garcia’s family members from the Dominican Republic to Texas to see him walk the stage came up empty, Williams witnessed the raw emotion of Garcia’s conversations with family members on Thursday after his graduation ceremony. “To watch FaceTime post-graduation with family members who can’t speak a word of English, but to see the emotion not knowing what Andy’s saying or what they’re saying, it was very moving, to be honest with you,” Williams said. Garcia’s journey from Moca, Dominican Republic to the graduation stage in Aggieland has been a six-year journey with stops in Nashville and Mississippi in between. Back in 2018, a high school basketball coach from a private Christian school in Chattanooga, Tennessee met Garcia during a basketball clinic in the Dominican Republic. Garcia soon moved to Tennessee for his junior year of high school. He did have to learn English on the fly. During the 2019-20 season, Garcia helped Hamilton Heights Christian Academy post a 28-3 record and win a NACA national championship. Garcia started his college career at Mississippi State. He played two seasons for the Bulldogs before he transferred to A&M after Mississippi State had a coaching change. In his first season at A&M, Garcia started to make an impact as a rebounder off the bench. His role expanded last season as he led the SEC in offensive (156) and total rebounds (327). He was A&M’s sixth man, coming off the bench in 32 of 36 games. Garcia’s efforts earned him SEC all-defensive team honors. He averaged 4.3 offensive rebounds per game, which was second nationally behind Purdue’s Zach Edey who was the two-time national player of the year. Offensive rebounding has become a key piece to winning for the Aggies under Williams and Garcia has been a key component to that formula. This season, A&M leads the nation in offensive rebounds per game (17.2) and offensive rebounding percentage (43.3%), according to KenPom. Garcia leads the Aggies in total rebounding (7.4 per game) through 10 games this fall. “Him learning the language a few years ago, it’s amazing,” fellow A&M forward Solomon Washington said. “We’re happy for him. I’m really just proud of him. We got here at the same time.” Garcia is looking to get back on track this Saturday against Purdue, though. Williams said last A&M’s win last Sunday over Texas Tech in Fort Worth was Garcia’s worst performance as an Aggie. He had no points and just three rebounds as he fouled out in just seven minutes of play. It came on the heels of Garcia’s 16-rebound performance against Wake Forest. A&M will need Garcia to be back to his usual self on the court Saturday as the Aggies take on No. 11 Purdue in a neutral-site contest in Indianapolis. “I just told him continue to be yourself,” Washington said. “Stay with your same habits. Just be smarter on defense. Don’t pick up early fouls where you have to sit and play timid in the second half. Just Andy being Andy, he’s going to show up in the big games.”
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It’s a daunting reality for Democrats: Republican Donald Trump's support has grown broadly since he last sought the presidency. In his defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris , Trump won a bigger percentage of the vote in each one of the 50 states, and Washington, D.C., than he did four years ago. He won more actual votes than in 2020 in 40 states, according to an Associated Press analysis. Certainly, Harris’ more than 7 million vote decline from President Joe Biden’s 2020 total was a factor in her loss, especially in swing-state metropolitan areas that have been the party’s winning electoral strongholds. But, despite national turnout that was lower than in the high-enthusiasm 2020 election, Trump received 2.5 million more votes than he did four years ago. He swept the seven most competitive states to win a convincing Electoral College victory, becoming the first Republican nominee in 20 years to win a majority of the popular vote. Trump cut into places where Harris needed to overperform to win a close election. Now Democrats are weighing how to regain traction ahead of the midterm elections in two years, when control of Congress will again be up for grabs and dozens of governors elected. There were some notable pieces to how Trump's victory came together: Though Trump improved across the map, his gains were particularly noteworthy in urban counties home to the cities of Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia, electoral engines that stalled for Harris in industrial swing states Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Harris fell more than 50,000 votes — and 5 percentage points — short of Biden's total in Wayne County, Michigan, which makes up the lion's share of the Detroit metro area. She was almost 36,000 votes off Biden's mark in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and about 1,000 short in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It wasn't only Harris' shortfall that helped Trump carry the states, a trio that Democrats had collectively carried in six of the seven previous elections before Nov. 5. Trump added to his 2020 totals in all three metro counties, netting more than 24,000 votes in Wayne County, more than 11,000 in Philadelphia County and almost 4,000 in Milwaukee County. It’s not yet possible to determine whether Harris fell short of Biden’s performance because Biden voters stayed home or switched their vote to Trump — or how some combination of the two produced the rightward drift evident in each of these states. Harris advertised heavily and campaigned regularly in each, and made Milwaukee County her first stop as a candidate with a rally in July. These swings alone were not the difference in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, but her weaker performance than Biden across the three metros helped Trump, who held on to big 2020 margins in the three states' broad rural areas and improved or held steady in populous suburbs. Trump's team and outside groups supporting him knew from their data that he was making inroads with Black voters, particularly Black men younger than 50, more concentrated in these urban areas that have been key to Democratic victories. When James Blair, Trump's political director, saw results coming in from Philadelphia on election night, he knew Trump had cut into the more predominantly Black precincts, a gain that would echo in Wayne and Milwaukee counties. “The data made clear there was an opportunity there,” Blair said. AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of more than 120,000 voters, found Trump won a larger share of Black and Latino voters than he did in 2020, and most notably among men under age 45. Democrats won Senate races in Michigan and Wisconsin but lost in Pennsylvania. In 2026, they will be defending governorships in all three states and a Senate seat in Michigan. Despite the burst of enthusiasm Harris' candidacy created among the Democratic base when she entered the race in July, she ended up receiving fewer votes than Biden in three of the seven states where she campaigned almost exclusively. In Arizona, she received about 90,000 fewer votes than Biden. She received about 67,000 fewer in Michigan and 39,000 fewer in Pennsylvania. In four others — Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin — Harris won more votes than Biden did. But Trump's support grew by more — in some states, significantly more. That dynamic is glaring in Georgia, where Harris received almost 73,000 more votes than Biden did when he very narrowly carried the state. But Trump added more than 200,000 to his 2020 total, en route to winning Georgia by roughly 2 percentage points. In Wisconsin, Trump's team reacted to slippage it saw in GOP-leaning counties in suburban Milwaukee by targeting once-Democratic-leaning, working-class areas, where Trump made notable gains. In the three largest suburban Milwaukee counties — Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha — which have formed the backbone of GOP victories for decades, Harris performed better than Biden did in 2020. She also gained more votes than Trump gained over 2020, though he still won the counties. That made Trump's focus on Rock County, a blue-collar area in south central Wisconsin, critical. Trump received 3,084 more votes in Rock County, home of the former automotive manufacturing city of Janesville, than he did in 2020, while Harris underperformed Biden's 2020 total by seven votes. That helped Trump offset Harris' improvement in Milwaukee's suburbs. The focus speaks to the strength Trump has had and continued to grow with middle-income, non-college educated voters, the Trump campaign's senior data analyst Tim Saler said. “If you're going to have to lean into working-class voters, they are particularly strong in Wisconsin,” Saler said. “We saw huge shifts from 2020 to 2024 in our favor.” Of the seven most competitive states, Arizona saw the smallest increase in the number of votes cast in the presidential contest — slightly more than 4,000 votes, in a state with more than 3.3 million ballots cast. That was despite nearly 30 campaign visits to Arizona by Trump, Harris and their running mates and more than $432 million spent on advertising by the campaigns and allied outside groups, according to the ad-monitoring firm AdImpact. Arizona, alone of the seven swing states, saw Harris fall short of Biden across small, midsize and large counties. In the other six states, she was able to hold on in at least one of these categories. Even more telling, it is also the only swing state where Trump improved his margin in every single county. While turnout in Maricopa County, Arizona's most populous as the home to Phoenix, dipped slightly from 2020 — by 14,199 votes, a tiny change in a county where more than 2 million people voted — Trump gained almost 56,000 more votes than four years ago. Meanwhile, Harris fell more than 60,000 votes short of Biden's total, contributing to a shift significant enough to swing the county and state to Trump, who lost Arizona by fewer than 11,000 votes in 2020. The biggest leaps to the right weren't taking place exclusively among Republican-leaning counties, but also among the most Democratic-leaning counties in the states. Michigan's Wayne County swung 9 points toward Trump, tying the more Republican-leaning Antrim County for the largest movement in the state. AP VoteCast found that voters were most likely to say the economy was the most important issue facing the country in 2024, followed by immigration. Trump supporters were more motivated by economic issues and immigration than Harris', the survey showed. “It’s still all about the economy," said North Carolina Democratic strategist Morgan Jackson, a senior adviser to Democrat Josh Stein, who won North Carolina’s governorship on Nov. 5 as Trump also carried the state. “Democrats have to embrace an economic message that actually works for real people and talk about it in the kind of terms that people get, rather than giving them a dissertation of economic policy,” he said. Governor’s elections in 2026 give Democrats a chance to test their understanding and messaging on the issue, said Democratic pollster Margie Omero, whose firm has advised Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in the past and winning Arizona Senate candidate Ruben Gallego this year. “So there’s an opportunity to really make sure people, who governors have a connection to, are feeling some specificity and clarity with the Democratic economic message,” Omero said.
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President-elect Donald Trump has has pledged to take a chainsaw to the vast federal bureaucracy when he returns to the White House in January, potentially bringing drastic changes to how the government operates, as well as the millions of Americans across the country who help operate it. Trump announced plans to appoint Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a Department of Government Efficiency aimed at cutting bureaucracy and red tape. In a post to Truth Social, Trump wrote that the agency would "slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies." This would have wide-reaching implications for millions of federal workers across the country, many of whom are already feeling anxiety about their job security when Trump takes office. The federal government employed an estimated three million workers as of October, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Musk and Ramaswamy outlined some of their plans to overhaul the federal government , writing that they would consider "large-scale firings," the relocation of federal agencies outside of Washington, D.C. and the end of remote work for federal workers . "The number of federal employees to cut should be at least proportionate to the number of federal regulations that are nullified: Not only are fewer employees required to enforce fewer regulations, but the agency would produce fewer regulations once its scope of authority is properly limited," the opinion piece reads. They added that those employees who would be fired "deserve to be treated with respect" and that the agency "help support their transition into the private sector. The president can use existing laws to give them incentives for early retirement and to make voluntary severance payments to facilitate a graceful exit." Newsweek reached out to the Trump-Vance transition team for comment via email. Most civil workers for the federal government live and work in and around the capital, according to data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management included in a Congressional Research Services report. At the end of February 2024, there were about 162,000 federal employees in Washington, D.C., nearly 143,000 in Maryland and 144,000 in Virginia, according to the report. The report into state-by-state figures only included civilian federal employees, meaning it did not account for federal law enforcement agencies, as well as other more "sensitive" operations. It also did not account for postal service workers and most legislative and judicial branch employees. If Trump succeeds in his plans to overhaul the federal government, those numbers could drop. In March 2023, he pledged to continue efforts "to move parts of the federal bureaucracy outside of the Washington Swamp. "Up to 100,000 government positions could be moved out of Washington," his campaign wrote in a press statement. In 2019, during Trump's first tenure in the White House, his administration moved the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to Grand Junction, Colorado. About 87 percent of the agency quit instead of moving, The Washington Post reported at the time. The Biden administration ended up moving BLM headquarters back to D.C., but it still maintains a presence in western Colorado. Plans like this aimed at restructuring the bureaucracy will likely be met with pushback from federal employees, and indeed already have. Reuters reported that unions are preparing public campaigns and hiring lawyers to prevent mass layoffs. Reports suggest plans are already creating unease among federal workers who are concerned about whether their jobs may be cut by the incoming administration. Nicole Cantello, a union president representing workers of the Environmental Protection Agency, told NPR that workers are "apprehensive and fearful" as Trump's second term in office approaches. Representative Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, told D.C.-based news station WTOP that members of Congress representing areas near D.C. are seeing "tremendous concern in all of our districts about what looks like a full-fledged assault coming on the professional civil service." Which Federal Agencies Employee the Most People? The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are the two largest federal agencies by headcount. The VA employs more than 468,000 people, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. This includes bureaucrats in D.C., but also healthcare workers and others who administer benefits to veterans across the country. Trump critics are raising concerns that veteran healthcare could be among the programs cut by the Department of Government Efficiency . USPS, meanwhile, employs more than 525,000 people. More than 750,000 work for the Department of Defense, which includes the DOD's civilian workforce but not active military. The Department of Justice (DOJ) counts more than 116,000 staff. The DOJ has become a target of Trump's criticism after he was charged in two criminal cases, one focusing on his actions surrounding the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and another into whether he improperly stored classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House. The classified documents case was tossed out by Judge Aileen Cannon , and the DOJ is expected to close the Jan. 6 case before Trump returns to the Oval Office next year. Trump maintains his innocence and has accused the DOJ of participating in a "witch hunt." He is seeking to staff the DOJ with his personal lawyers and other close allies , though his pick for attorney general, former Representative Matt Gaetz , on Thursday withdrew his bid to lead the department . Federal Government vs. Private Sector Walmart is the private employer with the highest number of workers, with about 2.1 million people on its payroll. It is followed by Amazon , with about 1.5 million employees and FedEx, with about 529,000 U.S. employees. The number of federal employees has waxed and waned through the years, steadily growing since the summer of 2022. The workforce peaked in 1990, when there were more than 3.4 million federal employees, according to the St. Louis Fed. Which Federal Workers Are Paid the Most? Many federal agencies have average salaries in the six figures, according to the personnel office. But the Securities and Exchange Commission, tasked with regulating the financial industry, has the highest average salary at $213,844. It employees just under 5,000 people. The Federal Reserve, with nearly 1,700 employees, ranks second with an average salary of $184,268. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is third, with about 1,500 employees who make an average of $165,526. Department of Agriculture employees are the lowest paid of major federal agencies. The agency has more than 92,000 employees who make an average of $86,425 per year.Appotronics Highlights Role of Laser Technology in Automotive Industry at Prestigious US Trade ConferenceFor travelers, Puerto Rico is a floating island of desirabilityDaily Post Nigeria CAF Confederation Cup: Olanrewaju confident Enyimba will beat Black Bulls Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Sport CAF Confederation Cup: Olanrewaju confident Enyimba will beat Black Bulls Published on December 13, 2024 By Mike Oyebola Enyimba head coach Yemi Olanrewaju is in a bullish mood ahead of his team’s CAF Confederation Cup clash against Mozambique’s Black Bulls. The People’s Elephant are winless in Group B after two games. The two-time African champions lost their opening fixture 2-0 to Egypt’s Al Masry and held defending champions Zamalek to a 2-2 draw at home last weekend. Olanrewaju, however, is optimistic that his side will secure maximum points against the Black Bulls. “The players are in high spirits, and the atmosphere in the camp gives me confidence that we will get the job done in Maputo,” Olanrewaju said ahead of his team’s departure to Maputo on Friday. “It’s going to be a tough game, no doubt, but our objective is to secure the three points, which will put us back in contention in this competition.” The match will take place at the 42,000-capacity Estádio do Zimpeto in Maputo on Sunday, with kickoff scheduled for 1 pm Nigerian time. 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