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ANDRE ONANA should leave Manchester United if he fails to arrest his nightmare run of form. That is the verdict of former Old Trafford misfit Massimo Taibi, who went down in Red Devils folklore for a massive howler against Southampton’s Matt Le Tissier in 1999. Cameroonian keeper Onana, 28, has had plenty of flak following a string of errors since his arrival from Inter Milan in July 2023. The bloopers culminated in a Boxing Day shocker when he was beaten direct from a Matheus Cunha corner in the defeat at Wolves. And ex-keeper Taibi, 54, reckons Onana might be better off resurrecting his career away from United. He said: “I’d be straight to the point and tell him, ‘Andre, you are one of the best keepers in Europe but in the Premier League, you are under- performing. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL "Block out criticism, do some soul-searching, press the reset and go again. And if things don’t change by June, move on’. “I think subconsciously the United environment isn’t ideal for him and when a marriage is showing cracks, it’s pointless to continue. “Sometimes things don’t work out at a team and it’s best to go separate ways, which would not be a failure. "For me he’s a strong goalkeeper who finds himself in a situation where he can’t show his skills because he is not cut out for the English game. Most read in Football BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKER S “He’s only suited to the Prem when it comes to his ball-playing ability and structure.” Taibi — who allowed Le Tissier’s long-range shot to go through his legs, into the net — believes Onana would excel in Italy or France . Ahead of tomorrow’s visit from Newcastle , he added: “Andre’s a better fit for an Italian or French team. For English football you need a goalkeeper who is more imposing, regularly comes off his line using his fists and with a different saving technique. “In his place I’d not have left Inter, where he was a big-shot. He made a calculated risk thinking he would slot in seamlessly at Manchester United but it backfired. “But even though he hasn’t lived up to expectations he remains a top keeper, one of the best in Europe.” EXCLUSIVE by ALESSANDRO SCHIAVONE MASSIMO TAIBI has warned error-prone Manchester United keeper Andre Onana it is “one hell of task” to come back from the dead once people have written you off. Ex-Red Devils keeper Taibi, 54, even joked the under-fire Cameroon ace should pop up with a GOAL every now and then to bury the memory of his howlers. In two defeats this month, Onana was at fault for a Morgan Gibbs-White goal from long range for Nottingham Forest and for conceding directly from a corner kick from Wolves’ Matheus Cunha. Taibi, infamous for letting a harmless shot from Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier squirm under his body and in at Old Trafford in 1999, said: “He can only erase a mistake from collective consciousness with ten to 15 top performances. “If his howlers are still be a major talking point it’s because he has done nothing to wipe them away. “A keeper sets himself apart as mentally he is normally the strongest. If a striker misses five chances he still gets acclaimed but a goalkeeper who drops a clanger will be crucified for months. “To get out of that is possible — but it is one hell of a task. It’s normal some things stay inside Onana as he’s human. It can affect him but shouldn’t knock him down completely. “A keeper can’t play at the top level if he doesn’t have the ability to let things wash over him — composure is crucial.” Onana, signed in a £47.2million deal last year from Inter Milan, made a number of high-profile blunders last season. He let a weak Leroy Sane shot beat him in a 4-3 loss to Bayern Munich, made a dreadful pass that led to a red card for team-mate Casemiro against Galatasaray, and allowed a weak Mathias Jensen shot to go under his body against Brentford. Taibi said: “Last year he had a poor season but it looked as if he’d recovered. “But sometimes when you get off to a bad start at a new club, even if then you play many blinders, the first mistake you make again they rub it in your face. “At every cock-up, people will point the finger at him due to the amount of errors he made last year. The roots of this season’s problems go all the way back to last term when his stock fell.” Taibi reckons a goal he scored with a header for Reggina in 2001 has helped fans forget his 1999 shocker. He said: “I get remembered for the goal I scored for Reggina otherwise I’d only be remembered for my United howler. A keeper who scores is out of the ordinary, especially in the 2000s. “Higuita is remembered for his scorpion kick and nobody remembers Chilavert for his saves but only for scoring free-kicks. “While Zenga, the best goalkeeper in the world for many years, is often remembered for that Caniggia error at Italia 90. It’s the tough law of a goalkeeper that you cannot change.” Onana has copped lots of flak but Taibi says he is messing up in a particular way. The Italian explained: “We can only talk about a ‘clanger’ if you get off your line and miss the ball or when you let a long-ranger squeeze through your hands and when you drop an easy shot. “But his are positional mistakes. For the corner, he should have stood a bit further forward. “He may have underestimated the trajectory of the ball because it’s unlikely to put the ball where Cunha has from that position. “And for Gibbs-White, he saw that he was getting his shot away and therefore anticipated the movement and when he saw the ball it was too late. “This normally would not have been picked on if he had played ten to 15 great games. But given he’s under heavy scrutiny, mistakes like this are magnified.” Onana, 28, often alternates worldie saves with his bloopers. Taibi warned: “Pulling off a miraculous save is easier than making a routine one as it’s you who makes it look easy when you collect the ball. "But for miraculous ones, if you succeed you’re a genius and if you don’t it’s not your fault anyway. “Keepers sometimes underestimate the so-called ‘easy’ ones. Slipping is avoidable if you’re more careful and maybe he’d have saved it had he made a backwards step. “It’s easier to keep out an impossible shot than being focused for 95 minutes! A split-second distraction can be fatal.” And Taibi joked United fans would “hit” him if they were to meet. He added: “I should never concede through my legs but I slipped while I was diving. If I hadn’t it would never have nestled through the way it has. “I’ve never been back to Old Trafford since I left and never met Le Tissier again. “I’d like to return one day but I don’t think the fans would recognise me. Well let’s hope so as if they do they will hit me! “My only regret is they made me look like someone who left because he failed. I had a four-year contract and nobody pushed me out. "I had private problems, my wife walked out on me, returning to Italy with my two kids on Christmas Eve. “I made a rushed decision based on how lonely I was. If I had my time again I’d have faced my problems in England. “Being branded a ‘flop’ and the worst keeper in Premier League history irks me even today as it’s a wrong assessment. “You cannot judge a keeper on four games, of which two were good performances! I played for Manchester United, you only do so if you were a great player.” By Ken Lawrence WOLVES landed a shock Boxing Day knockout as Manchester United's struggles continued. The 2-0 defeat means Ruben Amorim has won just two of the seven Premier League games he has taken charge of. United find themselves 14th in the table and today were not helped by Bruno Fernandes' red card and Andre Onana letting one in direct from a corner. Here is how SunSport rated the performances... ANDRE ONANA: 4 He needed to make an agile save from Jorgen Strand Larsen in the first half, but badly misjudged the flight of Cunha’s corner for the opening goal - his claim that he was obstructed by Matt Doherty was rejected. LENY YORO: 5 Recalled but booked after only four minutes for a foul on Cunha, so he was walking on eggshells and was tested by Wolves throughout. Subbed just after the hour mark. HARRY MAGUIRE: 6 The England defender did his best to keep United in the game when they were under pressure for long periods - at least he helped to stem the tide until the dying seconds and had a header on target in stoppage time. LISANDRO MARTINEZ: 6 Teamed up well with Maguire to stop Wolves from winning this more easily, he stood his ground and produced some important challenges in the latter stages before Wolves caught him on the break with the last action of the game. NOUSSAIR MAZRAOUI: 5 Tenacious and determined, but was one of several players given a torrid time by the best player on the pitch - Cunha. MANUEL UGARTE: 5 Dispossesed too easily at times, struggled against a lively Wolves attack and was eventually taken off as one of Amorim’s subs following Fernandes’ red card. KOBBIE MAINOO: 5 Looked a threat early on, created some good openings, but he was booked after the break as United looked short on ideas. Faded and was subbed. DIOGO DALOT: 6 Brought a tremendous save from Jose Sa in the first half in what was a rare bright spot for United - but he had no major influence on a poor team display. AMAD DIALLO: 5 Lacked awareness of his team-mates sometimes and looked a shadow of the player who turned the Manchester derby around less than two weeks ago. BRUNO FERNANDES: 3 Sent off early in the second half for a second yellow after a challenge on Nelson Semedo, but the captain had cut a frustrated figure before that. RASMUS HOJLUND: 5 Became visibly annoyed at times at a lack of service from his team-mates, he had no joy up front and was subbed with 10 minutes left. 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Sometimes I wonder if there are good reasons to author an article or if it is the universe at play. Ugh! The days are shorter now – light-wise. But at any time of the year, we know going outside is beneficial anywhere on the back roads. Forest bathing is a relatively new healthy approach to taking in the benefits of being outside with the trees. It has nothing to do with soap and water. And it has a great deal to do with Vitamin N – a dose of Nature. It is fortunate to connect with a few experts about these aspects. Forest bathing, what exactly is it? Translated from the Japanese term “shinrin-yoku,” forest bathing also is known as forest therapy. It’s somewhat like hiking through the forest. It’s also like meditating among the trees. Yet it’s not exactly either. Diana Beresford-Kroeger , the first to write about tree aerosols, says “tree compounds are released like rockets into the air.” (Listen to the New York Times interview.) She is a world-recognized author, medical biochemist and botanist. It is fortunate to have a personal interview with her. She lives near Kemptville Ontario and does not utilize email or other social media. Beresford-Kroeger was elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 2011. In 2016, the society named her one of 25 women explorers of Canada. Beresford-Kroeger has a unique combination of Western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. She was one of the first to conceptualize what forest therapy really is. “Tree air is loaded with antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, antiseptics, antivirals and analgesics,” she says. Trees and other plants produce hundreds to thousands of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These carbon-based chemicals easily evaporate from a liquid or solid into air at much lower temperatures than most chemicals, Beresford-Kroeger explains. “For example, your nose is sensing VOCs when you smell pine trees.” She gives us the reasons why trees are so beneficial for our health. “Trees produce their own self-defence mechanisms,” says Beresford-Kroeger. “Trees secrete these compounds to protect themselves from insects and microbes. By simply being close to trees, we breathe in these antimicrobials. A growing body of research has shown that living close to trees has beneficial effects on mental health, as well as well-being, mood, cognition and lifespan.” These airborne compounds increase immune system regulators while decreasing respiratory rates, stress levels, blood pressure and stress (adrenaline and cortisol). Beresford-Kroeger has an ambitious bioplan encouraging ordinary people to develop a new relationship with nature, to join together to replant the global forest and be with nature. “Like the brain, trees are an enigma machine,” says Beresford-Kroeger. “Nobody knows how they really work. Trees have more DNA than a human child. They communicate in two ways: One, by silent infrasound into the emotions; the other, in a chemical communication with the atmosphere. The drum of the tree beats a message to us all.” Beresford-Kroeger encourages walks in all seasons. But a forest therapy guide is not a therapist, she emphasizes. “The forest itself is the therapist,” she says. “The forest does all the work. My words simply open the door to the forest to help connect the forest with the person.” Her simple advice: “Breathe deeply under its branches, and you’ll get a good dose of salicylic acid and 22 types of airborne molecules including lactones that have a resting, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect on the body." That sounds easy enough, much like taking vitamins. If needed, Beresford-Kroeger says you can be guided by certified professionals and Google will find programs for you. “The guide’s role isn’t to explain the flora and fauna. Rather, the guide facilitates the contemplative experience, offering participants invitations to interact with the forest in a meaningful and healing way. “How many of us really slow down and feel the different textures in the forest?” she asks. As an educator, I have promoted this book, Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life to countless B.Ed. candidates at Nipissing University and here at the Canadian Ecology Centre since 2005. That is when Richard Louv ’s groundbreaking book was published, Last Child in the Woods, a New York Times bestseller. He is the first to bring widespread attention to the alienation of children from the natural world, coining the term “nature-deficit disorder” and outlining the benefits of connecting with nature. The book links exposure to nature to boosting mental acuity and creativity, reducing obesity and depression, promoting health and wellness; and, simply having fun. In 2008, he was awarded the National Audubon Medal. Prior recipients included Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson and President Jimmy Carter. There is a succession of nature-benefit books by Louv. One of his books is entitled: ‘Vitamin N.’ Most times when I seek out a worldly author, I end up going through a step process with the publisher or the author’s agent. This takes time, appointments and patience. I reached out to Richard Louv by email and he replied, to my complete surprise, almost immediately as “Rich.” I tell about this current story. He cares. He offers advice needed beyond reading between the lines. “Nature can reduce depression and improve psychological well-being. Researchers in Sweden have found that joggers who exercise in a natural green setting feel more restored and less anxious, angry, or depressed than people who burn the same amount of calories jogging in a built urban setting,” he told me. “This is not only about us and what we stand to gain in terms of mental health, and even physical health and spiritual health, but also the preservation of these species that are all around us,” Louv says. “The future will belong to the nature-smart—those individuals, families, businesses, and political leaders who develop a deeper understanding of the transformative power of the natural world and who balance the virtual with the real. The more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.” So then I found a more localized guide, also very qualified and someone who has faced life-changing experiences. EcoWisdom is an Ontario based non-profit, it provides virtual and onsite services that facilitate human connection to the natural world. It uses the forests near Algonquin Provincial Park It includes processes such as forest bathing mindfulness meditation, contemplation, and education. Kari Krogh is one of the founders. Her programming, offered in collaboration with co-facilitators, weaves together foundational knowledge in neuroscience, psychology and mindfulness with a commitment to inclusion, compassion, community building and sustainability. She is well qualified holding a PhD in Human Development and Applied Psychology as well as being a University Professor in Critical Disability Studies and a Doctoral Internship in neurology at the Hospital for Sick Children. “Ultimately, we believe that what is good for us as a human species is that which nourishes our home, Mother Earth. By fostering a deep relationship with creation, we hope to support bringing humans back into a state of balance within themselves, their communities and as a part of the earth’s ecosystem.” She says, “We are a constellation of things in a single moment. I am a researcher, promoter of community health, an advocate for equity and an environmental conservationist. Everything in my history has brought me to this place of deep commitment for evidence-based forest medicine (shinrin yoku/forest bathing) practices to build physical and emotional resiliency among the most vulnerable members of our society. I am also committed to using these practices to foster community resiliency and environmental conservation.” She acknowledges her life-changing experiences. “While working as a professor of Disability Studies, I myself acquired a severe disability affecting many areas of function and all aspects of daily living. I went from living with an easily managed chronic illness as a professor and new parent to living with a very complex condition that repeatedly brought me to the precipice of life or death. I lived with chronic severe pain, ineffective medical professionals initially, and social interactions that exacerbated my experience of isolation and suffering.” Fast forward. “I received a call from a good friend of mine who was exasperated as he was trying to support 500 members of a disability organization as Executive Director at the peak of the pandemic pre-vaccine. I proposed to my friend that we pilot a virtual forest bathing program which was a success, eventually, my personal experience, training and community service projects led us to a place where EcoWisdom now has its own unique model for providing powerful nature therapy. Within the EcoWisdom training, they celebrate uniqueness. “We encourage our Indigenous guides in training, for example, through Indigenous-led mentoring, to weave in cultural identity and wisdom that can be brought into their work as nature therapy guides. Our intention is to use mindful nature connection practices to care for self, one another and the earth. My daily life on the forest preserve is modelled as one way to live out a commitment to the earth and we invite our community members to foster land-based attachment to the forest preserve and the land upon which they live, wherever that may be." She says the land has helped heal. “The forest community of interdependent beings has taught me the value of feeling settled into a state of wholeness and belonging rather than desperate grasping for a cure. The white pines have taught me through a language conveyed by wind. For all of this, I am incredibly grateful and remain committed as a caretaker of the land and dedicated in my work of service to our disability community and beyond.” What’s next for you? If you have noticed I have missed a couple of weeks of regular Village Media submissions. It is good therapy to pen this one. More, recent surgery, because of past challenges now there is a new right hip to improve the gait. First day and every day, post-operation doing the progressive walking and exercise here within Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park (Canadian Ecology Centre). I practice what I have learned about being “with” nature, embracing the benefits of healing through the senses. The mild fall has helped and I stand by my weather prediction . Now I foresee walking better than post “Super Bug,” my gait will be better. How about you? Just get outside on your own terms, create the opportunity to immerse - and reconnect with – nature, especially look up at those trees. Good enough reasons anywhere on the back roads. I am grateful for Vitamin N.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Will Howard passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another, TreVeyon Henderson ran for a score and No. 2 Ohio State beat previously undefeated No. 5 Indiana 38-15 on Saturday. All Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten, CFP No. 2) has to do now is beat Michigan at home next Saturday and it will earn a return to the Big Ten championship game for the first time since 2020 and get a rematch with No. 1 Oregon. The Ducks beat Ohio State 32-31 in a wild one back on Oct. 12. The Hoosiers (10-1, 7-1, No. 5 CFP) had their best chance to beat the Buckeyes for the first time since 1988 but were hurt by special teams mistakes and disrupted by an Ohio State defense that sacked quarterback Kurtis Rourke five times. “In life, all good things come to an end,” Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said. Late in the first half, Indiana punter James Evans fumbled a snap and was buried at his own 7-yard line with the Buckeyes taking over. That turned quickly into a 4-yard TD run by Henderson that gave the Buckeyes a 14-7 lead. Early in the second half, Caleb Downs fielded an Evans punt at the Ohio State 21, raced down the right sideline, cut to the middle and outran the coverage for a TD that put the Buckeyes up 21-7. It was the first time a Buckeye returned a punt for a touchdown since 2014. Howard finished 22-for-26 for 201 yards. Emeka Egbuka had seven catches for 80 yards and a TD. “Our guys just played with a chip today, and that’s the way you got to play the game of football,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day said. Indiana scored on its first possession of the game and its last, both short runs by Ty Son Lawson, who paced the Hoosiers with 79 rushing yards. Rourke was 8-for-18 for 68 yards. “We had communication errors, pass (protection), every time we dropped back to pass, something bad happened," Cignetti said. Indiana's 151 total yards were its lowest of the season. And it was the most points surrendered by the Hoosiers' defense. Indiana: Its special season was blemished by the Buckeyes, who beat the Hoosiers for the 30th straight time. Indiana was eyeing its first conference crown since sharing one with two other teams in 1967. That won't happen now. “Ohio State deserved to win,” Cignetti said. “They had those (third-quarter scores), and we just couldn’t respond.” Ohio State: Didn't waste the opportunities presented by the Hoosiers when they got sloppy. The Buckeyes led 14-7 at the break and took control in the second half. An offensive line patched together because of multiple injuries performed surprisingly well. “We know what was at stake," Day said. “We don't win this game, and we have no chance to go to Indianapolis and play in the Big Ten championship. And that's real. We've had that approach for the last few weeks now, more than that.” Some voters were obviously unsure of Indiana because it hadn't played a nationally ranked team before Ohio State. After this one, the Hoosiers will drop. Howard made history by completing 80% of his passes for the sixth time this season. No other Ohio State quarterback has done that. He completed his first 14 passes in a row and finished with an 85% completion rate. “I think Buckeye nation is now seeing, after 11 games, that this guy is a winner. He's tough. He cares about his teammates. He's a leader,” Day said. Indiana hosts Purdue in the regular-season finale next Saturday. Ohio State hosts rival Michigan on Saturday.Former New Orleans priest convicted of raping teen boy dies while serving life sentenceCLEMSON, S.C. (TNS) — “Here is the reality,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders in his analysis of Donald Trump’s strong electoral victory and support from some traditional Democrats: “The working class of this country is angry, and they have reason to be angry. We are living in an economy today where the people on top are doing phenomenally well while 60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck.” Household data spanning 2019-22 support Sanders’ argument. The Federal Reserve found substantial increases in average net worth for all income levels except the poorest 20% of families (though the Fed doesn’t adjust these figures for how much of the accompanying federal debt we’ll each bear). In any case, according to the senator, greed was the main culprit. I think a fair portion of the blame lies with misplaced generosity. Greed is ever-present in human affairs, but those years included something unique: Massive government efforts to soften the blows of COVID-19. Paradoxically, this helped the rich get richer and contributed to the 2024 political climate. The government’s stimulus program — much of which ended up as generous but perhaps unintended taxpayer gifts to the wealthy — and Fed interest rate cuts led to rising real estate prices and substantial gains in stock market values. More dollars in the economy meant each dollar was worth less as inflation took off. Higher-income households are less damaged by inflation than working-class people who spend most of their income on goods and services. Meanwhile, contrary to plans, federal programs disproportionately transferred billions to owners and managers of businesses across the nation rather than to hourly workers. On top of that, a lot of COVID-relief money, paid for in no small part by current or future working-class taxpayers, simply got wasted. A review of the situation by Cecilia Rouse, Brookings Institution president and chair of the Council of Economic Advisors from 2021-23, offers a revealing and disturbing analysis. Rouse focuses on both the disastrous effects of the pandemic and assessing the massive $4.5 billion in stimulus packages delivered by the Trump and Biden administrations. Though just four years ago, it bears mentioning that as President Joe Biden took office, some 460,000 Americans had been killed by the pandemic. Before the pandemic’s end, 1.2 million U.S. lives would be taken. The economy’s shutdown brought a devastating disruption to daily life. Rouse points out that in April 2020, “the number of Americans living under stay-at-home orders reached more than 300 million.” Weekly claims for unemployment compensation rose from a typical level of 207,000 in March 2020 to 6,137,000 in April. Stimulus poured in, we learned to better protect ourselves and things quickly started improving. Employment recovered in record time. The nation dealt with one of the most severe, but thankfully short, disruptions in modern times. But given the damaging bout with inflation that followed, was the stimulus too large? Was the waste, fraud and abuse too much? Did working class people get a fair share? Or was the system tilted so that higher-income people gained too much? Rouse examines two specific programs. The $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provided forgivable loans to small businesses and nonprofits to retain workers, meet payroll and insurance costs, and keep the doors open. The Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program provided larger loans payable over 30 years. Some 1 million firms received PPP loans and 3.9 million obtained EIDL loans. Researchers show that two-thirds of the PPP’s forgivable loans went to business owners and shareholders, not to employees or wage earners. The General Accountability Office indicates that fraud totaled $64 billion out of the $800 billion. Estimates of fraud under the EIDL program indicate that $136 billion was siphoned off. Other research indicates that PPP loans cost between $169,000 and $256,000 for each job saved, more than twice the annual wage of the workers effected. With owners and executives at the top siphoning off money, protecting workers was neither simple nor affordable. Let us hope that our nation never faces another tragic pandemic. But if it does, let us also hope that our government doesn’t take actions that enable the rich to get richer while the poor get poorer in more ways than one. Should working-class voters be angry about greed, or at those who enabled it? (Bruce Yandle is a distinguished adjunct fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, dean emeritus of Clemson University’s College of Business & Behavioral Science, and former executive director of the Federal Trade Commission.)
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Liverpool vs. Manchester City: Arne Slot Premier League title edge over Pep Guardiola after Tottenham Hotspur lossKing Charles hailed as 'visionary' who 'wants action' on climateOn Tuesday Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham wrote to President-Elect Donald Trump offering him the use of a 1,402-acre ranch the state acquired in October for the construction of deportation facilities. The site, Sheerin Ranch, is located in Starr County along a bend in the Rio Grande, which divides the United States from Mexico. Situated around 35 miles west of McAllen, it is currently being used for a range of agricultural practices. Addressing Fox News ' Laura Ingraham on Wednesday, Tom Homan , a former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) who Trump appointed as his "border czar," said the administration "absolutely will" take Buckingham up on her offer. Speaking to Newsweek the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) said the land was being offered to rent. In her letter to Trump Buckingham said she wanted to support "the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation's history." During a later Fox News interview she described Sheerin Ranch as "easy to build on," adding: "We figured, hey, the Trump administration probably needs some deportation facilities because we've got a lot of these violent criminals that we need to round up and get the heck out of our country." Trump made clamping down on illegal immigration, including mass deportations of those already in the U.S., a key part of his 2024 presidential bid. On Monday, via a post on his Truth Social website, Trump indicates he plans to declare a national emergency and bring in the military to support civil authorities with deportations. The TGLO announced it had purchased Sheerin Ranch on October 29, with Buckingham vowing to "partner with the State of Texas to secure this section of Starr County by building a fortified 1.5-mile wall." Newsweek has included two maps showing birds-eye views of Sheerin Ranch, alongside with the Rio Grande and other surrounding countryside. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to build a wall along the Texas-Mexico border in June 2021, though as of July 2024 only 34 miles of bollards had been constructed along the 1,254-mile border. In the purchase press release Buckingham added: "For too long, the federal government has abdicated its job to secure our southern border – endangering Texans by allowing hundreds of thousands of unvetted illegal migrants to stream across our porous border." According to the TGLO Sheerin Ranch, which exists besides a bend in the Rio Grande, is "currently a row crop farm that produces many industry staples, including onions, canola, sunflowers, grain sorghum, corn, cotton, and soybeans." On Wednesday Homan addressed claims some Democratic controlled "sanctuary states" could refuse to cooperate with Trump's deportation agenda. He said: "Sanctuary states said they're not allowing any detention facilities in their state—fine. Then we'll arrest them. We'll fly them out of the state and detain them outside the state, again, away from their families, their attorneys...You're not going to stop us doing what we're going to do."
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Illinois coach Brad Underwood believes in players pushing each other during practice to improve themselves and the team. That's why he often pits starting guards Kylan Boswell and Kasparas Jakucionis against each other in practice. Underwood figures if it worked for Ayo Dosunmu and Trent Frazier, why not his newest backcourt? So far, that method appears to be paying off again as Boswell and Jakucionis are keying a strong start for the No. 24 Fighting Illini (8-3). They'll shoot for a non-conference win Sunday afternoon when Chicago State (0-14) visits Champaign, Ill. Boswell and Jakucionis' imprints were all over Illinois' 80-77 Braggin' Rights win over Missouri in St. Louis on Dec. 22. They combined for 37 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, with Jakucionis scoring 21 for his sixth straight game with at least 20 points. Underwood said pitting the two against each other in practice is a win-win. "I play them opposite each other so they can just exhaust each other and beat each other up," the coach said. Jakucionis, who averages a team-high 16.5 points a game on 46.8 percent shooting from the field, co-signs on that philosophy. "We elevate each other," he said. "In practice, we're pushing each other by defending and attacking each other. And it makes one another better each day and every day." Boswell adds 10.6 ppg to go with 3.5 assists, while teammates Tomislav Ivisic (13.9 ppg) and Will Riley (12.5) also are in double figures in scoring. Perhaps the best thing about this team is that it appears to have more ceiling left. Illinois is averaging 83.6 points a game without being efficient from the field (43.3 percent) or the 3-point line (32.3 percent). The Illini likely will find more efficiency against the winless Cougars, who are searching for answers and consistency in their first year as a member of the Northeast Conference. They haven't played since Dec. 21, when they fell 81-57 at Cal State Northridge. It was predictable that Chicago State would struggle. After earning 13 wins last season at a program that has had a hard time winning consistently, coach Gerald Gillion left to serve as Rod Strickland's lead assistant at Long Island. New Cougars coach Scott Spinelli, who worked under Mark Turgeon (Maryland) and Jim Christian (Boston College), not only had to replace most of his roster but brought a new style of play to town. Gillion played a methodical half-court game, and Spinelli is trying to play at a faster pace. "We want to have guys out there that can get up and down the floor," Spinelli said this past summer. That hasn't come to fruition yet. The Cougars are last in Division I in field-goal percentage at 35.1 and third from the bottom in scoring at 59.6 points per game. They also rank near the bottom in free-throw percentage, 3-point percentage, rebounding, assists and turnovers. Jalen Forrest is the team's leading scorer at 9.1 ppg but is shooting only 33.6 percent from the field. Cameron Jernigan averages a team-high 4.5 rebounds. --Field Level Media