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When The President Is A Criminal, Should His Appointees’ Backgrounds Matter?AUSTON Trusty has revealed how the impromptu Huddle which the Celtic players formed during their Champions League encounter with Club Brugge tonight gave them the wake-up call they needed and helped to spark their fightback. And the centre-half revealed that he and his team mates had all let Cameron Carter-Vickers know they were firmly behind him after the own goal he scored to give the visitors the lead in the league phase match at Parkhead. The Scottish champions' players come together as a team to listen to a pep talk from their captain Callum McGregor before kick-off in every game – but this evening they did so immediately after their opponents had gone ahead for the first time ever. However, Trusty, the United States internationalist who moved to Glasgow from Sheffield United in a £6m transfer during the summer, felt that it helped the hosts, who equalised through Daizen Maeda in the second half and drew the match 1-1, to regroup. “They are clearly a good side,” he said. “We didn't start off as strong, as fast as we normally do, so they kind of got on top of us in the first half. But in the second half we changed things and we saw how the game shifted into our favour. “We just weren't playing in our character in the first half, so I think we all felt it. Sometimes you need that little huddle to wake everybody up and say, ‘Okay, what's happened has happened, now we can move on from it’. So that was a moment for us to make some changes and get some momentum back in the game." Asked what the message to Carter-Vickers had been, Trusty said: “We have his back. I don't think any defender, any player, wants that to happen to him. But, you know, sometimes it's part of football . I've had own goals as well, so it's one where you need a team mate to get your back. “The game happened so fast, so I'm not in that position. I'm looking away, I'm also looking, I'm trying to find my next pass as well. So I have to go back and watch it. But either way, he made the decision and we have his back. “So I went over to him, made sure his head was up. With all of us, he knows that we have his back. You don't want to make mistakes, but you feel fine to make mistakes, because you know your team mates have your back. “I haven't been here for the whole time he's been here, but I don't think anybody would try to do that or let that happen. But we bounced back. He showed his character and also the team showed its character. We bounced back and the game went on and we had plenty of life left in it.” Trusty also revealed the Celtic players had been angry that they failed to beat Brugge and pick up another three Champions League points when they returned to their dressing room at full-time – even though the draw kept them in the top 24 of the table and on course for the knockout round play-off. “I've been in locker rooms when you get away from this kind of game and guys are excited,” he said. “But you go back in the locker room tonight and see guys p****d off and really, really upset and that shows a lot of the character that’s in the team. “We weren't happy with how we played in the first half, but we thought that we should have won this game and it was a real opportunity for us, not just to get one point but to get three points. Obviously, you take the point, but it's good to see that guys are angry going into the locker room and sitting there just quiet. “That's the level we play at and that's the level of the team. When we train, it’s the same level. We have to keep it that way because if you make a mistake, you may do something and you get punished. Even in training, it’s just as intense as the games, if not more intense. “We train that way and that's the level we're at and I think we've shown that we have the quality and we can play with any team and we back ourselves. We're confident and the team's confident. We know our ability and we've shown to you guys but also shown to ourselves that we're here. So we’re in good shape.”
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for violations that included taking bets on unauthorized events, and on games that had already ended. In information made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It also levied $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting technology company Kambi. According to documents released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball game between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the game had already concluded with a UNC victory. Kambi told the enforcement division that a trader had failed to manually remove that game from its betting markets, saying it had stopped receiving messages from its own sports data provider due to a network connectivity error. Kambi said it has updated its guidelines and retrained its traders to prevent a recurrence. Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no immediate comment Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021. In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were already known. Kambi told the division it experienced a connectivity issue that allowed the bets to be accepted after the games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to address the situation was blacked out in documents released by the division. A month earlier Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on a Professional Golf Association match after the event had already begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a newly hired trader failed to enter the correct closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor underwent retraining. DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events including Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the money to customers after being directed to do so by the state. In this case, Kambi told the division it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not catch the error, either. In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly enabled the events for wagering without conditions required by the state, the division said. In Feb. 2022, the division said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific players but did not give the state specific information on what information was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later voided and refunded to customers. Follow Wayne Parry on X at www.twitter.com/WayneParryAC
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's President was banned Monday from travelling abroad, the justice ministry said, less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing . Yoon sent special forces and helicopters to parliament on the night of December 3 before lawmakers forced him to rescind the order by rejecting his decree. The unpopular leader narrowly survived an impeachment motion in parliament Saturday even as huge crowds braved freezing temperatures to call for his ouster. Despite remaining in office, a clutch of investigations has been closing in on Yoon and his close allies, including a probe for alleged insurrection. The ministry of justice confirmed on Monday that Yoon had become the first sitting South Korean president to be banned from leaving the country. A lawmaker was asked at a Monday parliamentary hearing whether Yoon had been banned from international travel. "Yes, that's right," replied Bae Sang-up, an immigration services commissioner at the ministry. Also under travel bans for their roles in last week's events are former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun -- currently in detention -- and ex-interior minister Lee Sang-min. General Park An-su, the officer in charge of the martial law operation, and defense counterintelligence commander Yeo In-hyung are also barred from leaving South Korea. Investigators hauled Park in for further questioning Monday, and Yonhap news agency reported that prosecutors had asked for a warrant for Kim's formal arrest. The impeachment push failed to pass after members of Yoon's own People Power Party (PPP) walked out of parliament, depriving it of the necessary two-thirds majority. The PPP says that in exchange, the 63-year-old Yoon has agreed to hand power to the prime minister and party chief, prompting howls of protest from the opposition. "This is an unlawful, unconstitutional act of a second insurrection and a second coup," Democratic Party floor leader Park Chan-dae said. Under South Korea's constitution, the president remains head of government and commander in chief of the army unless he or she is incapacitated, resigns or steps down. In such a case, power would then be handed to the prime minister on an interim basis until elections could be held. Claiming Yoon can remain in office but has delegated his powers to the prime minister and leader of his ruling PPP -- who is not an elected official -- is "a blatant constitutional violation with no legal basis", Park said. "Their attitude of placing themselves above the constitution mirrors that of insurrectionist Yoon Suk Yeol," he said. South Korea's ally the United States indicated it would still deal with Yoon but said it "will keep lines of communication open with all relevant parties". "President Yoon is the president of Korea, and the political process in Korea will play out, as it should, under Korea's laws and Korea's constitution," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. The defense ministry confirmed Monday that the embattled Yoon still oversees the country's security apparatus, despite the apparent power vacuum in a country that remains technically at war with nuclear-armed North Korea. "Legally, (control of military forces) currently lies with the commander in chief," defense ministry spokesperson Jeon Ha-kyou said. Yoon has apologised for "anxiety and inconvenience" caused by his declaration of martial law but has not stepped down, saying instead he would entrust decisions about his fate to his party. He also said he would accept all political and legal responsibility for the martial law fiasco. There is no constitutional basis supporting the ruling party's claim that Yoon can stay in office but hand over his power to unelected party officials, said Kim Hae-won, a constitutional law professor at Pusan National University Law School. "It seems to resemble an unconstitutional soft coup," he told AFP. "If there are issues with the president, there are ways laid out in the constitution such as suspending the president from his duties, and then move on to proceedings set out in the constitution, such as impeachment," he said. The opposition has already said they would try again to impeach Yoon, with leader Lee Jae-myung saying another vote would be held Saturday.Future of Vertical Steam Sterilizers Market: Analysis and Leadership by Yamato Scientific, Matachana, Steelco, PRIMUS Sterilizer, Tuttnauer, Biobase, Steris, Shinva
Hidalgo leads No. 6 Notre Dame over JuJu Watkins and third-ranked USC 74-61 in big matchup out WestUCF will attempt to shake off a dreadful offensive performance when it collides with LSU on Sunday afternoon in the third-place game of the Greenbrier Tip-Off in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The Knights (4-1) couldn't get anything going against No. 19 Wisconsin on Friday, going 21-for-62 from the field (33.9 percent) and just 2-for-17 from 3-point range (11.8 percent) en route to an 86-70 loss. Jordan Ivy-Curry finished with 13 points while Keyshawn Hall and Dior Johnson added 11 apiece for UCF, which never led and fell behind by as many as 23. Knights coach Johnny Dawkins is hoping that his team's struggles don't carry over into the meeting with the Tigers (4-1). "We have to do better offensively," Dawkins said. "We have to space the floor better. We have to balance our offense between our perimeter and our bigs. Those are things that we didn't do consistently (on Friday)." LSU also needs to clean things up after committing 15 turnovers in a 74-63 setback against Pitt on Friday. Tigers forward Jalen Reed doesn't believe giving the ball away will be a lingering issue. "I feel like a lot of our turnovers were more on us than them," Reed said. "I feel like a lot of the turnovers were careless, but we're a better team than that and I feel like we'll take care of the ball better moving forward." Reed and Vyctorius Miller each posted 14 points in the loss to the Panthers, with Reed also hauling in seven rebounds. Cam Carter chipped in 11 points. Carter is putting up a team-leading 16.4 points per game. Jordan Sears (12.0 points per game), Reed (11.0) and Miller (10.2) also have scoring averages in double figures. Ivy-Curry (16.8 points per game), Hall (16.2) and Darius Johnson (13.0) have been leading the way for UCF. Sunday marks the first-ever meeting between the Knights and Tigers. --Field Level MediaChavis Building & Renovation Services: A Rising Star in Home Remodeling in Toledo, Ohio
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 04 December 2024 – The Director General of Health, Aiono Dr. Alec Ekeroma is suing the Samoa National Provident Fund (SNPF) and the Samoa Observer newspaper for divulging confidential customers’ loan information. “I suspect that a member of the Parliament Finance Committee requested information from SNPF through the committee and the latter was not legally or duly bound to release that information,” said Aiono. Aiono believes a Parliamentary Committee member “leaked” the information to the Samoa Observer for “political reasons and malice.” He is also considering suing the individual or individuals involved. Aiono’s health clinic was among six businesses that were approved major investment loans from SNPF which drew public criticisms when the information and details were published in the newspaper.Burt died over the weekend, the Crocosaurus Cove reptile aquarium in Darwin, Australia, said. He was at least 90 years old. “Known for his independent nature, Burt was a confirmed bachelor – an attitude he made clear during his earlier years at a crocodile farm,” Crocosaurus Cove wrote in social media posts. The aquarium added: “He wasn’t just a crocodile, he was a force of nature and a reminder of the power and majesty of these incredible creatures. While his personality could be challenging, it was also what made him so memorable and beloved by those who worked with him and the thousands who visited him over the years.” A saltwater crocodile, Burt was estimated to be more than 16 feet long. He was captured in the 1980s in the Reynolds River and became one of the most well-known crocodiles in the world, according to Crocosaurus Cove. The 1986 film stars Paul Hogan as the rugged crocodile hunter Mick Dundee. In the movie, American Sue Charlton, played by actress Linda Kozlowski, goes to fill her canteen in a watering hole when she is attacked by a crocodile before being saved by Dundee. Burt is briefly shown lunging out of the water. But the creature shown in more detail as Dundee saves the day is apparently something else. The Internet Movie Database says the film made a mistake by depicting an American alligator, which has a blunter snout. The Australian aquarium where Burt had lived since 2008 features a Cage of Death which it says is the nation’s only crocodile dive. It said it planned to honour Burt’s legacy with a commemorative sign “celebrating his extraordinary life and the stories and interactions he shared throughout his time at the park”.
Qatar tribune DPA Seoul South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has banned President Yoon Suk Yeol from leaving the country, as the country’s political crisis deepens. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday that the reason for the travel ban is the ongoing investigation against Yoon on suspicion of high treason. Yoon unexpectedly imposed martial law on his country last Tuesday night and hours later, after massive political resistance, repealed the order. On Saturday evening, a motion by the opposition to impeach the president in parliament failed. However, public pressure against the 63-year-old continues. Copy 10/12/2024 10Calculations intended to feel out the interactions between light and the material that produces it may inadvertently describe the photon's outline, revealing its shape in unprecedented detail. A new model, developed by physicists in the UK, provides a complete quantum description of the point at which light and matter engage, maintaining a picture of how that interaction continues to affect the particle as it zooms through a tangle of fields. "Our calculations enabled us to convert a seemingly insolvable problem into something that can be computed," says theoretical physicist Ben Yuen of the University of Birmingham. "And, almost as a byproduct of the model, we were able to produce this image of a photon, something that hasn't been seen before in physics." With properties of both a wave rippling through an intangible ocean, and a massless object zooming along at the limit of speed itself, the photon's dual nature challenges our imagination. Its existence is a riddle, something that can be represented with uncanny precision by the mathematics of probability but has no convenient analogy we can use to picture what that might look like in our world of shapes, sizes, and colors. Yet some of light's qualities may translate into something familiar. Within its quantum coding – known as its wave function – lie rules dictating the boundaries of the photon's influence on its environment. What we experience as the pale glow of a neon street sign or rays of sunshine on a summer's day are exchanges between atoms in the language of electromagnetism. As electrons shift in their orbits, they shout in corresponding units of energy known as photons. Improvements in our technological ability to constrain and guide this electromagnetic conversation have revealed incredible complexities in light's passage through a material Universe. This journey can no longer be understood as a one-way passage of energy from a point of emission to a destination; rather, its quantum nature preserves a kind of memory that continues to feed back along its path in what physicists called a non-Markovian dynamic . "The geometry and optical properties of the environment has profound consequences for how photons are emitted, including defining the photon's shape, color, and even how likely it is to exist," says University of Birmingham theoretical physicist Angela Demetriadou. To better understand these quantum rules of a photon's non-Markovian trip through time and matter, Yuen and Demetriadou developed a unique model that described the kind of open environment light would engage with immediately after being emitted by atoms in a nanoparticle of silicon. Not only did their ground-up theory appear to capture the propagation of light from its starting point with unprecedented precision, it found definition in the " noise " of interactions that accurately described gradients of intensity of the field surrounding quanta of light. As our desire for smaller, faster, more precise, and more sensitive technology increases, our need to accurately predict the quantum footprints photons leave in their wake will become increasingly important. "By understanding this, we set the foundations to be able to engineer light-matter interactions for future applications, such as better sensors, improved photovoltaic energy cells, or quantum computing ," says Yuen. This research was published in Physical Review Letters .
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AP Sports SummaryBrief at 6:39 p.m. ESTBurt died over the weekend, the Crocosaurus Cove reptile aquarium in Darwin, Australia, said. He was at least 90 years old. “Known for his independent nature, Burt was a confirmed bachelor – an attitude he made clear during his earlier years at a crocodile farm,” Crocosaurus Cove wrote in social media posts. The aquarium added: “He wasn’t just a crocodile, he was a force of nature and a reminder of the power and majesty of these incredible creatures. While his personality could be challenging, it was also what made him so memorable and beloved by those who worked with him and the thousands who visited him over the years.” A saltwater crocodile, Burt was estimated to be more than 16 feet long. He was captured in the 1980s in the Reynolds River and became one of the most well-known crocodiles in the world, according to Crocosaurus Cove. The 1986 film stars Paul Hogan as the rugged crocodile hunter Mick Dundee. In the movie, American Sue Charlton, played by actress Linda Kozlowski, goes to fill her canteen in a watering hole when she is attacked by a crocodile before being saved by Dundee. Burt is briefly shown lunging out of the water. But the creature shown in more detail as Dundee saves the day is apparently something else. The Internet Movie Database says the film made a mistake by depicting an American alligator, which has a blunter snout. The Australian aquarium where Burt had lived since 2008 features a Cage of Death which it says is the nation’s only crocodile dive. It said it planned to honour Burt’s legacy with a commemorative sign “celebrating his extraordinary life and the stories and interactions he shared throughout his time at the park”.
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