Not a single House Republican from California intends to vote for a health care bill that contains a government-run insurance option , a survey of the state 's 53 members of Congress shows , an ominous sign for congressional leaders trying to fashion a bipartisan compromise . All 19 of the state 's House Republicans oppose a public option , with most indicating there are no circumstances under which they would vote in favor of a bill that included one , according to the survey by California News Service , a project of the University of California 's Washington Center and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism . By contrast , all but two of California 's 34 Democratic House members and both U.S. senators unequivocally support a public option , with most indicating there are no circumstances under which they would vote in favor of a bill without it . Democratic Reps. Dennis Cardoza of Atwater ( Merced County ) and Jim Costa of Hanford ( Kings County ) are the only California members of Congress who have not taken a public position . Both represent Central Valley districts far more conservative than those of most of their Democratic colleagues . The survey , which included interviews and a review of speeches and other public statements , provides fresh evidence of the partisan divide that has made consensus on health care difficult . `` The partisan divide in California reflects similar divides across the country , '' said Larry Berman , a political scientist at UC Davis . `` What you see in California is what you will see in delegations everywhere . '' Disagreement over whether to include a public option - which would compete with private insurers - has emerged as the single biggest obstacle to advancing a health care bill to the floor for a vote . Congressional leaders are trying to blend legislation passed by five committees , four that contain versions of a government-run alternative and one , passed Tuesday by the Senate Finance Committee , that has no public option . Most Democrats argue that competition will keep the insurance industry honest and premiums low . Republicans warn it will drive private insurers out of business and lead to a government-run health system . President Obama supports a public option but has said he is open to ideas that might attract broader support and some Republican votes . California 's partisan divide suggests there is little middle ground . In interviews with House members and their staffs , there was no hint of bipartisan discussions or compromise proposals that might lead to a common agreement . `` Our House bill will have a public option , '' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-San Francisco , told reporters Thursday . She said the insurance industry 's fierce opposition to competition , which she charged was riddled with misinformation , only stiffens the House 's resolve . About 7 million Californians lack health insurance , including more than half a million in the Bay Area . It is not clear how many Californians would be eligible for a government-run insurance plan . The plans under discussion would be available only to those without insurance from their employer and would not be available to undocumented immigrants . Bay Area Democrats are united in their support for a public option and are among its leading proponents . Most are critical of the bill written by Sen. Max Baucus , D-Montana , that contains no public options . `` I do n't think we 've waited this long and worked this hard for a mediocre bill , '' Rep. Sam Farr , D-Carmel , said in an interview . `` We expect to see a public option in the final bill . '' Support was strong among five of seven California Blue Dogs , a coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats regarded as the most likely to break from their party 's leadership on the issue . Cardoza and Costa , both Blue Dogs , have issued cautious statements that reveal neither support nor opposition to a public option . The others expressed no reluctance . `` It is important in order to inject more competition into the market place and drive the price of health care down , '' Blue Dog Rep. Mike Thompson , D-Napa , said in an interview . Nearly two-thirds of his constituents support a public option , he said , but added that other moderate Democrats may not have as easy time supporting it . In the Senate , Sens . Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein were among 30 Democrats to sign a letter imploring Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev. , to include a public insurance option in the legislation he brings to the Senate floor . `` The best way to keep costs down for those who have insurance is to have a public option available , '' Boxer said .

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FOLLOW ON Advertisement Rebel Wilson poses for photographers ahead of the British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London , on March 8 , 2022 . ( Joel C Ryan / Invision / AP ) LONDON -- In 2020 , Rebel Wilson flew from Australia to present the best director trophy at the BAFTA Film Awards . Her humorous speech , which referenced a lack of women nominated in the category and bemoaned that box office flop `` Cats '' was overlooked entirely , was one of the funniest moments of the night . Now , Wilson is heading back to BAFTA where she 's been asked to host the ceremony Sunday at London 's Royal Albert Hall . `` I 'm very pumped , very pumped for Sunday for the BAFTAs , but definitely like a pretty nervous because like it 's a live event and it 's just like it 's a one and done situation , '' she says . `` Even though I 've been thinking of jokes and stuff , I 've never really said them out loud to anybody ... So we 'll say , fingers crossed . '' And these jokes will definitely be at the expense of the star-studded audience , albeit in a loving way . `` It is tradition to make a few quips about people . And they 're pretty successful people , which is why they 're there and been invited to the BAFTAs , '' she explains . `` At the end of the day , like I do love them , and I love the films that they 've made , '' she says. `` But yeah I , as the host , you have to kind of make a couple of jokes as well . '' Wilson is eschewing the popular practice of having multiple costume changes because she wants to concentrate on what 's happening during the ceremony . There will be one special red carpet look before she wears a Miu Miu dress for her appearances on stage . `` Dune '' leads BAFTA nominations with 11 , `` Power of the Dog '' has eight and `` Belfast '' is in the running for six . Shirley Bassey will open the show with a James Bond theme as part of the celebration of 007 's 60th anniversary . Emilia Jones will sing a version of Joni Mitchell 's `` Both Sides Now '' alongside signing interpreters -- a nod to `` CODA , '' a nominated movie and one of Wilson 's favorites this awards season . As for whether her turn in `` Cats '' will be referenced again , Wilson jokes that she 's holding out hopes for follow-up films . `` Everyone will want to be in the sequel to ` Cats , ' that 's the thing . Maybe I should use the BAFTAs as just a casting call for 'Cats 2 . ''

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The 2022 federal budget includes a pair of tax increases for big banks and insurance companies that will bring in more than $ 6 billion in revenue and put high income earners on notice that they could be next . But NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he thinks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should have gone further . Asked in an interview on CTV ’ s Question Period whether he thought the wealthy-targeting moves were enough , Singh said no . “ It would not be what I would have done as prime minister , but it is what we were able to achieve with the Liberal government in power , ” Singh said . “ We used our power to make sure that some of the wealthiest are paying their fair share . But that 's one revenue stream . We argued for a lot more than that. ” As part of the Liberal-NDP deal the two parties agreed to very broadly move forward with making the tax system more fair , including “ moving forward in the near term on tax changes on financial institutions who have made strong profits during the pandemic. ” In an effort to help boost revenue to pay down Canada ’ s deficit , the federal Liberals are moving forward on a series of measures meant to crack down on tax avoidance and make the big banks and insurance companies “ help pay for the recovery. ” The Liberals are taking a two-pronged and more aggressive approach than they campaigned on when it comes to forcing big chartered banks and major insurance companies to share their pandemic-generated wealth by increasing their corporate income taxes . Wealthy financial institutions are being squeezed in two ways : - A one-time 15 per cent tax will be imposed on taxable income above $ 1 billion that was earned by banking and life insurers ’ groups in the 2021 tax year . Called the “ Canada Recovery Dividend , ” the increase will be paid in equal installments over the next five years ; and - Going forward the government will permanently increase the corporate income tax rate by 1.5 per cent on the taxable income of banks and insurance firms that is above $ 100 million , seeing their overall federal corporate income tax rate increase from 15 per cent to 16.5 per cent . Together , these policies will net $ 6.1 billion over the next five years , and then the permanent increase is estimated to keep bringing in hundreds of millions in the years following . CTV News was first to report that the budget would target these companies , after banks had been pushing behind the scenes for the government to change course . Economists and representatives from these major financial institutions have cautioned that while going after banks may be popular politically , the cost could get passed on to bank customers in the form of higher fees , unless the government moves to prohibit that . “ Not only is the bank tax a knee-jerk reaction that sends the wrong message to the global investment community… it is ultimately a tax on you , our shareholders – approximately 70 per cent of whom are Canadian . It ’ s a tax on those who directly own our shares or participate through pension plans or mutual funds , index funds or ETFs [ exchange-traded funds ] , ” said Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter in an address to shareholders at the bank ’ s annual general meeting on Tuesday , according to his prepared remarks . In addition to going after banks , the budget also puts high-earning individuals on notice . After already increasing taxes on the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians , in the budget the Liberals warn that some high-income Canadians aren ’ t paying enough in personal income tax . “ 28 per cent of filers with gross income above $ 400,000 pay an average federal PIT [ Personal Income Tax ] rate of 15 per cent or less , which is less than some middle class Canadians pay , ” reads the budget . As a result , the government says it will be examining “ a new minimum tax regime , which will go further towards ensuring that all wealthy Canadians pay their fair share of tax. ” Singh agrees with this move . “ We think that the super wealthy are n't paying their fair share ... So we would do a lot more , ” he said . The NDP have said that they want to see profitable oil companies and big-box stores also subjected to a corporate tax increase . It ’ s something Singh has said he ’ ll keep pushing for , opening up the potential for further measures aimed at the wealthiest Canadians to be added into the two party confidence-and-supply agreement in the years ahead .

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TEAM Loughborough have won a magnificent seven medals in swimming , gymnastics and athletics on day six of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games . In swimming Loughborough based swimmer Georgia Davies won the 50m backstroke in a new Games record time of 27.56 . It was the second medal of the Games for Georgia , representing Wales , after winning silver in the 100m backstroke . Current Sport Scholar Adam Barrett won the gold medal and claimed a Games record as part of England ’ s team in the men ’ s 4x100m medley relay . It was Adam ’ s third medal of the Games . Fran Halsall won her fourth medal of the meet , silver in the women ’ s 4x100 medley relay for England , behind Australia . After the race Halsall said : “ That was good – that was very good fun and then to watch the boys go and smash it up on the last relay was fantastic as well . “ All the girls did a great job and going in on that last leg is always a bit tough especially being against Cate [ Campbell ] , who is absolutely magnificent , but I think I went a second and a half faster than I did in my individual. ” In other finals Roberto Pavoni and Joe Roebuck just missed out on the medals in the 200m individual medley - finishing in fifth and sixth place . Loughborough based swimmer Dan Fogg finished in seventh place in the 1500m freestyle . • In the artistic gymnastics men ’ s team event England , with Loughborough based Sam Oldham , won the gold medal with a score of 266.804 over the two days of competition . However he was unable to compete in the final two rotations after suffering an injury sustained when landing in the vault . Loughborough College and University students Harry Owen and Rob Sansby were part of the Wales team that finished in fifth place , with a combined score of 241.385 . Harry also qualified for the Men ’ s Individual All-Around Final , which starts 1pm today . • In athletics University graduate Will Sharman repeated his performance from four years ago by winning the silver medal in the final of the 110m hurdles in 13.36 . After the race Sharman said : “ I can ’ t lie , I ’ m so happy to have got a medal . The competition in the Games this year has been very difficult , much more so than it was four years ago . “ It was difficult for me at the beginning of the season to target being in the medals here but with the way with the preparation I have had I knew I was capable of a medal. ” Former Loughborough Students ’ Athletics Club member Laura Samuel broke through the 14 metre barrier for the first time to claim a personal best and a silver medal in the triple jump final . Loughborough based athlete Mark Dry won the bronze medal for host nation Scotland in the men ’ s hammer with a throw of 71.64m . Former Loughborough student Alex Smith was in fourth place with 70.99m . In the 10,000m final University graduate Beth Potter , representing Scotland , hit the front with nine laps to go to send the Hampden crowd into raptures . However the Kenyan athletes prevailed to take the medals , with Beth in fifth place in a personal best time of 32.33 . Fellow University graduate Sonia Samuels was in seventh place in a time of 32.57 . In the decathlon a series of fine performances saw graduate Ben Gregory record a personal best of 7725 points to finish in sixth place and Sports Scholar David Guest finish eighth with a season ’ s best score of 7516 . After day one of the heptathlon Loughborough College graduate Jess Tappin is currently in fifth place with 3458 points . Loughborough based athlete and former Sports Scholar Martyn Rooney won his semi-final in the 400m in 45.22 to comfortably qualify for today ’ s final second fastest . In the men ’ s long jump University graduate JJ Jegede recorded 7.66m to qualify for tonight ’ s final . • In squash University graduate Daryl Selby started his campaign in the men ’ s and mixed doubles . Selby and partner James Willstrop overcame Gibraltar ’ s Anthony Brindle and Christian Navas in their Pool C encounter , winning 11-1 , 11-4 in 21 minutes . Later in the day they claimed their second victory , 11-3 , 11-6 against a Zambian pair . Selby also played in mixed doubles alongside Sarah Kippax , to beat Trinidad and Tobago ’ s Colin Ramasra and Kerrie Sample 11-1 , 11-4 . Selby said : “ I ’ ve been itching to get on court all last week so it was nice for me to finally get on and James [ men ’ s singles silver medallist ] could get a bit of yesterday out of the legs . “ The scores in that match probably don ’ t reflect how long the rallies were . But I thoroughly enjoyed my first match. ” • In cycling Loughborough graduate Jessie Roberts rode for Scotland in the women ’ s cross country event , finishing in 11th place with a time of 1.47.32 . • In netball Loughborough graduates Jo Harten , Jade Clarke and Ama Agbeze helped to secure a comfortable victory for England , 70-24 against Trinidad & Tobago . Graduate Becky James was part of the Wales squad that were defeated 61-41 by South Africa . • In men ’ s hockey England suffered their first loss of the Games , defeated 2-1 by New Zealand . They play their final group game against Canada on Thursday and will look to secure a top-two finish to progress to the semi-finals . The England squad includes six former Loughborough Students ’ players . Fellow former Loughborough Students ’ players Peter Swainson and Owain Dolan-Gray were in the Wales squad that were defeated 5-1 by South Africa .

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In the spring of 2012 , Alejandro Rivera delivered a Whataburger bag to Jacaman Guns & Ammo in Laredo . Inside was $ 25,000 — a payment for high-capacity firearm cartridges and ammunition that Rivera was buying for an organized crime operative in Mexico , Rivera told federal agents . For about a year , the feds allege , the gun store 's owners were paid more than $ 100,000 for thousands of rounds of ammunition and hundreds of high-capacity magazines by smugglers for a Zetas cartel operative in Nuevo Laredo , Mexico . At Hesles Gun Shop in Eagle Pass , the sons of the late owner brought shame to a store recognized in 2010 by Gov . Rick Perry for its 76 years in business . They made deals with other smugglers , who were working for the Zetas , to sell firearms and their components by not logging them into their record-keeping books . They placed boxes of the firearms items in the car trunks of their shady customers . In San Antonio , Richard Gardner sold 220 assault-style rifles or components for such guns to people working for cartel operatives , but he attributed the sales to customers who had legitimately bought other guns , unbeknownst to those clients . This trio of licensed dealers represents a tiny number who face prosecution when problems are found . Proving that a gun dealer sold to customers knowing the items ultimately would end up in the wrong hands is tricky , said Gerald Matheny , who prosecuted firearms cases for the U.S. attorney 's office in San Antonio from 2001 through 2008 . “ It was always very difficult for an honest gun dealer to know whether they were selling to someone who would turn around and take the ( items ) to Mexico , or give them to people who should not have them , ” Matheny said . “ I do n't think it was a widespread problem , but when you run into some dishonest characters , they can do a lot of damage before they 're caught . One guy can really put a lot of guns out there before they 're caught. ” None of the alleged illegal activity of the three dealers was found through inspections by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives . Instead , they were the result of joint inquiries with Homeland Security Investigations that began with informants or other means . A recent government report said many gun dealers are going as long as five years before anyone inspects them , though ATF in South Texas said it has cut that gap to three years . In the Jacaman case , the Zetas operative , Oswaldo Rafael Borrego-Ramos , 31 , directed the acquisition and smuggling into Mexico of at least 32 illegal firearms from various Texas gun dealers , including the Jacaman store , since 2008 . “ At least three ” of those firearms , including assault-style rifles , were later recovered at crime scenes in Mexico , federal prosecutors said in a news release . Court records said the recovered guns were traced to the Jacaman store . Federal prosecutors said 18 people were prosecuted for being straw buyers for Borrego-Ramos . Court records said some buyers , including Borrego-Ramos , met with owner Robert Jacaman Sr. at his gun shop or adjacent picture frame store to order or pick up boxes of 7.62-by-9-mm and .223-caliber ammo and high-capacity magazines for AK-47-style rifles . Labels denoting the contents of the boxes were removed . One buyer told agents that the sales were “ under the table , ” records said . But in the Jacaman and Hesles cases , the gun dealers were not required to record information about the transactions of ammunition or gun components , unless they knew the items were being exported . There 's no limit on the amount of ammunition one can buy for civilian use , nor are buyers disqualified by criminal histories , which makes ammunition easier to acquire than guns . Unlike some states , Texas requires no recordkeeping by sellers . One law that does apply is n't much help to law enforcement . It requires buyers to be U.S. citizens , but retailers do n't have to check . Bullets , unlike guns , carry no serial numbers that can be traced to a particular store or a purchaser . In August , the U.S. attorney 's office in Houston , which covers Laredo , allowed Jacaman 's wife , Veronica Jacaman , to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of not properly recording the transfer of a .22-caliber rifle . Her lawyer , Mike McCrum , said the rifle was sold legitimately to a nonprohibited customer . McCrum said the Jacaman store was inspected far more frequently than the ATF 's stated goal of three-year inspection cycles . “ Obviously , if the allegations were as strong as they claim in the indictment , they would n't have let her plead to a misdemeanor , ” McCrum said . “ It shows how strong or weak their case was. ” Robert Jacaman and his son Robert Jacaman Jr. are awaiting trial . In the Hesles case , Damian Hesles , 23 , and Richard Hesles Jr. , 33 , pleaded guilty to the illegal smuggling of goods from the United States after federal agents heard them via a wiretap and watched them sell at least 200 tactical sights for AR-15 rifles , hundreds of magazines and thousands of rounds of ammunition for assault-style rifles . Both admitted that they “ knew that the ammunition , magazines and sights were going to Los Zetas operatives in Mexico , ” their plea deals said . They each face up to 10 years in federal prison at sentencing in January in Del Rio . Gardner , meanwhile , alternately used his father 's and brother-in-law 's gun-dealing licenses while he was working at MR Industries in Cypress as he traveled to gun shows in San Antonio and Austin , where he met with suspicious buyers . From August 2006 through February 2007 , Santiago “ Jimmy ” Muñoz , 52 , of the Rio Grande Valley ordered and bought 133 guns “ off paper ” from Gardner without filling out the required transfer forms , court records said . Gardner admitted that some time after legitimate buyers bought a gun , he would add firearms he sold to Muñoz or his associates to other customers ' gun-transfer records without their knowledge . Gardner was sentenced to 21 months in prison for falsifying his books , while Muñoz got seven years for lying on firearms forms and providing guns to undocumented immigrants . gcontreras @ express-news.net

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LONDON -- Britain 's bedeviling Brexit dilemma intensified Friday , as opposition parties refused to support Prime Minister Boris Johnson 's call for an election until he secures a delay to Britain 's exit from the European Union -- something he vows he 'll never do . Johnson insists Britain must leave the EU in 55 days , and says an election is the only way to break the deadlock that has seen lawmakers repeatedly reject the divorce deal on offer , but also block attempts to leave the EU without one . He wants to go to the public on Oct. 15 , two weeks before the scheduled Brexit day of Oct. 31 , but needs the support of two-thirds of lawmakers to trigger a snap election . Johnson lost a vote on the same question this week , but he plans to try again Monday . After discussions Friday , lawmakers from several opposition parties said they would not back an election unless the government asked the EU to postpone Brexit , removing the risk the U.K. could crash out without a deal . Johnson says he would `` rather be dead in a ditch '' than delay Brexit . Parliament is trying to force his hand , passing an opposition-backed law that would compel Johnson 's Conservative government to seek a three-month Brexit postponement if no divorce deal is agreed by Oct. 19 . The legislation was approved Friday by the unelected House of Lords , after gaining backing from the elected House of Commons earlier this week . It will become law within days once it gets the formality of royal assent . But pro-EU lawmakers want to hold off on triggering an election until the Brexit delay has actually been secured , fearing Johnson will try to wriggle out of the commitment . `` I do not trust the prime minister to do his duty , '' said Liz Saville Roberts , leader in Parliament of the Welsh party Plaid Cymru . She said lawmakers needed to be sitting in Parliament in late October , rather than on the election campaign trail , to ensure Britain does not crash out of the EU . That makes an election before November unlikely . `` We need to make sure that we get past the 31st of October , '' she said . Blocking an election is a risky strategy for the opposition , which could be accused of denying the public its say . The Conservative Party on Friday tweeted a mocked-up image of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in a chicken suit , and Johnson said he had `` never known an opposition in the history of democracy that 's refused to have an election . '' `` I think obviously they do n't trust the people , they do n't think that the people will vote for them , so they 're refusing to have an election , '' he said . Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon tweeted : `` An early general election is now a question of 'when ' not 'if ' -- but Johnson must n't be allowed to dictate the timing as a device to avoid scrutiny and force through a 'no deal ' Brexit . '' Johnson 's options are unclear if he loses Monday 's vote . He could call a no-confidence vote in his own government , which would only need a simple majority to pass . He could try to change the law that governs how elections can be triggered . He could even resign . In short , it 's a complicated mess . Johnson became prime minister in July after promising Conservatives that he would complete Brexit and break the impasse that has paralyzed Britain 's politics since voters decided in June 2016 to leave the bloc and which brought down his predecessor , Theresa May . After only six weeks in office , however , his plans are in crisis . The EU refuses to renegotiate the deal it struck with May , which has been rejected three times by Britain 's Parliament . Johnson 's push to leave the EU at the end of next month , come what may , is facing opposition in the courts as well as in Parliament . Most economists say a no-deal Brexit would cause severe economic disruption and plunge the U.K. into recession . Johnson enraged his opponents by announcing he would suspend Parliament at some point next week until Oct. 14 , leaving just over two weeks to the deadline . Critics accused him of subverting democracy and carrying out a `` coup . '' Transparency campaigner Gina Miller took the government to court , arguing the suspension was an `` unlawful abuse of power . '' On Friday , a panel of three High Court judges ruled against her , but said the case can be appealed to the Supreme Court , which has set a hearing for Sept. 17 . Outside court , Miller said she was disappointed with the ruling but would not give up . `` We need to protect our institutions , '' she said . '' It is not right that they should be shut down or bullied , especially at this momentous time in our history . '' Johnson insists he wants to secure a divorce deal , and his chief Brexit negotiator , David Frost , was in Brussels Friday for talks with EU officials . But the bloc says Britain has made no concrete proposals for changes to May 's rejected deal . EU officials say it seems increasingly likely Britain will depart without an agreement . `` The situation in Britain is quite a mess now and we do n't know what is happening there , '' said Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne , whose country currently holds the EU 's rotating presidency . `` It seems very obvious that we are not getting Brexit with an agreement , '' he said . -- -- -- Associated Press writer Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed .

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Well-publicised comments from a former researcher at CERN show the barriers and prejudice women still faceby Philip Ball / April 8 , 2019 / Leave a comment The award of last year ’ s Nobel prize in physics to Donna Strickland of the University of Waterloo in Canada for her work on laser science was a reminder that physics , even more than most other sciences , has a gender problem . Strickland was only the third woman to receive a physics Nobel , after Marie Curie in 1903 and nuclear scientist Maria Goeppert Mayer in 1963 . There is clear evidence that female scientists face all kinds of barriers in science . According to the US National Science Foundation , although women earn about half the doctorates in science and engineering in the United States , only about one in five full science professors , and one in 20 full engineering professors , are female . And on average , they earn just 82 per cent of what their male counterparts make . Half of the women questioned in a survey by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010 said they had encountered gender bias . As for harassment , frankly I don ’ t need statistics ; I have heard enough personal testimonies to know it is still rife . Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell has said that whistles and catcalls were routine for a woman in physics when she was doing the work for which she was notoriously overlooked by the Nobel committee . She discovered the neuron stars called pulsars while working under the supervision of Antony Hewish at Cambridge in 1967 , but only Hewish ( along with astronomer Martin Ryle ) got the 1974 physics prize . ( It ’ s less well known that Marie Curie was included in 1903 only because her husband Pierre , with whom she shared the prize , insisted . ) Against this backdrop , the remarks made last year at the particle-physics centre CERN by physicist Alessandro Strumia sounded antediluvian . Speaking at an event on gender issues in physics in September , Strumia claimed that women were under-represented in physics by choice , that they were simply not as good at it as the best of the men , and that they are sometimes promoted or hired over men with better credentials . Physics , said Strumia , was “ invented and built by men , not by invitation. ” The episode showed that there are still scientists in male-dominated disciplines who actively resent and resist efforts to give women parity—and that they do so not ( or not just ) with old-fashioned sexism but with Powerpoint graphs presenting allegedly scientific arguments . In response , CERN announced at the end of September that it had “ decided not to extend Professor Strumia ’ s status of guest professor. ” ( He is based at the University of Pisa , which issued a public sanction on Strumia for his remarks in January . ) Naturally , this has given Strumia license to claim victim status and suggest that his views have been suppressed by political correctness . He got another opportunity to air them in a recent Sunday Times profile , in which his claims went largely unchallenged . Strumia ’ s arguments have been comprehensively debunked already . According to physicist Philip Moriarty of Nottingham University , “ Strumia wears the mantle of the ever-so-courageous rational scientist ‘ speaking truth to power ’ and just ‘ telling it like it is , ’ when , in fact , and despite his loud claims to the contrary , he ’ s wedded to a glaringly obvious ideology. ” To explain why this is so requires a point-by-point analysis of the claims in Strumia ’ s talk , which fortunately Moriarty , particle physicist Jon Butterworth and others have had the patience to undertake . Strumia ’ s assertions are also roundly critiqued in an open letter signed by more than 3,000 international physicists . Of course , there is nevertheless always an audience hungry for this sort of thing . But what partly sustains the attention is that , in the time-honoured manner of contrarians , Strumia taps into some long-standing controversies . One of the central pillars of his argument is the claim of “ greater male variability. ” The idea here is that , while the IQs of men and women do not differ on average , men are more heavily represented at the extremes—there are more low-intelligence men but also more geniuses . There is some evidence that this is so , although it ’ s debated what it implies—the authors of a 2008 study showing greater male variability in IQ concluded that “ sex differences in variability did not appear to account for sex differences in high-level achievement ” —in other words , any innate differences that do exist that can ’ t account for gender disparities in “ success. ” As neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell writes in his book Innate , “ it is extremely difficult to separate [ the ] possible influence [ of variability ] from the many cultural influences at play. ” What ’ s more , there seem to be more important factors to career success than IQ ( who knew ? ) , and no reason to believe that physicists are drawn predominantly from the high extreme of the IQ distribution even if a small gender difference exists there . One of the key criticisms of Strumia ’ s assertions is that he assumes a straightforward correlation between IQ and how well received a researcher ’ s work is ( as measured by citations ) , which is far from obvious and certainly not proven . Underlying this debate is the broader issue of whether there are any systematic differences in the behaviour and cognitive traits of men and women . This too is still hotly disputed . At one level it is trivially true : there is clearly a massive ( although not universal ) preference in mating choice for the opposite sex in all other animals , and no conceivable reason why humans should be any different ( that is , why the predominance of heterosexuality in humans would not be largely innate , even if cultural conditioning plays some role too ) . It would be surprising if other differences did not exist too , although the data generally aren ’ t good enough to say for sure : “ many of the historically reported findings in this field have been inconsistent , ” says Mitchell . The question is rather whether the anatomical , neurological and biochemical differences seen in male and female brains map in any meaningful way onto social aptitudes and choices . Several recent books , including Gina Rippon ’ s The Gendered Brain , Cordelia Fine ’ s Testosterone Rex , and Angela Saini ’ s Inferior , question whether that is so , and make a compelling case for how in any event the supposed “ science ” has routinely been used to shore up stereotypes and defend inequalities . The idea that the sexes are all but indistinguishable as far as innate human behaviour goes has some strong critics , and the arguments will rage on . But when scientists assert that , even if the data were abused and distorted by cognitive bias and prejudice in the past , they are beyond that now , one can hardly be surprised when critics raise an eyebrow . In other respects it ’ s hard to know whether the facts of Strumia ’ s case are skated over in the Sunday Times article by design or simply because of poor research . It gives the impression that Strumia was sacked by CERN for his comments on women in physics . But CERN ’ s Director General Fabiola Gianotti has made it very clear that what led to Strumia ’ s dismissal was that he publicly attacked the professional standing of a colleague in his implication that two female colleagues had not been appointed on merit . He “ used his presentation to make unacceptable personal allegations against individuals attending the workshop , which is why we have been obliged to take action , ” said Gianotti . That , too , pertains to the most egregious lacuna in the article . Counting up citations to published papers—a commonly used index of how significant the impact of the work is—Strumia “ claims that women given academic posts tended to have fewer such mentions than men , ” the article said . But why be coy about it ? What he actually asserted in his talk was that two women at CERN got top jobs that he didn ’ t , while having fewer citations than him . Still , he was speaking totally objectively , you understand . ( Women do receive fewer citations than men on average , and there are reasons for it that have nothing to do with quality and a fair bit to do with bias . ) Other of Strumia ’ s assertions are sheer facepalm stuff . “ It ’ s not as if they build walls to keep out the women [ from physics ] , ” he said , trowel in hand . Women might suspect that the environment will be less than welcoming , for example , if they happen across the musical video made by Strickland ’ s fellow Nobel laureate Gerard Mourou to promote a new European project in 2013 , in which he struts around a lab surrounded by young female students who strip off their semi-transparent lab coats to reveal not much else beneath . Mourou has now expressed embarrassment , but such lack of judgement leaves little doubt about the everyday sexism that lingers in the community . It comes as little surprise that harassment is still a common problem in science . Some of the highest-profile allegations of serious sexual harassment in science have centered on physicists , such as leading astrophysicist Geoff Marcy of the University of California at Berkeley and physics populariser Lawrence Krauss , who was placed on “ administrative leave ” at Arizona State University . The problem is not so much that there are lots of lecherous male physicists but that unacceptable behaviour has been tolerated and excused for so long in the discipline . Even now , plenty of physicists who lionise Richard Feynman dismiss the behaviour described in Surely You ’ re Joking , Mr Feynman ! , in which he recorded how he trained himself to think of women as “ bitches , ” and called one “ worse than a whore ” when she didn ’ t reward his paying for sandwiches in a café with sexual favours . The common excuse is that that ’ s just the way things were back then , despite there being no shortage of male physicists who didn ’ t say and do such things in the 1950s . Science has long had difficulty facing up to deplorable actions from scientists , especially if they are eminent . Physicist Athene Donald has recently called out the widespread and “ pernicious ” culture of bullying and harassment in academia , and the inability or unwillingness of institutions to deal with it . The Sunday Times article makes things worse by suggesting that the problem with the likes of Strumia , as with James Watson , who in 2007 was dismissed as Chancellor of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for genetic research after he claimed that black people are less intelligent than whites , is that they have “ stray [ ed ] off discipline. ” There ’ s nothing wrong with straying off discipline ( apart from the risk of making a fool of yourself ) . But talking offensive nonsense is another matter . All the same , it is somewhat heartening that Strumia ’ s claims have found so little traction among scientists . Of course , some will agree with him that this merely shows how science , like the rest of academia , is irredeemably “ woke ” —that , as Strumia claims , “ it is about excessive political correctness. ” He joins the list of columnists and commentators who fulminate regularly to a huge audience about how “ there are ideas that are wrong but nobody is allowed to say it. ” It ’ s encouraging too that there are signs of change . In a recent study , two researchers at Cornell University performed “ hiring experiments ” for science and economics faculty at American universities which showed that women candidates had twice as much chance of getting appointed as men with comparable qualifications and lifestyles . ( The exception was economics , for which there was no significant difference between men and women . ) Needless to say , some have used this as evidence that everything Strumia says is true—worse , that men in science are now the victims of discrimination . The researchers themselves say only that “ our results indicate a surprisingly welcoming atmosphere today for female job candidates in STEM disciplines. ” They point out , however , that a lower proportion of women eligible to apply for tenure actually do so ( that ’ s why Strickland was not a full professor when she was awarded the Nobel ) . To suggest that the study disproves any suggestion that the historically low representation of women in physical science is due to something other than choice is , however , absurd ; this is simply another datum in a complex landscape . In one way , Strumia ’ s latest diatribe confirms the assertion by writer and journalist George Monbiot that “ the more disgracefully you behave , the bigger the platform the media will give you. ” But Strumia typifies a dilemma to which science is particularly prone . Without the freedom to ask any question , it is reduced . But the choice of questions is not neutral . The possibility that one group of people differs in their abilities or predilections to another can ’ t be excluded simply because it would be politically inconvenient or embarrassing to find evidence that this is so . But no one has ever found convincing evidence that , say , women have less aptitude for physics than men , or that black people have inherently lower IQs than whites . What they have found , clearly and consistently , is that both of those former groups have suffered systematic discrimination that has held them back . In that circumstance , you can ’ t but wonder about the motivations of people who say “ no , but are you absolutely sure these differences aren ’ t innate ? Shouldn ’ t we check again before taking any action to address the other injustices ? ” As Saini shows in her forthcoming book Superior , on the history of science-based race discrimination , there has never yet been a figure in that depressing tale who could plausibly and ingenuously have said “ I ’ m only asking. ” “ For those with a political ideology to sell , ” Saini writes , “ the data itself doesn ’ t matter so much as how it can be spun . ”

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Medical Devices Salesman Admits Guilty In Fraud Scheme PITTSBURGH - A resident of Connellsville , Pennsylvania , pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud , United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today . David Leasher , age 44 , pleaded guilty to six counts before United States District Judge Terrence F. McVerry . In connection with the guilty plea , the court was advised that on or about August 22 , 2012 , through September 21 , 2012 , Leasher stole medical devices from his employer and sold the stolen devices online at Amazon.com . Judge McVerry scheduled sentencing for March 13 , 2015 , at 1:30 p.m . The law provides for a total sentence of 120 years in prison , a fine of $ 1,500,000 , or both . Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines , the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history , if any , of the defendant . Assistant United States Attorney Shardul S. Desai is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government . The United States Postal Inspection Service conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Leasher .

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SC Public Radio News - A powerful spring-time frontal system will bring the potential for damaging winds , large hail , and even a few tornadoes to South Carolina Wednesday . - The state Senate may soon take up a bill that would provide money on a regular basis to help pump sand onto eroding South Carolina beaches . The bill sponsored by Sen. Chip Campsen would take 25 % of all entertainment admission taxes and put them into the beach renourishment fund . The Post and Courier newspaper reported that would be about $ 9 million each year . Local governments would have to match any money given away from the fund . The bill passed a subcommittee and will likely head to the Senate floor soon . Currently , projects are funded by the state individually as they come in . - A South Carolina sheriff is defending Saturday 's fatal shooting of a Black man who advanced on officers with a wooden stake . Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told reporters Sunday that deputies ca n't be expected to sacrifice their lives in dangerous situations . A deputy shot and killed 34-year-old Irvin Moorer Charley in Columbia after officers were called with a complaint that Moorer Charley was being violent toward relatives . Video shows Moorer Charley advancing toward a deputy as he commands the man to drop his weapon . Lott says Moorer Charley rushed a deputy after an attempt to stun Moorer Charley failed . The deputy shot Moorer Charley four times . - outh Carolina Gov . Henry McMaster has vetoed a proposal that would have allowed candidates for school board in Lancaster County to run as members of political parties . In his veto message McMaster says he was n't necessarily against partisan school board elections , just the Legislature 's decision to only apply it to one county . Instead , McMaster suggested the General Assembly pass a proposal to change the rules for every school district in the state . Only two other districts — Horry and Lee counties — have partisan races . The South Carolina School Boards Association opposes the proposal , saying it would increase polarization . Open Space Institute works in concert with others to protect South Carolina 's scenic , natural , and historic landscapes The Open Space Institute ’ s mission is to protect scenic , natural , and historic landscapes to provide public enjoyment , conserve habitat and working lands , and sustain communities . Over the past 40 years , the institute has saved 2,285,092 acres of land through direct acquisition , grants , and loans . Having begun by focusing on land in New York State , they have in recent years saved significant , complex , and large-scale tracts in South Carolina , Florida , and New Jersey through direct acquisitions . In December 2022 , the Open Space Institute ( OSI ) and The Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) announced the purchase of three properties along the Santee River in South Carolina , expanding the largest contiguous block of protected coastal lands in the state . OSI ’ s Vice-President and Director of the Southeast , Maria Whitehead , joins Walter Edgar to talk about the acquisition and about the Institute ’ s plans for land protection in the state . In December 2022 , the Open Space Institute ( OSI ) and The Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) announced the purchase of three properties along the Santee River in South Carolina , expanding the largest contiguous block of protected coastal lands in the state . OSI ’ s Vice-President and Director of the Southeast , Maria Whitehead , joins Walter Edgar to talk about the acquisition and about the Institute ’ s plans for land protection in the state . 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The House Judiciary Committee is moving swiftly to weigh findings by fellow lawmakers that President Donald Trump misused the power of his office for personal political gain and then obstructed Congress ’ investigation as possible grounds for impeachment . Responsible for drafting articles of impeachment , the Judiciary Committee prepared Wednesday morning for its first hearing since the release of a 300-page report by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that found “ serious misconduct ” by the president . The full House will decide whether Trump ’ s actions stemming from a July 25 phone call with Ukraine ’ s president rose to the constitutional level of “ high crimes and misdemeanors ” warranting impeachment . The report laid out evidence of Trump ’ s efforts to seek foreign intervention in the U.S. election . ” The evidence that we have found is really quite overwhelming that the president used the power of his office to secure political favors and abuse the trust American people put in him and jeopardize our security , ” Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff , D-Calif. , told The Associated Press . “ It was a difficult decision to go down this road , because it ’ s so consequential for the country , ” Schiff said . But “ the president was the author of his own impeachment inquiry by repeatedly seeking foreign help in his election campaigns. ” Schiff added : “ Americans need to understand that this president is putting his personal political interests above theirs . And that it ’ s endangering the country. ” The session Wednesday with legal scholars will delve into possible impeachable offenses , but the real focus will be on the panel , led by Chairman Jerrold Nadler , D-N.Y. , and made up of a sometimes boisterous , sharply partisan division of lawmakers . In a 53-page opening statement obtained by the AP , Republican witness Jonathan Turley , a law professor at George Washington University , will say that the Democrats are bringing a “ slipshod impeachment ” case against the president based on secondhand information . Still , Turley doesn ’ t excuse the president ’ s behavior . “ It is not wrong because President Trump is right , ” according to Turley . He calls Trump ’ s call with Ukraine “ anything but ‘ perfect , ” as the president claims . “ A case for impeachment could be made , but it can not be made on this record , ” he says . The remaining three witnesses , all called by Democrats , will argue for impeachment , according to statements obtained by the AP . Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argues , “ If Congress fails to impeach here , then the impeachment process has lost all meaning. ” The political risks are high for all parties as the House presses only the fourth presidential impeachment inquiry in U.S. history . In a statement , White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said , “ Chairman Schiff and the Democrats utterly failed to produce any evidence of wrongdoing by President Trump. ” She said the report “ reads like the ramblings of a basement blogger straining to prove something when there is evidence of nothing. ” Trump , attending a NATO meeting in London , called the impeachment effort by Democrats “ unpatriotic ” and said he wouldn ’ t be watching Wednesday ’ s hearing . The “ Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report ” provides a detailed , stunning , account of a shadow diplomacy run by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani , resulting in layers of allegations that can be distilled into specific acts , like bribery or obstruction , and the more amorphous allegation that Trump abused his power by putting his interests above the nation . Based on two months of investigation sparked by a still-anonymous government whistleblower ’ s complaint , the report relies heavily on testimony from current and former U.S. officials who defied White House orders not to appear . The inquiry found that Trump “ solicited the interference of a foreign government , Ukraine , to benefit his reelection , ” Schiff wrote in the report ’ s preface . In doing so , the president “ sought to undermine the integrity of the U.S. presidential election process , and endangered U.S. national security , ” the report said . When Congress began investigating , it added , Trump obstructed the investigation like no other president in history . Along with revelations from earlier testimony , the report included previously unreleased cell phone records raising fresh questions about Giuliani ’ s interactions with the top Republican on the intelligence panel , Rep. Devin Nunes of California , and the White House . Nunes declined to comment . Schiff said his panel would continue its probe . Republicans defended the president in a 123-page rebuttal claiming Trump never intended to pressure Ukraine when he asked for a “ favor ” — investigations of Democrats and Joe Biden . They say the military aid the White House was withholding was not being used as leverage , as Democrats claim — and besides , the $ 400 million was ultimately released , although only after a congressional outcry . Democrats , they argue , just want to undo the 2016 election . For Republicans falling in line behind Trump , the inquiry is simply a “ hoax. ” Trump criticized the House for pushing forward with the proceedings while he was overseas , a breach of political decorum that traditionally leaves partisan differences at the water ’ s edge . House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy called on Democrats to end the impeachment “ nightmare. ” He said , “ They ’ re concerned if they do not impeach this president they cant beat him in an election. ” Democrats once hoped to sway Republicans to consider Trump ’ s removal , but they are now facing a ever-hardening partisan split over the swift-moving proceedings that are dividing Congress and the country . Possible grounds for impeachment are focused on whether Trump abused his office as he pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open investigations into Trump ’ s political rivals . At the time , Trump was withholding $ 400 million in military aid , jeopardizing key support as Ukraine faces an aggressive Russia at its border . The report also accuses Trump of obstruction , becoming the “ first and only ’ ’ president in U.S. history to “ openly and indiscriminately ” defy the House ’ s constitutional authority to conduct the impeachment proceedings by instructing officials not to comply with subpoenas for documents and testimony . For Democrats marching into what is now a largely partisan process , the political challenge if they proceed is to craft the impeachment articles in a way that will draw the most support from their ranks and not expose Pelosi ’ s majority to messy divisions , especially as Republicans stand lockstep with the president . While liberal Democrats are pushing the party to go further and incorporate the findings from former special counsel Robert Mueller ’ s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and other actions by Trump , more centrist and moderate Democrats prefer to stick with the Ukraine matter as a simpler narrative that Americans understand . Democrats could begin drafting articles of impeachment against the president in a matter of days , with a Judiciary Committee vote next week . The full House could vote by Christmas . Then the matter moves to the Senate for a trial in 2020 . The White House declined an invitation to participate Wednesday , with counsel Pat Cipollone denouncing the proceedings as a “ baseless and highly partisan inquiry. ” Cipollone , who will brief Senate Republicans on Wednesday , left open the question of whether White House officials would participate in additional House hearings . House rules provide the president and his attorneys the right to cross-examine witnesses and review evidence before the committee , but little ability to bring forward witnesses of their own .

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