If you ever receive a piece of spam that says it comes from Bruceh.com, I want to assure you that we do NOT ever send out any spam to anyone. Some of the e-mail addresses, such as for the webmaster used to be on this site and over the years, spammers have harvested those addresses and now they are used as the phony "From" addresses in their spam. Occasionally, you may receive an e-mail that your anti-virus warns you about that also looks like it comes from Bruceh.com. The newer mailer viruses get their bogus "From" addresses directly from the address books and browser caches of infected computers. This means that if someone infected with a virus happened to have been visiting Bruceh.com, then our address might end up in the from field. I have tried to make sure that all e-mail addresses have been removed from this site, even in the old pages so I hope one day this will stop. The spammers had years of access to the addresses on this site, so I won't hold my breath, however.

The historical data pages (year picks, pick stats, and pair pick stats) have been updated to use a responsive design. The old SuperLotto pages (1991-2000) will not be updated and will remain static HTML.

The latest picked lotto number ticker that appears on this page and the lotto page has been updated to use Javascript instead of Java.

The main four pages have now been redesigned in a responsive format and uploaded. There might be a few glitches, but I'll be working to stabilize things. Please try them out on your mobile device and let me know if you see any weirdness.

The first couple pages have been redesigned to use a responive layout and are being tested in a local environment. I should be able to take some pages live soon.

There won't be any need for a separate mobile site anymore as we are going responsive. What does responsive mean you might ask. It means the site will automatically adjust for the device you are viewing it on. Fonts should remain readable and you shouldn't ever have a left/right scroll bar unless you get the window down below 320 pixels horizontally. Even the smallest smartphone screens are usually at least 320 pixels wide. I've been wanting to make this change for a long time and finally have some time to do it. Not to mention that Google won't even index the site anymore if it's not mobile friendly. I'll be updating the site incrementally starting with the 4 main pages from the menu.

While I still love Java as a programming language, it seems to be more troublesome than it is worth to keep the Java applets on here. It's almost as if the browser folks have declared war on Java. Firefox disables the java plugin if it's too far out of date. A lot of times you have to go through a lot of confirmations just to run a java applet, and even after doing all that, the browser still might not let you run it. My graph of picked lottery numbers is a good example.

So, it's time to make a change and convert the couple Java applets I had on here to javascript. I'll start with the ticker that shows the current winning numbers for SuperLottoPlus and Mega Millions. Then I'll work on the graph applet.

WASHINGTON — U.S. military leaders are divided on whether President Donald Trump should get involved with the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to two U.S. officials.

The Saudis have been asking Trump for the U.S. military to take action against the Houthis, a request that grew more urgent in recent days as the rebels claimed they shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet and were quickly advancing on Marib province, which is home to Yemen’s largest oil and gas fields.

Some military leaders are making the case within the Pentagon and to Trump administration officials that opening another military front in the region is a bad idea amid concerns about the Pentagon’s dwindling supply of defensive and long-range weaponry, while noting that the Houthis are not striking U.S. ships, the U.S. officials said.

Yet other military leaders are arguing in favor of strikes, saying the U.S. should help Riyadh retaliate for Houthi strikes in Saudi Arabia and the claim of downing of the F-15 — a challenge to Saudi air superiority over Yemen, the officials said. They said these military leaders are privately expressing concern that for the U.S. not to act more forcefully is a betrayal of an important regional ally.

Trump had ordered strikes against the Houthis to begin around 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, but the military was notified shortly after 2 p.m. on Sunday that the order was canceled, the two U.S. officials said. One of the officials said Trump has not taken military action off the table in the future.

One senior U.S. military leader in the region specifically warned that action against the Houthis could create unmitigated risk to U.S. troops in Middle East and the Iran war mission, including a U.S. naval blockade and security operations in the Strait of Hormuz, the two U.S. officials said. They said the military leader also made clear that U.S. forces could carry out the Iran mission and strikes against the Houthis and mitigate some of the risks, the officials said.

The internal divide underscores the bind the president is increasingly in as the U.S. remains locked in a war with Iran that he began but has struggled to end, and faces a shortage of key weaponry. The Saudis have been a critical U.S. ally in the Middle East, including throughout the war with Iran. Trump told Fox News over the weekend that he’s deciding whether to escalate the war with Iran, a position he has articulated on and off over the past few months.

The White House and a spokesperson for the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond to a request for comment. The Pentagon declined to comment.

There has already been tension between the U.S. and its Middle East allies over the war. In May, Saudi Arabia was surprised by an announcement by Trump to help ships through the Strait of Hormuz and suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace. Trump abruptly reversed his decision.

The U.S. has already been supporting the Saudis by sharing intelligence, helping with planning, sending military advisers forward with the Saudi forces and even providing some logistical support, NBC News has reported. But the Saudis have repeatedly asked the U.S. to do more, including help with strikes against the Houthis.

Trump had not shown interest in acting until Thursday, when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told him in a phone call that the kingdom cannot succeed alone and after a series of developments — including the Houthis targeting Saudi infrastructure, downing the F-15 and threatening to take control of Yemen’s oil industry, according to one of the U.S. officials.

After the call, Trump ordered the military to provide him with fresh options for strikes against the Houthis, the official said. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine called a 6 p.m. emergency meeting in The Tank, the top-security conference room in the Pentagon, to discuss options, the official said, canceling a trip to Copenhagen to meet with NATO chiefs of defense.

U.S. military officials have presented Trump with options for degrading Houthi military capabilities and stopping the rebels’ recent advances several times since Thursday, the official said, adding that the Pentagon has enough assets in the region to be ready to act if ordered to do so.

The New York Times reported some details of Trump’s decision-making process.

Violence escalated over the weekend, as the Houthis said they’d used missiles and drones on Saturday to attack “sensitive” sites in ‌Riyadh and an Aramco facility in the Red Sea city of Yanbu, a key oil export hub.

The spokesperson for the coalition forces issued a statement on Saturday saying Saudi Arabia had successfully intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched toward Riyadh and that the Houthis “target civilians and civilian infrastructure in the capital.”

The militant group also made a rapid advance to control the Bab el Mandeb Strait on the Red Sea, yet another oil chokepoint. The advance has posed a major challenge for the Saudis, who rely on that shipping route particularly since the Strait of Hormuz has been largely shuttered during the Iran war.

The Houthis took control of Yemen in a bloody civil war in 2014 against a Saudi-backed coalition. A fragile truce between the Houthis and the Yemeni government backed by the U.N. was reached in 2022.

Trump announced a ceasefire with the Houthis last year after weeks of punishing strikes against the militant group. Under the deal, the U.S. suspended military action and the Houthis stopped attacking U.S. ships.

Trump recently has said his administration has had discussions with the Houthis but has not offered details. “The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” he said earlier this month. “They would much prefer not having us involved.”

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com

This article originally appeared on NBC News at https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-military-leaders-divided-action-houthis-rcna599049

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's trip to New York for a speech at the United Nations started Monday with a detour to Gracie Mansion for an hourlong chat — and a trip down memory lane — with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The president, appearing with Mamdani after their meeting, reminisced about his previous visits to the official residence of the city's mayors and recalled "great ones and some not so great ones" who have led the city in the past.

"Hopefully you're going to be a great one," he said, giving Mamdani a pat on the back. "And you're off to a start."

The meeting was the latest cordial encounter between the Republican president and a democratic socialist mayor, who have struck up a surprisingly warm relationship despite their lack of political overlap, and have tried to find common ground in helping the city they both love.

With scores of world leaders arriving in the city for the United Nations General Assembly, there Trump stood beside Mamdani on the lawn of the custard-yellow mayoral mansion in Manhattan.

"I have a lot of meetings right now, very important meetings with heads of different countries, but this is like a little bit of old home week for me," Trump said, adding "We've done so many things from the beautiful home or house or building standing right behind me."

Trump and Mamdani told reporters they discussed a potential housing project in the borough of Queens and how to make New York more affordable for the working class.

They have met at least twice previously and have appeared to maintain some level of contact with one another, though the mayor stays tightlipped about any ongoing conversations with the president.

The pair of polarizing leaders first gathered in the Oval Office shortly after Mamdani's election victory last year for a surprisingly cordial confab that centered on ways to help their shared hometown, a detente that came after months of verbal sparring.

A few months later in February, Mamdani again took a quick jaunt to Washington to present Trump with a mock New York Daily News front page that said "Trump to City: Let's Build," as he pitched new housing investments in the city.

As they did after their first Oval Office meeting, Trump and Mamdani acknowledged their political and policy differences while standing side by side.

Mamdani was asked about Trump's decision to bar certain news outlets from the White House, with the mayor saying it was important that those networks, and others, be present for the Gracie Mansion event. Trump then defended his restrictions on the news organizations whose coverage he called biased.

"It's interesting because they said they were gonna boycott me. But they never boycott me," the president said, before adding, "I think that these outlets have an obligation to be fair."

Trump's previous visits to Gracie Mansion included attending the 2003 wedding of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and a 2007 book party for former Democratic U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel.

After Trump left, Mamdani returned to the lawn to answer a few more questions, telling reporters that he and the president have sharp disagreements but that the relationship has endured nevertheless.

"I will continue to have conversations with the president, and frankly, anyone who can deliver relief to the people of this city," Mamdani said.

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Associated Press writer Kimberlee Kruesi contributed to this report from Providence, Rhode Island.

This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/worlds-leaders-waiting-trump-meets-232259407.html

By Jody Godoy and Chris Sanders

WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Critics swiftly decried a California-driven settlement with Paramount Skydance that cleared the way for its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, saying it will hurt competition in Hollywood, failed to protect jobs and lacks substantial ‌concessions from the media conglomerate.

Opponents of the merger accused California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom of caving to wealthy interests, particularly ‌Paramount CEO David Ellison, after Paramount threatened to leave the state if the lawsuit was not dropped.

"Today, billionaires have yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top," said Alvaro Bedoya, ​a former member of the US Federal Trade Commission and adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project. "Layoffs will follow. People from L.A. to Atlanta will lose their jobs, small businesses will lose their contracts, your cable bill and movie ticket will be even more expensive."

Disappointment with the settlement rippled beyond Hollywood, illustrating a growing split in the Democratic Party between moderates, who are more business-friendly, and progressives, who seek a harder line to deliver affordability for US consumers.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from ‌Massachusetts, criticized the deal, and said Paramount is a "clear candidate ⁠for antitrust scrutiny in a future pro-competition administration."

"This settlement greenlights an anti-monopoly disaster that will result in higher prices and fewer jobs, and enables a handful of billionaires to call the shots in the American media," she said.

'NOT A VOTE OF ⁠SUPPORT'

Bonta, in a press conference on Monday, said the settlement is "not a vote of support" of the acquisition, because "it does not serve competition well." But he also argued it would amount to more production in California.

Ellison said on Monday that the deal will strengthen competition and benefit consumers and workers.

Spokespeople for Paramount and Bonta did not immediately respond to requests ​for ​comment on the reaction by critics of the deal.

Bonta had said from the outset that ​structural remedies, where a company sells off part of its ‌business, are superior to promises to change or uphold business practices.

Yet the settlement does not require Paramount to sell off any cable channels, or any component of what Bonta said made Paramount and Warner such a formidable combo in theatrical film distribution, such as its lucrative intellectual property.

Paramount owns name-brand franchises including "Top Gun", "Mission: Impossible", and Star Trek, while Warner Bros holds the rights to Batman, Harry Potter, and "Lord of the Rings".

The settlement includes the creation of independent editorial boards for CNN and CBS, and a $30 million penalty per film for any shortfall against Paramount's pledge to release 30 movies annually, as well as a commitment to bargain separately ‌with television distributors. The commitments are temporary, however, and expire within three to five years.

Ensuring ​the merger would not harm the US entertainment industry by reducing the number of theatrical and ​television productions was a top priority for many after the lawsuit was filed ​in July. Consolidation as well as cheaper alternative production locations have led to job losses in Hollywood.

John Bergmayer, legal director at ‌Public Knowledge, said the merger "leaves fewer studios competing for scripts ​and talent, gives one company greater power ​to dictate terms to distributors, and reduces streaming choices. Consumers will face higher prices, while writers and other creative workers will have fewer employers bidding for their work."

Bonta's bid to block the deal had its detractors, too. Iowa and Montana asked the US Supreme Court to step in and ​block the case, in a bid to protect the ‌deal.

Cinema United, a trade organization representing theater owners, had urged Bonta to discuss a settlement with Paramount, in hopes of avoiding further ​uncertainty and disruption in the industry. Cinemark, AMC and Regal are part of the group, which represents 30,000 US movie screens.

(Reporting by Chris ​Sanders in Washington and Jody Godoy in Austin, Texas; Editing by Bill Berkrot)

This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://finance.yahoo.com/news/critics-california-got-too-little-212429667.html