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NEW YORK (AP) — No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter . His more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations and a children’s story. His memoir “An Hour Before Daylight” was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, while his 2006 best-seller “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” stirred a fierce debate by likening Israel’s policies in the West Bank to the brutal South African system of racial segregation. And just before his 100th birthday, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation honored him with a lifetime achievement award for how he wielded “the power of the written word to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” In one recent work, “A Full Life,” Carter observed that he “enjoyed writing” and that his books “provided a much-needed source of income.” But some projects were easier than others. “Everything to Gain,” a 1987 collaboration with his wife, Rosalynn, turned into the “worst threat we ever experienced in our marriage,” an intractable standoff for the facilitator of the Camp David accords and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. According to Carter, Rosalynn was a meticulous author who considered “the resulting sentences as though they have come down from Mount Sinai, carved into stone.” Their memories differed on various events and they fell into “constant arguments.” They were ready to abandon the book and return the advance, until their editor persuaded them to simply divide any disputed passages between them. “In the book, each of these paragraphs is identified by a ‘J’ or an ‘R,’ and our marriage survived,” he wrote. Here is a partial list of books by Carter: “Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President” “The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East” (With Rosalynn Carter) “Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life” “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections” “Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age” “Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems” (With daughter Amy Carter) “The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer” “Living Faith” “The Virtues of Aging” “An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood” “Christmas in Plains: Memories” “The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War” “Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis” “Faith & Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World” “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” “A Remarkable Mother” “Beyond the White House” “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work” “White House Diary” “NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter” “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power” “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”Trump invited China's Xi to his inauguration even as he threatened massive tariffs on Beijing
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In line with the successful implementation of the faceless assessment by the Income Tax department, EEPC India has proposed to the government to roll out a faceless GST audit focusing on empowering the MSME sector . ET Year-end Special Reads What kept India's stock market investors on toes in 2024? India's car race: How far EVs went in 2024 Investing in 2025: Six wealth management trends to watch out for "The faceless GST audit system, by using technology and ensuring anonymity, will reduce compliance costs . A faceless system will streamline procedures allowing MSMEs to focus on growth and innovation," said Pankaj Chadha , chairman, of EEPC India. EEPC India in its pre-budget recommendation has also proposed that Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) related liabilities should be eligible for the Amnesty scheme . Some RCM issues, such as foreign bank charges and foreign business services, pose challenges for exporters who may be unaware of the charges or services provided. Since these issues are not fraudulent, they should fall under Section 73, which addresses genuine compliance concerns . "Exporters should be granted relief under the amnesty scheme, even if Show Cause Notices (SCNs) are issued under Section 74," Chadha said. Many of the EEPC India members have informed that they have received Show Cause Notices related to RCM; hence, an amnesty scheme is urgently needed for such issues. 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Three inmates will remain on federal death row: Dylann Roof , convicted of the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; the 2013 Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of life Synagogue in 2018 , the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history. Opponents of the death penalty lauded Biden for a decision they’d long sought. Supporters of Donald Trump , a vocal advocate of expanding capital punishment, criticized the move as an assault to common decency just weeks before the president-elect takes office. FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File) AP Donnie Oliverio, a retired Ohio police officer whose partner, Bryan Hurst, was killed by an inmate whose death sentence was commuted, said the execution of “the person who killed my police partner and best friend would have brought me no peace.” “The president has done what is right here,” Oliverio said in a statement also issued by the White House. But Hurst’s widow, Marissa Gibson, called Biden’s commutation distressing and a “complete dismissal and undermining of the federal justice system,” in a statement to The Columbus Dispatch . Heather Turner, whose mother, Donna Major, was killed in a 2017 South Carolina bank robbery, called the commutation of the killer’s sentence a “clear gross abuse of power” in a Facebook post, adding the weeks she spent in court with the hope of justice “just a waste of time.” “At no point did the president consider the victims,” Turner wrote. “He, and his supporters, have blood on their hands.” There has always been a broad range of opinions on what punishment Roof should face from the families of the nine people killed and the survivors of the massacre at the Mother Emanuel AME Church. Many forgave him, but some say they can’t forget and their forgiveness doesn’t mean they don’t want to see him put to death for what he did. Felicia Sanders survived the shooting shielding her granddaughter while watching Roof kill her son, Tywanza, and her aunt, Susie Jackson. Sanders brought her bullet-torn bloodstained Bible to his sentencing and said then she can’t even close her eyes to pray because Roof started firing during the closing prayer of Bible study that night. FILE - Marissa Hurst, wife of slain officer Bryan Hurst, left, hugs Sgt. Donnie Oliverio, after Oliverio paid tribute to Bryan, during a service in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 11, 2005. (Fred Squillante/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File) AP In a text message to her lawyer, Andy Savage, Sanders called Biden’s decision to not spare Roof’s life a wonderful Christmas gift. Michael Graham, whose sister, Cynthia Hurd, was killed, told The Associated Press that Roof’s lack of remorse and simmering white nationalism in the country means he is the kind of dangerous and evil person the death penalty is intended for. “This was a crime against a race of people,” Graham said. “It didn’t matter who was there, only that they were Black.” But the Rev. Sharon Richer, who was Tywanza Sanders’ cousin and whose mother, Ethel Lance, was killed, criticized Biden for not sparing Roof and clearing out all of death row. She said every time Roof’s case comes up through numerous appeals it is like reliving the massacre all over again. “I need the President to understand that when you put a killer on death row, you also put their victims' families in limbo with the false promise that we must wait until there is an execution before we can begin to heal,” Richer said in a statement. Richer, a board member of Death Penalty Action, which seeks to abolish capital punishment, was driven to tears by conflicting emotions during a Zoom news conference Monday. “The families are left to be hostages for the years and years of appeals that are to come,” Richer said. “I’ve got to stay away from the news today. I’ve got to turn the TV off — because whose face am I going to see?” Biden is giving more attention to the three inmates he chose not to spare, something they all wanted as a part of what drove them to kill, said Abraham Bonowitz, Death Penalty Action’s executive director. “These three racists and terrorists who have been left on death row came to their crimes from political motivations. When Donald Trump gets to execute them what will really be happening is they will be given a global platform for their agenda of hatred,” Bonowitz said. Biden had faced pressure from advocacy organizations to commute federal death sentences, and several praised him for taking action in his final month in office. Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, said in a statement that Biden “has shown our country — and the rest of the world — that the brutal and inhumane policies of our past do not belong in our future.” FILE - Anti-death penalty activists protest in front of the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., on Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File) AP Republicans, including Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, on the other hand, criticized the move — and argued its moral ground was shaky given the three exceptions. “Once again, Democrats side with depraved criminals over their victims, public order, and common decency,” Cotton wrote on X. “Democrats can’t even defend Biden’s outrageous decision as some kind of principled, across-the-board opposition to the death penalty since he didn’t commute the three most politically toxic cases.” Liz Murrill, Louisiana’s Republican attorney general, criticized the commuted sentence of Len Davis, a former New Orleans policeman convicted of orchestrating the killing of a woman who had filed a complaint against him. “We can’t trust the Feds to get justice for victims of heinous crimes, so it’s long past time for the state to get it done,” the tough-on-crime Republican said in a written statement to the AP. Two men whose sentences were commuted were Norris Holder and Billie Jerome Allen, on death row for opening fire with assault rifles during a 1997 bank robbery in St. Louis, killing a guard, 46-year-old Richard Heflin. FILE - This combination photo shows federal death row inmates Robert Bowers, from left, the gunman who massacred 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, Dylann Roof, who committed racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for carrying out the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing attack. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, from left, Charleston County Sheriff's Office, FBI via AP, File) AP Holder’s attorney, Madeline Cohen, said in an email that Holder, who is Black, was sentenced to death by an all-white jury. She said his case “reflects many of the system’s flaws,” and thanked Biden for commuting his sentence. “Norris’ case exemplifies the racial bias and arbitrariness that led the President to commute federal death sentences,” Cohen said. “Norris has always been deeply remorseful for the pain his actions caused, and we hope this decision brings some measure of closure to Richard Heflin’s family.” Swenson reported from Seattle. Associated Press writers Jim Salter in O’Fallon, Missouri, and Sara Cline in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, contributed to this report. More in Nation-World News Boy, 7, recovering from surgery after drones fell from sky during Orlando holiday show House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying for sex, including with 17-year-old Why did Bob Casey lose his Senate seat? Blame Elon Musk, Fetterman saysCerletti & Kennedy Design-Build Expands Expertise as a Leading Remodeler
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Jelly Roll and Prince Harry (Picture credit: X) In a humorous new promo for the upcoming Invictus Games, Prince Harry shared a lighthearted moment with country singer Jelly Roll , where he joked about getting a tattoo on his lower back or 'a**.' The video, shared on Instagram, shows the Duke of Sussex sitting in a tattoo chair at East Side Ink tattoo shop in New York City, awaiting his “artist.” “Is he going to be here any time soon?” Harry asked, to which a staff member assured him the tattoo artist would arrive shortly. The suspense was quickly broken when Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, walked in wearing black gloves and greeted the prince with enthusiasm. “Hey, hey! Tattoos. Speaking of, what’s up, man?” the country star said, adding that he was “such a fan” of Harry. Jelly Roll expressed his surprise upon learning that Prince Harry wanted him to give him his first tattoo, but Harry clarified that he wasn’t there for a tattoo. Instead, he wanted Jelly to help promote the Invictus Games, which are set to take place in Vancouver in February 2025. Harry humorously added, “There’s no tattoo in this. I can’t get a tattoo.” However, Jelly Roll insisted that if Harry allowed him to give him a tattoo, they could play a game for the Invictus Games. With that, Harry gave in, saying, “Aight, screw it. Let’s go.” When Jelly suggested getting the tattoo on Harry’s neck, the prince joked, “I was thinking like, my lower back or my a**,” adding, “That’s the place where no one’s going to see it.” The singer then went on to jokingly tattoo “I am Jelly Roll” on Harry’s neck, which caused both men to laugh before Jelly quickly exited the room. The video ended with a message announcing Jelly Roll’s performance at the Invictus Games closing ceremony on February 16, 2025. Prince Harry, who founded the Invictus Games in 2014, has worked to create an international multi-sport event for wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and women. Earlier reports revealed Harry's visit to the tattoo shop in September, where he spent over an hour with his security team.
QLD News Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Brisbane’s existing public transport system can carry only about half of the expected 1 million-plus passengers per day to and from 2032 Games venues without extending the Metro, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says. His proposal to add 22 extra stations would allow fans to get to four venues: the Hamilton Northshore athletes’ village; Sleeman Sports Complex in Chandler; Belmont Rifle Range; Capalaba business district, near the Redland Whitewater Rafting Centre. During the Sydney 2000 and London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games overall public transport patronage increased by almost 1 million trips per day, but Brisbane’s current public transport network could handle only half that number. There were 18 Olympic and Paralympic venues planned for Brisbane, with a target of 90 per cent of trips to venues to be taken by public and active transport. “Brisbane’s incredible growth means better public transport must be a priority today, during the Games and beyond,’’ Mr Schrinner said. Artist impression of the athletes’ village at Northshore Hamilton, which the Lord Mayor says could be serviced by an expanded Metro. “We’re already making that step change from public transport to mass transit with the introduction of Brisbane Metro services along our existing busway network. “The expansion of Brisbane Metro to Carseldine, Capalaba, Springwood and out to the airport is the logical next step. “Premier David Crisafulli has been a long-time supporter of Brisbane Metro and we’ll continue working closely.’’ His comments came after he said a Brisbane Airport extension, which would also be critical to the success of the Games, could be delivered using existing roads and tunnels. An alternative would be to use a re-purposed Doomben rail corridor from Eagle Junction. Both options would need the monopoly Airtrain deal, ending in 2036, renegotiated. Mr Schrinner has made it clear council could not fund the huge expansion itself and wrote to the federal government in August asking for it to approve a $50m business case. But Metro has been plagued by huge cost overruns which have pushed the price of the two currently-planned routes out from $944m to $1.55bn. It has also had long delays since it was first announced in 2016, with a trial on the 169 route ending this week despite media and former transport minister Bart Mellish being taken by surprise. Council Transport Chair Ryan Murphy has now said Metro 1 and 2 would not begin until sometime next year. Labor Opposition Leader Jared Cassidy warned this week that delays to the Adelaide St tunnel and a string of stations might push out the start date to as late as the end of 2025. More Coverage Council challenged over reason for city’s Metro debacle Brendan O’Malley, Madura McCormack, Iwan Jones Council signs 20-year Metro deal days after bendy buses vanish Brendan O’Malley Originally published as Brisbane City Council predicts 500,000 people per day gap for 2032 Games without Metro 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 QLD News Cars go under, creeks overflow as SEQ cops drenching Dozens of cars have been inundated with water after a creek in a southern Brisbane suburb began to overflow. Read more QLD News Truth-telling inquiry to defy LNP shutdown as minister cancels meeting The chairman of Queensland’s Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry will reopen submissions despite LNP plans to shut it down. Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email A car is like a part of your family. Its purpose is not only purely functional; rather, there is a certain degree of sentimentalism attached to it as well. And if it’s time to buy a new one, there’s always the long-standing debate on whether to go to your nearest retailer and get the latest model or to opt for a used one and hope that it’s going to serve you as it did its previous owner. And given the modern economy, many might suggest going for the more affordable option, yet a brand new one might be the best decision you’re going to make, as their long-term investments will save you the money you’d otherwise throw on repairs of the used one. Not convinced yet? In the text below, we’ll explain and debate that statement and see why a new car is truly a long-term investment that pays off. Reliability Imagine driving your car on the open road, you’re just headed to your vacation resort, and all of a sudden something breaks. 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The head of a board that doles out state charter-school licenses says Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature should lift the cap on the number of city charters next year so Big Apple students can succeed. The charter licenses approved by lawmakers last year have already been doled out, which means no more of the schools can be approved in the Big Apple because of the cap. “We should focus more on kids — not politics,” said Joseph Belluck, chairman of the State University of New York committee that reviews and licenses charter schools. “Lifting the cap will help us provide more slots to kids who need it,” said Belluck, whose group, along with the state Education Department, distributes the licenses. There are currently 282 charter schools serving nearly 150,000 students in the city. The charters make up about 15% of publicly funded Big Apple schools. The alternative, privately managed, publicly funded schools are popular with parents for their rigor but fiercely opposed by the teachers’ union and traditional public-school educators, who say the charters provide unwanted competition, draining them of students. Most charter schools have a longer school day and school year than traditional public schools, and studies show their students outperform their peers on standardized math and English exams. The overwhelming majority of charter schools are also non-union, a point of contention in Big Labor New York. “The cap should not only be lifted, but there should be no cap on opportunity,” insisted Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy, which runs 56 charter schools, the largest charter network in the country. “All parents deserve a choice about where their kids go to school,” Moskowitz said. Lester Long, founder and CEO of the Classical Charter Schools Network, said, “New York City needs great schools so more students can get a great education.” “Lifting the charter school cap is one prong in improving education in the city,” Long said. A New York school-choice and education-reform group also said it’s time for Albany to do what it considers best for parents and kids. “It’s long past time to treat students in charters fairly: they deserve equitable funding and access to rental assistance for their buildings” said Crystal McQueen-Taylor, executive director of StudentsFirstNY. “The artificial cap on great schools has also passed its expiration date. Parents and advocates will continue to fight for what our children deserve,” the charter proponent said. There is a cap of 460 charter schools statewide. But there is a subcap within that cap for New York City that restricts the opening of more charters. Under the law, there are 84 charters left to be issued outside of the city, where there is less demand. If Albany just eliminated the regional cap, New York City would have access to those 84 charters, proponents say. In 2023, Hochul proposed lifting the cap in the five boroughs but was rebuffed by resistant lawmakers. The compromise was to allow the reissuance of 14 so-called “zombie” licenses from shuttered schools. Lawmakers on Sunday claimed there is no public appetite to lift the charter-school cap in the city. “The charter cap was codified in order to strike the balance between offering some school choice and fulfilling the mandate to keep public schools open, and that balance is needed now more than ever,” said state Sen. John Liu (D-Queens), chairman of the panel on New York City Schools. “It would be nonsensical to lift a statutory limit simply because it’s been reached,” he said. State Assembly Education Committee Chairman Michael Benedetto (D-Bronx) said, “My chamber has always been resistant to charter schools. I don’t see a change happening right now.”FW Thorpe Plc ( LON:TFW – Get Free Report )’s share price shot up 1.3% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as GBX 320 ($4.03) and last traded at GBX 320 ($4.03). 11,762 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 66% from the average session volume of 35,088 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 316 ($3.98). FW Thorpe Trading Up 1.3 % The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 328.16 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 338.98. The company has a quick ratio of 1.98, a current ratio of 2.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.97. The firm has a market capitalization of £375.65 million, a PE ratio of 1,523.81 and a beta of 0.61. FW Thorpe Increases Dividend The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 24th were paid a GBX 7.58 ($0.10) dividend. This is a boost from FW Thorpe’s previous dividend of $1.70. This represents a yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 24th. FW Thorpe’s payout ratio is presently 3,333.33%. FW Thorpe Company Profile FW Thorpe Plc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies professional lighting equipment in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company offers professional lighting and control systems, including recessed, surface, and suspended luminaires; emergency lighting systems; hazardous area lighting; high and low bay luminaires; lighting controls; and exterior lighting products for commercial, industrial, education, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, display, and hospitality markets. 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Minnesota utility regulators on Thursday unanimously approved what would be the state’s first carbon dioxide pipeline, stretching 28 rural miles from an ethanol plant near Fergus Falls to the North Dakota border. The decision is the latest victory for Summit Carbon Solutions for its plan to capture planet-warming gases from 57 ethanol plants, transport them through a sprawling network of Midwestern pipelines and bury the carbon in North Dakota. The “Midwest Carbon Express” has sparked contentious debate in Minnesota over whether this type of carbon capture is actually a benefit for the climate — or worth the health and safety risks of a rupture. Summit says the project will help ethanol plants earn premium prices in California’s regulated fuel markets by slashing carbon emissions, and possibly open a Midwest market for lower-carbon aviation fuel made of ethanol. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted 5-0 to grant Summit a route permit. In exchange, the company must start construction in North Dakota before it can build the Minnesota pipeline, among other conditions. “It’s a new concept, we get that,” said Republican commissioner John Tuma. “We’re going to have to try some new things. Some of them will be successful, some of them are going to fail. If we’re really truly about reducing carbon and meeting our 2040 goal, we gotta look at all things.” The PUC’s vote Thursday marks a continuing turnaround for the five-state, $8.9 billion system, which once looked to be in doubt. On Thursday, regulators in North Dakota are considering crucial underground storage permits for Summit , one month after approving the company’s route there. Iowa also approved Summit this year. Still, Summit faces a more uncertain future for a critical stretch of its project through South Dakota, where the company in November reapplied for permission with an altered route after being rejected by the state in 2023. Tuma also said Republicans under incoming President Donald Trump could eliminate federal tax credits for carbon capture that are important to the project’s viability. Still, Trump’s choice for Interior Secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, supports the Summit project. To hedge against the possibility the project is abandoned, the PUC required Summit to create a fund to “protect against the failure to complete construction and fund decommissioning.” Summit wants to build a carbon capture facility at the Green Plains ethanol plant near Fergus Falls that collects the gas produced by fermenting ethanol, and then compress, dehydrate and cool it for transport. The four-inch carbon steel pipeline would carry about 524 metric tons of carbon dioxide per day. A typical car emits about 4.6 metric tons of carbon each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency . Summit is also planning a much longer pipeline through southern Minnesota to reach ethanol plants there. The company has had to navigate complex politics to reach this point. In other states, it faces opposition from some conservatives over the potential use of eminent domain along the route. That’s not an issue in Minnesota, because Summit can’t invoke eminent domain under state law. The company has voluntary easements for 89% length of its path in Minnesota. Summit still needs to strike deals with seven landowners. Summit has support from some Democrats, Republicans and climate action groups who believe carbon capture is essential to slashing emissions from transportation fuels, as well as those who want the construction and operation jobs from the project such as labor unions. The Minnesota project would create about 200 construction jobs. An environmental impact statement published by the Minnesota Department of Commerce said the pipeline would still benefit the climate if it captures even 40% of emissions from the ethanol plant. At 10%, the project would be a net polluter. Yet the pipeline faced local opposition from several environmental nonprofits who argue Summit’s project would push farmers to grow more corn, leading to more emissions and other issues like water pollution. They also fear the captured carbon would be used for oil production. “We have serious concerns that these broader emissions outweigh the amount of carbon that’s captured and sequestered here,” said Abigail Hencheck, an attorney for the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy. Summit attorney Christina Brusven said Thursday that using carbon for oil production is possible elsewhere. The pipeline would be a common carrier that can’t choose to deny shippers based on how the gas would be used, she said. Still, Brusven said Summit has a contract with the Green Plains to permanently sequester the carbon transported along this 28-mile route. Nearby landowners were among those who have raised concerns about the potential health hazard of any leak from the pipeline. Project skeptics note that a carbon pipeline rupture in 2020 in Mississippi sent 45 people to the hospital and forced the evacuation of 200 people. A rupture can be explosive, and carbon dioxide is toxic at high levels. In response to that disaster, federal regulators are strengthening pipeline safety rules. The environmental nonprofit CURE argued companies pitching new pipelines should wait until that process is finished before moving ahead. The state’s environmental assessment notes the pipeline that ruptured in Mississippi was six times larger than what would be built in Minnesota. Summit says it will exceed current pipeline standards, is following federal recommendations after the Mississippi failure and would have to follow any new rules. A state contractor modeled a potential rupture, finding it could be life-threatening to people at a maximum of 617 feet away under a worst-case scenario, a distance of roughly two football fields. There are eight homes and one business within that distance of the approved route. The permit requires Summit to buy carbon dioxide detectors for nearby homes if people want them, as well as to pay for training local emergency preparedness, and to conduct a public safety awareness campaign. Tuma said environmental groups wanted to make the vote a broader debate about ethanol use in Minnesota rather than focus on how the law applies to this pipeline. The legislature has subsidized these plants and even exempted some from certain environmental regulations, he said. “Is it 100% sequestering every piece of carbon that hits that ethanol plant in Northern Minnesota? No,” Tuma said. “But it is ... a net benefit.” ©2024 The Minnesota Star Tribune. Visit startribune.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLCUMass hockey head coach Greg Carvel’s biggest concern coming into the 2024-25 season was his team’s back-end. The Minutemen lost defensemen Scott Morrow and Ryan Ufko, two staples on the blue line for three years, to the professional ranks. The duo combined for 56 points a season ago and ate up a ton of critical minutes. Aaron Bohlinger, Elliot McDermott and Sebastian Tornqvist all transferred and Samuli Niinisaari departed via graduation, making six total defensemen from the 2023-24 team that would not be back. Freshmen Francesco Dell’Elce and Larry Keenan have carried over their chemistry from the Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Hockey League to Amherst and have been UMass’ second D-pair for a majority of the opening 17 games. Freshman Finn Loftus has also seen spot duty as the rotating seventh defenseman. But the addition of junior transfer Lucas Olvestad, who was part of Denver’s national title-winning squad a year ago, has made the biggest impact to this year’s UMass group, according to Carvel. “He’s our identity, he’s big, he’s fast, he’s hard, he’s competitive, he’s vocal, he has a presence to him and we needed that with a young back-end, we needed it badly,” Carvel said. “I can’t imagine where we’d be without him.” Olvestad has linked up with junior Owen Murray on the Minutemen’s first D-pair and has seen a boost to his offensive numbers . The rearguard from Stockholm, Sweden has already surpassed his career high in goals (three) and points (seven), and recently earned a shot on the second power-play unit. Olvestad scored against then-No. 11 Boston University on Dec. 7 during a UMass five-minute man-advantage. Article continues after... Cross|Word Flipart Typeshift SpellTower Really Bad Chess “It’s definitely a new thing this year,” Olvestad said regarding his previous power play experience. “Something I’ve done in the past, didn’t really get that opportunity at Denver, but a role I’m comfortable in and I think our unit has done really well recently.” According to collegehockeynews.com, Olvestad is averaging the most ice-time among Minutemen skaters at 23:07. Dell’Ece is the next closest at 21:38 per game. “I think coming in with experience and kind of being put in that role right away kind of put the pressure on,” Olvestad said. “Every day just get better, so it’s been pretty easy, the motivation is definitely there.” Along with returners Kennedy O’Connor, captain Linden Alger and Murray, Olvestad has helped shore up a D-corps that was leaky during the first month of the season, but has improved to the point where the Minutemen are allowing 2.53 goals-per-game on average. “We talk about the young defensemen, but we needed an old defenseman to come along too,” Carvel said. “To me, he’s been the most important addition to our team this year.” INTERNATIONAL GAMES – Sophomore goalie Michael Hrabal is expected to make Czechia’s World Juniors roster for the upcoming 2025 World Junior Championship in Ottawa, with games beginning Dec. 26. Hrabal went 3-2 in goal for his country during last year’s World Juniors tournament as part of the bronze-medal winning Czechia team. Hrabal posted a 3.40 goals-against average and a .877 save-percentage in seven games played. Should Czechia put together another lengthy run, UMass could be without their starting goalie for both games of the Desert Hockey Classic in Arizona, which kicks off on Jan. 3. The Minutemen are going to need Hrabal’s A-game whenever he returns to the lineup as the 6-foot-7, 215-pound tender will have a huge say in guiding them to the NCAA Tournament. “He’s young, he’s 19,” Carvel said. “I think if you asked most parents about their 19-year-olds, they wouldn’t trust them to do too much. He’s a high-level prospect and plays a big role and I think his immaturity was shown at the beginning of this year. He was very inconsistent, but I think he’s going through a very good growth phase. He’s taken big steps.” Carvel also noted his “biggest regret” of the first half was not pulling Hrabal earlier during UMass’ 4-0 loss to Vermont on Nov. 9. Freshman Daniel Jencko has also made the preliminary roster for Team Slovakia. Should Jencko make the team, he’ll face off against Hrabal in the round robin stage. Czechia and Slovakia are scheduled to play on Dec. 29. REWIND & FAST FORWARD – Following a 4-2 loss to No. 13 BU on Wednesday, UMass’ first half of the season is officially in the books. Consistency was hard to come by as the Minutemen did not win more than two consecutive games at any point through the first 17 games and enter the semester break with a 8-7-2 record. UMass’ best stretch came from its 5-1 win at Providence onward as it took wins in four of its last six games before the halfway mark. The Minutemen were great in non-conference games, compiling a 6-2-0 record, but only managed two victories in Hockey East play. That number will have to improve if they want to be an NCAA Tournament team come the end of the season. Speaking of which, UMass is currently 21st in the Pairwise rankings, which is a system used to select which teams make the NCAA Tournament. Only the top-16 teams make the tournament, so the Minutemen will either need to win the Hockey East Tournament to guarantee themselves a spot, or start racking up the wins in 2025 to receive an at-large bid. One of the factors used in Pairwise rankings is Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), which weighs games differently whether or not they were at home or on the road. Essentially, road wins and home losses are weighted more than home wins and road losses. UMass would be best served improving upon its two wins at Mullins Center for the second half, to avoid the home-loss point deduction. The Minutemen made up for it in the first half, winning five road games, but generally, winning at home avoids issues in the Pairwise. “You’re aware of it,” Carvel said on when he starts paying attention to the Pairwise rankings. “I was kind of curious, I didn’t know when the Pairwise started clicking in, I was curious where we were going to be because we lost some games we shouldn’t have lost. “I said to the team, let’s not put ourselves in a position where we’re waiting to see what a NCHC team does to determine our fate,” Carvel said. “We’re now at a place where we can determine our own fate. There’s some teams ahead of us that I think we can catch but it’s going to be up to us.” After its tournament in Arizona, 15 of UMass’ final 17 games will be Hockey East matchups. It’s lone non-conference series will be against Alaska in late January for a two-game set at Mullins. In short, the Minutemen have to win more games than not once the campaign picks back up in January to fulfill their postseason aspirations, with an emphasis on home wins against Hockey East teams, in particular.
