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NoneTwo weeks after she beat a transgender candidate to return to the Utah Legislature, the Republican state lawmaker behind the majority of the state’s anti-transgender laws is advocating for policies that strip additional rights from trans people. Rep. Kera Birkeland, of Morgan, posted to X on Thursday that transgender women, specifically, should not be able to amend their birth certificates or IDs to reflect their gender. “Men should not be allowed in women’s bathrooms,” Birkeland wrote. “However, achieving this goal requires more than just signing or passing a bill that articulates this stance. We need to address the underlying issue of allowing men to change their birth certificates and driver’s licenses to reflect a female identity.” Birkeland continued, “Until we achieve that, our primary action is to run message bills, that are almost unenforceable. If a man can obtain a driver’s license identifying him as a woman, secure a birth certificate identifying him as a woman, and undergo surgical procedures to alter his appearance to look similar to women, it becomes nearly impossible for the government to distinguish between him and Representative Mace. That presents a significant challenge in enforcement.” Birkeland’s post was written in support of U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-North Carolina, who responded to the first transgender woman being elected to Congress by pushing for her and other transgender women not to be allowed in women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol. I completely agree with @RepNancyMace that men should not be allowed in women’s bathrooms. However, achieving this goal requires more than just signing or passing a bill that articulates this stance. We need to address the underlying issue of allowing men to change their birth... The post comes one day after Transgender Day of Remembrance — an annual occasion memorializing transgender people lost to violence or suicide due to attacks on their identity. The Utah Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that transgender Utahns have “a common-law right to change facets of their personal legal status, including their sex designation.” “My life was going forward day by day sometimes is not easy,” said Angie Rice, a transgender woman and one of the plaintiffs in the case, at the time. “But (this decision)... gives young people and everybody who has been suffering in silence, or victimized, it gives them a chance to believe in hope and have the courage to now live their truth.” Since she was first appointed to the House in 2020, Birkeland has led a push to bar transgender girls from high school sports. Since the Legislature passed a law she sponsored to do so in 2022, and overrode the governor’s veto , the ban has been partially blocked by a lawsuit. Meanwhile, a commission weighs the cases of young transgender athletes who want to participate in sports. This year, Birkeland successfully proposed a bill that creates legal definitions “female” and “male” to categorize Utahns by the reproductive organs of their birth, and prohibits transgender Utahns from using locker rooms or bathrooms that align with their gender in government-owned buildings. Republican lawmakers repeatedly employed misinformation about transgender Utahns while working to rally support for the bill, an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune found . Utah, which has passed restrictions on transgender people for three consecutive years, also prohibits transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming health care . Birkeland did not respond to questions about whether she would introduce bills to enact such policy shifts in the 2025 legislative session, but told KUER earlier this month that she isn’t planning on proposing legislation impacting the transgender community. A spokesperson for the Utah House of Representatives did not respond to questions as to GOP leadership’s feelings on such policies, or whether other members of their caucus would draft bills including them. On Monday, legislative leadership and Gov. Spencer Cox urged Utah State University to join a lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference over its transgender participation policy — weeks after players on the school’s volleyball team opted to forfeit a game against another team that allegedly includes a transgender athlete. The school filed a motion to join soon after. “Female athletes deserve the right to a safe playing field, fair competition and equal opportunities,” the officials said in a statement. “By intervening, Utah will send a clear message that these rights are non-negotiable.” Utah House Democrats responded with a statement of their own, writing, “Transgender athletes have participated in sports for years without facing the intense scrutiny they endure today. Targeting them harms their mental health, further isolates an already vulnerable population, and goes against the inclusive values we should all uphold. This is not the Utah way.” Birkeland’s post also follows an anti-transgender political action committee that appears to be violating campaign finance laws and aimed to influence the outcome of a state legislative race in a district bordering hers. Despite establishing a website, deploying mailers and sending texts attacking Democrats throughout the state for opposing restrictions on transgender Utahns, including the only Democrat outside of Salt Lake County , the out-of-state Preserving Utah Values PAC reports that it has raised and spent $0 during the 2024 election cycle. The United Nations recognizes transgender people’s ability to change official documents, including birth certificates, as a human right. “Failing to provide access to legal gender recognition hinders access to rights and services (e.g. education, employment, bathrooms) and puts trans people at risk of violence (e.g. when presenting documents that don’t match their appearance),” reads the website for the supranational organization’s high commissioner for human rights. “Trans people are at particular risk of violence in detention settings when their gender identity is not respected.” According to the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification , hate crimes against LGBTQ+ Utahns more than doubled from 2022 to 2023. This year, law enforcement agencies have reported 15 incidents.
IN the run-up to Christmas, the Delta Marriott hotel on the outskirts of Warwick would usually be bustling with locals enjoying family meals and guests celebrating festive weddings. The four-star hotel advertises itself as the perfect location for tourists visiting Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon and boasts a restaurant with a menu drawn up by a Michelin-starred chef. But that all changed in the middle of November when security fences were put up and a plastic sheet was placed over the sign at its front entrance. The takeover of the hotel by the Home Office to house asylum seekers while their claims are processed came as a shock to paying guests and those living nearby, with bookings cancelled at less than 24 hours’ notice. The site is one of the seven new asylum hotels opened since the election, despite Labour’s manifesto pledge to end their use. With 133,409 asylum seekers waiting at the end of September for an initial decision on their claims, hotels are used as a quick fix for an overwhelmed system. The processing of claims ground to a halt under the previous Tory government after they passed a law which meant anyone who arrived illegally could not claim asylum and would instead be told they could be heading to Rwanda . When Labour won the July election they restarted the system, but a huge backlog remains on top of the nearly 100,000 people who applied for asylum in the year to September. Since the election, the number housed in hotels like the Delta Marriott has jumped by 21 per cent to 35,361. There are currently 220 such hotels in operation across the country. The Delta Marriott’s manager Naveed Hussain apologised on Tripadvisor to one disgruntled guest who had had their stay cancelled, saying it was due to “unforeseen circumstances, as the hotel is currently committed to an exclusive-use booking until mid-February 2025”. Previously a night’s stay at the hotel cost £104 on average, according to Tripadvisor, where guests praised it for the friendly staff and “super-comfy” beds. Komal Pahl, who lives with three generations of her family a stone’s throw from the hotel, told The Sun on Sunday that they were given no notice of what would be happening. She said: “My sister used to go to the gym there, as did several of our neighbours, but obviously that has all changed now. “We had no knowledge of what was about to happen. We saw they covered up their hotel signs, which was odd, and the next day metal fences arrived, along with security guards. I found out from Facebook.” Komal, 25, who works for an anti-racism charity in Coventry, added: “It was a shock. I don’t know much about politics but we all voted Labour and for this to happen with no warning and no one telling us anything does not feel right.” Neighbour Manjit Atwal, 75, a retired company director, often visited the hotel before it closed to paying guests. He said: “My son used to be the duty manager there, the staff know us and we use it for drinks if we have guests staying. "The hotel was our neighbour. We’re not happy. We were told nothing about this, and as we’re in the middle of selling our house it’s very stressful.” Andrew Day, a Tory councillor on Warwick District Council, said: “You can’t blame the hotel for taking guaranteed revenue in the quiet months but it does represent a loss to the community.” He added: “This is just another example of Labour saying one thing to get elected, then doing another when in power. “It just shows that this is an intractable problem, no matter who is in power.” In Altrincham, Gtr Manchester, residents held a meeting to voice concerns that they have been left in an “information vacuum” after the nearby Cresta Court Hotel was turned into an asylum hotel without their knowledge. Gwyneth and Roger Roper, who have previously housed Ukrainian refugees, said they were concerned about the lack of information. Gwyneth said: “I can’t say I agree or disagree with what’s going on because we’ve just been kept in the dark and treated like mushrooms. “It’s wrong of local and central government not to consult us on something that could impact the local community.” Annually £5.38billion is spent on the UK’s asylum system, or nearly £15million a day. It is the highest total spending since comparable records began in 2010 and is up by nearly 12 times in ten years. The hotel bill was previously £8.3million a day, when the number of people housed in hotels peaked at 56,042 in September 2023. Labour’s pledge to cut that bill was laid out clearly in their manifesto, which stated: “Labour will turn the page and restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly, and the rules are properly enforced. Among the reasons why so many people are in hotels is that for a long time the claims weren’t being processed “We will hire additional caseworkers to clear the Conservatives’ backlog and end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions.” With more asylum seekers arriving, more accommodation is needed. But after nearly seven months, work to convert a student accommodation block in Huddersfield, West Yorks is incomplete. In the year to September, 99,790 people applied for asylum, up slightly from the 98,926 total in the previous 12 months. Of the latest arrivals, those who had crossed the Channel in small boats made up 28 per cent of the total. At a press conference this week Sir Keir Starmer said: “We must bring the cost of asylum down and we have a manifesto pledge to bring the number of hotels down, to end the use of hotels, which we are driving hard at. “The way to do that is to increase the processing of claims. Among the reasons why so many people are in hotels is that for a long time the claims weren’t being processed.” He added: “We’ve returned 9,600 since the election and we have got more flights off than has ever been done before.” This week Kemi Badenoch used her first major policy speech as Tory leader to say “immigration, both legal and illegal, is too high”. She said: “We can argue about the effects of migration on the economy, we can discuss the impact on public services and housing, and we haven’t done that enough. “But fundamentally, this country is not a dormitory or a hotel, it is our home. We need to look after it.” A Labour source said: “When the Tories were kicked out of power on July 4, the immigration system was on its knees. “Between the start of the year and the General Election, asylum decisions dropped by 75 per cent and asylum interviews fell by more than 80 per cent. “We’re now making over 10,000 asylum decisions per month, clearing the backlog. “If the chaotic Conservatives had carried on, we would have had more than 10,000 additional people in hotels by the end of the year. “We said we will fix the broken asylum system — we are getting on with the job.” FRANCE’S Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is ready for a “showdown” with the UK over Channel crossings unless the British government opens more legal asylum routes. On a visit to Calais on Friday he said he wants a “comprehensive” deal with Britain and the wider European community rather than more UK funding to police French beaches. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is to meet him on December 9 as figures show more than 50 people have died trying to cross the Channel this year – the highest total ever. Mr Retailleau called for a deal in which the UK would accept asylum applicants, with the EU taking back those it rejects, and said he would “arm-wrestle” with the EU over the issue, adding: “Only a comprehensive deal between the UK and the EU can really turn things around.”Angel Yin and Jeeno Thitikul take a three-shot lead heading into the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship, with England's Charley Hull four shots behind. Yin threatened to build a commanding lead on day three at Tiburon Golf Club, Florida until Thitikul finished with an eagle and a birdie for a nine-under 63 to share the lead ahead of Sunday's final round. Yin shot 69 after another day of big putts and one chip-in from some 60 feet for eagle on the par-five sixth put her comfortably ahead. She holed a 30-footer on the eighth hole, another birdie from about 25 feet on the ninth hole and another one from the 30-foot range on the 12th. Thitikul seemed to be an afterthought until she lit it up on the back nine. The Thai started the back nine with three straight bogeys, but she made up quick ground at the end with her eagle on the reachable par-five 17th and a birdie on the closing hole. Trending The birdie briefly gave her the lead until Yin made birdie on the 17th to join her tied on 15-under at the top of the leaderboard, three shots ahead of Ruoning Yin, who birdied her last two for a third-round 66. England's Hull shot seven birdies as her round of 66 left her at 11-under alongside Narin An of South Korea. 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Fine Gael won 35 seats in the 2020 election, but 18 of those TDs did not seek re-election in Friday’s poll. An exit poll puts the party’s support at 21%, a fraction of a percentage behind the main opposition party Sinn Fein. Mr Harris, the outgoing Taoiseach, was elected with 16,869 first preference votes, well above the quota. He celebrated with his wife Caoimhe, his parents Bart and Mary, his sister Gemma and his political team at the count centre in Greystones, Co Wicklow. Ahead of his re-election, Mr Harris told reporters he was “cautiously optimistic” about the election result and said it was “clear that my party will gain seats”. “It’s also clear that Fine Gael will top the poll in at least 10 constituencies, many more than we did the last time, that we will gain seats in constituencies where we haven’t had seats in many years, like Tipperary South and Waterford, and that we will add second seats in other constituencies as well,” he said. “I think the people of Ireland have now spoken. We now have to work out exactly what they have said, and that is going to take a little bit of time.” In one of the five consecutive broadcast media rounds he did from the Greystones count centre, he said there were a lot of areas where there were “straight shoot-outs” between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael for final seats. He described the Sinn Fein vote as “pretty significantly down”, the Fianna Fail vote as “marginally down” and the Fine Gael vote as “static” compared with its 2020 vote. He said it was “a very close, a very competitive election” and that “we haven’t seen a Sinn Fein surge or anything like it”. He said: “It was predicted by many that I would become the Taoiseach for a brief period of time, take over from Leo Varadkar, and then have to rebuild my party from the opposition benches as Sinn Fein led a government. “We don’t know what’s going to happen on government formation yet, but that is now looking less likely than it was.” He acknowledged that it was “a very difficult day” for the Green Party and paid tribute to their work in the coalition government, alongside his party and Fianna Fail. “Definitely, politics in Ireland has gotten much more fragmented,” he said. Fine Gael minister Helen McEntee said that her party’s campaign had been “positive”. “The feeling on the doors was very much that people were relatively happy with the government,” she said on RTE Radio. “It will come down to the last seats and it will come down to transfers,” she said of the final result, adding that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael were performing better than the exit poll estimated.The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive. Once the system is complete, the Zumwalt will provide a platform for conducting fast, precision strikes from greater distances, adding to the usefulness of the warship. “It was a costly blunder. But the Navy could take victory from the jaws of defeat here, and get some utility out of (the ships) by making them into a hypersonic platform,” said Bryan Clark, a defence analyst at the Hudson Institute. The US has had several types of hypersonic weapons in development for the past two decades, but recent tests by both Russia and China have added pressure to the US military to hasten their production. Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, with added manoeuvrability making them harder to shoot down. Last year, The Washington Post newspaper reported that among the documents leaked by former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was a defence department briefing that confirmed China had recently tested an intermediate-range hypersonic weapon called the DF-27. While the Pentagon had previously acknowledged the weapon’s development, it had not recognised its testing. One of the US programmes in development and planned for the Zumwalt is the Conventional Prompt Strike. It would launch like a ballistic missile and then release a hypersonic glide vehicle that would travel at speeds seven to eight times faster than the speed of sound before hitting the target. The weapon system is being developed jointly by the Navy and Army. Each of the three Zumwalt-class destroyers would be equipped with four missile tubes, each with three of the missiles for a total of 12 hypersonic weapons per ship. In choosing the Zumwalt, the Navy is attempting to add to the usefulness of a 7.5 billion US dollars (£5.9 billion) warship that is considered by critics to be an expensive mistake despite serving as a test platform for multiple innovations. The Zumwalt was envisioned as providing land-attack capability with an advanced gun system with rocket-assisted projectiles to open the way for Marines to charge ashore. But the system featuring 155mm guns hidden in stealthy turrets was cancelled because each of the rocket-assisted projectiles cost up to one million dollars (£790,000). Despite the stain on their reputation, the three Zumwalt-class destroyers: Zumwalt, Michael Monsoor and Lyndon B Johnson; remain the Navy’s most advanced surface warships in terms of new technologies. Those innovations include electric propulsion, an angular shape to minimise radar signature, an unconventional wave-piercing hull, automated fire and damage control and a composite deckhouse that hides radar and other sensors. The US is accelerating development because hypersonics have been identified as vital to US national security with “survivable and lethal capabilities”, said James Weber, principal director for hypersonics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies. “Fielding new capabilities that are based on hypersonic technologies is a priority for the defence department to sustain and strengthen our integrated deterrence, and to build enduring advantages,” he said.Former international student Simrat Kaur remembers the slogan Canada used to advertise its international education abroad: Study, explore, work and stay . And it wasn’t too long ago that she heard former Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino on TV praising foreign students’ contributions to Canada during the pandemic and pleading for them to remain in the country. “This was the Canadian dream we were sold,” Kaur recalled. “To quote (Mendicino), ‘W e don’t just want you to study here, we want you to stay here,’ and so we stayed.” At a news conference Wednesday, Kaur shared her frustration over the perceived betrayal by the Canadian government, joining a chorus of trade union leaders to call on Ottawa to extend the students’ expiring work permits and provide them with a pathway for permanent residence. Last month, the federal government unveiled a three-year immigration level plan that will reduce the annual intake of permanent residents by 21 per cent to 395,000 next year, 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027. It will also slash the temporary population including international students and foreign workers to 445,901 in 2025 and to 445,662 in 2026 but will increase it modestly by 17,439 in 2027. The reduced targets are meant to achieve a population decline of 0.2 per cent in each of the next two years before returning to a population growth of 0.8 per cent in 2027. The plan is also predicated on the assumption that 1,262,801 temporary residents would leave the country voluntarily next year, and another 1,104,658 in 2026. The fewer permanent resident spots and the push to enforce removals of those running out of status, said Kaur, leave temporary residents with no choice. Desperate migrants try to buy time by transitioning to visitor visas, being duped into buying fake job offers for new work permits, re-enrolling in school and, for some, seeking baseless asylum. Many of the students’ families have sold their land, borrowed money and got into debt to pursue their Canadian dreams. “This has been devastating for us,” said Kaur. Jessica Cooper, president of the Peel local of Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, criticized the treatment of international students and migrant workers as disposable labour, and their being scapegoated for the country’s affordability and housing crisis. “To blame international students and immigrant workers for this crisis is both racist and irresponsible,” said Cooper. Cooper’s union is one of 50 trade unions, labour organizations and community groups that have signed onto a statement to support the campaign by the Naujawan Support Network, a grassroots advocacy group for migrant students and workers. Bob Punia, president of the Ontario Dump Truck Association, said the industry relies on a skilled and diverse workforce to keep the economy moving, and said international graduates have been an integral part of addressing the labour shortages. “We need these individuals,” he said. “It’s not something that you can turn off and turn on. Once they are gone, it’s very hard to bring other individuals into the industry.”Tony Munguia and his daughter Bivianne were heading to a job fair at Cypress College when they saw smoke curling from a nearby roof. They stopped. Flames were dancing inside the home on Via Jacara in Stanton. Bivianne dialed 911 as her father rushed inside. “Is anyone here?” he bellowed into smoke so thick it stung his eyes. “Yes,” a weak voice answered – a senior who had recent surgery and couldn’t walk. Munguia couldn’t see. He told her to keep talking and followed her voice to a far bedroom. He scooped her up and headed back toward the door as best he could. A landscaper saw the commotion and rushed inside to help, and together they brought her out to safety. That’s when folks noticed Munguia’s pants legs were smoldering. Tony and Bivianne Munguia’s April adventure earned them the Fourth District Kindness Award for Stanton. The uplifting fall ritual from Orange County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Doug Chaffee helps restore one’s faith in humanity, recognizing one person from each city in his district for doing something nice without any expectation of payback. Reading through the nomination papers has become a soothing launch to the holiday season for this grizzled scribe. “It is especially important for us to acknowledge kindness wherever we can find it and inspire others to perform their own acts of kindness in the community,” Chaffee said in a statement. “Our Kindness Award honorees have risen to the challenge and have gone beyond that to ensure the needs of our communities are met.” The winners are impressive, but many of the nominees are just as inspiring. There’s Janet Proctor and Bill Lawrence, who’ve helped families from Afghanistan and Ukraine settle into a strange new world. Erica Norgaard, a special education teacher for Access high schools, who has become a rock for her students. There’s Fullerton school nurse Susan Cravello, who transformed the garden at Woodcrest Elementary into a blooming oasis, and Paulette Holm, who didn’t crack under the stress of shepherding more than a thousand volunteers during the Orange County Point in Time Count of people experiencing homelessness, and Sunbie Harrell, who walks dogs at the Orange County Animal Care shelter. Then there’s Aaron and Allys Malais. On Aug. 3, a ’99 Toyota Camry heading north on Highland in Fullerton conked out in traffic. The driver was stuck, unable to find the emergency flashers. The young couple hopped out to direct traffic. Two more young couples saw the trouble and came to help as well. They all pushed the car across Chapman and into a parking lot, restarted it with jumper cables, and Aarona and Allys followed the owners home to ensure there was no further trouble. “They stayed with us the whole time offering full support both technically and emotionally,” the nomination said. “This was truly an exceptional act of kindness, and for all three couples that voluntarily pitched in, an affirmation of the goodness, caring, and high values, of our younger generation in our currently challenging society.” Wang is a senior at Troy High School who had a simple goal: to help his grandmother navigate the internet. Technology, he knew, was a powerful tool to help keep people connected, even if they couldn’t leave home. So he started volunteering at Happy Adult Daycare in Whittier, getting to know the seniors and understanding their needs. He developed an award-winning iPad application that uses augmented reality technology to help translate English into people’s native languages, and also designed a night-time medical monitoring device that allows families to keep a digital eye on loved ones and get timely alerts. “Dylan’s belief that technology should be an empowering tool for seniors, rather than something that alienates them, has driven his efforts,” the nomination said. “His work not only enhances the lives of the elderly but also exemplifies the spirit of kindness and service that this award seeks to honor.” Adults with disabilities can be quite capable and eager to work – but it’s often hard for them to find a job. So in 2021, Yoon stepped in. He started a nonprofit called Seesaw Communities to provide vocational training in areas like baking and coffeemaking and employs graduates as baristas at Seesaw Beans and Coffee. The work helps them grow in confidence and independence, together, just as people rise and fall together on a seesaw. “By focusing on their strengths and interests, he ensures that every participant can develop valuable skills and gain a sense of accomplishment,” the nomination said. “Under his guidance, Seesaw Communities has become a leader in providing integrated employment opportunities, fostering inclusive workplaces where individuals with developmental disabilities can thrive and contribute meaningfully to their communities.” When she was 7, Preston decided that she had enough stuff. For her birthday, she asked her friends to donate toys to needy kids instead of buying her gifts. The next year, she asked them to donate books. The next year, shoes. The year after that, school supplies, then board games, children’s clothing, food. Her most recent birthday resulted in 291 pounds of food for the Hub of Hope food pantry, the nomination said. A freshman at Fullerton Union High School, she volunteers at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fullerton, sings with the Southern California Children’s Chorus and was a soloist with the Pacific Symphony. “Her ongoing efforts exemplify how one young person, driven by empathy, can make a lasting difference in the community,” the nomination said. Wyckoff loves kids. During her career as a teacher’s aide with the La Habra City School District she was a guardian angel to those who needed help, buying them school clothes and Christmas gifts, and tutoring kids who struggled during school breaks, the nomination said. After she retired in 1985, she started volunteering at the Children’s Museum at La Habra . “Over the years she has literally volunteered at every capacity,” the nomination said, from manning the breakfast with Santa event to running the gift shop to creating a wishing well in memory of her late grandson. Those funds are used to help pay for school visits to the museum. Shiozawa has been a Rotary Club of Placentia member since 2015, including two terms as president. She has helped launch everything from neighborhood clean-ups to “stuffing” and distributing school backpacks to preparing hygiene kits and holiday gift packs. “It may be cliché, but Alice firmly believes that often it is the little things that count, that are meaningful to those in need or in pain,” the nomination said. Azaran , an independent living skills and outreach instructor at the Braille Institute, goes above and beyond by organizing free workshops for visually impaired individuals and their families and providing individualized attention to each student. “Her empathetic approach helps foster a supportive and nurturing environment,” the nomination said. Oates , former Fullerton Rotary president, got the Honorary Kindness Award. He has been a volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club and at Crittenton Services for Children and Families. He’s been a coach at Golden Hill Little League and active in Fullerton’s Sister City Association. The honorees were nominated by community members and applications were independently scored by Tom Tait, former Anaheim mayor; Charles Barfield, general manager of the Orange County Employees Association; Rosalina Davis, owner of Tlaquepaque Restaurant; Christian Esteban, Project Manager of Store One; and Lorena Moreno, principal at Western High School. “There’s a lot going on in the world today,” said Oates’ wife, Elizabeth, “but if we can all just do a little bit where we are, we can make this such a better place.” Virginia Wyckoff, the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Award Honoree for the City of La Habra. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Sam Yoon, the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Award Honoree for the City of Buena Park. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Mike Oates, former Fullerton Rotary President, awarded the Honorary Kindness Award the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Awards. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Dylan Wang, right, the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Award Honoree for the City of Fullerton. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Tony and Bivianne Munguia, the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Award Honoree for the City of Stanton. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Zelda Makanaaloha Preston, the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Award Honoree for the City of Brea. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Alice Shiozawa (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Nicou Azaran, the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Award Honoree for the City of Anaheim. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District) Virginia Wyckoff, the 2024 Fourth District Kindness Award Honoree for the City of La Habra. (Courtesy of Orange County Fourth District)
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban believes micromanagement is a sign that something is broken . What To Know: Ofek Lavian , CEO of fintech company Forage , recently posted a thread on X focused on counterintuitive leadership principles. Cuban responded to the thread, noting that he agreed with everything except for the post on micromanaging. "Pretty darn good list. Agree with all but micromanage," Cuban said. "Micromanage early. Trust the process or fix what's broken if you always have to micromanage." CNBC reported Cuban's opinion on micromanaging was formed from personal experience with his former company Broadcast.com. Cuban reportedly micromanaged his employees in his early days as he expected them to match his own work ethic. This created a situation in which Cuban was always focused on pushing employees to be better and work faster without thinking about how he was coming off. "I wish somebody would have told me to be nicer,” Cuban reportedly said on the "Bio Eats World" podcast last year. Check This Out: Mark Cuban Swings $1M To Golf Company Despite Hating The Sport Cuban's "go, go, go" mentality and micromanaging tendencies actually hurt the company in its early stages. Cuban recalled one of his business partners pulling him aside and telling him he was scaring some of the employees with his management style. Still, Cuban sold the company to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in stock in 1999. Lavian's post included a link to a video featuring Shopify Inc SHOP co-founder and CEO Tobi Lütke , who argued that the idea of micromanaging is bad is "the dumbest idea on planet Earth." Although Cuban disagreed with the take, Lavian responded to Cuban, thanking him for his input. "I try to hire the right team so I don’t have to micromanage, but I don’t always get it right," Lavian said. "Once I know I can trust someone to get the little things right, I know they can devote the same level of detail and attention for the big ones that truly matter." Read Next: Mark Cuban Planned To Retire By Age 35: He Says There’s Only One Reason He Didn’t This story is part of a series of features on the subject of success, Benzinga Inspire . Some elements of this story were previously reported by Benzinga and it has been updated. Photo: Shutterstock. © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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Percentages: FG .381, FT .727. 3-Point Goals: 7-24, .292 (Mackey 4-10, Dawkins 2-7, Samuels 1-2, Johnson 0-1, Williams 0-1, Rogers 0-3). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 3 (Dawkins 2, Rogers). Turnovers: 6 (Brooks 3, Pi.Bazil, Samuels, Williams). Steals: 4 (Johnson, Reynolds, Rogers, Williams). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .472, FT .920. 3-Point Goals: 5-20, .250 (Monsanto 3-8, Spears 2-10, Horton 0-1, Millender 0-1). Team Rebounds: 0. Team Turnovers: 2. Blocked Shots: 7 (Smith 3, M.Njie 2, B.Njie, Horton). Turnovers: 7 (Spears 4, B.Njie, Horton, Millender). Steals: 4 (B.Njie, Mahmoud, Monsanto, Spears). Technical Fouls: None. A_828 (4,080).
November 21 - Quarterback Sam Darnold kickstarted the Vikings' offense on Thursday as he has most of the 2024 season, and plans to play Sunday in a meaningful NFC North road game at Chicago. Darnold returned to practice after being listed as a limited participant on Wednesday because of a foot injury. The Vikings (8-2) are anticipating another close matchup with the Bears (4-6), who won a field-goal battle at Minnesota last season while head coach Kevin O'Connell was shuttling quarterbacks in and out of the lineup to replace the injured Kirk Cousins. That's not a problem these days. After Cousins left for greener pastures in Atlanta, the Vikings signed Darnold to a one-year deal and drafted Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy in the first round. Darnold already has eight wins, beating the 7-10 mark the Vikings cobbled together with a QB room that spun on fast forward from Cousins, Jaren Hall, Nick Mullens, and Joshua Dobbs. "What we're trying to get from Sam is play the best football of his career," O'Connell said. Darnold is delivering and the Vikings have a three-game winning streak in tow when they arrive at Soldier Field on Sunday. He has posted a 100.0 passer rating in 10 starts. He has completed a career-best 67.9 percent of his passes for 2,387 yards, 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The next touchdown pass will mark a career high for Darnold, who sputtered with the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers before serving as the San Francisco 49ers' backup last season. "I just feel like, you know -- not talking about past experiences at all -- but I think here it's the detail that we've had ever since OTAs, ever since April," Darnold said. "We've been able to lock in our progressions. Just our feet, our eyes, where they're supposed to be. And just being on time with the concepts. "If you play like that, it makes the quarterback position a little bit easier." --Field Level Media Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tabActor Baldoni's women's solidarity award rescinded amid allegations
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