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No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" To keep reading, please log in to your account, create a free account, or simply fill out the form below.CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals finally managed to win a close game. Seven of Cincinnati's eight losses this season have been by one score. The frustration of not being able to close out these games had started to fester among the confounded Bengals. That's why Monday night's 27-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys was so satisfying. Joe Burrow threw a tiebreaking 40-yard touchdown pass to Ja'Marr Chase with 1:01 left. That was set up by a botched punt block that put the ball back in Cincinnati's hands with less than two minutes remaining. “I guess I could say luck went our way on this one,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. Most every other good thing that happened for Cincinnati (5-8) in snapping a three-game skid was earned. Burrow finished 33 for 44 for 369 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Chase caught 14 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns. “We needed this feeling because those last three locker rooms haven’t been like this,” Taylor said. “So just to feel that joy and the week’s worth of work has paid off for you, and then you turn the page and move on to the next one. But it helps you during the week just to have this confidence. We got one, and now we’ve got to go do it again.” The Bengals outgained the Cowboys 433-322. “It’s an opportunity for the world to see and we’re going to keep fighting,” Taylor said of getting the win on Monday Night Football. “So when the Bengals walk on the field, you’re going to get our best shot.” What's working The Burrow-to-Chase connection is as robust as ever. “Coming into this game, I was going to feed Ja’Marr,” Burrow said. “I felt he had some opportunities last week (in the 44-38 loss to the Steelers) that we didn’t quite take advantage of. So, I was just going to make sure if I got an opportunity with him, I was going to give it to him.” Both are enjoying prolific seasons. Burrow leads the league in passing yards (3,706) and touchdowns (33). Chase, who is expecting a contract extension that will make him one of the league's highest-paid receivers, leads the NFL in receptions (93), receiving yards (1,319) and touchdowns (15). “We feed off each other,” Burrow said. “We make each other better. We are both really smart players.” Trey Hendrickson’s key sack of Cooper Rush late in the game increased his NFL-leading total to 12 1/2. What needs help The secondary is still inconsistent. The protection provided to Burrow by a reshuffled offensive line was subpar. Granted, he often moves around outside the pocket to try to make something happen, but the franchise quarterback is hit too hard too often. Stock up Chase Brown is growing more every week in his role as the team's No. 1 running back after the season-ending injury to Zack Moss. Brown carried 14 times for 58 yards and caught six passes for 65 yards and a touchdown. ... Cade York, stepping in for the injured Evan McPherson, was 2 for 2 on field goals and made all three of his extra points. Stock down A spongy defense allowed Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle to rush for 131 yards at 7.3 yards per carry. WR CeeDee Lamb beat Bengals cornerback Mike Hilton badly on the Cowboys' first touchdown. Lamb had six catches for 93 yards. Injuries Burrow limped off the field after he was dragged down by his facemask by the Cowboys' Marist Liufau in the fourth quarter. He was seen putting a compression sleeve on left knee before returning for the next Bengals possession. Afterward, he said he was fine. “It’s nothing crazy,” he said. “I just landed on it a couple of times. We’ll see. It’ll be sore for a while, but I’ll be all right.” Key number 4 — Games in a row in which Burrow passed for at least 300 yards and three touchdowns. Monday night's win was the first win in that stretch. Next steps The Bengals have a short week to prepare for the Tennessee Titans (3-10) on Sunday. 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By Conor Ryan Amid a disappointing 3-10 season thus far for the Patriots, could Robert Kraft and New England’s ownership group opt to fire Jerod Mayo after just one season as head coach? Count Patriots legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Ty Law among those who think Mayo’s job is secure beyond the 2024 season. Speaking on WEEI Tuesday, Law stressed that Kraft won’t decide to cut ties with his new head coach immediately — given that expectations were likely already tempered going into the 2024 campaign. “When I think Mr. Kraft went in, of course he wanted better. The expectations were more than what we got,” Law said on “The Greg Hill Show”. “But I think that he didn’t have expectations as far as, like, we’re gonna go to the playoffs or be a Super Bowl contender when he made the hire. You’ve got to give him a chance. ... I think Mr. Kraft is a smart enough businessman to give him time. How much time? I don’t know, but he’s definitely secure for next season.” For Law, Mayo’s tenuous situation with the Patriots should be cast in a similar light as a first-round quarterback undergoing growing pains in his first year in the NFL ranks. Even though New England’s defense, discipline, and late-game execution have regressed this season under Mayo, Law believes that the Patriots also need to add more talent around a core short on franchise talents beyond Drake Maye and Christian Gonzalez. “I think the first year — it isn’t a great indication of what he could possibly do until he gets his own guys in there,” Law said. “He has to open up, he gotta back up the Brinks truck, dammit. [Kraft] gotta spend some money. “So, is he gonna give him something to work with? So I don’t think Jerod is going anywhere, because that wouldn’t be — give somebody one year and don’t let him get his, I mean this is his first year as a head coach. That’s just like if a rookie quarterback doesn’t have a great rookie season, do you get rid of him, or you give him time?” Law’s comments fall somewhat in line with NFL insider Albert Breer’s sentiment shared on NBC Sports Boston’s Sports Sunday earlier this week. But while Law believes that Kraft is preaching patience by sticking with Mayo, Breer believes that the optics of Kraft moving on from Mayo — who he said he picked as Bill Belichick’s successor “five years ago” — would be damaging. “I also think there’s this element of it, and I think this applies to Jerod Mayo too: Sometimes it’s hard for owners to admit they were wrong,” Breer said. “The owners here invested a lot in Jerod Mayo. They invested in him as a player, they invested in him as an assistant coach, they basically kicked the greatest coach of all time out the door to hand the job to Jerod Mayo. “I saw this in Dallas with Jerry Jones: One one of the reasons he was so reluctant to let go of Jason Garrett is because he viewed Jason Garrett as his creation. I think a similar dynamic exists here. I don’t think Kraft wants to be wrong about Jerod Mayo. For that matter, I don’t think they want to be wrong about Eliot Wolf, either.” Conor Ryan Conor Ryan is a staff writer covering the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a role he has held since 2023. Sign up for Patriots updates🏈 Get breaking news and analysis delivered to your inbox during football season. Be civil. Be kind.

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Hyder allegedly told the police that he asked Du'Mee one last time if she was certain about ending the engagement. When she confirmed her decision, he said, "I put one right in the back of her head." Du'Mee's daughter, who heard the gunshot, found her mother bleeding from her head and mouth. Hyder then instructed her to call 911 while he waited outside for law enforcement. A Haunting Admission Hyder expressed to officers that he regretted his actions and claimed he "snapped" in the heat of the moment. During their search of the home, police found the revolver in plain sight. Hyder has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bond at the Osceola County Jail. Community Stunned by Tragedy The St. Cloud community is deeply affected by the tragic event. Neighbors noted that the couple had occasional quarrels, but they were shocked by the extreme escalation of violence. 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I can’t guarantee tomorrow,” Trump said, seeming to open the door to accepting the reality of how import levies typically work as goods reach the retail market. That's a different approach from Trump's typical speeches throughout the 2024 campaign, when he framed his election as a sure way to curb inflation. In the interview, Trump defended tariffs generally, saying they are "going to make us rich.” He has pledged that, on his first day in office in January, he would impose 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada unless those countries satisfactorily stop illegal immigration and the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. He also has threatened additional tariffs on China to help force that country to crack down on fentanyl production. ”All I want to do is I want to have a level, fast, but fair playing field,” Trump said. He offered conflicting statements on how he would approach the justice system after winning election despite being convicted of 34 felonies in a New York state court and being indicted in other cases for his handling of national security secrets and efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. “Honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said of members of Congress who investigated the Capitol riot by his supporters who wanted him to remain in power. The president-elect underscored his contention that he can use the justice system against others, including special prosecutor Jack Smith, who led the case on Trump’s role in the siege on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump confirmed his plan to pardon supporters who were convicted for their roles in the riot, saying he would take that action on his first day in office. As for the idea of revenge driving potential prosecutions, Trump said: “I have the absolute right. I’m the chief law enforcement officer, you do know that. I’m the president. But I’m not interested in that." At the same time, Trump singled out lawmakers on a special House committee who had investigated the insurrection, citing Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. “Cheney was behind it ... so was Bennie Thompson and everybody on that committee,” Trump said. Asked specifically whether he would direct his administration to pursue cases, he said, “No,” and suggested he did not expect the FBI to quickly undertake investigations into his political enemies. But at another point, Trump said he would leave the matter up to Pam Bondi, his pick as attorney general. “I want her to do what she wants to do,” he said. Such threats, regardless of Trump's inconsistencies, have been taken seriously enough by many top Democrats that Biden is considering issuing blanket, preemptive pardons to protect key members of his outgoing administration. Trump did seemingly back off his campaign rhetoric calling for Biden to be investigated, saying, “I’m not looking to go back into the past.” Trump repeatedly mentioned his promises to seal the U.S.-Mexico border and deport millions of people who are in the U.S. illegally through a mass deportation program. “I think you have to do it,” he said. He suggested he would try to use executive action to end “birthright” citizenship under which people born in the U.S. are considered citizens — although such protections are spelled out in the Constitution. Asked specifically about the future for people who were brought into the country illegally as children and have been shielded from deportation in recent years, Trump said, “I want to work something out,” indicating he might seek a solution with Congress. 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Asked about Putin, Trump said initially that he has not talked to the Russian leader since Election Day last month, but then hedged: “I haven’t spoken to him recently.” Trump said when pressed, adding that he did not want to “impede the negotiation.” The president-elect said he has no intention, at least for now, of asking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to step down before Powell's term ends in 2028. Trump said during the campaign that presidents should have more say in Fed policy , including interest rates. Trump did not offer any job assurances for FBI Director Christopher Wray, whose term is to end in 2027. Asked about Wray, Trump said: “Well, I mean, it would sort of seem pretty obvious” that if the Senate confirms Kash Patel as his pick for FBI chief, then “he’s going to be taking somebody’s place, right? Somebody is the man that you’re talking about.” Trump promised that the government efficiency effort led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will not threaten Social Security. “We're not touching Social Security, other than we make it more efficient,” he said. He added that “we're not raising ages or any of that stuff.” He was not so specific about abortion or his long-promised overhaul of the Affordable Care Act. On abortion, Trump continued his inconsistencies and said he would “probably” not move to restrict access to the abortion pills that now account for a majority of pregnancy terminations, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights. But pressed on whether he would commit to that position, Trump replied, “Well, I commit. I mean, are -- things do -- things change. I think they change.” Reprising a line from his Sept. 10 debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump again said he had “concepts” of a plan to substitute for the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which he called “lousy health care.” He added a promise that any Trump version would maintain insurance protections for Americans with preexisting health conditions. He did not explain how such a design would be different from the status quo or how he could deliver on his desire for “better health care for less money.” Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Adriana Gomez Licon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Jill Colvin and Michelle L. Price in New York contributed to this report.Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AVALON — Seen as a lame duck since the Democratic National Convention over the summer, and by many even earlier than that, Joe Biden remains the president of the United States until Jan. 20. This week, the 82-year-old president returned from an international conference in Azerbaijan, pardoned a couple of Thanksgiving turkeys, pushed for a ceasefire in Gaza, rushed to fill judicial vacancies as his term comes to a close, and made Avalon very happy. On Monday, Biden signed a new policy that will allow the use of sand from Hereford Inlet in federal beach replenishment projects. Previously, sand could be taken from the inlet in an emergency, such as after Superstorm Sandy in 2012, but regular beach projects, such as those that add sand to Avalon and Stone Harbor beaches about every three years, had to use other sources. What does Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy mean for Atlantic City International Airport? Atlantic City police say power restored after daylong outages Ocean City introduces new fees on rentals Jake Blum's 2-point conversion in OT propels Mainland Regional to second straight state final Ocean City residents speak against Bible study on school time Chicken Bone Beach foundation to purchase Atlantic City's Dante Hall with NJEDA grant High school football scoreboard: Friday's semifinal winners, plus Saturday updates South Jersey first grader assaulted by teacher during bus trip, lawsuit alleges Want a piece of Gillian's Wonderland? This Burlington County antique shop has tons of them. Galloway man gets 3 years in Ocean City fatal crash South Jersey student talks about her yearlong suspension as others adjust to school elsewhere: 'It was a hard lesson' 4 arrested, 3 stolen vehicles recovered in Atlantic City Upper Township Committee to vote on Beesleys Point redevelopment proposal 3rd Ward meeting tonight on 'Icona in Wonderland' Ocean City hotel plan 'Doing the hard work' paying off in Atlantic City's Chelsea neighborhood “It just made no sense to us,” said Scott Wahl, Avalon’s administrator. The rule related to environmental regulations, but Wahl had little insight into what they were intended to protect. State-funded projects or local projects could also use sand from Hereford Inlet, just not the regular federally sponsored projects. That meant bringing sand from the other end of Seven Mile Beach, from Townsends Inlet, which Wahl estimated increased the cost of two recent beach fill projects by about $7 million. In North Wildwood, officials say they got everything they wanted from an emergency state project to rebuild badly eroded beaches before the July 4 holiday. Mayor Pat Rosenello said the work saved summer. In 2021, officials from Avalon, Stone Harbor and North Wildwood met with David Bernhardt, then the U.S. secretary of the interior, and convinced him that the sand taken from that inlet enhanced the environment rather than harmed it. But he wasn’t the secretary much longer, and as the Biden administration took over from former President Donald Trump, that decision was reversed. Biden signed House Resolution 5490, known as the BEACH Act, an acronym for Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm. The act impacts federal rules across multiple states, and has been described as the most significant changes to the Coastal Barrier Resources Act in 34 years. It adds hundreds of thousands of acres to a system aimed at limiting development in coastal communities. But local officials are primarily interested in one change: permitting the use of Hereford Inlet sand for all federal beach replenishment projects. “Avalon was proud to lead this four-year battle over this sand source issue and is tremendously grateful to the efforts of Congressman Jeff Van Drew and our federal lobbyists, Warwick Group Consultants, for this significant and important legislation,” Avalon Mayor John McCorristin said in a statement. “This bill now takes away discretionary decisions based on politics in Washington and applies both science and common sense to protect lives and property in our communities.” “The signing of this bill into law is demonstrative of the strength of communities working together to solve common problems,” said Judy Davies-Dunhour, mayor of Stone Harbor. “By sharing resources, knowledge, expertise, and relentless vigor, our natural resources are protected, and our communities are further protected from severe storms that impact our communities.” The inlet runs between Stone Harbor and North Wildwood, with North Wildwood eagerly anticipating its own beach replenishment project. In an interview earlier this week, North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello also welcomed the approval, although he was not certain whether it would apply to the Wildwoods as well. “During two recent beach fill projects, more than $7 million of federal, state, and local taxpayer funds were needlessly spent on pipe and booster pumps to send sand from Townsends Inlet to the Stone Harbor beach while several millions of usable sand sat in Hereford Inlet adjacent to Stone Harbor,” Wahl said in a statement. “This legislation removes interpretations from federal law and allows sand to be used for federal coastal storm risk management projects.” Contact Bill Barlow: 609-272-7290 bbarlow@pressofac.com Twitter @jerseynews_bill Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox! Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Author email {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.

Air Canada to bar carry-on bags for lowest-fare customersOn an October afternoon, Dale Rutherford gathered with friends and family at the Barge Restaurant in Raymond, Washington, just a few miles from where he was born 99 years earlier at South Bend Hospital. Everyone had come to see him receive the Pacific County Farm Forestry Association’s “Tree Farmer of the Year” award and to share stories about his life. Only, Rutherford himself had left his hearing aids at home in Lebam. Chapter president Nick Somero was partway through his speech when Rutherford turned to his daughter, Nancy Salme, and her husband, Brett, and asked, “Well how come nobody’s talking anymore?” The room erupted in laughter. Not being able to hear didn’t keep Rutherford from waving to the crowd later on and offering a brief but heartfelt, “Thanks, everybody!” But even if he could have heard Somero call him the “epitome of forest (stewardship),” it seems doubtful that he would have found much more to say in the way of a response. When asked a few weeks after the luncheon how it felt to receive the award, Rutherford said, with characteristic, self-effacing cheer, “I didn’t think I deserved it, because I haven’t done anything extra special.” “I just do my ordinary things every day,” he added. “It’s just routine, I guess.” At age 99, after a lifetime of laboring and sojourning in the woods, that routine still includes regularly driving to the Lebam post office in search of a conversation (or at least somebody to wave to), pruning trees on his roughly 40 acres of forestland and feeding his cows twice a day. “He walks that catwalk 25 feet above the cows in the manger, leans over and gets the hay ... drops it down to the cows, turns around, walks back along the catwalk ... and comes back down the old wooden ladder, every morning and every night,” Nancy Salme said. “And if we tried to stop him, he wouldn’t listen to us.” None of this may feel special to Rutherford, even if he does acknowledge that he’s been at it longer than most. But it isn’t just the fact of his longevity that those closest to him find so laudable. It’s the nature of it — the modesty of his lifestyle, the consistency of his values, the spirit and ethic with which he does everything. “Dale is one of my heroes,” says longtime family friend and Frances resident Lynette Falkner. “He really lives the values of the Greatest Generation — he is kind, he is polite, he is respectful and he is very hardworking.” Rex Hutchins, of Menlo, used to lead forest tours for fourth graders alongside Rutherford and the late Bob Falkner as part of the Project Learning Tree program. “I always told the kids then that when I grow up, I want to be like Dale,” he said. “I was kind of hoping he would donate blood somewhere so I could go get some,” he added with a laugh. Over and over again, the Chinook Observer heard comments like this from Rutherford’s friends and family. By naming him Pacific County Tree Farmer of the Year, they intend not only to recognize his qualities as a steward of the land, but as a human being and member of the community. Which, around these parts, overlap considerably. Many of the life experiences that shaped Rutherford as a citizen-forester came during a time when most of the hard work in this country was still done by hand — when making it to tomorrow, or the next ridge over, in a place like southwest Washington still took a unique combination of guts, ingenuity and endurance. “They’d just take off ... from over here on the Trap Creek side and walk clear over to Naselle,” said Brett Salme of the years Rutherford spent cruising and surveying, before many of the highways that transect the Willapa Hills even existed. “They’d survey so far in a day, and just camp out and get up the next day and survey a little farther, and of course ... nowadays ... at the end of the day you hop in your truck and drive home!” “It was a very simple life,” added Nancy Salme. “And he got by with what they had, and made the best of what he did.” Those early days may have been rugged and barebones, but Rutherford himself still speaks of them with joy and reverence. In 1929, when he was 4 years old, his father was hired to run the Forks Creek Hatchery in Nallpee. “We lived there for 12 years, which were some of the best years of my life, (as there) was always something to do and ... always somebody there to see,” wrote Rutherford. “They got thousands of fish in those years and they gave fish to everyone during the Depression; people came and worked on the fish traps in the high waters to get fish and to have something to do, (as) there was not very much work during the bad years.” Experiencing this intersection of natural bounty, man-made hardship and human solidarity would prove formative to Rutherford’s worldview, especially as it pertained to natural resources. At a time when what the land had to offer seemed inexhaustible — and when people often acted like it, too — seeing firsthand the consequences of short-sightedness impressed on Rutherford the importance of patience and thrift. Persevering through lean times, when the woods provided both sustenance and diversion, taught him how to appreciate the land for more than its dollar value. “I know that (Dale’s) seen when it was logged in the early 1900s and not replanted,” said Rob Friese, of Lebam, another longtime family friend. “And that’s just not something a bright person would do.” Indeed, one of Rutherford’s first jobs in the woods, even before he began logging in 1948, was planting trees. He did so first for the state of Washington, and later on for independent outfits, at a time when the practice was still novel. “He was really in the infancy of tree-planting,” said Victor Niemcziek, of Frances. Unsurprisingly, none of this is particularly noteworthy to Rutherford, who still speaks of planting and pruning trees as one might of brushing their teeth or getting dressed. “I planted all over around the county here — it’s just one of those things I do normally,” he said. “Just like you’d do certain things every day and don’t think much about it.” It’s hard to get Rutherford to say much more than this — to really get at what makes him tick. But when pressed, he does offer, with finality: “I enjoy seeing the trees there. Everything isn’t about money. You can do a lot of things and not get any big return out of it — just enjoyment for yourself.” On a tour of his forestland, Rutherford pauses for the Chinook Observer’s cameras beneath a stately, second-growth Douglas fir. These days, there is a slight hitch in his step. But it is still the unmistakable, loping stride of a seasoned woodsman — brisk and relentless. 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