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Indiana Free Library to host used book sale Saturday

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Contributing Writer C.J.Wells2@iup.edu

If you happen to be looking for a fun way to spend your weekend, the Indiana Free Library’s Valentine’s Day Used Book Sale is just the place for you.

The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The book sale will feature “a wide selection of books, movies and audiobooks suitable for all ages and interests,” according to John Swanson, IFL circulation librarian.

“With literally thousands of items to choose from, it’s easy for everyone to find something they’ll enjoy,” Swanson said.

VHS and DVD selections will also be included, and music lovers of Indiana will be selling a variety of CDs. T-shirts and tote bags with

(Submitted photos) The Indiana Free Library’s Valentine’s Day Used Book Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

IFL’s official logo will be available, too.

As for the proceeds, 100 percent of the money spent will go toward supporting the library and its functions.

Every year, the library hosts a number of programs and events, including a children’s program, a taster’s club, various book clubs ranging from young adult fiction to classical and even some knitting clubs for more creative individuals

interested in learning.

Swanson also mentioned some of the services the library provides to students who are thinking about getting their own library card.

“IUP students are always welcome to get a library card,” Swanson said.

“Students living on campus, and many living off campus, can receive a free library card by bringing proof of address to our front desk.”

The sale will also feature a basket and quilt raffle for those who choose to donate, being sponsored by the New Century Club of Indiana County.

All proceeds from the raffle, like the book sale, will go toward funding the library and its activities.

“We offer many online services such as eBooks through OverDrive and streaming films through InstantFlix that cardholders can use from home,” Swanson said.

“Of course, we still have print books, DVDs, children’s materials and free Internet access for those who visit in person.”

For more information on this and future book sales, as well as the programs and clubs offered at the library, visit the IFL website at www.indianafreelibrary.org or follow the library’s social media accounts on Twitter at @IFL_tweets and Facebook at Indiana Free Library.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers grants final easement for completion of NDAPL

By WILLIAM YARDLEY Los Angeles Times TNS

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday granted the final easement needed for completion of the Dakota Access pipeline, clearing the way for construction to resume and stirring uncertainty about the historic protest effort that has tried to stop it.

“With this action, Dakota Access now has received all federal authorizations necessary to proceed expeditiously to complete construction of the pipeline,” Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the pipeline, said late Wednesday.

The company has said the pipeline can be completed and operational within three months once construction resumes.

The move was not unexpected.

On the first Monday he was in of-

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(Kevin Smith/ The Penn) Barack Obama halted construction on the Dakota Access pipeline in December.

fice, President Donald Trump instructed the Army to consider rescinding a decision made in the final weeks of President Barack Obama’s term to conduct a more extensive environmental review and consider alternative routes for the pipeline. On Tuesday, the Army Corp announced that it no longer saw the need for an expanded environmental review and expected

to issue the easement on Wednesday.

The same day, Trump told a group that he had not received any complaints about his decision.

“I don’t even think it’s controversial,” he said, a remark that quickly drew criticism from pipeline opponents.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which has led protests against the pipeline, said it will continue to fight its completion in court and, if necessary, fight the operation of the pipeline if it is completed.

But the tribe has also encouraged people who have been protesting the pipeline near its reservation for months to leave and focus instead on political and legal efforts.

The $3.8 billion, 1,170-mile pipeline, which would travel from western North Dakota to Illinois, is nearly complete. The main section that remains to be built is the most controversial: a segment that

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would travel beneath a dammed section of the Missouri River just north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. The tribe says the pipeline threatens its water supply and sacred sites on what had been its land before the government forced it onto the reservation.

Energy Transfer Partners says the pipeline, which could transport more than 500,000 barrels of oil daily, is a safer means of transport than rail or truck.

The tribe’s protest began in the spring of 2016 with a handful of people but expanded to include thousands, drawing a wave of Native Americans from across the country as well as environmental groups. It became an international symbol of the battle against fossil fuels and for tribal rights. It also became violent at times, with protesters clashing with law enforcement, leading to more than 700 arrests and claims of police brutality.

Scores of protesters continue to camp in subzero temperatures near the planned river crossing in North Dakota, but their numbers have dwindled as the Standing Rock Sioux has urged them to leave amid brutal winter conditions and concerns about spring floods in a year when the snowpack has been heavy.

“As Native peoples, we have been knocked down again, but we will get back up, we will rise above the greed and corruption that has plagued our peoples since first contact,” Dave Archambault II, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, said Tuesday after the Army Corps announced it would grant the easement Wednesday.

“Please respect our people and do not come to Standing Rock... take this fight to your respective state capitols, to your members of Congress and to Washington, D.C.”

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GOP’s silencing of Sen. Warren raises her profile as the Democratic alternative to Trump

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The winner of this week’s prime-time televised debate between likely 2020 presidential contenders Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz was clear: Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

The Massachusetts Democrat punctured the political noise in a defining way late Tuesday when Senate Republicans abruptly silenced her reading of Coretta Scott King’s years-ago criticisms of Trump’s attorney general pick, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. Senate Republicans used a rarely invoked rule to interrupt Warren’s critique of Sessions’ civil rights record and then to prevent her from speaking on the floor until after his final confirmation vote Wednesday night.

“The senator will take her seat,” said the presiding officer Tuesday night in a dramatic display of political clumsiness as the chamber’s male leaders clipped a female senator on a racially charged issue that many noted came at the start of Black History Month.

Warren lingered in the chamber in silent protest before raising her voice outside by reading the whole King letter in a Facebook video, ensuring her words reached more than those watching late-night C-SPAN. The response was swift and unrelenting, and set a potentially lasting narrative far beyond the halls of Congress.

“READ THIS. Tonight the GOP silenced @ SenWarren AND Coretta Scott King. Below is the letter,” tweeted actress Kerry Washington to her nearly 4.5 million followers.

Twitter delved into the absurdity of Senate procedure, Rule XIX, that forbids senators from “impugning” the character of another senator, even if it means simply referring to allegations of racism in a letter from the widow of a slain civil rights leader.

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(TNS) Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, arrived for the Presidential Inauguration ceremony for President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C.

nell, R-Ky., as he justified the vote against Warren: “She was warned.

She was given an explanation.

Nevertheless, she persisted.”

By midday Wednesday #ShePersisted overcame #LetLizSpeak as a trending hashtag on Twitter. Women, in particular, quickly seized on the slogan with mock campaign gear: “Nevertheless, she persisted.”

The outcome produced powerful short-term gains for Democrats who are struggling to channel voter unrest over Trump’s agenda into common cause.

Fundraising was surely robust – “we WILL make our voices heard,” Warren dashed off in an appeal to donors. More than $250,000 poured in from MoveOn.org donors overnight to Warren’s reelection bid, the group said.

“Decades ago, Jeff Sessions used his power to suppress the black vote. We have every reason to think that if sworn in as attorney general, he’d do the same thing now,” the group wrote in a fundraising email. “Let’s turn this outrage into a fiasco for the GOP.” But in the longer run it remains unclear if Warren’s voice is the best for the party as it tries to rebuild after the 2016 election that delivered Trump to the White House. Democrats continue soulsearching over their electoral losses, particularly the drift of formerly Democratic blue-collar voters into Trump’s orbit in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. House Democrats were meeting later Wednesday in Baltimore for an annual retreat where that conversation was expected to dominate.

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Hillary Clinton during the primaries in some of those states, but whether the fiery populism he and Warren deliver can work more broadly with a general election audience remains to be tested.

Other Democrats are trying to rebuild the party in a way that relies on a populist message but without alienating more moderate suburban voters who also moved toward Trump.

It’s a difficult balancing act, particularly as the backslash against Trump has pushed many in the party further to the left. Even Warren hit her own stumbles with progressives when she voted for Trump’s choice of Ben Carson for housing secretary at a time when many opponents of the White House want no compromises.

At this point, though, Democrats are happy to take their gains when they can. Warren on Wednesday was making the rounds of media interviews in a victory lap of her moment.

“I just went to the Senate floor to do what I was supposed to do, and that is debate the nomination,” Warren told MSNBC. “This is Coretta Scott King talking about the facts as she saw them: that he used – he, Jeff Sessions – used his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. She’s not calling names. She’s just describing what happened.”

Other senators took turns reading from King’s letter on the Senate floor, and none of the Republicans dared rebuke them.

Trump’s team at the White House declined to get involved, with White House press secretary Sean Spicer saying the issue was best left to the Senate to resolve.

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Sen. Mike Lee: Proposal to replace Obamacare a ‘horrible idea’

By ERIN MERSHON CQ-Roll Call TNS

Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee on Wednesday criticized a House proposal to include provisions that would “replace” the 2010 health care law in a repeal measure, calling it “a horrible idea.”

“If we load down the repeal discussion with what comes next, I think it’s going to make it a lot harder to get either one of them done,” Lee said during a reporter briefing sponsored by The Heritage Foundation. “We need to repeal it first before deciding what comes next. I think there is a lot of agreement among Republicans in Congress with regard to the repeal bill. There is a lot less agreement on what comes next.”

His comments come as House Republican leaders are emphasizing an ambitious agenda to include several “replacement” plans in that repeal measure, done through the budget reconciliation process, including provisions that would expand the use of health savings accounts, fund high-risk pools and put in place tax credits for people who purchase insurance on the individual market, according to congressional aides, lobbyists and other sources off Capitol Hill.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is even making the case directly for including some revisions to the Medicaid program in the reconciliation measure. The plan would likely include transitioning to a “per beneficiary allotment” system that would be very similar to a per-capita grant approach, which

provides funding to states directly tied to enrollee populations, according to lobbyists.

Several outside sources confirmed that House lawmakers are talking to the Senate parliamentarian to ensure those pieces can pass that chamber’s tough restrictions on reconciliation measures.

It’s an ambitious package of so-called replacement ideas, many of which Republicans have long suggested would be a viable alternative to the controversial health care law. GOP leadership in the House had been planning earlier this year to pass a relatively simple “repeal” measure as quickly as possible before turning to replacement policies. But after widespread concerns from both the House’s hard-line conservatives and some of its more moderate members, leadership has agreed to include replacement pieces like those outlined above, which Ryan has said the House will take up this spring.

Lee’s comments highlight how difficult it will be to get through any of those provisions in the Senate – where the GOP is already operating with a very slim margin of error. Republicans will likely be able to afford to lose just two votes on the package.

Several sources off the Hill confirmed that Senate offices were not on the same page as the House. Many said the chamber is likely to move forward with a plan to pass a reconciliation bill resembling the one the chamber passed last year, which was limited to repealing parts of the health care law and defunding Planned Parenthood.

(TNS) Many people built new homes near the Hershey golf course over the last decade, because Hershey Trust promised to keep the world-class course as a buffer and to pay taxes on it. Then Hershey closed the course in 2013 and now is spending $130 million to put up houses for Milton Hershey School students right next to the homes, while paying no taxes.

Confirmation hearing for Labor nominee set for Feb. 16 after four delays

By JIM PUZZANGHERA Los Angeles Times TNS

Will the fifth time be the charm for Andy Puzder, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Labor secretary?

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for the fast-food executive on Feb.

16, said Taylor Haulsee, a spokesman for the committee chairman, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.

Four previously scheduled hearings were delayed as senators awaited Puzder’s paperwork from the Office of Government Ethics.

The committee now has received the paperwork, Haulsee said. Puzder is chief executive of Carpinteria, Calif.-based CKE Restaurants Inc., parent company

of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s fastfood franchises. Democrats have criticized Puzder for labor law violations at his company’s restaurants, as well as for his opposition to increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Opponents received more ammunition this week when Puzder admitted to employing a housekeeper who was an immigrant in the U.S. illegally.

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Trump attacks senator as debate over Supreme Court nominee heats up

By BRIAN BENNETT

Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday over criticism from his Supreme Court pick of Trump’s own attacks on the judiciary.

Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s high court nominee, told Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., that he was “disheartened” by the president’s disparaging statements about the judiciary, the lawmaker told reporters after meeting Gorsuch on Capitol Hill a day earlier.

A representative for Gorsuch also confirmed his comments to Blumenthal, and another senator said Gorsuch made similar remarks to him. But Trump fired back at Blumenthal, saying he had misrepresented Gorsuch’s comments. The president also took aim at Blumenthal’s credibility, bringing up a seven-year-old controversy over the senator’s military service.

“Richard Blumenthal, who never fought in Vietnam when he said for years he had (major lie), now misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?” Trump tweeted.

During Blumenthal’s campaign for Senate in 2010, he was criticized for claiming in speeches that he had served in Vietnam.

Blumenthal had been in the Marine Corps Reserve and was not posted overseas. He later said he

had misspoken about his record a few times out of the hundreds of speeches he has given in his political career.

Trump himself was disqualified from service during the Vietnam War in 1968 after a physical exam. Trump told The New York Times he received a medical deferment because of bone spurs in his heels.

Senators from both parties have been meeting with Gorsuch this week as he prepares for a confirmation hearing on his nomination to a lifetime appointment to the court. A Republican, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, told MSNBC that Gorsuch made similar comments to him and “got pretty passionate about it.”

“He said any attack on any ... brothers or sisters of the robe is an attack on all judges,” Sasse said of Gorsuch. “And he believes in an independent judiciary.”

Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who is serving as a White House liaison between Gorsuch and lawmakers, said Thursday that Gorsuch was not commenting on a specific case and emphasized that he was troubled by any attack on the judiciary.

“He said that he finds any criticism of a judge’s integrity and independence disheartening and demoralizing,” she said in a statement.

Trump has attacked judges

as his executive order temporarily blocking travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, as well as all refugees, is challenged in court.

While Trump is not the first president to go after judges, his attacks have been unusually personal.

Over the weekend, Trump called the Seattle judge who suspended his travel ban a “so-called judge” and said Americans should blame him if there were terrorist attacks in the U.S. And at a conference of police chiefs in Washington on Wednesday, Trump accused judges ruling against him of acting with political motives.

Trump also blasted Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for questioning the success of the Jan. 29 U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Yemen during which Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, 36, died, three other commandos were wounded and at least 11 women and children were killed.

The Pentagon has said the raid was successful because the military gathered valuable intelligence on al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. But McCain questioned that assessment Wednesday.

“While many of the objectives of the recent raid in Yemen were met, I would not describe any operation that results in the loss of American life as a success,” McCain said in a statement.

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Gov. Wolf proposes increased funding for State System Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled his proposed 2017-18 Commonwealth budget Wednesday, recommending a funding increase of almost $9 million for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The governor’s proposal would provide the State System with approximately $453.1 million to help fund the operations of the 14 state-owned universities next year, according to a Wednesday news release from the State System.

Chancellor Frank Brogan initially asked the governor for an increase of $61 million.

“The increased funding recommended by Gov. Wolf would be welcome during these extremely challenging times,” Brogan said in the Wednesday news release.

A recent economic impact study estimates that the State System generates $11 in eco-

nomic activity across Pennsylvania for every dollar it receives in state funding—an annual impact of nearly $7 billion.

The governor presented his third budget proposal to a joint session of the legislature, which met in the House of Representatives.

The separate House and Senate appropriations committees will hold a series of public hearings on the spending plan later this month, according to the news release. A final version of the budget is due on the governor’s desk

by June 30.

“We are so appreciative that both the governor and the General Assembly recognize the immense value of the State System and continue to support our universities and our students,” said Cynthia Shapira, board of governors chairperson, in the news release.

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Professionals: Good luck killing the EPA

By ERIC ROSTON Bloomberg News TNS

The new U.S. president and Congress are taking a hard look at environmental rules – none harder than a freshman U.S. representative whose new bill would “terminate the Environmental Protection Agency.”

Republicans have been known to threaten this from time to time, with the understanding that it was red meat for ideological or business interests with no real chance of success.

“Everybody hates regulation,” said Republican Christine Todd Whitman, a former EPA administrator and New Jersey governor, “because it makes you either spend money or change behavior for a problem you may not see.”

This year, as we all know, is a little different.

President Donald Trump has modulated his position on the EPA’s existence since the presidential campaign. And yet the concept that the pre-eminent guardian of clean air, soil and water in the U.S. would go the way of the 20th century is now, if nothing else, no longer confined to the realm of fantasy.

Rule-of-thumb holds that once countries pollute their way into economic progress, they’ll pause for a second and check to see if they can still breathe the air and swim in the water. If not, they fix it. China is currently the leading example, with India coming up behind. There are fewer examples of nations unwinding national environmental efforts.

Internationally, the U.S. does pretty well when it comes to protecting its environment and doing its part to combat global climate change. It ranks 26 among 180 nations in the 2016 Environmental Performance Index, a collaboration of the World Economic Forum and Yale University and Columbia University researchers. That’s just worse than Canada and a bit better than the Czech Republic.

The EPA sits at the forefront of that accomplishment, such as it is. The environmental laws passed

(TNS) Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Jan. 18 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

under President Richard Nixon, who helped create the agency, have cleaned up the excesses of midcentury American industrialization. The laws were written to anticipate new problems, too. While the Clean Air Act doesn’t address climate change – only a small group of scientists, and far fewer if any politicians, were aware of the question back then – the statute is flexible enough to address new dangers.

In July 1970, the Republican president cobbled together the new agency from about a dozen offices distributed throughout the federal government. Another dozen functions were reorganized into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the biggest entity within the Department of Commerce. By creating the EPA, “I am making an exception to one of my own principles,” Nixon wrote.

“That, as a matter of effective and orderly administration, additional new independent agencies normally should not be created.”

But in this case, he said, there was just no better option.

That many EPA functions predate the agency is one element of the department’s complexity.

“EPA is not an entity in the typical Washington agency sense,” said Bill Reilly, who was the agency’s administrator under Republican President George H.W. Bush.

“It was established by President Nixon as an amalgamation of several different entities, from Interior and Agriculture and so forth,” he explained.

Undoing Nixon’s reorganization could be accomplished by another Trump executive order, Reilly said.

But “what that does not take into

account is that every statute I’m aware of specifically confers authority on the administrator of EPA to carry them out,” Reilly said.

“And that’s true for air, water, safe drinking water, Superfund, toxics, ‘Tosca’ (the Toxic Substances Control Act, not the opera) _ the whole gamut.”

Dismembering the EPA could require that Congress individually change 45 years of environmental statutes, a feat that would require an enormous amount of time, organization and political capital.

Jeff Holmstead is a former EPA assistant administrator and now a partner at Bracewell LLC in Washington. Charged with the hypothetical (and extraordinarily unlikely) task of dismantling the agency, he zeroed in on the two dozen or so statutes that assign responsibilities to the EPA administrator.

Most of these laws have “citizen suit provisions” that let Americans sue the agency for not doing its job. “You’d have a huge mess on your hands,” if environmentalists started suing a government official who no longer exists.

Shredding the EPA willy-nilly would also hamstring businesses, which rely on the agency for approval and permits.

The last Congress demonstrated an expanded appetite for EPA work by amending the Toxic Substances Control Act to include permitting for existing (in addition to new) chemicals.

“The chemical industry needs EPA to act,” Holmstead said.

Expect Scott Pruitt, Trump’s nominee to run the agency, to preside over an EPA that (a) continues to exist, and (b) sets to work undoing President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, Clean Water Rule, and reopening carbon pollution rules for new coal plants.

The EPA’s Office of Public Affairs declined to comment for this story.

Americans still need environmental protection, Whitman warned. In 2013, the most recent year with complete data, 91,000 people died of causes related to bad air, almost three times the total deaths from car accidents.

“This is real, people,” the former EPA administrator said.

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Surveys show female genital mutilation appears to be on the decline

By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS Los Angeles Times TNS

The practice of female genital mutilation appears to be on the decline in a number of countries, according to recent surveys, a sign that years of advocacy work may be paying off.

But while the percentage of girls being cut is lower than in previous generations, significantly so in some countries, the overall number subjected to the ritual is higher because of population growth, a new study found.

Analysts at the Population Reference Bureau, a nonprofit research organization in Washington, studied the results of health and demographic surveys carried out in 29 of the 30 countries where the practice is most common.

The surveys aren’t done every year. But of the 16 countries that reported new data since 2014, 12 said that the percentage of women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49 who were forced to undergo the procedure had declined since surveys carried out between 2003 and 2011.

“This is a tremendously harmful practice, so the fact that we’re seeing declines in prevalence in threequarters of the countries where we have updated data available is a really, really promising sign,” said Elizabeth Leahy Madsen, who coauthored the study.

In 2014, the share of countries reporting declines stood at 58 percent. Researchers attribute the progress to the concerted efforts of governments and aid groups to combat the risky practice. Most of the countries studied had enacted laws or decrees prohibiting the cutting of a girl’s genitalia for non-

medical reasons.

Urbanization and the increasing rates of education among women could also be factors.

Girls who lived in urban areas and whose mothers received even small amounts of schooling were less likely to be cut, Madsen said.

The family’s wealth or religion did not appear to have a bearing on these decisions.

Female genital mutilation, which supporters call “female circumcision,”remains a deeply embedded practice in some cultures, where it is seen as an important coming-of-age ritual that ensures a woman’s purity. Without it, a woman may not be able to marry.

The World Health Organization estimates that at least 200 million women and girls have had their external genitalia partially or fully removed in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The procedure can cause severe bleeding, problems urinating and recurring cysts and infections. It also increases the risk of complications in childbirth, and in the most extreme form may

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create a need for later surgeries to allow for sexual intercourse and childbirth.

The prevalence of female genital mutilation varies significantly both between and within countries. In parts of Yemen and Chad, for example, the rate exceeds 75

percent but is below 25 percent elsewhere in the countries.

Some of the most notable change was observed in countries where the practice is most widespread.

In Burkina Faso, nearly 90 percent of women in their 40s were

forced to undergo the procedure, typically before they turned 5, the study found. But just 14 percent of girls aged between 5 and 9 had been cut. Girls in that age group are not likely to experience cutting moving forward,” Madsen said. “That means that that really low prevalence rate is likely to stay, even as they age up.”

In other countries, however, change has been slower. In Mali, 77 percent of girls aged between 5 and 9 had been cut, compared with more than 90 percent of women in their 40s.

Despite changing opinions, the number of women and girls who undergo ritual cutting continues to grow because populations are growing, Madsen said.

In Ethiopia, the number of women aged 15 to 49 who were cut increased from 12.7 million in 2005 to 16.3 million in 2016, even though the prevalence rate of the practice declined from 74 percent to 65 percent.

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Trump says walls work: ‘Just ask Israel’

By TRACY WILKINSON Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

When President Donald Trump vows to build a “big, beautiful wall” on the U.S. border with Mexico, he apparently doesn’t have the Berlin Wall or the Great Wall of China in mind.

“Do walls work?” Trump said Wednesday. “Just ask Israel about walls. ... Just ask Israel.”

With noticeable frequency, Trump appears to be borrowing from Israel’s security manual – including its construction of what Israel calls a security barrier along more than 400 miles of Israel’s border with the West Bank.

Palestinians call it an apartheid wall that in many cases divides Palestinian villages.

Israel has also built walls and fences along its southern border with the Egyptian Sinai desert, a virtual no man’s land of violence and criminal activity.

Trump has suggested other controversial tactics that Israel has embraced in its effort to curtail terrorism.

(TNS) The controversial Israeli separation barrier is in the West Bank village of Bir Nabala.

During the presidential campaign, Trump spoke of “going after” the families of terrorists and demolishing their homes.

Israel has routinely destroyed the homes of Palestinian suicide bombers or other violent individuals, and often jailed their relatives.

Trump has made a point of declaring war on radical Islam, mincing no words in using the religious label. Ditto for Israel. But the most concrete policy alignment is his proposed wall along the 2,000mile border with Mexico.

“The wall is getting designed right now,” Trump told a conference of police chiefs Wednesday in Washington. “And it will be a

real wall.”

“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, oh, Trump was only kidding with the wall.’ I wasn’t kidding. I don’t kid. I don’t kid,” he added.

On Tuesday, the new secretary of homeland security, John F. Kelly, told Congress that construction of the wall could take two years and cost billions of dollars. It will not be possible, Kelly said, to “build a wall everywhere all at once.”

Fences and walls already line about 600 miles of the border.

Whether more walls will make a difference is unclear; illegal immigration has been declining for years.

Trump has insisted that Mexico

would pay for the wall, and Mexico has repeatedly said it won’t. That tiff led Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to cancel a planned visit to Washington last month to meet with Trump.

On Wednesday, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Kelly in hopes of improving relations. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, attended the State Department meeting.

Videgaray told reporters that Pena Nieto had not rescheduled his trip to Washington. But the Mexican diplomat said he and Tillerson would launch a series of working meetings and that Tillerson would visit Mexico City in coming weeks.

Trump’s invocation of Israel’s counterterrorist policies has sparked growing concern by security experts and human rights groups.

Terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and in Israel have ebbed since construction of the wall began in 2000. It is now a little more than half complete.

But the decline in violence had

News multiple causes. Palestinian security forces now work more closely, if secretly, with Israeli security forces, and Palestinian intifadas, or uprisings, tend to have their own dynamic.

Moreover, the wall has inflamed tensions and resentment among Palestinians. The barrier, and a series of crowded checkpoints, have added hours to the daily commutes for thousands of Palestinians who live in the West Bank and travel to work on the Israeli side.

A report this month by the Republican leadership of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security praised Israel’s security efforts in glowing terms.

The report, “Securing Israel: Lessons Learned from a Nation Under Constant Threat of Attack,” credits Israel’s extensive building of fences and walls along its internal and external borders for the decline in terrorist attacks.

“Israeli fences have proven more effective than the fencing in the United States and, in regards to the fencing along its border with Egypt, was constructed at a significantly cheaper cost,” it argues.

Brexit bill passed by U.K.’s lower house of Parliament

By SVENJA O’DONNELL

Bloomberg News TNS

The U.K.’s lower house of Parliament gave the government its approval to begin the formal process of leaving the European Union in a vote that brings Prime Minister Theresa May a step closer to triggering Brexit.

The draft law was approved by 494 votes to 122 in the House of Commons Wednesday evening.

The bill now goes up to the unelected House of Lords with the final vote expected March 7.

Once the legislation is passed by both houses, May can trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

The vote passed shortly after lawmakers from the Scottish National Party were reprimanded for singing the EU anthem.

They began whistling and singing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” after the Commons voted to reject a final amendment to the Brexit bill.

While the government stays on track to meet May’s self-imposed deadline to kick-start Brexit by March 31, the win didn’t come without concessions.

Brexit Minister David Jones had to promise lawmakers a vote on the final deal with the EU to stave off a revolt from May’s own Conservative Party.

In the end, the 137-word bill was unaltered in three days of debate.

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It’s opposite week in Washington

It’s been quite a week.

Betsy DeVos, who has never been an educator in her life, was confirmed as the new Education Secretary. The Senate voted to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren from speaking when she tried to read a letter by Coretta Scott King. President Donald Trump defended Russian President Vladimir Putin by tearing down America. And last but not least, more alternative facts emerged from the White House.

Again and again, President Trump has called the media “fake news,” yet made a hypocrite of himself by releasing a list of 78 terror attacks the White House says the media didn’t adequately cover – which, to anyone who has ever turned on the news, is blatantly false.

Jim Acosta of CNN said the list includes attacks such

as Nice, Paris and San Berandino, which CNN covered for days on end.

“It seems to be a talking point in search of facts that just don’t exist,” Jim Acosta said of the list of terror attacks.

Tuesday, Anderson Cooper of CNN detailed his personal involvement of coverage to counter the White House’s list.

“We covered them heavily; I know, because I was there on the ground reporting a number of them. ‘360’ was in Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 22, 2014, that’s on the list. … I was also in Orlando last June, that was on the list also … I know, because I flew there right after the news broke. Dec. 3, 2015, that was on the list, I was there … this was just a month after I reported on the carnage in Paris.

“To be sure, we as a program did not cover each and every incident on the list,” Cooper said. “However, other programs, as well as CNN International, covered most if not all of them.”

Meanwhile, two members of the Trump Administration have now made up two terror attacks.

Feb. 2, Kellyanne Conway cited the “Bowling Green Massacre” – which never happened – as a justification for Trump’s travel ban in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. She later tweeted she misspoke, meaning to say Bowling Green terrorists.

Warren didn’t violate Senate rules

By MICHAEL McGOUGH Los Angeles Times TNS

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will rue the day he moved to shush Sen. Elizabeth Warren for trying to read a 30-year-old letter from Coretta Scott King critical of Sen. Jeff Sessions, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general.

In the letter, the wife of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had opposed Sessions’ failed bid for a federal judgeship. As a U.S. attorney, King wrote, Sessions had “used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten black voters.”

Within hours of the Republican majority’s silencing of Warren for violating a Senate rule against impugning the motives of a fellow senator, Warren supporters had made a meme of

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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren spoke during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in July at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

McConnell’s justification for shutting her up: “She was warned; she was given an explanation.

Nevertheless, she persisted.”

But put aside the partisan and gender optics of the gagging of

Warren and the fact that the King letter was later read without incident by several male senators.

Rule XIX, the rule designed to keep senators from attacking one another, was absurdly misapplied in this situation.

The rule states: “No senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a senator.”

The original intent of the rule, if you will, was to preserve comity and focus senators’ attention on substance rather than ad hominem arguments.

But Warren was commenting on Sessions not as a colleague but as the nominee to a position in the executive branch; his character (as perceived by Mrs. King) was central to her argument.

McConnell should have let this slide.

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This slip of the tongue was quickly disproved, however, when Cosmopolitan pointed out that Conway had cited the Bowling Green Massacre in her interview with the magazine Jan. 29, and The Daily Beast noticed that Conway had again cited the fake massacre in her interview with TMZ the same day.

Press Secretary Sean Spicer has also come under fire for alluding to a terror attack in Atlanta by someone over seas three times: first on ABC’s “This Week” Jan. 29, again on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Jan. 30, and a third time in his press briefing Jan. 30. Thursday, a White House official confirmed that Spicer meant to say Orlando – all three times, we guess?

Wednesday, Atlanta police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy told CNN the Atlantic Police Department is not aware of any new terror attacks.

The last high-profile attack in Atlanta was the Centennial Olympic Park Bombing in 1996; this was carried about by Eric Rudolph, an American radical right-wing terrorist from Florida.

But sure, it’s the media that’s lying.

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“Taj Express” is produced, directed and choreographed by The Merchants, Vaibhavi & Shruti, according to the musical’s website.

All aboard the ‘Taj Express’

By SETH WOOLCOCK Lead Culture Writer S.M.Woolcock@iup.edu

This Valentine’s Day, the Bollywood love story musical “Taj Express” will be bringing a diverse culture of stage performing back to IUP. The internationally acclaimed

musical will be coming to campus at 7 p.m. Saturday in Fisher Auditorium.

It will follow the Pulsesponsored “mocktail” event, which is a non-alcoholic drink mix-off.

“It will be a great time to learn about different student organizations, a chance to do

some networking and a moment to take in the importance of another culture and customs,” said Pulse President Jada Brentley (senior, hospitality management).

The musical will mix traditional costumes and dance steps with the use of modern music.

Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman composed most of the

show’s music.

The show will last approximately two hours.

It is said to dazzle audiences with sparkling lights and a fastpaced energy.

“Anyone who is interested in musicals, music and art majors especially, will love this show,” Brentley said. “Or even if you just

need to see a good love story, ‘Taj Express’ is a great option.”

Tickets for the show are available now in the Hadley Union Building box office, or by ordering online.

Tickets are priced at $40 for regular admission, $34 for seniors and groups, and $18 for students and children.

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New exhibit opens in Sprowls

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Vanessa German opened her exhibit “Here Is For Dreaming” Thursday with refreshments and an artist talk. German’s creations mix poetry and sculpture.

Her artwork will be on display from 8 a.m to 4 p.m. in the Kipp Gallery until March 9.

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New chair of art department rose quickly through ranks

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Hsiao Busch obtained her master’s degree from IUP.

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Nathan Heuer took over Andy Gilham’s position of art department chair at the beginning of the semester.

By SETH WOOLCOCK Lead Culture Writer S.M.Woolcock@iup.edu

Hard work and putting yourself out there are two of the keys to success that Nathan Heuer, the new chairman of the IUP department of art, used to get where he is today.

After graduating from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Mich., Heuer, the Michigan native, was one of the few in his graduating class to land a full-time teaching job. He then found himself at Victoria College, located in Victoria, Texas.

“I was always interested in teaching, but I also valued the research opportunities that come with a university,” Heuer said.

After securing a job, the future chairman started at IUP in the fall of 2013. Since starting at IUP,

Heuer has expanded his research in the interest on the overlap of artistic practices and cognitive studies.

With everything else on his plate, Heuer still hasn’t forgotten about his artwork. His latest work, “Scenes from Late Capitalism,” is showing at the Niagara Artist Center in Ontario, Canada, as well as the Brooklyn Art Center in Boston.

He said this work is his most exciting yet.

“Art is one of the last fields where you can be a generalist,” Heuer said. “Making connections through meaningful ways that are understandable to everyone.”

Now, only 34 years old, Heuer must assume full responsibility as the chairman of the art department. His duties include submitting the department schedule, advising freshmen,

leading department meetings, managing Sprowls Hall, budgeting, securing donors and teaching.

“I think that we are seeing a shift in higher education,” Heuer said, “where, nowadays, there is less and less state funding, I hope to look for other sources of funding to maintain the high quality of our department.”

When not working to improve the art department and the IUP community as a whole, Heuer is involved in the Indiana community. Heuer is a part of the Indiana Borough Council and the Arts Council. His wife is also an active member of the Woman’s Flag Football League here in Indiana.

“Art is for exploring ideas that are highly interdisciplinary,” Heuer said. “Visual arts is creating models of our everyday perception.”

Local gallery to feature IUP alumna’s art

By KRISTY SHEARER Staff Writer K.R.Shearer@iup.edu

This month, The Artists Hand Gallery will be featuring IUP alumna Hsiao Busch’s artwork titled “Metamorphosis.”

The exhibit will be featured until March 6. There will be a small reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the gallery to see the entire exhibit and enjoy some light refreshments.

Admission to the event is free, and all proceeds from the event will benefit the Women's Imaging Center at Indiana Regional Medical Center.

Busch grew up in Taiwan and found her passion for art at an early age. She has her master’s degree in fine arts from IUP. She started out as an elementary school teacher, eventually moved to Pennsylvania and is now an

elementary school art teacher. She draws her inspiration from familiar places and random objects that hold sentimental value.

One of Busch’s favorite memories is when she drew on the walls and glass windows of her parents’ home.

“The audacity of making marks on the open space and empty surface is both intriguing and satisfying,” Busch said. “That experience ignites my desire for artistic expression.”

“Metamorphosis” is a series of paintings based on landscape and still life, Busch said.

“I wish to convey a sense of life cycle by connecting the past to the present, and combining the old with the new,” she said. “To me, painting is an extension of life, which is accumulated fragments of moments, events, experiences and memories.”

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Band to make its first visit to Indiana (Flickr)

Admittance is limited to those over the age of 21.

KCAC to host Winter WineFest featuring local wineries

By NICOLETTE QUERRY Staff Writer N.M.Querry@iup.edu

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Gasoline Genes claims its hometown as Warren, Pa., according to Facebook.

By TORI STROMBERG Staff Writer T.J.Stromberg@iup.edu

Levity Brewing Co. will be hosting an evening of great food, beer and music. Gasoline Genes will be performing for the first time in Indiana, and at Levity, at 7 p.m.

Saturday.

The sound of Gasoline Genes is considered to be blues, rock and folk, which comes together to create a unique, eclectic sound.

Starting off as a musical project in 2013, Gasoline Genes was originally a trio. Rose Segel (lead guitar, vocals), Joel Forsgren (lead guitar, vocals) and Nick Campbell (drummer) added bassist, Sebastian Christea, to the sound of Gasoline Genes during the summer of 2013. They thought their sound was complete until they ran into Ryan Kinal (rhythm guitar) in the fall of 2014.

“We started out playing local gigs and opening for other bands at first and, over time, grew more and more fans and more venues to play,” the band said Monday via Facebook chat. “We saved enough money to record our first studio album in the summer of 2015, ‘Runnin on Empty.’

“Recording our own album in an actual studio was just an amazing experience for us.”

If it weren’t for their opportunity to record an album, a radio station in Australia would never have known to play their music.

“People seem to really enjoy the intensity of our music,” the band said. “Our unique sound, powerful vocals, relatable lyrics, face-melting guitar leads and tight grooves are all things that our fans love about us and what we do.”

Segel resided in Indiana from 2003 to 2012 and attended IUP for theater and music.

“Ever since leaving Indiana, I’ve always wanted to come back to play a show,” Segel said. “I saw that my friend Jason Gamble from Wolves in Sheeps Clothing was playing at Levity and I thought, ‘I want to play there,’ so I sent them our music and we worked out a gig.”

“It’s always great to play somewhere new and to play for a new audience,” the band said.

“Not to mention, we’ve been told that Levity has amazing food and beer, and we can’t wait to try.”

Information about Gasoline Genes can be found on Facebook or its website, gasolinegenes.com.

“Runnin On Empty” is available on iTunes and Bandcamp. To check out the group’s sound before the show, visit Spotify, YouTube or SoundCloud.

The Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex is hosting its annual Winter WineFest from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, followed by a half-hour break, and then continuing from 3 to 6 p.m.

A new law passed in August has allowed the addition of whiskey to the event, according to show promoter Dottie Miller.

Tickets are available at localwineevents.com. Prices are $17 for one, $29 for two, $59 for five, $89 for 10 and $5 for designated drivers.

With ticket entry, participants are able to sample wine from 15 wineries, visit 21 vendors, receive a stemless wine glass and sample whiskey from Big Spring Spirits.

The distillery will serve six-toeight different spirits at the event.

Some wineries attending include: Bee Kind Winery, Happy Valley Vineyard & Wine, KingView Mead, Mazzotta Winery and University Wine Company, according to the event’s website.

Miller hopes the attendees will enjoy a shopping atmosphere with the vendors, which include Absolute Fine Cigars, Bath Fitter, LuLaRoe, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Nectar of the Wine and

Origami Owl. “This event has something for everyone,” Miller said. “It is a fantastic event for parents and their students, if over 21, to hang out together.”

Participants can also purchase food at the event, catered by chef Chuck Martian from Aramark.

Miller decided to start hosting wine events in the KCAC after she saw a commercial for the building.

Last year’s event hosted 1,400 people, and tickets are not being limited this year.

The event also has photo-ops for friends and family. You can find pictures of the event on the Local Wine Events’ Facebook page.

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Musicians join Americana Music Association salute to Loretta Lynn

By RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times TNS

The Americana Music Association will devote its annual gathering of musicians on the eve of the Grammy Awards to salute country music songwriter-singer Loretta Lynn on Saturday at the Troubadour in West Hollywood.

Among the acts confirmed for the concert preceding Sunday’s 2017 Grammy ceremony are John Carter Cash (the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash), Lynn’s daughter Patsy Lynn, singer-songwriter-producer Joe Henry, Jack Ingram, Lori McKenna, Robbie Fulks, ZZ Ward, Fantastic Negrito and Lynn’s granddaughter, Emmy Rose.

Henry, a three-time Grammy winner himself, said on Tuesday that he is “honored beyond measure to be invited to participate; as she occupies a singular place in the hearts of

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Loretta Lynn made an appearance at the 2016 CMA Country Christmas held at the Grand Ole Opry House on Nov. 8 in Nashville, Tenn.

those of us who strive to be singular as songwriters, while also staying joined to the root system of American folk tradition.

“Loretta emerged with a do-ityourself ethos that anticipated the emancipation of the songwriter in the ‘60s and beyond deftly writing her own material when few of her contemporaries tended to, and owning a sharp and very personal point of view,” Henry said.

“When you heard her, you couldn’t miss that she was mining her own life for the stories her songs amplified; and they were as cunning and brazen as they were

charming and seductive; as funny as they were heartbreaking,” he continued. “She was elegant and soulful, yet invariably as folksy as the hollow from which she sprang.”

Whether Lynn, who is now 84, will travel from her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., to attend is still to be determined, said AMA president Jed Hilly, one of the organizers of the salute.

“It’s no small thing that she still stands here in our midst: reverent of her times, yet clearly open to all else they might invite going forward,” Henry said.

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One student says pick-up basketball games at IUP often seem to be segregated, but it’s “faint.”

Black and white balling: An observation

By ALOJUWAN TRAIL True Culture University A.Trail@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

IUP is a predominately white institution (PWI); however, it wouldn’t seem that way on the basketball courts. I bet on most campuses there are still some obvious socially segregated norms, and in my years attending IUP, I realize how diverse groups operate.

The basketball courts serve as a microcosm for the entire issue of integration in the higher education system as a whole. When it comes to playing pickup basketball here on campus, most black guys in the gym are either from Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. One would expect for there to be some type of rivalry games between the rival cities, but not many have occurred in that fashion.

The court is separated into two sides. On the black side of the HUB gym’s court, its apparent that most of the rivalries come from guys who are from the same backgrounds.

Arguments always start up, and this is usual in competition on the court, but it never gets too bad because we are all there to play ball. Although some arguments may even go on for 10 minutes or more during games, and it gets annoying after a while for everyone. We all just want to play, but we always respect the duration of the argument until a conclusion is met. White players tend to keep

things “fair” and may seem a little passive at times when debates erupt, but they too argue with the best of them. It’s interesting to see different backgrounds clash because things get resolved much more quickly and end up in favor of the minority groups. It’s weird, but it always seems to happen that way. Perhaps this is a small way for white players to avoid the “racist” title despite living with the benefits of a global white supremacist system.

When the white guys step on the court, they are very respectful and their game is respected, of course.

Furthermore, most of the time, they mainly play with their own five for full court with their own race, however if a team needs a guy, they won’t mind to run on another team. The segregation is there, but it's faint, and everyone gets along as they remain separate, waiting patiently for their turn to play.

Occasionally, your turn may get skipped by overzealous players that know others will back them up when they say it’s their turn to play, but it comes with the territory.

The HUB gym is split with two basketball courts: one with more talent and competition and the other called the D-League. So, if you want the thrill of an on-court battle, I would suggest playing on the more aggressive side, but if you just want to play some ball and have some fun, then hit up the D-League.

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Movie Review: ‘Fifty Shades’ is movie junk food

By COLIN COVERT Star Tribune TNS

E.L. James' bestselling sadomasochist "Grey" trilogy enters Phase 2 of its feature film run with "Fifty Shades Darker." Like its 2015 predecessor, "Fifty Shades of Grey," it is a contemporary take on "Beauty and the Beast" plus bondage. Unlike the solemn origin story directed by Sam TaylorJohnson, this chapter, helmed by James Foley, finds it a bit easier to chuckle at some of the humor in its design. At least, I found it that way.

It makes sense to release the film as we approach Valentine's Day. It plays like a story for couples hoping to spice up a stuffy relationship, not first-date material. Having established a torrid relationship between Dakota Johnson's innocent ingenue Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan's stern young billionaire businessman Christian Grey, the first film ended with a cliffhanger as she walked away from his insistence on mild bedroom cruelty, food play

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Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are leads in the film “Fifty Shades Darker.”

and legally binding nondisclosure agreements.

The sequel demonstrates that she still likes it when he grabs her by the psyche. Irresistibly complex and troubled, the hunky bad boy literally falls to his knees to win her back, and begins to share the secrets of his own conflicted childhood, his complicated (but so fixable!) personal issues, as well as extraordinary jewelry and technical bedroom paraphernalia. As their affair rekindles, he tells her, "I don't know whether to worship at your

feet or spank you." Game as ever, she replies, "I'll take option two."

That's nice, because on a conversational level, Christian is deeply boring. Better at issuing instructions than self-expression, he seems like a bad fit for Anastasia.

The path to a normal vanilla relationship, which Anastasia endorses with a carton of Ben & Jerry's, is difficult to climb. The main characters find themselves tangled in a villainous five-way standoff with past and potential

future lovers. Anastasia and Christian are stalked by his exes, Kim Basinger as a matronly kink guru who turned him on to his darker side, and Bella Heathcote as a wrist-slashing, trigger-pulling sex submissive who wants her own second chance with him.

Anastasia's square-jawed boss (Max Martini) schemes to capture her with increasingly theatrical moves that stop just short of tying her to a railroad track.

The movie supplies readers of the James books with most of what they want, and too little BDSM to exasperate viewers of legal age.

While it sputters and tailspins like

the shuddering helicopter that Christian pilots to a pointless 11thhour misadventure, "Fifty Shades Darker" is a misfire people can walk away from without painful scars.

It's sinfully decadent junk food with sprinkles on top.

One of the best surprises here is the screen debut of Twin Cities alum Jose James as a lounge singer at a Grey family gala, crooning "They Can't Take That Away From Me." In a film whose starlet's high point is taking a pensive stroll in the rain and the star's big moment is a shirtless handstand, you take your pleasures where you can.

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Crimson Hawks clinch PSAC West division; win streak extends to 13 games

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

The IUP men’s basketball team extended its win streak to 13 games after an 84-63 victory over Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) foe, the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Mountain Cats.

The Crimson Hawks found success from the 3-point line, as IUP hit a seasonhigh 16 3-pointers.

Leading the way for the Crimson Hawks was guard Aryon Hutton (junior, communications media), who only needed 17 minutes to collect 14 points off four 3-pointers.

Four other players were able to collect double-digit points for IUP. Jacobo Diaz (sophomore, economics) collected 12, while Anthony Glover (junior, marketing), Dante Lombardi (sophomore, business) and Malik Miller (freshman, communications media) all collected 11 points.

Diaz fell short one rebound of collecting his 10th double-double of the year.

Out of the 30 field goals IUP scored, 22 were off an assist. Diaz, Lombardi, Glover, Miller, Devon Cottrell (senior, communications media), Brandon Spain (senior, communications media) and Blake Danielak (junior, finance and legal studies) all recorded assists for the

Crimson Hawks Wednesday night.

IUP has taken a committee approach to keep this 13-game win streak rolling.

“I think this is the most complete team we have had, and definitely the most balanced scoring,” Cottrell said. “Our balanced scoring makes us so hard to scout and prepare for because you can’t key in on one guy.”

With this win, IUP was able to clinch its seventh PSAC West title in the last nine years. The fourthranked Crimson Hawks have earned home-court advantage and a first-round bye in the PSAC Conference Championship tournament. With a huge advantage moving forward, Cottrell and his teammates know that their work is far from done and aren’t taking anything for granted.

“We just need to keep focus; winning the [PSAC] West is a big accomplishment, but it doesn’t mean we are finished.” Cottrell added. “We won the [PSAC] West last year and didn’t make the tournament, so we know we have got to keep focus during this final stretch of the season.”

Moving forward, the Crimson Hawks will be traveling to Edinboro University to take on the Fighting Scots, who currently hold a 6-15 record.

Despite facing a team with a losing record, the Crimson Hawks still have their first televised game to get excited about.

Starting at 1 p.m., the American Sports Network (ASN) will televise the game to a national audience.

For those unable to connect to the ASN, both games will also be streamed live on ESPN3, the ESPN app and NCAA.com.

(IUP Athletics) Aryon Hutton (junior, communications media) led the Crimson Hawks in points with a season-high 14 in Wednesday’s victory over the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

(IUP Athletics) Wednesday night’s victory has allowed the Crimson Hawks to clinch the PSAC West division and host a playoff game next week at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC).

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IUP women keep it rolling with win; sights now set on Edinboro

(IUP Athletics) The Crimson Hawks are riding a five-game winning streak heading into their biggest matchup of the season at Edinboro.

By SARAH MOLTZ Staff Writer

S.J.Moltz@iup.edu

IUP women’s basketball won big Wednesday at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 77-65.

Guard Carolyn Appleby (sophomore, safety sciences) scored a team-high 19 points, being one of four Crimson Hawks to reach double figures.

Along with her 19 points, Appleby went 7-of-14 from the floor, 4-of-5 from the foul line and added five assists.

Appleby was on the court for a total of 37 minutes against UPJ. Lauren Wolosik (redshirt sophomore, economics) was also impressive, tallying up 18 points.

She grabbed six rebounds (one offensive and five defensive) and performed well from the foul line, going a perfect 9-of-9.

Appleby and Wolosik weren’t the only Crimson Hawks who shined.

Forward Megan Smith (junior, management) and Kendall Hunter (freshman, special education) each tacked on valuable points.

Smith scored 14, while Hunter had a season-high of 10.

“I think that we really got down

and played great defense the whole game,” Appleby said. “Our defense always leads to our offense.

“We had tremendous ball movement and just read each other so well out there on the court.”

The win over UPJ was the fifth straight for IUP, who have now improved to 17-5 overall and 15-3 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

The victory, coupled with Edinboro University’s loss, puts IUP back into second place in the division.

IUP currently holds a half-game lead over Edinboro.

The two teams battled earlier in the season, and IUP took a home loss, 75-65, back on Jan. 14.

“We are going to approach the Edinboro game the same way we prepare for every game,” Appleby said. “We are going to practice hard every day in the gym and just get better each day.”

The Crimson Hawks are only one game behind the conference leader, California University of Pennsylvania, who is 16-1 in the conference and 22-1 overall.

The playoff picture for the women has still not been decided.

This Saturday’s game against Edinboro will be televised live by the American Sports Network (ASN).

The game will also be streaming live on ESPN3, the ESPN app, NCAA.com and WatchESPN. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m.

(IUP Athletics) Guard Carolyn Appleby (sophomore, safety sciences) recorded the team-high with 19 points in Wednesday’s victory over University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Appleby was accompanied by three of her Crimson Hawks teammates who also had double-digit point performances: Lauren Wolosik (redshirt sophomore, economics) had 18 points, Megan Smith (junior, management) had 14, and freshman Kendall Hunter (special education) had a season-high 10 points.

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Clippers’ Paul Pierce gets emotional send-off in one final game in Boston

By BRODERICK TURNER

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Los Angeles Times

Paul Pierce tried to fight back the tears, but his emotions soon overwhelmed him as the fans inside TD Garden paid tribute to a former Boston Celtics champion who was playing in his farewell game there Sunday.

They serenaded Pierce before he was introduced as a starting forward for the Los Angeles Clippers against the Celtics, and they chanted "We want Paul" while he sat on the bench after having played the first 5:15 of the game.

Then, with 19.8 seconds left in the Clippers' 107-102 defeat, Pierce came back into the game and delivered a moment that was unforgettable even for a 19-year veteran who has plenty of them on his ledger.

Pierce received a pass from Austin Rivers and drilled a 28-foot 3-pointer with 11 seconds left.

The fans had seen Pierce do just that so many times during the 15 years he played for the Celtics.

Those were Pierce's only points of the game, but it was one last special shot, one last special moment from a player who is retiring at the end of this season.

"It's a tough situation. You've been sitting for like the last two hours and then I had to come in

(TNS) Paul Pierce was photographed in a 2012 game against the Washington Wizards when he was a member of the Boston Celtics. Pierce was a member of the Celtics from 1998 to 2013.

During his tenure with the team, he won the 2008 NBA Championship along with Finals MVP.

there and get a shot," Pierce said.

"But I'm glad I ended it that way.

"It was a lot of emotion running through. My teammates kind of felt it too. I'm glad I was able to cap it off, my last game in the Garden. At least I can just say I put one last bucket in at the end of the game."

After Pierce made the shot, he stood on the court and waved to the crowd, which yelled and cheered with gusto his every move.

"I never felt anything like this,"

Pierce said. "I truly appreciate my time here. I truly appreciate tonight. Fans really showered me with a lot of love. It was just, you really don't know what you meant to a team while you're playing, and you really don't get a chance to really reflect on it while you're playing."

When Pierce was introduced as the last starter for the Clippers, he got a long standing ovation. Then the chants of "Truth," his nickname, started. Just before tipoff, Pierce bent over at center court

(TNS) Pierce was traded as a part of a blockbuster deal which sent him and then-teammate Kevin Garnett to the Brookyln Nets as a part of the Celtics’ rebuild process. Announcing his retirement at the end of the season, Pierce received a huge ovation in his final game in Boston, now as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers.

and kissed Lucky, the insignia of Boston's mascot.

There was a video tribute during a first-quarter timeout that showed Pierce holding up the 2008 NBA championship trophy and the 2008 Celtics championship banner.

When the camera panned to Pierce by the Clippers bench, he waved to the crowd while prancing, his eyes growing red as the tears flowed.

A few seconds later, there were "Thank you Paul Pierce" chants

from the crowd.

After all of that, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said he had to play Pierce in those final seconds because, "I'm no dummy."

"So once I thought the game was in hand to Boston, we put him back in," Rivers said. "And him making that shot just, I don't know what the heck that is.

“That only happens like here, or ... I don't know what that is. I don't know who can sit that long and walk in on the floor and make a shot."

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With NHL midpoint now passed, teams shift focus toward Stanley Cup Playoff appearance

By DENNIS CANIZ Staff Writer

D.M.Caniz@iup.edu

The NHL is in its second week back from the All-Star break, which means the playoffs are right around the corner, and teams need to start earning points if they are to make a Stanley Cup run.

As of right now, the Metropolitan Division would be sending five teams to playoffs; the Washington Capitals, Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers.

These teams would be joined by the Atlantic Division’s top three teams; the Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Ironically, the Atlantic would be represented by all Canadian teams. Last season, not one Canadian team made the playoffs, a rarity considering the track record of most, if not all the Canadian franchises in the league.

If the season would end today, not only would the Caps be in the playoffs for the third straight year, but they would also clinch their second straight Presidents’ Trophy.

One of the biggest turnaround teams is the Blue Jackets. They are currently second in their division and third in points after a miserable 2015-16 season, in which they ranked last in the division and third-to-last in points.

Their amazing turnaround is due to good coaching and a stellar year by goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.

It would seem that the Eastern Conference is favored to have a team win the Stanley Cup, but the Western Conference is beginning to turn up the heat.

The Central Division is led by the Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues.

All four of these teams made the playoffs last year.

The San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames are leading the Pacific Division as of now.

The Sharks are the hottest team in the league at the moment, sporting a 7-1-2 record in their last 10 games.

With the final stretch coming, it appears the two teams that will need to find a way to stay in the playoff hunt are the Flyers and Los Angeles Kings.

The Kings are currently sitting one game out of the last wild-card spot. The team has not been putting up numbers like they have been the last couple of years.

They are without top goalie Jonathan Quick, who was injured at the end of the first period of the first game of the season, and has not been back since.

The Flyers, on the other hand, are in the last wild-card spot in the East, but only by a game.

They went on a stellar 10-game winning streak in the month of December, but have not been able to find their old ways since.

A big problem they face is the goalie situation. Steve Mason has been inconsistent since that 10game stretch.

If they have any hope of advancing, they must find stability at goaltender.

There are also some NHL award races that are heating up.

The Calder Trophy, given to the Rookie of the Year, will certainly be a great finish, with young stars such as Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner all making legitimate arguments for the award.

Laine, Matthews and Marner are all among the league’s leaders in scoring for rookies.

The Vezina Trophy should also be a stellar race down the stretch.

Braden Holtby, Bobrovsky and Devan Dubnyk are all having spectacular seasons between the pipes for their respective clubs and are big reasons their teams are in playoff positions.

(TNS) Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk has been nothing short of remarkable this year, and is one of the leading candidates for the Vezina Trophy. Dubnyk is photographed above making a save in a road matchup last season against the Chicago Blackhawks.

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Why the World Baseball Classic doesn’t matter

By BOB KLAPISCH TNS

The Record

Unless you're a Yankees fan, Masahiro Tanaka's decision to sit out the upcoming World Baseball Classic probably didn't matter. It certainly didn't trigger an ESPN alert on your smartphone. But if you root for the Bombers, you'll want to thank Tanaka for being so cautious. Yankees officials are doing the same.

It's a different story, however, for the WBC's architects. Tanaka's absence will be one more indictment against this well-meaning but flawed tournament. Too many big names have opted out to lend any credibility to the eventual winners.

In fact, there's talk of this being the final go-round. Unless the WBC generates significant revenue, it won't return in 2021.

The international round-robin has never found a proper niche in the schedule. March is too early for many players, including those like Tanaka who need to ramp up slowly.

November was a Plan B that never gained traction for the same reason. The stars who didn't participate in the postseason would've already been home with their families. Those in the playoffs, especially those in the World Series, would've been too worn out for an otherwise empty affair.

After all, what difference does it make if Japan or the Dominican Republic or the U.S. prevails? It doesn't prove which country has the best brand of baseball or who has the most talent.

It's always been a matter who can convince its players to drop everything and affect a temporary patriotism.

Truth is, Tanaka cares more about the Yankees than he does about Japan's WBC team. He owes it to the Bombers to nurture his elbow through camp and be ready for the season opener against the Rays. The right-hander has a partially torn UCL; the last thing he

needs is to max out the fastball only a few weeks after reporting to Tampa.

Tanaka isn't alone, of course.

Max Scherzer announced he'll be sitting out the WBC because of a stress fracture on the knuckle of his right ring finger. And Noah Syndergaard also politely said "no thanks" to Joe Torre, Team USA's general manager, citing health concerns.

"Noah feels his performance the past two years is in large part due to his offseason and spring workout routines," agent Ryan Hamill said in a statement not long ago. "After consulting with the Mets, and given the injuries that plagued their rotation last year and his role on the team moving forward, both Noah and the Mets feel it is important to stay in his established routine."

These are simple, smart decisions, even if they happen to diminish the U.S club. Actually, the American squad has its share of terrific players, including Giancarlo Stanton, Paul Goldschmidt, Buster Posey, Eric Hosmer, Daniel Murphy and Andrew Miller. It might be the best roster this country has ever assembled. But you'd better believe officials from every organization will be sweating, not rooting, when the WBC kicks off in March.

No one's forgotten what happened to Mark Teixeira in 2013. He suffered a strained wrist tendon during the WBC that landed him on the 60-day disabled list. Teixeira made it back to the Yankees' lineup in May, but the wrist was never the same: He injured it again in midJune and ended up missing the rest of the season.

Teixeira hurt the same wrist in 2014, one of several injuries that limited him to 123 games and dropped his average to just .216.

The first baseman played in only 111 games in 2015, shut down in August because of a broken shin.

And in 2016, Teixeira's final season, he batted just .204 in 116 games.

Of course there's no medical link between the WBC injury and his subsequent decline; as far as the Yankees knew, Teixeira was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

(TNS) Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees is one of several players who has decided to err on the side of caution by electing to sit out of the World Baseball Classic for his home country of Japan.

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