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218 vipph login HOUSTON , Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gravity Oilfield Services Inc. ("Gravity" or the "company"), a growth-oriented water and power infrastructure company backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. ("Clearlake"), announced today that it has agreed to sell its Gravity Water Midstream division to Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL ) ("Delek Logistics"). Gravity Water Midstream provides gathering, transportation, recycling, storage, and disposal solutions for produced water in the Midland Basin in Texas and the Williston Basin in North Dakota . "The acquisition of Gravity Water Midstream by Delek Logistics creates a path to continue to build incredible scale in our water midstream platform in the Midland Basin," said Rob Rice , CEO of Gravity. "I am thankful to the employees of Gravity for their focus on service and dedication to building one of the largest commercial water management platforms in the Midland and Williston Basins. Building this water midstream platform would not be possible without the incredible support and partnership of Clearlake. I am excited to welcome in this new era for water management in the Midland and Williston Basins under the capable leadership of Delek Logistics." While Gravity is divesting its water midstream assets, the company will retain ownership and operation of its power infrastructure assets, continuing its commitment to providing critical power generation offerings. Clearlake and Gravity partnered in 2017 to pursue produced water midstream opportunities. Over the last several years, Gravity has focused on organically growing its water infrastructure business to support producers in the Midland and Williston basins, and its water business segment has quickly grown into one of the largest commercial operators of disposal wells in the Midland Basin. Gravity Water Midstream developed a system comprised of 200+ miles of permanent pipeline, 46 SWD facilities, and 14 fresh water facilities with over six million barrels of storage capacity, all of which form an extensive and interconnected network. "We valued the opportunity to partner with the Gravity team as they executed a vision to build a leading water midstream platform in the Midland and Williston Basins," said José E. Feliciano, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, and Colin Leonard, Partner and Managing Director, of Clearlake. "We'd like to thank Rob and the entire Gravity Water Midstream team for their hard work and commitment to growing the business organically over the last several years." Piper Sandler & Co served as exclusive financial advisor and Vinson & Elkins LLP served as legal counsel to Gravity in connection with the transaction. About Gravity Gravity is a growth-oriented provider of energy infrastructure services to U.S. onshore oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, providing water midstream solutions, critical power generation offerings and other production focused services. Gravity has significant coverage density in the Permian Basin and benefits from a national footprint supported by facilities, operations and management personnel in several other key domestic resource plays including the Bakken, Eagle Ford, SCOOP/STACK, DJ Basin, Haynesville and Marcellus, among others. More information is available at www.gvty.com . About Clearlake Capital Group Founded in 2006, Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is an investment firm founded operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit and other related strategies. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to businesses that can benefit from Clearlake's operational improvement approach, O.P.S. ® The firm's core target sectors are industrials, technology, and consumer. Clearlake has over $85 billion of assets under management, and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London, UK, Dublin, Ireland , Singapore , and Abu Dhabi , UAE. More information is available at www.clearlake.com and on X @Clearlake . Media Contacts: For Gravity Heather Heacock , (281) 640-3043 Marketing Communication Manager [email protected] For Clearlake Jennifer Hurson , (845) 507-0571 Lambert [email protected] SOURCE Gravity Oilfield Services Inc.; Clearlake Capital Group

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A president from Plains A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. And then, the world Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors. He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added.Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” ‘An epic American life’ Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners. He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. Small-town start James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian, would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board.”My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. ‘Jimmy Who?’ His statehouse initiatives included environmental protection, boosting rural education and overhauling antiquated executive branch structures. He proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the slain civil rights leader’s home state. And he decided, as he received presidential candidates in 1972, that they were no more talented than he was. In 1974, he ran Democrats’ national campaign arm. Then he declared his own candidacy for 1976. An Atlanta newspaper responded with the headline: “Jimmy Who?” The Carters and a “Peanut Brigade” of family members and Georgia supporters camped out in Iowa and New Hampshire, establishing both states as presidential proving grounds. His first Senate endorsement: a young first-termer from Delaware named Joe Biden. Yet it was Carter’s ability to navigate America’s complex racial and rural politics that cemented the nomination. He swept the Deep South that November, the last Democrat to do so, as many white Southerners shifted to Republicans in response to civil rights initiatives. A self-declared “born-again Christian,” Carter drew snickers by referring to Scripture in a Playboy magazine interview, saying he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” The remarks gave Ford a new foothold and television comedians pounced — including NBC’s new “Saturday Night Live” show. But voters weary of cynicism in politics found it endearing. Carter chose Minnesota Sen. Walter “Fritz” Mondale as his running mate on a “Grits and Fritz” ticket. In office, he elevated the vice presidency and the first lady’s office. Mondale’s governing partnership was a model for influential successors Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Biden. Rosalynn Carter was one of the most involved presidential spouses in history, welcomed into Cabinet meetings and huddles with lawmakers and top aides. The Carters presided with uncommon informality: He used his nickname “Jimmy” even when taking the oath of office, carried his own luggage and tried to silence the Marine Band’s “Hail to the Chief.” They bought their clothes off the rack. Carter wore a cardigan for a White House address, urging Americans to conserve energy by turning down their thermostats. Amy, the youngest of four children, attended District of Columbia public school. Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style. But the larger concern was that “he hated politics,” according to Eizenstat, leaving him nowhere to turn politically once economic turmoil and foreign policy challenges took their toll. Accomplishments, and ‘malaise’ Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He designated millions of acres of Alaska as national parks or wildlife refuges. He appointed a then-record number of women and nonwhite people to federal posts. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. He appointed Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve chairman whose policies would help the economy boom in the 1980s — after Carter left office. He built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. But he couldn’t immediately tame inflation or the related energy crisis. And then came Iran. After he admitted the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979 by followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Negotiations to free the hostages broke down repeatedly ahead of the failed rescue attempt. The same year, Carter signed SALT II, the new strategic arms treaty with Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, only to pull it back, impose trade sanctions and order a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Hoping to instill optimism, he delivered what the media dubbed his “malaise” speech, although he didn’t use that word. He declared the nation was suffering “a crisis of confidence.” By then, many Americans had lost confidence in the president, not themselves. Carter campaigned sparingly for reelection because of the hostage crisis, instead sending Rosalynn as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy challenged him for the Democratic nomination. Carter famously said he’d “kick his ass,” but was hobbled by Kennedy as Reagan rallied a broad coalition with “make America great again” appeals and asking voters whether they were “better off than you were four years ago.” Reagan further capitalized on Carter’s lecturing tone, eviscerating him in their lone fall debate with the quip: “There you go again.” Carter lost all but six states and Republicans rolled to a new Senate majority. Carter successfully negotiated the hostages’ freedom after the election, but in one final, bitter turn of events, Tehran waited until hours after Carter left office to let them walk free. ‘A wonderful life’ At 56, Carter returned to Georgia with “no idea what I would do with the rest of my life.” Four decades after launching The Carter Center, he still talked of unfinished business. “I thought when we got into politics we would have resolved everything,” Carter told the AP in 2021. “But it’s turned out to be much more long-lasting and insidious than I had thought it was. I think in general, the world itself is much more divided than in previous years.” Still, he affirmed what he said when he underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis in his 10th decade of life. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said in 2015. “I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.”___ From our archives Jimmy Carter might be America’s best ex-president Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter mark 75 years of ‘full partnership’ Jimmy Carter lives a modest life in his Georgia hometown Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked 2976

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Chandigarh: SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Thursday said ASI Jasbir Singh was “not on duty officially” when he saved former party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Addressing a press conference here, Majithia said ASI Jasbir is posted with Sukhbir’s wife, Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and he was sent to Amritsar on Dec 3 to facilitate Sukhbir at Darbar Sahib as he is a Gursikh who did ‘sewa’ (voluntary work) in the shrine regularly. He accused Amritsar police of “threatening SGPC staff for making CCTV footage of the day of the shootout public as it was exposing their failure to avert the attack”. Majithia also asked police to “explain why SP Harpal Randhawa shook hands with Babbar Khalsa International operative Narain Singh Chaura when the latter conducted a recce of Darbar Sahib on Dec 3, a day prior to the murder bid on Sukhbir and why police force did not take the militant into custody even on the next day despite knowing about his antecedents”. “The SP and Chaura are from the same assembly constituency, Dera Baba Nanak,” he added. Amritsar police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, when contacted, said the investigations was under way. “It is not necessary to respond to everything,” he added. tnn We also published the following articles recently Firing at Sukhbir Singh Badal: Who is shooter Narayan Singh Chaura Former Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal survived an assassination attempt at the Golden Temple. Narayan Singh Chaura, a known Khalistani activist with alleged ties to Babbar Khalsa, fired at Badal during his religious penance. A sewadar intervened, preventing a fatal outcome. Man opens fire at SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at Golden Temple in Amritsar A man fired shots at Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple entrance in Amritsar. Badal, performing seva due to a religious punishment, escaped unharmed. Police swiftly apprehended the shooter, Narayan Singh Chaura, but the motive remains unclear. Sukhbir Badal shooter Narain Chaura faces 21 cases, main accused in Burail jailbreak Former Khalistani militant Narain Singh Chaura, with a history of 21 criminal cases, fired at ex-deputy CM Sukhbir Badal at Amritsar's Golden Temple. Chaura, linked to Babbar Khalsa and involved in the 2004 Burail jailbreak, was reportedly in contact with Beant Singh's assassin. He recently authored "Khalistan Virudh Saazish" and formed Khalistan Liberation Army. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .

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NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase,” Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday, and “taking on very dramatic dimensions.” Ukraine’s parliament canceled a session as security was tightened following Thursday's Russian strike on a military facility in the city of Dnipro. In a stark warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said in a nationally televised speech to his nation that the attack with the intermediate-range Oreshnik missile was retaliation for Kyiv’s use of U.S. and British longer-range missiles capable of striking deeper into Russian territory. Putin said Western air defense systems would be powerless to stop the new missile. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov kept up Russia's bellicose tone on Friday, blaming “the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries” in supplying weapons to Ukraine to strike Russia. "The Russian side has clearly demonstrated its capabilities, and the contours of further retaliatory actions in the event that our concerns were not taken into account have also been quite clearly outlined," he said. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, widely seen as having the warmest relations with the Kremlin in the European Union, echoed Moscow's talking points, suggesting the use of U.S.-supplied weapons in Ukraine likely requires direct American involvement. “These are rockets that are fired and then guided to a target via an electronic system, which requires the world’s most advanced technology and satellite communications capability,” Orbán said on state radio. “There is a strong assumption ... that these missiles cannot be guided without the assistance of American personnel.” Orbán cautioned against underestimating Russia’s responses, emphasizing that the country’s recent modifications to its nuclear deployment doctrine should not be dismissed as a “bluff.” “It’s not a trick... there will be consequences,” he said. Separately in Kyiv, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský called Thursday's missile strike an “escalatory step and an attempt of the Russian dictator to scare the population of Ukraine and to scare the population of Europe.” At a news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Lipavský also expressed his full support for delivering the necessary additional air defense systems to protect Ukrainian civilians from the “heinous attacks.” He underlined that the Czech Republic will impose no limits on the use of its weapons and equipment given to Ukraine. Three lawmakers from Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, confirmed that Friday's previously scheduled session was called off due to the ongoing threat of Russian missiles targeting government buildings in central Kyiv. In addition, there also was a recommendation to limit the work of all commercial offices and nongovernmental organizations "in that perimeter, and local residents were warned of the increased threat,” said lawmaker Mykyta Poturaiev, who added this is not the first time such a threat has been received. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office continued to work in compliance with standard security measures, a spokesperson said. Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate said the Oreshnik missile, whose name in Russian means “hazelnut tree,” was fired from the Kapustin Yar 4th Missile Test Range in Russia’s Astrakhan region, and flew 15 minutes before striking Dnipro. The missile had six nonnuclear warheads each carrying six submunitions and reached a spoeed of Mach 11, it said. Test launches of a similar missile were conducted in October 2023 and June 2024, the directorate said. The Pentagon confirmed the missile was a new, experimental type of intermediate-range missile based on its RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. Thursday's attack struck the Pivdenmash plant that built ICBMs when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The military facility is located about 4 miles (6 1/2 kilometers) southwest of the center of Dnipro, a city of about 1 million that is Ukraine’s fourth-largest and a key hub for military supplies and humanitarian aid, and is home to one of the country’s largest hospitals for treating wounded soldiers from the front before their transfer to Kyiv or abroad. The stricken area was cordoned off and out of public view. With no fatalities reported from the attack, Dnipro residents resorted to dark humor on social media, mostly focused on the missile’s name, Oreshnik. Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russia struck a residential district of Sumy overnight with Iranian-designed Shahed drones, killing two people and injuring 13, the regional administration said.. Ukraine’s Suspilne media, quoting Sumy regional head Volodymyr Artiukh, said the drones were stuffed with shrapnel elements. “These weapons are used to destroy people, not to destroy objects,” said Artiukh, according to Suspilne. Associated Press journalists Lorne Cook in Brussels, Samya Kullab in Kyiv, Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, and Justin Spike in Budapest, Hungary, contributed.

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As the season progresses, the battle for the Premier League title promises to be intense, with several teams vying for the coveted trophy. Liverpool's lead at the top sets the tone for an exciting race, with Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester City hot on their heels. Manchester United will look to bounce back and assert themselves in the title race, aiming to climb up the standings and challenge the frontrunners.Additionally, the government will enhance financial support mechanisms for both developers and home buyers to stimulate investment and consumption in the real estate market. By expanding access to credit, promoting innovative financing instruments, and offering subsidies to eligible buyers, the government aims to boost the overall liquidity and activity in the real estate sector.

Dodgers brutally troll Aaron Judge and the Yankees with $25K swipe month on from World Series READ MORE: New Mets star Juan Soto sends Aaron Judge a message By JAKE NISSE and LEOCCIANO CALLAO Published: 23:32, 12 December 2024 | Updated: 23:46, 12 December 2024 e-mail 13 shares View comments Six weeks after the Dodgers' World Series triumph over the Yankees, LA have trolled their opponents by putting a brutal piece of memorabilia up for auction. In the series-clinching Game 5 win over the Yankees, the Dodgers evened the game with a memorable five-run fifth inning - and a dropped fly ball by Aaron Judge helped that comeback gain momentum earlier in the frame. Now, the Dodgers are auctioning off that ball hit by Tommy Edman, with the current bid set at a whopping $25,000. An online listing for the ball at LA Auctions, the team's official auction site, shows that 85 bids have been lodged for the piece of baseball history. Bidding opened on December 2 and closes at 8pm ET on Thursday. Aside from the Dodgers' World Series reminder, it's been a tough week for the Yankees as they lost out on prized free agent Juan Soto. The Dodgers trolled the Yankees by placing Aaron Judge's dropped fly ball up for auction The moment occurred in the top of the fifth inning in Game 5, and helped spur an LA comeback Judge had a difficult postseason and saw his team lose the World Series in five games After playing last season in the Bronx and reaching the World Series, Soto decided to move across town and sign a 15-year, $765million deal with the Mets . In his introductory press conference with his new team on Thursday, Soto revealed that he hasn't contacted the Yankees since taking his talents to Citi Field in Queens. 'I haven't talked to any of those guys,' Soto told the press. 'We talked to them through [the] playoffs and at the end of the playoffs. Read More BREAKING NEWS Yankees 'sign $218m superstar in record-breaking deal... just days after Juan Soto joined Mets 'At the end of that, I make this process. I haven't talked to any of those [guys].' When asked if he expects to speak to Judge and others soon, Soto responded, 'Yes, why not?' 'At the end of the day, we're still friends, we're still cool,' he continued. Whatever happens, it's just business. The relationship that we created last year will stay forever.' The deal contains a full no-trade clause, a $75m signing bonus, an opt-out after five seasons, and no deferred money. The Mets team can void Soto’s opt-out clause after the 2029 season if they boost the average annual value of the final 10 years of his deal from $51m to $55m, per MLB.com. New York Yankees LA Dodgers Share or comment on this article: Dodgers brutally troll Aaron Judge and the Yankees with $25K swipe month on from World Series e-mail 13 shares Add comment

A former police officer says he made the hardest decision of his life not to be by his mum’s side when she died at Dignitas as it would put his career in jeopardy. James Johnson, 34, saw his personal and professional lives collide five years ago when his mother was diagnosed with vasculitis. The incurable condition attacks healthy blood vessels, causing damage to vital organs. James said: “An unsurvivable disease was killing her, with waves of flare-ups getting progressively worse. “Mum knew the demise she was facing. She received excellent palliative care but some of the symptoms from the palliative care medicines were completely intolerable. Some caused a tremor so bad that she couldn’t hold a cup of tea still enough to drink from it. “None of them touched the pain she was in, nor afforded her the dignity and quality of life that she wanted.” James shared his experience at a meeting in Parliament last week where MPs also heard from a panel of top legal experts who are backing the Bill, including former Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill KC and Alex Goodman KC. His voice breaking, he described his mum as “one of life’s angels. A nurse of 40 years’ service to the NHS, she worked long hours, often on night shifts but with an ever-present smile on her face.” James was not shocked when she revealed she planned to travel to Dignitas, but he faced a “moral impasse”. He said: “I wanted to hold her hand and comfort her, lend her my arm to ease the pain of walking. But I had taken other people’s liberty away when they were suspected of breaking the law. “I’ve made more life and death decisions professionally than I can count. I’ve even made ready my firearm in preparation for using lethal force. But this was by far the most difficult decision I’ve ever had to come to.” James was willing to risk his career but his mum did not want that, and in the end, he decided to respect her wishes and remain at home. “She left on her own after a tear-filled goodbye,” he recalled. “She walked down the road towards the train station and just before she was out of sight, she turned around, put her fist in the air, and with an exaggerated skip down the road, she told us all that it all going to be OK and that she was finally on her way to being relieved of her pain. “On the morning she had her assisted death at Dignitas, she texted me to say: ‘I woke up this morning and my first thought was: Great, no more illness. Thank you for everything and I will always be with you.’” The trip cost £12,000 and James' final months with his mum were marred by worry that her plan could be derailed. The former officer and control room manager of 10 years' service told MPs the current law “protects no one” and ignores the fact that up to 650 terminally ill people are estimated to take their own lives every year. Warning of the “cost to inaction”, James added: “This is about control over a dying process that is happening anyway, it is not about suicide. “What you are not changing, you are choosing. In honour of my mum’s incredible fortitude, I urge MPs to consider people like my mum when they think about how they might debate and vote on this Bill.” Changing the law would provide “clarity and process instead of the chaos of the status quo”, James said. “This is about dying people. If you’re lucky enough to not be terminally ill, please put yourselves in the shoes of someone like my mum.”Home | Editorials | Editorial Maharashtra Mandate Editorial: Maharashtra mandate The stunning comeback of BJP demonstrates its dominance of Maharashtra’s political landscape By Telangana Today Published Date - 24 November 2024, 11:55 PM It’s Mahayuti’s maha tsunami in Maharashtra. The reasons for the landslide victory of the BJP-led alliance are not far to seek: Blending welfarism with social engineering, making timely course corrections in political strategies, sustained focus on micro-management of local issues and near-perfect coordination among the allies. On the other hand, the Congress and its allies failed to present a cohesive and compelling alternative to voters, neglected local farmers’ issues but kept harping on themes like “samvidhan khatre mein hai” and “Adani-Ambani-Modi nexus” that did not find any resonance with voters and were unable to check infighting over sharing of power. The scale of the mandate highlighted the sharp contrast in performances of the two formations — Mahayuti comprising BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Congress, NCP and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena. While the saffron party-led alliance beat the anti-incumbency factor and pulled off an unprecedented win to return to power for the third consecutive term, the opposition bloc suffered its worst drubbing across the regions. In fact, the BJP on its own has bagged more seats than the MVA partners put together. The resounding mandate proved particularly sweet for the saffron party because it had suffered a setback in the Lok Sabha elections, less than six months ago, when it managed to win only 17 of the State’s 48 seats. The stunning comeback — winning 132 Assembly seats out of 149 it contested — demonstrated the party’s total dominance of Maharashtra’s political landscape, relegating the formidable regional parties to insignificant positions. Apart from scoring a hat trick of Assembly poll victories — crossing 100 seats each time —, the BJP has won its biggest mandate with over 88% strike rate. The opposition alliance suffered a humiliating rout, ending up with a tally of 46 in the 288-member Assembly while the Mahayuti alliance touched 230, a first for any ruling formation in the State. The Congress put up its worst-ever performance in its one-time bastion with just 16 seats out of 100 it contested. Maharashtra voters have also given a clear verdict on who should inherit the political legacy of Shiv Sena founder Bala Saheb Thackery. Shinde has trumped Uddhav in this legacy battle and established his hold on the traditional Sena vote bank. The game changer for the Mahayuti was undoubtedly the ‘Ladki Bahin’ scheme — providing Rs 1,500 per month to every woman in Maharashtra — which resonated strongly with women voters. Effective coordination among alliance leaders Devendra Fadnavis, Shinde and Ajit Pawar, meticulous planning and sharply focused campaign strategies and bringing various OBC groups together to counter the Maratha quota movement helped the ruling alliance achieve sweeping victory. With this emphatic mandate, the BJP is expected to claim the Chief Minister’s post and will have the flexibility to run the State without depending on its allies. 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