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The Triple $25Ks, is set for Aug. 14-17, 2025 at the Bader family facility, and it has been recreated and reconstructed for wide appeal.
Limited to 400 single entries, there is a positively plump $293,075 guaranteed total purse on the table for this bottom bulb race.










The payout is $25,000 for winners of the main event on FTI Competition Converters & Transmissions Friday, Moser Engineering Saturday and Callies Sunday, and $10,000 for runners-up of the main event Friday-Sunday.
The exciting event, designed specifically with bracket racers in mind, will feature extra enticing elements, including the Harland Sharp North American No Box Championship $5,000 Point Fund, for which racers will earn one point for each round won in the main event.
Racers will be able to take part in a free test and tune session as well as the Flaming River $16,500 Shootout, which is limited to the first 128 entries, on Thursday.
The Super 16, with no additional entry fee, will be contested daily for the sixteen racers with the best losing packages from the re-entry round and will feature a $3,000 guaranteed purse Saturday and Sunday.
Last Chance Races, with no additional entry fee, are in place for racers who exit eliminations in the second round of the main event, and they are looking at a $13,500 guaranteed purse Saturday and Sunday.









An amazing $12,000 in Daily Racer Appreciation Prizes will be distributed thanks to the generosity of event supporters Summit Racing Equipment, FTI Competition Converters & Transmissions, Cornwell Quality Tools, Harland Sharp and Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels.
“I will be the first one to admit that I let the No Box Bonanza become stale,” said Bill Bader, Summit Motorsports Park president.” After the hurricane impacted the event this year, we made a collective commitment to making NBB27 the preeminent bottom bulb big money race in the world, and by all accounts, we were successful. With a $293,075 guaranteed total purse, incredible support from manufacturers, all the extra races, the point fund and generous product giveaways, the opportunities for racers to go home with something from NBB27 are strong!”
The entry fee is $599 to race for a share of more than $78,000 each day. Entry forms will be available soon.
“The No Box Bonanza is a special event for a lot of racers, and we want to ensure its longevity,” said Bader. “We are confident that this reformulated format will help us do that.”

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The nonprofit suffered a series of successive cyberattacks, and it has yet to fully recover.
October 24, 2024
The Internet Archive (IA) is under siege. Over the course of October, the nonprofit digital library was hit with a series of cyberattacks. Its services, including the Wayback Machine digital archive, have been intermittently unavailable as the nonprofit wades through the wave of attacks and its response.  
How were these attacks executed, and what do they mean for the future of the Internet Archive?  
Hackers launched a series of different cyberattacks at the Internet Archive that started at the beginning of October, Mashable reports. The attacks appear to be perpetrated by more than one group.  
“Experiencing one breach and having [that] get widely publicized means that every attacker group under the sun is going to try to take advantage of that,” Matt Radolec, vice president, incident response and cloud operations at data security company Varonis, tells InformationWeek.  
IA was hit with data breach, executed by a threat actor that took advantage of an exposed GitLab configuration file, Bleeping Computer reports. That breach impacted more than 30 million IA users, with email addresses and encrypted passwords stolen. If that weren’t a big enough blow, the nonprofit was then hit with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.  
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InformationWeek reached out to IA for an update on the attacks and recovery. The response sent to the inquiry, as well as many others, did not come from the nonprofit. IA’s Zendesk support system fell prey to hackers, and they used that system access to send a message:  
“It's dispiriting to see that even after being made aware of the breach 2 weeks ago, IA has still not done the due diligence of rotating many of the API keys that were exposed in their gitlab secrets. 
As demonstrated by this message, this includes a Zendesk token with perms to access 800K+ support tickets sent to [email protected] since 2018. 
Whether you were trying to ask a general question, or requesting the removal of your site from the Wayback Machine — your data is now in the hands of some random guy. If not me, it'd be someone else. 
Here's hoping that they'll get their shit together now.” 
On. Oct. 22, several IA services went offline again. As of Oct. 23, the Wayback Machine, IA blog, and Archive-It were available, but some IA services remained offline, according to the nonprofit’s homepage.  
The IA team has been working to resolve the nonprofit’s security woes. “As the security incident is analyzed and contained by our team, we are relaunching services as defenses are strengthened. These efforts are focused on reinforcing firewall systems and further protecting the data stores,” according to a blog posted on Oct. 21.  
Related:Forrester Panel: Government Cybersecurity Leaders Discuss Next Steps for Zero Trust
IA is a nonprofit with a limited budget. What could hackers gain from attacking it?  
A lack of resources can make nonprofits vulnerable to opportunistic threat actors. While IA may not have the means to pay a hefty ransom demand, there is still a potential for profit when data is stolen. “Any information that's stolen can have some value. You see a number of accounts were stolen, and all those can be [sold] potentially,” says Steve Winterfeld, advisory CISO at Akamai Technologies, a cloud computing, security, and content delivery company.  
Political motives are also possibility. SN_BlackMeta, a group allegedly linked with pro-Palestine aims, claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack, according to BleepingComputer.  
IA’s ongoing battle on multiple fronts has drawn a lot of attention, which could be the ultimate goal for a hacker. “I do think in this case this is a hack more for street cred,” says Chris Hickman, CSO of Keyfactor, an identity-first security company. Hackers could leverage the notoriety from a successful attack to boost their profile.  
Related:Ransomware Attack on Rhode Island Highlights Risk to Government
IA represents a vast repository of digital information, which is a valuable, and free, knowledge resource. Hackers could be motivated to cut access to that knowledge or even alter it.  
“The reason that an attacker would carry something like this out is misinformation, general disruption, and chaos but also to potentially change or alter history,” says Radolec.  
The IA blog points out that several other knowledge institutions, including the British Library, Calgary Public Library, Seattle Public Library, and Toronto Public Library, have also been hit with cyberattacks.  
Radolec points out that any nonprofit that houses knowledge could be a susceptible target. “Being a soft target and being a trusted source for knowledge is probably not a good combination in 2024,” he says. 
Nonprofits like IA face the same cybersecurity challenges as larger entities with more funding. While there is never a good time to be hit with a cyberattack, or in this case several, IA just lost a significant legal battle over copyright infringement, complicating its future.  
How could IA, facing legal battles and working with the resources of a nonprofit, shore up its security posture to reduce the risk of future cyberattacks? 
“I think Internet Archive probably has to think more creatively about either rebuilding and potentially trying to take a shot at using the funds that they have to rebuild or raising money in such a way that they can get have more robust security,” says Radolec. 
IA’s home page currently has a link to PayPal for users to lend support. Given the value of IA’s digital preservation efforts, people in the security community may also be a potential resource. “This may come down to people volunteering to come in and help with their security expertise,” says Winterfeld.  
IA is in an unenviable position, but it is one that many organizations could find themselves experiencing. Any breach is a reminder for security leaders to take stock of their organizations’ vulnerabilities and cybersecurity strategies. 
“Dust off your policies, procedures and make sure, first of all, they’re current for your organization, and then secondly, test them,” says Hickman.  
Enterprise and nonprofit leaders can also consider how they would respond to this type of situation. “How do we communicate if they [attackers] compromise our communications?” Winterfeld asks.  
Hackers are likely to continue targeting organizations like IA for various reasons. Radolec anticipates that the generative AI boom could be one of the driving factors.  
“I would predict there's going to be more attacks on libraries and knowledge institutions,” he says. “Whether they allow the AI [systems] to crawl them or not, getting an export of all that data to sell to an AI company could be a very profitable thing for a cybercriminal that lacks ethics.”
Carrie Pallardy
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Carrie Pallardy is a freelance writer and editor living in Chicago. She writes and edits in a variety of industries including cybersecurity, healthcare, and personal finance.
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Prior to about 1987, American sitcoms were — generally speaking — very different. No matter the premise or intended demographic, most sitcoms (and, again, this is a wide generality) focused on a reliable comedic structure of set-ups and payoffs. From “I Love Lucy” all the way to “Diff’rent Strokes,” sitcom writers were careful to explore a recognizable domestic/workplace/common setting environment through sharply recognized, very funny characters. The same writers were typically also careful to lay out gags and jokes very clearly. Every setup usually led to some kind of punchline or payoff. 
In the late 1980s, however, sitcoms underwent a reckoning. It seems that audiences and many longtime writers became tired of the decades of well-worm tropes and structures, and they began to deconstruct. 1987 saw the debut of “Married… With Children,” a sitcom that followed an aggressively dysfunctional family who all kind of hated each other. Their causticness was the joke. Then, in 1989, “The Simpsons” debuted, handily satirizing all sitcoms that came before it by offering a semi-surreal, yellow-hued parallel sitcom universe where everything was a little askew. 
1989 also saw the debut of “Seinfeld,” the show that pretty much slammed the door shut on old-fashioned sitcoms. As the show’s creators, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld have repeatedly said, “Seinfeld” was a show about nothing, and they mandated that none of its characters were to become sentimental, hug, or learn any lessons. The show was based on Seinfeld’s own brand of observational humor and petty grievances. 
Glen Charles was the co-creator of the 1982 hit sitcom “Cheers” (along with his brother Les and Jimmy Burrows), and he recalls with clarity the shift from punchline-based humor writing in sitcoms to the “Seinfeld”-inspired observational writing that eventually took over. Back in 2012, Charles spoke to GQ magazine about the sea change and felt that comedy at large suffered as a result. 

Standup comedy had long skewed away from traditional setups and punchlines by the late 1980s. Indeed, as observed in the film “The Aristocrats,” comedians rarely got on stage to tell traditional jokes anymore, as the practice was seen as a relic of borscht-belt comedy of the 1950s and 1960s. Jerry Seinfeld’s style of humor was self-deprecating, and based on tiny personal inconveniences that everyone might relate to. This is why so many Jerry Seinfeld jokes begin with the phrase “What is the deal with…?” Seinfeld saw something out in the world that he found inherently illogical, and found humor in its absurdity. Life, he was declaring, is kind of meaningless, and the structures around us are to be pondered as equally meaningless. 
That humor was carried over into “Seinfeld,” and the writers of “Cheers” didn’t like that. Glen Charles didn’t like that petty grievance was the point. There was no comment offered with observational humor, just that the comedian noticed something. Charles was especially incensed when Seinfeld’s style of humor took over the rest of comedy. He said: 
“For better or for worse, I see more of S’einfeld’s’ influence now [on comedy] … not joke-jokes, but people airing very personal, subjective issues, and sometimes things close without even a joke. We never would have done that. We’d be there until two in the morning, making sure it had a button on the act. I’m not making a value judgment. It just seems to be more of a trend now.” 
Indeed, watching older sitcoms, one can see that they are typically more “writerly.” The structure is more solid from scene to scene, and the characters all have miniature arcs. There is sympathy, drama, and story in Charles’ traditions. Seinfeld dispensed with those traditions, presenting characters that couldn’t learn and couldn’t have arcs. 
But “Seinfeld” at least knew its characters were horrible people. The final episode of the series put them all on trial for their crimes of selfishness and pettiness. They ended the series in jail. One might wonder how Charles felt about that.

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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have paid numerous women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex, and to have purchased and used illegal drugs, including from his Capitol Hill office. 
Those are among the findings of the long-running investigation by the House Ethics Committee into Gaetz, which concluded the former Florida congressman violated multiple state laws related to sexual misconduct while in office. The full report was released by the committee Monday. 
“The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress,” the 37-page report concludes. 
On Monday, Gaetz filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block the release of the report, saying that he is now a private citizen and not subject to the jurisdiction of the committee. The committee released it a short time later. 
Gaetz resigned from Congress in November after Trump announced plans to nominate him for attorney general. But facing opposition from some fellow Republicans, Gaetz withdrew from consideration a week later. The release of the ethics report brings to a close — at least for now — Gaetz’s incendiary tenure on Capitol Hill, where he became one of the most vocal and provocative members of the pro-Trump faction in Congress. 
Gaetz has denied any improper conduct and asserted the claims were a “smear” invented by his political enemies. The committee said the congressman refused to sit for sworn testimony, though he did submit written answers to some of the committee’s questions. 
The report gives fresh voice to allegations of misconduct that have circulated around Gaetz for years, in spite of his firm denials. It draws on testimony from witnesses who told the committee they were paid to have sex with Gaetz, text messages discussing the transactions, and Venmo and PayPal receipts. 
Among the report’s most lurid findings were the allegations of sex- and drug-fueled parties and travel, including a 2018 trip to the Bahamas where witnesses say he took ecstasy and had sex with four women. 
“From 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women that the Committee determined were likely in connection with sexual activity and/or drug use,” noted the report, which lists payments totaling more than $90,000 to 12 different women.
The committee said it also received testimony that at a 2017 party, Gaetz twice had sex with “Victim A,” who was 17 years old at the time and had just completed her junior year in high school.
“Victim A recalled receiving $400 in cash from Representative Gaetz that evening, which she understood to be payment for sex,” the committee wrote. “Victim A said that she did not inform Representative Gaetz that she was under 18 at the time, nor did he ask her age.”
In his written responses to the committee, Gaetz denied having sex with a minor. The Department of Justice previously investigated Gaetz for violating sex trafficking laws but did not bring charges. The committee said it did not find sufficient evidence Gaetz violated the federal sex trafficking statute because although he transported women across state lines for the purpose of sex, those women were all 18 or older at the time.
The report noted that while all the women who testified said the sexual encounters with Gaetz were consensual, one woman told the committee the use of drugs at the parties and events they attended may have “impair[ed their] ability to really know what was going on or fully consent.”
Another woman told the committee, “When I look back on certain moments, I feel violated.”
The report also found “substantial evidence” Gaetz engaged in rampant illicit drug use. The committee said it obtained text messages he sent where he referred to drugs as “party favors,” “rolls” or “vitamins.” It also said he created a fake email from his Capitol Hill office “for the purpose of purchasing marijuana.” The report noted that Gaetz had denied using illicit drugs in his written answers to the committee. 
In a statement posted on X last week,  Gaetz said: “In my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated – even some I never dated but who asked. I dated several of these women for years. It’s embarrassing, though not criminal, that I probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have earlier in life. I live a different life now.”
In addition to sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, the report also accused Gaetz of accepting gifts of luxury travel in excess of permissible limits with the 2018 trip to the Bahamas. And it said he arranged for his chief of staff to assist a woman with whom he had engaged in sexual activity in obtaining a passport, falsely indicating to the State Department that she was one of his constituents.
In his lawsuit Monday, Gaetz argued: “The Committee’s apparent intention to release its report after explicitly acknowledging it lacks jurisdiction over former members, its failure to follow constitutional notions of due process, and failure to adhere to its own procedural rules and precedent represents an unprecedented overreach that threatens fundamental constitutional rights and established procedural protections.”
Gaetz told conservative personality Charlie Kirk last month that he plans to spend the coming years “fighting for President Trump.” 
“I think that eight years is probably enough time in the United States Congress,” Gaetz said, though last week, he floated in a post on X the idea of returning to participate in the election for House speaker.
The House Ethics Committee had initially voted to keep the report under wraps, but reversed course in a secret vote earlier this month. Two Republican members of the committee were among those who voted for its release, according to two sources familiar with the vote. The committee has 10 members, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
Scott MacFarlane contributed to this report.
Michael Kaplan is an award-winning reporter and producer for the CBS News investigative unit. He specializes in securing scoops and crafting long-form television investigations. His work has appeared on “60 Minutes,” CNN and in The New York Times.
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Jerlyn Leigh Mardis ’71 ’83, an alumna and longtime Rice University lecturer, passed away recently at the age of 74.
Her association with the university started in the late 1960s when she enrolled as an undergraduate. She was elected as the Rice Student Association president, and her presence became a lightning rod of activity during a time of civil unrest.
During her time as a student, she was instrumental in bringing activists to campus to speak, including Abbie “Flower Power” Hoffman and the feminist Kate Millett.
Once at the university, she never fully left. She worked more than 36 years as a lecturer with the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, the Program in Writing and Communication, the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and the Jones Graduate School of Business.
“Jerlyn’s boundless curiosity about ways to improve her teaching was energizing for her colleagues and made all of us better educators,” said Jennifer Wilson, director of the Program in Writing and Communication and senior lecturer. “She was always thinking, questioning, tinkering in ways that were both thoughtful and exciting. Her generosity of spirit was remarkable; I always looked forward to spending time with her, and I never failed to come away from our interactions with new ideas and plans.”
Mardis spent her career serving universities. She developed coursework for the University of Houston and the Texas A&M University School of Law. In addition, she was the owner of Mardis & Associates, a consulting firm she led for over 40 years, where she combined her expertise in communication and education to mentor and inspire countless professionals.
Her passion for helping others was infectious.
“Jerlyn’s presence enriched every room she entered,” said C. Fred Higgs III, vice provost for academic affairs, director of the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership and the John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “She will be remembered for her dedication to excellence, her kind and supportive nature and her commitment to empowering others.”
Mardis was preceded in death by her parents Gerald and Elizabeth McLaren Mardis. She is survived by her husband David S. Merritt, stepsister Elaine Duffy, brother and sister-in-law Jamie and Tanya Mardis, aunt Peggy Thigpen and several nieces and nephews.
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal death sentences to life in prison. The move denies President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, the opportunity to carry out these executions after he returns to the White House in January.
Biden became the first U.S. president in 2020 to have campaigned on an openly anti-death penalty platform. Opponents of capital punishment had been pushing Biden to follow through with concrete action in the post-election lame-duck period.
That cause gained the attention of Pope Francis. Earlier this month, the pontiff prayed publicly for these sentences to be commuted. Pope Francis and Biden recently spoke by telephone and are scheduled to meet next month. 
“I’ve dedicated my career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system,” Biden said in a statement. “Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole.”
The three people on federal death row who did not have their sentences commuted by Biden were convicted of “terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder,” Biden said. They include: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who with his deceased brother was convicted of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013; Dylann Roof, a White nationalist who was convicted of killing nine people at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Robert Bowers, who was convicted of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.
“Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said. “But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.”
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching and one of the groups urging Biden to issue the commutations, said in a statement Biden’s decision “advances the cause of human dignity and underscores the sacred value of every human life.”
Vaillancourt Murphy said CMN “believes in the God-given dignity of every person, no matter the harm one has caused or suffered, so we give thanks to God for every life that was spared by President Biden’s action today. This unparalleled action should mark a turning point in our nation’s justice system and serve as a model for leaders at the state level to follow suit.”
“As we approach a special time of favor with Jubilee 2025, when the Holy Father has called for forgiveness, reconciliation and an end to the death penalty, President Biden — our fellow Catholic — chose mercy by commuting the death sentences of 37 men on federal death row,” she said. 
However, she noted that the remaining men on death row are at risk of execution in the future. 
Vaillancourt Murphy acknowledged “the incomparable suffering that the families and loved ones of murder victims endure.” 
“We hear the cry for justice and accountability that grave harm rightly deserves,” she said. “Because of our conviction that every person deserves the opportunity to transform hurt and suffering into healing, redemption, and wholeness, we celebrate today’s decision that underscores the sacred value of 37 lives and leaves open the possibility for repair and transformation to the greatest extent possible. “
Many remain on death row on state crimes, and those convictions include cases of “intellectual disability, mental incompetency, racial bias, prosecutorial misconduct, unfair sentencing disparities, innocence and more,” Vaillancourt Murphy said. 
The president’s pardon authority includes federal crimes, not state ones. More than 2,000 people are on death row for state-level crimes in the U.S., according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, said in a statement Dec. 23 the commutations “are a significant step in advancing the cause of human dignity and respect for human life from womb to tomb in our nation.” 
“My brother bishops and I unite in expressing our gratitude that President Biden has commuted the federal death sentences of 37 men,” Archbishop Broglio said. 
He said the U.S. bishops’ conference has long called for an end to the death penalty. Archbishop Broglio said the president’s action is “a significant step in advancing the cause of human dignity in our nation.” He added that “this act of mercy is a step closer to building a culture of life.” He encouraged all lawmakers to work to abolish the death penalty, and redirect the resources used for capital punishment to instead provide compassionate professional support to families of victims.
“During this season of Advent when our Church prepares for the coming of our Lord, we pray for and encourage all elected leaders to similarly take bold actions to protect human life in all of its stages,” he said.
The Catholic Church’s magisterium opposes the use of the death penalty as inconsistent with the inherent sanctity of human life, and advocates for its abolition worldwide. In his 2020 encyclical “Fratelli Tutti,” Pope Francis cited St. John Paul II’s critique of the practice, writing that his predecessor “stated clearly and firmly that the death penalty is inadequate from a moral standpoint and no longer necessary from that of penal justice.”
“There can be no stepping back from this position,” Pope Francis wrote. Echoing the teaching he clarified in his 2018 revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the pope said, “Today we state clearly that the death penalty is inadmissible and the church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide.”
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New York, NY, December 23rd, 2024, Chainwire

SonicX, the first TikTok APP Layer developed by Sonic SVM, will airdrop $SONIC tokens to all eligible Tiktok users.
Sonic SVM, the team behind SonicX, the TikTok App Layer and the hit tap-to-earn game, has announced that they will airdrop their $SONIC token to all users onboarded through TikTok. This initiative comes after Sonic has seen success onboarding over 2 million users through the TikTok applayer they have developed, and the latest initiative continues the effort to bring 1 billion TikTok users onto Web3. 
The TikTok onboarding success is attributed to two major factors: seamless onboarding and distribution. By utilizing account abstraction, TikTok users are not required to create and connect a web3 wallet – rather, they can log in with their TikTok account, and the wallet is automatically created. Transactions conducted within the app are gasless, allowing users to perform blockchain actions without signing transactions – providing a seamless Web2 app experience. 

Combined with account abstraction, the distribution strategy of Sonic has played a major role in the user conversion as well. Multiple members of Sonic, including CEO and co-founder Chris Zhu, has previous experience working at Bytedance – the parent company of TikTok – and utilizing their in-depth knowledge of the social media platform, as well as existing connections with the TikTok team and distribution partners has allowed them to fully tap into the full distribution potential for SonicX.  
SonicX deploys premium TikTok ads and partners with TikTok creators to have the platform’s algorithm recommend the campaign to users in target regions. Users can directly access Sonic X or Sonic’s TikTok via ad and video links. Sonic also utilizes the official Sonic SVM account for branded challenges, live streams and interactive games – building their TikTok corporate account as a central hub for gaming and blockchain education, providing users with simplified guides and tutorials. The airdrop snapshot has not been announced yet, and additional TikTok users are still able to visit official Sonic SVM account to access SonicX, qualifying for the upcoming airdrop. 
This initiative is parallel in comparison to the $TON ecosystem initiated by Telegram, a pioneer of the mini-game movement boasting 950 million monthly active users – with its native token $TON reaching a market cap of over $15 billion. In comparison, TikTok, with 1 billion monthly active users and a projected user base of 2.35 billion by 2029, represents a massive, largely untapped market for Web3 gaming, according to Shopify.
Capitalizing on TikTok’s potential, SonicX surpassed 1 million players within a month of its debut, as reported by Decrypt’s GG. Sonic SVM aims to build a TikTok Chain through its App Layer, enabling seamless integration for other projects. Sonic recently announced its first game, Mahjong 123, set to launch on SonicX.app, kicking off the expansion of its TikTok Chain ecosystem. The current campaign is the latest announcement signaling the upcoming Token Generation Event (TGE) where eligible users will receive token rewards through the airdrop.
About Sonic SVM
Sonic is the first SVM chain to launch on Solana, for games and applications. It is powered by Sonic HyperGrid, a framework for orchestrating optimistic Solana rollups. Sonic is the home of SonicX, industry’s first Web3 TikTok App Layer – designed to onboard the next billion users.
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SWIM COACH FOR PFL AQUATICS, KATY, TX
The team is a competitive swim group ages 9-10 years. Team size is 10-15 .The ideal coach will follow the curriculum set by the PFL Head Coach and hold swimmers accountable to the standards of the program every day.
Lead Age Group Coach
The Chehalem Swim Team (CST) is dedicated and focused to providing a positive competitive swimming experience for athletes as young as six to collegiate aged swimmers.
National Assistant Coach
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed National Assistant Coach to join our high-performance team. This role involves working closely with both Malaysia’s National Team and the National Junior Team, playing a key part in shaping the future of swimming excellence in the country.
Assistant Swim Coach
Part-time, regular Assistant Coach, Men’s and Women’s Swimming is responsible for assisting in the coaching and teaching of students, game and practice preparation and execution, compliance with NCAA and conference rules/regulations, assisting with appropriate recruitment of scholar-athletes, and assisting with general team administrative work.
Florida Gators Swim Camp Seeks Coaches
The Florida Gators Swim Camp in Gainesville, Fl is looking for coaches to work during June of 2025. The Gators swim camp traditionally host 125+ swimmers per week over the course of 5 sessions. This years camps run 5/29-6/1, 6/9-6/12, 6/14-6/17, 6/19-6/22, and 6/24-627. Other staff will include current UF Coaches, including 2024 Men’s Olympic Coach Anthony Nesty.
Georgia Bulldog Swim Camp Coaches
The UGA swim camp traditionally host 200+ swimmers per week over two weeks. This years camp will run 2 sessions: June 1st -7th and from June 8th-14th. Other staff will include current UGA coaches, former coach Jack Bauerle, as well as some UGA athletes.
Bitterroot Swim Team Head Coach and Assistant Coach
Are you passionate about swimming, coaching, and building team spirit in a competitive yet close-knit environment? The Bitterroot Swim Team (BST) in Hamilton, Montana, is seeking dynamic individuals to fill the roles of Head Coach and Assistant Coach for the 2025 summer swim season.
Head Coach
Eagle Swimming Association is a coach-run program of 200+ in northeast Houston (TX). The LSC (Gulf Swimming) is very competitive and our community is ripe for growing swimming. Our team has a rich age group history at the state level (TAGS), and our high schoolers have shown promise at both club (Zones, Sectionals & Jrs) and interscholastic (high school state) levels.
Head Swim Coach – Preserve Piranhas
The Preserve Piranhas Swim Team is accepting applications for the position of Head Swim Coach for Summer 2025. Candidates should have a strong background in High School or College Swimming, be well-organized, and be strong communicators to both students and adults.
HEAD COACH, SWIMMING ACADEMY & NATIONAL YOUTH TRAINING CENTRE (Singapore Sports School)
The Singapore Sports School (SSP) is a specialised independent school dedicated to providing the optimal sports development and academic learning of our talented student-athletes anchored on building strong character qualities of an athlete.
Aquatics Coordinator (McBurney YMCA)
The YMCA of Greater New York is here for all New Yorkers — to empower youth, improve health, and strengthen community. Founded in 1852, today the Y serves a diverse population of more than half a million New Yorkers who learn, grow, and thrive through programs and services at our 24 branches.
Head Swim Coach
Are you passionate about swimming and working with youth? Do you enjoy helping young athletes develop confidence and skills in the pool? Aronimink Golf Club is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Head Coach for our upcoming summer 2025 season.
LSC Competition Coordinator (Pacific Swimming)
Pacific Swimming is looking for an LSC Competition Coordinator to help tailor the services provided to ensure that we are fully benefiting all LSC athletes. The primary area of focus for this position is to analyze information from swim meets to suggest changes to the meet schedule that increases participation and performance for all athletes.
Aquatic Sales Customer Service Manager
Daland Swim School is seeking a dynamic and results-driven Sales Customer Service Manager to lead office operations, drive sales growth, and ensure exceptional customer experiences. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about exceeding sales targets.
AGUA Assistant Coach PT
Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA) is looking to hire an experienced and energetic part-time coach to assist our lead coaches at our Upper East Side location (1750 York Avenue at East 91st St.).  AGUA is a USA Swimming Gold Club that has achieved Level 4 Club Recognition and is home to 300+ athletes.
Full Time Age Group Coach – Alto Swim Club
Alto Swim Club is the premier USA swimming team in the Palo Alto and Stanford area; our mission is to be the best developmental and high performance swim team in the United States. We offer a comprehensive swim program for all athletes, from the beginner swimmer to the Olympian.
Head Coach for Summer Team – Swarthmore Swim Club
The Swarthmore Swim Club (SSC) Seasharks are seeking an experienced Head Coach for the 2025 Suburban Swim League (SSL) (http://www.ssl-summer.com/) swim season. We are looking for an energetic, motivated individual to lead approximately 125 swimmers of all ability levels in our developmental and competitive summer swim league, as well as coordinate and manage our assistant and volunteer coaches.
Innovative Assistant Head Swim Coach
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, professional coach with strong experience working with and developing Age Group swimmers. Experience working with Junior and Senior level swimmers is preferred. This person will work with the Head Coach to develop the stream of AG swimmers, coming from the swim lesson program associated with the team, into a strong Junior and Senior program as well.
Competitive Aquatics Director – Harrisburg Area YMCA
The Competitive Aquatics Director will deliver association-wide high-quality competitive team programs that promote achievement, create a sense of belonging and foster positive relationships. The Competitive Aquatics Director will provide programmatic and staff leadership, coaching expertise and volunteer activation while ensuring the safety of all participants.
Club Swim Coach – Thousand Oaks, California
Daland is looking for fun and energetic individuals to join our team. Do a job worth doing! This is a chance to make a difference in someone’s life, to build a personal connection and help kids and adults alike accomplish something significant.
Masters Swim Coach – Thousand Oaks, California
Daland is looking for fun and energetic individuals to join our team. Do a job worth doing! This is a chance to make a difference in someone’s life, to build a personal connection and help kids and adults alike accomplish something significant.
Water Fitness Instructor – Thousand Oaks, California
Daland Swim School is seeking a skilled and experienced Water Fitness Instructor to teach groups of all ages and skill levels in water fitness. The instructor will be responsible for conducting safe and effective water fitness lessons that align with the needs and abilities of our swimmers.
Assistant Club Swim Coach – Thousand Oaks, California
Lucile Cowle is looking for fun and energetic individuals to join our team. Do a job worth doing! This is a chance to make a difference in someone’s life, to build a personal connection and help kids and adults alike accomplish something significant.
BAY CLUB PANTHERS | PART-TIME ASSISTANT SWIM COACH NEEDED
Under the direction of the Aquatics Director and Head Swim Team Coach, the Assistant Swim Coach is responsible for managing and coaching the year round Panthers USA swim team, coaching upper level athletes, providing oversight to all the swim teams and stroke schools; maintaining a safe and effective learning environment while focusing on the fulfillment of clients’ swimming goals; achieving personal revenue goals; and providing the best customer service and hospitality to members and guests. 
Kiefer Aquatics Team & Retail Assistant Manager – Roswell
The Team & Retail Assistant Manager will assist with aspects of effectively running our Kiefer Aquatics retail store including attending and providing sales and service at related swim meet events and teams affiliated with this location. This is a full-time position, 5 varying days per week. Some weekends will be required.
Kiefer Aquatics Team & Retail Assistant Manager – Spring
The Team & Retail Assistant Manager will assist with aspects of effectively running our Kiefer Aquatics retail store including attending and providing sales and service at related swim meet events and teams affiliated with this location. This is a full-time position, 5 varying days per week. Some weekends will be required.
Assistant Swimming & Diving Coach
This position offers the opportunity for a coach to immediately impact the entire aquatics program at De La Salle High School.  To enhance the synergy between all aquatic sports (Swimming, Diving, and Water Polo), we are seeking an Assistant Coach who believes in the value of High School Swimming & Diving for athletes at all levels.
Head Coach
The 661 Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling infrastructure that promotes positive habits, creating and providing access to recreational facilities and activities, and improving community engagement, with a strong emphasis on supporting underserved and underprivileged youth and communities. We offer financial assistance and grants to charitable organizations and individuals, and develop programs that foster education, health, and community development.
Head Swim Coach
The Village of Pleasant Prairie’s RecPlex, the largest municipal recreation facility in the U.S., is seeking a Head Swim Coach of the Pleasant Prairie Patriots to take charge of our swim program! Nestled on the shores of beautiful Lake Andrea in Prairie Springs Park, the RecPlex offers a vibrant, teamwork-centered environment where your expertise in swimming can make a splash.
Caltech Assistant Swimming Coach
The part-time, regular Assistant Coach, Men’s and Women’s Swimming is responsible for assisting in the coaching and teaching of students, game and practice preparation and execution, compliance with NCAA and conference rules/regulations, assisting with appropriate recruitment of scholar-athletes, and assisting with general team administrative work.
Technical Director (Swimming)
Singapore Aquatics is seeking an experienced and visionary Technical Director (TD) to lead the technical development of coaches, athletes, and programs across the nation. The TD will be instrumental in fostering a high-performance environment, enhancing coaching standards, and ensuring a clear pathway for athlete progression.
National Training Centre (NTC) Senior Co-Lead Coach
Singapore Aquatics is seeking an experienced and dynamic NTC Senior Co-Lead Coach to lead one of our three main squads within the National Training Centre (NTC) Squad. The NTC Senior Co-Lead Coach will play a pivotal role in guiding elite and developing athletes, driving their preparation for national and international competitions such as the Southeast Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and the Olympics.
Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics Head Upper St. Clair Site Coach
5+ years of coaching experience, with coaching experience in a leadership role preferred. College swimmers are also preferred.
Aquatic Director – Campo Family YMCA
Let the next steps in your career be a footprint in the sands of sunny Tampa Bay, Florida.  Come join out team!
Age Group Coach
Time commitment TBD based on group: 3-6 practice sessions per week after school and/or Saturdays, 60 to 120 minutes per session. Additional practice for the Summer Season, including possible AM sessions
Graduate Assistant, Swimming and Diving
Responsible for the usual and customary duties associated with assisting in the coaching of an athletic program; responsible for knowledge and skills entailed in the sport being represented.
Part-Time Senior Assistant Coach – Long Island Aquatic Club
Long Island Aquatic Club is a Nationally ranked competitive swimming club that operates out of Eisenhower Park in the Freedom Pool and the Nassau County Aquatic Center.  LIAC has consistently been the top-performing New York City Metropolitan Area swim club for the past 20 years. Recognized as one of the most elite competitive swim programs in the United States, we consistently field one of the top 10 teams in USA Swimming’s Virtual Club Championships, and our teams have won Junior National, Sectional, Senior Metropolitan, and Junior Olympic titles.
Open Water Program Lead
Swimming is Australia’s most successful Olympic and Paralympic sport and there has never been a more exciting time to join our sport. Following a successful Paris campaign and with the green and gold runway to Brisbane 2032, we have created this new role to lead the design and delivery of Swimming Australia’s High Performance Endurance and Open Water strategy.
Team Manager – Alto Swim Club
Alto Swim Club is seeking a Team Manager / Administrator. This is a full-time position. The Team Administrator will assist with all team and business administrative responsibilities.
Assistant Swim Team Coach
The Upper Valley Aquatic Center is seeking a Full Time Assistant Coach. We are a member of the New England Swimming LSC and operate our own 25y by 25m pool with 11scy lanes and upper deck bleacher seating for 400. The facility includes an updated gym plus specialized fitness rooms and classrooms which the team has full access to. We host multiple meets throughout the year.
Lakeside Swim Team Seeks Lead Coach For The Developmental Group
Lakeside Swim Team in Louisville, KY has been a nationally prominent swim team since 1928, producing 12 US Olympians and being named a Gold Medal Club 20 times.  The team currently has 400+ members and strives to provide outstanding instruction and training to all levels of swimmers. For more information on our program https://lakesideseahawks.org/
Full Time Age Group Coach – Alto Swim Club
Alto Swim Club is seeking a full-time coach. Alto Swim Club is the premier USA swimming team in the Palo Alto and Stanford area; our mission is to be the best developmental and high performance swim team in the United States. We offer a comprehensive swim program for all athletes, from the beginner swimmer to the Olympian.
Head Men’s and Women’s Swim Coach at Centenary College
Head coach is a full time position and has one full time assistant coach and one volunteer assistant currently.  There are 25 swimmers on roster with 85% of those freshmen or sophomores.
Assistant Men’s & Women’s Swimming Coach – COLLEGE
Assistant Swim Coach
Location: 3700 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, Studio City, CA, USA
Los Angeles Swim Club is a Bronze Medal Club in the Studio City area of Los Angeles
Assistant Women’s Swimming Coach
The assistant coach is charged with working with the head coach in many facets of the program, including the recruitment of prospective student-athletes, game-day coaching and practice preparation, the maintenance of the program’s budget and the development and implementation of a strategic plan for fund raising activities to supplement the operating budget of both the program and the Department of Athletics.
Aquatics Supervisor
Are you passionate about aquatics, water safety, and inspiring others? We’re on the lookout for a dynamic Aquatics Supervisor to lead our vibrant MAC Swim School and Lifeguard programs! This is your chance to make a splash in a role that combines leadership, community engagement, and skill development in a fun, energetic environment. 
The Race Club Seeks Full Time Swim Coach
The Race Club teaches the most advanced science-based swimming technique using the most advanced technology.  We achieve this through our swim camps, online subscription (consultation) and private lessons.  We are currently seeking a full time coaching position.   This unique coaching position primarily entails teaching swimmers ages nine and up of all abilities through camps, private instruction and online coaching.  The position requires basic computer skills, daily social media engagement on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube with incentives for achieving channel growth goals and being a positive team player who brings creative energy to the table.
Executive Director
COM Aquatics Center is seeking an Executive Director to lead and manage all aspects of the aquatic and physical therapy facility. This dynamic individual will drive strategic initiatives, foster community engagement, and ensure operational excellence. The Executive Director will collaborate with stakeholders, staff, and the board to enhance the center’s impact and uphold its mission.
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***Disclaimer: Because we have included the Swim Jobs above, it does not mean they are all available. Many swim jobs are filled very quickly. If you want to be a part of the swimming community, you have to act fast. Good luck with your Swim Job search.
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By Melissa Quinn
December 23, 2024 / 11:10 AM EST / CBS News
Washington — President Biden on Monday announced he had commuted the sentences of nearly all federal inmates on death row, with the exception of three who did not receive clemency.
There are 37 inmates initially sentenced to death who will be impacted by Mr. Biden’s action and will now receive life in prison without the possibility of parole. But the remaining three on death row whose sentences are untouched are: Robert Bowers, convicted for the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue; Dylann Roof, convicted of the shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME Church; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for the Boston Marathon bombing.
While Mr. Biden campaigned on ending capital punishment and the Justice Department imposed a moratorium on federal executions, prosecutors still sought the death penalty in some cases.
Bowers, 51, received the death penalty in August 2023 after he was convicted of 63 federal counts for the 2018 attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Bowers shot and killed 11 worshipers and wounded seven people in the deadliest antisemetic attack in U.S. history.
A truck driver who had a history of making antisemitic statements online, Bowers was armed with an AR-15 rifle and three handguns when he opened fire during Saturday morning prayers. Federal prosecutors said he turned the synagogue into a “killing ground,” and police said Bowers told them “all Jews need to die.”
The Justice Department said Bowers “meticulously planned” the attack based on his antisemitic beliefs.
A jury sentenced Roof to death in 2017 for the mass shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in June 2015, making him the first person ordered to be executed for a federal hate crime. Nine Black parishioners were killed and three were wounded in the attack, which took place during a Bible study.
Prosecutors said before Roof mounted the racially-motivated assault, he posted a manifesto online that used racial slurs and expressed a belief that White people are superior to African Americans. They said Roof wanted to attack Black worshipers to stoke racial tensions.
Roof was convicted of 33 counts in 2016. He appealed his conviction, with his attorneys arguing that Roof was wrongly allowed to represent himself during the sentencing phase of his trial. But a federal appeals court upheld Roof’s conviction and death sentence in 2021.
“Dylann Roof murdered African Americans at their church, during their Bible-study and worship. They had welcomed him. He slaughtered them. He did so with the express intent of terrorizing not just his immediate victims at the historically important Mother Emanuel Church, but as many similar people as would hear of the mass murder,” a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote in its ruling.
The Supreme Court declined to review the 4th Circuit’s decision in 2022.
Tsarnaev was convicted on 30 counts for crimes committed during the bombings near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 2013, including three counts of using a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death.
The jury recommended, and a federal district court imposed, the death penalty on six of 17 capital counts.
Three people were killed and scores more were injured during the attack. Tsarnaev’s role in the bombing is not disputed — his attorneys acknowledged he and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tsarnaev’s older brother, detonated two homemade devices near the finish line of the marathon nearly a decade ago. But Tsarnaev’s lawyers said Tamerlan Tsarnaev was the mastermind behind the attack, and the younger Tsarnaev, who was 19 at the time of the attack, acted under his brother’s influence.
The two brothers attempted to flee Massachusetts following the attack, sparking a four-day manhunt that put Boston and the surrounding areas on lockdown. Tsarnaev was arrested by police after he was discovered hiding out in a boat behind a house in Watertown, Massachusetts. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police during their pursuit of the two brothers.
After appealing his convictions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld nearly all of them in 2020, with the exception of three, and it invalidated those capital sentences and ordered a new sentencing proceeding. 
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to review the 1st Circuit’s decision, arguing a new sentencing proceeding would impose significant burdens on the victims of the 2013 bombing. The Biden administration maintained that position in the case, despite the president’s opposition to the death penalty.
The Supreme Court in March 2022 reinstated the death sentence, finding the appeals court improperly tossed out his capital sentences.
Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com. She has written for outlets including the Washington Examiner, Daily Signal and Alexandria Times. Melissa covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts.
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