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Nebraskaland Bank and the NPPS Foundation are hosting an on-site film to support the journalism club

Nebraskaland Bank and the NPPS Foundation are hosting an on-site film to support the journalism club

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – The Nebraska Land Bank hosted an on-site movie night to benefit the NPHS Journalism Club on Wednesday.

This is the second year that Nebraskaland Bank and the North Platte Public Schools Foundation have hosted the family event.

Admission to the film “If” was free, as were food and voluntary donations to help the high school journalism club fund new equipment such as cameras, microphones and lenses.

When Evonne Keck, PR and media manager at Nebraskaland Bank, approached the NPHS Foundation about collaborating on a fun evening for the community, it was a no-brainer.

“To do things for the families, you know, they could take care of their dinner and their kids could watch the movie and just have a nice fall evening. It was a voluntary donation to benefit the high school journalism club. They are raising money for new cameras and equipment they need. That’s why we’re happy to help them with this event,” said Keck.

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How to watch Marshall vs. Georgia State: Live stream or on TV

How to watch Marshall vs. Georgia State: Live stream or on TV

The Marshall Thundering Herd (3-3) will face another Sun Belt opponent when they host the Georgia State Panthers (2-3) on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

Would you like to see this match? You can find it on ESPN2.

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When is Marshall vs. Georgia State and when does it begin?

This contest between the Thundering Herd and the Panthers is scheduled for Thursday, October 17, 2024. Be ready to watch kickoff at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Where to watch Marshall vs. Georgia State?

The Thundering Herd and Panthers will take the field at Joan C. Edwards Stadium for this matchup on October 17th, and if you want to watch the game live, get your tickets now at Vivid Seats!

What channel is the game on?

You can watch Marshall vs. Georgia State live on ESPN2. Watch the game live without cable on Fubo.

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    Marshall Statistics and Insights

  • In their last game, the Thundering Herd lost to the Georgia Southern Eagles 24-23.
  • Marshall is averaging 377.5 yards per game on offense, ranking 79th in the FBS. On the other side of the ball, the Thundering Herd ranked 97th, giving up 395.3 yards per contest.
  • The Thundering Herd were a bottom-25 passing offense this season, ranking 21st with 175.8 passing yards per game. On the defensive side of the ball, they rank 78th in the FBS (220.8 passing yards allowed per game).
  • Marshall ranks 27th in run offense (201.7 rushing yards per game) and 103rd in run defense (174.5 rushing yards allowed per game) this season.
  • The Thundering Herd score 29.2 points per game on offense (64th in the FBS) and rank 91st on the other side of the ball with 27.3 points allowed per game.
  • Georgia State Stats and Insights

  • The Panthers are coming off a 21-14 loss to the Old Dominion Monarchs.
  • Georgia State ranks 81st on offense with 375.8 total yards per game and 108th on the defensive side of the ball with 405.6 total yards allowed per game.
  • In terms of passing, the Panthers rank 34th in the FBS (266.6 passing yards per game) and 89th on the other side of the ball (230.8 passing yards allowed per game).
  • Georgia State’s running game hasn’t gotten things done, ranking 20th in the FBS with 109.2 rushing yards per game. Defensively it was better, giving up 174.8 rushing yards per contest (104th).
  • The Panthers’ offense has been in the bottom 25 this season in scoring at 21.4 points per game, ranking 24th in the FBS. They rank 99th on defense with 29.4 points allowed per contest.
  • Key Marshall players to watch

  • Stone Earle threw for 634 yards (126.8 ypg) to lead Marshall. He completed 54.8% of his passes and collected seven touchdown passes and two interceptions this season. He also rushed for 207 yards (41.4 ypg) on ​​57 carries.
  • AJ Turner has carried the ball 56 times for a team-high 540 yards (90.0 per game) with two touchdowns on the year.
  • Christian Fitzpatrick’s 299 receiving yards (49.8 yards per game) surpass all receivers on the team. He has registered 20 receptions and three touchdowns.
  • Elijah Metcalf has a season so far with 194 yards (38.8 receiving yards per game) and three touchdowns as well as 20 passes.
  • Carl Chester’s nine grabs gave him 121 yards (20.2 ypg) and two touchdowns.
  • Key players to watch in the state of Georgia

  • Christian Veilleux has 1,284 passing yards (256.8 ypg) to lead Georgia State by completing 58.6% of his passes and throwing nine touchdown passes and five interceptions this season.
  • Freddie Brock has carried the ball 61 times for a team-high 306 yards (61.2 per game) with two touchdowns on the year.
  • This season, Michel Dukes caught 20 carries for 110 yards (22.0 per game) and also caught 16 passes for 133 yards (26.6 per game).
  • Ted Hurst’s 434 receiving yards (86.8 yards per game) surpass all receivers on the team. He has collected 25 receptions and five touchdowns.
  • Dorian Fleming has posted a 234-yard season (46.8 receiving yards per game) with two touchdowns and 21 passes.
  • Tailique Williams’ 16 grabs this season resulted in 165 yards (41.3 ypg).
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    Warming trend ahead

    Warming trend ahead

    • Growing season over
    • Dry stretch persists
    • Increasing risk of fire
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    MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – As subfreezing temperatures began Wednesday morning, the growing season has officially come to an end in southern Wisconsin. Frost and freeze warnings will not be issued again until the growing season begins again next spring. Despite the cold start to the week, a strong warming trend is expected by the end of the week. Dry weather and gradually rising temperatures are expected this weekend and early next week. Due to strong winds and low humidity, there is an increased fire danger in areas west of Madison Thursday afternoon for everyone as the weekend approaches. It’s going to be a great weekend to discover fall colors throughout the state of Wisconsin!

    What’s next…

    Tonight the sky will remain clear, but the wind will shift to the southwest. This will take us into the mid 30s with areas of frost possible. Thursday will be warm, dry and windy, with highs reaching 60 degrees. Wind gusts can reach up to 25 MPH and humidity will drop to around 25%. This means there is an increased fire danger in parts of southwest and south-central Wisconsin. Friday will be a little warmer, with highs in the upper 60s and sunny skies, but not as windy.

    Looking ahead…

    Temperatures will continue to rise as we head into the weekend, reaching the low 70s on Saturday and the mid 70s on Sunday. Expect more clouds but still dry conditions. Early next week, a weather system moving in from the southwest will bring more clouds and a small chance of showers on Tuesday. Highs will remain above average, in the upper 60s to mid 70s.

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    Big COD Black Ops 6: Start date, preload times and more

    Big COD Black Ops 6: Start date, preload times and more

    The wait is finally over as Activision has announced the preload and release times for the upcoming Call of Duty title Black Ops 6. So if you have pre-ordered the game, you can download it in advance from the respective platforms’ stores so that you can jump in as soon as the servers go live.

    Black Ops 6 launch details

    With that in mind, here are the exact COD Black Ops 6 launch and preload times in your region, as well as download size details.

    When can you start preloading Black Ops 6?

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    Black Ops 6 will be available to pre-load on all platforms on October 21st at 9:00 a.m. PT, giving you plenty of time to download it before the official release. To do this, simply go to the store where you purchased the game and log in to your account.

    Search for Black Ops 6 in your library and you’ll be given the option to preload it. You can download all upcoming in-game content, including Campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies, so you don’t have to wait before getting into the action.

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    Also, according to the official minimum and recommended specifications, you must have at least 102GB of free space on your system to avoid installation problems.

    Black Ops 6 release time in your region

    Black Ops 6 release times by region
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    The game follows a regional launch system for Microsoft PC, Xbox and PlayStation players. You can see the exact schedules below:

    October 24th

    • Los Angeles: 9:00 p.m. PDT
    • Mexico City: 10:00 p.m. CST

    October 25th

    • New York: 12:00 p.m. EDT
    • São Paulo: 1:00 a.m. BRT
    • London: 5:00am BST
    • Paris: 6:00 a.m. CEST
    • Stockholm: 6:00 a.m. CEST
    • Johannesburg: 6:00am SAST
    • Dubai: 8:00 am GST
    • Seoul: 1:00 p.m. KST
    • Tokyo: 1:00 p.m. JST
    • Sydney: 3pm AEDT

    On the other hand, Steam and Battle.net players will be able to access the game worldwide on October 24th at 9:00 PM PT.

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    The Slidell man charged with video voyeurism is facing a third charge

    The Slidell man charged with video voyeurism is facing a third charge

    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – New details in a voyeurism case that crosses state borders. Evidence is mounting in a new lawsuit against the Slidell man accused of planting hidden cameras in his Orange Beach home and condo.

    Jonathan Bethancourt is charged with 19 counts of video voyeurism. Bethancourt was arrested on the first 11 counts on May 29, a week after his former nanny – Alyssa Glavan – went to Slidell police – after making a disturbing discovery at Bethancourt’s home where she worked.

    The civil lawsuit, filed in late August, caused a container of cotton swabs to be overturned in the bathroom, according to Glavan. As she bent down to pick it up, she noticed what appeared to be a digital camera disguised as a smoke detector mounted about 10 inches above the wall in front of the toilet.

    “I thought, this can’t be real, and when I saw the SD card I thought, Oh my God. There was also a QR code on the back that I scanned that told me how to set up your I-Spy camera. That’s when it really hit me and I started freaking out and my heart was beating really fast,” Glavan told FOX 10 News shortly after Bethancourt’s arrest.

    Investigators say multiple cameras were discovered at Slidell’s home and an Orange Beach condo. Glavan said she had only worked for Bethancourt for six months. Other defendants named in this latest lawsuit include Bethancourt’s A/C and Heating, which was forced to vacate his home, and his wife, Lauren Bethancourt.

    In the lawsuit, Glavan alleges public embarrassment and mental anguish from not only being recorded, but also the possibility that the images were shared. She is demanding, among other things, compensation for pain and suffering.

    Meanwhile, Bethancourt remains free on bail after being rearrested on July 1 and charged with an additional eight counts of video voyeurism.

    After that second arrest, two additional lawsuits were filed by alleged victims — one of them a minor, according to the lawsuit filed by her parents. The other was filed by a woman who was employed by Bethancourt from May 2020 until this year, including as a nanny for his first child and filing paperwork for his company.

    The lawsuit also mentions beach trips to two separate Orange Beach condominiums owned or rented by Bethancourt.

    FOX 10 News has reached out to the Orange Beach Police Department to see if any charges have been filed in their jurisdiction. They said Slidell police would not release any information to them until their investigation was complete.

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    Texas men’s basketball faces former coach Chris Beard – The Daily Texan

    Texas men’s basketball faces former coach Chris Beard – The Daily Texan

    The start of 2023 was a tumultuous time for Texas men’s basketball. Former head coach Chris Beard was fired and assistant coach Rodney Terry took over the interim position.

    What followed was one of Texas’ best March Madness runs in recent years. With just a few months as the team’s head coach, Terry led the Longhorns to the Elite Eight.

    On December 12, 2022, Beard was arrested for assault by strangulation against his wife. Beard was subsequently suspended without pay from the University of Texas and later fired on January 5.

    Trew, Beard’s wife, later walked back her statements, apologizing for what she had caused and claiming that Beard had acted in self-defense after she broke his glasses. The criminal complaint was dismissed.

    Just three months later, Beard took over as manager of the Mississippi Rebels men’s basketball team, where he has been for a year and a half.

    With Texas moving to the Southeastern Conference, the Longhorns will face Ole Miss for the first time since Beard took over. But Terry isn’t worried.

    “Chris Beard and I go back a long time,” Terry said on the website SEC Media Day. “You’re talking about 25 years of friendship, one of my really, really close friends in the industry. I wouldn’t have this opportunity here in Texas if he wasn’t kind enough to bring me back to Texas.”

    Beard hired Terry as an assistant coach in 2021, but had previously served as an assistant coach at Texas under former head coach Rick Barnes for nine years, from 2002 to 2011.

    “(I) had a chance to come back and start a second stint at Texas, hoping that we get a chance to build a national championship team, a team that gets to play on Monday nights,” Terry said.

    Despite the controversial events, Terry and Beard maintain a close relationship and try to talk about opponents other than each other. Texas and Mississippi will face off on January 29th in Oxford.

    The SEC is a major conference in this sport and expectations are high. Texas is currently five spots ahead of Ole Miss in the AP poll, at Nos. 19 and 24, respectively, but a lot can change in the next few months.

    “Coaches have taken their teams to the Final Four,” Terry said. “And there have been great players in this league and obviously a lot of really good, intimate environments to play in that will be great venues.”

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    How does WhatsApp make money?

    How does WhatsApp make money?

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    The main messaging apps are all free. So what’s in it for them?

    In the last 24 hours I have written more than 100 WhatsApp messages.

    None of them were very exciting. I made plans with my family, discussed work projects with colleagues, and shared news and gossip with some friends.

    Maybe I need to do better, but even my most boring messages were encrypted by default, using WhatsApp’s powerful computer servers housed in various data centers around the world.

    It’s not a cheap operation, and yet neither I nor any of the people I spoke to yesterday have ever spent any money to use it. The platform has almost three billion users worldwide.

    How does WhatsApp – or Zapzap as it is called in Brazil – make money?

    Admittedly, it helps that WhatsApp has a huge parent company behind it – Meta, which also includes Facebook and Instagram.

    Individual, private WhatsApp accounts like mine are free because WhatsApp makes money from corporate customers wanting to communicate with users like me.

    Since last year, companies have been able to set up free channels on WhatsApp and send messages that can be read by anyone who decides to subscribe.

    What they do pay a premium for, however, is access to interactions with individual customers through the app, both conversational and transactional.

    The UK is comparatively still in its infancy here, but in the Indian city of Bangalore, for example, you can now buy a bus ticket and choose your seat via WhatsApp.

    “If we do all this right, our vision is that a company and a customer should be able to do things properly in a chat thread,” says Nikila Srinivasan, vice president of business messaging at Meta.

    “That means if you want to book a ticket, if you want to make a return, if you want to make a payment, you should be able to do that without ever leaving your chat thread. And then you just go back to all the other conversations in your life.”

    Businesses can now also choose to pay for a link that starts a new WhatsApp chat directly from an online ad on Facebook or Instagram to a personal account. Ms. Srinivasan tells me that this alone is now worth “several billions of dollars” to the tech giant.

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    Meta’s Nikila Srinivasan says the goal is for companies to increasingly communicate with customers via WhatsApp

    Other messaging apps have taken different approaches.

    Signal, a platform known for its industry-standard message security protocols, is a nonprofit organization. It says it never took money from investors (unlike the Telegram app, which relies on them).

    Instead, it relies on donations – including a $50m (£38m) cash injection from Brian Acton, one of WhatsApp’s co-founders, in 2018.

    “Our goal is to come as close as possible to fully supporting small donors, relying on large numbers of modest contributions from people who care about Signal,” its president, Meredith Whittaker, wrote in a blog post last year.

    Discord, a messaging app primarily used by young gamers, has a freemium model – signing up is free, but additional features, including access to games, come with a price. It also offers a paid membership called Nitro with benefits like high-quality video streaming and custom emojis for a monthly subscription of $9.99.

    Snap, the company behind Snapchat, combines several of these models. It runs ads, has 11 million paid subscribers as of August 2024, and also sells augmented reality glasses called Snapchat Spectacles.

    And it has another trick up its sleeve: According to the website Forbes, the company earned nearly $300 million between 2016 and 2023 solely from interest. However, Snap’s main source of revenue is advertising, which brings in more than $4 billion per year.

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    UK-based Element requires governments and large organizations to use its secure messaging system. Its customers use the technology, but run it themselves on their own private servers. The ten-year-old company generates “double-digit million sales” and is “close to profitability,” its co-founder Matthew Hodgson tells me.

    He believes the most popular business model for messaging apps remains the perennial favorite of the digital age: advertising.

    “Basically [many messaging platforms] Sell ​​advertising by watching what people do, who they talk to, and then target them with the best ads,” he says.

    The idea is that even with encryption and anonymity, the apps don’t need to see the actual content of the messages shared to find out much about their users, and can then use that data to sell ads.

    “It’s the old story: if you don’t pay as a user, you’re probably the product,” adds Mr Hodgson.

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    Harris outdoes Trump and holds her own in a thrilling Fox interview

    Harris outdoes Trump and holds her own in a thrilling Fox interview


    By comparison, Trump canceled a scheduled CNBC interview and refused to follow Harris’ lead and continue on “60 Minutes.”

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    Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris sat down for an interview on America’s den of misinformation – Fox News – on Wednesday evening that showed two things:

    1. She has far more courage than her opponent Donald Trump.
    2. Fox News remains an arm of the Republican Party.

    First of all, Harris deserves credit for conducting an interview that she and her campaign knew would consist of a series of “gotcha” questions and attempts to get her to say mean things about Trump supporters say, à la Hillary Clinton’s infamous but accurate “basket.” of deplorables.”

    By comparison, Trump canceled a scheduled CNBC interview and refused to follow Harris’ lead and continue on “60 Minutes,” preferring to do things like his Fox News town hall on Wednesday, where he faced a room full of Trump supporters were asked coddling questions.

    Fox News host Bret Baier constantly interrupted Kamala Harris during the interview

    So points go to Harris in the courage department, while Trump maintains his image as a “weak man pretending to be tough.”

    Fox News host Bret Baier was the chosen questioner for Harris’ interview, and he behaved like a man who had little respect for what a powerful woman has to say. His questions were pointed, which is fine, and he relentlessly asked follow-up questions, which is also fine. But Baier barely allowed the incumbent vice president to speak, constantly persuading her and interrupting her throughout the interview.

    Baier went after Harris with a tenacity and viciousness that his network had never come close to using against Trump.

    Trump fans and his many minions at Fox News will no doubt say that Harris failed miserably, but the truth for people operating outside the bubble of insanity is that she more than held her own in a highly controversial situation.

    Harris criticized Fox News’ disingenuous Trump clip

    At one point, Baier showed a clip — ironically from a previous Fox News softball interview with Trump — in which the former president tried to downplay his recent, heavy-handed ramblings about how Americans who don’t support him are “the enemy within.” “be.

    Harris quickly called out Baier: “I’m sorry and with all due respect, that clip was not what he said about the enemy within, what he has repeated when he speaks about the American people.” That’s not that , what you just showed.”

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    Would Fox ever ask Trump such questions? Of course not.

    During her answer to the first question of the interview, Baier interrupted Harris six times and continued talking over her.

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    The questions were rightfully difficult, and the vice president completely dodged some of the tougher references to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. But what the interview showed is that Harris can more than hold her own in an extremely hostile environment, which most people already knew, but Fox News viewers willing to be honest with themselves were probably surprised, when they saw that.

    But what matters most is that Harris sat there and took it. She took part in an interview with Fox News — which in itself is a sign that her campaign is confident and trying to expand its reach to conservative and independent voters — and she didn’t storm out. She didn’t whine or insult the interviewer for asking difficult questions.

    That’s a lot more than anyone can say about Donald Trump.

    Follow USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on X, formerly Twitter, @RexHuppke and Facebook facebook.com/RexIsAJerk

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    Amazon introduces the new Kindle range, the first colored Kindle

    Amazon introduces the new Kindle range, the first colored Kindle

    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Do you like reading books? Now might be the perfect time to get a Kindle – at least that’s what Amazon hopes you will with the release of a redesigned Kindle.

    There’s an entirely new line of products, including the first-ever color Kindle. The so-called Kindle Colorsoft is Amazon’s first step towards color screens – ideal for graphic novels, travel guides or cookbooks.

    There’s also the new Kindle Scribe, which features a sleek design and a pen that gives you the feeling of writing on paper. Additionally, the new Kindle Paperwhite is the thinnest and fastest of the four and features 25% faster page turning.

    Finally, the Kindle in Matcha, the smallest of the bunch, fits easily into a jacket pocket. It is an entry-level device that is perfect for those new to e-books. Prices and availability vary.

    New iPad mini for Apple Intelligence

    Speaking of electronic devices… Apple has introduced a new iPad mini designed for “Apple Intelligence”. The new Mini features the same chip as the iPhone 15 Pro and will support the company’s upcoming AI features, rolling out this month through a free software update.

    Designed to help users do the things that matter most, Apple Intelligence offers more integrated Siri, an image playground for creating playful images in moments, and Genmoji, which lets users create original emojis by typing a description or select a picture of a family member or friend.

    The device has twice the memory of its predecessor, which was released three years ago, and also offers support for the “Apple Pencil Pro”. No design changes.

    Starting at just $499 with 128GB – twice the storage of the previous generation – the new iPad mini offers incredible value and the full iPad experience in an ultraportable design. Customers can pre-order the new iPad mini today, with availability starting Wednesday, October 23rd.

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    The new top 4: The best from the OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat 2024

    The new top 4: The best from the OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat 2024

    It may have been raining outside, but it was blue skies inside at the recent;2024;OPEN MINDS;Leadership Retreat;in Gettysburg, where leaders spent three days refining their own “blue skies” – the vision for the future of their organizations ( see ;Blue Sky Strategy and beyond). Each session told a different story of leaders overcoming hurdles on the path to organizational growth and resilience. And of the many actionable insights and insights, one has prevailed: the job description for “leaders” has changed and the demand for improved leadership skills has never been higher. Just like . . .

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