The College of Mary Washington and George Mason College have renewed partnerships designed to speed up pupil success and open the door to extra agreements between the 2 colleges starting as early as subsequent 12 months.

A signing ceremony reconfirming the schools’ accelerated diploma pathway packages in laptop science, engineering and regulation occurred within the Dodd Auditorium lobby in UMW’s George Washington Corridor, with provosts, deans and different directors in attendance.

“Plenty of work has gone into the efforts to make right this moment what it’s,” stated UMW Provost Tim O’Donnell, who signed the official doc together with George Mason Provost James Antony. “It’s actually a prelude to extra work to return, finally work that shall be good work as a result of it’ll profit our college students, our school and our packages.”

The UMW-Accelerated Mason Program graduate pathways allow twin enrollment, permitting Mary Washington college students to mix undergraduate and graduate diploma necessities and lowering the time it takes to earn a grasp’s diploma and unlock elevated incomes potential. Additionally they permit members to roll tuition and charges into present monetary help packages, facilitate knowledge sharing between the 2 colleges and finally enhance pupil outcomes at each universities.

“In different phrases, it provides your proficient college students and our proficient college students an opportunity to realize a aggressive edge in a area of examine by exposing them to superior abilities and data earlier and permitting them to finish their levels hopefully extra rapidly,” Antony stated. “And I feel that’s what all of us actually need.”

Throughout their senior 12 months, permitted Mary Washington college students can enroll in a grasp’s program at George Mason’s School of Engineering and Computing and earn as many as 9 credit of graduate-level coursework. Contributors can apply these credit towards each their bachelor’s diploma at UMW, as electives, and their grasp’s diploma at George Mason, permitting them to finish a grasp’s in as little as one extra 12 months.

Eligible packages embrace Utilized Data Know-how, Laptop Science, Knowledge Analytics Engineering, Operations Analysis, Statistics and Techniques Engineering.

WASHINGTON — A Hollywood actor who had supporting roles in “Anchorman,” “Mr. Present,” “Arrested Growth” and “Bob’s Burgers” was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal jail on Monday for his function within the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Jay Johnston was arrested in June 2023 and pleaded responsible in July to a felony offense of obstructing officers throughout a civil dysfunction. Johnston had lengthy been recognized as a participant within the chaos even earlier than his arrest, and among the skilled penalties — together with not being featured as a voice in “Bob’s Burgers” — hit lengthy earlier than the authorized repercussions.

Federal prosecutors had sought 18 months in federal jail for Johnston, topping their sentencing memo off with a photograph of Johnston wherein he “made gentle of his participation within the riot by dressing up as Jacob Chansley, often called the ‘QAnon Shaman,’ at a Halloween social gathering that he attended” two years after the assault.

Prosecutors mentioned that on Jan. 6, 2021, Johnston spent about 10 minutes within the decrease west tunnel that leads into the Capitol, the place among the worst violence of the assault came about. “Throughout that point, he: (1) helped a minimum of 4 different rioters wash their eyes out after being sprayed with OC spray; (2) used a stolen United States Capitol Police riot protect to make a “protect wall” towards the police contained in the tunnel; and (3) participated in “heave-ho” push that pinned and crushed MPD Officer Daniel Hodges towards a door body,” federal prosecutors wrote.

Regardless of “his clear data of, and participation in, the violence utilized by rioters that day,” federal prosecutors wrote, Johnston “despatched messages to family and friends within the days after January sixth claiming the occasions on the U.S. Capitol had been exaggerated by the media and that it was a ‘setup’ by the police and Antifa.”

Johnston’s lawyer, Stanley Woodward, wrote in a sentencing memo that the federal government has “persistently overstated” Johnston’s function within the assault “as a result of he’s an acclaimed Hollywood actor, and the federal government is utilizing his standing to make some extent to the general public.”

Johnston had “discovered nice success in Hollywood as an actor, author, and producer together with accolades for his function because the voice actor for Jimmy Pesto, Sr. within the animated sequence Bob’s Burgers and as Officer Taylor in Arrested Growth,” wrote Woodward. However Johnston “has not been in a position to maintain his livelihood as an actor after his involvement on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.”

Johnston has “basically been blacklisted by Hollywood” and “has labored as a handyman for the final two years – an apparent far cry from his precise experience and livelihood in movie and tv,” Woodward wrote.

In messages forward of the assault, Johnston wrote to an acquaintance to “Convey meals and a rest room” to what he known as “the gala affair” on Jan. 6, prosecutors mentioned.

Johnston later wrote, in response to a query about whether or not he was going “to rally,” that he was going “going to rally, actually, rally.”

Johnston attended one other rally that includes conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others on the evening earlier than the Capitol assault after which filmed himself passing “AREA CLOSED” indicators on Jan. 6, prosecutors wrote.

Johnston’s video confirms he heard the sound of flashbangs within the distance and he is heard noting the police presence on the Capitol earlier than he used an overturned metallic bike rack to advance over a stone wall, prosecutors mentioned. He then filmed rioters pushing a metallic “Trump” billboard towards the police line, commented to others that the police had been macing rioters after which filmed rioters “combating the police by pushing bike racks towards them, attempting to interrupt their police line,” prosecutors mentioned.

As soon as he superior to the decrease west tunnel, prosecutors mentioned, Johnston dealt with a stolen police protect after which “joined a bunch push effort, known as ‘heave-ho,’ towards the police within the tunnel” throughout which Officer Hodges “was crushed between the body of one of many doorways within the tunnel and the group.”

Johnston “joked as rioters attacked the police,” prosecutors wrote, together with remarking, “Okay! We’re going to get these gentle bulbs mounted!” as rioters “pushed an orange ladder on the police within the tunnel.”

Greater than 1,500 individuals have been arrested in reference to the Capitol assault, and federal prosecutors have secured the convictions of over 1,100 defendants to this point. Greater than 600 of these convicted have been sentenced to durations of incarceration starting from a number of days behind bars to 22 years in federal jail, for a Proud Boys chief convicted of seditious conspiracy.

Further arrests came about final week, together with quite a few rioters charged with assaulting officers through the assault.

An actor identified for his roles within the tv comedies “Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Improvement” was sentenced on Monday to at least one yr in jail for his half in a mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol almost 4 years in the past.

Jay Johnston, 56, of Los Angeles, joined different rioters in a “heave ho” push in opposition to cops guarding a tunnel entrance to the Capitol in the course of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Johnston additionally cracked jokes and interacted with different rioters as he used a cellphone to file the violence round him, prosecutors stated.

Johnston expressed remorse that he “made it tougher for the police to do their job” on Jan. 6. He stated he by no means would have guessed {that a} riot would erupt that day.

“That was due to my very own ignorance, I imagine,” he informed U.S. District Choose Carl Nichols. “If I had been extra political, I might have seen that coming, maybe.”

The decide, who sentenced Johnston to at least one yr and at some point of imprisonment, allowed him to stay free after the listening to and report back to jail at a date to be decided. Nichols stated he acknowledges that Johnston will miss out on caring for his 13-year-old autistic daughter whereas he’s behind bars.

“However his conduct on January sixth was fairly problematic. Reprehensible, actually,” the decide stated.

Johnston pleaded responsible in July to interfering with cops throughout a civil dysfunction, a felony punishable by a most jail sentence of 5 years.

Prosecutors advisable an 18-month jail sentence for Johnston. Their sentencing memo features a {photograph} of a smiling Johnston dressed as Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Capitol rioter often known as the “QAnon Shaman,” at a Halloween get together roughly two years after the siege.

“He thinks his participation in some of the severe crimes in opposition to our democracy is a joke,” prosecutors wrote.

Johnston performed pizzeria proprietor Jimmy Pesto Sr. in “Bob’s Burgers,” a police officer in “Arrested Improvement” and a street-brawling newsman within the film “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” Johnston additionally appeared on “Mr. Present with Bob and David,” an HBO sketch comedy collection that starred Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.

Johnston, a Chicago native, moved to Los Angeles in 1993 to pursue an performing profession. After the riot, Johnston was fired by the creator of “Bob’s Burgers,” misplaced a task in a film based mostly on the present and has “primarily been blacklisted” in Hollywood, stated protection lawyer Stanley Woodward.

“As a substitute, Mr. Johnston has labored as a handyman for the final two years — an apparent far cry from his precise experience and livelihood in movie and tv,” Woodward wrote.

Woodward accused the federal government of exaggerating Johnston’s riot participation “as a result of he’s an acclaimed Hollywood actor.”

Johnston attended then-President Donald Trump’s “Cease the Steal” rally close to the White Home on Jan. 6 earlier than he marched to the Capitol. He used a steel bike rack to scale a stone wall to succeed in the Capitol’s West Plaza earlier than making his solution to the mouth of a tunnel entrance that police have been guarding on the Decrease West Terrace.

The piece is seemingly named The Resolute Desk, in response to a public gathering allow supplied to NBC Information by the Nationwide Park Service.

“When he was beneath the archway, he turned and waved to different rioters, beckoning them to affix him in combating the police,” prosecutors wrote.

Coming into the tunnel, Johnston helped different rioters flush chemical irritants out of their eyes. One other rioter gave him a stolen police defend, which he handed up nearer to the police line. Johnston then joined different rioters in a “heave ho” push in opposition to police within the tunnel, a collective effort that crushed an officer in opposition to a door body, prosecutors stated.

Johnston recorded himself cracking a joke as rioters pushed an orange ladder towards police within the tunnel, saying, “We’re going to get these mild bulbs mounted!”

A day after the riot, in a textual content message to an acquaintance, Johnston acknowledged being on the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“The information has introduced it as an assault. It truly wasn’t. Thought it type of become that. It was a multitude,” Johnston wrote.

FBI brokers seized Johnston’s cellphone once they searched his California dwelling in June 2021.

Greater than 1,500 individuals have been charged with Capitol riot-related federal crimes. Over 1,000 rioters have been convicted and sentenced. Roughly 650 of them obtained jail time starting from just a few days to 22 years.

Former Proud Boys nationwide chairman Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in federal jail on a seditious conspiracy cost.

Skilled wrestling legend Ric Aptitude has shared his emotional response to the loss of life of his stepson, Sebastian Kidder, who was 24.

Kidder died by suicide on Saturday (October 26), his mom Wendy Barlow confirmed to TMZ. The next day, 75-year-old WWE Corridor of Famer Aptitude (actual title Richard Morgan Fliehr) shared a put up to Instagram reflecting on the rising musician’s premature passing.

“I Have Spent Hours Questioning What To Say. After Listening to The Information Of Sebastian’s Passing,” he started the prolonged caption. “I Can Solely Think about What Wendy @thewonderouswendy & Paul Are Going By means of Having Misplaced A Son Roughly The Identical Age In 2013. I Know The Ache Of Your Loss Will Be With You The Relaxation Of Your Life.”

Aptitude’s son Reid died in March 2013 at age 25 following an unintentional drug overdose. He was found in a lodge room in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“I Nonetheless Each Day Of My Life Assume About Reid As You Will Proceed To Assume About Sebastian,” he continued. “You Can’t Blame Yourselves As I Blamed Myself For Making Reid My Finest Buddy As a substitute Of Being A Good Mother or father. Generally We Get So Shut To Our Children, We Neglect That They Want Us In So Many Completely different Methods.

The skilled wrestler went on to share how “grateful” he was “for the time” he shared with Kidder.

“I Have So Many Nice Recollections & Bonding Time With Him As He Grew Up! He Stood Tall By His Mom Alongside With The Entire Household- Sophia, Paris, And Summer time, Whereas I Was Dying. He Was So Unselfish Sharing His Mom With Me As I Was Dying. And Additionally, At The Passing Of My Son Reid.

“He Was Multi-Proficient & In Everyone’s Eyes A Big Success And Will All the time Be Remembered That Means. I’m So Sorry! Wendy, Please Keep Robust & Don’t Let Something Deter You From All Your Profitable Endeavors You Have In Place In The Future. God Bless You Each! Relaxation In Peace Sebastian! 🙏🏻 @sebastianonthemic,” Aptitude concluded the put up.

Police are nonetheless investigating the circumstances surrounding his loss of life. In a press release, his mom instructed TMZ: “I’m devastated and shocked. That is an epidemic together with your younger males and psychological well being.”

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Fidder is the son of Barlow from a earlier relationship. Nonetheless, Aptitude had been a fixture within the musician’s life for greater than a decade earlier than he married Barlow; she performed “Fifi the Maid” alongside Aptitude at World Championship Wrestling (WCW) occasions. Whereas Aptitude and Barlow held a Florida wedding ceremony ceremony in 2018, they later instructed Folks that they by no means obtained a wedding certificates.

Aptitude introduced their separation in September after 13 years collectively. The pair beforehand introduced they have been separating in January 2022, however reconciled in Could of that 12 months. He thanked Barlow for her assist throughout his 2017 well being disaster when he was hospitalized for abdomen pains. He later suffered early levels of kidney failure and near-congestive coronary heart failure, prompting medical doctors to take away a part of his bowel and insert a pacemaker.

“Wendy And I Loved 13 Nice Years. As With Each Couple, We Have Skilled Our Ups And Downs,” Aptitude shared in a social media assertion on September 23. “I Assume It’s Necessary For Everybody To Know Proper Now That We Have Determined To Half Methods Respectfully.”

“I’ll By no means Ever Be Ready To Thank Her Sufficient For Standing By My Aspect By means of My Horrible Well being Disaster In 2017. She By no means Left My Aspect! And For That I Will All the time Be Grateful!”

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“We Each Are Working On Completely different Tasks At The Present Time & It Turns into Tough With My Schedule & Her Schedule To Make This Work,” Aptitude concluded. “I Want Her The Finest Of Luck With Her Tasks, And I Know That She Helps Mine!”

Kidder launched his debut album, Beneath The Moon, in July. He made an look on Good Day Atlanta in June, by which he spoke about rising up with the WWE legend.

“Rising up with Ric as a stepdad, it was very completely different, very distinctive, that’s for certain,” Kidder stated. “You exit for a household meal and also you’re simply surrounded by followers and also you’re already uncovered to that at an early age, everyone developing, wanting footage, autographs, stuff like that.”

Barlow can be mom to 3 daughters. In the meantime, Aptitude has been married 4 instances. He welcomed two youngsters – daughter Megan and son David – along with his first spouse of 12 years, Leslie Goodman. He shares one other daughter, Ashley, and his late son Reid along with his second spouse, Elizabeth Harrell.

His daughter Ashley signed with the WWE in 2012, adopting the ring title Charlotte Aptitude. On X/Twitter, she subtly reacted to Kidder’s loss of life by posting a prayer fingers emoji, a damaged coronary heart emoji, and a dove emoji.

In case you are primarily based within the USA, and also you or somebody you understand wants psychological well being help proper now, name or textual content 988 or go to 988lifeline.org to entry on-line chat from the 988 Suicide and Disaster Lifeline. This can be a free, confidential disaster hotline that’s accessible to everybody 24 hours a day, seven days every week. In case you are out of the country, you may go to www.befrienders.org to discover a helpline close to you. Within the UK, individuals having psychological well being crises can contact the Samaritans at 116 123 or jo@samaritans.org.

OSHU CITY, Japan (AP) — Indicators round Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in northern Japan proclaim him “The Pleasure of Oshu Metropolis.”

They may want so as to add “World Sequence Champion” quickly.

A whole lot of followers filed right into a public viewing heart in Ohtani’s hometown on Tuesday morning — the nation is 13 hours forward of New York — to observe the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees 4-2 to take a 3-0 lead within the best-of-seven World Sequence. These followers will certainly be tuned in once more Wednesday morning when Ohtani and the Dodgers have an opportunity to clinch the championship.

“I’m extraordinarily pleased as a result of the Dodgers — with Ohtani — have gained three in a row and are one win away from the World Sequence title,” Shoichi Segawa stated.

Ohtani was hitless within the sport, however followers obtained what they got here for over an extended morning of watching baseball: a Dodgers victory.

They lined up exterior the Oshu Metropolis Cultural Heart, a 500-seat auditorium, on an ideal fall morning to observe their native hero in a reside telecast.

Many got here wearing Dodger Blue — caps or jerseys — and have been provided with varied noisemakers, together with thunder sticks. The corridor was adorned with posters saying Ohtani as “The Pleasure of Oshu Metropolis.”

Ohtani, taking part in two days after dislocating his left shoulder in Recreation 2, drew a stroll on his first at-bat. That drew wild cheers from the 250 followers attending, who chanted “Go, Go. Shohei.” Then got here much more cheers when the Dodgers took a 2-0 lead on Freddie Freeman’s house run.

“He’s extra like a Japanese treasure than only a native (treasure),” stated fan Hiromitsu Kikuchi. “I believe he has handed past the hometown and is extra like world-class. We’ve got by no means had a star participant like this earlier than from our hometown.”

Among the many principally older followers have been about 20 kids from the kindergarten that Ohtani attended. They got here geared up with small flags emblazoned with Ohtani’s smiling face.

A number of followers stated they have been fearful Ohtani won’t play however set out from house once they obtained the excellent news.

“I got here to see Ohtani as a result of the tv information reported that he would play,” stated fan Tadashi Onodera. “It’s unbelievable. We’re proud to have such a participant from out hometown.”

That is the city the place Ohtani performed Little League, starred as a pitcher and hitter at Hanamaki Higashi Excessive Faculty, and have become the favourite son of Iwate Prefecture, a mountainous area abutting the Pacific Ocean.

His hometown is positioned about 300 miles (500 kilometers) north of Tokyo, a largely rural place removed from the capital, its tons of of skyscrapers and high-end prosperity.

All eyes on the viewing have been on the Dodgers celebrity — and his left shoulder. His harm briefly solid a pall and flipped Japan’s temper from magic to morose.

Then got here aid. The magic returned as Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts began Ohtani because the designated hitter and leadoff hitter in Recreation 3, what native followers and all of baseball wished to see.

“I used to be involved (in regards to the harm), however believed it could be okay,” stated Masatoshi Honmyo, one other native fan. “I might say he’s a hero.”

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Frederick “Shad” Rowe, Dallas’ extremely regarded funding supervisor and standard-bearer in in search of a remedy for Parkinson’s illness, died Friday at his residence in College Park from cancer-related problems.

The 78-year-old founder and supervisor of Greenbrier Companions Ltd. suffered with the progressively debilitating illness for 26 years, elevating hundreds of thousands of {dollars} for analysis and utilizing his physique to check modern therapies.

He and his spouse, Michele, lived in 4 completely different homes on Greenbrier Drive in the course of the span of their 48-year marriage — therefore the title of his firm.

“Regardless of the outward bodily signs, it was very straightforward to overlook that my dad suffered from Parkinson’s illness,” his son Adam Rowe stated. “He nearly by no means talked about it besides to help and have a good time analysis to discover a remedy. Even within the final years of his life, when the signs grew to become extra debilitating, Parkinson’s by no means prevented him from having fun with what he beloved most — his work, and the corporate of family and friends. It by no means robbed him of his fast wit and buoyant good humor.”

Rowe stated his dad delighted in his 10 grandchildren — whom he affectionately named “critters.”

“He would grin and giggle as they crawled throughout him. He was a loving and supportive father, and a loyal and adoring husband to my mother. He was a superb man in each sense.”

For the love of Shad

In 2007, Rowe and John Neill, co-founder of Telesis Co., launched Nice Traders’ Greatest Concepts (which grew to become often known as GIBI and is pronounced gibby) as a method to increase 1,000,000 bucks for his or her two favourite charities in a day: the Michael J. Fox Basis for Parkinson’s Analysis and the Vickery Meadow Youth Improvement Basis.

Rowe sweet-talked star-studded audio system into giving their inventory and investments concepts without charge.

“Shad was recognized, revered and appreciated by world-class buyers everywhere in the nation,” Neill stated. “The excessive esteem different buyers held in Shad was actually wonderful. His report was held in awe by his friends.

“That’s what Shad delivered to the get together. And it was a celebration. All of us had such enjoyable.”

Certainly one of Rowe’s promoting factors was that you simply didn’t need to put on a tux to attend the Winspear Opera Home occasion.

Michael J. Fox referred to as Rowe “a mannequin board member, a terrific pal and a pressure of nature” in an announcement despatched to The Information on Monday.

“His brilliance in conceiving the Nice Traders’ Greatest Concepts symposium to learn the inspiration resulted in hundreds of thousands of {dollars} for analysis,” stated the 63-year-old retired actor, who has lived with Parkinson’s for greater than half of his life. ”Shad’s generosity in connecting us to his broad and deep community throughout Texas and the nation led to our assembly numerous new supporters.

“His profound dedication to philanthropy was an inspiration to me and to everybody who met him. He can be missed, however we’ll be grateful perpetually.”

Throughout its 12-year run, GIBI raised greater than $12 million, stated Neill, who runs a two-family funding fund.

It was pace courting for buyers who paid $1,000 (largely tax deductible) to listen to 15-minute — timer enforced — suggestions from a slate of funding gurus, together with Dallas’ late billionaire legends T. Boone Pickens and Rusty Rose, New York mega-investor Mario Gabelli and hedge-fund supervisor David Einhorn.

In 2016, Susan Byrne Montgomery, founding father of Dallas-based Westwood Holdings Group Inc., recommended that buyers pay attention to a boring, 30-buck inventory, Apple Inc., as a result of it paid wholesome dividends.

That very same 12 months, Dallas billionaire Andy Beal, CEO of Beal Monetary Corp., urged the viewers to ditch conventional types investments that he appropriately predicted have been due their overpriced comeuppance.

Beal, one of many best-known whales within the realm of poker, additionally participated in a high-stakes, winner-take-all Texas Maintain’em match hosted by GIBI with the proceeds going to the gamers’ favourite charities.

Beal took all of it — $150,000 — after which graciously turned it over to GIBI, Neill stated.

From his earliest days, Rowe performed golf at Brook Hole Golf Membership Nation. “He was on the market sinking putts till the very finish,” Adam Rowe stated.

Rowe stated his father satirically thanked his well being nemesis for giving him a welcome dose of humility. “He informed individuals, ‘It’s taken away somewhat of my vanity and possibly made me a nicer particular person.’ “

Brief vendor turns into lengthy holder

Rowe was amongst a selected few common outdoors contributors to Grant’s Curiosity Charge Observer, thought-about to be a number one unbiased funding publication, stated Jim Grant, founder and editor.

He acquired to know Rowe within the late Eighties, when Rowe was a brief vendor betting closely on the demise of Texas financial institution shares. He invited Grant to Dallas for a look-see of empty workplace towers.

“There have been actually no individuals to interrupt the road of sight,” Grant stated.

His readers who listened made some huge cash.

“We printed a couple of dozen items of his through the years,” Grant stated. “Invariably they have been humorous, sensible and sometimes worthwhile for our readers.”

Rowe turned his again on quick promoting and have become a loyal follower of Warren Buffett and a terrific believer in American exceptionalism. “He was lengthy on the ‘Magnificent 7′ earlier than they acquired their title,” Grant stated, referring to Tesla, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and NVIDIA.

In 2011, Rowe spoke at a Grant’s occasion at The Dorchester in London. “Shad stood on the entrance of this elegant room stuffed with elegant Brits and recited unfavorable headlines in regards to the American inventory market. Then he suggested the individuals to pay no consideration to them.”

As a substitute they need to spend money on Americanization. “That was the patriot. The soon-to-be very wealthy patriot,” Grant stated.

The second was to spend money on disruptive, rising companies that have been going to vary their industries, “Shad recommended Apple and Costco — his two all-time favorites.

“Frederick E. ‘Shad’ Rowe with this Texas twang addressing Brits was a terrific cultural second in addition to very profitable for the viewers.”

A person for others

Gretchen Morgenson, presently senior monetary reporter of investigations for NBC Information, moderated GIBI from its inception whereas she was a widely known enterprise columnist for The New York Occasions.

However their friendship dated to lengthy earlier than that when she was a columnist at Forbes journal and he was a contributing columnist. “The editor was very demanding, so that you needed to be particular. Shad made that grade,” Morgenson stated.

“Lots of people on Wall Road are ‘me firsters,’ ” Morgenson stated. “Shad was all the time a person for others. He was a man who went out on the lookout for good corporations to spend money on, but it surely wasn’t nearly what it will accrue to him. It was about how others might be helped.”

One instance: Rowe took on company governance reform together with his Traders for Director Accountability Basis, which pushed for initiatives that might make boards extra conscious of outdoors, on a regular basis shareholders, she stated.

“Shad was a terrific raconteur who informed nice Texas tales. He wasn’t lethal critical on a regular basis. He thought you can persuade much more individuals with humor than perhaps you can with info, figures and knowledge,” Morgenson stated.

“He was a down-home man who introduced down-home sensibilities to a really lofty position of being a cash supervisor.”

Monetary journalist and creator Roger Lowenstein stated Rowe helped him out for no obvious purpose when he was simply beginning on the funding beat for The Wall Road Journal.

“With different funding professionals you can really feel the recent breath of self-interest however not with Shad,” Lowenstein stated. “Whether or not he owned a place or not, his instincts have been these of a superb reporter. If hassle was amiss he needed to out it.

“Shad wasn’t a kind of information sources who would degree essentially the most searing accusations in personal and get all squirmy when you needed to cite them. The general public Shad and the personal Shad have been precisely the identical.”

Rowe is survived by his spouse Michele, his 4 kids, Frederick E. Rowe IV, Adam Rowe, Madeleine Rowe Riehl and Ginette Rowe Beecherl, 10 grandchildren, and his sister Marian “Nini” Lion.

Funeral providers can be held 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 8011 Douglas Avenue in Dallas.

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Ay, Caramba! Bart and Homer Simpson, meet “Monday Evening Soccer.”

The Dec. 9 Monday night time recreation between the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys will even air from Atoms Stadium in Springfield as a part of an alternate telecast.

“The Simpsons Funday Soccer” telecast will likely be streamed on ESPN+ and Disney+ whereas the sport airs on ESPN and ABC.

That is the second 12 months ESPN has completed an alternate broadcast for an NFL recreation. It used the characters from “Toy Story” for final 12 months’s Sunday morning recreation from London between the Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars.

On this iteration, Bart will crew up with the Bengals whereas Homer joins the Cowboys. Others Simpsons characters, together with Marge, Lisa and Maggie, will even be featured.

Producers for “The Simpsons” will even have authentic content material for the telecast that will likely be utilized earlier than, throughout and after the sport.

ESPN has been profitable with alternate broadcasts of NFL video games, together with the “ManningCast” throughout “Monday Evening Soccer” and playoff video games.

The telecast will likely be fully animated, with the gamers’ actions in sync with what is occurring in actual time on the sphere. That’s completed by player-tracking knowledge enabled by the NFL’s Subsequent Gen Stats system and Past Sports activities.

Past Sports activities, an organization based mostly within the Netherlands, will principally be accountable for the participant animation and ensuring the participant monitoring knowledge works with the animated product.

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DURHAM, N.C. – With the 2024-25 season on the horizon, Duke ladies’s basketball unveiled Monday afternoon particulars for the Champions Membership – one of many new premium add-on gameday experiences coming to ladies’s basketball this season.

Champions Membership will function an unique hospitality house earlier than each Duke ladies’s basketball dwelling recreation. Followers can achieve early entry 90 minutes earlier than tip-off, savor a full buffet-style meal and luxuriate in drinks – together with alcohol (out there for buy) for visitors 21+ with legitimate ID. The house may even host Countdown to Tip-Off, a dwell pregame radio present prior to every recreation.

Season ticket holders shall be emailed a hyperlink and have precedence entry to e-book their most well-liked dates for a pregame meal within the Champions Membership earlier than most people! The precedence window begins Monday, Oct. 28, and ends Sunday, Nov. 3.

The official Champions Membership grand opening will happen Nov. 21. From Oct. 28 to Nov. 8, followers can enter the Ladies’s Basketball Champions Membership Sweepstakes for an opportunity to win a spot for themselves and one visitor to be among the many first to expertise the Champions Membership Nov. 14 or Nov. 21 on us, when the Blue Devils tackle Dayton and Belmont, respectively. Winners shall be randomly chosen upfront of every recreation and notified by way of e mail.

The second marquee date, a specialty occasion for season ticket holders, is slated for Dec. 8. Champions Membership shall be open for all different dwelling video games as properly. Reservations are required, so you should definitely safe your spot for this distinctive game-day expertise. The complete schedule, together with the menu for every date, might be discovered HERE. Champions Membership reservations will go dwell to most people Monday, Nov. 4.

Duke formally suggestions off the 2024-25 season Nov. 4 versus Radford within the Blue Devils’ third annual Training Day recreation. Motion suggestions off at 11 a.m., dwell on ACCNX.

To remain updated with Duke ladies’s basketball, observe the workforce on Twitter, Instagram and Fb by looking out “DukeWBB.”

50 Seasons of Duke Ladies’s Basketball
The 2024-25 season marks the fiftieth anniversary of Duke ladies’s basketball, a program wealthy in custom, excellence and success. From its early foundations to nationwide dominance, the Blue Devils have turn out to be a powerhouse in each athletics and teachers. Be part of us in commemorating 5 a long time of sisterhood, championships and iconic moments as we set the stage for the following 50 years. For extra data, please go to goduke.com/WBB50

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In 2024, Duke celebrates its Centennial, marking 100 years since Trinity School grew to become Duke College. Duke will use this historic milestone to deepen the understanding of its historical past, encourage satisfaction and strengthen bonds and partnerships, and put together for a second century of continued excellence and impactful management. To study extra, please go to 100.duke.edu

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Saints head coach Dennis Allen got here to the protection of defensive lineman Nathan Shepherd on Monday.

Chargers heart Bradley Bozeman accused Shepherd of “one of many dirtier performs I’ve ever seen” on Sunday when Shepherd grabbed Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert’s ankle and rolled him to the bottom after Herbert had thrown the ball. Bozeman jumped on Shepherd and needed to be pulled off by Herbert and officers earlier than each gamers acquired private fouls.

On Monday, Allen mentioned at his press convention that he doesn’t assume Shepherd did something to warrant Bozeman’s response or different criticism.

“I feel it’s not correct,” Allen mentioned. “Right here’s a man that’s making an attempt to wrap the quarterback up. He’s on the bottom, he has no concept whether or not the quarterback has the ball or not. He’s simply making an attempt to carry the quarterback all the way down to the bottom, so there was nothing malicious about that play. It’s a man that’s making an attempt to make the play. I went again and checked out that play once more after seeing the feedback and I don’t agree with that.”

The NFL has the chance to self-discipline Shepherd this week and doing so could be an indication that they disagree with Allen’s learn of what occurred on the sphere Sunday.

New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen mentioned on Monday that he doesn’t agree with the accusation defensive deal with Nathan Shepherd deliberately tried to damage quarterback Justin Herbert on Sunday.

Shepherd and Los Angeles Chargers middle Bradley Bozeman had been each flagged for pointless roughness after Shepherd appeared to twist Herbert’s proper ankle after he had already taken Herbert to the bottom. Herbert threw a cross to Chargers operating again J.Ok. Dobbins and was nonetheless standing up when Shepherd, who was on the bottom, pulled him down by his ankle.

Herbert’s ankle twisted awkwardly in Shepherd’s grip and he fell backward to the bottom. Bozeman jumped on prime of Shepherd and shoved him off Hebert and pinned him to the bottom earlier than an official came visiting to interrupt issues up. The 2 got offsetting penalties.

“I feel it is not correct. This is a man that is attempting to wrap the quarterback up. He is on the bottom, he has no concept whether or not the quarterback has the ball or not. He is simply attempting to deliver the quarterback right down to the bottom,” Allen mentioned. “There was nothing malicious about that play. It is a man that is attempting to make the play. I went again and checked out that play once more after seeing the feedback and I do not agree with that.”

Bozeman informed reporters on Sunday that he was attempting to guard Herbert, who has been enjoying by way of a proper ankle sprain since Week 2.

“It was most likely one of many dirtier performs I’ve ever seen,” Bozeman mentioned on Sunday.

“You shield your quarterback it doesn’t matter what. And I feel any of our offensive linemen that was in my place would’ve achieved the identical factor.”

Shepherd’s teammate Khalen Saunders responded on X to criticism from Emmanuel Acho, a former NFL analyst and present Fox analyst, on Sunday. Saunders disagreed with Acho’s remark that Shepherd deliberately tried to injure Herbert.

“For those who truly watched the play you’d see that he hit him proper earlier than Justin underhand flipped the ball to the RB to keep away from the sack,” Saunders wrote. “He considering Herbert nonetheless has the ball.”

Bozeman was given a recreation ball after the sport by Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh.

“That is the kind of middle you need in your crew,” Herbert mentioned on Sunday. “He’ll give all the things for this crew, and I appreciated what he did. I attempted to tug him off so he did not get any penalties referred to as, however to have a man like that defending you, there is not any higher feeling.”

That is the second time this season {that a} Saints defensive lineman has been accused of soiled play. Rookie defensive lineman Khristian Boyd was accused of deliberately attempting to injure Philadelphia Eagles broad receiver DeVonta Smith after Boyd hit him within the helmet space as two teammates had been attempting to make the deal with. Smith was positioned into concussion protocol after the hit, which later resulted in a $4,600 fantastic for Boyd.

The Saints are on a six-game dropping streak and have performed the previous three video games with out beginning quarterback Derek Carr.

“I might anticipate him to be again out at observe on Wednesday after which we’ll go from there and see what his availability is for this week however I am optimistic about it,” Allen mentioned.

Allen mentioned that broad receiver Bub Means has a excessive ankle sprain and can miss time. Cornerback Marshon Lattimore and operating again Kendre Miller have hamstring accidents.