jili golden empire demo NEW YORK , Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP) is pleased to announce that it released a total of 2,367 new part numbers in 2024, including introductions from SMP's Vehicle Control and Temperature Control divisions. New coverage for late-model import and domestic vehicles was added across all powertrains, including advanced internal combustion engine (ICE), hybrid and electric. Standard's ongoing commitment to advanced internal combustion engine (ICE) technology is evident in this year's releases. The Standard® Gas Fuel Injection program expands with the introduction of ten new Direct Injection High-Pressure Fuel Pumps covering 2.5 million import and domestic vehicles, and GDI High-Pressure Fuel Pump Kits were added for GM cars and SUVs. Additionally, 31 Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and Multi-Port Fuel Injection (MFI) Fuel Injectors were added. Standard's Turbocharger program expanded with the addition of several new Turbocharger Kits, as well as an array of related components such as Intercoolers, Bypass Valves, Wastegate Solenoids and more. Thirteen new Oil Filter Housing Assemblies and Kits were introduced with coverage for Chrysler, Ford, BMW, Toyota, Audi, Volvo and more. Emission control systems are increasingly complex, and Standard® has them covered more than ever before, with extensive additions to its evaporative emission, exhaust gas recirculation, and crankcase emission programs. Multiple Canister Purge Solenoids and Valves have been introduced, as well as over 30 EGR Tubes, Engine Crankcase Breather Hoses for nearly 14 million vehicles, and Fuel Vapor Canisters for popular Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, Lexus and Toyota vehicles. Multiple powertrain-neutral categories are forecasted to grow, and Standard® has released extensive coverage in these categories. A total of 72 ABS Speed Sensors were added to Standard's product line this year, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) categories also saw substantial increases, with the addition of 53 new Park Assist Cameras and 76 Park Assist Sensors covering millions of late-model vehicles. Electronic Parking Brake Actuators were also released for over 13 million vehicles including the 2023-19 Mazda 3, 2024-23 Ford Heavy Duty trucks and Jeep SUVs through 2024. Four Seasons® introduced new coverage which included Hose Assemblies for millions of import and domestic vehicles. New Compressors were also added, with coverage for popular vehicles like the 2023-22and 2023-21 Hyundai Elantra. Coverage for hybrid and electric vehicles expands with Electric Coolant Pumps for the 2022-16 Lexus RX450h, 2019-17 Toyota Highlander, 2019-18 Toyota Prius C and more. Four Seasons' Air Door Actuator program has expanded, with dozens of new numbers, offering coverage for Ford, Chrysler, Subaru, Infiniti, Toyota and more. Additional categories that see expansion include Water Inlets, Water Outlets, Evaporators, Heater Cores and more. Jack Ramsey , Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, SMP, stated, "We are proud of the expansion displayed by both divisions in 2024. Our distribution partners continually look to SMP for the highest-quality components along with expansive coverage, and we are committed to exceeding their expectations." All new applications are listed in the catalogs found at StandardBrand.com and 4S.com , and in electronic catalog providers. About SMP With over 100 years in business, Standard Motor Products, Inc. is a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of premium replacement parts in the automotive aftermarket and a custom-engineered solutions provider to vehicle and equipment manufacturers in diverse non-aftermarket end markets. SMP sells its products primarily to retailers, warehouse distributors, original equipment manufacturers and original equipment service part operations in the United States , Canada , Europe , Asia , Mexico and other Latin America countries. For more information, download the SMP ® Parts App or visit SMPcorp.com . View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/standard-motor-products-releases-2-367-new-numbers-in-2024--302336665.html SOURCE Standard Motor Products, Inc.Novanta to Present at the CJS Securities 25th Annual New Ideas for the New Year Investor Conference on Tuesday, January 14, 2025UMass Lowell skates to 9-2 victory over Simon Fraser in exhibition

Clara Strack and Georgia Amoore each scored 21 points on Saturday to help No. 16 Kentucky beat visiting Western Kentucky 88-70 in Lexington. Teonni Key netted 15 points, Amelia Hassett paired nine points with 12 rebounds and Saniah Tyler scored 11 off the bench for the Wildcats (11-1), who won their fourth straight game. The Lady Toppers (9-3) got 18 points from Alexis Mead, 14 from Acacia Hayes, 11 from Destiny Salary and 10 from Josie Gilvin. Western Kentucky has lost three of five following a 7-0 start. Kentucky used a 9-0 run in the second quarter to take a double-digit lead that it held for the rest of the game. Strack bookended the surge with a layup and a 3-pointer that pushed the hosts ahead 36-22 with 1:01 remaining in the first half. The Wildcats' lead peaked at 23 points after Amoore scored five straight late in the fourth quarter to make it 88-65. Saturday marked the final nonconference game for both teams this season. Kentucky hosts Mississippi State to begin Southeastern Conference play on Thursday, while Western Kentucky starts its Conference USA slate by hosting Liberty the same night. --Field Level MediaEASTON, Pa. (AP) — Louie Semona scored 15 points off of the bench to lead Stonehill over Lafayette 70-65 on Sunday. Semona had six rebounds for the Skyhawks (8-7). Hermann Koffi scored 13 points, shooting 4 for 8 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line. Josh Morgan had 13 points and shot 4 of 9 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the line. The Leopards (5-8) were led by Caleb Williams, who recorded 15 points. Lafayette also got 14 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks from Justin Vander Baan. Alex Chaikin also recorded 12 points, two steals and two blocks. Stonehill went into the half leading Lafayette 28-27. Semona put up seven points in the half. Stonehill used a 7-0 second-half run erase a five-point deficit and take the lead at 47-45 with 11:20 remaining in the half before finishing off the victory. Todd Brogna scored nine second-half points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

Some quotations from Jimmy Carter: We have a tendency to exalt ourselves and to dwell on the weaknesses and mistakes of others. I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment. Political and religious leaders must attempt to provide a society within which these human attributes can be nurtured and enhanced. — from 1975 book “Why Not the Best?” Our government can express the highest common ideals of human beings — if we demand of government true standards of excellence. At this Bicentennial time of introspection and concern, we must demand such standards. — “Why Not the Best?” I am a Southerner and an American, I am a farmer, an engineer, a father and husband, a Christian, a politician and former governor, a planner, a businessman, a nuclear physicist, a naval officer, a canoeist, and among other things a lover of Bob Dylan’s songs and Dylan Thomas’s poetry. — “Why Not the Best?” Christ said, “I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery.” I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognizes I will do — and I have done it — and God forgives me for it. But that doesn’t mean that I condemn someone who not only looks on a woman with lust but who leaves his wife and shacks up with somebody out of wedlock. — Interview, November 1976 Playboy. This inauguration ceremony marks a new beginning, a new dedication within our Government, and a new spirit among us all. A President may sense and proclaim that new spirit, but only a people can provide it. — Inaugural address, January 1977. It’s clear that the true problems of our nation are much deeper — deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation and recession. ... All the legislation in the world can’t fix what’s wrong with America. ... It is a crisis of confidence. — So-called “malaise” speech, July 1979. But we know that democracy is always an unfinished creation. Each generation must renew its foundations. Each generation must rediscover the meaning of this hallowed vision in the light of its own modern challenges. For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival; liberty is human rights; the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants. — Farewell Address, January 1981. We appreciate the past. We are grateful for the present and we’re looking forward to the future with great anticipation and commitment. — October 1986, at the dedication of the Carter Presidential Library and Museum. War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other’s children. — December 2002, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. Fundamentalists have become increasingly influential in both religion and government, and have managed to change the nuances and subtleties of historic debate into black-and-white rigidities and the personal derogation of those who dare to disagree. ... The influence of these various trends poses a threat to many of our nation’s historic customs and moral commitments, both in government and in houses of worship. — From 2005 book “Our Endangered Values.” I think that this breakthrough by Barack Obama has been remarkable. When he made his speech (on race) a few months ago in Philadelphia, I wept. I sat in front of the television and cried, because I saw that as the most enlightening and transforming analysis of racism and a potential end of it that I ever saw in my life. — August 2008, commenting on then-Sen. Barack Obama’s candidacy. I think it’s based on racism. There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president. ... No matter who he is or how much we disagree with his policies, the president should be treated with respect. — September 2009, reacting to Rep. Joe Wilson’s shout of “You lie!” during a speech to Congress by President Barack Obama. I’m still determined to outlive the last guinea worm. — 2010, on The Carter Center’s work to eradicate guinea worm disease. You know how much I raised to run against Gerald Ford? Zero. You know how much I raised to run against Ronald Reagan? Zero. You know how much will be raised this year by all presidential, Senate and House campaigns? $6 billion. That’s 6,000 millions. — September 2012, reacting to the 2010 “Citizens United” U.S. Supreme Court decision permitting unlimited third-party political spending. I have become convinced that the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls, largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare, unfortunately following the example set during my lifetime by the United States. — From 2014 book “A Call to Action.” I don’t think there’s any doubt now that the NSA or other agencies monitor or record almost every telephone call made in the United States, including cellphones, and I presume email as well. We’ve gone a long way down the road of violating Americans’ basic civil rights, as far as privacy is concerned. — March 2014, commenting on U.S. intelligence monitoring after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks We accept self-congratulations about the wonderful 50th anniversary – which is wonderful – but we feel like Lyndon Johnson did it and we don’t have to do anything anymore. — April 2014, commenting on racial inequality during a celebration of the Civil Rights Act’s 40th anniversary. I had a very challenging question at Emory (University) the other night: “How would you describe the United States of America today in one word?” And I didn’t know what to say for a few moments, but I finally said, “Searching.” I think the country in which we live is still searching for what it ought to be, and what it can be, and I’m not sure we’re making much progress right at this moment. — October 2014 during a celebration of his 90th birthday. The life we have now is the best of all. We have an expanding and harmonious family, a rich life in our church and the Plains community, and a diversity of projects at The Carter Center that is adventurous and exciting. Rosalynn and I have visited more than 145 countries, and both of us are as active as we have ever been. We are blessed with good health and look to the future with eagerness and confidence, but are prepared for inevitable adversity when it comes. — From 2015 book, “A Full Life.”

NoneISTANBUL The Turkish men's national basketball team beat Hungary 92-66 on Friday in a FIBA EuroBasket 2025 qualifying game. Sehmus Hazer was the high scorer with 25 points at the Basketball Development Centre in Türkiye. Cedi Osman scored 21 while Ercan Osmani added 17. For the losing side, Zoltan Perl netted 16 points and Gyorgy Goloman had 11 points and seven rebounds. The Turkish team secured their second win in the European Championship qualifiers, marking a strong recovery after their opening defeat to Italy. The crescent-star team bounced back with consecutive victories against Iceland and Hungary in Group B. Türkiye is now one win from securing a place in FIBA EuroBasket 2025. The team will try to clinch qualification as they travel to face Hungary again in their fourth group match Monday. Hungary, meanwhile, suffered their third defeat in Group B, further complicating their qualification hopes. Friday's results: Group B: Iceland vs. Italy: 71-95 Group C: Slovakia vs. Spain: 72-76 Latvia vs. Belgium: 75-72 Group D: Sweden vs. Germany: 73-72 Montenegro vs. Bulgaria: 85-62Hydro One expands transmission ownership in northern OntarioBy Ja'han Jones Happy Tuesday. Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, a curated list of the past week’s top stories from the intersection of politics and the all-inclusive world of technology. Rapper Drake — who once dismissed artists who take legal action with the lyric, “a cease-and-desist is for hoes” — seems to have had a change of heart after taking a lyrical drubbing from Pulitzer-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar this summer. In a petition filed Monday in New York, Drake launched a legal attack against his own record label, Universal Music Group, and Spotify, which he accuses of harming him by allegedly boosting Lamar’s song “They Not Like Us,” a scathing diss track aimed at Drake and his associates. (Lamar is also signed to UMG.) Drake’s petition, which seeks information to support a potential lawsuit, claims that UMG and Spotify engaged in a high-tech “scheme” using bots, reduced licensing fees and paid influencers to boost the song illegally. A second petition , filed in Texas, alleges UMG engaged in a pay-for-play scheme with iHeartMedia to help boost the song, which the petition also claims defamed Drake. UMG provided NBC News with a pretty scathing response to the first suit: The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.” Spotify declined to comment Tuesday to NBC News, but its website says the platform has practices in place to prevent artificial streaming. As you might imagine, Drake resorting to the courts for help in the midst of a rap beef has been met with some pretty savage mockery . After all, Drake himself has put baseless claims about other artists, including Lamar , in his tracks, and he’s used social media influencers to hype his music . And he’s also taken advantage of shifts in the infrastructure of the music industry throughout his career, so in some ways, it seems Drake is raging against the machine that made him. Now it looks like a messy legal battle is on the horizon, which could shake loose all sorts of details about the inner workings of the music industry. One thing is for certain: Drake has made history as the first rapper to take legal action against Big Tech for the L he took during a beef. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a plan to counter President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to undermine investment in electric vehicles . But the plan could exclude Elon Musk, and Musk is outraged. Read more at The Daily Beast . Axios reports Trump is searching for someone to serve as his “AI czar” and lead his administration’s efforts around artificial intelligence. Musk, who seems to have his hand in every aspect of the incoming Trump administration, is reportedly involved in this decision, as well. Remember last week when Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy wrote that their “department” of “government efficiency” would rely on “advanced technology” to root out government waste? Axios suggests the AI czar is going to help with that. Read more at Axios . CNBC dropped a report on the hundreds of millions of dollars the cryptocurrency industry plunged into this year’s elections, and its success in “buying” the most pro-crypto Congress in history. Read more at CNBC . Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Committee won’t stop issuing threats. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has spent his first couple of weeks in the spotlight threatening media companies’ broadcast licenses and has vowed to end what he portrayed as governmental “lawfare” against Musk. Read more at Mediaite . Sunday night’s episode of “60 Minutes” featured a story on the disturbingly exploitative gigs, outsourced to countries across the globe, that involve employees training artificial intelligence tools to recognize items. Watch the segment below: Ja'han Jones is The ReidOut Blog writer. He's a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. His previous projects include "Black Hair Defined" and the "Black Obituary Project."

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While you’re popping champagne and toasting the new year, hundreds of recently enacted bills will go into effect. Here are a few you should know about. The minimum wage for all employers in California will increase to $16.50. We currently have the second highest unemployment rate of any state behind only Nevada. This increase will only make it worse, particularly for California’s youth and others just starting to join the workforce. Paychecks will be hit by a tax increase. The State Disability Insurance rate is increasing from 1.1 to 1.2 percent. As KCRA in Sacramento noted, “That means a couple or individual with $100,000 in taxable annual wages will have $100 more total withheld from their pay this upcoming year, or about $8 a month because of the tax increase, for example.” For property owners, several attempts to destroy your rights to protest new and higher water rates go into effect. Under Proposition 218, water agencies must send notices to customers ahead of time with information on how to protest the rate hike. If a majority protest, the rate increase can’t go into effect. But Assembly Bill 2257 creates a protest procedure separate from the notice required by Prop. 218 and appears merely to layer on added – and superfluous – requirements for the sole purpose of hindering taxpayers’ constitutional ability to approve or reject taxes. Another assault on property owner rights is Senate Bill 1072 because it could leave taxpayers without proper compensation for overcharges on their water bills by offering only future credits instead of actual refunds. There is a huge difference between a “credit” for future charges and an actual refund. If a taxpayer moves, how will he or she be compensated for the violation of constitutional rights if the agency merely applies the overcharge to reduce rates paid by others in the future? AB 1827 is another concern because it tries to add potentially unconstitutional charges to your water bill based on speculative factors like “maximum potential water use” and “peaking” factors. This is in direct contravention of Prop. 218 which provides that, “No fee or charge may be imposed for a service unless that service is actually used by, or immediately available to, the owner of the property in question. Fees or charges based on potential or future use of a service are not permitted.” Basing a charge on “maximum potential water use” clearly then is not permitted under Prop. 218. Further, in the absence of time-of-use technology, peaking factors are generally make-believe. Legal challenges to AB 1827 are a near certainty. Related Articles Opinion Columnists | Trump’s claim that we need ‘extreme vetting’ is extremely baseless Opinion Columnists | Year in review: From a republic to a ‘kakistocracy’ Opinion Columnists | Will Democrats fix their brand problem ahead of California’s gubernatorial election? Opinion Columnists | Susan Shelley: Too many so-called emergencies in the Golden State Opinion Columnists | Larry Wilson: The lost art of college students talking to each other Regarding your rights as a voter, there were attacks this year on direct democracy. Fortunately, many of those got left on the cutting room floor, but one that did pass and goes into effect this year, Senate Bill 1441, is very concerning. If a citizen-initiated recall, initiative or referendum is determined to have an insufficient number of valid signatures, the proponents have the right to review rejected signatures and the reason for the rejection. But SB 1441 sets an unreasonable 60-day time limit on the review process and adds a new requirement for proponents to pay the costs of the review, which could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nothing in the bill prevents a county from running out the clock by providing inadequate access. But that’s probably the intent. Was it all bad news from your California government this year? No, of course not. For everyone who has been waiting for Sacramento to finally address the pressing concerns of state residents, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation giving the state three new official state symbols: the banana slug (state slug), Dungeness crab (state crustacean), and black abalone (state seashell). Don’t say they never did anything for you. Happy New Year! Jon Coupal is president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday. The Kentucky Department of Corrections requested the opinion from the state’s Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison. Coleman was asked whether the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment means the department is required to pay for gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people in prison when the procedure is deemed “medically necessary” by medical professionals. “Common sense dictates that it is not ‘cruel and unusual’ for the department to decline to spend taxpayer dollars on such controversial medical procedures,” Coleman’s opinion said. “Fortunately, there is no controlling legal authority that compels the department to abandon common sense.” Coleman said the opinion should settle the question “once and for all.” “The idea that Kentucky taxpayers should be forced to pay for gender surgeries for convicted criminals was simply absurd,” he said. RELATED COVERAGE Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months The US egg industry kills 350 million chicks a year. New technology offers an alternative Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats should set partisanship aside, work to meet people’s needs Chris Hartman, executive director of the Fairness Campaign, a Kentucky-based LGBTQ+ advocacy group, said the attorney general’s opinion was “disappointing but predictable.” “All inmates get medically necessary care — whether it’s for cancer, diabetes or any other condition,” Hartman said in a statement. “Transgender inmates should be treated no differently. When in the custody and care of the state, it is federal law for inmates to be given health care when it is medically necessary, which gender-affirming surgery sometimes is for transgender inmates.” The issue surfaced at a recent legislative committee meeting as the corrections department attempts to update rules to broaden accommodations for transgender people in prison to comply with federal standards. The department’s efforts drew a backlash from some Republicans in the GOP-supermajority Legislature. The department’s proposed new rules would expand protections for transgender people in prison by ensuring they have access to appropriate medical and mental health services and are housed in facilities that align with their gender identity, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported . If gender-affirming care is requested, the changes set out a protocol that includes extensive mental health evaluations and, potentially, medical interventions. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that he appreciated the attorney general’s response and said the proposed regulation would be redrafted to reflect the opinion from Coleman’s office. Beshear, a Democrat who is seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2028, said LGBTQ+ people in prison can face greater risks of violence while incarcerated and can have different health care needs. Earlier this year, a transgender woman who was assaulted by an incarcerated man while housed in a men’s unit at an Arizona penitentiary won a $10,000 judgment in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Federal law requires safety procedures as well as medical coverage for LGBTQ+ people in prison, Beshear said. “But like medical coverage for any inmate, it has its limits,” Beshear told reporters. “In the end, we look at what’s reasonable. And I think what is reasonable is, in any circumstance, an inmate regardless of their gender identity should not have better access to health care than a law-abiding private citizen.” Kentucky has to balance providing health care for people in prison while respecting taxpayers, Beshear said. “It does appear that federal law requires some level of care, just not those surgeries,” he said. “So I believe you will see in the regulation certain care that is provided to various populations including the transgender population. It would be unconstitutional and it would be wrong to provide no specialized care at all. So we’re going to try to find that right balance.” The Kentucky Republican Party criticized Beshear on Thursday for his administration’s handling of the issue. “As governor, he is responsible for policies and regulations that are put in place by his administration. He’s either leading this administration or he’s not,” state GOP communications director Andy Westberry said in a statement. Republican state Sen. Steve West thanked the attorney general for bringing “clarity” to the issue and said the opinion reflected both “legal precedent and the practical expectations of Kentuckians.” “Moving forward, I urge the department to engage more openly with lawmakers and the public as we work to ensure that policies are implemented responsibly and in a manner consistent with the law,” he said in a statement. Kentucky is among many states that have taken steps to restrict or ban transgender care. In 2023, Kentucky lawmakers banned access to gender-affirming health care for transgender young people. In 2022, the state Legislature voted to bar transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college.Clara Strack, Georgia Amoore help No. 16 Kentucky rout Western Kentucky

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