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Canadian Kurtis Rourke leads upstart Hoosiers into U.S. college football playoffsALTOONA – Harrisburg unleashed all its fight and resilience Saturday against Pittsburgh Central Catholic, and still it wasn’t enough to keep the Cougars’ engaging football season in gear. The Vikings took full advantage of countless short-field opportunities at Mansion Park Stadium but needed an end zone interception by freshman safety Chrys Black Jr. in the waning seconds to secure a frantic 38-33 PIAA semifinal victory. Q3, 7:01 — Vikings convert on fourth down and then Jy'Aire Walls keeps one for a 1-yard punch-in. Pittsburgh CC 35, Harrisburg 21 pic.twitter.com/CyX8h32S8X Q3, 2:42 — This one will stay on the board. Jaiyon Lewis looks back to Quincy Brannon for a 62-yard touchdown connection. XP no good. Pittsburgh CC 38, Harrisburg 27 pic.twitter.com/CpIwnU3L3W Q4, 6:37 — After a PI on one target, Elias Coke extends for a 30-yard touchdown from Jaiyon Lewis on the next. Cougars are fighting. Pittsburgh CC 38, Harrisburg 33 pic.twitter.com/5SxLEjLc3H FINAL — Pittsburgh Central Catholic 38, Harrisburg 33 On fourth-and-3, Jayion Lewis is intercepted by Chrys Black in the end zone to seal it. Vikings will take on St. Joe’s Prep in the PIAA 6A final. Cougars’ season comes to an end. pic.twitter.com/FyYmQSz4fw More High School Sports Mikayla Matincheck, Olivia Green lead Central Dauphin to Penn Manor tournament win over host Comets Live updates from Altoona: PIAA 6A semifinal Harrisburg vs. Pittsburgh Central Catholic Watch: Highlights of Bishop McDevitt’s PIAA 5A semifinal win over Pine-Richland Pennsylvania high school football scores for Friday, Nov. 29, 2024

Another incredibly stacked boxing card is set to go down in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 22, headlined by a rematch for the undisputed light heavyweight crown. At the top of the bill, Artur Beterbiev (21-0) and Dmitry Bivol (23-1) will meet again, with the former coming in as undisputed champion at 175-pounds following his narrow majority decision win in their first bout back in October. In the chief support, Daniel Dubois (22-2) will look to defend his IBF heavyweight title against the resurgent Joseph Parker (35-3). MORE: Who are boxing's pound-for-pound best? It will be Dubois' first outing since he stopped Anthony Joshua in September, while former WBO heavyweight titleholder Parker is coming off decision wins over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. After much talk on social media, Shakur Stevenson (22-0) puts his WBC lightweight title on the line against undefeated prospect Floyd Schofield (18-0). Also in action, Carlos Adames (24-1) defends his WBC middleweight strap against unbeaten Englishman Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0). Vergil Ortiz (22-0) looked to be on the way to a meeting with Jaron "Boots" Ennis on the card but that fell apart late in negotiations, seeing a bout with Israil Madrimov (10-1-1) quickly pulled together. Madrimov, who hasn't fought since a close loss to Terence Crawford, is due to fight Serhii Bohuchuk on the undercard to Oleksandr Usyk's rematch with Tyson Fury in December 21, giving him just two months to turn around and face Ortiz. The interim WBC super welterweight title will be on the line in that one. Two more belts will be up for grabs in the final bouts on the card - Joshua Buatsi (19-0) takes on Callum Smith (30-2) for the interim WBO light heavyweight title, while Zhang (27-2-1) meets Agit Kabayel (25-0) for the interim WBC heavyweight strap. Streaming platform DAZN is again expected to broadcast the event globally. Full Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 card Artur Beterbiev (c) vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 for the undisputed light heavyweight titles Daniel Dubois (c) vs. Joseph Parker for the IBF heavyweight title Shakur Stevenson (c) vs. Floyd Schofield for the WBC lightweight title Carlos Adames (c) vs. Hamzah Sheerez for the WBC middleweight title Vergil Ortiz (c) vs. Israil Madrimov for the interim WBC super welterweight title Joshua Buatsi (c) vs. Callum Smith for the interim WBO light heavyweight title Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel for the interim WBC heavyweight titleNegotiations between Canada Post and the union for postal workers are still on hold as of Monday afternoon, though both sides have said they're working to get back to the table. Canada Post said it's waiting for the union to respond after it offered its new model for negotiations over the weekend. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has said it made some "adjustments" to the corporation's suggestion "in hopes that he will restart the mediation process." "As of now the mediator has not informed us of a restart, but the union is ready," a statement read. On Sunday, the corporation said the plan included proposals to bring greater flexibility to Canada Post's delivery model and shows "movement on other key issues" in the labour dispute. The government had appointed a mediator to help the two sides reach an agreement, but that mediator put discussions on hold last week after finding the parties were too far apart on key issues to find a deal. WATCH | What's holding Canada Post and workers back from a deal: Why Canada Post and its striking workers can’t reach a deal | About That 3 days ago Duration 10:13 Mediation talks between Canada Post and the union representing its workers broke down almost two weeks into the countrywide strike. Andrew Chang explains what the two sides hope to achieve, and why they're still so far apart. In a post on X Sunday, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said he had spoken with both sides, reminding them "that it is their duty and responsibility to resolve differences in a dispute that is impacting so many Canadians." He said mediation will only resume "once the special mediator has clear evidence that both parties have sufficiently modified their respective positions." Tens of thousands of mail carriers walked off the job on Nov. 15, halting deliveries of letters and packages at the start of the holiday shipping season. With the strike entering its third week, the U.S. Postal Service has now stopped accepting Canada-bound mail for the time being. Watching out for mail scams Equifax Canada and the Better Business Bureau are also warning Canadians about mail scams. The former said there has been an "exponential" rise in fraud attempts since the strike started, ranging from phishing emails to deepfake phone calls. "Any time there is a major political event, a major strike or anything like that, we'll see an uptick," said Octavia Howell, chief information security officer at Equifax Canada. "Not only is there a Canada Post strike ... it's the holidays." WATCH | How the strike is affecting Black Friday packages: How the Canada Post strike could leave your Black Friday packages in limbo 3 days ago Duration 2:14 With the two-week-old Canada Post strike leaving many packages in limbo during Black Friday shopping events, many Canadians have little choice but to spend more on private shipping companies as Christmas gets closer. Scams related to parcels and deliveries typically tick up in step with online shopping orders this time of year, but the work stoppage at Canada Post has led to even more fraud attempts amid the confusion around shipments, Howell said. Comprehensive figures on the latest batch of scams are not yet available from Equifax Canada, but the credit bureau's daily internal updates have marked the rise nonetheless. Rather than the roughly half-dozen daily consumer fraud reports of previous increases, Equifax Canada's investigations team is filing up to "87 in one report in one day coming from the same IP addresses," said Howell. She called the trend "insidious." "We're seeing exponential growth in the amount of scams that are actually happening ... because, one, holidays, and then two, people aren't able to get their shipments out," she said. Canada Post employees and supporters rally at Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa on Thursday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) The Better Business Bureau warned the public to "watch out for fake package delivery offers during Canada's postal strike." It advised potential victims to verify delivery services, avoid unsolicited shipment offers from little-known companies and check for accreditation by the bureau before selecting a service. It also noted that scammers may send false messages that claim to be from Canada Post or another carrier, asking for payment for undelivered items or offering "priority service." "Do not click on links in unsolicited emails or texts. Instead, visit the official website of the courier service for updates," the bureau said. U.S. Postal Service won't accept Canada-bound mail for now due to strike Ongoing postal strike could create 'life-or-death situation' in Manitoba's north, say residents As Canada Post strike drags on, holiday shoppers turn to Amazon — and in-person purchases Canada Post said it never contacts users about a delivery via text or email unless the notification has been requested. The corporation has asked Canadians to be on guard for telltale signs of a phishing scam or fraud attempt, including poor grammar, imagery inconsistent with Canada Post logos or a tracking number at odds with its standard format.Police in South Wales and Gwent will become the first police units in the UK to use mobile apps with facial recognition that can scan a person’s face in “near real-time.” The app, known as operator-initiated facial recognition (OIFR), allows law enforcement to take a photograph of a person’s face with a mobile phone and match it to a predetermined database. The technology, however, has quickly come under scrutiny from rights groups that warn that police searches could be conducted against thousands of photos of innocent people. Police say that the OIFR will enable quick identification of suspects and missing persons. The facial recognition feature can also be used when a person is found unconscious or dead, refuses to identify themselves or provides a fake name. “This mobile phone app means that with the taking of a single photograph which is compared to the police database, officers can easily and quickly answer the question of ‘Are you really the person we are looking for?” says Trudi Meyrick, assistant chief constable to the South Wales Police. The app has already been tested by 70 officers across South Wales, securing quick arrests and detentions. However, digital rights group Big Brother Watch says that mobile facial recognition could create a “dangerous imbalance” between the public’s rights and the police’s powers. For years, regulators and rights groups have been that the police are storing images of innocent people in its national database which may be used for facial recognition checks. This is despite a ruling that keeping custody images of people who faced no charge or were charged and then acquitted is unlawful. “South Wales Police will search against thousands of unlawfully held photos every time they do a face scan, and they should be fixing this ongoing industrial-scale privacy breach rather than exploiting these photos for yet more surveillance,” says Jake Hurfurt, head of Research and Investigations at Big Brother Watch. According to the organization, South Wales Police has disproportionately targeted ethnic minorities for face scans, which may further undermine trust in the police. The police note that in private places such as houses, schools, medical facilities and places of worship the app will only be used in situations carrying a risk of significant harm. Photos taken through the app will not be retained. “The use of this technology always involves human decision-making and oversight,” says Gwent Police Assistant Chief Constable Nick McLain. While the UK government has been equipping police with more facial recognition surveillance tools, privacy and data watchdogs have been warning of lacking oversight. Rishi Sunak’s government had planned to eliminate the post of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, transferring of the responsibilities for biometrics regulation to the Information Commissioner’s Office. However, the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI) that was supposed to enable this change was in May due to the UK elections. Since then, England and Wales have had limited oversight, according to the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Brian Plastow. The Home Office has been “gapping” the position since Tony Eastaugh left in mid-August, Plastow tells in an email. Eastaugh after leaving the dual-commissioner post. “At a time when the new UK Government is advocating greater use of surveillance technologies such as Live Facial Recognition, the Commissioner is now calling on the UK Government to end its paradigm of indecisiveness by appointing a Commissioner for England and Wales to restore the independent oversight,” Plastow’s office in response to the England and Wales Commissioners’ Annual Report. New forms of biometric technology are far from the only concern, however, as Plastow notes that “National Security Determinations (including in Scotland) are stacking up with no independent oversight being exercised.” | | | | | | | |

Google today announced the launch of a 2024 Recap for Google Photos , mimicking the popular year-end recaps that Spotify and Apple Music put out. The Google ‌Photos‌ Recap highlights memorable photos and videos from the year, pairing them with graphics and cinematic effects. Select users in the United States are able to get a Recap that includes personalized captions generated by the Google Gemini AI model. Recap will also provide tidbits about the year based on images captured, such as longest photo streak, who you took the most photos of, top colors photographed, and who you smiled most with. Recap memories and insights can be shared from Google ‌Photos‌ directly to messaging apps and social media apps. The Recap feature is rolling out to Google ‌Photos‌ users as of today.

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NoneBritain is not properly prepared to defend itself in a war with Russia and cannot rely on the United States and Nato, a retired senior general has warned. Writing in The Independent , Sir Richard Shirreff, who served as Nato’s deputy supreme allied commander in Europe from 2011 to 2014, said another global conflict will only be prevented if there is a “band of deterrent steel from the Baltic to the Black Sea" – something he said the UK may have to be prepared to help realise without the support of Washington. His dramatic intervention comes alongside warnings from former defence secretary Ben Wallace and Labour peer Admiral Lord West that a failure to prioritise defence would be a grave error for the prime minister. Lord West’s warning follows a foreboding speech by Nato general secretary Mark Rutte who said the West is not ready to deal with the threat of war from Russia, declaring it is “time to shift to a wartime mindset and turbocharge our defence production”. Mr Rutte said: “Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation, with Ukraine and with us,” adding: “We are not ready for what is coming our way in four to five years.” There is growing concern about the strength of Donald Trump’s commitment to Nato, following repeated threats to pull out of the alliance if member states do not spend more on defence. Sir Richard warned that Britain can make “no assumptions that Trump would honour Nato’s doctrine of collective defence”, adding: “If we are to deter a third world war, Europe must step up to the mark.” A number of Nato member states do not yet meet the 2 per cent of GDP threshold for defence spending. Meanwhile, there are also concerns over the failure of Keir Starmer to specify a timescale in relation to his pledge to increase UK spending to 2.5 per cent. Sir Richard said the West will “only achieve peace for ourselves, our children and grandchildren and prevent a third world war between Nato and Russia with a band of deterrent steel from the Baltic to the Black Sea”. “This is something that we now have to be ready to do without the US lead and it means gearing up to be ready for war in every respect,” he said. Sir Richard said the UK must demonstrate “moral courage and exemplary leadership” to “make the necessary sacrifices to preserve peace by deterring war”. “We have to fight a second cold war to avoid a third world war,” he warned. “If we fail to do this the costs, in terms of blood and treasure will be appalling.” So far, he said, the new government’s approach to defence is falling far short of what is required. “While the new UK government talks of defence being the first priority, notably it did not figure in the prime minister’s recent ‘top six’ priorities,” he said. Last month, Sir Keir unveiled six milestones to measure the government’s progress – but the targets did not include defence or security. Former defence secretary Ben Wallace told The Independent that the UK has become “overdependent on the US which has limited our choices and left us vulnerable”, calling for Britain to commit to spending 3 per cent of GDP on defence. “The world is sadly getting more insecure and more anxious. Technology has enabled enemies to compete in a way that was impossible to do in the past. “Now is the time to commit to 3 per cent GDP by 2030. For Starmer to not invest in our security would be a dereliction of duty”, he warned. Lord West of Spithead, a former security adviser to Gordon Brown and a retired admiral of the Royal Navy, said Sir Keir had made a “terrible political error” in not including defence in his six milestones, saying the decision was worrying and “beyond belief”. While he expressed doubt that Mr Trump would abandon Nato, he called for European nations to spend more on defence. “There is absolutely no doubt from anyone who knows anything about the military and about defence that our forces are underfunded. “I think the fact that defence wasn’t mentioned in that list is a political error, and it’s a terrible error, full stop. It is beyond belief, really. With the world as dangerous as it is, knowing how underfunded we are, that he’s not willing to mention that as one of the priorities – I find that very worrying”, he told The Independent. Lord West added: “I don’t believe that even Trump will just suddenly pull out of Nato. But should European nations be pulling more weight in defence terms? Yes, absolutely they should.” Colonel Tim Collins, a former army officer who gave a stirring eve-of-battle speech at the start of the Iraq War, expressed concern that Labour is not taking the defence of Britain seriously enough, warning that the UK is facing a situation similar to that of the mid-1930s in the lead-up to the Second World War. While he dismissed some of Mr Trump’s remarks about Nato as rhetoric, he admitted that the UK has “very little leverage over the United States”. Speaking about the new government’s commitment to defence, he said: “I don’t think it is taken particularly seriously by Labour. To the extent that they’re threatening to pull funding from the Tempest programme.” Withdrawing from the Tempest programme, he said, would be comparable to cancelling the Spitfire programme just before the Second World War. The Tempest project, part of the Global Combat Air Programme alongside Italy and Japan, is designed to replace the ageing Eurofighter Typhoons by the mid-2030s. But its budget was slashed by 10 per cent this year. Shadow armed forces minister Mark Francois warned that Russia will not be deterred by “empty platitudes from the chancellor and the Treasury”, and called for the UK to urgently increase defence spending. “During the 1980s, at the height of the Cold War, Mrs Thatcher’s government spent around 5 per cent of GDP on defence, which helped keep the peace in Europe until the Berlin Wall fell. “With Putin’s Russia now at war in Ukraine and threatening further expansion, for instance into Nato’s Baltic states, we urgently need to increase defence spending to deter the Russians again – which we won’t do with empty platitudes from the chancellor and HM Treasury”, he said. A government spokesperson said: “This government will always do what it takes to defend this country, with threats increasing, the world becoming more volatile and technology changing the nature of warfare. “That is why the Budget increased defence spending by £2.9bn for next year and we are committed to setting a path to 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence in spring. The Strategic Defence Review is working at pace to look at the threats we face and the capabilities we need to meet the challenges, threats and opportunities of the 21st century."Federal prosecutors are defending their decision to retry former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry for allegedly lying to FBI agents investigating foreign campaign contributions in 2022. "The government is continuing its prosecution by retrying Fortenberry in this district because he committed multiple felony crimes that implicate substantial federal interests," Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Visser wrote in a brief. Fortenberry's attorney previously filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, alleging it was a case of "selective prosecution" and sought discovery into the decision-making process, which in a response this week Visser called a "fishing expedition for his baseless assertion." Attorney Tobin Romero also asked the judge to disqualify Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mack Jenkins, who first prosecuted Fortenberry in California in 2022 on the same allegations. People are also reading... This week, Jenkins informed the court he would be leaving the employment of the Department of Justice prior to the end of the year, making that motion moot. To prove selective prosecution, Romero would have to establish that the government had treated similar people differently and that the prosecution was based on his membership in a particular group. Jeff Fortenberry Romero said the defense team wasn't able to find any cases in the past 10 years in which the federal government, following reversal by a Court of Appeals, retried a defendant who had received probation and had served most of it. He accused the government not only of disparate treatment, but also of political bias against Fortenberry, a Republican and supporter of Donald Trump, pointing to Jenkins' financial contribution to "Stop Republicans," a group dedicated to resisting Trump and the Republican Party. In his response this week, Visser said Fortenberry’s motion and accompanying exhibits span hundreds of pages, "perhaps hoping that volume will make up for lack of relevant substance." "The first question for the court should be: against this backdrop, who is similarly situated to the defendant? The answer is likely: no one. That, in and of itself, is fatal to his claim," he wrote. Visser said Fortenberry, like many criminal defendants, believes the government should just look the other way and move on. "But based on entirely proper considerations, the government commenced and continues this prosecution," he said. He said most of the defense motion relies on extraneous assertions about Fortenberry and "inaccurate, incomplete, or speculative assertions" about the case. "And as the government’s recent time-served plea offer to Fortenberry makes clear, its interest in continuing this prosecution is not rooted in a desire to punish or embarrass him, but rather to vindicate important federal interests," Visser said. "There is nothing inappropriate — let alone discriminatory — about that." In an email exchange with Fortenberry's attorney following his indictment, the government offered Fortenberry a plea agreement. Plead to falsifying and concealing material facts. In exchange, the government would ask for time served, plus a reinstatement of the previous $25,000 fine and any community service he hadn't already completed. Romero responded the same day with Fortenberry's counteroffer — that the government drop the case — which was rejected. In March 2022, a jury in Los Angeles found Fortenberry guilty of one count of concealing conduit campaign contributions and two counts of lying to federal agents during an investigation into $30,000 Fortenberry had gotten from a controversial Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Chagoury, at a fundraiser in L.A. in 2016. Fortenberry ultimately donated the money to charity after he learned about it because it is illegal for U.S. elected officials to accept foreign money. But the FBI says he lied in interviews about the money. Fortenberry resigned from the House of Representatives a week after his conviction. And he later appealed. On Dec. 26, 2023, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed the conviction, saying Fortenberry should have been tried in Nebraska or Washington D.C., where he had made the statements at issue, not in California where the fundraiser took place. Four days after the mandate was issued, the statute of limitations ran out to charge him in Nebraska over statements made at his home March 23, 2019. But on May 8, a grand jury in Washington indicted him on two charges — falsifying and concealing material facts and making false statements — for statements Fortenberry made while still in office during an interview July 18, 2019, at his counsel's office in Washington. A hearing is set in January on the motions in the new indictment. Tuesday morning, a judge sentenced the 61-year-old former congressman to two years of probation on convictions that he lied to federal agents about dirty money. Photos: Jeff Fortenberry through the years Jeff Fortenberry 1st District Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks with more than 200 constituents during a town hall meeting at Southeast Community College on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. The nation's debt was the most popular topic of the evening. (BRYNN ANDERSON / Lincoln Journal Star) Memorial Day Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks during a Memorial Day event honoring military veterans in 2012 at Antelope Park. Osborne in congress First District candidate for Congress Jeff Fortenberry (right) speaks to members of the media during a news conference in 2004 at the Fremont Municipal Airport. Supporting at the press conference were Congressmen Tom Osborne and Bob Goodlatte of Virginia. RB12081602.jpg ASHLAND, NE - 08/16/2012 - Sen. Ben Nelson humors Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (second from left) as he opens his remarks during the 2012 Legislative Summit at the Strategic Air & Space Museum. Congressional report speakers were (L-R) Congressman Adrian Smith, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, Congressman Lee Terry, Sen. Mike Johanns, and Sen. Ben Nelson. ROBERT BECKER/Lincoln Journal Star 8/17/2012 2A Sen. Ben Nelson humors Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (second from left) as he opens his remarks during the 2012 Legislative Summit at the Strategic Air & Space Museum on Thursday. Congressional report speakers were (from left) Rep. Adrian Smith, Fortenberry, Rep. Lee Terry, Sen. Mike Johanns and Nelson. ROBERT BECKER/LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR wl04110203 Republicans Gov. Mike Johanns (left) and Sen. Chuck Hagel join Jeff Fortenberry at the Cornhusker Hotel Tuesday night. Fortenberry thanked them for lending their "good names," to his campaign. Czech ambassador Rep. Jeff Fortenberry walks into the Kolac Korner in Prague on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2013, for a reception to welcome Petr Gandalovic, the Czech ambassador to the United States. Ben Sasse Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (from left), Republican Senate nominee Ben Sasse and Gov. Dave Heineman share a laugh at Sasse's Election Night party following the 2014 primary. Memorial Day U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-1st Dist., speaks at a Memorial Day service at Wyuka Cemetery. Fortenberry in France Jeff Fortenberry (right) with veteran Bill Elwood of Red Oak, Iowa. Fortenberry is a member of the congressional delegation that joined President Barack Obama and other world leaders in paying tribute to the U.S. and allied forces who fought and died in Normandy on D-Day 70 years ago. Pilger tornado damage Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (left) and Gov. Dave Heineman tour damage in downtown Pilger with Fire Chief Kory Koehlmoos after the tornadoes. Prange Funeral LINCOLN, NEB - 08/08/2014 - Widow Liz Prange receives a hug from Congressman Jeff Fortenberry following the funeral service for her husband, United States Army Staff Sergeant Benjamin G. Prange, on Friday outside Southwood Lutheran Church. Jeff Fortenberry, Columbus Military historian Timothy Kilvert-Jones (left), U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (center) and Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce President K.C. Belitz visit the Andrew Jackson Higgins Memorial, which includes a full-size replica of Higgins' landing craft, on Tuesday in Columbus. Jeff Fortenberry U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (left) speaks to Pete Ricketts' supporters as his wife, Celeste, looks on prior to Ricketts' appearance on Tuesday at The Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln. Fortenberry told the crowd to enjoy the GOP's wins. Winning is wonderful, he said. "But it's not enough. We have to govern." fortenberry Former President George W. Bush, along with former first lady Laura Bush, met this week in Washington with the family of a Nebraska soldier whom the president had decorated with a Purple Heart weeks before the soldier died of wounds suffered in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan. The meeting was arranged by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (far right). Capt. Robert Yllescas' two daughters, Julia Faye (right) and Eva Grace, were joined by their mother, Dena, who has remarried, and her husband, John Johnston, along with their 21-month-old son, Carsten. Jeff Fortenberry at military recruitment center Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (right) talks with U.S. Army Capt. Jonathan D. Murrell (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Anthony E. Fey on Friday during a visit to the military recruitment center on North 27th Street. Offutt Air Force Base Task Force Congressmen Adrian Smith (from left), Brad Ashford and Jeff Fortenberry joined Gov. Pete Ricketts to answer questions about a task force formed to push for runway repairs at Offutt Air Force Base. Election 2016: Republican Party LINCOLN, NEB - 11/08/2016 Congressman Jeff Fortenberry smiles for a picture with supporters Sydney Langness (from left), Joyce Hasselbalch, Karen Lay, Myre Meints and Donna McClain, all of Lincoln, during the Lancaster Republican Party's election night event on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Chez Hay Reception Hall. MATT RYERSON, Journal Star Yazidi Cultural Center Laila Khoudeida, board member and secretary for the global Yazidi group Yazda, speaks with Congressman Jeff Fortenberry during a tour of the newly opened Yazidi Cultural Center on Friday. Fortenberry Lincoln Police Officer Christopher Milisits keeps an eye on the crowd as Rep. Jeff Fortenberry answers questions during a town hall meeting with constituents at Lincoln Southwest High School. Fortenberry Meets with Malawi's Ambassador Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) on Monday (April 24) issued the following statement after meeting Malawi’s Ambassador to the United States: “Congratulations to Norfolk and their sister city Blantyre, Malawi. I was honored to welcome the Malawi Ambassador, His Excellency Edward Yakobe Sawerengera, and the Mayor of Blantyre, the Honorable Wild Ndipo, to my office. We had a good discussion about education, agriculture, and conservation practices." Fortenberry serves on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. Fortenberry Town Hall Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks as police monitor the crowd at Schoo Middle School. Fortenberry Town Hall LINCOLN, NEB - 07/31/2017 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at a town hall meeting on Monday, July 31, 2017 at Lux Middle School. AMBER BAESLER, Journal Star Fortenberry 79 Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (left) takes a question during a town hall meeting amid hundreds of constituents on Monday, March 13, 2017, at Lincoln Southwest High School. James Terry Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (left) and James Terry chat during Fortenberry's visit to the SCC Entrepreneurship Center in June 2017 Fortenberry town Hall Lincoln, NE - 7/27/2018 - Rep. Jeff Fortenberry listens to a question at a town hall meeting on Friday, July 27, 2018, at Schoo Middle School. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star Jeff Fortenberry campaign sign vandalism A large Jeff Fortenberry sign was defaced in October with big googly eyes and a misspelling of the incumbent candidate’s name. Election 2018 Nebraska Republicans Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.,, second right, shakes the hand of a supporter during a Nebraska Republican Party Get Out The Vote rally tour stop in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) Senator Deb Fischer wins re-election Rep. Jeff Fortenberry hugs one of his daughters while speaking at an election party in Lincoln Tuesday. The 2019 Inaugural Ball at Pinnacle Bank Arena U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry and his wife Celeste are presented during the "Grand March" on Saturday Jan. 12th, 2019, for the 2019 Inaugural Ball at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Fortenberry town hall 2 1st District Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at a town hall meeting in August 2019 at Lincoln North Star High School. Fortenberry, a Republican, had $1.9 million in campaign cash on hand in April to face Democratic challenger Kate Bolz. Legislative Summit Nebraska Nebraska's elected lawmakers, from left: Reps. Don Bacon, Adrian Smith, and Jeff Fortenberry and Sens. Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse sit on stage during a legislative summit sponsored by the Omaha and Lincoln Chambers of Commerce, at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland Thursday. CHIEF STANDING BEAR Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (from left), Rep. Jeff Fortenberry and Sen. Deb Fischer listen to remarks during an unveiling ceremony of a statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear in Statuary Hall in September. Fortenberry Jeff Fortenberry (third from left) watches as President Trump signs The Great American Outdoors Act on Tuesday. Jeff Fortenberry and Pete Ricketts Gov. Pete Ricketts (right) defended Rep. Jeff Fortenberry on Monday, describing him as "a man of high integrity." The two Republicans are shown here at a meeting in September 2020 with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who visited Great Plains Beef in Lincoln. Lincoln South Beltway event Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at an event to celebrate the progress made on construction of the Lincoln South Beltway on Oct. 8. Trump rally U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry listens as President Donald Trump speaks at Eppley Airfield in Omaha on Tuesday. President Trump spoke as part of a Make America Great Again! campaign rally. GOP Election Party, 11.3 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry introduces his wife Celeste during the Lancaster County Republican election watch party on Tuesday at the Embassy Suites. GOP Election Party, 11.3 LINCOLN, NEB. - 11/03/2020 - Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks during Lancaster County Republican election watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at Embassy Suites. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star Walk for Life 1.16 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks to anti-abortion advocates near the north steps of the state Capitol during the Walk for Life in January. Republicans Election Day, 5.4 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks during the Republican watch party on May 4. Fortenberry Kadhimi Rep. Jeff Fortenberry meets with with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. Jeff Fortenberry at Mexico border Jeff Fortenberry tweeted this photo and said help is needed at the border, where he met with the sheriff near the Texas town of Uvalde. Watch now: Fortenberry overlooks the Rio Grande near the border Federal Legislative Summit Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (left) and Sen. Deb Fischer converse at the Federal Legislative Summit on Aug. 12 at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum. Federal Legislative Summit Rep. Adrian Smith (left) and Sen. Deb Fischer (right) listen as Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at the Federal Legislative Summit on Thursday at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum. Fortenberry, 10.5 U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (right) talks to Tom Henning, Chairman, President and CEO at Assurity Life, during a Lincoln Chamber of Commerce lunch on Tuesday. Fortenberry talked to business leaders about the important issues facing Nebraskans at the federal level and the impact in Lincoln. Fortenberry, 10.5 U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry laughs at a comment from one of his fellow diners during a Lincoln Chamber of Commerce lunch on Tuesday. He spoke about the important issues facing Nebraskans at the federal level and how those issues impact businesses in Lincoln. 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Dentsply Sirona Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitorsREGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a new lieutenant-governor for Saskatchewan. Bernadette McIntyre is to serve in the role, representing the King in the province. Her duties include swearing in cabinet ministers, opening each session of the legislative assembly and providing royal assent to provincial bills. McIntyre has held executive roles at Saskatchewan Government Insurance and Wascana Centre Authority in Regina. She has also been a long-time community volunteer, receiving awards for her contributions in the sport of curling. McIntyre is to replace Russ Mirasty, who served as lieutenant-governor for five years. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 6, 2024. Jeremy Simes, The Canadian PressNEW YORK , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Report with market evolution powered by AI- The global television market size is estimated to grow by USD 64.7 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of over 7.85% during the forecast period. Product innovation and advances leading to portfolio extension and product premiumization is driving market growth, with a trend towards advent of 8k UHD televisions . However, lack of 4k content poses a challenge. Key market players include Apple Inc., Changhong, Elitelux Australia, Funai Electric Co. Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Hisense International Co. Ltd., Koninklijke Philips N.V., Konka Group Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Micromax Informatics Ltd., MIRC Electronics Ltd., Panasonic Holdings Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp., Skyworth Group Ltd., Sony Group Corp., TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd., Videocon Industries Ltd., VIZIO Holding Corp., and Xiaomi Communications Co. Ltd.. AI-Powered Market Evolution Insights. Our comprehensive market report ready with the latest trends, growth opportunities, and strategic analysis- View your snapshot now Key Market Trends Fueling Growth The television market is witnessing significant advancements in display resolution technology, with 8K televisions gaining traction. At CES 2018, 8K resolution televisions were introduced, offering a higher resolution standard than 4K , with approximately 8,000 horizontal pixels. Although some vendors, including LG, Samsung, and Sony, have launched 8K television series, these are currently not consumer-grade and are available at premium prices. Vendors are expected to ramp up production of affordable consumer versions in the coming years. The development of 8K -compatible content is also crucial for the growth of this market. Overall, the increasing demand for high-resolution display devices and enhanced content creation is driving the adoption of 8K televisions. The Pay TV industry is evolving with new trends shaping the future market landscape. Pay TV models, including postpaid and prepaid services, are gaining popularity, especially in commercial sectors. Acquisitions of content providers and TV-as-a-Service (TVaaS) models are on the rise. Premium UHD content is driving demand, with territories in the technological segments of cable and satellite, as well as internet protocol, competing for consumer attention. Potential investors are eyeing the ecosystem, which includes traditional cable and satellite, digital television, and consumer electronics like Smart TVs, LCD, LED, and OLED screens. 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Broadcasters have yet to produce 4K content due to the high capital investment required for contribution and distribution. Consequently, operators may not be incentivized to provide 4K UHD set-top boxes to consumers, creating a gap between demand and supply. This content gap is expected to hinder the growth of the global television market during the forecast period. The television market is undergoing significant changes with the evolution of consumer electronics. Internet-connected, storage-aware computers have transformed content delivery, enabling access to streaming services and gaming console compatibility. Smart TV enhancements like LCD, LED, and OLED displays offer technologies such as bezel-less and frameless designs. Eco-friendliness, home office integration, and TV as art are new trends. OLED displays and curved displays add value, while foldable displays are an emerging technology. The pay TV market, including cable TV, Direct-to-Home, and fiber optic services, faces competition from disposable incomes and emerging economies fueling consumer appetite for high-definition content and over-the-top platforms. Valuation of the market relies on content integration, viewer preferences, and ultra-high-definition services. Content security systems cater to residential sectors and housing units, catering to the needs of various consumers. Spotv, a new player, aims to disrupt the market with innovative offerings. Insights into how AI is reshaping industries and driving growth- Download a Sample Report Segment Overview This television market report extensively covers market segmentation by 1.1 UHD 1.2 HD 2.1 Upto 43 inches 2.2 55-64 inches 2.3 48-50 inches 2.4 Greater than 65 inches 3.1 LCD 3.2 OLED 4.1 APAC 4.2 North America 4.3 Europe 4.4 South America 4.5 Middle East and Africa 1.1 UHD- The television market is a significant sector in media and entertainment. Broadcasters and streaming services compete to provide engaging content to viewers. Advertisers invest heavily to reach audiences through commercials and sponsorships. Consumers continue to demand high-quality programming and convenient viewing options. Innovations like smart TVs and on-demand services shape the market's future. Industry growth is steady, driven by advancements in technology and consumer preferences. Download complimentary Sample Report to gain insights into AI's impact on market dynamics, emerging trends, and future opportunities- including forecast (2024-2028) and historic data (2018 - 2022) Research Analysis The Pay TV market continues to evolve, with various technological segments including Cable TV, Direct-to-Home, and Fiber optic services, catering to the insatiable consumer appetite for high-definition content. Over-the-top platforms have disrupted traditional TV viewing, offering on-demand access to premium content in Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) and technologies. Smart TV capabilities enable seamless content integration and access to eco-friendly features like energy-saving modes. Territories and markets differ, with cable and satellite dominating the residential sector, while the commercial sector embraces Internet Protocol (IP) solutions. Innovations like OLED displays, Bezel-less and Frameless designs, TVs as art pieces, Curved displays, and Foldable displays add to the excitement. UHD content and technologies are the future, transforming the TV viewing experience. Market Research Overview The Pay TV market encompasses various segments, including Cable TV, Direct-to-Home (DTH), Fiber optic services, and Over-the-top (OTT) platforms. Valuation of this industry is driven by consumer appetite for high-definition content and advanced Smart TV capabilities. Technological segments like Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) services and Content Security Systems are gaining traction. Residential sectors, particularly housing units, are significant contributors to the Pay TV industry. Viewer preferences and Pay TV models continue to evolve, with acquisitions and TV-as-a-Service (TVaaS) models emerging. Commercial sectors, potential investors, and territories are also part of the ecosystem. Traditional cable TV and premium content are being challenged by UHD content and technological advancements like internet protocol, gaming, and technologies. Consumer electronics evolution, such as LCD, LED, OLED, and eco-friendly designs, are enhancing the TV viewing experience. The future market landscape includes bezel-less, frameless designs, TV as art, curved displays, and foldable displays. Disposable incomes and emerging economies are expanding the market. 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The mysterious drone sightings across several counties in New Jersey during recent weeks were launched by an Iranian “mothership,” according to a congressman who spoke to Fox News on Wednesday. And while it seems like a completely outlandish claim given everything we know publicly right now, this isn’t some random crank on the internet. It’s an elected leader in the U.S. who sits on powerful committees and claims to have sources who can be trusted. The mysterious flying vehicles have blinking lights and have sometimes been described as being as large as a car. Walt Miller, chief of police in New Jersey’s Evesham township, gave a press conference Friday where he said cops have been flooded with calls about the flying objects. But it’s unclear to most people who might be behind them. At least it was unclear until Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Republican from New Jersey, said Wednesday that he knows for certain what they are. Rep. Drew is a member of the U.S. House Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation and says he has reliable information that these drones are from a hostile source. “I’ve gotten to know people and from very high sources, very qualified sources, very responsible sources, I’m going to tell you the real deal,” Van Drew said, prefacing his remarks on Fox News while talking with Harris Faulkner. “Iran launched a mothership, probably about a month ago, that contains these drones. That mothership is off the east coast of the United States of America. They’ve launched drones—this is everything that we can see and hear. Again these are from high sources, I don’t say this lightly.” Rep. Van Drew then goes on to admit there was a “probability” whatever these flying objects are could’ve been American, either as hobbyists or U.S.-government run, but he insisted, “we know it’s not our own government.” “The third possibility was somebody, an adversarial country, doing this. Know that Iran made a deal with China to purchase drones, motherships, and technology in order to go forward,” said Rep. Van Drew. “The sources I have are good. They can’t reveal who they are because they are speaking to me in confidentiality. These drones should be shot down.” But as insistent as Rep. Van Drew was that he knew where these drones were coming from, he did eventually start to hedge that it merely “could be” a mothership from Iran. “Whether it was some crazy hobbyist that we can’t imagine, or whether it is Iran—and I think it very possibly could be—they should be shot down. We are not getting the full deal and the military is on alert with this,” Rep. Van Drew said. Rep. Van Drew has called for the drones to be shot down. But the Pentagon denied that these are Iranian drones during a press conference on Wednesday. “At this time we have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign entity or the work of an adversary,” said Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh . “We’re going to continue to monitor what is happening, but, you know, at no point were our installations threatened when this activity was occurring.” Asked by a reporter specifically about the Iranian mothership idea, Singh reiterated, “There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there’s no so-called mothership launching drones towards the United States.” Experts aren’t quite sure what to make of wild claims that these could be from a hostile nation. As several people have pointed out on social media, these flying objects would likely be intercepted in some way rather quickly if they really were being operated by a foreign government. “Regarding the New Jersey mystery drones that are appearing over military bases (among other locations), I think it’s rather key to note they aren’t being shot down or intercepted, even though military bases would be permitted to do this for security reasons,” Faine Greenwood, a researcher who’s worked for years on UAVs, wrote Tuesday on Bluesky . Whatever happens, it’ll be interesting to see whether anyone in the intelligence community leaks any info to support any of Rep. Van Drew’s claims. Because as of right now we only have his word on the topic. And while it’s entirely possible the Pentagon is lying about something, it would be odd if these were Iranian and nobody came forward to leak that very important information. “This isn’t just Jeff Van Drew... oh let’s you know let’s get on Harris’s show and say something outrageous,” Rep. Van Drew said of himself. “I’m telling you the straight deal from very high-positioned individuals who are telling me this. And the bottom line is they’re launching them. They are across the country.” Van Drew even insisted that the U.S. government doesn’t have anything so advanced, another claim that seems a bit outrageous. “We don’t even have anything like this. Our government, and certainly our hobbyists don’t. So think about it. Not only do I have the information but it’s also common sense,” Rep. Van Drew said.

Spire Inc director Paul Koonce buys $73,610 in common stockknows there are tons of questions about his future with the . He might get traded, he might leave as a free agent next summer, he might exercise a $52.4 million option to return to the Heat, or he might get a new contract. "Who knows?" Butler asked. The Heat forward, who has led the team to a pair of NBA Finals trips in his Miami tenure, said Wednesday that he doesn't mind his name being in the rumor mill. The Heat are open to listening to offers for Butler and making a deal if the proposal is right, earlier this week. That wouldn't be surprising, given Butler's contract status and the possibility that he might leave with the Heat getting nothing in return next summer. "I actually like it," said Butler, who is averaging 19 points per game this season. "It's good to be talked about. I don't think there's such a thing as bad publicity -- to a point." The Heat could have offered an extension last summer and chose not to, presumably for a variety of reasons including Butler's age -- he's 35 -- and the fact that he missed 26% of Miami's games over his first five seasons with the team. He still clearly impacts winning: Miami is 8-2 this season when he scores at least 18 points. And the Heat aren't new to trade speculation; has been the centerpiece of rumors in each of the past three summers. Butler said Wednesday that money doesn't really matter to him at this point, adding that he's not fixated on extensions or trades. "My kids matter, my happiness matters, my well-being matters and my family matters," Butler said. "Right now, it's all about competing, staying healthy, playing some great basketball. I think I've done that so far, so we'll see what we got." He stopped short of saying that he wants to absolutely remain in Miami. "I'm pretty sure y'all are going to get a report that's going to say otherwise anyways, so there's no sense in me answering that question," Butler said. It has been social media fodder for a few days, with some even suggesting that Butler's hair dye in recent weeks -- sometimes yellow, sometimes blue, sometimes red -- has matched the teams some of the trade speculation links him to like , and . That said, he has insisted since arriving in Miami that he wants to bring the team another championship. That stance has not changed. "We're going to continue to win and I'm proud of the guys," Butler said. "You see everybody out here working and we know what we're capable of."

Behind the Scenes of : How the Acclaimed Film Re-Creates ABC Sports’ Historic Live Coverage of the Munich Massacre , , chronicles the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news coverage today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the Golden Globe–nominated film — which and expands nationwide on Jan. 17 — follows the ABC Sports production team, who quickly shifted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. In addition to offering an important perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by millions of people, provides one of the most realistic behind-the-scenes depictions of a live-TV control room ever put on film. SVG had the opportunity to chat with , the cast, and to delve into the film’s development and production. The film presents the events of Sept. 5, 1972, purely from the perspective of the ABC Sports production team, shining a light on what Fehlbaum calls “a watershed moment in journalism and its influential legacy.” At the heart of the story are three Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famers — Geoff Mason (played by John Magaro), then a young and ambitious producer; his boss, legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard); and his mentor, Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin) — along with their German interpreter Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch). The film juxtaposes the high-tech broadcast capabilities of the time against the many lives at stake and explores the moral decisions that needed to be made in real time. “The live broadcasts marked a turning point in media reporting, bringing a new dimension to how such incidents are seen and understood by the public,” says Fehlbaum. “When the attack begins, a team of American sports reporters are suddenly responsible for the subsequent 22 hours of live coverage, switching their responsibilities from sporting events to geopolitics. I was interested in the unprecedented situation that the media faced: this was the first time an event of this nature was covered by a live broadcast.” Fehlbaum and his team spoke extensively with ABC Sports crew members who were on the ground in Munich, extracting details about their experience in that control room. As a result of the research, the director decided early on to narrate the film purely from the viewpoint of the control room. “We are constantly in the TV studio, almost like in a chamber play, the cameras the only eyes cast on the tragic events unfolding before us,” he says. “The spatial limitation of the narrative world to the ABC Sports TV studio means that we are confronted with the moral, ethical, professional, and, ultimately, psychological dilemmas of journalists who become aware of their responsibility only when switching from sports to crisis news.” When Israeli athletes were suddenly taken hostage, the ABC Sports broadcast team had to shift from sports reporting to live news coverage. Besides the horrors of witnessing and airing a terrorist attack live to millions of people, they also faced the possibility of inadvertently sharing law enforcement’s plans and movements with the terrorists themselves — who were thought to be able to watch the coverage within the Olympic Village — and potentially derailing the rescue mission. “As a filmmaker,” says Fehlbaum, “I felt an affinity with the complexity of the situation. On the one hand, I was critical of tragic events being processed as sensations. But, on the other, I was fascinated by the ambitions and dilemmas of the journalists to tell the story accurately.” Steven Spielberg’s recounts the aftermath of the event, but ’s Munich-based producers — Thomas Wöbke and Philipp Trauer of film-production company BerghausWöbke — believed that there was more to this story and it was ripe to be told for the big screen. Writer/director Moritz Binder and Fehlbaum were enlisted to write the screenplay, along with co-writer Alex David. The producers soon discovered an article written by Jimmy Schaeffler, a production runner on that day, who spoke highly of Mason. They met with Mason, a Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer, who described in vivid detail the experience of producing that 22 hours of live coverage. Mason, who came on board as a co-producer of the film, was impressed by the depth of the research and the power of the script. “After I read early versions, I was impressed by how deeply personal the experience was, not only to those of us involved in that production but in telling the story of what transpired. This is a story about the people in that control room and how we all reacted to what was happening in front of us. I am blessed to be one of the very few people still around to help tell that story.” The filmmakers also drew on biographies of Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famers Roone Arledge and Jim McKay and other ABC executives and crew. In addition, Schaeffler — the runner, who, disguised as an athlete, had smuggled film footage past the police cordons — offered first-hand insights, along with longtime CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus, who sat in the control room while his father, Jim McKay, was presenting the Olympics in the studio next door. ABC Sports, which paid handsomely for the rights to broadcast the 1972 Games live in the U.S., had built a production facility next to the Olympic Village. The massive technical apparatus set new industry standards with innovative technologies — slow motion, handheld cameras — coupled with sensational title designs. The filmmakers drew heavily from , who described the massive technical effort necessary for the first live broadcast of the Olympic Games and how the ABC crew improvised when the hostages were taken. On the storytelling side, Arledge set a precedent by focusing coverage on the athletes’ background stories in an effort to get viewers more invested — a strategy that’s now a staple of Olympics coverage. Throughout development, Mason ensured that the script captured the tone and tenor of that fateful day. Among key decisions was to have the entire plot unfold inside the studio complex. The only outside footage would be clips on the many monitors inside the control room. The filmmakers considered it absolutely necessary to incorporate the original ABC broadcast footage. However, accessing the archives and licensing the footage was a major challenge. Wöbke credits Mason and his relationship with ABC for the production’s access to the material. That access proved invaluable. “Viewing the broadcast footage made it possible to re-create the events within the control room,” says Fehlbaum. “We structured the screenplay accordingly. This led to a visual strategy: we planned the set in such a way that the original material from 1972 could run on the monitors, [blending] in with our directed scenes.” Watching the footage, Fehlbaum concluded that Jim McKay would be played not by an actor but through the original broadcast footage: “It seemed impossible to me to reproduce this performance with an actor. To convey the urgency of the moment, we knew we would also have to incorporate the original material of Jim into our film.” Except for one or two shots, no blue screens were deployed, allowing the actors to react to the actual footage on the monitors in real time. “Working with the real footage was a total game-changer,” says Magaro. “We didn’t know how we were going to tell this story without it. For me, the show was like another cast member. The language of the script changed as we got the footage. Going back to the research we had done, it was easy to pivot and change to calling the live footage, which was a unique challenge.” An additional editing challenge was incorporation of the archival material and selection of the clips — including the re-created sequences — for the monitor wall. “We knew very early on,” notes producer John Ira Palmer, “that the archival footage was going to deliver an emotional wallop that none of us could ever hope to re-create. Because we were also intercutting original footage with re-created footage, along with the story we were telling inside that newsroom, we knew it all needed to blend seamlessly.” When it came to casting the film, Fehlbaum says, “Geoffrey Mason had told us about a unique dynamic and the solidarity among the ABC crew. This feeling had to be reflected in the casting.” Although authenticity was a priority, some dramaturgical liberties were taken, including making some featured characters a composite of people present. Most notably, Mason represents the director of the coverage, and Gebhardt is a blend of several people who were in the control room in Munich. Preparing to portray Arledge, Sarsgaard read various materials about the sports executive and also spoke at length with a friend who works in a similar environment and has covered NHL hockey and the Olympics. “Learning how the system works, how the organism works, was interesting,” he says. “He told me about how Roone had changed things, in what ways he had changed things, and why he was a pioneer. A lot of that was about storytelling and Roone’s way of telling a story that emphasizes its being a satisfying story. That’s okay with sports, but it gets more complicated with journalism.” Magaro connected with Mason early in the process, mining his memory for details and inspiration. During shooting, Mason was sent dailies to review and, says Magaro, “was very encouraging as he was seeing footage roll out. “It was very important to me to capture Geoff’s situation,” Magaro continues, “the struggle of being a good producer, being a good broadcaster, and struggling with the moral dilemma of what’s right and what’s wrong in this situation.” In preparing for the role of Bader, Chaplin read everything he could on the longtime ABC Sports VP of Olympics operations, noting certain quotes from people who knew him. He found this quote from to be especially touching: “I’m sorry I retired. I had the best job in the world. There is no better job.” Says Chaplin, “[Bader] was a legendary specialist in live [coverage] and live reporting, and his love, enthusiasm, and excitement for the job was tangible. I hope audiences come away from the film thinking about someone like Marvin Bader, a thoroughly decent man who spent his life working hard behind the scenes bringing pleasure to millions, doing the very best he could.” For the character of Gebhard, who must manage working in an environment rife with power imbalances, Fehlbaum and Benesch decided that the best approach would be to place the actor into a situation like her character’s: without benefit of newsroom experience. However, Benesch did spend time with a translator in Berlin, asking “loads and loads of questions regarding the nature of her profession. “Everyone did the best they could,” she continues, speaking of the ABC Sports crew in 1972. “I think their intentions were good. I feel like our film might be able to make people feel what it’s like to be a journalist during breaking news.” Through Mason’s industry connections, the director and cast were able to sit in on production-control rooms, notably for and , to see what live TV is really like. “We studied the specific movements and gestures and the dynamics and atmosphere of sports broadcasts,” says Fehlbaum. “We were able to transport those to our set. We wanted to ensure that all the technical equipment on set was as authentic as possible and functional for the actors.” Magaro learned the language of calling a show —camera angles, graphics, music, transitions — becoming familiar with the sportscaster, director, and producer roles. “Anyone who steps into those control rooms knows that it is unlike anything else,” he notes. “If there was a false note, it wouldn’t have worked. Especially, people who have been in those situations would have seen it and immediately dismissed it as phony. Because of the time I spent in those control rooms and doing the research, I think we were able to capture what it was like to call a live broadcast in the 1970s.” The main shoot for took place over 33 days: 29 days at Bavaria Studios in Munich, one day in Penzing, and three in the Olympic Village, which looks virtually the same as it did in 1972, to re-create a few scenes from the original footage. Cinematographer Markus Förderer and Fehlbaum aimed to “tell the story as if we were a team of reporters covering the events of the day, making a documentary about the ABC crew,” Fehlbaum says. “We wanted the camera to react spontaneously to what was happening so we tried to feel the camera movements in the moment instead of planning everything out in advance.” Digital cameras were predominantly deployed for the control-room scenes. For any re-creations of archival footage, Förderer and his team often filmed in both 16mm and digital, sometimes side-by-side. They shot with several cameras to get different angles and had a film camera on set for every scene to have a reference for the color grade and to make sure that everything blended and looked filmic. “We never wanted it to feel dated,” Förderer says. “We wanted the audience to forget they’re watching a movie and believe they’re in the period. Our digital camera was 8K, very high resolution, but we added vintage lenses from the time. When I did research into the lenses used to film the Olympics, I found detailed descriptions of the gear because it was such a technological feat and a milestone in broadcasting.” Förderer even found one of the original Zoomar lenses on eBay — the first-ever zoom lenses were made in Munich — and converted it to match the modern camera. He and his team mixed lenses and switched between a 16mm sensor crop to a 35mm and also used anamorphic lenses. He operated the A camera throughout the shoot to be as unobtrusive and quick-moving as possible. The handheld aesthetic, along with the claustrophobic setting of the control room, fully immerses the audience and adds to the tension. To create the sensation of a real-time broadcast, two cameras were used. Even though scenes were cut and tightened in the editing room, the goal was the movement and energy of one continuous shot. “We mastered the entire scene and captured the actors’ performances by following the story as if we had only this one opportunity,” Förderer explains. “We wanted to embrace the energy, the imperfections, and the chaos of that day.” The style of shooting resulted in a large amount of footage, complicating the editing process in postproduction. Fehlbaum credits editor Hansjörg Weißbrich with bringing it all together: “Hansjörg [has] a fantastic sense of how to sift through the material, organize it, and find what was truly important for our film and what we didn’t need. He shaped the film significantly. It was important to us that the film be fast-paced because, as Geoffrey Mason told us, time was like a whirlwind. We wanted to convey that feeling.” Production designer Julian R. Wagner started his work on by poring over historical footage, photos (and personal recollections) from Mason, and witness interviews in police reports. Then he and his team did the technological research to connect it all. Wagner used original blueprints of the Olympic complex to reproduce the 1972 ABC Sports studio, which is no longer standing. Also, all props were created to the last detail. “Every button, every screen, absolutely everything you can see,” he says, “was a perfect copy of the control room, even down to the glued-on memos we saw in old images.” Old machines were sourced from all over the world, borrowed from collectors and found in museums and television-studio storage rooms. The equipment was meticulously cleaned, polished, and rewired to restore every item. “It was very important,” notes Fehlbaum, “to give today’s audience a feeling for the analog technology that prevailed at the time. Some of these devices were even made functional again for the shoot so that the actors could interact with them.” Wagner acknowledges that, after re-creating the ABC Studio space, the art department’s greatest challenge was to source the vintage technology and get it working: “Everything had to be real. For example, the screens in the ’70s looked different [from today’s], and we wanted to have the real screens. It was a gigantic puzzle. We collected all the individual parts and started to refurbish the old technology.” Filming of the studio set took place entirely on one stage at Bavaria Studios. The production filled the stage, with eight interconnecting spaces allowing continuous camera movements through corridors and into other rooms. In addition to the main studio spaces, Wagner and his team designed several small sets used in re-creations of original footage and generally visible only on monitors in the control room. The impact of the events of September 5, 1972, continues to this day. “We began to understand that the responsibility for being honest, truthful, and thorough in our coverage was more than any of us had imagined,” says Mason of how that day affected the way he views his work. “Going into every production I’m involved with, I think about the quality of our work and storytelling in a much more meaningful way.” The film also raises questions that are more important to address than ever, notes Fehlbaum. “Beside telling a fast-paced, thrilling story, the film sheds light on this historical event from a very specific perspective. I believe that the combination of these elements will create an exciting and simultaneously thought-provoking experience for audiences.”Zelensky demands response from allies as Putin threatens West with new missileZelensky demands response from allies as Putin threatens West with new missile

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