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Chattanooga (7-5) jumped out to a 10-0 first-quarter lead on Jude Kelley's 28-yard field goal and Artopoeus' 9-yard touchdown toss to Javin Whatley with 42 seconds left. The score came five plays after Alex Mitchell intercepted a pass from Austin Smith, giving the Mocs the ball at the Governors' 26-yard line. Austin Peay answered in the second quarter with help from a Chattanooga turnover. Ellis Ellis Jr. picked off Artopoeus and the Governors took over at the Mocs' 30. Smith completed three straight passes — the last one covering 4 yards to Jaden Barnes to get Austin Peay within three points. Carson Smith followed with a 35-yard field goal to tie it at 10. Chattanooga regained the lead with 4:01 left in the third quarter when Artopoeus capped a nine-play drive with a 3-yard touchdown run. Smith had a 23-yard touchdown run to get Austin Peay within seven with 8:08 left in the game. The Governors drove to the Mocs' 30, but Smith's fourth-down pass fell incomplete with 41 seconds to go. Artopoeus completed 15 of 21 passes for 161 yards for Chattanooga. He had a 7-yard scoring toss to John McIntyre to put the Mocs up 24-10 early in the final quarter. Smith finished with 192 yards on 21-for-36 passing for Austin Peay, which finishes its first season under head coach Jeff Faris with a 4-8 record. Rusty Wright became the first Chattanooga coach to finish .500 or better in each of his first six seasons. Chattanooga snapped Austin Peay's nine-game win streak with a 24-21 victory on the road to close out the regular season last year. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballPercentages: FG .418, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 10-26, .385 (Butler 5-9, Campbell 2-3, Khayat 1-2, M.Johnson 1-4, Thomas 1-7, Exacte 0-1). Team Rebounds: 1. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 1 (Towns). Turnovers: 10 (Campbell 4, M.Johnson 3, Butler, Felt, Towns). Steals: 6 (Campbell 2, Green, Khayat, M.Johnson, Thomas). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .500, FT .909. 3-Point Goals: 8-20, .400 (Karasinski 2-4, Smith 2-4, B.Johnson 2-6, Hopf 1-1, Branson 1-2, Goodin 0-1, Hacker 0-2). Team Rebounds: 0. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 4 (Branson 2, Hacker 2). Turnovers: 9 (Branson 2, Hopf 2, B.Johnson, Hacker, Karasinski, Smith, Whitaker). Steals: 6 (Smith 3, Doyle, Hopf, Karasinski). Technical Fouls: None. A_1,282 (2,196).
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Cheating on spouse no longer a crime in New YorkHaving concluded the nonconference portion of its schedule with four consecutive wins, No. 15 Houston will open Big 12 play with something of a clean slate. The Cougars (8-3) resemble the squad that claimed the regular-season Big 12 title in their first year in the league last season as they head to Stillwater, Okla., to face Oklahoma State on Monday. Their balanced offense was on full display in an 87-51 home victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 21, with Emanuel Sharp (18 points), L.J. Cryer (17), Terrance Arceneaux (13) and Milos Uzan (12) sharing the load as Houston made a season-high 14 3-pointers. The offensive display provided a complement to the Cougars' usual brand of stifling defense and tenacious rebounding, and Houston coach Kelvin Sampson found it worth celebrating for a team whose shortcomings are too often overanalyzed. "You can't always just focus on things you've got to get better at," Sampson said. "You'll never focus on the things you're good at." Oklahoma State will represent a step up in weight class, with the depth and athleticism to challenge the Cougars' emerging offense. That comes as no surprise for the Cougars, who quickly became accustomed to the rigors of the Big 12, especially when the stakes are highest on the road. "Being able to get shots at the goal and taking care of the ball in the hostile environment is always going to be a challenge when you go on the road in this league," Sampson said. "That's what we'll be challenged with." The Cowboys (8-3) improved to 5-0 at home with their 86-74 victory over Oral Roberts on Dec. 22. Senior forward Abou Ousmane paired a season-high 19 points with a team-high seven rebounds in the victory, further validating the need for Oklahoma State to run more of its offense through its second-leading scorer. Ousmane averages 12.2 points per game for the Cowboys, second to Marchelus Avery (13.0). "It helps when we get him the basketball," first-year Cowboys coach Steve Lutz said of Ousmane. "We don't throw him the basketball enough. To his credit, he runs in transition, he seals for the most part darn near every time and our guards have to do a better job as they come across halfcourt of getting their head up and reading where the big is and (determining) can we get him the basketball. "That's going to be our quickest and best opportunity to score. We've got to continue to focus on throwing the ball inside to him." Oklahoma State enters conference play with momentum, having won four of its last five games. And while nonconference losses to Florida Atlantic, Nevada and Oklahoma proved disappointing, the setbacks showed the Cowboys have room for improvement. "We still have a lot of work to do," Lutz said. "We still have a lot of growth. I don't ever like to look ahead at the beginning of the season and say our record should be X and X. I try to focus more on the day-to-day progress of our team, and there are days where I think we make progress and days where we slip back a little bit. "We've got to continue with the process and get better and better each day." --Field Level MediaFreshman Tre Johnson poured in 18 points in just 22 minutes of play, lifting Texas to a 77-53 win over Northwestern State on Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns (11-2) won their fourth straight outing as Johnson returned from a two-game absence due to a sore right hip. He finished 7 of 11 from the floor with four 3-pointers, leading the way as Texas held the Demons to 30 percent shooting in the first half while building a 19-point lead. The Longhorns stretched the advantage to 56-26 on a dunk by Chendall Weaver with 13:50 to play. Texas had more than enough to cruise to the finish and is in fine shape in advance of its first run in Southeastern Conference play. The Longhorns play at rival 13th-ranked Texas A&M in the teams' league opener on Saturday. Jordan Pope added 11 points and Arthur Kaluma recorded 13 rebounds for Texas. None of the Longhorns' starters played more than 28 minutes. Micah Thomas scored 19 points, including 16 in the second half, and Addison Patterson had 18 points for the Demons (5-7). The Longhorns made an early bid to bury Northwestern State by scoring the game's initial eight points over the first 3:15 of the first half. The Demons responded with an 11-4 run, capped by a layup by Patterson at the 10:15 mark that cut the deficit to 12-11. Texas then reeled off a 18-4 surge that featured a pair of tough running jumpers and two 3-pointer from Johnson, the latter with 4:02 to play in the half that pushed the lead to 30-15. The Longhorns got a bucket and a 3-pointer from Pope before finishing the half with two free throws and a dunk by Ze'Rik Onyema off a nifty assist by Julian Larry to produce a 41-22 lead at the break. Johnson paced the Longhorns with 10 points before halftime as Texas outshot the Demons 62.5 percent to 30 percent over the first 20 minutes of play. Patterson led all scorers with 12 points in the half, making five shots while the rest of the participants for Northwestern State made four combined. The Longhorns opened the second half by scoring the first eight points on jumper and then a 3-pointer by Johnson and a 3-pointer by Kaluma. --Field Level MediaDeepfakes are no longer just a tool to target celebrities and politicians—-they are fast emerging as a serious threat for the general public as well. In a digital world flooded with visuals, it takes just one high-resolution photo for cybercriminals to create a deepfake. They can create very convincing fake visuals and voices, blurring the lines between reality and deception. Deepfakes are highly realistic images, videos or audio recordings that are created, edited, or generated using artificial intelligence techniques and tools that alter or replace an individual's identity within the content. They can also produce entirely original material where a person is depicted as saying or doing something they never actually did. Various methods are employed in the creation of deepfakes, including face-swapping, voice cloning, lip-syncing and emotional manipulation. Additionally, audio deepfakes utilise techniques such as speech synthesis, parody, mimicry and sound effects manipulation to enhance the realism of the altered media. Talking about how to identify or detect a deepfake, Dr Shruti Mantri, associate director of ISB Institute of Data Science (IIDS), said, "There is no definitive way to identify a fake when it comes to AI-generated content. What we can look out for is facial transformation. “Pay attention to the cheeks and forehead; does the skin appear excessively smooth or overly wrinkled and is the ageing of the skin consistent with that of the hair and eyes? Observe the eyes and eyebrows for where the shadows are placed, as deepfakes may not accurately capture natural physics. Is the shadow even there? How intense? Does it change angle with movement? Deepfakes often struggle with realistic lighting. Be aware of how well lip movements align with speech, as many deepfakes rely on lip-syncing." They are essentially AI-generated content that use deep learning algorithms to produce fake audio, video or images that appear realistic. "They are created using generative adversarial networks (GANs). They involve two neural networks: the generator, responsible for crafting fake content, and the discriminator, which evaluates the content's authenticity. While deepfakes often involve face-swapping or voice cloning, they can also manipulate body movements or fabricate entire scenarios to misrepresent someone's identity. This is why it is called 'deepfake', blending 'deep learning' and 'fake'," explained Jaspreet Bindra, founder of AI & Beyond. Bindra added that deepfakes poses significant threats and affect society. In the political realm, they can be weaponised to create false speeches or actions attributed to leaders, potentially inciting unrest or influencing election outcomes. Criminally, deepfakes are used in scams, extortion or revenge porn, which can cause severe harm to victims. On a broader scale, deepfakes erode public trust in media and individuals, blurring the distinction between reality and fabrication. This growing distrust creates an environment where truth becomes uncertain, with serious implications for democracy, governance and social stability. In Hyderabad, deepfakes are commonly used for phishing scams. Fraudsters create fake voices or automated calls to lure victims. Cases of fraud involving trading apps and stock markets, using small-scale schemes are rampant. According to Rupesh Mittal, cybercrime investigator and founder of Cyber Jagrithi, these scams often start with generating content on topics like income tax or elections. Fraudsters plant small, believable messages to gain trust, gradually leading victims to invest in trading platforms. "They use trading as an end-platform. They convince users to invest small amounts like Rs 5,000 or Rs 10,000, which they raise over time. By the time victims realise that it's a scam, days or weeks have passed, and their losses accumulate in lakhs and crores," he said. The most vulnerable individuals are in the age group 20 to 35—those who are earning well and are willing to explore new opportunities. The scams particularly target unsuspecting, innocent individuals rather than those who are more cautious or experienced. Mittal said that despite huge losses, people are hesitant to file FIRs. "Recently, a victim lost Rs 5 lakh in a stock market scam. Despite realising the fraud, she hesitated to file an FIR for fear of social stigma. Such scams rarely involve a one-time transaction. Instead, they occur over multiple payments, which also makes recovery challenging. On average, only 20 per cent of the lost amount is recoverable due to delays in reporting and the fragmented nature of the transactions," Mittal said. Beyond extortion scams, deepfakes have also been used for impersonation and harassment. For instance, women’s social media accounts are targeted, compromised, and used to post fake endorsements. In Hyderabad, however, the use of deepfakes to create pornographic content is rare. "In those cases, the motive is revenge or to create controversies," he stated. Deepfake technology operates by training GANs on extensive datasets of videos, images, and audio to mimic human expressions, movements and vocal nuances with remarkable accuracy. As the technology evolves, the fakes become increasingly difficult to distinguish from authentic content. Cyber experts combat deepfakes using advanced detection tools, blockchain-based solutions for verifying content authenticity, and digital watermarks to certify originality. "However, the battle between creators of deepfakes and those seeking to detect them is ongoing, with both sides continuously advancing their respective methods," Bindra said. Mittal mentioned that there are many open-sourced tools that are available and applications that can be downloaded from PlayStore, which help fraudsters to create fake content. Hence, controlling the use of AI is not possible. One aspect of differentiating fake content from the original involves contextual analysis, where experts assess the video's context, including its source and timing and cross-refer it with known facts or legitimate recordings. "Cyber experts combine their analytical skills and experience with technical tools to evaluate the authenticity of suspicious media. A variety of technical tools have been developed to aid in detection, leveraging AI to analyse media files for signs of manipulation, including irregularities in pixel data and audio waveforms," said Dr. Shruti Mantri. India's IT Act includes sections (66B, 66C, 66D, and 66F) that address various forms of cybercrime, such as impersonation, cheating and privacy violations. However, lack of specific provisions for AI-related crimes poses challenges. While existing laws can be interpreted to include such offences, updates are needed to explicitly address AI and deepfake misuse. "As individuals, we should avoid sharing high-resolution photos publicly; verify the authenticity of online content before reacting; be cautious with unfamiliar links or requests for personal details and rely on trusted sources for news and information," Mittal said. Look for inconsistencies in facial expressions, unnatural blinking patterns or mismatched lighting that don’t align with the environment. - Pay attention to jerky or odd body movements that seem inconsistent with normal human motion. - Check if lip movements match the spoken words accurately. Misaligned audio and visuals can be a giveaway. - Be alert for unusual voice modulation, robotic tones or inconsistencies in the audio quality that indicate possible tampering. - In images, watch for blurred edges, distorted backgrounds or strange visual glitches around the face or body. - Unrealistically smooth skin, perfectly symmetrical faces or exaggerated features indicate manipulation. - Evaluate the context of the content for inconsistencies, such as an unlikely setting or implausible actions for the person being portrayed.
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Secret Service Chief And Texas Rep Get Into Yelling Match During Trump Assassination Attempt HearingSecret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe and Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) got into a yelling match Thursday during a congressional hearing about the July assassination attempt on President-elect Donald Trump . When Fallon began asking Rowe — who was the Secret Service’s deputy director when Trump was shot July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania — questions about security failures that day, the two men remained relatively calm. Holy shit -- acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe and Rep. Pat Fallon just had a huge, angry blow up during a hearing, screaming and yelling at each other pic.twitter.com/LQdvHGnEGM The exchange became heated when Fallon presented a photo of Rowe at the 9/11 remembrance in New York earlier this year and asked him if he was the special agent in charge of the president’s protective detail that day. Rowe told Fallon that the special agent in charge in September was not in the photo. His voice rising, he said he “actually responded to Ground Zero” on Sept. 11, 2001 and “was there going through the ashes of the World Trade Center.” He was at the 2024 remembrance, he said, to “show respect for our Secret Service members that died on 9/11.” Fallon yelled at Rowe, “I’m not asking you that. I’m asking you if you were the special agent in charge.” “Do not invoke 9/11 for political purposes,” Rowe shouted back. “Don’t try bullying me,” Fallon said, pointing his finger at Rowe as the two men began talking over each other. “I am elected member of Congress,” he said, “and I am asking you a serious question. ... Were you the special agent in charge that day?” Rowe said he wasn’t. “You know why you were there,” Fallon said. “Because you wanted to be visible because you were auditioning for this job.” Fallon said Rowe should have been on duty during the remembrance and because he wasn’t, he was effectively putting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in danger. Don't let this be the end of the free press. The free press is under attack — and America's future hangs in the balance. As other newsrooms bow to political pressure, HuffPost is not backing down. Would you help us keep our news free for all? We can't do it without you. Can't afford to contribute? Support HuffPost by creating a free account and log in while you read. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give once or many more times, we appreciate your contribution to keeping our journalism free for all. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give just one more time or sign up again to contribute regularly, we appreciate you playing a part in keeping our journalism free for all. Already contributed? Log in to hide these messages. Fallon’s questioning time was up, but he said to Rowe, “You’re a bully.” Rowe became the interim Secret Service director on July 24, one day after then-Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down. She had been heavily criticized for her agency’s response to Trump’s assassination attempt. In a comment to HuffPost, Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service chief of communications, said that all detail personnel were at the 9/11 memorial ceremony and “had complete access to their protectees during the memorial.” Fallon’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Related From Our PartnerCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — RJ Johnson scored 23 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, Daylen Berry added two clutch free throws and Charleston Southern surprised Miami 83-79 on Saturday. The Buccaneers led for the last four minutes of the first half and deep into the second half before a 3-pointer from Austin Swartz gave Miami a 76-75 lead with 3 minutes left in the game. A three-point play by Lynn Kidd gave the Hurricanes a 79-75 lead with 2:11 remaining. Berry hit a 3-pointer to make it 79-78 and Johnson followed with a 3 that gave the Buccaneers an 81-79 lead. Kidd missed in the paint for Miami but came up with a steal a few seconds later. With 15 seconds left, Swartz missed a 3-pointer and the Buccaneers rebounded. Miami put Berry on the line and he made both free throws for a four-point lead with 11 seconds remaining. Miami's Jalen Blackmon missed a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left, the Hurricanes' A.J. Staton-McCray grabbed the rebound and he missed a 3 as time ran out. Taje Kelly had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for the Buccaneers (2-7), who snapped a five-game losing streak and defeated a Division I opponent for the first-time this season. Thompson Camara made five 3-pointers and scored 21. Brandon Johnson made six 3-pointers and scored 23 for Miami (3-4). Swartz scored 15 points off the bench and Staton-McCray had 13 points. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
Omnicom Declares DividendThere's nothing wrong with keeping things simple. Consider, for example, how a recipe can be ruined by straying too far from its original list of ingredients -- nobody wants a milkshake made with a heaping helping of brussels sprouts , right? Similarly, investing doesn't have to be complicated. Indeed, by allocating large portions of a portfolio to funds that track major indexes, investors can feel secure knowing that their portfolio will largely capture the stock market's growth. Let's have a closer look at one excellent index-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF) and see if it could be a millionaire-maker. What is the Invesco QQQ Trust Series I ETF? In the simplest terms, the Invesco QQQ Trust Series I ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ ) is an index-linked ETF that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index . That index, in turn, is made up of the 100 largest non-financial stocks that are listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange . QQQ Total Return Level data by YCharts. Many of the stocks in the index are the mega-cap tech stocks you might expect to find: Nvidia , Microsoft , Apple , and Amazon . However, there are also much smaller, less well-known names like Ansys , MongoDB , and The Trade Desk . Finally, there are also companies from outside the tech sector, such as Starbucks , Kraft Heinz , and AstraZeneca . All in all, this fund offers investors the opportunity to own a broad array of stocks representing many sectors (except for financials ). Granted , the index is heavily skewed toward the tech industry, with roughly 59% of holdings falling within that sector. Yet, given tech's outperformance over the last few decades, investors should ask themselves: Is it a bad thing to be relatively overweight in the tech sector over the long term? I would suggest -- particularly for younger investors -- that it is not. In fact, staying slightly overweight in the tech sector could prove to be a millionaire-making move. Here's why. Large investments in the tech sector have paid off Let's compare the relative performance across four index-linked ETFs: The Invesco QQQ Trust Series I, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust , the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF , and the iShares Russell 2000 ETF . QQQ Total Return Level data by YCharts. As you can see, over the last five years, the Invesco fund has significantly outperformed the other funds with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.5%. What's more, the difference is even more pronounced if we examine the last 15 years -- starting with the end of the Great Recession bear market, which occurred in March 2009. QQQ Total Return Level data by YCharts. Indeed, $50,000 invested in the Invesco fund in March 2009 would have grown to over $1 million today. In comparison, the same amount, invested on the same day, would have grown to only $560,000 in the S&P 500 fund, $454,000 in the Dow fund, and less than $386,000 in the Russell fund. The lesson? Even with near-perfect timing and very similar index-linked ETF funds, there is an enormous amount of difference in performance among these funds -- and the tech-heavy Invesco fund has proven to be the best. All that said, there is no guarantee that the Invesco fund will continue its outperformance. After all, there were periods, such as the dot-com bubble of 2001-2003, where tech stocks severely underperformed the broader market. However, even with that turbulent period included, the Invesco fund has ever-so-slightly exceeded the performance of its major index rivals since the start of this century. QQQ Total Return Level data by YCharts. No investment is a sure thing, but index-linked ETFs are about as close as you can find . They offer investors a broad range of stocks and have a proven track record of delivering real returns over decades. Moreover, the tech-heavy nature of the Invesco fund offers investors a realistic chance to outperform the market, given the high growth and solid profitability of many of its major components. Investors looking for a smart and simple way to grow their portfolio to over $1 million should consider the Invesco fund.A nationwide analysis of 2,376,300 Medicare beneficiaries with peripheral artery disease (PAD) revealed significant racial and geographic disparities in treatment, disproportionately affecting Black Americans. Conducted between 2018 and 2022, this study, presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2024 , found that disparities in amputation rates varied widely across states, underscoring geographical differences in PAD treatment inequities. “There was not any correlation between revascularization and the [Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)] index, but a modest correlation between major amputation rates and SVI. That suggests that the SVI reflects socioeconomic and demographic factors like poverty and minority status,” Birgit Vogel, MD, the director of academic affairs at the Center for Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told HCPLive. “We think that community-level risk could impact these patterns of major amputation.” In the analysis, Black patients experienced markedly higher rates of major amputations compared to White patients in every U.S. state (3.0% vs. 0.9%; P Busy team tipping the scales in favor of safety on Region highways
Andy Murray (left), Novak Djokovic [Source: Reuters] Retired tennis great Andy Murray has agreed to join Novak Djokovic’s team and will coach him at the Australian Open next year, the Serbian 24-times Grand Slam champion said. Briton Murray retired after this year’s Olympics in Paris where Djokovic won the gold medal. The two 37-year-olds, both former world number ones, played each other 36 times, with Djokovic winning 25 matches on the ATP Tour. Djokovic won nine of his 24 Grand Slams with Goran Ivanisevic as his coach but the Croatian left his team in March. Djokovic did not win a major this year and has slipped to seventh in the world rankings. He will be targeting a record-extending 11th Australian Open crown when the first major of the year begins on Jan. 12.Mutual of America Capital Management LLC cut its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF ( NYSEARCA:IJR – Free Report ) by 17.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,183 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,509 shares during the quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $3,062,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 98.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 17,112,936 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,825,266,000 after acquiring an additional 8,492,105 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 8,742.1% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,545,682 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $180,783,000 after purchasing an additional 1,528,201 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 3.4% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,903,124 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,723,730,000 after purchasing an additional 1,149,045 shares during the period. Venturi Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 15,751.5% in the third quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 828,874 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,945,000 after purchasing an additional 823,645 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. grew its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 180.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. now owns 904,478 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,472,000 after purchasing an additional 581,689 shares during the period. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Price Performance NYSEARCA IJR opened at $125.03 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $90.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.95 and a beta of 1.16. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $95.20 and a 1-year high of $126.72. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $117.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $112.94. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Company Profile iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of publicly traded securities in the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding IJR? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF ( NYSEARCA:IJR – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Rookie Bucky Irving relishes opportunity to help Buccaneers any way he can against skidding Raiders
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — RJ Johnson scored 23 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, Daylen Berry added two clutch free throws and Charleston Southern surprised Miami 83-79 on Saturday. The Buccaneers led for the last four minutes of the first half and deep into the second half before a 3-pointer from Austin Swartz gave Miami a 76-75 lead with 3 minutes left in the game. A three-point play by Lynn Kidd gave the Hurricanes a 79-75 lead with 2:11 remaining. Berry hit a 3-pointer to make it 79-78 and Johnson followed with a 3 that gave the Buccaneers an 81-79 lead. Kidd missed in the paint for Miami but came up with a steal a few seconds later. With 15 seconds left, Swartz missed a 3-pointer and the Buccaneers rebounded. Miami put Berry on the line and he made both free throws for a four-point lead with 11 seconds remaining. Miami's Jalen Blackmon missed a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left, the Hurricanes' A.J. Staton-McCray grabbed the rebound and he missed a 3 as time ran out. Taje Kelly had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for the Buccaneers (2-7), who snapped a five-game losing streak and defeated a Division I opponent for the first-time this season. Thompson Camara made five 3-pointers and scored 21. Brandon Johnson made six 3-pointers and scored 23 for Miami (3-4). Swartz scored 15 points off the bench and Staton-McCray had 13 points. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballGiants will try to snap a 7-game losing streak when they host the Saints
PDP govs, stakeholders committed to restoring hope, Gov Mutfwang assures NigeriansPublished 12:00 am Monday, December 30, 2024 By Guest Columnist The death of cursive handwriting reared its ugly head during the recent presidential election. Since 2010, according to Yahoo News, many states have dropped cursive writing from their curricula as they shifted to Common Core State Standards for English. As a result, many Gen Z Americans lack a distinctive cursive signature, which posed a problem for Gen Z voters who used mail-in ballots last month. Since officials had great difficulty matching Gen Z mail-in-ballot signatures to the signatures the government had on file for them, many of their ballots were tossed. This problem has renewed interest in the cursive debate. As it goes, the origin of cursive dates back centuries. It was the result of technological innovations in writing — inkwells and quill pens made from goose feathers. Since the ink dripped when you lifted the quill from the paper, it made sense to connect letters and words together in one flowing line — and cursive writing was born. My mother and father were taught to master cursive in the 1940s. Both mastered incredibly elegant handwriting. I grew up in the 1970s, the era of Bic ballpoint pens. Such pens didn’t leak and, technically, didn’t re quire cursive writing. But the good nuns of St. Germaine Catholic School made us master it anyway. They’d be horrified to see the chicken scratch I write now, though I have an excuse. I am a product of the electronic era. I do all my writing on a computer. I’ve become very fast at keying-in my thoughts. When I write by hand, though, I am so agitated by the slowness, I rush it along. My dad joked that I should have been a doctor! In any event, with such modern technological innovations, some argue that cursive is no longer needed and is also costly and time-consuming to teach. Curses to that, say others. More than a decade ago, Katie Zezima argued in The New York Times that if people are not taught cursive, they’ll be more at risk of forgery; printing in block letters is much easier to replicate. And the development of fine motor skills will be thwarted, she added. Besides, she asked, how will people unfamiliar with cursive read important documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution? To be sure, it has become such a growing problem that the government is spending taxpayer money to transcribe historical cursive documents, so that Gen Z can read them. I’m certainly a proponent of moving forward with innovation. I’m able to run a communications and video-production business from anywhere on Earth without any need for cursive handwriting. Then again, I wonder that in our eagerness to advance, we tossed out the baby with the bath water. The mail-in-ballot issue certainly should make us see the need for distinct cursive signatures, but there’s a human element to keeping cursive, too. One of my most prized possessions is a letter written by my father’s father in 1924 consoling a woman whose mother had just died. He wrote the letter when he was 21. I was given the letter in 1997 by the son of the woman my grandfather wrote the letter to. I was struck by how similar my grandfather’s writing style was to my father’s — how similar his writing style was to mine — and I was moved by the beauty and artfulness of his signature. I can’t imagine a world in which letters written in cursive are no longer left behind for future generations to cherish. See Tom Purcell’s syndicated column, humor books and funny videos featuring his dog, Thurber, at TomPurcell.com. Email him at Tom@TomPurcell.com.Amazon doubles down on AI startup Anthropic with another $4 billion
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