The Australian Open might get all the attention, but dont be fooled. There is currently another WTA tournament taking place in Melbourne right now. In fact, 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin has already lost in the Round of 32 at the WTA Phillip Island Trophy. However, the other 15 Round of 32 matches will be contested on Monday, and were here to predict all of them for you. Who will advance? We share our thoughts. This set of predictions looks at four matches, and we also have three other sets, featuring Johanna Konta vs Aliaksandra Sanovich, Varvara Lepchenko vs Danielle Collins, and Madison Brengle vs Bianca Andreescu.

Head-to-head: Zhu 1-0 Bouzkova

Handed a tough first-round draw at the Australian Open, Marie Bouzkova made a swift exit at the hands of Elina Svitolina. Zhu Lin, meanwhile, did manage to win a round, beating Whitney Osuigwe for the loss of only two games before Elise Mertens proved too strong in the second round. Both women have since bounced back with wins at the WTA Phillip Island Trophy, although Bouzkovas victory over Danka Kovinic did come via retirement.

Still, the Czech looks to be in good position to win this match. She did lose her only previous meeting with Zhu, which came in the second round at Wimbledon in 2017, but she has improved considerably in the interim and has played the better tennis overall so far in 2021. Expect a close contest here, but for Bouzkovas greater ability to step in and dictate, as well as change direction in the rally, to give her the decisive advantage.

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Head-to-head: Doi 1-0 Sorribes Tormo

Sara Sorribes Tormo was made to work very hard for her first-round win, but the Spaniard had just enough to edge out Russias Ludmilla Samsonova, 6-7 6-1 7-6. But she may struggle up against Misaki Doi. The Japanese disappointed at the Australian Open, losing 1-6 2-6 in the first round to Ajla Tomljanovic, but she got back to winning ways with a fine 6-3 7-5 win over Carolina Garcia. She also beat Sara Sorribes Tormo comfortably in their only previous meeting. Expect the experienced Doi to come out on top once again.

Prediction: Doi in 2

Head-to-head: first meeting

Francesca Jones may have been well-beaten in the first round at the Australian Open by Shelby Rogers, but it has still been an excellent few weeks for the Briton. After winning three qualifying matches to make it into the main draw at Melbourne Park, she then scored her first WTA Tour-level win by upsetting world #44 Zheng Saisai in the first round at the WTA Phillip Island Trophy, a victory that will earn her a place in the top 200 of the WTA Rankings.

But she faces what looks like a tough test up against Patricia Maria Tig. The Romanian enjoyed a career-best season in 2020 and finished the year ranked inside the top 60. Still, the Romanian is at her best on the clay and has not looked entirely convincing so far in Australia, with her first-round win over Lesia Tsurenko her first win of the season in singles. Jones may struggle against the biggest hitters, but this is a winnable match for the 20-year-old.

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Head-to-head: first meeting

Petra Martic may still be ranked inside the top 20, but she has not been playing the sort of tennis that would typically be required to maintain such a lofty position in the WTA standings. She has won just one match so far this season and unless she starts finding more victories soon, her ranking looks set to plummet. This wont be straightforward for the Croatian, however, with Rebecca Marino having played some fine tennis of late.

The Canadian, who took a break from the sport in 2013 before returning in 2017, impressed in qualifying for the Australian Open, where she won a round. Her big serve looks well-suited to the fast courts in Melbourne, and she has already beaten Mayo Hibi and Mona Barthel at the WTA Phillip Island Trophy, without dropping a set in either match. Martic should offer more opposition, but the Canadian looks set to score another memorable win.

Prediction: Marino in 3

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VANCOUVER -- Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for Greater Victoria and most of the rest of Vancouver Island Sunday morning as a second storm system made its way through.

As much as 25 centimetres of snow fell in some parts of the island Friday night and through the day Saturday, and Environment Canada's warning calls for another five to 10 centimetres on Sunday.

Snow is expected to change over to rain in Greater Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands Sunday evening, but elsewhere on the Island the transition to rain is forecasted to happen later, according to the federal weather agency.

Environment Canada specifically called out driving conditions on the Malahat Highway between Goldstream and Mill Bay, saying "a long period of snowfall" with accumulations of 15 to 20 centimetres is expected Sunday.

"Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions," the agency said. "Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow."

In Victoria, crews worked through the night Saturday into Sunday applying salt to priority routes, according to an update from the city.

Due to the forecasted snowfall on Sunday, the city is continuing to focus on priority routes, as well as downtown transit stops, wheelchair ramps and sidewalks in front of city properties.

Crews will begin plowing residential side streets once the snow lets up and major routes are clear, the city said.

On Saturday, the city and the Victoria Police Department asked residents to stay home and avoid non-essential travel if possible.

The snowy conditions contributed to a number of traffic accidents, police said, though no serious injuries were reported.

One crash on the Pat Bay Highway left northbound traffic partially blocked for several hours on Saturday.

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THE DUP HAVE said there is value in exploring a two-island approach by Ireland and the UK to international travel as part of the pandemic response.

The partys leader in Westminster, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, said there was a lot of scope for cooperation in the Common Travel Area that operates between the two islands.

Tnaiste Leo Varadkar said last week that preliminary discussions on such an approach have begun with the UK government.

Asked about an approach that would encompass England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Donaldson said: I think there is value in exploring that, yes.

He told Newstalks On The Record with Gavan Reilly: As Ive said it needs to be done on a United Kingdom and Common Travel Area basis.

I think there is a lot of scope for cooperation on the whole question of the Common Travel Area, Donaldson said.

Certainly, in terms of international visitors coming in to the Common Travel Area,there is scope for greater cooperation, he said.

The UK has recently announced strict new mandatory hotel quarantine measures for passengers arriving from 33 red list countries.

Penalties of up to 10,0000 or 10 years in prison have been introduced for those who try to conceal that they are travelling from a red list country.

Ireland has announced its own list of 20 red list countries but has swerved such severe penalties for non-compliance.

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At a press conference last week, Varadkar backed a two-island approach.

The best thing I think we can do is try to coordinate, Varadkar said.

Because if Northern Ireland is a back door to the Republic of Ireland, Ireland is a backdoor to Britain and to England, he said.

The best thing we can do is work together on this, and Im a strong advocate of the two-islands strategy, Britain and Ireland, as much as we can, aligning and working together.

Donaldson criticised the Irish governments failure to share data with the Executive on passengers arriving into the Republic, who may be travelling on to Northern Ireland.

He said: With respect, its not just about Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Its about the United Kingdom as a whole, and the Republic of Ireland, because we know at the moment there are difficulties, for example in data sharing, which normally happens under the Common Travel Area, Donaldson said.

The northern Executive has been waiting for over 10 months for the Irish government to agree to share data on people who have entered the Republic of Ireland, through ports or airports, and are traveling on into Northern Ireland, he said.

So with the greatest of respect, the difficulty here is not Unionists in the Northern Ireland Executive.

I suggest you ask the relevant Irish government minister, why over 10 months later, on foot of a request from the Northern Ireland Executive for the sharing of data, we are still waiting for the Irish government to approve that request.

A further 176 individuals in Northern Ireland tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

A further 11 deaths have also been reported. One of the deaths took place outside the reporting period.

It brings the total number of deaths linked to the virus in Northern Ireland to 1,996.

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President Bidens flurry of executive orders has now extended to housing policy and to a pledge to reverse the Trump administrations approach to fair housing. Specifically, that would mean reversing the Trump reversal of an Obama-era rule known as Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing designed to introduce affordable (read subsidized) housing into higher-income, suburban zip codes. To justify a return to this controversial policy, President Biden rehearsed a long litany of federal housing-policy sins. Hes right about many of those but wrong about his approach to redress. More subsidized housing, in the tragic public-housing tradition, will only spur division and do little to help minority groups in their quest for upward mobility. It is incontrovertible, as President Biden stated in his executive order, that during the 20th century, Federal, State, and local governments systematically implemented racially discriminatory housing policies that contributed to segregated neighborhoods and inhibited equal opportunity and the chance to build wealth for Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Native American families, and other underserved communities. Most significantly, the Federal Housing Authority would not insure mortgages for blacks in white neighborhoods, and racial covenants deed restrictions against blacks (and Jews, by the way) were the norm into the 1950s. Urban freeways ploughed through low-income, often (though not exclusively) minority, neighborhoods, displacing thousands. Today, we are left with the Cross Bronx Expressway and the Chrysler Freeway. Even this apology is, however, selective. African Americans, particularly, suffered the tragedy of a (still) favorite progressive program: public housing. A key history here is underappreciated. Historically black neighborhoods Central Harlem, Detroits Black Bottom, Chicagos Bronzeville, Desoto-Carr in St. Louis were denigrated as slums, even though they were home to large numbers of residential property owners and hundreds of black-owned businesses. When they were cleared to make way for public housing, they were replaced by high-rise hells in which ownership asset accumulation was by definition impossible. The social fabric of self-help, civil society, and upward mobility was ripped apart. Blacks have always been, and remain, disproportionately represented in public and otherwise subsidized housing, often trapped into long-term dependency by counterproductive policies: When their income rises, so does rent. Compensating for this dual history of outright racism and harmful progressivism must not mean a new generation of housing sins. But Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, should it be restored, is just that. Federal pressure through the leverage of local aid programs to force the introduction of subsidized rental housing for low-income tenants has long been a guarantee of resistance by lower-middle class residents, white and black, justifiably concerned that households who have not strived and saved to make it to their neighborhoods will pose problems. Concentrations of housing-voucher tenants, dispersed by the demolition of some public-housing projects, have already spread dysfunction and poor maintenance including into apartment buildings in Warrensville Heights, the Ohio hometown of Marcia Fudge, the incoming secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Racial integration and fair housing remain goals for which America must strive. But that means understanding how neighborhoods work. Americans, black and white, self-select to live in areas in which they share the socioeconomic characteristics of their neighbors. Some liberals might not like that but those are their personal choices, as well. When minority-group members share the economic and educational backgrounds of new neighbors, the odds of intolerance are vastly decreased. Thats why fair housing should mean nondiscrimination not subsidized new developments. Instead, Biden is doubling down on the example set by the Obama administration in Westchester County, which was forced to spend $60 million to subsidize 874 housing units in a county in which racial and ethnic minorities are already well represented. That means that current black and Hispanic homeowners, who have bought their homes through striving and saving, will have to see their county taxes used to subsidize others to the tune of $68,000 per home. The exclusionary suburbs wont be pried open by confrontation. There will be endless lawsuits. Instead, HUD, if its to have any useful role, must try to use such tools as model zoning (suggestions, not mandates) to convince local planning boards to permit the market to build naturally occurring affordable housing small homes, including small multifamilies, on small lots. Historically, thats how the American working class was able to afford homes. An administration truly interested in correcting the housing-policy sins of the past would not overlook the existing problems of public and subsidized housing. Heres a bold idea: sell off public-housing projects on high-value real estate (see the Brooklyn waterfront) and provide cash compensation to its residents. They should be able to move where they like or just put the money aside. Theres a lot about our housing past to correct. Doubling down on previous sins is not the way to start.

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The Big Island reported two new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the islands total case count to 2,213.

The new Big Island cases were among 71 new cases reported across the state by the Department of Health. Oahu reported 48 new cases while Maui County reported 11 and Kauai zero. Ten residents were diagnosed while outside the state.

The Big Island on Saturday had a 0.7% test positivity rate, below the statewide rate of 1.1%.

Statewide, to date, there have been 26,810 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Statewide, 45 people were hospitalized Saturday, none of whom were receiving care on the Big Island. To date, 2,149 people have required hospitalization, including 114 on the Big Island.

No new coronavirus-related deaths were reported Saturday by the state. Of the 425 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed and reported by the state to date, 339 were on Oahu, 29 were on Maui, 53 were on the Big Island and one on Kauai. Three deaths were among residents outside the state.

The Big Islands COVID-19 fatality rate remained at 2.4% on Saturday, above the statewide rate of 1.6%.

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Fast times in New York as Shaunae Miller-Uibo dominates, whileCharlie DaVall Grice breaks British 1000m record and Jake Wightman lowers Scottish 1500m mark

There had been high hopes for fast times at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix and the latest stop on the World Athletics World Indoor Tour did not disappoint as a swathe of national records fell in New York.

The meeting had been moved to the impressive Ocean Breeze facility in Staten Island due to the original venue of the Reggie Lewis Centre in Boston being used as a Covid-19 vaccination centre. And while the showpiece shorter sprints perhaps didnt completely live up to expectations, much of the action was of a very high quality as some of the worlds biggest stars came out to play.

One of the most impressive showings came in the womens 400m, as Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo broke theBahamian record in a world-leading 50.21 in what was her first indoor run over the distance in seven years. It moved herto fifth on the all-time standings. American Wadeline Jonathas was second in 51.95, with Jessica Beard third in 52.60.

In the mens 400m Michael Norman edged a fantastic race, clocking 45.34 to just hold off training partner Rai Benjamins PB of 45.39. Tyrell Richard was third in 46.25.

The mens two-mile event won by Justin Knights world-leading 8:13.92 had seen the first national record of the night set by third-placed Australian Morgan McDonald when he clocked 8:14.92 but there was also a remarkable performance from his compatriot Oliver Hoare in the 1500m.

Britains Jake Wightman, in his first outing of the year, had led from the front for much of the race until the closing lap, when Hoares closing 300m of 41.67 led him to the line first in a time of 3:32.35 which placed him seventh on the all-time list.

In finishing second, Wightman came perilously close to Peter Elliotts 21-year-old British indoor mark of 3:34.20, but the European and Commonwealth medallists PB of 3:34.48 is a Scottish indoor record. New Zealands Sam Tanner clocked 3:34.72 for another national mark as nine of the field set personal bests.

The 1500m had followed hot on the heels of a memorable mens 1000m encounter in which there was a British record for Charlie DaVall Grice to celebrate. Bryce Hoppell won the race in a North American record of 2:16.27, but DaVall Grice had pushed him hard for much of the encounter, the Briton eventually clocking 2:17.20 for third, with Canadas Marco Arop second in2:17.10.

Another of the evenings talking points came in the womens two-mile event. Many believeElle Purrier to be a star in the making and her time of 9:10.28 was not only an outright North American record but placed her third on the all-time list. Only two women Genzebe Dibaba and Meseret Defar have ever gone quicker either indoors or out.

In seventh place, Amy Eloise Markovc clocked a British record of 9.30.69, with her 3000m time of 8:54.11 en route not only a PB but also within the qualifying standard for next months European Indoor Championships.

Another North American record fell in the mens 800m when world champion Donavan Brazier broke his own mark with 1:44.21, while a third consecutive personal best from Britains Jamie Webbof 1:46.26 gave him second spot ahead of Erik Sowinksi (1:47.65).

The womens race was won by world bronze medallist Ajee Wilson, who was a late entrant but was a convincing winner when clocking 2:01.79 to take the victory ahead of fellow American Kaela Edwards 2:02.17. There was a superb third place for Britains Isabelle Boffey thanks to her indoor PB of 2:02.45, which was inside the European Indoor Championships qualifying standard. Her fellow Briton Adelle Tracey tired in the latter stages to run2:04.28 for seventh.

Ajee Wilson wins the 800m, with Isabelle Boffey coming third. Credit: New Balance Indoor Grand Prix/Kevin Morris

When it came to the shorter sprints, the 100m hurdles world record holder Keni Harrison clocked a world-leading 7.82 in winning the 60m hurdles, with Britains Tiffany Porter equalling her seasons best of 7.89,the same time clocked by third-placed Gabrielle Cunningham. Britains Cindy Semper was fifth in 8.22, with world 400m hurdles silver medallist Sydney McLaughlin struggling in eighth with a time of 8.56.

An impressive late surge from Trayvon Bromellgave him 60m victory in a time of 6.50 ahead of fellow Americans Demek Kemp (6.65) and Maurice Eaddy (6.67), while in the womens raceKayla Whites PB of 7.15 landed her the winfrom Hannah Cunliffes 7.17, with Candace Hill clocking 7.19 in third.

As expected world champion Noah Lylesdid take the 200m honours but didnt seem overly impressed with himself after a run of 20.80 which saw him finish ahead of Deon Lendore (20.92) and Jaron Flournoy (21.26). Lyles had also run 6.76 in the 60m heats earlier in the evening.

In the two field events,Trey Culver cleared a world-leading and PB-equalling 2.33m to break the meeting high jump record, while world indoor champion Sandi Morris won the pole vault with a best clearance of 4.60m.

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Two men and women who were stranded on a deserted island for 33 days were rescued after they waved flags to get the attention of a passing US Coast Guard helicopter crew.

The crew were reportedly on a routine mission off the Florida Keys.

Helicopter pilot Mike Allert told American digital television station WPLG: "We were alerted to them by the flags that they actually had in addition to a large cross that they put out there for themselves."

Mr Allert said he decided to fly back around Anguilla Cay to investigate and a crew returned to the island on Monday 8 February to drop water, food and a radio.

The trio was stranded on an uninhabited Bahamian island between Key West and Cuba, the agency posted on Twitter.

A helicopter crew returned on Tuesday to pick them up.

Coast Guard officials tweeted that the trio were from Cuba.

They told officials their boat had overturned in rough waters and they were able to swim to the island.

The trio told the crew they had survived on coconuts, conchs and rats, news outlets reported.

It was not immediately clear whether they were migrants attempting to get to the United States, or if they were just lost at sea, US Coast Guard Petty Officer Brandon Murray told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

They were taken to a medical centre, where none appeared to have serious injuries.

"I cannot recall a time that we saved people who were stranded for over a month on an island," he told the newspaper.

"That is a new one for me."

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LANDSLIDEBy Susan Conley

Wolves, low-snouted and hungry, haunt Thoreaus The Maine Woods. He startles at their howls, as if a hundred demons had broke loose, and parses the tree line for their silhouettes, though they never appear. The literature of American exploration is filled with the baying, prowling creatures in novels like Willa Cathers My ntonia, James Fenimore Coopers The Last of the Mohicans and especially Laura Ingalls Wilders Little House series, where children learn to fear them symbols of Americas wild spirit, pushed farther and farther from society by man and machinery. Wolves are a lost bit of America.

In Susan Conleys Landslide, Jill Archer, a documentarian who lives on a small island in Maines Penobscot Bay, refers to her two sons as the wolves. Seventeen-year-old Charlie and 16-year-old Sam arent dangerous, per se, but there is a snappish, feral quality to them; they snarl and pick fights with her, whine for pasta or sandwiches, wander lonely just outside her periphery. Like Thoreaus creatures, theyre remote and misunderstood, constantly out of reach.

Jills husband, Kit, one of the few remaining fishermen in their coastal town, has been hospitalized in Nova Scotia after the engine of the swordfishing boat he was working on exploded, breaking his right femur and potentially ending his career. In the wake of his accident, uncertainty destabilizes the entire family. Sam posts a photo of himself smoking pot and begins failing tests. Charlie burrows into a fantasy life with his girlfriend and her cozy family. Jill sputters and flails, wondering how to usher two boys through the gantlet of 21st-century masculinity.

Deterioration marks every aspect of Landslide, which is enveloping and warm, if slightly undercooked and sometimes flat-footed. The romance of Jill and Kits courtship the sweet, early years, when they used kerosene lamps and made clearings for the gardens and built the woodpile up at their creaky island home has had the polish rubbed off after almost two decades. Their love is baked in but negotiated: Kit is at sea for weeks, enamored of who he is when he commands a vessel and carries on his family lineage. Trauma has rubbed away at Sams sense of self; two years earlier, he watched his closest friend fall between the boards on a crumbling bridge and drown in the water below. Now he has what his counselor calls a willingness to self-sabotage. Their town is a picture postcard of iconic New England, except commerce has been erased by a collapsing ecosystem and industry. At one point their own dock even floats away.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Heres a look at the top criminal-justice-related headlines across the borough this week.

NYPD: 39K HAUL FOR COMMERCIAL BURGLAR

Police cars are stationed in New Dorp Lane following a report of a burglary on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)

A burglar stole $39,000 by raiding an ATM at a deli on New Dorp Lane and busted through a glass door and wall of an adjacent storefront to burglarize a restaurant on Forest Avenue in Mariners Harbor, authorities allege.

When officers tried pull over Juan Reyes, 39, of Graniteville, in a stolen van shortly after the restaurant caper, the suspect hit the gas and led officers on a wild chase through the streets of Mariners Harbor, according to the criminal complaint and police.

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ROSSVILLE MAN INDICTED IN ALLEGED RAPE

A Rossville man has been indicted on charges alleging he raped and sexually abused an underage girl last year and also hit two children.

Salvatore Lovacco, 48, of the 100 block of Santa Monica Lane, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all charges at his arraignment in state Supreme Court, St. George.

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HES INDICTED IN GIRLFRIENDS MURDER

A Tompkinsville man has been indicted on a murder charge in connection with the slaying of his live-in girlfriend in their apartment two months ago.

Milton Bolton, 39, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday in state Supreme Court, St. George.

Prosecutors allege Bolton killed Natasha Colon, 38, on Dec. 15.

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FDNY MEMBER HIT WITH CHILD-PORN CHARGES

A 59-year-old Staten Island man stands accused of possessing child pornography, according to the NYPD and a criminal complaint.

Police identified the suspect as Joseph Perrone, an FDNY member who was off-duty at the time of his arrest at his home on Wednesday at about 5 p.m., according to a statement from the NYPDs Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

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NYPD: 3 TEENS ARRESTED WITH GUN

Police arrested three suspects and seized a loaded gun during a car stop in the 121st Precinct. (Courtesy of NYPD)

A traffic stop led to the recovery of a gun and the arrest of three teens in Graniteville, according to police.

Officers pulled over a 2009 Mazda on Thursday around midnight at the corner of Sanders Street and Forest Avenue, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD.

A loaded, .22-caliber Phoenix Arms gun was recovered during the incident, which resulted in the arrest of three boys ages 17, 16, and 14, according to the police spokeswoman.

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COPS DETAIL ALLEGED CRIME SPREE

A Great Kills man stole an SUV and brandished a hunting knife while trying to rob Dominos Pizza, Dunkin Donuts, and Stop & Shop locations in a four-day crime, authorities allege.

Then, when cops caught up with Joseph Bianchino, 34, of Exeter Street, and tried to pull him over, he struck an officer with the stolen car, police say.

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HES SENTENCED IN TRANSIT CENTER GROPING

First, he groped a man in the Eltingville Transit Center, said police.

Then, weeks later, Vondell Cox followed a mother and her children from the Staten Island Railway station in New Dorp and shoved the woman and her 7-year-old daughter to the ground, authorities said.

Now hes off to a jail cell.

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NYPD ARRESTS 18 AMID BROOKLYN SLAYINGS

The Brooklyn District Attorney and NYPD announced Tuesday more than a dozen arrests of young men with alleged gang ties in connection with a recent surge in violence. (Staten Island Advance)Staff-Shot

Eighteen young men, and a few teenage boys, with alleged ties to gangs in Brooklyn, were arrested this week in connection with multiple shootings and killings part of an overall surge in violence over the past year across New York City.

The suspects allegedly fall under an umbrella group called the 900 Gang, which operates out of public housing complexes in Bedford-Stuyvesant; some accused of shooting at gang rivals on sight for the sake of territorial dominance, the Daily News reported.

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Temptation Island is back on Tuesday night, February 16. In order to get back on the air, the reality television show had a long strange trip. Of course, anyone paying attention over the last year probably understands why the trip was so strange.

Host Mark L. Walberg and a new set of couples Erica Washington and Kendal Kirkland, Erin Smith and Corey Sobczyk, Kristen Ramos and Julian Allen, Chelsea Orcutt and Thomas Gipson. are headed to Maui. Once there, theyll be joined by 24 singles who are looking for love. As is usually the case, the four couples will have to decide whether or not to stay together, or hook up with one of the singles looking to steal away a mate.

Speaking to TV Insider, Walberg spoke about how hard it was to get to production for this upcoming season.

We started taping at the end of September. There was delay after delay, so COVID was really crippling us, he told the site.

He added that eventually, the showrunners were able to find some synergy. The Temptation Island producers took steps to avoid delays, as well as to avoid anyone on the cast getting sick.

We were in a very strict bubble. What happened with our cast and crew was this cohesiveness that we would not have had being in separate hotels all over the island, Walberg said. As far as the cast goes, they are usually sequestered anyway. So it wasnt any different in that regard.

Walberg also talked about what it was like to work through a quarantine. He said that once everyone got through the waiting period, everyone on the cast felt safer. Because they were then in a kind of bubble they knew the chances of anyone catching the coronavirus was very slim.

We had 3,600 COVID tests and zero positives. From the cast standpoint, once they moved into the villas and started their life there, I think it was a relief, Walberg added. They were able to live as if there wasnt a raging pandemic out there.

After everyone was settled in, it was time to simply get down to business. Walberg said that after everyone felt comfortable, the cast could act as though everything was normal. Because they were sequestered, the oddity of a pandemic never really intruded.

Thats good for the audience. It might be less of a positive for couples who are trying to stay together.

Temptation Island will see the four groups try and work out any relationship issues. The 24 singles will be looking to introduce some of those specific issues in an effort to snag someone new. Walberg, of course, isnt giving any hints on what he thinks the outcomes will be.

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HONOLULU Ace Hardware Corporation announced that HouseMart Ace Hardware store locations in Hilo, Keaau, Naalehu, Rancho and Kailua-Kona on Hawaii Island have all achieved designation as a Pinnacle Performance Retailing stores for its outstanding performance. Developed as part of Aces retail-growth strategy, Higher Ground, Pinnacle Performance Retailing is focused on Aces customers to ensure that Ace stores deliver on its helpful brand promise.

For more than 96 years, Ace Hardware has been serving its neighbors with helpful service and quality products. With more than 5,300 stores in approximately 70 countries, the teams at these HouseMart Ace Hardware stores are five of only a few hundred Ace retailers to achieve this elite status. To achieve Pinnacle Performance Retailing, the teams at these five HouseMart Ace Hardware stores successfully completed a number of key performance drivers focused on quality, service and convenience, helping them provide a better overall shopping experience in their local community.

One example of a proven performance driver is Helpful Certification, the foundational element of Aces Certified Ace Helpful retail-training curriculum. To become certified, Ace Hardware associates complete courses such as Helpful 101 and 201 and the store conducts a week-long, team-based certification event.

HouseMart Ace Hardware stores have been recognized by the communities as the Best Hardware Store in both West Hawaii and East Hawaii.

The HouseMart group is also a strong partner in raising funds for Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Hawaiis only Childrens Miracle Network Hospital.

Achieving Pinnacle Performance Retailing is a tremendous accomplishment for an Ace store, said John Kittell, vice president, retail operations and new business, Ace Hardware Corporation.

Were pleased to recognize these five HouseMart Ace stores on Hawaii island and their associates for their outstanding achievements, and proud to say they are a part of the Ace family.

The teams at Hilo, Naalehu, Rancho, Keaau and Kona are incredibly pleased to have earned the status as a Pinnacle Performance Retailing store, said Marcel Bekers, COO at HouseMart Ace Hardware.

What this means for our customers is that we are more committed than ever to providing the best possible retail experience, from customer service to quality product offerings and more. Were taking Ace helpful to a new level.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah A womans body was recovered on Antelope Island after officials said she sustained fatal head injuries during a trail run.

Utah State Parks Lt. Eric Stucki said the 40-year-old woman was dropped off by her husband around 6:30 a.m. Friday with a plan in place to pick her up later in the day at a designated meeting point.

She ran northbound toward the west side of the island and made it as far at the Split Rock/Elephant Head area before suffering fatal head injuries.

Stucki said she was on rocky ground, but didnt exactly know how she sustained those injuries.

At 6 p.m., the womans husband called authorities after she failed to appear at their meeting place.

Davis County Search and Rescue, as well as a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter, were then called out.

Her body was eventually located and recovered late Friday night.

Stucki said this was a tragic case where she did everything right had a plan, told someone where she would be and when she would be back, etc. and it just ended tragically.

The victims identity has not been released.

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After years of battling depression, anxiety, and chronic pain, my younger son, Alan Ross Jacobs, died on Jan. 10, 2015, from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

Three months later, I attempted suicide by overdosing on pills and alcohol in the hopes that I could be with Alan again. As a result of my failed suicide attempt, New York State incarcerated me in a mental institution.

For 21 days, I was confined in an environment that was degrading, stultifying, and downright depressing.Its six years since my discharge from the hospital, and I have not made another attempt on my life. Sadly, Emily a very beautiful young woman I met in the hospital took her life a year after her discharge. She was one of 130 suicides that occur each day. Emily was only 40 years old.

Why were our outcomes so different?

At least part of the reason can be found in what psychologists refer to as self-determination theory.

According to this theory, peoples need for competence, connection and autonomy must be fulfilled if they are to grow and change. These three needs were utterly unmet in the psychiatric hospital.

First and perhaps foremost, institutionalization stripped us of autonomy. In the hospital, our every move was dictated by the staff when and where we slept and ate, the clothes we wore, the toiletries we used, the books we read, even whether we could open a window.In addition to taking away our autonomy, hospital policies suggested that we were not competent to make any decisions for ourselves.

If we sought explanations particularly explanations about the drugs we were given we were told that non-compliance would lead to increased time in the hospital. Emily already had feelings of incompetence.

During her early school years, she had struggled to succeed because of dyslexia. That early struggle had left her feeling inept.

On the other hand, Id had a good deal of academic and professional success throughout my life which gave me a strong sense of my own competence even while the hospital made me feel as if I was incapable of taking care of myself.Furthermore, my hospitalization can be seen as resulting from a loss of connection. My younger sons fatal accidental overdose had left me reeling from the loss of a vital connection.

I was fortunate that my feelings of connection to my family increased during my hospitalization. My son flew up from Atlanta and visited every day. My sister, niece, nephew and boyfriend called constantly.

Emily didnt have a sense of connection to her family. She was divorced, and her husband was in jail. Her parents were also divorced and lived far away as did her brother. They never visited and rarely called.

Emily expressed to me her fear of being alone when she returned home. In the hospital, we were surrounded by people and noise but many patients go home to a silent, empty house.Discharged patients are, in a sense, set adrift and lose the sense of connectedness. Sometimes the patient interprets the return of emotional distress even after being treated in a hospital as a sign that there is no help to be had, no hope for recovery or improvement. At least in my case, my older son was going to stay with me for a few days after my discharge.No wonder many mental health professionals today are calling for treatment that prioritizes autonomy, empowerment and respect for the person receiving services.

To help patients find a way to go on living, therapeutic approaches must give patients a sense of their value by giving them respect and treating them with dignity. Hospitals must also give the patients some autonomy so that they learn to deal with living on their own.Its time for hospitals to turn to a new way of preventing repeat suicide attempts.

You can read more about my experiences in Broken: How the Broken Mental Health System Leads to Broken Lives and Broken Hearts available on Amazon.

Linda Comac

Williston Park

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