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Image courtesy of JMU Athletic Communications By Bennett Conlin Defensive end Abi Nwabuoku Okonji has left the JMU football team, a team spokesperson told JMU Sports News. The spokesperson did not disclose the reason for Nwabuoku Okonji’s departure. When healthy, Nwabuok Okonji was a difference-maker on the Dukes’ defense, recording 10.5 tackles for loss across the 2021 and 2022 seasons, and was expected to play a key role in the defensive line rotation in 2023. Unfortunately, he suffered a season-ending knee injury in JMU’s 2023 season opener against Bucknell. Though he was listed on the team’s spring 2024 roster, he…
The Science Museum is set to transform the public’s relationship with science through a major renovation and expansion announced by Museum Director Tim Ritchie, which will include the creation of Public Science Common, a gathering space designed to connect the community with Boston’s leading scientists and foster a lasting love of science.The space will serve as a dynamic hub for the public, academia and government to come together to discuss and address pressing scientific challenges.”This will be the greatest public science gathering in the world,” Ritchie told Boston Public Radio on Thursday, “where people can think out loud about what…
Mark Frank NoviCombank opens branch in Havana HAVANA – Russia’s Novicombank said Thursday it has opened the country’s first representative office in Cuba as part of strengthening economic ties between the former Cold War allies. The Russian state bank said in a statement that the Cuban central bank granted the license on June 7. There was no immediate comment from Cuban authorities or the central bank. “The opening of Novicom’s representative office in the Republic of Cuba marks not only a new stage for the bank, but also an important step in Russian-Cuban relations,” Chairwoman of the Board of Directors…
Footage from Pyongyang has emerged swiftly and is remarkable for its variety, showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiling and shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin and giving a tour of the capital of one of the world’s most inaccessible countries in near real time. The Putin-Kim summit provided an unusually rapid glimpse into the situation in North Korea. For those who follow the Kim family’s three-generation rule, coverage of the Kim-Putin meeting this week, with footage released only by the two governments’ respective propaganda agencies, represents an extraordinary concentration of attention on a country where footage that…
Guardians leadoff hitter Steven Kwan batted first in a game against the Mariners on Thursday afternoon (Guardians won 6-3) and hit a double, raising his batting average to .400. He walked in his final two at-bats before getting an out, and his average dropped to .396 before the game ended. Still… That should cheer us all up, right? One player had a batting average of .400! In late June!The major leagues haven’t had a hitter with a .400 qualifying average since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. The key word here is “qualifying.” It means a player has played in…
On Thursday, JJ Redick agreed to a four-year contract to become the next head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. On paper, this is one of the most surprising hires in recent NBA history. Redick has no coaching experience at the professional or collegiate level and has never worked in a front office. He had a long and successful playing career in the NBA, but unlike many of the inexperienced hires, he wasn’t a point guard.No, Redick has been tapped for one of the most high-pressure coaching jobs in sports, bringing with him 15 years as a three-point shooting guru,…
Gov. Gavin Newsom, state lawmakers and health care industry leaders have just a short time to reach an agreement that would inject billions of dollars in new funds into Medicare before it goes to the vote in November. The initiative, supported by nearly every sector of the state’s health care industry and local Republicans and Democrats, would set aside funds for Medi-Cal, California’s version of the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income people. The funds would be used primarily to increase payment rates for medical professionals who serve Medi-Cal patients. Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, initially supported using the money…
The Israeli military said the airstrikes had “eliminated” Hezbollah operatives. (Image)Beirut: Hezbollah said it had fired “dozens” of rockets into northern Israel on Thursday in retaliation for a deadly attack in southern Lebanon, a day after the group’s leader gave a fiery speech.Israel and Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese group allied with Hamas, have been engaged in near-daily cross-border gun battles since the Palestinian group attacked Israel on October 7, starting the war in the Gaza Strip.Fears of a regional war rose after Hezbollah’s supreme leader Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday that “no part” of Israel would be spared in the…
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Science Museum of Oklahoma will be hosting a summer camp into the mysterious and mythical world of cryptozoology as sightings and lore from the enigmatic world make their way into the academic realm. Cryptozoology literally means “the study of hidden animals” and involves the study and exploration of animals, especially mythical animals (such as Sasquatch), usually to assess the possibility of their existence. The Science Museum is inviting participants ages 21 and over to experience a one-of-a-kind summer camp that explores the mysterious and magical world of cryptozoology. Here’s what you need to know: All…
The DSGE model includes six economy sectors: the household sector, the intermediate goods sector, the final goods sector, the fossil fuel technology sector, the renewable energy technology sector, and the government sector. Figure 1 illustrates the basic structure of the DSGE model, where the dashed arrows indicate flows of materials while the solid arrows denote flows of funds. The household sector is the owner of the factors of production, and it supplies labor, capital, and energy to the various production sectors and receives income. Energy technologies produced by the fossil fuel technology sector and the renewable energy technology sector also…