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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller sat for a long interview with the NCAA as it looked into concerns about unusual gambling activity, his lawyer said Friday amid reports a federal probe is now under way. “Hysier Miller fully cooperated with the NCAA’s investigation. He sat for a five-hour interview and answered every question the NCAA asked. He also produced every document the NCAA requested,” lawyer Jason Bologna said in a statement. “Hysier did these things because he wanted to play basketball this season, and he is devastated that he cannot.” Miller, a three-year starter from South Philadelphia, transferred to Virginia Tech this spring. However, the Hokies released him last month due to what the program called “circumstances prior to his enrollment at Virginia Tech.” Bologna declined to confirm that a federal investigation had been opened, as did spokespeople for both the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported Thursday that authorities were investigating whether Miller bet on games he played in at Temple, and whether he adjusted his performance accordingly. “Hysier Miller has overcome more adversity in his 22 years than most people face in their lifetime. He will meet and overcome whatever obstacles lay ahead," Bologna said. Miller scored eight points — about half his season average of 15.9 — in a 100-72 loss to UAB on March 7 that was later flagged for unusual betting activity. Temple said it has been aware of those allegations since they became public in March, and has been cooperative. “We have been fully responsive and cooperative with the NCAA since the moment we learned of the investigation,” Temple President John Fry said in a letter Thursday to the school community. However, Fry said Temple had not received any requests for information from state or federal law enforcement agencies. He vowed to cooperate fully if they did. “Coaches, student-athletes and staff members receive mandatory training on NCAA rules and regulations, including prohibitions on involvement in sports wagering," Fry said in the letter. The same week the Temple-UAB game raised concerns, Loyola (Maryland) said it had removed a person from its basketball program after it became aware of a gambling violation. Temple played UAB again on March 17, losing 85-69 in the finals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. League spokesman Tom Fenstermaker also declined comment on Friday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballNORTH Melbourne assistant coach Xavier Clarke will guide the Indigenous All-Stars team and Sydney great Michael O'Loughlin will chair the selection panel as preparations gear up for the showcase game to be held in February next year. For the first time since 2015, the game's best Indigenous players will come together in one team to take on Fremantle in the 2025 Toyota Indigenous All-Stars match at Optus Stadium on February 15. Clarke, who played 106 games for St Kilda and Brisbane in a nine-year AFL career, has since developed into one of the League's most respected assistant coaches. He led the NT Thunder to a NEAFL premiership in 2015 before joining Richmond as a development coach under Damien Hardwick, helping the Tigers to three premierships in four years. Clarke moved to North Melbourne as an assistant to work under Alastair Clarkson ahead of the 2023 season. O'Loughlin is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and a 303-game player with the Swans, where he booted 521 goals – the second-most in the club's history. He won the Swans' best and fairest in 1998, is a member of the AFL's Indigenous Team of the Century, and coached the Indigenous All-Stars team that toured Ireland in 2013. O'Loughlin will chair a selection panel that includes Clarke, former Hawthorn and Port Adelaide star Chad Wingard AFL Indigenous and multicultural player engagement manager Pauly Vandenbergh, AFL executive general manager of social policy and inclusion Tanya Hosch, AFL executive general manager of football Laura Kane and AFL general manager of football operations Josh Mahoney. Hosch was delighted to have such well-credentialled people take up key roles ahead of the showcase game next year. "To have a former player of the calibre of Micky lead the selection of this side is fantastic," said Ms Hosch. "His football record speaks for itself but he has also been an immense leader amongst the Indigenous community and continues to give back to through his work on numerous foundations and through his business. "He epitomises the on and off field excellence and community spirit that characterises the Indigenous All-Stars side and we are thrilled to have him on board leading the selection next year. "Xavier is a highly regarded assistant coach in the Toyota AFL Premiership competition and has been a part of three premierships when he was with the Richmond Football Club. "I know Xavier has future ambitions to be an AFL senior coach and we are thrilled to provide him with this opportunity to be the head coach of the Indigenous All-Stars in February as he continues in the coaching pathway."
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Putin claims Russia attacked Ukraine with a new missile that the West can't stopSexyy Red Has Fans Fawning Over Her Natural Hair In New Social Media PostQuite what this victory means for Julen Lopetegui will become clear in the coming days. If the West Ham board had already made their decision and Monday night’s 2-1 win over Wolves was always going to be his final outing as Hammers boss, his side produced a fine send-off for the Spaniard. But if it was not yet a case of decision made, then Jarrod Bowen ’s powerful curling effort into the far corner will come to be known as the goal that kept Lopetegui in his job. This visit of his former team had been dubbed ‘El Sackico’ — a win-or-you’re-fired affair for Lopetegui and Wolves manager Gary O’Neil, similarly on the brink. Under this context, it was always going to be a nervy, fraught affair. It became not about performance (and just as well), but about getting the result. Cutting inside Goncalo Guedes and then bending the winner into the corner, Bowen took the match by the scruff of the neck. His celebration felt as important as the goal. The England player held aloft a West Ham shirt that read ‘Antonio 9’ — a tribute to his team-mate Michail Antonio , the club's all-time Premier League top scorer, who may not play again after needing surgery on a lower limb fracture following a car accident on Saturday afternoon. Every West Ham player’s shirt from the game will be signed by the whole squad, including Antonio, and auctioned off to raise money for the NHS and the Air Ambulance UK charity. The club will match the proceeds raised. Antonio was watching on from his hospital bed as his side played out a goalless first half which they just about edged, but the Hammers were much improved after the interval. In truth, the whole game was. Was it because of half-time words delivered by an under-pressure Lopetegui? Whatever the reason, West Ham looked roused. Tomas Soucek netted a looping header from Bowen’s corner to give them the lead, and only VAR and the ever-so-slightly premature run from Mohammed Kudus before tapping home stopped them going 2-0 up. The excellent equaliser powered home soon after by Matt Doherty demonstrated the wafer-thin margins of a match of this magnitude. O’Neil was punching the air in delight. The final say would be West Ham’s, though, as Bowen curled the winner past Sam Johnstone just seconds after Wolves rightly had a penalty appeal checked and cleared by VAR. Fine margins in this game, and in the league table too. West Ham, in 14th place, are just seven points off the top five.
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NSW Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. Two of the state’s most senior ministers have vowed to sharpen focus on consequences for bullies in schools in an emotionally charged meeting with parents whose children were bullied to death. The promise was made at a roundtable on bullying, convened by The Sunday Telegraph, where government ministers sat down with grieving families, mental health experts and school principals to explore the problems and begin to chart a way forward. Education Minister and Deputy Premier Prue Car and Minister for Youth and Mental Health Rose Jackson met with the parents of Charlotte O’Brien and the mother of Tilly Rosewarne – two young girls who committed suicide after relentless bullying. Emma Mason (left) and Kelly O’Brien have both lost young daughters to suicide. Pictures: Rohan Kelly The meeting heard how: ● There needs to be tougher consequences for bullies and greater use of suspensions. ● Quicker action must be taken when parents or students report bullying. ● Teachers are not equipped to deal with toxic behaviours. ● Resourcing means teachers do not have support to deal with the problem particularly in regional areas. ● Independent investigations and record keeping must be improved. Charlotte O’Brien with her adored younger brother Will. Picture: Supplied by her family Tilly Rosewarne was 15 when she took her life after years of bullying. Picture: Supplied Parents, experts and policy makers agreed there needed to be an audit across the sector of what works and what doesn’t – similar to the types of record keeping and investigation standards across the health system. The roundtable, held at The Sunday Telegraph offices on Thursday, was the first meeting between Kelly O’Brien and Emma Mason – mums to Charlotte and Tilly. The pair, who had been in constant touch over the phone in the months since Charlotte’s death, embraced for a long time, sharing an understanding few can imagine. “I reach out to lots of mums who lose their children,” Ms Mason said. “So few of us actually know what that’s like and sometimes that text and that phone call in the middle of the night or in the early hours in the morning are things that can just keep them okay. Just able to hold on for another day.” The event came just days ahead of a major meeting this week to begin work on the statewide approach to bullying in NSW schools, to be convened by Ms Car. It was the suicide note of 12-year-old Charlotte, who asked her parents to raise awareness about bullying, which has sparked the drive for change. Youth and Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson became emotional during the meeting. Picture: Rohan Kelly Both ministers became emotional when talking about their own children and their concerns, not just as policy makers but as parents of kids in the vulnerable age bracket. “I myself have three little people at home ranging from nearly 14 to 10, so they’re right in that age of concern,” Ms Car said. “I do think there is not a single issue that concerns parents in Australia more than this right now.” She said it took “some really special people to be able to use your voice for a period of pain to be able to make a change”. WATCH CHARLOTTE’S WISH DOCUMENTARY HERE “Things will come from this, and that’s evidenced by the fact that it’s pretty rare to get a group of people like this around a table: leading media voices, actual decision makers,” she said. “A lot of schools are doing amazing things, some aren’t. So we have to make sure that there is a framework that everyone is working under because children being safe has got to be the No. 1 priority.” The minister said the standard should include empowering leaders in schools to be able to use suspensions and expulsions as a tool “because actions have consequences”. “I think that needs to be part of the standard that we use because we need to support kids with their mental health, but we also need to set an example to other children that there are consequences,” she said. Minister Jackson revealed she had a little girl the same age with the same name as Charlotte. “So there’s nothing that is more important to me than her safety,” an emotional Ms Jackson said. Education Minister Prue Car said the roundtable would lead to change. Picture: Rohan Kelly She said mental health support was vital for parents and for young people, “but it’s not intended as an effort to excuse perpetrator behaviour and holding people to account”. She said the person causing another child to have “a tough time” must have the behaviour addressed and “there must be consequences for actions”. “They need to learn at that adolescent age that actions have consequences,” she said. Ian Hickie, co-director of health and policy at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, said frameworks needed to be put in place, procedures implemented and their success and failure monitored. “When things go wrong in the health system, we don’t just leave it up to any hospital or any group to say, ‘Did you do enough?’ We have an investigative process, we have transparency about what happens. We have standards,” he said. Prof Hickie warned the time for talking was over. “The legislative framework is important, but it needs to get specific, not just guidelines ... specific on what schools need to be doing in the 21st century since we’ve got a 21st century set of issues,” he said. “And on the investigative side, we need to have standards about how that is done and then how it’s reported and then how the data is collated. “Without those things in place, the danger is we get a repetition of things and after a certain period of time, we’re back where we were.” More Coverage Caring mental mechanic swears by results Josh Hanrahan Australia praised for world-leading social media ban Julie Cross and Angira Bharadwaj Originally published as Charlotte’s Wish: Grieving parents meet with authorities at bullying roundtable Join the conversation Add your comment to this story To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Register Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout More related stories NSW Cyclist in critical condition after being hit by car A man is fighting for life after he was hit by a car in Sydney’s inner west on Sunday morning. Read more NSW Meet the swearing, caring ‘mental mechanic’ saving lives Tommy Herschell spends his days saving kids’ lives — going back into schools across the country to help put a stop to bullying. Read moreMr Biden told African leaders the resource-rich continent of more than 1.4 billion people had been “left behind for much too long”. “But not anymore,” Mr Biden added. “Africa is the future.” Mr Biden used the third and final day of a visit to Angola – his long-awaited, first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as president – to travel to the coastal city of Lobito and tour an Atlantic port terminal that’s part of the Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment. Mr Biden described it as the largest US investment in a train project outside America. The US and allies are investing heavily in the project that will refurbish nearly 1,200 miles of train lines connecting to the mineral-rich areas of Congo and Zambia in central Africa. The corridor, which likely will take years to complete, gives the US better access to cobalt, copper and other critical minerals in Congo and Zambia that are used in batteries for electric vehicles, electronic devices and clean energy technologies that Mr Biden said would power the future. China is dominant in mining in Congo and Zambia. The US investment has strategic implications for US-China economic competition, which went up a notch this week as they traded blows over access to key materials and technologies. The African leaders who met with Mr Biden on Wednesday said the railway corridor offered their countries a much faster route for minerals and goods – and a convenient outlet to Western markets. “This is a project that is full of hope for our countries and our region,” said Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, whose country has more than 70% of the word’s cobalt. “This is not just a logistical project. It is a driving force for economic and social transformation for millions of our people.” The leaders said the corridor should spur private-sector investment and improve a myriad of related areas like roads, communication networks, agriculture and clean energy technologies. For the African countries, it could create a wave of new jobs for a burgeoning young population. Cargo that once took 45 days to get to the US – usually involving trucks via South Africa – would now take around 45 hours, Mr Biden said. He predicted the project could transform the region from a food importer to exporter. It’s “something that if done right will outlast all of us and keep delivering for our people for generations to come,” he said. The announcement of an additional $600 million took the U.S.’s investment in the Lobito Corridor to 4.0 billion dollars (£3.15 billion).Coleen Rooney stuns I’m A Celebrity viewers as she takes jungle shower in bikini after horror trial
PEABODY — The Project Center for Holistic Integration of Listening, Learning, and Development (CHILLD), an operational and speech therapy clinic, moved its operations from Beverly to Peabody this past month, opening a new facility with expanded programs and more staff. Occupational therapist Kathy Carley opened the practice in 2001 to help people with various physical, developmental, and emotional disabilities. After working in Beverley for 25 years, Project CHILLD moved to 5 Centennial Drive in Peabody three weeks ago. “Part of the move was to expand our offerings,” said CEO Dylan Langelier. “We have always offered a number of holistic therapies along with speech and OT ... when we moved to Peabody we customized our space. We wanted something that would be state of the art.” Among the changes they’ve made is increasing square footage to over 13,000 square feet from 6,800 square feet and adding new programs. “We hired a psychologist who does neuropsychology testing and evaluations, and then we hired a pediatric psychiatric nurse practitioner who does medical management and talk therapy,” Langelier said. Along with the move, the organization has founded two non-profits, the Project CHILLD Foundation and TASC Inc. According to Langelier, the Project CHILLD Foundation raises money to give out grants to families who cannot afford services either at their clinic or others in the area. Another objective for the non-profit is to allow therapeutic professionals looking to get a speciality certification to apply for grants that subsidize expenses. TASC, which stands for Therapeutic, Adaptive, Social, and Community Engagement, is a new business the organization founded in order to provide services to help clients transition from teenage to adulthood. “Project CHILLD has always been marketed as a pediatric clinic. That being said, we’ve seen our youngest client is three months old while our oldest client is in his late 40’s,” Langelier said. With over 3,000 underserved disabled adults in Massachusetts, TASC will be able to provide for a demographic that is desperately in need. To support this expansion, Project CHILLD realized that they needed to find a new home that would better serve their new ambitions. “When we found the opportunity in Peabody, we just jumped at it, and it has been amazing,” Langelier said. An inaugural fundraising event open for the public will be held on Dec. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Olio Events to raise money for the two non-profits. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased on Eventbrite , giving the community a chance to support the essential services provided by Project CHILLD.CHAMPAIGN — The transfer portal doesn't officially open until Monday. When it does, at least two Illinois players will be in it. Defensive lineman Enyce Sledge announced his intent to transfer Wednesday afternoon after spending just a single season with the Illini. Tight end Nathan Guinn, who left the team in August, made a similar declaration earlier this week. Thankyou Illini nation 🙏🏾 6’3 325 Nose/Dtackle game and practice film below I will be entering the transfer portal with 2 years of eligibility remaining plus medical shirt if needed pic.twitter.com/YZLYsmboGw "This week will be a lot of conversations," Illinois coach Bret Bielema said after the Illini's regular season finale win against Northwestern. "I’m not naive. I’ve told our guys all year long we have 12 guaranteed opportunities together. ... It’s been a lot of fun with these guys, but the world that we know in college football is going to bring, I’m sure, some conversations this week that will change the outlook of our team. "On the flip side, I don’t know if there’s a kid who left our program a year ago that has gone anywhere and done anything. Nothing against the kids that left, but what we do here ... we’ve actually had some guys reach out to us that would like to come back. It doesn’t surprise me. It’s another great indicator of what we do and how we do it." Sledge made his Illinois debut in the season opener against Eastern Illinois but played in just three more games as he was behind both TeRah Edwards and Jeremiah Warren on the Illini depth chart. The Monroe, La., native, who spent two seasons at Auburn before transferring to Illinois this offseason, will have two years of eligibility remaining. The winter transfer portal window be open from Monday through Dec. 28. A spring transfer portal window will run from April 16-25.BOSTON — By the end of a game that is supposed to be a reward for a season well played, North Carolina looked like a football program in such perilous straits it would be willing to pay someone like Bill Belichick something like $50 million to fix things. QED. As the new coach might say, the Tar Heels are on to Belichick. Saturday’s 27-14 loss to Connecticut in the Fenway Bowl started poorly and fizzled to the end, not unlike the Tar Heels’ season, one that began with reasonable optimism and a win at Minnesota before descending into a series of trials and tribulations that saw Mack Brown fired before the regular season was over en route to a 6-7 finish and fifth straight bowl loss. On Friday, J.J. Jones took pains to make sure Brown wasn’t forgotten, reminding people that he was the reason why every player on the roster was here even if things hadn’t worked out the way they had planned. But just as Brown’s final game at North Carolina saw N.C. State dancing on the Kenan Stadium turf instead, the season’s final game under interim coach Freddie Kitchens — who will remain on Belichick’s new staff — was nothing to remember. “It’s a disappointing result for us,” Kitchens said. “I thought our guys kept fighting all the way to the very end. We just kind of ran out of time there but we never gave up. These guys have been through a lot these last three weeks. The ability to show up for work every day has been unbelievable to see with these guys. I commend them for everything they’ve done these last few weeks.” With all the injuries and critical opt-outs, including offensive lineman Willie Lampkin on the eve of the game after practicing all month, the Tar Heels weren’t exactly at full strength to start. When quarterback Jacolby Criswell went down clutching at his shoulder after a seven-yard scramble in the first quarter, they were left with true freshman Michael Merdinger, who not only had yet to take a snap this season but is currently in the transfer portal. It took North Carolina 29 minutes and 37 seconds to achieve a first down, and only Chris Culliver’s 95-yard kickoff return prevented a first-half shutout. By the time UNC figured out, midway through the fourth quarter, that its best offensive play was a direct snap to running back Caleb Hood — a quarterback in high school who became, essentially, the Tar Heels’ fifth quarterback of the season — it was too late for anything but a consolation touchdown pass to John Copenhaver. That 17-yard strike from the Richmond County product was the third completion and first passing TD of Hood’s career, to go with two rushing and one receiving, and Copenhaver’s 10th and final TD catch at UNC. Of the Tar Heels’ 206 yards of offense, 139 came in the fourth quarter. Still, not only was this postscript to the Brown Era a third straight loss — and UNC’s second debacle in the Boston area in six weeks — it ended the Triangle’s football winning streak against UConn, a seven-game run going back 17 years to Duke’s 45-14 home loss to open a 1-11 season. Kitchens is now the other half of the answer to a trivia question, with Ted Roof. The ACC also had won the first two editions of the Fenway Bowl, a run noted on the manual scoreboard on the Green Monster, one of several nice touches that capitalized on the historic venue. (Although they don’t dump clam chowder on the winning coach. Yet.) Which is good, because the football wasn’t particularly picturesque. Connecticut opened with a leadoff double to right — a 47-yard run down the first-base line on the first play from scrimmage — and never really looked back. Defense, in a statement that tests the bounds of obvious, was never this North Carolina’s team strength. Shorn of offense with Criswell hurt and Omarion Hampton preparing for the draft, the Tar Heels struggled to keep up. Any thoughts Jones and others might have harbored of winning one for Mack evaporated quickly on both sides of the ball. “At the end of the day, we need to do a little better than that, in my opinion,” defensive lineman Beau Atkinson said. You could say things didn’t end well, but they rarely do. A program in dramatic transition looked very much the part on Saturday. The players probably deserved better than this, for sticking it out to the bitter end of a season racked with disappointment and loss, but even their minds were clearly preoccupied with what happens next, whether that’s in Chapel Hill or elsewhere. Why wouldn’t they be? They’re only human. “I’m definitely ready for the offseason now that this game is over,” said Atkinson, who is eligible to return. “And just ready to go to work and try to get me and the rest of the D-line and this defense as a whole better. That’s my main focus now.” If they weren’t looking forward before, there’s nothing else left now. The final punctuation has been applied to Brown’s second stint at UNC. It’s officially the Belichick Era. They’re on to TCU. ©2024 The News & Observer. Visit at newsobserver.com . Distributed at Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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NoneOnce a countercultural symbol of rebellion, tattoos are now so mainstream that a neck or hand tattoo is no longer an impediment to becoming a cop in Victoria. The recent change in heart is mostly about boosting recruitment to that State’s police force. But it also reflects changing societal norms, with about one-in-three Australians under the age of 30 now inked up. WA’s police force still bans face, neck and hand tattoos, as well as any body art considered offensive or culturally insensitive, but tattoos elsewhere are not an issue. Perth people love their tattoos so much that hundreds queued for up to six hours earlier this year when East Perth tattoo parlour Arcane Tattoo Studio offered free 50¢-sized tattoos for a day. Tattoos were already big business 15 years ago when Emma Commander of Fine Line Studios in Nedlands started in the industry. Since then she’s seen their popularity grow and sees everyone from 18-year-olds to those in their 70s embracing the needle for the first time. “The industry has changed a lot,” she says. “Advancements in technology, the introduction of social media have had big effects. “The accessibility of tattoos to the masses has grown and the options for styles have broadened . . . tattoos have always been popular since I started out but they are becoming so with a broader range of people. “I think it has been a gradual growth towards becoming mainstream within a larger culture in Australia. It’s continuing to grow.” But, while it’s estimated that as many as one in four Australians now have ink on their body — up from 10 per cent in 2000 — there are still pitfalls to consider before taking the plunge. You have probably heard the stories about tourists who thought they were getting the Chinese symbols for “hope” or “integrity” tattooed on their body and wound up with insults like “illiterate foreigner” instead. Some of those may be apocryphal. But choosing the wrong design can have long-term consequences and even limit future career options. US president-elect Donald Trump last month tapped former Fox News presenter Pete Hegseth to lead his Department of Defence. But Mr Hegseth, a US Army National Guard veteran, was previously flagged as a potential “insider threat” by a fellow service member because the words “Deus Vult” are tattooed on his bicep. The phrase, which translate as “God Wills It”, was once used by Christian crusaders in the Middle Ages and has since been co-opted by white nationalists. It is unclear whether Mr Trump would consider such an association a drawback. Ms Commander has received some “colourful” requests during her time in the industry. “Some I said yes to, some I said no to. . . I probably can’t go into too much detail about the nos, though,” she said. “You do have to learn to not be too judgmental in this job.” High on the right arm of Hollywood actor Johnny Depp’s arm is a tattoo that says: “Wino Forever”. But once it read “Winona Forever”, in tribute to Depp’s former fiancee Winona Ryder. Depp is not the first person to have a tattoo outline a paramour and he is certainly not the only celebrity to be left with a visible reminder of an ex. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan got their matching “side by side” tattoos while on their honeymoon in Bali in 2009 — only to divorce nine years later. When Arianda Grande and Pete Davidson split up, the Thank U, Next singer covered up the matching tattoo she had acquired during the relationship with the name of another ex’s dog. New York tattoo artist Jon Mesa claimed to have staged something of an intervention with Davidson after being called in to help conceal the image of a former partner’s face. “I did a huge cover-up,” he told the New York Post. “After we were done, I told Pete, ‘hey, dude, let’s just stop with the girlfriend tats”. One survey found as many as 30 per cent of tatted-up Australians had at least one they regretted. It did not specify how many involved an ex-partner’s name. Social media is full of complaints about new partners whose skin still bears the mark of an ex. Ms Commander has tattooed clients with their partners’ names before but says it’s not an “overly common” request. So far she has never had someone return asking for a Wino Forever-style cover up. “Again, withholding any judgement, it’s not my place to make a call on whether that’s a good idea or not,” she said. “I’m sure some of them regretted it but I’ve never redone one of mine for that reason.” Ms Commander receives messages “almost daily” from people unhappy with tattoos they have had done elsewhere, hoping to have them altered or covered up. “It’s something I choose not to do personally, as it’s quite often not straightforward and doesn’t always have the desired outcome of making the tattoo more like what the client wanted.,” she said. At least in WA tattoo studios must comply with the Health (Skin Penetration Procedures) Regulations 1998 and Code of Practice for Skin Penetration Procedures, which impose basic standards for hygiene, disinfection and sterilisation. Not everywhere is quite so strict. Just ask Englishwoman, Kirsty Griffiths, who recently paid the equivalent of $250 to get a tattoo while on holiday in Turkey and got a lot more than the floral design she had wanted on her ankle. According to the Daily Mail, Ms Griffiths contracted a bacterial skin infection called cellulitis, which spread to her stomach and gall bladder. “Two different surgeons came to visit me and one said if this doesn’t clear up, I might have to have my foot amputated. I was crying and screaming every night in pain,” she said. “It was morphine drip after morphine drip and I could still feel the pain through the painkillers.” Ms Griffiths kept her foot but has decided to take a break from getting any more tattoos. For now.None
Tahj Brooks shines in final home game as Texas Tech routs West Virginia 52-15Mr Biden told African leaders the resource-rich continent of more than 1.4 billion people had been “left behind for much too long”. “But not anymore,” Mr Biden added. “Africa is the future.” Mr Biden used the third and final day of a visit to Angola – his long-awaited, first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as president – to travel to the coastal city of Lobito and tour an Atlantic port terminal that’s part of the Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment. Mr Biden described it as the largest US investment in a train project outside America. The US and allies are investing heavily in the project that will refurbish nearly 1,200 miles of train lines connecting to the mineral-rich areas of Congo and Zambia in central Africa. The corridor, which likely will take years to complete, gives the US better access to cobalt, copper and other critical minerals in Congo and Zambia that are used in batteries for electric vehicles, electronic devices and clean energy technologies that Mr Biden said would power the future. China is dominant in mining in Congo and Zambia. The US investment has strategic implications for US-China economic competition, which went up a notch this week as they traded blows over access to key materials and technologies. The African leaders who met with Mr Biden on Wednesday said the railway corridor offered their countries a much faster route for minerals and goods – and a convenient outlet to Western markets. “This is a project that is full of hope for our countries and our region,” said Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, whose country has more than 70% of the word’s cobalt. “This is not just a logistical project. It is a driving force for economic and social transformation for millions of our people.” The leaders said the corridor should spur private-sector investment and improve a myriad of related areas like roads, communication networks, agriculture and clean energy technologies. For the African countries, it could create a wave of new jobs for a burgeoning young population. Cargo that once took 45 days to get to the US – usually involving trucks via South Africa – would now take around 45 hours, Mr Biden said. He predicted the project could transform the region from a food importer to exporter. It’s “something that if done right will outlast all of us and keep delivering for our people for generations to come,” he said. The announcement of an additional $600 million took the U.S.’s investment in the Lobito Corridor to 4.0 billion dollars (£3.15 billion).
