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Canada's Connor Bedard, 16, youngest to score 4 goals at World Juniors
Associated PressDec 29, 2021, 8:41 AM EST
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[UPDATE: COVID-19 forces IIHF to cancel 2022 World Junior Championship]
EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor Bedard became the youngest player to score four goals in a world junior hockey championship game, leading Canada to an 11-2 win over Austria on Tuesday night.
The 16-year-old joined Mario Lemieux (1983), Simon Gagne (1999), Brayden Schenn (2010), Taylor Raddysh (2016) and Maxime Comtois (2018) in the Canadian junior men's record books for the most goals scored in a game.
Bedard was the seventh 16-year-old named to the national men's junior team in its 45-year history, joining players such as Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby. Gretzky's best single-game scoring performance at the world juniors was a three-goal game against Czechoslovakia in 1977.
Mason McTavish scored twice and Cole Perfetti had a goal and two assists for Canada (2-0). Kent Johnson, Lukas Cormier, Logan Stankoven and Mavrik Bourque also scored for the Canadians.
Eliot Desnoyers and Will Cuylle each assisted on three Bedard goals. Brett Brochu stopped 20 of 22 shots for the win in his first start of the tournament.
[MORE: U.S. forfeits World Junior Championship game due to mandated quarantine]
Lukas Necesany and Mathias Bohm scored for Austria (0-2) with beleaguered starter Leon Sommer making 53 saves.
Canada plays its second Pool A game in as many days Wednesday against Germany and concludes the preliminary round on Dec. 31 against Finland.
The Canada-Austria game was the only one played Tuesday because of COVID-19 issues. Two American players testing positive forced the U.S. to forfeit a Pool B game to Switzerland with the entire team in mandatory quarantine.
The Swiss were awarded a 1-0 win under International Ice Hockey Federation rules. The IIHF has yet to determine if the U.S. can play Wednesday's Pool B game against Sweden.
The quarterfinals are Sunday, followed by the Jan. 4 semifinals and Jan. 5 medal games.


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PRESS RELEASE Condemn the State Violence - Pursue Justice and Peace
Condemn the State Violence - Pursue Justice and Peace
After Jiang Yi-Huah and Ma Ying-Jeou failed to respond to the demands of the "318 Student Movement" some of the students and activists stormed into the Executive Yuan to express their determination to continue their effort against the "black box" Services and Trade Agreement with China. Probably angered by the actions of the students and activists, Jiang ordered the forced eviction of the protesters from inside the Executive Yuan and its surrounding complex. During the operation, the riot police used excessive force and violence against unarmed student protesters and activists.
We vigorously denounce the state violence of Ma's government:
1. Students peacefully crossed the chevaux-de-frise and passed the police line to enter the building of the Executive Yuan without causing severe damage. They acted on the principles of love and non-violence, and organized a "sit-in" as their means of protesting.
2. The riot police employed unprecedented brutal ways to evict the protesting students. They beat the heads of the protesters with shields, sticks and dragged them away by force. The treatments to the protesters were beyond the normal standard of procedure in dealing with peaceful protest. What the police did is "state violence."]
3. Jiang Yi-Huah and Ma Ying-Jeou should take full responsibility for the actions of the police that night. Disregarding the people's voice and imitating the model of Chinese dictatorship, they acted brutally against the "sit-in" protesters in order to terrify the participants of this student movement and the public. Their ways of handling the student movement is a breach of democratic principles and human rights which has alienated the government from the people.
Besides condemning the state violence of Mr. Ma and Mr. Jiang, we pray that justice and peace will be fulfilled in Taiwan based on the principles of love and non-violence. We demand that Mr. Ma and Mr. Jiang should come forward to apologize for damage they caused to our democratic system and the state violence they employed against people. Furthermore, we demand that the Services and Trade Agreement with China should be withdrawn and the democratic system should be upheld.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those persecuted for the righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:9-10)
Press Release Issued on 24 March 2014 by:
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT)
Rev. Hsu Rong-Feng Rev. Lyim Hong-Tiong
Moderator 58th General Assembly PCT General Secretary
Contact information: 3, Lane 269, Roosevelt Rd. Sec. 3, Taipei 10647 TAIWAN
PCT General Secretary < gs@mail.pct.org.tw > Tel: + (886) 2-2362-5282
(58GAPCT English translation of the Chinese original which governs)

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Western Kentucky's Former Top Commit Zach Apple Chooses Auburn Instead
Zach Apple, the best incoming freshman who has been disenfranchised by Western Kentucky University's decision to suspend their swimming program... Archive photo via Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com
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Max McHugh (picutred) was one of the four event winners on the men's side for Minnesota, as he took the 200 breast in a time of 1:54.96.
"Coach McKeever said that she did not typically use the full n-word," the nearly 500-page investigatory report said on page 88.
McKenzie Siroky has changed her college commitment for the school and sport–instead of playing hockey at UM Duluth, she'll head to Knoxville to swim.
It's time to talk about the Texas and Kenyon women, along with other highlights from all three NCAA divisions in this edition of the Week That Was In College Swimming.
Teri McKeever, who led Cal's women's swimming team to four NCAA team titles during 29 years as head coach, was fired by the university on Tuesday.
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Zach Apple, the best incoming freshman who has been disenfranchised by Western Kentucky University's decision to suspend their swimming program for 5 years, has re-committed to Auburn.
The 6'6″ product from the Greater Miami Valley YMCA in Ohio has only been swimming seriously for two years, but already has put in impressive sprint freestyle times. Apple's best times in yards:
50 free – 20.36
100 free – 44.59
200 free – 1:38.31
Apple's relative newness to full-blown competitive swimming has resulted in a relatively narrow lineup of events (he has no official breaststroke races on his record, for example), but his potential is mouth-watering.
Even as a senior (since the fall signing period alone) his best time in the 100 free improved by over two seconds. He swam 46.7 as a junior, and has no records in the SWIMS database prior to November of 2013, when he went just 50.38.
Auburn returns their top four 100 yard freestylers from last season (all of whom were in the top seven in the SEC) and every member of their 200, 400, and 800 freestyle relays from the NCAA Championships, so they are set in their relays, but do get a little thinner after that top group.
Earlier on Monday, Asia Quentin, another signed recruit in Western Kentucky's class of 2016, announced that she was going to Arkansas.
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Zach Apple
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Ashley Mallon, from Georgia, a previous WKU commit also committed to UGA. Go Zach!!!
Hulk Swim
This is great news. This kid is the type we need in the sprints going forward. Athletes first. And Auburn is a fantastic place for him. He's gonna be real good.
I hear California may need a breaststroker.
TheTroubleWithX
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Care to elaborate on that second part?
Reply to TheTroubleWithX
Probably referring to Weirdo's comment about Fabian Schwingenschlogl (whatever his last name is) from WKU that made A final in the 100 br at NCAAs.
SWIMFAN
define fantastic? Auburn WAS the Sprint Mekah,.. and had NOONE in the 50 & 100 free A finals at NCAA this year.
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I feel good about Molocek and Darmody and this kid going forward. Even Texas has had some lean years. Hawke is a fantastic coach. He's getting the horses again. I'm not saying they're gonna win a national team title this year or next… but they may challenge to win sprint relays.
They'll have to deal with the 'hot teams' in sprint relays in the next few years (Alabama, NC State, USC, Texas, Cal)
I am just not impressed with Auburn's history under Hawke in the last few years. Take a look at their NCAA finishes since they won national title in 2009
2010: 6th
Their women's results are even worse… and we are talking about THE Auburn Swimming & Diving.
#SWERVE
If you don't know anything, don't say anything. Coach Hawke is building a fantastic program, sprint or otherwise. It's very hard to repeat the successes of the David Marsh years, and every team can't be top 3 at NCAAs every time. I agree, Auburn didn't have the greatest season, but they're going to make you eat your words in the coming years.
Derek Mead
You have a good point, meaning they haven't been top 5 since Hawke took over, and it was an incredible program when he got the reigns. There are just flows for every team/conference, can't stay the best for ever. SEC football had been dominant for 5-7 years, and this season they were clearly overrated, does that mean the SEC coaches started performing poorly?
Other people catch up and have their own runs. I think Auburn has become more built around a few studs and less depth. He hasn't had the same success, but he also hasn't gotten too many big time recruits (compared to Cal, Texas, USC…).
Why is everyone hating on Auburn all of a sudden, Everybody hates on a team when they don't do as well as last year. FYI, Texas had NOBODY in the 50 freestyle A or B finals.
where did the stud male breastroker decide to go? he was the only guy not a senior at men's ncaas in top 8 in the 100 I think?
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weirdo – no word on Fabian S's next locale.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH; COMMISSIONS Chapter 11
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Section 11.40, Florida Statutes 2009
11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee.--
(1) There is created a standing joint committee of the Legislature designated the Legislative Auditing Committee, composed of 10 members as follows: 5 members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and 5 members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The terms of members shall be for 2 years and shall run from the organization of one Legislature to the organization of the next Legislature. Vacancies occurring during the interim period shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The members of the committee shall elect a chair and vice chair. During the 2-year term, a member of each house shall serve as chair for 1 year.
(2) The committee shall be governed by joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives which shall remain in effect until repealed or amended by concurrent resolution.
(3) The Legislative Auditing Committee may direct the Auditor General or the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct an audit, review, or examination of any entity or record described in s. 11.45(2) or (3).
(4) The Legislative Auditing Committee:
(a) May take under investigation any matter within the scope of an audit, review, or examination either completed or then being conducted by the Auditor General or the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and, in connection with such investigation, may exercise the powers of subpoena by law vested in a standing committee of the Legislature.
(b) Shall provide oversight and management of the website developed pursuant to s. 215.985.
(5) Following notification by the Auditor General, the Department of Financial Services, or the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration of the failure of a local governmental entity, district school board, charter school, or charter technical career center to comply with the applicable provisions within s. 11.45(5)-(7), s. 218.32(1), or s. 218.38, the Legislative Auditing Committee may schedule a hearing. If a hearing is scheduled, the committee shall determine if the entity should be subject to further state action. If the committee determines that the entity should be subject to further state action, the committee shall:
(a) In the case of a local governmental entity or district school board, direct the Department of Revenue and the Department of Financial Services to withhold any funds not pledged for bond debt service satisfaction which are payable to such entity until the entity complies with the law. The committee shall specify the date such action shall begin, and the directive must be received by the Department of Revenue and the Department of Financial Services 30 days before the date of the distribution mandated by law. The Department of Revenue and the Department of Financial Services may implement the provisions of this paragraph.
(b) In the case of a special district, notify the Department of Community Affairs that the special district has failed to comply with the law. Upon receipt of notification, the Department of Community Affairs shall proceed pursuant to the provisions specified in s. 189.421.
(c) In the case of a charter school or charter technical career center, notify the appropriate sponsoring entity, which may terminate the charter pursuant to ss. 1002.33 and 1002.34.
(6)(a) As used in this subsection, "independent contract auditor" means a state-licensed certified public accountant or firm with which a state-licensed certified public accountant is currently employed or associated who is actively engaged in the accounting profession.
(b) Audits specified in this subsection cover the quarterly compensation reports for the previous calendar year for a random sample of 3 percent of all legislative branch lobbying firms and a random sample of 3 percent of all executive branch lobbying firms calculated using as the total number of such lobbying firms those filing a compensation report for the preceding calendar year. The committee shall provide for a system of random selection of the lobbying firms to be audited.
(c) The committee shall create and maintain a list of not less than 10 independent contract auditors approved to conduct the required audits. Each lobbying firm selected for audit in the random audit process may designate one of the independent contract auditors from the committee's approved list. Upon failure for any reason of a lobbying firm selected in the random selection process to designate an independent contract auditor from the committee's list within 30 calendar days after being notified by the committee of its selection, the committee shall assign one of the available independent contract auditors from the approved list to perform the required audit. No independent contract auditor, whether designated by the lobbying firm or by the committee, may perform the audit of a lobbying firm where the auditor and lobbying firm have ever had a direct personal relationship or any professional accounting, auditing, tax advisory, or tax preparing relationship with each other. The committee shall obtain a written, sworn certification subject to s. 837.06, both from the randomly selected lobbying firm and from the proposed independent contract auditor, that no such relationship has ever existed.
(d) Each independent contract auditor shall be engaged by and compensated solely by the state for the work performed in accomplishing an audit under this subsection.
(e) Any violations of law, deficiencies, or material misstatements discovered and noted in an audit report shall be clearly identified in the audit report and be determined under the rules of either house of the Legislature or under the joint rules, as applicable.
(f) If any lobbying firm fails to give full, frank, and prompt cooperation and access to books, records, and associated backup documents as requested in writing by the auditor, that failure shall be clearly noted by the independent contract auditor in the report of audit.
(g) The committee shall establish procedures for the selection of independent contract auditors desiring to enter into audit contracts pursuant to this subsection. Such procedures shall include, but not be limited to, a rating system that takes into account pertinent information, including the independent contract auditor's fee proposals for participating in the process. All contracts under this subsection between an independent contract auditor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall be terminable by either party at any time upon written notice to the other, and such contracts may contain such other terms and conditions as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate deem appropriate under the circumstances.
(h) The committee shall adopt guidelines that govern random audits and field investigations conducted pursuant to this subsection. The guidelines shall ensure that similarly situated compensation reports are audited in a uniform manner. The guidelines shall also be formulated to encourage compliance and detect violations of the legislative and executive lobbying compensation reporting requirements in ss. 11.045 and 112.3215 and to ensure that each audit is conducted with maximum efficiency in a cost-effective manner. In adopting the guidelines, the committee shall consider relevant guidelines and standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to the extent that such guidelines and standards are applicable and consistent with the purposes set forth in this subsection.
(i) All audit reports of legislative lobbying firms shall, upon completion by an independent contract auditor, be delivered to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for their respective review and handling. All audit reports of executive branch lobbyists, upon completion by an independent contract auditor, shall be delivered by the auditor to the Commission on Ethics.
History.--s. 1, ch. 67-470; s. 1, ch. 69-82; s. 1, ch. 73-6; s. 18, ch. 95-147; s. 21, ch. 96-318; s. 13, ch. 2001-266; s. 879, ch. 2002-387; s. 5, ch. 2003-261; s. 1, ch. 2004-5; s. 1, ch. 2004-305; s. 4, ch. 2005-359; s. 1, ch. 2009-74.
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'Shrinkflation': The sneaky way some companies are trying to charge customers more
by: Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Jun 3, 2021 / 02:49 PM EDT / Updated: Jun 3, 2021 / 02:49 PM EDT
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 19: A cashier at a Travelex Bureau de Change counts U.S. Dollars in exchange for British pounds February 19, 2004 in London. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)
(NEXSTAR) – Consumer experts say there's a recent trend among retailers trying to offset increased costs. It's nicknamed "shrinkflation," and it means that some companies are charging the same amount for a product in a smaller package.
"Consumers are paying more for a growing range of household staples in ways that don't show up on receipts — thinner rolls, lighter bags, smaller cans — as companies look to offset rising labor and materials costs without scaring off customers," the The Washington Post reported this week.
Experts told the Post that "shrinkflation" affects everything from paper towels to diapers and potato chips. They say it will become more pronounced as inflation increases across the U.S.
"It's a sneaky way to raise prices on shoppers," Consumerworld.org Founder Edgar Dworsky told Nexstar's WFLA.
"They know most shoppers are not going to realize it because shoppers are price sensitive, price conscious but they're not net weight conscious," he said.
The cuts can save companies millions, Dworsky said, and it's not necessarily an effect solely of the pandemic.
So what's to blame for "shrinkflation"? Business Insider says it's a combination of "shipping delays, supply chain disruptions, and changes to demand because of the pandemic."
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And "shrinkflation" is hardly a new phenomenon, as Insider notes. The UK's Office of National Statistics published a 2019 report that found 206 product packages shrank from 2015 to 2017, with breads and cereals the most likely to shrink over time.
Inflation occurs when prices for most goods and services not only rise but accelerate, making the cost of living steadily more expensive and shrinking the purchasing power of Americans' earnings and savings.
In May, the government reported that consumer prices for goods and services surged 0.8% in April — the largest monthly jump in more than a decade — and that year-over-year inflation reached its fastest rate since 2008.
Any significant acceleration of inflation would exert a drag on the market and potentially imperil the economic recovery.
In the past, rising inflation has usually led to higher pay as workers have demanded and received raises to keep pace. In fact, inflation can't really accelerate for long without sizable wage gains. Yet pay raises — if they do occur — typically lag behind price increases, thereby squeezing consumers, at least temporarily. And eventually, pay gains themselves will fuel further inflation: Companies raise prices further to offset higher wages for their employees.
Some companies, including Amazon, have recently raised or said they plan to raise wages.
Not since the late 1960s and early '70s has the United States endured chronic high inflation, with consumer prices rising at or near double-digit percentages from one year to the next. In fact, the reverse has been true for about a decade: Inflation has remained persistently below the 2% annual target set by the Federal Reserve. Under Chair Jerome Powell, the Fed is betting that it can keep rates ultra-low even as the economic recovery kicks into high gear — and that it won't have to quickly raise rates to stop runaway inflation.
Few economists think the nation is on the verge of uncontrollably high inflation. But worries among businesses, consumers and investors about uncomfortably high inflation are growing.


The second SC justice, Asok Kumar Ganguly, said, "No comments," over the phone from Bhopal. Singhvi said the issues before the top court and the special judge were "completely different".
NEW DELHI: Justice GS Singhvi, one of the two Supreme Court (SC) judges who scrapped 122 licences awarded under former telecom minister A Raja on the grounds that they were "arbitrary and unconstitutional", defended the 2012 judgement. Raja was acquitted by a special court of all criminal charges after a 7-year trial on Thursday.
"The issue before the Supreme Court was a very fundamental principle — whether natural resources could be allocated in an arbitrary manner, whether spectrum could have been allocated without auction," he said. "We said that it was impermissible."He explained that the top court had left it to special court judge OP Saini to examine whether there was any conspiracy or corruption in the allocation of spectrum.
"That issue was not before us. It was for the CBI court to decide," Singhvi said. He pointed out that the government said it got Rs 65,000 crore from the auction of spectrum that was freed up by the licences that were cancelled. "Now, it is being said that there is no loss of revenue.
Who did this? It is for the people to decide," Singhvi said. The two top court judges had held that auction of scarce natural resources was the only fair and transparent method of allocating them, prompting the then UPA government to seek a reference whether auction was mandatory.
A bench headed by the then chief justice of India subsequently clarified that the auction route, though preferable, was not mandatory. The government at the time had said auctions would lead to costs escalating.


Priyanka Chopra, the 36-year-old Quantico star, who married Nick Jonas in December 2018, was pictured enjoying a vacation with her beloved hubby and in-laws, as they went boating in Miami.
The Indian actress seized the opportunity to show off her curves and toned body in a black two-piece bikini, featuring circular metal rings in the top and high-wasted bottoms.
The couple soaked up the sun while enjoying drinks on an inflatable dinghy, but it was Priyanka who brought the heat by hopping onboard a jet ski.
Priyanka was also spotted hanging out with her soon-to-be sister-in-law, Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, Joe Jonas' fiancée. Sophie donned a yellow-and-black chequered one-piece, with the two actresses looking like they could be filming a Baywatch sequel.
However, it seems that their fun-filled vacation isn't all about rest: rumour has it the Jonas Brothers are filming another music video, just weeks after they surprised their fans with a reunion after a six-year hiatus and dropped a video clip for "Sucker", starring Priyanka, Sophie, and Kevin's wife Danielle.
"The Jonas Brothers spent the weekend filming their new music video on Miami. They wore bright-coloured retro suits for most of the shots and had a blast with the concept. They filmed one scene on a boat and another at the pool at the International Inn with an audience of old ladies in bathing suits looking on as they performed. In another shot, the boys held up retro tanning reflectors as they sat in lawn chairs wearing brightly coloured suits", E! News cited an unnamed source as saying.
According to the source, the band had a fun day and chatted with fans in between takes.
Along with the photo, he shared an Instastory, featuring him and Joe, donning the same blue suits, with Nick jokingly saying, "B*tch stole my look".
It remains to be seen whether The Jonas Brothers' new video will feature their wives and girlfriends given the smashing success the clip for the single "Sucker" has enjoyed thanks to the ladies' appearance.


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Ranunculus eschscholtzii is a species of buttercup flower known by the common name Eschscholtz's buttercup.

The species name honors Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, an Imperial Russian botanist and entomologist active on the West Coast in the 1820s and 1830s.

Distribution and habitat
The plant is native to much of western North America from the Arctic northwestern Canada and Alaska to California and New Mexico. It grows in meadows and talus on high mountain slopes and other open rocky habitat.

Description
Ranunculus eschscholtzii is a perennial herb producing one or more erect stems up to 20 or 25 centimeters tall. The lower leaves have somewhat rounded blades each divided into a few lobes and borne on long petioles. Any upper leaves are smaller and not borne on petioles. The herbage is hairless and sometimes waxy in texture.

The inflorescence is made up of one to three flowers on narrow pedicels. The flower has five to eight oval or rounded shiny yellow petals up to 1.5 centimeters long each around a central nectary with many stamens and pistils.

The fruit is an achene borne in a cluster of 17 or more.

Varieties
Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. eschscholtzii
Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. oxynotus — endemic to the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin ranges in eastern California and western Nevada.
Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii — Suksdorf's buttercup, endemic to the Klamath Mountains.

References

External links
Calflora Database: Ranunculus eschscholtzii (Eschscholtz's buttercup)
Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Ranunculus eschscholtzii
Washington Burke Museum
UC Photos gallery − Ranunculus eschscholtzii (Eschscholtz's buttercup)

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Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora of Western Canada
Flora of Alaska
Flora of California
Flora of New Mexico
Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
Flora without expected TNC conservation status

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