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Tait-Jones scores 21 as UC San Diego defeats James Madison 73-67Pullback causer vs. rally killer: How to spot the differenceHere, the PA news agency looks at the seven Grand Slam finals contested by the pair. Murray turned in a poor performance in Melbourne, failing at the third attempt to win a set in a Grand Slam final as Djokovic broke serve seven times and hit six aces to claim a comprehensive win 6-4 6-2 6-3. “You had an unbelievable tournament and deserved to win,” the Scot said in reference to his opponent. “I look forward to playing against you in the future.” It took five sets for Murray to claim his first Grand Slam title, becoming the first British man to achieve the feat since Fred Perry in 1936. The final clocked in at four hours and 54 minutes as Murray prevailed 7-6 (10) 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2 to end a wait of 287 tournaments in British male tennis for a victory. “I want to congratulate Andy on his first grand slam, he thoroughly deserves it,” said Djokovic. “I really tried my best. I gave it my all. It was a tremendous match.” Congrats @DjokerNole . Incredible athlete. Perfect gentleman. #ausopen — judy murray (@JudyMurray) January 27, 2013 Murray was dogged by injury in Melbourne with a heavily strapped right foot and a tight hamstring as Djokovic fought back from a set down to land a third consecutive Australian Open title, 6-7 (2) 7-6 (3) 6-3 6-2. “His record here is incredible,” said Murray. ”Very few people have managed to do what he has done, a deserved champion.” Murray ended a 77-year wait for a British men’s victory at Wimbledon by defeating his old foe 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in SW19, serving emphatically with nine aces and only two double faults to throw off the weight of history. The Scot had been 4-1 down in the second set as the match threatened to slip away from him and with it the chance to cement his place in tennis folklore, but having wasted three championship points he finally sealed the deal when Djokovic drove into the net with his final shot. A post shared by Novak Djokovic (@djokernole) Djokovic triumphed 7-6 (5) 6-7 (4) 6-3 6-0 and after the 24 matches and five grand slam finals the pair had played against each other across nine years, the Serb had established a 16-8 overall lead and 3-2 in slam finals. “Success is being happy,” said Murray. “It’s not about winning every single tournament you play, because that isn’t possible.” What a journey. Really grateful for everything. I'll keep working hard. Love is the key! pic.twitter.com/CrT7TYRL3O — Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) January 31, 2016 The Serb landed a fourth win over Murray in Australian Open finals and his 11th in 12 matches to land his 11th major title, whilst the Scot made it five consecutive final losses in Melbourne, a new record in the Open era. “I feel like I’ve been here before,” said Murray after a 6-1 7-5 7-6 (3) loss. “Congratulations Novak, six Australian Opens, an incredible feat, and incredible consistency the last year.” "This is something that’s so rare in tennis... it’s gonna take a long time for it to happen again" Andy to Novak ❤️ pic.twitter.com/LN7dW8ZJED — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2016 This was Murray’s first final at Roland Garros but it brought a familiar conclusion as Djokovic triumphed against him for the fifth time in seven Grand Slam finals. The 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 success was a first win for the Serb in Paris and saw him hold all four slams simultaneously. Murray went on to win Wimbledon the following month and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year but, addressing Djokovic in Paris, said: “This is his day today. What he’s achieved the last 12 months is phenomenal, winning all four of the grand slams in one year is an amazing achievement.”
Morning Briefing: Dec. 13, 2024Activist Ananym has a list of suggestions for Henry Schein. How the firm can help improve profitsEarlier this season, the Washington Commanders had one of the most improbable, lucky wins of the year. On Sunday, they may have had an even more unlucky loss, falling 34-26 to the Dallas Cowboys. The game was filled with all kinds of hijinks, but the most mind-bending plays of the day were saved for the final minute. First, trailing 27-20, the Commanders took possession of the ball on their own 14-yard line with 33 seconds to go and no timeouts. On the first play of the drive, Jayden Daniels found receiver Terry McLaurin for an 86-yard catch-and-run to make the score 27-26. That somehow marked the second time this season Washington scored a shocking touchdown in the final minute of a close game — reminiscent of the Hail Mary prayer Daniels threw in a 18-15 win over the Chicago Bears in late October. Except the Commanders still needed an extra point to tie the game Sunday. But after a mishandled snap by punter Tress Way, kicker Austin Seibert missed wide left — his second missed PAT of the day — meaning the Cowboys still led 27-26. Then, on the ensuing onside kick, Dallas recovered. But instead of going down on the ball and ending the game, Juanyeh Thomas returned the kick for a touchdown. That set up one final possession for Daniels and the Commanders, except this time his Hail Mary attempt was picked off short of the end zone. The final minute was a microcosm of a topsy-turvy affair. The two teams combined for two missed extra points, two kick return touchdowns, a blocked field goal, a blocked punt and two other missed field goals — the first time in NFL history all of those things happened in one game. The Cowboys’ first kick return touchdown alone was one of the more bizarre plays of the season, as KaVontae Turpin initially mishandled the kickoff inside his own five, before unleashing a spin move that set him free for a score. Few expected the game to be close let alone this thrilling. Dallas entered the matchup on a five-game losing streak, having scored only 16 points in their last two games combined. Quarterback Cooper Rush, however, had his best game of the season, completing 24 of 32 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns — his first two-touchdown game of the season. The Cowboys improved to 4-7 with the win. The Commanders, meanwhile, have lost three in a row after a 7-2 start to drop to 7-5. "We didn’t play our best. We didn’t play complementary football,” McLaurin said postgame. “When you’re playing division games, it’s going to come down to four quarters. We knew that going into the game. We didn’t underestimate them at all. ... We got to find a way to start faster and sustain drives. That’s everybody — the coaching staff and offensive players."
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Disagreements around strength of schedules across the Power Four college football conferences are dominating conversations as the College Football Playoff draws closer, and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey made his opinion clear on Thursday. The bulk of the discussion has centered around the nation's top teams that are fighting for a spot in the expanded 12-team playoff. Teams like No. 4 Penn State, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 9 Miami and No. 12 Boise State rank far behind other top teams out of the SEC in that metric. On one hand, those out of the Big Ten and ACC aren't responsible for the strength of their conference schedules. Those are made by conference leadership years in advance. Denny Simmons/The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK On the other hand, though, strength of schedule is one of the many things taken in consideration by the playoff committee. And according to Sankey, there is a clear trend within the metric. "Interesting to read analysis from others as they examine “strength of schedule” in college football," Sankey wrote. "It does seem there is a trend to be identified." Interesting to read analysis from others as they examine “strength of schedule” in college football...it does seem there is a trend to be identified... pic.twitter.com/pXSfxRMxvL Sankey's post on X included strength of schedule rankings among the top 15 teams, featuring listings from ESPN, Massey and Sagarin models. The SEC represents the first six spots, including Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Texas. BYU, Penn State, Oregon and Ohio State follow in order, while Miami, SMU, Notre Dame, Boise State and Indiana are listed at the bottom of the 15. While the Week 13 playoff rankings appear to have rewarded Big Ten programs over SEC powerhouses with much better strength of schedules, UGA head coach Kirby Smart said the committee values wins and losses above all. Four of the top five SEC teams have two losses, all to conference opponents. “I don’t think they value the Big Ten over the SEC," he said to the media on Tuesday. "I think they value wins and losses. And so they place people based on a column, a column of wins and a column of losses, not on the eye test of going to watch them play and see them and see who they played."
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The small modular nuclear reactor proposed by Appalachian Power on the James River in Campbell County, about 10 miles from Lynchburg, has received strong support from elected officials in central Virginia. At the recent “Pancakes and Policy” event sponsored by the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance, state Sen. Mark Peake, R-Lynchburg, said “thank goodness we have APCo.” Appalachian Power, a subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, estimates the SMR will need 140 people to run the plant once it begins operating. The project also is expected to create between 300 and 600 jobs during its construction phase. Del. Eric Zehr, R-Campbell, who represents the Joshua Falls area of Campbell County where the nuclear project would be located, and Del. Wendell Walker, R-Lynchburg, also have said they support Appalachian Power’s decision to move forward with the SMR project. “That’s going to be the future,” Walker said at the “Pancakes and Policy” event about SMR technology. If all goes as planned, the nuclear plant will be built on a portion of 670 acres along the James River that Appalachian Power has owned since 1977. Most of the acreage is located in Campbell County; 60 acres is located in Appomattox County. The site includes a 765-kilovolt substation and nearby roadways that can support moving the necessary equipment onsite. The Joshua Falls property is a short distance from where BWX Technologies and Framatome each have operations on Mt. Athos Road off U.S. 460. An SMR has yet to enter commercial operation in the U.S. In fact, the proposed SMR at Joshua Falls and others proposed across the U.S. are still many years away from coming online. Globally, there are only three operating SMRs: two in Russia and one in China. A fourth SMR is under construction in Argentina. AEP, owner of electric utility companies in 11 states, decided to choose Virginia for its first SMR because of projected increases in demand for electricity in the state. Electricity demand growth in Virginia in the coming years is likely to be driven by the construction of more data centers in the state. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts While elected officials in the Lynchburg area generally support the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the region, not all are in favor of how Appalachian Power plans to pay to develop it. During its 2024 session, the General Assembly passed a bill, HB 1491, that will allow Appalachian Power to seek approval from utility regulators at the State Corporation Commission in Richmond to charge customers for the costs of developing the SMR. Before the bill's final approval, Gov. Glenn Youngkin amended it by capping the annual cost recovery at $25 million and the total project development cost recovery at $125 million for Appalachian Power. The amendments were intended to address concerns about the bill's impact on ratepayers. The bill received strong bipartisan support, including from most elected officials in the Lynchburg area. Among its opponents was Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-11th District, who represents Amherst and Nelson counties. Deeds, who supports the use of nuclear power, especially due to its role in reducing carbon emissions, said he voted against the bill because he opposes passing on the risk of the SMR project to Appalachian Power's ratepayers instead of the company's shareholders. “The ratepayer is the taxpayer, and you’ve got to be very careful about the rates,” Deeds told The News & Advance. A similar bill, introduced by Sen. Dave Marsden, a Democrat from Northern Virginia, to allow Dominion Energy to request permission to recover SMR development cost also easily passed the General Assembly in the spring. SMRs might be small but they are not cheap. In 2023, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, a group of local electric utilities in the western U.S., agreed to terminate a project to build what would have been the first SMR project in the U.S. due to rising costs. At the time it was canceled, the project in Idaho, subsidized by U.S. taxpayers, would have cost an estimated $9 billion to build. Appalachian Power said it plans to seek a share of $900 million in U.S. Department of Energy grant funding for SMRs to help reduce the cost of the project for its Virginia customers. Walker said the development of SMRs will benefit ratepayers in the long term. “It may not happen right away. You've got to invest the money to build the product,” he said at an open house hosted by Appalachian Power in Lynchburg in early December. “But we're also very mindful of the ratepayers." Walker said he feels comfortable with the development cost of the SMR because it is “a smart and a wise investment, certainly something that's going to help take care of our future needs.”Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he was focusing on outlining his election pitch to help people with disabilities instead of dwelling on his encounter with a care worker in Cork. Mr Harris spoke to Charlotte Fallon, a disability worker with St Joseph’s Foundation, after a clip of an exchange between them on Friday went viral. RTE footage posted to the social media site X shows Mr Harris on a canvass in Kanturk when Ms Fallon tells the Taoiseach carers “were ignored” and the Government has “done nothing for us”. Mr Harris responds by saying: “No, not at all”, and “that’s not true”, several times before shaking her hand. When asked whether he thought the clip would overshadow the Fine Gael campaign, Mr Harris said people would vote for the best plan on offer. “I hope people like to see humility in politics and if you get something wrong, you come out and you own it,” he said. “I’m human, I make mistakes,” Simon Harris said. “But you know what I do when I make a mistake? I own it. “There’s been far too many occasions during general elections in this country and abroad where something goes wrong on the campaign trail and people dilly dally and debate for days. “You know what? I put my hands up. “I got it completely wrong. I was wrong, simple as. Spoke to Charlotte. “But much more importantly to me now, in my engagement with Charlotte and my engagement with people right across this country, it’s what I’m going to do for people with disabilities.” Asked about the encounter, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said that Ms Fallon had spoken “truth to power”. “The unfortunate thing is, in this case, power didn’t want to hear the truth, and that’s hugely, hugely problematic. “You hear all sorts of things out on the campaign trail, and I think a wise leader, a person who would wish to be taoiseach, listens and accepts that when somebody is telling you that your policies are hurting, hurting them, hurting the people that they represent and work for – you should hear that lesson. “If you’re not hearing that lesson, you’re not going to change your approach and in that meeting that happened in Kanturk, I think people just got a glimpse of actually what it would mean for Fine Gael to be back in government with Fianna Fail, because that’s their approach. “They don’t listen, they don’t respond, and they seem to think, astonishingly, that people ought to be grateful for their efforts, rather than hearing, reflecting and changing.”Chinese Air Force vs Indian Air Force: This week, China unveiled two fifth-generation fighter jets, sending shockwaves not just through India but also across the United States. Indian Air Force vs Chinese Air Force: Two months ago, Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh drew a comparison between the Indian and Chinese air forces. Speaking during a media interaction in October, Singh acknowledged that China has recently gained a technological edge over India. However, he emphasized that the Indian Air Force remains far superior to the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in terms of training and the skill of its personnel. This week, China unveiled two fifth-generation fighter jets, sending shockwaves not just through India but also across the United States. With advanced aircraft carriers and state-of-the-art fighter jets, many social media users believe China has secured a significant edge over India. The dramatic debut of these new fighter jets has sparked a frenzy on Indian social media platforms. Criticism has mounted against successive Indian governments and defence research organizations, with users highlighting their inability to deliver a fully indigenous, cutting-edge fighter jet system. "While Tejas was dissed for years, HF 24 was cancelled, Kaveri never tested even for low and high-speed taxi trials, here is a 3-minute video on the underperforming stuff that the IAF got from abroad," said a defence enthusiast. While Tejas was dissed for years, HF 24 was cancelled, Kaveri never tested even for low and high speed taxi trials, here is a 3 minute video on the underperforming stuff that the IAF got from abroad (edit from my Youtube video) pic.twitter.com/s3FZAXj56D "This new Chinese jet has really thrown people for a loop. A lot are pushing this as a “6th Gen Fighter” b/c it shares a lot of vague commonalities with the NGAD artistic depictions. I don’t believe this to be the case, but there’s still a lot to be inferred from the pics so far," said another user. This new Chinese jet has really thrown people for a loop. A lot are pushing this as a “6th Gen Fighter” b/c it shares a lot of vague commonalities with the NGAD artistic depictions. I don’t believe this to be the case, but there’s still a lot to be inferred from the pics so far— pic.twitter.com/utqItKfsyy — Prez (@PrezGHz) December 26, 2024 A Chinese journalist posted, "As early as at the 2022 Airshow China, China’s 6th-generation fighter jet made an appearance. The model was placed in a corner and did not attract much attention. The Chinese state media has already hinted that this is China’s next-generation fighter jet." As early as at the 2022 Airshow China, China’s 6th-generation fighter jet made an appearance. The model was placed in a corner and did not attract much attention. The Chinese state media has already hinted that this is China’s next-generation fighter jet. pic.twitter.com/AHHPKlBsB3 — Li Zexin (@XH_Lee23) December 27, 2024 "China is testing prototype of a revolutionary tailless stealth fighter. Meanwhile Indians are racing to overtake the Chinese by digging for our famed pushpaka vimana. Indians very smartly realised that's the only way we can beat or confuse the Chinese!" said another Indian user. China is testing prototype of a revolutionary tailless stealth fighter. Meanwhile Indians are racing to overtake the Chinese by digging for our famed pushpaka vimana. Indians very smartly realised that's the only way we can beat or confuse the Chinese! pic.twitter.com/cIZEXqGBjS — JD (@jillsdaniel) December 27, 2024 India relies on Russian and French fighter jets for air-to-air combat. The country is importing Rafale jets from France to help its air force be prepared for eventualities. The homegrown Tejas aircraft relies on Israel, Russia and Ukraine for several components. Stay informed on all the latest news , real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News.
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