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The St. Thomas police have arrested someone after an incident at the Santa Claus parade on Saturday. Officers said a 62-year-old St. Thomas woman got into a dispute with another parade attendee who allegedly blocked her family’s view of the parade. According to the STPS, the suspect hit the victim in the face, knocking them to the ground. The police were called, leading to the woman’s arrest without incident. She was taken to police headquarters and released with a court date. 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In one particularly egregious example, a photo of an autistic women relieving herself in the forest was shared by local men on social media, prompting villagers to destroy nearby camera traps. Trishant Simlai, a researcher at the UK's Cambridge University, spent 14 months interviewing some 270 people who live near the Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India. For women living in villages around the reserve, the forest has long been a space for "freedom and expression" away from the men in a "heavily conservative and patriarchal society," Simlai told AFP. The women sing, talk about taboo subjects such as sex, and sometimes drink and smoke while collecting firewood and grass from the forest. But the introduction of camera traps, drones and sound recorders as part of efforts to track and protect tigers and other wildlife has extended "the male gaze of the society into the forest," Simlai said. On multiple occasions, drones were deliberately flown over the heads of women, forcing them to drop their firewood and flee for cover, according to a study led by Simlai in the journal Environment and Planning. "We cannot walk in front of the cameras or sit in the area with our Kurtis (tunics) above our... Daniel Lawler

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With ® and ® —from the unparalleled of indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi systems—BSPs can quickly provide seamless, long-range connectivity across homes, businesses, and communities. Integrated with the Calix Platform, these Wi-Fi systems support rapid deployment, efficient network management, and scalability through ®. Geomapping in enhances network visibility, simplifying community Wi-Fi planning and accelerating SmartTown deployments to connect entire towns. After Hurricane Helene devastated parts of the southern United States, Calix customers sprang into action: “Hurricane Helene devastated our region, wiping out bridges and roads, which made restoring power and internet extremely challenging,” said Jeff Loven, general manager and chief executive officer at French Broad EMC. “Without the internet, our community was left unable to do basic things, like contacting loved ones, making calls, and accessing emergency information. Prior to the hurricane, we recognized that SmartTown could greatly impact our community, and we were planning our deployment. In the wake of Helene, we realized the immediate need for SmartTown. As power was gradually restored to our members, the Calix Success team stepped in to provide the extra support we needed and successfully completed our full deployment.” SmartTown, a cornerstone of TM managed services, exemplifies how Calix helps BSPs transition from speed-and-price-driven models to true broadband experience providers, meeting every broadband need within their communities. Even before Hurricane Helene, Calix customers were delivering significant value with SmartTown—connecting public parks, community centers, parking lots, and entire towns. With ubiquitous connectivity, BSPs ensure students can reliably complete homework after school and grandparents can stream their grandkids’ football games when they can’t attend. SmartTown has also enabled BSPs to provide in rural areas with limited cellular coverage, ensuring critical emergency services can reach every resident when it matters most. “In times of crisis, it is the local broadband provider who works tirelessly to keep their communities connected—not the massive carriers or satellite providers that focus solely on delivering a basic connection and collecting data,” said Matt Collins, chief commercial operations officer at Calix. “The Calix Broadband Platform empowers these trusted local providers with efficient, secure, data-driven broadband solutions like SmartTown community Wi-Fi that deliver the next-generation connectivity people expect today. Whether connecting families, first responders, or essential personnel, our customers have leveraged SmartTown to transform how their communities stay connected. 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PUB: 12/19/2024 01:30 PM/DISC: 12/19/2024 01:32 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black has been hospitalized after suffering a bleed on his brain and is expected to have a “smooth recovery,” his office said. Black, 76, suffered a subdural hematoma earlier this week and is at a local hospital and under the care of the Capitol’s physician, said Rev. Lisa Schultz, Black’s chief of staff. A subdural hematoma is when blood builds up between the skull and the surface of the brain, increasing pressure on the brain. A familiar bow-tied presence in the hallways of the Senate, Black has been the chaplain since 2003. He opens the proceedings each day with a prayer and counsels senators and staff through prayer groups and one-on-one meetings. He was previously the chief of the Navy’s chaplains. Black is well known for his booming voice and his often prescient and timely opening prayers in times of political tension. During an extended government shutdown in 2013, he prayed to “deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable.” During former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, he asked in a prayer that “our senators not permit fatigue or cynicism to jeopardize friendships that have existed for years.” In the early morning of Jan. 7, 2021, after supporters of Trump had attacked the Capitol and Congress had certified Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, he closed a joint session in the middle of the night with a call for unity. “We deplore the desecration of the United States Capitol building, the shedding of innocent blood, the loss of life, and the quagmire of dysfunction that threaten our democracy,” he prayed. ___ Associated Press medical writer Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report.

CSP Inc. ( NASDAQ:CSPI – Get Free Report ) declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 13th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a dividend of 0.03 per share by the information technology services provider on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 27th. CSP Stock Performance Shares of CSPI stock opened at $15.85 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $154.76 million, a P/E ratio of 56.61 and a beta of 1.44. CSP has a fifty-two week low of $9.07 and a fifty-two week high of $29.92. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $14.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $14.18. CSP ( NASDAQ:CSPI – Get Free Report ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, December 20th. The information technology services provider reported ($0.18) EPS for the quarter. CSP had a net margin of 4.42% and a return on equity of 5.38%. About CSP CSP Inc develops and markets IT integration solutions, security products, managed IT services, cloud services, purpose-built network adapters, and cluster computer systems for commercial and defense customers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Technology Solutions and High Performance Products. The Technology Solutions segment provides third-party computer hardware and software as a value-added reseller to various customers in web and infrastructure hosting, education, telecommunications, healthcare services, distribution, financial and professional services, and manufacturing industries. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for CSP Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for CSP and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Who will win and lose if Silk Road economy prospersThe bill is traditionally strongly bipartisan, but some Democratic lawmakers opposed the inclusion of a ban on transgender medical treatments for children of military members if such treatment could result in sterilization. The bill passed by a vote of 281-140 and next moves to the Senate, where lawmakers sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows. Lawmakers are touting the bill's 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and a 4.5% increase for others as key to improving the quality of life for those serving in the U.S. military. Those serving as junior enlisted personnel are in pay grades that generally track with their first enlistment term. Lawmakers said service member pay failed to remain competitive with the private sector, forcing many military families to rely on food banks and government assistance programs to put food on the table. The bill also provides significant new resources for child care and housing. "No service member should have to live in squalid conditions and no military family should have to rely on food stamps to feed their children, but that's exactly what many of our service members are experiencing, especially the junior enlisted," said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "This bill goes a long way to fixing that." The bill sets key Pentagon policy that lawmakers will attempt to fund through a follow-up appropriations bill. The overall spending tracks the numbers established in a 2023 agreement that then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reached with President Joe Biden to increase the nation's borrowing authority and avoid a federal default in exchange for spending restraints. Many senators wanted to increase defense spending about $25 billion above what was called for in that agreement, but those efforts failed. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., who is expected to serve as the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the overall spending level was a "tremendous loss for our national defense," though he agreed with many provisions in the bill. "We need to make a generational investment to deter the Axis of Aggressors. I will not cease work with my congressional colleagues, the Trump administration, and others until we achieve it," Wicker said. House Republicans don't want to go above the McCarthy-Biden agreement for defense spending and are looking to go way below it for many nondefense programs. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts They are also focused on cultural issues. The bill prohibits funding for teaching critical race theory in the military and prohibits TRICARE health plans from covering gender dysphoria treatment for children under 18 if that treatment could result in sterilization. Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the ranking Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee, said minors dealing with gender dysphoria is a "very real problem." He said the treatments available, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, proved effective at helping young people dealing with suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression. "These treatments changed their lives and in many cases saved their lives," Smith said. "And in this bill, we decided we're going to bar service members' children from having access to that." Smith said the number of minors in service member families receiving transgender medical care extends into the thousands. He could have supported a study asking medical experts to determine whether such treatments are too often used, but a ban on health insurance coverage went too far. He said Speaker Mike Johnson's office insisted on the ban and said the provision "taints an otherwise excellent piece of legislation." Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, called the ban a step in the right direction, saying, "I think these questions need to be pulled out of the debate of defense, so we can get back to the business of defending the United States of America without having to deal with social engineering debates." Smith said he agrees with Roy that lawmakers should be focused on the military and not on cultural conflicts, "and yet, here it is in this bill." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, said his team did not tell Democrats how to vote on the bill. "There's a lot of positive things in the National Defense Authorization Act that were negotiated in a bipartisan way, and there are some troubling provisions in a few areas as well," Jeffries said. The defense policy bill also looks to strengthen deterrence against China. It calls for investing $15.6 billion to build military capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. The Biden administration requested about $10 billion. On Israel, the bill, among other things, includes an expansion of U.S. joint military exercises with Israel and a prohibition on the Pentagon citing casualty data from Hamas. The defense policy bill is one of the final measures that lawmakers view as a must-pass before making way for a new Congress in January.

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Shay Ciezki scores 34, leads Indiana women to 73-65 victory over No. 18 Baylor at Battle 4 AtlantisThis holiday season, we’ve put together a list of books that would make a great gift for the critical thinker on your shopping list. Each book on the list connects with a past episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient , and is written or edited by a guest from that episode. To accompany our book picks, we’ve put together a playlist of our episodes that correspond with each book. So, bring the scholar and their ideas to life by listening to the episode alongside reading their book. This 17-episode playlist captures the essence of the podcast’s back catalogue, with episodes ranging from Season 1 to Season 7 on a range of topics that represent some of the most compelling issues of our times, from the climate crisis, to Gaza, to why the far-right is on the rise in the United States. 16 books for the critical thinker on your holiday gift list Here’s the full book list, alongside links to the episodes that relate to its topic. Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty by Cheryl Thompson, associate professor in performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University RELATED EPISODES What’s in a word? How to confront 150 years of racial stereotypes — We keep hearing stories about white and non-Black people – including academics — somehow thinking it’s ok to use the n-word. Cheryl Thompson joins us to discuss how North American society spent the last 150 years creating racist stereotypes and language, how they continue to persist today – and what we might do to help stop it. (February 2021) Will Smith’s Oscar slap reveals fault lines as he defends Jada Pinkett Smith against Chris Rock — Cheryl Thompson reflects on how “the slap heard around the world” is part of a layered story of racism, sexism, power and performance. (November 2022) About the Queen, the Crown’s crimes and how to talk about the unmourned — In the middle of the tremendous outpouring of love and grief for the Queen and the monarchy she represented, not everyone wants to take a moment of silence. And there are a lot of reasons why. With Prof. Veldon Coburn, editor of Capitalism and Dispossession: Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad (Fernwood) . (September 2022) When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance by Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton, foreword by Pamela Palmater, afterword by Audra Simpson RELATED EPISODE Indigenous land defenders — Two Indigenous land defenders join us to explain why they work to protect land against invasive development and why their work is necessary for everyone’s survival. Ellen Gabriel, a human rights activist and artist well known for her role as a spokesperson during the 1990 Oka crisis, and Anne Spice, assistant professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, discuss the importance and urgency of defending land. (March 2021) In Your Face: Law, Justice, and Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada by Natasha Bakht, professor of law at the University of Ottawa RELATED EPISODE Niqab bans boost hate crimes against Muslims and legalize Islamophobia — Many people have an idealized vision of Canada as a gentle, kind and accepting society. But anti-Muslim sentiment has been on the steady rise since 9/11. According to a 2021 report , more Muslims have been killed in Canada in targeted attacks and hate crimes than in any other G7 country. (May 2022) Refracted Economies: Diamond Mining and Social Reproduction in the North by Rebecca Jane Hall, associate professor, Department of Global Development Studies at Queeen’s University RELATED EPISODE Diamond mines are not a girl’s best friend — When you think diamonds, you probably think of romance, weddings and Valentine’s Day. It’s no accident we think this way: A century of marketing has pushed those ideas. But the marketing hides the fact that people living near the mines have experienced enormous social problems. This includes some of Canada’s highest rates of violence against women. (June 2022) Capitalism and Dispossession: Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad edited by David P. Thomas and Veldon Coburn Coburn, who is an assistant professor, Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies and Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, has been on the podcast a handful of times, including as a guest on our episodes about “pretendians” , unmarked graves found at residential schools , the Vatican’s repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery , and as a guest host on our episode about Indigenous languages. RELATED EPISODE About the Queen, the Crown’s crimes and how to talk about the unmourned — In the middle of the tremendous outpouring of love and grief for the Queen and the monarchy she represented, not everyone wants to take a moment of silence. And there are a lot of reasons why. Also with Prof. Cheryl Thompson, author of Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty . (September 2022) Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities by Duncan McCue, associate professor at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, and an award-winning CBC broadcaster and leading advocate for fostering the connection between journalism and Indigenous communities. RELATED EPISODE How to decolonize journalism — For decades, Canadian media have covered Indigenous communities with a heavy reliance on stereotypes - casting Indigenous Peoples as victims or warriors. This deep-seated bias in the news can have unsettling consequences for both how a community perceives itself as well as how others perceive them. (November 2022) Why We Can′t Have Nice Things: Social Media’s Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property by Minh-Ha T. Pham, professor of media studies at Pratt University in Brooklyn, New York RELATED EPISODE Fast Fashion: Why garment workers’ lives are still in danger 10 years after Rana Plaza — We look back to the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,124 people and discuss how much — or how little — has changed for garment-worker conditions today. (April 2023) Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin, journalist and professor of creative nonfiction and journalism at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City RELATED EPISODE A 5th generation New Yorker traces her family history and finds the roots of anti-Asian violence — and Asian resistance — Author Ava Chin poetically and adeptly traces the roots of today’s high rates of anti-Asian violence back to 19th-century U.S. labour and immigration laws. (May 2023) Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada edited by by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson and Syrus Marcus Ware. Ware, who was a guest on Don’t Call Me Resilient, is an artist, activist and assistant professor in the School of the Arts at McMaster University. RELATED EPISODE A trans scholar and activist explains why trans rights are under attack – In 2023, there were more than 400 active anti-trans bills across the U.S. What do things look like in Canada? Are we a safe haven or are we following those same trends? (June 2023) Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity by Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joseph E. Lowndes. HoSang, who was a guest on Don’t Call Me Resilient, is an associate professor of ethnicity, race, and migration at Yale University. RELATED EPISODE Why are brown and Black people supporting the far right? — Why are racialized people upholding white supremacist ideologies that work against them? Daniel Martinez HoSang explains the rising popularity of the far right with people of colour — what he calls multicultural white supremacy. (October 2023) Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada’s Black Beauty Culture by Cheryl Thompson, associate professor in Performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University RELATED EPISODE Detangling the roots and health risks of hair relaxers — In this reflective and personal episode, Cheryl Thompson untangles the complicated history of hair relaxers for Black women — and the health risks now linked to them. (October 2023) Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire by Janam Mukherjee, an associate professor of history at Toronto Metropolitan University. Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life by James Daschuk, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina. RELATED EPISODES Colonialists used starvation as a tool of oppression — Vinita speaks to two famine scholars about the use of starvation as a tool in the colonizer’s playbook through two historic examples — the decimation of Indigenous populations in the Plains, North America and the 1943 famine in Bengal, India. (March 2024) From Blues to Beyoncé: A Century of Black Women’s Generational Sonic Rhetorics by Alexis McGee, an assistant professor of research in the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at the University of British Columbia. RELATED EPISODE Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ transmits joy, honours legends and challenges a segregated industry — Beyoncé’s country-inspired album, Cowboy Carter, caused a stir. The country music scene has long been white dominated, with a history of segregation that has erased its Black roots and gatekept it from Black artists. (April 2024) Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen Crey, an assistant professor of Aboriginal communication and media studies in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. RELATED EPISODE From stereotypes to sovereignty: How Indigenous media makers assert narrative control — Indigenous media in North America have rapidly expanded over the last 30 years with Indigenous media makers gaining greater control of their own narratives, including the ability to subvert colonial representations. (April 2024) “Are You Calling Me a Racist?”: Why We Need to Stop Talking about Race and Start Making Real Antiracist Change by Sarita Srivastava, a professor of sociology and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at OCAD University in Toronto (and sister to host Vinita). RELATED EPISODE A different way to address student encampments — Student protests on campuses are calling attention to atrocities in Gaza and challenging university administrators to divest. What is the best way forward that avoids unnecessary violence? With Prof. Pratim Sengupta. (May 2024) Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch by Andrea Freeman, a professor of law at Southwestern Law School focusing on intersections between food policy and health. RELATED ARTICLE Frybread: Comfort food or colonial byproduct? The episode featuring Andrea Freeman will be published in 2025. In the meantime, you can read a fascinating excerpt from her book on our website about the Frybread , which she says embodies the contradictions that have dictated Indigenous food and health in North America since colonization. As we head into the New Year, you may also want to revisit last year’s Don’t Call Me Resilient music playlist — a collection of songs on the theme of resilience, reflection and revolution, inspired by the topics we cover, co-created by our production team and former podcast guests across seasons. These are songs that light us up, and help get us through tough moments. We wish you a restful holiday and hope you get a moment to sit on your couch — or perhaps move about with your headphones on — while reading — or listening — to some inspiring and insightful words from these amazing scholars.

Basf Se (OTCMKTS:BASFY) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by BrokeragesTetairoa McMillan, one of the best wide receivers in Arizona history, will skip his final year of eligibility and enter the 2025 NFL Draft, he announced on social media on Thursday. Projected as a top-10 draft pick, the 6-foot-5, 212-pound McMillan finished his illustrious career at Arizona with 3,423 receiving yards, breaking the mark set by Bobby Wade (3,351). In three seasons, the Hawaii native also posted the fourth-most catches (213) and third-most touchdowns (26) in school history. "Wildcat Nation, this journey has been everything I dreamed of and more," McMillan wrote on Instagram. "From the moment I committed to the University of Arizona, to every second spent wearing that Arizona jersey ... it's been an absolute honor. "The University of Arizona has provided me with the platform to grow and chase my dreams. ... Thank you from the bottom of my heart. To the best fans in the country, I appreciate you for all of the love and support you have given me these last 3 years. I will always be a Wildcat." In 2024, McMillan totaled 84 grabs (ninth in Division I) for 1,319 yards (third in Division I) and eight touchdowns for the 4-8 Wildcats. He also ranked third in Division I with 109.9 receiving yards per game. McMillan is a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the most outstanding receiver in college football. --Field Level MediaPortland, Oregon, swears in new government and mayor who campaigned to end homelessness

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