Monday, September 5, 2022
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Lithuania protests double-OT loss to Germany at EuroBasket after free throw not awarded on technical foul - ESPN
COLOGNE, Germany -- Lithuania protested its double-overtime loss to Germany at the EuroBasket tournament on Sunday because referees did not award it a free throw following a technical foul in regulation.
It was not immediately clear how, or if, FIBA would respond to the protest.
For now, it's a German win -- and a huge one for the hosts. Franz Wagner scored 32 points, Dennis Schroder added 25 and Germany held off Lithuania 109-107 in a game that was tight throughout, with neither team ever leading by more than nine points.
"We are not happy," Lithuania coach Kazys Maksvytis said.
According to FIBA, Germany coach Gordie Herbert was called for a technical with 1:26 left in the third quarter, after a personal foul was whistled against his team. Jonas Valanciunas shot two free throws for Lithuania for the personal foul, but no free throw for the technical was awarded.
Herbert said he was told by one of the referees with 7 seconds left in regulation that there was "a situation" regarding the technical and what should have happened.
"That was the first time I heard about it," Herbert said.
Arnas Butkevicius' 3-pointer from the left wing for Lithuania -- the potential game-winner -- bounced off the rim as the clock ran out in the second extra session.
Maodo Lo scored 21 points for Germany (3-0) and Daniel Theis added 11.
Valanciunas had game highs of 34 points and 14 rebounds for Lithuania (0-3), while Marius Grigonis scored 17, Domantas Sabonis finished with 13, Ignas Brazdeikis scored 12 and Mindaugas Kuzminskas added 11.
Lithuania's three losses have been by seven, four and two points.
"It was a tough game," Valanciunas said. "They played well. I thought we responded for most of the time. ... Congrats to them."
Valanciunas scored the final four points of regulation as Lithuania rallied from down 89-85 in the final 42 seconds. Schroder missed a stepback jumper at the buzzer of the fourth, and Wagner missed one at the end of the first overtime.
But in the second OT, the Germans scored the first five points and never trailed. Valanciunas was subbed out with 2:29 left, Lo made a 3-pointer 17 seconds later for a 106-102 lead and Germany held on.
"To come out on top, after all of that, I think it's definitely a sign of our character and togetherness as a team," Lo said.
GROUP B
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 97, SLOVENIA 93
Also at Cologne, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-1) surprised Luka Doncic and defending EuroBasket winner Slovenia (2-1) behind 23 points from John Roberson and 22 from Dzanan Musa.
Miralem Halilovic scored 13, while Jusuf Nurkic and Edin Atic each had 12 for the winners.
Doncic had 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Slovenia but went 0--or 8 from 3-point range. Vlatko Cancar led Slovenia with 22 points, Goran Dragic added 20, Klemen Prepelic scored 12 and Mike Tobey finished with 11.
GROUP A
BELGIUM 83, SPAIN 73
At Tbilisi, Georgia, Manu Lecomte scored 20 points and Belgium ended the game on a 12-0 run to surprise Spain.
Pierre-Antoine Gillet scored 14 points for Belgium (2-1), which got 11 from Retin Obasohan and 10 from Ismael Bako.
Willy Hernangomez scored 18 for Spain (2-1), while Juancho Hernangomez and Lorenzo Brown each had 11.
MONTENEGRO 91, BULGARIA 81
Vladimir Mihailovic scored 23 points and Montenegro (2-1) ended the game on an 18-6 run to rally past Bulgaria (0-3).
Igor Drobnjak and Bojan Dubljevic each had 17 points for Montenegro, Nemanja Radovic added 16 and Kendrick Perry scored 12.
Aleksandar Vezenkov led all scorers with 26 for Bulgaria, which led 75-73 in the fourth before missing eight of its last 10 shots. Andrey Ivanov finished with 17 and Chavdar Kostov added 10 for Bulgaria, which tried 64 shots in the game -- 40 of them from 3-point range.
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
Group C and Group D return to the floor. Group A and Group B get a rest day.
In Group C, at Milan, Ukraine (2-0) will look to remain unbeaten when it faces host Italy (1-1). Also in Milan on Monday: Greece (2-0), which has won its two games by a combined eight points, takes on Great Britain (0-2) and Croatia (1-1) faces Estonia (0-2).
In Group D, at Prague, Serbia (2-0) plays Finland (1-1), Israel (2-0) takes on Poland (1-1) and the Czech Republic (0-2) meets the Netherlands (0-2).
All four groups are in action Tuesday, with 12 games on the schedule. Group play continues through Thursday and the round of 16 starts in Berlin on Saturday.
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Saturday, September 3, 2022
Oregon vs. Georgia football free live stream: How to watch - cleveland.com
The Oregon Ducks and the Georgia Bulldogs open their college football seasons Saturday, Sept. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
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Georgia comes into the season as the defending national champion but had 15 players drafted into the NFL, including five in the first round -- all on defense. The Bulldogs still have Stetson Bennett IV back at quarterback and will have to reload on defense behind tackle Jalen Carter, who is one of the top players eligible for the 2023 NFL Draft.
Oregon’s new head coach, Dan Lanning, was the defensive coordinator for Georgia last season before taking the top job with the Ducks.
Who: No. 11 Oregon vs. No. 3 Georgia.
When: Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022
Time: 3:30 p.m. Eastern.
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
TV: ABC
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Latest line: Georgia -17
Announcers: Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
Read some of what Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press wrote about the Saturday’s game:
No. 11 Oregon visits No. 3 Georgia in one of two games in which an SEC team faces a ranked opponent. The juicy part of this matchup is on the sidelines where first-year Oregon coach Dan Lanning faces the team which, as defensive coordinator, he helped win a national championship less than 10 months ago. Lanning said he’s exciting seeing a team he molded to win a title. His job, though, is focus on beating the Bulldogs. That’s easier said than done. Despite Georgia losing several of its top defenders off Lanning’s incredible 2021 defense, the Bulldogs are still loaded with players like defensive tackle Jalen Carter, linebacker Nolan Smith and cornerback Kelee Ringo. Meanwhile, Lanning, hired when Mario Cristobal left the Ducks for Miami, brought in 15 transfers from Power Five programs to help boost his program. At least Lanning won’t be cowed by the atmosphere. There should be a full house at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, most of them going crazy for the Bulldogs.
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Here's how to get free at-home Covid tests after the federal government program ends - CNBC
The federal government stopped delivering free at-home Covid tests to Americans on Friday, suspending a program that has provided more than 600 million tests to U.S. households since it launched at the beginning of this year.
The White House blames lawmakers for the program's suspension, noting on the program's website that "Congress hasn't provided additional funding to replenish the nation's stockpile of tests."
If and when Congress passes additional funding, the government will "expeditiously resume" the distribution of free at-home tests, a White House official told NBC News.
Fortunately, in the meantime, most folks can still get the tests they need — free of charge.
Here's how to get free at-home Covid tests
- If you have private insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid, your insurer is required to cover eight at-home tests for each person enrolled in your health plan every month. That means a family of four can get 32 free tests every four weeks.
Some insurance plans will cover the tests at participating pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS. Other plans will reimburse you if you submit receipts through the mail or online.
Check with your insurance company to find out how it covers tests.
When are at-home Covid tests useful?
Most at-home Covid tests don't detect the virus as well as laboratory-based tests, like PCRs, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But they can still detect Covid at least 80% of the time, meaning that positive test results are "typically accurate."
They can be taken anywhere and are much faster than other tests, providing results in minutes. PCR tests take hours or even up to a few days to do the same.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends taking at-home tests:
- Immediately, if you have any Covid symptoms
- Immediately, if you're about to attend a gathering or event with a lot of people
- At least five days after exposure, if you were exposed to someone with Covid
If you do test positive, the at-home tests could later be a useful tool for determining whether you've finished the course of your infection.
The CDC says a negative test result "doesn't rule out an infection" and "may not be reliable," especially if you have symptoms. Consider taking an at-home test again 24 to 48 hours after your first test to "increase confidence" that you aren't infected, the agency notes.
Essentially, if you test negative with an at-home test, you should take another test one or two days later before considering yourself fully in the clear.
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Friday, September 2, 2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Here's How to Watch 'Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power' For Free to See the Prequel Before Frodo's Story - STYLECASTER
Whether you’re a Ringer or not, you may want to know how to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power online for free to see the series being called the most expensive TV show of all time.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings movie series that ran from 2001 to 2014 and included films like The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, as well as The Hobbit films like An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies. The franchise is based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings book series and appendices, which follow the millenniums-old war for the One Ring, a ring created by the Dark Lord Sauron that rules the other rings of Power given to Men, Dwarves and Elves. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set in the Second of Age of Middle-earth, the world The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set, and takes place thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings movies.
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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunner Patrick McKay explained that the prequel wasn’t created just because of the popularity of The Lord of the Rings but because it tells its own story unique from The Lord of the Rings movies. “We are not making this just because it’s called Lord of the Rings and people make sequels these days,” McKay said. “We would never have given four years of our lives, 24/7, to this if we didn’t feel that there’s a really good story here that deserves to be told on this enormous scale.”
Time reported in August 2022 that The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power cost a record $1 billion to produce, making it the most expensive TV show ever made. “The jewels of the crown are the big tentpole shows that invite in the whole family,” says Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, told Time. “And this is the crown jewel.” In comparison, Variety reported in 2022 that HBO’s House of Dragon cost around $20 million per episode for its 10 episodes, which amounted to around $200 million in total. Game of Thrones, for its part, cost around $100 million per season. The cost started at around $6 million per episode in season 1 and increased to $15 million per episode for the show’s eighth and final season. According to The Wall Street Journal, Stranger Things season 4 cost Netflix $30 million per episode, which cost a total of $270 million for nine episodes.
So where can fans stream the new Lord of the Rings series? Read on for how to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power online for free to see the show being called the most expensive TV show in history.
Image: Amazon Prime Video.
When do Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power episodes come out?
New episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power come out Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on Amazon Prime Video.
How to watch Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power online
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Prime Video costs $8.99 per month for non-Amazon Prime members. Amazon Prime Video comes for free with an Amazon Prime subscription, which costs $14.99 per month or $139 per year (a saving of about $36 from the monthly subscription.) Students can also subscribe to Amazon Prime Student for $7.49 per month or $69 per year, which is half the price of the regular subscription and also comes with Amazon Prime Video.
How to watch Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power online for free
Read on for how to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power online for free with Amazon Prime Video‘s free trials and what else to know about the show.
Amazon Prime Video’s free trial is four times longer than most other streaming services. Compared to Paramount+ and Peacock, which offer just seven-day free trials, Amazon Prime Video’s free trial is 30 days. That’s three weeks more than competitors. The free trial also comes with the same benefits of Amazon Prime, such as free two-day shipping, Prime Music and more. But perhaps the best part about Amazon Prime Video’s free trial is that customers can sign up for it multiple times. According to Amazon, users can sign up for Amazon Prime Video’s free trial over and over again as long as it isn’t within the same 12 months. This means that if you if you haven’t been an Amazon Prime member for more than 12 months, you’re eligible to receive another 30 days for free.
After the free trial ends, Amazon Prime Video costs $8.99 per month for non-Prime members. However, if you’re an Amazon Prime member, Amazon Prime Video comes free with Amazon Prime, which includes Prime Delivery (such as free two-day shipping, free same-day shipping, free release-date delivery and free no-rush shipping), as well as access to Prime Music, Prime Gaming and Prime Reading. Amazon Prime costs $14.99 per month or $139 per year, which saves subscribers about $36 from the monthly subscription.
Below are step-by-step instructions for how to sign up for Amazon Prime Video’s free trial.
- Visit Amazon Prime Video’s website
- Click “Start your 30-day free trial“
- Create or log into your Amazon account
- Start watching The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime Video for free
How to read The Lord of the Rings books online for free
The Lord of Rings books by J.R.R. Tolkien are available on Audible Premium Plus, which offers a 30-day free trial and costs $14.99 per month after the free trial ends. Audible Premium Plus comes with one book credit (two book credits for Amazon Prime members), as well as access to Audible’s catalogue of thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, wellness guides and originals.
Image: Amazon Prime Video.
How many episodes is Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power?
There are eight episodes in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The first two episodes premiered on September 1, 2022. Episodes will air Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT until the finale on October 14, 2022.
Who’s in the Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power cast?
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Miriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, and Morfydd Clark as Galadriel. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in August 2022, Nazanin Boniadi, who plays Bronwyn, explained how the more diverse cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, especially compared to the movies, wasn’t “stunt casting.” “This was not stunt casting,” she said. “This isn’t tokenization, or a lot of the things that we’re used to in past roles. Every person has been cast because they are the best people for those roles, regardless of ethnicity and race. And I find that super empowering.”
Ismael Cruz Córdova, who plays Arondir, also told Entertainment Weekly about how starring in a fantasy show like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has been a lifelong dream. “[I’ve] wanted to be an elf since I was a little kid,” he said. “That was something I really dreamt about, but on the flip side, it was something that was a little painful because there weren’t elves that looked like me. It became a personal but distant dream, up until the moment where this opportunity opened up. So I ferociously went for it.” Addai-Robinson also told Entertainment Weekly about how The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is for fans both new and old. “We’re trying to set up and introduce [this era],” she said. “We are dealing with people who are very well-versed in this information, as well as people who are new to these worlds and new to these stories. That’s a huge task to satisfy both of those audiences.”
See the full The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power cast below.
- Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Míriel
- Robert Aramayo as Elrond
- Owain Arthur as Durin IV
- Maxim Baldry as Isildur
- Nazanin Boniadi as Bronwyn
- Morfydd Clark as Galadriel
- Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir
- Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor
- Trystan Gravelle as Pharazôn
- Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows
- Ema Horvath as Eärien
- Markella Kavenagh as Elanor “Nori” Brandyfoot
- Simon Merrells as Trevyn
- Tyroe Muhafidin as Theo
- Peter Mullan as Durin III
- Sophia Nomvete as Disa
- Lloyd Owen as Elendil
- Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow
- Dylan Smith as Largo Brandyfoot
- Charlie Vickers as Halbrand
- Leon Wadham as Kemen
- Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad
- Sara Zwangobani as Marigold Brandyfoot
Will there be a Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power season 2?
Will there be a season 2 for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? Time confirmed in August 2022 that the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will start filming in October 2022. The magazine also reported that season 2 will film in the United Kingdom instead of New Zealand, where season 1 filmed. Time also reported that The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 will be directed by all female directors.
In an interview with The Playlist in August 2022, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunner Patrick McKay hinted that change in locations has to do with the storyline for season 2. “I think if we answered in too much detail, we’d spoil where the journey is going in future episodes. Suffice to say in the story, in Tolkien’s world, journeys to other lands are a major recurring theme. And so I think that’s a thing to think about. The other thing I would say is Tolkien was writing about the British Isles. He was writing about his own backyard and his description of the nature and the air here and the light here and the grass here is a huge part of those books. And I think the opportunity to kind of bring the property home feels like one that’s pregnant with possibilities,” he said.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Here’s how to watch it for free.
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Letter regarding proposed free expression statement from MIT - MIT News
The following letter was sent to the MIT community today by President L. Rafael Reif and includes a letter sent to MIT faculty today by Provost Cynthia Barnhart, Chancellor Melissa Nobles, and Chair of the Faculty Lily L. Tsai.
To the members of the MIT community,
Last fall, I asked the provost, chancellor and chair of the faculty to assemble a special working group to take up the charge of exploring, on behalf of the community, a range of profound questions around freedom of expression and academic freedom – and today I share important progress.
Free expression in the life of MIT
As I wrote at the time, for an institute devoted to advancing knowledge and educating students, freedom of expression has always been, and must remain, a fundamental MIT value. We must ensure that different points of view – even views that some or all of us may reject or find offensive – are allowed to be heard and debated on our campus. I am convinced we must be prepared to endure such painful outcomes as the price of protecting free expression – the principle is that important.
Making room for the full range of thought and expression is not an end in itself. Rather, the right to free expression is a tool – a sharp tool – for enlarging understanding and uncovering truth.
As members of a community grounded in mutual respect, that fact demands responsibility from each of us. Our shared aim must be to create an environment where all of us can speak and all of us can listen, one that enables us to learn from one another through free, open and productive conversation. This will take practice. It will take compassion and care. And on those occasions when members of our community bear the cost of other people’s free expression, they deserve our respect, our understanding and our support in exercising their own right to free expression.
Though ideas like free expression and academic freedom may seem clear enough in theory, experience on our campus and across the country has shown that people of goodwill can have substantial disagreement about how to apply them in practice. We saw this last fall with the wide range of views around the Carlson lecture. The sometimes bitter national debate on these issues continues to underscore the practical value of establishing, for our own community, a clear shared understanding of and commitment to free expression and academic freedom.
The Ad Hoc Working Group on Free Expression
I am therefore very pleased to share the results of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Free Expression. With outstanding leadership from Institute Professor Penny Chisholm and Professor Phil Clay PhD '75, its members arrived at this proposed statement of principle on freedom of expression and academic freedom. They summarize their process and thinking in this thoughtful report.
I am greatly encouraged that the working group’s statement of principle reflects such a strong commitment to openness, and I am hopeful that the faculty can agree to endorse a statement in that spirit. Taking a broad, forward-looking approach, the working group’s report and its recommendations offer balanced guidance that will help the MIT community successfully navigate a wide range of scenarios in the future.
Next steps
This afternoon, Provost Cynthia Barnhart, Chancellor Melissa Nobles and Faculty Chair Lily Tsai asked the entire MIT faculty to consider the proposed statement of principle – and to join in a process of reflection and discussion. You can find the text of their letter below.
Ultimately, the principles and commitments that the statement puts forward must serve our whole community. We invite you to share your thoughts with the faculty officers as soon as possible at freexresponses@mit.edu.
With appreciation for everyone who has contributed to this important work,
L. Rafael Reif
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The following letter was sent to MIT faculty today by Provost Cynthia Barnhart, Chancellor Melissa Nobles, and Chair of the Faculty Lily L. Tsai.
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