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IGA stores might not have a future if the Government starts to target the way supplier Metcash behaves.
IGA stores might not have a future if the Government starts to target the way supplier Metcash behaves.
THE future of your local IGA has just got a lot more cloudy. The Government has signalled it will crack down on the struggling supermarket system even as it loses market share to Aldi, Coles and Woolworths.
Before we see why your IGA could be in strife, we need to look at how IGAs work.
You probably know the I in IGA stands for independent. What you might not know is that almost all IGAs depend on a big grocery wholesaler called Metcash. Metcash supplies them with the groceries they sell (except in Tasmania, it's different down there). But Metcash is now in the Government's sights, and that could squeeze the local IGA.
Metcash always seems to be a few years behind the big two supermarkets. You might remember a few years back Coles and Woolworths got in big trouble for the way they were treating their suppliers.
There was a ruckus and a Grocery Code of Conduct was set up to prevent it from happening again. The Grocery Code is a weird law - you have to agree to be part of it, but once you agree, it applies like any law. Aldi, Coles, Woolies all agreed to abide by the system and it has apparently made a positive difference. Their suppliers are happier now.
But Metcash opted out of the Grocery Code. And now the Government is after them. It commissioned a review on how the Grocery Code is working, and the draft report singles out Metcash for its behaviour towards the farmers and food manufacturers that fill IGA shelves.
"The review received complaints from suppliers concerning the conduct of Metcash, including issues relating to unilateral demands, forensic accounting practices to offsetting amounts owed without the supplier's consent, failure to comply with promotional terms, and requiring payments above reasonable costs to conduct study tours," the draft report says.
"The review identified ongoing issues between the wholesaler and its suppliers. Metcash should become a signatory to the Grocery Code."
The draft report could change, and even then the Government doesn't have to accept the recommendations. But it seems very likely Metcash will soon find itself with its back to the wall.
STRUGGLE TOWN
The narrow aisles of the IGA were once a big part of Australians' grocery shopping lives. But that has changed and IGA is slowly becoming a victim of our enthusiasm for Aldi. Metcash now has around 7 per cent market share and dropping.
Is this end for your local IGA?
The review outlines the problem - Metcash and IGA are behind the times.
"With increased price competition, independent retailers and Metcash have faced a steady decline in their turnover over the past five years. Questions have also been raised about whether its traditional wholesale model remains suitable for adapting to changes in consumer habits," the review says.
ADVANCE FAIRLY
Everyone would agree that Metcash should treat suppliers fairly. But IGAs already struggle to compete on price with the big chains. Forcing Metcash to sign up to the code might make its groceries even pricier, and accelerate the decline of the humble IGA.
So it would be no surprise if Metcash wants to avoid the code. I asked Metcash spokesman Steve Ashe whether Metcash would still be viable if it had to sign up to the code, and if IGAs would have to shut down. He didn't answer those questions directly, but he didn't exactly show enthusiasm for fully signing up to the code.
"Our model is based around partnering and working closely with our suppliers. We believe we already comply with the parts of the Code that relate to us, and would consider signing up to components of the code that do not, lead to an adverse impact on the competitiveness of our independent retailers," he said.
Metcash can try to duck and weave, but the review suggests the Government should just shirt-front them if they do.
"In the event Metcash continues to remain outside of the Grocery Code, the Review recommends that the Government introduce a separate mandatory code of conduct containing the same substantive terms as the current Code (together with any amendments adopted as a consequence of Government accepting recommendations in this Report) with targeted application to Metcash," the review says.
That struck me as a fairly harsh approach, and actually made me wonder how much influence Coles, Woolworths and Aldi might have had on this report. Nevertheless, it seems the Government will soon be on the warpath, and the threat of a mandatory code might be enough to force Metcash to sign up "voluntarily".
CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?
Treating your suppliers badly to get cheap prices is the easy way to get cheap prices, but not the only way. Aldi is renowned for having excellent supplier relationships and very low prices, and its market share rose from 7 per cent in 2014-15 to 9 per cent in 2017-18. It goes to show both sides can be happy if you're willing to do things differently.
The question is whether Metcash can do things differently, or if it is stuck in the mud. With Kaufland arriving soon and Costco expanding, competition in the Australian grocery sector is only getting more intense. For IGA to go on and thrive, Metcash and IGA need to shake things up, urgently.
Jason Murphy is an economist, and writes the blog Thomas the Think Engine.

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Growing up in southwestern Virginia in recent decades, poet Molly McCully Brown often passed by a state institution in Amherst County that was once known as the "Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded."
Since 1983 the facility, which was founded in 1910, has been called the Central Virginia Training Center, and it is now a residential home for people with various intellectual disabilities. But in the early 20th century, the place Brown now refers to as "the colony" was part of the eugenics movement taking hold in the U.S., and a variety of treatments now considered inhumane were practiced there — including forced sterilization. Brown, who has cerebral palsy, notes that had she been born in an earlier era, she might have been sent to live at the institution herself.
"It is impossible to know that for sure," she says. "I can look at my life and look at my family and look at my parents and think, No, never. That never would have happened. But I also understand that if I had been born 50 years earlier, the climate was very different."
She hopes to give voice to those early generations of residents, in her book of poetry, The Virginia State Colony For Epileptics And Feebleminded.
For Brown, the themes of disability and poetry have been constant throughout her life: "In my life, there has always been my body in some state of falling apart or disrepair or attempting to be fixed, and there has always been poetry. And I couldn't untwine those things if I tried."
Interview Highlights
On seeing the buildings and grounds of the old facility
It was incredibly moving and incredibly powerful. The place is interesting because it is still an operational facility for adults with really serious disabilities, although it is in the process of closing. But like a lot of things in Virginia, it was initially built on an enormous amount of land. And, so, a really interesting thing happened, which is that as the buildings that were originally part of the colony fell into disrepair, they were largely just moved out of — and new buildings were built on accompanying land, but those original buildings were not necessarily torn down. So the place itself is this really strange combination of functioning facility and ghost town of everything that it has been. I've never been in a place that felt more acutely haunted in my life.
On how some people assume her physical disability means she also has an intellectual disability
We do have a strange tendency in this country to equate any kind of disability with less intellectual capability and with even a less complete humanity. Certainly as a child and as a teenager — and even now as an adult — [I] encountered people who assumed that just because I used a wheelchair, maybe I couldn't even speak to them. I often get questions directed at people I'm with, as opposed to me, and that's a really interesting phenomenon.
On the connection between poetry and theology
Both poetry and theology for me are about paying attention to the world in a very intentional way, and about admitting a mystery that is bigger than anything that I rationally understand. ... I think poetry has always been for me a kind of prayer. So those things feel very linked for me. And, again, poetry does feel like the first — and in some ways best — language I ever had for mystery and for my sense of what exists beyond the world we're currently living in.
On how Catholicism has helped her accept her body
One of the things that I find so moving about Catholicism is that it never forgets that to be a person is inherently and inescapably and necessarily to be in a body — a body that brings you pain, a body that brings you pleasure, a body that can be a barrier to thinking more completely about your life and your soul — but [that it] can also be a vehicle to delivering you into better communion with the world, with other people and to whatever divinity it is that you believe in.
What Catholicism did for me, in part, is give me a framework in which to understand my body as not an accident or a punishment or a mistake, but as the body that I am meant to have and that is constitutive of so much of who I am and what I've done and what I hope I will do in the world.
More and more ... I've come to see my body as a place of pride and potential, and as something that gives me a unique outlook onto the world. And I'd rather that, I guess, than be infuriated by it.
On her twin sister, who died shortly after birth
She lived about 36 hours after we were born. ... It's a phenomenon in my life that I have not a lot of rational explanation for, ... but it is true that I miss my sister with a kind of intense specificity that has no rational explanation, and that I feel aware of her presence in this way that I can't exactly explain or articulate, but which feels undeniable to me. ...
I do think that that sort of gave me no other option than to believe in some kind of something beyond this current mortal life that we're living. Because what is the explanation otherwise for the fact that I feel like I miss and I know this person who only lived a matter of hours? And for the fact as much as I know that she is dead and is gone in a real way, she doesn't feel "disappeared" to me.
On how her physical disability and her poetry are intertwined
I think the easiest way I have of describing it is I have two [early] memories. ... One of them is of sitting on a table in a hospital room in the children's hospital in St. Louis, choosing the flavor of the anesthetic gas I was going to breathe when they put me under to do my first major surgery. I was picking between cherry and butterscotch and grape. And the second memory that I have is of my father reading a Robert Hayden poem called "Those Winter Sundays."
Roberta Shorrock and Therese Madden produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Deborah Franklin adapted it for the Web.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules Friday that take another step in rolling back the Obama health care law.
The new policy is a long-expected revision to federal rules that require most companies to cover birth control as preventive care for women, at no additional cost. Preventive services are supposed to be free of charge to employees and their dependents under former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Trump’s religious and moral exemption is expected to galvanize both his opponents and religious conservatives that back him, but it’s likely to have a limited impact on America’s largely secular workplaces. Most women no longer pay for birth control, and advocates immediately announced plans to try to block the new rule in court.
Although tens of thousands of women could be affected by Trump’s new policy, the vast majority of companies have no qualms about offering birth control benefits through their health plans. Human resource managers recognize that employers get an economic benefit from helping women space out their pregnancies, since female workers are central to most enterprises.
The administration estimated that some 200 employers who have already voiced objections to the Obama-era policy would qualify for the expanded opt-out, and that 120,000 women would be affected. However, it’s unclear how major religious-affiliated employers such as Catholic hospitals and universities will respond.
Since contraception became a covered preventive benefit, the share of women employees paying their own money for birth control pills has plunged to under 4 percent, from 21 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Trump administration’s revision broadens a religious exemption that previously applied to houses of worship, religiously affiliated nonprofit groups, and closely-held private companies. Administration officials said the new policy defends religious freedom. Privately owned for-profit companies, as well as publicly-traded for-profit companies will be able to seek an exemption.
Officials also said the administration is tightening oversight of how plans sold under the health law cover abortion. With limited exceptions, abortions can only be paid for through a separate premium collected from enrollees. No public subsidies can be used, except in cases that involve rape, incest, or preserving the life of the mother.
Doctors’ groups that were key to derailing Republican plans to repeal the health law outright expressed dismay over the administration’s move on birth control.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said the new policy could reverse the recent progress in lowering the nation’s rate of unintended pregnancies.
“Instead of fulfilling its mission ‘to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans,’ HHS leaders under the current administration are focused on turning back the clock on women’s health,” said the organization’s president, Dr. Haywood Brown.
Women’s groups said they would try to stop the administration from carrying out the changes.
“The rules give employers a license to discriminate against women,” said Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center. “We will take immediate legal steps to block these unfair and discriminatory rules.”
Administration officials said the new policy takes effect right away.
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AP writer David Crary in New York contributed to this report.
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In his State of the State Address in 2014, Gov. Phil Bryant announced a goal: "to end abortion in Mississippi."
Bryant has now signed a law that makes his state the most difficult state in the country to get an abortion. It is called the Gestational Age Act, and it bans abortions after 15 weeks of gestation, except in the case of a medical emergency or a severe fetal abnormality. The law does not make exceptions in cases of rape or incest. The Mississippi House passed the measure on March 8, and Bryant signed it into law on Monday.
The Associated Press reports that Mississippi's only abortion clinic has sued the state in response to the legislation. In 2012, that same clinic, The Jackson Women's Health Organization, filed a lawsuit challenging a different bill Bryant signed into law. That bill enacted stricter requirements for abortion facilities, including a requirement that all physicians associated with an abortion facility have the right to admit patients to a local hospital. It was eventually blocked by a federal district court in 2013.
After signing this latest bill, Bryant wrote on Twitter, "I am committed to making Mississippi the safest place in America for an unborn child, and this bill will help us achieve that goal."
"We are saving more of the unborn than any state in America, and what better thing we could do," Bryant said as he signed the bill. "We'll probably be sued here in about a half hour, and that'll be fine with me. It is worth fighting over."
On the national level, some recent attempts to restrict abortion have failed, as Julie Rovner reported for NPR and Kaiser Health News:
Despite many attempts, Congress did not pass a federal ban on abortions occurring after 20 weeks, didn't cut off Planned Parenthood's federal funding and didn't write into permanent law the Hyde Amendment, which bans most federal abortion funding but needs annual renewal.
But, Rovner added, the Trump administration has made some progress in restricting abortion and contraception access:
The administration made myriad changes. It reinstituted and expanded the "Mexico City" policy, which forbids funding of international aid programs that "perform or promote" abortion. It issued rules aimed at allowing religious-affiliated and other employers to not offer contraceptive services if they have a "religious belief" or "moral conviction" against them, although federal courts have blocked the new rules from being implemented. And just last week the administration created a new "conscience and religious freedom" division in the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights. That new division is designed to enforce both existing laws protecting the rights of conscience for medical personnel as well as the new regulations. Most important, according to many in the anti-abortion movement, the president nominated and the Senate confirmed more than a dozen federal district court and appeals court judges who are considered likely to rule in favor of abortion restrictions.


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A nearly 5-minute video examining the ethical dilemma behind the five-finger discount – aka theft – has earned Val Verde High School in Perris $500.
The video was produced for the California Student Media Festival, which celebrates innovation and multimedia projects from students statewide.
Also recognized were videos from UC Riverside’s ArtsBlock, a video production workshop that is designed to teach high school students the necessary skills to make their own documentary film.
The awards were presented June 3 at Herbert Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
The festival “provides an opportunity for students to share their creativity and see their media projects’ impact outside of the classroom,” said Jamie Myers, PBS SoCal’s chief operating officer and vice president of Education and Community Engagement. “Recognition at events like this one can become catalysts for future careers in media and the arts, and we are proud to support students and educators through this festival.”
The festival is made possible because of a partnership between PBS SoCal and CUE, a nonprofit organization representing over 10,000 teachers and school administrators.
The Perris video, titled “5 Finger Discount,” follows student Charlie Harper, who wrestles with whether he should steal a fellow student’s fancy phone.
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HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — Millions have been watching April the giraffe’s livestream, but, on Monday, zoo officials said they will pull the video feed after April suffered an injury.
Animal Adventure Park posted on Facebook that, just days after giving birth to her calf, April twisted one of her legs, which zoo officials say is not uncommon with animals her size.
The park added that they’ve been bogged down with messages about April, which have been affecting their email servers and say it’s the reason why they’re taking down the “Giraffe Cam.”
As of Monday evening, the livestream was still running.
April has been the subject of international attention since the live feed was turned on in February. On Saturday, after months of anticipation, April gave birth to her fourth calf.
The Animal Adventure Park currently has a contest underway to name the male calf. It costs $1 to cast a vote, and the park says the money will go to three different causes: giraffe conservation, “Ava’s Little Heroes” – an event named after the park owners’ daughter who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy – and to further improvements at Animal Adventure Park.

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It sounds like a tall tale, but this giraffe romance has managed to captivate the world for more than a month.
What to Know April has captivated tens of millions of people across the world who have been checking in on her via the live stream
The long-necked beauty gave birth to a healthy male calf just before 10 a.m Saturday
The calf was the first born at Animal Adventure Park, and the zoo says it will hold a contest to name it
The long-awaited arrival of April the giraffe's baby has made Animal Adventure Park the second most live-viewed channel in YouTube's history.
April's livestream had more than 232 million live views and 7.6 billion minutes of live watch time since February, second only to League of Legends eSports, which has been around since 2012, YouTube said on Monday.
The channel had its biggest day on Saturday, with more than 14 million live views. More than 1.2 million viewers were watching the livestream simultaneously on YouTube when April gave birth Saturday morning, making it one of the Top 5 most-watched moments.
The not-yet-named male baby giraffe was running around with its mother within three hours of birth at the private zoo in Harpursville, a village 130 miles northwest of New York City.
Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch said the baby was healthy and April was recovering "perfectly."
April and the baby will be introduced to the public when the park opens for the season next month.
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"We're going to see that baby and mom really develop a beautiful bond," Patch said.
The zoo is holding a contest to name the baby, charging $1 per vote, with proceeds being split among wild giraffe conservation efforts, zoo upgrades and support for families of children experiencing unexpected medical expenses.
April's fans can continue to watch mother and baby on livestream now. But eventually, after the baby is weaned, it will move on to be paired with young females at another zoo, where it will produce calves of its own, Patch said.


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HAINES CITY - Robert Ralph 'Bobby T.' Talarico, 55, passed away at his residence on 4/15/17.
He was born on 10/10/61 in Chicago, IL and he and his family moved to Haines City when he was only 1.
Bobby was the owner of Bobby T. Construction in Lake Hamilton, FL. He was of the Catholic faith and loved to go hunting, fishing and golfing. He was a member of the Country Club of Winter Haven and looked forward to his Monday night poker games with his friends.
Bobby was predeceased by his mother, Nancy Talarico and he is survived by his father, Ralph (Carol) Talarico; wife, of 33 years, Nancy Talarico; beloved pet, Lola; sister, Renee (Eddie) Stovall; brother-in-law, David Talbott; sister-in-law, Pamela (Jimmy) Hancock and several nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life service will be Friday, 4/21/17 at 3 pm at NorthRidge Church, Haines City.
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OROVILLE, Calif. — The stress of evacuation and an uncertain future were enough for Donald Azevedo and his family to opt to stay a few more nights in an emergency shelter rather than risk having to do it all again.
The family was among the nearly 200,000 Californians who live downstream from the country’s tallest dam who were told they could return home but warned they may have to flee again if repairs made to the battered Oroville Dam spillways don’t hold.
The fixes could be put to their first test later this week with the first of a series of small storms forecast for the region expected to reach the area Wednesday night.
“There is the prospect that we could issue another evacuation order if the situation changes and the risk increases,” Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Tuesday, telling residents they could return home but to remain vigilant.
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That’s why Azevedo wasn’t budging yet.
“My plan is to stay here,” said Azevedo, who evacuated from Marysville with his wife, Tasha, their four Chihuahuas and more than 30 relatives. They spent two nights at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, Calif. and he planned to wait out this week’s upcoming storm before returning home. Many at the shelter said a drive that should have taken one hour took six hours on Sunday.
“I’m not trying to risk traffic, being stuck in floods. I’m safe where I’m at,” Azevedo said.
Many other evacuees, such as Oroville resident Margaret Johnston, couldn’t wait to get back home.
“You don’t appreciate home until it’s taken away from you,” said Johnston, 69, who spent the last two nights sheltering at a church in Chico, California. As she packed the blankets, pillows and clothing she had hastily thrown into a black garbage bag, she reflected on the mad rush to leave, the chaos, confusion and bottleneck traffic on the drive out. “It was just frustrating. Very frustrating.”
Residents living below the Oroville Dam were suddenly ordered to evacuate Sunday afternoon after authorities had assured them for nearly a week that the dam was sound despite a gaping and growing hole found in the structure’s main spillway. The order came after authorities feared an earthen emergency spillway used when the lake behind the dam overflows its capacity appeared ready to fail Sunday because of erosion.
Two days after issuing the evacuation order, officials lifted it Tuesday but uncertainty remained.
Over the weekend, the swollen lake spilled down the unpaved emergency spillway for nearly 40 hours, leaving it badly eroded. The problem occurred six days after engineers discovered a growing hole in the dam’s main concrete spillway.
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State and federal officials ignored calls in 2005 from environmental groups to armor the earthen spillway in concrete to prevent erosion. Federal regulators concluded the earthen spillway could handle a large amount of overflow after water agencies that would have had to pay for the upgrade argued it was unnecessary.
Others fear the real test is still to come in the weeks ahead when a record amount of snowfall melts in nearby mountains.
The California Department of Water Resources said Tuesday night the Oroville Dam’s water levels continued to decrease but it didn’t say by how much.
State water officials said earlier Tuesday the reservoir’s water level had been reduced 15 feet by Tuesday afternoon. Officials hope to continue using a damaged main spillway to drain the lake another 37 feet in preparation for coming rain. They say they have drained enough water that the emergency spillway will not be needed to handle runoff from the approaching storm.
Forecasts call for 2-4 inches of rain and snow in the foothills and mountains starting Wednesday night. But the storm was looking colder than initially projected, meaning less rain and less runoff than last week’s storms.
Dozens of construction crews were working around the clock dropping 1,200 tons of material on the earthen emergency spillway per hour using heavy equipment and helicopters and the area is being continually monitored with the help of drones carrying cameras, the state water agency said.
Preliminary estimates say permanently fixing the hole in the main spillway could cost $100 million to $200 million, Croyle said. Experts are drawing up plans for repairs that will begin after the spring runoff season ends.
Gov. Jerry Brown said late Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved his request for federal assistance with the Oroville dam situation.
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State officials clearly were on the defensive about their decision to call for mass evacuations Sunday, just a few hours after saying the situation was stable, forcing families to rush to pack up and get out.
Honea, the county sheriff, said Tuesday that the call to order nearly 200,000 people to higher ground protected lives and bought time for water experts to address the problems.
But after two days away from home, tens of thousands of evacuees were growing weary. They welcomed the news they could return home but vowed to heed the sheriff’s warning to remain vigilant.
Rod Remocal said he and his wife would now be ready to leave their Biggs home near the dam at a moment’s notice after fleeing in a rush Sunday.
“We’re all coming back and pack and be ready this time,” Remocal said. “This time we’re going to be on call like they said.”
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Elias reported from San Francisco.
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Contributing to this report were Jocelyn Gecker, Olga R. Rodriguez and Kristin Bender in San Francisco; Don Thompson in Sacramento; Terry Chea in Grass Valley, California; Ellen Knickmeyer in Sonoma, California; and John Antczak and Justin Pritchard in Los Angeles.

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Question: Celtics: Hayward has surgery, will be ready for next season

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BOSTON — The Boston Celtics say forward Gordon Hayward had surgery to remove a plate and screws in his broken left leg and will be ready to start next season.
Hayward missed almost the entire season after breaking his leg in the first quarter of the season opener. The Celtics went on to reach Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals before losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The team says his leg and ankle are sound, but the plate and screws that were implanted to help the injury heal were irritating his tendons. He is scheduled to resume basketball activities in six to eight weeks and be ready for training camp.
Also Wednesday: the Celtics said centre Aron Baynes had successful surgery to repair a nasal fracture he sustained during Game 6 of the Cleveland series. He is expected to be back on the court in two to four weeks.

Hassan Whiteside missed his first game of the season Sunday. Now he is missing his first road trip, left behind along with Justise Winslow and Josh McRoberts as the Miami Heat took flight Monday.
Sidelined from Sunday's loss to the Detroit Pistons at AmericanAirlines Arena with what the team listed as a right retinal contusion, Whiteside will be among at least three players sidelined for Tuesday night's start of this six-game trip.
Winslow did not travel for the game against the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena because of the "stinger" his sustained to his right shoulder on the final play of Friday's loss to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, shortly after Whiteside was poked in his by Celtics forward Jae Crowder.
McRoberts has missed the past four games with a stress fracture of his left foot that is expected to have him out for an extended period.
The encouraging news for the Heat is that guards Goran Dragic and Dion Waiters both made the trip. Dragic has missed three of the past four games, including Sunday's loss, due to back spasms. Waiters has been out since Nov. 28 with a groin injury, not expected to play on the trip until he goes through a contact practice.
Caption James Johnson sees opportunity for Heat on trip James Johnson said there is no place for doom or gloom in Heat locker room. James Johnson said there is no place for doom or gloom in Heat locker room. Caption James Johnson sees opportunity for Heat on trip James Johnson said there is no place for doom or gloom in Heat locker room. James Johnson said there is no place for doom or gloom in Heat locker room. Caption Willie Reed appreciative of Heat opportunities Willie Reed knows these are the moments he can seize with Heat. Willie Reed knows these are the moments he can seize with Heat. Caption Josh Richardson: We ran out of gas against the Pistons Josh Richardson discusses falling flat at the finish against Detroit. Josh Richardson discusses falling flat at the finish against Detroit. Caption Goran Dragic says back getting better amid Heat ills Goran Dragic says the time off has helped his ailing back. Goran Dragic says the time off has helped his ailing back. Caption Justise Winslow says shoulder should not be major issue Justise Winslow is now dealing with a shoulder stringer. Justise Winslow is now dealing with a shoulder stringer.
With Chris Bosh away from the team since failing his preseason physical, after missing the second half of the past two seasons due to blood clots, it will leave the Heat with no more than 11 players available for the start of the trip that includes games against the Suns, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks.
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Question: Drake Royalties at the Center of New Cash Money Lawsuit

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Cash Money is facing a new lawsuit alleging missing profits from Drake’s first six albums.
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According to documents reviewed by Billboard, Aspire Music Group filed the suit against Cash Money co-owners Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams today (April 17) in Manhattan.
Aspire alleges their deal with Cash Money was for one-third of the net royalties on Drake’s first six albums and that with the exception of small advances, they have not been paid. They also claim that monthly accounting was sporadic, and eventually stopped. Aspire requested that the court supervises a full review of Cash Money’s finances to determine the amount they are owed.

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E.g. '['Represent this title to get a news article that provides more details about it', 'PM Harris defends hurricane relief fund']' == '['represent the article to find a fitting news title', 'Basseterre, St. Kitts-Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris has issued a stout defence to the government’s decision to establish a Hurricane Relief Fund in the Citizenship By Investment Unit despite Opposition objection.\nThe Prime Minister at his monthly press conference stated that the federation suffered significant damages from the hurricanes nearing $150m and the government is trying to restore normalcy as soon as possible.\n“Hundreds of homes still carry tarpaulins, farmers’ feeder roads are still impassable in some areas. Our fisheries sector particularly in Dieppe Bay and Old Road received some significant structural damages so too did the education sector, as did sports and national security.”\nHe added that these are all unbudgeted expenditure for which they must find the resources to satisfy them.\n“Relying on our own ingenuity and industry the cabinet accepted a proposal from Les Khan CEO of our Citizenship by Investment Unit to introduce the Hurricane relief fund as a third new offering under our Citizenship by Investment programme at a price pegged at USD $150,000. This offer is for a limited time of six months.”\nDr. Harris also rubbished claims that the new price point would undercut the CBI in Dominica who was more seriously impacted by Hurricane Maria.\n“This price point is 50% higher than the $100,000 set by Dominica and St. Lucia for their donation option. That recommendation which came after the first hurricane struck us was delayed until we had the second battering by Maria on September 19 and 20 in which the damages sustained were even more severe and in fact more significantly higher on Nevis than was reported after Irma.\nHe added that the Federal Cabinet unanimously approved the recommendation and reaffirmed that there has not been no reduction in prices.\n“To repeat what is the situation now St. Kitts and Nevis now has three products offer under its CBI programme. A real estate option priced at USD $400,000 no change no reduction, an SIDF option priced at USD $250,000 no change no reduction and a hurricane relief fund at USD 150,000 which is a new unique product not offered by any other country.”\nHe continued, “Rumours about reduction and price undercutting is purely opposition manufactured mischief. The facts are there, there has been no alteration and any of the products that were introduced by our CIU when we engaged with the hurricane relief fund. None of them has been withdrawn so the two that were there before are also in the market place at the same price.”\nDr. Harris further stated that the “hysteria” from the Leader of the Opposition Dr. Denzil Douglas about undermining Dominica’s recovery is not rooted in truth nor truism\n“Dominica has its own product offerings which it has always priced below ours. Its donation option for example has been for some period of time pegged at $100,000.”\nDr. Harris noted that the fund represents a forward thinking move by the Cabinet in response to the extraordinary occasion of being hit by two category five storms in the space of two weeks.\n“It represents in our view a proactive response by the Cabinet to the extraordinary circumstances of our country being visited by the rare occurrences of two category five hurricanes that has left us with public sector damages that are accumulated to $150m.\n“My cabinet’s responsibility is to first and foremost look after the interest of the people of the federation and we are and will always be fulfilling this most sacred responsibility. The hurricane relief fund is now fully operational with the proper constitutional and legal framework. Always we will act in the ambit of the law and restrict our actions of what is permissible and available in the four walls of the constitution.”\nHe indicated that the hurricane relief fund is ready for legitimate business and the government will not relax with their due diligence programme with this offering.\n“Should the fund be successful we have already said we are prepared to provide additional monetary support to our neighbours,” Dr. Harris added.\nThe Prime Minister reminded that the Federation pioneered the CBI programme in 1984 and every other country that joined the market took the sovereign a decision to enter at price points lower than St. Kitts and Nevis.\n“That is their sovereign right to do. We never condemned anyone for doing what they considered necessary for their country of for seeking to consolidate their position in the market.\n“To be clear St. Kitts and Nevis beckons a future of greater harmonizing and commonality across the CBI programmes. We held the first OECS conference to work towards this goal as far back as 2015 as one of the first outreach by this government to reposition, restructure and reorganize a CBI programme that we inherited that had lost the trust of the international community. And we said let us do it together.”\nHe explained that all three of the CBI options will coexist and have their own market appeal based on the investors market preferences.\n“There are some people who will want to go for the contribution option and there are some people who have different expectations regarding their investment and for them the real estate option makes more sense.\n“They have their distinct market appeal, every buyer will make their choice that best suits their particular preferences at the moment in time.”']' != '['Represent the article to find a fitting news title', 'Infrastructure Minister Stephenson King says the civil servant responsible for the latest leaking of government documents will be taken to task.\nLast Thursday, talk show host and former government Minister Richard Frederick made public some 30 letters, indicating the approval of Direct Awards for various services and procurement of goods.']'

Question: Why Sebi’s ‘advice’ to ICICI Prudential AMC is troubling

Sebi headquarters in Mumbai. It is pitiful that the markets regulator can’t bring itself to provide formal guidance on matters that have implications for a number of market participants. Photo: Mint.
Apparently, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has found that ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. (AMC) Ltd bailed out the ICICI Securities Ltd initial public offering (IPO), and short-changed its unitholders in the process.
The IPO would have devolved if the institutional portion of the IPO book wasn’t fully subscribed. And so, according to a leaked communiqué from Sebi, ICICI’s mutual fund arm put in a last-minute bid of ₹240 crore. It had already bid ₹400 crore on the first day of the book building process, which means its total bids amounted to over 55% of the size of the institutional book. Including the anchor book, the size of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund’s bid was about 22% of the total allotment to institutional investors.
Based on all this, some have concluded that Sebi has an open and shut case. But here is the big problem.
There is no way to confirm any of this because Sebi hasn’t communicated this through an order. It has merely written a letter to ICICI Mutual Fund directing it to return the amount it bid on the last day to the schemes from which the funds came, along with an interest of 15% from the date of allotment of shares.
The letter, a so-called ‘advice to comply’, was leaked to a few journalists, and the above sequence of events is from news reports that rely on it.
Has ICICI Mutual Fund been given an opportunity to present its version or explain? Has it been told which regulations or rules it has violated? What lessons does the episode hold for other fund houses?
We don’t have answers to a plethora of questions that arise, because Sebi, in its wisdom, has chosen to give ICICI Mutual Fund merely some ‘advice’.
Mario Puzo’s Godfather famously said, “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse”. Sebi’s ‘advice to comply’ letter almost sounds like “I’m going to give you advice you can’t refuse”.
Mint reported in 2011 that two mutual fund companies were forced to compensate investors, through similar directives.
Thankfully, securities lawyers say ICICI Prudential AMC can make an appeal against the directive with the Securities Appellate Tribunal. Technically, then, it is advice it can refuse.
In fact, this would be the most logical thing to do. To not protest would amount to a tacit admission that it misused funds deposited by its unitholders to bail out a sister company’s IPO, and ultimately its parent company, which raised ₹3,500 crore by selling shares in the IPO.
The day ICICI Prudential AMC received Sebi’s advice, news reports said another fund house, HDFC Mutual Fund, received directions from the regulator asking it to cancel the shares it allotted to certain distributors ahead of its proposed IPO. It wants the fund house to return the money raised from them and pay 12% interest for the period it has access to the funds.
A report by the Press Trust of India states, “According to industry participants, the distributors, who subscribed to the shares of the fund house, may give biased advice because of their equity stake in HDFC Asset Management Company. This has prompted Sebi to ask the fund house to scrap this pre-IPO placement.”
Should we even discuss the merits of this argument without knowing if this is what led to Sebi’s action? That would be naive, to say the least.
It is pitiful that the markets regulator can’t bring itself to provide formal guidance on matters that have implications for a number of market participants. It sends all sorts of worrying signals.
If it indeed found ICICI Mutual Fund to have violated any of its norms, does it not have the resources to go through with a formal investigation before issuing an order? Or does it believe an order would have been challenged, while ‘advice’ will be complied with?
Whatever the reason, it’s safe to say that this behaviour does not behove the premier regulatory body in the country. Also, note that it’s been over 30 years since Sebi came into being, and this column has repeatedly said that Sebi’s main role now is to ensure good enforcement of its various rules and regulations. In this backdrop, this new-found interest in giving advice, as opposed to issuing orders, is troubling.

A look at the headlines in the sector right now:
Markets break five-session losing streak – Sensex up 235.44 points, Nifty gains 83.35: Cipla, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Tata Steel, Adani Ports and Hero MotoCorp were among the top gainers on both indices. Wholesale inflation rose by 1.88% in July after easing for four months: Stabilising food prices led to the increase. Bombay High Court puts Sahara’s Aamby Valley up for auction at a reserve price of Rs 37,392 crore: Royale Partners Investment Fund, a Mauritius-based investor, had said that it wanted to invest Rs 10,700 crore in the property. Nitin Gadkari wants an Air India unit to be kept out of the disinvestment process: He has asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to keep the Air India Engineering Services Limited unit separately. Snapdeal, India Mart get notices for allegedly selling wildlife products: The e-commerce firms allegedly sold items like ‘hattha-jodi’ and ‘siyar-singhi’, made out of wild animals’ limbs, on their portals. NCLT approves Reliance Communications-Aircel merger, Brookfield Towers sale: The tribunal overruled the objections of Bharti Airtel, GTL and Ericsson in the case. Trade war likely, prepare for its consequences, Chinese state media warns India: The Global Times urged Chinese firms to “reconsider the risks” of investing in India.


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Question: Mizzou beats Kentucky for 1st time, stops No. 21 'Cats 69-60

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri had never beaten Kentucky in 10 previous tries, but behind 16 points each from Jordan Barnett and Kassius Robertson, the Tigers finally cleared that Big Blue hurdle with a 69-60 victory Saturday.
The 21st-ranked Wildcats (17-6, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) had erased double-digit deficits the last two games in victories over West Virginia and Vanderbilt, but their poor shooting against Missouri’s stingy defense ensured there would be no rally this time.
Kentucky shot 31.3 percent from the field. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Wildcats with 15 points and six assists.
Jontay Porter added 13 points and eight rebounds for Missouri (15-8, 5-5 SEC).
Missouri led 28-18 at halftime, as Kentucky made just 20 percent of its first-half shots and went 0 for 10 from 3-point range.
As usual in a game involving Missouri — a defensive-minded and foul-prone team — the game was physical. Late in the first half, Kentucky’s Jarred Vanderbilt took exception to Jared Geist’s box-out, wrestled Geist to the court and had to be restrained. Both players received technical fouls, and Vanderbilt was assessed a flagrant foul.
Early in the second half, Geist drew a flagrant foul for elbowing Gilgeous-Alexander in the face.
The Wildcats cut the lead 33-32 on Jalen Knox’s layup with 16:14 remaining. Then Missouri went on an 8-0 run, started with a 3-pointer and transition layup by Porter and finished with Barnett’s 3-pointer. The Tigers maintained the lead the rest of the way.
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Kentucky: The Wildcats made just 2 of 20 shots from 3-point range. The Wildcats’ nation-leading streak of 1,035 straight games with a 3-pointer — dating to Nov. 28, 1998 — was in jeopardy until Wenyen Gabriel made one with 2:53 left in the game.
Missouri: The Tigers have played themselves back into NCAA Tournament contention in the last week with two straight victories over top-half SEC teams. Missouri won at Alabama on Wednesday before beating Kentucky on Saturday.
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Kentucky: Hosts 18th-ranked Tennessee on Tuesday.
Missouri: Visits Mississippi on Tuesday.

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ESPN basketball Insider Jeff Goodman points to a pair of losses by Tobacco Road powerhouses as the biggest reason for the shake-up in his weekly ranking of college basketball's best teams. (1:38)
It was mayhem this past week as 11 of the top 25 teams suffered a setback -- and seven of them went down to teams that weren't in the power rankings. Oregon cracked the top 25 with a healthy Dillon Brooks; the Ducks beat UCLA and crushed USC.
A pair of ACC teams -- Florida State and Virginia Tech -- were the big movers. The Seminoles used a tremendous long-distance display from Dwayne Bacon to beat Virginia in Charlottesville, while the Hokies cruised past Duke (without Grayson Allen) in Blacksburg.
North Carolina took a hit with its shocking loss to Georgia Tech. Indiana fell after a pair of setbacks (including one at home against Nebraska). South Carolina was the lone team to fall out after a loss at Memphis.
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6
Weren't paying all that much attention to Florida State? That should change after the Seminoles knocked off Virginia. Chet Strange/Getty Images
1. Villanova Wildcats
Record: 14-0
Last week's ranking: 1
Jay Wright's team got wins over DePaul and at Creighton to close out 2016 with 38 wins in the calendar year, which is the most since Kansas won 39 in 1997.
2. Baylor Bears
Record: 13-0
Last week's ranking: 3
The Bears handed Oklahoma its worst loss in Norman in the Lon Kruger era with a 26-point shellacking. Johnathan Motley went for 19 points and 13 boards in the rout.
3. UCLA Bruins
Record: 14-1
Last week's ranking: 2
The good news was that the Bruins got big man Thomas Welsh back and he scored 20 at Oregon. The bad is that Steve Alford's team lost to the Ducks on a last-second shot from Dillon Brooks.
4. Kansas Jayhawks
Record: 12-1
Last week's ranking: 4
Landen Lucas had 15 points and a career-high 17 boards, but the Jayhawks struggled at TCU. It was largely due to the defense. Without Udoka Azubuike, there isn't much in terms of interior defense.
5. Gonzaga Bulldogs
Record: 14-0
Last week's ranking: 7
The Zags remain undefeated following wins at Pepperdine and Pacific. Gonzaga trailed by 8 early in the second half against Pacific before going on a 25-4 run.
6. Louisville Cardinals
Record: 12-2
Last week's ranking: 6
After a home loss to Virginia in which he scored just seven points and didn't defend as well as Rick Pitino wanted, Donovan Mitchell was benched to start the game against Indiana. He responded with a career-high 25 points in the win over the Hoosiers.
7. Kentucky Wildcats
Record: 11-2
Last week's ranking: 8
Isaiah Briscoe recorded the program's second triple-double (19 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds) this season -- and just third in program history -- in an easy win at Ole Miss.
8. Duke Blue Devils
Record 12-2
Last week's ranking: 5
In the first game without Allen, the Blue Devils lost in Blacksburg to Virginia Tech. Luke Kennard did his part with 34 points, but Duke's defense allowed Virginia Tech to shoot 55 percent from the field and 62 percent from 3.
9. Florida State Seminoles
Record: 14-1
Last week's ranking: 19
Dwayne Bacon shot 28 percent from 3 a season ago and improving his perimeter shot was one of the reasons he didn't try and leave for the NBA after his freshman season. Bacon went for 29 points in a win over Virginia, was 6 of 9 from deep and hit the game-winner with two seconds left -- a 3-pointer.
10. Creighton Bluejays
Record: 13-1
Last week's ranking: 10
Creighton lost at home to Villanova in the first Big East matchup of unbeatens since 1989. Creighton only made 6 of 24 shots from beyond the arc.
11. Oregon Ducks
Record: 13-2b
Last week's ranking: NR
The loss against Baylor doesn't look so bad now, and the setback against Georgetown came in Dillon Brooks' first game back. Oregon beat previously undefeated UCLA and pounded USC this past week.
12. West Virginia Mountaineers
Record: 12-1
Last week's ranking: 16
Bob Huggins' team blasted Oklahoma State in Stillwater, exacting a little revenge over his former assistant Brad Underwood, who beat him last year in the NCAA tournament when he was with Stephen F. Austin.
13. Virginia Tech Hokies
Record: 12-1
Last week's ranking: 23
The Hokies snapped a nine-game losing streak in the series with a win over an Allen-less Duke team -- and it wasn't even close. Virginia Tech scored 89 points. That's the most the Blue Devils have allowed this season.
14. Virginia Cavaliers
Record: 11-2
Last week's ranking: 18
Tony Bennett and the Cavs got a huge road win against Louisville, but then watched as Bacon went bananas and lost to Florida State in Charlottesville. The Seminoles were just the second team all season to out-rebound Virginia.
15. North Carolina Tar Heels
Record 12-3
Last week's ranking: 9
Justin Jackson couldn't miss from deep in the rout over Monmouth, going 6 of 9 from 3. But he was 0-for-5 in a shocking loss in Atlanta to a Georgia Tech team that is slated to finish at or near the bottom of the ACC.
16. Wisconsin Badgers
Record: 12-2
Last week's ranking: 11
Nigel Hayes attempted 31 3-pointers in the first six games; he has taken just six over the past eight.
17. Xavier Musketeers
Record: 12-2
Last week's ranking: 14
Edmond Sumner's best effort of the season -- a 28-point, 8-rebound, 6-assist performance in a win at Georgetown -- was needed while Trevon Bluiett scoring just one point.
18. Florida Gators
Record: 10-3
Last week's ranking: 20
North Little Rock native KeVaughn Allen was booed in his return to Arkansas; he responded with 21 points in the 81-72 win.
19. Butler Bulldogs
Record: 12-2
Last week's ranking: 13
Butler bounced back from a loss at St. John's with an easy win against Providence. Next is a date at Hinkle with No. 1 Villanova on Wednesday.
20. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Irish Record: 12-2
Last week's ranking: 17
Steve Vasturia's game-winning 3 with 2.5 seconds left gave the Irish a road win at Pittsburgh. It also gave Notre Dame its sixth consecutive overtime victory.
21. Arizona Wildcats
Record: 13-2
Last week's ranking: 24
Sean Miller got point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright back, and the Wildcats swept Cal and Stanford on the road.
22. Saint Mary's Gaels
Record: 12-1
Last week's ranking: 22
Randy Bennett returned just about everyone from last year's team, but it was a pair of freshmen who were key in a win against San Diego: Aussie Tanner Krebs and California native Jordan Ford combined for 24 points in 23 minutes.
23. Purdue Boilermakers
Record: 12-3
Last week's ranking: 12
Caleb Swanigan had another 20-20 game, his third in the last four, but the Boilermakers lost at home to Minnesota.
24. Indiana Hoosiers
Record: 10-4
Last week's ranking: 15
The wins over Kansas and UNC seem like an eternity ago after IU lost at home to Nebraska and was blown out by Louisville in Indianapolis this past week.
25. USC Trojans
Record: 14-1
Last week's ranking: 21
The trio of Chimezie Metu, Shaqquan Aaron and Jordan McLaughlin were just 3-of-25 from the field in a blowout loss at Oregon, the Trojans' first setback of the season.
Dropped out: South Carolina


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Question: Abbott wants another say on power policy

Losing cheap power is a "national insanity" that would destroy Australia's only manufacturing advantage, former prime minister Tony Abbott says.
He's worried the coalition's national energy guarantee, which is being agreed to with the states, will mean the government "will do things that we would rather not do".
"Let's face it, the only comparable advantage we have ever had in manufacturing is cheap power and we are destroying it and it is an act of national insanity," Mr Abbott told 2GB radio on Wednesday.
The backbencher wants any agreement with the states on energy policy to go through the coalition party room before it becomes law.
"There needs to be a proper internal process if people are going to wholeheartedly support any policy that we take forward," he said.
Mr Abbott raised the issue in the coalition party room on Tuesday, but Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said the policy going to state governments was the same one that's gone through the party room once already.
The minister said the plan would come back to the party once it was ready to be made law.
The energy minister also said he expected power prices in Queensland to drop soon, while NSW and South Australia will stay relatively flat.
"We're through the worst of it, I think," Mr Frydenberg told the party room.
Federal, state and territory energy ministers are set to hold a phone hook-up in June to discuss the progress of the detailed design of the national energy guarantee.
A final decision on the design is expected in August.

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Question: Frustrated Senators fans’ #MelnykOut billboards go up across Ottawa

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Disgruntled Ottawa Senators fans want team owner Eugene Melnyk to know exactly how they feel, and their message is hard to miss.
Four billboards with the message #MelnykOut went up at four different locations across the city Monday thanks to a GoFundMe campaign that raised more than $10,000 in less than a month.
The fund was started by fan Spencer Callaghan, whose growing frustration with Melnyk reached a breaking point after rumours began to swirl that captain Erik Karlsson might be traded.
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On the GoFundMe page launched Feb. 23, Callaghan wrote: "Eugene Melnyk has decided that he would rather tear the team down and sell it for spare parts than admit he can no longer run it effectively. Sens fans and the city of Ottawa need to step up to save a pillar of this community."
He said billboards are a way for fans to be heard, and he feels that the current regime has driven players and front office staff away.
"One of the big things I was trying to do was get some attention for the fans message," said Callaghan on Monday afternoon.
"The really clear message I want to get through is this is not about this season, this is not about a bad season. This is about Daniel Alfredsson leaving, twice, this is about why Kyle Turris left, this is about why Mr. Leeder left, why Mr. Anselmi left. This is about a series of decisions over a long period of time."
Not everyone agrees with what Callaghan is doing, but says he felt compelled to take action because of his passion for the Senators.
"I really don't think the ship has sailed on Mr. Melnyk turning this around, I truly don't believe that it's impossible at this point," Callaghan said. "But it requires some collaboration, it requires some humility and it requires some listening and I haven't seen any desire on the part of the organization to do that."
The Twitter hashtag #MelnykOut was launched in December by a fan after the Senators owner threatened to relocate the team if he didn't see better fan support. Melnyk's comments were made the night before the first-ever outdoor game in Ottawa and set off a firestorm on social media from outraged fans.
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Things on the ice haven't been much better as the Senators, who advanced to the Eastern Conference final last season, will miss the playoffs. Karlsson's future in Ottawa remains unknown, adding to the fan unease.
Players can appreciate there is fan frustration, but Senators defenceman and Ottawa native Mark Borowiecki says Melnyk deserves credit for coming to the city's rescue when the team was on the verge of bankruptcy.
"Everyone's entitled to their own opinion," said Borowiecki. "I will say this, running a sports franchise isn't quite as easy as some people think it is. There's a lot to it that I think a lot of us don't understand and can't appreciate.
"Eugene's stepped up big for this city. Growing up here, being a fan, I can remember there was a real danger of losing this team. Fans might have gripes, certain sections of that fan base especially might take issue with things, but there was a real possibility a few years ago that we wouldn't have a team here so I'd much rather have a team and take small issues with it than not have a team at all.
"Eugene stepped up with the city and brought the team back to us and he kept hockey in this market and I think it's important to always remember that."
Borowiecki wasn't even aware of the billboards or the funding campaign until told about it Monday.
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Senators general manager Pierre Dorion, who is in Boca Raton, Fla., for NHL GM meetings, was asked about the billboards but said: "I'm not talking about that."
The billboards are slated to be up for two weeks, with a fifth going up April 2.

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Question: For Trump, the 1980s still hold relevance

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NEW YORK (AP) " Bobby Knight. Don King. Sylvester Stallone.
Many of President-elect Donald Trump's cultural touchstones, which he'd frequently name-drop at campaign rallies and on Twitter, were at their peak in the 1980s " the decade Trump's celebrity status rose in New York, Trump Tower was built, "The Art of the Deal" was published and he first flirted with running for public office.
The "Go Go 1980s" of New York were spurred by Wall Street's rise. It was a brash decade in which excess was the norm and ostentatious displays of wealth and power were celebrated in pop culture and among Manhattan's elite. And while much of what defined the 1980s has since gone out of style, Trump has seemingly internalized its ethos, which is reflected in the decor of the Trump Tower lobby and the celebrities he stood alongside during the campaign.
An outer-borough New York developer trying to prove himself across the East River, Trump always sought approval of Manhattan's ruling class and was eager to make a name for himself, according to those who tangled with him during that formative decade.
"He would relentlessly promote himself in the newspapers or on TV. He knew how to get press and squash his enemies," said Geoge Arzt, press secretary for former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who served from 1978 to 1989.
The me-first attitude that defined the 1980s "has long been a part of who Trump is," Arzt added.
In the 1980s, as Trump came of age as a public figure, he opened up a refurbished Grand Hyatt on 42nd Street, took over the long-stalled renovation of Central Park's ice skating rink and purchased the New York-area team in the fledgling United States Football League.
He fashioned himself into a regular in the gossip pages, playing the city's tabloids off each other as he promoted his personal brand. He also took his first steps onto the national media stage, making his debut on "60 Minutes" in 1985. The long-running news magazine broadcast has continued to hold a special place in his heart. Several times at rallies, Trump invoked a "60 Minutes" segment he had just watched and he gave his first post-election interview to the show last month. That show was at its apex in the ratings in the 1980s.
Time Magazine, which also wielded significant clout in the 1980s, also has remained an obsession for Trump.
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The celebrity businessman, who complained in recent years that he wasn't named the magazine's Person of the Year, received the award in 2016. He called it a "very, very great honor." That marked his eighth time on the cover this year alone " something that Trump would brag about during campaign rallies. He has taken to giving out autographed copies of the cover to visitors, including rapper Kanye West.
But while West is a current megastar, Trump mostly chose to trot out 1980s celebrities during his campaign, even if many of them had seen their star fade in the ensuing 30 years.
Knight, the former Indiana University basketball coach who captured college basketball national titles in 1981 and 1987 but was later fired for attacking a student, became a favorite sidekick. He first appeared with Trump during the spring's Indiana primary and reappeared at rallies in the Midwest during the general election stretch run.
"One of the reasons I won: Bobby Knight! That's the gold standard, right?" Trump exclaimed in August.
King, the flamboyant boxing promoter who hyped Mike Tyson's 1980s fights, was also saluted by Trump as "a phenomenal person" despite a conviction for manslaughter. King appeared with Trump in September at a Cleveland church and stood with the president-elect last week while Trump was answering questions from the press at his Palm Beach resort.
Trump has been drawn to other 1980s stars. Tyson endorsed the celebrity businessman. Actor Scott Baio, an outspoken Trump supporter, reached the zenith of his fame in the 1980s with the shows "Happy Days" and "Charles in Charge." And on Saturday, actor Sylvester Stallone " who starred in three "Rambo" movies and two "Rocky" sequels in the 1980s " was a star guest at Trump's New Year's Eve bash at Mar-a-Lago, the lush Florida estate Trump bought in 1985 two years after he opened Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Much of Trump's political philosophy was formed in the 1980s too. In 1987 as he first floated running for president, he took out a full page ad wondering why the U.S. was "paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves." His frequent depictions of inner cities as dangerous and crime-ridden seem to to harken to the crack-plagued life of urban areas in the 1980s, more than the largely safer big cities of today.
In "The Art of the Deal," he voiced positions on trade he still holds today. That book, which made him a household name when it was published in 1987, also holds many of the principles that guided Trump's business career " and, decades later, his bombastic campaign for the White House.
"I play into people's fantasies," he wrote. "People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular."
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Should new tax credits be created? Should existing tax incentives be curtailed or even eliminated? Those are some of the questions that legislators are asking this afternoon during a meeting of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee-the first such gathering of the upper chamber's tax-writing committee since the fiscal session convened one week ago. It didn't take long for the committee to advance the session's first tax bill for a floor vote.
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Question: Rory McIlroy: No excuses for not performing well at Dubai Duty Free Irish Open

Rory McIlroy admits he will have "no excuses" for not performing well in this week's Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.
McIlroy won the title in 2016 but has missed the cut in four of the last five years, during which time he has had to juggle his duties as tournament host of the £5.3million event.
"I've cut back from a few things off the golf course," McIlroy said in his pre-tournament press conference at Ballyliffin. "It's not that we're not doing them, I'm just maybe not as involved in some of the stuff.
"There's been a couple of times where I just haven't felt as prepared as I could have been walking on to the first tee on Thursday. So I got here Monday morning, practised Monday afternoon and all day yesterday.
"I've done my work. So there's no excuse about not being prepared or not, and I've learned that as I went along. I felt I was underprepared at County Down [in 2015]. I felt OK at The K Club I guess. I've learnt as I went along and I feel this year I'm right where I need to be."

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Tournament of the Year
It has been an amazing year for Majors and it is very difficult to choose between the Masters and the Open Championship because of the dramatic finishes at both events.
At Augusta, Sergio Garcia finally broke his Major duck at the 74th attempt, beating Justin Rose in a play-off after coming from behind three times on the final round.
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Three months later at Royal Birkdale, Jordan Spieth triumphed in a fantastic see-saw duel with fellow American Matt Kuchar to claim the third leg of a possible career grand slam.
But I have to pick Garcia’s win at the Masters, which saw him follow in the footsteps of his heroes, Jose Maria Olazabal and Seve Ballesteros.
The Spaniard and Rose are among my favourite players on the circuit and it was wonderful to see them go head to head down the stretch on the Sunday.
Player of the Year
For the special nature of his Masters win and many other highlights in a brilliant year, I’d pick Garcia.
The 37-year-old has been a great supporter of the game throughout his career and has been at the top for so long now.
It was heart-warming to see him put on the Green Jacket after finally achieving his goal in such determined style.
Tommy Fleetwood also deserves a mention for winning the Race To Dubai. But while the Masters was the highlight of Garcia’s year, he also won two more titles – the Dubai Desert Classic and an emotional victory on home soil at the Andalucia Masters – to run Fleetwood close in the European order of merit.
Breakthrough of the Year
Jon Rahm is in a league of his own here. The Spaniard arrived on the scene like a meteor in 2017, winning three events including the DP World Tour Championship.
By the middle of his first full season playing on the main tours Rahm had gatecrashed the top 10 of the world rankings. Now he is No4. No rookie has ever achieved as much as he has this year.
The US college-educated powerhouse from the Basque Country, 23, is a hugely exciting player who has everything in his armoury. And the best news for Europe is that he’s ours.
Other highlights
Young Irishman Paul Dunne had an exceptional year, climbing from 275th in the world to inside the top 80.
The undoubted highlight was a final round of 61 at the British Masters in October that saw the 25-year-old hold off a charge from Rory McIlroy and claim a first European Tour title.
Another of the rounds of the year came from Ross Fisher.
The Englishman carded a record 61 at the Old Course at St Andrews, although that sensational performance still wasn’t quite enough to prevent Tyrrell Hatton defending his Alfred Dunhill Links Championship crown.
Players to watch in 2018
Having landed their maiden Majors this year it will be interesting to see how Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka fare with the difficult task of following that up in the next 12 months.
Fellow American Rickie Fowler is another I’ll be keeping an eye on after his incredible 11-under-par final round earned him the Hero World Challenge earlier this month.
Dustin Johnson remains world No1 after his fantastic start to the season – will he recapture that form?
No2 Spieth, meanwhile, is closing in on him and will complete the career grand slam if he wins the US PGA Championship.
From a European perspective, I look forward to seeing how Rahm, Rose and Fleetwood continue their fine seasons and how McIlroy bounces back from a disappointing year.
As much as any player, though, in 2018 I’m excited about the return of Tiger Woods.
He looked fit and healthy, and holed lots of birdies in his comeback a fortnight ago. Tiger is most definitely one to watch.
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Question: Ont. premier sues Opposition leader for defamation

TORONTO -
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne sued the Opposition leader for defamation Monday, less than six months away from the June provincial election.
The legal action stems from comments Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown made in September, a day before Wynne testified as a witness at a trial in Sudbury, Ont., involving two provincial Liberals facing Election Act bribery charges.
Brown told reporters he hoped Wynne would give answers about the scandal “maybe when she stands trial” and went on to describe her as a “sitting premier, sitting in trial.”
The premier was not on trial and had waived parliamentary privilege in order to testify as a witness.
The Tory leader refused to apologize for the statements both after an initial letter from Wynne’s lawyer and following a libel notice in October, saying he would “ignore her baseless legal threat.” His lawyer has said the statements were not defamatory.
Wynne’s legal team filed a statement of claim in court Monday that seeks $100,000 in general, aggravated, exemplary and punitive damages. Brown’s statements harmed Wynne’s reputation, they wrote.
“The deliberate, malicious conduct of the defendant in publishing the defamatory statements is part of an ongoing campaign engineered by the defendant and others to harm the plaintiff’s reputation,” Wynne’s lawyers wrote.
“The defendant’s egregious misconduct in publishing statements that he knew to be false, his ongoing refusal to retract these false statements, and his high-handed and oppressive conduct in stating to media and directly to the world at large that the plaintiff’s complaints were baseless and would be ignored, all justify an award of aggravated, exemplary and punitive damages against the defendant.”
Wynne’s spokeswoman said the statement of claim was filed to preserve the premier’s ability to continue with the legal case.
“We continue to remain hopeful that this issue can be resolved with an apology from Patrick Brown for his defamatory remarks,” Jenn Beaudry wrote. “It should be that simple. However, if he continues to refuse to apologize we will have the ability to continue legal action.”
Brown has not yet filed a statement of defence.
Progressive Conservative Bill Walker also made remarks in September suggesting the premier was under investigation and facing charges in connection with the Sudbury bribery trial. He apologized hours after receiving a letter from Wynne’s lawyers.
“Mr. Walker’s apology and retraction were widely reported in the media and there can be no doubt that the situation was extensively discussed by (Brown) and his staff,” Wynne’s lawyers wrote.
“As a result, the defendant was fully aware that the Walker statements were false, and that Mr. Walker had retracted them and issued a public apology.”
The two Liberals on trial in Sudbury were ultimately acquitted.
Wynne previously sued the former Progressive Conservative leader, Tim Hudak, and another Tory member of provincial parliament after the pair said she oversaw — and possibly ordered — the destruction of documents related to two cancelled gas plants. Those are allegations for which two McGuinty-era staffers are on trial and awaiting a judge’s decision.
That lawsuit was resolved in 2015, though it is not known whether it was settled or withdrawn.

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The candidates in the running to represent the riding of former Nova Scotia PC Leader Jamie Baillie have been finalized.
Larry Duchesne from the NDP, Scott Lockhart from the Liberal party, Bruce W. McCulloch from the Green Party, and Tory Rushton from the Progressive Conservatives, are the four candidates nominated in the Cumberland South by-election.
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Nominations officially closed at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
Baillie was the leader of the Tories until he resigned from his post on Jan. 24 after being accused of sexual misconduct.
Early voting for the by-election opens soon, and will be possible every Monday through Saturday up to election day on June 19.
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