In a world where the pressure to constantly achieve and succeed can be overwhelming, the emergence of 'Sleepgate' represents a breath of fresh air for those seeking a different approach to life. The dream of being part of a community that celebrates the beauty of sleep and encourages a healthy work-life balance is resonating with a generation that is increasingly prioritizing self-care and mental well-being.In a recent incident in Nanning, a city in southern China, a city management officer was surrounded and slapped by a man, sparking a conflict. The provocative behavior of the man not only endangered the city management officer but also raised concerns about the rising tension between law enforcement officials and the public.

Community members have until Jan. 12 to provide input on the upcoming Spring High School rebuild via a survey launched by Spring ISD on Dec. 11. Some context The rebuild of Spring High School was included in the district's $850 million bond approved by voters in 2022. Spring High School was originally constructed in 1968 and is the district's oldest high school, according to district officials. In March, the district purchased a 185.2-acre plot of land located near the intersection of the Hardy Toll Road and Riley Fuzzel Road for the new location of Spring High School. The property lies about three miles from Spring High School's current location at 19428 I-45, Spring. The details According to the district's bond website—which was last updated Nov. 19—construction on the new campus is set to begin in the summer of 2025 and is expected to open for the fall 2028 semester. Per the website, the new campus will be "designed with the latest technology, resources and amenities to provide students with a state-of-the-art learning environment." The project architect is Huckabee Architects and the project contractor is Stewart Builders . Get involved Parents, students, community members and staff members are invited to give input on the Spring High School rebuild via an online survey , which will be open through Jan. 12. For additional information on the project, click here . Emily Lincke contributed to this report.Liberal government survives third Conservative non-confidence voteEnphase: Top Contrarian Pick With Blood In The Streets

The global economic landscape has been fraught with uncertainties due to the ongoing pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and inflationary pressures. Amidst this backdrop, Chinese concept stocks have managed to stand out as beacons of resilience and growth. Companies listed on US exchanges such as Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com have witnessed significant gains in their stock prices, outpacing the performance of popular US indices like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.As the situation continues to evolve, it is essential for all stakeholders involved in the Syrian conflict to carefully consider the implications of their actions and decisions. The Syrian people have suffered far too long, and the conflict has caused immense human suffering and devastation. A peaceful and sustainable resolution to the conflict is urgently needed, one that addresses the root causes of the conflict and ensures the protection of all Syrians, regardless of their political affiliations.House Democrat says Republicans protecting Elon Musk's Chinese investments

Across the Atlantic, countries in Northern Europe are also gearing up for the arrival of cold air and snowstorms. Cities like Stockholm, Oslo, and Helsinki are expecting heavy snowfall in the coming days, with temperatures expected to plummet below freezing. Authorities have issued warnings to citizens to ensure they are well-prepared for the wintry weather and to avoid unnecessary travel during the storm.The new-edition "Five Lessons" has an electric green cover, a nod to the Sports Illustrated article from which it was spawned. Sean Zak When it comes to golf books, publishers believe in two absolutes. First, golf literature generally sells better than lit about other sports. The endless game is so relatable that it’s quite readable , too . Second, golf books are routinely published only a few times a year: April, around the Masters; mid-June, to align with Father’s Day and the height of the golf season; and during the holidays, when the perfect stocking stuffers are a sleeve of balls and a $19 paperback. Perusing the top golf books on Amazon, though, might leave you puzzled. The best-selling golf book today is the same bestseller from three months ago. And three years ago. And, yes, even three decades ago. It’s “Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons,” first printed in Sports Illustrated in 1957. Not only does the hard copy edition consistently rank among the top 5 golf books — often at no. 1 — but the Kindle version often also sits inside the top 25. Last weekend the audio book checked in at No. 58. Most titles yearn for just one of its editions to steadily stream inside the top 100. Hogan’s wisdom — as told to legendary golf writer Herb Wind and illustrated on scratchboard by Anthony Ravielli — continues to be widely consumed in every medium. If the Rules of Golf are this sport’s 10 Commandments, then this book is the closest thing it has to a Bible. A common question accompanies that idea: Should it be? That depends on who you ask. After all, many a 12-handicap has drowned in the complex differences Hogan details between supination and pronation. A better question then is how has the book endured over time? Seemingly every elite professional of the 20th century had an instruction book, or several, in their name. Watson, Nicklaus, Trevino, Palmer, Snead. How and why did Hogan’s separate itself? John Garrity had a better view than anyone. Before a lengthy career on the golf beat at Sports Illustrated , Garrity was an associate editor at Simon and Schuster in the early 1970s, where as-told-to instruction books were nearly always given the green light. The books didn’t cost much and didn’t earn much, Garrity says, but they also never lost money. They all seemed to sell around the same number of copies — 12,000 — no matter who graced the cover. “There’s only been a couple exceptions to that,” Garrity said. “Ben Hogan’s ‘Five Lesson’ is one that sold more.” Way more. Estimates from industry experts — the manuscript has been licensed to dozens of publishers over the years — peg the number of copies sold at more than a million. And counting. This week, Simon and Schuster published a 40th anniversary edition of the book, leaving the original text untouched but teeing it up with a new foreword from Lee Trevino and adding 97 new pages of “History, Context, Legacy.” The new and improved “Five Lessons” is bound in a flashy, electric green cover, a nod to the palate of the original magazine layout. SI published those five lessons in installments, in five consecutive issues, during the magazine’s infancy in 1957. Simon and Schuster editor Jofie Ferrari-Adler worked with longtime golf writers Michael Bamberger (a GOLF.com contributor) and Jaime Diaz to bring new life to Hogan, Wind and Ravielli’s work. What they created is like a literary museum exhibit. The 67-year-old artifact is the main event, but it’s now paired with much rich context about the men who crafted it. There are game stories from the ‘50s, columns from the ‘90s, even an interview between Hogan and Ken Venturi from a 1980s CBS broadcast. The new edition is an ode to Hogan, of course, but also to one of the game’s greatest writers in Wind; the book includes some of Wind’s greatest hits, compiled by the next generation of writers. But none of that explains why the book remains so popular — or became so popular to begin with — particularly with the advent of digital golf instruction, much of which can be personalized and disseminated through the big-screen in your living room and the 6-inch screen in your pocket. Like any old recipe, “Five Lessons'” staying power is fueled by its ingredients. You had the best ball-striker of his generation combined with the best wordsmith of his. (Ravielli, the illustrator, was no third wheel.) The compilation took 10 months to complete, but landed in a booming period for recreational golf. Soon after SI published the lessons, the magazine’s editor wrote that Hogan’s musings had been so popular that readers were ripping pages out of SI copies at the Yale Club and golfers in the snowy Northeast couldn’t resist immediately taking to the practice range. Perhaps the best modern comp to Lessons’ success is ESPN’s The Last Dance documentary, which revealed many of Michael Jordan’s thoughts on basketball and his career for the first time — and at the perfect time, when the world was sheltering at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. We were all at home and starved for new content, and Jordan, like Hogan, was more forthcoming than ever before. Hogan, like Jordan, was long believed to possess something special, but rarely discussed his talents publicly. “I think it really is the mystique that sells the book,” Jaime Diaz said, ”because Hogan was just such an incredible genius and so inward and and reticent to ever talk about anything that when he finally did, it was like, Oh my God, the vault is open finally .” The tips themselves are dense. Nineteen pages devoted just to gripping the club. Twenty-five on setting up to the ball. The writing is authoritative, bordering on lecturing, with the occasional all-caps clause and plenty of italics emphasizing what the golfing genius needs you to focus on. The end goal, in Hogan’s mind, was getting bogey golfers to break 80 consistently. But the ultimate ideology of the book is rather simple: never hit it left. “It’s an anti-hook book,” Diaz said. “I mean, really weak grip and just making sure the club never turns over. It’s a Tour player’s swing. But even Tour players can’t always replicate it.” Therein lies a truism of the game. No singular set of lessons can solve the golf riddle for the unlimited number of body types and abilities we see on a driving range, even a PGA Tour driving range. (As Arnold Palmer preached, swing your swing !) That idea, all these years later, is reiterated way up front, in Trevino’s foreword. Over the first five pages, Trevino winds back the clock to 1957, when he stumbled upon the magazine while on a Marines troop ship headed to Japan. Even Trevino admits he “might not have understood everything Mr. Hogan and Mr. Wind wrote, but their words furthered my golfing education.” Trevino joined the Marines golf team abroad and played more than ever. After his discharge, he practiced on his own with two golf balls — one was his score, the other was Hogan’s. A couple of years later, Trevino visited Hogan’s club, Shady Oaks, in Dallas; he was transfixed by Hogan’s body movement, memorizing how Hogan’s hips led his action. As Trevino writes, “That’s when I started to get good.” For Trevino, Hogan was both inspiration and imagination. And isn’t that how golf feels to all of us? If we are in search of any one thing in this game, it’s some sort of feel , cooked up in our imagination or inspired by something. Or someone. Trevino’s ball flight became a fade, like Hogan’s, but looked nothing like Hogan’s fade. Trevino had taken “The Modern Fundamentals” and made them his own. Latest In Lifestyle Golf.com Editor Sean Zak is a writer at GOLF Magazine and just published his first book, which follows his travels in Scotland during the most pivotal summer in the game’s history.New $16 240W omnidirectional USB cable orients to your device not vise versa

3. Islamic State (IS): The regime change in Syria has dealt a severe blow to the Islamic State, which had exploited the chaos and instability in the country to establish a stronghold. With the regime change, IS has lost a key ally and territory, weakening its overall position in the region.

As the two teams prepare to face off on the pitch, all eyes will be on how they adapt to the absence of their star players. Will Manchester City be able to find a suitable replacement for Aguero's goal-scoring prowess? Can Barcelona's remaining attackers step up to fill the void left by Braithwaite and Dembele? The answers to these questions will unfold in the upcoming match, providing a glimpse into the competitive spirit and determination of both teams.Ronnie O’Sullivan withdrew from the Scottish Open at the last minute, leaving snooker fans furious on Monday night. O’Sullivan was due to take on Xing Zihao in the first round at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank Centre on Tuesday night. But the seven-time world champion joined world No.1 Judd Trump and three-time world champion Mark Williams in pulling out of the event. No reason has been given for The Rocket’s withdrawal, which has become a habit recently. The 49-year-old, who last played at the UK Championship in November, withdrew from the Scottish Open last year and has skipped the British Open, Wuhan Open and Northern Ireland Open during the current campaign. His latest withdrawal gives Zihao a bye into the second round of the competition and did not go down well with snooker fans. “Pulling out after the competition has started should result in a fine,” one wrote on social media. “All very boring now with Ronnie sadly,” another wrote. Another concluded: “He’s taking the p***. There are punters bought tickets expecting to watch him and he s**** all over them.” He is due back in action at next week’s 12-man Riyadh Season Snooker Championship, where he is defending champion. The event has the unique Golden Ball to make a 167 and offers a $1million prize for the first player to complete the feat. O’Sullivan has been open about his mental health struggles in recent years and prefers playing abroad, rather than in the UK, due to the better reception he feels he receives. “Some of the tournaments in the UK don't feel special," he said at the end of last year. "For me, I want to play in the best tournaments with the best crowds. I feel like I get more support and people like me better here in Asia than they do in my own country.” After playing in the International Championship in Nanjing, China, he explained his preference. “Best tournaments in the world, the fans are amazing, we’re supported really well, you only have to look at this venue, how great it is, the facilities, it’s beautiful,” he said. “We’re happy to be here, all the players love being here, we’re treated very well. So it’s a pleasure for all of us to come here and play in China for all of the events – you really make us feel special, which is all the snooker players ask for. Well we don’t even ask for that, but you offer your wonderful hospitality which is gratefully appreciated.”With a mix of slapstick humor, witty one-liners, and heartwarming moments, "Moonlight Bang!" strikes the perfect balance between laughter and heart. The film's infectious energy and genuine camaraderie among the cast make it a joy to watch, as the trio navigates a series of zany situations with humor and heart.Despite failing to pass the search and rescue dog assessment in Yunnan, China, 39 eager and dedicated canines are now seeking new homes. The news has sparked a heartwarming response, with nearly 700 people already signing up to offer these four-legged heroes a second chance.

In a shocking turn of events, a fire broke out at one of Alibaba's cloud computing data centers, causing chaos and panic among the hundreds of people inside. The incident took place in the early hours of the morning, catching many by surprise as they were forced to evacuate the building in a rush.