casino slot 2023 The Minnesota Wild have acquired defensive prospect David Jiricek and a 2026 fifth-round draft pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for defenseman Daemon Hunt and a 2025 first-round draft pick, a 2027 second-round draft pick, a 2026 third-round draft pick, and a fourth-round draft pick. Daemon Hunt is player back...picks are a first, second and a fourth https://t.co/XdWSbZNA6V After being healthy scratched and sent to the American Hockey League (AHL), the reports that former sixth overall pick Jiricek would be traded picked up. As just a 20-year-old defenseman, there is a lot of promise in Jiricek’s future, and he will have a chance to thrive on a defensive core alongside Brock Faber, who will make great for a great duo on the right side of their defensive group. Wild Adding Jiricek Makes Defense Group Excellent There is little doubt that Jiricek will become a high-end top-four defenseman, and given the fact that he is a right-shot, that makes him even more valuable. The Wild have had a strong defensive group for a number of years, and with players like Matt Dumba and others moving along, there has been some turnover, but they always seem to find the right piece to fit in. Jiricek has 53 games of NHL experience, collecting a goal and 11 points in that time. The offensive play isn’t the most important aspect of Jiricek’s game, though. He has a big body, can play with some physicality, and has great defensive tendencies. The Wild will likely insert him into the NHL lineup right away, rather than having him play in the AHL. The Blue Jackets opting to deal the player has to do with the fact that while he has done excellent in the 88 AHL games he has played, there is a log jam on the right side of the defense group, including the impacts from claiming Dante Fabbro off of waivers and acquiring Jordan Harris in the Patrik Laine trade. Blue Jackets Get Strong Haul of Future Assets Hunt is a good defensive prospect who is 22 years old, and was drafted in the third round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He has played in 13 NHL games and earned one assist. In the AHL, Hunt has been a strong player, scoring 44 points in his 119 games. The highlight of the trade is the draft picks coming back for Columbus. Acquiring a 2025 first-round draft pick from Minnesota was always going to be an important asset for them. As the Blue Jackets continue to rebuild their roster, acquiring a second draft pick in the first round this year was needed. On top of that, having a second, third, and fourth-round pick will help add to their depth in the draft in future years. While it wasn’t a long wait for the trade to come down in hindsight, it felt like an eternity. The deal is done, and this kind of deal isn’t looming over the team anymore. There is a strong case for both teams to have won the trade. The Wild help themselves now and with the regular season success they have been having, they are in a great spot. The Blue Jackets help their future, and move a player they have been actively looking to move. This article first appeared on The Hockey Writers and was syndicated with permission.Why Enterprises Are Betting On Blockchain-Based Smart ContractsOhio State, Michigan players involved in melee after Buckeyes loss, multiple people pepper sprayed

Rain in October, expression of deep insights into lifeNonehas been slammed for charging more for his Christmas . The former Top Gear star founded Hawkstone three years ago. All year round he is selling the Jeremy’s Lager: Great Farm Package for £30. But in the run up to the festive season, he is selling the Fa-La-Lager Pack for £35. Both gifts come with a selection of ten bottles of lager, two bags of Clarkson crisps and two Hawkstone beer coasters. But the yuletide version has a bow on one of the bottles. One eagled-eyed shopper noticed the cheeky price increase whilst shopping for presents. Katie Ward, 23, said: “I think it’s disgusting that companies will raise prices at Christmas time. A lot of people struggle this time of year.” Dancer Katie, of Redditch, Worcestershire, said: “The fact that someone like Jeremy Clarkson who already earns millions is charging more for the same product is shocking. I was just doing a bit of Christmas shopping and spotted the two gift boxes online. “At first I thought it must come in some sort of fancy festive hamper. But it’s just the same box relabelled for Christmas.” Clarkson, 61, sells Hawkstone at his Diddly Squat Farm, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It's just the latest controversy by the TV personality, who caused a commotion online at bonfire night, earlier this month. Clarkson set that appeared to represent , much to the shock of his fans. The host of "Clarkson's Farm", aged 64, posted a photo to his social media showing a dummy bearing an uncanny resemblance to Trump going up in flames at his Oxfordshire pub, The Farmer's . The effigy donned a classic suit and red tie as it cracked and popped amidst the fierce flames. Jeremy captioned the post: "Bonfire night at @thefarmersdogpub." He then pointed out on instagram it wasn't the leader of the free world and was a simple Guy Fawkes instead.

Women will for the first time make up a majority of state legislators in Colorado and New Mexico next year, but at least 13 states saw losses in female representation after the November election, according to a count released Thursday by the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics. While women will fill a record number of state legislative seats in 2025, the overall uptick will be slight, filling about a third of legislative seats. Races in some states are still being called. “We certainly would like to see a faster rate of change and more significant increases in each election cycle to get us to a place where parity in state legislatures is less novel and more normal,” said Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the CAWP, which is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. As of Wednesday, at least 2,450 women will serve in state legislatures, representing 33.2% of the seats nationwide. The previous record was set in 2024 with 2,431 women, according to the CAWP. The number of Republican women, at least 851, will break the previous record of 815 state lawmakers set in 2024. “But still, Republican women are very underrepresented compared to Democratic women,” Debbie Walsh, director of the CAWP, said. By the most recent count, 19 states will have increased the number of women in their state legislatures, according to the CAWP. The most notable increases were in New Mexico and Colorado, where women will for the first time make up a majority of lawmakers. In New Mexico, voters sent an 11 additional women to the chambers. Colorado had previously attained gender parity in 2023 and is set to tip over to a slight female majority in the upcoming year. The states follow Nevada , which was the first in the country to see a female majority in the legislature following elections in 2018. Next year, women will make up almost 62% of state lawmakers in Nevada, far exceeding parity. Women in California’s Senate will make up the chamber’s majority for the first time in 2025 as well. Women also made notable gains in South Dakota, increasing its total number by at least nine. At least 13 states emerged from the election with fewer female lawmakers than before, with the most significant loss occurring in South Carolina. Earlier this year, the only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate lost their primaries after they stopped a total abortion ban from passing. Next year, only two women, who are Democrats, will be in the 46-member Senate. No other state in the country will have fewer women in its upper chamber, according to the CAWP. Women make up 55% of the state’s registered voters. Half the members in the GOP dominated state were elected in 2012 or before, so it will likely be the 2040s before any Republican woman elected in the future can rise to leadership or a committee chairmanship in the chamber, which doles out leadership positions based on seniority. A net loss of five women in the legislature means they will make up only about 13% of South Carolina's lawmakers, making the state the second lowest in the country for female representation. Only West Virginia has a smaller proportion of women in the legislature. West Virginia stands to lose one more women from its legislative ranks, furthering its representation problem in the legislature where women will make up just 11% of lawmakers. Many women, lawmakers, and experts say that women's voices are needed in discussions on policy—especially at a time when state government is at its most powerful in decades. Walsh, director of the CAWP, said the new changes expected from the Trump administration will turn even more policy and regulation to the states. The experiences and perspectives women offer will be increasingly needed, she said, especially on topics related to reproductive rights, healthcare, education, and childcare . RELATED STORY: 'Pro-family' GOP speaker doesn't want new moms to vote in Congress “The states may have to pick up where the federal government may, in fact, be walking away,” Walsh said. “And so who serves in those institutions is more important now than ever.”

'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' 4K Ultra HD movie reviewAUSTIN — It took three rounds of voting, but two-term Rep. David Cook emerged Saturday as the choice of most Texas House Republicans for speaker when the Texas Legislature convenes in January. It may not be enough. Shortly after the closed-door meeting at the Capitol ended with Cook’s selection, his opponent — Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock — announced that with support from Democrats, he had the votes needed to become speaker. “I have secured the votes of enough of my colleagues,” Burrows said. “It is bipartisan.” Burrows declined to answer questions from reporters but said the list would be released later. All 150 representatives will select a speaker as one of the first orders of business when the Legislature’s regular session begins Jan. 14. It takes a majority, or 76 votes, to be chosen as House leader. Speaking after the meeting, Cook acknowledged the race for the gavel still is not over. “I’ll continue working between now and Jan. 14 to earn [the vote] of every member of the Texas Republican caucus — as well as any Democrat,” Cook said. Saturday’s GOP caucus meeting ended with Cook topping Burrows, 48-14, after 26 Republicans left the meeting — all or most of them representatives who had supported Burrows in two previous rounds of voting. The secret-ballot votes came a little more than 24 hours after Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, announced he would not seek a third term leading the House. Phelan’s return as speaker was opposed by conservatives of his party, including lawmakers and activists who blamed him for the failure of conservative priorities in the House, and he couldn’t muster the support for a third term in leadership. All 88 House Republicans, including incumbents and incoming freshmen, participated in Saturday’s meeting, which was called to choose a consensus GOP candidate for speaker, a powerful position long coveted by the party’s conservative wing. Saturday’s meeting began with two votes, with the winning candidate needing support from at least 59 Republicans. In the first round, Cook led Burrows 48-40. Cook lost a supporter in the second round, which ended with him ahead 47-41. Two 30-minute breaks followed as many Burrows supporters left the meeting room and Cook met with colleagues in an effort to increase his lead. The threshold for victory in the third round fell to 60% of Republicans voting, or 53 if all were in attendance. Cook’s 48 supporters met the threshold with 62 in attendance. Meanwhile, the House Democratic Caucus released a statement saying its members will be free to vote for any speaker candidate “except for David Cook.” Two Democrats also have announced bids for speaker — Reps. Ana-Maria Ramos and John Bryant, both of Dallas. The statement said there had been “extensive discussions” with Burrows but did not provide details. “Democrats have been assured that the bipartisan traditions of the Texas House will continue,” the caucus statement said. Phelan had continued the tradition of appointing Democrats as chairs of a few committees, a practice that drew sharp criticism from Republican activists. Cook has vowed to end the practice. Burrows’ position on Democratic chairs is unclear. Cook was mayor of Mansfield from 2008-21. In his two sessions in the House, he served on the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee — including vice chair in 2023 — and was a member of the Calendars Committee last session. Cook entered the race for speaker in September amid discontent over Phelan’s handling of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment and the failure of school choice and other conservative priorities in 2023. Hoping to rally behind one candidate, dozens of House Republicans met at an Austin barbecue restaurant in September, and Cook prevailed over Reps. James Frank of Wichita Falls, Shelby Slawson of Stephenville, Tom Oliverson of Cypress and John Smithee of Amarillo. Burrows, an attorney from Lubbock, was elected to the House in 2014 and has been reelected five times. He has chaired influential House committees since the 2019 legislative session when he was chairman of Ways and Means, which handles bills on taxes. His allegiance to Phelan was a red flag for Cook supporters, including Paxton, who blasted Burrows — who voted last year to impeach Paxton — as “Dade 2.0.” “Supporting Burrows is a betrayal of the conservative movement,” Paxton said Friday. “Voters will remember.” Paxton backed Burrows’ primary challenger, Wade Cowan, earlier this year. Burrows easily won with 68% of the March primary vote.CHICAGO (AP) — Mark Scheifele snapped a third-period tie and Kyle Connor had two assists, helping the Winnipeg Jets beat Chicago 4-2 on Saturday in the first game for interim Blackhawks coach Anders Sorensen. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * CHICAGO (AP) — Mark Scheifele snapped a third-period tie and Kyle Connor had two assists, helping the Winnipeg Jets beat Chicago 4-2 on Saturday in the first game for interim Blackhawks coach Anders Sorensen. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? CHICAGO (AP) — Mark Scheifele snapped a third-period tie and Kyle Connor had two assists, helping the Winnipeg Jets beat Chicago 4-2 on Saturday in the first game for interim Blackhawks coach Anders Sorensen. Mason Appleton had a goal and an assist as the Jets picked up their second straight win after a four-game losing streak. Nino Niederreiter and Gabriel Vilardi also scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 12 saves. Sorensen was promoted from the team’s top minor league affiliate when Luke Richardson was fired on Thursday. Alex Vlasic scored for the second straight game for Chicago, which has dropped five in a row. Alec Martinez added his first goal of the season. The Blackhawks had a 2-1 lead before Niederreiter converted a backhander 13:10 into the second, beating Arvid Soderblom. It was Niederreiter’s 10th of the season. Soderblom entered 11 minutes into the game when Petr Mrazek appeared to aggravate a right groin pull. Appleton had an empty-net goal with 1:41 to play. TAKEAWAYS Jets: Winnipeg outplayed Chicago in the final 30 minutes, not only in shots but in puck possession. Blackhawks: Chicago played with more pace but it still struggled to get the puck to the net. They had only 14 shots on goal. KEY MOMENT Scheifele beat Jason Dickinson on the faceoff that led to Winnipeg’s go-ahead goal. He slid the puck to Connor, then raced to the net for the rebound at 10:18. KEY STAT Blackhawks coaches, interim or full-time, are 6-7-1 in their first game behind the bench since the beginning of the 1995-96 season. Richardson lost his debut at the beginning of the 2022-23 season. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. UP NEXT Jets: Begin a four-game homestand against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. 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(Reuters) – Former Portugal and Manchester United winger Nani announced his retirement on Sunday at the age of 38. Nani joined United in 2007 and went on to make 230 appearances for the club, scoring 41 goals. He won the Champions League in his first season and went on to win four Premier League titles and two League Cups in eight seasons. “The time has come to say goodbye, I have decided to finish my career as a professional player,” Nani wrote on social media. “It’s been an amazing ride and I wanted to thank every single person who has helped me and supported me through the highs and lows during a career which lasted over 20 years and gave me so many unforgettable memories. Time to turn a new leaf and focus on new goals and dreams. See you soon!” Nani, who has been playing in the Portuguese top flight this season for his hometown club Estrela Amadora, played his last game against his former club Sporting last month. He also played for Valencia, Lazio, Orlando City, Venezia, Melbourne Victory and Adana Demirspor. Nani scored 24 goals in 112 caps for Portugal, winning the European Championship in 2016. (Reporting by Angelica Medina in Mexico City; Editing by Toby Davis) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. var ytflag = 0;var myListener = function() {document.removeEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);lazyloadmyframes();};document.addEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);window.addEventListener('scroll', function() {if (ytflag == 0) {lazyloadmyframes();ytflag = 1;}});function lazyloadmyframes() {var ytv = document.getElementsByClassName("klazyiframe");for (var i = 0; i < ytv.length; i++) {ytv[i].src = ytv[i].getAttribute('data-src');}} Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );First member of the Dail is elected in an Irish general election that seems to have seen votes spread widely across several political parties

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MGM Resorts International stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitorsAdam Pemble, an Associated Press video journalist who covered some of the biggest global news of the past two decades, from earthquakes and conflicts to political summits and elections, has died. He was 52. Pemble died Thursday in Minneapolis surrounded by friends and family, according to his friend Mike Moe, who helped care for him in the final weeks of his fight against cancer. Known for bringing stories alive with his camera, Pemble epitomized the best of television news traditions, casting a curious and compassionate lens onto the lives of the people and communities whose stories he told. He joined the AP in 2007 in New York before moving to Prague in 2011 to help launch AP’s first cross-format operation combining photography, text stories and video. He enhanced Eastern European news coverage, creating distinctive stories highlighting the region’s culture and society. “Adam was an incredibly talented and passionate journalist and an empathetic storyteller. He had this amazing ability to get anyone to talk to him on camera, which I attribute to the Midwestern charm he embodied throughout his life.” said Sara Gillesby, AP’s Director of Global Video and Pemble’s former manager in New York when he joined the AP. “He was the best of us.” Pemble was born in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, in 1972 and grew up in Minneapolis. After graduating with a degree in mass communications from Minnesota State University Moorhead, he started his journalism career in 1997 at KVLY, a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, and later worked at WCCO in Minneapolis. “He had the skills of the old-school camera people to meet a deadline and turn a beautiful story,” said Arthur Phillips, a cameraman who worked with Pemble at WCCO. “But he had a calling for greater things.” Moving to New York, Pemble covered some of the biggest stories in the city, including the trial of Bernie Madoff, interviews with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and with then-real estate developer, now U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump. He went to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, where he captured shocking images of devastation. A few weeks later he was in Vancouver, covering the Winter Olympics. With his transfer to Prague, Pemble quickly became the go-to video journalist deployed to the biggest news events in Europe, interviewing government leaders, covering violent protests, the aftermath of terror attacks and numerous national elections across the continent. “An inquiring mind, a keen eye and a healthy skepticism for those in power who tried to spin away from the truth all combined to make Adam’s stories as rich in colour as he was in character,” said Sandy MacIntyre, former AP head of global video. “Time and again he was asked to do the impossible and without fail he delivered the exceptional.” ”But more than all of that, he was the colleague and friend you wanted by your side because if Adam was there we knew we were going to be the winning team.” As civil unrest rocked Ukraine in 2014, Pemble reported from Kyiv and later Donetsk, where he covered the first Russian-backed demonstrations before spending weeks in Crimea during Russia’s annexation of the strategic peninsula. His video reports included the last remaining Ukrainian sailors loyal to Kyiv, who had finally abandoned their ship and came ashore. With the Russian national anthem playing from a car in the background, his final shot showed two distraught sailors heckled as they walked away. Pemble returned to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022. Among his many assignments was filming the exclusive March 2023 AP interview by Executive Editor Julie Pace with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a train shuttled them across Ukraine to cities near some of the fiercest fighting. “Adam showed up to every assignment with enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to his work and his colleagues. He loved what he did, and so many of us at AP are better for having worked alongside him,” Pace said. When not deployed overseas, Pemble set his camera’s gaze on his new home in the Czech Republic, offering insight into the traditions and unique stories of Eastern Europe. From Christmas carp fishing at sunrise to graffiti artists in Prague to the intimate story of a Slovak priest challenging the celibacy rules of the Catholic Church, he brought his unmistakable style. He worked with a traditional large broadcast camera in an era where many video shooters shifted to smaller, lighter cameras. He always put himself in the right place to let reality unfold like “an old school analog painter in an often fast and furious digital age,” former AP cameraman Ben Jary recalled. Pemble’s interest in visual storytelling led to experimenting with new technologies, including aerial videography. In 2015, he was the first major news agency camera operator to film live drone footage when reporting on the migration crisis in the Balkans. An avid gardener who planted trees and chilis on his rooftop in Prague, he was adventurous in the kitchen and especially proud of his vegan “meatloaf,” friends said. He loved a seedy dive bar as much as a Michelin restaurant and foods as varied as charcoal choux pastry with truffle creme and his favourite road trip junk food, Slim Jim’s jerky and Salted Nut Rolls. Pemble’s wit, wisdom, energy and positivity enriched the lives and experiences of those around him, friends and colleagues recalled. “If someone asked me to see a picture of quiet strength and courage, dignity and grace, and most of all kindness, I would show them a picture of a man for all seasons,” said Dan Huff, a Washington-based AP video journalist, “I would show them a picture of Adam Pemble.”