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🎤 ​​Selena Gomez – Slow Down

Now that I have captured your attention
I wanna steal you for a rhythm intervention
Mr. TSA, I'm ready for inspection
Sh-sh-show me how you make a first impression

Oh, oh
Can we take it nice and slow, slow?
Break it down and drop it low, low
'Cause I just wanna party all night in the neon lights
'Til you can't let me go

I just wanna feel your body right next to mine
All night long
Baby, slow down the song
And when it's coming closer to the end, hit rewind
All night long
Baby, slow down the song

Yeah, baby, slow down the song
Yeah, baby, slow down the song

If you want me, I'm accepting applications
So long as we can keep this record on rotation
You know I'm good with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
Breathe me in, breathe me out
So amazing

Oh, oh
Can we take it nice and slow, slow?
Break it down and drop it low, low
'Cause I just wanna party all night in the neon lights
'Til you can't let me go

I just wanna feel your body right next to mine
All night long
Baby, slow down the song
And when it's coming closer to the end, hit rewind
All night long
Baby, slow down the song

Yeah, baby, slow down the song
Yeah, baby, slow down the song

Breathe me in, breathe me out
The music's got me going
Breathe me in, breathe me out
No stopping 'til the morning
Breathe me in, breathe me out
You know I'm ready for it
For it, for it
Yeah

Breathe me in, breathe me out
The music's got me going
Breathe me in, breathe me out
No stopping 'til the morning
Breathe me in, breathe me out
You know I'm ready for it
For it, for it
Yeah

I just wanna feel your body right next to mine
All night long
Baby, slow down the song
And when it's coming closer to the end, hit rewind
All night long
Baby, slow down the song

Yeah, baby, slow down the song
Yeah, baby, slow down the song

How do I do it?
(It's The Cataracs)
Hahaha

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▶️ Nightly News (January 5th)

Major winter storm blasts much of U.S. with intense cold, blizzard conditions; Thousands of flights disrupted by massive winter storm; FBI releases new video of New Orleans truck attack suspect; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

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🎤 ​​Inna - Gimme Gimme

Gi-gimme that
Gi-gimme that

I pulled up to a palace in no town
Twenty minutes from Bali, oh yeah
Got a feeling that is about to go down
Party people wanna party so I say

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that love
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that love
Imma love you, love you, love you long time
So gimme, gimme the way that I like it

Everybody outside when the night ends
We can do it all again when the sun's up
You know I really wanna be that you want and
You know you really wanna give me your love

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that love
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that love
Imma love you, love you, love you long time
So gimme, gimme the way that I like it

Baby, when I see you
I want you, want you, want you
My body, body go crazy, crazy
'Cause I need you, need you, need you
Baby, when I see you
I want you, want you, want you
My body, body go crazy, crazy
Better gimme, gimme, gimme that love

Gimme, gi-gimme that love
Gimme, gi-gimme that love
Gi-gimme, gi-gimme that lo-o-o-o-ove

Gimme that
Gimme, gi-gimme that

Hang out with my girls in Nevada
Caliente, baby looking for fun?
No rush but just don't make it harder
We both know that you really wanna

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that love
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme that love
Imma love you, love you, love you long time
So gimme, gimme the way that I like it

Baby, when I see you
I want you, want you, want you
My body, body go crazy, crazy
'Cause I need you, need you, need you
Baby, when I see you
I want you, want you, want you
My body, body go crazy, crazy
Better gimme, gimme, gimme that love

Gimme that
Gimme, gi-gimme that

We can do it the way I like it
(Gimmie, gimmie the way I like it)
We can do it the way I like it
Gimme, gi-gimme that
Gi-gimme that
Gi-gi-gi-gi-gimme that
(Gimme, gimme now)

Gimme that
Gimme, gi-gimme that
Gimme, gi-gimme that
It's time

Gimme that
Gimme, gi-gimme that

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🎧 Core technology of special microwave that helps produce sodium-ion batteries with less risk of explosions

💬 Frequent fires caused by lithium batteries, in factories that produce them, as well as electric vehicles have been a growing concern.
With an urgency to come up with an alternative battery, a team of local researchers seems to have discovered a new technology that may bring the commercialization of one sooner the sodium-ion battery.
Lee Eun-jin explains more.

In June, a fire broke out at a lithium battery-producing factory.
Even with efforts to extinguish the fire, the factory was filled with smoke.
Recently, various things that use lithium batteries, such as electric vehicles, have become leading causes of fires.
And so, amidst a sense of urgency to find a cheaper and safer alternative to lithium, sodium, a key element of salt, is gaining attention.

Accordingly, a local team of researchers has developed a technology that can quickly produce hard carbon cathode materials, a key component for sodium-ion batteries, a next-generation secondary battery.
Because there are more than one-thousand times the reserves for sodium than lithium, it is easier to collect, and it can maintain at least 90 percent of its performance at temperatures as low as negative 20 degrees Celsius.
It also has less risk of causing fire.

"Sodium-ion batteries are less reactive than lithium, so they have good electrochemical performance, and charge and discharge faster.
Furthermore, they have the advantage of maintaining their performance at lower temperatures."

Sodium-ion batteries have, until now, been difficult to commercialize because existing cathode materials could not be used and only a specific hard carbon cathode material is needed.
The problem is that in order to produce hard carbon, hydrocarbon materials need to be burned at high temperatures of over one-thousand degrees Celsius, making the process difficult and expensive.
To overcome this, the research team used a type of microwave-induced heating technology.
Much like quickly heating something in the microwave, this new process produces hard carbon in just 30 seconds at over 1-thousand-400 degrees Celsius.

"This technology is different from the conventional microwave technology in that it can selectively heat conductive materials at very high speed."

The research team explained that they used what's called a "multiphysics simulation" which calculates electromagnetic induction by microwaves and induced currents.
They also added that additional research will continue to improve the performance of hard carbon and to mass produce it, so that commercialization of sodium-ion batteries could happen sooner.

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▶️ World News - Jan. 3, 2025

00:00 Intro
02:18 Suspect in Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion left note
05:38 Nationwide warning about copycat attacks after New Orleans truck attack
08:11 50 million on alert for major cross-country winter storm
09:37 Judge signals no jail time for Trump in hush money case
11:51 House Speaker Mike Johnson wins high-stakes showdown
14:16 Surgeon General calls for alcohol cancer warning
15:57 Ceremonies to honor former Pres. Jimmy Carter to begin
16:47 New images of deadly plane crash in Fullerton, California
17:19 Apple settling $95 million lawsuit
17:54 Pres. Biden honors seven Army veterans with Medal of Honor; civilians with Medal of Valor

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▶️ Nightly News - Jan. 2

00:00 Intro
01:32 FBI: New Orleans attacker acted alone
08:56 Police: Cybertruck driver shot before blast
11:54 FBI probes New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks for links
12:48 Remembering victims of New Orleans attack
15:50 Tracking winter storm and arctic blast
16:10 New video of January 6th pipe bomber
17:30 Justin Baldoni fires back at Blake Lively, NYT
19:31 After deadly pickup truck attack, Bourbon Street reopens

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🎧 Early indications suggest Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed Azerbaijani jet: U.S. officia

💬Four Azerbaijani sources say the ill-fated plane that crashed on Christmas Day. leaving dozens killed, was shot down by Russia.
A U.S. official also says early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may be what caused the crash.
Lee Seung-jae reports.

With the investigation into the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines J2-8243's crash on Christmas Day underway, a number of Azerbaijani government sources say the crash was caused by a Russian anti-aircraft system mistakenly shooting it down.
Reuters on Thursday, citing multiple Azerbaijani government sources, said that while the initial cause of the crash was believed to be due to a collision with a flock of birds,. a missile that was fired to shoot down a drone over Grozny, Russia, exploded near the passenger plane.
The sources also say the plane's captain requested an emergency landing at a Russian airport, but was denied, and instead instructed to cross the Caspian Sea to Aktau in western Kazakhstan.


The Wall Street Journal on the other hand, believes that the Russian military may have mistaken the passenger plane for a Ukrainian drone and shot it down.
Kyiv claimed that it was likely shot down by a Russian air defense system, based on holes in parts of the plane.
Azerbaijani sources stress, that no one is claiming that the alleged actions were done on purpose, but they were just taking established facts into account.
In response to the growing allegations that Russia was behind the crash, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said it's wrong to speculate before the investigation concludes.


"Now, as you have rightly said, the investigation is underway. Any aviation incident should be investigated by special aviation authorities. And until investigators make their conclusions, it would be incorrect to make any kind of hypothesis. So, we cannot do it and nobody should do it. We must wait until the end of this investigation”

Meanwhile, with the investigation into the deadly crash taking shape, the Brazilian Air Force dispatched investigators to Kazakhstan.
According to the Brazilian officials, three investigators were sent to provide technical support to the Kazakh authorities in the investigation process.
The ill-fated passenger plane was a twin-engine jet manufactured by Embraer, a Brazilian multinational aerospace corporation.
The crash killed 38 people on board the plane, but also saw 29 survivors.

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