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sg777 live login download Stormont minister Maurice Morrow told an official he would not raise the issue with the Northern Ireland Executive, despite similar measures being considered in England and Wales. A file on planning arrangements for the jubilee celebrations reveals a series of civil service correspondences on how Northern Ireland would mark the occasion. It includes a letter sent on January 11 2001 from an official in the Office of the First Minister/Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) to the Department of Social Development, advising that a committee had been set up in London to consider a programme of celebrations. The correspondence says: “One of the issues the committee is currently considering is the possibility of deregulating liquor licensing laws during the golden jubilee celebrations on the same lines as the arrangements made for the millennium. “It is felt that the golden jubilee bank holiday on Monday 3 June 2002 is likely to be an occasion on which many public houses and similar licensed premises would wish to stay open beyond normal closing time.” The letter said a paper had been prepared on the issue of extending opening hours. It adds: “You will note that paragraph seven of the paper indicates that the devolved administrations ‘would need to consider deregulation separately within their own jurisdictions’. “I thought that you would wish to be aware that this issue is receiving active consideration for England and Wales and to consider whether anything needs to be done for Northern Ireland.” Some months later a “progress report” was sent between officials in OFMDFM, which again raised the issue of licensing laws. It says: “I spoke to Gordon Gibson, DSD, about Terry Smith’s letter of 12 January 2001 about licensing laws: the matter was put to their minister Maurice Morrow (DUP) who indicated that he would not be asking the NIE (Northern Ireland Executive) to approve any change to current licensing laws in NI to allow for either 24 hour opening (as at the millennium) nor a blanket approval for extended opening hours as is being considered in GB. “In both cases, primary legislation would be required here and would necessitate consultation and the minister has ruled out any consultation process.” The correspondence says individual licensees could still apply for an extension to opening hours on an ad hoc basis, adding “there the matter rests”. It goes on: “DSD await further pronouncements from the Home Office and Gibson and I have agreed to notify each other of any developments we become aware of and he will copy me to any (existing) relevant papers. “Ministers may well come under pressure in due course for a relaxation and/or parity with GB.” The document concludes “That’s it so far...making haste slowly?” Emails sent between officials in the department the same month said that lord lieutenants in Northern Ireland had been approached about local events to mark the jubilee. One message says: “Lord lieutenants have not shown any enthusiasm for encouraging GJ celebrations at a local level. “Lady Carswell in particular believes that it would be difficult for LLs to encourage such activities without appearing political.”WASHINGTON — For years, Pat Verhaeghe didn’t think highly of Donald Trump as a leader. Then Verhaeghe began seeing more of Trump’s campaign speeches online and his appearances at sporting events. There was even the former president’s pairing with Bryson DeChambeau as part of the pro golfer’s YouTube channel series to shoot an under-50 round of golf while engaging in chitchat with his partner. “I regret saying this, but a while ago I thought he was an idiot and that he wouldn’t be a good president,” said the 18-year-old first-time voter. “I think he’s a great guy now.” Verhaeghe isn’t alone among his friends in suburban Detroit or young men across America. Although much of the electorate shifted right to varying degrees in 2024, young men were one of the groups that swung sharply toward Trump. More than half of men under 30 supported Trump, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 120,000 voters, while Democrat Joe Biden had won a similar share of this group four years earlier. White men under 30 were solidly in Trump’s camp this year — about 6 in 10 voted for him — while young Latino men were split between the two candidates. Most Black men under 30 supported Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, but about one-third were behind former President Trump. Young Latino men’s views of the Democratic Party were much more negative than in 2020, while young Black men’s views of the party didn’t really move. About 6 in 10 Latino men under 30 had a somewhat or very favorable view of the Democrats in 2020, which fell to about 4 in 10 this year. On the other hand, about two-thirds of young Black men had a favorable view of the Democrats this year, which was almost identical to how they saw the party four years ago. “Young Hispanic men, and really young men in general, they want to feel valued,” said Rafael Struve, deputy communications director for Bienvenido, a conservative group that focused on reaching young Latino voters for Republicans this year. “They’re looking for someone who fights for them, who sees their potential and not just their struggles.” Struve cited the attempted assassination of Trump during a July rally in Pennsylvania as one of the catalyzing moments for Trump’s image among many young men. Trump raised his arm afterword and repeated, “Fight! Fight!” The image was quickly emblazoned on T-shirts. Trump, Struve said, was also able to reach young men more effectively by focusing on nontraditional platforms such as podcasts and digital media outlets. “Getting to hear from Trump directly, I think, really made all the difference,” Struve said of the former president’s appearances on digital media platforms and media catering to Latino communities, including town halls and business roundtables he attended in Las Vegas and Miami. Not only did Trump spend three hours on Joe Rogan’s chart-topping podcast, but also he took up DeChambeau’s “Break 50” challenge for the golfer’s more than 1.6 million YouTube subscribers. Trump already had an edge among young white men four years ago, although he widened the gap this year. About half of white men under 30 supported Trump in 2020, and slightly less than half supported Biden. Trump’s gains among young Latino and Black men were bigger. His support among both groups increased by about 20 percentage points, according to AP VoteCast. It wasn’t just Trump. The share of young men who identified as Republicans in 2024 rose as well, mostly aligning with support for Trump across all three groups. “What is most alarming to me is that the election is clear that America has shifted right by a lot,” said William He, founder of Dream For America, a liberal group that works to turn out young voters and supported Harris’ presidential bid. With Trump’s bombastic demeanor and a policy agenda centered on a more macho understanding of culture, he framed much of his campaign as a pitch to men who felt scorned by the country’s economy, culture and political system. Young women also slightly swung toward the former president, though not to the degree of their male counterparts. It’s unclear how many men simply did not vote this year. But there’s no doubt the last four years brought changes in youth culture and how political campaigns set out to reach younger voters. Harris’ campaign rolled out policy agendas tailored to Black and Latino men, and the campaign enlisted a range of leaders in their communities to make the case for the vice president. Her campaign began with a flurry of enthusiasm from many young voters, epitomized in memes and the campaign’s embrace of pop culture trends like the pop star Charli XCX’s “brat” aesthetic. Democrats hoped to channel that energy into their youth voter mobilization efforts. “I think most young voters just didn’t hear the message,” said Santiago Mayer, executive director of Voters of Tomorrow, a liberal group that engages younger voters. Mayer said the Harris campaign’s pitch to the country was “largely convoluted” and centered on economic messaging that he said wasn’t easily conveyed to younger voters who were not already coming to political media. “And I think that the policies themselves were also very narrow and targeted, when what we really needed was a simple, bold economic vision,” said Mayer. Harris’ campaign included pitches from an array of pop culture, sports and music stars, including Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo and Oprah Winfrey. Trump also embraced pop culture by appearing at UFC fights, football games and appearing alongside comedians, musicians and social media influencers. His strategists believed that the former president’s ability to grab attention and make his remarks go viral did more for the campaign than paid advertisements or traditional media appearances. Trump’s campaign also heavily cultivated networks of online conservative platforms and personalities supportive of him while also engaging a broader universe of podcasts, streaming sites, digital media channels and meme pages open to hearing him. “The right has been wildly successful in infiltrating youth political culture online and on campus in the last couple of years, thus radicalizing young people towards extremism,” said He, who cited conservative activist groups like Turning Point USA as having an outsize effect in online discourse. “And Democrats have been running campaigns in a very old-fashioned way. The battleground these days is cultural and increasingly on the internet.” Republicans may lose their broad support if they don’t deliver on improving Americans’ lives, Struve said. Young men, especially, may drift from the party in a post-Trump era if the party loses the president-elect’s authenticity and bravado. Bienvenido, Struve said, will double down in the coming years to solidify and accelerate the voting pattern shifts seen this year. “We don’t want this to be a one-and-done thing,” he said. Brown writes for the Associated Press. Associated Press writer Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Mich., and AP polling editor Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux contributed to this report.

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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois quarterback Michael Lindauer's coming-out party also was a dazzling farewell. The senior graduate assistant, pressed into duty as a player again when injuries left the Salukis in need of a quarterback, made his first career start — on Senior Day, no less — and threw for a school-record seven touchdowns in a 62-0 victory over Murray State on Saturday. “This was incredible,” Lindauer said. “The guys around me — thank the guys. The receivers were making plays, the O-line's blocking. When you get on a roll like that, stuff just starts happening.” The fifth-year senior, a transfer from Cincinnati, completed 20 of 33 passes for 283 yards. Keontez Lewis caught scoring passes of 4 and 64 yards. Bradley Clark had TDs of 35 and 23 yards. Nah’shawn Hezekiah had touchdowns of 19 and 35 yards on his two catches. And Jay Jones caught one pass for 1 yard — also a touchdown. Before the game, Lindauer had attempted 27 career passes. “Now, he's in the record book,” Salukis coach Nick Hill said. “It will be a hard record to beat, seven TDs in one game. ... What he's done ... just being so selfless and coming back and being a player. The team needed it. ... It’s a testament that if you stay committed, do the right things, have a great attitude, you’re going to get rewarded at some point, and he was rewarded in a big way today.” Southern Illinois finished the season 4-8 overall and 2-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference, but “to go out like that, that's a good way to go out,” Hill said. Lindauer was named the MVC offensive player of the week for his performance in his first and last career start. He plans to return in the spring, again as a graduate assistant coach, but this time with a resume to lean on. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a soccer game featuring a transgender player defended their decision Friday at a hearing on whether they can take similar action while they are being sued. Kyle Fellers and Anthony Foote were banned from school grounds after the September game by officials who viewed the wristbands as intimidation or harassment of a transgender player. They later sued the Bow school district, and while the no-trespass orders have since expired, a judge is deciding whether the plaintiffs should be allowed to wear the wristbands and carry signs at upcoming school events, including basketball games, swim meets and a music concert, while the case proceeds. Both men testified Thursday that they didn’t intend to harass or otherwise target a transgender player on the opposing team, and their attorneys have argued they did nothing more than silently express their support for reserving girls’ sports for those born female. But school officials testified Friday that they had reason to believe the men wouldn’t stop there. Superintendent Marcy Kelley and Bow High School Athletic Director Michael Desiletes described receiving strongly-worded emails from Foote in which he called himself a “real leader” who was prepared to take action and seeing his social media posts urging others to attend the game. In the days leading up to the game, another parent told school officials she overheard others talk about showing up to the game wearing dresses and heckling the transgender player. “When we suspect there’s some sort of threat ... we don’t wait for it to happen,” Kelley said, comparing it to the way school officials wouldn’t wait until a fight broke out between two students to intervene if they got wind of it beforehand. Kelley also pushed back on the idea that the plaintiffs were simply expressing support for their daughters and their teammates in general, noting that they chose the one game involving a transgender player to begin wearing the wristbands. “This was organized and targeted,” she said. “If we were to allow harassment, we’re liable.” The transgender player in question, Parker Tirrell, and another student athlete are challenging the state law that bans transgender athletes in grades 5 to 12 from teams that align with their gender identity. A federal judge ruled in their case that they can play sports during the ongoing lawsuit that seeks to overturn the law. Gov. Chris Sununu, who signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act into law in July, has said it “ensures fairness and safety in women’s sports by maintaining integrity and competitive balance in athletic competitions.” About half of states have adopted similar measures.San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was limited with the right shoulder injury that sidelined him last week and there is growing concern about the long-term status of left tackle Trent Williams. Wednesday's practice was not the start to the NFL workweek head coach Kyle Shanahan had hoped after Purdy was unable to bounce back from a shoulder injury in Week 11. Brandon Allen started at Green Bay and the 49ers (5-6) lost 38-10 with the backup-turned-starter committing three turnovers. Williams was reportedly spotted in the locker room with a knee scooter and is experiencing pain walking. He played through an ankle injury against the Seattle Seahawks Nov. 17. Defensive end Nick Bosa (hip, oblique) also missed practice Wednesday, leaving the 49ers to spend the holiday plotting to play the Buffalo Bills (9-2) without the three Pro Bowlers again. "I don't know anyone who gets Thanksgiving off unless maybe you have a Monday night game. You just start a lot earlier and get the players out," Shanahan said. "We cram everything in so the players get out, tries to be home with the family by 5. I usually get home by 7 and they're all mad at me, then get back to red-zone (installation)." The 49ers are in danger of a three-game losing streak for the first time since Oct. 2021. Injuries have been a common thread since September when running back Christian McCaffrey was a surprise scratch with an Achilles injury for the opener. Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (ACL) is out for the season at a position dinged from top to bottom. Star linebacker Fred Warner also is ailing and said Wednesday that he fractured a bone in his ankle on Sept. 29 against the New England Patriots. The game against the Bills will mark his eighth straight game playing with the injury. "It's something I deal with every game," Warner said. "I get on that table before every game and get it shot up every single game just to be able to roll. But it's not an excuse. It's just what it is. That's the NFL. You're not going to be healthy. You've got to go out there, you've got to find ways to execute, to play at a high level and to win every single week." Shanahan wasn't interested in injury talk. He said the 49ers have not played well in the past two weeks, and puts part of his focus on getting more out of the running game with snow in the forecast on Sunday night. He's not in agreement with pundits who doubt McCaffrey's ability early into his return from injured reserve, with a per-carry average of 3.5 yards compared to 5.4 in 2023. 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By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026. MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 but is still working on the shape of the strike zone. An agreement for big league use would have to be reached with the Major League Baseball Umpires Association, whose collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1. “I would be interested in having it in ‘26,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday after an owners’ meeting. “We do have a collective bargaining obligation there. That’s obviously a term and condition of employment. We’re going to have to work through that issue, as well.” Manfred said the spring training experiment will have to be evaluated before MLB determines how to move forward. “There’s two sides to that test,” he said. “It’s what the clubs think about it and also what do the players think about it? And we’re going to have to sort through both of those.” Triple-A ballparks used ABS this year for the second straight season, but there is little desire to call the strike zone as the cube defined in the rule book and MLB has experimented with modifications during minor league testing. Related Articles MLB | Tigers ace Tarik Skubal caps dominant season with American League Cy Young Award MLB | Tigers’ AJ Hinch finishes distant third in AL Manager of the Year voting MLB | Tigers confirm they’re staying on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit for 2025 MLB | Tigers remaining on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit in 2025, per court filing MLB | Tigers’ Skubal a finalist for AL Cy Young; AJ Hinch AL Manager of the Year finalist The ABS currently calls strikes solely based on where the ball crosses the midpoint of the plate, 8.5 inches from the front and the back. The top of the strike zone was increased to 53.5% of batter height this year from 51%, and the bottom remained at 27%. After splitting having the robot alone for the first three games of each series and a human with a challenge system in the final three during the first 2 1/2 months of the Triple-A season, MLB on June 25 switched to an all-challenge system in which a human umpire makes nearly all decisions. During the second half of the season, each team had three challenges in the Pacific Coast League and two in the International League. A team retains its challenge if successful, similar to the regulations for big league teams with video reviews. “I think we will have a spring training ABS test that will provide a meaningful opportunity for all major league players to see what the challenge system will look like,” Manfred said. “It won’t be in every single ballpark but we actually have a plan where every team will get meaningful exposure.”

Percentages: FG .379, FT .895. 3-Point Goals: 7-24, .292 (Tomley 6-7, Vartiainen 1-3, Burris 0-1, Hennig 0-1, Vucinic 0-1, Threatt 0-3, Koehler 0-8). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 1 (Hennig). Turnovers: 12 (Tomley 3, Koehler 2, Tew 2, Threatt 2, Moore, Vartiainen, Vucinic). Steals: 10 (Tew 2, Threatt 2, Vartiainen 2, Burris, Hennig, Koehler, Tomley). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .327, FT .625. 3-Point Goals: 4-14, .286 (Bethea 3-6, Todorovic 1-4, Odum 0-4). Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 5 (Coulibaly 2, Dozic, Faure, Mager). Turnovers: 14 (Todorovic 5, Odum 3, Mager 2, Bethea, Dozic, Faure, Olvera). Steals: 7 (Bethea 2, Butka, Coulibaly, Dozic, Odum, Olvera). Technical Fouls: Waves, 14:00 second; Bethea, 13:18 second. A_924 (5,000).

Australian men's 100m record holder Patrick Johnson has lauded the "effortless" running style of 16-year-old sensation , saying it's only a matter of time before the youngster adds a second national sprinting record to the 200m mark he set over the weekend. Gout Gout continues to be the talking of Australian sport following his exploits at the Australian Schools Athletics Championships in Brisbane, where he broke Peter Norman's 56-year-old national mark and set the fastest 200m time [20.04] for a 16-year-old in history. Add to that two blistering runs in the 100 and it's easy to see why vision of Gout Gout's performances spread like wildfire across social media, garnering worldwide attention in the process. Johnson was among those to get swept up in the performances, the two-time Olympian and fastest Australian ever over 100m in awe of Gout Gout's rapid rise. "It was an amazing result. I was really proud to see a young kid come up and produce some results that no one was expecting, even though he had already showed that ability and talent winning a silver medal at the world under 20s championships," Johnson told ESPN. "But I'm really proud that Australia is in a really good space, particularly with the performances across the schools [championships], we've got many young kids coming through the system that are going to create history. "But his result was just a proud moment for me and this country, it shows you that there is just so much talent in this country, and it's now bubbling to surface... I think it's just his smooth, relaxed running. He's similar to Bolt, they say, but I think he is just running the way he runs and is comfortable doing so. But if you look at the way he runs, he's also a very good technical runner. "He's shown at a young age what he can do; no doubt he wants my record and he'll have my record at some stage. And I'm really happy that I was the first [Australian to break 10 seconds] but I'll never be the last." For context, Gout Gout's 200m time in Brisbane would have been good enough for sixth in the men's Olympic final for the same event in Paris in August. But he wasn't the only athlete to catch the eye in Brisbane over the weekend, with Terrell Thorne setting a new national under-18s record for 400m [45.64], while Thewbelle Philp became the third fastest Australian woman ever over 100m when she clocked 11.38 to set a new national mark at under-17 level. It all points to a golden era, of sorts, for Australian athletics, fresh off the back of the country's best Olympics in track and field since the 1968 Mexico Games. There is however no debate around who the standout star is, with Johnson predicting Gout Gout will before too long have captured his national 100m mark of 9.93, set back in 2003, on his way to global sprinting stardom. "I hope so, because he's really proved that he's got the talent and ability [to break my record]," Johnson said. "But we should also make sure that we don't put too much pressure on him too early, he's still young, and that is going to be the big thing now -- how we nurture and support him. "If you look to the next Olympics and further ahead to 2032, he's got incredible potential to break records and shine a light on the talent in this country, and I'm really conscious that [coach] Di [Sheppard] and his family, that he has got the best team around him because the spotlight is going to come on him hard. "He is still a kid, so we need to let him enjoy being a kid, because the world will come very quickly at him and ask him to perform under the spotlight and the pressure. When he joins the circuit and the intense racing overseas, it's really important that they manage that really well -- and no doubt they will." After blitzing his under-18 100m heat with an illegal wind at his back in Brisbane, Gout Gout then missed the start in the final but still fought back to win and set a new national age mark of 10.17. Johnson said Gout Gout still had plenty to learn on the track, but the scope for improvement in his performances was huge given he is just 16. "There's a lot of areas that he has to work on, but he is only going to get stronger, he still hasn't come close to what his full strength, flexibility and speed might be," Johnson told ESPN. "And it's also the mental fortitude as well, he will go overseas and run against some of the more seasoned campaigners, which will be a great test. "But the Peter Norman record, he even said he didn't expect to break it this year, he knew he was going to have a crack, but he was surprised to break it this early. But we don't want to set too much expectation on him, we've got to let him enjoy being a kid, enjoy running and the rest will fall into place." Gazing a little further ahead to the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, when Gout Gout would be in his sprinting prime at 24, Australia could be set for one of the most incredible moments in the nation's sporting history. Whether it is on the same track that Gout Gout scorched last weekend or a rebuilt Gabba remains to be seen, but Johnson said the 2032 Games presented a tantalising prospect. "Outside of what is happening right now [with the stadium debate] I have no doubt that we will deliver the best Games in history; I know I'm biased as a Queenslander and an Australian, but we'll beat Sydney," he joked. "But let's make sure he stays in track-and-field because there will be many other sports eyeing him off. So we all need to support him to let him live out his dreams and be the best runner that he can be, because we've all seen the level of talent and ability he has, and I look forward to seeing him break many more records and putting this country of ours on the world athletics stage."TikToker teaching science hopes short-form video will become part of curriculumSubscribe to our newsletter Privacy Policy Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in. Please visit My Account to verify and manage your account. An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link. Support Independent Arts Journalism As an independent publication, we rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider becoming a member today . Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member . Tetris is perfection. It is not merely one of the most important video games of all time, but, I would argue, one of the greatest works of anything of the past half-century. Considering the international scope of its influence, one could make the case for the game as the final major piece of Soviet art. It’s the embodiment of interactive artistic design. Tetris posits a simple vocabulary of seven differently shaped blocks of four units each, and an even simpler grammar: Blocks fall, one unit at a time, stacking at the bottom of the screen, and vanish if you manage to fill an entire row. From this premise springs mesmerizing displays, infinite variations of symbols in motion. Over the years, there have been hundreds of different versions of Tetris released for any device with which you can play a video game, but no matter what twists in rules or variations on gameplay they throw in, the core is unchanged from what Alexey Pajitnov devised all that time ago. This year, the Tetris Company observes the 40th anniversary of the game. In celebration, developer Digital Eclipse released Tetris Forever , a tribute game that incorporates 17 of those hundreds of versions in the third entry in its Gold Master Series , which has been testing ways to build out games as documentaries. Tetris Forever includes an interactive timeline that allows players to inspect primary documents like photos and advertising. It also includes roughly an hour and a half worth of interviews with figures like Pajitnov and his longtime friend and collaborator Henk Rogers, who was key to bringing the game to consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic. Daily Weekly Opportunities Tetris Forever struggles under some of the same constraints as those of a traditional linear documentary, most notably problems of access. Digital Eclipse clearly found terrific cooperation from the Tetris Company and Rogers’s studio Blue Planet Software, (previously Bullet-Proof Software), evident in the fact that the majority of Tetris versions included are courtesy of BPS. But there are also notable gaps. Despite how much time the game spends talking about the process by which Tetris came to platforms like the NES and Game Boy (both of which were crucial for its worldwide proliferation), neither version can be played here. There’s so much Tetris out there that a labyrinth of rights issues run around and between them — it’s difficult for a project like this to be even close to comprehensive. Still, within its restrictions, Tetris Forever works as a documentary game because it lets each part of that descriptor inform the another. A player has complete freedom to navigate the timeline of Tetris ’s development, spread, and evolution, and they can play variations of the game that allow them to viscerally understand interviewees’ explanations of how Tetris es work. There’s a remarkable recreation of Pajitnov’s original 1985 conception of the game, which, due to the vagaries of technological change, can only be played via emulators like this. You can then skip to, say, any of the releases of Bombliss , which is Tetris but with blocks that can blow up whole parts of the screen, or Hatris, a goofy 1990 variation in which you stack hats on different characters’ heads, which Pajitnov developed with his friend Vladimir Pokhilko. (One of the many stories sadly left out of this narrative is Pokhilko’s, who was the first to conduct psychological experiments on people playing the game, and who died in a murder-suicide in 1998.) The overarching story of Tetris is distilled into the game’s new Tetris variant, Tetris Time Warp. It plays as fully traditional Tetris, except at certain moments, it will briefly shift into an earlier version, posing the player a challenge before it returns to “the modern day.” You might be transported into a game of Bombliss with the task of detonating a large bomb, or be commanded to clear two lines in the MS-DOS version of Tetris. As this newest iteration shows, Tetris is endlessly malleable and yet always recognizably itself, the gravitational center of interactive art. Tetris Forever (2024) is available now on multiple platforms. We hope you enjoyed this article! 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Share Copied to clipboard Mail Bluesky Threads LinkedIn FacebookGovernment plans to introduce ceremonies for people wanting to become UK citizens had the potential to “damage community and race relations in Northern Ireland”, a Stormont official warned in 2003. The official said the proposal to have “low-key” citizenship ceremonies at Hillsborough, Co Down, was a “tacit admission” of this and instead suggested allowing a “block exemption” from compulsory attendance in the region. Tony Blair’s Labour government introduced the ceremonies for those seeking UK citizenship, with the first ceremonies taking place in 2004, involving participants singing the national anthem and swearing allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II. Tony Blair’s Labour government introduced the citizenship ceremonies (Liam McBurney/PA) Devolved power sharing institutions in Northern Ireland were suspended at the time. Newly declassified files show Ken Fraser, a civil servant at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM), sent an internal email to official Linda Devlin setting out his “worries” about the plan. In the email, he said the exclusion of Irish from a list of languages that applicants would be required to have some knowledge of was “puzzling” and seemed “difficult to justify”. “It seems unlikely, however, that the same could be said of Northern Ireland. “UK national symbols and national anthem – which are proposed as an integral part of the ceremony – are associated primarily, if not exclusively with the Unionist community, as is much of the language proposed for the ceremony. “The proposed use of the Union flag and national anthem would appear to be at odds with the sustained attempt – by Government and others – to remove emblems from the political arena within NI.” Mr Fraser said the proposed ceremonies were a “new, and public, institution”. He added: “It is difficult to see how the ceremony itself (which is intended to be compulsory) and the use of symbols and emblems as proposed in the consultation document will promote mutual respect. “I understand, however....that the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has agreed that such ceremonies will only occur in Hillsborough and have agreed that Registrars from England will perform the task. “This de facto acknowledgement that circumstances are different in Northern Ireland – and not just in respect of local government structures – is to be welcomed. “NIO’s wish to keep citizenship ceremonies in NI low-key is understandable, given the segregated nature of NI society, but the arrangements that they propose for NI seem to be entirely at odds with the proposals which are explicitly aimed at making the citizenship ceremony a ‘community occasion’.” Mr Fraser said a proposed pledge in the ceremony to give loyalty to the UK “would not be acceptable to a significant proportion of the current ‘citizens’ of Northern Ireland”. “The proposals in the consultation document have the potential to damage community and race relations in NI. “It is difficult to see the NIO’s/Home Office’s agreement that ceremonies will only occur in Hillsborough and that Registrars from England will perform the task as amounting to anything other than a tacit acknowledgement of this.” Mr Fraser said the consultation indicated people could be exempt from the ceremony in “exceptional circumstances”. He added: “It might be better all round if there was acknowledgement that exceptional circumstances prevail in Northern Ireland and to allow a block exemption from compulsory attendance.” In response, Ms Devlin said the main thrust of the consultation document was to encourage ideas and suggestions how the ceremonies could be tailored to suit local circumstances and said she would pass on his remarks to the NIO and Home Office.

NASHUA, NH – Despite having lived in Nashua for over a decade, through all of the ’90s, I did not remember the Temple Street Diner when I pulled into their parking lot. I had arranged to meet there with Ed Briand and Chuck Smith, both enthusiastic hunters, to discuss Ed getting his 30th bear at the impressive age of 100 (Ed, not the bear). Chuck lives in Kingston, Ed lives in Nashua, and they figured the diner would be a good spot to meet. Plus, it’s a favorite of Ed’s. This became apparent, when, within minutes of meeting me there, Ed leaned toward me and said, “The girls here, they know me. I razz the shit out of ’em.” A few minutes later a waitress arrived, glanced at Ed, and said, “I wish I’d known it was THIS troublemaker who was coming!” Ed smiled at me as he said, “Told ‘ya!” A bit later, after his order of scrambled eggs & dry rye toast had been delivered, Ed dumped a container of his medications onto the plate of eggs. Maybe eight pills. I’ve seen people 30 years younger with far more complicated sets of medications. After a few bites Ed looked at me and asked, “So what kind of story we lookin’ for here?” I said, “That’s pretty much up to you.” Ed said, “First of all, I gotta ask, are you anything to do with the Fed?” “You mean the government? Law enforcement? Nope, not me.” “Are you sure?” he said, with the beginnings of a grin. Then I realized he was pulling my leg. That would become a theme in our conversation. On a Friday morning at 9:30, less than half of the diner’s tables are filled. The south wall is nearly all glass, facing the Henry Hanger Mill, which is currently undergoing major renovations to become the “ Hanger Mill Residences .” (They look like they will be impressive.) Ed said he remembered when it was a shoe mill with a shoe store on the ground floor. According to Ed, he worked at the shoe store for a while. In fact, he seemed to have worked at many places in and around Nashua. He explained that his father would get irritated with his habit of changing jobs frequently. “My old man used to get pissed off. I said, ‘Dad, I go there, I learn my limit, then: see ya.'” Forty years ago, Ed was at his last job before retiring, running his own full-service gun shop in Nashua, where he sold and serviced many kinds of guns. At that time Chuck was looking to purchase a gun, and that’s how he med Ed. Chuck bought a gun at Ed’s shop and they became friends, later hunting together often. Ed was born in Nashua in 1924. As a kid he skated on the Merrimack River when it froze over, which he says used to happen far more often than today. He and friends jumped trains in Nashua and rode them further north. Remember, Ed would have been 16 years old in 1940. Later he served briefly in the military during WWII. His service was cut short by an injury during training. Later still, Ed did all of the following: Worked on farms Worked in mills Worked as a Nashua city boiler inspector for a while Drove trucks Did some plumbing Worked in construction Supervised construction crews Dealt with workers gambling on the job Dealt with bookkeepers being overly creative Built from 70 to 100 homes on land he owned near Lincoln Park in Nashua, on streets Edmund Drive, Luke Street, Marie Avenue, Denise Street, among others Fished and hunted north of the arctic circle Worked as a caribou hunting guide in Canada Hunted bear, deer, caribou, moose, plus smaller game Has never eaten bear – but Chuck has Befriended Hells Angels members in Lowell, MA Was subject of article in Hawkeye magazine, regarding NH crossbow hunting regulation change Ed said that while running a construction crew, he once took a vacation, and when he returned, the amount of construction finished during his absence was far less than what he expected. As he asked around, some suspicions began to develop. He had three workers who spoke French but very little English. With the help of a translator he determined that one of the foremen had, in Ed’s absence, taken these French workers into the building and coerced them into gambling with him at cards. Unsurprisingly this guy had also won most of the hands, bilking the French workers out of most of their earnings. Ed questioned the guy, he owned up, Ed told him to get gone and not come back. Later Ed discovered a bookkeeper had been way too creative with the books. The outcome there was much the same – bye bye, bookkeeper. Ed spent some time north of the arctic circle. He visited the town of Hay River on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, in Canada’s Northwest Territories. This is the same lake seen on the History Channel TV show “Ice Road Truckers.” He fished in that lake and did some hunting and guiding in the surrounding territory. At some point Ed became a motorcycle rider and owner, and became acquainted with a few Hells Angels in Lowell, MA. He said that being friends with Hells Angels meant he always had a safe place to park his bike. Today Ed uses a cane for help with walking, is not as nimble as he used to be. He likes pizza and the occasional John Wayne movie. And still enjoys hunting. So how the heck did I learn about a 100-year-old hunter in Nashua, anyway? Earlier in the fall Chuck came to my house to perform a standard annual furnace inspection. Chuck works for Crawford-Vogel & Wenzel Oil Company in Manchester. While chatting he mentioned that he was looking forward to his vacation in a few weeks. I asked what he had planned. “Going bear hunting up north with a friend.” “No kidding? I’ve never been bear hunting.” “Guess how old my friend Ed is.” “No idea.” “In a month he’ll be 100.” I was flabbergasted. “One hundred years old? And he’s still hunting? Hunting bear?” “Yup. If he gets one this year it will be his 30th bear.” “Wow, that’s amazing. 100 years old. I’ll bet he’s got some stories.” Before I knew what was happening, Chuck pulled out his cellphone, punched a button, then was speaking into the phone saying, “Hey this is Chuck, I’ve got a guy here who wants to talk to you” then he handed me the phone, saying, “Here he is, go ahead, talk to him.” Trying to stop sputtering, I took the phone. “Hi, is this Ed?” “Yeah, who’s this?” “Hi, my name’s Jeff, Chuck is here at my house working on the furnace and telling me about his plans to go bear hunting. He says you’re going to join him.” “Yup, planning to.” “He also tells me that you’re about to turn 100.” “Yup, that’s right too.” I said, “Wow, 100 and still hunting bear. That’s pretty impressive.” “Well, it will be if I get one.” “Well, I hope you do. Maybe we can talk more about it after that.” “Sure, that would be great.” “OK, I’ll stay in touch with Chuck and we’ll see how the hunting goes this year.” After that Chuck and I exchanged numbers and I checked in with him periodically to see how the hunt was going. Meanwhile, I had a chance to educate myself about bear hunting in New Hampshire. At least two organizations are fantastic sources of information online. One is the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of NH , and they are the official non-profit partner of the second organization, the NH Fish & Game Department . For bear hunting specifically, Fish & Game has a lot of info at this link . And boy did I learn a lot. Within a single normal year, each hunter is only allowed to take a single bear. (2024 is not normal, more below.) Typically, about a thousand bears per year are killed by hunters in NH. Below are specific counts for years 2018 – 2022. 2018 — 1,053 2019 — 866 2020 — 1,184 2021 — 892 2022 — 1,156 The season typically starts September 01 and ends on November 30, with the bulk of the bear harvest occurring in September. However, the state’s area is divided into 19 “Wildlife Management Units,” or WMUs (see map), and not all units are included in that entire time frame. Those curious should consult the Fish & Game Department website for details. Within the overall bear season, there are three distinct smaller seasons: (1) allows stalking of bear, (2) allows stalking with dogs, (3) allows use of bait to lure bear. For each of these, a bear hunting license is required, and the latter two seasons each require an additional specific license. Furthermore, each of those distinct activities will have its own restrictions as to region (WMUs) where it’s allowed, and specific time periods when it’s allowed. Within a single year, hunters may normally take only one bear statewide. But in 2024 New Hampshire has an oversized population of black bears, currently at 0.64 bears per square mile, with a goal is 0.52. That’s a total of 5,955 bears in the state, where the desired population is 4,838, for an overpopulation state-wide of 1,117 bears. The overpopulation is worst in the White Mountains, at 1.24 bears per square mile, with a goal of 0.80 bears per square mile. At least partially as a result of this overpopulation, National Forest staff have fielded daily calls since July concerning human-bear interactions on the National Forest’s trails. (Those trails include Lincoln Woods, Bondcliff, Franconia Brook, Lincoln Brook, and at the Liberty Springs and Thirteen Falls campsites.) Staff generally want to minimize bear-human interactions. Therefore, as a form of population control, this year NH Fish & Game is allowing hunters to purchase a license for a second bear to be taken in the white mountains region (WMUs C1, D2, E, or F – the green areas on the map). There are 13 stations throughout the state where hunters may perform the legally-required registration of their kills. After educating myself, I checked back in with Chuck, and, sure enough, Ed had gotten a bear, which weighed about 145 lbs., and Chuck got one too. For Ed, this was his 30th bear kill in his lifetime. (BTW, all photos supplied by Chuck, except those of the diner taken be me.) Below are several photos taken during Ed and Chuck’s hunting trips over the years. Finally... Ed and Chuck have plenty of game cameras throughout the area. Below are various images they’ve captured over the years – two bears at night, one bear getting a close-up selfie, a bull moose at night, two cubs, and a lynx or bobcat.