Diehard Giants fan Joe Becker of Endicott, N.Y., brought a sign to Sunday’s Giants home finale that pleaded for the tank to continue: “Dear Giants, Please Don’t Score for Shedeur ,” Becker demanded, with his eyes on the No. 1 overall pick in April’s NFL Draft and Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders. But Brian Daboll’s team refused to heed the advice. Drew Lock threw for 309 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for a fifth score. Malik Nabers racked up 171 receiving yards and two TDs. The Giants beat the shockingly uninspired Indianapolis Colts, 45-33, to snap a franchise-record 10-game losing streak and record their first home victory (1-8) in their final game at MetLife Stadium. And in the process, the Giants (3-13) threw their draft position into jeopardy, potentially costing themselves the chance to select their QB of the future in the spring, where Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward will await as the top two prospects on the board. They might have also gotten the Colts (8-8) staff fired. Indianapolis GM Chris Ballard, coach Shane Steichen and defensive coordinator Gus Bradley have a lot of explaining to do after they lost to the worst team in the NFL with a playoff berth on the line, getting eliminated in the process. The Giants, who finished 1-8 at home this season, have one game remaining in Philadelphia in Week 18 against the Eagles and old friend Saquon Barkley , who crossed the 2,000-yard rushing mark in Sunday’s blowout win over the Dallas Cowboys. Barkley might sit out the regular season finale with the NFC East wrapped up depending on other results the rest of the weekend. For now, the Giants finally got a win on Sunday by scoring a season-high 45 points. It was the first time they scored 30 or more this season and the first time they scored 40 points since 2019. It also marked more points (45) than they had scored in their previous three games combined (32). There was some discord late in the second half on the sideline with corner Adoree Jackson throwing his helmet and yelling at teammate Jason Pinnock after Joe Flacco ’s second touchdown pass cut the Giants’ lead to 35-33 with 6:38 remaining in the fourth quarter. But Lock drove the Giants downfield with Wan’Dale Robinson ’s help and finished it off with a 5-yard rushing TD to seal it, along with help from a Dru Phillips interception. Ihmir Smith-Marsette ’s 100-yard kick return touchdown at the start of the third quarter carried the Giants’ first half momentum into the second. Colts running back Jonathan Taylor answered with his second touchdown of the game immediately and Alec Pierce caught a Flacco TD to draw within 28-26 in the early fourth quarter. But Nabers broke the game back open with a 59-yard catch and run TD as the Colts’ Kenny Moore and Samuel Womack showed little interest in tackling. The Giants avoided becoming the first winless Giants team at home since 1974. They led at halftime on Sunday, 21-13, for the first time since their Week 3 win in Cleveland on Sept. 22. Lock completed 7-of-8 passes for 153 yards and three touchdown passes in the first half alone: one score each to Nabers (31 yards), Darius Slayton (32 yards) and Robinson (five yards). Nabers racked up 103 receiving yards and a TD on four catches in the first half against a Bradley-helmed Colts defense that looked uninterested in tackling or covering. With Sunday’s production, Nabers and fifth-round back Tyrone Tracy Jr. became the third rookie duo in NFL history to each have 1,000-plus yards from scrimmage in a season. Tracy crossed the threshold with the help of a 40-yard run to set up Nabers’ first quarter score. The only other rookie duos to cross 1,000 yards each in NFL history are the 2006 Saints’ Reggie Bush and Marques Colston and the 1960 Dallas Texans’ Abner Haynes and Johnny Robinson. Safety Dane Belton’s interception of Flacco at the Giants’ 6-yard line set a competitive tone on the game’s opening drive despite the Colts marching straight down the field prior. And Robinson’s touchdown catch with 5:55 to play in the half put the Giants up a commanding 21-6. Steichen went for a 4th and 5 at the Giants’ 8 yard line and converted on a Kylen Granson 6-yard catch with 1:07 remaining, though, to set up a Taylor 3-yard TD run with 23 seconds left. That cut the Giants’ lead to 21-13, their first halftime lead since their 21-7 advantage over the Browns in Week 3. It marked only their third lead at half all season, including their 12-9 advantage in a Week 2 loss at Washington.The incident involving Country Garden has raised questions about the overall governance and practices within the real estate industry in China. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of strict oversight and enforcement of regulations to ensure fair competition and protect the interests of consumers.mega zeros 。

Title: BBC: Heading Linked to Player's Brain Disease at 3.5 Times the Rate of Normal Population, Retired Players Demand Compensation from FAVANCOUVER — Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police case loads, said an officer who works for the RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit in British Columbia. Data show the problem spiked during COVID-19 when children began spending more time online — but rates did not wane as police anticipated after lockdowns ended. In B.C., they soared, almost quadrupling from 2021 to 2023. Const. Solana Pare is now warning exploitation of children is likely here to stay, as a technological race between police and predators gains momentum. “Technology is becoming more and more available, and online platforms and social media sites are being used by children younger and younger, which provides an opportunity for predators to connect with them,” Pare said in an interview. Police say child exploitation cases in B.C. went from about 4,600 in 2021 to 9,600 in 2022 to 15,920 reports last year. The upwards trend is seen nationally, too. Statistics Canada says the rate of online child sexual exploitation reported to police rose by 58 per cent from 2019 to 2022, and police data show cases have continued to rise. The RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre reported that from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024, it received 118,162 reports of suspected online child sexual exploitation offences — a 15 per cent increase compared with the previous year. Online child sexual exploitation, Pare explained, includes offences such as sextortion, child luring and the creation or distribution of sexually explicit images of a minor. “We don’t see these types of reports going away,” Pare said. “We only see them increasing because the use of electronic devices and social media, and kids being online earlier and earlier is becoming more common. There’s going to be more opportunity for predators to target children online.” Monique St. Germain, general counsel for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, said the most common type of child luring is communicating with a youth online in order get them to produce sexual abuse material. She said “the pandemic accelerated those types of cases, and it hasn’t slowed down.” “The tools (Canadian authorities) have to deal with this type of behaviour are inadequate for the scope and the scale of what’s going on,” she said. Online exploitation gained international attention in 2015 in the case of Port Coquitlam, B.C., teenager, Amanda Todd, who died by suicide after being blackmailed and harassed online by a man for years, starting when she was 12. The month before the 15-year-old died, she uploaded a nine-minute video using a series of flash cards detailing the abuse she experienced by the stranger and how it had affected her life. It’s been viewed millions of times. Dutch national Aydin Coban was extradited to Canada for trial and, in October 2022, he was convicted of charges including the extortion and harassment of Todd. Since then, the term “sextortion” has made its way into the vernacular as more cases come to light. Among them was Carson Cleland, a 12-year-old Prince George, B.C., boy who died by suicide in October 2023 after falling victim to the crime. In New Brunswick that same month, 16-year-old William Doiron took his own life after falling victim to a global sextortion scheme. Mounties across Canada have issued news releases warning of increased cases in their communities, noting that the consequences for the victims can include self-harm and suicide. St. Germain said technology, such as artificial intelligence, is also becoming more user-friendly. “The existence of that technology and its ease of use and ready accessibility is a problem, and it is going to be an increasingly large problem as we move forward,” she said. Pare said police are also adapting to technological advancements in order to keep up with the ever-changing online landscape. “Police are constantly obtaining training on digital technologies to increase our knowledge and understanding of all the intricacies involving their use and how to capture any digital evidence,” she said. Pare said the true rates of the crime are impossible to determine, but pointed to increased social awareness and legislation across North America around mandatory reporting of child abuse material from social media companies as a potential reason for the increase. It’s not going undetected any longer, she said. “Additionally, there’s been a lot of use in artificial intelligence to detect child exploitation materials within those platforms.” Pare said “it’s up to each individual platform” to ensure there is no child sexual abuse material on their sites or apps. “With mandatory reporting, it’s putting the onus back on the electronic service providers to ensure they have measures in place to prevent this from happening, and if it is happening that it is being reported,” she said. “That being said, there are times when things don’t get located.” That is why the Canadian Centre for Child Protection has been advocating for the adoption of the Online Harms Bill that the federal government introduced in February, St. Germain said. “It’s shocking that up until now, we’ve relied on companies to self regulate, meaning we’ve just relied on them to do the right thing,” she said. “What we are seeing in terms of the number of offences and in terms of all the harm that is happening in society as a result of online platforms is completely tied to the decision not to regulate. We need to have rules in any sector, and this sector is no different.” The Online Harms Bill covers seven types of harms, from non-consensual sharing of intimate images to content that can be used to bully a child. Earlier this month, Justice Minister Arif Virani announced the Liberal government will split the bill into two parts: dealing with keeping children safe online, and combating predators and issues related to revenge pornography. “We are putting our emphasis and prioritization and our time and efforts on the first portion of the bill,” Virani told reporters on Dec. 5. Such measures would include a new Digital Safety Commission of Canada, which would compel social media companies to outline how they plan to reduce the risks their platforms pose to users, particularly minors. It would have the power to levy fines and evaluate companies’ digital safety plans. St. Germain said such a split “makes sense,” noting that most objections to the bill are related to changes to the Criminal Code and not measures around curbing harms to children. “There obviously are differences of opinion in terms of what is the best way forward, and what kind of regulatory approach makes sense, and who should the regulator be, but there does seem to be consensus on the idea that we need to do more in terms of protecting children online,” she said, adding that the organization is still in support of the second half of the bill. She said the United Kingdom previously passed its own Online Safety Act that will come into effect in 2025, which includes requiring social media firms to protect children from content such as self-harm material, pornography and violent content. Failure to do so will result in fines. “Canada is really behind,” she said. “The amount of information that has come out of the U.K., the amount of time and care and attention that their legislatures have paid to this issue is really quite remarkable, and we really hope that Canada steps up and does something for Canadian children soon.” In the absence of national legislation, province’s have filled the void. In January, B.C. enacted the Intimate Images Protection Act, providing a path for victims to have online photos, videos or deep fakes expeditiously removed. Individuals are fined up to $500 per day and websites up to $5,000 a day if they don’t comply with orders to stop distributing images that are posted without consent. B.C.’s Ministry of the Attorney General said that as of Dec. 11, the Civil Resolution Tribunal had received a total of 199 disputes under the Intimate Images Protection Act. It said the Intimate Images Protection Service had served more than 240 clients impacted by the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, adding that four awards of $5,000 each and one for $3,000 had been supplied as of mid-December. Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta and Saskatchewan have also enacted legislation targeting unauthorized distribution of intimate images. St. Germain said the use of provincial powers is also necessary, but it’s not enough. “A piece of provincial legislation is going to be very difficult to be effective against multiple actors in multiple countries,” she said, noting that the online crime is borderless. “We need something bigger — more comprehensive. We need to use all tools in the tool box.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 29, 2024. Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian PressJalon Moore led No. 12 Oklahoma with 22 points in an 89-67 home win against pesky Prairie View A&M in Norman on Sunday. Jeremiah Fears scored 19 points and Duke Miles added 17 for the Sooners, who are 13-0 for the fourth time in program history and the first time since the 1987-88 season. Tanahj Pettway led PVAMU with 22 points while Marcel Bryant added 14. Braelon Bush and Jordan Tillmon each chipped in 11 points for PVAMU (1-13) which played without leading scorer Nick Anderson (18.9 points per game). The Sooners finally pulled away from the determined Panthers with 5:20 left on a 10-3 run that started when Sam Goodwin tipped in a rebound and was capped by a Glenn Taylor Jr. rebound for an 80-63 lead. A Kobe Elvis 3-pointer capped a game-closing 9-0 Sooners run. Pettway connected on a 3-pointer from the wing that gave the Panthers a 5-2 lead. PVAMU hung tight on a Bryant jumper that tied the game at 7. Even though they were short-handed, the Panthers' largest first-half deficit was only 11. A Pettway layup and his steal in the full-court press that led to Bryant's turnaround jumper in the lane as the Panthers closed within 34-30. PVAMU's rally prompted an Oklahoma timeout after which Miles drilled a 3-pointer to kick off a half-closing 9-2 spurt for a 43-32 halftime lead. Braelon Bush's 3-pointer pulled the Panthers within 58-50 with 11:17 left in the game. It was the Panthers' 12th straight nonconference road game. PVAMU returns to its home court Saturday against Grambling. Oklahoma kicks off its first season in the SEC at No. 5 Alabama on Saturday. --Field Level Media

The UK is at risk of a drastic slowdown in its transition to electric cars because of big disparities in the availability and cost of charging points, especially in poorer areas, a report says. The study, by the consultancy Stonehaven, argues that given rapid advances in batteries and car range, persuading more people to move to electric vehicles is now less an issue of technology than one of “urban management and social equity”. It cites London, which has the UK’s highest usage of electric cars, as an example of what the report’s authors call a lack of coherent strategy over on-street charging points, which are left to individual councils to install. This has led to huge variations in provision, with one London borough, Harrow, having 63 charging points, compared with nearly 2,700 in another, Westminster. The report says the evidence points towards such infrastructure being disproportionately available to people in richer areas, and less so to those who would be more likely to benefit from being able to use an electric vehicle. The study, taking another example from London, says the two outer boroughs of Bexley and Havering have a combined 14,000 people who work in the transport and storage industries, and there are just 260 public chargers between them. By contrast, in the more central borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 3,000 people have such jobs and there are more than 2,600 chargers. It notes, however, that public charging is only part of the challenge, given how much more expensive this tends to be than charging an electric car at home – between six and 10 times more costly, the report calculates. It is illegal to run a cable along a pavement, meaning the only people who can use domestic charging are those with driveways or other off-street parking. Even if people do flout the law and use a cable from their home, this depends on them being able to park directly outside. Those able to charge a car from their domestic power can use specific electric car night-time tariffs, which can be as low as 7p/kWh. In contrast, public chargers cost 50p-75p/kWh, a higher cost-per-mile than petrol, the report says. Adding to the disparity is the 20% VAT charged for this, while home charging has a 5% rate. “High-income owner-occupiers working in geographically stable jobs can get to the benefits of electric vehicles more easily, whilst people living in inner-city areas, earning lower wages or without access to a driveway are all at a disadvantage,” the authors note. “This creates challenges both for the speed of electric take-up, and wider social fairness.” The report says the impact of this is already being felt. The governmental programme of subsidies for electric vehicles has encouraged a large take-up, with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) raising its forecasts for usage three times between 2019 and 2021. However, the study says this “generation one” rollout is slowing. With a lack of available and affordable charging for wider use, sales have lagged behind expectations. The report says that while it is too early to offer specific policy recommendations, the government needs to focus urgently on how to provide easily available and affordable charging points. “While generation one of EV policy proved electric vehicles could work, it made no systematic effort to deal with the situations where take-up was harder,” it says. “The challenge for policymakers has changed. It is no longer a matter of making the first electric cars succeed. Instead it is about making the average car electric, in a way that is simple and persuasive to average households.” A Department for Transport spokesperson said the government was making good progress with public charging points, with the UK-wide total having increased by 40% over the past year to more than 72,000. They added: “We’re also providing over £2.3bn to support industry and drivers make the switch, and our measures are working, with electric vehicles making up one in four of all cars sold this November.”In the end, the Fearless Contract Ant eSports National Challenge Cup was not just a tournament, but a testament to the power of passion, skill, and teamwork in the world of competitive gaming. It was a moment to remember, a moment to cherish, and a moment that will forever be etched in the memories of all who experienced it. The Fearless Contract Ant eSports team had proven themselves to be true champions, and their victory will stand as a beacon of inspiration for years to come.

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