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y77777 games Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, has died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Monday, the Carter Centre said. He was 100. “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love,” said Chip Carter, the former president’s son. “My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honouring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.” A Democrat, he served as president from January 1977 to January 1981 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 US election. Carter was swept from office four years later in an electoral landslide as voters embraced Republican challenger Ronald Reagan, the former actor and California governor. Carter lived longer after his term in office than any other US president. Along the way, he earned a reputation as a better former president than he was a president – a status he readily acknowledged. His one-term presidency was marked by the highs of the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt, bringing some stability to the Middle East. But it was dogged by an economy in recession, persistent unpopularity and the embarrassment of the Iran hostage crisis that consumed his final 444 days in office. In recent years, Carter had experienced several health issues including melanoma that spread to his liver and brain. Carter decided to receive hospice care in February 2023 instead of undergoing additional medical intervention. His wife, Rosalynn Carter, died on 19 November, 2023, at age 96. He looked frail when he attended her memorial service and funeral in a wheelchair. Carter left office profoundly unpopular but worked energetically for decades on humanitarian causes. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 in recognition of his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter had been a centrist as governor of Georgia with populist tendencies when he moved into the White House as the 39th US president. He was a Washington outsider at a time when America was still reeling from the Watergate scandal that led Republican Richard Nixon to resign as president in 1974 and elevated Ford from vice president. “I’m Jimmy Carter and I’m running for president. I will never lie to you,” Carter promised with an ear-to-ear smile. Asked to assess his presidency, Carter said in a 1991 documentary: “The biggest failure we had was a political failure. I never was able to convince the American people that I was a forceful and strong leader.” Despite his difficulties in office, Carter had few rivals for accomplishments as a former president. He gained global acclaim as a tireless human rights advocate, a voice for the disenfranchised and a leader in the fight against hunger and poverty, winning the respect that eluded him in the White House. Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his efforts to promote human rights and resolve conflicts around the world, from Ethiopia and Eritrea to Bosnia and Haiti. His Carter Centre in Atlanta sent international election-monitoring delegations to polls around the world. A Southern Baptist Sunday school teacher since his teens, Carter brought a strong sense of morality to the presidency, speaking openly about his religious faith. He also sought to take some pomp out of an increasingly imperial presidency – walking, rather than riding in a limousine, in his 1977 inauguration parade. The Middle East was the focus of Carter’s foreign policy. The 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty, based on the 1978 Camp David accords, ended a state of war between the two neighbours. Carter brought Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland for talks. Later, as the accords seemed to be unravelling, Carter saved the day by flying to Cairo and Jerusalem for personal shuttle diplomacy. The treaty provided for Israeli withdrawal from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and establishment of diplomatic relations. Begin and Sadat each won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1978. By the 1980 election, the overriding issues were double-digit inflation, interest rates that exceeded 20 percent and soaring gas prices, as well as the Iran hostage crisis that brought humiliation to America. These issues marred Carter’s presidency and undermined his chances of winning a second term. On 4 November, 1979, revolutionaries devoted to Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had stormed the US Embassy in Tehran, seized the Americans present and demanded the return of the ousted shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was backed by the United States and was being treated in a US hospital. The American public initially rallied behind Carter. But his support faded in April 1980 when a commando raid failed to rescue the hostages, with eight US soldiers killed in an aircraft accident in the Iranian desert. Carter’s final ignominy was that Iran held the 52 hostages until minutes after Reagan took his oath of office on 20 January 1981, to replace Carter, then released the planes carrying them to freedom. In another crisis, Carter protested the former Soviet Union’s 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by boycotting the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. He also asked the US Senate to defer consideration of a major nuclear arms accord with Moscow. Unswayed, the Soviets remained in Afghanistan for a decade. Carter won narrow Senate approval in 1978 of a treaty to transfer the Panama Canal to the control of Panama despite critics who argued the waterway was vital to American security. He also completed negotiations on full US ties with China. Carter created two new US Cabinet departments – education and energy. Amid high gas prices, he said America’s “energy crisis” was “the moral equivalent of war” and urged the country to embrace conservation. “Ours is the most wasteful nation on earth,” he told Americans in 1977. In 1979, Carter delivered what became known as his “malaise” speech to the nation, although he never used that word. “After listening to the American people I have been reminded again that all the legislation in the world can’t fix what’s wrong with America,” he said in his televised address. “The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America.” As president, the strait-laced Carter was embarrassed by the behaviour of his hard-drinking younger brother, Billy Carter, who had boasted: “I got a red neck, white socks, and Blue Ribbon beer.” Jimmy Carter withstood a challenge from Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination but was politically diminished heading into his general election battle against a vigourous Republican adversary. Reagan, the conservative who projected an image of strength, kept Carter off balance during their debates before the November 1980 election. Reagan dismissively told Carter, “There you go again,” when the Republican challenger felt the president had misrepresented Reagan’s views during one debate. Carter lost the 1980 election to Reagan, who won 44 of the 50 states and amassed an Electoral College landslide. James Earl Carter Jr. was born on 1 October, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, one of four children of a farmer and shopkeeper. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, served in the nuclear submarine program and left to manage the family peanut farming business. He married his wife, Rosalynn, in 1946, a union he called “the most important thing in my life.” They had three sons and a daughter. Carter became a millionaire, a Georgia state legislator and Georgia’s governor from 1971 to 1975. He mounted an underdog bid for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination, and out-hustled his rivals for the right to face Ford in the general election. With Walter Mondale as his vice presidential running mate, Carter was given a boost by a major Ford gaffe during one of their debates. Ford said that “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration,” despite decades of just such domination. Carter edged Ford in the election, even though Ford actually won more states – 27 to Carter’s 23. Not all of Carter’s post-presidential work was appreciated. Former President George W. Bush and his father, former President George H.W. Bush, both Republicans, were said to have been displeased by Carter’s freelance diplomacy in Iraq and elsewhere. In 2004, Carter called the Iraq war launched in 2003 by the younger Bush one of the most “gross and damaging mistakes our nation ever made.” He called George W. Bush’s administration “the worst in history” and said Vice President Dick Cheney was “a disaster for our country.” In 2019, Carter questioned Republican Donald Trump’s legitimacy as president, saying “he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf.” Trump responded by calling Carter “a terrible president.” Carter also made trips to communist North Korea. A 1994 visit defused a nuclear crisis, as President Kim Il Sung agreed to freeze his nuclear program in exchange for resumed dialogue with the United States. That led to a deal in which North Korea, in return for aid, promised not to restart its nuclear reactor or reprocess the plant’s spent fuel. But Carter irked Democratic President Bill Clinton’s administration by announcing the deal with North Korea’s leader without first checking with Washington. In 2010, Carter won the release of an American sentenced to eight years hard labour for illegally entering North Korea. Carter wrote more than two dozen books, ranging from a presidential memoir to a children’s book and poetry, as well as works about religious faith and diplomacy. His book “Faith: A Journey for All,” was published in 2018.Ramon Rivera, 53, has been charged with murdering three innocent bystanders in a stabbing spree across New York City on Monday. But the Washington Examiner can report that Rivera's attacks only ended when State Department Diplomatic Security Service agents detained him near United Nations headquarters. While the New York Police Department has claimed sole responsibility for catching Rivera, it was DSS agents assigned to a protective detail for United Kingdom foreign secretary David Lammy who stopped Rivera and held him until NYPD officers arrived. The agents also provided emergency aid to a 36-year-old victim of the attacker, who later died in hospital. Unfortunately, however, sources say that the courage of the generally early career stage agents responsible has gone unnoticed by DSS leadership. No supervisors attended the scene and no public recognition of the agents involved was provided by DSS or the State Department. Asked about this apparent failure of leadership, a State Department spokesperson simply stated to the Washington Examiner that "DSS special agents provided aid to the stabbed woman until EMS arrived; they also detained the alleged attacker until NYPD uniformed officers made their arrest." The problem here is twofold. First, agents who acted with courage and care outside the normal conduct of their duties have not been recognized for doing so. As the Washington Examiner has previously reported , DSS today is characterized by extremely high protective detail workloads and associated burnout. In turn, the least these agents deserved was recognition from their leadership. Instead, one source with direct knowledge of the events told the Washington Examiner that when it came to DSS engagement with agents at the scene, "It was total chaos." Second, this example of DSS leadership disinterest for the welfare of lower ranking agents is only the tip of the iceberg. As the Washington Examiner has previously reported , senior leaders such as Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Gentry Smith and DSS Director Carlos Matus have preferred to take junket trips to Las Vegas and divert resources to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives before the welfare and efficacy of their organization. DSS is renowned in the federal law enforcement community as an organization where "grunt agents" bear the burden of unpopular assignments while supervisors take office jobs or authorized leave. This extends to DSS leadership in New York City. The DSS field office in the Big Apple failed to make a single law enforcement investigation arrest in 2022 (as compared to 100+ arrests in preceding years). CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Other leadership failures include a major, evolving counterintelligence concern involving a senior DSS agent and Iran, and the DSS's inability to match the diplomatic outreach of local law enforcement partners such as the NYPD and LAPD in garnering permission for DSS agents to carry firearms at the recent Paris Olympic Games. This undermined the ability of DSS agents to effectively protect Team USA athletes at the games. As President-elect Donald Trump and Secretary of State-designee Marco Rubio move to take office in January, reforming this once proud organization should be foremost on their agenda.

NoneThe 2024 Troon Access GL Championship is bringing high-stakes par-3 tournament golf to Arizona. Courtesy of Grass Clippings The Troon Access GL Championship presented by GolfNow will kick off on Thursday, Dec. 5, with 44 two-person teams competing at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills in Tempe, Ariz., in a 36-hole scramble over two evenings. The rounds will be played under the lights, with thousands of fans on hand in the gallery. And even if you aren’t among the in-person spectators, you’ll still have a chance to catch the high-stakes, par-3 tournament action, which will be available to stream on Peacock during the final round. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament, including full streaming info. Troon Access GL Championship preview The Troon Access GL Championship is part of The Grass League, the world’s first high-stakes par-3 golf league. The Grass League was created by the founders of Grass Clippings, a company founded in 2018 by a group of Phoenix-based entrepreneurs, and stages competitive tournaments with both amateur and professional players in team-based formats. This week’s tournament will be contested at Grass Clippings at Rolling Hills, a city of Tempe-owned course that Grass Clippings now operates via a 50-year partnership. Over the past 18 months, Grass Clippings at Rolling Hills has undergone a major facelift, with a $15 million investment providing lighting for night play, a lighted practice range with Toptracer technology, a new irrigation system and new tee boxes. The facility also has an activity lawn and video display, hilltop bar, patio bar, a renovated clubhouse and an entertainment venue. In April, Rolling Hills has a successful hosting debut for The Grass League, and this week’s showing is expected to be even more grand. Franchises from cities like San Diego, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Dallas (which are owned by investors that include the likes of U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts and Good Good Golf) will field teams that include the following notable players: Hollywood Hitters – Mardy Fish , Mark Mulder Phoenix United – George Gankas, Nick Mason Minnesota Muskies (Team 1) – Drew Kittleson , Drew Stoltz Minnesota Muskies (Team 2) – Andrew Medley, Ken Tanigawa Los Angeles Roses – Sarah Schmelzel, Carson Kemp Scottsdale Strikes (Team 1) – Jonathan Kaye, Kenny Coakley Scottsdale Strikes (Team 2) – Tommy Moore, Andrew Magee Dallas Horsemen – Brad Dalke, Clay Seeber Thurday’s opening round will be a shotgun, while Friday’s final round will feature progressive tee times and will be streamed live by NBC’s Peacock starting at 8 p.m. ET. The broadcast crew will be comprised of Ned Michaels, Todd Dobson, Parker McLachlin and Nick Rivers. Tournament basics What: 2024 Troon Access GL Championship Where: Grass Clippings at Rolling Hills, Tempe, Ariz. When: Thursday-Friday, Dec. 5-6 How to watch 2024 Troon Access GL Championship online, streaming You can watch the 2024 Troon Access GL Championship on Peacock , starting at 8 p.m. ET on Friday. 2024 Troon Access GL Championship Tee Times: Round 1 (ET) Shotgun: 7 p.m. 2024 Hero World Challenge tee times: Round 2 (ET) 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Progressive tee times based on Round 1 standings) You can follow the 2024 Troon Access GL Championship action here . Latest In News Golf.com Editor As a four-year member of Columbia’s inaugural class of female varsity golfers, Jessica can out-birdie everyone on the masthead. She can out-hustle them in the office, too, where she’s primarily responsible for producing both print and online features, and overseeing major special projects, such as GOLF’s inaugural Style Is­sue, which debuted in February 2018. Her origi­nal interview series, “A Round With,” debuted in November of 2015, and appeared in both in the magazine and in video form on GOLF.com.Government weighs up next climate target under the Paris Agreement

Crystal Falls Forest Park didn’t just come to play. It came to win. Sending an emphatic message from the start, No. 3-ranked Forest Park left little doubt over which trophy it was after with a 42-20 victory over No. 7 Morrice in the eight-player football Division 2 state title game. “I told them before the game that I had two opportunities in this game as a player and came out on the losing end – I didn’t recommend it,” said fifth-year coach Brian Fabbri, who played on the 2004 and 2005 state runner-up teams at Forest Park. “I took a lot of life lessons from those games, but there has to be no better feeling as a player than to walk off that field with a win.” The state championship was the fifth for Forest Park (12-1), the Upper Peninsula school that has qualified for the playoffs 28 years in a row and has played in 15 state title games since 1975. The Trojans last won it all in 2017. RELATED : 9-minute march to history clinches 8P-D1 title A program that has finished as state runner-up a record 10 times, Forest Park looked like it was prepared to settle for nothing but the best this time around. The Trojans announced their presence with authority, delivering a tone-setting drive on the grand stage of the Marquette Superior Dome. Forest Park marched 53 yards on an impressive 12-play drive that included two fourth-down conversions, punching in a 4-yard touchdown by Grayson Sundell for the instant advantage. “That was unbelievable,” Fabbri said. “To go down and score, then see that kick go through, there’s nothing better than that. “I knew we were ready. We have a lot of seniors and you could tell they had that feeling of determination.” Then the Trojans gave Morrice (11-2) no chance to counter. Dietrich Rasner, who was 6-for-6 on PATs for the game, executed an on-side kick, giving Forest Park the ball back for another march. While it couldn’t cash in, Forest Park controlled the football for all but one play of the first quarter and had asserted its might. The Trojans showed also showed their quick-strike ability as Dax Hukki broke loose for a 58-yard touchdown run on their first play of their next possession. The tacked on an 8-yard score by Nik Stephens and a 4-yard TD from Hukki – with just 10 seconds left in the opening half – to build a commanding 28-0 lead heading into intermission. Morrice (11-2) battled throughout the second half, keeping the contest somewhat in doubt. Joel Fisher scored from 5 yards out to cap the opening drive of the third quarter and Wyatt Cartier scored a 1-yard TD to make it 35-14. And when Fisher returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown, the Orioles had inched within 35-20 with 5:30 left in the game. But one minute later, Stephens found an opening and dashed 49 yards to the house for the 42-20 lead and the game-clinching margin. “Typically, we’re not known for our quick scoring ability,” Fabbri said. “But we had some people make some big plays, get some big blocks and we executed when we had to.” Hukki led the charge for Forest Park, rushing for 136 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries, while Stephens ran for 67 yards and three TDs on just six rushes. Vic Giuliani finished 4 of 4 passing for 60 yards at quarterback. The defense was fronted by Brody Starr and Kevin Giuliani with eight tackles while Matthew Showers and Stephens tallied seven apiece. Morrice, a young squad that was looking to join the 2018 team among the school’s all-time state champions, couldn’t recover from Forest Park’s dominating start. The Orioles did their best to fight back with their run-dominated attack but had too little, too late. Fisher finished with 99 yards on 12 carries and Cartier added 95 yards on 26 attempts. Morrice did not complete a pass in the game. Braden Hart notched 11 tackles to lead defensively while Cartier added 10, Fisher nine and Travis Smith eight. But it was Forest Park – and its nearby community – that was left celebrating under the dome at Northern Michigan University. “That’s what it’s all about, the kids,” Fabbri said. “That’s why we do this as coaches. We were all players and we had our opportunities. Now we want to see these kids experience this and make lifelong friends and memories.” If you would like your local high school sports news delivered free to your inbox daily, click here and sign up for one of our local high school sports newsletters. Love reading about local sports? Don’t miss any of the excitement from the season ahead. Purchase your subscription now and get full access to every story on MLive!

Notre Dame rose five spots to No. 3 as UCLA remained the top-ranked team in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released Monday. The Fighting Irish notched a 79-68 home win Thursday over previous No. 2 UConn, which dropped two spots to No. 4. Notre Dame (9-2) has victories over top-five teams this season in Southern California, Texas and UConn, and a loss to then-No. 17 TCU. The No. 1 Bruins (10-0) received 30 of 32 first-place votes, followed by South Carolina (10-1) and Notre Dame, which each got one first-place vote. UConn (9-1) and LSU (12-0) round out the top five, with the Tigers sliding down one spot. Texas (10-1) remained at No. 6, with Southern California (10-1), Maryland (10-0), Duke (9-2) and Oklahoma (9-1) comprising the rest of the top 10. Georgia Tech, off to a program-best 11-0 start, jumped eight spots -- the largest gain of the week -- from No. 25 to No. 17 following an 82-76 victory over North Carolina. The Tar Heels fell five places to No. 19. Cal (12-1), which snapped a 12-game losing streak in the series against Stanford with an 83-63 win on Friday, entered the Top 25 at No. 24 for the Golden Bears' first spot in the rankings since 2019. Iowa State, which was No. 18, fell out of the rankings after losing to Iowa (9-2), which is now No. 22. The rest of the Top 25: 11. Ohio State (10-0) 12. TCU (10-1) 13. Kansas State (11-1) 14. West Virginia (10-1) 15. Michigan State (10-0) 16. Kentucky (9-1) 17. Georgia Tech (11-0) 18. Tennessee (8-0) 19. North Carolina (10-2) 20. Michigan (9-1) 21. N.C. State (8-3) 22. Iowa (9-2) 23. Nebraska (10-1) 24. Cal (11-1) 25. Ole Miss (7-3) --Field Level MediaWhat happens when a president dies?

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