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By MICHELLE L. PRICE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. The debate touched off this week when Laura Loomer , a right-wing provocateur with a history of racist and conspiratorial comments, criticized Trump’s selection of Sriram Krishnan as an adviser on artificial intelligence policy in his coming administration. Krishnan favors the ability to bring more skilled immigrants into the U.S. Loomer declared the stance to be “not America First policy” and said the tech executives who have aligned themselves with Trump were doing so to enrich themselves. Much of the debate played out on the social media network X, which Musk owns. Loomer’s comments sparked a back-and-forth with venture capitalist and former PayPal executive David Sacks , whom Trump has tapped to be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.” Musk and Ramaswamy, whom Trump has tasked with finding ways to cut the federal government , weighed in, defending the tech industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. It bloomed into a larger debate with more figures from the hard-right weighing in about the need to hire U.S. workers, whether values in American culture can produce the best engineers, free speech on the internet, the newfound influence tech figures have in Trump’s world and what his political movement stands for. Trump has not yet weighed in on the rift, and his presidential transition team did not respond to a message seeking comment. Musk, the world’s richest man who has grown remarkably close to the president-elect , was a central figure in the debate, not only for his stature in Trump’s movement but his stance on the tech industry’s hiring of foreign workers. Technology companies say H-1B visas for skilled workers, used by software engineers and others in the tech industry, are critical for hard-to-fill positions. But critics have said they undercut U.S. citizens who could take those jobs. Some on the right have called for the program to be eliminated, not expanded. Born in South Africa, Musk was once on an a H-1B visa himself and defended the industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. “There is a permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent,” he said in a post. “It is the fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley.” Related Articles National Politics | Should the U.S. increase immigration levels for highly skilled workers? National Politics | Trump threat to immigrant health care tempered by economic hopes National Politics | In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families National Politics | Court rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis for information related to her Trump case National Politics | New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns Trump’s own positions over the years have reflected the divide in his movement. His tough immigration policies, including his pledge for a mass deportation, were central to his winning presidential campaign. He has focused on immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally but he has also sought curbs on legal immigration , including family-based visas. As a presidential candidate in 2016, Trump called the H-1B visa program “very bad” and “unfair” for U.S. workers. After he became president, Trump in 2017 issued a “Buy American and Hire American” executive order , which directed Cabinet members to suggest changes to ensure H-1B visas were awarded to the highest-paid or most-skilled applicants to protect American workers. Trump’s businesses, however, have hired foreign workers, including waiters and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago club , and his social media company behind his Truth Social app has used the the H-1B program for highly skilled workers. During his 2024 campaign for president, as he made immigration his signature issue, Trump said immigrants in the country illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country” and promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. But in a sharp departure from his usual alarmist message around immigration generally, Trump told a podcast this year that he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges. “I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country,” he told the “All-In” podcast with people from the venture capital and technology world. Those comments came on the cusp of Trump’s budding alliance with tech industry figures, but he did not make the idea a regular part of his campaign message or detail any plans to pursue such changes.Talbot County Department of Social Services treated 35 local resource and adoptive family members to a holiday celebration at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department on Dec. 7. In addition to enjoying a holiday meal prepared by the Chesapeake Culinary Center, children received gifts, played games, made crafts, enjoyed a hot cocoa bar, learned about diverse winter holidays and took a photo with Santa Claus. “We look forward to this family event every year. It is our way of thanking our resource and adoptive parents for providing loving and stable homes for children,” said Linda Webb, Director of the Talbot County Department of Social Services. To learn more about becoming an adoptive or resource parent, call the Talbot County Department of Social Services at 410-820-7371 or visit midshoreresourceparents.com .
UK-based Kurdish advocacy groups have condemned the arrest of seven people by counter-terrorism police in London as part of an investigation into the banned Kurdistan Workers’ party, known as the PKK. Four men aged 23, 27, 56 and 62, and two women aged 31 and 59, were arrested at separate addresses during dawn raids in the capital on Wednesday and remain in custody, the Metropolitan police said. A 31-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in west London. All are yet to be charged. Shortly after noon on Wednesday, disorder broke out in Haringey, north London, with large numbers of people turning out to prevent further raids in the area. Searches were taking place at eight addresses, including the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey where police said their investigation could take up to two weeks. Acting commander Helen Flanagan, of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “This activity has come about following a significant investigation and operation into activity we believe is linked to the terrorist group PKK. These are targeted arrests of those we suspect of being involved in terrorist activity linked to the group. “I hope that these arrests show that we will not tolerate any sort of terrorist activity and that we will take action where we believe there is harm being caused to communities here, in the UK or elsewhere.” The force said there was no imminent threat to the public. Kurdish community groups called for the “immediate release of those detained” and said the arrests were an “affront to the principles of democracy, justice, and human rights that the UK claims to hold”. In Haringey Green Lanes, the heart of the UK’s Turkish-speaking community, the usually quiet streets saw scenes of disorder on Wednesday. More than 100 people took to the streets, chanting “shame on you” at police and blocking officers from conducting further raids in the area. The Kurdish Community Centre was among the sites targeted by police. The Kurdish People’s Assembly in the UK, an advocacy group for the community, is based in the building. Ishak Milani, co-chair of the Kurdish People’s Assembly in the UK, said: “We, the Kurdish community in London, strongly condemn the recent unjust and heavy-handed raid conducted by British police on our community spaces. “This aggressive act is not only an attack on our people but also an affront to the principles of democracy, justice, and human rights that the UK claims to uphold. “We demand accountability for this raid and a clear explanation for the actions taken.” Speaking outside the centre, Milani said: “We woke up in shock, because the UK police attacked our friends, our political activists. They arrested six of them and raided our community centre, which is really important to us.” He said police had raided the centre almost on the same date last year: “We are really worried about today. Last year, during our celebrations, they raided our community centre and attacked us.” Day-Mer, another community group for the Turkish-speaking community in London, condemned the raid on the Kurdish Community Centre and called for “the immediate release of those detained”. One man said his sister was among those arrested and he was staying with her when the police came. “At 3 o’clock in the morning, I was staying at my sister’s house. They broke the door down, I thought it was a robbery,” he said. “I’ve never seen police like this, they didn’t look like Metropolitan police. They covered their face.” When he spoke to the Guardian, he had stitches on his forehead and dried blood on his ear. “I ran into my sister’s bedroom. I closed the door then they broke it and they broke my face. Half an hour later, they took me to hospital. Blood was coming down my hand and my face,” he said. “My sister was scared. They called the ambulance and arrested her. I don’t know where she is now.” He said his sister is often detained when travelling abroad. “My sister, when we go to Europe, they always keep her. Last month, they kept her for eight hours, from 8pm to four in the morning,” she said. Feryal Clark, the first Kurdish-British Labour MP, said on Wednesday night she was concerned by the raid. “I have raised the matter with the relevant ministers and I’m in contact with the local authorities & leaders,” the MP for Enfield North posted on X. The PKK is a separatist group that wants an independent Kurdish state in south-east Turkey. It has been banned in the UK since 2001. The group has been fighting against the Turkish state since the early 1980s.EDITOR'S NOTE: The original version of this piece was published in November 2019 as The Nassau Guardian observed its 175th anniversary. By Bahamian standards of longevity, The Nassau Guardian has been around since King Hammer was a hatchet, as the old saying goes. And that’s a mighty long time! Indeed the oldest continuously operating institutions in this country today are the legislature, the Anglican Church, the police force, the Baptist then Presbyterian then Methodist churches followed by (after a gap of about 50 years or so) The Nassau Guardian in 1844. From then to now, The Guardian has been an integral part of the life of The Bahamas, not only as a purveyor of pure news (if there is ever such a thing) and chronicler of our history but as a major shaper of public opinion over the past 180 years on a multitude of things, large and small. I offer some reflections on The Guardian ’s evolution over that timespan. Broadly speaking, The Guardian ’s history can be divided into: (1) the Moseley era (from the founding of the newspaper in 1844 until the mid-point of the 20th Century, give or take a few years, and (2) what might be described — unimaginatively, I admit — as the post-Moseley era (from 1955 to the present). The Moseley era (1844 –1955) The dominant figure in The Guardian ’s Moseley era was not its founder and first editor, Edwin Charles Moseley, but rather his granddaughter, Miss Mary Moseley (she died a spinster with neither chick nor child). About 20 years ago, in a piece I wrote on the July 1926 hurricanes, I described Mary Moseley (1878-1960) in these terms: No other woman, before or since, has exercised such influence on public opinion in The Bahamas. Moseley was a woman of many parts, not all of them in harmony with each other. She was (in no particular order) an exemplar of Victorian virtue; a true patriot and staunch supporter of the British Empire (she had received an MBE while in England for services to convalescing British soldiers in World War I); a racial bigot; a woman of great compassion for the poor and needy; doyenne of Bahamian journalists; walking encyclopedia of Bahamian history; publisher and editor of the very first Bahamas Handbook in 1926; pioneering advocate for environmental conservation and civic beautification; and among other social positions, a leading light of the Bahamas Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire to which none but the cream of white society dared beg admittance. She was, for certain, an immensely gifted writer with a distinct leaning towards the use of lyrical prose even in her news stories. One striking example would be furnished in her description of the July 1926 hurricane as it was preparing to barrel into Nassau, observing how: “.... the mighty silk cotton trees which with almost uncanny insight promptly shed their leaves and stood gaunt and stripped for battle against the awful strokes of the gale.” Of greater consequence, Moseley was the local media’s voice for what Aaron Burr would have called in his time the “best blood of the country”. She was convinced that it coursed through the veins of the two dominant and closely-leagued political figures of the early 20th Century Bahamas: the speaker of the House of Assembly and the leading member of the legal profession, Harcourt Malcolm (with whom Moseley shared a close friendship and a consuming passion for Bahamian historical research), and Sir George Gamblin, the local head of the Royal Bank of Canada and, next to Malcolm, the most influential member of the House of Assembly. This pair constituted the twin-head of the local political aristocracy (soon to be joined by A.K. [Sir Kenneth] Solomon). Making no apologies for it, Mary Moseley was their most formidable promoter and ardent defender. The Guardian , however, was not all about local politics and international affairs. Thrice weekly, it also covered the births, christenings, betrothals, marriages, anniversaries, scholastic achievements, travels, soirees, amusements, sporting and recreational activities and the illnesses and deaths of the ruling class. Moseley’s Bahamas, as perceived through the lens of The Guardian , was strictly upper crust and, even more so, lily-white. Back then if you wanted to get caught up on what colored folk – 80-85 percent of the population – might be up to in their social lives, you would have to read The Tribune. Moseley had no time for such trifles. The Guardian in the Moseley era became increasingly conservative and uncompromisingly supportive of the racialist policies of the local oligarchy, especially from the 1930s. (By contrast, its nemesis, the Nassau Daily Tribune, under Etienne (later Sir Etienne) Dupuch, was the crusader-in-chief for social reform, racial equality and liberal causes generally, all while maintaining a steadfast loyalty to crown and empire). It was ironic that The Guardian should have cast itself in this rearguard role, considering its genesis. The founder of the newspaper, the first of the Moseleys in The Bahamas, had emigrated from England to work for The Argus, an unabashedly racist and inflammatory newspaper which, under its editor, George Biggs, had been the most outspoken and virulent of the local proponents for the retention of slavery in the run-up to Abolition in 1834. The story that has come down, and there is no reason to think it apocryphal, is that the original Edwin Moseley was so revolted by the racism of The Argus that he declined to take up his appointment, becoming a teacher instead at the recently established King’s College (under the auspices of King’s College, London). Located just off East Street and East Hill Street where the Royal Victoria Hotel would later be established, the school was an intriguing, if ultimately unsuccessful, social experiment for its time, with its consciously non-racial admissions policy and its racially balanced group of shareholders and board of directors. But that is a story for another time. Suffice it to say here that after a few years teaching, E.C. Moseley (as he was referred to) segued into the journalistic career that would occupy the rest of his working life, all of it at The Guardian. Despite the liberalism on race that was evident at the founding of The Guardian , it would not endure. Under Mary Moseley, The Guardian would become ever more dismissive of all the talk about (and later the outcry from certain quarters for) the curtailment of racial discrimination in the body politic and in the society at large. Moreover, it resolutely supported the maintenance of the status quo in relation to virtually all things political and social. To the end, Mary Moseley remained a creature of 19th Century arch-conservative thinking. (Note: Mary Moseley deserves a full-length biography. She was a remarkable lady, especially for her times and considering - ironically again - the systemic discrimination against women that was a mark of those times. In the meantime, those interested in learning more about her should refer to the short monographs written about her a while back by Ruth Bowe [now Madam Justice Ruth Bowe-Darville]; James Lawlor and the late Benson McDermott, himself a former editor of The Guardian) . The post-Moseley era (1955-present) The beginning of the post-Moseley era saw The Guardian falling into the hands of a group that made it no secret that its singular mission was to preserve and perpetuate the hegemony of the local oligarchy which was at that time coalescing into what would soon become the United Bahamian Party. That The Guardian was in this period essentially a propaganda tool for this group, the soon-to-be ancient regime, is not a matter for serious debate. Moreover, the racist policies of The Guardian became even more blatant than they had been in the Moseley Era. Indeed, Sir Etienne Dupuch, in his autobiography, "The Tribune Story” wrote: “Even as late as 1961, The Guardian emphasized in an advertisement in ‘Editor and Publisher’ that it ‘reaches practically 100% of the WHITE population of The Bahamas” (the word “White” really was in caps). Following the achievement of Majority Rule in 1967 under the Progressive Liberal Party (which both The Guardian and the Tribune had found common cause in vigorously opposing), a non-Bahamian/non-resident group headed by a wealthy American, John Perry, bought T he Guardian . They would continue to hold the majority stake for the ensuing 35 years or so until selling out to its present Bahamian owners about 22 years ago. In the post-Majority Rule part of the post-Moseley era to date (longhand for saying from 1967 to the present), it is, I think, fair to say that The Guardian has, for the most part, placed itself in the middle of the political road in its editorial policy notwithstanding that there have been extensive periods within that time swath when it was routinely dismissed by some as being joined-at-the-hip to the FNM or, if not that, biased towards the party in power. Speculation in the latter regard was no doubt fueled by a cynical perception that the Perry Group and later the present owners saw The Guardian as a business opportunity and/or as a support apparatus for their other, more consequential, business interests rather than a furnace to stoke any crusading zeal over the burning issues of the day that they might otherwise have had. Competing for government contracts for the printing of the official Gazette and the like was also seen by some, post 1967 until the '90s at least, as giving rise to a need to curry favor with the party in power by leveraging a neutral or perhaps only mildly critical editorial policy. Whether there is a kernel or two of truth in that is likely never to be known. It’s not something that lends itself to easy confession nor is it the kind of stuff that ends up in tactful memoirs. Be that as it may, looking at The Guardian today, it is fair, I think, to pronounce the following verdict: It is more balanced and objective in its editorial policy and news coverage than it has ever been before. It’s an equal opportunity exposer and slayer of the corrupt and the incompetent, the pompous and foolish alike, no matter which party is in power. Conversely, there is, in my estimation, no shortage of editorials praising the soundness of new ideas and the goodness of men and women when they do good, no matter which side of the political aisle (or wherever else) they might spring from. Some others may see it differently. I do not. Moreover, in terms of the width and breadth of its non-news subjects, The Guardian is today a far more interesting publication than ever before. Moreover, the social and racial snobbery that disfigured the newspaper in the Moseley Era and first decade of the Post-Moseley Era is long gone. If it is indeed correct that today's Guardian should be characterized in the way I have suggested in the last two paragraphs above, what better footing can there be for the nation’s oldest newspaper as it both celebrates its 180th anniversary and launches itself towards the ever-nearer milestone of its bicentenary in 2044. Congratulations and best wishes!
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Super Football Conference: National Red All-Division teams, 2024NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Sweeping Allegheny College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Volleyball National Tournament, No. 8 East Texas Baptist University won their 28th straight match, 25-19, 25-17, 25-20. It is the second year in a row that ETBU has won their opening match in the NCAA Tournament. “I am really proud of our team,” says Head Coach Mallory Matthews. “Coming out here and getting a sweep in the first round is something we set out to do and I am just really proud them to come out on the big stage as that isn’t an easy task against any team. We set out to glorify the Lord in all that we do and I feel like we did that as the team played with joy today and had a lot of fun and that’s what it is all about.” Graycee Mosley led the team with her 21st double-double, recording 17 kills and 10 digs, boasting 510 kills on the year. It is the second year in a row she has produced over 500 kills and is only the second ETBU player to reach this feat, matching Arden Tunnell (2003, 2005). Avery Reid added 12 kills, and she now has 1,377 kills, surpassing Coach Matthews’ career total of 1,373. Hannah Perry recorded six kills with a .500 hitting percentage as Callie Humphrey led the team with 16 digs. Lexi Moody had 21 assists, while McKenzie Mansell gave 20. ETBU hit .303 in the match, which got stronger with each set. They hit .211 in set one, .333 in set two, and .387 with 17 kills in set three for 48 kills. ETBU’s defense held Allegheny to a .125 hitting percentage and a .000 percentage in set one with eight kills. Allegheny started the match with a 2-0 lead, but two Mosley kills and an Emily Sitton kill put the Tigers ahead, 4-3. Down 8-7, ETBU went on a 9-1 run, taking a seven-point lead, 16-9. ETBU scored eight straight points before Allegheny took a timeout. After Allegheny went up 9-8, ETBU had three kills from Perry, Reid, and Sitton, along with four Allegheny attack errors and a block from Sitton and Emily Millikin. Mosley made it 21-16 on a kill, but Allegheny fought back to within four, 23-19. A Moody surprise kill and then a Mosley kill ended the set 25-19. Once again, Allegheny ran out to a 3-0 lead in set two. ETBU answered quickly with six straight points on a kill from Mosley and Sitton and three Reid service aces. Allegheny came within two, 7-5, only to see ETBU reeled off four more points on kills from Grace Williamson, Mosley, and Perry, with an Allegheny attack error making it 11-5. Back to within four, 12-8, ETBU put together a 5-0 run and a nine-point lead, 17-8. Williamson and Perry had kills, and Sadie Kasowski added a service ace. Mosley added a kill to make it 20-13, and Perry’s kill pushed the score to 22-14. Williamson finished set two with a kill to go up 2-0. Heading into the third set, Mansell said this about Allegheny and how close the set was: “We knew possibly that this was going to be their (Allegheny) last game, and they were going to be hungry, and we just had to stay aggressive on the ball.” Aggressive is what ETBU did, hitting .387 with 17 kills. Allegheny pushed ETBU to its limits, taking a 9-7 lead. ETBU retook the 10-9 lead on a 3-0 run, as the match had nine lead changes after that point. Allegheny went up, 17-15, only to see a kill by Mosley and Reid tie the set. The Gators retook the lead, 19-18, but Ried and Sitton added kills for the one-point lead, 20-19. Allegheny tied the match at 20 on a kill, but ETBU scored the following five points for the win. Mosley had two kills, and Allegheny added three errors as ETBU advanced to the second round.
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BY MELISSA GOLDIN Social media users are misrepresenting a Vermont Supreme Court ruling , claiming that it gives schools permission to vaccinate children even if their parents do not consent. The ruling addressed a lawsuit filed by Dario and Shujen Politella against Windham Southeast School District and state officials over the mistaken vaccination of their child against COVID-19 in 2021, when he was 6 years old. A lower court had dismissed the original complaint, as well as an amended version. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was filed on Nov. 19. But the ruling by Vermont’s high court is not as far-reaching as some online have claimed. In reality, it concluded that anyone protected under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, or PREP, Act is immune to state lawsuits. Here’s a closer look at the facts. CLAIM: The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that schools can vaccinate children against their parents’ wishes. THE FACTS: The claim stems from a July 26 ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court, which found that anyone protected by the PREP Act is immune to state lawsuits, including the officials named in the Politella’s suit. The ruling does not authorize schools to vaccinate children at their discretion. According to the lawsuit, the Politella’s son — referred to as L.P. — was given one dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic held at Academy School in Brattleboro even though his father, Dario, told the school’s assistant principal a few days before that his son was not to receive a vaccination. In what officials described as a mistake, L.P. was removed from class and had a “handwritten label” put on his shirt with the name and date of birth of another student, L.K., who had already been vaccinated that day. L.P. was then vaccinated. Ultimately, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that officials involved in the case could not be sued. “We conclude that the PREP Act immunizes every defendant in this case and this fact alone is enough to dismiss the case,” the Vermont Supreme Court’s ruling reads. “We conclude that when the federal PREP Act immunizes a defendant, the PREP Act bars all state-law claims against that defendant as a matter of law.” The PREP Act , enacted by Congress in 2005, authorizes the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a declaration in the event of a public health emergency providing immunity from liability for activities related to medical countermeasures, such as the administration of a vaccine, except in cases of “willful misconduct” that result in “death or serious physical injury.” A declaration against COVID-19 was issued on March 17, 2020. It is set to expire on Dec. 31. Federals suits claiming willful misconduct are filed in Washington. Social media users described the Vermont Supreme Court’s ruling as having consequences beyond what it actually says. “The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that schools can force-vaccinate children for Covid against the wishes of their parents,” reads one X post that had been liked and shared approximately 16,600 times as of Tuesday. “The high court ruled on a case involving a 6-year-old boy who was forced to take a Covid mRNA injection by his school. However, his family had explicitly stated that they didn’t want their child to receive the ‘vaccines.’” Other users alleged that the ruling gives schools permission to give students any vaccine without parental consent, not just ones for COVID-19. Rod Smolla, president of the Vermont Law and Graduate School and an expert on constitutional law, told The Associated Press that the ruling “merely holds that the federal statute at issue, the PREP Act, preempts state lawsuits in cases in which officials mistakenly administer a vaccination without consent.” “Nothing in the Vermont Supreme Court opinion states that school officials can vaccinate a child against the instructions of the parent,” he wrote in an email. Asked whether the claims spreading online have any merit, Ronald Ferrara, an attorney representing the Politellas, told the AP that although the ruling doesn’t say schools can vaccinate students regardless of parental consent, officials could interpret it to mean that they could get away with doing so under the PREP Act, at least when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. He explained that the U.S. Supreme Court appeal seeks to clarify whether the Vermont Supreme Court interpreted the PREP Act beyond what Congress intended. “The Politella’s fundamental liberty interest to decide whether their son should receive elective medical treatment was denied by agents of the State and School,” he wrote in an email to the AP. “The Vermont Court misconstrues the scope of PREP Act immunity (which is conditioned upon informed consent for medical treatments unapproved by FDA), to cover this denial of rights and its underlying battery.” Ferrara added that he was not aware of the claims spreading online, but that he “can understand how lay people may conflate the court’s mistaken grant of immunity for misconduct as tantamount to blessing such misconduct.”The former England footballer, 39, said he was “proud” of how Coleen was doing in the Australian jungle in a post on social media on Saturday. The couple, who first met at school and began dating aged 16, share four sons – Kai Wayne, Klay Anthony, Kit Joseph and Cass Mac. Proud of @ColeenRoo on @imacelebrity she’s doing great ❤️ Me and the boys would love to see her doing a trial and we know she’d want to put herself to the test. If you can download the #ImACeleb app and let’s get voting! 🗳️🕷️🐍 pic.twitter.com/f1VEihHVzy — Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) November 23, 2024 “Proud of @ColeenRoo on @imacelebrity she’s doing great”, he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside a collage of photos of her on the show. “Me and the boys would love to see her doing a trial and we know she’d want to put herself to the test. “If you can download the #ImACeleb and let’s get voting!” At the end of Saturday’s episode, it was revealed Rooney would be taking on the next Bushtucker Trial alongside BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough. Your votes mean Coleen and Dean are about to have a trucking terrifying time when they face Absolute Carnage ⚠️ #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/Q9PcJ3SwF1 — I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 23, 2024 During the first task of the series, McCullough chose to partner up with TV personality Coleen as he hailed her as “Wagatha Christie”. Rooney, 38, was given the nickname when she accused Rebekah Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, of leaking her private information to The Sun in a viral post on social media. In July 2022, a judge at the High Court found the post was “substantially true”. During Vardy’s stint on I’m A Celebrity, she became the third celebrity to leave, saying the series helped her become more tolerant. Earlier this week, Liverpool-born Coleen told her fellow campmate that going to court over her feud with Vardy was her “worst nightmare” as she felt she was “putting on a show for the whole world”. However, she said she was not scared about making the viral post which kicked off the dispute, saying: “I just didn’t think it would have the impact it did, because I was just that sick and tired of it, it was draining.” Later in the episode, Rooney became emotional over the loss of her sister Rosie, after boxing star Barry McGuigan spoke about the death of his daughter. I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! continues on ITV1 and ITVX.Otemu Educational Foundation: A ReflectionOf Chief James Ibori’s Visionary Persona
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Robbins LLP Urges XRX Stockholders with Large Losses to Contact the Firm for information About ...A number of prominent pundits, including former City defender and club ambassador Micah Richards, have questioned why the Belgium international has not been starting games amid the champions’ dramatic slump. City have not won in seven outings in all competitions – their worst run since 2008 – with De Bruyne featuring only as a substitute in the last five of those matches after recovering from a pelvic injury. The latest came with a 12-minute run-out in Sunday’s demoralising 2-0 defeat at Premier League leaders Liverpool, a result which left City 11 points off the pace and fifth in the table. Richards said on The Rest is Football podcast it appeared “there’s some sort of rift going on” between De Bruyne and Guardiola while former England striker Gary Lineker added: “It seems like all’s not well.” Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said he felt “something isn’t right” and fellow Sky Sports analyst Gary Neville, the ex-Manchester United right-back, described the situation as “unusual, bizarre, strange”. Guardiola, speaking at a press conference to preview his side’s clash with Nottingham Forest, responded on Tuesday. The Spaniard said: “People say I’ve got a problem with Kevin. Do you think I like to not play with Kevin? No, I don’t want Kevin to play? “The guy who has the most talent in the final third, I don’t want it? I have a personal problem with him after nine years together? “He’s delivered to me the biggest success to this club, but he’s been five months injured (last season) and two months injured (this year). “He’s 33 years old. He needs time to find his best, like last season, step by step. He’ll try to do it and feel better. I’m desperate to have his best.” De Bruyne has not started since being forced off at half-time of City’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan on September 18, having picked up an injury in the previous game. Both the player and manager have spoken since of the pain he was in and the need to ease back into action, but his spell on the bench has been unexpectedly long. The resulting speculation has then been exacerbated because De Bruyne is in the final year of his contract but Guardiola maintains nothing untoward has occurred. He said: “I’d love to have the Kevin in his prime, 26 or 27. He would love it to – but he is not 26 or 27 any more. “He had injuries in the past, important and long ones. He is a guy who needs to be physically fit for his space and energy. You think I’m complaining? It’s normal, it’s nature. “He’s played in 10 or 11 seasons a lot of games and I know he is desperate to help us. He gives glimpses of brilliance that only he can have. “But, always I said, he himself will not solve our problems, like Erling (Haaland) won’t solve it himself. We attack and defend together. “We want the best players back. Hopefully step by step the confidence will come back and we’ll get the best of all of us.”
Japanese carmaker Nissan could cease to exist in as little as a year if things don't change drastically, insiders claim. In a report which first surfaced in the Financial Times , an unnamed senior official suggested that the manufacturer had just "12 or 14 months to survive." Nissan has had a tough time recently. Declining sales in both the U.S. and Japan, increased competition in China, and an 85% drop in third-quarter profits have already led to the loss of 7,000 jobs. Production has also been reduced, as the automaker attempts to save $3 billion thanks to a large-scale restructure. Despite the attempts to steady the ship, things have gotten worse for the Japanese company. Renault, which has owned a significant number of shares in Nissan for a number of years, allegedly wants out, which means a new investor will have to step in to take its place. Political uncertainty centered on the incoming U.S. administration is also casting a good amount of doubt over Nissan's prospects in one of its most vital markets. Renault previously sold Nissan shares in December 2023 and March 2024, and announced plans to sell more shares in September. Even if Nissan makes it, further restructuring may be inevitable — and this is almost guaranteed to have worldwide repercussions. As with many global auto companies, Nissan has numerous manufacturing facilities around the world – which is why so many models are made in the U.S. – with entire communities sometimes relying on the jobs those facilities provide. But some hope may be on the horizon. The rivalry between Japanese automakers, which have made some of the most legendary cars in the industry , is pretty fierce and goes back years, yet there is some degree of collaboration. Toyota, for example, supplies things like powertrains to other manufacturers including its domestic competition. Nissan is also collaborating with long-term competitor Honda on software and EV development. However, collaborating on research and having one company own a chunk of another are two different things entirely. Still, there is a strong indication that Honda may step up and buy Renault's chunk of Nissan, according to the insiders, potentially saving the historic brand from bankruptcy and giving it enough time to right itself. This is reportedly seen by many of those involved as a last resort, and reports indicate that Nissan is still looking into other options — including investment from banks or insurance groups. Renault, the company behind a number of powerful and iconic vehicles , allegedly considers closer collaboration between Honda and Nissan a positive thing — which may mean the decision is out of Nissan's hands entirely.
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