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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. What do we know about the relationship between the US and Russian presidents?
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TRUMP ON PUTIN
Trump has a history of positive and admiring comments about Putin that have long prompted criticism that he is “soft on Russia”
He rejects that, saying that no US president was ever tougher on Moscow
Trump has called Putin a strong and smart leader and has said he “got along great” with him during his first term in the White House
Since the start of his second term, however, Trump has criticised Putin’s conduct of the “ridiculous” Ukraine war and said the conflict is “destroying” Russia
Putin “can’t be thrilled, he’s not doing so well,” Trump told reporters on January 20
“Russia is bigger, they have more soldiers to lose, but that’s no way to run a country”
Trump has threatened more sanctions and tariffs on Russia if Putin doesn’t agree to end the war.
PUTIN ON TRUMP
Putin said last month he had always had “pragmatic and trusting” relations with Trump
The Russian president voiced support for Trump’s false claim that he, not Joe Biden, was the real winner of the 2020 US presidential election
Putin has spoken admiringly of Trump’s courage when a gunman tried to assassinate him last year, saying he behaved like a “real man”
DOES PUTIN HAVE COMPROMISING MATERIAL ON TRUMP?
Speculation that Putin might have some kind of hold over Trump, and be in a position to blackmail him, was fanned by the emergence in 2017 of a document known as the “Steele dossier”, prepared by a business intelligence company led by a former British spy
It suggested, among other things, that Russia might have collected lurid details of an alleged interaction with prostitutes during a 2013 visit that Trump made to Moscow
Trump said the dossier was “fake news” that was circulated by opponents to damage him
Many of its claims were never substantiated, and Trump’s lawyers have said it was “egregiously inaccurate” and contained “numerous false, phoney or made-up allegations”
At the Helsinki summit, Putin was asked directly whether Russia had any “compromising material” on Trump or his family. Putin said he had not been aware of Trump’s Moscow trip and it was “utter nonsense” to suppose that Russia gathered dirt on every senior American businessman who came to Russia
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The Pennsylvania Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 results for each game:
21-32-36-45-49, Powerball: 18, Power Play: 2
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Day: 0-8, Wild: 7
Evening: 3-0, Wild: 2
Check Pick 2 payouts and previous drawings here.
Day: 9-0-1, Wild: 7
Evening: 3-7-6, Wild: 2
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Day: 3-4-5-2, Wild: 7
Evening: 5-4-7-5, Wild: 2
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Day: 5-5-7-6-7, Wild: 7
Evening: 7-2-4-2-8, Wild: 2
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20-24-34-49-58, Cash Ball: 01
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24-26-31-34-36
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08-11-13-15-19
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04-05-29-30-34-35
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11-24-26-31-39, Powerball: 15
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WEEX Launches a Million-Dollar Airdrop, Rewarding Global $WXT Holders  Decrypt
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Cloudy with light rain this morning…then becoming partly cloudy and windy at times. High 47F. S winds shifting to W at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph..
Mostly clear. Gusty winds diminishing after midnight. Low 27F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Updated: February 13, 2025 @ 4:43 am
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The Christina School Board holds a meeting on September 11, 2024
The deadline to apply to run for a school board seat in Delaware is coming fast, and unless things change, there won’t be many contested elections.
There are 28 seats up for election in 2025 throughout 16 districts in Delaware, but only at-large seats in Smyrna and Lake Forest have multiple contestants.
School Boards have garnered plenty of attention in recent months, especially in the Christina School District, which has had multiple 4-3 votes, including one that placed Superintendent Daniel Shelton on leave.
The voting block that removed Shelton is in peril, as the open seat in Christina is held by Board Vice President Alethea Smith-Tucker, who 23 days out has yet to file to run again.
The only listed candidate is Janiene Campbell, who is a first-time candidate for the only Christina nominating district located in the City of Wilmington.
There are also 8 seats with no current candidates, including ones in the Appoquinimink, Brandywine, Colonial, Red Clay, Indian River, and Woodbridge districts.
Those who are interested in running must meet five qualifications:
Applications to file, along with evidence you are in the process of getting a required background check, must be submitted to the Department of Elections by March 7.
School Board elections are held statewide on May 13.
Here is the status of each race, as of February 12, 2025 (with the current officeholder in parenthesis, if not listed as an incumbent).
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Alibaba Becomes China’s New AI Darling With $87 Billion Rally  Yahoo Finance
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Artificial intelligence could save time, costs and enhance infrastructure durability, studies show
OXFORD, Miss. – From predicting potholes to designing more durable concrete, artificial intelligence is paving the way for smarter infrastructure, a University of Mississippi researcher says.
Ali Behnood, assistant professor of civil engineering, has dedicated more than 10 years to this field of study. He has contributed to more than 60 published research articles about the role of artificial intelligence in sustainable infrastructure.
“The goal of our team in the NextGen Infrastructure Lab is to move toward the next generation of sustainable and resilient infrastructure,” he said.
“We’re trying to optimize the use of recycled materials, industrial by-products, renewable resources and alternative sustainable materials in construction while reducing not only physical cost, but labor costs, energy costs, environmental impact costs and lifecycle maintenance expense as well.”
In one of his most recent publications, Behnood and Abolfazl Afshin, an Ole Miss doctoral student in civil engineering from Zahedan, Iran, tested different artificial intelligence algorithms’ abilities to predict how well asphalt pavements with reclaimed asphalt pavement materials could withstand moisture.
When water seeps into asphalt, it can break the bonds that hold the materials together. In its weakened state, the asphalt is more likely to crack or otherwise fail, Afshin said.
“We focused on moisture damage, which is one of the most critical issues in asphalt pavements, particularly for wet and cold regions, because it results in a variety of distresses like stripping, potholes and cracking,” he said. “We evaluated the effectiveness of four different artificial intelligence algorithms in predicting moisture damage in asphalt mixtures containing (reclaimed asphalt pavement) materials.
“What we found was that these algorithms are able to effectively predict moisture damage in asphalt mixtures with high accuracy. Based on these results, we can optimize material selection and predict failure probability in the pavement’s life cycle.”
State and local governments spent more than $206 billion on maintaining the nation’s roads in 2021, and the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2023 reported nearly $1 trillion in backlog repairs and maintenance needed for roads and bridges. Optimizing asphalt mixtures could reduce maintenance costs and extend the lifespan of these roads.
Determining the best mixture of reclaimed asphalt pavement and other materials that can withstand wet and cold weather conditions without artificial intelligence would be an incredibly time-consuming and cost-intensive process, Behnood said.
“Artificial intelligence-based algorithms offer a cost-effective and efficient alternative to traditional time-consuming and energy-intensive lab-based approaches,” he said.
Any entity that wants to develop more sustainable, cost-friendly infrastructure can start using the procedures Behnood’s team developed, he said.
“The results of all these studies can be used by practicing engineers, by the Department of Transportation, federal agencies, private sectors – whoever who works in this area – to move toward sustainable, cost-effective approaches in the design,” he said. “The tools we develop can be used by any practicing engineers.”
Besides predicting the potential failure of pavements, many other aspects of infrastructure can be streamlined by using artificial intelligence and machine learning, from designing better bridges and roads to waste management and monitoring railroads for faults or breakages, Behnood said.
“AI can also play a crucial role in disaster resilience and risk management,” he said. “In the event of disasters or natural hazards, evacuation becomes critical, and AI can identify optimized routes tailored to various evacuation scenarios, ensuring efficiency and safety.”
“There are so many examples of how we can use AI for sustainability in all elements of construction and infrastructure. This is a huge area, and we are doing our little part in this huge area to move toward sustainability and to help society.”
Top: Artificial intelligence can help streamline efforts to make more sustainable, durable infrastructure, according to recent research from UM civil engineering professor Ali Behnood. Graphic by Stefanie Goodwiller/University Marketing and Communications
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Movies to see in the Twin Cities this week: ‘Detour,’ ‘Badlands,’ movies with live music  Bring Me The News
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Adobe has rolled out its new artificial intelligence (AI) video offering as it takes on the likes of OpenAI.
The company announced Wednesday (Feb. 12) that it would let subscribers pay either $9.99 or $29.99 per month to generate 5-second videos.
“We’re pricing it at a lower point right now for adoption,” Ely Greenfield, chief technology officer of Adobe’s creative software business, told Bloomberg News. “If you do the math and look what’s out there, we’re competitive in the marketplace.”
The subscriptions come as Adobe is releasing its new Firefly application, which lets users generate images, vectors and videos with the Firefly Video Model in public beta.
The app, the company says, lets users “seamlessly ideate and create production quality work” that’s integrated with Adobe’s Creative Cloud applications.
“The new Firefly Video Model — the industry’s first commercially safe AI video generation model — powers Generate Video (beta) in the Firefly application, as well as Generative Extend (beta) in Adobe Premiere Pro, and generates IP-friendly video content that can be used in production today,” Adobe said. “It is the latest offering in the Firefly family of creative generative AI models, which has been used to generate over 18 billion assets globally.”
Adobe announced it was introducing video AI tools in October, days after Meta introduced generative AI research showing how simple text inputs can be employed to create custom videos and sounds and edit existing videos.
Meta Movie Gen, as this model is known, is an expansion of the company’s earlier generative AI models Make-A-Scene and Llama Image, “and combines the modalities of those earlier generation models and allows further fine-grained control,” PYMNTS wrote.
Then there’s OpenAI’s Sora tool, which, as noted here last year, has the potential to transform how movies are made, though experts differ in how far that transformation might go.
For example, observers say Sora is not a replacement but a new tool for filmmaking, similar to how computer graphics and sound editing tools were introduced.
Phil Siegel, founder of the nonprofit Center for Advanced Preparedness and Threat Response Simulation, told PYMNTS that Sora will reduce the time and cost of making movies.
“I’m sure we’ll see creators use Sora to do whole pieces, but I expect those to be niche,” Siegel said. “It could be used, therefore, to reduce simple development and editing costs, which technically reduces hours spent creating a film, but I expect it to be used more as a tool to drive efficiency and make mundane and repetitive tasks more efficient and accurate, much like Microsoft Copilot is expected to do in the office world.”
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