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NoneLea Miller-Tooley hopped off a call to welcome the Baylor women’s basketball team to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, where 80-degree temperatures made it easy for the Bears to settle in on Paradise Island a week before Thanksgiving. About 5,000 miles west of the Caribbean nation, similar climes awaited Maui Invitational men's teams in Hawaii. They’ve often been greeted with leis, the traditional Hawaiian welcome of friendship. College basketball teams and fans look forward to this time of the year. The holiday week tournaments feature buzzworthy matchups and all-day TV coverage, sure, but there is a familiarity about them as they help ward off the November chill. For four decades, these sandy-beach getaways filled with basketball have become a beloved mainstay of the sport itself. “When you see (ESPN’s) ‘Feast Week’ of college basketball on TV, when you see the Battle 4 Atlantis on TV, you know college basketball is back,” said Miller-Tooley , the founder and organizer of the Battle 4 Atlantis men's and women's tournaments. “Because it’s a saturated time of the year with the NFL, college football and the NBA. But when you see these gorgeous events in these beautiful places, you realize, ‘Wow, hoops are back, let’s get excited.’” The Great Alaska Shootout was the trend-setting multiple-team event (MTE) nearly five decades ago. The brainchild of late Alaska-Anchorage coach Bob Rachal sought to raise his program’s profile by bringing in national-power programs, which could take advantage of NCAA rules allowing them to exceed the maximum allotment of regular-season games if they played the three-game tournament outside the contiguous 48 states. The first edition, named the Sea Wolf Classic, saw N.C. State beat Louisville 72-66 for the title on Nov. 26, 1978. The Maui Invitational followed in November 1984, borne from the buzz of NAIA program Chaminade’s shocking upset of top-ranked Virginia and 7-foot-4 star Ralph Sampson in Hawaii two years earlier. Events kept coming, with warm-weather locales getting in on the action. The Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Cancun Challenge in Mexico. The Cayman Islands Classic. The Jamaica Classic. The Myrtle Beach Invitational joining the Charleston Classic in South Carolina. Numerous tournaments in Florida. Some events have faded away like the Puerto Rico Tipoff and the Great Alaska Shootout, the latter in 2017 amid event competition and schools opting for warm-weather locales. Miller-Tooley’s push to build an MTE for Atlantis began as a December 2010 doubleheader with Georgia Tech beating Richmond and Virginia Tech beating Mississippi State in a prove-it moment for a tournament’s viability. It also required changing NCAA legislation to permit MTEs in the Bahamas. Approval came in March 2011; the first eight-team Atlantis men’s tournament followed in November. That tournament quickly earned marquee status with big-name fields, with Atlantis champions Villanova (2017) and Virginia (2018) later winning that season’s NCAA title. Games run in a ballroom-turned-arena at the resort, where players also check out massive swimming pools, water slides and inner-tube rapids surrounded by palm trees and the Atlantic Ocean. “It’s just the value of getting your passport stamped, that will never get old,” Miller-Tooley said. “Watching some of these kids, this may be their first and last time — and staff and families — that they ever travel outside the United States. ... You can see through these kids’ eyes that it’s really an unbelievable experience.” ACC Network analyst Luke Hancock knows that firsthand. His Louisville team finished second at Atlantis in 2012 and won that year’s later-vacated NCAA title, with Hancock as the Final Four's most outstanding player. “I remember (then-coach Rick Pitino) saying something to the effect of: ‘Some of you guys might never get this opportunity again. We’re staying in this unbelievable place, you’re doing it with people you love,’” Hancock said. “It was a business trip for us there at Thanksgiving, but he definitely had a tone of ‘We’ve got to enjoy this as well.’” Maui offers similar vibes, though 2024 could be a little different as Lahaina recovers from deadly 2023 wildfires that forced the event's relocation last year. North Carolina assistant coach Sean May played for the Tar Heels’ Maui winner in 2004 and was part of UNC’s staff for the 2016 champion, with both teams later winning the NCAA title. May said “you just feel the peacefulness” of the area — even while focusing on games — and savors memories of the team taking a boat out on the Pacific Ocean after title runs under now-retired Hall of Famer Roy Williams. “Teams like us, Dukes, UConns – you want to go to places that are very well-run,” May said. “Maui, Lea Miller with her group at the Battle 4 Atlantis, that’s what drives teams to come back because you know you’re going to get standard A-quality of not only the preparation but the tournament with the way it’s run. Everything is top-notch. And I think that brings guys back year after year.” That’s why Colorado coach Tad Boyle is so excited for the Buffaloes’ first Maui appearance since 2009. “We’ve been trying to get in the tournament since I got here,” said Boyle, now in his 15th season. And of course, that warm-weather setting sure doesn’t hurt. “If you talk about the Marquettes of the world, St. John’s, Providence — they don’t want that cold weather,” said NBA and college TV analyst Terrence Oglesby, who played for Clemson in the 2007 San Juan Invitational in Puerto Rico. “They’re going to have to deal with that all January and February. You might as well get a taste of what the sun feels like.” The men’s Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas, got things rolling last week with No. 11 Tennessee routing No. 13 Baylor for the title. The week ahead could boast matchups befitting the Final Four, with teams having two weeks of action since any opening-night hiccups. “It’s a special kickoff to the college basketball season,” Oglesby said. “It’s just without the rust.” On the women’s side, Atlantis began its fourth eight-team women’s tournament Saturday with No. 16 North Carolina and No. 18 Baylor, while the nearby Baha Mar resort follows with two four-team women’s brackets that include No. 2 UConn, No. 7 LSU, No. 17 Mississippi and No. 20 N.C. State. Then come the men’s headliners. The Maui Invitational turns 40 as it opens Monday back in Lahaina . It features second-ranked and two-time reigning national champion UConn , No. 4 Auburn , No. 5 Iowa State and No. 10 North Carolina. The Battle 4 Atlantis opens its 13th men’s tournament Wednesday, topped by No. 3 Gonzaga, No. 16 Indiana and No. 17 Arizona. Michigan State Hall of Famer Tom Izzo is making his fourth trip to Maui, where he debuted as Jud Heathcote’s successor at the 1995 tournament. Izzo's Spartans have twice competed at Atlantis, last in 2021 . “They’re important because they give you something in November or December that is exciting,” Izzo said. Any drawbacks? “It’s a 10-hour flight,” he said of Hawaii. AP Sports Writers Pat Graham in Colorado and Larry Lage in Michigan contributed to this report. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook a large area of Northern California on Thursday, knocking items of grocery store shelves, sending children scrambling under desks and prompting a brief tsunami warning for 5.3 million people along the U.S. West Coast. The quake struck at 10:44 a.m. west of Ferndale, a small city in coastal Humboldt County, about 130 miles (209 km) from the Oregon border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was felt as far south as San Francisco, some 270 miles (435 km) away, where residents felt a rolling motion for several seconds. It was followed by multiple smaller aftershocks. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injury. The tsunami warning was in effect for roughly an hour. It was issued shortly after the temblor struck and covered nearly 500 miles (805 km) of coastline, from the edge of California’s Monterey Bay north into Oregon. “It was a strong quake, our building shook, we’re fine but I have a mess to clean up right now,” said Julie Kreitzer, owner of Golden Gait Mercantile, a store packed with food, wares and souvenirs that is a main attraction in Ferndale. “We lost a lot of stuff. It’s probably worse than two years ago. I have to go, I have to try and salvage something for the holidays because it’s going to be a tough year,” Kreitzer said before hanging up. Shortly after the quake, phones in Northern California buzzed with the tsunami warning from the National Weather Service that said: “A series of powerful waves and strong currents may impact coasts near you. You are in danger. Get away from coastal waters. Move to high ground or inland now. Keep away from the coast until local officials say it is safe to return.” South of San Francisco in Santa Cruz, authorities cleared the main beach, taping off entrances with police tape. Numerous cities urged people to evacuate to higher ground as a precaution, including Eureka. “I thought my axles had fallen apart,” said Valerie Starkey, a Del Norte County supervisor representing Crescent City, a town of fewer than 6,000 about 66 miles (106 km) north of Eureka. “That’s what I was feeling ... ‘My axles are broken now.’ I did not realize it was an earthquake.” The northwest corner of California is the most seismically active part of the state since it's where three tectonic plates meet, seismologist Lucy Jones said on the social media platform BlueSky. The region — known for its redwood forests, scenic mountains and the three-county Emerald Triangle’s legendary marijuana crop — was struck by a 6.4 magnitude quake in 2022 that left thousands of people without power and water. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has signed off on a state of emergency declaration to quickly move state resources to impacted areas along the coast. State officials were concerned about damages in the northern part of the state, Newsom said. Eureka Mayor Kim Bergel said crews were assessing if there was any major damage from the quake. Bergel, who works as a resource aid at a middle school, said lights were swaying and everyone got under desks. “The kids were so great and terrified. It seemed to go back and forth for quite a long time,” she said. Some children asked, “Can I call my mom?" The students were later sent home. In nearby Arcata, students and faculty were urged to shelter in place at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. The campus in was not in the tsunami hazard zone and after inspections, “all utilities and building systems are normal and operational,” the university said in a statement. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said residents experienced some cracks in their homes’ foundations, as well as broken glass and windows, but nothing severe. There also have been no major infrastructure problems, building collapses or roadway issues, and no major injuries or deaths have been reported, he said. Honsal said he was in his office in the 75-year-old courthouse in downtown Eureka when he felt the quake. “We’re used to it. It is known as ‘earthquake country’ up here,” he said. “It wasn’t a sharp jolt. It was a slow roller, but significant.” Michael Luna, owner of a Grocery Outlet in Eureka, said that besides a few items falling off shelves, the store on Commercial Street was unscathed by the earthquake. “We didn’t have any issues but a couple of deodorants fall off.... I think the way the earthquake rumbled this time, it was a good thing for our store because the last earthquake was a huge mess," he said. They evacuated customers and closed their doors temporarily until officials lifted the tsunami warning, he said, rushing off the phone to attend to a growing line of customers at check-out. The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, known as BART, stopped traffic in all directions through the underwater tunnel between San Francisco and Oakland, and the San Francisco Zoo’s visitors were evacuated. Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator for the Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska, said the computer models indicated that this was the type of earthquake that was unlikely to cause a tsunami and gauges that monitor waves then confirmed it, so forecasters canceled the warning. This quake was a strike-slip type of temblor that shifts more horizontally and is less prone to cause tsunamis, unlike the more vertical types, said National Weather Service tsunami program manager Corina Allen in Washington state. The California Geological Survey says the state’s shores have been struck by more than 150 tsunamis since 1800, and while most were minor, some have been destructive and deadly. On March 28, 1964, a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake in Alaska smashed into Crescent City hours later. Much of the business district was leveled and a dozen people were killed. More recently, a tsunami from a 2011 earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the California coast, much of it in Crescent City. Dazio reported from Los Angeles. AP writers Chris Weber and Dorany Pineda in Los Angeles; Martha Mendoza in Santa Cruz, California; Sophie Austin and Tran Nguyen in Sacramento, California and Seth Borenstein in Washington, D.C. contributed to this report.

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PayMongo, a leading digital financial service for Filipino entrepreneurs, and Lazada Philippines, the country’s pioneer e-commerce platform, launched a partnership to integrate QR Ph, a digital payment option that enables customers to pay seamlessly and securely through QR codes. This new feature on the Lazada app, powered by PayMongo, offers Filipino shoppers a fast and convenient way to complete their purchases online. With the addition of QR Ph, Lazada continues to enhance customers’ shopping experiences while offering merchants a trusted solution for handling digital transactions. The partnership between Lazada and PayMongo demonstrates a shared commitment to promoting cashless payments and strengthening the country’s digital payments ecosystem. With PayMongo’s trusted financial infrastructure, the integration of QR Ph allows Lazada to streamline payment processing for its merchants, offering them a secure and reliable option to provide to their customers. This ensures smooth, efficient transactions that enhance the shopping experience and merchant operations. “We are excited to collaborate with Lazada on QR Ph, helping to drive the next wave of digital payments,” said PayMongo CEO PayMongo Jojo Malolos. “This partnership reflects our mission to make payments simpler, safer, and more inclusive for both merchants and consumers. Together, we’re helping more Filipinos participate in the digital economy, one transaction at a time,” Malolos added. Meanwhile, Lazada Philippines CEO Carlos Barrera shared, “We are always looking for ways to leverage technology to give our customers the best experience whenever they use Lazada.” “QR Ph is the latest offering in our suite of payment solutions, giving our users more options and making it easier for them to adopt digital payment methods,” he added. By integrating QR Ph payments, Lazada and PayMongo are paving the way for a more inclusive and innovative digital commerce landscape. As more consumers and merchants embrace digital payments, this partnership is set to play a vital role in strengthening the foundation of the Philippine economy—where convenience, security, and progress converge. Being business-savvy should be fun, attainable and A+. BMPlus is BusinessMirror's digital arm with practical tips & success stories for aspiring and thriving millennial entrepreneurs.

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B.C. man awarded $800K in damages after being injured by defective bear bangerNoneAvengers #21 pits Earth's Mightiest Heroes against the X-Men in a surprising conflict that starts to make good on the potential of Avengers writer Jed MacKay also writing the X-Men. Along with artist Valerio Schiti, color artist Federico Blee, and letterer Cory Petit, MacKay sets the stage for the next era of Avengers/X-Men relations. And following the antagonism and skepticism that has followed off and on since 2012's Avengers Vs. X-Men, it's looking like it could be a new era between Marvel's two top teams indeed. We'll explain it all right now. Spoilers ahead for Avengers #21 In Avengers #21, the team travels to confront Cyclops and the core X-Men team in their new Alaska base, with their newest member, the mutant Storm, along with them. And though it's played up like there's going to be a big dust-up, instead, it's a good old-fashioned baseball game between the teams. The game is all in good fun, but it winds down when Juggernaut takes a massive swing that decimates their last ball, leading to a feast cooked by Glob Herman. After sitting down to the meal, a series of meetings take place between members of the Avengers and X-Men. Magneto confronts Wanda Maximoff, his adopted daughter, lamenting the illness that is ravaging his body. At the same time, he affirms that his new purpose and belief is that the struggle of all oppressed peoples - be the mutants or otherwise - are one intersectional struggle. Beast asks Tony Stark why he didn't stop his old self from becoming a villain. Tony tells him it's because he stopped knowing him - but that from this day forward, Hank gets the chance to be a new person and make new choices. Idie asks Storm if she still believes in Xavier's dream, which Storm says she does - but not for what it is, for what it could be. And most importantly, Captain Marvel asks Cyclops if the Avengers can count on the X-Men as allies as they deal with the impending cosmic cataclysms that were foretold to them as Tribulation Events. While Cyclops bristles a bit at Carol's insinuations that there are still secrets that the X-Men are keeping, he does indeed pledge that the X-Men will be the allies of the Avengers in the days to come. That agreement sets the stage for a new relationship between the Avengers and the X-Men, who have been rocky allies at best in the years since they went to war in Avengers Vs. X-Men, and have often been downright antagonistic. As for what those foreshadowed Tribulation Events may actually be, we'll have to wait and find out. Avengers Vs. X-Men is one of the best Marvel Comics events of all time.After Trump’s win, Russian disinformation aims to drive a wedge between the US and Ukraine

RANGERS return to Premiership action this weekend after a two week absence due to the international break. But Philippe Clement 's will be without one star player for the Ibrox clash after Neraysho Kasanwirjo became the latest player to be struck down with injury while on duty for his nation. Advertisement 2 Philippe Clement's men return to Ibrox this weekend Credit: Willie Vass 2 They face Jim Goodwin's side in Govan Credit: Willie Vass The full-back was forced off against England while playing for the Netherlands U21s and now faces a lengthy wait on the sidelines. Clement fears the loanee will be out for a considerable amount of time but the club will learn the full extent of the injury after they hear back from a specialist this weekend. They know he suffered a knee ligament damage which will require surgery . But with Kasanwirjo out, Clement may look to James Tavernier to start against Dundee United. Advertisement read more football stories LEAVE IT OUT Rangers boss Clement shuts down reporter who quizzed him on his future FAB FIFTY Rangers vs Dundee United: Get £50 in free bets for Premiership clash with Betfred The skipper has been in and out of the Gers team with Clement swapping between him, Kasanwirjo and Dujon Sterling . Tavernier's future at Ibrox looks rather bleak at the moment so it would be very telling if the Belgian opts for Sterling instead of him this weekend - especially with Kasanwirjo sidelined. That's perhaps Clement's biggest decision to make at Ibrox. And he will need to get the big calls right as his team face a tough test against Jim Goodwin 's high-flying Tannadice outfit. Advertisement Most read in Football LEAVE IT OUT Rangers boss Clement shuts down reporter who quizzed him on his future JIM DELAHUNT Our man's tips on Gers v United, Hearts v Hoops & all the weekend action Breaking 'LONGER-TERM' Rangers boss Philippe Clement provides grim Neraysho Kasanwirjo update UNHAPPY BHOY Furious Celtic fan calls out fellow Hoops supporters who 'discredit our brand' Here's everything you need to know ahead of the clash. What time does Rangers vs Dundee kick off? Rangers vs Dundee United takes place on Saturday, November 23. The match kicks off at 3pm. It will be held at Ibrox. Don Robertson is the referee for this one. He will be assisted David Roome and Gordon Crawford, while Kevin Clancy is on VAR duties. Kris Boyd names his Player of the Year in NOVEMBER and says Clement's Rangers concerns are far from over What channel is Rangers vs Dundee United on ad can I live stream it? Unfortunately this game has not been selected for TV coverage. There will be highlights of the match shown on BBC Sportscene at 10.30pm though. There will be live radio commentary from BBC Sportsound. Alternatively, you can follow the action here via SunSport's LIVE blog. Team news Rangers will of course be without Kasanwirjo following the right-back's sickening setback. Ross McCausland and Ridvan Yilmaz are both expected inthe squad after shaking off their knocks. The match could come too soon for Oscar Cortes who will be back in training next week. Advertisement Rabbi Matondo will not be available for this one. For Dundee United , Louis Moult will return but Ross Graham and Kristijan Trapanovski are still out with hamstring injuries . Craig Sibbald won't feature for the away side either Latest Odds Rangers 2/9 Advertisement Draw 21/4 Read more on the Scottish Sun COMIC'S CASTLE Still Game star takes £150,000 hit to offload luxury £4m Scots castle HITTING THE HIGH NOTES Much-loved pub named best music bar in Scotland Dundee United 10/1 *Latest odds correct from SkyBet as of 5pm Friday, November 22. Keep up to date with ALL t h e latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page Advertisement

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen reflected on Buffalo’s many offseason critics and doubters when asked about the Bills achieving their latest milestones while sewing up the AFC’s No. 2 seed with a 40-14 rout of the unraveling and undisciplined New York Jets on Sunday. It was a the Bills quarterback’s “I told you so moment,” even though Allen elected not to use those exact words. “It speaks to the staff that we’ve got here, the guys that we’ve got in this locker room, how this team is put together and the culture that we have,” Allen said. “We didn’t really pay attention to the preseason notions, but we heard them and we saw them and we knew what people were saying. "But it had no effect on us.” Well, that might be a stretch when it comes to motivation. What’s unquestioned is how Allen and the Bills (13-3) overcame a young, patchwork roster following the offseason departure of six of eight team captains — including Stefon Diggs being traded to Houston — to run away with their fifth consecutive AFC East title and win a franchise-best 13 games for the fifth time in team history, and third since 2020. Coach Sean McDermott didn’t leave much doubt as to who deserves the most credit for leading the Bills to their sixth consecutive playoff berth, and helping them set the single-season franchise records for points (509) and touchdowns (63). “I think Josh Allen continues to show why he should be the MVP,” McDermott said. “I’ve been around this league long enough to know to see MVP every year for many years. And what he has done on this team and this organization in this community — and no offense to anybody else — but I’ve got a hard time believing that someone’s done more.” Allen threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to become the NFL’s first player to score 40 touchdowns in five consecutive seasons. He did so in an outing Buffalo blew the game open by capitalizing on two Jets turnovers and scoring three touchdowns over a 5:01 span in the closing minutes of the third quarter. Buffalo’s defense forced three takeaways overall and sacked Aaron Rodgers four times, including a 2-yard loss for a safety in the second quarter. Nothing went right in what became a comedy of errors for Rodgers and the Jets (4-12). New York will finish with five or fewer wins for the seventh time over a 14-season playoff drought — the NFL’s longest active streak. “It’s kind of like the season, it just got away from us. Too many games got away from us,” said Rodgers, who finished 12 of 18 for 112 yards and two interceptions before being pulled in favor of Tyrod Taylor with Buffalo leading 40-0. “We were moving the ball well and then just hit a wall. And that’s kind of been the season.” Rodgers, who entered the game with 499 career TD passes and looking to become just the fifth player to reach 500, was instead shut out and became the NFL’s most sacked quarterback. The 41-year-old has now been sacked 568 times , moving ahead of Tom Brady (565) and into first place on the career list. Taylor accounted for all of New York’s points, with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Wilson and a 20-yarder to Tyler Conklin. Discipline was an issue for a Jets team that fell to 2-9 since Jeff Ulbrich took over as interim coach. New York finished with 16 accepted penalties for 120 yards. “It’s frustrating, it’s embarrassing, it’s maddening. It’s all of that,” Ulbrich said. Allen had a short and efficient outing, finishing 16 of 27 for 182 yards with a 30-yard TD pass to Amari Cooper and a 14-yarder to Keon Coleman before giving way to backup Mitchell Trubisky with Buffalo leading 33-0 through three quarters. And Trubisky piled on by completing a 69-yard touchdown pass to practice squad call-up Tyrell Shavers 2:23 into the fourth quarter. Shavers became the 13th Bills player to catch a touchdown pass, matching the single-season NFL record, to validate the “everybody eats” mantra Allen and the offense used to approach this season. The Bills defense enjoyed a dominating performance to snap a shaky three-game stretch in which it combined to allow 1,357 yards, 86 first downs and 107 points. “I wouldn’t say need ... and I don’t want to say reassurance, either,” said A.J. Epenesa, who sacked Rodgers for the safety. “But it just shows that this is what we can do and this is the standard that needs to be upheld.” Allen’s 1-yard score was the 65th rushing TD of his career, matching the team record held by Thurman Thomas. ... James Cook scored on a 4-yard run for his 15th TD rushing of the season, one short of the Bills' single-season record set by O.J. Simpson in a 14-game season in 1975. Cook matched Allen, who scored 15 last year. ... Wilson reached 1,000 yards receiving for the third straight year to start his career, the first Jets player to do so and the 10th player in NFL history to accomplish the feat. Jets: Close the season by hosting the Miami Dolphins next Sunday. Bills: Play their regular-season finale at the New England Patriots next Sunday. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl‘Love Connection’ Host Chuck Woolery Dies at 83

Penrose Colorado, Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Estes Rockets, the world leader in model rocketry, is proud to announce the continued collaboration with SpaceX to create a highly detailed, 1:100 scale flying model of the groundbreaking Falcon 9 rocket, complete with a Dragon Crew spacecraft. This partnership brings the excitement of space exploration into the hands of enthusiasts, educators, and aspiring astronauts everywhere. The SpaceX Falcon 9 is the world’s first human-rated, reusable launch vehicle, renowned for its capability to lift payloads to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), geosynchronous orbits, and even to Mars. This model, crafted with precision and authenticity, offers hobbyists a chance to celebrate this engineering marvel. The Estes 1:100 scale Falcon 9 model is not only a striking display piece on its custom stand but also a fully functional flying rocket. 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The Estes Falcon 9 model exemplifies the spirit of innovation and discovery, serving as a gateway for educators to inspire the next generation of STEM learners while celebrating SpaceX’s achievements in modern rocketry. The Estes 1:100 scale Falcon 9 is now available on Estes Rocket website. For more information, visit www.estesrockets.com About Estes Rockets For over 65 years, Estes Rockets has been the leader in the hobby rocketry industry, inspiring generations of engineers, scientists, and space enthusiasts. With a commitment to innovation and quality, Estes continues to ignite a passion for discovery and exploration. About SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets, pushing the boundaries of space exploration and technology. Attachment Heidi Muckenthaler Estes Industries 7193729870 hmuckenthaler@estesrockets.comDXC Technology Co. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors despite daily gainsFormer Serena Williams coach, Rick Macci, believes Aryna Sabalenka can remain dominant on the WTA Tour and praised her ‘firepower’ in the most important shots of tennis. The world No. 1 is preparing for her season debut this Monday at the Brisbane International . The Belarusian had an impressive 2024 season, winning two Grand Slam titles— Australian Open and US Open—and finishing the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career, ending Iga Swiatek’s 50-week streak at the top. Sabalenka's 'firepower' could keep her at the top At the start of this season, many see Sabalenka as the favorite to maintain the form she displayed in the second half of 2024, especially in Australia, where she has shown that the conditions suit her perfectly. For Macci, the power in the shots of the world No. 1 is the key element for her to continue dominating. The coach knows well what it's like to work with players of Sabalenka’s caliber, having previously trained several No. 1 players and Grand Slam winners, including Maria Sharapova , Andy Roddick , Jennifer Capriati , and sisters Serena and Venus Williams. While Macci believes Sabalenka’s shots are above the rest on the Tour, he thinks the mental factor will be crucial for the 26-year-old Belarusian. “If Sabalenka mentally stays locked, loaded, and ready to launch every point, she could dominate,” Macci posted on social media. “She has the most explosive and complete firepower on the 3 big-ticket items: forehand, backhand, and serve, but the wildcard is how she handles her nerve.” Sabalenka is the top seed in Brisbane, where she reached the final a year ago (losing to Elena Rybakina). She will debut against Mexican Renata Zarazua (No. 75), who has had a consistent rise over the past year and recently defeated Viktoriya Tomova (No. 53) 6-0, 6-3 in the first round. If Sabalenka mentally stays locked loaded and ready to launch every point she could dominate. She has most explosive and complete firepower on the 3 big ticket items forehand backhand and Serve but the wildcard is how she handles her Nerve. @SabalenkA This article first appeared on TennisUpToDate.com and was syndicated with permission.

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