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John McGinn backs Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins to join special Premier League club
John McGinn has backed Ollie Watkins to join the Premier League’s 100 club after the Villa striker reached a half century of goals in Tuesday’s defeat to Newcastle.
Watkins’ 50th league strike for the club was among few positives on a night Unai Emery’s team suffered their first home league defeat in almost a year.
The 28-year-old is just the third Villa player, after Dwight Yorke and Gabriel Agbonlahor, to reach the mark but is the first to hit double figures in four consecutive Premier League seasons.
Nearly half of his 50 goals have come since Emery was appointed head coach 15 months ago and McGinn is confident his team-mate will eventually go on to complete a century.
The Villa skipper said: “I’m delighted for Ollie. He does so much for the team but like any striker, he’s got eyes on the goals.
“It’s an amazing achievement - one I’ll never hit - hopefully, he can get to 100 very soon. I’m chuffed for him.”
Watkins signed a contract which will keep him at Villa until 2028 earlier this season and McGinn continued: “The way he works and his attitude, I think he’ll be playing at the top level for the next six or seven years at least.
“I’m sure he’ll get there (to 100 goals) and hopefully I’ll still be able to watch him do it.”
McGinn admitted frustration in the nature of Tuesday’s defeat, Villa’s first at home in the league for 346 days.
Two first half goals from Fabian Schar, both from corners, left Emery’s men in a hole which deepened when Alex Moreno put through his own net early in the second half.
Watkins scored with 19 minutes to go as Villa rallied but saw another effort ruled out for offside as the comeback fizzled.
McGinn said: “It (the unbeaten run) was going to end at some time, 346 days is fantastic, but probably the nature of it was a bit upsetting.
“The manager touched on how proud he was of us. Obviously, we didn’t want it to end.
“But two set-piece goals which we pride ourselves upon gave us a lot to do and the third was a mistake. We finished the game strongly. It was a pretty even game which will sting the most.
“We still created some really good chances in the first half which, in this league, if you go ahead it’s very difficult for teams to come back and get you. It was decision-making in the final third.”
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Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
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Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
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FEELM Launches Charge-Free, Disposable Vape
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FEELM, a vaping industry leader in closed-system products, has launched the world’s first charge-free vaping system. The new Power Alpha 2.0 solves the problem of needing repeated charging in the large puff vapes currently popular on the market.
FEELM started developing the charge-free battery technology that can empower large-puff vapes as early as 2022. The previous version of the company’s original Power Alpha technology could only support 6,000 puffs without charging.
The upgrade more than doubles the count to 15,000 puffs, according to an emailed press release.
FEELM states that the Power Alpha 2.0 also solves the issues of decaying tastes in cotton mesh coils, realizing consistently true flavors in every puff.
The Power Alpha 2.0 is equipped with FEELM’s TopPower technology. “Relying on this technology, the energy density of Power Alpha 2.0’s battery cells is 40 percent higher than … products of the same size, making Power Alpha 2.0’s battery cells 40 percent smaller than … products with the same amount of power.
“The extremely low self-discharge rate is another addition to benefits. A 700 percent lower self-discharge rate compared others on the market, which can lead to a longer shelf life and better support customers’ global market rollout.”
The Power Alpha 2.0 also uses a unique Mesh constant power solution, leading to a taste that is 300 percent more consistent than other products on the market, according to FEELM.
“With the substantial increase in the vapor volume and atomization efficiency, Power Alpha 2.0 supports the ability to fully vaporize the e-liquids for richer and fuller flavors, ” the release states. “Experiment data shows that the Power Alpha 2.0 solution’s atomization efficiency has increased by 200 percent along with an increased vapor volume of 49 percent compared to similar products from competitors. The numbers show a very evident advantage.”
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Erik ten Hag: Being a top-level footballer demands a certain way of life
Ten Hag faced more questions about Marcus Rashford after Manchester United confirmed an internal disciplinary matter had been dealt with.
Erik ten Hag says top players should not have to be reminded what is acceptable as the Manchester United boss looks to move on from Marcus Rashford’s reported Belfast escapades.
Having scored 30 goals for the Red Devils in 2022-23, things have gone awry this term and the forward’s paltry four-goal haul has been compounded by some off-field matters.
Ten Hag called Rashford’s decision to go to a party after October’s derby defeat to Manchester City “unacceptable” and stories emerged in recent days of more late-night exploits.
The 26-year-old is reported to have gone out in Belfast last Thursday night until 3am and was unable to train the following day through illness, going on to miss Sunday’s FA Cup win at Newport.
United later said in a statement that “Marcus has taken responsibility for his actions” and the “internal disciplinary matter” is closed – something Ten Hag referred to ahead of Thursday’s trip to Wolves.
“So, he has taken responsibility and for the rest it’s an internal matter,” the Red Devils boss said. “Case closed.”
Ten Hag used the phrase “case closed” repeatedly, including when asked outright about Rashford’s reaction and whether the player had apologised for his actions.
But the Dutchman was more forthcoming on the obligations for elite players and the onus being on them to maintain high standards.
“First of all, the players at this level have to manage themselves,” Ten Hag said. “That is what you can demand from the player.
“A player has to know what is good and what is no good. When you want to play top football, it demands a certain way of life. Always.”
Pushed on whether he needs to reinforce that message, he interjected: “No. No, come on. We are talking about top football players.
“I don’t have to educate them anymore. When you are playing for Man United, they should know.”
Ten Hag underlined the need for accountability but says he takes potential matters going on behind the scenes into consideration when dealing with player behaviour.
“Of course, that is part of the job to support your players,” he said. “But also we have people in this club who are helping the players on that.
“But, as I said before, at the end of the day when you are a player at Man United you have to manage yourself and you have to take responsibility for your performance and your performance in a team.
“At Man United it’s winning football games. It’s all about that. It’s not so complicated.”
Rashford is not the first player to face internal disciplinary proceedings, with Jadon Sancho banished from September and Cristiano Ronaldo released by mutual agreement during Ten Hag’s first season.
Ten Hag brushed aside questions about whether the Rashford situation was a distraction or a test of his authority, but did speak about the difference to his handling of Sancho.
The 23-year-old claimed on social media in September he had been made a “scapegoat” after Ten Hag said he left him out of a matchday squad due to his training levels, leading to the exiled player leaving in the transfer window.
Asked to explain the difference in his approach with the pair, Ten Hag said: “We can sort out everything internal, but Jadon chose to go public.”
Sancho trained away from United’s first team before returning to Borussia Dortmund on loan, whereas Rashford is in contention for Thursday’s trip to Wolves.
The England international scored the winner as a substitute on the Old Trafford side’s last trip to Molineux, having been dropped to the bench for poor timekeeping.
Ten Hag disagrees that starting Rashford on Thursday may send out the wrong message and pointed to his absence at Newport, where he rejected the player’s offer to travel down on Sunday after two days off ill.
“I didn’t pick him on Sunday,” the United boss added. “We draw the line and from that point on we move on.”
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Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them.
On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify as lawmakers and parents grow increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people’s lives.
The hearing began with recorded testimony from kids and parents who said they or their children were exploited on social media. Throughout the hours-long event, parents who lost children to suicide silently held up pictures of their dead kids.
“They’re responsible for many of the dangers our children face online,” U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who chairs the committee, said in opening remarks. “Their design choices, their failures to adequately invest in trust and safety, their constant pursuit of engagement and profit over basic safety have all put our kids and grandkids at risk.”
In a heated question and answer session with Mark Zuckerberg, Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley asked the Meta CEO if he has personally compensated any of the victims and their families for what they have been through.
“I don’t think so,” Zuckerberg replied.
“There’s families of victims here,” Hawley said. “Would you like to apologize to them?”
Parents attending the hearing rose and held up pictures of their children. Zuckerberg stood as well, turning away from his microphone and the senators to address them directly.
“I’m sorry for everything you have all been through. No one should go through the things that your families have suffered,” he said, adding that Meta continues to invest and work on “industry-wide efforts” to protect children.
But time and time again, children’s advocates and parents have stressed that none of the companies are doing enough.
“Meta’s general approach is ‘trust us, we’ll do the right thing’, but how can we trust Meta? The way they talk about these issues feels like they are trying to gaslight the world, said Arturo Béjar, a former engineering director at the social media giant known for his expertise in curbing online harassment who recently testified before Congress about child safety on Meta’s platforms. “Every parent I’ve met with a kid under 13 is afraid of when their kid is old enough to be in social media.”
Hawley continued to press Zuckerberg, asking if he’d take personal responsibility for the harms his company has caused. Zuckerberg stayed on message and repeated that Meta’s job is to “build industry-leading tools” and empower parents.
“To make money,” Hawley cut in.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, echoed Durbin’s sentiments and said he’s prepared to work with Democrats to solve the issue.
“After years of working on this issue with you and others, I’ve come to conclude the following: social media companies as they’re currently designed and operate are dangerous products,” Graham said.
He told the executives their platforms have enriched lives but that it is time to deal with “the dark side.”
Beginning with Discord’s Jason Citron, the executives touted existing safety tools on their platforms and the work they’ve done with nonprofits and law enforcement to protect minors.
Snapchat had broken ranks ahead of the hearing and began backing a federal bill that would create a legal liability for apps and social platforms who recommend harmful content to minors. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel reiterated the company’s support on Wednesday and asked the industry to back the bill.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said TikTok is vigilant about enforcing its policy barring children under 13 from using the app. CEO Linda Yaccarino said X, formerly Twitter, doesn’t cater to children.
“We do not have a line of business dedicated to children,” Yaccarino said. She said the company will also support Stop CSAM Act, a federal bill that make it easier for victims of child exploitation to sue tech companies.
Yet child health advocates say social media companies have failed repeatedly to protect minors.
“When you’re faced with really important safety and privacy decisions, the revenue in the bottom line should not be the first factor that these companies are considering,” said Zamaan Qureshi, co-chair of Design It For Us, a youth-led coalition advocating for safer social media. “These companies have had opportunities to do this before they failed to do that. So independent regulation needs to step in.”
Republican and Democratic senators came together in a rare show of agreement throughout the hearing, though it’s not yet clear if this will be enough to pass legislation such as the Kids Online Safety Act, proposed in 2022 by Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
Meta is being sued by dozens of states that say it deliberately designs features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms and has failed to protect them from online predators.
New internal emails between Meta executives released by Blumenthal’s office show Nick Clegg, president of global affairs, and others asking Zuckerberg to hire more people to strengthen “wellbeing across the company” as concerns grew about effects on youth mental health.
“From a policy perspective, this work has become increasingly urgent over recent months. Politicians in the U.S., U.K., E.U. and Australia are publicly and privately expressing concerns about the impact of our products on young people’s mental health,” Clegg wrote in an August 2021 email.
The emails released by Blumenthal’s office don’t appear to include a response, if there was any, from Zuckerberg. In September 2021, The Wall Street Journal released the Facebook Files, its report based on internal documents from whistleblower Frances Haugen, who later testified before the Senate.
Meta has beefed up its child safety features in recent weeks, announcing earlier this month that it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. It also restricted minors’ ability to receive messages from anyone they don’t follow or aren’t connected to on Instagram and on Messenger and added new “nudges” to try to discourage teens from browsing Instagram videos or messages late at night. The nudges encourage kids to close the app, though it does not force them to do so.
Google’s YouTube is notably missing from the list of companies called to the Senate Wednesday even though more kids use YouTube than any other platform, according to the Pew Research Center. Pew found that 93% of U.S. teens use YouTube, with TikTok a distant second at 63%.
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Whether a racial minority or majority at their school, white teachers struggle with race relations
White workers' emotions about race and reactions to racial differences in the workplace are triggered by identity threat-induced culture shock, researchers suggest in a new study.
White teachers who worked at a school where the faculty was majority Black felt shocked, rejected, uncomfortable and anxious when racial discussions arose and their racial or professional identities were challenged, the researchers found. When triggered by feeling different—regardless of whether they were a racial minority or majority in their workplace—white teachers responded by practicing social avoidance, shunning intergroup relations and ducking conversations about race.
"Most of the white teachers in our sample hailed from racially segregated social worlds—attending predominantly white high schools and universities" that left them unprepared to handle race relations in their workplace, said first author Jennifer L. Nelson, a professor of education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who co-wrote the study with Tiffany D. Johnson, a business professor at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Published in Work and Occupations, the findings were based on in-depth interviews and job-shadowing with 56 white teachers working in public high schools in a city in the southeast U.S. The study examined white teachers' sense of workplace belongingness at five metropolitan schools with either majority-white or majority-Black faculty members, as well as these teachers' emotional responses to being a different race from their coworkers and students.
The researchers said individuals' emotional responses to racial differences in the workplace are constructed in three stages, beginning with their racial socialization earlier in life, a formative process called imprinting; racialized emotions, their perceptions of a current race-related event at work; and racialized coping, their behavioral reactions to that event.
Imprinting—which encompasses individuals' prior experiences with race in their family, educational and previous work environments—shapes young adults' preparedness to deal with race-related discussions and issues in the workplace, Nelson said.
"During the interviews, all the teachers referred back to these earlier experiences and compared them with their current workplace at the time when race became salient for them," Nelson said. "It was clear to my co-author and me that imprinting was relevant to the range of emotions they felt when race became something they had to grapple with at work. The white teachers also realized they had a racial identity, too, even if they had not thought of it much in depth before."
White teachers who were minorities at their schools encountered various types of identity threats—behaviors or incidents that made them feel devalued or disliked based upon a social identity such as their race or profession. Some believed that Black students and coworkers viewed them as professionally incompetent. Others recalled being confronted by Black students who said they were unqualified to teach African American history because they were white.
White faculty members were surprised when their Black students commented about perceived cultural differences between them. However, some of these teachers also told the researchers they struggled to understand their students' circumstances and felt they could not communicate effectively with them, which left the teachers feeling inept and overwhelmed.
"White minority teachers were concerned about being perceived as prejudiced or racist and worried they would get in trouble if they said the wrong thing to a Black student," Nelson said. White men, who comprised 25% of those in the sample, were particularly concerned that Black coworkers and students assumed they were bigots because of their race and sex—demographic characteristics they viewed as liabilities in diverse environments.
White teachers working in schools where the faculty was predominantly white who had previously worked in schools where the faculty was majority-Black said they were much happier and less stressed in their current jobs because they seldom had to think about race. Yet, regardless of which environment they worked in, both sets of teachers "reported difficulties managing their emotions when race became a topic of discussion at work," Nelson said.
Racialized coping encapsulated the strategies that white teachers in the study utilized to manage disturbing emotions, avert unwanted interaction with certain colleagues and otherwise avoid difficult conversations. Oftentimes, they practiced social avoidance.
These coping strategies "have the potential to reinforce racial inequality by fostering discrimination," the researchers wrote.
The study also found evidence of the concept of white fragility—defined as low tolerance for feelings of discomfort about race—such as white teachers forbidding their Black students to make comments that might offend white people, Nelson said.
Some teachers' strong emotional reactions to real or perceived identity threats offered protective benefits, saying these gave them license to respond with disparaging comments to Black students and faculty members. Moreover, the researchers observed troubling patterns of organizations enforcing few constraints on white faculty members' behavior and of white school principals protecting them when Black parents accused them of unfair teaching practices.
To help aspiring teachers understand and prepare for these workplace interactions, Nelson said experiential learning such as "role plays could help teacher candidates reflect on their own identities and behavior, so they have actually thought about the way they were socialized, how their emotions affect their behavior and the views and expectations they bring to work."
Accordingly, Nelson suggested that long-term professional development programs could help sustain white teachers' consciousness of their racial group and the power imbalances—such as those between teachers and students—that occur in school environments.
More information: Jennifer L. Nelson et al, How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition, Work and Occupations (2023). DOI: 10.1177/07308884231176833
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — For the first time in her 65-year history, Barbie will be decked out in the colors of this year’s Super Bowl champion.
Ahead of the Feb. 11 game between the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, Mattel Creations announced its first Super Bowl Champion doll, which will be decked out in the colors of the winning team.
According to a news release, the world’s most famous doll will be one of three items offered after the big game. There will also be a Fisher-Price Little People Collector and a UNO Fandom deck available for purchase.
Toy manufacturer Mattel is returning to what it says was a winning game plan last year, and adding some new plays, in a bid to sell collectible toys tied to this year’s Super Bowl. https://t.co/j79io1DTML
— Forbes (@Forbes) January 30, 2024
The toys can be pre-ordered, but they will only be issued in the uniform jersey and hat of the winning team, USA Today reported. The Barbie doll will have a $30 price tag, and so will the Little People collectible. The UNO Fandom deck will be sold for $12.
The Little People figurines will feature three players from the winning team, plus a “super fan,” Mattel said in its release.
The Fandom deck will feature the winning team’s official logo, cards featuring players from the champions and a collectible foil card in each pack.
“As football fans across the country get ready for The Big Game, we’re thrilled to offer San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs superfans the chance to commemorate a historic win with these special collectibles from our Fisher-Price, Barbie, and UNO brands,” Lisa McKnight, Mattel’s executive vice president and chief brand officer, said in a statement. “Whichever team reigns supreme on February 11th, Mattel Creations is the place to find that must-have piece of Super Bowl LVIII memorabilia worthy of any collection.”
Last year’s Little People Collector line from Super Bowl LVII included Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, defensive tackle Chris Jones and a Kansas City super fan.
The Barbie and Fisher-Price items are officially licensed NFL products. Fans and collectors can preorder the items through Feb. 25 at MattelCreations.com/thebiggame. Items will begin shipping in August, Mattel said.
People who preorder the losing team will have their money refunded.
Orders are only valid for U.S. customers.
The Fandom deck will be available in March.
Last year, Mattel asked fans to vote for their Super Bowl favorite by preordering sets featuring the Chiefs or Eagles, Forbes reported. While the Eagles got more preorders, the Chiefs got the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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Calgary rent increase the highest year-over-year across Canada: CMCH
A new report suggests Calgary is seeing the highest yearly rental increase amongst all Canadian cities as vacancy rates continue to decline.
The 2024 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Rental Report was released on Wednesday.
In it, CMHC says Calgary’s purpose-built rentals saw rent increase 14.3 per cent in 2023 compared to 2022, which also represents the highest growth recorded for the city since 2007.
It means the average two-bedroom unit will cost around $1,695 per month to rent.
The price for condo apartment rentals, meanwhile, went unchanged, sitting at $1,819 per month, on average, for a two-bed unit.
"To some extent it's the demand side driving vacancy rates down that's allowing rents to rise in this way," said Taylor Pardy, lead CMHC economist for the Prairies and Territories region.
"Demand is quite strong, but also things like rising mortgage payments and rising cost of utilities, and things like that on the part of landlords, they’re in many cases, trying to pass on some of those costs to tenants as well."
Pardy notes that the vacancy rate for purpose-built rentals in Calgary also saw a steep decline, from 2.7 per cent in 2022 to 1.4 per cent in 2023. Condos remained at 1.0 per cent vacancy.
He points to higher population growth and a limited supply of new builds as factors leading to this surge in demand.
On the purpose-built rental side, Calgary saw an increase of 3,010 units last year, which is an uptick of 6.2 per cent and historically quite strong.
Builds for condo unit rentals grew by 1,455 units, and the percentage of condos stayed relatively stable at 38.4 per cent.
"So we’re seeing these supply increases, particularly on the purpose built side, and we have a lot of purpose built rentals under construction," Pardy said.
"Currently, there's over 9,000 units under construction in Calgary right now, but with that just over 3,000, unit increase in the purpose-built side this year, it’s not keeping pace with demand as of yet."
The added competition and lack of supply means hundreds to thousands of people are on waitlists in Calgary for an apartment in some locations such as the University District.
Those looking for a rental, like Carlos Costa, say the struggle to find an affordable place to live is becoming increasingly difficult.
He’s been searching for three months, but can’t find anything cheaper than $1,600 for a one-bedroom place near his work downtown.
"Thankfully, I’m able to stay with some family friends right now, which is a blessing, but it seems like property rental values are just outrageous," he said.
"I moved here from Victoria thinking it would be cheaper, but I’m concerned the prices are going to keep going up to the point where I just won’t be able to afford it."
Lowest national vacancy rate since 1988
Canada's average rent saw record growth in 2023 as demand outpaced supply, while the rental vacancy rate reached a record low of 1.5 per cent, CMHC said.
According to the agency, the national vacancy rate for purpose-built rental units last year was the lowest since 1988, when the organization began recording the metric.
The federal housing agency uses purpose-built rentals as its representative sample.
By comparison, the vacancy rate for those units was 1.9 per cent in 2022, which, at the time, was the lowest rate seen in more than two decades.
The national vacancy rate reflects the percentage of unoccupied and available residential units across the country.
A lower rate typically means greater competition among renters and a higher incentive for unit owners to raise their rates.
For two-bedroom condominiums up for rent, the average vacancy rate fell from 1.6 per cent in 2022 to 0.9 per cent in 2023.
"While the recent revival of rental construction has been encouraging, it was evidently not enough to ease the market and curb steep rent increases," the report reads.
Rent outpacing inflation
Rent prices soared in most markets, consistent with the observed decline in vacancy rates.
Growth in the average rent for two-bedroom purpose-built apartments accelerated "sharply" to a record eight per cent in 2023, in a jump that outpaced both inflation (4.7 per cent) and wage growth (five per cent).
That left renters paying, on average, paying $1,359 per month for those units last year.
That growth figure was up from the 5.6 per cent rent growth recorded in 2022 and well above the 2.8 per cent growth documented from 1990-2022.
Meanwhile, the average rent for two-bedroom condos was $2,049 in 2023, up $1,929 the previous year. This represented a six per cent increase.
Not all markets impacted equally
Lower-income renters faced significant competition in their hunts for affordable rates. In some cities, finding affordable units was next to impossible.
For a rate to be considered affordable, it should cost less than 30 per cent of a renter household’s before-tax income, the federal housing agency said.
In Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto, the proportion of rental units considered affordable for the bottom 20 per cent of earners was "statistically zero," the report notes.
In Edmonton, those units made up 12.7 per cent of total spaces.
In Calgary, 3.1 per cent of apartments were considered affordable for low-income renters.
In Montreal, 18.1 per cent of units were available at affordable rates for low-income earners. However, many of those units were either bachelor or one-bedroom units, which could be unfit for families.
Vancouver remained the tightest rental market in the country, with a vacancy rate of 0.9 per cent, unchanged from 2022.
Ottawa’s vacancy rate also remained the same as the 2022 level, sitting at 2.1 per cent.
In Toronto, Canada’s largest city, the vacancy rate dropped from 1.6 to 1.4 per cent.
Meanwhile, in Montreal, the rate fell from two per cent to 1.5 per cent.
Vancouver remains the most expensive rental market, with $2,181 being the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom purpose-built apartment, followed by Toronto, where the average rent for those units was $1,961 in 2023.
The least expensive apartments are concentrated in Quebec, exemplified by Montreal’s relatively low 2023 average two-bedroom rent of $1,096.
Immigration, other factors impacting demand
Immigration led to increased demand in the rental market in most large centres, while high interprovincial migration contributed in Alberta, CMHC said.
With net immigration to Canada trending sharply higher since 2020, there was increased pressure on the rental markets of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, cities that are also the destination for many international students.
In Edmonton and Calgary, the influx of interprovincial migrants — people who move from one province to another — led to increased demand.
The report suggests people are likely drawn to Alberta — at least partly — by the relatively strong employment growth in Calgary and Edmonton as well as lower home prices relative to Toronto and Vancouver.
Employment growth among young Canadians and the low affordability of homeownership also led to increased demand in the rental market overall.
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A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart's final flight
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
Here are the 5 Canadian cities with the fewest low-cost rental units: report
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
'He thought it was the flu,' says widow of man who died of strep A
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
More than 400 kg of methamphetamine seized at Manitoba border; largest seizure in Prairie history
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
Pilots describe 'bizarre' lights and 'triangles' over Canada in air traffic control audio
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C. employer sues workers for quitting without required notice
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Locals race to preserve mysterious Newfoundland shipwreck
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Is Canada in a baby bust?
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
Here's how Canada's new foreign student visa cap could affect rents
Canada's new limit on visas for international students will cool the high demand for rental units and slow the rate of rent hikes, but it won't necessarily be a big factor in solving the country's housing affordability crisis, observers say.
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WINK News is locked in as we March to a Million Meals in Southwest Florida. Far too many are struggling to put food on the table, but together, we can put an end to unnecessary hunger in the Southwest Florida community. Taking a trip to Bonita Springs, you would find out that the aches of hunger are felt by those you might not expect. Click here for information on donating to WINK FEEDS FAMILIES – March To A Million Meals No matter who you are or where you come from, we all can use a little help sometimes. “Being I’m on a limited income and being a disabled veteran, it does help me out tremendously,” said Tom from Bonita Springs. MARCH TO A MILLION MEALS. CREDIT: WINK News WINK News met the Vietnam War veteran at the Bonita Springs Assistance office. “Although we still serve people from age 0 to 100, we have seen a much larger increase in our senior citizens that have never asked for supplemental food before,” said Teri Lamaine, the Bonita Springs Assistance Executive director. It’s just one of many local outlets in the United Way and the Harry Chapin Food Bank supports. “They kind of get like a unique plethora of whatever we have, whatever we get,” said Lamaine. CREDIT: WINK News Shelves are stocked full of donated food that volunteers give to those in need. “Premade boxes for today– as you can see we try to cover all of the meals,” said Lamaine. WINK’s March to a Million Meals raises money to feed people with families like Patricia’s. “It’s nice, it’s very nice. We thank them all the time,” said Patricia. With 96 cents of every single dollar donated to help those in need in Southwest Florida. “The reaction we get from the people is they know we’re serving them with dignity, we keep everything confidential. It is such a sigh of relief,” said Lamaine. You can donate until March 1. Every dollar raised is $2 in meals to the Harry Chapin Food Bank. That means donating $6 feeds a family of four or donating $60 feeds 10 families.
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WASHINGTON — Interest rate cuts are coming. Just not yet.
The Federal Reserve delivered that message Wednesday, first in a policy statement and then in a news conference at which Chair Jerome Powell reinforced it.
The Fed did signal that it’s nearing a long-awaited shift toward cutting interest rates, evidence that its officials have grown confident that they’re close to fully taming inflation. No longer does its policy statement say it’s still considering further rate hikes.
Yet the officials made clear that the first rate cut is likely months away. Their statement cautioned that they don’t think it would be time to cut rates “until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably” to their 2 percent target.
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Investors and some economists had been holding out the possibility that the Fed might cut as early as its next meeting in March. That now appears off the table.
“I don’t think it’s likely that the committee will reach a level of confidence by the time of the March meeting” to start cutting rates, Powell said at his news conference.
The central bank kept its key rate unchanged at about 5.4 percent, a 22-year high. But the overall changes to its statement — compared with its last meeting in December — show that it’s moved toward considering rate reductions while still maintaining flexibility.
In December, the officials had indicated that they expected to carry out three quarter-point rate cuts in 2024. Yet they have said little about when those cuts might begin, and senior officials have stressed that the Fed will proceed cautiously.
The central bank’s message Wednesday — that it’s edging closer to cutting rates but not planning to do so anytime soon — disappointed traders on Wall Street. Losses in the stock market accelerated after Powell’s news conference began.
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The change in the Fed’s stance comes as the economy is showing surprising durability after a series of 11 rate hikes helped drastically slow inflation, which had hit a four-decade high 18 months ago. Over the past six months, prices have risen at an annual rate of just below 2 percent, consistent with the Fed’s target level, according to its preferred inflation gauge. And growth remains healthy. In the final three months of last year, the economy expanded at a 3.3 percent annual rate, the government said last week.
The Fed is assessing inflation and the economy at a time when the intensifying presidential campaign is pivoting in no small part on voters’ perceptions of President Biden’s economic stewardship. Republicans in Congress have attacked Biden over the high inflation that gripped the nation beginning in 2021 as the economy emerged from recession. But the latest economic data — ranging from steady consumer spending to solid job growth to the slowdown in inflation — has been bolstering consumer confidence.
At his news conference, Powell said the Fed welcomes signs of economic strength. But he said the policymakers are seeking further evidence of a sustained slowdown in inflation.
“We want to see strong growth and a strong labor market,” the Fed chair said. “We’re looking for inflation to come down, as it has been coming down for the last six months.”
Most economists have said they expect the Fed to start cutting its benchmark rate in May or June. Rate cuts would eventually lead to lower borrowing costs for America’s consumers and businesses, including for mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards.
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A year ago, many analysts were predicting that widespread layoffs and sharply higher unemployment would be needed to cool the economy and curb inflation. Yet job growth has been steady. The unemployment rate, at 3.7 percent, isn’t far above a half-century low.
The Fed appears on the verge of achieving a rare “soft landing,” in which it manages to conquer high inflation without causing a recession. Should the pace of economic growth strengthen, though, it could complicate the challenge for the Fed. A much faster expansion, especially one fueled by rate cuts, could potentially re-ignite inflation.
On the other hand, any evidence that the economy is slowing appreciably would likely accelerate the Fed’s timetable for rate cuts. And indeed, some cracks in the job market have begun to emerge and, if they worsen, could spur the Fed to cut rates quickly.
“If we saw an unexpected weakening in the labor market, that would certainly weigh on cutting sooner,” Powell said at his news conference. “If we saw inflation being stickier or higher, it would argue for moving later.”
Asked whether he thought the Fed has already achieved a soft landing, Powell suggested it would be premature to say so.
“We have a ways to go,” he said. “Core inflation is still well above target on a 12-month basis. Certainly, I’m encouraged and we’re encouraged by the progress, but we’re not declaring victory at this point. We think we have a ways to go.”
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For several months, most of the nation’s job growth has occurred in just a few sectors — health care, government, and hotels, restaurants, and entertainment. Any weakening in those areas of the economy could threaten hiring and the overall expansion.
A report Tuesday showed that the number of workers who quit in December reached its lowest level in three years. That suggested that fewer Americans are being recruited for new, higher-paying jobs or are willing to search for and take new positions. Though quits remain at a level consistent with a solid job market, they have fallen about one-third from their peak in mid-2022.
Still, the US economy is outdoing its counterparts overseas. During the October-December quarter, the 20 countries that share the euro currency barely avoided a recession, posting essentially no growth. Still, as in the US, unemployment is very low in the euro area, and inflation has slowed to a 2.9 percent annual rate. Though the European Central Bank could cut rates as soon as April, many economists think that might not happen until June.
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Auburn football coaching staff 2024: Meet all of Hugh Freeze's assistants for Year 2
AUBURN — DJ Durkin is Auburn football's new defensive coordinator.
The Tigers made thing official with the former Maryland coach Wednesday. It's the last hire coach Hugh Freeze had to make for his on-field staff this offseason, as Auburn has filled all 10 spots available to it. All told, the unit had six retentions and four departures, including a change at both coordinator spots.
Freeze's staff for Year 2 naturally has some Ole Miss flavor, as seven of the 10 assistants have either played for the Rebels or worked for them in some capacity during their respective careers. Freeze spent five seasons as the coach at Ole Miss from 2012-16, and three of Auburn's current staff members worked with him there. Another was a player from 2004-07, overlapping with Freeze's time as an assistant in Oxford from 2006-07.
Here's a look at Freeze's staff with spring practice just around the corner:
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Derrick Nix (OC/RBs coach)
Originally hired by Houston Nutt in 2008 and then surviving three coaching changes from Nutt to Hugh Freeze to Matt Luke to Lane Kiffin, Derrick Nix has left Ole Miss after 16 years with the program to become the offensive coordinator/running backs coach at Auburn. Nix's first 12 seasons with the Rebels were spent coaching receivers. He then transitioned to focusing on RBs for the last four.
DJ Durkin (DC)
Now on his fourth stint as an SEC defensive coordinator, DJ Durkin remains in the conference after working under coach Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M for the last couple of seasons. He was with Kiffin at Ole Miss before that, and his time with the Rebels served as his return to collegiate coaching following his ouster from Maryland in relation to the death of a player. Durkin was the DC at Florida in 2013-14 and also at Michigan in 2015.
Charles Kelly (Co-DC)
Known as one of the best recruiters in the country for the talent he was able to help Alabama land from 2019-22, Charles Kelly has returned to his alma mater to be a co-DC. Kelly has been in on the recruitments of 46 blue-chip prospects, according to 247Sports, including a trio of five-star players in the Class of 2023: Caleb Downs, Qua Russaw and James Smith.
Kent Austin (QBs coach)
A former quarterback at Ole Miss who went on to have an 11-year career in the Canadian Football League, Kent Austin received a promotion to QBs coach Jan. 17. He had previously been on staff at Auburn, though it was in an off-the-field role. He'll now be on the field working under Freeze, who was the co-OC for at Liberty before arriving to the Plains.
Marcus Davis (WRs coach)
An up-and-coming position coach who just helped the Tigers land the most talented group of receivers they've ever signed in the Class of 2024, Marcus Davis enters his second year as a coach at his alma mater. Auburn's WRs struggled in 2023, but he helped facilitate the signatures of five-star recruits Cam Coleman and Perry Thompson, in addition to four-star prospects Bryce Cain and Malcolm Simmons.
Ben Aigamaua (TE coach)
There isn't a person on the staff who's spent more seasons near Freeze than tight ends coach Ben Aigamaua, who played under the 54-year-old coach at Lambuth from 2008-09. He reunited with Freeze a few years later at Ole Miss, where he held a variety of roles from 2012-18. Aigamaua once again met up with Freeze when the latter got the job at Liberty, and he followed him to Auburn last offseason.
Jake Thornton (OL coach)
Someone who's totally revamped their position group since joining the Tigers, Jake Thornton made the move to Auburn from Ole Miss when Freeze was hired in 2022. Of the scholarship players he inherited, only three − EJ Harris, Tate Johnson and Jeremiah Wright − remain on the roster.
Jeremy Garrett (DL coach)
With three defensive linemen already committed in the class of 2025, DL coach Jeremy Garrett has been pulling his wait in recruiting. The trio of verbal pledges − Malik Autry, Antonio Coleman and Jourdin Crawford − are all tabbed by the 247Sports Composite as four-star recruits.
Josh Aldridge (LBs coach)
One of the most pleasant surprises for Auburn fans, linebackers coach Josh Aldridge has not only shown recruiting prowess − he helped the Tigers ink four-star prospects DJ Barber, Joseph Phillips and Demarcus Riddick in the Class of 2024 − but the LBs already had on roster, namely Eugene Asante, have improved.
Wesley McGriff (Secondary/CBs coach)
First-year Texas A&M coach Mike Elko announced Wesley McGriff as his new cornerbacks coach Jan. 3. McGriff, who spent the 2023 season with the Tigers, seems to have since reversed course. His name is back on the Auburn staff page after briefly being removed.
Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18.
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Broadway star Hinton Battle, who played the original Scarecrow at the 1978 "The Wiz", has died at 67. He was a three-time Tony Award winner.
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Broadway star Hinton Battle, who played the original Scarecrow at the 1978 "The Wiz", has died at 67. He was a three-time Tony Award winner.
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Liverpool vs Chelsea player ratings as Conor Bradley stars on dream night while Enzo Fernandez flops
Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea: The 20-year-old scored his first goal for the club and set up two more as the Reds thrashed the Blues at Anfield
Liverpool put Chelsea to the sword at Anfield as Jurgen Klopp saw his side move five points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a thumping win over the Blues.
Liverpool made a fast start as Darwin Nunez hit the crossbar and saw a shot tipped onto the post by Chelsea goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic, but the hosts were perhaps fortunate not to concede a penalty when Conor Gallagher was clipped by Virgil van Dijk in the box.
Diogo Jota then powered through the Chelsea defence to fire Liverpool ahead, before Conor Bradley produced a stunning finish to double their lead with his first goal for the club. It could have been three at half-time had Nunez then converted a penalty, but the striker hit the post again.
Mauricio Pochettino made a triple change at the break but despite a brief improvement, Liverpool made it three as Bradley set up Dominik Szoboszlai’s header in front of the Kop. Christopher Nkunku pulled one back with his first Chelsea goal, and then could have had a penalty when Van Dijk clipped him from behind.
But Luiz Diaz then added a fourth and Klopp could afford to make changes ahead of Sunday’s trip to third-place Arsenal. Here are how the player rated from a frantic Anfield clash.
Liverpool:
Alisson, 7
The Liverpool goalkeeper was largely a spectator. The hosts were completely dominant for the most part.
Conor Bradley, 9
A dream night for the 20-year-old: with two assists and his first goal for the club. Full of energy, and with a good eye for the pass, Bradley struck a wonderful finish into the corner and then produced an excellent cross to set up Szoboszlai’s header. “There’s only one Conor Bradley,” cried the Kop.
Ibrahima Konate, 8
The centre-back was solid in holding down the right side of Liverpool’s defence, allowing Bradley to bomb forwards. Hardly put a foot wrong.
Virgil van Dijk, 7
The Liverpool captain could have conceded two penalties. He took a risk after dangling his leg in the box but was relieved Gallagher’s tumble did not result in a spot-kick, and then caught Nkunku from behind. Liverpool survived but Van Dijk was lucky.
Joe Gomez, 8
Does Andy Robertson get his place back? Not on Gomez’s form. Another calm and steady performance from the stand-in left back.
Dominik Szoboszlai, 8
The midfielder appeared a little rusty in possession on what was his first start in four weeks, but made up for it with his energy in helping Liverpool dominate the midfield battle and got on the scoresheet with an excellent downward header to add the third.
Alexis Mac Allister, 8
Controlled midfield superbly with a balance of clever touches and body feints, coupled with a good sense of when to be strong in the tackle. Pressed extremely well and this was one of his best showings in a Liverpool shirt.
Curtis Jones, 8
Like Mac Allister, Jones blended the skill and the steel in another impressive performance. Was up against two £100m midfielders and came out on top.
Luis Diaz, 8
Always bright and willing to drive forwards, which pushed Chelsea back. His final ball and end product wasn’t quite there in the first half, but he was in the right place to get ahead of Badiashile and add Liverpool’s fourth.
Diogo Jota, 9
Sensational. Powered through Chelsea’s defence to put away Liverpool’s opener and then seemed to be everywhere in helping the Red keep the foot down.
Darwin Nunez. 8
A night of pure Nunez, hitting the woodwork four times to set a new Premier League record. That included a missed penalty and a free header from six yards. But you’d still say he had a good game, and Nunez then set up Diaz’s fourth.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold, 6
Cody Gakpo, 6
Harvey Elliott, 6
Andy Robertson, 6
Chelsea
Dorde Petrovic, 7
The only Chelsea player to come away with any credit after the first half. The goalkeeper made a smart stop to tip Nunez’s shot onto the post, and then another from Jones.
Axel Disasi, 3
Looked extremely uncomfortable whenever isolated in the full-back position and offered nothing going forward. Chelsea desperately missed a recognised right back - and when Gusto came on it was too late.
Thiago Silva, 3
Should have taken charge to clear when Jota surged between the veteran defender and Badiashile. Chelsea were completely overwhelmed and Silva couldn’t get his defence in order.
Benoit Badiashile, 2
Brushed aside by Jota for Liverpool’s opener, in a moment that would have any defender in the world cringing with embarrassment. Bradley then burned past Badiashile for the third and Diaz got in front of him for the fourth.
Ben Chilwell, 3
The left-back was robbed by Bradley in the move for Liverpool’s opener and was then caught absent as the youngest roamed forward for the second. Booked for a dive in the box and hooked at half time.
Moises Caicedo, 3
At least he tried to fight back, but the former Liverpool transfer target was left all alone in midfield and struggled. A night where Liverpool perhaps were glad their £111m bid was trumped by Chelsea.
Enzo Fernandez, 2
It’s been over a year since Fernandez arrived in the Premier League but the World Cup winner remains miles off the pace. Could not live with Liverpool’s energy or match the level required. One moment summed it up: booked for a late challenge on Jones after Jota surged away from him.
Noni Madueke, 2
Anonymous. The winger had one opportunity to run at Gomez and was dispossessed with ease. Hooked at half-time.
Conor Gallagher, 4
He could have changed the game when he burst into the box and collided with Van Dijk’s leg, but he didn’t get the penalty he wanted. Brought off at half time.
Raheem Sterling, 4
Had a few moments where he had the opportunity to run into the space behind Bradley, but the former winger wasn’t able to exploit it. A glaring moment came when he failed to send Nkunku through on goal when the substitute had the whole Liverpool half in front of him.
Cole Palmer. 3
The false-9 role didn’t suit him and this was a poor night from Palmer, even when he did get moved back into midfield in the second half.
Substitutes
Malo Gusto,, 7: Gave Chelsea better balance and his surge and cross should have led to Chelsea pulling one back, but the chance fell to Mudryk.
Mykhailo Mudryk, 4: Skied Chelsea’s best chance of the match well over the bar. Another who still looks desperately short a year on from arriving at the club.
Christopher Nkunku, 7: Chelsea improved massively when the striker came on to lead the line. Now Pochettino needs to keep him fit after his first Chelsea goal.
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DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Prosecutors are leveling alarming new accusations against a controversial blogger, highlighting an alleged connection and cooperative relationship with the woman who police say killed her boyfriend in Canton in 2022.
Prosecutors say Aiden Kearney, known as Turtleboy, and Karen Read worked together, with Read secretly providing him with inside information about her case, which he then published on his blog, resulting in the intimidation of witnesses in the case.
Read is accused of backing over her boyfriend, John O’Keefe and leaving him for dead in a snowstorm in January 2022. Read denies the charge and Kearney has championed her theory that O’Keefe was beaten to death inside the home, which belonged to another Boston police officer.
In court documents justifying a search warrant to seize two of Read’s phones last week, prosecutors showed evidence that Read was helping Kearney so that his followers would harass and intimidate witnesses.
Prosecutors say while Kearney insisted he kept a distant, professional relationship with Read, the found 189 phones calls in excess of 40 hours in addition to communications on an encrypted app, Signal.
Kearney’s former girlfriend allegedly told investigators that all of his content related to the case was approved by Read before being published and that he described her as difficult and controlling.
He also allegedly told his ex-girlfriend to delete evidence and assaulted her, which led to additional charges.
This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.
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Strong European backing for Ukraine leaves 'little space' for exploitation of pro-Russian politics, study shows
Strong support for Ukraine means there is "little space" for European politicians to exploit pro-Russia foreign policy messages, a new study shows. Researchers have found widespread backing for Ukraine across the continent, and for policies that help the nation, such as imposing sanctions on Russia.
But public opinion is more mixed on the approach NATO should take and whether Ukraine should become a member.
Experts have found that European nations can be classified into three distinct groups. Citizens of Germany, France and Spain were "solid supporters" of Ukraine. Those in Italy and Hungary were "nearer the fence," while residents of Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden and the UK were "staunch supporters."
The study, by Catarina Thomson, Matthias Mader, Felix Münchow, Jason Reifler and Harald Schoen, is published in the journal International Affairs. Researchers analyzed public opinion data about the Ukraine war collected in February 2023 in France, Germany, the UK, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Finland and Sweden, Italy and Spain.
People in the UK were among the staunchest supporters of Ukraine, together with Eastern European nations and Finland and Sweden, who applied for NATO membership following the Russian invasion.
In a second group of countries, which includes France, Germany, and Spain, citizens also blamed Russia for the war and were strongly in favor of standing by Ukraine. A minority of voters believed Ukraine should be urged to accept territorial losses that could help end the war or that economic sanctions against Russia should be lifted.
In this second group of countries researchers found some pockets of pro-Russian sympathy in far-right populist parties, as well as among some groups of leftist parties with a history of close relations with the Soviet Union. Around half of supporters of Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) attributed some responsibility for the war to Ukraine, and 56% said they would urge Ukraine to concede some territory to Russia.
In a third group of countries—Italy and Hungary—people supported Ukraine but remained "nearer the fence." More than 40% of Italians attributed some responsibility for the war to Ukraine, as did 55% of Hungarians. In contrast, 20% or less attributed some responsibility to Ukraine in the UK, Eastern European countries, Finland and Sweden, as did between 25% to 35% in France, Germany and Spain.
In all countries older people were more supportive of increasing NATO's troop presence in eastern Europe and admitting Ukraine to the alliance than are younger age groups.
People were more divided regarding policy options for NATO. In some countries, majorities supported both increasing NATO's presence in eastern Europe and Ukraine's admittance to NATO, while in others, majorities opposed these policies. This may reflect perceptions that such steps may lead to a deeper involvement of their country in the Russia–Ukraine conflict.
Dr. Thomson said, "European citizens remain united in supporting the Ukrainian war effort. Failure to achieve military successes could however undermine this support. This might be particularly problematic in countries like Germany where the public is more skeptical, and where long-held non-militarist and isolationist sentiments remain.
"Russia may now be 'playing for time,' hoping war-weary publics will demand a conclusion to the war. There are reasons to think that such an approach on Russia's part is unlikely to work. Our findings suggest admitting Ukraine as a NATO member would be politically difficult."
More information: Catarina Thomson et al, European public opinion: united in supporting Ukraine, divided on the future of NATO, International Affairs (2023). DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiad241
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MEXICO CITY — (AP) — A federal court granted a temporary injunction against bullfighting in Mexico City on Wednesday, as activists and supporters of the practice once again locked horns in court.
Bullfighting had only just returned Sunday to the capital's Plaza Mexico, which held the city's first legal bullfight in almost two years.
The ruling will apparently force the postponement of fights scheduled for Feb. 4-6; organizers have not yet announced what they will do.
In May 2022, a local court ordered an end to bullfighting, ruling that the practice violated city resident’s rights to a healthy environment free from violence.
That case had been appealed to the Supreme Court, which struck down the ban on largely technical grounds but left the underlying questions unresolved.
But the joy of bullfighting enthusiasts only lasted a few days. Animal rights supporters quickly filed another legal challenge that resulted in Wednesday's ruling, which suspends fights until Feb. 7.
At that point, another hearing will be held to consider activists' complaints that the practice subjected the animals to cruelty and violated humans' rights to be free of degrading spectacles of cruelty and environmental insensitivity.
Animal rights groups have been gaining ground in Mexico in recent years while bullfighting followers have suffered several setbacks. In some states such as Sinaloa, Guerrero, Coahuila, Quintana Roo and the western city of Guadalajara, judicial measures now limit the activity.
Ranchers, businessmen and fans maintain that the ban on bullfights infringes on their rights and puts at risk several thousand jobs linked to the activity, which they say generates about $400 million a year in Mexico.
The National Association of Fighting Bull Breeders in Mexico estimates that bullfighting is responsible for 80,000 direct jobs and 146,000 indirect jobs.
The association has hosted events and workshops in recent years to promote bullfights and find new, younger fans.
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Calgary senior fighting for travel reimbursement after breast cancer diagnosis
A Calgary senior is trying to get her money back after booking a trip she won't be able to take due to a cancer diagnosis
Diane McCallum, 81, cancelled a South African vacation she had planned for March 2024 following a breast cancer diagnosis last year.
McCallum says she made a $1,500 deposit on trip cancellation insurance through TD Life Insurance on June 6, 2023, in advance of her diagnosis.
It was more than three weeks later, on June 29, that McCallum went for her annual physical.
"I had a slight change in my left breast and there was a firmness," said McCallum.
She said she had also had also noticed firmness in 2022, but a mammogram came back negative.
Global Excel is the authorized claims administrator for TD Insurance.
"They're saying that it was a reasonable foreseeable condition that it was possibly cancer, so they cancel my cancellation insurance," McCallum said.
In a letter dated Jan 26, 2024, the company said to McCallum that it had reassessed her file and would not reimburse her.
"Our review of your claim indicates that you cancelled your trip due to a medical condition," the letter read.
"As per the physician’s referral letter dated Aug. 10, 2023, you were referred for a mammogram during your physician’s visit on June 29, 2023."
Diane McCallum, 81, cancelled a South African vacation she had planned for March 2024 following a breast cancer diagnosis.It went onto read that "the letter confirms the symptoms of your undiagnosed medical condition and required further testing as recommended by the physician. As your medical condition was not stable, it meets the exclusion for pre-existing medical condition period of 180 days prior to the trip cancellation coverage period."
"As such, we will be unable to issue any reimbursement for the submitted expenses as your claim does not meet a covered cause for cancellation."
CTV News reached out to both Global Excel and TD Insurance for comment.
"Due to privacy regulations, Global Excel may not discuss the details of any customer’s claim," read a statement.
TD Insurance also could not elaborate on the claim.
"To protect customer confidentiality, we cannot speak to the specifics of this claim," a statement read.
As for McCallum, she says she will not give up.
"I don't think I should walk away from the claim because it's a matter of what's right – and I'm right," she said.
"I paid $1,500 in my first-class travel card. The rest is topped up by my insurance company that I have, but I can't even get past TD Visa."
Diane McCallum, 81, cancelled a South African vacation she had planned for March 2024 following a breast cancer diagnosis.McCallum adds that she will seek legal advice if needed.
"They're just saying they're not going to because I had a foreseeable condition of cancer, but that could be two, three years down the road. I mean, it doesn't make sense what they're saying," McCallum said.
A health law and policy associate professor at the University of Calgary says there can be confusion when it comes to travel policy.
"There are a fair number of exclusions in many of those policies, and perhaps even more frustratingly, there's inconsistency from policy to policy in terms of what they exclude and what they cover," said Lorian Hardcastle.
"I think that your average person might interpret pre-existing conditions to mean something that you've actually been diagnosed with. You're a kidney patient, you're on dialysis… you're a heart patient, you're on medication."
Hardcastle adds that cases similar to McCallum’s can force some to wait to seek medical advice, if there is a risk of losing any sort of money when it comes to trip policies.
"I think certainly there is a risk of people putting off getting medical care until after a trip if they hear about people's experiences, like this," said Hardcastle.
She adds it could also force people to read every part of the insurance policy or contact an insurer to clear up exactly what is covered.
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The judge who rejected Elon Musk’s $55 billion Tesla compensation package likened the board that approved it to “supine servants of an overweening master” rather than independent directors looking out for shareholders.
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One of the directors made $280 million exercising options she was paid at Tesla, McCormick noted.
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“Neither the compensation committee nor the board acted in the best interests of the company when negotiating Musk’s compensation plan,” the judge said. “In fact, there is barely any evidence of negotiations at all. Rather than negotiate against Musk with the mindset of a third party, the compensation committee worked alongside him, almost as an advisory body.”
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Ira Ehrenpreis
Ehrenpreis, a Tesla director since 2007, chaired the board’s four-member compensation committee, which was responsible for negotiating the pay package. The founder of venture capital firm DBL Partners, Ehrenpreis netted $200 million from selling some of his Tesla options in 2021 and also had $75 million invested in other Musk-controlled companies, the judge noted. He was also invested in Kimbal Musk’s restaurant group, and had testified that his longtime relationship with the Musks had a “significant influence on his professional career.” McCormick said Ehrenpreis’ failure to negotiate with Musk showed he was “beholden” to him.
Antonio J. Gracias
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Gracias, also a compensation committee member, probably had the closest personal and business relationship to Musk. The founder of Valor Equity Partners, Gracias was the third-largest individual investor in Tesla in 2017, the judge noted, and his stake was worth $1 billion in 2021. Valor and Gracias have also invested hundreds of millions of dollars in other Musk ventures, including SpaceX, SolarCity, The Boring Company, and Neuralink. Musk and his brother have in turn invested in Valor. In addition to their business ties, Musk and Gracias socialize as often as once a month, have spent Christmas together and have a longstanding tradition of spending Presidents Day weekend together at Gracias’ home in Jackson Hole, Wyo. They’ve also vacationed together, including at illusionist David Copperfield’s Bahamas retreat. “The combination of business and personal ties make it undeniable that Gracias lacked independence from Musk.” McCormick said.
James Murdoch
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Bradley W. Buss
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How Auburn's Hugh Freeze has known Alabama football's Kalen DeBoer for more than a decade
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Forest owner says Richard Masters’ ‘small clubs’ comments were ‘a bit careless’
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How about those clouds again today? It’s been ten days since we’ve seen the sun… and the cloud cover is in no hurry to leave us.
We’ll keep it around tonight, tomorrow and again Friday. Stay tuned for the weekend! It will come with a bit more sun.
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While the clouds will still be thick tomorrow, it will be more mild in the 40s. Friday will be pretty much more of the same, except there’s a chance for spotty rain/snow showers.
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First tetratomic supermolecules realized at nanokelvin temperatures
A team of experimentalists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and theorists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has succeeded for the first time in populating and stabilizing a new type of molecule, so-called field-linked tetratomic molecules. These "supermolecules" are so fragile that they can only exist at ultracold temperatures. Their existence had long been suspected but has never been demonstrated experimentally—until now.
The polyatomic molecules created in this new study are composed of more than two atoms and have been successfully cooled down to 134 nanokelvin—more than 3,000 times colder than the temperature of previously created tetratomic molecules. This achievement is not only a novel feat in molecular physics, but also a significant step forward in the study of exotic ultracold matter. The research is published in Nature.
About two decades ago, American theoretical physicist John Bohn and his colleagues predicted a novel type of binding between polar molecules: If the molecules carry an asymmetrically distributed charge—what physicists call polarity—they can combine in an electric field to form weakly bound "supermolecules."
The behavior of these polar molecules can be thought of as compass needles inside a hard shell. When brought close together, compass needles experience an attraction that is stronger than the Earth's magnetic field and they point towards each other instead of aligning north.
A similar phenomenon can be observed with polar molecules, which under specific conditions, can form a unique bound state via electrical forces. Their bond somewhat reminds of a dancing couple holding each other tightly while at the same time constantly maintaining a certain distance.
The supermolecules' bound state is far weaker than typical chemical bonds, but at the same time also much longer reaching. Supermolecules share a bond length over distances that are several hundred times longer than normally bound molecules.
Due to this long-range nature, such supermolecules are highly sensitive: If the parameters of the electric field are changed only a little at a critical value, the forces between the molecules change dramatically—a phenomenon referred to as "field-linked resonance." This enables the researchers to flexibly vary the shape and size of the molecules with a microwave field.
A play in three parts: From diatomic to tetratomic molecules
Ultracold polyatomic molecules contain a rich internal structure that offers exciting new possibilities in cold chemistry, precision measurements, and in quantum information processing. However, their high complexity compared to diatomic molecules poses a major challenge to the employment of conventional cooling techniques such as direct laser cooling and evaporative cooling.
Researchers in the "NaK Lab" (sodium potassium lab) at MPQ, led by Dr. Xin-Yu Luo, Dr. Timon Hilker and Prof. Immanuel Bloch, have achieved a series of pioneering and Nature-published discoveries in recent years, which were crucial to finally overcoming this challenge.
First, in 2021, researchers in this lab invented a novel cooling technique for polar molecules using a high-power rotating microwave field, and thereby set a new low-temperature record: 21 billionths of a degree above absolute zero at minus 273.15 degree Celsius.
A year later, the researchers succeeded in creating the necessary conditions to observe the signature of binding between these molecules in scattering experiments for the first time. This provided the first indirect evidence of the existence of these theoretically long-predicted exotic constructs.
Now, there is even direct evidence as the researchers have been able to create and stabilize these supermolecules in their experiment. Imaging of these "supermolecules" revealed their p-wave symmetry—a unique feature that is crucial in the realization of topological quantum materials, which in turn can be relevant for fault-tolerant quantum computation.
"This research will have immediate and far-reaching implications, " says Xing-Yan Chen, Ph.D. Candidate and first author of the paper. "As the method is applicable to a wide range of molecular species, it allows to explore a much higher variety of ultracold polyatomic molecules. In the future, it could allow to create even bigger and longer-living molecules which would specifically be interesting for precision metrology or quantum chemistry."
"We arrived at these findings thanks also to our close collaboration with Prof. Tao Shi and his team from the CAS," adds Dr. Luo, the principal investigator of the experiment. "Our next goal is to further cool these bosonic 'supermolecules' to form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), where the molecules move together collectively. This prospect holds important potential for our fundamental understanding of quantum physics. What's more amazing is that by simply tuning a microwave field, a BEC of 'supermolecules' can transform into a novel quantum fluid of fermionic molecules preserving the special p-wave symmetry."
More information: Xing-Yan Chen et al, Ultracold field-linked tetratomic molecules, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06986-6
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WASHINGTON — (AP) — The United States on Wednesday attributed the drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, as President Joe Biden weighs his options to respond to the strike.
Iran threatened to "decisively respond" to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic after the U.S. said it held Tehran responsible. The U.S. has signaled it is preparing for retaliatory strikes in the Mideast in the wake of the Sunday drone attack that also wounded more than 40 troops at Tower 22, a secretive base in northeastern Jordan that's been crucial to the American presence in neighboring Syria.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday the U.S. believes the attack was planned, resourced and facilitated by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group that includes the militant group Kataib Hezbollah. He said Biden “believes that it is important to respond in an appropriate way.”
He said Biden was continuing to weigh his options, but Kirby said “the first thing you see won’t be the last thing," adding it “won't be a one-off.”
Kirby dismissed a statement by Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah announcing "the suspension of military and security operations against the occupation forces in order to prevent embarrassment to the Iraqi government." He said the group can't be taken at face value, and he added, "they're not the only group that has been attacking us."
As of Wednesday, Kataib Hezbollah and other Iran-aligned militias had launched 166 attacks on U.S. military installations since Oct. 18, including 67 in Iraq, 98 in Syria and the one in Jordan, according to the U.S. military.
The U.S. has struck back at the militias a few times over the past three months. On Oct. 27, U.S. fighter jets struck two weapons and ammunition storage sites in eastern Syria near Boukamal that were used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian-backed groups.
Also in Syria, fighter jets dropped bombs on an IRGC weapons storage facility near Maysulun in Deir el-Zour on Nov. 8. And U.S. airstrikes targeted a training facility and a safe house in the Bulbul district of Mayadin on Nov. 12.
On Dec. 26, the U.S. launched strikes on three locations in Iraq used by Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, and on Jan. 23, the U.S. struck three sites in Iraq, again targeting Kataib Hezbollah.
Any additional American strikes could further inflame a region already roiled by Israel's ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The war began with Hamas attacking Israel on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostage. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 26,000 Palestinians and displaced nearly 2 million others from their homes, arousing anger throughout the Muslim world.
Violence has erupted across the Mideast, with Iran striking targets in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria, and the U.S. carrying out airstrikes targeting Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels over their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Some observers fear a new round of strikes targeting Iran could tip the region into a wider war.
A U.S. Navy destroyer in the waterway shot down an anti-ship cruise missile launched by the Houthis late Tuesday, the latest attack targeting American forces patrolling the key maritime trade route, officials said. The U.S. later launched a new round of airstrikes targeting the Houthis.
The Iranian warnings first came from Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in New York. He gave a briefing to Iranian journalists late Tuesday, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
“The Islamic Republic would decisively respond to any attack on the county, its interests and nationals under any pretexts,” IRNA quoted Iravani as saying. He described any possible Iranian retaliation as a “strong response,” without elaborating.
The Iranian mission to the U.N. did not respond to requests for comment or elaboration Wednesday on Iravani's remarks.
Iravani also denied that Iran and the U.S. had exchanged any messages over the last few days, either through intermediaries or directly. The pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera, which is based in and funded by Qatar, reported earlier that such communication had taken place. Qatar often serves as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran.
But Iran's government has taken note of the U.S. threats of retaliation for the attack on the base in Jordan.
"Sometime, our enemies raise the threat, and nowadays we hear some threats in between words by American officials," Revolutionary Guard commander Gen. Hossein Salami, who answers only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said at an event Wednesday. "We tell them that you have experienced us, and we know each other. We do not leave any threat without an answer."
“We are not after war, but we have no fear of war,” he added, according to IRNA.
Kirby, for his part, said the U.S. doesn’t “seek a war with Iran. We’re not looking for a broader conflict.”
On Saturday, a general in charge of Iran's air defenses described them as being at their "highest defensive readiness." That raises concerns for commercial aviation traveling through and over Iran as well. After a U.S. drone strike killed a top general in 2020, Iranian air defenses mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board.
Meanwhile, attacks by the Houthis continue in the Red Sea. The private security firm Ambrey reported Wednesday night a ship was targeted with a missile southwest of Aden, Yemen, near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Houthis claimed an attack on a vessel at the time called the Koi, a Liberian-flagged container ship. The ship’s managers could not be immediately reached for comment. It was unclear if the reported missile attack caused any damage or injuries.
A missile launched Tuesday night targeted the USS Gravely, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement. No injuries or damage were reported.
A Houthi military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement Wednesday morning, calling it “a victory for the oppression of the Palestinian people and a response to the American-British aggression against our country.”
Saree claimed the Houthis fired "several" missiles, something not acknowledged by the U.S. Navy. Houthi claims have been exaggerated in the past, and their missiles sometimes crash on land and fail to reach their targets.
On Wednesday, a U.S. military jet struck a surface-to-air missile that was about to launch from Houthi-controlled Yemen, a U.S. official said. The missile was deemed an immediate threat and destroyed. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details ahead of a public announcement.
Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea over Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza. But they have frequently targeted vessels with tenuous or no clear links to Israel, imperiling shipping in a key route for global trade between Asia, the Mideast and Europe.
The Houthis hit a commercial vessel with a missile on Friday, sparking a fire that burned for hours.
The U.S. and the United Kingdom have launched multiple rounds of airstrikes targeting the Houthis as allied warships patrol the waterways affected by the attacks. The European Union also plans to launch a naval mission in the Red Sea within three weeks to help defend cargo ships against the Houthi attacks, the bloc's top diplomat said Wednesday.
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Associated Press writers Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, and Tara Copp in Washington contributed to this report.
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The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced people can no longer change the listed gender on their driver’s licenses. “It definitely is something that is devastating and feels cruel and manipulative,” said Queen Victoria Ortega. “It’s a thinly veiled attempt to show off for a base of voters that are seeking blood.” On top of that, the memo states people “misrepresenting” their gender or not using their sex assigned at birth constitutes “criminal and civil” fraud. “They could be arrested for that: not having a valid driver’s license that represents who they are. It can keep them from voting; it can keep them from getting a job,” said Chris Schmeckpeper-Kobzina with GLSEN Collier (the Collier County Chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network). “Our trans community has demonstrated that time and time again; we’re not going anywhere,” said Otega. “We are powerful, and we’re capable, and we are just as American as anybody else.” Queen Victoria Ortega is the international president of FLUX, a group that aims to raise the profile of trans and nonbinary people and a national division of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “Many of us are veterans. We’ve earned our space in the fabric of America by laying down our lives for the freedom that everybody else lives,” said Ortega, “so we deserve that, in turn, to be able to be who we are and have our identifications in our driver’s license reflect that.” Before, Florida residents could change their gender marker by submitting either a court order for a name change or an official physician’s letter for proof of gender transition treatment. “I’m a transgender man. If you look at me, it would be evident that I am a man,” said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Executive Director for the National Center for Transgender Equality. “The name that I actually go by is Rodrigo … that is what everyone in my life knows me as. If I, as a born and raised Floridian, have a driver’s license that does not list the name Rodrigo, it is completely impractical.” Legislation HB 1639 would also require all insurance and health benefit plans in the state that cover trans-related health care to cover de-transition care. That means discontinuing or seeking to reverse gender-affirming medical or surgical interventions. “I think it’s extremely damaging in so many ways, mentally, physically health-wise, for a portion of our population, and of the LGBTQ+ community here in Florida,” said Hugh Clark. Clark is chair of the social work department at Florida Gulf Coast University. “It is major disenfranchisement of a population that already faces tons of barriers,” Clark said. “It is the end of the ability for someone to be who they are, and that is troubling. I think Florida just keeps moving backwards in terms of understanding human beings and human nature.” Florida joins Kansas in fully banning residents from updating their gender markers on their driver’s licenses. In Kansas, a temporary order is in place banning changes while an ongoing legal battle between the Kansas Department of Revenue and the Republican attorney general plays out to determine whether that policy will stick.
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Canmore set to host FIS Cross-Country World Cup
It's the first time in eight years that the Canmore Nordic Centre is hosting a World Cup. Athletes from 19 different countries will spend two weeks in the mountain town west of Calgary for the event that kicks off Feb. 9.
Norbert Meier is the events chair and says the centre is one of the best cross-country ski venues in the world and it's open to skiers of all abilities throughout the season.
"We have an incredible facility thanks to the Olympics back in 88," he said. "It's been maintained and upgraded by the province in the 35 years since and it's phenomenal."
Meier says the area has seen some massive fluctuations in temperature for the month of January and track groomers are out every day maintaining the trails.
"We're weather watchers at this point," he said. "Clearly 15 degree daytime highs are not great for us but as long as it stays cold overnight, the snow holds up really well."
Meier says the snowmaking operation began in November at the facility to create a good base and he says that man-made snow holds up better than natural snow to warm temperatures.
The forecast suggests that temperatures may have peaked Tuesday, when they reached 15 degrees.
"We're hoping the forecast is correct and that it'll get colder on the weekend and maybe a bit of snow," he said. "So next week should be really great racing conditions because we start with a really good base of man-made snow."
Meier is expecting big crowds to watch the international competitors because the courses are spread out and that allows for more spectators.
"The thing about the Nordic center, there's so many places you can stand by the trail and watch the race," he said. "We'll get 15,000 people here and you'll feel the big buzz in the stadium but it's really on the corners up on the course, along the stretches and so on that people will line the course you know five, six, seven, eight people deep and cheer so it's a big spectator sport."
VOLUNTEERS
A world event needs volunteers to make it run smoothly. Tara Spenrath is the manager of volunteers and says close to 350 people have signed up, one from as far away as Germany.
"After the pandemic we really saw a huge growth in the cross country sport and huge interest in it," she said. "Now people want to be involved, they want to see their idols in person and it's amazing and southern Alberta has a strong history of volunteerism."
Spenrath says her team will have a number of responsibilities.
"Everything from sorting our trash to help with our green initiatives to being out on the snow and being actual officials within the race," she said. "Each day we'll have minimum 200 people here at a time."
In 2008 Chandra Crawford won her first World Cup event at the Nordic Centre. Now the three time Olympian and gold medalist is a mother of four but still remembers training on the trails in her home town.
"I remember feeling nervous and I might train too fast or too slow, like it's just so exciting to prepare," she said.
She's looking forward to watching the national team and some of Canada's up and coming stars of the sport.
"When it's a race here at home, we get to have an extra dozen Canadians racing," she said. "So a lot of our young skiers, this is the most important race of the year for them, their big chance."
While Crawford will be hosting a number of VIP events for the World Cup, she says there are many other activities happening in the mountain town during the event.
"There are things for people who don't even care about ski racing," she said. "There's an Artwalk, a Nordic Market, there's a Fan Zone, and it’s going to be a whole tada, right and these mild temperatures? Not bad for spectating."
CHALLENGING CIRCUIT
Katie Weaver and Julian Smith are national team members and out for a late morning ski. Weaver lives in Canmore and trains here regularly. She says it's a challenging circuit with a lot of hills to climb.
"A couple of weeks ago I heard that it was minus 40," she said. "Now it is plus 10 so a big change in temperatures but I think it'll be cooling off for the World Cup and it'll be hard, fast conditions."
Smith grew up in Ontario and enjoys skiing at the Nordic Centre that he says has one of the fastest and longest straightaway finishes on the World Cup tour. He's hoping for big crowds.
"That's something that cross-country skiing needs," he said. "But also what we want so it's going to be really cool to have friends and family out seeing us and cheering us and supporting us but also just to have a crowd that wants the Canadians to ski their fastest."
Learn more about the Canmore World Cup here: https://www.albertaworldcup.com
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A Chelsea man pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to illegally selling several machine gun conversion devices to a federal agent who was undercover, officials said.
Michael Williams, 50, pleaded guilty in US District Court to two counts of transferring or possessing a machine gun and one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition, the US attorney’s office for Massachusetts said in a statement.
Williams was arrested in July and charged by criminal complaint, then indicted on the charges by a federal grand jury in August, prosecutors said.
He is scheduled to be sentenced May 15. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Wednesday afternoon.
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Williams, who is banned from owning guns or ammunition because of a previous felony conviction, allegedly agreed early last year to sell an undercover agent several machine gun conversion devices and other gun accessories, prosecutors said.
After communicating for a while, Williams met the agent twice at a location they had arranged in advance, and on Jan. 12, 2023, he sold the agent the first conversion device and “numerous rounds of ammunition,” according to the statement.
The next day Williams sold the undercover agent two more conversion devices, prosecutors said.
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Jorge Rubiano arrived alone in Chicago, but his pain and trauma came with him.
For months, he tried to find steady work. For months, he's been sleeping in a crowded temporary shelter, worrying about his wife and mother back in Colombia. Are they safe? Did I make the right decision?
He recalls a frightening phone call with his wife in Colombia, cut short when the bus she was riding on was being robbed.
Rubiano, 43, is also haunted by memories of his harrowing journey to Chicago, during which he says he was kidnapped for a month, before escaping.
He left his country, he says, over a land dispute in which the government threatened his life.
"I'm still in between two dangers," Rubiano says in Spanish. "If I return it's very possible they kill me, and if I stay I don't know what can happen here."
More than 30,000 migrants and asylum seekers have arrived in Chicago since August of 2022 — most of them from South and Central America. They are fleeing the collapse of their economies, a lack of food and jobs, and violence back home.
Many came here on a bus from Texas, sent by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who said Chicago — and other so-called sanctuary cities that embrace immigrants — would provide much-needed relief "to our small, overrun border towns."
The buses haven't stopped since.
Migrants fleeing hardship, danger, fear and loss
Interviews with more than 30 people reveal the emotional toll migrants face, and the efforts of individuals and organizations that are trying to fill the gaps of a frayed mental health system.
Some of those efforts are catching the attention of leaders in other big U.S. cities also coping with large influxes of newly-arrived migrants.
For many, their journeys here were terrifying. A young girl who fell into a river, her pregnant mother struggling to hold her small hand, so the current wouldn't whisk her away. Women who were forced to have sex with gang members to get from country to country. People who walked over the dead in the jungle, or are wracked with guilt over the sick and injured left behind.
Their stories have unfolded across Chicago: in the quiet space of a therapist's office, at an informal healing circle in the back of a store, with a nurse at a folding table propped up outside a police station.
But for many migrants, taking care of their mental health might not be a priority.
"They're in survival mode," says Sharon Davila, a school-based social worker who has screened migrant families. "They need their basic needs met. The number one thing is they're looking for jobs."
Just getting in front of a therapist or a social worker can be extremely difficult for even the most savvy and persistent. With a shortage of mental health workers, wait lists for an appointment can be months long.
Layer on being new to this country, speaking a different language, and having no health insurance. Getting help can seem impossible.
Therapist Susie Moya worries about a mental health crisis brewing for many migrants.
"Right now it's on the back burner," says Moya, who has worked with migrants on Chicago's Lower West Side. "But I'm thinking a year from now when these families are settled in. Who is going to be providing that support?"
Informal support, with a side of soup
It's a Monday night in the back room of an insurance agency on the Southwest Side. About 20 migrants have arranged their chairs in a circle. Each person takes a turn describing how they feel on a scale of one to 10, as social worker Veronica Sanchez gently encourages them to share why.
Warm homemade chicken soup and arepas await them for dinner.
A woman says her husband got deported, and she's heartbroken that she left her children behind. A man says he worked several days that week, but never got paid. Another says he is grateful to God for bringing him to America, but he misses his mom, dad and brothers.
Finding work and reuniting with family is important, Sanchez tells them. But right now she's concerned about their mental health.
"Maybe we have answers. Maybe we don't. But when you open up a safe space where you can share your sorrows... you don't feel so alone," Sanchez says in Spanish.
Sanchez understands the migrants' desperation. She comes from a long line of pottery makers in Mexico. Sanchez was just four years old when her father left to work in Cicero, a suburb outside Chicago. She didn't see her father for almost seven years, until they were reunited as a family in Cicero.
Those memories fuel her work with the healing circle. "When I was talking to them, it really came from the heart," Sanchez says. "I was seeing the migrants' faces, that they were so scared."
Informal support groups like this one have popped up around Chicago in shelters, storefronts, churches and schools, led by volunteers or mental health professionals.
Many of these support groups don't last long. Volunteers get burned out. Migrants prioritize other needs. Or the city moves them from place to place.
The costs of ignoring loss and trauma
Some volunteers and mental health providers emphasize that not every migrant might be experiencing severe trauma.
But for many, trauma can have lasting impact. Trauma can change the wiring in a person's brain and make someone more vulnerable to depression and anxiety.
Daily or ongoing stressors can add up to what Chicago psychologist Laura Pappa calls "little t trauma" — like not feeling welcomed right away.
"A lot of people come here seeking the American dream and they realize that that's not there," says Pappa, who came to the U.S. from Argentina as a teen. "A lot of people were not expecting that, how hard it is on this side. I've had a lot of parents who've come alone and ask themselves, was it worth it?"
It can be hard to persuade migrants to seek help, however. There's a stigma about the need for mental health care in many immigrant communities, particularly among Latino men, Pappa says.
But, she adds, the stigma is easing as talking about emotions becomes more common.
Training the front-line workers in shelters
One effort to provide faster help involves training hundreds of peoplewho don't have a medical background, but work in city-run shelters. These front-line workers, such as case managers and shelter supervisors, are learning to lead support groups called Café y Comunidad charlas — coffee and community talks.
The initiative is led by the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health, the University of Chicago's Crown Family School, and Lurie Children's Center for Childhood Resilience.
The idea is to help migrants feel less isolated and try to prevent the most extreme outcomes, such as suicide.
"We have to help people the minute they arrive," explainsAimee Hilado, an assistant professor at UC's Crown School and chair of the coalition. "That's actually going to promote healing down the line."
Case manager Albert Ayala has led a charla in the ballroom of a downtown shelter. He recalls moments of joy, such as when a woman said she was searching for love — and hands shot up hoping to catch her attention.
Ayala says he's watched migrants who arrive scared and shy blossom after attending a charla.
"We try to tell them we're no different from you," says Ayala, who is Mexican American. "Your dream is possible."
Leaders in Philadelphia and San Jose have reached out asking how to replicate the effort, Hilado says.
Outside his shelter, Rubiano, the migrant from Colombia, says he hasn't attended one of these support groups. He says he tries to keep busy working on his English skills. And he recently found a full-time job in a supermarket.
He longs for his family, and for the chance to bring them here — once there is a stable life he can offer them.
WBEZ is part of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative, a group of newsrooms covering stories on mental health care access and inequities in the U.S. The Collaborative's partners include The Carter Center, the Center for Public Integrity and newsrooms in select states across the country.
WBEZ's Manuel Martinez contributed to this report.
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What does retired Alabama coach Nick Saban tease Hugh Freeze about? Not fourth-and-31
Retired life has seemingly been treating former Alabama football coach Nick Saban well.
The 72-year-old Saban, who announced his retirement Jan. 10, recently made an appearance at the "Mr. October Celebrity Golf Classic" in Palm City, Florida, on Monday. He played alongside other prominent figures in the event such as musical artists 50 Cent and Travis Scott, as well as former athletes Terrell Owens, Grant Hill, Johnny Bench and Pedro Martinez.
It seems playing golf was not a one-time event reserved for that day, either, as Auburn coach Hugh Freeze made reference Wednesday to some playful jabs Saban has thrown his way. Freeze was discussing his recent staff changes at the Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever taken over a program where in Year 1 I felt like I got everything right on the hires. I think it’s very difficult," Freeze said, according to video recorded and uploaded by Auburn Undercover. "I was talking to Nick this morning about that. It’s funny, Nick calls me a lot now and he rubs in that he’s playing golf every single day."
Saban finished his career with a 4-2 all-time record over Freeze, including a win in the 2023 Iron Bowl that featured quarterback Jalen Milroe finding wide receiver Isaiah Bond in the back corner of the end zone for a game-winning touchdown — immortalized as fourth-and-31. The pair of coaches have a noted friendship, with Freeze having previously referenced Saban's support for him following his ouster from Ole Miss.
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Richard Silva the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @rich_silva18.
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Thesis finds that recruitment of Swedish operational police officers needs to be broadened
Can scientific methods be used to identify who is best suited for physically and mentally demanding missions? In his doctoral thesis, Peter Tedeholm explores the individual characteristics of Swedish operational police officers.
Peter Tedeholm has worked for 20 years as a police officer in the National Task Force and has a background in elite sports. Today, he is a special advisor for selection and performance development programs within the Police's National Operations Department (NOA). In September 2023, he defended his thesis that focuses on how the police can improve their selection programs.
"The recruitment process is critical. It all starts with selecting the right person, despite the importance of education and training," says Peter Tedeholm, who holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet.
Tedeholm has validated current selection processes by examining the personality, cognitive and physical abilities of operational police officers, with a particular focus on characteristics that are difficult to develop after the age of 25.
"Every human being is unique. We have distinct abilities and personality traits in addition to our knowledge and to some extent our skills, which determine suitability for specific tasks," he says.
To qualify for the National Task Force, candidates must have the right background and perform well on cognitive and physical ability tests and personality assessments. The selection process ends with a work test that is both physically and mentally demanding.
Requirements for an operational police force
Qualities such as emotional stability, being goal-oriented and being a team player are important. Perseverance, i.e. not giving up, is also highly valued. In addition, very good physical abilities, especially high oxygen uptake, are needed to cope with strenuous tasks while maintaining focus. Good cognitive abilities are also required to solve complex tasks, stressful situations and to acquire knowledge quickly.
Peter Tedeholm has also identified several of these desirable characteristics in today's National Response Force.
"In addition to the characteristics, my thesis demonstrates the need for scientifically based job analysis for a more efficient selection process, not only for the National Task Force but for the entire police force," says Peter Tedeholm.
Changing recruitment
He emphasizes the importance of defining the different roles of the police as investigators, patrolling police, traffic police, negotiators, cyber police, youth and child investigators, spotters, response police, etc. to optimize recruitment accordingly. Today, there is one and the same selection path for everyone who wants to become a police officer.
According to Peter Tedeholm, we can consider whether the police profession is one profession or a large variety of several professional roles.
"Several recruitment profiles are likely to be needed to meet future needs. Without job analysis, we risk putting the wrong person in the wrong place, which is ineffective in achieving the overall goal of the police, i.e. to fight crime and make our country safe and secure. Going forward, we need to change how we recruit with two goals in mind: more police officers and the right individuals in the right place," says Peter Tedeholm.
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Donations poured in Wednesday to replace a destroyed statue of Jackie Robinson on what would have been the 105th birthday of the first player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier.
Major League Baseball pledged support. And the total raised just through one online fundraiser surpassed $145,000, which is far in excess of the estimated $75,000 value of the bronze statue that was cut from its base last week at a park in Wichita, Kansas. Police are searching for those responsible.
Only the statue's feet were left at McAdams Park, where about 600 children play in a youth baseball league called League 42, which is named after Robinson' s uniform number with the Brooklyn Dodgers, with whom he broke the major leagues' color barrier in 1947.
Fire crews found burned remnants of the statue Tuesday while responding to a trash can fire at another park about 7 miles (11.27 kilometers) away. A truck believed to be used in the theft previously was found abandoned, and police said the theft was captured on surveillance video.
Bob Lutz, executive director of the Little League nonprofit that commissioned the sculpture, said Wednesday in a message on X, formerly Twitter, that the MLB commissioner's office and 30 clubs had committed funding toward the cost of replacing the statue and providing other support.
“Amazing, huh?” he said.
Lutz had said earlier that the money raised also could enhance some of its programming and facilities. In April, the group opened the Leslie Rudd Learning Center, which includes an indoor baseball facility and a learning lab.
“We’re not just baseball,” Lutz said. “We have after school education, enrichment and tutoring.”
One of the largest donations is a $10,000 pledge from an anonymous former Major League Baseball player who won a World Series. Wichita police Chief Joe Sullivan, who announced the donation over the weekend, has urged anyone involved in the theft to surrender and vowed that arrests were imminent.
“The community, along with the business community and the nation as a whole, have demonstrated an incredible outpouring of support,” Sullivan said in a statement Wednesday. “This effort highlights the kindness of the people and their determination to rebuild what was taken away from our community.”
Lutz, whose friend, the artist John Parsons, made the statue before his death, said the mold is still viable and anticipated that a replacement can be erected within a matter of months.
“We value what it represents,” he said. “It’s important that our 600 kids understand what it represents. And, we make every effort to educate our kids about the role that Jackie Robinson played in life and civil rights, his life beyond sports. He’s the absolute best role model you could imagine.”
League 42 drew attention to Robinson's birthday Wednesday in a Facebook post, noting that "his legacy will hold up forever" and asking for donations.
Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, paving the way for generations of Black American ballplayers. He's considered not only a sports legend but also a civil rights icon. Robinson died in 1972.
Lutz said that the league appeals to “all kids, but especially to kids of color" and that the connection to Robinson resonated.
“We can’t imagine, being named League 42 without a Jackie Robinson statue in our park," he said. "It was a no-brainer when we went about trying to name our league. And the name League 42 came up. It was like lightning and struck. We knew we had our name.”
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Every life coming into this world is a miracle, but lately, experts have noticed more and more babies are being born earlier than expected. And when that happens, the chances your little one will have health problems are higher. Pregnancies are getting shorter, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC researchers looked at births that happened before full-term pregnancy, around 40 weeks. They found early-term births at 37 or 38 weeks are up by 20% since 2014. Pre-term births before 37 weeks are up by 12%. “This is concerning because if a baby is born early term, not pre-term,” said Dr. Celine Gounder, CBS News medical contributor, “even early term, there can be complications, so the lungs may not be fully developed. That baby may not be able to regulate their temperature or their blood sugar as well; they may not have that suckling reflex that allows the baby to feed, and that means staying in the hospital for longer.” Celine Gounder said many factors are causing the rise in early-term births, including obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and convenience. “There is no question that some of this is early induction, early C-sections, but the trends of those have actually been going down. While still too high, the trend has been going down over the last 10-15 years, complications, things like pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, these are the reasons women are having to deliver earlier, for their own health as well as the health of the pregnancy,” Gounder said. Gounder said women should not wait until they are pregnant to address issues. She advises going into pregnancy as healthy as possible. If you’re pregnant and experiencing headaches, changes in urination and high blood pressure, it’s critical to see your doctor right away.
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Guns and more than $110K in illegal drugs seized in Calgary bust
A Calgary man is facing more than a dozen charges following a drug-trafficking investigation in the Downtown East Village.
The investigation began in early April and culminated with officers searching a home in the 300 block of Third Street S.E. on Jan. 25, seizing the following:
- 5.1 grams of crack cocaine;
- 103 grams of cocaine;
- 1,001 grams of fentanyl;
- $1,075 in cash;
- Equipment used in the production of crack cocaine and fentanyl;
- Sig Sauer P320, loaded with nine rounds;
- 10-round magazine, loaded with nine rounds, and
- 30-round (prohibited) magazine loaded with 29 rounds.
Police say two men were inside the home at the time.
Khamis Bon Jacob Wolter, 32, of Calgary, faces 17 charges including possession of a prohibited weapon and production for the purpose of trafficking.
Wolter is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 16.
Police say the second person arrested at the residence was not charged.
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In an effort to salvage its student debt relief program struck down by the Supreme Court last year, the Biden administration is taking new steps to extend debt relief to borrowers experiencing financial hardship.
On Wednesday, administration officials said they will host a rulemaking session next month to determine what constitutes hardship, an effort advocates hope will deliver expansive loan forgiveness.
Defining financial hardship became a major point of contention during negotiations to craft a new regulation after the Supreme Court ruled in June that President Biden had exceeded his authority in canceling roughly $400 billion in student debt. The Education Department convened a panel of higher education experts in the fall to make recommendations, but the department failed to produce a plan before disbanding the group in December.
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Now, the department is making good on a promise to host another meeting to discuss what should constitute hardship. The session will be held on Feb. 22 and 23, with an opportunity for the public to comment at the end of the first day. Negotiators and the public will receive a draft of the regulation at least a week before the meeting, according to the department.
“The Biden-Harris Administration will never stop working to deliver student debt relief for borrowers,” Undersecretary of Education James Kvaal said in a statement Wednesday. “We look forward to discussing another avenue for borrower relief related to hardship at our next negotiation session.”
A source familiar with the agency’s plans said it probably will discuss the specific circumstances or characteristics of borrowers who could receive loan forgiveness under this category. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said the department is working to identify pathways to debt relief for as many borrowers as possible without running afoul of the Supreme Court.
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Wednesday’s announcement comes a week after a group of liberal lawmakers, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), urged Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to reconvene the rulemaking panel to address the hardship issue.
“The Biden Administration must continue to use its authority to deliver on the promises made to student loan borrowers and hold a fourth negotiated rulemaking session, as quickly as possible, to complete discussion of hardship-based relief-and once complete, swiftly propose and implement debt relief for millions of hard-working Americans,” the lawmakers wrote.
The lawmakers joined a growing chorus of advocates and student activists calling on the administration to take action. A week before the letter from Warren and her colleagues, more than 60 organizations wrote to the secretary about the hardship matter. Many believe the hardship category could capture a larger swath of people than the other categories included in a proposal released by the Education Department in October.
The agency’s initial proposal focuses on select groups of borrowers: those who owe far more than they originally borrowed because of interest; those who have been paying for at least 20 or 25 years; those who attended career training programs that led to high debt loads or low earnings; and those who are eligible for existing forgiveness programs but never applied.
The panel of education experts found common ground with the department on facets of the agency’s proposal, including a provision to provide loan forgiveness to people who attend schools with high default rates or that consistently leave students with unaffordable debt. However, borrowers and consumer attorneys on the committee were vehemently opposed to capping forgiveness at $10,000 — the amount of relief the department proposed for all borrowers whose balances have ballooned because of interest.
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On Wednesday, the department said it is drafting rules covering myriad matters discussed during negotiations. It must move forward with the provisions that negotiators agreed upon, it said, but plans to come up with its own solution for the provisions that left the panel divided.
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Michigan State football will host spring showcase on April 20 at Spartan Stadium
Michigan State football has released the date when you can get the first look at the new coaching staff, led by head coach Jonathan Smith.
On Wednesday, MSU announced they would be hosting a "spring showcase" on April 20 where you can watch the new team play at the end of spring practices. There were no other details shared about the start time or what the showcase will consist of.
Under former head coach Mel Tucker, who was replaced by Smith in November after he was fired for cause due to violating MSU's sexual misconduct policy, MSU moved away from the traditional spring game in favor of another practice environment that featured over an hour of drills, 45 minutes of 11-on-11 scrimmages and situational play. Michigan State opted to do this under Tucker from 2021-23, after he couldn't host spring practices his first season due to COVID-19.
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The spring showcase will be the first opportunity to see the revamped coaching staff led by Smith, who moved to East Lansing from Oregon State. He brought a plethora of assistant coaches with him, and rounded out the staff with coaches with Big Ten experience, including defensive coordinator Joe Rossi and wide receivers coach Courtney Hawkins, who was retained from the previous staff.
Since being hired, Smith has focused on hitting the ground running on the recruiting trail, both with high school recruits and through the transfer portal. Eighteen players signed to MSU out of high school in the December early signing period, and have commitments from three other players. Michigan State brought in a dozen players via the transfer portal, headlined by former Oregon State quarterback Aidan Chiles, and was able to get key players like Simeon Barrow, Geno VanDeMark and Jaron Glover to withdraw their names and stay in East Lansing.
No matter what the format of the spring showcase ends up being, it'll be the first opportunity for fans to familiarize themselves with the new coaches and players hoping to help spur a turnaround for the Spartans after a disappointing 2023 season that ended with a 4-8 record and a fired coach.
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Trees are struggling to sequester heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) in warmer, drier climates, meaning that they may no longer serve as a solution for offsetting humanity's carbon footprint as the planet continues to warm, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers.
"We found that trees in warmer, drier climates are essentially coughing instead of breathing," said Max Lloyd, assistant research professor of geosciences at Penn State and lead author on the study recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "They are sending CO2 right back into the atmosphere far more than trees in cooler, wetter conditions."
Through the process of photosynthesis, trees remove CO2 from the atmosphere to produce new growth. Yet, under stressful conditions, trees release CO2 back to the atmosphere, a process called photorespiration. With an analysis of a global dataset of tree tissue, the research team demonstrated that the rate of photorespiration is up to two times higher in warmer climates, especially when water is limited.
They found the threshold for this response in subtropical climates begins to be crossed when average daytime temperatures exceed roughly 68 degrees Fahrenheit and worsens as temperatures rise further.
The results complicate a widespread belief about the role of plants in helping to draw down—or use—carbon from the atmosphere, providing new insight into how plants could adapt to climate change. Importantly, the researchers noted that as the climate warms, their findings demonstrate that plants could be less able to draw CO2 out of the atmosphere and assimilate the carbon necessary to help the planet cool down.
"We have knocked this essential cycle off balance," Lloyd said. "Plants and climate are inextricably linked. The biggest draw-down of CO2 from our atmosphere is photosynthesizing organisms. It's a big knob on the composition of the atmosphere, so that means small changes have a large impact."
Plants currently absorb an estimated 25% of the CO2 emitted by human activities each year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, but this percentage is likely to decrease in the future as the climate warms, Lloyd explained, especially if water is scarcer.
"When we think about climate futures, we predict that CO2 will go up, which in theory is good for plants because those are the molecules they breathe in," Lloyd said. "But we've shown there will be a tradeoff that some prevailing models don't account for. The world will be getting warmer, which means plants will be less able to draw down that CO2."
In the study, the researchers discovered that variation in the abundance of certain isotopes of a part of wood called methoxyl groups serves as a tracer of photorespiration in trees. You can think of isotopes as varieties of atoms, Lloyd explained. Just as you might have vanilla and chocolate versions of ice cream, atoms can have different isotopes with their own unique "flavors" due to variations in their mass.
The team studied levels of the methoxyl "flavor" of isotope in wood samples from about thirty specimens of trees from a variety of climates and conditions throughout the world to observe trends in photorespiration. The specimens came from an archive at the University of California, Berkeley, that contains hundreds of wood samples collected in the 1930s and '40s.
"The database was originally used to train foresters how to identify trees from different places around the world, so we repurposed it to essentially reconstruct these forests to see how well they were taking in CO2," Lloyd said.
Until now, photorespiration rates could only be measured in real time using living plants or well-preserved dead specimens that retained structural carbohydrates, which meant that it was nearly impossible to study the rate at which plants draw down carbon at scale or in the past, Lloyd explained.
Now that the team has validated a way to observe photorespiration rate using wood, he said the method could offer researchers a tool for predicting how well trees might "breathe" in the future and how they fared in past climates.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rapidly rising; it is already greater than at any time in the last 3.6 million years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But that period is relatively recent in geologic time, Lloyd explained.
The team will now work to unearth photorespiration rates in the ancient past, up to tens of millions of years ago, using fossilized wood. The methods will allow researchers to explicitly test existing hypotheses regarding the changing influence of plant photorespiration on climate over geologic time.
"I'm a geologist, I work in the past," Lloyd said. "So, if we're interested in these big questions about how this cycle worked when the climate was very different than today, we can't use living plants. We may have to go back millions of years to better understand what our future might look like."
Other authors on the paper are Rebekah A. Stein, Daniel A. Stolper, Daniel E. Ibarra and Todd E. Dawson of the University of California, Berkeley; Richard S. Barclay and Scott L. Wing of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and David W. Stahle of the University of Arkansas.
More information: Max K. Lloyd et al, Isotopic clumping in wood as a proxy for photorespiration in trees, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306736120
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ATHENS — Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks announced at Wednesday’s athletic board meeting that Georgia would be selling beer at Sanford Stadium starting in the fall of 2024.
Georgia already sells beer at basketball and baseball games. Georgia becomes the last of the 16 SEC schools to sell beer in the stadium, with Auburn also recently announcing it would do the same.
Brooks noted that Georgia wanted to wait until the completion of construction in Sanford Stadium, which is set to be done in August of 2024. Phase one of construction was finished this past August, and phase two began in November, following the completion of Georgia’s home schedule.
Brooks added that beer would not be sold following the end of the third quarter. Patrons will be allowed to purchase at most two beers at a time. All servers will have proper training.
“We feel very ready now,” Brooks said during the meeting. “We will sacrifice speed to do it right.”
Brooks did not give any details regarding further prices.
Georgia’s first home game comes against Tennessee Tech on Sept. 7. Georgia also has home games against Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee, UMass and Georgia Tech.
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Hurricanes weather the storm early from Oil Kings before late goals give them 4-2 victory
Harrison Meneghin held off the Oil Kings in the first half of the game allowing the rest of the Lethbridge Hurricanes to rally behind him for a 4-2 win over Edmonton Tuesday night.
Edmonton came out firing, outshooting Lethbridge 27-18 over the first two periods.
Thanks to Meneghin however, the Hurricanes led 1-0 on a late second period goal by Kash Andresen, who scored his first WHL goal.
In the third, Lethbridge increased its lead to 2-0 on a goal by Logan Wormald, then Hayden Pakkala made it 3-0 11 minutes in.
The Oil Kings got on the scoreboard when Marc Lajoie scored, followed by Gavin Hodnett, before Pakkala's second of the night into an empty net made it 4-2.
Edmonton outshot Lethbridge 34-27.
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Lawmakers grilled the CEOs of top social media companies in a hearing today By Dara Kerr Published January 31, 2024 at 4:21 PM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:45 During a contentious hearing, lawmakers demanded that social media companies do better to protect children online. Copyright 2024 NPR
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At a time when congressional Democrats and Republicans seem unable to agree on almost anything, they may soon pass an expanded child tax credit, which gives money to parents.
The credit, part of a $78 billion tax package that the House may vote on this week, is the rare family policy that has bipartisan support. It is not guaranteed to become law, but the new deal between Democrats and Republicans is part of a tax package with broad appeal across the ideological spectrum.
The biggest benefits of the child tax credit would be for the poorest families, analysts said: The payments could bring nearly half a million children out of poverty and decrease poverty for 5 million more, by some estimates. Research has shown that families spend those extra dollars on food, child care and other basic needs.
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Still, it would reduce child poverty only about 5% by 2025, compared with a temporary reduction of 35% achieved by a larger child tax credit expansion passed during the pandemic, according to the Columbia University Center on Poverty and Social Policy.
“It is a fairly modest tweak in the scheme of things,” said Patrick T. Brown, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank. “But at the same time, it could pave the way toward a broader conversation about what the purpose of the child tax credit is and how we can make it more possible for parents across the spectrum to raise a kid.”
Here’s how the proposal would work — and why politicians like it.
How does the child tax credit work now?
Under current law, families are eligible for up to a $2,000 tax credit for each of their children. But not every family gets the full amount: Those who do not work for pay (or who have very high incomes) do not qualify, and others get a partial credit.
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To qualify for any credit, families must earn at least $2,500 a year, and the size of the payment increases with household income. A single parent of one child must earn about $24,800 before becoming eligible for the full credit; a married couple with two children must earn about $35,700. That structure is intended to encourage poor parents to work, and has been a key requirement for many Republican lawmakers.
What would the new child tax credit do?
The new proposal would keep that idea intact, but increase payments to poor families who meet that minimum income threshold. It would also increase the $2,000-per-child maximum credit to keep up with inflation. And it would let families choose between their current year’s income or the previous year’s when calculating the size of the credit.
The new credit, which its authors are hoping to pass in time for this year’s tax filing season, would be temporary, expiring at the end of 2025.
How would it help poor families?
In the first year, the new credit would reach an estimated 80% of families whose incomes are too low to receive the full amount now, including roughly 16 million children, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning research group.
The legislation does that by increasing the amount that poor families can receive, particularly those with multiple children. For example, single parents with three children earning $15,000 would receive three times the payment in 2025 as they would under current law — $5,625 a year instead of $1,875.
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During the pandemic, there was a much more generous one-year expansion of the child tax credit. The annual payment increased to as much as $3,600 per child, and the government sent it in the form of monthly checks. For the first time, it also went to families with no incomes. That expansion lifted 2.9 million children out of poverty in 2021, decreasing child poverty to the lowest rate on record. But it expired at the end of that year, contributing to a slide back below the poverty line for many families.
How did the idea achieve bipartisan support?
Spending on policies that help families has traditionally been a Democratic priority. But this bill — released by Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the chair of the Senate Finance Committee — was written in a way that has made many Republicans embrace it.
It’s part of a broader tax package that also cuts several taxes on businesses, and won’t increase the deficit much because it gets rid of a pandemic-era business tax credit that has become a magnet for fraud.
In recent years, a contingent of the Republican Party has begun embracing government spending on certain family policies, driven by working-class voters’ movement to the GOP, and a concern among lawmakers about declining fertility rates. It appeals to values held by both parties, “both the anti-poverty left and the pro-family right,” Brown said.
Kristen Soltis Anderson, a founding partner of Echelon Insights, a Republican polling firm, said she had seen growing consensus among voters in both parties about the need for family policies: “You have many Republicans who are very anxious about young people saying, ‘I don’t think I want to have kids,’” she said. “There’s this culturally conservative anxiety around that.”
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The sticking point for most Republicans had been an income requirement, so that payments wouldn’t go to parents who did not work. The new bill has removed that obstacle.
Perhaps surprisingly, the bill has garnered some Democratic opposition — the major complaint being that it is not generous enough. Last week, the bill passed out of the Ways and Means Committee by a vote of 40-3 — the three opposing it were all Democrats.
What do voters think about an expanded child tax credit?
The idea is popular with voters across the ideological spectrum, though it does not have the support of a large majority. A review of 31 surveys about the pandemic-era expansion found that on average, 6 in 10 likely voters supported it.
What happens next?
The House may vote on the measure as soon as this week. Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday the bill would get a vote, and he expects it to pass with a large bipartisan tally. If it passes there, it will head to the Senate, where prospects for passage also look strong. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the majority leader, hopes to bring it to the floor, and several moderate Republicans have indicated they will support it.
Even if the bill became law, the additional benefits would end after 2025 — and at that point, the child tax credit would become even smaller than the amount parents receive today, to a maximum benefit of $1,000 per child. That’s because another tax credit law is also set to expire in 2025.
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Without a future bill, the child tax credit is at risk of shrinking considerably.
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Notre Dame Football: All-Time Single Season Passing Leaders
Notre Dame football is as big of brand as there is in all of college football and it didn’t get that way from being mediocre.
Instead, it was a lot of winning that went into building a tradition that stands up as well as any in the history of the game.
But who is the best player at the most important position in the history of Notre Dame football?
We’re talking about quarterback of course and the numbers we have for you today won’t give that answer, but they will show you some of the most memorable seasons by quarterbacks in Notre Dame history.
Here are Notre Dame’s top-10 all-time single season passing leaders:
2015 DeShone Kizer: 2,884 yards
DeShone Kizer stepped in for an injured Malik Zaire early and 2015 and came within seconds of leading Notre Dame to a College Football Playoff appearance.
2016 DeShone Kizer: 2,925 yards
A quarterback competition to start the year between Kizer and Zaire didn’t do any favors to Notre Dame early as the Irish would play to just a 4-8 record. Kizer would leave Notre Dame following the season and be drafted by the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.
2019 Ian Book: 3,034 yards
Ian Book‘s first full-season as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback resulted in an 11-2 record. Book nearly guided the Irish to what would have been a massive upset win at Georgia early in the season but played at a high level all season.
2021 Jack Coan: 3,150 yards
Jack Coan made the most of his one season at Notre Dame after transferring from Wisconsin. Coan started the entire season while Tyler Buchner would be used to change pace (and usually run) in the 11-win campaign.
2008 Jimmy Clausen: 3,182 yards
Jimmy Clausen grew significantly from his freshman to sophomore season, throwing for what at the time was the third-most passing yards in a single season in Notre Dame history. It wasn’t his fault the defense could hardly stop anyone in a 7-6 campaign.
2013 Tommy Rees: 3,257 yards
Tommy Rees started for parts of all four of his seasons as a Notre Dame player, finally being the regular starter in 2013, his senior year. Rees threw for a career-high 346 yards to open the year in a win over Temple.
2006 Brady Quinn: 3,426 yards
Brady Quinn finished his college career by being invited to New York a second time as a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2006. At the time, his 3,426 passing yards on the year were the second most in a single season in program history. Who did he trail? Stay tuned.
2014 Everett Golson: 3,445 yards
Everett Golson returned to Notre Dame in 2014 after being away from the program the year before. He put up one of the biggest offensive seasons in program history for the Fighting Irish despite the team struggling down the stretch.
2009 Jimmy Clausen: 3,722 yards
The 2009 Notre Dame football team was ultimately a disappointment as they went just 6-6 after stumbling in November. However, the offense was one of the best in program history. Aided by NFL wide receivers Golden Tate and Michael Floyd, Jimmy Clausen threw for over 3,700 yards and became a second round draft pick of the Carolina Panthers the following spring.
2005 Brady Quinn: 3,919 yards
Brady Quinn flat-out thrived in the Charlie Weis offense and did so from the very start. Quinn threw for over 430-yards four different times in 2005 and wound up being a Heisman Trophy finalist in the biggest single-season passing year ever by a Notre Dame quarterback.
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Researchers uncover source rocks of the first real continents
Geoscientists have uncovered a missing link in the enigmatic story of how the continents developed—a revised origin story that doesn't require the start of plate tectonics or any external factor to explain their formation. Instead, the findings published last week in Nature Communications rely solely on internal geological forces that occurred within oceanic plateaus that formed during the first few hundred million years of Earth's history.
A major hurdle in understanding how the continents formed during the Archean Eon (4 billion to 2.5 billion years ago) has been identifying the building blocks of Earth's early crust. Much of the "new" Archean crust formed during this period comprised a very distinct association of three types of granitoid rocks—tonalite, trondhjemite and granodiorite (TTG).
Understanding what went into making TTGs and the magmas they formed from has been difficult, because so many geological processes occurred between their initial melting and ultimate crystallization. Earlier researchers focused on the trace element composition of these rocks, hoping to find clues about TTG magmas and their source.
"We tracked a specific set of trace elements that aren't affected by alteration and pristinely preserve signatures from the original magma that made new TTG crust," said Dr. Matthijs Smit, associate professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. "These elements allowed us to look back through the chemical changes that TTG magmas go through and trace the melt compositions back to their initial state and source—most likely a sort of gabbro."
"Funnily enough, many people have varieties of this type of rock as a kitchen countertop," Dr. Smit says. "In a way, many people are preparing their dinner on the type of rock that was responsible for making our modern continents."
The Archean TTG crust is still part of the continents today. For instance, in North America they make up much of the Canadian Interior between the Cordillera mountain belt in the west and the Grenville and Appalachian mountain belts in the east. The majority of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and Nunavut is made up of Archean crustal fragments that are dominated by TTGs and their slightly younger and more evolved granite counterparts.
"All of these rocks—and especially their combination—can be explained by the model we present," said Dr. Smit. "Ours is a simple model in which TTGs, as well as the younger rocks that TTGs are typically associated with, resulted from the slow burial, thickening and melting of precursor crust that likely resembled oceanic plateaus. The continental crust was destined to develop the way it did, because it kept getting buried further and the rocks at its base had no choice but to melt. In doing so, they made the TTGs that proved a winning recipe for continental survival and growth."
The UBC researchers' discovery of a stand-alone "intra-crustal" mechanism to make TTGs dispels the long-standing theory that Archean TTGs are formed in Earth's first subduction zones and mark the start of plate tectonics.
"There's always been a 'chicken-and-egg' question of which came first—the start of plate tectonics or TTG magmatism to make new continental crust," says Dr. Smit. "We show that these things may actually not be directly related. The recognition of the type of source rock makes this leap possible and also takes away the need to have other mechanisms, such as meteorite impact, explain the growth of the first real continents."
The study by Dr. Smit and his UBC-based team used data from all the TTG samples ever analyzed—samples from Archean cratonic fragments exposed worldwide scrutinized by researchers over the past 30 years. This allowed Dr. Smit and his team to filter out local anomalies and analytical issues, and get at the actual trends in composition that the rocks capture. The study used a huge volume of data, now available in the open-source Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents geochemical data repository hosted by the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.
More information: Matthijs A. Smit et al, Archaean continental crust formed from mafic cumulates, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44849-4
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LAS VEGAS — (AP) — Fans have been wondering for days whether Taylor Swift will make it to the Super Bowl next week to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs and, if so, how many times she'll show up on TV during the game. They can speculate all they want, but they won't be able to bet on it legally in the United States.
Those types of wagers can be made offshore with sportsbooks such as BetUS, which is based in Costa Rica, and potentially in the Canadian province of Ontario. BetMGM public relations manager John Ewing said he was waiting for word from Canadian authorities there if such bets will be OK.
But in the U.S., where betting laws vary from state to state, the general rule is that wagering is limited to what happens on the field. A handful of states allow bets to be placed on the color of Gatorade dumped on the winning coach — red or pink is this year's plus-260 favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook — but even that type of wager is not allowed in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, the longtime epicenter of sports betting in the U.S., has some of the strictest rules regarding the kinds of wagers made.
Swift's romance with Kelce became one of the prominent stories this NFL season and she has attended several Chiefs games, including their victory in the AFC championship game at Baltimore on Sunday, where she joined the team for its on-field celebration and greeted Kelce with a kiss. Since she's performing in Japan the weekend of the Super Bowl, fans began wondering whether she'll make it to Las Vegas to watch Kelce and Kansas City face the San Francisco 49ers.
It seems only natural they would be able to put money on it in Vegas.
As a matter of principle, though, Ewing said it makes sense not to allow bets on things apart from the on-field action, such as the length of the national anthem.
"We don’t want any subjectivity in a prop (bet),” Ewing said. “We want it to be either it won or it didn’t win or went over or went under, and that’s the concern for regulators as well. That’s why typically we stick to if it’s in the box score, it can be posted."
Caesars Sportsbook assistant trading director Adam Pullen’s position is the more bets, the merrier.
“We’ve come a long way, but some stuff like we’re talking about here (about Swift) or betting on elections, there still might be a few years before we get to that point,” Pullen said. “But I like anything that drives action and gets people to bet. But we’re dependent on what the regulators in each particular state has to say.”
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
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WASHINGTON — The House Homeland Security Committee approved two articles of impeachment early Wednesday against Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, over his handling of the southwestern border, as Republicans raced forward with a partisan indictment of President Biden’s immigration policies.
In an 18-15 party-line vote, the panel endorsed a resolution charging Mayorkas with refusing to uphold the law and breaching the public trust by failing to choke off a surge of migrants across the United States border with Mexico.
It set the stage for a House vote as soon as next week on an impeachment that would be an extraordinary escalation of a political feud between Republicans and Democrats over immigration, further elevating the issue at the start of an election year in which it is expected to be a main focus.
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The GOP was plowing forward without producing evidence that Mayorkas committed a crime or acts of corruption, arguing instead that the Biden administration border policies he implemented ran afoul of the law. Legal scholars, including prominent conservatives, have argued that the effort is a perversion of the constitutional power of impeachment, and Democrats remained solidly opposed.
If impeached, Mayorkas would become only the second Cabinet secretary to be indicted by the House of Representatives in US history, and the first in nearly 150 years.
The charges would be all but certain to collapse in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where a two-thirds majority would be required to convict and remove Mayorkas. But they would force an election-year trial that would fuel what promises to be a charged political debate this year over how to handle a surge of migration into the US, and who should be blamed for what both parties’ leaders now consider an immigration crisis.
An all-day meeting of the Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday that dragged into the wee hours of Wednesday offered a glimpse of the bitter tenor of that fight. Republicans laid out their case against the secretary, and Democrats used every tool at their disposal to halt the impeachment or amend the charges, failing repeatedly on a series of party-line votes.
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Republicans contend that the Biden administration’s policies — and Mayorkas’ decisions in particular — have attracted waves of migrants to the country and admitted individuals who could pose a danger to national security.
“Secretary Mayorkas has put his political preferences above following the law,” US Representative Mark Green, the Tennessee Republican who chairs the panel, said at the start of Tuesday’s session. He added that the results of Mayorkas’ border policies “have been catastrophic and have endangered the lives and livelihoods of all Americans.”
Democrats counter that the Biden administration has grappled with record-setting waves of migrants to the best of its ability, given the limited resources that Congress has been willing to devote to addressing the challenges.
Biden has even pledged to engineer a turnaround if Congress passes a bipartisan deal to clamp down on asylum claims, expand the capacity of detention facilities, and set limits on the number of migrants who could be let into the country. But while Senate negotiators are hoping to finalize such a plan this week, former president Trump is working to kill it, and House Republicans have said they will never accept it.
“Neither of the impeachment charges the committee will consider today are a high crime or misdemeanor,” said US Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the panel’s most senior Democrat. He added that House Republicans “don’t want progress. They don’t want solutions. They want a political issue.”
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GOP leaders, whose House majority has shrunk to only the barest of margins, will need near-unanimous support to impeach Mayorkas in the full chamber. They believe they can reach that level despite some lingering skepticism in their ranks about whether impeachment is warranted.
Republicans accuse Mayorkas of violating provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that mandate that migrants who otherwise are not admissible to the US “shall be detained” pending their removal, or a decision about their claims to asylum.
“Instead of complying with this requirement, Alejandro N. Mayorkas has implemented a catch-and-release scheme, whereby such aliens are unlawfully released,” one impeachment article reads.
It also charges Mayorkas with having failed to take every migrant deportable on criminal or terrorism grounds into custody, and with having “willfully exceeded his parole authority” under the law to let large categories of migrants into the country. Those include Ukrainians and Afghans fleeing war and Venezuelans, Haitians, and others fleeing economically ravaged countries.
But immigration laws grant the president and his administration broad powers to handle the border as they see fit.
For instance, the same law Republicans cited in one of the impeachment articles also gives the administration latitude to let individuals into the country temporarily for humanitarian reasons or for the public benefit on a case-by-case basis — with no further limitations on how widely it can be applied. Such parole powers have existed since the 1950s, and several administrations — including those of former presidents Trump, Obama and George W. Bush — have used them to allow large numbers of migrants to live and work in the US temporarily.
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In a letter to the panel Tuesday, Mayorkas, whom Republicans did not allow to testify publicly in his own defense after scheduling disputes, forcefully contested the charges.
“You claim that we have failed to enforce our immigration laws,” Mayorkas wrote. “That is false.” He said Republicans’ allegation that he obstructed their inquiries was “baseless and inaccurate.”
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Underwater unmanned vehicle missing under Doomsday Glacier
The unmanned underwater vehicle Ran has gone missing under a glacier in Antarctica. The vehicle, owned by the University of Gothenburg, is one of just three in the world that is used for research and has contributed to important knowledge about the so-called Doomsday Glacier.
The seven-meter-long Ran disappeared this weekend during an expedition with the South Korean icebreaker RV/IB Araon. The project is led by Professor Anna Wåhlin, who is one of six participants on board from the University of Gothenburg. Ran is an unmanned underwater vehicle (AUV) packed with modern technology and sensors that can measure and document the surroundings in the water. It has the capacity to carry out long missions under ice, and has been used successfully in Antarctica, among other places.
Second visit
"This was the second time we took Ran to Thwaites Glacier to document the area under the ice. Thanks to Ran, we became the first researchers in the world to enter Thwaites in 2019, and during the current expedition we have visited the same area again. Even if you see melting and movements in the ice from satellite data, from Ran we get close-ups of the underside of the ice and information about exactly which mechanisms are behind the melting," says Wåhlin.
The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is gigantic and is sometimes called the Doomsday Glacier because it has the potential to raise global sea levels by several meters if it were to melt completely. Ran's measurements received a lot of attention, not only among polar scientists.
Losing contact with Ran
During her dives under the 200–500 m thick ice, Ran does not have continuous contact with the research vessel. The route is programmed in advance and thanks to its advanced navigation system, Ran can find her way back to open water. What it looks like under a glacier is often completely unknown. A mission under a glacier is therefore built up in several stages, which starts near the bottom and outside the ice to gradually build up the difficulty and finally go really close to the ice and perform measurements in the interface layer between ice and water.
During January of this year, Ran completed several successful dives under Thwaites, but during the last planned dive of the expedition, something went wrong. After a long journey under the ice, the AUV did not appear at the programmed rendezvous point. RV/IB Araon aborted the homeward journey and searches were conducted with acoustic search equipment, helicopters, and drones, without success. In the end it was just a matter of realizing that Ran had been lost.
Strong support from colleagues
"It's a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, but without even knowing where the haystack is. At this point, Ran's batteries are dead. All we know is that something unexpected happened under the ice. We suspect it ran into trouble, and then something prevented it from getting out," says Wåhlin.
Wåhlin is grateful for the support her team has received from the expedition management and points out that no fault has been committed by the ship, which, on the contrary, has provided outstanding service to Ran and the team.
Risky research
"The data we receive from Ran is unique in the world, and of great value for international research. At the same time, the stakes are high, we knew something like this could happen, even that it's a likely end for Ran. Personally, I'm of the opinion that this is a better end than having the AUV aging gathering dust in a garage. At the same time, it is of course a very big loss. We have had Ran for five years now, and during those five years we have carried out about ten expeditions, training, development work and tests."
Even if the craft is lost, a unique resource in the form of knowledge and well-trained personnel remains in the organization. There is also peripheral equipment, a system for receiving and launching from large ships, spare parts, computers and analysis equipment.
"Our aim is to replace Ran. We will be looking for a financier to cover the deductions made by the insurance company and the price increase that has occurred over the years," says Wåhlin.
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Steve Sarkisian goes from BYU quarterback to Texas head coach to Shrine Bowl Hall of Famer
FRISCO — By any sort of measurement favored by NFL personnel, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian didn’t come out of BYU as a pro prospect at quarterback. Never mind his prolific, two-year career with the Cougars; the 6-foot Sarkisian was too short, too slow and too lacking in arm strength to get drafted.
And that description came from Sarkisian himself during his induction into the East West Shrine Bowl Hall of Fame Wednesday at The Star, where he joined former NFL all-pro receiver Steve Smith as the two inductees for the class of 2024.
“It’s pretty incredible,” Sarkisian said. “Steve and I were talking earlier. We’re a couple of junior college kids from Los Angeles. Our path wasn’t the easiest. When you find our way on the journey of life, you find some success and then you find some adversity, but you keep persevering. And you find your way through to some of the accomplishments. When you have one like this, it takes you back a little bit and reminds you of what you went through to get to where we are today. It’s definitely pretty special.”
More: Texas football product Ryan Watts hopes Shrine Bowl improves his NFL draft stock
Steve Sarkisian: From pick-six to running a program
His participation in the 1997 East West Shrine Bowl proved particularly special for Sarkisian, although it had nothing to do with his play on the field. In fact, his most memorable moment of the game helped earn most valuable player honors for Ohio State defensive lineman Matt Finkes.
“I throw a pick-six to a defensive lineman in an all-star game,” Sarkisian said with a rueful grin and a shake of his head. “We call a screen and this guy (Finkes) jumps up and picks it and runs it for a touchdown. That was my highlight of the night, so clearly you can get admitted into the Hall of Fame for some other things than just how you played actually in that game.”
But the handful of snaps that Sarkisian shared with future NFL quarterbacks Pat Barnes and Jake Plummer that night didn’t matter nearly as much as the practices, meetings and interviews with the various NFL personnel, Sarkisian said. Those coaches included Pete Carroll, the recently retired Seattle Seahawks coach who has long mentored Sarkisian.
After not getting drafted, Sarkisian spent three seasons in the Canadian Football League before beginning a two-decade coaching career that has included stops in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and Atlanta Falcons as well as collegiate head coaching jobs at Washington, USC and Texas. That journey received a jolt in 2001 when Sarkisian left his first coaching job as the quarterbacks coach at El Camino College near his hometown of Torrance, Calif. to apply as a graduate assistant at USC.
Carroll, then the Trojans' head coach, recalled Sarkisian as an inquisitive quarterback during the Shrine Bowl practices and the 1997 NFL combine and hired him to join a fledgling college football dynasty.
“I walked into a man's office at USC to try to become a graduate assistant,” Sarkisian said. “His name was Pete Carroll, and he remembered me from the Shrine game. I got my foot in the door, and I got an opportunity to work with him for seven years. He's still a great mentor of mine, so you never know the people you meet along your journey and the impact that they can have on the rest of your life.”
More: 'He checks all the boxes as a coach': New Texas assistant Kenny Baker quickly gets to work
Building relationships as important as practice reps
That’s a message that Sarkisian hopes all of his former players participating in this week’s East West Shrine Bowl and Senior Bowl in Alabama. Texas cornerback Ryan Watts, defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat and offensive tackle Christian Jones will all play in one of those two games this week, but relationships built during the week can mean as much to those players as any practice rep, Sarkisian said.
“You don't know what door can be opened by the way you treat somebody or by the effort you put forth in everything that you do,” he said. “Somebody is always watching and that might have an impact on their opinion of you or maybe an opportunity that they can provide you down the road.”
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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Joe Dumars went to a game a couple of weeks ago that came down to the very last shot, and he thought it was one of the best games of the season to this point. Final score: Denver 102, Boston 100.
It was a reminder that defense still can get played in the NBA.
Amid a flurry of big individual performances — Luka Doncic scoring 73, Joel Embiid scoring 70, Devin Booker and Karl-Anthony Towns each scoring 62 — in the last two weeks alone, Dumars said Wednesday that NBA officials aren't alarmed by such numbers because the league's scoring average is up only slightly compared to last season.
“It's where the game is today,” said Dumars, the NBA's executive vice president and head of basketball operations. “It's the pace of the game. It's the amount of 3s guys are shooting now. You're going to have some offensive eruptions like that.”
There hadn't been an instance since April 1978 of two players scoring at least 60 points in the same day. That is, until it happened twice last week: Embiid and Towns had their huge games on Jan. 22, Doncic and Booker put on their scoring shows on Jan. 26.
Having those events happen twice in the span of a few days is a statistical oddity, for certain. But the numbers show it's not really much more than that.
Scoring leaguewide this season is up just 0.78% over last season entering Wednesday, from 114.7 points per game to 115.6 points per game. The jump was far bigger last season, when scoring rose 3.7% over the rate of 110.6 points per game that the league saw in 2021-22.
There have been more high-scoring games, but the averages suggest things also tend to balance out. Entering Wednesday, there had been 78 instances of teams scoring at least 135 points in a game this season — already the second most for a full season in league history and on pace to smash the record of 112, set last season. The previous mark was 74 games of 135 or more, done in 2019-20.
“We're going to see offensive eruptions with this kind of pace and the amount of 3s people shoot,” Dumars said. “But there's no push here at the league office from me or anyone else that we want to see a certain score. I left that Boston-Denver game saying, ‘wow, great game.’ That's what fans want. Fans want to leave a game or watch a game and at the end say, ‘that was incredible.’ The score is secondary to that. Fans just want to see great games.”
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WASHINGTON — As he looks past the GOP primary and toward a likely general election rematch against President Biden, Donald Trump met with members of the Teamsters Union in Washington on Wednesday as he tries to cut into Biden’s organized labor support.
The former president participated in a roundtable with the group’s executive board, its president, and members as he targets the blue-collar workers who helped fuel his 2016 victory and who are expected to play a major role in November, particularly in critical Midwestern swing states like Wisconsin and Michigan.
Union voters tend to vote Democratic, with 56 percent of members and households backing Biden in 2020, according to AP VoteCast. And Biden has already received significant organized labor backing with early endorsements from the AFL-CIO and others. But Trump is hoping to cut into that support as he casts himself as pro-worker and tries to exacerbate longstanding divisions between union leaders and rank-and-file members.
On Sunday, he called on members of the United Auto Workers to oust their president, Shawn Fain, after the group endorsed Biden.
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“Shawn Fain doesn’t understand this or have a clue,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. “Get rid of this dope & vote for DJT. I will bring the Automobile Industry back to our Country.”
Trump’s team is not expecting a Teamsters endorsement but sees the meeting as a win in and of itself. For the first time, the union has been holding a series of roundtable discussions with candidates ahead of its endorsement. Among the topics planned for discussion Wednesday were the shrinking middle class, workers’ wages, and antitrust and bankruptcy issues, as well as union rights.
“Our members want to hear from all candidates of all parties about what they plan to do for working people as president,” Teamsters president Sean O’Brien said in a statement. “Our union wants every candidate to know that there are 1.3 million Teamsters nationwide whose votes will not be taken for granted. Workers’ voices must be heard.”
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Biden has long billed himself as the most labor-friendly president in history and went so far as to turn up on a picket line in the Detroit area during an autoworkers’ strike last fall. He was also invited for his own session Wednesday. Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt said Biden “looks forward to meeting with the Teamsters and earning their endorsement,” but the timing remained “TBA.”
Earlier this month, O’Brien met privately with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club, where the two discussed issues including right-to-work laws that allow those in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying dues and fees. They also posed for a side-by-side photo, both flashing thumbs-up signs, that Trump posted online.
In an interview with Fox Business after the meeting, O’Brien said it had gone “fine” as he emphasized the importance of open dialogue.
“We put our cards on the table. It was a very matter-of-fact meeting,” he said. “He claimed he was, you know, 100 percent... supportive of unions, but history obviously, you take a look back and there’s certain issues that we have with him,” he said.
During Trump’s presidency, the National Labor Relations Board reversed several key rulings that had made it easier for small unions to organize, strengthened the bargaining rights of franchise workers, and provided protection against anti-union measures for employees.
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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority — including three justices that Trump nominated — overturned a decades-old pro-union decision in 2018 involving fees paid by government workers. The justices in 2021 rejected a California regulation giving unions access to farm property so they could organize workers.
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Biden to visit site of Ohio train derailment
WASHINGTON — President Biden will visit East Palestine, Ohio, in February to mark the anniversary of the toxic derailment that plunged the small community into a health and environmental crisis, the White House announced Wednesday.
Biden has faced criticism from political leaders and residents for delaying a visit, which he had promised to make one month after the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment. The White House did not specify when in February Biden would visit.
The Biden administration has sent a steady stream of resources to East Palestine and oversees the cleanup efforts of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the derailment. The administration has maintained that the company should be held accountable for the cleanup cost and other remedies.
But political pressure has mounted as residents expressed deep fears about lingering contamination and Republicans seized on the issue. Former president Donald Trump, Biden’s likely rival in the presidential campaign, visited East Palestine and told the crowd, “You are not forgotten.”
In January, both the mayor and residents of East Palestine sent letters to the White House asking Biden to visit and hear about their lingering concerns himself.
The train was carrying more than 700,000 pounds of vinyl chloride, a carcinogen used to produce pipes, furniture, and packaging, when it skipped the tracks. Much of that freight was incinerated by emergency responders, in a so-called controlled burn to avert a wider explosion.
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Haley goes after Trump, Biden in ad campaign
In a new series titled “Grumpy Old Men,” the Nikki Haley campaign on Wednesday planned to start unveiling online videos, digital ads, and voter emails that will underscore the ways in which Haley has argued that the two party front-runners, President Biden and former president Donald Trump, are alike.
The episodes, with titles like “Stumbling Seniors,” “Basement Buddies,” and “Profligate Pols,” take shots at, among other things, her rivals’ signs of mental confusion, their light presence on the campaign trail, and their economic policies leading to high inflation.
The push is part of a shift in strategy that Haley began after the Iowa caucuses, casting Trump, 77, and Biden, 81, as belonging to the same bygone era of politician, one she says is deeply at odds with the country’s needs. It also follows her more aggressive posturing toward Trump as the two head into a heated faceoff in South Carolina, the state where she was born and raised, and which she led as governor.
But the series, with its reference to a movie from 1993, could prove a risky bet as she looks to court a Republican base that is largely graying, white, and Christian. Polls show her trailing the former president by double digits in her home state. Attacks on Biden’s age did not play well during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
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Haley, 52, who served as a United Nations ambassador under Trump, has consistently pitched herself as a “new generational leader” for her party and called for mental competency tests for candidates who are 75 or older. Yet, until recently, she has taken a careful approach toward both men and their age.
Her most pointed attacks on the issue have been against Biden, though she often tells her audiences that she is not being disrespectful. “We all know 75-year-olds that can run circles around us,” she often says on the stump, “and then we know Joe Biden.”
She has been even less inclined to go after Trump. She directly criticized him as being in mental decline for the first time only this month, after he appeared to confuse her for Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker. Days later, and just hours after the polls opened for the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 23, she told reporters that she believed he was “mentally fit” to be president. But she has nevertheless ramped up her critiques of his mental acuity. On Saturday in Mauldin, S.C., she called his reaction to her momentum in New Hampshire “totally unhinged.”
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A new way to visualize brain cancer at the nanoscale level
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled unprecedentedly detailed images of brain cancer tissue through the use of a new microscopy technology called decrowding expansion pathology (dExPath).Their findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, provide novel insights into brain cancer development, with potential implications for advancing the diagnosis and treatment of aggressive neurological diseases.
"In the past, we have relied on expensive, super-resolution microscopes that only very well-funded labs could afford, required specialized training to use, and are often impractical for high-throughput analyses of brain tissues at the molecular level," said Pablo Valdes, MD, Ph.D., a neurosurgery resident alumnus at the Brigham and lead author of the study. "This technology brings reliable, super-resolution imaging to the clinic, enabling scientists to study neurological diseases at a never-before-achieved nanoscale level on conventional clinical samples with conventional microscopes."
Researchers previously relied on costly, super-high-resolution microscopes to image nanoscale structures in cells and brain tissue, and even with the most advanced technology, they often struggled to effectively capture these structures at the nanoscale level.
Ed Boyden, Ph.D., the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT and co-senior author on this study, began addressing this problem by labeling tissues, and then chemically modifying them to enable uniform physical expansion of tissues. However, this expansion technology was far from perfect. Relying on enzymes known as proteases to break up tissue, scientists found that this chemical treatment with enzymes destroyed proteins before they could analyze them, leaving behind only a skeleton of the original structure, retaining only the labels.
Working together, Boyden and E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, Ph.D., Neurosurgery Chair at Brigham and Women's Hospital and co-senior author on this study, mentored Valdes during his training as a neurosurgeon-scientist, to develop novel chemistries with dExPath to address the limitations of the original expansion technology.
Their new technology chemically modifies tissues by embedding them in a gel and "softening" the tissues with a special chemical treatment that separates protein structures without destroying them and that allows tissues to expand. This provided exciting findings to the MIT and Brigham researchers, who routinely use commercially available antibodies to bind to and illuminate biomarkers in a sample.
Antibodies, however, are large and many times cannot easily penetrate cell structures to reach their target. Now, by pulling proteins apart with dExPath, these same antibodies used for staining can penetrate spaces to bind proteins in tissue that could not be accessed before expansion, highlighting nanometer sized structures or even cell populations that were previously hidden.
"The human brain has several stop guards in place to protect itself from pathogens and environmental toxins. But these elements make studying brain activity challenging. It can be a bit like driving a car through mud and ditches. We cannot access certain cell structures in the brain because of barriers that stand in the way," said E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Brigham. "That is just is one of the reasons that this new technology could be so practice changing. If we can take more detailed and accurate images of brain tissue, we can identify more biomarkers and be better equipped to diagnose and treat aggressive brain diseases."
To validate the effectiveness of dExPath, Boyden and Chiocca's team applied the technology to healthy human brain tissue, high and low-grade brain cancer tissues, and brain tissues affected by neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Investigators stained tissue for brain and disease specific biomarkers and captured images before and after expanding samples with dExPath.
The results revealed uniform and consistent expansion of the tissue without distortion, enabling accurate analysis of protein structures. Additionally, dExPath effectively eliminated fluorescent signals in brain tissue called lipofuscin, which makes imaging of subcellular structures in brain tissues very difficult, further enhancing image quality. Further, dExPath provided stronger fluorescent signals for improved labeling as well as simultaneous labeling of up to 16 biomarkers in the same tissue specimen. Notably, dExPath imaging revealed that tumors previously classified as "low-grade" contained more aggressive features and cell populations, suggesting the tumor could become far more dangerous than anticipated.
While promising, dExPath requires validation on larger sample sizes before it can contribute to the diagnosis of neurological conditions such as brain cancer. Valdes underscores that although still in its early stages, his team aspires for this technology to eventually serve as a diagnostic tool, ultimately enhancing patient outcomes.
"We hope that with this technology, we can better understand at the nanoscale levels the intricate workings of brain tumors and their interactions with the nervous system without depending on exorbitantly expensive lab equipment," said Valdes who is now an assistant professor of neurosurgery and Jennie Sealy Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
"The accessibility of dExPath will bring enable super-resolution imaging to understand biological processing at the nanometer level in human tissue in neuro-oncology and in neurological disease such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and one day, could even improve diagnostic strategies and patient outcomes."
Authors are Pablo Valdes (BWH and MIT), Chih-Chieh (Jay) Yu, Jenna Aronson, Debarati Ghosh, Yongxin Zhao, Bobae An (MIT), Joshua D. Bernstock (BWH and MIT), Deepak Bhere (BWH), Michelle M. Felicella, Mariano S. Viapiano, Khalid Shah (BWH), and co-corresponding senior authors E. Antonio Chiocca and Edward S. Boyden.
More information: Pablo Valdes et al, Improved immunostaining of nanostructures and cells in human brain specimens through expansion-mediated protein decrowding, Science Translational Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo0049
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Charles McDonald is joined by Sports Info Solutions' Bryce Rossler to give their thoughts on the fallout from the Conference Championship games this past weekend and react to some of the latest head coach and coordinator news around the NFL. Charles and Bryce start off with the Baltimore Ravens and what went wrong for them against the Kansas City Chiefs. Charles is high on the KC defense and thinks they have what it takes to slow down the San Francisco 49ers. The duo move on to the NFC Championship game, as they discuss Brock Purdy and his overrated play this postseason, what's next for the Detroit Lions and whether or not to pay Jared Goff.
Later, Charles and Bryce react to some breaking coach news, including Arthur Smith becoming the new offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers (and what went wrong for him as a playcaller in Atlanta) and Lions OC Ben Johnson deciding to stay in Detroit instead of taking a head coaching job. The hosts finish off the show with their thoughts on offensive vs. defensive head coaches and their favorite head coach hire so far (things are looking up for the Carolina Panthers!)
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Queens of the Stone Age just announced a new run of shows in the American South with support from Royal Blood.
The desert rock band will have a busy 2024. They already had other dates scheduled in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Europe.
QOTSA's quick trek through Dixie will begin with a show in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday, May 2.
After that, the band will hit the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta; Portsmouth, Virginia; Wilmington, North Carolina; North Charleston, South Carolina; Hollywood, Florida; and the Welcome to Rockville event in Daytona Beach; Florida.
Tickets for the shows in Raleigh, Atlanta and Daytona Beach are already available through the band's website. Tickets for the other four shows, which were just announced, will be available to the general public at 10 a.m. local time on Friday, Feb. 2.
Following this U.S. trip, QOTSA will take a few weeks off before they travel to Italy to play three festivals.
The band is currently promoting its latest album In Times New Roman… which came out in June 2023 and made it to No. 9 on the Billboard 200.
That was their first album since 2017's Villains, which made it to the No. 1 spot on the album charts in the U.K., Canada, Australia, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It was also certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry.
Frontman Josh Homme, the only continuous member of the band, first came to fame for his work with the stoner metal band Kyuss.
He's also part of the hard rock band Eagles of Death Metal and the supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, which includes Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl.
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02/05 – Osaka, JP @ Zepp Namba Osaka
02/07 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo Dome City Hall
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02/19 – Melbourne, AU @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl %
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02/24 – Gold Coast, AU @ LOOKOUT Broadwater Parklands &
02/25 – Brisbane, AU @ Fortitude Music Hall %
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04/03 – Saskatoon, SK @ Sasktel Centre *
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04/08 – Oshawa, ON @ Tribute Communities Centre *
04/09 – Kingston, ON @ Leon’s Centre *
04/10 – London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens *
04/12 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre *
04/13 – Laval, QC @ Bell Place *
04/14 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre *
04/16 – Moncton, NB @ Avenir Centre *
04/17 – Halifax, NS @ Scotiabank Centre *
05/02 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
05/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival
05/06 – Portsmouth, VA @ Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion #
05/07 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion #
05/08 – North Charleston, SC @ Firefly Distillery #
05/10 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live #
05/11 – Daytona Beach, FL @ Welcome to Rockville
07/04 – Rome, IT @ Roma Summer Fest at Cavea Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
07/05 – Bassano del Grappa, IT @ AMA Music Festival
07/06 – Milan, IT @ I-Days
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Former President Donald Trump’s victory in New Hampshire’s Republican primaries took him one step closer to a second term in the White House. Although you could expect him to be excited, he was, instead, angry.
He looked frustrated with his own former United Nations ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley — currently running against Trump in the Republican race — lost to Trump on Tuesday night in the New Hampshire primary.
After her loss, Haley took the stage to congratulate the former president on his victory, but then made it clear that she wasn’t giving up anytime soon. Many who do not support the former president viewed it as the right thing to do, as do I.
I met Haley in New Hampshire while on a trip with one of Quinnipiac University’s political science classes and I watched her speak multiple times. She was very articulate and graceful. It’s very easy to trust her when she’s talking directly to you. Throughout her campaign, she hasn’t changed her position when it comes to the fact that Trump should not be president.
Unlike Haley, former candidates Sen. Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy have rallied behind Trump now that they are out of the race. Haley, though she lost in New Hampshire and Iowa, did not. She stood her ground.
But even in debates, Ramaswamy and Scott didn’t dare insult Trump. While falling behind in polls throughout their campaigns and Trump leading the race, they most likely knew they were not going to win in the end. Hence, why they decided to back him. From what I observed, they knew he would most likely be the Republican nominee, and chose to backtrack on what they said to get on his good side.
But why?
I think they felt threatened. There was, and is, only one Republican opponent at the moment for Trump, and that is Haley.
Trump’s tone in his “victory speech,” was defensive, and left me with the impression that he’s not as confident as he was in the beginning of the race. When he realized Haley wasn’t giving up, Trump spent his speech exclaiming that he won. Despite the obvious win in the polls, he still felt the need to repeatedly state it. He showed animosity toward Haley, saying to Scott, “you must really hate (Haley).”
At the time of Ramaswamy’s departure from the race, Trump was significantly ahead in the polls. Although the gap is still there, it’s shrinking.
Haley isn’t backing down in order to please Trump and take a place in his staff. She stands by what she says, and because of this, she comes across as more trustworthy than other politicians.
Haley is an example that not everyone wants to kiss Trump’s ring, and that he does have opponents that can take him on. She is getting under Trump’s skin.
During her speech in New Hampshire, she stated, “today, we got close to half of the vote,” which showed an optimistic approach to her defeat. From what I gathered following Haley’s closing statements, Trump was visibly annoyed. He was condescending and even threatened her, saying he would put her under investigation if she won.
Trump’s “tantrum” — what Karl Rove of the Wall Street Journal is calling it — was a poor demonstration following final remarks from Haley, when he sought to embarass her with insults instead of celebrating his win. This was leverage for Haley and her campaign and it shows the country that Trump feels threatened. Many MAGA supporters believe him to be untouchable, but if he continues to behave the way he did in New Hampshire, Haley may have the potential to smash the pedestal he stands on.
Trump has never been challenged like this from someone in his own party and it exposed him as, frankly, immature. If Trump turns off his own supporters with his poor sportsmanship or even weaknesses, they will turn Haley into the next president of the U.S.
One of the many things I heard Haley say while I was in New Hampshire was “we don’t want the same.” Her commitment to her campaign, and Trump’s reaction to this, only attests to her dedication to the Republican Party and the American people.
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In April 2010, an injured Brian Scalabrine watched from the locker room as the Wizards steamrolled the Celtics en route to a 28-point lead.
Sam Cassell, Danny Ainge, and others present were stunned, and the room was completely silent. Suddenly, Scalabrine’s 3-year-old daughter, Elliana, perked up and provided the feedback no one else would.
“Man, this game is garbage,” Elliana said.
“You right, Little Scal,” Cassell said, as everyone cracked up. “You right. Scal said it. This game is garbage.”
Elliana Scalabrine grew up around the sport and has learned to see it through her father’s eyes. With Brian’s guidance, Elliana, a junior captain for the 19th-ranked Dover-Sherborn girls’ basketball team (11-4), has worked diligently to carve out her own path.
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Elliana, a league all-star who helped steer the Raiders to their first-ever Tri-Valley Small title last year, is averaging 14 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists this season. Brian, a 2008 champion with the Celtics who currently calls games for NBC Sports Boston, has taught her the importance of honesty, work ethic, and never giving up.
“There’s been times where it’s like, ‘Is this really what you want? Do you really want to keep having these conversations?’” Elliana said. “I’m always like, ‘Tell me what I need to do. Be completely honest.’ I don’t want to think I’m really, really good because he’s holding things back.”
Elliana, fittingly born on Saint Patrick’s Day in 2007, found herself overwhelmed on a duck boat 15 months later. She bawled her eyes out as confetti rained down, the noise intensified, and her father smoked a cigar in front of her.
She developed a particularly close bond with Kevin Garnett. Whenever the Scalabrines boarded the team plane, Garnett always carved out time to say hello to his little buddy or give her a hug.
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‘She has a lot of will. That’s kind of her game.’
Former Celtic Brian Scalabrine, on his daughter, Elliana, a junior captain on the No. 19 Dover-Sherborn girls' basketball team
Elliana was shocked to see her friend Kevin scream so violently on the Jumbotron at Celtics games. She didn’t understand how he could be so intense on the screen and so friendly on the sideline. That wasn’t the Kevin she knew.
“I didn’t want to see that side,” Elliana said. “I’m like, ‘That’s my homie. I can’t see that.’”
When Brian was with the Bulls, he asked 4-year-old Elliana if she wanted to try the sport herself. Elliana was confused, wondering how the heck she could hold her own against Derrick Rose, Carlos Boozer, and Joakim Noah. She insisted she wasn’t ready. Brian explained she would play against kids her own age, and that put her at ease.
Elliana watched ESPN’s “SportsCenter” nearly every day, dancing whenever she heard the show’s jingle, and quickly developed a competitive nature. At the Natick Mall, Brian challenged her to touch eight trees in 25 seconds, and Elliana found herself spinning past shoppers in no time. Twelve seconds, jump over an obstacle, and sprint back for a dollar. Race the little toy cow. The challenges never ended, and she cherished every second of competition.
‘I have to get past the mind-set of only being there because of my dad. I’m in this great opportunity, and I have to make the most of it.’
Dover-Sherborn junior captain Elliana Scalabrine, daughter of former Celtic Brian Scalabrine
She learned speed was one of her biggest strengths. At a Celtics workout, a 12-year-old Elliana lined up next to future NBA players Nassir Little and Ignas Brazdeikis, ready to race. Little, a small forward drafted by the Trail Blazers in 2019 and is now with the Suns, glanced over in shock as she kept pace, then screamed at her in excitement as he barely prevailed.
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“She has a lot of will,” Brian said. “That’s kind of her game.”
Having a father who played in the NBA, and currently coaches some of the best talent in the area, has obvious perks. Elliana finds herself in pickup games — against rising stars like Cooper Flagg — she otherwise wouldn’t see. Elliana and Brian agree it’s up to Elliana to prove she belongs. He wouldn’t subject her to the competitive challenge if he didn’t believe she could handle it.
“I have to get past the mind-set of only being there because of my dad,” Elliana said. “I’m in this great opportunity, and I have to make the most of it.”
When they’re in the gym together, he treats her like any other player and doesn’t sugarcoat anything.
‘As a girl dad, you support and you provide your kid with the path.’
Brian Scalabrine, on the support and guidance he's given his daughter, Elliana, a junior captain on the Dover-Sherborn girls' basketball team
She used to follow him around, and now he follows her around instead. At a recent game against Medfield — moments after a referee asked Brian if he was dad or coach that night — Elliana came over at halftime and listened as Brian suggested how to attack the defense. Elliana found a rhythm and scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half.
Brian preaches the importance of raising a player’s floor and contributing in more ways than just making shots. He made it clear he doesn’t have a secret formula just because he made it to the NBA.
“As a girl dad, you support and you provide your kid with the path,” Brian said.
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He explains that nothing is a given and nothing happens overnight; where you’re going is more important than where you are. He started at junior college, transferred to Southern Cal, sat out a year, was a second-round pick, and had to work his way toward contributing in the league.
Elliana often wakes up at 6 a.m. to do yoga, takes extra shots whenever she can, and never views herself as a finished product. Brian said she’s a harder worker now than he was at her age.
Dover-Sherborn coach Kanee Chlebda appreciates Elliana’s perseverance and progress, calling her a workhorse who plays every minute of every game and never tires. It’s clear Elliana has modeled her mind-set after her father’s while putting her own signature spin on it.
“He’s constantly coaching her up,” Chlebda said. “No one better than to have a former NBA player as your dad.”
Courtside chatter
▪ Only six undefeated teams remain across Massachusetts as of Wednesday: Wachusett (14-0), Notre Dame (Hingham) (12-0), Sutton (14-0), Renaissance (16-0), Neighborhood House Charter (13-0), and Pioneer Valley Christian (14-0). Foxborough and Bishop Feehan, who are 1-2 in the Globe’s Top 20 poll, are also unbeaten in-state.
▪ Acton-Boxborough guard Shannon Patrick may only be 5-9, but her nose for the basketball helped her surpass 1,000 career rebounds against Weston on Friday. Patrick had already cleared 1,000 points during her All-Scholastic junior campaign last season.
“She is a maniac on the boards,” said Acton-Boxborough coach Jesus Rodriguez. “She gets good position on people, even big [players].”
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Rodriguez has admired how Patrick has embraced taking a step back to help teammates, like breakout junior Olivia Baytarian, shine during the Revolution’s 10-2 season. Patrick has also deflected praise toward the rising Acton-Boxborough basketball community and helped it along by running clinics for younger players.
“Even all the travel teams that show up to our games, they’re lining up with us for the anthem — that’s what she’s doing,” Rodriguez said. “A community leader that’s important to us. She’s doing something different I’ve never seen before in my life.”
▪ Holliston guard Megan Simpson, North Quincy forward Ava Bryan, and Methuen forward Samantha Pfeil each eclipsed 1,000 career points this past week.
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Friday, No. 16 Needham at Weymouth, 6:30 p.m. — The Rockets escaped with a 57-56 home victory in the first thrilling matchup on Dec. 15.
Sunday, Wachusett at No. 3 Bishop Fenwick, 3:30 p.m. — Wachusett, one of six unbeaten teams left in the state, and a Division 1 frontrunner in Central Mass., heads east to test itself against the Crusaders.
Tuesday, No. 12 Andover at No. 10 Central Catholic — The season series is split between these Merrimack Valley Conference powers. Central Catholic won most recently, 36-32, in the Commonwealth Motors Classic final on Dec. 30.
Tuesday, No. 2 Bishop Feehan at No. 5 St. Mary’s, 6:30 p.m. — It’s another high-octane Catholic Central League clash; the Shamrocks won the first meeting, 65-52, on Jan. 26.
Tuesday, No. 7 Woburn at Belmont, 7:15 p.m. — The Tanners survived a 50-48 challenge from the Marauders at home on Jan. 12, but they’ll have to secure the sweep on the road.
Ethan Fuller contributed to this story.
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A host on Rio Ferdinand’s YouTube channel was filmed escalating a huge brawl at a Sunday league football match by launching punches and a headbutt.
Stephen Howson was left with a nasty black eye after he was seen kicking off while managing his Stretford Paddock FC team at the weekend.
Howson, who works alongside the ex-Manchester United star on his FIVE channel, claimed he ‘caught one’ during the melee which broke out at an away game in Liverpool.
Footage showed Howson entering the field of play to complain to the referee about what he said were dangerous ‘two footed’ challenges by the opposition that weren’t being penalised.
As one of the home players comes towards him, Howson then clocks him with several punches.
Shortly before, he was seen flicking his head back after being struck with an alleged headbutt in the clip shared on his Patreon page that was then widely shared on X.
One of the players also appears to strike Howson with a blow to the face.
In an attempt to quell ‘fantasy’ rumours by the home team’s players about what happened, he shared a video with his 256,000 YouTube subscribers explaining his version of events.
‘One of the opposition players tells me to get off the pitch and then headbutts me which is hilarious because they’ve all been in my social media today with just fantasy versions of what happened,’ he said.
‘I know that everything we do is recorded so I’ve got no qualms telling you what happened because I know what happened.
‘I’ve rewatched what happened and I’ve actually shared the full ‘Here’s What Happened’ on Patreon.
‘I will always protect myself and my players despite what little Scouse bells on social media want to say. I caught one… but we won the game 2-0. Up the f***ing Reds.’
He added: ‘Yesterday there was probably four or five two-footed challenges in the first 20 minutes of our game.
‘I stepped on to the pitch about a foot to shout at the referee, which again is not ideal, is it? But protecting my players is my number one thought in that sort of circumstance.’
Howson was previously in the headlines for controversial comments comparing United chief executive Ed Woodward’s reign to the Munich air disaster.
The podcaster apologised after saying that Woodward’s tenure was ‘worse’ for the club than the horrific 1958 plane crash which claimed the lives of several of the Busby Babes.
He said: ‘’I think where United are at the moment, f*** it I’m gonna say it on camera. I think Woodward was worse for us than Munich.
‘Obviously I’m not comparing people passing away, but I’m saying 10 years post-Munich we were European champions. Ten years of Woodward, we’re in the s***.
‘I’m absolutely not taking anything away from the people who have lost their lives in Munich, but in terms of something that’s f***ing happened, Woodward has been f***ing worse for the football club and where we’ve progressed in that time.’
After facing backlash, he admitted his comments were in bad taste and said on X: ‘I definitely should have worded this better & apologise for any offence I’ve caused.’
Howson also famously once charged Old Trafford tourists £20 to take them to the pub.
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Border Convoy Grows Significantly as It Rolls Toward Texas: 'We Have to Protect Our House'
The next freedom convoy, this one headed toward the Texas border, is still growing as Americans fed up with Joe Biden’s border crisis come together in protest.
Like the truckers who shocked Canada several years ago, a convoy of Americans is coming together to protest a failed government — this time over Joe Biden’s refusal to close the border to law-breaking illegal immigrants who are streaming across by the tens of thousands a month.
Trucker Convoy heading to the border
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— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) January 25, 2024
The column of trucks and other vehicles is being labeled “God’s Army” and is now coursing through the state of Louisiana as it continues its journey to the Texas border with Mexico, according to NewsNation.
After a stopover in Denham Springs, Louisiana, the convoy is headed to Dripping Springs, Texas, near Austin, the news outlet added.
“When they said they were gonna cut the wire down there and let them start crossing the border again, nah uh, they need to close the borders. I grew up in Arizona, man, there was never a problem like that. This is crazy, our country is being overtaken,” one Nashville participant said, according to WAFB.
🇺🇸 Take our Border back Convoy starts (Jan-29- Feb-3rd) 👇 Truckers for Texas
— Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 (@Chicago1Ray) January 27, 2024
Louisiana state Sen. Valarie Hodges was on hand during the convoy’s stop in her state, and she urged her own governor to come to the support of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
“Honestly I would love to see Gov. [Jeff] Landry support Gov. Abbott with the National Guard, with whatever resources that we can do to help. Because really all states in America have become a border state, we’re all seeing this influx and being invaded as Gov. Abbott said. It is an invasion,” Hodges said.
“I don’t really know how it’s going to play out. I just applaud Gov. Abbott’s courage and the other governors who stand with him. Hopefully, it will make a difference. Hopefully, this is a wake-up call for President Biden and for Congress to say people are sick of it,” she added.
Driver Bruce Poppy insisted that it is time to “stand up” against the Biden government’s dangerous border failures.
“We need to stand up,” Poppy said. “Our voices need to be heard. We need to bring people together. … That’s our right, our First Amendment right to peacefully assemble and redress our grievances for our government. We have not be able to do that.”
Participant Y. G. Nyghtstorm also spoke to NewsNation about why many of the convoy participants have hit the road to make a statement about the state of the country and the failures at the border.
“With our President Joe Biden, I say that he’s been an absentee father for our country,” Nyghtstorm exclaimed. “He can protest everybody else and send resources to everybody else, but what about your family here at home? Charity begins at home.”
“You just can’t break into our home,” Nyghtstorm said of the millions of illegal border crossers. “We have to protect our house, and that’s what this is about. It’s not about violence. It’s about our love for our country and people coming together, standing for the right thing.”
Nyghtstorm also blasted the “propaganda” of the leftists who say that the members of the convoy are armed and dangerous.
“I tell ya, propaganda is so funny,” Nyghtstorm said, waving off the concerns as ridiculous. “We are not coming with violence … Anytime you try and do something good, there’s always somebody that’s going to have something negative to say.”
“The law is the law. Right is right. And we got to protect our house,” he said.
The organizers of the convoy said they also plan to stop in Eagle Pass, Texas, and San Ysidro, California. And they expect the convoy to continue growing as they go along.
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Explore the rich history and backstage secrets of Waterbury's crown jewel. Book your $5 tour reservation now!
Bring your gal-entines, pal-entines, and valentines to the Palace Theater on Sunday, February 11th at 2 PM for a tour steeped in history and backstage mystique. Guests will fall in love with the romantic storybook setting and real-life tales of Waterbury's crown jewel. The Palace and the people of Waterbury share a love affair that spans more than 100 years - their story is one of drama, resilience, and hope for the future, as the history of the Palace is central to the history of Waterbury.
This tour is 90 minutes and led by a team of volunteer ambassadors well-versed in the theater's history, architectural design, and lore. Guests explore seldom seen areas of the theater, including the stage, dressing rooms, the venue's backstage murals, and each guest will receive a sweet treat to take home.
Tours are $5 per person and reservations are required. Visit palacetheaterct.org/your-visit/tours call the Box Office at 203-346-2000 to book reservations.
The walking tour covers three floors. Elevator access is available for guests with mobility challenges or other health concerns. Attendees who would like accommodation are asked to mention this when purchasing their tickets.
Located in Downtown Waterbury, Connecticut, the Palace Theater is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit performing arts center with a mission “to preserve and operate the historic Palace Theater as a performing arts center and community gathering place that provides a focal point of cultural activity and educational outreach for diverse audiences.”
The Palace Theater gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support by Webster Bank, Post University, ION Bank, Savings Bank of Danbury, CT, Xfinity, Powerstation Events, Bank of America, City of Waterbury, CT Office of the Arts, Republican-American, and WATR Radio.
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A new wavelength of scientific exploration with single-photon detectors
From the minuscule bindings of molecules to the far reaches of space, we're exploring the universe around us by catching sight of the smallest particles of light.
NIST researchers have unveiled a new kind of single-photon detector array that can identify individual particles of light (photons). It's useful for spectroscopy, where scientists observe how molecules absorb different colors (or wavelengths) of light. Each molecule has its own color fingerprint on the light spectrum.
This particular detector can catch single photons in the mid-infrared. Here's how the array works: Multiple super-cold detectors are connected to one another (shown above) in a grid of sorts with an electrical current flowing through. When a photon strikes one of the detectors, it creates a hot spot and acts as a dam to block the current for a short amount of time.
The researchers developed a new technique to determine where, along the columns and rows, the hot spot is. From there, they can create single-photon pictures.
The whole setup is challenging because mid-infrared waves are longer and have less energy to cause the hot spots, compared to visible light, for example. But the scientists have a few tricks up their sleeve and used them to make it work. The specifics can be found in their recently published paper in Applied Physics Letters.
More information: Benedikt Hampel et al, A 64-pixel mid-infrared single-photon imager based on superconducting nanowire detectors, Applied Physics Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0178931
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Talking Heads has reportedly shut down huge-money reunion offers, according to a story in Billboard.
The legendary new wave band last came together in September 2023 at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to promote the restored 40th-anniversary release of Stop Making Sense, their landmark concert film by the late director Jonathan Demme, where the quartet — David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth — sat down for a Q&A with Do The Right Thing director Spike Lee.
A fully-fledged reunion however, would have surprised many. Singer Byrne's occasionally spiky relationship with his bandmates was an open secret to anyone familiar with the personalities involved at the time. Notoriously difficult in his interactions during their heyday, he recently came forth with a genuine mea culpa, admitting to People magazine in August 2023 that, "As a younger person, I was not as pleasant to be around. When I was working on some Talking Heads shows, I was more of a little tyrant."
Since they disbanded in 1991, the group had only once reunited at their 2002 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, although relationships between the four were still shaky at that time. However, with the cordial atmosphere surrounding the film, it has since been learned that Coachella festival presenter and Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett had intentions of making an offer during TIFF that could have netted the band as much as $10 million. He met the band and their reps, but got the impression they weren't interested. He never mentioned the dollar amount.
Cut to offer Number Two: According to Billboard, entertainment company and live concert promoter Live Nation pulled in with an $80 million pay packet for the band to headline several festival slots for the summer. That deal was rejected and for now, there are no talks about any reunion or tour. Live Nation declined to comment when approached.
This doesn't mean that Talking Heads music falls by the wayside. A24 Music has just announced a tribute soundtrack to the Stop Making Sense film entitled Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Stop Making Sense. Comprised of 16 tracks covered by 16 artists, the album closely aligns with the original film soundtrack release from 1984. The first single "Burning Down the House" has been released by Paramore.
A24 Music has only listed the artists — BADBADNOTGOOD, Blondshell, The Cavemen, Chicano Batman Feat. Money Mark, DJ Tunez, El Mató a un Policía Motorizado, girl in red, Jean Dawson, Kevin Abstract, The Linda Lindas, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Paramore, The National, Teezo Touchdown and Toro y Moi — involved with the project. No other details have been revealed and the album as of now is "coming soon."
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UNC football announces date, time for Spring game
The 2024 college football season doesn’t start for close to six months but the storylines never end. For North Carolina, they will have a new-look roster with the departure of several players including Drake Maye, Tez Walker and Cedric Gray.
And fans will get their first look at the 2024 Tar Heels soon enough with the annual Spring game.
On Wednesday, the program announced the details for the Spring game which is set to take place on April 20th with kickoff set for 3 p.m. Eastern at Kenan Stadium. The annual game gives fans their first look at the new roster after a few weeks of practice.
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With some intriguing storylines including roster battles at quarterback, the Spring game will have value in terms of those races and an early head start for players.
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It’s very rare in sports that a team will dominate their way through a season without at least encountering a speed bump. Bumps in the road are common, and most of the time, great teams are better off for it.
Perched atop that speed bump is exactly where Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey currently finds itself, and if it’s not careful that speed bump could send it barreling toward disaster.
“We’re fragile right now in our belief in what we can do,” head coach Cass Turner said after a Jan. 26 loss to Yale. “We’re there for certain moments, we’re there for certain periods and then it falls off as soon as something hard happens.”
This wouldn’t be an overly concerning two weeks for a team that is still ranked No. 9 in the country despite four-straight losses – for the first time since 2018 – but the problem is, the same thing happened each of the last three years.
The Bobcats ended their final eight games of the 2022-23 regular season at 4-4, one of those losses being an 11-3 beatdown to Princeton. They did find themselves in the NCAA Regional Finals, but were outclassed by Ohio State for the second-straight year.
The biggest problem in their recent skid? Losing close games against good teams. A home loss to Cornell and on the road against Yale have seen the opposing team out-execute the Bobcats down the stretch. A common theme between the two losses has been numerous penalties that buried Quinnipiac late in games.
“We really need to be a bit more disciplined to stay out of the penalty box,” Turner said following a 4-3 loss to Cornell. “It could have been a very different game.”
It’s not just penalties either, as a poorly-timed line change in the third period against Brown allowed enough space for freshman forward Margot Norehad to pull off a Michigan goal. The Bobcats certainly don’t want to see themselves on the receiving end of a SportsCenter Top 10 No. 1 play when they should be ramping up for another postseason run.
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“We got to keep it simple and get back to understanding that we’re a good hockey team,” Turner said.
Following a 2-1 loss to Yale, Turner mentioned how, “we can put the puck in the back of the net,” and she’s right. The Bobcats are fourth in the nation with 106 goals. There’s a slight problem, though. They haven’t scored more than three goals against a ranked opponent since Dec. 9, potting six in a 6-5 win over No. 12 Princeton.
That being said, barring a total collapse, this is still a top-10 team, but they’ll have to prove it. Home games against Princeton, No. 4 Clarkson and No. 8 St. Lawrence will give the Bobcats ample opportunities to find themselves against good competition before the postseason.
There’s plenty of chances to right the ship but there’s plenty of chances to sink it, too.
“If this is the adversity we needed, then this is the adversity we need to get there,” Turner said.
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Updated January 31, 2024 at 5:33 PM ET
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but signaled that rates could fall in the coming months if inflation continues to cool.
Policy makers have kept their benchmark interest rate between 5.25% and 5.5% — the highest in over two decades — since July.
Fed chairman Jerome Powell told reporters Wednesday that interest rates are unlikely to go any higher, and that he and his colleagues are beginning to contemplate cutting rates.
"If the economy evolves broadly as expected, it will likely be appropriate to begin dialing back policy restraint at some point this year," Powell said.
He cautioned, however, that the economy remains unpredictable and said the central bank would proceed cautiously.
"The economic outlook is uncertain and we remain highly attentive to inflation risks," Powell said.
The Fed has been pleasantly surprised by the rapid drop in inflation in recent months. Core prices in December — which exclude food and energy prices — were up just 2.9% from a year ago, according to the Fed's preferred inflation yardstick. That's a smaller increase than the 3.2% core inflation rate that Fed officials had projected in December.
If that positive trend continues, the Fed may be able to start cutting interest rates as early as this spring. First, though, Powell said he and his colleagues will need to see additional evidence that inflation is easing.
And he sounded doubtful about a rate cut at the Fed's next meeting in March as many investors in Wall Street had hoped for.
"Based on the meeting today, I would tell you that I don't think it's likely the committee will reach a level of confidence by the time of the March meeting," Powell said. "But that's to be seen."
The comments disappointed investors, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling 317 points.
Investors are still hopeful about a rate cut by the following Fed meeting in May, with markets putting the likelihood of that at better than 90%.
Good omens in the economy
Both the economy and the job market have performed better than expected over the last year, despite the highest interest rates since 2001. The nation's gross domestic product grew 3.1% in 2023, while employers added 2.7 million jobs
Unemployment has been under 4%for nearly two years. And average wages in December were up 4.1% from a year ago.
While that strong economy is welcome news for businesses and workers, it also raises the risk of reigniting inflation. As a result, Fed policymakers say they'll be cautious not to cut interest rates prematurely.
"We have history on this," Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic told the Rotary Club of Atlanta this month. "In the '70s, the Fed started removing accommodation too soon. Inflation spiked back up. Then we had to tighten. Inflation came down. Then we removed it again. Inflation went back up. And by the time we were done with that, all Americans could think about was inflation."
The Fed is determined not to repeat that '70s show. At the same time, waiting too long to cut interest rates risks slowing the economy more than necessary to bring inflation under control.
A report from the Labor Department Wednesday showed employers' cost for labor rose more slowly than expected in the final months of last year. Labor costs increased just 0.9% in the fourth quarter. That's a smaller increase than the previous quarter, suggesting labor costs are putting less upward pressure on prices.
Fed officials promised to keep an eye on upcoming economic data and adjust accordingly.
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A couple of Revolution goalkeepers over the last two years proved too good to be true: Djordje Petrovic and Matt Turner departed to the Premier League with the MLS season still in progress.
The others have not been up to the task: Brad Knighton retired after a 16-year career; backups Earl Edwards Jr. and Jacob Jackson were thrown in with the Revolution in turmoil late last year; and finally, Tomas Vaclik, the most accomplished of the group, was released without getting a chance to perform.
Now the Revolution are hoping Henrich Ravas will become a difference-making keeper, and also that he will stick around long enough to help them compete for a title.
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“The Premier League will always be my dream,” said Ravas, 26, who joined the Revolution this month on loan from Widzew Lodz in Poland. “But you can’t only say I am coming here as a steppingstone. I want to achieve something with New England. I’ve been welcomed by the club and feel we can do something big here. I’m concentrating on what’s happening now and how I can improve to help the team.”
Ravas left his home in Senica, Slovakia, 10 years ago to join Peterborough United in England. He performed for reserve teams and in the National League for five clubs (Peterborough, Boston United, Derby County, Gainsborough Trinity, Hartlepool United) before returning to Senica for a season, then becoming a regular at Widzew Lodz the last two seasons.
“In November, my agent sent a message that a club in MLS was looking for a keeper,” Ravas said. “And I saw what they had done with Matt Turner and Djordje Petrovic. I was also interested in America and MLS as a new challenge, as something to push my level, let’s say.
“I was really keen to come here. I’m happy to be working with [goalkeeping coach] Kevin Hitchcock and he will get the best from me.”
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This is Ravas’s first experience outside Europe, and he is in the early stages of acclimatizing. He felt at home upon arriving in Boston for a physical exam, thanks to the climate — not like Florida.
“Boston, obviously, it’s cold, similar to Slovakia with the weather — snow, ice, and freezing weather,” Ravas said from Bradenton after making his debut in a 3-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls in the team’s preseason opener. “Florida, it is quite warm here. We don’t have many places in Europe this warm over the winter.”
As a youngster, Ravas played in goal in both soccer and hockey. His early exposure to the Bruins came from afar via defenseman Zdeno Chara, whose Trencin hometown is about an hour north of Senica.
But Ravas gave up hockey when he was 10, and much of his early soccer training consisted of parrying the free kicks of his brother, Frederik, five years his senior. Henrich displayed his ambition by moving to England at age 16.
“I struggled at the start,” Ravas recalled. “In Slovakia, families are quite close, so it was tough. But I’ve had lessons not everyone has the opportunity to get in life. It gave me a future.
“I had to start from zero in every aspect. No family, work your way up. Luckily, it worked for me. I enjoyed it but it wasn’t easy. But, for me, when I see a challege, I want to overcome that challenge.
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“I had a plan; I wanted to be a professional soccer player. It was League One, the setup there [Peterborough] wasn’t the best. I was never the most talented, but I always had that kind of determination. People thought I would come back to Slovakia after one year. I kind of proved everyone wrong.”
But Ravas needed a chance for regular playing time, and he found it in Poland.
“I developed a lot the last three years,” Ravas said. “My strengths are I’m kind of an on-the-line goalkeeper, I come for crosses. Shot-stopping, organizing in the 18-yard box. Big weaknesses were playing with feet.
“I developed the last few years; I worked on my weaknesses to become strengths. Before coming to Poland, I didn’t want to play under pressure. I had to adapt. I learned a lot, developed that aspect of the game, and I’m more comfortable with my feet and playing under pressure.”
Ravas has earned several Slovakian national team call-ups as a backup to Martin Dubravka (Newcastle United) and Marek Rodak (Fulham).
“To think I would be called up to the national team three or four years ago, I would think you were crazy, even though I believed,” Ravas said. “I haven’t made my debut yet. We have friendlies in March and I got the message to be ready for a chance.”
Slovakia, which has qualified for the European Championship in Germany June 14-July 14, will play host to Austria March 23 and visit Norway March 26. The Revolution are scheduled to meet the Chicago Fire March 23.
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“You need to be ready for your chance,” Ravas said. “You have to be the best version of yourself and be ready any time. That comes with experience, being around soccer. I always want to be prepared and work hard to give myself the best chance.
“My [last] year in England, I went on loan and it was a bad year. But I kept my head and tried to be ready, went back to Slovakia, then Poland, and now I’m here. Soccer is a short career. You get rewarded for the hours you put in.”
Frank Dell'Apa can be reached at frankdellapa@gmail.com.
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East Palestine Resident Says Town Isn't Fooled by Biden's Visit Announcement: 'We Know What He's Doing'
A lifelong resident of East Palestine, Ohio, the site of last year’s devastating toxic train derailment, implied that President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to the area is probably too little and too late — and a little too transparent — since the photo op is likely just a form of electioneering.
When the “Fox & Friends” crew asked DJ Yokley on Wednesday what Biden might say to the community upon his arrival, the Ohio man, who also runs a business in the disaster-stricken village, responded, “I don’t know. I don’t know if he’s gonna be any more confused than we are of why he’s showing up a year later.”
Yokley suggested that it’s all about election year politics and that under the circumstances, Biden “better have a wagon full of answers and a wagon full of good news for us because otherwise why are you coming at this point? Why are showing your face if not just to try to sway votes and try to get back in office?”
“It’s a scenario where we know what he’s doing. The American people see it, and now it’s, ‘Hey, we have to go visit East Palestine because we haven’t done that yet, and check it off the books,'” he declared.
Yokley indicated that it’s a frustrating situation in that Joe Biden seems more interested in what’s going on overseas, “but as American citizens, we understand that there’s nothing that he’s done for us and nothing that this administration has done for us other than say that he’ll be coming.”
Biden’s dismal polling numbers may have convinced his handlers to, at long last, schedule a visit, although Ohio is likely to go Republican anyway, at least at the presidential level. That perhaps may have also been the reason for the administration’s seeming lack of interest following the catastrophe.
Now that Biden is in the middle of a campaign in election 2024 and the White House might be desperate for any bit of good press, he’s headed there.
As an aside, co-host Brian Kilmeade mentioned during the interview that Sen. Sherrod Brown, a far-left Democrat, is also facing a tough 2024 re-election battle in the Buckeye State.
Yokley also recalled how former President Donald Trump came to area and brought supplies with him shortly after the derailment.
“The American people have awakened to realize that our — the leader of our country did not show up to the greatest catastrophe of 2023. And now he’s gonna show up because it is an election year, and obviously, the polls show that President Trump came and supported us when he didn’t have to, and I think we saw right through it from the beginning,” he said.
In addition to the resilience of East Palestine residents themselves, “it’s the resilience of the American people that has kept East Palestine moving forward and moving the chains, and we can’t thank them enough,” Yokley said.
Yokley lamented that some East Palestine residents and business owners have reluctantly left the area because they don’t feel safe there anymore — apparently out of concerns over the residual or long-term effects of the hazardous chemical spill.
In this context, he implied that in contrast to state and local help, and just ordinary Americans making donations, the federal government apparently has provided lackluster support.
“That’s the scary part,” he explained about the feelings of those in East Palestine. “There’s still a lot of unanswered questions. And again, people can feel safe or they can not feel safe. That’s up to them, and there’s a lot of people that are riding that fence right now, but the trouble is that the leaders, the people that we vote into office, the people that we rely on, the people that we look to for answers have not given us any.”
Biden will see a lot of empty storefronts, as part of “the new normal,” when he gets there, Yokley said.
“We had to move. It was either adapt or die, and the thing that you learn as a competitor in sports and in business is you have to adapt, and we could not wait for Joe Biden to show up in East Palestine and help us, in order to continue our business.”
Yokley emphasized, however, “I will support any president that serves our country because otherwise it’s like … rooting against your favorite team’s quarterback just to see the backup.”
In another football reference, Yokley said,”It’s funny to us that Dan Campbell for not kicking a field goal gets way more hate thrown at him than Joe Biden for not visiting one of the biggest, biggest disasters of 2023.”
East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway told Fox News that Biden is always welcome, but quipped that in “my personal opinion the best time for him to come would be February of 2025 when he is on his book tour.”
President Trump is also fundamentally unimpressed with the planned Biden visit to northeastern Ohio.
“With the World blowing up around us, with the Middle East on FIRE, Biden has finally decided to visit East Palestine, Ohio, a year late, and only to develop some political credibility because EVERYTHING else he has done has been such a DISASTER. I know those great people, I was there when it counted, and his reception won’t be a warm one. Worst President in History!” the former president wrote in his unique style on Truth Social.
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The studio offers both beginner and experienced podcasters everything from conception to monetization; including recording, editing, distribution, and more.
PodPopuli, America's only full-service retail podcast experience, proudly announces its first New York metro-area location, opening February 1 in Greenwich, CT. Located at 12 West Putnam Avenue - at the top of the world-famous Greenwich Avenue Shopping District - the studio offers both beginner and experienced podcasters everything from conception to monetization; including recording, editing, distribution, marketing, coaching, and social media support.
"We are thrilled to be bringing our unique concept and services to such a beautiful and vibrant community," says Brian Howie, PodPopuli founder. "By taking all the 'hard parts' out of podcasting, we'll enable so many of the area's diverse and dynamic men, women, and kids to find their voices, share their messages, and grow their audiences around the world."
PodPopuli recently celebrated the production and release of its 10,000th recorded episode, the most in America over the last three years. The company also leads the nation in total number of podcasts produced on a weekly basis, with an industry-topping 67% of those shows hosted by women.
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Dire predictions about lengthy waits at electric car charging stations have failed to materialise these summer holidays, experts say, even though the use of public chargers more than doubled across Australia.
Representatives from two of the country’s biggest providers, Chargefox and Evie Networks, told AAP electric cars experienced their “biggest week ever” for public charging this holiday season, and use across the period soared by 150 per cent.
But Electric Vehicle Council energy and infrastructure head Ross De Rango said the success should not lead businesses or governments to become complacent as battery-powered cars continued to grow in popularity.
The news came after sales of electric cars more than doubled in Australia during 2023, and after some drivers suffered 90-minute charging delays during the 2023 summer holiday break.
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Boy George’s parents told him they loved him after they were confronted with graphic evidence he was gay.
The Culture Club singer, 62, who has known he was homosexual from the age of six, moved into a squat in London in his teens amid a stormy home life and plastered the wall of his living space with gay porn, he reveals in his new memoir.
George – born George O’Dowd in Kent to his builder dad Jerry and mum Dinah – says in ‘Karma: My Autobiography’ his parents visited him when he was out and say the X-rated pictures filling one wall.
He says he returned to the squat to find they had left him a note that said: “Nice wallpaper. Love you, son.”
George also reveals in his book his parents’ visit came after they gave him hassle for being gay.
He says in the memoir: “This was the 1970s and there was a sense that I should get on with my gay business over there in the corner and not talk about it.
“That was never going to work for me. As a kid I went to Sunday School in one of Mum’s hats.
“One of her friends called and said: ‘Do you know what he’s wearing?’ ‘I do,’ she said, defiantly.
“When I left the house, Mum would say to Dad: ‘Look at him, Jerry, look what he’s wearing.’
“Dad would lower his newspaper and say: ‘Up to him if he wants to get beat up.’
“Being the (gay) middle child in a London Irish family was less of a big deal than you might think, though.
“My dad announced my ‘homosexuality’ to my brothers, David and Richard, in his Bedford van.
“Turning down the radio, he said: ‘You know your brother’s a bit funny.’
“David chipped in: ‘Funny peculiar or funny ha-ha?’ Richard corrected Dad: ‘You mean he’s (gay.)’
“I think Dad turned the radio back up at that point. He could be brutal but he was also charismatic.”
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The International Olympic Committee is still not impressed with Italy's determination to spend about $90 million rebuilding a historic bobsled track for the 2026 Winter Games.
The IOC's latest statement Wednesday on the public rift came one day after local organizers of the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics moved ahead with a plan to revive a century-old sliding track in the Dolomites ski resort.
Aiming to avoid construction costs and potential white elephant venues, the IOC wants the Winter Games, opening in just two years' time, to use an existing track — with two nearby options in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Igls, Austria.
The issue has become one of Italian national pride to avoid paying another country to stage 12 of the 116 medal events.
"The IOC firmly believes that the existing number of sliding centers, globally, is sufficient for the current number of athletes and competitions in the sports of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton," the Olympic body said in a statement.
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The IOC's opposition to an Italian renewal project on such a tight schedule — either at Cortina or Cesana, the now-closed sliding track at the 2006 Turin Olympics that was previously considered — has been publicly clear since its annual meeting in October held in Mumbai, India.
"(Only) existing and already operating tracks should be considered due to the very tight timeline remaining," the IOC said in a statement, stating it had been "unequivocal that no permanent venue should be built without a clear and viable legacy plan."
Italy's deputy prime minister detailed his country’s position Tuesday.
"It is not acceptable for the bobsled races to take place outside Italy," Antonio Tajani said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. "We will do everything to achieve the goal."
Still, the Italian organizing committee aims to have a back-up plan if renovating the Cortina track used at the 1956 Winter Games is not ready by March next year.
The committee said after a board meeting Tuesday its plans rest on signing a contract with a Parma-based construction company that has offered to rebuild the Cortina track for $89 million.
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BALTIMORE — Becoming a parent to a 12 year-old overnight would be a daunting task for anyone. But when Jason Herring signed up to take in unaccompanied migrants as they wait to reunite with their parents, he wasn't worried about what would happen when he brought a child into his home. He was worried about what would happen when they left.
“Oh my gosh I'm gonna get really attached to this kid and then in two weeks, they're gonna be gone. The closer it got, especially as you hear them talking on the phone with their parents and getting excited, and you realize how beautiful that reunification is, and how integral you are to that reunification, it ceases becoming a selfish thing. It ceases becoming a thing you are dreading,” Herring said. "I can’t describe to you the joy to see a child get so excited to see someone they love so much."
He's a foster parent for Baltimore's Global Refuge program, previously Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services. In the past few months, he's had five kids in his care at different times, ranging from 7 to 12 years old. All of them have crossed the Southern border, trying to get to their loved ones already in America.
“These kids are incredibly resilient. They've seen more than most adults will ever see in their lifetime," Herring said.
And foster parents like Herring provide a safe, temporary home for them. But Global Refuge says right now, there's not enough of them.
“We need foster parents to be able to care for the children that we're funded to care for. If we can't sustain that, then it certainly could jeopardize programming,” Amanda Nosle, Associate Director for Foster Care at Global Refuge, said.
As the number of migrants coming over the border has increased, the number of foster parents at Global Refuge hasn't. The organization is in desperate need.
“There certainly have been dire times. I mean, COVID had a huge impact on our programming, especially for foster care. I can't recall a moment where we've needed families more than we do now,” Nosle said.
You don't need to live in Baltimore to become a foster parent. You just need to be able to transport kids to global refuge's site downtown. The process takes about three months; there's background checks, a home study, and training. Find out more here.
Herring says it was pretty painless, and the rewards have far outweighed any challenges.
“It's a beautiful thing. It's a very enriching thing. No matter how long you do it, it's going to stick with you for a long, long time,” Herring said.
"It's an incredibly heartwarming process. It's also temporary. These kids, on average, are in care with us for 30 days or less," Nosle said.
During that time, Herring not only made sure the kids were safe, comfortable, and healthy, but he provided them with fun experiences too - even something as simple as taking them to try pizza for the first time.
“Part of my job as a foster parent is to introduce them to the culture. And that can look like a lot of different things. It doesn’t have to be like, let’s go do all the patriotic things - which I love to do, we have some great patriotic parks here - but it can be food, eating out - pizza and hamburgers," he said. “A great thing about where I live, there’s a really great park, and there’s a really great community built around that park. So they’re always having all kinds of multicultural events there, not only events that may reflect their culture, but reflect cultures that they’re not used to. And I think that’s a really important part of learning about being an American, is learning about all the different cultures that make up being an American. So I think Baltimore is really good for it.”
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KANSAS CITY — Each year the American Society of Baking (ASB) welcomes new inductees into the Baking Hall of Fame at its BakingTech conference, held this year in Chicago Feb. 27-29. Originally formed in 2006 by Gary Brodsky, the Hall of Fame honors bakers and suppliers, past and present, for their positive impact on the baking industry.
In season 17 of Since Sliced Bread, respected Baking Hall of Famers pass down a career’s worth of wisdom and lessons as they speak with Charlotte Atchley, editor of Baking & Snack, and Lucas Cuni-Mertz, associate editor for Baking & Snack who joins the podcast as co-host in 2024. The new season will premier Feb. 14.
Listeners will hear from this year’s inductees Robert Benton, retired executive vice president of network optimization for Flowers Foods, Thomasville, Ga.; Erin Sharp, retired group vice president of general manufacturing for The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Fred Springer, retired president of Burford Corp., as well as some other familiar faces.
“The Hall of Fame is such an important way the baking industry honors those who have made an impact and built this incredible industry,” Ms. Atchley said. “When inductees are still with us, we want to be able to share their stories as much as possible to pass their legacy and learnings onto the wider industry.”
Since Sliced Bread is available to download on a range of applications, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. It can also be accessed on Bakingbusiness.com.
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NHL players Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils and Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames have been charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged assault by several members of Canada's 2018 world junior team.
Attorneys representing Hart, McLeod, Foote and Dube said Tuesday that each player has been charged with sexual assault by police in London, Ontario. They denied any wrongdoing on behalf of their clients.
Hart's lawyers, Megan Savard and Riaz Sayani, said their client is facing one count of sexual assault, adding, "He is innocent and will provide a full response to this false accusation in the proper forum, a court of law."
Legal teams representing McLeod and Dube said the players would be pleading not guilty.
"(We) will vigorously defend the case," McLeod's attorneys, David Humphrey and Seth Weinstein, said in a statement. "We ask that the public respect Mr. McLeod's privacy, and his family's privacy. Because the matter is now before the court, we will not comment further at this time."
Dube's lawyers, Louis Strezos and Kayleigh Davidson, said their client "maintains his innocence (and) will defend the allegations in court."
Foote's lawyer, Julianna Greenspan, said her client was "innocent of the charge and will defend himself against this allegation to clear his name."
"What is most critical at this time is the presumption of innocence, and the right to a fair trial that everyone in Canada is entitled to," Greenspan said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. "As the matter is before the court, I ask that Cal's and his family's privacy be respected."
A Devils spokesperson said the organization is aware of the reports and have been told to refer all inquiries to the league. A Flyers spokesman echoed a similar sentiment, saying the team "will respond appropriately to this very serious matter when the outcomes of the investigations are made public."
"We have now become aware of the charge of sexual assault that has been laid against Dillon Dube," the Flames said in a statement. "We take this matter very seriously. Because the matter is now pending legal proceedings, we will have no further comment at this time."
The NHL was not expected to address the situation Tuesday. Commissioner Gary Bettman is set to speak at the league's upcoming All-Star Weekend.
The latest developments in the case come two days after former NHL player Alex Formenton surrendered to police to face charges. Attorney Daniel Brown said Formenton is innocent "and asks that people not rush to judgment without hearing all of the evidence."
All five players have taken leave from their current clubs over the past 10 days. Their agents have not spoken publicly since.
London police have scheduled a news conference for Monday to address the situation. A spokesperson for police told the AP by email no updates on the investigation will be provided before the news conference.
Investigation followed a settlement in a lawsuit
London police launched their investigation in 2022 after it was disclosed that Hockey Canada had settled a lawsuit with a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by eight members of that gold medal-winning team after a Hockey Canada Foundation fundraising gala. London is approximately halfway between Toronto and Detroit.
According to court documents, the woman, then 20, alleged that a man, identified only as "John Doe #1," took her from a bar to a hotel room and invited seven other people into the room to perform undisclosed sexual acts, intimidating her and preventing her from leaving. The woman said in the lawsuit the men directed her to take a shower and asked her to say on video that she was sober.
The woman sought $3.55 million in damages and dropped the lawsuit after reaching a settlement with Hockey Canada.
The NHL has also been investigating
The NHL opened its own investigation in 2022 and has pledged to make those findings public. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly last week said the league would issue a statement if and when it is appropriate.
The Flyers said Hart requested and was granted a leave of absence for personal reasons. General manager Daniel Briere declined to provide details when asked follow-up questions related to the 25-year-old No. 1 goaltender's departure.
The Devils did not give a reason when announcing McLeod and Foote were granted indefinite leaves of absence. McLeod, who turns 26 on Saturday, is in the middle of his fourth full season with the team, while Foote — son of former NHL player Adam Foote — has spent much of this season in the American Hockey League and appeared in four games for New Jersey.
The Flames said Dube was on indefinite leave to tend to his mental health. As part of their statement Tuesday, they said they "had no knowledge of pending charges at the time Dillon's request for a leave of absence was granted."
The 25-year-old Dube has played for Calgary since 2018.
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USC athletic director is ready to display Reggie Bush’s retired jersey in the Coliseum
In an interview with 247Sports last week, USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen clarified USC’s stance on Reggie Bush, stating, “To [USC], Reggie Bush is a Heisman winner. Any and all ways we can honor and recognize that for him, that are appropriate for him, we will do.” Beyond the clear support that Reggie is receiving from the athletic department, this statement provides clarity for the time when Trojan fans will finally see the No. 5 jersey back where it belongs.
Bush steadfastly maintains that he earned his Heisman Trophy on the field, a notion supported by anyone who witnessed his remarkable performances as one of college football’s greatest running backs. The peristyle end of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where the Trojans play their home games, proudly displays the jersey numbers of six of USC’s Heisman Trophy winners. However, two notable absences stand out: Caleb Williams, the 2022 Heisman winner, and Bush, whose No. 5 jersey was removed after the NCAA ruled that he and his family received improper benefits from a marketing agent while he played at USC.
It is worth noting that the rule under which Bush was penalized has since been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which ruled that it is a violation of a citizen’s rights to prevent said citizen from profiting by marketing his or her own name, image, and likeness. Therefore, if the rule is illegal now, it was also illegal then, rendering the case against Bush questionable at best.
Additionally, the entire NCAA investigation was put under a microscope by Judge Frederick Shaller during the related case of Todd McNair’s alleged involvement. Shaller called the NCAA investigation “malicious” and explained that the NCAA infractions report “contained material false statements…” The NCAA spent 10 years delaying the trial with appeals, but finally settled out of court with McNair for an undisclosed amount.
In 2001 the NCAA remained in character and upheld that Bush was ineligible even though the rules have now changed, in spite of the Supreme Court ruling. The NCAA will not reinstate his 2005 season records. In turn, the Heisman Trust is hiding behind a rule that makes Reggie ineligible for the award if his playing records are vacated.
Last year during the spring game, rumors circulated that Reggie’s jersey would be unveiled during the season alongside Caleb Williams’ jersey when a blank tarp was displayed as a placeholder among the other Heisman winners. Reggie has since clarified that he doesn’t want his number retired at the Coliseum until his Heisman Trophy, which he earned while capping a 34-game win streak at USC, is returned. So as Cohen said, No. 5 will be proudly displayed when Reggie has his trophy returned. Reggie remains in litigation for a defamation suit against the NCAA.
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Hamas seems to reject new hostage deal offer, says it’ll only accept full IDF pullout
The terror group issued a statement alongside a smaller terror group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, insisting Israel must halt its “aggression” and pull out of Gaza before any exchange deal takes place.
"We'll make a deal after you give up the upper-hand, dude just trust us"
But what does the Front for the Popular Liberation of Palestine say?
pttt Splitters.
“The only people we hate more than the romans are the fucking judean peoples front!”
"to join the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, you'd have to really hate the Jews"
"I do!"
"Oh yeah? Well how much?"
"A lot!"
"... Alright you're in"
I'd rather hear what People's Front of Palestine has to say about all this.
He's over there.
SPLI'A
We're the people's front
And what does Ja think??
What about Jahhhhh?!
Someone get Ja on the phone!
He doesn't have any hostages so wasn't invited to the announcement.
More like Second Most Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, amirite?!
We demand the complete dismantling of the entire Roman empire. Or something like that
Just leave the aquaducts.
This is the first question I thought of
Terror group wants other side to halt its aggression is some Onion level news.
“We are so offended by this hate speech!”
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ISIS probably
They can get fucked
After we went out of our way to murder, rape and take hostage as many civilians as we could with the additional purpose of you having to kill our civilians to get to us and we can look like good guys again and repeat after a lengthy cease fire. Trust us please.
Israel has been negotiating with terrorists for decades and now terrorists want Israel to negotiate.
This is why you can’t negotiate with terrorists.
It’s easy to negotiate once you get your brain smashed in, which is exactly Hamas at this moment
Please. We really listening to the second favorite terrorist organization the Palestinians voted for when they elected Hamas? It wasn't even that close of an election.
Give me 1 example of the "bro trust me" strategy failing? /S
Yeah no shit. It costs Hamas leadership nothing, they're happily living safely outside the combat zone, and whatever sympathy the world had for Israel after 10/7 is evaporating the longer the conflict drags on.
It costs Hamas leadership nothing, they're happily living safely outside the combat zone
Earlier this month Israel was likely behind a strike that killed a top Hamas official. So they're not 100% safe.
That doesn't negate the point you made. But I figured I'd share that info.
That was in Beirut, does little. The real leaders are in qatar. When they suddenly start falling out of their penthouse apartments, I'll throw a party.
Actually if anything they've regained a bit of sympathy from their lows exactly because the conflict is continuing. People are beginning to tune it out, except for the Islamic strikes on us forces and trade, which is creating new annoyance and anger at Islamic terrorist groups, hamas included. A UN agency being complicit in the terrorist attacks doesn't help. No hundreds of thousands of dead Palestinians is materializing, there is no genocide.
I seem to remember the sympathy evaporating within 24 hours and the first big parades of Free Palestine, River to the Sea etc. Most of the world's media has been whipping up that agenda for all it's worth.
I don’t know about the rest of you the longer hamas drags it out the less empathy I have for their side
They are losing their entire infrastructure in Gaza which they derive a lot of their power and money from.
Sympathy for Israel drops with every civilian killed. That's why people need to support Israel.
Hamas trades the lives of its people to erode sympathy for Israel. The only way to stop that tactic is to stop it from working. If Hamas can get away with 10/7 by trading the lives of its people to stop Israel hamas will see that and do worse next time because they will believe that they can trade life for victory no matter what atrocities they commit.
The protestors should get some new placards, ones reflecting what Hamas are asking for, "SURRENDER".
Academy Snubs Hamas for Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine Second Year in Row
Do we even have proof they still have living hostages?
Typical. They throw in demands that they know Israel will never, and should never, agree to.
Why don’t they just add in conditions like giving all Israeli territory to the Palestinians and driving Jews out of the Middle East?
Why does HAMAS think they hold all the cards? Yes they have hostages, but they are not in control. The IDF doesn’t even know truthfully how many hostages are really alive. Hamas needs to face the music, give up hostages and let peace and infrastructure repairs begin so people can live. I’ve seen reports of Palestinians wanting Hamas out of Gaza, so wtf?
IMO Hamas understands that the deal they're suggesting is unreasonable. However, they're hoping that it puts pressure on Israel by making it seem like Israel is unwilling to cooperate for the sake of hostages. This makes Israel look warmongering abroad and apathetic to the plight of the hostages at home. The more "Israel rejects hostage deals" that hit the headlines, the better for Hamas.
I mean, it works. I only see "Israel rejects Hamas ceasefire proposal to release hostages" on instagram not "Hamas rejects Israel ceasefire proposal"
Hamas knows they're winning the propaganda war, at this point it wouldn't surprise me at all if they're just prolonging the conflict to maximize the propaganda value.
Propaganda value won’t do them any good if when they are gone
That’s very realistic, imho. They’re turning the antisemite switch on all over the world, even among authority figures in important institutions. Sometimes to the point violent radicalism is already happening, by the looks of what I’ve seen both online and irl. Which will get worse even if (perhaps especially if) Israel absolutely beats the brakes off of them.
They talk about being martyrs and crap. Why? Why pick a fight they know they can’t win? Why splash around if you can’t swim? To make bigger waves.
Honestly, it sounds like a Russian tactic. Wasn't it reported that Russia helped prepare Hamas before 8/7/2023? Swaying public opinion, especially by playing on Western leftists' sensitivites regarding colonialism, could be what they learned
It does indeed work. I saw some idiot talking about how “Hamas proposed a peace deal and Israel rejected it cause they wanna kill Palestinians”. I got called a shill for pointing out what the deal actually entailed, and that no sane country would accept it.
I've been called "evil" because I had the temerity to quote what the Geneva Conventions say, complete with a link to the relevant Article.
Wear that with pride my friend !
It works in terms of public opinion but Israelis could give a fuck what we think. They are fighting for their very existence.
Don’t forget Twitter and TikTok.
People point at the headline and go see how unreasonable Israel is they don’t care about their hostages or peace.
Because social media is full of antisemitic little teenage cunts
Absolutely. The headlines will say that Israel refused the hamas offer. You'll have to read further to find out the important details, but there's a lot of people who won't bother because the headline supports their preconceptions.
Jennosyde!!!!
100% they know that there are a ton of people in the west that lap it up and don’t read past the headline.
Tankies doing their best to stir that pot too.
And they 100% know that the media are behind Hamas and will report it exactly as they want and fuck the Israelis, and Jews in general.
and from Hamas' perspective, if that radicalizes more people in the region all the better
This is working, as multiple people from my school posted stories with "Israel rejects peace" despite hamas breaking it
Ehhh I think Israel already looks “ warmongering “ abroad . They can’t think about that though , they need to provide security to their people
Hamas' entire strategy is to make Israel look as bad as possible and hope the world sours on Israel before they're wiped out.
That's why all their bases are in hospitals and elementary schools
It is known and has been for about a decade now that Hamas has no interest in helping the Palestinian people. They’re only interest is killing Jews. Violently, horrifically, and as inhumanely as possible. They don’t give two fucks about the Palestinians, they just want to kill Jews.
The existence of UNRWA is proof in the flesh. An organization that its entire existence is with the goal to forever impede any chance of Palestinians for development and prosperity, to cage them in a cycle of perpetual reliance on aid and discouragement of ever seeking a Palestinian state, and as consequences any kind of two states negotiation
Well, looks like UNRWA is coming undone. Maybe this is a baby step towards an actual solution.
Was going to say this but thanks for stating what should be so obvious but people do not seem to get. After beating their head against the wall Western governments pushing the 2nd be incredulous when the light turns on and suddenly ask “you mean they want it all?” UNRWA keeps the fantasy alive and that fantasy is not synonymous with peace.
We literally shouted that for over 20 years
The war seriously made me believe that there are no misinformed good intention people in the west. Everyone knows exactly what is happening, and all the "from the river to the sea" protestors are doing that because they want the cleansing of Israel and not out of sympathy to Palestinians
100 percent
Something to remember, HAMAS does not give two shiny fucks about what the Palastinian citizens want or their well being.
they literally admit that in an interview from a tunnel.
will paraphrase.
q: "why arent you letting civilians use tunnels as bunkers"
a from hamas leader: "tunnels are for hamas. most gazans are refugees, they have UN to take care of them"
The actual answer had more emphasis on refugee status of gazans and how refugees are under UNRWA / UN responsibility. However same meaning. they literally admit on tape that non hamas lives are not important to them.
"Most Gazans are refugees"
And "refugee" in Gaza means "person who was born in Gaza and whose parents were also born in Gaza".
It's insane how the word has lost all meaning specifically in Palestine and news outlets still use it as if it holds the common meaning understood everywhere else in the world.
The issue is that the definition of "refugee" is so different for Palestinians than anyone else. According to UNWRA, anyone who lived within the borders of the state of Israel between 1947-1949 and is not currently a citizen of Israel plus all of their descendents are refugees. That means people like Gigi Hadid, Rashida Talib, and DJ Khalid are all Palestinian refugees. For ALL other refugees, the second you aquire citizenship to another country, your status gets taken away. This is exactly why UNWRA is perpetuating the conflict with an ever growing number of refugees.
They hope the vast amount of their useful idiots and antisemitic supporters in the western world, including the UN, will cause Israel to stop.
They don't understand Israel after Oct 7. They can't comprehend it.
No. They’re hoping the useful idiots and antisemitic supporters continue to attack Israel, and Jews worldwide, even after they’re all dead.
Which as an Israeli living abroad I can somewhat understand both the perspectives of Israelis and western world, because after October 7th most Israelis couldn’t care less about the people of Gaza (but can’t really blame them) but the western world has seen what happened October 7th for a couple weeks and ever since October 8th they are seeing Gaza destroyed so they feel bad, as life in Israel has relatively went back to normal.
Obviously both sides suffered great losses but no other country would operate differently than Israel in this situation. Well actually they probably would be a lot more brutal because they don’t have the red tape around them.
after October 7th most Israelis couldn’t care less about the people of Gaza
Not true. After Oct 7 most just realize there is no choice here.
as life in Israel has relatively went back to normal.
Not true. Nothing will be back to normal here for a very long time. This is a tiny country. A great many have family or friends killed, injured, abducted or become a refugee in their own country. Most of us have people who serve in this war. Most of us had to wake up in the middle of night with our children to run to the shelters so many times by the over 10 thousand rockets launched by Hamas in one objective alone: To kill as many of us as possible indiscriminately.
Obviously both sides suffered great losses but no other country would operate differently than Israel in this situation. Well actually they probably would be a lot more brutal because they don’t have the red tape around them.
This is 100% true. The hypocrisy of the world is unbelievable.
As an American, I will say (not that I want this) that if Cuba attacked Florida and killed as high a percentage of Americans (and took hostages) as Hamas did, there would be a straight line from Florida to Haiti and no land in between.
I don't think most of the western world is even that pro gaza, it's largely useful idiots, of which there are admittedly an uncomfortable number.
Seeing interviews from the pro-Palestine rallies in London confirmed this. So many people were carrying signs and when they were asked about what they meant, they basically had no idea.
99.99% of Americans couldn't point out Gaza or the West Bank on a map. I'd conjure probably the same number couldn't point out and name even 2 countries in the Middle East or Eastern Europe.
That’s what I think (or at least want to think) that it’s a loud minority
^ Which is humorous. Because it's not like the US government is going to make them stop.
It would take several countries in the Middle East threatening to declare war on Israel to make them even give pause. We all know that shit isn't happening. So yeah Israel will only stop when Hamas is completely and utterly destroyed.
Israel was attacked by several Arab states several times. That's how they got the new land in the first place. The military 'prowess' of their neighbours is fortunately non-existent.
So, indeed, your last sentence is the only outcome.
Middle eastern countries have tried coalitions to attack Israel before. All it got them was an ass kicking and them begging for ceasefires a few days later...
Hamas' interest and frankly power lies in Israel continuing its operation and them putting all the blame in the public sphere on Israel. Hamas has also showed time and time again its happy to sacrifice the population they govern as martyrs. like, they've said this on tv. Outrage is their fuel and best weapon.
If they actually cared about their population, they would have surrendered. thats the move that will save the most lives, cause as long as Israel thinks Hamas will try oct 7 again (and they've said they'd do it again repeatedly on tv interviews), then from Israel likely wont let up.
Same shit Russia was doing with Ukraine. “All we want is a ceasefire!” plays really well with the uninformed TikTokers who are deep in their cups of outrage. Never mind that these hostages - which they’re suing for peace with - were kidnapped by Hamas in the first place.
I always remind people of that when I see the "IDF kills hostages" line come out and it works very well.
Never mind that these hostages - which they’re suing for peace with - were kidnapped
by Hamas in the first place
Probably one of the most perplexing things I saw was pro-Hamas* people taking a video** of a ~12 year old boy that was taken hostage and said he had fun during it and learned some Arabic words and going, "Look how well Hamas treats its hostages. The boy said he had fun!"
Meanwhile all I could think about was how they were ignoring the fact that Hamas took an innocent 12-year old boy hostage in the first place.
*I used pro-Hamas as opposed to pro-Palestine as they were specifically praising Hamas' treatment of hostages
**I didn't look into the context of when the video was taken or by whom. So I'm not sure if it was while he was still hostage or afterwards or any other factors. I was a bit focused on the fact that Hamas kidnapping a kid was being glossed over.
Hamas only wants to make Israel look as bad as possible and to kill as many Jews as possible.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — (ORLANDO, Fla.) -- A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Disney against Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials over the state legislature's decision to alter the governing structure of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
Disney had argued in the lawsuit, filed last April, that the change to the district, for which the company was the main landowner, was made in retaliation for criticism of the Parental Rights in Education Act, known by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
The Florida Legislature voted to dissolve the former governing board of the district and create a DeSantis-appointed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in its place. The board voided a contract made before the CFTOD was in place, according to the lawsuit.
DeSantis has been at odds with Disney since it publicly criticized a DeSantis-backed controversial Florida law that restricts content concerning sexual orientation and gender identity in grades kindergarten through third grade.
Disney, citing concerns of discrimination, had said it "should never have passed and should never have been signed into law."
Taryn Fenske, the communications director for DeSantis, told ABC News when the lawsuit was filed, "We are unaware of any legal right that a company has to operate its own government or maintain special privileges not held by other businesses in the state."
DeSantis and J. Alex Kelly, the secretary of Florida's Department of Commerce, had argued a lack of standing and 11th Amendment immunity in the case, both of which Winsor agreed on, while the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District argued a lack of merit in the case.
"The clerk will enter a judgment that says, 'This case was resolved on motions to dismiss. Plaintiff's claims against the Governor and the Department Secretary are dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff's claims against the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board members are dismissed on the merits for failure to state a claim," U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump in 2018, wrote in concluding his decision.
Winsor wrote that Disney had not shown standing to sue the governor or secretary.
"The analysis could be different if the Governor had not yet made any appointments," Winsor wrote. "But as things stand, if this court enjoined future appointments, Disney would face the same situation it faces now: it would be operating under the CFTOD board, over which it has no control. Stopping hypothetical future appointments would not redress any alleged imminent harm."
The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it can be brought again with proper standing.
"This is an important case with serious implications for the rule of law, and it will not end here," a Disney spokesperson said. "If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with. We are determined to press forward with our case."
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There are a few things as high stakes for a media lover as the Oscar nominations. The categories are always stacked, but always full of “snubs,” and every year without fail, the Academy decides a movie no one has ever heard of is worthy of the famed awards (this year’s pick was “Nyad,” which I personally thought was the fictional college in “Glee.”).
“Barbie,” one of the most talked about movies of the last year, racked up an impressive eight nominations. But Greta Gerwig was notably missing from the Best Director category. The internet quickly erupted as reactions began to pour in and debates fired off for what felt like an excruciatingly long couple of days.
Some were upset about the perceived snub and moved on with their lives. But for many, a larger conversation sprung up as posts and TikToks began popping up faster than I’ve ever seen with people arguing about anything and everything. From using whataboutism, to claims that those talking about the nominations didn’t care about other world issues, to those discussing whether or not Gerwig even deserved a nomination to begin with. Just about everyone had something to say.
I’ve never been the kind of person who cares too much about movies. I’m eternally the person who responds with “Oh, I’ve never seen it,” when mentions of cult classics pop up in conversation. I tried to force myself into a cinephile phase, but quickly realized I will always prefer a good TV show instead.
I’ve seen about seven movies in my life, and two of them are “Ratatouille.”
But all of that changed for me on a December evening at a small movie theater in Tennessee in 2019. I was out of state visiting family, and somehow we’d managed to wrangle my mom, aunts and cousins of all ages to the movies to see a new film adaptation that had just come out.
It was, of course, “Little Women,” directed by none other than Gerwig. I was utterly entranced. I’d read the book as a young girl, but something about Gerwig’s vision resonated completely differently with me as an 18-year-old floundering somewhere between girlhood and womanhood.
So naturally, I, like thousands of others, flocked to theaters in July 2023, dressed in as much pink as I could muster out of my closet. It had been months of lead up to the phenomenon that would become “Barbie,” and one of the most popular films of the summer had finally arrived.
Sitting in the theater to see “Barbie” was the first time I realized exactly why people love movies so much. At the risk of sounding cheesy, it was a visceral reaction that I had only ever once experienced in a theater, almost four years ago when I watched “Little Women.”
The general attitude surrounding the film seemed to be pretty consistent with the way the movie had resonated with me. Audiences, mostly made up of women, gathered in theaters in droves of pink. Articles were written about the brilliance of “Barbie.” And yet, just like anything else that has ever been loved in an online sphere, the tides began to change.
It would be naive and baseless to insinuate that media should exist in a world without criticism. No piece of art is above the thoughts of those who consume it, and as someone who has spent a very large amount of my life writing words about anything and everything I’ve watched, I’m the last person to raise the argument that reviews and critics do not have a place in entertainment.
But the switch-up surrounding “Barbie” and the extensively rolling criticism of Gerwig and her directorial choices came quickly and dropped hard. Suddenly the film was either too devoid of feminism — the themes explored were basic, ones that any woman in her right mind would know — or too feminist.
Films that deal with societal and cultural issues will always be faced with an innumerable amount of criticism. They will always be too surface level for some, too in-depth for others, too cheesy, too theory-heavy, too focused on men or too focused on women. And those critiques all have a valid place in the bigger conversation about how the media we consume reflects the world we live in.
But to me, Gerwig’s work — and “Barbie” in particular — are not at their core about feminism, but about womanhood.
To me, it’s about the experiences I had while watching “Barbie” in theaters. It’s the way two older women whooped and cheered after Gloria’s monologue. To me, it’s my friend grabbing my hand and whispering in my ear, “That’s going to be you!” when Journalism Barbie won a Pulitzer Prize. And to me, it’s about the way my mom grabbed my hand after hearing “We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they’ve come” as tears dripped silently down my cheek.
The world is messy and complicated and often very scary at times, especially for women. We all have lived experiences and intersecting identities that affect the way we interact with the world around us and how it interacts back with us. And for some, that might mean Gerwig’s films, and “Barbie,” hit as rudimentary.
But while I’ve never been a movie person, I have been a Greta Gerwig one. Through her films, about the complex and intersecting ways we experience the joys and burdens of womanhood, she taught me how to close my eyes and feel. And that’s worth more than any award nomination to me.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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Donald Trump has yet to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, but he's already begun to tease about a running mate. The NPR Politics Podcast dives into who might be on his list.
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