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PlayStation 30th Anniversary DualSense Controller Back in Stock SoonST. PAUL — A buck harvested near Wheaton in western Minnesota during the opening weekend of firearms season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported on Thursday, Dec. 12. The adult male deer was harvested within Deer Permit Area 271 along the Minnesota - South Dakota border. To date, no wild deer with CWD had been previously detected in that area, nearby permit areas or near the Minnesota border in eastern South Dakota. ADVERTISEMENT “This discovery in western Minnesota, while unwelcome news, highlights the importance and necessity of our disease surveillance efforts and allowing hunters to test deer harvested anywhere in the state if they would like to,” said Erik Hildebrand, wildlife health supervisor with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Deer Permit Area 271 includes all of Traverse County and small portions of northern Big Stone and Wilkin counties. It is located north of Big Stone Lake and the Minnesota River Valley habitat corridor. The permit area is heavily farmed with limited public lands and habitat. So far this year, the total deer harvest in that permit area totals 397, with 303 of the total being adult males, according to the DNR website. Following the detection near Wheaton, the Minnesota DNR will implement measures outlined in its CWD response plan, which calls for three consecutive years of testing to help determine the potential prevalence of the disease in Deer Permit Area 271 and surrounding permit areas. The Minnesota DNR also will work with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and the North Dakota Game and Fish Department to coordinate surveillance of chronic wasting disease and management activities in the vicinity. Within deer permit areas where CWD has been detected and confirmed, the Minnesota DNR uses multiple management actions designed to help mitigate disease spread, including carcass movement restrictions, a deer feeding and attractants ban, and, sometimes, increased hunting opportunities with increased bag limits. In 2024, Deer Permit Area 271 will not be included in the CWD late-season management hunt that takes place Dec. 20-22. The adult male deer in that permit area that tested positive for CWD was harvested during the breeding season when deer are known to travel longer distances. ADVERTISEMENT Before deciding whether to remove additional deer in a CWD management hunt, the DNR will conduct surveillance in the fall of 2025 to better understand disease prevalence in the permit area.
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No. 22 Xavier aims to keep its perfect record intact Monday night in Fort Myers, Fla., when it takes on South Carolina in the Fort Myers Tip-Off. The Musketeers (5-0) are coming off an 80-55 victory on Wednesday over Siena, while the Gamecocks (3-2) beat Mercer on Thursday 84-72. Against Mercer, South Carolina sank a season-best 12 3-pointers -- tied for the fourth-most in a single game under third-year coach Lamont Paris. Jamarii Thomas, a senior transfer from Norfolk State, had 19 points and swished 4 of 5 shots from behind the arc. "Thomas got some good, clean looks," Paris said. "It was good to see those guys make their shots. Hopefully it gets those guys going in the right direction." On the season, the Gamecocks are making 7.8 3-pointers per game and shooting 32.5 percent from deep. Senior guard Jacobi Wright makes a team-best 1.8 3-pointers per game and shoots 37.5 percent from behind the arc. At 13.0 ppg, he is second on the team behind Collin Murray-Boyles (15.8). Xavier is allowing eight makes from deep per game and is letting opponents shoot 38.5 percent from behind the arc, which ranks 337th in the country. And despite an undefeated record so far for the Musketeers, third-year coach Sean Miller is worried about his players developing bad habits. "We have a virus that everybody is looking at the stat sheet, trying to get as many points as they possibly can," Miller said after the win over Siena. "They want to win, but they really want to win and score. We need a couple of guys that are willing to rebound, defend, make the extra pass, play at a high level defensively and understand what makes a team great." Marcus Foster did a decent job of doing a little bit of everything for Xavier against Siena, piling up 12 points, five rebounds, five assists and a steal. It was the first double-digit scoring outing for Foster -- a grad transfer from Furman -- in a Xavier uniform. Since 2008, Xavier is 25-11 against teams from the Southeastern Conference, but it hasn't played South Carolina in that stretch. --Field Level Media
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( MENAFN - Asia Times) This year, 2024, has been a good one for Japanese business, with profits strong and the Tokyo stock market finally returning to its peak level from way back in 1989-90. However, if President-elect Donald trump carries out the promises that helped him win re-election, next year, 2025, is looking likely to be a lot less comfortable, at least for exporters in Japan and other trade-surplus countries. The key questions concern how uncomfortable it will become, and what businesses can do about it. Throughout his campaign, Trump promised to impose at least a 10% tariff on all goods imported from abroad, and sometimes threatened to make the tariff 20%. As average US import tariffs are now less than 2%, this would represent a big increase. Some argue that American businesses might successfully lobby him to reduce or delay these tariffs. But this looks very unlikely. As this second term will be his final period in office under the US Constitution, he no longer needs businessmen's support. Robert Lighthizer, his close advisor who was US Trade Representative during the 2017-20 Trump administration, published an opinion article in the Financial Times on November 1 justifying Trump's proposed trade policies by blaming those foreign countries that had for years run surpluses in their trade with the United States. Obviously, that includes Japan, a country he battled against as deputy US trade representative under President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. He wouldn't have published that article if Trump had not authorized him to do so. And Trump on Tuesday picked Lighthizer's former chief of staff and protege Jamieson Greer for the USTR job in the new term. It is therefore highly predictable that this tariff will be imposed, probably quite early in the new administration, because the Trump team believe the tariff will raise new tax revenue, which is something they will badly need –given that the fiscal deficit in 2024 was 8% of GDP, given that Trump has promised to cut taxes especially for corporations and given that he is expected to seek a big increase in the defense budget in order to counter China. Two other important factors are not predictable, however. One is the response of the countries targeted by these tariffs, which means the responses of all the countries in the world including, notably, those of two trading giants, the European Union and Japan. The other is the reaction of the US dollar on world currency markets. The indications from the trade authorities in the European Union in Brussels are that they intend to respond to American tariffs in an immediate way. Their approach will be to hit back hard, on the view that this will strengthen their negotiating position with a man who seems to respect only toughness. In Japan's case, much will depend on the strength of the new government, but a similar response would make a lot of sense. If other countries in Asia, Europe and elsewhere follow the same policy, this will mean that not only will American imports decline owing to the Trump tariff but so will America's exports. Meanwhile, trade among other countries may well increase, since tariffs on trade within the European Union, within the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership and between those blocs will have stayed low. The Trump tariff plan might even encourage such blocs to further liberalize their own trade rules, in the hope of compensating for the reduction in exports to the United States. We can therefore predict that this trade war will break out, but we cannot predict how it will develop, over time. There may well be negotiations, which could help a country such as Japan that is important for America's military stance in the Indo-Pacific. Businesses must nonetheless prepare for a sharp change in the terms on which they trade goods across American borders, whether they are exporters to America or importers from it. In terms of America's trade connections with the rest of the world, this could be a genuine period of deglobalization. However, trade between other countries may well remain strong and even increase. Businesses will be looking for opportunities in markets that, unlike America, are remaining open to them. The currency markets will also play a vital role in setting the new terms of trade, in ways outside Trump's control. If the US dollar's value increases sharply when the tariffs are imposed, this could reduce or even negate the tariff's true impact on import prices into the US. But if it were to decline, as it might if markets feared that the US might face a recession thanks to the tariffs or even a financial crisis, this could further penalize exporters to the US. The American economy has outperformed the rest of the rich countries in recent years, making it an attractive market for exporters. In 2025, that is poised to change. Formerly editor-in-chief of The Economist, Bill Emmott is currently chairman of the Japan Society of the UK , the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the International Trade Institute . First published in English on Bill Emmott's Global View , this article is the original of an article in Japanese published by Nikkei Business . It is republished with permission. Thank you for registering! An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link. MENAFN30112024000159011032ID1108941434 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. 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