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We don’t want them to come home hating Jews. Yet, with California’s ethnic studies model curriculum, that’s a real risk. In October, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have made completing ethnic studies a mandatory requirement of high school graduation. To his credit, Newsom recognized the ethnic studies curriculum, as outlined in several recent proposals, would only serve to maximize animosity along racial, religious and ethnic lines. By presenting some minority groups as inherently oppressed and others as innately privileged and oppressive, ethnic studies in its current form is setting the stage for combative community relations....

Jeez, Just Pass the Relief Bill Already: Almost 1.4 million people applied for unemployment insurance benefits last week, including 861,000 who applied for standard state unemployment—and 516,000 more who applied under the program that covers, among others, gig workers. The Economic Policy Institute points out that the results were the 48th consecutive week “claims were greater than the worst week of the great recession.” Furthermore, the current enhanced unemployment benefits run out in mid-March....

The Southside Sox, however, will be starting the year shorthanded as Tim Anderson serves a two-game suspension for his part in a brawl with the Tigers in the final game of last season, in which he bumped umpire Tim Timmons. Anderson confirmed the suspension himself last week. According to a tweet from Anderson, the suspension was accompanied with a $10,000 fine. The White Sox open their season against the Tigers on Friday, but Anderson won’t be eligible to play until the third game of the series on Sunday....

The feature wasn’t available at Windows 11’s launch in October 2021, then remained exclusive to the United States. For several months. Japan was next on the list, before the rollout was expanded to include the UK, France, Germany and many more with the 22H2 update. If you live in one of those countries, you might be excited to finally have a play with Android apps on the desktop. They fully integrate into the Windows 11 experience, allowing you to pin them to the taskbar or use with multitasking features....

There are different tiers to the Game Pass subscription, and appropriately Ultimate comes with the most benefits. The $15 a month gives players access to the Game Pass catalog, includes Xbox Live Gold, discounts to buy games permanently, EA Play, and Xbox Game Pass for PC. The relatively low price versus the sheer amount of benefits makes it one of the most cost-effective ways to play games today. The full suite of services would cost upwards of $30 a month if purchased separately, so for players on the Xbox consoles with access to the internet, it can be a big deal....

Monitors using the new DisplayPort 2.0 spec already should be in stores, but COVID-19 canceled last year’s “plug tests.” These are in-person meetups where engineers from different companies hammer out interoperability issues. “VESA is now planning our next PlugTest for this Spring in Taiwan,” a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) spokesperson told The Verge, “so we expect to get this process rolling again.” DisplayPort 2.0 The big change in DisplayPort 2....

Although COVID-19 deaths are declining, mental health concerns might be on the rise. Lori Gottlieb, MFT, a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” told Verywell that feeling detached is normal when people have not had the time or energy to sit with and process their grief. Gottlieb said desensitization might be better described as feeling “numb,” which is not the absence of feeling or sensitivity but rather an overload of emotion....

Aside from washing your hands with warm water and soap (for 20 seconds) or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, one of the most important and effective ways to stop the spread of germs is to cover your cough and sneeze. An uncovered cough or sneeze can send infected droplets up to six feet away and remain airborne for several hours. The live virus can also live on surfaces for up to 48 hours....

It’s easy to see why. Windows 11’s hardware requirements mean many older devices aren’t compatible, while the bold visual changes certainly aren’t for everyone. With no killer new features and Windows 10 being supported until 2025, there’s no reason for most people to get Windows 11 right now. However, it’s important that you continue getting new versions of Windows 10. Monthly security updates are crucial to the effective running of your device, but Microsoft is still releasing more significant ‘feature’ updates too....

Valve had to resort to cost-cutting measures to achieve this really aggressive pricing. Although the Steam Deck packs near-identical hardware across the board, there’s one particular area where the base model falls short, and this might be a deal-breaker for many. Here, we’ll tell you why you should avoid the base model of the Steam Deck if you can. Why Avoid the Steam Deck Base Model? As mentioned, the low tier Steam Deck doesn’t quite live up to expectations....

Apple’s hardware dominance in mobile is down to its A-series chips, which power iPhones, iPads, and the Apple TV. Variants are used in the Mac and other Apple products. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry relies on Qualcomm’s SnapDragon chips. Google’s next Pixel phone will use the Google-designed GS101 “Whitechapel” system on a chip (SoC). But will Google—infamously fickle with its products—be able to stay the course? “Google Silicon might turn the Pixel into the biggest contender of the iPhone,” Caroline Lee, co-founder of Cocosign, told Lifewire via email....

Overall Findings Wi-Fi is common among PCs, Macs, smartphones, and smart devices. The flexibility of Wi-Fi means you aren’t tethered to an Ethernet cable when you go online, as was the case years ago. But Ethernet connections offer many advantages, including speed and reliability. It’s important to understand when a Wi-Fi connection makes sense and when it’s best to rely on an Ethernet connection. Ethernet and Wi-Fi: What Are the Basics?...

Yet while Lee and his friends revel in the console’s simple pleasures, many Wii seekers have been left in the cold. Sony’s cutting-edge Playstation 3 was widely expected to be last year’s Christmas craze. But when the Wii–as white as a unicorn, and twice as rare–turned out to be the holiday’s “it” console, eBay profiteers, parents and children alike were left scrambling to get their hands on the device. (The result: 604,000 Wiis sold in December....

Kaleb Stratton, an officer with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency helped corral the buck, estimated to be between 2.5 and 3.5 years old, out of Westside Elementary School in Springfield. “Surprise student at Westside Elementary in Springfield this morning,” a Facebook post published to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s page read. “Today teachers are teaching the 4 R’s at Westside. Reading, Righting, Rithmetic, and Rut!” Stratton told Newsweek he responded to the incident just as the children were making their way to school, but no one was in the classroom....

In Wild Hearts, the monsters are referred to as Kemono. Ten Kemono have already been revealed for the multiplayer action game, including the giant boar Kingtusk and the phoenix-like fire bird Amaterasu. Each one of the Kemono appears to have a deep connection to nature, as if they have some kind of deeper connection with nature or the primal elements. The Kemono, unfortunately, are not passive creatures. They rampage through Wild Hearts’ setting of Azuma and so are hunted....

When you see boxers who are in the upper echelon of the sport lock horns, there are bets to be made. Let’s take a closer look at Wilder vs. Fury. Join DAZN and watch Canelo plus more than 80 fight nights a year Wilder vs. Fury odds, expert pick Online sportsbook proboxingodds.com has installed Wilder as a decent favorite (as of Nov. 29). The logical theory is oddsmakers are looking at Wilder being the more active fighter since Fury took a two-and-half year sabbatical due to personal issues and has only had two fights in the last three years....

The winger scored once in four league outings for the Selhurst Park outfit who suffered just a defeat in the month under review. His goal came in their 2-2 draw against Everton on November 18 and followed up with an impressive showing as they secured their second win of the season when they defeated Stoke City 2-1. Zaha who won the individual honour in October amassed 58% of the total votes to clinch his second consecutive award....

Many states that think their interests are being slighted think other states are behaving badly—meaning self-interestedly—by holding early primaries. The entire process is untidy, as freedom often is, and the tidy-minded are threatening to have the federal government fix it. Congress, they say, should divide the nation into four regions that vote in monthly intervals, with the order of voting rotating every four years. Or Congress should spread the voting over 10 two-week intervals, starting with clusters of small states, with the largest states voting last....