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Taylor Swift ‘s weekend out and about in New York City continued Saturday night (Dec. 28). She was photographed with Travis Kelce in the Meatpacking District, where the two were reportedly seen arriving at private supper club Chez Margaux. The foundation of the singer-songwriter’s outfit was a mod Fleur du Mal mini dress ( Long Sleeve Flared Corset Dress , $495). The flattering stretch jacquard mini features a mock neck, corset seaming and boning, and a flare skirt. Swift topped the dress with a long, black coat by Simkhai that combines a classic, tailored silhouette with festive sparkle, thanks to its embellished design ( Gianni Coat , $995). Strappy Louboutin sandals with a substantial heel and carefully chosen jewelry, including a pair of De Beers Arpeggia One Line Earrings, rounded out what looked to be a date-night ensemble. Swift and Kelce’s Saturday night out followed a Friday dinner with the pop star’s longtime friend and producer Jack Antonoff and his wife, Margaret Qualley. Both couples were photographed outside BondST , a NoHo restaurant with Japanese-inspired cuisine. Swift’s post-holiday social outings in New York come after she wrapped her record-breaking Eras Tour, which grossed $2 billion , earlier this month in Vancouver — and after spending some time in Kansas City, Mo., where she visited patients at Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital and attended the Chiefs-Texans game at Arrowhead Stadium. Swift’s December also brought 10 Billboard Music Awards , including Top Artist. She’s the most celebrated artist in the history of the BBMAs, having collected a total of 49 wins so far. See the stylish winter outfit Swift wore on Saturday night below.
Ogeechee Technical College celebrated the accomplishments of 23 Practical Nursing students in a time-honored pinning ceremony held Dec. 10 in the Joseph E. Kennedy Auditorium. The ceremony symbolizes the students’ transition from academic training to clinical practice. “This pinning ceremony is a testament to the hard work, resilience, and passion of our Practical Nursing students,” said Angel Shuman, Nursing program director. “We are incredibly proud of their accomplishments and confident they will make a profound impact in the communities they serve.” The ceremony was opened with welcome remarks by Dr. Anthony Berrios, VP for Academic Affairs and the evenings keynote speaker was class of 2024 graduate Charmel Booker. “This isn’t just a job, it’s a calling,” Booker shared with her classmates. “Nursing school may push us to our limits, but it also shapes us into compassionate, knowledgeable, and resilient professionals. We are learning how to heal and how to care, and nothing compares to that.” Instructors Felicia Barefoot, Renea Durrence, and Haley Hendrix presented the students with their pins and the ceremony was closed by the lighting of candles and reciting of the Nightingale Pledge. Practical Nursing Pin Recipients: Nicole Bacon Deja Beasley Charmel Booker Kiera Calhoun Lexxus Campbell Aisheyonna Davis Syreeta Garner Jasmine Harden Natori Heard Monika Hendrix De’Quavia Huntley Samaria Jenkins Gloria Jones Adina Mingle Wendy Brooke Mobley Chrystan Montgomery Uniqua Mosley Maggie Roberson Christina See Cassidy Skarhus Ashley Strong Gift Udoro Bugna Samantha Walker Ogeechee Technical College’s Practical Nursing program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the healthcare field. Graduates are prepared to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) and pursue rewarding careers in various healthcare settings. Paramedicine Technology program Pinning 29 students in the Ogeechee Technical College Paramedicine Technology program received their pins in an annual pinning ceremony held Dec. 9 in the Joseph E. Kennedy Auditorium. During the ceremony, instructors Chris Page, Catherine Martin, and Laura Coleman presented the students with their pins signifying the completion of their education and official initiation into the profession. "Our Paramedicine Technology program equips students with the knowledge, skills, and dedication needed to excel in emergency medical services,” said Paramedicine Technology program director, Chris Page. “These graduates have demonstrated exceptional perseverance and a deep commitment to serving their communities. They are not just entering the workforce—they are becoming the lifeline for those in critical moments of need." The Class of 2024 consisted of six Paramedic graduates, 10 Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) graduates, and 13 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) graduates. Paramedic Graduates Brodie Bowen John Bragg Caleb Calderon Kaitlin Hankinson Ruby Martinez Shatina Palmer Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) Graduates Courtney Boswell Conner Gordon Jzamere Hills Mackenzie Kersey Kathlyene McDowell Jaime Proctor Shana Rock Katherine Thigpen Allie Williams Amanda Zoll Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Graduates Elaina Beckum Alyssa Conaway Bailey Connelly Jaquez Lee Mason McNeely Karla McNeese Victoria Miller Senia Moore Kiley Pless Walker Reynolds Shelbi Shelar Lataznia Washington Nikayla WilliamsBalatro and AFK Journey among 2024 App Store Award winners
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New England Patriots Head Coach Jerod Mayo leaves the field following Saturday’s 40-7 loss to the Chargers. Michael Dwyer/Associated Press FOXBORO, Mass. — Eleven and a half months after he was introduced as the head coach of the Patriots, the chief reason to believe in Jerod Mayo remains unchanged. It’s nothing you can see, nor hear, nor point to as proof. It’s an idea, an extension of the imagination. Something abstract. Potential. Or, in the words of the pessimist: pure, unfounded faith. Because most of what we’ve seen and heard from Mayo since he was hired paints an increasingly disturbing reality for the NFL’s once premier franchise. The Patriots are a laughing stock. An embarrassment. A doormat the Chargers, of all franchises, just wiped their feet on before waltzing into the playoffs without having to play their starters through to the end. Meanwhile, these Patriots are penalty prone. Selfish. Unaccountable. And now, most damning of all, they’re quitters. “Just to speak for myself, I’ve seen a lot of stuff out there. It feels like a lot of guys start giving up when things get hard,” defensive tackle Daniel Ekuale told me after Saturday’s 40-7 loss. New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is sacked by Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. during the second half of Saturday’s game in Foxborough, Mass. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press Shaking his head, Ekuale continued: “I feel like towards the end of the fourth quarter, some of the guys just give up, and some guys play to the end of the whistle. I don’t know, man. It’s been a tough year, ups and downs.” Saturday was all downs, an avalanche leading into next weekend’s season finale and an uncertain future beyond that who-cares affair with the Bills. All of the reporting surrounding Mayo’s future has indicated he will return for 2025, provided he avoids a “collapse” or “calamity” down the stretch. Did Saturday’s loss, by far the Patriots’ worst of the season, qualify as either? I don’t know. What I do know is I have seen enough to pass on potential, and pick up the phone for Mike Vrabel. If Vrabel is, indeed, interested in returning to New England, the Krafts ought to bring him home. Say what you will about Vrabel’s Titans — a hard-nosed, boring bunch often hamstrung by bad quarterbacks — they never quit. They didn’t break fundamentally. Instead, they knocked out the dynasty-era Pats in January 2020, Tom Brady’s last game as a Patriot, and made the AFC championship game that same year. Two seasons after that, they clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and Vrabel was named Coach of the Year. During his Tennessee tenure, Vrabel was widely regarded as a top-10 NFL coach and compiled a winning record. Mike Vrabel was a three-time Super Bowl champion with the Patriots as a player and he now has eight years of coaching experience. Wade Payne/Associated Press Whatever Mayo might become, he’s light-years away from that, and eight seasons behind Vrabel in coaching experience. All of the years Vrabel has spent outside New England since being traded as a player in 2009 have served him in a way Mayo can never know until he leaves himself; building a network, learning other systems, coaching techniques and philosophies. Vrabel is not a Patriot anymore, and that fact, along with his track record of hiring strong offensive coordinators, makes him the perfect candidate for what Mayo was hired to do in the first place: reboot and modernize the franchise. Because under Mayo, the Patriots coaches are stuck on a hamster wheel of failure; unable to complete the four basic tasks of their profession: motivate, organize, teach and develop. This staff is not reaching its best players. “I’ve never been in this position; as disconnected or not on the same page as I am right now,” Pats defensive lineman Keion White told me. “Like, I know I can play good football. I have the ability to. I’m just not right now, and (I’m) trying to figure it out what it is.” This staff has not developed anyone outside of Drake Maye. Fellow rookie Javon Baker still has fewer career catches than Vederian Lowe, the team’s left tackle, and Ja’Lynn Polk’s caught two passes since Halloween. This staff can’t force opponents to “play left-handed.” The pick that should have been Polk, Ladd McConkey, the Chargers’ leading receiver by more than 400 receiving yards, scored two touchdowns Saturday. Two! And the staff is not inspiring players in a way that suggests the Patriots will be able to next season. “Just need to compete better, fight a little more,” Pats receiver Kendrick Bourne admitted. “Just embarrassing.” Never mind Mayo’s ongoing parade of media mistakes, which continued Saturday when Rhamondre Stevenson started the game after he told the national television and local radio broadcasts the butterfingered Stevenson would sit. Or that veteran players continue to reflect Mayo’s don’t-mind-the-defense attitude after a 33-point beatdown when they allowed 150 rushing yards. “I thought we were playing good run D — just particularly talking about defense — I thought we were playing good run defense,” Pats nose tackle Davon Godchaux said. “You know, I think (Jim) Harbaugh made a statement and said they were going to come in and play bully ball. Particularly when you say that, they typically want to run the ball, stop the run, play your special teams. I thought for the most part, we played good run defense.” Man. Seriously? What matters is the Patriots have one game left against the Bills, who are likely to rest their starters ahead of the playoffs. Several Pats players happily noted Buffalo’s expected lineup decision Saturday’s post-game locker room, perhaps the saddest possible commentary on the state of the franchise. That the Patriots, six-time Super Bowl champions, might win because of whom the Bills choose to sit, not because of who they are as a team. If ownership opts to fire Mayo’s coordinators the following week, the Krafts will face an impossible task of hiring quality coaches willing to work a second-year headman on the hot seat with minimal experience. If they run it back with Mayo, Alex Van Pelt and DeMarcus Covington, ownership will send a message that losing like this can be tolerated; that they again are betting on potential, while the on-field results and locker-room commentary scream otherwise. The thing is, I’m done with potential. The sure thing is out there. His name is Mike Vrabel, and if he’s willing and able to return, that’s all the Krafts need to know. We invite you to add your comments. We encourage a thoughtful exchange of ideas and information on this website. By joining the conversation, you are agreeing to our commenting policy and terms of use . More information is found on our FAQs . You can modify your screen name here . Comments are managed by our staff during regular business hours Monday through Friday as well as limited hours on Saturday and Sunday. Comments held for moderation outside of those hours may take longer to approve. Please sign into your Sun Journal account to participate in conversations below. If you do not have an account, you can register or subscribe . Questions? Please see our FAQs . Your commenting screen name has been updated. Send questions/comments to the editors. « Previous(Reuters): Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple (AAPL.O) and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices, in a bid to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search. The proposal is much narrower than the government’s push to make Google sell its Chrome browser, which Google called a drastic attempt to intervene in the search market. Google urged U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to move cautiously in deciding what the company must do to restore competition, after his ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising. Courts have cautioned against imposing antitrust remedies that chill innovation, Google said in court papers. That is especially true “in an environment where remarkable artificial intelligence innovations are rapidly changing how people interact with many online products and services, including search engines,” Google said. While Google plans to appeal that ruling at the end of the case, it says the upcoming “remedies” phase should focus on its distribution agreements with browser developers, mobile device manufacturers, and wireless carriers. The judge found the agreements give Google a “major, largely unseen advantage over its rivals” and result in most devices in the U.S. coming pre-loaded with Google’s search engine. Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of a UnitedHealth Group executive, is being charged with new federal murder and stalking crimes according to a court document filed on Thursday. The agreements are hard to exit, the judge said, especially for Android manufacturers, which must agree to install Google search in order to include Google’s Play Store on their devices. To fix that, Google could make them non-exclusive and, for Android phone manufacturers, unbundle its Play Store from Chrome and search, the company said in its proposal. Google would allow browser developers that agree to set its search engine as the default to revisit that decision annually under the proposal. REVENUE SHARING Unlike the government’s proposal, Google’s would not end revenue sharing agreements, which pass a portion of ad revenue Google makes from search to the device and software companies that present it as the default search engine. Independent browser developers including Mozilla, which makes Firefox, have said the funds are crucial to their operations. Apple received an estimated $20 billion from its agreement with Google in 2022 alone. Kamyl Bazbaz, spokesperson for search engine competitor DuckDuckGo, said the proposal attempts to maintain the status quo. “Once a court finds a violation of competition laws, the remedy must not only stop the illegal conduct and prevent its recurrence, but restore competition in the affected markets,” he said. Google’s proposal sets the stage for a trial Mehta will hold in April, where the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of states will seek to show the need for wide-ranging remedies, including making Google sell off Chrome and potentially its Android mobile operating system. The government plans to call witnesses from OpenAI, AI search startup Perplexity, and Microsoft (MSFT.O) according to court papers. Prosecutors also want Google to stop paying to be the default search engine, and cease investments in search rivals and query-based AI products, and license its search results and technology to rivals. The proposals aim to spur innovation in online search, where Mehta found Google’s overwhelming market share keeps competitors from gathering the search data needed to improve their products, and prevent Google from extending its dominance in search to AI.Stock market today: Wall Street gets back to climbing, sending Nasdaq to a recordThe Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a message late on Thursday, saying the investigation would focus on the findings of a recent report by the Uvda investigative programme into Sara Netanyahu. The programme uncovered a trove of WhatsApp messages in which Mrs Netanyahu appears to instruct a former aide to organise protests against political opponents and to intimidate Hadas Klein, a key witness in the trial. The announcement did not mention Mrs Netanyahu by name and the Justice Ministry declined further comment. Earlier on Thursday, Mr Netanyahu blasted the Uvda report as “lies”. It is the latest in a long line of legal troubles for the Netanyahus, highlighted by the PM’s ongoing corruption trial. Mr Netanyahu is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of cases alleging he exchanged favours with powerful media moguls and wealthy associates. He denies the charges and says he is the victim of a “witch hunt” by overzealous prosecutors, police and the media.
BSS recently dropped a video for “Teleparty.” The theme was about taking back one’s youth, with the video showing BSS as politicians leading the charge. Crowds held up banners in support of their “party.” Jeans represented the slogan “ youth is now ,” which forms an acrostic for “ jeans ” in Korean. “Voters” gathered for the big rally hosted by BSS. While the theme had already been planned since earlier in 2024, it seemed to have some parallels with recent politcal strife in South Korea with the president being impeached. Protests went on in December to call for the president’s impeachment. This resulted in BSS’s video including an unexpected disclaimer! They reiterated that the video had been planned in the first half of 2024, and was unrelated to any events. The coincidence did not fly over fans’ heads. this is so funny because it immediately opens with a political type rally and dk saying "is your youth hard" after weeks of protest by sk youth https://t.co/8BGEWCCygg — 🌸7 (@minimincheeki) December 26, 2024 Many were proud that the boys stuck to their plans. so glad that bss decided to push through with this concept 😭💖 https://t.co/EwRK5Yh8By — ❄️🐣💎 (@flyingaaaahgase) December 26, 2024 Although the timing is unfortunate, the boys dealt with it in the perfect way! They really didn't want to get cancelled today bsbsbsbs https://t.co/WUDxOTYTsd — || ANCU || MET SVT x2 AB6IX AHS & DIGNITY || (@Ancu___) December 26, 2024 You can watch it below. They really didn't want to get cancelled today bsbsbsbs https://t.co/WUDxOTYTsd — || ANCU || MET SVT x2 AB6IX AHS & DIGNITY || (@Ancu___) December 26, 2024 SEVENTEEN The Handsome Rising Actor Who Makes SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu Look “Small” SEVENTEEN Goes Viral For Their Reaction To BIGBANG SEVENTEEN’s Comments Leave Their Translator In Tears Fan Unexpectedly Gets A Private Shopping Experience With SEVENTEEN’s Dino See more SEVENTEENThe Dow’s Dramatic Drop On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 250 points, experiencing its longest losing streak in decades. Closing at 43,449, the index saw a sharp decline of 267 points, which equates to a 0.6% drop. This fall marks a significant downturn since December 4, culminating in an unsettling nine-day streak of losses, a phenomenon unseen since 1978. Historic Decline This prolonged period of downturn has investors on edge, reminiscent of economic slumps from over forty years ago. Financial experts point to various factors contributing to the current market volatility. Economic uncertainties and investor apprehensions are playing pivotal roles in this dramatic decrease. Investor Implications The market’s continuous decline has positioned major players in the financial sector to reassess strategies and portfolios. The persistent downturn prompts questions about potential economic recovery and stability. As the situation unfolds, market analysts and traders alike closely monitor further developments, seeking insights and opportunities amid the volatility. Stay tuned for more updates on this evolving situation as experts weigh in on possible market corrections and future predictions. Stock Market Turmoil: What the Dow’s Decline Signals for Investors The recent plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average has caught the attention of investors and market analysts worldwide. This article delves into new insights and broader implications of the ongoing market turbulence. The Dow’s historic losing streak is not just a number; it’s a window into the current economic climate, marked by uncertainty and rapid shifts in market dynamics. Key trends influencing the market include global supply chain disruptions, inflation concerns, and shifts in monetary policy as governments adjust to post-pandemic realities. Innovations in technology and sustainable energy are simultaneously creating new investment opportunities while disrupting traditional market expectations. Businesses adapting quickly to incorporate technology and sustainability are expected to withstand the economic volatility better. With the Dow’s decline, investors are urged to consider diversifying their portfolios to manage risk more effectively. The market’s volatility presents both challenges and opportunities; careful analysis can uncover undervalued stocks and sectors poised for growth, especially in tech and renewable energy. Long-term investors may benefit from reconsidering their asset allocations, balancing between safer bonds and more volatile equities. In contrast, active traders need to stay vigilant, leveraging market dips to gain potential short-term profits. Drawing parallels to past economic downturns, such as the dot-com bubble burst and the 2008 financial crisis, offers valuable lessons. Each historical event provided a stark reminder of the cyclical nature of markets and the importance of strategic planning. Just as the markets recovered post-crisis, albeit with significant shifts in leading industries and sectors, today’s downturn may lead to a redefined market landscape. The current market situation also highlights the growing importance of sustainability as a factor in building economic resilience. Companies investing in sustainable practices often experience greater stability and investor trust, providing a buffer during turbulent times. While predicting the exact outcome of the current market situation remains challenging, experts suggest a cautious but optimistic approach. Economic recovery is expected to come with increased fiscal policies aimed at stabilization, alongside continued innovation in technology and sustainability. Investors are advised to stay informed and consider long-term growth strategies amidst the short-term afflictions. Keeping an eye on emerging markets, especially those focused on green technologies and digital solutions, may provide lucrative opportunities. Stay updated on stock market news and trends with reliable financial sources like Yahoo Finance and Bloomberg .
