Everything that could go wrong pretty much did for the Mattituck/Greenport/Southold boys lacrosse team on Monday afternoon The Tuckers lost faceoffs — they lost possession — and they lost their mark on defense It all added up to a nine-goal halftime deficit as host Babylon recorded a 13-7 win in a Suffolk County Division II matchup “We didn’t show up,” said senior attacker Rocco Horton having to come out here on a Monday and get whupped,” senior midfielder Luke Weir said The game was a rematch of last year’s Class D county final Mattituck had visions of avenging that loss who won 80% of his faceoffs (16-of-20) against Trevor Fitzgerald and Weir and Henry Blair scored the first of his two goals connecting from close range past goalie Kyle Wieland 1:27 into the contest “I definitely thought we should win this game scoring that first goal off the bat,” senior goaltender Andrew McKenzie said “I thought that we were definitely going to stick with them the whole game … A lot of the games we’ve had slow starts Colin O’Brien equalized before adding a second tally at 4:26 The rest of the half was downhill for the visitors Dom Kuhnia scored from the right side at 7:44 Kai Jankow recorded the first of his game-high five goals at 11:29 Corey Dellafranca closed out the quarter with two goals within a 29-second span for a 6-1 lead “We just started sleeping on defense,” McKenzie said “We didn’t have any slides … That just messed us up.” Added head coach Jeff Hauser: “It’s tough You can only prepare so much and go over their tendencies Everything on paper kind of goes into the wind I could feel it coming off the bus when we were warming up.” who scored four consecutive goals as Babylon surged to a 10-1 halftime advantage Mattituck bounced back in the second half But we shouldn’t have to wake up,” Horton said “We’re a good team when we show up If we’re proactive instead of reactive “If we came out with a better mindset and a little more pep in our step and we played according to plan … I think the outcome of the game would have been a lot different,” added Weir Horton scored two goals in the third quarter who ran out of the goal area with the ball to midfield before spotting Horton so I have to make a play,” McKenzie said Justin Fox and Nate Steinfeld also scored for Mattituck McKenzie made 16 saves to run his county-best total to 172 “It’s no secret that Andrew is probably in the best Suffolk County lacrosse goalie,” Hauser said “But when our defense gives up two-yard shots I know that he was a little down on himself He definitely picked up in the second half.” After hosting Shoreham-Wading River on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., the Tuckers will visit Center Moriches on Monday which will determine whether they will reach the playoffs Babylon (3-0 against Class D teams) clinched the top seed Mattituck and Center Moriches are 1-1 apiece “That’s our win-or-go home game,” McKenzie said “We have to win that to make playoffs pretty much.” “We’re going to make sure that that game starts out differently,” Weir said “We cannot have this happening again.” who has turned around his tennis game with.. 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When Anthony Pagliuca takes the pitching mound Sunday coaches and doctors didn’t know if he would survive a September car crash — let alone throw a baseball as "on the brink of death" after he was pulled from the wreckage of a car crash that killed two of his friends in West Babylon He was flown to Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park and stayed there for two months undergoing multiple surgeries for traumatic brain injury Through rehab to regain his strength and memory Anthony’s in South Huntington in December to resume classes and rejoin the baseball team last month as a relief pitcher "His recovery is nothing shy of a miracle," said Dr a pediatric emergency medical physician and medical director of Cohen’s critical care transport team who supervised the lifesaving flight to the largest children’s trauma center in the region Anthony's relief pitcher Anthony Pagliuca lined up on the field with his teammates before a game against St John the Baptist in West Islip on Wednesday Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas politics and crime stories in Suffolk County By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy Anthony was riding in the back of a Kia Seltos with four other teens just after 1 a.m. Sept. 21, when their car was struck by another driver who ran a red light in West Babylon. The crash critically injured Anthony and killed the driver of the Kia, Bella Trezza the other driver of another Kia who police said ran the red light at Great East Neck Road and Railroad Avenue Sunday will mark what Anthony worked for — recovering and going on to be a starting pitcher for the St Anthony's Friars against his hometown team at West Babylon High School in a game where he will also pay tribute to his friends lost in the crash that rocked the West Babylon community He’ll be joined on the field with his two friends who survived the crash Jack Murphy and Bella’s brother Austin Trezza who will carry photos of Riley and Bella to the mound "It's not really about winning or losing just enjoying the moment and being with everyone," Anthony said before throwing with his team Wednesday during a game at St "I'll remember this for a long time and pray for them every day said she arrived at the crash site before her son was identified Volunteer firefighters passing along his photo eventually told her he was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore Doctors then said he needed to be airlifted to Cohen Children’s "When I got to the crash site I could see the devastation of the cars "We didn’t know who was alive and who wasn’t." a fractured neck and broken pelvis in the crash his family didn’t know if he would survive He was intubated on a ventilator through October while his family didn’t know the extent of his brain injury and if he would wake up from a weekslong coma 21 in West Babylon left three people dead and three injured Keri Pagliuca credited her son’s doctors with saving his life Anthony still doesn’t remember anything about the crash or that night his family had to tell him that his friends died in the crash "The fact that any of them survived the crash is unbelievable," Keri Pagliuca said he’s here and he’s going to prom and graduate There are so many what-ifs replaying in your mind and I tell him you’re here for a reason and you have to do your best for Bella and Riley." Anthony sat on the bench joking with friends before the game started Wednesday stronger and looking forward to going to SUNY Oneonta to study sports management His coaches and his teammates visited him every day during his recovery and rehab in New Jersey to ensure he "always had a friar" teammate in his room Anthony's Baseball Coach Paul Parsolano said Sunday’s game will allow the West Babylon community to remember those lost in the crash and begin healing "Anthony is a walking miracle and so lucky and blessed he’s still here with us and he has an opportunity to play baseball," Naccari said and this is God’s work in real life." Trump's influence on NY's future .. Get the latest news and more great videos at NewsdayTV Get more on these and other NewsdayTV stories The Newsday app makes it easier to access content without having to log in Unlimited Digital AccessOnly 25¢for 6 months Bitcoin ATMs: How Do They Work and How to Use Them? 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The Ultimate Guide to Decentralized Science What Are Pudgy Penguins (PENGU)? The Ultimate Collector’s Guide What is DeFi (Decentralized finance) and How Does it Work? KernelDAO, Solayer, and Babylon Listed on Binance Hinting at Restaking as the Next Big Narrative? Analyst: XRP Price Could Reach $3.63 in the Short Term Amid Key Breakout Signals Survey: How Americans Are Turning to Bitcoin as a Safe Haven MilkyWay Price Prediction: MILK Pre-TGE Forecast Grass Could Be the Next Project Listed on Binance? 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The Beginner’s Guide Source: EigenLayer Other chains like Solana and BNB Smart Chain have also begun integrating or enabling similar approaches BNB) to expand staking mechanisms in a more flexible way — aligning with the modular security demands of the next generation of Web3 infrastructure several major restaking projects have made notable progress: The restaking narrative rose to prominence in late 2023 through protocols like EigenLayer which introduced a novel idea: using staked assets (especially ETH) to secure additional services such as oracle networks This concept rapidly gained traction for several reasons: coupled with strategic venture capital backing made restaking the defining infrastructure narrative of that cycle Liquid Restaking Protocols’ TVL rise significantly in 2024 – Source: DeFiLlama and Modular Gaming have dominated early 2025 headlines and Babylon suggest a rekindling of interest in restaking infrastructure These new entrants reflect a maturation of the narrative Bitcoin) and broadening use cases beyond Ethereum whether restaking can reclaim its status as the top narrative remains uncertain restaking could once again move from narrative to necessity offering the backbone for the next phase of decentralized security infrastructure The rapid succession of restaking project listings on Binance has transformed what was once considered a “technical niche” into one of the most dominant investment narratives of Q2 2025 aiming to expand decentralized security for satellite chains in Web3 users restake to secure apps and earn MILK without losing liquidity The MILK token launched via Binance Wallet through a Wallet Initial Offering (WIO) on April 29, 2025 This isn’t just a new decentralized fundraising model It’s also a strong signal that Binance is giving MilkyWay special attention similar to its support of KernelDAO and Babylon Learn more: Milkyway Price Prediction MilkyWay uses a multi-layered architecture to enable cross-chain staking between 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and open web rendering engines in the world web graphics and rendering hit the accelerator with the release of Babylon.js 8.0 Babylon.js 8.0 represents a year of new features optimizations and performance improvements aimed at helping you create more compelling interactive web experiences faster than ever Image-Based Lighting (IBL) is a computer graphics lighting technique that approximates environment lighting based on a source image Originating in the visual effects world as a way to blend computer-generated effects with real photography IBL has become a ubiquitous tool for computer graphics wizards around the world Babylon.js first introduced support for IBL over 8 years ago and it has quickly become one of the most commonly used features of the engine we are absolutely thrilled to announce that our good friends at Adobe leveled up IBL in Babylon by adding shadows to the mix now both light and shadows for the scene environment can be approximated from a source image Special shout out to Michael Bond at Adobe for his incredible work on this Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8IBLShadows Learn more: https://aka.ms/babylon8IBLShadowsDoc We are thrilled to announce that Babylon.js 8.0 brings a frequently requested feature…Area Lights This amazing new addition to the lighting palette allows you to specify a 2D shape that emits light from it much like a large diffuse light that you might find on a movie set We can’t wait to see how you use this new light type to bring a new dimension to your scene Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8AreaLightsDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8AreaLightsDoc One of the most powerful new features in Babylon.js 8.0 is something we call the “Node Render Graph.” the specific rendering pipeline for Babylon has been a black box You tell Babylon what to render and it goes off and does it for you There have been observables that allow you to manipulate the result after completion of a render but the render process itself has been opaque With Babylon.js 8.0 you now have full control of the entire render pipeline This means that you can fully customize and control every part of the process of how your frames are rendered on the GPU you also now have a fancy new Node Graph tool to allow you to customize your own render pipeline without writing complex render process code Please note that the Node Render Graph is in Alpha for you to test and discover but should not be used in production yet as it is subject to change Try out the editor (on desktop): Babylon.js Node Render Graph Editor Check out a demo (on desktop): https://aka.ms/babylon8RenderGraphDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8RenderGraphDoc Babylon.js is a powerful tool used by tens of thousands of people and organizations across the globe to bring complex visual ideas to life on the web Babylon.js 8.0 unlocks a new super-powered tool for the other end of the spectrum…those scenarios where you want to display a simple 3D object on a web page with zero complexity Introducing the all new Babylon.js Lightweight Viewer This new viewer is designed to harness the same rendering beauty and power of the full engine but comes in a smaller bundle footprint and uses dynamic imports and capabilities (audio or animation for example) depending on the model that is loaded It can be added to any web page with just a few lines of HTML and is also fully extensible this new Lightweight Viewer wouldn’t be complete without a super easy-to-use configurator along with it The Viewer Configurator is a simple tool that allows you to customize the Viewer to your exact specifications and give you the simple .html properties to set so it looks the same in your website Play with the Configurator (on desktop): https://aka.ms/babylon8ViewerConfig Check it out: https://aka.ms/babylon8viewerHome Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8viewerDoc Babylon.js has had support for WebGPU since its inception have been written in GLSL (WebGL shading language) from the beginning Because WebGPU has its own shading language (WGSL) this posed a very interesting challenge How do you get GLSL shaders to render in WebGPU there is a conversion library that’s been available anyone wanting to target WebGPU with Babylon can leverage this library to convert the Babylon shaders into something WebGPU can use The downside of this is that this conversion library is over 3MB requiring users to double their download size for a standardBabylon.js project All of the core engine shaders for Babylon.js are now available in both GLSL and WGSL This means direct support for WebGPU right out of the box with no conversion layer essentially making Babylon.js 2x smaller when targeting WebGPU than in the past Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8WGSLDemo (try switching between WebGL2 and WebGPU) Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8WGSLDoc Well, why stop at core engine shaders? Why not unlock the ability to create custom WGSL shaders using Babylon’s Node Material Editor as well Check out a demo (on desktop): https://aka.ms/babylon8nmeWGSL Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8nmeWGSLDoc Those are just some of the main features of Babylon.js 8.0 Tune in for next posts and learn more about Audio See Part 2 and Part 3 of this series of posts about what’s in Babylon.js 8.0 Albion is an essayistic meditation on what it means to be native to a land Dalia Al-Dujaili examines her personal relationship to the physical landscapes of Iraq religion and mythology to construct a work that feels at once both deeply personal and also captures the existential questions that generations of immigrant children grapple with: where is my home Albion is undergirded by rigorous research although it does at times feel like a premature work Al-Dujaili invokes the seasons of her personal life but there is a sense that this might have been a deeper work with the twin gifts of experience and retrospect and she brings a variety of landscapes to life The most poignant descriptions are the intimate moments between Al-Dujaili and her parents Al-Dujaili describes her family’s garden as a ‘little Eden here in Surrey’s suburbia’ where her mother has miraculously nurtured an Iraqi fig tree into existence from a small cutting She does this because it ‘reminds me of home’ in Iraq many profound ways in which home is preserved and reconstructed in foreign lands Saqi Books, 8 May Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker 2025 at 12:03 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The Babylon community celebrated the grand opening of a new burger joint over the weekend (Courtesy Town of Babylon/Steve Gravano)BABYLON NY — A new burger joint is open for business in Babylon the neighboring sister restaurant of The Delica Sea celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday who took over the Babylon staple about a year ago Lusi's serves classic American fare—think burgers including Babylon officials and councilmen Terence McSweeney and DuWayne Gregory showed up to support the business and presented Lusi with a Certificate of Special Recognition According to a post on the eatery's social media page the grand opening comes after "year of hard work at The Delica Sea." Lusi's menu features burgers (including two veggie burgers) Guests can stop by Lusi's for grab and go, to enjoy at a table out front and can pre-order online here Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Yaqoub Beth-Addai is an Iraqi expert on militias active in the Nineveh Plains region and Mosul Part of a series: Militia Spotlight or see Part 1: How to Use Militia Spotlight An Iran-backed brigade led by a U.S.-designated human rights abuser is preparing to repeat its unfair practices and dominate local Christian voting in this year's general election and Kataib Babiliyoun is the 50th Brigade of the Iraqi state-funded Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) The 2021 vote saw the Babylon Movement secure four of the five parliamentary seats reserved for Christians a victory marred by allegations of electoral manipulation Kildani's success was largely due to votes from non-Christian constituents facilitated by his ties to Shia militias and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) This influx of non-Christian votes effectively marginalized authentic Christian voices in the political arena and is set to happen once again As previously reported, in March 2023 the Nineveh Plains Protection Units (NPU) were forcibly submerged into the Babylon Brigade Despite numerous NPU attempts to separate from the brigade the Iraqi government has ignored these pleas and backtracked on promises to comply with the NPU’s demands to be reinstated as an independent armed force With the NPU under his command and control Kildani has worked to undercut its independence and weaken its role in policing the Nineveh Plains.  Kildani recently ordered every NPU member to collect twenty-five voting cards from friends and relatives so they can be used to cast votes in favor of Kildani’s candidates Noncompliance resulted in threats of job termination or fines of approximately $66 per un-submitted card leading many Christian soldiers to consider resignation Reports also indicate that brigade members are compelled to engage with Kildani's social media content under threat of withholding salaries With many families dependent on their NPU pay though NPU commanders have thus far remained united in refusing the illegal order These coercive strategies are raising further concerns about the integrity of Christian representation in Iraq's parliament In addition to direct militia intimidation allegations have surfaced regarding the Kildani family’s operation of illicit establishments in Mosul further tarnishing Rayan's reputation.  Christian political groups submitted several demands to the Iraqi House of Representatives and Federal Supreme Court These included withdrawing militias from communities in the Nineveh Plains and amending the election law for the House of Representatives and provincial councils to ensure authentic representation for Christians Christian religious and community leaders have been discussing the possibility of an electoral boycott Without significant reforms and safeguards there is a growing fear that the 2025 election will once again see the hijacking of Christian seats by individuals and groups that do not genuinely represent the community's interests Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced initiatives aimed at bolstering the Christian presence in local police forces and promoting new construction developments in the Nineveh Plains Although these measures are a step in the right direction many community leaders argue that they fall short of addressing the systemic problems The pervasive influence of militias loyal to external actors continues to undermine genuine efforts toward stability and representation for Iraq's Christian minorities The Washington Institute seeks to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East and to promote the policies that secure them The Institute is a 501(c)3 organization; all donations are tax-deductible We use cookies to make sure we give you the best experience possible. 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Four residents and one firefighter were transferred to a hospital for evaluation The Red Cross responded to help the residents displaced by the fire Suffolk County arson detectives and the Town of Babylon fire marshals were investigating the cause Four residents and one firefighter were taken to a hospital for evaluation after a fire damaged two homes on Embargo Place in North Babylon on Saturday evening The latest Babylon.js 8.0 release includes several updates to assist developers in creating beautiful and performant 3D experiences Babylon.js 8.0 continues the long rich tradition of supporting every extension update to the glTF format Babylon.js is in lock-step with support for those advancements Babylon.js 8.0 brings support for the very beautiful KHR_materials_diffuse_transmission Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8gltfdemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8gltfDoc Credit to Eric Chadwick for the beautiful asset Babylon.js introduces a host of new improvements to the glTF serializer allowing you to export your Babylon scenes as glTF objects with support for the latest extensions and features Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8gltfSerializerDemo (try exporting as glTF and opening in your favorite 3D tool) Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8gltfSerializerDoc Babylon.js 8.0 unlocks new loader options for glTF objects allowing you to programmatically load your assets with pre-determined specifications such as loading at a specific LOD (Level of Detail) These new loader options will provide new flexibility and control of how you bring assets into your Babylon.js scenes Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8glTFLoaderDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8glTFLoaderDoc IES Lighting is a technique that describes the “shape” of a light that emits from a lamp. You can read more about it here: IES-Library unlocking new ways to express dimension and lighting in your scenes Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8IESLightDemo (click/touch to see different IES light shapes) Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8IESLightDoc Babylon.js 8.0 allows you to export .usdz files making it easier than ever for you to build AR experiences targeted for iOS devices Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8usdzDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8usdzDoc Picking meshes in a scene can be an expensive feature since the CPU has to loop through every piece of geometry to find the triangle that most closely intersects the ray cast from the picking location Babylon.js 8.0 introduces the ability to pick meshes from directly from the GPU you can boost performance by offloading this to the GPU Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8gpuPickDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8gpuPickDoc especially if you have a few animated meshes with a large number of vertices Babylon.js 8.0 introduces the ability to pass Bounding Box calculation to the GPU freeing up valuable cycles on the CPU and improving performance for your scene Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8gpuBBoxDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8gpuBBoxDoc Babylon.js 8.0 also brings support for EXR files This feature-rich image format unlocks some new superpowers for you to use in Babylon.js can be used to store complex visualizations as a texture format that can now be read in Babylon.js Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8exrDemo Babylon.js 8.0 brings support for a new and exciting WebXR feature called “Depth Sensing.” This feature uses depth information captured from devices to give developers the ability to overlay real world visuals “on top” of computer-generated images Check out a demo (on recent Android devices and Quest 3): https://aka.ms/babylon8webxrDSDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8webxrDSDoc Babylon.js 8.0 is by far the platform’s biggest release to date There’s so much goodness packed into it that it feels like you’ve been scrolling forever Would you believe there’s even more in active development?!! Here’s a tiny tease about a couple of things on the horizon: glTF Interactivity Support — If you follow the advancement of the glTF file format then you know that exciting things are coming with the interactivity workstream We’re actively working on supporting this incredible new extension that will allow asset behaviors to travel with your assets That means that interactivity is no longer tied to one specific creation tool or engine OpenPBR Support — OpenPBR is an open standard for how Physically Based Rendered materials look when rendered Guess what’s in active development in Babylon Tooling For Everyone — We understand that everyone who comes to the Babylon platform comes from different backgrounds and experience levels from software engineers at the top of their game to students and artists just beginning their computer graphics journey We are passionate about ensuring that everyone who is interested in leveraging Babylon.js has the tools and workflows to do so We’ll have more to share on this later this year With each evolution of Babylon.js comes a revolution in web rendering technology and an overwhelming feeling of gratitude The Babylon platform simply wouldn’t be possible without the incredible community of developers and the steadfast advocates that contribute their knowledge help and passion to this amazing technology “Thank you” to each one of you for all that you do to help make Babylon.js one of the most powerful simple and open web rendering platforms in the world See Part 1 and Part 2 of this series of posts about what’s in Babylon.js 8.0 Our mission is to create one of the most powerful beautiful and simple web rendering engines in the world The latest Babylon.js 8.0 engine packs a ton of new improvements to help you create stunning experiences Babylon’s audio engine is long overdue for a tune-up and Babylon.js 8.0 swings for the fences bringing an entirely fresh audio engine to your ears This new engine was designed to be powerful — taking advantage of the full suite of web-audio features modern — class names and architecture you’ve come to expect and simple-to-use — allowing anyone to leverage these features For those of you who care passionately about the marriage of audio and visuals to tell a compelling story Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8AudioEnginev2Demo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8AudioEnginev2Doc Babylon.js 8.0 builds on the exciting foundation of Gaussian Splat support with some exciting new updates such as SPZ and compressed PLY formats as well as runtime optimizations for memory footprint and CPU/GPU usage Check out a demo for SPZ: https://aka.ms/babylon8gsplatImrovementsDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8gsplatImprovementsDoc Footage from: St. Peter’s Basilica A collaboration with Microsoft and Iconem for the Fabbrica di San Pietro we’ve continued our amazing partnership with the very talented team at Havok this time bringing their fully featured character controller into Babylon.js This brings a state-of-the-art character controller to your toolbox allowing you to start making your very own character-centered game with just a few lines of code Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8havokCCDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8havokCCDoc Babylon.js 8.0 builds on our rich library of node-based creation tools with the introduction of Smart Filters and the Smart Filter Editor This new tool allows you to create video filters Under the hood it leverages shaders in the same way you’d expect any of our GPU-based tools to do but it focuses on helping you create elaborate 2D visual treatments for web experiences We can’t wait to see what you make with this exciting new tool Try it out yourself (on desktop): https://aka.ms/babylon8sfe Check out a demo (on desktop): https://aka.ms/babylon8sfeDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8sfeDoc Babylon.js 8.0 continues to improve visual realism leveling up the environment lighting to look closer and closer to real-time ray traced results Another shout out to Michael Bond at Adobe for this additional great contribution Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8EnvImprovementsDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8EnvImprovementsDoc Babylon.js introduced the ability to procedurally generate geometry without writing any code through the Node Geometry Editor Node Geometry takes a big step up with a massive list of new features including a lattice deformer an aggregator and the ability to subdivide Check out a demo (on desktop): https://aka.ms/babylon8ngeDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8ngeDoc Babylon’s Node Material Editor makes it incredibly simple to create complex visual shaders without writing any code This artist-friendly tool bridges the gap between the complexity of building GPU shaders and the way artists think and work Babylon.js 8.0 introduces some exciting UI improvements as well as the new incredibly useful “visual debug node.” This node allows you to see the visual output at any point in your Node Tree You no longer have to move the output around and hook it up to different places in your graph It’s as simple as adding debug nodes throughout your tree to see how your shader changes throughout the computation Check out a demo (on desktop): https://aka.ms/babylon8nmedebugnodedemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8nmedebugnodedoc True and False are just fine the way they are Babylon.js 8.0 introduces support for the popular Manifold.js library allowing you to create new shapes with more consistent Geometric Booleans “Finally some Booleans that look the way I expect them to look!” Check out a demo: https://aka.ms/babylon8booleanDemo Learn more here: https://aka.ms/babylon8booleanDoc Check out the next post for updates on glTF See Part 1 and Part 3 of this series of posts about what’s in Babylon.js 8.0 Margot Robbie in Babylon courtesy of Paramount Pictures It’s been four years since we’ve seen a film from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash and his long-awaited return isn’t all it should’ve been following the rise and fall of its protagonists The film follows Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie) and Manny Torres (Diego Calva) as they navigate early Hollywood in 1920s Los Angeles and try to get their foot in the door of the film industry (L-R) Margot Robbie & Diego Calva in Babylon courtesy of Paramount Pictures we’re instantly drawn into the story of the two protagonists and Chazelle’s work on paper and behind the camera makes us care about what happens to them The film’s opening sequence slightly disconnects the audience from what’s to follow but certainly sets up the tone of the following sequences perfectly The sheer scale and madness of the first extended sequence are breathtaking yet exhilarating and tiring The film seems to lack purpose and feels unguided until the introduction of Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie) instantly adding urgency and creating relatable dynamics in the story Robbie shines in what may be her best on screen lighting up the screen and demonstrating the full range of her talents Her chemistry with co-lead Diego Calva radiates off the screen and many of their scenes are truly enjoyable to watch The rest of the supporting cast is introduced particularly well with specific performances standing out more than others Li Jun Li’s mysterious Lady Fay Zhu comes into the film with one of the most unforgettable musical performances in the history of film and continues to be a great addition to the supporting cast Pitt’s performance in Babylon is genuinely forgettable and is not a good addition to his filmography While it is written in the script that Jack Conrad (Pitt) is a bad actor the character’s arc doesn’t land particularly well and the emotions you intend to feel for him aren’t there The other notable supporting additions throughout the film are Elinor St with the latter actor being off-the-rails crazy in somewhat of a questionable decision in the film’s script bringing us into the hectic world of filmmaking and setting up the rest of the film which unfortunately fails to live up to its opening well-shot fever dream filled with great performances with the clear standout being Margot Robbie it feels like a good time to address the incredible score from composer Justin Hurwitz (La La Land Take this from someone who really doesn’t enjoy jazz Hurwitz’s score is the true driving heart of the film providing urgency with his chaotically arranged pieces like “Voodoo Mama” and “Coke Room” while demonstrating his expansive use of instrumentation and ballads with tracks like “Manny and Nellie’s Theme.” I’d hate to give away the genius of the film’s score too soon so keep your eyes peeled for an in-depth look into its genius and madness and how Hurwitz uses repetitive motifs to display varying emotions and tones (L-R) Jean Smart & Brad Pitt in Babylon courtesy of Paramount Pictures The film starts to veer off of the track as it closes out its first act with this becoming more prominent as the film plays out As we sit through the film’s excessive 3+ hour runtime we watch Chazelle’s screenplay become unhinged and unfocused and it feels like Chazelle has run out of things to say That’s not to say that there aren’t profound moments of dialogue such as the phenomenally-delivered monologue from Jean Smart in the film’s third act that might be one of the only good moments from the film’s latter half The script leans away from the titular theme of “Babylon,” a place that defined itself as the capital of an empire and leans into the coked-up creation you wouldn’t expect from a director like Chazelle ending points in the film throughout its second half The film takes wild turns and makes incredibly bold decisions with some working and some leaving viewers questioning what they just witnessed the film does the boldest thing it can and goes incredibly meta resulting in a sequence that confuses viewers while emotionally tying the story together Babylon overindulges and pushes itself too far The film boasts a fantastic first half but quickly runs out of things to say and stutters until it crafts an ending that leaves viewers questioning what they just witnessed Catch Babylon exclusively in theaters beginning on December 23 Baum manages the day-to-day and big-picture tasks of the website while reviewing films and covering current news Sign up with your email address to receive the latest news and exclusive content Founder and former CEO of the London-based multinational digital health giant Babylon which will offer clinicians an AI assistant to help with administrative and clinical tasks is an AI-enabled personal clinical assistant available in multiple languages designed to support clinicians with various tasks "We assembled an experienced team of scientists and clinical innovators across the globe to address the main challenge in healthcare: the structural imbalance between the elastic demand from our communities and the constrained supply of our clinicians offer hope that we can finally address this imbalance by creating an elastic source of clinical supply support What matters now is how this is done to benefit all in need," Parsa said in a LinkedIn post "Qu has only just begun its journey and still has much to learn We invite clinicians and carers everywhere to join us to test Qu we will open Qu for every clinician everywhere enabling each to make it their own personal AI assistant and customize it according to their needs and way of working which also offered a digital health chatbot went public through a $4.2 billion special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Alkuri Global Acquisition in 2021 Babylon announced its plans to go private after it accepted a take-private proposal from AlbaCore Capital on behalf of its affiliate MindMaze The deal included a secured term loan facility for up to $34.5 million and Babylon's transition from a publicly traded company to a private entity Babylon also planned to merge with MindMaze Babylon reported the deal with MindMaze was not moving forward and the company would pursue the sale of its U.K business to third parties and exit its U.S Babylon subsequently filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware for two U.S – as the company sought to liquidate its assets the London-based company sold almost all of its U.K assets to digital-health company eMed Healthcare U.K. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed © 2025 MobiHealthNews is a publication of HIMSS Media The latest news in digital health delivered daily to your inbox and Jewish studies from the late nineteenth century to today Her current research focuses on the cultural legacy of the Weimar Republic the period after the First World War when Germany was governed as a constitutional democracy for the first time in its history This was brought to an end by the rise to power of the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler in 1933 It's a subject Smith also visits in her upcoming book The Afterlives of Weimar Berlin: Twenty-First-Century Literature due to be published by Camden House / Boydell & Brewer at the end of 2024 keen to check out the television series Babylon Berlin when it first appeared in 2017 “I was very excited to see a large-scale cinematic production on streaming television that focused on the Weimar Republic.” It’s a period of German history that has been somewhat neglected in popular media Set during the latter years of the Republic Babylon Berlin is a German-made “neo-noir” television series focusing on the exploits of  police inspector Gereon Rath and an amateur detective who also happens to be a woman “I was especially excited because the show’s main character is a type of woman that I've written about since I started my academic career,” added Smith Charlotte (Lotte) Ritter is a police clerk and aspiring detective at the start of the series engaging in sex work at night to support her impoverished family Ritter’s character really holds a mirror up to the many aspects that encompass Weimar Germany “The country could have gone in any direction—could have become a communist state could have lapsed into another type of authoritarian regime—but Germany became democratic for thirteen years The show also explores another notable aspect of the Weimar Republic namely the flowering of cultural expression whose research interests focus on gender and sexuality in German film and media “This was the first place that saw serious efforts at queer emancipation both in print and in visual culture more broadly We saw the artistic development of a queer community there and I think that's a huge part of the appeal of the show to modern audiences,” she added Baer and Smith sought to explore Babylon Berlin’s unique contribution to contemporary visual culture when putting together the book “was to have an interdisciplinary set of fields represented in the book The show is so rich in its many dimensions that we really wanted to bring experts on different areas together to write in more specificity and detail about those topics.” The book includes essays from scholars of Jewish Germany A Guest SpeakerImmediately following Smith and Baer’s book launch was an event featuring one of the three creators of the Babylon Berlin series Berlin-based film director Henk Handloegten came to campus on September 12 to lead a screening and discussion of select scenes from the fourth season of the show “We were struck by what Handloegten had to say about the show’s commitment to emotional realism,” said Baer meaning “how the show aimed to present the historical reality of characters in the 1920s but in a way that would resonate emotionally with audiences of today The example he gave was the music they used in the series which often had a contemporary edge and so could be quite different from the sounds of the 1920s,” she explained “While the makers of the show were careful to try to maintain historical accuracy regarding the depiction of political and legal issues I think in terms of the broader artistic context—the acting styles and the soundtrack for example—there was much more of a ‘mash-up’ aesthetic mixing the old and the new,” added Baer Handloegten’s visit was sponsored by the Departments of Art History and the German Embassy’s “Germany on Campus” Initiative VICTORIA, Seychelles, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEXC, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched an exclusive BTC Fixed Saving Event offering an Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of up to 99%, in anticipation of the upcoming Babylon (BABY) token listing This event not only brings substantial rewards to users but also underscores MEXC's commitment to supporting the development of diverse ecosystems and projects across the cryptocurrency space High APR Opportunity Through BTC Fixed Saving Event offers new users the opportunity to earn up to 99% APR on their BTC deposits Babylon Airdrop+ Event with a Total Prize Pool of 150,000 USDT MEXC is also hosting the Babylon (BABY) Airdrop+ Event Users can participate and share the prize pool in the following ways:Benefit 1: New users can deposit to share 80,000 USDT in Futures bonuses.Benefit 2: Trade in the Futures Challenge to share 50,000 USDT in Futures bonuses (open to all users).Benefit 3: Invite new users and share 20,000 USDT in Futures bonuses (open to all users) MEXC's Commitment to User-Centric Innovation In addition to the BTC Fixed Saving Event and the Babylon Airdrop+ Event MEXC continues to prioritize the interests of its users MEXC demonstrates its commitment to delivering value and supporting its global user base MEXC led the industry with an impressive 461 spot listings consistently ranking among the top six exchanges and demonstrating its ability to quickly capture market trends MEXC empowers global users to seize market opportunities and unlock greater investment potential Risk Disclaimer:The information provided in this article regarding cryptocurrencies does not constitute investment advice Given the highly volatile nature of the cryptocurrency market investors are encouraged to carefully assess market fluctuations and potential financial risks before making any trading decisions Source Contact:Lucia Hulucia.hu@mexc.com Disclaimer: This press release is provided by MEXC and opinions expressed in this content are solely those of the content provider and do not necessarily reflect the views of this media platform or its publisher or reliability of any information presented This content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial or trading advice.Investing in crypto and mining-related opportunities involves significant risks These products may not be suitable for everyone and you should ensure that you understand the risks involved Speculate only with funds that you can afford to lose Readers are strongly encouraged to conduct their own research and consult with a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions due to the 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within the wallet A dedicated Babylon DApp section has also been launched allowing users to quickly discover and interact with the growing Babylon ecosystem Babylon introduces a new layer of utility for Bitcoin by enabling it to secure proof-of-stake (PoS) networks users can stake $BTC and $BABY onchain via Bitget Wallet unlocking new yield opportunities while contributing to the security and liquidity of PoS chains Bitget Wallet users can also connect directly to Babylon's website for one-click $BTC staking simplifying access to Babylon's staking functions and reducing the technical barriers for participation As one of the wallets with the broadest support for public blockchains Bitget Wallet offers an extensive multichain infrastructure that supports over 130 blockchain networks and seamless access to nearly a million tokens and over 20,000 DApps The Babylon integration further reinforces Bitget Wallet's commitment to enabling real onchain participation through secure and accessible tools By supporting both Bitcoin-native and Babylon-native assets Bitget Wallet empowers users to bridge liquidity and security between ecosystems in a single interface it's important to lower barriers to participation in emerging networks like Babylon," said Alvin Kan "By supporting native $BABY and $BTC staking in a secure and accessible way we aim to contribute to a more inclusive onchain environment—where crypto is usable and relevant for everyone." Experience Babylon mainnet on Bitget Wallet About Bitget WalletBitget Wallet is the home of Web3 uniting endless possibilities in one non-custodial wallet a DApp browser and crypto payment solutions Bitget Wallet enables seamless multi-chain trading across hundreds of DEXs and cross-chain bridges along with a $300+ million protection fund to ensure safety of users' assets and a California attorney are suing the state of California after it passed two laws that censor online content Kelly Chang Rickert in federal suit challenging law that unlawfully censors political speech The Babylon Bee and Rickert are now free to post their political content online during the current election season without fear of violating the law while the case continues That law applies around election time to censor digitally edited content that is “materially deceptive” and addresses candidates and other election material related to California elections The law also forces speakers to include a disclaimer when posting satire and imposes severe penalties allowing anyone who sees the content to sue and obtain attorneys’ fees “California’s war against political memes is censorship We shouldn’t trust the government to decide what is true in our online political debates,” said ADF Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs Newsom has no constitutional authority to act as the humor police While lawmakers act as if posting and resharing memes is a threat to democracy these laws censor speech California politicians don’t like We are grateful that California’s unconstitutional law can no longer be applied to censor The Babylon Bee and Ms Rickert while the case continues and that they are again free to exercise their First Amendment rights to poke fun at political leaders.” “Our job is hard enough when our jokes keep coming true as if they were prophecies,” said The Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon “But it becomes significantly more difficult when self-serving politicians abuse their power to try to control public discourse and clamp down on comedy the First Amendment secures our right to tell jokes they don’t like.” “My personal blog and social media accounts don’t need Governor Newsom’s stamp of approval,” added Rickert “This attempt to silence humor and other content that appeals to me and my audience is a blatant misuse of power to silence dissent.” Newsom responded to a parody video of Vice President Kamala Harris by declaring that the video “should be illegal,” and the California Legislature responded by fast-tracking the bills which the governor signed into law on Sept In the motion asking to temporarily halt AB 2839 ADF attorneys explain that the law both compels speech with which The Bee and Rickert disagree and chills speech they wish to share The motion explains that the language in the laws is too vague and gives California officials too much power to censor speech they disagree with The California Legislature also recognized the constitutional problems of the laws and said that they were “almost guaranteed to be the subject of litigation.” District Court for the Central District of California and the case was then transferred to the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of California David Shaneyfelt of the Alvarez Firm and Brian R two of more than 4,800 attorneys in the ADF Attorney Network have served as local counsel for The Babylon Bee and Rickert Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom Jonathan Scruggs serves as senior counsel and vice president of litigation strategy with Alliance Defending Freedom he identifies new litigation opportunities and improves processes across multiple litigation teams in collaboration with the chief legal counsel Scruggs has worked on and prevailed in a variety of cases related to Title IX and people’s right to freely express their faith which Scruggs argued at the Arizona Supreme Court He has argued before numerous federal appellate courts and trial courts across the country and has extensive experience litigating free-speech and equal-protection issues on behalf of students at Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice in the states of Arizona and Tennessee Supreme Court and multiple federal district and appellate courts © 2025 Alliance Defending Freedom is a registered 501(C)(3) Charity. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions A Scott’s Addition-based indoor farming company has a new leader at the helm Babylon Micro-Farms announced last week that Marc Oshima has been appointed its new CEO Oshima brings years of experience in indoor farming to Babylon He was previously a co-founder and chief marketing officer of AeroFarms an indoor agriculture company founded in the Finger Lakes area of New York in 2004 that is now headquartered in Danville He also served as board chair for the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Alliance Oshima succeeds former Babylon CEO Marc Oosterhuis who spent six years with the company as mentor Oosterhuis announced his stepping down in February Oshima told BizSense he is not aware of the reasoning behind Oosterhuis’s stepping down but that Oosterhuis has remained in an advisory role during the transition Oshima said he first got exposed to Babylon through its membership in the CEA Alliance Babylon looked for a candidate with experience in indoor farming and scaling companies The company has installed its micro-farms in 40 states and five countries and Oshima said he’s looking forward to continued growth Babylon last year unveiled a small, $6,500 farming unit aimed at K-12 schools called the STEM Garden It’s now in over 100 K-12 schools and universities and Oshima hopes for Babylon’s footprint in schools to grow on his watch That growth also includes continued work with New York-based Green Bronx Machine which integrates programming on indoor farming in K-12 schools Green Bronx Machine has expanded across country lines including significant work in the United Arab Emirates Green Bronx Machine founder Stephen Ritz serves as a brand ambassador for Babylon “When we talk about being in five countries today we see a lot of growth opportunities into these global markets,” Oshima said “We’re just scratching the surface on what the total available market is.”  Oshima said he’s excited to get started with Babylon’s 40-person team that he said is united around the mission to provide access to quality because we’re writing this new playbook in agriculture,” he said we’ll be able to write the next chapter.”  Oshima comes aboard following the recent unveiling of Babylon’s newest product a new iteration of its flagship Galleri Micro-Farm – an automated indoor vertical farm that the company introduced in late May 2022 The micro-farms can hold plants from over 45 varieties like leafy greens down from the roughly $15,000-per-unit pricing of the original Galleri Babylon was taking orders for the Galleri Lite and was set to ship by the end of the month Babylon’s Galleri clients include American Airlines University of Virginia and other organizations Babylon was founded in Charlottesville in 2017 by Alexander Olesen and Graham Smith who remain with the company as a board member and CTO Babylon relocated to its current headquarters at 3409 Carlton St Manufacturing of Babylon products is also done at the Carlton Street headquarters the company has secured around $20 million in equity funding and between $2 million and $4 million in grant funding This story is for our paid subscribers only Please become one of the thousands of BizSense Pro readers today Renew now by choosing a subscription below YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR A 1 YEAR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL AT THE RATE IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME UNLESS YOU CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY LOGGING IN OR BY CONTACTING SUPPORT@BUSINESSDEN.COM ALL CHARGES FOR MONTHLY OR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS ARE NONREFUNDABLE EACH MEMBERSHIP WILL ONLY FUNCTION ON UP TO 3 MACHINES ACCOUNTS ABUSING THAT LIMIT WILL BE DISCONTINUED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP PLEASE EMAIL SUPPORT@BUSINESSDEN.COM Jackie joined Richmond BizSense in January 2025. 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Many people both young and old do not hold a Christian worldview because they have not been taught the foundational truths of God’s Word beginning in Genesis Our dynamic speakers proclaim the truth and authority of the Bible amid growing compromise In churches and conferences in the US and around the globe we are committed to stand uncompromisingly on the Word of God from the very first verse and to relate the relevance of a literal Genesis to today’s world Email me with conference and event updates: See all email lists Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ Learn more About  .  Contact  .  Donation led by archaeologist Quhtan Abbas Hassan Aboud is part of an ongoing excavation at site 19/3 in the Al-Fayadiya district The discoveries offer insights into two distinct historical layers: the Sasanian and Old Babylonian periods providing a rare glimpse into the evolution of one of the world’s earliest civilizations The excavation site is divided into two sectors Sector A covers an area of approximately 6,000 square meters and features two distinct archaeological layers Director of Iraq’s Department of Excavations the upper layer corresponds to the Sasanian period but it has been significantly damaged by erosion and human activity over time The deeper and better-preserved layer dates back to the Old Babylonian period offering researchers a more intact snapshot of urban life during that era which spanned roughly from 1894 to 1595 BCE several stand out for their historical and cultural significance and cylinder seals were discovered in excellent condition the world’s oldest known writing system was used more than 5,000 years ago and offers invaluable information about Babylonian governance The clay tablets often functioned as early legal documents and some were encased in a clay outer shell—a precursor to the modern envelope small cylindrical objects carved with intricate symbols were used to sign documents or mark ownership in ancient Mesopotamia often made from stone or other durable materials were essential tools for people across all levels of Babylonian society The artistry and craftsmanship of these artifacts highlight the visual culture and aesthetic developments of the Babylonian period The seals feature detailed iconography that has helped historians trace the evolution of Babylonian art and symbolism over time According to a statement from Iraq’s General Authority of Antiquities and Heritage the findings represent a breakthrough in the understanding of Babylonian urban development and material culture Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative “Certain dates echo throughout history,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in a speech on Jan “Dates that occupy not only a place on our calendars Harris’ speech reflects the liberal trend to equate the events of Jan leading to one being shot and killed — with acts of war and terrorism But after almost four years of extensive coverage from media and Democrats most people don’t realize that Alexandria Occasio-Cortez died “over seven times” that day or that thousands of Trump supporters covered the Capitol walls like terrifying rightwing Spider-men while a colossus Buffalo Guy cackled in the sky above them These are just some of the fictional details The Babylon Bee exposes in its new mockumentary “January 6: The Most Deadliest Day.” The satirical movie — the Bee’s first feature-length film — is the best way to treat the outlandish claims about mass riots and attacks on democracy The mockumentary  acknowledges the seriousness of what happened — the film is dedicated to Ashli Babbitt a Trump supporter who was the only person who died at the Capitol — but refuses to pretend Jan 6 is as problematic as 9/11 or Pearl Harbor The movie stars Bee Editor-in-Chief Kyle Mann as fictional journalist Garth Strudelfudd Strudelfudd attempts to confirm the premise that Jan 6 was as bad as the terrorist attacks of 9/11 or the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor Strudelfudd meets with conservative figures Michael Knowles and Dennis Prager and comes face-to-face with violent insurrectionists like Buffalo Guy and Podium Guy The Babylon Bee’s satirical brilliance undercuts the media narrative surrounding Jan 6 with nonstop humor that frames serious arguments 6 protestor was held in prison for two years without trial and convicted of six felonies; the protester who moved the lectern spent 300 days in solitary confinement and 41 months in prison; and a grandmother who was present at the Capitol was fined $103,000 media and Democrats celebrated Black Lives Matter protesters who rioted and took 13 lives during the summer of 2020 “Prominent Democrat politicians encouraged [the Black Lives Matter protests],” Knowles says “The current vice president of the United States actually raised money to bail these people out of jail.” the film highlights true stories from people at the Capitol filmed himself entering the Capitol building — the video shows him standing in the entrance for 71 seconds and leaving at the police’s request police arrested him and charged him with “disorderly and disruptive conduct” and “parading As Strudelfudd finds mounting evidence that the media’s narrative has misrepresented what actually happened at the Capitol preferring to zap his interviewees into the Phantom Zone — an extra-dimensional prison from DC Comics His character represents Democrats’ commitment to persecuting their political enemies But the movie includes normal Americans in the conversation most people interviewed did not remember exactly where they were on Jan Interviews with Republican women reveal people who care about their country It’s also the Bee’s next move in its fight for free speech As Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon explained in a September speech at Hillsdale College, the Bee’s refusal to remove content mocking transgenderism helped convince Elon Musk to buy Twitter (now X). The Bee also announced a lawsuit against California’s recent anti-deepfake law The movie is available to premium subscribers on The Babylon Bee’s website consider supporting the Bee’s campaign for free speech Or just to find out if Dennis Prager really controls a Jewish space laser Courtesy | Avedis Maljanian My family’s phones screamed with alerts at about 6:30 p.m... When I nannied for millennial parents who raised their kids with the “gentle parenting” philosophy After 40 hours of work and two tons of ice blocks four men from Simpson Residence constructed an igloo outside.. It wasn’t the way they had expected it to end a teary-eyed bunch of Mattituck High School girls basketball players congratulated their Babylon rivals The Tuckers had aspirations of defending their Suffolk County Class B title but dropped a 57-22 decision to the top-seeded side at St Joseph’s University in Patchogue last Sunday The Tuckers could not get over a slow start and they wound up chasing the game from just about the opening tip-off “I was hoping that we would come out and be fully energized, come out at our full potential, but we didn’t,” said junior guard Claire McKenzie who tied senior guard Riley Corrigan for a team-high eight points “We definitely forced a lot of bad passes and bad shots.” which extended its winning streak to six games will meet the winner of the Nassau County final between Carle Place and Cold Spring Harbor for the Long Island championship at Farmingdale College on March 12 “They’re just as good as they were last year if not better,” senior guard Paige Rittberg said As one of only two teams to beat the Panthers in the regular season the second-seeded Tuckers (13-9) were confident entering the contest against the League VII champions But Mattituck struggled to get on track against Babylon’s relentless defense missing their first 11 field-goal attempts and converting on just one of 15 shots from the floor in the first quarter as the Panthers grabbed a 12-6 lead “I feel like that was nerves,” said Rittberg Mattituck gave up seven turnovers in the opening period and 21 for the game Babylon coughed up the ball four times in the quarter “The pressure that they applied was really really good,” head coach Steve Van Dood said They were trapping well and putting our girls on our heels and that’s something we’ve preached all year Babylon did a good job of controlling the dance The Tuckers tried to find their game and a rhythm but Babylon increased its advantage to 27-10 at the half and never looked back They boast a talented trio who averaged in double digits during the regular season Junior forward Peyton Logue-Boyd finished with a game-high 18 points and eighth-grade point guard Morgan Fielder and senior forward Gia Randazzo contributed 16 points apiece it definitely gave us fits,” Van Dood said “We would make one stop on one of the girls and then someone else would be open to make a shot.” the youngest and smallest player on the court Her quickness and ability to dribble with both hands allowed her to run past her marker Fielder caused several turnovers that were transformed into baskets “She makes really good passes to she sets really good like picks and giving goes with the taller people on her team,” McKenzie said That definitely helps her get the ball.” Corrigan and Rittberg were among four seniors on the team who played their final game along with forwards Rhianna Lutz and Casey Szczotka really good at keeping our heads up,” Rittberg said I’m definitely going to miss all the players and our competitiveness.” Van Dood felt the Tuckers acquitted themselves well this season “We really weren’t picked to do anything,” he said considering we had a lot of girls that never played basketball before in their lives The fact that we were even in the county championship game this year is a testament to how hard they worked and how they listened.” 2025 at 4:41 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}A video obtained by Patch shows a Chrysler hitting another vehicle (Courtesy of Ferraro's Wine and Liquor)BABYLON VILLAGE NY — A car crash hospitalized three people including a pedestrian on Long Island on Friday Police told Patch a southbound 2000 Chrysler failed to stop at a stop sign at the corner of Cottage Row and Main Street in Babylon Village around 1:15 p.m Three people were transported to local hospitals for treatment of minor injurie A video obtained by Patch captured by Ferraro's Wine and Liquor at 66 W Main St. shows the Chrysler hitting a vehicle head on resulting in the vehicle spinning in circles The driver of the Chrysler said there was a mechanical failure with her vehicle Video courtesy of Ferraro's Wine and Liquor 10/19/2024 Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Yesterday I interviewed a refugee Ukrainian family in transition from their homeland looking for a permanent place to settle They were being visited by evangelical church friends Since I was teaching a course on current world conflicts the conversation turned to Palestine/Israel where a number of references were made to Babylon and Jeremiah.  the Lord will now do everything that he has decided/He will punish Babylon’s people as he said he would do/you people of Babylon who live beside many rivers/it is now time for you to die…..”.(Jeremiah 50:1-51) evangelists view all forms of “wickedness and evil” in the world as symbolized by “Babylon” America is a modern version of Babylon. But how is it that Babylon became associated with confusion yet was known in classical times as being accepting of many languages and customs?  Babylonian references are widespread among the 24% of American adults who consider themselves evangelical.  The negative references are not related to Hammurabi of Babylon who provided a “code of laws” who conquered Babylon and allowed the Jewish captives to return to Jerusalem; His story was chronicled by Xenophon in the Cyropaedia a leader in the Achaemenid Empire who defeated the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539 BC Aramaic became the official language of the Persian empire and its official religion was Zoroastrianism Cyrus’s enlightened policy put an end to the Assyro-Babylonian practice of deporting conquered peoples and trying to destroy all local nationalisms.” According to the Israeli historian Shlomo Sand much of the Bible was composed in Jerusalem in the 5th century BC following  the return from the “Babylonian captivity” Those who composed the Books of the Bible amplified ancient battles in order to magnify the power of their monotheistic God Relatively small battles became exaggerated into massacres for the purpose of impressing the listener or reader to the power wielded by Yahweh.  After having a discussion with my class concerning Babylon a story associated with classical Greece in the 5th century BCE Plato’s description of the cave was an analogy depicting two versions of reality In the shadowy recesses of the cave people were shackled to benches while images floated by projected by a priesthood displaying images of deities while pacing behind a fire that cast images on a wall in front of the shackled spectators but periodically one viewer made the decision to unshackle themselves and exit the cave to encounter the sun of truth.  I posed a question to the class: “Are there opportunities for all the cave dwellers to unshackle themselves?” The philosopher whose book “The Essence of Truth” considered the unshackling the most important part of the myth They became absorbed by the implications of this story and how it could apply to those who supported the conventional “history” espoused by evangelicals and the cynically disposed Israelis and Americans who were complicit in the genocide taking place in daily images;  the virtual reality of destruction transmitted throughout the world by the technical wizardry of modern media Plato’s (and Heidegger’s) explanation of those shackled in the cave was that they ceased to see what is taking place and are bound by their biases and beliefs to the “unhidden” nature of reality Dissociation and a dulling of moral sensibilities are the lot of those shackled to benches in the cave which can be compared to the  Israeli activists and intellectuals who exit the shadow world of the cave and become Illuminated by the sun of truth.  Are those dwelling in the cave bound by biblical beliefs or deliberately ignoring the massacres taking place in Gaza The Amalekites in Exodus were massacred as a reprisal for an attack against Israelites after crossing the Red Sea?  Yahweh “vowed to blot them out from under heaven” thus becoming a primal source for the justification of genocide by the more militant members of Israeli society who compared Amalekites to modern Palestinians A question addressed was: do “mythic histories” provide reasons for tribal vengeance and on-going genocide?  Our class discussed these questions and the disjunction between two truths one dealing with light emanating from the sun of truth and the other portraying the darkest aspects of biblical passages relating to mythic history The result portrays a nation incarcerated in a cave of mistruths and misinformation still shackled to hallucinatory images and unwilling to accept the consequences of the massacres that have been taking place in their name; Nor have they been able to empathize with the calamitous nature of the suffering caused by the deliberate bombing of women and children; Nor are they ready to atone for the moral shame causing generational traumas to the 16,000 children slaughtered by bombs provided by America Such moral catastrophes will have to be confronted in the times to come since they have not yet become crystallized except to those who have exited the cave of shadowy images and confronted “the essence of truth.” Filed Under: Featured, Israel/ Palestine, US Foreign Policy Hugh J. Curran Hugh J Curran has been teaching in "Peace and Reconciliation Studies" at the University of Maine for the past 20 years Personal checks should be made out to Juan Cole and sent to me at: Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with all things When The Horn Blows related We use cookies and similar technologies to run this website and help us understand how you use it Belgian-Egyptian singer Tamino releases his highly anticipated single ‘Babylon’ offering fans a first glimpse of his upcoming album – ‘Every Dawn’s a Mountain’ first rose to fame when his debut single ‘Habibi’ caught the attention of BBC Radio 1 he has released two albums – Amir and Sahar – and has newly announced his third he has toured across Europe and also opened for Mitski on her 2024 tour an artist who features on the upcoming album Alongside the announcement of his upcoming album Tamino released ‘Babylon’ on streaming platforms followed by a live version filmed on rooftops many fans had already experienced the song live at his shows Tamino continues to explore these themes in this song a track Tamino describes as the “cornerstone” of his new album The song begins with an ambient drone and delicately plucked guitar evoking imagery of an emperor watching his kingdom crumble This powerful introduction offers a glimpse of what lies ahead His voice enters majestically – an arresting blend of Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Matt Maltese – singing of his “Babylon” almost questioning if anything was ever real perfectly capturing the complexity of love and loss extending the Babylonian metaphor with the line Heartbreak and distrust seep through every verse What makes this track truly remarkable is not only how Tamino draws from the epic fall of Babylon but also how the music itself induces a sense of ancient grandeur reinforcing the weight of history and inevitability decay ‘Babylon’ is one of 10 tracks on ‘Every Dawn’s a Mountain’ 2025.  Fans can also look forward to seeing Tamino live as tickets for his North America tour go on sale on October 18th This week's Band of the Week is Brighton quartet Slung - who have just released their debut album 'In Ways' via Fat Dracula An epic reprise from the indie rock collectives’ first in five years with the scholars - an ambitious nine-track rock opera magnum opus Sextile blend synth and punk together on their latest record in a way that has never looked – or sounded more fun creating music that’s impossible not to dance to Blondshell’s second record If You Asked For A Picture is a triumph Toronto's very own soul star delight Tanika Charles shares the video for new track 'Talk To Me Nice' - the third single to taken from her upcoming album 'Reasons To Stay' Cardiff rock band HIMALAYAS have just released the new album 'Bad Stars' - an impressive explosion of sound The post-punk psychedelic powerhouse group that is Squid spun the heads off of the crowd lucky enough to see them perform at Camden’s Roundhouse Dreampop outfit Portland make their return with soaring alternative pop release ‘Lay Me Down’ which hits just about as hard as our first introduction to the band; single ‘Lucky Clover’ A love letter to the city they now call home ‘Glasgow Love Story’ is the stunning new album from Scotland’s Tide Lines.  Incubus took it back to the 00s on Saturday night in London with a stellar show full of nostalgic rock turntable scratching and several unexpected covers American rockers Halestorm release new cinematic rock anthem ‘Darkness Always Wins’ This week's Band of the Week is American punk-rock band Heart Attack Man - who have just released their new album 'Joy Ride The Pale Horse' When the Chronicle selected Babylon as our 2024 Overall and Hunter Horse of the Year we reached out to his past connections to learn more about his beginnings Babylon’s oldest connections aren’t surprised at all by his success in the hunter ring Growing up he was a barn favorite with his breeders at Hof Thormählen in Northern Germany “He was always pretty special because of his personality and the marks on the face and everybody loved to ride him,” said Marie Baumgart who rode him at his first and only European show in July of his 4-year-old year “He was always nice and easy and fun to have around.  “He was always very willing to work,” she continued “He was really fun and curious about new stuff and he directly won the young horse style class with a pretty high mark.”  Balou Du Rouet) was born Crumble’s Balou and was the first foal out of his dam in the junior hunters with owner Sophia Tabasso Both Babylon and Maui found their way to the states via German horse dealer Christoph Zimmermann.  he immediately realized he would be a hunter,” said Baumgart’s father Philipp took over running Hof Thormählen from his uncle the breeding farm became well known for breeding popular show jumping sire Capitol I and Fein Cera Peter Wylde’s partner for Olympic team gold in Athens and World Championship individual bronze Fein Cera is the great-great granddam of Babylon; she gave birth to Babylon’s great-granddam Kleine Cera produced not only Babylon’s granddam who went on to win the Hamburg Derby (Germany) with Pato Muente who competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games with John Whitaker.  only stood at stud in Northern Germany for a few years before heading to Switzerland for a performance career.  son of Colman [by Carthago] that jumped very spectacularly as a young horse in the north of Germany,” said Philipp “Crumble has shown to have a very good mind and character who has lots of fire and energy; [we] thought the Colman/Carthago blood would work well with that.”  This article originally appeared in the January 2025 issue of The Chronicle of the Horse. You can subscribe and get online access to a digital version and then enjoy a year of The Chronicle of the Horse. If you’re just following COTH online you’re missing so much great unique content Each print issue of the Chronicle is full of in-depth competition news probing looks at issues within the sports of hunter/jumper you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy You may also receive promotional emails from The Chronicle of the Horse Copyright © 2025 The Chronicle of the Horse We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) satire has been an important tool for critiquing and debating the prevailing ideas of the time From Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels to George Orwell’s Animal Farm satire has been used both to provide social commentary and to reveal underlying truths But two new laws in California censor free speech Government officials have no right to decide what gets to be said in our online political debates so Alliance Defending Freedom is challenging the unconstitutional laws in court Gavin Newsom tweeted that a parody video of Vice President Kamala Harris should be “illegal.” Heeding the call the California legislature passed two laws that infringe on the First Amendment by using vague terms to ban certain political speech applies around election time to any person or group who distributes “materially deceptive content” about candidates It also requires people to put disclaimers on satirical posts saying “This … has been manipulated for purposes of satire or parody.” Such a label would defeat the point of satire The law even requires that this label must be “easily readable by the average viewer” and “no smaller than the largest font size of other text” in the content requires large online platforms to become state snitches by sometimes labeling and other times taking down posts with “materially deceptive content” about elections These two laws are a perfect roadmap for widespread government censorship By using vague standards like banning content “likely to harm” a candidate’s “electoral prospects,” AB 2839 allows government officials to punish people for posting political memes that the officials dislike The law prohibits people from posting and reposting certain content online And if you post a political meme or satirical story on social media the law allows anyone who sees it and disagrees with it to sue you and collect attorneys’ fees Furthermore, AB 2655 forces large online platforms to become government censorship arms. This kind of coercion represents a deeply disturbing trend that the Biden-Harris administration has already engaged in and it is a blatant violation of the First Amendment’s protection against government censorship As a satirical news website that focuses on religious and political news The Babylon Bee would be forced to censor itself and/or place disclaimers on nearly all its stories under these laws which would ruin the jokes it is trying to make is an attorney in Los Angeles who regularly engages in political expression with the public She would like to continue sharing political memes with her large social media following but these laws threaten to punish her for doing so California’s new laws follow on the heels of more censorship that has taken place across the globe in recent months Officials in countries around the world have often used “misinformation” as an excuse to silence speech they dislike In Brazil, for example, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes recently suspended X nationwide because he claimed the platform presented a “real danger” of “negatively influencing the electorate in 2024 with the aim of unbalancing the electoral result based on hate campaigns in the digital age The idea of banning a large social media platform because it could lead to an election outcome that government actors dislike should be outrageous to all Americans who understand the First Amendment But the truth is that California’s laws are not a far cry from what is happening in Brazil laws like California’s that censor political speech could lead to the same censorship that Brazil is experiencing That is why it’s a bad idea to censor political speech in the name of “protecting democracy.” While stopping political lies is a noble goal allowing government officials to decide what is or isn’t true is not the way to achieve it And if we let officials decide who can or cannot make fun of them both humor and robust political debate will fall by the wayside ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of The Babylon Bee and Kelly Chang Rickert challenging California’s unconstitutional laws because we understand that free speech is a core tenet of our liberty in the United States The way to combat lies and “misinformation” is to promote more Because AB 2839—the law prohibiting people from posting “materially deceptive content” during election time—went into effect immediately we asked a federal district court to put the law on hold Less than a month after we filed our lawsuit another district court ruled in a related case that AB 2839 likely violates the First Amendment California officials agreed they cannot enforce the law against The Babylon Bee or Rickert ADF is the world's largest legal organizationcommitted to protecting religious freedom,free speech © 2025 Alliance Defending Freedom is a registered 501(C)(3) Charity. All rights reserved 2025 at 1:22 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Mobile beach permits for Town of Babylon beaches are now on sale but beach lovers can start getting ready for summer fun now that Town of Babylon mobile beach permits are on sale active military and active Town of Babylon fire department members Last summer, town officials announced a new mobile beach permit system aiming to reduce long waits and improve beach accessibility. Residents can now obtain the mobile beach passes on their smartphones using the new Town of Babylon Yodel Portal or by downloading the Yodel App on Apple and Android devices Users must upload photos of their license and car registration with matching Town Of Babylon addresses while volunteer fire and active military will require additional documentation the mobile beach pass is used "exactly" like the sticker beach pass The mobile beach pass is linked to a vehicle just like the stickers and can be used at Overlook Beach Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 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