Despite the challenges and controversies she faces, Xuan Xuan's loyal fanbase has rallied around her, offering words of encouragement and understanding during this difficult time. Messages of support and well wishes have flooded her social media accounts, demonstrating the strong bond she has forged with her followers.If you’re a Hallmarkie, you know that Andrew Walker is one of the faces of the channel. And what a face it is. It’s like The CW used an AI lab to create a leading man made of the best parts of Glen Powell , Ryan Eggold , and a young Clint Eastwood . It’s insulting really, how he just walks around with that thing out in the open, making the rest of us normies look like something out of Middle Earth. Thankfully, Walker is one of the authentically good ones. Humble, engaging, totally Canadian, and a dang workhorse. The Montreal-born actor-producer has shot six movies for Hallmark this year, including Countdown to Christmas’s Jingle Bell Run and Three Wiser Men and a Boy ! On top of that, he’s also a husband, father of two sons, and an entrepreneur, having co-founded the SkinMason skincare line ... which is clearly working, since there are zero signs of fatigue on his matinee-idol mug. “Obviously I use skincare on a daily basis, and when I wrap from set, I’m always washing my face off,” he explains of the inspiration behind SkinMason. “I have used very abrasive products that have given me skin [issues], I’ve broken out, I’ve had rashes. I used to have these little alcohol wipes to take the rest of my makeup off.” During a dinner with his friend Dr. Hussein Kanji, a heart and lung surgeon who’s “always working with different types of products for [organ] detoxification and antioxidants,” the two agreed to partner on a product line. “He had an idea for a very simple yet effective skincare brand, ideally targeted to men to start with, because the women’s space is so massive...but women and men can use the same skincare,” Walker continues. “And I said I’d love to venture into this, first off, because my wife [Cassandra] always scolded me for using way too much of her expensive skincare products—I don’t know what to use! It’s like, there’s so many products out there.” Two years later, Walker and Kanji had the first two core products of the line, exfoliating wipes and a serum, which were soon followed by their new moisturizer. “We don’t even call it a moisturizer. It’s a bioactive cream.” Noting that Jean Carruthers, the co-innovator of Botox, has endorsed all of their products, Walker explains that their formula boasts retinoid, Vitamins C, and phospholipids that rebuild collagen. The SkinMason site is having a 40 percent off Black Friday sale and you can order each item individually or as a set, with a VIP subscription for regular refill orders at a 10 percent discount. Better yet, he laughs, “My wife has now turned on to using my products!” Speaking of his wife, how do the Walkers plan to spend the holidays? “With family,” he immediately offers. “We moved up to Vancouver for a year and it’s been amazing. It’s been quiet because we live next to a forest. So the holidays this year are just going to be family and trying to take a moment to put away the phones, put away technology, and just focus my time on my kids and my wife and each other.” Now that is a good look for everyone. Three Wiser Men and a Boy & Jingle Bell Run , Streaming Now, Hallmark+ More Headlines:

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Cornerback Taron Johnson is still agitated over the dud the Buffalo Bills defense produced in giving up season worsts in points and yards, while melting down on third down in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams last weekend. There’s no better time or opportunity to show how much better they are than this Sunday. That’s when the Bills (10-3) travel to play the NFC-leading Detroit Lions (12-1), who just happen to lead the NFL in scoring and feature the same dynamic style of offense as the Rams. “I think our mindset is just going to be attack,” Johnson said after practice Wednesday. “We can’t wait to play Sunday just to prove people wrong and prove to ourselves that how we played wasn’t who we are.” The Bills acknowledge having several excuses to lean on for why they unraveled in a 44-42 loss — riding a little too high after a division-clinching win, a cross-country trip and facing a more driven opponent in the thick of a playoff race. What’s unacceptable is the hesitancy their usually reliable defensive backs showed in coverage and the lack of pressure applied by their defensive front. The bright side is the substandard performance potentially serving as a late-season reminder of this not being the time to let their foot off the gas. “A lot of teams have scars on their way to having a darn good season. And we’re having a darn good season,” coach Sean McDermott said. “So what has to be in front of us this week is the opportunity that’s in front of us, quite frankly, to challenge that team,” he added, referring to Detroit. “You better bring your heart, you better bring your guts, you better put it on the line.” With a little bit of added fire, the Bills are going back to the basics on defense following an outing in which very little went right. The defense was off-balance from the start in being unable to stop the run, before eventually being picked apart in the passing game while allowing the Rams to score on each of their first six drives (not including a kneel-down to close the first half) in building a 38-21 lead. The most frustrating part was Buffalo’s inability to get off the field while allowing the Rams to convert 11 of 15 third-down chances. LA’s 73.3% third-down conversion rate was the third highest against Buffalo — and worst since Miami converted 75% of its chances in 1986 — since the stat was introduced to NFL gamebooks in 1973. “The recipe to lose a football game is what we did (Sunday) and it starts with me, first and foremost,” defensive coordinator Bobby Babich said Monday. “Move on and let it not happen again. Let it be a learning lesson. Failure is the best teacher.” The challenge is preparing for an exceptionally balanced Lions offense that ranks fourth in the NFL in both rushing and passing, and averaging 32.1 points per outing. The objective, McDermott said, is to not overcorrect but stick to the fundamentals that led to Buffalo winning seven straight before losing to Los Angeles. He placed an emphasis on winning at the line of scrimmage and forcing takeaways, something Buffalo failed to do last weekend for the first time this season. A little more urgency, would help, too. “It is a mentality. It is an attitude, and if you want to play good defense, that’s where it starts,” McDermott said. “There’s not a lot of shortcuts or ways around it. It’s got to be a mentality.” The message resonated even on offense, where quarterback Josh Allen nearly rallied the Bills to victory while becoming the NFL’s first player to throw three touchdown passes and rush for three more scores. “It was a case of you saw a team that’s fighting for their lives to try to make the playoffs in the Los Angeles Rams, and they came out ready to play. And maybe we didn’t have that type of urgency,” Allen said. “It forces us to know that we’ve got to be better. We know that.” NOTES: LB Baylon Spector (calf) and DE Dawuane Smoot (wrist) returned to practice Wednesday, opening their 21-day windows to be activated off IR. ... Starting CB Rasul Douglas did not practice and could miss time after hurting his knee on Sunday. ... Buffalo has until this weekend to determine whether to activate OL Tylan Grable (groin) off IR. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

The No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes handed the No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers their first loss of the season Saturday, securing a 38-15 victory at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. By virtue of the win, OSU improved to 10-1 overall and 7-1 in conference play, meaning it controls its own destiny in terms of reaching the Big Ten Championship Game for a potential rematch with the No. 1 Oregon Ducks. The Hoosiers have the same record as the Buckeyes at 10-1 overall and 7-1 in conference play, but given how thoroughly outclassed they were on Saturday, several fans and analysts took to X to consider the possibility of IU missing out on the College Football Playoff: Special teams was perhaps the biggest difference maker in Saturday's game, as a pair of huge plays helped the Buckeyes go from tied 7-7 to up 21-7. With less than two minutes remaining in the first half, a snap went through Indiana punter James Evans' hands, allowing Ohio State to start the drive at Indiana's 7-yard line: OSU cashed in with a four-yard rushing touchdown by TreVeyon Henderson to take a 14-7 lead into halftime: The Hoosiers' first offensive drive of the second half was a three-and-out, and the ensuing punt was another disaster, as Ohio State safety Caleb Downs returned it 79 yards for a touchdown to extend the lead to 21-7: The Ohio State defense forced another three-and-out on Indiana's next drive, and the OSU offense essentially put the game out of reach after that, grinding out a 10-play, 75-yard drive, culminating in a one-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Will Howard to tight end Jelani Thurman to extend the lead to 28-7: In addition to the impact plays on special teams, Ohio State was dominant defensively, allowing just 151 total yards. Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke entered Saturday's contest with an outside shot at the Heisman Trophy, but he is likely now out of the running completely after the Buckeyes limited him to 68 passing yards and no touchdowns on 8-for-18 passing. Ohio State's offense was more methodical than explosive Saturday, but there was still some solid production to speak of, as quarterback Will Howard went 22-of-26 for 201 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, plus a rushing score, and wide receivers Emeka Egbuka and Carnell Tate had seven receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown, and four catches for 68 yards, respectively. After the Buckeyes cemented their status as the No. 2 team in the nation Saturday, social media chatter focused on their strong play and the likely rematch with Oregon in the Big Ten Championship Game: While many are now questioning whether Indiana should have been a top-five team based on how it performed Saturday, OSU now has two top-five wins to its credit, beating the No. 5 Hoosiers and the then-No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions. The Buckeyes also lost to now-No. 1 Oregon by only one point on the road, suggesting that they are undoubtedly national title contenders. Assuming Ohio State takes care of business at home against struggling rival Michigan next weekend, it will likely face Oregon again in the Big Ten Championship Game with the winner earning a first-round bye in the CFP and quite possibly the No. 1 seed. As for the Hoosiers, they will host 1-10 Purdue next weekend, and in addition to undoubtedly needing a win to remain in the CFP picture, they may have to blow out the Boilermakers to have a shot at their first-ever CFP berth.In conclusion, the refusal of the US arms ship to dock in a Spanish port has ignited a diplomatic firestorm that has brought to the forefront the complexities and challenges of international arms trade regulations. The ongoing investigation into the incident will shed light on the underlying reasons behind Spain's decision and hopefully pave the way for a resolution that upholds the principles of transparency, accountability, and cooperation in the global arms trade industry.

If you’re a Hallmarkie, you know that Andrew Walker is one of the faces of the channel. And what a face it is. It’s like The CW used an AI lab to create a leading man made of the best parts of Glen Powell , Ryan Eggold , and a young Clint Eastwood . It’s insulting really, how he just walks around with that thing out in the open, making the rest of us normies look like something out of Middle Earth. Thankfully, Walker is one of the authentically good ones. Humble, engaging, totally Canadian, and a dang workhorse. The Montreal-born actor-producer has shot six movies for Hallmark this year, including Countdown to Christmas’s Jingle Bell Run and Three Wiser Men and a Boy ! On top of that, he’s also a husband, father of two sons, and an entrepreneur, having co-founded the SkinMason skincare line ... which is clearly working, since there are zero signs of fatigue on his matinee-idol mug. “Obviously I use skincare on a daily basis, and when I wrap from set, I’m always washing my face off,” he explains of the inspiration behind SkinMason. “I have used very abrasive products that have given me skin [issues], I’ve broken out, I’ve had rashes. I used to have these little alcohol wipes to take the rest of my makeup off.” During a dinner with his friend Dr. Hussein Kanji, a heart and lung surgeon who’s “always working with different types of products for [organ] detoxification and antioxidants,” the two agreed to partner on a product line. SkinMason “He had an idea for a very simple yet effective skincare brand, ideally targeted to men to start with, because the women’s space is so massive...but women and men can use the same skincare,” Walker continues. “And I said I’d love to venture into this, first off, because my wife [Cassandra] always scolded me for using way too much of her expensive skincare products—I don’t know what to use! It’s like, there’s so many products out there.” Andrew Walker Dishes on Amazing Rom-Com Race in Hallmark's ‘Jingle Bell Run’ Two years later, Walker and Kanji had the first two core products of the line, exfoliating wipes and a serum, which were soon followed by their new moisturizer. “We don’t even call it a moisturizer. It’s a bioactive cream.” Noting that Jean Carruthers, the co-innovator of Botox, has endorsed all of their products, Walker explains that their formula boasts retinoid, Vitamins C, and phospholipids that rebuild collagen. The SkinMason site is having a 40 percent off Black Friday sale and you can order each item individually or as a set, with a VIP subscription for regular refill orders at a 10 percent discount. Better yet, he laughs, “My wife has now turned on to using my products!” Andrew Walker / Instagram Speaking of his wife, how do the Walkers plan to spend the holidays? “With family,” he immediately offers. “We moved up to Vancouver for a year and it’s been amazing. It’s been quiet because we live next to a forest. So the holidays this year are just going to be family and trying to take a moment to put away the phones, put away technology, and just focus my time on my kids and my wife and each other.” Now that is a good look for everyone. Three Wiser Men and a Boy & Jingle Bell Run , Streaming Now, Hallmark+ More Headlines: Hallmark Fave Andrew Walker Goes Inside His Skincare Line and Shares Holiday Plans (VIDEO) ‘The View’ Cohosts Slam Trump Case Dismissals: ‘There’s No Such Thing as Karma’ When Will ‘The Talk’ Final Episode Air? All the Details on Its Last Week of Live Shows Wendy Williams’ Legal Guardian Shares Heartbreaking Health Update Ex-ABC News Anchor Kendis Gibson Says Toxic Work Culture Led to Suicide Attempt

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Bills defense out to prove against high-scoring Lions that it's better than its dud vs. RamsThis is at once a wise and wonderfully enjoyable book. treats weighty matters with a light touch, in an elegant prose style that crackles with dry wit. Almost every one of the short sections into which the narrative is divided – and there is a narrative, cunningly sustained within what seems a relaxed discursiveness – takes careful aim and at the end hits the bullseye with a sure and satisfying aphoristic . The central premise of the book is simply stated: “How is it that we are creatures who want to know not to know?” Lilla, professor of humanities at Columbia University, New York, and the author of a handful of masterly studies of the terrain where political and intellectual sensibilities collide, is an acute observer of the vagaries of human behaviour and thought in general, and of our tendency to self-delusion in particular. He has a genius for the telling epigraph, of which there are many here, set like jewels throughout the text. The first of these, and the most emblematic, is taken from George Eliot’s novel : “It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance?” This latter form of power, he tells us, is the subject he means to address. His book is certainly timely. As he notes, there are certain epochs, and surely we are slap bang in the middle of one, when “evident truth” is cast aside in favour of all manner of imbecile imaginings. “Mesmerised crowds still follow preposterous prophets, irrational rumours trigger fanatical acts, and magical thinking crowds out common sense and expertise.” There, encapsulated in a sentence, is the predicament we face in our present-day social and political lives. It is remarkable how many instances Lilla finds of the wriggly measures humans adopt in order not to look facts in the face At the outset he presents a subtle retelling of Plato’s . In his telling, a man and a boy are set free from the shadowed chamber and led up into the light. Soon, however, the boy is begging to return to the realm of happy delusion. “I miss my playmates,” he says tearfully. “Even if they were just pixels on a screen.” From the cave, Lilla makes a smooth ascent to the case of Oedipus, the most famous exemplar of the will to ignorance. As he notes, today “seems less about fate and prophecy than about the vexed problem of self-knowledge”. And Oedipus is not alone in his state of willed blindness. What about ? “While sharing her son’s bed all those years, wouldn’t she have noticed his disfigured feet, an unmistakable sign of his identity?” And why stop with the royal couple? Maybe they were all in on it, all of Thebes, and beyond, all “caught between the will to know and the will not to know”. It is remarkable how many instances Lilla finds of the wriggly measures humankind adopts in order not to look the facts in the face, from the Bible – that vast compendium of elaborate avoidances – through , and the giants of the Enlightenment, to the enraptured messianism of the twin mid-20th-century ideologies of fascism and communism. At the heart of the book is an invigorating excursus on St Paul, the founding father of the most consequential and, some would contend, most pernicious religious cult the world has known. Lilla knows his man: “It is no exaggeration to say that the history of western populism – spiritual and political – began with Paul.” He is “the cultured despiser of culture”, “a learned fanatic of the highest order”, who “held up as spiritual models innocent children, uneducated workmen, and lambs with vacant eyes, forever enshrining reverse snobbery as a Christian virtue”. If the next resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is in need of a patron saint, surely Paul is the one: “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent ... If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.” And one more quote, not to be resisted for the tenor of its measured contempt: “Paul made possible the transformation of the Gospels’ beautiful moral ideal into an anti-intellectual ideology that was enshrined permanently in the Christian scriptures and has since passed into our secular societies. That ideology has attracted a certain sort of mind ever since – one with a death wish.” As Nietzsche put it: “There was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.” is a splendidly invigorating antidote to the vapid nostrums and mindless pieties – from right and left – that swirl about us in a poisoned fog. These are parlous times, and we need the likes of Lilla to help us face, and face down, the massed cohorts of “holy fools and eternal children whose distaste for the present sends them rushing, vainly, to restore an imagined past”. • by Mark Lilla is published on 12 December by C Hurst & Co (£18.99). To support the and the order your copy at . Delivery charges may apply

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In addition to squad rotation, proper recovery and rehabilitation are essential for player welfare. Real Madrid invests heavily in sports science and medical staff to ensure that the players receive the best possible care and treatment. This includes personalized training programs, nutrition plans, and rehabilitation protocols tailored to each player's needs.TEMPE, Ariz. — Fresh off of an upset victory over BYU that jumped the Sun Devils into first place in the Big 12 Conference standings, Arizona State is now the highest-ranked team in the conference after jumping up to No. 14 in the AP Top 25, which was released on Sunday. ASU made the largest jump of any school in Sunday's poll, moving up seven spots from No. 21. The next closest jumps were No. 12 Clemson and No. 17 Iowa State, who each moved up five spots from their rankings last week. This is the highest ASU has been ranked in a decade. ASU hit No. 12 in the final AP Top 25 poll in 2014. This week also saw several teams fall in the poll after a chaotic Saturday in college football. No. 25 Army and No. 23 Colorado both fell seven spots, No. 15 Ole Miss and No. 13 Alabama both fell six spots, and No. 20 Texas A&M, No. 19 BYU and No. 10 Indiana all fell five spots. Next up, the No. 14 Sun Devils will play archrival Arizona in the 98th edition of the Territorial Cup. The game will be played at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. If ASU wins that game, they will clinch a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game, which will be played at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Full AP Top 25 Oregon (11-0) 1525 points (61 first-place votes) Ohio State (10-1) 1463 points Texas (10-1) 1395 points Penn State (10-1) 1301 points Notre Dame (10-10 1278 points Georgia (9-2) 1242 points Tennessee (9-2) 1110 points Miami (FL) (10-1) 1096 points SMU (10-1) 1001 points Indiana (10-1) 998 points Boise State (10-1) 984 points Clemson (9-2) 789 points Alabama (8-3) 739 points Arizona State (9-2) 727 points Ole Miss (8-3) 661 points South Carolina (8-3) 639 points Iowa State (9-2) 498 points Tulane (9-2) 446 points BYU (9-2) 445 points Texas A&M (8-3) 399 points UNLV (9-2) 231 points Illinois (8-3) 188 points Colorado (8-3) 161 points Missouri (8-3) 142 points Army (9-1) 133 points Others receiving votes: Kansas State (98), Memphis (46), Syracuse (37), Louisville (24), Washington State (10), Duke (6), Louisiana-Lafayette (5), Florida (4), LSU (2), Georgia Tech (2). Arizona sports The city of Phoenix is home to four major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks. The Cardinals have made State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers play at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. Phoenix also has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC, who play at Phoenix Rising FC Stadium in Phoenix. The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events every year, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the WM Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall, including Championship Weekend in November; and Cactus League Spring Training for 15 Major League Baseball franchises. 12Sports on YouTube Get the latest news and stories from 12Sports on the 12News YouTube channel. And don't forget to subscribe!Elon Musk Responds to Zelensky with an Emoji, Uncertainty Revealed