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Thanksgiving Weekend Sports Guide: Your roadmap to NFL matchups, other games, times, oddsEmbark on an Epic Journey: A.K. Gilbert Launches Gods and Men: A Dream of Fire and Blood 12-12-2024 12:18 AM CET | Associations & Organizations Press release from: ABNewswire A.K. Gilbert Step into a realm where gods shape destinies, mortals fight for power, and the battle for the future unfolds in fire and blood. A.K. Gilbert's highly anticipated debut novel, Gods and Men: A Dream of Fire and Blood , promises to captivate fantasy enthusiasts with its intricate world-building, unforgettable characters, and an epic narrative. This first installment in the Gods and Men series is set to redefine the fantasy genre. The Kingdom of Rockrist teeters on the brink of war. As the aging King Adric Rodric nears abdication, rival noble houses vie for the throne, their ambitions fueled by ancient grudges and whispered prophecies. Among them, the Cobergs, Lumarians, and Falwells face off against the backdrop of an impending invasion by the forces of Azgarton. Leading the charge is High King Rana Falwell, a warrior hailed as the "Child of Light" reborn, who seeks to restore his family's claim to Rockrist's throne. Yet his path is fraught with betrayal, rebellion, and his own dark secrets. Opposing him is Lady Beatrice Lumarian, a fierce young noblewoman wielding the legendary power of her ancestors. Torn between duty and desire, Beatrice must navigate the dangerous web of alliances and rivalries to reclaim her family's lost honor. From castle intrigues to bloody battlefields, Gods and Men invites readers to immerse themselves in a world where the line between gods and mortals blurs, and every choice carries the weight of destiny. With richly drawn characters, complex political dynamics, and the resurgence of divine powers, Gods and Men is a story of ambition, betrayal, and redemption. Gilbert blends the majesty of Tolkien's Middle-earth with the raw intensity of George R.R. Martin's Westeros , creating a tapestry of vivid settings, clashing ideologies, and mythic proportions. The novel is the perfect choice for readers who crave sweeping epics with layered storytelling, sharp dialogue, and morally complex heroes and villains. From fiery duels in castle courtyards to shadowy dealings in the halls of power, Gods and Men delivers an unrelenting journey into a world on the brink of revolution. Gods and Men explores timeless themes: * Legacy and Power: The struggle between generations to uphold-or redefine-their family's legacy. * Fate vs. Free Will: How ancient prophecies shape and challenge those who seek to defy their destiny. * The Human and the Divine: The consequences of gods meddling in mortal affairs, and the price mortals pay for divine ambition. These themes resonate against a backdrop of lush, evocative settings-from the emerald isles of Lumaria to the towering cliffs of Coberg Crest and the fiery deserts of Azgarton. Readers will be swept into: * A vast world teeming with lore, legends, and carefully crafted histories. * Memorable characters like Lord Kasten Coberg, High King Rana Falwell, and Lady Beatrice Lumarian, whose destinies intertwine in unexpected ways. * A heart-pounding narrative filled with shocking betrayals, brutal battles, and epic moments of triumph and loss. With stunning prose and a story that crescendos to an unforgettable finale, Gods and Men: A Dream of Fire and Blood is poised to be a breakout hit. A.K. Gilbert is an emerging voice in epic fantasy. Inspired by the greats of the genre and a lifelong fascination with mythology and medieval history, Gilbert spent years crafting the immersive world of Gods and Men . Gods and Men: A Dream of Fire and Blood delivers the perfect blend of myth, intrigue, and action for fans of George R.R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, and J.R.R. Tolkien. This is more than a story-it's a legend in the making. https://a.co/d/3WqRhuL Media Contact Company Name: Book Writing Pioneer Contact Person: A.K. Gilbert Email:Send Email [ https://www.abnewswire.com/email_contact_us.php?pr=embark-on-an-epic-journey-ak-gilbert-launches-gods-and-men-a-dream-of-fire-and-blood ] City: Richlands State: Virginia Country: United States Website: https://bookwritingpioneer.com/ This release was published on openPR.
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Former President Jimmy Carter , the 39th president of the United States, was honored by multiple lawmakers on social media following the news of his death on Sunday afternoon. Carter’s death, confirmed by his son Chip Carter and shortly after by the Carter Center , comes just under three months after the former president celebrated his 100th birthday . The death of the former president, the nation’s only Georgian to hold the position, was preceded by the death of his wife, Rosalynn Carter , who died in November 2023. JIMMY CARTER TURNS 100: SNAPSHOTS OF HIS LIFE BREAKING - Former President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 Sunday. DETAILS: https://t.co/z08s3SIhO7 pic.twitter.com/J8FFIHBpUt — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) “Today, I join Americans across the country in mourning the loss of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter,” Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) posted on X. “Born in a small town in Georgia, President Carter’s dedication to public service, leadership, humanitarian work, and Christian spirit touched the lives of countless individuals.” Today, I join Americans across the country in mourning the loss of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter. Born in a small town in Georgia, President Carter’s dedication to public service, leadership, humanitarian work, and Christian spirit touched the lives of countless individuals.... pic.twitter.com/ri6LuUCBXl — Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) Shortly after Carter’s death was announced, the Empire State Building in New York City announced it would be illuminated in red, white, and blue lights to honor the former president. Tonight we will shine in Red White and Blue to honor the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter 📷: captiv_8/IG pic.twitter.com/xIksQuUp68 — Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) Suzanne and I join our nation to mourn the passing of Jimmy Carter, a devoted public servant and 39th President. He served our country in the Navy, as a Georgia state senator, and as the Governor of Georgia. We are praying for the Carter family during this difficult time. His... — Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia. pic.twitter.com/aqYmcE9tXi — The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) We pray for the peace of the Lord to be with former President Jimmy Carter and his family. We are deeply grateful for his years of sacrifice, including his tireless work building homes through Habitat for Humanity and his dedication to supporting the incarcerated. We also honor... — Lt. Governor of Virginia - Winsome Earle-Sears (@WinsomeSears) We disagreed on many issues and how he ran our country, but his humanity is undeniable. Prayers for his family, and may God grant him mercy. Rest in peace, President Jimmy Carter. 🕊️ — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) Rest in peace, President Jimmy Carter. May you be welcomed into the arms of Jesus in heaven. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family at this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/rNTSxiMBfe — Kari Lake (@KariLake) CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Carter’s presidency , lasting only one-term from 1977 through 1981, was set back by numerous foreign policy events like the Iranian hostage crisis. Despite this, the former president received increased popularity following his time in the White House, specifically for his work with the housing nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity. The former president’s political career started in 1963 as a Georgia state senator, in which he ran on the platform of racial inclusion and integration. Prior to politics, Carter was a Naval Academy graduate, in which he served from his graduation in 1946 until 1953.NEW YORK , Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. [NYSE: AWF] (the "Fund") today released its monthly portfolio update as of October 31, 2024 . AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. Top 10 Fixed-Income Holdings Portfolio % 1) U.S. Treasury Notes 2.25%, 02/15/27 1.06 % 2) CCO Holdings 4.50%, 08/15/30 - 06/01/33 0.78 % 3) CCO Holdings 4.75%, 02/01/32 0.62 % 4) Dominican Republic Intl Bond 8.625%, 04/20/27 0.60 % 5) Royal Caribbean Cruises 5.50%, 08/31/26 - 04/01/28 0.53 % 6) AMMC CLO 25 Ltd. 11.406%, 04/15/35 0.51 % 7) DaVita, Inc. 4.625%, 06/01/30 0.45 % 8) Altice France SA 5.125%, 01/15/29 - 07/15/29 0.43 % 9) Allied Universal Holdco/Allied Universal Finance Corp. 4.625%, 06/01/28 0.43 % 10) Palmer Square CLO Ltd. 11.068%, 01/15/35 0.42 % Investment Type Portfolio % Corporates - Non-Investment Grade Industrial Consumer Non-Cyclical 7.47 % Energy 7.21 % Communications - Media 6.49 % Capital Goods 4.78 % Basic 4.53 % Consumer Cyclical - Other 3.67 % Consumer Cyclical - Retailers 3.42 % Communications - Telecommunications 3.31 % Services 3.09 % Consumer Cyclical - Automotive 2.39 % Technology 2.07 % Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment 1.75 % Transportation - Services 1.35 % Transportation - Airlines 0.89 % Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants 0.52 % Other Industrial 0.44 % SUBTOTAL 53.38 % Credit Default Swaps 14.46 % Financial Institutions Finance 2.11 % Brokerage 1.16 % REITs 1.12 % Insurance 0.96 % Other Finance 0.57 % Banking 0.50 % SUBTOTAL 6.42 % Utility Electric 1.12 % Natural Gas 0.06 % SUBTOTAL 1.18 % SUBTOTAL 75.44 % Corporates - Investment Grade Industrial Communications - Media 1.36 % Energy 1.24 % Consumer Cyclical - Automotive 0.79 % Consumer Cyclical - Other 0.71 % Basic 0.67 % Consumer Non-Cyclical 0.46 % Capital Goods 0.42 % Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment 0.31 % Consumer Cyclical - Retailers 0.29 % Transportation - Services 0.22 % Transportation - Airlines 0.18 % Other Industrial 0.05 % Services 0.03 % Technology 0.03 % Transportation - Railroads 0.03 % SUBTOTAL 6.79 % Financial Institutions Banking 3.99 % Insurance 1.00 % Finance 0.65 % REITs 0.37 % Brokerage 0.17 % SUBTOTAL 6.18 % Utility Electric 1.45 % Other Utility 0.05 % SUBTOTAL 1.50 % SUBTOTAL 14.47 % Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds Industrial Basic 1.87 % Energy 1.14 % Consumer Cyclical - Other 0.97 % Consumer Non-Cyclical 0.76 % Capital Goods 0.23 % Communications - Telecommunications 0.20 % Consumer Cyclical - Retailers 0.14 % Communications - Media 0.09 % Transportation - Services 0.07 % Other Industrial 0.03 % Consumer Cyclical - Automotive 0.02 % Services 0.02 % SUBTOTAL 5.54 % Utility Electric 0.42 % Other Utility 0.07 % SUBTOTAL 0.49 % Financial Institutions Banking 0.12 % SUBTOTAL 0.12 % SUBTOTAL 6.15 % Interest Rate Futures 3.44 % Bank Loans Industrial Consumer Non-Cyclical 0.85 % Technology 0.52 % Communications - Media 0.44 % Communications - Telecommunications 0.39 % Transportation - Airlines 0.23 % Capital Goods 0.21 % Energy 0.15 % Consumer Cyclical - Retailers 0.05 % Other Industrial 0.05 % Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants 0.02 % SUBTOTAL 2.91 % Financial Institutions Insurance 0.32 % Finance 0.02 % SUBTOTAL 0.34 % SUBTOTAL 3.25 % Collateralized Loan Obligations CLO - Floating Rate 3.17 % SUBTOTAL 3.17 % Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Risk Share Floating Rate 1.57 % Non-Agency Fixed Rate 0.31 % Non-Agency Floating Rate 0.29 % Agency Fixed Rate 0.22 % SUBTOTAL 2.39 % Emerging Markets - Sovereigns 2.35 % U.S. Govt & Agency Securities 1.63 % Quasi-Sovereigns Quasi-Sovereign Bonds 1.21 % SUBTOTAL 1.21 % Local Governments - US Municipal Bonds 0.39 % Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS 0.36 % SUBTOTAL 0.36 % Asset-Backed Securities Other ABS - Floating Rate 0.24 % Autos - Fixed Rate 0.08 % SUBTOTAL 0.32 % Inflation-Linked Securities 0.22 % Common Stocks 0.13 % Preferred Stocks Industrials 0.09 % SUBTOTAL 0.09 % Forward Currency Exchange Contracts Currency Instruments -0.01 % SUBTOTAL -0.01 % EM Government Agencies -0.60 % Reverse Repurchase Agreements -0.90 % Cash & Cash Equivalents Funds and Investment Trusts 1.78 % Cash 1.54 % SUBTOTAL 3.32 % Derivative Offsets Futures Offsets -3.47 % Swap Offsets -13.35 % SUBTOTAL -16.82 % TOTAL 100.00 % Country Breakdown Portfolio % United States 67.52 % United Kingdom 3.23 % Canada 2.44 % France 2.33 % Germany 1.63 % Brazil 1.47 % Colombia 1.36 % Mexico 1.32 % Spain 1.25 % Italy 1.22 % Luxembourg 1.13 % India 0.97 % Dominican Republic 0.86 % Israel 0.83 % Chile 0.78 % Australia 0.68 % South Africa 0.68 % China 0.61 % Peru 0.58 % Nigeria 0.53 % Hong Kong 0.52 % Macau 0.51 % Netherlands 0.51 % Puerto Rico 0.38 % Turkey 0.38 % Kazakhstan 0.36 % Angola 0.32 % Finland 0.32 % Switzerland 0.31 % Ireland 0.30 % Indonesia 0.25 % Jersey (Channel Islands) 0.25 % Egypt 0.24 % Panama 0.21 % Slovenia 0.21 % Norway 0.19 % Romania 0.19 % Zambia 0.17 % Ukraine 0.16 % El Salvador 0.12 % Guatemala 0.12 % Azerbaijan 0.11 % Ecuador 0.10 % Malaysia 0.08 % Cayman Islands 0.07 % Japan 0.07 % Jamaica 0.05 % United Republic of Tanzania 0.05 % Argentina 0.04 % Czech Republic 0.04 % Kuwait 0.04 % Morocco 0.04 % Serbia 0.03 % Uzbekistan 0.03 % Trinidad and Tobago 0.02 % Cash & Cash Equivalents 1.79 % Total Investments 100.00 % Net Currency Exposure Breakdown Portfolio % US Dollar 100.09 % Canadian Dollar 0.19 % Pound Sterling 0.10 % Dominican Peso 0.07 % Norwegian Krone 0.02 % Brazilian Real 0.01 % Indonesian Rupiah 0.01 % Australian Dollar -0.01 % Chinese Yuan Renminbi (Offshore) -0.01 % Czech Koruna -0.01 % Colombian Peso -0.12 % Euro -0.34 % Total Net Assets 100.00 % Credit Rating Portfolio % AAA 1.34 % AA 0.24 % A 1.14 % BBB 15.55 % BB 45.83 % B 22.37 % CCC 7.57 % CC 0.18 % D 0.02 % Not Rated 2.77 % Short Term Investments 1.78 % Reverse Repurchase Agreements -0.90 % N/A 2.11 % Total 100.00 % Bonds by Maturity Portfolio % Less than 1 Year 7.20 % 1 To 5 Years 63.03 % 5 To 10 Years 25.25 % 10 To 20 Years 2.27 % 20 To 30 Years 1.65 % More than 30 Years 0.47 % Other 0.13 % Total Net Assets 100.00 % Portfolio Statistics: Average Coupon: 7.34 % Average Bond Price: 96.09 Percentage of Leverage(based on gross assets): Bank Borrowing: 0.00 % Investment Operations:* 15.10 % Preferred Stock: 0.00 % Tender Option Bonds: 0.00 % VMTP Shares: 0.00 % VRDP Shares: 0.00 % Total Fund Leverage: 15.10 % Average Maturity: 4.89 Years Effective Duration: 3.13 Years Total Net Assets: $978.89 Million Net Asset Value: $11.35 Total Number of Holdings: 1,252 Portfolio Turnover: 45.00 % * Investment Operations may include the use of certain portfolio management techniques such as credit default swaps, dollar rolls, negative cash, reverse repurchase agreements and when-issued securities. The foregoing portfolio characteristics are as of the date indicated and can be expected to change. The Fund is a closed-end U.S.-registered management investment company advised by AllianceBernstein L. P. View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alliancebernstein-global-high-income-fund-inc-releases-monthly-portfolio-update-302315656.html SOURCE AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc.
David MacNaughton has some unsettling news for the Trudeau government that hired him to be Canada’s ambassador in Washington: “This is not 2015, or even 2021.” Justin Trudeau famously explained on the steps of Rideau Hall why he created a balanced gender cabinet. “Because it’s 2015,” he said. His advisers explained he was articulating a consensus that was already happening but that had not been made explicit. It has been a long time since the prime minister articulated any kind of consensus, and MacNaughton expressed his concern that the government has to shift gears in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all Canada’s exports to the U.S. “We’ve got to get our heads removed from whatever parts of our body they’re in. This is an existential threat,” MacNaughton said. “We are going through an industrial revolution globally that will mean substantial changes in trading patterns and historical alliances. If we think we can continue doing what we’re doing, we’re going to find out we can’t. I’m all in favour of inclusion as long as it’s not inclusive poverty.” MacNaughton was ambassador during the first Trump administration and proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time: an experienced political operator who could speak the language of business and be the focal point in Washington for Team Canada. He said in an interview this week that Canadians need to understand that this country cannot win a trade war with the U.S. and so should mute all threats of retaliation. Trudeau did not make any mention of retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday, unlike Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum , who said her government would hit back with reciprocal duties if Trump followed through. “We can plan for contingencies in the background,” MacNaughton said. The former ambassador said the way through the fog of Trump’s tariff threats is to focus on what the president-elect cares most about: defence, security and the prosperity of the United States. “We need to be doing outreach and talking about what they want to talk about” on Republican-watched platforms like Fox News, he said. MacNaughton said he was contacted this week by U.S. cable news outlet, Newsmax, based in Palm Beach, Fla., seeking an interview. “I said: ‘Absolutely’. There could have been someone sitting watching in Mar-A-Lago (Trump’s resort and primary residence in Florida).” He suggested that Trudeau appoint one minister to be the point person with the incoming administration, ending the current confusion, where three or four ministers appear to be competing for the limelight. On defence, MacNaughton scoffed at the idea that Canada can afford to wait until 2032 to meet its NATO spending obligations. “What are we doing six months from now, 12 months from now?” he said. “How can we step up, particularly in the Arctic? So many things that we could do have a common purpose (with the U.S.).” He pointed to the collaboration on building icebreakers struck by Canada, the U.S. and Finland last summer. “Can we do more of that?” On security, MacNaughton said it is in the interests of both countries to stem the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants. Trump did not offer any targets or suggest any specific actions that would avert tariffs, but the situation on the northern border is not out of control. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Tuesday that Canada is considering giving the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP more resources , including drones and helicopters to police the border. MacNaughton pointed to areas of mutual benefit that Canada has with the U.S. when it comes to critical-minerals production, agriculture and energy. “What can we do to help build prosperity?” he said. The U.S. military is already funding mining initiatives in Canada to supply critical minerals for electric vehicle batteries and weapons systems. “Keystone XL pipeline is another thing.” (Trump has said he wants to revive the project). “Crude from the oilsands is really important to the Gulf Coast refineries,” said MacNaughton. There have been suggestions that Canada could even increase its exports to displace heavy Venezuelan imports, which are likely to be subject to scrutiny by the incoming administration. MacNaughton said Canada has demonstrated good faith with the Americans by matching 100-per-cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles . He said he was in Washington two weeks ago and his U.S. contacts there had taken note of Canada’s move. While the imposition of tariffs looked like a concession to the White House, it was also a clear win for Canadian autoworkers whose jobs would have been threatened by a flood of cheap Chinese imports. The secret of surviving Trump’s second administration will be to make the inevitable compromises and concessions as painless as possible, with the hope that they produce a return further down the road. “It’s not rocket science but will require a degree of discipline, focus and collaboration” with provinces, labour unions and business groups, MacNaughton said. jivison@criffel.ca Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what’s really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here .Jimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency of anyone to hold the office, and one of the most active. Here is a look back at his life. 1924 — Jimmy Carter was born on Oct. 1 to Earl and Lillian Carter in the small town of Plains, Georgia. 1928 — Earl Carter bought a 350-acre farm 3 miles from Plains in the tiny community of Archery. The Carter family lived in a house on the farm without running water or electricity. 1941 — He graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. 1942 — He transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. 1943 — Carter’s boyhood dream of being in the Navy becomes a reality as he is appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 1946 — He received his naval commission and on July 7 married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia. 1946-1952 — Carter’s three sons are born, Jack in 1947, Chip in 1950 and Jeff in 1952. 1962-66 — Carter is elected to the Georgia State Senate and serves two terms. 1953 — Carter’s father died and he cut his naval career short to save the family farm. Due to a limited income, Jimmy, Rosalynn and their three sons moved into Public Housing Apartment 9A in Plains. 1966 — He ran for governor, but lost. 1967 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s fourth child, Amy, is born. 1971 — He ran for governor again and won the election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on Jan. 12. 1974 — Carter announced his candidacy for president. 1976 — Carter was elected 39th president on Nov. 2, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. 1978 — U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. President Carter negotiates and mediates an accord between Egypt and Israel at Camp David. 1979 — The Department of Education is formed. Iranian radicals overrun the U.S. Embassy and seize American hostages. The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty is signed. 1980 — On March 21, Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow. A rescue attempt to get American hostages out of Iran is unsuccessful. Carter was defeated in his bid for a second term as president by Ronald Reagan in November. 1981 — President Carter continues to negotiate the release of the American hostages in Iran. Minutes before his term as president is over, the hostages are released. 1982 — Carter became a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center. The nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. 1984 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes, until 2020. He also taught Sunday school in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains from the mid-’80s until 2020. 2002 — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 2015 — Carter announced in August he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. 2016 — He said in March that he no longer needed cancer treatment. 2024 — Carter dies at 100 years old. Sources: Cartercenter.org, Plains Historical Preservation Trust, The Associated Press; The Brookings Institution; U.S. Navy; WhiteHouse.gov, Gallup
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 25, 2024-- Astera Labs (Nasdaq: ALAB), a global leader in semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for AI and cloud infrastructure, today announced its participation in the following financial conferences: Webcasts of these sessions will be available on Astera Labs’ investor relations website at https://ir.asteralabs.com About Astera Labs Astera Labs is a global leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions that unlock the full potential of AI and cloud infrastructure. Our Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates PCIe®, CXL®, and Ethernet semiconductor-based solutions and the COSMOS software suite of system management and optimization tools to deliver a software-defined architecture that is both scalable and customizable. Inspired by trusted relationships with hyperscalers and the data center ecosystem, we are an innovation leader delivering products that are flexible and interoperable. Discover how we are transforming modern data-driven applications at www.asteralabs.com . View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241125320690/en/ CONTACT: IR CONTACT: Leslie Green leslie.green@asteralabs.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA NEW YORK ARIZONA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SEMICONDUCTOR DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HARDWARE SOURCE: Astera Labs Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 11/25/2024 04:05 PM/DISC: 11/25/2024 04:05 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241125320690/en
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail on Wednesday as he awaits a May sex trafficking trial by a judge who cited evidence showing him to be a serious risk of witness tampering and proof that he has violated regulations in jail. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian made the decision in a written ruling following a bail hearing last week, when lawyers for the hip-hop mogul argued that a $50 million bail package they proposed would be sufficient to ensure Combs doesn’t flee and doesn’t try to intimidate prospective trial witnesses. Two other judges previously had been persuaded by prosecutors’ arguments that the Bad Boy Records founder was a danger to the community if he is not behind bars. Lawyers did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on the decision. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he coerced and abused women for years, aided by associates and employees. An indictment alleges that he silenced victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings. A federal appeals court judge last month denied Combs’ immediate release while a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan considers his bail request. Prosecutors have insisted that no bail conditions would be sufficient to protect the public and prevent the “I'll Be Missing You” singer from fleeing. They say that even in a federal lockup in Brooklyn, Combs has orchestrated social media campaigns designed to influence prospective jurors and tried to publicly leak materials he thinks can help his case. They say he also has contacted potential witnesses through third parties. Lawyers for Combs say any alleged sexual abuse described in the indictment occurred during consensual relations between adults and that new evidence refutes allegations that Combs used his “power and prestige” to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers known as “Freak Offs.” Larry Neumeister, The Associated PressSEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks rode their dominant defense to a big win over a division rival to vault into first place in the NFC West. No, it isn’t 2013. These are the 2024 Seahawks, who, after struggling mightily against the run earlier this season, held the visiting Arizona Cardinals to 49 rushing yards in Sunday's 16-6 victory . The defensive line kept Kyler Murray under consistent pressure thanks to a dominant performance from Leonard Williams, the secondary flew around to smack away passes, and safety Coby Bryant scored on a 69-yard pick-6. Sunday's defensive performance was reminiscent of the Seahawks of a decade ago and a promising sign that first-year coach Mike Macdonald’s system is starting to click. Macdonald, who coordinated Baltimore's NFL-best defense last year, was leading one of the worst rush defenses in the league earlier this season. But Seattle consistently stuffed the Cardinals, who came in as the fifth-best running team in the league at 149.4 yards per game. “Three games in a row now we played pretty decent on defense,” Macdonald said. “There is an expectation and standard here throughout the course of our Seahawks history that we’re trying to live up to and build on. So that’s the idea.” At 6-5, the Seahawks drew even with the Cardinals in the tightly bunched division. The teams play each other again in two weeks at Arizona. Last month's trade for linebacker Ernest Jones IV has clearly paid off. Seattle hasn't allowed a running back to rush for more than 79 yards since its Week 8 loss to Buffalo, which was Jones' first game in a Seahawks uniform. He has led the team in tackles in every game he's played and has helped resurrect the run defense. The Seahawks' run game continues to underperform. Seattle got 65 yards on the ground Sunday, with the Cardinals holding Kenneth Walker III to 41 yards on 16 attempts. Zach Charbonnet had 22 yards on six carries. Walker hasn’t topped 100 yards since Week 1. Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb needs to think of something different to get the running backs involved. Williams single-handedly disrupted the Cardinals with 2 1/2 sacks, four quarterback hits, three tackles for loss and one pass defensed. “I thought he was dominant,” Macdonald said. “I knew he played great and then I looked at the stat line and he played out of his mind.” The Seahawks finished with five sacks, seven quarterback hits, five tackles for loss and six pass deflections against the Cardinals, shutting down a team that had averaged 29.3 points over its previous three games. Geno Smith finished with 254 yards passing and a touchdown, but he threw another momentum-stalling interception. Smith was picked off on a third-and-6 play on the Arizona 18-yard line at the start of the fourth quarter, ending an 11-play, 73-yard drive. Smith has an NFL-most 12 interceptions this season, more than in either of his previous two seasons as the Seahawks' full-time starter. “That was a huge drive for us. ... Obviously made a terrible mistake down there, something I got to clean up,” Smith said. “But it was a big drive. We wanted to put the game ahead at least two scores.” The offensive line has contributed to the problem. Guard Anthony Bradford left with an ankle injury, and the line struggled to protect Smith, who was sacked five times. Macdonald said Bradford is expected to miss next week's game. 77 — Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the team with six catches for 77 yards and a touchdown, marking the fourth consecutive game that Smith-Njigba has led the team in receptions. He topped 100 yards receiving in the previous two games. “He’s getting open,” Smith said. “He’s catching the ball. He’s doing a great job in the screen game. All-around great player. I just think the way that teams are playing us coverage-wise, I feel like it’s the ultimate sign of respect.” The Seahawks play at the struggling New York Jets on Sunday. 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He’s really blubbering. A dolphin living in isolation in the Baltic Sea seems to be talking to himself, according to new research in the journal “Bioacoustics.” The marine mammal , nicknamed Delle by locals near the island of Funen in Denmark, has been sighted in solitary confinement around the area since 2019. Researchers began to use underwater recording devices on Delle, a bottlenose dolphin who lives out of the social species’ typical range, to see how his solo presence affected porpoises near the harbor. However, contrary to the notion that Delle would be quiet under the circumstances, “we found the dolphin to be highly vocal,” according to the paper. “I thought we might pick up a few distant whistles or something along those lines,” biologist and University of Southern Denmark researcher Olga Filatova told Live Science . “I certainly didn’t anticipate recording thousands of different sounds.” Just over three months, from December 2022 to February 2023, 10,833 different sounds were detected. Several noises — like whistles, clicking and burst pulsing — are associated with communication. “Bottlenose dolphins have what are known as signature whistles, believed to be unique to each individual, much like a name,” Filatova said. “If we hadn’t known that Delle was alone, we might have concluded that a group of at least three dolphins was engaged in various social interactions.” The team even thought Delle was trying to speak with a local paddleboarder, but that was ruled out — as was the idea he was sending an SOS to any potential pods in the region. Filatova likened Delle’s cries potentially to that of “much like how we sometimes laugh when we read something funny, even if no one else is around to hear.”
On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Carter —sporting a bushy haircut and a wide necktie—invited dignitaries and reporters onto the roof of the White House to watch the installation of thirty-two solar water-heating panels. “A generation from now,” he told them, “this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be just a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people.” A generation later, one of those panels showed up in a private museum in the offices of an entrepreneur named Huang Ming, in the city of Dezhou, China. In the spring of 2010, I interviewed Ming, who was building a vast fortune by installing pretty much the same solar water heaters across the country. If you’re flying into a Chinese city, look down and you might see one of the devices on every other roof; even back then there were places where ninety-five per cent of homes sported a panel. Ming had built a truly remarkable headquarters—the so-called Sun-Moon Mansion looked like something out of “The Jetsons,” with two sweeping horseshoes of solar panels that resembled the rings of Saturn cut in half. Ming described Carter as a visionary, and shook his head a little ruefully at the path America hadn’t followed. That path—well, it’s truly painful to look back on it now, from the vantage point of an Earth where the poles are melting fast, where Africa may be losing fifteen per cent a year of its G.D.P. per capita because of the effects of warming, and where a senior climate adviser for the current President recently said that we now need “a transformation of the global economy on a size and scale that’s never occurred in human history” to “create a livable future for ourselves and our children.” Jimmy Carter, who was elected in 1976, wasn’t focussed on global warming, though advisers were beginning to warn him about it. Even without the existential impetus of climate change, though, struggling to stay politically afloat during the geopolitical crises that came with the twin oil shocks of the seventies—one caused by OPEC ’s embargo, the other largely by the Iranian Revolution—he sensed how high the stakes really were. The energy crisis, he told Americans early on, using adult language that it’s impossible to imagine an American President using today, was a reminder that “ours is the most wasteful nation on earth.” By 1979, gas-station lines were causing alarm in suburbia, and knocking the edge off his popularity. But, instead of simply drilling more oil wells (America was just a decade removed from the Santa Barbara oil spill and the first Earth Day), he treated the trouble as an opportunity. “All the legislation in the world can’t fix what is wrong with America,” he said. “Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption.” It was time to act on the realization that “owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning . . . that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.” That world view—the very thing Carter has been lauded for in retrospect, amid images of him building houses for the poor, teaching Sunday school, and holding hands with Rosalynn, his beloved wife of seventy-seven years, in the same modest house in which they lived for decades, until her death, in November—was less popular politically. Not unpopular: with a few weeks to go until the 1980 election, he was still well ahead in the polls, before a late surge from Ronald Reagan ended his political career. But not popular enough: that election was the hinge point in our national political life, when we turned our back on the idea of America as a group project that we’d been pursuing since F.D.R. , and instead embraced the vision that government was the problem, that markets took care of all ills, that our job was to look after our own individual selves. Reagan had no qualms about drilling everywhere: the price of gas dropped, cars turned into S.U.V.s, and we started driving the Earth toward the edge of the cliff. It wasn’t just noble sentiments that Carter offered in the leadup to the 1980 election, however. In fact, in the wake of the oil shocks, his main policy proposal was for solar power. His main domestic-policy adviser, Stuart Eizenstat, told him that “a strong solar message and program will be important in trying to counter the hopelessness which polls are showing the public feels about energy. . . . I’m quite convinced Congress and the American people want a Manhattan-type project on alternative energy development.” Carter agreed and started proposing measures designed to make sure that, by the year 2000, a fifth of the country’s energy would come from solar power. He called for spending a hundred million dollars in fiscal year 1980 to create a solar bank. He asked for additional hundreds of millions to fund solar projects and research, and offered a billion dollars in tax credits to homeowners who wanted to put panels on their roofs or install wind-energy systems. He declared May 3, 1978, to be Sun Day, and delivered a speech (in a driving rain—he was characteristically unlucky) from a federal solar-research facility in Golden, Colorado. “The question is no longer whether solar energy works,” he said. “We know it works. The only question is how to cut costs so that solar power can be used more widely and so that it will set a cap on rising oil prices.” He continued, “Nobody can embargo sunlight. No cartel controls the sun. Its energy will not run out. It will not pollute the air. It will not poison our waters. It’s free from stench and smog. The sun’s power needs only to be collected, stored, and used.” Carter was correct. Had we embarked on an enormous project of solar research then and there, we could have cut the costs of renewable energy far faster than we did. There was no single technological breakthrough that finally lowered the cost of solar power below that of fossil fuel in the past decade, just a long series of iterative improvements that could have come much faster had we worked with the vigor of, say, the Manhattan Project. Instead, Reagan immediately cut the budget for solar research by eighty-five per cent and did away with the tax credit for solar panels, decimating the infant industry. His national-security adviser, Richard Allen, told Reagan about a book denigrating solar energy, whose author had claimed that it was “little more than a continuation of the political wars of a decade ago by other means. . . . Where salvation was once to be gotten from the Revolution, now it will come from everyone’s best friend, that great and simplistic cure of all energy ills, the sun.” The culture war against clean energy had begun. And the solar panels on the White House came down. According to the Washington Post , the founder of the company that installed the panels said that Donald T. Regan, Reagan’s chief of staff, called them a “joke.” They rested for a while in a federal warehouse in Virginia, but most were eventually rescued by a small, environmentally minded school in rural Maine, Unity College, where for many years they supplied hot water to the cafeteria. That’s where I found them in 2010; the college handed over one of them, and with three Unity students and a professor I drove south to Washington, D.C., intending to give it to the Obama Administration. (It was also Unity that gave the panel to Ming; he accepted it on behalf of the Chinese people.) It was a splendid road trip: with the group 350.org (which I co-founded), we held rallies along the way, in Boston, New York, and Baltimore, and at each stop we used gallons of water to show that after three decades the panel still worked fine. Our hope was that, if President Barack Obama put it back on the roof, it would mark a symbolic closing of the circle, and would refire interest in the technology. But it turned out the Administration wasn’t interested—a trio of what the Times Green blog called “midlevel White House officials” met with our delegation in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, and refused to accept the gift. They wouldn’t really explain why, which left the students in tears and me with steam coming unproductively out of my ears. Looking back, though, it’s clear why Obama at that moment did not want much to do with anything so closely associated with Carter. Obama was a deep student of political history, and he knew far better than most how crucial that 1980 election had been; the country had chosen to head in a new direction, and that direction still held, though he was doing all he could to soften its edges and sand its corners. (In 2014, his Administration did, in fact, install solar panels on the White House.) Here’s how he put it a few years later, in perhaps the best summation of the past forty years of our political life: “Through Clinton and even through how I thought about these issueswhen I first came into office, I think there was a residualwillingness to accept the political constraints that we’d inheritedfrom the post-Reagan era—that you had to be careful about being toobold on some of these issues. And probably there was an embrace ofmarket solutions to a whole host of problems that wasn’t entirelyjustified.” Only recently, in the Biden Administration, has a President really tried to shrug off that embrace, and with some success. Joe Biden—who was the first senator to endorse Jimmy Carter in his 1976 run for the White House—tried to throw the weight of the federal government behind clean energy, seeking to get us back to work on that group project of building a working society and a working planet. He’s opened the plants and cut the ribbons that Jimmy Carter might have opened and cut in his second term. That we waited forty years means that our planet will be, at the very least, deeply damaged. But Biden’s effort was by far the greatest tribute anyone could pay to the thirty-ninth President. ♦ New Yorker Favorites The best performances of 2024. A professor claimed to be Native American. Did she know she wasn’t ? Kanye West bought an architectural treasure—then gave it a violent remix . Why so many people are going “ no contact ” with their parents. Ina Garten and the age of abundance . How a homegrown teen gang punctured the image of an upscale community . 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