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Soprano Saira Peter on creating Sufi opera, blending cultures in first visit to Saudi ArabiaDibrugarh: In a significant move to combat the perennial threat of erosion and flooding, Dibrugarh MLA Prasanta Phukan inaugurated an ambitious anti-erosion project along the Brahmaputra riverbank on Tuesday. Funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the project has a budget of Rs 321 crore and will span an 8-km stretch from Chota Mothola to Mohanaghat. Speaking at the launch, MLA Phukan highlighted the use of advanced technologies in the project. “The ADB-funded project is one of the largest investments in Dibrugarh’s flood protection infrastructure. Under the project, we will construct 1.2 km of new embankment while implementing cutting-edge technology to fortify existing structures against erosion,” the MLA said. The project employs advanced engineering solutions, including the strategic placement of geo-bags and reinforced concrete porcupines to strengthen the embankment. “The river reaches depths of 9-10 metres near the bank, necessitating the deployment of seven mechanised boats for installing the geo-bags and porcupines. We’re utilising the latest technology available to ensure the project’s success,” Phukan said. The initiative represents a decisive response to Dibrugarh’s long-standing battle with seasonal flooding and erosion, which has historically threatened the town’s infrastructure and residents’ safety. The project’s timing is crucial, as it aims to establish protective measures before the next monsoon season. “This will be a permanent solution to the perennial challenges our town faces. We hope to complete the project expeditiously to ensure Dibrugarh town doesn’t have to face the recurring threat of flood and erosion during the upcoming monsoon,” Phukan added. We also published the following articles recently Rs 321cr project launched to strengthen Dibrugarhs flood defence Dibrugarh MLA Prasanta Phukan has inaugurated a crucial anti-erosion project along the Brahmaputra riverbank. Funded by the Asian Development Bank with a budget of Rs 321 crore, the project will span 8 km and utilize advanced technologies such as geo-bags and reinforced concrete porcupines to protect the vulnerable area against flooding and erosion before the next monsoon season. Dibrugarh villagers capture black panther In Nahoroni, a black panther that had been terrorizing locals and attacking domestic animals was captured by villagers in Dibrugarh. The villagers set up an iron cage using a hen as bait, successfully trapping the panther. It will undergo a medical examination and be released in a remote forest to prevent further conflicts. Dibrugarh residents write to CM to save tea garden Residents of Dibrugarh have appealed to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to stop the destruction of green spaces, particularly the tea garden area along Convoy Road. Environmental activists warn that uprooting tea plants and trees for commercial purposes will damage air quality and urban biodiversity. They urge the CM to intervene and protect the town's environmental and cultural heritage.
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It’s tempting for New York City to greet last week’s Sixth Avenue killing of UnitedHealthcare chief Brian Thompson with macabre relief: It’s never good to have someone fatally shot in the street, but at least this crime wasn’t yet another “random” attack. The poor guy, whether for a personal, business, or ideological reason, could have been targeted anywhere . Wrong: Put in context, it’s yet another blow for a fragile Gotham. Yes, New York, as a high-profile global magnet for superstars and business and political leaders, has always had more than its fair share of assassinations: John Lennon, Meir Kahane. But each such incident must be seen in its context. Is a particular assassination just another bullet point of lawlessness in a dangerous, unpleasant city, or is it an aberration in an otherwise safe, pleasant city? When Lennon was killed, in 1980, Gotham had 1,814 murders; as for broader felonies, The New York Times called it the “the worst year of crime in New York City history.” In 1990, when Kahane was killed, the city had gotten even worse: 527,257 felonies, including 2,262 murders. Nobody was safe, so why should important people be any different? After 1990, crime, including murder, steadily fell until 2019. Now, Thompson’s sidewalk murder in the heart of Midtown punctuates nearly five years of rising crime and disorder. After nearly three decades of sure decline, murder rose 53% between 2019 and 2021, the highest such rise in such a short time on record. Murder is still 14% above 2019 levels, and there’s no sign we’ll get back there anytime soon. Felonies are 30% higher than in 2019. And random chaos reigns: Thompson’s killing came barely two weeks after Ramon Rivera, sprung on no-bail supervised release on a recent theft charge, after having just served a months-long sentence in Rikers for repeat thefts and burglaries, stabbed three stangers to death across core Manhattan. And Thompson’s killing came the day before one teenage migrant fatally stabbed another, also in core Manhattan — a five-minute walk from City Hall Park, a place generally teeming with armed officers. Murder in the southern half of Manhattan , including Midtown and downtown, with 23 killings so far this year, is 80% higher than the average annual total between 2015 and 2019. In the 2010s, with crime steadily falling and the city’s streets feeling generally safe, the fact that a masked man could shoot an executive right in front of a marquee Midtown hotel as the sun is rising might have been dismissed as an aberration. Plus, the perpetrator was masked. Until early 2020, the video of a masked perpetrator would have seemed jarring, out of place in New York. Now, men on mopeds and e-bikes whiz by us fully masked every day — and not because of the weather or COVID. Even the sight of a fully masked man lurking in the alley between Sixth and Seventh avenues does not arouse suspicion, at least no more than we’ve all learned to walk around with over the past half-decade. There’s another reason why the Thompson killing is a bad sign for New York: The open-air execution of a top executive has spurred the finance and business world to beef up security. They don’t know yet if the Thompson killing is a one-off, or the start of a terror campaign against CEOs. Tight security is not easy in a dense city like New York. Yes, hotel conferences can scan attendees’ badges, and more executives can travel around in SUVs with blacked-out windows straight into hotel and business garages. But this type of security isn’t ironclad: Most hotels are still relatively open spaces, allowing for people to meet in lobbies and restaurants, and many older office buildings and private residences don’t have door-to-door garage access. Nor is this type of security convenient: There’s a reason why the myth used to be that millionaires and paupers alike ride the subway. If the level of security you need dictates that you never enter a crowded, or even uncrowded, space with any strangers — that you literally cannot cross the street from one hotel sidewalk to another without risking your life — then New York is not the place for you. Your business is better off setting up shop, or holding conferences, on a car-based suburban campus where you can easily control and monitor access. That’s not New York’s fault, just as 9/11, which caused businesses to briefly rethink skyscraper life, was not New York’s fault. But failing to control things within our control — the general level of crime and disorder — means that the things we can’t control have a worse impact: It’s not one thing or another, but all of them at once. Nicole Gelinas is a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal.
Nebraska's Nate Boerkircher and Luke Lindenmeyer earn Dana Holgorsen's trust — and snapsCNN’s Kaitlan Collins calls Hunter Biden pardon a ‘political timebomb’ that left Dems in ‘the blast radius’Japan – Scientists develop new tech to turn sunlight, water into hydrogen fuel Japanese scientists have developed a new means of cracking water into hydrogen fuel using sunlight. Using a special photocatalyst, this new technology could help usher in cheaper, more abundant, and sustainable hydrogen fuel for various applications. Currently, most free hydrogen is derived from natural gas feedstocks, meaning moving away from fossil fuels for this greener option is not an option. However, this easily manufactured sunlight-powered method could prove pivotal if hydrogen is to become an alternative in the future. of Shinshu University, senior author of the article in Frontiers in Science explained. “However, many challenges remain,” he added.The basic principle behind the new process is to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. While it sounds simple, this is energy-intensive and needs a catalyst, in this case, special ones called photocatalysts. Hydrogen from water using light When exposed to light, these catalysts facilitate chemical reactions that break down water into constituent parts. The concept is not new, but most existing, so-called “one-step” ones are inefficient and have a meager solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion rate. Another more sophisticated also exists, and it is more efficient. In these systems, one photocatalyst generates hydrogen from water, while another produces oxygen. of Shinshu University, another study author said,The Japanese team chose this second “two-step” water-cracking process. “But by storing the energy of sunlight as the chemical energy of fuel materials, it is possible to use [it] anytime and anywhere,” he added. Domen and Hisatomi’s team produced a successful proof of concept by operating a 1,076 ft2 (100 m2) reactor for three years. This reactor even performed better in real-world sunlight than in laboratory conditions. said, Not just theory “Simulated standard sunlight uses a spectrum from a slightly high latitude region. Solar energy conversion efficiency could be higher in areas where natural sunlight has more short-wavelength components than simulated reference sunlight. However, currently, the efficiency under simulated standard sunlight is 1% at best, and it will not reach 5% efficiency under natural sunlight,” he added. forward and break that 5% barrier, the team says that more researchers need to develop more efficient and build larger experimental reactors. explained “If it is improved to a practical level, many researchers will work seriously on developing mass production technology, gas separation processes, and large-scale plant construction. This will also change how many people, including policymakers, think about solar energy conversion and accelerate the development of infrastructure, laws, and regulations related to solar fuels,” READ the latest news shaping the hydrogen market at Japan – Scientists develop new tech to turn sunlight, water into hydrogen fuel, Panasonic Installs an In-house Hydrogen based Renewable Energy Power Generation System in Its UK Factory Tokyo, Japan – Panasonic Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Masahiro Shinada; hereinafter... Improved catalyst turns harmful greenhouse gases into cleaner fuels, chemical feedstocks – hydrogen included A chemical reaction can convert two polluting greenhouse gases into valuable building blocks for cleaner... Panasonic Inaugurates Use of Panasonic HX to Symbolize an Energy Solution That Utilizes Hydrogen Panasonic establishes a marketing name to symbolize its hydrogen business upon installing a demonstration system in its...
Scottish artist Jasleen Kaur has won the Turner Prize for her solo exhibition Alter Altar, which includes an installation of a car with a giant doily on it. Happy Valley actor James Norton announced the winner in a ceremony held at Tate Britain on Tuesday evening. The five jury members chose Kaur for “her ability to gather different voices through unexpected and playful combinations of material, from Irn-Bru to family photographs and a vintage Ford Escort, locating moments of resilience and possibility”. Kaur, who was born in Glasgow but lives and works in London, used her speech to advocate for the people in Palestine. The 38-year-old said she wanted to “echo the calls of the protesters outside” who had gathered after an open letter urged the Tate to cut ties with “organisations complicit in what the UN and ICJ are finally getting closer to saying is a genocide of the Palestinian people”. “This is not a radical demand,” Kaur said on stage. “This should not risk an artist’s career or safety. We’re trying to build consensus that the ties to these organisations are unethical, just as artists did with Sackler,” she said, referencing the family linked to the opioid epidemic. “I’ve been wondering why artists are required to dream up liberation in the gallery but when that dream meets life we are shut down. “I want the separation between the expression of politics in the gallery and the practice of politics in life to disappear. “I want the institution to understand that if you want us inside, you need to listen to us outside.” Kaur concluded her speech by calling for a ceasefire, adding: “Free Palestine.” BBC reporter Katie Razzall had to apologise to viewers after Kaur used a swear word in her speech. The artist was nominated for an exhibition that was held at the Tramway in her home city last year. The display, a series of installations exploring religious identities, politics and history, makes heavy use of different sounds, embedded into the exhibition by way of worship bells, Sufi Islamic devotional music, Indian harmonium, and pop tracks. This year the arts prize, named after British painter JMW Turner, which awards £25,000 to its winner, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Established in 1984, the prize is awarded each year to a British artist for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work. Previous recipients include sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor (1991), artist Damien Hirst (1995), and filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen (1999). In 2025, the prize will be presented in Bradford at Cartwright Hall art gallery, marking the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth. The exhibition of the four shortlisted artists – Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Delaine Le Bas, and Kaur – is at Tate Britain until February 16 2025.
Nobel recipient Geoffrey Hinton wishes he thought of AI safety soonerBishop Gorman’s offense has scored using a variety of different skill position players this season. But there’s been one constant with the Gaels that has been hard for any opponent to match up with: Its offensive line, which is one of the best in the country. “Usually a quarterback has two, three seconds and they got to scramble,” Gorman quarterback Maika Eugenio said. “I can sit back there all day and just wait and that just speaks to how great they are.” The Gaels’ offensive line has been the anchor for an offense that’s featured several new faces this year. It’s helped the team dominate opponents and reach another state championship game. The Gaels (10-1) face Arbor View (10-1) at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Allegiant Stadium for the Class 5A Division I state title. It’s the finale of a four-game slate of state title contests at the venue. The action kicks off at 9 a.m. with the 1A championship game. Six of the eight teams playing are from Southern Nevada. Even though Gorman doesn’t have a dominant skill position player, it’s still been productive on offense. The Gaels are averaging 45.8 points and 411.8 yards per game. Fifteen players have scored touchdowns for the Gaels this season and four different players have thrown a touchdown pass. “That’s the hardest thing, if I were to prepare against us, is you don’t know what we’re going to do,” Gorman coach Brent Browner said. “They’ve put a lot of work in. They can run, pass, do either one. It starts up front with the o-line. They’ve been the anchor for the offense and they take it to the defense.” ‘Will do anything’ All five of Gorman’s starting offensive linemen are committed to Division I schools. Headlining the stellar group of seniors are four-star recruits SJ Alofaituli, Doug Utu and Alai Kalaniuvalu. Alofaituli is committed to Miami (Florida), while Utu is committed to Oregon and Kalaniuvalu is committed to BYU. “The connections we’ve made with the whole team, we just will do anything for our brothers,” Alofaituli said. “They’re the type of people you want to be on the field at the end of the day.” The group’s selfless mentality has helped running backs Terrance Grant Jr., Myles Norman and Jonathan Coar establish Gorman’s ground attack. The Gaels have rushed for at least 150 yards in nine games. It’s also helped Eugenio get comfortable under center. The junior stepped into the starting role in Gorman’s 55-28 win against Orange Lutheran (California) on Sept. 13 after Melvin Spicer IV went down with an injury. Eugenio has completed 68.7 percent of his passes for 26 touchdowns and just two interceptions. “I got to be a leader. I’m like another coach out there,” Eugenio said. “If someone doesn’t know the plays, I got make sure they know it before the ball snaps so we can execute that play. I just learned that you got to make the right decisions.” Browner credited Eugenio for sticking it out and staying ready. “To watch him flourish and watch him come out of his comfort zone has been impressive,” Browner said. Stellar defense Gorman’s defense has been just as impressive. The Gaels have held opponents to under 10 points in seven games and have five shutouts. “Last year, it was all (offensive) returners. This year’s all defense,” Browner said. “Having a group for that long, the biggest thing is how much they’ve developed in over one year and how much they are so prepared.” Several juniors have stepped up to lead Gorman’s defense. Defensive lineman Prince Williams leads the team with 24 tackles for loss and nine sacks. Jett Washington and Isaiah Nickels have anchored the secondary. Washington has four interceptions. “When they were freshmen, they were really quiet and were just a bunch of sponges around the older guys,” defensive lineman and Utah commit Sione Motuapuaka said. “Now that they’re juniors, I see them taking on that leadership role.” The state title game will be Gorman’s second look at Arbor View. The Gaels rolled to a 49-14 road win over the Aggies on Oct. 10. Arbor View’s 14 points were the most Gorman allowed to a local team this season. The Gaels are seeking their fourth straight state title and their 15th since 2007. Tuesday’s game will be the last one for a group of seniors that helped Gorman win its fourth mythical national title in 2023. “It’s just a blessing to be on the field the last time with the boys again,” Alofaituli said. “The mission that we had planned was to just finish off the season. We don’t take any opportunities away. We want to be on the field and have that last battle with everybody and pass on the torch to the younger generation and show them what the standard is.” Contact Alex Wright at awright@reviewjournal.com . Follow @AlexWright1028 on X. High school football state championship schedule Tuesday at Allegiant Stadium Class 1A: Tonopah vs. Pahranagat Valley, 9 a.m. Class 3A: SLAM Academy vs. Truckee, 12:20 p.m. Class 4A: Mojave vs. Canyon Springs, 3:40 p.m. Class 5A Division I: Arbor View vs. Bishop Gorman, 7 p.m. Streaming: NFHS Network (subscription required) Tickets: niaa.com/tickets
the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. . The Carter Center said the 39th president died Sunday, , at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, who died in November 2023, lived most of their lives. A moderate Democrat, as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad grin, effusive Baptist faith and technocratic plans for efficient government. His promise to never deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter said. Carter’s victory over Republican Gerald Ford, whose fortunes fell after pardoning Nixon, came amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over race, women’s rights and America’s role in the world. His achievements included brokering Mideast peace by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David for 13 days in 1978. But his coalition splintered under double-digit inflation and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His negotiations ultimately brought all the hostages home alive, but in a final insult, Iran didn’t release them until the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, who had trounced him in the 1980 election. Humbled and back home in Georgia, Carter said his faith demanded that he keep doing whatever he could, for as long as he could, to try to make a difference. He and Rosalynn co-founded in 1982 and spent the next 40 years traveling the world as peacemakers, human rights advocates and champions of democracy and public health. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, Carter helped ease nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and and Sudan. By 2022, the center had monitored at least 113 elections around the world. Carter was determined to as one of many health initiatives. the Carters built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The common observation that he was better as an ex-president rankled Carter. His allies were pleased that he lived long enough to see biographers and historians and declare it more impactful than many understood at the time. Propelled in 1976 by voters in Iowa and then across the South, Carter ran a no-frills campaign. Americans were captivated by the earnest engineer, and while an election-year Playboy interview drew snickers when he said he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times,” voters tired of political cynicism found it endearing. The first family set an informal tone in the White House, carrying their own luggage, trying to silence the Marine Band’s traditional “Hail to the Chief” and enrolling daughter, Amy, in public schools. Carter was lampooned for wearing a cardigan and urging Americans to turn down their thermostats. But Carter set the stage for an economic revival and sharply reduced America’s dependence on foreign oil by deregulating the energy industry along with airlines, trains and trucking. He established the departments of Energy and Education, appointed record numbers of women and nonwhites to federal posts, preserved millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness and pardoned most Vietnam draft evaders. , he ended most support for military dictators and took on bribery by multinational corporations by signing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He persuaded the Senate to ratify the Panama Canal treaties and normalized relations with China, an outgrowth of Nixon’s outreach to Beijing. But crippling turns in foreign affairs took their toll. When OPEC hiked crude prices, making drivers line up for gasoline as inflation spiked to 11%, Carter tried to encourage Americans to overcome “a crisis of confidence.” Many voters lost confidence in Carter instead after the infamous address that media dubbed his “malaise” speech, even though he never used that word. After Carter reluctantly agreed to admit the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979. Negotiations to quickly free the hostages broke down, and then eight Americans died when a top-secret military rescue attempt failed. Carter also had to reverse course on the SALT II nuclear arms treaty after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Though historians would later credit Carter’s diplomatic efforts for hastening the end of the Cold war, Republicans labeled his soft power weak. Reagan’s “make America great again” appeals resonated, and he beat Carter in all but six states. Born Oct. 1, 1924, James Earl Carter Jr. in 1946, the year he graduated from the Naval Academy. He brought his young family back to Plains after his father died, abandoning his Navy career, and . Carter reached the state Senate in 1962. After rural white and Black voters elected him governor in 1970, he drew national attention by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Carter published more than 30 books and remained influential as his center turned its democracy advocacy onto U.S. politics, monitoring an audit of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. After Carter said he felt “perfectly at ease with whatever comes.” “I’ve had a wonderful life,” “I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” ___
Adam Pemble, AP journalist whose compassionate lens brought stories to life, dies at 52The North Korean flag is seen in the countrys embassy compounds in Kuala Lumpur on March 19, 2021, after North Korea severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia in response to the extradition of a citizen to the US earlier this month. (Photo by Sazali Ahma Federal immigration authorities say a Chinese man, living in California illegally, bought guns in Texas and shipped them to North Korea. Shengua Wen, a 41-year-old who allegedly outstayed his student visa in 2012 and remained in the U.S. illegally, was arrested on Tuesday. According to an unsealed federal affidavit, Wen exported at least two shipments of firearms and ammo to North Korea by hiding the items in shipping containers. U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada claims that before Wen left China to come to the United States on a student visa he met with North Korean officials to come up with the plan. (Source: US Central District of California Court Documents) An August raid of Wen's home found a chemical threat identification device and a handheld receiver used to locate hidden eavesdropping devices. Wen told investigators he planned to send those items to the North Korean military, according to the affidavit. In September, federal agents seized 50,000 rounds of 9mm ammunition from a van outside of his home. Federal officials say the North Korean government wired Wen $2 million to buy weapons for them and used the encrypted messaging app Wickr to communicate with him. Wen said around May 2023, he paid around $150,000 for Houston-based AK5000 Inc., a federal firearms licensee, according to a criminal complaint. Wen told investigators he knew he could not purchase firearms directly, so he used other people to buy the guns. According to the affidavit, Wen told federal officials he bought most of the firearms in Texas and drove them to California on three separate trips. Wen also told investigators that he was also asked to buy plane engines in the U.S. for the North Korean military to help with the country's military drone program. DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP FOR FREE "In light of the extraordinary threat North Korea poses, there must be approval from the U.S. government to ship such items to North Korea," Estrada said during a news conference Tuesday. Estrada believes that the technology was going to be used to conduct an attack on South Korea. Wen could be arraigned in the coming weeks. He is charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a felony that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. Information in this article comes from the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office and a criminal complaint against Wen.
This week, one of Rugby Australia’s worst kept secrets finally broke: Jordan Petaia is pressing pause on his rugby journey to chase a career in the NFL. The news is being considered as a blow to RA, with Petaia once earmarked as the brightest talent in Australian rugby. He was set to become the third-youngest Wallabies debutant before injury struck and when you look back at his six-year stint, missing out through injury was a common trend. The timing of this move is what’s most curious. With a Lions tour on the horizon next year and a home World Cup in 2027, Australia has the potential to be involved in some of the biggest games in the coming years. With that in mind, did this new iteration of RA, post-Hamish McLennan, really want Petaia tied down long term? Were they willing to break the bank to keep him? I think they weren’t. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s arrival to rugby union has been covered umpteen times. So has his wage and I’m afraid to say that players like Petaia are exactly the ones an organisation can’t afford. I’m not sure when the last time his biography on RA’s website was updated, but it almost feels as though they’re laying out a roundabout argument for his exit . Jordan Petaia (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) “He (Petaia) went on to win selection on the Wallaby Spring Tour and looked set to become the third-youngest Test- capped Wallaby of all time before hamstring soreness forced him to withdraw at the eleventh hour from the side to play Italy. “Petaia started the 2019 Super Rugby season in red-hot form before he ruptured the Lisfranc ligament in his left foot against the Crusaders in round three. “The injury saw him ruled out for the remainder of the tournament, however Petaia returned to earn a berth to his first Rugby World Cup and went on to make his Test debut, against Uruguay in Oita. “Unfortunately, a frustrating run of injuries – a dislocated left shoulder, a thigh/quad strain, numerous hamstring strains and concussion protocols – have kept him sidelined for 12 of the 34 Tests played by the Wallabies over the past three years. In addition, Petaia has finished just three matches from his 14 run-on Test appearances.“ Whatever about listing out his injuries, the line “has finished just three matches from his 14 run-on Test appearances” just seems too on the nose to be a coincidence. Jordan Petaia is the perfect example of a mismanaged player, a players with huge potential who wasn’t supported my a mature organisation. An organisation that was fixated on its short-term survival as opposed to long-term potential. Australians constantly talk about the competitive landscape of sport in this country but it’s the years of short-term solutions that have hampered the game. Petaia was not physically conditioned for international rugby and his early induction was the catalyst for the series of injures he’s suffered. More Rugby Just this year, Joe Schmidt cited Queensland Reds’ Rookie of the Year Tim Ryan as an example of developing players. Ryan had an electric Super Rugby season, scoring a hat-trick on debut and finishing the year with nine tries from nine appearances. However, despite his try-scoring form and work rate, it was clear to see that Ryan needed time to develop physically. He’s since signed a two-year deal with Queensland and if he combines another pre-season of work with a good Super Rugby season, Ryan is exactly the under-scouted bolter Schmidt could unleash on the Lions in 2025. But if Ryan injured himself in the lashing rain at Optus Stadium versus the Springboks or hurts a shoulder tackling Duhan van der Merwe, he could miss the chance altogether. Unlike Ryan, Jordan Petaia was rushed onto the international stage and I’ve no doubt Michael Cheika believed he could make a difference for the Wallabies – his talent was unquestionable, but pound for pound he wasn’t prepared to play back-to-back games against veteran internationals. His series of injuries meant he consistently was unable to string practices, never mind games together and robbed him of the opportunity to train and develop any one position. The ability to be versatile shouldn’t hold a player back and is a great string to a coach’s bow but it does little for a player and their chances of progressing from good to great. Petaia’s potential has been squandered by RA and I don’t blame him for wanting a new experience. At 24 years of age, he’ll be well-placed to make his return to rugby when he eventually calls time on his NFL dream. The Rugby World Cup kicks off in October 2027, which means he has the 2025 and 2026 NFL seasons and mini camp period of 2027 to showcase himself to teams. The odds are against him, but if the deal Ruby Australia were offering him came up short of what he thinks he’s worth, then he’s right to chase a dream. He’s 24 years old. You only have to look at the images Louis Reese Zammit chooses to share on his social media to appreciate the opportunity. Full-time photographers capturing you head to toe in pads, sitting in meeting rooms with the likes of Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes. At the very least it will be an incredible experience and one Petaia should take now before it’s too late.
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