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—————————————————————– This diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events —————————————————————– MONDAY, FEB. 7 ** KYIV – Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok will together visit Ukraine (to Feb 8) ** NIAMEY – President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis to visit to the West African country of Niger (to Feb.9) ** NEW DELHI – Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris to meet his Indian counterpart External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in New Delhi. ** TEHRAN – Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto to meet his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran. ** PARIS – French and German finance ministers’ chairs EU conference on digital sovereignty. ** MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calviño and President of the Eurogroup and Irish Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe participate in the conference “Opportunities for the euro area in the context of the recovery” – 1045 GMT ** MADRID – Spain’s economy minister Nadia Calviño and President of the Eurogroup and Irish Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe hold a joint press conference at the end of their bilateral meeting – 1330 GMT ** BELGRADE – Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó meets his Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic in Belgrade and hold a joint news conference – 1200 GMT ** KYIV – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv – 1630 GMT ** BRUSSELS – Polish President Andrzej Duda press conference after meeting with European Council head Charles Michel – 1250 GMT ** BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the NATO headquarters in Brussels – 1445 GMT ** MOSCOW – French President Emmanuel Macron meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss Ukraine. SAPPORO, Japan – 2022 Sapporo Snow Festival (to Feb. 12). NEW DELHI – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister G.L.Peiris to visit India (to Feb.8) BRUSSELS – Polish President Andrzej Duda to meet European Commission president to discuss situation in Ukraine. KYIV – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock will pay a joint visit to Ukraine (to Feb.8) WASHINGTON DC – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet U.S. President Joe Biden. KYIV – Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg plans to visit Ukraine (to Feb. 8) – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY, FEB. 8 ** ANKARA – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds talks with Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. ** VIENNA – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) holds meeting on Ukraine. ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda attend Weimar Triangle meeting in Berlin – 1800 GMT VILNIUS – NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana speaks in Vilnius at a conference. – 1100 GMT GLOBAL – Safer Internet Day 2022 – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9 ** CANBERRA – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers’ meet in Australia (to Feb.12) ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets EU council president Charles Michel. ** BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a joint news conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen – 1330 GMT GRENOBLE, France – Informal meeting of EU health ministers (to Feb. 10) – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 10 ** MOSCOW – UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will pay a visit to Russia ** CANBERRA – Australia to host ‘Quad’ meeting of foreign ministers (to Feb.11) PARIS – OECD Economic Surveys: Colombia DUBAI – Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William visits the United Arab Emirates on a trip that coincides with UK National Day being held at Expo 2020 Dubai. BERLIN – 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (to Feb. 20). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 11 ** LONDON – Politico online conference, with speech from European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, Mairead McGuinness – 0730 GMT DUBLIN – Vera Jourova, EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency, speaks at Ireland’s Institute of International and European Affairs think tank – 1300 GMT. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, FEB. 12 ** SUVA – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Fiji to meet with Pacific Island leaders and Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. VENICE, Italy – Venice Carnival 2022 (to Mar. 1). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 13 SWITZERLAND – Referendum election. MARSEILLE, France – EU trade ministers meet in Marseille (to Feb 14) BERLIN – German presidential election at the Reichstag in Berlin BEIRUT – 14th anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah. GLOBAL – World Radio Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 14 ** KYIV – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will hold talks with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz. MOSCOW – Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, to visit Russia (to Feb.17) KYIV – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to pay visit to Ukraine. ABU DHABI – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to boost cooperation between the two countries, mending ties strained by years of animosity. (To Feb 15). GLOBAL – Valentine’s Day. BEIRUT – 17th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 15 MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks in Moscow. RIGA, Latvia – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender travel to Latvia to meet with President Egils Levits and his wife Andra Levite in Riga. MOSCOW – Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau is set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16 SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet to discuss humanitarian aid for Myanmar. (To Feb 17). BRUSSELS – Defence ministers from the NATO alliance meet in Brussels for a two-day summit chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (To Feb 17). – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, FEB. 17 JAKARTA – Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from G20 countries meeting in Indonesia (to Feb. 18) PRISTINA – 14th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts the European Union – African Union summit. (To Feb. 18) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 18 SINGAPORE – Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence Wong to deliver the 2022 fiscal year budget – 0600 GMT – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB. 20 DAKAR – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Senegal – (To Feb. 23). – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB. 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, FEB. 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the 2022 budget in parliament. – 1200 GMT – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, FEB. 25 PARIS – Eurogroup meeting. PARIS – EU Informal meeting of ministers for the economy and finance (to Feb. 26). RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio Carnival 2022. (to Mar. 5). – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, FEB.27 BELARUS – Referendum election. MALI – Mali Presidential Election. MALI – Malian National Assembly election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, FEB.28 GENEVA – 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council (to April 1). – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 1 WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ARLES, France – EU Informal meeting of the General Affairs Council (to March 4) BRUSSELS – EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. (To Mar. 4) – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 SOUTH KOREA – South Korea holds Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, MARCH 13 COLOMBIA – Colombian Senate election. COLOMBIA – Colombian House of Representatives election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 14 BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 15 BRUSSELS – EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands holds municipal elections. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, MARCH 19 DILI, Timor-Leste – Presidential election. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, MARCH 21 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) meeting. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, MARCH 22 BRUSSELS – EU General Affairs Council meeting. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, MARCH 24 BRUSSELS – Brussels hosts summit of European Union leaders (To Mar 25) BRUSSELS – European Council meeting (to March 25). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

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Bobcats sending 12 entries to state swimming in nine events

Bobcats sending 12 entries to state swimming in nine events

T-R PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING – Marshalltown senior swimmers Marcus Barker, right, and Aaron Seberger look on after finishing in a tie for second place in the 100-yard freestyle event at Saturday’s district meet at Linn-Mar High School in Marion. Both swimmers advanced to state with their time of 48.29 seconds.

MARION — Mike Loupee was cautiously optimistic the Marshalltown boys’ swim team would have a good number of state meet qualifiers following the district meet at Linn-Mar High School Saturday afternoon.

Saturday night, the good news came through — 12 swimmers qualified in nine of the 11 events, meaning the Bobcats will be well-represented Feb. 12 at the University of Iowa. Marshalltown finished third in the team standings at districts with 323.5 points.

Loupee said the taper Marshalltown had leading up to districts was one of the best he’s seen in a while.

“The kids swam out of their brains,” Loupee said. “We had a great day. We had 36 swims, 32 of those were season and lifetime bests.

We had probably one of the better tapers we’ve had in a long, long time, and we have good tapers every year. They swam with a lot of heart, with good focus and they did everything that we asked them to do.”

T-R PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING

Marshalltown began the meet with a five-second time drop in the 200-yard medley relay — the group of Dane Petty, Sam Greazel, Charlie Gilbertson and Carter Hunt finished fourth in the district with a time of 1 minute, 41.74 seconds. They qualified as the 19th seed.

In the 200 freestyle, Stephen Blom finished in fifth place and swam a season-best 1:48.20 to earn the 26th seed.

Petty and Lincoln Barker finished with sixth-and-seventh place times of 1:48.73 and 1:52.76, respectively. Petty qualified as the 29th seed.

Marcus Barker qualified in the first of four events with a 2:00.94 in the 200 individual medley, coming in as the 23rd seed. The very next event, Aaron Seberger put in a season-best time of 21.86 in the 50 freestyle to qualify as the eighth seed and a second-place finisher in the district.

Gilbertson then qualified as the 32nd and final seed in the 100 butterfly with a career-best time of 55.38 and a fourth-place district finish.

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Seberger and Marcus Barker finished in a dead tie for second place in the 100 freestyle with 48.29, good enough for the 13th and 14th seeds at state.

Marshalltown’s distance swimmers in Blom and Petty found themselves finishing right next to each other again in the 500 freestyle, but on this occasion Petty had the better finish. With a 4:51.52, he beat Blom by three-hundredths of a second to take the 15th seed at state, while Blom’s 4:51.55 was good for 16th.

The Bobcats then nearly won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:28.74 from Seberger, Hunt, Lincoln and Marcus Barker — Linn-Mar beat the Bobcats by .5 seconds. With the result, it will be the 13th seed at state.

Loupee said a lot of the Bobcats were very impressive in the pool, but one name stuck out.

“It’s almost impossible to pick out one swimmer and one performance, because they were all great,” Loupee said. “Probably the biggest surprise of the day would be Sam Greazel’s breaststroke. He’s never broken 30 seconds and he went 28.88 in his split in the medley relay.

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“For a freshman to come into this kind of pressure and swim that well, that was tremendous.”

Greazel finished fourth in districts at the 100 breaststroke, cutting his prior career-best by five seconds with a 1:04.91. He missed the cut for state by just over one second.

The final event of the day, the 400 free relay, saw Marshalltown finish with a 3:19 — good enough for the 14th seed.

Marshalltown will have a busy Friday and Saturday in Iowa City, with preliminary events set to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday for all individual qualifiers. State begins at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday — and Loupee said he’s hopeful the Bobcats can eke out some more time before then.

“I’ve got a real good idea of what we can do ahead of prelims and finals in the coming week,” Loupee said. “I am guardedly optimistic we’ve still got some more time to drop.”


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Chancellor’s Commission Elects Officers, Plans for Upcoming Events

Chancellor's Commission Elects Officers, Plans for Upcoming Events

The Chancellor’s Commission on Women met several times during fall 2021 semester, elected a slate of officers, and laid the groundwork for 2021-22 academic year events.

Alishia Ferguson, associate director of the School of Social Work in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, was re-elected chair of the commission. Theresa Parrish, academic counselor for the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, was elected vice chair, and Danielle L. Williams, assistant vice chancellor and director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, was re-elected secretary.

In addition to the celebration of Women’s History Month in March, the commission is planning to implement an annual women’s caucus to encourage increased participation among the campus community.

The commission also will continue to recognize extraordinary women and women’s advocates on the U of A campus. Nominations can be submitted from the commission’s website (uawomen.uark.edu) through March 11 for this spring’s recognition.

“The Chancellor’s Commission has gotten off to a quick start this year,” said chair Alishia Ferguson. “I am honored to be a part of the commission and happy to say we are setting a robust agenda that includes drawing in the U of A community for timely and specific input that highlights concerns, interests, and accomplishments of women across campus. I hope everyone will follow us on Facebook and Instagram and also provide ideas and feedback through our survey and quick polls that launch this spring. We also welcome your nominations for our recognition event later this semester.”

Roster of Members for 2021-22

Officers

  • Chair — Alishia Ferguson, associate director of the School of Social Work in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences (2022)

  • Vice Chair — Theresa Parrish, academic counselor, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design (2022)

  • Secretary — Danielle L. Williams, assistant vice chancellor and director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance (2023)

Faculty Members

  • Anna Zajicek, associate dean, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences (2023)

  • Brittany Hearn, assistant professor of criminology and sociology (2024)

Non-Classified Staff

  • Kelly Bostick, associate director of digital design, University Relations (2024)

Classified Staff Members

  • Bonnie Miller, academic programs coordinator, School of Law (2024)

  • Emily Chanmanivong, global engagement coordinator, Walton College of Business (2022)

  • Jenn Shipley, administrative specialist, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design (2025)

Undergraduate Student Members

  • Tyrah Jackson, Anthropology, Criminology (2022)

  • Fern Alcantara, Political Science, Psychology (2022)

Graduate Student Member

  • Katherine Dzurilla, Ph.D. candidate, Space and Planetary Sciences, and vice-president, Graduate-Professional Student Congress (2023)

Ex-Officio Members (Non-Voting)

  • Laura Jacobs, chief of staff, representing the Office of the Chancellor

  • Teia Anderson, vice-president, Associated Student Government

  • Mary Savin, professor, Microbial Ecology, representing Faculty Senate

  • Cecilia Grossberger, assistant director of marketing and communications at New Student and Family Programs, representing Staff Senate

  • Kathy Sloan, vice provost for faculty development, representing the Office of the Provost

About the Chancellor’s Commission on Women: Founded in 2010, the Chancellor’s Commission on Women is an advisory group charged with reviewing and monitoring policies, programs and issues to ensure that all women at the university are given the best possible opportunities for success within the institution and in their professional and college careers. Membership comprises both graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and staff who serve on staggered three-year appointments to ensure fresh and diverse points of view. The group collectively decides on issues to address each year, and relies on input from colleagues, students, and occasional surveys to gain a sense of the campus’ interests and needs.

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Motor racing-LA Coliseum race could lead to more NASCAR events in unlikely places

LOS ANGELES — NASCAR’s first-of-its-kind race on a temporary asphalt track inside LA Memorial Coliseum on Sunday led drivers to offer their thoughts on where similar events could be staged in the future.

Joey Logano beat Kyle Busch to win the season-opening exhibition race at the century-old venue in downtown Los Angeles, which has hosted Olympics and Super Bowls but never a NASCAR event.

“I can’t believe we’re here,” Logano said after earning his second career win of a Clash event on a sun-soaked day in Southern California.

“This is an amazing event. Congratulations to NASCAR. This is such a huge step in our industry to be able to do this and to put on an amazing race for everybody. I’m out of breath. I’m so excited about this. It was a big win.”

Third place finisher Austin Dillon suggested NASCAR build a temporary track inside the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas.

Others saw opportunities for NASCAR to expand its reach overseas.

“For me, I look at the NFL and what they do in London,” said Kevin Harvick, who finished in 10th place.

“In order to really open doors, I think Wembley Stadium would be fun. I think everyone wants to do something but the weather has to be different.”

NASCAR officials said they are exploring a variety of options.

“Everything is open,” Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O’Donnell told reporters after the race.

“We’ve proven we can go to a cool stadium with a track around it and we know what to do, we can get in and out,” he said.

“Ben, if he hasn’t already, is already studying the footprints of a lot of different stadiums in the U.S.,” said O’Donnell, referring to NASCAR Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation Ben Kennedy.

“What works, what may not work. But we’re also pretty happy here.”

NASCAR now moves on the Daytona 500, which will be held in two weeks.

(Additional reporting by Lewis Franck; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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Castanet’s new events page makes it easy to know what’s shaking – Kelowna News

Castanet's new events page makes it easy to know what's shaking - Kelowna News

Events page ready for action

Castanet Staff – | Story: 359085

Castanet has revamped its events page, making it easier than ever for you to see what is happening in the Okanagan.

The new page improved the event categories, making things easier to find, the search tool is more intuitive than it was before, and a new “featured events” section that highlights the most popular happenings can be found at the top of the page.

Best of all, the page is more mobile friendly.

“As B.C. and Canada start to ease COVID restrictions, we wanted to take a look at ways we could improve our events section so that as people start to leave their homes again, it will be easier for them to find activities that interest them,” Castanet creative director Robin Jones said.

That makes this the perfect time to promote your event on Castanet. Click here to submit your information.

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Steward Wins Three Events as Kansas Tops Iowa State in Big 12 Dual Finale

Steward Wins Three Events as Kansas Tops Iowa State in Big 12 Dual Finale

Kansas vs. Iowa State (Women Only)

  • Ames, Iowa
  • February 5th, 2022
  • SCY Dual meet
  • Team scores
    • Kansas 180 Iowa State 120
  • Full results

The Kansas Jayhawks traveled north to take on their Big 12 Rivals, the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday. Kansas played spoiler to ISU’s senior day, winning handily 180 to 120 in what was both teams’ final dual meet of the 2021-2022 season. 

Leading the charge for Kansas was senior Kate Steward, who won all three of her individual events on the day. The Bartlesville, Oklahoma native started her meet with a dominant win in the breast, touching first in 1:01.75 to win by nearly 2 seconds. She completed the breaststroke sweep with a 4 and a half second victory in the 200 breast, swimming a 2:13.89 to nearly miss the 2015 pool record. The senior closed out her meet with a win in the 200 IM, touching first in 2:04.49. 

Steward’s season bests sit at 1:00.68 in the 100 breast, 2:11.71 in the 200 breast and 1:59.90 in the 200 IM. While she currently sits outside of NCAA qualification range in all three races, if she nails her taper at the Big 12 Championships in a couple of weeks Steward could have a realistic shot at punching her ticket to Atlanta in March. 

Kansas was also dominant on the boards, with junior All American Jiaya Chen sweeping both the 1 and 3 meter events. The Zhanjiang, China native posted a 335.65 in the one meter to win by nearly 30 points and later returned to win the 3 meter with a score of 359.55. Both of her efforts broke the Iowa State pool records, with the 1 meter record previously being set in 2016, and Chen setting the previous 3 meter record in 2020. 

Iowa State was led by sophomore distance swimmer Brinley Horras, who swept both the 1000 and 500 on Saturday. In the 1000, the Ames, Iowa native swam a patient race, not leading until the 300 yard mark, but over the next 300 opened up a 5 second lead by the 600 turn. She went on to win by over 6 seconds, touching in 10:16.80. She later returned to win the 500 free as well, but this time led wire to wire after touching in 5:00.88. Horras’ season bests sit at 10:07.73 in the 1000 and 4:54.66 in the 500.

Iowa State senior diver Michelle Schlossmacher Smith also impressed for the Cyclones, taking down the program record in the 3 meter event. The Roseville, Minnesota native broke the Cyclone program record, which had stood since the 2008-2009 season, in the prelims with a score of 348.83. 

Other individual event winners:

  • 200 free: Ellie Wehrmann (Kansas): 1:52.35
  • 100 back: Ellie Howe (Kansas): 56.50
  • 200 fly: Amelie Lessing(Kansas)/Lucia Rizzo (Iowa State): 2:04.05
  • 50 free: Keyla Brown (Kansas)/Clausia Dougan (Kansas): 23.96
  • 100 free: Claudia Dougan (Kansas): 51.65
  • 200 back: Emily Haan (Iowa State): 2:03.24
  • 100 fly: Autumn Looney (Kansas): 55.85

Both programs will now take two and a half weeks off from competition before heading to Morgantown, West Virginia for the Big 12 Championships. 

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