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This election cycle has resoundingly stated the character of the nation. We gravitated to the divisive rhetoric, disrespecting verbiage describing immigrants, fear mongering and disinformation. This is us, raw, uncouth, and motivated to serve only self-interest. We disregard the potential trauma it may cause others. Mass deportations, draconian cuts to critical programs and services paves the road with stones of austerity and assures hard times ahead for retirees and the working poor. Are the working poor prepared for stringent cuts to their social safety net: health care, housing, and supplemental assistance for food and childcare. Are immigrants — Hispanic, Haitians, and others caught in the broad deportation net, prepared to process the trauma of family separation, and friends and neighbors caught in the sweep and deported. These are realities that will be considered once the emotional hype of the campaign dissipates. It’s tantamount to the January credit card statement that attests to the irrational spending for the holidays. The mood of the country, social and political, are iterations of an era when society and the political landscape were toxic. The atrocious acts are exhibits in museums, eschewed in school curricula, but accessible to the curious. I made a visit to Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday. It was a weekend of poignant reflections. I strode through The National Memorial for Pease and Justice, The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, and The Legacy Museum. We made a day of it. I saw exhibits and read details of atrocities committed during a dark and troubled time in America. I watched video clips that captured beatings of African Americans by white citizens and police to deny them access to government institutions and services. These elder men and women, these working men and women paid taxes that supported government operations, and the salaries of the police and fire departments. These First Responders were used to oppress citizens of melanin-rich skin; government authority stood impotent and complicit. Tax dollars working selectively. Most exhibits, if not all, strained the facility of rational thought. You were forced to question how humans could feel justified in committing these harmful acts upon another human created in the mage of God. These were God-fearing people captured in the exhibits. There is an ominous parallel between the God-centered rhetoric of today and the God-fearing good people whose atrocities are chronicled in museums and prohibited from retelling in school curricula today. History has a lot to teach us. But we can only learn if truth and accuracy is the standard of sharing the American experience. Museums are developed with the understanding that there will be the need to capture events and heroes of a new era. If the current ideations play out as in past generations, museums will add many new exhibits, some champions of good, others dark and tragic endeavors of flawed humanity. We can do better. Truth is a powerful salve for healing.
Utah football is known for many things, but one that catches the eye of the entire college football world every year is the hand-painted helmets the program rolls out for one game every season. This year, the team decided to pay homage to the Polynesian culture that has shaped the program over the years, and former Utah player Isaac Asiata broke down the meaning behind the design in a post via X. Asiata revealed that the helmet's design was created by famous Samoan tattoo artist Fred Frost of Frost City Tattoos, and the design is a culmination of specific designs and tribal pieces, from every major island of Polynesia. It’s all in the DETAILS🎨 #GoUtes | @BookSeatscom pic.twitter.com/gyw5ex8Wum He also highlighted that the fusion represents each island and ethnicity of the Polynesian people who have come through as a player or coach in the program. The inscription on the left side of the helmet reads "Malama Lahaina" which is a tribute to the recovery efforts in Lahaina, Hawaii, in the wake of the 2023 fires. In the background of the phrase is an outline of Lahaina’s iconic Front Street, which was decimated as a result of the fire, and the inscription “Malama Lahaina” when broken down consists of the Hawaiian word “Malama” which means to care for, nurture, and preserve the land and its people. An incredibly profound statement on a night in which the players who helped achieve this incredible era of Utah football are set to move on from their collegiate days, this helmet will easily go down as one of the best the program has commissioned, and the Utah faithful will be hoping to associate them with a win come Saturday.
JERUSALEM — Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. In the hours leading up to the Cabinet meeting, Israel carried out its most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah in the final hours before any ceasefire takes hold. Israel's security Cabinet approved the ceasefire agreement late Tuesday after it was presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office said. U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. An Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire would mark the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. But it does not address the devastating war in Gaza. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bring peace to the Middle East, but neither he nor Netanyahu have proposed a postwar solution for the Palestinian territory, where Hamas is still holding dozens of hostages and the conflict is more intractable. Still, any halt to the fighting in Lebanon is expected to reduce the likelihood of war between Israel and Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas and exchanged direct fire with Israel on two occasions earlier this year. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. Bilal Hussein - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS Netanyahu presented the ceasefire proposal to Cabinet ministers after a televised address in which he listed a series of accomplishments against Israel’s enemies across the region. He said a ceasefire with Hezbollah would further isolate Hamas in Gaza and allow Israel to focus on its main enemy, Iran, which backs both groups. “If Hezbollah breaks the agreement and tries to rearm, we will attack,” he said. “For every violation, we will attack with might.” Netanyahu's office later said Israel appreciated the U.S. efforts in securing the deal but "reserves the right to act against every threat to its security.” It was not immediately clear when the ceasefire would go into effect, and the exact terms of the deal were not released. The deal calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting and would require Hezbollah to end its armed presence in a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops would return to their side of the border. Thousands of additional Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers would deploy in the south, and an international panel headed by the United States would monitor all sides’ compliance. But implementation remains a major question mark. Israel has demanded the right to act should Hezbollah violate its obligations. Lebanese officials have rejected writing that into the proposal. Biden said Israel reserved the right to quickly resume operations in Lebanon if Hezbollah breaks the terms of the truce, but that the deal "was designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.” Hezbollah has said it accepts the proposal, but a senior official with the group said Tuesday that it had not seen the agreement in its final form. “After reviewing the agreement signed by the enemy government, we will see if there is a match between what we stated and what was agreed upon by the Lebanese officials,” Mahmoud Qamati, deputy chair of Hezbollah’s political council, told the Al Jazeera news network. “We want an end to the aggression, of course, but not at the expense of the sovereignty of the state” of Lebanon, he said. “Any violation of sovereignty is refused.” In this screen grab image from video provide by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a televised statement Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. Uncredited - hogp, ASSOCIATED PRESS Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts Even as Israeli, U.S, Lebanese and international officials have expressed growing optimism over a ceasefire, Israel has continued its campaign in Lebanon, which it says aims to cripple Hezbollah’s military capabilities. An Israeli strike on Tuesday leveled a residential building in the central Beirut district of Basta — the second time in recent days warplanes have hit the crowded area near the city’s downtown. At least seven people were killed and 37 wounded, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs killed at least one person and wounded 13, it said. Three people were killed in a separate strike in Beirut and three in a strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. Lebanese state media said another 10 people were killed in the eastern Baalbek province. Israel says it targets Hezbollah fighters and their infrastructure. Israel also struck a building in Beirut's bustling commercial district of Hamra for the first time, hitting a site that is around 400 meters (yards) from Lebanon’s Central Bank. There were no reports of casualties. The Israeli military said it struck targets in Beirut and other areas linked to Hezbollah's financial arm. The evacuation warnings covered many areas, including parts of Beirut that previously have not been targeted. The warnings, coupled with fear that Israel was ratcheting up attacks before a ceasefire, sent residents fleeing. Traffic was gridlocked, and some cars had mattresses tied to them. Dozens of people, some wearing their pajamas, gathered in a central square, huddling under blankets or standing around fires as Israeli drones buzzed loudly overhead. Hezbollah, meanwhile, kept up its rocket fire, triggering air raid sirens across northern Israel. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued evacuation warnings for 20 buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a major presence, as well as a warning for the southern town of Naqoura where the U.N. peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, is headquartered. UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti told The Associated Press that peacekeepers will not evacuate. A police bomb squad officer inspects the site where a rocket fired from Lebanon landed in a backyard in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024. Leo Correa - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS The Israeli military also said its ground troops clashed with Hezbollah forces and destroyed rocket launchers in the Slouqi area on the eastern end of the Litani River, a few kilometers (miles) from the Israeli border. Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah would be required to move its forces north of the Litani, which in some places is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the border. Hezbollah began firing into northern Israel, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after Hamas carried out its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, triggering the Gaza war. Israel returned fire on Hezbollah, and the two sides have been exchanging barrages ever since. Israel escalated its campaign of bombardment in mid-September and later sent troops into Lebanon, vowing to put an end to Hezbollah fire so tens of thousands of evacuated Israelis could return to their homes. More than 3,760 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon the past 13 months, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The bombardment has driven 1.2 million people from their homes. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000 Hezbollah members. Hezbollah fire has forced some 50,000 Israelis to evacuate in the country’s north, and its rockets have reached as far south in Israel as Tel Aviv. At least 75 people have been killed, more than half of them civilians. More than 50 Israeli soldiers have died in the ground offensive in Lebanon. Chehayeb and Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press reporters Lujain Jo and Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed.By SARAH PARVINI, GARANCE BURKE and JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. While immigration officials have used the tech for years, an October letter from the Department of Homeland Security obtained exclusively by The Associated Press details how those tools — some of them powered by AI — help make life-altering decisions for immigrants, including whether they should be detained or surveilled. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency’s supervision. The letter, sent by DHS Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Eric Hysen to the immigrant rights group Just Futures Law, revealed that the score calculates the potential risk that an immigrant — with a pending case — will fail to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The algorithm relies on several factors, he said, including an immigrant’s number of violations and length of time in the program, and whether the person has a travel document. Hysen wrote that ICE officers consider the score, among other information, when making decisions about an immigrant’s case. “The Hurricane Score does not make decisions on detention, deportation, or surveillance; instead, it is used to inform human decision-making,” Hysen wrote. Also included in the government’s tool kit is a mobile app called SmartLINK that uses facial matching and can track an immigrant’s specific location. Nearly 200,000 people without legal status who are in removal proceedings are enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program, under which certain immigrants can live in the U.S. while their immigration cases are pending. In exchange, SmartLINK and GPS trackers used by ICE rigorously surveil them and their movements. The phone application draws on facial matching technology and geolocation data, which has been used before to find and arrest those using the app. Just Futures Law wrote to Hysen earlier this year, questioning the fairness of using an algorithm to assess whether someone is a flight risk and raising concerns over how much data SmartLINK collects. Such AI systems, which score or screen people, are used widely but remain largely unregulated even though some have been found to discriminate on race, gender or other protected traits. DHS said in an email that it is committed to ensuring that its use of AI is transparent and safeguards privacy and civil rights while avoiding biases. The agency said it is working to implement the Biden administration’s requirements on using AI , but Hysen said in his letter that security officials may waive those requirements for certain uses. Trump has publicly vowed to repeal Biden’s AI policy when he returns to the White House in January. “DHS uses AI to assist our personnel in their work, but DHS does not use the outputs of AI systems as the sole basis for any law enforcement action or denial of benefits,” a spokesperson for DHS told the AP. Trump has not revealed how he plans to carry out his promised deportation of an estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally. Although he has proposed invoking wartime powers, as well as military involvement, the plan would face major logistical challenges — such as where to keep those who have been detained and how to find people spread across the country — that AI-powered surveillance tools could potentially address. Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump, did not answer questions about how they plan to use DHS’ tech, but said in a statement that “President Trump will marshal every federal and state power necessary to institute the largest deportation operation” in American history. Over 100 civil society groups sent a letter on Friday urging the Office of Management and Budget to require DHS to comply with the Biden administration’s guidelines. OMB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Just Futures Law’s executive director, Paromita Shah, said if immigrants are scored as flight risks, they are more likely to remain in detention, “limiting their ability to prepare a defense in their case in immigration court, which is already difficult enough as it is.” SmartLINK, part of the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, is run by BI Inc., a subsidiary of the private prison company The GEO Group. The GEO Group also contracts with ICE to run detention centers. ICE is tight-lipped about how it uses SmartLINK’s location feature to find and arrest immigrants. Still, public records show that during Trump’s first term in 2018, Manassas, Virginia-based employees of BI Inc. relayed immigrants’ GPS locations to federal authorities, who then arrested over 40 people. In a report last year to address privacy issues and concerns, DHS said that the mobile app includes security features that “prohibit access to information on the participant’s mobile device, with the exception of location data points when the app is open.” But the report notes that there remains a risk that data collected from people “may be misused for unauthorized persistent monitoring.” Such information could also be stored in other ICE and DHS databases and used for other DHS mission purposes, the report said. On investor calls earlier this month, private prison companies were clear-eyed about the opportunities ahead. The GEO Group’s executive chairman George Christopher Zoley said that he expects the incoming Trump administration to “take a much more aggressive approach regarding border security as well as interior enforcement and to request additional funding from Congress to achieve these goals.” “In GEO’s ISAP program, we can scale up from the present 182,500 participants to several hundreds of thousands, or even millions of participants,” Zoley said. That same day, the head of another private prison company told investors he would be watching closely to see how the new administration may change immigrant monitoring programs. “It’s an opportunity for multiple vendors to engage ICE about the program going forward and think about creative and innovative solutions to not only get better outcomes, but also scale up the program as necessary,” Damon Hininger, CEO of the private prison company CoreCivic Inc. said on an earnings call. GEO did not respond to requests for comment. In a statement, CoreCivic said that it has played “a valued but limited role in America’s immigration system” for both Democrats and Republicans for over 40 years.
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Subscribe Search Search Sort by Relevance Title Date Subscribe ALBAWABA - Five low-cost airlines; Ryanair, EasyJet, Vueling, Norwegian Air, and Volotea, have been fined a total of €179 million ($187 million) by Spain's Ministry of Consumer Affairs for actions considered to be “abusive” to customers, according to AFP. Also Read Boeing to issue layoff notices to 17,000 workers due to struggles The penalties target a number of practices that have been widely condemned as being unfair, such as charging passengers for carry-on bags, charging excessive fees to print boarding passes at airport terminals, and charging travelers to reserve adjacent seats for dependent individuals or children. Based on the profits made from these methods, the penalties were determined, with Ryanair being hit with the highest penalty of €107.8 million, followed by Vueling (€39.3 million), EasyJet (€29.1 million), Norwegian (€1.6 million), and Volotea (€1.2 million). Five low-cost carriers have been fined by Spain for a total amount of €179mn for abusive practices, those include charging additional fees for cabin baggage and seat reservations/preferences. Spain’s consumer ministry made the announcement of the measures taken on Friday, those... pic.twitter.com/UyLevTcRUt — FL360aero (@fl360aero) November 22, 2024 In addition, the Ministry faulted airlines for not allowing cash payments at airports and for not providing enough information on prices, which made it more difficult for customers to evaluate different alternatives. While explicitly forbidding the continuance of such conduct, the Ministry stressed that the penalties were intended to be reasonable and serve as a deterrence against such violations in the future. Pablo Bustinduy, the minister of consumer affairs, defended the ruling, as reported by CiberCuba, saying that no company is above the law and that safeguarding customers is a top concern. Javier Gándara, the president of the Airlines Association (ALA), stated that the airlines will appeal the sanctions and seek preventive measures, underlining that the sanctions are harmful to the Spanish aviation and tourism sectors. We condemn the @MSocialGob 's decision to override Euro law, fine #airlines EUR 179M & eliminate cabin 🛄 fees for passengers ✈️ in Spain. The measure undermines choice & freedom of pricing, defended by @EUCourtPress . Read more 👉 https://t.co/wedXwLqUPY pic.twitter.com/NiGTaGZkgz — IATA (@IATA) November 22, 2024 A passionate about the Gaming Industry with a career of over 5 years in the field, I write about current trends and news in the Game Development business and how it impact the industry and players. Laith has recently started a new position at Al Bawaba as a freelance business writer. Subscribe Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive updates and enhanced content Subscribe Now Subscribe Sign up to get Al Bawaba's exclusive celeb scoops and entertainment news Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive updates and enhanced content SubscribeSaratoga Entries for Tuesday, Nov. 26 SARDELLA SELECTIONS First Post Time: Noon Race 1: 8- Tattoman: Broke at 1-9 last time, avenges despite the post; 5- Pilsner Frosty: Only beaten a length in her Spa debut; 1- Green Meadow: Speed and the rail to threaten; 2- Flex Your Muscles Race 2: 3- Imgoingtojackson: Close in [...]US judge dismisses federal Trump 2020 election case
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Pacers push to build momentum, take advantage of bruised BlazersThe 35+ best Black Friday Nintendo Switch deals 2024The People's Party Of Canada has seemingly faded from the scene. The party that went by that name has been largely inactive. But the political ferment and fervour once associated with that movement have grown more intense as it has been mimicked by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. There is one difference between then and now that could alter that trajectory. The PPC was driven largely by conservatism. It never had a singular leader of its own whose brand was a driving force in itself. The current movement is essentially copycatted by Poilievre. Its future, short-term and long, will depend largely on him. So imagine my bewilderment when Poilievre's mysterious turnaround from Harper to far right came. Most became aware of Poilievre's shortcomings – and continue to compensate for them. Perhaps, they view their leader as a self-regulatory strategy, riding the disciplinary coattails of the more fortunate and experienced politicos. Taken together, within the social self-regulatory process, by which we draw close to others to compensate for our own flaws, the overwhelming evidence suggests that the two leaders and their platforms couldn't possibly be any different. Perhaps the mere presence of Poilievre signals the fall of actual conservatism. But there remains the possibility that should Poilievre be more of an albatross for his party, it would indeed be an irony if he ultimately saved Bernier from another political shellacking. William Perry Victoria
UMASS 62, HARVARD 54Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fightingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Voters dejected by the presidential election results need to find a way to give back and remain involved, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday as they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Clinton presidential library. The former president urged audience members in a packed theater to remain engaged and find ways to communicate with those they disagree with despite a divisive political time. The two spoke about a month after former President Donald Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election. “We’re just passing through, and we all need to just calm down and do something that builds people up instead of tears them down,” Bill Clinton said. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who was defeated by Trump in the 2016 election, said she understands the next couple of years are going to be challenging for voters who don’t agree with the decisions being made. “In addition to staying involved and staying aware, it’s important to find something that makes you feel good about the day because if you’re in a constant state of agitation about our political situation, it is really going to shorten your life,” she said. The Clintons spoke during a panel discussion with journalist Laura Ling, who the former president helped free in 2009 when she was detained in North Korea with another journalist. The event was held as part of a weekend of activities marking the 20th anniversary of the Clinton Presidential Library’s opening in Little Rock. The library is preparing to undergo an update of its exhibits and an expansion that will include Hillary Clinton’s personal archives. Hillary Clinton said part of the goal is to modernize the facility and expand it to make it a more open, inviting place for people for convene and make connections. When asked about advice he would give for people disappointed by the election results, Bill Clinton said people need to continue working toward bringing people together and improving others’ lives. “If that’s the way you keep score, then you ought to be trying to run up the score,” he said. “Not lamenting the fact that somebody else is winning a different game because they keep score a different way.” “And in addition, figure out what we can do to win again,” Hillary Clinton added, eliciting cheers. The program featured a panel discussion with cast members of the hit NBC show “The West Wing” and former Clinton White House staffers. The weekend amounted to a reunion of former Clinton White House staffers, supporters and close friends, including former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and adviser James Carville. McAuliffe said he and Carville ate Friday at Doe’s Eat Place, a downtown restaurant that was popular with Clinton aides and reporters during Clinton’s 1992 White House run. He said he viewed the library and its planned expansion as important for the future. “This is not only about the past, but it’s more importantly about the future,” McAuliffe said. “We just went through a very tough election, and people are all saying we’ve got to get back to the Clinton model.”
