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Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Kishore Shallow has revealed that Ann Browne-John is still part of the selection process for the women’s team. In July, CWI had announced the conclusion of the contracts of Browne-John and Desmond Haynes as lead selectors for the women’s and men’s senior team programmes. Since then, CWI has adopted a new selection structure that has eliminated lead selectors and in which the head coach is responsible for the final selection of the team. In a statement at the time, CWI said: “While Dr Haynes and Mrs Browne-John will no longer serve as lead selectors, Cricket West Indies is confident that their contributions in other areas to the sport will not waiver and will seek to utilise their expertise.” And speaking on the Mason and Guest cricket radio show on the Voice of Barbados, Tuesday, Shallow said Browne-John was still involved. “She is one of the talent pathway managers which help to identify the talent for women,” he said. “We have identified a male as well, I don’t think they have reached an agreement yet.” In outlining the new selection policy in September, Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe said that Talent Managers and Talent IDs would be used to assist the head coach. But outside of Shallow’s confirmation of Bronwe-John’s involvement, CWI has not yet announced the appointments for these positions for either the men’s or women’s set-ups. And speaking on the current state of the women’s game in the Caribbean, Shallow acknowledged that much needed to be done. “The women need a lot of work because a lot of the issues you see internationally are because of our regional and national structure,” he said. “...Players are not competitive when they play regional cricket. The gap is so wide between regional and international cricket...We have to up-skill our regional players. Shallow added that, “we have to start nationally, getting more players across the different territories to play cricket at the junior stage...and that is really when you are going to see a transformation.” Commenting on the challenges the WI senior women’s team faced in their One-Day International series in India, the team’s coach, Australian Shane Deitz said after the second ODI which was lost by 115 runs: “We’re never going to be a successful team unless we’ve got 11, 15, really 20 world class players, so how we do that is what we’re looking at. There’s a lot of things we need to do better back in the Caribbean - regional cricket, consistent 12-month programmes for players in the squad, outside the squad, so there’s obviously a lot of work to do,”
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Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against TrumpNine Energy Service sees $1.16m stock purchases by William MonroeIf Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to get on U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s good side for the sake of a smooth bilateral relationship, he’ll likely have to be openly deferential, says former U.S. National Security Advisor, John Bolton. “It's always possible, if somebody kisses the ring. I mean, that's what Trump likes,” Bolton told CTV Power Play host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Wednesday, when asked if he thinks it’s possible for Trudeau and Trump to forge a better relationship than during the former president’s first term. The questions come amid concerns stemming from Trump’s looming threat of 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico. Just days after that threat was levied in a social media post, Trudeau made a surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump, during which Trump reportedly joked that if the tariffs have the devastating economic consequences Canadian officials are warning of, perhaps the U.S. should absorb Canada to make it the 51st state. Trump has since made other jabs at Canada on social media, namely posting what appears to be an AI-generated image of himself with a large Canadian flag, overlooking a mountain range, with the caption “Oh Canada!” And later, he referred to Trudeau as “Governor,” as opposed to prime minister. Canadian cabinet ministers were quick to dismiss the quips as simple jokes. “I think, as the saying goes, ‘Trump is kidding on the straight,’” Bolton said, when asked whether the incoming president’s comments should be interpreted in jest or not. “If asked, he'd say, ‘of course, it's a joke, and, you know, Justin and I have a very good relationship,’ but I think it's an indication of what he thinks of Trudeau.” “And it's mean, it's sort of a playground kind of thing, but that's Donald Trump,” Bolton added. Bolton served as National Security Advisor from 2018-2019, during Trump’s first term as president. “Well, it's not pleasant news, but the thing to do is flatter Trump and try and work on in that way,” he also said, pointing to former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, as the world leader who he believes was “most successful at dealing with Trump.” While Abe “didn’t really lather on the flattery,” Bolton continued, “he spent time with Trump constantly on the phone, in person, on the golf course, never letting much time go by between conversations, just making sure they were in touch.” Bolton — who also formerly served as ambassador to the United Nations, and with the U.S. Department of State in various roles — said pushing back on tariffs likely won’t make headway with Trump. “For Trump, numbers kind of come and go,” he said, adding a moving target of how large the tariffs will be is “designed to throw people off their stride.” “I think a trade war between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico would be a catastrophically bad decision on Trump's part, but he doesn't understand how tariffs work,” Bolton said. “He thinks that the exporting company pays the tariff.” “He doesn't realize it's the American importer that pays it and then passes the cost on to American consumers,” Bolton added. “So good luck with trying to educate him on that.” The former NSA also discussed defence spending, and Canada’s path to meet NATO’s target of two per cent of GDP. Trudeau has pledged to meet the NATO target by 2032. But the majority of the alliance has already met or is on track to meet the target. Canada was the last ally to lay out a plan to do so. Trump, meanwhile, has threatened, as recently as last week, to pull the U.S. out of the alliance if all member states don’t pay their agreed-upon share. “I think he'll beat whoever is prime minister over the head with it constantly,” Bolton said, when asked whether Canada’s defence spending could become a larger problem once Trump is back in the Oval Office. “You should get defence spending up to two per cent of GDP. I mean, it really is that simple,” he added. “But that's not enough to satisfy Trump. That's the ostensible point.” When asked whether he believes NATO is in trouble, Bolton said he does, adding he’s also concerned for other U.S. bilateral relations, namely with countries like Japan and South Korea.
Elections BC is drawing scrutiny which threatens to undermine taxpayer’s faith in our elections. That’s a problem. Here’s the solution: call a public inquiry into Elections BC, not a politicised process through legislative committees working behind closed doors. There is nothing to suggest the B.C. provincial election was stolen. There is nothing to suggest Elections BC was in cahoots with one party or another. But that doesn’t mean we can afford to turn a blind eye to its mishandling of the most important day in our democratic cycle. In a democracy, taxpayers must have faith in elections and repeated errors from Elections BC erodes that trust. And make no mistake, Elections BC did mess up its handling of the provincial election. The problems with Elections BC range from bad to worse. It took Elections BC more than a week to finish the preliminary tally of votes. Voting closed Oct. 19, but the final count didn’t occur until Oct. 28. British Columbians shouldn’t be left in limbo because Elections BC workers didn’t stay late to count votes. And it shouldn’t take an extra week for the final count to begin. Then came the revelation that Elections BC officials were storing ballots in their personal homes. Think about that for a moment. When you cast your ballot, did you imagine it would find its way into the basement of someone’s home? British Columbians generally believe Elections BC acts in good faith. But why allow questionable chains of custody for the most important pieces of paper in a democracy? Why risk storing ballots in home basements instead of secure government buildings? In three-quarters of B.C.’s 93 ridings, mistakes by Elections B.C. led to unreported votes. That’s unacceptable. To be fair, all the votes were eventually accounted for and counted. But our elections are too important to risk with these kinds of blunders. Both the ruling NDP and Opposition BC Conservatives agree there needs to be an investigation into Elections BC’s mistakes. The NDP wants an all-party committee made up of MLAs to probe Elections BC. But that’s not good enough. Legislative committees are political and are made up of politicians fighting for the spotlight. They can hide behind in camera meetings the public doesn’t have access to. For the public to have faith in our elections, the public needs to be involved in the inquiry. That’s what the BC Conservatives are calling for: an independent public review. British Columbians need to have faith in our elections, so the public must be a part of the investigation. This is far too important an issue for taxpayers to be shunted off to the side while politicians play partisan games.
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Unlike some of those earlier additions, however, fans are actually excited about the sword-wielding assassin’s reveal, at least for now. “Now that is an awesome Deathstroke design!” wrote one player on the game’s subreddit. “The heavy battle-damage across the suit and armor plates adds so much depth to the lethal super-soldier visage.” Another joked , “Of all the characters they could have added, Condiment King, Slipknot who can climb anything, Kite Woman, Harley Quinn’s former roommate from college, Dr. Penelope Young’s rotted corpse, why did they choose a popular character like Deathstroke?” Suicide Squad ’s end-game has been evolving ever since the conclusion of its main campaign left players frustrated and disappointed. A seasonal storytelling structure setting up events that would seemingly see the Justice League eventually brought back into the picture has brought us the Joker, Mrs. Freeze (a gender-swap of the icy villain), and Deadshot’s daughter Lawless. Despite some big updates, new loot, and the expanding roster’s unique traversal and combat abilities, the lack of great missions or interesting boss fights has made the post-launch roadmap a bumpy one. Suicide Squad was recently available for just $5 on Steam , but the always-online third-person shooter still seems destined for the eventual live-service graveyard. Rocksteady Studios has committed to the game’s first year of promised content, but it’s unclear if it has a future beyond that as the development team faces cuts and work prototyping new single-player projects . One thing that would keep Suicide Squad secure for its existing fanbase is an offline mode. Rocksteady previously said it was aiming to add this in an update sometime in 2024, but that was prior to the rocky release. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. didn’t respond to a request for comment when Kotaku recently inquired if an offline mode was still on track for this year. Players are hopeful that, despite radio silence on the feature for months, the fact that it’s still promised on Suicide Squad ’s website means it’s still coming, eventually. .
The COLDEST’s Limited Drops: The perfect holiday gift for every lifestyleAs with any good public infrastructure, a bridge is meant to be taken for granted. For about 218 major bridges carrying cars, trains and pedestrians from one place to another in Colorado Springs, most would say that users should not have to spare a thought for the engineering under their feet. A 2024 study put out by the Colorado Department of Transportation rated those bridges at least a 5 out of 9, putting them in the “fair” to “excellent” category of condition. Unfortunately, Colorado Springs had a few in need of serious work — some of which are linchpins in major transportation arteries. According to the city, 13 bridges ended up with condition ratings 4 and under in the “poor” to “failed” categories. One of the worst of those was removed entirely in October with no immediate plans for replacement. “There was no way to safely put traffic on it,” said Gayle Sturdivant, city engineer and deputy director of public works, of the North El Paso Street bridge that used to span East Platte Avenue. Crews work to remove the girders of the old El Paso Street bridge over Platte Avenue on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. In 2021, the bridge was struck by a vehicle that caused serious damage that was unrepairable. The bridge will not be replaced until there’s been more public engagement in the future. But for now, the adjacent pedestrian bridge, which is a part of the Shooks Run Trail, will remain because it wasn’t damaged. The work will be finished and the road reopened on Tuesday. The bridge was hit by a semi-truck carrying a forklift in 2021, causing damage that shut the bridge down for three years. The decision to tear it down completely came after concerns about debris from the bridge falling into traffic below. Despite the bridge being part of the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority’s third round of taxpayer funded projects, Sturdivant said residents of the area would not see any plans for replacement until at least 2029. Bridges are an expensive undertaking. A few of the 13 bridges identified as deficient by the state have since been removed or are in the process of being replaced in a $40 million project to build new bridges on Circle Drive in southeast Colorado Springs. Two eastbound and two westbound bridges are slated for complete replacement, funded by PPRTA's 1% sales tax. The new eastbound bridges opened to traffic earlier this month. A cement truck drives over the South Circle Drive bridges Thursday, July 14, 2022, as a car drives below along Hancock Expressway. The city plans to replace all four bridges. The bridges were built in 1963. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Of deficient bridges, Sturdivant said the city would “very shortly” be down to eight: Water Street over Camp Creek; 25th Street over Camp Creek; Cache Le Poudre Street over Monument Creek and Shooks Run; the railroad overpass over Fontanero Street; and Costilla, Bijou and Saint Vrain streets, each spanning Shooks Run. For most, the city is looking at rehabilitation over replacement. Scraping together money for full replacements can be cost prohibitive and lengthy. Sturdivant said the current timeline for securing funding was three to 12 years. Instead, the city uses new technology to patch older bridges. Those measures typically look like resurfacing and the use of modern coatings to prevent water seeping into concrete and corrosion-eating metals. While expensive in their own right, Sturdivant said that rehabilitation projects are considered based on their return on investment. For example, water-proofing a concrete box culvert might extend the lifespan of aging infrastructure by 20 years, Sturdivant said. Many of the bridges in the city reaching their engineering lifespan were built in the 1980s and '90s — periods when the city was experiencing growth into new areas and handling greater traffic loads. Now is also a period of growth, so some bridges not on the list for dire repairs or replacement are also getting a major upgrade. Some are being built for the first time. Two big projects for the next few years will be on bridges along Marksheffel Road and Powers Boulevard. Both corridors have been marked for major upgrades under PPRTA 3. Colorado Springs, with advanced funding from the Copper Ridge Metropolitan District ahead of PPRTA funding becoming available next year, is putting the finishing touches on the new Voyager Parkway Bridge, part of a 10-year project to extend the road. CDOT is also working on a $46 million diverging diamond interchange at Powers and Airport Road. Paving work continues ahead of the opening of the Voyager Parkway Bridge on Nov. 15, 2024. In December , the city reopened traffic across the Fillmore Street Bridge after eights months of repaving work. The bridge is still slated for replacement, however. Sturdivant said the project had applied for and received planning and evaluation grants through the federal Bridge Investment Program. The project is in the running for a nearly $50 million construction grant as well. “I don't know where we’re going to land on that,” she said. Sturdivant said new bridges are being built with a 75- to 100-year lifespan, with the possibility of extending that time with maintenance and repairs.BJP attacks Congress for displaying 'distorted' Indian map at meet
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