Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to dismantle a makeshift border wall that triggered a lawsuit by the federal government and rankled environmentalists.
In an agreement reached Wednesday with the Biden administration, Ducey said he would stop installing shipping containers on federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.
The agreement comes one week after federal officials filed a lawsuit against Ducey’s administration saying the border project was illegally built on federal land.
It requires Arizona to remove containers installed in the Coronado National Forest by Jan. 4. State agencies must consult with the U.S. Forest Service to ensure materials are removed safely and without further damaging natural resources.
“We’re ecstatic,” said Robin Silver with the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a notice of intent to sue Ducey’s office earlier this month over the wall because of ecological concerns.
Protesters spent weeks camping in freezing temperatures along the border wall, and had vowed to stay there until the containers were removed.
Ducey’s successor, Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has said she opposes the container project but has stopped short of saying she would dismantle it when she takes office in January.
C.J. Karamargin, Ducey’s spokesman, said the project was always intended to be a temporary solution until the Biden administration agreed to resume completion of a wall started under President Donald Trump.
With just a few weeks left in office, Ducey has doubled down on securing his state’s border with Mexico as local officials say they are seeing an uptick in illegal crossings due to confusion over Title 42, which set limits on asylum-seekers hoping to enter the U.S.
The Trump-era policy had been set to expire this week, but the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered a temporary stay. It’s unclear when the court might rule on the matter.
In the meantime, Ducey’s office said it is working with local and state officials to deploy additional resources to places like Yuma County, which extended an emergency declaration Wednesday ahead of the lifting of Title 42. Details are still being worked out, Karamargin said.
Earlier this month, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized U.S. Customs and Border Protection to move forward with border projects in several regions, including in Arizona’s Yuma County.
Karamargin said the assurance from federal officials paved the way for Ducey to agree to remove the shipping containers.
“For more than a year, the federal government has been touting their effort to resume construction of a permanent border barrier,” he said. “Finally, after the situation on our border has turned into a full-blown crisis, they’ve decided to act. Better late than never.”
Ducey’s office is working with the Biden administration to “ensure they can begin construction of this [new] barrier with the urgency this problem demands,” Karamargin added.
Final details are still being worked out on how much a new project will cost and when work will begin. The shipping container project cost Arizona at least $82 million, Karamargin said.
Alicia Victoria Lozano is a California-based reporter for NBC News focusing on climate change, wildfires and the changing politics of drug laws.
20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment’s sequel is the Best Domestic Opening Weekend Ever for 4DX and the Best Opening Weekend for ScreenX in 2022
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading producer of premium film formats and cinema technologies, announced that 20th Century Studios, Lightstorm Entertainment and James Cameron’s“Avatar: The Way of Water” has broken domestic opening weekend box office records for both of CJ 4DPLEX’s premium formats 4DX and ScreenX.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” box office highlights across the CJ 4DPLEX network include:
4DX’s highest domestic opening weekend ever with $1.87 million on 59 screens
ScreenX’s highest domestic opening weekend in 2022 with $1.17 million on 84 screens (and the second-best opening weekend ever)
In “Avatar: The Way of Water” audiences experience the lush lands of Pandora in ScreenX’s visually immersive panoramic format with 58 minutes of exclusive story enhancing imagery on over 350 screens worldwide. 4DX’s multi-sensory technology submerges audiences into the action of the film by utilizing over 21 unique motion and environmental effects and is available on over 780 4DX screens worldwide.
“‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ showcases premium formats in a way no other film has done prior, said Don Savant, CEO & President, CJ 4DPLEX America. “James Cameron, 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment have created a magical world that is heightened with premium cinematic experiences like 4DX and ScreenX.”
“Avatar: The Way of Water” continues to play globally across 4DX and ScreenX theaters.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” Synopsis:
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, “Avatar: The Way of Water” begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure.
Directed by James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water” stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Winslet. Screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. Story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno. The film’s producers are James Cameron and Jon Landau, with David Valdes and Richard Baneham serving as executive producers. “Avatar: The Way of Water” is now playing in theaters.
About CJ 4DPLEX:
CJ 4DPLEX is a leading, next-generation cinema technology company, headquartered in Seoul with international offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. The company has created innovative film technologies for theaters worldwide that include ‘ScreenX’, ‘4DX’, and ‘4DX Screen’ for consumers to experience films in ways that were never before possible.
CJ 4DPLEX is a part of the CJ Group conglomerate that also includes entertainment powerhouses CJ CGV, the fifth largest theater chain in the world, and CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment & Media), who produced the Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and SAG Awards winning film, “Parasite”. CJ 4DPLEX was named Most Innovative Company of 2017 and 2019 in Live Events by Fast Company, and the technology has been recognized with Silver at the Edison Awards in the Media and Visual Communications-Entertainment category in 2015 and 2018.
ScreenX is the world’s first multi-projection cinema with an immersive 270-degree field of view. By expanding the image beyond the frame and onto the walls of the theatre, ScreenX places the audience directly at the center of the story, creating a visually immersive viewing experience unlike any other. To date, there are over 349 ScreenX auditoriums around the world in 38 countries.
4DX provides moviegoers with a multi-sensory cinema-going experience, allowing audiences to connect with movies through motion, vibration, water, wind, snow, lightning, scents, and other special effects that enhance the visuals on-screen. Each 4DX auditorium incorporates motion-based seating synchronized with more than 21 different effects and optimized by a team of skilled editors. To date, there are over 783 4DX auditoriums around the world, spanning over 69 countries.
4DXScreen is a powerful combination of our super premium immersive theatre technologies of ScreenX and 4DX in one auditorium, creating a never-before-seen experience for cinemagoers. To date, there are 42 4DXScreens installed around the globe.
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The IPL 2023 mini auction is scheduled to be December 2023, with a total of 405 players to go under the hammer after an additional 36 names were requested by the 10 franchise owners and have been added in the auction list.
IPL 2023 Mini Auction: Full Squads, Retentions, Released Players List- All You Need to Know. (Image: IANS)
New Delhi: The IPL 2023 mini auction is scheduled to be December 2023, with a total of 405 players to go under the hammer after an additional 36 names were requested by the 10 franchise owners and have been added in the auction list.
Out of these 405 players, 273 are Indians and 132 are overseas. Among the overseas, four are from associate nations. At present, 87 slots are available with up to 30 being reserved for foreign stars.
19 overseas players are in the INR 2 crore bracket while 11 players are in the auction list with a base price of INR 1.5 crore. Manish Pandey and Mayank Agarwal are the two Indian players in the list of 20 cricketers with a base price of INR 1 crore.
IPL 2023 Auction Player List
Base Price – INR 2 Crore
Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Kane Williamson, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran
Base Price – INR 1.5 Crore
Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Nathan Coulter-Nile
Base Price – INR 1 Crore
Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai Hope, David Wiese
Remaining Purse Of Franchises
Chennai Super Kings – Rs 20.45 crore (9 slots)
Delhi Capitals – Rs 19.45 crore (7 slots)
Gujarat Titans – Rs 19.25 crore (10 slots)
Kolkata Knight Riders – Rs 7.05 crore (14 slots)
Lucknow Super Giants – Rs 23.35 crore (14 slots)
Mumbai Indians – Rs 20.05 crore (12 slots)
Punjab Kings – Rs 32.2 crore (12 slots)
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs 8.75 crore (9 slots)
Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Aman Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson.
FULL SQUAD: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade (AUS), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller (SA), Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad (AFG), R. Sai Kishore, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav.
Delhi Capitals Released Players List
Tim Seifert, Mandeep Singh, KS Bharat, Ashwin Hebbar.
FULL SQUAD: Rishabh Pant (c), Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell (WI), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner (AUS), Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh (AUS), Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman (BAN), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi (SA), Anrich Nortje (SA), Vicky Ostwal, Chetan Sakariya.
Rajasthan Royals Released Players List
Karun Nair, Anunay Singh, Tejas Baroka, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The JBC Token is on the horizon and the team have been very busy working away making sure that the best features are available upon launch.
JungleBookCrypto (JBC) Token is the main token powering the JBC ecosystem. JBC has already released its V1 app on IOS and Android with staking, sending, receiving and storing, but now they’ve moved on to the full next Gen system.
The JBC ecosystem is fully focused on bridging smart home features and every day life into the digital world. Offering Home solutions such as WIFI Security cameras, smart lighting, remote garage door openers, cloud storage and much more combined into a fully featured Defi Project. Not only is JBC aiming for a suite of Home Solutions but they also have multiple known factors in the project that will feel familiar to investors and traders.
JBC is a fully registered Company in Australia. With all utilities that have followed the development process of the roadmap with accurate time management, users and investors will fully understand that this is a fuly functioning ecosystem that delivers on its promises. The combination of physical and digital sales together with multiple unique features of JBC, will be one of the first fully deployed and self-maintaining business in the industry.
Here are some of the features you can expect to play with during and post launch:
JBC SMART:
JBCs debut product coming soon to the market place is JBC Smart Solutions.
The JBC pride and joy brings brings security and home automation straight to the home or office, offering a suite of smart tech to make life easier and more secure.
The JBC Smart range will is showing off a wide range of goods such as:
– WiFi Security cameras
– Smart lighting
– Remote garage door openers
– Cloud Storage
With all servers encrypted p2p and data is only accessible by the registered user, with no access via third parties, they brag about fantastic security and ease of use.
JBC MARKETPLACE:
Next up, it’s The JBC Store, Aka JBC Marketplace. While JBC has established it’s own range of in-house made goodies and gadgets to buy, users can also list their own merchandise as well. Offering both physical and digital items to sell with a small percentage fee on each sale.
Users can make purchases in fiat or are able to connect their JBC wallets in order to make discounted purchases using the native JBC token.
JBC HYBRID:
JBC is excited to offer its All-in-one hybrid swap with over 70 tokens, spanning three main chains (BSC, ETH, MATIC).
Giving users full control over their funds, while still striving to give users support with any technical issues that may arise.
With fees taken from each transaction and distributed to the users with 40 percent of the fees going direct to stakers and the rest going to upgrades, upkeep and buybacks, users can be excited to stake and earn from the activity in the ecosystem.
The JBC crew are aiming for transparency, so all transactions will be able to be viewed on the blockchain.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, Jbc has much much more in store for their users.
Contract: 0xD10c40eae9B675EEAAF20C84E5D274aBC109281F (launching eta Q1 2023)
CONTACT: Deborah Alexander
JUNGLE BOOK CRYPTO
info-at-junglebookcrypto.com
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Leading aged care provider modernizes communications systems withRibbon’s industry-leading Session Border Controllers (SBCs)
SYDNEY, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global provider of real time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions to many of the world’s largest service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators to modernize and protect their networks, today announced that leading aged care, housing and community services provider Anglicare Sydney has selected Ribbon’s Session Border Controller Software Edition Edge and Ribbon Session Border Controller 2000 to provide secure calling connectivity for its contact centre, offices and aged care/retirement living facilities in New South Wales.
“Ribbon’s solution has dramatically simplified the deployment of connectivity and security services for our new communications environment, which includes leveraging Microsoft Teams calling capabilities,” said Hamish Maple, IT Enterprise Architect, Anglicare Sydney. “Having a modern, state of the art communications environment is a key part of our IT strategy that enables us to serve our customers, staff and volunteers more easily, consistently and comprehensively.”
Anglicare’s previous calling environment was complex, involving call centre resources and multiple PBX, SIP and ISDN technologies that had supported the business over a long period of time. The organization needed to centralize voice services and consolidate the technology environment for twenty-four major sites and its call centre as well as provide a calling solution for PSTN services that were being decommissioned on a legacy ISDN network for residential calling. The site by site deployment has allowed for seamless interoperability between old and new systems, keeping the organizations communications operational at all times.
The deployment was undertaken as part of an enterprise-wide deployment of consolidated voice services and a planned migration to Microsoft Teams for corporate services, with distribution and consulting services provided by SwitchConnect.
“Anglicare Sydney is recognised as one of Australia’s most important community service agencies and provides critical services to community members throughout many New South Wales regions, particularly in aged care. We are delighted to be able to play a part in helping Anglicare modernise its communications infrastructure and be a part of a highly secure and reliable communications system to connect residents, family members, staff and Anglicare’s support teams,” said Manny Christophidis, Channels Director, Asia Pacific, Ribbon Communications.
“Switch Connect specialises in leading highly complex deployments of voice services, often with clients who are managing a complicated mix of legacy technologies, and more current cloud and Unified Communication technologies. Working with Ribbon, we were able to help Anglicare Sydney gain a state-of-the-art communications system throughout New South Wales,” added Rowan Milne, Managing Director, Switch Connect.
About Ribbon
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) delivers communications software, IP and optical networking solutions to service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors globally. We engage deeply with our customers, helping them modernize their networks for improved competitive positioning and business outcomes in today’s smart, always-on and data-hungry world. Our innovative, end-to-end solutions portfolio delivers unparalleled scale, performance, and agility, including core to edge software-centric solutions, cloud-native offers, leading-edge security and analytics tools, along with IP and optical networking solutions for 5G. We maintain a keen focus on our commitments to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters, offering an annual Sustainability Report to our stakeholders. To learn more about Ribbon, please visit rbbn.com.
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West Bengal Coronavirus Latest Update: Mamata Banerjee said the COVID pandemic will be tackled as required if there is any resurgence in the state.
Mamata Banerjee said her administration is monitoring the COVID developments and will set up a committee to take care of everything.
West Bengal Coronavirus Lockdown News Today: Even as many states have issued alerts and advisories for rising COVID cases in neighbouring countries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her administration will not impose any new Covid curbs, especially during the upcoming Christmas celebrations and the Gangasagar mela. The chief minister, however, added that her state is getting ready to tackle any new COVID outbreak.
Mamata Banerjee further said that the pandemic, which paralysed normal life for long periods of time since it hit the country in March 2020, will be tackled as required if there is any resurgence in the state.
“We are monitoring all these. We have set up a committee also to take care of everything,” she said.
Mamata Banerjee also added that the annual Gangasagar Mela (fair), which attracts lakhs of pilgrims from different parts of India, will be held in January adhering to health safety guidelines as in 2020 and 2021.
“If it (resurgence of Covid) happens, we will take precautions accordingly,” she told reporters after meeting Governor C V Ananda Bose at Raj Bhavan.
Giving details, Mamata Banerjee said she and Bose discussed the Covid-19 situation, among other issues, in the context of the advent of Omicron BF.7, a new variant of the virus.
She had earlier expressed concern over the surge in Covid-19 cases in China, and advised health officials to form a committee of experts to keep an eye on the emerging situation.
The Florida GOP plans to hold a no-confidence vote in Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel next month, a crucial test of the embattled leader’s strength just days before her own re-election.
Republican insiders say Florida has deep symbolic importance because it has consistently outperformed the national party in resisting the blue wave in 2018, re-electing Donald Trump when he lost the White House in 2020 and generating a red wave that failed to materialize nearly everywhere else in November.
After those three disappointing elections nationwide for the GOP, McDaniel began to face withering criticism from grassroots activists, party officials and conservative commentators. Earlier this month, the Texas GOP voted unanimously against her in a nonbinding vote, and then on Wednesday, members of the Florida GOP’s executive committee successfully petitioned for the straw vote on whether to “terminate” her as leader, according to the petition.
“Florida’s the most-talked-about Republican state and we’re going to vote Ronna down,” Anthony Sabatini, the GOP chair in Lake County who gathered the no-confidence petition, told NBC News. “It’s going to cause a cascading effect. She’s just steadily losing support. She knows people are just really mad. They all want her gone.”
The yet-to-be-scheduled vote by the Republican Party of Florida’s executive committee — expected to take place Jan. 14 to 20 — is nonbinding on the RNC, which will hold its chair election on Jan. 27.
She is being challenged by Harmeet Dhillon, an RNC committeewoman. Earlier this month, McDaniel announced she had the support of 101 of 168 RNC voting members.
But Sabaitini said he expects members will peel from her. He issued the petition in response to Republican Party of Florida Chairman Joe Gruters sending out a letter Tuesday endorsing McDaniel.
Neither McDaniel nor Dhillon could immediately be reached for comment.
Regardless of how the state party vote shakes out, Gruters said he’s sticking with McDaniel, whom he partly credits for Florida’s GOP gains in recent years.
“Whatever we’ve asked for, she has given us,” Gruters said. “Some of the people throwing the stones at Ronna have been the biggest failures in their own states. There should be some self-reflection by these people.”
An elected state senator and a CPA by profession, Gruters is running for RNC treasurer.
The messy race for national chair reflects broader troubles in the Republican Party. GOP members of the House are paralyzed over whether to pick Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California as speaker when the party assumes control next month. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is under fire from grassroots party activists for not winning the Senate, which establishment Republicans tend to blame more on Trump or National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Rick Scott of Florida. And Trump is increasingly preparing for a nasty primary fight against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has yet to say whether he’ll seek his party’s nomination in 2024.
A Trump ally who has served under DeSantis, Gruters is one of three Florida Republicans who will vote on the RNC chair race in January along with the RNC’s committeeman and committeewoman from Florida. Gruters endorsed McDaniel earlier this month with Kathy King, the RNC committeewoman from Florida. She did not return a call and text message seeking comment.
The party’s national committeeman in Florida, Peter Feaman, wouldn’t tell NBC whom he supported for party chair, but said that McDaniel is facing a tough re-election.
“Harmeet has a lot of support from grassroots members. It’s amazing,” Feaman said.
The RNC chair race is emerging as a proxy issue in the race to succeed Gruters as Republican Party of Florida chair, pitting Leon County Chair Evan Powers and Sarasota County Chair Christian Ziegler against each other. Ziegler, who couldn’t be reached for comment, did not sign the no-confidence petition. Powers did.
“I don’t know where Gruters is getting his political advice from, but it’s bad. The grassroots here doesn’t want Ronna,” Powers said. “We’ve had three losses nationwide and that’s enough for a lot of people.”
Some Republicans have speculated the chair races at both the state and national levels also reflect the party divisions between Trump and DeSantis, but informed Republican insiders say it hasn’t manifested, at least not yet. Gruters said he endorsed McDaniel because she did a good job and he did it without the input or urging of either Trump or Trump’s adviser, Susie Wiles, whom some Republicans speculated was involved.
“No. She had nothing to do with it,” Gruters said. “This is about who is best to be RNC chair, and that’s Ronna.”
Marc Caputo is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
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