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Team-by-Team Rundown of Players on the Reserve/COVID-19 List

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Sports Illustrated

By SI Staff As a wave of the virus causes the NFL to shift its schedule around, keep up to speed on which players have been placed on the COVID-19 list. View the original article to see embedded media. As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the NFL’s schedule and scores of players are placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, teams are left scrambling to maintain a full roster. On Monday, the Browns took the field against the Raiders without quarterback Baker Mayfield and a host of other key players, while Washington lost to the Eagles on Tuesday with Garrett Gilbert, signed off the Patriots’ prac…

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Splash’s NFL Week 15 Team of the Week

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Prime Time Sports Talk

With Week 15 of the NFL season in the books, it is time to look at the best performers at each position from last week. It should be a mix of usual suspects and random one-game wonders. If a player is not on the list, it does not mean that the individual did not have a great game. Not all positions are created equal. Prior performance has no bearing on this list. With that said, let’s look at the best 11 offensive players and best 11 defensive players from Week 15. You can find the NFL Week 14 Team of the Week here. An asterisk () indicates a player that would earn a spot on the All-Pro team t…

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Nicki Collen Is Following Her Own Path at Baylor

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Sports Illustrated

By Michael Shapiro Replacing a program legend is never easy, but the Bears’ new coach is doing things her way in Year 1 in Waco. Nicki Collen was mindful of her predecessor when she was named Baylor’s coach in May. Collen came to Waco following the 21-year tenure of Kim Mulkey, a period that included a dozen Big 12 titles, four Final Four appearances and three national championships. Mulkey’s name became synonymous with Baylor over the last two decades, joining the likes of Muffet McGraw at Notre Dame and Geno Auriemma at UConn. After a three-year stint leading the Atlanta Dream, Collen’s move…

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NBA Christmas Day Betting Preview: Warriors at Suns

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Sports Illustrated

By Kyle Wood Betting insight and analysis as the Suns welcome the Warriors on Christmas in a battle between the teams with the two best records. Christmas Day is to the NBA as Thanksgiving is to the NFL. Five games from noon to midnight featuring the league’s top teams and biggest stars. It’s basketball heaven. That is, if it happens according to plan. Due to an explosion of positive COVID-19 tests around the league, some of those top teams are short-handed and many stars are in the health and safety protocols instead of out on the court. ESPN reported Tuesday the 10 teams playing on Christmas…

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Jordanian soldier wounded by smugglers on Syrian border

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Al-Araby

A Jordanian soldier was reportedly wounded in a firefight with an unusually large group of smugglers trying to cross into Jordan from Syria on Saturday, according to local media. A group of about 200 smugglers tried to cross the border between Suwayda and Daraa province bordering Jordan on Saturday morning, a claim that was corroborated by a Jordanian political analyst who spoke with soldiers present at the scene. Smugglers were allegedly armed with machine guns and opened fire on a Jordanian border guard who stumbled across the group. The New Arab was unable to independently verify all the de…

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Remixing the NBA Christmas Day Schedule

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By Chris Herring Piecing together a new television slate as teams shuffle for players during the league’s ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. View the original article to see embedded media. The job of an NBA scheduler on a day like Christmas used to be much easier. For instance, throughout the 1990s, when the Michael Jordan–era Bulls dominated things and were an obvious choice to feature on television, the league held only two games on the holiday—a far cry from the five contests it’s played for most of the past 14 seasons. The lack of dynasties aside, it goes without saying that this week’s holiday p…

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ALT 5 Sigma and BankLine Announce Partnership to Bring Digital Asset Platform to Bitcoin ATMs

Through New Partnership Firms Will Offer a “White Label” Mobile App, OTC Platform, Trading Desk and Visa/Mastercard Branded Solution to the Bitcoin Industry.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / December 23, 2021 / ALT 5 Sigma Inc., a global fintech that provides next generation blockchain powered technologies for the trading, clearing, settlement, payment, and insured custodianship of digital instruments, announced today it has formed an exclusive partnership with BankLine, the only crypto-friendly banking solution that offers a portfolio of redundant depository institutions willing to serve the varied needs of the crypto industry.

1Through the partnership, ALT 5 Sigma will provide its flagship products, ALT 5 Prime Enterprise, ALT 5 Liquidity and ALT 5 Pay. ALT 5 Prime Enterprise is a complete “white label crypto exchange” with best price execution and a branded Visa/ Mastercard designed to enhance user experience and increase customer retention. ALT 5 Liquidity offers the Bitcoin ATM Industry to ability to receive best price execution either through an OTC Desk and or through a complete integration via FIX APIs, whereas the ALT 5 Pay service enables the integration of crypto payment and all three services are available in a branded “white label” deployment.

“We look forward to working with the exciting team at BankLine and their customers at creating more efficient and innovative products in the ever-changing land of digital assets,” said Richard Groome, ALT 5 Sigma’s Executive Chairman.

2Alt 5 Sigma and BankLine are a perfect fit,” said Mark Ochab, President and CEO of BankLine. “BankLine is focused on delivering innovative technologies, banking, and related services to the BTM industry. The ALT 5 Sigma platform will allow our BTM customers to transform from a single purpose cash-based kiosk into a full-service exchange, delivering a comprehensive suite of services and payment options to their customers.”

The Visa and Mastercard programs enable banks and other institutions using ALT 5 Sigma’s trading platform to offer branded Visa and/or Mastercard credit cards to their registered end users which are linked to their digital assets’ accounts. ALT 5 Prime clients will be able to use the cards at any retailer globally that accepts the cards as payments, as well as any ATMs globally.

About ALT 5 Sigma

ALT 5 Sigma is a global fintech that provides next generation blockchain powered technologies for the trading, clearing, settlement, payment, and insured custodianship of digital instruments. ALT 5 was founded by financial industry specialists out of the necessity to provide the digital asset economy with security, accessibility, transparency, and compliance. ALT 5 provides its clients the ability to buy, sell and hold digital assets in a safe and secure environment deployed with the best practices of the financial industry. ALT 5 Sigma’s products and services are available to Banks, Broker Dealers, Funds, Family Offices, Professional Traders, Retail Traders, Digital Asset Exchanges, Digital Asset Brokers, Blockchain Developers, and Financial Information Providers. ALT 5’s digital asset custodian services are secured by Fireblocks.

Learn more at alt5sigma.com or connect on LinkedIn or Twitter.

About BankLine

BankLine is the only Crypto-friendly banking solution that offers a portfolio of redundant financial institutions willing to serve the varied needs of the Crypto industry. BankLine’s network of Crypto-friendly banks and services helps mitigate the threat of bank discontinuance and provides ongoing, sustainable and scalable banking and support services.

Each BankLine customer has a direct relationship at a FDIC insured depository institution. The accounts are titled in the business entity’s name and are exclusive for the entity’s activity.

BankLine’s BTM clients have access to full-service banking solutions at a FDIC insured financial institution, contracting more than 250 Loomis, Brinks, and Garda Cash Vault facilities, servicing well over 25,000 BTM locations across the USA and its territories.

BankLine is now expanding Crypto-friendly banking and armored cash logistics services to the EU, UK, as well as Central and South America.

Learn more at bankline.com

CONTACT:

ScottK@calibercorporateadvisers.com
(917) 647-1810

SOURCE: ALT 5 Sigma Inc.

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SI99 Hoops Prospects Unwrap Skills for Christmas

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By Jason Jordan From consistency to lockdown defensive ability top players dish on which skill they’d love to unwrap on Christmas Day. From “Cool Grey” Jordan 11s to Yeezy Boost 350 V2s, teenagers are running out of ink filling up their Christmas wish lists in preparation for the big day. To that end, we posed a different type of question to a handful of SI99 basketball prospects from around the country, asking which skill they would love to open and add to their repertoire as a gift on Christmas Day, giving a whole new meaning to the gift that keeps on giving. MJ Rice, Prolific Prep (Napa, Ca…

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‘A Journal for Jordan’ review: Denzel-directed romance sweet but stiff

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The Detroit News

In “A Journal for Jordan,” director Denzel Washington fashions a romance so old-fashioned and teenage-crush giddy that it features a scene where the two main characters do the old “no, you hang up” bit from opposite ends of the phone line. That it works, that you can feel that these two truly do not want to get off the phone with each other, is a testament to Washington is able to build, schmaltzy though it may be. But that dizzying feeling of new romance can’t carry “A Journal for Jordan” over its rockier patches. It’s dotted with inconsistencies and generically staged, with a title device th…

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‫شركة MMI و ELR تتوليان مسؤولية تطوير منافذ البيع بالتجزئة عالميًا، وتجربة توفير الأطعمة والمشروبات في مطار زنجبار عبيد أماني كرومي الدولي

– تم تعين الشركتين كصاحبتا امتياز رئيسي للمأكولات والمشروبات المعفاة من الرسوم الجمركية وسيشغلان المساحات التجارية في صالة الركاب الجديدة في مطار زنجبار

– وستبتكر الشركتين، بالشراكة مع عمالقة التصميم العالميين شركة Eight، أول تجربة بيع بالتجزئة سلسة للمسافرين في المطارات على مستوى العالم

– توسيع بصمة الشركتين في مجال البيع بالتجزئة للمسافرين في خمس قارات

دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة, 23 ديسمبر / كانون أول 2021 /PRNewswire/ — تم تعيين شركة Maritime and Mercantile International (MMI) وشركة  Emirates Leisure Retail (ELR) كصاحبتي امتياز رئيسي لجميع المأكولات والمشروبات والمنافذ التجارية المعفاة من الرسوم الجمركية في صالة الركاب رقم 3 المشيدة حديثًا في مطار زنجبار عبيد أماني كرومي الدولي.

Andrew Day, Group CEO of Emirates Leisure Retail and MMI

 وتتحد شركة MMI مع شركة ELR من أجل إنشاء وتقديم تجربة للعملاء من الجيل التالي على مستوى عالمي في مطار عبيد أماني كرومي الدولي اعتبارًا من ربيع 2022. وستوفر الخبرة الدولية الواسعة للشركات مزيجًا من منافذ الأطعمة والمشروبات المستوحاة من زنجباريا، بالإضافة إلى تجربة تسوق معفاة من الرسوم الجمركية متعددة الفئات تعرض مجموعة مختارة بعناية من أفضل العلامات التجارية في العالم.

وصرح أندرو داي، الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة ELR  و MMI ، قائلًا:

 “يسعدنا تعييننا كأصحاب امتياز رئيسي للمأكولات والمشروبات المعفاة من الرسوم الجمركية في المساحات التجارية لصالة الركاب رقم 3 الجديدة في مطار زنجبار. ويمثل هذا خطوة تالية جريئة ومثيرة لكل من ELR و MMI. حيث لدينا حاليًا أكثر من 100 منفذ في أكثر من 20 مطارًا محليًا ودوليًا في جميع أنحاء الشرق الأوسط، وأستراليا، ونيوزيلندا، والولايات المتحدة، وآسيا. لطالما كان هدفنا هو توسيع بصمتنا والقيام بذلك بطريقة تمكننا باستمرار من تحدي المعايير الحالية وتطوير خبرتنا العالمية.

ونسعى جاهدين من أجل إنشاء منافذ للبيع بالتجزئة مبتكرة وجذابة ومتطورة باستمرار للمطارات تحقق قيمة متزايدة لمشغلي المطارات والعلامات التجارية وضيوفنا المسافرين على حدٍ سواء. وطموحنا هو وضع معيار جديد للتميز ولتجربة المطارات. كما أننا متحمسون للغاية من أجل اتخاذ الخطوة التالية في مطار عبيد أماني كرومي الدولي ونتطلع إلى العمل مع شركة Eight في تقديم تجربة مبتكرة حقًا وسلسة للمستهلكين في مجال المأكولات والمشروبات والتجزئة من شأنها تغيير الطريقة التي يقضي بها المسافرون وقتهم في المطار”.

تم تعيين مجموعة Eight Inc، المجموعة الإبداعية المشهورة عالميًا، للعمل مع  MMI و ELR على تطوير مفهوم جديد مخطط تم إعداده من أجل خلق تجربة فريدة لعملاء المطار. وستقوم شركة Eight Inc باستكشاف وإنشاء منافذ في جميع المساحات التجارية المعفاة من الرسوم الجمركية للأطعمة والمشروبات، مع دمج مجموعة كاملة من الحلول الرقمية المتكاملة. وستعيد الشركة تصميم منافذ البيع بالتجزئة للمسافرين لتجعله يخلق إحساسًا بالمكان للمسافرين، حيث يجمع بين طابع زنجبار المحلي والتصميم مع أحدث التقنيات بما في ذلك حل من أجل دفع سلس، بحيث يمكن للمستهلكين الدفع مقابل مشترياتهم من المأكولات والمشروبات والتجزئة بمعاملة واحدة بسيطة.

وسيصبح المشروع الجديد أول تجربة متكاملة في مجال الأطعمة والمشروبات والبيع بالتجزئة في العالم في مجال البيع بالتجزئة للمسافرين، مما يوفر للمسافرين تجربة مطار فريدة ومتكاملة ستكون وجهة في حد ذاتها.

وصرح تيم كوبي، الرئيس التنفيذي والشريك المؤسس لشركة Eight Inc  ، قائلًا:

“نحن فخورون بمواصلة شراكتنا طويلة الأمد مع Emirates Leisure Retail. ولدينا فرصة كبيرة لتخطي المعايير المستخدمة، في مطار زنجبار، وابتكار نوع جديد من التجارب السلسة والمتكاملة رقميًا التي تجعل الحياة أسهل وأكثر إمتاعًا للمسافرين. ونستعد، في قطاع معروف بالتقدم والاختراع، من أجل تحقيق القفزة الكبيرة التالية إلى الأمام”.

ووقع الاختيار على مطار زنجبار عبيد أماني كرومي الدولي باعتباره ركيزة أساسية للاستثمار ولإعادة تطوير ودعم اقتصاد السفر والسياحة المتنامية في زنجبار، ومن المقرر أن يصبح معيارًا جديدًا للتجربة لجميع المسافرين ونموذجًا للتطورات المستقبلية. فسيصبح ليس مجرد نقطة عبور، بل وجهة عالمية للمسافر الدولي.

ومن المتوقع أن تخدم صالة الركاب رقم 3 الذي تم تشييدها حديثًا أكثر من 1.5 مليون مسافر حيث يخدم اتحاد النقل الجوي الوطني لدبي أكثر من 4,000 رحلة طيران سنويًا في المطار.

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